"." - Talking (NO Duh!)
^.^ - Thinking
(.) - My daft self
. - Singing/Battle Chants (I just found their battle chants and am going
to use them in future chapters)
CAPS - Shouting or emphasis on that word
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Camp times two
*Chapter 11: Camp two, Day two*
~*~ Flashback ~*~
"Oops. Sorry." Sakura started blushing too, realising what she had just done. They walked back upstairs and went to bed.
~*~ End Flashback ~*~ (They have a Battle of the Sexes session first, then lunch, a Battle of the Sexes session again, rafting, free time, dinner and a jungle night walk)
The next morning, at breakfast, Everybody was wearing their pyjamas. Sakura was wearing pink jammies, a pyjama top and matching drawstring short shorts, with cherry blossoms and white rabbits' heads everywhere. She also had on a pink terry cloth robe.
Syaoran was wearing a dark green baggy T-shirt and a knee-length pair of shorts.
Tomoyo was wearing a rich purple lacy nightie that showed a bit of cleavage through the lace. She wore a sheer silk robe over it that still didn't manage to cover THE bit.
Meiling was wearing a tight red T-shirt and tight gold micro shorts. She wore a red silk kimono embroidered with gold phoenixes, without bothering to tie it up properly.
Eriol wore simple Navy pyjamas.
Touya wore the same thing as Syaoran except all in black.
Nakuru wore a big T that JUST covered her bum, causing most of the boys in the room to stare, also causing an attempted murder on Takashi.
Yukito wore light blue pyjamas with little rabbits' heads on them.
Chiharu, Rika and Naoko wore simple matching satin slips in different colours.
Takashi wore the same as Syaoran and Touya, in all dark red.
Ryu, Fuji and Satoshi wore Ts from their ECAs, martial arts, basketball and com club, respectively and black knee length shorts.
The Chen triplets wore the same as Syaoran, but the top in ultra dark versions of their colours, and the shorts black.
The Ling triplets wore black shorts that looked more like undies & tops similar to what they usually wore but slit down the middle and laced up in black ribbon, showing off their exceptionally large cleavage, and causing ALL the boys to stare and causing Takashi to have to leave early due to dizziness from getting hit on the head with a spoon repeatedly.
Sakura and Syaoran were avoiding each other and blushing constantly. Tomoyo and the others from Tomoeda looked at each other knowingly, with little smiles on their faces which no one else could quite understand, except for Touya, who, instead, had an angry flush in his cheeks. It wasn't till Lara, Kara & Tara chased Tomoyo and Meiling down after breakfast and questioned them when other people than those from Tomoeda knew what was going on. Tomoyo and Meiling looked at each other and started giggling, which turned into 'rolling on the floor laugh'ing. Tara asked confusedly, "What? What's going on?"
"Well," Tomoyo said, "We always knew that Syaoran and Sakura had a thing for each other, and judging their behaviour this morning, something MUST've happened between light's off and breakfast."
The triplets looked at each other, clasped their hands together and got all starry-eyed, "KE AAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII~" (Cute in mandarin)
Tomoyo and Meiling sweatdropped and everyone went to their rooms.
When the two girls got back to their room, they found Sakura hunched up in the corner of her bunk, staring into space, holding something attached to her neck, blushing constantly, going through many expressions, but blushing anyway.
Tomoyo smirked, rested her arm on the top bunk, looked at Sakura for two seconds, and said, "Spill."
Sakura looked up, and blushed even harder, "Nothing."
Then, Meiling realised that what she was holding onto was not what they had originally thought - the Star Key - as it was hanging on the doorknob. "So... What's that?"
Sakura was concentrating on her and Tomoyo's 'It's not nothing. Yes it is. No it's not.' War and wasn't paying close attention to what Meiling was asking. "What? This?" She opened her hand to reveal a glass sphere. Suddenly she realised what she had done and, "Oops."
Tomoyo and Meiling looked at each other and suddenly, "Ooooooooooooh~."
They literally dragged her done and said, "Time to dress up. C'mon, you've got to look your best. And I can think of the perfect outfit..."
*After a long-but-not-so-long time*
They met back downstairs and once again, "NO! NO! NOOOOOO! RUINED! OUR PLANS! RUINED! CAN YOU DOLTS EVER BE PUNCTUAL?!"
That, like last time, was Touya. They were only a couple minutes late but that still pissed Touya off.
Sakura was wearing a pink slightly V-neck tube top slightly above the navel, a halter top slightly bluish, slightly dark grey bra that could be tied behind the neck, low boot cut jeans in dark blue, her panty (matches the bra) straps showed quite a bit above the hem of her jeans, dark grey ankle boots and her crystal sphere (given to her by Syao-kun, remember?) She had her hair tied in a ponytail, which was then 'doubled up' several times until there was a cute bit sticky slightly sideways. She wore light pink lipstick, eyeshadow and lip-gloss.
Syaoran was staring, drooling and wearing brown bermudas, a white T-shirt, and a green loose shirt left unbuttoned.
Tomoyo wore a short dark grey pair of tight bicycle shorts, a tight royal purple off the shoulder top that had thick translucent normal straps and a neckline that dipped slightly, ankle socks and dark grey & royal purple sports shoes. She tied her hair in a long swishy ponytail. She wore plum lip-gloss and eyeshadow.
Yukito, Touya and Nakuru wore the camp counsellor T-shirts and jeans.
Eriol wore a navy T-shirt and black baggy pants.
Takashi, Fuji, Ryu and Satoshi wore the same thing except their shirts were orange, blue, black and red respectively.
Chiharu wore a red, ribbed, turtleneck, sleeveless maxi-sweater, white cotton tights and red & white sneakers. She doubled up her hair such that there were three 'loops' on each side. She wore bright red lipstick and nought else.
Rika wore a yellow crop top, white shorts and black sports shoes. She wore a yellow headband and a lock of hair was hanging in front apart from her other hair. She painted a yellow shooting star on her left cheek.
