MysticalDreamer: hi! thanks to you who reviewed. this chapter took me a
while to write, i wrote this a while ago and now i'm posting the story.
lol. well anyway~
I. Do. Not. Own. CCS. If. I. Did. I. Would. Be. Very. Happy. And. Dancing. Around. In. Circles. Making. Myself. Completely. Dizzy. Thank. You.
On with the story!
chapter three: Magical Surprises.
"Sakura-chan!" said Tomoyo, running over to her. "Did anything, ANYTHING, happen yesterday between you and Syaoran?" she asked.
"Tomoyo!" said Sakura, blushing a bright red.
"Well did there?"
"No." said Sakura. "After ice cream, we just walked home."
"Thats it?" said Tomoyo sadly. "Boring!" she said.
"Oh Tomoyo." sighed Sakura. They walked up the stairs to the school and stopped at their lockers. Tomoyo began to open her lock when she looked down.
"Hey Sakura." said Tomoyo. "Didn't 'Letters in the Locker' already happen this week?"
"Yeah. Why?" asked Sakura. Tomoyo pointed down. Sakura looked to see three letters on the ground. "OH NO!" she said. "Go get a trash can Tomoyo." she sighed as she picked up the three letters. Tomoyo grinned and went to get a trash can. Sakura began to open her lock when Tomoyo came back from the classroom.
"The teacher said that we can only use the trash can once a week from now on." said Tomoyo, putting it underneath the locker.
Sakura grinned. She pulled the lock off and opened her locker. The notes came pouring out, one after another. It was impossible to count them all.
"Having fun, are we?"
Sakura looked up. Syaoran was standing there, along with Takashi. (MK: listen, i'm not sure about Takashi. his name could be Yamazaki, i'm not sure. but its the kid that tells a lot of lies and in english his name is zachery. lol)
"Loads." replied Sakura. "I go through this ordeal once a week. Twice this week though." she said.
"So leaving notes is pointless?" asked Syaoran.
"Pretty much. I never read them." replied Sakura.
"Did you know, that a long time ago, people used to communicate through letters and notes?" asked Takashi. "Every note that was ever written had to be read or something dangerous would happen to the addressee." he said. Suddenly, a hand bopped him on the head.
"Shut up!" said Chiharu. She whacked him.
"So Sakura, 'Letters in the Locker' has happened twice this week." said Naoko.
"Don't remind me." said Sakura. The last of the letters fell out of the locker. She bent down and picked up the letters that had fallen on the floor.
"Read one!" said Rika. "Just for once."
Sakura sighed. She grabbed one and opened it. "Hey Sakura. The Sring Fling is coming up and we're supposed to go with someone. Will you go with me? Signed, Daisuke." she read.
"Oh I know him." said Rika. "He isn't that bad looking, if I might add." she grinned.
"Why don't you just go with him Sakura?" asked Naoko. "You have your choice of boys and yet you pick NO ONE." she said.
"You act like I'm shopping for a boyfriend." said Sakura.
"Besides." said Tomoyo. Sakura and Syaoran looked over at her and gave her a warning look. "Sakura already has someone in mind." she said.
"Who??!!" demanded all of her friends.
Sakura laughed. "I'll tell you. Just not right now." she said.
"Fine." said Naoko. "Leave us hanging." she said.
"All right." said Sakura. She closed her locker and Tomoyo grabbed the garbage can. They walked off, stopping for Tomoyo to drop off the trash in the classroom. Then the bell rang and everyone ran after them.
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The day went on as usual, nothing major nothing big. Leha asked if she could each lunch with Sakura and her friends. They aggreed and talked about themselves.
"I am Tomoyo Daidouji." said Tomoyo, pulling out her video camera.
"As you can tell, she loves taping everything and anything and everyone." said Sakura.
"I also love to sing, and design clothes for my friends." said Tomoyo.
"I'm Naoko. I love fantasy and science fiction. Do you believe in UFOs?" she asked. "Also, back in Ireland were there any cute boys?" she asked.
"Lots." grinned Leha. Naoko grinned.
"Did you know, that Ancient Ireland used to be-" started Takashi.
"CAN IT GOOFBALL!" screamed Chiharu, whacking him on the head. "As you can see, he is my boyfriend and yet he drives me insane." she said. "I am Chiharu."
"I'm Rika Sasaki." said Rika. "I think I'm the only normal one around." she said.
"HEY!" said Chiharu.
"I'm Sakura Kinomoto." said Sakura. "We get so many exchange students here. Syaoran's another one." she said.
"Hi." said Syaoran. "I'm Li Syaoran." he said. "I obviously arrived at the same time you did. Except I come from Hong Kong." he said.
"Nice to meet all of you." said Leha. "As you already know, I come from Ireland, which is said to be a very magical place." she said, glancing at Sakura. She however, did not notice.
They continued talking about each other until the bell ran and lunch was over. Walking in, petals started falling from the sky. They were light blue and purple. Some even black.
"Weird." said Tomoyo, taping the petals.
"You're telling me." said Naoko.
"Sakura." said Syaoran. Hie eyes narrowing. "Feel that."
"Yes." said Sakura, her eyes also narrowed. "Magic." she said, looking at the petals.
Everyone was now looking at the flowers as they fell to the ground softly. They hit the ground and layed there. Then, the petals turned white. Everyone stared as they stopped for a moment, then started downpouring on the ground. And crashing.
"Its snow!" screamed Naoko.
"No, its hail." said Rika, watching them.
They began to come down faster and faster as the students all ran inside, screaming as the hail and snow pounded on them. Sakura, Syaoran and Tomoyo didn't move.
"Told you I felt magic." said Syaoran.
"And I don't even have the cards." said Sakura, feeling her pockets. "Wait..."she said, she pulled something out. "What? The four elemental cards?" she asked. The Windy, Watery, Firey and Earthy were in her hands.
"Use one!" shouted Syaoran as the snow and hail came down faster. Tomoyo screamed and fell to her knees. "No one is looking!" he said. "Its too hard to see anything far away."
"There's only one card that can get this job done." said Sakura, shoving three of the cards back in her pocket. She pulled out her Key and yanked it off her neck.
"Key of the Star
With powers burning bright!
Reveal the Staff
And shine your light!
RELEASE!" shouted Sakura and the wand transformed. She spun it. "Firey Card! I command you to melt away all the hail and snow! FIREY!" she shouted. The Firey came out of the card and flew(MK: or float, whatever it is that cards without wings do) around, melting all the snow and hail. Syaoran had bent down and blocked it all from hitting Tomoyo.
The snow was melting, along with the hail, but it still kept coming down.
"Its not working!" screamed Sakura.
"Look up there!" shouted Syaoran, pointing.
Sakura looked up and saw a small cloud above the school. All the snow and hail was coming from it, and Sakura guessed the petals had come from it as well.
"FIREY!" shouted Sakura. It turned and looked at her. "Go and melt that cloud up there!" she shouted, pointing to the cloud. Firey zoomed up towards the cloud, melting everything it touched. It reached the cloud and circled it, placing it inside a circle of fire. It began to decinagrate(MK: you know, vanish.) until it was gone. The last of the snow and hail continued falling and the Firey went back down to Sakura and changed back into a card. She caught it and looked around.
