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Cherri Ookami dateline on December 20, 2003
Well, my last chapter was, yes. It was notoriously short. - -; Okay. I am going to make this an epilogue to the last chapter, but do not think that this is some type of end to the story. I am going to make this go somewhere big, but I may consider making a sequel to this story. I don't know if I should, but we will see. ^_^ Oh, yes. I have more news, but some may find it irrelevant, bad or good. I am going to break up a pair. You'll find out when ya read! ^__^
Disclaimer: I am, not in anyway, affiliated with the ownership that CLAMP and Kodansha has over Cardcaptor Sakura. I own a fish cracker, but I ate it. ^_^
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[Previously]
"Daijobu desu ka, Syaoran-kun?"
"Iie, Sakura. Please don't hate me."
"Why would I?" she asked, sitting next to him.
"I... I can't love you." He said, burying his face in his hands.
"W... What? Why? What made you do this?" Sakura asked, feeling Syaoran's head on her shoulder. She patted his forehead and he spoke.
"I... I have to go home... for good."
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Chapter Labing Isa of Etiquette Lessons:
Home Is Where The Heart Is, Isn't It? Part TwoBy: the Cherri Ookami and the Crystal Megami
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"But... but, WHY?" she stammered as tears lay on her eyelids.
"The elders want me over there. Though, I swear. I do not want to leave you. Especially after..." he broke off, knowing that almost nothing could cheer her up now.
"I... I'm sorry. I didn't know it would be as hard on you."
"What do you mean? I love you and just when I thought my life couldn't get any better... is just got worse. And to top it all off, the banquet ends tomorrow night."
"I know how you feel..."
"No."
"Huh?"
"No. You do not know how I feel. Nobody does. It's happening all over again." Syaoran groaned, burying his face in his hands. He felt some of his bad memories come back into his head.
"I... I'm sorry," she stuttered, feeling tears rim on her eyes. "But, can I do anything... for comfort?"
"Nah. I'm sorry for yelling at you earlier. Can you please leave me be for a while?"
"Sure, but you will be there tonight, for the last goodbye, right?" Sakura looked up at him and put his hands into his, tears still pouring.
"No. I will be there, but I won't say goodbye. I am going to settle this thing myself. If I want to be with you, I will."
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"Do you want anything, Kaho-san?"
"Call me Mizuki." She whispered.
"Okay, but do you need anything?"
{Though the day had just begun, the sky outside was dark and gray, contrasting with the light gleaming from the palace windows. The snow ramped on Touya's bedroom windowsill. Mizuki Kaho took refuge inside his room as he got her hot chocolate. "Hey, Aria! Can I get some hot chocolate?" Touya asked.}
*Yawn* "Yeah. Yeah. Sure, sure. Just let me get my uniform on and I'll bring it up, Kinomoto-kun." She said, as she put on her hat and apron
{Aria disappeared into the corridors and Touya stuck his head back into his own quarters. (I am not talking normally. XD) "How are you holding up?" he inquired. "I think I'll get by." She forced a smile.}
"You sure?" he asked skeptically
"Mhmm."
"SO, what's up with you? I mean, why'd you leave?"
"My mother just thought that this place is too small and that I won't be able to find a suitable fiancé here." She explained. "My father wants to stay, but I am afraid of the two getting divorced. I want to stay, because I have someone in mind for a fiancé."
"If you don't mind my asking... who is it?"
"You'll find out soon." She grinned to herself.
"Here, Kaho-san." Said a quiet voice. Aria had returned with the hot chocolate, looking very sullen. (Not very normal.) She attempted her exit, but Touya held her back. "What's wrong?"}
"Do you really want to know?" she asked sadly
"Of course." He said, looking mildly concerned.
"Li-kun and Li-chan are leaving."
"Yeah, so?" he said, changing from concerned to bored. 'Insensitive wrench.' Aria thought rudely, scrunching her face. 'HE JUST DOESN'T GET IT! They're in love! Kami-sama! Help him!'
"Hello! Li-kun and your sister are in LOVE. Sheesh. Where have you been?" she snapped with mock rage
"Is she alright?" he asked, feeling his protective brother surface within him.
"Of course she's alright. She's just in her room, crying her eyes out." She stated halfheartedly
"WHAT! That gaki hurt my sister! Wait till I get my hands on him!" he said, storming out of the room.
