HI! Well, This is me, Silver Mist, and I must say, this fic is NOT going to be taking a walk on the wild side.
Not even a stroll, really. Not even a step. Not one small step.
However, it WILL be lunging into the wild side, sprinting in a full-out marathon.
Heheheheh. You thought there would be no insanity. WELL YOU THOUGHT WRONG!
::rubs hands together and laughs evilly: :
Oh...I don't own this. Got it?
And, anyone seen/read Lord of the Rings? LEGOLAS IS FINE! heh...well...expect lots of...crossovers in this fic. I shall say no more!
Well...on with the story, I suppose!! _
CHAPTER ONE
So It Begins
~SYAORAN~
"OIIIIIII LIIIIIIIIIII-KUUUUUUUUUUUUN!!!!!!" shrieked a voice in decibels so high I swear to this day, I can't hear perfectly out of my left year.
"Get OFF, Mei Lin," I growled through clenched teeth. Sakura was laughing, and Mei Lin was squeezing my arm--and I started to lose the feeling in my fingertips...
Finally, she released me, and spouted a few curses. Grumble, mumble, "don't see why..." pout and whine, "It's not fair...you like Sa--"
"MEI LIN!" I roared, slamming my palm on the table.
"Oops," she giggled, flicking a strand of hair behind her shoulder.
"WHO do you like, Syaoran?" asked Tomoyo, leaning across the table, camera shoved in my eye. "Sarah? Or...Saku--"
"Sake, I like Sake!" I said frantically, leaning backwards.
"Oooh, we've got an alcoholic ninth grader here," said Tomoyo joyously. "Ooh, drama..." she muttered, leaning closer.
"Sake's goooooood," I slurred, rolling my eyes. Then I fell backwards, and with a thump, landed on the grass.
[A/N: for those of u who don't know, Sake is rice wine]
Eriol snorted in laughter, and I shot a menacing glare at him. He merely raised an eyebrow, as Sakura, still laughing, offered me a hand.
Eriol, Tomoyo, and Mei Lin's laughter stilled, but I barely noticed. Sakura was offering me her hand.
Her mouth was turned into a cute smile, her jade orbs fixated on me. "Need a hand, Syaoran?"
"Er, yeah," I said, taking her hand. I noticed how our hands fit perfectly together, her cool hand slipping into mine, unconsciously, out fingers laced. I stood, unsteady from actually holding her hand.
"Awww, Syaoran and Sakura are holding hands!" cried Naoko, pointing.
I flushed a deeper red, and dropped her hand reluctantly as the tables with in a ten mile radius burst into laughter.
Steaming, I wondered...Do they know some thing I don't?!
Sakura was blushing too, a lovely pink color.
The bell rang, signaling our freedom for the rest of the day. Mei Lin, Tomoyo, and Eriol all exchanged sly, smug looks, as we kept right on blushing.
"Hey, Tomoyo, didn't you have to give me something that you left in your house before I leave?" asked Mei Lin thoughtfully, tapping her chin
Mei Lin had been staying the week, and she was leaving tonight after we got home.
"Oh that's right, Mei Lin!" exclaimed Tomoyo, stamping on Eriol's foot as he was about to object. "Well, c'mon, we'll go to my place. See ya Sakura, see ya Syaoran!"
His face turned the most satisfying tinged green as she twisted his wrist, and dragged him off, following Mei Lin.
They left me. Here. With Sakura. Have they no sanity?! I knew the answer to that one, shoving my hands into my pockets.
"Um...so..." started Sakura, avoiding my eyes
"S-so," I said, trying to act casual. "How was your day?"
"Good. Yours?"
"Good. Great! Um, it was okay," I ended lamely, my face burning. -She probably thinks I am such a loser-, I thought ruefully.
"Oh, that's nice..." she trailed off, studying the sky.
"Yeah." I said. "Sakura, I--" I started, at the same time she said, "Syaoran, I--"
"You go first," she said, giving me an irresistible smile.
"No, ladies first," I said politely.
"Um, well, Syaoran..."
"Yes?" I asked, striving for casualness
"I...er..."
"Yes?" I repeated.
"You know, you're not making this any easier on my part," she replied finally, emerald eyes sparkling.
I laughed hollowly. "Sorry."
"Anyways, I was wondering...that if you like movies, we could maybe go see Lord of The Rings...?" she trailed off hopefully.
