A/N: 12-08-04 I just edited out some author's notes (I'm going to state this again at the end of the chapter). And I honestly have no idea when my next chapter's coming out.
Disclaimer: I do not own CCS, or anything that has to do with CCS. CLAMP does. I don't own "Misty's Song." Pokemon 2.B.A. Master does. I don't own all of this plot either, since someone else was bound to think of the camping situation before me. The rest of the ideas are mine (although there aren't many…) You know what? I don't own a lot! So leave me alone to wallow in my misery … and don't sue me. ;;
Key:
Bold scene or time change (I use either this or ---------- Also indicatesPOV change )
"……" Talking
'……' Thoughts
-------------------scene or time change (I use either this or Bold)
(A/N:…..) Author's Notes
/………./ Syaoran's "conscience"
Italics Song Lyrics
Character Translations:
Kinomoto Sakura Sakura Avalon
Li Syaoran Showran Li
Daidouji (spelling?) Tomoyo Madison Taylor (is Taylor her last name?)
Hirigaziwa (spelling?) Eriol Eli Moon
I'm only using words I learned by reading fanfictions, and I use their spellings and meanings. And if I spelled something wrong, have the wrong meaning, or have the wrong meaning with a word, bear with me and then tell me!
Please be kind, this is my first fanfic. ' And now, the story!
Sakura's Song
"Come on, Sakura. It'll be fun. Pleeeeeaaaase?" begged Tomoyo, a 16-year-old girl with long, wavy, purplish black hair. She was putting into action one of her ingenious (or evil) plans. This one wouldn't work unless Syaoran and Sakura agreed to come on the trip. Syaoran would be easy to convince. All she needed to say was that Sakura was coming and he would agree to come in a second or less. Sakura was the hard one.
"…I don't know…" Sakura, another 16-year-old (Tomoyo's best friend) with auburn hair, waist length with bangs was saying. "What if something bad happens? What if we get a surprise school project? What if—" (A/N: Let's pretend that their teachers were nice and gave them no homework over break, ok? And about the spring break thing- I live in America, so I'm following the American schooldays and such. Therefore, there are 5 schooldays per week and there is a spring break.)
"Sakura," Tomoyo interrupted in an exasperated tone, "Nothing bad can happen. We're just going camping at Shiretoko Park for spring break, for heaven's sake! And how can we get homework from our teachers on the FRIDAY AFTERNOON before spring break?" She changed tones. "Please, Sakura, for me?"
'Oh no,' thought Sakura. 'She's using the if-you're-my-friend-then-you'll-say-yes voice. She knows I can't resist it. I have to steer the conversation away from my saying yes or no.'
"Oh, ano (uh)…who's going?" Sakura asked in a desperate attempt to change the subject. 'Yes, it worked,' thought Sakura.
"Well…me of course…and Eriol-kun… and you…and Li-kun…" Tomoyo said.
"You convinced Syaoran-kun to come?!" Sakura asked in an astonished voice.
"Uh…yeah…" She saw the opportunity and seized it. "And if you don't come you'll ruin all my hard work convincing Li-kun to come since I'll have to cancel. Everything I planned is done in partners, and without you it's uneven." She didn't mention how they were going to pick partners or how Tomoyo was going to rig it to get the desired result. On that she would let Sakura draw her own conclusions until it was too late to back out. She then squealed in delight at Sakura's next sentence, which was a mutter of agreement to come.
"Arigato (thanks), Sakura! Oops, got to go. Ja(see you later)!"
"Ja ne (see you later) ."
'Thank goodness that's over with,' thought Tomoyo. 'Now to get Eriol-kun and Li-kun to come.'
(A/N: Ok, honorifics. I'm using basic knowledge of honorifics and guessing for this, so work with me! Unless it's specifically in someone's POV or they're thinking with the little single quotations, there are no honorifics. Also note that the honorifics may change throughout the fic based on how close they get to each other. I know the honorifics are probably off, but humor me and pretend it isn't. But tell me if I got anything wrong.)
It was Sunday of spring break, and Sakura was waiting for Tomoyo to come with the others. She had fit a whole lot of stuff in one suitcase, with the help of the Little Card. Both she and Syaoran were clueless of Tomoyo's plan, but not Eriol. She had to tell him everything for him to agree to come, but she was glad of the extra help she got with The Plan.
They pulled into Sakura's driveway. Eriol was driving since Syaoran flat out refused to use his car for unknown reasons, so Eriol got driving privileges (or curses, depending on how you thought about it). They fit everything in the car's trunk, and then they were on their way, with Tomoyo sitting up front with Eriol and Sakura sitting in the back with Syaoran.
Sakura's POV
Yawn I'm tired…Should I lean against Syaoran-kun and sleep or should I lean against the window? I wouldn't mind leaning against Syaoran-kun, but what if he minds? I would be so embarrassed if he shrugged me off. But what if he doesn't? Yawn Oh well, I'll take the chance.
Syaoran's POV
Oh my…did she just lean her head against my shoulder??!! What if she really does like me?