"The windows are all fogged up." said Syaoran. "I don't think anyone saw anything." he said, looking at the windows. A pair of red eyes watched from a tree. They blinked, then vanished. "We should get in." he said.
Tomoyo stood up. She had recorded the entire thing. As best as she could. Sakura's wand shrunk and she shoved it back in her shirt and the Firey Card back in her pocket. The three of them raced back inside.
"And just where were you three?" asked the teacher as they walked in.
"We couldn't find out way through all the snow and hail. As soon as it cleared up, we ran in." said Tomoyo. They were indeed, covered from head to toe in snow.
"Very well. Just sit down." said the teacher. The three of them bowed and walked to their seats, all boys staring at Sakura. They sat down and sighed.
And the class continued as the snow melted off of them.
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Sakura, Tomoyo and Syaoran were sitting on sofas in Tomoyo's living room.(MK: tomoyo's living room. she has her own.) They all had some tea in their hands and were looking quite relaxed.
"That was really weird." said Sakura. "Not only the snow, but how the Elemental Cards were all in my pocket." she said. "I don't remember putting them in there."
"Maybe Kero-chan did." suggested Tomoyo.
"No." said Sakura. "He was still sleeping when I got up this morning and when I left."
"Stupid stuffed animal." said Syaoran.
"He's not a stuffed animal." said Sakura.
"Well he looks like one." grinned Syaoran.
Sakura layed down on the sofa. "I'm so tired." she said.
"So, Sakura, you said Touya was coming home this weekend?" asked Tomoyo.
"Yeah." said Sakura. "Just for the weekend. I think." she said.
"Touya's coming home and you invited me to dinner?" asked Syaoran. "You know he and I do NOT get along." he said. Tomoyo's eyes grew wide.
"Well, I figured he'll be home Saturday so you can come friday." said Sakura.
Tomoyo's eyes got wider. "You're having dinner together and you didn't tell me?" she whined, standing up.
"Not technically." said Sakura. "My dad will be there so we won't be alone."
"Still!" said Tomoyo. "Invite me!" she said. "I need to video tape!"
"Tomoyo-chan!" said Sakura. "I can't. My dad only thinks that Syaoran is coming so if I tell him more people are coming he'll say 'how many now Sakura-chan?'" she said.
Tomoyo pouted and fell back onto the couch. Then she grinned. "Fine." she said. "If I can't come Friday, then we'll all have to go to dinner some other night. AND I get to tape as much as I want." she said.
"Fine." said Sakura.
"Fine." said Tomoyo. They laughed. Syaoran shook his head.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Sakura and Tomoyo were walking to school the next day. It was sunny and bright. Actually, Sakura was skating and Tomoyo was walking.
"Tomoyo, do you think you're going to the dance with anyone?" asked Sakura.
"Probably not." said Tomoyo. "I'm just going to tape everyone and anyone. Including you and Syaoran."
"Tomoyo-chan. You don't even know if I'm going with him or not." said Sakura.
"Of course you're going to go with him." said Tomoyo. "Why else would you say no to everyone else who's asked you?" she said.
"You read me like a book Tomoyo-chan." grinned Sakura.
"Sakura." said Tomoyo. "I've known you forever so of course I can read you like a book." she said. "Oh look, we're at the school." she said as they turned into the road/pathway and headed towards the school.
"You know, I wonder what would happen if Touya came home on Friday and Syaoran was sitting at the table." said Sakura.
"He's probably freak out, scream, yell at you, yell at Syaoran, ask your dad why he let Syaoran in the house, why he's here, and then pick him up, beat him up and throw him outside." said Tomoyo.
"Not only do you know me, but you know my entire family as well." sighed Sakura.
Tomoyo grinned as they climbed up the stairs to the school. They reached their lockers and began to open them. Sakura opened hers and letters came flying out.
"Oh what the hell!" screamed Sakura.(MK: i know this is very unlike sakura but it fits. trust me) She fell over.
"This has got to be a joke." said Tomoyo.
"Its a conspiracy." said Sakura as the notes poued out.
"I'll go find another trash can." said Tomoyo as she walked off. Sakura moaned as she grabbed a note and ripped it in half. She grabbed another one and ripped it in half.
"Again Sakura?"
She looked up to see Syaoran. "Its not fair." she cried.
Syaoran shook his head. "Tomoyo went to get a trash can, right?" he asked.
"Yeah." said Sakura.
"Well, I gotta go." said Syaoran. "I want to go ask about soccer."
"See you." said Sakura as he walked away.
Tomoyo came back with a trash can and set it on the ground. She sat down next to Sakura and they began to throw away the notes. "This is getting to be an everyday thing." said Tomoyo, tossing three red notes, a blue and several white ones in the trash.
"You're telling me." said Sakura.
"Whats getting to be an everyday thing?" a hand reached down and grabbed a note. Sakura and Tomoyo looked up. There was a teenage girl standing there. She was around Sakura's height with short, shoulder length black hair. Some of it was in two buns, with some hair hanging down. She was very slim with reddish eyes. She opened the note.
"Hey!" said Sakura. "Don't read it!" she said, jumping up and trying to grab the note out of the girl's hands. She jumped out of the way.
"'Hey Sakura. If you're not going with anyone to the upcoming Spring Fling dance, do you want to go with me? I'd be so happy. Love Koushiro.' " the girl read out loud. "Geez how sappy can you get?" she laughed.
"Just throw it away." said Sakura. "I get about fifty million of them everyday."
"You?" asked the girl.
"Yes me." said Sakura. Tomoyo stood up.
"Whats you name?" asked Tomoyo. "You look very familiar."
"I still can't believe that Sakura gets all these notes every day." said the girl.
"Not every day but at least once a week." said Sakura. "And what is you name? And how do you know mine?" she asked. "I've never seen you in this school before."
"You haven't changed a bit." said the girl. "Neither has Tomoyo." she said. Sakura eyed her. "Ok! I give up. I hope you'll remember me at least!" she said.
"What?" asked Sakura.
"Its me you goofball!" said the girl. "Meiling! Li Meiling!"
"Meiling?" asked Sakura.
"Thats what I said." grinned Meiling.
"MEILING!" shouted Sakura. She jumped up and hugged her friend, nearly knocking her over. "Its great to see you!" she said.
"Same to you Sakura!" said Meiling. "But could ya let go? You're choking me."
"Oh Sorry." said Sakura.
"Hi Meiling!" said Tomoyo, she hugged her friend too. "Welcome back."
"I came back for two reasons." said Meiling. "But I'll tell you later because you're going to be late to class." she said.
Sakura and Tomoyo looked at their watches. "ACK!" they screamed.
"Talk to you later Meiling!" shouted Sakura as she slammed her locker shut and ran off. Meiling looked down at the notes.
"Guess she forgot." she said.
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Sakura and Tomoyo arrived in class just as the bell rang. They went to their seats and sat, out of breath. The teacher hadn't come in yet so Sakura turned around to talk to Syaoran.
"Syaoran! Why didn't you tell me Meiling was coming back!" demanded Sakura.
"She wanted me to keep it a secret. She wanted to tell you herself." said Syaoran. "I guess she did." he said.
"So thats why you went to ask about soccer." said Tomoyo.
