Friend or Foe (con't)
Keetra:: hey minna! This chapter took me a lot longer than I thought it would to write. Blame it on the Final exams I had to study for. I hate test and exams are a pain. I only have to do one more though and then school's out for me! For all of you who care, I sent Syaoran back to his right dimension and time. He's a little scratched up but I don't think he's ever gonna forgive me. Especially since when I brought him back, he appeared in Sakura's room while she was changing! Luckily though (or maybe unluckily) nothing was really showing though Syaoran had quite a bit of explaining to do.
Please take note of the raised rating. I wanted to keep it low enough w/o getting in trouble but I am not an expert so if you think it too low (T.T) please tell me. I tried to keep it as far from lemon as I could. My friends called it a mild lime so I guess it's ok. If you have a problem with it, please just skip to where you see words in bold italicized and underlined. It's ok from there on for the most part.
Now for my reviewers!:
Rose-senshi:: anytime! Welcome to the confusing world of my fic! Sit back and enjoy the craziness!
ChubbyBunny:: OK. That review was certainly interesting to say the least. And if my S+S is confusing you already then I suggest u might wanna skip this chapter cuz there's a lot of S+S in it. I wrote it on a dare and so I went with it cuz it sounded like fun.
Alexandra-chan :: LOL! Poor Syaoran! Not only does he go to the dinosaurs but you choking him. When does the insanity of my world end?
Mitski:: I dunno where I got Salena. It just sounded nice. Most of the names you'll see either come from spur of the moment inspirations from my puny little head or are requests from my friend. Or they are characters that belong to friends of mine who have let me borrow them. Like Kem and Keelah. Keelah already existed but one of my best friends wanted me to use her character and so she gave Keelah a look and a personality. Something she didn't have before. Ok. Now I just blabbing! ^_^;; I hope the new email address you sent me worked. I don't want you to stop reviewing! U always have such great ideas! Onegai! Don't leave me! (ok that just sounded wrong so I just gonna shut up right now.)
Angel Blossom :: Thanx! I let u no if I need anymore info. I think I set though. u right. That bed does need to go. It too sad that those two love birds are in separate beds. Hmmm. Maybe Tomoyo finds out and gets one of her ideas so she sends Eriol to get rid of the bed? I gonna have to do a lot more thinking on this but it nice to know that someone else besides me shares that opinion. Of course, Syaoran would probably just sleep on the floor than w/ Sakura. Unless he was drunk or something…. Hmmm. Must think.
Azure Rosas:: you are too weird. But u cool just the same. U wanna know what those two guardians are doing right now? Well, Suppi is currently going through all the books in my room and Kero… well, let's just say that the temptation to have a glaring contest with the Chinese gaki over came the urge to kiss me all over soon as he heard that Syaoran had appeared in Sakura's room. I regretting more and more about bringing him back. I want my Kero-chan!!!
Pochacco:: yep. Arcanemon is my other half. He has a history behind him too as well as my other characters. I need to come up with a website so that you guys can see my characters' pictures and backgrounds. I put way to much into my stories and that is why they sound so realistic. To me, they are real. That is why each character has a history and a story of their own. I can't tell al of them in this story, sadly. I can tell you the history of my character though. It came when I was really depressed so I came up with a character that could go anywhere that I wanted her to. As I put her into more and more situations she got more and more defined and eventually became psychic, telepathic and empathic, which, if you really think about it, is a dangerous combination. Arcanemon came about when I ws into Pokemon and so I created one of my own who would be with me and eventually became a part of me. But there's more to him then that. Yes, he's a he because I didn't want my other half to be a bitch. I talking too much. I gotta stop doing that.
Well now that that is over with, I gonna start that miniseries I told you guys about entitled And the Chef Walked In. They gonna be short, funny and have nothing to do with the fic at all, besides the fact that it has the same characters. They take place before Sakura arrives in that dimension. They are in no specific order so don't expect it. The first episode of the chef walking in will never be known. So let the miniseries begin!
And the Chef Walked In:
Disclaimer: Ha! I got you on this one! I own everything in the chef miniseries. They have nothing to do with ccs characters so I own every bit of it
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It wasn't as if he planned it or anything, it just seemed to happen. Whenever Antionne Hosea, chief chef of Vinzer Stang's castle, walked into the sleeping quarters of his master, he always saw the most bizarre things within. To know the circumstances in which he found the scene you must look at what was happening… When the Chef Walked In…
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Vinzer Stang was never very good when it came to clothes. Dressing and undressing are a problem to one who's hands are claws and who has a tail that seems to do what it wants. So, of course, he would call upon Stimp to help him in that regard since Stimp is the only slave in whom he really puts any sort of trust.