My jaw was agape. Sakura Kinomoto, the most popular girl in the ninth grade, the Card Mistress, most powerful sorceress in the world, and the reason for my existence on this planet asked me to see a movie. With her. Three hours in the dark movie theater for three hours. Lots of things can happen in three hours.
"I'll take that as a `no', Syaoran," she said dryly, after five minutes of a strangely loud silence. She watched me with loving green eyes--I smothered that thought. There is no way her eyes could be loving, towards me.
"No!" I exclaimed. "I mean, yes! I mean, yes, I'd love to come," I said finally, blushing.
"Do you mind if Eriol and Tomoyo come?" she wanted to know worriedly.
"No..." I said slowly. I couldn't survive with Sakura sitting next to me for three hours, alone.
"Great!" She exclaimed happily.
"Um, do you want me to pick you up at...one, say, tomorrow?" I asked, blushing furiously.
[Geez, these guys sure blush a lot...don't they? Well, I love torturing the CCS characters, it's so much fun...hehehehe...any way, on with the story!!]
"Sure! Thanks, Syaoran!"
"Uh, any time, Sakura." I replied, my face about to burst into flames.
"Well, I gotta go Li-Kun, I'll see you later!"
"Bye Sakura,"
We stopped at her house, and she ran to the door, opened it, and waved good bye. I waved back awkwardly, and she went inside, closed the door, and I turned and walked home.
Thus began the most insane adventure we have ever gone on.
~SAKURA~
THE NEXT DAY...
I woke up to the sunlight shining through my window. My room was a mess, as usual, and Kero was sleeping on a pillow next to my book bag. I had the weirdest dream last night.
~Maybe it was a premonition~... a voice whispered in my head.
"Nah," I said softly.
It was easily the weirdest dream I had ever had...and I have had pretty odd dreams. Eriol, Tomoyo, Syaoran and I had just come out of a movie theater, and confronted by a weird blond elf who claimed he was from Middle Earth. Syaoran kept trying to make moves on me and Tomoyo was cussing at everybody and everything that was near her. Then, a black haired wizard with huge green eyes and a weird scar on his fore head popped out of a wall, followed by a girl with long crimped brown hair, and a tall guy with red hair and freckles.
Then this little guy who looked exactly like Elijah Wood except way shorter, and with huge hairy feet ran up to me and asked me to keep a little golden ring in my pocket.
Then this guy, who looked like he was a senior, ran past, with black hair, and had...six girls running after him.
Then Syaoran grabbed me and kissed me, and everything melted away....then everything came back, as a bunch of incredibly muscly-warriors popped out of nowhere, and started fighting with eachother.
Realizing that I must have been drunk because the zebra-bartender spiked the Coca-Cola I was drinking in the movie theater, I called out my key, transformed it into a wand, and smacked Tomoyo over the head with it. A card shot out of her forehead, and she collapsed into Eriol.
I caught it and sealed it, then the blond elf yelled, "RUN! SAURON APPROCHES!" then Elijah burst into flames with a POOFY. Then Syaoran turned into Pikachu and started going "PIKA PIKAAAAA!" and he bounced into my arms.
Then I woke up.
Snapping out of my day dream, I stood and called out my wand, and told the Move Card to move everything out of place in my room back to its spot, so my room would be clean.
Kero shot up as he felt my magic spike and asked, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"
I shrugged. "I'm cleaning my room," I said innocently.
"At least you're moving the--GAHHH!" he yelled, ducking, an empty jar of pudding missing his head as it flew to the trash can. My room was a whirlwind of objects, and I leaped over my chair and rolled to miss a sneaker hurtling over my head.
I ran downstairs, grabbed a pudding from the fridge, and opened my door. There was a resounding thud as my jaw hit the floor. My room was ACTUALLY clean, and I heard a vague yelling coming from a drawer in my desk.
"SA-blimp, SAKURA, LEMME OUFFA HEERE!" it was Kero.
"Dude, I've got a CARPET!" I exclaimed joyously. "And. . . here's a chair, and a DESK! AND MY LAPTOP! DUDE, I'VE GOT A LAPTOP! And, here's a. . . ." my voice died down, as I realized that I didn't see Kero anyway. [hey...craig david is on...good song, seven days...]
