Final Fantasy
Chapter 4
Competition Part I
A woman with long red hair and blue eyes walked into a business building wearing faded blue low rider pants and a tank top with Nikey sneakers. She went up to the desk and cleared her throat to let her presence known. The woman looked up and smiled. "Miss Konniwa, it is nice to see you again. I'll phone your brother to let him know you are here."
The woman dialed his number. "Hello Mister Konniwa your sister is here. Yes. Yes. Right away sir." She hung up the phone and told her with a smile that she may pass, as she left the woman's smile faded and glared from behind her back. 'Bitch.'
The phone rang and she picked it up and immediately felt like she was a kid. "Hi Sakura."
"Hey Britney remember that we have to go back at two this afternoon. I just wanted to remind you."
"Thanks I completely forgot. I'll be there. By the way are you and Juan going together??"
"Brit-Britney!?"
She laughed. "I'll be there okay bye." As she hung up she looked at the picture that was taken three years ago, where she and Sakura smiled at the photographer. They were in the park watching the kids, as they had a picnic. On that day Sakura gave her a best friend locket. It had the symbol of best friend on the cover and on the inside was the samw picture but held a little melody as it opened.
Britney glanced at the clock and groaned. It was only twelve thirty…it was going to be a long day.
"Well that was stupid don't you think Li!!!," snapped Tomoyo as she heard what happened. "First you hurt Sakura then you follow and finally you fight her brother!!! Oh you deserve the Jackass of the Year Award!!!!"
"Hey I didn't think it would happen like that!?" he snapped back.
"What do you THINK she would do!!! Welcome you back in open arms!!!"
"Alright you guys that is enough!!!," yelled Eriol from all the commotion. "Stop arguing this isn't going to solve anything from all this bickering. Syaoran, Meilin, you knew better than to follow her or are you that ignorant!!? Tomoyo stop yelling and calm down, you're going to check on her since you are a relative. And ONLY her. I'm going to call Aunt Yelan. And for God sake grow up!!!!" he said before he left the room to phone Yelan.
"Hello Wei is Aunt Yelan there.
*****************(means other country)*********************
Wei walked into the room and bowed before her. "Miss Li, Eriol is on the phone and wants to speak to you."
She took the phone and whispered 'thank you' as he left shutting the door. "Hello Eriol. How is everything right now?"
"Oh everything is just fine, Aunt Yelan."
"Eriol, I know nothing is fine when you phone from Japan. What is the matter?"
Eriol sighed. "Syaoran has been a jackass these past days. Ever since we found Sakura-"
"Sakura?"
"Yes Aunt Yelan, we have found Sakura, she lives here in her old town along with her brother. And children."
"She…she has children!!! By whom!!"
"Syaoran."
Silence. "WELL WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR YOU GET THEM TWO BACK TOGETHER!!! HOW MANY DOES SHE HAVE!!! ONE!!!"
Eriol held the phone arm length away from his ear, then placed it back over his ear. "She has two and they are twins. One boy and the other is a girl. Jin-Su and Kasumi."
"Well get them back together, Jin-Su is the future leader of the Li Clan. You have a plan do you not?"
"Well we are working on that…"
"Well work faster!!!!" she said before slamming the phone down.
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Britney ran to the Sakura's red jeep that was parked in front of the building. Her short blond hair glistened in the sunlight and her grey eyes shined with excitement, like she was a child again. Britney slid into the passengers seat and smiled as Sakura drove off towards the building holding the second part of the competition. As they drove they discussed a few things on the way.
"I'm so sorry we haven't had time to spend together Sakura, its just with work-"
Sakura waved her hand dismissively. "You don't have to explain anything Brit, we've both been busy at work and haven't had any time to hang out. So no need for explanations."
Britney nodded. "So how are my godchildren doing?"
"Oh they are just fine. Kasumi kept asking me when you're going to come here and visit."
"I'll come over for dinner."
"At Torie's. We're staying there right now."
"Uh oh, what is it this time. Stalker problems?"
"Try ex-fiancée."
"Okay all of you lovely young ladies have passed the first part of the competition. Now you will be recording a song in pairs and modeling for pictures, if you feel uncomfortable being possibly exposed. Please notify us and then you shall be disqualified. We don't tolerate women who do not expose themselves for whatever reason. Its either take it or leave it. We have stylists and photographers. They will tell us how you do at the end of the day. Well let us get started. Select a partner, report them to me and we shall call you to come up and perform." The strict woman sat down and waited as they selected their 'partners'.
"Well," Sakura said facing Britney.
"You bet." They went over and said that they were partners as did the others, when they figured who is who's partner.
"First up, Helena and Trisha." They kept on calling pairs up until they finally landed on Sakura and Britney.
"Sakura and Britney."
Britney looked at Sakura and whispered encouraging words to her. "What song shall you sing?" the woman judge asked.
"Me Against the Music." Britney said.
"Very well."
Sakura and Britney stepped into the booth and placed the headphones over their ears and faced the microphones. The music began.
