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Chapter Fifteen: War

"Nice to see you, finally, Sakura!" Meilin grinned as I arrived at the Li/Rae household.

"Ha ha, very funny." I said sarcastically, walking into the house. "Of course I would come."

"Even after skipping fifth?" Eriol smirked, leaning against the wall, his arms folded casually across his chest.

"I got caught up shopping, okay?" I growled, shoving him, hard, so he fell with a thud to the floor.

"We're going to watch a movie first." Meilin said. "Wait until it's dark, then we're going out."

"And doing what, exactly?" Tomoyo asked.

"It was my idea." Eriol grinned. "We are going to run around Tamoeda."

"Hopefully not literally." I said. "Because I'm not in a running mood."

"Of course not." Eriol smirked. "We are going to have a war. Girls against guys."

"Water guns?" I said, hopeful. I love water guns.

"If you want…" Eriol said, eyeing me nervously.

"Yes!" I grinned. "I have a big one at home!"

"Only you Sakura, only you." Tomoyo giggled. "Where's Syaoran?"

"Right here." Syaoran said, walking into the room. He was wearing a short sleeved back t-shirt and dark baggy pants, his hands shoved casually in the pockets.

He looked good.

Wait. Bad Sakura. Bad. No thoughts of Syaoran tonight. It was all water guns and war. He was the enemy.

"Oh, I almost forgot." I said, taking his gift from my purse. "Here. It's not much, but happy birthday."

He looked curiously at the package, I wasn't the greatest wrapper, and took it from me. "Thanks Sakura."

I felt my cheeks flare as I grabbed Meilin's arm. "Come on, let's go plot."

Tomoyo rolled her eyes and followed after us as we walked into the living room.

"What'd you get him?" Meilin asked.

"Nothing." I said flatly, glad to be out of that room. I didn't want to see Syaoran's face when he saw what I'd gotten him. I didn't want to see if he liked it or not.

God, am I pathetic or what?

"What movie are we watching?"

"Thirteen Ghosts." Tomoyo grinned.

I felt my face drain of all possible color. "T-Thirteen Ghosts? Are you insane? Are you trying to kill me Tomoyo?"

Tomoyo giggled. "Oh you'll be fine Sakura, it's not that bad of a show. Besides, you love Ju On, and it has ghosts that kill people."

"Yeah, but there's only, like, three. In this movie there's thirteen." I said flatly.

"You'll be fine." Meilin said, sitting on the couch, grabbing my wrist, pulling me down beside her, Tomoyo on the other side.

"You will all pay dearly for this." I growled.

"So what are we going to do for the war?" Tomoyo asked. "Eriol's got the car, so it's kind of unfair."

"But there's three of us." Meilin smiled. "And Sakura gets a water gun."

"Yes!" I grinned, pumping my fists into the air. "Water guns all the way!"

"Okay, so here's what we do." Meilin whispered, leaning forward so both Tomoyo and I could hear.

This, I could tell, was going to be good.

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I crouched behind some bushes in the Penguin Park, my water gun in hand, a faint mist blanketing the grass around me and the park. I felt like a child, but hey, this was fun.

We were playing the war where, if Eriol or Syaoran caught you, you had to stay in Eriol's car and wait for the rest of your comrades to be captured, but if say I caught Eriol, they had to let one girl go.

We were weird, but whatever, this is what we did.

Tomoyo had, from what I could see, already been captured and Meilin was hiding a bit away from me, Eriol's car parked just outside the park. Eriol and Syaoran were nowhere to be seen.

Suddenly my phone vibrated and I picked it up. A text message from Meilin.

ChinaRae: Can U C them?

I sighed, sending her a message back.

CherryB: No

I frowned. Not once had I gotten to use my stupid water gun. And it was full loaded with ice water and everything.

I wish I'd planned this better though. I had no idea we were going to do this so I had, foolishly, worn a skirt.

Then, I saw something dart across the shadows of the park. It was very faint, but it was something.

CherryB: I spy wit my lil eye a guy 2 the right

ChinaRae: lol OK lets go

I smirked and got carefully to my feet, seeing Meilin do the same.

I hugged against the trees, darting from one to the other, back and fourth towards where I saw the figure run.

"Sakura!" I heard Meilin scream. I gasped and spun around only to see Eriol with his arm around Meilin.

"Got one more Syaoran!" Eriol shouted into the darkness. "One more to go!"

I aimed my water gun at Eriol, knowing very well that the rules said, once one person caught another, they were safe until they got to the car.

Damn.

If I caught Syaoran…then I could get someone back.

I grinned evilly, walking slowly into the deeper part of the park, where the trees were thicker.

Where oh where could Syaoran be…

I held out my gun in front of me, ready to shoot icy water at the next thing that moved.

It was, actually, kind of cold that night. It was the beginning of November, meaning that the snow would, indeed, show up any day.

Why were we out this late at night with ice water anyway?

Oh yeah, because we're bored, weird, teenagers.

I crept along the leaf strewn ground, my footsteps barely making a noise as I wandered further and further into the trees, finally coming to a small clearing where there was a large patch of grass.

