Kalli: Hey guys! I got 37 reviews on just 2 chapters! *river tears of joy*
That's the best I've done on any of my stories! So, I decided to update
just for my wonderful reviewers! And I would've had the chapter up in a few
days, but I encountered a few problems. 1) When I tried to upload,
something kept messing up on my browser and even if it said it had
uploaded, it hadn't. 2) I went on vacation for a week at the beach (which
resulted in a very painful sunburn ()
Anyways, here's the thanks/replies to the reviews on the last chapter:
Chibi Akuma- Aww! Thank you! I like hyper ppl! Been seeing too many of those commercials, haven't we? Lol.
Cute Star Angel- I know! Very OOC, even more than my other stories! 0.o But I finally updated, so enjoy!
Misery- Your review was very entertaining to read! Thank you for your wonderful comment about me being the 'Queen of Dark Things'! I love that nickname! ^~ Hehe............Ya know, I thought about maybe writing a one- shot angst, and I love that dark line about the pigeon that you added. So, enjoy this chapter and look for an angst one-shot!
Kerochan- Thankies! I hate to tell u, but there won't be any kissing scenes for at least 2 more chapters, but they're coming! And I'm trying to update faster too, so look for it!
AnimeObsessionFantasy- Very bad indeed! Sakura might make him sleep on the floor or she might just.................torcher him a little it in her own way. *smiles evilly*
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Wing Goddess- Aww, thank you! Now you have 3 chapters to read until next time! But, there might be a SMALL cliffy at the end of this chapter..............^^;
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CCS fic reader- *sweatdrop* I think I got the 'update' part, so I did! ^^ And it was in a few DAYS, not weeks this time! I'm so proud of myself! Lol.
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Jaina- Sakura's going to have her own brand of 'fun' at the convention, but most of that will be in the next chapter, but see her lovely reaction when she sees Li!
SaKuRa LoVa- Thank u! I actually updated quick this time! ^^
Cherry Chicky- He's a schemer kind of evil! Lol, it will be an S+S story, but it's going to take time for the relationship to develop, so be patient (and good things will come, I promise!) I updated within a week! Isn't that amazing?! Lol.
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elisa ang- Well I'm glad u decided to review this story! ^^ Sorry about the wait. Thank u!
Kitsune- Thank u! I hope u like this chapter 2! Happy reading!
Kira: *feeling faint* I can't believe this! It's like you've turned over a new leaf! You updated LIL in 2 days, and now your updating this one in less than a month! AH! IT'S AN ALIEN INVASION!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kaho: ^^; Hi. I'm the guest for this chapter, but it would appear that Kira's too busy to introduce me at the moment, so I'll do it. I'm Kaho mizuki and I play the judge for Sakura's case in this story!
Kalli: Kira, I'm not an alien!
Kira: Are too!
Kalli: Are not!
Kaho: Oh no.....................
Kira: Are too!
Kalli: Are not!
Kira: Why else would you be updating so quickly?!
Kalli: *sweatdrop* You caught me , Kira. I'm an alien. *waves hands around un-enthusiastically* Alert the MIB! The FBI! The CIA!
Kira: *runs off with a cell phone*
Kaho: I think she took that seriously.
Kalli: *slaps forehead* Such an idiot.
Kaho: I have to agree with you on that.
Kalli: Well, since I have to go get Kira and I'm out of anything interesting to say, let's get on with the story.
From now on, I'm not putting the key, but since I just realized that I forgot to put the Disclaimer in any of the other chapters, I'll put it in this one, and it'll apply to all chapters.
Disclaimer: I don't own CardCaptor Sakura, or any of it's characters, etc.
The Meeting of the Minds
By: Kalli
~~~~~~~~~~As Sakura is leaving work~~~~~~#$Normal P.O.V.#$
Sakura was walking to the elevator, she stopped by Naoko's desk to thank her. She walked up smiling and saw Naoko talking to Nakuru and a girl with long orange hair that was in a tight bun with bits of hair sticking out at the sides.
"Naoko!"
She looked up and smiled while Nakuru waved and the other girl blinked curiously. "Hey Sakura!"
Nakuru spoke up. "I'm sorry we didn't get a proper introduction earlier! Akizuki Nakuru, call me Nakuru or Ruby, that's my nickname."
"Kinomoto Sakura. I'm here beca-"
"Your Li's new secretary, right? I heard about the court case. Sorry." Said the orange-haired girl sympathetically.
Sakura snorted. "About me being Li's secretary or the court case?"
All 4 girls laughed at that. "Both."
"Thank you. I'm sorry, I haven't caught your name."
"Horiuchi Karina."
"Oh! We'll be going to the Convention together!"
She nodded. "All the girls will be sharing 2 joint rooms. Since those 2 usually pair off, how about you and me share?"
"Sure. You don't have any extremely annoying habits or anything like that, do you?"
She laughed. "Not that I know of."
Sakura then turned to Naoko. "Hey, Naoko, I really wanted to thank you for all the help!"
"No problem!" she smiled gently.
"Hey, you wanna come with me and Meiling to go see a movie?"
"Okay. When are you going?"
"Tommorow. Rika, Chiharu, and Yamazaki are coming with us too, probably. We say 'the more, the merrier.' So, if you 2 wanna come as well, you have the invite."
They looked at each other and shrugged. "Sure, we'll change here and head to the movie together." Said Nakuru cheerfully.
"Great! We'll see you then, Sakura! Ja!"
"Okay! Bye guys!"
After they'd said goodbye, Sakura started walking home. Then a dark green car pulled up alongside her and the window rolled down to reveal Yamazaki with Chiharu in the passenger seat. "Oi, Sakura! Need a ride?"
"Sure! Thanks." She said, hopping into the backseat. "Hey, guys, you know the movie tomorrow? Well, I invited Naoko and 2 girls from work to come with us."
They shrugged. "Okay. Do they like action movies?" asked Chiharu.
"I dunno. I guess we'll find out. We're just gonna head there from work and meet you guys at the theater."
"Okay. Who are the other girls?"
"The first one is a few years older than us, maybe already out of college, but she looks younger than that. Her name's Nakuru and she's Li's partners' secretary. The 2nd one is probably just about 2 or 3 years older than us and she's the advisor on the stocks, that's Karina."
"Alright. So, we'll see you there?"
"Yep. There's my house." Said Sakura, pointing to the bright yellow house ahead of them. Yamazaki pulled the car over and waved as Sakura walked into the house.
~~~~~~~~~~The next morning at school~~~~~~~~~~~#$Sakura P.O.V.#$
"Sakura!" yelled Meiling's voice behind me.
I stopped and turned around to greet her. When she reached me, she pulled me into a bear hug. "Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou! I haven't seen my cousin in such a long time!"
"Meiling, I need air!" she pulled away, still smiling. "I'm glad your happy! Plus, your cousin is my servant until Wednesday!"
"Go Sakura! Tell him to let you use his car. He's go a porsche turbo- convertible style. It's dark blue."
I raised my eyebrows at this. "Thanks for the info. How'd you get it?"
"We caught up on the phone last night."
"I see. Well, see you tonight at the movies."
"Ok. Chiharu already told me about the others coming."
"Good. Bye! And let's try to beat the record of 4 detentions today!" I yelled behind my shoulder and winked before running off to class.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~At work later on~~~~~~~~~
I walked in with a happy smile on my face and a song in my heart that was singing 'Hell yeah, I got a servant, hell yeah, I got a servant! With a really nice car!'. As stupid as it was, it sounded good, especially when you had the control to hum that song all day long. I smiled and waved at some of the other girls who looked friendly.
