Tied by Fate
By: pnaixrose
Disclaimer: I don't own CCS or the original characters from CCS.
Chapter 4: Bonding
The four teens walked slowly through the quiet yet peaceful streets of Tomoeda. They had already visited some places they had always went to like King Penguin Park, the shopping center, Maki's store called Twin Bells, the library where they usually studied at, the movie theater, and the arcade. Syaoran, although trying to hide it, was interested in the small town. It was really tiny compared to Hong Kong, but for some strange reason, it seemed to hold more surprises. Tomoyo caught him looking up at the sky most of the time.
"Ne, Li-kun. Have you ever seen trees?" Tomoyo teased.
He scowled and turned away. "Of course I have. I'm not stupid."
"Then why do you keep looking up at the trees above us then?" she asked as she pointed up at the cherry blossom trees that covered the blue sky from their view.
"It's weird seeing trees so pink…" Syaoran muttered, "In Hong Kong, it's a really big city. Mostly it's all big buildings that I see except for the occasional park here and there."
Tomoyo smiled. "So you have never seen cherry blossoms?"
Sakura gasped in shock, momentarily forgetting how mad she was at Li. "What! You've never seen cherry blossoms!" Who would be ever so crazy to never see cherry blossoms! They were her favorite flowers in the world.
"Well, I don't see them often…" he admitted quietly.
"We know a park that's filled with cherry blossoms," Eriol said smirking, suddenly forming a new idea in his mind.
Sakura nodded ardently. "That's right! C'mon we'll take you there!" Excited by the urge of seeing the cherry blossom tree park, her favorite park, she grabbed Syaoran's hand and ran ahead of Tomoyo and Eriol.
"What the-" Syaoran said in surprise.
"Oh c'mon! I want to get there fast!" Sakura said giggling. For that split second, she didn't remember that this boy had been the stupid one who had just ruined her entire day. She forgot how they could feel each other's feelings. She was treating him like any other person she knew.
Syaoran ran behind her as she dragged him by the hand. As he heard their quick footsteps on the pavement, he felt the excitement emerging from her. She was excited just because they were going to see some stupid trees? Of course they were pretty trees, but after all, they were just trees. Syaoran became even more curious at her happy, cheerful behavior as he became aware that she was holding his hand with her own small hand. He thought that she hated him...but the idea of going to a park perks her right up? What the heck?
Eriol and Tomoyo stopped walking and watched them run, Syaoran lagging behind her with a confused look on his face.
"They do make a cute couple…" Tomoyo said turning to Eriol.
"Yeah, now that I think about it, you're right," he agreed smiling.
"Maybe this won't be as impossible as I thought it would be." Tomoyo began following Sakura and Syaoran, but Eriol stopped her by grabbing her arm.
She blushed at his sudden touch but hid it well. "Eriol?"
Eriol just gave her his cheerful smile once more. "Let's see what happened next…shhh…" He led her through another way towards the cherry blossom park.
As Sakura and Syaoran were heading towards the park, they passed through a small business area where a lot of people watched them in amazement. After all, they were running faster than everyone else. The people whispered and stared at them. Among these people were some kids in their class who were doing a little shopping. There were Rika, Naoko, Yamazaki, and Chiharu still dressed in their uniforms.
"Isn't that the new kid, Li Syaoran?" Naoko asked squinting through her glasses.
"Yeah, he's a pretty cool guy. I was playing basketball with him during gym," Yamazaki said.
Rika nodded, smiling. "Wow, he sure made friends with Sakura-chan easily."
"But didn't you see them this morning?" Chiharu asked confusedly, "There seemed to be some kind of rivalry between them…"
"Yeah I noticed that. Hmm, looks like we have ourselves a mystery!" Naoko exclaimed with bright eyes.
They all sweat dropped.
"Hmm, that reminds me. Eriol-kun and Tomoyo-chan asked me to help them out at lunch today. All I had to do was ask Eriol-kun if he wanted to play basketball when I saw him cough," Yamazaki said in confusion.
Chiharu nodded. "Yeah they asked me to help them out too, except I just had to call Tomoyo-chan's cell phone when she yawned."
Rika and Naoko looked at each other in bafflement.
"What does that have to do with Sakura-chan and Li-kun?"
"Well," Yamazaki began, "They said that they-"
"-needed help in hooking them up-" Chiharu finished.
