Disclaimer: I don't own CCS. Sheesh, I don't even own my own house!
AN. Sorry for the names going back and forth. I'm so used to writing the Japanese names I got messed up.
A Second Chance
The Truth
by BlahBlahBlah136
It had been a month that Dimitri/Li had been in Rouganis when he received a letter from his father. Li opened it with a puzzled look on his face.
Dear Son
How long is this hunting trip going to take! How much have you caught? I figure you could have killed every animal in Rouganis by now! The family of the men you took with you are anxious for your return. They need the men back, and I need them too! What if there was a battle? You took a few of my best soldiers! Please, come home. We miss you son. The castle is far too quiet and it always seems like there is something missing. Your sisters miss you very much too. They mope around the house all day. It's depressing. We need you home. You have a week to return home, or you'll be punished.
Your Father
'Only a week!? It's too soon!' the prince exclaimed in his mind. He was having a wonderful time being with Sakura. It was beginning to get cold outside, so swimming wasn't an option. Sakura enjoyed playing in the leaves. She and he would pile them up in a field under a tree and then jump from the tree into the leaves. Prince Li had never had so much fun.
In the high restraints of princeship one could never be free. A philosopher from the court once said that, "One who imprisons others imprisons himself." Now Li understood what he meant. He never realized the perfection of what he considered flawed. He wanted to live this way always, but it wasn't meant to be.
Then Prince Li was hit with another problem. "What about Sakura?" He asked aloud. Do I ask her to marry me as Dimitri, or as Li? Do I confess that I lied first, or ask her to marry me first? Oh I'll think of that later. I'll just take the first step to asking her.
(Avalon Potter/Tailor shop)
Prince Li walked into the Avalon shop dressed as Dimitri. "Oh, hello Dimitri. What is it you need?" Mr.Avalon asked politely, carrying a large pot from the back room. Li helped him carry it out to the front and set it down. Mr.Avalon picked up a smaller pot. "I'd like to ask for your daughter's hand in marriage," Li sputtered out very quickly. Mr.Avalon dropped the pot he was hold and across the room Tory poked the man who's suit he was tailoring with a pin. The pot broke and all the other pins scatter around on the floor. Li started to help pick up the pins and he apologize, "I'm terribly sorry. I'll pay for the pot that broke. I should have asked at a better time. I can come back some other time if you are too busy."
After all the pins had been picked up, Li proceeded to pick up shards of the clay pot. Aden stopped him. "Now that your here and you've already asked I won't be able to work unless we've figured this out. I have a table and chairs in the back room. Mr.Avalon escorted Li to the back storeroom. "Sit," he commanded, "Now, am I correct in think that you've only known my daughter for a month?"
"Yes, sir,"
"And you want to marry her?"
"In a week I'm going back to the Central Cantrev and I don't know when I'd be back,"
"Be honest, Do you love her?"
"More than I could have ever fathomed before. It blows me away whenever I think about it. I need her more than the air I breath. I wouldn't be able to live knowing that she was unhappy, and I know I don't deserve her, but I had to ask," Li testified. Aden smiled, "And if she doesn't want to marry you?" "I'll leave without her, no persistence. I will be there for her if ever she needs me though. I might check to see if she's ok once and a while if she'll allow me, but not otherwise," Li bargained. "I don't see why not to let you marry her. You are a very kind boy and I know you love her. You may ask her to marry you, but I want her to visit very often. You have to promise me that. If she will marry you, you are allowed to marry her," Mr.Avalon decided and smiled, "I know you'll treat her right. And if you don't..." Mr.Avalon gave him a threatening glare.
The prince thanked him and was about to get up to leave. "I have on question for you. This is just a hypothetical situation; If Prince Li were to have come into this room and said the same thing and apologized for hurting your daughter would you have said the same thing. Even if Prince Li wouldn't have made Sakura marry him?" Li interrogated as he half got out of his chair. "It depends on if I knew he meant it. If he meant it, I'd say yes. If he didn't, I would say no." Li smiled and left serenely.
"Dimitri," Tory called as Li was about to leave, "You know if you ever hurt my sister in the slightest way, you know I'll hurt you a whole lot more." The boy nodded and left. He didn't doubt Tory's threat in the least.