"Hi!" I said, waving at Nakuru, whose arms were once again full of paper, so she just smiled back.
All the sudden I ran into someone and fell back on my butt. "I'm sorry! I wasn't looking where I was going."
The girl I'd run into spoke sadly with a defeated voice. "No, it was my fault."
I stood up and helped her to her feet. She had dark green hair and sad looking dark gold/brown eyes. I gave her a concerned look. "Hey, what's wrong?"
"O-oh, n-nothing." Her voice was very shaky.
"Do you wanna talk about it?" I guided her to the ladies restroom and handed her some paper towels to dry her eyes.
She sat down on the counter and sniffed a little bit. "I-I'm sorry. I don't even know you and here I am crying my eyes out."
I patted her back sympathetically. "It's alright. I really don't mind being late for work. I'm Li's new secretary, Sakura Kinomoto."
She whipped around and looked at me harshly. "Secretary? Well, I see he's still going for the young, pretty ones." she snapped.
I waved my hands around frantically. "You don't understand. I'm not here by my choice. I'm in a court situation as a witness/suspect and I had to get a job for community service until the case gets underway so they can 'keep an eye on me'. I hate him with a passion and I think he's a jackass for playing with so many women's hearts."
She put her hand to her mouth. "I'm so sorry. I'm his old secretary. I-I fell for him and we dated for 2 days, then he dumped me, after telling me all these wonderful things. I should've known, but he's one of those guys that women think they can change, and I thought that I'd be the one to change him."
"I see. Well, he'll get what's coming to him." 'Oh boy, will he.' I added as an afterthought to myself.
She smiled brightly. "Thank you. I'm sorry, I haven't even introduced myself. I'm Moriya Junasu. Call me Juna. I'm Karina's friend and she got me the job here, but it didn't last long after I fell for HIM."
"Horiuchi Karina? I know her!"
"Cool! Well, I'm trying to get another job working under Eriol. Have you met him yet?"
I shook my head 'no.' Her eyes widened. "You haven't? Well, come with me, I'm about to go see him now!"
I smiled. "Anything that will keep me away from Li's office for a long time." We both giggled at that.
We chatted and laughed until we got to Hiirigizawa Eriol's office. She knocked on the door and a kind, smooth voice replied "Come on in, Junasu, I've been expecting you."
She walked in and pulled me in behind her. There was a look of surprise on the man's face. He was very handsome though, I had to admit. He had dark- almost midnight blue- hair that fell in his eyes and was a little longer in the back with mysterious sapphire eyes that gazed at us behind a pair of glasses.
"Oh, I see you have a friend. Are you applying for a job here too, Miss?"
I shook my head. "I'm Sakura Kinomoto. Li's new secretary. But if I can switch to a job under you, or anyone else for that matter, I gladly would."
He laughed heartily. "Li wouldn't allow it with such a pretty girl as yourself."
I blushed lightly. "T-thank you, sir."
"Eriol will do just fine. May I call you Sakura?"
"As long as your not Li, you are absolutely welcome to."
He gave me a lopsided smile. "You're the first secretary that's ever had this much dislike for him. The first secretary that's had any dislike at all, actually. At least, that's the case while they're still working for him with no dating."
Me and Junasu exchanged a knowing glance. He smiled at both of us and we all started laughing. "You know Sakura, if you really want to make him suffer, go on a date and make it known to him that you are. He hates having competition, mainly because he thinks that there's no way anyone could compete."
I laughed. "I noticed. So, who would make him REALLY jealous?"
We all thought for a moment, then Junasu caught my eye and glanced over at Eriol quickly, then back at me and smiled. I smiled back and we both turned to look at Eriol. After a few seconds, he looked up at us, then looked from Juna to me and continued that pattern until he got it. "Me?"
I nodded. "Actually, me and some of my friends are going to a movie tonight. Untuck the dress shirt and loose the business jacket, and you'd be fine. Please?"
He looked very hesitant, then sighed. "What the hell. If it gets my dear cousin back for all his bad deeds, I'm in. Plus I get a date with a pretty girl too."
"Cousin? Are you related to Meiling too?"
"I heard about that yesterday. Yep, will she be there?"
I nodded. "Alright. Sakura, Junasu, how about this. I've got a plan." And we all leaned in to listen to his plan for a few minutes, then nodded and I went a few doors down even happier than before.
~~~~~~Syaoran's Office~~~~~#$Syaoran P.O.V.#$
I leafed through a folder with a bored look. I checked the clock again. 'Where is she?' and as if on cue, the door opened and in walked Sakura with a smile on her face.
"Afternoon, Servant. My first task is hand over your car keys, I'm borrowing your lovely little porsche for my movie outing tonight."
I choked at that. "My car?!"
I nodded. "Hey, you HAVE to do it. I'll let you take my car though."
I considered this for a minute. 'I could go through all her stuff and blackmail her into dating me. This could work for me.' I pretended to still be frantic. "Fine, but BE CAREFUL!"
She waved her hand carelessly. "Yeah, yeah, whatever."
#$Sakura P.O.V.#$
Good thing I cleaned out everything in my car. He'll go crazy when he doesn't find anything he can use to his advantage. He deserves to suffer the agony of not knowing anything! Heheheh................
#$Back to Syaoran P.O.V.#$
I took out the folder I'd been thumbing through. "Here's your work folder for today, Sakura."
She looked at it nonchalantly and threw it back at me. "Better get to work then, servant."
I dramatically gave her a puppy face. 'No woman's ever resisted the puppy face.' She just gave me an exasperated look and handed me, well actually threw in my face, a white envelope. "This is a letter of resignation."
I gave her a what-do-you-think-your-doing look. "Sorry Kinomoto, but you aren't allowed to resign."
She glared at me. "It's from Junasu."
My eyes widened and she glared at me even more harshly. "I didn't think it was possible for you as much of a womanizer as everyone said you were, but Juna is living proof, you jackass. Don't even try your little tricks with me, because I won't return your lusting."
I blinked. That hadn't been what I was expecting. "I wouldn't lust over you. I'd love you."
She seemed a little flustered at that comment and a faint redness spread over her cheeks. "How dare you use a pick-up line after that!"
I stood up frantically. I'd never lost to a woman before, well, except for family, but I wasn't about to lose to this woman before I got at least 3 dates, not just 2. "It's not! It's the truth!"
"Bullshit! Your incapable of ever truly loving a woman in a romantic way. You make them think you are, then use them as a trophy to hang on your arm for a few days, tell them all these crazy lovey things, then dump them without a second thought!" she yelled.
I stood there with my mouth open and a shocked expression. She continued. "And don't even TRY to deny it!"
After a few seconds, I finally regained my composure. "I-I swear I'll change! I'll SHOW you that I'm completely capable of loving a woman!"
She snorted. "Right."
"I will! I'll show you that I'm not only capable of loving, but I'll do it well! For months, years, a lifetime!"
"And how will you prove that you know how to love a woman, and love her well?"
I looked her straight in the eyes. "I'll prove it by loving you."
Her eyes widened and her mouth opened in shock. "M-Me?"
"Yes. You. That's how I'll prove it. And trust me, when I say 'I love you', I'll have proved it so well, you'll say the same thing."
She now had a light blush around her face. "I-I don't believe it. But if you wanna try that, go ahead."
#$Sakura P.O.V.#$
This is going to be entertaining. Prove he can love me the right way? Right now, I am mentally laughing off my ass. Then I remembered Eriol's plan and glanced at the clock.
