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Part III
By:*Lynnie*QRW*
Syaoran led Sakura
to the breakfast table where the clan members were watching them. Even though Fuutie told them they were
expecting a visitor, they were still shocked from what happened earlier in the
morning. Syaoran and Sakura sat next to
each other in the head table. Meiling
came by and sat in front of them. She
gave a death glare to Sakura that even Heero Yuy (I don't own him either) would
be afraid of.
"What are you doing
here Kinomoto?!"
"I c-came to visit
Syaoran."
"What for?" She narrowed her eyes in suspicion. 'You better not ruin my wedding with him you
snake!' (I could have used harsh words…but Meiling is too stupid to know them. Sorry to all those Meiling fans. *Lynnie*QRW* dodges away from high kicks
and punches from Meiling fans. She runs
away and gets Wing Zero to kick their asses. "You should have accepted my apologies!" Uh…moving on…).
"Uh…"
"I invited her
here," Syaoran defended. He narrows his
eyes at Meiling. "You shouldn't be so
rude to our guest, Meiling." He
released his glare. "She'll be staying
here for a while." Sakura smiled
weakly.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Somewhere back in
Tokyo, Tomoyo says out loud, "KAAAAWWWWAAAAIIII!!!" in class while dissecting a
frog. Kids like at her in a weird way.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Meiling
pouted. "I hope you're not planning
anything Kinomoto. I'm watching you…"
Meiling whispered in Sakura's ear. Then
she went to sit with her mother in another table.
"Don't worry
Sakura. She can't do anything to you
when I'm around."
"I hope so." They finished eating and left to take a walk
in the gardens. A garden with Sakura
trees. They sat beneath one and Sakura leaned
against his shoulder.
"How long will you be
staying Sakura?"
"Just for a
week." She sighed. "I wish I could stay longer." She watched a petal drift down and fall in
her palm. The sun shone brightly and it
was hot. Sakura fanned herself while
Syaoran climbed up the tree. (what is
with him and trees?)
"What are you doing
now, Syaoran?'
"…"
"Syaoran?" There was still no reply. Sakura got a little bit nervous.
"Syaoran?!"
"Sakura?" Sakura breathed out, "What are you doing up
there?"
"I have a great
view of the house. Maybe we could go
swimming, if you like."
"Sure. It's very hot anyways." Syaoran jumped down and raced ahead to the
house to change. Sakura got to her
room(no, it's not Syaoran's room this time. She got her own now. S+S
fans grumble). Sakura changed into
a pink one piece (she didn't feel like a two-piece after what happened) and
Syaoran changed into, you guessed it, GREEN swim trunks. They walked to the pool and saw that
Syaoran's sisters were there. Meiling
too.
"Well, well. Isn't this a small world after all?" Fuutie
said from the chair. She made no effort
to dive in the waters like her other sister.
"Come on in
Sakura! I'll race ya!" Feimei
bubbled. Sakura dived in and aligned
with Feimei against the pool's wall. "You're on. Ready set go!" The two sped off and eventually, Sakura
won. "Great race Sakura. Maybe I'll beat you next time." Feimei got out and dried herself. An evil grin spread across her face. Syaoran was bending over the pool to talk to
Sakura about the Clow (like Syaoran's really interested!). Feimei twisted her towel and stood a few
feet from Syaoran. 'I should get this
right.' She raised her towel and
snapped it at Syaoran's butt.
"YAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!" He fell in the pool. And guess what my fellow readers? He fell over Sakura! Again. They
submerged and surfaced, sputtering. "FEIMEI!!" Feimei smiled
weakly. "Gotta go! I hear Mom calling me. Bye bye!" She ran off laughing her butt off. Meiling just happened to wake in the pool arena and saw Syaoran fall on
Sakura. (boy does this fic have
timings!) Meiling was turning red from anger and wore a frown.
"Stay away from MY
Syaoran, Kinomoto!!!" She stood next to
Syaoran as he got out and sat on the ledge.
"I'm sorry Meiling,
but Feimei, uh, kinda got him into this mess. She stayed in the pool and looked up at them. Meiling grabbed a towel for Syaoran to dry off. He refused it since he wanted to swim.
"I don't think so,
Syaoran!" Meiling put her hands on her hips. "My mother, your mother, and the Elders want to discuss our wedding plans."
"What
wedding?" Syaoran looked confuse and
furrowed his brow. "What are you
talking about Meiling?" He stepped away
from her, but she grabbed his arm.
"I'm talking about
OUR marriage Syaoran-kun! Isn't that
great! It was the Elders' and my mother's
idea! Come on. We don't want to be late" She pulled him towards the pathway
exit.
"Meiling, I'm not
marrying you! It's gross! (it sure is) You're my cousin and it'll be like…."
"Marrying your
sister," Sakura finished. Syaoran
turned to her. "Yeah." He turned back to Meiling how looked down at
Sakura.
"Stay out of this
Kinomoto! You can't break our
marriage! Even if you seduce Syaoran,"
Meiling said haughtily. "We're getting
married and that's final! You don't
want to disappoint the Elders would you?" She looked at Syaoran. "We have
to keep the clan's bloodline pure and rich, so let's go." Before Syaoran could protest, she pulled him
away. He gave Sakura an apologetic look
and she nodded.
