Don't Matter.
Disclaimer: I own CCS. In a world where crocodiles can fly and homo sapiens like myself don't exist. Duh, of course, I don't own CCS!! No question about that. The plot however is mine. Steal it and I'll make your life hell. That's it.
Author's note: The lines in the last chapter, "I'm strong on the surface, not all the way through; I've never been perfect but neither have you…" are from the song, Leave out all the rest by Linkin Park.
Sorry for the late update by the way. Beware; I've got wickedly funny ideas this time, so be on your guard. Nothing too obscene, don't worry.(Much!)
I don't care if you don't mind, I'll be there not far behind;
I will dare, keep in mind,
I'll be there for you.
'Poprocksandcoke', Green Day.
Chapter 3: Lacking in Cheese:
"I can't believe Mr. Suzuki made us draw the reproductory parts of males," Sakura gagged on the last word she'd uttered.
"I can't believe he made us draw the reproductory parts of females," said Syaoran with more disgust than Sakura as they walked out of class towards their lockers.
"He might as well give us a lesson on how to satisfy a girl and be done with it," he continued. (Syaoran, you perv!)
"Excuse me?" said Sakura on the verge of laughing.
"Although I doubt that is possible. Sure, girls look beautiful and all, but they're nothing without their boyfriends. Yet they treat us like lapdogs, let alone appreciate us," he grumbled.
"Yeah right. So many of us are single, do you see us going crazy after you?" said Sakura in a skeptical tone, not liking the argument she was getting into.
"What about Daidoji, huh?" he asked mocking her.
"She does not run after Eriol. Besides, girls don't need boys to make themselves look or feel good. It just suits them to keep them for the sake of amusement." She said with a tone of haughtiness in her voice.
"Amusement, huh? I know for a fact all of you, including yourself, even if you always seem to have a good time when you don't have a boyfriend, you always wonder somewhere deep down in your heart as to when you'll meet your Prince Charming. You crave for the love that does not exist and you throw away the love that does. You don't care about the guy's feelings. All you all care about is your own amusement. Guys deserve so much better." he said and started walking away in another direction, thinking he'd had the last word.
"Hey Li, is it that difficult to find yourself a girlfriend? Lost the charm, eh?" she yelled after him, angry at him and his male ego and arrogance.
He turned around, threw her a dirty look and continued on his way.
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"Yukito, there's absolutely no way we're having Rika as our lead singer," said Chiharu, the drummer of Bittersweet Symphony, the band founded by herself, Yukito, the bassist player, Naoku, the guitarist.
"I agree, Chiharu, her nerve unnerves me, I'm so not playing the guitar for her," added Naoku as they walked along the 8th grade corridor.
"I understand your sentiments you guys, but she's the closest to the best that we have. We just cant tell Mr. Toku, hey we're sorry but we don't like Rika, so we cant work with her. We atleast need to find someone better than her, before we kick her out. And how do you suppose we find that person considering we've searched for 2 whole months, and we havent found anyone yet?" said Yukito sounding reasonable but looking upset all the same.
"But, but.." started Chiharu only to be silenced by Naoku who had placed her finger across Chiharu's lips.
Naoku then gestured Yukito to be silent, and proceeded to place her ear on the door of the janitor's closet. (A/n: The janitor's closet, lol!)
Curious by her actions both Chiharu and Yukito also eavesdropped on whatever Naoku what eavesdropping on.
From inside, a girl's voice could be heard crystal clear, pristine and wonderful.
Chiharu then took out her cell phone, and saw Yukito for permission, who on catching her gaze, nodded.
She then put her cell in the audio "record" mode.
I kissed a girl, and I liked it, the taste of her cherry lipstick;
I kissed a girl, just to try it, I hope my boyfriend won't mind it;
Chiharu and Naoku looked at each other and grinned recognizing the song immediately. They stifled their laughs when they saw Yukito listening to the unknown girl's voice with attention; he apparently hadn't recognized the song yet.
It felt so wrong, it felt so right,
Don't mean I'm in love tonight,
On feeling movement he finally turned his head to see Chiharu stifling her laugh; she winked at him when he saw her. He merely looked puzzled not seeing the joke.
I kissed a girl, and I liked it…, I liked it…
On hearing the line, Yukito realized the joke, and blushed.
There was a small pause and then….
Us girls we are so magical,
Soft skin, red lips, so kissable,
Hard to resist, so touchable…
Thinking things had gone far enough, Yukito interrupted the singing by opening the door and barging in followed by his still giggling band mates.
A girl with auburn hair, emerald green eyes, pulled the earphones of her ipod of her ear, and looked at Yukito like he was an alien.
"Sakura?" asked Chiharu, rubbing away her tears of laughter.
"That was you? I didn't know you weren't straight," she asked her teasingly.
