| Sakura comes back into her room wearily. | |
| Kero | What happened to you, Sakura? You look tired. |
| Sakura | I just watched the news program on TV that featured the stalking victimizing women. Dad and I got scared, and Tori kept warning me to be careful, over and over. |
| Kero | Hmm. Hey, what does that “stalking” mean? |
| Sakura | Stalking means making frequent phone calls to a specific woman, hanging around her, stealthily videotaping her, and something like that. |
| Kero | Oh, too late. You're already a victim of a crime, Sakura. |
| Aiden | Happy birthday, Sakura. |
| Sakura | Thanks, Dad! |
| Tori | Is it true that today's your birthday? I thought it was just a lie 'cuz it's April 1. |
| Sakura |
Grrr. Ah-hem. I'll forgive you. I just grew up a step forward. By the way, people are supposed to lie on April 1, but why do they call it April Fools' Day? |
| Tori | Simply because it's your birthday. |
| Sakura | What'd you say?! Your birthday comes only once every four years, so you're still four years old! |
| Aiden | Hey, you two. Stop giving each other such a hard time on every your birthday. |
| Sakura successfully seals the Dream Card in the entrance hall of the radio tower, which flies into Li's palm. Li looks exhausted because he used the Time Card which need much energy. | |
| Sakura | Are you OK, Li? |
| Li | Yeah... |
| Meilin |
But this is Li's Card. And, Li, why do you always have Avalon seal the Cards? |
| Madison | Is that because he doesn't have the sealing wand? |
| Meilin | Hey, remember. Li can use the Card with his sword—the sword with great magical powers. |
| Madison | You're right. Then can you really seal the Cards with that sword? |
| Li | Yeah, I can. (← Never mentioned in the original manga, though... ^_^;) |
| Meilin | Then why don't you seal them yourself?! |
| Li | Well... Um... |
| Madison | Heh heh heh, that explains it. |
| Meilin | What? Madison, you know something? |
| Madison | When Sakura seals a Card, her skirt flies up in a gust of wind. |
| Li | M-Madison, I don't mean uh... |
| Meilin | Huh? What's that's supposed to... Aah, Li!! I don't want you to look at other girls that way! You, two-timer! |
| Li | Calm down, Meilin! It's not that. |
| Sakura | Huh? What's wrong? ... [Leans her head to the left with her finger on her mouth] ... Hoeeeee!! Li, is that truuuue?! |
| Nikki | Hey, you were brought up in England, Eli? |
| Eli | Yes, but why? |
| Nikki | England is the nation of gentlemen. |
| Rita | I know what you mean. Eli looks like a gentleman itself. |
| Chelsea | Absolutely. He's so polite, just unlike that little jerk; you know who. |
| Eli | I wonder what kind of person seems like a gentleman. I'm not sure of that myself. |
| Zachary | What about manners? For example, ladies first or something. |
| Eli | Come to think of it, it's considered to be a good manner to let a woman go first when you get on a bus. |
| Zachary | And when you step on an escalator. |
| Eli | Oh, you're a gentleman, too, Zachary. Especially, the politeness to a woman in a miniskirt is better. Hee hee. |
| Sakura | Hoe? What are you laughing at? |
| Madison | Sakura, I am thinking I want to design your bathing suit. |
| Sakura | What? Bathing suit? |
| Madison | Yeah, but I haven't decided the theme—to emphasize your kawaiiness in the water... |
| Sakura | Hey, Madison... Don't push yourself, I mean, you don't really have to... |
| Madison | Don't be so modest, Sakura. Just leave it to me. Designing your outfits takes two benefits to me—very big benefits! |
| Sakura | Two benefits? |
| Madison | Yes, to the history and my career. First, through my design, people all over the world will pay attention to and be attracted by your charm. You'll be the history of the world's kawaiiness in the future. And second, I'm very happy planning how I should show off your kawaiiness. This is a good training for me to improve my planning ability for the CEO-to-be of Taylor's successful toy manufacturing business empire! |
| Sakura | Hey, you're exaggerating... |
| Madison | No, it's true, I really mean it. What kind of bathing suit will be most appealing? |
| Sakura | Hey... don't tell me you're thinking of a bathing suit made of paper that will dissolve in water...? |
| Madison | Oh, Sakura, you're genius! |
| Sakura | What? Are you saying you want to peel off me naked? |
| Madison | No, no, don't worry. I just thought up of a double-layerd bathing suit. The outer shell is made of paper, and it dissolves in water, and the inner layer appears spreading a pair of beautiful wings! The theme is “Butterfly Growing out from a Pupa”! That'll be great! I gotta design it, I can't wait! |
