Masterful!
By: Kamika Farinas
Shout-outs!
Animefreak242: Lolz! Yeah I know. . .Tomoyo's so slick. . . She's dealing with pain really well though. . . er. . . I think. . . ~_~ Ahh, and I felt bad for Meiling-chan, after what I'm planning on happening. . . And the story with Yelan SHOULD appear by next chapter or so. Yes, she DOES know about Syaoran. . . The only thing they DID tell her. . .but other than that. . . Don't worry about your reviews being long!! ^_^ It's great to read how much you're into it!! Hehehehe. .
Naomi Li: Ack!! You broke your ankle?? I hope you feel better!! Although this IS two months later. . ~_~
Disclaimer: Wah!! I no own CCS. . . . So sad, ne?
Chapter Twenty-One
Syaoran sighs as he sits in the restaurant. "They just don't get it, do they??" He mutters to himself. Across from him, Sakura sweatdrops as many flashes of light flash in her eyes. She turns to Syaoran, a confused look on her face. Suddenly, yells come from the crowd formed near their table.
Syaoran grumbles as he stands up, pushing away from the table. "PLEASE everyone. Disperse!! I'm trying to have a nice evening with my girlfriend!" He yells at the reporters.
This just stirs the reporters more.
"Your girlfriend? Elaborate on that!"
"What's her name?!"
"Is she part of the Li family too?"
"Whatever happened to your previous fiancé??"
Syaoran moans as he sits back down, slightly trying his best not to bang his head on the table. Sakura sweatdrops as she tries to comment to all the questions. Luckily for them but UNLUCKILY for the people who came in, the reporters pounce on them, trying to ask questions.
Meiling and Hiroshi sweatdrop as they stop right in front of the doors. "Er. . . ." Meiling starts to say.
"You're Li Syaoran's fiancé before? Right?"
"What happened to you too??"
"Is it true that HE dumped you??"
"Is this your new boyfriend? Does Syaoran know of him?"
Hiroshi glares at the reporters as he grips onto Meiling. "If you'd please, we'd like to eat now. After all, we won this fair and square and we can hardly enjoy a nice night out with people pestering us."
Meiling looks at Hiroshi, smiling. The reporters were stunned by his words, and move aside as Meiling and Hiroshi walk by.
Syaoran sighs as he finally sees the reporters leave. He turns to Sakura, finally being able to see her. Smiling at her, he takes in how gorgeous she looked, with her soft brown hair in a French twist, a long elegant light pink dress, and her light makeup. 'A goddess. . .' Syaoran thinks to himself.
Sakura blinks at Syaoran who looked slightly goofy, staring at someone/something. "Syaoran-kun??" She asks. At first, he made no action to hearing her words. Second time around, he shakes his head, trying to snap himself out of his trance.
"Hai, Sakura-chan??"
She giggles at him, "I was asking if you've decided what you've wanted to eat. . ."
Syaoran nods, "How about. . . I order for you??"
Her eyes shine at his suggestion. "Hai!"
He chuckles at her childish action.
She pouts at him, "What's so funny??"
He clasps his hands on the table and leans against them. "You are. . . ."
She raises an eyebrow. "Are you implying something??" Her eyes sparkle with mischief.
"Maybe. . ." Syaoran's lip twitches at the end.
"Now now, you'll need some punishment then."
Syaoran completely grins at this point. "Then punish me. . ."
Sakura blushes. "You'll have to wait until later."
Chuckling, Syaoran leans over. "Why not ditch dinner and just go off now?"
With wide eyes, she grabs her purse and stands up abruptively. "Uh. . . I. . ." Her cheeks rosy, she rushes to the bathroom.
Syaoran sweatdrops. "I was only kidding around. . ." He brushes back his hair as he leans back down on his chair. "Didn't think she'd take me seriously. . ." (1)
With Kero-chan. . .
Kero sighs as he lies back down. Everyone seemed to have left again. Sakura, Syaoran, and Meiling went to that restaurant for their prize. Tomoyo went to go spy on them, which he would normally do too had he not been sleeping when they left. Touya and Yukito were off, somewhere, who knew where those two go. Eriol still hadn't returned but he knew that he was in Hong Kong. He looks around Sakura's room in boredom. He would be playing video games but after you defeat Final Fantasy 10 times in a row, it starts to get boring. He spots the Sakura bear in the corner.
