Chapter 1 LIFE IN THE END
Author's notes: This a story about Sakura and Syaoran each, disguised as their opposite gender, to run away from their problems. I got his idea after reading some of the "Sakura changes to a guy" stories..and like their school play in season one, when Syaoran was a princess and Sakura was the prince. But..newayz, plz R+R minna-san!
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A guy of 18 years old, dressed in a green Chinese robe, He swung his sword furiously at his opponent. To any other people, it was extremely skilled, and good, but to Yelan Li, his mother, it wasn't nearly even qualified. She stared at him in disappointment.
He finally beat his opponent to the ground, with his sword inches from his throat. He threw the sword away, and walked over to his mother. He bowed and wiped the sweat off his face, while waited impatiently for Yelan Li's comment. She threw a sword at him, he almost lost grip, but he caught it. He looked at her tiredly.
"What was that Syaoran?! A monkey show?! It hasn't even reached the standard… you need much more practice. The tournament is coming up in 3 weeks. I do not care if you have to practice 24 hours every single day, you better come back fighting the way you're supposed to!" she said angrily to him, and walked away. Her long smooth black hair swung from side to side as she walked away from the training room. Syaoran stared at the ground angrily. He threw his sword to the side. A Green aura surrounded him. His eyes flickered in anger. He gritted his teeth, and stomped hard at the ground. The whole room shook.
He grabbed his sword, and swung furiously in the air. What does that woman what from me?! Nothing's ever good enough. I wish I didn't have to live like this, always trying to master my moves to please my mother. I can't do this! He thought angrily.
A dark blue haired guy of Syaoran's same age, with sapphire blue eyes, and a mysterious sweet smile placed on his lips. He titled his head to a side, as he observed his best friend swinging his sword angrily. He smirked.
"Why so angry, Syao-kun?"he asked.
"You know why, Eriol-kun, so don't ask!" Syaoran said, annoyed by Eriol.
"Just make sure you don't break everything in here…it looks like an earthquake just hit this place," Eriol said playfully. Syaoran glared at Eriol with his horrid amber eyes.
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Syaoran slowly opened his eyes. It was morning, and he had fallen asleep while training. He sat up and grabbed his sword. He heard his mother's foot steps come near the room. He quickly shot up, and started to train. Yelan came into the room. She knew that her son hasn't been training the whole night. She glared at Syaoran, maybe that's where Syaoran inherited his glares from. He looked down, and continued.
"Clean up, and go meet me at the lobby, we have guests," Yelan said quietly, and left. Syaoran walked up to his room, and was met by an energetic girl, with long black hair and ruby red eyes.
"Meiling…I'm not in the mood for this," Syaoran said, trying to flick his cousin off of him. Meiling pouted.
"I hate this, I wish I wasn't living in the clan, and was named LI Syaoran, Mother always expect so much from me, I just can't do it, that's just a fact," he said.
"No, that's not a fact, but you just don't want to, you could do it if you really wanted to, but you don't, that's why you can't do it, because you don't want to do it," Meiling said. Syaoran rolled his eyes. He motioned Meiling out the room, so he could change.
He walked into the lobby politely, and shook hands with the guest.
"This is my son, Syaoran," Yelan said politely to the man.
"Well, I heard you're going to be in the tournament, I'm sure you're highly skilled," he said. Syaoran didn't say anything.
"He has much more training to do before he can participate," Yelan said.
He chatted with Yelan, while Syaoran sat and yawned. He noticed the man carried a bag with him, something fuzzy was showing. He thought curiously.
"Mother, may I go back to my training now?" Syaoran asked. Yelan nodded. He then turned to the man.
"Why don't I take that bag for you, and put it somewhere, so it won't take up so much space?" Syaoran asked, the man smiled, and handed it to him.
"What manners your boy has," he said to Yelan. She smiled. *author's notes: ya usually a rich person wouldn't do those stuff, they'd usually get a servant to hang coats and stuff, but oh well…=P*
Syaoran carried the bag into the hall. He carefully, opened it, and saw a long blonde haired wig along with lot's of other wigs. He looked at it curiously. It looked so ridiculously funny, he took it out to examine, but a servant passed by, and he quickly stuffed it in his pocket. He looked inside the bag again, and closed it, he put it beside the coat hanger, forgetting about the blonde wig he stuffed into his pocket.
He walked out into the garden and when he thought nobody was looking, he wanted to escape and run away from the clan. Suddenly, a servant past by. *Author's notes; oops…did I forget to mention that Syaoran was very rich?..* Syaoran walked away.
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That night, he was going to change into a new robe, when the wig fell out. He suddenly remembered. He stared at it, and an idea came to mind. He walked in front of the mirror, and placed the wig on his head. It covered his chocolate brown hair. He sneaked into Meiling's room, while she was away. He took some of her clothes. He put on a dress, and the wig. He looked into the mirror, and saw himself like a girl. He cracked a smile. He tiptoed into the hall with a bag. Suddenly somebody came around. He looked around frantically.
"Who are you?" the shadowy figure said, it was Eriol. Syaoran sighed of relief.
"Eriol, it's me…Syaoran," Syaoran said. Eriol's eyes widened.
"SSSHH….i have to runaway from this place..i hate it here! This is the best disguise, take care," Syaoran said quickly. Eriol nodded, and led him to the yard, pretending he was his guest. Yelan spotted them and curiosity swept over her. *Author's notes; I'm so sorry I'm forgetting bout the details, Eriol lives with Syaoran, they're cousins.*
"Eriol…who's she?" Yelan asked.
"S-She's…my friend she came over to visit me from England, I met her when I studied there," Eriol said nervously. Yelan raised an eyebrow, but shrugged and walked away.
