Hey everybody! Chapter four is up next!! Are you ready?!?! Now, I hate
to do this to my friend and fellow fanauthor, but Sapphire Midnight, you
have to actually read this chapter and the rest of them. It's a lot
different then what I had originally written.
Okay, moving on. I just want to give thanks to all the reviewers who have reviewed already and all the future one to, even though it won't happen for a while. I promise I'll get to all your guys' stories as soon as I possibly can. This might be the last chapter I post before the summer comes (JUNE 13th!!!!) and by then, I won't be able to get to a computer for a while, unless I get a laptop, like that'll ever happen. I hope that I can email you and that you'll email me over the summer.
Even though I won't have a lot of chances to get on the internet, I'll try to as often as I can, cuz I'll be going to my cousin's house this summer for a week, and she has internet, thank God. So I'll let you read the chapter and see ya when I'm back in school!
Disclaimer: The only characters that I own in this story are Takazawa and Takuya, but other than that, I really don't own anything in this story. Maybe the plot, but…never mind, I'll opt for the no comment.
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I was floating above the hotel and then above my classmates as they ate lunch. Touya was flirting with Nakuru, but froze when he looked in my direction. Suddenly, I felt a big flare of magic followed shortly by even more. I raced through the floors of the hotel until I was in my room. Magic was shining brightly around my body and I was pulled into it.
I groaned as my head started throbbing from all the extra magic around me. My eyes opened, but it was still fuzzy. I sat up, only to be knocked over again. Something touched my lips and I realized that someone was kissing me. My sight cleared as the person pulled away and I found myself staring into twin pools of amber. (AN: Holy SHIITAKE MUSHROOMS. He did that in plain view of EVERYONE?!?! Oh wait, I'm writing this. ::evil grin:: Mwhaaa ha ha ha ha ha!!!)
"Thank God you're okay," Syaoran murmured, getting off me. I felt weak and very aware that everyone was staring at us. Tomoyo looked too surprised to film anything, which I was grateful for.
"Looks like Keroberos and I won't be choosing a new master anytime soon," Yue said, finally getting over his shock. I looked at him, confused, but his eyes weren't revealing anything but amusement.
"What do you mean by that?" I asked, trying to get hints from anybody in the room. Syaoran was blushing too hard to say anything and I was too embarrassed to look at him.
"You were dead," Eriol said simply, amusement obvious in his voice.
"HOE?" I exclaimed as Syaoran sent him a glare. "I was dead?!"
"Yep, until my descendent here dropped something with your soul in it and then, poof, you became alive again," Eriol explained smugly, clearly enjoying himself. "And that was before he nearly threw himself on you." (AN: Blush meter 1-100; blush reading 110)
"He did what?!" Touya shouted, bursting into the room, his eyes blazing.
"He nearly had s…" Eriol started, but Syaoran tackled him before he could finish the sentence. Touya, of course, could easily figure out what Eriol had tried to say.
"HE WHAT?!?" I had to cover my ears as Touya started ranting about saying no and all that whatnot. It didn't help that Tomoyo had to add in another comment.
"It wasn't like she had a choice."
I nearly died and by the sound of the thump on the floor, Syaoran hadn't taken her comment well either. Touya shut up for a while, opening and closing his mouth like a fish. I took the chance of silence to mention an obvious fact.
"I was dead and he brought me back to life. It wasn't his choice either," I said and Touya looked at me confused. "Eriol made him."
"I'll kill you," Touya growled, turning on Eriol, who backed into the wall.
"I didn't do anything," he pleaded, turning pale, which didn't seem even possible a few months ago. I got up off the bed, careful to not step on Syaoran, where he was laying on the floor.
"I'm going to go change into some clothes," I said, suddenly aware, for some odd reason, that I was still in my swimsuit. (AN: If you remember, they had been by the pool when Sakura's soul had been taken. Sakura was going to tan since she couldn't swim. Of course, it made what just happened very interesting. ::evil grin:: )
I went into the bathroom with a change of clothes, listening to the conversation going on in the room. Touya was still attacking Eriol when I came back out. Syaoran wasn't on the floor anymore, but sitting at the table, blushing. Tomoyo was holding a tape that had something on it that I would probably be embarrassed about.
"I have a tape from when we got your soul back. There should be some pictures of Takazawa and Takuya on it," Tomoyo said, handing me a tape.
"Who are they?" I asked, confused.
"Clow Reed's grandfather and his guardian," Eriol said, getting away from Touya.
