Hello everybody, Anime Queen back. Well, did you like my last chapter? Some of the humorous things you saw were from my beta. I'm still laughing at what she wrote.
Demo, I still need to know what wedding they should have. I know you tired of me saying this, but this is too much for an author! Lol, gomen for that. But mostly I'm a horrible writer. But I try, at least that important. Oh yeah if you ever wonder why Eriol is always over Tomoyo's house, he not living with her, he's just over there most of the time. Well let me count the votes and do the thank yous.
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Chapter 7
Hello Meiling
(At the airport in Hong Kong)
"Oh Meiling, we're going to miss you so much!" Fuutie said, squeezing her.
"Well don't you and Ryu do anything we wouldn't like while you're there," Xiafa said with a little wink
"What do you take us for?" Meiling responded a bit surprised.
"We all know what it's like to be young," Fei Mei chimed in.
"What are you saying that we're old ladies?!" Faren said indigantly.
"Well, maybe we are…" Fuutie said.
Yelan looked at her four daughters, currently engaged in a catfight. "Meiling, you might as well go before someone calls security."
"Yeah, maybe I should." Meiling eyed her cousins warily.
A young man walked up to the group. He looked about 19 or 20, with dark brown hair that had been cut with the intention of being neat. His crystal blue eyes matched his old blue jeans, white shirt, and black jacket that hung loosely on his thin, lean frame.
"Hey, isn't anyone going to say good bye to me?" Ryu asked
They all went on with their business.
"Okay, I definitely don't feel loved," Ryu thought.
"We're just joking." Fuutie said.
"A little joke with you four can go on for eternity."
"You're going to be late…have a good trip," Yelan cut in.
"Don't worry, we will."
"Flight A102 to Tokyo, Japan is now boarding first class. I repeat flight A102 to Tokyo, Japan is now boarding first class."
"Bye, I'll call you when we get there." Meiling said, hugging her aunt.
"Ryu, the elders said that you can stay in Japan as long as Meiling is there." Yelan said over Meiling's shoulder.
"That's great…well, see you later."
"Now, I'll finally have to somehow tell me about that Ying Fa and Xiao Lang getting married," Yelan muttered to herself, walking away.
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(Meanwhile in Japan)
"C'mon can't I get one kiss?" Syaoran said playfully to Sakura, currently sitting on his lap on the couch.
"No, you can't." She attempted to keep a straight face and failed miserably.
"Aw, you're going to break my heart."
"I don't want to break your heart…maybe I should give you one," Sakura mused.
(Who's that?)
"Why did I do to get a maybe, fair maiden? What has a knight done to get a maybe?" He put on a fake British accent.
"You don't know what the maybe is?"
"What do I have bad breath?"
"Iie, bad jokes."
"You have broken my heart." He said, clutching his heart and pretending to be hurt.
"Oh no…what can I do to heal it?"
"A kiss would be great."
(Oh now he's about to kiss Sakura.)
"Hmm…okay!"
They lean in closer
(restraint…)
Closer…
(restraint…)
Closer…
(…)
Closer…
(forget it)
And closer until…
"Hey gaki! What are you doing to my imouto?!" Touya yelled, barging in.
"Don't you have at life?!" Syaoran yelled back, genuinely irritated.
"As a matter of fact I do. Keeping Sakura away from you."
"I'm about to go to the kitchen. Kitchen, right," Sakura muttered, backing away from the fight, "let's see…get all the knives, forks, can openers, anything that can be use as a weapon. Which is everything in the kitchen. Oh, don't forget the medicine cabinet! Lovely. In the meanwhile, let the glaring matching begin."
"Baka," Syaoran grumbled
"Gaki," Touya replied, cracking his knuckles.
"What did you call me?!"
"What did you just say?!"
(Delayed reaction.)
From the other room, Sakura resisted the urge to bang her head against the counter."Oh yeah, I forgot. The most dangerous weapon of all, the human body. Hey, can't we just get along?" She raised her voice as she poked her head into the living room, sweatdropping.
"I'm going upstairs," Touya said, going upstairs.
"And I'm starving," Kero called out while coming down the stairs.
