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Tangled
Chapter Seven: The Day of Poolside Danger
"Yeah! Pool time!" Kero cheered, flying around my head as I waited for Sakura to get changed into her bathing suit.
Me, Sakura, Eriol, Meilin, Syaoran, Yukito, Touya and Kero were all going swimming to the new/old pool. We'd tried going there a few years ago with some other friends…but Eriol had been evil then and decided to make it into a test day.
So now today we were going and we would actually get to swim.
I had put on a baby blue bikini underneath a white dress and I'd braided my hair so it wouldn't get in my face while I swam.
Sakura, finally, came out of the bathroom in a pink, surprise surprise, bikini under a pink dress.
"Finally." I teased, getting off the bed and swatting at Kero, who was becoming unusually annoying. "Can we go now? They've been waiting outside for quite a while now."
Sakura smiled and nodded. "Sorry. Of course we can go."
So she followed me out of her room.
I had expected to just walk down the stairs and out into the car, but Sakura stopped me by placing a hand on my arm. "Tomoyo?"
"Yeah?" I said, turning to her.
"Um…are you…in love with Eriol?" Sakura asked.
I felt my cheeks flare. Really, flare. "W-Why would you say that"
Of course I wasn't. I was with Darasu. Fully with Darasu…
Sakura shrugged and brushed past me. "I was just wondering."
I rolled my eyes.
XxXxX
It didn't take us long to get to the pool, once again I rode with Eriol, but this time Kero and Yukito joined us. Touya had gone with Syaoran, Sakura and Meilin.
Not a good plan.
As soon as we got out of the cars, I noticed that Touya and Syaoran were already fighting.
"Will they ever grow up?" Eriol smirked.
I was tempted to say "Says the guy who just punched my boyfriend for no apparent reason yesterday" but that would have been cruel.
So we walked inside, only to find the place totally packed.
This should be interesting.
"Come on Tomoyo." Meilin said, grabbing my wrist and pulling me along through the crowds of people trying to get in.
It took us a while, but we finally got in, and once we did? Well, I wanted to go home.
Who else did I see there but Darasu himself. He was with a group of his friends.
He hadn't seen me yet. Thank God.
"Hey it's Darasu." Meilin said, turning to shout at my boyfriend. "Hey-"
"Shh!" I hissed, cupping my hand over the girl's mouth. "No! I don't want him to ruin today!"
"What are you talking about?" Meilin said, slapping my hand away. "He's your boyfriend, isn't he?"
"Well…yes. But you see Eriol punched him yesterday and…I don't want them to fight again."
"Oh." Meilin said. "Okay then, avoiding him will be no problem."
Yeah really, this place is so packed that if he actually did see me, I'd be able to hide no problem.
We walked over to the pool and I pulled off my dress, Sakura and Meilin doing the same. All the guys had to do was pull off their shirts and jump in the pool, they'd worn their shorts there.
Sakura dove in after Syaoran, when she surfaced he splashed her in the face with water.
Touya saw this as an initiative to be able to drown Syaoran. So he did.
Well, he tried.
Syaoran is a very good swimmer, and was pummeling Touya with water attacks in no time.
"This could get ugly." Meilin giggled, jumping into the pool with Yukito.
Kero couldn't go in, something he was very bitter for.
But…where was Eriol?
"Eriol?" I said, looking down into the water.
Nope, no Hirazagwa.
I turned to look for him in the crowds, expecting him to have gone to the concession or something.
But I didn't, however, have to look far, for the second I turned around he was right in front of me.
"Hello." He smirked.
He wasn't wearing his glasses, which was probably a good thing considering if he lost them in the pool he'd never see them again, and he looked pretty hot without them.
What am I saying? He looks hot all the time.
Him being so close kind of startled me, so I took a step back. "Hello..."
"Where are you going?" He smirked, a special glint in his eyes.
The only thing I could do as he wrapped his arms around me was Oh…shit.
"Oh no I'm falling!" He said in a fake panic.
