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Now...on with chapter nine!

Causing Trouble

Sakura woke up extra early the next day, with a big grin on her face. The Poison Ivy was beginning to wear off on both her and Syaoran, which applied to most of the happiness that was steaming out of her.

Yesterday, she had found out that Sophie was a hardcore gold digger, and the daughter of one of the richest men in town! Not only had this made Sakura glad, but she had also felt bad for Syaoran, knowing what Sophie was going to end up doing to him. She had no idea why though. He played with the heart strings of practically all the girls that he had met, (excluding herself of course,) so why on earth would she be feeling sorry for him? He deserved what he got...to get a taste of his own medecine...but for some peculiar reason, it pained Sakura to see Syaoran to wrapped around this young lady's finger, and actually believe that she liked him back.

Some people may not have known it, but when Sakura gets pained as she did, when she found out Sophie was just faking, she liked to cause trouble for that certain someone. It had happened a few years ago, when an annoying servant boy, about her age during that time, would not stop kissing her hand. She didn't mind the first time he had done it, because that's was every man did because after all, she was the Princess. But when he kept on kissing her hand constantly...like one kiss, two kiss, three kiss, four! Sakura was beginning to think that he got joy out of kissing her hand, while she was stuck with annoyance. And so, Sakura did something quite rude. Something rude enough to get her banned from going into town for a week. But I won't get into details. So, as Sophie was the one that had pained Sakura...Sakura was going to cause as much trouble as she could for the disgusting gold digger, and not reveal any of Sophie's secrets to Syaoran. Besides, what Sakura was going to do to Sophie was probably much worse than what Syaoran would do if he found out.

So Sakura got out of bed, and skipped her way into the kitchen, kicking Syaoran in the shins. Syaoran gave out a loud yelp, and rubbed his shin feverishly once again. It was true, Sakura did have to do that every morning. Only until the Poison Ivy wore off, which Syaoran hoped would be very, very soon.

Sakura began to eat her breakfast silently, until Syaoran had disturbed the peaceful quitness that lingered in the kitchen area. "What are you planning on doing today?" he asked her, as if he was interested.

Sakura looked at him weird. Her eye brows were both raised, and her mouth was slightly open. Did she hear him correctly? Did he really just ask her what she was planning on doing today in an interested voice? He had never asked her such a question in that tone. He was never interested in what she had to do for the day. But he had asked her that one question when they were seven years old...but he had only asked her that so he would have an idea of where should be at all times...so he could spend time alone with the maid he had ... a crush on.

Did that mean he wanted an idea of where Sakura would be going so he could spend more time with Sophie? Oh no, no, no, no, no! Sakura wasn't going to give that away so easily! She was going to make sure she stuck around with them, causing every bit of chaos for Sophie she possible could.

"Um...I'm not sure. Why?" Sakura said.

Syaoran kind of looked upset about her not saying anything about her plans that she had set for the day, but he answered, "Just wondering,"

Sakura nodded, and continued chewing on her breakfast, trying to eat it as fast as she possibly could, so she could have enough time to set things up before Sophie arrived. But, she obviously wasn't chewing fast enough, because a knock had come from the door, and seeing as how Syaoran practically bolted from his seat to the door, Sakura could almost garauntee that it was Sophie.

Ding, ding, ding! Sakura was right.

Syaoran lead the way into the kitchen, where Sakura was still chewing on her breakfast rather harshly. Syaoran stared at them for a while, noticing the weird tension between them. "Uh...aren't you two going to say hi to each other?" he asked.

Sakura and Sophie smiled at each other, and greeted the other, fakeness and disgust dripping from each word that they said to each other.

For some reason, they didn't even bother to bad mouth each other infront of Syaoran. It was that weird thing about girls. They can still hate each other with every last bit of strength that they have, but at the same time, they can still be very polite and respectul to the other...in a fake way.

And then it hit her. Sakura had the most perfect plan to start causing trouble for Sophie! So as quickly as Sakura could, she kept a certain piece of the egg underneath her tongue, and began to make coughing noises. Her hands flew to her throat, and it looked as if Sakura was trying to choke herself.

