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"........." – Talking
'.........' – Thinking
- Scene change
(A/N: .........) – Author's notes
......... - Flashback
A Royal Love Chapter 10, The Ball"Ying-fa! Where have you been? You were supposed to be at the fitting at least fifteen minutes ago!" a very disgruntled Tomoyo dragged at the auburn haired woman before her into her chambers. "This is late even for you!"
"Sorry Tomoyo, I was training with Syaoran and we lost..." Ying-fa was nearly torn out of her training garb and into the dress she would be wearing at the ball in only two days.
"LI-KUN!?!? Why didn't you say so?" Tomoyo instantly stopped what she was doing and smirked evilly at her friend. "You don't have to explain Ying. Had I not been engaged to Eriol, I would be after him as well."
"TOMOYO! How many times must I tell you? He is my friend. I have no feelings what so ever for him........." 'I think' the last part was meant only for Ying-fa's ears.
"Oh Ying-fa. When will you realise that love cannot be fought? You must embrace it! You must accept it! You must.........Do you think the gold ribbon or the lace would look better on the hem?" Tomoyo was easily distracted when she noticed the bottom of Ying-fa's gown looked too plain for her liking.
'Thank god that the only thing she's more hyper about than the whole 'me and Syaoran' thing is the 'me in her outfits' thing' Ying-fa sighed. "The gold thread, but why does the bottom need to be fancy?"
"Oh Ying-fa. It's for your grand entrance down the stairs on Prince Syaoran's arm! People will bow to both of you, and you don't want them thinking your gown hem is plain, do you?"
The door burst open and Meilin ran into the room. "TOMOYO!!!!!!! You'll never believe what Aunty Yelan........." Meilin paused from her ranting when she saw Ying-fa standing in her gown. "Ying-fa!!!!!! You look absolutely adorable!!"
"How come my friends can't say anything except how kwaii I look?" Ying-fa cried out. "What were you trying to say anyway Meilin?"
"OH! I nearly forgot! Tomoyo, Aunty Yelan is making the ball a masque! Can you believe it, a MASQUE!"
"A masque eh? Well I do have some left over fabric, and if I send Eriol to pick up some of that.........yes I think I can do it" Tomoyo momentarily forgot about her friends as she planned to make them their masks that would fit them, and their gowns, perfectly.
"Run Meilin, RUN!!! She's scheming! Run for your life, it's to late for me, but go and save yourself!" Ying-fa urged her ruby-eyed friend to make a dash for it, but Meilin actually wanted Tomoyo to make her a mask, she didn't trust anyone else.
King Fujitaka and his son calmly walked up to Queen Yelan upon arriving at the Li's palace. "Greetings Cousin, and many thanks for inviting us to your grand ball" he bowed calmly and respectfully to his fellow ruler. "Allow me to introduce my son, Prince Toya who will one day rule in my stead (A/N: basically Toya is the heir to the throne)."
"Domo arigatou, Cousin, and to you too Prince, for coming to welcome my son home. I'm afraid he's off somewhere at the moment, but he should be here soon" Yelan silently fumed at her son for being so rude and not coming to welcome the guests. "May I introduce my fine daughters, Fuutie, Farren, Femei and Sheifa." Each girl bowed deeply when they were introduced, and each couldn't help but notice how cute the Prince looked, with his dark eyes and hair, and that look of indifference donning his very handsome features.
"Welcome cousin, its so mice to meet you" the girls chimed in unison, waiting for the perfect chance to glomp on Toya when their parents left the vicinity.
"I'm afraid my son and I must request your leave to unpack our gear and get some rest. It has been a long journey for us" Fujitaka noticed the small gleam in the four princesses' eyes, and the growing fear from his son and decided to save the boy.
"Go rest Cousin. Servant! Show our guests to their room" Yelan delicately dismissed the king and went off to complete her work in her study, at least until another guest arrived.
"Milady? Your highness? I'm afraid there has been some mistake, for I cannot find the King and Prince of the Kinomoto kingdom on your list" a scribe waited for the two royals to leave and the queen to turn for her study before addressing this small problem.