"No, actually I really was going to ask about soccer anyway so this was an even better way for me to keep it a secret." said Syaoran.
"It worked!" said Tomoyo.
Then the teacher came in. The class shut up. "Settle down." she said. "Its my pleasure to announce another exchange student. I believe she was also in our school before." said the teacher. The class looked up. Yes, Tomoeda gets a lot of exchange students, but three in one week? This was weird...
"Please welcome from Hong Kong, Meiling Li!" said the teacher. The door opened and in walked Meiling. Overall, she was very pretty.
"Hi!" she said. "As you know, I'm from Hong Kong and I'll be back here for a while." said Meiling. "And, I'm Syaoran's cousin." she said.
"Well Meiling, lets find you a seat." said the teacher. There was three seats left. Meiling saw the empty one behind Tomoyo and looked at it and the teacher hopefully. The teacher looked around.
Tomoyo leaned foward and poked Chiharu. "Don't move. There's an empty seat behind me. Suggest that to the teacher." she said.
Chiharu raised her hand. "Mrs. Tsukachi? Isn't there a seat behind Tomoyo?" she asked. The teacher looked behind Tomoyo.
"Yes there is." replied the teacher. "Meiling, why don't you sit there?"
"Sure!" said Meiling. She walked down the aisle and sat behind Tomoyo, beside Syaoran. Tomoyo grinned and punched the air under her desk. "Yes." she whispered.
"Now lets begin the lesson." said the teacher.
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The bell rang and everyone of Meiling's old friends came over and bombarded her with questions. She grinned.
"Welcome back Meiling!"
"How long are you staying?"
"Why'd you come back?"
"Its great to see you!"
Obviously, Meiling had many friends. "Its great to see all of you again!" she said, waving her hands back and forth. "But I have some catching up to do with my two best friends!" she said and stood up. "Sakura, Tomoyo. Lets go." she said. She grabbed Syaoran by the sleave and dragged him away as Tomoyo and Sakura followed, grinning.
"So!" said Meiling, as they stopped at their lockers to change their shoes. "What about those notes?" she asked.
"Meiling. It should be a little obvious." said Tomoyo. "A LOT of guys really like Sakura." she said.
"Get outta here." said Meiling.
"Nope." said Sakura. "I'm serious." she said slipping her slipper off and her sneaker on. "You don't have any idea how many people have written me love letters or asked me out or-"
"I get your point." said Meiling.
"So how long are you staying?" asked Tomoyo. They all finished putting their shoes on and headed for the doors with a total of five guys asking Sakura to the dance. She told four of them no and Tomoyo answered the last one for her.
"As long as I want." said Meiling. "My parents heard that Syaoran had been sent to Japan again so they asked if I wanted to go." she said. "But obviously, there's more to it than that."
They walked outside and went over to the tree Sakura had climbed a few days ago and sat under it.
"I figured out now that my mother sent me to Japan because she sensed the magic." said Syaoran. "I guess she thought you could use some help." he said. He leaned over and whispered something to Sakura. "But I'm glad she did."
Sakura grinned and went slightly red.
"Hey! No secrets." said Meiling.
Tomoyo laughed. "Did you know that Syaoran is having dinner at Sakura's on Friday?" she asked Meiling.
"What?!" asked Meiling. "And I wasn't invited?"
"Neither was I." said Tomoyo, grinning. "But now we all have to go out to dinner and I get to video tape as much as I want." she said. Meiling grinned. She was catching on to Tomoyo's little plan.
"I was also sent to bring some news." said Meiling. She pulled an envelope out of her pocket. "Syaoran's mother and my parents along with other important people in the Li Clan have decided that its for the best." she said, handing the envelope to Syaoran.
He looked at her and opened it. He pulled out a green tinted paper with elegant Chinese writing on it.
"Whats it say?" asked Sakura.
"Meiling...Is this for real?" asked Syaoran.
"Whats for the best?" asked Tomoyo.
"Syaoran's and my engagement has been canceled." said Meiling. Syaoran folded up the note and gave it back to Meiling.
"Why?" he asked.
"Everyone thought it would be best." said Meiling.
"Wow." said Sakura.
Tomoyo pulled Meiling to the side. "Are you ok with it?" she whispered.
Meiling grinned. "Syaoran loves another and there's nothing I can do." she whispered back. "And besides, with looks like mine its going to be hard to turn down date after date." she grinned. Tomoyo laughed.
"So Meiling, do you want to do something after school?" asked Tomoyo. "We can hang out and we can show you around." she said.
"Sounds great." said Meiling. "But there is another reason I came back."
"And that is..." said Sakura.
"I missed you guys and you've been pathetic without me!" Meiling laughed. The other three laughed with her.
"You know what." said Sakura. "I want to climb a tree."
"What?" asked Syaoran.
Sakura jumped up and began to climb the tree they sat under. Syaoran and Tomoyo watched her go up but Meiling grinned.
"Syaoran!" she said quietly. "Don't look up Sakura's skirt!" she said.
Syaoran went bright red as Tomoyo cracked up.
"That was so great Meiling." said Tomoyo. Syaoran glared at them.
"I wasn't looking up her skirt!" he shouted, blushing brighter.
"I think I could go for a climb." said Meiling. She hopped up and began to climb. "And don't look Syaoran!" she grinned and disapeared in the tree.
Syaoran sighed, but the redness slowly went away.
"You have to admitt, that was good." said Tomoyo.
Syaoran didn't say a word. "It wasn't our parents desciscion to brake the engagement ya know." he said.
"Then whose was it?" asked Tomoyo.
"Meiling's." said Syaoran.
"Oh." said Tomoyo
(MK:lets shift to sakura and meiling's converastion)
"Its great your back Meiling." said Sakura, swinging her legs.
"Yeah." said Meiling. "It is. Now we can hang out just like we used to."
"Yeah!" said Sakura. "Oh! Did I show you what Touya gave me?"
"No..I just got here." said Meiling.
Sakura reached in her shirt and pulled out her Cherry Blossom necklace. She pulled it off and handed it to Meiling.
"Ooo." said Meiling, staring at the tiny cheery blossom. "Its so pretty." she said.
"Touya gave it to me before he left for college." said Sakura. Meiling handed it back to her and she put it around her neck. "Its a good luck charm." she grinned.
"Syaoran told me something weird happened yesterday." said Meiling. "A snow and hail storm showered the school." she said.
"Yeah." said Sakura. "It was weird. And not only that, but I have the four element cards in my pocket!" she said. "I didn't even put them there." she leaned against the trunk of the tree.
"Now thats weird." said Meiling.
Syaroan jumped up and landed on the tree branch. Both Sakura and Meiling screamed. "Sorry." he said. "Tomoyo's coming up too." he said. Sure enough, Tomoyo pulled herself up the tree and sat next to Sakura.
"Hello." she said. "We need to set a dinner date." she grinned.
Meiling smiled. "How about Sunday?" she asked.
"That sounds good!" said Tomoyo. "We'll go to a really fancy restaurant so I can design some new clothes!" she grinned.
"Sure!" said Meiling. "Make sure mine has red in it." she said.
Tomoyo nodded. "I'll come up with the best oufits ever!" she said. "Then I'll call and make some reservations." she said.
