Love 4rm a Game Chapter 6 Photo Shoot, Lessons, and the Games Begin

" Kura!" Tomoyo yelled from the living room. She tapped her foot impatiently as she waited for Sakura to come out of her room. She heard a few groans and complaints from the room. Tomoyo called her friend's name again. " Kura! If you don't come out, we're gonna be late for the photo shoot!" Sakura groaned and came out. " Do I seriously have to where this? I look too girly," she complained. She walked out and fell on the couch.
Tomoyo rolled her eyes and sat on the armrest. " Kura. What do you expect. You are a girl. You can't dress like a guy all your life." Sakura sat up and mumbled, " You wanna bet?" Sakura stalked out the door. Tomoyo shook her head and followed Sakura to the studio.
Studio
Sakura and Tomoyo walked into Studio C. Sakura just walked on like she had been there a million times while Tomoyo looked all about the studio at the pictures hanging from the ceiling. There were pictures of girls in prom dresses, ball gowns, and girls posing on the beach. A slight 'kawaii' escaped her mouth. Sakura shook her head and mumbled, " I've seen better stuff at a bargain store." Suddenly, a guy popped from out of nowhere and greeted them. " Hello ladies. Aloha! Glad you could make it!" Sakura rolled her eyes. ::What a suck up:: " Well, then. Why don't we get started? Miss Kinomoto, the dressing room is right over there. All the clothes you need will be in there along with a hair and makeup expert," he said cheerfully.
Sakura mumbled a few incoherent words and a 'yeah, whatever,' earning her a glare from Tomoyo. She walked quickly over to the dressing room and grabbed the first thing that the lady gave her. It was a white strapless knee-length dress with a few random cherry blossoms on the seams. She sat down and waited for the lady to get started. The lady pulled out Sakura's ponytail and quickly brushed it. Then she separated the top layer from the bottom layer and put the top layer in a somewhat spiky bun, letting the ends of the bun cover it. For her makeup, the lady did a smoky gray eyeshadow and a tad of eyeliner with a cherry pink lip gloss. Sakura slipped on the white strappy heels and walked out the door.
" Beautiful!" the guy cried. Sakura rolled her eyes. "Yeah, yeah. Let's just get this over with. I have important things to do." She walked over to the black background and sat on the bench, pulling her knees up and resting her head on them, waiting for him to hurry and take the picture. He practically ran over to the camera and took the picture. Then Sakura stood and turned her back to him with her face in a three-quarter view with her hand tucking back some loose strands. -click- For the last pose of that outfit, she returned to the bench and laid down with her feet still on the floor.-click-
She changed into a different outfit. It was a dark green full-length Greek-inspired evening gown with a slit going from her knee on down. Her hair was now in a formal bun, loose bangs and strands framing her face.
This time, there was a guy in the picture too, to Sakura's horror. He had chestnut brown hair, intense amber eyes and a heart-melting smirk and to top it off, was wearing a tuxedo. Her eyes widened as she turned to Tomoyo, who in turn, shrugged her eyes with widened eyes as well. She turned around and walked up to you-know-who. He murmured in her ear a slight, " Hey, Gorgeous." Sakura wanted to explode but knew it would only reveal her hidden identity so she let it slide–that time.
Sakura grabbed his hands and put it around her waist, her back on his chest. She leaned her head back and took a deep breath to keep herself under control. Li put his head against the side of Sakura's, which made her concentrate even harder. -click- They parted and formed a new pose. They moved over to the bench again and Li sat down with one leg on the bench. Sakura pulled her knees back up but this time, leaned her head on his back. The two sat back to back and stared at the camera. -click- The agent/photographer pushed over a column as a prop. Sakura leaned against the column and Li sat at the bottom with one leg bent and his arm on his knee. -click- Sakura hurried to the dressing room and changed into some simple overalls, which surprised her, and her hair was put into a twist top. Li came out in jeans and a flannel t-shirt. " This is new," Sakura murmured. She put her hands on the back of her head in a relaxed style and an innocent, carefree look on her face. Li stuck his hands in his pocket and bent forward, their backs facing each other. -click- Then Li squatted down and Sakura somewhat reluctantly put her arms around his neck and put her head on top of his. -click- At this point, Sakura was getting annoyed. " Ok, that's it. You should have enough pictures now. So I'll just change and be on my way...No argument," she finished threateningly. He nodded.