I ran to my bedside table, and threw open the drawer. Kero shot out, his fur sticking up like a cat's.
"I HATE THAT! I'M CLAUSTROPHOBIC!!!!!!!" wailed Kero, speeding towards my shoulder, and sobbing.
"Today's a weird day. . ." I muttered, handing him the pudding.
"SAKURA, YOU BROUGHT ME PUDDING!" he screeched, grabbing it and flying towards my bed, peeling of the foil top and diving into the container. I heard his shrill squeals from the plastic container, and a loud burp.
"Eeew, Kero, be quiet," I ordered.
"Hic--sorry, Sa-HIC-kura. . ."
I gulped. Whenever Kero hiccups, it means that he's pretty much drunk.
A drunk Suppi is bad, and a drunk Kero is worse.
The phone rang, and I picked it up.
"Ah, hello?" I asked, shooting a nervous glance in the direction of the bouncing pudding container. Happy snorts were emitted from it, as it began to glow.
"Sakura!" chirped a voice. It was Tomoyo.
"Oh, hi Tomoyo," I said, and then shrieked as Kero turned into his true form, Keroberos, from inside the pudding jar.
He burst out of it, sending pink pudding flying everywhere, and my guardian beast began to guffaw hysterically.
"MONSTER WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Roared Touya from downstairs.
"Tomoyo I gotta go," I hissed, and slammed the phone on the cradle before she could reply.
"NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!" I screamed back, "I LEFT THE RADIO ON TOO LOUD, HAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!"
I frantically transformed my wand, and whacked Keroberos on the head with it.
He swayed, his eyes crossed, and he gave another drunken giggle. With a flash, he switched back to Kero. I picked up my pillow, took careful aim at the floating Kero who was covered in pink pudding, and let it fly. There was a thump as the pillow and Kero hit the wall.
"Bubbly card, clean up this mess," I muttered, summoning the cleaning card.
Amidst a whirlwind of bubbles, I strode to where Kero lay and picked him up by the tail.
"Kero?" I asked, shaking him gently.
"Doo-dow..." he murmured sleepily. "I wanna doo-dow," he repeated.
Then he shot up. "HEEEEEEEEEEEEEWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" he screeched, shooting up in the air.
"Kero, SHUT UP!" I hissed, clogging him with the pillow again. He looked at me blearily, and then fell over, snoring.
[Wanna know what doo-dow is? Somewhat of an inside joke; rochi-chan, or Rochelle, the insane, and I were trying to say `doodle' in a really bad English accent during geometry class, because I always drew all over her binder. The end result? Doo-dow.]
"MONSTER WHAT ARE YOU DOING UP THERE?!" yelled Touya, this time more suspicious.
"HAAHAAAAAHAAA! I HIT THE VOLUME BUTTON AGAIN! OOOOPS!" I yelled back, just as the card finished its work and my room was sparkling clean. Literally.
Kero was drooling and snoring on my pillow, and I wrinkled my nose in disgust. "Ergh," I muttered, walking out of my room. It was already eleven, it would be a couple hours till Syaoran would pick me up.
I grinned suddenly, and walked down the stairs for a late breakfast.
Dad and Touya were seated at the table, and Touya was watching me suspiciously as I sat down.
"What?" I asked innocently.
"What were you doing up there?"
"Um...I had the radio on too loud."
"Funny, I didn't hear any music."
"It was a commentary," I replied nervously.
"Sure it was, and Yukito can fly on big silver wings."
I had taken a sip of orange juice, only to spit it out all over Touya. I started hacking in barely undisguised laughter.
Touya blinked a few times, and said, "What, exactly is so funny?"
I coughed, "The visual of Yukito flying,"
Touya gave me the Evil Eye, and sighed. "What were you really doing?"
"I was cleaning my room."
Silence spilled into the room; Dad left his fork in his mouth and Touya's eyes grew as round as the eggs on his plate.
"C-come again?" stammered Dad.
"Uh...I was cleaning my room?" I asked confusedly.
Touya dropped his fork, and fainted. Dad ran off to my room, where I heard a loud sob, and a: "MY DAUGHTER HAS A CLEAN ROOM!"
Then Touya bolted up and ran to my room. I heard soft words, "I can't believe it. The monster's room is actually clean!"
"Hey, Sakura, I didn't know you had a rug!" yelled Touya.
