Disclaimer: I do not own Card Captor Sakura. I never have, never will, and will never claim to, so consider this a disclaimer for all of the following chapters, as well.
Hey! Wow! I got five reviews really fast! I would like to thank Wednesday, AIdeen, INUYASHAREDSTAR, princess-confused, and kae'she for reviewing. For those of you who have never read any of my other stories before (I write CCS, Sailor Moon, and a couple of really bad HP fics), I generally write really short chapters and have no idea what to do from chapter to chapter. Suggestions are always appreciated, but I can't guarantee that I will always use them. Any review is appreciated, for that matter, even if it's a flame. But I must request that if you do flame me, that you give suggestions for improvement. Thanks! Alright, enough of my yammering, here's the story!
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It was finally January 21; the night of the big masquerade ball. Syaoran had gone through a lot of trouble to get his costume, a black suit with long tails, a red cumber button, and a flowing black cape with red trim. He had even acquired an ebony black cane and top hat. He was to be the world's greatest lover: Giacomo Casanova. No one from school would have recognized their smartest classmate. He had been working out for weeks, and his once scrawny body was now lean and strong. He had even gotten contacts for the special occasion, and his amber eyes were luminous with glee. He couldn't wait to see his beautiful date.
Sakura and Tomoyo were getting ready at Tomoyo's house, because she had such an amazing wardrobe and makeup collection, and Sakura needed all the help she could get. Tomoyo was wearing a lovely rose-colored dress with a small black mask around her eyes. The mask had red and white rose patterns all over it, to match the color of the dress. She had a honey-chestnut wig on with small flowers woven in to cover her black tresses and disguise herself as Sakura. All in all, Tomoyo was gorgeous, as always.
Sakura was wearing a white, satin, mermaid-style gown which flared slightly above the knees and showed off her amazing figure. It had little silver beads covering it in tiny patterns, and was totally strapless. Since it was January, she had a little white faux fur cropped jacket. Her black wig was pulled up in a bun on the top of her head with large ringlets cascading down the back, and one on the side of her face. The white satin mask encircled her huge emerald eyes, and the silver embroidery brought out the sparkles in them. She was a complete and total knock-out.
"Sakura! Oh my gosh! You look gorgeous! I'll never understand why you don't dress better at school. You are such a little hottie. Well, I suppose that if you did, I'd have to worry about you stealing some of my admirers. Heehee! Well, if I keep rambling on we'll be late, so let's go!" Tomoyo said, and floated out of the house to slide into the waiting limo. Sakura looked at herself in the mirror and sighed. She couldn't help but feel something was wrong. But nonetheless, she followed Tomoyo into the waiting limo to be whisked away to the dance.
'Where is she? I hope she hasn't stood me up,' an anxious Syaoran thought as he looked at his watch. 8:10. When he looked up, though, there she was. Standing at the top of the staircase, bathed in the glow of the disco ball suspended from the ceiling. She was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen! Her cousin didn't look too bad, either, but the girl in the white dress was all he could really focus on. He remembered what he was doing and bounded up the stairs, three at a time, to greet her.
"Well, hello, fancy meeting you here!" He grinned, "Shall we dance?" He held out his arm to her, and she gently slid her small hand into the crook of his elbow while he escorted her to the dance floor.
"You look beautiful tonight, Tomoyo. Not that you aren't stunning every other day, but most especially tonight," he smiled down at the girl in his arms.
"Thank you. You're looking quite handsome tonight, yourself," Sakura smiled back, trying not to let on that she wasn't Tomoyo. After all, they were supposed to be pretending to be one another. She wasn't sure who this guy was, either. He had a really attractive face, and his tousled hair was quite cute. She could honestly say that she could have dance with him all night.
"By the way, who is your character? Or are you dressed as a specific character?" She questioned, remembering that this was a masquerade ball.
"Oh, you don't recognize me? I am the one and only...Casanova!" He said with a flourish, and suddenly dipped her deeply and gave her a kiss on her soft pink lips. He brought her up and they stood, staring at each other.
"Wow," was all he could think of at first. Then he noticed her eyes. "Hey, those are some really cool contacts you have in," he said, commenting on how her eyes were no longer violet like Tomoyo's, but emerald.
"Oh...yes...thank you," Sakura managed to whisper. This guy had to be the greatest kisser. Ever. They continued to stare at one another for a few more moments until the real Tomoyo came over, disguised as Sakura.
"Hey, Tomoyo! How's it going?" She giggled and turned to Syaoran. She looked at him, and then looked again, "hey, who are you?" She questioned.
"Casanova, of course. Or do you mean in real life?" He fired back.
"I mean in real life. Duh," she snapped.
"Oh. I'm Syaoran Li. Why?" He answered, a little deflated.
"You're Syaoran Li! Oh my gosh! What happened to you?" She started.
"Nothing. I've been working out and I got contacts."
Tomoyo opened and shut her mouth a few times, glanced at Sakura, and stormed off, not sure what to think.
"What's up with her?" Syaoran asked Sakura. But she was just staring at him with huge eyes, unable to believe that this was the nerdiest kid in school. And it turned out that he was actually a total hunk! And a great kisser...
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Okay, I'm out of ideas for this chapter. I'll think about it and write the next chapter. Please review! I love reading what you guys have to say, good or bad. I'd like to get 5 to 10 reviews on this chapter before I write another, so you know the drill! Thank you for reading, and have a nice day:)
