A/N: Hey all you peoples! I'm sorry for the long delay. I had to study
for finals, and so obviously had absolutely zero time. I've been dry on
the creative juices since all brain cells have gone into studying. Anyway,
this is what I call a filler chapter, a chapter that has very little action
and is kinda boring, but it moves the plot along. Anyway, be nice. I
hurried as much as I can.
Disclaimer: Any nutcase that thinks I own CCS should check into the closest mental institute as soon as possible. Anyway, go see first chapter for real Discalimer.
No more to say. I would like to dedicate this, but I want to post it asap. So I'll just have to double it next chapter.
Hope
Chapter 3: The arrival at Hong Kong
Sakura exit that little hall in between the airport and the airplane. She was finally in Hong Kong. She had looked forward to this trip for a while, and she was thrilled (and depressed at the same time) that Touya couldn't come since he had major tests coming up. So, since they had an extra ticket, Sakura's father allowed her to take Tomoyo with her.
Sakura practically bounced as she moved to the baggage claim to pick up her and her father's and Tomoyo's many suitcases (They were going to stay here for a while). It was going to be two full weeks to not worry about school, even though she was doing a small project scrap book for her Chinese class, and have fun. She went back to her landing gate (or whatever you call those things) to meet up with Lu.
Lu had sent her a picture of her in the last letter that she received before leaving for Hong Kong. That way, she could meet her right away and she could show her around a little before they had to check into their hotel.
Through all of her excitement, Sakura finally took a look around her. The airport was very busy. Crowds of people tried to make their way to wherever they were going. Then the truth set in.
Sakura scanned frantically for a person that looked like the girl in the picture. But it was like trying to find a needle in a haystack (excuse the cliché). How was she supposed to find Lu in the crowds?
"Will Kinomoto Sakura please go to the baggage claim? Mae Lu is waiting there for you," a monotonous woman's voice sounded over the loud speaker.
There was her answer.
Her excitement and happiness set in again as she once again dragged Tomoyo and her father to the baggage claim area. This time it took them longer to get there since they had all their luggage.
She spotted a girl that looked like the picture of the girl that Lu sent her. Sakura gathered up her courage to go up to her.
"Excuse me, but are you Mae Lu?" Sakura asked her cautiously, making sure she got every syllable and word correct. Even though she knew it well, all her knowledge of the language just seemed to escape her through her nervousness.
"Yes I am," she replied politely as she turned around to see who was talking to her.
"Hi Lu. I'm Sakura Kinomoto," Sakura told her happily.
"Hi. I'm so happy to finally meet you in person!" Lu replied just as happily. Her dark chocolate brown eyes sparkled as she smiled. She pushed a piece of her jet-black hair behind her hair.
Sakura pulled her into a tight hug. To anyone who didn't know them before would have thought that they were old friends that hadn't seen each other for a while.
"Ahem," Tomoyo cleared her throat. Obviously, she did not want Sakura to forget that Sakura's father and she were still standing there, patiently awaiting an introduction.
"Oh I'm sorry you guys. Tomoyo, Dad, this is Mae Lu. She is my Chinese pen pal that we have in Chinese. I told her that we would meet her at the airport. Anyway, Lu, this is my best friend, Tomoyo Daidouji, (A/N: Did I spell her name right? Please tell me so in the review if you know!) and this is my father."
"We're pleased to meet you, Lu," Tomoyo and her father said together.
"So what should we doing first?" Sakura asked Lu. "We can't check into our hotels for at least an hour."
"First let me see where you're staying," Lu told her. "In some parts in the town, it will take you at least that long to get there."
Sakura handed Lu papers that said where they were going. Lu quickly scanned them over.
"Oh no problem. You're hotel is near my house. It will probably take a half an hour to get there, since traffic is a little heavy right now," Lu paused while digging through her purse. She found what she was looking for. "Let me just call my mom and tell her that you arrived safely, and that you're going to our place. Ignore her though. She makes a big fuss whenever company comes over."
"All right great!" Sakura told her. "I think we'll need to hail two cabs though. We have an awful lot of luggage."
Sakura indicated the huge pile of suitcases that were next to her. She only brought four small ones, but Tomoyo, on the other hand, seemed like she packed everything in her closet plus some.
"I don't see why you needed to bring all this stuff here. We're only staying for like two weeks. No need to bring your entire closet," Sakura told Tomoyo.
"Well I want to be prepared. What if you do find Syaoran while we're here? I have some new dresses that I want you to where when you see him next," Tomoyo told Sakura, her violet eyes shining. "I can picture it now: a pretty dress, perfect mood. Just you and him all alone. You want to look good, don't you?"
"Hoe!" Sakura exclaimed. "I haven't heard from Syaoran for a long time now. He's probably forgotten about me and has another girlfriend," she told Tomoyo, her voice containing a hint of sadness.
"You never know. Never give up hope. Besides, what if there is any," she paused and lowered her voice, "card action? Don't you want to wear a costume like the old days?
