Chapter Twenty Three
Mischievous Love
Card Captor Sakura
~starjade~
In Which A Marriage Causes Ultimate Plan MESS UP!
Okay...
So maybe it was getting kind of out of hand.
The whole school would not stop talking about the concert. Yes, you know what I'm talking about. The absolute shocking day, when the two pranksters of Hong Kong appeared on stage in front of hundreds of people and sung, Sunshine Lollipops while dressed up as girls. Not like they needed to dress up...
Yes, it was rather shocking.
And funny.
Couldn't forget that.
Maybe that was why in every classroom, a video tape was showing, replaying over and over again, the scene when Eriol and Syaoran sang to the crowd and when the security guards pulled off their wigs-
And oh yeah.
When Syaoran announced to the whole world that he liked Sakura.
No, Sakura didn't like that part. She absolutely detested it. Just because she was rewinding and replaying that scene over and over again didn't mean she LIKED doing it. It was only for the happiness of her classmates. Oh, what a giving person she was. She was sacrificing so much...almost brings a tear to your eye.
" Sunshine, Lollipops," The cross dressing boys sang as Sakura replayed the tape for the fiftieth time and the class still hadn't tired of bursting out into laughter.
That was when Syaoran and Eriol burst into the room.
They gawked at the tapes and the classroom gawked at them. It was a very long staring match and Sakura felt herself get uncomfortable.
Then the classroom erupted into laughter and jeering. Syaoran yelled, " SHUT UP!" But the classroom had a mind of its own.
" Sing it to us, death chicks!" One boy crowed.
" Sunshine, Lollipops," A girl imitated.
" I LIKE YOU, SAKURA!!" A person at the back shouted.
The classroom cracked up and Sakura's face burned with embarrassment. Eriol growled, " Just because they love each other and want to make babies doesn't mean you guys can laugh about it!"
" ERIOL! That sooo helps, doesn't it???" Syaoran shouted.
" What?" Eriol asked, innocently.
" EVERYONE TAKE YOUR SEATS!" The teacher (supply) walked in, angrily. It was a woman, tall and commanding, her beady eyes taking in the class and the television and Syaoran and Eriol on the TV, singing Sunshine Lollipops and hopping around stage.
" Just once, can I get a sane class," The supply teacher mumbled as Syaoran and Eriol turned bright red and raced to their seats, Eriol grabbing the tape out of the VCR, much to the disappointment of the classroom.
The supply teacher began to speak, watching Eriol warily as he attempted to burn the tape. " Welcome class, my name is Ms. Tsukisho and I have been called under short SHORT notice to teach this class. We're actually supposed to be into human studies right now and into the marriage theme, but it seems your class hasn't learned anything for quite a long time because of two specific people."
Everyone turned to look at Syaoran and Eriol. Syaoran glared at them but Eriol just mumbled, " Maybe the tape will self destruct if I tell it I love it. That seems to happen a lot."
The teacher rolled her eyes and continued. " We will be pairing the class up into couples, and you will work on a marriage assignment. One lucky couple will be married at the dance tonight in front of your entire school to show a bit of school spirit. So first we must begin choosing couples-"
Eriol groaned. He had been busy trying to burn the tape but her words broke him out of his pyro moments. " Teacher, can you say something worthwhile?? You keep on opening your mouth and all I'm hearing is blah blah blah blah..."
The teacher glared at him. " Well, Mr. Hiirigizawa, is it? Would you-"
" Are you asking me to marry you?" Eriol gasped.
" No-"
" But you were about to."
" NO-"
" I can't believe it! Student, Teacher relations is against the law, my dear teacher, I cannot say I'm not flattered-"
" HIIRIGIZAWA-"
" I'm sure you'll find someone else to spend your life with, I mean with that body. The one good thing about your body is that it isn't as ugly as your face-"
" WHAT-"
" I wonder, as an outsider, what do you think of the human population, specifically the male-"
" ERIOL HIIRIGIZAWA!" The teacher screamed at the top of her lungs. " SINCE you are SO excited about this marriage project, YOU WILL BE MARRIED TODAY! In front of EVERYONE! At the dance!"
" HAHAHA!" Syaoran burst into laughter. " Eriol, pick your unlucky bride! Wonder what girl would want you though. If I had a face like you, I'd sue my parents."
The class burst into laughter and Eriol growled. The teacher's eyes alighted with humour and she announced. " I've chosen your groom, Eriol. Your groom is Syaoran Li."
" GROOM?!"
" WHAT?"
" I'm a BRIDE??"
" WHHHHAAAAAT???"
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" This messed EVERYTHING up, Eriol!" Syaoran raged. " EVERYTHING!!"
