This isn't a Dance; it's Hell with Streamers

Chapter Seven: All's well that ends well…

Bluerini24: 6 stars!! Yay! Go me!! Well, all I can really say is I aim to please (and it worked! Yay I got 6 stars!) Thanx muchly for the review!

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RJ: About Li and Sakura kissing again…all I can say…well I can't say anything, coz you'll find out soon enough in this chapter…(wink wink ^ - ^). Hehehe. Thanx muchly for the review.

Jurei: awesome? Incredible? Stupendous work?…awww shucks, your too kind! But do go on…naa I'm just kidding! Even though this is the last chapter for this story, I've got two more ideas (count em 2!!) for more stories…although I'm thinking of combining them to make one Mega Super Story of Unimaginable Weirdness…so you'll have lots more times to review! Yay!! Hehehe, anywho, thanxs muchly for the review!

Tenshi no kijutsu: err you might wanna skip my first story, where Ike and Kalla come in, as in my 'expert' (snort) opinion, I think it kinda sux. Your welcome to read it of course, but don't expect much (I put it down to my 'first story sucky-ness syndrome'. I was young and naïve!!)

Dude, I feel for ya; my big sister used to do that to me too…but she's moved out now, so I get the computer all to myself! ( ^ - ^ sorry, had to throw that in…) Anywho thanxs muchly for the review!

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UnicornHime: Of course I had to name it fluffy! Fluffy is such an obvious name for a mutant gerbil thing that eats people…although after I uploaded the chapter I then thought up with a few more(figures). I think I should have called him Mr. Tinkles…or Mr. Giggles hehehe I like that one ^ - ^, something like that would have been better…but oh well, we live and learn.

Hmmm I think the main moral here is to stay away from anything containing sugar…dang it, there goes my main source of food…hehehe once again, happy face for you ( ^ - ^) and a big thanxs for reviewing!

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Anywho…THANX SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO( okay I think that's enough 'o's') MUCH FOR ALL THE REVIEWS! You legendary people you! (go on, take a bow)

Well, it's finally here…^ sniff ^…the end…the last chapter…the final cahooni (I have no clue what that means…I probably made it up or heard it somewhere, but it sounds funny! And if I've just insulted someone in their native language or something, sorry bout that, no offense intended.

Anywho, now for what you've all been waiting for!!!!

The Disclaimer!!!! (Gets pelted with rotten fruit, whilst being chased by groups of angry people wielding pitchforks) Kidding! I'm kidding, the stories coming. (Idon'townclampcardcaptorsORcardcaptorsakura.Nosuingisallowedasallyou'llendupwithissquat.)

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Sakura's POV:

I swear, for someone supposed to be my best friend, Madison sure does like to humiliate me as much as possible. As soon as we had stumbled out of the 'Tunnel of Terror', she had whipped out her camera, and was making good use of the playback button.

Needless to say, I was hanging back; So was Li, but I was too preoccupied to notice.

"^squeal giggle^ ohh this is going to be soo good! ^giggle^."

Kalla, Mei Lin and Madison where huddled around the camera, Ike had sat back a bit, and was looking over Kalla's shoulder. Kero had once again retreated to Ike's hood.

"…wait!, back it up a bit!" The girls paused as Madison fiddled with the buttons.

Then they were silent.

I hate it when people suddenly go silent.

I backed up a bit more.

"…^squeal!^ oooh that's soo sweet!!"

I looked around for somewhere to hide.

"…dude, Madison, did you have to zoom in?" Kalla turn to Madison with a slightly amused grimace on her face. "When I hinted that they needed to play tonsil hockey, I didn't actually mean that we needed to see their tonsils…"

Or perhaps a nice hole for me to curl up in and die would be appropriate.

I distinctly heard a Li sounding voice drift out from wherever he had gotten to, "WE WERE NOT PLAYING TONSIL HOCKEY!" Which only made things worse, because now complete strangers were milling around wondering what all the excitement was about.