Rika and Naoko stood wide eyed and jaw dropped. "Sakura-chan? And Li-kun?...Together?"
Yamazaki nodded as he thought about the matter. After a while he said, "You know, maybe their destinies are intertwined with each other…"
The three girls looked at each other. Chiharu rolled her eyes. Not another story. "Now where'd you get a story like that from, Yamazaki-kun?"
"Eriol-kun let me borrow this book that I saw he was reading one day during lunch break. Actually, I'd seen him reading that same book for about two weeks and I was getting curious so I asked him one day if he had finished reading the book yet."
"What did he say?"
"He said that he was and that he was rereading the book over and over again because he might've missed something. I was really curious that I asked if I could borrow it. At first he was kinda hesitant but he let me borrow it."
"What's the book about, Yamazaki-kun? Maybe I'll borrow it next," Naoko asked with a smile of excitement. Books always excited her.
"Uh…it was about destinies. It said that sometimes, two people's destinies are entwined with each other's and even if they never meet, they always feel something missing inside of them. They're destined to be together."
"Wait, you mean 'destined' as in destined to be a couple?" Chiharu asked curiously.
"Yup. After I finished the book, I thought it was pretty weird for Eriol-kun to read that and I even said to him that the book was pretty odd."
"What did Hiiragazawa-kun say?" Rika asked.
Yamazaki shrugged. "He just laughed and said that it was research for Sakura and his other friend from Hong Kong."
"Hong Kong? You think it's Syaoran Li? He was from Hong Kong." Chiharu exclaimed.
"I don't know. But if you think about it, Hiiragazawa-kun did know that we were having a new student coming soon…" Rika mused aloud.
"That's right! Everything seems to be coming together! C'mon let's go follow Li-kun and Sakura-chan! This sounds like a perfect romance story!" Naoko squealed as she started running after Sakura and Syaoran.
Yamazaki looked proud. "See Chiharu-chan? I knew that I'd become useful one day!" And off he went to follow.
Rika turned to Chiharu. "I'm not sure if I believe in the whole 'destinies intertwined' thing but…"
"…This does seem like a perfect romance story!" Chiharu exclaimed excitedly.
Rika smiled. "Yup! And you know how we are with romance stories!"
Chiharu nodded with a girlish giggle. "Let's go!"
"Kinomoto!" Syaoran yelled, tired of being pulled around.
"What!" Sakura asked as she kept on dragging him.
"Would you stop!" he hissed, "people are staring!"
"Oh be quiet! We're almost there!"
"F-Finally…" Syaoran whispered as he collapsed on the grass. "I thought I was gonna die…"
"Don't run much, Li?" Sakura teased. She was a little more in front of him, her eyes staring into the sky.
Syaoran scowled. "I do! I'm just not used to being dragged around!"
But he heard no response from Sakura. She was staring into the trees surrounding them. And quite happily, he might add. Actually, he felt more than happiness coming from her. It was like she was in perfect heaven with no worries or problems at all. Why'd she be so happy about seeing a couple of trees? He had to admit that the cherry blossom trees were really beautiful but why would she be so cheerful? He looked at Sakura in confusion and stayed still on the grass as cherry blossoms slowly trickled onto the ground.
Sakura smiled, breathing in the fresh scent of cherry blossoms in the air. This place was so relaxing to her. She giggled a bit, sensing Syaoran's confusion. He was probably puzzled on why she was so happy to be here, in this simple, small park. She smirked. Let him be confused. Right now she was enjoying the park…the small bit of her memory of her mother.
"Shh, Yamazaki-kun!" Chiharu hissed as he stepped on a twig by accident.
"Gomen…"
Chiharu, Rika, Naoko and Yamazaki were crouching down behind some bushes, watching the scene before them.
"It's like a perfect romantic scene from a book!" Naoko said. " 'He sat on the cherry blossom covered ground as she stood a little way in front of him, loving the trees surrounding her. The cherry blossoms slowly fell to the ground around them, as they stayed still in silence just enjoying each other's company. She turned around slowly, a smile on her face as she heard him slowly stand up and walk up to her. They stood a couple of inches apart, staring into each other's face and a small smile on each of their lips. Everything was still and silent except the blossoms gently blanketing the ground as she slowly wrapped her arms around his neck. He pulled her even closer with his hands around her waist and there…there they shared their first kiss. It was the gentlest, most passionate kiss ever and they were happy just to be in each other's arms.' "
The three girls sighed in delight after the small scene that Naoko had just thought of from the top of her head. Yamazaki rolled his eyes. "I can think of a better one than that crummy thing!"
