Our Own Fairytale
Disclaimer: I do not own Card Captor Sakura. CLAMP does. Thank you for your time
Summary: Princess Sakura Kinomoto runs away from Japan to China, but trouble follows her. Coincidentally, the cold, cool Prince Syaoran Li rescues her and takes her in. What will Sakura do? And what becomes of Japan?
Rated: T - for teens (In later chapters, there is a lime. Please take precautions)
Setting: Modern time. Magic used. (IMPORTANT! Only people with royal blood can use magic)
Author Note: It's my 2nd official fanfic. I know it's my 2nd one…but please don't be harsh x[ I'm a sensitive person. I hurt easily and bruise like a peach!…I hope you enjoy.
Chapter 1: The Damsel in Distress
Once upon a time…there lived a Prince and a Princess…
The princess ran threw the dark, secluded streets of Hong Kong. Princess, you say? Yes, the princess of Japan, Sakura Kinomoto. It was only a matter of time. She can still hear the swift movement and sound of running. The sound of the hunter was heard behind her. She couldn't stop now!
.:Meanwhile:.
Syaoran Li, the only prince of China, and his cousin, Eriol were riding in one of the many Li limousines. Syaoran leaned his chin on his palm staring out the window.
"Syaoran, I'm really surprised. The princess of Cambodia was pretty to me. She could have been a beautiful wife, I think."
"Eriol, her looks aren't what interest me."
"Still… Aunt Yelan will scold you for declining the engagement"
Syaoran just rolled his eyes and saw a figure outside running. He just watched her suddenly fall onto the sidewalk, "WEI! STOP THE CAR!"
The car screeched and Syaoran walked out of the car, sword ready at his side. Eriol followed behind him.
Eriol noticed the woman and ran to her aid, "Miss…are you okay?"
Sakura tried holding herself up by her elbows as she looked up to see a person. She got up quickly and took two precautious steps back.
"We're not gonna hurt you, geez" Sakura was a little more scared from the guy with messy chocolate hair.
Then an unfamiliar man's voice came from afar, "Oh girlie… where are you? Come out, come out wherever you are!"
Sakura flinched and started to run again.
Syaoran caught her arm, "Oy!"
Sakura got more scared, "Please…let me go." She started crying.
Eriol sympathized, "Syaoran…we should help her out. The poor girl is scared to death."
The unfamiliar man with the unfamiliar voice finally came, "There you are girlie…come along now. I'm not gonna hurt ya"
Sakura struggled to run away.
Syaoran saw this and looked at the man with a weird-looking symbol that looked like devil wings on his shoulder pad, "What do you want?"
Sakura, surprised that someone was defending her, looked at him.
"Oh nothing at all, good sir. This is…my cousin's friend… and she ran away. I'm only here to bring her back"
Sakura grabbed Syaoran's hand that was holding her arm, "LIAR! Let me go!"
The man cursed, "Why you wench! We're going back now!"
He made a grab for her. Suddenly, a sword was aimed at his face.
Syaoran glared, "I don't think vulgarity was necessary" He pushed Sakura towards Eriol, "Watch her, Eriol"
Sakura already fainted from exhaustion by the time he passed her to Eriol.
"What do you want with the girl?"
The man cringed, "I already told you. She's my cousin's friend and I'm here to pick her up"
"She called you a liar. And why doesn't your cousin get her instead? Why don't you run along and no one gets hurt." He said not as a question, but a command.
"Don't get so cocky you bastard!" He threw a rock that Syaoran easily dodged. Syaoran made a swift movement at him and successfully gave him a small cut on his cheek.
"Leave my sight, and never come back!" Syaoran gripped his sword a little tighter and the blade caught on fire, obviously using magic.
The man got the picture and ran away in fear.
"Alright that's settled! Now what do you think we should do with the girl?" Eriol said as Syaoran turned around; as he turned his sword went back to its normal un-burning state.
Syaoran simply took out a cloth from his clothes and wiped the blood off of his sword, "Leave her…"
"What?! Syaoran, that's cruel! We should at least give her some shelter for the time being…She could die out here."
"You were the one that asked me what to do with her" He secured his sword back into its sheath.
Eriol just sighed and picked her up bridal style. Syaoran headed for the limo and Eriol followed suit. They sat in the limo and sped away.
"Syaoran, do you think she ran away from her home? And that guy was really trying to bring her back?"