"Oh," came my smart reply as Tomoyo put the tape in the VCR.
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After watching the fight, I was silent, not believing everything that I had seen. It was weird seeing Eriol attacking Syaoran after I became the Card Mistress and he had turned…less evil. Everyone was relaxing when there was a knock on the door.
"Sakura? Tomoyo? Are you guys in there?" Chiharu's voice penetrated the door.
"Go now!" I hissed at Eriol, Syaoran, Touya, and the four guardians.
"See you guys later," Eriol muttered before they disappeared.
"Hey Chiharu. Hey Rika," Tomoyo said, opening the door. "What's up?"
"Tomorrow the class is going scuba diving. It's going to be so much fun!" Rika squealed, looking really excited.
"I bet that Naoko would have a ghost story about scuba diving if she was here," Tomoyo said and no one said a word for about five minutes. (AN: I completely forgot about Naoko until now and I can't just put her in at a random time, so I'm leaving her out of this story for now, but she'll be in the sequel if I ever have one.)
"Well, what are we doing tonight?" I asked, breaking the silence. "I was thinking of a movie or something like that."
"Actually, there's a dance tonight, but if you don't want to go, we could watch a movie," Chiharu commented, shrugging.
Tomoyo glanced at me as if to say, "You're going whether you want to or not." I sighed, knowing that if I argued, I would lose.
"We'll be going to the dance tonight," Tomoyo said cheerfully, grinning that little grin of hers.
After Eriol transported us to our room, there was a knock on our door. I opened it to reveal Yamazaki standing at the door, a silly grin plastered on his face.
"Are you guys going to the dance tonight? I heard that it was for Sakura and you, Syaoran. Something like a welcome back party," he said, walking into our room.
"What do you mean?" Eriol asked, a look on his face that I didn't like.
"Well, since you and Sakura were lost at sea for so long, Mr. Terada said that we would have a party after you two got out of the hospital," Yamazaki explained.
"That's nice of him," I replied sarcastically, "I might as well go."
"Okay. I'll see you two at the dance tonight then. Oh yeah! I almost forgot. The class is going scuba diving tomorrow," he said, leaving the room.
I shut the door before voicing my thoughts, "Great. Just great. A dance just because Sakura and I were lost at sea. If we had died he would have thrown a dance in memory of us. Jeez, this is so stupid."
"Come on. It's just a dance," Eriol said, following me to my room.
"Just a dance? Just a dance?! Are you crazy?! Imagine all the possibilities that what's-his-name could kill Sakura and make it look like I did it. In fact, he could be standing outside our door right this minute, listening to this conversation. I flatly refuse to go."
"If you aren't going, then what are you going to do?"
"Watch a movie, by myself."
"Okay. It's not my fault if Mr. Terada makes you go."
"I'll just say that I'm not feeling well."
"What if Sakura hears about it and comes to see you?"
"Does it look like I care?" (AN: Feh. Typical guy. ::sigh:: When will he learn?)
"Well, no."
"There's your answer."
"Tell me something."
"What?"
"Why are you acting this way?" Eriol asked, looking at me closely. (AN: I was going to have him say that he was going to get Sakura, but I decided that this way would be…more interesting. ()
"I…don't know," I said, putting a hand through my hair, "I'm worried or…or stressed out I guess." (AN: Hee, hee, hee, hee!!! No comment.)
"Or you care for Sakura so much that you don't even realize it. I should know through lots of experience," Eriol responded to my statement. Eriol had scored big on that one without mind reading, I hope. (AN: ::looks thoughtful:: Who would have guessed? ::evil grin:: It gets even better!! Not that I want to spoil it for you. Let's just say, there's a lot of interesting…action.)
"Fine. I'll go to the dance," I sighed and Eriol smiled his devil smile.
"We better get going then. It's time for dinner," he commented, grinning at his watch. We walked down to the restaurant and I sat as far away from him as possible. I watched as Tomoyo and Sakura entered and sat down with Eriol. Sakura looked around and I suddenly found that the tabletop was very interesting. When I looked up again, she had given up looking for me and was enjoying her dinner.
"It's almost time to eat. Should we go down to the restaurant now or in a few minutes?" Tomoyo asked as she skimmed through the TV channels.
"Yeah, in a few minutes. But will you stick with one channel please?" I replied as I started getting a headache. Tomoyo stopped clicking the remote.
"How about this channel?" she asked, stopping on the…Discovery channel.
"Not before or after dinner," I replied, looking away. "Let's just go down to the restaurant now, okay?"