"Konbawa, Kero-chan," Sakura greeted him.
"Oi, stuffed animal."
"Konbawa, Sakura-san, gaki," Kero responded casually as he passed by them.
"Okay, now that was strange." Sakura said
"Well, it wasn't strange enough for him not to throw an insult," Syaoran retorted.
"I guess so. Think he's just really hungry?"
"Hmm. Didn't you forget something?"
"Iie, nope, I don't think so, what?"
"My kiss."
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(Somewhere in the air between Hong Kong and Japan.)
"Ryu, could you stop that please?" Meiling mumbled sleepily, refusing to open her eyes.
"Stop what? I'm not-" Ryu stopped, watching bemusedly as Meiling's hand searched out his head.
"If that's not you, then you're here, you eechi," Meiling said, hitting the man to her left who was soundly asleep.
"Ah, miss, gomen nasai. Demo, what did I do?" The old man asked kindly, watching with interest as Meiling turned a bright red colour.
"Meiling, that wasn't me, and he was asleep!" Ryu hissed.
"Well if that wasn't you, then why did you lie?" Meiling turned, yelling at him.
"No, I didn't lie. If I remember my exact words was 'Stop what? I'm not-. And then I was going to say 'I'm not doing anything', so I didn't lie."
Meiling hits him on the head… hard.
"Itai! That hurt." Ryu moaned, rubbing his head.
"You deserve it."
"What if I got a brain hemorrhage?" he said, whining a bit.
"You're thickskulled, you'll survive."
"It takes a strong man to be with her," the old man thought, and then smiled kindly as she turned to him.
"Oh, how rude of me, my name is Li Meiling."
"Mine's Shu Ryu Jun."
"Fujimaia Satoshi des. Please to meet you."
"I'm so sorry about…that. You can hit my boyfriend as hard as you want." Meiling said eagerly.
"No, I don't think the handsome man needs any more punishment," he said chuckling.
"Whew." Ryu said, smiling.
"What brings you to Tokyo?" Satoshi asked, mildly curious about the lady with a temper like fire.
"Well, we're going to visit…actually, we're staying at my girlfriend's cousin house. Visiting family and whatnot."
"Ano, Ryu, I told Syaoran that you were staying at a hotel," Meiling quickly explained, trying to hush it up-
"NANI?! But I don't have enough money for a hotel that long!"
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(Tomoyo's house)
"Eriol, why didn't you wake me up?" Tomoyo said, rummaging through her closet looking for a suitable day dress.
"I just got here, how could I wake you up?"
"You could have called me," she pointed out, picking a lavender short sleeve shirt with 99% angel/1% devil on it, with a dark blue denim jacket and black blue jeans bellbottoms.
"If I was sleeping how could I call you?"
"How did you get here so fast then?"
"I'm a guy. Don't quite care about this hair and makeup junk."
"Good point."
"Well, um, I'm going to leave you to your privacy then," he said, walking out of the room and closing the door.
"Arigato!"
(1 hour later.)
"Okay, I'm ready! How I look?" Tomoyo said, spinning around like a model showing Eriol her outfit.
"I'm at a lost of words. You look amazing, stupendous, incredible, gorgeous…"
"Ha ha, funny. You are going to the fabric store with me, right?"
"W-well, why you need more fabric?"
"I still need to make an obi for the kimonos…"
"Okay. Your call…" he said, slightly unnerved by her maniac look.
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(At the airport an hour later)
Syaoran wrapped his arms around Sakura, knowing full well that she was cold ni the airport.
"She should be here any moment now…thanks for coming with me."
"No problem. Oh, look, she's here! Meiling, over here! No, not there!" she giggled as Meiling came rushing over, her hair all out of place, "Don't tell me that you forgot all about us!"
"Nope, Ryu here got lost, don't ask how."
"Ryu! I see you're still in one piece, but how you got that bruise?" Syaoran asked.
"Don't ask. Long story," Ryu muttered, wincing as he touched the blue spot.
"Where are Tomoyo and Eriol?" Meiling asked, looking around for the telltale camera.
"They called me saying that they, well Tomoyo, is buying fabric to finish up the kimonos for tonight's festival," Sakura explained, sweatdropping.