/You baka (idiot), of course she likes you!/
Who're you?
/I'm uh…your conscience…yeah…/
Well get out of my head!
/You baka (idiot), you just told your…uh… conscience to get out of your head! Are you crazy?/
I think I might be since I'm having a conversation with myself!
/Oh never mind, just relax and try to keep from spontaneously combusting! You look like
you're about to explode!/
Just shut up!
Normal POV
It was early morning, and Sakura, acting as dense as ever, yawned cutely, and then leaned her head on Syaoran's shoulder. She promptly fell asleep. (A/N: Sakura's POV starts at the same time as the Normal POV. Syaoran's POV starts after Sakura's POV and in the second paragraph of the Normal POV. Does that make sense?)
Tomoyo, who never missed a "kawaii (cute) Sakura moment" had her camera out and was, at the moment, focusing in on Syaoran's red face. She then zoomed out to capture the whole scene, from Sakura's slightly pinker than usual face to Syaoran's bright red face and whispered a "KAWAII! (cute!)" making sure not to wake Sakura up. Eventually Syaoran relaxed, and leaned his head on top of Sakura's. (A/N: Awww…)
When they arrived, Tomoyo and Eriol exchanged a "look" and simultaneously stepped out of the car, saying they'll unload the luggage. This left Syaoran alone with Sakura and the task of waking her up.
"Sakura…Sakura…We're here…Wake up,"
"Hmmm? Just a few more minutes please?" Sakura said groggily.
Syaoran was tempted to just let her sleep so that he could watch her beauty. Her auburn locks framed her face, but he knew what he had to do.
"No, Sakura, we have to get going,"
"Oh all right, I'm up, I'm up," Sakura mumbled, opening her dazzling emerald eyes. Syaoran stepped out of the car and helped Tomoyo and Eriol unload everything. By the time Sakura got out of the car, they were done.
"Ok everybody," Tomoyo said, "The first thing we're going to do is pick partners for this trip, since partners are to share tent. I have already prepared the hat with our four names in it and shall now commence to letting Eriol-kun draw the names."
"Jeez Daidouji-san, you don't have to be so dramatic. It is just the four of us, you know," Eriol said. Tomoyo just glared at him and held the hat out to him. You can guess what the matches are, and as for how Tomoyo rigged it, just use your imaginations. In case you're not sure, the pairs are Sakura and Syaoran; and Tomoyo and Eriol.
They grabbed their stuff and walked on to the campsite. The whole time Sakura was whining and asking why she couldn't be partnered with Tomoyo. Syaoran just pretended to be hurt and said, "You don't want to be my partner?" Of course Sakura immediately dropped the subject and submitted to her fate. When they got there, they "commenced" to setting up their tents and start unpacking. (A/N: It's those kind of tents that have removable walls and more than one room. Do those exist? Oh well, they do in this story.)
"You guys, just to let you know, I've already planned out everything that we're going to do for the whole week. Of course, if there are any reasonable objections to any of the activities, we can think of something else. You have the rest of today to settle in and get ready for tomorrow's activity, the Scavenger Hunt, which has no objections, ne (right)? Good," Tomoyo announced.
"You know, Syaoran-kun, I feel like I'm in camp and Tomoyo's my camp counselor or something," Sakura said.
"I know what you mean," Syaoran replied. They walked to their tent.
"You first, milady," Syaoran said teasingly.
"Why thank you, sir knight," Sakura said with a giggle. She walked in, followed by Syaoran.
With Tomoyo and Eriol, who are outside still
"So Daidouji-san, what do you have in mind for the little cherry blossom (Sakura) and my cute little descendent (Syaoran)?" Eriol asked.
"Oh, you'll see, Eriol-kun, you'll see," Tomoyo said. She then started to laugh evilly and maniacally. She stopped abruptly. "Come Eriol-kun, we have planning to do. Mwahaha!"
Back with Sakura and Syaoran, at the same time as the conversation between Tomoyo and Eriol
It was quiet, and they were both starting to blush because of the uncomfortable silence. Suddenly, Sakura and Syaoran sneezed at the same time.
"Strange, someone must be talking about us!" Sakura said innocently.
"Uh… yeah… So…" Syaoran said intelligently. He then realized something. "Did it ever occur to you who's going to be choosing the stuff for the scavenger hunt? Wouldn't it be unfair if Daidouji-san chose it all?" –in the distance- "Mwahahahaha"
Sakura and Syaoran both sweat dropped. "Well, we know the answer to that question."
Tomoyo and Eriol's tent, after Sakura and Syaoran's conversation
"Ok, so one of the items is a sakura flower from a sakura tree, and I don't know if there really is one in this forest or not, but that's the point. When I announce the start of the scavenger hunt, we pretend to go in a different direction than Sakura and Li-kun. But, we use your magic in being able to sense auras to find them about 5 minutes after we leave them. We use your magic again to make a tree root lift out of the ground slightly, so that Sakura will trip. The important thing is that Sakura has to be right in front of him or next to him, otherwise he won't notice her falling. If Li-kun doesn't reach her in time, the worse that'll happen is that she falls and gets dirty, or she gets a bruise. The ground anywhere in the forest is very soft, so she'll be fine. If he does reach her in time, we'll let fate run its course. And I'll be there to tape it all." Tomoyo related the plan to Eriol, with stars in her eyes.