In this, a first of many occurrences, Stimp is holding a pair of pants while his master is carefully stepping inside, trying to avoid cutting the pants with his clawed feet. The tail, however seems unwilling to go into the hole in the rear of the pants. Many a time, Stang would get it through, only to have it work its way out before they could button the pants. Fed up with this nonsense, Stang tells Stimp to reach his hand through the hole, grab the tail, and pull it through while he buttons the pants in front. It seems like a good idea. Stimp kneels on the floor behind his master, reaches through the hole and grabs the tail. Coincidentally, Stimp grabbed it very close to Stang's but which makes Stang's mouth open in surprise.
AND THE CHEF WALKS IN…
"Sir, I…" looks up and sees Stimp kneeling behind Stang with his hand up the hole in Stang's pants and a startled expression on Stang's face. "I see that you are busy and shall come back at a more appropriate time." He bows then turns quickly and makes his exit shaking his head to try to rid his mind of what he has just witnessed.
Stimp looks up at Stang. "Master?"
"Just pull the tail through, Stimp, then say not a word to anyone about this."
~*~*~*~ End embarrassing scene number one! ~*~*~*~
Keetra:: so what you guys think? Give me some response on it. I thought it was a hilarious idea so I decided to do it but if nobody likes it then I'll stop. I got a lot of others and each get more and more embarrassing. Now on to friend or foe!
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Chapter 8: A New Twist
Arcanemon appears in the watching pool, where Keelah is waiting.
"*Did you give it to her?*" Keetra asks.
"See for yourself" Keelah points at the pool, slightly grinning.
Arcanemon walks over and looks into the pool. An image of Stang's bedroom is on the surface. It is zoomed in on the bed where two figures seem to be passionately enjoying themselves. Arcanemon grins slightly.
"*Perfect.*"
~*~*~*~(::OK. This is the scene I warned you about so read at your own risk. Any flames to this scene will be used to barbecue the reviewer for Stang's dinner.::) ~*~*~*~
Kem groans as Stang's kisses greedily make their way down her body. Another night in the life of a pleasure slave. Most pleasure slaves are supposed to be stupid and naïve. Not Kem. Not that the man kissing her will ever know. Kem is an expert. Trained at the same high council that Keetra works for, there is none better at the game of double-cross. She had found Stang a challenge, one that she would not let slip through her fingers. She had found that men were more talkative and easier to get information from. Now it is the time to make Stang do a little talking, so to speak.
Kem glides her hands along his back, making sure to slide them along every bone her fingers come across. Stang hisses in anticipation. Kem uses her telepathy to probe into his mind, only to find a barrier in a small, secluded part of his brain. That is what she wants, what she needs, what she must have no matter what. She begins to crack through.
"You are so tense, master. Relax. Let me become a part of you."
There is an opening.
Too small. It's not enough. I must have more!
Their movements become more frantic, more wanting. Stang's claws reach wantingly for her waist and begin to tear her clothes from her body. Kem smiles drunkenly.
This is too easy. I had expected more from him. Maybe he does have more!? Maybe I need to do something drastic to get it! Her grin turns into a snarl. Bring it on, lover boy!
She goes at her job with a new determination, but it is more than a job now. It's a love, a passion, a wanting to know more. While her mind is removing, stripping his brain, her hands are slowly stripping his body. One by one, pieces of clothing leave Stang's body and fall to the carpet and, little by little, she invades the barrier within his mind.
Almost there. I almost have it…No!…I can't break through!
In her anger, she grabs the last piece of clothing determinedly in her hands, and pulls. It doesn't come off. There's not even a rip.
"You know what I want."
She pulls again. The garment shifts but stubbornly still blocks her way. However, Kem is stubborn as well.
"I will get what I need."
She pulls harder. This time there is a small rip. Stang smiles at her determination, hisses at her success.
"You will not resist me!" she screams into the atmosphere.
The door to the room opens and the chef walks in. (::couldn't resist! To perfect of a chance. this is the only time that you will se the chef walks in anywhere in my fic::)
"Master Stang! Oh…dear." He has just now noticed the scene on the bed. Why me? "I guess that breakfast will be served… elsewhere." Antionne bows and leaves with hs hadn over his eyes muttering, "Why me? Are they ever doing anything NOT naughty in that room?"
Kem slides off of Stang to let him get up. Stang calls in Stimp, who dresses Stang then they both leave.
Kem sits back on her knees, defeated. Her chest moves in and out as she takes slow, deep breaths. Her fingers curl in and out as she struggles to control her anger. Kem crawls off the bed and locates her clothes, putting them on as she goes. She walks over to a corner where there is a cushioned stool with studded edges set with jewels. She runs her hands through her hair, stopping when they reach the ram-like horns on either side of her head. She sits down on the velvet cushion, feeling like crap.
"*Klan Klatest? (You alright?)*" Keetra's voice reaches her.
"*I failed. I was so close and I failed.*" Kem replies, saying each word with disgust.
"*Does he know?*"
Kem shakes her head. "*No*" That was one of the few things I did right.
"*Then you didn't fail. You can try again.*"
"*No. iwon't be able to. Not so soon. I have some information but it makes no sense.*"
"*I'll have Keelah download it from your implant and we'll cross- referance with the database. We can use all the info we can get right now.
