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And the poll winner for this week is:
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Okay, so you really shouldn't be in any big suspense. There's a 4-way tie between, Meiling, Tomoyo, Sakura, and Syaoran! 4 votes for different characters. That's a new one. PLZ DO THE POLL AT THE BOTTOM FOR THIS CHAPTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TY!
Kira: We couldn't keep Meiling as our guest for this chapter, so we had to get a new one! Say hello to Rika, Meiling's new partner in crime!
Rika: *blushes* You make me sound so, I dunno, wild!
Kalli: Is that bad?
Rika: No, just,well, not me. Not in this story anyway!
Kira: Your so modest!
Kalli: And I'm surprised you even know what that means, Kira.
Kira: Just becuz I don't have any doesn't mean I don't know what it means!
Rika: *sweatdrop* Now, girls, uh, you don't have to fight!
Kira: Hey, wait a minute, you tricked me!
Kalli: I did? So sorry!
Rika: *groans* Should've known. Well, since their busy, I'll do the disclaimer.
Disclaimer: Kalli does not own CCS or any of the characters *looks at K+K arguing* and thank God, neither does Kira.
Key:
I've decided not to put the key anymore cause it gets really annoying, and I think ya'll are smart enough to figure it out on your own.
To be Spontaneous or to be Frantic?
By Kalli
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~At Home with Tomoyo~~~~~~~~~~~~#$Normal P.O.V.#$
*Munch* "He should be here any minute with the movies." Said Tomoyo to herself with annoyance clear in her voice as she checked the clock. Again!
*Ding-Dong* Tomoyo jumped up from the couch and threw open the door. Standing there was Eriol with an apologetic look on his face. "I'm really sorry Tomoyo. I wasn't sure which movies I should get. Here." He said, handing her a bag with about 5 movies.
She took the movies and walked into the living room. Tomoyo pulled out all 5 movies and read out the titles. "The Ring, the Haunting, the Others, the Sixth Sense, and Signs. Pretty good. I've never seen any of these, except for the Haunting. I saw that with Naoko and Yamazaki a few years ago."
Eriol quirked an eyebrow at her. "That's the only one? You must live under an invisible rock that no one can see!"
"Well, I usually don't have time to see it, or Sakura doesn't wanna watch it or hear the sounds. She's afraid of horror movies, ghosts especially."
Eriol smiled secretively. "I've got some ideas for dear, dear Sakura."
Tomoyo gasped slightly. "Eriol, I've never seen this evil schemer side of you before."
He face faulted a little. "Sorry, I'll quit."
"Don't, it's very sexy."
"Really now?"
"Of course." She said, then stepped closer and kissed him. He wrapped one arm around her waist, and the other came behind her neck, and then he dipped her down low, then started laughing.
"Ah! Eriol! What are you doing?!" she questioned giggling.
He smiled and reached behind him. "I got something for you."
She quirked her eyebrow. "Oh?"
He took his hand out from behind his back and produced a deep red rose. She took it and her mouth formed a perfect 'o' shape in surprise, and fondly remembered how he'd gotten her one on their first date not too long ago. "Eriol!" She hugged him and smiled. "Thank you. It's gorgeous. What's the occasion?"
"Seeing you." And then he spun her around and pulled her back. She laughed, then leaned her head against his chest and they just rocked to a music only they seemed to be able to hear for a while.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~Sakura at Restaurant~~~~~~~~~~~~#$ Sakura P.O.V.#$
'Alright, there he is. Mr. Mystery Guy.' I walked closer and tapped him on the shoulder. He turned around smiling. "Yes?" He spoke in a slight English accent.
"Are you the guy I'm supposed to meet?" I asked unsurely, because he hadn't seemed to recognize me.
He shook his head. "I'm sorry. I'm waiting for a business client. Terribly sorry, Miss."
"It's alright. But I don't suppose you've seen anyone here in a dark green shirt about that color, have you?"
His eyebrows wrinkled as he thought. "No, I don't think so." Then he picked his head up a bit. "But there may be one getting out of a car over there. I can't tell. Well, I hope you find who your looking for. Good evening, Miss." He said and walked off to go meet who I assumed was his client.
I sighed and looked over to where he had been looking a moment ago. 'I don't see anyone in a green shirt.' Then I felt a tap on my shoulder and turned around. My eyes widened. 'Syaoran?!' He had his head down looking at a piece of paper so he couldn't see who I was. "Um, is this Mariella's?"
"Yes. What are you doing here?" I asked.
"What do you mean, what am I doi-" he asked with an annoyed tone. Then he looked up and saw who it was. "Sakura! Sorry, I didn't see it was you."
"It's ok. So, do you have a date here or something?"
"Yeah, she's supposed to be wearing a dark blue dress." Then he noticed what I was wearing.
I looked at his dark green shirt and said "Hello, Date."
He looked confused for a second. "Your Meiling's best friend?"
"You're her cousin?"
There was silence for a moment as we both soaked in the information we had just learned. Syaoran was the first to speak. "This is certainly not what I expected. I was expecting for some girl in a red shirt and a black mini- skirt with a wild, almost unbearably crazy personality."
I snorted. "I was expecting some MTV junkie guy who liked nachos and jalapeno cheese, junk food, and talked on his cell phone during dinner about the new hit single on the market."
We both laughed at these outrageous descriptions of our 'dates'. Then Syaoran offered his arm and smiled. "Shall we, Milady?"
I took his arm and smiled. "Of course, Milord."
We walked into the restaurant and sat down at a table with 2 menus. "So, should we get an appetizer?" I asked.
"Sure. Um, how an Italian sampler?"
I looked at the various noodles on the plate in the picture. "Sure."
There was a big pause. "So, um. Have you been here before?" asked Syaoran.
"Yeah. Remember that chef job I had where I accidentally blew up the kitchen and hit my boss with the frying pan? This was the place I worked. I didn't actually get fired, I quit myself because I kept burning things and it just wasn't working."
He snorted a little. "I see. I was wondering where that job was. So, how long have you been Meiling's best friend?"
I thought about it for a minute. "Since she transferred here in High school. We had a lot of classes together and I was her student guide when she first arrived. How long have you been her cousin?" I asked without thinking.
He burst out laughing and then I realized what I had said and blushed bright red. "Sorry, I wasn't thinking about it. I know the answer."
He gave me an amused look and said. "Your charmingly funny. Did you really not mean to ask that?"
I glared at him and huffed lightly. "No."
He laughed again. "Sorry, sorry. It was just so funny."
I sweatdropped. "I guess your right."
Then the waitress came and asked us what we wanted. I glanced at the menu again. "I'll have the Fettucine."
"I'll have the New York Ribs."
As the waitress walked away, I noticed that our waitress looked just like Naoko, except with black hair. 'Meiling wouldn't, right? Then again........Nah.'
