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With the Crown Placed Upon My Head....

By: Sakura1301

Chapter 4: Forgivness (Part 2)

"Tomoyo, I can't do it! I just can't!" Sakura said as she looked at herself in her mirror. "You can do it! All you have to do is follow me. And you'll be there!" "Its not that simple Tomoyo! He'll kill me! I mean, just about several hours ago, we had dinner, and that didn't go well! Then it was the West Wing!" "You went to the West Wing!?" Tomoyo shrieked. Sakura nodded. "It was an accident! Honest! I didn't know, I was lost and found myself there. No one told me it was forbidden!" "Well, you do have a point. Did he hurt you?" "No. Just yelled at me to get out. Then I fell and got my hands all cut up! See!" Sakura showed Tomoyo the little cuts that designed her hands. "Ouch. Well, please! Just give him a second chance! Im begging you!" Sakura sighed. "Oh, alright. But if he blows it, I'm never coming back out of my room!" "Thank you! Thank you! Oh, can you wait here? I forgot somthing." Tomoyo smiled sheepishly. "Um, okay." "Thanks! Don't move! I'll be back in a minute!" Tomoyo ran out of the room. Sakura started to giggle.

"Where could she be!? She should of been here already!" "Patience sir." Eriol said. "Answer this Eriol. Why do you and Tomoyo call me sir?!" "Because sir, its showing respect." "Well, stop! I don't like it!" "Yes sir." "Ugh. Your just like Tomoyo!" Suddenly, the door creaked open. He placed a forcful smile on his face. But then, it was just Tomoyo. She walked in. His smile turned into a frown. "What do you want?" "Hehe. I just wanted to tell you, don't blow it! She said, that if you blew it one more time, she'll lock herself in her room and never come out!" "Fine! I'll try to be nice." "No! You have to be nice. You've been nice before, so why don't you show some kindness to this girl!?" "Because, she's probably not the one! Thats why!" "At least try!" With that, she stormed out of the dinning room.

"Oh, where could she be? Its creepy in this room when your all alone." Sakura said as she wrapped her arms around herself. Just then Tomoyo came in. "Okay! Lets go!" Sakura got up off the bed and followed Tomoyo. They exited the room and turned left and headed to the staircase. When they reached the staircase, they decended gracefully and carfully. They had to walk down many steps and they finally made it to the bottom. They turned right and went down an erie corridor. It was long and lined with statues of dragons and torches. They went down the long corridor and at the end of the hall, they reached two large metal doors. Sakura was going to knock but was stopped by Tomoyo. "Here, allow me." She pushed the doors open.

Syaoran was tapping his claw on the edge of table. He was growing impatient. He didn't like waiting. Suddenly the doors opened. His claw stopped tapping and he looked up. The opening doors slowly revealed an auburn haired girl in a dress meant for a princess. His jaw dropped when he saw her. She was a sight for sore eyes. Eriol was staring too. Only at Tomoyo though. Syaoran started to drool. Eriol turned around just in time to see this and poked him hard in the leg with his pencil point. Syaoran snapped out of the Twilight zone and grabbed his leg. His leg was in pain. A lot of pain.

Sakura was terrified. She was afraid she would get yelled at again for wearing the dress. But to her suprise. She wasn't yelled at. Tomoyo pushed her in. "You can do it." Tomoyo whispered to her. Sakura nodded and lifted the front of her dress up and off of the floor and made her way towards the table. She gulped. She could feel his stare at her. But it wasn't cold like the first time he glared at her. It was more like a warm stare. She slowly sat down and eased her mucles a little. She looked down. She didn't want to show any disrespect to him. After all, he was a prince, even if he didn't look like one.

His gaze softened as he saw her put her head down in respect. This wasn't what he expected. He expected her to give him nasty glares like the other 'guest' did when they stayed. This was quite different. He spoke up. "You don't have to put your head down in respect." Sakura was amazed. She thought she was going to get scolded for somthing. She slowly pulled her head up to gaze into those amber eyes. Both gazes locked. 'Maybe he's not that bad after all.' Sakura thought. 'Maybe she is the one.' Syaoran thought. He was starting to like her. Sorta. Sakura had the same feeling. Sorta.

