A/N: Hey guys! I'm back with the next chapter of HSP! I hope you all enjoy it!
Disclaimer: I do not own any rights to Card Captor Sakura. All characters are owned by CLAMP.
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Momo frowned. "You're going on a date with MY Syao-kun?"
Sakura sighed. "One, yes I am going on a date with Syaoran, and two, he's not yours." Sakura rolled her eyes at the idiot before her.
They were standing in the same courtyard they were in earlier, except now everyone else was gone. When Momo had heard that Sakura was going on a date with Syaoran on Saturday, she cornered Sakura and began to rant about Syaoran for about two hours. Sakura was getting tired. This girl obviously needed to take a chill pill.
"Shut up, bitch! You stole him from me!" Momo pointed at Sakura, anger written all over her face.
At this catty comment, Sakura became angry. She clenched her hand into a fist and punched Momo in the nose. Sakura gasped and saw that her knuckles were covered in blood.
"You tried to kill me!" Momo screeched, nursing her bloody nose. She tried to wipe up the blood with her hands, but it only came down faster. She looked around, her expression wild. Blood was smeared all over her face.
Sakura turned red and hurried over to Momo. "I'll help you clean up!" She pulled out a handkerchief and attempted to wipe Momo's face, but the girl merely took the hankie and ran away.
"I'll get you back for this, you bitch!"
Sakura sighed. So much for being nice.
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"No, I swear! She stands up and just stares at me! Girls, man. Girls." Syaoran grinned at Eriol. The two boys sat in Eriol's house drinking soda and watching TV.
Eriol grinned. "So it appears that she remembers you, right?"
"Of course! I'm Li Syaoran! I'm sexy!" Syaoran laughed.
Eriol frowned. "I think someone has had enough sugar for one day." He stood up and took away Syaoran's bottle of Pepsi (A/N: Yum!).
Syaoran grinned. "I live for sugar!"
Eriol came back from wherever he went and grinned at the TV. "Look at that man trying to pull out that anchor buried in the ground! What an idiot!"
Syaoran looked over to the TV and laughed. "Right man, right."
Eriol looked over at his friend. "So you're going on a date with Sakura on Saturday?" He scratched his head. "Are you really going through with this?"
"Of course, man! We're talking about Sakura, here! We've been best friends since forever! And nothing's going to change that!" Syaoran grinned.
"But you just asked her to date you. As in a date, date. She's taking it seriously. And when you go take her wherever you're going, you two will not be best friends. You'll be two people on a real date."
Syaoran sighed. "I was hoping you'd never bring this up. I'm not sure what I've just gotten myself into, Eriol. This is so damn confusing. This could ruin our friendship!"
Eriol grinned. "That's why you're a guy." He patted Syaoran on the head and stood up. "Now get out of my house, you free-loader!"
Syaoran immediately stood up and ran as fast as he could to the door. Eriol was really weird sometimes.
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Momo sighed into her pillow. How she hated Sakura! "How come she could go out with him and I can't?"
She screamed and went into the kitchen. Just as she was about to take a bite of her Apple Jacks (AJ!), she slowly formed an evil thought.
"I can ruin their date!" She feel into bouts of laughter. "But I've got to act fast. It's already Wednesday."
She stood up and left her cereal on the table. "What are they going to do on their date?"
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Kita laughed wickedly. "I couldn't wait for you two to get together! I've been waiting and waiting and now it's finally done! Can you believe that punch! Oh my gosh! That was brilliant! Awesomeness! You rule! Sakura won! You two were meant to be together!" Kita gushed, obviously blind to the stares that she was receiving.
"Kita! Kita, Kita! KITA!" Tomoyo was yelling and it was not nice. "SHUT UP!"
Kita automatically closed her mouth and smiled sheepishly. "Sorry."
Sakura laughed. Her friends were totally silly.
"So, Sakura. Tell us all about your encounter with Peach shit." Chiharu spat.
"I punched her, she screamed, then ran away. The end." Sakura sighed. Idiots, man!
Kita stood up and punched the air. "AWESOME!"
Everyone sweat-dropped.
Tomoyo turned to Sakura and frowned. "I was talking to Eriol earlier and it turns out that Syaoran is doubting his asking you to date him. He thinks it cvould ruin your friendship. But me thinks it's perfect. Anyway, Eriol played psychiatrist and found out that Syaoran thinks he should cancel the date."