"Something wrong?"
"Huh? Sorry, just thinking that that waitress looks a bit like one of Tomoyo's friends."
He nodded, then looked to his left. "Well, ya know, that guy over there looks somewhat like Takashi-san."
"Your right. Except for the hair color, they could be twins."
"You don't think that........."
"You must've read my mind. But, it's not possible, right?"
We both paused for a minute.
*silence*
*more silence*
"Shall we go then?" he asked.
"But of course." I said, standing up. 'It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out who they really are. I'm naïve, but I'm not THAT naïve, you little schemers!'.
As we walked out of the restaurant, we noticed that the girl with Yamazaki, which we had figured out was Chiharu with a wig or something, took out her cell phone, glanced at us, and started talking in a low whisper. I turned to Syaoran. "How fast can you drive?"
"In a time of distress, well, have you seen the Fast and the Furious?"
I nodded. "Well, It's like that, just with it being more like the Fast and the Very Frightened Us."
"I see. Then let's go."
"What about your car?"
"I'll get it later."
"Fine with me."
Once we reached his Camaro, he opened the door for me, then stepped over and started the ignition. We saw a girl with blonde hair and another one in a tight denim shirt with long blue hair get into a car that somehow, someway, looked like Meiling's.
After we started driving, the 2 girls followed us, and we could see the blue-haired one driving, and the blonde girl talking on the phone, to who was obviously Naoko.
~~~~~Meiling and Rika~~~~~~ #$Normal P.O.V.#$
"They're getting away!" cried Rika.
"Then go after them!" yelled Chiharu on the other line. "If you don't we'll never catch them! And then we won't be able to report anything that happened! We won't be able to give them pictures from their first date for their wedding present!"
"Wedding?" asked Rika, sweatdropping.
"Yes, wedding! Now, DRIVE THAT CAR AND CATCH THOSE 2 BEFORE THEY GET AWAY!!!!!!!!!!"
Rika heard another voice through the phone. "Miss, this is the last time we're asking you, please keep it down!"
"Can you hold on a damn minute? This is important!"
"Okay, that's it! We're kicking you out." And then she heard some struggling sounds in the background mixed with Chiharu yelling and Yamazaki saying something about karma in restaurants. Me and Meiling looked at each other and sweatdropped.
Chiharu then got back on the phone grumpily. "I'll have to call you guys back later." And hung up.
I shrugged and flipped the phone down. "She hung up."
Meiling nodded. "Well, I guess we'll have to catch them without any ,um, 'encouraging' from Chiharu."
I snorted. "Right."
~~~~~~~~~~S+S~~~~~~~~~~#$Sakura P.O.V.#$
"Do you think it's Meiling?"
I looked back at the car again to see. "Well, I'm pretty sure it is, since it's got the same license plate on the front as Meiling does."
He shook his head. "She always forgets the details."
"The schemes are good, for them that is, but if she forgets the details they will never work!"
Syaoran snorted. "I can see it now. Meiling will have joined the army and she'll have a huge, complex scheme to bomb the enemy base. Then she'll get there, and they'll go 'Great job, Agent Li! You have successfully completed the plan! Now, all you have to do is set the bomb to go off!'. She'll slap her forehead and go 'I KNEW I forgot SOMETHING!' and they'll ask 'What did you forget?'. She'll turn to them with a happy smile and say cheerfully 'The bomb!' and then they'll be discovered and suffer an untimely death all because she forgot the one little detail!"
I burst out laughing. He shrugged and chuckled a little. "Okay, so that wouldn't REALLY happen, but if she WAS in the army and she DID have a complex plan like that, there's an 85% chance that she would forget the bomb."
I tapped my finger on my chin. "True, true. So, what do we do now?"
He glanced at me with a mischievous twinkle in his eye. "There's one place that they probably wouldn't be able to find us at, but I'm not sure you'd want to go there......."
I peeked behind us quickly. The blue-haired girl, who was either Meiling with dyed hair or Rika with a wig, or another one of their friends was glaring at the back of our car and yelling while her partner was pointing at us frantically as we turned a corner.
I looked back at Syaoran. "Syaoran, I don't care if you have to take me to a cheap hotel and stay there overnight to get away from them, do it. They will go to EXTREME measures to find us!"
He blushed a little at what she said, but pushed the pedal down and turned to the left. Then he smiled and laughed. "Cheap hotel, huh? And exactly what would we do to entertain ourselves while we were there?"
I blushed. "I -I didn't mean it like that! I should've phrased that a bit differently.
"It's okay! I was kidding."
I pouted a little and gave him a small glare. "Mou, your so mean, Syaoran!"
He smiled lopsidedly. 'He has a nice smile.' I thought to myself. "Sorry. But don't worry, it's definitely not a cheap hotel."
"Ok, good. Where are we going?"
"You'll see when we get there. It's kind of a surprise." I looked at him doubtfully. "Don't worry though! It's a good kind of surprise!"
"Alright. I'll trust you on this one."
And we kept driving in a comfortable silence.
~~~~~~~Tomoyo and Eriol~~~~~~#$Eriol P.O.V.#$
'At the moment, my beloved and I are watching 'The Ring' and so far, she seems to be less scared than I am. So much for that plan.'
"Eriol, something wrong?"
"Huh? Oh, nothing."
"You wanted a scary movie marathon so that I would latch onto your arm and bury my head in your shoulder in fright, correct?"
"Well, um, I just..............yeah."
She chuckled. "I should tell you that if Sakura was your girlfriend, you'd have exactly what you wanted. But me, I love these kind of movies."
I tried to hide my frown, but I think she was able to see that I was holding it back. "Oh well, let's just have a good time watching them."
She smiled, but she had a playful sparkle in her eye. After about 5 minutes, Tomoyo scooted closer to me and in a fake-scared voice said "Oh, Eriol, this movie is sooooooooooo scary! Do you mind if I hold your hand, or better yet, your arm. I think I need someone to hold me!"
I smiled and wrapped her up in my arms. "Thank you, Tomoyo-chan."
She pressed her back up against my chest and smiled up at me.
~~~~~~~~~~~Meiling and Rika~~~~~~~~~#$ Rika P.O.V.#$
"They CANNOT get away!" yelled Meiling.
"Meiling, ya know, maybe we should give them some alone time."
Meiling paused for a minute. "Why?"
"Well, I mean, I don't think you'd want some of your friends following you when you were trying to go on a romantic date."
She frowned guiltily. "I guess not. But we set them up and we want to get them pictures from this!"
"Meiling, please?" Sakura had always been a kind person and I felt a little guilty not giving her any alone time with her date.
Meiling let the car slow a little. "Alright, how about this, if we don't catch them after 10 minutes, I'll back off."
