Testing The Sakura Card Mistress
Six-Dates
by Sakura Maxwell
Reisei knocked on the apartment's door. She could hear footsteps and the door opened. "Hey, Reisei," Touya said. "Come in." Reisei walked in and Touya shut the door. He led her to the table. "Want some tea?" he asked. Reisei nodded. Touya went into the kitchen and to make tea.
Reisei looked at her hands and sighed. ~How to explain this...uh..~ "Here," Touya said, putting the tea mug by Reisei and sitting down across from her. Reisei looked at it and said hesitantly, "Where's Yukito?" Touya drank some of his tea and answered, "He went off with Sakura and Tomoyo." He looked at her. "Why?" Reisei looked down and muttered, "Just curious."
Touya raised a brow. Reisei put her hands on the table and said, "Touya, what I'm about to do is very important and it might shock you a bit but I need to tell you, I'm not going to hurt you." Touya blinked. "Ano.. Nani?" he asked, confused. Reisei sighed. "Just don't freak out, okay?" Touya nodded slowly.
Reisei breathed a sigh of relief and then she fell back into a dark light. "Reisei!" Touya said. "What the hell.." Then Touya saw a girl with two black devil wings and a strange outfit. His eyes widened. "Just who the hell are you?" he asked. The girl closed her eyes and answered, "Touya, it's me, Reisei." Touya raised a brow, but his eyes were still big.
"Wha-What?!" he asked, baffled.
"Well, actually, my name is Tsumetai," she said. Touya's eyes went even more big. "Tsu-Tsumetai?! You mean the one who attacked Yue and Sakura?! It was you?!" he demanded.
Tsumetai nodded. Touya stood up and grabbed Tsumetai's shirt in his fist. "How can you even show yourself in front of me, knowing what you've done!" he spat. Tsumetai's brow pushed down and she said, "Look, Touya. I'm sorry. But I was engaged in a battle with Yue and she took over." She opened her eyes and said desperately, "I had no choice but to fight her!" Touya gritted his teeth and pulled his fist back. "You deserve this," he hissed.
Tsumetai closed her eyes again. Touya glared at Tsumetai's pained face and his fist loosened. He let her go and sat back down, sighing. "So, why are you doing this then?" he asked.
"I couldn't keep this a secret," Tsumetai said quietly, "because if I did, you might have freaked if I needed to do this later on. Everyone knows who I am. But they don't know my false form. Only you and Yukito know." Touya put his hand on his forehead and said, "Is this all you wanted to tell me? Or is there something more important?"
Tsumetai nodded. "Yes, there is." Touya leaned back. "Okay, what is it?" he asked. Tsumetai opened her eyes and glanced the other way. "You know that Yue is the guardian of Sakura, right?" she asked. Touya nodded, not understanding. "Well, Yue and Sakura have known each other for..how long?"
"About seven years I think."
Tsumetai smiled. "Yes, of course. That would give them time to..uh.." Touya raised a brow. "Uh..? Time to..?" he asked. Tsumetai sighed and rubbed her temples. "Touya, to put simply, I believe Yue has fallen in love with your sister," she said.
CLICK
"WHAT?!"
Tsumetai nodded. "You must be joking," Touya said. Tsumetai shook her head. "Not joking. It's the truth," she said solemly. Touya twitched. "But-But.." Tsumetai sighed. "But Yue is Yukito and you and Yukito are together. Plus, you don't want your little sister to taken away by anyone because she's dear to you. And you can't forget the fact that her first relationship with Syaoran was painful for her because he left. Am I right?"
Touya stared at her. "How'd you know?"
Tsumetai grinned. "The way you act. Plus the fact that I know Syaoran and Sakura used to be together," she answered. Touya laughed a hollow laugh. "You're ABSOLUTELY sure that Yue loves my sister?" Tsumetai nodded. "Touya, listen to me. Sakura needs someone to lean on and you can't always be there for her."
Touya sighed and nodded in agreement. "Yea, I guess you're right. Besides, it's better than she going back with that brat." Tsumetai laughed. "Well, I guess I should go now, ne?" she said, and returned back into her false form. "Yea," Touya said. "Hey, Reisei?" Reisei looked up. "Yes?" she asked.
Touya smiled and said, "Thanks for telling me. I think I'll respect Yue and Sakura. Hell, I'll try and help you and whoever else to try and get them together." Reisei blinked, then grinned. "Arigato, Touya. Yue is like my brother, and I want him to be happy." She walked to the door and grabbed the knob. She looked back and said, "I'll try and talk to Yue again. He's so stubborn, he won't admit his feelings for her. Well, wish me luck."
Touya nodded and Reisei left.
~*~*~*~*~
"Onegai, Yue-san! Just wear this for once! Only today!" said Tomoyo, holding up a plain white dress shirt and long brown pants. Yue eyed them and said, "No way. I only wear this. Besides, why the hell are you trying to get me to wear this stuff?!" Tomoyo blinked. "Why, because you and Sakura are going out to the Ice Cream Shop!" she explained. "Now hurry up and put these on!!"
Yue looked at Sakura, who smiled and sweatdropped. She shook her head and shrugged. "Don't ask meee.." she said. Yue gritted his teeth and sweatdropped. Tomoyo stuffed the clothes in Yue's face and pointed to the bathroom. "Change in these clothes right now and go with Sakura to the Ice Cream Shop or I'll make sure you don't see her until the testing is over," Tomoyo whispered slyly.
Yue's eyes widened and he grumbled. Reluctantly, he grabbed the clothes and stomped into the bathroom, slamming the door behind him. Sakura blinked and stared at Tomoyo. "How did you ever make him listen to you?" she asked, bewildered. Tomoyo smiled and said innocently, "Oh, I just told him a few things I'd do.." Sakura sweatdropped.
Three minutes later.. Yue came out, looking pissed off. "Happy?" he said angrily at Tomoyo. She smiled. "Hai," she asnwered happily. "Although I think this is way too plain for me.. Here!" She handed him a tan tie. "Put this on!"
Yue took it and stared. "What in the world... How am I supposed to put this on?" he asked Sakura. Sakura shrugged and pulled it out of Yue's hand. He looked at her questionably. She stepped in front of him and said, "Tilt your head up." Yue obeyed. Then he felt Sakura's hands wrapping the tie around his neck, under the collar. She put the two ends together and tied it till it looked like a decent tie.
She stepped back. "Well?" she asked. Yue put his head down. "How did you know how to do it?" he asked. She waved her hand dismissably and said, "I had plenty of practice with Oniisan. He could never get his tie straight for work before. Personally I don't think he can. I think Yukito-san has to do it for him." Yue smiled a bit. "He does," he replied. Sakura blinked and laughed.
"KAAAAAAAAWAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!" exclaimed Tomoyo from behind the couch. The two jumped up and stared at her. Tomoyo had her recorder in hand and her eyes were shining. "You two are so KAWAII together!" she cried out, her cheeks all pink. Yue and Sakura's faces turned bright red like over cooked tomatoes on a summer's day at the beach with no sunscreen.
"To-Tomoyo-chan," Sakura stuttered, all flustered. Tomoyo opened her eyes and said, "Well, you are!" Yue pulled at his collar and mumbled, "Okay, I'm wearing this..outfit, Sakura's going like that.. Ano, where's the Ice Cream Shop?"
"Hooooooooooeeeeeeeee!!!" THUD!
Tomoyo closed her eyes happily and said, "By the bookstore..A little farther down! Sakura-chan can show you if you get confused." Yue nodded. "Um.. Money.." he said. Tomoyo grinned and placed a wallet in Yue's hand. He looked inside. "Five hundred dollars?" Yue asked aloud. Tomoyo nodded, smiling.
Sakura heard and looked at the money with big eyes. "To-Tomoyo-chan!" she exclaimed, hands at her face, "Why'd you give Yue-san so much money??" Tomoyo held up the recorder and answered, "So he can spend it all on you." Sakura's blush deepened. Yue blinked. "How do I know what Sakura-sama wants, Tomoyo?" he whispered in her ear. Tomoyo shrugged. "Wherever Sakura-chan takes you."
Yue sighed. This was going to be on hell of a day.
~*~*~*~*~
Sakura and Yue sat down at their seats in the Ice Cream Shop and a waiter gave them each a menu. (Picture this place like anyother Ice CreamPalor or whatever.)
"What is all this stuff?" Yue asked, reading the menu. Sakura sweatdropped. ~Tomoyo-chan forgot that Yue-san doesn't eat. Oh well, time to make him try food again!~ She smiled wearily and said, "It's stuff called ice cream. Errr... It's really cold and yummy food and it comes in many different flavors." Yue raised a brow and Sakura's sweatdrop got bigger.
She quickly grabbed her menu and pointed to a picture with a root beer float and showed it to Yue. "I think you'll enjoy this, Yue-san," she said nervously. Yue looked at his menu with the same picture. "I...don't eat anything though.." he said. Sakura laughed nervously and in the back of her mind, she was thinking dark thoughts. ~How the hell did I get stuck doing this?? Tomoyo-chan is going to get it..~ "Ju-Just try it!" she said a little too loudly.
