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And someone asked if Sakura and Syaoran were related. You would think that they would be, but they aren't. Taisuke took Sakura's place as Clan leader. That was said in Chapter 4-Secrets. And in Chapter 6-Reflection, Taisuke is explained as someone from Japan who went to China to study Chinese fighting arts under the Li Clan. He is no way related to the Li Clan. He became leader, and was adopted into the Li Clan after Sakura's death. So, Sakura and Syaoran in a sense are yes, related, but only by the family name. Sakura didn't even take the Li name really. Her boy name was Shung Li, but her real name, given to her by her parents was Sakura Kinomoto. In this fic, Sakura's mother's last name was Kinomoto. Strange I know, but it fits.

If anyone has any other questions about this fic, or are unsure about something, feel free to ask me. Happy reading!

Fairy Tales

Chapter 9

"Finished," Tomoyo cheered as she zipped up the back of Sakura's dress. Sakura peered behind her and smiled as she watched Tomoyo's expression of complete glee. Tomoyo ran to Sakura's front to look her over more properly. Tomoyo placed her hands over her mouth and smiled as she watched Sakura. "You look gorgeous."

Sakura blushed as Tomoyo complimented her and half hid her face in embarrassment, while Tomoyo giggled and hugged her friend. Tomoyo released Sakura and quickly ran over to her bedside. Grabbing her camera she turned quickly to Sakura and pointed it at her. "Smile, I have to take some pictures."

Sakura blushed harder and began to hide her face even more. Tomoyo laughed before she aimed the camera and took a picture of Sakura just like that, explaining that she looked quiet cute when she looked embarrassed. She quickly put her camera down and ran to her sewing table. She quickly picked up her dress showed it to Sakura. "My wedding dress! What do you say? Lets show off both our dresses."

"Hoe?"

Tomoyo ran behind her changing screen and began to strip down without even saying another word to Sakura. Sakura took the time to look herself over in the mirror as she examined exactly what she wore. It was just as Tomoyo has explained to her, her old wedding dress and the cream colored one that Tomoyo had been making. She had added the turquoise like she was suppose to on the cream colored one, and placed it on all the trims of the dress, giving off some color.

Sakura reached up to her collar bone and traced the spot over and over again. It was where the blood once was. Tomoyo had gotten the stain out, only to discover a rip in the dress, from the moment she was stabbed, where she was stabbed. Tomoyo had since cut it out, removing that part of the dress and replaced it with a diamond shaped hole, trimmed with the turquoise ribbon.

Sakura looked down almost in shame. She thought deeply to herself as she remembered the night she had wore this dress last.

Sakura spun around in a circle and stopped quickly, letting the dresses long material spin around her figure and slow to the stop to return to its original position. She laughed childishly as she stared at the tall figure that watched her in the corner of the room. Sakura skipped over to him and stared up at the man, looking for approvement. He smiled at her before he placed a hand on the top of her head.

"You make me so proud," he smiled down on her.

She returned the smile for a moment before she embraced the man tightly. "Thank you father."

He held her tightly in his arms for a long period of time before he released her and looked down at her small body, in the long gown. He smiled as he traced the sleeves with his fingers lightly. "I'm am today still very impressed with your mother's imagination that went into this dress."

"She wrote about it," Sakura said. "And the create card made it, isn't that how it was made?"

"Of course," he smiled. "I was still in the process of creating the Clow cards, and your mother always loved to help me practice with them. It was my present to her, to have her dream wedding gown. It of course, was my dream to see you wear it one day too."

Sakura blushed heavily as she thought of the reason she was wearing this gown at that moment. She picked up the material that hung as the skirt and examined it ever closer, almost in disbelief of something. "This has been the best week of my life father. "Taisuke's marriage proposal, you completing your Clow Book, me passing the test, crowned leader of the Clan, and tomorrow..." Sakura found her cheeks turning red before she smiled at her father. "And tomorrow I'm getting married."

"I was suppose to be married," Sakura felt a tear fall from her eye as she remembered how happy and carefree she had been that night. If she had been on guard, and not acting like such a childish girl...none of this would have been happening. She would have sensed the danger, she would have stopped it, and she wouldn't have had been killed.

"So, what do you think?" Tomoyo asked as she came from behind the changing screen. She extended her arms into the air, and bent her knees and spread them out, taking a model's like pose. She giggled at her silliness before she met Sakura side by side. "We look so cool together."