"Deal." Meiling pressed down the pedal and sped after them once again.
"Rika, ya know, I feel a little guilty too." I could tell that my face showed how shocked I was. "But if you tell them that, I will kill you and say that you mysteriously disappeared."
"I won't tell."
"Thanks. But I know how you feel. Sakura's been my best friend for a long time, and Syaoran's my cousin! I think that both of them deserve some alone time without us stalking them for once."
We both laughed at that. "You know, I think you and I will get along just fine!"
She smiled at me. "I agree."
~~~~~~~S+S~~~~~~~~~~#$Sakura P.O.V.#$
"Still won't tell me where we're going?"
"Nope. You'll see. It's one of the few places I know that they won't find us."
"I-it's not like a cemetery or anything, is it?"
"No. Why? Are you afraid of being at a cemetery at night?"
"Yeah. I'm really, really afraid of ghosts and spooky stuff."
"You are?"
"Yep. Now, tell me some of your fears"
"Me?"
"I told you one of mine, tell me one of yours."
"Alright. I'm afraid of Roller Coasters."
My eyes bugged out. "Really?!"
"Yes." He blushed and looked straight ahead.
"Don't be embarassed about it or anything! Let's find something better to talk about. Like, where are we going?"
He snorted. "I'm still not telling you."
"Meanie!" I said, then stuck my tongue out.
He laughed. "Be patient."
I sighed. "Alright."
Syaoran glanced in the mirror behind us. "Hold on, Sakura. It could get a little rough. She's starting to tail us now."
Uh-oh. Why do I have a BAD feeling about this. I pressed my back against the seat right as he pushed down the gas pedal and we sped off, leaving Meiling and Rika behind us in a trail of dust. Ok, so there wasn't really any dust, but it's good for exaggeration.
Syaoran whipped around a corner and we went flying over a speed bump. After a little more of this chase, I was having fun. "Hey, Syaoran, this is actually pretty fun."
He smiled. "Really now? Then we'll speed it up a little." He pressed the gas even farther down, but not enough so that it's touching the floor.
"WHEEEEEEEEE!" I yelled out the window, then looked behind me and saw Meiling and Rika frantically trying to keep up with us. I smiled and yelled at them . "KEEP TRYING, YOU VALLEY GIRL WANNABES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Meiling flipped me off, well, I assumed it was Meiling, since Rika had never done that, and the girl who I assumed was Rika just glared, but she looked surprised. Syaoran started laughing, then said. "Okay, hold on tight, we're about to lose them."
I nodded, and held onto the armrest. Syaoran glanced behind him quickly and then pushed the pedal all the way down, then swerved to his right, then went on for about a mile, with Meiling and Rika falling even farther behind us as we drove, then he took another right, then an almost immediate left, then straight for about 5 more miles, then through a parking lot, then, oh, my head is starting to swirl. I'll just have to close my eyes and open them when we stop.
After a few minutes, we slowed down, and Syaoran asked if I was alright.
"I'm okay. Did we loose them?" I asked, slowly opening my eyes.
He nodded and gave me a concerned look. "Your SURE your alright?"
"I'm fine! Really!"
"Okay. Well, we're here."
I looked up and saw vines overhead and a small entrance that had something silvery glinting behind it, but I couldn't see what it was. "What is this place?"
Syaoran got out and opened my door, then took my hand and said. "Close your eyes and follow me, I'll show you."
I closed my eyes and let him lead me by the hand.
~~~~~~~~~Meiling and Rika~~~~~~~~~#$Normal P.O.V.#$
"Damn! We lost them. Alright Rika, I guess we'll turn back."
Rika smiled and nodded. "Okay. I'm ready to get this wig off. It's so annoying."
"I want to wash this colorspray out of my hair too. Oh, AND change into something more comfortable."
They both laughed at that. "Where do you think they went?"
Meiling wrinkled her eyebrows in thought. "You know, I don't have a clue as to wear they could've been heading in that direction. There's a supermarket, some fast food joints, and a few small stores down there, but I don't think he'd take her to one of those."
The car was silent for a minute as they both thought about it.
*RING* They both jumped slightly when the phone rang. "Hello?" said Meiling as she picked it up.
It was Chiharu. "Well, how's it going, guys?"
"Well, we couldn't keep up with them, so we had to let them get away."
"You WHAT?!"
"We're sorry! It was almost impossible to follow them on these curvy roads at the speed they were going."
Chiharu sighed defeatedly on the other end of the line. "How sucky. Oh well, I guess we'll have to get memorabilia another way. Has Tomoyo called yet?"
"Nope."
"Well, maybe she's busy with Eriol. They had a movie date tonight while Sakura was gone."
"Alone?!" Meiling squeaked.
"Yes, alone. But don't worry, Tomoyo wouldn't go that far. They're probably just cuddled up on the couch right now."
"I bet. Well, I'll talk to you later."
"Bye."
Meiling flipped the phone down and put it back on the dashboard. "It was Chiharu."
"Oh."
*RING* This time Rika answered it. "Hello?"
"Rika, it's Tomoyo. What's happened? Chiharu just told me that you lost them."
"They went into curvy roads at really high speed."
"I see. He's bold."
"He seemed like he knew what he was doing though."
"Oh well, I'll just snap some pictures of them when they get back."
"If they get back before morning!" said Meiling jokingly.
"I assume that comment was from none other than Meiling. Tell her she's a pervert and that she's free to go home now. So is everyone else, well, except for Naoko, she's got a late shift at Mariella's tonight."
"K. Later, Tomoyo."
"What'd she say?" asked Meiling after Rika hung up.
"That you're a pervert and your free to go home now."
"Alright. Well, it was kinda fun chasing them for a while though."
"We'll have to do it again on their next date!"
"Hey, let's start planning for that one!"
They both laughed and shook their heads at the thought.
~~~~~~~~~S+S~~~~~~~~~#$Sakura P.O.V.#$
"We're almost there, Sakura."
"Ok." We'd been walking for awhile now, but we hadn't gotten there quite yet.
Suddenly Syaoran stopped, still holding my hand. "Okay, you can open your eyes now."
When I opened my eyes, I saw what it was that had been glistening. It was a pearly white fountain in the middle of what looked like a shrine. There were vines growing all around and a small temple in front of us, with an overhead passageway that had a sign in kanji that said 'Love.'
I breathed in the scent. 'Hmmm............I love this scent. Smells like lillies.' I turned to look at Syaoran. "Is this an old love shrine?"
He nodded, blushing brightly. "Yeah. It's not abandoned, the owner just wanted it to have the vines. The fountain is my favorite part. There's a legend that says if 2 lovers throw 1 penny in that fountain and they both wish on the penny that they'll be together forever, it'll happen."
"Let's try it!" I said enthusiastically. I know it's cheesy, but, hey, you never know! It might work. I certainly wouldn't mind. I blushed at that thought.
