A Predictable Predicament
By Rosedreamer49
Disclaimer: I don't own anything except the plot.
Chapter 3: Project Siamese
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"Dearly beloved we are gathered here today to witness the joining of these two in holy matrimony. Do you, Li Syaoran, take Kinomoto Sakura, to be your wife, to have and to hold, steal her from her loving brother, ruin her, and take her away from all she loves, and who love her, till death parts you?" The priest asked.
"Gladly."
"Good, you may kiss the bride!" Syaoran did, and Touya started screaming.
"NOOOO! You didn't ask if anyone objected to this joining! I object!"
"Motion denied!" Said the priest. Touya blinked. Wasn't that something that judges say?
"But...But..." The priest leered at him, and his hair started to turn blue, then green. Touya looked towards Sakura and Syaoran, who was holding his little sister, and cackling, "Haa! She's mine! All mine! And there's nothing you can do about it! Mwahahahaha!" Syaoran's tux changed into witches robes, and his nose turned green. "I've gotten your little pretty, and her little...creature too." He said in a squeaky voice, holding up Kero.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"
Touya woke up screaming, being shaken by Yukito, who was right beside him on the bed.
"Touya, are you ok, you woke me up you were screaming so loud. Were you having a nightmare?"
"No...no...oh, it was just a dream. Just a dream. Just..." Touya was sitting up in bed, Yukito gave him a hug, and stroked his hair. Touya didn't know it, but he was crying. "It was terrible." He cried, "They got married, and then they started to kiss, and then their skin started changing colors, and...and..."
"Shhhh... Don't worry, it was just a dream."
"I know, I know, I just don't know what to do! I promised I would give her away! It's bad enough I have to let him have her, now I have to actually GIVE her to him. The priest says, 'Will you receive Li Syaoran into your family and uphold them with your love as he establishes himself as a member of your family?' and I have to say 'yes'. OR, yes it gets worse, OR! the priest says 'who gives this woman to be married to this man?' Yuki, I can't do it."
"Yes, yes you can. You know that she will never leave you, and she will always love you. Just as I do." He leaned over, and gave Touya a light kiss, and went back to sleep.
Touya, however, couldn't sleep. At all. Even several hours after his lover had drifted off, he sat staring at the ceiling fan as it rotated aound and around and around...
'This is stupid! I can think of a million good reasons that Sakura shouldn't marry that gaki. Maybe I should just tell her all the reasons.' "Hey Yuki!" He nudged the snoring figure next to him. "Do you think I should make a list of all the reasons for Sakura not to marry the brat?"
Yuki mumbled, and rolled over. Touya rolled his eyes, and got out of bed. Yuki frowned at the loss of warmth, but Touya could not be deterred. He pulled out a piece of paper, and a pen, and started to write.
Dear Kaijou,
I have been thinking recently, and I really don't think that you should be marrying Li Syaoran. Here are my reasons:
You could do so much better. I don't like him. Yuki doesn't like him. You always get into trouble with him. I don't like him. You might have to live in Hong Kong if you marry him. That means I won't ever get to see you. When he first met you, he hit you. I don't like him. He will always be busy. What if he doesn't love you. You might have to leave Tomoeda. You might have to leave me .
Touya looked over the list, and nodded. 'This should work' he thought, and folded the list, and put it in his desk drawer. 'I'll give it to he later, like when the sun comes up.' His fears lessened, he went back to bed.
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Touya made the familiar trek to his sister's apartment at around noon the next day. He took the elevator up, happy that he was its only passenger, and patted the list in his pocket. Soon, he found himself standing outside of the door. He raised his hand, about to knock, when he stopped dead in his tracks, hearing an all to familiar voice in his little sister's apartment.
"Saki? You know when we get married, where do you want to live? The clan wants me to live in Hong Kong, but if you want to stay here, then I'm sure we could work something out." Touya was frozen in his tracks. Who was this considerate person talking to his sister? Surely not the gaki who she was engaged to.
"I do think I want to stay in Tomoeda, Syaoran. I know I would miss Touya terribly if I had to leave, and since he and Yuki are...erm, involved, and I need Yue close by, I would hate to uproot them all."
"That's what I thought you'd say. I will definitely work something out with the clan. Perhaps I can run the clan via email." Touya shook his head. Even he knew how ridiculous that sounded. But, there he was, Syaoran was putting his job on the line for his little sister, and was trying to make her happy. It reminded him of himself, when their father had just died. Touya's thoughts spun back to the list in his pocket. Almost half of his reasons, if not more than half, had just evaporated. He pulled the list out of his pocket, and a pen, too. He started crossing off reasons, not caring how silly he looked standing in the hall writing furiously on the paper.
