Author's Note: I'm glad this story is such a success, here's chapter 3, enjoy.
)Always Dreaming( - I know this sounds stupid, but I can't wait to type out the day for Sakura's dares, because I know I'll have fun with it :) And thank you so much for reading my story 'Empty Shell' and adding me to your fav. Author's list!!
)StarDragon( - Thx for the ideas! :D
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)HyPeRChErRyBlOsSoM( - Ya know, that's an idea… I'll use the 2nd one and the third one? I'm sure Syao-kun wouldn't mind having to be Sakura's boyfriend for one day… right? n.n Oh yah, and it's still Naoko because chapter two was only the morning part… anyways, the next person will be Rika… and then Chiharu and then Tomoyo and… grand finale girl :D
)SaKuRa LoVa( - Uhh… I think Sakura and Syaoran should take their 'personal' business somewhere say… ELSE? I believe most here are virgin and we don't wanna know what happens… O.O
)sweetcandies46( - I would use your idea if I haven't already used it but on the teacher… I don't like repeat things even if they're not EXACTLY alike, I like to be original, that's why :) Thx for da idea though :D
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)sKeWeD( - I agree, she is quite out-of-character, but I like her a lot and feel very unfair for her the fact that she must always be nice to people who are damn rude, so now, I'm making her stand up for herself… you'll se more stories of Sakura not being bossed around like this one by me… :P Thx for da review and adding me 2 ur fav. Author's list :D
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Chapter Three
Naoko's Dare Day 2
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The rest of lunch went by quickly and smoothly with the usual cheerful voice of Mrs. Leila and the usual boring facts they were asked to take point-form notes on. After not too long, the bell signaling lunch finally rang and the girls rushed out together before the guys could catch the slightest glimpse of them.
"C'mon! Hurry up you slowpokes! Before the boys see us and try to follow us!" Sakura ran quickly dodging people and teachers. She looked back only to see her friends way behind and already panting heavily. "Almost there!" Sakura kicked open the door and ran outside towards the cherry tree. She jumped into the air, did two flips and landed with a split. "Show me the card Naoko, quick!" Once the girls caught up, Naoko quickly handed Sakura the card in her hand, it says: Pretend to be in extreme pain.
"Hehe, this was my card." Tomoyo said with a proud grin.
"That was a pretty good idea." Rika commented.
"Funny I picked that card by for health class eh?" Naoko smiled.
"Yah, lucky pick, girl." Sakura replied as her friends sat around her. "Lucky pick."
"Lucky pick for WHAT?" A voice said behind her. Sakura immediately scrunched up the card and turned around to see no other than Syaoran and Eriol. "Lucky pick for what?" Syaoran repeated. "I know you were involved with what Naoko did, so just spill it and stop playing Ms. Innocent." Syaoran said looking straight at her, trying to get her to spill the beans.
"What are you talking about?" Sakura asked putting on a blank face. Realizing Syaoran would ask her for the card, she quickly said, "Hey guys, I suddenly feel hungry, but we all forgot to bring our lunch on our way out!" She looked at the card. "Well, paper tastes good doesn't it?"
"Wait—" Before Syaoran had a chance to stop her, Sakura chewed on the hard piece of card and swallowed painfully.
"Tastes good." She lied in a choky voice feeling her throat quite lumpy. "Now I feel fuller." She forced a smiled and swallowed hard.
Syaoran raised an eyebrow. "Ok…?"
"Forget that, I forgot to say 'hi'." She said with a smiled while standing up and giving him a hug.
"Oh yah!" Tomoyo exclaimed. "I forgot too!" She giggled standing up to give Eriol a hug and a kiss.
Syaoran was once again confused at why she hugged him, but thought she'd stop if he asked her 'why'. Unfortunately, his mouth was not listening to his brain. "Why did you hug me?" He asked and immediately covered him mouth. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to—"
"It's all right," Sakura replied casually sitting back down, "I'm not at all embarrassed like you thought I'd be. (She read my mind again… Syaoran thought to himself.) I just felt like it, but if you want me to stop, sure." She pulled out a black eyeliner, a mirror and began fixing her make-up.
"Uh, no, I don't mind. I mean your hair smiles nice, it's like cherry blossoms and—" Realizing what he had just said, Syaoran blushed crimson and mentally smacked himself.
Sakura looked at his burning cheeks and smirked. "For a guy who's trying to 'keep things cool', you blush way too much." Syaoran blushed even harder hearing that. "Well, the girls and I gotta go, we'll catch you later." Sakura put away her make up and walked away. Her silky black dress was slightly lifted back by the wind, her black tank top clung tightly to her body, and her silky hair flew behind her along with the wind. She looked too beautiful to be real. The girls each stood up and followed her away.
"You like her, don't you?" Eriol questioned looking at Syaoran who was currently staring after Sakura.
"Huh?" Syaoran looked at the grinning Eriol in confusion. "What'd you say?"
"You like her – Sakura I mean – don't you?" Eriol repeated.
