Disclaimer:- Roses are red, Violets are blue, Syaoran can be a perv when he wants to, so there's nothing you can do...except maybe admire his cuteness.. :P. And no, I don't own him. Or Sakura. Or pretty much any other cannon characters in this fic. Sucks, huh?

A/N: Read this: In the middle of the first scene it gets slightly...oh, who am I kidding, it gets highly sensual and suggestive... so all you people out there who generally don't like this kinda stuff, skip it...you have been warned ! It's all in the name of raunchy humor really... ;P

Chap 18:- The Dream.

It was about 10 PM when Touya came back from his dinner with Nakuru.

He smiled slightly, recalling the super sized portions Nakuru had happily consumed at dinner. She must have a really high metabolism- or a hollow left leg!

It was pretty amazing that someone so lean could tuck away that much food, but he honestly didn't mind Nakuru's healthy appetite at all. If truth be told, he actually found it refreshing.

What he didn't appreciate were females that made a big deal about having a salad because they were 'dieting', but then turned around and ate half of the food off his plate.

Grimacing at the memory of past dates gone bad, Touya opened the door and went in.

" I'm home Kaijuu " he said as he entered the hall.

Frowning at the lack of response, he made his way up the stairs and towards Sakura's room. He reached for the door knob to get in and check on his sister...

His hands froze mid way as he suddenly heard voices from inside the room.

" Harder, harder...oh Syaoran, harder.. "

All color drained from Touya's face.

" I'm trying Sakura... "

This statement, said in a very hoarse voice, was followed by a pant.

" Push harder ... "

" It's not that easy ! "

" Why not ? "

" This thing is big, that's why ! "

" No it's not, Syaoran."

" Yes it is " came the indignant reply.

" I've seen people having bigger ones... "

" Like who ? "

" Tomoyo. She has two of these actually..."

Touya's brain decided go on shut down mode on hearing this, his eyes rolled onto the back of his head and he promptly fell down on the floor with a loud thud.

Sounds of feet scrambling was heard from inside the room and the door unlocked to reveal, Sakura and Syaoran standing there both looking weary and out of breath.

Sakura gasped seeing her brother lying on the floor " Oni-chan ! Oh god, he's out-cold ! "

" Yeah.. I guess he is.." Syaoran said only half succeeding in hiding his glee.

Sakura scowled at him " Quit standing there, and help me carry him to his room ! "

Syaoran mimicked her voice " Help me move the couch Syaoran ! Help me carry my unconscious pain of a brother ! " He glared " Oh Suuuure, looove to ! And while I'm at it shall I help you balance your check book? Comb your hair and do your nails ? " he all but snarled.

Sakura narrowed her eyes in irritation " You insisted on moving the couch baka! It was your dumb idea anyway... "

" You're the one who complained about the room being small " he said crossing his arms over his chest " All I did was suggest that there'd be more space in your room if you moved the couch..."

"And the next thing I know " he continued with a cute pout " I'm roped in on this horrible scheme of yours, to push the couch all the way across the room... "

" How very evil of me " Sakura rolled her eyes " Now then, are you gonna help me or not ? " she said flinging her brother's right arm across her shoulders.

Syaoran grudgingly followed suit, and they dragged Touya to his room.

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" Well, I better get going then.." Syaoran said tiredly as they came out from Touya's room, having placed him on the bed.

Syaoran had rented the apartment he used back in the fourth grade, to stay for his trip on Tomoeda. Sakura had invited him to stay in her house, but Syaoran had refused telling her that he wanted to revisit the place.

They passed by Sakura's room and Syaoran glanced inside to see a pink glow emanating from one of the drawers of her table.

He blinked ' Was that a blue butterfly that flew by ? '

Syaoran shook his head and glanced at the tables again and found everything in place as usual.

' I'm seeing things now... Just one day with the Kinomoto's and I'm going crazy ' he thought wryly.

Shrugging off the strange feeling gnawing at his mind, he went down the stairs and bid Sakura good-bye.

" Make sure you lock and bolt the door after I leave " He said seriously " You have no idea how many weirdos I've met running around out here back in the old days..."

