.SN: ohmigosh, thank you all so much for your reviews!!!!!!!!! thank you for making this fic reach 142 reviews!!! When I saw that, I completely freaked out! I wuz talking to my friend Mei-Chan when it reached one- hundred and I wuz completely freaking out on her. she wuz like "I told you so!" that's cuz she had told me this fic would reach 100 and I alwayz told her it wouldn't. anywho, thanx for your encouragment Mei-Chan! Although…..I don't really think this fic will reach 200…..that seems almost impossible -_-;; anywayz, please read and review! Your reviews are greatly appreciated! ^^ now…..for my thank yous for those of you who reviewed last chapter:

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Love of a Cherry Blossom

By: Star Princess aka Starrie

Chapter 9

"What's wrong sweety?"

Fujitaka asked his daughter when he saw a look of panic cross her face.

"Dad, we have to go to the dungeon now!"

Fujitaka looked confused.

"What for?"

"Touya has Syaoran in there and he's going to kill him at sundown, our time is running out, we have to hurry!"

Yelan now stood up more confused then ever.

"Why does Prince Touya want to kill my son?"

"There's no time to explain, we have to go now or we wont get there on time…..dad, please!!"

Sakura said as she looked at her father through tear-filled eyes. Fujitaka gave a serious nod.

"Follow me"

He said to the three females as he led them through the long corridors of the castle…..

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"Bring the prisoner in"

Touya ordered. The guards gave a polite bow to him and went to unlock the dungeon doors. A few minutes later, they came back with Syaoran all tied up. the guards then shoved him forward until he was in front of Touya. Touya looked at Syaoran straight in the eyes.

"Nobody makes a fool out of my family…..Especially my sister. Now you're going to have to pay for your actions"

The guards then continued to shove him forward until he was in front of a rope that hung from the ceiling. At one end of the rope, the end formed a noose. Syaoran immediately knew what his fate was going to be…..and strangely, he was willing to accept it.

'it's better to die knowing what it is to love, then to live all your life and not know what love is all about'

He said to himself. He closed his eyes as he felt the guards slip the noose over his head and tightened it at his throat. Syaoran then felt the guards remove the chair from under him and he felt his air supply cut instantaneously. He felt the rope choking the life out of him…..



Sakura ran into the dungeon and immediately saw Syaoran, hanging on a rope.

"No, Syaoran!"

She yelled out as she frantically made her way to where he was. She saw he was still semi-alive.

"What do you think you're doing?"

Touya said as he grabbed his sister by the wrist.

"Touya let go of him!"

Sakura yelled out as tears streamed down her face. The one person she loved was dying in front of her eyes.

"I'm not going….."

"Guards, cut the rope now!"

Touya heard his father say from behind him. He twirled around to see his father with an angry expression. Two other females were behind him looking in horror. The guards hesitated for a moment; they didn't know what to do.

"Do as I say!"

Fujitaka commanded again. One of them shrugged, took out his sword, and cut the rope.

Sakura was now able to free herself from her brothers' grip due to his confusion on what was going on. She ran up to Syaoran who at the moment was on the floor gasping for air. She bend down and wrapped her arms around neck. She then started to cry into his chest.

"I was so scared…..I thought I had lost you"

Syaoran, who had recovered from his lack of air, smiled and held her close.

"I love you so much"

Syaoran whispered into her hair as he held her close. Sakura smiled upon hearing these words. With the new information she had just received from Syaoran's past, it seems as if they were now able to be together. That meant no more seeing each other behind other in secret.

"I love you too Syaoran…..and I got a surprise for you"

She said as she separated from the hug to look at him in the eye. Before Sakura could answer, Fuutie and Yelan made their way up to Syaoran and embraced him tightly at the same time.

"Little brother, it's so good to see you again"

"Syaoran, my little baby…..I finally have my son back"

Syaoran looked at the two women hugging him.

'little brother? Son?'

He said to himself confused. He then turned to look at Sakura and found her smiling.

"We've found your family Syaoran"

She said with a smile on her face…..

Fujitaka looked at his son through serious eyes.

