A.N: Sorry for the late chapter…hope you enjoy it! Please read and review!

Typist's note (Yume-chan): The delay for this chapter is totally not Kyu-chan's fault at all. She kept reminding me but I kept forgetting about it. Really sorry, everyone!

Thanks to all the reviewers; white-cracker, yumewolf-chan, Meika-chan, AngelLilly67, and stephie23!

Chapter 3: Punch, anyone?

Written by: Kyu-chan

Music filled the banquet hall as guests treated themselves to luxurious food and danced to the music.

Chiharu's P.O.V

"Can I have this dance, my lady?" I turned around to find Yamazaki bowing gallantly before me. I decided to follow his suite.

"Yes, you shall."

The song happened to change to a slow song. From close Yamazaki looked much better. He didn't look like Yamazaki at all. I think I am starting to like this romantic guy. Ahh! I was definitely going to enjoy myself tonight and have a polite Yamazaki all to myself. I was just beginning to enjoy myself when Eriol walked up and greeted him.

"Yo, man! Whassup? Let's go get a glass of punch," Yamazaki replied.

Ugh! You're such a loser, Chiharu. Fat chance! Yamazaki be a genteel man for the night? Get real, girl!

Syaoran's P.O.V

I scanned around, searching for Sakura. I finally spotted her standing in a corner. She looked gorgeous in her black evening dress. I was totally mesmerized by her beauty. A waiter poured some punch into Sakura's glass as I walked towards her. She sipped her glass. I took a few steps and was about to greet her. Then it happened very quickly. Sakura started to weaken.

"Sakura, are you alright?" I asked.

"I……" and then Sakura fainted in my arms. As I held her, Mei Ling came rushing towards us trying to help as much as possible. Finally, after an agonizing five minutes, a few paramedics came and carried Sakura off in a stretcher. I felt slightly relieved. All of a sudden, Mei Ling came up to me and asked me question after question, so quickly that I couldn't answer.

"Did you see what happened?"

"Could you recognize him or her if you saw the person again?"

"How did the person look like?"

I was left speechless while she continued.

Mei Ling's P.O.V

I finally came to a stop after asking some important questions and a couple of silly ones too. This was the ultimate question of the evening.

"So, are you gonna continue staying here all evening?"

"No!" was his final answer, "I'm going to see Sakura."

I could feel blood boiling inside of me as imaginary steam flooded out from my ears. How could he do this to me? This is poor torture!

I watched jealously as Tomoyo and Eriol waltzed pass.

Ah! Since she wasn't giving up, neither will I. As long as she stays with Syaoran, the worse it will get!

Now the only plan I could think of was to scare her of some more. How I wish Syaoran and I was a pair just like Eriol and Tomoyo.

Eriol's P.O.V

I saw the look on Tomoyo's face. She looked worried. Sakura's condition must have really taken a toll on her. She has to start calming down. Her health is at stake. I have to distract her by whatever means.

"Tomoyo, why don't we go out to the deck?"

"I'm sorry, I just don't feel like it," she answered. I was getting distressed because I couldn't get Tomoyo out of this room.

"Eriol, please excuse me, I need to go to my room."

Phew! She actually got out of this room by herself.

Now back to business. It was pretty strange that Sakura fainted for no reason. She most probably was poisoned. If it is so, what did she take?

Ahha! In her spur of action, I grabbed Sakura's glass. Sure enough at the bottom there was some white stuff. I was very sure about that. I better relay the news to Syaoran.

Author's P.O.V (3rd person)

Eriol quickly walked out of the hall. All activities had returned to normal. In his hand, Eriol held the glass. Syaoran opened the door after the third knock. He looked real tired.

"Look what I've got. Someone put a pill in Sakura's glass."

"Urgh. How would do such a thing?" Syaoran looked really vexed. You could tell from the expression on his face that he was disgusted.

"I promise you, Syaoran, that'll get to the bottom of this. This really means business. If the pill content was slightly larger…well, go figure," Eriol said.

End Of Chapter 3