"Yah, but as a friend only. I mean it's not everyday you find a girl who actually doesn't annoying and has an attitude as bad as your own, she's definitely one of a kind."
"So you're saying if she asked you out, you'd reject her?" Eriol looked at him carefully.
Syaoran shrugged. "As if that'll ever happen." With that, he walked away with Eriol behind him trying to figure out what was going on through his mind under all that chestnut hair.
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"You're in love with him, aren't you Sakura?" Tomoyo smiled.
"With who?"
"Syaoran, duh! Who else?"
Sakura looked at her like she was crazy before she continued walking. "What makes you say that? You know as well as I do that we're just friends, close friends, and nothing else. Besides, if I really do like him, I'd tell you and ask him out. I'm not easily embarrassed about this type of stuff."
"Oh yah, if you're not, then you wouldn't have swallowed the paper, Sakura." Chiharu added. "I mean, I'm sure Syaoran and Eriol won't tell anyone about it."
Sakura raised an eyebrow. "How does me eating paper have anything to do with having a crush on Syaoran? But if it helps, I know they're good guys and won't spill if we ask them not to." Or threaten them not to. Whatever works. She thought with a small smirk.
"So why did you?" Tomoyo asked sick of Sakura's not-helping-at-all replies.
"Because," Sakura said leaning against her locker. "I like doing things others won't. It ups the excitement." She turned to Naoko. "Remember, my dear friend, the day isn't over, you've only done 4 dares so far, you still have the afternoon to go, so don't push your luck. I'll be generous today, and let you pick right now, so you'll have time to plan out what you'll be doing. So, pick a card." (A/N: I don't know why a lot of people think that it's over for Naoko and it's time for Rika in this chap. Remember, EIGHT dares PER person!)
Naoko stretched out her hand and pulled out one card out of the four remaining ones, and unfolded it and read it silently. She gulped. "I can't do this Sakura." She said. "Not because I'm scared of doing it, but because I don't exactly own a bikini…" She said sheepishly showing Sakura—and only Sakura—the card.
"Don't worry," Sakura didn't even bother to look at it. "Come with me to my house, I'll let you borrow mine." Sakura signaled Naoko to follow her.
"Uh… Sakura? I don't think we're allowed to go off school properties…" Naoko explained to the girl in front of her who didn't even slow down the tiniest bit. "Sakura? Did you hear me?"
"Perfect. But that's the fun of it." Sakura shrugged and jogged out the school door and rushed toward the locked school gates. She soon sped up since she was about to fall asleep from the boring-ness of jogging.
"Sakura! Slow down! The gate is locked! Sakura! Hello! Slow down! Don't bump into the gate and hurt yourself!"
Sakura ignored the warnings and instead, ran faster. Once she reached the gates, her hands grabbed the top of the gates while her feet kick onto the gate bars and flipped over the other side.
Her friends stared in awe. "How'd you do that?"
Sakura shrugged. "Practice. Boredom. Who knows, who cares. Now Naoko, I realize that you may not want to break school rules and get in trouble… Don't worry about it, I understand, stay here, I'll go get it for you." Sakura gave a little wave and ran.
"HEY! HEY! WHERE'S SHE GOING?" The school guard rushed out and stared after the girl. He looked at Chiharu, Naoko, Tomoyo and Rika. "You guys know where she went?" He asked.
They looked at him with an innocent smile. "Us? What made you think we know where she went?"
The guard shook his head. "Forget it…" He grumbled walking back into his office.
Once the guard was backing his little booth, Naoko stared after at the gate and whispered softly, "You know what guys? Even though Sakura's changed a lot, she hasn't gone all 'preppy' and let all the popularity get to her head; she still has that caring side of her within."
The others nodded in agreement.
First Period in the Afternoon…
"Well Naoko, good luck. Oh yah, by the way, did the bikini fit you?" Sakura asked the nervous Naoko.
"Yah, it fits me… But it'll fit me even more if it had more 'fabric' attached to it…"
Sakura waved her hand carelessly and sat down at her seat. A few students rushed in the classroom laughing and giggling, soon Syaoran and Eriol stepped inside, and they cornered her the moment they spotted her. "What are you planning, Sakura? Do you really want to embarrass your friends this badly?"
Sakura looked at them and blinked a few times. "What on earth are you talking about?! For the last time, it's not my fault Naoko is finally sick of being a goody-goody-two-shoes. Besides, she's doing it by freewill, no one forced her or anything." It is after all, sort of the truth.
"So why did you swallow that piece of paper today at lunch?" Syaoran asked accusively. "It must've been something important that you didn't want Eriol and I to see."
Sakura frown slightly. "Why don't you trust me, doesn't a girl have the right to be hungry? I mean if you were about to starve to death, paper would seem like a pretty good choice of food… You know, it is made from trees, which is a type of plant, making it biodegradable as well as providing certain nutrition necessary—"
Syaoran looked at her and raised an eyebrow. "Whatever Sakura, but just to let you know, we're onto you."
"Your point being…?"
Syaoran and Eriol shrugged and walked to their seat, 2 seats behind where Sakura and Tomoyo sat.