"It's tonight? I haven't got anything to wear! Where I Ryu buy me one? You need one too, Ryu."
"Well I could borrow one of Eriol's… or Syaoran's."
"Well, you could do that, but I doubt that I could fit into either of yours. I hope Tomoyo made me one...elders are not going to be happy if I have to charge a kimono to the Li accounts…"
"Mostly likely she'll have one on her. I wouldn't be that surprised."
"Sooner we get there, the sooner we'll know. Move people, before I turn this into some mobile service, charging by the minute on how much you talk," Syaoran joked, leading the way to the car.
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(2 hours later at Tomoyo's house)
"Meiling, what took you so long? I missed you!" Tomoyo exclaimed as she was hugging Meiling.
"I missed you too! It's been a whole year!"
"Yes, Ryu, I missed you too. You're looking better…I might just dump Eriol and get you as an fiancée," Tomoyo said coyly.
"Tomoyo, you may be my best friend and all, but this knucklehead is mine only," Meiling said, squeezing him tightly.
"Meiling, dear, I'm happy you love me, but I need… air… badly…" he choked, turning blue.
"Oh, sorry," she said, not at all sorry as the color started returning.
"Tomoyo, you'd dump me for…him? Honestly who'll treat you like I do?" Eriol said, drawing on his gentlemanly charms.
"Well…I do have the looks, the charms, and the intelligence. Huh. I can't see why not," Ryu pointed out, a smile threatening to break out on his face.
"But really? I couldn't dump him for anyone, I love him too much."
"I do too," Eriol said, as he kissed her on the cheek.
"What are we missing here? I can't put my finger…oh, I know. Okay, Tomoyo, where's the video camera at?" Meiling glanced around, paranoid, while trying to find the camera™.
"That's a very good question-" Tomoyo stopped as someone knocked on the door, "hold up, I'll be there in a minute. Sakura! Where's Syaoran, I just finished making his yukata."
"He's at home, he said he had to finish something," she replied, putting down her purse.
"Ah, the ever so beautiful Kinomoto Sakura!" Ryu proclaimed, walking up to her and giving her a hug.
"The ever so charming Shu Ryu Jun! Welcome back."
Meiling snorted. "You know ever dearest cousin Syaoran is going to have your neck if he hears you say that."
"Well, I can handle him…I mean, he'll only agree with me…"
"What does that mean?" Meiling said, narrowing her eyes.
"Oh nothing. Dear," Ryu said, walking slowly away from an angry Meiling. He flushed as everyone in the room burst out laughing.
"Well, Ryu, I can't vouch for you if Syaoran gets on your tail," Eriol said, holding a laugh in.
"Well, I can handle him myself."
"And after you hurt him, I'll come after you myself!" Sakura playfully threatened.
"Word of advice: never mess with an angry Sakura. The results can be dangerous." Eriol smiled at her.
"Eriol, I thought you were nicer than that. After all, Syaoran is supposed to be the one you torture all the time."
"Oh, well, I got the second best thing."
"And here I was, always thinking you were the one with the charms," Ryu sighed, shaking his head.
"I do, but it wouldn't be fun acting like a gentleman all the time."
"So that's what happened. You acted like an gentleman for all these years just to have me! I feel so ashamed," Tomoyo said, half-joking and half-pouting.
Ryu sat down on the couch. "I hope you two didn't do anything on this couch."
"What do you mean…" Eriol and Tomoyo said before they both realized what Ryu meant.
"Ryu, how can you say something like that, we don't even live together."
"Well, tell that to a million or so couples."
"Meiling, how can you deal with him?"
"That's a question that'll never be answered."
The two couples had spend hours talking, laughing, and joking with each other, but soon their visit had come to an end
"Oh. S'late. Sleepy. We go now," Ryu said, half asleep.
"Yeah, you're right."
"I better go too. I'm afraid that Naruku will 'feed'…cough force cough…Spinel to eat sweet again, and I'm still repairing his room from the last time. Goodbye, Tomoyo," he said, giving her a kiss on the lips as he got up.
"Eriol, please stay. Meiling and Ryu are about to go and I'll be by myself," Tomoyo whined.
