MT: I'm sooooooo sorry I didn't get this out sooner, but I've been sick, my computer's been sick, I've had Music Festival (I'm in 10 classes!) and FF.net has been REALLY screwy lately. So, that's why, I hope you're not very mad at me. Oh! If you've ever reviewed my story, please look at the end of this chapter...I've put a little thanks to everyone arranged by chapter! Anyway, I hope you like this chapter! Mystress Tate out...

Chapter Five: As you wish...

            "Sakura-chan..." Sakura looked up at the sound of her name.

            "Yes, Xiao Lang?" Earlier that day Syaoran had asked her to call him by his 'Chinese' name. He said that 'Chinese' was the language that had been spoken in the Li kingdom previous to the introduction of their current language.

            "Well, I need to tell you something important..."

            Sakura gazed intently at Xiao Lang, wishing he'd meet her gaze. She started thinking, 'My Xiao Lang looks worried, I...' but before she could even finish her thought, she did a double take. 'Wait a minute...my Xiao Lang? Since when has he been mine?' Sakura shook her head to clear out the unwarranted thoughts so she could concentrate fully on Xiao Lang's important announcement. "What is it Xiao Lang?"

            He fidgeted. 'Maybe I shouldn't tell her...maybe I should just keep things the way they are...no, I have to tell her. I promised my mother that I would bring back proof of her existence. Well, here goes nothing...' Xiao Lang closed his eyes and swallowed before opening his eyes to gaze into Sakura's concerned emeralds. As he took in Sakura's beautiful features, he slowly gained the confidence he would need to follow through with his plan. He cleared his throat before starting. "Sakura, I know we only met again a short while ago, but I need you to know that I love you with all my heart and soul. I need you to know that I will always protect you, no matter the danger to myself, for you are more important to me than anything else in the world, I love you more than my family and friends, and I love you more than life itself. So well you Kinomoto Sakura, will you allow me to ensure that we will stay together forever and ever until the end of time by becoming my wife?"

            Sakura was shocked. She had never expected this. Nevertheless, even before he had finished the question she knew what her answer would be. "Yes Xiao Lang. Yes. I love you more than the heavens and the earth, more than life itself. I would love to be yours forever and ever until the end of time. I would love to be your wife." She smiled brightly at her newly appointed fiancée. "Yes." She whispered once more.

            Xiao Lang was still anxious. "Well then, there's only one thing left to do...we have to make it official. And it has to be fast...before my mother announces my engagement to one of your sisters! So, would it be possible for you to come to the Kinomoto Kingdom? That way I can obey my mother and clan by proposing to a Kinomoto at the ball, and still marry you, my love."

            While Sakura processed this information, she just stared into Xiao Lang's eyes. When she finally responded it was very quietly. "How? And When?" She was completely composed, whereas Xiao Lang seemed to be on the verge of a nervous breakdown."

            "Well I thought maybe you could use the Fly card to get to where I am...that is, where my body is, at the moment. Your kingdom. As the when, well the first ball is in three days time. Will you be able to make it?"

"Yes, I should be able to. The Kinomoto...eto, my Kingdom, is not that far away, and using Fly, it should be simple. May I bring a friend?" She gave Xiao Lang her infamous sad puppy eyes that she knew he couldn't refuse.

Xiao Lang saw her face, and knew he would eventually concede, but he wanted to know something about the person before he did. "Well, that depends. Who is it? What do they do for a living? Are they of an acceptable class?"

Sakura scoffed. "Well, I should think she is of an acceptable class...she is your cousin after all." When she saw Xiao Lang slightly confused, she decided to elaborate. "Her name is Meilin. And she's a student at Market High with me."

Xiao Lang was shocked to say the least. "Meilin? My cousin Meilin?" When Sakura nodded, he continued. "How in the world did you meet up with her?" He looked slightly anxious, but Sakura, being as clueless as she is, mistook it for worry about his cousin.

"Well, I met her about eight years ago when we both enrolled in Market High. She's really nice, and she's doing very well. Unfortunately, I haven't been at school for a few days...Kero has me training day and night to 'get ready' for something I don't even know about. He says I'll find out when the time is right. Anyway, I still see her cause she comes by every evening to help me get some rest." She looked at Xiao Lang. If anything, the look of worry on his face had only increased. Finally she remembered the incident where she'd found out who Meilin was. "Oh, I know who she is because Kero told me. She had come over to visit, and she flung open the door, knocking Kero into the wall...Kero got mad at her, and then Meilin started yelling...it just steadily progressed from there...

~***~Flashback~***~

Meilin was shocked that he blamed her and decided to give Kero a piece of her mind, "Oh, come on Kero! I didn't mean to and you know it! I mean, it's not my fault you were standing...eto, flying...floating..." and, seeing Kero really wasn't paying as much attention as she thought he should be, despite the evidence to the contrary in the form of a single sweatdrop rolling down the back of his head. She decided to take a more direct approach, "...whatever it is you do...RIGHT BEHIND THE DOOR, you STUPID STUFFED ANIMAL!"

