Testing The Sakura Card Mistress
Nine- Mystery
by Sakura Maxwell
"Dare.."
There was a boy. A boy covered in shadows. She could only make out his eyes. Two light red eyes. They stared at her with a hint of mockery.
"..Anata wa..dare..?"
~*~*~*~*~
Sakura groggily sat up, eyes barely open. She glanced at the clock, which told her that it was only 5:15 am. She blinked. ~Why did I get up so early?~ she wondered. She got out of bed and opened her door, walked out, and closed it softly. She crept down the stairs and into the living room.
A big dark object was in the corner of the living room. She smiled at it, and went over. She bent down, flicked something on, and stepped back, gazing at the different colored lights that decorated the christmas tree.
~Already December.. I love Christmas.. Everything is so beautiful..~ she thought, warmness spreading all around her. She looked out the window, and saw little snow falling. ~I love snow, too.~ She walked into the kitchen and started to boil some water. She got out a package of hot chocolate and put the contents into a medium sized mug. She waited for the water to finish, then poured some into her mug. She got out a spoon and mixed the chocolate with the water. "I love chocolate milk, also.." she said to herself quietly and smiled. She looked for some marshmallows, and dumped a few in her mug.
She stirred the marshmallows as she walked back into the living room. She sat down on the couch and gazed at the christmas tree.
~*~*~*~*~
"Sakura, oi, Sakura, wake up!"
Sakura cracked her eyes open and mumbled, "Ugh, what.." She lifted her head and looked up. Then her eyes snapped wide open. "AAAHHH!!! ONIISAN?!"
Touya looked at her. "How come you were here?" he asked. "When I woke up at 6:30, I found you sleeping on the couch and the lights were on. You came out here earlier this morning to watch the tree, didn't you?" Sakura nodded meekly. Touya smiled. "That's okay. But!" he said, holding up Sakura's mug, his smile turning into a full on moronic grin, "you left this out on the table, and you didn't clean it! This means you have to wash the dishes for a today and tomorrow!"
Sakura stared, then glared at her older brother with puffed cheeks. "WHAT?! That's unfair!!!" she exclaimed. "It was like, 5:00 in the morning! Of course I'm going to fall asleep!!"
Touya grinned even more. "Too bad, kaijuu!" he said. Sakura shouted, "SHUT UP!!"
"You both better shut up," Kero said, floating inbetween them. "I woke up because of you guys shoutin'."
Sakura and Touya stared at him. "Stay out of this!" they yelled in unison. Kero tumbled back from the great force of their voices and slammed into the christmas tree. "Aaaahhhhhh... Ugh.."
Touya went into the kitchen. "Aw, I was just kidding. Nevermind, Sakura."
Sakura stared. ~How weird..~ She got off of the couch and walked back upstairs and into her room. She went over to her desk and sat down. She got a piece of paper and a pen and started writing.
Christmas Presents
1. Oniisan
2. Otousan
3. Tomoyo-chan
4. Kero-chan
5. Li-kun
6. Rika-chan
7. Naoko-chan
8. Chiharu-chan
9. Yamazaki-kun
10. Eriol-kun
11. Akizuki-san
12. Suppi-chan
13. Mizuki-san
14. Meiling-chan
15. Yukito-san
16. Yue-san
She stopped writing. ~What am I going to get for Yue-san? I don't know what kind of things he likes..~ She frowned, then shrugged. ~I'll be able to find something.. I hope..~ She put the pen down and grabbed her phone, dailed some numbers, and waited.
"Hello? Daidouji residence."
"Hey, it's Kinomoto Sakura. May I speak to Tomoyo?"
"One moment please."
Sakura waited, then heard another person pick up the phone.
"Sakura-chan?" Tomoyo's voice asked from the other end.
Sakura smiled. "Yea," she answered. "I was wondering if you wanted to go shopping with me? I have all the people I want to buy gifts for listed down."
"Hai! I have all the people too. I'll come over, okay?"
"Okay!" Sakura nodded happily and hung up. She went over to her closet and pulled out a long sleeved turtleneck and long demin jeans. She changed into them and grabbed her gloves and coat. She quickly ran the brush her hair and ran downstairs.
"Where are you going?" Fujitaka asked curiously as Sakura placed her coats and gloves by the door and came into the kitchen, noticing her outfit. "I'm going with Tomoyo-chan to go Christmas shopping," she answered. "Then maybe you can have some breakfast. I just finished making pancakes," he said, bringing out two plates with hot pancakes covered with thick maple syrup on them. Sakura obeyed and said, "Arigato, Otousan." Fujitaka sat down across from her. "Dou itashimashite," he replied.
"Itadakimasu!" they said happily, and started eating.
"Have you made a list of all the people you want to get gifts?" her father asked. Sakura nodded. "Yea, I think I'm going to go broke with all the people I have to get things for," she said, biting into a piece. Fujitaka smiled. "You could always make the gifts," he suggested. Sakura looked up. "I guess you're right," she said, drinking some juice. Then the doorbell rang. "Oh, Kero-chan can have the rest of mine," she said, standing up. "I got to go now, see you later, Otousan!" She grabbed her coat and gloves and quickly went to open the door.
Tomoyo was there, smiling. "Ohayo, Sakura-chan," she greeted. Sakura smiled back. "Ohayo!" She put on her coat and gloves and closed the door. They started walking along the snow covered sidewalks. "The snow is beautiful, ne, Sakura-chan?" Tomoyo commented. Sakura nodded in agreement. "It sure is," she said. "The snow reminds me..of Yukito-san."