Sakura laughed. " I will..." she added firmly seeing the warning glance of his eyes.

She watched him go down the street, until he disappeared out of view.

He was gone.

A bittersweet feeling welled in her chest, which Sakura tried to squash down as she went inside her house. She locked the door and made her way towards her room looking forward to a good night's sleep at her home.

Sakura snuggled into her pillow and closed her eyes shut.

Cherry blossom trees in full bloom were lined up perfectly on the left and right side, and she found herself standing in the middle of a stone path.

Sakura frowned glancing around her surroundings. ' Where am I ? '

Sounds of laughter filled her ears and she ran towards the source of voice.

A beautiful house loomed ahead of her and along side it a large pond with a few lily pads floating on the surface glimmered with sunlight.

Sakura walked towards the house and saw two figures standing in the shadows. They appeared to be engrossed in talking, and she noted with a start that their voices were awfully familiar.

Especially the male one that spoke " Gee thanks, a guy can use a ego boost from his wife once in a while "

" Ego boost? For you? Don't make me laugh. "

" I think you already did "

Sakura saw the wife slapping the guys arm playfully. " Don't act cute with me "

" I don't act cute...I already am "

The woman laughed " Dream on "

Before Sakura could go near enough to see their appearance the scene around her shifted.

Snow was pouring down heavily and she now found herself standing in an alley. Dark-red walls covered in snow were lined on each side and it was eerily quiet.

' What is this place ? '

She walked ahead and stepped out of the alleyway into a very wide and deserted street.

Suddenly there were loud foot-steps coming her way and she heard several shouts. Due to the intense snow fall all Sakura could see was a cream blur whizzing past the road, followed quickly by four more blurs.

It didn't take long for Sakura to understand that they were actually people. She followed them and caught up as they reached the dead end of another alley.

Insane laughter greeter her ears and she saw four men dressed in torn grey, blue, faded brown and black coats standing there with their backs facing her.

Behind them she could see the silhouette of someone wearing a cream dress in the far end of the dark alley, desperately searching for a way out.

" Give it up girly " one of the men said.

" I think we could get a pretty high price selling this one. She's quite the looker... "

This comment earned another round of laughter.

Fear gripped Sakura as she viewed the scene before her with wide eyes. ' What's going on? Who are these people ? What am I doing here? '

One of the men, possibly the group leader, stepped towards the entrance of the small alley.

" But first " he began in a lecherous tone " We'll have some fun with her..."

" Iiiiiiiiiieeeeeeee "

Sakura woke up with a start, her chest heaved up and down as sweat formed in her brows. She glanced around wildly and sighed relieved on seeing the familiar pink walls of her room.

" It was just a dream..." she murmured to herself.

She eyed the bright red digits of the clock... 6:00 A.M. Sighing she climbed out of the bed, intent on taking a shower to relax herself.

She recalled the last part of her dream and shuddered slightly... the entire scene had felt so real to her...

A question gnawed her mind as she made her way towards the bathroom. The scream that was heard at the end... it was definitely hers !

But the thing is... was it heard inside the dream ? Or did she just wake up screaming aloud ?

A bad feeling settled on her stomach, but Sakura ignored it.

' That was just a stupid nightmare... nothing to worry about..' she reassured herself repeatedly. 'Nothing to worry about..'

Perhaps if our dear card mistress had stayed behind her room, she might have reconsidered that thought.

For there, lying on top of the table, a Sakura-card glowed faintly in pink with it's front-side facing the ceiling...The Dream.

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It was breakfast time, and when Syaoran along with Tomoyo who he met on the way, had come to Sakura's house for the morning he was instantly greeted with sight of a cheerful Yukito hugging an equally cheerful Sakura.

Clearly, this was not the signs of a good day for our Bachelor.

It seems Yukito had come over to see Sakura hearing she had come to visit. After Syaoran reluctantly shook hands with him, they sat around the table to eat their breakfast.

Tomoyo declined hers, saying she had already finished hers with Eriol back in her house, to video tape the whole thing.

