Author's Notes:
I didn't take –that- long this time did I?proud
Ok ok, I still took a freaking long time…but my point is that I improved right?flashes bright smile but ducks immediately to avoid all sorts of flying things Awww…common guys, you got to give me a vacation too right?flinches from the glaresActually, was dun w/ this long timago…jst 4gt to post it up…I'm serious! Not lying! I swear!innocent puppy eyes
Blah, guess I'd better shuddup for the sake of this life of mine…so here's the story! Oh and before I forget, apologies for ANY grammar/spelling mistakes (yes, I do know they're all stupid like me) I don't have a proofreader at this moment, so please bear with me. Arigato! D
Notes (only important 4 baka ppl lyk me 2 understand things)
Bonk noises ex: thump, beep, bang…
At Home scene change
'We are the muses in her head!' people thinking
(A/N: baka! X3) my stupid useless thoughts that I just can't resist to put in and annoy people
Last Time
(A/N: since I had kindly left a cliff hanger last time XP)
For some strange reason that Xiao Lang didn't understand, those angelic emerald orbs had relaxed the moment he smiled back at her, as if she felt relieved. He smiled to himself, realizing what an innocent caring person the angel is, just like…her…
"Ying Hua" he muttered under his breath, but at once regretted doing so. 'Idiot! Who the hell mutters strange names to himself in public? Now everyone will think that you're a no use psycho!' But for some even stranger reason, instead of confusion, the angel's eyes had clouded up with shock and surprise.
It had been Sakura's turn to be shocked when he faintly caught what he muttered to himself. 'Ying Hua? I remember that phrase! It was what Syaoran used to call me, he said that it meant Sakura in Chinese…why does he know that? Did I hear wrong? But I'm pretty sure that I didn't get it wrong…Wait, if I remember correctly, he's from Hong Kong too…that means he would speak Chinese too…maybe he's just translating my name…after all, he doesn't recognize me at all…but why would he randomly translate my name?' Recovered from her shock, Sakura's expression changed into confusion as she looked at Xiao Lang, who had the exact same expression on his face until he heard what she said next.
"Little Wolf."
(A/N: Ok, now before you guys throw anymore things, on with the story…)
Rhapsody
Xiao Lang's eyes widened in amazement. He could have sworn that he heard the words "Little Wolf" spoken from the angel. But…how could she have known his childhood nickname? True, 'Xiao Lang' does mean 'Little Wolf' in Chinese, and it wouldn't have been hard to translate it, but to his knowledge, the angel could only speak Japanese…so why…? Then suddenly, out of nowhere, a memory flashed by.
Flashback
"HoeWait up!" a young girl with short bouncy hair and bright green eyes called out to a little boy who was walking ahead of her.
The chestnut haired boy who was being addressed stopped in his tracks and turned around. "Hurry up, or we'll be late and miss it!"
"Humph. How can I hurry if I don't even know where I'm going and what I'm going to see?" But although she was pouting and frowning, the little girl still started running, making her pink skirt blown backwards by the wind. As she caught up with the boy, she held out her hand. The little boy looked at her hand and then at the girl, his amber eyes full of confusion. "What are you looking at? This way we can go faster!" and having said that, the little girl grabbed his hand and started running again. She didn't notice the pink blush that was starting across her companions face though. A little while later, the pair reached a small hilltop that was surrounded by blossoming sakura trees. The little girl stopped in her tracks, and stared in awe at the view she saw.
"This…beautiful…"she breathed out, and twirled around happily.
"It is right? I found this place a few days ago by accident…and…well…" The boy stuttered, becoming steadily red in the face, "Happy Birthday Ying Hua…"
At this, Ying Hua turned around to face him, wide eyed and shocked. "How…how did you know it is my birthday?" she exclaimed.
"I heard you shouting around your house yelling 'It's my birthday tomorrow, it's my birthday tomorrow' while running around yesterday when I went to your house. Remember?" and seeing Ying Hua blushing a bit, he just couldn't resist the urge to tease her some more. "Nice day to have a birthday eh? April first…" the little boy snickered, watching the effects of his words on his companion's face. "and not to say that your birthday's on February 29th…you siblings really know how to choose dates eh?" Then, seeing the tomato red faced Ying Hua, he laughed hysterically, while Ying Hua just scrawled at him, vowing to repay him sometime.
After the boy's laughter finally ceased, (A/N: -o-) he finally noticed that his companion was standing beside him, eyes closed and with a heart-melting smile on her face…while still holding his hand. He blushed scarlet at once, and was glad that Ying Hua couldn't see his face.
