Hey!!
OMG yes I realized I haven't updated for almost a year and I actually wasn't planning to until Satomi-Chan actually told me to… kind of… it was really because I just couldn't be bothered to finish this story … but nope I'm actually going to finish this!! Although it might take a while…
Recap:
"I'm coming, but I'm not leaving 'Moyo-Chan here on her own again." She said eyes dancing in triumph yet at the same time betraying worry.
"It'll be alright, Meiling-Chan and Airia-Chan will be here." Eriol said, recoiling ever so slightly from the accusing glare Sakura shot his way. Then she sighed and apologized for her irrational behavior towards him.
"I guess I was just worried… sorry." Sakura said bashfully
Eriol of the other hand grinned goofily and waved it off.
"Man you'll never know how much power Tomoyo possesses until you witness it! We spent so long trying to pry her off you, at least until Airia worked her magic and talked it through with her." Syaoran exclaimed with a theatrical sigh.
"I wish I know what happened though." Sakura said in a lament-laced whisper. "I don't know what could have happened to change her so dramatically…"
"Its ok, she'll be fine, I left Airia there to try and open her up a bit, she's good at that," Eriol stated proudly, wrapping a comforting arm around Sakura's fragile shoulders.
Syaoran, who was walking behind them, just snorted at the fact that they were showing weakness.
Chapter 5:
"Its ok Hun, I'm here, no one will dare come near you with out my permission, ok?" Airia said, rubbing Tomoyo's arm soothingly.
Tomoyo only whimpered.
For the past two days, Tomoyo has being rejecting food and sleep; heavy circles began to grow around her eyes. She huddled her self in a corner whenever there was a male around.
"So what song are you planning to use?" Meiling cuts in, trying to steer away the topic. Fiddling with the hem of her designer black cocktail dress, she pauses, and then leaning her head on Tomoyo's raven hair, she sighs indecisively:
"Wind beneath my wings or every time we touch..."
"The first choice is nice, slow, and the words are mournful. The second, a up beat a kind of romantic techno, defies the rules of skating, I like that." Meiling contemplates.
"Oh yeah! Where are Syao, Eriol and that Kinomoto girl?" Meiling asked rather rudely, thinking back to the time when her Syaoran actually blushed when associated with a girl. 'Oh, don't worry yourself silly, he only did that because he isn't used to being associated with another girl, except for teasing about his fan girls.'
"They're down in the skating rink, Eriol's getting a hang of Sakura's skills and seeing how they worked together. They're meeting up here in …" she replied starring at her silver analogue. A bang of the door closing finished her sentence for her.
Both turning to the door of the bedroom, they watched as their cousins and new acquaintance sat down.
Eriol was grinning, Syaoran looked bored, Sakura still had her dim, worrying façade on.
"So?" Airia asked her baka of a brother.
"Syaoran and Sakura-Chan match perfectly! -" Eriol said enthusiastically. Earning a slight growl of distaste from Meiling. "- Seeing as how Syaoran can support Sakura-chan's weight heedlessly and their skill levels are surprisingly equal! And -"
Meiling's eyes flashed anger and envy at the latter comment. She remembered the day when she was told that she could not be Syaoran's partner; she gave up skating after that day…
Li mansionA raven-haired girl stepped from in between the dense mahogany doors that led to lounge in the south wing of the Li mansion, Yelan's quarters.
The door creaked open. The room was every so nicely furnished. Jewels rested in her silky ebony hair, the obsidian fibres cascaded down the tall length of her slim figure.
The fair face of her aunt turned to her. Her eyes formed a delicate curve as her petite lips curled up; this was Yelan's indication of a smile.
When she reopened her eyes, she invited Meiling to sit down. Her stoic grey eyes betrayed no emotion as she said to Meiling:
"Child, I'm sorry, but you are not fit to be Xiao Lang's skating partner. First, your skill levels need to match, you need to look attractive in a suit and your physical being should compliment each other."
Meiling looked away, scarlet eyes divulged her hurt at Yelan's direct words.
