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Escaping
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By: Brat-Girl
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"Pancakes..." a yellow bundle known as Kero muttered before rolling onto his back. "...Pancakes...." He mummured again, this time falling from the bed.
"ouch..." he complained as he floated up, rubbing his head.
Normally, Kero would have gone back to sleep immediately, but the scene playing in front of him got him awake quite soon - What the heck...? - He thought.
Sakura was restraining the new kid by the arms, since he seemed to want to... - Kill Eriol?... Well, I can't blame the kid, Eriol can easily get in anyones nerves...- Eriol's eyes had that glow that indicated, doubtless, that he was smiling. And Tomoyo was laughing at them. For some reason the brat's face was beet red. - Probably something that Eriol said... heck, that's a fact. -
He floated upto the window, unnoticed by the four kids, stretched and gave a last glance towards them. "They'll be busy for a while... better go out get something for the children to eat..." he said to himself before heading towards the orphanage's kitchen. "Darn... I'm starting to sound like a mom ..."
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The main office in the orphanage's building belonged to Leon McDowell (A.N. First name that came to my mind... so sue me.) better known among the town people as Father Leon, the youngest priest in all Tomoeda.
He was sitting behind his desk, reading a book, when the door opened. He looked up from him book, sligthly annoyed by the sudden intromision of one of his guards.
The guard flinched a little at the priest's glare, who only closed his book and leaned back in his chair. "What is it Crabbe?" he asked in an annoyed tone.
The guard cleared his troath and spoke. "Sorry to interrupt you, Father Leon" the guard spoke. "But you have a visit"
"A visit?" Leon's voice held a sarcastic tone. "And how, my dear Crabbe, is possible that I have a visit? If my memory doesn't fails me, something that has never happened before, I remember telling you and your brother that there are absolutely no visits allowed in week days? Am I right!?" Leo's anger grew little by little, and just when the poor guard was about to aswer , he was interrumpted by an old and cranky voice. "Why, Leon, am I in the risk of discovering something secret here?"
At hearing the voice, the priest seemed to calm down. "I apologize, Mr. Fullworth, but I ignored the fact that our visitor was such a distigued client of us. Please do come in." He said, his anger fading away in a blink of an eye. "And, Crabbe, get us some tea from the kitchen, please."
The old man entered the door and proceeded to give his hat and scarf top Crabbe before taking a seat right in front of Leon's desk. " - Client - huh? I see... so all of this is nothing but a buisness for you, Leon?" he asked with a calm smile playing in his parted lips.
Leon's smile never flinched. "Of course, my dear man. How else could it be called?"
The elder man chuckled. "This is why I prefer doing... 'business' with you that with anyone else..."
At that moment, Crabbe entered the office carrying a tray with two cups, a tea pot, and a little cup with sugar cubes. The other two men waited until he served the tea and go out of the room. Leon was the first one to talk. "Well, Mr. Fullworth, may I ask what brings you here this fine day? I guess it has to be something important, due the fact that the road that leads here must be pretty dangerous because of last night's storm..."
Vince Fullworth drank a sip of his tea calmly before answering. " You are right Leon, it is important. Next week the mayor of Tomoeda will be visiting my house. I'll trow a grand dance in his honor, but you know how expensive is to hire a good service these days..."
The priest took a sip of his tea and smiled. "I see... well, that can be solved, but of course, I will need certain... compensation... for my help."
"Why, fo course my dear Leon!" The elder men answered in a happy tone. "What do you think about... I don't know... how about 10.000¥?"
The priest frowned. "Why so much money? You normally give half of that ammount..."
The elder man seemed a little nervous now. "Well, there is something else I want to ask you for..." he smiled nervously. "You see, if the mayor has a good time at the dance, and everything goes as planned, I'll be promoted to the City Hall. And that would mean a lot of money, not only form me, of course, since you'll get a nice part of it" he answered.
The priest's kept frowning. "I understand that, Vince, but stop trying to tempt me with money, and tell me what * favor* is this that has you in such a state of nervousness ..."
The elder man flinched uncomfortable in his seat. "Well... it seems that the mayor has a little ::cough:: Thing for little girls, and he has commented in several occations how pretty he thought the girls from the orphanage were..." this wasn't the easiest of conversations.
There was silence for a few moments as the priest seemed to consider the proposition made. "I understand. But you know that this can bring serious trouble for both of us, right?"
"That won't be a proble, I can assure you." The man answered wickly. "The only problem I find is the fact that the people who'll be in the party would be able to recognize all the girls from the orphanage, and that could bring problems if the word spreads out. So, what I need is some kids that no one has seen in town."
"I see..." The priest seemed to think about the solution of the problem for a few minutes in silence, seeming to consider severa candidates in his mind. - Hanagizawa? No, too many people know her... The same goes with Sasaki and Chiharu, since they do the shoppings in town... But ,maybe I could use... no, too risky... but still, all of that money will be very good for me...but... - "Mr. Fullworth, how many servants do you need?"
