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FINALLY, THE DARK CLOSET!!!!!!!!!! I've been waiting so long to write this chap and ooohhh… it's gonna be so fun…. :) Hope everyone had a nice Christmas, cuz I certainly did… I've been to like 1000 parties now and there's gonna be anotha one today, tomorrow, and the day after… ahh, heaven (just cuz it gets me outta working… lol) Oh, and I decided that starting from the next chapter, I'm gonna stop adding pre-chapter comments (unless if something REALLY important comes up and you better read it if there is something) as to let u get to the fic immediately. I'm still gonna leave the Disclaimer just incase some nutcase decides to try and sue me… now, to the DARK CLOSET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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---…--- talking inside the closet
Disclaimer: don't even THINK about suing me cuz I don't own anything…nothing…zero…nada…zip…get the point? CLAMP owns everything *sob*
*~*Cherribaby*~*
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When Dares Go Wrong…
The Closet…
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"My…I'm truly scared now… but what I'm wondering is what you would be saying after I tell everyone about the lovely picture of Sakura that you place on your nightstand in your bedroom… dear descendent…"
Syaoran's face turned pale and he slowly dropped his fist, the blood draining out of his body. "H-How did you-"
"Oh, I know a lot of things…" Eriol gave him a chillingly devilish smile, as Syaoran interpreted it.
"FINE! I agree… "
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*So when did the oh-so-smart Syaoran Li become a stupid crackhead???* Even Syaoran himself didn't know how to answer that. When he thought back on Eriol and his conversation in the bathroom, he realized that everything could've been solved if he had simply punched Eriol in the face and murdered him. Too bad it would stain the bathroom tiles. And it probably wouldn't have gone too well with his mother (or Tomoyo).
"Ok everyone, you know the rules…" Eriol Hirragizawa smirked. "You and your partner HAVE TO do something in the closet… and we HAVE TO hear some sort of sound or else we'll know you're not doing anything in there."
"Just fake some constipation sounds." Syaoran muttered as Eriol glared at him.
"AHEM, as I was saying… you and your partner will be chosen randomly through the hat." The evil magician held up a seemingly normal black hat that Syaoran was beginning to hate already. "And that's it! Any questions?"
Sakura blushed, whispering in a shy tone, "ummm… I never remembered it being a rule that err… you had to do something in the closet…"
"Well, my dear Sakura-san, let's just say we're going to try something new."
"Yeah… something new that involves killing ourselves." Syaoran once again interrupted.
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"First couple up! …" Eriol dug his hands into the hat and pretended to concentrate, "…Chiharu and Yamazaki!!!" Everyone smiled as Chiharu dragged Yamazaki into the locked closet and immediately pressed their ears to hear what was going on once the two got inside.
---"…And did you know that closets such as these were once made of dog poop?… you see… the stench would kill the people inside, little by little, that's why they were once called 'The Poopy Killer Closet'…"--- Everyone sighed as they recognized one of Yamazaki's good old stories and knew exactly what was coming next.
---"LIES, LIES, ALL LIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" --- Came Chiharu's frustrated scream along with a very audible sound of a hammer coming down on someone.
"That was a lie?" Sakura asked, looking confused. Everyone sweatdropped.
"OOOKKKK… Three minutes up! Guys, come on out!!!" Eriol yelled toward the door, shaking his head at Sakura's denseness.
Chiharu barged out, a huge hammer in one hand, and her other hand around Yamazaki's throat. "Akkkk… I'm…dying…." Was all the boy could manage.
"Well… at least they did something!" Tomoyo nervously watched Yamazaki drop to the floor, unconscious.
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"Our next couple… is…"
"Speed it up, Hirragizawa, we don't have all day here …" Syaoran muttered, tapping his foot impatiently.
"Why, what a rude thing to say to your kind ancestor, little descendent…" Eriol faked a shocked, but evil, expression and continued, "… why the hurry? Say, you don't happen to be wanting to go in the closet next with some certain person, do you?"
Syaoran scowled, turning a lovely red, and shut up.
Eriol looked down at the two slips of paper in his hand and smiled sincerely at Tomoyo. "… it's me and Tomoyo's turn…"
"Oh dear god, I'm scared…" Syaoran muttered, knowing exactly what was going to happen in the closet once Eriol was with Tomoyo: LOTS of inappropriate stuff.