Tomoyo turned off the TV and we made our way down to the restaurant. We had no trouble finding Eriol. (AN: Cuz Tomoyo can find him like a dog.)
"Good evening Tomoyo and Sakura. Will you join me for dinner?" he asked, grinning at the blushing Tomoyo.
"Sure, but where's Syaoran?" I asked, looking around.
"I'm not sure. I think he's still in the room and might come down later," he responded and we sat down at the table. I mentally shrugged the topic away. "We have a small problem though."
"Huh? A problem?" I asked, confused.
"Yes. A problem. There's another Ancient card near by," Eriol said, looking very serious. "It could attack during the dance which would make your job harder."
"Are you sure? I mean, I haven't sensed anything," I said, looking around again.
"And there's another problem. We don't know which one it is. If Music or Fun attacks, we have a major problem. If Love attacks, we just need to look for someone who's acting not like they normally do," he explained, shrugging.
"So Love will go after someone who normally doesn't show love to anyone that often or not at all," Tomoyo said as I started putting two and two together.
"That means that it will more then likely attack..!" I started, my eyes wide with shock.
"Yep. If he starts acting…not normal, I would suggest that you freeze time and seal it rather than wait for later," Eriol said, staring at me. I stared right back, ready for anything. Well, almost anything.
"This tastes funny," Tomoyo commented, holding up a clear glass with a brown liquid in it. "Eriol. Do you know what it is?" Eriol sniffed the contents and took a sip.
"It's…It's…It's whiskey!" he exclaimed, holding the glass away from him. "And there's more over th…" (AN: JadeWing and SM, you better not comment on this.)
I looked in the direction that he had pointed and gasped. Syaoran was walking around, drunk. To make matters worse, he started making out with Chiharu. (AN: I'm evil. I know it. But don't hurt me!)
"Well…that's um interesting," Tomoyo commented, her eyes wide as she stared at me, waiting for a reaction. I blinked a couple of times, trying to clear my thoughts.
"Excuse me please," I said, standing up and walking towards him and Chiharu.
I vaguely heard Eriol mutter, "Someone's going to kick some rear."
'Damn right,' I thought, grinning recklessly. Chiharu pulled away from Syaoran as I stopped in front of them.
"Sakura! Nice to see you!" Syaoran exclaimed, walking towards me.
"Hate to do this, but you'll understand later," I muttered, knocking the wind out of him. (AN: Like Syaoran did to Yukito during the sixth book, when Fiery attacks.) Everyone stared as I walked back to our table, looking at Eriol expectantly.
"Got it," he said and we vanished, only to reappear in their room.
"That wasn't very nice Sakura. Especially in front of everyone like that," Tomoyo said, frowning slightly.
"I had to get him out of there without using magic immediately," I retorted, glaring at her.
"Nicely done. You made it look very natural. Who taught you?" Eriol asked, his eyes laughing.
"Syaoran," I replied, blushing.
"What did I do?" Syaoran asked, sitting up drunkenly. Eriol gave him a glass that I suspected had something to get the alcohol out of Syaoran's system.
"Drink this," he commanded, and Syaoran obeyed, passing out after he finished.
"What was that for?" Tomoyo asked.
"It was to represent a passing of time that it normally takes to get alcohol out of a person's circulatory system. If my calculations are correct, he'll be awake by the time the dance starts," Eriol explained, looking at his watch. "And knowing Tomoyo, you two want time to get ready, because the dance starts in, oh, five minutes."
"WHAT?!" Tomoyo exclaimed, jumping to her feet. "We'll see you two later!"
Tomoyo dragged me out of their room and into ours, slamming the door shut. We quickly changed and went downstairs. Everyone was drifting down, the room slowly filling up. I looked around and noticed Eriol walking towards us.
"Tomoyo. Eriol's here but where's Syaoran?" I whispered and Tomoyo turned towards him.
"Eriol! Hey, where's Syaoran?" she asked, looking him in the eye.
"I don't know. He said that he was coming down here. He left before I did," he responded, grinning.
"Sakura!" someone shouted and I turned to see Syaoran coming towards me, just as a slow dance had started. (AN: Guess what happened before then?)
"Hey! Why are you late?" I asked, glancing at him. Something didn't seem right. As if he was hiding something.
"Wanna dance?" he asked, smiling, something that doesn't happen often.
"Um…sure," I said slowly, raising an eyebrow. He led me onto the dance floor and we started dancing. His eyes held some sort of emotion, but I couldn't figure out what. Before I knew it, his lips were on mine. I was quick to notice that he wasn't blushing like I was and he seemed to be enjoying himself. When we broke apart, I yawned on accident and quickly covered it.