He gave me a bewildered look. "W-what?"
"C'mon! We are on a date, right?"
"Well, yeah, but............."
"Please?"
"Are you sure you want to?"
I nodded eagerly. "Yeah! And if the legend is true, we'll come back one day when we're old and dying and our children's children will be getting ready to be married or have a baby or something like that."
He blushed. "Children?"
'Oops. That sounded kinda wrong, I guess.' "Oh, sorry, I didn't mean that I, well, um, anyways, let's try!"
"What if it doesn't work?"
I thought for a minute. "Then, I guess we'll still come back, just as friends or something."
He looked at me with a doubtful expression, then produced a penny from his pocket and smiled at me sweetly. "Alright, I'll do it."
"Yay!" I squealed. I took the penny and looked at Syaoran. "Ready?"
"Yep."
"Ok, here it goes!" I took his hand, then closed my eyes and threw the penny in. 'I wish that me and Syaoran will be together forever!'. I opened my eye and peeked at Syaoran. 'I wonder if he wished the same thing for me...........'
After a few more seconds, he opened his eyes and looked at me. "C'mon, I want to show you something else."
He grabbed my hand, and I trailed behind him laughing as we dodged bushes and vines above our heads. He finally stopped and I thought I could hear music. "Music?" I wondered out loud.
He nodded. "The owner lives in the house beside the shrine, and he practices piano sometimes at night. I didn't know that until I heard it playing from across the street at a friend's house. He moved away a long time ago though."
"I see."
He held out his hands and I could plainly see that his lip was twitching slightly. "Dance with me?"
'De ja vu.' I thought to myself. "Of course."
He spun me around, then brought me back around close to him. As we danced, I leaned the top of my head against his cheek and slowly swayed to the music. I blushed at how close we were. He leaned his mouth down to my ear and asked "Can I kiss you?"
I was surprised to say the least. Most guys just kissed you without asking. Normally it wasn't needed, but if you didn't want them to kiss you, it was good when you were able to say no without having to turn your cheek to avoid it. I blinked for a moment, then whispered. "Yes............."
He slowly leaned down and took my face in his hands, then kissed me. It was soft and only lasted a few seconds, but it made my heart and my head rush. After the kiss, we kept dancing, until I remembered something. "Syaoran, what time is it?"
He checked his watch and his eyes widened. "It's almost 11:30."
"I'd stay longer but Tomoyo was expecting me home by 11."
It's okay. I'll take you back home. I have a sneeking suspicion that she's not alone."
"Why's that?"
He handed me his cell phone after pressing the redial button. I held it to my ear for a few seconds while it rang until a message came on. The message said 'Hi, this is Eriol! If your Tomoyo, press 1, if your anyone else, press 2.'
"That's Eriol's cell phone. Press 1. I was left no other choice after calling 10 times to say I'd be a little late."
I pressed 1 on the keypad and held the phone to my ear again. The message he had for Tomoyo was 'Hey Moyo! I'll be over tonight for our movie date at your house while Sakura's on her date. See ya then, love.'
I glared at the phone and spoke into the machine. " Eriol, this is Sakura. Once I get my hands on you, I'm going to use them to choke you! Little sneak! Just you wait, Hiirigizawa!"
I handed the phone back to Syaoran and smiled sheepishly. "Sorry, but let's get going. Fast. I want to catch them in the act."
~~~~~~~~~Kinomoto Residence~~~~~~~~~~#$Normal P.O.V.#$
Sakura unlocked the door and was prepared to barge in and whack them both for doing such a thing, but just couldn't when she saw the scene before her. They had both fallen asleep watching TV, and Tomoyo was snuggled up against Eriol under a blanket. Sakura peeked under the blanket to make sure they had JUST been sleeping.
Syaoran came in behind her with an angry look on his face, but Sakura gestured towards them, and he smiled, then, with extreme caution, picked Eriol up and started carrying him to the car. "Geez, Eriol, cut down on the sweets, why dontcha? Your getting a little heavy."
Sakura giggled at this. After Syaoran had put Eriol into the car, he quickly kissed Sakura goodbye, and whispered "I'll call you tomorrow. Goodnight."
"Night." She said dreamily.
After he had left, she walked back into the house and tucked the covers under Tomoyo's chin and smiled as Tomoyo snuggled into the blanket, then went upstairs, not even bothering to take her shoes off, and slipped into her bed and peacefully fell asleep.
~~~~~~~~~Syaoran's House~~~~~~~~#$Syaoran P.O.V.#$
I wasn't kidding when I said Eriol was getting a little big. I puffed a little as I walked up the steps and put him into his bed carefully so that he wouldn't wake up and bug me about not letting him stay with Tomoyo.
After I had tucked him in, I quietly went back downstairs to get a drink from the kitchen. The kitchen was still dark because I hadn't turned the lights on yet, ut as I reached for the light switch, I realized that there was already someone in the kitchen, sitting calmly in the dark drinking some of my tea. 'A burglar?'
I quickly grabbed an umbrella from the stand by the front door and got it ready to strike if I needed to. I crept back into the kitchen and flipped on the light. My eyes widened quite a large amount, I'm sure.
The person smiled at me calmly and said "Now Syaoran, that's no way to greet me."
I dropped the umbrella, more out of shock than anything else and continued staring at the person sitting at the table.
"M-mother?" I finally managed to stammer out.
THE END
Kalli: Ooh, cliffy!
Kira: I don't think your reviewers are going to like that very much.
Kalli: That's why I've got all the hot fighter anime bishies on speed dial!
Rika: Oh my...........0.o
Kalli: *sweatdrop* Hehe.
Kira: No girl fighters?
Kalli: I want to keep them from killing ME, not kill THEM!
Rika: She has a point.
Kira: Plus, they're much nicer to look at..............*drools*
K+R: *sweatdrop* Okay then.
Kalli: Here's the preview for the next chapter! It's a little different this time though:
"F-fiance?!"
Yelan nodded. "That's right. The Li Clan is getting impatient with you, my son. Have you not met any suitable girls?"
Syaoran blushed lightly. "Well, the reason I was back so late is because I had a date with a girl. Meiling set it up, but I think she already knew that we kind of liked each other."
Yelan smiled secretively behind her tea cup. "First date with this girl, is it then?"
He nodded."Very well. Syaoran, I'll give you 3 months. Your lucky that the Elders are allowing you that much time. I will monitor your relationship until then and if I think she's suitable, I want you to ask her to marry you."
Syaoran thought deeply for a moment. "Alright." He said slowly. "But how are you going to monitor me? Meiling?"
"Oh no, child. And of course, I won't be staying. I'm having someone else monitor you."
"Who?"
Yelan smiled at him. "Well, Syaoran, .............."
