READ THIS!!!! I know you may not want to, since you want to finish this story, but I demand you to read this. Ahem. Good.
Okay, the real name is The Dark Shadow Mystress. And thank you for all who reviewed!! I love you all!!!! And I hope you will please, please, check out my next fic, which is a Eriol and Tomoyo one. I'm writing it now. Here's the basic plotline: Tomoyo is a lady in the court, while Sakura is the Princess-to-be(they live in the Li Kingdom). Sakura has had her Cinderella story, and now it's Tomoyo's turn. Because of her mother's death, she's stalked by the leader of bandits- who wants to kill her. At the same time, she always snubs men who want to marry her. Then for Sakura's wedding, her escort turns out to be(you guessed it) Lord-General Eriol Hiiragizawa. Can her break through her defenses? He won't without a fight from Tomoyo. I put humor into this one(sarcastic, embarrassing moments), and some serious moments- oh no!, and please, please drop your email if you're interested in reviewing it, and I'll email you when I put it up.
In other news, I'm leaving for camp on Monday, so my other story remains unfinished- T+T. I have major writer's block on it- anybody want to finish it for me??
Well, at least this one is done- it DONE!! I can't believe it, my first fic….thank you all reviewers, tell me how you like this ending in your review- you WILL REVIEW!!!! *smiles sweetly*
Oh, and, I know I'm extremely stupid, but I don't know what an "AU fic" is. Can someone please, please tell me?? I know I'm stupid, but still….
Okay, here it is.
And even though Sakura silently vowed never to go near Tomoyo again, she had to. Because it was the day of the ball, and of course, Tomoyo had the dress. Sakura was expecting the worst when she entered Tomoyo's room, but she was surprised. When Sakura came in, Tomoyo smiled sweetly.
"Sakura-chan! I finished your dress! It's sooo kawaii!!" she said.
And it was. It was a pink silk and chiffon, and styled in a poofy, princess, style. It had a low neckline, and layers of alternating chiffon and silk. Sakura felt and looked like a princess in it.
"Kawaii!" Tomoyo squealed, whipping out her camera.
"But what are you wearing?" Sakura asked, twirling in front of the mirror.
"Oh, I already have a dress- made it last night," Tomoyo said. "Now turn around for the camera…"
Meanwhile, Syaoran was being tortured by Eriol in the matter of tuxedos.
"Now, Syaoran, you want to look nice don't you?" Eriol said, a bit too sweetly.
Syaoran nodded grudgingly.
"THEN WEAR IT!!" Eriol said, holding out a black and white tux. Grumbling, Syaoran pulled it on, declaring he felt like a penguin.
"There you go, it wasn't that bad, was it?" Eriol said.
"Yes, it was. I have to endure a party in that stuffy, scratchy suit," Syaoran muttered.
"And if you don't stop complaining, I will personally ensure that it becomes even more scratchy," Eriol said calmly. "Remember Yelan's Christmas ball?"
Syaoran looked pained. "You would put itching powder in my suit again? Man, that was humiliating one time."
"Yes, I would- unless you shut up."
Syaoran became a mute. There was no fooling Hiiragizawa.
"Aah, that's better. Now, let's talk- about you and Sakura," Eriol said, flopping on the couch.
"Shut up!" Syaoran said.
"Itching powder," Eriol reminded. Syaoran groaned and sat down.
Meanwhile, Meiling was unhappily stuck with Touya again. Unknowingly, Yelan told Meiling to show Touya the family history. Meiling, steaming, agreed.
"This," she said, stalking over to a glass case, "Is the ancient battle costumes."
"Very interesting," Touya commented politely. Meiling, fuming, wondered whether she hated him more when he was polite, or when he was teasing. She couldn't decide. She didn't say anything, so Touya spoke again.
"This is all very nice," he said, "but shouldn't we plan something for tonight?"
"Like what?" Meiling said, hoping he wasn't talking about one topic.
"Revenge- for gaki and Sakura."
"HE IS NOT A GAKI!!! But still, good idea," Meiling said. Touya smirked.
"I was thinking water balloons," Touya said. "They're bound to wander outside, maybe under a tree…"
"Okay," Meiling said. "For this sort of thing, we need the expertise of the Two Devils."
"Eriol and Tomoyo?"
"Who else?"
Syaoran was blushing heavily, and mentally cursing Eriol, when a knock came on the door. Relieved, Syaoran jumped up and got it.
"Touya? Meiling?" he asked, surprised.
"Uh, we need to talk to Eriol- urgent matter," Touya said.
"Good- here he is. Take him away, and never bring him back," Syoaran muttered, shoving Eriol out the door.
"Isn't it nice to know I'm so loved?" Eriol said, smirking.
"Oh, be quiet Eriol, we need to go get Tomoyo," Meiling said.
"Tomoyo? For what?" Eriol asked, flushing a bit. Touya noticed it with some amusement.
"Tell you later. Come on, let's go."
Tomoyo was interrupted in a camera session.
"Tomoyo-chan!" Eriol said. "Meiling, Touya, and I need your expertise!"
"For what?" Tomoyo asked, stopping the record of her camera.
"Well, actually," Eriol said, "I'm not sure."
