Disclaimer: Dudes, I don't own CCS and the characters (boo hoo). Alright, I am not going to go into this rubbish now. I really want to get to this two chapter fic. So, on with the story then. Hope u enjoy it!
Summary: A certain note read-" Hey, come near the Dolphin-fountain at 12 tonight. Christmas surprise awaits you! Sshhh... Keep it a secret." What's going on? Who wrote this to whom?
CHRISTMAS CONFUSION:
Part I: Flying Paper Balls
The Christmas break has begun! And to top it all, The Seijo high 9-2 students had won a trip to Hong Kong after winning the first place in the all Tomoeda-culturals, sponsored by 'The Didouji Ltd'. Emotions were running high. The air was thick with excitement. The best part was, they were invited to stay over at the Li mansion for the trip! Touya and Yukito, who were currently working in Hong Kong, were also invited to stay in the Li mansion by their co-worker, Shiefa.
The students were bouncing of the balls of their feet, unable to control their eagerness, as they got off the plane.
Sakura's POV:
" Oh! I can't believe we are already here! I can't wait to see Syaoran Kun and Meilin Chan again!" Sakura squealed, with stars in her eyes.
" Sakura Kawai!" Tomoyo screamed, taping her happily, making her turn pink.
" Sakura Chan is really excited about meeting Li Kun, isn't she?" She heard Rika comment to Chiharu and Noako, as they walked into the visitor's lounge and turned cherry red.
Her eyes skimmed through the crowd looking for gorgeous amber eyes. That's when she heard a familiar voice yell, "Syaoran! Look, they are here!" She whipped around and froze. Their eyes met after what felt to her like a lifetime yearning.
'It's been such a long time!' she thought.
Her breath caught at the look in his irresistible eyes and got lost in those amber pools. 'oh god! He's become so handsome and so SEXY!'
" Syaoran kun!" Sakura squealed, rushing into his arms. She laughed heartily as he swirled her around and put her down. She looked into his eyes and she felt her heart speed up. The world around them disappeared. She could feel his breath on her cheek, which sent shivers running down her spine. Syaoran's head was lowering slowly and their heads were inching closer and closer and then, their lips met. Electrifying shock waves passed through her body. She heard a groan escape from his mouth. She whimpered and tried to deepen the kiss…
"Ahem! Ahem! There are young impressionable minds here!" yelled Yamazaki in a mock scandalized voice.
Unfortunately they had to break out of their little fantasy world as the others rushed to meet Syaoran and Meilin.
Yamazaki clapped Li on the back, grinning playfully. " Hey man! You have grown really tall-" "and SEXY!" the girls finished, giggling hysterically. Syaoran rolled his eyes leading them out of the airport.
They walked out of the airport to find nearly 10 limos waiting for them. Every one got settled for their ride to the li mansion, where they had a happy reunion with Eriol who had, to Toya's distaste, come with Nakuru and of course Suppy (secretively to kero's glee. Oh! It's nothing but to gloat about his latest victories!).
They had a bash, visiting places, doing Christmas shopping, singing around the bon fire, eating (in the case of Yukito, Kero and Suppy) and playing naughty games. Then again, for sakura and Syaoran, it was the-" snogging each other senseless at every opportunity" part, the best.
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24TH afternoon:
Kero's POV:
Kero was sitting in Sakura's room, growling and cursing, looking very frustrated.
"I can't believe that Sakura made me promise to buy SUPPY a Christmas gift!"
"What sort of rivals give gifts to each other? That ungrateful baka might not even give me one!" Kero fumed.
Just then, a thought entered his frustrated mind.
"Aha! I know what to do! I'll show him my latest score. The one I recently scored over him." he rubbed his hands together and cackled evilly.
" I am going to lure him into my trap and then I'll show him who is greater! Let me start by writing him a note, a nice curious one and leave it unnamed!" he smirked at his own intelligence.
He hurriedly took out a paper from one of the many drawers and snatched a pen from the holder and set to work.
"Hey, come near the Dolphin-fountain at 12 tonight. Christmas surprise awaits you! Sshhh... Keep it a secret.", he wrote and then stepped back to examine his handy work.
Finding no mistakes in the note, he folded it neatly and held it with stars in his eyes.
'Hee hee! So perfect! Suppi is going to be so very pissed when I show him my latest victories in the newest Cyborg games!' he flew about, cackling like a maniac.
He floated about the brightly lit corridor, looking for his beloved rival, the note safely clutched in his tiny fingers.
He spotted Suppi, hovering near one of the huge windows, overlooking the gardens.
He grinned evilly and threw the note over to Suppi, making sure to stay hidden.
