VictorianPearl: Another shot for OneShot? Disclaimers are obvious and comments are at the end of the chapter.
Rating: PG
Type: General/Crossover
Warnings: It might be a little confusing if you are unfamiliar with the anime I am choosing to cross over with.
Title: A Day of Mega Fun
Teaser: Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get.
It was a beautiful day outside. The sky was completely clear. The weather was perfect, not too hot, and not too cold. Syaoran had been waiting for this day for a long time. He was going to take Sakura on a much needed date…alone. There would be no Kero, no onii-chan, no Daidouji-chan, just he and Sakura.
Syaoran took a deep breath of air and headed over to Sakura's. He had a light feeling in his chest that made him feel as if nothing could possibly go wrong. When he finally got to Sakura's house, he even smiled and waved at Touya. Touya, on his motorcycle, revved the engine. He looked as if he was tempted to run Syaoran over, but thought the better of it.
"Have fun at Yukito's!" Syaoran called as the motorcycle sped out of the driveway.
Syaoran smirked at the retreating black figure, extremely pleased to be rid of it. He turned back toward the house and bounced up the steps. He gave three hearty knocks on the door before stepping back and patiently waiting for his girlfriend to answer. The sight of his girlfriend opening the door and smiling at him made him grin widely.
"Someone's happy." Sakura commented, smiling brightly herself.
"You bet," Syaoran said cheerfully, holding out his hand, "we are going to have the best time."
Sakura giggled. "You sounded like that on our first date. Are you sure you're sixteen?"
Syaoran nodded and pulled Sakura out of her house, closing the front door for her.
"You're quite the gentleman." Sakura said.
"Of course," Syaoran cheered, "always for you. Come on, we'll take a route through the park."
The couple was cutting through the park on their way to their destination. Syaoran had to contain his happiness. In about three minutes, he and Sakura would be at the carnival and starting their perfect date. By the time they got there, it would be 10:00am, and they would have all day to do whatever they wanted.
The couple entered a clearing past the park. They were about halfway through the clearing when something happened that caused Syaoran to stop dead in his track. In front of himself and Sakura, two people materialized out of thin air.
Somehow, in the back of Syaoran's mind, he knew that the perfect day he had been planning had been completely intercepted. Syaoran sighed deeply. Perhaps tomorrow…
The tow people who materialized were a boy and a girl about the same age as Sakura and Syaoran. The boy had brown hair and eyes, like Syaoran, and was wearing a blue headband in his hair. His clothing consisted of black shorts and a long white sleeved shirt with an orange vest.
The girl next to the boy was like nothing that Syaoran had ever seen. She had hair a deep shade of pink with a pink and yellow hair clip. She was wearing a pink skirt, black socks that came above her knees, and a long sleeved, dark blue shirt with a dark blue vest over it. Unlike Sakura's green eyes, this girl's eyes were brown.
"Aww man, we didn't stay cross fused." The boy complained.
"Well, captain obvious, dimensional areas won't be here yet, will they?" The girl asked rhetorically.
"They might have been here." The boy replied dejectedly.
"Yes, they might have been, but it's not like Hiro to act quickly. He likes to drag everything out." The girl replied.
"I suppose you're right." The boy murmured.
"Umm…excuse me, but who are you?" Sakura asked.
The boy and girl immediately brought their attention to Sakura and Syaoran, looking back and forth between them. It was the girl who spoke first.
"I thought you said we were being transported to a deserted area."
The boy scratched the back of his head. "I thought we were." He gave a chuckle. "Oh well, no matter, it'll be fine. Oh yeah, for your question, lady," He looked at Sakura, "I'm Lan Hikari, a net saver, and she is my girlfriend, Maylu Sakurai."
Lan put an arm around the girl Maylu, looking very happy about the latter. The girl Maylu smiled nervously and blushed in her boyfriend's arms.
"It must be a recent development." Syaoran said dryly, referring to Lan and Maylu being a couple.
"How'd you guess?" Lan asked cheerfully, oblivious to Syaoran's dry manner.
'Wow, he's actually denser than Syaoran.' A naïve Sakura thought.
"We're really sorry to have bothered you." Maylu said, still in her boyfriend's arms. "We'll be able to figure everything out. Just don't tell anyone that we're here."
"Nonsense," Sakura said, "I have no clue as to what you're doing, but I am definitely going to help you. You're obviously not from here and I won't let you wonder the day aimlessly with no clue as to where you're going!"
Any last hopes that the day could have worked out were smashed. A familiar thought of tomorrow floated across Syaoran's mind.