"Tomoyo!" Sakura shouted, very exasperatedly. "Things have been quiet. They've been that way for a few years now. If nothing has happened then, then nothing is going to happen here either."
"You never know," she repeated. "If you and Syaoran get together, who knows what may happen. Ooh! This is so exciting! The dynamic duo will finally be reunited!"
"Hoe! Never mind," Sakura told her. Tomoyo will always be Tomoyo.
Lu just looked at them in amazement. She had no idea what they were saying since she could not speak a hint of Japanese, much less understand what they were talking about.
"Oh we're sorry Lu!" Sakura apologized. "I wasn't sure if you could speak Japanese. Tomoyo's Chinese isn't that bad, but she prefers Japanese. We were discussing how she brought so many suitcases."
"No offense to her, but you're right. She did bring an awful lot of stuff. Just how long are you planning to stay here anyway? According to the luggage here, I'm guessing a year," Lu told her while laughing.
Sakura laughed with her. "Oh, I'm just curious, but when are we going to go to your school and meet everybody?"
"I was hoping you were going to ask that question!" Lu said excitedly for some reason.
"Why?" Sakura asked, rather confused. "Is there something special we need to do before we go to your school? Do we need to get uniforms, get books or anything like that?"
"No…well…sort of…yes" Lu tried to say.
"Oh really? When are we going to go? We will need to go shopping? We can go do that after we go check into the hotel. Of course we'll need to unpack and…" Sakura started, talking about a million miles an hour.
"Slow down!" Lu instructed. "Let me finish!"
Sakura stopped talking. She wanted to here what Lu had to say.
"We have a formal dance coming up tomorrow. I was thinking, if it isn't too much to ask for you to get a dress and a mask and such for the dance, if you would go so I can introduce you to everyone. You'll get to meet all my friends, and my boyfriend, too. Oh it will be so much fun and…" she started going off a million miles an hour, just like Sakura did.]
"We'd love to come!" Sakura said.
"See I told you. See we needed the dresses. Don't you feel lucky now," Tomoyo bragged.
"I know I know." Sakura said.
"Hey, why don't we go shopping for stuff that you'll need. Oh I'm so excited…" Lu started going on in her million mile an hour rate.
Sakura started to tune out what Lu was saying, but nevertheless, she was very excited. She couldn't wait until the dance.
TO BE CONTINUED (soon I hope)
Really short I know, but that's the best I can do. I have a really cool idea of what to do for the next chapter. Any way, I'm getting good feed back on this so, I'm going to continue it. Anyway, please review. If you sign it (or at least leave your email address) I will tell you when I update next.
Till next time
;asj;ljfsd;aldjf;lfdasj(oopsies!)
Pichachu
Disclaimer: Any nutcase that thinks I own CCS should check into the closest mental institute as soon as possible. Anyway, go see first chapter for real Discalimer.
No more to say. I would like to dedicate this, but I want to post it asap. So I'll just have to double it next chapter.
Hope
Chapter 3: The arrival at Hong Kong
Sakura exit that little hall in between the airport and the airplane. She was finally in Hong Kong. She had looked forward to this trip for a while, and she was thrilled (and depressed at the same time) that Touya couldn't come since he had major tests coming up. So, since they had an extra ticket, Sakura's father allowed her to take Tomoyo with her.
Sakura practically bounced as she moved to the baggage claim to pick up her and her father's and Tomoyo's many suitcases (They were going to stay here for a while). It was going to be two full weeks to not worry about school, even though she was doing a small project scrap book for her Chinese class, and have fun. She went back to her landing gate (or whatever you call those things) to meet up with Lu.
Lu had sent her a picture of her in the last letter that she received before leaving for Hong Kong. That way, she could meet her right away and she could show her around a little before they had to check into their hotel.
Through all of her excitement, Sakura finally took a look around her. The airport was very busy. Crowds of people tried to make their way to wherever they were going. Then the truth set in.
Sakura scanned frantically for a person that looked like the girl in the picture. But it was like trying to find a needle in a haystack (excuse the cliché). How was she supposed to find Lu in the crowds?
"Will Kinomoto Sakura please go to the baggage claim? Mae Lu is waiting there for you," a monotonous woman's voice sounded over the loud speaker.
There was her answer.
Her excitement and happiness set in again as she once again dragged Tomoyo and her father to the baggage claim area. This time it took them longer to get there since they had all their luggage.
She spotted a girl that looked like the picture of the girl that Lu sent her. Sakura gathered up her courage to go up to her.
"Excuse me, but are you Mae Lu?" Sakura asked her cautiously, making sure she got every syllable and word correct. Even though she knew it well, all her knowledge of the language just seemed to escape her through her nervousness.
"Yes I am," she replied politely as she turned around to see who was talking to her.
"Hi Lu. I'm Sakura Kinomoto," Sakura told her happily.
"Hi. I'm so happy to finally meet you in person!" Lu replied just as happily. Her dark chocolate brown eyes sparkled as she smiled. She pushed a piece of her jet-black hair behind her hair.
