Author's note: If I had known FF.net was going to do this I would have been prepared. Anyways enjoy!
Disclaimers: I don't own CCS or it's characters.
Part 2
Sakura moaned, feeling every ache in her body. She wondered how long she'd been out and if her father had left her in the dojo or dragged her back to the mountain. But then she felt a soft mattress under her and warm blankets above. With slow movements, she placed a hand on her ribs and felt bandages through a cotton shirt. She then did a mental health check on her body.
'Not broken,' she then raised the hand to her face, 'I'll have a black eye and a few bruises but nothing serious there. My legs ache and so does my back but I came out alright. I wonder what father's going to say.'
"Good morning." said a cheery voice beside her.
Turning to the voice, Sakura saw a small child sitting in a chair near a large balcony window. She had shiny black hair and brown eyes, wearing a red dress with a white apron. Sakura blinked her eyes, confused at the new person and the strange room she was in.
"Hello, who are you? Where am I?" Sakura asked, looking around at the elaborately decorated room.
"Tomoyo! Where are you?" called out a male voice.
"I gotta go. Bye." Tomoyo ran out of the room and up to Toya who picked her up and tickled her.
"Your supposed to be helping Helen in the kitchen. What have you been doing?"
"Watching the pretty lady in the room. She woke up." Tomoyo pointed towards the room where Sakura poked her head out.
"My Lady! What are you doing up? You should be resting." Toya put Tomoyo down and pushed her towards the stairs. "Go tell Helen that Sleeping Beauty has woken and to bring some food."
He then walked up to Sakura and guided her to the bed.
"Excuse me but do you know where I am?" Sakura asked him, sitting up once she was in the bed.
"Your at Master Clow's Mansion. Now lay back down, you've taken quite a beating." Toya replied, straightening the blanket out for her.
"It's nothing, I've had worse. How-what's wrong?" Sakura asked seeing the shocked expression on Toya's face.
"You've had worse?" he murmured, his eyes wide.
"Well, yeah. So how long have I been sleeping?"
"About a week. What type of worse things are you talking about?" Toya sat on the end of the bed and looked into Sakura's eyes.
"Broken ribs, broken legs, concussions, and the like. Where's my father?" Sakura asked worried.
"I don't know, I didn't see anyone with Master Clow when you all arrived." there was a knock on the door then Yue came in carrying a tray with tea and soup.
"Helen told me you were awake. Hey Toya."
"Morning Yue. Is Master Clow awake?"
"Last I saw him he was in the library. Why?" Yue settled the tray on Sakura's lap.
"I thought I'd let him know the Lady has awaken." Toya got up and looked sternly at Sakura.
"I don't want to see or hear you getting out of this bed, hear?" Sakura nodded.
"Good, I'll be back in a few." Soon it was just Sakura and Yue. He noticed that Sakura just looked at her food.
"Go ahead and eat. Helen's a great cook."
"But I have not earned it."
"You're a guest, you don't have to earn food."
"It doesn't matter. Unless I work for it I cannot eat." Sakura handed the tray back to Yue. He knew Toya would skin him if he didn't get Sakura to eat.
"How about this. You eat now and work for it later."
"I guess that's okay. As long as I can work for it later." Yue handed the tray back to Sakura who ate half the soup and drank most of the tea.
"So, uh, that was quite a fight we had huh." Yue said, watching the spoon enter her mouth and slip out of full red lips.
"Mhm."
"I've never met a girl that could fight like you. How long have you been training?"
"All my life." Sakura put the spoon down and pushed the tray away from her. "Thank you. It was very delicious."
"But you barely ate anything." Yue picked up the spoon and dipped it into the bowl, he raised it to her lips and waited.
"I couldn't." Sakura said, but saw the pleading look Yue was giving her. "Okay, but just this one."
Sakura opened her mouth and let Yue slid it in, she never took her eyes off his when he slowly took the spoon out of her mouth. It was silent as the two fighters stared deeply into each others eyes.
'I've never felt like this before. What is this emotion?' Sakura thought.
'She's so beautiful.' Yue inched closer to Sakura.
"Already getting to know our new guest. Eh, Yue?"
Yue jumped a foot away from Sakura his face flaming red while Clow and a slightly frowning Toya walked into the room. Sakura looked curiously back and forth between Clow, Toya, and Yue.