"Go ahead, Yamazaki-kun! I bet you can't!" Naoko retorted.
"Would you guys be quiet! They might hear us!" Chiharu hissed.
"Chiharu-chan?" a voice said behind them.
The four froze. They were in trouble now…
They turned around slowly, Yamazaki already thinking up an excuse. "Uh...we can explain this! We're not spying! W-We're looking out for an alien who was reported to be wandering around here!"
As they fully turned around they sighed in relief. "Tomoyo-chan! Eriol-kun!"
Tomoyo and Eriol laughed. "Scared you?"
"Yeah," Rika said, "Don't do that ever again."
They crouched down beside their friends. "Anything happen yet?" Tomoyo asked excitedly as she whipped out her trusty camera from her school bag.
"Not much happened. They've been in the same spot for about four minutes now," Naoko explained boredly.
"Damn. Well, let's see if anything happens," Eriol suggested.
Chiharu agreed. "Yeah. By the way, why are you here?"
"We should say the same to you guys."
Tomoyo shushed them down. "Shh. I want to try to hear them."
Everything was silent as Sakura just watched the trees. No one moved, no one spoke.
"Hey," Syaoran said suddenly, "Isn't Sakura the Japanese word for cherry blossom?"
Sakura giggled as she turned around. "So now you talk?"
He ignored the question. "Well, is it?"
Sakura just smiled as she went and sat next to Syaoran on the cherry blossom covered grass. Everything was silent again.
Finally Sakura spoke again. "My mother named me Sakura. She named me after one of her favorite flowers. That's why this place reminds me of her."
Syaoran looked up at her, surprised at her sudden openness to talk...especially after the long day at school when she had been angry as heck at him. "Really?"
Sakura nodded. "My mom was the greatest. Everybody says so. She had long, beautiful silver hair, bright emerald eyes, was really cheerful, was loved by everyone and she was even a famous model."
Syaoran was puzzled. He felt her love she had for her mother was really strong. He never cared for anyone like that before. He was really amused at the conversation. "I don't remember seeing anyone like that when I came to your house."
Sakura didn't respond and although she was still smiling, it was a fake smile. Syaoran felt it. Her admired emotions for her mother suddenly disappeared out of nowhere and now all she was feeling was sadness. What did he say wrong?
"It's okay, Li. You don't have to be nervous," Sakura said looking at him. There was still a forced smile on her lips. "M-My mother wasn't there because…because…she hasn't been here since I was three years old."
Syaoran was stunned. No wonder she was so upset. How could he have been so stupid to ask a question out of the blue like that? Now he had made her miserable. That was such a stupid thing to-
"Don't stress over it, Li," Sakura said suddenly. She had picked up on his uneasiness quickly. Syaoran didn't answer. He didn't know what to say.
"I was barely two," Sakura began, "when they found out that my mother was ill. My father, brother and I were there by her side the whole way. She died when I was three…But to tell you the truth, I feel guilty…I don't remember her at all," she said, a sad smile on her face, "My father and brother are always saying great things about her. 'She was the greatest model' 'She was really gentle and caring' 'She was clumsy but lovable'…I never knew her. Or at least I don't remember her. If only…if only I was a bit older."
Syaoran nodded. "I know how you feel. Why does death always have to happen to the great people?" he whispered.
"You liked your father?"
"I-I guess. Back then, I guess he was my role model. He taught me everything: magic, sword fighting, everything and anything I would ask him to teach me, he would. He was one of those quiet ones, like me I guess. My sisters say that I look exactly like him; the same untidy brown hair except a little shorter, the same amber eyes, the same assertive attitude. I guess I pretty much take after my father, not my mother. I used to follow him around everywhere, asking him these annoying questions." Syaoran sighed. "I wanted to be so much like him." Sadness filled his already cold heart and Sakura felt his pain again. It seemed never ending. The pain in his heart never went away and he somehow began thinking wistfully of his father, his idol, and the memories sprang up once again. But with the memories came the hurt. The hurt and the pressure his father had left on his son's shoulders. Sakura frowned. No one should live like this. No one deserved this, even someone as annoying as him.