Sakura pulled her into a tight hug. To anyone who didn't know them before would have thought that they were old friends that hadn't seen each other for a while.
"Ahem," Tomoyo cleared her throat. Obviously, she did not want Sakura to forget that Sakura's father and she were still standing there, patiently awaiting an introduction.
"Oh I'm sorry you guys. Tomoyo, Dad, this is Mae Lu. She is my Chinese pen pal that we have in Chinese. I told her that we would meet her at the airport. Anyway, Lu, this is my best friend, Tomoyo Daidouji, (A/N: Did I spell her name right? Please tell me so in the review if you know!) and this is my father."
"We're pleased to meet you, Lu," Tomoyo and her father said together.
"So what should we doing first?" Sakura asked Lu. "We can't check into our hotels for at least an hour."
"First let me see where you're staying," Lu told her. "In some parts in the town, it will take you at least that long to get there."
Sakura handed Lu papers that said where they were going. Lu quickly scanned them over.
"Oh no problem. You're hotel is near my house. It will probably take a half an hour to get there, since traffic is a little heavy right now," Lu paused while digging through her purse. She found what she was looking for. "Let me just call my mom and tell her that you arrived safely, and that you're going to our place. Ignore her though. She makes a big fuss whenever company comes over."
"All right great!" Sakura told her. "I think we'll need to hail two cabs though. We have an awful lot of luggage."
Sakura indicated the huge pile of suitcases that were next to her. She only brought four small ones, but Tomoyo, on the other hand, seemed like she packed everything in her closet plus some.
"I don't see why you needed to bring all this stuff here. We're only staying for like two weeks. No need to bring your entire closet," Sakura told Tomoyo.
"Well I want to be prepared. What if you do find Syaoran while we're here? I have some new dresses that I want you to where when you see him next," Tomoyo told Sakura, her violet eyes shining. "I can picture it now: a pretty dress, perfect mood. Just you and him all alone. You want to look good, don't you?"
"Hoe!" Sakura exclaimed. "I haven't heard from Syaoran for a long time now. He's probably forgotten about me and has another girlfriend," she told Tomoyo, her voice containing a hint of sadness.
"You never know. Never give up hope. Besides, what if there is any," she paused and lowered her voice, "card action? Don't you want to wear a costume like the old days?
"Tomoyo!" Sakura shouted, very exasperatedly. "Things have been quiet. They've been that way for a few years now. If nothing has happened then, then nothing is going to happen here either."
"You never know," she repeated. "If you and Syaoran get together, who knows what may happen. Ooh! This is so exciting! The dynamic duo will finally be reunited!"
"Hoe! Never mind," Sakura told her. Tomoyo will always be Tomoyo.
Lu just looked at them in amazement. She had no idea what they were saying since she could not speak a hint of Japanese, much less understand what they were talking about.
"Oh we're sorry Lu!" Sakura apologized. "I wasn't sure if you could speak Japanese. Tomoyo's Chinese isn't that bad, but she prefers Japanese. We were discussing how she brought so many suitcases."
"No offense to her, but you're right. She did bring an awful lot of stuff. Just how long are you planning to stay here anyway? According to the luggage here, I'm guessing a year," Lu told her while laughing.
Sakura laughed with her. "Oh, I'm just curious, but when are we going to go to your school and meet everybody?"
"I was hoping you were going to ask that question!" Lu said excitedly for some reason.
"Why?" Sakura asked, rather confused. "Is there something special we need to do before we go to your school? Do we need to get uniforms, get books or anything like that?"
"No…well…sort of…yes" Lu tried to say.
"Oh really? When are we going to go? We will need to go shopping? We can go do that after we go check into the hotel. Of course we'll need to unpack and…" Sakura started, talking about a million miles an hour.
"Slow down!" Lu instructed. "Let me finish!"
Sakura stopped talking. She wanted to here what Lu had to say.
"We have a formal dance coming up tomorrow. I was thinking, if it isn't too much to ask for you to get a dress and a mask and such for the dance, if you would go so I can introduce you to everyone. You'll get to meet all my friends, and my boyfriend, too. Oh it will be so much fun and…" she started going off a million miles an hour, just like Sakura did.]
"We'd love to come!" Sakura said.
"See I told you. See we needed the dresses. Don't you feel lucky now," Tomoyo bragged.
"I know I know." Sakura said.
"Hey, why don't we go shopping for stuff that you'll need. Oh I'm so excited…" Lu started going on in her million mile an hour rate.
Sakura started to tune out what Lu was saying, but nevertheless, she was very excited. She couldn't wait until the dance.
TO BE CONTINUED (soon I hope)
Really short I know, but that's the best I can do. I have a really cool idea of what to do for the next chapter. Any way, I'm getting good feed back on this so, I'm going to continue it. Anyway, please review. If you sign it (or at least leave your email address) I will tell you when I update next.
Till next time
;asj;ljfsd;aldjf;lfdasj(oopsies!)
Pichachu