Naoko wore a classic white T-shirt, jeans and brown cowgirl boots. She let her hair loose and tucked one side behind her ear. She wore clear lip- gloss.
The Ling triplets wore their usual shorts, their usual boots, their usual socks, black fingerless gloves, and the tops they wore to bed, except now with a bra. They separated their hair into three 'rows', tied the top into two top ponytails, the middle with the two top ponytails, and the gathered all their hair together at the nape of their necks, made a braid and tied the end with a scrunchy. They wore their usual lip-glosses.
The Chen triplets wore black bermudas and their usual everything else.
They went out to the lake and Yukito announced that they were going to do a Battle of the Sexes. First, "You guys have to come up with the most creative way to get across that obstacle course," He pointed to an obstacle course which consisted of, first, monkey bars, a single bar, not to be confused to a balance beam, it is horizontal, then ropes hanging from framework, then balance beams, joined together to make a winding thingy, last, a concrete wall, "BUT, you're not allowed to touch the floor."
They discussed for a while and it was decided that Sakura and Syaoran would rep the two groups.
Sakura went first. She made a running jump, clung onto the first bar, swung herself up and flipped twice, jumped off the last bar onto the horizontal bar, jumped onto the middle of a rope, swung herself up to the top of the framework, jumped onto the second section, ran the rest of that section than handless-cartwheeled the third, sprinted the last section, turned at the last moment and back-flipped over the wall, making a perfect landing.
Syaoran went next. He ran across the monkey bars, bounced off the bar & the top of the framework onto the sectioned bars, jumped from the beginning of the first bar to that of the next, then the next, then the last onto the concrete wall, and down.
Of course, the girls won. They had to change into their swimsuits for the next game.
Sakura wore a black sports bra like two-piece with pink stripes down the side.
Tomoyo wore a more revealing purple string bikini.
Meiling wore a halter-top one piece that from where a bikini top would start to where a bikini bottom would start was translucent. The opaque bits were red and the translucent bit was translucent gold.
Chiharu wore a yellow tankini.
Naoko wore a metallic aqua tankini, except that the top was a tube top.
Rika wore a metallic white one-piece that had a bare/cross back.
The Ling triplets wore cross back two pieces with a low cut bottom in their colours.
The guys wore not-so-tiny Speedos, Syaoran in dark green, Eriol in navy, Takashi in dark red, Satoshi in red, Ryu in black, Fuji in white and the Chen triplets in two tone black & dark green/blue/red.
The counsellors wore jeans and their T-shirts.
They had to pair 8 pple together, preferably of the same height, each pair will support a bamboo pole on their shoulders, and the last person would have to run across from pole to pole and at the last one dive off into the lake. In order not to make things too difficult, they're allowed to move the poles forward so that the last jump isn't too difficult.
The Ling triplets had done something like this before in their 3D/2N camp in primary school, so they automatically became leaders in this event. Lara became the 'odd one out', being the best diver amongst the three. The pairs are Tomoyo & Sakura, Chiharu & Rika, Naoko & Meiling and Tara & Kara. Lara had asked them to stand at even distances apart such that Tara & Kara were one step away from the lake. Tara, Kara, Tomoyo, Sakura and Meiling knew that she would be fine but the other three had their doubts.
Xi Lang insisted on challenging Lara, and paired them off Syaoran & Eriol, Takashi & Ryu, Fuji & Satoshi and Xi Ling & Xi Long. He copied the girls' style, asking them to stand at even distances apart such that Xi Ling & Xi Long were one step away from the lake. He, of course, was not very experienced in this, so he didn't quite expect what was to come.
They were to be judged by speed and the team with the better dive got one second cut from their time.
Lara running-jumped onto the first pole, then hopped to the next, then the next and spun before landing on her sisters' and did a triple somersault, diving in backwards. This took 5.52 secs.
Xi Lang wasn't so lucky. He did a running jump and copied what Lara had done until he got to Fuji and Satoshi. There, he lost his balance as Fuji was at least 3 inches (7.5 cm) taller than Satoshi. He slid downwards towards Satoshi and when he regained his balance, he jumped back to Takashi & Ryu and jumped straight onto his brothers' pole, then dived off, spinning twice before entering without a splash. This took... (dum dum dum duuuuuum) ... 11.88 secs.
The three counsellors thought Lara made a more impressive dive, rubbing salt into the wounds.
They had to change out of their swimsuits for lunch and all the way back & to the dining hall, the Ling triplets were gloating.
At lunch, Sakura was wearing a crop white windbreaker, a pink tube top with a slit at the top, slits at the sides and SAKURA HIME written in the bottom left corner, a low cut bootcut pair of white pants with a chain belt that had metal beads saying GAL PWR strung in it. She had pink and white sports shoes on. She wore ten-inch-long shoulder sweepers (REALLY long dangly earrings) with female signs at the bottom & a choker that had a cherry blossom in the centre and extended downwards ten inches into a female sign. She wore pink lipstick with pink sparkly lip-gloss, a slick of sparkly pink eyeshadow on her right eye & sparkly pink eyeshadow all over her left eyelid narrowing outwards into a solitaire flatbacked rhinestone. Her nails were painted pearlised pink. She tied her hair in a ponytail with a few bits to frame her face.
Tomoyo wore a metallic royal purple long sleeved crop top that had a hem that sloped downwards. Her black miniskirt sloped downwards too. She wore white ribbed knee-length socks and black pumps. Her hair was tied with an off-white ribbon into a high ponytail. She had on purple lipstick and lavender eyeshadow.