I raised an eyebrow, and silently ate the rest of my breakfast.
Then I heard a..."Is this pudding?"
I coughed on my juice, hacking loudly, barely disguising my laughter.
Twenty minutes later, I barely finished my breakfast, and went upstairs to change. My dad was sobbing uncontrollably in his happiness in his room, while Touya was calling every friend and relative we have and telling them the wonderful news.
I came back downstairs, after Dad's sobs had quieted, and the phone had stopped ringing off the hook, at around 12:30. It looked like a beautiful day; the sun was shining, Kero was sleeping, Dad was...Dad was happy, and Touya was calm. Somewhat.
He came sauntering downstairs, clutching a polka dotted handkerchief and had puffy eyes.
"Touya?" I asked.
"-SNIFF-I--I--I'm so prooooud of youuuuuuuuuuu!" he wailed into the handkerchief.
"Um...okay..." I started edging away from the table. Then he noticed me.
"Where are you going?" he demanded.
"Um...the movies..." I replied slowly.
"Why are you going like THAT?" he asked
"Because it's warm outside, if you haven't noticed," I countered. All I was wearing was a tank top with a glitter star on it and a pair of jean pedal pushers, and white platform sneakers.
"Is the Chinese Gaki going?" he asked
"No...and HE'S NOT A CHINESE GAKI!" I responded, slightly annoyed.
"So he IS going."
"What's it to you?" I didn't care if I was being rude, I was already getting annoyed.
"If--" Touya was cut off by the doorbell. I beat him in an all out scuffling marathon to the door, grabbed it and flung it open. Syaoran was standing there, looking slightly uneasy.
"Hi Syaoran!" I chirped, smiling brilliantly.
"Hey, Sakura. Did I come at a bad time?"
`YES!" yelled a voice.
"TOUYA SHUT UP YOU GAKI!" I yelled, [A/N. O.O must be wrong time of the month for her. ^^ geeez...]
I slipped outside with my purse, and slammed the door in Touya's livid face.
"Ehh...come on, Li-kun," I said, grabbing his hand and running away from the house. But not before Touya stuck his head out the window and roared, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HOLDING HANDS WITH THAT GAKI KAIJUU!?!"
Not even a stroll, really. Not even a step. Not one small step.
However, it WILL be lunging into the wild side, sprinting in a full-out marathon.
Heheheheh. You thought there would be no insanity. WELL YOU THOUGHT WRONG!
::rubs hands together and laughs evilly: :
Oh...I don't own this. Got it?
And, anyone seen/read Lord of the Rings? LEGOLAS IS FINE! heh...well...expect lots of...crossovers in this fic. I shall say no more!
Well...on with the story, I suppose!! _
CHAPTER ONE
So It Begins
~SYAORAN~
"OIIIIIII LIIIIIIIIIII-KUUUUUUUUUUUUN!!!!!!" shrieked a voice in decibels so high I swear to this day, I can't hear perfectly out of my left year.
"Get OFF, Mei Lin," I growled through clenched teeth. Sakura was laughing, and Mei Lin was squeezing my arm--and I started to lose the feeling in my fingertips...
Finally, she released me, and spouted a few curses. Grumble, mumble, "don't see why..." pout and whine, "It's not fair...you like Sa--"
"MEI LIN!" I roared, slamming my palm on the table.
"Oops," she giggled, flicking a strand of hair behind her shoulder.
"WHO do you like, Syaoran?" asked Tomoyo, leaning across the table, camera shoved in my eye. "Sarah? Or...Saku--"
"Sake, I like Sake!" I said frantically, leaning backwards.
"Oooh, we've got an alcoholic ninth grader here," said Tomoyo joyously. "Ooh, drama..." she muttered, leaning closer.
"Sake's goooooood," I slurred, rolling my eyes. Then I fell backwards, and with a thump, landed on the grass.
[A/N: for those of u who don't know, Sake is rice wine]
Eriol snorted in laughter, and I shot a menacing glare at him. He merely raised an eyebrow, as Sakura, still laughing, offered me a hand.
Eriol, Tomoyo, and Mei Lin's laughter stilled, but I barely noticed. Sakura was offering me her hand.
Her mouth was turned into a cute smile, her jade orbs fixated on me. "Need a hand, Syaoran?"
