Chapter Eight

Mischievous Love

Card Captor Sakura

~starjade~

In Which General Hospital Leads
To A Water Fight

Syaoran paced back and forth in his living room , where Eriol was relaxing on the couch. He was desperately trying to look around Syaoran at the TV but it wasn't working.

Syaoran kept coming in front of it over and over and over....

" SYAORAN , SIT DOWN! I'M MISSING SOMETHING IMPORTANT!" Eriol finally yelled. Syaoran stopped and stared at Eriol.

" Why do you care what's happening on T.V?" Syaoran asked.

Eriol shrugged. " Hey , it's my favourite show!"

Syaoran guffawed. " General Hospital is your favourite show??"

Eriol glared at him and Syaoran just rolled his eyes. He quickly grabbed the remote from Eriol's hands and shut the TV.

" Hey!" Eriol protested. " He was just about to ask her to marry him-"

Syaoran just shook his head. " Look , Eriol , we have more important matters to discuss. Like GETTING BACK AT KINOMOTO!"

Eriol smiled slyly. " Ohhh....."

Syaoran collapsed on an armchair. " She freakin' embarrassed me , when she came for dinner last night. How do we prank her...."

Eriol shrugged. "How about the Ultimate Prank-"

Syaoran growled , " That's weeks away , I want to get her back NOW!"

Eriol leaned back against the couch and folded his arms across his chest. " Fine. Let's prank them. Old school , or New Age?"

Syaoran blinked. " What?"

Eriol stared at him and then shook his head. " Never mind...."

Syaoran observed Eriol out of the corner of his eye. " You don't seem that into it anymore...what happened yesterday?"

Eriol yawned. " I pranked Tomoyo..."

Syaoran's eyes bugged. " You what????"

Eriol smiled. " I pranked her. Nothing big. A couple of bottles of green goo and her falling unconscious....nothing too serious..."

Syaoran stared at him. "Ooookay , Eriol....."

Eriol stretched and got up. " Sometimes , the best pranks come to you when you look around.." Eriol went over to the glass windows and looked out to Sakura's house. Sakura and Tomoyo were stretched on lawn chairs , reading magazines.

His eyes glinted with mischief.

" Lets get ready , Syaoran! We have some pranking to do!" Eriol cried and leapt toward the kitchen.

Syaoran stared after him and thought hard. He suddenly snapped his fingers. Syaoran just figured out something.

Eriol was weird.

Well , he watches General Hospital and thinks knocking a girl unconscious is no big deal...what do you expect?

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Sakura wriggled on the lawn chair to make herself comfortable. Sakura and Tomoyo thought that today would be the best day to relax after the....well , uncomfortable last few weeks. After ranting about Syaoran to Tomoyo for about three hours , Tomoyo finally told her to relax.

And it was doing some good...

Sakura took a sip of her lemonade flipped the pages of her magazine. She started to laugh as she remarked , " It says here that I'll discover a soul mate in someone I never would expect in my horoscope..."

Tomoyo nodded. " Mine says I'll meet the man of my dreams this month...."

Sakura and Tomoyo looked at each other and burst out giggling. Horoscopes were just silly things made for people's amusement. It never comes true!

Sakura sighed and adjusted her sunglasses. " You know, today I'm finally not worried about some prank leaping out at me."

Tomoyo nodded. " Me too.....I'm finally remembering how life was without Eriol or Syaoran...."

Sakura grinned. " It's a nice life , isn't it?"

Tomoyo giggled and was about to say something else when something big flew through the air and landed on her head. It burst into water droplets , drenching her hair.

Tomoyo's eyes widened and Sakura leapt up from her lawn chair.

" WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?" They both screeched.

Another big purple thing flew through the air and landed on Sakura's head , drenching her hair as well. Sakura and Tomoyo stared at each other for five seconds and then looked around themselves for the source of this big purple things.

A chestnut haired head and a navy haired head peeked from the fence that separated the two houses.

