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With the Crown Placed Upon My Head....

By: Sakura1301

Chapter 1: Lost in the woods

It was a bright a glorious morning! The fresh air blew pleasantly through the small village and the sun shone with greatness.

A genki girl about the age of 16 was merily walking along the hard dirt road. She held a blue book in her arms. She wore a long white dress with a red ribbon laced around her waist. And in her pocket was a little creature of the color yellow. It was small with little white wings and beady black eyes. From the normal observer, it would look like a small doll. But the truth was it was very indeed, alive. The girls name was Sakura and her little friend was Kero. The young girl was headed for the library to return the finished book, then after that was done, she was to pick up some bread at the bakery on her way home.

A hand quickly shot for the girls wrist. It grabbed on and tugged. Sakura turned around to come face to face with Meeko. He was a man about the age of 16 as well. He was tall, but not too tall, and had blonde hair, and piercing grey eyes. He smiled at her, with all white teeth showing. Sakura definently didn't like this guy. She never did. The first time she met him was when she was 13. He showed interest in her since then. But only for her looks. She could tell by the way he looked at her. It made her sick.

"Hello dear Sakura. How are you doing during this fine day?" He asked. She smiled a fake smile. She just wanted to slap him, but she was too kind hearted to do such a thing. For she was pure and innocent. Not the way he was. He was a low snake and took advantage of people when ever he could. Then when he was done with them, he would just throw them onto the street to rot. "Im perfectly fine, thank you. Now I must be leaving. I have errands to attend to." She shook off his hand and began to walk away before being pulled again. She sighed in frustration. "And what do you want this time?" She asked growing impatent. "Well, I was wondering, since its such a wonderful day, if you would like to go on a stroll with me?" She looked up at him. "No thank you. I already told you I have errands to run. So if you excuse me, I must be leaving. Have a nice day." She said as she walked away.

Meeko watched the fading figure blend into the crowd. His smile turned into an ugly frown. 'Why must she always resist me!? Am I not good enough!? Im giving her the chance that every girl wishes for! And she turns down a chance many would kill for! Whats wrong with her!?' Meeko thought as he squeezed his hands into fist by his side. His best friend walked up to him and patted him on the shoulder. "Don't worry. She'll come around sooner or later." "Yes but I want her to now! I've waited for 3 long years already! And I still keep getting the same response from you every time! She better soon or i'll, i'll..." "You'll what?" "Ugh! I don't know what! I'll, i'll, just take her away! Thats what!" "It just takes time. Thats all. So please be patient. Your time will come." "I hope so. And I hope its soon." He said as he growled.

Sakura finally made it to the library and had dropped off her book. She was now heading towards the bakery. "Oh Kero. What am I gonna do?" "What?" "With that horrid man Meeko. He always bothers me! Can't he see i'm not interested in his game?" She asked with a sigh. "I'm not sure Sakura. If I were you, I would kick his ass." "Kero! Watch your tongue! And anyways, your not me. Its been three long and miserable years with him following me everywhere! Will he ever quit!?" "Im now sure. But I have a feeling that he's not gonna give up that easily." Both sighed at the same time with little air puffs coming out of their mouths.

Soon, both were at the bakery and had picked up the bread and was now headed home. Both were glad that they didn't come across Meeko again. It usually did happen a lot. But this time, he had been no where in sight.

Finally both had reached home in record time. Sakura opened their door to their cottage. "Hello! Anyone home?" No answer. "Guess father is in the basement again with his studies. C'mon Kero, lets go see him!" She grabbed Kero by the tail and pulled him along before he could answer.

Down it the basement, Fujitaka was studing an artifact from ancient egyptian times. It had small symbols on it. He heard foot steps from behind him and turned around to see who it was. "Ah! Sakura! Welcome home! So, did you get the bread from the bakery?" She knodded. "Yes I did. And I also came across that Meeko. He is so, so..." "Annoying?" "Yes! He always bothers me! Can't he see im tired of him following me around!?" "Most likely not. But sooner or later, he'll finally see that you don't like him. Oh, yes, and one other thing. I have to return this artifact to the museum tomorrow. So I won't be home for a couple of days." Sakura groaned. "Do you have to go papa?" She already knew the answer but asked anyways. "You know perfectly well that I have to go. But I already know your responsible enough to not have a babysitter watch you." "Im 16 father. You can trust me. You've done this many times. But why a couple of days? I usually only takes you a full day. Why so many this time?" "Because, the town i'm going to is farther and is a totally different town anyways." "Okay. Im gonna head towards the field now. Just to get some fresh air." With that, she turned and headed out of the basement.

"C'mon Kero! We're gonna have a picnic!" She said as she grabbed a nearby basket. "Just let me pack some stuff." She said as she rushed into the kitchen. "Don't forget the pudding!" Kero yelled to her. "Okay!"

After abour 10 minutes, Sakura finally came out of the kitchen hauling a large basket. She dropped it on the ground. "Whats wrong Sakura?" "This thing is heavy!" She said as she bent down to pick it up again. But before she could lift the weight, a knock was heard at the door. "I wonder who that is?" She wondered aloud. She made her way to the door. She peered through the little peep hole. It was Meeko. She groaned in frustration. Slowly, she opened the locks to her door. There were five in all. Then she slowly opened the door to reveal the airhead.

