VictorianPearl: Please fasten your seat belts for the first one-shot in my writing career. This fanfiction is going to happen as if our gang is 18 and Sakura still has not transformed all of the cards. Eriol reveals himself as who he truly is…but things turn out differently that he expected them to.

Rating: PG

Type: Humor

Title: A Long Expected Day

Sakura Kinomoto happily bounced outside. School had just ended and she was more than ready to go home. The cherry blossoms were all in bloom and the day could not be more beautiful.

"Sakura, wait up a second!" Syaoran called, running up to Sakura.

Sakura turned and waited for Syaoran to catch up. "Are you walking me home Syaoran-kun?" She asked playfully.

"I guess I can, but I wanted to talk to you about something else." He said, wringing his hands nervously.

"What is it?"

"Will…will you meet me at Tokyo Tower tonight. I-I have something I want to tell you." Syaoran said nervously.

"What is it that you want to talk about Syaoran?" Sakura asked, eyes getting wide.

"Just show up tonight okay?"

Sakura nodded her head. "Sure thing, I'll be there at 7:00 sharp."

About the same time inside an empty classroom

"Come on Syaoran, just tell her and get it over with!" Tomoyo cried, taping her favorite couple enthusiastically.

"Is something wrong Daidojii-san?" Eriol asked.

Tomoyo sighed. "It's just that, I can't understand why it's taking so long for Syaoran to tell her he loves her. I mean, it's only obvious that they're head over heels for each other!"

Eriol sweatdropped. "Everything will happen at the right time." He suddenly got an evil glint in his eye. "It will all happen at the tower."

Tomoyo suddenly became more aware of her surroundings. "Hey Eriol-sama, how in the heck did you find me in this empty classroom. It's been my favorite hiding place for years and nobody's ever caught me before?"

Eriol shifted nervously, "Let's just say I hang out in trees a lot."

x.X "What's that supposed to mean?"

"Erm…I just realized I have an appointment with…someone! Sorry, I have to run!"

Tomoyo had never seen anyone run so fast in her life. Her eyes narrowed suspiciously. "What is he up to?"

At Eriol's Throne of Evil

x.X "I can't believe I actually slipped in front of Daidojii! I've been so good at hiding my secret all of these years."

"We know you have Master." Spinel said automatically, not taking his eyes off his book.

"We have a very important mission to fulfill tonight Suppi-I mean, Spinel. We have to tell Sakura-chan about who we really are at Tokyo Tower tonight." Eriol said professionally.

"Of course Master, whatever you say." Spinel replied unemotionally.

"Yay, I get to toy with TOUYA tonight! This will be so much fun!" Nakuru screamed, bouncing into the room.

"Poor Touya, what did he do to deserve this cruel and unusual punishment." Spinel asked.

"This is going to be soooooo much fun!" Nakuru shrieked, ignoring Spinel's remark.

cough, cough "Excuse me, but we need to focus on more important matters here, mainly ME!" Eriol said, feeling the attention slip away from him.

x.X

"And Sakura-chan of course."

"Master's crazy, ne Suppi?" Nakuru whispered to Spinel.

"He doesn't even compare with the hyperactive butterfly."

"Who's that Suppi?"

x.X

7:00 at Tokyo Tower

Sakura stood near Tokyo Tower, waiting for Syaoran to show up. She had her star wand in her hand. For some reason, she could feel magic all over the place. She spotted Syaoran approaching her, his sword in his hand.

"Syaoran, do you feel all of the magic too?" Sakura asked.

"Yes," Syaoran replied, "but I wasn't expecting this to happen tonight though. Of all the nights it just had to happen on this one."

"Are you okay Syaoran?" Sakura asked, a little worried for her not so secret love.

Syaoran blushed and looked down. "Yes, I'm fine."

"KAWAII!" A shout echoed from a nearby tree.

"Tomoyo?" Sakura and Syoaran cried.

"Umm…no," The voice said.

"If you're not Tomoyo then why did you scream KAWAII when I talked to Syaoran?" Sakura asked the tree.

