This fic starts off where The Toad series left off, so it's about more card adventures, but with lots of S&S mixed in.

Oh, and thanks to The Cardwitch and to Julia and Tania and everyone else who reviewed the other fics! I really, really, really appreciate your comments!!!

Tsunami

Chapter 1: Syaoran

Sakura's muffled voice came through the dressing room door, "I am NOT coming out there in this."

"Oh Sakura, don't be so silly. I'm sure it's adorable on you," Tomoyo said as she tossed a flowered sari over the door. "Here, try this on too."

Click! Sakura stepped out of the cubicle and turned to face her friend, 'I don't think I can wear this out in public."

"But whyyyy?" Tomoyo wailed. "It looks so kawaii on you! I swear I'd make you a new bikini myself if I weren't so busy getting things ready for the trip."

Sakura turned to look at her reflection in the mirror again, "Are you sure, Tomoyo?" she asked doubtfully. "It looks kinda small."

"I'm sure," her friend answered. "It's not too small. Just get it, so that we can get out of here and start getting ready."

"Well…okay, if you're sure it looks alright," Sakura answered, taking one last peek in the 3-way mirror.

"I'm sure," Tomoyo nodded.

After paying for their suits, the girls exited the store and headed toward the food court. Suddenly both girls found themselves being held from behind as their shopping bags were whisked out of their hands.

"Excuse me miss, but we're going to need to take a look at what you've got in that bag," a stern male voice said.

"Hoee!" the girls' mouths dropped open in surprise. "B-b-but," Sakura stammered, "I just bought one thing."

As Tomoyo opened her mouth to protest as well, a loud snort came from behind them and then the sound of familiar laughter. Tomoyo snatched her arm away from her captor and spun around, "Eriol! Syaoran! You two are soooooo not funny! What do you think you're doing?" she shouted indignantly, as the boys who were in near hysterics slapped each other on the back and gave each other high fives.

Sakura looked as if she were still in shock as she stood and listened to her friend berate the two, "I can't believe what DORKS you all are! Shouldn't you be at home having a Gamecube marathon or something with all the other losers?"

At those words, an indignant "Hhhrrumphh!" came from Sakura's backpack, and she quickly coughed to cover up the sound.

The boys only laughed harder as Tomoyo's face got redder and redder. She eyed them haughtily, "I can't believe you two are juniors. They should have a maturity cut-off or something."

By this point the boys were practically howling with laughter, and Eriol had tears streaming down his face. With an exasperated sigh, Tomoyo grabbed Sakura's arm and pulled her away, "C'mon, let's go. We have better things to do than to hang out with the Gameboy Geeks. Let's go home and pack!"

Still looking dazed, Sakura allowed herself to be pulled toward the exit. "Ouch!" she suddenly realized that Syaoran was still holding her arm. Feeling the tug, Syaoran stopped laughing and looked up at her. Sakura stood frozen between her two friends, as Syaoran deliberately pulled her back toward him until their faces were almost touching.

"Oh my God!" Sakura though. "It's just like the concert! Is he going to kiss me right here in front of everyone?"

At that second, Tomoyo yanked Sakura's arm back toward the exit and pulled her out of Syaoran's grasp. He stared deeply into Sakura's eyes for a second longer and then broke into peals of hysterical laughter again as Tomoyo dragged her toward the door.

Sakura blushed and turned away from him. I am such a dork, she thought. I can't believe I thought he was going to kiss me. And now he's laughing at me.

"What does Li Syaoran think he's doing anyway?" huffed Tomoyo. "Next time he pulls something like that, he's gonna get it."

Sakura looked at her friend in surprise, "You're pretty mad, Tomoyo. Are you and Eriol fighting or something?"

"Not really," Tomoyo answered. "I'm just tired of them being so immature all the time."

"Yeah, I guess you're right," Sakura agreed without looking up.

"But seriously, Sakura. What's going on with you two?" Tomoyo asked, noticing that her friend's face was turning a deep shade of pink. "I mean, it almost looked like he was gonna kiss you back there."

Hearing this, Sakura's face grew even rosier as she pushed open the exit door, "Nah, he's just fooling around, I mean… I guess."

Just then an indignant howl came from Sakura's backpack, "WAAAH! I can't BELIEVE you walked all the way through the food court without stopping to get me any modern-YAKI!!!"

Both girls stopped dead in their tracks. "Uh… uh… that's because Tomoyo had some nice strawberry cake waiting for us at home, so I just figured you'd rather have that," Sakura stammered.

Tomoyo's eyes widened at this, and an ominous silence came from the backpack. "Whaddaya think, Kero?" she asked, peering down into the bag?

"Well, I guess that sounds okay," he huffed, as the girls breathed a sigh of relief.

"Um… I've gotta go make a quick phonecall. You guys wait here," Tomoyo said, pulling out her cell phone as she ducked around the corner.

As she waited, Sakura could faintly hear Tomoyo's voice. She made out the words "please" and "strawberry cake when we get home."

The phone clicked shut, and Tomoyo reappeared from around the building, "Whew! That's all taken care of," she chirped, linking her arm through Sakura's as they headed home to pack.

***

The next morning the girls stood in line at the airport with the rest of their classmates.

"Now boarding rows twenty through twenty-seven," a voice said over the loudspeaker.

"Oooh! I am SO excited! This is the best junior class trip ever! I can't wait for you to see Hawaii, Sakura. You are going to absolutely LOVE it," Tomoyo gushed as she pushed her bags along with her foot.

Sakura gave her a distracted look, "Uh, yeah. Hawaii sounds great." She was a little worried about Kero. He was used to flying around in his true form, but he always gets motion sick on airplanes, and it usually makes him really cranky. As they called for the final rows to be seated, Sakura picked up her bags and was relieved to hear a tiny voice saying, "Watch it!" followed by the blip of the Gameboy as it started up.

The girls settled into their seats, and Sakura put her walkman on to listen to the new Kurage CD. The CD reminded her of the concert a few weeks ago where she was pretty sure that Syaoran had kissed her. It had been so sudden, such a quick, soft kiss that she wasn't totally certain that it had happened at all. But still, ever since that night his attitude toward her seemed to have changed. Whereas before he had been cold and distant, always competitive with her and putting her down when things went wrong, now he seemed totally different, almost playful. He still ranked on her, but it wasn't like before. It was more in a teasing way. And the way he looked at her sometimes. Hooooeeeee! Maybe she was just crazy. Maybe she was just imagining it? Visions of Syaoran's golden eyes filled her mind as she settled into her chair and drifted off to sleep.

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