In the Shadows
By: Lan Fa- Pretty Blossom
Summary: Sakura Kinomoto, age 15, has been in the shadows of her brother all her life. She had a boyfriend who cheated on her. He was Sakura's first love. She has been crying and alone for a long time until this one guy awakens her spirit…
("…") Speaking
('…') Thinking
(:...:) Some Kind of Noise/ Sound
(A.N.) My Dumb Notes
(/ ... /) Different Scene
Disclaimer: I do not own Card Captor Sakura. If I wanted it so badly I would be really rich and buy it off of CLAMP. And then draw the characters! LoLzzz
(A.N. Did I say the dance was this week? Well, if I did, I'm sorry, I decided to change it to next Friday, or the Friday after this week's Friday.)
Chapter 7: A Different Kind of Concept
Replay from Last Time:
"That Kinomoto bitch is going to pay," Keiko growled.
Mimi said, "Why don't we just leave her alone? I mean… How much trouble is she going to cause anyway?"
"A lot of trouble for me. She took Li away, now she has to pay."
"What are you going to do to her?" asked Kathy.
"Whatever makes her suffer… The only thing is to take Li away from her. Bring Tai back into the picture. And mess Kinomoto up, so badly, she'll be called the slut of this damn school," she answered.
End of Replay…
A few days have passed quickly as Syaoran's and Sakura's love bloomed. Everyday had been a happy day for this couple and nothing could ruin it.
"AAAAAHHHHH!" cried a loud, piercing scream.
Everyone had jolted up awake at the terrible screeching.
"I FOUND THE PERFECT DRESS!"
A glare formed from one person in front of the room. "Miss Daidouji, do you have something to share with the class?" said the Biology teacher.
Tomoyo look so happy and decided to share. That's just being her.
"Yes, yes, yes! I found the most perfect dress. Well, actually, I didn't find it, I drew it! Now, I am going to design it for the beautiful Kinomoto Sakura!" cried Tomoyo in happiness.
The teacher glared at her for disrupting his class and muttered, "Well, Miss Daidouji, you just earned yourself after school detention."
Tomoyo glared back at the teacher and ignored him. She was still too happy to even think about the teacher and his antics.
After class Tomoyo told Sakura about her ideas. Sakura didn't want her to design such a dress for her. She could wear something simple, but that didn't go well as planned. Tomoyo refused to let Sakura wear a dress made for a hobo.
There was one thing that everyone should know about Tomoyo. Tomoyo only let her friends wear the most beautiful things in the world: her designs.
Syaoran and Eriol came along and put arms around their girlfriends' waists.
"So… What are we talking about?" asked Eriol.
"WE ARE TALKING ABOUT DESIGNING DRESSES!" cried Tomoyo.
Eriol, Syaoran, and Sakura flinched at her mannerisms.
"Um, okay, Tomoyo. I won't bother you then," said Eriol and slowly backed away. In five seconds flat, he was out of the school's door.
Syaoran and Sakura looked at each other and looked back at Tomoyo.
Syaoran said, "Well, you know Tomoyo. I can't talk about dresses right now 'cause Eriol needs me to… do his laundry! BYE!" And he ran off just like that.
"Eriol's laundry? What kind of chore was that?" asked Tomoyo.
"Um, I don't know. But I gotta go too. Touya's coming home soon and he's going to kill me. And-and I need to do his laundry!" and Sakura sped off.
Tomoyo looked confused and asked herself, "What's with people and laundry these days?"
She had detention today so she went back to Biology and stayed there for what seemed like an hour since Tomoyo was having so much fun designing the dress.
Tomoyo called Eriol after detention and said, "Eriol, even though our plan didn't come out as good as we planned. It doesn't matter, does it? We still got them together. But you hardly did anything! All you did was sit there and eat a sandwich the whole time! What's wrong with you?"
Eriol replied, "Wasn't my fault that that I was hungry! Well, we got them together and that's all that counts."
"Okay, if you say so. But I have this gut feeling that won't go away. It feels like something is going to happen," muttered Tomoyo.
"Well, let's just hope that it goes away soon," said Eriol.
Tomoyo mumbled a "yes" and hung up.
/Somewhere Else/
"AAAAAHHHHH!" cried another piercing scream.