I screamed, and we fell, laughing, into the pool.
Once under water he let go of me and we surfaced. He was coughing and sputtering for air.
I laughed. "That's what you get for laughing under water Hirazagwa!"
He looked at me in a mock hurt expression. "Awe, aren't you worried I'd drown?"
Shaking my head I laughed. "I've seen you swim and Eriol, you wouldn't drown in a hurricane."
It was true, too. Eriol was a wicked good swimmer and, from the looks of him, he'd been working out to keep in shape so he'd stay that way.
He put his hands on my shoulders and dunked me under. This time I was the one who came up coughing.
"You jerk!" I shouted, splashing water in his face.
That started it.
Eriol attacked me, again, and when I surfaced I called for reinforcements.
Thus staring the war of girls against boys.
Except Touya was on our team, he refused to be anywhere near Syaoran.
So we had a hell of a time, dunking each other and splashing water everywhere. There was, at one point, when Syaoran grabbed my hands and pulled me into the deep water, while Eriol swam underneath and grabbed my feet.
"Touya!" I screamed as Eriol pulled me under.
Touya, who had been fighting with Yukito, shoved the blonde boy under and swam over to me, pulling Syaoran away from me and throwing him a few meters away into the water.
Meanwhile, I was still underwater with Eriol, trying to get up fro air.
Not working.
I smirked at him, thinking Haha, he can't see without his glasses.
But of course, he could.
When I tried to get away he only held me tighter.
But then, just as I was about to do something rash like kick Eriol between the legs, Meilin and Sakura came out of nowhere and grabbed onto Eriol's arms, dragging me and him to the surface.
I gasped for air. "Thanks…a lot Eriol."
"No…problem." He smirked.
He was still holding onto me, I could fill his muscles against my chest.
Awkward.
"Hey Tomoyo!" A voice called from behind me.
No! Not now…damn you Darasu.
I could tell by the way Eriol stiffened that it was, truly, Darasu and not just some guy with the same voice.
I sighed and pulled away from Eriol, cold water instantly rushing to where he'd been keeping me warm.
"Hey Darasu." I smiled, swimming up to the edge where he was standing.
"Hey Tomoyo." He said. "Want to go on the waterslide?"
I shrugged. "Sure, why not." Then I turned to Eriol and the others. "I'll be right back."
With that I jumped out of the pool and followed after Darasu as he led me towards the stairs to the waterslide.
Did I mention how high the waterslide was? Ten stories. Ten.
I was terrified as we climbed up the stairs, Darasu's comforting arm around my waist.
It was so not helping.
"I never knew you were here." I said, trying to make conversation, even though it wasn't a truthful one.
He smiled. "Me neither. But then I heard your voice yell for Touya and I decided to find you. It's packed here isn't it?"
I nodded, shivering slightly. It was cold up here, and being wet didn't help much either.
There was a small line at the waterslide, Darasu and I at the back.
"You go first." Darasu said. "I'll come after you so no one will slam into you on the slide."
Oh…how sweet.
Gag me.
Yes, Darasu was my boyfriend and all but…I didn't love him. Did that mean I was still in love with Eriol?
No…can't be. I thought I was over him.
I mean I am over him.
Finally, my time came to go down the slide.
And I refused.
"You go first." I said. "I'm scared."
"It's okay Tomoyo." Darasu said, nudging me closer to the mouth of the slide. "I'll be right behind you, don't be afraid."
This reminded me way too much of the movie we went to.
I shook my head. "No, I really don't want to."
I'd never been great with heights.
"Just go!" Darasu said, giving me another nudge.
No, it wasn't a nudge, it was a push. A hard push.
I fell, slipping on the wet floor. "Darasu no!" I cried.
I expected to collide with the hard plastic slide, but I didn't, instead all I hit was air.
What was happening?
"Tomoyo!" I heard Darasu scream.
That's when I realized it. He'd pushed me further than the slide…he'd pushed me off the edge.
I screamed, instinctively reaching out for something to grab a hold of.
