Daphne: I am yelling down the stairs to my mother "Mom! Have you seen my
shirt?"
Sakura: "What shirt?"
Daphne: "The pink one with the words on it that say: 'I'm not opinionated, I'm just always right'!"
Sakura: "I think that it is in the laundry room."
Daphne: "Thanks!" I turn to Kero, who is reading a comic-book on by bed "Kero are you done packing yet?"
Kero: "Yah."
Daphne: "What did you pack?"
Kero: "A few of my video games, some comic books, chocolate…um…and food."
Daphne: *Sweat drop* "Is that all? Kero, you need help!"
Kero: "Daphne, we are going on a trip for Spring Break! It is not like we are going for a month!"
Daphne: *sigh* "Whatever! Anyway, as you can see, Kero and I are packing to go on a trip. We are going to visit grandma Yelan and my aunts and cousins, so I will not be able to write for a few days. I am going to post this chapter, if I can, today.
Syaoran: sticks his head into my room "Honey, are you all packed?"
Daphne: "Almost."
Syaoran: "Good. As soon as you are done writing, finish packing and then come downstairs and help us pack the car up."
Daphne: "All right!" Syaoran leaves the room "Well, I have to hurry! I really hope that you are enjoying this story, thank you for reviewing it, and please, please keep reviewing!!!!!!!!!
Kero: "You'd better hurry, Daph!"
Daphne: "Fine!
~*~*~*~
Palace of the Wolves
by: Daphne Li
Chapter 10.
*In the Palace of Aramer*
"Lilly, how do I look?" Ying-fa asked, twirling around. Lilly/Sakura gave a delighted squeal and clapped her hands.
"Pretty!" She commented, climbing off Ying-fa's bed and going over to her. Ying-fa was wearing a lovely full-skirted green ball gown. It had ruffles at the end of the skirt, and was trimmed with white lace. It had a rounded neckline, that was a bit lower than her other dresses, but was still relatively modest. Her waist-length auburn hair was pulled up into little ringlets at the top of her head.
"I hope he will like it." Ying-fa whispered to herself, unconsciously running her hands over her tiny waist and down the skirt of her gown. Sakura smiled cheekily.
"Xiao-lang!" She shrilled, looking up at her older 'sister'. Ying-fa looked at the little girl in astonishment.
"How did you know about him?" She managed to gasp out. Sakura giggled.
"You love him! I love my Syao-kun as well!" Sakura said carefully, so every word was clear. At this, Ying-fa smiled gently.
"You are too young to know what love is!" She commented.
'You have no idea!' Sakura thought, but outloud, her words were different.
"You'll see!" She chirped, following Ying-fa out of the room.
"Come now, Lilly. Let you get your gown on." Ying-fa said, taking Sakura's hand, and leading her down the hall. Suddenly, a door to their left opened, revealing a tall young man with dark brown hair and sparkling brown eyes. He looked to be about sixteen years old. It was Micha, Ying-fa's brother. When Sakura had first met him, it had shocked her that he was slightly younger than her past form. In Sakura's time, Touya was older than her, but in this time, she was older than him!
"Sister dear, you look stunning!" Micha commented, taking Ying-fa's hands. She blushed and thanked him.
'Why can't Touya be this nice?!' Sakura wondered.
"Little Lillian, how do you fair today?" He asked. Sakura smiled. He still had pet names for her, although, in this time, they were a bit nicer than Touya's!
"Well!" She answered, blinking cutely at him. He grinned, and then returned to his room and the girls walked on to Sakura's room.
"Now, what shall we dress you in? I want you to look pretty…ah! Here we are!" Ying-fa announced, as she dug through Sakura's wardrobe. She came out with a pink dress in her hands.
"This will do nicely! What do you think?" Ying-fa asked, holding out the gown. The dress had a full-skirt, and the sleeves were three-quarter sleeves, ending in lace. (a/n: Picture Bell's pink gown from the movie 'Beauty and the Beast'. It is exactly the same, only shrunk for Sakura's use!)
