Suko: *gasp* It's chapter 2! yay yay yay yay yay!!!
Kero: Please excuse Suko, she's a bit hyper right now@.@
Suko: AM NOT!
Kero: See? ...Say, if you're so hyper, then why don't you use some of that energy to get me some pudding?!
Suko: Ha ha ha... Well, if you weren't listening a chapter ago, I'm saving up for something, remember?
Kero: ...That means...NO PUDDING UNTIL YOU GET THAT STUPID DOMAIN THINGY?! NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
Suko: Well...
Kero: !!!
Suko: If you are good, maybe I'll go out and get some anyways=^^=
Kero: Oh, so now I have to be GOOD?!
Suko: ...
Suko: Let's just get on with the story, huh?
Kero: *sobs in the background*
Story Key:
" " = Speech
' ' = Thoughts
A/N = Author's Note
Sequel: The Ice in my Heart
Chapter 2: Match-maker!
"Saki-chan!" (A/N: I'm a bit lazy, gomen, ne^^; And besides, all of these ficcies have Sakura. It's getting a bit boring and I just can't let that happen to myself because it's a nice name^_____^;; But I'll only use it when Syaoran talks to her...) Sakura turned around.
"Syaoran-kun! There you are! I was looking for you." She ran to him and shyly gave him a kiss on the check. Syaoran blushed bright brick red.
"Sa...wow... Oh, Saki-chan, I think that if we want to find someone for Meiling, we should start as soon as possible so that Meiling's feelings don't get worse and worse. Do you know anyone suitable?"
"Well, as long as it's no one named Hei Feng!" she blurted. (A/N: I'm horrible at making up names@.@ It's in chinese by the way...) Syaoran stared at Sakura.
"Hei Feng? What's that supposed to mean?"
"N-Nothing! Um, we should figure out what personalities will match Meiling so that we get a perfect match! Let's make a list!" Sakura quickly grabbed a piece of paper and a pen, hoping that Syaoran would forget about 'Hei Feng'. It didn't work, unfortunately. Syaoran grabbed her hand.
"Sakura Kinomoto! Tell me! What's this about Hei Feng?!" Sakura pulled her hand back.
"It's nothing, Syaoran!" Syaoran let go. Sakura bumped onto the floor. His expression was sad, anyone could tell.
"Sakura, if it's something bad, please tell me... I want to help, or at least know." he said gently. Sakura gazed back up at Syaoran.
'Sh...Should I tell him the truth about Hei Feng? No, he'll just get upset... It's not my job as a girlfriend
(A/N: Because of the big re-unition, I'm hoping that it means Sakura is Syaoran's girlfriend now^.~;;) to make him upset... Or mad... or sad... Just happy, right?'
"Syaoran, it's nothing... Really, there's nothing wrong." Syaoran finally let it go.
"Okay then... Let's get that list now, shall we?" He helped Sakura to her feet and picked up the paper and pen. "Gomennasai, I let you fall to the ground... Daijoubu?"
"I'm okay." said Sakura. The two started brainstorming up qualities Meiling had and qualities she liked in people.
Meiling qualities
Qualities:
Bright
Clingy (A/N: If you can't tell, Syaoran wrote that^^)
Nice
Helpful
Courage/Brave
Strong
Competitive
Caring
A leader
Sweet & caring
Someone to pay attention (A/N: To things she's saying and to her^^)
SOMEONE TO LOVE HER
Syaoran made sure that the last one was very important, because that was the whole point.
"Okay, Saki-chan! Now that we've made a list, what's next?" Sakura grinned evilly (A/N: Like the one Tomoyo had in the beginning of the second movie! Oh ho ho ho ho ho!!!)
"Now," she said, "we are going to be match-makers! We are going to find or think of boys that have these qualities," she pointed to the Likes/Needs list, "and try to get them to like Meiling-chan! It's simple, like a fairy tale!"
"Like ours, Saki-chan?" Sakura's evil grin vanished. She blinked.
"Ours...?"
"Yea, how you were the ...slave,"
Syaoran went red at 'slaves',
"and I was the ...king," he went extra red at 'king',
"and we wound up together. Usually, a king is required to marry royalty, see?" He went insanely red after a few seconds when he realized exactly what he said.
"Ah, ah, ah!!!!! I meanbecomeboyfriendandgirlfriendnotmarry! AHHHHH!!!!" He stumbled and nearly fell.
"Gomennasai! I didn't meanboyfriendandgirlfriendgomennegomenne!!!"
(A/N: Almost like the way Keitaro blabbers when Naru is about to hit him, from Love Hina!^_________^ It's so funny!)
By the time he finished talking, Syaoran was a deep purple and Sakura almost thought that he was choking when he fell to the floor of embarrassement.
"...Dai...daijoubu Syaoran?" Sakura asked, kind off cluelessly. She looked closer and saw that Syaoran had those little swirly eyes.
"Oh...? Swirly eyes!" Sakura bent down and moved her finger in the same motion right in front of Syaoran's eyes and laughed. "Hehehe, I thought that this only happened it anime! My favourite is by the Liddo-kun!
(A/N: Too much Love Hina for me...@.@;;) Sakura pulled Syaoran up and helped him to a couch.
"Get up, silly! We have to find someone for Meiling as soon as possible, you said it yourself!" Syaoran's swirly eyes slowly went away.
"Eh...? Oh, Saki-chan, it's you..." Sakura got an ice pack quickly.
The day after...
"SYAORAN-KUN, CAN WE GO FIND SOMEONE FOR MEILING YET?" Sakura yelled in Syaoran's ear.
"AHHHHHH!!!" Syaoran jumped out of his bed.