"...Kinomoto?" Syaoran said uneasily, inching closer towards her as if she were a rocket, getting ready to blast off any minute. "Kinomoto, are you okay?"

With the piece of egg still underneath her tongue, and not clogging her throat at all, Sakura held her breath, giving the skin on her face a purple colour. It looked like she had been beaten quite hard.

Terrified, and deceived by Sakura's brilliant acting skills, Sophie had cried out in fear, "Oh my gosh, Syaoran! She's choking!"

Syaoran quickly went up behind Sakura and wrapped his arms around her waist from behind, and held both of his hands on top of her belly button. "I knew she was eating that egg too quickly!" he said, and began to perform the heimlich manoeuvre on her.

Once again, Sakura began to make weird gargling, and coughing noises. Sakura should've won an Academy Award for that! Anyone that saw that scene probably would've been crying for Sakura to spit her food out so she could breathe again!

Syaoran, being behind Sakura could not notice anything that was being done infront of him. So, unknowingly to Syaoran, Sakura's mouth formed into an evil smile, and winked at Sophie, making Sophie look like a raging bull, ready to run her horns through Sakura. Sakura knew it was working. She knew that if Syaoran was in that position with her, Sophie would be sent over the thermometer, and up to boiling point. Even though Sophie was a gold digger, she still liked her man, well, his looks at least, and if her man was doing anything with another girl, it was "Jealousy Island" for Sophie!

Thinking that Sophie had taken enough, Sakura spit the piece of egg she was hiding from underneath her tongue, onto the kitchen floor, and began to heave like she had run a thousand miles barefoot.

"Oh -huff- my -huff- gosh! Thank you -huff- so -huff- much, Syaoran!" Sakura said, turning Syaoran around so his back was to Sophie, and flinging her arms around Syaoran's neck.

Syaoran patted her back, and unknowingly to him, Sakura had smiled maliciously towards Sophie once again, making her jealous now, more than ever. "Syaoran, I think Sakura's okay now. You can stop hugging her," Sophie said in a caring kind of voice which Sakura knew she had just used to cover her jealousy. "Really, you can stop hugging her now," Sophie repeated, when Syaoran did not heed what Sophie had said.

"But Sophie," Syaoran said, putting his arm around Sakura's shoulder. "I'm worried about Kinomoto over here! She could've died"

At that, Sophie's face had turned into the shade of Sakura's when she was pretending to choke. Not only had he held Sakura in an inproper fashion, but he had hugged her, and put his arm around her also! And now this? He was actually worried about her? Not only was this surprising to Sakura, it was surprising to Sophie.

Sophie only smiled in defeat, and stomped away onto the porch.

"Are you going to be okay, Kinomoto?" he asked, bringing her face very close to his.

Sakura stared deeply into his intense amber eyes, and couldn't help but get lost in them. She had never seen Syaoran's eyes painted so beautifully. She was just about ready to lose herself in his eyes forever, until he shook her shoulders lightly, making her find her way out of his handsome amber eyes.

"Kinomoto? Are you going to be okay?" he repeated.

Sakura's head snapped up, and said, "U - Uh, yeah! I - I - I'll be fine. We don't have to tell your Mother or my Father about this," she said, getting up and dusting off her home dress. Syaoran's head nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, I agree. They'll only think we can't handle ourselves. But are you sure you're okay? I don't need to call a doctor or anything...?" Syaoran said, reaching for his coat so he could walk to the local doctor's office.

Sakura quickly took hold of his wrist, and shook her head vigorously. "N - No! Really, I'm fine," she protested, and it wasn't long until she got the best of Syaoran, and convinced him to go onto the lawn with Sophie to help plant more seeds in the flower bed.

And so Sakura was left alone in the cottage, snickering evilly to herself about some more of her evil plans so she could ruin Sophie's day, and make her stay away from Syaoran. What she had just done was just an appetizer. She was going on to do even more things to ruin Sophie's stay with them. She had to make the most of the afternoon. Why? Because after she left the cottage today, Sophie would never have to come back to the cottage ever again, because Syaoran and Sakura's Poison Ivy infected arms and wrists would be back to normal by then.