Meiling wore a red chinese style silk sleeveless top cut off at one inch below where a bikini top would end. The seams and 'buttons' were gold. The ribbons she used to tie her two pigtails were two toned red and gold, the one on the left mainly gold, the other one mainly red. She wore with it a red silk baggy drawstring skirt, the hem and string (the drawstring string) gold, and with a golden phoenix embroidered on the front & a golden dragon on the back. She wore gold lipstick and with red lip-gloss, making it shine red. She wore gold eyeshadow with it. For earrings, she wore gold studs with 1 cm chains dangling from them, and at the end of the left was feng, the Chinese character meaning phoenix, and on the right long, the Chinese character meaning dragon.
Chiharu wore a white three-quarter sleeve T-shirt with yellow sleeves, yellow collar & hems and 'Love you yet hate you' written in front in sparkly yellow lettering. She wore dark blue Ladies Bootcut jeans from Giordano. She had on clear lip-gloss and tan eyeshadow.
Naoko wore a simple blue tank top with 'crush' on the front in black lettering and the same jeans as Chiharu. She, unlike the others, found no need to put on any makeup.
Rika wore a denim empire-line mini dress, knee-length white socks and denim pumps. She put on pinkish lip-gloss and blue eyeshadow.
The Ling triplets had on what they had before except with a black halter- top slightly longer than their original tops underneath their original tops. They wore their usual makeup and shoes and everything else.
Nakuru decided to join the fashion fest and wore a 'pearlised' white tube top and a maroon ankle-length skirt that had a slit down the sides starting from mid thigh. She wore over it a translucent maroon coat with no buttons and only two inches shorter than her skirt. She accompanied this outfit with a pair of brown soft leather combat boots. She wore maroon lipstick and a thin line of maroon eyeshadow.
The guys wore what they had earlier on.
Touya and Yukito wore normal T-shirts, Touya in black and Yukito in white, and jeans.
They met Tenji and Co. (they're on Cabin 6's left) on the way to the dining hall and Tomoyo, Nakuru, Chiharu, Naoko & Rika immediately formed a protective circle around Sakura, while Takashi, Satoshi & Yukito moved to the girls' left and the rest of the boys, the Ling triplets & Meiling moved to the girls' left, Ryu and Fuji right inside, the two sets of triplets in a row making the second 'layer' and Eriol, Syaoran, Meiling & Touya right outside, but with Touya consistently glaring at Tenji, there was no need for all the trouble.
Inside, there was no trouble for anyone either. They all ate their food in peace and left last, in case Tenji was going to try anything.
After that, it was revealed that there was going to be three-on-three match of basketball. The two sets of triplets stood up immediately despite protests from the others.
Tara and Xi Ling were assigned captain, Kara and Xi Lang attack & Lara and Xi Long defence. They were a bit short on time so the game was cut short to 15 mins.
First, the girls got the ball, and Kara was about to make a three-pointer until Xi Long intercepted and passed the ball to Xi Lang. Xi Lang was going to make a dunk shot before Lara punched upwards, making the ball fly out of his hands. Unfortunately, Lara was standing under the hoop when he fell downwards and was almost crushed under the impact. There a loud screaming, "GET OFF ME YOU HENTAI!!"
Xi Lang was pushed backwards as Lara jumped up and onto her feet and she dusted her clothes. Suddenly, Xi Lang felt a sharp pain in the back of his head. "HEY!"
Kara had kneed him, "We girls stick together."
There would have been a big fight if Nakuru hadn't shouted for them to stop and ushered them indoors to start the karaoke competition early.
The rules of the game were simple. The losing team had to do a forfeit and... "If there is a tie, our lead singers will do a DUET!" Nakuru said, making Syaoran and Sakura blush.
Syaoran sang Queen of My Heart, Sakura sang Not Pretty Enough, Eriol did Uptown Girl, Tomoyo did Once Upon A December, the Chen triplets did Clint Eastwood and the Ling triplets did Lady Marmalade. True enough, there was a tie.
Syaoran and Sakura blushed like hell when that was announced. (Syaoran is Sy and Sakura is Sa) They were to do At The Beginning.
The starting music started and...
Sa We were strangers starting out on a journey, Never dreaming what we'd have to go through. Now here we are, and I'm suddenly standing At the beginning with you.
Sy No one told me I was going to find you, Unexpected, what you did to my heart. When I lost hope, you were there to remind me
Sa/Sy This the start. And life is a road that I wanna keep going, Love is a river that I wanna keep flowing, Life is a road, now and forever, Wonderful journey. I'll be there when the world stops turning, I'll be there when the storm is through, In the end I wanna be standing At the beginning with you.
Sa We were strangers on a crazy adventure.
Sy Never dreaming how our dreams would come true.
Sa Now here we stand,
Sy Unafraid of the future,
Sa/Sy At the beginning with you. And life is a road that I wanna keep going, Love is a river that I wanna keep flowing, Life is a road, now and forever, Wonderful journey. I'll be there when the world stops turning, I'll be there when the storm is through, In the end I wanna be standing At the beginning with you.
Sy Knew there was somebody somewhere, Like me alone in the dark. Now I know that my dream will live on, I've been waiting so long,
Sa/Sy Nothing's gonna tear us apart. And life is a road that I wanna keep going, Love is a river that I wanna keep flowing, Life is a road, now and forever, Wonderful journey. I'll be there when the world stops turning, I'll be there when the storm is through, In the end I wanna be standing At the beginning with you. And life is a road that I wanna keep going, Love is a river I wanna keep going
Sy on
Sa Starting out on a journey.
Sa/Sy And life is a road that I wanna keep going, Love is a river that I wanna keep flowing, In the end I wanna be standing At the beginning with you.
There was a great applause as the two blushed.
Everyone was bored with nothing to do until Tara decided to fill Xi Ling's empty cup with soil. That started a huge argument which led, later, to a fight out back. That gave Syaoran an idea, "Hey, Sakura, without anything much happening, you don't suppose we could use a little training in sword fighting, could we?"
"Sure, I guess. I've gotten a bit rusty. But the others will see."
"Easily solved, we'll duel on the roof, making it more challenging."