"What was he doing?" Sakura asked in an innocent voice.
Three pairs of shocked eyes turned to look at her as the question sank in.
"You." Toya started.
"Don't know." Yue said.
"What a kiss is?" Clow finished.
Sakura smiled at their faces and shook her head. "No, father only taught me how to read, write, mathematics, literature, history, and science. I wasn't allowed to interact with the other kids because he said they would make me weak. So what is a kiss?"
"I gotta go. Promised Helen that I would help out in the kitchen today." Yue made a beeline for the door, disappearing before Clow or Toya could stop him.
"Um, you healed her, you tell her." Clow nudged Toya closer to the bed.
"But, I-uh-have to catalog the books today, yeah. Then clean the rooms, wash Kero, so much to do. I better start or I'll never have enough time to do it all." Toya rushed out of the room but not before giving Clow a thumbs up sign.
"Is kissing a bad thing?" Sakura asked as Clow looked around the room nervously.
"N-not really." Clow shakily sat in the chair Yue had been in and saw the half full bowl on her lap.
"Aren't you hungry?" Clow asked trying to steer the conversation away from the subject.
"No, I ate enough, thank you." Sakura saw the scared light in Clow's eyes and decided it was best to drop the topic. They sat in silence for a while until a thought came to her.
"Do you know where my father is?"
"I guess he didn't tell you about the bet either. Sakura, I'm going to tell you something that might be startling. That fight you had with Yue was more than just a test of your skills. Many years ago, your father and I made a wager that our children could defeat the other's child. We were to meet when the youngest of our chosen was seventeen years of age. Who ever won that fight got to keep the child that did not win. As soon as you lost consciousness, he had your belongings packed up and I took you home with me." Clow waited as Sakura took in the information.
Head bent, Sakura's thoughts ran rampant in her mind. 'I knew I had failed him but I did not think that....that he would carelessly hand me over to a complete stranger. Am I that much of a disgrace? I trained as hard as I could, did everything he told me and yet, it was not enough.'
"Are you going to be all right Sakura?" Clow asked after it had been half an hour.
Sakura looked up and Clow saw a light of determination in her eyes.
"I must become stronger. I will show my father that I am worthy." she whispered.
Tbc........
Disclaimers: I don't own CCS or it's characters.
Part 2
Sakura moaned, feeling every ache in her body. She wondered how long she'd been out and if her father had left her in the dojo or dragged her back to the mountain. But then she felt a soft mattress under her and warm blankets above. With slow movements, she placed a hand on her ribs and felt bandages through a cotton shirt. She then did a mental health check on her body.
'Not broken,' she then raised the hand to her face, 'I'll have a black eye and a few bruises but nothing serious there. My legs ache and so does my back but I came out alright. I wonder what father's going to say.'
"Good morning." said a cheery voice beside her.
Turning to the voice, Sakura saw a small child sitting in a chair near a large balcony window. She had shiny black hair and brown eyes, wearing a red dress with a white apron. Sakura blinked her eyes, confused at the new person and the strange room she was in.
"Hello, who are you? Where am I?" Sakura asked, looking around at the elaborately decorated room.
"Tomoyo! Where are you?" called out a male voice.
"I gotta go. Bye." Tomoyo ran out of the room and up to Toya who picked her up and tickled her.
"Your supposed to be helping Helen in the kitchen. What have you been doing?"
"Watching the pretty lady in the room. She woke up." Tomoyo pointed towards the room where Sakura poked her head out.
"My Lady! What are you doing up? You should be resting." Toya put Tomoyo down and pushed her towards the stairs. "Go tell Helen that Sleeping Beauty has woken and to bring some food."
He then walked up to Sakura and guided her to the bed.
"Excuse me but do you know where I am?" Sakura asked him, sitting up once she was in the bed.
"Your at Master Clow's Mansion. Now lay back down, you've taken quite a beating." Toya replied, straightening the blanket out for her.
"It's nothing, I've had worse. How-what's wrong?" Sakura asked seeing the shocked expression on Toya's face.
"You've had worse?" he murmured, his eyes wide.
"Well, yeah. So how long have I been sleeping?"
"About a week. What type of worse things are you talking about?" Toya sat on the end of the bed and looked into Sakura's eyes.
"Broken ribs, broken legs, concussions, and the like. Where's my father?" Sakura asked worried.