That explained everything.

" ERIOL AND SYAORAN!" They finally yelled.

" What the hell are you doing?" Sakura screamed.

" We need some peace....away from you!" Tomoyo yelled.

Syaoran peeked over the fence. " Too bad! We declare a water balloon fight!"

Suddenly a barrage of balloons flew from their side to Sakura and Tomoyo's side splattering their clothes with paint , juice , water , any liquid they could find.

" AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" They screamed running around the yard , trying to dodge the water balloons. The balloons kept coming , drenching them. They had pretty good aim , Sakura had to admit.

Finally , she was tired of sceaming and dodging big purple things.

Sakura caught up to Tomoyo and said , " Lets get them back!"

Tomoyo nodded and they both ran inside their house and all was silent.

Syaoran and Eriol cracked up on their side as they watched the girls go inside their house. They slapped a high five.

" Revenge is sweet ," Syaoran said , smiling

Eriol nodded. " It was funny to see them running around all crazy looking-"

All of a sudden , a balloon splashed against Eriol's head. Another against Syaoran's. They both stared at each other and then whirled to look behind them.

Sakura and Tomoyo stood there, still drenched but with a huge bag of water balloons behind them. They both tossed two balloons in their hands , grinning mischievously.

" Never leave your backyard door open!" Sakura said, grinning slyly.

Syaoran and Eriol's eyes widened to saucers as Sakura screamed , " LAUNCH YOUR BALLOONS!"


Tomoyo and Sakura threw their balloons at Syaoran and Eriol who yelled for their life and began to stack up with balloons as well. All four of them began to chase each other as the little 'prank' became a little more difficult!

Syaoran's eyes locked on Sakura. She was going to get it! No one turned his revenge against him! He came at her with balloons stacked high in his arms.

Sakura spotted him running at her. She screamed and grabbed some more balloons and started to run away from him.

Syaoran started to laugh as he began to launch the water balloons at the girl and Sakura started to giggle as they created a small fight together. Finally , Syaoran had Sakura backed up against the wall.

Both of them were drenched completely , their clothes sticking to their skin and their hair plastered to their forehead.

" I'm getting you back for yesterday!" Syaoran panted out , grinning at Sakura as he took aim with a large water filled balloon.

Sakura stopped trying to run away and said , " Hey , it was your fault!"

Syaoran shook his head. " Your getting it , Kinomoto!"

Sakura grinned back. " You gotta get me first!"

Syaoran grinned , slyly. " I never fail!"

Sakura started to walk towards him. " There's a first time for everything!"

Suddenly , she launched herself towards him and Syaoran's eyes widened with shock. She landed on him and with the force , Syaoran fell down to the ground , with Sakura falling on top of him.

For a moment , their eyes met and the expression changed in both of them. The corners of Sakura's mouth tilted as her green eyes seemed to search Syaoran's amber depths.

Syaoran stared at her and something changed between them for that one second. Until of course , Sakura picked up a slippery green balloon and slammed it right in Syaoran's face.

" AHHH!" Syaoran yelled in shock and Sakura rolled off him giggling.

" Serves you right!" she retorted , nearly doubling in laughter at the expression on his face. Sakura ran off , leaving Syaoran to pick himself up. He shook his head as water droplets sprayed from his wet hair.

She sure was something to reckon with!

During this time , Tomoyo was chasing Eriol with as many water balloons as she could get.

" You are so going to get it for yesterday , Hiirigizawa!" Tomoyo yelled as she threw another water balloon at Eriol.

Eriol ran around the yard trying to get away from this crazy woman , who was trying to drown him with water balloons.

Finally he stopped running and Tomoyo hit him with a barrage of water balloons.

"Ow! Ow! Tomoyo , stop!!" Eriol yelled as he tried to dodge the balloons.

Tomoyo laughed and stopped throwing. She had run out of balloons and from the look of it , Eriol had no balloons either.

" Hey , you were the ones who started the water fight anyways!" Tomoyo retorted.