The revised list was considerably shorter:
You could do so much better. I don't like him. Yuki doesn't like him. You always get into trouble with him. When he first met you, he hit you. I don't like him. He will always be busy. What if he doesn't love you.
He put the list back in his pocket, and rang the doorbell. It was opened by a smiling Syaoran, whose expression quickly changed from welcoming to one of fear, then a mask or no emotion.
"Umm, Sakura, your brother is here!" Sakura appeared in front of Syaoran, and gave her brother a big hug.
"TOUYA I'm so glad you're here. There is something I have been wanting to talk to you about." Touya's heart sank. The last time something like this had happened, the announcement had not been good. "You, and you," She pointed to her fiancée and her brother. "Come on." She dragged them to the kitchen, and made them stand next to each other. "Stay still." She rustled about in a few cabinets, and returned with a rope. Before either of the two could say anything, she had tied their wrists together. She summoned the Lock Card, and sealed the knot.
"There, now everything is perfect. Come back at the end of the day, if you two have learned to get along. I can't have my two favorite men hating each other, now, can I?" Syaoran looked irritated, and Touya had almost no idea what was going on. "I think there is a festival at Penguin Park, if you want to go. And don't worry, I used illusion on your hands, so people won't give you odd looks. Ta for now, come back in the evening!" She ushered the two outside her door, and shut it quickly. She peeked through the peephole at the two men.
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The two men stood outside her door slightly dumbfounded, and altogether baffled. Touya lifted up the knot and poked it, and Syaoran tried to untie it. Neither were successful. Eventually, Syaoran turned to Touya and said,
"Well, how 'bout that festival?"
Touya shot him a glare, but started walking towards the elevator anyway.
"You had better not embarrass me, gaki." Sakura heard from her room, and started to laugh. Everything was going according to plan. She picked up the phone and called Tomoyo. Without waiting for her to say hello, Sakura said,
"Part one of Plan: Siamese, check! Initiate part two!"
"Aye aye, Cap'n!" responded Tomoyo. Both girls hung up the phone, and grinned conspiratorially.
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Ok, Ok, I know this chapter came out almost a week later than I thought, but, hey, that's what Easter and stupid homework does to ya! The next chapter shouldn't take nearly so long to post, for those who care, and will probably be more...normal? Nah...I think I like where this is going, so see you next week! And, please review!
By Rosedreamer49
Disclaimer: I don't own anything except the plot.
Chapter 3: Project Siamese
~~~~~~~~~~~~:[]:~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Dearly beloved we are gathered here today to witness the joining of these two in holy matrimony. Do you, Li Syaoran, take Kinomoto Sakura, to be your wife, to have and to hold, steal her from her loving brother, ruin her, and take her away from all she loves, and who love her, till death parts you?" The priest asked.
"Gladly."
"Good, you may kiss the bride!" Syaoran did, and Touya started screaming.
"NOOOO! You didn't ask if anyone objected to this joining! I object!"
"Motion denied!" Said the priest. Touya blinked. Wasn't that something that judges say?
"But...But..." The priest leered at him, and his hair started to turn blue, then green. Touya looked towards Sakura and Syaoran, who was holding his little sister, and cackling, "Haa! She's mine! All mine! And there's nothing you can do about it! Mwahahahaha!" Syaoran's tux changed into witches robes, and his nose turned green. "I've gotten your little pretty, and her little...creature too." He said in a squeaky voice, holding up Kero.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"
Touya woke up screaming, being shaken by Yukito, who was right beside him on the bed.
"Touya, are you ok, you woke me up you were screaming so loud. Were you having a nightmare?"
"No...no...oh, it was just a dream. Just a dream. Just..." Touya was sitting up in bed, Yukito gave him a hug, and stroked his hair. Touya didn't know it, but he was crying. "It was terrible." He cried, "They got married, and then they started to kiss, and then their skin started changing colors, and...and..."
"Shhhh... Don't worry, it was just a dream."
"I know, I know, I just don't know what to do! I promised I would give her away! It's bad enough I have to let him have her, now I have to actually GIVE her to him. The priest says, 'Will you receive Li Syaoran into your family and uphold them with your love as he establishes himself as a member of your family?' and I have to say 'yes'. OR, yes it gets worse, OR! the priest says 'who gives this woman to be married to this man?' Yuki, I can't do it."
"Yes, yes you can. You know that she will never leave you, and she will always love you. Just as I do." He leaned over, and gave Touya a light kiss, and went back to sleep.
Touya, however, couldn't sleep. At all. Even several hours after his lover had drifted off, he sat staring at the ceiling fan as it rotated aound and around and around...
