Disclaimer: Yet again, to my dismay, I still do not own anything except for the plot (and I still don't need money for that… meaning I'm still broke…) it's all Clamp's… better DISclaimer?
A/N: I'm glad you liked it! YAY! For those who reviewed, you just don't know how happy you all made me! Honestly when I first wrote this story, I haven't thought of Cupid as a nice twist… hehe… good thing you liked him there and you told me. Thanks again people! THANK YOU!
Summary: Kinomoto Sakura and Hiiragizawa Eriol are best of friends, seems perfect for each other. Syaoran Li is a teen sensation, engaged to a lovely singer named Tomoyo Daidouji. Hmmm… seems like Cupid got something mixed up… how will he fix this mess?
Chapter 2: Something's Oddly Familiar…
"We'll be there in a few minutes… I still can't believe it!" Sakura exclaimed, her voice seems stuck at her throat.
"Believe it!" Eriol responded as he holds on Sakura's hand. The plane was finally hitting the ground and their most awaited arrival had finally come.
Sakura closed her eyes. She let out a deep sigh of relief, her nervousness out as well. It was something she has dreamed of even after spending just the first year abroad. She was definitely home sick.
"We have arrived at Tokyo Airport. Thank you for flying with Japan Airlines, we hope you all had a nice trip. We can't wait to fly wwith you again!" a male voice echoed from the speakers as the plane stops from it's track and the seatbelt light turns off with a loud sound of 'ting!'. More like a microwave oven.
"C'mon!" Sakura exclaimed as soon as the seat belt lights turned off. She almost leaped out of her seat like a child and hit the luggage compartment above them when thankfully, Eriol pulled her right back down.
"Be careful or you'll hit your head," he warned her as Sakura bounced back to her seat.
Sakura smiled sheepishly as she stands up more steadily and walks out into the planes narrow hall.
Eriol stood up as well. "Aw!" he exclaimed.
Sakura chocked a laugh as she looks at the floor shakingly. "You told me to watch out and be careful of the above compartment when you're the one that hit your head with it…" she insulted as she continuously fights off a hysterical laugh.
Eriol simply walked out, his hand over his head and pouted.
"Don't pout like that!" Sakura couldn't help but shout as the laugh she was fighting off finally found its way out. "You look ugly!" she added as she held her arms on her stomach.
"I look ugly huh?" Eriol replied mischievously. "You wanna laugh more?" he asked in his threatening yet playful tone.
"N-No…" Sakura relied, still laughing.
"Then laugh!" Eriol shouted as he started tickling Sakura.
Thankfully, all the other passengers of of the plane have already gotten off, detouring on the other hall since they did such a barricade.
"S-STOP!" Sakura exclaimed as she fights to take Eriol's hands away from her nape and her waist.
"Ahem…" a loud and intentional cough separated them.
They turned stiffly to where it came from and bowed before a steward in blue who was smiling meaningfully at them.
Their faces turned crimson as they grabbed their small bags and walks out of the plane, heads hidden from view.
They halted for a few minutes and turned to each other, a slight hint of pink still on their cheeks.
After the long stare, they blurrted out a loud laugh.
"I can't believe we did such a scene at the plane," Sakura remarked as they continued on their way.
"Did you see the way the steward looked at us?" Eriol added as he copies how the man looked like. "Man that was embarrassing!" he commented.
"You said it!" Sakura exclaimed as she turns her head towards her right.
She was halted as a chestnut brown haired boy wearing sunglasses caught her attention. 'Where have I seen him before?' she thought to herself as she eyes the man and his companion. 'And that girl… ' she added as she sort of recognized the indigo haired girl with him.
"Are you alright Sakura?" Eriol's voice knocked her out of dream mode.
"What? Oh… yes…" she simply answered in a trail as they continued into the baggage counter.
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"That was a short trip!" Syaoran exclaimed as soon as the plane's announcer informed the passenger that the plane was about to land in Tokyo. He and Tomoyo had taken the plane just a few hours ago and now they were already in Japan.
"It's not that far you know," Tomoyo informed him as if giving a lecture in history.
