Author's Note: HEY! Thank you for reading and reviewing the past chapter. Fanfiction is starting to drive me CRAZY! Haha, I've just started on Fanfiction, and I've already gotten LAZY! I was like, "Come on Sylvia, go write your story." ^_^' Well, I hope you enjoy this next chapter.
Special Thanks: I'd like to thank my sister, Monica, because she reads my stories and makes sure that I'm not confusing you guys. Haha. She's kind of like my "editor". ^_^
Recap: THERE'S A KITCHEN IN THE FIRE! Oops, haha, I mean A FIRE IN THE KITCHEN!
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(A/N: Author's Note)
*Actions*
**Character's Thoughts**
~~~~Time/Setting Change~~~~
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There was a pause between the two for a second until Sakura shouted, "THE KITCHEN!"…
Both Sakura and Tomoyo immediately sprinted downstairs. Good thing the window was open because the majority of the smoke was going out that way. Sakura went to get buckets as Tomoyo took bowls nearby and filled them with water to put the flame out.
~~~~Hospital~~~~
Syaoran had gone home overnight on the bus to rest and get the car to bring Eriol home the next day. When he'd arrived in the morning, he walked up to Eriol's room to find him bandaged up and sitting on the bed. He was looking like a wreck. Eriol still had his grungy-looking clothes on, along with the oversized bandage wrapped around his head.
"What are you doing?" asked Syaoran worriedly.
"The doctors signed me off to let me go."
"Hey, I thought you were supposed to be sick!" teased Syaoran.
"I am, but I'm glad the doctors let me go so soon. I don't like staying in hospitals."
Syaoran just nodded and led the way out of the hospital.
They entered the car and Eriol commented, "My head hurts. I got a huge bruise on my head…."
"Of course you would, especially with that loud thump you made when you hit the table……"
"All thanks to YOU. This wouldn't have happened if you didn't KIDNAP me. I should have been at HOME in BED, RESTING," humored Eriol.
"Geez, I'm sorry, now will you stop making me feel bad?" hissed Syaoran.
"Fine, fine." *Sneeze* (A/N: Remember, Eriol is still sick.)
There was a pause between the two when Eriol cheerfully said, "That was kind of funny what those girls did yesterday day."
*Pouts* "Hmph...It hurt like heck! If you were in my place, you wouldn't be so happy."
"Of course I would. Those two were very beautiful ladies…especially the amethyst eyed one."
*Snorts* "Yeah, whatever. The officer said my name last night and they didn't even know who I was!"
For the remainder of the drive home from the hospital, the two sat in silence.
*Pulls up to their house*
"LOOK! THAT HOUSE IS ON FIRE!" exclaimed Syaoran, looking out side his car window toward the flaming home.
The car came to an abrupt stop and Syaoran leaped out it, then ran toward the house 50 ft away. Eriol, of course, was sick so he got out of the car rather slowly to make sure not to bang his oversized bandaged head on the car.
After getting out, he tried to leap his way across the sand…
"AH!!" Eriol yelped.
Syaoran turned around quickly to see what happened. He found Eriol face down in the sand. Suddenly, Eriol raised his head.
*Spits out sand* Eriol smiled, and yelled, "GO AHEAD!"
Syaoran reached the door first. It was closed and locked. Yelling could be heard from the inside. He impatiently knocked on the door. After several seconds, Eriol caught up.
Syaoran yelled, "We need to break down the door."
"Ok. I'll do it," Eriol volunteered.
Right when he was charging at the door, Syaoran yelled, "WAIT!"
Eriol stopped dead in his tracks thinking that something bad had happened.
Syaoran said panting, "In your condition, I should be the one doing it. Move aside."
Eriol moved and Syaoran ran towards the door…
~~~~Inside the house~~~~
"SAKURA! GO TO A HOUSE NEARBY AND CALL THE POLICE! OUR PHONE IS IN THE FIRE!" exclaimed Tomoyo as she desperately tried to put out the growing flame.
Sakura ran to the front door and when she opened it, she saw a familiar figure charging at her!
Before Syaoran could stop or Sakura could move, they CRASHED! Sakura was pushed back onto the floor with her eyes squinted shut. Suddenly, she felt something land on her lips and body. (A/N: More around the line of "breasts". Haha)
Syaoran had landed on top of Sakura and his lips had landed on Sakura's. As of the body part…Syaoran tried to stop himself from falling heavily onto the ground by stretching his arms out. Instead of touching the ground, he had something round and firm in his hands.
Sakura shot her eyes open and saw that it was SYAORAN! Her eyes met with his and he FINALLY realized what was in his hands.
Sakura gave a closed-mouthed scream, and pushed Syaoran off.
"AH, IT'S YOU!!" shrieked Sakura.
Syaoran, looking mortified, directed Eriol to get a phone and call the police. Eriol left immediately for their house.
Syaoran then ran toward the source of smoke, now spreading through the downstairs floor, with Sakura following him.
Tomoyo was inside the kitchen, coughing her head off. Syaoran grabbed Tomoyo, and the three ran outside. They made their way to the road a couple feet from the front door to flag down the fire trucks when they come.
Suddenly, something caught Syaoran's eye: GARDEN HOES! He reluctantly grabbed the hoes, turned on the water, then started spraying water into the open window which smoke was flying out of.
A minute later, Eriol returned and yelled that the firemen were on their way. *Eriol sneezed*
Time passed. Sakura and Tomoyo paced up and down the lawn waiting for the fire truck to arrive.
A red truck came noisily into Tomoyo's view and she frantically waved at them. The truck stopped quickly in front of Tomoyo, then firemen practically flew out of the truck. Syaoran backed away, letting them do their work.