Throughout the entire ordeal, Touya remained oddly silent. He appeared to be a bit shaken and a little on the pale side. Nakuru who sat beside Syaoran, shot Touya concerned glances and frowned at him confused.

A sour look fluttered across Syaoran's face as he watched the scene before him with distaste. Sakura who was sitting beside Yukito, chatted away with him happily...

" What's so great about him ? " Syaoran muttered, turning to glare at the side of Yukito's face.

Tomoyo looked at Syaoran in amusement. " Oooh, a bit bothered on seeing Sakura talk to Yukito are we ? " she questioned slyly.

Syaoran's face immediately grew red.

"Are you saying " he hissed, his eyes narrowed " That I'm jealous of that...that..."

He gestured wildly at Yuktio, seemingly unable to find words horrible enough to describe him.

" I guess I hit a sore spot, huh ?" Tomoyo suggested with a laugh. " Well, I can't really blame you for feeling that way..." she began innocently

" This is all a part of falling in love after all... " she finished with a sly smile.

It took a moment for those words to sink in, during which Tomoyo took a devious amount of pleasure in watching and recording the realization dawn on his face.

" W-W - What? " he spluttered on his drink of water.

By the time he managed to regain some of his composure, the entire people including Sakura were staring at him with raised eyebrows and curious expressions.

Syaoran turned red and mumble an apology for spluttering drink on the table. Sakura waved off his apology and continued her talk with Yukito.

Syaoran thinned his lips shooting Tomoyo an accusing glare.

" Please don't say that again, Daidouji " he hissed with a pained look. " You nearly made me choke on water "

" Now, that would've been interesting " she commented giggling.

Syaoran rolled his eyes and tuned back in on the conversation, just in time to Sakura telling Yukito about his help in moving the couch.

" But he wouldn'tpush it hard enough ! " she exclaimed.

Touya had instantly stopped taking food and turnedpale, apparently the only words he heard were ' push ' and ' hard '.

Syaoran scowled " Hey I did my best ! In the end I got it there didn't I ? "

" Eriol would've done a better job than you ! Heck, even Tomoyo would have ! " she said with an eye roll.

" Oh god.." Touya muttered placing a hand over his mouth, his face coloring a sickly shade of green.

Syaoran glared at her " I don't think so, that couch was damn heavy to push.. no matter how hard I tried "

Slowly things started clicking into place for Touya...

" Couch ? You..mean ...you guys were just moving the couch yesterday ? " he said incredulous.

" Yeah.." Sakura said and cocked her head to the side eyeing her brother with a frown " What did you think ? "

He blinked and then his shoulders shook, within seconds a rare sound was heard in the house of the Kinomoto's, the sound of Touya laughing heartily.

" Nothing, Kaijuu..." he said smiling " nothing at all..."

He slowly stood up and made his way towards his room to get ready for work, ignoring the raised eyebrow (Syaoran), widened eye (Sakura, Nakuru ) and astonished stares (Yukito and Tomoyo) coming from the table.

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" Why did you take me here? " Syaoran growled as they stepped into Cheery-bloom Cafe.

The place was decorated entirely in pink, quite generous with the lace, bows, and ribbons, with accents of gold and pink hearts around the ceiling.

Syaoran scowl became even more pronounced as gold confetti came down his head as they entered the shop.

" They have to record something for our trip in Tomoeda ! " Sakura gritted out angrily " Tomoyo didn't allow to record our time in Tokyo, yesterday.. "

"...and let me guess, as a compromise we are having a lunch date ? " he asked with a raised eyebrow.

Sakura nodded " Besides it wasn't my idea to come here, the cameraman thinks this is a lovely place.." She said, making her sarcasm obvious.

"Quite charming " Syaoran replied dryly " It looks like someone ate too many candy hearts and vomited all over the walls. "

Sakura laughed and they sat around a table and ordered their lunch. Unknown to them, a grey-raven haired girl standing outside the cafe next to a blue-haired man, was trying to strike off a deal with the cameraman.

