Chapter Nine

Card Captor Sakura

Mischievous love

~starjade~

In Which Whitney Houston Obsessions

go Over the Top

The water rippled as the wind blew across the surface gently. The trees billowed with the soft , cold wind and the weak sunlight glittered on the waves. It was a soft, gentle day , full of sweetness and love...

" GET AWAY FROM ME!" screamed Tomoyo.

Not quite , actually...

Eriol gave her an innocent look. " There isn't enough space on the boat for us to have our own space , Tomoyo!"

Tomoyo huffed. He was nearly squished against her in the boat , even though she could clearly see a huge amount of space on the other side of him.

She finally gave him a push that sent the boat tottering. " Sit over there! Away from me! And your hardly paddling!"

Sakura called back , from where she was sitting beside Syaoran ( though there was as much space possible between the two), " Come on you guys! Start paddling!"

Syaoran rolled his eyes. " Of course , you'd need them to help you paddle this boat..."

Sakura's eyes flashed. " Excuse me??"

Syaoran shrugged. " It's just that you always need someone's else's help...you can never paddle this boat all by yourself! Your just a weak little girl!"

Sakura clenched her teeth and glared at Syaoran. "You wanna bet!?!"

And then they were off again , paddling hard against the water , each trying to beat each other in this silent feud.

Sakura glared at Syaoran from the corner of his eye. " Why aren't you wearing a life jacket?" Sakura yelled.

Syaoran smirked. " I don't need one....but it looks like you do..."

Sakura huffed and threw off her life jacket as well. " Of course I don't need one!"

Syaoran looked up to the sky in mock distaste. " Children these days!"

Sakura's eyes nearly bulged. " WHAAAT?"
Tomoyo sighed as the two began to quarrel once more. Their boat rocked off course and started to go deeper into the lake as Sakura and Syaoran stopped paddling to concentrate on their little 'fight.'

" Do they ever stop?" Tomoyo mumbled as she watched the two yell at each other.

Eriol just stretched his arms. " I know a good way to make use of this time..." he started to put his arm around Tomoyo and she jerked away.

" Keep your hands to yourself unless you want a mouthful of fish!" Tomoyo retorted , angrily.

Eriol sighed. " As you wish!"

Tomoyo looked at him wonderingly. What the hell was he talking about? Well he was normally crazy , but this crazy-

Suddenly Tomoyo felt something wet and slimy wiggle under her feet. What the...she looked down and all she saw was wet fish covering the boats floor.

" AHHHHHHHHH!" Tomoyo screamed , standing up in the boat , causing the boat to rock. Sakura looked down as well and seeing the collection of fish , squealed.

" WHERE DID THESE COME FROM?" She yelled , but no one was listening. The boat was rocking more dangerously now, and the boat without warning , rocked completely over , dumping the passengers into the icy lake water.

Sakura fell into the water , feeling the shock of icy water. She couldn't breath and she fought to the surface of the water , choking out water. She treaded on water for a bit , feeling herself float away on the waves.

She whirled around , looking for the boat. Where were they? Panic filled her , and she started to thrash in the water , searching for the boat. She couldn't see the shore , what if she was stuck here forever??

Suddenly , she looked behind her and a couple of yards away , was the boat with a soaked Eriol, Tomoyo and Syaoran aboard.

They were looking for her and she started to swim. The waves kept pushing her back and she couldn't swim. She felt scared as she knew that the water was deep and she didn't have a lifejacket. Could she be any more stupid.
" Sakura!" Tomoyo screamed from the boat. " There she is!"

Eriol muttered , " She's too far out to swim back..."

Syaoran yelled, " Someone's got to go get her!"

Tomoyo shouted , " I'll get her-" but Syaoran had already jumped into the water.

Eriol blinked. " Where is Syaoran going?"

Tomoyo glared at him and whacked him on his head.

Syaoran , however was quickly swimming with the waves towards Sakura. She looked lost , treading on the water.

" Kinomoto!" he shouted , and Sakura whirled around towards him , droplets of water running down her face , her auburn hair plastered to her forehead.

" Syaoran?" she asked , shocked. Syaoran groaned.

" You always get yourself into trouble , don't you..." he moaned as he quickly grabbed her around the waist.