"Settle down, class… Today for art class, we're going to learn how to draw a real person. First of all, I need you to find someone in the class to pose for you and then, I'll-"
"No need, Ms. Lyte, I'll gladly pose for the whole class." Sakura and the girls secretly gave Naoko a tiny nod, as the guys looked at them suspiciously.
"Oh really Naoko? And what made you think they'd all want to draw you when they can pick any partner they want?" Ms. Lyte asked.
"I assure you, they'll WANT me to pose…" Naoko stood up and pulled her shirt, skirt, shoes and socks off and lay them neatly on her desk. Underneath all the clothing, she wore nothing but a bikini; it was all black, made out of very comfortable—though very little—material. This was the one Sakura had kindly lent to her. She then slowly took of her glass and placed them on her desk. She got out of her seat and walked towards the front of classroom where a clearly stunned teacher stood. Just because she was the brain of the school, doesn't mean she didn't have a great body. All the guys (not including Syaoran and Eriol) in the class couldn't keep their eyes off of her ass, and a few of them even whistled at her. Naoko looked back and winked.
Naoko walked up to the front of the classroom and casually pushed off all the stuff on the teacher's desk letting them fall noisily onto the ground. Ms. Lyte was about to complain when Naoko smiled sweetly at her and pushed her out of the classroom, locking the door.
She lay on the desk; her left leg and foot pointing straight, her right leg curled, her right foot placed flatly on the desk beside her left knee. One of her hand was placed on her right thigh, the other was beside her face where she had her pinky tip in her mouth seductively. Her body barely upward, her head tilted to the side.
There were loud banging at the door and a few shouts of 'Let me in!!' and 'You can't do this to me!!' and 'how dare you lock me out, Naoko!!', but Naoko ignored them all. "You may start sketching your pictures now, I mean, after all, you have your model, right in front of you…"
After the period…
Naoko put her clothing back on and slipped the card into Sakura's hand while grabbing one of the remaining cards inside Sakura's other pocket before walking out smoothly like nothing had happened. Once the door was open, Ms. Lyte, who was leaning against the door, fell inside and onto the floor. "Oh dear!" Naoko fake gasped. "How'd you end up outside? Well, I would help you, but I gotta go to my next class! Ciao!" Before Ms. Lyte could utter a single word or give her a detention, Naoko bounced away happily.
"What's it say?" Rika asked as the crowed around Sakura at their next class. The peeked over her should and read the card slowly. 'Strip until all you have is a bikini left'.
"This one's mine." Sakura smirked as they headed to their next class, gym.
Second Period in the Afternoon…
"You know, I'm actually going to feel guilty doing this to her, she's actually the only teacher that's nice in this school. I know she won't yell at me or anything, but she's probably gonna be really freaked out…" Naoko spoke shaking her head slightly.
"You're not going softly, are you Nao?" Sakura accused looking straight at her.
"Of course not…" Naoko looked down. "I'll do it, let's just hope she doesn't go home the next day and never come back!"
"And you care because?" Sakura shot back.
"Alright, I don't, happy?" Naoko sighed in defeat.
The girls gathered around their teacher when she blew her whistle. "Alright class, today, we're going to play basketball alright? One on one, winner goes to the right side of the gym, and the other person (A/N: I almost typed 'and the loser goes to…' I mean I don't think a teacher would talk like that eh? ;)) go sit on the bench on the left side of the gym. I'm hoping to find out who is the best basket-ball player of us all, and of course the winner will get a special prize. Everybody understand?"
"YES!" Shouts of excitement were heard ringing through the gym. Everyone was excited, even though they knew it was obvious that Sakura would win.
People scattered, finding partners of whom they wished to go against first, while Naoko walked up to the gym teacher, Mrs. Godley, and coughed. "Excuse me, Mrs. Godley, I'm sorry to say, but I cannot participate in gym today." Naoko let out a HUGE sneeze in front of her face. Mrs. Godley wiped the spit off.
"Ok, um Naoko, may I ask why?"
Naoko coughed loudly and made sure NOT to cover her mouth or turn away, and by now, everyone was staring at Naoko, wondering what the hell she'll do this time. "Well, you see, (cough cough) I just discovered yesterday (cough, sneeze) that I have (cough) I have (sneeze, cough) I have S- (cough) I have SARS… ACCCHHOOOOO!!" Naoko rubbed her nosed and coughed more.
"Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-You have S-S-SARS??" Mrs. Godley looked ready to faint. She paled and said in a quiet voice, "I… I have to go… do whatever you want for this period…" With that, she left, running toward the office, still in shock.
A few people backed away from her, until one girls spoke up. "Naoko, do you really, umm, have SARS?"
"Of course not you moron!" Chiharu growled at the girl and whacked her across the head. "What do you think? You actually thought she was serious today when she flirted with Mr. Terada, faint in class, and actually wanted to pose for everyone in a bikini?!" She spat angrily.
The girl backed away. "Sorry…" She whispered softly. "Now I know what Yamazaki goes through everyday…" She made sure Chiharu didn't hear that.