Eriol laughed and walked towards her. " Hey , you provoked us!"

Tomoyo scowled. " How did WE provoke you?"

Eriol grinned and leaned close to Tomoyo. Tomoyo inched back , scared. She remembered yesterday in a flash of events. The way he had held her so close to him....she shook the memory out of her head quickly.

" Hey , it wasn't my fault , Tomoyo. I just wanted to see your beautiful face again..." Eriol whispered as he got closer and closer.

Tomoyo gulped. What was he doing? This was too close for comfort....

Suddenly , Eriol splashed a water balloon on her head and Tomoyo screamed , stumbling away from Eriol.

" It's more beautiful covered with water!" Eriol snickered and Tomoyo glared at him.

" You little..." she yelled and grabbed another water balloon from the sack , starting to chase him again. He really was a little charming prankster , wasn't he?

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Syaoran yawned as Eriol paced back in forth behind him. After the water fight , they all declared peace and Eriol and Syaoran went back to the mansion. Now Syaoran was bent over a piece of paper and Eriol was trying to think up something to say.

" How will we start this off......hmm....Dear Sakura , I have seen you walk through the hallways , and my heart has melted with all the love I feel for you...." Eriol looked at Syaoran hopefully and Syaoran shook his head. Eriol stopped pacing and collapsed on a chair in defeat.

" Writing a love letter is sooo hard!" Syaoran groaned and banged his head on the table.

Eriol nodded , deep in thought. " How does those guys in General Hospital do it??"

Syaoran stared at Eriol in shock. " You know , you've gotta get over General Hospital!"

Eriol shrugged. " Hey , it's a very interesting show!"

Syaoran just shook his head. " Whatever. Here , let me start." Syaoran tapped the pen against the table , and started to write. " Dear Sakura , Your eyes have captured my heart and I don't think I want it back-"

Eriol stood up. " Yeah! Those green depths have me lost in my love for you..."

Syaoran bit the end of his pen and shook his head , deep in concentration. " No...."

Eriol scowled. " What's wrong with that?"

Syaoran's forehead wrinkled as he concentrated , " Nothing , really. Except her eyes are really emerald , you know...."

Eriol stared at Syaoran and then burst out laughing. Syaoran , jerked out of his trance , turned to him.

" What? Why are you laughing?" Syaoran asked , lost.

Eriol just wiped a tear out of his eye. " Nothing, nothing. It's just that.....you and Sakura are going to be good friends one day!"

Syaoran snorted. " Yeah right! She's a despicable child , not trained in the arts of pranking enough to be a good rival-"

As he continued on , Eriol just clapped a hand on his shoulder. Someday , he would understand to keep his friends close....

And his enemies closer....

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It was Monday , finally and the sun was bright in the sky. Fluffy white clouds floated in the baby blue sky as the shining rays of light floated down to shimmer in the water.

Sakura's class was on a picnic out in the park. They had already chosen their picnic place and had eaten their lunch.

Tomoyo and Sakura had resolved to sit as far away as they could from Syaoran and Eriol.

" It's such a beautiful day isn't it?" Sakura said as she filled her glass with juice.

Tomoyo nodded. " It's a shame that its ruined by those two!"

Eriol and Syaoran were leaning against some tree trunks watching the class carefully. All of a sudden , Chiharu screamed.

Tomoyo rushed to her. " What? What's wrong?"

Chiharu stared into her glass. " There's a spider in my juice!"

Everyone on an instant reflex stared into their juice as well. And floating in every single glass was two dead spiders.

" AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" The class screamed , some of them racing to the stone building a couple of yards away to use the washroom and some of them racing to the forest to *ahem* well , you know.

The teacher ( a new one) was trembling. " SYAORAN AND ERIOL ! IS THIS YOUR WORK???"


Eriol put on an innocent puppy dog face. " Oh , teacher , of course not! Why are we accused? There is no proof that we did it!"

