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ChiChi's note: Yes that's right. I enjoy medieval times! I liked writing this chapter a lot and I hope you guys enjoy it! By the way I took some uh… advice? from Sunnflower and used Syaoran instead of Li. So there… I think I covered everything. Enjoy!

Chapter 1

Kinomoto Kingdom Annihilated

Tomoyo Daidouji stood on her balcony watching the townspeople run around completing all of their tasks. She was 16 years old, living in the Kinomoto palace with her cousins, princess Sakura and soon-to-be king Touya. Touya's coronation was tonight and every important person in the kingdom would be there. Sakura ran into Tomoyo's chambers, "Isn't it beautiful," she asked, referring to her dress.

It was an emerald green dress with bell shaped sleeves, and the hem of the dress was ankle-length. "It's gorgeous!" Tomoyo beamed.

Sakura looked outside of her window, "It looks so fun down there."

Tomoyo shrugged, "I want to go there sometime."

Sakura sighed and headed out of Tomoyo's chambers, "You know we're not allowed outside of the castle."

Tomoyo moved towards her bed and knelt down, pulling out commoner clothes from underneath. Sakura had already left, so now was the time to go. Even if living in a castle was a dream come true, Tomoyo still felt like something was missing. Maybe that thing was waiting for her in the village. She put the commoner's clothes on and snuck out.

…The village…

Tomoyo strolled through the village. There were many shops, and people. An old man tapped her on the shoulder, "Excuse me miss, would you like to buy some apples?"

"Oh yes please," Tomoyo dug into her pocket and pulled out a sac of gold coins.

"It's only 2 gold," he extended to her a juicy red apple.

Tomoyo looked down at the gold sac. She had at least 100 gold in there. She poured 50 gold out of the pouch and gave it to the man. She took the apple and smiled, "Have a nice day sir."

The man nodded his head, "You are too kind, young miss."

Tomoyo kept walking and took a bite out of the apple. She came to a field where many people were sword fighting. There was a young couple teaching each person how to fight, "You must work if you wish to be in the king's army," the man shouted.

The young woman approached Tomoyo, "You seem interested in sword art."

Tomoyo nodded. "Don't say much?" the woman tilted her head, "Oh well, doesn't matter. My name is Nakuru! And over there," she pointed at the man, "That's my honey Yukito!"

Nakuru was very energetic, "Are you going to the coronation tonight?" she continued before Tomoyo gave an answer, "I'm going! Yukito's a castle guard so we get to go. Isn't that cool?"

Tomoyo looked at Yukito. He was familiar; he almost looked like the soldier who was always with Touya. Yukito glanced at Tomoyo and came up to her, "You aren't supposed to leave the castle princess."

"I want to see the town," Tomoyo shook her head.

Yukito took her arm and dragged her to the castle, "I'm sorry your majesty, but it's for your own good."

Tomoyo ripped her arm away from him and ran through the village. She could hear Yukito running after her, calling her name, but his voice disappeared after a while. She turned the corner just to get out of sight and she ran into someone. They must have been running too, because the impact made Tomoyo fall backwards. "Owww!" the two of them shouted.

Tomoyo felt the weight of another person on top of her. "Sorry, I was not looking where I was going," Tomoyo apologized.

She opened her eyes and saw a upper-class boy with dark hair, cerulean eyes shielded by glasses. The boy blushed then rolled off of her. Tomoyo felt herself blush as well. "I apologize for that miss," he stood up and quickly bowed.

He helped her up and smiled, "Have we met?"

The boy did seem to some extent familiar, but she couldn't remember. "I'm sorry, I do not remember meeting you before."

"Hmm… You're right. I would have remembered someone as fair as you."

Tomoyo felt her face grow hot. "So what is your name?" he asked.

"My name is Tomoyo."

"My name is Eriol."

Tomoyo laughed, "Eriol Hiiragizawa?" he nodded, "I'm sure."

Eriol Hiiragizawa was very well known by all royalty. He was prince Syaoran's relative, and one of the best fighters in the Li Kingdom. "You don't believe me?" his eyebrows rose.

"Of course I don't. Everyone knows that he wouldn't come near a commoner, let alone speak to one."

"You don't seem like a commoner. What is your line of work?"