SMACK!
It hit him squarely on the head and fell to the floor.
Suppi's POV:
" What the-" Suppi looked around to see what had hit him and noticed the neatly folded paper on the floor. He flew down curiously and opened it.
Scanning through the message, he frowned thoughtfully. Interesting, very interesting. A Christmas surprise I see? His eyes widened in delight. A Christmas surprise!O000hhhhhhh! I can barely wait. His eyes narrowed again. Now, who would have thrown this to me? He looked around, to find the corridor deserted. Hmm, curious, very curious. He grinned again.
" But, who cares? The thing is, I am getting a Christmas surprise! Yippieeeeeee!" he screamed punching his fists in the air. He crushed the note into a paper ball and threw it up and down. He threw it high into the air in his happiness, too busy to notice that the note had flew through another open window, hitting Nakuru who was inside, on her shoulder.
Seeing that his work was finished successfully, Kero flew out of his hiding place and floated to Sakura's room laughing crazily.
Nakuru's POV:
Nakuru was standing inside her room, wondering were she would be able to find Touya, since he wasn't in his room. Just then she felt something land on her shoulder. She looked down and found a crushed paper ball next to her leg. She picked it up and opened it.
Her eyes scanned through the contents and widened. Oooooooohhhhhhhhhhh! A Christmas surprise! Wow! She looked out through the window to see who had thrown it to her. Her jaw dropped down, as she saw Touya walk past her window, not noticing her.
Soooooo! Toya wrote this to me! Aaaaahhhhhhhh! I am in heaven!
" YIPPIE!" she squealed in delight. So, he is acting as though he didn't throw it at me? Hmm, he doesn't want me to know it's from him? Well then, I'll give him a surprise and hug him tonight and let him know that I had known all along it was he!
She gave a high-pitched scream and threw the note out of the window in excitement, as she punched the air.
Unfortunately for Suppi, the paper ball seems to be oddly attracted to him. For, it yet again landed on top of his head, when he was flying about, still in his excitement.
Suppi's POV:
Suppi was flying around, his excitement at it's peak. Yippie! "I never had a dream come true! A part of me will always be with you!" he sang happily, thinking about what was waiting for him at the Dolphin's fountain. That's when he felt something hit against his head for the second time that day.
He looked around and found a paper ball on the floor. He picked it up and opened it.
He jumped up, startled. What! Another Christmas surprise! Then he realized that it was the same note that he had received less than 10 minutes back.
Geez who ever it was already gave me the message. Why does he have to throw it at me again?
" Hey man, I already got the message. Thanks a lot! Bye!" he shouted out loud so that who ever 'they' were could hear him.
He threw it with all his might and flew away.
Unnoticed by him, the paper ball hit Touya, who had just rounded the corner, near the stairway.
Touya's POV:
Touya frowned at the paper ball as if daring it to fall on top of him again. He bent down and picked it up.
He read through the note and his eyebrows instantly rose. A Christmas present? Who would that be? He shrugged, smirking. I'll find out tonight anyway.
Just then, he heard loud jabbering voices approaching him. He turned around towards the Stairs and saw the gaki and Meilin in a verbal match.
" Meilin! You told mom about what we guys were doing in the basement didn't you!" Syaoran shouted at Meilin.
Meilin's face turned red in outrage.
"What! What the hell are you talking about! I didn't tell her about any of your stupid things you do. It wasn't exactly my fault that you guys were caught drinking and fooling around by her!"
" Shut up and don't lie! I saw you near the door, spying on us and when I turned back you were gone! Now how do you explain that?" he shouted back.
" What! I ran off to tell your girl friend about what was happening and I didn't even see aunt Yelan!" she screamed in frustration and pushed him roughly with her palms. He stumbled at the force and fell on Touya. The paper flew out of Touya's hands and into the garden below.
But, Touya was too concerned about the accusation made my Meilin and caught hold of Syaoran's shirt yelling into his ears and completely forgot about the paper.
Shiefa's POV:
Shiefa was standing in the garden talking into the cell phone about the latest gossip in her workplace with her best friend, when the paper ball fell on her shoulder and bounced on to the ground. She hung up on the Phone after a few minutes and looked down to find the paper ball that had hit her.
She picked it up and scanned through the contents. Her eyes became very round and she squealed in excitement. Wow! A surprise! For me! Yaaeee! She looked up and found Yukito standing in the in the balcony, overlooking the garden. From Yukito! Yipieeee! But I shouldn't let anyone know about this. Especially my sisters! They will go around gossiping. She looked at Yukito and their eyes met. He smiled and waved at her cheerfully. How KAWAII! She giggled and threw the paper at him playfully and ran into the house.
