Chapter Four
'I Like To Make an Entrance You Know!'
Sani
Sakura woke up in the hotel bed, feeling extremely refreshed. She sat up and stretched. She went over today's schedule mentally. Suddenly she slumped remembering whom she had to meet today. She picked up her watch from the nightstand. She was surprised to see the time. She was actually early waking up. No wonder Tomoyo was not here to wake her up. I could go get a bagel and some coffee! Sakura thought excitedly. She jumped out and went to dress in something casual.
After dressing, Sakura set to write a note to Tomoyo to tell her where she would be. Then she left her suite. Sakura suddenly remembered what happened last time she went down and winced. She opened the door to her suite again and went to her suitcase. She dug around and found a white cap. She jammed it on and went out the door. It wasn't the best disguise but it covered her eyes.
She looked around for the usual bodyguards. Was she that lucky to have them suddenly gone for some reason? Suddenly a bulky man stepped beside her. Sakura jumped and turned to face him.
"Oh God! Ralph!" Sakura exclaimed. Ralph nodded in greeting.
"Going somewhere?" Ralph asked.
"Um…" Sakura mumbled hesitantly. Ralph can be really intimidating when he wants to be, especially with his bulky shape.
"You see I was going to get a bagel and coffee as well, since I was early. So please let me go to the café??" Sakura begged.
"Just stay here, I'll get one of the other bodyguard to get it for you," Ralph replied.
"But you don't understand. Its so much fresher if I get it myself! I mean if you send someone else it'll lose its freshness, especially the coffee!" Sakura pleaded.
"Fine, I'll let you go, but I have to follow you!" Ralph agreed hesitantly.
"Thanks!" So they went to the elevator and rode to the first floor. From there Sakura went to the café. She was relieved to see that there were not many people in the café at this time. She went to the two-people line to order her bagel and coffee.
A couple was in front of her chatting about their plans for the day. They paused for a second as the woman went to get her money from her purse. She spotted Sakura standing behind her looking at the sign above that held the menu. Her eyes widened and gasped. She pulled on her boyfriend's sleeve. He turned around and his eyes widened as well.
Sakura felt a tap on her shoulder. She turned around and saw Ralph staring at the couple in front of them.
"Sakura!!" The girl exclaimed. The girl behind the counter heard the exclamation, and screamed the celebrity's name. All heads in the café turned towards Sakura. They stood up preparing to launch at her. Some of the people were furiously digging in their bags for a pen or anything that could write. Thank God it was only about seven people.
"Shit…déjà vu!" Sakura muttered as Ralph pulled her away. She ran away through the restaurant then through the hall with the elevator and phones. She looked down at her watch. Shit! Almost time to meet 'them'! She ran into the lobby and looked behind her. Holy shit! A whole group of people was behind her. The café group must have attracted attention in the restaurant. She saw figures standing near the waiting area. One of them looked like one of her bodyguards. Then she saw Carrie. She ran towards them as the group got dangerously close. She grabbed the bodyguard and turned him around as if she was using him as a shield. He's not as bulky as I thought he was….
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Syaoran, the band, and Meiling were standing in the waiting area with Carrie for the famous Sakura to come. They were casually talking when they heard heavy running from behind them. A girl with a white cap was running ahead of them and was running towards them. She grabbed Syaoran by the arms and turned him around, making him face the huge crowd.
"What the hell!" Syaoran exclaimed as he turned around to face the girl.
"Sakura!" Carrie said, surprise clear in her voice. She quickly realized what had happened and stepped in front of Syaoran facing the huge crowd.
"SAKURA!" The crowd screamed. Security and Ralph ran towards the crowd and stood in front of them pushing an overexcited person back.
"Hold it everyone!" Carrie yelled in a clear voice. Most of them quieted down.
"If you do not leave immediately, the security right here could arrest you for causing a riot!" Carrie yelled.
"Sakura!" Someone screamed. Security began pushing the large fanatic crowd back. The crowd quickly dissolved with a few screams of Sakura's name. Carrie quickly pushed Sakura, Syaoran, Meiling, and the band outside.
"Whoa!" Daiski exclaimed.
"Hoe!" The girl in the white cap whispered.
"Um everyone, meet Sakura!" Carrie introduced. Meiling instantly marched up to her and held out her hand.
"Meiling, the winner," she said proudly.
"Hoe…Em…nice to meet you," She turned to Syaoran.
"I'm sorry for grabbing you. I thought you were my bodyguard. Onegai!" Sakura murmured to Syaoran and bowed to him, "I like to make an entrance, I guess."
"It's alright, I guess," Syaoran replied and hesitantly bowed as well.
"Hehe, I don't suppose you speak English do you?" Darris asked in English. They were currently speaking in Japanese which for Darris and Steven wasn't the best situation.
