SN: hey everyone! Thanks again for reviewing this story and don't worry, it's a definite..I'm gonna continue on with this story! Oh yeah, but I need your opinion on something.would you pplz like to see some magic involved with the story line or no magic? I have a plot for both but I don't know which you prefer so tell me, you like fics that involve magic or should this one not involve magic? PLEAZE TELL ME!!!! the majority wins in this case. Well, read and review as alwayz!

Love of a Cherry Blossom

By: Star Princess a.k.a. Starrie

Chapter 3

"Hey monster, pass the salad"

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"Hey monster, I said pass the salad!"

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"SAKURA!!!"

"WHAT!!!!!"

Sakura screamed as she jumped out of her seat. Touya just shook his head.

"Is that anyway for a princess to act?"

"shut up"

Sakura said as she stuck her tongue out at him.

"Kids"

Fujitaka said in a warning voice. He then turned to look at his daughter

"Sakura, what's gotten into you? You haven't been acting like yourself lately"

"oh nothing daddy"

Sakura said as she played with her food.

Fujitaka looked at his daughter with worry in his eyes. For the last 3 days she had been very quiet and barely smiled. Even when Tomoyo came to visit, she wasn't her usual self.

'why haven't I seen him lately'

Sakura wondered sadly.

After the day she gave Syaoran the peony, they had talked a bit more and then 2 days, later, she didn't see him anymore. It was now the third day and she still hadn't seen him. She missed talking to him.

"I'm not hungry, can I go to the garden daddy?"

Fujitaka smiled at his daughter

"You may"

Sakura got up from her seat and made her way out of the dining room

"great she leaves and still doesn't pass me my salad"

Touya mumbled under his breath. Naomi excused herself from the table and went after Sakura.

"What's wrong child?"

She asked as she came up to her.

"Oh nana, I miss him so much!"

Naomi was confused.

"Who do you miss? Prince Allen?"

"No! I miss Sy."

then Sakura remembered that as a princess, she wasn't allowed to become close with one of the servants

"I just miss.a friend of mines"

"oh! The one you like?"

Naomi asked with a sly smile.

"no! he's just my friend and I haven't seen him in a very long time"

"Don't worry, you'll see him soon"

Naomi then left to go back to the dining room and Sakura continued to go to the garden. She then took a seat and rested her head against the Sakura tree. She looked straight ahead and saw the wall that separated the palace from the outside.

'I wish I could go into town on my own someday'

but that was impossible. Sakura was the princess so she wasn't allowed to go without her brother, Naomi, Fujitaka, or several bodyguards.

The last time she had gone out to town on her own was when she was 11 and then she was capturing the last clow card. Of course at that age she never cared about walking around town on her own.

"I know you have beautiful eyes but try as you might, I don't think they're capable of burning holes through a wall that thick"

Sakura heard a male voice say from behind her. a smile crept on her face as soon as she recognized who it was.

"Syaoran!"

She said happily as she got up and turned around. Unfortunately for her, she got tangled in her dress and ended up falling on top of Syaoran. This caught Syaoran by surprise and he fell down on the ground along with Sakura.

"Syaoran I missed you so much!"

Sakura said not letting go of him while they still were on the floor

"ummm.Sakura."

"Where were you I."

"Sakura, ummm.breathing's becoming a issue here"

Sakura then looked down and realized she was sitting down on his stomach. She blushed and immediately got off.

"I'm so sorry!"

"It's Ok"

Syaoran said as he got up and dusted himself off.

"Why haven't I seen you the last 3 days!"

Sakura asked with a somewhat mad look on her face.

"I have a five day vacation and I had something to do out of town for the last 3 days"

"Why didn't you tell me?"

Sakura asked with a hurt expression on her face

"I didn't think you'd care"

"Of course I'd care! You're my friend"

Syaoran then smiled at her.

"I'm sorry, next time I'll tell you alright?"