"Hey. . . If THEY can have romances, so can I!" Kero says as he soars through the air, landing beside the bear. With a lick of his paw and fixing his eyebrows, he winks at the bear, nodding his head. "How YOU doing??" (2)
The bear just sits there, not doing anything.
Kero walks to the other side of the bear. "Hmm. . . Strange, it usually works for that guy in the show. . . ." He shrugs cluelessly before he recognizes something. "Clow card!" He exclaims as he rushes down the stairs. "Great. . . And just HOW will I get out of here??" He flies into the living room and spots the fire place. "Perfect." He mumbles.
With Meiling. . .
Meiling smiles as she looks across the table at Hiroshi. Her eyes twinkle as she stares at him. Blushing, he takes her hand. "Meiling-s. . . chan. Are you happy here with me??"
Meiling giggles at his question. "Better question, will I be unhappy if you're here??" She shakes her head in reply. "Silly. . . Of course I'm happy you're here." She leans over, as does he. Their noses nearly touch until a sudden action causes him to lean over. They kiss softly under the candle light.
Behind them, Sakura stares with wide eyes. Sighing, she heads back to her table. Suddenly, she trips over something and lands face flat into a cake. But that wasn't just it, she somehow falls back and skids all the way to her table. Opening her eyes, she finds Syaoran staring back at her.
She groans as she feels pain.
Trying hardly, Syaoran pulls her up but he couldn't fight it anymore. He burst out laughing.
Sakura blinks at his reactions, tears appear at the corner of her eyes.
Syaoran clutches his stomach. "Gomen nasai, Sakura-chan but you look so. . ." He looks up to see Sakura disappear into the bathroom. "Sa. . . Sakura-chan??" He blinks.
Meiling, who had seen what happened, stands up angrily and walks up to Syaoran. When she reached him, she slaps him hard across the face. "You're so insensitive!" She yells at his face and rushes into the bathroom, hoping she could comfort the sad Sakura.
Hiroshi sweatdrops and shakes his head, "Some guys don't know how to deal with their girlfriends." He turns back to his food, waiting for Meiling to come back.
Syaoran stands paralyzed, not understanding WHAT just happened there. Putting his hand to his cheek, he feels the pain where Meiling had just slapped him. He sits down on his chair, with shock. "I. . . Didn't want Sakura-chan to feel sad. . ." He mutters out. With a groan, he leans against the table, landing straight into his food. With no energy left in him, he just groans some more.
With Sakura. . .
Sakura sits on top of a toilet, weeping. "How could he??" She whimpers.
"Ahh. . Don't worry about that jerk. . . He's sometimes just insensitive like that, Sakura-chan. He probably didn't mean to laugh at you so hard."
Sakura walks out of the stool. "You really think so, Meiling-chan?"
Meiling nods as she turns around to face a slightly red eyed and still cake filled Sakura. "Yeah. . . Now let's get you cleaned up, okay?? Maybe Syaoran will apologize to you when you return."
Sakura sighs, "Yeah. . . I guess. . . But that doesn't mean I forgive him. . ."
Meiling giggles, "I never said you had to! Let's play a little trick on him, huh?"
Sakura grins, "Tell me what you have in mind. . ."
With a wicked glint in Meiling's eyes, she leans over and whispers to Sakura her plan.
With Syaoran. . .
Syaoran cleans away all the food that had been mushed to his face. Hearing the bathroom doors open, he snaps up to see Sakura and Meiling heading out. Sakura sees Syaoran staring at her and raises her nose in resentment. She spins around and grabs a chair to join Meiling and Hiroshi at their table.
With a gaping mouth, he stares at them. Shaking his head, he stands up and walks towards her.
"Sakura-chan?" He asks as he reaches her.
"Yes?" She says, coldness in her voice.
"Gomen nasai. . . I didn't mean to make you mad. . ."
Sakura bites her lip, trying not to give in. "Too bad, you did! Now will you leave so that you won't interrupt our dinner?" She refers to Meiling and Hiroshi who were sitting, staring at him blankly.
Syaoran nods, "As you wish. . ." He walks away to his table. Sighing, he slouches down in his chair. Not thinking that it was any more use to stay, he yells out, "CHECK!"
Sakura spins around in surprise. "What?" She mutters.
Meiling's eyes widen. "He's going to leave?!"