"Err…Ying Hua?"
"Hmm…?"
"Umm…Can you…can I ask you something?"
"Hmmm…?"
"Umm…Can you…err…let go of my hand?"
Finally, the little girl opened her eyes, and looked at her companion with a playful expression, studying his face sincerely, as if considering her reply. This made the boy blush even redder (if possible). After what seemed to be eternity to him, Ying Hua finally spoke out in a cheerful tone:
"Nope"
"Na…NANI!" The boy nearly fell at this reply (A/N: X3) and when he finally realized that the girl was serious (A/N: ……no comment…), shouts and yells of struggles for freedom broke out in the peaceful atmosphere. (A/N: …err…my Japanese tea's getting cold…dashes off)
but even after the endless struggles, Ying Hua still had her poor companion's hand in her iron grip. (A/N: GIRL POWER! Wohoo! …or maybe just cuz love makes one weak! lol) Having lost all hope, the boy sighed and obediently stood quietly like a little good boy.
"Are you done?" the girl asked in a non-chant way.
"……"
"?"
"…Hai…" Defeated, he replied sorely.
"Then can I also ask you a question?"
The girl turned to look straight into the boy's eyes, and the boy shifted uncomfortably, his defeated expression at once forming into another blush. "I guess so…"
"…Can I call you 'Little Wolf'? Like the way you can me 'Ying Hua'…you know…I know it's not a great name at all…but I just…" Ying Hua sputtered on, staying at her shoes now, and turning a deeper shade of red with every word. The boy though, was staring at her with disbelief. After he had finally registered the sudden topic change into his mind though, (A/N: please forgive me…I know I'm messing up with their personality traits ENTIRELY…but…me can't help t! o ) he smiled warmly.
"Of course you can"
Ying Hua stopped dead in the middle of her sentence, her eyes a mixture of wonder, happiness, and hopefulness. She looked up at the-boy-who-was-soon-to-be-called-Little-Wolf with starry eyes.
"I don't see why you can't" the boy shrugged in a careless way.
"Lil' Wolfy-kun!" Ying Hua particularly GLOMPED her companion, knocking both off balance and onto the soft green grass. Then, smiling another soul taking smile up to her Little Wolf, she added: "I really loved your birthday present, arigato."
Little Wolf blushed again, and muttered something that sounded like "No problem…Your welcome…" but Ying Hua wasn't paying attention. She was snuggling in the arms of her Wolf, treasuring the moment forever.
End of Flashback
'Little Wolf…that girl…she called me Little Wolf…but…why? And How? I mean, where did this memory come from anyways? And how does she know about it? I mean, it's not like she can read my mind or anything right? That couldn't be possible…no, maybe I just heard wrong…ya…that must be it, I heard wrong…' He sighed, and frowned when he thought that recently, he always seemed to be hearing wrong or thinking wrong or speaking wrong…urgh, he couldn't be that tired from the trip could he? But then, with all the complex structures of nature, you never know.
Xiao Lang was torn out from his thoughts when he saw the angel move. She had clasped both hands over her mouth in a very typical dramatic way, and yet from the look in her eyes, you could tell she wasn't faking anything. Those emerald jewels were wide with…'Confusion and Fear!' Xiao Lang mused to himself. 'Now this is getting weirder by the second. Why would she be confused? I mean, if it was only me who had randomly uttered words in front her, than she has the right to be. But she randomly just said my name…wait, how do I know she was saying my name! She was probably just…translating my name? After all, Xiao Lang does mean "Little Wolf". But why would she randomly translate my name!'
Finding no answers to his long list of questions, and too caught up in her thoughts, the pair didn't realize that they had been staring at each other's eyes for over a minute already until a soft, polite cough interrupted the silence. At once, both pairs of eyes immediately widened in further shock and embarrassment, and both blushed a light hue of red and looked away at the same time, looking toward the direction where the cough had came from.
Tomoyo giggled slightly, noting how cute the two looked when they had subconsciously did the same actions at the same time. 'God they look cute together!' She thought with an inward sigh. 'If it wasn't for the fact that I knew Saku-chan was still very in love with Li-kun, I wouldn't hesitate in setting them up right now.' She let a slight smirk grace her face for a second, thinking of all the ways that she could get those two alone, in a romantic atmosphere. But she caught herself just before she too would get lost in her own thoughts, and smiled charmingly at the pair, both gazing at her, as if expecting her to say something. Which she did.
