Month-Long Fiancée
By: peach
A/N: It's my first fic under a new pen name~ hehe.
Whatever. So, anyway, since this is only a prologue, there won't be much in
it. It's pretty much an intro. Well, it's supposed to be, right? Still...
I'm telling you. It IS lOoOoNg for a prologue. -_-
Oh, and before proceeding, just take note that it's AU and it doesn't have
magic. No Kero and Suppi, at least. And it's full of OOCness.
You better not go on if you don't like that kind of stuff. ^^;;
And no shounen-ai and shoujo-ai pairings here, either.
Okay, so maybe the prologue shouldn't have a title, but then… ehehe…
Disclaimer (for all the chapters): CardCaptor Sakura is a property of Clamp/Kodansha (or should that be Nelvana?). So don't sue me! But the plot is mine… I guess. If you think that the plot somehow belongs to you~ sorry. I haven't really checked in FF.net if anyone made a CCS story like this yet.
Prologue. Get a Girl!
"See you tomorrow, Li."
"Yeah, tomorrow, old buddy!"
Li Syaoran smiled as he saluted to his teammates in the school's varsity soccer team. "Bye, guys."
"And yeah, don't forget to bring your girl!"
Syaoran laughed along with his friends before nodding and walking away. He absentmindedly checked on his watch. His cousin Meiling would probably be ticked off once again. The girl hated to wait.
Still, as he marched towards the school gate, Syaoran couldn't deny that what his friends told him bothered him more than he actually showed them. Sure, he acted like he didn't mind--but he did. The truth was, he didn't have a girl. He doesn't have a girl. And he never had a girl. Probably never would. He didn't really care, anyway, if he had one or not. For all he knows, he could live without them.
It's not that he
has anything against girls. He just didn't get the point on why his friends--subconsciously
or not--pressured him to get a girlfriend. And most of them were single, too. What was wrong with the world??!?? Why did he have to have one?
Believe me, Syaoran isn't complaining because he couldn't get a girlfriend. He would only say the word, and a mile-long line of wannabe's would automatically form. He was the school heartthrob: smart, cute, popular, cool, and the soccer team's star. Practically eighty percent of the female population was dying to see him smile! He was even more famous than Hiiragizawa Eriol, the soccer team's captain.
Then again, maybe that's why his friends wanted him to have a girlfriend. After all, it was quite unusual to have a heartthrob without one. But then it was still his life, right?
Somehow, though, he couldn't tell them off. Perhaps it was because he knew that even if he did, they wouldn't listen to him. Not really.
Anyway, as he caught a glimpse of his cousin's impatient face, Syaoran shook his head to himself and even managed a slight smile. The "girlfriend" issue was slowly drifting away from his head, and he felt less and less bothered by it. Soon, he thought. They'll (his friends) all forget about this get-a-girl thing. They'll leave me alone then, hopefully.
Huh. I'll never need a girl. Not today. Not tomorrow. Not even the day after that. Or next week. Maybe in the next ten years--
"SYAORAAAAAN!!!!"
"I'm coming, Meiling!"
Okay, so let's switch to the other side of the school. In there we'll find Kinomoto Sakura, who is currently balancing on top of fourteen other girls--in a human pyramid.
"You can do it, girl!" the cheerleading captain, Mihara Chiharu, coached from below. She was watching all the others, uh, perform. "Don't be nervous. Just stay cool!"
With one final effort, Sakura managed to steady herself. A triumphant smile formed in her face. "I DID IT!" she screamed happily. "I DID IT!!" Amazingly, she did not lose her poise.
Daidouji Tomoyo put her camcorder down as she grinned at her best friend, beside Chiharu. (She isn't a cheerleader, though.) "You look so kawaii up there, Sakura-chan!" she said, her eyes twinkling.
The jade-eyed girl sweatdropped. "Hoe…" she mumbled.
"Hey."
The word brought all the eyes of the cheerleaders at the direction of the deep voice. It could only be--
ERIOL-KUN! Sakura almost tripped over her own feet at the top.
"That's a pretty high pyramid you've got in there," the blue-haired boy said as his eyes observed the formation. Probably half of the girls in there were tomato-faced. Even if Syaoran was the school's number one crush, after all, Eriol still ranked second.
"I guess so," Chiharu agreed and smiled back, but she wasn't blushing like most of the girls around her. "So, how was practice?" She hesitated for a moment, before asking, "And where's Yamazaki-kun?"
At this Eriol broke into a smile. Seeing this, Sakura staggered backward, dangerously coming close to falling down. She was Eriol's number one fan.
Sasaki Rika, who was on the third level of the pyramid, said, "I think you can get down now, Sakura chan!"