"That's odd, for they received an invitation and it is the same list I gave out the heralds" Yelan reached for the list to see if maybe she could find the names. Lightly skimming her eyes down the parchment, she felt a quick flash of an aura, to quick to really notice it, and noticed the names somewhere in the middle. "There they are, you must have missed it" being curious about the flash of magic she felt, but having no evidence than a quick feeling, that was almost to quick to be noticed, she dismissed it.
"My Lady, I'm so sorry. I read through the list at least five times, and still could not see it. Forgive me" the servant bowed so low that he was at risk of falling over once he had the list securely back in his hands.
"Forgiven. Now inform me at once if any other guests arrive, and get Wei to find my son and tell him that he missed the arrival of some of his guests".
Syaoran was locked in one of the many training rooms, relieving some pent up energy. Never before had he actually made time to train. At the academy it was expected of everyone to be out training from dawn until dusk with scattered lessons in between. Now, at the castle, nothing was too expected of him except to be courteous and know how to manage the kingdom, which as it turns out was a full-time job. His mother took him into her study often and gave him some of the kingdoms records to look over. Finances, treaties, trading, defence, it went on and on and each was more boring than the next. Thank god for simple pleasures, like beating the hell out of a practice dummy or spending the day with a beautiful green-eyed angel.
Ying-fa and he had been spending a lot of time together. Whether it was training, or simply talking in the shade of the cherry blossom trees, any time spent in her company was worth more than his weight in gold. Which brought him to another reason he had gone through five stuffed dummies in the past hour. His mother wanted him to marry soon. She hadn't said it directly, besides the time when she asked him to find an escort for the ball, but Syaoran wasn't stupid, he could read between the lines.
Syaoran couldn't imagine a life with any woman at his side, unless that woman was Ying-fa. How would he be able to look at any creature and fall in love with it when he had Ying-fa? How could he be expected to look upon a woman everyday for the rest of his life that wasn't Ying? How could he be a good father to any child not born of the woman he loved now? How could he? It would be murder to him. Then there was also the fact that Ying-fa was highly sought after for a bride. Most ladies her age were married or engaged. How could he give his blessings to a man who Ying-fa wished to marry? He'd do it because it would make Ying-fa happy, that's why.
'No matter how much it kills me. If Ying loves someone more than me, then I have no choice but to make her happy.'
"Toya? Are you decent?" Fujitaka wished to talk to his son before he gave himself a tour of the grounds.
"Hai out-san. Come in" Toya's voice floated from the other side of the door, giving his father permission to enter.
In through the door came the King and into the regally decorated room to where his son was sitting with his friend. The four-poster bed, with velvet blue curtains, sagged under the weight of the prince as he sat facing Yuki, who sat in a chair near the window.
"OH! Yukito! I was not expecting to see you" Fujitaka was only slightly surprised to see the grey haired boy.
"Your Highness" Yukito stood up and bowed "Toya and I were just catching up. We haven't seen each other for at least a whole summer. Do you wish to talk to Toya privately?"
"Yes Yukito, would you mind stepping outside for a moment?"
"It's no problem your Highness, I had better go check on someone at the moment anyway" the young man stepped outside the door and instantly berated his other half. "Yue! You can't just go around trying to get out like that! Especially not around people who don't know anything about the power of the cards!"
The stern voice of Yue wafted from somewhere in his head replying "Yukito, that man has the same aura as Clow Reed. That man must be a reincarnated form of our former master!"
"Yue, we both know that Eriol is the reincarnated form of Clow Reed, Kinomoto-sama couldn't be him! Besides, we have to check on Ying-fa now. You tell her about Kinomoto-sama, and I don't care if we're the same person, I'll rip your wings off!" With that, Yukito started down the hallway in search for the Lady. Back inside the room, the two royals were clueless to the fight going on right outside the door.
"Toya, are comfortable here?" the father was slightly worried for his son for he himself had a strange feeling. It was not a bad feeling or anything, just a feeling that wouldn't be ignored.
