Hey guys! I'm back for chapter 2! Oh, in my first chapter, if you guys hadn't noticed, there's a slight mistake when I was describing Sakura's 'house'. At the end of the sentence, I only wrote Kinomoto, without the Sakura. lol, I'm sorry! It was actually my reviewer who noticed that haha! Thanks, 'Butterfle'. Oh, here are the reviewers I wanna thank so MUCH:

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When Love Is Meant To Be--Chapter 2: Runaway

Palace-Syaoran

"Your Highness, your hot bath is ready," the royal servants said to their prince, as Syaoran enters his bedroom.

"Thank you. You may leave now."

He was dazed. Happy. Accomplished. He finally made friends with someone outside the palace. Before this, he never had the chance to talk to anyone beyond the royal gates.

"Your Highness?" a voice broke his chain of thoughts.

Syaoran turned behind. Not surprised, he saw his faithful guard, Eriol, standing before him.

"Yes, Eriol-kun?"

"Your Highness, I have bad news for you," Eriol told Syaoran, softly.

"Her Majesty found out about your going to the peasants' place, and she got really angry. She forbids you to go there ever again. I am also replaced. You will get another guard, and I'll be taking charge of the kitchen doors. I came to say goodbye."

"W-HAT? This can not happen! Not going there anymore? Not having you anymore? This is just too crazy! I'm seeing her at once," Syaoran raged, clenching his fist.

He stormed out of his bedroom, heading straight to the grand hall, where his mother would be.

"Wait! Your Highness!" was all Eriol could say.


Grand hall

'SLAM!' The door flew wide open.

"Mother, how could you?! I won't want anyone except Eriol-kun, and I have all rights to go wherever and whenever I want! You can't stop me from doing all that!" he cried out loud and furious.

"You lied to me, telling me about buying slaves? I shall never trust you again. Besides, I have every right to stop you from doing so. You are my son, and I care about you. How can I let your pure hands touch the filthy air of that…that place? You can get kidnapped. You can be killed. Who would take over the throne when your old father is dead and if you're dead as well? I rather have you spending your time wisely with the people of our status," she said, saying the word 'place' with such disgust.

"You call that caring about me?! The people are not filthy. There's no way that you can stop me. Besides, I don't care. I'm having Eriol-kun with me. You can never take him away from me," he answered back.

"Hand in your wand, and the magical dust. Those had caused us many troubles already. Guards!" she ordered.

Two guards came rushing in.

"Take the bag of transporting dust and the wand off his pocket," she commanded.

They bowed down in respect, and moved towards Syaoran, ready to get hold of him. Before they could do anything, Syaoran took out some dust off his pocket, sprinkled them over himself, and muttered the same words, which he did before.

"Goodbye."

He vanished off into thin air. The queen gasped in shock and was very much taken back.

"Your Majesty, what should we do now?" the guards asked.

Then she smirked.

"Take that kid, Eriol, to the dungeons. After that, I'll be sending the two of you off to that filthy place on earth. Search for your prince and bring him back. Drag him if you need to. If he doesn't want to, tell him that his faithful guard is waiting for him in the royal dungeons."


Sakura's shabby hut

Sakura reached the entrance of her home. She saw her father sitting at a corner, and she ran towards him, showing him the bag of gold coins.

"Papa, look, papa! I've got some money! Does this help?" she asked hopefully.

Looking up at Sakura with tired eyes, he replied, "It's no use, dear. There's only two days left and it's quite impossible to get that huge sum of money. From this day onwards, keep on guard. You might never know what those people would do. Always stay near Touya."

Sakura kept quiet. A few minutes later, her brother came back.

"Otto-san, she's not anywhere arou—" he stopped when he saw Sakura.

"Where have you been? I've been searching for you all over the place! Do you know how worried we were?!" he questioned her.

"I'm sorry," was her small reply.

"Touya, stop scolding her. She was just trying to help. Why don't you both eat your dinner? It's getting late. Though I'm afraid it might not be enough for two of you, but bear with it, please," he said, apologetically.

"Papa, come eat with us," Sakura offered.

"No, it's alright. Just go ahead without me," he said, walking out of the hut, into the dark night.

Sakura and Touya looked at their father as he walks away and soon, he was out of sight. Walking towards the corner to their food, Touya and Sakura sat on the hard floor. Their dinner can hardly be called dinner. The bowl of rice was only quarterly filled up, and their only dish is cold soup. The soup was made out of a few cabbage leaves, but that was all. The two siblings then said their prayers, thanking the gods for providing them food, and asked for guidance and blessings. After that, they both ate their meals quietly.