The teacher slowly picked up one of the spiders. It was actually a rubber spider and she walked over to them and pointed on the underside of the rubber spider.

It was clearly labelled , Property of Syaoran Li.

Sakura and Tomoyo burst into muffled laughter.

" Syaoran!" Eriol yelled. " Why did you label the rubber spiders??"

Syaoran flushed , and shrugged. " Hey , I didn't want them to get lost....hehehe...."

The class glared at the two and the teacher sighed. " I don't know what to do with you two. Okay , class , we'll be getting into the boats now." The class cheered.


" I want you all to get into groups of four , alright?"

The girls moved to the girls and the guys moved to group with the guys , but the teacher held up a hand. " Nope , this activity will have two guys and two girls! Hurry up!"

The class groaned and they all avoided Syaoran and Eriol.

" Hey , why don't they want to be in the same group with us?" Syaoran asked Eriol , grinning as they all avoided the two pranksters.

Eriol shrugged . " I have no idea. We're the best kids in this class!"

Syaoran snickered. " They just keep blaming us with these mysterious pranks that keep popping up...."

Eriol smiled as well and his eyes roamed the area. Suddenly he grinned.

" Guess which two girls are the only ones left..."

Syaoran looked around as well and groaned. " We're going to be stuck with Sakura and Tomoyo? This is just great...."

Eriol punched him on his arm. " Hey! This is going to be really interesting! A little bit of pranking will do good for my health...."

Syaoran stared at him. " Are you okay , Eriol..."

Eriol rolled his eyes. " Syaoran! We can prank them..."

Syaoran suddenly got it. "Ohhh....this is going to be good!"

Eriol and Syaoran snickered and started to make their way to the two unsuspecting girls.

" Do you see two free guys?" Tomoyo asked.

Sakura looked around. Everyone was already in a group , except for...

" Everyone's in a group except for.... Noooooo! We're going to have to be stuck with-" Sakura groaned.

Tomoyo looked crestfallen. " -with Syaoran and Eriol!"

Syaoran and Eriol grinned as they walked over.

" Hello , ladies! Have a group yet?" Eriol asked , smiling charmingly.

Tomoyo glared at the two. " Great. Just great."

Syaoran grinned. " Lets go , or we won't get a boat!" He winked cheerfully at the two girls who just answered him with deadly glares.

Tomoyo and Sakura looked at each other and both let out a groan. No doubt that the two mischievous pranking boys had a couple of tricks up their sleeve.

Syaoran whispered , " Hey , Eriol. Got the letter?"

Eriol nodded. " All ready for Prank Valentine!"

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Yelan walked around the front parlour as Wei sat on a chair watching her. She was thinking about her son and Sakura....they were the most stubborn people on earth. They didn't see how much they loved each other....all they did was prank each other....

This was going to take a long time!

" It's alright , Mrs. Li. They will get together soon...." Wei said , a bit doubtfully.

Yelan shook her head. " They hate each other more than ever now! Even my punishment didn't help any bit!"

Wei just smiled. " Then maybe we should help these two along...."

Yelan suddenly got a twinkle in her eye and she stopped walking. " That's a good idea , Wei! And I know exactly how to do it!"

Now , I have decided that this chapter will have to end. Yes , I have just decided this , right now. You won't see how this 'Prank Valentine' will be carried out. Or how Syaoran and Sakura will get a little.....closer.....if you could call it that! Or how Yelan's 'plan' will be carried out. But you will....in the next chapter of Mischievous Love!

a/n: Hahahaha....hehehehehe....I decided to pick up pace and the story is going to get to the 'Ultimate Prank' and this is A S+S story.....I'm trying to get them together quicker , but *sigh* they hate eachother a bit too much for my futile attempts for some fluff!( but they will get 2gether...come on have faith!)

LOL!

REVIEW , alright? Thats the only way I'll live.....to write the next chapter....so review....now....please.....thankies...i lob you all......

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~starjade~