"You and Naoko are becoming like Sakura…" Tomoyo taunted.
"And you're saying that's a bad thing?" Sakura glared at Tomoyo through the top of her eyelid, which was heavily made with glittering black eye shadow. "Is that what you're saying, huh? You don't like who I am?"
"Whoa! Chill girl! I didn't mean anything like that! Take a joke!" Tomoyo said slowly backing up.
"Good, you'd better be, Chiharu and Naoko are just coming around to the right side, that's all, and soon after each of your dare days, you will too." Sakura wrapped an arm around Naoko and Chiharu's shoulder, and the three glared at Tomoyo with the exactly same attitude.
Tomoyo gulped.
Third Period in the Afternoon…
"Pass da card, girlfriend." Chiharu ordered Naoko.
"Just wait-a minute girl, I thought that was my job?" Sakura stated walking up to Naoko and stuck out her hand for the card.
"You wanted us to be like you eh? Well, I'm being like you right now." Chiharu looked at Sakura and smirked.
Sakura smirked back. "That's what you think." Swiftly, Sakura used one of her hands to grab both of Chiharu's and tied them behind her back. She smiled sweetly at her and turned back to Naoko. "Now, Nao my friend, 'pass da card, girlfriend'." She said, mimicking Chiharu causing her to scowl.
Tomoyo and Rika stood behind them sweat dropping at how Sakura had changed their friends so much.
Just as Sakura was about to read the card, Tomoyo stopped her and turned her around where she saw Eriol and Syaoran walked toward them.
"Hey." Sakura said giving Syaoran a brief hug while Tomoyo did the same with Eriol. "Sup?"
"I should be asking you that!" Syaoran replied. "We've just heard from some girls from your gym class that Naoko was acting like she has SARS and scared the shit outta the teacher. What are you guys planning?!" He gripped Sakura by her shoulders demanding an explanation. "C'mon Sakura, just tell me, I won't tell ANYONE, I swear!"
Sakura smiled sweetly in return. "As much as I like you, I just can't tell. I will only tell you after all the chaos are over."
"I'm not letting you go until you do."
Sakura looked at her friends. "Naoko, it's in my pocket, take one. And guys, go to next class without me." Naoko looked at her and nodded, she pulled a card out of Sakura's pocket and left. "You too, Eriol." Eriol nodded and walked away with the others.
Syaoran looked at the pocket where Naoko had just taken a card out of, as he moved his own hand to see what was in there.
"Don't you dare." Sakura said in a threatening voice and looked warningly at Syaoran.
Syaoran raised an eyebrow. "And what are you going to do?"
The air around them were getting tense, both their faces were serious, but inside, they were actually having loads of fun; they were both dying to see where this would all lead and who would be the one to give up, and who would be the one to stand victorious. "I'm only giving you a warning right now. If you really want to know the consequence, try me." They were attracting attention; the girls were wishing they were in Sakura's position right now, even though they weren't exactly having a romantic little talk, they'd do anything to have Syaoran's hands on their shoulder and him so close to them. The guys on the other hand were glaring at Syaoran who didn't give half of a damn. They just couldn't get why Sakura would let Syaoran land two hands on her and talk to her while she'd kick their ass just for saying 'hi.'
"I think I'll take the chance." Syaoran stated moving his hand closer to her pocket.
"It's your loss. But if you do, just so you're prepared, you'll most likely get hurt, and we'd probably be late for class."
"Since when do you care about getting to class on time?"
"I don't, but I might—just might—feel guilty to hurt a dear friend of mine."
"Like I said, I'll take the chance." Syaoran's hand went inside her pocket, and Sakura felt his index and middle finger closing on the last card left in her right pocket. Just as he was about to pull his hand out, she grabbed his wrist and slowly pulled it out of her pocket. She felt him trying to steal his arm back or at least have a glance of what was on the card, but she just smiled sweetly. "I'm not as weak as I look." She said.
"And I'm not as weak as you think I am." With that, Syaoran used all his strength and pulled his arm from her grasp, as Sakura immediate jumped onto him and went grabbing for the card that was still in between his fingers. Quickly, to prevent Sakura from getting the card, he raised it into the air for as far as his arm would allow.
"Do you mind getting off of me?" Syaoran's voice came, though it was very unclear as he was having problem talking with Sakura's shirt in the way.
"Gimme the card!" She growled. "You're not going to get a chance to read it, I'll make sure of that." Sakura was trying to push herself higher with her legs, her right hands reaching for the card while her left hands covering his eyes making sure he wouldn't read the words, and of course, Syaoran was trying to prey off her hand off with his free hand. "Give up and pass it to me, maybe I won't have to hurt you if you behave like a good little boy."
RING RING!
As much as people wanted to watch this, they couldn't risk being late, and they all walked away grimly, still stealing glances at the two flirting in the hallway. "There's the bell, and we're going to be late. Now PASS ME THE FUCKING CARD!" Sakura stopped reaching for a brief second and pushed herself higher with that hand and continued reaching for it.