"Tomoyo-chan!" said Sakura. "You didn't even ask if I could come."
"I know, because if I asked you would have said you had plans so I figured I wouldn't ask if you had plans then you wouldn't say anything." said Tomoyo.
"Oddly enough, I actually understood her." sighed Syaoran.
"So its settled!" said Meiling. "We can all meet at Tomoyo's house and get into our clothes there!" she said. "We can meet around four?"
"Sounds good to me!" said Tomoyo.
Sakura and Syaoran sighed. The four continued talking for a while until the bell rang. Tomoyo climbed down slowly while Meiling and Sakura hopped off the branch, followed by Syaoran. Tomoyo and Meiling dashed ahead leaving Syaoran and Sakura alone.
"You didn't tell Tomoyo about Friday did you?" asked Syaoran.
"No." said Sakura. "I just said you were having dinner at my house. But don't worry. I said she couldn't come because my dad already bought all the food." she said.
"Great." replied Syaoran and they walked into the school.
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The day went by as normal as it could get. No one fell asleep during History that day because they were actually learning about something interesting. (MK: just dont ask me what it is) Finally, the bell rang and everyone ran over to the little corner of the room where the Card Captor Gang sat and began to shower Meiling with questions again.
"Hey guys." said Meiling, waving her hands. "Chill. I'm going to be in Japan for as long as I want. I would like to finish up my schooling here." she said. "But mostly I came back because Syaoran came and I had to give him a messege. Then, my parents decided I should just stay. It might've been easier. So there you go. Thats the story." she said.
Even though she told the story, people still kept bombarding her with questions. "Hey Meiling, we'll see you later. We'll meet you by your locker, ok?" said Sakura as she Tomoyo, and Syaoran stood up and walked out of the classroom. Sakura didn't leave the room. She turned around and was just about to shout something at Meiling when she saw Leha turn her head and look at Meiling. Leha was just looking at Sakura. Not only that, it looked like she had reddish eyes. Sakura shook her head and just left the class.
"What do you think of Leha?" asked Sakura.
"I think she's nice." said Tomoyo.
"I don't like her." said Syaoran.
"You don't like many new students anyway, Syaoran." said Tomoyo.
"True." replied Syaoran. They stopped at their lockers and put their sneakers on. While waiting for Meiling, Sakura reorganized her entire locker, Tomoyo finished up the tape in her camcorder, and Syaoran learned to stand on two skates.
Finally, Meiling showed up. "I finally figured out how to get rid of them." she said. "Question after question! It was drving me insane!" she shouted. She opened her locker and put her sneakers on. "Now lets go have some fun!" she said and ran down the hall.
"Wait!" said Tomoyo. "We should change first!" she called.
Meiling stopped. "You're right. So we'll meet at Sakura's in half an hour!" she said.
"Great!" said Tomoyo. "See you all then." she said and grabbed a cell phone. She mumlbed something and in a few moments, a limo appeared and picked her up. She waved good bye as it drove off.
"She's hopeless." said Meiling. "See you later Sakura." she said and walked off.
"See you." said Syaoran. Sakura nodded as Syaoran followed Meiling in the opposite direction she was going.(MK: as in sakura going one way, meiling and syaoran going the other)
"Hey Dad I'm home!" called Sakura. There was no response. "Guess he's working." she said. She dashed upstairs and flung open her closet.
"Hi to you too Sakura." said Kero-chan.
"Sorry Kero." said Sakura. "But Meiling is back, and we're taking her around the town. Have to hurry and get changed." she said. She pulled on flared jeans and a light green teeshirt with a small cherry blossom slightly left of the center of her shirt.
"You mean the kid's girlfriend?" asked Kero-chan.
"Yeah." said Sakura. "Except they're not engaged anymore. And besides, maybe you can hang out with her tomarrow." she said.
"WHAT?" asked Kero-chan. "And why would I want to do that?"
"Because I'm hanging out with Syaoran after school. Till dinner. Then he's coming to dinner so you better be nice." said Sakura.
"WHAT?"
"So long Kero-chan!" called Sakura as she dashed out of her room and ran downstairs. She arrived just in time, as the door bell rang. She ran over and answered it. "Hey guys!" she said. She kicked off her slippers and pulled on sneakers. She came outside and closed the door. "So. What do we want to do first?" she asked.
"Lets go eat something." said Meiling.
"Sure!" said Tomoyo and the four walked off down the road and headed for a place to eat. They stopped at a fast food place which they had never gone to. The food was bad and the sodas were stale so....they started a food fight. Before they were caught by the manager, they sneaked out. Covered in food, in hysterics. Tomoyo, of course, managed to get some of it on tape and continued taping as they walked outside. They stopped at a fountain and stared at it. Meiling grinned as she ran and jumped over the edge and landed in the pool. Tomoyo laughed and imedietely pressed record.
"Come on!" shouted Meiling. A young woman who was sitting nearby got up and walked away as Sakura ran foward and jumped in. She splashed Meiling.
"Syaoran!" called Sakura. "Come on in! It'll clean off the food!" she shouted.
Tomoyo grinned and shoved him. Giving up, Syaoran ran and jumped in the fountain. All the other people around had left as well. Tomoyo put the camera down in a spot where it would stay dry and could record them at the same time. Then she shot foward and jumped in after them. They splashed around until two policemen walked by, eating donuts. (MK: haha i've always wanted to put that in a story) They glanced at each other then dashed over to the fountain. The four friends saw them coming and jumped out of the fountain. Tomoyo grabbed her camera and they took off.
They ran down a street, laughing so hard.
"That was awsome!" shouted Sakura.
"You're telling me!" replied Meiling. Eventually, they lost the police and slowed to a walk. Dripping wet, they saw a few of their classmates. None they were friends with though. Then they saw two of the snobbiest snobs in the school.
"Eeww." said one. "Why are earth are you dripping wet?"
"That is like, so not cool." said the other.
"Like we care?" said Meiling. She flipped her hair and drops of water hit them. They shreaked and Sakura and Tomoyo did the same. As the snobs screamed, the Card Captor Gang walked off, laughing.
Stopping at the arcade and playing some games, they ran into Takashi who started to tell them a tall tale when they said they had to go. When they saw a photo booth, they ran inside and put money in. They were laughing so hard that people began to stare at the booth as they walked by and one even looked at the pictures coming out. After ten minutes of photos, they came out and made copies of the pictures. Some of them, no, all of them were hilarious and when they looked back on them, they would laugh hysterically.
When it started to get dark, they began to head home. "Today was a great day." said Meiling. "The best I've ever had."
"Yep." said Sakura. "I don't know what was the best. Running from the Police or taking the photos." she said.
"I liked the food fight." grinned Syaoran.
"The whole day was great and we'll be able to watch it again and again." said Tomoyo, holding up her camera. "I got almost the entire thing on tape!" she said. They all laughed and continued on their way home. Dropping Meiling and Syaoran home, Tomoyo continued to Sakura's house, making sure she was inside, Tomoyo called her ever faithful limo, which showed up moments later and brought her home.
Sakura went inside. "Great day." she said, dashing upstairs.
MD: so, how was that chapter? like it? hate it? dont worry, next chapter is...the date! mwahahahahahahahahahahahaha. will it end in disaster or be a wonderful time? and then dont worry, the real magic will begin! R&R!!!
