He Said He Loved Me (Revised and Updated)
by Madam Flutterby
le 22 novembre 2003
okay, okay. i know that last chapter was short, lame, and didn't make a whole lot of sense, but like i told you, i'm starting all over again and since i can't make an outline of a story and stick to it, i just make everything up as i go along. this habit will eventually lead to my second downfall but hopefully that won't happen until after i get all my ideas for stories out.
anyway, we know what's happening with the girls right now, but let's check in with the guys...
luv always })i({ madam flutterby
DISCLAIMER :: I do not, nor will I ever own Card Captor Sakura and its related characters, names, etc. because the wonderful fantabulous CLAMP owns it. Therefore, please don't sue me because I only have five cents. '-.-
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chapter two: setting the scene (part ii)
"Nice ride," complimented Eriol.
"Well, you know… senior year. Every parent wants to splurge… even when they're 10,000 miles away." Syaoran disarmed his sexy silver 2001 Tuburon and opened the door.
"Did you know that Japanese cars are more environmentally friendly than American cars?" though he was standing aside them the whole time, Yamazaki still appeared to pop out of nowhere, with his eyes still shut tightly and holding up his index finger in a matter-of-factly kind of way.
"Yeah, Toyota was number one and Ford came at number three or something last I heard." They all hopped in and Syaoran started driving- despite the fact that Eriol was still in the process of getting in the car and had his right leg still on the sidewalk.
"So, where to?" asked Syaoran.
"How lame… we all got into the car and you don't even know where you're going?" Eriol remarked.
"Chiharu and them are going to the mall, care to join them?" Yamazaki said from the backseat.
"Okay, let's," Syaoran turned right towards the mall. After doing so, Yamazaki noticed a very familiar black violet car, "Hey, isn't that Daidouji-san's car?"
"Hmm… let's have a little fun," Eriol suggested.
"Eh?" Yamazaki and Syaoran looked at Eriol strangely as Eriol opened the glove compartment and pulled out a police light and placed it on the roof of the car (okay, I have no clue what it's called, but it's the rotating light thing that unmarked police cars have).
"Let's go." Eriol ordered. As Tomoyo started driving again, Syaoran followed suit, careful to keep his distance as to not let the girls in on their trick.
"Think we're close enough?" Yamazaki snickered.
"Flip the switch," Syaoran said to Eriol. Eriol then flicked a switch inside the glove compartment as Syaoran simultaneously turned on the siren he had installed in his car.
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"Oh dear," Rika sighed.
"Shake 'em off, Tomo-chan!" encouraged Fei.
"That's all right, my record's clean so they'll probably just give us a warning," Tomoyo casually pulled over like the responsible driver she was. Sakura turned around to see how worried the other girls looked, but then caught sight of the "police car"… and the "police officers" walking out of it, and then couldn't help but laugh.
"There's nothing funny about our situation, Sakura-chan! What if Tomoyo loses her license?" Chiharu worriedly twisted her hair.
Syaoran came around to Sakura's side and Eriol to Tomoyo's, "Excuse me miss, do you know exactly fast you were driving back there?"
"Fast enough to win last place in a marathon," Tomoyo smiled.
"You losers!" Fei threw a box of tissues at Eriol, which he skillfully dodged.
"You guys are going to the mall, right?" Syaoran asked the girls in general, but was looking specifically at Sakura.
"Yup… School shopping. What about you?" Sakura replied.
"I'll go wherever you go," Syaoran murmured.
"Ano?"
"Ah… Eh… Same." Syaoran stammered. Everyone else listening in smiled a little smile. They all knew the story: how Syaoran had fallen in love with Sakura, but even up to now, was too shy to admit it.
"Well… What are you guys doing here? Get in your car! We've lost five minutes of very precious shopping time because of you two." Naoko ordered them to their car. ("You tell them!" - Rika)
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"Well… Where to first?" Rika asked.