Yue raised another brow and nodded hesitantly. "Okay.. Um, what's up with you, Sakura-sama?" he asked, noticing her disturbing behaivor. (HA! Disturbing..) Sakura got another sweatdrop and said, "Oh! Nothing, nope, nothing at all.." ~Oh Great. I sound like Kero-chan now..~ "And don't call me Sakura-sama in public, okay?" she said. "It'd attract attention. Just call me Sakura-chan." Yue nodded slowly this time.
From like, ten feet away, Tomoyo caught this all on tape. "Aren't they just the cutest couple ever??" she asked. Kero popped his head out from her purse and said, "Whatever. How'd you ever manage to get Yue and Sakura-san to do this?!" Tomoyo looked down at him and smiled mischieviously. "I told Yue that I would make sure he couldn't see Sakura-chan anymore and I told Sakura-chan that I'd tell Yue about how she felt!"
Kero nodded. "Ah.. I seeee.." DING! "How'd you get me to come??" he asked. Tomoyo held up a cookie and said, "Sweet's remember?" Kero's eyes went wide. "Uh huh," he said, totally ignoring her and grabbing the cookie and promptly stuffing it in his face. Tomoyo giggled and kept recording.
The waiter came back and pulled out a pen and notepad. "And what might this young couple want?" he asked. Sakura and Yue blushed and Sakura said, "I-I'd like a strawberry frozen yogurt cone and Yue-san will have a rootbeer float." The waiter nodded and left. Sakura breathed a sigh of relief. "Honestly, thinking we're a couple," she said, laughing a little. Yue remained silent.
Soon the waiter came back and gave them their deserts and left to serve another table. Sakura took hers and passed the rootbeer float to Yue. He took it and stared at it. "The hell?" he said. It was foamy on the top and at the bottom he cold see like a creamy white and brown. He gagged. "What is this??" he asked. Sakura licked off the top of the yogurt cone thing and said, "Nani?" Yue pointed to the rootbeer float.
Sakura blinked. "It's just a rootbeer float, Yue-san," she explained. Yue eyed it. "Is it edible?" he asked. Sakura sweatdropped and said, "Of COURSE it's edible. Why would they serve it here?"
"Maybe to kill off people?"
THUD!
Sakura got up and licked off more of the yogurt cone thingy. "Look, Yue-san, pass it here." She put out her hand and Yue passed her the dreadful rootbeer. She took a straw and stuck it in the rootbeer. "Watch," she commanded, putting the straw in her mouth. Yue blinked. "Eh?" Sakura sipped a bit of the rootbeer and swallowed it. She took her mouth off the straw. "See?" she said, taking it out, "it isn't poison. Now drink!" She passed it back to him and stuck a spoon in it.
Yue looked at it suspiciously and grabbed the spoon. He scooped some rootbeer and ice cream in it and brought it to his mouth. He took a deep breath and stuck the spoon in his mouth. He swallowed the rootbeer and ice cream. Sakura looked intently at him. "Well?" she pondered(It was 2:30am when I wrote this). "How is it?" Yue licked his lips and answered, "It was pretty good."
Sakura breathed a sigh of relief and saw Yue eat more of the rootbeer float. Sakura clapped her hands together and exclaimed, "Now we can try Pizza!"
Kero sweatdropped. "He can only take so much at a time, Sakura.."
~*~*~*~*~
"Oi, Kiri! Want to go out somewhere?" Reisei called out in the apartment. Kiri popped out of nowhere (not literally) and said, "Yea! let's go!" Reisei grinned and walked out the apartment door. Kiri followed and they went down stairs.
"Reisei, could I talk to you?" a boy's voice asked from the corner of the building. Reisei turned and blinked. "Eh? Who's this?" She blinked at the dark blue haired boy in front of her with glasses. Then she and Kiri freaked.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!! IT'S CLOW REED!!" they screamed in unison.
The boy shook his head. "No, no. You've got it wrong. I'm not Clow, Reisei, Kiri. I'm the reincarnation of him, I'm Hiiragizawa Eriol," Eriol explained calmly. Reisei and Kiri exchanged glances and stared at Eriol. "Oh God, what happened to you, Clo-Eriol?" Kiri asked. "You got small.." Eriol sweatdropped. "Yea, well...That's what happened.."
He looked at Reisei. "I'm assuming you know who Syaoran is?" Eriol asked her. Reisei shook her head. "Iie," she answered. Eriol sweatdropped again. "He's a friend of Sakura-san's. Uh.. I believe he's the one with brown hair and amber eyes," he said. Reisei and Kiri nodded. "Now I remember!" Reisei said. "Yea, I saw him before... Err.. Why do you ask?"
Eriol chuckled and pulled off his glasses. "Did you know that Kikai, your Mistress, and Syaoran, engaged in a duel, not too long ago?" he asked, wiping them. Reisei nodded. "Yes, Mistress said she was going to battle someone.." Kiri nodded.
"Well, well," Eriol said, putting them back on. "Did you know that Kikai got kissed by Syaoran after the duel was over?" Reisei and Kiri got big eyes (O_O) and fell down. Kiri got up and said, "You can't be serious!" Eriol nodded. "Dead serious." Reisei got up in time to catch Kiri, who fainted in a dead heap. Reisei looked at Eriol. "You're not kidding?" she asked, disbelieving. Eriol shook his head. "But.. Mistress would've killed Syaoran by then."
Eriol smiled. "That's why I came here, Reisei," he said, "because I know for a fact that Syaoran has fallen in love with your Mistress and that I believe Kikai might like him back a bit." Reisei blinked. "Eh? Mistress? Liking someone? This has got to be a joke!" Eriol shook his head and said solemly, "I'm serious, Reisei. I'd like for you to help me in..uh..shall we say, playing Cupid?" Reisei stared, then started laughing.
"Pla-Playing cupid?" she gasped out, catching her breath. "Sheesh, so now my true form is cupid for Yue and I'm cupid for Mistress and Syaoran?" Eriol blinked. "You're trying to make Yue like someone?" he asked. Resei shook her head and explained, "Yue likes Sakura. I-Tsumetai wants to help him." Eriol 'oh'ed. "Well, that's nice of Tsumetai," he said. "She does have a soft spot I-Clow put in her."
Eriol stuck his hands in his pockets and said, "Reisei, I'd like for you to try and..I don't know.. Maybe try telling Kikai how much Syaoran has a crush on her? Just as if you were saying like you heard it from somewhere? Can you tell Kiri to do that also?" Reisei looked down at the fainted beast and said, "Okay. We were going to go out. Actually, I wanted to go to this really cool BookStore Kikai mentioned. I saw tons of books at Yukito's aparment and I was interested to see which ones are good. He had some I couldn't find in America."
Eriol laughed. "That's fine. Well, I'll be going. Arigato, Reisei!" he said cheerfully and walked away. Reisei picked up the little beast by the neck and stared at him irritably. "Wake up, you nitwit, he's gone. The monster is gone," she said. Kiri opened an eye. "Honto?" he asked. Reisei nodded, then, "Oh NO! He came BACK!" Kiri yelped and pretended to be dead. Reisei dropped him and started laughing.
Kiri flew back up and glared at Reisei. "You little doodlebugger!" he said. "You lied!!" Reisei pointed at him and giggled a little more. "Why the heck are you so afraid of Eriol anyway?" she asked. Kiri flew up to her ear and whispered, "Because he's the reincarnation of Clow. And Clow scared the shit out of me."
"Why?"
"Because he looked so weird and scary and creepy.." Kiri said. Reisei nodded, her mouth a bit open in confusement.
~*~*~*~*~
"Wow! This is the bookstore Naoko always shops at!" Sakura exclaimed, running in. Yue tilted his head an blinked. He turned and looked at Tomoyo. She nodded. Yue sighed and did a "why me?" with his face and walked inside. Tomoyo and Kero followed.
Yue was looking for Sakura but he couldn't find her in the small quaint shop. "Sakura-sama!" he whispered, turning around a bookshelf. He didn't see anyone. Suddenly he felt the tingling feeling when he felt someone's magic aura nearby. He rounded the corner and came face to face with two purple eyes.
"AAAAAHHHHHH!!" they both screamed, falling backwards.
The two opened their eyes and gasped in bewilderment.
"Yue?!"
"Reisei?!"
Yue blinked and narrowed his eyes. "What in hell are you doing here?!" he demanded. Reisei blinked a bit and answered, "I was just looking for some books... What are you doing here?" Yue flustered pink. "No-Nothing," he stammered. Then he noticed a pointy ear behind Reisei's hair. "Eh..Kiri!" he said aloud.
The ear twitched and Kiri popped out. "Oi, Yue! Long time no see!" he cried out. Yue's mouth twitched like Tai's in the Digimon Episode, "A Very Digi Christmas." Kiri blinked. "Uh..Yue? You there?"
Then Tomoyo came running up with her recorder in hand. "Yue-san, daijoubu desu ka-...Who's this?" she asked, pointing to Kiri. "Hiya!" Kiri greeted. Kero stuck his head out and stared with big eyes. "AHHH!!! IT'S KIRI!" he yelled. Kiri looked at Kero. "HI, KERO!" he greeted cheerfully. Tomoyo looked between the two beasts. "Um, could someone explain..?" she asked. Reisei smiled with a sweatdrop and nodded.
