Kalli: Hello! Sorry the updating was a little more delayed this time.
I'm currently working on the 4th chapter of 'Criminal Affairs' and my new
story 'Runaway Moon'. Check my profile page for more info on that, and it
also now tells u about the progress of this story and all the others as
well! Anyways, on with the review thanks:
Lightcard- Thanks for ur vote!
Black Soul: Guys can be so insensitive sometimes, ne Laira? Lol, um, thanks to the guys for their.......votes......yah.....j/k! ^~ That was an interesting review! So, have the guys 'settled their differences' yet? Lol, tell me who wins! Thankies!
NightSwift- Really! I have to tell you, there won't be much E+T in this chappie, but there will be in the next chappie, I promise! ^^ I even gave u another good guest! Scroll down and you'll see who! ^~ My e-mail is Kawaiistargirl23@cs.com, so you can add me!
Lilazngurl- Ur welcome about the e-mail thing! Newayz, it's so short because I had to cut it off there for it to be a cliffhanger! ^~ Sorry about that, I couldn't resist! I'm trying to make the chapters longer, but it'll be taking longer since I have all these new projects going on, plus I'm trying to cram a lot of stuff into the last sweet weeks in summer!
Dream_Wonder_46- Thank u! lol, let's see if u guessed right! It turned out to be a little shorter than I had originally planned, but if I get more reviews, more chapters, and they'll be longer too!
d- 4 sisters that are hyper? Yep, I'd say it's a pretty tough life! Thank u! Hope u enjoy reading this!
Cute Star Angel- Sorry about the updating being slower again this time! Newayz, enjoy!
SaKuRa LoVa- Hey! I checked out ur profile to get ur e-mail to give u an alert thingy, and I saw ur 'Dating Service' story! It's really good, so plz continue! And thank u so much for ur review!
Ccs crazy- THANK U! Such high praise is very pleasing! ^^ Happy reading!
Poll Results:
1st place- Sakura!
2nd place- Tomoyo and Nakuru/Ruby Moon tie!
3rd place- Meiling!
Kira: This week's guest is Yelan!
Kalli: For my faithful reviewer, Nightswift, I made Yelan the guest! ^^ U can be the co-guest next time if u want! I don't know who the actual guest will be yet, but u can be the co-guest! E-mail me if ur interested! ^^
Yelan: Hello.
Kira: *shivers lightly* Uh, hello.
Yelan: You seem nervous.
Kira: You seem evil.
Kalli: *sweatdrop* How wonderful.
Yelan: I am evil.
Kira: Then I am nervous.
Kalli: That's nice and all, but let's go on with the story, ne?
The Woes of Syaoran
By: Kalli
~~~~~~~~~Syaoran~~~~~~~~#$Syao P.O.V.#$
When I heard the click on the other end, I freaked out. There wasn't much else to do in that situation. "Sakura?! Sakura?! Sakura, please!" I cried desperately into the phone, knowing already that she had hung up. I gripped the phone a little harder for a second, then slowly hung it back up.
I plopped down in a chair miserably, knowing that she had assumed the worst. Hopefully, if I gave it a few days, I could call back and try to explain. The first thought was to go over there and talk to her, but I realized that she'd probably slam the door in my face, or refuse to see me.
Then it occurred to me. 'Tomoyo! She knows! She could straighten things out with Sakura!'. I thought about calling and asking her if she would, then realized that if Sakura answered, it would only make things worse.
'Great. Good job, Syaoran.' Said a sarcastic voice in my head.
I scowled grumpily and mentally told the little voice to go to hell.
~~~~~~~~Kinomoto Residence~~~~~~~#$Tomoyo P.O.V.#$
I was laughing at an IM Rika had sent me when I heard Sakura yelling downstairs. I stuck my head out the door to here what she was saying.
The last thing I heard her shout was 'I don't wanna hear your excuses, Li!' and then a loud slam, which I assumed was, or once had been, our phone. I wondered if it still worked after that slam.
When I got back to the computer, Rika had IMed me 3 more times.
Sweetness2378: Tomoyo?
Sweetness2378: Hello?
Sweetness2378: R u still there?
I sat back down frowning. I knew that Sakura must've thought the same thing I did, but she seemed to be a little quicker to analyze the situation than me. After a few seconds I IMed Rika back.
EvulGirlie01: Sry. Rika, I need some help. Remember how I jus told u that I thought Li was cheating on Sakura?
Sweetness2378: Yah. Why?
EvulGirlie01: Well, Sakura apparently thought the same thing. Except I don't think she listened to him like I did. She jus yelled 'I don't wanna hear ur excuses, Li!' and slammed the phone down.
Sweetness2378: What r u gonna do?
EvulGirlie01: I dunno. Any ideas?
Sweetness2378: Prove to her that he's innocent.
EvulGirlie01: How?
Sweetness2378: Show her. Take her over there and show her!
EvulGirlie01: Rika, I love u! Thank u so much! That's perfect! Why didn't I think of that?!
Sweetness2378: Becuz I'm brilliant and ur not?
EvulGirlie01: Change ur sn, Rika.
