The Deal has been set and the real fun begins… what will I make Syaoran's favour be? And what will I make Sakura go through to set Syaoran and Saru up?? That's for me to know and for you to eventually find out!!
Title: A Price to Pay
Summary: It's the usual… Syaoran is popular and Sakura is a nerd. Yet there is but one twist to this. Syaoran wants Sakura to do him a favor. He wants her to set him up with her twin sister, Saruka. But there is a price. Now, Syaoran owes Sakura…
Rating: R (For Language and Possible Lemons/Limes)
Genre: Romance/Tragedy
Ages: Sakura: 16------- Syaoran: 17
Dedication: This fic is dedicated to my Nee-chan, Susan!! She's my inspiration and what keeps me going in writing!! Lub u Nee-chan!!
And now, time to begin…
----Chapter 3: Calculus Project
---Sakura---
Sakura sighed as she took a turn. "I didn't wanna lie sis, but I didn't wanna stay home either. Ayah-sensei doesn't need to talk to me." Sakura confessed.
In truth, she wanted to get to school early and avoid Syaoran, but no such luck. He too was early.
Sakura reached school and put her skates away only to turn around and find Syaoran.
"So." He started. "What'll it be?"
Sakura sighed hoping she won't regret this but…
"Yea, I'll help you."
Syaoran smirked. "I knew you would."
Sakura glared at him. "So, you stop making fun of me, stop bullying me and owe me one favour?"
Syaoran nodded. "Yea, I do all that shit while you are setting me up with your sister, and you have two weeks since dance is then. If you get me set up with her, I never bug your ass ever again, but if you can't,' Syaoran evilly smirked, 'your torture doubles."
"Aww great, and you tell me this AFTER I agree."
Syaoran laughed, not those fake stupid laughs, but an actual genuine one.
Sakura shrugged. "I'm going. Bye."
Sakura was walking away when Syaoran grabbed her elbow. Sakura turned around, and started rubbing her elbow, as his touch was poison.
"What?" She asked.
"Let me walk you…"
Sakura stared at him in horror. "What is this? Another ploy to put me down?"
"Are you fucking mad?? I promised you wouldn't bully you and it goes!! I never fucking go back on my promise. I just want to make it clear to my friends that you're off limits and no more poking fun."
Sakura's eyes widened. "You're dead- beat serious??"
Syaoran nodded. "A Li never goes back on his word, now let's go." He said as they started walking down the halls together.
"When's your lunch?" Syaoran asked.
"Second." Sakura mumbled.
"Me too, we'll talk then."
Sakura looked at him. "Talk? You and me?? That's is SOO not possible."
Syaoran smirked. "If you are to set me up with your sister in two weeks time, then you need to get to know me in order to make perfect fucking plans."
Sakura groaned. "Why did you ever ask me?"
"Since you know your sister the best and you're the only girl who doesn't drool over me if I come a meter within distance."
"Why the hell would I wanna drool over you?" Sakura muttered under her breath.
"I heard that, but I won't say anything." Syaoran sneered.
It was time for class now and Saru had already left for Biology. Sakura and Syaoran passed his group of friends. His friend Ken gasped.
"Xiao Lang, man is that YOU with SAKURA??"
Syaoran glared at him. "Got a fucking problem? No one DARE to fucking bully her from now on… wait no… no one is allowed to go fucking 5 meters within distance. If I get a complaint from her that you guys were bullying her…" Syaoran cracked his knuckles.
Ken stared at him. "Dude, what's with the over night switch?"
Syaoran glared at him. "I got my fucking reasons. If Sakura tells me that you've been bullying her, you're dead. Let's go Sakura." He said as he pulled her into their Calculus class.
"Seriously, you said that you'd stop bullying me, not your friends Li."
"If they bully, you might be too preoccupied with saving your self rather than helping me."
"Should have known that was for your own profit." Sakura muttered as she sat down.
"Oh, my fucking cousin, Eriol came yesterday, the half reincarnation of Clow Reed."