Sakura examined Tomoyo's dress, made up purely in white. The dress of strapless, but it was trimmed up in fancy lace. The bust area of the dress was up in what looked to be a rather uncomfortable corset style, while the rest flowed freely from Tomoyo's body. Tomoyo laughed as she turned to the mirror ro look at herself. "I'll have more volume to the dress part on the big day of course, but I wasn't going to try it all on at once."

Sakura nodded in agreement as she looked at Tomoyo who was admiring both the dresses that she helped create. Tomoyo turned to Sakura and smiled. "Well, we have the wedding rehearsal in about half an hour."

Sakura turned her head questionably as she turned to Tomoyo. Tomoyo mentally cursed as she realize that she hadn't told Sakura about the wedding rehearsal. Tomoyo turned behind Sakura and unzipped the back before she ran back behind the changing screen, before she even began to explain it to Sakura.

"In today's modern day weddings, it takes time and planning. So we have a wedding rehearsal. We just go in plain clothes, and listen to what the priest has to say about the wedding. How everyone will enter the wedding, rehears the vows, things like that."

"Oh," Sakura replied. "I-I guess that makes sense."

Tomoyo smiled and grabbed Sakura's hand. "Its better for you to see it. It will explain things better."With that said, Tomoyo left their guest room, taking Sakura with her.

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Sakura stopped as her and Tomoyo came to a stop, inside the small church. There were only a few members of the family, in the church at the moment. Eriol was busy talking to the priest, while Sakura noticed the Li sisters busily talking among themselves. A few elders were standing around, also talking. Sakura didn't see Syaoran in though. She felt kind of disappointed. She wanted to know how his training with sensing was going. He was probably practicing right at the moment, training for his test, that would take place in just under two weeks.

Tomoyo soon came to a stop, beside the priest, where Eriol smiled at his fiancee and planted a kiss on her cheek. Tomoyo giggled and smiled at him, as she turned to the priest, to discus the wedding. Sakura found her cheeks warm as she saw the two being so affectionate. So instead of noticing them, Sakura looked around the small church, looking at the fine workmanship that went into the church.

It was a new church, perhaps under hundred and fifty years old. The marble still reflected new, and didn't seem that old to her. The stain-glass still captured the church brilliantly, and the churches marble walls reflected the colored light through out the church, lighting it up, despite their not being a light in the church on, except a few stray candles.

"Sakura, can I talk to you?" Minako's voice came from behind. Sakura turned to her, nodding her head in agreement. Minako looked worried, but turned away, quickly leading her to the back of the church.

Once they were their, Minako turned to Sakura, her face still pale. She slowly reached into her jacket, where she had a pocket, on the inside of the jacket. She looked around for a moment, pausing, to only a second later pull out an old book.

Sakura gasped sharply, "My journal."

"Eriol asked me to take it from Syaoran's room," Minako explained. "I felt kind of bad though. I never read it myself, but I guess it really inspires Syaoran."

Sakura nodded. "If I didn't need it to be completed, then I'd let him keep it. Its not that special to me anyway. It has a lot of memories that I don't need to be reminded of to remember."

Minako looked at the journal questionably for a moment, before she smiled at Sakura and gave her the book. Sakura quickly opened her purse, and fit it tightly inside, looking around to make sure no one who wasn't suppose to see what had just transpired. She turned to Minako and smiled.

"So tell me, how have things been with you?" she smiled. "You know that it has been a while since I last talked to you."

"Yes, it has been," Minako replied. She looked around, to see if her sibling has perhaps decided to join them, for some fun. Satisfied that they weren't there, she grinned at Sakura. "So, how does the training with my little brother going? I bet he's being really stubborn. Am I right?"

As if the gods were playing a cruel joke on Sakura, the church doors opened, and more members of the Li clan entered the church. Most of them were young men, with a few other older men, more then likely elders. Sakura spotted Syaoran right away. He didn't even notice her with his sister, because was in deep conversation with the head elder of the clan.

"Syaoran had his practice test today I heard," Minako sighed. "He was so worried about it. I hope he did okay."

"He may not have passed, but he was a definite improvement. The head elder wouldn't be talking to him so calmly if did as badly. They see the improvement."

"How can you tell Sakura?"

"The head elder gives off a very expressive aura. If his expression doesn't tell what he is feeling, his aura will. Its calm, slightly ticked off, but it is calm. Syaoran may have failed the practice test, but the elders see a great improvement," Sakura explained. "They feel that there is still hope for Syaoran."