"I'm a pr…" Tomoyo stopped. Maybe she shouldn't tell him.

Eriol smiled, "You're a…"

"I'm a servant of princess Sakura," she lied.

"Oh, well let me escort you back to the palace then," and offered his arm to her.

She smiled and took it, "If you are Eriol, then I am very impressed."

…At the palace doors…

"Tomoyo!" Sakura came running down to her.

Tomoyo looked at Eriol. 'He'll suspect something if I don't bow down to her,' she thought. Tomoyo curtsied, "Good evening your majesty. I'm sorry I took so long in the village."

Sakura stopped and stared at Tomoyo with a confused look on her face. "Hello princess Sakura," Eriol bowed.

"Oh, hello um…" Sakura sighed, "I'm sorry I cannot remember your name sir."

"Eriol," he reminded, "I ran into your maid, and I escorted her back to the castle."

Sakura saw Tomoyo wink and smiled, "Yes, I sent her into the village to deliver a package to one of the castle guards."

Tomoyo nodded, then turned to Eriol, "Thank you for escorting me back to the castle sir," she curtsied.

Tomoyo then ran into the castle.

…Tomoyo's chambers…

Tomoyo changed back into her normal clothes and walked out onto her balcony. She leaned on the railing, "That was weird."

She looked down and saw Eriol and Sakura having a chat. She smiled a bit. 'Eriol was quite handsome, and he's such a gentleman,' she thought. She looked into the village. 'I should go there more often.'

…Palace doors…

Eriol looked up in the palace, and saw Tomoyo standing on the balcony. She saw him and ran back into her chambers. She wasn't wearing commoner clothes anymore, but they were clothes more like a princess'. "She's not a maid, is she?" he asked.

"Who Tomoyo?" Sakura asked, "No. She probably didn't trust you, so she lied."

"Meaning that I'll see her at prince Touya's coronation."

Sakura smiled, "You like her?"

Eriol shrugged, "Possibly."

…Tomoyo's chambers…

Tomoyo looked past the village. Very close to it was a large crowd of men and horses. An army. 'Our army must be patrolling the land.' She decided to go into the steam room.

…Throne Room…

Sakura entered the room and found Touya and king Fujitaka getting ready for battle. "Sakura, go hide," Touya ordered.

"What's going on?" Sakura demanded.

A soldier burst into the room, "They're attacking the village!"

"Did you see which army it was?" king Fujitaka enquired.

Sakura ran to the window, "They're wearing green armour."

"Li Kingdom," Touya growled. He looked at the two, "Sakura, do you guys have your bracelet?"

The princess looked down at her wrist. Sakura had a bracelet with a green orb. "Where's Tomoyo?" Fujitaka asked.

"I don't know father," Sakura cried.

They heard someone outside shout, "They've breached the castle gates!"

"Go hide, and if they find you, do not let them have your bracelets," Touya commanded.

Sakura ran and hid in the kitchen with the maids. The maids Chiharu, Naoko, and Rika were all huddling in the corner. They could hear the sound of people screaming throughout the castle. Sakura joined them. "Maybe they won't find us," Sakura whispered.

Sakura spoke too soon. A group of soldiers came marching into the room and seized all five of them. Two men, about the same age as all of them entered the room. One of them was most likely king Syaoran, king of the Li Kingdom. His cold amber eyes examined Sakura, then Tomoyo, then the maids. The other was Eriol. "We are here for the element orb," Eriol stated.

Each girl looked confused. Syaoran rolled his eyes and grabbed Sakura's arm. Eriol came closer to her and examined the bracelet on her wrist, "This is the one."

Syaoran ripped the bracelet off of Sakura's wrist and walked away dragging her with him. "Princess!" the maids screamed and tried to break out of the soldier's grip.

Syaoran turned and smirked at the maids, "Hiiragizawa, dispose of these girls if they do not posses another element orb."

Eriol started on the right, drew his sword, and held the tip against Chiharu's neck. "Please, I beg of you," Chiharu whimpered.

Eriol glanced at her wrist and pulled his sword back. "Close your eyes," Eriol commanded, "This will only hurt for a second."