"Thank you so much!" Maylu cried, breaking out of her boyfriend's grasp to run forward and give Sakura a hug.
Sakura laughed. "It's no problem, and don't worry, people materializing out of thin air here isn't as odd as it should be."
"I have an idea." Lan piped. "Why don't Maylu and I explain everything to you over brunch?"
"Do you ever think of anything beside food?" Maylu asked exasperatedly, breaking from her hug with Sakura.
"You wouldn't happen to be supporting another person within you, would you?" Syaoran asked Lan.
"What? Do you think I'm pregnant?" Lan asked, looking stricken.
Syaoran's eyes doubled in size. "N-no, that's not it; it's not what I meant."
"Lan with a kid? I'm not sure if I should feel worried or happy." A different voice said from seemingly nowhere.
"Good one Megaman." A higher voice complimented the first voice.
Sakura and Syaoran looked around the clearing for the other two voices. They had very confused looks upon their faces.
"I think we've got a lot of explaining to do." Lan said, smiling apologetically. "I don't think we got your names…"
"Syaoran," Syaoran said, "and this is my girlfriend Sakura."
"Syaoran and Sakura eh? Alright then, off to brunch!
"So let me get this straight," Sakura started, "you two are from Den Tech City. In this city, everyone has a navi, which is like a computer person, which you use in battles. Lan is a net saver, which means that you keep the net safe from evil navis.
"You can also fuse with your navis, Roll and Megaman, in dimensional areas. These areas randomly come up sometimes, forcing you to battle evil navis."
"That's right," Lan said from behind his empty plates, "and I think I get the whole two people in one body thing with Yukito and Yue."
"Ya, except you eat all of the time and there is only one of you." Maylu replied giggling.
"Okay, I get what you're doing," Syaoran said, "but why are you here?"
Lan and Maylu exchanged a sad look between themselves before staring at their hands.
"There has been an evil man terrorizing Sci Lab, a place where net research takes place, for weeks." Maylu began. "The man, Hiro, has been secretly getting aniline into other strong Net OP's food and drink. The stuff obviously isn't meant to be eaten and has been rendering everyone sick and unable to do anything."
Lan nodded sadly from beside Maylu and took his girlfriend's hand in his own. "I'm still not sure how I was able to miss him though. I would have thought that I would have been the first one down."
"Especially considering both of our reputations," Megaman said from his PET.
"Megaman and Lan are the best that there are." Maylu whispered. "Many things that were meant for him were accidentally intercepted by many of our friends." Maylu lowered her head even more. "We usually travel together. Obviously nobody was able to recover and come with us."
Tears were welling up in Maylu's eyes. Syaoran and Sakura looked at each other, nodding.
"Don't cry Maylu." Maylu's navi Roll said sadly.
"I'm sorry Roll."
"It's okay, don't be sorry."
Syaoran took a deep breath. These two in front of him obviously needed all of the help they could get. It was time to let go of the thoughts for the date.
"Why don't we go over to my apartment?" Syaoran proposed. "This is obviously still emotionally fresh in your minds."
Lan looked up and gave a weak smile. "Ya, that'd be nice,"
Maylu nodded but said nothing. She allowed Sakura to come around and help her get out of her chair. The two girls walked out of the restaurant, Sakura's arm around Maylu's shoulders.
Syaoran stood along with Lan. He saw the other boy sadly watching his girlfriend.
"Don't worry," Syaoran said, startling Lan.
"What?" Lan asked, looking at Syaoran.
"Your girlfriend will be fine. Sakura's really good at making people feel better."
"Oh," Lan blinked, surprised to be getting a kind word from such a quiet guy, "thanks Syaoran, this means a lot."
Syaoran shook his head. "It's nothing. Come on; let's catch up with the girls."
Lan nodded in agreement and followed Syaoran outside.
In about five minute's time, the four teenagers reached Syaoran's apartment. Syaoran reached for his keys and began to unlock the door.
"Syaoran lives here by himself." Sakura explained. "He's from the Li clan in China."
Syaoran unlocked the door and held it open. Sakura walked in first, Lan behind her. Before Lan could enter though, Syaoran put out an arm to stop him.
Lan looked up into the Chinese boy's face, confused. He then seemed to realize that Maylu was no longer next to him. He turned around to see her staring up at the doorway.
"It's like…Yai's tree house." Maylu whispered.
And with that, Maylu burst into tears.
Lan ran back to his girlfriend, who clung to her boyfriend's chest. He held Maylu tightly while trying to move her into the apartment.
"Yai…sh-she's so sick. Everyone's so sick." Maylu cried.
"I know Maylu; it's going to be okay. We're going to make everything better."