---*kiss* *kiss* *kiss* *moan* *kiss* *kiss* *kiss* *moan*---
Kero quickly shouted toward everyone in a commanding way, "Ok, kids, clamp your hands over your ears, there's some very *cough* inappropriate stuff going on in there that's definitely not suitable for young children… sheesh, this should be rated R…" The whole company laughed and leaned in even more toward the door, straining to hear what was happening.
---*groan* "Tomoyo, you are good…" *groan*--- Sakura's eyes popped out of their sockets as did everyone else's, except Syaoran. He was casually running his hand through his messy brown hair, acting as if nothing was wrong. He hadn't exactly expected Eriol to go that far, but then again, it was Eriol+Tomoyo+a dark and locked closet… so what else would you expect? He simply muttered, "change that to rated NC-17…"
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15 minutes had passed and Eriol and Tomoyo were still in the closet, making some very nerving sounds. Naoko shook her head, muttering, "sheesh, what's taking them so long?… are they doing 'it' or something???…"
"In a closet???" Sakura's eyes widened as everyone snickered.
Syaoran smirked and explained to an innocent Sakura, "you see, Sakura, Eriol really couldn't wait any longer so he decided to skip the bedroom and just let it all out in the closet…" Sakura looked horrified and Kero immediately flew toward Syaoran, glaring.
"Kid, don't go around saying those things… Sakura's mind is becoming stained because of you!!!!" The yellow stuffed animal shot angrily while Syaoran just shrugged.
---"Ohhh… Tomoyo… I never knew you were so experienced…"--- Another groan came from within the closet and Kero quickly shouted.
"OK, THAT'S ENOUGH OVER THERE!!!!!!! IT'S BEEN 30 FRIGGIN MINUTES ALREADY!!!!!!" A moment later, Eriol and Tomoyo came out, one grinning and the other blushing. Almost all of the buttons on Tomoyo's dress had came off and her hair had fell out of its ponytail. Eriol's shirt was half open and his belt was gone. There was silence as everyone observed the two's ruffled clothing, coming up with a pretty good idea of what had happened in the closet. (and you would've thought the sounds coming out of it would be way more than enough to know what was going on…)
Syaoran smirked again, saying to Eriol, "I find it truly amazing that both of you still manage to have some clothing left on…"
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"The third couple will be…" Syaoran yawned lazily but stopped as he felt a sudden wave of magic coming from Eriol. *What the hell is that bastard planning to do now…* He didn't have to wait long to find out.
"…well, what do you know… the next couple to go in the closet happens to be… my dear descendent and Sakura-san…"
Syaoran and Sakura both froze, wondering whether they had gone deaf. "HELLOOO???" Eriol waved his hands infront of the two unmoving faces.
"THE NEXT COUPLE UP IS SYAORAN AND SAKURA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Kero screamed at the top of his tiny lungs, his whole yellow body shaking. Finally, the two reacted with some emotion… they started blushing.
*I'm so going to kill you after this, Eriol… * was the only thought on Syaoran's mind as he and Sakura, both tomato red, started toward the door. Before he closed the closet behind him, he gave the smirking Eriol a damn you glare.
The magician rubbed his hands together as his face gave off an extremely evil look. "This is going to be very interesting… very interesting indeed…"
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*Damn. Shit. Damn. Shit. Damn…* The two nervous figures fidgeted and looked anywhere but at each other. Syaoran was planning more ways to kill Eriol as Sakura wondered how she had gotten herself into this mess.
"Umm… so…" She decided to break the silence, thanking god that Syaoran couldn't see her heated face.
"Yeah…so…" He couldn't do any better and tried desperately to think of something interesting to talk about, cursing his head for blanking out on him now. *Eriol…you bastard!!! This is all your fault!* Syaoran knew very well that Eriol was the cause, this being another one of the magician's plans that proved exactly how evil he was. He knew that Syaoran had liked Sakura for just about his whole life. He also knew that being trapped with Sakura in a dark closet was the worst torture Syaoran could ever receive. So then he goes and locks him with Sakura in a dark closet.
Evil.
"…so… whatcha wanna do?…" Sakura's voice was slightly quivery, signaling her nervousness, but nonetheless, sweet innocence was heard in every word. Syaoran couldn't help but smile.
"Sheesh… Sakura… you think we're supposed to do something?" He playfully mocked her.
"Hmph… you're so mean, Syaoran-kun… if we're supposed to do something, then why aren't we???"
Syaoran blushed as Sakura called him 'Syaoran-kun'. *-kun means we're close friends… but I wish we were even closer than that, Sakura…* Something took over him and before he could stop himself, Syaoran started leaning in toward the dark shadow of Sakura's face. Closer… closer… and closer..