Yukito caught the paper, looking confused. Her stared at it questioningly as though waiting for it to open it's mouth and explain.
He opened it and stared at the words. His face broke into a grin and his eyes twinkled with stars. Hey hey! A Christmas surprise! Probably a great huge dessert! Ooooooooohhhhh! I can hardly wait! Thank you Shiefa! Thank you Shiefa! Thank you Shiefa! Thank you Shiefa! Thank you Shiefa! Thank you Shiefa! Thank you Shiefa! Thank you Shiefa! Thank you Shiefa! Thank you Shiefa! Thank you Shiefa!
He was snapped out of his lala land by a small yellow fur ball. Yellow fur ball? He looked up and found Kero floating in front of him, looking curious.
Impulsively, he tried to hide the paper ball behind his back. He had no intention of sharing his desert with anyone, especially Kero!
" Hey 'Snow Bunny!' what are you hiding from me?" he asked suspiciously, flying around Yukito, trying to see what was hidden behind his back. Yukito turned around in phase with Kero so that he would not be able to see behind him.
" Hee hee, kero san, nothing really" he said, looking nervous. Kero's eyes widened as a sudden thought popped into his mind.
" Ooooohhhhhh! Are you hiding a cake or some sorta delicious dessert from me!" he asked. Yukito looked even more nervous now.
" Give it here!" Kero screamed and launched himself at him.
" No! It's not a dessert, kero san!" Yukito exclaimed, trying to disentangle himself from Kero, who was flying about his head. He threw the paper away and showed Kero his empty palms, trying to prove his point.
" No! I don't believe you. Give it to me-"
Suppi's POV:
Meanwhile, the paper ball ripped through the air and landed in the balcony below, were poor poor Suppi was trying to read an interesting mystery book. He looked up and found the paperball less than 5 ft from him. His eyes literally popped out.
What! No not again! He opened it apprehensively and to his suspicions was proved correct. Waaaaaaa! Nooooo! Boo hoo!( he cried, animated style.) He looked at the paper as though he was seeing a headless body and threw it with all his strength.
Phew! It's gone now. Must be bewitched or, it must be a ruthless ghost trying to scare me! He thought looking very frightened. He gulped and flew away to find Eriol. Anything is better than to stay alone!
Normal POV:
And, the ball flew through the air, out of the balcony and bounced once on the parapet wall of the corridor below and landed at the feet of a morose looking Takashi.
Takashi:
Takashi was feeling utterly miserable. He and Chiharu had a yet another fight. He had started to lie again to Mrs. Li herself, which had upset Chiharu extremely. She had slapped him and had run away, climbing the staircase at top speed. He was thankful that no one was around at that instant.
He saw something roll towards his feet at the corner of his eyes. He looked down and found a paper ball lying next to him. He picked it up curiously and opened it.
He scanned through the contents and looked towards the staircase, confused. The paper ball had rolled down towards him. That means…
His eyes widened in happiness as he figured out that it must have been from Chiharu. He ran up the stairs grinning happily, searching for Chiharu.
He spotted her on the seventh floor corridor, chatting with Sakura looking a little depressed.
Oooh! Don't worry CHI. I am not mad at you or anything! He made his way towards her, smiling happily. He noticed, as Sakura walked into the nearby room and sighed in relief that he had a chance to talk to Chi, alone.
" Hey Chi!" he said as he reached them. She turned to look at him and he noticed her eyes darken a bit. He also noticed the look of guilt?
He smirked at her and handed her the paper ball. She gave him a confused look.
" It's okay Chi!" he said and kissed her on her cheek and ran away.
Chiharu's eyebrows rose. She smiled as she read the note. So, he actually forgave me for slapping him! Oh he is so cool, sweet and soooooo damn hot! And…She got a dreamy look in her eyes and absently placed the paper ball on the tea tray. She snapped out of the trance when Sakura came back and took the tray from her hands.
" Ok Sakura chan, I'll see you around" she said, beaming at her friend.
Sakura looked surprised at her sudden mood swing.
" Chiharu chan, you have turned happy again!" she said, smiling with relief.
"Let's just say that Takashi and I are not upset with each other anymore." Chiharu said, grinning gleefully and ran off to make plans for the night
Sakura's POV:
" Bye, Chiharu chan" Sakura waved and walked towards the living room in the ground floor were she had planned to have a little tea party with Tomoyo, Noako and Meilin.
She hummed tunelessly and rounded the corner towards the staircase and bumped it Syaoran.
" Ouch!" both of them screamed at the same time. Sakura just managed to balance the tray before it could fall off.
