"And the score for this couple tonight by Deramone Godame, is…."
"She gave a 9! Ladies and gentlemen! Deramone Godame gave this couple a nine! Tying with Sakura Kinomoto and Syaoran Li!" Hazuki practically screamed, even though he was already using a mike.
"Can I ask why Godame-san?" Hazuki asked after he calmed down.
Deramone Godame looked at the girl contestant, Karin, distastefully, "Too much make-up. It doesn't exactly show your true beauty you know"
"Ah, so we're also learning a lesson ladies and gentlemen, that too much make-up isn't good for you!" He shouted, once again, into the microphone.
"Now, back to you Hizuka" He said, grinning at the camera.
"Okay, now let's get to the contestants. How do you feel about the tie with Sakura Kinomoto and Syaoran Li?" Hizuka handed the mike to them.
The girl frowned, "Unsatisfied" She said in a rude tone, at least, that's what Sakura thinks it sounded like. Either that or it was in a sickeningly sweet tone.
"We need to practice more" The guy said, his eyes cold. At least, that was what it looked like to Syaoran. Either that, or he showed no emotion at all.
"Okay then, you may take a seat" Hizuka smiled.
The couple sat, unfortunately, beside Syaoran and Sakura.
Karin Hajimino glanced beside her, which just happened to be Sakura. She widened her eyes and caught her breath, as if just realizing she was there for the first time.
Her surprised look was quickly taken of and replaced by her emotionless one.
"Sakura Kinomoto" She seethed.
"Karin Hajimino" Sakura said coolly.
"Still on your feet I see" Karin shot back.
"And I see you still have all your hair attached" Sakura replied.
"You'll pay for that" Karin growled.
"Oh, but it wasn't me who 'accidentally' spilled oil mixed with water on the soapy mopped dance floor" Sakura said.
"Pretty, though I did wish I set a match then though" Karin said.
"Oh, but you didn't. And I wish I had put dye the color of vomit, glue, carrots, mud and your horrible mascara into your shampoo bottle instead of a shampoo that makes you head bald" Sakura said nonchalantly.
Karin glared her icy blue eyes at her.
"You're never getting away for making my beautiful golden hair fall"
"Oh, it was beautiful and golden?" Sakura said in mock horror, "I thought it was ferret fur dipped into permanent dull, smelly, yellow paint"
Karin suddenly stood up, "You're going to pay for that!"
"Honey, you said that already. That phrase is so billions of eons ago. Like how old and wrinkled you are" Sakura said emotionlessly.
"You're calling me old and wrinkled? Me? ME!" She screamed.
"Hold it together blondie. It looks like your painted hair's going to fall again. But this time, it wouldn't be my fault. You look like you're going to rip it out yourself with your phony nails, girl"
"That is it!" She screamed, launching herself at Sakura.
Syaoran thought Sakura was going to be turned into a bloody pulp, but oddly, Sakura quickly stood up and got out of the way.
"Really? And I thought you would have more brain cells, or at least use the remaining brain cells you have" Sakura said, and Syaoran couldn't understand why the hell she wanted to steam this girl up.
"Come on Sakura, calm down, she's just a girl" Syaoran stood up, trying to reason with her.
"Oh? And what am I then Syaoran?" She raised a brow at Syaoran. She got him cornered.
Karin's partner, Ryu Ojisara, snapped his head sideways and looked at Syaoran, as if the first time knowing he was there.
"You" Ryu said coldly, giving Syaoran the evil eye.
"Me" Syaoran replied.
"Why are you here?"
"Put it together, Mister 'I'm brainy and can solve everything. Not.'" Syaoran rolled his eyes.
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"I'm in the Red Room. I'm in a dance outfit and the girl your bimbo blonde friend is screaming at is my partner"
"I am not a bimbo!" Karin screamed at Syaoran.
"I believe that with every spare space my heart has. Which I don't have" Sakura replied.
"Oh, you wanna go?"
"Go avoid you, yeah" Sakura nodded.
"I'm with you Sakura" Syaoran suddenly said, "I think I'm catching the fleas of this ruffian"
"I don't have fleas" Ryu defended.
"No, you have virus"
"I don't have those either"
"Fine, but I'm sure you have blood and a heart, right?"
Ryu nodded slowly to see where this was going.
"But sadly, your blood is blue and you're heart is made out of broken stone and is as ugly as your face as it gets" Syaoran told him.
Ryu glared at Syaoran, "Karin, it looks like you're not the only one who has a rival"
Karin looked flabbergasted, "Her?" She pointed an accusing finger at Sakura.
"No, she's not my rival, she's my lifelong enemy" Karin resumed glaring at Sakura.
"Oh look here, you got a guy already Karin? And I thought you were going to be alone forever and die ugly" Sakura mocked.