"Great! I'll go get my key."
They leapt from the trees up to the roof and started. There was a clanging of metal, which, soon after, attracted the others' attention. There they were, balancing with one foot behind the other, defending and attacking. Even the triplets stopped fighting to watch. Suddenly, Sakura saw Tenji at the corner of her eye watching them from the balcony of the opposite cabin. She slipped and fell. Syaoran didn't mange to catch her arm in time and everyone thought she was a goner, when suddenly a large sword fell onto the floor...Syaoran's sword. Somehow, he leapt down faster than Sakura fell and caught her in his arms. "You okay?"
Sakura couldn't speak. Her heart was beating faster than the second last line of the chorus of Catch You Catch Me... juz joking. Let's just say it was fast. There she lay, in Syaoran's arms....
Suddenly,"KAWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII~ !"
Everyone turned and saw Tomoyo, V8 in hand, all starry-eyed. Everyone sweatdropped, knowing she would never change.
Sakura and Syaoran started blushing as he carefully lay her on her feet, supporting her at first then letting her stand on her own. He picked up their swords and passed hers to her. She waited till they got back before she returned the sword into the staff into the key.
*Later*
Some of them altered their outfits for dinner. Sakura changed her pants for a similar skirt. Tomoyo changed into ankle boots and an ankle-length version of her original skirt. Nakuru had taken a 3 inch wide silk maroon ribbon and tied it round the coat, round her waist.
There was no trouble from Tenji at dinner either. Or ANY trouble for that matter.
They went back and started preparing for the jungle walk. They were given a map with a route for them to follow. The maps were numbered 1 thru 9, meaning that two people would get the same route and they would be partners for the walk.
Eriol, once again, worked some of his magic, and the partners are, Syaoran and Sakura, Tomoyo and himself, Meiling and Fuji, Rika and Ryu, Chiharu and Takashi, Naoko and Satoshi, Xi Ling and Tara, Xi Lang and Lara & Xi Long and Kara. The counsellors, of course, weren't going.
There were a lot of red faces, seven of them with anger, when this was announced. They were, by now, in their 'uniforms', the camp T-shirts and shorts. Touya couldn't stop glaring at Syaoran.
They went to the dining hall, and when they got there, they spotted Tenji, him being they only one with hair dyed five colours. His blondie friend started trying as hard as he could to hide behind Tenji, away from Touya, and his two others friends found an excuse to ask their counsellor something.
They walked and walked and walked and walked and, "WALKED! HOW LONG MORE?! I'M TIRED!!"
"Just follow the fluorescent lights. You'll be fine Sakura."
"I better be. I should be able to get through this anyway. I've been through worse." Sakura smiled.
They walked for another 45 min before everything suddenly got foggy. "Hang on to my hand Sakura. We can't risk getting lost in this fog."
But there was no reply. "Sakura? Sakura? You there? SAKURA!"
*Sakura*
Meanwhile, Sakura, plunged into pitch black darkness, could hear Syaoran, "Syaoran! I'm here! Where are you?"
She, not knowing what to do, started to cry. But before long, she saw a figure in the dark walking towards her. She slowly stood up and backed up, until she hit a wall. Suddenly the fog started to lift and she quickly turned the key into her staff. Suddenly, she gasped.
It was Tenji walking towards her. "What do you want from me?"
"Just your magic...cards mistress." He said.
"Where are we?!"
"In a cave in the woods. My...'blondie friend' is guarding outside. So get your hopes of getting out too high."
"You'll see. Syaoran and Eriol will find me. So will Yue, and Lara and Tara and Kara too."
"Really? Well, let's get down to business, shall we? First, let me explain to you how I intend on getting your magic from you. You see, my magic comes from my mother's side, she was from China. So, it's either kill you or marry you the traditional Chinese way. So, which do you prefer?"
"I knew I saw an aura around you today, pitch black, as black as your natural hair colour. And neither. I'll fight till I die."
"Well, when you die I'd have killed you and I'll still get your magic."
Sakura smiled, "Not necessarily."
There was a look of terror on Tenji's face but it was soon wiped away, "So, you'll fight huh?" A large glowing sword appeared in his right hand.
Sakura released the Sword Card and got into her fighting stance.
Their swords clanged against each other and Tenji started to get the upper hand. He had the tip of his sword at her throat when they heard a clang of swords outside and a voice, "INCOMING!"
A flash of brown and white entered and had a sword at Tenji's throat. "Syaoran! You found me!"
Soon, there were swords, a staff, an arrow and a V8 also aimed at Tenji. He knew what it all meant and lowered his sword. A bubble shot out of Eriol's staff and engulfed Tenji.
Sakura, exhausted from everything, fell forward into Syaoran's arms, and promptly fell asleep. Yue, Eriol, Lara, Tara, Kara, Xi Ling, Xi Lang, Xi Long and Tomoyo gathered round.
Everyone came out of the woods, Yukito leading them, into the arms of civilisation. Syaoran had just lain Sakura down on her bed when she woke up, "Is everything alright now?"
"Yeah. And Sakura...um...doyouwanttogowithmetotheblockpartythedayaftertomorrow?"
She smiled and said, "Sure."
There was a look of surprise on Syaoran's face, "You understood what I said?"
She nodded, "Good night. As the room rep, I've got to wake up early to get the schedules and pick the theme. Who're the other room reps? I'm always late and I never see any of them."
"Ours is Eriol, the there's Chiharu, Fuji, Tara and Xi Lang."
"Oh right. Good night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite."
Syaoran smiled, "Ditto."
YAY!! Finally finished! I was going to finish my fanfic reading first, but I'm bored. In fact, right now as I'm typing this, I haven't even got a legible Internet connection yet. Cheers!