"Can I call you Sakura now?"
"No." I said flatly.
He sighed. "Fine, but I want to get to know you better. How about dinner tonight? My treat."
'Oh, he's just making this plan fall into place even better.' I smiled apologetically. "I can't. I've got other plans."
He raised his eyebrows. "Oh, like what?"
I glanced at the clock again. '5,4,3,2,......................'
And then the door opened and Eriol walked in. "Here, Syaoran, got some more paperwork for you."
"Oh, thanks. Hey, Eriol, this is my new secretary, Sa-"
"We've met." He interrupted. I smiled at him. 'Let the games begin.'
"Yeah." I said and smiled at him, then crossed my legs and laced my fingers together to rest my head on top of them.
He glanced at the 2 of us with a hint of jealousy in his eyes. "You 2 know each other?"
We nodded at the same time. Then Eriol walked towards the door while glancing back frequently, then, when Eriol had opened the door and walked out, he poked his head back in quickly and said "Sakura-chan, we're still on for tonight, right?"
I nodded. "Sure. We'll share the popcorn, right?"
He winked. "You bet."
Syaoran was now giving him a full-blown death glare. Things were just getting sweeter and sweeter. Eriol smiled one more time. "I'll see you then."
I waved with my hand and giggled highly. "Okay." And Eriol closed the door behind him.
"Your dating HIM?! You let HIM call you Sakura, no, Sakura-CHAN! Your plans tonight are with HIM?! You'll date my partner, my cousin that's my partner, but not me?!"
"That's right. He's kind, sweet, charming, cute, caring, intelligent, and he's actually willing to have a SERIOUS relationship." I added a dramatic sigh for effect.
He scowled at nothing in particular for a few moments, then silently started working on the papers Eriol had brought him. I shook my head and hid a smile, then sipped some water and did my homework.
After about an hour and a half, Li had finished the paperwork and was just staring at me. I finally couldn't take it anymore and burst out "What are you looking at?!"
He smiled sadly. "You. Why is it that you'll go out with him, but you won't even give me a chance for just a friendly dinner?"
He sounded so sad that I almost-ALMOST- felt guilty. "Well, this is our first date. I tell you what, I'll go with you another night to a 'Friendly Dinner.' One condition though, it has to be after the convention."
He nodded. "Alright. Deal."
I glanced at the clock. "Well, looks like it's time for my date. I'll be right back to pick up my stuff and drop off the keys. I gotta go change."
"Okay." He mumbled, while looking at a stock sheet on the computer.
I rolled my eyes and grabbed my change of clothes, then headed to the bathroom.
When I went into the bathroom, Karina and Naoko were doing their make-up at the mirror, and Nakuru was changing in one of the stalls. "Hey guys."
"Hey,Sakura!"
"Hi!"
"What's up?"
Karina was applying some dark blue eyeshadow to go with her outfit. She was wearing a shirt that had a circle and square pattern in blue, white, and a tannish brown color with a denim skirt and tan-brown flip-flops.
Naoko was carefully putting on a light red coat of lipstick that matched her red,white,and black cross trainers. She had on a black shirt that had 'Angel' written in white kanji and white capris.
Nakuru came out making a kissy face and playfully twirling around like she was modeling her outfit of light blue jeans and a dark pink shirt. She'd added a pair of pink-tinted sunglasses with a rhinestone star on the side of one lens and had on straw-textured/colored strap sandals.
I made a camera shape with my hands and put on a French accent. "I love it, dahling! It'll be the new rage in Pari`!"
She turned and gave a pouty model look and struck a few poses. Naoko and Karina started laughing. Nakuru straightened up. "So, what are you wearing tonight, Sakura?"
I pulled out a red spaghetti-strap shirt and black shorts with casual black sandals. After I'd changed into it, I slipped on a jean jacket to top it off.
"Cute outfit!" squealed Naoko.
"Yours is better! It's so great!"
"Yeah right!"
Karina rolled her eyes. "Their both cute, we're all cute! Now, let's go! Sakura, don't you have to go and get Eriol?" she wiggled her eyebrows up and down.
I stuck my tongue out at her. "Shut up!"
And we playfully insulted each other until I reached Li's office. "Hey, I'll catch up with you guys, I have to go pick up my car-toy for the night!"
"You got the porsche?!" Nakuru yelped while her eyes bugged out.
I winked. "Yep!"
"Lucky!" they all squealed.
I laughed. "I'll catch up at the theater."
I walked into the office and met Li's gawking face. I smiled. "Eat your heart out." And picked up my stuff, then threw him my key and held out my hand to get his.
"Huh?" he blinked when I held out my hand.
"Your car key."
"Oh, that. Yeah." And he took out his key and put it in my hand.
I smiled. "Thank you. Bye now."
"Before you go, could you do me one little favor?"
"And that would be?"
"Bend over and pick up something really slowly."
I threw a keyring at his head and walked out the door to be greeted by Eriol. "Hey. I'm taking Li's porsche. Wanna ride with me?"
"Sure. I'll catch the bus tomorrow, I've never ridden in his porsche."
We finally reached the blue convertible and got in. "Sweet system." I said. I was awed by all the pretty little buttons on the stereo system.
"Hell yah." Said Eriol, who was obviously just as awed.
I started the ignition and pulled out. "Smooth." We said at the same time, then laughed.
As we drove to the theater, I turned to Eriol. "Thanks for helping us out by going on this date. Don't worry, this is the only one you have to go on."
"Okay. No problem." And we drove the rest of the way in silence.
~~~~~~~~~~~~@ the movie theater~~~~~~~~~
I pulled up and saw Karina and Nakuru chatting with the girls, while Yamazaki and Naoko were buying tickets. I got out of the car and locked it, then heard Meiling yell "Yo! Sakura!"
I waved and headed towards them with Eriol in tow. Then Rika turned around and blinked "So, who's the hot guy?"
Eriol smiled and blushed a little bit. "This is Hiirigizawa Eriol. He's my date, but just for tonight."
Meiling smiled and pretended to get all weepy. "You've become a player, Sakura! I'm so proud!"
Everyone started laughing and I flicked her off. Then, Naoko ran up with a very hyped attitude. "I can't wait to see the tricked out cars!"
Everyone turned to stare at her. "What? I like The Fast and the Furious!"
Chiharu spoke up. "I always thought you were into dramas and suspense."
"I love suspense thrillers, and SOME dramas, but I love these action movies!"
"Did you see Triple X?!"
"Vin Diesel was awesome!"
And through the entire night, when they weren't watching 2Fast 2Furious, they were talking about all the action movies they'd seen. After the movie, we all met in the parking lot to talk a little while before we said goodbye. Chiharu and Naoko, were, of course, still chatting away happily, while Yamazaki, Rika, Karina, and Nakuru were laughing at Yamazaki's stories, which left me, Meiling, and Eriol to talk.
"So, how's it been, Eriol?"
"Not bad, considering I'm Syaoran's partner."
"The only good thing about him is the car." I commented dryly.
"He has good qualities, they're just kinda hard to find." Said Meiling.
"What time is it?" asked Eriol.
"It's almost 10. Do you need to get home?" I asked.
He nodded. "Yeah, I still have work early tommorow morning."
"I see. Well, later Mei."
"Later, Saku. Oh yea, your meeting with Tomoyo again tomorrow, so you'll get out early."
I punched a fist in the air. "Scorrrrrrrrrrre!"
She laughed. "See ya."
"See ya." I said, then hopped in the car.
"Where do you live, Eriol?"