(Avalon Residence)
Sakura hummed as she dusted the mantle. 'I wonder what Prince Li is doing right now. Why did he make such sport of insulting me at the ball? I wonder...' she thought, 'He was pretty handsome, but so cold. He and Dimitri are so much alike. They have the same auras. They are very much alike indeed.' Then Sakura was hit with a realization. 'Maybe I only like Dimitri because he reminds me of Li! This is quite a dilemma!'
Just then there was a knock at the door. Sakura answered the door. "Dimitri," she said excitedly, "I was just thinking about you. Come in. And what, may I ask, is the meaning of your unexpected visit?" "I came to visit, and to ask you a question," Li stepped into the house. Sakura motioned for him the sit on the couch with her. "Oh, and I brought you this." He tucked a rose behind her ear. After a few moments they started kissing.
As soon as lack of air was too great they separated faces only by an inch. Sakura's hands were still around Li's neck. "What is it you wanted to ask me?" Sakura inquired. "Will you marry me?" Sakura was swept into shock. She just stared into space because she was to paralyzed to think. It was awhile before there was any sound. (AN: Up to here written in one sitting. My behind is REALLY numb. heehee)
Finally, Li spoke up, "Before you say anything I want to ask you if you would marry me even if I told a big lie, and say that I love you more than I thought I could ever love anyone." Sakura just gazed into space for a little longer. "I don't know if I can marry you. It's sort of a long, confusing story. You know when Prince Li insulted me, right?" Sakura asked, "Well, I was really broken up because I sort of had a little crush on the prince. I was just thinking that maybe the only reason I love you is because you remind me of the prince, or how I know the prince could be. So I don't know if I can marry you."
Li was shocked. He hadn't needed the facade, he should have just come out an apologized. What a relief! "Sakura, I told you before that I lied to you. I lied because I really am the Prince! My name isn't Dimitri December! I never thought you would forgive me for embarrassing you, so I made up someone new," Li confessed honestly as he held Sakura's hands. Sakura started to cry. "I'm sorry, I can't marry someone I don't know! Dimitri or Li, you lied to me about who you really are. If you are Dimitri, you are lying to me, just pretending to be the Prince so I'll marry you. If you are Li you just became Dimitri to toy with my emotions. I don't know if I can marry you. I'll make up my mind by tomorrow. Meet me at the creek after the sun goes down and I'll give you my answer. If I say "no" I want you to leave and I never want to see your face again. If I say "yes" I will have forgiven you. Now leave!!" The girl yelled, tears were streaming down her cheeks.
When Li didn't leave she yelled again, "LEAVE!!!!" Sakura ran in gasping tears to her room and slammed the door. Li walked to the door, but didn't go in. "Sakura, I really do love you. It wouldn't matter if I was the King of the World or a beggar on the street, I'd still love you. I'm not lying to you about this. I know a million fancy words could never express how much I love you, or how sorry I am. Good-bye."
(One Half Hour Later)
Tory came in the house. He had to find Sakura. Did she accept the offer? He had to know. Tory knocked on her door. Sakura hadn't stopped crying, "Go away Dimitri or Li or whoever you are I don't want to talk to you. I said LEAVE!!! I don't want to hear any more of your lies!"
To say Tory was angry was to say the world was a grain of sand. Smoke came out of his ears and nose. "How dare he do this to my baby sister!!!!" he thought, "Wait till I find that scum bag. I'm going to make him pay. He had a serious death wish if he made my sister cry." Tory stormed off in an angry rage. He would find Li and Li would suffer greatly.
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Sorry for the short chapter. I need some Ideas for the sequel to No Longer A Child to get the creative thinking started again. Ahhhh, no words will come out of my fingers to the computer! The dreaded WRITER'S BLOCK MONSTER is coming back!!!!!
::Pulls a box labeled "Big Box-O-Weapons" out of a hyperspace pocket.:: I need a weapon. ::Starts rummaging through box:: I have to fight the monster! ::Pulls out a... spoon!?!?!?!?! Starts looking again:: I need something like a machine gun, or a tank, or an army and the marines and the air force and the Ghost Busters! ::Turns box upside down and shakes everything out:: Ahhhhh, the best I have is a pocket knife. Unless anyone knows how to turn my teddy bear, Mr.Snuggles, into an invincible weapon!
Please, help. I'm battling the writer's block with no more than a pocket knife! I need a bazooka of reviews, plus a few ideas for ammunition to get me started. Please , It's close enough to spit on me!