The next morning

"Touya! Help me with this!"

Fujitaka came back with a boy in an unconscious state on his back. Touya rushed over, removing the load off his father's back. Sakura was still asleep at that time of the day.

"Otto-san, where were you last night? Why are you bleeding?" Touya asked, shocked.

Before Fujitaka could answer, the boy whom he brought home began to stir.

"Young man, are you alright? What were you doing out there in last night, all alone? You could have been beaten to death! Where is your home?" Fujitaka questioned the boy.

He didn't answer. A small grunt was heard at a corner of the hut.

"Papa, who is it? Are we having guests over? Why are they here this early?"

Sakura got out of her sleeping spot and walked over to her father and brother. It was then, when she realised. Her eyes widened.

"Papa! You're bleeding!"

Her head turned to the boy beside her father.

"Kenzura-kun?"

"Sakura? You know this kid?" Touya asked.

"I met Kenzura-kun last evening when I was selling the bracelets to help papa get some money," she replied.

Syaoran just stared back at them.

'Why am I here?'


"Take the bag of transporting dust and the wand off his pocket," the queen commanded.

The guards bowed down in respect, and moved towards Syaoran, ready to get hold of him. Before they could do anything, Syaoran took out some dust off his pocket, sprinkled them over himself, and muttered the same words, which he did before.

The world around him started spinning and suddenly, a flash of light blinded him. When Syaoran opened his eyes, he was on an empty, dusty street, with the streetlights flickering red. A few drunkards appeared in front of him, swinging their half-emptied beer bottles like mad men, singing while dancing. They then noticed someone watching them.

"Hey li'l scum, wadda' ya' lookin' at?"

"Isn't that the prince?"

"It is?"

"Hell yea'! What is he doin' in our kinda' clothes?"

"Tryin' to insult us, kid?"

"C'mon, let's teach 'im a lesson!"

They charged at him, like bulls seeing red. Their sudden movements shocked Syaoran. He tried avoiding them, fighting back only a little, as he did not want to end up hurting his own people. Syaoran did somersaults in the air, causing them to crash into the tree behind him. His martial art classes did come into use after all. The glass bottles in their hands shattered, leaving dangerously sharp edges on what's left of the bottle. Furious, they grasped their new weapon and attacked him once more. Syaoran felt helpless, as Eriol wasn't at his side, and he was alone, against three dangerous men.

A few minutes later, a man was seen walking on the same street. His eyebrows were arched into a deep frown and he was probably in deep thoughts. Hearing a raucous noise coming from the village's old tree, he looked up. There, he saw a young man bleeding, with three men assaulting him continuously. Thinking that the young man would be beaten to death, he picked a plank of wood lying on the ground and rushed over to aid him. The three drunkards, seeing a man approaching them with a wood in his hand, turned their focus on him instead. They charged at him all at once, but he was unexpectedly skilled.

He clobbered one drunkard's head with the wood, leaving him unconscious. Leaving the plank of wood on the ground, he turned around, and gave a blow to the second man's head with his steady fist. Suddenly, he felt pain crushing his back as the third man struck him with the wood, which he left on the ground a moment ago. He fell hard, but restored himself within seconds. Then, he tripped his victim and left him there, who was pleading not to get hurt. The man ignored. He turned his back, and saw the young man lying unconsciously under the tree. He walked towards him, picked him up onto his back, and started to head for home.

"Poor thing," he muttered under his breath.


"Kid? Are you there? My father just asked you a question," Touya said.

Stammering, Syaoran replied, "Uh..I..I..don't have..a home."

Syaoran could not tell them that he's their prince. He knows that his mother would send the guards to search for him, and they might hurt anyone who's suspected in hiding him. He must leave this family as soon as possible. He could not let his great people get hurt unreasonably.

"I..I.." his voice trailed off.

'Thud!'


That's the end of chapter 2! How was it? Is it too short?? -gasp- Now now, move your cursor to the left, and press that little purple button which says, 'submit review'. LoL! Please do. I want to know what you think of it. If there's any part that you guys don't understand, you can always mail me, or you can put it on your reviews too. Please and thank you :D I'll be busy this weekend, so I might take a longer time to update chapter 3, okay? Till then, see ya! -hugs and kisses-