"Wanted to?" Sakura asked.
Syaoran nodded. "Wanted. Past tense. Meaning: not anymore."
"Why?"
He looked at the trees sadly, silently, his amber eyes filled with such hurt and anger. "He left me. He left. He left with a damn gory, horrible death. I still remember…the gunshots, him falling, the blood. That day, he left everything to me. I had the whole clan in my hands. I had the power to be a leader at age eight. But I didn't want any of that. I wanted a father. Who else was I to turn to after that night? My mother? Hah. All I do is bring her painful memories of her beloved husband. I look exactly like him. Whenever she turns to look at me, I see how sad she feels. My sisters were sad too, but not as much as me. They had each other and Mother. They all take after her, you know; the regal feeling around them, their happy personalities. But I had no one. He was the only one like me. I-I guess you could say I'm angry at him. I hate him… I missed all those years of being a regular teenager. I missed the years where I could have been watching TV, laughing with some friends, playing pranks, having crushes on girls. You know, I think the girl thing is a really big issue. The guys here are obsessed with them," he said, trying to lighten up the mood, remembering his conversation with Yamazaki and Eriol.
Sakura smiled sadly. He was trying so hard not to make it a big deal. But she could feel it. He was miserable inside.
"Don't tell me you've never had a crush on a person," Sakura said.
"Hey. Don't give me that. At least I'm not in love with my guardian's other form. Now what was his name? Yuki...? Well it had something to do with snow," Syaoran said with a smirk.
She turned bright red. "What! How did you-"
"Guess having this telepathic feeling thing is not that useless."
Sakura covered her crimson face with her hands. "No…no…!"
"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone," Syaoran smirked. "Maybe…"
"Hey! Promise me you won't tell!" Sakura yelled as she turned to look at him.
Syaoran rolled his eyes. "Promises, promises. Okay, okay. I wasn't gonna tell anyone anyway."
"Even so, you still promise?"
"Yeah, yeah," Syaoran grumbled.
Sakura held out her pinky. "Pinky swear on it."
He looked at her like she was crazy. "What?"
"Pinky swear on it!" she exclaimed.
"You can't be serious."
Sakura didn't respond. But Syaoran knew she was serious just by the look in her eye. Eventually he gave up to it and held up his pinky. What an odd girl.
"Fine, fine. I pinky swear on it," he muttered.
Sakura smiled and took his pinky in hers and then after a second let go.
Syaoran looked at her, his eyebrow raised. "What are you, six years old?"
"Nope," she answered standing up, "I'm sixteen."
Syaoran rolled his eyes. "Whatever."
Sakura scanned the park quickly. Syaoran got up and stood behind her. "Something wrong?"
Sakura faced him a confused expression on her face. "Did you notice that Tomoyo-chan and Eriol-kun still aren't here?"
"Oh yeah…I forgot about Hiiragazawa…"
Tomoyo and Eriol stiffened. "Uh-oh, they noticed that we're gone," Eriol said. Tomoyo nodded behind her video camera.
"Oh, let them wonder where you guys are," Yamazaki said.
"Yeah, even though we can't hear a word, it looks like they're starting to warm up to each other," Rika agreed.
Chiharu giggled. "Even Li-kun, even though I can't believe it. I didn't know that he could talk that much to Sakura-chan."
"I guess he really feels comfortable with her around. Usually he wouldn't even talk about anything even to his own family," Eriol said.
"That leads me to a question," Naoko said, "Are you really trying to hook Sakura-chan and Li-kun up?"
Eriol smiled. "Is it that obvious?"
"Well, if you are, we want to help!" Naoko said excitedly. She turned to her friends who agreed immediately.
Tomoyo smiled as she put her camera away. "Thanks a lot you guys. This should be fun!"
"What should be fun?"
The group of six teens turned around startled by the voice. They had turned their backs to where Syaoran and Sakura had been but that obviously wasn't a good idea. Syaoran and Sakura had shown up behind them unexpectedly.
"What should be fun, guys?" Sakura repeated. Syaoran stood silently, his arms crossed and his eyes narrowed. He knew something was up. Especially since Daidouji had her camera out recording them and since they were all crouching in the grass behind some bushes.