"You do know you almost killed a prince"

Touya looked at his father in confusion.

"How is that possible if he's a peasant?"

"He's not a peasant…..he's rather the heir to the Li Kingdom"

Touya looked shocked.

"B-B-But wasn't the heir killed along with the King 15 years ago?"

"No, he was kidnapped…..but not killed"

Touya then turned to look at Syaoran and the two other females that were hugging him.

"I suppose they're his family?"

"Yes, it's Queen Yelan and her daughter, Princess Fuutie…..don't you think you owe him and his family an apology?"

Touya stood there for a minute.

"I'll see you at the sunroom"

Was all he said before he walked out of the dungeon…..

"Why don't we all head into the sunroom? The atmosphere is a lot better there then it is here"

Fujitaka said as he walked up to the others. Yelan and Fuutie smiled and agreed. They walked ahead with Fujitaka while Syaoran and Sakura lagged behind.

"I don't understand anything…..what's going on Sakura?"

Syaoran asked confused. Sakura took his hand into hers and smiled.

"Your family came looking for you"

"Why? They didn't want me before, why do they want me now?"

"Syaoran, your family didn't abandon you, you were kidnapped away from them when you were 3 years old. They love you and want you back"

Syaoran was about to say something else, but then they all entered the sunroom.

Yelan and Fuutie took a seat and motioned for Syaoran to sit next to them. He cautiously took a seat and looked at the two strangers.

"I guess you want an explanation"

Yelan said as she looked at her son. He had changed so much from the last time she had saw him. He still had the same hair and eyes though. Syaoran gave a slight nod.

"Yes, I'd like to know about my past"

(Time skip…...dunno how long -_-;;)

"So they kidnapped me and killed my father?"

Syaoran asked with anger in his voice.

Yelan nodded sadly.

"It was your fathers final wish for us to find you and for you to become king of the Li Kingdom. He somehow knew you were alive…he didn't tell us how he knew though"

"But why did the Li kingdom get attacked?"

Sakura asked curiously.

"We don't quite know. We don't even know why they attacked us, nonetheless why they kidnapped Syaoran."

Before Syaoran could ask anything more about his past, Touya walked into the sunroom with a look of shame on him face. He silently walked up to Yelan, Fuutie, and Syaoran and gave a polite bow.

"I'm sorry for my actions…please forgive me"

He muttered the last part while he averted Syaoran's gaze. He then walked up to his father and took a seat at the couch.

"Son, why did you want to kill Syaoran? I left you in charge of the castle, not to go out and kill peoples. You should have a good reason behind your actions"

Sakura and Syaoran blushed. They knew that Touya was going to tell what he saw and they didn't know how their parents were going to take the news.

"The reason I did that was because…"

Touya then turned to look at his sister, and then at Syaoran.

"Because I thought he was a thief who had entered the castle walls…now that I see him more closely, I see now that my guess was wrong…that is another reason why I am sorry"

Sakura and Syaoran both looked shocked. They couldn't believe Touya had actually covered up for them! (SN: hehehe…you'd think they did something else *wink* *wink* HAHA! Just kidding!…you peoplez are such perverts! ^^)

Futtie took a look outside as the last bit of light that the sun gave off, started to disappear below the horizon.

"Mother…it's getting dark outside. I don't think we'll be able to travel back to our kingdom tonight"

"Oh dear, I can't believe I lost track of time!"

Yelan said as she looked outside.

"You're welcome to stay overnight if you like"

Fujitaka said as he smiled at them.

"Oh no we couldn't. We wouldn't like to trouble you"

"It'd be no trouble at all! As a matter of fact, why don't you stay for two days and tomorrow night we'll have a ball here and introduce Syaoran to all the other kingdoms! I'll bet they'll all be so happy to see Prince Syaoran once again!"

'Prince Syaoran? That sounds so weird'

Syaoran thought as he saw his mother talking to Fujitaka.

"I don't know Fujitaka…I don't want to be much of trouble"

Yelan said hesitantly.