"I… I knew that," Syaoran defended himself as he sat errectly in his seat, getting ready for the impact that is soon to befallen the plane as its wheels touch ground.
Tomoyo simply grinned.
The plane shook roughly as the plane rolled its way into the run way. It did for quite a while but soon halted into a stop. The seatbelt light went off and the announcer's voice echoed once again.
"We have arrived at Tokyo. Thank you for flying with Cathay Pacific Airlines and we hope to be flying with you again soon!" the familiar voice echoed from the speakers.
Everybody stood up the moment the announcer logged off and got their things as they went off the plane while Tomoyo and Syaoran waited patiently for everybody to leave. They wore back their sunglasses and their jackets as bodyguards in tuxedo enetered the plane and got all their things. Some of the men in black walked outside in front of them as the others got behind them.
"Do we really have to walk around with THEM following?" Tomoyo whispered to Syaoran as she rolls her eyes towards the direction of the body guards at their side and behind them.
"I don't like it anymore than YOU do," Syaoran replied as he held Tomoyo's hand in his.
Tomoyo looked at him behind her eyeglasses and smiled as she held on to his hand back.
Suddenly, a squealing mob approached the pair and yelled on the top of their lungs.
"It's really them!" one shouted.
"Tomoyo! Syaoran! I'm your BIGGEST fan!" another one shouted.
Their body guards instantly covered them from the crowd as Tomoyo and Syaoran runs off to another direction, dodging glances along the way, hoping no one else would recognize.
They halted as they turned around a corner and gasps for air, laughing with what they just did.
"It's been a long time since we've done that…" Syaoran remarked as he placed his hands on his knees, still panting like a runner practicing for a big meet.
"I never thought we'll be doing it here of all places!" Tomoyo added as she leans her body weight on Syaoran's back.
"C'mon… there's gotta be a way out of here somewhere else besides the main exit," Syaoran suggested as he walked towards another direction, still holding Tomoyo's hand.
After walking for quite a while, following the directions written on sign boards towards the exit, Syaoran felt the urge to turn on his left. His eyes narrowed like he couldn't believe what his eyes are telling him.
'Where have I seen that girl?' he thought to himself as he kept his eye on an auburn haired girl and her heart warming smiles at her companion. 'That boy… do I know him?' he asked himself again as he took sight of the raven haired boy whom the girl was with.
"Syaoran?" Tomoyo called him in a whisper. "Syaoran!" she repeated, shaking Syaoran out of his trance.
"Y-yes?" he replied as soon as he realized Tomoyo was calling him.
"Is something wrong?" she asked as she looks at him with worry behind her shades.
Syaoran turned his head again, hoping to see the familiar girl. "N-nothing's wrong…" he finally answered, disappointed that he lost sight of her. "C'mon… before the mob catches us again!" he added cheerfully as he dragged Tomoyo again.
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'Seems I don't have much to do…' Cupid thought to himself as he stood behind one of the tall pillars in Tokyo Airport.
He was wearing an elegant blue polo and black pants as he tries to blend with the human crowd.
"Love IS the best guide," he accidentally spoke out his thoughts.
A Japanese woman with long black hair was passing by when he had spoke too loud.
The woman looked at him suspisciously and cocked an eyebrow when she heard him.
Cupid's sweat, upon realizing his embarrassment, dropped as he laughed rhythmedly his "Ha… Ha… Ha…" and scratched his head with a bow.
'I better be careful with my thoughts…' he noted as he watched the woman walk away with a creeped out expression.
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"Father!" Sakura exclaimed as soon as they reached the gate and a coffee brown haired man with glasses and a kind face welcomed his daughter back.
"Good afternoon Mr. Fujitaka," Eriol greeted the man with one of his respective bows.
A dark brown haired man looking a few years older than Eriol and Sakura suddenly placed his arms over Eriol's neck and started twitching his fist on his head playfully, like what old friends do.
"How are you two?" he exclaimed as he kept on chocking Eriol to death.
"We're fine Touya! Would you mind letting go of Eriol? He can't breathe," Sakura said in her as-a-matter-of-fact tone of voice.
"Sorry about that," Touya released him and smiled at Sakura like any older brother would. "Welcome back…" he muttered seriously.
