Well, it's been a while, and I haven't really written much on this. Terribly sorry 'bout that. If it seems like I'm a little abrupt, it's because I have whole bunches of things on my mind, like my cousin's wedding, the Biology outcome on Tuesday, *shudders*, having to put up with people complaining throughout Maths because our teacher is helping the Maths Method people, which I should be one of, but I'm not, *pouts*, General Maths being far too simple, etc, etc, etc.
Disclaimer- Don't own them. *Amber Dream looks about, then leans in to whisper to the readers* Did you know, I'm being watched by the people who really own CCS and HP. And they're not Clamp or J.K Rowling, they're Pound Puppies and Pound Purries. *Amber Dream laughs maniacally, then stops abruptly spying someone carrying a white jacket* AHHHH!!!!! The little white men with their little white jackets and their little white rooms are after me!!!!! AHHHH!!!! *Amber Dream takes off town the road, screaming in terror.
*Amber Dream's mother walks into sight* Amber Dream? Where are you going? I have a jacket for Brioney's wedding! *She calls after the screaming Amber Dream.*
Chapter Twenty One-
The silence in the hall was broken as Eriol began to laugh.
"Those two, so alike each other." He said shaking his head. He then turned to glare at Malfoy, but this was ruined as he burst out laughing again. "To think, that wizard thought that Sakura and Yuri were mudbloods." He shook his head again.
Tomoyo smiled at Eriol. "Come now Eriol, don't be too hard on him. He's only a wizard after all."
"What's going to happen to that wizard's corpse out there?" Jamie wondered out loud. "Does anyone know a wizard spell to bury him?"
Snape, who was watching, his mouth hanging open in shock, closed it quickly as his temper began to ignite. "Why do you continue to use the word 'wizard'?" He demanded. "You are witches and wizards yourself."
The gang looked at him like he was out of his mind. Them, weak witches and wizards? It was outrageous… outrageously funny that is to find that they were still convinced that they were wizards.
Naoko was giggling as she answered his question. "Ah… No Snape, we're not witches and wizards. Why do you think I could stand that weak little curse?"
Snape's mouth dropped open again, but he quickly shut it as he answered Naoko through clenched teeth. "That weak little curse as you call it is the 'Avada Kedavra', also known as the killing curse. You should be dead."
Naoko couldn't help it. She laughed. "Dead? That pathetic excuse of a spell didn't even tickle me, let alone hurt me. I am a sorceress and spells cast by witches, wizards or stuff like that don't faze me. Only another sorcerer or sorceress can do that."
The entire hall was silent after this admission.
"How c..can that be possible?" Malfoy asked, his voice squeaking. "You are far too young to have enough magic to be a sorceress."
"What does age have to do with it?" Meiling asked. "We are what we are and we're not asking for permission to be sorcerers, nor are we asking to be accepted."
"Nice speech Meiling." Tomoyo applauded.
Naoko giggled as Meiling blushed.
Eriol, about to say something was cut short as a flash of pink appeared by his side. It was Yuri and she was grinning.
Focusing her eyes on Syaoran, Yuri's grin grew. "Syaoran, your mother says hello."
Syaoran's mouth dropped open. "My mother?"
"Hai." Yuri replied cheerfully. "I decided to take a trip to Hong Kong. Your sisters would have said hello too, but they were occupied, remarking about how 'kawaii' a certain cherry blossom was." Yuri looked at Syaoran consideringly. "You know, I now owe your sisters. They stopped Sakura in her tracks."
Eriol grinned at Yuri. "How did you escape them?"
"Although Syaoran's mother knew who and what I was instantly, his sisters did not. They knew Sakura though. My poor sister." Yuri said the last part in a sympathetic tone, but ruined the effect by laughing.
There was another flash of pink and beside Yuri stood Sakura.
"Yuri! You left me there alone! I'd rather face the Akai twins then them. They're worse than Tomoyo with their 'kawaiis'" Sakura shuddered as Yuri laughed.
"Careful imouto chan, you might make Okaa sama mad with that comparison."
Sakura looked at Tomoyo warily, noting the angry look on her friend's face. "Oops." She murmured softly.
"Sakura chan," Tomoyo began, her voice sugar sweet, with an evil, sly glint in her eyes that rivalled Eriol's. "I have a new wardrobe of clothes for you to try on."
Sakura gulped as she sweatdropped. She giggled nervously. "Yes Okaa sama." She said submissively.
"Looks like the Kaijuu's in trouble." Touya snickered then cried out in pain as Sakura slammed her foot down on his, hard.
"You never really learn, do you Onii chan?" Yuri asked mockingly.
"Shut up Squirt." Touya groaned.
"You do realise that although you can translocate yourself as you please now, because these wizards' spells are too weak to stop you, Sakura and I are more than capable to be able to keep you locked in and confined to your room." Came Yuri's flippant reply.
Touya glared at Yuri.
"Yuri, stop teasing your brother." Nadeshiko said calmly.
"Yes Okaa san." Yuri bowed her head.
While Touya was gloating, Nadeshiko floated over to him. "And you Touya," Touya stopped abruptly. "Stop teasing your sisters or I will allow them to lock you up in your room."
Touya blushed as he nodded.
"So nice to see that there is control in this family." Eriol said, smirking.
Nadeshiko whirled around to face him. "Careful Hiiragizawa kun. As powerful as you may be, Tomoyo san has you wrapped around her little finger, and Tomoyo san does love her aunt, right?" This was said pleadingly towards Tomoyo.
Tomoyo grinned. "Sure I do." She said, giggling as Eriol's face fell. "What's the matter Eriol? Thought I'd be on your side? You know better than that."
