Disclaimer: I don't own CCS/CC or
its characters, they belong to CLAMP.
By ~Xiaoling~
Chapter 4: Mysterious Girl
It had been a month since XueLian's sudden appearence, but everything went normally, and every morning XueLian would bring a cup of green tea for Sakura.
Sakura also noticed that today there
was a letter from Syaoran, much to her delight.
Dear my lovely ying fa Sakura,
I was wondering if you would like
to visit at my kingdom today. We haven't seen each other for a week already,
and I really want to see you because I have something important to tell
you that is not safe to include in this letter. The sooner you come, the
better! I will be waiting for you Sakura.
Love Syaoran
Sakura giggled softly to herself. She was glad that he hadn't put "My mother wants you to visit". Sakura knew that she really did love this handsom prince, but she hadn't confessed. Syaoran hadn't told her in person that he loved her, but Sakura had a feeling that he did love her because of many reasons.
They no longer hated each other, nor mentioned that their relationship was forced. Their engagement was now a willing one from both sides, and Sakura couldn't wait until the wedding day which was suppose to be a year away.
"I wonder what Shaoran wants to say to me that's so urgent..." Sakura pondered.
Kero shrugged, "Maybe he's going to see 'I love you'."
Sakura turned slightly pink, "No, he seemed very serious..."
"Maybe it's about the new aura..." Kero murmered.
"You sense it to?" Sakura asked.
Kero nodded, "It was a couple weeks ago when I felt a strong dark aura around the place. And it seems close Sakura, so we should be on guard."
"Right," Sakura decided to bring her Clow Key along with her while she was Syaoran's just to be on the safe side.
*You'll never be on the safe side
dear card mistress...you are already in my fingers..* A dark figure leapt
off the balcony and into the morning sun rise.
"Shaoran!!!"
Syaoran turned around and was met by a blur of color and a sudden force of energy into his arms. "Ah! Sakura!"
Sakura got off him and smiled down at him. "I got here as quickly as I could!"
"How did you get here so fast? And where's the usual body guards and everyone?" Syaoran asked.
Sakura took out the fly card and grinned mischeivously. "The Fly Card came in handy there!" Sakura had told Syaoran that she was the card mistress around two weeks ago when Syaoran had showed her some of his magic. She decided that it was better to have no secrets between them, and so, she told him.
"Anyways, what's the important news?" Sakura questioned quickly.
Syaoran led her to his room and onto his balcony that overlooked the town square. "I sensed...a..."
"A dark aura," Sakura finished for him.
Syaoran turned to him, his eyebrows raised. "So you knew too?"
"Hai," Sakura nodded. "A dark strong aura."
"Yes...that's what I feel too," Syaoran said with a sigh. "I don't think it's good."
Sakura frowned, "I think I noticed that too. But...be careful alright Shaoran?"
"You to Sakura...you too..." Syaoran
held Sakura's hands tightly. "Something's going to happen, and it won't
be good."
Since the time my mother left me, my world was shattered, and I was left with sadness. Pain beyond belief, everyone grieved over my mother's death. Everyone loved their dear queen, my mother was a very kind queen too.
But no one felt as much sorrow as my family. Otou-san, oni-chan, and me were the victims of pain and grief the most. I had a dream, a fantastic dream when I was a child. Yet now when I think of it, it is so fragile, delicate, that is could be broken any second like glass...
Since it will never come true anymore. That fragile dream was to be the best daughter for my father and mother. But I can only do half of that, since my mother is gone.
But now, as I have turned 16, I have
a new dream. It isn't as fragile as my first dream, it is stronger, and
I intend on making it come true. My dream, is to live happily ever after
with my little wolf, Syaoran Li.
Sakura was back at her room, at night, gazing at the stars and thinking to herself. She often did this when she was troubled, when problems had taken over her mind. She would look at the stars, and they would clear the mist, and she would be able to see again and think.
Those words that Syaoran had told her troubled her greatly.
Something's going to happen, and it won't be good.
