A/N: Hiya! My exams are finally over am I am back on track. I am so sorry for letting you guys wait for me. I got a "boom" idea during my examination period. Hope you like this chapter! Oh and thanks a bunch for all the wonderful reviews. It helped to keep my attention and inspiration for my fanfics.
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Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Card captor Sakura characters but I own all mythical creatures in the story, so don't sue me!.
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Chapter 11: Preparation
Another week has passed since Syaoran realized his feelings for Sakura. Ever since the kiss, Sakura has been wary around Syaoran. She would not talk to him unless it was absolutely necessary. Sometimes, when Syaoran was out in the field sweeping the autumn orange leaves, she would stare at him from afar. Once Syaoran turned around while sweeping the leaves, Sakura would immediately turn away and pretended to brush the baby colt that always seemed to be around her, with a tomato face of course.
Sakura found herself constantly thinking of the amber-eyed "slave" more and more. Oblivious of her own feelings, being the naïve girl she was, kept on denying the fact that she was falling for Syaoran. If not, she already was!
Syaoran, on the other hand, was struggling with his own emotions. He knew he already fallen in love with the emerald eyed maiden. He knew he should reveal his feelings for her. But, he was only there for a few more months. He knew he would never be able to stay with Sakura even if she actually loves him. Syaoran's heart felt deep remorse whenever he thought of the time when he would leave the unicorn farm and never see his only love again.
Syaoran sighed as he finally piled up a mountain of dead leaves. "This took all morning!" He then swept all the leaves into a black bag.
"Ding de ling!"
The doorbell rang. Syaoran ears perked up at the sound. "Today's... oh. Its Daidouji and Eriol's weekly visit.
He entered the cottage through the back door and headed for the front door. The door creaked as it open as a blur of pink, green and blue landed on poor Syaoran.
"What the?" Syaoran yelped as he drowned in a mixture of rainbow coloured clothes.
"I'm so sorry Xiao Lang!" Syaoran felt a piece of cloth lifted of him as he saw Eriol and Tomoyo carrying tons of clothing. From dresses to casual farm work clothing, you name it, they have it.
"What they hell are these for?" Syaoran stood up and helped to pick up the clothes, each with its magnificent and unique design. Heck, some of them were even better than his tailor in the castle provides him.
"Hey... These aren't half bad..."
"Of course! They're designed by me!" Tomoyo smiled and picked up the last few dresses.
"Wait till you see Sakura in them. She'll look absolutely stunning!"
Syaoran blushed at the thought of seeing Sakura in the dress in his hand.
It was light green from the top and starts to get darker at the bottom. It was just a casual design with semi-transparent green material at the sleeves. The back has a tad low cut while the front has a low V-shaped cut. Around the waist area was a red ribbon.
"Daidouji, did you make all of Sakura's clothes?"
She nodded vigorously." I used to make dresses for her all the time. It's just that recently; my dragon's eggs were hatching. That almost doubled our farm's capacity. We had to buy more land to hold all the dragons. Now that that's done, I can go back to my favourite pastime!"
Eriol sighed beside her, "Believe it or not Xiao Lang, I got twenty extra suits in my room now."
"Is there a special reason with all these clothes?" Syaoran stared at the bundle of dresses. They seemed to be too classy for farm work.
Just when Tomoyo was about to answer, Sakura entered the room.
"Tomoyo? You're here already? I guess I didn't hear the doorbell." She stared at the clothes with a huge sweatdrop... "Tomoyo? What are those for?''
Tomoyo giggled, "Silly Sakura, it's for tomorrow's Harvest festival of course!"
Syaoran and Eriol went dot-eyed," Harvest festival?" they said in unison.
Sakura widened her eyes, "I can't believe I have forgotten about that!"
Eriol then interrupted, "What's the festival about?"
Tomoyo turned to Eriol, "I can't believe you don't know about the best festival of the whole year! It always held on the last few days of autumn to celebrate the harvest of the year before it starts snowing. We'll have food, games and best of all, the Moon dance! And it is always held at my house."
"Moon dance?" Syaoran asked.
Tomoyo blushed, "It's a dance for couples. The party is held on the last full moon day of the autumn, which is tomorrow. The couples will dance under the bright moonlight. I hoped to get asked by a certain someone this year..."
Eriol noticed this and couldn't help fume, 'Whoever she's hoping to dance with is not going to beat me! I'll kick him to the moon!"
(A/N: Then why don't you go and kick yourself to the moon?)
Tomoyo then started to push Sakura to her room.
"Come on Come on! We don't have all day!" The door slammed behind her and left Syaoran and Eriol in the living room.
Syaoran sighed, "You know? Things aren't going like they are suppose to..."
Eriol turned towards him, "You don't need to tell me. My cute little cousin has fallen in love with Sakura Kinimoto."
Syaoran gapped at him, "How the-"
Eriol chuckled, "Oh please. I knew you were going to fall in love with her since the beginning. It's so obvious..."
Syaoran glared at his annoying cousin, "Well, I should say the same for you and Daidouji."