"Are you tired?" he asked, grinning with a look I didn't like.
"No," I said, not really knowing where the conversation was turning.
"If you are, we could go up to my room," he said softly in my ear. That made me "wake up" to reality. I backed away and slapped him sharply across the face, something I had never done to him before. Before he could retaliate, I used Time.
"What are you doing?" I asked, searching his eyes carefully. There was a small flicker of hardness that disappeared as soon as I had seen it.
"Just showing my love to you," Syaoran said, smiling slyly.
"Sakura! It's not really him! It's the Love card!" Eriol shouted, running towards us. "Seal it now!"
I released the staff and glanced at Eriol. He was still running towards me, but he was muttering something. That was when I realized that Syaoran was moving towards me also, an insane grin on his face.
"Get away from me…pervert!" I exclaimed, backing away. Syaoran came on faster, his eyes and grin giving away what the card was going to make him do. I closed my eyes as his hand reached out and started to close around my wrist.
"FREEZE NOW!" Eriol's voice shouted and I opened my eyes slowly. Syaoran was frozen in place, only his eyes moving.
"Thanks Eriol," I said, sighing with relief. I turned back to Syaoran, who was grinning like an insane person on something. "Love card. Return to your power confined. Star card!"
After catching Love and transforming it into a Sakura card, Eriol's incantation came off. I caught Syaoran before he hit the ground.
"What happened?" he asked groggily.
"The Love card got you," I explained, slightly peeved. His eyes got wide as he started saying things in Mandarin. He backed away from me slightly, his gaze on the floor.
I looked at the floor, waiting for Sakura's wrath to come at me for the…little make out session that I had no control over. Suddenly, she started laughing and I glanced up.
"What's so funny?" I demanded, straightening.
"You would never expect a powerful leader of a clan to back down to anyone. Especially a commoner," Tomoyo giggled. It was then that I realized that Sakura had taken off Time and that everyone was talking and having a good time.
"When did you find out that I am going to be the leader of the Li clan?" I asked, surprised at the statement. (AN: Syaoran's Many Colors (SMC): Pale)
"Just now," Sakura responded.
"What do you…oh shit," I replied to Sakura's response, "You mean that I just told you?" (AN: SMC: Pink)
"Yep."
"How did you reach that conclusion?" (AN: SMC: Pink-red)
"Tomoyo figured it out."
"How?" (AN: SMC: Red)
"Observing your behavior and attitude."
"Weird." (AN: SMC: Brick red)
"And by listening to conversations between you and whoever."
"You tapped my phone?" (AN: SMC: Maroon)
"No."
"Then how?" (AN: SMC: Red-orange)
"Mind reading." (AN: SMC: Rouge)
"Shit. But…"
"On the boat, during the first dance. You and Eriol were communicating. He referred to you as 'leader of the Li clan' am I not correct?" Sakura asked, looking at me with laughing eyes. I, on the other hand, was not amused.
"That is true, but it wasn't the way that I wanted you to find out. I was going to tell you when the time was right," I said.
"Yeah. When you were happily married to some clan girl, enjoying yourself and I was some old maid doing anything for money. Admit it Syaoran Li. Admit that you never like me!" Sakura shouted, making everyone circle around us.
"Sakura. Be reasonable," I said, trying to calm her down and trying to not lose my temper.
"Just say it Syaoran. Just say that you never liked me."
"Sakura."
"Say it."
"But."
"You just care about me, because I have the cards."
"No."
"Yes. Well, you can have them," Sakura said, throwing the cards in my face and running off, crying. I was aware that everyone in the room had heard the conversation.
'Should I erase their minds?'
'No. They don't know about the cards' magic. They probably think that they're playing cards or something.'
'Okay, but it is your choice.'
I sighed and picked up the cards. After handing them to Tomoyo, I went upstairs and towards my room. Sakura's door was open slightly and I peeked in. She was crying on the bed and Takazawa was moving towards her with an axe.
"Sakura!"
Well, that's the end of the fourth chapter, finally. This is my shortest chapter yet and the rest will probably be longer. I believe that this is my favorite until further notice, but ya know, I really like some of my other stories. I hope that you all enjoy this chapter and the rest of them that are to come.
I want to say thanks to JadeWing, Sapphire Midnight, Joyful-Star, Aliet Faslami, and Wild Mage for being my friends at school. I hope to hear from every single reviewer whose reviewed so far. Gotta go for now, but I'll check everyone's reviews later.