Sweetness2378: Hey!
EvulGirlie01 has signed off.
I smiled as I logged off. I rushed downstairs and into the kitchen, where we have all the phone numbers posted on the fridge. Li's was right in the middle with a little heart around it. I rolled my eyes and dialed the number.
After a few rings, a miserable voice answered. "Hello?"
"I heard about what happened with Sakura. If you can get dressed and have your sisters ready, I'll bring Sakura over there and prove that you're not cheating on her."
The voice perked up. "Um, is there a way where she didn't have to meet my sisters? I'd die from all the embarrassing stories they'd tell."
"Well, it'll prove your innocent if you do that. Plus, your gonna have to swallow your pride at least a little."
I heard a groan on the other end. "Alright. Only for Sakura..............."
"KAWAII!" I shouted. I couldn't help it.
"Ouch!"
I smiled sheepishly. "Sorry. But that was just too cute! Hey, is Eriol over there too?"
I could tell by the long silence and hesitant answer that Li was frowning deeply on the other end of the line. "Yeah............"
"Great!" I blushed lightly at the thought of seeing Eriol. 'Love, sweet love.' I thought.
"We'll be over there soon, so get ready."
"Okay. Thanks again. Bye."
"Bye." I said quickly, then hung up and ran to get Sakura.
I walked into the dining room where Sakura was to find her sobbing with her head buried in her crossed arms. I tapped her on the shoulder and she looked up at me with one eye. Which looked kinda freaky since it was red from crying, but anyways..........
"Sakura, my dear sister, he's not cheating on you."
"How d-do you know?" she choked out venomously.
"Because the girl, or girls you heard him talking to are his older sisters."
She lifted her head up completely at that. "S-sisters?"
I nodded slowly. "Fuutie, Siefa, Fanren, and Feimei."
She blinked with a shocked expression. I smiled widely. "And we're going to meet them right now, just to prove it to you. Come on, get dressed, their expecting us."
She nodded dumbly and quickly went to get dressed. I went back up to my room and threw on a blue t-shirt and jean shorts and hurried back downstairs. After 5 minutes, Sakura emerged with a smiling face.
It looked as though she had put a little extra effort into getting ready. She was dressed in a dark emerald spaghetti strap top, a long flowing beige skirt, and tan heels with a jean jacket over the shirt that added somewhat of a modest touch. Her hair was let down instead of in it's usual high ponytail, and her face was adorned with light make-up.
"Ready to meet the family, are we, Sister dear?" I asked teasingly.
She blushed deeply and shot me a glare, then locked the door behind her as we headed to the car. She pulled out and drove for about 10 minutes until we reached Li's house.
When she got out, she looked so energetic that I told her not to run to the door, as she might trip and get her outfit messy.
She once again glared at me and asked if Eriol was going to be there. I nodded and she smiled slyly, then told me that I was 'meeting the family' as well then.
I blushed pink over what seemed my whole face. Touché, Sakura, Touché.
We both walked up to the door, and Sakura enthusiastically rang the bell. Eriol answered the door smiling. "Well, hello, I assume you've come to meet the root of terror in Syaoran's life?"
Sakura gave him a confused look. "Meiling's here?"
We both laughed. "He's talking about Li's sisters, Sakura!"
She smiled and blushed lightly. "Oops."
I rolled my eyes and pulled her into the house. "Now, go find them!"
"Aren't you coming?"
"Uh, in a bit. I gotta talk to Eriol first though."
"Okay."
After she had walked out, I turned to Eriol, and he turned to me. "Can I kiss you first?"
I shook my head. "Sorry. That's what I wanted to talk to you about. I don't want to get sick."
He looked confused. "Why would you get sick?"
She patted his shoulder. "It's okay, you don't have to hide it. Li-sensei told me you have a cold. I hope you get better soon, baby, but it'll be at least 4 days before it wears off, so no mouth contact for 4 days at least!"
He looked shocked. "I-m no- what the- I'M NOT SICK!" he cried.
I understand, sweetie! Don't worry about it, we can kiss all you want when you're well again! For now, let's go meet your cousins!"
"But I'm NOT sick!"
She shook her head and sighed. "Li said you'd deny it. Don't worry, I completely understand!"
He gaped at her unbelievingly.
"Well, don't just stand there, let's go!"
He meekly followed behind her, not knowing what else to do. Besides get revenge on his 'dear cousin', that is.
~~~~~~Sakura after she left E+T~~~~~#$Sakura P.O.V.#$
I walked into the main room where I assumed everyone was and saw Syaoran angrily shouting at 4 girls that sat on the couch and were watching the TV uncaringly.
"Aren't you gonna go get ready?"
One of the girls shook her head. "We are ready."
"In your night clothes?"
They all nodded lazily, then one of them with short brown hair that stopped at her ears turned towards the door and I watched as her eyes widened in surprise when she saw me.
She turned to one of the other girls and poked her, the girl turned to her, then saw me. I smiled nervously, and a few seconds later, all 4 girls were looking at me with unreadable expressions. About that time, Syaoran noticed that they were all looking at the doorframe and turned his eyes to me.
