The End?
Written by Sakura Showron
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The End? Chapter 2- The Meeting
Sakura was waiting as Madison's phone rung once, twice, thrice, then finally picked up.
"Moshi, moshi." said a voice.
"Hey Madison. It's Sakura. So you have some free time from designing dresses?" said Sakura. Ever since Madison's mom had caught Sakura in one of Madison's battle outfits, many major fashion designer stores that sold high-fashion clothes had called Madison.
"Oh, I'm not busy at all. I halted everything to make something, so I'm free. Why?" she asked.
"Oh, Kero and Yue are talking about something which Kero won't tell me, and he said he might be a while. Madison? Hold on. Kero wants to tell me something. What is it Kero?"
"Is that Madison? If so, ask her if we can borrow her personal jet. We tried reaching Eriol, Sunny, and Ruby, but they didn't pick up. This is urgent, and Yue and I suspect that even if we did reach them on the phone, we'd still need them here. So, Madison's jet would be fastest. We need it. Convince her somehow."
"Okay. Madison? Kero wants to know if we could borrow your jet to go get Eriol for the 'important thing'. You can come too, since it's spring break." said Sakura. She knew that just the thought of meeting Eriol had brought a blush to Madison's cheeks, since Sakura knew she had a crush on him. Sort of hopeless, seeing that the age difference was a couple thousand years and he was already dating Miss McKenzie, but nevertheless...
"Okay." said Madison, "But can it wait until tomorrow?"
"Kero, can you wait until tomorrow? Yes Madison, it can wait. See you tomorrow!" said Sakura as she hung up the phone. "Yippee! I'm going to England! I'd better go tell Dad and Tori."
-downstairs-
"Of course you can go honey." said her dad, a tall college professor, with a smile. "It's spring break, and you deserve some fun."
"Besides," said Tori, "How could dad deny me the chance to get you out of the house for 3 days?"
"TO-RI!" said Sakura as she ran upstairs to pack.
But many miles away, a college girl and a boy were already on a plane headed for Japan- and Sakura.
"I never said you could come!" yelled the boy into his backpack. "Spinel, what if Kero or Yue called with something regarding this magical headache? Who'd be there to receive the call?"
"Most likely we'd be there already, ringing their doorbell. Sakura has probably just started to receive dreams, if she is going to receive them at all, so Kero and Yue won't become worried until a few nights go past." Said a small furry cat-like creature with insect wings. <>
"You'd better be right." said the boy. "Or else-"
"Eli, Spinel, quiet! Stuffed toys don't talk, remember?" said the brown haired college girl. "And wind up ones only say dumb phrases. So shush!"
"You're right. But ONLY because you're right," said Eli in the direction of his backpack.
"Hello, this is your pilot speaking. We have developed engine trouble, so will be delayed and will only reach Japan tomorrow. We apologize for the delay. Thank you and enjoy the flight."
"Oh great." said Eli, massaging his temples, "another day of headaches from this annoying magic."
But in Hong Kong, someone had an entirely different attitude next day-:
"Finally! Rid of all these headaches! I'm going to Japan!" said Li, already in his seat. "I wonder what Sakura will say when she sees me, no, I'm being stupid. She likes Julian- and I'm a friend. The end of that." He sighed. As much as he had tried, he couldn't get Sakura out of his mind.
A couple of hours later, his plane landed and he got off. He had already called a taxi but it would only be here in an hour. Getting tired of standing, he sat down a seat away from a boy and his sister, both who were reading the newspaper. He put down his stuff and pulled out his book. Sighing again, he began to read.
Just outside the airport, Sakura got out of the car and said thanks to Tori, and set off towards the airport with her backpack and her purse. As she pulled her ticket out of her purse, she groaned. She had misread the time- her plane wouldn't be departing for another 30 minutes. Grumbling, she went to the lounge. Looking for a seat, she spotted one- next to two boys. Blushing at the thought of what Madison would say when she got there, but not wanting to stand, Sakura walked to the spot.
"Is anyone sitting here?" she asked the two boys, whoso faces she couldn't see.
"No." said the first boy on the left.
"No, go ahead and sit there." said the second boy who, Sakura noticed, was with his sister. Sakura sat down and put her purse on her right, next to the first boy. As she sat there, her thoughts drifted to Li and Eli, and how the first boy reminded her of Li, and the second of Eli and Ruby Moon. She sighed and put her elbow on her purse. As she did, her purse shifted a bit. "Huh?" Sakura thought, as she added a little more weight to her purse [by mistake]. Now her bag moved so much, Sakura had little doubt as to who was in there.
