"…" - Talking (Duh!)
^…^ - Thinking
(…) - My daft self
CAPS - Shouting
Disclaimer: I own absolutely everything…In my dreams, and that is the one place no one can sue me, because they're my dreams and I control what goes on in them. However, in real-life, where anyone can sue me for no apparent reason, I don't own anything. * sob *
1 Camp times two
*Chapter 2: Bad to Worse*
~*~ Flashback ~*~
Thus, she sat in her tree, surrounded by her namesake, thought ^Life is definitely not going the way I want it to^, and cried herself to sleep.
~*~ End Flashback ~*~
Early in the morning, she woke up with a tear-stained face, and asked herself why she was in her tree. Then, she remembered everything that happened the previous night, with the two dreaded words she hoped the love of her life would never say ringing in her head. She started to sob again. She decided to go back in, figuring that her otou-san & onii-chan were probably worried. Not wanting to worry them any longer, she jumped out of the tree, made a perfect landing, and walked into the house.
Touya heard the door open from the kitchen and went to investigate. He saw Sakura walking in slowly and said, "Where were you last night, kai…juu…?" he trailed off at the end when he saw his sister's face. His eyes widened a bit in disbelief at the sight of her tear-stained face for less then a second ^This is not the kaijuu we all know and care for. For her to be like this… Grrr… That gaki is gonna get mauled the moment I get my hands on him^ he thought as anger and pain flashed in his eyes. Anger at Syaoran, and pain for his sister. Sakura, as if reading his thoughts, gave him a weak smile, "Please don't hurt him."
"Alright, for your sake." Touya returned to the kitchen to continue with breakfast, while his kaijuu trudged up the stairs to her room and started to cry again.
Kero heard her open the door, flew up to demand his food, but stopped himself at the sight of his mistress. As she collapsed on the bed and started to sob into her pillow, he flew over and asked, "What happened?" No answer. "It was the gaki, wasn't it?" Again no answer. "Did you break up or something?" Yet again, no answer. She just started to cry harder. Taking that as a yes, and hearing his stomach growl, he decided to raid the fridge.
He flew into the kitchen, oblivious to the fact that Touya was still making breakfast. He opened the fridge with much effort, climbed inside, and started gulping down the pudding. Touya, on the other hand, turned around the moment he heard the fridge squeak open (A/N My fridge does that sometimes). He walked over, opened the fridge, bent down, saw Kero, who was sitting his back facing Touya, and said, "Busted." Kero immediately fell over and began to act like a plushie, sweat trickling down his forehead. "Aww c'mon, quit acting and tell me what you are, stuffed animal." Touya said, while picking him up by his tail. At the sound of the two 'S' and 'A' words, Kero yanked his tail free and yelled, right in Touya's face, "I AM NOT A STUFFED ANIMAL!!!!!" Grasping his ears and wincing, Touya replied, "Alright, alright. No need to shout. If you're not a stuffed animal, what are you?" Kero flew over to the kitchen table, and told him, "I suggest you sit down on this one, kid."
Touya sat down, as Kero began to explain everything that happened, ever since Sakura was ten and opened the Book of Clow, about the countless times Syaoran saved her, Yukito being Yue, Tomoyo making battle costumes and video-taping, right up to the present eight years after all the Cardcapturing started. "But you still haven't told me what you are." Touya said.
"I, am the all powerful, with an extraordinarily high IQ, Keroberos, Guardian Beast of the Seal, appointed by Clow Reed himself to guard the Clow Cards, which are now the Sakura Cards." Touya opened his mouth to speak, but Kero took the words right out of his mouth, "And before you start saying Clow Reed was stupid to put a stuffed animal in charge of the Clow Cards, allow me to point out that this is only my false form and my true form is something you do not want to mess around with."
"Uh huh. Wait a minute, you mentioned somewhere that you had something against the gaki, didn't you?"
"So, your point is?"
"How about we join forces so you can go spy on the gaki, you are small enough. Then we can carry out our revenge."
"And who exactly are we avenging?"
"Sakura, you dimwit."
"For calling me a dimwit, though I agree to 'join forces', you have to supply me with my daily meals."
"What daily meals?"
"Breakfast, brunch, lunch, tea, dinner, supper, a midnight snack & several snacks in between."
"Alright. How much can a stuffed animal like you eat anyway?" (A/N OHOHOHOHO. Boy is he clueless.)
"I AM NOT A STUFFED ANIMAL!!!!!"