"Er, yeah," I said, taking her hand. I noticed how our hands fit perfectly together, her cool hand slipping into mine, unconsciously, out fingers laced. I stood, unsteady from actually holding her hand.
"Awww, Syaoran and Sakura are holding hands!" cried Naoko, pointing.
I flushed a deeper red, and dropped her hand reluctantly as the tables with in a ten mile radius burst into laughter.
Steaming, I wondered...Do they know some thing I don't?!
Sakura was blushing too, a lovely pink color.
The bell rang, signaling our freedom for the rest of the day. Mei Lin, Tomoyo, and Eriol all exchanged sly, smug looks, as we kept right on blushing.
"Hey, Tomoyo, didn't you have to give me something that you left in your house before I leave?" asked Mei Lin thoughtfully, tapping her chin
Mei Lin had been staying the week, and she was leaving tonight after we got home.
"Oh that's right, Mei Lin!" exclaimed Tomoyo, stamping on Eriol's foot as he was about to object. "Well, c'mon, we'll go to my place. See ya Sakura, see ya Syaoran!"
His face turned the most satisfying tinged green as she twisted his wrist, and dragged him off, following Mei Lin.
They left me. Here. With Sakura. Have they no sanity?! I knew the answer to that one, shoving my hands into my pockets.
"Um...so..." started Sakura, avoiding my eyes
"S-so," I said, trying to act casual. "How was your day?"
"Good. Yours?"
"Good. Great! Um, it was okay," I ended lamely, my face burning. -She probably thinks I am such a loser-, I thought ruefully.
"Oh, that's nice..." she trailed off, studying the sky.
"Yeah." I said. "Sakura, I--" I started, at the same time she said, "Syaoran, I--"
"You go first," she said, giving me an irresistible smile.
"No, ladies first," I said politely.
"Um, well, Syaoran..."
"Yes?" I asked, striving for casualness
"I...er..."
"Yes?" I repeated.
"You know, you're not making this any easier on my part," she replied finally, emerald eyes sparkling.
I laughed hollowly. "Sorry."
"Anyways, I was wondering...that if you like movies, we could maybe go see Lord of The Rings...?" she trailed off hopefully.
My jaw was agape. Sakura Kinomoto, the most popular girl in the ninth grade, the Card Mistress, most powerful sorceress in the world, and the reason for my existence on this planet asked me to see a movie. With her. Three hours in the dark movie theater for three hours. Lots of things can happen in three hours.
"I'll take that as a `no', Syaoran," she said dryly, after five minutes of a strangely loud silence. She watched me with loving green eyes--I smothered that thought. There is no way her eyes could be loving, towards me.
"No!" I exclaimed. "I mean, yes! I mean, yes, I'd love to come," I said finally, blushing.
"Do you mind if Eriol and Tomoyo come?" she wanted to know worriedly.
"No..." I said slowly. I couldn't survive with Sakura sitting next to me for three hours, alone.
"Great!" She exclaimed happily.
"Um, do you want me to pick you up at...one, say, tomorrow?" I asked, blushing furiously.
[Geez, these guys sure blush a lot...don't they? Well, I love torturing the CCS characters, it's so much fun...hehehehe...any way, on with the story!!]
"Sure! Thanks, Syaoran!"
"Uh, any time, Sakura." I replied, my face about to burst into flames.
"Well, I gotta go Li-Kun, I'll see you later!"
"Bye Sakura,"
We stopped at her house, and she ran to the door, opened it, and waved good bye. I waved back awkwardly, and she went inside, closed the door, and I turned and walked home.
Thus began the most insane adventure we have ever gone on.
~SAKURA~
THE NEXT DAY...
I woke up to the sunlight shining through my window. My room was a mess, as usual, and Kero was sleeping on a pillow next to my book bag. I had the weirdest dream last night.
~Maybe it was a premonition~... a voice whispered in my head.
"Nah," I said softly.
It was easily the weirdest dream I had ever had...and I have had pretty odd dreams. Eriol, Tomoyo, Syaoran and I had just come out of a movie theater, and confronted by a weird blond elf who claimed he was from Middle Earth. Syaoran kept trying to make moves on me and Tomoyo was cussing at everybody and everything that was near her. Then, a black haired wizard with huge green eyes and a weird scar on his fore head popped out of a wall, followed by a girl with long crimped brown hair, and a tall guy with red hair and freckles.