Tomoyo and Eriol stood next to eachother at the door and smiled. Tomoyo whispered, "I think they're starting to like eachother. I hope so. I don't want to be stuck as a paintbrush forever!" "Same here. Being a pencil isn't all its cracked up to be." They both then headed towards the kitchen.

Thoughts raced through their heads as they stared at eachother. Sakura was the first to snap out of it. She looked down again, covering her eyes. Thats when Syaoran snapped out of his thoughts also. "Im sorry your highness. I didn't mean to stare at you. It was an accident." She said. He longed to look into those emerald pools. They weren't normal. Most girls that had emerald eyes, were usually rude around him. And their eyes were never as bright. Hers had a special color of emerald in them. Not like the regular emerald. They were soft and forgiving. It was like they were putting a spell on him. He didn't like it, but at the same time, he did. "Look up." He ordered, but in a soft way. She looked up. She could see him studing her. Like his eyes were searching her soul for somthing. She gulped. She was nervous. "S-so..." she stuttered. "I heard your seventeenth birthday was coming up...." He just stared at her. "Yeah. And what about it?" She gulped again. "Um...what would you like?" "Huh?" "What would you like for your birthday?" "Oh." He mumbled under his breath. Sakura couldn't hear him so she asked again. "Could you please repeat that?" "Never mind." "Okay. I understand." He was suprised that she didn't keep digging further and further into his buisness. Not like the other girls. He had got fed up with their nosiness and rudness so he kicked them out. Both sat in silence.

Finally, the food was served. And this time, they actually ate. They sat at the long table in silence, not daring to make eye contact. But thoughts raced through Li Syaoran's head. Both arguing.

~Inside his head~

'She is so beautiful. Why didn't I see it before?'

'Because stupid, she's just a mere peasant.'

'Well, she looks like a princess to me.'

'Don't fool yourself. You know she is a lower-class person than you.'

'That doesn't matter!'

'Yes it does! It always matters!'

'Name some real good reasons why I shouldn't like her.'

'Okay, well, first, She's just a peasant.'

'Not good enough.'

'Okay, then, what do you think she thinks of you.'

'I don't know.'

'Yes, you do know.'

'Okay, well, if I was in her shoes, I would think I was an ugly beast.'

'See. Thats what she thinks of you.'

'And how do you know?'

'Because, just look at her. She won't look at you. Your a hidious site!'

Syaoran looked at Sakura. She was looking at her food til she felt a set of eyes resting on her form. She looked up til she met Syaorans gaze. She smiled at him. All she wanted was to become friends with him if she was going to stay. She had only good intensions.

'Ha! She smiled! What do you have to say about that.'

'She smiled because she pitys you.'

'Does not!'

'Does too!'

'Does not!'

'Does too!'

'Hey! Why am I talking to myself???'

'Good question. Why are you talking to yourself?'

'Shut the hell up! And get out of my head!'

'Make me.'

'Fine!'

Syaoran stood up from the dinner table and walked towards the wall. Sakura just stared at him making his way towards the hard wall. Li Syaoran stood in front of the wall and pulled his head back, then he pulled it forward with great force. His head slammed into the wall several times before he fell limp on the ground. The last thought he had was, 'Loser! I win!' before he passed out cold.

Sakura had watched the whole scene. She was curious about what he was doing. When she saw he was bashing his head into the wall, she got frightened for him. Then he passed out. 'I wonder what could of made him do that?' She asked herself. As soon as he hit the ground, Sakura was by his side. She lifted him into her arms and shook him. "Wake up! C'mon, wake up! Please be alright. Please, open your eyes. C'mon, your gonna be okay. Just wake up!" Even if she barely knew him, her senses were telling her to go help him. Not out of pity but out of kindness. She stroked his head to see if he would wake up. His hair was bushy and soft. And it shone. It was a brownish grey color. He layed limp in her arms. For some unknow reason, her eyes started to water.