"Please let us hold a welcoming ball here…it'll be our way to say 'I'm sorry' for what we've made Syaoran go through…don't you agree Touya?"

Fujitaka said as he gave his son a warning look. Touya cleared his throat.

"Right, it's our way of saying I'm sorry"

Yelan stood there thinking for a while. She then turned to look at Touya and at Fujitaka and smiled.

"Alright then…I accept your kind offer. Can I send a messenger to my kingdom telling my family what's going to happen and if they can come tomorrow for the ball?"

"Sure! And I'll send messengers to all the other kingdoms telling them about tomorrow's ball"

Fujitaka said as he gave her a smile. He then turned to look at Syaoran.

"again, we're sorry for the mistake we've made Syaoran"

"It's ok, King Fujitaka I don't hold any grudges"

Fuutie then grabbed her brother and hugged him close.

"We're gonna have so much fun with you little brother! Wait until you meet our other sisters! They'll be so happy to see you! did I mention you are so kawaii!"

Syaoran looked at Fuutie as if she had gone out of her mind.

'am I really related to her!?'

he thought silently. Sakura just stood at the background giggling. She saw her brother walk out of the room and followed him. once they were in the halls, she spoke up.

"Touya, why didn't you tell dad what you saw? I would've thought you wanted to get me into trouble"

Touya turned to look at his sister.

"I've realized that he really does love you…and if I have to give my sister away to anyone…I'd rather for it to be him, then some lying prince who'd do anything to get what he wants"

Touya said the last part with anger in his voice. (SN: yup, you guessed it! he wuz talking about Allen)

"Plus, it should be you to tell dad who've you chosen to marry, it's not my place to say anything."

Sakura smiled at her brother and hugged him.

"Thank for understanding Touya"

"you're welcome…monster!"

Touya said the last part while smiling.

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(Next morning, At the Li Kingdom)

Meiling walked through the long corridors of her family's castle and headed towards the library. (SN: she's part of the nobility so she lives in a castle. It's not in the same castle as the Li family do though) Her parents had told her that they wanted to talk to her about something important. A smile was present on her lips as she walked past the gardens. She smiled and said hi to all the house servants she passed by. Today she felt extremely happy. Maybe because her birthday was just a week away, meaning Nicholas would ask for her hand in marriage and her parent's could do nothing but accept.

"Hi mother! Hi Father!"

Meiling called out cheerfully as she entered the room with her ebony hair swaying freely behind her back. She went up to her parent's and gave them each a kiss.

"Meiling, we have some fascinating news for you!"

Her mother said while smiling. It was obvious she was happy.

"Yes?"

Meiling asked anxiously.

"You remember the Prince from the Li Kingdom that was thought to be lost?"

"he hasn't been found yet?"

Meiling in an anxious voice.

"Of course not, that wouldn't be good new! Well, the good news is that…he's been found! And tonight they're holding a celebration at the Kinomoto kingdom to welcome him into the Nobility and introduce him to all the other Kings and Queens of the land!"

Her father said as he smiled at his daughter. Meiling felt her world come to a crash right there and then.

"Found? He's been found!? But w-w-why and h-h-how—couldn't he just have stayed lost!"

she shouted as tears sprung at the corner of her eyes. Her parents looked at their daughter in shock.

"Meiling, whatever are you talking about!? Now you can finally marry him, that should make you happy!"

"Make me happy!? you mean make YOU happy!"

Meiling shouted as she looked at her parent's through tear-filled eyes.

"Meling, don't you dare raise your voice at us. We're your parent's and only want the best for you"

"Then if you want the best for me, you wouldn't be making me marry because of some stupid deal you made when I was born! I love Nicholas, can't you understand that!?"

"Sweetheart, Nicholas is a nice young man but…he's only a son of a noble. Why marry him when you can marry the son to the heir of the Li Kingdom! You can keep the magic running in the family!"

"I don't care about magic or social status! I love Nicholas, not some prince I've never met in my entire life!"

And with that Meiling ran out of the Library crying…

(SN: I'm making up names for Meiling's parents so….*inhales* here goes nothing…)

Ling turned to look at her husband.

