Masterful!
by: Kamika Farinas
Shout-outs!!!
Diana@Lineelu2001: *giggles* Of course!! Friends forever!!! ^_^ And arigato for the compliment!
Animefreak242: *blushes* As usual?? Wai!!! So kind!! Hehe. . . And I answered most of your questions in this chappy!!! I felt people needed an explanation. . . *sweatdrops* And hai!! Syaoran-kun IS smart!!!! ^_^ Thanks for the compliments!!!
Monique: Hehehe. . . Yup!! Update quicker me!!! ^_^
Littlewolfalex: *sweatdrops* Hai. . . SO sad that they're doomed. . . But. . . You MIGHT see a change in Hiroshi. . . . *grins* I'm not GUARANTEEING anything. . . Ack!!! . I'm giving off spoilers. . *sweatdrops again* Oye. . . And I'm already onto the ending. . . So I already know what's ahead for our precious CCS characters!!! Believe me. . . It isn't pretty. . . *sweatdrops even more* Ack!!! I'm going to shut up now. . . (Just IGNORE what I said up there. . . Knowing MY writing skills, it'll all probably change. . . SOMEHOW!!!)
Disclaimer: That's right! CCS isn't mine!! Now stop bothering me you pesky people who actually LOOK for these things!
Chapter Twenty
The Next Day. . .
Sakura's eyes widen. "NANI?!!?!?!?" She screams out at the two females before her.
Meiling sweatdrops, "Sakura-chan. . . I. . ." She starts to say.
"IIE!!! Why'd you guys do this?!?" She exclaims angrily.
Meiling sweatdrops again and points to Tomoyo this time, "She did it!"
Tomoyo frowns, "Meiling-chan!" She turns to Sakura, "We found fliers and just thought it'd be fun!" She says, hoping to change Sakura's opinion.
Sakura sighs, "Demo Tomoyo-chan. . . You know I don't like to be in the spot light all the time. . ."
Tomoyo nods, "Hai Sakura-chan. . . Demo. . ." She grins at this point, "I saw it as an opportunity to make clothes for you!" She says happily.
Meiling and Sakura face fault. "Tomoyo-chan!" Sakura whines.
Tomoyo pouts at Sakura. "Onegai. . . ."
Sakura sighs, "Hai Tomoyo-chan. . . I agree. . . But ONLY and ONLY if you can get Syaoran-kun to participate!"
Meiling snickers, "And that's going to be REALLY hard to do. . . Your chances of that are VERY slim, Tomoyo-chan."
Tomoyo's eyes just twinkle, "We'll just see about that! OHOHOHOHOHOHOH!!!!" Meiling and Sakura cringe.
"She's scary like that. . ." Meiling whispers to Sakura as they watch Tomoyo keep laughing. Sakura nods in agreement.
A while later. . .
"IIE!!! I don't think so Daidouji!" Syaoran yells as he walks away from the dark haired female.
Tomoyo rushes beside him, "Now Li-kun! Let's be professional about this! We might as WELL be having fun as we stay in Hong Kong! Besides. . . Sakura-chan said that she wanted to be in it!"
Syaoran whips around suddenly, causing Tomoyo to smack into him, "Don't try that with me. Sakura already came to me and I know for a FACT that she was reeled into this business. Now if you can get ME to be in it, you're set!"
She frowns, "Sakura-chan planned this, didn't she?"
He crosses his arms, "I wouldn't know but as I was saying. . . . I WILL NOT BE IN THE STUPID DANCE!!!" He yells, agitated.
Tomoyo sighs, "Well. . . Then I guess I won't tell you what the prize is. . ."
Syaoran just shrugs, "I don't care."
"Not even if it's something I'm POSITIVE Sakura-chan likes?"
This got Syaoran curious, "What do you mean?"
"Well. . . It seems that. . ." She shakes her head, "No. . . I don't need to tell you. . . After all, what's the use if you're not going to join?"
Syaoran frowns, "How am I going to get you to tell me?" "Easy! Just join!" She grins.
He sighs, "FINE!! Okay?? Now what's the prize?"
"Actually. . . I lied!" She yells before dashing off to sign up the cute couple.
"You walked yourself RIGHT into that Syaoran-kun. . ." A voice chimes in.
Syaoran turns around again, this time to find Sakura standing right behind him. "Wait. . . You KNEW she was going to try that?"
Sakura giggles, "Hai!"
