Chapter 5

Cardcaptor Sakura

All's Fair in Love and War

Elesterie

The Love Cafe

"Hey Julian," Yamazaki turned up suddenly behind them. They were crowded around Syaoran's desk. Syaoran was leaning backwards on his chair, Julian was standing still and looking out the window and Eriol was leaning against Syaoran's desk.

"What?!" Julian said, annoyed that he was disturbed.

"Are you playing with Chiharu?"

"What?!!! I – I..." Julian blushed.

"She's mine," Yamazaki growled.

"JULIAN, darling!" Eriol cried, "You CHEATED ON ME!!"

"WHAT?!" Julian asked.

"YOU CHEATED ON ME! WE HAVE A LOUSY RELATIONSHIP!" Eriol yelled.

The whole class turned to them.

"Eriol, remember, be cool," Syaoran whispered.

"What? Oh yeah..."

Syaoran looked at the spectators and said, "What are you guys looking at? None of your business if you ask me."

Sakura stared at him, her eyes bulging, and stood up and said, "Yeah, well, not our fault you had to make it some kind of show!"

"I was not making it a show!"

"Yes you were"

"No I wasn't"

"Yes you were"

"Weren't"

"Were"

"Weren't"

They kept arguing, so they didn't even notice the teacher come in.

"Mr Li and Miss Kinomoto, what's the matter?"

"Huh?!" they both said.

Tomoyo watched the situation, decided it would be fun to play matchmaker, stood up and said, "Well, you see, Syaoran here asked Sakura out."

Eriol saw the flow and continued, "Sakura said yes, and then Syaoran said yes as well."

Chiharu continued, "And then they had an argument on who asked who out. Sakura claimed that Syaoran was the one who asked her out..."

"And Syaoran accused Sakura of asking him out!" Julian said cheerfully.

Sakura and Syaoran glared at them in horror.

"Well, in any case, Mr Li and Miss Kinomoto, you will BOTH have a detention after school. Next time, please do not involve your school life in your more...ah, personal matters. "

Tomoyo and Chiharu did a secret high-five.

Eriol and Julian did the secret handshake.

Sakura and Syaoran had their mouths wide-open.


Tomoyo and Chiharu watched Sakura eating her lunch and whispered something to each other. Then, out of nowhere, Tomoyo said, "Sakura, I dare you to go out with Syaoran."

Sakura nearly choked to death on her salad sandwich.

"You WHAT?!"

"Come one, Sakura," Chiharu coaxed, "then dump him when he's in love with you."

Sakura thought about it and replied.

"OK."

Little did she know, that across the cafeteria Syaoran also took the same dare from Eriol and Julian.


"Mr. Li and Miss Kinomoto, all you have to do is write lines. 100 lines of 'I will not talk in class'. That's all...oh wait, and 'I will also not involve my private matters with my school life.' I expect these lines finished and handed in on a clean sheet of paper," and the teacher walked off.

"Hoeeee. 100 lines!!"

"It's not that hard," Syaoran snapped.

"Yeah, well, who asked you?"

"You did."

"I did not."

"Did so."

"Did not."

"Jeez, I was only commenting, you don't need to bite my head off!"

"Yeah, it's fun. We'll be spending some REAL QUALITY TIME TOGETHER!" Sakura said sarcastically.

"I hope you don't mean that."

"I don't"

"Good, because you were starting to scare me."

"Don't get your hopes up. Like I'd wanna spend time with some gaki, anyway."

"GAKI?!"

"Shut up! At the rate we're going, we're not even get to 10 lines!"

After what seemed like eternity, both Syaoran and Sakura finished writing lines. They were trying so hard to beat each other. Sometimes Syaoran would chuck a pencil at Sakura's big head so he could buy time, and once Sakura pretended to faint, and when Syaoran came over to help, she kicked him the shins, making him howl with pain.

"Ahh, my hands kill…hoeee, Touya's gonna kill me for being this late home."

"Wanna have a snack?" Syaoran said out of nowhere as they walked out of school, and was pointing at a café.

"Huh?!" Sakura asked, apparently taken aback that he had asked her.

