Edit: 3/2021

Chapter 6: Part Time Job

In the middle of the night, Syaoran was sleeping on the couch. He moved his body around as he felt the cold chills that were coming from an open window. Being half asleep, Syaoran began to walk upstairs and into a warm room. Syaoran slowly rest himself against warm bed and covered himself with a blanket.

Next morning, Syaoran slowly opened his eyes as he regained conscious. Then his eyes widen as he realized a shocking figure in front of him. Syaoran watched the figure eyes open slowly. Syaoran gulped as his eyes met the figure.

"What the hell are you doing next to me?" asked Touya as he stared closely at Syaoran

"Um…I…Don't….Know…." Syaoran slowly moved his body away from Touya.

"Touya!" Sakura called out as she opened the door. Sakura stood frozen as she saw Touya and Syaoran together in bed.

"Sakura this isn't what you think. That BAKA just appeared when I woke up," explained Touya. Sakura continued to stay frozen and speechless.

"Why are you still next to me?! GET OUT!" shouted Touya as he kicked Syaoran off the bed. Syaoran fly across the room and landed on top of a desk. CRACK! Syaoran moved his body away and looked down at the broken MP3 player. Syaoran eyes widen as he looked over to see Touya deadly glare.

"What was that?" asked Touya. Syaoran quickly grabbed the MP3 player and hide it under his shirt.

"Nothing," answered Syaoran quickly as he got up from the desk.

"I definitely heard something crack," said Touya in an unpleasant tone.

"It was….my BONE!" said Syaoran as he laughed out dully.

"Touya, there's a phone call for you," said Sakura quickly as she overcome her shock.

"When I come back, I want to hear a good explanation why you were in my room," said Touya as he walked out with a glare. Syaoran sighed, relieved that Touya was gone. Syaoran looked at Sakura weird expression.

"Heh-heh, at least I didn't go to your room," stated Syaoran as he laughed out dully.

"I'm wasn't worried, because I locked my door before I went to sleep. But I never thought you'll come in here," said Sakura.

"I don't really remember anything except being really cold," explained Syaoran.

"What was that noise you made anyway?" wondered Sakura. Syaoran slowly revealed the broken MP3.

"You….BROKE IT!" yelled out Sakura, shocker than before.

"Shhh! Touya might hear you!" said Syaoran.

"He's going to-" Sakura started to say.

"He'll kill me for sure." Syaoran finished the sentence.

"Yeah, but you'll also get kicked out of this house," Sakura pointed out. Syaoran heard Touya stomping back to his room.

"Crap!" said Syaoran as he gets ready to run. Being impatient, Syaoran bumped into Touya desk, knocking everything into the ground. He also dropped the MP3 player that he was holding.

"Sakura help me!" cried out Syaoran.

"What?!"

"I'm too young to die!" Syaoran cried out again.

Not knowing what to do, Sakura closed the door and stood stiffly against it. "Why am I doing this?" Sakura asked herself.

"Hey, why did you close my door?" Touya voice became angrier.

"Hurry up!" said Sakura, not being able to hold Touya's strength.

"I am," said Syaoran as dig around the stuff.

"Found it," said Syaoran as he noticed the MP3 player was right next to the calendar. Then Syaoran realized something on the calendar.

"AHH!" screamed Sakura as she was pushed away from the door.

"Ok, what's going on here?!" ask Touya in a clamorous tone. Then he saw Syaoran holding his MP3 player.

"My MP3 player!" called out Touya.

"SHIT!" Syaoran quickly opened the window and jumped out.

"NOOO! MY MP3 PLAYER!" hollered Touya, angrily. Syaoran didn't even look back and ran for his life.

Later, Syaoran began to sniff and wipe away his nonexistence tears as he stared at the broken MP3 player. Eriol, who was right next to him, shook his head side to side.

"Stop whining. It's not like the MP3 player is going to come back brand new," said Eriol, coldly.

"But if Touya finds out then he'll kick me out of the house," stated Syaoran as he continued to look at the MP3 player with sad puppy eyes.

"Why don't you just replace it with a new one? Then he probably won't find out," suggested Eriol

"That's a great idea!" said Syaoran, happily.

"Do you have to money to buy a new one?" asked Eriol

"No, but I do know this part time job," said Syaoran.

"I heard it from the radio that Sakura was listening to. Something about passing some classes and the winner will get the job." Syaoran tried to think back.

"Forget that Syaoran. The best way to get money is to bet off people," said Eriol.

"But this job will pay me ten thousand dollars," added Syaoran.

"Ten Thousand Dollar?!" retorted Eriol as he stood shocked.

"Um Eriol?" called out Syaoran. Eriol was dozing off, thinking about the ten thousand dollars. Syaoran could her him mumble.

"Ten thousand dollar, ten thousand dollar…." mumbled Eriol as his drools dropped down his chin.

Mean while, Sakura and Tomoyo stood in a room that was full of guys. Sakura was wearing a large sweater and baggy pants. Her short brown hair was covered with a black color wig. Tomoyo was wearing a large t-shirt with shorts that came under her knee. Tomoyo long haired was tied up and hidden under a cap she was wearing.