* …why me? *

Getting back to the conversation at hand. "What?! I slipped…"

Kalla didn't looked convinced, "oh really, Miss Queen of the Camcorders and Winner of the Film Festival Junior Division 3 years running…"

She scratched the back of her neck, "err…well…yeah…I umm slipped ^nervous laugh^…happens to the best of us."

I used the opportunity to slip away…far away. Besides the fact that I had to get away from my camera crazy friends, I needed time to think. But my gut was telling me that I needed to talk to Li, if he would listen.

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3rd Person POV:

Mei Lin wearily looked around at the people that had gathered, muttered something under her breath that sounded like, 'damn nosey people', then spoke up, "okay people, nothing to see here, break it up!" The group looked a bit disappointed at first, but upon the look that the one carrying the black pitchfork shot them, it was in their best interest to get far far away.

Kalla turned back to the little viewing screen, then tilted her head to the side, "Eww, did you really need a close up in Sakura's nose…"

MeiLin raised her eyebrows, "Sakura's nose? I thought that was Li's…"Both girls frowned then tilted their heads to the side.

Madison did the same, then quietly replied, "I suppose it's kinda hard to tell this close up…"

There was a pause, then a collective sigh.

"…hey, were did they go?"

Ike just shrugged as Madison looked up. "We've got to find them before they do anything that I can record!"

MeiLin and Kalla smiled ruefully and followed the frantic hippie {AN: Madison was dressed as a hippie remember…}, Ike just shook his head and brought up the rear.

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Li's POV:

* It really happened, I did it…this isn't a dream…*

People were giving me weird looks. I suppose a guy dressed as Neo, talking to himself and pacing back and forth behind a bush was kinda unusual.

"I…I…I actually ^gulp^ kissed her…no…this has got to be some weird twisted psychotic joke set up by Kalla for her own amusement…yeah that's it…"

I softly rubbed my fingers over my mouth, "But…but why does it feel like her lips are still on mine?" I scowled and continued to pace. "UGGHHH! Okay that's not helping. Gah…you are such an idiot Li." I smacked myself in the forehead, then realised I was attracting a crowd, and walked off to a more secluded spot behind the school. Funnily enough, I ended up in the spot where I first met Sakura. Where I had tried to take the cards off her, so long ago. The memory was still fresh in my mind.

I scowled again, rubbed my hand down my face…then started to rhythmically smack myself in the forehead. "stupid ^smack^ stupid ^smack^ stupid ^smack^ stupid ^smack^…"

"…uh Li, are you okay?"

I froze. It was Sakura.

"Sakura! ^blush ^ Uhh hi…"

* ughhh, I am such an idiot!*

*No argument there buddy, but what are you going to do about it?*

*I-I-I don't know*

*Oh come on, it's not that difficult…tell her how you feel…tell her you love her…*

She was blushing and looking down at her feet. My face felt hot enough to spontaneously combust.

"umm…Li? We need…to talk…"

I looked down at my boots and replied softly, but hesitantly, "…I know…"

Good idea in theory, but neither of us actually said anything.

I heard her walk forward, then felt her hand gently grasp mine. She was standing right in front of me, looking at her feet. She seemed to be thinking about something, as she paused before saying, "Li…did you…did you do it just to save everyone…or did…" She paused, then raised her head to look at me. Guilt hit me like a rampaging elephant {AN: …don't ask} when I saw that she was on the brink of tears, "did you do it because…you like me…" The last part was barely a whisper, I almost didn't hear it, but it was load enough to make my heart start thumping and my conscious screaming out at me to *TELL HER YOU STUPID NIT!*

I wasn't really thinking at the time; what with Sakura being at so close a proximity, my conscious screaming at me, the stress finally catching up with me from our 'adventures' in the 'Tower of Terror'. I was kinda going on instincts, and the one word that had to come out of my mouth would be remembered…as the stupidous thing said in history.