Disclaimer: tbwwings: Your powers will grow... Oh hi! ...Your whole life has changed... Anonymous figure: *RUDELY snatches tbwwings's earphones off* tbwwings: HEY! GIMME THAT!! Anonymous figure: DIS-CLAI-MER. tbwwings: Oh fiiiine~. CCS/CC doesn't belong to me. Now give those back! Anonymous figure: *tosses earphones over shoulder* tbwwings: *SHRIEKS* Noooooooo~! *Dives and ... (misses?) CATCHES* phew. Those baseball lessons are coming in handy.
Camp times two
*Chapter 11: Camp two, Day two*
~*~ Flashback ~*~
"Oops. Sorry." Sakura started blushing too, realising what she had just done. They walked back upstairs and went to bed.
~*~ End Flashback ~*~ (They have a Battle of the Sexes session first, then lunch, a Battle of the Sexes session again, rafting, free time, dinner and a jungle night walk)
The next morning, at breakfast, Everybody was wearing their pyjamas. Sakura was wearing pink jammies, a pyjama top and matching drawstring short shorts, with cherry blossoms and white rabbits' heads everywhere. She also had on a pink terry cloth robe.
Syaoran was wearing a dark green baggy T-shirt and a knee-length pair of shorts.
Tomoyo was wearing a rich purple lacy nightie that showed a bit of cleavage through the lace. She wore a sheer silk robe over it that still didn't manage to cover THE bit.
Meiling was wearing a tight red T-shirt and tight gold micro shorts. She wore a red silk kimono embroidered with gold phoenixes, without bothering to tie it up properly.
Eriol wore simple Navy pyjamas.
Touya wore the same thing as Syaoran except all in black.
Nakuru wore a big T that JUST covered her bum, causing most of the boys in the room to stare, also causing an attempted murder on Takashi.
Yukito wore light blue pyjamas with little rabbits' heads on them.
Chiharu, Rika and Naoko wore simple matching satin slips in different colours.
Takashi wore the same as Syaoran and Touya, in all dark red.
Ryu, Fuji and Satoshi wore Ts from their ECAs, martial arts, basketball and com club, respectively and black knee length shorts.
The Chen triplets wore the same as Syaoran, but the top in ultra dark versions of their colours, and the shorts black.
The Ling triplets wore black shorts that looked more like undies & tops similar to what they usually wore but slit down the middle and laced up in black ribbon, showing off their exceptionally large cleavage, and causing ALL the boys to stare and causing Takashi to have to leave early due to dizziness from getting hit on the head with a spoon repeatedly.
Sakura and Syaoran were avoiding each other and blushing constantly. Tomoyo and the others from Tomoeda looked at each other knowingly, with little smiles on their faces which no one else could quite understand, except for Touya, who, instead, had an angry flush in his cheeks. It wasn't till Lara, Kara & Tara chased Tomoyo and Meiling down after breakfast and questioned them when other people than those from Tomoeda knew what was going on. Tomoyo and Meiling looked at each other and started giggling, which turned into 'rolling on the floor laugh'ing. Tara asked confusedly, "What? What's going on?"
"Well," Tomoyo said, "We always knew that Syaoran and Sakura had a thing for each other, and judging their behaviour this morning, something MUST've happened between light's off and breakfast."
The triplets looked at each other, clasped their hands together and got all starry-eyed, "KE AAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII~" (Cute in mandarin)
Tomoyo and Meiling sweatdropped and everyone went to their rooms.
When the two girls got back to their room, they found Sakura hunched up in the corner of her bunk, staring into space, holding something attached to her neck, blushing constantly, going through many expressions, but blushing anyway.
Tomoyo smirked, rested her arm on the top bunk, looked at Sakura for two seconds, and said, "Spill."
Sakura looked up, and blushed even harder, "Nothing."
Then, Meiling realised that what she was holding onto was not what they had originally thought - the Star Key - as it was hanging on the doorknob. "So... What's that?"
Sakura was concentrating on her and Tomoyo's 'It's not nothing. Yes it is. No it's not.' War and wasn't paying close attention to what Meiling was asking. "What? This?" She opened her hand to reveal a glass sphere. Suddenly she realised what she had done and, "Oops."
Tomoyo and Meiling looked at each other and suddenly, "Ooooooooooooh~."
They literally dragged her done and said, "Time to dress up. C'mon, you've got to look your best. And I can think of the perfect outfit..."
*After a long-but-not-so-long time*
They met back downstairs and once again, "NO! NO! NOOOOOO! RUINED! OUR PLANS! RUINED! CAN YOU DOLTS EVER BE PUNCTUAL?!"
That, like last time, was Touya. They were only a couple minutes late but that still pissed Touya off.
Sakura was wearing a pink slightly V-neck tube top slightly above the navel, a halter top slightly bluish, slightly dark grey bra that could be tied behind the neck, low boot cut jeans in dark blue, her panty (matches the bra) straps showed quite a bit above the hem of her jeans, dark grey ankle boots and her crystal sphere (given to her by Syao-kun, remember?) She had her hair tied in a ponytail, which was then 'doubled up' several times until there was a cute bit sticky slightly sideways. She wore light pink lipstick, eyeshadow and lip-gloss.
Syaoran was staring, drooling and wearing brown bermudas, a white T-shirt, and a green loose shirt left unbuttoned.
Tomoyo wore a short dark grey pair of tight bicycle shorts, a tight royal purple off the shoulder top that had thick translucent normal straps and a neckline that dipped slightly, ankle socks and dark grey & royal purple sports shoes. She tied her hair in a long swishy ponytail. She wore plum lip-gloss and eyeshadow.
Yukito, Touya and Nakuru wore the camp counsellor T-shirts and jeans.
Eriol wore a navy T-shirt and black baggy pants.
Takashi, Fuji, Ryu and Satoshi wore the same thing except their shirts were orange, blue, black and red respectively.
Chiharu wore a red, ribbed, turtleneck, sleeveless maxi-sweater, white cotton tights and red & white sneakers. She doubled up her hair such that there were three 'loops' on each side. She wore bright red lipstick and nought else.