"Ohhh!" Sakura gasped, as Ying-fa helped her into the gown.
"There! You look lovely!"
"She does!" Came another voice. It was Dedra, Ying-fa's personal maid and best friend. She was eighteen, and had lovely hair and eyes, just like Tomoyo's.
'She is also Tomoyo's past form!' Sakura thought, eyeing the black-haired girl and then smiling.
"Dedra, will you do my hair? Please?" Sakura begged. Dedra smiled.
"Of course I will! Sit here…" She sat Sakura down at the vanity. She pulled Sakura's hair back into a half pony-tail, and then twisted the hair a few times. She finished off the picture, by curling the ends of Sakura's hair into little ringlets.
"All done!" Dedra announced.
"Dedra, is you little sister coming?" Ying-fa asked.
"Yes. She says that she was even given permission to make her own dress! It's funny; I never knew that Trista enjoyed making cloths…"
'Bingo! I've found Tomoyo!' Sakura thought in triumph.
"How old is Trista?" Sakura asked outloud.
"She is eleven." Dedra answered. Sakura gasped. This girl *had* to be Tomoyo…but why hadn't her age changed as well? Suddenly, there came a knock on the door.
"Mistresses? It is almost time for you entrance." A servant called.
"Thank you! Come Lilly! You are to enter after me." Ying-fa said, taking Sakura's hand.
"I shall see you downstairs!" Dedra called after them.
~*~*~*~
"Oh Tomoyo…I mean, Trista!" Marcy corrected herself quickly. "You look lovely!"
"You do as well!" Tomoyo commented, eyeing her handiwork. Marcy was wearing a royal-blue gown that Tomoyo had made for her. Marcy's hair was in a pulled back into a pony-tail, and then folded up, into a fan-like design, then secured with blue ribbons. Tomoyo was wearing a lavender gown, that was trimmed with white lace. Her hair was braided, and then twinned around her head and secured with lavender ribbons.
"I wonder if Sakura will be here…" Tomoyo mussed.
"That is your friend, right? well, if Princess Ying-fa is her past form, then it is a sure bet that Sakura is near-by." Marcy commented, at they walked towards the ballroom. They had arrived at Aramer Palace that afternoon, and were now waiting for the party to begin. Suddenly, a loud blast of music filled the hall.
"Time to go!" Marcy whispered, as they entered the ballroom together.
~*~*~*~
"Oh, pretty!" Sora/Nora squealed as they pulled up in front of Aramer Palace. Naoko and Syaoran nodded in agreement.
'I feel Sakura's aura!' Syaoran thought/spoke to them.
'I do too.' Nora chimed.
'I don't, but I'll take your word for it!' Naoko put in, as they climbed out of the carriage. They had been riding with Aya, Xiao-lang, and Rina, Naoko's past form.
"Isn't it lovely at night!" Aya commented to Xiao-lang.
"Yes, she is." He answered, looking off into the distance. Rina, Aya, Nora and Naoko all giggled.
"I think that she meant the palace, not Ying-fa!" Rina teased, bopping him gently on the head. He blushed and looked away.
"Why don't you just admit that you love her?!" Aya whispered as they walked into the palace.
"Because I don't…"
"He loves her, he loves her!" Nora and Naoko chimed in sing-song voices.
'You two are acting like children!' Syaoran groaned.
'Uh…Syaoran, if you haven't noticed…we are children!' Nora reminded him.
'That doesn't mean that you have to act like it!' He retorted. She frowned at him, but stayed silent as they entered into the ballroom. It was already filled with people.
"Look! There is Lord Henreik! And there are his sons and nephews beside him!" Aya whispered. At the word, 'nephews', Rina turned red.
"Is…is Victor there?" She asked hesitantly. Aya grinned.
"He most certainly is! And his cute little cousin who looks like him is too." Aya answered.
"Oh, look! There is Dedra!" Rina hissed.
"Who?" Aya asked.
"You know! Ying-fa's best friend!"
