It is time! Remember in the 2nd chapter when two guys were picking on Eriol and one of them was Tetsuya Nomura, one of the main programmers for Kingdom s.

Lol, no one really cared. That's okay!

------------------------------Hidden Power: Chapter 4...The Plan

Syaoran took a deep breath. I'm ready. I'm going to do it this time. For real. But he turned around and tried to step off the diving board. Okay he had made two steps. Now all he had to do was get past Eriol.

"As I mentioned before for the fifth…fifth time, was it ?"

"Seventh!" the spirit chimed.

"Yes, seventh time, you need to actually GET IN the pool before we can start the assignment," he finished. Hiiragizawa Eriol seemed to have become more bold after he and Syaoran had become friends.

"E-Eriol-kun, if you d-don't g-g-get off the diving b-b….ACHOO! board…I'll kick you off m-myself!" Syaoran almost smiled and imagined himself shoving his buddy off the diving board and into the water to…

SPLASH! Syaoran yelled as the sky sprite (or Skye as Eriol had named him) dove into the water with a squeal.

"Awwwww, is poo baby Syao-kun afwaid of the water?" the water sprite called Aqua cooed.

"I-I'm NOT afraid of th-the w-water, It's C-C-C-COLD!" he attempted to swat at the giggling sprite but thought better of it when he almost lost his balance on the diving board.

"Basically he's afraid of the water," Eriol smiled and told the spirits who tittered gaily. Syaoran turned red with frustration.

Eriol, Syaoran, and the spirits had come to the pool at school for an assignment at 6 in the morning. So damn early for this stupid assignment.

They had to swim three laps around the pool for their P.E teacher as a consequence the other day. Sadly enough it was because Syaoran had accidentally pushed Eriol into the pool before class.

While Syaoran stared bleakly into the pool watching Skye kicking little rings of water as he went around the pool. One lap…two lap…th….Frick, he's doing MY homework! pause Aw shit, he's gonna freeze the pool up.

Just when Syroaran held his breath and was ready to jump the fire spirit, or Pyro as they decided to name the spirit, said into Syaoran ear, "When do you plan to work on finding the next Guardian?" Syaoran frowned and abruptly let out a large breath of air.

"I'll work on it as soon as I finish this assignment!" he growled.

"Really…." the fire spirit remarked with a grin. Syaoran's eyes widened and he started to inch his way off the board when Pyro pushed him off saying, "Let me help you then Syaoran."

Syaoran spluttered and fell into the water. SPLASH! He surfaced and was swamped with cheering little spirits. "ARGH! IT'S F-F bleeeep ING COLD!" he yelled.

"Now Syaoran-kun watch your language. This is a PG-13 fic!" Eriol called down from the diving board. "Interesting how of all the words he seemed to emphasize the 'F-word' , " he remarked to himself before diving expertly off the board and entering the water with a small splash. The spirits lifted up cards with a 10.

Fifteen minutes later they were finished with their assignment and Syaoran was now extremely reluctant to get OUT of the water. Luckily someone helped him with that as the pool began to get EXTREMELY hot. Syaoran let out a yelp and was out of the pool faster than you can say 'Fire me up, Scotty'. Pyro grinned at Syaoran from in the pool, "Nothin' beats a nice fire!"

Syaoran grit his teeth, vein popping in annoyance, "I'll show YOU beat!" he started to walk forward when a giggle stopped him. He turned around to find a girl giggling at him.

"Wow, Li-kun I didn't know that you like polka dots," she remarked with her eyes twinkling. Syaoran looked down at his polka-dot boxers. Hey, he didn't think that Eriol was gonna drag him to school at 6 am in the morning to go swimming. Oh, the joy of the unexpected!

"They were the only swimming trunks he had, Daidouji-san," Eriol stepped out of the water grinning from ear to ear in his own blue trunks. Daidouji looked towards him and turned bright pink. She had on a violet swimsuit.

"I see," she murmured, "well they look nice on him!" Somebody shoot me, Syaoran groaned, absolutely mortified at being caught wearing polka dots. Daidouji-san started to laugh gaily at his reaction and then promptly dove into the pool to begin doing her homework. She too was in Syaoran and Eriol's swimming class.

"Ha-ha-ha. Your girlfriend's a riot, Eriol." Syaoran muttered under his breath after shooting a glare towards the swimming girl.