The cinnamon-haired girl sighed in relief before following her friend's command.
Eriol glanced briefly at the breaking pyramid before answering Chiharu's questions. "Yamazaki would be here soon. He just went off to get changed. And practice was okay, so far. Li is still doing very well." He laughed. "Maybe next time he could be captain."
Sakura heard this, and she immediately gave a death glare at the general direction of the school gate, where she knew Syaoran was now, most likely. She was his number one hater, and somehow she always knew where he was and what he was doing. She knew that he outshone Eriol, and that fact sent her ready to kill him.
Everyone in school knew about how much she hated Syaoran, and most of the girls could only wonder why. And that was not only because they like Syaoran, it was also because Sakura was the friendliest, most cheerful most uh, lovable, and cutest girl around, which makes her the school's sweetheart (despite her tendency to be VERY naïve). And even if a lot of admirers were on her back, the other girls didn't resent her for that, since she was too nice to hate.
But of course, the world goes upside down when it comes to Syaoran. Nobody despised the guy more than she did. And he knows it, too. Still, he doesn't really care. They would have been the Perfect Couple, but circumstances didn't just permit it.
Back to Eriol's conversation, Chiharu shook her head. "You know that whatever happens, Li-kun just doesn't want to replace you. And nobody can, really," she told him earnestly.
"Whoa… thanks a lot, Chiharu-san." Eriol grinned. "Yamazaki's lucky to have you. So, I guess I'll just see you around. I have to go, sorry."
"That's all right. Ja ne!"
As he went off, though, Eriol stole a very brief glance behind him. We can only guess who he was looking at. ^^;;
Switching back to Syaoran, we now find him and Meiling at the door of the Li apartment.
"What's taking Wei so long?" Meiling wondered out loud as she pressed the doorbell once again. "He's probably cooking something like--"
The door suddenly tumbled open. Before the two stood Yelan Li, Syaoran's mother.
"Auntie!" Meiling fairly shrieked.
"Mother?" It was as if Syaoran couldn't believe his eyes. "What are you doing here?" Remembering his manners, he added quickly, "I mean… how nice of you to come. This is quite… unexpected."
"Yes, I know." Yelan stepped back to let them in. "We have something very important to talk about, Xiao Lang."
"I-I see…" Syaoran hurriedly got inside, bewildered. What could be that important that it brought his mother here?
He soon found out, though, that even his bubbly sisters were imported right from Hong Kong.
After dinner, only Yelan and Syaoran were left at the table. Meiling was dragged away by her other cousins.
Once they were gone,
Yelan finally stated the reason why she was there. "You need a wife, Syaoran."
The boy almost choked. And he wasn't eating anything at that, too. "A wife?!!???" he repeated incredulously.
"I expected this kind of reaction," Yelan said calmly. "All right. So I meant a fiancée."
Syaoran only sank deeper into the chair. "Wife" and "fiancée" meant the same thing to him. He didn't speak up anymore, though. He knew that what his mother said is what his mother said. She wanted him to get engaged at fifteen, but engaged he would be--and most likely, soon!
"To become the leader of the Li clan, you need one, Xiao Lang," Yelan told him. "You might think you're too young--" Exactly, he thought. "--But it is a must. Wei has told me that you haven't even had one girlfriend, so I believe we must do the task of finding a suitable fiancée for you."
That was even worse.
"I can find one for myself," Syaoran managed to say. "Really."
Yelan sighed. "I can't wait a year, Xiao Lang. When you turn sixteen, you must have an established fiancée. And before that time you still have to introduce the girl to the whole clan. Your sisters and I still have to go back to Hong Kong too, in a month, probably. We only have to make sure that things are going well here. And that includes your engagement."
The chestnut-haired boy sighed.
"But maybe I can give you a week," Yelan suddenly added just when Syaoran was giving up.
"Really?" he asked, making sure he heard her right. A week was too short to get a fiancée, but it was better than nothing, after all.
"You heard me, Xiao Lang."
"Thank you, Mother. Thank you." Syaoran finally smiled.
Still, the question on who the girl would be lingered on his head. It wouldn't be easy, after all, to find someone he'd actually get married to for the rest of his life.
Ugh, he thought. Now I'm stuck. I guess I REALLY need a girl this time.
A/N: Ehek… review please! Flames aren't welcome, sorry… I already know my fic isn't perfect and it sucks. @_@ Not much about Saku-chan here, either. It will get more on her side once it goes on, though (I think).
And yeah. I'm sorry about the Everybody-Loves-Him/Her and cliché (-o-). Another thing. Can someone give me the names of Syaoran's sisters? I know that there's Shiefa and Fuutie but I ain't sure about those, either. Help me, anyone???