He scowls, "And you didn't tell me??"
"Actually Syaoran-kun. . . I wanted to try it out! Who knows? It COULD be fun!" She walks up to him.
He sighs, "I absolutely positively HAVE to dance?" He whines slightly.
She giggles and gives him a hug, "It's okay Syaoran-kun. . . You'll still have me to be there!"
Syaoran grins as he takes Sakura in his arms, "Of course. . . You'll be part of the torture."
She looks up with confused eyes, "Hoe??"
"I wouldn't be able to kiss you there." He states simply.
Sakura giggles and comments, "Well you can do that now. . ." She says softly.
"Yeah you're right. . . I can. . ." He leans forwards as does she.
"SAKURA-CHAN!!!" A voice calls out, interrupting their moment. Sakura sweatdrops as she sees the figure of Tomoyo rushing towards them.
She turns around, "Hai Tomoyo-chan?" She asks, slightly aggravated.
Tomoyo giggles, "I need to have some measuring done for you clothes!!!" She states as she grabs Sakura by the arm and drags her to her room. As she disappears into the room, Syaoran last hears her yell out, "You'll be next Li-kun!!" The door slams before he hears Sakura's yells for help.
Syaoran sweatdrops, "What have I gotten myself into?" He mutters to himself.
With Eriol. . .
He shakes his head. He couldn't believe what he was getting himself into. He and his other side (1) were planning on BREAKING into the Li Mansion to get the book. Why? So that these 2nd Clow Cards wouldn't be released and cause all the trouble that they were causing at this moment. Of course, with Sakura around it wasn't too hard to capture them but. . . What if they were released far from Japan? Like AMERICA! The non-magical place. . . They had to be sure that that would never happen.
Fujitaka turns around from his seat in front of Eriol. "Are you okay?" He asks.
Eriol sighs, staring out the window. "I can't stop the fact that we have to go back to Hong Kong. . ." He mutters sadly. "What's even worse is that now I know Tomoyo can feel my aura. . . She'll know that I've returned. . ."
Fujitaka blinks at his words. "Isn't that good? She'll feel safer. . ."
Eriol looks at his cute daughter's father. "Not before I tell her what we have to do. . . I don't want her to worry. . ."
Fujitaka nods at Eriol, "You're not going back, are you?"
Sighing, Eriol responds, "No. . . . Not until AFTER I'm done with this. . . I will not, No, MUST not go back to see Tomoyo-chan. I might. . . might change my mind and protect her instead."
Fujitaka nods again, "I understand. So our plan is mapped out? We will. . ." He says, stopping short.
Slightly smiling, "Yes, that's right. . . That IS our plan. And we are sticking to it." He exclaims, trying to both convince Fujitaka AND himself. Staring out the window, an image of Tomoyo smiling at him appears in his mind. 'Tomoyo-chan. . . I WILL be back. . . I promise you of that.' Eriol says in determination, making him believe his own words.
At the dance Contest. . .
Sakura steps into the auditorium, putting on the number at the back of her dress. She had been "convinced" by Tomoyo to wear a short pink dress that had fake cherry blossom flowers along the waist and diagonally in the front with no sleeves except for loose material at the ends.
Syaoran sighs at his luck, not having to wear pink but instead, green, his favorite color. With only one exception though. On the slightly big belt, a cherry blossom flower laid straight in the middle. His pants being a dark brown and his shirt a dark green, the couple seemed to form a flower right on the floor.
Syaoran spins Sakura around while looking around for his cousin and HER date. Sakura looks at Syaoran with a confused face as she lands in his arms. "Syaoran-kun?" She asks softly, trying to remember the steps she had learned.
He continues to look around but shakes his head, turning to his dancing partner. "Hai, Sakura-chan?"
"Meiling-chan will be f. . . ." She starts to say, only to be interrupted by the sound of someone behind her.
"Konnichiwa Sakura-sama." A voice greets from behind her and Syaoran.
Sakura spins around to face Meiling in the arms of Hiroshi. She grips onto Syaoran tighter and with a shaky voice replies back. "Ko-Konnichiwa Hiroshi-san."
Meiling giggles, "Sakura-chan! We're going to win this!"
Syaoran blinks as Sakura just shakes her head, not seeming to have a voice. 'That must be Hiroshi.'
Hiroshi holds out his hand to Syaoran, "Konnichiwa, I'm Kawasaki Hiroshi." He greets.
