Disclaimer: I do not down CCS or
any of its characters much to my dismay! They belong to CLAMP.
" Speech
* Thinking
~ Sound affects
() Translation
By ~Xiaoling~
Chapter 2:
The Clow Book
Meiling gave Sakura a death glare. Syaoran sighed and pulled Meiling back into the carriage.
"Hey! I wanted to teach that bratty girl a lesson!" Meiling snapped.
Syaoran sweatdropped. "Then first of all, teach yourself..."
"What?!"
"Oh nothing.." Syaoran said while he ordered the drivers to turn.
Sakura smiled truimphantly as she stepped back into her carriage. "Ha! I got rid of em!"
Mika sighed, "Remember princess, you are out in the marketplace. Revealing your indentity is not very safe, and don't give the towns people a bad impression of the royal family."
Sakura frowned while sitting down. "What do you mean a bad impression?!"
"...You will learn your highness...someday..." Mika said.
The carriage stopped at the town square, where Sakura and Mika stepped out.
"I want to buy something from that stall!" Sakura said excitedly while pointing at a little stall in the corner selling good luck charms.
Mika held onto Sakura's had and led her through the busy crowds to the stall. Sakura looked through the charms, and saw one that she liked.
"Wow! I want this pink one!" She said, while holding up the shiny pink crystal charm.
Mika handed over the right ammount of money and they left. Sakura pocketed her charm, when a little plan formed in her mind. She started running away from Mika.
"Princess!!!" Mika yelled, and everyone turned to look at her. "I mean Sakura!!! Get back here at once!" Mika sweatdropped and ran after her.
Sakura was giggling all the way as she rounded a corner.
~Crash~
"Oof!" Sakura fell onto the cement floor on her bottom. She jumped right up with a glare on her face. "Watch it will you!?"
"It's you again!"
Sakura met the eyes of the amber eyed boy she had seen half an hour ago. "Hmpth! You should watch where you go, you low life!"
Syaoran glared back at her. "I am not a low life! I am a prince for your information, and I act like one. Unlike someone who doesn't like royal!~" He said while rolling his eyes.
Sakura's eyes narrowed as she placed her little hands on her hips. "Hey! You take that back or I'll have you beheaded!"
"Whatever." Syaoran crossed his arms. "I don't believe you're the daughter of King Fujitaka! You're exactly like Meiling, even worst at some point!"
"Hey! Who's Meiling?"
"Oh, she's that girl you met on the carriage. She's a real stubborn brat to, just like you," Syaoran sighed. "Why do I always bump into annoying girls?"
"Hey!!!" Sakura felt her anger boil. "You baka!!!"
"You probably don't have any friends because of your attitude," Syaoran snapped back.
Sakura felt it hit her.
*It's true...* Sakura thought sadly, and she felt her eyes water. *It's all true....!!! But I don't want to cry!!! It will show that I am weak and I don't like it!!!* Sakura thought furiously.
Syaoran felt his glare soften as he stared at the girl in front of him. She was desperately blinking her tears away.
"No one knows how I feel!" Sakuar choked out and she started running again.
Syaoran blinked. "...What?" He watched Sakura's figure disappear just as he felt someone jump onto him.
"XIAOLANG!!! WHERE WERE YOU?!"
Syaoran sighed anime style. "Meiling, please! Get off me."
"I thought I told you to stay next to me!"
"It was getting boring so I ran off," Syaoran grumbled.
Meiling frowned, "It was not boring! Look what I bought!!!" Meiling said, showing Syaoran a whole bunch of hair pins and earrings.
Syaoran shrugged, "It's getting late.
We better head back."
"Your highness! I was worried sick about you!" Mika cried.
Sakura shrugged werily. "I just wanted to run around...."
"Have you been crying...?" Mika asked, seeing that Sakura's eyes were red and puffy.
Sakura nodded.
"Why?" Mika asked softly.
"I don't have any friends!" Sakura cried.
Mika eyed the little princess sadly. "Maybe...maybe it's because you always drive them away dear...with your stubborness and all..."
"But...but I can't help it! No one knows..."
"Knows what?" Mika asked, placing Sakura on her lap.
