A/N: Hiya ya'll, I finally updated another chapter. I know that you have been waiting for a while now and I was just getting too antsy waiting for me next update. I hope that you like this one and here it is. Oh, and I decided to keep this story PG-13 because I'm sad to say its almost over and it would make no sense to change it now. Sorry for those who wanted it R, I have other ones that are R so if you want R then go check those out. ;p
Chapter 12: What Are We Going To Do?"Oooh myyyyy GOSHHHH!!! They are the CUTEST little things I have ever seen!" Sakura was looking through a glass window at little puppies, happily playing around, licking and pawing at the glass.
"Sakura, we're here to go shopping for clothes, not miniature crappers." Sakura looked to her left and gave a stern look.
"Meiling, don't be so mean. They are so cute, they don't mean to piss you off. Don't you like puppies?"
"No, I don't. They are living shit bombs. All they do is eat, crap, sleep and play. They're useless." Sakura frowned as the puppies continued to bark through the glass to get their attention.
"What's wrong with you? You're sure in a bad mood." Sakura said, walking away from the window.
"I'm not, it's just we've been here for almost an hour already and we haven't bought a single thing. I have a hair appointment in about 3 hours and it takes about that long to look around for clothes." Meiling held Sakura's hand and they walked down the mall to the shops.
"Well, before we explore the mall any further, lets go eat. I'm starving." Sakura sped walked to Dairy Queen to get some ice cream while Meiling dragged herself to one of the tables. She returned a few moments later with two large ice cream cones in each hand, one vanilla and one Neapolitan.
"Meiling, I just wanted to say thanks for all your help before with me and Syaoran. I think we're meant for each other, we're always hanging out, talking and stuff. I think he could be the right person for me." Sakura said, licking her vanilla cone. Meiling stared at her as she said this and gave a weak smile.
"Yeah, he could be. I have to say that I'm happy for you, I know how much you like him and I hope that everything works out perfect in the end."
"Thanks a lot! I hope so too, it's just that Eriol is just, arggg, never mind." Sakura crossed her legs and licked her cone again.
"He's getting on your nerves, I can tell, he is a piss bag if I do say so myself." They both giggled at her comment.
"Yeah well I hope that he stops ticking me off soon cause I don't want him near me anymore. He acts like I'm his girlfriend." Meiling gave her a confused look.
"Well, you are his girlfriend Sakura, aren't you?" Sakura sweat dropped nervously. She almost gave it away.
"Uhh, yeah I am it's just sometimes he makes me think that I'm not, you know what I'm saying? He's just so pathetic, don't tell him I said that please, I don't want him to jump on me. And I mean literally."
"No problemo senorita, I don't even want to go near him let alone talk to him. You have my word." She crossed her heart with her finger and began eating her slowly melting ice cream.
There was complete silence as they ate. There was nothing to talk about other then think of something really lame to say like "how is the weather?" or "do you like flowers?" In other words, they were really bored.
"After we're done shopping I wonder what I'm going to do for the rest of the day." Sakura said abruptly.
"Oh, that's right. Tomoyo said that she was going to stop by your house to show you her camera she's going to use to film her movie. I guess you're in it if she's going through so much trouble just to show it to you." Meiling mentioned, standing up from her seat.
"What movie? Oh. Never mind I know."
"Sakura, lets go start our shopping now and on the way you can tell me all about it okay?"
"No…I'm not sure if I actually want to be in it and I don't really know what it's about. If I did I would tell you." Sakura lied. Everything had to be kept a secret, she already told Syaoran after promising herself that she wouldn't, she was not going to make that same mistake again. Just now she almost let out that she wasn't really going out with Eriol. It's just so hard. She always forgets that Meiling doesn't know about her plan, along with her and Syaoran.
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Syaoran Pov:
'I'm going to talk to him and finish what I started. This time I'll make sure that his butler won't bother us while I tell him how I really feel. I know that he knows that I hate him but I just want to say it to him face to face so it stays burned into his brain. I'll make it perfectly clear that I don't want him near Sakura, at least until Sakura confronts him.'