"What do you want now?" She asked as she placed her hands on her hips and tapped her foot. He smiled one of his hideous smiles. "May I come in?" "No." "Why?" "Cause I said so. Good bye!" And she was about to slam the door right into his face but he pushed it back. "Please! Will you listen at least!?" "Fine! But make it quick." He bent on one knee and kissed her hand. She quickly pulled it away. "Will you marry me?" He pulled out a ring with a small diamond in the center of the gold band. "No! Now get out of my house!" She quickly pushed him out the door. He stumbled down the steps and landed in the mud. Sakura laughed at him. "You know, brown is definently your color Meeko." She said as she closed the door.

Meeko steamed with rage as he got up. "How dare she!?" He shrieked. His best friend, Duan came up behind him. "Like I told you, time. All she needs is time. But what I don't get is why you like such a thing. She is nothing but a mere peasant compared to you. She is much lower in class too. Why, if I were you...." "Shut-up! I don't wanna hear your bullshit now! Im already pissed at her. But, she's so beautiful, the way she walks, the way she talks, her soft hair, and her scent, and definantly her eyes. Oh yes, her eyes are the best part of her." "I don't see anything special about her." "Because you are blind. Lets leave. We have our own errands to attend to." And with a twist and a turn, they left the Kinomoto's cottage.

Sakura sighed a sigh of releaf as they left. "Kero, I really don't think we should go outside today." "Why?" "Because I don't want to see Meeko again." "Okay, thats fine with me." He shrugged and headed for the stair case. "And where are you going?" "Oh, im just gonna take a nap. See you tomorrow Sakura." He headed back upstairs. She sighed and plopped onto the couch. Well, since theres nothing to do, she decided to read a book. So thats what happened during the whole day. Kero slept, Sakura read, and her father, Fuitaka was down in the basement looking at rocks. How boring.

~The Next Day~

The sun was slowly rising over the horizon, with clouds overhead and a slight breeze flowing. The breeze came through the open window of Kinomoto Sakura's room. She shivered and opened an eyelid. "What time is it?" She said as she sat up. Kero popped out of nowhere and said, "It 7 in the morning!" "Hoe! Dads leaving in 10 minutes!" She jumpped out of bed and tossed articles of clothing here, there, and everywhere! She sighed remembered she fell asleep in her dress. "Ugh, I can be such a baka sometimes." She slowly picked up all of her clothes and placed them into her drawers and headed out of her room.

She ran outside into the backyard to see her dad harnessing their faithgul horse, Brownie. She ran up to her dad. "Why didn't you wake me?" "You looked to peacful to wake up." "Well, thats not a very good excuse papa." "Yes, well, I guess I should be off now. I'll see you in, oh, I guess about a week. Be good and keep out of trouble. Love you." "Love you too! And have a safe trip!" "I will!" She watched her father go into the distance slowly and slowly disappear.

~Meanwhile, in the woods~

It been several hours already and Fujitaka was lost. He pulled out a map and studied it carfully. "There should of been a sigh way back there, maybe I passed It up. But, heres the two trails I was looking for. There should be a sigh somewhere." He put his map down and stopped the horse and looked around. There was no sigh anywhere! But out of the corner of his eye, he saw a piece of wood sticking out from behind a tree. "Maybe thats it." He moved the horse slowly. "Oi! There it is!" He looked closer and the sign was blurred out. "No wonder why they call these woods, 'The no return woods.' I guess i'll take the right and see where that leads me." He snapped the reins and made his way down the dirt road.

After about 10 minutes of traveling down that same road, he came across a large castle, decorated by gargoyles and windows. "Now, I wonder what a castle like this is doing here? In the middle of no where." He stopped the horse and hopped off. He slowly made his way through the gates and up to the masive door. He knocked and waited. He knocked and waited. Still no answer. "I guess it's abandoned. Guess it wont hurt to take a look around and if someone lives here, I can ask for directions. He made his way down the entrance way until he was suddenly pinned to the floor.

"What are you doing in my house!?" It was a large grey wolf with piercing brown eyes. "S-sorry. I-I was l-lost and I t-though I could get some h-help here." The wolf sniffed him. 'I smell, somthing on this man. But what is it? It almost smells female.' "Do you have family?" The wolf asked. "Y-yes. One daughter." "Bring her to me." "B-but why?" "Cause." 'Cause I haven't seen a human female in so long.' He thought. "A-and if I don't?" "I will come after both of you and shred you into pieces. Is that clear!? Now get out!" The wolf jumpped off of him and showed his teeth to just to make sure he understood. Fujitaka raced out of the castle and toward his horse. He jumped on and snapped the reins. They both took off on a run back up the path and headed for home.

~Back at the Cottage~

Sakura went into the house and turned on the lights. It was dark out now. And somhow, she had a bad feeling the whole time. Suddenly her dad burst through the door with sweat dripping off of him. He ran up to Sakura and threw his arms around her. "Your okay, your okay." "Of course im okay father, what happened?" He pulled away. This would be a looong story. He sat at the table and motioned for her to also.

To be continued....

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Well, yes, its true you can marry at 16 back then and before that it was 13. So chill and go along. Yes this is almost like 'Beauty and the Beast' but has a different title. Well, next chapter soon. Please R+R.