See ya! (
Okay, moving on. I just want to give thanks to all the reviewers who have reviewed already and all the future one to, even though it won't happen for a while. I promise I'll get to all your guys' stories as soon as I possibly can. This might be the last chapter I post before the summer comes (JUNE 13th!!!!) and by then, I won't be able to get to a computer for a while, unless I get a laptop, like that'll ever happen. I hope that I can email you and that you'll email me over the summer.
Even though I won't have a lot of chances to get on the internet, I'll try to as often as I can, cuz I'll be going to my cousin's house this summer for a week, and she has internet, thank God. So I'll let you read the chapter and see ya when I'm back in school!
Disclaimer: The only characters that I own in this story are Takazawa and Takuya, but other than that, I really don't own anything in this story. Maybe the plot, but…never mind, I'll opt for the no comment.
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I was floating above the hotel and then above my classmates as they ate lunch. Touya was flirting with Nakuru, but froze when he looked in my direction. Suddenly, I felt a big flare of magic followed shortly by even more. I raced through the floors of the hotel until I was in my room. Magic was shining brightly around my body and I was pulled into it.
I groaned as my head started throbbing from all the extra magic around me. My eyes opened, but it was still fuzzy. I sat up, only to be knocked over again. Something touched my lips and I realized that someone was kissing me. My sight cleared as the person pulled away and I found myself staring into twin pools of amber. (AN: Holy SHIITAKE MUSHROOMS. He did that in plain view of EVERYONE?!?! Oh wait, I'm writing this. ::evil grin:: Mwhaaa ha ha ha ha ha!!!)
"Thank God you're okay," Syaoran murmured, getting off me. I felt weak and very aware that everyone was staring at us. Tomoyo looked too surprised to film anything, which I was grateful for.
"Looks like Keroberos and I won't be choosing a new master anytime soon," Yue said, finally getting over his shock. I looked at him, confused, but his eyes weren't revealing anything but amusement.
"What do you mean by that?" I asked, trying to get hints from anybody in the room. Syaoran was blushing too hard to say anything and I was too embarrassed to look at him.
"You were dead," Eriol said simply, amusement obvious in his voice.
"HOE?" I exclaimed as Syaoran sent him a glare. "I was dead?!"
"Yep, until my descendent here dropped something with your soul in it and then, poof, you became alive again," Eriol explained smugly, clearly enjoying himself. "And that was before he nearly threw himself on you." (AN: Blush meter 1-100; blush reading 110)
"He did what?!" Touya shouted, bursting into the room, his eyes blazing.
"He nearly had s…" Eriol started, but Syaoran tackled him before he could finish the sentence. Touya, of course, could easily figure out what Eriol had tried to say.
"HE WHAT?!?" I had to cover my ears as Touya started ranting about saying no and all that whatnot. It didn't help that Tomoyo had to add in another comment.
"It wasn't like she had a choice."
I nearly died and by the sound of the thump on the floor, Syaoran hadn't taken her comment well either. Touya shut up for a while, opening and closing his mouth like a fish. I took the chance of silence to mention an obvious fact.
"I was dead and he brought me back to life. It wasn't his choice either," I said and Touya looked at me confused. "Eriol made him."
"I'll kill you," Touya growled, turning on Eriol, who backed into the wall.
"I didn't do anything," he pleaded, turning pale, which didn't seem even possible a few months ago. I got up off the bed, careful to not step on Syaoran, where he was laying on the floor.
"I'm going to go change into some clothes," I said, suddenly aware, for some odd reason, that I was still in my swimsuit. (AN: If you remember, they had been by the pool when Sakura's soul had been taken. Sakura was going to tan since she couldn't swim. Of course, it made what just happened very interesting. ::evil grin:: )
I went into the bathroom with a change of clothes, listening to the conversation going on in the room. Touya was still attacking Eriol when I came back out. Syaoran wasn't on the floor anymore, but sitting at the table, blushing. Tomoyo was holding a tape that had something on it that I would probably be embarrassed about.
"I have a tape from when we got your soul back. There should be some pictures of Takazawa and Takuya on it," Tomoyo said, handing me a tape.
"Who are they?" I asked, confused.
"Clow Reed's grandfather and his guardian," Eriol said, getting away from Touya.
"Oh," came my smart reply as Tomoyo put the tape in the VCR.