"I don't know, I didn't see anyone with Master Clow when you all arrived." there was a knock on the door then Yue came in carrying a tray with tea and soup.
"Helen told me you were awake. Hey Toya."
"Morning Yue. Is Master Clow awake?"
"Last I saw him he was in the library. Why?" Yue settled the tray on Sakura's lap.
"I thought I'd let him know the Lady has awaken." Toya got up and looked sternly at Sakura.
"I don't want to see or hear you getting out of this bed, hear?" Sakura nodded.
"Good, I'll be back in a few." Soon it was just Sakura and Yue. He noticed that Sakura just looked at her food.
"Go ahead and eat. Helen's a great cook."
"But I have not earned it."
"You're a guest, you don't have to earn food."
"It doesn't matter. Unless I work for it I cannot eat." Sakura handed the tray back to Yue. He knew Toya would skin him if he didn't get Sakura to eat.
"How about this. You eat now and work for it later."
"I guess that's okay. As long as I can work for it later." Yue handed the tray back to Sakura who ate half the soup and drank most of the tea.
"So, uh, that was quite a fight we had huh." Yue said, watching the spoon enter her mouth and slip out of full red lips.
"Mhm."
"I've never met a girl that could fight like you. How long have you been training?"
"All my life." Sakura put the spoon down and pushed the tray away from her. "Thank you. It was very delicious."
"But you barely ate anything." Yue picked up the spoon and dipped it into the bowl, he raised it to her lips and waited.
"I couldn't." Sakura said, but saw the pleading look Yue was giving her. "Okay, but just this one."
Sakura opened her mouth and let Yue slid it in, she never took her eyes off his when he slowly took the spoon out of her mouth. It was silent as the two fighters stared deeply into each others eyes.
'I've never felt like this before. What is this emotion?' Sakura thought.
'She's so beautiful.' Yue inched closer to Sakura.
"Already getting to know our new guest. Eh, Yue?"
Yue jumped a foot away from Sakura his face flaming red while Clow and a slightly frowning Toya walked into the room. Sakura looked curiously back and forth between Clow, Toya, and Yue.
"What was he doing?" Sakura asked in an innocent voice.
Three pairs of shocked eyes turned to look at her as the question sank in.
"You." Toya started.
"Don't know." Yue said.
"What a kiss is?" Clow finished.
Sakura smiled at their faces and shook her head. "No, father only taught me how to read, write, mathematics, literature, history, and science. I wasn't allowed to interact with the other kids because he said they would make me weak. So what is a kiss?"
"I gotta go. Promised Helen that I would help out in the kitchen today." Yue made a beeline for the door, disappearing before Clow or Toya could stop him.
"Um, you healed her, you tell her." Clow nudged Toya closer to the bed.
"But, I-uh-have to catalog the books today, yeah. Then clean the rooms, wash Kero, so much to do. I better start or I'll never have enough time to do it all." Toya rushed out of the room but not before giving Clow a thumbs up sign.
"Is kissing a bad thing?" Sakura asked as Clow looked around the room nervously.
"N-not really." Clow shakily sat in the chair Yue had been in and saw the half full bowl on her lap.
"Aren't you hungry?" Clow asked trying to steer the conversation away from the subject.
"No, I ate enough, thank you." Sakura saw the scared light in Clow's eyes and decided it was best to drop the topic. They sat in silence for a while until a thought came to her.
"Do you know where my father is?"
"I guess he didn't tell you about the bet either. Sakura, I'm going to tell you something that might be startling. That fight you had with Yue was more than just a test of your skills. Many years ago, your father and I made a wager that our children could defeat the other's child. We were to meet when the youngest of our chosen was seventeen years of age. Who ever won that fight got to keep the child that did not win. As soon as you lost consciousness, he had your belongings packed up and I took you home with me." Clow waited as Sakura took in the information.
Head bent, Sakura's thoughts ran rampant in her mind. 'I knew I had failed him but I did not think that....that he would carelessly hand me over to a complete stranger. Am I that much of a disgrace? I trained as hard as I could, did everything he told me and yet, it was not enough.'
"Are you going to be all right Sakura?" Clow asked after it had been half an hour.
Sakura looked up and Clow saw a light of determination in her eyes.
"I must become stronger. I will show my father that I am worthy." she whispered.
Tbc........