Then this little guy who looked exactly like Elijah Wood except way shorter, and with huge hairy feet ran up to me and asked me to keep a little golden ring in my pocket.
Then this guy, who looked like he was a senior, ran past, with black hair, and had...six girls running after him.
Then Syaoran grabbed me and kissed me, and everything melted away....then everything came back, as a bunch of incredibly muscly-warriors popped out of nowhere, and started fighting with eachother.
Realizing that I must have been drunk because the zebra-bartender spiked the Coca-Cola I was drinking in the movie theater, I called out my key, transformed it into a wand, and smacked Tomoyo over the head with it. A card shot out of her forehead, and she collapsed into Eriol.
I caught it and sealed it, then the blond elf yelled, "RUN! SAURON APPROCHES!" then Elijah burst into flames with a POOFY. Then Syaoran turned into Pikachu and started going "PIKA PIKAAAAA!" and he bounced into my arms.
Then I woke up.
Snapping out of my day dream, I stood and called out my wand, and told the Move Card to move everything out of place in my room back to its spot, so my room would be clean.
Kero shot up as he felt my magic spike and asked, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"
I shrugged. "I'm cleaning my room," I said innocently.
"At least you're moving the--GAHHH!" he yelled, ducking, an empty jar of pudding missing his head as it flew to the trash can. My room was a whirlwind of objects, and I leaped over my chair and rolled to miss a sneaker hurtling over my head.
I ran downstairs, grabbed a pudding from the fridge, and opened my door. There was a resounding thud as my jaw hit the floor. My room was ACTUALLY clean, and I heard a vague yelling coming from a drawer in my desk.
"SA-blimp, SAKURA, LEMME OUFFA HEERE!" it was Kero.
"Dude, I've got a CARPET!" I exclaimed joyously. "And. . . here's a chair, and a DESK! AND MY LAPTOP! DUDE, I'VE GOT A LAPTOP! And, here's a. . . ." my voice died down, as I realized that I didn't see Kero anyway. [hey...craig david is on...good song, seven days...]
I ran to my bedside table, and threw open the drawer. Kero shot out, his fur sticking up like a cat's.
"I HATE THAT! I'M CLAUSTROPHOBIC!!!!!!!" wailed Kero, speeding towards my shoulder, and sobbing.
"Today's a weird day. . ." I muttered, handing him the pudding.
"SAKURA, YOU BROUGHT ME PUDDING!" he screeched, grabbing it and flying towards my bed, peeling of the foil top and diving into the container. I heard his shrill squeals from the plastic container, and a loud burp.
"Eeew, Kero, be quiet," I ordered.
"Hic--sorry, Sa-HIC-kura. . ."
I gulped. Whenever Kero hiccups, it means that he's pretty much drunk.
A drunk Suppi is bad, and a drunk Kero is worse.
The phone rang, and I picked it up.
"Ah, hello?" I asked, shooting a nervous glance in the direction of the bouncing pudding container. Happy snorts were emitted from it, as it began to glow.
"Sakura!" chirped a voice. It was Tomoyo.
"Oh, hi Tomoyo," I said, and then shrieked as Kero turned into his true form, Keroberos, from inside the pudding jar.
He burst out of it, sending pink pudding flying everywhere, and my guardian beast began to guffaw hysterically.
"MONSTER WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Roared Touya from downstairs.
"Tomoyo I gotta go," I hissed, and slammed the phone on the cradle before she could reply.
"NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!" I screamed back, "I LEFT THE RADIO ON TOO LOUD, HAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!"
I frantically transformed my wand, and whacked Keroberos on the head with it.
He swayed, his eyes crossed, and he gave another drunken giggle. With a flash, he switched back to Kero. I picked up my pillow, took careful aim at the floating Kero who was covered in pink pudding, and let it fly. There was a thump as the pillow and Kero hit the wall.
"Bubbly card, clean up this mess," I muttered, summoning the cleaning card.
Amidst a whirlwind of bubbles, I strode to where Kero lay and picked him up by the tail.
"Kero?" I asked, shaking him gently.
"Doo-dow..." he murmured sleepily. "I wanna doo-dow," he repeated.
Then he shot up. "HEEEEEEEEEEEEEWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" he screeched, shooting up in the air.