"Hmm… me and Naoko were gonna check out the bookstore." Fei said, linking arms with Naoko. Naoko noticed that Sakura was about to tag along, but said to everyone in general, "You can come… as long as you're fine with going through every single aisle with us." And then added mischievously, "All fifty of them…"
"Ah… you know, I think I need to go look for a new sweater," Sakura said. She liked reading, but not enough to go through all fifty aisles of the bookstore.
"C'mon Sakura-chan, I want to buy you some new outfits!" Tomoyo quickly took her by the hand and led her towards a shop.
"So men, while the ladies are out, were shall we go?" Yamazaki said.
"Oh no no no… You sir are coming with us," Chiharu took Yamazaki by the collar, "Do you expect us to carry everything ourselves?"
"I guess I'll see you later!" Yamazaki yelled as Chiharu dragged him towards Victoria's Secret, with Rika at her side.
"Hmm… I think those two will need help carrying stuff as well being as how Tomoyo's wallet seems to have no bottom to it." Rika said as she turned around, "You two should go with them." Rika knew about Syaoran liking Sakura, and putting him with Sakura and Tomoyo's group would serve as quality time together- particularly because she was also aware of the feelings of Tomoyo for Eriol. While those two were off together, Sakura and Syaoran would be stuck together- perfect plan.
"We'll call you guys around three and go to where you are okay?" Fei said holding up her cellphone.
"Gotcha!" Chiharu held up hers.
"Okay!" Tomoyo, Sakura, Syaoran and Eriol waved bye to the others and went their way.
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chapter two and a half: summer bums and mall rats
The hour was two o'clock. As the summer drew to a close, malls and shopping markets were packed with people, all rushing to purchase last minute school supplies. Among these people were Sakura Kinomoto and Tomoyo Daidouji. Behind them- Syaoran Li and Eriol Hiragazawa- carrying their purchases.
"So… heavy…" Syaoran groaned under the weight of numerous notebooks, writing utensils, new uniforms, among other things.
"Now, now, Syaoran, let's not be complaining, after all, this is nothing compared to what we will have to carry once they hit up the clothing shops… You know Tomoyo, buys this, that, anything and everything that will look good on Sakura. And you do want Sakura to look good, don't you?" Eriol said with a smirk.
As usual, Syaoran gave his scowl, deepening the wrinkles that formed on his face from every time he scowled. But he looked up ahead to see Sakura and Tomoyo happily chirping away about the upcoming school semester. He suddenly had forgotten about the burden he was carrying and was grateful to Rika for the excuse to be with Sakura.
"Ah! Sakura-chan! Let's go in this store!" Tomoyo squealed happily.
"Demo, demo… Syaoran and Eriol look like they're having a hard time carrying things… and and…" Sakura tried to continue, but Tomoyo insisted and dragged her into the shop anyway ("Don't worry, they'll be fine!" Eriol and Syaoran sweatdrops). Sakura reached into her purse and pulled out a small pink card, "Float!"
Immediately, the weight was lifted off of Syaoran and Eriol's shoulders and they only had to pretend that they were holding the bags. ("It's a good thing Sakura's learned how to use the cards without having to take out her wand." -Eriol "So why couldn't she have done that earlier!?" - Syaoran)
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"Oooh!! Sakura-chan try this on!!" Tomoyo held up a pair of khaki bellbottoms, a black tubetop and a green polo shirt.
"T-tomoyo…!!" After taking merely five steps into the store, Tomoyo had managed to scrap together eight outfits within a two-minute time period.
"Ah! It matches Li-kun's outfit today! C'mon! Join the club! You could wear this to match Li-kun, and I could wear this," Tomoyo held up a pair of jeans and a white tank top, "to match Eriol-kun!"
After trying on several outfits, Sakura and Tomoyo walked up with confidence to the cash register, each already wearing one of their many new attires.
"You ladies buying all this for yourselves?" asked the guy at the cash register.
"No, this is all for her, the outfit I'm wearing right now is for me." Tomoyo replied with a smile.