"That maybe the case, but who would go home to that?" Syaoran retorted.
"You're right…that man was rather crude" Eriol took a good look at her, "But it's no wonder that guy wanted her back. She's a real beauty." He stroked her cheek gently and she moved slightly.
"Hey Syaoran, wouldn't it be nice if you could marry this girl? She's very pretty." Eriol winked at him.
Syaoran didn't even turn, just kept staring out the window, "Eriol, even if she is pretty doesn't mean she's pretty at heart. Plus, mother wouldn't allow a commoner."
"Yeah, whatever your highness!" Eriol rolled his eyes and said sarcastically.
The car stopped in front of a huge white mansion. The door opened for the boys, "Prince Syaoran, we have arrived."
"Thanks Wei" He stepped out of the car with Eriol and the unconscious Sakura behind him. Wei and other butlers got their luggage.
They walked up the steps into the huge mansion with Sakura in arms. In two lines left and right were lined up maids, "Welcome home, young master!"
At the end of the lines stood a beautiful woman and four ladies, two on each side, "Welcome home, my son."
Syaoran bowed, "I'm home, mother"
Eriol stood next to him and slightly bowed, "Good to see you again, Aunt Yelan.
The girls next to Queen Yelan squealed and surrounded Eriol, "That girl…she' soooo cute!"
The queen took a look at her and grew wide-eyed in an instant, but quickly hid her shock without anyone noticing, "Syaoran, who is this girl?"
"She was being chased by a ruffian."
Eriol continued, "We took her with us, because it didn't look like she had anywhere to go"
Queen Yelan nodded, "I see…take her to a room…I would like to have a talk with her myself."
Syaoran bowed and walked to a guest room. Eriol laid her down on the bed. Two maids assisted them as he ordered them to get her dressed in better clothes.
.:In Japan:.
The man that attacked Syaoran kneeled down on one knee bowing to a chair that faced the other way as he reported, "Akuma-sama…"
"You failed to bring back my fiancée!"
"A-Akuma-sama, the princess…was taken in by a Chinese man"
"That is your EXCUSE?! You were to bring her back no matter what the cost!"
"But S-Sire, he was armed with a sword and he equipped it with fire as well"
"…fire?" The man known as Akuma calmed, "It seems our little princess has sought shelter with the royal family of China." He smirked, "Very well, we shall see what our little princess does in the hands of the Li Clan"
"Hai Akuma-sama"
.:Next Morning:.
Sakura's eyes fluttered open. She noticed her surroundings of a beautiful room, decorated with nice pale pink walls.
She sat up, Where am I?
"You're at the Li Manor" answering her unspoken question.
Her head shot to the voice standing at the doorway. It was the same blue-haired man from last night. Her head shot down from shyness.
"Please, I'm not going to hurt you or anything…I'm Eriol Hiragizawa" He said politely.
Sakura nodded and looked back up, "Why am I here?"
"Well…the prince and I found you last night on the streets and took you in"
Sakura got out of bed and noticed her change of clothing. She turned around completely staring at her new clothes.
"The maids changed you…it would be uncomfortable to wear jeans and a coat to sleep in"
Sakura knew he referred to her attire she wore last night. Then two more maids came into the room, "Your majesty wishes to meet you, milady"
Sakura bowed and they came to her with a different change of clothing, one to wear in front of the queen.
Eriol waited for her to finish dressing, as he promised the queen he'd escort her since, someone (cough Syaoran cough) didn't want to.
She came out of the walk-in closet wearing a beautiful pale green spaghetti-strap dress that reached her knees. It stuck close to her upper body and loose from the bottom down. It was plain but it sure brought out her eyes.
Eriol smiled and offered his hand.
She blankly stared at it, unsurely and asked, "What are you doing?"
"Escorting a beautiful lady…" He complimented.
Sakura stared at the hand and looked back at him. After about 10 seconds of thinking, she took it slowly.
She bowed slightly and hooked her arm with his. Eriol led her to the room where the queen will be. The main door opened and you could hear the powerful, but gentle voice calling, "Come in"
Eriol bowed to Sakura and walked away, as she proceeded to enter.
Across the room sat the lovely queen of China, Queen Yelan. Standing next to her was her son, Prince Syaoran. Sakura bowed.
Yelan ordered, "Come here"
Sakura obeyed and stood next to the seat across from the queen.
