A Cardcaptor Sakura Fanfic by Haru Glory
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Christmas Bash
Chapter 2: Meetings
The next morning, Sakura did not waste any more time and she locked herself in her room with Kero-chan and began writing the invites on her PC.
"Kero-chan," Sakura said, "Don't you think this list is a bit too long?"
Kero-chan then flew towards the paper that Sakura was reading where the names of those who Tomoyo decided to invite was written.
"I don't think so, Sakura." The flying guardian replied, "Master Eriol's coming?"
"Yes." Sakura replied remembering the reincarnation of Clow Reed, the original owner and creator of the Clow Cards.
"Not to mention that brat is also coming with his cousin." Kero-chan said as he saw Shaoran's and Meiling's name on it.
Sakura frowned at her guardian, "Shaoran-kun's not a brat, and Meiling has also changed since the first time we met her, Kero-chan."
"Maybe, but I still don't like them." The little flying creature said as he returned into playing video games still not minding Sakura's frown.
Meanwhile, As Sakura and Kero-chan were busy doing their own things, Tomoyo had begun visiting one mall to the other, buying all the ingredients that they would need for the foods as well as other stuff that they might be needing.
After several hours of walking from one store to another, Tomoyo finally sat on a nearby bench to rest.
As she did she began to think...
"I feel like I forgot to mention something important to Sakura." Tomoyo began to think.
As she was thinking her eyes fell upon the nearby jewelry store and she began to think some more.
"I wonder what Sakura would want as a present...?" Tomoyo thought, Just then her eyes lit up remembering something, "That's right! I forgot to tell Sakura about the gifts thing!"
With that, Tomoyo instantly pulled from her purse the phone that they have been using in case of an emergency.
After several rings, Sakura finally answered the phone.
"Hello, Tomoyo?" Sakura greeted.
"Sakura, have you began making the invitations?" Tomoyo asked.
"Just in drafts, why?" Sakura asked confused.
"I forgot to mention something that you had to put in the invites." Tomoyo said.
"What?" Sakura asked calmly.
"Each one should bring a gift, it doesn't matter to whom as long as they bring a present to give someone." Tomoyo explained.
"A gift?" Sakura asked again, "Is that all?"
"Yes." Tomoyo replied, "Oh, and you better send those this afternoon, or al lot of people won't be able to come."
Before Sakura could react, Tomoyo hanged up.
"This Afternoon!?" Sakura exclaimed shock making Kero-chan's head turn wondering.
"What's wrong?" Kero-chan asked.
Sakura told her little friend what Tomoyo was asking her to do.
"Man, that is a bummer." Kero-chan said, "Well, good luck making it pass the deadline."
Sakura then had an idea. She then went towards Kero-chan who was still busy pounding the video game's controller. She then picked Kero-chan up by his tail.
"I think I have a way to make things go faster, Kero-chan...and I'll need your help for it." Sakura said as she carried Kero-chan towards her desk.
When she placed Kero-chan down, she then gave him the instruction to arrange the invites that she will be finished printing in a way that she could easily send it all off. Kero-chan had no choice, he was once again lured by Sakura by the use of pudding.
"Man, I have to stop being so addicted to pudding." Kero-chan thought as she began to arrange the invites that were being printed, "...Or else it would cause me a whole lot of trouble."
Afternoon finally came, and thanks to the combined effort of Sakura and Kero-chan, they managed to finish all the invites and were already delivering them to their owners' respective mail boxes.
"Sakura, do we really have to do this now?" Kero-chan asked shivering in the cold frosty afternoon.
"Well, you could always back out, Kero-chan." Sakura replied, "But once you do, you'll never get your hands on that pudding on the refrigerator."
"You are so unfair!" Kero-chan said as he tried to make himself comfortable on top of Sakura's hat. "But I'll do ANYTHING for my dear, sweet pudding!"
At this Sakura could not help but laugh. Then after several more hours, only three invites remained to be delivered: Eriol's, Meiling's and Shaoran's.
"And how are we suppose to send this invites to them?" Kero-chan asked, "The last I've heard of Master Eriol was that he was in Europe, and as for the br...I mean, Shaoran and Meiling, they're still in China, right?"
"I think we can send them off if I used the fly card." Sakura said.
"Are you out of your mind?!" Kero asked, "Do you have any idea how far Europe and China are from Japan?"
"And what do you suggest then?" Sakura asked.
"Have you ever heard of E-Mail?" Kero-chan asked.
"E-Mail?" Sakura asked, "Oh right! I've totally forgotten about that!"
"Man." Kero-chan said, "Let's hurry off back home."
"Right!" Replied Sakura as she dashed back towards her house.
When she got back home, Sakura immediately dashed towards her room, opened her PC and scrambled to her drawer and pulled out a piece of paper where Eriol's, Meiling's and Shaoran's E-Mail addresses were at.
After finding the paper, Sakura immediately wrote down the invite and sent it at once to her friends. As she saw that her mail was sent, she sighed a sigh of relief.
"Finally..." Sakura said.
"YES!" Exclaimed the little creature, "FINALLY THE PUDDING!!!"
At this Sakura laughed, she then went downstairs to get the pudding for Kero-chan, when she finally handed Kero-chan's reward for helping, she began to head towards her bed to take a little nap to rest.
Meanwhile, Tomoyo had also finished her shopping spree. With all the things she bought raging from cake ingredients, pudding, ice cream, clothes, streamers, balloons, and the gift for her friends, she began to head home. Just as she was about to climb up to her limousine, someone called for her from behind.
When Tomoyo turned around she was surprised to see the one person whom she did not expect to see at that time, "LI!!"