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Okay, so you really shouldn't be in any big suspense. There's a 4-way tie between, Meiling, Tomoyo, Sakura, and Syaoran! 4 votes for different characters. That's a new one. PLZ DO THE POLL AT THE BOTTOM FOR THIS CHAPTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TY!
Kira: We couldn't keep Meiling as our guest for this chapter, so we had to get a new one! Say hello to Rika, Meiling's new partner in crime!
Rika: *blushes* You make me sound so, I dunno, wild!
Kalli: Is that bad?
Rika: No, just,well, not me. Not in this story anyway!
Kira: Your so modest!
Kalli: And I'm surprised you even know what that means, Kira.
Kira: Just becuz I don't have any doesn't mean I don't know what it means!
Rika: *sweatdrop* Now, girls, uh, you don't have to fight!
Kira: Hey, wait a minute, you tricked me!
Kalli: I did? So sorry!
Rika: *groans* Should've known. Well, since their busy, I'll do the disclaimer.
Disclaimer: Kalli does not own CCS or any of the characters *looks at K+K arguing* and thank God, neither does Kira.
Key:
I've decided not to put the key anymore cause it gets really annoying, and I think ya'll are smart enough to figure it out on your own.
To be Spontaneous or to be Frantic?
By Kalli
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~At Home with Tomoyo~~~~~~~~~~~~#$Normal P.O.V.#$
*Munch* "He should be here any minute with the movies." Said Tomoyo to herself with annoyance clear in her voice as she checked the clock. Again!
*Ding-Dong* Tomoyo jumped up from the couch and threw open the door. Standing there was Eriol with an apologetic look on his face. "I'm really sorry Tomoyo. I wasn't sure which movies I should get. Here." He said, handing her a bag with about 5 movies.
She took the movies and walked into the living room. Tomoyo pulled out all 5 movies and read out the titles. "The Ring, the Haunting, the Others, the Sixth Sense, and Signs. Pretty good. I've never seen any of these, except for the Haunting. I saw that with Naoko and Yamazaki a few years ago."
Eriol quirked an eyebrow at her. "That's the only one? You must live under an invisible rock that no one can see!"
"Well, I usually don't have time to see it, or Sakura doesn't wanna watch it or hear the sounds. She's afraid of horror movies, ghosts especially."
Eriol smiled secretively. "I've got some ideas for dear, dear Sakura."
Tomoyo gasped slightly. "Eriol, I've never seen this evil schemer side of you before."
He face faulted a little. "Sorry, I'll quit."
"Don't, it's very sexy."
"Really now?"
"Of course." She said, then stepped closer and kissed him. He wrapped one arm around her waist, and the other came behind her neck, and then he dipped her down low, then started laughing.
"Ah! Eriol! What are you doing?!" she questioned giggling.
He smiled and reached behind him. "I got something for you."
She quirked her eyebrow. "Oh?"
He took his hand out from behind his back and produced a deep red rose. She took it and her mouth formed a perfect 'o' shape in surprise, and fondly remembered how he'd gotten her one on their first date not too long ago. "Eriol!" She hugged him and smiled. "Thank you. It's gorgeous. What's the occasion?"
"Seeing you." And then he spun her around and pulled her back. She laughed, then leaned her head against his chest and they just rocked to a music only they seemed to be able to hear for a while.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~Sakura at Restaurant~~~~~~~~~~~~#$ Sakura P.O.V.#$
'Alright, there he is. Mr. Mystery Guy.' I walked closer and tapped him on the shoulder. He turned around smiling. "Yes?" He spoke in a slight English accent.
"Are you the guy I'm supposed to meet?" I asked unsurely, because he hadn't seemed to recognize me.
He shook his head. "I'm sorry. I'm waiting for a business client. Terribly sorry, Miss."
"It's alright. But I don't suppose you've seen anyone here in a dark green shirt about that color, have you?"
His eyebrows wrinkled as he thought. "No, I don't think so." Then he picked his head up a bit. "But there may be one getting out of a car over there. I can't tell. Well, I hope you find who your looking for. Good evening, Miss." He said and walked off to go meet who I assumed was his client.
I sighed and looked over to where he had been looking a moment ago. 'I don't see anyone in a green shirt.' Then I felt a tap on my shoulder and turned around. My eyes widened. 'Syaoran?!' He had his head down looking at a piece of paper so he couldn't see who I was. "Um, is this Mariella's?"
"Yes. What are you doing here?" I asked.
"What do you mean, what am I doi-" he asked with an annoyed tone. Then he looked up and saw who it was. "Sakura! Sorry, I didn't see it was you."
"It's ok. So, do you have a date here or something?"
"Yeah, she's supposed to be wearing a dark blue dress." Then he noticed what I was wearing.
I looked at his dark green shirt and said "Hello, Date."
He looked confused for a second. "Your Meiling's best friend?"
"You're her cousin?"
There was silence for a moment as we both soaked in the information we had just learned. Syaoran was the first to speak. "This is certainly not what I expected. I was expecting for some girl in a red shirt and a black mini- skirt with a wild, almost unbearably crazy personality."
I snorted. "I was expecting some MTV junkie guy who liked nachos and jalapeno cheese, junk food, and talked on his cell phone during dinner about the new hit single on the market."
We both laughed at these outrageous descriptions of our 'dates'. Then Syaoran offered his arm and smiled. "Shall we, Milady?"
I took his arm and smiled. "Of course, Milord."
We walked into the restaurant and sat down at a table with 2 menus. "So, should we get an appetizer?" I asked.
"Sure. Um, how an Italian sampler?"
I looked at the various noodles on the plate in the picture. "Sure."
There was a big pause. "So, um. Have you been here before?" asked Syaoran.
"Yeah. Remember that chef job I had where I accidentally blew up the kitchen and hit my boss with the frying pan? This was the place I worked. I didn't actually get fired, I quit myself because I kept burning things and it just wasn't working."
He snorted a little. "I see. I was wondering where that job was. So, how long have you been Meiling's best friend?"
I thought about it for a minute. "Since she transferred here in High school. We had a lot of classes together and I was her student guide when she first arrived. How long have you been her cousin?" I asked without thinking.
He burst out laughing and then I realized what I had said and blushed bright red. "Sorry, I wasn't thinking about it. I know the answer."
He gave me an amused look and said. "Your charmingly funny. Did you really not mean to ask that?"
I glared at him and huffed lightly. "No."
He laughed again. "Sorry, sorry. It was just so funny."
I sweatdropped. "I guess your right."
Then the waitress came and asked us what we wanted. I glanced at the menu again. "I'll have the Fettucine."
"I'll have the New York Ribs."
As the waitress walked away, I noticed that our waitress looked just like Naoko, except with black hair. 'Meiling wouldn't, right? Then again........Nah.'