"My dear niece, I only say that because that is true-" a vane attempt from Yelan to cheer her up. "Although your skating skills are well above average, these past few years Xiao Lang has well surpassed you, skating is not your best ability, you have more than over achieved in other sports such as badminton. Through your training with Xiao Lang and for sport, you have acquired strong muscles, but as their strength developed so did their size. Lastly, it is just a twist of fate that Xiao Lang and your facial features don't complement each other."
Meiling's features hardened as she came to the end of that memory. Resting her head on her arms she placed them of the back of her chair.
"-We have basically got a routine put together! We'll start trying it on roller skates this afternoon. We'll just fiddle with it a bit to make it go with the music." Eriol finished his little report to Airia and asked for pudding. Airia muttered baka-nii-chan and tossed him a dome like package. Eriol dug in to his caramel fudge pudding and started scribbling down the routine.
Sakura was thinking as she tuned out of her new friend's debate. 'Oh goodness, Li Syaoran is so KAWAII! But he's already taken… why did I blush so much when we were mentioned together… I know I don't take those kinds of questions well… but never so feverishly…'
The sound of the word roller skates brought her back to the real world.
Her face drained of its soft tan.
Her voice crooked as she tried to stutter out an objection.
"Huh? Yeah what Sakura-chan?" replied the twins, Airia and Eriol, as they heard that 'ah' issue from her. Airia stared wide-eyed at her twin, surprised that he managed to remove himself from his precious pudding.
"Ano… I… ah… ano…"
"I, um… don't really know how to roller skate…" Sakura replied hanging her head in embarrassment.
"HA!" the formerly silent Syaoran burst out. "I knew it!" jabbing his finger in her face.
And our little Sakura being the little angel she is took the pleasure of biting Syaoran's index finger.
"IIIIIIIIIIITAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII" screamed Syaoran, running around the room trying to eradicate a certain girl, from one of his body parts.
Meiling just scowled. Eriol and Airia smirked at each other evilly now that they knew Sakura couldn't roller skate.
"Oh my dear Li Xiao Lang" the pair of devil reincarnations begun. "You know that since Sakura-chan here cant roller skate, it is your duty to teach her…" they trailed off, letting the information sink in.
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"WTF!!" "HELL NO!" "NOT IN THIS F&$ LIFE TIME" etc…
One could describe that as…
YAY COLOURFUL FIREWORKS!!
"I'm SO not teaching that green… THING!" Syaoran screeched pointing at Sakura's eyes, then green leotard, then leggings, then hairpins, then accessories, then NEON green skates. Yes, Tomoyo did find it that important to bring out the colour of Sakura's eyes.
"Who are you calling a frogadile!" screamed Sakura.
Silence
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Twitch. Twitch.
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Frog…
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-Adile
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"BWAHAHAHAHA" Syaoran and his twin cousins rolled around the beige carpet, clutching their sides and laughing, screaming laughing.
Even Tomoyo and Meiling sulking in their respective corner-ish places cracked a minute smile that went unnoticed as Sakura fumed and the other three were in a laughing fit.
"AHA- I –BWAHA- didn't even –wheeze- call –AHAHAHA- you a …-BWAHA- FROGADILE!" Syaoran managed to squeeze from his laughing.
Airia flicked her cerulean mane and recovered first.
"Sigh Ok, Syaoran and Sakura-chan, go practice. Sakura-chan you can borrow my roller skates until we order new ones. This teaching and learning can build the trust that partners should hold in each other!" Dramatic cries arose from her. They do seem to run in the Hiiragizawa family. "Then the fiery passion of love! Then comes marriage! Then comes the baby in the baby's carriage!" she recited in a singsong voice.
Muttering dark curses and grumbling Sakura and Syaoran groggily obeyed. Eriol grabbed his papers and Airia's skates then sprinted out the door after them.
"Eriol! WASH YOUR FUDGEN PUDDING CUP!" his sister 'reminded' him.
"Mei-chan, we'll go order those skates ay?" Airia 'asked' forcefully.
"Hai…" muttered Meiling.