"…no…"

* oh…my…god…I am the conscious of the biggest dumbass in the history of complete dumbasses…*

*shit*

I was in complete shock. I couldn't really believe I had just said that. Everything seemed to happen in slow motion. I felt Sakura's hand slip out of mine. Felt my chest clench when I heard her softly sob. Her eyes, windows to her soul, showed confusion, then hurt. I watched, unable to react as she stumbled back, tears trickling down her face, unable to be stopped.

*DON'T JUST STAND THERE YOU STUPID IDIOT, STOP HER!*

I blinked. "Sakura wait! That didn't come out right! What I meant was I did it because I lo…" I paused mid sentence, the two words I wanted most to say catching in my throat.

She froze, but didn't turn around. My conscious, now at a point of profuse swearing, was giving me a migraine. * YOU ABSOLUTE &^%*%* STUPID &$%&#$% DUMBASS &$^$&%&*

"…what…were you going to say…?" She turned around slowly, then hesitantly looked at me.

I looked into her emerald green eyes and knew exactly what to do.

Stepping forward, closing the gap between us, I cradled her head in my hands and kissed her once again on the lips.

*I don't know where that came from but…oh stuff it…I'm never going to get tired of this…but first…*

I pulled back, then leant to the side to whisper in her ear. "I did it because I love you Sakura…"

{AN: Come on, you have to admit, I'm full of shit aren't I? (well metaphorically speaking of course) And yes I know it's pretty much the ol 'I don't like you, I love you' cliché. Some of you will object…but TOO FREAK'N BAD!! MWAA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!!! ^Stardragon runs around in circles cackling maniacally ^…^cough cough^ err sorry about that. Anyway I couldn't really think of any other way of doing it…I had another idea, which would of made it a bit more humorous, but it just didn't fit. So anyway, there you go…I think I did it a bit more…'stylishly' than just saying, 'well no Sakura, I don't like you…I love you…' yeah well that's my excuse anyway…so there}

Sakura pulled back and looked right into my eyes.

For once I didn't look away.

For once I wasn't blushing like an idiot.

"…really?"

"really"

She giggled, sniffled then wrapped her arms around my waist, as she leant forward and whispered back in my ear. "…I love you too…"

We chuckled as we leaned forward again, to do the only thing that's appropriate at a time like this…I only wish that Kalla didn't keep referring to it as 'playing tonsil hockey'.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Our eyes snapped open and we pulled away from each other. A particularly rabid looking Madison had just turned the corner, her camera held in a white knuckled grip.

Sakura grinned shyly and waved a bit at Madison. "err hi Madison…what's up?"

Madison is really scary when she's angry. Probably because I've never seen her angry before. Her eyes were practically glowing as she growled through gritted teeth. "YOU WILL DO THAT AGAIN DO YOU HERE ME! I'M GETTING THIS ON TAPE! IT'S MY RIGHT DAMNIT!"

The rest of our group rounded the corner {AN: that's Meilin, Ike, Kalla and Kero.} Kalla looked from the seething Madison, to Sakura in my embrace, then to the camera. She grinned, figuring out what had happened, then attempted to calm the enraged camera girl. "Madison…now calm down…"

Madison spun around, in the process plucking a fake flower out of her belt loops, and pointed it threateningly in Kalla's face. Kalla leaned back as the fake Gerbera {AN: that's a type of flower by the way…}waggled dangerously an inch from her nose. Meilin intervened and gently lowered Madison's arm before she did some serious damage via flower power. "Now calm down Madison, you still have a nice close up shot of them making out from before okay…and you'll have plenty more opportunities to film them when they don't know…" Meilin ignored the 'WHAT?! and death glare that I shot her as Madison whimpered and calmed down, mumbling something about zoom lenses and stealth gear before going back to her usual cheery self.

* uh boy… *

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I was finally able to sit down. It had been a long day. We didn't go within 10 feet of any more 'Haunted castles', I think we all had enough of them; instead we stayed around the dance floor. Sakura and I had spent most of the night just dancing together. It felt so good that I was finally able to hold the girl of my dreams in my arms. For the first time in my life I was truly happy.