"Please take a seat, child. Tell me, what is your name?"
She sat down slowly, "Sakura…" Sakura hesitated, "…Avalon…"
"Sakura…Avalon…" The queen said aloud "I am Queen Yelan, and this is my son Syaoran… you're accent is definitely Japanese. Do you reside from Japan?"
Sakura knew she couldn't hide that, "Yes"
"Syaoran…I would like to speak to Ms. Avalon…alone…"
Syaoran bowed and sped off to the exit in which Sakura entered.
"Your majesty…" Sakura was wondering what the queen had in store.
"Ms. Avalon…or should I say Sakura-hime…"
Sakura's eyes widened, "I don't know what you're talking about…"
"Please princess, there is no running from the truth…and this room is completely soundproof. You have your mother's eyes."
Sakura smiled, "Thank you…"
"Why are you here? Why has my son found you on the streets?"
"I'm sorry your majesty, but I cannot say. But please do not worry, I will leave as soon as possible."
"No, no, please stay as long as you like…"
"Thank you…but I couldn't…"
"You're too modest princess, please stay…" Her mood changed, "…I've heard of some rumors…of a wedding to be in Japan…he's a wondrous man, I hear."
Sakura's head lowered, but said nothing as the queen continued.
"I will do whatever in my power to keep you safe here. Of course, you will have the same daily schedule as you had in your country."
Sakura nodded and gave a weak smile, "Thank you, your majesty…umm, may I make a request?"
"Of course, what is it princess?"
"Please don't tell anyone that I'm the princess of Japan or that I am here—including my family…"
The queen looked at her for an explanation.
"It's to keep spies and others from finding me…please your majesty."
The queen nodded in approval, "I give my word"
.:Time Gap:.
Sakura walked everywhere, certain that she was lost. Sakura smiled when she found doors, but when it led to more doors she could almost cry.
"Where am I?"
She suddenly heard voices. It sounded like they were in a struggle of some sort. Sakura followed the noise until she came to a door with two people inside. One was Eriol and the other was Prince Syaoran. They were sparring. Eriol created fireballs and Syaoran was dodging them left and right. Sakura walked over to them and dodged one of the balls of fire that Eriol threw at Syaoran.
Syaoran turned to her rudely, "What are you doing in here? Can't you see we're in the middle of something?"
"I'm sorry…" Sakura shied away from the cold prince.
Eriol came over to her, "Please don't feel bad, he's like that with all girls…there's nothing to worry about…"
Sakura nodded, "Thank you Eriol-kun"
Eriol was surprised that she was bold enough to call him by his first name, instead of his surname, "Your welcome…miss?"
"Sakura…Avalon…"
"Ms. Avalon"
Sakura smiled and started to chat, "Call me Sakura. So you study magic?" She was staring at his hand with a fireball floating above it.
Syaoran, who watched the two, was getting quite annoyed, "Could you hurry up? I want to get back to training."
Sakura looked over to Syaoran and back to Eriol, "What kind of training?"
"Well, so far…Syaoran is dodging fireballs and now we should be moving on to swordsmanship…"
"May I watch?" Sakura asked.
"Sure…" Sakura walked to a bench and sat down as a girl would sit (legs crossed).
Syaoran drew his sword as Eriol went to the display of swords and chose a light sharp one.
Eriol faced Syaoran and made the first move and swung at him. Syaoran dodged easily, and swung low. Sakura kept a watchful eye of their moves. She kept complimenting them in her head saying, stuff like 'nice footwork' and 'good swing'. Then she saw Syaoran took a step towards Eriol and thrust the sword out as for as he could go. Sakura made a 'pfft' as to laugh but keep it in. The boys heard this and stopped.
Syaoran glared, "Is something funny?"
Sakura looked back at him and gave him a goofy smile, "Nope…"
"Was there a reason why you just laughed?"
"Not really…just you were too wide open…"
"Excuse me?"
"When you tried to stab Eriol, you were too open…Eriol is obviously trying not to hurt you…"
"What did you say?"
"Nothing…nothing at all…carry on" Sakura sighed.
Syaoran's ears were turning red, "If you think you're so great, come up here and fight me…let's see what you got!"
Sakura thought for a moment, "I'm sorry, I don't think I should…"
"What? Too chicken?" the prince blurted out.
"No!" Sakura was getting annoyed with his rude manners, "Fine!"