Karin huffed and flipped her hair, "Better than you ever were"
"At least my hair is still intact. And if you keep flipping that hair, I'll manicure your nails and hope they cut your buttered fur head" Sakura warned.
"If you keep doing this, it will be your hair who will be buttered!" She threatened.
Sakura shrugged, "Butter can be washed, unlike yours whose hair was already dyed permanently"
Syaoran snorted, "Good one Sakura,"
"Why thank you" Sakura replied.
"Depending on your girl toy now, Sya-o-ran…?" Ryu mocked.
"At least I'm polite enough to say good compliments, unlike you, Riri-chan…." Syaoran mocked back.
"Don't call me that"
"I can call you anything I want to call you"
"You have no rights to call me that"
"I have my rights"
"No you don't"
"Yeah I do"
"What makes you think that?" Ryu asked smugly.
"It's a free country" Syaoran said plainly.
Karin knew Ryu had no comebacks so she tried to help out, "Well, I bet Ryu can dance so much better than your cheap, lazy, ugly partner Kinomoto"
Sakura rolled her eyes, "Ever wondered why we got a tie between us in this competition Karin? Or were you just too blind of your own conceited, selfish, obnoxious self to even realize that? Oh and, one, Syaoran is not cheap, two, he's definitely not lazy and three, ugly? Are you sure you're not talking about yourself?"
"Grrr…." Karin growled.
"Meow" Sakura meowed, pretending to claw.
"Are you going to bark next?" Syaoran asked, bored.
"Shut up you menace!" Karin shouted.
"Oh pity, and I thought you were the menace" Syaoran replied.
Karin balled her fists, "You two are soooooo dead"
"I'm still alive, how about you Syaoran?" Sakura said.
"I'm breathing, wait, I feel my life seeping away from me, oh, I'm about to drop dead to the cold floor with blood splashing out of my body" He acted comically, pretending to faint.
Sakura rolled her eyes.
"I'm not kidding" Karin hissed.
"Well, I don't care Hajimino" Sakura hissed, "You are your….boy toy can go annoy the hell out of someone else except us, you evil witch"
Karin snorted, "What a blessing to avoid you Kinomoto, but I forgot, you're too vile to give blessings"
"Uh, I think you should sit now, the show's going to go on" Hizuka said, popping out of nowhere.
"Of course" Sakura said, calm and collected.
"Excuse us for our out bursts" Syaoran said, he and Sakura sitting quietly.
Karin and Ryu also sat, with distate, beside Syaoran and Sakura.
Chiharu, who was beside Sakura, whispered to her ear, "I don't like her"
"Who? Karin?" Sakura whispered back.
Chiharu nodded.
"Well, you should. She's downright evil if you ask me" Sakura replied nonchalantly.
"What's going on between you two anyways?" Chiharu asked curiously.
"Nothing", Sakura said quietly.
Chiharu raised an eyebrow, "Sakura, you two were glaring daggers at each other, talking about broken feet and falling hair"
"Fine. Fine. I'll tell you," Chiharu grinned.
"Later" Sakura added with a smirk, Chiharu frowned a bit and glared at her a little.
"Okay, let's get back to the show!" They heard Hazuki speak into the mike from the TV in the room.
"Next up, we have…."
~After the performances~
Hazuki was on the stage, along with all the contestants.
The contestants had spotlights over them.
"Hello, everybody, we're back on the show! Now, we're going to finally see who's going to pass this round. To know the scores, we're going to add the scores from the judges and those that of from the audience, we're going to give the audience small remotes which have a small red button there. We will be announcing the contestants and showing some scenes from their dance. If you vote for this couple, please press the red button. It can only be pressed once, so choose your pick wisely" Hazuki explained.
The camera zoomed in to Hizuka who was standing in the crowd of audience. "Yes, that's right Hazuki, we'll start announcing now"
"Elizabeth and Nikko"
"Sonia and Edbert"
"Kiko and Hazino"
"Amy and Hazanami"
"Eva and Nathanael"
"Kirishima and Edward"
"Corrine and Kiyuki"
"Bella and Lee"
"Lori and Seth"
"Chika and Nazaru"
"Chiharu and Takashi"
"Sakura and Syaoran"
"Karin and Ryu"
~And so on~
"Alright, we have the scores, those who will be in the safe zone…..are…." Hazuki said.
"Sakura Kinomoto and Syaoran Li, you're safe in this round!" Hazuki shouted.
The spotlight on them turned off.
"Karin Hajimino and Ryu Ojisara, you two, are safe in this round!"
The spotlight on them also turned off.
"Chiharu Mihara and Takashi Yamazaki, you're safe!"
This kept on going until 3 were taken out.
"I'm sorry, but Corrine and Kiyuki, you have to stop tonight, alongside with and Eva and Nathanael and Chika and Nazaru"
The couples nodded sadly, said some comments and walked away.