Syaoran pretended to gasped. "Such language for a lovely lady and in school too!"
Sakura stopped reaching and whacked him on his head satisfied hearing an 'ow' from Syaoran. "I'm getting sick of this little game, and it's time to end it."
"I'm ready for you to give up, ma'am." Syaoran said playfully.
"Shut up." Sakura growled, another whack, and another 'ow'. "I assure you, I lose to no one." With that, Sakura took her hand off of his eyes and stopped reaching.
"That's a good girl, I know you'd realize the truth sooner of later, who the real master is." Syaoran said proudly. What he didn't expect was for her to put both her hands on his shoulder and push herself up and brought both her knees on his shoulder. Taking that opportunity, she grabbed the card and the moment she did, she flipped forward over his head, landing firmly on the ground behind him. "W-What the hell?" He stuttered turning around to meet the happy face of Sakura.
"You know, darling, no one, beats the master." Sakura winked. "Never, try, anything, as, foolish, as, that, again."
"I will figure this whole thing before you tell me, you know." Syaoran said with pride. "I swear to you, I will."
Sakura walked around him and stopped when she faced him. "Why do you bother? I'll tell you when this thing's all over."
"Why do YOU bother?" Syaoran shot back. "You'll tell me sooner or later anyways… And you know that I'm the master at keeping secrets."
Sakura smiled. "Fair enough, but that's the whole point isn't it? There is no reason why we are doing this, but that's the fun of it. And I never give up, on anything, no matter how pointless it seems. Because I'll always be a winner."
"We'll see."
Sakura looked at him and burst out laughing. "You know, I actually had fun back there, and I'm surprised that you actually had the guts of challenging me. Let me tell you something, dear friend, you did something very idiotic; you underestimated me. I may be a girl, but that doesn't prove me weak." She flipped her long auburn hair back and walked toward their next class.
Syaoran smiled at what she said. She's different? Definitely. Fun? Duh! Pretty? Perhaps… If only I can see what she really looks like under all that make up… If only all girls were like her… But if they were, she wouldn't be unique… "Wait up!" He called out, catching up to her. "We better find a good excuse to why we're late."
Sakura shrugged and turned to him. "Why bother? Just ignore the teacher's questions."
Syaoran thought about it for a moment. "Heck, why not"
Social Studies Class…
Naoko tapped Chiharu – who was sitting in front of her – on the shoulder and passed her a note. Chiharu quickly grabbed it and read it.
Naoko: Where's Sakura? I can't start the dare when she's not here… You think Syaoran and her killed each other?
Chiharu scribbled something down and passed it back to Naoko.
Chiharu: If they did, I bet you ten bucks and a half that Syaoran's the one dead.
Naoko: Chi! My point is when are they going to be here?
Chiharu: Who knows, but I know if either of them dies, at least half the school won't come to school tomorrow, they'd stay home weeping.
Naoko: Why only half?
Chiharu: Because, the gals will cry for Syaoran while the guys will cry for Sakura…
Naoko: Good point, but stop having these crazy thoughts, they're not going to kill each other!
Chiharu: Hey, just preparing for the worst! Li did leave a will, right?
The door suddenly swung wide open. Sakura and Syaoran walked to their seats with their head held high, without bothering to cast the teacher a single look, and without even the slightest blush on their cheeks.
"Ms. Kinomoto and Mr. Li, may I ask why you're this late?"
Syaoran almost answered, but Sakura nudged him, and they continued walking toward their seat, taking their time and pretended not to hear the teacher.
"I'm asking you a question! What is your excuse for being late?!"
They sat down in their seats and continued ignoring her. Syaoran yawned, Sakura leaned back against her chair and lifted her feet onto the desk looking coldly at the teacher.
"EXCUSE ME! MS. KINOMOTO, PUT YOUR FEET DOWN! AND MR. LI, HOW DARE YOU YAWN IN MY CLASS?"
Syaoran didn't know whether he should continue going against the teacher or just quit it all. He looked at Sakura, who now decided to stick her tongue out at the teacher just to piss her off even more. Oh, what the hell… Syaoran covered his mouth with his hands and yawned again, but louder this time. "God, this class is DAMN boring!" He said out loud, making sure everyone heard him. And the class was staring at them, trying not to burst out laughing knowing if they did, they'd be in a LOT of trouble.
"SAKURA! SYAORAN! OUT!" She growled venomously pointing sharply at the door.
"Fine." Sakura said standing up without the least bit of hesitation. "Even sitting in the hall for 40 minutes is better than listening to your boring lectures." She walked by Naoko's desk and dropped a piece of paper on her desk, and with that, she walked out with Syaoran following behind. He made sure to give the teacher a death glare before slamming the door shut after them.
Naoko slowly unfolded the piece of paper Sakura had given to her and silently read it.
Do the dare without me, I trust you will. Besides, Chiharu, Rika and Tomoyo will keep an eye on you for me… Just am disappointed I'm gonna miss your hell of a performance, rite babe? ;)
KS
Naoko tore the paper into tiny pieces and threw them out the window where no one will find it again. She took out a few markers, pens, paint and make up from her pencil case and looked at herself in the mirror. Let the games, begin.