Tai awoke in a snap and asked, "What's wrong, honey?"
The dark brown-eyed girl stared up at Tai. She said, "Nothing much. I just found the perfect dress for the school dance!"
Tai with his brown hair and brown eyes stared at the dress catalogue his beloved girlfriend was holding. "Yeah, that'll look nice on you," he said tiredly.
She glared at him with distasteful eyes. "You're lying, Tai. That's it, we're through!"
Tai's fearful brown eyes snapped open and cried, "No, Keiko! Please don't leave me. You're the only one I love!"
Keiko turned around and looked at Tai, not believing a word he told her. "Well, I won't forgive you. The only way you could make it up is to go to the… Dress boutique at the mall with me tomorrow!" she promised.
Tai groaned an awful sound and Keiko glared back Tai.
Anyway, back to the story. It's still been going great. Tomoyo is still filled with ideas; Eriol always thinking about sandwiches and food and whatnot; Syaoran's still together with Sakura; and Sakura's having the best time of her life.
Their projects for Industrial Arts were due the week after the dance, which is plenty of time… right?
(A.N. Did I tell you that the projects were due? Well, if I did, I'm sorry cause it hasn't been a month yet.)
Syaoran has been coming over to Sakura's house, but every time he went, Touya was always giving him dirty looks that seemed to go through him like fire.
Sakura, on the other hand, had no problems going to Syaoran's house, since Eriol and Tomoyo was always there. There was one thing that stopped everything from happening though.
Touya.
He always followed Sakura and Syaoran to Eriol's house. He trusts Sakura, but he doesn't trust the gaki.
One day, Sakura was going to Eriol / Syaoran's house. She was of course, walking with Syaoran.
Since they were going out, Sakura was very attached to Syaoran. But not like other girls who tend to call their boyfriends everyday or transfer into all their classes. Sakura wasn't like that. She already had most of her classes together with Syaoran by coincidence.
While they were walking, they held hands. Their fingers intertwined with each other's and they scooted closer together. They were going for each other's lips. They came closer and closer…
"STEP AWAY FROM MY SISTER, GAKI!"
Syaoran slowly turned around to see an angry-looking face.
Touya sent glares that were so strong; they could kill.
"Don't do anything drastic, Touya! I told you before that he was my boyfriend. Remember?" said Sakura fearfully.
Touya was apparently too angry to even listen to his trustworthy sister. "You better get running, GAKI!" Touya chased Syaoran down the sidewalk, which led straight to Eriol's house.
Syaoran ran in and gasped for breath. He sprawled all over the door to keep from being opened by Touya.
Eriol stood in front of him eating a sandwich, then he stopped eating with his mouth wide and asked, "What are you doing to the door? Please do not tell me that you fell in love with my door! I do not want to replace 'Old Faithful'!"
Syaoran glared at Eriol who was on his knees, crying his heart out. Syaoran asked, "You named your door?"
"Uh… Who said I named her?"
"You did. And it's a her?"
"No! I didn't say that! Don't believe a word I say."
"Yeah right. Keep dreaming Eriol."
"Anyway, back to my question! What are you doing to my door?" cried Eriol.
"I'm protecting myself, you pervert! Sakura's brother, Touya, saw us holding hands and he was about to kill me!" yelled Syaoran.
"Riiight.. So if I open Old Faithful, Touya will come trampling over me? Yeah right," said Eriol, not believing Syaoran.
"Fine! Don't listen to me! Just open that door if you want. I'll be upstairs and stop naming your doors!" huffed Syaoran.
Eriol looked at Syaoran's retreating back. He looked back at Old Faithful and turned the knob.
Touya was standing there, looking angry. Steam was coming out of his ears and nostrils. He kind of looked like a bull looking at a red cloth. He was so angry, he didn't even know who was in front of him. The red cloth was right in front of him too.
He trampled over Eriol and punched the daylights out of him. Eriol heard the breaking of glass. Touya immediately stopped punching and looked at Eriol.
"Eriol! What are you doing here?" cried Touya.
Eriol cried in pain, "You know… This is my house…"
Touya scratched behind his head in embarrassment and apologized.
Eriol looked beside him and there it was: his beloved glasses. "MY GLASSES!" Eriol cried loudly. "SMILEY! MISSY! DON'T LEAVE ME!" he continued.