"Not too far. Go a few miles down the road, then turn left on the road next to the dance studio, then take the next right and it's the 3rd house on the right."
"Gotcha."
"So, who's Tomoyo?"
"My lawyer. She's not married, ya know. Maybe I should set you 2 up. She's really pretty, and she's very nice."
"I'll have to meet her sometime."
"That can be arranged."
"Alright!" he said jokingly.
I laughed. "Is that your house right there? The reddish one?"
He nodded. "Yep. Thanks for the ride."
"Thank Li."
He snorted, and walked into his house after waving goodbye.
I sighed. From tomorrow on, I'm going to have to do my own work, no more servant time, no more ruling over Li. How sucky.
~~~~~~The next day~~~~~~~~
I decided to give you just the main events from the next few days, since none of the other stuff until the convention is interesting. So here it is, as written out of Sakura Kinomoto's Diary.
Wednesday:
Luckily, today I got out about an hour early to meet with Tomoyo, who told me that in 3 weeks we'd be able to meet with Shiro to see what he's remembered about the incident. After she informed me on the details, I told her I had a guy that I wanted to set her up with. She laughed and said it was highly unlikely she'd go out with him. When I asked why, she told me that Her standards for men were very high.
My servant-ruler days are over, and it's back to how it was supposed to be. Today, when
I went to work, Li asked if we could turn the 'Friendly Dinner' into an official date.
I told him I would rather fuck myself.
He smiled and said he'd like to see that.
I proceeded to flick him off, then use the same finger and create a little circle with it, then delete 3 of his files so he had to redo them again and make it look like an accident.
I also told him to stop having jack-off fantasies about me.
He replied that it would be hard.
I spit up on his desk.
He didn't say anything for the rest of the day, but that angry scowl kept me happy.
Thursday:
Today was slightly better. Meiling and I broke our records of 4 detentions each, and it has been raised to 5 for the following reasons:
Me:
1-Talking to Meiling in science class.
2-Rigging the water fountain so that the water exploded over this preppy girl's face.
3-Being late to Math.
4-Planting a sparker in the boys bathroom door.
5-The principal caught me kicking this guy who had told me to shove it. Stupid bitch. The sad thing about this one is that when I say 'Stupid bitch', I don't know if I'm talking about the guy or the principal. So, I went with 'Stupid bitcheS' instead.
Meiling:
1-Talking to me in science class.
2-Dropping a water balloon on the guy that told me to shove it.
3-'Accidentally' ramming her car into the principal's bumper and being caught by the preppy girl that we'd rigged the water fountain for, who obviously ratted us out.
4-Throwing pudding at one of the teachers who turned around just in time to see who threw it before it hit her straight in the face.
5-Being late to Econ. Law class.
I would rather suffer through all those detentions than have to go to Li's office to work, but the teachers excuse the detentions because of my 'special circumstances.' Lucky, lucky me.
At work, I had a ton of papers to fill out and when I left, my head was exploding with math figures and signs.
Li actually acted decent today. When I was having trouble with the math, he volunteered himself and helped me out. It turns out that math was his best and favorite subject in school. The complete opposite of me, I hate math with a passion, even more than I hate Li! But he was really nice, and he didn't even try to grope me or anything! I wonder if he's planning something...................
After he helped me with the equations, he made coffee too. What's he trying to pull by acting all sweet and playing Mr. good intentions?
Then, at the end of the day, when I was about to leave, he did the weirdest thing. He opened the door for me slightly, but right before I went out, he grabbed my hand, then turned me to face him and gave me a quick kiss on the cheek. After a few seconds, I jerked my hand away and walked out. What was he thinking? It was nice, I admit, but I couldn't stand having him do that. It made me feel so vulnerable. Boy, is he gonna get it.
Friday:
At school, Naoko and Chiharu were still chatting away, but this time, Rika was in on it because they were now talking about what Yamazaki called 'Every guy's sleeping pill' , more commonly referred to as a 'Chick Flick'.
So, Yamazaki joined us on our evil deeds for the day and ended up getting detention for throwing the guy who told me to shove it's gym clothes in water. We decided not to mention it was toilet water.
After that, Meiling gave me a ride to work and stopped to talk to Eriol, then Li. While they chatted, I wondered over how she, or anyone else, could possibly like him that much.
After she left, he turned to me and said "You know, she's able to find likable traits in me. Can't you at least try?"
I sighed. "I told you I would on our 'Friendly Dinner' after the convention." After I said that, he had a look that said 'That's what YOU think.' I never had liked those looks.
I wonder if he's going to continue trying to make little romantic gestures at the end of every workday. In a way, it's kind of nice, even though it's still ridiculous that he thinks I'll fall in love with him if he starts acting all sweet and romantic. It'ss get annoying, and I'd really rather he didn't, I don't want this kind of attention from him! It makes me feel so uncomfortable and just, well,.................weird. Oh well, at least I'm not sharing a room with HIM at the convention. Even HE isn't THAT bad. I think.....................
~~~~~~~At the convention~~~~~~~~~
I yawned again. The bus Li had rented for us was leaving early, mainly because the convention was kinda far away. The hotel was in a smaller town near Kyoto where it would be less crowded, but the main convention itself would be in the heart of Kyoto.
Naoko, Karina, Nakuru, and I had sat in the back and were chatting happily about the movie when Eriol, Li, and who I assumed was Watanabe, sat down in front of us.
Watanabe had spiky purpleish hair and dark eyes. He was wearing a casual red business suit and black shoes. He held out his hand to me and said "Hi. I'm Seichii Watanabe, call me Watanabe. Nice to meet you."
I smiled and shook his hand. "I'm Kinomoto Sakura. Call me Sakura, it's nice to meet you as well."
"Hey! How come he gets to call you Sakura and I don't?" cried Li.
"Because you're a jackass who doesn't deserve to. So, shut up, Li!"
He glared at me. "That hurts, Kinomoto."
Eriol smirked and winked at me. 'Playtime.' I thought happily. "You know what should really hurt? I can call her Sakura-chan."
I smiled devilishly. "You can call me whatever you want, Eriol-baby."
Li was gaping now while everyone else looked on in interest. "Your kidding!"
"Nope, and we even got some good backseat action in your porsche, right Eriol?"
He nodded. "Ooooooooh yeaaaaaaaaaaah."
Then we burst out laughing. "I can't believe you really thought that was true, Li! We were kidding. We're not dating anymore. Just friends who love to get on your case."
He glared at both of us. "Good. Kinomoto, if you date another guy, that lessens my chances."
"Like you have any?" I questioned.
"Yes, I believe I do, remember, it's just far away."
"Oh, yea."
Then he turned to Eriol with narrowed eyes. "Eriol, stay away from her. I'm trying to win her over."
"And having no luck. Don't forget that part."
"Harsh Kinomoto."
I rolled my eyes. "I'm going to sleep now."
Watanabe yawned. "Good idea, Sakura."
~~~~~~~After the Convention at the hotel~~~~~~~~~~
I was almost dead. I'd met a ton of people, some were great, others were............well, shitty. I walked up to the front desk and asked for my keys. I wanted to go to sleep for the night. "Room for Sakura Kinomoto."
"Ah, yes. Your roommate has already arrived."
Roommate? Probably Karina. I took the keys and mumbled "Thanks" then took the elevator up to the 5th floor where I was staying and unlocked the door to my room.
I surveyed the marble-tiled hall in the front, then walked towards the back rooms only to find that there was only 1 bedroom and there was also only 1 bed.
I heard the TV going in the next room over, so I went in to greet her.