Rika wore a yellow crop top, white shorts and black sports shoes. She wore a yellow headband and a lock of hair was hanging in front apart from her other hair. She painted a yellow shooting star on her left cheek.
Naoko wore a classic white T-shirt, jeans and brown cowgirl boots. She let her hair loose and tucked one side behind her ear. She wore clear lip- gloss.
The Ling triplets wore their usual shorts, their usual boots, their usual socks, black fingerless gloves, and the tops they wore to bed, except now with a bra. They separated their hair into three 'rows', tied the top into two top ponytails, the middle with the two top ponytails, and the gathered all their hair together at the nape of their necks, made a braid and tied the end with a scrunchy. They wore their usual lip-glosses.
The Chen triplets wore black bermudas and their usual everything else.
They went out to the lake and Yukito announced that they were going to do a Battle of the Sexes. First, "You guys have to come up with the most creative way to get across that obstacle course," He pointed to an obstacle course which consisted of, first, monkey bars, a single bar, not to be confused to a balance beam, it is horizontal, then ropes hanging from framework, then balance beams, joined together to make a winding thingy, last, a concrete wall, "BUT, you're not allowed to touch the floor."
They discussed for a while and it was decided that Sakura and Syaoran would rep the two groups.
Sakura went first. She made a running jump, clung onto the first bar, swung herself up and flipped twice, jumped off the last bar onto the horizontal bar, jumped onto the middle of a rope, swung herself up to the top of the framework, jumped onto the second section, ran the rest of that section than handless-cartwheeled the third, sprinted the last section, turned at the last moment and back-flipped over the wall, making a perfect landing.
Syaoran went next. He ran across the monkey bars, bounced off the bar & the top of the framework onto the sectioned bars, jumped from the beginning of the first bar to that of the next, then the next, then the last onto the concrete wall, and down.
Of course, the girls won. They had to change into their swimsuits for the next game.
Sakura wore a black sports bra like two-piece with pink stripes down the side.
Tomoyo wore a more revealing purple string bikini.
Meiling wore a halter-top one piece that from where a bikini top would start to where a bikini bottom would start was translucent. The opaque bits were red and the translucent bit was translucent gold.
Chiharu wore a yellow tankini.
Naoko wore a metallic aqua tankini, except that the top was a tube top.
Rika wore a metallic white one-piece that had a bare/cross back.
The Ling triplets wore cross back two pieces with a low cut bottom in their colours.
The guys wore not-so-tiny Speedos, Syaoran in dark green, Eriol in navy, Takashi in dark red, Satoshi in red, Ryu in black, Fuji in white and the Chen triplets in two tone black & dark green/blue/red.
The counsellors wore jeans and their T-shirts.
They had to pair 8 pple together, preferably of the same height, each pair will support a bamboo pole on their shoulders, and the last person would have to run across from pole to pole and at the last one dive off into the lake. In order not to make things too difficult, they're allowed to move the poles forward so that the last jump isn't too difficult.
The Ling triplets had done something like this before in their 3D/2N camp in primary school, so they automatically became leaders in this event. Lara became the 'odd one out', being the best diver amongst the three. The pairs are Tomoyo & Sakura, Chiharu & Rika, Naoko & Meiling and Tara & Kara. Lara had asked them to stand at even distances apart such that Tara & Kara were one step away from the lake. Tara, Kara, Tomoyo, Sakura and Meiling knew that she would be fine but the other three had their doubts.
Xi Lang insisted on challenging Lara, and paired them off Syaoran & Eriol, Takashi & Ryu, Fuji & Satoshi and Xi Ling & Xi Long. He copied the girls' style, asking them to stand at even distances apart such that Xi Ling & Xi Long were one step away from the lake. He, of course, was not very experienced in this, so he didn't quite expect what was to come.
They were to be judged by speed and the team with the better dive got one second cut from their time.
Lara running-jumped onto the first pole, then hopped to the next, then the next and spun before landing on her sisters' and did a triple somersault, diving in backwards. This took 5.52 secs.
Xi Lang wasn't so lucky. He did a running jump and copied what Lara had done until he got to Fuji and Satoshi. There, he lost his balance as Fuji was at least 3 inches (7.5 cm) taller than Satoshi. He slid downwards towards Satoshi and when he regained his balance, he jumped back to Takashi & Ryu and jumped straight onto his brothers' pole, then dived off, spinning twice before entering without a splash. This took... (dum dum dum duuuuuum) ... 11.88 secs.
The three counsellors thought Lara made a more impressive dive, rubbing salt into the wounds.
They had to change out of their swimsuits for lunch and all the way back & to the dining hall, the Ling triplets were gloating.
At lunch, Sakura was wearing a crop white windbreaker, a pink tube top with a slit at the top, slits at the sides and SAKURA HIME written in the bottom left corner, a low cut bootcut pair of white pants with a chain belt that had metal beads saying GAL PWR strung in it. She had pink and white sports shoes on. She wore ten-inch-long shoulder sweepers (REALLY long dangly earrings) with female signs at the bottom & a choker that had a cherry blossom in the centre and extended downwards ten inches into a female sign. She wore pink lipstick with pink sparkly lip-gloss, a slick of sparkly pink eyeshadow on her right eye & sparkly pink eyeshadow all over her left eyelid narrowing outwards into a solitaire flatbacked rhinestone. Her nails were painted pearlised pink. She tied her hair in a ponytail with a few bits to frame her face.
Tomoyo wore a metallic royal purple long sleeved crop top that had a hem that sloped downwards. Her black miniskirt sloped downwards too. She wore white ribbed knee-length socks and black pumps. Her hair was tied with an off-white ribbon into a high ponytail. She had on purple lipstick and lavender eyeshadow.
