And now we come to Sakura's birthday partay^^ Thanks for reading the story so far, it makes the authoress very happay!
Oh also this will only be a two part event since this chapter pretty much explains everything for itself.
~Enjoy
"Happy birthday, Card Mistress Sakura!"
Streamers flew in a rainbow of colors when Melin opened the door for Sakura. Her eye brightened beautifully as they swam around the decorations.
A giant pink banner with her Chinese name elegantly placed over it, signed by everyone in the house, sakura petals spread out on the carpet and the entire Li family and staff bowed at her entrance, Mother and sisters at the front of course.
"Thank you, everyone! This makes me so happy!
Sakura spoke in Chinese and bowed to them. They cheered for her, and Sakura blushed. Tomoyo and Melin grasped each of her hands.
"We have to fit you for you last outfit!" Melin cheered, running up the staircase. Tomoyo skipped over to Eriol.
"If you'd please, Eriol-chan, record the festivities from down here." Tomoyo asked politely. Blush in a tinge of pink fell over her cheeks when he kissed her hand.
"You don't even have to ask, my Dearest Tomoyo."
Touya, Melin, Kero, and Syaoran blanched while hearts appeared around the two. Sakura blinked.
"When the hell did this happen!!?" Kero screamed after Tomoyo who giddily ran up the staircase with Sakura.
"Six months ago!?" Melin shouted while handing Tomoyo a hair clip. She nodded calmly.
"Yes. We've have been dating for six months. Hand me that ribbon, would you Sakura-chan?"
Sakura nodded, handing her the white tie before returning to gazing at Tomoyo in the mirror with amazement as she crafted her hair.
"Tomoyo-chan, you two look so happy, why not tell anyone?"
Tomoyo giggled, "We wanted it to be a surprise."
Melin sighed and plopped onto Tomoyo's bed.
"Well mission accomplished."
"Finished!" Tomoyo clapped and pulled Sakura to the full length mirror to twirl her around.
Sakura's two pig tails were tied in three ribbons each, two white and one pink. A pink flower clip poking out of the right pigtail. Small opal earrings pieced her ears and her neck was adorned with a white choker with a hanging auburn dipped bell.
Tomoyo sighed happily, tugging on the bottom of her pearl dress; it reached down to her ankles, pink fringing at all the tips of the entire thing, a hollow, oval shape of amber jewels ruffled the middle it, creating a ripple when she walked helping to show her curves and was placed between her bosom.
Melin smiled in the mirror before zipping the back of the dress for her and adjusting the spaghetti straps that slicked over her shoulders.
"Miss Daidouji, you certainly have skills with a needle and thread." Melin complimented, standing beside her to place a hand on Tomoyo's shoulder.
Sakura smiled, hugging Tomoyo and Melin once more.
"Arigato." She sighed happily. Tomoyo and Melin giggled before pushing her away gently.
"Come on birthday girl, we still have party to celebrate." Melin chided, pushing Sakura out of the room.
Tomoyo smiled and followed them, shutting off the light and looking into the room.
"Happy birthday, Sakura-chan." She whispered and closed the door gently.
"Eriol-kun was gift two?" Sakura asked, delightfully surprised as she swayed with Syaoran on the oak dance floor of the second story in the house, where all the more elegant and quiet rooms were kept, along with servants quarters.
Syaoran nodded, "The fact of Hiragazawa being together with Daidouji was just as much of a surprise to me as it was to you."
Sakura giggled and allowed him to spin them around. "Thank you. I know it probably took a lot out of you, I was told you aren't a big fan of Eriol-kun."
Syao grinned, "Ready for gift three?"
"Hoee?" Sakura left out, a squeal of joy escaping her lips when Syaoran spun her and she was bumped into the black tux of a larger man.
"Gomenasi." She giggled, opening her eyes to look into the persons' eyes.
"Otou-san!"
Fujitaka embraced his daughter's shoulders as she buried her face into his stomach.
"You look very beautiful, Sakura-san; are you enjoying your birthday?
Sakura looked up with tears of happiness and nodded. She brought her wrist up to wave it around.
"I'm wearing your bracelet Otou-san! Arigato!"
Fujitaka smiled and kissed his daughter's forehead, "You're welcome, though you should be thanking Li-san, he is the one who persuaded my boss persistently for me to come here."
Syaoran blushed from embarrassment, rubbing the back of his head shyly, "I didn't do that much, really…"
He was suddenly glomped by Sakura and her scent of lilacs, automatically holding her by the shoulders.
"Thank you so much Xiao, I love you!" Sakura whispered into the crook of his neck, he could feel splashes of water falling down his collarbone. Syaoran smiled and lowered his hands to her waist.
"I love you too, Ying Fa."
Fan girl screams from Tomoyo, Melin, and the Li sisters broke the couple away from each other in embarrassment. A giant ruby hue covering their faces as Eriol circled around them with the camera.