Sakura:
All the people in the crowd
Grab a partner, take it down
Its just me, its just me against the music, yeah
It's whipping my hair
It's pulling my waist
The sweat is dripping all over my face
I'm the only one dancing in this place
To the beat of that drum, gotta give
That bass
Britney:
I wanna get stupid
Trying to take my music
Its like a competition
Where's the beat
I wanna get in the zone
I wanna get in the zone
If you really wanna party
Send my love and get ya
Really to hit, you could die
In a minute I'mma take-a ya on I'mma
Take-a ya on
Come on, yeah
B&S:
All my people on the floor let me see
You dance (hey)
All my people on the floor let me see
You dance (hey)
All my people up for more let me see
You dance (hey)
All my people round and round let me see
You dance (hey)
All my people in the crowd, let me see
You dance (hey)
Won't you let me take the zone
Lets take on the zone, let's take on the zone
If you really wanna battle,
Its you and me baby and the music turns
Our body all night long
Sakura:
We're almost there
I'm feeling it bad and I can't explain
My hips all moving at a rapid pace
Feel it burn
From the tips of my toes, running through
My veins
And now's your turn
Let me see what ya got, don't hesitate
Britney:
I wanna get stupid
Trying to take my music
Its like a competition
Where's the beat
I wanna get in the zone
I wanna get in the zone
If you really wanna party
set it up cuz ya really
Try to hit, you could die
In a minute, imma take-a ya on, imma take-a ya on
Hey, hey, hey (here we go)
B&S:
All my people on the floor let me see you dance (hey)
All my people up for more let me see you dance (hey)
All my people, round and round let me see you dance (hey)
All my people in the crowd, let me see you dance (hey)
Sakura:
Get on the floor
Baby, lose control
Just work your body
And let it go
If you wanna party
Just grab somebody
And baby we can dance all night
M-A-G-N-E-T MAD!
take a drop and rock it!
All my people in the crowd
Grab a partner, take it down
All my people
All my people
Grab a partner, take it down
Britney:
Get on the floor
Baby, lose control
Just work your body
And let it go
If you wanna party
Just grab somebody
hey baby we can dance all night (dance all night)
All my people on the floor let me see
you dance (hey)
All my people up for more let me see
you dance (hey)
All my people, round and round let me see
you dance (hey)
All my people in the crowd let me see
you dance (hey)
All my people in the crowd, grab a partner
take it down
B&S:
All my people
All my people
Grab a partner, take it down
The music faded and as Sakura and Britney took off their headphones, they heard applauses and whistles coming from all the contestants. They must have heard them singing and decided they were the best if the best. "Well done ladies, well done. Now we shall move onto the modelinf. Follow me." The judge instructed. They all followed with Sakura and Britney behind, blushing madly.
"Okay Bridget, we have spent two and a half hours in my office discussing about this business. What is the real reason that you came here? And don't tell me its because you want to visit me because I know you too well." said her brother. He was tall, masculine, blond hair and golden eyes. He wore a navy blue business suit with a tie that had dark light blue and green lines. He also had a deep voice that could leave any woman swooning over him.
Bridget straightened herself and said, "You're you know mw too well."
"Cut the crap Brig, what you do?"
"That's Lei-Fan, Juan. And I didn't do anything…we did."
"What do you mean we?"
"Our Mother is back and she is ready to raise hell. She doesn't know that we changed our names and she is searching in China right now. What are we going to do, if she finds us?"
"Fight back I suppose or keep running and changing our names and our appearances. You, you keep changing your hair. First blond, then strawberry, then brown and finally red. I don't know your natural hair color anymore."
"Its black." She said smiling sweetly.
"Yes, well if you'll excuse me I have to make a phone call to Touya to see if me and his sister are still on our lunch date today."
"I thought you hated blind dates?"
"Yes well…things change. Now if you don't mind-"
"Oh I don't mind." He groaned as she propped her feet on his desk again.
"I'll get it." Said Ayane as she rushed to the phone. When she picked up the phone the doorbell rang and Kasumi ran to answer it.
"Hello. Oh hello Mister Konniwa, oh yes Touya says that the date with his sister and you is still on. Uh huh, I'll be sure to tell him. Buh bye now." When she hung up the phone she rushed to see what was taking Kasumi so long to come back, when she got their she saw that she was glaring at Tomoyo.
Tomoyo looked up and smiled at Ayane and she weakly returned it. "Hello Ayane is Sakura here?"
"What's it to ya?" Kasumi said in a harsh tone.
"Oh honey I just want to speak to your Mother, you see we go way back-"
"I didn't ask for your life story." She said before turning and going upstairs.
"Sweet children aren't they. Can I come in?"
"Uh…yeah come in." Tomoyo stepped in and followed Ayane to the living room where they sat down.
"What are you doing here Tomoyo?" Ayane said trying not to be rude.
"I just came to see how my best fr-"
"She made it quite clear that she wanted nothing to do with you or the others. I don't see how this is going to solve anything if you lot keep coming and stalking her."
"We miss her."
"But she doesn't miss you."