"Of course I do!" Sakura replied cheerily.
"Good! Because you see Steven and me don't speak or understand Japanese," Darris said pointing to Steven. "And I'm Darris Tomson."
"Please to meet you," Sakura said. She was introduced to Torikan and Daiski.
"So now that we've all met, lets go have some fun. First we're going to go shopping and then lunch at this great restaurant. Then you can go back to your rooms, tidy up. Then at 5 we go to this theatre where Sakura will be performing.
"Shopping??" All the guys asked. Meiling smirked and nodded.
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The group went to a huge shopping mall in an extremely comfortable transportation as in Sakura's own limo.
"You didn't tell us we'd be shopping with Sakura," Daiski said dully in English, "No offense, Sakura, we would love to spend some time with you but shopping isn't exactly what I had in mind."
"Oh," Sakura giggled.
"Aww, doesn't Sakura and Syaoran look cute together!" Meiling exclaimed. Sakura and Syaoran instantly blushed.
"Especially when they're red as cherries!" Darris added. Everyone laughed except for Syaoran and Sakura who glanced at each other nervously. 'Just 15 minutes and everyone's so warm to each other. And I thought Sakura would be all self centered and stuff,' Syaoran thought.
"So you're doing a concert tonight?" Syaoran casually asked.
"Yep! And you guys are getting first row seats! Well at least Meiling and Syaoran is, " Sakura answered. Meiling, Steven and Daiski cheered. Sakura blushed again.
The limo stopped and the driver stepped out to open the door for the singer.
"Wait, Tai! I need to change my appearance," Sakura said. Tai, the driver, closed the door and waited outside.
"Now, I just need to change!" Sakura said casually. The guys cast inquiring glances at each other.
"Erm… change as in…ahem… clothes?" Torikan asked nervously.
"Of course not!" Meiling scolded. Sakura pulled out a duffel bag and opened it. They all instantly leaned in to look.
"Nosy people," Meiling grumbled as she sat there. Sakura pulled out a can of temporary red hair color.
"Stay back," she warned. Then she sprayed streaks of red into her hair. She pulled out a compact mirror and put on thick lines of eyeliner. She didn't look that different, just enough to make a person think its Sakura but not really. For the last touch she pulled out a pair of sunglasses. Then she motioned for Darris to open the door. Darris did so and they all stepped out into the public. Tai stood aside with a cigarette in his hand, which he tried to hide as soon as he saw them.
"You know it's really not healthy to be smoking," Daiski mentioned. Tai smiled weakly and gave a small nod.
"So let's shop till we drop, as you girls like to say so," Darris said.
"Of course! Ladies first!" Steven said as he bowed. Sakura and Meiling proudly walked in with the boys following.
"Better hope they have some at least interesting stores," Syaoran muttered.
"Yeah," Torikan replied.
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The group moved along from store to store. They had realized earlier, Sakura's guard was trailing behind them, at maybe five feet away. Sakura had never doubted they wouldn't come. It was their job.
Syaoran and Sakura had walked into step beside each other. Instantly, they launched into a conversation about the music business. Meiling hung around the other band members, bouncing around chatting for a minute of two with everyone.
"…had a few mangers already. Carrie's the best so far. You really have to make sure you got a good manager," Sakura stated.
"Aha! I thought I'd find you here!" A voice exclaimed. Syaoran looked around for the source of the voice. So did the rest of the band and Meiling. It sounded oddly familiar.
"Hey Syaoran, that sounds like your cousin Eriol…," Daiski said.
A/N
Thank you to magiabruxa for making a suggestion, which I gladly took.
Fon: I just heard a song sung by Ayumi Hamasaki, she's not bad. Maybe I'll take your suggestion.
AnonymousT: Yeah you're right it is starting slow. I tried to do something more in this chapter, tell me if its good enough. As for the title, I meant notes as in music notes. I hope that makes it clearer. But now you mention it I think I have a much better title.
sakura tenshi.AnGeL oF lOvE: Sorry the reaction isn't much here, but I hope its good enough.
Joey: Thanks. And I don't think I can update ASAP so much, thinking about my other stories too much and I have kind of a writer's block.
Sweet-captor: Thank you and nice pen name.
Anjuliet: Does this little kiss count as 'falling in love'?
Insomni-maniac: I love rock and I agree that some of those singers/bands out there are crap. Good Charlotte's ok but Avril's crap.
Ms. CherryStrawberry: thank you so much! I'll definitely check 'Just Ella'. BTW I updated my BIO.
Flame Aura: I updated! Finally, huh? Hopefully the next chapter will come to my mind ASAP.
Mar: Of course there's gonna be more!
Tiffa: I'm still kinda undecided. Its hard to satisfy your readers.