I was lying on my sofa alone while Sakura went shopping. I didn't want her to know that I was going to talk to him again. I don't want her to worry about me like last time. She's so wonderful and perfect in every way, she doesn't need a pervert like Eriol to screw her up; that's why I'm going to give him some of my mind to make him think twice about how he is with her. He acts like he's all tough, but deep inside he's cowering under me, just like it should be, and soon enough he's going to cower under me even more but in a more uncomfortable environment.
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Normal Pov:
"Okay, I'm going to get my hair done now. I'll drop you off at your place and then you can wait for Tomoyo to show up."
"Sure, okay. Why are you getting your hair done anyway?"
"Because I have the HOTTEST date tonight. You know me, I always have to be perfect so that means I have to get ready about 2 hours before he arrives at my front door. I wouldn't want him to be disappointed."
"Well, to tell you the truth Meiling, I don't think that you should get your hair done at all." Meiling frowned.
"Why is that?"
"Because it's just going to get messed up anyways." Sakura grinned while Meiling blushed.
"Yeah, you're right, and my dress will get all wrinkled so maybe I should wear an old one. I won't be wearing it for long anyhow." They both laughed as they drove down the road. Today was the day to relax and goof off without guys, which meant more nasty funny girl talk. Syaoran was at home planning stuff and Tomoyo was also at home watching her videos she made of Sakura. So the whole day, Sakura and Meiling hung out and got to know each other better.
"I'll see you later Sakura."
"Bye." Meiling drove off while Sakura waved at her. There was nothing to do now other then wait for Tomoyo to show up with her camera.
'Man, it would sure be nice to have Syaoran come over right about now. I'm bored and need someone to talk to.' Sakura thought, walking into the house. 'I guess I'll take a small nap on the sofa to pass time.'
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Tomoyo's House:
"I'm going to go to Sakura's now, I don't know when I'll be back!" Tomoyo yelled to her butler. All she saw was a hand giving the thumbs up saying that she could go and she smiled running to the front door.
"I'm going to have to have Sakura confront Eriol soon cause I'm getting really anxious. I can't take it anymore, I want to see the look on his face when she walks all over him, telling him how much he resembles crap. While she does, I'll be laughing and not to mention catching it all on my precious tape." She patted her camera while she walked down the sidewalk. She was too busy talking to herself to notice that she was about to pass right in front of Eriol's house, the only thing that stopped her talking was someone coming out of the house and into a car.
"He looks familiar, (gasp) oh no! I'm in front of Eriol's house." She whined, slouching a little. Eriol's butler was on his way somewhere, probably to go get groceries for dinner, it didn't really bother Tomoyo though, all she did was watch as he drove off, leaving her alone in front of the house.
Not wanting to be seen, she quickened her pace to get as far away from the house as possible but then stopped when she heard someone's voice. It wasn't talking to her, but to itself. She then gasped when she noticed it was Eriol's voice.
"What is he saying?" She said out loud looking up at the house. A window was open and his voice was echoing through it, letting her hear every word of what he was saying.
"Since I know about her plan, I think I'll pay her a little visit. But first I have to get rid of Syaoran so I can do what I plan to do." Tomoyo stepped closer to the window to hear more clearly. He was talking about getting back at Sakura. Then something hit her.
' Oh no, he found out about the plan and now he's going to do something horrible to Sakura, I have to do something about this. Hey, if I catch everything that he's saying on tape then Sakura won't need to confront him later and risk getting hurt. Yeah!' Tomoyo jumped in the air excitedly and made her way to the front door. She tried opening it but it was locked.
"Just what I thought." She took out a bobby pin that was in her long dark hair and bent it into a shape that she easily used to open the door. She stepped inside, hoping that he was the only one in the house. She didn't want someone to appear from around a corner and see her standing there. Being inside of a house when not invited with a door that is wide open is often taken the wrong way.