"Um…ok Daidouji-san. What were you going to do if I didn't know about the plan?" Eriol asked.
"Oh I was just going to improvise, but since you're here I can really make this work. And you can make it so that it looks like Sakura really lost her balance, ne (right)? And you can hide your aura and make sure that Li-kun or Sakura doesn't detect magic, ne (right)? Because if you can't, I'll have to make a new plan."
"Yeah, yeah, I can do all of that. But, why do you want to set them up so bad?"
"Well, I know Sakura's liked Li-kun for ages, and I think it developed into love, but I'm not sure. And Li-kun's as easy to read as a book too, I mean he does blush like there's no tomorrow when he's around Sakura. I think that they deserve to be happy together and that they just need a little push in the right direction." Tomoyo said with stars in her eyes (again) and a dreamy look in her face. She kept on talking, but Eriol was no longer paying attention.
'You know, she really is a sweet, caring, and kind girl. Even if she is kind of crazy. Not to mention beautiful. WHOA! Where'd that thought come from!!?? Bad, Eriol, bad. Don't think those things, she probably doesn't like you.' Eriol had acquired a kind of glazed look. Tomoyo waved her hand in front of his face.
"Eriol-kun? Eriol-kun? ERIOL-KUN?"
"Hmm? Oh sorry Daidouji-san. I didn't hear you."
"Didn't hear me? Didn't hear me? How could you not have heard me? I was yelling in your ear!"
"Heh…?" Eriol cringed from the crazy, angry, girl.
"Oh that's ok, as long as you're paying attention now. And how many times do I have to tell you to call me Tomoyo?" Tomoyo said brightly.
'Whoa, what a mood change,' thought Eriol. 'Now I know she really is crazy.' Then he said out loud, "As many times as you wish, but I will still call you Daidouji-san."
Tomoyo groaned, and sighed. "All right, I give up. For now."
They stopped the planning and started chatting away, actually Tomoyo was doing the talking about how kawaii Sakura would look in a wedding dress and Eriol was just nodding and saying "hai (yeah)" to show that he was listening. (A/N: Talk about planning for the future. ')
Back with Sakura and Syaoran
What were Sakura and Syaoran doing at the time? Well they were unpacking. Ok, actually Syaoran was done and he was watching in amazement at all the stuff Sakura pulled out of her suitcase. (A/N: Remember she used the Little Card, and is now using the Big Card.) He watched as she pulled out an alarm clock… blankets… sheets… her bed, and a whole bunch of other stuff that just kept getting bigger and bigger. They were running out of space in the tent, and Sakura was still unpacking.
"Uh…Sakura, we're running out of space. Are you done yet?"
"Hoe (Sakura's phrase)? Oh yeah, I'm done." Syaoran looked at her side of the tent and saw a mini version of her room. 'Whoa…' he thought. 'And I thought I overpacked.'
By that time, Eriol and Tomoyo had come out of their tent and walked over to Sakura and Syaoran's tent. They stepped in and were blown back at the different sides of the tent. One side was pink and white, while the other side was the normal color of the tent. Sakura's side was pink and white only because of all the things she had in there, including pink sheets, a cherry blossom embroidered pillow and blanket, a mini dresser that was white with pink stripes on the side, and a pink and white vanity place. (A/N: You know, the place where you can sit in front of a mirror and do your hair and makeup.)
Syaoran's side had a regular sleeping bag, which was green and had a wolf embroidered in the corner. The only other thing he had in there was his suitcase, where he kept his clothes and other things he had brought.
"Um…wow…I mean well then shouldn't we go get some dinner and then get some sleep?" Tomoyo said.
"Yeah, let's go."
Author's Notes: Yay! Chapter one is out! Review please! (Only I edited this, so there are probably some mistakes. I didn't want to wait for my editors.) Also, this is my first fanfic, so go easy on my poor soul! I'll stop the exclamation points now. The song part of this chaptered song-fic doesn't come until much later in the story, but the whole story pretty much follows the lyrics. The actual song just doesn't come up yet. Anyway, I want to know if this chapter was too long, too short, not enough details, anything! Love it, like it, or even (cringes slightly and hopes this isn't true) hate it. And just a warning, school is in session, meaning that it might be longer than one day before I update again. However, to make up for that fact, I will never leave cliffhangers (or at least if I do, they're not huge ones and/or not intentional). Plus, I have the story already written up to Wednesday morning, so I should be ok for at least a week or so. Review! Like I said before. Thankies! (I like that word. Thankies. -smile-)
Ja!
Crescent
A/N: 12-8-04 I went through this entire chapter and deleted most of the author's notes. I can't believe I wrote that much! Ok, review please! Yes, I know, I'm very redundant.
