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With the Crown Placed Upon My Head....
By: Sakura1301
Chapter 2 Welcome
Sakura was shocked by the news. Her father had broke into tears during the middle of his story. Sakura was on the brink of tears but decided she had to act brave. It would be better if she did.
"Its okay father. I'll return. It may take me a while, but I'll make it." "Its not that! I love you so much that it hurts when I don't see you everyday. You'll probably be gone for a long time. And thats what makes it worst." He cryed into his hands. Sakura looked at him with sad eyes. 'Poor papa. He looks so down. I wish I could help him. But the only thing I can do is go up to the castle. And eventually, he'll get sick of me and send me back.' She thought.
~At the castle~
"Its been days! How long does it take for a person to arrive!?" "Patient sire. She'll arrive." Said a soup bowl. "I hope you're right. I'm sick of waiting. It's been a whole week!" Suddenly there was a knock at the door. The wolf looked over the railing of the top floor. "That better be her! Im sick of waiting!" Both the soup bowl and wolf went down the stair case.
Sakura slowly opened the door. "Hello? Is anyone here?" 'Looks like no ones home.' She stepped in and suddenly the door behind her shut. She jumped and twirled around to look at the door. No one was there. "This is like those horror books I've read." She said aloud. The wolf crouched down in the dark corner ready to pounce.
The girl turned around. Thats when he saw his chance. He jumped. Sakura heard a noise behind her and turned around just in time to be facing him. He pinned her to the ground and growled at her. Showing his sharp white canines. She had the same scent of that man. It was her. Kero jumped out of her pocket to defend her. "Keep your dirt paws off of my mistress!" Yelled Kero. The wolf looked at him with question. He looked familiar but he couldn't place it. "And what are you?!" He questioned. "Thats for me to know and you to find out!" Kero said as he stuck his nose in the air. The wolf snorted. He turned his attention back to the girl. He looked at her. She was shaking with fear in her deep green eyes. Her eyes were the first and only thing he could actually make out. He bent till he was nose to nose with her. He looked deep into her eyes. Just studding her.
'Oh god! This is not what I had in mind!' She thought. She slowly stopped shaking and stared back into his eyes. He quickly jumped off of her. "So, you must be that girl. I can smell his scent on you. She stayed in the same laying position on the ground and looked at him. "Whats your name?" He asked. She stuttered, "S-Sakura. W-whats your name?" She asked. He looked at her. Then snorted. "My name is Li Syaoran. You can call me Li." He just looked at her. "Well? Aren't you going to get up?" He asked getting impatient with her. She shook out of her daydream and slowly got up. When father had described him, she thought he was talking about his attitude. But instead, he was talking about his looks. She dusted her white dress off. She looked up and saw the wolf walking away. "W-wait!" He stopped and looked at her. "What do you want?" "Um, Where do I put my stuff?" "Yukito. Help her out. I have no time for this." And he walked toward the kitchen. The truth was, he had nothing better to do but the sight of the girl disgusted him. She looked so weak and stupid.
"Yukito?" She said aloud. Suddenly a soup bowl next to her on the table came to life. "Aahh!" She screamed and fell back on her butt. "Sorry to scare you like that. I'm Yukito. Sorry for the rude way Syaoran welcomed you. He usually acts more nice. Oh! Please, let me take your bags." He tried to lift them but failed miserably. All of her bags toppled over. "Its okay. I can carry them. All I need you to do is take me to the room where I will be staying." "Okay. Thats easy enough. Please follow me." He hopped up the stair case with Sakura following. He finally reached a tall door. "This is the room you will be staying in. Sorry if its not clean. Its the best we can do." "Thats okay. I'll just clean it up as soon as I get unpacked." "No! I mean, hehe, we were instructed to make you feel at home so i'll just get the maids to clean it up." "Um, okay." Was all she said. He pulled out a rusty looking key and handed it to Sakura. Sakura slipped it into the key hole and turned. A click was heard and the door opened. She stepped inside and placed her bags down, next to the bed. The room was dusty. It contained a king sized bed, a large dresser, a chair in the corner, and a small table next to the chair. "I can't wait. I'll start dusting." "But Madame! Leave that to the maids! They will dust the room for you!" She smiled and placed a finger on the tip of his nose. "No. It's okay. I think I can handle it myself." She said as she giggled.
Li Syaoran was walking down the hall when he heard some giggling from a room. He stopped short and looked in the direction it was coming from. It was coming from one of the guest rooms. And the door was open too. He quietly walked to the door to see what was happening. What he saw was not pleasing him at all. She was to relax and let the maids do the cleaning. But for some wierd reason, she was....happy!? Why would someone be so happy cleaning? The light from outside shone in through the window, making the gloomy room bright and happy looking. He could now see Sakura's form. When he first met her, he could only see her eyes. He though she would look like one of those other peasants. But instead, she looked like an angel. 'Stop it! You're not suppose to think things like that! She is a mere peasant and you are a prince. People like me don't suppose to like lower-class people like her.' He thought. 'But she looks like an angel from Heaven. Agh! What am I saying!? She is a peasant!' He kept on watching her. She moved elegantly as she dusted.
Suddenly, she felt as if she was being watched by someone. She tried to ignore it but it kept growing stronger and stronger. She couldn't take it any longer. She slowly turned around only to make eye contact with Li Syaoran. She stared straight at him.
He caught himself staring. He gave her a cold glare and snorted. She flinched as he snorted. He was larger than the average wolf. If he stood on his hind legs, he would stand just a little taller than her. He turned around and walked away with the door closing behind him.