Syaoran glares, "Li Syaoran." He ignores Hiroshi's hand and holds onto Sakura, not noticing her nails digging into his shoulder.
Meiling blinks, "Shaoran-kun? Why the scowl?"
Syaoran shakes his head. "Nothing Meiling-chan. Good luck." He ends the conversation and swings Sakura to another spot on the dance floor.
Sakura exhales suddenly, as though she had been holding her breath the hold time, "Arigato Syaoran-kun. . . I wasn't sure if I should speak. . ."
Syaoran shakes his head, "Think nothing of it. . . That Kawasaki. . . He's. . . He's strange. . . I wouldn't trust him Sakura-chan."
She nods in agreement, "Hai. . . Demo. . . How will we tell Meiling-chan?"
He shakes his head again, "I don't know Sakura-chan. . . I don't know."
With Yelan. . .
Yelan stares at her remaining cards, "I don't believe it. . . After ALL that work to finally get her here, she's been able to capture HALF of the cards!!!" She bangs her fist against the table, "How can I defeat her?! She seems too strong!" She looks through her cards, trying to find the next card to use. Suddenly, two cards fly out of her deck and out of the building. "Wait!!!" She yells out. Cursing underneath her breath, she looks at the remaining eight cards. Realizing what cards they were, she smiles, "The Clow Card Mistress will not be able to handle this."
In the shadows, a male watches on, "Yelan. . . I thought you had more honor. . . Why would you think of even causing such a catastrophe? What about your daughters and your ONLY son?!" He exclaims angrily.
Yelan looks around, hearing the man's voice. "Who are you?! How DARE you sneak into the Li house!"
The man laughs at Yelan's accusations, "I would NEVER sneak. . . That's YOU Li-san. . ."
She walks closer to where the man was hidden, wondering who this man was and the AUDACITY he had. "What was this you were saying about my daughters?" She asks quietly.
The man speaks again, only this time from another location, as though he had transported there suddenly. "You have completely destroyed their view of you. . . While you're being lollygagging over some TASK the elders have given you, they have been worried over their mind!"
Yelan whips around, seeing the figure behind her. With wide eyes, she only manages to whisper out. "I don't have any daughters. . ."
The man stares at her in disbelief, "No. . . Daught. . ." He stops mid-way. "They DIDN'T!" He exclaims angrily, "They stooped that low. . ." His voice filled with venom.
Yelan gasps, "Who. . . Who are you?!" She asks him.
He turns to her and glares, "Only someone that you've known all your life. . . But after what the elders did. . . I would be surprised if you remembered me. . ." He turns on his heel, "I WILL get you free Yelan. . ." He suddenly disappears as smoke covers the whole room.
Yelan coughs and shuts her eyes as she tries to forbid the smoke to get out of her body. As she peeks out to see that the smoke had dispersed, she wonders who that man was and how he knew her. 'He. . . He seemed oddly familiar. . .' She thinks and shakes her head. 'I must concentrate. . .' She thinks to herself with determination running through her being. Yet, she still couldn't seem to rid the thought from her head. 'Where have I seen that old man before? Where?!' She thinks in frustration, wondering why she couldn't remember who he was.
With Sakura. . .
Sakura and Syaoran dance a waltz as the band plays slow music. The judge was watching them at this moment, taking notes in his clipboard every time he saw something he liked. Sakura grins as she watches the judge leave. "That. . . was tiring. . ." She mumbles as she and Syaoran stop the waltz and dance slowly, close to each other.
Syaoran chuckles, "I never knew that you could dance so well. . ."
She lays her head on his shoulder, "Nii-san decided on HIS account that the only way to get me out of the house was to sign me up for dancing lessons. . . Unfortunately, Tou-san thought it was a great idea so I was suckered into it. ." She explains, ending with a sigh.
He shakes his head, "Well. . . At least it came in handy, ne?" He points out.
Sakura grins, "Hai. . . You're right. ." She raises her head and suddenly the room turns dark. She grips onto Syaoran's body which seemed to fade. "Syaoran-kun?!" She exclaims in worry. Syaoran disappears, with a faint "Sakura-chan!" escaping his lips.
"This. . . This looks familiar!" Sakrua exclaims as she looks around the room. "It's. . . Dark!" She yells. At her words, the room quickly changes from dark, to bright. She shuts her eyes in worry. "Light!" She yells again. Peeking to see if it was all right, she finds herself in the middle of two rooms, one dark and one bright. A faint voice calls out.