That would've been great if the 'she' wasn't a 'he'. A certain brown- haired playboy 'he'.
Syaoran Li was my roommate for 2 nights.
Oh.Shit.
The End
Kalli: Ooh! Another cliffy! I know my reviewers will LOVE that!
Kira: Um.............Kalli.................
Kalli: Shut up, I know I'm screwed.
Kaho: *pat pat* I'm sorry.
Kalli: I'm going to be stalked and tortured. I have a very BAD feeling about it.
Kaho: I'm sure it won't be THAT bad!
Kira: *looks at Kaho wearily* What the hell are you talking about?
Kaho: I have no idea.
Kalli: Well, here's the preview, so don't get mad, get glad! *sweatdrop* Way too much TV for me.
Sakura decides that if she has to share a room with Syaoran, she might as well use it to her advantage by making him very................uncomfortable. So, he decides to play her little game. Next time on Criminal Affairs, chapter 4 - ' The Game of S+S'
Kira: Well, that should be very,um, interesting.
Kaho: Indeed. *sweatdrop*
Kalli: And it'll be written much sooner if I get bunches of reviews! ^.~ *hint hint* Bye til next time!
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Kira: *feeling faint* I can't believe this! It's like you've turned over a new leaf! You updated LIL in 2 days, and now your updating this one in less than a month! AH! IT'S AN ALIEN INVASION!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kaho: ^^; Hi. I'm the guest for this chapter, but it would appear that Kira's too busy to introduce me at the moment, so I'll do it. I'm Kaho mizuki and I play the judge for Sakura's case in this story!
Kalli: Kira, I'm not an alien!
Kira: Are too!
Kalli: Are not!
Kaho: Oh no.....................
Kira: Are too!
Kalli: Are not!
Kira: Why else would you be updating so quickly?!
Kalli: *sweatdrop* You caught me , Kira. I'm an alien. *waves hands around un-enthusiastically* Alert the MIB! The FBI! The CIA!
Kira: *runs off with a cell phone*
Kaho: I think she took that seriously.
Kalli: *slaps forehead* Such an idiot.
Kaho: I have to agree with you on that.
Kalli: Well, since I have to go get Kira and I'm out of anything interesting to say, let's get on with the story.
From now on, I'm not putting the key, but since I just realized that I forgot to put the Disclaimer in any of the other chapters, I'll put it in this one, and it'll apply to all chapters.
Disclaimer: I don't own CardCaptor Sakura, or any of it's characters, etc.
The Meeting of the Minds
By: Kalli
~~~~~~~~~~As Sakura is leaving work~~~~~~#$Normal P.O.V.#$
Sakura was walking to the elevator, she stopped by Naoko's desk to thank her. She walked up smiling and saw Naoko talking to Nakuru and a girl with long orange hair that was in a tight bun with bits of hair sticking out at the sides.
"Naoko!"
She looked up and smiled while Nakuru waved and the other girl blinked curiously. "Hey Sakura!"
Nakuru spoke up. "I'm sorry we didn't get a proper introduction earlier! Akizuki Nakuru, call me Nakuru or Ruby, that's my nickname."
"Kinomoto Sakura. I'm here beca-"
"Your Li's new secretary, right? I heard about the court case. Sorry." Said the orange-haired girl sympathetically.
Sakura snorted. "About me being Li's secretary or the court case?"
All 4 girls laughed at that. "Both."
"Thank you. I'm sorry, I haven't caught your name."
"Horiuchi Karina."
"Oh! We'll be going to the Convention together!"
She nodded. "All the girls will be sharing 2 joint rooms. Since those 2 usually pair off, how about you and me share?"
"Sure. You don't have any extremely annoying habits or anything like that, do you?"
She laughed. "Not that I know of."
Sakura then turned to Naoko. "Hey, Naoko, I really wanted to thank you for all the help!"
"No problem!" she smiled gently.
"Hey, you wanna come with me and Meiling to go see a movie?"
"Okay. When are you going?"
"Tommorow. Rika, Chiharu, and Yamazaki are coming with us too, probably. We say 'the more, the merrier.' So, if you 2 wanna come as well, you have the invite."
They looked at each other and shrugged. "Sure, we'll change here and head to the movie together." Said Nakuru cheerfully.
"Great! We'll see you then, Sakura! Ja!"
"Okay! Bye guys!"
After they'd said goodbye, Sakura started walking home. Then a dark green car pulled up alongside her and the window rolled down to reveal Yamazaki with Chiharu in the passenger seat. "Oi, Sakura! Need a ride?"
"Sure! Thanks." She said, hopping into the backseat. "Hey, guys, you know the movie tomorrow? Well, I invited Naoko and 2 girls from work to come with us."
They shrugged. "Okay. Do they like action movies?" asked Chiharu.
"I dunno. I guess we'll find out. We're just gonna head there from work and meet you guys at the theater."
"Okay. Who are the other girls?"
"The first one is a few years older than us, maybe already out of college, but she looks younger than that. Her name's Nakuru and she's Li's partners' secretary. The 2nd one is probably just about 2 or 3 years older than us and she's the advisor on the stocks, that's Karina."
"Alright. So, we'll see you there?"
"Yep. There's my house." Said Sakura, pointing to the bright yellow house ahead of them. Yamazaki pulled the car over and waved as Sakura walked into the house.
~~~~~~~~~~The next morning at school~~~~~~~~~~~#$Sakura P.O.V.#$
"Sakura!" yelled Meiling's voice behind me.
I stopped and turned around to greet her. When she reached me, she pulled me into a bear hug. "Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou! I haven't seen my cousin in such a long time!"
"Meiling, I need air!" she pulled away, still smiling. "I'm glad your happy! Plus, your cousin is my servant until Wednesday!"
"Go Sakura! Tell him to let you use his car. He's go a porsche turbo- convertible style. It's dark blue."
I raised my eyebrows at this. "Thanks for the info. How'd you get it?"
"We caught up on the phone last night."
"I see. Well, see you tonight at the movies."
"Ok. Chiharu already told me about the others coming."
"Good. Bye! And let's try to beat the record of 4 detentions today!" I yelled behind my shoulder and winked before running off to class.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~At work later on~~~~~~~~~
I walked in with a happy smile on my face and a song in my heart that was singing 'Hell yeah, I got a servant, hell yeah, I got a servant! With a really nice car!'. As stupid as it was, it sounded good, especially when you had the control to hum that song all day long. I smiled and waved at some of the other girls who looked friendly.
"Hi!" I said, waving at Nakuru, whose arms were once again full of paper, so she just smiled back.
All the sudden I ran into someone and fell back on my butt. "I'm sorry! I wasn't looking where I was going."
The girl I'd run into spoke sadly with a defeated voice. "No, it was my fault."
I stood up and helped her to her feet. She had dark green hair and sad looking dark gold/brown eyes. I gave her a concerned look. "Hey, what's wrong?"
"O-oh, n-nothing." Her voice was very shaky.
"Do you wanna talk about it?" I guided her to the ladies restroom and handed her some paper towels to dry her eyes.
She sat down on the counter and sniffed a little bit. "I-I'm sorry. I don't even know you and here I am crying my eyes out."
I patted her back sympathetically. "It's alright. I really don't mind being late for work. I'm Li's new secretary, Sakura Kinomoto."
She whipped around and looked at me harshly. "Secretary? Well, I see he's still going for the young, pretty ones." she snapped.
I waved my hands around frantically. "You don't understand. I'm not here by my choice. I'm in a court situation as a witness/suspect and I had to get a job for community service until the case gets underway so they can 'keep an eye on me'. I hate him with a passion and I think he's a jackass for playing with so many women's hearts."