After she was done explaining, Tomoyo nodded in understandment. "Now I see," she said. "So you're the false form of the girl who attacked Sakura-chan before.." Reisei nodded feverishly. "And Kiri is like Kero-chan? He can turn into a big animal?" Again, Reisei nodded. Yue sighed. "What are you two here?" he asked again. Reisei looked at him and said, "I already told you. I came to buy books. And why the hell are you here wearing that?" she asked, eyeing his outfit.
Yue blushed. Tomoyo smiled and said, "I made him take Sakura-chan to the Ice Cream Shop and then to wherever Sakura-chan wanted to go!" She giggled. Reisei stared. "You're saying this is a....DATE??" she asked. Kiri stared. "EH?!?!?!!" Tomoyo nodded. "Hai!" she answered happily. Yue covered his face in his hands.
Reisei looked at Tomoyo. "Err.. Tomoyo, this may sound a little weird...but.." She put her fingers together and said, "Tsumetai was trying to make Yue tell Sakura that he loves her." Yue went bright red and clamped his hand over Reisei's mouth. "Mmmmmfff!!" Yue grinned weakly and said hastily, "She's just joking!"
Tomoyo raised a brow. "I already know, Yue-san. Jeez.. I know that you like Sakura-chan! That's why I'm doing this for you! I'm giving you perfect opportunities to say it! But you never took them!" she said. Reisei looked at Yue and bit his hand. "Itai!" he cried out, soothing his hand instantly. Reisei gagged and said, "That's what you get. Now, why aren't you taking these opportunities??"
"Yea!" chirped Kiri. Yue gave him the death glare and Kiri squeeked and went back to bugging Kero.
Tomoyo looked at Reisei. "You think you could help me?" she asked. Reisei blinked. "Well, Eriol already told me and Kiri to try get Kikai to reveal her feelings toward Syaoran. Well, he thinks she might like him a bit. Otherwise she would've got up and sliced him to pieces," she answered. "But I'm sure I could help..?" Tomoyo clapped her hands together. "Great!" she said. "We'll just have to hide the fact that you're Tsumetai and we have to hide Kiri."
Reisei nodded and stood up. Yue sighed again and stood up. ~Females are too much for me..~
~*~*~*~*~
Syaoran's head clicked up from his book and stared straight out the window leading to the park with the King Penguin and the trees surrounding it. He could feel something..something...just telling him to go. So he put down his book, grabbed his sword and walked out his apartment. He made his way towards the trees and inside the woods.
He walked around for some time, letting the feeling guide him. Soon he could feel the faint aura of Kikai. ~Kikai?! I was drawn here because of her? Sheeze, am I that obsessed?~ He kept walking and felt the aura grow stronger. She must be in the trees. He tilted his head up as he walked. Then he blinked.
In the top of a tree was a doll tiger. He looked further down and saw Kikai, sitting on a branch, sleeping. Syaoran's face smiled a little. ~She looks a lot more peaceful when she's asleep.~ Then the sun hit something and a flash hit Syaoran's eye. He turned around, eyes going back and forth. He heard someone snap their fingers.
Kikai's eyes flashed open from the noise. Then she looked up just in time to see an unnaturally large tiger pounce down on her, making her fall out the tree. Syaoran saw her whip out the key and chant. "Key which conceals the power of darkness, reveal your true self before me. I, Kikai, command this by contract. Release!" The black wand appeared but it was too late to do anything. The tiger pinned Kikai down to the ground with a loud thunk and growled in her face.
Syaoran grabbed his sword and yelled, "Hey, you stupid tiger! Take this! LIGHTNING!" Lightning striked down upon the tiger and it jumped back in anger. Syaoran ran up to Kikai and bent down. "Daijoubu desu ka?" he asked hurridly. Kikai stood up. "What are you doing here," she asked coldly. Syaoran smiled grimly. "I sensed something."
Kikai 'hn'ed and threw a card in the air. Syaoran could guess which one it was. "Dark Sword!" she exclaimed, the wand becoming a shimmering sword. She held it out in front of her in a fighting position. "You're not needed here," Kikai mumbled curtly, eye looking back at Syaoran. "So go home." Syaoran snorted, going into fighting position also. "You don't think I'm going to let you take this thing on by yourself, do you? If you died, Sakura wouldn't get her testing done," he said.
Kikai smirked a little.
The tiger roared at the two swordspeople and ran at them, swiping its paws at them. Kikai jumped to the side and slashed at the ribs. Syaoran did the same and slashed at the stomach. The tiger turned around, looking unharmed. "What?!" Syaoran and Kikai asked in unison. Syaoran pulled his sword up. "Lightning!" he cried out, lightning hitting at the tiger. It stayed unfazed. "What the hell is that thing.." Kikai asked, sword returning to wand.
She grabbed out another card. "Dark Arrow!" A black bow appeared in her hand and she held up the other. A ball of energy formed into an arrow and she took aim at the tiger. Then she loosened her grip on the arrow and let it fly. It muliplied and struck the tiger all at once, making it roar in pain and tackling Kikai. "Agh!" she yelped, the bow knocked out of her hand. The tiger dug its claws into Kikai's shirt and skin and she winced. "You..stupid..beast!" she managed to say, kicking the tiger in the stomach. It had no effect.
"Kikai!" shouted Syaoran, standing in front of the tiger, sword tip at the tiger's face. "Let her GO!" The tiger rolled its gold eye at Syaoran and bared its teeth. "Kikai, are you okay?!" Syaoran asked in worry. Kikai gritted her teeth together and with a great effort, kicked her legs up, grabbed the tigers' wrists and flipped it off.
The tiger landed on its feet. Kikai stumbled up. Out of the corner of her eye she could see her wand. "Damnit," she cursed under her breath, looking back at the tiger. Syaoran turned to her. "You're hurt severely, leave this to me," he said, seeing her blood stained white shirt. Kikai stared at him. Then she glared. "Don't tell me what to do!" she hissed, pushing him back. "I do whatever I want."
"You'll get killed!" Syaoran said helplessly. Kikai ignored him and dashed for her wand, grabbing it in her hand. She brought out another card. "Dark Firey!" she called out, hitting the card with the wand. Unlike the normal Firey, it was leaping with black and grey flames. It surrounded the tiger, flames erupting around it. The tiger roared.
"Dark Freeze!"
All the flames and the tiger were trapped into a block of clear black ice. Syaoran stared. "Now what's she going to do?" he asked quietly. Kikai threw another card, "Dark Thunder!" and a huge black lightning bolt hurled straight down the middle of the ice and the ice shattered like glass. Syaoran used his sword to shield most of the shatters. "What the.."
Kikai stood her ground and let the icicles hit her, slicing open her shirt, shorts, and skin. Syaoran winced everytime something hit her. It pained him to see the person he liked get hurt like that. But her face remained emotionless.
When the icicles stopped flying, Syaoran could see the tiger's frozen body on the ground. It was partly light blue and it didn't move. He narrowed his eyes. Something didn't feel right.
Kikai held up the staff and it was turned into the Dark Sword yet again and she stepped up to the tiger. She raised the sword and prepared to pierce it when the tigers' eye flashed open and tackled her, pushing her down onto the pieces of sharp ice. Kikai tried to muffle the cries of pain escaping her mouth.
Syaoran's eyes widened and he ran over, ramming into the tiger, sending it flying into a tree. He kneeled down and touched Kikai. "Kikai, are you okay?" he whispered. "Kikai!" Kikai opened an eye and managed to say, "The bloody hell are you doing, get away from me." Syaoran frowned. "Look, I'm trying to help, okay?" he said. The tiger came back at them. Syaoran narrowed his eyes.
"Element, Fire!" A rush of fire hit the tiger, sending it back into the tree. He stood up in front of Kikai and held his sword in fighting stance. Kikai blinked slowly. He's trying to help me... Her eyelids became heavy and they closed, head lowered.
Syaoran looked back at her. "Oh no, Kikai!" he said. He glared at the tiger. "You did this to her! I'll make sure you rot in hell, you frickin'.. What the?!" The tiger was fading away. He blinked and it was gone. "What the hell was that thing.."
He turned and bent down. "Kikai.." he whispered painfully. Syaoran wrapped his arms around her and picked her up. He could feel her shallow breathing against his chest. ~I don't know where she lives.. So I'll have to take her home...~
~*~*~*~*~
Yue finally found Sakura looking in the fantasy section. "You're interested in that stuff?" he asked. Sakura jumped up and looked at him. "Oh, Hi , Yue-san. I didn't hear you.." she said, smiling sheepishly. "Eh..Who's that girl behind you?" she asked, pointing behind Yue. He turned his head and sighed.
Reisei and Tomoyo stepped from behind Yue and Tomoyo said, "This is Reisei. She's a old friend of, uh, mine. Well, my mom's friends' daughter actually." Sakura blinked. "Hoooee.. Nn! Hajimemashita, Reisei-san!" she greeted, bowing. Reisei bowed as well and said, "A pleasure to meet you also, Sakura."