" I'm a bride..." Eriol trailed off.
" I mean, TODAY we were supposed to INITIATE the Ultimate Plan!!"
" A bride..."
" What about Hiiro? What about Kinomoto? AND WHY THE HELL ARE WE GETTING MARRIED?"
" I want a bouquet."
Syaoran halted. " What?"
Eriol coloured. " Nothing, nothing, nothing..."
Syaoran shook his head. " Eriol, guys like you don't grow from trees. They swing from them."
Eriol put his hands on his hips. " And what is that supposed to mean, mister?"
Syaoran stared at Eriol's wiggling hip and his eyes grew wide. " Eriol, you really are que-"
" DON'T SAY IT!" Eriol shouted.
" Aw, look at the sweet couple," A voice behind them said.
Syaoran and Eriol froze and turned around. Tomoyo and Sakura were smiling at them, Sakura hiding a bit behind Tomoyo, her green eyes directed to the ground. Syaoran felt his cheeks burn bright, remembering his declaration the night before and his eyes went to the ground as well.
There was silence between them and Tomoyo fumbled around her backpack . " Where is my video camera?" She growled, frustrated.
Eriol whispered, " Shut up, Tomoyo! Let's just enjoy their awkwardness for as long as it lasts."
Syaoran and Sakura's heads snapped up and they both cried, " SHUT UP, ERIOL!"
Eriol raised his hands in defence. " Shutting up, shutting up..."
" Look, Syaoran...can I talk to you?" Sakura stuttered, her face bright red.
" Y-yeah, s-sure," Syaoran choked out. They both glared once more at Eriol before walking away.
Sakura breathed out, as soon as they were out of Tomoyo and Eriol's proximity. " Look, Syaoran, I heard what you said last night. And I just wanted to know-if there was any truth to it."
Syaoran stared at her. Just say yes, fool, a voice inside him said.
Then there was another voice and that argued back, Why should he? Why should he give up his manliness and hook up with Sakura?
Because she's hot, the voice replied. And nice.
Well, men do not have relationships with girls, the voice responded.
I knew it, the other voice crowed. Your queer! I knew that pink and purple outfit wasn't just for fashion!!
" God, even the voices in my head are queer," Syaoran growled, shaking his head.
Sakura stared at him, strangely. " What?"
" Nothing!" Syaoran squawked.
Sakura giggled. " Look, Syaoran, you've made my life hell for a long time. And now....it's kind of a surprise to hear that you like me-"
" I DON'T!" Syaoran shouted, desperately.
Sakura stopped. " What?"
" I don't like you! I've never liked you! I mean, who would like you?" Syaoran stumbled over his words and the queer voice in his head shouted for joy.
Sakura's face fell and Syaoran felt his heart pang. What the hell was that, Syaoran thought to himself, but there was no time to figure out the strange reactions of his body, because Sakura's eyes were watering up.
" Y-You bastard!" Sakura yelled at him.
Syaoran opened worked to say something, but he couldn't find the words and Sakura pushed him hard.
" I hate you, Syaoran!"
" Stop, Sakura, just-"
" What? What are you going to do?" Sakura yelled at him. " I would love to kick your teeth in, but why should I improve your looks?"
" What?" Syaoran squawked.
" Oh don't think too hard! It might sprain your brain! But brains aren't everything you know. In your case, their nothing! Your nothing, Syaoran! Get the hell away from me and never speak to me AGAIN!"
Sakura turned around and stomped off.
" That's right girlfriend!" A familiar voice from the bushes beside them cried. Syaoran turned and gawked at the bushes.
" What the hell?" He cried.
Eriol and Tomoyo slowly climbed out of the bushes. " Syaoran, you are a loser, you know that, right?" Tomoyo said. " At least Sakura's got Hiiro to keep her happy." She turned and stalked off, leaving Syaoran standing there and gaping at those two girls.
" Girls are a mystery, aren't they?" Eriol said, clapping Syaoran on the shoulder.
Syaoran shook his head. " I am an idiot, aren't I?" Syaoran asked.
" Finally. You've said something right in the whole day." Eriol said. He snapped his fingers in Syaoran's face and said, " Girlfriend, you need to get over your immaturity, I mean, woman don't go for people with a small brain and other things that are quite small-"
" That is it!" Syaoran yelled. " I am going to burn your whole collection of nail polishes!"
" NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Eriol screamed as he raced after Syaoran, in a desperate attempt to save that Flamingo pink he loved so much.
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" Today, I had a strange feeling in my chest. I was talking to this girl and she was asking me if I liked her and I told her I didn't and her face went all weird and-I don't know, it was like my heart was on a slingy or an elastic band and someone pulled it and snapped it hard and it went, WHAM into my chest-"
" Uh huh..."
