Disclaimer: I do not down CCS or any of its characters much to my dismay! They belong to CLAMP.

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Unwinding Destiny
By ~Xiaoling~


Chapter 6:
A little bit of Jealousy


Three days went back slowly and the war raged on. Syaoran quickly left his post by the princess' room when she had left for tea.

*I must contact father!* Syaoran went outside to the garden and behind a tree and into a little building where the birds were kept. He went through the many cages until he came to a pigeon.

Syaoran carefully opened the cage and took out the bird in his palms. He took the bird's feet gently and tucked a roll of paper in it's claws. "Fei fei, take this to father. Be careful, and don't let this note get in anyone else's hands!" He went outside and released the bird into the bright blue sky.

"So, communicating with your side of the people?"

Syaoran turned around, his face pale. "Who are you?!"

Eriol stepped out from behind the tree, with a smirk on his face. "So, are you a little spy my cute little descendant?"

"What do you mean cute little descendant?! And what spy?! I was just releasing the bird because it looked like it's wings were getting cramped in the cage!" Syaoran lied.

Eriol crossed his arms, his smirk fading. "Don't lie Syaoran LI. It will come out someday and it will hurt."

"What?"

Eriol chuckled and walked away. "I don't believe you're my descendant." And then he walked away.

Syaoran frowned, "How does he know all this? This isn't good..."

Sakura and Tomoyo walked cheerfully back to Sakura's room after tea. It was quite pleasent, with green tea and butter cookies, and for Sakura, it was more fun since Tomoyo was there.

"How long are you going to visit Tomoyo-chan?" Sakura asked, she had become best friends with Tomoyo over the years.

Tomoyo smiled, "I'm staying for two weeks! It will be awesome don't you think?!"

"Yeah!" Sakura giggled happily.

"How'd good ol' Kero?" Tomoyo asked.

Sakura continued to giggle. "I don't think he'll like it when you say he's old! But he's still the same Kero!" Tomoyo and Mika were the only other people besides Sakura's family that knew about Kero and the whole card mistress business.

Tomoyo was touched that Sakura decided to tell her of all people. "I brought him some strawberry shortcake that I made when I was bored back home!"

"Wow! He'll love it!" Sakura smiled brightly as they turned the corner.

~Crash~

"Ouch! My head!!" Sakura rubbed her forehead while standing back up. "Mr. Nezumi! Please watch where you're going!"

Syaoran scrambled to his feet. "You watch where you go! Are you blind your highness?!" He said the 'your highness' part sarcastically while rolling his eyes.

"Wow! He sure has guts to be so rude to you Sakura!" Tomoyo remarked.

Sakura frowned, "It's nothing to be impressed about Tomoyo-chan! I have no idea why he is so rude! Why is that you are so rude Nezumi-kun?"

"Because you are plain annoying. You act so innocent, but...oh nevermind!" Syaoran said with a scowl. *Because you're part of this filthy Kinomoto Kingdom!*

"I am not annoying! I wish you could act nicer, like Hiiragizawa-kun!" Sakura sighed.

"Who's that?" Tomoyo asked.

"Another guard," Sakura answered. "Here, let's go to the garden and I'll introduce you guys!" Sakura and Tomoyo continued to walk towards the garden.

Syaoran felt an odd feeling in him that he had never felt before. What was it?

*Jealousy...?! How can that be Syaoran! Argh! You CAN not like this Princess Sakura! She is on the other side! Argh, I better go to the garden! That Eriol guy might blow my cover...* Syaoran crept after them, knowing that this was only one reason of following Sakura and Tomoyo to the garden.

Eriol smiled as the two princesses walked towards him. He was caught by the beauty of the girl walking along side of Sakura.

"May I ask who this lovely lady is?" Eriol said, pointing the question at Tomoyo.

"I'm Tomoyo Daidouji of the Daidouji Kingdom!" Tomoyo introduced herself. "You must be Eriol Hiiragizawa that Sakura was talking about!"

Eriol nodded, his smile still on his face. "I assume you are the lovely princess of the Daidouji Kingdom too."

Tomoyo blushed and nodded. Sakura noticed this and she wanted to scream kawaii, but she remained silent.

Eriol sensed a green aura behind the bushes. His smile turned into a smirk. *Hehehehe! Syaoran is here! My fun can begin!!* Eriol took Sakura's hand.

"Princess Sakura, have I ever told you that you are the most beautiful cherry blossom I have ever seen in my life?" Eriol said innocently.

Sakura turned red. "Arigatou!!!"

Eriol took Tomoyo's hand next. "You to, lovely Princess Tomoyo. You have the most enchanting eyes I have ever seen."

Tomoyo turned beat red to.