"Yeah she might have little 'surprise'," Ryu said, half-drunk.
"Let me take him home. He gets funny when he's sleepy. Starts making really bad jokes."
"Sorry Tomoyo, but as much as I want to stay, I practically live here. So, fair maiden, can I bid you adieu without a tear?" he said with one of his charming smiles.
"Only if you promise to come back."
"Then it's a deal."
"Oh, that was so sweet. If my knight wasn't drunk, then he'd be accompanying me…c'mon now, let me accompany this knight home, for he seem a little tired. Bye you two," Meiling said, opening the door for Ryu.
"Goodbye, now," he said with a tipsy wave of his hand.
"Bye, I will not call you when I get home, so don't wait up. I don't want to see bags under those beautiful amethyst eyes. Although you're beautiful no matter how much you sleep."
"Flatterer. Go straight home before I blame you for those future bags."
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(Day after, at Tomoyo house, three hours before the Kimono Festival)
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"Oh Sakura, you look so kaiwaii in your kimono! Pink and green is your color," Tomoyo said, in her usual 'kaiwaii mode'
"Iie, Tomoyo, it was your skill at sewing that did it."
"But Sakura, it's the model that make the clothes, not anybody can do this," she said, looking critically at the green silk with embroidered pink petals which looked like they were still falling from the heavens.
"Tomoyo, you look kireii too…I mean, even Eriol would blush at the sight of you," she said, admiring her beige kimono with a magnolia design, which seemed to flow as she moved gracefully across the room to her mirror.
"Now your hair! What shall I do?" she pondered, with her finger on her chin looking at her real-life dummy.
"Nothing too drastic. Hopefully."
"Iie. Unless you call a Japanese bun drastic," she said absentmindedly, with one rubber band in her mouth and another few on each of her wrists.
"Tomoyo?"
"Hai…?"
"Where's Eriol? Usually he would be here, either saying something smart, romantic, or sarcastic about how long it takes for girls to get ready."
"He's with Syaoran and Ryu…. he said that he couldn't stand being bored by my 'incessant fussing'. Honestly…Sakura, did you brush your hair with the long bristled brush? I didn't think so…"
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(3 hours later, at the Kimono Festival)
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"Oh they have more stuff here than last year! Look at that store's kimonos, so kireii! I wouldn't mind having some if that sushi either… What can I do first?" Sakura bounced on the balls on the balls of her sandals, nearly falling in her haste to take in everything at once.
"Whoa, Sakura pace yourself and calm down. I'm getting tired just listening to you," Ryu said, helping her to stand.
"You an old man, that's why," Meiling joked.
"I'm as healthy as I'll ever be. Besides, it's an expression."
"Anybody want to find Yamazaki and Mihara?" Syaoran asked, effectively breaking up what could have been another spat.
"Sure. I need to hear a good story," Ryu said, while everyone nodded.
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(6 minutes later)
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"Yamazaki, Chiharu! Where were you?" Sakura hobbled over to her long time friends.
"We just got here, since someone here forgot to wake me up. No names, Yamazaki."
"I said I'm sorry. What else can I say?"
"Nothing more, I guess."
"Oh, have you guys heard why we have the Kimono Festival in the exact same spot year after year?" Yamazaki asked, his finger™ up in the air.
"Because it's too expensive to find another location?" Syaoran offered.
"Iie…During the Muromachi era – that's during the period of the warring states, Kinomoto-san – a samurai warrior promised his girlfriend, in this exact spot, that when he came back from war he would marry her. However, their relationship had to be kept a secret, since it was against the code of the samurai to marry or be tied down. The young samurai warrior expected to win much praise, since he had perfected a battle technique that would leave the enemy helpless.
"The girl agreed, she said that she would move close to this spot. She said that she would come under the very tree we are standing under every full moon until he came back. With a tearful farewell, the samurai left to the battlefront. The girl stayed true to her promise: she waited months, years, decades for her fiancée to come back, coming every full moon, in rain or shine, to this very spot.