After waiting about forty-five minutes to perform her next evil plan, Sakura got up from her seat and began to prepare a nice cool drink to set outside for Sophie. Sakura knew exactly how her plan would follow through. First, she thought, she would make a disgusting glass of lemonade, but still make it look incredibly thirst quenching at the same time. The hot weather would probably make Sophie swimming in her own sweat by now because she had been working in the sun all day, so if she took one look at the glass of lemonade, she'd probably come running up to it and take a huge gulp of the disgusting lemonade. The problem that had bugged Sakura, was that what if Syaoran had gotten to it first? But she thought about it more. Syaoran had worked in the burning hot weather since he was ten years old. He could take it! It'd probably be two hours until he actually began to sweat and want a glass of water. Besides, Sophie wasn't all that though.

And so, Sakura got a clean glass from the cupboard, and filled it with lemonade that was perfectly normal tasting - for the moment. After filling the glass almost over the top, she added lots of sugar in it, making it more sweet that it should be, and salt, making it taste awfully disgusting. And then, she made the final touches to it. She took an onion, and carefully shaved three thin slices from it, making it look barely noticable. She dropped them into the lemonade, and because she had sliced them so thin, they were hardly noticable as she had intended them to be. And then, lastly, pepper. And the only thing that probably wouldn't taste terrible in thelemonade was the ice, which she added after stirring the drink with a spoon.

And so, Sakura crept quietly out onto the porch, where she saw Syaoran and Sophie hard at work.

"Hmm" Sakura whispered. "At least she's good for something," and as quietly as she could, she left thelemonade on the porch, and walked back inside the cottage staring from the window, to see the glorious moment when Sophie would take a huge gulp of the contaminated lemonade.

And just five minutes later, Sakura saw Sophie get up on her feet, seeing as how she was on her knees planting seeds on the flower bed, and wipe the sweat off of her forehead from the back of her hand. She was incredibly sweaty and tired, and then - she saw it. The lemonade, looking so good to her from where she was. The glass shimmered in the bright sunlight, and water was dripping from the sides, making it look even more delicious. Without hesitating, Sophie ran up to it, and held it with the both of her hands. She rubbed the glass against her cheeks, and her neck, loving the cool feeling of it against her skin. And then, the moment came, when she lifted the glass up to her chin, and took a huge gulp of Sakura's lemonade.

And just as quickly a she had put it in her mouth, she spat it out, making the ice-tea splatter all over the porch floor.

"EW! EW, EW, EW, EW!" Sophie cried, sticking her tongue out, trying to get the taste off of it with her hand. "That's the most disgusting glass of lemonade I've ever tasted!" she added, still trying to rid her mouth of the disgusting taste.

Sakura was laughing so hard inside the cottage, that she fell onto her stomach. Her face had gone red, and it sounded as if she had gone mentally ill. She was pounding the floor with her fist, and every time her fist hit the hard wooden floor, it seemed as if her laughter grew with every pound. Finally gaining control of herself, she got up, and looked out the window, where she now saw Syaoran with her, trying to get Sophie to remain calm.

"S - Sophie! Calm down!" Syaoran said, trying to restrain her. Sophie was thrashing her arms around like a five year old having a tantrum.

"No! I will not calm down! I -" And then she saw Sakura's face, staring at her through the window of the cottage.

Sakura's eyes widened, and she ducked her head. Now Sophie knew it was Sakura who had messed with the lemonade.

"Er...Nevermind," Sophie said. She did not want Sakura to get satisfaction of her whining.

Syaoran's eyes widened, seeing as how she had transformed to whining little girl, to calm and mature woman. But he just shrugged the feeling off, and walked towards the flower bed, where he continued to plant seeds.

Sakura, still trying to restrain her giggles, walked into the kitchen area, thinking of the next terrible thing she should do to Sophie. Sakura wished her hardest that she knew what Sophie's strengths and weaknesses were. If she did, then she would probably know what to do next. Maybe Sophie was afraid of spiders? Or maybe she wasn't...Sakura wasn't sure. All she knew was that she needed a new idea - quick.