| Sakura | Oh, man... |
| Tori | Hey, squirt. Are you going somewhere next weekend? |
| Sakura | Next weekend? Oh, I'm going to Reedington Amusument Park with my friends? |
| Tori | Friends? |
| Sakura | Yeah, Madison and Li. |
| Tori | That brat, huh? |
| Sakura | Huh? |
| Tori | Reedington Amusement Park... they have a restraurant, an arcade, and... |
| Sakura | What's wrong? Why did you ask that? |
| Tori | Nothing. I just wanted to decide the part time job for next weekend. |
| Sakura | Hoe? |
| Julian | Do you know “La Cucina Provinciale” went bankrupt these days? |
| Sakura | La Cucina? Is that the provincial Italian restaurant near your school? |
| Julian | Yes, it was a nice place, always full of customers. |
| Tori | Then what was it that made them have to go out of business? |
| Julian | Search me. It's a pity, they charged only $12 no matter how much you ate, though. I liked the place so much, I used to eat there three times a week! |
| Tori | Oh, now I found the reason, Julian. |
| Sakura | So did I... |
| Sakura flashes a Clow Card to Li in the classroom. | |
| Li | Hey, Sakura, this is way too public. Put it back. |
| Sakura | Yeah, I know. [Flashing the Card again] |
| Li | You can't use a magic, everybody is watching. |
| Sakura | I know it. I don't mean I'm going to fly. |
| Li | Then you'd better put it back right now. I'm warning you. |
| Madison | Oh, Li, I guess she's the one who's been warning you. Don't you know why she has to show you the Fly Card? |
| Li | What do you mean? |
| Madison | Sakura, he doesn't know it unless you tell him exactly what's the problem. |
| Sakura | You're right. OK, Li, listen. |
| Li | Wh-what is it? |
| Sakura | Your Fly is undone! Everybody was watching you. |
| Li | Daaahh! |
|
It is mentioned in manga that Li was always suspsious
of Ms. Mackenzie, because he is a descendant of Clow Reed and his
magic is ruled by the moon, while Ms. Mackenzie's moon magic
is slightly different than Clow Reed's magic. Furthermore,
she was the key to make Sakura defeat Yue in the final judgement,
so that was more likely to be the reason. But There may be another reason... | |
| Li | How many times did I tell you, Avalon, she isn't what she seems! |
| Sakura | I don't get it. Why do you always think that way of Ms. Mackenzie, Li? |
| Li | You know, she has a strong power... and besides, there's something weird about her. |
| Sakura | Something weird? |
| Li | Yeah, I can feel it. To be exact, I can feel chills. |
| Meanwhile, a woman was watching them talk behind the corner. | |
| Layla | Li Showron, how cute he is. [Chuckles] |
| It is a well known fact to CCS fans that Ms. Mackenzie tend be in love with yonger boys. ^^; | |
| Sakura | Today I received a letter from Ms. Mackenzie! |
| Madison | Wow, you're exchanging letters with Ms. Mackenzie, aren't you. |
| Sakura | Yeah, I can ask her for some advice, and she tells me something interesting that's happening in England. |
| Madison | Are there any interesting topics in today's letter? |
| Sakura | Uh... right. She is enjoying her campus life in London, and she made friends with cute blonde boys with blue eyes. |
| Eli | Is that what she said?! |
| Sakura | Aw! Eli, what's wrong with you? |
| Eli | Ah-hem... nothing... uhh... who's Ms. Mackenzie, anyway? |
| Madison | She was our homeroom teacher before you transferred in. |
| Sakura | Yeah, nice teacher she was, so kind, pretty... |
| Zachary | And foxy! Don't you feel the same, Li? |
| Li | I... uh... |
| Sakura | Come to think of it, Li was always suspicious of Ms. Mackenzie. |
| Zachary | I know how you feel, Li. She was kind of mysterious, I agree. A grown-up woman... how nice it sounds! |
| Li | What're you talking about? I don't... |
| Zachary | Not to mention, Li. I know you're thinking what I'm thinking. Oh, how nice it could be if she stepped on my face on her high-heeled shoe. |
| Sakura | Are you thinking the same thing, Li? |
| Li | No, I... |
| Zachary | You gotta be honest to your heart, Li, just like me. |
| Chelsea | What the heck do you think you're saying, Zach?! |
| Zachary | Hey, I'm not lying! I'm just acting honest to my heart. |
| Chelsea | Come with me, jerk! Unforgivable! [Drags Zachary out the spot] |
| Sakura | Hoeee... |
| Madison | Is she going to bind him tightly and leave him on the roadway again? |
| Li | I... I'm not thinking such a stuff. |
| Eli | [Chuckles] Actually, that is what I've been thinking. |
Sakura's BME Clinic © 2002 Yuki Neco