Kem feels a slight tingle behind her right ear as information is dowloaded from the implant located there.
"Klehtill, Keetra. (I know, Keetra.) Klehtill." She mumbles.
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"No…" Sakura mimbles. She is dreaming again.
~+~+~+~Sakura's dream~+~+~+~
Everything is black, there is no earth and no sky. Sakura looks at the nothingness around her. there is somebody there! A teenage boy is standing a few yards from her, staring down at the ground. He has short, black har down to his chin and is not very muscular. He looks up and, upon seeing her, he smiles, as if he is lonely and is gladdened by her prescence. Just as suddenly though, his expression changes to one of horror. A brilliant light surrounds him and he begins to change. Sakura squints her eyes and holds up her hand to block the blinding light. When she looks again, the boy it gone, replaced by a huge, dark green dragon. It sees Sakura and immediately bares its teeth. Sakura hears a shout behind her and looke=s back behind her to see Syaoran rushing towards her, sword drawn, ready to attack. Sakura looks back at the dragon. She can see the boy within the beast, looking at her with pleading eyes. He is begging her to help him, to rid him of this burden, of this evil creature before her. Syaoran is almost to the dragon now, his sword coming down to strike the beast in the heart, directly between the eyes of the boy.
"Please,card misstress. Stop him. He will kill me. If the dragon dies then so do I." A tiny voice whispers to her.
"No!" she screams. "Syaoran-kun, stop! Don't do it!"
~+~+~+~ End Dream ~+~+~+~
Sakura tosses and turns in bed as Syaoran tries to wake her.
"No." she mumbles in her sleep. "Syaoran-kun, stop! Don't do it!"
She's having one of those dreams. Syaoran thinks with slight nostalgia. "Sakura-chan, wake up."
Sakura wakes up, gasping in fright. She looks up to see Syaoran leaning over her.
"Syaoran-kun!" She sits up and grabs Syaoran in a tight hug.i was a bit too tight though.
"Sakura-chan, you are choking me." Syaoran gasps out.
Sakura loosens her hold.
"Gomen ne, Syaoran-kun. Genki desuka?" Sakura asks.
"Hai. Daijobou. I have to finish getting ready fo work."
Syaoran gets up and finishes getting ready. (::OK. I have no idea what in the world men do in the morning. For all I know, they have some secret ritual. Let's just sayhe's shaving or something.::)
Sakura follows him to the bathroom.
"Can I use your brush Syaoran-kun?"
"Sure."
Sakura grabs the bruah and sits on her bed. She begins to pull her hair up into the usual pigtails.
"Uh, Sakura-chan. We may have to do something different with your hair." Syaoran comments, watching her.
"Why?" Sakura asks, pausing in the middle of putting in the hairtie.
"People would recognize you. Rumors would go around and before you know it, the Vinzer would hear about it."
"Oh, I see." Sakura takes the hairtieout of her hair and lets it fall straight. "Any ideas?"
Syaoran looks at her as she starts to fiddle with her hair. A small smile appears on his face.
"I think I have one."
He takes the hair brush from Sakura and sits behind her on the bed. She feels the brush run slowly, gently through her hair and is filled with curiosity as to what Syaoran is going to do. Satisfied that all the knots are out of her hair, Syaoran parts her hair carefully down the middle, seperating her hair into two sections. Starting on one side, he taakes some of her hair and starts to braid, adding more and more hair every once and a while. Finishing with one side, he starts on the other.
"I didn't know you knew how to do hair, Syaoran-kun." Sakura says, surprised.
"When you have four sister, you learn a thing or two. I never thought I'd actually ever have the chance to use it."
The two french braids meet in the back and Syaoran braids them together creating a short pigtail. (::in case anyone want to know, Sakura's hair is slightly longer so this is possible. I dunno a lot of good styles for hair as short as Sakura usually keeps it.::) He uses her hairtie to finish the braid.
"Done."
Sakura turns to fae him on the bed.
"So, how do I look?"
Syaoran, literally, had to struggle to keep his jaw from dropping. Sakura looked very different with her hair pulled back. His idea just might work!
"Different." He replies truthfully. "I doubt that even Tomoyo-chan would recognize you."
Sakura bursts out laughing in a fit of giggles, which Syaoran soon joins. The though of Tomoyo not knowing Sakura was just too much. Their giggle spell eventually dies down and they sit there, trying to catch their breath. Syaoran recovers first and looks up at her, noticing a lock of shorter hair the escaped the french braid. He lifts his hand to push the lock behind her ear, his fingertips lightly graze her cheek and circle around her ear. As if caught in a trance, his hand moves back to her cheek, this time letting the backs of his fingers move across her smooth skin. Sakura's eyes close and she turns her head towards his hand. Her mouth opens and Syaoran's hand exlpores the contours of her lips. He leans over and places his lips against hers. Sakura lens back on the bed, both of them liplocked together. The need for air seperates their mouths so syaorans kisses move along her cheek and down to her neck, gently nipping her skin as if he were a vampire.
