this is already so much longer than i planned it! i have the ending, but i need to get to it! AHHH! anyway, sorry these updates are so short, but its better to be good, short chapters than long sucky chapters.
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Sakura left her house early, passing her brother who was cooking breakfast in the kitchen.
"Up already kaijuu?" he taunted.
"Going to the city today." Sakura grabbed a sweet roll from the pile Toya had prepared, and a travel mug of coffee, adding milk and sugar in massive quantities.
"Why bother with the coffee?" Toya muttered as he did every morning.
"The taste." Sakura replied, again.
"Where in the city?" Toya asked, it always paid to keep tabs on the kid.
"A dress making place that Yuki's brother owns." Sakura turned at her brothers puzzled sound.
"Sohma. Not Yukito-san." she expanded.
"Ah, well, have fun. Don't forget, I'm working tonight, so you're on your own for dinner." he pointed to the board which kept the familys schedules straight. Their father was coming back from his dig in a few days. Sakura couldn't wait.
"Ok." She snagged another sweet roll from Toya's pile and hurried on her way.
"You're bright and early this morning Sakura." Meilin grinned as the brunette skid to a stop at her front door.
"Hai!" Sakura bowed and Meilin bowed in return. Formalities out of the way the girls each flung an arm around the other and sat on the front porch to wait for the others. "So how are you settling in?"
"Very well. Everything just seems to fall into place when Syaoran and I are together. By the way, he told me of this curse thing you've gotten from Miss. Mitzuki."
"And?" knowing the Chinese girl wouldn't bring it up if she didn't have something to add.
"I think my sister uses something similar. She doesn't have a lot of power, like you and Syaoran, but what she has she uses wisely. This pendant sounds like something she would wear to keep her extra energy in."
"Hoeee?"
"Yes, I think you're right about it being storage." Meilin nodded when Sakura grinned, "but I also think it came to you, at this time, for a reason." A loud laugh and a sedate answer interrupted Meilin, the laugh had come from the arrival of Tohru, Uo, and Hana.
"Hello!" Tohru greeted them.
"And then there was one." Meilin muttered.
"Tomoyo has not joined us yet." Sakura took a sip of her "coffee" and stood to greet the others. Meilin just sat on the porch, observing until Sakura motioned her forward.
Li stood at the door to the Sohma's, he heard the elder cousin scolding Kyo over the younger ones grumblings. For such a private family, their voices were loud, and their walls were thin. Hearing yet another request for the eldest to shut up, Li decided to knock.
"Syaoran?" Kyo flung open the entrance and stood, puzzled, "Tohru left a little while ago. Didn't she make it?"
"Hai, I was just in the neighborhood… was wondering if you'd want to walk with me?" Li gestured softly to where Shigure was leaning against the living room door, his ear to the thin paper wall.
"Of course. Just let me grab some water, you want something?"
"A bottle would be nice." Kyo went to the hall as if going to the kitchen, but stopped on his way and opened the sliding door into the family room. Shigure promptly fell on his nosy ear.
"Oy!" he complained, rubbing the offending organ, "Kyo…"
"That's what you get for eavesdropping you stupid mutt."
