The Beach

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Chapter 2

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Finally in the United States, the group had to go and rent a car. Unfortunately, Eriol decided he wanted to drive the rental car. "NO! That evil magician is not, I repeat, not going to drive," Syaoran said glaring daggers at Eriol.

"Me? Evil? Couldn't be," said Eriol with a grin plastered on his face.

"Yes, you! Tomoyo, please, Eriol is the worst driver I've ever seen," Syaoran said.

"Well, Eriol, you are a bad driver. No offense or anything-"

"None taken," said Eriol interrupting Tomoyo.

"If you people can't decide who is going to drive, then I'll drive," said Touya stepping into the argument and giving off death glares left and right. Sakura thought that this was getting ridiculous, so she decided to make some decisions that, hopefully, everyone would agree to. "Why don't we just let Touya rent the car in his name and drive it? That way everyone will be happy," said

Sakura with a hint of exasperation in her voice.

"Good idea, Sakura," said Tomoyo. And they decided that Touya could drive and rent the car in his name. Touya walked up to the sales associate and started talking to her in Japanese, forgetting to use English. He didn't forget, he didn't know any words in English. He stomped over to the group yelling (in Japanese), "I DON'T KNOW ANY ENGLISH!" Finding out that hardly anyone, with the exception of Eriol, knew English. "Fine," said Eriol, "I'm going to do a simple spell that will allow you to understand whatever anyone is saying." He closed his eyes and mumbled something under his breath. A moment later, Eriol opened his eyes again and said, "Done. Now Touya go and talk to the sales associate over there." Touya nodded and went beck to proceed with renting the car. Meanwhile, the rest of the group decided to get some "real" American food and ate at McDonald's. Yes, they had a McDonald's in Japan. But they thought that it would be a little different. But, to their disappointment, it wasn't. A few minutes, into their meal, Touya came back. "What kind of car did you rent, Touya?" asked

Tomoyo.

"I rented an SUV. That way there would be enough room for everyone," replied Touya as he took out a yellow piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to Tomoyo. He showed them the key to the car as well.

"That's fine. Thanks Touya," she said as she put the piece of paper in her purse.

As soon as everyone was finished with their meal, the group went out to the rental car parking lot. They showed the attendant their slip and the key. The attendant asked them where their luggage was so that he could help them carry it to the car.

"Umm. uh." stuttered Sakura trying to think of a good answer. When Syaoran spoke up, "We are having it shipped to us tomorrow." Sakura breathed sigh of relief. "Okay, then... Follow me and I'll show you where your car is." They followed him to the car at the very edge of the lot. Sakura got into the car followed by Syaoran. They sat in the middle of the van. Next in the van, were Tomoyo and Eriol who sat in the very back. And Touya sat up front to drive. "Tomoyo, I need directions," said Touya as he pulled out of the parking place. "Oh," said Tomoyo as she pulled out a piece of paper from her purse.

"We're here!" exclaimed Touya as he pulled up to a large white house a while later.

"Finally! I thought that we were never going to make it here," said Sakura as she stepped out of the SUV to stretch her legs. Then she caught sight of the house. "Tomoyo, this house is huge!"

"It's not that big, actually. It's a nice house though," said Tomoyo rummaging through her purse to find the key. Sakura just gave Tomoyo a look that said 'whatever you say'. "Sakura, as soon as we get inside can you make our luggage normal sized again?" asked Syaoran.

"Sure. Tomoyo you do have the key don't you?" asked Sakura.

"I know I do. Somewhere," said Tomoyo as she sat down on the steps and emptied the contents of her purse. Sakura and Syaoran sighed and sat down next to each other, unintentionally. 'This is going to be a long wait,' thought Sakura. 'But I don't mind. I'm sitting next to Syaoran.' Immediately, Sakura felt the heat rise to her cheeks after that thought. "Hey Sakura, since Tomoyo is going to be a while why don't we try to find an entrance somewhere else?" asked Syaoran. Sakura nodded, "Tomoyo, Syaoran and I are going to look around, okay?"

"That's fine, Sakura. Now I know I had it when I left home," mumbled the frustrated dark haired girl. Sakura shook her head and looked over to her brother and Eriol, 'I'm not going to disturb them," she thought. And went off with Syaoran around the side of the house.

After a while of walking with Syaoran, the sun was starting to set. And

Tomoyo had yet to find the key. She had looked in the car and talked to her mom on the phone. So Sakura and Syaoran had just stayed together, enjoying each other's company. "Oh, look," said Sakura pointing in a direction, "a dock. We can go there. It's probably the only place we haven't been yet."

"Yeah, it probably is," said Syaoran as the couple walked onto the dock.

'This is almost unimaginable. Me being here with Syaoran with the sun setting,' thought Sakura as the heat went to her cheeks once again.

'She's so pretty when she blushes,' thought Syaoran as he looked at Sakura and he could feel a blush going up his cheeks as well. The two gazed at one another each giving a silent thanks for the companionship, but also each wishing it was something more.

Meanwhile, Tomoyo had found her key and was watching the cute couple on the docks. She pulled up her camera and whispered a "kawaii" . Suddenly, he felt a hand on her shoulder. She whipped around with her camera still in its position and saw that it was only Eriol. "Oh. Hi Eriol -" she began but was stopped when he put a finger on her lips to silence her. As he bent down and gently kissed her. A kiss full of passion and love. Tomoyo was shocked, but she kissed back. Forgetting the couple she wanted to film. When Eriol broke the kiss he said, "There wasn't only one couple that was supposed to get together here." Tomoyo blushed and leaned on Eriol's shoulder. Both enjoying the other's company.

Night had fallen and Sakura shivered as she felt a chill. Syaoran noticed this and said, "Would you like to go and see if they have found the key?" Sakura nodded. When they turned around to head back to the beach house, they saw that the lights were on. "It looks like they already have. Come on," said Sakura.

When Sakura and Syaoran came through the door the first to notice was

Tomoyo. "Finally, the one who can make out luggage regular size again," she said.

"Heh. Yeah I guess I need to do that," she said. "Tell everyone to bring their luggage in here." As soon as everyone had done that, Sakura noticed a problem. "Why doesn't everyone separate their things so that it would be easier to get to?" Everyone did as told. Sakura said the incantation, "Key of the star with powers burning bright reveal the staff and shine your light! Release!" A wind blew as the it changed from key to staff. "Little Card! Return everyone's luggage to normal size! Release!" Another wind blew and the Little did as it was asked then returned to card from. Then everyone began to drag their luggage to their rooms. Then Sakura had an idea as she saw Tomoyo struggle with her luggage. "Tomoyo, don't worry about that," she said with a grin on her face. "Float Card! Pick up Tomoyo's and my luggage and follow at the end of the staff!" A bubble enclosed around the girls' luggage and it was immediately floating. "Lead the way to your room so we can drop it off," smiled Sakura as the guys just looked at her. 'That's my daughter," said Eriol as the girls exited out of the room and to the other side of the hall.

~*~Tanya~*~

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