"Well, his name does mean snow rabbit," Tomoyo reminded her. Sakura nodded. "It reminds me of Yue, also.." she said softly. Tomoyo glanced at her, smiling. "Why's that?" she asked. "Yue means moon, not snow." Sakura shrugged. "I don't know. It seems like the snow is Yue. Snow is white, like Yue, and snow is wonderful, just like Yue.."
"Ohohohohohoho! '..and snow is wonderful, just like Yue'?" Tomoyo asked. Sakura looked at her. "Yea.. Why? ...AAAHHH!!" She covered her mouth and burned with embarrassment. "Aw, you know you like him, Sakura-chan!" Tomoyo said gleefully. "You two are so cute together, so perfect!!" Sakura looked to the snow covered ground, face red. "Yes, but.. He doesn't like me. How can he like me? I'm just a child in his eyes."
Tomoyo looked at her friend sadly. "But he always wishes to protect you!" she insisted. "And he cares for you so much!"
"That's because I'm his 'mistress'. He's supposed to try protect me.."
"But Sakura-chan, what about when you two went to the ice cream shop? Didn't you two enjoy yourselves? Did Yue actually try to eat something?" She knew the answer already, but she wanted to prove that Yue DID love Sakura.
Sakura shrugged. "That's because I insisted that he try something.. He looks so.. So lonely, so cold, so distant. Like he's in another world, and unable to be reached," she mumbled. "That's not true!!" Tomoyo exclaimed. "You have reached him! He is your deep friend! Haven't you shared some secrets with him? Or trusted him with something you haven't told anyone else yet?" Sakura blinked. ~Trusted him..with something I haven't told to anyone else..?~
~"Sakura-sama," Yue whispered to her softly, "It is late, and I should be going now. I don't want to worry your brother or your father by standing out here like this with you." Sakura smiled a bit, then said, "Okay, Yue-san. And please don't tell anyone about my dream... Okay? It would worry Touya and he doesn't need to have anymore problems on his mind than he already has. Onegai?"~
Sakura's eyes widened. ~I have.. At the beginning of all of this.. My dreams..~ she realized. Tomoyo could read Sakura's face very well, and knew she had thought of a time where Sakura did the exact thing she asked. She giggled lightly. "I see you've thought of a time," she said. Sakura nodded sheepishly. "I..guess.. Wha?" She blinked as little pieces of snow started fall down around them. "Kirei.." both girls mumbled.
~*~*~*~*~
"Souda ne.." Sakura said, putting the mug down. "Well.. How about..er.." Tomoyo smiled. "Are you having trouble thinking of gifts for everyone, Sakura-chan?" she asled. Sakuta nodded helplessly. "Yea, I am. Argh.. What do I get Meiling? She's in Hong Kong, and her tastes might have changed! I don't know what she likes!" Sakura pulled out her list of people. "I didn't even get one prese.." Her sentence trailed off as she sensed a familiar aura. "Kikai.. She's here. But why?" she asked aloud.
Tomoyo glanced at her. "Kikai goes Christmas shopping? Now that's something you definitely don't see everyday." Sakura shrugged. "I don't know why she is here, but I want to find her," she said and started using her magic to pinpoint Kikai's location. She soon found the blue-eyed girl at the sweets section, along with someone else Sakura knew.
"Mistress, look! Why don't you get these for Syaoran?" Reisei asked, motioning her hands towards some chocolates like a salesman. Kikai stared at her with an exasperated expression. "I don't have a clue as to *why* I let you drag me to this hell hole, but this is *ridiuculous*--" She stopped as she noticed Sakura and Tomoyo watching them.
Sakura sweatdropped, and smiled weakly, waving at her. "Uh.. Ko-Konnichi wa, Kikai.." she greeted hesitantly. Kikai looked at her with almost glaring eyes, and asked, "So you're not with him, even though he's here. I thought you would've been.."
Sakura blinked. "Huh? What do you mean--"
"Sakura-san!" exclaimed Reisei, running over. "Konnichi wa!"
Sakura grinned. "Konnichi wa, Reisei-san!" she said. "Ah..um.. You and Kikai..err...know each other?" Tomoto and Reisei exchanged glances, nodded, and looked back at Sakura, who was looking at them with a confused expression. "Ano.." Reisei coughed. "Kikai.. She's..um., my mistress.."
Sakura blinked. Then it dawned on her. "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHH?!?!?!?!" she cried out in disbelief, staring at the two, and earning stares from everyone around them.
Kikai rose a brow. "You met her with your false form without informing me?" she asked. Reisei grinned weakly, swetadropped, then bowed slightly. "Sumimasen, Mistress," she apologized. Sakura and Tomoyo stared. Kikai waved her hand dismissably. "Nevermind." She turned to Tomoyo. "And you knew?"
Tomoyo nodded. Sakura turned her head to look at her best friend, staring. "EEEEEEEEHHHHHH?!!?"
Kikai sighed and put her fingers to her temples. "Please, keep it down," she said. "You're earning stares from every direction." Sakura blinked, then turned bright pink. Tomoyo giggled. "It is funny how we met each other here, though!" she commented. "Such coinsidences are amazing!"
"There is no coinsidence in this world," mumbled Kikai, glancing away. "Only the inevitable."