Minako's expression glowed with delight. She turned to Sakura and embraced her tightly. "Oh Sakura, I can't thank you enough for what you have done for Syaoran. I often watch him train during lunch. In the past two weeks I have seen a great improvement in his fighting."

"Oh, I-I..." Sakura blushed as Minako hugged her tightly, until she simply smiled and hugged her in return. "It was my honor Minako."

"Ladies," an older gentleman's voice said. Sakura let go of Minako as chills ran down her spine. Minako let go as well before she began to bow low.

"Yes Elder Takui," she cried, her back bent down low. Sakura looked at Minako, before she turned to looking at the elder. The head elder from the dinner, the one who seemed so suspicious of her the week before. He turned to Sakura and smiled at her.

"Sakura is it?" Sakura nodded as he turned back to Minako. "Well you two better hurry, I do believe the rehearsal is about to begin. And Sakura," he added. "Do enjoy being a bridesmaid." The grin that he sent Sakura's way sent chills down her spine. His eyes were dark and Sakura couldn't help but frown as he gazed upon him.

'He knows.'

"Yes Elder Takui," Minako bowed lower. He then turned and left the two. Sakura's face didn't return to normal, but rather held a sickened expression. Minako turned to Sakura. "What's wrong Sakura? Did you eat something that didn't agree with no."

Sakura turned to Minako and smiled to assure her. "No Minako, I am fine thanks. Lets just join everyone else for the rehearsal."

"Oh, right."

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Sakura laughed at a joke that Tomoyo had just told from across the table. It was tradition to have the wedding rehearsal, and then the rehearsal dinner, which is where they were now. Sakura wasn't sure what it was they were doing, she had never been to a wedding rehearsal of any kind before, so she wasn't sure what to except to happen.

Eriol laughed at Tomoyo's joke as well as he lifted his glass of wine to his lips and took a drink from the glass. Sakura turned her attention to Minako who was beside her. She seemed to be absorbing everything that everyone was talking about. She quickly sensed Sakura looking at her, and turned to her and smiled.

"Your going to be Tomoyo's head bridesmaid aren't you?"

"Yes, as far as I know I am," she replied.

"So, who's taking you to the wedding?" Minako asked, her face was resting on her cheek and was smiling. "I invited a guy I see a lot in town. He owns a coffee shop in fact."

"Hoe," Sakura blushed heavly. "Oh...do you invite someone to go with you to weddings now?"

"Yes!" Minako cried. "You don't have a date?"

As if on cue, Tomoyo's attention quickly turned to the two, hearing the magic works. Her expression was more pale then it usually was. She turned to Eriol and slowly whispered something into Eriol's ear. He grinned at the two woman, who seemed to be in a panic now.

"Oh, its taken care of Tomoyo," Eriol grinned turning to Sakura. "It's a family tradition for the Bestman and Head Bridesmaid to go together."

"I thought you said you didn't have a best man," Tomoyo whispered, trying to keep to themselves.

"Oh no, I do," he smiled at Tomoyo. "I had to blackmail him, but I got him to be my Bestman."

"Blackmailed who?" Sakura asked, a confused expression laid on her face. Eriol turned to Sakura, a smile of complete satisfaction on his face filled her vision. He lifted his glass of wine to his lips. "Syaoran of course." He then took a long drink from glass.

"My little brother isn't dating material!"

"Ohohoh, what did you blackmail him with?"

"Hoe?"

Eriol chuckled at the girls reactions. "He is the only guy in this family who knows her well enough to be comfortable enough just to go to a wedding with." He turned to Tomoyo. "I got him to do it with the threat to post a picture of him in pj's with pink bears on the internet."

Minako began to try and hide a deep snort of laughter hearing that from Eriol's mouth. Tomoyo quickly kissed her fiancee on the cheek. "I taught you well."

Sakura sat motionless in her chair, as she let everything completely sink in. She quickly turned to her attention to further own the table where she saw Syaoran, sitting with the rest of his sister's who were chatting away, and seemed to be teasing him. Her cheeks warmed slightly.

'A wedding date. With Syaoran,' Sakura thought. 'This is going to be an interesting wedding.'

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Kiaira: I had such an unbelievable hard time trying to write this. (Smashes table onto desk) Arg...hope you enjoyed it anyway.

And, I am kind of hating the summary now. If someone could come up with a better summary for this story, it would be awesome. I don't know, I could draw something for you. Though I am a terrible artist.