We had dropped Sakura off first, Madison had insisted. It was obvious that she just wanted to get a tape of me kissing Sakura good night, not that I'm objecting in anyway.

It scared the crap out of me when Tori opened the door, right when we kissed though. But the really scary thing was he didn't yell.

He just stood there, eyes wide, just staring at me. Then his eye started to twitch. Long story short, I had a nice sprint home. Meilin had told me, when she finally made it back to my apartment, that even with all 5 of them clinging on, Tori was still able to move pretty quickly, and it wasn't until Julian had come along and talked some sense into the boy that he calmed down.

For now anyway.

Painful torturous death aside, Sakura and I are going out on Saturday. It feels really weird to say that, but it's finally starting to sink in. The Clan might need some convincing, but the way I see it, what's better than the leader of the Li Clan with the future mistress of the Clow Cards? {AN: in the timeline I'm using, final judgement hasn't happened yet…so he's being optimistic} Madison made me keep the Neo costume, saying something about it having sentimental value.

She's a strange girl Madison, but she's a good friend, despite her taping obsession.

Talking about tapes, I had been laying on my couch trying to get my breath back from my sprint home when Meilin had come home. She had explained the 'Tori Story',{AN: hey that rhymes!} giggling through most of it, then had chucked a package on my stomach as she bounded into the spare bedroom to get into her pajamas. Apparently it had been lying by the door, I had been in too much of rush to notice it.

It was a blank videotape, there was no return address and the only indication of whom it was from was the sticky note attached to it.

'For Li, Sakura tried to stop me from showing this to you, but I think you'd like to see it…

J MadisonJ '

Meilin wanted to watch it too, so I was just waiting for her to finish getting changed.

I looked nervously at the tape again. * It's not from today, the post mark says it was sent a few days ago…it better not be anything embarrasing…*

Famous last words.

Meilin came in and made herself comfortable on an arm chair as I pushed the tape in and pressed play. The screen was filled with static, then cleared…showing what looked like Madison's room and…

"is that…cupid?!"

Meilin stifled a laugh.

"…"

"…"

"…AAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

{AN: thanks to Sailor Star for the idea! (I originally wasn't going to write that Li found out what he did when he was possessed by cupid…you know in chapter 2, but Sailor Star mentioned putting it in, in a review and it got me brain cells a' firing and well, there you have it! Good way of ending things!)

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^sniff^ that's it…it's all over. No more chapters are coming out for 'This isn't a Dance; it's Hell with streamers'. It's been great! ^ sniff^…Oh who am I kidding! I've finished! Yay! Now I can get started on my next story. Aren't you all so lucky. A big big THANK YOU! To all you wonderful legendary people who reviewed. Go on give yourselves a pat on the back! I really appreciated (and appreciate…you can still review for the last chapter…I'd really like you to!) the feedback. Thank you soooooo much.

But the insanity doesn't end there. Soon, I'll have another story out (I've actually got ideas for about two so far, but I'm only going to write one at a time). I don't know what I'm going to call it, I haven't come up with a title yet, but stay tuned to my Biog. thingy for more of Stardragons madness! As is my style, it'll be a humor fic, as well as having a bit of romance, and a bit of action/adventure thrown in to make things interesting. I'll also be using the original names for the characters (when I finally get them all, and I can spell them right) and Eriol will also be in it to! (I felt sorry for Madison, she needs a partner in crime).

It will be set in the near future, i.e. after all the cards have been changed into Sakura cards, but Li and Sakura haven't admitted how they feel about each other. (everyone growns…'no! not another one!) You all know, deep down inside, you love that cliché! I'll probably say that they are about 16 yrs old or something, haven't decided yet. That's all I'm going to say. I know it's a shameless plug to get people to read it but hey! Life's like that!

Anywho, even though this is the last chapter (and a rather short one at that, I've just noticed) I still love reviews (I thrive on them in fact…well not really) So please review!! Tell me what you think of the chapter, the story as a whole and all that! I really would appreciate it!

Thanx muchly!

Ta-Ta from the crazy one known as Stardragon!