Sakura was still surprised. She couldn't believe it. Syaoran Li. He was helping her. Syaoran started to swim back to the boat and Sakura started helping to swim against the waves.

Finally the two reached the boat and Syaoran helped Sakura get into the boat , before he dragged himself in. Both of them were sopping wet and shivering like crazy.
Tomoyo was gushing over Sakura and giving strange looks to Syaoran and Eriol was giving Syaoran a critical eye.

" Why did you save me?" Sakura finally chattered.

Syaoran flushed and thought quickly. " Hey , I want to make your life hell , not kill you! Anyways , who would I pick on if you drowned out there?"

Sakura glared at him , but then smiled at him. Syaoran was startled at the change and blinked. " Huh?"

She looked down and said quietly , " Thank you..."

Syaoran flushed again , and both weren't aware of the argument going on behind them as Eriol and Tomoyo started to blame each other for the accident.

" This was all your fault , Eriol!" Tomoyo screamed.

Eriol put his hands up in defence. " Hey , you were the one who rocked the boat!"

Tomoyo flushed angrily and yelled , " Your the one who put fish in the boat!"

Eriol opened his mouth to protest , but quickly shut it as the all three of them yelled , " SHUT UP ERIOL!"

~~~~~~~****~~~~~~

" WHAT HAPPENED?" the teacher screamed as the four got out of their boats , grabbing towels from their peers.

Sakura dried herself off , hearing the teacher yell at Syaoran and Eriol and sighed confusedly. What had Syaoran helped her? He actually looked....concerned....

Sakura smirked. Probably concerned that his only target of pranks would drown.

She felt some sort of a feeling that she couldn't explain when he had touched her. It made her heart go all light and fluttery....maybe he had some sort of a disease and had passed it on to her!

Or maybe it was another prank and now she was going to have light and fluttery feelings all day!

She didn't notice , how Eriol had crept over to her bag and had tucked something into the pockets. She didn't notice the smirks that Syaoran and Eriol exchanged. She didn't notice the guilty look that rested deep inside Syaoran's amber eyes.

Finally , Tomoyo headed towards her and whispered , " We have to get on the bus now! The teacher cancelled all the other activities cause of Syaoran and Eriol. Those losers , I swear!"

Sakura sighed. " Lets go then!"

They both clambered onto the bus, tracking straight down to the back of the bus , where they won't have Syaoran and Eriol behind them , throwing spit balls in the hair , or whatever nasty things they do.

As the bus rolled off into the drive way and after Syaoran and Eriol had thrown gum in a couple of people's hair , Sakura rifted through her backpack , looking for her cell phone.

" Do you know where my cell phone is?" Sakura asked Tomoyo.

Tomoyo shook her head and Sakura checked the pockets of her bag. Her fingers touched a piece of paper. Slowly , she pulled it out. It was red stationary and all around it was hearts and valentiney stuff.

" What the..." Sakura muttered.

Tomoyo stared at the letter , her amethyst eyes wide.

" What is that?" Tomoyo breathed. She grabbed the letter out of Sakura's hands and opened it up. Written in flowing cursive words was the following letter.

Dear Sakura ,

Everyday I would dream about you , thinking about what it would feel like to touch you , to hold you in my arms. Ever since you moved here , all I have been thinking about is you. Your emerald eyes have captured my heart , captured my soul....and I don't want it back. You are my fire , my spirit-"

" Stop , Stop!" Sakura yelled. Tomoyo had been reading the letter out in a romantic voice and Sakura couldn't stand it any more.

" What's wrong?" Tomoyo asked , hearts in her eyes. " I think its so sweet!"

Sakura rolled her eyes. " That is so mushy! Who wrote it to me??"

Tomoyo skimmed down the rest of the romantic , foolish words and at the end , was written , With all My Love , Hiiro.

" Hiiro wrote it!" Tomoyo squealed.

Sakura's eyes bugged. " What??"

Tomoyo nodded , and clutched her heart. " That is so romantic! First he plants roses in your locker and then he sends you a love letter...."

Sakura stared at the letter. " Hiiro wrote this to me? I just can't believe that!"

Tomoyo grinned at Sakura. " Hiiro really loves you....wow. He's such a sweet guy....he has the best looks too! He's the most popular guy in our school and he's in love with you! Don't you feel excited??"

Sakura frowned. " Not really..."

Tomoyo sighed , huffily. " Looks to me like I'll have to be the planner behind this love affair between you and Hiiro. How about you approach him at school tomorrow and..."

As she continued on and on , sounding like she was reciting some mushy , gushy Romantic novel , Sakura stared out the window.

It was just unbelievable. She didn't like Hiiro at all , and he felt so strongly about her that he'd do this for her? A love letter? She had never gotten one in her life!

Sakura sighed. It was so confusing!