Later on, outside Eriol and Syaoran were talking over lunch. Syaoran munched on his sandwich while Eriol fed Skye (whose stomach seemed to be a bottomless pit) potato chips.

"You still haven't made any effort whatsoever to search for the next Guardian," Pyro said pointedly.

"I'm eating," Syaoran replied.

"I don't caaaare. If you don't the Prophet's gonna pull you offa earth again," the fire sprite shot back.

"Oh please, he freakin' BETTER not!"

"Oh yeah, you better BET he will," Pyro said calmly laying on his peanut butter and pickle sandwich.

Eriol sighed in exasperation and said, "Off! Off of the sandwich! Either eat it or give it to him," he pointed to Skye who had just polished off the potato chips and was walking through the bag looking for more. "He eats like Syaoran goes through toilet paper Syaoran shot his friend a dirty look and viciously bit his teddy graham's head off! And he isn't even finished yet."

"Well, if you DON'T take action, the Prophet will take drastic measures and find someone to watch you. Like a guardian or two. Here, on earth," Gaia warned while hanging from the rim of the soup bowl.

"Don't fall in Gaia," Eriol warned.

"WHAT! NO WAY! He WOULDN'T! Can he DO that?" Syaoran cried eyes bulging. The Prophet dude was freaky and yeah, although he wouldn't admit it, the Prophet was the only person besides his mother he feared.

"He would! He has power and he isn't afraid to show it. He'll send a guardian if you don't do anything. Job has to get done. Chaos is coming," Skye burped.

"FINE!" Syaoran yelled. Everyone looked up and he glared. "I'll do SOMETHING about it."

There was no way that dude was gonna send some other dude to watch him. He had enough sprites on his plate and he definitely didn't want any more. Personal space, man and they got on his nerves. Not to mention the money it was costing him for potato chips, he thought eyeing Skye who lay next to the bag of chips patting his belly gingerly.

"Like what?" Eriol posed thoughtfully.

"Dya think that there'd be a guardian in this school?" he asked.

"It's worth a try. This could be the first place to look, though there's always a chance that the person might not be here in school today," Aqua said.

Syaoran thought…and thought hard. Then it hit him. Danger. He had to do an idea, but it wasn't a pretty one. It was definitely risky. And it would cost the school a couple hundred dollars. Heck, it might even get him and his fellow prisoners out of school for a while.

So he told Eriol and his friend did NOT look happy at all.

"THAT'S your big plan? It sounds dangerous."

"It sounds like a good idea to me. Risky, but that's what we need. Let's do it," Pryo said with a horrible grin and Syaoran agreed. Desperate times called for desperate measures. He had to say too, the threat of the world ending was nothing short of a desperate time.

They all sat in silence for a while thinking about what they were about to do. And then Syaoran nodded, "Okay. But I'm going to need your help," he told Eriol. And then he told him. Eriol concentrated and concentrated hard.

The clouds began to move and suddenly the sky darkened. Kids were looking up at the sky and suddenly everything was very quiet. Something really weird was going on. There was a sound of thunder and it seemed to shake the whole cafeteria, making the floor vibrate. Lighting flashed and then the lights in the cafeteria flicked out. Cries of protest broke out around the room and a teacher called for everyone to remain calm, that it was just the weather. Quite an understatement.

Eriol clenched his fist and Syaoran waited. Then suddenly his eyes flew open and he whispered one word.

"Strike!"

In the next moment the lightning hit the cafeteria, setting the building on fire.

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Wow, I've been stuck on this chapter for quite a while, but it came out pretty good! I gotta admit tho that it does drag on for a while. Sorry bout that. I didn't know how I was going to put Tomoyo in there. But I kept with the old story and it's okay.

ffgirl-07- bow Thank you SO much for the review! It was totally appreciated. I hope you can continue to enjoy the rest of my story too! J

SilverWolf66-DUDE! Where the hell have you been! Ive missed ur taunts! (how sad is that T.T) But ahhh I love u for reviewin! J Feel free to taunt me all u want! n although I DiD make Syaoran out to be a veggie he is a CUTE veggie:P

all girls who love Syaoran say EYE!

sorry I haven't been doing the martial arts all my life and don't know how to write fight scenes! Teach me n Ill shower u with…er..somethin'.

Anyway I'll leave it here and keep checkin for the next chapter. The whole story is finished and I have you all at my will! Heehehe ;P