Lan managed to maneuver Maylu to Syaoran's couch. Syaoran went to go and get drinks while Sakura backed off, giving the couple some space.
"Maylu? Are you okay, Maylu?" Roll call from her PET.
"Listen Maylu," Lan started, "I'm going to jack Megaman and Roll into Syaoran's computer…if he has one. I'll be right back, okay?"
Maylu nodded, wrapping her arms around herself. Lan bent down to kiss her on the cheek before getting up.
"Right here," Sakura said, turning on the computer. It was only a few feet away from the couch.
Lan pushed a button on both his and Maylu's PETs, which to Sakura, looked like large cell phones. In a shot of red light to the computer, a navi in pink and a navi in blue appeared on the monitor.
"Maylu, please be alright." Roll, the navi in pink said, walking to the front of the screen.
The navi in blue, Megaman, came forward to put his hands on Roll's shoulders. She looked forlornly in Maylu's direction.
Lan was back at Maylu's side. Sakura walked up and handed her a box of tissues. Maylu took them thankfully.
"I'm sorry. You must think that I'm stupid for crying like this."
Sakura shook her head. "No, not at all, it's only natural to cry. You can't hold it in forever."
Syaoran set down the drinks on the coffee table in front of the couch. He and Sakura sat in squashy chairs across from Lan and Maylu.
Lan took a deep breath, preparing to continue his explanation. "Hiro came here for escape. He stole some important disks with tons of information. Sci Lab has been studying this information for months. We're still not sure what it all means, but we know it's important."
Maylu leaned into Lan's chest. He wrapped his arms around her before continuing. "Hiro used his navi, Bat Man, to break into Sci Lab and steal the information. The stealing took place about two weeks ago. He's been poisoning Net OPs, people who own navis, ever since.
"Maylu and I were able to find him today. We were battling in a dimensional area, an area that allows us to become our navis…sort of. Hiro used Bat Man to activate this weird computer that allowed him to transport here. We were able to use it and transport ourselves here too. Now we must stop Hiro and get that information back."
Sakura nodded. "Do you have any clue as to where Hiro might be?"
Lan thought for a second. "Actually, I don't have a clue."
Both Sakura and Syaoran started coughing on their drinks.
'It's good to know that he's prepared.' Syaoran thought sarcastically.
"Do you have any clue as to why he would come here to Tomoeda?" Sakura asked. "Why would he have to come here? There must be something here that could help him."
"Yeah," Lan agreed, "we figured that. We don't know what's here that's not already in Den Tech City though. No offense or anything, but your technology is a little behind the times."
"Maybe he doesn't need technology, per se, Lan." Megaman said from the computer.
Syaoran nodded. "Now we must ask ourselves what is needed that couldn't be found or done in Den Tech City, to use the stolen information."
Before anything more could be said, a loud beeping noise started coming from Syaoran's computer.
"Viruses!" Roll cried.
The four teenagers ran toward the computer. The two navis were now fighting a bunch of little computer viruses that had appeared in Syaoran's computer.
"What are those things doing in my computer?" Syaoran asked warningly.
"Hiro must have sent them through the net." Maylu said, regaining her composure.
"Don't worry," Lan assured, "Megaman and Roll will be able to fight them off with no problem."
Just as Lan had said, the two navis fought off the viruses without a problem. It looked as if it took no energy at all.
"Was that all he sent out?" Sakura asked, looking for more viruses.
"It was only a 'warning'." Megaman said. "He's letting us know that he knows that we're onto him."
"He always was kind of weird." Lan commented. "He has odd ways of working that only make sense to him."
"It sounds familiar." Maylu said, eyeing Lan.
Syaoran narrowed his eyes at his computer screen, ignoring the argument in the background. Something was odd, something he couldn't explain.
"Lan," He said, "I'm not sure what's wrong, but there's something weird going to there."
"Roll, watch out!" Megaman called in the computer.
He ran and grabbed Roll before jumping onward. A large ball of dark energy hit the very spot where Roll had been standing seconds before.
"What was that?" Sakura asked.
"Bat Man," Maylu replied darkly.
Sure enough, flying through the air was a purple navi with humongous black wings. The navi landed a distance in front of Megaman and Roll.
"I have a message for your Net OPs." Bat Man said. "Leave now or you," He pointed to Megaman and Roll, "will be deleted."
"No way Bat Man," Lan cried.
"We're gong to be the ones deleting you." Megaman said.
"Very well," Bat Man replied, "you know what this means."
"Get ready for a net battle." Lan said.
Sakura and Syaoran didn't have to wait long to get the idea. A full on battle started going on in the computer.