" Can you tell me what it is? What the hell happened?"
" Look, Mr. Li. I'm a dentist. I can't exactly help you there."
" You're useless! You're worthless and incompetent. I have a new dream! One day, I will rid all the world of dentists! I don't even know why you're here!!! The whole worlds against me! DENTISTS ARE AGAINST ME! Oh why me???"
" Uh...secretary, the Security are needed....badly..."
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" Nooo! You can't see the bride before you're married!" Eriol screamed, trying to shut the classroom door in Syaoran's face.
" That is just disturbing," Syaoran groaned. He pulled at his collar and collapsed in a chair. " The dance is tonight. The BIG thing. The LAUNCH of our Ultimate Plan. AND WHERE DOES IT ALL GO?"
Eriol fluffed his hair and then gasped. " OH NO! TRAGEDY! EMERGENCY! I have something old, something new, something borrowed BUT I DON'T HAVE SOMETHING BLUE!!"
Wringing his hands, he burst into fake tears. " I can't go through with this wedding! I can't!! I must go to my old lover! He treated me right!!"
" Shut up! You're hair's blue enough, that'll be your 'something blue,'" Syaoran growled.
Eriol paused. " Heyyy....you're right!!"
" Is that something to doubt?" Syaoran scoffed.
Eriol wasn't listening. " Strawberry lip gloss or watermelon..." He pondered and Syaoran gaped at him.
" You just got off the nail polish craze and now its LIP GLOSSES??" Syaoran shouted.
Eriol shrugged. " After you BURNED THEM ALL!!" He growled at Syaoran and Syaoran rolled his eyes.
" Anyways, I've got a new plan. Get this wedding over with, meet me backstage and we'll get this Ultimate Plan done and laugh hysterically in a corner while we watch Sakura be defeated!!" Syaoran shouted triumphantly.
" Yeah!" Eriol joined in. " And then I will throw my bouquet in the air and whoever catches it will marry me!!"
" Yeah!" Syaoran cried and then halted. " What?"
" Nothing, nothing," Eriol murmured, his glasses flashing as he thought about the possibilities. Him-white dress. The combination was just too tasteful! He could just see himself, walking down that aisle, bouquet in hand, flipping his blue hair and smiling at the girls, who just wished they could be him but instead settle for being WITH him-
" Eriol?? Eriol??"
" Oh yes...It's called herbal essences, love. That's how this hair is so shiny...I know, you just wish you were me, don't you? Don't you?"
" ERIOL??"
" WHAT WHAT?"
" I can't believe I'm getting married to YOU."
" The minute we're married, I'm filing a divorce!"
" I GET THE KIDS!!"
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Sakura paced around the hallway, her mind confused. And angry.
" He is such a bastard-a really big bastard. He has surpassed the baboon stage and entered the disgusting Orangutan stage!!!" Sakura mumbled to herself angrily.
" Sakura, don't get worried! You'll cause frown lines!!" Tomoyo cried as she walked into the front hallway, fixing up her dress. She was wearing a beautiful lavender dress, spaghetti strapped with a Spanish cut on the bottom. Sakura was wearing a cream coloured dress, made in the same style.
" Well, Hiiro's coming to pick me up!" Sakura growled. " And-well-"
" You haven't gotten over the hormonish bad boy obsession stage yet, have you," Tomoyo asked, sombrely.
" Yeah..." Sakura trailed off and then went confused. " Wha-" She whirled around and glared at Tomoyo.
" I am NOT in any bad boy obsession because I HATE Syaoran Li and will NEVER like him EVER!! Just because he has nice hair and nice eyes and a cute personality and I just want to squeeze his cheeks sometimes, does NOT mean that there is ANYTHING-"
" Denial is always the biggest obstacle to overcome in getting over your problem," Tomoyo said slowly and comfortingly. " It's alright. Tonight, it's going to be all about Hiiro and you. And anyways, Syaoran is getting married. You can't do anything about it."
Sakura's shoulders slumped. " I know... I just hope Hiiro won't get lost on the way here."
The doorbell rang and Sakura jerked up. " Hiiro! He's here!" She swung the door open and Hiiro stood there, a flower in his hand, looking handsome (and confused as always).
" This flower...." Hiiro stared at the flower in his hand and Sakura rolled her eyes.
" Is it for me?" She helped.
" YEAH!" Hiiro shouted. " I knew I was forgetting something in the script! This FLOWER is for YOU!" He looked so triumphant that Sakura smiled as well.
" We'd better go, then," Sakura said slowly and looked back at Tomoyo.
Tomoyo grinned. " I'm going there with Chiharu and everyone. I'm meeting Eriol there. He is getting married tonight."