She put her hand to her mouth. "I'm so sorry. I'm his old secretary. I-I fell for him and we dated for 2 days, then he dumped me, after telling me all these wonderful things. I should've known, but he's one of those guys that women think they can change, and I thought that I'd be the one to change him."
"I see. Well, he'll get what's coming to him." 'Oh boy, will he.' I added as an afterthought to myself.
She smiled brightly. "Thank you. I'm sorry, I haven't even introduced myself. I'm Moriya Junasu. Call me Juna. I'm Karina's friend and she got me the job here, but it didn't last long after I fell for HIM."
"Horiuchi Karina? I know her!"
"Cool! Well, I'm trying to get another job working under Eriol. Have you met him yet?"
I shook my head 'no.' Her eyes widened. "You haven't? Well, come with me, I'm about to go see him now!"
I smiled. "Anything that will keep me away from Li's office for a long time." We both giggled at that.
We chatted and laughed until we got to Hiirigizawa Eriol's office. She knocked on the door and a kind, smooth voice replied "Come on in, Junasu, I've been expecting you."
She walked in and pulled me in behind her. There was a look of surprise on the man's face. He was very handsome though, I had to admit. He had dark- almost midnight blue- hair that fell in his eyes and was a little longer in the back with mysterious sapphire eyes that gazed at us behind a pair of glasses.
"Oh, I see you have a friend. Are you applying for a job here too, Miss?"
I shook my head. "I'm Sakura Kinomoto. Li's new secretary. But if I can switch to a job under you, or anyone else for that matter, I gladly would."
He laughed heartily. "Li wouldn't allow it with such a pretty girl as yourself."
I blushed lightly. "T-thank you, sir."
"Eriol will do just fine. May I call you Sakura?"
"As long as your not Li, you are absolutely welcome to."
He gave me a lopsided smile. "You're the first secretary that's ever had this much dislike for him. The first secretary that's had any dislike at all, actually. At least, that's the case while they're still working for him with no dating."
Me and Junasu exchanged a knowing glance. He smiled at both of us and we all started laughing. "You know Sakura, if you really want to make him suffer, go on a date and make it known to him that you are. He hates having competition, mainly because he thinks that there's no way anyone could compete."
I laughed. "I noticed. So, who would make him REALLY jealous?"
We all thought for a moment, then Junasu caught my eye and glanced over at Eriol quickly, then back at me and smiled. I smiled back and we both turned to look at Eriol. After a few seconds, he looked up at us, then looked from Juna to me and continued that pattern until he got it. "Me?"
I nodded. "Actually, me and some of my friends are going to a movie tonight. Untuck the dress shirt and loose the business jacket, and you'd be fine. Please?"
He looked very hesitant, then sighed. "What the hell. If it gets my dear cousin back for all his bad deeds, I'm in. Plus I get a date with a pretty girl too."
"Cousin? Are you related to Meiling too?"
"I heard about that yesterday. Yep, will she be there?"
I nodded. "Alright. Sakura, Junasu, how about this. I've got a plan." And we all leaned in to listen to his plan for a few minutes, then nodded and I went a few doors down even happier than before.
~~~~~~Syaoran's Office~~~~~#$Syaoran P.O.V.#$
I leafed through a folder with a bored look. I checked the clock again. 'Where is she?' and as if on cue, the door opened and in walked Sakura with a smile on her face.
"Afternoon, Servant. My first task is hand over your car keys, I'm borrowing your lovely little porsche for my movie outing tonight."
I choked at that. "My car?!"
I nodded. "Hey, you HAVE to do it. I'll let you take my car though."
I considered this for a minute. 'I could go through all her stuff and blackmail her into dating me. This could work for me.' I pretended to still be frantic. "Fine, but BE CAREFUL!"
She waved her hand carelessly. "Yeah, yeah, whatever."
#$Sakura P.O.V.#$
Good thing I cleaned out everything in my car. He'll go crazy when he doesn't find anything he can use to his advantage. He deserves to suffer the agony of not knowing anything! Heheheh................
#$Back to Syaoran P.O.V.#$
I took out the folder I'd been thumbing through. "Here's your work folder for today, Sakura."
She looked at it nonchalantly and threw it back at me. "Better get to work then, servant."
I dramatically gave her a puppy face. 'No woman's ever resisted the puppy face.' She just gave me an exasperated look and handed me, well actually threw in my face, a white envelope. "This is a letter of resignation."
I gave her a what-do-you-think-your-doing look. "Sorry Kinomoto, but you aren't allowed to resign."
She glared at me. "It's from Junasu."
My eyes widened and she glared at me even more harshly. "I didn't think it was possible for you as much of a womanizer as everyone said you were, but Juna is living proof, you jackass. Don't even try your little tricks with me, because I won't return your lusting."
I blinked. That hadn't been what I was expecting. "I wouldn't lust over you. I'd love you."
She seemed a little flustered at that comment and a faint redness spread over her cheeks. "How dare you use a pick-up line after that!"
I stood up frantically. I'd never lost to a woman before, well, except for family, but I wasn't about to lose to this woman before I got at least 3 dates, not just 2. "It's not! It's the truth!"
"Bullshit! Your incapable of ever truly loving a woman in a romantic way. You make them think you are, then use them as a trophy to hang on your arm for a few days, tell them all these crazy lovey things, then dump them without a second thought!" she yelled.
I stood there with my mouth open and a shocked expression. She continued. "And don't even TRY to deny it!"
After a few seconds, I finally regained my composure. "I-I swear I'll change! I'll SHOW you that I'm completely capable of loving a woman!"
She snorted. "Right."
"I will! I'll show you that I'm not only capable of loving, but I'll do it well! For months, years, a lifetime!"
"And how will you prove that you know how to love a woman, and love her well?"
I looked her straight in the eyes. "I'll prove it by loving you."
Her eyes widened and her mouth opened in shock. "M-Me?"
"Yes. You. That's how I'll prove it. And trust me, when I say 'I love you', I'll have proved it so well, you'll say the same thing."
She now had a light blush around her face. "I-I don't believe it. But if you wanna try that, go ahead."
#$Sakura P.O.V.#$
This is going to be entertaining. Prove he can love me the right way? Right now, I am mentally laughing off my ass. Then I remembered Eriol's plan and glanced at the clock.
"Can I call you Sakura now?"
"No." I said flatly.
He sighed. "Fine, but I want to get to know you better. How about dinner tonight? My treat."
'Oh, he's just making this plan fall into place even better.' I smiled apologetically. "I can't. I've got other plans."
He raised his eyebrows. "Oh, like what?"
I glanced at the clock again. '5,4,3,2,......................'
And then the door opened and Eriol walked in. "Here, Syaoran, got some more paperwork for you."
"Oh, thanks. Hey, Eriol, this is my new secretary, Sa-"
"We've met." He interrupted. I smiled at him. 'Let the games begin.'
"Yeah." I said and smiled at him, then crossed my legs and laced my fingers together to rest my head on top of them.
He glanced at the 2 of us with a hint of jealousy in his eyes. "You 2 know each other?"
We nodded at the same time. Then Eriol walked towards the door while glancing back frequently, then, when Eriol had opened the door and walked out, he poked his head back in quickly and said "Sakura-chan, we're still on for tonight, right?"
I nodded. "Sure. We'll share the popcorn, right?"
He winked. "You bet."