"It was this very exact spot where she found out, many years later, that a jealous samurai had killed his fiancée just as he was coming back for their wedding. So, they have the Kimono Festival right here, year after year, in hope that young engaged couples will understand the sanctity of marriage. And for those with broken hearts, they can come here to grieve like the young lady did so many years ago." When he finished, a ringing silence hung throughout the crowd that had gathered. For once he didn't hear 'LIES, ALL LIES.'
After a brief pause, Sakura spoke up. "Yamazaki, I'm tempted to ask, is this a true story?" Everyone laughed a bit, and the moment was gone.
"Well, of course it is," he answer back, pretending to be hurt.
"For the first time he's not lying; it's true. It was in a book I read before," Chiharu explained, eyeing him suspiciously.
"Well what do you know, Takashi-san, there might be a storyteller under there," Ryu said, patting him on the back.
"But how did you know about the legend? I mean, I think that you just got off on a lucky break…" Eriol whispered to him.
"I did know about it, or it wouldn't have gone so well."
"Well if Takashi knew it or not is a mystery for the ages," Ryu said wisely.
"Oh! I love this booth… can you come with me Syaoran?" Sakura asked him with puppy dog eyes.
"Aww…since you have those eyes there, I can't say no..."
They walked over to a little goldfish booth. "Let me try first," he said, grabbing the net. He jabbed it into the bowl, then looked surprised when it snapped.
"Nani?! I had it, and I swear that it stuck its tongue out at me," he grumbled to a laughing Sakura, "I'm not lying."
"Hai, hai…let me try. Maybe its going to kiss me," she joked as she grab the net.
"If it do, we are going to have a fish fry."
Sakura smiled, then wiped her face as she concentrated on the goldfish. Holding the net delicately in her hands, she nimbly trapped a particularly fast one and plopped it in a bag. After walking away, she glanced at it. "I think I'm going to name it Swimmy."
"Swimmy? What kind of name is…why Swimmy?"
"Because it looks as if it likes to swim a lot."
Syaoran resisted the urge to roll his eyes. He just smiled, but frowned when he say a small boy crying.
"Oh, honey, are you okay? Are you lost? What's your name?" Sakura asked, worried.
"Kenichi. Iie, 'kaa-than workth here. What'th your name?" he innocently asked.
"I'm Syaoran and she's Sakura. Um, kid, what's wrong?" Syaoran clenched his fists a little to relieve some stress. He really couldn't stand crying…
"I can't geth a goldfis and I really wanted one," Kenichi replied, tears threatening to spill from his eyes.
"Oh…here, you can have mine. I don't know if it's a he or she, but the name is Swimmy."
"Really?" when Sakura nodded, Kenichi took the fish with both hands almost reverentially, "arigatho gozaimasu, I really appreciathe it. Oh, Mr. Swimmy, I'm going to thell 'kaa-than abouth the pretty lady. Want to come?" He smiled one last time at Sakura and Syaoran, revealing two missing front teeth.
Sakura couldn't help but smile after the retreating figure. "Don't worry abouth it."
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(Tomoyo and Eriol are walking out from a play)
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"Urashima Taro was a sad story. I mean, he was this close to living in a dream world with his love, but he has to go and open the box. I mean, didn't she say not to open the box? If you told me not to open a box, I'd think I would trust you…" Eriol said thoughtfully.
"In a way I have to disagree. It's natural really, human temptation would probably kicked in sometime, and you'd wonder what's in the box," Tomoyo answered.
"I suppose so…" there was a pause as both of them contemplated the meaning behind the story, and then Eriol started again. "I like the Wise Old Woman stories though. They're always good. And they give you a reason to listen to me, who is six months and twenty days older than you in this life and hundreds in my last."
"Oh, I know all about that. Besides, you just act like an old man."
"I'm not old, I'm just…" he said looking for a word. Tomoyo paused, realizing the never-ending Clow vs. Eriol torment was rearing its ugly head again.
"Off."
"Yeah, exactly…hey, that's wrong. I'm the wordy one here…"
"What, you are supposed to help your elders."
"Good one, Tomoyo, so I'll let it slide."
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(With Takashi and Chiharu)
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"Oh, those pot stickers smell good. Did you know that pot stickers were invented by-"
"Yamazaki, I know when you're lying, don't try them on me."