" I'll call you back up when I've gotten them developed and blown up." He grinned and walked to his office whistling. Sakura ran straight to the dressing room and got dressed in her own clothes. As she and Tomoyo were walking out the door, Li grabbed her by the arm and asked, " What's your name, Gorgeous?" She stared at his with piercing emerald eyes. " The name's Ying-Fa. Learn it. Know it. Fear it. Now move your hand unless you want to lose it," she replied, in a low, calm voice. Quickly he moved his hand and backed away as they left. " Li Ying-Fa...I like it." Hotel
" So you're going by Ying-Fa, now, are you?" Tomoyo inquired as they entered their hotel room. Sakura scoffed and looked over to Tomoyo as she sat down on the couch. " You seriously think that I would tell him my real name? You're outta your mind, Tommy." She picked up the remote and turned on the martial arts tournament.
Tomoyo stared at Sakura as Sakura stared intently at the screen. Feeling a pair of eyes upon her, she turned around. "What?" Tomoyo shook her head.
"Nothing. It's just that I've never seen you watch this before." "I could never get it on my TV." Tomoyo sighed at her friend. Though she may have the body of a princess, Sakura would always be a tomboy who was into martial arts and was as tough as she acted. Thinking this over in her head, Tomoyo heard a knock on the door, while Sakura was glued to the screen. Tomoyo went over to get the door and found little Asami dressed in loose pants and a loose t-shirt. " Hi, is this Sakura's room?" she asked. Upon hearing the vice, Sakura turned off the tv and walked over to the door.
" Hey kid. Wassup?" she greeted, looking over Tomoyo's shoulder. Sakura looked over the girl and realized that she was here for a lesson in the martial arts. "Oh. Yeah. Ok, c'mon. Follow me. We'll be back in a couple of hours, alright?" Tomoyo nodded, clueless to what was happening. Sakura lead Asami to the beach, in a secluded area. Asami looked around. " Shouldn't we go to a gym or something? This'll be kinda hard to work in."
Sakura chuckled. " I'm not gonna teach you everything in one day, kid. It takes patience. Now first, we have to clear our minds so we can think properly before we start. I don't wnat you to be distracted when we start." Asami nodded and they both sat down on two big flat rocks. They closed their eyes and started to clear their minds of all other thoughts. "Once you can clear your mind without having to sit down, we'll start the real training, but for now, we'll do the basics. Is your mind clear?" Asami nodded. "Good. Now we'll start with the basic stances of a defensive position. This is what I mean by basics. I want you to learn defense before attack because attacking won't always help. Do you understand so far?" Asami nodded, knowing that Sakura knew what she was doing. " The best defense is dodging. To dodge straight forward punches, either duck down or to the opposite side of the arm that is punching. Say, for example, I punch you with my right arm, which way would you dodge?" Asami thought about it and answered, " Down or left." Sakura nodded in approval. " You're gonna get the hang of this in no time." Asami smiled at her compliment. " Now dodging is all about speed and agility. To work on your speed, you need to be able to move quickly and not tire easily. We'll run along the beach while I time you. Each day we train, we will run along it once until you can run and not be tired at the end, okay? This'll help you to conserve your energy. I wanna see how you do without the meditation, just to see your ability." They started to run along the water's edge. They ran for about 2 miles and then turned back. When they reached their starting point, Asami was out of breath but Sakura wasn't even sweating. Sakura looked at the stopwatch.
" That took about an hour."
" Are you serious? That felt like 5 hours," panted Asami, still out of breath. " We'll start on the meditation after a break, okay. With the ability to conserve your energy, you'll be able to go great distances and you won't be outta breath." Asami nodded. She went a cart and bought Sakura and herself a hotdog and a water bottle. When she returned, she found Sakura, Indian style, on the rock. .:Looks like she meditating:. She walked up to Sakura who opened one eye and then the other. " What brings you back so fast? Don't you have to use it?" Asami stood there. Then she had a weird look on her face. " Come to think of it..yeah." She rushed off to the restroom, throwing the items in the air for her to catch. Sakura smiled at her little pupil. .:This is gonna be fun.