"This had better not wreck my computer." Syaoran grumbled.
Meanwhile, Lan and Maylu were putting chips into their PETs. The chips transferred powers and abilities to the navis for a short period of time. Watching this gave Sakura an idea.
"I know a way I can help." She said excitedly.
Sakura pulled off her necklace and activated her wand. The two foreign teenagers curiously eyed the pink star wand while also paying attention to the battle.
"Why don't I use Power?" Sakura said, tapping her wand to the pink Power Card.
A red aura surrounded both Roll and Megaman. When Megaman used his Mega Buster attack against Bat Man, it sent him flying.
"Whoa," Lan and Megaman both said, completely awed.
"I have to try out an attack!" Roll said excitedly. "Maylu, send me an Aqua Tower Battle Chip."
"One Aqua Tower battle chip coming right up," Maylu said, inserting a chip into her PET.
Roll pressed her hand to the ground, causing a huge tower of water to shoot up from the ground. The tower traveled right into Bat Man.
Bat Man gave a scream before a computer voice said, "Bat Man, logging out."
"Yeah Mega, we did it!" Roll cried, launching herself into Megaman's arms.
"You bet we did." Megaman said, swinging a laughing Roll in a circle.
"That was awesome!" Lan said, hugging both Maylu and Sakura to the same time.
Syaoran sent Lan a "get your hands off my girlfriend" glare, but he didn't notice it. Despite the obliviousness of Lan, he released Sakura shortly.
"That magic was amazing Sakura-!" Maylu said, stopping short.
"Is something wrong Maylu?" Lan asked, looking down at the girl in his arms.
Syaoran quickly caught on to what Maylu was thinking.
"You think that Hiro his here for magic, don't you?" He asked.
Maylu nodded. "It is the only thing that is here that can not be found in Den Tech City."
Lan put a finger to his chin thoughtfully. "Yeah, I guess you're right."
Syaoran was watching the scene unfold. He was now trying to figure out if he felt friendly toward Lan because he was so easy going or out of pity. The latter seemed the more likely.
"Hiro's not here though, with me and Syaoran." Sakura said. "So if he wanted magic, where would he go?"
Syaoran groaned and hit his palm to his forehead. No, it couldn't be…for the love of all that's good!
"Is something wrong?" Sakura asked.
"Yes," Syaoran said, "I know where Hiro will be going."
"How is that bad?" Lan asked, a confused pout on his face.
"Unfortunately, you'll be finding out for yourselves." Syaoran said.
The door to the place of the four teenagers' destination opened. Syaoran was in an extremely dry mood.
"Ohayo gozaimus cute little descendant." A happy Eriol Hiirigizawa chirped. "I thought you were taking Sakura-chan to the fair today."
"There have been changes in the plan." Syaoran said, then added, "Obviously,"
"I see you've brought two new guests." Eriol said eyeing Lan and Maylu. "Please come in. Nakuru will be happy to see you. You'll also get to meet Tomoyo!"
Syaoran leaned over to Lan and Maylu and whispered, "I'm sorry to have tainted your innocence. It shouldn't have been done this way."
Lan and Maylu looked at each other, gulping, before crossing over into the threshold.
"Hello Sakura-chan, Li-kun, and-! Oh my! We have new GUESTS!" Nakuru shrieked, spotting Maylu and Lan. She immediately steered the two frightened teens to the nearest couch.
"Hello, I'm Tomoyo." Tomoyo said from a couch opposite Lan and Maylu.
Both Lan and Maylu mumbled their hellos nervously. They were eying Eriol suspiciously. There was something odd about that innocent smile on his face.
"I'll make you tea!" Nakuru cried, running into the kitchen.
"Shut up, you hyperactive mistake of magic." Spinnel said lazily, fluttering into the grand room and landing on the armrest next to Lan. "If you want my advice, don't listen to a thing Nakuru or master say."
"Are you a slave or something?" Lan asked.
Spinnel shuddered. "I have nightmares as it is without that suggestion. No, I was made by Eriol's magic." Spinnel nodded toward the smiling teen in glasses.
"And I don't believe I properly introduced myself." Eriol said, walking to Lan and Maylu.
In the background, Syaoran groaned. He and Sakura had taken a seat on the couch with Tomoyo. Syaoran decided that Hiro must be desperate for help if he was asking Eriol.
"Watashi wa Lan desu." Lan said, shaking Eriol's hand.
Eriol released Lan's hand and took Maylu's kissing it. "Who is the lovely lady?"
Both Lan and Tomoyo's eyes narrowed significantly.