Syaoran, who was upstairs, thought, "Smiley? Missy? What the hell is he thinking?"
"Eriol… Who is Smiley and Missy?" asked Sakura.
"Sakura-Chan! MY GLASSES! DAMMIT!" cried Eriol once more.
Touya stared at Eriol, feeling sorry for him and forgetting that he was going to beat Syaoran up! "You have some weird friends, imouto…" Touya mumbled.
Sakura glared at her inept brother and went back to Eriol. Touya left Eriol's house just in time too. Now he isn't responsible for breaking anything… or anyone.
"Why did you name your glasses Smiley and Missy?" asked Sakura.
"Well, Smiley helps me smile in times of good and bad. Missy helps me be more mischievous so I can devise plans. Such as the plan that me and Tomoyo planned to get you and Syaoran together."
Syaoran gasped behind his bedroom door, which is coincidentally next to the stairs. Syaoran ran down the stairs to meet Eriol, Smiley and Missy, and Sakura.
"What the hell, Eriol?" growled Syaoran.
"Don't get mad at Eriol, Syaoran. It must have been Tomoyo's plan all along. I haven't seen Eriol do anything suspicious. It's Tomoyo," said Sakura, calmly.
Syaoran harrumphed and left the scene to the kitchen. He came back with a vacuum and vacuumed the pieces of glass up.
Eriol suddenly felt pain on his face. Sakura stared at him, disgustingly. His right eye was turning blue. His nose was slightly bleeding and his bottom lip had a cut. And most importantly: his favorite glasses were broken.
"Don't take my friends away!" cried Eriol.
Syaoran glared at him and said, "What's with you and objects? Why do you name them?"
"I just like to name them, that's all. Now give me Smiley and Missy back!"
"I don't think so. If you touch one of these pieces, you're going to go bleeding more than you have already. And… I told you not to open the door," yelled Syaoran.
"Whatever…" said Eriol. Instead of listening to Syaoran, Eriol tried getting this big piece of glass attached to his glasses. And guess what?
He got cut.
His finger was bleeding like crazy. It just kept coming and coming and didn't even take a rest.
Sakura went to his bathroom and got out a first aid kit. Eriol's finger eventually stopped bleeding. Eventually is the operative word here. The blood kept going through the band-aid and Sakura had to change it every 2 minutes or so.
Eriol trembled and cried a little. Syaoran turned over to the sobbing teen and said, "Eriol, stop crying! Men do not shed tears!"
"We're going to get you new glasses tomorrow. Okay, Eriol?" promised Sakura.
"But it's not the same! How will I watch my Lifetime movies?" whined Eriol.
"You watch Lifetime? Well, I guess we're not so different after all. It's a very depressing channel, you know. It's like every time you watch a movie, it never gets old. I get so forlorn when I watch it," said Syaoran. Now, that was news to Sakura. She didn't know he was so… so… sensitive.
Eriol nodded in agreement and started to sniff, loudly. He went to the trashcan and stared at the broken pieces of his glasses. "I'm gonna miss you, BUDDIES!" he whined.
"SUCK IT UP, ERIOL!" yelled Syaoran.
'Guess he isn't that sensitive…' Sakura sweat dropped.
/Sakura's Home/
Touya sat on the couch, watching TV as usual. He decided to make conversation with Sakura. He asked, "So, what's up with you and that gaki?"
"Can you stop calling Syaoran a 'gaki'?" asked Sakura.
"I'm just saying it like it is, kajuu. It's not like there's a wrong way of saying it. Gaki is a great nickname for a brat like him," replied Touya as he shrugged.
Sakura shut her ears off and walked away.
"Hey! Don't walk away when I'm talking to you!" cried Touya.
"LA LA LA! I'M NOT LISTENING!" yelled Sakura as she covered her ears.
Touya scoffed and went back to the television.
Sakura went back into her room and opened her secret diary. She kept this for a long while. Sakura always put it under her bed and would always come home to write in it.
She had two keys for the lock, but somehow one was missing. She was thinking of her dad, having the key, but he's not that overprotective to look into her diary. 'It must be Touya, then,' thought Sakura. She decided to whip up a plan so she could get her key back.