The man seemed a little confused at this question. "Four will be enough, I think, but why are you asking this now?"
"I have the perfect solution" Leon answered with an evil gleam in his eyes.
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"BREAKSFAST TIME!" Kero announced as he entered the little cell, carrying with his tail a bag with apples, bananas and an orange juice carton.
"Yay! Thank you, Kero-chan!" Sakura beamed happily at him. Kero just smirked and said smugly. "Keroberos, the all mighty sun beast is always glad to help such a beautiful lady!"
He landed on the bed and watched as Sakura distributed the food for all four of them. He almost has a fit when he saw her giving Syaoran an apple. "OI! Sakura-chan! Why do you give food to HIM!? He hasn't won the right!"
Sakura frowned at him. "Kero-chan, Syaoran-kun is our new romate, so don't speak of him like that!"
"SYAORAN-KUN!? You already call him BY HIS NAME!? WHAT HAPPENED WHILE I WAS SLEEPING!? BRAT, CONSIDER YOURSELF DEAD MEAT!!" Kero charged at Syaoran, but Sakura held him by his tail. "Kero-chan! Stop saying those kind of things!"
"mmm... I do agree with Keroberos, you know, Sakura-san. You still haven't answered us what happened between the two of you that has come to this closeness between both of you..." Eriol was silenced by Syaoran slamming the brick from his wall back in its place. "That'll keep him quiet for a while.." he muttered while cleaning his hands.
Sakura, who was holding Kero between her hands, went to Tomoyo's wall. "Here, Tomoyo-chan, please keep him until he calm down!!! You are more patient for this kind of things that me!" She said as she introduced Kero by the hole in the wall of Tomoyo, who got a hold of him by his tail.
Tomoyo smiled and looked down at the struggling little yellow creature.. "Don't worry Sakura-chan, I won't let him go out until he calms down."
Sakura sighed in relief. "Thanks, Tomoyo-chan. I'll make it uo for you someday."
"Don't be silly, Sakura-chan. My best reward is seeing you smile every day." Tomoyo answered sweetly, making Sakura smile and blush a little. "Arigatou, Tomoyo-chan..." Tomoyo smiled at her. "Now, please, do place back the brick in the wall, since it won't be easy for me to restrain Kero-chan from killing Li-kun if he has such a tempting opening near him" She spoke as she moved away from the wall. Sakura placed the brick back in its place and leaned against the wall, sighing.
Syaoran looked at her. "Sorry I guess I was the cause of the stuffed animal's weird behavior.." Sakura looked up at him, and started to giggle. Syaoran was confused. "Sakura?"
Sakura took his hands in hers and started to move in small circles in the little space that the cell provided them. "I never had so much fun like today, Syaoran-kun!!!" She said laughing. "Normally, I Tomoyo-chan, Eriol-kun and Kero-chan have some normal chat between us and nothing more, but today...." She stopped in her place. "It has been years since I had so much fun!"
Syaoran blushed. "erm.. uhm..."
Sakura sat down on the bed and handed him an apple. "here, lets have breakfast! Because when Kero-chan comes back, he'll eat enything edible in sight!" She started to munch her apple happily.
Syaoran couldn't help but smile at her, and took a nice bit at his apple. -Being here is not going to be so bad ...-
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A.N. Short chap, I know...But I'll make up for you!! I promise!! I'll have the next chap done this week!! I promise!!!
Special Thanks to: Yakumo (Where are you!?), blue_Tuna27 (^__^ One of the best girls that I've had the pleasure to meet), Ying Fa Li (Hey, long time without seeng you around! Get online, Roxy!) and Sakura Angel! (Update your stories!!!) and My sisters Alex, Star and Jennifer!
I also want to thank: Dr. Megalomania (I cannot believe I got not one, but two reviews from such a great authoress! Thank you!), Nikki-chan (Thank you for introducing me to JTHM! I love it!) Flossie (Thanks for your kind review!) lilcutemunchkin (Yep, is sad... but they'll get out of there!) Daphne Li (I promise you that they'll get out! :) ) Pinkuser (Hehe... yep, I guess I kinda role model her...that's really a flattering comment ya know... so, thanks! ^^) Lady Akiko (Updating Good! School bad! Almost-heart-attacks bad! Sorry for the late updating...) Kikie (You're so kind! Thank you!) Eve Angel (Thank youuu!) Silver Cherry (you'll find out soon!) Ongaku (Thank you! And say HI to Laura-san!!) LLP (You're right,the thank you notes were onger that the chapter itself... sorry 'bout that!) Stars From Above (Wow! Thank you! But update your stories, pleeezzeee!) Zenin (Arigatou! Bows)
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Escaping
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By: Brat-Girl
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"Pancakes..." a yellow bundle known as Kero muttered before rolling onto his back. "...Pancakes...." He mummured again, this time falling from the bed.