Firemen were running all over the lawn and house. Some went to insert the hoes into the fire hydrant down the road, while others ran about trying to put the fire out. Slowly, smoke stopped coming out of the house….then, no more smoke was coming out. The firemen were putting their equipment away now. An inspector went inside to make sure the house was safe to go in.
He came out half an hour later and asked, "Did you leave something on the stove while it was on?"
Tomoyo and Sakura thought. Finally, Sakura remembered that she had left a towel on it.
"Uh…oops. I left a towel on there while I went to check on my friend," replied Sakura, sheepishly.
"I recommend that you be more careful next time. On the other hand, only your kitchen caught on fire. We were able to put out the flames as you can see. A lot of damage was done to your house due to the heat and fire. Because your house is made of wood, the fire ate away a lot of the wood holding up your second floor and the heat melted some nails. I don't suggest you stay in this house tonight. It may collapse. If you want me to, I will escort you, one at a time, to get your things. You'll need somewhere else to sleep until the house is repaired."
Sakura and Tomoyo were thinking to themselves about what
they should do. Clearly, the safest
thing to do was take their things and leave.
The girls looked at each other and they knew what the other was
thinking.
"We'll leave the house," said a shaken up Tomoyo.
"Ok. If one of you would follow me, I'll take you back in," replied the inspector.
Sakura followed the inspector first, leaving Tomoyo to stare at the house. She snapped out of her trance and walked over to where Eriol and Syaoran were standing.
"Thank you for helping us," said Tomoyo turning a little pink, ignoring Eriol's eyes.
"No problem," replied Eriol as he tried to stop is his nose from running. "So what did the inspector say?"
"He said that he recommends us to leave the house because it might collapse any moment from the fire burning through a lot of wood," answered a distressed Tomoyo.
"Oh. So where are you gals going to stay?"
"I don't know yet."
"You girls can stay with us if you want."
"WH-AT?!" interrupted Syaoran.
Eriol turned away from Tomoyo, then turned to Syaoran and said, "These ladies need a place to stay, and since we have room, why not let them?"
*Gapes at Eriol hysterically* "W-well…." *Pauses*
"Well what?"
*Pauses* "FINE," surrendered Syaoran.
"It's settled then," Eriol continued, turning back to Tomoyo. "But only if it's what you want."
"Uh, sure. Thanks," Tomoyo answered as she turned many shades darker than she already was.
*COUGHS*..*COUGHS FRANTICALLY*….*COUGHS*
Tomoyo's eyes widened. She asked, "Are you OK?!"
Eriol crouched down still coughing. Gradually, he stopped, looked up and explained, "Hah, sorry about that. I have a cold right now."
"What? A cold, in the middle of summer? Gee that's odd."
Sakura was now exiting the house, and walked towards the three with two suitcases: one was large and the other was small.
"Yeah, I know it's odd. I forgot, I'm afraid we haven't introduced ourselves. I'm Hiirgizawa Eriol. You can call me Eriol. I think you've already met my friend Li Syaoran over here."
Syaoran made a little noise of disgust and turned away to look at something else, although he was still listening to their conversation.
"O-oh yeah. I'm D-Daidouji Tomoyo and my friend here is Kinomoto Sakura. You can call me Tomoyo," stuttered Tomoyo.
"And you can call me Sakura. Thank you for calling the police for us."
"I'm going to go get my things," stated Tomoyo before she turned to leave with the inspector.
"You're welcome."
"I'm sorry for what happened last night. I really didn't mean to spill the tea on you," said Sakura. She walked closer to him and whispered in his ear, "That guy over there is your friend right? He wasn't trying to kidnap you right?" *Points accusingly at Syaoran*
"Haha, no, he's my friend. It's alright about what happened too."
Sakura smiled. They stood there and waited a couple minutes for Tomoyo to come out.
When she did with her two suitcases like Sakura's, Tomoyo said to her, "Alright Sakura, ready to go?"
"Ok. So where are we going?"
"Oops, I forgot to tell you that we're staying with Eriol and Li."
"WHAT?! We're staying with THAT guy!?"
"What did I ever do to you?" asked Eriol teasingly.
"Oh sorry, I meant HIM," answered Sakura while she angrily pointed at Syaoran.
"Come on Sakura, he can't be that bad," said Tomoyo dreamily. Deep inside her though, she just wanted to be with Eriol.
Eriol took Tomoyo's luggage, and started to take a few steps toward Syaoran and Eriol's house, but Sakura did not follow. Tomoyo and Eriol noticed. Eriol then said, "Hey Syaoran, be a gentleman!"
Syaoran grunted and snatched Sakura's luggage out of her hands. She though, did not move, but stared at Tomoyo. Tomoyo sighed and took Sakura by the arm to try and drag her. She still did not move.
"Li, give Eriol her luggage," said Tomoyo.
"Why?" he replied.
"So you can help me pull her."
"What?! Why can't Eriol do it?!" replied Syaoran. He gave Tomoyo a hard glare. *GLARE*
"Just give him your luggage," replied an impatient Tomoyo.
Syaoran walked over to Eriol, gave him the luggage hesitantly, then walked back to Tomoyo and Sakura. He grabbed her other arm and started pulling, but she resisted. They tugged her a couple more times and she still didn't move. After a couple minutes, Syaoran got annoyed. He let go of her arm, swooped Sakura off her feet, then carried her caveman style to their house.
Author's Note: Hehe! They're STUCK TOGETHER! I hope you enjoy. Please review. Thank you.
Sylvia