"I'll use this for when I see Sakura and then…" She could still hear his voice and hurried towards the steps. She was sure to be careful and silent in case he heard one of the steps creak. She's been to his house before so she knew where his room was right off the bat. As bad as that sounds, it came in handy. Now she wouldn't have to waste time looking through every room for him.
'Be careful, don't kick anything that will make a noise and don't trip cause that would make an even bigger noise.' She thought to herself. She raised her camera and turned it on as she approached his bedroom door.
"I wonder what's going to happen when she finds out that I know about her little plan. Oh well, hopefully she'll be sleeping and won't hear me come in." Eriol said. He was sitting on a chair talking to himself and didn't notice his door slowly open and a camera peek in. he was too busy concentrating to pay attention. "So I have that to do, and that, and that. There, that should do it." He was ticking the things he was planning to do off his fingers. He stood up and opened his closet door, which made Tomoyo's heart skip a beat. She was hoping that he wouldn't see her camera from behind the door.
'Okay, just a little more info and I'll wrap it up. Come on Eriol, say something else so I can catch your ass." She said looking at the little video screen. He wasn't anywhere to be seen, all she could see was his bed and dresser. 'Come on, come on." She was beginning to perspire a little bit from the nervousness and was starting to have second thoughts about being where she was.
It was quiet for about a minute and Tomoyo was getting a little jumpy at small noises, thinking it was him. She then saw movement in her camera screen and focused her attention to the camera again. Eriol had just gotten out of the bathroom and was lying on his bed looking up at the ceiling.
"Sakura, you are so going to regret screwing with me. I could've been a nice and loving person if you had just given me the chance. But, I'm sad to say that you finally pushed my button, and now you're going to have to pay, big time." Tomoyo wasn't looking at the screen, instead she had her ear against the door, listening to his sickening voice.
"Oh god, he is really going to do something bad. I have to go and warn Sakura." Tomoyo whispered. She slowly began to remove her camera from the crack of the door when a hand reached out and grabbed her wrist. She screamed and slammed the door open, hitting Eriol in the face and began running as fast as she could down the stairs without tripping. Eriol saw the camera and knew that she had taped everything he had said and began chasing after her.
'I can't let her show anyone that tape, if she does then everything I have been planning will be ruined. I have to stop her.' He thought, jumping down the stairs by threes. Tomoyo looked back and saw that he was really close behind her, even the extra adrenalin she had didn't help her escape him. She screamed as she turned a corner, trying her best to keep her distance between him. The shoes she was wearing made her skid across the marble floor when she made an abrupt turn. Eriol was vastly catching up to her and as if his luck had changed, Tomoyo slowed down to open the back door to his backyard.
"Oh god, open!" She screamed, looking back to see him only feet away from her. "OPEN UP!" She shook the door and it opened, but not in time.
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Syaoran Pov:
"I think I'll go and see Eriol now. He's had enough time to think about what I said. That is if he actually listened to anything I said. I don't have to worry though, this time I'll be sure to make what I say stick in his stupid miniature brain."
I walked out of my house and started my way to his. Even though a whole day had almost passed, I was still equally pissed as I was the day before. Thinking about what I had said to him made me start thinking about other things like: why did he have to be such a jerk? If he changed his attitude and his way with women then all of us wouldn't be having this problem. He really tends to give me headaches if I think about him too much, that's why I try my best not to…that is, if I don't need to. I have a reason to think about him now though, and that reason is Sakura. I care about her too much to let anything bad happen to her, and Eriol is every definition of bad. Once I take care of him, or once we take care of him, he'll be out of her life and she'll be able to be happy again. That's all I want, and I'm going to make sure that's what I get.
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Normal Pov:
Tomoyo ran out into the backyard and picked up a rock that was near her feet. She tried to shut the sliding door, using all her strength but was failing terribly. She took the rock and threw it at him, hitting him in the face. He yelled and let go of the door to hold himself in agony. Taking this chance, Tomoyo shut the door and realized that there was no way to lock it. Panicking, she began to run around the backyard, hoping to find a gate or a door that lead out of this terrible place.