"AHEM!…" a third voice clears her throat louly.
Syaoran and Sakura look up at Keetra, who is stnading at the closet watching them and trying not to crack a smile.
Syaoran jumps off the bed in surprise.
"Keetra-chan! What are you doing here?"
Keetra leans against a wall, crossing her arms in frot of her.
"I see the two of you are enjoying yourselves." Both of the accused blush really deep and look at each other in embarrassment. "I don't mean to spoil your fun but if a certain someone" looks pointedly at Syaoran "doesn't get to waork soon then a certain chief chef will put your head on a platter and serve it to the Vinzer as a delicacy." (::by the way, the castle is currently looking for replacement slaves. Any volunteers?::)
"Dammit, I'm late!" he goes back over to his bed and begins to put on his sandals.
"Syaoran, you are talikg Sakura to work with you, aren't you?
Syaoran looks up at her in surprise.
"Yea. I was planning on it."
Liar. Keetra thinks, hearing the giggle from Keelah through the link. Keetra had been reading Syaoran's mind and the thought of bringing Sakura to work definitely had not come to him. Keetra nods as if she was just making sure.
"Keetra-chan," Keetra turns to Sakura who had spoken. "I was just wondering. Why don't you use surnames when you talk to us?"
"My translation program doesn't adapt for those kinds of things."
"Translation program wht do you mean? Are you a robot or something?"
"No. I have an implant behind my righ ear that connects to different sections of my brain. When I talk to you, or to anyone really, the translation program taps into the speech center of my brain allowing me to speak in whatever language that I need to. In your case, Japanese. As you can tell, it's not perfect. It merely translates what I want to say into a language you nad understand. We don't have surnames in my language so the translator doesn't understand them so it can't really translate into them."
"Oh…OK." The explaination leaves her very confused.
Keetra sighs in defeat. "Never mind." She says with a slight smile.
"Come on, Sakura-chan. We've got to go." Syaoran calls from the front door.
"I'm comong Syaoran-kun." She says back and gets up to walk out. At the door she looks back and says, "Ja ne, Keetra-chan!"
"Ja ne, Sakura. Syaoran."
The front door closes, leaving Keetra in the room. She closes her eyes in concentration.
A few minutes later, a guard on his morning round sees a light on in an empty dorm room. He unlocks the door with a master key and goes in to shut it off, when he hears a voice within his head.
"*Whoops! Keetra left the light on. Ah well,…*"
The light shuts off suddenly leaving a bewilered guard in an empty dark room, who then and there decides to take it a little easier on the alchohol.
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Sakura and Syaoran walk side-by-side on the long path to the Vinzer's castle.
"Syaoran-kun, what is your job?" Sakura asks looking over at him.
"I'm a kitchen slave over at the castle." Syaoran points up ahead where the towers of Stang's castle are visible.
"You cook?" Sakura asks, guessing the answer.
"Hai."
(^_^);; "Oh great!" Sakura groans remembering the cooking lessons with Fujitaka.
"Nani?"
"I'm not very good at cooking."
"Don't worry. I'll help you."
Sakura reaches over and grabs Syaoran's hand in hers.
"Arigatou, Syaoran-kun."
Syaoran gives her hand a reassuring sqeeze and they walk the rest of the way silent, but hand-in-hand.
~*~*~*~ End chapter 8!~*~*~*~
Keetra:: YAY! I finally posted this thing! And I must admit, I put more S+S in this than I thought I would.
Kero:: ::flies in out of nowhere:: Keetra-chan!!
Keetra:: Kero, have you been filling up on sweets again.
Kero:: ::sheepishly:: yea. So… you like it when I'm genki.
Keetra:: you bet.
Kero:: so what you doing? ::reads the S+S section of the fic:: THAT CHINESE GAKI DID
WHAT?!?!?!?!?!
Keetra:: calm down Kero. I stopped them before it got too bad. (::ducks from the bottled being thrown at her by S+S reveiwers.::)
Kero:: ::grumbles:: not soon enough.
Keetra:: tough customer. ::turns attention back to reviewers:: well I hoped you guys enjoyed my little naughty chapter. You guys got a double dose of the chef walks in so be happy. Like I said, any flamed responses wil be used to barbecue the reviewer for Stang's meal. I finally got an idea for what Syaoran could do. I wanted to do more with the chef so I put him in the kitchen. There's a bonus since Sakura not a very good cook in the first place. And please no more threats to kill Syaoran. Kill suppi. I don't care that much about him. Of course, then you'll have Eriol to deal with for that. Hoeeeeee. Life is so tough. Well. I got to get to bed for the last day of school! Then I'll be able to get my chapters up quicker cuz I'll have more time and no exams to study for. Yay! Ja minna!
Kero:: Keetra-chan! I want cake!
Keetra:: IT'S IN THE FRIDGE Kero! AND YOU CAN ONLY HAVE IT IF YOU TELL THE PEOPLE TO R+R!
Kero:: R+R everybody cuz I want my cake!
