Destined Destiny
By Vapour and Fire (Nutty-brains)
Note: Clamp is the master of Cardcaptor Sakura. But Nutty-brains is the owner of this storyline. Please enjoy!
"Tomoyo is such a poor thing," Sakura said.
"Did you get to see her future?"
"Nope. It was dark. I don't think anything good will happens to her for some time."
"Cheer up. You've done your best. Maybe behind that darkness is a path of light that will guide Tomoyo to a bright future." Syaoran gave a smile.
Sakura gave a weak smile. I hope so.
Syaoran and Sakura turned to go back to class.
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"Syaoran! Sakura!"
Syaoran and Sakura spun round and saw a car pull up beside them. The side window opened and a head popped out.
"Tomoyo!?!? What are you doing in such a big car?" Syaoran asked as his eyes widen. His eyes scanned the head of the car to the end.
"Huh? My limo just came to pick me up after school. Oh well, I got to go. My mother's waiting for me at home. See you tomorrow."
"Bye Bye, Tomoyo!" Sakura yelled as the car drove off.
"Sayonara!" Syaoran did the same.
A hand came out of the window and waved to them.
"She looks alright. I guess she isn't as weak as she seems. Don't you agree, Sakura?"
Sakura nodded in agreement. Suddenly, a question flashed through Sakura's mind.
"Now as I thought about it, I haven't seen Meilin since the school ended. Any clue where she is?"
Syaoran rubbed his fingers on his chin like an old man.
"Hmm… Hmmm… Hmmmm…" Then he shrugged his shoulders. "Not a clue. Maybe she had gotten home. Anyway, it is pretty late now, so I guess she couldn't wonder around the neighborhood."
"You're right. Let's go home now."
Meanwhile, at the teachers' room,
"Teacher…I'm dying here. I'm home sick! I need to go home! Can I hand in my homework to you tomorrow? First thing in the morning, I promise," Meilin begged, giving the best puppy's eyes she could make.
"No, you can't. Later, I'm sending all the homework to the principal for checking. I have told the class yesterday that this is important. Everyone handed theirs in except you."
"Please…" Meilin wrapped her hands around the teacher's legs.
"Allow her go, Teacher. Letting a girl alone walk home late is dangerous." A person appeared from a silhouette.
"Principal Clow…But…" The teacher stammered.
Meilin looked at his facial expression. She could have a good time laughing at the way he appeared. Then she looked at the principal. Although Principal Clow seemed to be like any other person living in this world, something in him told everyone that he is not the same.
"Ye-Yes, Principal Clow. Go now, Meilin. Hand in your homework tomorrow. REMEMBER."
The teacher emphasized on the last word. Of course I will remember. Meilin quickly pack her stuff into her bag and ran out of the room. Suddenly, her head appeared at the door. "Thank you, Principal Clow. Good bye." She then made a silly face by sticking out her tongue. The teacher, sensing that the face was meant for him, frown. The principal laughed.
Meiling went back to her class to see if Syaoran waited for her. But to her disappointment, he wasn't there. She pouted her lips. Eriol was there instead.
"Hey, Eriol, any idea where Syaoran went?" Meilin asked as she stood at the door.
"Home…I think…"
"Thanks." Her head disappeared behind the door. Weird, she thought. Why is Eriol's head resting on the table? He had never done that because he said the dirt on the table will affect his skin. And why is his voice so shaky when he answered my question?
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The next day, in school,
Syaoran walked into the classroom with Meilin on his back. It was not unusual to see Meilin being so close to Syaoran, but that fact that she was very quiet today.
"Meilin…She…" Sakura asked.
"Shh…she's asleep. The homework made her sleep late. Erm…would you mind helping me to get her off my back?"
"Eh? O-ok." Sakura tried to pull Meilin off her Syaoran's back.
"…Aww… Don't leave me, Mr Rabbit. Don't, or I might fall in love with Mr. HARE!"
Meilin was sleep taking and suddenly, she hugged Syaoran's neck with great force.
"Arg! Hel-lp me." Syaoran let a gasp. His face was turning to shades of purple and blue.
Sakura was getting nervous. She pulled Meilin even harder to get her away from the Little Wolf.
"St-stop, don't p-pull… I can't bre-breath…" Syaoran was struggling to loosen Meilin's grip.