Yue groaned. "Did you find anything?" he asked Sakura. Sakura nodded and held up a book with a unicorn on it. "Isn't it kawaii?" she asked. Yue sweatdropped and Reisei elbowed him lightly. "Ow!" he whispered. Reisei said softly, "Say yes!" Yue sighed exasperated and nodded. Sakura, totally oblivious, grinned and walked up to the counter.
Tomoyo filmed. "Yue, get over there, you've got the money!" she and Reisei said. Yue followed Sakura, shoulder sagging, and paid for her. The clerk looked at the two and said, "My, what a nice couple here." Sakura and Yue went red.
"Alright!" Tomoyo and Reisei cheered silently, slapping their hands together.
~*~*~*~*~
Syaoran walked into the kitchen and took out a bowl from the cupboard and filled it with luke warm water. He took a cloth and went back into the living room. He set it down on the small table next to the couch and walked to his room, sitting down on the bed softly. Kikai's eyes were closed and her breathing was light. Syaoran sighed and stroked her hair. "Kikai.. Wake up, you need to change out of those torn clothes," he whispered a little loudly.
Kikai mumbled and her eyes opened slightly. "Where the.. Syaoran!" she exclaimed, sitting up abruptly, pulling the sheet to cover her ripped shirt. "Where am I?"
Syaoran smiled a bit and answered, "You're at my apartment. I brought you here because I didn't know where you lived." Kikai blinked, then narrowed her eyes. "Well, now that I'm awake I can go home," she said stiffly. Syaoran shook his head. "I can't let you do that," he said. "You're too injured and weak right now."
"I am not!" protested Kikai hotly. "I can take care of myself, I don't need any help from you." Syaoran got up and walked to his drawer and opened it. He pulled out a big plain shirt that was light blue. He tossed it at Kikai and she caught it, looking at him questionably. "Put it on," Syaoran said, walking out the door. "Then come out, you've got wounds that need to be tended to." And he shut the door.
Syaoran went into the bathroom and opened the closet, getting out some bandages. He closed it and sighed, walking back out into the living room. He saw Kikai sitting down on the couch with her hands on her lap. Her head was lowered as if she was thinking of something. Even in something so plain she looked remarkably beautiful to Syaoran.
He walked up to her and put the bandages down on the coffee table. Kikai snapped her head up.
"Hold your arm out," Syaoran said. Kikai held her arm out in front of him, and he began wiping her arm with the cloth, cleaning off the blood. "Why are you doing this?" Kikai asked in a hollow voice. Without looking up, Syaoran answered, "Because I couldn't just leave you there." He didn't expect a reply and he didn't get one.
"Okay, lift the other arm," he said, rinsing the cloth in the water. Kikai put her arm down and lifted the other with no sound. Syaoran wiped that one too and he grabbed the bandages. He started wrapping them around Kikai's wounds until they were all covered. Then he looked up at her. "Is that okay?" he asked. Kikai nodded.
He stood up and looked down at her. "I want you to stay the night," he said suddenly. Kikai's eyes widened. "What?!" Syaoran nodded. "I don't care what you say, that tiger might track you down," he said. Kikai glared at him. "I have my guardians." Syaoran said, "Well, if you couldn't even affect the tiger, how do you expect them to? Aren't you more powerful than them?"
Kikai looked the other way. "Fine," she said shortly. "I'll stay, but it's only because I'm not able to..protect myself very well." Inside, Syaoran sighed a sigh of relief. "Are you hungry?" he asked. Kikai didn't answer. Syaoran smiled a little and walked into the kitchen. He took out two bowls and made Chicken Noodle Soup.
He walked back to the living room and placed the two bowls down. Kikai glanced at it, then stood up. "I'm not hungry," she said curtly and started to move. Syaoran grabbed her wrist. Kikai turned her head and looked at him. "Look, if you don't eat, your recovery will take longer, therefore you'll have to stay here for a longer period of time," the Chinese boy said, smiling with a look of satisfaction on his face.
Kikai's face remained blank, then a look of defeat. ~Damn kid thinks of everything. Why the bloody hell is he so intent on me staying here.. Crazy lunatic.~ She sat back down on the couch next to Syaoran. He placed a bowl on her lap. She just stared at it, and picked up the fork with her hand.
Syaoran put the fork, full of noodles, in his mouth and blinked at Kikai. ~She's so damn stubborn.~
~*~*~*~*~
Sakura dropped her shopping bags near her bed and let herself fall back into her inviting bed. "Man, I'm pooped," she said. "Yue-san took me almost everywhere."
Kero pulled out a mint flavored candy from a little bag in his drawer and asked, "Eh? He did? ..So that's where you were.. So, what'd you two do?"
Sakura flipped herself over and rested her head on her arms. "Well, first Yue-san and I went to Tomoyo-chan's and she made Yue-san wear human normal clothes, then we went to the Ice Cream Shop, Book Store, a Tea Shop, a toy store, then to this Glass Shop. I really loved it there, look what I got," she said, grabbing one of her bags and looking in it. Then she pulled out a number of boxes, all of different sizes, and opened them. Kero flew over. "Ah.."
Sakura picked out one and held it up. It was a Chinese Tea set. "It's for Eriol-kun," Sakura said. "I didn't know what to get him but since he likes tea so much I guess this was good." Kero nodded. "What else did you get?" he asked.
Sakura put the set back in the box and took out two things from two other boxes. They were a big thick book, a detailed colored bracelet, and a huge stuffed bunny. "The book is for Suppi-chan, the bracelet is for Mizuki-san, and the bunny is for Nakuru-chan."
She put those away and opened more. "A book for Naoko-chan, a glass sparrow for Rika-chan, a pendant for Chiharu-chan, a book full of myths for Yamazaki-kun, a book full of cooking recipies for Yukito-san, a book on all the magical spells for Li-kun... Hey!"
Kero snored even louder.
Sakura pouted and yelled, "Don't go to SLEEP!" Kero popped his eyes open. "Ah, boring.." he mumbled, scratching his nose. Sakura glared and said hotly, "Look, go down to the kitchen and open the fridge. I think you won't find THAT boring." Kero raised his head and flew downstairs. A minute later Sakura heard a cry of delight and she ran down to see.
"OH YEA!!!!! ALRIGHT!!! CAKE!!!! HUMONGO!!!! WHOO-HOOOOOOOO!!!!" Kero cried out with happiness as he flew around and around the huge cake now on the table.
Sakura grinned. "Tomoyo-chan said you deserved it, so we both made it for you when you were sleeping."
Kero stared water-eyed at the cake. "You mean it's all for me?" he asked, drooling. Sakura smiled. "Yep." Kero grabbed a fork and started eating it. Sakura sweatdropped. She didn't think it would last by dinner time.
~*~*~*~*~
Yue sat back in his thoughts as he layed down on the bed Tomoyo said he could sleep in. Hell, she gave him his own room.
"This is where you can stay whenever you want, Yue-san," she had said nicely, showing him the room. "The clothes are in the drawer over there."
So he was now in a casual pants and shirt.
~Sakura..we had a busy day, ne.. I guess it was worth it.. She seemed to enjoy herself a lot..~ He smiled. ~Whatever makes Sakura happy is fine by me.. When Sakura is happy, I'm happy.. I'll do anything to make sure she's never hurt again..~ He frowned. ~I can't believe how she could still love that boy.. I mean..in a friendly way. After what he's done to her, she hasn't shunned him away.. Her heart is so big and kind and loving.. She always tried to make things work.. Ah, Sakura.. I wish you loved back the same way I love you..~
He glanced out the window and out into the dark night sky and the pale moon. ~I'll help you in any way I can..~
~*~*~*~*~
Syaoran couldn't sleep.
No matter how he tried, he just couldn't get himself into La La Land. He tried counting sheep, thinking of something, watching the T.V., listening to music..anything. Nothing worked. It wasn't that he was sleeping on the couch, it was the fact that Kikai was sleeping on his bed, in his room.
He sat up and threw the covers off of him and walked to his room. Opening the door silently, he peered inside.
Kikai was sleeping on his bed, of course. But the sheets were thrown off leaving her pretty much vunerable. She was still wearing the blue shirt Syaoran had given her, but it was the only thing that covered most of her body. Syaoran blushed and stepped inside.
He sat down gently next to the girl and ran his fingers through her hair. It was so silky and smooth it made Syaoran shiver. ~Beautiful..~ He ran his fingers lightly over her face and traced the outline of her face. "Kikai.." he whispered, cupping her face in his hand.
Kikai moved a bit and Syaoran wondered if he was going to get sliced in pieces. But Kikai went back to sleep. Syaoran sighed in relief and said softly, "Ah, Kikai.. Ai shiteru.."
OMG! I ACTUALLY FINISHED!!! @_@ I had writer's block for what seemed like forever that I started TWO new series..O.o.. Anywhoo.. WAS THAT ENOUGH ROMANCE?? Nah..Probably not.. But I assure you, it gets sappy in the end..ha..ha.. Yep.. `Cause I started writing the battle part..O.O;; Weird, ain't I? Now I'm stuck on that.. Hehehehe..Abadom on fic and start on the other.
Well.. Please, if you want to, please go read my other CCS fic "Why Must You Do This To Me?" It's S&S and romance/angst..I don't think it's real angsty though..T.T I can't write angst...;;!!!
