I decided to put this chapter up with chapter 1 cuz chapter 1 was more like a prologue but still.. anyways, sit back and enjoy chapter 2!! Blah I don't own CCS/CC so stop trying to sew me already, I'm poor here!!! Um.. anyways, you may continue. '^-^

By: Ying-Fa
A Second Chance

Chapter 2-Unexpected



8 years later....


Sakura had just finished scrubbing the floors of the hallways when a servant of the leader came up to her. "Sakura, you are needed to see the leader at once."

Sakura now facing the servant nodded, "Let me put these up first." The servant nodded and left her. Sakura sighed. 'I wonder what he wants.' She thought as she stuffed a dirty cloth in a pail.

Sakura was now 17 years old and still was a servant of the clan. To her she seemed more like a slave with a place to sleep, eat, and take a shower regularly. She really didn't seem to mind it all to much. Since the leader of the clan had died, she had been working on the other side of the so called palace. She's never visited or seen the other side where she had worked for in 5 years.

Sakura still had the same emerald eyes. Her hair was short but usually up in pigtails. But for today, she had her hair down with a bandana covering all her hair except her bangs. She was wearing pant overalls with a sleeve-less shirt inside that was striped pink in different colors.

The so called palace wasn't really a palace. The only reason why people had called it a palace was because it was designed as an accient castle back in the medieval times. The only difference was how modern it was in the kitchen, you know like microwaves and stuff. Same with the light that hung in every room. What made Sakura come to love this place was how the halls provided light from the torches with fire in it. It was on practically every night fall.


Sakura bowed herself in front of the now new leader of the Li Clan, Syaoran. Sakura did have a hard time finding herself around on this part of the palace though. Sakura then stood straight and looked up at Syaoran. Though he was 17, he dressed pretty well for the leader. He had on some nice cargo khaki pants with a light green shirt that almost went passed his knees untucked. Though the clothing he had on was more teenage like, it still looked nice on him Sakura thought. He had grown up a lot since he was young. He still had that same messed up hair and brown eyes. But he had also grown up to be stronger with building muscles.

"Yes, master Syaoran?" Sakura asked as she looked to the side of his face not wanting to make eye contact.

Syaoran noticed but shrugged it off. "Ms. Kinomoto. Right?"

"Yes master." Sakura said as a thought popped up in her mind. 'This 'master' thing gets really tiring...'

"When my father died, he left a will... or more like a piece of paper of his biddings. He mentioned that you shall be my servant after he dies. Since I did not know about this, you've been working on the other side of this palace. So I'm wondering if you would like to be my servant." Syaoran said as he eyed the piece of paper in his hand.

Sakura on the other hand was stunned. 'Since when does the leader 'ask' me something like that?' "Um well I thought your supposed to order me to be your slave." Sakura asked as she eyed Syaoran confused.

"Yes. But since you've been working on the other side of the palace and I thought that you would probably want to stay there instead of on this side and be my servant. So now, I'm asking." Syaoron commented as he took his eyes off the paper and looked at Sakura for an answer.

Sakura stood there thinking whether or not if she should take the offer. 'Well, he doesn't seem as bad as the last leader and my rooms MUCH closer to this side than the other and....' She wasn't able to finish her thought when she blurted out, "Ok!" Sakura realized what she had done. 'Since when do I blurt out something before thinking it all the way through?' She thought.

"Alright then. You may have the rest of the day off and tomorrow so you can find your way through this part of the palace. You may leave." Syaoran got up and left Sakura standing alone.

'Hold up.' Sakura thought. 'Aren't I suppose to leave, not him?' She shrugged and left the room.

Syaoran stepped out of the shadows with a different look on his face. The look of kindness. "She's changed."


Next Day...

Sakura walked through the palace trying to find her way again. She was carrying her purse next to her with Kero stuffed inside. Yes, Sakura had finally become the Clow Mistress defeating Yue and having her right to the cards.

She found the book in the library when she opened it with her magic. Before calling out The Windy she heard footsteps coming her way. Without thinking, she stuffed it her pale and covered it carefully with cloths. When she was done cleaning the old library she then opened the Clow Book in her room. That's when Kero popped out, claiming she was the soon to be mistress of the cards. The cards obeyed her and she took well training before stepping up to Yue. When the time came, she had defeated Yue. That's how she eared herself as the Clow Mistress.

"Great I'm lost!" Sakura wailed as she turned around once a while to see if she remembered something from 5 years ago. She then began to walk backwards expecting that no one was there. She suddenly bumped into someone causing her purse to fall off. Kero on the other hand almost yelled at Sakura when he felt another magical presence. He froze. Sakura turned around, "Oh, I'm sorry..." She looked up. "Master? I uh... u-umm..."

Syaoran lifted up his hand with something in it, "Here, you dropped this."

Sakura was confused, "Huh?" She then looked down to see her purse in this right hand. "Oh! Um.. thanks." She picked up her bag from his hand. Sakura was embarrassed as she was blushing. "Sorry." She spoke as she bowed in front of him.

Syaoran's eyes widened a bit for he now saw her aura brighter than ever. It wasn't shocking pink and it really didn't blind him. I was more like a natural colored pink. Her aura was think too, but you could still see Sakura's body and face ever so clearly. Sakura had stopped bowing and looked up at Syaoran. Syaoran, still not back to reality yet blushed at the sight of Sakura staring at him. He then snapped back to reality and shook off the blush.

Sakura looked at him a bit worried, "Are you alright master?"

"Um.. ya." Syaoran answered. "Do you want me to show you around here since it seems that you're lost?"

Sakura smiled, "Sure. Why not?!?"


Well, what do u think of it??? Please R+R and I'll be sure to have chapter 3 out soon!! More to come! ^-^ I know it seems kinda short but the adventures just begun.....