Sakura smiled at him

"So, mind filling me in on what's so interesting about that wall?"

"It's not the wall I was necessarily looking at. I was thinking about how great it would be to go out to town by myself. I've never been allowed to"

"What? Never!?"

Syaoran asked amazed. The town was always his favorite place. It was always filled with life.

"Do you go by yourself?"

"Yeah, everyday after I get off work"

Sakura then go an idea and a smile lit up her face.

"Can you take me?"

Syaoran was about to say something when he immediately closed his mouth he had a reluctant look on his face.

"I cant"

"Why not?"

Sakura asked with a bit of sadness in her voice.

"It's because.you're the princess. The guards will never allow us to go out of the castle together. Why don't you go out with Naomi instead?"

"No.I'd then have to go with a bunch of guards and I don't want that"

Sakura then got another great idea.

"I'll be back in 2 minutes!"

Before Syaoran could protest, She was gone.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~

(Sakura's bedroom)

"So where you going?"

"out"

"out where?"

Kero asked Sakura as he saw her go through her deck of clow cards.

"here it is!"

Sakura then showed Kero the mirror card

"The mirror? What are you gonna."

before he finished he saw two Sakura's in front of him. he then saw the real Sakura instruct the fake one to stay in bed and pretend she was sleeping.

"Ok kiddo, what plan are you up to know?"

"Kero, I want to go out to town, don't tell anybody, not even Nana!"

"But Sakura! you don't even know your way around"

"I don't, but Syaoran does"

"And who the heck is Syaoran?"

"My friend, now please Kero, don't say anything, I'll be back in two hours"

Kero thought this over a bit and was about to deny when Sakura gave him her lethal puppy eye look"

(SN: puppy eyes are da best! I do it all the time and end up getting my way ^_^)

"Well, if your gonna get like that.2 hours! If you don't come in two hours I'm going to tell Naomi, oh yeah and when you come back you're gonna have to cook me a whole batch of sweets"

"Thank you Kero!"

Sakura said happily as she patted him on the forehead.

She then took out the create card and told it to design her a dress that made her look as if she was a townswomen.

~*~*~*~*~*~*

(At the garden)

"Where is she?"

"Syaoran!"

Syaoran turned and saw a women walk up to him. at first he didn't recognize her and then after a closer look.

"Sakura?"

"what do you think of my disguise? Now nobody will ever know I'm the princess!"

"You look."

Sakura saddened a bit

"You don't like it?"

She asked with a hint of hurt in her voice

"No! you look.gorgeous"

Sakura blushed at the compliment.

"Thank you"

"umm.how are we going to get out of the castle?"

Syaoran asked as he tried to look for a way around the wall.

"We'll climb it"

Sakura said as she went and started to climb the cherry blossom tree. She then swung from one of the branches to the top of the wall. Syaoran then did the same thing and then they ran towards town.

"how did a princess like you ever learn to climb?"

Syaoran asked amazed.

"There's a lot about me you don't know. so where are we going to go?"

Syaoran then led Sakura into the market place. Sakura was amazed by everything she saw. From the exotic birds that the merchants brought from different countries, all the way to the food that was cooked in small stands. She held onto Syaoran's arms and pointed to everything. She was so happy. Syaoran enjoyed seeing her this way.

"That was so much fun! The Town Square is so big! I never."

"Hi Syaoran"

Sakura heard a voice say from behind her. she and Syaoran turned around upon hearing the females' voice.

"hi Evelyn"

Syaoran said dully.

"You got company? That's to bad.I was hoping that maybe you'd like to come over my house and maybe."

Evelyn left her words hanging there and gave him a seductive look.

Syaoran just turned his back on her.

"Evelyn can't you just leave me alone for once?"

he asked coldly.

"But Syaoran! We can make such a cute couple! What do you say? Why don't we try and become more then friends"

Evelyn kept on talking and ignoring Sakura. This made Sakura feel angry. This girl here was hitting on Syaoran and she didn't like it one bit.

