The Test Begins
"Both of you know what to do?" The girl asked her two partners.
"Yes." They answered in unison.
"Good, you may go now," She waved her hand at them as they disappeared.
"Tomorrow will be an exciting day, Mistress," the girl thought to herself.
"Where's Syaoran?" Sakura searched frantically around the whole school. She had managed to shake Aki off earlier. There was no stopping her telling Syaoran the truth.
"Looking for me darling?" Sakura turned around to see Aki facing her.
"Erm…have you seen Syaoran anywhere?" Sakura asked him, amazed (not in the good way) that he had managed to find her (again).
"Hmmm…no, I haven't seen him. But there is something I want to ask you. Will you be my girlfriend, Sakura?" Aki looked into Sakura's emerald green eyes.
"A-a-a-akk-iii, I-I…HOEEEEEE!" Sakura squealed.
"I'll give you some time to think about it. Hold on, I want to give you something," Before Sakura knew what was happening; Aki grabbed her and kissed her on the lips. Sakura was so shocked that she stood rooted to the ground. Aki smiled.
"See you later, Sakura," As Sakura turned around, she saw Syaoran standing a distance away. His eyes filled with droplets of hurt and disappointment. He had seen everything! Before Sakura could stop him, he ran away. Sakura wanted to catch up with him but the bell rang, indicating that lunch time was over.
"Syaoran, Aki told me that Sakura was searching the school for you," Tomoyo tapped him lightly on the shoulder.
"Huh? Oh, okay. I'll go look for her then," Syaoran decided that he was going to ask her NOW.
"Where could she be?" Suddenly, Syaoran caught sight of Aki turning round a corner.
"He should know where she is," He thought as he ran up to Aki.
As he was about to catch up with him, he saw Sakura standing a distance away. Aki seemed to be talking to her about something. "I'll just wait here for a while," thought Syaoran.
What happened next shocked him. Aki pulled Sakura towards him and kissed her on the lips! Syaoran felt tears of hurt and disappointment welling up in his eyes. He saw Sakura turn around and see him but before she could explain anything, he ran away.
When it was time to go home, Syaoran wanted to run home as soon as possible but something stopped him. "Syaoran…"
He turned around. Akemi held on tightly to his hand. "Syaoran, wanna hang out with me?"
"Err…I…"
"Come on, I know this great ice cream shop…" Akemi rambled on while Syaoran was dragged to the shop.
"Sit here, Syaoran. I'll go order." Akemi beamed as she ran off to the counter.
Syaoran sighed as his gaze wandered around the interior of the shop. There were quite a few people at this hour. Mostly couples hanging out after school. Syaoran shuddered at the thought. He hoped Akemi didn't think that they were a couple. He shuddered again as he thought that. As his eyes continued to roam around the shop, he caught sight of a familiar face as it stared back. Emerald met amber. Both looked away hurriedly.
"Of course, their twins. They must come here together. Wish that was me sitting next to her, not …"
"Syaoran, our ice-creams are here."
Syaoran almost jumped out of his seat in shock. He had not seen Akemi walk back to her seat.
"Oh, ok…" They sat and ate their ice-creams in silence.
"Syaoran, after this lets go to the park for a walk."
"Err…I…"
"I knew you would agree," Akemi cut in before he could say anything. Syaoran sighed.
"Come on, Syaoran. Let's sit at these benches near the playground," Akemi grinned as she dragged a reluctant Syaoran to the bench.
As he looked up, he froze in shock. There on another bench sat Sakura and Aki!
"Erm…Maybe this is not such a good idea after all, Akemi." Syaoran stared at the ground, carefully avoiding Sakura's gaze.
Akemi smiled sweetly, "Why not? The time is ripe."
"Huh?" Syaoran looked up at her. She smiled back and dragged him towards the bench.
"HOEEEE! Their here! Erm…Aki I think its time to go," Sakura stood up and tugged lightly on Aki's hand.
He just smiled lightly at her, "The time is ripe."
"HOE?"
The twins stood side by side.
"Hoe? What's going on? Syaoran-kun?"
"I don't know."
The twins glowed pink. A girl appeared in between them. She had flowing pink hair with bright pink eyes. Her clothes were in shades of red, pink and white. Two snow white wings sprouted from her back. She gave off a weirdly familiar aura.
"It is time, " She said simply as she waved a hand. Darkness shrouded the both of them.
"What do we do now?" The twins asked the girl.
"We will wait here. Our brothers and sisters will do the job. Have you done like I instructed? "She asked the twins.
"Yes," They replied in unison.
"Good. Now, the rest is up to them," She closed her eyes, "Good Luck, Mistress.