Sakura looked at Kikai, who was now looking at her. ~Eto.. That's exactly what Mizuki-san said to me before I met Yue.. What does it mean?~
Kikai started walking in the direction of where she was looking before looking at Sakura. "Anou.. Mistress, where are you going?" Reisei asked, following. Sakura and Tomoyo followed also.
"To think that you can't even *sense* him when he's so *close* is not good," Kiakia muttered. Sakura faltered a bit, instantly knowing Kikai was talking to her. "What do you mean?" she asked. "Sense who?"
"Yue.." she whispered, almost disdainfully. Sakura blinked. "..Yue..?" she echoed, stopping. "..Yue...?"
"Close, but right now I'm just Yukito," said a voice nearby. Sakura spun around in the direction of the voice and exclaimed, "Yukito-san!"
Yukito walked over. "Konnichi wa, Sakura-chan," he greeted cheerfully. "Did you want to see Yue?" Sakura shook her head violently, and heard a cough from behind. She turned around and saw Touya standing by the others. Kikai looked at her, eyes smiling dangerously. Sakura blinked. "Ko-Konnichi wa, Oniisan.." she said. Touya raised a brow. "What?"
"He doesn't know his sisters' enemy is standing right next to him," Kikai said flatly. Sakura fell down.
"EH?!" Touya turned to look at Kikai, who glanced at him, then turned her gaze back to Yukito. "Yue," she said," why are you trying to hide your aura? Are you trying to hide it from Sakura? Or from me?"
Sakura got up and blinked. "Yue? I didn't even sense him!" she said. "Of course," Kikai replied, "he was shielding it from anyone detecting it. Or, at least, he was trying to."
"Be quiet," Yukito said in a low growl, which caught everyone but Kikai by surprise.
"Yukito-san?" Sakura asked. "Daijoubu desu ka?" Yukito looked dazed, then nodded. "Ah.. Gomen ne.. I think Yue..said that."
Kikai smirked a little. "Yue, control your temper. Wouldn't want you to reveal your true form in public just to strangle me."
Inside, Yue was fuming. ~Who the hell does she think she is?~
Reisei could feel the anger flowing from Yue, and she tapped Kikai on the shoulder softly. "I think you should stop, Yue is ready to burst and kill you," she whispered into her mistress' ear. Kikai glanced at her and shrugged. "Whatever, then we can leave this place," she said, and started to walk away. Reisei shook her head frantically. "No wait!!! You still have to find a gift for Syaoran!!" she yelled, running after Kikai. She grabbed Kikai's arm and started dragging her towards the candies department again.
Everyone sweatdropped.
"Did she say 'Syaoran'?" Touya asked, pointing at the two. Tomoyo nodded, grinning. "Yep! She said Syaoran! Ohohohohohohoo..." she laughed. "They are so cute together!! They're so alike!!" Everyone stared at her with big eyes and fell down.
~*~*~*~*~
Sakura fell down onto her bed after nearly squashing Kero with all the bags full of gifts. "Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh...!! I'm never going Christmas shopping ever again!!" she complained, her voice muffled by the bed. She turned over on her back. "Too many people!!" (and readers, there is sooooo many ppl in japan, so think!! A LOT OF PPL!! esp. at x-mas... O.O''..)
Kero flew around the bags, staring at them. "You always say that," he said. "Man, so much! How much did it all cost??" Sakura opened her eyes and kneeled next to the bags and rummaged for the receipt. She pulled it out and showed Kero. His jaw dropped to the ground.
"$500?!!??!?!" he practically screamed.
"Kero-chan!!" Sakura exclaimed, covering his mouth with her hand. "Be quiet!!" She removed her hand from from his mouth. "Sssshhhh!!" Kero looked at her, then said, "Jeez!! Where'd you get all the money??" Sakura blushed, answering, "I borrowed some from Tomoyo! But I plan to pay her back even though she said I don't have to!!" Kero sighed, exasperated. "Can't even pay for your own things--AAACKKK!!"
Sakura strangled the little beast. "DON'T SAY ANOTHER WORD OR NO DESSERTS FOR A WHOLE WEEK, BUDDY!!"
"AAAAHHHHH!! AAAAAAHHHHHH, LEMME GO!!!" Kero yelled. Sakura dropped him. He fell, swirly eyes taking over, passing out.
~*~*~*~*~
"You're inviting everyone too?"
Sakura nodded in answer to Tomoyo's question, which didn't do much good since she was talking to her over the phone. "Hai!"
"Even Kikai?"
Sakura smiled. "Yep. I figure I try be friends with her. She's not that bad, really. She's just doing her job to see if I'm worthy of the Sakura Cards." Tomoyo replied, "I guess you're right. Okay, I'll come over as soon as possible! Ja ne!"
"Ja ne!" Sakura said, and hung the phone up. She turned to Kero, who was still passed out. She grinned. "Kero-chan will miss out on the sweets. I'll wake him up." She poked the sleeping beast gently. "Oi, Kero-chan, wake up! You're going to miss out on cake and tea!" Kero groggily opened his little eyes. "Eh..? Cake..?" Sakura nodded. "Yes, everyone is coming over. So come down and help me make tea, and you can eat all the cake you want..as long as there's enough for everyone else.." Kero eyes snapped wide open. "OKAY!" he practically shouted, flying downstairs. "Cake! Cake! You're mine! WAAAAAAIIIIIIII~!"
Sakura giggled and went downstairs.