And who else did I see dart through the bushes but Syaoran.

Ha, I was so not going to loose this war.

I ran after him, my water gun at the ready, following the seventeen-year-old through the trees.

There was no way he could escape the icy water from my gun, I knew this park like that back of my hand, and he didn't. So there.

I continued after him, knowing very well that he knew I was there, my eyes darting across the shadows, searching for him.

"Come out Syaoran, admit your defeat!" I shouted, holding the water gun in a very James Bond type of way in front of me, ready for him to pop out of the bushes at any moment.

The stupidest song was going through my mind at that moment, too. Sum 41's "Handle This". You know, the one where they're singing. "Cause I will bring you down".

I don't know why, but it just was.

I found it kind of funny, actually.

I kept walking slowly through the trees, shouting things such as "Give it up Li" or "Come out or I'll find you and shoot you". Lame threats like that.

I was shouting these, until Syaoran appeared in front of me, his hands on either side of his head, as if to surrender.

"Ha. Found ya." I smirked.

"Okay. I came out, just don't-" he said, but was cut off when I shot him in the chest.

"Shoot me." he finished with a sigh. "I thought you said come out or you'll shoot me. I came out so don't shoot."

I smirked. "Sorry, it was too tempting."

"You know." he said. "You didn't actually capture me."

"Yes I did. I shot you." I said tonelessly. "You're my prisoner now."

"Uh, not if I can escape." he smirked.

And then he turned, and ran.

"Bugger!" I shouted, rushing after him, firing the icy water at him at will. He can get soaked and catch a cold, see if I care.

I kept running after him, the Chinese boy still plainly in my view, and I kept shooting at him, hitting him in the back of the head and shoulders, a bit of his legs.

"Stop shooting me!" he shouted over his shoulder. "Do you have any idea how cold that water is?"

"Stop running then!" I shouted back, shooting him again in the back of the head.

I heard him growl "That's it" and the next thing I knew he'd stopped running and he'd turned on me.

So I shot him again.

What else was I supposed to do?

"I am going to take that stupid gun away from you Kinomoto." Syaoran growled, advancing on me.

I squeaked and darted to the side as he made a grab for my gun, shooting him in the chest in the process.

"Touch my gun and die Syaoran!" I laughed, darting to the side yet again. "Oh, too slow!"

"Cheeky little thing, aren't you?" he smirked, standing in front of me.

"I think you should know that by now." I said, rolling my eyes, aiming my water gun at his face. "Now come quietly so I can get some of my comrades back."

"You really take this serious, don't you?"

"Of course I do." I smiled. "Like I want to loose to the likes of you and Eriol. Now, come little man."

"Little man?" he gaped at me. "That's it Kinomoto, you're going down!"

I shrieked as he dove as me, turning to run.

Ha, too late.

His arms wrapped around my waist and we both went sprawling to the misty ground, my gun landing a few feet from me.

"No!" I gasped, crawling towards the water gun, still half filled with icy water.

But I didn't get very far, for I felt Syaoran's hand pull me back, and the next thing I knew he was on top of me, straddling my waist, pinning my wrists to the ground with his hands.

"Ha, we win." Syaoran grinned down at me.

I glared at him. "I'm not at the car yet, Li. So you haven't won anything yet."

Yeah right, like I could get away from him anyway, I kind of couldn't move.

"Um, thanks for the scarf." he said suddenly. "I like it."

Whoa, way to change the subject dude.

"Oh, uh, no problem. Glad you do." I said, smiling up at him. "Since winter's coming, I figured you may want it. You don't get snow in Hong Kong, do you?"

"No."

I laughed. "Then are you two in for a big surprise."

I blinked as some water from his wet hair, courtesy of me, dripped onto my face.

I smirked. "Your all wet Syaoran."

"And that would be my fault?" he asked tonelessly.

"Well you wouldn't stop, so I had no choice." I said.

Why was he on top of me anyway? Well, so I wouldn't get my gun and shoot him again, I guess, but still…he could at least get off.

As I looked up at him, the moonlight and the water from his hair casting him in an eerie glow, I tried not to look at his lips. I mean, I really, really tried…but it was hard, because being so close to him, I couldn't help but remember his lips on mine.

He smiled faintly, looking away from me. "Uh…I'd better get you to the car."

I nodded. Hey, that's the only way I could get him to get off me.

And once he did…

Once I felt his body get off mine, I sprung into action, crawling away from him and grabbing my gun, aiming it at him. "Ha! Way to let your guard down!"

He looked at me. Really, just looked at me. He didn't smirk and he didn't look angry.

He just looked.

I felt my breath catch in my throat as he wrapped his hands around mine and held the water gun against his chest, his face inches from mine.

"Go ahead, shoot." he said, his gaze intense, his breath hot on my cheeks.

Oh my God…

I didn't shoot him, my mind was kind of buzzing and I was a little dizzy at the proximity he was to me. So I didn't shoot.

Instead I did something that, other than shocking Syaoran, shocked me.

I leaned forward and kissed him.

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