R&R Please!!!
Six-Dates
by Sakura Maxwell
Reisei knocked on the apartment's door. She could hear footsteps and the door opened. "Hey, Reisei," Touya said. "Come in." Reisei walked in and Touya shut the door. He led her to the table. "Want some tea?" he asked. Reisei nodded. Touya went into the kitchen and to make tea.
Reisei looked at her hands and sighed. ~How to explain this...uh..~ "Here," Touya said, putting the tea mug by Reisei and sitting down across from her. Reisei looked at it and said hesitantly, "Where's Yukito?" Touya drank some of his tea and answered, "He went off with Sakura and Tomoyo." He looked at her. "Why?" Reisei looked down and muttered, "Just curious."
Touya raised a brow. Reisei put her hands on the table and said, "Touya, what I'm about to do is very important and it might shock you a bit but I need to tell you, I'm not going to hurt you." Touya blinked. "Ano.. Nani?" he asked, confused. Reisei sighed. "Just don't freak out, okay?" Touya nodded slowly.
Reisei breathed a sigh of relief and then she fell back into a dark light. "Reisei!" Touya said. "What the hell.." Then Touya saw a girl with two black devil wings and a strange outfit. His eyes widened. "Just who the hell are you?" he asked. The girl closed her eyes and answered, "Touya, it's me, Reisei." Touya raised a brow, but his eyes were still big.
"Wha-What?!" he asked, baffled.
"Well, actually, my name is Tsumetai," she said. Touya's eyes went even more big. "Tsu-Tsumetai?! You mean the one who attacked Yue and Sakura?! It was you?!" he demanded.
Tsumetai nodded. Touya stood up and grabbed Tsumetai's shirt in his fist. "How can you even show yourself in front of me, knowing what you've done!" he spat. Tsumetai's brow pushed down and she said, "Look, Touya. I'm sorry. But I was engaged in a battle with Yue and she took over." She opened her eyes and said desperately, "I had no choice but to fight her!" Touya gritted his teeth and pulled his fist back. "You deserve this," he hissed.
Tsumetai closed her eyes again. Touya glared at Tsumetai's pained face and his fist loosened. He let her go and sat back down, sighing. "So, why are you doing this then?" he asked.
"I couldn't keep this a secret," Tsumetai said quietly, "because if I did, you might have freaked if I needed to do this later on. Everyone knows who I am. But they don't know my false form. Only you and Yukito know." Touya put his hand on his forehead and said, "Is this all you wanted to tell me? Or is there something more important?"
Tsumetai nodded. "Yes, there is." Touya leaned back. "Okay, what is it?" he asked. Tsumetai opened her eyes and glanced the other way. "You know that Yue is the guardian of Sakura, right?" she asked. Touya nodded, not understanding. "Well, Yue and Sakura have known each other for..how long?"
"About seven years I think."
Tsumetai smiled. "Yes, of course. That would give them time to..uh.." Touya raised a brow. "Uh..? Time to..?" he asked. Tsumetai sighed and rubbed her temples. "Touya, to put simply, I believe Yue has fallen in love with your sister," she said.
CLICK
"WHAT?!"
Tsumetai nodded. "You must be joking," Touya said. Tsumetai shook her head. "Not joking. It's the truth," she said solemly. Touya twitched. "But-But.." Tsumetai sighed. "But Yue is Yukito and you and Yukito are together. Plus, you don't want your little sister to taken away by anyone because she's dear to you. And you can't forget the fact that her first relationship with Syaoran was painful for her because he left. Am I right?"
Touya stared at her. "How'd you know?"
Tsumetai grinned. "The way you act. Plus the fact that I know Syaoran and Sakura used to be together," she answered. Touya laughed a hollow laugh. "You're ABSOLUTELY sure that Yue loves my sister?" Tsumetai nodded. "Touya, listen to me. Sakura needs someone to lean on and you can't always be there for her."
Touya sighed and nodded in agreement. "Yea, I guess you're right. Besides, it's better than she going back with that brat." Tsumetai laughed. "Well, I guess I should go now, ne?" she said, and returned back into her false form. "Yea," Touya said. "Hey, Reisei?" Reisei looked up. "Yes?" she asked.
Touya smiled and said, "Thanks for telling me. I think I'll respect Yue and Sakura. Hell, I'll try and help you and whoever else to try and get them together." Reisei blinked, then grinned. "Arigato, Touya. Yue is like my brother, and I want him to be happy." She walked to the door and grabbed the knob. She looked back and said, "I'll try and talk to Yue again. He's so stubborn, he won't admit his feelings for her. Well, wish me luck."
Touya nodded and Reisei left.
~*~*~*~*~
"Onegai, Yue-san! Just wear this for once! Only today!" said Tomoyo, holding up a plain white dress shirt and long brown pants. Yue eyed them and said, "No way. I only wear this. Besides, why the hell are you trying to get me to wear this stuff?!" Tomoyo blinked. "Why, because you and Sakura are going out to the Ice Cream Shop!" she explained. "Now hurry up and put these on!!"
Yue looked at Sakura, who smiled and sweatdropped. She shook her head and shrugged. "Don't ask meee.." she said. Yue gritted his teeth and sweatdropped. Tomoyo stuffed the clothes in Yue's face and pointed to the bathroom. "Change in these clothes right now and go with Sakura to the Ice Cream Shop or I'll make sure you don't see her until the testing is over," Tomoyo whispered slyly.
Yue's eyes widened and he grumbled. Reluctantly, he grabbed the clothes and stomped into the bathroom, slamming the door behind him. Sakura blinked and stared at Tomoyo. "How did you ever make him listen to you?" she asked, bewildered. Tomoyo smiled and said innocently, "Oh, I just told him a few things I'd do.." Sakura sweatdropped.
Three minutes later.. Yue came out, looking pissed off. "Happy?" he said angrily at Tomoyo. She smiled. "Hai," she asnwered happily. "Although I think this is way too plain for me.. Here!" She handed him a tan tie. "Put this on!"
Yue took it and stared. "What in the world... How am I supposed to put this on?" he asked Sakura. Sakura shrugged and pulled it out of Yue's hand. He looked at her questionably. She stepped in front of him and said, "Tilt your head up." Yue obeyed. Then he felt Sakura's hands wrapping the tie around his neck, under the collar. She put the two ends together and tied it till it looked like a decent tie.
She stepped back. "Well?" she asked. Yue put his head down. "How did you know how to do it?" he asked. She waved her hand dismissably and said, "I had plenty of practice with Oniisan. He could never get his tie straight for work before. Personally I don't think he can. I think Yukito-san has to do it for him." Yue smiled a bit. "He does," he replied. Sakura blinked and laughed.
"KAAAAAAAAWAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!" exclaimed Tomoyo from behind the couch. The two jumped up and stared at her. Tomoyo had her recorder in hand and her eyes were shining. "You two are so KAWAII together!" she cried out, her cheeks all pink. Yue and Sakura's faces turned bright red like over cooked tomatoes on a summer's day at the beach with no sunscreen.
"To-Tomoyo-chan," Sakura stuttered, all flustered. Tomoyo opened her eyes and said, "Well, you are!" Yue pulled at his collar and mumbled, "Okay, I'm wearing this..outfit, Sakura's going like that.. Ano, where's the Ice Cream Shop?"
"Hooooooooooeeeeeeeee!!!" THUD!
Tomoyo closed her eyes happily and said, "By the bookstore..A little farther down! Sakura-chan can show you if you get confused." Yue nodded. "Um.. Money.." he said. Tomoyo grinned and placed a wallet in Yue's hand. He looked inside. "Five hundred dollars?" Yue asked aloud. Tomoyo nodded, smiling.
Sakura heard and looked at the money with big eyes. "To-Tomoyo-chan!" she exclaimed, hands at her face, "Why'd you give Yue-san so much money??" Tomoyo held up the recorder and answered, "So he can spend it all on you." Sakura's blush deepened. Yue blinked. "How do I know what Sakura-sama wants, Tomoyo?" he whispered in her ear. Tomoyo shrugged. "Wherever Sakura-chan takes you."
Yue sighed. This was going to be on hell of a day.
~*~*~*~*~
Sakura and Yue sat down at their seats in the Ice Cream Shop and a waiter gave them each a menu. (Picture this place like anyother Ice CreamPalor or whatever.)
"What is all this stuff?" Yue asked, reading the menu. Sakura sweatdropped. ~Tomoyo-chan forgot that Yue-san doesn't eat. Oh well, time to make him try food again!~ She smiled wearily and said, "It's stuff called ice cream. Errr... It's really cold and yummy food and it comes in many different flavors." Yue raised a brow and Sakura's sweatdrop got bigger.
She quickly grabbed her menu and pointed to a picture with a root beer float and showed it to Yue. "I think you'll enjoy this, Yue-san," she said nervously. Yue looked at his menu with the same picture. "I...don't eat anything though.." he said. Sakura laughed nervously and in the back of her mind, she was thinking dark thoughts. ~How the hell did I get stuck doing this?? Tomoyo-chan is going to get it..~ "Ju-Just try it!" she said a little too loudly.