" I'm sorry Miss, but I can't give you a copy of the tapes recorded during the show " the cameraman said firmly " The producer has strictly told me to do so "

" But I need to see the videos of my Sakura-chan's time in China ! " Tomoyo exclaimed with a pout.

Eriol smiled and whispered something in her ear.

Tomoyo grinned facing the cameraman " I'm willing to pay..."

The cameraman smiled " I never listen to the producer Miss, you can collect the tapes at my office "

Saying this, he went inside to bother -oops, record Sakura and Syaoran in their date leaving a cheerful Tomoyo to hug an amused Eriol.

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The afternoon came to an end and soon, Sakura was bidding farewell to her friends and family in Tomeda. It was time for to catch the flight back to China.

Touya , Eriol and Nakuru were near the gates watching them, while Syaoran stood next to the limo.

Tomoyo hugged her tightly " I'll miss you Sakura..." she whispered " Have fun... " she added with a wink as she released her.

Sakura frowned " Hoe? "

' What did Tomoyo mean by that ? '

So deeply was she immersed in thought, that she did not see the pile of melting snow in the path. Predictably, she slipped over it.

Even as she felt herself losing her balance, someone grabbed her hand to steady her. Sakura knew the identity of her savior the moment he touched her...there was a sense of deep familiarity, as if this sort of thing happened all the time...

...which was true, literally. Besides, she had never met another person who had the kind of quick reflexes Syaoran possessed.

She smiled up at him thankfully.

" You're so clumsy..." he reprimanded with a frown, still not releasing his hold on her.

Touya looked as though he couldn't decide whether to yell or throttle Syaoran...seeing the narrowed eyes of Nakuru he settled for gritting his teeth instead.

It was heard loud enough for both of them to spring apart blushing fiercely.

" Bye.." Sakura waved getting inside the car.

Syaoran was about to enter when suddenly he paused and turned to Touya. He looked at him square in the eye and said " I won't "

Touya blinked at first in confusion and then as he realised what Syaoran had said, he nodded his head.

" I'll hold you to that gaki " he said with a smirk.

Syaoran shot back a similar smirk and went inside the car. They soon drove off from towards the airport.

" What was that about ? " Sakura questioned curiously.

" Huh? "

" What you said to my oni-chan before getting in..." she asked raising an eyebrow.

Syaoran shrugged "Something I should've told your brother since yesterday..."

When Sakura questioned him further, Syaoran had irritably told her to stay out of it. This of-course resulted in another argument between them, ending in Sakura giving him the silent treatment.

It lasted during the entire ride to the airport, At the airport, On the plane ( even though he helped her air-sickness, a treacherous part of her mind accused Sakura ) and back in China.

"You know you can't ignore me forever " Syaoran pointed out with a smirk.

Sakura scowled and jutting her chin out defiantly, she walked towards the mansion with cool night air blowing around her face.

She quickly climbed the stairs and entered the girls-hall, only to pounced by the three eager girls who waited for her arrival anxiously.

" How did it go ? " Kasumi asked curiously.

" Did you get him in the sack ? " Kourin enquired with a grin.

Sakura's eyebrow twitched in irritation " It went ok I guess ...and no Kourin , I didn't get him in the sack " she said smiling a little.

"So what was he like in front your family? Was he decent? " Airo asked cautiously " I'm going with him next and I'm really worried about the whole meeting... "

Sakura winced remembering the fight between her brother and Syaoran. She eyed the girls who were keenly waiting for her reply, and shifted uncomfortably.

"Well, how do you think he would've behaved ? "she asked evasively.

" Like a gentleman ! " Kasumi said with a dreamy sigh " He would be that perfect kinda guy, who we can all introduce to our parents with no worry..."

Kourin nodded "Yup, then we can proceed to giving him strawberry and whipped cream in our room " she said giggling.

Airo shook her head with disgust " Seriously Kourin, get your head out of the gutter "

" Woah, that's asking too much gurl ! Why are you being so cruel to Kourin ? What did she ever do to deserve such a horrid punishment of not being a hentai ! " Kasumi exclaimed dramatically.

"Shut up " Airo said throwing a pillow at her and Sakura rolled her eyes.