"How romantic, Little Descendant!" Eriol grinned like a Cheshire cat, "How about a close up?"
Syaoran's eyebrow twitched and Sakura sweat dropped, slowly walking to her Fathers' side for a dance.
"Oh, I'll give you a close up alright!" He growled.
"Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you. Happy Birthday dear Sa-ku-ra! Happy Birthday to you!" The party guests all cheered when Sakura blew out all fourteen flames from her candles, slightly moving a few of them inside the chocolate frosting.
"Happy birthday Sakura-chan!" Tomoyo squealed, zooming on Sakura's happy smile as Yukito hugged her and Touya patted her hair.
Melin pressed her pointer finger to Sakura's cheek, leaving a smudge of chocolate and making the family laugh. Wei spun the tiny knob on the wall of the giant kitchen, allowing a tiny pool of light to pour into the room but not enough to take away the allure of the fresh moonlight.
"You do like chocolate, right Syaoran-kun?" Sakura asked politely, offering him a piece of her cake as she sat on the small green seat, one of the four placed in each corner of a different color, folding her legs underneath her and nestling into his side.
"This is your party Ying Fa; you should've gotten a cake you love, like strawberry shortcake."
Sakura smiled; of course her number one knew something as miscellaneous as her favorite cake. Well, second favorite now.
"I'm starting to like chocolate very much though." She giggled, taking a bite from her plastic fork. Syaoran followed suit, chewing so calmly it almost looked as though he wasn't expecting the small, green package slipped into his hidden hand by a passing by Eriol.
Sakura blinked and tilted her head to the side, "Did Eriol-kun drop something?"
Syaoran blinked, a confused look spreading over his features. He looked over the arm of the sofa.
"Like what?"
She shook her head, smiling. "Oh, nothing, probably just my imagination."
Inside, Syaoran danced gleefully.
"Master Syaoran! Mistress Sakura! Come outside!" A maid beckoned to them from a sliding door. Outside the grass was nice and cool under Sakura's bare feet; the air was fresh with floral scents.
Yelan Li walked and held Sakura's small hand in her own, walking side by side onto the small bridge the fell over their pond just before a stone step way led to the gazebo. One happy frog croaked on a lily pad before hoping in the waters.
Syaoran's sisters stood behind their mother along with Melin, her Father, Touya and Yukito. Kero floated and sat on Sakura's head while Suppie sat atop Tomoyo's; who stood slightly off of the bridge, filming beside Eriol.
Yelan pointed to the sky.
"Watch the stars, Sakura."
She obeyed, looking at the wonderful glisten of the millions of tiny lights, watching as some were shielded by wispy clouds.
Suddenly, the Sakura Cards all danced in a line, flowing outside from the sliding door. Their happy aura danced around the entire family, enticing laughter from them all.
Echo like voices sang in everyone's hearts, as though the cards themselves spoke, floating like a soft breeze in the air colliding into a beautifully melody as all fifty-two cards materialized themselves.
"Mistress of the stars, we love you with all our heart,
Because of you collecting us, we are never again apart,
From your warmth and kindness, we never hope to stray,
So we show are appreciation, on this, your fourteenth birthday."
Their bodies swayed, each of the cards casting a spell of love upon their Mistress, bracelets of a thousand varieties enclosing her wrists and ankles, necklaces of a million colors or earrings of a hundred designs. Sakura's tears continued to stream as the cards presented her with a gift before moving it to appear in her room.
The cards kissed her cheek, hugged her warmly, or simply danced around her once more before disappearing until finally only Glow and Flower were left.
They smiled and flew high in the air, allowing small orbs of green and Nadeshiko flowers to rain over everyone before pecking the Mistress' cheek and disappearing.
Sakura sniffed, wiping her eyes with her palms.
"Everyone…thank you so much…I love you all so much."
The men of the group cleared their throats rather dramatically, ushering Syaoran to make with the fourth gift.
Blushing, surprisingly like he'd never blushed before, Syaoran approached Sakura to turn her around. Relieved slightly by seeing her smile, and not more tears.
"S-S-S…"
"Spit it out!" Touya grumbled, yelping when Melin, Tomoyo and Yukito pinched him. Yelan moved into the backgrounds, giving her son more room for continuance.
Syaoran nodded, a little bit more confident in seeing everyone was…somewhat…alright with the decision he was about to make.
He took in a deep breath and held Sakura's hands in his own; his blush going down to pink rouge.
"Sakura. This is the first time I've haven't been on the receiving end of one of these," he chuckled nervously, feeling rather splendid when her face still had rung the tone of confusion.
"Um…"
Hehe^^ Syaoran won't spill the beans.
Syaoran: -blushing- Oi! Don't make it sound like this is the easy thing in the world to do!
Kera: -turns you into Teenage Syaoran and locks you in a closet with Teen Sakura-
Ahhh I love being authoress!
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