Yue raised another brow and nodded hesitantly. "Okay.. Um, what's up with you, Sakura-sama?" he asked, noticing her disturbing behaivor. (HA! Disturbing..) Sakura got another sweatdrop and said, "Oh! Nothing, nope, nothing at all.." ~Oh Great. I sound like Kero-chan now..~ "And don't call me Sakura-sama in public, okay?" she said. "It'd attract attention. Just call me Sakura-chan." Yue nodded slowly this time.
From like, ten feet away, Tomoyo caught this all on tape. "Aren't they just the cutest couple ever??" she asked. Kero popped his head out from her purse and said, "Whatever. How'd you ever manage to get Yue and Sakura-san to do this?!" Tomoyo looked down at him and smiled mischieviously. "I told Yue that I would make sure he couldn't see Sakura-chan anymore and I told Sakura-chan that I'd tell Yue about how she felt!"
Kero nodded. "Ah.. I seeee.." DING! "How'd you get me to come??" he asked. Tomoyo held up a cookie and said, "Sweet's remember?" Kero's eyes went wide. "Uh huh," he said, totally ignoring her and grabbing the cookie and promptly stuffing it in his face. Tomoyo giggled and kept recording.
The waiter came back and pulled out a pen and notepad. "And what might this young couple want?" he asked. Sakura and Yue blushed and Sakura said, "I-I'd like a strawberry frozen yogurt cone and Yue-san will have a rootbeer float." The waiter nodded and left. Sakura breathed a sigh of relief. "Honestly, thinking we're a couple," she said, laughing a little. Yue remained silent.
Soon the waiter came back and gave them their deserts and left to serve another table. Sakura took hers and passed the rootbeer float to Yue. He took it and stared at it. "The hell?" he said. It was foamy on the top and at the bottom he cold see like a creamy white and brown. He gagged. "What is this??" he asked. Sakura licked off the top of the yogurt cone thing and said, "Nani?" Yue pointed to the rootbeer float.
Sakura blinked. "It's just a rootbeer float, Yue-san," she explained. Yue eyed it. "Is it edible?" he asked. Sakura sweatdropped and said, "Of COURSE it's edible. Why would they serve it here?"
"Maybe to kill off people?"
THUD!
Sakura got up and licked off more of the yogurt cone thingy. "Look, Yue-san, pass it here." She put out her hand and Yue passed her the dreadful rootbeer. She took a straw and stuck it in the rootbeer. "Watch," she commanded, putting the straw in her mouth. Yue blinked. "Eh?" Sakura sipped a bit of the rootbeer and swallowed it. She took her mouth off the straw. "See?" she said, taking it out, "it isn't poison. Now drink!" She passed it back to him and stuck a spoon in it.
Yue looked at it suspiciously and grabbed the spoon. He scooped some rootbeer and ice cream in it and brought it to his mouth. He took a deep breath and stuck the spoon in his mouth. He swallowed the rootbeer and ice cream. Sakura looked intently at him. "Well?" she pondered(It was 2:30am when I wrote this). "How is it?" Yue licked his lips and answered, "It was pretty good."
Sakura breathed a sigh of relief and saw Yue eat more of the rootbeer float. Sakura clapped her hands together and exclaimed, "Now we can try Pizza!"
Kero sweatdropped. "He can only take so much at a time, Sakura.."
~*~*~*~*~
"Oi, Kiri! Want to go out somewhere?" Reisei called out in the apartment. Kiri popped out of nowhere (not literally) and said, "Yea! let's go!" Reisei grinned and walked out the apartment door. Kiri followed and they went down stairs.
"Reisei, could I talk to you?" a boy's voice asked from the corner of the building. Reisei turned and blinked. "Eh? Who's this?" She blinked at the dark blue haired boy in front of her with glasses. Then she and Kiri freaked.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!! IT'S CLOW REED!!" they screamed in unison.
The boy shook his head. "No, no. You've got it wrong. I'm not Clow, Reisei, Kiri. I'm the reincarnation of him, I'm Hiiragizawa Eriol," Eriol explained calmly. Reisei and Kiri exchanged glances and stared at Eriol. "Oh God, what happened to you, Clo-Eriol?" Kiri asked. "You got small.." Eriol sweatdropped. "Yea, well...That's what happened.."
He looked at Reisei. "I'm assuming you know who Syaoran is?" Eriol asked her. Reisei shook her head. "Iie," she answered. Eriol sweatdropped again. "He's a friend of Sakura-san's. Uh.. I believe he's the one with brown hair and amber eyes," he said. Reisei and Kiri nodded. "Now I remember!" Reisei said. "Yea, I saw him before... Err.. Why do you ask?"
Eriol chuckled and pulled off his glasses. "Did you know that Kikai, your Mistress, and Syaoran, engaged in a duel, not too long ago?" he asked, wiping them. Reisei nodded. "Yes, Mistress said she was going to battle someone.." Kiri nodded.
"Well, well," Eriol said, putting them back on. "Did you know that Kikai got kissed by Syaoran after the duel was over?" Reisei and Kiri got big eyes (O_O) and fell down. Kiri got up and said, "You can't be serious!" Eriol nodded. "Dead serious." Reisei got up in time to catch Kiri, who fainted in a dead heap. Reisei looked at Eriol. "You're not kidding?" she asked, disbelieving. Eriol shook his head. "But.. Mistress would've killed Syaoran by then."
Eriol smiled. "That's why I came here, Reisei," he said, "because I know for a fact that Syaoran has fallen in love with your Mistress and that I believe Kikai might like him back a bit." Reisei blinked. "Eh? Mistress? Liking someone? This has got to be a joke!" Eriol shook his head and said solemly, "I'm serious, Reisei. I'd like for you to help me in..uh..shall we say, playing Cupid?" Reisei stared, then started laughing.
"Pla-Playing cupid?" she gasped out, catching her breath. "Sheesh, so now my true form is cupid for Yue and I'm cupid for Mistress and Syaoran?" Eriol blinked. "You're trying to make Yue like someone?" he asked. Resei shook her head and explained, "Yue likes Sakura. I-Tsumetai wants to help him." Eriol 'oh'ed. "Well, that's nice of Tsumetai," he said. "She does have a soft spot I-Clow put in her."
Eriol stuck his hands in his pockets and said, "Reisei, I'd like for you to try and..I don't know.. Maybe try telling Kikai how much Syaoran has a crush on her? Just as if you were saying like you heard it from somewhere? Can you tell Kiri to do that also?" Reisei looked down at the fainted beast and said, "Okay. We were going to go out. Actually, I wanted to go to this really cool BookStore Kikai mentioned. I saw tons of books at Yukito's aparment and I was interested to see which ones are good. He had some I couldn't find in America."
Eriol laughed. "That's fine. Well, I'll be going. Arigato, Reisei!" he said cheerfully and walked away. Reisei picked up the little beast by the neck and stared at him irritably. "Wake up, you nitwit, he's gone. The monster is gone," she said. Kiri opened an eye. "Honto?" he asked. Reisei nodded, then, "Oh NO! He came BACK!" Kiri yelped and pretended to be dead. Reisei dropped him and started laughing.
Kiri flew back up and glared at Reisei. "You little doodlebugger!" he said. "You lied!!" Reisei pointed at him and giggled a little more. "Why the heck are you so afraid of Eriol anyway?" she asked. Kiri flew up to her ear and whispered, "Because he's the reincarnation of Clow. And Clow scared the shit out of me."
"Why?"
"Because he looked so weird and scary and creepy.." Kiri said. Reisei nodded, her mouth a bit open in confusement.
~*~*~*~*~
"Wow! This is the bookstore Naoko always shops at!" Sakura exclaimed, running in. Yue tilted his head an blinked. He turned and looked at Tomoyo. She nodded. Yue sighed and did a "why me?" with his face and walked inside. Tomoyo and Kero followed.
Yue was looking for Sakura but he couldn't find her in the small quaint shop. "Sakura-sama!" he whispered, turning around a bookshelf. He didn't see anyone. Suddenly he felt the tingling feeling when he felt someone's magic aura nearby. He rounded the corner and came face to face with two purple eyes.
"AAAAAHHHHHH!!" they both screamed, falling backwards.
The two opened their eyes and gasped in bewilderment.
"Yue?!"
"Reisei?!"
Yue blinked and narrowed his eyes. "What in hell are you doing here?!" he demanded. Reisei blinked a bit and answered, "I was just looking for some books... What are you doing here?" Yue flustered pink. "No-Nothing," he stammered. Then he noticed a pointy ear behind Reisei's hair. "Eh..Kiri!" he said aloud.
The ear twitched and Kiri popped out. "Oi, Yue! Long time no see!" he cried out. Yue's mouth twitched like Tai's in the Digimon Episode, "A Very Digi Christmas." Kiri blinked. "Uh..Yue? You there?"
Then Tomoyo came running up with her recorder in hand. "Yue-san, daijoubu desu ka-...Who's this?" she asked, pointing to Kiri. "Hiya!" Kiri greeted. Kero stuck his head out and stared with big eyes. "AHHH!!! IT'S KIRI!" he yelled. Kiri looked at Kero. "HI, KERO!" he greeted cheerfully. Tomoyo looked between the two beasts. "Um, could someone explain..?" she asked. Reisei smiled with a sweatdrop and nodded.