Asami got back and they started the meditation. After about fifteen minutes of meditation, Asami realized she was floating and fell abruptly on the rock. "Ooph! Ouch!! She rubbed her sore behind while Sakura laughed.
" You got scared when you saw you were floating, huh? We'll work on your defense some more later on. Right now, let's go back to the hotel. Your brother will be worried." Asami nodded and they sprinted back to the hotel. Upon arriving in her hotel room, she found Li rambling on about something. " Whatcha talkin' bout Li?" she asked, heading for the restroom to quickly wash up. He scoffed. " You wouldn't know anything about it, Kinomoto. Only beautiful people can talk about these things."
She smiled, placing the towel around her neck. "Lemme guess. You went to a photo shoot. Got to model with a 'pretty' girl and now you're goin gaga over her. Oh, and her name is perhaps...Ying Fa?" Li stared at her like she was a psychic.
"H-how did you-" he stuttered.
She looked over toTomoyo and pointed at her. " Tommy told me." He turned red and was about to make a scene when Mei Lin burst through the door.
" Oh Syaoran! I've missed you so much! Like they kept me locked in the freaking room for like a whole day and I couldn't get to you! Oh, I'm so sorry!" She clung to his neck and he turned blue from lack of air.
"Mei-" Tomoyo started to call her name but Sakura stopped her and she laughed like crazy. When Li turned purple, Sakura finally told Mei Lin to let go. " Huh? Like, Oh my GOSH!! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to." She looked down and stared at her feet. " It's ok." He managed to squeak out. Sakura laughed and it sparked something in Li's memory. It was the same laugh from the plane.... " Well, how about we play a game? I've got a game that I've been working on for a while...Eriol!! Get out here!" Quickly, Eriol rushed out.
" Nani? Nani?" Tomoyo smiled and pulled out 6 hearts. " Go get Sanjiro, onegai, Eriol. We're playing a game." He cautiously nodded and ran next door. When he returned, he had Sanjiro with him. " Let the games begin!!" Sakura and Eriol tried to escape but to no avail. "Darnit! We almost made it that time Eriol!" Sakura whispered as they were pulled to the floor. She and Eriol groaned at the thought of another Tomoyo inspired game.
"Ok now. There are six hearts. Each of them has a name on it. We each pull one. When you open it, read the name of the person on it. Whoever that person is, you have to spend three days with them. Everyone understand?" Her friends nodded and she smiled. " Good. Now go ahead and pick one." Everybody cautiously reached for a heart. They were split into two groups. One for the guys to choose from and the other for the girls to choose from. Carefully opening the heart, Sakura peeked through one eye and a look of shock, disgust and anger came onto her face. " Baka! YOU! You did this on purpose! You set me up! Why I oughta-" Sakura shouted and screamed while Eriol and Sanjiro held her down. Tomoyo backed away, afraid of what her friend might do when the guys lose strength. Li walked over to her and whacked her on the head. She only dodged and the whack hit Eriol. "Let me go! Daidouji! You're gonna die once I get my hands on you!" This went on for a while until Tomoyo said something that made Sakura literally blow up.
" Did I mention that the 'couples' have to do whatever the others say? Hehe..." Sakura threw the tired boys off her arms and charged at Tomoyo. Li tried to block Sakura but was only knocked away. Sakura's hands found their way to Tomoyo's neck and she was about to start choking her but a certain thought came to her mind.
:: Do whatever the others say...Payback is written all over this game:: " Fine. I'll let you off this time. But the war is just starting Daidouji. The war is just starting..."

Sorry it's taking 4ever for me to update. I've just been real busy this year. I have a program to put 2gether plus schoolwork and there's this really kool chinese/vietnamese series out and I've been watching that too so yeah. But I'm trying to update asap so....