{Aria walked outside, into the corridors and saw the infuriated Touya dash through the halls, not for Syaoran, but Midako. "Hey, Mida!" he called angrily. "Whoa! What's with you? Someone kill your goldfish?" she asked contently.}
"What? I don't have a... Never mind! Is that gaki leaving?"
"Who? Do you mean Syaoran and Meiling? Yeah. They are. Why?"
"Have you seen the kaijuu?"
"Umm... yeah. I did. She came outta Syaoran's room a few minutes ago. She seemed pretty upset. She ran out crying..." she tried to continue her statement, but he decided to bombard her with his own.
"Where is he?" he bellowed, causing a half dressed woman to peek out of her own room. "Can you put a lid on it, you idiots? I want to look good for Prince Tokida and I cannot do that if you just keep yelling! Sheesh!"
"Back to the point, Kino-kun! Who's he?" Midako asked
"That gaki, where is he?"
"He's in the room near the blue morning glories in the next corridor."
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*Sigh*
"What's wrong, my dear?" asked a voice.
{Two figures were lying on a tree, in a tight embrace. They seemed happy, but something seemed wrong to them.}
"Nothing, Eriol. I haven't seen much of Sakura and Syaoran for a while and I wonder what they're doing."
"It's okay, Tomoyo. I'm sure that they are having a good day today. If you want to find out so much, let's go." Eriol said benignly
"What do you mean?" she asked, seeming mildly perplexed.
"I mean, let's go to the palace, silly. And while we're there, lets into some... mischief?" he suggested with an evil grin.
"Great idea! I'll go get my camera!" she said as she ran off.
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"Blue glory... blue GLORY! Got it!"
{Touya banged on the crimson door, making the wreath on the door's face bounce against the base. He continued his excessive pounding until Syaoran opened the door, causing Touya to shove his elbow into his face.}
"Itai!" Syaoran roared piercingly
{Touya disregarded his yell and grabbed onto his collar. He raised Syaoran's body into the air, forcing Touya to look up as he spoke.}
"What the heck did you do to my sister? Tell me and I pummel you!" he bellowed
"*Cough* Wh—at? *Cough, cough* I— didn't– do nothing!" Syaoran choked, feeling Touya's grip tighten along with his throat. He felt air deplete within him and his face warm up.
"Don't you lie, gaki! My sister was crying and I want an explanation on WHY!"
"Let *Cough* me— go and I *Cough* can tell!" he gasped
{Touya let down his collar and decided to pin Syaoran on his own bed. "WHAT DID YOU DO?" he demanded. He may have teased his younger sister, but she didn't want to hurt her at all. He had a vision. WAH! Syaoran-kun is leaving me! WHY? Why, oh, why me? He tightened his grip on the bed and started to shake him. "Tell me before I kill you! You might be a guest, but you still can't hurt my little sister!"}
"Let me GO!"
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[Somewhere out there]
"Higher... higher... higher! You idiots can't do ANYTHING right!"
"I am immensely sorry, your highness."
"Ahh... the palace. Finally. As I always said, If you cannot train a dog, pull him with you."
"You do know that ONE: It doesn't make sense and TWO: You never said that."
"Do not criticize the high countess!"
"SHUT UP! Let's just get the boy and get outta here."
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"LET HIM GO!"
"Yeah! Listen to her!"
"What if I don't wanna?"
{A battle royale took place as Midako and Aria stood by the doorway. "Dude! This is so cool!" Sasami said as she put down the ebony and ivory bathroom towels onto the ground. She peered through the door and she saw Syaoran standing interestedly as he saw his newly proposed love trying to get a hold of her own brother. "Lemme go, kaijuu!" "Only if you lay off Syaoran-kun!"}
'Damn, Kami. She freaks me out when she's mad!' Syaoran thought compellingly 'I bet that this is my punishment! WHAT DID I DO?' he yelled in his mind
"NEVER!"
"You're just jealous that he's man enough to say he loves me!" Sakura yelled as the two fell on the floor.
"Like I'd say that to anyone!" Touya let out, blushing into a crisp crimson.
"What about that Kaho girl?" Syaoran asked as he smiled, feeling very satisfied.
"You put her outta this, gaki!" more crimson!
"Just say it onii-chan!"
"WHY? She doesn't love me!"
"How do ya know?" Syaoran asked as he looked at the brotherly sisterly pair
"She said she found her "mate" and it isn't me."
"She said that?"
"No, but..."