I smiled wider and spoke. "Hi."
He smiled back. "Hey."
One of the girls with long, waist-length hair nudged him and asked "Is that her?"
He nodded. Then all the sudden, there was a flash of brown and I felt myself in a very tight embrace from 8 different arms and heard bits of squealing and high-pitched speaking.
"She's so cute!"
"I wish I had her eyes!"
"Her hair is so soft!" I heard the girl say. I figured that she the one patting my head fondly.
"She's so adorable! What a cute girl!"
"KAWAII!!!!!!!" they all chorused.
"Don't suffocate her!" I heard Syaoran yell frantically from behind them. Finally, after a few minutes of continuous tugging, they had all backed away from me, but were smiling with big, watery eyes. Kinda like eyes that you would get if you were looking at a really cute little kitten or a baby rabbit.
I backed away slowly, afraid of what would happen if I moved in fast motion. Would that set them off again? I shuddered at the thought.
After Syaoran made sure that he was in front of me, even though I'm not sure that would hold them all back or not, he turned to me with a sheepish smile. "You'll have to forgive them, they tend to be a bit...............hyper-active. They have this 'thing' for people or things that, as Tomoyo would put it, are 'Kawaii!' and you are one of those things." He gave me a lopsided grin and winked.
I felt myself blush and look down at my feet momentarily. He smiled at me again and turned back to his sisters. "Don't do that again, okay?"
The only one with shoulder-length hair giggled and poked him playfully. "Don't want us to tell your girlfriend embarrassing stories about you?"
He blushed and glared at them with a twitchy eye. "Be quiet! Remember the rules."
They all gave him pouty glares at that. 'I wonder what the rules are?'
He shook his head at them, and then pulled me so that I was standing beside him. "Okay, this is Kinomoto Sakura. Do not glomp her again!" he said when one of them put their foot out an inch. She quickly drew it back in and gave him the evil eye.
"Sakura, these are my sisters."
He pointed to the 2nd one from the left with the short brown hair that had been the first to notice my presence. She, like all the others had sparkling light brown eyes. "This is Fuutie, my eldest sister." She smiled and waved sweetly.
He then pointed to the girl on her right. She was the one with shoulder- length hair. "This is Feimei, the 2nd eldest." She smiled widely and said 'Hi!'.
Then he motioned to the girl on Fuutie's left with the longest hair out of all of them that was swept back behind her ears with her bangs slightly covering the top of her eyelids. "This is Fanren, the 3rd eldest." She looked at me adoringly. I recognized her to be the one who had patted my head. That one scared me quite a bit. Oh yes, quite a bit.
Finally, he came to the last girl next to Fanren. She looked almost identical to Fanren, except her hair was an inch or 2 shorter. In the front at least, I couldn't tell if it was in the back though. "This is the youngest, Seifa." She winked playfully and made a peace sign.
(A/N- IMPORTANT! Truthfully, I have no idea which sister is which! I know the names and what they all look like, but I'm just guessing which one is which! I'm also not sure of how they rank by age. I've heard that Fuutie was oldest and Seifa was youngest, but I don't know about Fanren and Feimei, so if anyone knows, tell me and I'll go back and change it! Thank you!)
"Um, nice to meet you all!" I said as politely as I could without sounding frightened. "Syaoran never told me he had sisters!"
All the sudden, the atmosphere completely shifted. Instead of smiling at me with happy faces, they were towering over Syaoran with grim, toothy smiles. Kinda like the ones where there's fire in the background and the victim looks really small, while the tormentors look really big and they're holding a kitchen knife or something.
"How come you never told her you had sisters?" asked Feimei with a twitching eyebrow.
"Are we unimportant? Or do you just not like us?" asked Seifa harshly.
"Grrrrrrrrrr........." was all the other 2 had to say.
He backed into a corner slowly until they had him against the wall with nowhere to go. "I was too ashamed!" he spoke desperately, then clamped his hand over his mouth as he realized what he said. "I mean, embarrassed!" He saw their quivering lips and big, watery eyes and shook his hands around frantically. "I mean scared! That you'd tell embarrassing stories about me!"
Their eyes got even bigger and they started making whimpering noises and sniffing.
"I-uh..........wanted to surprise her! To, um, let her see how great you all are!"
They stopped whimpering, but they still looked sad. He frowned and sighed deeply. "I need a hug..........." he said.
Then they all smiled hugely and ran over and started squeezing him tightly. "WE LOVE YOU LITTLE BROTHER!" they screamed.
"What's wrong?" came Tomoyo's panicked voice from the doorway.
As if in slow motion, all the girls pulled away and stared at Tomoyo. She smiled happily. "You must be the sisters! The ones who know embarrassing stories about him?" she asked, indicating her hand towards Li.
They nodded, again, in almost slow motion. She smiled even bigger and her eyes got big. They smiled as well at her face. "WWWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" they all screamed as they started hugging each other and talking rapidly.
Syaoran stood there looking horrified. He wasn't the only one. And Eriol was smiling evilly/happily. I'm not sure there's a difference between evil and happy smiles when it comes to Eriol, but since only 3 people weren't talking and hugging, I'll let you figure out who the 3rd one is.