"You must capture both at the same time, WITH a fight." It says to her.
Sakura closes her eyes as she pulls out her own Dark and Light Cards. "Onegai. . . Work together!" She exclaims as she hits them with her staff. "Dark! Light!" She yells.
The two cards target their rooms, Light for Dark, and Dark for Light. Sakura's eyes widen as she watches the EXACT replica for the two cards appears. With quick action, she seals the cards. "Light Card! Dark Card! Return to thy true form!" She yells as four cards form in her hand, two lights and two darks, neither having ANY difference. (2)
With the two cards captured, Sakura feels herself being returned to the dance floor. She opens her eyes to find herself in Syaoran's arms. Syaoran looks at her with worry. "Are you okay??" He asks softly, holding her tightly.
Sakura nods as she holds onto her cards tightly and her key necklace. "I'm fine. . . Did I miss much?" She asks.
"Iie. . . They're about to announce the winner and runner-ups. . ." Syaoran explains as he points at the stage.
She looks at the judges who had been whispering to each other. A male judge steps out and taps on the microphone, "Attention everybody! We are very pleased with the many different people that have come tonight and we will now be announcing our two winners. Our runner-ups are. . ." A drum roll beats as every one hopes for themselves to be the winner. The judge smiles as he reads the name off of a card, "Li Syaoran and Kinomoto Sakura!"
Sakura and Syaoran turn to each other in surprise. "We won?" They exclaim at the same time. Sakura shrugs and pulls Syaoran towards the stage. She looks out to see Tomoyo taping this very moment and she blushes in embarrassment. She turns to Syaoran who was holding the envelope with their prize.
"Now our winner is. . ." Another drum roll precedes the event. "Kawasaki Hiroshi and Li Meiling!"
Sakura's mouth opens. "Meiling-chan!!!" She cheers, as her surprise wears off. Syaoran glares as Hiroshi leads Meiling up with his arm around her waist.
'I don't trust him. . . There's something about him. . .' Syaoran continues to glare.
Meiling and Sakura wave to each other and mouth 'Congratulations' to each other. Syaoran wraps his arms around Sakura and she smiles.
The judge grins, "Aren't these couples just amazing? Now your prizes are to a night at the restaurant at Hong Kong Gallery free of charge!" (3)
Sakura giggles happily as does Meiling.
"Now let's give them a hand of applause!!" The judge yells out as he gives them a clap. Everyone does the same and all Syaoran could do was try to figure out who Hiroshi TRULY was.
To Be Continued. . .
(1) I know it's TOO deep into the story to say this. . . But in case nobody knows. . . In the anime, Eriol is the FULL reincarnation of Clow Reed. . . In the MANGA, however, Eriol AND Fujitaka are the reincarnations. . . I just wanted to point out that this WHOLE story is anime, notice Meiling, except for that concept! And maybe one or two little ones. . . But other than that. . .
(2) Yes. . . This capturing scene is COMPLETELY dull but. . . I couldn't think of what would happen. . . *sighs* Especially since she already knows that Light and Dark correspond with each other. . .
(3) ACK!!! . I could NOT in my life think of a better place!!! If anybody knows a popular place in China or a nice name for a restaurant, I'd be MORE than happy to change it!!!! ^_^ Please!!!! Thanks very much if you'll agree!!!
More reviews please?? ^_^ It'd be VERY much appreciated if you'd just drop a few words or two about what you think of the story and how it's going!! I'd be great to hear from the people who actually READ this story!! (Although. . . I DOUBT a lot do. . . *sweatdrops*) Anyway. . . Thanks for reading this far!! And. . . As a little preview. . . for the next chapter. . .
Syaoran looks around the room, tables were flipping over, people kept tripping somehow. What was CAUSING this insanity?!
Then, right in front of his eyes, a figure appears and smile at him, grabbing his foot and trying to flip him over.
"Wh-What the?!" He yells out as he almost falls over the table in surprise, NOT the figure's strength.
The little female looks at him, her eyes starting to fill up with tears.
Syaoran sweatdrops as he watches the girl start to cry, seemingly wailing about how weak it was. "This just ISN'T my day. . ." Syaoran mutters to himself in agony.
Hope you'll come back to for the next chapter!!! ^_^ Bye bye!! And remember. . . It doesn't hurt to review!!