"Do you think we're doing the right thing Xio Zu?"

(SN: me know…weird names -_-;;)

Xio Zu turned to look at his wife and rubbed his temples with his fingers.

"I don't know Ling…I really don't know anymore…"

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(back at the Kinomoto Kingdom, later that afternoon)

Sakura walked around the Castle looking for Syaoran. Everyone was running around the castle with food, flowers, decorations, and an assortment of stuff. Sakura hadn't seen Syaoran since the yesterday afternoon in the Sunroom. A woman then brushed by Sakura…

"Nana, wait a minute!"

Sakura called out as soon as she recognized her. the woman stopped to look who had called her and smiled when she saw Sakura.

"Hello sweety! What can I do for you?"

She asked with a smile on her face as she put down the flowers she was carrying on a nearby table.

"Nana, have you seen Syaoran?"

"No…I haven't maybe—oh, wait a minute! Yes I did see him. he and his mother and sister were heading towards town to the tailors.

"Oh"

Sakura said disappointed. That meant she had no chance of seeing him. Naomi saw the disappointment on Sakura's face.

"Cheer up dear. He'll be back later. And now that you know that we know he's a prince…you two can be together! aren't you happy about that?"

Sakura smiled at this.

"Of course! that's what I wanted to talk to Syaoran about. I wanted to go with him up to dad and tell him that…"

Sakura then blushed a light shade a pink

"I already chose my future husband"

Naomi let out a giggle.

"And to think that this little princess never knew what love was…and then suddenly, this stranger comes into her life, and she falls head over heals for him! I guess it was love at first site for both of you"

Naomi said as she smiled at Sakura, whose blush kept on becoming a deeper shade of pink.

"It was like…I knew he was the one for me from day 1"

Sakura admitted. Naomi looked at Sakura and her smile became wider.

"I'm so happy for you my dear, and—on no! I have to get these flowers to the ballroom! I can't believe I forgot! I'll see you later dear!"

Naomi said as she frantically picked up the flowers and continued to walk down the hall. Sakura let out a giggle as she watched Naomi walk away quickly…

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(In town, market square)

"How the hell did your plan fail! You said it wouldn't!!"

Evelyn hissed out angrily as she stood at the Market Square talking with Allen. (SN: you all know they're the evil ones…no use playing dumb here -.- ;)

"I never counted on his damn family coming to get him!"

"you dumbass, none of this would've happened if you had killed both the father and son 15 years ago!"

"Well, it was your idea to hire that couple!"

Evelyn looked at him with anger in her eyes. She turned away from him.

"Don't remind me"

She said in a mad voice. She knew that the reason why their plan had failed 15 years ago was also because of her. An evil smile then krept into Allen's face

"But at least I was able to kill the father"

"Yeah, at least you succeed at something"

"We still have a chance, maybe…"

"Allen, we need to talk!"

Came a demanding male voice from behind Allen. Evelyn looked ahead to see Prince Touya standing in front of them with anger in his face. Allen turned around, saw who it was, and then turned back to look at Evelyn.

"go away, I'll take care of him"

Evelyn gave a smirk

"Good luck"

She said sarcastically as she walked away…

"Touya!"

Allen said as he walked up to him with a smile on his face. Touya just stared at him through narrowed eyes.

"Cut the crap Allen, I KNOW you knew that Syaoran was a prince"

Allen faked a look of surprise.

"Whatever gave you that idea!? I would never want you to hurt a prince! The only reason I told you the other day was because I thought he was a peasant!"

"Yeah right…you knew he loved my sister and my sister loved him back…you just wanted him out of YOUR way so you could marry Sakura"

Allen let out a smirk

"If what you WANT to think…alright then, do so. But I can swear to you that I didn't know anything…I just wanted the best for your sister"

"Yeah well, now you're going to have to keep your part of the deal and stay away from her"

Allen's smile then disappeared.

"No I don't…it's not like if what I said was not true…if it wasn't true, then yeah, I would have to stay away from her…but as you saw with your own eyes, they were seeing each other"

Touya looked at Allen with venom in his eyes.