Kourin grinned and looked at Sakura " Say, why don't you tell something about Syaoran? Like his habits or maybe his favorite food..."

" Yeah, tell us about him ! " Kasumi pleaded.

Sakura blinked, she didn't expect such a question. She fought down a scowl that threatened to come on her face, on seeing the girls eagerness.

She just didn't understand these girls...instead of asking her how she was or, whether she had a good time with her family, these girls wanted to know only about Syaoran.

How was the date with Syaoran? How did Syaoran behave? What does Syaoran like?

' Him, him, him, it's always about him ! ' Sakura thought with an inward scowl. Her previous argument with Syaoran was still fresh in her mind...

' Well then, if they want to know about him so badly, then I'll just have to tell them about him...' a smirk covered her lips ' As I see it...'

Sakura bit back a laugh and feigned a worried expression on her face " I don't know if I should tell you about this..." she said cautiously.

As Sakura predicted in her mind, the girls instantly turned highly curious.

" Tell us what ? " Airo asked anxiously.

" Um, Well... Syaoran has a, erm, slight problem.." Sakura began.

" What sort of problem ? " Kourin questioned.

" He confessed this to me, when I offered him to stay at my house... " Sakura wriggled her hands, in supposed nerves.

" Spill it gurl ! " Kasumi ordered.

" Syaoran...He...he still wets his bed every-night "

The girls gasped.

" Oh my gosh ! No way ! " Airo screeched in disbelief.

Kasumi had a dumbstruck expression " Holy crap! " she muttered eyes wide.

'And they said I was gullible... ' Sakura thought with a slight smirk.

" H-how... oh god, I told my parents that he'd stay at my house...but now...he...I " Airo stuttered " Oh, what am I going to do ? " she shouted trembling.

" Well, I think I can help you with that..." Sakura said innocently.

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It was the dawn of a beautiful morning, and our favorite bachelor was getting ready for his daily jogging routine. The camera crew, had come early to record the start of his trip to visit Airo's parents living in Taipie.

Just as he was about to go outside, he saw Airo coming towards him holding a brown package in her hand.

" Here Syaoran, this is for you " she said shoving the package in his hands " It'll help you with your problem..."

" And what problem do I have ? " Syaoran asked frowning.

" Well, you know.." Airo said, embarrassed. " Your bedwetting problem. "

Syaoran tore open the brown package.

It held... pampers.

Adult pampers.

" Sakura told us all about it... " she told him.

Syaoran clenched his jaw and to his great horror, he saw the cameraman recording all this with a gleeful smile.

" It doesn't matter " Airo added consolingly " People grow out of it. "

" Get away from me " Syaoran said glaring and tossed the pampers back at her.

" But, Syaoran.. "

Ignoring her, Syaoran stormed back in, cursing Sakura under his breath. A throat laughter greeted his ears and he looked up the stairs to see Sakura clutching her sides her body shaking with laughter.

The gleam in his eyes was definitely predatory as he walked towards her. His gait was slow and deliberate, almost wolf-like, Sakura felt the laughter die on her throat and her mouth went dry at his approach.

He stopped directly in front of her, standing so close that she had to tilt her head way back to meet his gaze. It occurred to her suddenly that he was taller than she had remembered...

He leaned in towards her ears, making her whole body tingle as his soft breath fell on her neck.

" That was a devious little prank my cherry blossom... " he murmured, his warm breath tickled her ear like an intimate caress.

She could not see Syaoran's expression, but she would have laid odds that he was smirking.

"And... revenge shall be bitter sweet " he whispered pulling away.

A/N: I would like to thank certain readers for their encouraging reviews, but as fanfiction dot net doesn't allow us to respond to reviews in our author notes anymore, I'll just have to give you all a big thumbs-up, instead. Even if you can't see it.

This chapter as you can see had The Dream card in it, so that whole scene was a premonition really. And as for what Syaoran said to Touya at the end...the clue lies in what he explained to Sakura...which will lead you to the previous chapter dialogues between Touya and him of course ! Let's see how many of you can get it right...

PS:- I did my exams well, thank you for asking.