After she was done explaining, Tomoyo nodded in understandment. "Now I see," she said. "So you're the false form of the girl who attacked Sakura-chan before.." Reisei nodded feverishly. "And Kiri is like Kero-chan? He can turn into a big animal?" Again, Reisei nodded. Yue sighed. "What are you two here?" he asked again. Reisei looked at him and said, "I already told you. I came to buy books. And why the hell are you here wearing that?" she asked, eyeing his outfit.
Yue blushed. Tomoyo smiled and said, "I made him take Sakura-chan to the Ice Cream Shop and then to wherever Sakura-chan wanted to go!" She giggled. Reisei stared. "You're saying this is a....DATE??" she asked. Kiri stared. "EH?!?!?!!" Tomoyo nodded. "Hai!" she answered happily. Yue covered his face in his hands.
Reisei looked at Tomoyo. "Err.. Tomoyo, this may sound a little weird...but.." She put her fingers together and said, "Tsumetai was trying to make Yue tell Sakura that he loves her." Yue went bright red and clamped his hand over Reisei's mouth. "Mmmmmfff!!" Yue grinned weakly and said hastily, "She's just joking!"
Tomoyo raised a brow. "I already know, Yue-san. Jeez.. I know that you like Sakura-chan! That's why I'm doing this for you! I'm giving you perfect opportunities to say it! But you never took them!" she said. Reisei looked at Yue and bit his hand. "Itai!" he cried out, soothing his hand instantly. Reisei gagged and said, "That's what you get. Now, why aren't you taking these opportunities??"
"Yea!" chirped Kiri. Yue gave him the death glare and Kiri squeeked and went back to bugging Kero.
Tomoyo looked at Reisei. "You think you could help me?" she asked. Reisei blinked. "Well, Eriol already told me and Kiri to try get Kikai to reveal her feelings toward Syaoran. Well, he thinks she might like him a bit. Otherwise she would've got up and sliced him to pieces," she answered. "But I'm sure I could help..?" Tomoyo clapped her hands together. "Great!" she said. "We'll just have to hide the fact that you're Tsumetai and we have to hide Kiri."
Reisei nodded and stood up. Yue sighed again and stood up. ~Females are too much for me..~
~*~*~*~*~
Syaoran's head clicked up from his book and stared straight out the window leading to the park with the King Penguin and the trees surrounding it. He could feel something..something...just telling him to go. So he put down his book, grabbed his sword and walked out his apartment. He made his way towards the trees and inside the woods.
He walked around for some time, letting the feeling guide him. Soon he could feel the faint aura of Kikai. ~Kikai?! I was drawn here because of her? Sheeze, am I that obsessed?~ He kept walking and felt the aura grow stronger. She must be in the trees. He tilted his head up as he walked. Then he blinked.
In the top of a tree was a doll tiger. He looked further down and saw Kikai, sitting on a branch, sleeping. Syaoran's face smiled a little. ~She looks a lot more peaceful when she's asleep.~ Then the sun hit something and a flash hit Syaoran's eye. He turned around, eyes going back and forth. He heard someone snap their fingers.
Kikai's eyes flashed open from the noise. Then she looked up just in time to see an unnaturally large tiger pounce down on her, making her fall out the tree. Syaoran saw her whip out the key and chant. "Key which conceals the power of darkness, reveal your true self before me. I, Kikai, command this by contract. Release!" The black wand appeared but it was too late to do anything. The tiger pinned Kikai down to the ground with a loud thunk and growled in her face.
Syaoran grabbed his sword and yelled, "Hey, you stupid tiger! Take this! LIGHTNING!" Lightning striked down upon the tiger and it jumped back in anger. Syaoran ran up to Kikai and bent down. "Daijoubu desu ka?" he asked hurridly. Kikai stood up. "What are you doing here," she asked coldly. Syaoran smiled grimly. "I sensed something."
Kikai 'hn'ed and threw a card in the air. Syaoran could guess which one it was. "Dark Sword!" she exclaimed, the wand becoming a shimmering sword. She held it out in front of her in a fighting position. "You're not needed here," Kikai mumbled curtly, eye looking back at Syaoran. "So go home." Syaoran snorted, going into fighting position also. "You don't think I'm going to let you take this thing on by yourself, do you? If you died, Sakura wouldn't get her testing done," he said.
Kikai smirked a little.
The tiger roared at the two swordspeople and ran at them, swiping its paws at them. Kikai jumped to the side and slashed at the ribs. Syaoran did the same and slashed at the stomach. The tiger turned around, looking unharmed. "What?!" Syaoran and Kikai asked in unison. Syaoran pulled his sword up. "Lightning!" he cried out, lightning hitting at the tiger. It stayed unfazed. "What the hell is that thing.." Kikai asked, sword returning to wand.
She grabbed out another card. "Dark Arrow!" A black bow appeared in her hand and she held up the other. A ball of energy formed into an arrow and she took aim at the tiger. Then she loosened her grip on the arrow and let it fly. It muliplied and struck the tiger all at once, making it roar in pain and tackling Kikai. "Agh!" she yelped, the bow knocked out of her hand. The tiger dug its claws into Kikai's shirt and skin and she winced. "You..stupid..beast!" she managed to say, kicking the tiger in the stomach. It had no effect.
"Kikai!" shouted Syaoran, standing in front of the tiger, sword tip at the tiger's face. "Let her GO!" The tiger rolled its gold eye at Syaoran and bared its teeth. "Kikai, are you okay?!" Syaoran asked in worry. Kikai gritted her teeth together and with a great effort, kicked her legs up, grabbed the tigers' wrists and flipped it off.
The tiger landed on its feet. Kikai stumbled up. Out of the corner of her eye she could see her wand. "Damnit," she cursed under her breath, looking back at the tiger. Syaoran turned to her. "You're hurt severely, leave this to me," he said, seeing her blood stained white shirt. Kikai stared at him. Then she glared. "Don't tell me what to do!" she hissed, pushing him back. "I do whatever I want."
"You'll get killed!" Syaoran said helplessly. Kikai ignored him and dashed for her wand, grabbing it in her hand. She brought out another card. "Dark Firey!" she called out, hitting the card with the wand. Unlike the normal Firey, it was leaping with black and grey flames. It surrounded the tiger, flames erupting around it. The tiger roared.
"Dark Freeze!"
All the flames and the tiger were trapped into a block of clear black ice. Syaoran stared. "Now what's she going to do?" he asked quietly. Kikai threw another card, "Dark Thunder!" and a huge black lightning bolt hurled straight down the middle of the ice and the ice shattered like glass. Syaoran used his sword to shield most of the shatters. "What the.."
Kikai stood her ground and let the icicles hit her, slicing open her shirt, shorts, and skin. Syaoran winced everytime something hit her. It pained him to see the person he liked get hurt like that. But her face remained emotionless.
When the icicles stopped flying, Syaoran could see the tiger's frozen body on the ground. It was partly light blue and it didn't move. He narrowed his eyes. Something didn't feel right.
Kikai held up the staff and it was turned into the Dark Sword yet again and she stepped up to the tiger. She raised the sword and prepared to pierce it when the tigers' eye flashed open and tackled her, pushing her down onto the pieces of sharp ice. Kikai tried to muffle the cries of pain escaping her mouth.
Syaoran's eyes widened and he ran over, ramming into the tiger, sending it flying into a tree. He kneeled down and touched Kikai. "Kikai, are you okay?" he whispered. "Kikai!" Kikai opened an eye and managed to say, "The bloody hell are you doing, get away from me." Syaoran frowned. "Look, I'm trying to help, okay?" he said. The tiger came back at them. Syaoran narrowed his eyes.
"Element, Fire!" A rush of fire hit the tiger, sending it back into the tree. He stood up in front of Kikai and held his sword in fighting stance. Kikai blinked slowly. He's trying to help me... Her eyelids became heavy and they closed, head lowered.
Syaoran looked back at her. "Oh no, Kikai!" he said. He glared at the tiger. "You did this to her! I'll make sure you rot in hell, you frickin'.. What the?!" The tiger was fading away. He blinked and it was gone. "What the hell was that thing.."
He turned and bent down. "Kikai.." he whispered painfully. Syaoran wrapped his arms around her and picked her up. He could feel her shallow breathing against his chest. ~I don't know where she lives.. So I'll have to take her home...~
~*~*~*~*~
Yue finally found Sakura looking in the fantasy section. "You're interested in that stuff?" he asked. Sakura jumped up and looked at him. "Oh, Hi , Yue-san. I didn't hear you.." she said, smiling sheepishly. "Eh..Who's that girl behind you?" she asked, pointing behind Yue. He turned his head and sighed.
Reisei and Tomoyo stepped from behind Yue and Tomoyo said, "This is Reisei. She's a old friend of, uh, mine. Well, my mom's friends' daughter actually." Sakura blinked. "Hoooee.. Nn! Hajimemashita, Reisei-san!" she greeted, bowing. Reisei bowed as well and said, "A pleasure to meet you also, Sakura."