I. Do. Not. Own. CCS. If. I. Did. I. Would. Be. Very. Happy. And. Dancing. Around. In. Circles. Making. Myself. Completely. Dizzy. Thank. You.
On with the story!
chapter three: Magical Surprises.
"Sakura-chan!" said Tomoyo, running over to her. "Did anything, ANYTHING, happen yesterday between you and Syaoran?" she asked.
"Tomoyo!" said Sakura, blushing a bright red.
"Well did there?"
"No." said Sakura. "After ice cream, we just walked home."
"Thats it?" said Tomoyo sadly. "Boring!" she said.
"Oh Tomoyo." sighed Sakura. They walked up the stairs to the school and stopped at their lockers. Tomoyo began to open her lock when she looked down.
"Hey Sakura." said Tomoyo. "Didn't 'Letters in the Locker' already happen this week?"
"Yeah. Why?" asked Sakura. Tomoyo pointed down. Sakura looked to see three letters on the ground. "OH NO!" she said. "Go get a trash can Tomoyo." she sighed as she picked up the three letters. Tomoyo grinned and went to get a trash can. Sakura began to open her lock when Tomoyo came back from the classroom.
"The teacher said that we can only use the trash can once a week from now on." said Tomoyo, putting it underneath the locker.
Sakura grinned. She pulled the lock off and opened her locker. The notes came pouring out, one after another. It was impossible to count them all.
"Having fun, are we?"
Sakura looked up. Syaoran was standing there, along with Takashi. (MK: listen, i'm not sure about Takashi. his name could be Yamazaki, i'm not sure. but its the kid that tells a lot of lies and in english his name is zachery. lol)
"Loads." replied Sakura. "I go through this ordeal once a week. Twice this week though." she said.
"So leaving notes is pointless?" asked Syaoran.
"Pretty much. I never read them." replied Sakura.
"Did you know, that a long time ago, people used to communicate through letters and notes?" asked Takashi. "Every note that was ever written had to be read or something dangerous would happen to the addressee." he said. Suddenly, a hand bopped him on the head.
"Shut up!" said Chiharu. She whacked him.
"So Sakura, 'Letters in the Locker' has happened twice this week." said Naoko.
"Don't remind me." said Sakura. The last of the letters fell out of the locker. She bent down and picked up the letters that had fallen on the floor.
"Read one!" said Rika. "Just for once."
Sakura sighed. She grabbed one and opened it. "Hey Sakura. The Sring Fling is coming up and we're supposed to go with someone. Will you go with me? Signed, Daisuke." she read.
"Oh I know him." said Rika. "He isn't that bad looking, if I might add." she grinned.
"Why don't you just go with him Sakura?" asked Naoko. "You have your choice of boys and yet you pick NO ONE." she said.
"You act like I'm shopping for a boyfriend." said Sakura.
"Besides." said Tomoyo. Sakura and Syaoran looked over at her and gave her a warning look. "Sakura already has someone in mind." she said.
"Who??!!" demanded all of her friends.
Sakura laughed. "I'll tell you. Just not right now." she said.
"Fine." said Naoko. "Leave us hanging." she said.
"All right." said Sakura. She closed her locker and Tomoyo grabbed the garbage can. They walked off, stopping for Tomoyo to drop off the trash in the classroom. Then the bell rang and everyone ran after them.
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The day went on as usual, nothing major nothing big. Leha asked if she could each lunch with Sakura and her friends. They aggreed and talked about themselves.
"I am Tomoyo Daidouji." said Tomoyo, pulling out her video camera.
"As you can tell, she loves taping everything and anything and everyone." said Sakura.
"I also love to sing, and design clothes for my friends." said Tomoyo.
"I'm Naoko. I love fantasy and science fiction. Do you believe in UFOs?" she asked. "Also, back in Ireland were there any cute boys?" she asked.
"Lots." grinned Leha. Naoko grinned.
"Did you know, that Ancient Ireland used to be-" started Takashi.
"CAN IT GOOFBALL!" screamed Chiharu, whacking him on the head. "As you can see, he is my boyfriend and yet he drives me insane." she said. "I am Chiharu."
"I'm Rika Sasaki." said Rika. "I think I'm the only normal one around." she said.
"HEY!" said Chiharu.
"I'm Sakura Kinomoto." said Sakura. "We get so many exchange students here. Syaoran's another one." she said.
"Hi." said Syaoran. "I'm Li Syaoran." he said. "I obviously arrived at the same time you did. Except I come from Hong Kong." he said.
"Nice to meet all of you." said Leha. "As you already know, I come from Ireland, which is said to be a very magical place." she said, glancing at Sakura. She however, did not notice.
They continued talking about each other until the bell ran and lunch was over. Walking in, petals started falling from the sky. They were light blue and purple. Some even black.
"Weird." said Tomoyo, taping the petals.
"You're telling me." said Naoko.
"Sakura." said Syaoran. Hie eyes narrowing. "Feel that."
"Yes." said Sakura, her eyes also narrowed. "Magic." she said, looking at the petals.
Everyone was now looking at the flowers as they fell to the ground softly. They hit the ground and layed there. Then, the petals turned white. Everyone stared as they stopped for a moment, then started downpouring on the ground. And crashing.
"Its snow!" screamed Naoko.
"No, its hail." said Rika, watching them.
They began to come down faster and faster as the students all ran inside, screaming as the hail and snow pounded on them. Sakura, Syaoran and Tomoyo didn't move.
"Told you I felt magic." said Syaoran.
"And I don't even have the cards." said Sakura, feeling her pockets. "Wait..."she said, she pulled something out. "What? The four elemental cards?" she asked. The Windy, Watery, Firey and Earthy were in her hands.
"Use one!" shouted Syaoran as the snow and hail came down faster. Tomoyo screamed and fell to her knees. "No one is looking!" he said. "Its too hard to see anything far away."
"There's only one card that can get this job done." said Sakura, shoving three of the cards back in her pocket. She pulled out her Key and yanked it off her neck.
"Key of the Star
With powers burning bright!
Reveal the Staff
And shine your light!
RELEASE!" shouted Sakura and the wand transformed. She spun it. "Firey Card! I command you to melt away all the hail and snow! FIREY!" she shouted. The Firey came out of the card and flew(MK: or float, whatever it is that cards without wings do) around, melting all the snow and hail. Syaoran had bent down and blocked it all from hitting Tomoyo.
The snow was melting, along with the hail, but it still kept coming down.
"Its not working!" screamed Sakura.
"Look up there!" shouted Syaoran, pointing.
Sakura looked up and saw a small cloud above the school. All the snow and hail was coming from it, and Sakura guessed the petals had come from it as well.
"FIREY!" shouted Sakura. It turned and looked at her. "Go and melt that cloud up there!" she shouted, pointing to the cloud. Firey zoomed up towards the cloud, melting everything it touched. It reached the cloud and circled it, placing it inside a circle of fire. It began to decinagrate(MK: you know, vanish.) until it was gone. The last of the snow and hail continued falling and the Firey went back down to Sakura and changed back into a card. She caught it and looked around.