For the next few days, Sakura never left her room. She wouldn't even let Kero in. She ate and drank enough to stay alive. She wouldn't accept visitors, even Tomoyo who tried countless times to get Sakura to let her in. All she did was cry, think about her cardcapturing days, how Syaoran was always there for her, then cry again. It didn't help that her father was somewhere else in the world on a dig. Meanwhile, Touya and Kero got scheming. Kero couldn't go to his drawer to sleep, so Touya set up a bed for him in shoebox. It helped that they stayed in the same room, so they could sit on their beds late at night, do some planning at unearthly hours, and when they felt tired, they could just fall backwards and fall asleep. For them, those few days were wake up, Touya makes a whole pile of ten pancakes, meant to be shared between Sakura, Kero and himself. But once Kero smelt the pancakes, he would wolf them down. So after that, Touya would make eight more pancakes, eat four and leave the other four outside Sakura's door. Then, as Touya walks to one of his many part-time jobs, he would pass Syaoran's place and let Kero loose. Kero then did his spying while Touya went to his job. After that, on the way home, Touya would pass Syaoran's house again, and pick Kero up. At home, they would find that Sakura's only eaten one of the pancakes, and Kero will eat the rest. Touya would then make Kero a belated brunch, lunch, and tea, keeping to his side of the deal. While eating, Kero would tell him what happened that day. Then they would plan who-knows-what until dinner. Touya would make dinner, Give half of what he made, which was as much as however much four average sized male adults would eat, split the rest with Sakura, Leave her share outside her door, and join Kero. Then more scheming, collecting Sakura's plate, pouring her leftovers down the bottomless pit a.k.a. Kero, eat supper, eat midnight snack, wash the plates, go to bed, scheme a little bit more, then fall asleep.
This routine was followed, until one day, while Touya and Kero were scheming, Sakura walked down the stairs slowly. The two schemers turned to face her, in disbelief. Sakura stared for a while, then, "Kero! What…Uh…Onii-chan, I can explain."
"No need. Kero here has already done so. As you can see, we've become quite good friends."
"Oh…" Sakura said, returning to her former depressed state. "Well, in case you're wondering why I came down, I came down because I decided Syaoran had the right to be happy, even if it isn't with me." Just then, the bell rang and Tomoyo burst in, "Sakura! I need to talk to you! It's about Syaoran!"
Cliffy! My first, I might add. I just wanted to see how many flames I'll get for leaving you a cliffhanger. Plus, I think this chapter is getting a little too long. Can you guys pls tell me what you think? Are the paragraphs wacky? Too many author's notes? Pls R+R! Ja!
^…^ - Thinking
(…) - My daft self
CAPS - Shouting
Disclaimer: I own absolutely everything…In my dreams, and that is the one place no one can sue me, because they're my dreams and I control what goes on in them. However, in real-life, where anyone can sue me for no apparent reason, I don't own anything. * sob *
1 Camp times two
*Chapter 2: Bad to Worse*
~*~ Flashback ~*~
Thus, she sat in her tree, surrounded by her namesake, thought ^Life is definitely not going the way I want it to^, and cried herself to sleep.
~*~ End Flashback ~*~
Early in the morning, she woke up with a tear-stained face, and asked herself why she was in her tree. Then, she remembered everything that happened the previous night, with the two dreaded words she hoped the love of her life would never say ringing in her head. She started to sob again. She decided to go back in, figuring that her otou-san & onii-chan were probably worried. Not wanting to worry them any longer, she jumped out of the tree, made a perfect landing, and walked into the house.
Touya heard the door open from the kitchen and went to investigate. He saw Sakura walking in slowly and said, "Where were you last night, kai…juu…?" he trailed off at the end when he saw his sister's face. His eyes widened a bit in disbelief at the sight of her tear-stained face for less then a second ^This is not the kaijuu we all know and care for. For her to be like this… Grrr… That gaki is gonna get mauled the moment I get my hands on him^ he thought as anger and pain flashed in his eyes. Anger at Syaoran, and pain for his sister. Sakura, as if reading his thoughts, gave him a weak smile, "Please don't hurt him."
"Alright, for your sake." Touya returned to the kitchen to continue with breakfast, while his kaijuu trudged up the stairs to her room and started to cry again.
Kero heard her open the door, flew up to demand his food, but stopped himself at the sight of his mistress. As she collapsed on the bed and started to sob into her pillow, he flew over and asked, "What happened?" No answer. "It was the gaki, wasn't it?" Again no answer. "Did you break up or something?" Yet again, no answer. She just started to cry harder. Taking that as a yes, and hearing his stomach growl, he decided to raid the fridge.