"Something wrong?"
"Huh? Sorry, just thinking that that waitress looks a bit like one of Tomoyo's friends."
He nodded, then looked to his left. "Well, ya know, that guy over there looks somewhat like Takashi-san."
"Your right. Except for the hair color, they could be twins."
"You don't think that........."
"You must've read my mind. But, it's not possible, right?"
We both paused for a minute.
*silence*
*more silence*
"Shall we go then?" he asked.
"But of course." I said, standing up. 'It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out who they really are. I'm naïve, but I'm not THAT naïve, you little schemers!'.
As we walked out of the restaurant, we noticed that the girl with Yamazaki, which we had figured out was Chiharu with a wig or something, took out her cell phone, glanced at us, and started talking in a low whisper. I turned to Syaoran. "How fast can you drive?"
"In a time of distress, well, have you seen the Fast and the Furious?"
I nodded. "Well, It's like that, just with it being more like the Fast and the Very Frightened Us."
"I see. Then let's go."
"What about your car?"
"I'll get it later."
"Fine with me."
Once we reached his Camaro, he opened the door for me, then stepped over and started the ignition. We saw a girl with blonde hair and another one in a tight denim shirt with long blue hair get into a car that somehow, someway, looked like Meiling's.
After we started driving, the 2 girls followed us, and we could see the blue-haired one driving, and the blonde girl talking on the phone, to who was obviously Naoko.
~~~~~Meiling and Rika~~~~~~ #$Normal P.O.V.#$
"They're getting away!" cried Rika.
"Then go after them!" yelled Chiharu on the other line. "If you don't we'll never catch them! And then we won't be able to report anything that happened! We won't be able to give them pictures from their first date for their wedding present!"
"Wedding?" asked Rika, sweatdropping.
"Yes, wedding! Now, DRIVE THAT CAR AND CATCH THOSE 2 BEFORE THEY GET AWAY!!!!!!!!!!"
Rika heard another voice through the phone. "Miss, this is the last time we're asking you, please keep it down!"
"Can you hold on a damn minute? This is important!"
"Okay, that's it! We're kicking you out." And then she heard some struggling sounds in the background mixed with Chiharu yelling and Yamazaki saying something about karma in restaurants. Me and Meiling looked at each other and sweatdropped.
Chiharu then got back on the phone grumpily. "I'll have to call you guys back later." And hung up.
I shrugged and flipped the phone down. "She hung up."
Meiling nodded. "Well, I guess we'll have to catch them without any ,um, 'encouraging' from Chiharu."
I snorted. "Right."
~~~~~~~~~~S+S~~~~~~~~~~#$Sakura P.O.V.#$
"Do you think it's Meiling?"
I looked back at the car again to see. "Well, I'm pretty sure it is, since it's got the same license plate on the front as Meiling does."
He shook his head. "She always forgets the details."
"The schemes are good, for them that is, but if she forgets the details they will never work!"
Syaoran snorted. "I can see it now. Meiling will have joined the army and she'll have a huge, complex scheme to bomb the enemy base. Then she'll get there, and they'll go 'Great job, Agent Li! You have successfully completed the plan! Now, all you have to do is set the bomb to go off!'. She'll slap her forehead and go 'I KNEW I forgot SOMETHING!' and they'll ask 'What did you forget?'. She'll turn to them with a happy smile and say cheerfully 'The bomb!' and then they'll be discovered and suffer an untimely death all because she forgot the one little detail!"
I burst out laughing. He shrugged and chuckled a little. "Okay, so that wouldn't REALLY happen, but if she WAS in the army and she DID have a complex plan like that, there's an 85% chance that she would forget the bomb."
I tapped my finger on my chin. "True, true. So, what do we do now?"
He glanced at me with a mischievous twinkle in his eye. "There's one place that they probably wouldn't be able to find us at, but I'm not sure you'd want to go there......."
I peeked behind us quickly. The blue-haired girl, who was either Meiling with dyed hair or Rika with a wig, or another one of their friends was glaring at the back of our car and yelling while her partner was pointing at us frantically as we turned a corner.
I looked back at Syaoran. "Syaoran, I don't care if you have to take me to a cheap hotel and stay there overnight to get away from them, do it. They will go to EXTREME measures to find us!"
He blushed a little at what she said, but pushed the pedal down and turned to the left. Then he smiled and laughed. "Cheap hotel, huh? And exactly what would we do to entertain ourselves while we were there?"
I blushed. "I -I didn't mean it like that! I should've phrased that a bit differently.
"It's okay! I was kidding."
I pouted a little and gave him a small glare. "Mou, your so mean, Syaoran!"
He smiled lopsidedly. 'He has a nice smile.' I thought to myself. "Sorry. But don't worry, it's definitely not a cheap hotel."
"Ok, good. Where are we going?"
"You'll see when we get there. It's kind of a surprise." I looked at him doubtfully. "Don't worry though! It's a good kind of surprise!"
"Alright. I'll trust you on this one."
And we kept driving in a comfortable silence.
~~~~~~~Tomoyo and Eriol~~~~~~#$Eriol P.O.V.#$
'At the moment, my beloved and I are watching 'The Ring' and so far, she seems to be less scared than I am. So much for that plan.'
"Eriol, something wrong?"
"Huh? Oh, nothing."
"You wanted a scary movie marathon so that I would latch onto your arm and bury my head in your shoulder in fright, correct?"
"Well, um, I just..............yeah."
She chuckled. "I should tell you that if Sakura was your girlfriend, you'd have exactly what you wanted. But me, I love these kind of movies."
I tried to hide my frown, but I think she was able to see that I was holding it back. "Oh well, let's just have a good time watching them."
She smiled, but she had a playful sparkle in her eye. After about 5 minutes, Tomoyo scooted closer to me and in a fake-scared voice said "Oh, Eriol, this movie is sooooooooooo scary! Do you mind if I hold your hand, or better yet, your arm. I think I need someone to hold me!"
I smiled and wrapped her up in my arms. "Thank you, Tomoyo-chan."
She pressed her back up against my chest and smiled up at me.
~~~~~~~~~~~Meiling and Rika~~~~~~~~~#$ Rika P.O.V.#$
"They CANNOT get away!" yelled Meiling.
"Meiling, ya know, maybe we should give them some alone time."
Meiling paused for a minute. "Why?"
"Well, I mean, I don't think you'd want some of your friends following you when you were trying to go on a romantic date."
She frowned guiltily. "I guess not. But we set them up and we want to get them pictures from this!"
"Meiling, please?" Sakura had always been a kind person and I felt a little guilty not giving her any alone time with her date.
Meiling let the car slow a little. "Alright, how about this, if we don't catch them after 10 minutes, I'll back off."
"Deal." Meiling pressed down the pedal and sped after them once again.