Syaoran was now giving him a full-blown death glare. Things were just getting sweeter and sweeter. Eriol smiled one more time. "I'll see you then."
I waved with my hand and giggled highly. "Okay." And Eriol closed the door behind him.
"Your dating HIM?! You let HIM call you Sakura, no, Sakura-CHAN! Your plans tonight are with HIM?! You'll date my partner, my cousin that's my partner, but not me?!"
"That's right. He's kind, sweet, charming, cute, caring, intelligent, and he's actually willing to have a SERIOUS relationship." I added a dramatic sigh for effect.
He scowled at nothing in particular for a few moments, then silently started working on the papers Eriol had brought him. I shook my head and hid a smile, then sipped some water and did my homework.
After about an hour and a half, Li had finished the paperwork and was just staring at me. I finally couldn't take it anymore and burst out "What are you looking at?!"
He smiled sadly. "You. Why is it that you'll go out with him, but you won't even give me a chance for just a friendly dinner?"
He sounded so sad that I almost-ALMOST- felt guilty. "Well, this is our first date. I tell you what, I'll go with you another night to a 'Friendly Dinner.' One condition though, it has to be after the convention."
He nodded. "Alright. Deal."
I glanced at the clock. "Well, looks like it's time for my date. I'll be right back to pick up my stuff and drop off the keys. I gotta go change."
"Okay." He mumbled, while looking at a stock sheet on the computer.
I rolled my eyes and grabbed my change of clothes, then headed to the bathroom.
When I went into the bathroom, Karina and Naoko were doing their make-up at the mirror, and Nakuru was changing in one of the stalls. "Hey guys."
"Hey,Sakura!"
"Hi!"
"What's up?"
Karina was applying some dark blue eyeshadow to go with her outfit. She was wearing a shirt that had a circle and square pattern in blue, white, and a tannish brown color with a denim skirt and tan-brown flip-flops.
Naoko was carefully putting on a light red coat of lipstick that matched her red,white,and black cross trainers. She had on a black shirt that had 'Angel' written in white kanji and white capris.
Nakuru came out making a kissy face and playfully twirling around like she was modeling her outfit of light blue jeans and a dark pink shirt. She'd added a pair of pink-tinted sunglasses with a rhinestone star on the side of one lens and had on straw-textured/colored strap sandals.
I made a camera shape with my hands and put on a French accent. "I love it, dahling! It'll be the new rage in Pari`!"
She turned and gave a pouty model look and struck a few poses. Naoko and Karina started laughing. Nakuru straightened up. "So, what are you wearing tonight, Sakura?"
I pulled out a red spaghetti-strap shirt and black shorts with casual black sandals. After I'd changed into it, I slipped on a jean jacket to top it off.
"Cute outfit!" squealed Naoko.
"Yours is better! It's so great!"
"Yeah right!"
Karina rolled her eyes. "Their both cute, we're all cute! Now, let's go! Sakura, don't you have to go and get Eriol?" she wiggled her eyebrows up and down.
I stuck my tongue out at her. "Shut up!"
And we playfully insulted each other until I reached Li's office. "Hey, I'll catch up with you guys, I have to go pick up my car-toy for the night!"
"You got the porsche?!" Nakuru yelped while her eyes bugged out.
I winked. "Yep!"
"Lucky!" they all squealed.
I laughed. "I'll catch up at the theater."
I walked into the office and met Li's gawking face. I smiled. "Eat your heart out." And picked up my stuff, then threw him my key and held out my hand to get his.
"Huh?" he blinked when I held out my hand.
"Your car key."
"Oh, that. Yeah." And he took out his key and put it in my hand.
I smiled. "Thank you. Bye now."
"Before you go, could you do me one little favor?"
"And that would be?"
"Bend over and pick up something really slowly."
I threw a keyring at his head and walked out the door to be greeted by Eriol. "Hey. I'm taking Li's porsche. Wanna ride with me?"
"Sure. I'll catch the bus tomorrow, I've never ridden in his porsche."
We finally reached the blue convertible and got in. "Sweet system." I said. I was awed by all the pretty little buttons on the stereo system.
"Hell yah." Said Eriol, who was obviously just as awed.
I started the ignition and pulled out. "Smooth." We said at the same time, then laughed.
As we drove to the theater, I turned to Eriol. "Thanks for helping us out by going on this date. Don't worry, this is the only one you have to go on."
"Okay. No problem." And we drove the rest of the way in silence.
~~~~~~~~~~~~@ the movie theater~~~~~~~~~
I pulled up and saw Karina and Nakuru chatting with the girls, while Yamazaki and Naoko were buying tickets. I got out of the car and locked it, then heard Meiling yell "Yo! Sakura!"
I waved and headed towards them with Eriol in tow. Then Rika turned around and blinked "So, who's the hot guy?"
Eriol smiled and blushed a little bit. "This is Hiirigizawa Eriol. He's my date, but just for tonight."
Meiling smiled and pretended to get all weepy. "You've become a player, Sakura! I'm so proud!"
Everyone started laughing and I flicked her off. Then, Naoko ran up with a very hyped attitude. "I can't wait to see the tricked out cars!"
Everyone turned to stare at her. "What? I like The Fast and the Furious!"
Chiharu spoke up. "I always thought you were into dramas and suspense."
"I love suspense thrillers, and SOME dramas, but I love these action movies!"
"Did you see Triple X?!"
"Vin Diesel was awesome!"
And through the entire night, when they weren't watching 2Fast 2Furious, they were talking about all the action movies they'd seen. After the movie, we all met in the parking lot to talk a little while before we said goodbye. Chiharu and Naoko, were, of course, still chatting away happily, while Yamazaki, Rika, Karina, and Nakuru were laughing at Yamazaki's stories, which left me, Meiling, and Eriol to talk.
"So, how's it been, Eriol?"
"Not bad, considering I'm Syaoran's partner."
"The only good thing about him is the car." I commented dryly.
"He has good qualities, they're just kinda hard to find." Said Meiling.
"What time is it?" asked Eriol.
"It's almost 10. Do you need to get home?" I asked.
He nodded. "Yeah, I still have work early tommorow morning."
"I see. Well, later Mei."
"Later, Saku. Oh yea, your meeting with Tomoyo again tomorrow, so you'll get out early."
I punched a fist in the air. "Scorrrrrrrrrrre!"
She laughed. "See ya."
"See ya." I said, then hopped in the car.
"Where do you live, Eriol?"
"Not too far. Go a few miles down the road, then turn left on the road next to the dance studio, then take the next right and it's the 3rd house on the right."
"Gotcha."
"So, who's Tomoyo?"
"My lawyer. She's not married, ya know. Maybe I should set you 2 up. She's really pretty, and she's very nice."
"I'll have to meet her sometime."
"That can be arranged."
"Alright!" he said jokingly.
I laughed. "Is that your house right there? The reddish one?"
He nodded. "Yep. Thanks for the ride."
"Thank Li."
He snorted, and walked into his house after waving goodbye.
I sighed. From tomorrow on, I'm going to have to do my own work, no more servant time, no more ruling over Li. How sucky.
~~~~~~The next day~~~~~~~~
I decided to give you just the main events from the next few days, since none of the other stuff until the convention is interesting. So here it is, as written out of Sakura Kinomoto's Diary.
Wednesday:
Luckily, today I got out about an hour early to meet with Tomoyo, who told me that in 3 weeks we'd be able to meet with Shiro to see what he's remembered about the incident. After she informed me on the details, I told her I had a guy that I wanted to set her up with. She laughed and said it was highly unlikely she'd go out with him. When I asked why, she told me that Her standards for men were very high.