Keetra:: hey minna! This chapter took me a lot longer than I thought it would to write. Blame it on the Final exams I had to study for. I hate test and exams are a pain. I only have to do one more though and then school's out for me! For all of you who care, I sent Syaoran back to his right dimension and time. He's a little scratched up but I don't think he's ever gonna forgive me. Especially since when I brought him back, he appeared in Sakura's room while she was changing! Luckily though (or maybe unluckily) nothing was really showing though Syaoran had quite a bit of explaining to do.
Please take note of the raised rating. I wanted to keep it low enough w/o getting in trouble but I am not an expert so if you think it too low (T.T) please tell me. I tried to keep it as far from lemon as I could. My friends called it a mild lime so I guess it's ok. If you have a problem with it, please just skip to where you see words in bold italicized and underlined. It's ok from there on for the most part.
Now for my reviewers!:
Rose-senshi:: anytime! Welcome to the confusing world of my fic! Sit back and enjoy the craziness!
ChubbyBunny:: OK. That review was certainly interesting to say the least. And if my S+S is confusing you already then I suggest u might wanna skip this chapter cuz there's a lot of S+S in it. I wrote it on a dare and so I went with it cuz it sounded like fun.
Alexandra-chan :: LOL! Poor Syaoran! Not only does he go to the dinosaurs but you choking him. When does the insanity of my world end?
Mitski:: I dunno where I got Salena. It just sounded nice. Most of the names you'll see either come from spur of the moment inspirations from my puny little head or are requests from my friend. Or they are characters that belong to friends of mine who have let me borrow them. Like Kem and Keelah. Keelah already existed but one of my best friends wanted me to use her character and so she gave Keelah a look and a personality. Something she didn't have before. Ok. Now I just blabbing! ^_^;; I hope the new email address you sent me worked. I don't want you to stop reviewing! U always have such great ideas! Onegai! Don't leave me! (ok that just sounded wrong so I just gonna shut up right now.)
Angel Blossom :: Thanx! I let u no if I need anymore info. I think I set though. u right. That bed does need to go. It too sad that those two love birds are in separate beds. Hmmm. Maybe Tomoyo finds out and gets one of her ideas so she sends Eriol to get rid of the bed? I gonna have to do a lot more thinking on this but it nice to know that someone else besides me shares that opinion. Of course, Syaoran would probably just sleep on the floor than w/ Sakura. Unless he was drunk or something…. Hmmm. Must think.
Azure Rosas:: you are too weird. But u cool just the same. U wanna know what those two guardians are doing right now? Well, Suppi is currently going through all the books in my room and Kero… well, let's just say that the temptation to have a glaring contest with the Chinese gaki over came the urge to kiss me all over soon as he heard that Syaoran had appeared in Sakura's room. I regretting more and more about bringing him back. I want my Kero-chan!!!
Pochacco:: yep. Arcanemon is my other half. He has a history behind him too as well as my other characters. I need to come up with a website so that you guys can see my characters' pictures and backgrounds. I put way to much into my stories and that is why they sound so realistic. To me, they are real. That is why each character has a history and a story of their own. I can't tell al of them in this story, sadly. I can tell you the history of my character though. It came when I was really depressed so I came up with a character that could go anywhere that I wanted her to. As I put her into more and more situations she got more and more defined and eventually became psychic, telepathic and empathic, which, if you really think about it, is a dangerous combination. Arcanemon came about when I ws into Pokemon and so I created one of my own who would be with me and eventually became a part of me. But there's more to him then that. Yes, he's a he because I didn't want my other half to be a bitch. I talking too much. I gotta stop doing that.
Well now that that is over with, I gonna start that miniseries I told you guys about entitled And the Chef Walked In. They gonna be short, funny and have nothing to do with the fic at all, besides the fact that it has the same characters. They take place before Sakura arrives in that dimension. They are in no specific order so don't expect it. The first episode of the chef walking in will never be known. So let the miniseries begin!
And the Chef Walked In:
Disclaimer: Ha! I got you on this one! I own everything in the chef miniseries. They have nothing to do with ccs characters so I own every bit of it
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It wasn't as if he planned it or anything, it just seemed to happen. Whenever Antionne Hosea, chief chef of Vinzer Stang's castle, walked into the sleeping quarters of his master, he always saw the most bizarre things within. To know the circumstances in which he found the scene you must look at what was happening… When the Chef Walked In…
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Vinzer Stang was never very good when it came to clothes. Dressing and undressing are a problem to one who's hands are claws and who has a tail that seems to do what it wants. So, of course, he would call upon Stimp to help him in that regard since Stimp is the only slave in whom he really puts any sort of trust.
In this, a first of many occurrences, Stimp is holding a pair of pants while his master is carefully stepping inside, trying to avoid cutting the pants with his clawed feet. The tail, however seems unwilling to go into the hole in the rear of the pants. Many a time, Stang would get it through, only to have it work its way out before they could button the pants. Fed up with this nonsense, Stang tells Stimp to reach his hand through the hole, grab the tail, and pull it through while he buttons the pants in front. It seems like a good idea. Stimp kneels on the floor behind his master, reaches through the hole and grabs the tail. Coincidentally, Stimp grabbed it very close to Stang's but which makes Stang's mouth open in surprise.