"That was quite a
show," said Fanren as she sipped her tea in her chair. Fuutie rolled her eyes. "I don't think they're really going to get
married. Sakura, Meiling just wants you
to be jealous. Don't worry about
it. She's not the matchmaker." Fanren nodded. Then Feimei popped out of the bushes. She nodded. "Syaoran is
the one who picks his own bride. The
Elders just suggests the girls he should marry, I think." She turned to her sisters for their
reply. "Is that right?" They shrugged. "I think they have to approve it too." Feimei sighed. "I rather
have you, Sakura, as my sister-in-law." She shuffled her feet and Sakura blushed. "Thank you." Feimei
looked at the ground like a kindergartener confessing what she did wrong. "I'm sorry that I tricked you, Sakura. I just wanted to get my revenge at Syaoran,
so I used you since he dreams about you. But I swear I never knew you slept…like that." Fanren rolled her eyes and Fuutie drank her tea.
"It's okay
Feimei. I found Syaoran quicker that
way, I guess," she smiled and turned to the exit. "Maybe I should go find Syaoran." Feimei, Fuutie, and Fanren nodded. Sakura put a shirt over and went in search of Syaoran.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"But I don't want
to marry Meiling!" Syaoran stated rather loud. Meiling frowned. Her mother
spoke up. "Why wouldn't you marry my
daughter?!" she scolded. Syaoran rolled
his eyes. "Many reasons," he
muttered. Meiling's mother wrinkled her
nose. "She is beautiful, a Li, smart,
funny, everything! She will bear the
most beautiful children and keep the Li blood pure! You are a fool not to marry her."
"Mother, is there
anything you can do to make their mind change," Syaoran begged. She shook her head. "It's an agreement, Syaoran. Maybe you'll learn to love Meiling." Syaoran shook his head. 'There is only one girl for me.' "You just want what is good for the clan;
not for its future leader. If I can't
make my own decisions with you telling me who to choose, what to do, you expect
me to become a great leader?"
"We are only
suggesting that you should marry Meiling. We all agree and we need your agreement by the next lunar moon and
that's this weekend. Who do you
suggest? You hard know anyone out of
these preliminaries," spoke an Elder. "There is no one we could think of or agree on." He looked sternly at Syaoran. "Do you have anyone in mind."
"…yes. Yes I do." The Elders looked surprised. Then they wore a smug look. "If
it's not Meiling….who do you love then, if love is what you truly desire?"
"…I love…Sakura
Kinomoto," he breathed.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Sakura heard voices
arguing in a building ahead of her. 'That sounded like Syaoran.' She
crept close to the doorway, and looked for a window. She found a small opening instead and peer inside….to hear:
"…I love…Sakura
Kinomoto." Sakura gasped and placed her
hands on her mouth. Tears of joy
brimmed her eyes. Her heart raced and
she wanted to listen more, but thought of it wrong and left to her room. 'I finally know how he really feels about
me. But does he know about my
feelings?' She leaned against her door
when she reached it. She breathed
deeply and looked at her bed. A green
enveloped laid on her bed. If it's
green, it must be from……Syaoran! (ding ding ding!)
"To Sakura," Sakura
read the front. On the back it read,
"From Syaoran. Guess I should open
it." She Sakura petals inside and they
drifted down to the ground. "Kawaii!"
she giggled. Inside was a note that
read:
Sakura,
Please meet me by
the Sakura trees in the garden tonight around 11. I have something important to tell you.
- Syaoran
'I wonder what he
wants to – wait! I probably know! How much he loves me. I wished I didn't see him saying it. It wouldn't be much of a surprise now.' She folded the letter back into the
envelope. "What should I wear?" She looked at the clock. It was only four in the afternoon.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Feimei looked
around the corner and giggled. 'Good,
she believed it. Now I just have to
slip this pink one in Syaoran's room. Oh the colors!' She giggled and
ran to Syaoran's room.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Syaoran started to
walk back to the main house. The
meeting wasn't easy, but he managed to get some of the Elders to agree with
him. He had until this weekend. Three days away…..to announce whom he should
wed and they were going to hold a party for the lunar moon and that too: all on
the same night. Meiling's face was
rather red form anger and the air was intense. Meiling's mother looked like she was about to have a meltdown. Syaoran's mother just sat there quietly,
showing sympathy for her only son.
Syaoran neared his
room and sat on his bed. A pink
rectangle stood out. "Is this from
Sakura?" it said "To Syaoran" in the
front. He flipped it over. "From Sakura." He opened the letter and read it.
Hey Syaoran,
Could you please
meet me by the cherry trees in the garden? It would mean a lot to me if you came. Come around 11. Alone. I need to talk to you about some things.
- Sakura
"Sakura? Wants to talk to me in the middle of the
night?" He glanced at his clock. It was four seventeen. "Plenty of time. What should I do then?"
~*~*~*~*~*~
'It only takes
color to fool these love-sick people,' Feimei laughed in her mind. 'Good thing they don't know it's me. This has to bring them together. I just know it. I rather have a rat as my sister-in-law then Meiling. (sorry to
all you rats out there. I don't mean it
in a bad way.)' She walked off to her
own room. "I hope everything plans out
the way I thought of it."
To be continued……
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