My servant-ruler days are over, and it's back to how it was supposed to be. Today, when
I went to work, Li asked if we could turn the 'Friendly Dinner' into an official date.
I told him I would rather fuck myself.
He smiled and said he'd like to see that.
I proceeded to flick him off, then use the same finger and create a little circle with it, then delete 3 of his files so he had to redo them again and make it look like an accident.
I also told him to stop having jack-off fantasies about me.
He replied that it would be hard.
I spit up on his desk.
He didn't say anything for the rest of the day, but that angry scowl kept me happy.
Thursday:
Today was slightly better. Meiling and I broke our records of 4 detentions each, and it has been raised to 5 for the following reasons:
Me:
1-Talking to Meiling in science class.
2-Rigging the water fountain so that the water exploded over this preppy girl's face.
3-Being late to Math.
4-Planting a sparker in the boys bathroom door.
5-The principal caught me kicking this guy who had told me to shove it. Stupid bitch. The sad thing about this one is that when I say 'Stupid bitch', I don't know if I'm talking about the guy or the principal. So, I went with 'Stupid bitcheS' instead.
Meiling:
1-Talking to me in science class.
2-Dropping a water balloon on the guy that told me to shove it.
3-'Accidentally' ramming her car into the principal's bumper and being caught by the preppy girl that we'd rigged the water fountain for, who obviously ratted us out.
4-Throwing pudding at one of the teachers who turned around just in time to see who threw it before it hit her straight in the face.
5-Being late to Econ. Law class.
I would rather suffer through all those detentions than have to go to Li's office to work, but the teachers excuse the detentions because of my 'special circumstances.' Lucky, lucky me.
At work, I had a ton of papers to fill out and when I left, my head was exploding with math figures and signs.
Li actually acted decent today. When I was having trouble with the math, he volunteered himself and helped me out. It turns out that math was his best and favorite subject in school. The complete opposite of me, I hate math with a passion, even more than I hate Li! But he was really nice, and he didn't even try to grope me or anything! I wonder if he's planning something...................
After he helped me with the equations, he made coffee too. What's he trying to pull by acting all sweet and playing Mr. good intentions?
Then, at the end of the day, when I was about to leave, he did the weirdest thing. He opened the door for me slightly, but right before I went out, he grabbed my hand, then turned me to face him and gave me a quick kiss on the cheek. After a few seconds, I jerked my hand away and walked out. What was he thinking? It was nice, I admit, but I couldn't stand having him do that. It made me feel so vulnerable. Boy, is he gonna get it.
Friday:
At school, Naoko and Chiharu were still chatting away, but this time, Rika was in on it because they were now talking about what Yamazaki called 'Every guy's sleeping pill' , more commonly referred to as a 'Chick Flick'.
So, Yamazaki joined us on our evil deeds for the day and ended up getting detention for throwing the guy who told me to shove it's gym clothes in water. We decided not to mention it was toilet water.
After that, Meiling gave me a ride to work and stopped to talk to Eriol, then Li. While they chatted, I wondered over how she, or anyone else, could possibly like him that much.
After she left, he turned to me and said "You know, she's able to find likable traits in me. Can't you at least try?"
I sighed. "I told you I would on our 'Friendly Dinner' after the convention." After I said that, he had a look that said 'That's what YOU think.' I never had liked those looks.
I wonder if he's going to continue trying to make little romantic gestures at the end of every workday. In a way, it's kind of nice, even though it's still ridiculous that he thinks I'll fall in love with him if he starts acting all sweet and romantic. It'ss get annoying, and I'd really rather he didn't, I don't want this kind of attention from him! It makes me feel so uncomfortable and just, well,.................weird. Oh well, at least I'm not sharing a room with HIM at the convention. Even HE isn't THAT bad. I think.....................
~~~~~~~At the convention~~~~~~~~~
I yawned again. The bus Li had rented for us was leaving early, mainly because the convention was kinda far away. The hotel was in a smaller town near Kyoto where it would be less crowded, but the main convention itself would be in the heart of Kyoto.
Naoko, Karina, Nakuru, and I had sat in the back and were chatting happily about the movie when Eriol, Li, and who I assumed was Watanabe, sat down in front of us.
Watanabe had spiky purpleish hair and dark eyes. He was wearing a casual red business suit and black shoes. He held out his hand to me and said "Hi. I'm Seichii Watanabe, call me Watanabe. Nice to meet you."
I smiled and shook his hand. "I'm Kinomoto Sakura. Call me Sakura, it's nice to meet you as well."
"Hey! How come he gets to call you Sakura and I don't?" cried Li.
"Because you're a jackass who doesn't deserve to. So, shut up, Li!"
He glared at me. "That hurts, Kinomoto."
Eriol smirked and winked at me. 'Playtime.' I thought happily. "You know what should really hurt? I can call her Sakura-chan."
I smiled devilishly. "You can call me whatever you want, Eriol-baby."
Li was gaping now while everyone else looked on in interest. "Your kidding!"
"Nope, and we even got some good backseat action in your porsche, right Eriol?"
He nodded. "Ooooooooh yeaaaaaaaaaaah."
Then we burst out laughing. "I can't believe you really thought that was true, Li! We were kidding. We're not dating anymore. Just friends who love to get on your case."
He glared at both of us. "Good. Kinomoto, if you date another guy, that lessens my chances."
"Like you have any?" I questioned.
"Yes, I believe I do, remember, it's just far away."
"Oh, yea."
Then he turned to Eriol with narrowed eyes. "Eriol, stay away from her. I'm trying to win her over."
"And having no luck. Don't forget that part."
"Harsh Kinomoto."
I rolled my eyes. "I'm going to sleep now."
Watanabe yawned. "Good idea, Sakura."
~~~~~~~After the Convention at the hotel~~~~~~~~~~
I was almost dead. I'd met a ton of people, some were great, others were............well, shitty. I walked up to the front desk and asked for my keys. I wanted to go to sleep for the night. "Room for Sakura Kinomoto."
"Ah, yes. Your roommate has already arrived."
Roommate? Probably Karina. I took the keys and mumbled "Thanks" then took the elevator up to the 5th floor where I was staying and unlocked the door to my room.
I surveyed the marble-tiled hall in the front, then walked towards the back rooms only to find that there was only 1 bedroom and there was also only 1 bed.
I heard the TV going in the next room over, so I went in to greet her.
That would've been great if the 'she' wasn't a 'he'. A certain brown- haired playboy 'he'.
Syaoran Li was my roommate for 2 nights.
Oh.Shit.
The End
Kalli: Ooh! Another cliffy! I know my reviewers will LOVE that!
Kira: Um.............Kalli.................
Kalli: Shut up, I know I'm screwed.
Kaho: *pat pat* I'm sorry.
Kalli: I'm going to be stalked and tortured. I have a very BAD feeling about it.
Kaho: I'm sure it won't be THAT bad!
Kira: *looks at Kaho wearily* What the hell are you talking about?
Kaho: I have no idea.
Kalli: Well, here's the preview, so don't get mad, get glad! *sweatdrop* Way too much TV for me.
Sakura decides that if she has to share a room with Syaoran, she might as well use it to her advantage by making him very................uncomfortable. So, he decides to play her little game. Next time on Criminal Affairs, chapter 4 - ' The Game of S+S'
Kira: Well, that should be very,um, interesting.
Kaho: Indeed. *sweatdrop*
Kalli: And it'll be written much sooner if I get bunches of reviews! ^.~ *hint hint* Bye til next time!