"Stay away from Sakura alright? She has already chosen who she want's to marry…and it's not you"

And with that said, Touya turned around and left. Allen looked at the descending back of Touya. He gave out a smirk.

"That's what you think…I don't give up the easily…I WILL get what I want"

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(That night at the ball)

Sakura looked around the large ballroom. She smiled when she saw her best friend dancing with Eriol on the dance floor. She gave a small wave and they waved back.

'I'm so glad she's finally happy'

Sakura thought as she scanned the room for any other familiar face, but in truth, she was looking for one in particular…the guest of honor. She then remembered that Meiling was supposed to come to the ball too, but she hadn't seen her all night long…

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(In a separate room of the Castle)

"Isn't little brother so kawaii!?"

Fuutie asked her sisters as they all stood around Syaoran. He was wearing white pants with a red suit over it. A yellow colored sash ran across his shoulders to his waist indicating his status as prince. (SN: in other words, imagine him in the costume he wore for the play of the second movie….KAWAII! ne????)

"You're so right sis! He's so adorable!"

Xiefa squealed in pure delight as she hugged her brother.

"He's still just as cute as he was when he was a baby!"

Femei added while pinching her brothers' cheeks.

"Remember how we used to spoil him when he was three?"

Fanren added as she too hugged her brother.

"ummm….you…guys…"

"Yes little brother?"

all four girls said simultaneously as they continued to hug him.

"Breathing's becoming an issue!"

Syaoran said.

The girls immediately let go.

"we're so sorry!"

"I'm sorry little brother!"

"Sorry!"

"Ahhh! Air, give him air!"

All four girls each said different things at the same time.

"Girls, calm down, you'll have more time later on to hug him as much as you want!"

Yelan said as she smiled at her kids. It felt good to have her family back together…if only…her husband could be here too.

"Well let's go! We have a ball to attend!"

Yelan said as she put on a smile. Fanren, Femei, Xiefa and Fuutie all exchanged smiles and followed their mom…dragging their little brother with them…

(SN: damn…imagine have four sisters…hell don't ya think? I have one brother and that alone is hell. Yeah he's nice and spoils me rotten but…he still annoys me! *Muttering* hate it when he calls me grasshopper!)

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Sakura stood in the middle of the ballroom still looking for Syaoran. she then spotted her father and walked up to him.

"Dad, have you seen Syaoran?"

Fujitaka looked at his daughter and smiled.

"He's just coming down with his mother and sisters…why?"

Sakura blushed.

"oh…no reason!"

She said as she smiled back at her dad and walked away…

Sakura stopped at one of the tables in the ballroom and took a seat.

"Hello princess, may I join you?"

She heard someone say from behind her. She turned and come face to face with…Allen.

"Hi Allen"

she said as she turned to face forward once again.

"Hi Sakura…so what you doing?"

"Nothing"

"Why aren't you with your friends?"

"Can't find them"

A dead silence crossed between them. Suddenly, a waltz came on.

"Would you like to dance?"

Allen asked as he outstretched one of his arms out at her. Sakura looked at his hand distastefully. It's not that she was conceited, it was just that she didn't like being around Allen. She always felt uncomfortable near him.

"No, it's ok"

"awww…come on!"

"No Allen"

"I'm only asking for one dance! I'm not asking you to marry me you know?"

Allen said jokingly. Sakura thought this over.

"Fine…just one dance"

Sakura got up from her seat and let him lead her to the dance floor. Allen then wrapped on of his arms around her waist and held her hand with the other. At first, everything was alright, but then Allen tightened his grip around Sakura's waist and pulled her closer. She tried to push away but her efforts were weak against his strong body.

"Allen…I want to stop"

Sakura said seriously as she looked into his icy-blue eyes.

"why?"

"Because I don't feel like dancing anymore"

"Come on Sakura…It's…"

"You heard what she said, now let go of her"

Allen heard a male voice say from behind him. His smile changed into a frown. He knew whom that voice belonged to.

"If it isn't Prince Syaoran of the Li Kingdom…good to see you again buddy!"