Sakura felt a whole new set of tears filling her eyes. "When I first went to school with the other kids, I wanted to be their friends! But they all teased me and called me name just because I am a princess!" She said it all out.
Mika stroked her soft auburn hair. "It's alright..."
"I didn't ever want to feel that hurt or embarrassed again! So I just kicked them all away and ignored them, and soon, they were all just plain scared of me!" Sakura said softly.
"Oh Sakura..." Mika rarely said Sakura's first name, since it wasn't polite for someone of lower level too. But now, she felt like it was ok to.
After her whole eight years as being Sakura's personal maid, she didn't know the reason why Sakura was so stubborn and annoying at times. Now she knew, about her experience at school.
Sakura sniffled and wiped her tears away, she let her wall crumble. The wall she had constructed around herself, to keep herself from being hurt from people outside. She let it all crumble, bit by bit.
"He's right!"
"Who's he?" Mika said, puzzled.
Sakura jumped off Mika's lap, and smiled weakly. "Somebody." And she went into her room and closed the door behind her. She walked over to the balcony of her room to gaze at the stars.
"He's right...I am a stubborn brat! But I just am...because I don't want to be hurt...I hated being teased..." Sakura said softly out to the sky. "Maybe...I should change...yeah..."
"Lady Sakura?"
Sakura turned around and saw Mika holding her pink jewled comb. She smiled lightly. "Hello."
"It's time for bed." Mika said, while unfolding the blankets on the bed.
Sakura nodded and went into the washroom to brush her teeth and wash her face. Then she slipped into her bed and Mika tucked the blankets in around her.
"Mika...I want to do that by myself next time. I'm old enough." Sakura whined.
Mika blinked, "But...I though you hated doing things like tucking yourself in and making your bed..."
"Well, now I like too!"
"Er...as you wish.."
"Night night Mika!"
Mika smiled and left the room. "Good
night princess."
A couple weeks later since the party for the Kinomoto and Daidouji Kingdoms alliance, Sakura Kinomoto had rightfully turned 10. A huge party was thrown over the city and in the ballroom.
After the party, King Fujitaka smiled at his daughter proudly. "You are ten my dear Sakura."
"Yes I am..." Sakura smiled back.
"It is time for you to know."
Sakura blinked, she was confused as her father lead her to the castle library. She loved going to the library and pick out fantasy books and fairy tales, but right now, her father stopped infront of a very old book case.
"Why are we here?" Sakura questioned.
Fujitaka scanned the books and placed hand on one, and took it out. The bookcase swung around, revealing a hidden dark room.
"Follow me Sakura."
"But...but what if there are ghosts!" Sakura said, her voice quivering as she held onto her father's hand tightly.
Fujitaka chuckled lightly. "Do not worry my dear cherry blossom." He lead her to the center of the room, where a book stand stood.
Sakura squinted her eyes to read the title in the dark. "The...the Clow Book?" She read and looked up at her father. "What's that?"
Fujitaka handed Sakura a key shaped charm. "The Clow Book is an acient magical book that contains that magical clow cards in them. The clow cards are magical cards, each possessing their own special powers."
Sakura nodded, trying her best to understand everything.
"This key I am giving you right now, is the Clow Key. It opens the Clow Book and unleashes the cards to whom ever opens it." Fujitaka explained.
Sakura ran her finger over the smooth key. "Why didn't you open it yourself daddy?"
"I...I couldn't..."
"What do you mean?"
"Only people possessing magical powers can use the Clow Key to open the Clow Book. Not just any magical powers, but also the chosen one."
Sakura blinked, with a still puzzled look on her face. "What makes you think I have magical abilities?"
"Nothing makes me think that you do possess magical abilities. But, it's worth a try."
"Why now? And why not Touya try it?"
"It was a rule that you must be 10 until you are allowed to possess the key. Touya has tried, but he failed. And now, it is your turn Sakura," Fujitaka said proudly. "I have faith in you."
Sakura held the key tightly in her hands. She was nervous, excited, and scared. What if the book didn't open? She could disappoint her father greatly.
She took a breath, and placed the
key into the lock of the book. And she turned it.
AN: Er, this isn't a cliff hanger
I don't think. At least, not a very good one! Thanks for reading, and R+R
onegai!! Arigatou peeps ;D