Closing the door after them, Tomoyo was left along in the room, contemplating…
Skating arena (Contains a shop for skating needs and a rink, for ice and … not ice…)Sakura breathed in the fresh, sharp, slightly metallic smell of the ice rink. She savoured that smell, every time she stepped onto the rink; adrenaline fueled her and her love for skating. She always watched Tomoyo perform and defiance of gravity with the royal touch of a queen's grace. That was the secret to her quick up rising from skater wannabe to star. Her love for it, and of course Tomoyo. There was always Tomoyo in her life, always, for as long as she could remember, and for as long as Touya and her otou-san could remember. That's why her friends sudden coldness bothered her, not just bothered, affected, badly. Sakura hasn't eaten since it happened.
"Mei-chan!" Airia called, pointing to two pictures. "These pink ones or green ones? Sakura-chan loves pink, but Syao adores green…"
"Pink" came the monotonous reply.
"You can't be jealous." Sighed the younger cousin. "You still have the engagement to him."
"That's only if neither him nor I find another half before March the fifteenth." Meiling's crimson orbs became downcast.
"Sometimes letting go is the best way…" Airia whispered tears threatening to fall from her eyes.
Her older cousin gave her a reassuring squeeze on her shoulder. The shopkeeper begun to say:
"Did you know that ninety percent of gayness is shown by-"
"I'll take both and have then ready by tomorrow" Airia turned to him with a dark glare.
"YAMAZAKI! STOP FEEDING OUR CUSTOMERS LIES!!" a girl in chocolate pigtails flew in from behind the counter, screamed while head locking the poor boy.
"Chi-chan itai –tai-tai" ah… the consequences of young love…
"Eriol!!" hollered Airia to her twin across the hollow space of the arena.
"YEAH WHAT?" came the reply.
Miraculously, Airia suddenly appeared right under Eriol's pointy European styled nose with dark gleaming eyes. In a soft but very audible whisper:
"Your. Pudding. Cup?" She whispered as everyone backed away from her dark look.
With a loud 'OH SHIT' Eriol ran off screaming for his life like a girl… again.
"So! Kura-chan! I ordered a pink pair and a green pair; they seem to match each other, leaves and cherry blossoms. I couldn't decide so I got both they should arrive tomorrow at the latest, I persuaded the shop keeper a bit." Airia informed them with a wide smile.
Sakura and Syaoran were stunned, thinking 'wow PMS does run in the Hiiragizawa family.'
Meiling walked to where her cousin suddenly appeared, she shuddered reminiscing about the 'persuasion' the shopkeeper received.
LoungeEriol walked into the wing designated to the Chinese ice skaters. A soft angelic voice begun to play out to him from Meiling and Airia's bedroom, across the hall.
"Have you wondered how it feels when it's all over?
Wondered how it feels when you just have to start a new.
Never knowing
Where you're going
When you start a brand new day
It used to be that way
Now I just close my eyes and say"
The voice was filled with heart rendering lament.
"I just want to breathe again.
Learn to face the joy and pain
Discover how to laugh a little
Cry a little
Live a little more
Eriol stood there stunned. Hand frozen of the smooth surface of the brass door handle.
I just want to face today
Forget about the woes of yesterdayMaybe if I hope a little
Try a little more
I'll breathe again.
He was surprised that no one had discovered this angel.
Starting out again is never easyDisappointments come and go
But life still moves on
With a bit of luck
It's a brand new start
That might just work my way
No need to walk away
Don't want to live of life's replay.
Each word resounded not just in your ears but your shattering heart. His hand dropped from the handle, the door clicked shut behind him. The exquisite voice stopped with a sharp intake of breath.
HAY!! Yay I wrote a long chapter!! All for you guys and to apologize for not updating for years and years!! A VERY late happy new years and yea…
Right now I'm looking to develop the Eriol X Tomoyo relationship a bit. I'm still deciding whether to end this when the Olympics finish or continue a bit after. Oh and the time frame, um… well I haven't decided yet but, some where around Feb to March as in going to include some very special dates in those months, lol HINT. HINT.
Please R&R or I wont update for years again because I would have lost interest!
The next chap's going to be a bit fluffy!! Lol YAY!! And Syaoran and Sakura are starting to start their lessons!!
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Kawaii-kunoichiP.S formerly Crystal-Magnolia…