"Only ten thousand dollars?" said Tomoyo, thinking that the money wasn't so much.

"Thanks Tomoyo, I couldn't done this without you," said Sakura.

"No problem, but are you short on money? I could loan you some," said Tomoyo.

"No way, you already help me out in so many things, beside I want to get money on my own," said Sakura.

"I don't mind helping you out, but do we have to disguise as guys?" asked Tomoyo

"I'm sorry, it's just that only guys could do this job," said Sakura.

"Don't worry about it. Dressing up like this is actually fun," said Tomoyo.

"Eriol, could I sleep over today? I don't think I could go home until I get the replacement," said Syaoran. Sakura looked over to her left and saw Syaoran and Eriol.

"Syaoran? What is he doing here?" thought Sakura as she quickly covered her face.

"You're not going to crawl over to my room, are you?" joked Eriol.

"I promise that I won't!" declared Syaoran, not knowing that Eriol was only joking.

"By the way, what are these envelopes for?" questioned Eriol as he held out an envelope.

Then a tall lady, who wore a nice business suit, walked in front of the crowd. She had long brown hair that was tied into one knot and wore glasses which made her look intelligent.

"Hello Gentlemen, I like to thank you for all coming. Out of seven classes, only one lucky person will be the winner for this job. Speaking of luck, the first class will be on luck. Please open up the envelope that was given to you," said Kaho. Everyone started to open their envelope. Syaoran received a red card as Eriol received a blue card.

"Congratulation for the people who had colored cards, you have passed the first class. Now everyone else who had an empty envelope, please leave the room," ordered Kaho.

"Sakura, what did you got?" asked Tomoyo, who held up a blue card.

"A red card," answered Sakura. Sakura looked over to Syaoran, who also had a red card in his hand.

"Look Syaoran, there's only seven of us left" said Eriol as he realized only seven people had pass the first class. Then he saw a familiar face.

"Yamazaki?" called out Eriol. Yamazaki looked back as he heard Eriol called him.

"ERIOL?! What are you doing here?!" asked Yamazaki.

"I was going to ask the same question," said Eriol.

"Of course, I came here to win the ten thousand dollars. It seems like I lost all my money because of our bet," said Yamazaki.

"It's not my fault that you lost" said Eriol, coldly.

"As you can see, there are only seven people left. Which means in every class a person will be dropped out. Well let's start the second class right away. Please go into your group that has the same color card," said Kaho.

"Tomoyo, we're going to be separated!" said Sakura, terrified.

"Don't worry Sakura, you'll do great without me," said Tomoyo.

"But…."

"Ok see you later Sakura," Tomoyo walk off to her group. Sakura slowly walk over to her group. Sakura heart began to pound as she saw Syaoran in the same group.

"Looks like we're in the same group Eriol," said Yamazaki as he smirked evilly.

"Why are you smiling? Don't tell me you're happy to be in the same group with me?" said Eriol

"I'm not happy! Could you see I'm smirking evilly at you?" stated Yamazaki.

"Yeah right, you were practically smiling," said Eriol.

"DID NOT!" yelled out Yamazaki.

"Did to," said Eriol.

"Gee, they're so annoying," thought Tomoyo.

"The second class will be a treasure hunt. The group that gets the treasure first will automatically pass to the next class. And as for the other group, one of your members will be disqualified. This test will be your judgment on arts. There will be one fake and one real treasure. The group that brings in the real treasure will win this class. Please go to the first door," directed Kaho.

Everyone walked through the door. It wasn't a normal setting. Even though they were still inside a building, it looked like a wild forest. There were trees and plants everywhere. Even animals could be heard inside. At the entrance of the forest, there were four passageways.

"I say we separate! Then we could find it faster!" said Yamazaki.

"I disagree. There are only three of us and four of them. So, I think it's better if we stay together," said Eriol.

"I agree," said Tomoyo in a low tone. Eriol looked at Tomoyo, suspiciously.

"Why is he looking at me?" thought Tomoyo as she cleared her throat.

In Sakura group, there were Syaoran and two other guys.

"I say we split up in two," said Jake, who had his black hair nicely comb to the back. He was wearing formal clothing and nice black shoes.

"Whoa, is this place for real?" asked Syaoran as he looked beyond the forest.

"Are you stupid? Of course, it's fake," answered Taki, a tall guy who was covering his face with a cap. He was wearing hip-hop style clothing.

Syaoran glared at Taki. "Stupid?"

"I bet I could find the treasure by myself," said Taki as went off into the forest.

"Well, who wants to go with him?" asked Jake

"I will," said Sakura as she quickly followed Taki behind.

"As long as I'm not with Syaoran," mumbled Sakura.

"Ok, I guess it's you and me," said Jake. Then he saw Syaoran walking ahead.

"Hey, wait up!" said Jake, following Syaoran behind.

Few hours had past since the second class began. In a small room full of TV, Kaho sat on a comfy chair. There were many cameras that were hidden all over the forest. Kaho yawned as she observed each contestant.

"How's it going?" A gentle voice came behind Kaho. Kaho turned herself around and saw Yukito standing next to the door.