As she was setting the tea down on the table in the living room, she heard to doorbell ring. "I'm coming!" she exclaimed, running and opening the door. Tomoyo, Eriol, Syaoran, Touya, and Yukito were standing there. She blinked. "Whoa.. Um, come in!" she said, making way for them. "Arigatou, kaijuu," Touya said, walking in, ruffling her hair playfully. Sakura groaned and held back the urge to kick him in the shin. Yukito smiled at her. "Arigatou, Sakura-chan," he said nicely. Sakura smiled back at him.
Inside, Yue didn't feel comfortable. ~I can feel something bad is about to happen.. But what?~
"Sakura-sama, be careful," he said through Yukito. Startled, Sakura blinked. "Wha..? Oh.. Yue?" she asked. Yukito nodded sheepishly. "Yue feels uncomfortable right now," he explained. "He just doesn't want anything bad to happen to you." Sakura blinked again, then smiled. "Okay, I will, Yue-san," she said. Yue took a final glance at her, then let Yukito walk in.
"I wonder what Yue-san is worried about.." Tomoyo said softly. Syaoran answered, "Maybe..Kikai is going to do something. Maybe he knows she's going to test Sakura today..? What do you think, Eriol?" The reincarnation of Clow stayed silent as he walked in. Syaoran blinked, brow raised. Then he and Tomoyo followed.
"Kikai..?" Sakura echoed. "Huh?"
"C`mon, Mistress!" Reisei exclaimed, dragging a reluctant Kikai up the steps. Kikai stared at her, pieces of hair sticking out. "U--Um.. Well, actually I--"
"You're welcomed like everyone else," Sakura chirped, smiling. Kikai blinked, then turned to the ground. "Fine," she muttered, and grabbed out her black cell from her pocket. "Who you calling?" Reisei asked. "Kiri," Kikai answered. "I'm sure he'd like to come."
"Good!" Sakura exclaimed. "Kero-chan and Kiri-chan can play with each other!"
The dark cardcaptor and dark moon guardian sweatdropped.
~*~*~*~*~
"It's cool that everyone could make it!" Tomoyo said cheerfully, sipping her tea. Sakura nodded in agreement. After they had gotten home, she called Eriol and Syaoran to come over and they did, then she made some tea and got out cakes for everyone to eat.
"Are you enjoying yourself?" Sakura asked the solem girl Kikai looked up in surprise, then turned her head to the side, eyes closed. "I'm merely here because Reisei and Kiri wished to be here," she said nonchantly. Sakura smiled, sweatdropping, and turned to look at Kero, who was desperately trying to out-fly Kiri.
"Here, Kero-chan!!" cried out Kiri, holding a HUGE puffball with who knows what stuffed inside, trying to catch up with the sun guardian. "I made these for you since you like them!!" Kero eyed them from ahead, and shook his head ferverntly. "Like hell I'll eat those!!" he yelled. "I swear, you put bugs in that thing!"
"I did not," Kiri protested, cheeks red and puffed out. "I just put in some cream..ice cream..chocolate..pudding..apples...cherries..orange..strawberries..blueberries..fish.."
Kero's eyes went bigger than saucers. "No wonder it's so big," he muttered under his breath, feeling sick. Even HE wouldn't dare eat THAT.
~*~*~*~*~
Sakura got up. "Be right back," she said, and walked upstairs and into her room. She rummaged around her desk but couldn't find it. "I wonder where I put that little present for Yue-san.." she mumbled to herself, shuffling around with papers. She stood up and put her hands on her hips, and stared at the desk. "Where is it??" she demanded the desk. "I know I put the present on you, so it has to be on you!" She walked to her window and stared out from it. "I know it's here somewhere.." she whispered. "..Yue..san.. I hope he likes the present I got him.. But then again, why get my hopes up? I don't believe he likes material things.."
She was so caught up in her thoughts that she didn't feel the powerful aura until it was too late.
"What the--" Her sentence was cut short as she screamed in pain, for an enormous amount of energy slammed into her with great force and knocked her out the window. She hit the ground hard, and loss consciousness at impact.
~*~*~*~*~
Sakura opened her eyes to the familiar settings of her dreams. Standing atop a building, staring at Tokyo Tower. Her Sakura Cards fell around her, and both Cerberus and Yue were standing beside her.
There was a girl standing on Tokyo Tower, her hand holding her staff. ~Kikai,~ she realized. But something was different about her. Instead of the mocking smile Sakura was used to seeing when she saw Kikai in her dreams, the blue-eyed girl was staring at Sakura with a serious, grim expression. ~Wha...~
Then her gaze switched over to a boy. The same boy that was in her dream last night. He stared menicingly at her, red eyes boring into her emerald ones.
"Dare.. Anata wa..dare?"
The boy smiled.
~*~*~*~*~
She woke up.
Let me get some things straight. I am not sorry for taking so long to write this, and I am not going to just listen to someone who says "UPDATE NOW OR I'LL BLAST YOUR ASS TO HELL BITCH". To the person who told me that ("Sakura Princess"(anonymous review)), be patient. If you want me to finish it faster, too bad. You're not a writer. And if you are, we write on two different levels. Oh, and, ever heard of "Writer's Block"? Would YOU want to finish a fic after someone told YOU to "UPDATE NOW OR I'LL BLAST YOUR ASS TO HELL BITCH"? I actually thought of not posting this chapter, just because of you. But that would be unfair to the other people who are waiting patiently. I've had some problems of my own that I had to deal with, so fuck off.
Okay! Glad to get that out of my way.
Thank you to ALL of the people who waited PATIENTLY for me to write and post this chapter. I hope to get the tenth chapter out soon because I'm on a roll. Yay! ^________^
Nine- Mystery
by Sakura Maxwell
"Dare.."