As soon as Li passed out, he felt someone shaking him. God, his head hurt. It felt like someone took a hammer and bashed it against his head. He could barely make out the persons words. Then he felt a hand stroke his head. It felt good. After about a minute, he felt somthing wet land on his face. He growled a low growl, telling the intruder to back off.

Sakura heard a growl and hugged him. He was still alive! The growl grew louder. And louder, til Sakura started to get scared. She backed up and wiped her eyes dry of tears. Fear filled her eyes as Syaorans' eyes snapped open. They quickly turned to her slowly retreating form.

During the bashing, he meant to knock out that negative voice, but instead, he knocked out the other voice. Now his head was filled with anger. He didn't get why he was mad. He groggly stood up, facing Sakura and his voice growing. He could see the fear in her eyes as her form shakily backed away. He didn't understand why he was mad. It was even puzzling him. He couldn't control his actions either. Got on all fours and lunged at her, bearing his canines.

Sakura was now even more terrified. She slowly backed away. Then she saw him suddenly lunge at her. She backed up quicker and this time, she tripped over the dress and fell on her butt. She scrambled to her feet as Syaoran slowly made his way towards her. She stood and broke into a run towards the door. Li was following her. She made it to the doors. They were heavy and were slowly opening as she pulled on their metal handles. She squeezed through the small opening she had made as she pulled on the door handles. She quickly closed the door. Then she slowly backed away as she heard scratching and scraping on the door. Then growls and howls. The door was very slowly opening. She was very afraid now. She ran towards the door of the castle.

Yukito was strolling the halls when he saw Sakura running towards the entrance way. "Hey Sakura! Whats wrong?" "Im leaving! I can't take it here anymore! He's gonna kill me! He's after me!" She yelled as she ran. She tripped again. Her shoes were slowing her down. She quickly kicked them off and got up and ran. She made it to the door and pulled them open. It was snowing outside. She had forgotten that the castle was in the mountains. She ran outside, barefooted. It was cold but she had to get away. As far as she could get. There was only a thin layer of snow on the ground because it only began a few hours ago. Even though it wasn't much, it was still cold. She ran throught the front gates and ran out into the forest.

She could hear a howl behind her. But it didn't sound like his howl. It was the howl of a pack of wild wolfs, forging for food. She had had enough of wolves to last her a life time. She ran blindly through the forest. She suddenly felt somthing rip out a few strands of hair on her head. She dropped to the ground and rubbed her head. Behind her was the tiara. She didn't care. She stood up and started to run once again. She fell. She looked behind her and saw that her dress was snagged onto a tree limb.

Li Syaoran stood at the door looking out. Yukito and Eriol came up behind him.

"Your such a baka." Syaoran heard someone hiss behind him. He looked back. It was Eriol. He scowled at Li. "Look what you did. She was of good heart and you scare her off on her first day. And now she's lost in the woods in the dark. I would suggest you go after her." Li growled at him. "Oh yeah. And what if I don't?" "I sharpend my tip just for you." Li looked at the pencil point. The tip was sharp. Very sharp. "Fine. I'll go." "Then hurry before somthing else gets to her." Li nodded and left.

Sakura was low on energy and very tired. She had ate very little dinner and she was barefooted. And just to top it off, She was wearing a dress that barely kept in heat. For it was made out of silk. The coldness was getting to her. She felt light headed and very cold. She was going numb. She started to get dizzy. She had been out her for about an hour now. She felt horrible. She slowly fell on her knees. She took one more quick glance around as she fell unconcious on the cold ground.

Li walked through the snow, sniffing for her scent. He had finally found it! He took off into a run, into the forest. He heard howls of hungry wolves fill the forest. His speed picked up as he ran. Finally, he was running at full speed through the forest of sleeping trees. He stopped and sniffed the air as he smelt the aroma of her get stronger. He looked to his left then infront of himself. He saw her to his right. He could barely make out her figure in the snow. She layed limp on the cold frozen ground. Her dress made her blend in pretty good, but her hair gave her away.