Nadeshiko looked at Syaoran sharply. "Syaoran, I just remembered something. Fujitaka and I have a present for you. He'll be here in a moment."
Suddenly there was a flash of dark green light, and when the light cleared, in it's place stood a see-through Chinese man. It was Syaoran's father.
"Hello my son." He began, in a soft voice. "I see that you are doing well." He looked at Sakura who was holding Syaoran's hand. "Your Ying Fa is beautiful, Nadeshiko." Sakura blushed.
"Thank you my friend." Nadeshiko said politely.
Syaoran's father turned back to Syaoran. "I knew I made the right choice by leaving you the Sword of Elements. You make me proud." He began to disappear but Syaoran's voice stopped him.
"Please don't go yet." Syaoran pleaded.
Syaoran's father chuckled. "I will return later tonight. I don't like crowds and I need to reprimand a certain sorcerer." He glared at Eriol, who blushed and looked uncomfortable. Syaoran's father then disappeared.
Syaoran laughed at the look on Eriol's face. "You look a little green around the edges there Hiiragizawa. Does the prospect of facing my father scare you so?"
Eriol glared at Syaoran. He opened his mouth, but no words came out. Angry, he looked at Sakura and Yuri who both had their hands empty.
"What?" Sakura asked.
"We were both going to silence you, but someone beat us to it." Yuri explained.
Naoko giggled as she twirled her wand about in her hand. "I didn't want you to start fighting. If you have so much energy, don't you think we should be training?"
Sakura and Yuri looked shocked, as did the others, but their looks of shock faded within instants.
"Nice try Naoko." Yuri complimented, clapping her hands.
"It would have worked too, if your mind wasn't screaming the fact that this was a plot to get us to change Harry back so you could go find some mistletoe." Sakura said while grinning.
Naoko blushed. "But I made sure that I wasn't thinking about that." She protested. Her eyes narrowed as she thought of something. "Keep out of my mind you two!" She cried, indignant.
"Wait, you can read minds?" McGonagall asked, interrupting.
The whole group gave a sigh.
"Its not very polite to interrupt Minerva." Erin scolded, grinning as McGonagall frowned.
"Who would like to fend off this question?" Yuri asked, grinning.
Meiling raised her hand. "I will, I mean, I haven't said anything for a while. I think you all should be proud of me for being quite this long." She announced, a grin on her face.
"Not all of us can read minds, onl….."
"HEY!" Meiling's voice echoed through the hall as she interrupted Jamie. She turned to glare at him. "I was the one who was going to tell her."
"Erin said its not polite to interrupt Meiling. Didn't you hear her?" Jamie asked innocently.
Meiling snorted. "I may like Erin, but she isn't my guardian, so therefore I don't need to heed what she says."
"Sure you do. If you don't, she may change into Nerina and she'll come after you with that sword of hers. Anyways, respect your elders." Jamie shot back, causing Yuri to shake her head at his infantile behaviour.
"You do realise that technically, she isn't my elder, right?" Meiling asked, her eyebrow raised.
"Ehem. Before we get any further off the topic, Meiling, why don't you finish what Jamie kindly started for you." Tomoyo interceded.
Meiling grumbled for a bit before nodding. "Fine." She said. "Like Jamie said, not all of us can read minds at will. Only Sakura, Yuri, Eriol, Touya and Tomoyo can." She paused. "And, if this works this way, then so can Kinomoto san and Kinomoto kun. Anyway, they can read any mind at will. I am the only person out of the rest of us who can read minds of others if I concentrate everything I have into it, and after doing so, I'm incredibly tired."
Jamie, grinning, raised his hand. "You forgot something. May I say it?" He asked politely, earning a glare from Meiling, Touya and Yuri.
"Do it then." Meiling ground out.
Jamie's grin grew. "If you haven't noticed, we're all in groups of two." He sent a look in Spinel's and Nakuru's direction. "Well, all of us, except for Nakuru and Suppi over there." As Spinel glared, Jamie's grin grew mischievous. "Of course, if Eriol tries really hard, I reckon he could fix that. Better yet, Tomoyo can. She can create complete opposites of them." Jamie frowned then grinned again. "Wait, he won't have to do that. They're already complete opposites of each other, so all Eriol would have to do was make Suppi be able to become human, or at least look it, and make Nakuru be able to become a cat-like creature." He laughed openly at Spinel's and Nakuru's looks.
Yuri shook her head. "You're drifting Jamie. Focus."
Jamie looked confused. "Oh yeah, almost forgot there." He grinned as a slight blush graced his face. "Us poor people who can't read minds, or at least the minds of others…." He broke off, making a face. "That didn't come out right. Try again. I can only read Yuri's mind as she is my soul mate. This also goes for Syaoran, Naoko and Harry." He looked at Erin and Yukito speculatively. "Actually, I think I'll add Erin and Yukito to that too. Meiling can read Touya's mind with ease, seeing as she's his soul mate." Jamie grinned, and began to concentrate his energy somewhere else. "Of course, I think even you wizards could read Touya's mind, I mean, its not like there's much there." His grin changed to a smirk as he saw the murderous look that Touya gained when he finished speaking. "Now, I think I'll take my leave. Becoming one of Touya's victims is not on my to-do list." And with that, Jamie disappeared from sight.
"TWERP! GET BACK HERE NOW!" Touya bellowed.
"Touya, do you really believe that Jamie's going to obey you?" Sakura asked curiously.
"Our mother and father's intelligence must have completely missed Touya." Yuri remarked to her sister.
The look on Touya's face caused them to fall to the ground with laughter, bringing a happy end to a difficult Christmas day.