"Chiharu," said Sakura obviously relieved that one of them was someone she knew. "Oh my Gosh, you scared the hell out of me! What do you mean, of course I'm straight, I just like the beats of that song." She replied a little red in the face, with the embarrassment that she'd been caught singing such a suggestive song. That too in the janitor's closet.
'And I thought things couldn't get worse after the fight with Syaoran' she thought. 'Damn him. If only he'd not pissed me off with his male ego and arrogance I might not have been hearing the song.'
"Okaaaaaaaaaay," said Chiharu still pulling Sakura's leg. "Would you like to join our band as the lead singer?" she asked looking at both Naoku and Yukito both of whom nodded at her.
"Huh? What band?" asked Sakura absent-mindedly.
"Bittersweet Symphony. Ring a bell?" said Chiharu in an obvious tone.
"Oh, wait a minute, you're the Chiharu, the Naoku, the Yukito?" looking at each one of them as she recalled their names and they smiled in return meaning yes.
"So what do you say,….Sakura?" asked Yukito.
"Just a sec, hold on," she replied and rubbed her eyes and immediately pinched herself.
"Oh my God, yes!" she then shrieked, and hugged all of them in turns.
"So that's settled, see you later, lead singer!" said Naoku grinning at her before they all left.
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"Wow, you're in the band?" asked an astonished Tomoyo later to a dazed Sakura.
"Yeah, I cant believe it myself!" she replied excitedly.
"Wait till they others hear about it, especially Syaoran," Tomoyo smirked.
"Speaking of Syaoran, that jerkhead, he's part reason my being in the band," replied Sakura, a little anger clouding her face.
"What? How come?" she asked.
"Well, we got into an argument as to how girls were dependant on boys, but girls always used them. Can you believe him?! He also said, that we throw away true love in hopes on finding a more materialistic love," Sakura said fuming; Sakura was a feminist.
"Oh. Well, put it this way, Sakura, …he's got his reasons for saying so," Tomoyo replied looking a little sad.
"Huh? What's that, 'Moyo?" Sakura replied puzzled.
"He used to have a girlfriend before, whom he loved, but she ditched him to go out with Takahashi, the football team captain. He was really heartbroken and bitter after that; that's why he never got a girlfriend. I think he never moved on, although she left Tomoeda like 3 years ago." Tomoyo replied with a sad smile on her face.
"Give him a break, Sakura, he deserves it," she continued.
'Give him a break?! She talks as if I've been hammering him with the argument. He was the one who started it. Hmph!' thought Sakura.
"Whatever. But it is sad that he never moved on," she replied, a little guilty for cursing and scolding Syaoran in her head the whole day because of the argument.
'Poor Syaoran. I shouldn't have scolded him so much and said those hurtful words, but even so, he had no right to insult all girls, because of some idiot who never deserved him, anyway,' She thought.
'Oh how bad I feel now for telling him he'd lost his charm at getting a girlfriend. Stupid Sakura!' and thinking so, she slapped her hand against her forehead.
"Uh Sakura are you alright?" asked Meiling.
Sakura had reached the cafeteria with Tomoyo. Syaoran gave her an inquisitive look, which she shrugged off and replied, "Just a slight headache, no biggie!"
They all then took their seats and were soon chatting away gaily.
"This food is going to the dumps, I tell you; very soon, we'll all be in the hospital being cured for food poisoning," started Tomoyo. Immediately, Meiling opened his wrapped foil and sniffed her food, and said, "God, this smells 10 days old, how on earth do they expect us to actually eat this?"
"Like that," replied Tomoyo, pointing to Eriol who hadn't been paying any attention to the conversation, and had started on his food, munching on it, like his life depended on it.
Seeing everyone else's gaze upon him, he whined, "What? I'm hungry!" and continued hogging the food.
"Guess what, guys! Sakura's now in the band, Bittersweet Symphony. Chiharu, Yukito and Naoku asked her to be their lead singer today," said Tomoyo, her voice taking on an excited tone.
"No kidding! I heard Rika was going to be their lead singer, but this is great!" saying so, Meiling got up and hugged Sakura.
Eriol just gave her the thumbs-up as he continued eating his food, savagely.
"Congrats, Sakura," said Syaoran gazing at her steadily; in his eyes there was no hint of anger or madness at her.
"Hmph! Thanks," she replied.
"What's with the attitude?" asked Meiling puzzled.
"What attitude?" asked Sakura innocently in a nicer voice.
Meiling shrugged.
Syaoran raised his eyebrows at her; to which she only crossed her arms in a gesture that said, I'm not talking to you, I'm still mad at you.
Syaoran mockingly pouted at her, aiming to imitate her and get a laugh from her, perhaps, but she only turned her back to him.
"Sakura, watch it!" came Syaoran's voice from behind her as she felt a pair of arms pull her to the side.
Splat!
Spaghetti had landed on Sakura's shoulder.
"You stupid bitch! How dare you steal my position in the band?! Not to mention rat on me to Ching?" snarled Rika, her cronies behind her for support.