"Rika, ya know, I feel a little guilty too." I could tell that my face showed how shocked I was. "But if you tell them that, I will kill you and say that you mysteriously disappeared."
"I won't tell."
"Thanks. But I know how you feel. Sakura's been my best friend for a long time, and Syaoran's my cousin! I think that both of them deserve some alone time without us stalking them for once."
We both laughed at that. "You know, I think you and I will get along just fine!"
She smiled at me. "I agree."
~~~~~~~S+S~~~~~~~~~~#$Sakura P.O.V.#$
"Still won't tell me where we're going?"
"Nope. You'll see. It's one of the few places I know that they won't find us."
"I-it's not like a cemetery or anything, is it?"
"No. Why? Are you afraid of being at a cemetery at night?"
"Yeah. I'm really, really afraid of ghosts and spooky stuff."
"You are?"
"Yep. Now, tell me some of your fears"
"Me?"
"I told you one of mine, tell me one of yours."
"Alright. I'm afraid of Roller Coasters."
My eyes bugged out. "Really?!"
"Yes." He blushed and looked straight ahead.
"Don't be embarassed about it or anything! Let's find something better to talk about. Like, where are we going?"
He snorted. "I'm still not telling you."
"Meanie!" I said, then stuck my tongue out.
He laughed. "Be patient."
I sighed. "Alright."
Syaoran glanced in the mirror behind us. "Hold on, Sakura. It could get a little rough. She's starting to tail us now."
Uh-oh. Why do I have a BAD feeling about this. I pressed my back against the seat right as he pushed down the gas pedal and we sped off, leaving Meiling and Rika behind us in a trail of dust. Ok, so there wasn't really any dust, but it's good for exaggeration.
Syaoran whipped around a corner and we went flying over a speed bump. After a little more of this chase, I was having fun. "Hey, Syaoran, this is actually pretty fun."
He smiled. "Really now? Then we'll speed it up a little." He pressed the gas even farther down, but not enough so that it's touching the floor.
"WHEEEEEEEEE!" I yelled out the window, then looked behind me and saw Meiling and Rika frantically trying to keep up with us. I smiled and yelled at them . "KEEP TRYING, YOU VALLEY GIRL WANNABES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Meiling flipped me off, well, I assumed it was Meiling, since Rika had never done that, and the girl who I assumed was Rika just glared, but she looked surprised. Syaoran started laughing, then said. "Okay, hold on tight, we're about to lose them."
I nodded, and held onto the armrest. Syaoran glanced behind him quickly and then pushed the pedal all the way down, then swerved to his right, then went on for about a mile, with Meiling and Rika falling even farther behind us as we drove, then he took another right, then an almost immediate left, then straight for about 5 more miles, then through a parking lot, then, oh, my head is starting to swirl. I'll just have to close my eyes and open them when we stop.
After a few minutes, we slowed down, and Syaoran asked if I was alright.
"I'm okay. Did we loose them?" I asked, slowly opening my eyes.
He nodded and gave me a concerned look. "Your SURE your alright?"
"I'm fine! Really!"
"Okay. Well, we're here."
I looked up and saw vines overhead and a small entrance that had something silvery glinting behind it, but I couldn't see what it was. "What is this place?"
Syaoran got out and opened my door, then took my hand and said. "Close your eyes and follow me, I'll show you."
I closed my eyes and let him lead me by the hand.
~~~~~~~~~Meiling and Rika~~~~~~~~~#$Normal P.O.V.#$
"Damn! We lost them. Alright Rika, I guess we'll turn back."
Rika smiled and nodded. "Okay. I'm ready to get this wig off. It's so annoying."
"I want to wash this colorspray out of my hair too. Oh, AND change into something more comfortable."
They both laughed at that. "Where do you think they went?"
Meiling wrinkled her eyebrows in thought. "You know, I don't have a clue as to wear they could've been heading in that direction. There's a supermarket, some fast food joints, and a few small stores down there, but I don't think he'd take her to one of those."
The car was silent for a minute as they both thought about it.
*RING* They both jumped slightly when the phone rang. "Hello?" said Meiling as she picked it up.
It was Chiharu. "Well, how's it going, guys?"
"Well, we couldn't keep up with them, so we had to let them get away."
"You WHAT?!"
"We're sorry! It was almost impossible to follow them on these curvy roads at the speed they were going."
Chiharu sighed defeatedly on the other end of the line. "How sucky. Oh well, I guess we'll have to get memorabilia another way. Has Tomoyo called yet?"
"Nope."
"Well, maybe she's busy with Eriol. They had a movie date tonight while Sakura was gone."
"Alone?!" Meiling squeaked.
"Yes, alone. But don't worry, Tomoyo wouldn't go that far. They're probably just cuddled up on the couch right now."
"I bet. Well, I'll talk to you later."
"Bye."
Meiling flipped the phone down and put it back on the dashboard. "It was Chiharu."
"Oh."
*RING* This time Rika answered it. "Hello?"
"Rika, it's Tomoyo. What's happened? Chiharu just told me that you lost them."
"They went into curvy roads at really high speed."
"I see. He's bold."
"He seemed like he knew what he was doing though."
"Oh well, I'll just snap some pictures of them when they get back."
"If they get back before morning!" said Meiling jokingly.
"I assume that comment was from none other than Meiling. Tell her she's a pervert and that she's free to go home now. So is everyone else, well, except for Naoko, she's got a late shift at Mariella's tonight."
"K. Later, Tomoyo."
"What'd she say?" asked Meiling after Rika hung up.
"That you're a pervert and your free to go home now."
"Alright. Well, it was kinda fun chasing them for a while though."
"We'll have to do it again on their next date!"
"Hey, let's start planning for that one!"
They both laughed and shook their heads at the thought.
~~~~~~~~~S+S~~~~~~~~~#$Sakura P.O.V.#$
"We're almost there, Sakura."
"Ok." We'd been walking for awhile now, but we hadn't gotten there quite yet.
Suddenly Syaoran stopped, still holding my hand. "Okay, you can open your eyes now."
When I opened my eyes, I saw what it was that had been glistening. It was a pearly white fountain in the middle of what looked like a shrine. There were vines growing all around and a small temple in front of us, with an overhead passageway that had a sign in kanji that said 'Love.'
I breathed in the scent. 'Hmmm............I love this scent. Smells like lillies.' I turned to look at Syaoran. "Is this an old love shrine?"
He nodded, blushing brightly. "Yeah. It's not abandoned, the owner just wanted it to have the vines. The fountain is my favorite part. There's a legend that says if 2 lovers throw 1 penny in that fountain and they both wish on the penny that they'll be together forever, it'll happen."
"Let's try it!" I said enthusiastically. I know it's cheesy, but, hey, you never know! It might work. I certainly wouldn't mind. I blushed at that thought.