AN. Sorry for the names going back and forth. I'm so used to writing the Japanese names I got messed up.
A Second Chance
The Truth
by BlahBlahBlah136
It had been a month that Dimitri/Li had been in Rouganis when he received a letter from his father. Li opened it with a puzzled look on his face.
Dear Son
How long is this hunting trip going to take! How much have you caught? I figure you could have killed every animal in Rouganis by now! The family of the men you took with you are anxious for your return. They need the men back, and I need them too! What if there was a battle? You took a few of my best soldiers! Please, come home. We miss you son. The castle is far too quiet and it always seems like there is something missing. Your sisters miss you very much too. They mope around the house all day. It's depressing. We need you home. You have a week to return home, or you'll be punished.
Your Father
'Only a week!? It's too soon!' the prince exclaimed in his mind. He was having a wonderful time being with Sakura. It was beginning to get cold outside, so swimming wasn't an option. Sakura enjoyed playing in the leaves. She and he would pile them up in a field under a tree and then jump from the tree into the leaves. Prince Li had never had so much fun.
In the high restraints of princeship one could never be free. A philosopher from the court once said that, "One who imprisons others imprisons himself." Now Li understood what he meant. He never realized the perfection of what he considered flawed. He wanted to live this way always, but it wasn't meant to be.
Then Prince Li was hit with another problem. "What about Sakura?" He asked aloud. Do I ask her to marry me as Dimitri, or as Li? Do I confess that I lied first, or ask her to marry me first? Oh I'll think of that later. I'll just take the first step to asking her.
(Avalon Potter/Tailor shop)
Prince Li walked into the Avalon shop dressed as Dimitri. "Oh, hello Dimitri. What is it you need?" Mr.Avalon asked politely, carrying a large pot from the back room. Li helped him carry it out to the front and set it down. Mr.Avalon picked up a smaller pot. "I'd like to ask for your daughter's hand in marriage," Li sputtered out very quickly. Mr.Avalon dropped the pot he was hold and across the room Tory poked the man who's suit he was tailoring with a pin. The pot broke and all the other pins scatter around on the floor. Li started to help pick up the pins and he apologize, "I'm terribly sorry. I'll pay for the pot that broke. I should have asked at a better time. I can come back some other time if you are too busy."
After all the pins had been picked up, Li proceeded to pick up shards of the clay pot. Aden stopped him. "Now that your here and you've already asked I won't be able to work unless we've figured this out. I have a table and chairs in the back room. Mr.Avalon escorted Li to the back storeroom. "Sit," he commanded, "Now, am I correct in think that you've only known my daughter for a month?"
"Yes, sir,"
"And you want to marry her?"
"In a week I'm going back to the Central Cantrev and I don't know when I'd be back,"
"Be honest, Do you love her?"
"More than I could have ever fathomed before. It blows me away whenever I think about it. I need her more than the air I breath. I wouldn't be able to live knowing that she was unhappy, and I know I don't deserve her, but I had to ask," Li testified. Aden smiled, "And if she doesn't want to marry you?" "I'll leave without her, no persistence. I will be there for her if ever she needs me though. I might check to see if she's ok once and a while if she'll allow me, but not otherwise," Li bargained. "I don't see why not to let you marry her. You are a very kind boy and I know you love her. You may ask her to marry you, but I want her to visit very often. You have to promise me that. If she will marry you, you are allowed to marry her," Mr.Avalon decided and smiled, "I know you'll treat her right. And if you don't..." Mr.Avalon gave him a threatening glare.
The prince thanked him and was about to get up to leave. "I have on question for you. This is just a hypothetical situation; If Prince Li were to have come into this room and said the same thing and apologized for hurting your daughter would you have said the same thing. Even if Prince Li wouldn't have made Sakura marry him?" Li interrogated as he half got out of his chair. "It depends on if I knew he meant it. If he meant it, I'd say yes. If he didn't, I would say no." Li smiled and left serenely.
"Dimitri," Tory called as Li was about to leave, "You know if you ever hurt my sister in the slightest way, you know I'll hurt you a whole lot more." The boy nodded and left. He didn't doubt Tory's threat in the least.