"Phew.."Syaoran sighed. Eriol glared at him. Syaoran sweatdropped.
"well…I'm off…I can finally leave this place!!" He whispered excitedly, he said goodbye to Eriol, and went off.
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"uh oh…where am I going to go?" Syaoran said to himself, as he scratched his head.
Meanwhile all that was happening, At the kinomoto's residence:
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A girl with medium long auburn hair, and Emerald eyes, yawned as she listened to her teacher for ballet lessons. She hated ballet, she'd rather go out and play sports with the other people. She hated being rich, because people always looked at her like she came from a different world. Everyday she comes home, everything is done for her. Her meals were prepared, her clothes were made, her activities were arranged for her. She rolled her eyes, as her teacher continued to lecture about the history of ballet. She looked at her golden framed watch, with rubies inside. Two more minutes to go! She counted in her head.
Finally it was over. Next was her math tutoring lessons. She groaned. Not another lesson! She thought. She got to the math tutoring room, and went up to the teacher.
"*cough cough* I'm sorry Sana-san, I cannot have lessons today, because I am sick, I regret not informing you earlier, but I've been rather busy," Sakura lied. Sana-san, her math tutor looked at her disapprovingly, but nodded.
"very well, I hope you'll be better next class, and don't forget about the homework," she said, and left. Sakura rolled her eyes. She walked out into the garden, and danced around in the spring flowers.
She sneaked out into town, and she roamed around the streets. She had to return in an hour because she'd surely be found. She saw a girl of her same age in a small store selling stuff. Sakura walked in.
"Do you own this store?" Sakura asked.
"No, it's my grandmother's, but today she's sick, so I'm taking care of it, but you wouldn't understand, you're of the richer people, you wouldn't have to work, I admire you," The girl said. Sakura didn't know what to say, so she smiled, and left. She wished she could have the freedom of the other people, and how it feels to prepare everything for herself. Maybe I should try living like this, I certainly do not like the way my life is now….if only I could. I know father and brother would definitely not let me do so She thought to herself, and surely if she were to escape, she'd be found, since there was only one Sakura kinomoto, and people will be sent to find her. She sighed. She looked up at the limitless sky. Drew in a breath of fresh air, and walked back to her mansion.
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"Sakura, dear how was your day?" Fujitaka, her dad, asked with a smile, as they ate dinner.
"It was fine," Sakura replied, stuffing food in her mouth
"That's not how a girl with manners should eat, kaijuu," Touya, her older brother said. Sakura turned red, and glared at her brother.
"Both of you, stop it, let's have a decent dinner," Fujitaka said. Sakura stopped, but still glared at him time to time. Touya mumbled, "kaijuu"
The next day, Sakura woke up. Her hair was messed, and she had overslept.
"HOOEEE!!!" Sakura screamed.
"I'm LATE!!!!!!!" She screamed, getting up to get ready.
"Calm down, Sakura-chan" Tomoyo, her best friend said, as she came into her room.
"Tomoyo-chan, what are you doing here?" Sakura asked confusedly.
"Did you forget, today is Saturday, and you invited me to come over," Tomoyo said. Sakura sweat dropped.
"I forgot…."she said. Tomoyo smiled. Tomoyo giggled at Sakura.
"You look like a boy….i don't think I could've recognized you," Tomoyo laughed. Sakura whacked Tomoyo with her pillow playfully. Suddenly she stopped. She stared at the mirror. A boy? She couldn't recognize me? Sakura suddenly thought. Her mouth slowly curved into a smile.
"TOMOYO-CHAN, YOU JUST GAVE ME AN IDEA!!" Sakura squealed in delight. Tomoyo looked confused.
"You know I always wanted to runaway and live like the others, right?" Sakura said. Tomoyo nodded slowly.
"WELL, I couldn't because daddy would find me, but if I dress up as a boy, they wouldn't recognize me!!!" Sakura said happily. Tomoyo looked at Sakura like she was crazy.
"A BOY?! Sakura-Chan, that's ridiculous," Tomoyo said.
"But that's the only way, besides I just want to take a little break from all those arranged activities," Sakura rolled her eyes. Tomoyo laughed.
"Here, help me, I'm going to escape tonight!" Sakura said with a big smile.
The whole day, Sakura rummaged through Touya's old clothes, trying to find one that fits.
"HOoee…these are all so humongous!!" Sakura sweat dropped at the big clothes. Tomoyo's eyes lit up like stars.
"NO need to worry..I'll make you one!!" Tomoyo said starry-eyed. She held up her camera.
"I can film Sakura-Chan as a boy!!" Tomoyo said. Sakura sweat dropped.
Sakura tied her hair up into a tight bun, and put a hat over it. She didn't want to cut her hair. Tomoyo made Sakura a pair of boy clothes, and Sakura put it on. She looked at herself in the mirror. She could blend in a little easier now.
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That night, after everyone went to sleep, she crept out of bed, and sneaked out quietly. Tomoyo met her at the main entrance. They hugged, and Sakura ran into the town. She looked at the scary streets. She shivered at the cool breeze, but she kept walking. Since her house was very far away from the village, it takes a day of walk to reach it. She wasn't sure where to go.
She found a small motel and decided to check in. She got up to the room, and she stood there, staring in horror.
In front of her was an extremely small room, rusty walls, and the beds seemed like they were going to fall apart. She sighed.
Well, it's just for the night she thought. She grew tired, so she slumped onto her bed.
She fell asleep…at the middle of the night. Suddenly "HOEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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Author's notes: ok…is it good? It sounded pretty strange to me, when I re-read this, but o well…ehehe…plz review!!!