"It's been two hours and none of them are even close to the treasure," said Kaho, exhaustedly.

"I guess you just made the tough environment," said Yukito.

"Thanks for letting me borrowing one of your collections," said Kaho.

"No problem. It wasn't going to be display at the museum anyway. I just hope one of them could notice the real thing," said Yukito.

Kaho yawned once more. "I knew I shouldn't have stayed up yesterday."

"Why won't I take over while you get some rest," offered Yukito.

"I was wondering when you were going to say that," said Kaho as she got up from the chair.

"Ok then I'll leave the rest to you," said Kaho as she left the room. Yukito sat on the comfy chair and looked at each TV in front of him. Yukito looked at one of the TV and noticed a chestnut color hair guy was wondering around one of the dangerous areas.

"He's going the wrong way," mumbled Yukito as he continued to watched Syaoran's every action.

Mean while, Sakura and Taki walked along the rusty passageway. Sakura was trying to catch up with Taki fast pace.

"Could you slow down a bit?" said Sakura, panting roughly. Taki stopped walking for a bit and stared at Sakura.

"I don't have time to walk in your pace. Why won't we just separate from here? It's better that way," said Taki as he continued to walk on.

"Wait!" said Sakura as she forced herself to run. Then she tripped on a log and slide down the steep hill.

"JERK!" yelled Sakura, angrily. Sakura tried to stand back up, but she couldn't. There was a horrid pain coming from her ankle. Sakura eyes started to get watery. Then she noticed she was surrounded by darkness.

"Tomoyo, where are you?" said Sakura as her voice trembled in fear.

Syaoran walked through the long bushes. "Where am I?" Syaoran gulped as he looked around the dark forest.

"Is anyone out there?!" Syaoran heard someone shout. Syaoran quickly walked down the hill where he spotted one of his group members.

"Hey!" said Syaoran as he walked down the hill. As soon as Sakura noticed Syaoran, she quickly hid her face away.

"Um…Hi," said Sakura.

"Where's your partner?" asked Syaoran.

"I got lost" lied Sakura as she continued to avoid eye contact with Syaoran.

"Same here!" stated Syaoran as he sat beside Sakura. Sakura could wish she could move away from him, but her ankle wouldn't let her.

"Are you resting?" asked Syaoran.

"Yeah…." said Sakura as she nodded.

"This isn't good. Why Syaoran?!" thought Sakura.

"Want something to eat?" asked Syaoran as he took out a candy bar. Syaoran showed Sakura the candy bar. Sakura stared at the candy bar as she recognized the candy bar from somewhere. Syaoran broke the candy bar in half and gave one piece to Sakura

"Thanks," said Sakura as she took the candy bar. Sakura stared at it for a moment, having a strange feeling like she had seen the candy bar before.

"I knew this candy bar will come in handy," said Syaoran.

"Actually, I found this candy bar at the school roof," said Syaoran.

"Wha-what?" retorted Sakura, shocked.

"There's this hot-tempered girl name Sakura. She dropped it while she was chasing me. So, I quickly picked it up before she noticed," said Syaoran.

"I knew it! This is MY CANDY BAR!" thought Sakura, angrily.

"Do you really want to know how I really got this candy bar?" Syaoran began to whispered to her.

"How you really got it?" repeated Sakura as she was interested to hear the story.

"To tell you the truth, I planned it all out," Syaoran started to confess.

"I have a really strong scent of smell so I could practically smell anything that's near me. So, I teased of her by telling her that she had a flat chest, but it's true, she does have flat chest," admitted Syaoran

Sakura begin to bit her lips. "How would you know that?"

"Well let's say I kind of saw her in the bath" said Syaoran as he blushed. Sakura clenched her fist, angrily.

"Anyway, I knew the candy bar will fall out when she moves around like a crazy person."

"Cra-zy Per-son…" Sakura face began to turned bright red.

"Honestly, when she's angry, she gets out of control," said Syaoran.

"I'm going to kill him. I'm going to kill him," thought Sakura, repeatedly.

"But I don't think as her as a bad person," Syaoran started to say. When Sakura heard that, she began to clam down.

Syaoran sighed as he looked up to the dark sky. "I was hoping that we find the treasure first," said Syaoran as he stared at the dark sky.

"You see, I broke something important to someone. And…..And…" Syaoran began to stay silent. Sakura slowly looked over to Syaoran, who seemed to be too quiet.

~*~Syaoran Flashback~*~

Syaoran was digging around Touya stuff, looking for the broken MP3 player. Mean while, Sakura was blocking the door from Touya.

"Hurry up!" said Sakura, not being able to hold Touya strength.

"I am" said Syaoran as dig around the stuff.

"Found it," said Syaoran as he noticed the MP3 player was right next to the calendar. Then Syaoran realized something on the calendar. There was a red circle on one of the dates. Beside the red circle there was big letters saying, Sakura's Birthday.

~*~ End of Syaoran Flashback~*~

"It's nothing," said Syaoran as he turned his head over to Sakura and made eye contact with her. Sakura quickly looked away, blushing.

"I really have to get out of here," thought Sakura.