"N-Nothing," Naoko stuttered while fiddling with her glasses nervously.
"We were saying how scary it is that when ghosts get angry they can possess a person's body and-"
Chiharu immediately slapped her boyfriend behind his head.
"Hoee? Gh-Ghosts?" Sakura shuddered a bit. Oh how she hated those horrid ghosts.
"How the hell can that be fun?" Syaoran asked rather angrily.
Rika looked at the others nervously. "Uh…Chiharu-chan will tell you."
She nudged Chiharu with her elbow as Chiharu glared at her momentarily. "We…uhh…we were…just uhh…"
"We were planning to go to that new game where you and a group of friends go through this path and hunt down as many monsters and ghosts and other imaginary scary things that try to attack you," Tomoyo said calmly with a smile.
"That sounds scary!" Sakura said as she sweat dropped.
Syaoran still had his eyes narrowed as he glared at Eriol. He was still suspicious. But Eriol just gave his usual smile.
"They say it's really popular," Eriol said, "Would you guys like to come? We're planning of going on the weekend."
Syaoran shrugged and looked away, still skeptical about the whole thing. It surely sounded like an excuse to cover something up. "Whatever."
"How about you, Sakura-san?"
Sakura sweat dropped. "Uh, I-I don't think so."
Syaoran smirked sensing her nervousness growing with every second. "Now don't tell me that you're afraid of monsters."
"I-I'm not afraid of monsters!" Sakura retorted.
"Kinomoto-san is afraid of ghosts. But you can't really blame her for being afraid of them because aside from possessing people's bodies they can-" But Yamazaki was yet again interrupted by a slap to his head from Chiharu.
Sakura looked at him in shock. "Yamazaki-kun!"
Yamazaki looked at her sheepishly. "Woops. Didn't know you didn't want me to tell."
Syaoran continued smirking. Sakura looked at him pleadingly. "Oh please don't start!"
"Sorry, Kinomoto. I'll never forget this little fact. So…Kinomoto is afraid of ghosts, eh?"
Sakura sighed. Tomoyo patted her back. "Don't worry Sakura-chan. Maybe he'll forget by tomorrow," she whispered trying to comfort her friend.
"Don't count on that…"
"Well if you don't want to go then it's okay. We'd really like you to be there though, Sakura-chan," Rika said with a pout.
"Aw c'mon, Kinomoto. Go. It would be fun to see you trembling with fear from virtual holograms," Syaoran said snickering a bit.
Eriol gave him a scolding look that told him to shut up but Syaoran just shrugged.
Sakura frowned. "If my fears are a source of entertainment to you, Li, then I'm definitely not going!"
"Hey Kinomoto, I was only kiddi-"
But she glared at him and interrupted. "I'm not going and that's final!"
When Sakura got home she was exhausted from the day's events. She couldn't believe that Li! He seemed so sincere and gentle while she was talking to him about their pasts but when the subject about going to that game he totally was a different person. She sighed as she collapsed on the couch. Her father was out staying late at his university where he taught as a professor and Touya was out on his job. Knowing that they were alone, Kero soon floated down the steps and sat on Sakura's lap.
"Hard day, kid?" he asked.
"You have no idea," she said, leaning her head back and closing her eyes.
"Well I've had a great day!" Kero said, "I beat that new video game that you got, FFX-2. It's really cool! That Gippal dude who's the head of the Machina Faction reminds me of me. That's why I think he's the coolest. Oh! Oh! And I got the perfect ending too!" Kero glowed with pride.
She smiled at the small guardian. "That's great, Kero. Sounds like you've had a really good day."
"What happened in your day?"
Sakura sighed in frustration. "I just don't get him!" she said suddenly, "Today, things were looking up but then it suddenly fell down again!"
Kero flew over to sit on his mistress' shoulder. "It's that gaki isn't it?"
"Hoee? Gaki?"
" Li Syaoran. He acts like a real gaki."
Sakura giggled. "Kero! W-Well I guess he does a little. I'm trying to get to know him more though."
"Don't even try, Sakura. That kid's had too many bad things happen to him and he's never warmed up to anyone and probably never smiled since his father died. What makes you think he'll act different to you?"