"The windows are all fogged up." said Syaoran. "I don't think anyone saw anything." he said, looking at the windows. A pair of red eyes watched from a tree. They blinked, then vanished. "We should get in." he said.
Tomoyo stood up. She had recorded the entire thing. As best as she could. Sakura's wand shrunk and she shoved it back in her shirt and the Firey Card back in her pocket. The three of them raced back inside.
"And just where were you three?" asked the teacher as they walked in.
"We couldn't find out way through all the snow and hail. As soon as it cleared up, we ran in." said Tomoyo. They were indeed, covered from head to toe in snow.
"Very well. Just sit down." said the teacher. The three of them bowed and walked to their seats, all boys staring at Sakura. They sat down and sighed.
And the class continued as the snow melted off of them.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Sakura, Tomoyo and Syaoran were sitting on sofas in Tomoyo's living room.(MK: tomoyo's living room. she has her own.) They all had some tea in their hands and were looking quite relaxed.
"That was really weird." said Sakura. "Not only the snow, but how the Elemental Cards were all in my pocket." she said. "I don't remember putting them in there."
"Maybe Kero-chan did." suggested Tomoyo.
"No." said Sakura. "He was still sleeping when I got up this morning and when I left."
"Stupid stuffed animal." said Syaoran.
"He's not a stuffed animal." said Sakura.
"Well he looks like one." grinned Syaoran.
Sakura layed down on the sofa. "I'm so tired." she said.
"So, Sakura, you said Touya was coming home this weekend?" asked Tomoyo.
"Yeah." said Sakura. "Just for the weekend. I think." she said.
"Touya's coming home and you invited me to dinner?" asked Syaoran. "You know he and I do NOT get along." he said. Tomoyo's eyes grew wide.
"Well, I figured he'll be home Saturday so you can come friday." said Sakura.
Tomoyo's eyes got wider. "You're having dinner together and you didn't tell me?" she whined, standing up.
"Not technically." said Sakura. "My dad will be there so we won't be alone."
"Still!" said Tomoyo. "Invite me!" she said. "I need to video tape!"
"Tomoyo-chan!" said Sakura. "I can't. My dad only thinks that Syaoran is coming so if I tell him more people are coming he'll say 'how many now Sakura-chan?'" she said.
Tomoyo pouted and fell back onto the couch. Then she grinned. "Fine." she said. "If I can't come Friday, then we'll all have to go to dinner some other night. AND I get to tape as much as I want." she said.
"Fine." said Sakura.
"Fine." said Tomoyo. They laughed. Syaoran shook his head.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Sakura and Tomoyo were walking to school the next day. It was sunny and bright. Actually, Sakura was skating and Tomoyo was walking.
"Tomoyo, do you think you're going to the dance with anyone?" asked Sakura.
"Probably not." said Tomoyo. "I'm just going to tape everyone and anyone. Including you and Syaoran."
"Tomoyo-chan. You don't even know if I'm going with him or not." said Sakura.
"Of course you're going to go with him." said Tomoyo. "Why else would you say no to everyone else who's asked you?" she said.
"You read me like a book Tomoyo-chan." grinned Sakura.
"Sakura." said Tomoyo. "I've known you forever so of course I can read you like a book." she said. "Oh look, we're at the school." she said as they turned into the road/pathway and headed towards the school.
"You know, I wonder what would happen if Touya came home on Friday and Syaoran was sitting at the table." said Sakura.
"He's probably freak out, scream, yell at you, yell at Syaoran, ask your dad why he let Syaoran in the house, why he's here, and then pick him up, beat him up and throw him outside." said Tomoyo.
"Not only do you know me, but you know my entire family as well." sighed Sakura.
Tomoyo grinned as they climbed up the stairs to the school. They reached their lockers and began to open them. Sakura opened hers and letters came flying out.
"Oh what the hell!" screamed Sakura.(MK: i know this is very unlike sakura but it fits. trust me) She fell over.
"This has got to be a joke." said Tomoyo.
"Its a conspiracy." said Sakura as the notes poued out.
"I'll go find another trash can." said Tomoyo as she walked off. Sakura moaned as she grabbed a note and ripped it in half. She grabbed another one and ripped it in half.
"Again Sakura?"
She looked up to see Syaoran. "Its not fair." she cried.
Syaoran shook his head. "Tomoyo went to get a trash can, right?" he asked.
"Yeah." said Sakura.
"Well, I gotta go." said Syaoran. "I want to go ask about soccer."
"See you." said Sakura as he walked away.
Tomoyo came back with a trash can and set it on the ground. She sat down next to Sakura and they began to throw away the notes. "This is getting to be an everyday thing." said Tomoyo, tossing three red notes, a blue and several white ones in the trash.
"You're telling me." said Sakura.
"Whats getting to be an everyday thing?" a hand reached down and grabbed a note. Sakura and Tomoyo looked up. There was a teenage girl standing there. She was around Sakura's height with short, shoulder length black hair. Some of it was in two buns, with some hair hanging down. She was very slim with reddish eyes. She opened the note.
"Hey!" said Sakura. "Don't read it!" she said, jumping up and trying to grab the note out of the girl's hands. She jumped out of the way.
"'Hey Sakura. If you're not going with anyone to the upcoming Spring Fling dance, do you want to go with me? I'd be so happy. Love Koushiro.' " the girl read out loud. "Geez how sappy can you get?" she laughed.
"Just throw it away." said Sakura. "I get about fifty million of them everyday."
"You?" asked the girl.
"Yes me." said Sakura. Tomoyo stood up.
"Whats you name?" asked Tomoyo. "You look very familiar."
"I still can't believe that Sakura gets all these notes every day." said the girl.
"Not every day but at least once a week." said Sakura. "And what is you name? And how do you know mine?" she asked. "I've never seen you in this school before."
"You haven't changed a bit." said the girl. "Neither has Tomoyo." she said. Sakura eyed her. "Ok! I give up. I hope you'll remember me at least!" she said.
"What?" asked Sakura.
"Its me you goofball!" said the girl. "Meiling! Li Meiling!"
"Meiling?" asked Sakura.
"Thats what I said." grinned Meiling.
"MEILING!" shouted Sakura. She jumped up and hugged her friend, nearly knocking her over. "Its great to see you!" she said.
"Same to you Sakura!" said Meiling. "But could ya let go? You're choking me."
"Oh Sorry." said Sakura.
"Hi Meiling!" said Tomoyo, she hugged her friend too. "Welcome back."
"I came back for two reasons." said Meiling. "But I'll tell you later because you're going to be late to class." she said.
Sakura and Tomoyo looked at their watches. "ACK!" they screamed.
"Talk to you later Meiling!" shouted Sakura as she slammed her locker shut and ran off. Meiling looked down at the notes.
"Guess she forgot." she said.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Sakura and Tomoyo arrived in class just as the bell rang. They went to their seats and sat, out of breath. The teacher hadn't come in yet so Sakura turned around to talk to Syaoran.
"Syaoran! Why didn't you tell me Meiling was coming back!" demanded Sakura.
"She wanted me to keep it a secret. She wanted to tell you herself." said Syaoran. "I guess she did." he said.
"So thats why you went to ask about soccer." said Tomoyo.
"No, actually I really was going to ask about soccer anyway so this was an even better way for me to keep it a secret." said Syaoran.