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"I'm still trying to figure out how you convinced me into getting myself in trouble…" Syaoran mumbled outside the door, sitting on the floor, leaning against the wall. "You know I haven't even had a single teacher yell at me ever since I started attending public schools?"
Sakura, who was sitting next to Syaoran but facing away from him, leaned her back against his shoulder and turned back to look at him with a raised eyebrow. "Are you trying to tell me you've never gotten kicked out of the classroom before?"
Syaoran looked back at her. "Of course not…"
"But you're as bad as I am and sometimes even mean to people… and you've never gotten in trouble? Now that's hard to believe…"
"I'm only cold to girls trying to stick to me like super clue and guys trying to act like me just to get the girls… it annoys me. But that doesn't give me any reasons for having a grudge against the teachers…"
Sakura turned away and stared straight ahead down the empty hallway and laughed. "That's not the only reason is it? I mean the way you act and talk, it's not only because they annoy you… I mean look at Eriol, he already has a girlfriend and some girls still have enough guts to throw themselves at him, but he manages to charm his way through the whores and not lose his anger or get frustrated."
Syaoran nodded, even though she wasn't looking at him. "Something else did happen… Something did…" He grabbed a strand of her hair absent-mindedly and smelt it. "I have four crazy sisters, they've tried about every kind of shampoo there is, but none of them smells like cherry blossoms." He said playing with her long, silky, shiny, amazing auburn hair.
"Specially made." Sakura replied. "Cherry blossom is almost like my symbol. If you noticed, my room, hair, perfume, and a lot more things smells like cherry blossoms, and my stuff are usually the shape, or colour of a cherry blossom, if not, it has at least cherry blossom pedals on them…"
"Sakura means 'cherry blossoms' in Japanese doesn't it?" Syaoran asked. "It's a very sweet name. You weren't born like this were you? If I had to guess who you really are, or were, I'd say you were the most sweet and loving girl the world has ever known… that's why you were named Sakura. But something happened to you as well."
She nodded. "That's right, everything you said." She sighed sadly.
Before the conversation went any further, a dreadful scream filled the classroom, followed by a loud moaning, then more screaming and screeching. Finally, something hit the door, and the thing screamed again and reached for the doorknob, ran out the door nearly tripping over Sakura's stretched legs.
Syaoran and Sakura peered into the classroom, only to be greeted by the horrifying sight of a 'zombie Naoko'. "Nice, uh, make up, Nao." Syaoran greeted.
"Thanks." The deathly look from her face was gone and replaced by a smile. "I've done it again, Sakura." She said and stuffed the card carefully into Sakura's palm making sure Syaoran didn't see it. "Well, thanks to me, class it now over, we have free time for the rest of the period!" Naoko announced to the class once she reentered it, and she was greeted by warm cheers.
"Pass the card." Syaoran demanded.
"Nope." Sakura grinned tugging a strand of loose hair behind her ear and walked back inside the classroom.
"Oh no you don't." He said grabbing her wrist pulling her back outside. "Let me see the card." He said with a grin. "I told you I won't give up."
"I told you I wouldn't either." She turned her hand around and grabbed his wrist instead and twisted it so his hand loosened. She stole back her wrist and smiled sweetly. "I told you." She turned her back on him and walked to her seat.
"Damn that girl…" Syaoran muttered following her back inside.
Last Period in the afternoon…
"Hey Sakura, we haven't got a chance to read the cards Naoko did for 2nd and 3rd period! Let's see." Tomoyo said rushing to Sakura while the others followed.
"Alright." She took out the two cards from her pocket, one was normal looking, while the other seemed to have been caught in a tornado. Or just caught in Sakura and Syaoran's fighting.
"What happened that that card?" Chiharu asked referring to the tornado-caught card.
"Long story. Anyways, first card." Sakura flipped over the wrinkled and badly damaged card, on it says: Convince the teacher you have some deadly disease.
"I'm so proud of myself." Said Tomoyo with a grin.
And the 2nd card says: Scare the teacher out of the classroom.
"I did this one." Rika grinned. "At least it's better than the first."
Sakura nodded. "Here Naoko, obviously, this one is from Chiharu, but don't tell us what it is anyways, because even though Chiharu knows what it is, we don't." She took the card and landed it facedown in Naoko palm. "Good luck."
Naoko flipped the card over and scanned it quickly. She gave Chiharu a meaningful look and whispered into her ear. "You idiot! He's like the hottest guy next to Syaoran and Eriol, but he dates like every single girl that asks him out and dumps them the next day!"
"That's the whole point you moron." Chiharu said whacking her across her head like the way she does with Yamazaki. "To show him he isn't the only one who can do that."
And so, Class Begins…
"Class, today at writing class, we had a little—ahem—incident, I sincerely hope that the afternoon, works out, umm, better…" Mr. Terada said nervously, stealing glances at Naoko every few seconds, making sure she wouldn't do anything. (A/N: Mr. Terada teaches both Reading and Writing (basically both the Language courses))
"Ok, for class today, I would like you to read the article on page 253 in the book right in front of you. Answer all 6 questions, when you're done, hand it in to me. Understood?"