"Why did I have to do this? Why? I'm trapped and now he's coming after me." She cried out, still frantically looking around for an escape passage. She dashed to the side of the house and saw a gate. She squealed, half happy and half terrified for Eriol had opened the door and began making his way to her again.
Holding the camera tightly in her hand she began to run but felt strong hands clasp onto her ankles. She screamed and fell down hard on the cement, hitting her head while the camera flew out of her hands and into a nearby planter.
Eriol stood up, expecting for her to get up and start running again. But she didn't. She lay on the cold hard cement with her eyes closed. It didn't really dawn on him that she was hurt, all he cared about was the camera. He looked her over and noticed that she wasn't holding it in her hand and looked ahead at the only possible place it could've flown to. The planter.
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Syaoran was a few houses away from Eriol's and clenched his fists, having a strong feeling that he was going to have to punch him a few times. He didn't mind at all if he had to though, it was all for his Sakura, that's all that mattered.
A few feet from reaching his driveway he heard a scream and his ears perked up. He ran to the door and saw that it was already opened. The scream that he had hear really chilled him to the bone. It was a girl scream very similar to Sakura's. Just the thought got him worried and he ran into the house, looking around furiously. He didn't see anything and assumed that the scream had come from outside.
Sure enough when he arrived at the sliding door to the backyard, he saw Eriol looking through the planter for something, he didn't know. Wanting to know who the scream came from, Syaoran opened the door and yelled at Eriol, making him stop what he was doing and averting his attention to him.
"What the hell are you doing here? I don't have time for you!" He yelled, clenching his fists. Syaoran walked out of the house and slid the door shut behind him.
"I came here to talk to you about yesterday, and it just so happens that I heard someone scream a few moments ago. What's going on Hirragizawa?" Eriol sat down at the planter and began pouting, his hands slowly making its way to the rocks and dirt.
"I'm so sorry, I'll never do anything bad again. I just wanted to have some fun before I get caught for my bad undertakings." As if on cue, Syaoran walked over to him, not buying his scheme for a second. He knew it was one of his acts and was going to show him that he wasn't as stupid as he thought he was. As soon as Syoaran was close enough, Eriol threw a handful of dirt into his eyes and watched as he doubled over yelling, covering his face with his hands.
Practically blind, Syaoran tried to feel around for Eriol but only came in contact with air. He continued feeling around, his eyes watering like crazy, and this time, feeling cloth under his fingers. He grabbed a fist full to keep Eriol from running off but found himself in pain once again. Eriol punched him, kicked him, every possible thing he could do he did, and Syaoran crouched on the ground, trying to absorb his beatings.
"Eriol, once I get my vision back, you are…"
"That is if, you get your vision back. You will eventually, but probably not in time." Syaoran's heart froze.
"In time for what?" He asked nervously, trying to get the dirt out of his eyes. Sitting on the ground he gritted his teeth as Eriol took a fistful of hair, pulling his head up towards him.
"In time to save you're girlfriend. You see, I have been trying my best to make her happy, to make her want to be with me. But it seems that you got in our way and began to take her away. I didn't like that very much so I have been thinking of a way to get rid of you and I figured that getting rid of you won't make her love me, so instead of doing that, I decided that I should get rid of her because if I can't have her, then no one can." Syaoran swung at Eriol but missed and tried to open his eyes only to find another handful of dirt. He screamed in pain again and rubbed his eyes frantically. In the distance he could hear Eriol's footsteps. He was going to go after Sakura, and there was scarcely anything he could do about it. If only he could see then he would be running after Eriol and to Sakura's safety.
"The only thing I can do is wait till I can see enough to rinse out my eyes, then I can go save her. I hope I won't be too late." Syaoran rubbed his eyes while hoping that everything would be alright. "Sakura…"
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Eriol began walking after running for about 5 minutes. He was tired and only a few blocks away from Sakura's house. He was starting to feel bad about what he had done and what he was going to do and had a feeling that he shouldn't go on with it.