*You...you!!! Flirting with two girls at once?! What the heck do you think you're doing!!!* Syaoran thought from his hiding place behind the bushes.

Eriol wanted to laugh when he felt Syaoran's aura flare. But he remained calm.

"Oh Princess Sakura, your hand is as soft as velvet!" Eriol continued.

Syaoran clenched his fists.

"Sakura, you are..."

"How dare you call the princess by her first name!!!!" Syaoran jumped out of the bushes, both his hands flying in the air.

Everyone blinked at him, and he turned red in embarressment.

"I mean, Princess Sakura! He is of lower level then you! How could guards call you by your first name! It is not acceptable!" Syaoran said, the red fading from his face.

"Well, if I don't mind, then it's fine." Sakura said with a huff and turned around in her heels. "Let's go back to my room Tomoyo-chan."

"Ok!" The two left quickly.

Eriol couldn't help but start laughing.

Syaoran growled, "Why are you laughing you flirt!!!"

"HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! It is so funny to see my cute little descendant jealous!!" Eriol almost fell over onto the floor laughing.

Syaoran grew red in anger. "You!! Argh!!!" He pounced onto him, summoning his sword.

"Ah ha! So you do know magic Syaoran Li!" Eriol stated triumphantly while rolling out of the way.

Syaoran quickly changed his sword back to it's pendant form. *Shoot! I just let it drop! Baka!!!* Syaoran frowned nervously. "How do you know all this Hiiragizawa?! And why the hell do you call me your cute little descendant?! I am not your descendant! I am Clow Reed's descendant!"

"Ah ha! You just said another point! You are definately a Li from the Li Kingdom now that you have just said that you are the descendant of myself!" Eriol said.

Syaoran smacked his forehead at his stupidity, but then he froze in his spot. "What do you mean I just said that I am a descendant of yourself?!"

Eriol chuckled and turned around to leave. "It will soon all fit together Mr. Li. And everything will be out of the mist."

Sakura lead Tomoyo to her guest room. It was one of the finest ones in the palace and it was right next to Sakura's. Mika was in the room, folding new blankets and tucking in freshly washed bed sheets.

"Oh konnichiwa my ladies!" Mika greeted cheerfully.

Tomoyo sniffed the room. "Wow! It smells wonderful!"

"I'm glad you like the smell! It's from the roses over there," Mika pointed to the vase of pink roses on her night table.

"Wow! Did you get them for me?" Tomoyo asked.

Mika shook her head. "No I didn't actually. It was actually from that new guard, Eriol Hiiragizawa."

Tomoyo blushed, and Sakura giggled and left Tomoyo alone in her room so Tomoyo could think about Eriol peacefully.

Sakura skipped into her room, and was greeted by a serious looking Kero.

"What's wrong Kero?"

"I sense another very very strong aura Sakura..." He said in a low whisper.

Sakura flopped onto her bed beside Kero. "Really? I don't sense a thing!"

"Maybe your powers aren't that intense to sense powers that are hidden so well..."

Sakura closed her eyes, and concentrated...

"Hey...I think I do! A dark blue aura..."

Kero nodded proudly at her. "I guess you've been so preoccupied with Tomoyo that you haven't paid any attenion to it."

"Yeah...oh! Tomoyo made you this!" Sakura placed the cake on the bed.

Kero had huge hearts popping out of his eyes. "CAKE!!!"

"Hush! What if someone hear's you?!" Sakura snapped just as someone knocked. "Oh boy..."

She sighed and opened the door to see Syaoran.

"Is there something wrong? I heard a kind of scream..." Syaoran asked, trying to hide the hint of worry from his voice.

Sakura sweatdropped, "Oh a scream? You must be hearing things Nezumi-kun! Ehehe! Or maybe you just heard me singing!"

"But it sounded...kind of horrid..."

"Er...well, my singing voice is horrid!!!" Sakura said sheepishly.

Syaoran raised an eyebrow in suspicion and peered into the room. He saw nothing out of the ordinary, a couch, some pictures, a bed, a yellow stuffed toy, and a vanity table, and a whole bunch of usual stuff he saw in Meiling's room.

"You still play with stuffed toys?" Syaoran asked, a bit amazed.

"No! I mean yes! I mean, it was a present so I keep it there!" Sakura hated lieing, but she had to in this case. "Well, it's getting late! Night night Nezumi-kun!!"

She jumped into her room and closed the door a bit to hard.

Syaoran turned around and leaned against the wall. *I bet she hates me! I've been so rude...but that scream..I'm positive it isn't even Sakura's voice. AH!! I just said her first name!! Oh well...it's only in my head anyways...Night night Sakura-chan...*






AN: Could this be the start of some S+S?! Who knows!!! Thanks for reading and please R+R! I'll be writing the next chapter soon so please come back =D