After Tomoyo and the sisters had finally finished 'introducing themselves', they turned to smile at us.
Syaoran threw me a miserable-looking glance.
I smiled sympathetically.
Tomoyo pulled me and Syaoran to sit on the couch along with Seifa and Feimei. She squeezed in next to Eriol in one of the armchairs and Fuutie and Fanren started fighting over the last chair until they both agreed to sit on the arms of the chair.
Syaoran looked around nervously. "So..........." Eriol started.
All the sudden, Fuutie piped up. "Did you know that when Syaoran was 8, he was scared of popcorn?"
Syaoran blushed red and his eye twitched. "I was a little kid! It made loud noises when u guys stayed up late, and I thought it might've been a burglar or something!"
Feimei coughed next to him. "If I recall, we found out you were scared of popcorn when we popped it in broad daylight and you ran screaming saying it was coming to get you. But it was so cute! Little you in your sailor outfit, running from popcorn!"
"I did NOT wear a sailor outfit!" he cried in desperation.
"Oh, yes you did! We have pictures, Syaoran!" claimed Seifa.
He sank deep into his seat. "Why me?" he mumbled.
I giggled. 'Poor Syaoran.' I thought to myself. 'But he would look cute in a sailor outfit...........aww.........'
Then I noticed that Tomoyo had pulled out a small, compact video camera. "This should be good."
I heard Syaoran groan next to me. I scooted closer and slipped my arm through his. "I think you would've looked very cute in a sailor outfit, Syaoran!" I spoke, then tapped hi nose playfully.
He blushed brightly and looked down at the carpet. When I looked up, I noticed 5 pairs of eyes and one 'eye of evilness' staring at me. The 'eye of evilness' is that darned video camera that Tomoyo somehow always seems to have handy.
"Eh?" we both said at the same time.
The others just laughed. We looked at each other nervously. I leaned over and whispered to him. "Do you think they're plotting something?"
"Duh. It's more like, what are they planning?" he whispered back suspiciously.
When we looked back up, they seemed to have moved in a few feet. I scooted closer to Syaoran and clinged to his arm frightfully.
That just made them move in more. Syaoran pulled me closer. By now, everyone was almost directly in our faces. I quickly reached my hand up and switched the off button on Tomoyo's camera.
"SAKURA!!!!!!!!!" came Tomoyo's outraged and disappointed voice.
I smiled and giggled innocently. "Ooops! My hand just kinda slipped there, sis. Soooooooo sorry!"
"Sakura!" she cried pouting.
Syaoran looked around frantically. Then, he pointed out the window. "Oh my gosh! It's a pink, fluffy unicorn with cute, puffy wings!"
All 4 of the sisters dashed to the window, grabbing Tomoyo and Eriol with them. "Unicorn?" I asked in a confused state. But before I had time to say anything else, Syaoran grabbed my hand and dragged me out of the house.
We kept running until I reached the car. I quickly glanced over my shoulder and saw Fanren waving one finger at us frantically, and then they all started running towards the front door.
Syaoran desperately fumbled with the car keys for a minute, then hurriedly opened the door for me and I got in, then we pulled out right as everyone else came running out the door chasing after us.
"Still up for that movie?"
I nodded quickly. "Oh yeah."
We sat in a comfortable silence until we reached the movie theater. "So, what did you have in mind, Syaoran?"
"I dunno. How about Matrix?"
"I don't really feel like action tonight. How about 'Bruce Almighty'?" I asked. (a/n- That was a funny movie! ^^)
He shrugged. "Fine with me."
I smiled, then he nudged me. "Sakura, look."
Once we had gotten closer to the theater, it was quite obvious that it was closed. There was a sign that said 'Closed for Remodeling' posted on the outside.
He frowned and put his arm around my shoulders and hugged me close. "Sorry, babe. Is there something else you wanna do?"
I thought about other things we could do as I looked around the theater at the posters taped to the building for all kinds of events.
Then my eyes stopped on one of the posters. I smiled widely. "Actually, I think there might be something..........."
The End
Kalli: Thought I'd be mean and leave another cliffy for you. I know this wasn't one of the best chapters, so bare with me! I'm working on a bunch of new stuff, so I'm trying to update as frequently as I can, so forgive the slow updates!
Kira: And the shortness of this chapter.
Kalli: Hit me where it hurts, why doncha?
Kira: ^^
Yelan: *smiles* You have good verbal battling skills, dear.
Kira: You and I could form an alliance.
Kalli: Why is it always me?! Here's the preview for my ever eager-to-know fans! (Too bad they don't exist! *river tears*):
What is Sakura planning? Well, you'll find out, wontcha?! *wink wink* It's not what you'd expect from our dear, sweet Sakura! Of course, Tomoyo and the others head to the theater to find them, but have no luck until Tomoyo calls up Meiling and she tells them the unbelievable place where Sakura and Syaoran might be.........
As a matter of fact, that's the poll question this time!
Where do you think S+S will be found?!
That should bring some interesting answers! ^^
Kira: I bet.