"Oh yes! The servant. Well, actually, she is more of a lady-in-waiting, now."
"She is lovely! We will have to invite her to come, as well." Rina whispered.
"Come where?" Asked Xiao-lang. The two older girls grinned at each other slyly.
"Oh, haven't you heard? Father has invited all of our friends to come on a visit! They are staying at our palace for a whole month!" Aya said.
"Who is?" He questioned, still confused.
"Well, there is Ying-fa, and Micha, Lillian, Lord Tarnor, and his brother Lord Regen, Prince Raynar and his brother Prince Derrick, Dedra and her sister, Trista, and Trista is bringing a friend, named Marcy." Rina answered. Xiao-lang turned pale.
"That is a lot of people. How…how will we keep them from finding out about…you know…the wolves?" Xiao-lang whispered. Aya sighed in frustration.
"Honestly! Ying-fa and Micha already know about them, and so does Prince Raynar and his little brother! They all have pack-mates, and I do not think that it will be hard for the others to join as well…" She commented.
"Shhh! Ying-fa is coming!" Rina hissed, as the entrance music began to play. Xiao-lang looked up just in time to see Ying-fa come into view. He caught his breath, and bowed as she passed him. She quickly walked up to her father, gave him a kiss on the cheek, and then looked over at Aya. Aya gave a happy smile, and quickly made her way over to Ying-fa to give her a hug. Rina quickly followed, and then Dedra came forward. Then Raynar stepped forward and kissed her hand. Xiao-lang was last, and he did the same thing, except when he kissed her hand, Ying-fa blushed and looked away quickly. Her little sister was just coming down the stairs, and was smiling innocently at everyone. Ying-fa smiled as she noticed just how pretty her younger sister was. Lillian's green eyes sparkled at everyone, and her cheeks were flushed a pretty pink. Everyone smiled when they caught sight of the little princess making her way down the stairs. Suddenly, a young voice broke through the spell.
"Sakura!!!"
~*~*~*~
Sakura looked around in shock, and spotted Syaoran running towards her. She rushed down the last few steps and threw herself into the little boy's arms.
"Syao-kun!" She sobbed, burying her head in his shoulder.
'I thought that I would never see you again!' She thought/spoke, in a broken voice.
'Don't worry. I'm here now.' He replied, hugging her tightly.
"Sakura!" Came two more voices. Sakura looked up to see two little girls, just her age running towards her.
"Nora! Naoko!" She cried, as they joined in the hug-fest.
'We missed you so much!'
'Sakura! We just saw Eriol! He is still eleven though! It's not fair!' Nora complained.
'Maybe they stayed the same for a reason.' Sakura commented.
"Well, well, what have we here?" Came another voice.
"Eriol!" The girls shrieked. Sakura hugged him and he picked her up.
'We have different names here. This is going to be very confusing!' He commented in his mind.
'Yes!' The others chorused.
"Eriol?" Came a soft, shaky voice. The small group turned around to see a very pale Tomoyo looking at them in shock.
"Tomoyo!" Sakura said softly. Tomoyo looked at her, and then at Eriol.
"Some of us…went through a little change when we came here. Don't ask, I'll explain later!" Eriol whispered. Tomoyo nodded, and looked at Sakura, smiling.
"You look so kawaii in that gown, Sakura-chan!" She squealed, hugging the little girl. Sakura giggled.
"You pretty as well!" She commented.
'Our vocabulary really sucks!' Syaoran commented.
'Syaoran! I'm doing the best I can!' Sakura retorted.
'We all are doing the best we can.' Eriol stated. Suddenly, he felt a hand on his shoulder.
"I know you…but who are they?" Asked the handsome boy. Eriol turned around and frowned. He had felt this aura before!
"Tryon?!"
"In the flesh! Literally!" Tryon laughed, poking his arm. Everyone stared at him in shocked silence. This Tryon was not blue-white, and ghost- looking! This Tryon looked just like a mortal person! He had sun-bleached blonde hair, cut Pageboy style, and sparkling blue-green eyes.