Sakura looked away, but Syaoran forced her head in their direction. Chiharu closed her eyes. Tears were streaming from her face. Eriol swung his sword, and blood streaked across the room falling on the other girls' garments. Chiharu's head fell to the ground and her body dropped, sputtering blood all over. The three girls stared at the head in shock, then screamed. Sakura stayed silent though, instead she cried. She watched Eriol cut off Naoko and Rika's heads off as well, then he finally got to her. "You may leave," he dismissed the other soldiers, "Continue destroying the village."

Syaoran also continued to drag Sakura out of the castle. She tried to get away, but he picked her up and threw her over his shoulder. "Aren't you going to kill me?" Sakura asked.

Syaoran shook his head; "I need you alive in order to function the orb."

Sakura glared at him, "What do you want with the element orbs?"

"That's none of your business."

"Why?"

Syaoran frowned, "You ask too many questions."

…Steam room…

Tomoyo sat in the steam room, "Why are there people screaming?"

There was a lot of warm steam in the room. Tomoyo could barely see in front of her. She heard someone enter the room. Tomoyo looked down at her body. All she had on was a towel, and she would dislike it if someone would see her like that. "Is someone there?" Tomoyo called out.

"Tomoyo?" a deep voice asked.

"Touya! Get out!" Tomoyo shrieked.

"Everyone in the palace is dead," the voice said.

Tomoyo unwillingly came closer to the source of the voice, "Lies. Who are you?"

Someone touched her shoulder, and she whipped around, "Eriol!"

"Your highness."

"How did you know that I-"

"Princess Sakura told me."

"Where is she? What's going on?"

They heard footsteps coming, and Tomoyo continued shouting. "Princess, be silent," Eriol told her.

But she continued to shout at him. He placed his lips over hers, and heard footsteps on the other side of the room, "Sire, the Kinomoto Kingdom is demolished. King Fujitaka and prince Touya are dead, and king Syaoran had the element orb in his position."

Eriol felt tears on Tomoyo's face. He pulled away from her and gently covered her mouth with his hand, "Very well, you may leave."

The door closed and he removed his hand from Tomoyo's mouth. That was not how Tomoyo wanted her first kiss to go. She brought her hand up and smacked Eriol across the face. "Owww! I just saved your life! You should be grateful," Eriol shouted.

This was true, but Tomoyo wasn't going to prove him right. "Get out, I have to change," Tomoyo hissed.

"Fine," Eriol growled, "Until next time your highness."

Eriol strolled out of the room. Tomoyo grabbed her clothes and put them on she then wrapped a bracelet with a blue orb on it around her wrist.

…Outside of the kingdom…

Sakura was tied up sitting in a carriage across from king Syaoran. "Where are we going?" Sakura looked out of the window.

"My palace," Syaoran responded examining Sakura's bracelet.

"I wish Tomoyo was here," she murmured and leaned against the window.

"Who?" Syaoran questioned.

"That's none of your business," Sakura mimicked him from before.

…The village…

Tomoyo walked through the ruined territory. All the stores were set on fire, many dead corpses laid on the road, and the survivors wept over the deceased. She had only seen this kind of death once. A particular woman caught Tomoyo's attention. "Yukito! Yukito! Wake up!" she wailed.

"Nakuru!" Tomoyo ran up to her.

"They killed him!" Nakuru cried, "All he did was protect prince Touya."

Tomoyo patted her on the back, "I'm very sorry."

She looked away and recognized Touya's body lying on the ground. She approached the body, and noticed that Touya was still breathing. "Touya!" she kneeled down by his side.

"To-Tomoyo," he gasped for air.

There was a stab wound in his stomach. "Your bracelet… activate… with… the," he stopped and coughed out some blood.

"With what?" Tomoyo demanded.

"The golden sun," Touya closed his eyes.

"Wait Touya! I don't know how to do that!" Tomoyo shouted.

But Touya was already dead. Tomoyo took Touya's sword, "I'll avenge our kingdom, Touya."

Nakuru stood behind Tomoyo, "Then I shall teach you the sword."

Tomoyo stood up and accepted Nakuru's offer. She would take revenge for her kingdom, unlock the element orb's power, and would retrieve princess Sakura.

ChiChi's Note: Well yeah. There you go! Review please.