Note: Hey, everyone! Gomen, gomen, gomen, gomen! I took forever to update but I've been pretty busy with exams and such! Anyways, back, with the second chapter of LMP! I'm glad that you guys liked the story. I see 5 left reviews and 3 others just put them on alert or favorites, so I'm satisfied. We take little steps as we begin before we mature and learn to walk long strides. Anyways, I wanna thank everyone who did read the story. Btw, tell your friends about this story. It doesn't hurt to have more people liking the story:P XD
Title: Little Miss Phony
Author: Sakura Incognito
Rating: M
Genre: Romance/General
Summary: They needed a new 14-16 year old singer. So, why did Li Syaoran choose 22-year-old Kinomoto Sakura? Well one, because she had great talents and two, because he thought she was sixteen. SxS
Disclaimer: I do not own Card Captor Sakura.
Li Syaoran- 26, music producer
Kinomoto Sakura- 22, little miss phony
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Chapter 02: 5 Thoughts and A Heck of a Voice
"NEXT!" Eriol hollered. It was audition day. And they had already been through 100 people in the past 4 hours. It was 12:00 PM and Eriol was not patient with the people auditioning.
Syaoran was sitting right next to him, rubbing his temples. "Ugh, I don't see how I'm going to survive three days of this…" he muttered. Eriol looked at his friends sympathetically and put his hand on his shoulder reassuringly.
"There, there little wolf," Syaoran glared at him, ", you'll make it through! I mean, I'm here by your side the whole time! Isn't that GREAT!?" Syaoran groaned more and looked up at the next girl.
She seemed pretty confident of herself, and she kept on winking at Syaoran. Wait, huh? Wow, she was winking at him. Syaoran merely rolled his eyes. That was probably the zillionth one today and he wasn't fazed.
"Are you going to wink all day, or are you going to sing for us?" Syaoran cocked an eyebrow. The girl blushed angrily, but cleared her throat.
"Hold on, I need to warm up. Mi, mi, mi, mi, MIII! La, la, la, la, la, LAAA!" And the girl kept on going. Eriol fell asleep on the table and Syaoran began to doze off. He glared at the girl, coming to his senses.
"NEXT!" he hollered! The girl squeaked indignantly and stomped off the stage.
"We have a long way to go…" he muttered as he bonked Eriol's head.
2 days later
"Tomoyo, you can't be serious! I still can't believe you're making me go through this audition!"
Sakura was wearing the clothes that Tomoyo made for the audition. She had definitely gone all out for this outfit.
She had made a black, long sleeved shirt that had one sleeve falling off the shoulder. The one that fell off her shoulder was pink. On the shirt, it said, "I'm cute so keep on staring!". Her bottom was tight, dark blue jeans that flared and had pink and green cherry blossom sequences at the hem of the jeans. Tomoyo gave her flat, pink ballerina shoes so she wouldn't be taller than a normal 16 year old.
Sakura walked out of Tomoyo's personal dressing room looking at herself as she walked toward her cousin. Tomoyo clasped her hands together and giggled childishly.
Sakura smiled nervously as Tomoyo picked up some scissors. "What are you doing?
"Sakura, I'm sorry but I have to! You must understand for all of this to work, we have to chop off that pretty hair of yours to make it a bit shorter." Sakura nodded, sadly and closed her eyes, as Tomoyo began to butcher her hair.
Snip, snap, snip snap.
A large amount of hair lay on the ground. Sakura opened one eye to look at the mirror and soon opened them both in shock.
She looked so…young. Well, younger than usual. Her former long hair was now in level with her shoulders. The hair style went well with her outfit and brought a much younger look to her.
Sakura turned to Tomoyo, nodding approvingly. Sakura then looked at the clock and back at Tomoyo. "What time did you say the audition is?"
Tomoyo yelped as she looked at the clock. "It's going to end in 15 minutes, and it'll take us 40 minutes to get there!" Sakura's eyes widened and the both of them stumbled to get everything and they left the mansion.
Tomoyo and Sakura sped to the convertible car and got in. Tomoyo placed the keys in the ignition and backed up wildly. "Hold on, Sakura! This is going to be one heck of a ride!"
Sakura gulped and braced herself for the ride of her life
"My name is Katie Thomas. I've never really sang before, but my friends said I'm good so I thought I would give this a shot."
Syaoran and Eriol nodded understandingly. "Well, OK. Can you sing us a part of a song?"