Thinking hard, Sakura began to wonder. She was beginning to get a little bored inside the cottage. She would probably think better if she were outside, sitting on the old rocking chair with the breeze whipping her face. It would help her a lot, and probably make her think quicker. I mean, what girl wouldn't want to sit on the rocking chair? She bet Sophie would probably want to sit on it. She - and it hit her again! Sakura ran outside, to Sophie and Syaoran, and thought up a quick excuse for them to work from behind the cottage. Syaoran agreed, as did Sophie, but she didn't leave until she thought she had glared at Sakura hard enough to burn a whole through her.

When they did, Sakura ran inside the cottage and grabbed Syaoran's tool box. She undida few of the screwsholding the old rocking chair together, and just twenty minutes later, she called them back again, insisting that they should take a break after working so hard.

"Come on, you guys!" Sakura said, taking hold of both their hands, steering them onto the porch. "I bet you guys are really tired. Don't you want a break?"

Syaoran thought about it, and agreed. "You're right, Kinomoto. I think I'll just take a seat - " he said, inching towards the old rocking chair, but Sakura grabbed his elbow, laughing nervously.

"No, no, no! Syaoran, don't you think you want a glass of water? Come on, go on inside, and I'll fix you a glass of...lemonade," Sakura said, emphasizing the word "lemonade" as she said it. Sophie's head snapped up at the word, and glared at Sakura once more.

Syaoran shrugged, and soon enough Sophie and Sakura were left alone on the porch. Sophie and Sakura didn't even bother saying anything to the other. They just glared at each other, well, at least one of them glared. Sakura just stared back at Sophie with a fake innocent smile, and tilted her head to one side. If she was holding a gun and someone was just murdered at that moment, no one would think it was her because of her innocent look.

"Stop looking at me like that," Sophie hissed.

Sakura's eyebrows raised, and just stopped staring at Sophie altogether. She just stood there, on the porch, staring out at the view infront of her, watching with the corners of her eyes, seeing when Sophie would possibly sit on the old rocking chair.

Minutes had passed, and Sophie still did not sit on the rocking chair. Sakura was beginning to run out of patience. She didn't even bother to watch out for Sophie anymore, so she just stared at the beautiful view, and let the peacefull sound of nature wrap themselves around her like a blanket...until she heard a big clatter, and a scream.

"AHH!" Sophie cried, now underneath a pile of wood which used to be the rocking chair. "SYAORAN!"

Syaoran burst through the cottage door, wide-eyed. He began to pull the wood off of Sophie, and helped her up, totally oblivious of what had just happened.

"What happened here?" he asked, while trying to calm Sophie down.

Sakura put on her innocent look once more, and replied. "Oh my! I'm so sorry, dear, Sophie! I guess I forgot to tell her that the rocking chair was currently out of order!" Sakura said, pretending to be shocked of what had just happened.

The threesome walked inside the cottage, and Syaoran began to tend to Sophie's bruises and cuts she had gotten because of the wood that had fallen on top, or beneath her.

Sakura began to snicker quietly to herself in the corner of the living room, complimenting herself on how perfectly genius she was. She watched as Syaoran put bandages on her, once he had finished, they all stayed inside the cottage, not wanting to go outside anymore. She sun had sunken low now, and the moon had risen up to it's highest. It was very late into the evening, until Sophie decided to leave.

Both Syaoran and Sakura walked Sophie to the door. Sakura knew she was doing something polite when walking her to the door, but she had absolutely no polite intentions when doing that. All she wanted to do was be the one to slam the door behind Sophie when she left the cottage. But, before they reached the door, Syaoran had a quick word with her, for only God knows why, and Sophie walked through the door, and stood to face the both of them.

"Well, bye, Sophie," Syaoran said.

Sakura nodded, and smiled. "Bye, Sophie. We greatly appreciate all the hard work that you have done to help us around the house, and Syaoran and myself will miss you greatly," She replied, her grasp on the door handle tightening with every word she said.

Sophie gritted her teeth, and tried her best to smile. It seemed that for once...she couldn't! Maybe her mouth muscles had finally gone bad. And then, she said, "I'm sure you will,"

And with that said,Sakura slammed the door in her face, her mouth spread into a wide grin, joyous that she never had to see that horrible gold digging girl ever again.

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