There was a boy. A boy covered in shadows. She could only make out his eyes. Two light red eyes. They stared at her with a hint of mockery.
"..Anata wa..dare..?"
~*~*~*~*~
Sakura groggily sat up, eyes barely open. She glanced at the clock, which told her that it was only 5:15 am. She blinked. ~Why did I get up so early?~ she wondered. She got out of bed and opened her door, walked out, and closed it softly. She crept down the stairs and into the living room.
A big dark object was in the corner of the living room. She smiled at it, and went over. She bent down, flicked something on, and stepped back, gazing at the different colored lights that decorated the christmas tree.
~Already December.. I love Christmas.. Everything is so beautiful..~ she thought, warmness spreading all around her. She looked out the window, and saw little snow falling. ~I love snow, too.~ She walked into the kitchen and started to boil some water. She got out a package of hot chocolate and put the contents into a medium sized mug. She waited for the water to finish, then poured some into her mug. She got out a spoon and mixed the chocolate with the water. "I love chocolate milk, also.." she said to herself quietly and smiled. She looked for some marshmallows, and dumped a few in her mug.
She stirred the marshmallows as she walked back into the living room. She sat down on the couch and gazed at the christmas tree.
~*~*~*~*~
"Sakura, oi, Sakura, wake up!"
Sakura cracked her eyes open and mumbled, "Ugh, what.." She lifted her head and looked up. Then her eyes snapped wide open. "AAAHHH!!! ONIISAN?!"
Touya looked at her. "How come you were here?" he asked. "When I woke up at 6:30, I found you sleeping on the couch and the lights were on. You came out here earlier this morning to watch the tree, didn't you?" Sakura nodded meekly. Touya smiled. "That's okay. But!" he said, holding up Sakura's mug, his smile turning into a full on moronic grin, "you left this out on the table, and you didn't clean it! This means you have to wash the dishes for a today and tomorrow!"
Sakura stared, then glared at her older brother with puffed cheeks. "WHAT?! That's unfair!!!" she exclaimed. "It was like, 5:00 in the morning! Of course I'm going to fall asleep!!"
Touya grinned even more. "Too bad, kaijuu!" he said. Sakura shouted, "SHUT UP!!"
"You both better shut up," Kero said, floating inbetween them. "I woke up because of you guys shoutin'."
Sakura and Touya stared at him. "Stay out of this!" they yelled in unison. Kero tumbled back from the great force of their voices and slammed into the christmas tree. "Aaaahhhhhh... Ugh.."
Touya went into the kitchen. "Aw, I was just kidding. Nevermind, Sakura."
Sakura stared. ~How weird..~ She got off of the couch and walked back upstairs and into her room. She went over to her desk and sat down. She got a piece of paper and a pen and started writing.
Christmas Presents
1. Oniisan
2. Otousan
3. Tomoyo-chan
4. Kero-chan
5. Li-kun
6. Rika-chan
7. Naoko-chan
8. Chiharu-chan
9. Yamazaki-kun
10. Eriol-kun
11. Akizuki-san
12. Suppi-chan
13. Mizuki-san
14. Meiling-chan
15. Yukito-san
16. Yue-san
She stopped writing. ~What am I going to get for Yue-san? I don't know what kind of things he likes..~ She frowned, then shrugged. ~I'll be able to find something.. I hope..~ She put the pen down and grabbed her phone, dailed some numbers, and waited.
"Hello? Daidouji residence."
"Hey, it's Kinomoto Sakura. May I speak to Tomoyo?"
"One moment please."
Sakura waited, then heard another person pick up the phone.
"Sakura-chan?" Tomoyo's voice asked from the other end.
Sakura smiled. "Yea," she answered. "I was wondering if you wanted to go shopping with me? I have all the people I want to buy gifts for listed down."
"Hai! I have all the people too. I'll come over, okay?"
"Okay!" Sakura nodded happily and hung up. She went over to her closet and pulled out a long sleeved turtleneck and long demin jeans. She changed into them and grabbed her gloves and coat. She quickly ran the brush her hair and ran downstairs.
"Where are you going?" Fujitaka asked curiously as Sakura placed her coats and gloves by the door and came into the kitchen, noticing her outfit. "I'm going with Tomoyo-chan to go Christmas shopping," she answered. "Then maybe you can have some breakfast. I just finished making pancakes," he said, bringing out two plates with hot pancakes covered with thick maple syrup on them. Sakura obeyed and said, "Arigato, Otousan." Fujitaka sat down across from her. "Dou itashimashite," he replied.
"Itadakimasu!" they said happily, and started eating.
"Have you made a list of all the people you want to get gifts?" her father asked. Sakura nodded. "Yea, I think I'm going to go broke with all the people I have to get things for," she said, biting into a piece. Fujitaka smiled. "You could always make the gifts," he suggested. Sakura looked up. "I guess you're right," she said, drinking some juice. Then the doorbell rang. "Oh, Kero-chan can have the rest of mine," she said, standing up. "I got to go now, see you later, Otousan!" She grabbed her coat and gloves and quickly went to open the door.
Tomoyo was there, smiling. "Ohayo, Sakura-chan," she greeted. Sakura smiled back. "Ohayo!" She put on her coat and gloves and closed the door. They started walking along the snow covered sidewalks. "The snow is beautiful, ne, Sakura-chan?" Tomoyo commented. Sakura nodded in agreement. "It sure is," she said. "The snow reminds me..of Yukito-san."