"Yea I know he came to visit me."
As if on cue, Eriol walked in.
"Hello my cute little descendant."
"Shut it Hiiragizawa."
"Hey Sakura."
Sakura glared at him.
Syaoran found this amusing.
"What's with the mood?" Eriol asked concerned. The free seat that was beside Sakura was now occupied by Eriol.
"I was almost killed by Jump yesterday, if it weren't for Li. Where were you oh great Clow Reed."
"The washroom." Eriol said sheepishly.
Syaoran and Sakura stared at him in completed horror.
"Washroom??" Sakura asked.
Eriol laughed nervously. "Yea well, my place only at beans so I kinda had to…"
"TAKE A CRAP?!?! OH THAT'S FUNNY!!" Syaoran burst into laughter's. Sakura too had a little giggle.
Eriol glared at them both. "It's not funny, my stomach was killing."
"Serves you right to have beans." Syaoran accused as he slouched in his chair.
"Sakura, when do you have music?" Eriol asked.
"Last." Sakura mumbled as she started doodling on her sheet of paper.
"Oh, yea cause Nakuru has to talk to you."
Sakura nodded.
Syaoran looked at them. "Nakuru?? Who the hell…"
"Ruby Moon." Eriol replied.
Syaoran's eyes widened. "You mean Ruby and Spinner?"
Eriol nodded. "Yea, they're Sakura's second guardians."
"She has four?? Fucking hell."
Sakura covered her ears.
Eriol and Syaoran frowned. "What's wrong?" Eriol asked.
Sakura shook her head. "Nothing, it's just that Li swears too much."
Syaoran smirked. "Get used to it, you're gonna be spending a lot of time with me whore."
Sakura glared at him. "Say that again, I dare you…"
Syaoran knew what this meant and turned to face the black board.
And the rest of the class went by stupidly.
---Lunch---
Sakura and Syaoran had second period lunch. Tomoyo had third as did Eriol. Saru had fourth period lunch.
Sakura opened her lunch box and saw a little wad of rice. She used her chopsticks and moved it around to see if it was contaminated. Syaoran loomed over her and growled.
"Will you chill?? I didn't fucking rug it."
Sakura took a little bite and was satisfied. She gobbled it down and patted her stomach. "No more food until 6." She murmured.
Syaoran frowned. "Why the hell?? It's like fucking 9:30 am!!"
Syaoran glared at him. "I'm a ballerina, my eating habits are extra special."
Syaoran smirked. "You a ballerina?? You barely have hand-eye-coordination."
Sakura stood up and looked him in the eye. "I don't have time for this." She said, as she was about to stomp off.
Syaoran grabbed her wrist, but not as hard as when he grabbed her for watery.
"Ok, wait… what do we do about the… thing…" he said.
Sakura sat down under a Sakura Tree and sighed. "Won't your friends think something is up between us??"
Syaoran shook his head. "No, I told them to piss off cause I had business with you."
Sakura giggled. "Nice…"
"So…" he said as he jumped onto a tree branch with ease…
"I'm thinking we pretend that we have a Calculus project… erm… assigned before Eriol came and the teacher didn't bother telling him."
Syaoran nodded, wondering what she was getting at.
"You then come over to my place. My dad's on a Dig in Russia and he'll be back in a week. My mom's Tokyo and she'll be back in a week as well. My brother will be at work and I'll get Tomoyo to call me up and pretend to be my Ballet teacher… leaving the house empty with only you and Saru…"
"And then we get to know each other?" Syaoran said lamely.
"Yea…" Sakura sighed as she stared into the sky.
'Kai, I wonder where you are now…' she thought as she shut her eyes.
Suddenly, that unmistakable feeling brought her back to reality.
"Aww nuts, a Card." She mumbled. Syaoran jumped down from the tree and stood beside her.
"Which one is it?" he asked.
Sakura shut her eyes and concentrated. "Drat, it's Rain and Wood, they turned Penguin Park into a forest."