"It worked!" said Tomoyo.
Then the teacher came in. The class shut up. "Settle down." she said. "Its my pleasure to announce another exchange student. I believe she was also in our school before." said the teacher. The class looked up. Yes, Tomoeda gets a lot of exchange students, but three in one week? This was weird...
"Please welcome from Hong Kong, Meiling Li!" said the teacher. The door opened and in walked Meiling. Overall, she was very pretty.
"Hi!" she said. "As you know, I'm from Hong Kong and I'll be back here for a while." said Meiling. "And, I'm Syaoran's cousin." she said.
"Well Meiling, lets find you a seat." said the teacher. There was three seats left. Meiling saw the empty one behind Tomoyo and looked at it and the teacher hopefully. The teacher looked around.
Tomoyo leaned foward and poked Chiharu. "Don't move. There's an empty seat behind me. Suggest that to the teacher." she said.
Chiharu raised her hand. "Mrs. Tsukachi? Isn't there a seat behind Tomoyo?" she asked. The teacher looked behind Tomoyo.
"Yes there is." replied the teacher. "Meiling, why don't you sit there?"
"Sure!" said Meiling. She walked down the aisle and sat behind Tomoyo, beside Syaoran. Tomoyo grinned and punched the air under her desk. "Yes." she whispered.
"Now lets begin the lesson." said the teacher.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
The bell rang and everyone of Meiling's old friends came over and bombarded her with questions. She grinned.
"Welcome back Meiling!"
"How long are you staying?"
"Why'd you come back?"
"Its great to see you!"
Obviously, Meiling had many friends. "Its great to see all of you again!" she said, waving her hands back and forth. "But I have some catching up to do with my two best friends!" she said and stood up. "Sakura, Tomoyo. Lets go." she said. She grabbed Syaoran by the sleave and dragged him away as Tomoyo and Sakura followed, grinning.
"So!" said Meiling, as they stopped at their lockers to change their shoes. "What about those notes?" she asked.
"Meiling. It should be a little obvious." said Tomoyo. "A LOT of guys really like Sakura." she said.
"Get outta here." said Meiling.
"Nope." said Sakura. "I'm serious." she said slipping her slipper off and her sneaker on. "You don't have any idea how many people have written me love letters or asked me out or-"
"I get your point." said Meiling.
"So how long are you staying?" asked Tomoyo. They all finished putting their shoes on and headed for the doors with a total of five guys asking Sakura to the dance. She told four of them no and Tomoyo answered the last one for her.
"As long as I want." said Meiling. "My parents heard that Syaoran had been sent to Japan again so they asked if I wanted to go." she said. "But obviously, there's more to it than that."
They walked outside and went over to the tree Sakura had climbed a few days ago and sat under it.
"I figured out now that my mother sent me to Japan because she sensed the magic." said Syaoran. "I guess she thought you could use some help." he said. He leaned over and whispered something to Sakura. "But I'm glad she did."
Sakura grinned and went slightly red.
"Hey! No secrets." said Meiling.
Tomoyo laughed. "Did you know that Syaoran is having dinner at Sakura's on Friday?" she asked Meiling.
"What?!" asked Meiling. "And I wasn't invited?"
"Neither was I." said Tomoyo, grinning. "But now we all have to go out to dinner and I get to video tape as much as I want." she said. Meiling grinned. She was catching on to Tomoyo's little plan.
"I was also sent to bring some news." said Meiling. She pulled an envelope out of her pocket. "Syaoran's mother and my parents along with other important people in the Li Clan have decided that its for the best." she said, handing the envelope to Syaoran.
He looked at her and opened it. He pulled out a green tinted paper with elegant Chinese writing on it.
"Whats it say?" asked Sakura.
"Meiling...Is this for real?" asked Syaoran.
"Whats for the best?" asked Tomoyo.
"Syaoran's and my engagement has been canceled." said Meiling. Syaoran folded up the note and gave it back to Meiling.
"Why?" he asked.
"Everyone thought it would be best." said Meiling.
"Wow." said Sakura.
Tomoyo pulled Meiling to the side. "Are you ok with it?" she whispered.
Meiling grinned. "Syaoran loves another and there's nothing I can do." she whispered back. "And besides, with looks like mine its going to be hard to turn down date after date." she grinned. Tomoyo laughed.
"So Meiling, do you want to do something after school?" asked Tomoyo. "We can hang out and we can show you around." she said.
"Sounds great." said Meiling. "But there is another reason I came back."
"And that is..." said Sakura.
"I missed you guys and you've been pathetic without me!" Meiling laughed. The other three laughed with her.
"You know what." said Sakura. "I want to climb a tree."
"What?" asked Syaoran.
Sakura jumped up and began to climb the tree they sat under. Syaoran and Tomoyo watched her go up but Meiling grinned.
"Syaoran!" she said quietly. "Don't look up Sakura's skirt!" she said.
Syaoran went bright red as Tomoyo cracked up.
"That was so great Meiling." said Tomoyo. Syaoran glared at them.
"I wasn't looking up her skirt!" he shouted, blushing brighter.
"I think I could go for a climb." said Meiling. She hopped up and began to climb. "And don't look Syaoran!" she grinned and disapeared in the tree.
Syaoran sighed, but the redness slowly went away.
"You have to admitt, that was good." said Tomoyo.
Syaoran didn't say a word. "It wasn't our parents desciscion to brake the engagement ya know." he said.
"Then whose was it?" asked Tomoyo.
"Meiling's." said Syaoran.
"Oh." said Tomoyo
(MK:lets shift to sakura and meiling's converastion)
"Its great your back Meiling." said Sakura, swinging her legs.
"Yeah." said Meiling. "It is. Now we can hang out just like we used to."
"Yeah!" said Sakura. "Oh! Did I show you what Touya gave me?"
"No..I just got here." said Meiling.
Sakura reached in her shirt and pulled out her Cherry Blossom necklace. She pulled it off and handed it to Meiling.
"Ooo." said Meiling, staring at the tiny cheery blossom. "Its so pretty." she said.
"Touya gave it to me before he left for college." said Sakura. Meiling handed it back to her and she put it around her neck. "Its a good luck charm." she grinned.
"Syaoran told me something weird happened yesterday." said Meiling. "A snow and hail storm showered the school." she said.
"Yeah." said Sakura. "It was weird. And not only that, but I have the four element cards in my pocket!" she said. "I didn't even put them there." she leaned against the trunk of the tree.
"Now thats weird." said Meiling.
Syaroan jumped up and landed on the tree branch. Both Sakura and Meiling screamed. "Sorry." he said. "Tomoyo's coming up too." he said. Sure enough, Tomoyo pulled herself up the tree and sat next to Sakura.
"Hello." she said. "We need to set a dinner date." she grinned.
Meiling smiled. "How about Sunday?" she asked.
"That sounds good!" said Tomoyo. "We'll go to a really fancy restaurant so I can design some new clothes!" she grinned.
"Sure!" said Meiling. "Make sure mine has red in it." she said.
Tomoyo nodded. "I'll come up with the best oufits ever!" she said. "Then I'll call and make some reservations." she said.
"Tomoyo-chan!" said Sakura. "You didn't even ask if I could come."