"Tyron, is Landon like you?" Naoko asked. Tryon grinned.
"Of course I am!" Came Landon's voice, and the boy appeared behind his brother. Landon had changed as well. He now had strawberry-blonde hair, and warm green-gray eyes.
'How come you got to stay your own ages?' Syaoran asked bitterly. Tryon smirked at him.
'We're just lucky!' He answered. All through this conversation, none of the group noticed that they were now the center of attention.
"Really Derrick! And I thought that you had no friends!" Came another voice. The group looked up in shock, to see a boy that looked exactly like Eriol, except without the glasses. Eriol looked up at him calmly.
"You are behind the times, old man! I have plenty of friends." Eriol commented, putting Sakura down and offering his arm to Tomoyo. She took it, and blushed.
"I see that you get all the beautiful girls as well!" Raynar commented. "And what is the meaning of calling each-other those funny names?" He asked. Sakura stepped forward and gave him a cute, heart-warming smile.
"Pet names!" She quipped, taking Syaoran's hand. He smiled at her.
"Yes…pet names. We thought that they were nice, so that is what we call each-other now." Eriol explained. Sakura then looked up at Ying-fa. The older girl had recovered from her shock, and was smiling down at the cute scene below her.
"Ying-fa, my Syao-kun is here now!" She called, pulling Syaoran forward with a triumphant smile. Ying-fa looked at Syaoran, and smiled.
"So you are 'Syao-kun'! Well, it is very nice to meet you!" She commented, walking down the stairs and shaking Syaoran's hand. The little boy eyed her, and then gave her a small smile.
"You're nice." He commented. Ying-fa gave a delighted laugh and then turned to the orchestra.
"Music please!" She called. They complied almost instantly.
'Now how has the bad vocabulary, Syaoran?' Nora teased.
'Yah! 'You're nice'? What kind of greeting is that?' Tryon asked.
'Oh, stop teasing him. Now come on! I want to show you the gardens!" Sakura said, leading the group out of the room and into the gardens.
~*~*~*~
Sakura: "What shirt?"
Daphne: "The pink one with the words on it that say: 'I'm not opinionated, I'm just always right'!"
Sakura: "I think that it is in the laundry room."
Daphne: "Thanks!" I turn to Kero, who is reading a comic-book on by bed "Kero are you done packing yet?"
Kero: "Yah."
Daphne: "What did you pack?"
Kero: "A few of my video games, some comic books, chocolate…um…and food."
Daphne: *Sweat drop* "Is that all? Kero, you need help!"
Kero: "Daphne, we are going on a trip for Spring Break! It is not like we are going for a month!"
Daphne: *sigh* "Whatever! Anyway, as you can see, Kero and I are packing to go on a trip. We are going to visit grandma Yelan and my aunts and cousins, so I will not be able to write for a few days. I am going to post this chapter, if I can, today.
Syaoran: sticks his head into my room "Honey, are you all packed?"
Daphne: "Almost."
Syaoran: "Good. As soon as you are done writing, finish packing and then come downstairs and help us pack the car up."
Daphne: "All right!" Syaoran leaves the room "Well, I have to hurry! I really hope that you are enjoying this story, thank you for reviewing it, and please, please keep reviewing!!!!!!!!!
Kero: "You'd better hurry, Daph!"
Daphne: "Fine!
~*~*~*~
Palace of the Wolves
by: Daphne Li
Chapter 10.
*In the Palace of Aramer*
"Lilly, how do I look?" Ying-fa asked, twirling around. Lilly/Sakura gave a delighted squeal and clapped her hands.
"Pretty!" She commented, climbing off Ying-fa's bed and going over to her. Ying-fa was wearing a lovely full-skirted green ball gown. It had ruffles at the end of the skirt, and was trimmed with white lace. It had a rounded neckline, that was a bit lower than her other dresses, but was still relatively modest. Her waist-length auburn hair was pulled up into little ringlets at the top of her head.