Katie nodded shyly as Eriol spoke. She cleared her throat.
"It's real love that you don't know about! Girl, I'm going out of my mind. And even though I don't really know you—" Her voice was like a boy going through his vocal changes, during puberty. In other words, it was utterly embarrassing.
Eriol and Syaoran both sighed in disappointment and waved the girl off. "NEXT!" The girl burst into tears and ran off the stage.
This time, a boy walked onto stage. Syaoran and Eriol looked at each other and then back at the boy. Syaoran coughed. "Can we help you, young man?" His voice had a hint of amusement.
The boy looked stupidly at them before giving them a goofy smile. "Yo, duuuudddddes! I'm here to sing! I saw the flier and was like, 'ROCK OUT!'" The boy made two peace signs with his fingers.
Syaoran and Eriol were finding it hard not to laugh. Eriol was the first one to speak, "You do know that this is an audition for girls, right?" The boy looked at them confusedly before he took the flier out of his pocket to read it again. He walked up to them pointing at the flier.
"I'd totally 'ppreciate it if you told me what this word is! That would be totally awesome!" Eriol and Syaoran shrugged before leaning in to look at the word he was pointing at. They both cracked smiles when they said, "That says girl…" Then, they started laughing and told the boy to leave.
14 minutes till 7:00 PM. 5 more people on the list.
"NEXT!"
"Tomoyo! Stop the fucking car! You've gone mad!" Sakura was curled up in a ball in her seat screaming at Tomoyo.
Tomoyo ignored her cries and kept on driving.
"14 minutes till auditions are over, and I worked too damn hard on your outfit. We are going to get to that audition even if it's a minute before auditions are over! Now, shut-the-fuck-up!"
"OK! Here we go! Like, my name is like Chin Chin Chun! And I'm like, totally, like excited! I like can't wait to like get this like thing started!"
Syaoran and Eriol gave her dizzy looks. So many likes…they both thought. Syaoran blinked. "OK, just sing us part of a song and we'll see how it goes from there."
Chin Chin Chun nodded enthusiastically. She clapped her hands together and began to do a cheer routine.
"OK! U-G-L-Y! You ain't got no alibi! You UGLY! Ya, ya you UGLY! Who said you ugly? Yo mama said you UGLY! Ya, ya you UGLY! WOOO!"
Syaoran and Eriol looked at her blankly before simultaneously saying, "NEXT!" They laughed and gave each other hi fives. The girl's jaw dropped and she covered her mouth with her hand. "Like, that was like, so like, totally, like not fair!"
Eriol looked at her and imitated her giggle. "Like, I'm like, so, like SORRY! But like, haha, like go home!"
Syaoran laughed loudly and Chin Chin Chun glared at them both, stomping off the stage.
1 more person to go after this one. 2 minutes left
Sakura had later decided that sitting in the back of the car was much safer, so she moved cautiously back there. The car screeched as Tomoyo veered violently to the left and Sakura toppled over on the coach.
"1 MINUTE LEFT! WE'RE ALMOST THERE!"
Sakura looked a bit green by now and fainted.
Syaoran and Eriol sighed as they dismissed the last person. They hadn't found one person and today was their deadline. Sure there were a couple of good singers, but you can't just judge them on their voice. You have to look at the voice talent, stage performance, how much they're willing to do this, and their love for it.
Syaoran and Eriol began to collect their belongings and Eriol called Takeshi to pick them up. They headed out the door and waited for a few seconds, before they saw a purple convertible drive up the road ,violently, and park right in front of them.
Tomoyo blew a strand of her from her face and turned to face the two men. She gave them the best smile she could muster.
They're hot…but I like the blue haired one more…
"Hi, are you the two holding the auditions for singing?" Tomoyo got out of the car and shook their hands, her hand lingering longer on Eriol's.
Eriol just stared at her, transfixed with such a beauty. No way in hell…
"Umm, yeah, but we just finished…"
Tomoyo frowned. "We just sped through the streets trying to get here. We had many close shots from an accident! Just one more, please…"
Syaoran shook his head. "Sorry, uh—"
"Daidouji Tomoyo. Call me Tomoyo."
Syaoran nodded. "I'm sorry, Tomoyo, but auditions are over. It's been a long—"
"What the hell?" A screech was heard from the car and everyone's head turned to the cause of the noise.
That single sentence had gotten her back to consciousness.
Sakura jumped out of the car and marched right up to Syaoran's face. They stood there just staring at each other's eyes for a moment.