" Hey sexy baby" Syaoran said, hugging her to him, with a silly grin on his handsome face.
" Syaoran no!" Sakura shouted and managed to balance the tray yet again. She moved it aside, stretched upwards and bit his lower lip lightly and pulled away quickly smiling seductively. Syaoran growled and dived for her lips, catching her in a fierce kiss. Just as the things started to heat up, they were rudely interrupted by her over protective elder brother.
" Oh no not again!" Syaoran growled. " Your brother belongs in a mental institution"
Before Touya could open his mouth, which was probably to throw an insult at Syaoran, Sakura had handed the tea tray to him and had pulled Touya away to give him a piece of her mind.
" Onii chan! You are such a good for nothing ass-"
Syaoran's POV:
Syaoran shook his head, annoyed at the bickering siblings and looked down at the tray. His eyebrows rose when he noticed a paper ball. He balanced the tea tray in one of his hands and took the paper with the other. He scanned through the contents and a smirk formed at the corner of his lip.
He looked at Sakura, who was still fighting with that ass of her brother and called out.
" Hey Saku, is this for me?"
" Hu? Mm" She said, without looking at him and continued shouting at Touya.
He placed the paper back into the tray and looked at her, when she returned.
" Bye sexy, I'll see you tonight then" He said, kissing her lightly on the base of the neck and walked past her, his hands stuffed in the his pockets.
" Huh tonight? Syaoran! What do ya mean to-"
" Nothing, just that paper over there. Bye!" he winked at her and walked away.
Sakura's POV:
Sakura looked at the paper, puzzled. Balancing the tray in one hand, she held the paper in the other and read through the contents. Her face broke into a grin and next instant she squealing with glee. Syao! Baby Syao! You're the best! I can't wait! OMG OMG OMG!
I have to give him some surprise too! What shall I do! Oooohhhhhh! I so want to kiss him senseless now! Right now!
She danced into the living room, swirling the tea tray around, not caring that the teapot was tilting dangerously.
" Saku! You look so KAWAI Twirling around like that!" Tomoyo screamed and started to tap her.
Rika laughed. " Come out of the lala land already!" she said, shaking her head.
Sakura snapped out and looked around the room to find Noako, Tomoyo & Rika standing in front of her with hopeless looks.
" What happened?" she asked. Everyone fell down anime style. She set the tray on the table, grinning happily.
Normal Pov:
Tomoyo started preparing four cups of tea.
" Where is Meilin chan?" she asked Rika.
" Oh, she said that she had to get something from her room. Hey Eriol kun!" Rika waved looking at Eriol, as he entered the room followed by Nakuru.
The others looked at him and shared a pleasant greeting, beckoning him to take a seat.
Sakura walked out of the room to look for Meilin and to give some pastries to Kero.
" Hey! Eriol kun, Wanna join the tea party?" Tomoyo asked, as she poured milk into two cups for Eriol and Nakuru, not bothering to wait for an answer.
Eriol smiled at this gesture and took a seat next to her. That's when he noticed a paper ball next to the milk jar. He took the paper and opened it. Scanning through the contents he knotted his brows and looked at Tomoyo.
Tomoyo, who was ignorant about the paper looked up from the cups and smiled at him shyly. Eriol was now under the impression that the paper was from her and raised his eyebrows, but smiled nevertheless.
Just then, the phone started to ring, grabbing everyone's attention. Eriol looked away from the note when Nakuru shouted, startling everybody. Rika jumped, pouring tea down her from. She gave a high-pitched scream and ran into the bathroom.
" Eriol! It's for you!" Nakuru called out, waving the phone from side to side.
" Oh, I'll be back in a minute." He told Tomoyo and stuffed the paper unconsciously into her and walked quickly, taking his cell phone from Nakuru.
Meilin entered the room and looked at Noako curiously, when she saw Eriol give the paper to Tomoyo. Noako shrugged and moved behind the sofa along with Meilin in order to read over her shoulder.
Tomoyo looked at the paper questioningly, ignorant of the audience she was having. She gasped, looking at the paper disbelievingly.
Meilin and Noako:
Behind her shoulder, Meilin and Noako closed their mouths hastily to avoid the gasp that had almost escaped. They looked at each other and grinned evilly. Moving away from Tomoyo, they started panning for their own share of fun tonight.
" This is Tomoyo's turn to be filmed! How romantic! Sigh." Noako said, with a dreamy look on her face.
" I know! We can name the tape as –' Tomoyo and her lovely Christmas surprise!' Ohhh! How kawaii!" Meilin squealed, with stars in her eyes.