She sighed deeply, and closed her emerald eyes. And then she heard a voice...so soft and harsh and so pure of evil.
Your little wolf is right. Something's going to happen...and that dream of yours, will just be another fragile one... Sakura quickly opened her eyes and scanned the balcony. No one was there, she was alone, yet she had heard another voice.
"Hello?" She called out.
She recieved no reply, except for
the buzzing of fire flies and other creatures that were still awake. She
sighed, *I'm getting paranoid...there's nothing to worry about Sakura...nothing
to worry about...* Sakura repeated that thought in her head as she slipped
back into her room to go to bed.
Sakura met her family at breakfast that morning in the grand dining hall. She sat across from her brother Touya, and her father sat at the head of the table. There were so many seats, yet only three seats were filled.
"Morning squirt," Touya greeted his usual way.
Sakura scowled and stomped on his foot like her usual way. It was just another typical morning for the Kinomoto family, and for King Fujitaka, it was like rewinding a tape everyday.
Except, as they were halfway through their breakfast, a guard came into the room and bowed.
"Sorry to disturb you, your majesty. But we have a problem down at the front gates," The guard reported, still bowing.
Fujitaka placed his fork down calmly. "What is it?"
"There is a mysterious girl there..." The guard lifted his head, and Sakura noticed that it was awfully pale as if he had seen a ghost. "She wants to see you right away."
"What is her reason?" Fujitaka asked.
The guard took a breath and his voice shook, "She claims that she is Princess Sakura, your majesty."
Sakura dropped her fork. "What?! But I am right here!" Sakura exclaimed.
Fujitaka's eyes widened slightly. "...Bring the girl in..."
"Yes your majesty," The guard left in a hurry.
"That guard looked pale dad," Touya commented.
Sakura nodded, "Why would someone want to imposter me?"
"They'll get beheaded for doing that," Touya mumbled.
A few minutes later, the guard came back with a hooded girl around Sakura's age. Her face was hidden beneath it, but locks of light greyish hair tumbled down her shoulders.
"Show your face," Fujitaka said.
The girl raised her hands gracefully, and pulled back her hood. She tossed her head around to untangle her hair, and she smiled at Fujitaka with her sparkling pink lips, and emerald eyes.
Fujitaka gasped. This girl...this girl reminded him alot of...
"Nadesiko...?" Fujitaka asked, his voice shaky.
Touya's eyes were wide too. "...Mother...?" But he knew this girl wasn't his mother since she was as young as his baby sister.
The girl smiled lightly. "That is mother, but I am Sakura, father."
"...But Sakura's right here..." Touya waved his hand at Sakura, who sat dumbfounded in her seat.
The girl frowned, "She's my imposter!"
"You have no proof...although you look alot like our dear Nadesiko.." Fujitaka murmered.
The girl's eyes brimmed with tears. "Because I am your daughter otou-san! When I was born, one of mother's thought that I had...had a problem. A discease that had no cure, and so they took me away and gave me to a women in the town. The nurse got another baby, which is probably her," She pointed to Sakura. "And the nurse replaced me with the baby so mother wouldn't be distressed that she had a baby with an abnormal discease."
Fujtiaka and Touya remained silent and shocked.
"That doesn't make any sense! She doesn't have any proof...!" Sakura choked out. Why was all of a sudden, this girl, just apeared into her life and mess it up?
The girl smirked, "I do have proof."
"What is it?" Touya tried to make his voice steady.
The girl reached into her pocket and raised a locket shaped like a cherry blossom. Fujitaka gasped, "Nadesiko's locket! The one I gave her...and the one she gave Sakura at birth...why is it in your hands?"
"It has always been father.." The girl stated simply.
Sakura's mouth dropped open. "But..I had that under my pillow! What?!"
Fujitaka and Touya averted their
gaze towards her. "...Then who are you?"
AN: Eeps! Oh no, who is this girl
that is claiming to be Sakura? No, it is not XueLian if you were wondering.
Well, you'll have to stay tooned to find out what happens next!