Sakura sighed. "I thought so. I've kinda been having the same feelings as Syaoran. I don't think this date should go on."
"But, but but, but! KURA-CHAN! You two were meant for each other! You're like Romeo and Juliet! Sonny and Cher! Black and white! Kasey and AJ! (XD) You two are—"
"Kita, shut up."
"But you guys! It doesn't feel right! It's not right!" Sakura stood up and picked up her cell phone.
"WASSUP! This is Li Syaoran. I'm gone and I don't feel like talking to you. Leave a message and maybe I'll call you back!"
"Hey Syaoran, It's Sakura. I'm calling about our date on Saturday." Sakura paused. "I think that maybe we should—"
"STOP!" Kita grabbed the phone and hung up. "You are not going to cancel that date! You are going! Whether you like it or not!"
Chiharu stood up and walked over to Kita. "You know what?" She turned to Sakura. "I'm with Kita loser!"
Sakura and Tomoyo exchanged looks. Sakura sighed and held up her hands. "Fine. I give up. I'll go on the date, okay?"
Kita and Chiharu cheered and high-fived.
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Sakura made her way around a fence and frowned at the sight before her. She was standing on green grass on a freshly mowed grass. In front of her stood Momo and Syaoran laughing and smiling at each other. It seemed that they did not notice her.
"I love you, Momo." Syaoran grinned happily at Momo.
"I love you too!"
Sakura felt a strange lurch inside of her body as an unexplainable pain shot up. That should be her. She should be the one Syaoran was professing his love to. It should be her that smiles and says it to him.
"Will you marry me?"
What? Marriage? Syaoran and Momo? No, no, no! That wasn't right! This is just a nightmare. A nightmare...but why does it feel so real?
"Because it is real." Momo answered her thoughts. She was dressed in a beautiful wedding gown. In truth, she looked stunning. Her train was going back so far, and her veil was intricately made by hand. Sakura saw real diamonds sown onto the dress. It was fit for a queen. As she observed the dress further, she noticed something that wasn't right.
"That's my mother's wedding dress!" Sakura was about to take a step forward, but found that she could not. This wasn't supposed to be so! "Why are you wearing my mother's wedding gown?"
"Because I can. You killed my sister. So I'm taking the one thing you wish for." It seemed Momo knew many things about Sakura.
"What are you talking about? One thing I wish for?" Sakura stood there, staring at this dream girl in front of her.
"For Syaoran to love you in return." A whisper came.
Sakura shook her head. "But my feelings for Syaoran are entirely friendly! We're best friends..."
Momo grinned. "That's what you think."
With a sharp gasp, Sakura woke up. She held a hand to her heart. "That was a dream. Just a dream. Just a stupid dream." Sakura climbed out of her bed and walked down stairs. She just happened to glance at the clock and, "PHWEEE! IT'S 8:20!" Sakura ran up the stairs and changed her clothes in two minutes, not bothering with her hair. She jumped four steps and ran out the door.
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"Kinomoto Sakura." Mr. Yamada glared at the class. "Kinomoto Sakura."
"Here!" Sakura burst into the classroom, her hair a complete mess.
Mr. Yamada grinned at her. "Good morning, Sakura! I was just taking roll call!"
"Uh...sure..." Sakura took her seat, a confused look on her face.
Suddenly, Mr. Yamada clapped his hands. "CLASS! I'm tired of roll call! Let's do this the easy way! Raise your hand if you're absent!"
No one raised their hand.
"Great! Let's begin! Open your books to page three hundred forty three!" He turned around and wrote things on the board. The class exchanged glances. This guy is scary. And also, they don't have books for homeroom.
"DEREK! Explain the legend behind Mt. Fuji to the class!"
"Uh...it's a mountain."
Mr. Yamada stared at him for two seconds before smiling. "Amazing! You get an A!"
"Mr. Yamada?"
"Call me Toji Moji!" He beamed at Rae.
"Okay, Toji Moji."
"Wait! Who said you can call me that?"
"Well, you—"
"Only my friends can call me that!" Mr. Yamada pointed an accusing finger at her. "TELL ME MY SISTER'S NICKNAME!"