"Hoee…"
"Mr. Hare…don't do this to me… I can't…stop it…AHHHH!"
Sakura fell backwards. She got such a surprise from Meilin's scream.
At this moment, Syaoran was lying on the floor, gasping for air.
"…Bwahahaha…I'm the invincible Vampire now! I need food. Food. AH, there it is!" Meiling gulped on Syaoran's head. "Pee-yew, vegetables?!?1 Yuck…I need blood. Whoa, BLOOD!"
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"
The scream echoed through the whole school.
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Tomoyo pasted a big plaster on Syaoran's neck.
"I'm terribly sorry, Syaoran." Meilin apologized.
Sakura couldn't help herself to stop laughing. She laughed so hard that her jaws almost fell out of their place. Just now, Meilin had a dream about herself being a vampire. She was blood thirsty and then, the next thing she did was to bite Syaoran in the neck.
Syaoran growled. Tomoyo kept the rest of the plasters in her pocket. Meilin was very apologetic.
"Good thing I brought some plasters along with me. Sakura, stop laughing already. It's…pretty pitiful for a guy to get bitten by a lady on the neck." Tomoyo slapped Sakura's hand.
Suddenly, Sakura smiled.
"Alright. Lesson's starting soon. Tomoyo, you have to go back to your class now." She said.
"See you guys later."
Meilin saw Sakura grinning from ear to ear. Being curious, she inquired her.
"You alright?"
Sakura nodded. "Yap. You know, she will be very happy in the future."
Meilin was confused. Who's the 'she'?
Syaoran felt happiness in his heart.
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"Sakura! Sakura! Sakura!" Tomoyo came running towards her friends' class. "SAKURA!"
Sakura turned to look at who was the one calling her. She was taken aback when Tomoyo grabbed her and began shaking her.
"Eriol…Eriol, he said if we could start anew and he'll try to love me. Can you believe that?!?!"
"Really? That's good." Sakura smiled.
"I even gave him my hand-made, packed lunch. He said it was terrible, except for the can drink, but I'll work harder. He is used to eating Western food, so I don't think Japanese food will suit him. Anyway, I will try to do something about that." Tomoyo smiled.
Sakura returned the grin.
"You should have seen him eating my food…" She continued, blushing with every sentence.
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"E-riol! What are you doing here?" Syaoran called out. Eriol did not answer him. Instead, he continued eating his food. "Whoa…packed lunch? Who did that for you? A girl, I suppose."
"It's horrible. I mean, these food." Eriol finally said after swallow his rice. He stirred his chopsticks in the food and separated the meat and the vegetables.
Syaoran placed his hand on Eriol's shoulder. "Really?" he asked. A scene flowed through his mind. "Is Tomoyo's food really that bad? You sure had hurt her feelings real bad when you said that to her just now."
Eriol picked up a piece of meat and was going to shove it into his mouth until Syaoran ate it.
"Yew…The meat is overcooked. It's so rubbery."
"Then spit it out." Eriol suggested. He placed a piece of meat into his mouth and chewed it. Syaoran watched. Then, he ate some rice, followed by the veggies.
"Is my face that fun to be stared at?" Eriol snapped, finishing the last bit of food in the container.
"I though the food was …"
"It was made by Tomoyo. It is only right for me that I finish it."
Syaoran looked at the England boy from head to toe. Something's missing. He poked at Eriol waist. Eriol let out a jerk, but remained calm.
"What's your problem- Ah, stop it! Don't tickle me! It's ticklish!"
Syaoran tickled Eriol at his waist as the boy struggled to keep himself alive from that ticklish feeling. He wriggled around and shouted- this made Syaoran want to tease him even more.
"You can smile and laugh, can't you?" Syaoran asked. "Do it more often. You look beautiful when you are smiling. Get a smile sewn onto your face."
"Stop it! Sto-Hahaha… Stop! My heart's gonna burst! Hahaha…"
"There you go," Little Wolf stopped after minutes of the teasing. He stretch out on the ground, together with Eriol.
"Plain, curious me want to know why are you so cold toward everyone? Care to tell me?" Syaoran asked, placing his hand behind his head to keep it up.