"But nothing. If you love her, tell her... it could may as well be you." Syaoran said as he sat on his bed. 'Though... why would she go for HIM?' He thought sarcastically
"Do it onii-chan."
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*Sigh* "Thank you, Eriol-kun."
"No problem."
{Eriol and Tomoyo were riding a carriage and Eriol had handed Tomoyo a purple juice box. "But, Eriol... I don't really like grape juice." "I know. It's grape."}
"Strange. The box is purple, not orange." She pointed out
"I know, but of course, some people just want to trick others or just can't remember what color is what." He said as he pointed left, for the footman to drive to. They headed to a while palace and they got off. "1400 yen."
"I'll pay."
"No. I will."
"I will, dear." _
"I will, honey." _
"Why don't you pay for each other?" Said a voice. Araia stood, smiling at them, leaning on a snow-family
"Okay." They replied in unison.
"Hi there, Mr. Count and Mrs. Countess." She said happily
"We aren't married." Eriol prodded
"Well, you seemed quite convincing on the carriage and you sure act like a couple. I mean, as they always said 'The more they fight, the hotter the couple.'" She said, even more happily *Wink, wink*
"Well... err..."
"We've got to get going. Lets go, Eriol. Bye, bye, Araia." Tomoyo said as she dragged Eriol along with her. They rushed into the palace and dusted the snow off their coats.
"What the heck was that? Why'd you drag me?" Eriol fumed at her
"She'd keep talking! Anyway, let's go."
{Eriol and Tomoyo parted their ways and Tomoyo stopped dead. "Err... Eriol... I don't think that's the door. I think that's the..."}
"...Closet." Eriol groaned as the door shut behind him, forcing his face to a brunette girl...
"AHH!"
{Eriol fell out of the closet as the girl fell on his body. (In a VERY embarrassing way. *Wink, wink, nudge, nudge* ^_^) "ERIOL!" Tomoyo shrieked.}
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{Touya threw his sister on the floor and looked at Syaoran vehemently. Sakura got up, her hair ruffled, and said "Well... I'll let you two be alone now and make up!" she bounced out the door and ran to the next room, for she knew full well that there was a large chink in the floor of the old room's closet, allowing her to peek through a minute hole near Syaoran's telephone.
She leaned on the wall and heard nothing, so she turned her head and peaked through.
[Through the hole]
The door was closed, but saw a row of blue, green, and violet eyes staring through the portrait of the Kinomoto Shuzoku (1969-1971). (Scary house, ne? O_o)}
"So... you err... love my sister, huh gaki?"
"Is it that obvious?" Syaoran asked, flushing nervously.
"Yeah. But you... didn't... you know?"
"Huh?"
"Do anything with her?"
"I danced with her once." He said bluntly, feeling uneasy talking to Touya, the one who was supposed to pummel him.
"You damn idiot! I am talking about sleeping with her!" Touya yelled, with an angry tear in his eye. (I learned that from watching anime art and expression techniques. It's mostly Rumiko Takahashi style though.)
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"Eriol!"
"NO! NO! It's not what it looks like!" Eriol yelled frantically. "I can expla—" he got cut off by a sleepwalking woman, whom hugged him and moaned. "Oh, thank you, my love..." and she walked off.
"Oh, you want to explain, eh?" she asked coldly
"Yeah! I mean... NO! I! I don't know her!" she said as she pointed to both girls. (Sleepwalker and unconscious person)
"Really!" she said, with a tear in her eye.
"Ugh." Groaned a voice.
"Wah? ARGH! Get off of me!" Eriol yelled, flushing dark crimson.
"Huh? Oh, gomen. I have to go!"
"Wait! Who are you and what were you doing in there?" Tomoyo leered, sounding fairly offended that they were in the closet together.
"You are sent by my parents! Get away!" the girl said as she sprayed Eriol with some kind of confusion solution, due to the fact that Eriol went out like a light.
"Who are your parents? We came here on our own will!" Tomoyo said forcefully, laying Eriol's head on her lap. "Daijobu desu ka, Eriol-kun?" she asked sympathetically
"Ugh... Has your hair always been pink?" he groaned
"Baka!" she said, smiling and hitting his playfully, seeing that he was really out of it. "Now, who are you?"
"I am Kaho Mizuki. I am trying to get away from my family!" she defended
"I don't care! What was that you sprayed at Eriol-kun?"
"Toidi Solution. It makes you err..."