"She is my girlfriend, Maylu." Lan said, putting a protective arm around Maylu's shoulders and bringing her close.
Syaoran complimented Lan's glare. He decided that he did like Lan for his personality. Besides, anyone who didn't like Eriol couldn't be too bad, ne?
"Er…thanks?" Maylu replied, unsure of what to say.
"I assume that you're here because of Hiro?" Eriol asked.
Lan's eyes lit up, completely forgetting that Eriol had kissed his girlfriend. "You saw him? You didn't do anything to help him, did you?"
Eriol chuckled, causing both Syaoran and Spinnel to shudder in creepiness. "Yes, I saw him, but I didn't give him any of my magic." Eriol put his index finger on his chin. "He sounded a little too desperate for my liking."
"Do you know where he went?" Maylu asked eagerly.
"Oh yes, I do." Eriol said, snapping his fingers. "Right here,"
When Eriol snapped his fingers, a man in a magic cage appeared. He had light hair and brown eyes. He was currently trying to kick down the bars of the cage.
"Let me out." Hiro cried. "Lan, Maylu, I'll make you pay."
"That's the fifth time you've said that." Eriol said cheerfully. "Anyway, he was trying to get me to magic this." He lifted a small, flat, case from out of his pocket.
"Sci Lab's information!" Lan cried, reaching for the case, which Eriol handed over. "We've got it Maylu. Now we can go back! I told you everything would be alright."
Eriol backed up and sent Hiro away with another snap of his fingers.
"I know that you were right." Maylu said, pulling Lan into a kiss.
"TEA'S READY!" Nakuru cried, bouncing into the room with a tray of tea cups.
"Shut UP!" Spinnel sternly told his moon counterpart. "Can't you see they're having a moment?"
"How cute," Nakuru cooed, stopping to observe the couple.
The couple pulled apart, smiling. They soon began to blush though, realizing that they had just kissed in a room full of people.
"Will you be going home then?" Sakura asked.
"Well, we have the information now." Lan said. "We also need to help our friends and get Hiro in his right place."
"No worries about Hiro." Eriol said, avoiding Tomoyo's persistent glare, "I sent him back to the Den Tech City police. That is where he said he was from."
"I guess that means you have to go home now then?" Sakura asked sadly. "I was hoping you could go to the fair with us."
Syaoran silently cursed his girlfriend for being so kind.
"Can we…"
"NO," Syaoran yelled, cutting off Eriol. "You will not be attending with us."
"Aww," Eriol complained, "but Tomoyo and I wanted to go."
"Tomoyo doesn't want to talk to Eriol at the moment, much less spend the day with him." Tomoyo said, getting up and gong to a different room.
"But Tomoyo-chan…" Eriol said, going after Tomoyo.
"He's done it again." Spinnel muttered.
Syaoran sighed, thankful to have dodged that bullet.
"Would it be possible for you to come tomorrow?" Sakura asked.
Maylu looked at Lan. "Yeah…I think it would."
Sakura nodded and smiled. "I'll be waiting for you in that clearing then."
Maylu and Lan nodded before holding hands. They put their PETs together and were surrounded in a colorful aura before disappearing.
Syaoran looked at Sakura and smiled.
Sakura smiled back. "Are you ready to spend the rest of the day at the fair?"
"You bet!"
VictorianPearl: I don't usually curse myself, but you had all better as hell have enjoyed this. I am on my edge right now.
Li: You can thank color guard camp for that.
Syaoran: My American wannabe version of hot me has got it right.
VictorianPearl: First, I wrote most of this in the last hour. I write it in a journal first, so it's not like I made it all up from scratch. But color guard camp has taken its toll on me. Tuesday, Wednesday, and today from 9:00am to 4:00 pm with a one hour break at 12:00.
Li: It's very long and hard on the feet.
VictorianPearl: And it wouldn't be so bad except for this one girl. I am one of the really good veteran members and so naturally many of the newbies look to me for help. But this one little freshman-to-be girl is annoying the heck out of me. I'll be trying to help my friend who is new and trying to catch on during our short, "practice it for a few moments" periods.
Syaoran: And her friend is struggling a little.
VictorianPearl: And then the little freshman-to-be girl waltzes up and tells me "You need to teach me this, I don't get it." Okay, for one thing, you don't interrupt me when I'm in the middle of teaching someone else. Second, you don't order me around.
Li: Why, you ask.
VictorianPearl: Because I'm a much taller then her veteran that could do things with my flag that could make her flip backward.
Syaoran: Very vivid.
VictorianPearl: Anyway, I had to vent that. Sorry, make sure to check the bottom of my profile for frequent updates.