"ouch..." he complained as he floated up, rubbing his head.
Normally, Kero would have gone back to sleep immediately, but the scene playing in front of him got him awake quite soon - What the heck...? - He thought.
Sakura was restraining the new kid by the arms, since he seemed to want to... - Kill Eriol?... Well, I can't blame the kid, Eriol can easily get in anyones nerves...- Eriol's eyes had that glow that indicated, doubtless, that he was smiling. And Tomoyo was laughing at them. For some reason the brat's face was beet red. - Probably something that Eriol said... heck, that's a fact. -
He floated upto the window, unnoticed by the four kids, stretched and gave a last glance towards them. "They'll be busy for a while... better go out get something for the children to eat..." he said to himself before heading towards the orphanage's kitchen. "Darn... I'm starting to sound like a mom ..."
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The main office in the orphanage's building belonged to Leon McDowell (A.N. First name that came to my mind... so sue me.) better known among the town people as Father Leon, the youngest priest in all Tomoeda.
He was sitting behind his desk, reading a book, when the door opened. He looked up from him book, sligthly annoyed by the sudden intromision of one of his guards.
The guard flinched a little at the priest's glare, who only closed his book and leaned back in his chair. "What is it Crabbe?" he asked in an annoyed tone.
The guard cleared his troath and spoke. "Sorry to interrupt you, Father Leon" the guard spoke. "But you have a visit"
"A visit?" Leon's voice held a sarcastic tone. "And how, my dear Crabbe, is possible that I have a visit? If my memory doesn't fails me, something that has never happened before, I remember telling you and your brother that there are absolutely no visits allowed in week days? Am I right!?" Leo's anger grew little by little, and just when the poor guard was about to aswer , he was interrumpted by an old and cranky voice. "Why, Leon, am I in the risk of discovering something secret here?"
At hearing the voice, the priest seemed to calm down. "I apologize, Mr. Fullworth, but I ignored the fact that our visitor was such a distigued client of us. Please do come in." He said, his anger fading away in a blink of an eye. "And, Crabbe, get us some tea from the kitchen, please."
The old man entered the door and proceeded to give his hat and scarf top Crabbe before taking a seat right in front of Leon's desk. " - Client - huh? I see... so all of this is nothing but a buisness for you, Leon?" he asked with a calm smile playing in his parted lips.
Leon's smile never flinched. "Of course, my dear man. How else could it be called?"
The elder man chuckled. "This is why I prefer doing... 'business' with you that with anyone else..."
At that moment, Crabbe entered the office carrying a tray with two cups, a tea pot, and a little cup with sugar cubes. The other two men waited until he served the tea and go out of the room. Leon was the first one to talk. "Well, Mr. Fullworth, may I ask what brings you here this fine day? I guess it has to be something important, due the fact that the road that leads here must be pretty dangerous because of last night's storm..."
Vince Fullworth drank a sip of his tea calmly before answering. " You are right Leon, it is important. Next week the mayor of Tomoeda will be visiting my house. I'll trow a grand dance in his honor, but you know how expensive is to hire a good service these days..."
The priest took a sip of his tea and smiled. "I see... well, that can be solved, but of course, I will need certain... compensation... for my help."
"Why, fo course my dear Leon!" The elder men answered in a happy tone. "What do you think about... I don't know... how about 10.000¥?"
The priest frowned. "Why so much money? You normally give half of that ammount..."
The elder man seemed a little nervous now. "Well, there is something else I want to ask you for..." he smiled nervously. "You see, if the mayor has a good time at the dance, and everything goes as planned, I'll be promoted to the City Hall. And that would mean a lot of money, not only form me, of course, since you'll get a nice part of it" he answered.
The priest's kept frowning. "I understand that, Vince, but stop trying to tempt me with money, and tell me what * favor* is this that has you in such a state of nervousness ..."
The elder man flinched uncomfortable in his seat. "Well... it seems that the mayor has a little ::cough:: Thing for little girls, and he has commented in several occations how pretty he thought the girls from the orphanage were..." this wasn't the easiest of conversations.
There was silence for a few moments as the priest seemed to consider the proposition made. "I understand. But you know that this can bring serious trouble for both of us, right?"
"That won't be a proble, I can assure you." The man answered wickly. "The only problem I find is the fact that the people who'll be in the party would be able to recognize all the girls from the orphanage, and that could bring problems if the word spreads out. So, what I need is some kids that no one has seen in town."
"I see..." The priest seemed to think about the solution of the problem for a few minutes in silence, seeming to consider severa candidates in his mind. - Hanagizawa? No, too many people know her... The same goes with Sasaki and Chiharu, since they do the shoppings in town... But ,maybe I could use... no, too risky... but still, all of that money will be very good for me...but... - "Mr. Fullworth, how many servants do you need?"