"Hai Otou-san, there's just this... nademonai" Toya shook off the feeling as well, after all, his father didn't have his sight.
"That's good to hear. I'll be out exploring the grounds, don't cause too much trouble"
The sun was shining as King Fujitaka wandered aimlessly around the Li's gardens. He had met several other nobles and royals who were, like him, getting a feel for where they were staying and enjoying the wonderful weather. He had yet to meet the Prince of the Li kingdom though, the very reason he was here. He did hear several rumours though, about how the boy could defeat any man who tried to challenge him, how the lad carried some sort of magic passed through the generations of his family, but most of all, how handsome and cold the prince was. Cold to everyone, except this...Lady Ying-fa.
Apparently, this young lady was extremely sought after as both a bride and sorceress. She was rumoured to be the fairest being of the entire continent and own the heart of an angel. He'd also heard that she held magic beyond your wildest dreams.
Now in this day and age, magic was extremely rare and anyone who was gifted with it was prized beyond any gold or jewellery. Several times, when a babe was born gifted it was stolen in the night by a group of raiders. No one had ever captured these men, but according to some people, they were all of one group led by an evil sorcerer intent on created a magical army. That was just stories told by the fire though and more respectable people scoffed at the idea, Fujitaka was not one of them.
The Kinomoto kingdom once had a princess, a princess more cherished and loved by her family and people then any other. She was her father's pride and joy, especially after the death of his beloved wife. Queen Nadeshiko had fallen ill one day and no doctor or healer could save her. Her dying words to her husband were that their little three-year-old daughter was very special and should be protected for many men would desire her. Fujitaka didn't realise how soon his late wife's words would ring true. Two years after Nadeshiko's death, an army marched and laid siege the castle. Fujitaka and his soldiers would defended their castle honourably and eventually beat the invaders back, but not without a price. At the first sign of danger, Fujitaka sent six guards to protect and escort his young son and daughter to safety, when word reached them that the army had fled, only three guards returned along with Toya. Apparently his daughter had been running from her room, when she and her three escorts were ambushed. The bodies of the guards would be found in the forest neighbouring the castle, but his precious daughter was nowhere to be found. It was then that Fujitaka remember his wife's last words, his daughter was special. It was said that he was descended distantly from a powerful wizard, his child might have been gifted. Since that day, he and his son never gave up looking for Princess Sakura.
But now was not the time to dwell on sad thoughts, a prince had come home and he was a guest. He should enjoy the sun, the flowers, and the joy that seemed to be everywhere. That is, until a very similar sent caught his nose, cherry blossoms. Nadeshiko had ordered over a hundred sakura trees to be planted around the kingdom after their daughter's birth, and placed twenty of them in their own private garden. Fujitaka always felt a tear come to his eye when he smelt the sweet smell. It reminded him not only of his missing daughter, but also of his late wife, the two most important women in his life who had been ripped away from him. Still, the king followed his nose until he reached a small walled grove, filled with healthy sakura, some blossoms still hanging on. Once he stepped into the walled area, a strange and powerful feeling crept over him.
"Konnichiwa" a young voice sounded from behind him. When Fujitaka turned to glimpse who his follower was, he was saw a young, navy haired man with a kindly smile standing with an older woman with ruby hair behind him and a small cat-like creature with butterfly wings on the young man's shoulder.
"Konnichiwa" came the hesitant reply. "Do I know you?"
"Goshimpai naku, watashi wa Hiragiizawa Eriol. This is Nakaru, and Spinnel" the now identified Eriol pointed to his companions who bowed in turn. "We have not met before, yet have much in common."
"Hiragiizawa? You are betrothed to Tomoyo Daidouji, my niece, are you not?"
"Hai, I am most fortunate to be Tomoyo's finance, but that is not what I'm talking about. You have no idea what power you could hold, or what power I have. I am the half reincarnate of the powerful sorcerer Clow Reed. I created Nakaru and Spinnel to be my guardians, copies, so to speak, of Clow's Cerberus and Yue."