"I hope he will like it." Ying-fa whispered to herself, unconsciously running her hands over her tiny waist and down the skirt of her gown. Sakura smiled cheekily.
"Xiao-lang!" She shrilled, looking up at her older 'sister'. Ying-fa looked at the little girl in astonishment.
"How did you know about him?" She managed to gasp out. Sakura giggled.
"You love him! I love my Syao-kun as well!" Sakura said carefully, so every word was clear. At this, Ying-fa smiled gently.
"You are too young to know what love is!" She commented.
'You have no idea!' Sakura thought, but outloud, her words were different.
"You'll see!" She chirped, following Ying-fa out of the room.
"Come now, Lilly. Let you get your gown on." Ying-fa said, taking Sakura's hand, and leading her down the hall. Suddenly, a door to their left opened, revealing a tall young man with dark brown hair and sparkling brown eyes. He looked to be about sixteen years old. It was Micha, Ying-fa's brother. When Sakura had first met him, it had shocked her that he was slightly younger than her past form. In Sakura's time, Touya was older than her, but in this time, she was older than him!
"Sister dear, you look stunning!" Micha commented, taking Ying-fa's hands. She blushed and thanked him.
'Why can't Touya be this nice?!' Sakura wondered.
"Little Lillian, how do you fair today?" He asked. Sakura smiled. He still had pet names for her, although, in this time, they were a bit nicer than Touya's!
"Well!" She answered, blinking cutely at him. He grinned, and then returned to his room and the girls walked on to Sakura's room.
"Now, what shall we dress you in? I want you to look pretty…ah! Here we are!" Ying-fa announced, as she dug through Sakura's wardrobe. She came out with a pink dress in her hands.
"This will do nicely! What do you think?" Ying-fa asked, holding out the gown. The dress had a full-skirt, and the sleeves were three-quarter sleeves, ending in lace. (a/n: Picture Bell's pink gown from the movie 'Beauty and the Beast'. It is exactly the same, only shrunk for Sakura's use!)
"Ohhh!" Sakura gasped, as Ying-fa helped her into the gown.
"There! You look lovely!"
"She does!" Came another voice. It was Dedra, Ying-fa's personal maid and best friend. She was eighteen, and had lovely hair and eyes, just like Tomoyo's.
'She is also Tomoyo's past form!' Sakura thought, eyeing the black-haired girl and then smiling.
"Dedra, will you do my hair? Please?" Sakura begged. Dedra smiled.
"Of course I will! Sit here…" She sat Sakura down at the vanity. She pulled Sakura's hair back into a half pony-tail, and then twisted the hair a few times. She finished off the picture, by curling the ends of Sakura's hair into little ringlets.
"All done!" Dedra announced.
"Dedra, is you little sister coming?" Ying-fa asked.
"Yes. She says that she was even given permission to make her own dress! It's funny; I never knew that Trista enjoyed making cloths…"
'Bingo! I've found Tomoyo!' Sakura thought in triumph.
"How old is Trista?" Sakura asked outloud.
"She is eleven." Dedra answered. Sakura gasped. This girl *had* to be Tomoyo…but why hadn't her age changed as well? Suddenly, there came a knock on the door.
"Mistresses? It is almost time for you entrance." A servant called.
"Thank you! Come Lilly! You are to enter after me." Ying-fa said, taking Sakura's hand.
"I shall see you downstairs!" Dedra called after them.
~*~*~*~
"Oh Tomoyo…I mean, Trista!" Marcy corrected herself quickly. "You look lovely!"
"You do as well!" Tomoyo commented, eyeing her handiwork. Marcy was wearing a royal-blue gown that Tomoyo had made for her. Marcy's hair was in a pulled back into a pony-tail, and then folded up, into a fan-like design, then secured with blue ribbons. Tomoyo was wearing a lavender gown, that was trimmed with white lace. Her hair was braided, and then twinned around her head and secured with lavender ribbons.
"I wonder if Sakura will be here…" Tomoyo mussed.