Sakura giggled and Hiiro blinked. " Eriol's getting married? To who?"
" Who else?" Sakura grinned. " Syaoran, his long time lover."
Hiiro gaped. " So they are queer...."
" It took you a long time to figure that out," Tomoyo giggled as Sakura and Hiiro walked out to the car and left to the dance . ( Sakura driving, because Hiiro conveniently forgot which pedal was the gas and which pedal was the brake...)
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It was beautiful. Lights decorating the gymnasium, a punch table, a dance floor, and in the middle of it all, a red carpet. At the front, a preacher stood, tall and regal, holding a book in his hands. Decorations made a scenery of beauty and serenity....a union of two blessed souls was about to take place....why wouldn't it be beautiful?
People stopped milling about and began to sit down in their respectful chairs, looking up at the preacher in delighted anticipation. Two people entered the gymnasium, a boy with a lost look in his eyes and a girl with auburn hair and they sat down to watch the scene.
And slowly, a boy walked in. Chestnut hair and looking drop dead gorgeous in a suit. He walked beside Yamazaki and they went up to the preacher and stood beside him, waiting....
Waiting for that beautiful bride...
The flower boy came in, spreading flowers on the carpet. The bridesmen walked in after, and THEN....yes THEN did the music start....
Here Comes the Bridddde...
Here comes the BRIDE...
" SYOAAAAAAAAAAARAN!"
And that was when Syaoran flushed.
The doors swung open and Eriol stood there, standing in all his magnificence, in a white dress, with blue eye shadow and looking dashing. Tomoyo put her hand to her heart and looked like she was going to faint and everyone burst into giggles as he stood there, radiating with a glow.
" SYAOOOOORAN! MY Syaoran, IM COMING!" And he began to run, slowly, down the aisle and Syaoran put his head in his hands as Eriol beamed and threw kisses to the audience, before he tripped and fell, face first onto the ground.
" Owwwww..."
The gymnasium burst into laughter and Syaoran and Eriol's (substitute) teacher yelled, " Eriol get up and get married, unless you want this to be a shotgun marriage!"
Eriol burst into pretend tears. " Oh my lover, my Syaoran, how can I ever do this to you? On our day, our beautiful day, I embarrass you! How will you feel on our wedding night-"
" Please!!! I don't even WANT to think about that!" Syaoran hissed. " Get up and get married to me, dammit!"
" Alrighhht, alrighhht!" Eriol mumbled and got up, pulling up his skirts and waddling over to stand beside Syaoran. The preacher began to speak, going through the ritual marriage.
Tomoyo whispered to Sakura, " Sooo? What do you think of Syaoran now? He's getting married to-"
" Your cross dressing boyfriend, Tomoyo!" Sakura hissed back.
Tomoyo flushed. " I'd rather you not mention that."
Hiiro broke in, " I adore you Sakura. Almost as much as I adore cheese."
Sakura smiled warily at Hiiro. " That's nice..."
Hiiro beamed.
" You may now kiss the bride!" The preacher announced.
" WHAT????" Syaoran and Eriol growled.
The (substitute) teacher shrugged, smirking evilly. " You ARE getting married-"
" NO WAY!" Eriol shouted at the top of his lungs.
" I AM NOT GAY!" Syaoran shouted even louder.
Hiiro suddenly grabbed Sakura's hands and pulled her out into the aisle.
" Mr. Preacher, sir!!!" He struck a superman pose and said in a low voice, " I cannot let my friend's deep dark secret be revealed! So for the marriage kiss, I will substitute for Eriol and Sakura will substitute for Syaoran!"
Then he grabbed Sakura and put his arms around her waist and tilted her chin up. Sakura's eyes went wide as he came closer...
And Syaoran yelling at the top of his lungs, " IF YOU TOUCH HER, YOU DIE!"
And Eriol yelling, " DON'T RUIN THE ULTIMATE PLAN!!! I'LL DO ANYTHING TO STOP YOU! ANYTHING!"
That is where I end this chapter off. Yes, I can see....you all want to see if Hiiro does kiss Sakura, what exactly Syaoran will do and if this will really ruin the ultimate plan! I guess you won't be finding these answers in this chapter....but you might in the next!!
So stay tuned for the next chapter of...
Mischievous Love!
a/n: ooooommg sooory i couldn't update faster!! i've juss been goin thru a looota shyt lately so i havent been able to complete this chapter, ever!! so if it sux, DONT be afraid to tell me! lollll please review aight? and i am sooo sorry!!
lol, see ya latez,
'nuff luv,
~starjade~
p.s. and yesss this story will be endin soon!!! *Cries* loll