"Well, do you believe me when I tell you I love you?"
"Yes, I do, why else would I agree to marry you? Last time I checked, I wasn't insane."
"For my money."
Chiharu burst out laughing. "Yes, I'm sure I put up with three obsessive brothers for an inheritance I know you don't have."
"Well it is true…the Yamazaki's have a long line of important and wealthy people, from samurais to warlords, emperors…" he continued lying to his heart's content.
Chiharu sighed a little, not stopping him and just listening to his voice. "He is my little liar, love him or not…too bad I love him."
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(With Ryu and Meiling)
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"I never knew this place had so much to offer! The dancers here are so graceful. Unlike some people I know…" Ryu said, watching the dancers perform.
"Since I don't deny my utter lack of gracefulness, I'll be nice. I know, too bad it's ending soon, I'm enjoying this so much!"
After the applause died down, the M.C. walked out on stage to the microphone. "We thank you for your attendance. It grieves us that now we must leave, but we ask you to join us again tomorrow, as the Kimono Festival continues here."
"That was so good! I really wish they could have done another…" Meiling sighed as they left.
"We can always come here tomorrow…"
"You'll take me?"
"Personally, I'd do anything to make you happy," Ryu said with a sense of charm.
"That's just one of the reasons why I love you…oh, I'm mushy."
"Really? I thought it was because you love giving me concussions."
"Oh, and that too."
"Oi, that hurt you know!"
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(At the end of the Kimono Festival)
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"Well, I enjoyed that so much!" Tomoyo gushed at the entrance of the shrine.
"Me too, and the food! You'll never taste anything like it…except for Chiharu's cooking."
"For once, Yamazaki isn't lying. If he was, Mihara probably would have killed him by now," Syaoran smirked.
"But I'm tired now. Eriol, would you mind taking me home tonight?" Sakura asked, yawning.
"I'm your fiancé! You're supposed to ask me," Syaoran said, getting a little red.
"Yeah, you're my best friend, and you're stealing my fiancé."
"Well at least you know he's faithful and won't do anything…I'm joking! Honestly! Relax! Syaoran, could you take me home?"
"Of course I will."
After waving bye to both of them, Tomoyo turned to Eriol. "Well…could you do the same?"
"Did you expect any less?"
"Call me when you get home Meiling. You too, Chiharu."
Ryu waved bye then rubbed his eyes. "We might as well go, too. We'll be seeing you guys later, right?"
"Of course! Bye you guys, see you later," Meiling said, leaving.
Chiharu waved, then hugged her fiancé. "You're freezing. Come on, let's go home."
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(At Syaoran's house)
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"I might as well go, Meiling's probably at my home by now, so bye."
"Bye, don't get mugged on the way…oh, wait, no thief would even want to mug you."
"How dare you! Just for that, you're not getting a kiss good night."
"I'm sorry dearest Sakura, you are the most beautiful person in the entire world. Now can I have a kiss?"
Sakura giggled. "Of course, Syaoran no baka."
Syaoran waved good bye to Sakura as she left, then shut the door in a hurry.
"Oh, it's freezing in Japan…" The phone rang, and he hurried to find his key, "Come on, just lock, you stupid door." When he finally heard a small 'click', he dashed into the kitchen and picked up his cordless.
"Moshi moshi, this is Li Syaoran speaking," he said, grateful that he picked up the phone just before the fourth ring ended.
"Hello, Xiao Lang," said an unknown voice, "we have something…important to talk about…"
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Well a cliffhanger, I'm sorry but I need something to keep people coming back. I'm so sorry that it took me a long time to finish, but school started, and when I get home I'm so tired. But people I still need to know what type of wedding to have with Syaoran and Sakura and Tomoyo and Eriol because I need to know that. Well did you like this chapter, I finish most of it when I was sick, but I'm almost well now. Next chapter is all in most head, well some of it. This chapter, I knew exactly how the end was going to be, but I had a bad case of writers block. Well the next time I update, I'll next sure it's not 5 years from now. So until next time.
Sincerely,
~Anime Queen~ A.K.A Amazonian Anime Queen
P.S. Happy Thanksgiving and good eating, lol.