A/N HELLO! i DONT OWN NETHING AND THANX 4 READIN! I DONT EXPECT U 2 REVIEW SO DONT TRY TO BE NICE K? i
HATE IT WHEN PEOPLE LIE, TRYING TO BE NICE! neway!!!!! here's the ficcie!

Chapter 2

Li felt a lot of force being connected to his back and fell, but recovered by doing a back flip, what he saw was...................................
..........................the fight card! "Mistress, Sakura!!!! There's a card to capture!" Li yelled. Just then the card fell, he should've known
that she sensed it. The card came flying towards Li. Li looked at it surprisingly and backed away. "Return to the gise which you were
meant to be in, unseen to all!" Sakura yelled sealing the card. Kero appeared soon after. "Don't call me mistress." Sakura scolded at Li.
Li was confused and then he remembered what he said. He nodded. "C'mon Kero, lets go practice." Sakura told Kero. "You can come if
you want, but don't get in the way." Sakura stated a little too coldly as she went to go practice in the backyard. When she was fighting,
Li was watching, slightly awed at how a GIRL could do that. She released her moves at excellant times, most of the time. Just then , one
of Kero's fireballs hit her arm, as she winced in pain and Kero kept firing fireballs at her. She dodged all of them all while holding her
bleeding arm and trying to get in moves that she was able to excel with one hand only. Finally, the battle had ended, Kero was tired,
Sakura was bandaging her arm and Li was practicing his sword. When Sakura finished she stood up, "Do you need practice?" she said
not looking at him. Li blushed "Y...yeah a little." he replied. Sakura felt like puking when he stuttered. She got out her sword, and
started to sharpin it. "You better be ready, I don't let people go very easily in sword practicing like I do in magic." Sakura warned.
"You still up for it?" she asked looking at her sword with a grin plastered on her delicate face. "Yeah" Li repled. He put his emotion
shields up when he saw her reaction when he blushed. She stood in fighting stance in front of him. "One more thing, don't go easy,
I'm not as weak as you'd think." Sakura told him. Li smirked, he was one of the best swords men in th world. He didn't really care,
then the battle begun. (U know the basics, I don't know it so I'm gonna skip it.)

Soon the battle was over as Li swiped his sword accross her wound, she winced but ekpt going, soon enough he had won because
her good arm was her wounded arm. She felled really ashamed, she hasn't lost before and this was her first time. SHe was kind of a
sore loser but she didn't show it unless people started to go and bother her. "Good match." Sakura told Li. "Do you want a reward?
A special treat of some sort because you were the first to beat me in a long time?" she asked politly, in were they lived, it was a rule
that if you weren't beaten and just have been, a reward was suitable for the great fighter. Li thought for a moment. "I want to see you
smile." Li said. "What?"Sakura asked in utter confusement. "That isn't an appropriate gift." she stated. No use. "I want you to smile
for Kiama, Kero, and me when we take a picture." Li said, knowing that he would get scolded at. "Fine, its stupid to ask for a smile,
when one doesn't mean it. It will look horrible when fake." Sakura said. "Thats not what I meant. I want you to release your shields, have
a good time, and smile when we take pictures, a smile that you wanted to smile through happiness." Li said. Sakura looked at him in utter
disbelief. "I can't, I'm never gonna smile with happiness, you can just forget about that. That was a seriously pathetic request." Sakura
stated as if he was insane. "Why not?" Li asked. Sakura looked at him. "Because there is nothing to be happy of, for, and I will never
recieve true happiness, all my family and everyone else have died." Sakura stated about to cry, but quickly blinked back her tears. Li
looked at her "Well we'll see about that. Just put down your shield until the 4th card comes. 12 more will be coming. Well, just
put down those barriers and let yourself be happy for once." Li said "Damn laws. Fine!" Sakura says but before she leaves she tells him
"But that will start when the carnival starts." She didn't know how to act. Its been so long since she let her shields up. She planned
to go and enter the shooting contest.