"I never said you were my friend Evelyn and I don't think I'm your type."

He then turned to look at Sakura

"Come on, let's go"

"ohhhhhh.now I understand. So she's your girlfriend right? Well, does she know about your past? Because if she does.don't you think she'd dump you in less then a second?"

Syaoran then turned towards Evelyn and gave her a cold stare.

"Mind your own damn business! My past is my own damn problems!"

Evelyn backed down from under his glare. She then turned away from him and turned towards Sakura

"A word of advice honey, don't let yourself be fooled by his sweet attitude. Syaoran may be the worlds greatest charmer, but sooner or later, he's bound to drop you as if you were some worthless piece of junk"

with that said, she turned around and continues to walk away.

Sakura stood there confused and mad at the same time. Why did that girl say that and how dare she talk about Syaoran that way!

"Come on, let's head back to the palace"

Syaoran said in an icy tone as he grabbed Sakura's arm and started to walk fast towards the palace. Sakura could clearly see the anger in his face.

Once they got past the walls. Syaoran turned to her

"I told you going into town was a bad idea! Don't _ever_ tell me to take you out again! Next time, find yourself someone else!"

With that said he walked towards the servant's headquarters and left Sakura all teary-eyed at the garden.

Sakura walked to her room with a sad expression.

"Why is he so cold to me? I never did anything to him!"

she said in-between sobs as she cried in her room.

Luckily for her, Kero wasn't there so he didn't see her cry. She changed and then called back the mirror card. She laid down on her bed and sniffled a bit.

'why is this hurting me so bad?'

That night, she cried herself to sleep.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"Sakura!"

Sakura looked around her and saw nothing but the Sakura tree.

"Sakura!"

There it was again. Someone was calling her name. A figure then came into view and she immediately recognized it. Her heart seemed to be doing cartwheels and she felt the all too familiar blush creeping up upon her cheeks.

"Syaoran!"

She called out as she waved towards him.

Syaoran saw her and smiled. He then ran to her and embraced her in a tight embrace.

"I've missed you so much"

he whispered into her ear.

Sakura laid her head down on his chest

"I've missed you too"

She answered. She then stared into his forever-loving eyes

"Syaoran, I."

"Shhhh"

Syaoran said as he placed a finger over her lips.

"I love you Sakura"

he said to her. Sakura felt so happy she couldn't believe this was happening. A smile crept upon her face.

"I love you too"

She said back. She then wrapped her arms around his neck and lifted up her head to meet his and then.

~*~*~*~*

her eyes flew open.

"That was strange"

Sakura thought as she sat up in bed. She then thought back to the dream and a blush made its way up to her face again. She felt as if butterflies were dancing inside her stomach. She then remembered what Naomi had told her.

~*Flashback*~

.it's when you get this special feeling in the pit of your stomach, you feel as if you're walking on air. The world all of a sudden feels brighter and happier, and.lets just say it's the best feeling you'll ever experience.

~*End Of Flashback*~

a smile crept up on her face.

'Could I be.in love?'

She thought. Her smile grew bigger once she realized what her answer was

'Yes.I am. I'm in love with.Syaoran'

she then laid back on her bed feeling happy. She then drifted off into a peaceful sleep with a smile on her face and with a picture of Syaoran in her mind...

~*To Be Continued*~

SN: so, Sakura just figured out that she's in love. Well, she'll also learn about the pain that love can bring. Oh yeah, and should I keep Evelyn in the story line? I dunno. Well anywayz, this chapter really had nothing important, just lets you see how mysterious Syaoran's life really is. Anywayz, about the should I include magic yes or no, tell me cuz I want to do it before I post up the next chapter. The faster you guys will come up with an answer, the faster I'll be able to post up the next chapter so pleaze tell me which one you want, ok? Well, see ya next chapter, don't forget to review, bye!

~Starrie