All is Fair in
Love in War
Chapter Eight:
The war begins...

"May I have all of your attention," a voice boomed over the crowd. The crowd of masked people stopped and looked in the direction of the voice. For a moment, Sakura wondered and worried what was going on. But the masked figure in front of the large doorway could continue she searched for her brother's aura and found him not far behind him with a Yukito next to him. She knew her brother had the same feeling. She felt Xiaolang stiffen next her he felt something or someone.
"I would like to thank you all for coming to are masked ball on behalf of the King and I, we wish you have a wonderful time," the voice finally stated. Once he had finished the large ballroom was full of a clash on clapping and cheers. She turned to look at him when she noticed a man coming to them. He was dress in white; silver and a dark almost blue purple trimmings. She quickly found out by his aura that it was Yukito. She sensed tension and a hint of fear. Her brother was by his side.
"Xiaolang," Yukito whispered as her come close.
"I know Yukito, Princess I must leave," Xiaolang whispered sadly.
"But why?" Sakura asked in the same voice leave.
"We are not safe here Princess, I fell Yue worries, he senses Xiaolang is in danger, and I can't kept him from transforming, it only natural I truly doubt Yue had power over it himself," Yukito explained.
"Sakura, I feel they are in danger, we must help them escape, before anyone finds out who they we," Touya finally stated.
Sakura nodded and turned to the door entrance and found that the royal advisor was standing there as if waiting for someone to pass through.
"We can't go through the front door, father's royal advisor is there, he would ask questions," Sakura stated.
"We can't have that, I don't trust that man," Touya continued.
"The balcony," Xiaolang suggested.
They nodded and as Touya and Yukito walked to the left and Sakura and Xiaolang walked through the right so they would draw so much attention.
"I thought you and Yue were the same person," Touya said.
"Were are and at the same time we are not. I is hard to explain we both feel each other's emotions, thoughts but are ways are different," Yukito explained.
They had arrived at the balcony were Sakura and Xiaolang were waiting.
"Goodbye, Princess and Prince," Xiaolang as he jumps on to the balcony's edge while followed by Yukito.
"Farewell," Yukito stated.
"Ready?" he asked and Xiaolang nodded.
They both flipped over before Touya and Sakura could come to full understanding of what they were planning so they ran to the edge only to see a bring flash and a pair of silver wings shine in the moonlight. Then they were gone.
They smiled and returned to their party in hopes that they made it home safety. The rest of the night seemed boring compared to the pleasant encounter they had spent will the two friends. Man after young lad asked and asked Sakura to dance but she got away every change she got. The same went for Touya. They both wonder if some how the quest knew, knowing their luck they probably did. She was thankful that the night was over.
Yukito and Xiaolang had rode in on their steeds to their kingdom in silent until Yukito broke the silent.
"Did you have fun?" he asked.
Xiaolang just turned and smiled at him.
"I take it as a yes," Yukito said.
"Yes I had fun," Xiaolang stated.
Before Yukito could something he saw Xiaolang stop then he felt it too.
Someone was there watching them. They waited on their stallions until they heard a crack.
"Xiaolang, ride," Yukito shouted.
As on cue five men in black on horseback came out on the shadows cast down by the sakura trees. They rode right behind them. Xiaolang did know why but he knew he had to get away from and fast. Yukito control over Yue was wearing thin, he knew if someone were to see Yue, then he and Xiaolang would be in great danger.
Back in the Kinomoto Kingdom, Sakura had already left the ball and was in her bedroom dreaming about the time she spent with Prince Xiaolang. When there was a knock at her door. She walked up to the and found out that no one there.
She turned back and to her shock there like a blur someone came at her and with out enough time to react everything went black.
Xiaolang rode and rode with Yukito by his side through the path between the trees. Moonlight and shadows one after they other streaked across the earth
below the them. All of a sudden, a bright flash and then nothing at all.


Author's Note: Sorry I haven't updated soon. Hope you like it.