Now THIS got Kero's attention. Kero was floating in a yoga position about a foot off the floor, Meilin is talking 'calmly' to him, and she suddenly yells! Anyone in their right mind would be scared! "...what...did you...just...call...me?" Kero was still breathing heavily from the shock of Meilin shouting directly into his rather large ears.

"I CALLED YOU A STUPID STUFFED ANIMAL CAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE YOU BAKA STUFFY!" Meilin shouted, her face shoved up against Kero's.

To everyone's surprise, Kero simply turned away, showing more self-control than anyone had thought he possessed. When he did speak, it was in a calm and controlled manner. "I know what you think of me...Li Meilin..."

Sakura was shocked. 'LI Meilin? But...how can that be? Her last name is Rae...isn't it? I mean, I'm her best friend, and she wouldn't lie to me...would she?'

Meilin forced herself to bite back a sharp retort as she tried to process what Kero had just said. When she finally spoke it was in a trembling voice and she stuttered quite a bit, something Meilin had never done. "W-what are you t-talking about? I-I'm n-not L-Li Meilin...I'm R-Rae M-Meilin..."

"Really Meilin? Is that who you really are? Or is the person you really are Li Meilin...Syaoran's cousin and former fiancée? Meilin, you really shouldn't lie to us...isn't truth and honesty one of the three most important virtues of the Li family?" He took Meilin's silence for a yes, and nodded. "Yes...that's what I thought..."

~***~End of Flashback~***~

"I don't know if Kero was supposed to tell me, but I know, and I guess it's a good thing that I do because now she doesn't have to worry about telling me things regarding you and the palace. Anyway, she's a really great friend, and I hope you'll let her come. She speaks very highly of you, you know and I know she'd like to see you again.

"Does she now?" Sakura nodded. "Well, let her come along. The staff can easily carry the both of you."

She squealed with glee upon hearing that. She hurriedly jumped up to give Xiao Lang a hug and a kiss in thanks. When Sakura pulled away and looked at her fiancée, she giggled. Xiao Lang had not expected the sudden show of affection, and he consequently his face turned a brilliant shade of red.

"I...I...I... oh dear..." Xiao Lang finally gave up, hoping to hide his blush, but it was already too late.

Sakura knew that her little display of affection had embarrassed her soon-to-be-husband, and decided to spice things up even more with a little bit of sweet talk. "Oh, is my little Xiao Lang blushing? All on account of little ol' me? Isn't that the sweetest thing you ever saw? Oh come here, sweetie pie, and let Sakura give you a big kiss! You know you want it..."

If it were possible, Xiao Lang blushed an even darker shade of red at this statement. "P-please s-stop, Sakura-chan...I-I mean y-you shouldn't j-j-joke about that..." Sakura chose that precise moment to give Xiao Lang another heart-stopping kiss. Xiao Lang was left speechless.

Seeing Xiao Lang speechless gave Sakura some time to think about their situation. She thought about all the wonderful balls she and Meilin would be able to go to, and all the different things they would get to try out, when suddenly she thought of something she hadn't even considered previously. "Xiao Lang? Ano...I don't mean to interrupt your thoughts, which I am sure are wonderful, but what am I to do about clothing? I mean gowns and such things for the balls. I can't exactly go in anything I have at home...eto, where I've been staying...Kara nothing is acceptable!

Xiao Lang immediately jerked back to reality from his daydreams about Sakura with a ferocious blush on his face when he heard her concerned voice. He listened attentively to everything she had to say, and waited until she had finished her rant. When she did, he smiled and gave her the answer he knew she would know if Kero had done as he was supposed to and taught her everything about the different Clow Cards. "Oh Sakura-chan, has Kero taught you nothing? You should know perfectly well that you have a card that can solve your problems in a snap. Just concentrate...it will come to you."

He knew that if she was even half as powerful as she had been, she would be able to conjure up a picture of the card in question in her mind easily. He was nevertheless taken aback when he felt the immense surge of her aura, and saw the Clow book...now the Sakura book...floating directly in front of its mistress. His jaw dropped, as he continued to watch, when the book opened, and the Illusion and Create cards flew out and into Sakura open hand. The book then snapped shut and popped back into Sakura's bedroom, and Sakura opened her eyes almost as soon as it was gone.

She turned to Syaoran with a smile of accomplishment on her face, only to see him sitting staring at her with his jaw dropped and his eyes almost popping out of his head. She giggled and crawled across the grass until she sat by Xiao Lang's side and quickly gave him a kiss on the cheek while simultaneously closing his mouth. As soon as she completed that movement, he snapped back into reality and looked at Sakura, his face beet red. Sakura smiled at him and slipped the card up. "Are these the cards you were thinking of?"