Rae gulped. Apparently, Mr. Yamada had gone crazy with the coffee. "Uh...Ca—"
"WRONG! Now moving on!" Mr. Yamada opened the classroom door and walked out without another word.
A few minutes passed in silence.
"What the fuck just happened?" Derek asked stupidly.
"I CAN ANSWER THAT!" Mr. Yamada popped out from under his desk. "I GET AN A!"
Sakura sighed. Sometimes, Mr. Yamada was just plain insane.
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Momo stood behind a bookshelf in the library.
"Where do you plan on taking her?"
"That new restaurant down on Serenity Road."
"That Italian one?"
"Yeah. Sakura's gonna love it!" The soft sound of Syaoran's voice drifted through the dusty volumes Momo was hiding behind.
"I thought so!"
Momo grinned. So now she knew where Syaoran was going to take that Kinomoto bitch to eat. Now all she had to do was find out what Sakura is going to wear and everything will be all good.
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As Syoaran stood up, he brushed back a few of his sexy locks of hair and jumped when he heard a long dreamy sigh. He turned and looked towards a bookshelf behind him. Carefully, he reached towards a dusty volume of Advanced Calculus and How To Use It In Daily Life. There was a squeak and Syaoran pulled the book out and was met with the sight of a girl with dirty blonde hair and incredible blue eyes.
"Momo?" Syaoran gasped and sighed. Just his luck, huh?
"Hey, Li-kun!" Momo grinned and hastily stood up. "Nice weather today, huh?"
Syaoran sweat-dropped. "Yeah...sure..."
"Um...I knew that..." Momo sighed. "So...Li-kun...what is Sakura going to wear to your dinner at The Imperial Diamond restaurant?"
Syaoran's eyes narrowed. So Momo was eavesdropping on his conversation, was she now? "I don't know. But here's a tip, Okhawa. Don't stick your nose in anybody else's business. You just might get a nose bleed." With that said, Syaoran frowned and walked out of the library.
Momo frowned at him. "That's a very smart thing to say, Li-kun. But you know me...Sakura will be the one with the bloody nose. Just watch. You will be mine."
"Hi..." Momo turned around to see that it was that guy from the boys' locker room. "Hi..."
Momo scoffed and walked away from him. "Loser!"
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Syaoran sat down on the grass under a huge oak tree. With him he carried a ham sandwich and a soda. He grinned at he spotted a flash of long auburn hair. He was watching the cheerleader try-outs.
"Kinomoto Sakura!" An older girl with jet-black hair set in a pixie hair do yelled.
Sakura walked out and flashed everyone a huge smile. She signaled and Tomoyo turned on the music.
"Small but Strong, C-P-A! Tell me why we're here today! We're gonna win, we're gonna fight! We're gonna kick your butt tonight!" Sakura grinned as she performed six consecutive back flips, and landed gracefully on the grass. She did more flips and finished with another back flip ending in a split.
(A/N: Forgive me! I know nothing of cheerleading and I have never gone to gymnastics!)
Syaoran grinned as he clapped along with everyone else. Sakura was going to get into the cheer squad, alright. He suddenly gasped when he heard one name that nearly everyone hated.
"Okhawa Momo!"
Momo stood there in all her glory. She wore gym shorts and a sweater. She held her hands in front of her as Tomoyo turned the music on.
"Small but strong, C-P-A! Tell me why we're here today! We're gonna win, we're gonna fight! We're gonna kick your butt tonight!" Everyone sweat-dropped as Momo did her cheer. Momo did a cartwheel and a bridge. She rolled around on the grass.
Syaoran laughed along with everyone else as Momo finished her rolling. She shouldn't have tried, really. She was just embarrassing herself.
A dejected Momo went home that day.
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"Three days until my date with Syaoran!" Momo imitated Sakura into her mirror. "I'm Sakura and I made cheer squad today! Blah, blah, blah!" She crossed her arms in front of her as she growled. "It's not fair!"
The phone rang and Momo ran to get it. "Moshi moshi! Okhawa residence! Momo speaking!"
"Momo...this is Hiiragizawa Eriol. I would like to invite you to my home for dinner. Would you please come?"
Momo blushed into the phone and giggled. "Of course, Eriol! I'll see you around 7?"
"Great. See you then."
Momo hung up the phone and gave an excited squeal. "What should I wear?"