Syaoran looked dumbfounded at the girl. He'd never seen someone so beautiful. Emerald eyes…amazing…
Sakura stared at the amazing face of the man. He was definitely a keeper...and his amber eyes… His eyes…they have golden specks swirled in with the amber shade. Wow…
Tomoyo watched them slyly with a grin on her face. This gives me an idea…
Her grin turned into a smirk before she coughed. Syaoran's and Sakura's heads snapped up and they both blushed. Sakura looked at Syaoran again and found her voice.
"It should take us 40 minutes from her house to get here and we got her in 15 minutes flat. I got in a car with this so called driver, practically asking for my death! And if you think that I'm going to go home without a damn fuss, then you've got another shit coming!" Sakura said indignantly.
Syaoran had long ago gotten out of his reverie and had listened to only half of what she said. From what he understood, she wanted to audition and really badly. He frowned slightly and was about to say no, but when he looked into her eyes he saw something that surprised him a bit.
Her eyes were like a pair of puppy dog eyes that would fill with happiness at something so easily and be drained of it just as easily. Her emerald orbs were clouded with sorrow and pain. He felt as if they were begging him to let her audition.
He sighed and gave in. "Alright, but this better be worth it."
Sakura's eyes brightened up and she smiled widely. "Thank you!" And with that, she rushed into the building, the three adults behind her.
Tomoyo sat on an extra seat and brought out her camera from her purse. Eriol and Syaoran sat back into the seats they were in before and Sakura looked over them. She was about to begin when the door opened and in entered 7 people.
Syaoran, Eriol, Tomoyo –who was still taping all of this— and Sakura all stared in surprise at them.
"Hey guys! Came to pick you up." That was Takeshi. Beside him, Chiharu and Naoko giggled at the other's facial expressions.
Syaoran looked at them skeptically. "All of you guys had to come and pick just the two of us up? Eriol, I feel they want to take us out to a club or something…." Syaoran shook his head and Eriol chuckled.
Mei Lin skipped towards Syaoran and hooked onto his arm, nuzzling her head under his neck. Syaoran looked at the others and pretended to vomit.
They all laughed—well, all except Tomoyo, who was still video taping, and Sakura who was just there– and Tomoyo coughed bringing all the heads turning to her and Sakura.
Takeshi cocked an eyebrow. "I thought you guys were finished with the audition."
Syaoran shook his head a lazy smirk playing on his lips. "We still have this one girl who would like to audition. She yelled at me to let her audition so I'm giving her the chance." Syaoran stared at Sakura, not being able to keep his eyes off of her.
Mei Lin noticed this and decided to look at them both.
Mei Lin looked at the Tomoyo and cocked an eyebrow. She's video taping all of this... weird, but she's still pretty.
Then she looked at Sakura and her eyes widened a bit at how such a young girl was so pretty. But then, remembering Syaoran staring at her, fury filled her senses. How dare she say make Syaoran look at her like that!
Mei Lin was about to say something to Sakura when Syaoran interrupted her.
"OK, give us your name and tell us why you want to do this." Syaoran and Eriol, and everyone else, looked at Sakura expectantly and Sakura felt herself shrink at their gazes. But, nonetheless, she spoke up with her head high.
"My name is Kinomoto Sakura. I want to do this because…" Sakura stopped, at loss of words. What should I tell them? That I'm broke and I need this more than anything? No, c'mon make something up!
Sakura's eyes brightened. "I want to do this because I really enjoy singing and I love the feeling of knowing that people liked my singing. Also, my father is in the hospital and if I can fulfill my dream and help him at the same time, then I'll do it!" Sakura looked at them to see their reactions.
All of it was true. She loved to sing. When she sang in front of people, she always felt warm inside to hear the loud applause of the audience. She felt she was something more than regular Sakura. She felt special.
Syaoran and Eriol discussed her reasons together and both agreed that was a reasonable answer. She seemed to be passionate about her singing. Syaoran looked back at her.
"Alright. Now please sing us a song." Sakura nodded and handed them the CD she was using.
The music filled the room and Sakura's eyes wandered across the room, over the unfamiliar faces.
Sakura sighed and tried to forget everything and everyone around her. This way, she didn't worry that people were listening to her or just plain watching her.
The song Every Time We Touch by Cascada began to play and Sakura held the microphone to her mouth.
I still hear your voice when you sleep next to me.
I still feel your touch in my dream.
Forgive me, my weakness, but I don't know why.