They watch as Syaoran stands up and heads towards the counter to pay for the check. Meiling couldn't believe it. 'He wasn't supposed to give up!' She starts to stand and try to chase after Syaoran but was stopped by Hiroshi. "Let them work it out," He whispers as he points at Sakura who was already walking over towards Syaoran.
Meiling nods as she sits back down.
Hiroshi smiles until he felt something weird. 'Can't be. . . Yelan released a Clow Card!' "Meiling-chan. . . Can you excuse me please?"
She nods as she continues to eat, hoping that the problem between Sakura and Syaoran would be fixed up. Unfortunately, even SHE couldn't detect the powerful aura that appeared.
Suddenly a shadow appears and without anyone seeing, grabs Sakura and knocks her unconscious.
Meiling hums when suddenly a pang hits her. Moaning, she clutches her stomach. "Wh. . . What was that?!" She shakes her head. "That was really strange. . ." Arms wrap around her and a kiss greets her.
She giggles. "Hi Hiroshi-kun. . . Back, ne?"
He nods and sits down. "Yup. . ."
With Syaoran. . .
Sighing, he hands the lady the coupon which stated that their meal was free. The lady by the counter nods. "I hope you had a nice meal."
He rolls his eyes at her comment, "Yeah. . . Whatever. . ." He turns around to find Hiroshi and Meiling alone with no Sakura. "I guess she doesn't care anymore. . ." Unfortunately, he wasn't about to leave when he noticed something. 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 smiles at him, grabbing his foot and trying to flip him over.
"Wh-What the?!" He yells out as he almost falls over a 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.
He notices something. "It's. . . A Clow Card! Where's Sakura?" He mutters to himself. Picking up the card, he walks out of the restaurant, hinting towards Meiling to follow him.
Meiling blinks from across the room, then notices the card in his arms. With wide eyes, she stands up and excuses herself. Walking over to Syaoran, she nudges him to hide somehow.
He nods and they walk outside.
"What are we going to do?! Sakura-chan left. . . And we can't just seal it!" Syaoran exclaims as he tries to calm down the still crying card.
Meiling shakes her head, "Sakura-chan didn't leave. . ."
Syaoran turns to her, "What do you mean?! I turned around and she wasn't with you anymore. . ."
"She went to talk to you! What are you talking about?"
"No. . . No she didn't. . . I didn't talk to her at all!"
"What?!"
Syaoran hands the card to Meiling and pulls out his cell phone. Dialing in the number he knew by heart, he waits for Sakura's voice. Unfortunately, Sakura had turned it off and all he got was the answering machine.
"Oh no. .. It's only the answering machine! What's going on?!"
Meiling shakes her head. "Can you freeze time??" She asks quietly.
Syaoran blinks and turns to her. "Why??"
"I might be able to seal the card. But since we're in the city. . ."
Syaoran sighs, "I MIGHT. . ." Pulling out one of his papers from his sleeve, he starts to chant something underneath his breath and suddenly, everyone freezes.
"Now seal it if you can! I can't hold this for very long!" He says as he continues to chant.
Meiling nods as she pulls out her wand quickly. "Clow Card! Under my wand, you shall be sealed!" She yells, tapping the head with her wand. With a shocked look, the card suddenly starts to glow, and reverts to a Clow Card. "It. . Worked?!" She exclaims suddenly.
Syaoran smiles slightly as he reverts time to its original time. "Amazing Meiling-chan. . . I think you've gotten more powerful. . ."
A shadow watches them from a rooftop with Sakura in its arms. "I still have her, you two. . ." He chuckles as the wind blows.
To Be Continued. . .
1) LOLZ!!! Who can imagine Syaoran being so seductive?? *laughs* I actually think that was kinda sweet/perverted . . . Strange combination. . . But come on. . . You can't say it wasn't a cool scene! ^_^ I SO wanted to make Sakura say yes and rush him out. . . But hey. . I'll save that 4 the bloopers. . ^_~
2) The *snickers* pick up line that Kero-chan used was from Friends. . . Used by Joey. . . ^_^ I luv that show! Hehehehe. . .
Ahh. . I know. . . So much shorter than usual, REALLY sorry!! But I wanted to actually RELEASE this!!!! . Well. . Hope you liked it. . . It didn't come out as good as I wanted it too. . So I'm sorry for that!!
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