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"So I understand that your older sister Kira is dead?" Eriol sat across from Momo at a long table.
Momo nodded as she took a bite of fish. "Yes. She died two months after we moved to America."
Eriol nodded. "So when you moved to Tomoeda, you said you had a sudden hatred for Kinomoto Sakura?"
At the mention of her name, Momo's eyes flashed. "Yes."
Eriol smiled. "And that your sister began to behave strangely? That she disappeared at night?"
Momo nodded. "Wait, how do you know all these things?"
Eriol cleared his throat. He was now attempting to smooth talk his way out of this predicament! "I know things...I'll explain." Eriol smiled at her as he passed Momo some rice.
"When you arrived at Tomoeda, I noticed you immediately. I made sure that you got into our class to meet Sakura and my relative, Syaoran. When you entered through the school door with your mother and your sister, I cast a single spell.
"But, just as the spell was about to hit you, your sister moved slightly in front of you, therefore giving her the powers that were supposed to be for you. But you got the hatred for Sakura."
"Wait! Shut up!" Momo glared at him angrily. "What are you talking about? You're lying, aren't you?"
Eriol stared pointedly at her. "No. I'm not lying. There is such a thing as magic. You're just too blind to see it. Now shut up, and let me explain myself!" Eriol shook his head as Momo quieted down. "Didn't you feel strange as you entered the classroom? Didn't you feel a hatred for someone you haven't met yet? Didn't you feel like hurting Sakura and Syaoran is like the one thing you live for? But yet you couldn't do anything. Then, when you got home, Kira began to act strangely. She spoke about a young man named Kinomoto Toya, didn't she? Yes. Yes she did. But you noticed that Kira usually is more prone to be attracted to boys that make her laugh, right? But as you heard, she barely even got to talk to him!
"So you got confused as to why your sister was behaving this way. Truth is, she was attracted to the magic in him. That's why you were attracted to Syaoran and I. It was merely the effects of this spell that I had cast!"
"But...I still like Syaoran!" Momo sighed.
"Because the spell has not worn off. In the next year that you left, something happened that no one could explain. Sakura, Syaoran, and I lost our power! You see, I had Ruby Moon and Spinnel Sun. Or you may know them as Nakuru and Souppy. Sakura, on the other hand, had Cerberus and Yue. You may have known Yue as Yukito, but I doubt that you have met Kero.
"Anyway, after you left, strange things began to happen. Ruby Moon suddenly disappeared and I couldn't call her back to me. Then Spinnel Sun lost all his power to speak and soon, he began to behave like a normal house cat...until he too, vanished.
"Sakura's guardians Kero and Yue lost their powers. Yue was the first to go since he was already weakened to begin with. The moon drained him and soon he was lost to us. Kero struggled to survive. He fought and fought...until he just gave up and was turned into a normal stuffed animal.
"Now don't get me wrong. We tried all we could to save them. I even went as far as to reveal myself to Syaoran and Sakura. We searched for a way to bring them back...but with no avail. Then, in our first year of junior high school, Syaoran lost his memory of everything magic. Of Clow Reed, of Yue, of Kero, of magic. He suddenly returned to Hong Kong and didn't return until our last year of junior high.
"He was behaving like a normal teenager would. And sadly, Sakura was gone to us as well. She doesn't remember a thing about being Master of the Clow—"
"Master of the what?" Momo was getting into the story. She didn't believe it, but it was fun to hear what Eriol was saying.
"Master of the Clow." Eriol picked at his food. "She doesn't remember a thing. I'm the only one that remembers anything of the past." He sighed.
Momo swallowed. "And why are you telling me all of this?"
"Because you can help me. You can help us. The Clow Cards disappeared and we have to get them back!" Eriol stood up suddenly and glared at her. "You are the key we have been searching for to getting everything back."
Momo scoffed. "Why would I want to help Kinomoto?"
"Because I asked you to. Your sister died because of magic and you could die as well." Eriol answered, his voice dangerously low.
Momo gulped. "Are you serious about all this? Are you kidding?" She stood up and began to walk out the door without waiting for an answer.
Eriol stared after her. "You could die as well."
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A/N: Yes! That is an awesome place to end this chapter! Please review!
I'll be going on a two week hiatus because school started today. I will be back after everything settles down and I can finally find time to update, okay? I hope you understand!
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Miss Kay-chan