Syaoran nodded. "I'll cause a distraction, you fly there and I'll be with you in 5 minutes."
"Why are you being so nice?"
Syaoran glared at her. "CAUSE YOUR FUCKING HELPING ME NOW GO!!!"
Sakura gulped as she summoned fly. Just as she did Syaoran yelled so loud people literally chocked.
"FUCKING BEE!!" Syaoran said. Everybody stared at him as he rubbed his arm.
"THAT STUPID BEE STUNG ME!! I'M GONNA FUCKING HURT IT!!!"
People shook their heads and continued with what they were doing.
Syaoran quickly ran after Sakura's flying figure.
---Penguin Park---
Sakura saw the Penguin slid covered in trees. Then she saw ran splattering all over it.
"Aww crud it, this is gonna be hard." Sakura muttered. She suddenly felt a green aura surrounding her.
She whirled around to find Syaoran standing there, releasing his Aura.
"What are you doing??" she asked.
"The Magician's Aura stop's Wood's growth rate…"
Sakura nodded as she too released her Pink Aura. Suddenly Wood shrank down back to small size as Rain caused a monsoon.
Sakura took out her want and captured Wood, as it was currently weak.
Then she turned to Rain and got a perfect idea.
"WATER AGAINST WATER!! I SUMMON WATERY!!!"
Water whirled around and captured rain in a water tornado. Sakura quickly sealed the card before tucking it in her pocket.
"That was… easy…" Sakura murmured before turning. She came face to face with Syaoran.
"Oh, don't say anything to Saru about you knowing I have magic and you having magic."
Syaoran cocked an eyebrow. "Doushite?"
Sakura glared at him. "No reason, just Saru has elemental powers and if info like this comes into her hands she'll do things unimaginable."
Syaoran nodded. "OK, that's done, now what do you want for your favour?"
Sakura smiled. "I'm saving that precious baby for later."
Syaoran groaned. "What have I gotten my self into?"
---Home, later that day---
Sakura didn't have ballet class today as it was Tuesday and Saru obviously didn't have any Karate classes. Touya was at work and Sakura's parents weren't home either.
"SARU!!" Sakura screamed as the doorbell rung. Sakura knew it was Syaoran but she wanted Saruka to open it.
"NANI?!?" She roared back.
"GET THE DAMN DOOR, MY HAIR'S WET!!"
Saru complied as she opened the door. To her amazement it was Li Syaoran.
"Oh… Li…" She said in a surprised tone. Syaoran smirked. "Is Sakura here?"
The Kinomoto's twins had made it clear in school that they shall NOT be referred to as Kinomoto-san… Saruka wants to be called her own name and Sakura wants to be called her own name or Ying Fa… their Mother was Chinese and Sakura's original name was Ying Fa but living in Japan, they had to use the Japanese version.
"Erm… yea…" Saru said, clearly suspicious.
Syaoran gave a small glare, so small, barely noticeable. "Calculus project…"
Saru smiled. "Oh, in that case, come on in. She's washing her hair."
'Wow, Sakura washes her hair…?? Wait, stupid thought.'
Syaoran sat down and saw a bunch of pictures around. There was one enlarged picture of a girl in a Cheerleading Outfit and another girl in her school uniform. They were the Kinomoto's twins. Syaoran moved in closer to find the Cheerleader had Emerald eyes as the normal one had Brown Eyes.
Saru smiled. "Yea, that's Sakura, the Cheerleader."
Syaoran's eyes widened. "She was a Cheerleader??"
Saru nodded. "Yea, the captain too."
Syaoran looked into Saruka's eyes. "The picture has brown eyes, but you have green."
Saru laughed. "Their contacts. I love the colour of Sakura's eyes so I just wanted to match. No big reason. I usually wear them, but on occasions I take them off."
Syaoran nodded. Their attention was diverted to Sakura who rushed down the stairs, in her ballet leotard.