Sakura was silent. Kero was speaking the truth. She knew he was. But she couldn't get that feeling out. The feeling where she knew he would change and become a better person. He started talking to her about his past today, wasn't that a start? It seemed so...she had barely expected to be sitting in such a romantic place with all those cheery blossoms cascading around them and be civilly talking to him. If you asked her, she'd rather have Yukito with her instead of him, no offense...
She heard the front door open and Kero instantly fell on her lap as a 'stuffed animal'.
Touya walked into the room tiredly and fell beside his sister on the couch. He noticed her tired appearance. "Tough day, kaijuu?"
Sakura glared at him. "Don't even start with me…"
Suddenly another person appeared behind her brother. He smiled at Sakura. "Hey Sakura-chan."
She suddenly perked right up at the sight of him. She blushed and smiled back. "Yukito-san!"
Touya stood up. "Yuki, why don't you stay for dinner? I'll start cooking now," he said walking towards the kitchen.
"Oh, I will if you don't mine. Do you need help, Touya?" he asked politely.
"Nope." And then Touya left the room.
Yukito took the seat next to Sakura. "You look tired, Sakura-chan. Are you okay?"
Sakura nodded, blushing. "I-I'm okay. It's just been a weird day."
"You mean with Li around?"
She nodded again.
"Ah, I see. Well I think he's really a nice boy. He's just gone through a lot of things…" Yukito said.
"Yeah, probably. Why does he hate me so much though?" Sakura said with a groan.
"If you think about it, anyone else in his position would act that way. He probably thinks that you have a perfect life. The perfect life that he wishes he had. After all, what teenager wants to have that much responsibility?"
Sakura nodded. "That's true." She considered this thoughtfully.
Yukito smiled gently. Touya then popped his head into the room. "Hey Yuki, what time are you going to work tomorrow?"
"Oh, probably early morning," he replied.
Sakura giggled. "I can't believe you guys are still switching from job to job."
"Well we need money. And we can't get full time jobs with the classes from college. So we've gotta find a good job that pays us good," Touya said. Then he popped back into the kitchen to work on the food.
"So where's your new job this time?" Sakura asked.
"It's at this new place in the center of town. It's pretty popular right now. It's a game where the people that come go through a path and shoot hologram monsters with laser guns," Yukito answered.
Sakura's ears perked up at the familiarity of the place. "You guys work there?"
He nodded. "It's a pretty exhilarating place, actually. But we only greet people at the door and give them their equipment. Although for lunch break everyday, we get to through the trail for free! Isn't that neat? You should go there, Sakura."
Sakura's jaw dropped. So does that mean that she might see him there if she went with the others?
"Hey, Yuki, Kaijuu. Time to eat!" Touya shouted from the kitchen.
Yukito stood up. "Well let's go eat, Sakura-chan."
As she stood up, gently carrying Kero, she shook her head. "No, you go on ahead. I have to make a phone call."
He nodded. "See you at the table."
Sakura ran up to her room as fast as lightening and threw Kero onto the bed.
"Ouch! Hey!" he shouted getting trapped under the blanket.
"Gomen, Kero-chan!" Sakura said as she fumbled around in her schoolbag.
"Sakura, let's go to that virtual place! Please! Bring me there! You owe me one after leaving me here bored to death!" Kero complained fluttering all around her annoyingly.
Sakura rolled her eyes. Just a second ago he was saying how much fun he had playing his video game and now he's saying that he was bored to death! Well, she couldn't pay attention right now though. She was busy trying to find her cell phone.
"Please, Sakura!" Kero whined, "I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY WANT TO GO!"
Sakura was frustrated as she looked around on her room, ignoring the little bear's complaints. "Hey Kero, where's my cell phone!"
"I'll tell you if you promise to bring me to that virtual place!" he said.
Sakura sighed and nodded. She should've known he would do that. "Fine."
Kero pointed to her study table. "It's under that pile of papers."
Sakura scrambled to her desk and immediately found her phone, carelessly knocking the pile of paper to the floor. Meanwhile, Kero was jumping around on the bed saying "Yay! I'm gonna kick those monster's butts!"
Sakura dialed Tomoyo's number and waited patiently as it rang. Finally, Tomoyo picked up. "Tomoyo-chan!" Sakura said hastily, out of breath.
"Sakura-chan? What's wrong?" came Tomoyo's worried voice from the other line.
Sakura grinned as she thought of Yukito. "You guys are still going to that virtual monster place, right?"