Meiling wore a red chinese style silk sleeveless top cut off at one inch below where a bikini top would end. The seams and 'buttons' were gold. The ribbons she used to tie her two pigtails were two toned red and gold, the one on the left mainly gold, the other one mainly red. She wore with it a red silk baggy drawstring skirt, the hem and string (the drawstring string) gold, and with a golden phoenix embroidered on the front & a golden dragon on the back. She wore gold lipstick and with red lip-gloss, making it shine red. She wore gold eyeshadow with it. For earrings, she wore gold studs with 1 cm chains dangling from them, and at the end of the left was feng, the Chinese character meaning phoenix, and on the right long, the Chinese character meaning dragon.
Chiharu wore a white three-quarter sleeve T-shirt with yellow sleeves, yellow collar & hems and 'Love you yet hate you' written in front in sparkly yellow lettering. She wore dark blue Ladies Bootcut jeans from Giordano. She had on clear lip-gloss and tan eyeshadow.
Naoko wore a simple blue tank top with 'crush' on the front in black lettering and the same jeans as Chiharu. She, unlike the others, found no need to put on any makeup.
Rika wore a denim empire-line mini dress, knee-length white socks and denim pumps. She put on pinkish lip-gloss and blue eyeshadow.
The Ling triplets had on what they had before except with a black halter- top slightly longer than their original tops underneath their original tops. They wore their usual makeup and shoes and everything else.
Nakuru decided to join the fashion fest and wore a 'pearlised' white tube top and a maroon ankle-length skirt that had a slit down the sides starting from mid thigh. She wore over it a translucent maroon coat with no buttons and only two inches shorter than her skirt. She accompanied this outfit with a pair of brown soft leather combat boots. She wore maroon lipstick and a thin line of maroon eyeshadow.
The guys wore what they had earlier on.
Touya and Yukito wore normal T-shirts, Touya in black and Yukito in white, and jeans.
They met Tenji and Co. (they're on Cabin 6's left) on the way to the dining hall and Tomoyo, Nakuru, Chiharu, Naoko & Rika immediately formed a protective circle around Sakura, while Takashi, Satoshi & Yukito moved to the girls' left and the rest of the boys, the Ling triplets & Meiling moved to the girls' left, Ryu and Fuji right inside, the two sets of triplets in a row making the second 'layer' and Eriol, Syaoran, Meiling & Touya right outside, but with Touya consistently glaring at Tenji, there was no need for all the trouble.
Inside, there was no trouble for anyone either. They all ate their food in peace and left last, in case Tenji was going to try anything.
After that, it was revealed that there was going to be three-on-three match of basketball. The two sets of triplets stood up immediately despite protests from the others.
Tara and Xi Ling were assigned captain, Kara and Xi Lang attack & Lara and Xi Long defence. They were a bit short on time so the game was cut short to 15 mins.
First, the girls got the ball, and Kara was about to make a three-pointer until Xi Long intercepted and passed the ball to Xi Lang. Xi Lang was going to make a dunk shot before Lara punched upwards, making the ball fly out of his hands. Unfortunately, Lara was standing under the hoop when he fell downwards and was almost crushed under the impact. There a loud screaming, "GET OFF ME YOU HENTAI!!"
Xi Lang was pushed backwards as Lara jumped up and onto her feet and she dusted her clothes. Suddenly, Xi Lang felt a sharp pain in the back of his head. "HEY!"
Kara had kneed him, "We girls stick together."
There would have been a big fight if Nakuru hadn't shouted for them to stop and ushered them indoors to start the karaoke competition early.
The rules of the game were simple. The losing team had to do a forfeit and... "If there is a tie, our lead singers will do a DUET!" Nakuru said, making Syaoran and Sakura blush.
Syaoran sang Queen of My Heart, Sakura sang Not Pretty Enough, Eriol did Uptown Girl, Tomoyo did Once Upon A December, the Chen triplets did Clint Eastwood and the Ling triplets did Lady Marmalade. True enough, there was a tie.
Syaoran and Sakura blushed like hell when that was announced. (Syaoran is Sy and Sakura is Sa) They were to do At The Beginning.
The starting music started and...
Sa We were strangers starting out on a journey, Never dreaming what we'd have to go through. Now here we are, and I'm suddenly standing At the beginning with you.
Sy No one told me I was going to find you, Unexpected, what you did to my heart. When I lost hope, you were there to remind me
Sa/Sy This the start. And life is a road that I wanna keep going, Love is a river that I wanna keep flowing, Life is a road, now and forever, Wonderful journey. I'll be there when the world stops turning, I'll be there when the storm is through, In the end I wanna be standing At the beginning with you.
Sa We were strangers on a crazy adventure.
Sy Never dreaming how our dreams would come true.
Sa Now here we stand,
Sy Unafraid of the future,
Sa/Sy At the beginning with you. And life is a road that I wanna keep going, Love is a river that I wanna keep flowing, Life is a road, now and forever, Wonderful journey. I'll be there when the world stops turning, I'll be there when the storm is through, In the end I wanna be standing At the beginning with you.
Sy Knew there was somebody somewhere, Like me alone in the dark. Now I know that my dream will live on, I've been waiting so long,
Sa/Sy Nothing's gonna tear us apart. And life is a road that I wanna keep going, Love is a river that I wanna keep flowing, Life is a road, now and forever, Wonderful journey. I'll be there when the world stops turning, I'll be there when the storm is through, In the end I wanna be standing At the beginning with you. And life is a road that I wanna keep going, Love is a river I wanna keep going
Sy on
Sa Starting out on a journey.
Sa/Sy And life is a road that I wanna keep going, Love is a river that I wanna keep flowing, In the end I wanna be standing At the beginning with you.
There was a great applause as the two blushed.
Everyone was bored with nothing to do until Tara decided to fill Xi Ling's empty cup with soil. That started a huge argument which led, later, to a fight out back. That gave Syaoran an idea, "Hey, Sakura, without anything much happening, you don't suppose we could use a little training in sword fighting, could we?"