"Well, his name does mean snow rabbit," Tomoyo reminded her. Sakura nodded. "It reminds me of Yue, also.." she said softly. Tomoyo glanced at her, smiling. "Why's that?" she asked. "Yue means moon, not snow." Sakura shrugged. "I don't know. It seems like the snow is Yue. Snow is white, like Yue, and snow is wonderful, just like Yue.."
"Ohohohohohoho! '..and snow is wonderful, just like Yue'?" Tomoyo asked. Sakura looked at her. "Yea.. Why? ...AAAHHH!!" She covered her mouth and burned with embarrassment. "Aw, you know you like him, Sakura-chan!" Tomoyo said gleefully. "You two are so cute together, so perfect!!" Sakura looked to the snow covered ground, face red. "Yes, but.. He doesn't like me. How can he like me? I'm just a child in his eyes."
Tomoyo looked at her friend sadly. "But he always wishes to protect you!" she insisted. "And he cares for you so much!"
"That's because I'm his 'mistress'. He's supposed to try protect me.."
"But Sakura-chan, what about when you two went to the ice cream shop? Didn't you two enjoy yourselves? Did Yue actually try to eat something?" She knew the answer already, but she wanted to prove that Yue DID love Sakura.
Sakura shrugged. "That's because I insisted that he try something.. He looks so.. So lonely, so cold, so distant. Like he's in another world, and unable to be reached," she mumbled. "That's not true!!" Tomoyo exclaimed. "You have reached him! He is your deep friend! Haven't you shared some secrets with him? Or trusted him with something you haven't told anyone else yet?" Sakura blinked. ~Trusted him..with something I haven't told to anyone else..?~
~"Sakura-sama," Yue whispered to her softly, "It is late, and I should be going now. I don't want to worry your brother or your father by standing out here like this with you." Sakura smiled a bit, then said, "Okay, Yue-san. And please don't tell anyone about my dream... Okay? It would worry Touya and he doesn't need to have anymore problems on his mind than he already has. Onegai?"~
Sakura's eyes widened. ~I have.. At the beginning of all of this.. My dreams..~ she realized. Tomoyo could read Sakura's face very well, and knew she had thought of a time where Sakura did the exact thing she asked. She giggled lightly. "I see you've thought of a time," she said. Sakura nodded sheepishly. "I..guess.. Wha?" She blinked as little pieces of snow started fall down around them. "Kirei.." both girls mumbled.
~*~*~*~*~
"Souda ne.." Sakura said, putting the mug down. "Well.. How about..er.." Tomoyo smiled. "Are you having trouble thinking of gifts for everyone, Sakura-chan?" she asled. Sakuta nodded helplessly. "Yea, I am. Argh.. What do I get Meiling? She's in Hong Kong, and her tastes might have changed! I don't know what she likes!" Sakura pulled out her list of people. "I didn't even get one prese.." Her sentence trailed off as she sensed a familiar aura. "Kikai.. She's here. But why?" she asked aloud.
Tomoyo glanced at her. "Kikai goes Christmas shopping? Now that's something you definitely don't see everyday." Sakura shrugged. "I don't know why she is here, but I want to find her," she said and started using her magic to pinpoint Kikai's location. She soon found the blue-eyed girl at the sweets section, along with someone else Sakura knew.
"Mistress, look! Why don't you get these for Syaoran?" Reisei asked, motioning her hands towards some chocolates like a salesman. Kikai stared at her with an exasperated expression. "I don't have a clue as to *why* I let you drag me to this hell hole, but this is *ridiuculous*--" She stopped as she noticed Sakura and Tomoyo watching them.
Sakura sweatdropped, and smiled weakly, waving at her. "Uh.. Ko-Konnichi wa, Kikai.." she greeted hesitantly. Kikai looked at her with almost glaring eyes, and asked, "So you're not with him, even though he's here. I thought you would've been.."
Sakura blinked. "Huh? What do you mean--"
"Sakura-san!" exclaimed Reisei, running over. "Konnichi wa!"
Sakura grinned. "Konnichi wa, Reisei-san!" she said. "Ah..um.. You and Kikai..err...know each other?" Tomoto and Reisei exchanged glances, nodded, and looked back at Sakura, who was looking at them with a confused expression. "Ano.." Reisei coughed. "Kikai.. She's..um., my mistress.."
Sakura blinked. Then it dawned on her. "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHH?!?!?!?!" she cried out in disbelief, staring at the two, and earning stares from everyone around them.
Kikai rose a brow. "You met her with your false form without informing me?" she asked. Reisei grinned weakly, swetadropped, then bowed slightly. "Sumimasen, Mistress," she apologized. Sakura and Tomoyo stared. Kikai waved her hand dismissably. "Nevermind." She turned to Tomoyo. "And you knew?"
Tomoyo nodded. Sakura turned her head to look at her best friend, staring. "EEEEEEEEHHHHHH?!!?"
Kikai sighed and put her fingers to her temples. "Please, keep it down," she said. "You're earning stares from every direction." Sakura blinked, then turned bright pink. Tomoyo giggled. "It is funny how we met each other here, though!" she commented. "Such coinsidences are amazing!"
"There is no coinsidence in this world," mumbled Kikai, glancing away. "Only the inevitable."
Sakura looked at Kikai, who was now looking at her. ~Eto.. That's exactly what Mizuki-san said to me before I met Yue.. What does it mean?~
Kikai started walking in the direction of where she was looking before looking at Sakura. "Anou.. Mistress, where are you going?" Reisei asked, following. Sakura and Tomoyo followed also.