"Oh, hi Li, I'm so sorry, my Ballet Teacher called an hour ago but I totally forgot."
Suddenly Sakura's cell rung, it was obviously Tomoyo's number.
"Hello?"
… Tomoyo talked… yes she too knew about this Plan and thought that if Syaoran was agreeing to not bully Sakura, it was a good idea… and Tomoyo was the MASTER of matchmaking…
"Yes Sensei, I'll be there in 2 minutes."
She hung up and looked at Syaoran apologetically. "I'm really sorry. I'll be here in an hour."
Saru frowned. "You don't have ballet classes today."
Sakura scowled. "Swan Lake is coming up soon so Sensei called in a Practice."
Saru nodded.
"Make your self at home Li and I'll be back."
And this was all a part of the damn plan.
---Hour later---
Touya was supposed to come home in half an hour and Sakura was supposed to be home in 5 minutes. Sakura was staying at Tomoyo's place for the past hour and well, did some modeling for her in the process.
Sakura came home to see Syaoran and Saruka getting friendly. They were talking and laughing and eating popcorn.
"Ta-Da-I-Ma." Sakura muttered as she walked in.
"Hey, how was practice?" Saru asked.
Sakura scowled. "I got a pin up my ass thanks to Sensei."
What she really meant was Tomoyo accidentally poked her.
Saru giggled. "Tough, so how longisXiao Lang staying for."
'So, he allowed her to call him Xiao Lang, how much longer before she calls him Syaoran?' Sakura thought.
"I'm gonna let him leave before Onii-chan comes home. Li, the project is in my room."
So Syaoran followed Sakura up to her room.
Once in there Sakura fell onto her bed.
"Shit, this is hard. How was Saru?" She asked.
Syaoran frowned. "She's hard to get too, she isn't opening up."
Sakura sat up. "I thought so. She's the one go goes after taken boys."
Syaoran's eyes widened. "Really??" he asked.
Sakura nodded. "And I just remembered today when I went to Tomoyo's house."
"What…" Syaoran asked cautiously.
"Saru is going to New York all of next week. She's coming back 2 days before Spring Dance."
"WHAT?!?" Syaoran roared.
Sakura nodded. "Yea, Tomoyo reminded me. So, either you get your self a girl and get Saru to be yours before she leaves in two days or… wait until she comes back."
Syaoran sighed. "This is shit you know… complete and utter shit."
Sakura shrugged. "Hey, I'm the messenger."
"Ain't there anything we can do??"
"Get your self a girl." Sakura lamely suggested.
Syaoran frowned as he sat on Sakura's computer chair.
"How do you know??"
Sakura glared at him. "She's the one who went after my boyfriend two years back."
Syaoran stared at her, as her eyes became distant. She shook her head and scowled. "And she went after Tomoyo's ex-boyfriend and our cousin's boyfriend and well, a bunch other taken boys."
Syaoran glared at her. "Are you fucking implying that I get my self a girl in two days?!?!"
Sakura nodded. "Yea, is that so damn hard?? You're the most friggin' popular guy in the entire school."
Syaoran sighed. "Yea, but getting a girl and breaking up with her without making her cry is pretty tough."
Sakura shrugged. "So get a girl who doesn't care about you."
Sakura looked up to see Syaoran staring down at her. She glared at him. "Don't be thinking nasty shit ass stuff."
Syaoran glared at her. "Listen bitch, you're doing me a favour, and by doing me a favour, you fucking listen to all the shit I have to say… and now I have to say is that…"
Sakura sighed she was waiting for it…
"You're gonna be my fake girl for the next two days…"
Pretty fast huh? Well I have this HUGE ordeal coming up with Yelan in the next two chapters… and well… I kinda need Syaoran and Sakura to be 'together' but not really 'together'.
So did you enjoy??
Stay tuned,
Sakura
BTW remember Syaoran doesn't allow ANYBODY to call him by his Japanes Name, either it's Li or Xiao Lang, only SPECIAL ppl can call him Syaoran!!
