Full Summary: Sakura comes home one day, and to her surprise finds a loveable stray dog. This stray is actually Syaoran under a curse, but Sakura doesn't know this. She takes him in and takes care of him. Syaoran eventually falls in love with her but she doesn't even know who he is. Will he be able to break the curse to tell her how he feels?
A/N: I had this chapter written out a while ago. But then I lost it. But now I found it again. Sorry, but I can't really write incredibly long chapters. If I try and force it, then they'll end up just boring.
Adriatic: No, no, no, no, see, Luna was fooling around with the witch's husband. Sorry, I guess the word "her" is more general than I realized xD Rika is actually not Terada's Rika, just a random one I made up. I just really like the name Rika. Mysterious, eh? Hehe. Good. That's how she was supposed to be.
Chapter 11: The Plan
"So what's with this big idea of yours that'll change us back?" asked the birds.
Tatsuya answered, "Hold on, hold on. I'm getting to that. But first, let me introduce to you, the newest animal, Syaoran."
"We've already met him, Tatsuya. Now get on with the plan. We can't stay here for long." Luna interrupted.
Wow, what a rude lady, Syaoran thought. Not at all like Sakura. And once again, his thoughts drifted off to the sweet young girl who rescued and took care of him. Too bad he would have to leave her after all this was over.
"Okay, fine. Anyway, as we all know a magician as powerful as Aya can make her spells last for a long time. Eventually, her magic will diminish, though, and we well revert back to humans. But that may take years and years."
Steve spoke up this time, "Stop telling us what we already know! How do we change back?"
Gees, they're never going to find out if they keep interrupting Tatsuya, Syaoran thought.
Rika said, "Don't be too hard on them. They have been trapped in animals' bodies for a very long time. Anyone would be impatient after all they have suffered through."
Syaoran seemed surprised at her reply. Oh right, you can read my mind. Suddenly, he became a big uneasy. Was she reading my mind when I was thinking about Sakura? However, he did not get a reply this time.
Tatsuya began speaking again, "I believe the simplest way to change back is to destroy the witch. Rika knows more about her than I do so she can tell us about her."
This surprised Rika. She did not think she would have to drag up her past with the witch again. "How exactly do you plan on destroying Aya?"
"I haven't completely planned it out yet. But you know the witch, surely you must know some of her weaknesses?"
What? Rika, how do you know the lady magician? Asked Syaoran.
"I don't want to talk about it right now," she muttered to him. To Tatsuya she said, "I know some things about her. But we will have to sneak back into her house to find out the important stuff."
"Very well. Then we shall have another meeting after we have acquired the information we need. I shall contact you all when I have set a date and place. Meeting dismissed."
All the animals were irritated about not finding out how to change back but they all agreed to come back for the next meeting. After all, it's not like they could defeat the witch on their own.
Suddenly, a hyperactive little squirrel jumped into alley. "Heya guys! Sorry I'm late, what'd I miss?" he said with a funny lopsided grin on his face.
Rika shook her head and sighed, like she knew this was going to happen. "Meeting's over, Walt. What were you doing anyway?"
"Me? Um...trying to find the nuts I buried. No luck." Walt said sadly.
Rika had an irritated look on her face, like the way a sister looks at her dumb little brother for doing something like shoving crayons up his nose. "Walt! You're frickin' human, for god's sake, you just don't look it! Start acting like one already! Or do you actually enjoy scrounging around for food all the time?"
The poor little squirrel looked terrified. "S-sorry, Rika."
She sighed once again and lightened up a bit at the look on Walt's face. "Never mind. It's ok. I'm sorry, too."
After a few moments of silence, Walt finally noticed a somewhat confused looking beagle standing on the side. "Hey, who's the new guy?" he asked.
"Oh that's Syaoran. This is his first time meeting everyone. Syaoran, this Walt." Rika answered.
Syaoran slowly walked over to him. Um...nice to meet you, Walt. So what'd you get turned for?
"Well the old witch was my mom. I wouldn't take the entrance exams for high school after 9th grade, no matter what. She kept telling me she was going to do something about it if I didn't. And one day, she finally did. So here I am." He said lightly, like it was nothing.
You're the witch's son? Wow, I heard about her daughter but I didn't know she had other kids, thought Syaoran.
"Yep, she has a few kids. But we all know her favorite is her daughter, Kaede. That's the one William here was abusing. She's the only one of us who'll listen to mom and do whatever she says. She's the favorite and she knows it, too. The rest of us are just results of forgetting contraception." Said Walt, who didn't seem to be bothered by it.
You're pretty calm about all of this, why? Doesn't it kind of hurt you? Asked Syaoran.
He smiled and replied, "It did at first. But I've gotten past it. Besides, I've got Rika. We've done pretty well, just the two of us. So anyway, what was Tatsuya's big plan and all to get us changed back?"
Rika said, "I'll fill you in at home. C'mon let's go." And they left, as many animals already had.
Syaoran was a bit surprised at how short the meeting was, but he was happy nonetheless. Now he could go home to Sakura. Or at least, wait for her to come back home from her date with Eriol.
When he arrived back at the apartment she was not there, so, like a good little puppy, he waited for her. After about half an hour, she finally arrived.
Sakura burst in happily with a huge smile on her face and started ranting. "Hi Rei! Oh I had a great time with Eriol! At first we were just going to lunch but at the restaurant he surprised me with tickets to this really cool theme park! So we spent the whole afternoon there riding all the rides. I just wish we had time to go on the Ferris wheel, so I could see all of Tokyo from up above!"
While Syaoran was glad to see her back, he wasn't very happy to hear what a great she had with that jerk, Eriol. And the thought of him and her snuggling up in a Ferris wheel made his fur stick up. Unintentionally, he growled a bit.
Sakura bent down and picked Syaoran up. As she was petting him she said, "Aww I'm sorry, Rei. I've kind of been neglecting you, haven't I?" She went to the kitchen to fill his bowl with food and water and set him down. Then she started to fix something up for herself. "Tell you what, tomorrow I don't have any classes, so you and I can spend the whole day doing fun stuff together! How does that sound?"
Syaoran gave an approving bark and trotted back over to her. Sakura picked him back and scratched behind his ears. He happily wagged his tail and rested in her arms. For a few moments, they stayed like this, perfectly content.
A/N: Decent amount of plot AND fluff, I think. Wow we haven't had any fluff for a while now. More fluffyness to come in the future. I've decided to extend this story longer than I originally planned. So instead of around 15 chapters, I think I'll make it around 17-20ish. No guarantees though.