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Flashback from the last chapter"Do you know what all sleepovers need a game of?" asked Tomoyo, mysteriously.
"What?" asked Rika, looking bored.
"A game of truth and dare!" squealed Tomoyo with an evil glint in her eyes.
Chapter 14
"Great," muttered Syaoran, sarcastically. "Just what I needed. A game of truth or dare!"
"Come on, Xiao Lang," complained Meiling. "Don't be a party pooper."
"Whatever," said Syaoran. "I'm still not playing."
"Dude! C'mon, do you want to sit here all day? Just do this coz the girls want to play. I not really stuffed whether I play or not," said Eriol.
"Yeah Syaoran!" chirped up Sakura. "Play for us!"
Syaoran muttered a small "Fine".
"Good," said Tomoyo. "I'll start. Eriol, truth or dare?"
"Dare," said Eriol, bravely. Tomoyo had an evil grin on her face.
"I dare you to wear whatever outfit I give you and then you have to do this catwalk thingy in the hallway, while I catch everything on tape," said Tomoyo. Eriol suddenly looked like he was going to be sick.
"Can I not do this?" asked Eriol in a quiet voice. "How about a different dare?"
"Not this time mate," grinned Syaoran, slapping him on the back. "You're the one who wanted to play, so play!" Tomoyo ran off to get an outfit and came back holding a bag.
"Mind, this was originally made for Sakura to wear, so it'll be fairly tight for you," explained Tomoyo, trying to keep her laughter in. Sakura laughed uncontrollably. Tomoyo threw him the bag and he caught it.
"Go change now," she ordered. "The bathroom is upstairs to your left." Eriol left rather reluctantly as he dragged his feet along and groaned.
"Thanks a lot for your dare, Tomoyo," he said, sarcastically. Tomoyo just smiled. After what seemed like ten minutes, Eriol walked back downstairs with a towel around himself.
"I am not wearing this in of anyone!" he said stubbornly.
"A dare's a dare," said Chiharu. "Don't be chicken." Tomoyo held her camera steady and focused it on Eriol.
"You don't have to catwalk for very far. Just across the room will do!" said Tomoyo, brightly. Everyone sat on the couch with a box of popcorn.
"This is going to be interesting," said Naoko, thoughtfully.
"It should be filmed live," agreed Sakura, while grabbing another handful of popcorn. Tomoyo stood at the other end of the hallway with her camera and pressed play. She nodded to Eriol. Eriol groaned again and let the towel drop to the ground. The outfit was indeed tight, too tight. He was wearing a hot pink top that was sleeveless and a white and silver mini skirt, which showed a lot of skin for girls. He unwillingly did a catwalk across the hallway, with the rest of the gang cheering and laughing in the background. Syaoran was on all fours, laughing his head off, Rika was holding Chiharu for support, Chiharu was laughing so hard that she had tears in the corner of her eyes, Naoko was trying to hide all her laughter, but failed miserably and Sakura was rolling on the ground, clutching her side, which had a stitch. Tomoyo had to keep in all her laughter; otherwise the camera wouldn't film very well. As soon as Eriol had finished, he grabbed the towel, wrapped it around himself and rushed back to the bathroom.
"I – I – didn't know – know that E – Eriol – knew how to – do the – catwalk!" gasped Sakura, in between bursts of laughter. Eriol came back down the stairs, dressed in his usual clothes, but still looked embarrassed. They all settled back down into the lounge.
"My turn," said Eriol. "Syaoran, truth or dare?" Syaoran paused for a moment to think. 'If I choose truth, he's going to ask me about Sakura and I'll have to tell him everything. Better keep to the safe side and choose dare.'
"I choose dare," said Syaoran. 'Baka! Why did you choose dare? It's worse than truth! I'm so dead now. Knowing Eriol, I'm soo dead!'
"Okay then," said Eriol. "If you wish…" Eriol paused for a moment to think of a dare.
"I've got it!" he exclaimed. "You're lucky I chose an easy one for you. I could've been much, much worse," said Eriol, looking at Syaoran. "Instead of your so-called-friendly date with Sakura, make it a real date, not just a friends night out or whatever."