Tomoyo:
Tomoyo danced around the room, squealing in delight.
Such a feeling coming over me,
There is wonder in most everything I see,
Not a cloud in the sky got the sun in my eyes,
And I won't be surprised if it's a dream…
She sang, dancing around in ecstasy after making sure that Eriol was nowhere in the room.
I am on the top of the world and I am looking,
Down on creation and the only explanation I can find!
It's the love that I have found ever since you been around,
And I am looking from the top of the world…
She abruptly stopped singing, as she banged into Rika, who was hurrying out of the bathroom. Rika and Tomoyo went flying to the ground and landed in front of Tereda sensei, who had just then entered the room. Tomoyo got up, not realizing that she had dropped the paper and went to help Rika up.
" Rika! Dijoubu?" she asked, as she helped her up. Tereda sensei stood in front of them looking concerned. Just then, Nakuru screamed again and Tomoyo turned around to see her waving frantically to her. She quickly ran up to her to find out what was wrong.
Tereda:
He watched as the girls banged into each other and came flying towards him and fell down on the ground. Concerned, he walked towards them before bending to pick up the paper, he was sure that one of the girls had just dropped.
Rika:
Rika looked at Tereda sensei, as he walked to her looking concerned.
" Rika san, dijoubu?" he asked, peering down at her.
Rika blushed and looked down, nodding her head 'yes'. He smiled and handed her the paper. " I think this is yours" he said. She gave him a confused look, but took the paper from his hand.
He smiled again and walked to the sofa.
Rika:
Rika looked at the paper in confusion and read it. Her eyes widened and she almost squealed in delight. She looked at Tereda sensei and smiled when he looked at her.
" Thank you sir!" she said, thinking that he was planning a surprise for her and started to walk out of the room, not realizing that she had accidentally dropped the paper while she tried to pocket it.
Tereda sensei though, had seen this and he called out to her. But, she was already gone.
Nakuru and Tomoyo:
"What is it Nakuru san?" Tomoyo asked, as she reached her in the adjacent room.
" It's Suppi and he has gone delirious!" She said as she showed a very devastated looking Suppi to Tomoyo.
" What happened!" Tomoyo gasped as she took Suppi into her hands.
" whah! Ghost! A paper monster! It's trying to kill me! It's been chasing me around the house all day!" He squeaked.
" See! I told you! He is gone mad! Oh no how will Eriol take the news! I couldn't find him anywhere, nor Sakura san, or Li Kun, or anyone who knows him for that matter except you! Whah whah!" Nakuru yelled, with tears running down her front anime style.
Tomoyo looked at her, with concern in her eyes. " It's ok. He must have been scared badly by something or someone. That's all. Now calm down…"
Tereda:
He called out to Rika but she was already gone. He looked at the paper ball and frowned. Walking towards it he bent down and took it in his fingers. He opened it and read through the contents. His eyebrows rose.
A Christmas surprise! I can't believe that my own students whom I had thought all along to be the most disciplined are planning a surprise and that too at 12PM! And to top it all they are staying as guests in another country FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE! I have got to stop them! Ya, I have got to. Oh god! It's a sensitive situation. It'll be better if I talk to her personally before she gets out of the house tonight. I can't do that now. I have an important appointment. Ya, it would be better to talk to her in the evening.
He threw the paper out of the window completely frustrated.
And with that, the problem completely flew out of his mind by the time his appointment got over. (Well, if you are curious, he actually went to meet some relatives of his.)
Normal POV:
And yet again the paper flew into the garden and landed ten feet away from a bench which was, unfortunately for them all, occupied by none other than the mistress of the house Yelan Li herself.
Yelan:
Yelan looked up from her literary book she was reading, when a sudden movement caught her eyes.
She frowned when she saw a paper ball lying a few feet from her. She looked up at the side of the mansion in front of her and her frown deepened.
Who is that throwing unwanted things around in the mansion? Aren't tidiness a part of their vocabulary at all. Who'd have thrown this? She thought, walking towards the paper. She retrieved it from the ground and her frown deepened when she read threw the message.
Who is giving a surprise to whom at 12 in the night! Who ever they are, are going to be very sorry when I am finished with them tonight!
She threw the paper into the nearby wastepaper bin and walked imperiously towards the mansion.
Author's Note:
So, what do you think is going to happen next? You won't know until you read and the next and final chapter of CHRISTMAS CONFUSION!
So, catch the final chapter of 'CHRISTMAS CONFUSION' – "The clandestine rendezvous"
And before that, please review!
Until then,
Ja ne – dreamteam.
PS: The song sung by Tomoyo in this chapter actually belongs to the CARPENTERS.