"Don't do that! And it's... 5:45 in the MORNING! For goodness sake, Saki-chan!" He yelled, shocked and slightly frightened. "Let me just change my clothes and eat some breakfast, then we can find some matches." He murmured.
"Hai!" Sakura said, though a bit annoyed. Here she was, all dressed up in a cherry pink skirt, a white sweater, and even little cherry blossom hair bows, ready to enjoy the sunshine.
Syaoran came out of his room five minutes later and went downstairs to eat his breakfast. Sakura waited patiently enough for him. When he finshed, they grabbed the list and headed outside.
"I think that I might know somebody who would like Meiling and Meiling would like back." Syaoran said.
"Really? Who is it?"
"ShiZi Hou Yan. He's really nice and fits with most of these here." Syaoran replied.
"When can we get to see him?" Sakura asked.
"I think he's at the golf course, actually! Let's go, it's not too far from here." Syaoran must have been used to long distances; Sakura found out that the golf course was practically two cities away!
"Um, let's take the limo..." Syaoran said uneasily, seeing the look on Sakura's face.
Later, practically two cities away...
"WOW! Syaoran, this limo is so cool!" Sakura exclaimed. Syaoran chuckled, but said nothing. When they reached the golf course (A/N: Syaoran was right, it only took about 40 minutes... That's short, right? I wouldn't know, I'm not old enough to drive;_;) Syaoran stepped out and thanked Wei for coming out so far.
"Saki-chan, come with me and...do you have a picture of Meiling? I've shown him one picture before, but it was an old one." Sakura, now ever-ready, flashed a picture of Meiling.
"I think that Meiling will find setsuai (A/N: deep love...I THINK>.
"Arigatou...Where is ShiZi Hou Yan?"
"I was just getting to that. He should be into the east side by now." He pointed. He took her hand and guided her to where ShiZi Hou Yan was presumably golfing.
5 minutes later
"Hello, ShiZi! How are you?" Syaoran greeted ShiZi. (A/N: By the way, Shizi Hou Yan means 'lion flame' or something like that. Syaoran knows him well enough to just call him 'lion', just so in case you are wondering why Syaoran didn't use his whole name... And because it's too long>.
"Syaoran! It's nice to see you, what are you doing here? You don't usually like to golf." ShiZi said.
"Well... Oh, this is Kinomoto Sakura! Saki-chan, this is ShiZi Hou Yan Hurio. I work with him." Sakura approached ShiZi with a bright smile, hoping to make a good impression.
"Hello, Hurio-san." she said. He smiled. But then he took a glance around.
"Syaoran, where is Meiling-chan? When you're on a vacation, she's usually near you." Syaoran's face brightened.
"Um...Speaking of Meiling, we broke off our engagement... I was wondering if you... you'd... want to out to dinner with her sometime?" ShiZi looked surprised.
"Dinner? Engagement? But Syaoran, isn't your family and hers...? Doesn't she mind?" Syaoran shook his head.
"Meiling wouldn't mind, she ...got tired of me, I guess." ShiZi laughed.
"Poor boy, she got tired of you? The king?" Sakura saw that things might take a while, so she decided to wander around. She whispered in Syaoran's ear,
"Syaoran-kun, I'm going to take off for a while until ShiZi Hou Yan and you are finished talking." Syaoran nodded and Sakura was off. She'd never been on a golf course before, but she'd seen one in some pamphlets.
Later, back in the limo...
"Saki-chan, it worked! Now I have to phone Meiling and convince her to go on this date..." Sakura hugged Syaoran.
"You did it! Good for you."
The day after the date
Meiling went on the date with ShiZi, but it didn't work out. Syaoran and Sakura sighed.
"Well, time to move on. Let's find match #2!" Syaoran declared. Sakura said nothing. Sitting in Syaoran's comfy 'green room' (A/N: Chapter 3...), Syaoran glanced around.
"Do you know anyone, Saki-chan?" Again, Sakura said nothing. Sitting back-to-back on a couch, Syaoran could not see Sakura, so he turned around.
"Saki-chan...?" Tears were rolling down from puffy red eyes. Sakura was sitting in a curled up ball, her hair out of place.
"Sakura...! Was it something I said? Something I did?" Sakura shook her head slowly.
"Iie...It's just..." Syaoran, anxious to figure out what was wrong, replied,
"Just? Just what? Please, you can tell me!" Sakura blinked away another tear.
"It's just that... Talking about this setting up stuff. When you left, I was so sad. So Tomoyo, Rika, Naoko, and Chiharu decided to fix me up with someone. That someone was..." she sniffed.
{End of Chapter 2, Sequel}
Kero: *all intense over the story* ...WHO WAS THAT SOMEONE? WELL, I KNOW! MWUA HA HA HA HA!!! IT'S-
Suko: NO KERO! *clamps hand over his mouth*
Suko: *whew*
Kero: Why can't I get any PUDDING?! Sakura lets me!
Suko: *cringes* because, Kero, she knows how to make them, trust me you don't want to taste my cooking!
Kero: ...Oh.
Suko: That's right!
Kero: *starts a chant* puddingpuddingpuddingpuddingpuddingpuddingpudding!
Suko: Oh, no...
Suko: So, what do you think is bothering Sakura so much? Eh? Eh? Hehehehe...
Kero: puddingpuddingpuddingpuddingpuddingpuddingpuddingpuddingpudding! *turns to you, the reader*
Suko: Oh, no you don't! Not to my readers! *whacks Kero*
Kero: *gets swirly eyes*
Suko: Oh! Swirly eyes! oh ho ho ho ho ho!!!!!!! *grins evily*
Suko: Better end it here before...well...you know^.~
Suko: Arigatou for reading, please review! *turns back to swirly-eyed Kero*