"Hey, who the hell do you think…" before Eriol could continue, Syaoran had snatched the omelette on Eriol's plate and had thrown it at….
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Splat!
This time it was headed in Rika's direction, but Rika ducked so the girl behind got the whole brunt of it.
She fumed a bright red and aimed something that looked by far grosser, in Syaoran's direction, but he ducked and it hit Eriol.
Eriol aimed back at her but it landed on Takahashi's face.
Takahashi also aimed and it fell on…..
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And so on and so forth the food fight went on.
Under the table, Syaoran and Sakura were hiding and Syaoran was attempting to get Sakura to talk to him.
"Sakura, I know you're mad at me, but please hear me out?" Syaoran said, desperately; it was not in his nature to have fights with his friends.
"Fine, what do you have to say?" she replied gruffly.
"Look, I had issues with a former girlfriend, and I don't know why, I just remembered her all of a sudden, that's why I got so moody. But it wasn't fair on me to take it all out on you, I shouldn't have done that,.." before he could continue and start rambling, Sakura put her hand on his mouth and said, "Apology accepted."
Again before she knew it, she was lost in his gaze.
Suddenly a cough behind them revealed a Meiling who was also covered with food, taking cover under the very table.
Realizing that she still had her hand on his mouth, Sakura immediately removed it, blushing a furious red. God, what is wrong with me?!, she thought.
Meanwhile, above the table…
Eriol was actively throwing food at other people grumbling all the while, "So much for letting a hungry person eat in peace."
Tomoyo, on the other hand, was busy trying to dodge the food that came in her and Eriol's direction.
Eriol then saw someone looking perfectly unhit by food trying to sneak out of the cafeteria, "Hey!" he yelled and tossed some gross food in her direction.
It hit the person true to its mark, and as she turned, it revealed none other than an angry Rika.
"Hey Tomoyo, I got Rika," he yelled and high fived Tomoyo, who grinned in return.
Suddenly the doors to the cafeteria opened and …
Splat!
A curry of some sort landed on the principal's coat.
Wait a minute, the PRINCIPAL??
….There was an awkward pause.
"What on earth is going on here? Have you students no shame? Who is responsible for all this?" he thundered at them.
"Him/Her!" echoed a thousand voices, each hand pointing at a different person in the room.
The sound of footsteps then came, and a panting Mr. Terada, reached the cafeteria.
While he regained his breath, the prinicipal spoke to him, loud and clear, "I want you to find out who is responsible for this. No one leaves this room until you do. Report to me as soon as you find the miscreant!"
With that the principal walked off.
"Whew! That was close," said Eriol. He then saw a piece of pizza on his shirt and decided to risk trying it. Using his index finger he scooped it up and tasted it, "Mhm, this pizza is wonderful. Except for one thing," he continued.
Meiling raised his eyebrows at him, in a are-you-crazy sort of look?
Assuming she was asking what, he continued, "It's lacking in cheese."
Tomoyo rolled her eyes, this boy's hopeless.
"Okay now," Mr. Terada spoke in his small voice. "No one's going home today till I get to the bottom of this," he continued.
There was a deathly pause as all the students took the time to exchange fearful glances with one another.
"RUN FOR IT," screamed some kid, and there was a hustle as all the students, ran for the doors that were still open.
"But, no wait," screamed Mr. Terada, whose scream went unheard in the noise of all the students running out of the cafeteria, who continued running paying no attention to him.
As the room emptied, Mr. Terada said, "But, my job!!"
"Aww, man!" he said as he wrung his hands and walked out, sighing.
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Sakura: Man, I feel bad for Mr. Terada.
Tomoyo: I'm just glad we got away.
Syaoran: (laughing) I cant believe you got caught singing, 'I kissed a girl' by Kate Perry, in a janitor's closet.
Sakura: Shut up.
Meiling: Speaking of singing, don't you have a concert to practice for?
Sakura: Hoe! I'm late for practice! Naoku's going to kill me!
Eriol: No worries. Yukito will protect you.
Rika: I'll get you, Kinomoto. Nobody steals Yukito from me.
Sakura: You've got sauce in your hair. Go wash it. And don't forget to wash your dirty mouth.
Crazy Heart: My, my! I've got one smart crew! Oh, well, see you in the next chapter, Sing for me alone.
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Author's note: Ok, so what do you think? Good? Bad? Poor Mr. Terada! Lol! I know, I know, I took ages updating, I hope this made up for it?! Anyways.
Firstly, I need a Japanese/ preferably Chinese girl's name. Any Ideas? Also, tell me what the name means, when you give me your ideas.
Please give me your feedback. Criticism is also appreciated as long as it's constructive.
Thanks to:
Kauiju-gaki-kawaii
Waterfall-kunoichi
AngelEmCuti
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Was the Syaoran- Sakura fight convincing? I hard to work extra hard on that bit, to make it sound a bit real.
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