He flew into the kitchen, oblivious to the fact that Touya was still making breakfast. He opened the fridge with much effort, climbed inside, and started gulping down the pudding. Touya, on the other hand, turned around the moment he heard the fridge squeak open (A/N My fridge does that sometimes). He walked over, opened the fridge, bent down, saw Kero, who was sitting his back facing Touya, and said, "Busted." Kero immediately fell over and began to act like a plushie, sweat trickling down his forehead. "Aww c'mon, quit acting and tell me what you are, stuffed animal." Touya said, while picking him up by his tail. At the sound of the two 'S' and 'A' words, Kero yanked his tail free and yelled, right in Touya's face, "I AM NOT A STUFFED ANIMAL!!!!!" Grasping his ears and wincing, Touya replied, "Alright, alright. No need to shout. If you're not a stuffed animal, what are you?" Kero flew over to the kitchen table, and told him, "I suggest you sit down on this one, kid."
Touya sat down, as Kero began to explain everything that happened, ever since Sakura was ten and opened the Book of Clow, about the countless times Syaoran saved her, Yukito being Yue, Tomoyo making battle costumes and video-taping, right up to the present eight years after all the Cardcapturing started. "But you still haven't told me what you are." Touya said.
"I, am the all powerful, with an extraordinarily high IQ, Keroberos, Guardian Beast of the Seal, appointed by Clow Reed himself to guard the Clow Cards, which are now the Sakura Cards." Touya opened his mouth to speak, but Kero took the words right out of his mouth, "And before you start saying Clow Reed was stupid to put a stuffed animal in charge of the Clow Cards, allow me to point out that this is only my false form and my true form is something you do not want to mess around with."
"Uh huh. Wait a minute, you mentioned somewhere that you had something against the gaki, didn't you?"
"So, your point is?"
"How about we join forces so you can go spy on the gaki, you are small enough. Then we can carry out our revenge."
"And who exactly are we avenging?"
"Sakura, you dimwit."
"For calling me a dimwit, though I agree to 'join forces', you have to supply me with my daily meals."
"What daily meals?"
"Breakfast, brunch, lunch, tea, dinner, supper, a midnight snack & several snacks in between."
"Alright. How much can a stuffed animal like you eat anyway?" (A/N OHOHOHOHO. Boy is he clueless.)
"I AM NOT A STUFFED ANIMAL!!!!!"
For the next few days, Sakura never left her room. She wouldn't even let Kero in. She ate and drank enough to stay alive. She wouldn't accept visitors, even Tomoyo who tried countless times to get Sakura to let her in. All she did was cry, think about her cardcapturing days, how Syaoran was always there for her, then cry again. It didn't help that her father was somewhere else in the world on a dig. Meanwhile, Touya and Kero got scheming. Kero couldn't go to his drawer to sleep, so Touya set up a bed for him in shoebox. It helped that they stayed in the same room, so they could sit on their beds late at night, do some planning at unearthly hours, and when they felt tired, they could just fall backwards and fall asleep. For them, those few days were wake up, Touya makes a whole pile of ten pancakes, meant to be shared between Sakura, Kero and himself. But once Kero smelt the pancakes, he would wolf them down. So after that, Touya would make eight more pancakes, eat four and leave the other four outside Sakura's door. Then, as Touya walks to one of his many part-time jobs, he would pass Syaoran's place and let Kero loose. Kero then did his spying while Touya went to his job. After that, on the way home, Touya would pass Syaoran's house again, and pick Kero up. At home, they would find that Sakura's only eaten one of the pancakes, and Kero will eat the rest. Touya would then make Kero a belated brunch, lunch, and tea, keeping to his side of the deal. While eating, Kero would tell him what happened that day. Then they would plan who-knows-what until dinner. Touya would make dinner, Give half of what he made, which was as much as however much four average sized male adults would eat, split the rest with Sakura, Leave her share outside her door, and join Kero. Then more scheming, collecting Sakura's plate, pouring her leftovers down the bottomless pit a.k.a. Kero, eat supper, eat midnight snack, wash the plates, go to bed, scheme a little bit more, then fall asleep.
This routine was followed, until one day, while Touya and Kero were scheming, Sakura walked down the stairs slowly. The two schemers turned to face her, in disbelief. Sakura stared for a while, then, "Kero! What…Uh…Onii-chan, I can explain."
"No need. Kero here has already done so. As you can see, we've become quite good friends."
"Oh…" Sakura said, returning to her former depressed state. "Well, in case you're wondering why I came down, I came down because I decided Syaoran had the right to be happy, even if it isn't with me." Just then, the bell rang and Tomoyo burst in, "Sakura! I need to talk to you! It's about Syaoran!"
Cliffy! My first, I might add. I just wanted to see how many flames I'll get for leaving you a cliffhanger. Plus, I think this chapter is getting a little too long. Can you guys pls tell me what you think? Are the paragraphs wacky? Too many author's notes? Pls R+R! Ja!