After less than 5 minutes, a boy with jet-black hair and dark green eyes stood up and walked to Mr. Terada. His hairstyle was definitely copied from Syaoran, but that didn't stop the dimwitted girls to go gaga over him. He's always the first one to finish the assigned class work, only because he doesn't give a damn about it and as long as he finishes (even if they're all the wrong answers) it, he would be free to do whatever he pleased for the remaining time, which is exactly what he wants.
"Now's your chance." Sakura whispered to Naoko who was sitting beside her. Before Naoko had a chance to react, Sakura pushed her out of her seat, and with a hard shove, Naoko flew right to the front of the classroom.
Naoko and the boy arrived in front of the teacher at the same time. Well, almost since the boy actually ARRIVED while Naoko practically flew right into Mr. Terada. Lucky for him, there was a desk that saved him from Naoko.
"Oh my gosh! Ms. Yanasagiwa, please, I'm begging you don't do anything!" Mr. Terada pleaded with a horrifying look on his face.
Naoko looked like she had just eaten something disgusting. "No way! Don't worry about it, I'm over you since I stepped out the classroom door today morning!" She reached to give his hand a reassuring squeeze, but he misunderstood it.
"Naoko, please, NAOKO DON'T TOUCH ME! AAAAHHHHH!!" And with that, he ran out the door with arms flailing in all directions, screaming.
"Oh… kay…?" Naoko shrugged and turned to the boy. "So, Bryan." She said wrapping her arms around his neck causing some of the girls in the class to scowl. "I hear you wanted to go out on a date with a friend of mine, name Sakura."
As she said that, Sakura nearly jumped out of her seat and punched Naoko for bringing her into the dare, but she restrained herself knowing this was ONLY a dare… nothing else… and if she did have to go out with the wannabe Bryan, she'll give him a black eye and make sure that he'll never ever dare to even dream about wanting her again.
Syaoran however, wasn't having as much luck as Sakura. He had sworn to himself not to let another guy land their filthy hands on Sakura as long as he lives, and here's Naoko, trying to set up a date for Sakura and the wannabe bastard. The two guys sitting behind him was holding him down while Eriol was shaking him violently and telling him things to calm him down.
"Anyways," Naoko said quickly wanting to get this over with for she knows her life is currently in a lot of danger. "I'll make you a deal." She whispered against his lips. "You see, I'm on longer the school nerd or anything, so how about a date with me? Hmm? Tonight, say 7:00? If you actually GO on the date with me and act like you enjoy it, I promise you, I'll get you a date with Sakura the next day."
Sakura dug her nail into her own palm just so she wouldn't go up there and tear Naoko's head off.
Eriol; the poor guy had to cover Syaoran's mouth from his wildly obscene vocabulary at the same time trying not to get his hand badly bitten.
"You've got yourself a deal, girl." Bryan replied with an evil smirk. I'll be known as the first guy to get a date with Kinomoto… Even before Li…
Naoko smiled a fake smile and walked back to her seat where a raged girl beside her immediately held her up by her shirt collar. "What-the fuck-is-all-this shit-about? I'm fucking not going on a fucking date with a retarded fuck like him!" Sakura cursed with face red from anger. Everyone gasped at how much she was swearing.
"H-Hey, calm down." Naoko soothed. "I promise you, you won't have to, but this is part of the plan!" She whispered into Sakura's ear. She seemed to calm down a bit, and let go of Naoko's shirt.
"You'd better be right."
After school…
Sakura and Syaoran both glared at Naoko as she came out of the school. "Ok girl, you promise that I/she won't have to go out with Bryan, and now is a very good time to cancel the date!" They growled at her.
Naoko backed up. "Ok, ok." She said waving her hand frantically in front of them. "Don't eat me!" Just then, Bryan walked out the school door, bragging to his guy friends about how he's for sure going to get a date with 'The Kinomoto'. Sakura growled menacingly at him. Naoko shook her head. "He's in for a big surprised." Naoko walked up to him and didn't even smile. "Hey Bryan." She said dully.
"Hey babe, and yes, I remember our deal. Don't worry, I'll pick you up with a limo tonight, alright?" He said giving her a charming smile.
Naoko slowly flipped her shoulder-length hair back and gave him an uncaring look. "I just decided, you know what, you're an arrogant jerk, and I'd be embarrassed if I go out with you. So guess what pal? Date's cancelled with me, and so is the one with Sakura since that was the deal, you go out with me, and I get you Sakura. Theoretically, since I canceled the date, you're not gonna be with me tonight, which means you're not getting Sakura. Have a nice day." Naoko smiled smugly and rejoined her friends Chiharu, Eriol, Rika, Sakura (Who is now surrounded by guys) and Syaoran (Who is now surrounded by girls.)