He gave me a bewildered look. "W-what?"
"C'mon! We are on a date, right?"
"Well, yeah, but............."
"Please?"
"Are you sure you want to?"
I nodded eagerly. "Yeah! And if the legend is true, we'll come back one day when we're old and dying and our children's children will be getting ready to be married or have a baby or something like that."
He blushed. "Children?"
'Oops. That sounded kinda wrong, I guess.' "Oh, sorry, I didn't mean that I, well, um, anyways, let's try!"
"What if it doesn't work?"
I thought for a minute. "Then, I guess we'll still come back, just as friends or something."
He looked at me with a doubtful expression, then produced a penny from his pocket and smiled at me sweetly. "Alright, I'll do it."
"Yay!" I squealed. I took the penny and looked at Syaoran. "Ready?"
"Yep."
"Ok, here it goes!" I took his hand, then closed my eyes and threw the penny in. 'I wish that me and Syaoran will be together forever!'. I opened my eye and peeked at Syaoran. 'I wonder if he wished the same thing for me...........'
After a few more seconds, he opened his eyes and looked at me. "C'mon, I want to show you something else."
He grabbed my hand, and I trailed behind him laughing as we dodged bushes and vines above our heads. He finally stopped and I thought I could hear music. "Music?" I wondered out loud.
He nodded. "The owner lives in the house beside the shrine, and he practices piano sometimes at night. I didn't know that until I heard it playing from across the street at a friend's house. He moved away a long time ago though."
"I see."
He held out his hands and I could plainly see that his lip was twitching slightly. "Dance with me?"
'De ja vu.' I thought to myself. "Of course."
He spun me around, then brought me back around close to him. As we danced, I leaned the top of my head against his cheek and slowly swayed to the music. I blushed at how close we were. He leaned his mouth down to my ear and asked "Can I kiss you?"
I was surprised to say the least. Most guys just kissed you without asking. Normally it wasn't needed, but if you didn't want them to kiss you, it was good when you were able to say no without having to turn your cheek to avoid it. I blinked for a moment, then whispered. "Yes............."
He slowly leaned down and took my face in his hands, then kissed me. It was soft and only lasted a few seconds, but it made my heart and my head rush. After the kiss, we kept dancing, until I remembered something. "Syaoran, what time is it?"
He checked his watch and his eyes widened. "It's almost 11:30."
"I'd stay longer but Tomoyo was expecting me home by 11."
It's okay. I'll take you back home. I have a sneeking suspicion that she's not alone."
"Why's that?"
He handed me his cell phone after pressing the redial button. I held it to my ear for a few seconds while it rang until a message came on. The message said 'Hi, this is Eriol! If your Tomoyo, press 1, if your anyone else, press 2.'
"That's Eriol's cell phone. Press 1. I was left no other choice after calling 10 times to say I'd be a little late."
I pressed 1 on the keypad and held the phone to my ear again. The message he had for Tomoyo was 'Hey Moyo! I'll be over tonight for our movie date at your house while Sakura's on her date. See ya then, love.'
I glared at the phone and spoke into the machine. " Eriol, this is Sakura. Once I get my hands on you, I'm going to use them to choke you! Little sneak! Just you wait, Hiirigizawa!"
I handed the phone back to Syaoran and smiled sheepishly. "Sorry, but let's get going. Fast. I want to catch them in the act."
~~~~~~~~~Kinomoto Residence~~~~~~~~~~#$Normal P.O.V.#$
Sakura unlocked the door and was prepared to barge in and whack them both for doing such a thing, but just couldn't when she saw the scene before her. They had both fallen asleep watching TV, and Tomoyo was snuggled up against Eriol under a blanket. Sakura peeked under the blanket to make sure they had JUST been sleeping.
Syaoran came in behind her with an angry look on his face, but Sakura gestured towards them, and he smiled, then, with extreme caution, picked Eriol up and started carrying him to the car. "Geez, Eriol, cut down on the sweets, why dontcha? Your getting a little heavy."
Sakura giggled at this. After Syaoran had put Eriol into the car, he quickly kissed Sakura goodbye, and whispered "I'll call you tomorrow. Goodnight."
"Night." She said dreamily.
After he had left, she walked back into the house and tucked the covers under Tomoyo's chin and smiled as Tomoyo snuggled into the blanket, then went upstairs, not even bothering to take her shoes off, and slipped into her bed and peacefully fell asleep.
~~~~~~~~~Syaoran's House~~~~~~~~#$Syaoran P.O.V.#$
I wasn't kidding when I said Eriol was getting a little big. I puffed a little as I walked up the steps and put him into his bed carefully so that he wouldn't wake up and bug me about not letting him stay with Tomoyo.
After I had tucked him in, I quietly went back downstairs to get a drink from the kitchen. The kitchen was still dark because I hadn't turned the lights on yet, ut as I reached for the light switch, I realized that there was already someone in the kitchen, sitting calmly in the dark drinking some of my tea. 'A burglar?'
I quickly grabbed an umbrella from the stand by the front door and got it ready to strike if I needed to. I crept back into the kitchen and flipped on the light. My eyes widened quite a large amount, I'm sure.
The person smiled at me calmly and said "Now Syaoran, that's no way to greet me."
I dropped the umbrella, more out of shock than anything else and continued staring at the person sitting at the table.
"M-mother?" I finally managed to stammer out.
THE END
Kalli: Ooh, cliffy!
Kira: I don't think your reviewers are going to like that very much.
Kalli: That's why I've got all the hot fighter anime bishies on speed dial!
Rika: Oh my...........0.o
Kalli: *sweatdrop* Hehe.
Kira: No girl fighters?
Kalli: I want to keep them from killing ME, not kill THEM!
Rika: She has a point.
Kira: Plus, they're much nicer to look at..............*drools*
K+R: *sweatdrop* Okay then.
Kalli: Here's the preview for the next chapter! It's a little different this time though:
"F-fiance?!"
Yelan nodded. "That's right. The Li Clan is getting impatient with you, my son. Have you not met any suitable girls?"
Syaoran blushed lightly. "Well, the reason I was back so late is because I had a date with a girl. Meiling set it up, but I think she already knew that we kind of liked each other."
Yelan smiled secretively behind her tea cup. "First date with this girl, is it then?"
He nodded."Very well. Syaoran, I'll give you 3 months. Your lucky that the Elders are allowing you that much time. I will monitor your relationship until then and if I think she's suitable, I want you to ask her to marry you."
Syaoran thought deeply for a moment. "Alright." He said slowly. "But how are you going to monitor me? Meiling?"
"Oh no, child. And of course, I won't be staying. I'm having someone else monitor you."
"Who?"
Yelan smiled at him. "Well, Syaoran, .............."
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