AND THE CHEF WALKS IN…
"Sir, I…" looks up and sees Stimp kneeling behind Stang with his hand up the hole in Stang's pants and a startled expression on Stang's face. "I see that you are busy and shall come back at a more appropriate time." He bows then turns quickly and makes his exit shaking his head to try to rid his mind of what he has just witnessed.
Stimp looks up at Stang. "Master?"
"Just pull the tail through, Stimp, then say not a word to anyone about this."
~*~*~*~ End embarrassing scene number one! ~*~*~*~
Keetra:: so what you guys think? Give me some response on it. I thought it was a hilarious idea so I decided to do it but if nobody likes it then I'll stop. I got a lot of others and each get more and more embarrassing. Now on to friend or foe!
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Chapter 8: A New Twist
Arcanemon appears in the watching pool, where Keelah is waiting.
"*Did you give it to her?*" Keetra asks.
"See for yourself" Keelah points at the pool, slightly grinning.
Arcanemon walks over and looks into the pool. An image of Stang's bedroom is on the surface. It is zoomed in on the bed where two figures seem to be passionately enjoying themselves. Arcanemon grins slightly.
"*Perfect.*"
~*~*~*~(::OK. This is the scene I warned you about so read at your own risk. Any flames to this scene will be used to barbecue the reviewer for Stang's dinner.::) ~*~*~*~
Kem groans as Stang's kisses greedily make their way down her body. Another night in the life of a pleasure slave. Most pleasure slaves are supposed to be stupid and naïve. Not Kem. Not that the man kissing her will ever know. Kem is an expert. Trained at the same high council that Keetra works for, there is none better at the game of double-cross. She had found Stang a challenge, one that she would not let slip through her fingers. She had found that men were more talkative and easier to get information from. Now it is the time to make Stang do a little talking, so to speak.
Kem glides her hands along his back, making sure to slide them along every bone her fingers come across. Stang hisses in anticipation. Kem uses her telepathy to probe into his mind, only to find a barrier in a small, secluded part of his brain. That is what she wants, what she needs, what she must have no matter what. She begins to crack through.
"You are so tense, master. Relax. Let me become a part of you."
There is an opening.
Too small. It's not enough. I must have more!
Their movements become more frantic, more wanting. Stang's claws reach wantingly for her waist and begin to tear her clothes from her body. Kem smiles drunkenly.
This is too easy. I had expected more from him. Maybe he does have more!? Maybe I need to do something drastic to get it! Her grin turns into a snarl. Bring it on, lover boy!
She goes at her job with a new determination, but it is more than a job now. It's a love, a passion, a wanting to know more. While her mind is removing, stripping his brain, her hands are slowly stripping his body. One by one, pieces of clothing leave Stang's body and fall to the carpet and, little by little, she invades the barrier within his mind.
Almost there. I almost have it…No!…I can't break through!
In her anger, she grabs the last piece of clothing determinedly in her hands, and pulls. It doesn't come off. There's not even a rip.
"You know what I want."
She pulls again. The garment shifts but stubbornly still blocks her way. However, Kem is stubborn as well.
"I will get what I need."
She pulls harder. This time there is a small rip. Stang smiles at her determination, hisses at her success.
"You will not resist me!" she screams into the atmosphere.
The door to the room opens and the chef walks in. (::couldn't resist! To perfect of a chance. this is the only time that you will se the chef walks in anywhere in my fic::)
"Master Stang! Oh…dear." He has just now noticed the scene on the bed. Why me? "I guess that breakfast will be served… elsewhere." Antionne bows and leaves with hs hadn over his eyes muttering, "Why me? Are they ever doing anything NOT naughty in that room?"
Kem slides off of Stang to let him get up. Stang calls in Stimp, who dresses Stang then they both leave.
Kem sits back on her knees, defeated. Her chest moves in and out as she takes slow, deep breaths. Her fingers curl in and out as she struggles to control her anger. Kem crawls off the bed and locates her clothes, putting them on as she goes. She walks over to a corner where there is a cushioned stool with studded edges set with jewels. She runs her hands through her hair, stopping when they reach the ram-like horns on either side of her head. She sits down on the velvet cushion, feeling like crap.
"*Klan Klatest? (You alright?)*" Keetra's voice reaches her.
"*I failed. I was so close and I failed.*" Kem replies, saying each word with disgust.
"*Does he know?*"
Kem shakes her head. "*No*" That was one of the few things I did right.
"*Then you didn't fail. You can try again.*"
"*No. iwon't be able to. Not so soon. I have some information but it makes no sense.*"
"*I'll have Keelah download it from your implant and we'll cross- referance with the database. We can use all the info we can get right now.
Kem feels a slight tingle behind her right ear as information is dowloaded from the implant located there.