Sakura stood there, just staring at the door. 'That was strange.' Was all she thought. She then released her breath. She was holding her breath as soon as she made eye contact with the over sized wolf. Yukito noticed she was nervous when she saw Syaoran. "It's okay madame. He was just checking on you." She smiled at him. "Yeah, I kinda figured that. Oh, and please call me Sakura. Thats my name. Its not madame. Madame sounds so old." "Alright Sakura."
There was a small knock at the door. "Come in." Sakura said. The door opened to reveal a paint brush. "Dinner will be served in ten minutes. Please be ready by then." She then exited the room. "Who was that?" Sakura asked. "Oh, that was Tomoyo. Well, I guess I must leave. I have to help with dinner. And please wear somthing nice." He then left Sakura to her thoughts. 'This is strange.' "Kero?" Kero flew to the bed and sat down. "Yeah. Im gonna eat dinner. Would you like somthing?" "You bet! Anything sweet. Especially pudding." Sakura giggled. "You are a sugar monster. Aren't you?" "Yup! Im as sweet as sugar!" Sakura patted him on the head. She dug through her luggage and pulled out her elegant white dress. (Beginning of the story.)
After about 5 minutes, she was dressed. With a matching pair of red ballet looking shoes. She checked herself in the mirror once again and ran her brush through her hair. She was perfect now. "Bye Kero. I'll bring you some dessert." "Yay! Dessert!" He cheered.
She headed out of her room and down the hall. "Now, which way is the dining room?" She looked to her right then to her left. "Um...I'll take the left!" She then turned and started to walk down the massive hall. She started to hum a soft melody as she walked. She came to three halls and stopped. "Now where to? Um...eeny, meeny, minny, moe. Okay. That works for me!" She took the one to her right. Down the hall were many sets of armors. They all held weapons. Some swords, others axes, then others spears. They gave the hall a creepy look.
She finally came to a stair case. She lifted the front of her dress and carefully made her way down. She finally came to the bottom of the stairs. She headed to the only door available. They were two large metal doors. Both painted red. She cautiously knocked. As soon as she did, the two massive doors swung open. It was a large dining room with windows lining the far wall, with a large crystal chandelier hanging above a table that could hold up to 10 people. One on each end and four on each side. She saw Li Syaoran sitting at one end and another chair pulled out for her at the other end. She walked slowly with her head down. She didn't expect him to be eating dinner too.
Li Syaoran was in deep thought about a certain book when out of the corner of his eye, he saw her making her way towards the table. She quietly sat down and kept her eyes away from making eye contact with him. He looked at her. He just looked and looked, until he felt a 'thing' smash his paw. He clenched his teeth together and looked down to see a book. He hissed, "What are you doing Touya!?" He hissed back, "I was trying to make you stop staring at her! It's not polite! As you can see, she has had a long journey and mourns to return home! And you're not making things any better! If I were you I would try to start conversation with her instead of giving her glares!" "But you're not me! So, if you were me, what would you try asking her!?" "Somthing simple like whats her favorite hobby or somthing! Think Syaoran! Think!"
Li Syaoran sat up and cleared his throat. Sakura looked up. "Since we are waiting for out meal, why don't we talk." Sakura was still a little uneasy. "O-okay. What would you like to talk about?" He looked at Touya and Touya glared at him. "Uh, what do you like to do in your spare time?" "Well, I like to read and paint. And if the day is a nice one, I like to go on walks." She said as she smiled at him. He just stared at her. 'Oh, I forgot. He's probably not even interested in my meaningless words. Because I am a mere peasant. I guess I can't blame him. My hobbies are boring and only a boring person like me could like such things. At least I have a hobby that is unique!' She thought.
He just looked at her. Suddenly, the same feeling ran through his paw. He looked down to see Touya giving him death glares. He hissed, "Ask another question!" He growled then turned his attention back to Sakura. "So, what was that yellow thing?" He asked. "Oh! You mean Kero. His real name is Keroberos. He's my guardian." He just looked at her. Touya was getting annoyed. But just before he could snap shut on his paw again, the kitchen doors opened.
Sakura watched as tons and tons of plates and platters filled the table. The food smelled wonderful! Her mouth was watering but she tried to keep herself in control. She had never seen so much food. For when she lived in her small cottage with her father, they couldn't afford expensive food.
Then, utensils cluttered the table and started to serve the food to both plates. Tons of food was piled up on her plate. Her eyes went wide. Li watched her. 'Hasn't she seen this much food before?' He mentally asked himself. Just before they began to eat, he asked her, "So, what kind of books do you like?" She snapped out of her daydream. "I like to read all sorts of books. My favorite type of books though are Mystery and Romance...." She was cut off by some whispering across the table.
Li Syaoran was having an argument with Touya. "I said think! Don't ask stupid questions! And stop staring!" Touya hissed. Li was mad now. Touya, one of his servants, was arguing with him. Li shouted, "JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!" Touya jumped back and Sakura did too.
Sakura had heard it the wrong way. She thought he was talking to her. Her last hopes of making friends with him were shattered already on the first day. It wasn't going the way she had expected. She lowered her head and stood up. "Please excuse me." She said as she walked across the room towards the doors. As she went, Syaoran saw somthing sparkle as it fell. It landed on the ground with a splash. Li was now enraged. "LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO! I OUTTA HAVE YOUR HEAD!" Touya gulped. "M-Maybe you should go see her?" Li snorted. "Yeah. I guess." He got up and headed towards the door and as he was walking, the sparkle from her eye caught his attention. He walked toward it. He just looked at it. It finally dawned on him. He had made her cry. He felt kinda sorry now.
To be continued....
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Agh! It took me 3 freakin hours to make this chapter! My fingers hurt now. Please review. Probably next chapter tomorrow. If not, the day after that. Well Keep reviewing. I really need it and so do my fingers. Ja.