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After watching the fight, I was silent, not believing everything that I had seen. It was weird seeing Eriol attacking Syaoran after I became the Card Mistress and he had turned…less evil. Everyone was relaxing when there was a knock on the door.
"Sakura? Tomoyo? Are you guys in there?" Chiharu's voice penetrated the door.
"Go now!" I hissed at Eriol, Syaoran, Touya, and the four guardians.
"See you guys later," Eriol muttered before they disappeared.
"Hey Chiharu. Hey Rika," Tomoyo said, opening the door. "What's up?"
"Tomorrow the class is going scuba diving. It's going to be so much fun!" Rika squealed, looking really excited.
"I bet that Naoko would have a ghost story about scuba diving if she was here," Tomoyo said and no one said a word for about five minutes. (AN: I completely forgot about Naoko until now and I can't just put her in at a random time, so I'm leaving her out of this story for now, but she'll be in the sequel if I ever have one.)
"Well, what are we doing tonight?" I asked, breaking the silence. "I was thinking of a movie or something like that."
"Actually, there's a dance tonight, but if you don't want to go, we could watch a movie," Chiharu commented, shrugging.
Tomoyo glanced at me as if to say, "You're going whether you want to or not." I sighed, knowing that if I argued, I would lose.
"We'll be going to the dance tonight," Tomoyo said cheerfully, grinning that little grin of hers.
After Eriol transported us to our room, there was a knock on our door. I opened it to reveal Yamazaki standing at the door, a silly grin plastered on his face.
"Are you guys going to the dance tonight? I heard that it was for Sakura and you, Syaoran. Something like a welcome back party," he said, walking into our room.
"What do you mean?" Eriol asked, a look on his face that I didn't like.
"Well, since you and Sakura were lost at sea for so long, Mr. Terada said that we would have a party after you two got out of the hospital," Yamazaki explained.
"That's nice of him," I replied sarcastically, "I might as well go."
"Okay. I'll see you two at the dance tonight then. Oh yeah! I almost forgot. The class is going scuba diving tomorrow," he said, leaving the room.
I shut the door before voicing my thoughts, "Great. Just great. A dance just because Sakura and I were lost at sea. If we had died he would have thrown a dance in memory of us. Jeez, this is so stupid."
"Come on. It's just a dance," Eriol said, following me to my room.
"Just a dance? Just a dance?! Are you crazy?! Imagine all the possibilities that what's-his-name could kill Sakura and make it look like I did it. In fact, he could be standing outside our door right this minute, listening to this conversation. I flatly refuse to go."
"If you aren't going, then what are you going to do?"
"Watch a movie, by myself."
"Okay. It's not my fault if Mr. Terada makes you go."
"I'll just say that I'm not feeling well."
"What if Sakura hears about it and comes to see you?"
"Does it look like I care?" (AN: Feh. Typical guy. ::sigh:: When will he learn?)
"Well, no."
"There's your answer."
"Tell me something."
"What?"
"Why are you acting this way?" Eriol asked, looking at me closely. (AN: I was going to have him say that he was going to get Sakura, but I decided that this way would be…more interesting. ()
"I…don't know," I said, putting a hand through my hair, "I'm worried or…or stressed out I guess." (AN: Hee, hee, hee, hee!!! No comment.)
"Or you care for Sakura so much that you don't even realize it. I should know through lots of experience," Eriol responded to my statement. Eriol had scored big on that one without mind reading, I hope. (AN: ::looks thoughtful:: Who would have guessed? ::evil grin:: It gets even better!! Not that I want to spoil it for you. Let's just say, there's a lot of interesting…action.)
"Fine. I'll go to the dance," I sighed and Eriol smiled his devil smile.
"We better get going then. It's time for dinner," he commented, grinning at his watch. We walked down to the restaurant and I sat as far away from him as possible. I watched as Tomoyo and Sakura entered and sat down with Eriol. Sakura looked around and I suddenly found that the tabletop was very interesting. When I looked up again, she had given up looking for me and was enjoying her dinner.
"It's almost time to eat. Should we go down to the restaurant now or in a few minutes?" Tomoyo asked as she skimmed through the TV channels.
"Yeah, in a few minutes. But will you stick with one channel please?" I replied as I started getting a headache. Tomoyo stopped clicking the remote.
"How about this channel?" she asked, stopping on the…Discovery channel.
"Not before or after dinner," I replied, looking away. "Let's just go down to the restaurant now, okay?"
Tomoyo turned off the TV and we made our way down to the restaurant. We had no trouble finding Eriol. (AN: Cuz Tomoyo can find him like a dog.)