Yelan: It's not a hotel, is it?
Kalli: Of course not! Well, that eliminates some of the answers already! Well, ja for now, and as always, plz R+R!!!!!!!
Lightcard- Thanks for ur vote!
Black Soul: Guys can be so insensitive sometimes, ne Laira? Lol, um, thanks to the guys for their.......votes......yah.....j/k! ^~ That was an interesting review! So, have the guys 'settled their differences' yet? Lol, tell me who wins! Thankies!
NightSwift- Really! I have to tell you, there won't be much E+T in this chappie, but there will be in the next chappie, I promise! ^^ I even gave u another good guest! Scroll down and you'll see who! ^~ My e-mail is Kawaiistargirl23@cs.com, so you can add me!
Lilazngurl- Ur welcome about the e-mail thing! Newayz, it's so short because I had to cut it off there for it to be a cliffhanger! ^~ Sorry about that, I couldn't resist! I'm trying to make the chapters longer, but it'll be taking longer since I have all these new projects going on, plus I'm trying to cram a lot of stuff into the last sweet weeks in summer!
Dream_Wonder_46- Thank u! lol, let's see if u guessed right! It turned out to be a little shorter than I had originally planned, but if I get more reviews, more chapters, and they'll be longer too!
d- 4 sisters that are hyper? Yep, I'd say it's a pretty tough life! Thank u! Hope u enjoy reading this!
Cute Star Angel- Sorry about the updating being slower again this time! Newayz, enjoy!
SaKuRa LoVa- Hey! I checked out ur profile to get ur e-mail to give u an alert thingy, and I saw ur 'Dating Service' story! It's really good, so plz continue! And thank u so much for ur review!
Ccs crazy- THANK U! Such high praise is very pleasing! ^^ Happy reading!
Poll Results:
1st place- Sakura!
2nd place- Tomoyo and Nakuru/Ruby Moon tie!
3rd place- Meiling!
Kira: This week's guest is Yelan!
Kalli: For my faithful reviewer, Nightswift, I made Yelan the guest! ^^ U can be the co-guest next time if u want! I don't know who the actual guest will be yet, but u can be the co-guest! E-mail me if ur interested! ^^
Yelan: Hello.
Kira: *shivers lightly* Uh, hello.
Yelan: You seem nervous.
Kira: You seem evil.
Kalli: *sweatdrop* How wonderful.
Yelan: I am evil.
Kira: Then I am nervous.
Kalli: That's nice and all, but let's go on with the story, ne?
The Woes of Syaoran
By: Kalli
~~~~~~~~~Syaoran~~~~~~~~#$Syao P.O.V.#$
When I heard the click on the other end, I freaked out. There wasn't much else to do in that situation. "Sakura?! Sakura?! Sakura, please!" I cried desperately into the phone, knowing already that she had hung up. I gripped the phone a little harder for a second, then slowly hung it back up.
I plopped down in a chair miserably, knowing that she had assumed the worst. Hopefully, if I gave it a few days, I could call back and try to explain. The first thought was to go over there and talk to her, but I realized that she'd probably slam the door in my face, or refuse to see me.
Then it occurred to me. 'Tomoyo! She knows! She could straighten things out with Sakura!'. I thought about calling and asking her if she would, then realized that if Sakura answered, it would only make things worse.
'Great. Good job, Syaoran.' Said a sarcastic voice in my head.
I scowled grumpily and mentally told the little voice to go to hell.
~~~~~~~~Kinomoto Residence~~~~~~~#$Tomoyo P.O.V.#$
I was laughing at an IM Rika had sent me when I heard Sakura yelling downstairs. I stuck my head out the door to here what she was saying.
The last thing I heard her shout was 'I don't wanna hear your excuses, Li!' and then a loud slam, which I assumed was, or once had been, our phone. I wondered if it still worked after that slam.
When I got back to the computer, Rika had IMed me 3 more times.
Sweetness2378: Tomoyo?
Sweetness2378: Hello?
Sweetness2378: R u still there?
I sat back down frowning. I knew that Sakura must've thought the same thing I did, but she seemed to be a little quicker to analyze the situation than me. After a few seconds I IMed Rika back.
EvulGirlie01: Sry. Rika, I need some help. Remember how I jus told u that I thought Li was cheating on Sakura?
Sweetness2378: Yah. Why?
EvulGirlie01: Well, Sakura apparently thought the same thing. Except I don't think she listened to him like I did. She jus yelled 'I don't wanna hear ur excuses, Li!' and slammed the phone down.
Sweetness2378: What r u gonna do?
EvulGirlie01: I dunno. Any ideas?
Sweetness2378: Prove to her that he's innocent.
EvulGirlie01: How?
Sweetness2378: Show her. Take her over there and show her!
EvulGirlie01: Rika, I love u! Thank u so much! That's perfect! Why didn't I think of that?!
Sweetness2378: Becuz I'm brilliant and ur not?
EvulGirlie01: Change ur sn, Rika.
Sweetness2378: Hey!
EvulGirlie01 has signed off.