'kiss her…' a little voice in the back of his head whispered. Suddenly when he was only inches away, Syaoran snapped out of his daze and quickly turned his head to the opposite direction, away from the confused face of Sakura. *Stupid!! You could've kissed her!!!* He felt like kicking himself for ruining the chance (and probably the only chance he would ever get in his life) of kissing the one he loved. But he tried his best to control himself, never noticing the pained look on Sakura's face nor the tear that trickled down her cheek. The darkness hid it all.
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"Why isn't anything happening??? There's no noise…" Tomoyo looked frantically toward Eriol as he patted her back, signaling her to be patient. Soon, they heard the two's voices.
"Be smart, dear descendent… just kiss her…" Eriol stared at the door, as if that would control Syaoran's actions. There was silence again and then a shuffling noise, sounding as if someone had turned around. "Stupid… he ruined his chance…" The dark haired boy had already guessed what had happened and shook his head. Tomoyo sighed, wondering what had gone wrong in their plan. The closet door opened quietly and Syaoran and Sakura stepped out, both silent and lost in their own thoughts.
*Great… two lovebirds go into the closet and they come back looking like mummies…the 'wolf' and the 'cherry blossom'… if everything about them was right, then what went wrong?…* Eriol thought intensely, pulling his hand out of the hat as he picked the next couple.
"Ruby Moon and Spinel!" He feigned an encouraging smile as Syaoran looked horrified.
"Oh noooo… THEY ARE NOT GOING INTO THE CLOSET TOGETHER!!!!!" The amber eyed boy yelled right away but no one heeded him.
Kero quickly stepped up and crossed his arms, "I'm going in with them… there's NO way I'm being left out!" Eriol nodded, a little worried himself just looking at Syaoran's face that currently went up in flames.
"ESPECIALLY NOT WITH YOU, STUFFED ANIMAL!!!!!!!!" He pointed at the blob of yellow. Automatically, Kero bit his finger.
Sakura sighed, sweatdropping. *Those two never change…* She suddenly thought back on what had happened in the closet. *He was going to kiss me… nah!… that can't be… after all, why would he want to kiss me?… he probably already has a girlfriend…* Sakura remembered how shocked she had been and then the disappointment and sadness that had washed over her when he suddenly turned away. She quickly shook her head, clearing it from depressing thoughts, and put on a fake smile.
Syaoran was scared, horrified, terrified… you get the point. He was waiting for the moment when his whole house would somehow blow up… anything could happen when Kero and Spinel were together, not to mention with Ruby Moon. He didn't have to wait long for voices burst from the closet once the trio went in.
---"Guess what Spinel???!!! I've got a treat for you…"--- Kero's somewhat menacing voice came from behind the door and Syaoran's eyes widened, suddenly remembering the sugar cube that Kero had been holding when he went into the closet.
"OH SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!" Too late. Sounds coming from inside suggested that Kero had managed to feed Spinel the sugar cube, after some struggle. Right before his eyes, the closet burst into flames as a grinning Kero, a fire spurting Spinel, and a dreamy eyed Ruby Moon came running out.
"KERO!!!!!! You know that Spinel can't have sugar…" Sakura gave the yellow animal a disapproving look as the creature lowered his tiny head, figuring that getting his master mad was not a good idea.
Syaoran's eyes watered, watching the fire die down to reveal ashes and a huge hole in the middle of his house where the closet had once occupied. Eriol smirked and said in a faked motherly voice, "dear descendent, when you have to cry, just go ahead and let it all out…"
Syaoran had had enough. He did what he had wanted to do ever since the party started.
He launched his fist directly into Eriol's face.
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SYAORAN PUNCHED ERIOL!!!!! Well, there you have it, you asked for it, you got it (I didn't really feel like writing about Eriol hanging off a tree, though it would be quite entertaining ^.^ so be satisfied with a punch!) …poor Yamazaki, he seems to be fainting a lot lately… first he gets crushed by a clock, then Eriol punches his ribs out, and next comes Chiharu with her hammer… *sigh* oh well, had to pick on somebody…
I'm soooo sorry!!! I couldn't make Syaoran kiss Sakura cuz… that would ruin all the fun!!!!! … I've got a surprise (a evil one, nonetheless) waiting for you in the next chap… wheneva that'll be up ^___^; … REVIEW!!!!! (was it me or did this chap have a depressing tone behind it?… probably cuz I still couldn't get S+S totally together yet… *sniff*)
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