"Sure, I guess. I've gotten a bit rusty. But the others will see."
"Easily solved, we'll duel on the roof, making it more challenging."
"Great! I'll go get my key."
They leapt from the trees up to the roof and started. There was a clanging of metal, which, soon after, attracted the others' attention. There they were, balancing with one foot behind the other, defending and attacking. Even the triplets stopped fighting to watch. Suddenly, Sakura saw Tenji at the corner of her eye watching them from the balcony of the opposite cabin. She slipped and fell. Syaoran didn't mange to catch her arm in time and everyone thought she was a goner, when suddenly a large sword fell onto the floor...Syaoran's sword. Somehow, he leapt down faster than Sakura fell and caught her in his arms. "You okay?"
Sakura couldn't speak. Her heart was beating faster than the second last line of the chorus of Catch You Catch Me... juz joking. Let's just say it was fast. There she lay, in Syaoran's arms....
Suddenly,"KAWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII~ !"
Everyone turned and saw Tomoyo, V8 in hand, all starry-eyed. Everyone sweatdropped, knowing she would never change.
Sakura and Syaoran started blushing as he carefully lay her on her feet, supporting her at first then letting her stand on her own. He picked up their swords and passed hers to her. She waited till they got back before she returned the sword into the staff into the key.
*Later*
Some of them altered their outfits for dinner. Sakura changed her pants for a similar skirt. Tomoyo changed into ankle boots and an ankle-length version of her original skirt. Nakuru had taken a 3 inch wide silk maroon ribbon and tied it round the coat, round her waist.
There was no trouble from Tenji at dinner either. Or ANY trouble for that matter.
They went back and started preparing for the jungle walk. They were given a map with a route for them to follow. The maps were numbered 1 thru 9, meaning that two people would get the same route and they would be partners for the walk.
Eriol, once again, worked some of his magic, and the partners are, Syaoran and Sakura, Tomoyo and himself, Meiling and Fuji, Rika and Ryu, Chiharu and Takashi, Naoko and Satoshi, Xi Ling and Tara, Xi Lang and Lara & Xi Long and Kara. The counsellors, of course, weren't going.
There were a lot of red faces, seven of them with anger, when this was announced. They were, by now, in their 'uniforms', the camp T-shirts and shorts. Touya couldn't stop glaring at Syaoran.
They went to the dining hall, and when they got there, they spotted Tenji, him being they only one with hair dyed five colours. His blondie friend started trying as hard as he could to hide behind Tenji, away from Touya, and his two others friends found an excuse to ask their counsellor something.
They walked and walked and walked and walked and, "WALKED! HOW LONG MORE?! I'M TIRED!!"
"Just follow the fluorescent lights. You'll be fine Sakura."
"I better be. I should be able to get through this anyway. I've been through worse." Sakura smiled.
They walked for another 45 min before everything suddenly got foggy. "Hang on to my hand Sakura. We can't risk getting lost in this fog."
But there was no reply. "Sakura? Sakura? You there? SAKURA!"
*Sakura*
Meanwhile, Sakura, plunged into pitch black darkness, could hear Syaoran, "Syaoran! I'm here! Where are you?"
She, not knowing what to do, started to cry. But before long, she saw a figure in the dark walking towards her. She slowly stood up and backed up, until she hit a wall. Suddenly the fog started to lift and she quickly turned the key into her staff. Suddenly, she gasped.
It was Tenji walking towards her. "What do you want from me?"
"Just your magic...cards mistress." He said.
"Where are we?!"
"In a cave in the woods. My...'blondie friend' is guarding outside. So get your hopes of getting out too high."
"You'll see. Syaoran and Eriol will find me. So will Yue, and Lara and Tara and Kara too."
"Really? Well, let's get down to business, shall we? First, let me explain to you how I intend on getting your magic from you. You see, my magic comes from my mother's side, she was from China. So, it's either kill you or marry you the traditional Chinese way. So, which do you prefer?"
"I knew I saw an aura around you today, pitch black, as black as your natural hair colour. And neither. I'll fight till I die."
"Well, when you die I'd have killed you and I'll still get your magic."
Sakura smiled, "Not necessarily."
There was a look of terror on Tenji's face but it was soon wiped away, "So, you'll fight huh?" A large glowing sword appeared in his right hand.
Sakura released the Sword Card and got into her fighting stance.
Their swords clanged against each other and Tenji started to get the upper hand. He had the tip of his sword at her throat when they heard a clang of swords outside and a voice, "INCOMING!"
A flash of brown and white entered and had a sword at Tenji's throat. "Syaoran! You found me!"
Soon, there were swords, a staff, an arrow and a V8 also aimed at Tenji. He knew what it all meant and lowered his sword. A bubble shot out of Eriol's staff and engulfed Tenji.
Sakura, exhausted from everything, fell forward into Syaoran's arms, and promptly fell asleep. Yue, Eriol, Lara, Tara, Kara, Xi Ling, Xi Lang, Xi Long and Tomoyo gathered round.
Everyone came out of the woods, Yukito leading them, into the arms of civilisation. Syaoran had just lain Sakura down on her bed when she woke up, "Is everything alright now?"
"Yeah. And Sakura...um...doyouwanttogowithmetotheblockpartythedayaftertomorrow?"
She smiled and said, "Sure."
There was a look of surprise on Syaoran's face, "You understood what I said?"
She nodded, "Good night. As the room rep, I've got to wake up early to get the schedules and pick the theme. Who're the other room reps? I'm always late and I never see any of them."
"Ours is Eriol, the there's Chiharu, Fuji, Tara and Xi Lang."
"Oh right. Good night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite."
Syaoran smiled, "Ditto."
YAY!! Finally finished! I was going to finish my fanfic reading first, but I'm bored. In fact, right now as I'm typing this, I haven't even got a legible Internet connection yet. Cheers!