Eriol didn't seemed fazed, "I know I love Tomoyo. But we nor you and Kinimoto just can't be together. I'm sure you know that already."
Syaoran nodded with his fist clenched as he sat down on the couch, "It's just our luck to be princes..."
Eriol stared at his cousin from a far, he knew Sakura was one of a kind, therefore hard for Syaoran to ever fall in love with anyone else.
"He just has to fall in love with a commoner... Well, I guess I have to say that to myself too."
There was a period of eerie silence before Sakura's door opened. Syaoran turned only the have his jaw dropped. There stood a proud Tomoyo and a blushing Sakura.
Sakura was wearing a pink formal dress. It hugged her curves perfectly and the dress reached just right below her knees. It has one normal pink sleeve while the other is made of a semi-transparent black material. Just like the green dress, around the waist area was a black ribbon. She was also wearing a black ribbon around her neck and around her wrists. The dress had a rounded collar too. It wasn't too classy nor formal but beautiful all just the same. It was just right for Sakura.
"Well, what do you think? Doesn't she look absolutely beautiful?" Tomoyo had stars in her eyes.
Syaoran stuttered, "Ya...Beautiful..." His eyes traveled from Sakura's face to her toes, taking in all.
This caused Sakura to blush even harder under the gaze of Syaoran.
Tomoyo grinned; this was the kind of reaction she was hoping to get from Syaoran.
Flashback
Tomoyo's servants carried a bunch of clothes to the dragon carriage.
"Tomoyo?"
She turned around to see Eriol carrying a pink and black dress.
"Is this the one you were looking for?"
Tomoyo smiled at took the dress from his hands.
"I designed this dress for Sakura. I'm sure she'll look wonderful in this creation of mine... and I hope it'll make Xiao Lang's jaw drop once he sees her! They make a perfect couple you know."
Eriol nodded silently, "Ya... Great..."
End of Flash back
Syaoran realized his trance and immediately turn back, embarrassed by is reaction towards Sakura just because she was wearing a beautiful dress like that.
Tomoyo broke the silence, "That's not all. I even made a new one for Eli and another one for you too Xiao Lang!"
The whole group except Tomoyo sweatdropped.
"Great. I am going to be a dress-up doll..." thought Syaoran
In the end, after Tomoyo given their suit for them to try out, Syaoran had to admit the quality of the fabric is just as good as palace material. The suit was white with golden buttons. It was puffed with a black cloth around the chest area. (A/N: Anyone who has ever read Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles? The suit is like the one Syaoran wears in the country of mist, only without the jacket except the colours are opposite)
Eriol had the same design, only the colours were blue and white instead of Black and white.
"Wow... Xiao Lang looked so...handsome..." Sakura whispered out loud.
Eriol, who was just beside Sakura heard the whisper and frowned, "This isn't good. She's falling for him too..."
Tomoyo clapped her hand together, "Now that's that. Sakura, one of my "check-up" dragons told me Dusk gave birth to a male colt. Where is the cutie-pie?"
Sakura lifted her finger, "Oh. Dust is in the field with his parents. Wait a minute, did you say CHECK UP? I thought you weren't checking up on me after a week Xiao Lang arrived."
Sakura suddenly thought about the kiss.
"Tomoyo... did your dragons enter my house?" Sakura stuttered.
Tomoyo shook her head, "You know I honor your privacy!"
Sakura blew, "PRIVACY? YOU CALL CHECKING ON ME PRIVACY?"
Tomoyo nervously chuckled, "Whoops?"
Later that afternoon, after a session of chasing Dust round the field, everyone helped to push the unicorns back into their stable.
Tomoyo and Eriol then decided it was time to leave.
"Remember Sakura, 6 o'clock right on the dot tomorrow night. Its an hour early but I am going to do your makeup and make the Yamino sisters totally jealous of you!"
"Yamino sisters? They're going to be there this year too? Just great..."
"Who are those sisters?" Eriol asked.
"They're just daughters of the second richest farm owners in the area. But never mind them, they're sluts." Tomoyo huffed.
Eriol looked at the clock in Sakura's living room.
"We have to go Tomoyo. Your mother will be worried sick."
Tomoyo nodded at waved her hand, "Bye Sakura, Xiao Lang. See you guys tomorrow."
They left Sakura's porch and stepped into the carriage. The dragons flew off into the night.
Syaoran turned and asked, "Sakura?"
Sakura eyes snapped towards Syaoran, "Er..Yes?"
He blushed heavily, "Will you dance with me tomorrow during the dance?"
Sakura eyes widened in both surprise and happiness, she replied without thinking, "Sure Syaoran."
Syaoran eyes lit up, "Thank you Sakura!"
Syaoran landed a sudden kiss on Sakura's cheek before leaving for his room.
Sakura stood there shocked, "He kissed me... Again!"
Days left: 79
To be continued...
A/N: It's a wee bit short but I gotta stop there. I'll be sure to add more romance in the dance during the next chapters!