The guy at the cash register, who's nametag declared Ryu as his name, sweatdropped, "Well, I guess these clothes would look very good on your cute friend." He winked at Sakura and proceeded to scan all the clothes and the tags that Tomoyo and Sakura had pulled off the clothes they were already wearing, "And the grand total comes up to… ¥50050."
"Here Tomoyo, it's only fair that I pay." Sakura began to open her purse, but Tomoyo was a step ahead of her and casually handed Ryu her credit card ("Don't leave home without it!" -Tomoyo ).
"Maybe I'll see you ladies later?" Ryu asked as he had finished bagging their garments. But to no avail, Tomoyo merely smiled as she linked arms with Sakura and walked out of the shop.
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Meanwhile, Syaoran and Eriol were checking out the bookstore right across the shop Sakura and Tomoyo had walked into.
"Hey, Hiragazawa-san, where's Tomo-chan and Saku-chan?" Fei came up behind them, with Rika, Chiharu, Naoko, and Yamazaki behind her (with Yamazaki's arms shaking from the countless bags of books, lingerie, and clothes he was holding).
"Across at Mode," replied Eriol.
"Okay Yamazaki, you can hang out with your friends now." Chiharu gave Yamazaki a quick kiss on the cheek and proceeded with the other girls to Mode.
Eriol walked to the nearest bookshelf, "Here Syaoran, this book is for you," Eriol smiled as he held up Dating For Dummies. Syaoran plucked a book off the shelf and held it up for Eriol to see, "Then this one must have been written for you." It was L.A.: Losers Anonymous… Join the Club!
"Hmm… I think this was written for both of you," Yamazaki held up The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood.
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"Oh, hey guys!" Tomoyo walked out the store with Sakura, followed by an enormous bag.
"Awh… We just got here!" Naoko complained.
"No problem… Let's go anyway!" Sakura said excitedly.
"Watch out for the guy at register. He was trying to hit on our Sakura-chan," Tomoyo whispered to Fei. Like Tomoyo, Fei was also set on putting Syaoran and Sakura together. She immediately gave her death-glare to the confused guy named Tai at the cash register upon entering Mode.
"No, no.. not that one… That one," said Tomoyo, rotating Fei's head to the right, "Oh... whoops…" she turned to the Tai and held up the peace sign with her fingers she then turned to the right guy and gave him a death-glare that was ten times fatal than the previous one.
"Well, we're done here," Rika, Chiharu and Naoko had all picked out their outfits and picked one out for Fei, since she was so busy glaring at the guy at the cash register.
"Let's go then." The girls all linked their arms and walked out of the store.
"Goodness… where are the guys?" Chiharu said.
"There they are," Sakura pointed across the store to see the boys throwing books at each other and then the storekeeper throwing them out (literally).
Fei whistled and the guys turned their way. Chiharu motioned for them to come over, which they immediately did. ("I swear… what got into you?" - Chiharu "But Eriol started it!" -Yamazaki)
"Man, I'm starved," Rika said.
"Food court?" suggest Naoko.
"Sure… Hey Syaoran, there's only three of you in your car so could you put these in your car?" asked Tomoyo.
"Sure no problem," Syaoran replied, "Hey, Yama-"
"Sakura can help you," Tomoyo smiled, as everyone else sweatdropped. ("Hoe?" -Sakura)
next chapter: picture perfect
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okay yeah… another chapter… I hope it was satisfactory enough for you. Oh yeah, about the whole 2.5 chapter, that entire section was my second attempt at rewriting this story… the stuff you see now is my third attempt cuz I was never content with how my stories turned out, so I'd always rewrite them. There was some good stuff that chapter so that's why I worked it into this chapter.
Made up a lot of stuff here… the book L.A.: Losers Anonymous…Join the Club! I totally made up and if it's a real book then tell me cuz it sounds interesting. Mode… I don't think that's a real store… but oh well.
Please, please… review and tell me how I'm doing. Your input helps me to write better and therefore benefits you. Anyhow… happy reading!