"Yeah?" Syaoran added, "We already know it's you Daidojii. Just come down, you cover is blown."

"Dang it!" The poor girl shrieked, swinging down from the tree she was in. "I was working so nicely on my tape labeled 'Super Kawaii Sakura and Syaoran at Tokyo Tower'."

Before any more conversation could be spoken, a loud rumbling filled the perimeter. The three teenagers' attention was drawn to the top of Tokyo Tower where Eriol stood with his two guardians.

"Hello Sakura-chan, Daidojii-san, cute little descendant."

"What the heck did you call me?" Syaoran yelled.

"Why are you up there Eriol-kun?" Sakura called. "Why are you wearing funny clothes and a really big hat?"

"Excuse me, but these are my traditional Clow robes, they don't even sell them any more." Eriol said proudly.

"What do you mean Clow robes?" Syaoran asked.

"It looks like Master slipped again." Spinel said, watching his master mentally kick himself.

"It means that he's the reincarnation of Clow." Kero panted, showing up with Yue and Touya.

"You're a little late." Sakura commented.

"What the heck is going on here?" Touya asked.

"Good question." Tomoyo said.

"Now please," Eriol tried to get in, "if you would just listen…"

"NO!"

x.X

"Allow me to sum this up." Yue said. "Eriol is going to cast a big spell. You're going to have to defeat him and save all of your friends and transform the rest of the cards at the same time. Does that make sense?"

"Well, when you put it that way…" Sakura trailed.

"Enough chit chat," Eriol yelled. "Let's start the battle now. Me, Spinel, Nakuru, against you, Syaoran, Kero, and Yue. Any questions?"

Silence

"Okay, let's start then."

Eriol cast his spell of darkness sending all except the participants to sleep. "If you do not defeat my spell by dawn, everyone will remain asleep forever."

Yue rolled his eyes. "What a melodramatic."

With that line, a great battle broke out. Nothing seemed to work against Eriol. Neither Sakura nor Syaoran could get past his line of defense. Sakura tried to attack Eriol, but ended up having her attack backfire. She was about to be hit by her own magic when Syaoran stepped in.

"No Syaoran! Why did you do that?" Sakura cried, dropping next to Syaoran, holding his hand tightly.

"I had to Sakura, because I lo…" he never finished his sentence; he fell into the magical sleep.

Sakura went rigid. She slowly stood and looked at Eriol. "You just took the light from my life. I will now use that light against you. LIGHT CARD!"

The light card came and Eriol's spell was broken. Everyone woke up and was happy again.

"I'm sorry I had to do that Sakura-chan." Eriol said. "I had to have you transform the last card though."

"I understand Eriol-sama." Sakura said truthfully.

Syaoran began to wake up and Sakura flew to his side. "Syaoran, are you alright?"

Syaoran opened his eyes and looked up into Sakura's. "I wanted to tell you, Sakura, that I love you."

"I know you do."

Syaoran blinked. "You-you know?"

Sakura smiled. "Yes, I finally realized what you blushing around me all the time meant."

Syaoran blushed at that and Sakura laughed.

In the background, Kero and Yue had a hold on Touya, holding him back.

"I'm going to KILL that gaki!" Touya roared.

"Calm down Touya," Yue pleaded. "Everything is going to be alright."

"Alright? You think everything is going to be alright? Look at you! What happened to Yukito? What's happening to my sister? Why can't I get out of your hold?"

"I don't think you're helping." Kero strained.

"SUPER KAWAII!" Tomoyo cried, taping everything that was going on.

Eriol dropped down beside Tomoyo. "So…how did you like tonight Daidojii-san?"

"It was very nice, except for the sleeping part. I missed catching Sakura on tape again." 

"What if I told you that I had Nakuru taping the whole thing for you Tomoyo?" Eriol asked, using her first name.

Tomoyo breathed sharply. "Really?"

"Really."

So ends the Long Expected Day of events. Everyone ends up happily…except for Touya that is.

OOO

VictorianPearl: How did you like it? Don't worry, not all of my one-shots are going to be me attempting humor. I hope you continue reading them.

Arigato minna-san.