"Good evening Tomoyo and Sakura. Will you join me for dinner?" he asked, grinning at the blushing Tomoyo.
"Sure, but where's Syaoran?" I asked, looking around.
"I'm not sure. I think he's still in the room and might come down later," he responded and we sat down at the table. I mentally shrugged the topic away. "We have a small problem though."
"Huh? A problem?" I asked, confused.
"Yes. A problem. There's another Ancient card near by," Eriol said, looking very serious. "It could attack during the dance which would make your job harder."
"Are you sure? I mean, I haven't sensed anything," I said, looking around again.
"And there's another problem. We don't know which one it is. If Music or Fun attacks, we have a major problem. If Love attacks, we just need to look for someone who's acting not like they normally do," he explained, shrugging.
"So Love will go after someone who normally doesn't show love to anyone that often or not at all," Tomoyo said as I started putting two and two together.
"That means that it will more then likely attack..!" I started, my eyes wide with shock.
"Yep. If he starts acting…not normal, I would suggest that you freeze time and seal it rather than wait for later," Eriol said, staring at me. I stared right back, ready for anything. Well, almost anything.
"This tastes funny," Tomoyo commented, holding up a clear glass with a brown liquid in it. "Eriol. Do you know what it is?" Eriol sniffed the contents and took a sip.
"It's…It's…It's whiskey!" he exclaimed, holding the glass away from him. "And there's more over th…" (AN: JadeWing and SM, you better not comment on this.)
I looked in the direction that he had pointed and gasped. Syaoran was walking around, drunk. To make matters worse, he started making out with Chiharu. (AN: I'm evil. I know it. But don't hurt me!)
"Well…that's um interesting," Tomoyo commented, her eyes wide as she stared at me, waiting for a reaction. I blinked a couple of times, trying to clear my thoughts.
"Excuse me please," I said, standing up and walking towards him and Chiharu.
I vaguely heard Eriol mutter, "Someone's going to kick some rear."
'Damn right,' I thought, grinning recklessly. Chiharu pulled away from Syaoran as I stopped in front of them.
"Sakura! Nice to see you!" Syaoran exclaimed, walking towards me.
"Hate to do this, but you'll understand later," I muttered, knocking the wind out of him. (AN: Like Syaoran did to Yukito during the sixth book, when Fiery attacks.) Everyone stared as I walked back to our table, looking at Eriol expectantly.
"Got it," he said and we vanished, only to reappear in their room.
"That wasn't very nice Sakura. Especially in front of everyone like that," Tomoyo said, frowning slightly.
"I had to get him out of there without using magic immediately," I retorted, glaring at her.
"Nicely done. You made it look very natural. Who taught you?" Eriol asked, his eyes laughing.
"Syaoran," I replied, blushing.
"What did I do?" Syaoran asked, sitting up drunkenly. Eriol gave him a glass that I suspected had something to get the alcohol out of Syaoran's system.
"Drink this," he commanded, and Syaoran obeyed, passing out after he finished.
"What was that for?" Tomoyo asked.
"It was to represent a passing of time that it normally takes to get alcohol out of a person's circulatory system. If my calculations are correct, he'll be awake by the time the dance starts," Eriol explained, looking at his watch. "And knowing Tomoyo, you two want time to get ready, because the dance starts in, oh, five minutes."
"WHAT?!" Tomoyo exclaimed, jumping to her feet. "We'll see you two later!"
Tomoyo dragged me out of their room and into ours, slamming the door shut. We quickly changed and went downstairs. Everyone was drifting down, the room slowly filling up. I looked around and noticed Eriol walking towards us.
"Tomoyo. Eriol's here but where's Syaoran?" I whispered and Tomoyo turned towards him.
"Eriol! Hey, where's Syaoran?" she asked, looking him in the eye.
"I don't know. He said that he was coming down here. He left before I did," he responded, grinning.
"Sakura!" someone shouted and I turned to see Syaoran coming towards me, just as a slow dance had started. (AN: Guess what happened before then?)
"Hey! Why are you late?" I asked, glancing at him. Something didn't seem right. As if he was hiding something.
"Wanna dance?" he asked, smiling, something that doesn't happen often.
"Um…sure," I said slowly, raising an eyebrow. He led me onto the dance floor and we started dancing. His eyes held some sort of emotion, but I couldn't figure out what. Before I knew it, his lips were on mine. I was quick to notice that he wasn't blushing like I was and he seemed to be enjoying himself. When we broke apart, I yawned on accident and quickly covered it.