'This is stupid! I can think of a million good reasons that Sakura shouldn't marry that gaki. Maybe I should just tell her all the reasons.' "Hey Yuki!" He nudged the snoring figure next to him. "Do you think I should make a list of all the reasons for Sakura not to marry the brat?"
Yuki mumbled, and rolled over. Touya rolled his eyes, and got out of bed. Yuki frowned at the loss of warmth, but Touya could not be deterred. He pulled out a piece of paper, and a pen, and started to write.
Dear Kaijou,
I have been thinking recently, and I really don't think that you should be marrying Li Syaoran. Here are my reasons:
You could do so much better. I don't like him. Yuki doesn't like him. You always get into trouble with him. I don't like him. You might have to live in Hong Kong if you marry him. That means I won't ever get to see you. When he first met you, he hit you. I don't like him. He will always be busy. What if he doesn't love you. You might have to leave Tomoeda. You might have to leave me .
Touya looked over the list, and nodded. 'This should work' he thought, and folded the list, and put it in his desk drawer. 'I'll give it to he later, like when the sun comes up.' His fears lessened, he went back to bed.
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Touya made the familiar trek to his sister's apartment at around noon the next day. He took the elevator up, happy that he was its only passenger, and patted the list in his pocket. Soon, he found himself standing outside of the door. He raised his hand, about to knock, when he stopped dead in his tracks, hearing an all to familiar voice in his little sister's apartment.
"Saki? You know when we get married, where do you want to live? The clan wants me to live in Hong Kong, but if you want to stay here, then I'm sure we could work something out." Touya was frozen in his tracks. Who was this considerate person talking to his sister? Surely not the gaki who she was engaged to.
"I do think I want to stay in Tomoeda, Syaoran. I know I would miss Touya terribly if I had to leave, and since he and Yuki are...erm, involved, and I need Yue close by, I would hate to uproot them all."
"That's what I thought you'd say. I will definitely work something out with the clan. Perhaps I can run the clan via email." Touya shook his head. Even he knew how ridiculous that sounded. But, there he was, Syaoran was putting his job on the line for his little sister, and was trying to make her happy. It reminded him of himself, when their father had just died. Touya's thoughts spun back to the list in his pocket. Almost half of his reasons, if not more than half, had just evaporated. He pulled the list out of his pocket, and a pen, too. He started crossing off reasons, not caring how silly he looked standing in the hall writing furiously on the paper.
The revised list was considerably shorter:
You could do so much better. I don't like him. Yuki doesn't like him. You always get into trouble with him. When he first met you, he hit you. I don't like him. He will always be busy. What if he doesn't love you.
He put the list back in his pocket, and rang the doorbell. It was opened by a smiling Syaoran, whose expression quickly changed from welcoming to one of fear, then a mask or no emotion.
"Umm, Sakura, your brother is here!" Sakura appeared in front of Syaoran, and gave her brother a big hug.
"TOUYA I'm so glad you're here. There is something I have been wanting to talk to you about." Touya's heart sank. The last time something like this had happened, the announcement had not been good. "You, and you," She pointed to her fiancée and her brother. "Come on." She dragged them to the kitchen, and made them stand next to each other. "Stay still." She rustled about in a few cabinets, and returned with a rope. Before either of the two could say anything, she had tied their wrists together. She summoned the Lock Card, and sealed the knot.
"There, now everything is perfect. Come back at the end of the day, if you two have learned to get along. I can't have my two favorite men hating each other, now, can I?" Syaoran looked irritated, and Touya had almost no idea what was going on. "I think there is a festival at Penguin Park, if you want to go. And don't worry, I used illusion on your hands, so people won't give you odd looks. Ta for now, come back in the evening!" She ushered the two outside her door, and shut it quickly. She peeked through the peephole at the two men.
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The two men stood outside her door slightly dumbfounded, and altogether baffled. Touya lifted up the knot and poked it, and Syaoran tried to untie it. Neither were successful. Eventually, Syaoran turned to Touya and said,
"Well, how 'bout that festival?"
Touya shot him a glare, but started walking towards the elevator anyway.
"You had better not embarrass me, gaki." Sakura heard from her room, and started to laugh. Everything was going according to plan. She picked up the phone and called Tomoyo. Without waiting for her to say hello, Sakura said,
"Part one of Plan: Siamese, check! Initiate part two!"
"Aye aye, Cap'n!" responded Tomoyo. Both girls hung up the phone, and grinned conspiratorially.
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Ok, Ok, I know this chapter came out almost a week later than I thought, but, hey, that's what Easter and stupid homework does to ya! The next chapter shouldn't take nearly so long to post, for those who care, and will probably be more...normal? Nah...I think I like where this is going, so see you next week! And, please review!