"I know a bit about Reed-sama's great accomplishments, it is said that my family is descended distantly from him."
Eriol smile grew more mysterious "Hai, that is a rumour that I have no idea about the truth. I did wish to meet you though. Tomoyo speaks very fondly of you and your family."
"Tomoyo is gem, I've always wanted my daughter to be something like her" Fujitaka couldn't seem to forget the sad memories today.
"You have a daughter? Why did Tomoyo come to the Li kingdom then? Wouldn't you have requested her to come to your court?" something troubled Eriol. He knew that the man before him was the other half of the reincarnated Clow Reed, it was the real reason he sought this man out. Any child of this man would have some power, and a daughter of his could have been the rightful new master to the Clow cards had not Ying-fa found them first.
"I... had a daughter. She was stolen from me many, many years ago. I have no idea what happened to her, or what she is like. I have been looking for her since then" Fujitaka could feel the tears begin to prickle at the corner of his eyes. It was too much, he needed some piece and quiet now, not to relive old hurts. "Gomen nasai, I must excuse myself. My son is probably looking for me. Hopefully, Tomoyo will formally introduce us at the ball tomorrow." With that, the king left the grove back towards the castle.
"Eriol-sama? Daijoubu desu ka?" Spinnel saw the distresses look on his master's face. Usually news he was unaware of pleased him, not distress him.
"Daijoubu Spinnel-kun. I just wonder....".
'Ying-fa...'
The day pasted quickly, too quickly for the occupants of the castle. The food was on the verge of being done and the poor servants greatly needed a break, the guests spent the whole day putting on all their finery, and the Royal family was preparing themselves, both mentally and physically.
Syaoran sat on his bed eyeing the outfit he was supposed to wear that night with an evil glare. It was a traditional outfit that showed off wealth and status. Silk tunic, gold buttons, tassels, crisp clean trousers, shiny leather boots that reached the knees, fur-lined silk cape, gold encrusted scabbard for a jewel encrusted sword, and let's not forget the golden crown or other jewellery he was expected to wear. Oh the humanity, how would he survive the night!?
Ying-fa was not much better, Tomoyo and Meilin had gotten ready early and now were dressing her. Meilin was putting on Ying-fa's make-up while Tomoyo was dong Ying-fa's hair. Ying-fa had already been forced into her gown and other decorations, and was allowing her friends to do what they will with her, fighting them would only make it worse. For soon they would be whisked away by their escorts and leave her in piece, waiting for Syaoran.
He nervously waited outside her door. It had taken a lot to convince himself to get ready, and a very large threat from Eriol to make it to this door. He was expected to make his entrance soon, with the lovely Ying-fa on his arm. All he had to do was reach out and knock...
'Don't be a baby Syaoran! It's just Ying-fa!' he screamed at himself. 'Just knock and get it over with you baka!' He hesitantly reached out and lightly knocked on the polished wood. It swung open and revealed an angel.
"Konbawa Syaoran!" Ying-fa smiled as she saw her friend and escort. Her gown was one of Tomoyo's greatest works (A/N: Ok, I'm going to attempt to describe what I have in mind. It is kinda hard so kudos to those who can get a good picture of it!). The top was actually in two pieces, the first under part being of an almost shear white material that seemed to glisten with all the colours of the rainbow when it was moved. The sleeves, which were apart of the first piece, were loose, but held close to Ying-fa's skin by three dark green, almost black, bands outlined in gold on her mid bicep, elbow and an inch below her elbow and became baggy from there on and ended in a strip of gold. The neck was not a modest, nor was is a provocative square cut but it did have a gold band running around the edge. The second part was something like a dark green corset that covered the first piece only up to her mid-chest area and the was laced up so that you could see more of the undershirt at the top then the bottom. The skirt was a deep emerald green with gold flowers sewn into the fabric and a gold strip along the bottom with black designs that appeared of the Celtic variety.