I smiled as I logged off. I rushed downstairs and into the kitchen, where we have all the phone numbers posted on the fridge. Li's was right in the middle with a little heart around it. I rolled my eyes and dialed the number.
After a few rings, a miserable voice answered. "Hello?"
"I heard about what happened with Sakura. If you can get dressed and have your sisters ready, I'll bring Sakura over there and prove that you're not cheating on her."
The voice perked up. "Um, is there a way where she didn't have to meet my sisters? I'd die from all the embarrassing stories they'd tell."
"Well, it'll prove your innocent if you do that. Plus, your gonna have to swallow your pride at least a little."
I heard a groan on the other end. "Alright. Only for Sakura..............."
"KAWAII!" I shouted. I couldn't help it.
"Ouch!"
I smiled sheepishly. "Sorry. But that was just too cute! Hey, is Eriol over there too?"
I could tell by the long silence and hesitant answer that Li was frowning deeply on the other end of the line. "Yeah............"
"Great!" I blushed lightly at the thought of seeing Eriol. 'Love, sweet love.' I thought.
"We'll be over there soon, so get ready."
"Okay. Thanks again. Bye."
"Bye." I said quickly, then hung up and ran to get Sakura.
I walked into the dining room where Sakura was to find her sobbing with her head buried in her crossed arms. I tapped her on the shoulder and she looked up at me with one eye. Which looked kinda freaky since it was red from crying, but anyways..........
"Sakura, my dear sister, he's not cheating on you."
"How d-do you know?" she choked out venomously.
"Because the girl, or girls you heard him talking to are his older sisters."
She lifted her head up completely at that. "S-sisters?"
I nodded slowly. "Fuutie, Siefa, Fanren, and Feimei."
She blinked with a shocked expression. I smiled widely. "And we're going to meet them right now, just to prove it to you. Come on, get dressed, their expecting us."
She nodded dumbly and quickly went to get dressed. I went back up to my room and threw on a blue t-shirt and jean shorts and hurried back downstairs. After 5 minutes, Sakura emerged with a smiling face.
It looked as though she had put a little extra effort into getting ready. She was dressed in a dark emerald spaghetti strap top, a long flowing beige skirt, and tan heels with a jean jacket over the shirt that added somewhat of a modest touch. Her hair was let down instead of in it's usual high ponytail, and her face was adorned with light make-up.
"Ready to meet the family, are we, Sister dear?" I asked teasingly.
She blushed deeply and shot me a glare, then locked the door behind her as we headed to the car. She pulled out and drove for about 10 minutes until we reached Li's house.
When she got out, she looked so energetic that I told her not to run to the door, as she might trip and get her outfit messy.
She once again glared at me and asked if Eriol was going to be there. I nodded and she smiled slyly, then told me that I was 'meeting the family' as well then.
I blushed pink over what seemed my whole face. Touché, Sakura, Touché.
We both walked up to the door, and Sakura enthusiastically rang the bell. Eriol answered the door smiling. "Well, hello, I assume you've come to meet the root of terror in Syaoran's life?"
Sakura gave him a confused look. "Meiling's here?"
We both laughed. "He's talking about Li's sisters, Sakura!"
She smiled and blushed lightly. "Oops."
I rolled my eyes and pulled her into the house. "Now, go find them!"
"Aren't you coming?"
"Uh, in a bit. I gotta talk to Eriol first though."
"Okay."
After she had walked out, I turned to Eriol, and he turned to me. "Can I kiss you first?"
I shook my head. "Sorry. That's what I wanted to talk to you about. I don't want to get sick."
He looked confused. "Why would you get sick?"
She patted his shoulder. "It's okay, you don't have to hide it. Li-sensei told me you have a cold. I hope you get better soon, baby, but it'll be at least 4 days before it wears off, so no mouth contact for 4 days at least!"
He looked shocked. "I-m no- what the- I'M NOT SICK!" he cried.
I understand, sweetie! Don't worry about it, we can kiss all you want when you're well again! For now, let's go meet your cousins!"
"But I'm NOT sick!"
She shook her head and sighed. "Li said you'd deny it. Don't worry, I completely understand!"
He gaped at her unbelievingly.
"Well, don't just stand there, let's go!"
He meekly followed behind her, not knowing what else to do. Besides get revenge on his 'dear cousin', that is.
~~~~~~Sakura after she left E+T~~~~~#$Sakura P.O.V.#$
I walked into the main room where I assumed everyone was and saw Syaoran angrily shouting at 4 girls that sat on the couch and were watching the TV uncaringly.
"Aren't you gonna go get ready?"
One of the girls shook her head. "We are ready."
"In your night clothes?"
They all nodded lazily, then one of them with short brown hair that stopped at her ears turned towards the door and I watched as her eyes widened in surprise when she saw me.
She turned to one of the other girls and poked her, the girl turned to her, then saw me. I smiled nervously, and a few seconds later, all 4 girls were looking at me with unreadable expressions. About that time, Syaoran noticed that they were all looking at the doorframe and turned his eyes to me.
I smiled wider and spoke. "Hi."
He smiled back. "Hey."
One of the girls with long, waist-length hair nudged him and asked "Is that her?"