'Maybe I could: distract him, then run into his room, and then I would find it! VOILA! THAT IS A PERFECT PLAN!'
Sakura decided to write in her diary first. This was her entry:
Dear Diary,
Today was one of the best days I've had with Syaoran. We were going to his house to do our projects for Industrial Arts. But NO! Touya had to butt in and run after Syaoran. I knew Syaoran was going to kiss me, but when Touya sneaked up behind us, he had to cause trouble! Well, anyway, Syaoran ran to his and Eriol's house. I didn't know what happened then since I was so far from Eriol's house.
It was really weird, though. Touya was banging on the door like there was no tomorrow. He really wanted to kill Syaoran! But I won't let him. Syaoran's the best! Anyway, someone opened the door to the house and Touya jumped on top of the person and punched him 'til he bled! It was a horrible sight. I wish I didn't see it.
Do you know who was on the floor, while Touya was punching the guy like a punch bag? Well, it was Eriol! He had a sandwich in his hand and he just opened the door and let Touya punch him. Touya jumped off Eriol and said sorry, but he beat Eriol to a pulp! Eriol's glasses have to be repaired now, since they were broken.
Oh yeah, can you believe that Eriol named his glasses? They're called Smiley and Missy. I think he has something going on in his brain that's a little funky, but oh well!
There was one thing I learned today though. Syaoran was a really sensitive guy! Well, he is sort of in a way or two. He watches Lifetime and he actually has something in common with Eriol. That's kind of freaky, but it's true. By the way, Eriol cried a lot today! I hope he refills 'cause he really misses his glasses a lot, but his pair of glasses are really out of date. We're going to get him new ones. Guess that's it for today! Till next time!
Love,
Sakura Kinomoto
With that, she signed her name in perfect cursive, and shut her diary. She locked it up and went searching for her lost key.
"Time to put my plan into action!" snickered Sakura, as she walked out of her room.
"Put what into action?"
"AAACK!" cried Sakura.
Fujitaka Kinomoto, Sakura's father stood there surprised and frightened. "Sakura? Is there something wrong that you want to tell me?"
Sakura sweat dropped and thought it was her brother. "There's nothing wrong, dad! I was just talking to myself! It's nothing, really."
Fujitaka looked at her curiously and continued down the hall to the bathroom.
Sakura goes into the living and pretends to look out the window. By the way, Touya is in the kitchen.
"TOUYA! LOOK! SOMEONE IS STEALING YOUR CAR!" yelled Sakura.
Touya heard Sakura and ran to the door while taking his apron off. "No way is some punk stealing my brand new car!" he yelled, as he ran outside.
Sakura quickly ran into Touya's room. She searched his bed: under, over, in, out, but she still didn't find it. She raced to his computer desk. Sakura checked his CD tower, drawers, and boxes. It still wasn't there. 'Where could it be?' she thought.
"Looking for this?" Touya said as he dangled the key with his forefinger. He stood against the door, looking all angry and such. But he was also smirking at the fact that he won the round.
"Hey! That's mine! Give it back, Touya, or else!" cried Sakura.
Sakura jumped for the key. The higher she jumped, the higher Touya dangled the key from her.
Until after a few minutes of endless jumping, Sakura gave up and sighed, "Fine, Touya. Keep it, but I'll hide it somewhere where nobody can find it except me!"
"You wish!" Touya scoffed.
Sakura stomped out of his room and on the way to the door, she stomped, hard, on his most vulnerable spot: his big toe.
Touya howled in pain and sent a death glare at Sakura.
END OF CHAPTER 7
Well, that was another chapter of "In the Shadows". I did not; I repeat did not plan all of this mayhem out. I just thought it out and typed it, which is what most writers I know, do. I didn't plan the door scene or the running away scene or anything! It just came to mind when I was typing. When I type I don't think so it gives me a lot of ideas to think about. Does that make sense? Well, that doesn't matter. It matters that I finished another chapter in the summer. Since school year is a big bust, I have to take a lot of time.
Last time, I think I typed Thank you for updating! Well, I didn't mean it. I was so focused on ME updating that I forgot reviewing and thank you to the person who told me I made a mistake, it was really helpful and I hope everyone gives me ideas, so to end this:
THANK YOU FOR REVIEWING!