Ying-fa's hair was left down, but the circlet she wore made sure it would not enter her eyes. Her make-up was light, for most of the attention was meant to be on her mask. It was made of a dark green velvet that hugged her face. It covered only her eyes, with one side disappearing into her hairline and the other died into glitter on the other side of her face. If it weren't for the sparkling emerald eyes looking up at him, he might have thought it was a goddess come to torture him.
"Keiri" was all Syaoran could mutter, but Ying-fa heard it and graced him a simple, elegant blush. "Ummmm", Syaoran cleared his throat here, "shall we go?" he spoke semi-nervously as he gave the love of his life his arm
"Hai! To tell you the truth, I'm actually really excited about this!" Ying-fa gushed as she calmly placed her had over Syaoran's and let him lead the way to the ball.
The ball was just getting into full swing when Syaoran and joined Yelan at the entrance to the ballroom, where he would make his grand entrance right after the Queen announced him.
"Syaoran, my son. You look so handsome, but why must you where that mask?" Yelan was near tears when she witnessed her son coming towards her.
"It is a masque, is it not?" Syaoran did not wish to be noticed, and prayed that his mother would not force him to take of his simple green mask.
"Well, you are expected to make your entrance with your face bare," Yelan knew her son did not wish for all the young women to come a seek him out, "but after you have been introduced, you may put your mask back on."
"Hai mother" it was better then nothing. Syaoran untied the strings binding the mask to his face and shook out his hair, revealing his handsome face.
"Are you ready my son?" Yelan was beginning to shake, she would introduce her baby boy as a man.
"Hai" Syaoran just wanted to get this over with.
"Then let us go" and Yelan walk towards the large doors and let them get thrown open for her.
Ying-fa had been dropped off at one of the lesser side doors by Syaoran so that he would be able to make his grad entrance all by himself. She had met up with Tomoyo and Eriol and was making small talk, when the Grand Doors were open to reveal the Queen. This was Ying-fa's queue to head to the base of the staircase, so that she could be ready to accept Syaoran's arm as his escort.
"Cousins! Friends!" Queen Yelan went to the top step and called out to the quieting crowd. "It is my great honour to present to you the joy of the Li Kingdom, our prince and heir. Come home to us as a man, ready for the crown. I present my son, Prince Xiao-lang!" and so he stepped out into the light so that all may see him in his glory. Ying-fa felt her breath catch in her throat, and the rest of the room burst into applause.
Syaoran calmly descended the stairs and felt all eyes on him. 'The second I'm down these steps and have Ying in my arms, that mask is going BACK ON!'. Damn the feminine eyes in the room looking at him like some sort of prize, but his eyes were only for the gorgeous beauty waiting for him at the end of the stairs. When he reached the bottom, he took Ying's hand and led her into the crowd, with Queen Yelan right behind them, signalling the band to start up.
The ball went along swimmingly. Syaoran was forced into several girls' arms, but that was to be expected. He just made sure that he danced near Ying-fa when she was with a man not him. It was nearing Midnight, the time when each person would remove their masks to see their partner's face, when Ying-fa was searching for Syaoran to dance with again when she bumped into a tall, dark haired man.
"OH! Gomen-nasi m'lord" Ying-fa looked up at this youth and felt a pang of familiarity.
"Iie......Iie it was my fault" Toya was going to berate the person who bumped into him, when he looked down and saw emerald, green eyes. Eyes he knew, and was suddenly terrified to know if it was her or not. "But, if you would do me the honour of being my dance partner, we will call it even"
Ying-fa would rather dance with Syaoran and she began to fell a headache coming on, but she was asked and it would be rude to decline. So she nodded and accepted the Prince's hand that led her onto the dance floor. Unfortunately for her, Syaoran had seen the whole thing. He decided to hide in the corner and scowl at the dancing couple, rather than go and steal Ying-fa away from Prince Toya, as he would rather do. Ying-fa was in a similar boat. She did not want to be around this man for some reason, and she needed to get to mother-Yelan soon, or her headache would get the best of her. His light conversation did not help.
"You are very keiri Hime" Toya felt drawn to this woman, who blushed at his words.