He nodded. Then all the sudden, there was a flash of brown and I felt myself in a very tight embrace from 8 different arms and heard bits of squealing and high-pitched speaking.
"She's so cute!"
"I wish I had her eyes!"
"Her hair is so soft!" I heard the girl say. I figured that she the one patting my head fondly.
"She's so adorable! What a cute girl!"
"KAWAII!!!!!!!" they all chorused.
"Don't suffocate her!" I heard Syaoran yell frantically from behind them. Finally, after a few minutes of continuous tugging, they had all backed away from me, but were smiling with big, watery eyes. Kinda like eyes that you would get if you were looking at a really cute little kitten or a baby rabbit.
I backed away slowly, afraid of what would happen if I moved in fast motion. Would that set them off again? I shuddered at the thought.
After Syaoran made sure that he was in front of me, even though I'm not sure that would hold them all back or not, he turned to me with a sheepish smile. "You'll have to forgive them, they tend to be a bit...............hyper-active. They have this 'thing' for people or things that, as Tomoyo would put it, are 'Kawaii!' and you are one of those things." He gave me a lopsided grin and winked.
I felt myself blush and look down at my feet momentarily. He smiled at me again and turned back to his sisters. "Don't do that again, okay?"
The only one with shoulder-length hair giggled and poked him playfully. "Don't want us to tell your girlfriend embarrassing stories about you?"
He blushed and glared at them with a twitchy eye. "Be quiet! Remember the rules."
They all gave him pouty glares at that. 'I wonder what the rules are?'
He shook his head at them, and then pulled me so that I was standing beside him. "Okay, this is Kinomoto Sakura. Do not glomp her again!" he said when one of them put their foot out an inch. She quickly drew it back in and gave him the evil eye.
"Sakura, these are my sisters."
He pointed to the 2nd one from the left with the short brown hair that had been the first to notice my presence. She, like all the others had sparkling light brown eyes. "This is Fuutie, my eldest sister." She smiled and waved sweetly.
He then pointed to the girl on her right. She was the one with shoulder- length hair. "This is Feimei, the 2nd eldest." She smiled widely and said 'Hi!'.
Then he motioned to the girl on Fuutie's left with the longest hair out of all of them that was swept back behind her ears with her bangs slightly covering the top of her eyelids. "This is Fanren, the 3rd eldest." She looked at me adoringly. I recognized her to be the one who had patted my head. That one scared me quite a bit. Oh yes, quite a bit.
Finally, he came to the last girl next to Fanren. She looked almost identical to Fanren, except her hair was an inch or 2 shorter. In the front at least, I couldn't tell if it was in the back though. "This is the youngest, Seifa." She winked playfully and made a peace sign.
(A/N- IMPORTANT! Truthfully, I have no idea which sister is which! I know the names and what they all look like, but I'm just guessing which one is which! I'm also not sure of how they rank by age. I've heard that Fuutie was oldest and Seifa was youngest, but I don't know about Fanren and Feimei, so if anyone knows, tell me and I'll go back and change it! Thank you!)
"Um, nice to meet you all!" I said as politely as I could without sounding frightened. "Syaoran never told me he had sisters!"
All the sudden, the atmosphere completely shifted. Instead of smiling at me with happy faces, they were towering over Syaoran with grim, toothy smiles. Kinda like the ones where there's fire in the background and the victim looks really small, while the tormentors look really big and they're holding a kitchen knife or something.
"How come you never told her you had sisters?" asked Feimei with a twitching eyebrow.
"Are we unimportant? Or do you just not like us?" asked Seifa harshly.
"Grrrrrrrrrr........." was all the other 2 had to say.
He backed into a corner slowly until they had him against the wall with nowhere to go. "I was too ashamed!" he spoke desperately, then clamped his hand over his mouth as he realized what he said. "I mean, embarrassed!" He saw their quivering lips and big, watery eyes and shook his hands around frantically. "I mean scared! That you'd tell embarrassing stories about me!"
Their eyes got even bigger and they started making whimpering noises and sniffing.
"I-uh..........wanted to surprise her! To, um, let her see how great you all are!"
They stopped whimpering, but they still looked sad. He frowned and sighed deeply. "I need a hug..........." he said.
Then they all smiled hugely and ran over and started squeezing him tightly. "WE LOVE YOU LITTLE BROTHER!" they screamed.
"What's wrong?" came Tomoyo's panicked voice from the doorway.
As if in slow motion, all the girls pulled away and stared at Tomoyo. She smiled happily. "You must be the sisters! The ones who know embarrassing stories about him?" she asked, indicating her hand towards Li.
They nodded, again, in almost slow motion. She smiled even bigger and her eyes got big. They smiled as well at her face. "WWWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" they all screamed as they started hugging each other and talking rapidly.
Syaoran stood there looking horrified. He wasn't the only one. And Eriol was smiling evilly/happily. I'm not sure there's a difference between evil and happy smiles when it comes to Eriol, but since only 3 people weren't talking and hugging, I'll let you figure out who the 3rd one is.
After Tomoyo and the sisters had finally finished 'introducing themselves', they turned to smile at us.