The foursome all met in the garden.
"Okay," Meiling said, "Here's the deal. We need some huge prank to pull on Sakura and Syaoran tonight."
Eriol and Tomoyo both smirked, and gave each other high-fives. "We're way ahead of you- listen up."
"Here's our idea…"
In the evening, Tomoyo, Meiling and Sakura were all in the same room. Sakura was dressed in her beautiful gown. Meiling was wearing a dark red skirt, but to Sakura's surprise, it only came up to her ankles. So did Tomoyo's purple wonder.
"Why are your dresses so short?" Sakura asked, mystified.
Tomoyo and Meiling smiled. "We need to do some walking tonight," Tomoyo said, and left it at that.
Soon, they came to the ball. They had to be presented on the huge staircase, which was extremely annoying. Tomoyo, Eriol, Meiling, and Touya all went first, and then it was Sakura and Syaoran's turn.
"God, I hate this," muttered Syaoran.
"I know- let's just dance for about five dances, then sneak outside," Sakura suggested.
"The cherry tree?" Syaoran asked.
"Of course."
They ended up dancing half the night, and mostly with each other. There were many slow dances, and Syaoran was delighted to see that Eriol and Tomoyo were dancing together. Of course, Meiling and Touya were arguing, but it was much more relaxed- more like debating, if anything. Still, Sakura and Syaoran knew that Meiling and Touya would kill each other, if they had the chance- at the most, they would be uneasy friends.
Finally, Sakura and Syaoran managed to get outside. They sat under the cherry blossom tree, unaware that two people were sitting in the tree, watching them.
"Eriol?" Tomoyo whispered, holding onto her camera.
"Yes?"
"Water balloons ready?" she asked, smirking. Eriol held up two bulging balloons, one green, one pink.
"Ready? Camera?" he asked.
"Ready."
"Where are Touya and Meiling?"
Tomoyo pointed to two bushes extremely close to the bench that Sakura and Syaoran were sitting on. Meiling and Touya were crouching, armed with confetti and party whistles.
They listened in on the conversation. By now, even in the dark, they could see that Syaoran and Sakura were blushing.
"Yeah..it was really fun coming here," Sakura said.
"I know. I'm really glad you came," Syaoran said. Eriol smirked. Come on, come on, he thought. Kiss her!
Finally Syaoran did. But in the middle of it, two nasty surprises came from the tree.
SPLASH! SPLASH!!!
"AAH!" Sakura said. Syaoran was blinking, absolutely drenched.
"Smile, you're on Candid Camera!" Tomoyo chorused, smiling from the tree. Touya and Meiling jumped out, brandishing flashlights for lights, and throwing confetti on the unfortunate couple.
"Yay!" Meiling yelled, blowing her whistle, the paper tube smacking Syaoran on the nose.
Eriol and Tomoyo climbed down from their tree.
"Did you like it?" Eriol asked, grinning. "I must admit, it was a better idea than itching powder."
"I am going to kill all of you!" Syaoran said, pulling out a water pistol. Sakura laughed, and drew out her own.
"Uh-oh…didn't know about this," Tomoyo said, backing away. Too late. Now all six were completely drenched.
"YOU BETTER RUN!!!" Sakura said. Tomoyo and Eriol fleed, as did Meiling and Touya. Drenched, but in high spirits, the six people ran all over the gardens, having a water fight. Thankfully, Eriol had more water balloons.
Yelan and a Li clan elder were walking along the gardens. Yelan was explaining how Syaoran would make a good leader, now that he had Sakura.
"Sakura will be a good calmer for him…" she said, and was shot by a water pistol, as was the elder. Syaoran stopped, gaping, as did Sakura.
Eriol and Tomoyo, who were in the process of sneaking up behind with water balloons stopped in their tracks too. Alarmed by the silence, Meiling and Touya came running, then stopped, staring.
"Mother…so sorry…" Syaoran gasped, then burst out laughing. There they were, six, in drenched and soiled party attire. Very dignified leader he would make. TO his surprise, the elder smiled at Yelan.
"However, I do think that you should let him mature a little…" he said, smiling at Syaoran. Giving Syaoran a reprimanding glance, Yelan walked off with the elder- both of them a bit soaked.
As soon as they were gone around a bend, all of them collapsed on the ground, laughing hysterically. A truce was formed, and all of them walked back, a bit uncomfortable in their wet clothes. It was a long walk back to the house. Touya and Meiling were paired, arguing, this time about water fight tactics, Tomoyo and Eriol were together, both blushing as they talked of something…
Syaoran and Sakura walked in the front holding hands. Sakura gazed up at the stars.
"This past week," she commented, "was basically us acting like fourth graders." She smiled. So did Syoaran.
"But we have to act our age again soon, though," syaoran said, squeezing her hand.
Sakura looked at their hands, intertwined, then gazed up into his eyes.
"You know," she said, "I don't think I'll mind that much."
Awww…sorry, no kisses or anything, I'm horrible at writing those- I prefer humor, as you see….WATER FIGHT!!!!!! ^_^
PLEASE PLEASE REVIEW, AND SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT AN AU FIC IS!!!!!!!!!!