"Jeez, can't I even get a normal talk with you?" Syaoran said.

Sakura then remembered her dare. Syaoran, too, had his dare in mind.

"Sure," Sakura said, and ran ahead of him.

"Last one there's a rotten egg!" she shouted.

Syaoran yelled, "Hey, that's not fair!" and ran after her.


"Sorry kids, this café is for COUPLES only."

"Huh?!"

"You have to be a couple to be in this café."

"Oh."

Sakura and Syaoran headed off. Why was everyone directing them into being a couple?

"I'm sooooooooo hungry…" Sakura whimpered.

"Jeez, it takes like 15 minutes for my chauffeur to get here…DAMN!" Syaoran muttered.

"Gaki, I'm really hungry…"

Syaoran stared at the café…it was the only place near…he then said, "We'll have to act like a couple then."

"Fine with me!" Sakura said and stomped over there, dragging Syaoran.

"You kids again? I said it was for COUPLES ONLY!"

"Oh," Sakura said, and put her arm through Syaoran's and leaned on him.

"We are," she said sweetly.

"Oh, sorry about that then. Please go in."

"Jeez, that was hard work," Sakura muttered under her breathe, "I an NOT doing that again." And she took her arm out of Syaoran's and walked as far away as possible from him.

They took a seat. Syaoran called his chauffeur, while Sakura ordered some food.

"Um, sir?" the waiter said, "Please, you must be a couple to eat something."

"We are."

"Then, sir, why are you sitting opposite her?"

Syaoran looked around and saw couples sitting next to each other. He shifted and moved next to Sakura, who had daggers in her eyes.

"Thanks you for reminding me."

"Who said you could sit next to me?" Sakura growled.

"What else do you expect me to do? Take a punch at him?"

"Whatever. I'm hungry, look, the food has arrived!"

"I'm not hungry."

"Um, sir?" the waiter said, "You might want to read the rules."

The waiter handed Syaoran a sheet. Syaoran looked at it.

'RULES'

1. You must BE a couple

2. You have to sit next to your partner, not opposite.

3. If you are not eating, you must either put a hand around your partner's shoulder or waist.

Syaoran read rule number 3 and nearly vomited. Luckily he didn't read rule number 4.

"Are you okay sir?" the waiter said.

"Um…I think I'll eat something…" Syaoran said. But he really didn't feel like eating. After he had received a few glares from the waiters, he put his arm around Sakura.

"Do you MIND?" Sakura said, "I was happily enjoying my food before you had to do THAT!"

"Sorry, you might want to read the rules." At that, Syaoran pointed to rule number 3.

"Then eat something, DAMN IT!"

"I don't feel like it."

"Fine, now this food is to waste. Your hands around me poison the food. Let's go." And Sakura stood up.

"Um, madam?" the waiter turned up again.

"What?"

"Er…read rule number 4 please."

She read it, and was about to throw up.

"I'm outta here," and she ran out of the café, taking the bottle of Fanta with her.

Syaoran read the rule and nearly threw up himself.

4. After dinner, before you leave, you must kiss to show us the love you have for your partner.

And he ran out.

Tomoyo and Eriol, who were hiding behind the counter did a hi-five.

"Thanks to your money, and my brains, we got them to throw up!" Eriol said happily.

"Like you have any brains," Tomoyo muttered, "We are still at war, Hiiragizawa...remember that," and Tomoyo walked off.


He found Sakura outside. He also saw a limo.

"Look, it's my chauffeur; want me to drive you home?"

"I guess."

In the limo, Sakura gave the chauffeur her address.

She then turned to him and said, "Weird café, wasn't it?"

"Yeah, I know."

Sakura was as pale as a sheet.

"They had pretty funny rules as well."

"Yeah, I guess."

They both had their dare in mind.

"Sakura – "

"Syaoran – "

They both said that the same time.

"You go first."

"No, you."

"Same time?"

"Ok."

"WILL YOU GO OUT WITH ME?"


They FINALLY asked each other out. HAHA, and the café sure was weird!! Don't worry, they won't fall in love soon!! Well review and I'll be real quiet. I have to think up some more jokes. Bye!

elesterie