"Domo arigatou m'lord, mou, I am no hime, merely a Lady of Li's court" there was a sense of familiarity in chastising this man for calling her something she was not.
"You should know of my friend then, Yukito Tsukishiro" Toya needed to know more about her.
"Hai! He is my very good friend, and gar........ " She had almost let it slip about Yue.
"Pardon my rudeness, but are you the Lady Ying-fa, whom Yukito speaks so highly of?" 'Ying-fa.........that means cherry blossom.........Sakura.........'
"Hai. I met Yukito after coming to the palace" the song was slowly dying and Ying-fa was reading herself to remove her mask, then high tail it out of here to mother-Yelan.
"You were not born here? But you said you are a lady?" 'Something doesn't fit here'
"Hai. I was found by King Xian-ran, Kami give him rest, when I was but a young girl. I have no recollection of my life before that" The song was just about done. "OH! Forgive me, for you seem to who I am, but I do not know you" The dance ended, and couples were already taking off their masks.
"I am Prince Toya, son, and hier, to King Fujitaka of the Kinomoto Kingdom" Toya needed to see this girl's face, now! "It seems as if it is time to remove our masks my Lady"
Ying-fa peeled her mask off her face not looking up to face her partner until necessary, that name triggered her headache to worsen ten-fold! Toya, on the other hand, took of his mask as quickly as possible and tried to glimpse Ying-fa's face. When she would not face him, he placed a hand under her chin and forced their eyes to meet. What he saw shocked him.
The face had matured, but the eyes were the same. She looked just like his mother, just like his baby sister. It had to be Sakura, he'd found her at last!
"Kaijuu?!?!??! Sakura?!?!?" Toya didn't think he could stop the breathy whisper, even if he wanted to. With his mind's eye, he felt something stir from deep within his long lost sister.
For Ying-fa, it was the last straw. When she had looked upon his unbarred face, something deep began to boil at the familiarity, and with the whispered words coming out of his mouth, the something boiled over. Her head literally felt like the fight, sword, shot, storm, and power were all having a field day by pounding on her skull. She needed to get away NOW!
"Gomen" and with that, Ying-fa ran as fast as she could away.
Toya could do nothing as his sister disappeared into the crowd. He had tried to follow her, but it was no use. He had to find his father and tell him. Toya frantically searched the ball for his father, finding him chatting lightly to Tomoyo and a boy Toya assumed was her fiancé.
"'Tou-san, OTOU-SAN!" Toya yelled when he got glimpses of him.
"Toya! What's the matter that caused you scream and find me out?" Only something of the utmost importance would cause Toya to do this, he was a very independent man.
"Otou-san! I found Her!" Toya was near breathless, but that didn't matter. He had found HER!
"Toya? Are you sure?" Fujitaka would not get his hopes up just yet, but the sincerity in his son's voice made his heart quicken.
"Father, she has emerald green eyes. She has MOTHER'S EYES!" Toya could barely keep his smile down, they had found Sakura!
"Where'd she go?!" and so the King and Prince ran off to try and find their Princess.
"Emerald?" Tomoyo questioned her fiancé, but he was suddenly thrown back by the powerful wave of magic that coursed through the entire kingdom and event he non-magical people felt it.
Ying-fa ran from the ball, not hearing the Prince, or Syaoran call after her. She would make it to the deserted hallway, before she unconsciously used Move to bring her to her grove. Ying-fa crumbled under the nearest tree, grasping at her head for all it was worth.
"Itai..................Yamede" Ying-fa felt everything in her pushing against her mind. All sorts of memories trying to escape at once, faces that seemed so familiar but she had never seen before. Deja-vu so strong, her mind was going to explode. It did.
She couldn't take it any more, and so her magic flared out so strongly Ying-fa went unconscious, and a small barrier in her mind broke, letting all her memories flow out like a river.
Kwaii Canadian: Well I know it's not a very good chapter for the length of time I spent writing it..........but High school is hard work! Anyways, read and review! By the way, I'm changing my Pen Name to Canadian Chica, so look for that Author from now on! HUGS!