Bryan stared in disbelief. The school nerd—wait, scratch that—the used-to-be-school-nerd is the first one to cancel a date on him? And in front of his friends too? He turned back to see his so-called buddies cracking up.
"Guess you're not so tough after all eh? Yanasagiwa just canceled on you! But I'm not surprise, just look at how much she's changed in one day, I think I'll go ask her out sometime this week…"
"You were saying about the first one to go out with Kinomoto?"
"First time getting turned down eh? Sorry to say, but serves you right, I mean look at the way you treat the girls, dumping them with out the tiniest regret."
Naoko pushed her way through the guys and made her way to Sakura. "Hey Sakura!" Sakura was so grateful that her friend had just canceled the date successfully and now saved her from all the guys. "Here's the card." She stuffed the card in Sakura's pocket, then turned back to the guys. "WOULD YOU ALL JUST GET OUT OF HERE? CAN'T YOU SEE MY FRIEND DOESN'T WANT YOU? SO GET YOU OUT OF HERE BEFORE SHE KICKS YOUR ASS!"
All was silent, surprised at Naoko's sudden outburst. But then again, was it really such a surprise after what she's done today in FRONT of the whole class and teachers? And believe me, gossip spreads fast, and by now, everyone knows about it. "Say, Yanagisawa, how would you like to go out on a date with me?"
"No, forget him, I'm a lot better looking."
"C'mon Naoko, I know you want me."
Naoko stood there and groaned. "How'd I get involved in this…" Sakura smiled at her.
"See Nao? Being popular ain't easy. Let's get the hell outta here!" Sakura grabbed Naoko and pushed their way through, anyone tried landing a finger on any of them was responded by Sakura's fist in their face. "God how stupid are they?! I'm not even half interested in any of them!" She muttered to herself.
Naoko and her walked to where their friends were waiting. "Stay here Naoko, I've got another ass to save." With that, she ran where Syaoran's crowd was. She jumped into the air, did a flip and landed perfect right in front of Syaoran, causing a shock for them all. "Get your fat asses outta here, Syaoran doesn't want any of you, so do you mind giving him some personal space and just stop trying to push yourself close to him? You ought to know, it's rather annoying."
"Kinomoto! You're my idol! I want to be just like you!"
"Wow! You were just talking to me weren't you? I feel so blessed!"
"Oh wow, I've just seen Kinomoto close up! And she's definitely as beautiful and cool as everyone says, I WANT TO BE LIKE YOU!! YAY FOR SAKURA!"
Sakura rolled her eyes and grabbed Syaoran. "What did I tell you about being more aggressive?" With that, she pulled him out the crowd not caring if the girls in the way accidentally got hurt; after all it was their own fault.
Once they finally got out and reunited with their friends, Sakura glared at Syaoran. "You never listen do you? I told you to be fucking more aggressive and push them out of the way! Next time, I'm not going to fucking save you and let's see what you're gonna do." Sakura growled pinning him down with her even more 'deathly' glare. "Let's go home…"
And so, they walked home, Sakura continued nagging at Syaoran, Tomoyo and Eriol were having a making out session, while the rest congratulated Naoko over and over again in silence.
The boys each went their separate ways, as the girls walked away in a different direction, together.
Naoko, Sakura, Tomoyo, Rika, and Chiharu sat down at Penguin Park. "Let's look at all the cards of dares which Naoko has done today." Sakura pulled out eight cards and laid them each down, and each of the girls read in order Naoko had performed in.
1. Seduce the teacher. By: Chiharu.
2. Ask the teacher to be the father of your unborn child. By: Sakura.
3. Get a Detention. By: Rika.
4. Pretend to be in extreme pain. By: Tomoyo.
5. Strip until all you have is a bikini left. By: Sakura.
6. Convince the teacher you have some deadly disease. By: Tomoyo
7. Scare the teacher out of the classroom. By: Rika
8. Makes sure Bryan agrees to go out with you, cancel the date later. By: Chiharu.
"That was a fun day. And tomorrow, we'll be waiting for our dear Rika to entertain us, and you'll do a good job, won't you sweetie?" Questioned Tomoyo putting an arm around her.
"Yah, sure… I'll do my best."
"I'm going home now guys, if you wanna try to think of new ideas here, fine, but I gotta get home before Tory calls the police and reports me missing." Sakura made a face and walked away. "See you later! And good luck tomorrow, Rika!" With that, she bounced away home with her hair flying behind her, glistening in the sunlight.
After Sakura was gone, Tomoyo leaned towards the gang and said in a small voice. "You know, I just got an idea, we can maybe change the rules a little on Sakura's dare day…" She whispered just loud enough for them to hear. "What do you think of the plan?"
"We love it." They looked at each other with an evil glint in each of their eyes.
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Author's Note: Sorry if you didn't like it, lack of inspiration. And I'm trying to make the chapter faster so I can get on with Sakura's Dare Day… It's gonna be fun, I promise you… :evil laugh:
Don't flame me too much, I'm already in a depression for I KNOW this chapter probably SUX! Well, RnR anyways… -.-
HOLY SHIT! 8437 words!! O.o