My side hit the edge of the turn to the slide below me and I heard a sickening crack.
But, thankfully, I managed to hold onto the edge of the slide.
I'd just fallen two stories. Only eight more to go.
I winced at the sharp pain rushing through my side and looked down at the eight stories I had left to fall.
Let's see. To let go or not. I'm going to say not.
"Darasu!" I shrieked, looking back up to the place I had fallen. "Help me!"
He wasn't there. He was gone.
"Darasu? Darasu!" I screamed.
That bloody bastard left me! He ran away! And that's when it hit me.
There's no way I could make it out of this in one piece, much less alive. I mean, here I was, dangling from a water slide, with possible broken ribs, and there was no one who could save me.
"Tomoyo! Oh my God Tomoyo!" I heard Meilin scream. "Someone help her!"
I looked down at Meilin, Sakura, Syaoran, Touya and Yukito, all staring up at me in horror.
Funny enough, at that moment all I was thinking was, Thank God I'm not wearing a skirt.
Stupid huh?
"Tomoyo!" Sakura cried, hanging onto Syaoran as if she were about to pass out. "Don't let go! Eriol's coming for you!"
Eriol? Thank God.
"Tomoyo!" I heard Eriol shout. "Hold on!"
"Eriol!" I cried, tears blurring my vision. Hey, I had a right to cry, I was hanging onto life, literally, here.
If I survive this, I promised myself. Darasu and I are so over!
Suddenly, my fingers started slipping.
Why oh why did I have to be wet? Why couldn't Darasu have wanted to go in the sauna and then the waterslide?
Ass hole…
"Tomoyo!" Eriol gasped, hanging over the edge of the top of the waterslide. "Are you alright?"
"I hit my side." I said. "And no, I'm not!"
Duh!
He nodded. "I'm coming down the slide, hold on!"
I nodded, shutting my eyes tightly and gripping onto the slide with all I had. "Please hurry! I'm slipping!"
I felt the slide shake somewhat as he jumped onto it, moving slightly with his weight as he came closer and closer to me.
Finally, there was a thud on the slide and then Eriol was looking over the edge at me. For once he wasn't smiling.
"I've got you." He said, grabbing onto my wrists. "Don't worry!"
"Don't let go." I pleaded. "Please don't let me go!"
"I won't let you go Tomoyo, I promise." He said, tugging on my wrists, trying to pull me over the edge.
I guess it was a lot harder than he thought, especially since he was trying to keep his balance and all at the same time.
"I can't pull you up!" He gasped.
"It's okay," I said, trying to take the fear from my voice. "Just don't let go."
He nodded and stared down at my dangling form, down at the crowds below. "Sakura! Use a Star Card!"
"I can't!" She screamed back. "There's too many people!"
"Shit." Eriol swore. I could tell he was trying to think of something.
But that wasn't helping me, at all, because I felt myself slipping from his reach.
"No!" I gasped. "Don't let go!"
"I won't let go Tomoyo!" Eriol said, his grip even more tight on my wrists.
But you know what happens to soap when you squeeze it? Yeah, that's what was happening to me.
Damn. His hands were wet and so were mine.
Damn. Damn. Damn.
"Please don't let go." I whispered, shutting my eyes tightly. I did so not want to see what happened next. "Eriol…I lo-"
But I didn't get a chance to say it, what I really wanted to say, because at that moment my hand finally slipped free…
…and I fell.
"Tomoyo no!" Eriol shouted, his blue eyes wide, his hands reaching out for me as I fell.
I shut my eyes and whispered. "I love you."
I expected that, when I opened my eyes, I would see a light. But when I did, I saw an angel.
"Oh God," I breathed. "I'm dead."
Yue smirked at me. "No Tomoyo, you're not dead."
Wait. Yue? He never came with us…Yukito did…
He transformed, in front of all these people, to save me?
I smiled and rested my head against his chest.
And then the pain hit me like a ton of bricks.
And I passed out.
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