"I know, because if I asked you would have said you had plans so I figured I wouldn't ask if you had plans then you wouldn't say anything." said Tomoyo.
"Oddly enough, I actually understood her." sighed Syaoran.
"So its settled!" said Meiling. "We can all meet at Tomoyo's house and get into our clothes there!" she said. "We can meet around four?"
"Sounds good to me!" said Tomoyo.
Sakura and Syaoran sighed. The four continued talking for a while until the bell rang. Tomoyo climbed down slowly while Meiling and Sakura hopped off the branch, followed by Syaoran. Tomoyo and Meiling dashed ahead leaving Syaoran and Sakura alone.
"You didn't tell Tomoyo about Friday did you?" asked Syaoran.
"No." said Sakura. "I just said you were having dinner at my house. But don't worry. I said she couldn't come because my dad already bought all the food." she said.
"Great." replied Syaoran and they walked into the school.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
The day went by as normal as it could get. No one fell asleep during History that day because they were actually learning about something interesting. (MK: just dont ask me what it is) Finally, the bell rang and everyone ran over to the little corner of the room where the Card Captor Gang sat and began to shower Meiling with questions again.
"Hey guys." said Meiling, waving her hands. "Chill. I'm going to be in Japan for as long as I want. I would like to finish up my schooling here." she said. "But mostly I came back because Syaoran came and I had to give him a messege. Then, my parents decided I should just stay. It might've been easier. So there you go. Thats the story." she said.
Even though she told the story, people still kept bombarding her with questions. "Hey Meiling, we'll see you later. We'll meet you by your locker, ok?" said Sakura as she Tomoyo, and Syaoran stood up and walked out of the classroom. Sakura didn't leave the room. She turned around and was just about to shout something at Meiling when she saw Leha turn her head and look at Meiling. Leha was just looking at Sakura. Not only that, it looked like she had reddish eyes. Sakura shook her head and just left the class.
"What do you think of Leha?" asked Sakura.
"I think she's nice." said Tomoyo.
"I don't like her." said Syaoran.
"You don't like many new students anyway, Syaoran." said Tomoyo.
"True." replied Syaoran. They stopped at their lockers and put their sneakers on. While waiting for Meiling, Sakura reorganized her entire locker, Tomoyo finished up the tape in her camcorder, and Syaoran learned to stand on two skates.
Finally, Meiling showed up. "I finally figured out how to get rid of them." she said. "Question after question! It was drving me insane!" she shouted. She opened her locker and put her sneakers on. "Now lets go have some fun!" she said and ran down the hall.
"Wait!" said Tomoyo. "We should change first!" she called.
Meiling stopped. "You're right. So we'll meet at Sakura's in half an hour!" she said.
"Great!" said Tomoyo. "See you all then." she said and grabbed a cell phone. She mumlbed something and in a few moments, a limo appeared and picked her up. She waved good bye as it drove off.
"She's hopeless." said Meiling. "See you later Sakura." she said and walked off.
"See you." said Syaoran. Sakura nodded as Syaoran followed Meiling in the opposite direction she was going.(MK: as in sakura going one way, meiling and syaoran going the other)
"Hey Dad I'm home!" called Sakura. There was no response. "Guess he's working." she said. She dashed upstairs and flung open her closet.
"Hi to you too Sakura." said Kero-chan.
"Sorry Kero." said Sakura. "But Meiling is back, and we're taking her around the town. Have to hurry and get changed." she said. She pulled on flared jeans and a light green teeshirt with a small cherry blossom slightly left of the center of her shirt.
"You mean the kid's girlfriend?" asked Kero-chan.
"Yeah." said Sakura. "Except they're not engaged anymore. And besides, maybe you can hang out with her tomarrow." she said.
"WHAT?" asked Kero-chan. "And why would I want to do that?"
"Because I'm hanging out with Syaoran after school. Till dinner. Then he's coming to dinner so you better be nice." said Sakura.
"WHAT?"
"So long Kero-chan!" called Sakura as she dashed out of her room and ran downstairs. She arrived just in time, as the door bell rang. She ran over and answered it. "Hey guys!" she said. She kicked off her slippers and pulled on sneakers. She came outside and closed the door. "So. What do we want to do first?" she asked.
"Lets go eat something." said Meiling.
"Sure!" said Tomoyo and the four walked off down the road and headed for a place to eat. They stopped at a fast food place which they had never gone to. The food was bad and the sodas were stale so....they started a food fight. Before they were caught by the manager, they sneaked out. Covered in food, in hysterics. Tomoyo, of course, managed to get some of it on tape and continued taping as they walked outside. They stopped at a fountain and stared at it. Meiling grinned as she ran and jumped over the edge and landed in the pool. Tomoyo laughed and imedietely pressed record.
"Come on!" shouted Meiling. A young woman who was sitting nearby got up and walked away as Sakura ran foward and jumped in. She splashed Meiling.
"Syaoran!" called Sakura. "Come on in! It'll clean off the food!" she shouted.
Tomoyo grinned and shoved him. Giving up, Syaoran ran and jumped in the fountain. All the other people around had left as well. Tomoyo put the camera down in a spot where it would stay dry and could record them at the same time. Then she shot foward and jumped in after them. They splashed around until two policemen walked by, eating donuts. (MK: haha i've always wanted to put that in a story) They glanced at each other then dashed over to the fountain. The four friends saw them coming and jumped out of the fountain. Tomoyo grabbed her camera and they took off.
They ran down a street, laughing so hard.
"That was awsome!" shouted Sakura.
"You're telling me!" replied Meiling. Eventually, they lost the police and slowed to a walk. Dripping wet, they saw a few of their classmates. None they were friends with though. Then they saw two of the snobbiest snobs in the school.
"Eeww." said one. "Why are earth are you dripping wet?"
"That is like, so not cool." said the other.
"Like we care?" said Meiling. She flipped her hair and drops of water hit them. They shreaked and Sakura and Tomoyo did the same. As the snobs screamed, the Card Captor Gang walked off, laughing.
Stopping at the arcade and playing some games, they ran into Takashi who started to tell them a tall tale when they said they had to go. When they saw a photo booth, they ran inside and put money in. They were laughing so hard that people began to stare at the booth as they walked by and one even looked at the pictures coming out. After ten minutes of photos, they came out and made copies of the pictures. Some of them, no, all of them were hilarious and when they looked back on them, they would laugh hysterically.
When it started to get dark, they began to head home. "Today was a great day." said Meiling. "The best I've ever had."
"Yep." said Sakura. "I don't know what was the best. Running from the Police or taking the photos." she said.
"I liked the food fight." grinned Syaoran.
"The whole day was great and we'll be able to watch it again and again." said Tomoyo, holding up her camera. "I got almost the entire thing on tape!" she said. They all laughed and continued on their way home. Dropping Meiling and Syaoran home, Tomoyo continued to Sakura's house, making sure she was inside, Tomoyo called her ever faithful limo, which showed up moments later and brought her home.
Sakura went inside. "Great day." she said, dashing upstairs.
MD: so, how was that chapter? like it? hate it? dont worry, next chapter is...the date! mwahahahahahahahahahahahaha. will it end in disaster or be a wonderful time? and then dont worry, the real magic will begin! R&R!!!