"To think that you can't even *sense* him when he's so *close* is not good," Kiakia muttered. Sakura faltered a bit, instantly knowing Kikai was talking to her. "What do you mean?" she asked. "Sense who?"
"Yue.." she whispered, almost disdainfully. Sakura blinked. "..Yue..?" she echoed, stopping. "..Yue...?"
"Close, but right now I'm just Yukito," said a voice nearby. Sakura spun around in the direction of the voice and exclaimed, "Yukito-san!"
Yukito walked over. "Konnichi wa, Sakura-chan," he greeted cheerfully. "Did you want to see Yue?" Sakura shook her head violently, and heard a cough from behind. She turned around and saw Touya standing by the others. Kikai looked at her, eyes smiling dangerously. Sakura blinked. "Ko-Konnichi wa, Oniisan.." she said. Touya raised a brow. "What?"
"He doesn't know his sisters' enemy is standing right next to him," Kikai said flatly. Sakura fell down.
"EH?!" Touya turned to look at Kikai, who glanced at him, then turned her gaze back to Yukito. "Yue," she said," why are you trying to hide your aura? Are you trying to hide it from Sakura? Or from me?"
Sakura got up and blinked. "Yue? I didn't even sense him!" she said. "Of course," Kikai replied, "he was shielding it from anyone detecting it. Or, at least, he was trying to."
"Be quiet," Yukito said in a low growl, which caught everyone but Kikai by surprise.
"Yukito-san?" Sakura asked. "Daijoubu desu ka?" Yukito looked dazed, then nodded. "Ah.. Gomen ne.. I think Yue..said that."
Kikai smirked a little. "Yue, control your temper. Wouldn't want you to reveal your true form in public just to strangle me."
Inside, Yue was fuming. ~Who the hell does she think she is?~
Reisei could feel the anger flowing from Yue, and she tapped Kikai on the shoulder softly. "I think you should stop, Yue is ready to burst and kill you," she whispered into her mistress' ear. Kikai glanced at her and shrugged. "Whatever, then we can leave this place," she said, and started to walk away. Reisei shook her head frantically. "No wait!!! You still have to find a gift for Syaoran!!" she yelled, running after Kikai. She grabbed Kikai's arm and started dragging her towards the candies department again.
Everyone sweatdropped.
"Did she say 'Syaoran'?" Touya asked, pointing at the two. Tomoyo nodded, grinning. "Yep! She said Syaoran! Ohohohohohohoo..." she laughed. "They are so cute together!! They're so alike!!" Everyone stared at her with big eyes and fell down.
~*~*~*~*~
Sakura fell down onto her bed after nearly squashing Kero with all the bags full of gifts. "Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh...!! I'm never going Christmas shopping ever again!!" she complained, her voice muffled by the bed. She turned over on her back. "Too many people!!" (and readers, there is sooooo many ppl in japan, so think!! A LOT OF PPL!! esp. at x-mas... O.O''..)
Kero flew around the bags, staring at them. "You always say that," he said. "Man, so much! How much did it all cost??" Sakura opened her eyes and kneeled next to the bags and rummaged for the receipt. She pulled it out and showed Kero. His jaw dropped to the ground.
"$500?!!??!?!" he practically screamed.
"Kero-chan!!" Sakura exclaimed, covering his mouth with her hand. "Be quiet!!" She removed her hand from from his mouth. "Sssshhhh!!" Kero looked at her, then said, "Jeez!! Where'd you get all the money??" Sakura blushed, answering, "I borrowed some from Tomoyo! But I plan to pay her back even though she said I don't have to!!" Kero sighed, exasperated. "Can't even pay for your own things--AAACKKK!!"
Sakura strangled the little beast. "DON'T SAY ANOTHER WORD OR NO DESSERTS FOR A WHOLE WEEK, BUDDY!!"
"AAAAHHHHH!! AAAAAAHHHHHH, LEMME GO!!!" Kero yelled. Sakura dropped him. He fell, swirly eyes taking over, passing out.
~*~*~*~*~
"You're inviting everyone too?"
Sakura nodded in answer to Tomoyo's question, which didn't do much good since she was talking to her over the phone. "Hai!"
"Even Kikai?"
Sakura smiled. "Yep. I figure I try be friends with her. She's not that bad, really. She's just doing her job to see if I'm worthy of the Sakura Cards." Tomoyo replied, "I guess you're right. Okay, I'll come over as soon as possible! Ja ne!"
"Ja ne!" Sakura said, and hung the phone up. She turned to Kero, who was still passed out. She grinned. "Kero-chan will miss out on the sweets. I'll wake him up." She poked the sleeping beast gently. "Oi, Kero-chan, wake up! You're going to miss out on cake and tea!" Kero groggily opened his little eyes. "Eh..? Cake..?" Sakura nodded. "Yes, everyone is coming over. So come down and help me make tea, and you can eat all the cake you want..as long as there's enough for everyone else.." Kero eyes snapped wide open. "OKAY!" he practically shouted, flying downstairs. "Cake! Cake! You're mine! WAAAAAAIIIIIIII~!"
Sakura giggled and went downstairs.