"For personal reasons…"
"It's fine you don't tell-"
"…My parents passed away when I was three." Eriol began. The other boy turned to looked at him. "They died in a plane crash. I could still recall the time at the funeral, a lot of my relatives refused to take me in because to them, there would be one more mouth to feed. But the moment they heard that my parents had left a lot money with me, they immediately changed their attitude. Since that time onwards, I believed that no man is kind. I just live on that principle."
"You know, there are many people in this world who cares for you. It's just that you haven't notice them that's all. Tomoyo's one of them. She doesn't care whether you are loaded with riches or not. All she knows is that she could change you because she loves you."
"Eriol!" A voice called. Tomoyo came running towards the two boys. "Oh, hi, Syaoran."
Eriol smiled. Tomoyo eyes widened.
"Do that again, Eriol!" She cried.
"Do what?"
"Aw…you smiled. First time ever I see you smile."
Syaoran got up from the ground. "I will make my exit. I'll leave you alone then."
The pair of lovebirds was not listening. Tomoyo was busily pulling Eriol's cheeks to make him look like smiling.
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The bell for end of school rang and all the students hurriedly packed their books, walking home together in small groups.
Sakura, Meilin and Syaoran were walking home together. Meiling was complaining how the literature teacher's voice sounds like the braying of the donkey. Syaoran was adding on to what she was saying while Sakura tried to stop them lest a teacher happened to overheard them.
All of a sudden, Tomoyo's car pulled up beside them.
"Need a lift home?" Tomoyo invited as the window pane lowered. Meilin was going 'whoa' over the car. Syaoran looked inside.
"We better not." Syaoran replied and Meilin pouted. Sakura refused the offer politely.
"Why?" Meilin insisted on having the ride. Her friends pointed inside and when she peeked inside, Eriol was in there. "Oh… I think we better not. I have to buy some grocery home. Ja ne!" And with that, she dragged Sakura and Syaoran by the hand.
Tomoyo blushed.
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"Eriol and Tomoyo sitting in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G. First, comes love, then-"
Syaoran was getting irritated. "Stop it, Meilin. This is getting on my nerves."
Sakura added, "Ya…it is not so good to tease them. You don't want people to tease at you when you are in love with someone, don't you?"
Meilin turned to look at Syaoran. "Uh-un."
Syaoran crocked his eyebrows. What's about me?
As they continued to walk home, they saw a sigh near a road junction. It read 'Information about a road accident'.
"Yesterday at about six in the evening, there was a hit-and-run accident. A five –year-old boy was run down by a vehicle at this road. He died instantly on the spot. Anyone who witness the accident or has some information about this, please contact the police at XXX-XXXXX-XXX," Meilin read the words on the signboard. "What a poor thing. The boy died when he was still so young."
Syaoran stared at Sakura. She appeared scared. I know, she must have wished that she could do something to make the boy not get killed.
He placed his hand on the lamp post next to the signboard. Please, let me see what happened on that day. He released more of his power and tried to see the past. Finally, his hard work did pay off.
"I remembered that I need to call someone urgently. Both of you can go ahead if you like," Little Wolf said. Sakura glanced at him. Meilin answered that they would wait for him while he makes a call. Hence, Syaoran went to the telephone booth and dialed some numbers.
"Thanks for your corporation. By the way, what's your name- click"
Syaoran hung up the phone. Then, he joined the two girls.
"You called them?" Sakura whispered. The guy nodded. "Thanks for the help."
"Hey guys. Want an ice-cream?" Meilin, who ran ahead, shouted.
"You'll get a tummy-ache if you eat it before your meal." Sakura replied.
"I don't mind. Besides, it is so hot now. Something cooling might be nice."
"Then, count me in!" Sakura whispered to Syaoran. "Now, it's my turn to say 'Cheer up, Little Wolf'."
He looked up, and grinned. "The last one to reach the ice-cream stand has to give us a treat!"
He ran and behind him was a girl yelling, "CHEATER! YOU STARTED RUNNING BEFORE I DO!"
TBC
Fire: Da da daa…
Vapour: What are you so happy about?
Fire: Our first ficcy anniversary is coming.
Vapour: Anything special about that?
Fire: Yeah, Vapour's giving a treat. Oh yeah!
Vapour: No I'm not…
Fire: Vapour's mum! Your daughter is bullying me! (cries)
Vapour: Guess I've no choice.