The man seemed a little confused at this question. "Four will be enough, I think, but why are you asking this now?"
"I have the perfect solution" Leon answered with an evil gleam in his eyes.
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"BREAKSFAST TIME!" Kero announced as he entered the little cell, carrying with his tail a bag with apples, bananas and an orange juice carton.
"Yay! Thank you, Kero-chan!" Sakura beamed happily at him. Kero just smirked and said smugly. "Keroberos, the all mighty sun beast is always glad to help such a beautiful lady!"
He landed on the bed and watched as Sakura distributed the food for all four of them. He almost has a fit when he saw her giving Syaoran an apple. "OI! Sakura-chan! Why do you give food to HIM!? He hasn't won the right!"
Sakura frowned at him. "Kero-chan, Syaoran-kun is our new romate, so don't speak of him like that!"
"SYAORAN-KUN!? You already call him BY HIS NAME!? WHAT HAPPENED WHILE I WAS SLEEPING!? BRAT, CONSIDER YOURSELF DEAD MEAT!!" Kero charged at Syaoran, but Sakura held him by his tail. "Kero-chan! Stop saying those kind of things!"
"mmm... I do agree with Keroberos, you know, Sakura-san. You still haven't answered us what happened between the two of you that has come to this closeness between both of you..." Eriol was silenced by Syaoran slamming the brick from his wall back in its place. "That'll keep him quiet for a while.." he muttered while cleaning his hands.
Sakura, who was holding Kero between her hands, went to Tomoyo's wall. "Here, Tomoyo-chan, please keep him until he calm down!!! You are more patient for this kind of things that me!" She said as she introduced Kero by the hole in the wall of Tomoyo, who got a hold of him by his tail.
Tomoyo smiled and looked down at the struggling little yellow creature.. "Don't worry Sakura-chan, I won't let him go out until he calms down."
Sakura sighed in relief. "Thanks, Tomoyo-chan. I'll make it uo for you someday."
"Don't be silly, Sakura-chan. My best reward is seeing you smile every day." Tomoyo answered sweetly, making Sakura smile and blush a little. "Arigatou, Tomoyo-chan..." Tomoyo smiled at her. "Now, please, do place back the brick in the wall, since it won't be easy for me to restrain Kero-chan from killing Li-kun if he has such a tempting opening near him" She spoke as she moved away from the wall. Sakura placed the brick back in its place and leaned against the wall, sighing.
Syaoran looked at her. "Sorry I guess I was the cause of the stuffed animal's weird behavior.." Sakura looked up at him, and started to giggle. Syaoran was confused. "Sakura?"
Sakura took his hands in hers and started to move in small circles in the little space that the cell provided them. "I never had so much fun like today, Syaoran-kun!!!" She said laughing. "Normally, I Tomoyo-chan, Eriol-kun and Kero-chan have some normal chat between us and nothing more, but today...." She stopped in her place. "It has been years since I had so much fun!"
Syaoran blushed. "erm.. uhm..."
Sakura sat down on the bed and handed him an apple. "here, lets have breakfast! Because when Kero-chan comes back, he'll eat enything edible in sight!" She started to munch her apple happily.
Syaoran couldn't help but smile at her, and took a nice bit at his apple. -Being here is not going to be so bad ...-
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A.N. Short chap, I know...But I'll make up for you!! I promise!! I'll have the next chap done this week!! I promise!!!
Special Thanks to: Yakumo (Where are you!?), blue_Tuna27 (^__^ One of the best girls that I've had the pleasure to meet), Ying Fa Li (Hey, long time without seeng you around! Get online, Roxy!) and Sakura Angel! (Update your stories!!!) and My sisters Alex, Star and Jennifer!
I also want to thank: Dr. Megalomania (I cannot believe I got not one, but two reviews from such a great authoress! Thank you!), Nikki-chan (Thank you for introducing me to JTHM! I love it!) Flossie (Thanks for your kind review!) lilcutemunchkin (Yep, is sad... but they'll get out of there!) Daphne Li (I promise you that they'll get out! :) ) Pinkuser (Hehe... yep, I guess I kinda role model her...that's really a flattering comment ya know... so, thanks! ^^) Lady Akiko (Updating Good! School bad! Almost-heart-attacks bad! Sorry for the late updating...) Kikie (You're so kind! Thank you!) Eve Angel (Thank youuu!) Silver Cherry (you'll find out soon!) Ongaku (Thank you! And say HI to Laura-san!!) LLP (You're right,the thank you notes were onger that the chapter itself... sorry 'bout that!) Stars From Above (Wow! Thank you! But update your stories, pleeezzeee!) Zenin (Arigatou! Bows)