"NO! I have to do this, it's the only way. If she wont love me and be with me, then she can't be with anyone else. I wont let anyone else have her. Ever since we were kids all the way through jr. high I have been lurking in the shadows, watching her flirt and date all the other guys except me. For a long time I have been too shy to ask her to go out with me and finally, after a week of practicing, I found the courage to do so. Right when I thought everything was going to work out great, she turned me down in front of everybody. She said that she only liked me as a friend and wanted to keep it at that. Everyone watched curiously and some of them began laughing. All the guys she had gone out with were sniggering at me, calling me 'loser' for not being able to get her. I tried everything I could to win her but nothing worked. I changed my attitude, I changed my style, but again, the outcome was the same. She still didn't notice me and ever since then I have still been trying to win her, to earn her, but earning didn't work and never did. So I tried to force her to be with me, and it seemed to work…at first…she actually had me going. I thought that she might have actually liked me, but it turned out that she was playing me. Now I am going to get her back for all of that, as well as get back at her boyfriend." Eriol narrowed his gaze and quickened his pace once again. He was going to do this, no matter what it took.
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Syaoran sat on the ground for about 5 minutes. He was finally able to see enough to walk into the kitchen and wash his eyes. Struggling to get up from the recent beating he had received, he noticed something lying on the ground but paid no attention to it for the time being. He needed to see so he could go and find Eriol before he did something terrible.
"I am going to make sure he sees the light of day as either a ghost or behind bars. Sakura does not deserve any of this and never has." Syaoran took a paper towel nearby and dabbed his eyes with it. Opening his eyes cautiously, he looked back out at the person laying on the ground.
"Tomoyo!" He yelled and ran to her side. She was still unconscious and had a big bump on her head. "I'll come back, I promise. Right now I need to find Sakura." And he stood up, running through the gate Tomoyo was going to escape through and made his way as fast as he could to Sakura's house. Hopefully, if he kept on running he would be able to catch Eriol before he arrived at the house.
It was pretty late now. All of the commotion and fighting that has been going on passed the time pretty fast. It was already around 8 at night and Sakura was still taking a nap. She completely forgot about Tomoyo and dozed off, unaware that someone was going to break into her house and supposedly kill her. She just lay in bed dreaming about something other then her death, which is what most people dream about, unless they have issues. But that's beside the point. The point was, Sakura was in big trouble and needed help desperately.
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Tomoyo stirred a little and opened her eyes. Her head still hurt like a mother and she had a big headache.
"Ow." She said sitting up. She held her head and felt the bump, rubbing it gently. She winced a few times when she pushed down on it but then stopped to think about the camera.
"Oh no, the camera! Did he get it?" She said scrambling to the planter. She pushed some of the bushes aside that were surrounding that plant and tried to feel around for something hard. Suddenly her fingers brushed over something cold and small and sure enough it was the camera. She sighed and clutched it to her chest.
"Holy crap that was close. I wonder where he went. I thought he wanted the camera." She then gasped in remembrance of his talk that she had oh-so-cleverly caught on tape and ran into the house to grab the phone. Yes, she did want to save Sakura but thought she didn't have to. She remembered that someone was talking to her, telling her that he was going to go rescue her poor Sakura. As soon as the voice reached her ears she knew who it was right off the bat and her worries partly disappeared. Now, instead of rushing after Sakura, she was going to jump all over Eriol, and there was only one way she could do that.
"Hello…yes this is Tomoyo. I have a small favor to ask you…"
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A/N: Okay all haha!! I'm done with this chappie, actually I have been for like an hour and I just couldn't wait to upload it and now that I have I sure am happy. This fic is almost over and again I just wanted to say THANKS TO ALL OF YOU SOOOOO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR WONDERFUL REVIEWS without you I wouldn't have updated or continued this fic. I really hope that you continue reading my fics after this one is over and I hope that you all found my fic to be enjoyable. Until next time JA! :D