"Klehtill, Keetra. (I know, Keetra.) Klehtill." She mumbles.
~*~*~*~
"No…" Sakura mimbles. She is dreaming again.
~+~+~+~Sakura's dream~+~+~+~
Everything is black, there is no earth and no sky. Sakura looks at the nothingness around her. there is somebody there! A teenage boy is standing a few yards from her, staring down at the ground. He has short, black har down to his chin and is not very muscular. He looks up and, upon seeing her, he smiles, as if he is lonely and is gladdened by her prescence. Just as suddenly though, his expression changes to one of horror. A brilliant light surrounds him and he begins to change. Sakura squints her eyes and holds up her hand to block the blinding light. When she looks again, the boy it gone, replaced by a huge, dark green dragon. It sees Sakura and immediately bares its teeth. Sakura hears a shout behind her and looke=s back behind her to see Syaoran rushing towards her, sword drawn, ready to attack. Sakura looks back at the dragon. She can see the boy within the beast, looking at her with pleading eyes. He is begging her to help him, to rid him of this burden, of this evil creature before her. Syaoran is almost to the dragon now, his sword coming down to strike the beast in the heart, directly between the eyes of the boy.
"Please,card misstress. Stop him. He will kill me. If the dragon dies then so do I." A tiny voice whispers to her.
"No!" she screams. "Syaoran-kun, stop! Don't do it!"
~+~+~+~ End Dream ~+~+~+~
Sakura tosses and turns in bed as Syaoran tries to wake her.
"No." she mumbles in her sleep. "Syaoran-kun, stop! Don't do it!"
She's having one of those dreams. Syaoran thinks with slight nostalgia. "Sakura-chan, wake up."
Sakura wakes up, gasping in fright. She looks up to see Syaoran leaning over her.
"Syaoran-kun!" She sits up and grabs Syaoran in a tight hug.i was a bit too tight though.
"Sakura-chan, you are choking me." Syaoran gasps out.
Sakura loosens her hold.
"Gomen ne, Syaoran-kun. Genki desuka?" Sakura asks.
"Hai. Daijobou. I have to finish getting ready fo work."
Syaoran gets up and finishes getting ready. (::OK. I have no idea what in the world men do in the morning. For all I know, they have some secret ritual. Let's just sayhe's shaving or something.::)
Sakura follows him to the bathroom.
"Can I use your brush Syaoran-kun?"
"Sure."
Sakura grabs the bruah and sits on her bed. She begins to pull her hair up into the usual pigtails.
"Uh, Sakura-chan. We may have to do something different with your hair." Syaoran comments, watching her.
"Why?" Sakura asks, pausing in the middle of putting in the hairtie.
"People would recognize you. Rumors would go around and before you know it, the Vinzer would hear about it."
"Oh, I see." Sakura takes the hairtieout of her hair and lets it fall straight. "Any ideas?"
Syaoran looks at her as she starts to fiddle with her hair. A small smile appears on his face.
"I think I have one."
He takes the hair brush from Sakura and sits behind her on the bed. She feels the brush run slowly, gently through her hair and is filled with curiosity as to what Syaoran is going to do. Satisfied that all the knots are out of her hair, Syaoran parts her hair carefully down the middle, seperating her hair into two sections. Starting on one side, he taakes some of her hair and starts to braid, adding more and more hair every once and a while. Finishing with one side, he starts on the other.
"I didn't know you knew how to do hair, Syaoran-kun." Sakura says, surprised.
"When you have four sister, you learn a thing or two. I never thought I'd actually ever have the chance to use it."
The two french braids meet in the back and Syaoran braids them together creating a short pigtail. (::in case anyone want to know, Sakura's hair is slightly longer so this is possible. I dunno a lot of good styles for hair as short as Sakura usually keeps it.::) He uses her hairtie to finish the braid.
"Done."
Sakura turns to fae him on the bed.
"So, how do I look?"
Syaoran, literally, had to struggle to keep his jaw from dropping. Sakura looked very different with her hair pulled back. His idea just might work!
"Different." He replies truthfully. "I doubt that even Tomoyo-chan would recognize you."
Sakura bursts out laughing in a fit of giggles, which Syaoran soon joins. The though of Tomoyo not knowing Sakura was just too much. Their giggle spell eventually dies down and they sit there, trying to catch their breath. Syaoran recovers first and looks up at her, noticing a lock of shorter hair the escaped the french braid. He lifts his hand to push the lock behind her ear, his fingertips lightly graze her cheek and circle around her ear. As if caught in a trance, his hand moves back to her cheek, this time letting the backs of his fingers move across her smooth skin. Sakura's eyes close and she turns her head towards his hand. Her mouth opens and Syaoran's hand exlpores the contours of her lips. He leans over and places his lips against hers. Sakura lens back on the bed, both of them liplocked together. The need for air seperates their mouths so syaorans kisses move along her cheek and down to her neck, gently nipping her skin as if he were a vampire.