Without you it's hard to survive…
Cause every time we touch,
I get this feeling!
And every time we kiss,
I swear I could fly
Can't you feel my heart beat fast?
I want this to last!
Need you by my side.
Cause every time we touch,
I feel the static.
And every time we kiss,
I reach for the sky!
Can't you hear my heart beat so?
I can't let you go.
Want you in my life...
Everyone watched in awe as Sakura sang so beautifully and with such passion in every word.
Syaoran stared mesmerized with everything about this girl. He should've made her stop by now, but her voice was the most amazing he'd ever heard.
Sakura took a breath before continuing.
Your arms are my castle,
Your heart is my sky.
They wipe away tears that I cry.
The good and the bad times,
We've been through them all.
You make me rise when I fall!
Cause every time we touch,
I get this feeling.
And every time we kiss,
I swear I could fly!
Can't you feel my heart beat fast?
I want this to last!
Need you by my side…
Cause every time we touch,
I feel the static.
And every time we kiss,
I reach for the sky!
Can't you hear my heart beat so?
I can't let you go.
Want you in my life…
Mei Lin stared reproachfully at Sakura as she sang. She was too good and pretty for her own good. Damn it!
Cause every time we touch,
I get this feeling.
And every time we kiss,
I swear I could fly!
Can't you feel my heart beat fast?
I want this to last!
Need you by my side...
Sakura ended the song with her hand clutching the microphone in the air and her eyes closed, breathing deeply.
Everyone stood up to clap, with the exception of Mei Lin, and Tomoyo squealed as she caught everything on tape.
Sakura blushed and suddenly found her feet the most interesting thing in the room. They all laughed at her face, with the exception of, yet again, Mei Lin, who was giving her a death glare.
Sakura eyed her strangely before looking at Syaoran and Eriol with hope shining clearly in her eyes.
Tomoyo shook her head, pityingly. "Oh, Sakura…could you have been more obvious?" she muttered before turning off her camera. Sakura walked towards the table Syaoran and Eriol were sitting at and set down the microphone, clasping her hands together.
"So? What do you think?"
"That was spectacular! Just…wow…" was Eriol's reply. Sakura giggled childishly before looking at Syaoran and cocking her head.
Syaoran blinked a few times before rubbing the back of his neck. "Well, I'm at a loss of words, I'll tell you that. I can't even come up with something good enough to express how great you were."
Everyone laughed at him before quieting down for the "final judgment".
Syaoran and Eriol both looked at each other and nodded simultaneously. Syaoran cleared his throat. "Kinomoto—" Sakura shook her head. "Please, call me Sakura."
Syaoran stared at her before nodding. "Sakura, this has to be known by tomorrow. Now, this is a very umm—tiring job. We all work everyday of the week except Friday and Saturday. So…I expect you to be at Yashima Corps by 7:00 AM sharp, tomorrow. Is that clear?"
Syaoran had a little smile dancing on his lips as Sakura's eyes widened and brightened so much, they could probably light a whole room.
Syaoran's eyes softened as he observed how happy she turned. How can anyone be so innocent…?
Sakura began to jump up in down and hugged everyone in front of her. So that included Xiao Lin and Hiro, Chiharu, Rika, Naoko, Eriol, Tomoyo, and then Syaoran.
Syaoran almost fell backwards from the strength of her hug, but soon wrapped his arms around her waist, feeling content.
In their own little world, they didn't notice everyone's stares, Tomoyo's camera video taping them, and Mei Lin fuming on the side.
Mei Lin stomped towards them and tore Sakura away from Syaoran, and hugging him herself.
Mei Lin glared at her distastefully. "Bug off, twerp! Syaoran's mine!" Sakura looked at her confusedly and Syaoran glared angrily at Mei Lin, but she ignored that.
Tomoyo watched this with worried eyes, but soon hid that and said, "C'mon Sakura. We have to go now! See you guys later!" Sakura nodded and jumped happily outside, waving bye at everyone.
They all smiled at her cuteness and waved bye also. Sakura and Tomoyo got into the car and sped off to Tomoyo's mansion, where Sakura would sleepover.
Syaoran and Eriol stood outside watching them go until they disappeared from sight.
Syaoran, ruffling his hair, looked out towards the direction Sakura left.
What's wrong with me? She's 16 for crying out loud! Syaoran looked one more time towards their direction and shook his head, going inside.
End of Chapter 02: 5 Thoughts and A Heck of A Voice
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