"That is your friend, right? well, if Princess Ying-fa is her past form, then it is a sure bet that Sakura is near-by." Marcy commented, at they walked towards the ballroom. They had arrived at Aramer Palace that afternoon, and were now waiting for the party to begin. Suddenly, a loud blast of music filled the hall.
"Time to go!" Marcy whispered, as they entered the ballroom together.
~*~*~*~
"Oh, pretty!" Sora/Nora squealed as they pulled up in front of Aramer Palace. Naoko and Syaoran nodded in agreement.
'I feel Sakura's aura!' Syaoran thought/spoke to them.
'I do too.' Nora chimed.
'I don't, but I'll take your word for it!' Naoko put in, as they climbed out of the carriage. They had been riding with Aya, Xiao-lang, and Rina, Naoko's past form.
"Isn't it lovely at night!" Aya commented to Xiao-lang.
"Yes, she is." He answered, looking off into the distance. Rina, Aya, Nora and Naoko all giggled.
"I think that she meant the palace, not Ying-fa!" Rina teased, bopping him gently on the head. He blushed and looked away.
"Why don't you just admit that you love her?!" Aya whispered as they walked into the palace.
"Because I don't…"
"He loves her, he loves her!" Nora and Naoko chimed in sing-song voices.
'You two are acting like children!' Syaoran groaned.
'Uh…Syaoran, if you haven't noticed…we are children!' Nora reminded him.
'That doesn't mean that you have to act like it!' He retorted. She frowned at him, but stayed silent as they entered into the ballroom. It was already filled with people.
"Look! There is Lord Henreik! And there are his sons and nephews beside him!" Aya whispered. At the word, 'nephews', Rina turned red.
"Is…is Victor there?" She asked hesitantly. Aya grinned.
"He most certainly is! And his cute little cousin who looks like him is too." Aya answered.
"Oh, look! There is Dedra!" Rina hissed.
"Who?" Aya asked.
"You know! Ying-fa's best friend!"
"Oh yes! The servant. Well, actually, she is more of a lady-in-waiting, now."
"She is lovely! We will have to invite her to come, as well." Rina whispered.
"Come where?" Asked Xiao-lang. The two older girls grinned at each other slyly.
"Oh, haven't you heard? Father has invited all of our friends to come on a visit! They are staying at our palace for a whole month!" Aya said.
"Who is?" He questioned, still confused.
"Well, there is Ying-fa, and Micha, Lillian, Lord Tarnor, and his brother Lord Regen, Prince Raynar and his brother Prince Derrick, Dedra and her sister, Trista, and Trista is bringing a friend, named Marcy." Rina answered. Xiao-lang turned pale.
"That is a lot of people. How…how will we keep them from finding out about…you know…the wolves?" Xiao-lang whispered. Aya sighed in frustration.
"Honestly! Ying-fa and Micha already know about them, and so does Prince Raynar and his little brother! They all have pack-mates, and I do not think that it will be hard for the others to join as well…" She commented.
"Shhh! Ying-fa is coming!" Rina hissed, as the entrance music began to play. Xiao-lang looked up just in time to see Ying-fa come into view. He caught his breath, and bowed as she passed him. She quickly walked up to her father, gave him a kiss on the cheek, and then looked over at Aya. Aya gave a happy smile, and quickly made her way over to Ying-fa to give her a hug. Rina quickly followed, and then Dedra came forward. Then Raynar stepped forward and kissed her hand. Xiao-lang was last, and he did the same thing, except when he kissed her hand, Ying-fa blushed and looked away quickly. Her little sister was just coming down the stairs, and was smiling innocently at everyone. Ying-fa smiled as she noticed just how pretty her younger sister was. Lillian's green eyes sparkled at everyone, and her cheeks were flushed a pretty pink. Everyone smiled when they caught sight of the little princess making her way down the stairs. Suddenly, a young voice broke through the spell.
"Sakura!!!"
~*~*~*~
Sakura looked around in shock, and spotted Syaoran running towards her. She rushed down the last few steps and threw herself into the little boy's arms.