"Eto...ano..." Xiao Lang sighed and scratched the back of his head, making his unruly hair even messier, while looking at the two cards fanned in Sakura's hand. "Hai, they're the ones. I was thinking more specifically of Create, but Illusion is a good idea too. It would take less of your power to use Illusion rather than Create, and then you don't have to worry about carrying the dresses around with..." He trailed off as Sakura cuddled closer to him, slipping under his arm and putting her head on his shoulder.

            "I could always use Erase, couldn't I?" countered Sakura masterfully, gazing up at him from her position at his side.

            "I-I guess you could, b-but what if you...?" Sakura cut him off with a kiss. Xiao Lang's mind went blank as she worked her wonderful magic on him. Though it was only a dream, because their minds were linked, anything that happened to them in the dream felt like it happened in real life, but it wouldn't show.

            "I guess you're right...I'll just use Illusion then. But let's not talk anymore about that right now. I just wanted to get the details straight and now that they're straight, I'd like to talk a little bit about us..." said Sakura, while laying back in the grass, gazing fondly up at Syaoran.

            Xiao Lang smiled down at his soon-to-be wife with love easily visible in his beautiful amber eyes. "As you wish, my love. As you wish..." 

~***~In Syaoran's carriage~***~

            Syaoran sighed contentedly as he looked out the window at the gorgeous sunrise bathing the vast lands of his kingdom with an almost unearthly light. He was thinking of Sakura and the wonderful nights they had spent together so far. He was excited to be going back to his kingdom and to be retrieving his cloak from the beautiful maiden herself at last. He had been travelling now for almost a week since he had lost his cloak; part of it spent getting to the Kinomoto kingdom, and the rest of it getting back. He would arrive late that afternoon, and he couldn't wait to get there. He sighed once more, a small smile playing upon his lips.

            The driver of the crown prince's personal coach, which they had taken to the Kinomoto Kingdom, glanced over his shoulder at the young boy behind him. As Syaoran smiled again, it was all but impossible of for the driver to hold back a laugh. He let out a small chuckle, but the prince was too far off to notice it. The driver returned his attention to the road ahead, and they continued in general silence on their journey.

            Syaoran remembered the chat he'd had with his Ying Fa the night before. He remembered the last words he'd said to her. He thought again, just as tenderly as before. 'As you wish, my love. As you wish...'

MT: So, what do you think! I hope you like it! I've worked all of the characters really hard for the last few days, so I thought I'd let them get some rest! Anyway, I keep meaning to thank all my reviewers, but I keep forgetting! So here are the thank you's! To...

Chapter One

Serenia – Thanks for the clear up! I'm glad you liked this chapter!

Kita – Really? The best? I can't believe it! I'll definitely write more soon, and just for you!

Chapter Two

enchanted-wanderer() – Would you really do all that? Just for lil' ol' me? Wow...

Eclipze – I liked your rant! Thanks for all the incentive to continue! I love to see S&S together as much as and more than anyone, so of course I'll put them together!

Videl – Wow! Someone loves my story! I'm so happy! S&S will inevitably get together, so no worries!

Chapter Three

Rebecca – I'll try my best, but I can't promise anything, okay? Anyway, I hope you continue to read, and I'll do my best to keep the kawaii moments coming!

Karen_WindStar() – My story has an interesting twist! Yes! *punches air*

Mystic_fan55 – Yippee! It's great, I'm great, could life get any better for me?!

AnimeObsessionFantasy – I think I mentioned in the first chapter that Tomoyo is Sakura's sister in this story along with Rika, Naoko, and Chiharu. And to whether Meilin Syaoran's cousin and how she knows about the Clow Cards, you'll have to wait and see!

Kita – Heehee! Thanks for the comparison! I'm glad you like this story! And...oh my gosh!!! This is the second time you've reviewed!!! Yippee!!! Someone came back!!!

Chapter Four

JadeGreenGoddess – Thanks so much for your review! I really appreciate it!

AnimeObsessionFantasy – I'm really sorry if I confused you! Please feel free to email me at firey_temper@hotmail.com if you have any questions, and I'd love to answer them for you! If not, I hope that I answer them in future chapters! And...Wow! This is the second time you've reviewed too! Wow! This is sooooooo great!

HanaTenshiHimeko – Wow! You really like all my gibberish! I didn't know anyone read that stuff! Anyway, I hope you keep reading to find out the answer to your other question about Syaoran, Sakura, and Meilin!

sakura2649 – Wow! I asked you to review and you did! I can't believe it! And of course I know you! You're a really great author! Do you really like the ending? I'm sooooooo glad! I don't mind your babbling...it's really informative, and I'm sorry for the cliffhanger...I really didn't know it WAS a cliffhanger. Anyway, I know that you can't review every chapter, but I hope that you can review every once and a while!

MT: Well, that's all I have at the moment! For all of us at Mystress Tate studios, I'd like to say thank you for reading, please continue reading, review, and goodnight! Ja ne!