~Sakura's P.O.V.~

'That was a horrible choice for a reward. What will he get out of seeing me smiling or more likely crying at every little thing that
reminds me of my family? What does he want with me?' I thought as I went to get Kiama for breakfast which started in 3 minutes.
I walk up to her door and knock. "Kiama, breakfast is in 3 minutes!" I tell her sounding like a mother. "Coming!" was my only reply.
I go downstairs to find out that Kero has already eaten, Li was waiting there......smiling at me.....? I shake my head and sit down, waiting
for my long time friend Kiama. "You know, our deal, it only lasts from the start of the carnival to the end of it." I tell him. He just looked
at me and didn't seem to mind. I shrug, it was his request, do I really need to losen up that much? I see Kero looking at us in a confused
looking way. "You tell him." I tell Li. "I beat her in a sword fight, and my reward was for her to losen up for the carnival and especially
for pictures." Li told him, his smile widening. Kero almost jumped for joy and and spilled a little water. "Only, for the carnival?" Kero
asked a little sad. Li nodded. "Oh well, 1 day is enough for me!" Kero said smiling again. "Do I have to losen up THAT much?" I ask
knowing the answer. "Yes." came 3 voices. I turn around to see Kiama. "It was a great choice of a reward, Li, you should see her when she's happy,
shes usually genki, and sweet, and cute, and" she started but I cut her off. "Enough! God! It's only for a night and my happiness will
bring you nothing, I am not close to the person I use to be even if I let my sheilds down." I say a little angry. They seem to have a hurt
and saddened expression after that. "Well, we'll see about that! You haven't been here for a long time and the carnival has improved!
I'm gonna make it my duty to make you feel happy! You hear me? I will make it my duty!" Kiama said bursting with confindence.
"Count me in." I here from Li and Kero. I look at them as if they were insane. "Just eat, then we have to take a shower, and then we
go to the dumb carnival, and your reward will be fullfilled." I say hating the last part.

~Li's p.o.v.~

I see her pout a little and start to eat, I can't help but chuckle a little, she looked so cute. Everybody but Sakura turns to me and I
point to Sakura, but once I do she turns to me immediatley. I shut up and start eating as everyone else. She finished first of course
and said that she was going to take a bath. When she was gone, I asked "Any plans, on how to make her laugh or smile?" "Well, you
could tickle her, I'm sure she won't use magic. You can also let her enter many contests or do some dances. But, you have to
lead her, or she won't go, you know she's not gonna go by herself. Oh and she's an excellant dancer, so you can ask her to dance at
the dance of disguise, I'll tell you what she's gonna wear later." Kiama tells me, I can't help but smile. I know I like Sakura, but now,
I get to know her like Kiama did, and I think I'm gonna fall head over heals for her, a girl with a strong side, and a girl with a sweet side,
and she is so beautiful. I know these aren't the right thoughts for a warrior, but I just can't help it. I feel like a little boy filled with
excitement, waiting for the carnival to start. I finish my breakfast as everyone else and we all go to take a shower. I take a glimpse of
Sakura as she walked out in the dress, that girl, Tomoyo, gave her. She looked so beautiful! Now, I all I have to do is get her a present,
but that was settled, me, Kiama, and Kero, already put together a present, but I want to get her another one. I'll just look for it
when we get to the carnival.