"Syao-kun!" She sobbed, burying her head in his shoulder.
'I thought that I would never see you again!' She thought/spoke, in a broken voice.
'Don't worry. I'm here now.' He replied, hugging her tightly.
"Sakura!" Came two more voices. Sakura looked up to see two little girls, just her age running towards her.
"Nora! Naoko!" She cried, as they joined in the hug-fest.
'We missed you so much!'
'Sakura! We just saw Eriol! He is still eleven though! It's not fair!' Nora complained.
'Maybe they stayed the same for a reason.' Sakura commented.
"Well, well, what have we here?" Came another voice.
"Eriol!" The girls shrieked. Sakura hugged him and he picked her up.
'We have different names here. This is going to be very confusing!' He commented in his mind.
'Yes!' The others chorused.
"Eriol?" Came a soft, shaky voice. The small group turned around to see a very pale Tomoyo looking at them in shock.
"Tomoyo!" Sakura said softly. Tomoyo looked at her, and then at Eriol.
"Some of us…went through a little change when we came here. Don't ask, I'll explain later!" Eriol whispered. Tomoyo nodded, and looked at Sakura, smiling.
"You look so kawaii in that gown, Sakura-chan!" She squealed, hugging the little girl. Sakura giggled.
"You pretty as well!" She commented.
'Our vocabulary really sucks!' Syaoran commented.
'Syaoran! I'm doing the best I can!' Sakura retorted.
'We all are doing the best we can.' Eriol stated. Suddenly, he felt a hand on his shoulder.
"I know you…but who are they?" Asked the handsome boy. Eriol turned around and frowned. He had felt this aura before!
"Tryon?!"
"In the flesh! Literally!" Tryon laughed, poking his arm. Everyone stared at him in shocked silence. This Tryon was not blue-white, and ghost- looking! This Tryon looked just like a mortal person! He had sun-bleached blonde hair, cut Pageboy style, and sparkling blue-green eyes.
"Tyron, is Landon like you?" Naoko asked. Tryon grinned.
"Of course I am!" Came Landon's voice, and the boy appeared behind his brother. Landon had changed as well. He now had strawberry-blonde hair, and warm green-gray eyes.
'How come you got to stay your own ages?' Syaoran asked bitterly. Tryon smirked at him.
'We're just lucky!' He answered. All through this conversation, none of the group noticed that they were now the center of attention.
"Really Derrick! And I thought that you had no friends!" Came another voice. The group looked up in shock, to see a boy that looked exactly like Eriol, except without the glasses. Eriol looked up at him calmly.
"You are behind the times, old man! I have plenty of friends." Eriol commented, putting Sakura down and offering his arm to Tomoyo. She took it, and blushed.
"I see that you get all the beautiful girls as well!" Raynar commented. "And what is the meaning of calling each-other those funny names?" He asked. Sakura stepped forward and gave him a cute, heart-warming smile.
"Pet names!" She quipped, taking Syaoran's hand. He smiled at her.
"Yes…pet names. We thought that they were nice, so that is what we call each-other now." Eriol explained. Sakura then looked up at Ying-fa. The older girl had recovered from her shock, and was smiling down at the cute scene below her.
"Ying-fa, my Syao-kun is here now!" She called, pulling Syaoran forward with a triumphant smile. Ying-fa looked at Syaoran, and smiled.
"So you are 'Syao-kun'! Well, it is very nice to meet you!" She commented, walking down the stairs and shaking Syaoran's hand. The little boy eyed her, and then gave her a small smile.
"You're nice." He commented. Ying-fa gave a delighted laugh and then turned to the orchestra.
"Music please!" She called. They complied almost instantly.
'Now how has the bad vocabulary, Syaoran?' Nora teased.
'Yah! 'You're nice'? What kind of greeting is that?' Tryon asked.
'Oh, stop teasing him. Now come on! I want to show you the gardens!" Sakura said, leading the group out of the room and into the gardens.
~*~*~*~