He slowly made his way towards her limp form. Suddenly the anger left him and sorrow filled his heart. What were these strange emotions he felt. Never in his life had he felt this way about anybody. His slow walk turned into a slow trot. He finally came up to her. He turned her around with his paw. He got scared as he saw her slow and shallow breaths. He put his nose on her cheek. He jumped back. She was as cold as ice and she was slowly turning blue. It was close to about 0 degrees now. When she had arrived, it was about 30-40 degrees. It was amazing at how cold it could get so quickly. He lifted her onto his back and made his way back to the castle.

On the way back, he could see some wolves standing on top of hills watching him. They were eyeing Sakura. He growled low to show that she didn't belong to them but to him. They didn't dare attack, for he was too big and would probably kick their asses.

"Oh! Where could they be!?" Tomoyo shrieked. "Please calm down Tomoyo. Syaoran will return soon. Please be patient." Eriol said trying to calm her down. "What if somthing happened to them!?" "Don't worry. Syaoran is perfectly fedent that he'll find her. He's probably on his way back now." "But its been two hours since he left and three hours since she left!" "Please wait! They'll come!" Eriol said as he was growing impatient. Just as if he Jynxed it, Syaoran and Sakura appeared. They were in the distance and barely visible. "There they are!!!" Tomoyo yelled. "We know. You don't have to yell." Eriol said.

He could see his castle up ahead. He had to hurry if he wanted her to live. But if he ran, she would fall off of his back. So he made a slow trot back.

He had finally made it back to the castle. Tomoyo was panicking. "Oh my god. Look at Sakura! She's turning blue! We have to help her!" "Please Tomoyo, calm yourself." Yukito told her. She took a deep breath and calmed herself. Just then Kaho walked in. She had never seen Sakura but herd lots of little things about her throught the castle. The state Sakura was in shocked her. She quickly gave orders.

"Tomoyo and Eriol! Go get some blankets! And Yukito go get some warm water and a towel. And i'll help Syoaran take her to her room. C'mon! Lets move it!" Kaho was a large golden bell lined with silver at the bottom.

Li himself was scared for Sakura more than all of the others. 'Why do I even care?' He questioned himself. Li quickly made his way up the stairs with Kaho by his side. She watched Sakura with worried eyes, even though she had never met the girl, she felt extremily sorry for her.

~After hustling and bustling around~

It had been a few hours since Sakura was placed in bed. Li Syaoran was under the covers with her to produce body heat since she couldn't produce her own body heat herself. She was slowly starting to stir. Li, who stayed with her during the past hours watched her stir. He had been watching her, never once taking his eyes off of her delicate form.

~Flashback~

"I'll stay with her. It was my fault in the first place." Li said. "Very well. She must stay in bed though and theres a glass of water for her on her dresser. Just if she wakes up and is thirsty." "Thank you Kaho." "Your welcome Master Li. And since she can't produce her own body heat, she needs someone to warm her up." "But who could do it?" Li asked. "Well, none other than you. All of the others, including myself cannot produce body heat. For we are things and not creatures like yourself. I shall leave you now." And with that said, she left the two alone.

~End Flashback~

He watched her eagerly as she slowly opened her eyes. She had a heap of blankets on top of her. She didn't notice Li right next to her. She felt awful. She was freezing even with his body heat. She was still half asleep. She pulled the covers up more as she shivered. In the process, she felt somthing warm and fuzy brush her arm. She closed her eyes and grabbed onto Li. He was suprised by her actions. He was feeling tired. Very tired. He rested his head on the opposite pillow on the bed. Sleep was taking over him. He felt Sakura wrap her arms around him and bury her face into his neck. He blushed but you couldn't see it. His fur coat hid his blush.

Sakura had fallen asleep. The fuzy thing she was holding made her feel safe and warm. Even though she felt sick, the warmth of the 'fuzy' thing made her feel a little better.

Li was exhausted. He layed his ears back and closed his eyes. That stupid little voice popped in his head again.

'Hey man. Why are you sleeping with her?'

'She needs my body heat. So shut the fuck up and let me sleep.'

'Hey! Wait....'

The little voice in his head disappeared as he fell into a dreamy sleep.

To be continued....

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Few! That was a long chapter. Like it hate it? Tell me in a review. Part 3 of Forgivness coming soon. R+R. Thanks.