"Tha…" Sakura was about to say thank you.
"MONSTER," Touya snatched back with the insult he gave his sister even as kids.
"I AM NOT A MONSTER!" Sakura shouted childishly almost strangling Touya to his grave.
"Now, now you two… not in front of a friend," Fujitaka warned his children.
Touya and Sakura stopped in the middle of their fighting stances and turned to their father with very confused faces.
"Friend?" they asked at the same time.
"Don't call me a friend Fujitaka," a woman with red violet short hair whispered audibly as she shots Fujitaka a glare.
"Right…" he simply replied in his kind yet sheepish way.
"I'm sorry… I'm Sakura Kinomoto… nice to meet you," Sakura bowed down her head as she introduced herself.
"I know dear," the woman replied. "I'm Sonomi Daidouji. I'm your mother's cousin," she introduced herself with a mild voice. "You and your mother have the same spark in you…" she added with a sigh.
"T-thank you…" Sakura replied as her face turns slightly pink.
She had always looked up to her mother and hearing that they have the same spark seemed like an accomplishment for her.
"I'm Eriol Hiiragizawa," Eriol introduced himself with another one of his bows.
"Nice to meet you Eriol," Sonomi responded. "Are you and Sakura together?" she asked suspisciously.
The two both blushed furiously as they simultaneously waved their hands and shook their heads.
"NO!" they denied both at the same time.
Fujitaka and Sonomi just has to giggle at the sight while Touya laughed hysterically as he continued to tease both of them.
"Anyhow… who are you waiting for Mrs. Daidouji?" Sakura asked politely as she tries her best to deprive a blush from creeping out.
"I'm waiting for my daughter, Tomoyo," Sonomi answered. "And her fiancé… Syaoran," she suddenly added.
'Syaoran?' Sakura wondered. 'Why does it sound so familiar?' she asked herself, hoping to find an answer.
"Uh… Tomoyo… isn't she the teen singer?" Sakura manage to squeeze out of her brain.
"Yes…" Sonomi replied, little surprised. "Word travels fast I see," she remarked.
"I hear she's really good…" Eriol commented as he joins the conversation to avoid Touya's further attempts to tease him. "But unfortunately, her CD's haven't reached England yet… and we barely have time to check the internet…" he added.
"You mean you haven't seen her… or heard her sing yet?" Sonomi asked as if it was really impossible that the teenagers before her doesn't know her daughter.
"Unfortunately… yes," Sakura replied hesitantly. "England's trading with Asian countries doesn't seem too good," she explained enthusiastically.
"Maybe that's why her CD's didn't reach us," Eriol simply agreed.
"Then it's a good thing you both returned to Japan at the same time! Now you can meet her!" Sonomi replied excitedly, pretty much like how Tomoyo is when excited. "Speaking of the goddess!" she suddenly exclaimed as she spots an indigo haired girl approaching them.
Sakura, surprised as all the others, turned to where Sonomi waved.
Her eyes fell, not on the teenaged singer geared with dark shades, but to the boy beside her with messy chestnut hair and piercing eyes behind his own shades.
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Tomoyo had called her mother and ask where she could meet her, excited to see her mother all at the same time.
They simply followed the directions given to them, and soon, they have reached the exit.
Tomoyo waved at her mother and so did her mother to her, Syaoran noticed, but instead of keeping his eyes on his fiancé's mother, getting ready to great her and make yet another nice impression, Syaoran's eyes fell on the auburn haried girl she was talking to.
He gasped at the sight of her emerald green eyes directly looking at him as well.
Not one of them could look away. For some reason they got caught up in each other's glare.
Both's heart raced.
They gasped at the sight of one another, both thinking that something seems oddly familiar…
simply-0bssesed: Did it sucked? Newayz, sorry if I kinda concentrated on Sakura and Syaoran in this chapter. I think it'll be thrilling if they get caught up with each other first before Eriol and Tomoyo… ehehe… falls. Also, it'll seem pretty much scripted if they act in love all at the same time… the story will be cut short if I do that. Hehehe…. LOLZ! Hey, thanks again for those who reviewed! Luv yah all! REVIEW MORE!