A/N Long time no update, right? Sorry! I've got tests coming up soon and it's hard to balance the two... Any ways, I'm trying to update more, and this story is coming to a close. Oh, and the wedding ritual is made up, since I have no idea how Japanese weddings go. It's from what I know of traditional weddings.

TAYLOR SWIFT ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ...Sorry random...

Chapter 7

The ride was long and so very worth it. The royal princess was my best friend AND cousin! How many people could boast that? Not that I was conceited, but I couldn't help but tell people with glee in my voice. I was so excited! I'm still so excited! Ahh! I wonder what wonderful clothes I'll get to wear! Wowzers!

The castle was massive! The gardens were exquisite! Oh I wonder what my room would be like! I don't think Sakura designed it. Oh, but her designs were so good!

When I stepped into the castle however, it was much better than the outside! But I had to do something about those dull maid's outfits, they were so... boring! These luxurious carpet, those gorgeous wallpaper designs! I was in design heaven!

I immediately asked the nearest servant where the princess was. She gave me a strange look but told me any ways. Should she have done that? It must be because I was allowed into the palace.

I ran around, asking maids where I should go, I almost got lost, there were so many hallways and doors! It was hard to navigate. I soon found myself in Sakura's white room, I would have to do something about that. But my mind was sidetracked severely.

Sakura was miserable here. I was living under the same roof as her and she was never like this! Some thing is terribly wrong. And there's only one thing that it could be.

She was missing him.

Her heart has been torn in two and that happy shimmer in her eye is gone. I immediately walked straight back out of the room and RAN to the study, where both monarchs were sitting, talking over the rise in crop produce this year.

"HOW COULD YOU NOT NOTICE!?!?"

"Notice what, honey?"

"YOU'RE DAUGHTER IS MISERABLE! SHE HATES THAT SHE CAN'T BE WITH SYAORAN!"

"But she is always so happy!"

"SHE'S FAKING IT! SAKURA IS A CARING GIRL! SHE DOESN'T WANT TO HURT YOU!"

"That is not the point, she is engaged."

"WITH WHOM!?"

"Calm down! I'm sure she will tell you later."

I stormed out of the room. The nerve of them! They care about their reputation and keeping the royal blood 'pure' more than their own daughter, whom they had just found, alive and well! I would have thought they would have been happy, that they would have fought to keep her happy! Does 13 years not have anything to do with anything any more?!?

I rushed back to Sakura's room and swiftly gave her a huge hug. We spent the next few minutes in this comforting embrace. She cried into my top but I didn't care. When she had cried her fill, I took her to my mother. She has been a far better mother to Sakura than the Queen has! Pardon me if that last comment was treason! Know what? I don't even care any more!

Normal POV

-Study-

Nadeshiko watched as Tomoyo ran from the room. She wondered if the girl actually held some truth in her words. Maybe she didn't know her daughter well enough to judge whether she was happy or not. But still, their reputation was important, it had taken years to achieve, and she would not let her child ruin it.

In a distant land somewhere...

A young male with golden amber eyes and dishevelled chocolate brown hair was sitting in front of a fire. The room seemed comfortable, and yet he could not find peace. Syaoran stood by a window, he watched pink petals rain down on the regal garden below. In the next two weeks, his family would be preparing to go to a wedding, it was important they go, to resume their friendship with the neighbouring kingdom, they were each other's most powerful allies.

He sighed, for there was nought for him to do without Sakura.

Two weeks later...

Sakura was standing in front of three mirrors, each showing her red and gold dress in a different angle. Her hair was up in a fancy top knot, but as she was led out towards the alter, her beautiful emerald pools shed a single tear. She wiped it away and a cold stoic face replaced her forlorn look. It was time to meet her new husband.

She slowly walked with her hands by her sides. She looked up and saw a young man dressed in blue and silver ceremonial robes. He was handsome, his hair and unruly black, and his eyes a dark amber, a lot darker than Syaoran's warm golden hue. She gasped to herself. He was familiar, her eyes widened as she saw him as the boy that lived next door to her when she was living in that small town. He smirked.

She remembered his cocky face, his arrogant smirk, she remembered how he always thought he was better than anyone else. She felt an anger as she remembered how he had always assumed she had a crush on him, simply because she went red when ever he provoked her. He always mistook it as a blush, and that was how he was taking it now. His smirk widened and she felt like punching him in the face.

The ceremony started and they turned to bow to his parents, then to hers, then a final bow to the audience. As Sakura looked up from the low bow, the audience bowed back, and two pairs of eyes met.

Amber and Emerald. Syaoran. Sakura stood up with the man beside her, but, instead of going back to the alter, to tie the knot, she ran, straight to Syaoran. She knocked him over and Zhao Meng's eyes darkened.

A dark ball of lightning encased the hall and Sakura stood up, with her staff in her hand, Syaoran drew his sword and MeiLin and Tomoyo's staffs were summoned. Every set of cards glowed and The Fly, The Jump, The Power, The Fight, The Song, The Dash, The Voice, The Libra joined each master/ mistress.

The cards glowed brighter and The Windy, The Watery, The Freeze, The Firey, The Snow, The Earthy, The Wave, The Light and The Dark, The Wood, The Rain, The Flower, The Thunder,The Storm, all floated into the air and four different magical circles appeared on the floor, and all the floating cards were absorbed into each of them, they will find that they could now control the elements without the need of the cards, controlling them like they had learnt on that fateful morning in the forest.

Unknown to the four manifesting power, there was a big power ball forming in Zhao's hands, he hurled it at them and the shadow and lightning fizzled in the air as it flew through the air.

It was going to hit before the ritual was done, and the cards will go into chaos.

A/N OMG!!!!! What's going to happen??? Check out this chapter huh?!? Sorry it's so short! SOO SORRY!!!!

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