She got up and he finally noticed that she was in a dress, "Pfft, you're gonna fight me in that?
"What…I like it…besides…think of it as a handicap for you"
Syaoran just glared, who does this chick think she is?
Eriol handed her the sword, "Are you sure you know what you're doing?"
"Yeah…don't worry about it…" she said a little unconfidently.
Her stance was different from Syaoran's, but of course they had different styles and training. Eriol gave the signal to start and Syaoran made the first move. He swung at Sakura cautiously as she jumped out of the way, but her stepping was quite awful with the dress. She blocked another attack with her sword and ran to more space. She looked back over him and saw he was going to make the same move he did on Eriol. He made a successful move. He didn't stab her of course but knocked her sword across the room. She didn't panic, instead she was quite calm into seeing his open spot. He turned his sword over and tried stabbing her overhand. Instead of moving away like normal people would, she sped over to him used her arm to block him from bringing his arm down. She slipped her right arm over his arm that was trying to stab her and spun into his space. She made a sudden movement with her arm that temporarily paralyzed his arm and made him drop his sword. Before the sword could fall to the ground Sakura caught it and roundhouse kicked him while he was distracted. He felled to the floor and Sakura intentionally struck the sword in the ground between his legs.
"And I'm wearing a dress…" She leaned on the sword.
She held out her hand to him, "You're stronger than I expected…"
He reluctantly reached for her hand and countered with, "Of course I am!"
She smiled a smile that gave Syaoran a weird feeling in his chest. He shook it away when she took his hand.
"Thank you Prince Li"
He looked at her surprised, most girls at his school always call him Syaoran or Prince Syaoran, and those crude girls think they could just say his first name, even though they don't know him closely. They should be calling him highness, grace, and majesty! …or Prince Li…
Sakura stood up and walked towards the door.
Eriol took the sword that flew away, "That was surprising, huh Syaoran?"
"Yeah…"
"Who would've thought she had those kinds of skills"
"Yeah…"
"She totally had you! I mean, she was even wearing a dress."
Syaoran's vein popped out on his forehead, "I get it Eriol…just shut up"
"Touchy"
"Whatever" He picked up his sword and put it back in its sheath and left the room.
Eriol just smirked.
AUTHOR'S CORNER!
Jenn-chan: Welcome to AUTHORRRRRR'S CORNERRRRRR! I'm your host, Jenn-chan, the author of the newest story Our Own Fairytale. AND I shall interview a character from the story as a way to include more words!
(audience claps)
Jenn-chan: Thank you thank you! Today's guest will be…(picks a name out of a hat)
(drum roll)
Jenn-chan: Sakura Kinomoto!
(audience claps)
Sakura: Konnichiwa
Jenn-chan: So Sakura-chan, you get to be a princess and Syaoran a prince, eh? How do you feel when you two first met?
Sakura: Well…he was just plain rude…
Jenn-chan: But surely he might change his ways
Sakura: Well…I hope so…he shouldn't be so locked up.
Jenn-chan: Ne Sakura-chan…do you wanna know a secret about boys that lock themselves up like that? (wiggles eyebrows)
Sakura: Eh? You mean Syaoran-kun?
Jenn-chan: Yes…(whispers in her ear) (whisper whisper)
Sakura (blushes madly): R-Really?
Jenn-chan: YES! Especially when he locks himself up in his room…he definitely master-
Syaoran (grabs Jenn-chan by the collar) Don't dirty her with 'H' things! (starts dragging Jenn-chan away)
Jenn-chan: Wait wait! I'm not finished! Here's a preview of the next chapter!
NEXT TIME ON OUR OWN FAIRYTALE:
"Prince Li…" Sakura held a face of discomfort, that shook the prince a bit, "Ne…when I came to China, I saw a small place. It looked really fun, will you come with me?"
He looked at her confused, "Huh?!"
"Please?" She gave him an innocent look.
He sighed, "Fine…where is it?"
"It's a surprise!" She smiled brightly, "but first you'd have to dress warmly!"
"Eh?"
Jenn-chan (still being dragged off scene): This is my interview! This isn't over! Bring me back there! So help me Syaoran, I BITE!
Sakura (sweat drops): Well… I guess this concludes our Author's Corner…please COMMENT and stay tuned for the next chapter of Our Own Fairytale.
Jenn-chan: Bye-bee