~~~~~~****~~~~~~

Syaoran and Eriol walked home , their hands shoved in their pockets. Syaoran trained his eyes on the ground , as Eriol continued to talk , oblivious to Syaoran's sullen mood.

" We can put paint in their shower heads , or maybe in their shampoo bottles. We could rig their whole house , too! This is going to be great! We could put saran wrap on the toilet seat , or hold a magnifying glass over them when they sunbathe , or -"

" God , Eriol, do you ever shut up?" Syaoran yelled.

Eriol stared at him for a couple of seconds then stared ahead of them. They walked in silence for a couple of seconds before Eriol said , " How about hair removal in their shampoo bottles?"

Syaoran gave him a glare and Eriol put his hand up in defence. " What??"

Syaoran just groaned and kept on walking , a bit faster.

Eriol's glasses flashed. " Your getting weirder by the second, Syaoran. You sure your okay? First you go save Sakura , then you go blushing around her then you don't even feel happy when I'm planning out ideas to make their life hell!"

Syaoran halted. " That's not it!"

Eriol smiled , mischievously. " Then what is it?"

Syaoran ran a hand through his hair. " I don't know! And I don't blush around her. And I saved her because she might have drowned if I didn't. I'm not that cruel!"

Eriol smirked. " You don't have to get all defensive with me , Mr. I Blush Around Sakura and It Doesn't Mean Anything!"

Syaoran gave him his most horrendous glare and Eriol shut up. Syaoran wanted to hit something. The closest thing was Eriol.....Syaoran sneaked a glance at Eriol , but he was moving farther away , already suspecting what was going on in Syaoran's mind.

Eriol was getting the most weirdest conclusions out of what had happened today! So what if the temperature goes up when he's around Sakura? So what if he saved her? So what if he wasn't in the mood to prank them and make their lives hell??

It didn't mean anything!

Eriol started to hum and sneaked glances at Syaoran. " I was wondering , maybe we should talk to Hiiro tomorrow. You know , Valentine's Day is coming up fast!"

Syaoran mumbled , " So what?"

Eriol leaned back. " You know I for one can't wait till we see Sakura burst into tears , having her heart broken into millions and millions of shattered pieces and watch her run off and try to commit suicide-"

Syaoran halted once more. " WHAT?"

Eriol snapped his fingers. " What's wrong , Syaoran? Just a couple of days ago , you didn't care whether or not she died or lived."

Syaoran flushed and turned away. " Maybe we should just stick to doing simple pranks. The Ultimate Prank is too risky..."

Eriol grinned. " My little Syaoran.....falling in love..."

Syaoran blinked. " EXCUSE ME?"

Eriol smirked and started to sing , in a high pitched voice. " I will always love YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!"

" Shut up!"

" Bitter sweet memories-"

" Shut up!"

" That is all I'm taking with me-"

" SHUT UP!"

" So goodbye , please don't cry-"

" Eriol , if you don't SHUT UP!"

"We both know I'm not what you need-"

" ERIOL, I'm WARNING YOU!"

" I will always LOVE YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!"

" That's it , RUN!"

" AHHHHHHHHHH!"

I'm sorry to say , you won't find out how Syaoran kills Eriol. Nor will you find out when Eriol's obsession with Whitney Houston started. But you have found out more about the 'Ultimate Prank' and about these itty bitty feelings that are melting Syaoran's prankster heart!

a/n: I will always love you , REVIEWERS! lol! Thank you soooo much for the kind reviews and yes , they are very immature! lol! Not really , they just are immature around each other , because that's the way their personalities are!

I hope you guys like where this story is going and please review , tell me what you think , aight? Tell me what you want in the future for Mischievous Love and what you think is going to happen.

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and remember...

I love you.

Honestly.

Do I scare you??

Lol!