Syaoran threw me a miserable-looking glance.
I smiled sympathetically.
Tomoyo pulled me and Syaoran to sit on the couch along with Seifa and Feimei. She squeezed in next to Eriol in one of the armchairs and Fuutie and Fanren started fighting over the last chair until they both agreed to sit on the arms of the chair.
Syaoran looked around nervously. "So..........." Eriol started.
All the sudden, Fuutie piped up. "Did you know that when Syaoran was 8, he was scared of popcorn?"
Syaoran blushed red and his eye twitched. "I was a little kid! It made loud noises when u guys stayed up late, and I thought it might've been a burglar or something!"
Feimei coughed next to him. "If I recall, we found out you were scared of popcorn when we popped it in broad daylight and you ran screaming saying it was coming to get you. But it was so cute! Little you in your sailor outfit, running from popcorn!"
"I did NOT wear a sailor outfit!" he cried in desperation.
"Oh, yes you did! We have pictures, Syaoran!" claimed Seifa.
He sank deep into his seat. "Why me?" he mumbled.
I giggled. 'Poor Syaoran.' I thought to myself. 'But he would look cute in a sailor outfit...........aww.........'
Then I noticed that Tomoyo had pulled out a small, compact video camera. "This should be good."
I heard Syaoran groan next to me. I scooted closer and slipped my arm through his. "I think you would've looked very cute in a sailor outfit, Syaoran!" I spoke, then tapped hi nose playfully.
He blushed brightly and looked down at the carpet. When I looked up, I noticed 5 pairs of eyes and one 'eye of evilness' staring at me. The 'eye of evilness' is that darned video camera that Tomoyo somehow always seems to have handy.
"Eh?" we both said at the same time.
The others just laughed. We looked at each other nervously. I leaned over and whispered to him. "Do you think they're plotting something?"
"Duh. It's more like, what are they planning?" he whispered back suspiciously.
When we looked back up, they seemed to have moved in a few feet. I scooted closer to Syaoran and clinged to his arm frightfully.
That just made them move in more. Syaoran pulled me closer. By now, everyone was almost directly in our faces. I quickly reached my hand up and switched the off button on Tomoyo's camera.
"SAKURA!!!!!!!!!" came Tomoyo's outraged and disappointed voice.
I smiled and giggled innocently. "Ooops! My hand just kinda slipped there, sis. Soooooooo sorry!"
"Sakura!" she cried pouting.
Syaoran looked around frantically. Then, he pointed out the window. "Oh my gosh! It's a pink, fluffy unicorn with cute, puffy wings!"
All 4 of the sisters dashed to the window, grabbing Tomoyo and Eriol with them. "Unicorn?" I asked in a confused state. But before I had time to say anything else, Syaoran grabbed my hand and dragged me out of the house.
We kept running until I reached the car. I quickly glanced over my shoulder and saw Fanren waving one finger at us frantically, and then they all started running towards the front door.
Syaoran desperately fumbled with the car keys for a minute, then hurriedly opened the door for me and I got in, then we pulled out right as everyone else came running out the door chasing after us.
"Still up for that movie?"
I nodded quickly. "Oh yeah."
We sat in a comfortable silence until we reached the movie theater. "So, what did you have in mind, Syaoran?"
"I dunno. How about Matrix?"
"I don't really feel like action tonight. How about 'Bruce Almighty'?" I asked. (a/n- That was a funny movie! ^^)
He shrugged. "Fine with me."
I smiled, then he nudged me. "Sakura, look."
Once we had gotten closer to the theater, it was quite obvious that it was closed. There was a sign that said 'Closed for Remodeling' posted on the outside.
He frowned and put his arm around my shoulders and hugged me close. "Sorry, babe. Is there something else you wanna do?"
I thought about other things we could do as I looked around the theater at the posters taped to the building for all kinds of events.
Then my eyes stopped on one of the posters. I smiled widely. "Actually, I think there might be something..........."
The End
Kalli: Thought I'd be mean and leave another cliffy for you. I know this wasn't one of the best chapters, so bare with me! I'm working on a bunch of new stuff, so I'm trying to update as frequently as I can, so forgive the slow updates!
Kira: And the shortness of this chapter.
Kalli: Hit me where it hurts, why doncha?
Kira: ^^
Yelan: *smiles* You have good verbal battling skills, dear.
Kira: You and I could form an alliance.
Kalli: Why is it always me?! Here's the preview for my ever eager-to-know fans! (Too bad they don't exist! *river tears*):
What is Sakura planning? Well, you'll find out, wontcha?! *wink wink* It's not what you'd expect from our dear, sweet Sakura! Of course, Tomoyo and the others head to the theater to find them, but have no luck until Tomoyo calls up Meiling and she tells them the unbelievable place where Sakura and Syaoran might be.........
As a matter of fact, that's the poll question this time!
Where do you think S+S will be found?!
That should bring some interesting answers! ^^
Kira: I bet.
Yelan: It's not a hotel, is it?
Kalli: Of course not! Well, that eliminates some of the answers already! Well, ja for now, and as always, plz R+R!!!!!!!