Love, Royalty, and Magic

Part 2: Maid Sakura

Sakura and Yue were cleaning the castle when Prince Eriol arrived. When he left, they were cleaning the lounge room.
Yue had turned to ask Sakura if she needed help dusting. However, when he turned, he could not say anything. The light streaming in through the window hit Sakura's face so that she looked more beautiful than the pictures of angels found on the castle walls. He had walked right up to her, took her chin in his hand, and kissed her.
When he pulled back, she opened her eyes slowly. "Yue..."
Footsteps were heard only a few doors away. Yue quickly went to the other side of the room.
Prince Syaoran arrived at the door. "Sakura, have you cleaned my room yet?"
"Not yet, sir."
"Why not?"
"I have not yet finished cleaning down here."
"Leave it to him," he said, jerking his head towards Yue. "I need my room cleaned."
With a glance at Yue, Sakura said, "Yes, sir."
"Good. Gather up what you need." With that, Prince Syaoran walked away, in the direction of his room.
Sakura sighed. "There was nothing I could have done, Yue."
"I know. He is the prince."
"I hate to have to leave you to finish cleaning all alone."
"It is all right. I will meet you up there."
With a quick smile, Sakura gathered up some of the items she would need to clean the prince's room.
"Sakura, what areas did you finish dusting?"
"I did not dust the bookcase."
"All right."
Sakura walked out and went upstairs to Prince Syaoran's room.
When she entered, the prince was laying on his bed.
"I have been waiting for you, Sakura."
"I am here to clean your room."
"Forget about cleaning my room. Leave it to that guy downstairs."
"Sir, you requested me to clean your room."
"Now, I am demanding you to kiss me."
She turned to walk out, but the prince grabbed her and pulled her back. He closed the doors to his room.
Sakura was determined not to let the prince do anything to her.
The prince walked over to Sakura to get the kiss that he had demanded of her. Just as he was about to grab her, someone knocked on his door.
"What?" he shouted.
"Syaoran, your father wants to speak to you," said Queen Nadeshiko through the door.
Sakura sighed in relief.
"I'm busy, Mother."
"Syaoran, you know how upset your father gets when you do not do as he asks. Now, stop what you are doing and speak to your father!"
Prince Syaoran huffed, rolled his eyes, and went to talk to his father. Sakura stood where she was, and Queen Nadeshiko walked in the room.
"Are you all right, young maid? You look a bit frightened."
"I'm fine, my queen."
"Did my son do anything to you? He tends to take advantage of his title as prince to get his way. What did he do?"
Sakura hesitated. Queen Nadeshiko was always a good women and was kinder to the maids than to her own son because of his attitude. "He demanded I kiss him."
"You must be the girl that he loves. Well, if he demanded a kiss from you, it is not true love. Do you love him?"
"No. I love another servant who returns my love."
"I wish the two of you happiness. I will speak to my son. I am very sorry for his actions. Tomorrow, he will meet Princess Meiling. They will be married two days after the ball. He will then stop bothering you. Princess Meiling will not let him."
"Thank you, my queen."
"Please, call me Nadeshiko. If my son orders you to do something you do not wish to do, tell him I ordered you to do otherwise. Oh, what is your name?"
"Sakura."
"Sakura. That is a pretty name. If I had a daughter, I would have named her that."
Sakura smiled. "Thank you, Nadeshiko."
"You are welcome."
Nadeshiko left Sakura to clean Prince Syaoran's room. When Prince Syaoran came back from talking with King Fujitaka, Sakura was walking out the door.
"Where are you going? I demanded a kiss."
"The queen requested that I clean her rooms at the moment. I have finished cleaning your room. I must do as the queen asks of me."
"You must also do as I ask."
"Your mother insisted that I come with no interruptions. Now, if you will excuse me-" Sakura walked past the prince and to Queen Nadeshiko's room.
Across the land, in another large castle, Prince Eriol was visiting his cousin to tell her what her fiancé was like.

What will Eriol tell Meiling?
What will Syaoran do to Sakura?
Was it a good thing I made this PG-13?
Will I finish by Saturday night? (I hope so.)
For all S&S fans: There's going to be a teeny bit of S&S towards the end.
Please review, even if you are flaming. Which you shouldn't, since I warned you in the summary. pnkngrnd3