War With Fate

Chapter 3 – Dance of a Lifetime

The Next Morning

"HEY SAKURA!" yelled Tomoyo. "Do you know what's coming up tonight?"

"Haha… no." Sakura replied honestly. Tomoyo looked at her in disbelief, "Are you serious? How could you not know? Well let me tell you all about it! Tonight's only the BIGGEST dance of the YEAR!"

"Really? And why is that important to me?" Sakura asked.

"Well… let's see, you get to dance with AH HEM!" Tomoyo winked at her, "AND I get to make you your dress and make it look all pretty." With that, Tomoyo went off into her little world thinking of how she should design Sakura's dress.

Sakura sweat-dropped and decided to finish up her math work even though she didn't have a clue what's going on. A dance? Maybe I COULD ask Syaoran to dance with me. But what am I saying? He doesn't even like dancing, and why would he dance with me when he's got all the other girls waiting? sigh

"Hey Sakura, you must have heard about the dance." Eron said from behind her.

"Huh? Oh ya, I did… haha, like just now." Sakura replied.

"Well, I was wondering, would you like to have a dance with me tonight?" Eron gazed into her eyes and for a moment, Sakura felt as though she was captivated by him and couldn't move as if she was controlled or something.

"No, she is already going with me." Syaoran answered for her.

"She never said that, she can make her own decisions you know." Eron gave him a glare.

"Well then, let's ask Sakura. Who do you want to go with Sakura?" Syaoran asked.

"Um…" Sakura began but before she could continue Tomoyo came to the rescue, "Guys, please, just ask her tonight. For now, I need to borrow her for a while to talk about her dress." With that, Tomoyo dragged Sakura away from the two rivals.

"Syaoran, look, I like Sakura and no matter what, I will make her mine." Eron said in an arrogant way.

"Well let me tell you this, if you hurt Sakura even a bit, I will chop you to pieces and throw you into the ocean. So, don't even bother trying because it won't work." Not giving Eron time to fight back, Syaoran left.

At Sakura's house

"Sakura? Can you come down for a minute? I have to tell you something." Sakura's dad said.

"Yes dad?" Sakura asked.

"Well, I need to tell you that I am leaving for London tomorrow. I know it's a very short notice, but I just found out today myself. I won't be coming back until two months after. But I'm not sure if you can just stay home by yourself." Her father told her.

"Don't worry about me dad, I'll ask Tomoyo tomorrow at school if I can stay over at her house… well, more like a mansion. Hehe, I'm sure she won't mind." Sakura reassured her dad. She knew she would miss him a lot but she wanted her dad to take this opportunity because she knew that he had wished to teach somewhere else for a long time.

"Okay then, but remember, please be careful while I'm away." Her father gave her a hug and returned to watching TV.

The Next day at School

Everyone was busy talking about the dance, either about who they want their date to be or about what they were going to wear. It was such a busy day at school because their class had a job decorating the gym for the night.

"Hey Tomoyo? Can I talk to you for a second?" Sakura wanted to ask her if she could stay over for two months.

"Sure Sakura, what is it?" Tomoyo asked. "Well you see, my dad will be away for two months and he's leaving tonight and I wanted to ask you if I could stay at your house." Sakura told her.

However, before Tomoyo could reply, Meirin interrupted "Why don't you come over to Syaoran's apartment to stay? I mean I'm sure he wouldn't mind." Meirin send Tomoyo a mental signal and at once Tomoyo caught on.

"Ya, actually, Sakura I wanted to tell you that um… well, my dad is coming to Japan along with a bunch of his relatives.. and um… well, my mansion won't have anymore room. So, why don't you stay at the Li's for now?" Tomoyo said. It was hard making up a lie, but it was worth a try.

"I guess… but I'm not sure if Syaoran would mind." Sakura said. "Don't worry, he doesn't mind." Meirin grinned at her. This would be a perfect chance to help those two.

At Sakura's house

"Well honey, I'm going now. Remember, if you have any trouble, just call me. And I will call Meirin's house to see how you're doing, okay?" As he said this, he gave her a hug.

"I'll miss you dad, but please be safe while you are in London." Sakura returned the hug and tried to hold back her tears. I can't cry, or else my dad would get worried.

After that, she was left all alone in the house. She was almost finished packing her stuff and tonight she will be moving in to Syaoran's apartment. I wonder if it is going to be awkward being at his apartment. Then the phone rang.

RING RING!

"Hello?" Sakura answered the phone. "Sakura? It's me Kero!" Kero said on the other side of the line.

"Hey Kero! I want to tell you that I will…" Sakura started.

"Wait, I need to tell you something first. I don't think I will be coming back anytime soon because Yue and I are still researching on this mysterious magician. Please take care of yourself and if that brat ever tries to hurt you, let me know!"

"Syaoran's not a brat!" she was going to say, but too late, Kero had already hung up.

sigh well, I guess it's for the better that Kero didn't know I was staying at the "brat"'s house or else he would definitely kill me.

At the dance

"Wow, look at the beautiful lights. I feel like I'm in a real ballroom." Rika exclaimed.

"Did you know that lights first originated from outer space because the aliens wanted to use lights as food…"Takashi began.

"STOP MAKING UP STUPID LIES TAKASHI! YOU ARE SOO HOPELESS!" Chiharu yelled angrily at him.

"Well, guess those two are a couple for that reason." Eriol stated. Everyone sweat-dropped knowing that Eriol was right.