"Whatever," Syaoran replied. 'It wasn't too bad after all!' "Meiling, truth or dare?"
"Truth," she replied, taking the easy way out. Syaoran cursed. He was no good at asking truths. Tomoyo leaned over and whispered something in his ear.
"Have you ever kissed a guy that wasn't family and if you have who?" asked Syaoran. Meiling blushed heavily.
"Well – " began Meiling. "I have. His name's Ryu and that's my boyfriend's name."
"KAWAII!" exclaimed Tomoyo. "What does he look like?"
"Well," started Meiling. "He has sort of dark blonde hair and crystal blue eyes."
"KAWAII!" squealed Tomoyo again. "When's he coming?"
"Sometime soon," was Meiling's reply. "Yamazaki – truth or dare?"
"Dare," he replied, casually.
"We all know that you have feelings for Chiharu, but never admitted it, so i dare you to take her out!" said Meiling, grinning. Yamazaki blushed.
"Okay...Naoko, truth or dare?" asked Yamazaki.
"Truth," said Naoko.
"Out of the people from school," started Yamazaki. "Who is the one guy that you would ask to go out with you if you had to take someone?" Naoko looked down and blushed lightly.
"Matt," she replied quietly, without looking at anyone.
"Whoa, no way!" said Eriol. "Matt from our class?" Naoko nodded.
"Rika," said Naoko. "Truth or dare?"
"I choose dare," said Rika. "I need something exciting to happen in my life if everyone's going to play it safe and choose truth!"
"Okay then, if you wish," said Naoko evilly. "Run outside and try to copy the sound of the crazy frog ring tone, but sing it completely off tune. Oh yeah, and sing it as loud as you can."
"Alright!" said Rika. "Something exciting!" She ran outside, with the others closely behind. Rika ran onto the street and started copying the crazy frog. Everyone in the neighbourhood started poking their heads out of the window to see what all the noise was. An old lady with a walking stick came out of the house next to Tomoyo's to see what was going on.
"Yeah!" she shouted. "You go girl!" She tried to move around, but since she was quite old, she ended up hurting her back. Her daughter came out, after seeing her mother crouching down, holding her back. Her son came running after her. He was about three years old.
"What happened to Granny, mama?" he asked, tugging on his mother's sleeve.
"Granny's just fine," she replied. "Go back in the house." The three-year-old did what he was told. His mother helped the old lady up and headed back into the house, shaking her head.
"Teenagers these days," she muttered, shaking her head again. After Rika finished singing, all the others cracked up and went back inside.
"Okay, Sakura," said Rika. "Truth or dare?"
"Truth," said Sakura.
"We all know that you dumped Josh," said Rika. "But you're going out with Syaoran for a date because it was a dare, but from school, do you have anyone in mind?" asked Rika.
Sakura blushed a bit. "Umm – yeah, I do," she replied. Syaoran looked down in disappointment. 'It's too late,' he thought bitterly. 'She already likes someone else.'
"Chiharu, truth or dare?" asked Sakura.
"Truth," said Chiharu.
"What do you look for in a guy?" asked Sakura.
"Definitely personality," she replied. "And accepting who they are, and not trying to be someone they're not." She turned to Tomoyo. "Truth or dare?"
"Truth," she replied, looking awkward.
"Do you want a relationship with Eriol? And be honest!" said Chiharu. Tomoyo glanced up at Eriol, and blushed.
"Yes," she replied quietly. "But only if he wants to." Eriol blushed lightly.
"Of course, my dear lady," said Eriol. He leaned over and kissed Tomoyo. Tomoyo blushed. Everyone else cheered.
"KAWAII!" squealed Sakura, Meiling and Chiharu all in unison. Rika and Naoko were filming them with Tomoyo's video camera. Syaoran was sitting back and smirking.
"You have a bad influence for them," whispered Eriol to Tomoyo. Just then the doorbell rang.