~Regular p.o.v. and right before the carnival.~

"Sakura! Come on! The carnival is starting!!!!" Kiama yells. Li, Kero, and Kiama were waiting outside for Sakura. Kiama was wearing
something similar to Sakura but, it was red and purple. Li wore a green shirt, with black pants, and Kero, well, Kero wore ......a bell
around his neck. (^-^) Soon, Sakura walked out, putting the final touches in her hair, which was a clip, because she left her hair down,
like Kiama. She walked down, grabbed some money and headed out. Li and Kero looked at her as if they wanted to know if that REALLY,
was Sakura. "Y...you look nice...." Kero and Li stutter, as Kiama giggles and they follow her. As they walk there Sakura slowly pried down,
her own shields. When they arrived at where the carnival took place, everyone, yes everyone including Sakura awed at how beautiful it
looked and couldn't wait till it was midnight when they set on all the lights and when they let off the fireworks. Sakura took in
a deep breath and told them "Hey, I'm gonna go enter the arrow contest, you guys wanna come?" she asked. Everyone nodded. Li
and Kero's eyes turned dotted when Sakura turned around. They turned to Kiama "Did Sakura use the words, hey, gonna, and wanna?"
they asked. Kiama giggled again. "You guys got a lot to learn about the real Sakura." Kiama told them. They nodded and then started
to run after Sakura. "Wait up!" they all yelled. Sakura turned around and waited for them, tapping her foot on the ground. Then
she ran to enter. When the competition started, Kero, Kiama, and Li sat down and watched her. Sakura came in second place, but
it didn't seem like she cared. "Where are we gonna go know?" Sakura asked. Just then a cotten candy man came by. "Wait up!" she
yelled as she bought some candy for everyone. "Want to go and win somthing, Sakura?" Kiama asked. "O.K." Sakura said finishing her
candy at a lightning speed and running towards one of the booths.They all went their seperate way, Kero with Kiama, and Sakura with
Li. Sakura had already won about 10 golf fish when Li went to were she was. She looked at them, they were either a shiny black, or a
cute gold. Her eyes traveled to where the gold fish went and she almost got dizzy. "Here, you could have 'em." She said shaking her
head trying to get the dizziness out of herself. Li laughed and took them, he looked at one in particular, that was a little pink and said
"Hey, Sakura, this one looks like you." Sakura looked at it then shouted "Hey!" and started to chase him. Li ran for dear life holding the
goldfish with him yelling "Gomen! Gomen! Gomen! It doesn't look like you!" When he finished the sentece, he looked around and saw Sakura
playing a game to win a stuffed animal. When she was done she picked a big, blue stuffed plushie. "Now, this, looks like you." Sakura
said to his face. Li looked at it and started to laugh. Sakura just continued to walk, like she was bored while Li was having the best time
of his life.

~Li's P.O.V.~

I laugh as she stuffs a blue plushie in my face, saying it looked like me and walk away. "C'mon, lets go free the fish." I tell her as
I turn into a tomato when I grab her hand heading for the lake. She looked at me surprisingly, but rus along. When we got there
we both awed at the sight, flowers were everywhere and the water was sparkling from the sun. Sakura takes a few bags from me
and lets the fish go. I do the same but I leave one fish, the pinkish one, and I drop it off in a special place that I liked when she wasn't looking.
All of a sudden, she splashed me in the face with water by accident, playing with the fish and she turns to look at my soaking wet face,
and giggles a sorry. I listen to her giggle and it sounded like little tinkling bells, but when she noticed, she stopped and looked at the
water again. I look at her. with a little sadness, I liked it when she laughed, it was so full of innocence and sweetness."What's wrong?"
I ask her. "Nothing." is my answer. I don't believe her, but I don't want to push her too far. Just then, Watery pops out of the lake.
I curse it saying that the stupid card HAD to come now. I see Sakura glare at it, meaning she put up her shields again. I look behind
me and I see Kero flying towards us. Sakura had already used the windy gem, but it did no harm. Sakura looked at it in horror as if,
her plan had died. Kiama then uses a thunder attack, "Wait!" Sakura calls as she points downward to the fish and animals in pond.,
then she uses freeze and before you know it she captured the card. "That was too easy." she says. "But none the less, 5 down, 11 to go."
she says, leaving the pond, while her sword de-transforms. "Lets go." se tells us. "Yeah, I'm hungry" Kero says. "Sometimes, I think there
is such thing as a hunger card inside you." Kiama says. I chuckle and glance over to see that Sakura was gone. "Hey, where'd she go?'
I ask Kiama. Kiama shrugs as does Kero. We start to look for her, only to find that she........................

A/N I know its not good but you'll never guess what I'll put up next chapter! ^-~

Preview

"Next time tell us were you're going!"

That's the .....card!

The dance will begin!

The fireworks are sooo.....kerei!