"Kero, SHUT UP!" I hissed, clogging him with the pillow again. He looked at me blearily, and then fell over, snoring.
[Wanna know what doo-dow is? Somewhat of an inside joke; rochi-chan, or Rochelle, the insane, and I were trying to say `doodle' in a really bad English accent during geometry class, because I always drew all over her binder. The end result? Doo-dow.]
"MONSTER WHAT ARE YOU DOING UP THERE?!" yelled Touya, this time more suspicious.
"HAAHAAAAAHAAA! I HIT THE VOLUME BUTTON AGAIN! OOOOPS!" I yelled back, just as the card finished its work and my room was sparkling clean. Literally.
Kero was drooling and snoring on my pillow, and I wrinkled my nose in disgust. "Ergh," I muttered, walking out of my room. It was already eleven, it would be a couple hours till Syaoran would pick me up.
I grinned suddenly, and walked down the stairs for a late breakfast.
Dad and Touya were seated at the table, and Touya was watching me suspiciously as I sat down.
"What?" I asked innocently.
"What were you doing up there?"
"Um...I had the radio on too loud."
"Funny, I didn't hear any music."
"It was a commentary," I replied nervously.
"Sure it was, and Yukito can fly on big silver wings."
I had taken a sip of orange juice, only to spit it out all over Touya. I started hacking in barely undisguised laughter.
Touya blinked a few times, and said, "What, exactly is so funny?"
I coughed, "The visual of Yukito flying,"
Touya gave me the Evil Eye, and sighed. "What were you really doing?"
"I was cleaning my room."
Silence spilled into the room; Dad left his fork in his mouth and Touya's eyes grew as round as the eggs on his plate.
"C-come again?" stammered Dad.
"Uh...I was cleaning my room?" I asked confusedly.
Touya dropped his fork, and fainted. Dad ran off to my room, where I heard a loud sob, and a: "MY DAUGHTER HAS A CLEAN ROOM!"
Then Touya bolted up and ran to my room. I heard soft words, "I can't believe it. The monster's room is actually clean!"
"Hey, Sakura, I didn't know you had a rug!" yelled Touya.
I raised an eyebrow, and silently ate the rest of my breakfast.
Then I heard a..."Is this pudding?"
I coughed on my juice, hacking loudly, barely disguising my laughter.
Twenty minutes later, I barely finished my breakfast, and went upstairs to change. My dad was sobbing uncontrollably in his happiness in his room, while Touya was calling every friend and relative we have and telling them the wonderful news.
I came back downstairs, after Dad's sobs had quieted, and the phone had stopped ringing off the hook, at around 12:30. It looked like a beautiful day; the sun was shining, Kero was sleeping, Dad was...Dad was happy, and Touya was calm. Somewhat.
He came sauntering downstairs, clutching a polka dotted handkerchief and had puffy eyes.
"Touya?" I asked.
"-SNIFF-I--I--I'm so prooooud of youuuuuuuuuuu!" he wailed into the handkerchief.
"Um...okay..." I started edging away from the table. Then he noticed me.
"Where are you going?" he demanded.
"Um...the movies..." I replied slowly.
"Why are you going like THAT?" he asked
"Because it's warm outside, if you haven't noticed," I countered. All I was wearing was a tank top with a glitter star on it and a pair of jean pedal pushers, and white platform sneakers.
"Is the Chinese Gaki going?" he asked
"No...and HE'S NOT A CHINESE GAKI!" I responded, slightly annoyed.
"So he IS going."
"What's it to you?" I didn't care if I was being rude, I was already getting annoyed.
"If--" Touya was cut off by the doorbell. I beat him in an all out scuffling marathon to the door, grabbed it and flung it open. Syaoran was standing there, looking slightly uneasy.
"Hi Syaoran!" I chirped, smiling brilliantly.
"Hey, Sakura. Did I come at a bad time?"
`YES!" yelled a voice.
"TOUYA SHUT UP YOU GAKI!" I yelled, [A/N. O.O must be wrong time of the month for her. ^^ geeez...]
I slipped outside with my purse, and slammed the door in Touya's livid face.
"Ehh...come on, Li-kun," I said, grabbing his hand and running away from the house. But not before Touya stuck his head out the window and roared, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HOLDING HANDS WITH THAT GAKI KAIJUU!?!"