"Hey." Shaoran greeted, "What with all those things?"
"Oh, it's for the party." Tomoyo replied, "What are you doing here?"
"Party?" Shaoran asked, "Well, I thought I would visit my friends here in Japan. Meiling is also with me back at our old house."
"Meiling's also here?" Tomoyo asked, "Perfect timing."
"So what about this party?" Shaoran asked.
"Oh, didn't you got an invite from Sakura?" Tomoyo asked before remembering that Sakura was probably at a dilemma on how to send Li and Meiling their invites as well as Eriol's.
"Invite from Sakura-chan?" Shaoran asked, "Not yet. But how is she supposed to send it to us if she doesn't know that we're back in Japan?"
"Well then, why don't you go visit her then?" Tomoyo asked placing all her stuff on the limo, "I'm sure she'll be happy to see you, she'll also be able to explain everything."
Before Shaoran could reply to Tomoyo's suggestion, Tomoyo had already climbed up to her ride and was well on her way back to their mansion.
"Trust her to do something like that." Shaoran thought, "Well, I guess I have no choice now."
With that Li Shaoran began to head towards Sakura's house with Sakura not knowing that he was in fact back.
It was almost five in the afternoon when Sakura heard Toya knock on her door.
"Hey, Sakura-someone's here to see you." Toya called, "Hey! You awake?!"
"Hmmm?" Sakura stretched her hands and began to rub her eyes before opening the door, "Who?"
"The brat." Toyo merely replied before locking himself up in his room.
Toyo has never really been fond of Shaoran, maybe because of the fact that he had been Sakura's rival for the Clow Cards back then or maybe because Toya had been protecting his sister and is jealous of how close Sakura and Shaoran turned up to be over the course of their adventures. But whatever the reason was, Toya really disliked the boy.
"Shaoran-kun?" Sakura asked confused, "What's he doing back here...and so early too."
Sakura then realizing that she was standing there for over a minute know, quickly closed her door and began to change into a suitable outfit to meet up with a special friend that she had not seen in about two years. After changing and quickly brushing her hair, Sakura rushed towards their living room where she met up with Shaoran.
"Shaoran-kun!" Sakura exclaimed as she rushed forward and gave Shaoran a hug making him blush.
"N-n-nice to s-see you t-t-too." Shaoran stammered surprised at Sakura's sudden greeting.
"What are you doing back here?" Sakura asked after letting Shaoran breathe, "not that I mind, though."
"Well, Mei Li and I decided to stay in Japan for a while." Shaoran replied regaining his cool composure, then he began to head towards the sofa and sat down.
"I didn't expect to see you so soon." Sakura said following Shaoran to the sofa to sit.
"I met Daidoji-san on the mall along the way." Shaoran told her, "She said something about a party and an invite...she told me to go see you too."
"Really, Tomoyo can act so sudden." Sakura thought, then she faced Shaoran, "Well I did send you an invite over to your E-mail add. to tell you of the party."
"Party? What for?" Shaoran asked forgetting that Christmas was well on its way.
"For Christmas of course!" Sakura said, then she stood up and said, "Wait here a moment, I'll give you the written invitation."
And Sakura dashed towards her room to get Shaoran and Meiling's invitation. While Sakura was busy getting the invite, Shaoran began to look around the room.
"It hasn't changed at all, since the last time I was here." He thought, "It's good to be back."
Several seconds later, Sakura came rushing back down towards the living room carrying two sheets of paper which was neatly folded. When she replaced herself beside Shaoran, she then gave the invitation to him.
Shaoran then immediately read the invite. After several minutes, Shaoran pocketed the invitations that Sakura gave him and sighed.
"What's wrong?" Sakura asked confused.
"No-nothing." Shaoran replied seeing the concerned look on his friend's face.
"You can't lie to me, Shaoran-kun." Sakura said waving a finger, "I know there's something wrong."
"Eh...?" Shaoran replied, "Well...It's just that...I...uh...was wondering who else was invited...Tomoyo told me that Eriol was invited as well, apart from me and Meiling."
"That's it?" Sakura asked surprised that it was what was worrying him, "Well...let's see...there's Miss Megumi, my brother, Yukito-kun...and uh...our classmates from before...and some other people we met along the way."
"Toya's going to be there?!" Shaoran asked with a tone of worry and dislike in his voice.
"What's wrong with him being there?" Sakura asked.
"No offense, Sakura-chan," Shoaran began, "But I have a feeling that your brother hates me so much all he needs to do is strangle me."
At this Sakura giggled, "Can't say I haven't noticed...but don't worry about it, what could possibly go wrong?"
At this Shaoran's mood began to lighten, "Yeah...maybe you're right."
Shaoran then looked at his watch and was surprised that it was already six thirty. So he stood up and with Sakura began to head towards the door.
"Guess, I'll be going." Shaoran said.
"Well, see you tomorrow then, Shaoran-kun." Sakura said as she escorted Shaoran to the door.
"Right." Shaoran replied, "Good night then, Sakura-chan."
And with that Shaoran gave Sakura a quick peck on the cheek before heading off back towards his own house where Meiling was waiting for him.
To be continued...
A/N:
And the second chappy is finished. What can you say? Please review and let me know.
With that said, here's the summary for the next chapter...
Next time on Christmas Bash, With Shaoran and Meiling's help, the group began to decorate the hall at Tomoyo's mansion that they were going to use for the party. With only a day and a half left before the big party...what's going to happen? More specifically, between Shaoran and Sakura? Well, all you have to do is read the third chapter of Christmas Bash, entitled: Preparations and find out. 'til next time, please review!