"Dumb? Dull? Thickheaded? Thick? Dim witted? Brainless? Stupid? I—"
"I get it and yeah. That's it." Kaho said uneasily
"When's dinner, mommy?"
"Anyway... *Rolls eyes* As I said, I don't care! You hurt him and now you deal with me!"
"I didn't mean it!"
"So? I'll let you go for now, but I just want to know. Why are you here?"
"I ran away from home, because my parents want me to leave here. I just chose my fiancé, but I didn't tell him. I want to, but..."
"I see. Now, how do you reverse this thing?" Tomoyo asked as she pointed at the cataleptic Eriol. "Oh, yes. I don't know. It is from my great-great-great grandmother, whom was a priestess and she was gone a LONG time ago. Oh, look at the time! Have to run!" she said as she ran off.
"Great! Now I'm stuck."
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[Through the hole]
"WHAT?" Sakura and Syaoran yelled in unison, with the same exact expression, but with a vein on their balled fists
*Laughter*
"Who's there?" Syaoran snapped with anger surging through his veins and embarrassment through his cheeks. Hearing this, the maids stopped and carried on with their duties, closing the porthole of the Shuzoku portrait.
"Anyways, did you?" Touya asked, sounding strangely hoarse. He felt a knot in his throat as he tried to knead it out.
"NO! NO! NO! I am no kind of pervert!" Syaoran yelled, flailing his arms around. Sakura felt a cold brand of sweat going down her face. 'ONII NO BAKA! ONII NO HENTAI! He has no right to know that! It's not that those things that he was framed for were true!' she thought, remembering how the caught hentai culprits (Makai and Kintao [i.e. Jack]) put Syaoran in a bag.
{Sakura stood up, stormed out of the closet and out of the room. She marched into Syaoran's room and glared at Touya. "HOW COULD YOU SAY THAT?" she bellowed.}
"What? It could happen." Touya said calmly. "So... did ya or not? It's a simple yes or no question. Sheesh."
"It is NOT just a yes or no question, but let me say... NO!!!" Syaoran snapped loudly. "Why the heck would I make a move on her?"
"Oh, now she's not good enough?"
"NO! I am too young! Let me ask YOU! Have you slept with Kaho?" Syaoran said suspiciously
{Touya's face lit with red and his eyes were burning with the words I want to. On it. XD He ran up to Syaoran and started to beat him with a pillow, thinking 'Hitting that gaki with a bat is too inhumane.' "YOU IDIOT!"}
"NO! She isn't my girlfriend!"
"Yeah. I know." Syaoran shrugged. "Why would she like a guy as cruel as you?" he blew a raspberry. (I still wonder why they call it that. Why not strawberry or blueberry or...)
"Why you..."
{A crowd of girls scurried to the door to watch and stared (The maids... typical.), but one entered.}
"Xiao Lang?" Meiling looked up at him and put on a perplexed face. "What are you doing?"
"Why?"
"Well, I want to know." She said pitifully. "You don't trust me... do you?"
"NO! NO! That's not it!" Syaoran said, trying to stop her "crying act"
"Well... if that's not it—"
"I want to know." Said a voice.
"Who are you?" Sakura asked
"Yeah! And what do you think you are doing in here? Damn, we need new security around this joint."
"M... M..."
"Muffin?" Midako inquired
"Mousse?" Sasami replied
"Mint?" Amia said
"M... M..."
"Mistletoe?" Amaia asked seductively as she pulled a green leaf from her pocket.
"NO!" Sakura and Touya yelled. "Hey, why do you have that?"
"Marshmallow?" Aria asked
"Oh! Look a yen!" Araia screeched
"M... mother?"
"Excuse me? Is Touya-kun in there?"
"Yeah. I am. Hey, Kaho. Get off me, gaki!" Touya threw the Chinese prince on the floor as Syaoran puffed his face. The pair was gone.
"Let me get this straight. You are Syaoran's mother?" Sakura asked
"Yeah. She is." Syaoran stated blandly as he stared at his feet.
"I think we need a talk." Yelan said coldly
"Yeah. I know." He hissed
"Not you, your fiancé." She hissed back as she walked off. Sakura decided to follow, assuming she was the one being referred to.
'What did I get myself into?'
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This chapter was put up by chance and I just did it today. Anyways. This chapter was the second part of the last one, which I believe was the shortest I have record of. Anyway, I will update very soon, because I have to hurry with my other fics.
Remember to read and review!
Cherri Ookami ^__^