"AHEM!…" a third voice clears her throat louly.
Syaoran and Sakura look up at Keetra, who is stnading at the closet watching them and trying not to crack a smile.
Syaoran jumps off the bed in surprise.
"Keetra-chan! What are you doing here?"
Keetra leans against a wall, crossing her arms in frot of her.
"I see the two of you are enjoying yourselves." Both of the accused blush really deep and look at each other in embarrassment. "I don't mean to spoil your fun but if a certain someone" looks pointedly at Syaoran "doesn't get to waork soon then a certain chief chef will put your head on a platter and serve it to the Vinzer as a delicacy." (::by the way, the castle is currently looking for replacement slaves. Any volunteers?::)
"Dammit, I'm late!" he goes back over to his bed and begins to put on his sandals.
"Syaoran, you are talikg Sakura to work with you, aren't you?
Syaoran looks up at her in surprise.
"Yea. I was planning on it."
Liar. Keetra thinks, hearing the giggle from Keelah through the link. Keetra had been reading Syaoran's mind and the thought of bringing Sakura to work definitely had not come to him. Keetra nods as if she was just making sure.
"Keetra-chan," Keetra turns to Sakura who had spoken. "I was just wondering. Why don't you use surnames when you talk to us?"
"My translation program doesn't adapt for those kinds of things."
"Translation program wht do you mean? Are you a robot or something?"
"No. I have an implant behind my righ ear that connects to different sections of my brain. When I talk to you, or to anyone really, the translation program taps into the speech center of my brain allowing me to speak in whatever language that I need to. In your case, Japanese. As you can tell, it's not perfect. It merely translates what I want to say into a language you nad understand. We don't have surnames in my language so the translator doesn't understand them so it can't really translate into them."
"Oh…OK." The explaination leaves her very confused.
Keetra sighs in defeat. "Never mind." She says with a slight smile.
"Come on, Sakura-chan. We've got to go." Syaoran calls from the front door.
"I'm comong Syaoran-kun." She says back and gets up to walk out. At the door she looks back and says, "Ja ne, Keetra-chan!"
"Ja ne, Sakura. Syaoran."
The front door closes, leaving Keetra in the room. She closes her eyes in concentration.
A few minutes later, a guard on his morning round sees a light on in an empty dorm room. He unlocks the door with a master key and goes in to shut it off, when he hears a voice within his head.
"*Whoops! Keetra left the light on. Ah well,…*"
The light shuts off suddenly leaving a bewilered guard in an empty dark room, who then and there decides to take it a little easier on the alchohol.
~*~*~*~
Sakura and Syaoran walk side-by-side on the long path to the Vinzer's castle.
"Syaoran-kun, what is your job?" Sakura asks looking over at him.
"I'm a kitchen slave over at the castle." Syaoran points up ahead where the towers of Stang's castle are visible.
"You cook?" Sakura asks, guessing the answer.
"Hai."
(^_^);; "Oh great!" Sakura groans remembering the cooking lessons with Fujitaka.
"Nani?"
"I'm not very good at cooking."
"Don't worry. I'll help you."
Sakura reaches over and grabs Syaoran's hand in hers.
"Arigatou, Syaoran-kun."
Syaoran gives her hand a reassuring sqeeze and they walk the rest of the way silent, but hand-in-hand.
~*~*~*~ End chapter 8!~*~*~*~
Keetra:: YAY! I finally posted this thing! And I must admit, I put more S+S in this than I thought I would.
Kero:: ::flies in out of nowhere:: Keetra-chan!!
Keetra:: Kero, have you been filling up on sweets again.
Kero:: ::sheepishly:: yea. So… you like it when I'm genki.
Keetra:: you bet.
Kero:: so what you doing? ::reads the S+S section of the fic:: THAT CHINESE GAKI DID
WHAT?!?!?!?!?!
Keetra:: calm down Kero. I stopped them before it got too bad. (::ducks from the bottled being thrown at her by S+S reveiwers.::)
Kero:: ::grumbles:: not soon enough.
Keetra:: tough customer. ::turns attention back to reviewers:: well I hoped you guys enjoyed my little naughty chapter. You guys got a double dose of the chef walks in so be happy. Like I said, any flamed responses wil be used to barbecue the reviewer for Stang's meal. I finally got an idea for what Syaoran could do. I wanted to do more with the chef so I put him in the kitchen. There's a bonus since Sakura not a very good cook in the first place. And please no more threats to kill Syaoran. Kill suppi. I don't care that much about him. Of course, then you'll have Eriol to deal with for that. Hoeeeeee. Life is so tough. Well. I got to get to bed for the last day of school! Then I'll be able to get my chapters up quicker cuz I'll have more time and no exams to study for. Yay! Ja minna!
Kero:: Keetra-chan! I want cake!
Keetra:: IT'S IN THE FRIDGE Kero! AND YOU CAN ONLY HAVE IT IF YOU TELL THE PEOPLE TO R+R!
Kero:: R+R everybody cuz I want my cake!