"I'll get it," volunteered Syaoran, getting up. He opened the door to see Touya. Touya glared at him.
"You're that Chinese gaki!" he exclaimed, distastefully. Syaoran just glared right back at him. Sakura walked up from behind him and popped her head over his shoulder to see who it was.
"Who is it, Syaoran?" asked Sakura. Syaoran blushed lightly. "Oh. Ohayo onii-chan!"
"Are you ready to go yet, kaijuu?" asked Touya, still glaring at Syaoran. Sakura pushed passed Syaoran and stomped on his foot.
"I'm not a kaijuu!" said Sakura, pouting childishly. "I'm Sakura. Sa – ku – ra!" she said pronouncing it out to him.
"Whatever kaijuu," replied Touya. Sakura walked back to get her stuff.
"Hey!" said Touya, threateningly. "Chinese gaki. Keep away from my little sister, you hear me? Or else."
"What would I want with Sakura anyway?" asked Syaoran.
"I don't know. But I know that you're up to something," said Touya.
"Whatever," said Syaoran, turning to walk away. Sakura returned with her bag and bid good bye to everyone.
When she reached the door, she said, "Sayonara Syao."
"Bye Kura," he replied. Touya left with Sakura.
"Has that Chinese gaki done anything suspicious to you?" asked Touya.
"No," said Sakura. "He hasn't done anything wrong, so just leave him alone, Touya. He's my friend." Touya just grunted in reply. When they arrived at the Kinomoto residence, Sakura ran up the stairs to find Kero. The little guardian beast was snoring in his little room. Sakura gently shook him awake. Kero moved a little and mumbled, "Pudding...".
"KERO!" screamed Sakura. "Wake up!"
"Ah!" he screamed, jolting awake. "Where's the enemy Sakura? I swear I'll beat them up!" Sakura sweat-dropped.
"Kero," said Sakura. "There is no enemy here. I just need to tell you something." She launched into explanation about Black Hope and her dream.
"Well," said Kero. "That is quite unexpected. I guess he's after the Sakura cards."
"What?" exclaimed Sakura. "But they're mine and no one else's!"
"Black Hope will do anything for a little bit of power. He tried to get Clow Reed's power, but –. "
"I know that Kero," said Sakura.
"Who told you?" asked Kero suspiciously.
"Oh that. Eriol told me. He said he was the reincarnation of Clow Reed himself," explained Sakura. "Do you have any idea how to defeat Black Hope?"
"Well," began Kero. "There is one, but I'm not quite sure it's possible."
"What is it?" asked Sakura. "If he's after the Sakura cards, then I'll have to stop him." Kero sighed.
"There is a chosen person," said Kero. "But I have no idea who it is. She or he and his or her soul mate can defeat Black Hope."
"But how?" asked Sakura.
"When the two soul mates reunite, they'll release a secret power that no one knows of. This hidden power will defeat any dark or evil things, including all black magic and Black Hope. But all this is just a rumor," said Kero.
"How are we supposed to find this soul mate person?" asked Sakura. Kero just shrugged.
"Okay then," said Sakura. "I'm tired now. I'm going to bed. Goodnight Kero." Kero was already snoozing again.
Next morning (It's Sunday)
Touya and Sakura were sitting at the table, eating breakfast. They saw the postman arrive with the post from outside the window.
"I'll go grab the post," said Touya, getting up. He came back holding some letters and spread them across the table.
"Hmm, let me see," said Touya. "Bills...Tax...WHAT'S THIS?" he shouted, holding onto a pink envelope. Sakura read the front that had neat handwriting on it. It said:
To Miss Kinomoto SakuraFrom Li Syaoran
"Hey!" said Sakura. "That's mine!"
"Why's that Chinese gaki sending you this?" Touya asked, trying to keep his temper.
"I can explain," said Sakura. "Hey look!" She pointed out the window.
TBC
Ooh...I wonder what Sakura saw. Wait a moment, I should know! I'm the author of this story! Anyway, I'm not about to tell you. You'll have to read the next chapter to find out. We got a day off school today. Thanks for the reviews!
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