(Avalon Residence)
Sakura hummed as she dusted the mantle. 'I wonder what Prince Li is doing right now. Why did he make such sport of insulting me at the ball? I wonder...' she thought, 'He was pretty handsome, but so cold. He and Dimitri are so much alike. They have the same auras. They are very much alike indeed.' Then Sakura was hit with a realization. 'Maybe I only like Dimitri because he reminds me of Li! This is quite a dilemma!'
Just then there was a knock at the door. Sakura answered the door. "Dimitri," she said excitedly, "I was just thinking about you. Come in. And what, may I ask, is the meaning of your unexpected visit?" "I came to visit, and to ask you a question," Li stepped into the house. Sakura motioned for him the sit on the couch with her. "Oh, and I brought you this." He tucked a rose behind her ear. After a few moments they started kissing.
As soon as lack of air was too great they separated faces only by an inch. Sakura's hands were still around Li's neck. "What is it you wanted to ask me?" Sakura inquired. "Will you marry me?" Sakura was swept into shock. She just stared into space because she was to paralyzed to think. It was awhile before there was any sound. (AN: Up to here written in one sitting. My behind is REALLY numb. heehee)
Finally, Li spoke up, "Before you say anything I want to ask you if you would marry me even if I told a big lie, and say that I love you more than I thought I could ever love anyone." Sakura just gazed into space for a little longer. "I don't know if I can marry you. It's sort of a long, confusing story. You know when Prince Li insulted me, right?" Sakura asked, "Well, I was really broken up because I sort of had a little crush on the prince. I was just thinking that maybe the only reason I love you is because you remind me of the prince, or how I know the prince could be. So I don't know if I can marry you."
Li was shocked. He hadn't needed the facade, he should have just come out an apologized. What a relief! "Sakura, I told you before that I lied to you. I lied because I really am the Prince! My name isn't Dimitri December! I never thought you would forgive me for embarrassing you, so I made up someone new," Li confessed honestly as he held Sakura's hands. Sakura started to cry. "I'm sorry, I can't marry someone I don't know! Dimitri or Li, you lied to me about who you really are. If you are Dimitri, you are lying to me, just pretending to be the Prince so I'll marry you. If you are Li you just became Dimitri to toy with my emotions. I don't know if I can marry you. I'll make up my mind by tomorrow. Meet me at the creek after the sun goes down and I'll give you my answer. If I say "no" I want you to leave and I never want to see your face again. If I say "yes" I will have forgiven you. Now leave!!" The girl yelled, tears were streaming down her cheeks.
When Li didn't leave she yelled again, "LEAVE!!!!" Sakura ran in gasping tears to her room and slammed the door. Li walked to the door, but didn't go in. "Sakura, I really do love you. It wouldn't matter if I was the King of the World or a beggar on the street, I'd still love you. I'm not lying to you about this. I know a million fancy words could never express how much I love you, or how sorry I am. Good-bye."
(One Half Hour Later)
Tory came in the house. He had to find Sakura. Did she accept the offer? He had to know. Tory knocked on her door. Sakura hadn't stopped crying, "Go away Dimitri or Li or whoever you are I don't want to talk to you. I said LEAVE!!! I don't want to hear any more of your lies!"
To say Tory was angry was to say the world was a grain of sand. Smoke came out of his ears and nose. "How dare he do this to my baby sister!!!!" he thought, "Wait till I find that scum bag. I'm going to make him pay. He had a serious death wish if he made my sister cry." Tory stormed off in an angry rage. He would find Li and Li would suffer greatly.
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Sorry for the short chapter. I need some Ideas for the sequel to No Longer A Child to get the creative thinking started again. Ahhhh, no words will come out of my fingers to the computer! The dreaded WRITER'S BLOCK MONSTER is coming back!!!!!
::Pulls a box labeled "Big Box-O-Weapons" out of a hyperspace pocket.:: I need a weapon. ::Starts rummaging through box:: I have to fight the monster! ::Pulls out a... spoon!?!?!?!?! Starts looking again:: I need something like a machine gun, or a tank, or an army and the marines and the air force and the Ghost Busters! ::Turns box upside down and shakes everything out:: Ahhhhh, the best I have is a pocket knife. Unless anyone knows how to turn my teddy bear, Mr.Snuggles, into an invincible weapon!
Please, help. I'm battling the writer's block with no more than a pocket knife! I need a bazooka of reviews, plus a few ideas for ammunition to get me started. Please , It's close enough to spit on me!