Starting the dance, the principal went up to the stage and announced, "Welcome students to the Annual "Dance of a Lifetime"! I hope you all enjoy yourselves tonight and make sure to dance with your special someone. Alright, let's get this party started!" The music started and the lights dimmed.

"Wow Sakura, you look really beautiful tonight." Eron complimented her. Indeed, Sakura was dressed in a long blue dress that sparkled in the light with her hair tied up in a bun. Underneath the dress, she made sure to wear a tank top and shorts just in case if she had to fight off a force.

"Thanks Eron, you look astounding yourself." Sakura replied his compliment.

"Thanks, would you like to dance?" he took out his hand waiting for Sakura to accept.

"Sure." Sakura took his hand and he led her to the middle of the dance floor.

Watching Eron and Sakura dance, Syaoran wanted to kill Eron right at that moment. "Well, you know, you should have asked her first then." Eriol said.

"Wha…what are you talking about?" Syaoran looked away blushing. "Haha…come on, I know you like her. Why don't you just tell her so you don't have to put up with Eron's attitude? And plus, you know Eron is probably up to no good." Eriol said, half jokingly and half knowingly because the first time he met Eron, he sensed some sort of aura around him but it soon faded away.

Suddenly, the ground shook from beneath them. Everyone started to panic even the teachers.

"What's going on? Is there an earthquake?" students were saying to each other.

Looking at each other, Sakura and Syaoran knew at once that this was no ordinary earthquake; they could both sense an aura.

Releasing herself from Eron's embrace, she ran out of the building with Syaoran.

Sakura released her staff once she and Syaoran got out of the building and called out the Lock card. "LOCK! Make sure all the windows and doors of the school are locked right now."

"Good thinking Sakura, now the students and teachers can't get out so they will be safe." Syaoran stated.

And then she called out the Sleep card to put everyone to sleep.

"Come on, let's go." Syaoran said.

They ran away from the school and found that the earthquake followed them everywhere they went. So, they led it to the forest where no one was there.

Almost immediately, the earthquake tried to engulf Sakura. Luckily Syaoran acted just in time to pull Sakura away.

"FLY!" Sakura then sprouted wings from her back and she could fly up high where the force cannot reach her. "How are we going to stop an earthquake?" asked Sakura. "I don't know. Since it's a natural disaster, it's hard to actually end it." Syaoran replied.

The force got impatient and shook the ground so hard that the trees were falling apart. "AHHHH!" Sakura screamed as the tree branches scratched her.

She then lost control of the fly card and it returned to its original card form, causing Sakura to fall. Immediately, Syaoran used his wind powers to help her land safely. He ran over to her, "Are you okay Sakura?"

"Ya, I'm fine. Thanks." Although her head was spinning and her arms were bleeding, she still couldn't give up because she knew she had to defeat this force so that it wouldn't have a chance to harm innocent people.

I can't use Firery because then it will cause a forest fire and that's not good. Watery wouldn't work either because it will only cause a flood. Which card can I use? Sakura was struggling; she had never had such a hard time deciding which card to use. Cards, I don't know what to do, please show me through your powers which one of you is suitable to defeat this force without hurting others. Just as she said this, she felt a warm feeling run down her spine and then the Sand card flew out of the pile.

"That's it! Sand would work!" She threw the card up in the air and commanded it. "SAND! Fill up the gaps of the earthquake and pile yourself over the ground to keep the force down!" With that the Sand card filled all the gaps of the earthquake and the force eventually died down. The dark force changed back into its card form and evaporated into black smoke.

"Syaoran! Are you okay?" Sakura ran to Syaoran and saw all the bruises and cuts he had while trying to protect her.

"Ya, I'm fine. Are you?" Syaoran tried to hide away the pain he felt so Sakura wouldn't be worried. I rather die than see you get hurt, Sakura.

"Well, I'll help you bandage those cuts once we get to your apartment, but for now, we must return to the dance because everyone will be wondering where we went." Sakura said and helped Syaoran get up.

When they returned to the dance, they found everyone back to their normal state and dancing away as if nothing has happened.

"Sakura, there you are! Where did you go? I was looking all over the place for you!" Eron said looking worried.

"Oh…um… Syaoran and I decided to go have some fresh air." Sakura replied. Well, that's the best I could say, I mean I can't tell him I went to fight against magic.

That night at Syaoran's apartment

"Well, I'm going to get some sleep now you two, I'll talk to you tomorrow." Meirin said. (Meirin lived with Syaoran if you didn't know)

After she went inside her room, Sakura quickly took out the first aid kit and helped Syaoran bandaged up his wounds. They didn't want to show Meirin all the wounds they had.

"Oww!" Syaoran winced when Sakura put medicine on his cuts which sting a lot.

"Oh, I'm so sorry, are you okay? It's my entire fault, if it wasn't for my clumsiness, you wouldn't have gotten hurt." Sakura blamed herself.

"It's not your fault, stop blaming yourself, I WANTED to protect you. It's better for me to get hurt than watch you get hurt." Syaoran said quickly without realizing what he had said.

He cares so much for me. Does he like me? Sakura thought to herself.

Breaking the silence, "Well I'm going to bed now, thank you for helping me bandage up the wounds." Syaoran went to his room and shut the door. sigh Eriol's right, maybe I should just tell her…when it's the right time, I will.

End of Chapter 3

Well, Sakura is now staying with Syaoran. Will they tell each other during this time? Keep reading on!

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