"I don't see why you are so upset by this, you were the one who called us and told us where Sakura is."
"And I see that I have made a mistake and that you must leave her children alone. She or they want nothing to do with all of you."
"But I must be part of their lives. I have to be here so I could be their-"
"They already have a godmother and she is a good one too. At least she would know when she is not wanted, but that would never happen cause she's always wanted."
"They-they already have a godmother!!! That cannot be I-"
"You weren't here when they were born, you weren't here when they got their first tooth, and you weren't here for their first birthday, you weren't here for none of that!!!"
Before Madison could respond the front door opened and in came Torie carrying the grocery bags. "Hey Ayane I'm home. I got some snack for the…the…Tomoyo…………"
Madison stood up and bowed smiling. "Hello Touya." When she said that all the things he been carrying came crashing down to the floor.
"Juan do we have to? I mean we have to face her sooner or later, but this…this is jus out of line. She's our Mother…our own flesh and blood!!!! We can't do this to her!!!!" Bridget argued when her brother told her what he was going to do.
Juan groaned. "Bridget-"
"This is illegal!!! We could be put in jail for this!!!"
"What they don't know can't hurt them, right!
But enough. I have to go, Sakura may already be there already waiting for me while I argue with my ignorant sister. I must go."
Without saying another word he left slamming the door behind him. Bridget looked at the door and silently cried.
At three thirty they left the building and Britney told Sakura that she needed to go back to work. Sakura parked by the doorway and hugged her. "It was fun spending time with you Brit, make sure you come over for dinner at seven. I'm sure the kids would be happy to see you again."
"Okay. But tell Jin-Su to stop hitting so hard, every time we practice martial arts he leaves a bruise on me."
Sakura laughed. "I'll tell him to go easy on you."
"Screw that, we need a tough man in our lives…he is tough-"
"Overprotective of his sister-"
"And stubborn. I'll be there, see ya later." She said running towards the building. Sakura glanced at the clock and realized that she was late she pushed down on the accelerator and speed off.
"Tomoyo…wow-you look different……" Touya said glancing at her then at his wife.
"I'll leave you two alone." Ayane said before leaving to go upstairs.
"Wow Touya you are a lucky person to get a woman like her, you must be very happy."
"I am. We have three children, two boys and a girl."
"What's their name?"
"Oldest is Hayate, Ryu and Nakoma."
"So much has changed ever since…"
"Yeah I know."
"Why didn't you invite me to the wedding? I thought we were family?"
"That's just it Tomoyo, we 'were'. That's past tense. I would have but thought not to because I knew you would come up with a scheme to get Sakura with that son of a bitch. And I thought, he doesn't deserve her. She could do much better than him. A whole lot better!"
"He still loves her."
"But she doesn't."
"Yes she-"
"If you've seen what she has gone through these past six years, you would know that now you are just a memory to us. She's happy and so are her kids, correct me if I'm wrong but it seems she wants nothing to do with you lot right now."
"She needs me."
"No she doesn't. Her best friend and godmother to her children have been with her the whole time. And what have you done?"
Madison was silent as tears streamed down her face. "Nothing."
"Exactly, nothing."
"Hello Juan, sorry if I am late. I-"
He held up his hand before she could finish her sentence. "That is not a problem, it seems that we were both late. I got tied up, as did you, so we are having a late lunch. Is that okay with you?"
"Of course not." She said taking her seat from across from him and had little chitchats.
"If I may ask what you we're doing, earlier today." He said biting into his egg roll.
Sakura swallowed her food. "Me and a friend of mine went the second part of the competition. We both passed the first part-"
"Really? So what do you do? Sing, act, dance or model?"
"I sing and model but-"
"That's very extradionary. I never have heard so much talent, but by the looks of it you seem to hide it pretty well."
"What's that suppose to mean!?"
"You probably have hidden talents physically and…physically." It took awhile for Sakura to understand what he really meant by physical.
Sakura stood up suddenly and slapped him. "Pervert." She was about to leave but he grabbed her on the arm.
"I am sorry I have had a tiring day already, please excuse my behavior. I have a need to blow it off on people. More or less of a habit."
Sakura thought about this for a moment. "I'll give you another chance. Be at Touya's house at seven for dinner and maybe if you be good, I'll give you another chance."
"It's a date then?"
"Yes. But I have to go, Ayane called me to come home because something was going on."
"Bye."
"Bye. See ya later."
When she got in her car, she waved one last time to him before driving off. Not knowing that a person approached Juan with a glint of anger. "What were you doing with her!!!!"
"It simple lunch date…that turned into a dinner date-who the hell are you anyway!!!"
"Syaoran Li, and stay away from her." He said nastily.
"The crazy ex-fiancée, yes I heard of you. But why should I do what you say?"
"I love her and she will be mine."
"By the looks of it I say you were stalking her. Am I right?"
"Grr………"
"Lets play a game…Li. Whoever wins her heart gets her and who doesn't……well they leave. Understood. Do you accept or decline? Or are you just afraid to lose?"
He glared at Juan the whole time, while he smirked. 'This is going to be fun.'