"Yes, well, that marks the end of today's show, see you again next week, same channel, same place, same time. Until we meet again!" Hazuki waved at the camera. And the shooting stopped.
Sakura and Syaoran got some congratulations from Chiharu and Takashi and just as they were leaving, Sakura got a big hug that sent her almost tumbling to Syaoran. Almost.
"Tomoyo!" Sakura moaned.
"Sakura-chan! Congratulations!" Tomoyo smiled.
Sakura smiled back for that.
"Yeah. Congrats squirt" Touya smirked.
Sakura glared at him for that.
"Good job Sakura" Kaho congratulated.
Sakura thanked her for that.
"This calls for a celebration" Fujitaka grinned.
And Sakura grinned for that.
"Gee, thanks Dad!"
"No problem Sakura. Keep fighting for the best!" Fujitaka grinned widely.
"Oh, but this calls on for not only a celebration, we need a feast!" Tomoyo announced.
"Eto…Tomoyo…" Sakura was speechless, "There's no need to…"
"Oh, no way Sakura. I'll handle everything" Tomoyo smiled from ear to ear.
"Anyways, congrats again!" This time, Tomoyo hugged Sakura again, though this time Sakura couldn't balance herself so well and she tumbled to an unfortunate someone who was passing by. And that someone were Karin and Ryu who were unfortunately holding hands.
The 4 of them tumbled away and got a little woozy after that.
"Watch out where you're going barbarian!" Ryu shouted.
"You ruined my dress!" Karin shrieked.
"Excuse me, but that dress was already ruined from the first time you wore it" Sakura retorted, standing up and dusting herself.
"Are you okay Tomoyo?" Sakura asked, pulling Tomoyo up.
"Just a little dizzy, but I'm fine" Tomoyo replied.
Karin's head snapped to Sakura, "Tomoyo? As in Tomoyo Daidouji?"
"In the flesh" Tomoyo grinned.
"I can't believe I get to finally meet you. I was always a fan of you. Your designs are so dazzling!" Karin said.
"Why thank you" Tomoyo replied politely.
"I'm sorry for the tumbling thing. It wasn't my fault" Karin said, glaring at Sakura.
"I know" Tomoyo nodded, "It was mine"
"What?" Karin asked, flabbergasted, "Isn't it hers?" She pointed accusingly at Sakura.
Tomoyo was confused, "Why would it be Sakura's fault? I was the one who hugged her too strong"
"Why were you hugging her?" Karina asked, disgusted at the thought.
"She's my best friend" Tomoyo said in a 'duh' tone.
"And my second cousin" Sakura added.
Tomoyo nodded.
"YOU'RE RELATED?" Karin screamed, her eyes as wide as saucers, her jaw dropped down on the floor and she had an eye twitch.
Sakura laughed, "You should see your face now!"
Tomoyo grinned.
Sakura knew that grin.
Tomoyo started fingering with her necklace and Sakura smirked.
"Why are you smirking?" Syaoran asked cautiously.
"Why do you sound like I'm going to bite your head off?" Sakura retorted.
Syaoran scowled a bit, "Why do you sound like a snotty witch?"
"Why do you sound like a jealous angry old man?"
Nobody noticed Karin and Ryu leave. And apparently, Karin left while cursing at Sakura.
"Why do you sound like a fussy old grandmother?"
"Why do you sound like an old pecking bird?"
"Why do you sound like a fat parrot?"
"Why do you stink like a smelly talking garbage can?"
"Why do you-"
"HEY!" Touya interrupted Sakura and Syaoran's short ferocious battle of dissing.
"Nobody talks to my sister that way. Nobody." Touya growled, glaring at Syaoran.
Syaoran just snorted and rolled his eyes, "I don't think so. Because I'm very sure that I just did"
"Do you want a piece of me?" Touya narrowed his eyes at him.
"Bring it on!" Syaoran challenged.
Before things could get ugly, Sakura separated them.
"Man, you boys need some anger management" She smirked, "Well, anyways" She started before either boys could open their mouth, "Don't we have a dinner to go to, come one Syaoran, you can join too!" She smiled at him.
Syaoran would never say out loud that that smile Sakura gave him made something inside him churn, but he couldn't tell what. He could feel his body temperature get warmer too but he didn't know why.
But he quickly masked his expression with a secured face, maybe Sakura wasn't so bad after all.
He smiled a bit, just a bit, "Okay"
Just seeing a small smile from Syaoran made Sakura smile brighter, "Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go!" She said cheerfully.
The Kinomoto family, Tomoyo, and Syaoran, left the studio, but without them knowing, a dance couple was glaring at them distastefully.
"They have to go down Ryu, no matter what" Karin growled.
Ryu smirked, "Then let's make them go down until they can't ever show their faces again!"
Karin grinned evilly as a plan began to form in her mind.