As she was setting the tea down on the table in the living room, she heard to doorbell ring. "I'm coming!" she exclaimed, running and opening the door. Tomoyo, Eriol, Syaoran, Touya, and Yukito were standing there. She blinked. "Whoa.. Um, come in!" she said, making way for them. "Arigatou, kaijuu," Touya said, walking in, ruffling her hair playfully. Sakura groaned and held back the urge to kick him in the shin. Yukito smiled at her. "Arigatou, Sakura-chan," he said nicely. Sakura smiled back at him.
Inside, Yue didn't feel comfortable. ~I can feel something bad is about to happen.. But what?~
"Sakura-sama, be careful," he said through Yukito. Startled, Sakura blinked. "Wha..? Oh.. Yue?" she asked. Yukito nodded sheepishly. "Yue feels uncomfortable right now," he explained. "He just doesn't want anything bad to happen to you." Sakura blinked again, then smiled. "Okay, I will, Yue-san," she said. Yue took a final glance at her, then let Yukito walk in.
"I wonder what Yue-san is worried about.." Tomoyo said softly. Syaoran answered, "Maybe..Kikai is going to do something. Maybe he knows she's going to test Sakura today..? What do you think, Eriol?" The reincarnation of Clow stayed silent as he walked in. Syaoran blinked, brow raised. Then he and Tomoyo followed.
"Kikai..?" Sakura echoed. "Huh?"
"C`mon, Mistress!" Reisei exclaimed, dragging a reluctant Kikai up the steps. Kikai stared at her, pieces of hair sticking out. "U--Um.. Well, actually I--"
"You're welcomed like everyone else," Sakura chirped, smiling. Kikai blinked, then turned to the ground. "Fine," she muttered, and grabbed out her black cell from her pocket. "Who you calling?" Reisei asked. "Kiri," Kikai answered. "I'm sure he'd like to come."
"Good!" Sakura exclaimed. "Kero-chan and Kiri-chan can play with each other!"
The dark cardcaptor and dark moon guardian sweatdropped.
~*~*~*~*~
"It's cool that everyone could make it!" Tomoyo said cheerfully, sipping her tea. Sakura nodded in agreement. After they had gotten home, she called Eriol and Syaoran to come over and they did, then she made some tea and got out cakes for everyone to eat.
"Are you enjoying yourself?" Sakura asked the solem girl Kikai looked up in surprise, then turned her head to the side, eyes closed. "I'm merely here because Reisei and Kiri wished to be here," she said nonchantly. Sakura smiled, sweatdropping, and turned to look at Kero, who was desperately trying to out-fly Kiri.
"Here, Kero-chan!!" cried out Kiri, holding a HUGE puffball with who knows what stuffed inside, trying to catch up with the sun guardian. "I made these for you since you like them!!" Kero eyed them from ahead, and shook his head ferverntly. "Like hell I'll eat those!!" he yelled. "I swear, you put bugs in that thing!"
"I did not," Kiri protested, cheeks red and puffed out. "I just put in some cream..ice cream..chocolate..pudding..apples...cherries..orange..strawberries..blueberries..fish.."
Kero's eyes went bigger than saucers. "No wonder it's so big," he muttered under his breath, feeling sick. Even HE wouldn't dare eat THAT.
~*~*~*~*~
Sakura got up. "Be right back," she said, and walked upstairs and into her room. She rummaged around her desk but couldn't find it. "I wonder where I put that little present for Yue-san.." she mumbled to herself, shuffling around with papers. She stood up and put her hands on her hips, and stared at the desk. "Where is it??" she demanded the desk. "I know I put the present on you, so it has to be on you!" She walked to her window and stared out from it. "I know it's here somewhere.." she whispered. "..Yue..san.. I hope he likes the present I got him.. But then again, why get my hopes up? I don't believe he likes material things.."
She was so caught up in her thoughts that she didn't feel the powerful aura until it was too late.
"What the--" Her sentence was cut short as she screamed in pain, for an enormous amount of energy slammed into her with great force and knocked her out the window. She hit the ground hard, and loss consciousness at impact.
~*~*~*~*~
Sakura opened her eyes to the familiar settings of her dreams. Standing atop a building, staring at Tokyo Tower. Her Sakura Cards fell around her, and both Cerberus and Yue were standing beside her.
There was a girl standing on Tokyo Tower, her hand holding her staff. ~Kikai,~ she realized. But something was different about her. Instead of the mocking smile Sakura was used to seeing when she saw Kikai in her dreams, the blue-eyed girl was staring at Sakura with a serious, grim expression. ~Wha...~
Then her gaze switched over to a boy. The same boy that was in her dream last night. He stared menicingly at her, red eyes boring into her emerald ones.
"Dare.. Anata wa..dare?"
The boy smiled.
~*~*~*~*~
She woke up.
Let me get some things straight. I am not sorry for taking so long to write this, and I am not going to just listen to someone who says "UPDATE NOW OR I'LL BLAST YOUR ASS TO HELL BITCH". To the person who told me that ("Sakura Princess"(anonymous review)), be patient. If you want me to finish it faster, too bad. You're not a writer. And if you are, we write on two different levels. Oh, and, ever heard of "Writer's Block"? Would YOU want to finish a fic after someone told YOU to "UPDATE NOW OR I'LL BLAST YOUR ASS TO HELL BITCH"? I actually thought of not posting this chapter, just because of you. But that would be unfair to the other people who are waiting patiently. I've had some problems of my own that I had to deal with, so fuck off.
Okay! Glad to get that out of my way.
Thank you to ALL of the people who waited PATIENTLY for me to write and post this chapter. I hope to get the tenth chapter out soon because I'm on a roll. Yay! ^________^