"Are you tired?" he asked, grinning with a look I didn't like.
"No," I said, not really knowing where the conversation was turning.
"If you are, we could go up to my room," he said softly in my ear. That made me "wake up" to reality. I backed away and slapped him sharply across the face, something I had never done to him before. Before he could retaliate, I used Time.
"What are you doing?" I asked, searching his eyes carefully. There was a small flicker of hardness that disappeared as soon as I had seen it.
"Just showing my love to you," Syaoran said, smiling slyly.
"Sakura! It's not really him! It's the Love card!" Eriol shouted, running towards us. "Seal it now!"
I released the staff and glanced at Eriol. He was still running towards me, but he was muttering something. That was when I realized that Syaoran was moving towards me also, an insane grin on his face.
"Get away from me…pervert!" I exclaimed, backing away. Syaoran came on faster, his eyes and grin giving away what the card was going to make him do. I closed my eyes as his hand reached out and started to close around my wrist.
"FREEZE NOW!" Eriol's voice shouted and I opened my eyes slowly. Syaoran was frozen in place, only his eyes moving.
"Thanks Eriol," I said, sighing with relief. I turned back to Syaoran, who was grinning like an insane person on something. "Love card. Return to your power confined. Star card!"
After catching Love and transforming it into a Sakura card, Eriol's incantation came off. I caught Syaoran before he hit the ground.
"What happened?" he asked groggily.
"The Love card got you," I explained, slightly peeved. His eyes got wide as he started saying things in Mandarin. He backed away from me slightly, his gaze on the floor.
I looked at the floor, waiting for Sakura's wrath to come at me for the…little make out session that I had no control over. Suddenly, she started laughing and I glanced up.
"What's so funny?" I demanded, straightening.
"You would never expect a powerful leader of a clan to back down to anyone. Especially a commoner," Tomoyo giggled. It was then that I realized that Sakura had taken off Time and that everyone was talking and having a good time.
"When did you find out that I am going to be the leader of the Li clan?" I asked, surprised at the statement. (AN: Syaoran's Many Colors (SMC): Pale)
"Just now," Sakura responded.
"What do you…oh shit," I replied to Sakura's response, "You mean that I just told you?" (AN: SMC: Pink)
"Yep."
"How did you reach that conclusion?" (AN: SMC: Pink-red)
"Tomoyo figured it out."
"How?" (AN: SMC: Red)
"Observing your behavior and attitude."
"Weird." (AN: SMC: Brick red)
"And by listening to conversations between you and whoever."
"You tapped my phone?" (AN: SMC: Maroon)
"No."
"Then how?" (AN: SMC: Red-orange)
"Mind reading." (AN: SMC: Rouge)
"Shit. But…"
"On the boat, during the first dance. You and Eriol were communicating. He referred to you as 'leader of the Li clan' am I not correct?" Sakura asked, looking at me with laughing eyes. I, on the other hand, was not amused.
"That is true, but it wasn't the way that I wanted you to find out. I was going to tell you when the time was right," I said.
"Yeah. When you were happily married to some clan girl, enjoying yourself and I was some old maid doing anything for money. Admit it Syaoran Li. Admit that you never like me!" Sakura shouted, making everyone circle around us.
"Sakura. Be reasonable," I said, trying to calm her down and trying to not lose my temper.
"Just say it Syaoran. Just say that you never liked me."
"Sakura."
"Say it."
"But."
"You just care about me, because I have the cards."
"No."
"Yes. Well, you can have them," Sakura said, throwing the cards in my face and running off, crying. I was aware that everyone in the room had heard the conversation.
'Should I erase their minds?'
'No. They don't know about the cards' magic. They probably think that they're playing cards or something.'
'Okay, but it is your choice.'
I sighed and picked up the cards. After handing them to Tomoyo, I went upstairs and towards my room. Sakura's door was open slightly and I peeked in. She was crying on the bed and Takazawa was moving towards her with an axe.
"Sakura!"
Well, that's the end of the fourth chapter, finally. This is my shortest chapter yet and the rest will probably be longer. I believe that this is my favorite until further notice, but ya know, I really like some of my other stories. I hope that you all enjoy this chapter and the rest of them that are to come.
I want to say thanks to JadeWing, Sapphire Midnight, Joyful-Star, Aliet Faslami, and Wild Mage for being my friends at school. I hope to hear from every single reviewer whose reviewed so far. Gotta go for now, but I'll check everyone's reviews later.
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