'Oh no, Kero!' she thought. The bag moved again, violently this time.
"Hmm?" said the boy on her left, "your bag's moving?"
'Oh no, no, no!' thought Sakura. How was she going to get out of this one? 'Kero, just stay!'
"Ahhh! Fresh air!" said Kero, popping out.
"Kero!" said Sakura, making to stuff Kero back, but it was too late. Sakura closed her eyes. The boy turned and saw Kero. With a look of surprise he said, "Stuffed animal?!?"
"The gaki!" said Kero, instantly biting the boy's forefinger.
"Nice toy, righ-" Sakura started to say, sweat dropping, but was cut off by the boy.
"Ow, ow, ow! Kero, get off!" the boy said shaking his finger up and down rapidly.
"L-Li?" said Sakura uncertainly, "Is that you?"
For a second the boy stopped shaking his finger. "Sakura?" he said, "What are you doing here? Kero," he added in a whisper, "I'll give you cookies to-let-go!"
"Okay." said Kero without a moment's hesitation. "Cookies, oh boy!" he said as he plopped back in the bag.
"Li, what are you doing here?" said Sakura, feeling a blush coming.
"I asked you first, what are you doing here?" said Li, trying to avoid the reason and to stop his blush.
"I was going to get El- Kero, stop moving!" she whispered to her left, then realizing Kero was on her right. "But that mean- Why is your bag moving?" she asked the boy to her left.
Eli heart stopped. Someone had discovered Spinel Sun! He slowly put down his newspaper, a million stories flying through his head, when he saw not a curious passenger, but the face of-
"Sakura Avalon?" he said.
"Eli!" Sakura said with a smile. "Madison and I were just coming to England to get you!"
Eli looked shocked, then smiled. Sakura returned it, expecting Li to say hello, or Eli maybe, but turned around to find Li and Eli shooting daggers at each other. *Sakura sweatdrops and sigh-clouds*
"Hey, calm down you two! What if Madison is catching this on tape?" she said.
"Yeah, what if Madison has been standing behind you and has been catching everything on tape?" said a female voice. Sakura, Eli, and Li turned around to find a blue-haired girl with a camcorder and a smile talking.
"Madison!" yelled the three at the same time. Madison laughed.
"Come on, everyone's invited over to my house to spend the night. It's late. C'mon!" she said with another smile. As the group collected their things, Sakura and Li reached for their bags. Involuntarily, their hands brushed. Li could feel his ears becoming red and hot, so he quickly grabbed his bags and went. Trying to forget the incident, he lost the group and became the last reach the limo. As he put his bags in the car, he wished that- no luck. The last seat was next to Sakura. Feeling another blush come up his ears, he quickly sat down and looked out the window. 'She doesn't like you' he yelled to himself. 'She likes Julian, maybe even Eli- not you!' He continued to look out the window.
Next to him, Sakura shifted a bit and sighed to herself. Madison had run ahead, having no luggage, and had gotten a back seat. Eli had used magic, and his bags, along with Ruby's, were feather-light. He had sat next to Madison, and Ruby had sat in the front. Two bodyguards had followed, leaving two seats for her. And Li. Li... she could feel the back of her neck heat up. With no luck, she tried to push it down. When that didn't work, she tried to tell herself no. Li is marrying Meilin. Let him marry Madison or Ruby M. for all care. I don't care. Li is mean, never smiles, is so serious, and... Sakura stopped. Even if she lied to herself, in her heart she knew it was a lie, and what she wanted to do was, what? Be with Li? But she couldn't. She was exhausted from all the cards, and the ride to Madison's seemed to take forever. She laid back and sneaked a peek at Li. He was staring out the window at the endless greenery. He couldn't possibly feel the same way, right? She felt the waves of overcome her and closed her eyes. These cards were taking everything out of her.
Li continued to stare out the window until he felt something on his shoulder. Sakura had fallen asleep. Sighing, he placed his hand on hers and leaned back. He was in the front, and besides, who would care if he liked Sakura? Besides Meilin, no one, right? Wrong.
In the back, Madison switched off her camcorder. 'Putting Plan A of Mission Sakura and Li into action tomorrow. All systems check.' She thought, and then settled back. Unknowingly to her, she fell asleep right on top of Eli. He smiled and brushed a few strands of hair from her face. Then, making sure no one was looking, he gave her a kiss on the forehead.
Okay! The writing style does improve in the third chapter; it's just that it was hard compromising all that happened. I am a pretty good writer otherwise, just ask my English teachers. All the chapters are ready for you to read, so hurry up! That's all for now, Ja ne!