Yue groaned. "Did you find anything?" he asked Sakura. Sakura nodded and held up a book with a unicorn on it. "Isn't it kawaii?" she asked. Yue sweatdropped and Reisei elbowed him lightly. "Ow!" he whispered. Reisei said softly, "Say yes!" Yue sighed exasperated and nodded. Sakura, totally oblivious, grinned and walked up to the counter.
Tomoyo filmed. "Yue, get over there, you've got the money!" she and Reisei said. Yue followed Sakura, shoulder sagging, and paid for her. The clerk looked at the two and said, "My, what a nice couple here." Sakura and Yue went red.
"Alright!" Tomoyo and Reisei cheered silently, slapping their hands together.
~*~*~*~*~
Syaoran walked into the kitchen and took out a bowl from the cupboard and filled it with luke warm water. He took a cloth and went back into the living room. He set it down on the small table next to the couch and walked to his room, sitting down on the bed softly. Kikai's eyes were closed and her breathing was light. Syaoran sighed and stroked her hair. "Kikai.. Wake up, you need to change out of those torn clothes," he whispered a little loudly.
Kikai mumbled and her eyes opened slightly. "Where the.. Syaoran!" she exclaimed, sitting up abruptly, pulling the sheet to cover her ripped shirt. "Where am I?"
Syaoran smiled a bit and answered, "You're at my apartment. I brought you here because I didn't know where you lived." Kikai blinked, then narrowed her eyes. "Well, now that I'm awake I can go home," she said stiffly. Syaoran shook his head. "I can't let you do that," he said. "You're too injured and weak right now."
"I am not!" protested Kikai hotly. "I can take care of myself, I don't need any help from you." Syaoran got up and walked to his drawer and opened it. He pulled out a big plain shirt that was light blue. He tossed it at Kikai and she caught it, looking at him questionably. "Put it on," Syaoran said, walking out the door. "Then come out, you've got wounds that need to be tended to." And he shut the door.
Syaoran went into the bathroom and opened the closet, getting out some bandages. He closed it and sighed, walking back out into the living room. He saw Kikai sitting down on the couch with her hands on her lap. Her head was lowered as if she was thinking of something. Even in something so plain she looked remarkably beautiful to Syaoran.
He walked up to her and put the bandages down on the coffee table. Kikai snapped her head up.
"Hold your arm out," Syaoran said. Kikai held her arm out in front of him, and he began wiping her arm with the cloth, cleaning off the blood. "Why are you doing this?" Kikai asked in a hollow voice. Without looking up, Syaoran answered, "Because I couldn't just leave you there." He didn't expect a reply and he didn't get one.
"Okay, lift the other arm," he said, rinsing the cloth in the water. Kikai put her arm down and lifted the other with no sound. Syaoran wiped that one too and he grabbed the bandages. He started wrapping them around Kikai's wounds until they were all covered. Then he looked up at her. "Is that okay?" he asked. Kikai nodded.
He stood up and looked down at her. "I want you to stay the night," he said suddenly. Kikai's eyes widened. "What?!" Syaoran nodded. "I don't care what you say, that tiger might track you down," he said. Kikai glared at him. "I have my guardians." Syaoran said, "Well, if you couldn't even affect the tiger, how do you expect them to? Aren't you more powerful than them?"
Kikai looked the other way. "Fine," she said shortly. "I'll stay, but it's only because I'm not able to..protect myself very well." Inside, Syaoran sighed a sigh of relief. "Are you hungry?" he asked. Kikai didn't answer. Syaoran smiled a little and walked into the kitchen. He took out two bowls and made Chicken Noodle Soup.
He walked back to the living room and placed the two bowls down. Kikai glanced at it, then stood up. "I'm not hungry," she said curtly and started to move. Syaoran grabbed her wrist. Kikai turned her head and looked at him. "Look, if you don't eat, your recovery will take longer, therefore you'll have to stay here for a longer period of time," the Chinese boy said, smiling with a look of satisfaction on his face.
Kikai's face remained blank, then a look of defeat. ~Damn kid thinks of everything. Why the bloody hell is he so intent on me staying here.. Crazy lunatic.~ She sat back down on the couch next to Syaoran. He placed a bowl on her lap. She just stared at it, and picked up the fork with her hand.
Syaoran put the fork, full of noodles, in his mouth and blinked at Kikai. ~She's so damn stubborn.~
~*~*~*~*~
Sakura dropped her shopping bags near her bed and let herself fall back into her inviting bed. "Man, I'm pooped," she said. "Yue-san took me almost everywhere."
Kero pulled out a mint flavored candy from a little bag in his drawer and asked, "Eh? He did? ..So that's where you were.. So, what'd you two do?"
Sakura flipped herself over and rested her head on her arms. "Well, first Yue-san and I went to Tomoyo-chan's and she made Yue-san wear human normal clothes, then we went to the Ice Cream Shop, Book Store, a Tea Shop, a toy store, then to this Glass Shop. I really loved it there, look what I got," she said, grabbing one of her bags and looking in it. Then she pulled out a number of boxes, all of different sizes, and opened them. Kero flew over. "Ah.."
Sakura picked out one and held it up. It was a Chinese Tea set. "It's for Eriol-kun," Sakura said. "I didn't know what to get him but since he likes tea so much I guess this was good." Kero nodded. "What else did you get?" he asked.
Sakura put the set back in the box and took out two things from two other boxes. They were a big thick book, a detailed colored bracelet, and a huge stuffed bunny. "The book is for Suppi-chan, the bracelet is for Mizuki-san, and the bunny is for Nakuru-chan."
She put those away and opened more. "A book for Naoko-chan, a glass sparrow for Rika-chan, a pendant for Chiharu-chan, a book full of myths for Yamazaki-kun, a book full of cooking recipies for Yukito-san, a book on all the magical spells for Li-kun... Hey!"
Kero snored even louder.
Sakura pouted and yelled, "Don't go to SLEEP!" Kero popped his eyes open. "Ah, boring.." he mumbled, scratching his nose. Sakura glared and said hotly, "Look, go down to the kitchen and open the fridge. I think you won't find THAT boring." Kero raised his head and flew downstairs. A minute later Sakura heard a cry of delight and she ran down to see.
"OH YEA!!!!! ALRIGHT!!! CAKE!!!! HUMONGO!!!! WHOO-HOOOOOOOO!!!!" Kero cried out with happiness as he flew around and around the huge cake now on the table.
Sakura grinned. "Tomoyo-chan said you deserved it, so we both made it for you when you were sleeping."
Kero stared water-eyed at the cake. "You mean it's all for me?" he asked, drooling. Sakura smiled. "Yep." Kero grabbed a fork and started eating it. Sakura sweatdropped. She didn't think it would last by dinner time.
~*~*~*~*~
Yue sat back in his thoughts as he layed down on the bed Tomoyo said he could sleep in. Hell, she gave him his own room.
"This is where you can stay whenever you want, Yue-san," she had said nicely, showing him the room. "The clothes are in the drawer over there."
So he was now in a casual pants and shirt.
~Sakura..we had a busy day, ne.. I guess it was worth it.. She seemed to enjoy herself a lot..~ He smiled. ~Whatever makes Sakura happy is fine by me.. When Sakura is happy, I'm happy.. I'll do anything to make sure she's never hurt again..~ He frowned. ~I can't believe how she could still love that boy.. I mean..in a friendly way. After what he's done to her, she hasn't shunned him away.. Her heart is so big and kind and loving.. She always tried to make things work.. Ah, Sakura.. I wish you loved back the same way I love you..~
He glanced out the window and out into the dark night sky and the pale moon. ~I'll help you in any way I can..~
~*~*~*~*~
Syaoran couldn't sleep.
No matter how he tried, he just couldn't get himself into La La Land. He tried counting sheep, thinking of something, watching the T.V., listening to music..anything. Nothing worked. It wasn't that he was sleeping on the couch, it was the fact that Kikai was sleeping on his bed, in his room.
He sat up and threw the covers off of him and walked to his room. Opening the door silently, he peered inside.
Kikai was sleeping on his bed, of course. But the sheets were thrown off leaving her pretty much vunerable. She was still wearing the blue shirt Syaoran had given her, but it was the only thing that covered most of her body. Syaoran blushed and stepped inside.
He sat down gently next to the girl and ran his fingers through her hair. It was so silky and smooth it made Syaoran shiver. ~Beautiful..~ He ran his fingers lightly over her face and traced the outline of her face. "Kikai.." he whispered, cupping her face in his hand.
Kikai moved a bit and Syaoran wondered if he was going to get sliced in pieces. But Kikai went back to sleep. Syaoran sighed in relief and said softly, "Ah, Kikai.. Ai shiteru.."
OMG! I ACTUALLY FINISHED!!! @_@ I had writer's block for what seemed like forever that I started TWO new series..O.o.. Anywhoo.. WAS THAT ENOUGH ROMANCE?? Nah..Probably not.. But I assure you, it gets sappy in the end..ha..ha.. Yep.. `Cause I started writing the battle part..O.O;; Weird, ain't I? Now I'm stuck on that.. Hehehehe..Abadom on fic and start on the other.
Well.. Please, if you want to, please go read my other CCS fic "Why Must You Do This To Me?" It's S&S and romance/angst..I don't think it's real angsty though..T.T I can't write angst...;;!!!
R&R Please!!!