"Hello Li-san. Such a coincidence to see you here. Since you just got here, I suppose you must be shopping for clothes?" She asked simply.
Xiao Lang, thoroughly back into reality by the sound of her voice recognized the question, but his mind kept wanting to think about the past, to remember, so he simply stated, "Hello Daidouji-san. Yes, I am on my way to go shopping for clothes." After he said this, he noticed an evil twinkle in the girl's eyes, which made him very much uneasy. So on a afterthought, he added, "Why do you ask?"
"Oh, nothing really. But since your new here, do you want us to show you around? This mall is actually pretty big, and really easy to get lost in. We wouldn't mind guiding you. Just wait a sec till Sakura-chan changes out of this dress and pays will you? It'll be real fast I promise." Tomoyo paused here, stopping just long enough for her to take in a breath, but fast enough so that Xiao Lang had no chance of voicing his opinion on the matter. "And yes Sakura, you look beautiful in that dress. It's perfect. Since that's decided, why don't you get going and change out of it and pay? We don't want to keep Li-san waiting for long now do we?" While talking, she was half dragging, half shoving Sakura into the dressing rooms.
"Hoe! Tomoyo-chan! Dame!" Sakura protested, not being able to follow where her best friend was trying to lead the situation into.
"Don't worry, I'll take care of everything else. Just hurry up and change ok?" Tomoyo finally succeeded in getting Sakura into one of the dressing rooms.
Sakura turned around to protest once again, when she the gleam in her friend's eye. She shuddered slightly, knowing that look well. It meant that something "amusing" in Tomoyo's standards is going to happen, and usually what Tomoyo thought was "amusing" involved her…..not a good thing at all. She had to at least try to get Tomoyo to change her mind…though she knew that there was no chance at all, for when Tomoyo set her heart on something, it can not be easily changed. But who would know without trying? So she opened her mouth to speak again.
"Demo, I thought that later we were going to…"
Tomoyo cut her off before she could even finish sentence. "Yep, later we are going to show Li-san around, so you hurry up here. We don't want Li-san to get impatient now do we? Not a nice way to treat a new friend. Now hurry up my dear."
Sighing, Sakura reluctantly closed the door of her dressing room, knowing that it was no use to say anything more. Tomoyo's heart was set, and that was that. Might as well play along. After all, even though Tomoyo had left her in several embarrassing situations, she was her best friend after all, and Sakura knew that Tomoyo would do nothing to harm her….well, not physically anyways. Sometimes the weird interests of her best friend can truly lead to unwanted…embarrassment. But it was Tomoyo, and Sakura was used to almost alien hobbies (A/N: no offense ppl! ;;) She started changing reluctantly, telling herself that she might as well get this over and done with.
Xiao Lang stared blankly at the door that the angel had just disappeared behind. 'What kind of mess have I brought myself into this time! Oh great. This is just absolutely wonderful. Two girls shopping for MY clothes. Not to include that one of them was…is supposed to be my rival. Why did I say was? She's still my rival right? I still have to beat her…but…why? Why do I have to beat her again! I…I can't remember…' He sighed to himself. This was not good. He couldn't even remember recent events now. I really should be getting some rest…but then…a little shopping around wouldn't hurt…would it? 'A well,' Xiao Lang thought, 'might as well get this done and over with…'
Unknown to the two, Tomoyo already knew just what they were thinking about to themselves in this not-so-comfortable-silence, and she was making sure that she would be able to use this information on them later. 'Hmmm…let me see. Now I just have to get everything thought up and ready…after all, this might be the most interesting shoot I'd have of Sakura-chan for a while' Tomoyo's eyes started to go all glittery just thinking about it. 'Saku-chan would look SOOOOOOOOOOOO entirely adorable blushing over Lee-kun. Besides, he's not that bad looking either. I could get them for my models! Yesh! Purfect! This is certainly going to be interesting…AHAHAHAHAHAHAH!' So just like that, evil was born in the peaceful town….ok ok, cut! (A/N: X3 Dnt hit me! Ack!)I meant…just like that, the real mastermind started plotting on how to set up these innocent little angels together…once again.
Authors Notes:
A bit rushed at the end…really sorry for the delay guys but…this is just me…with my daily writer's block. lol Spare ma life here! Oh, and for Naruto fans….I was thinking of a perverted-weird-comidy fic…short, one-short, but PG-13 rated. It has to do with…rabbits. Coming up soon! (well…at least d kinda soon in my time...which would b…a few months! XP) Haha, so watch out 4 it! D