"I'm not your friend…now do as Sakura said."

Allen stared at Syaoran with his cold eyes and Syaoran just glared right back. Allen then smiled.

"Well since YOU'RE the guest of honor…I suppose I'll step down for once"

Allen then let go of Sakura and walked away…

Syaoran looked at Sakura with worry in his eyes

"Are you ok? He didn't try anything did he?"

Sakura smiled up at him.

"No, thanks to you though."

A blush then crossed her face when she took a good look at Syaoran. he looked so adorable with what he was wearing.

He was now dressed up in fine clothing, but his hair and eyes still remained the same, indicating that this was the same Syaoran she had loved since day one. She embraced him tightly.

"lets dance!"

Sakura said happily. Before Syaoran could decline, Sakura grabbed his hands and led him deeper into the dance floor…

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(later that night)

Sakura and Syaoran stood together outside the ballroom looking over the garden.

"Should we tell them?"

Sakura asked as she rested her head on Syaoran's shoulder.

"Yeah, I want to tell my mom that…I want to marry you. And ask your dad for your hand in marriage…that is if you want"

Sakura's smile brightened up.

"Of course I want to. Nothing would make me happier!"

Syaoran looked down at her and smiled.

"Would you like to go now and tell them?"

"Sure!"

Sakura said excitedly as she grabbed Syaoran's arm and walked back into the ballroom…

A few feet away stood Allen. He knew what was about to happen and let out a smirk.

"I won't let go so easily"

was all he said before he turned to go back into the ballroom…

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(Inside the ballroom)

Sakura and Syaoran walked into the room and made their way to where their parents were.

"Mom, I'd like to tell you something"

"Syaoran, there you are! I was looking all over for you. We have some very important news to announce!"

"Mom, I…"

"Come on, There's no time to waste!"

Yelan told her son as she took his hand and led him up to a small stage at the front of the ballroom. Syaoran looked back at Sakura and gave her an apologetic smile. Sakura just smiled at him.

'we'll tell them later'

she thought as she watched Syaoran walk up to the front of the room. She then spotted a certain raven-haired girl hidden behind a crowd of people.

'is that Meiling?'

she thought as she made her way up to the girl.

"Meiling?"

She asked confused. Meilng jumped upon hearing Sakura's voice. She calmed down once she realized who it was.

"Hi Sakura"

"Why are you hiding?"

"Because…"

"Meiling, where were you!"

Meiling flinched when she heard her mothers voice. All her efforts to hide were now worthless.

"Come on, their expecting you up front!"

Ling then said a quick hello to Sakura and then took her daughters hand and took her towards the front of the room.

'what's going on?'

Sakura thought confused. She then spotted her father and walked up to him.

"dad, why did Meiling and Syaoran go up front?"

Her father looked at her in surprise.

"you don't know?"

"no…."

Sakura answered confused. Fujitaka just smiled at his daughter.

"you'll find out in a minute"

"Can I have everyone's attention!"

Yelan said as the two equally confused teen stood up front with Meiling's parent and Syaoran's mother and sisters. Everyone who was in the ballroom stopped talking and gave their undivided attention up front.

"The Li family would like to take this opportunity to announce the engagement of Lady Meiling Li Rae and Syaoran Li. They are to wed in a week, on the day of Lady Meiling's birthday"

Meiling and Syaoran looked equally surprised. Syaoran because he never knew any of this, Meiling because she didn't know the prince was supposedly Syaoran!

Sakura looked up at the stage in horror. She couldn't believe this was happening. The whole agreement Meiling had been talking about all this time was between the Li kingdom. Her eyes began to well up with tears and she could no longer take it. Sakura ran out of the ballroom as fast as she could. She didn't know where she was going, but she didn't care. Her worst nightmare had come true…one of her best friends were going to marry the only person she had ever learned to love…

~*To Be Continued*~

SN: so what you peoplez think of this chapter???? Please review! Me luv getting reviews! Onegai!! (please) thanx so much if you do!! ^^ sorry if the next chapter might take some time…midterms are coming up, and so is my New York State Math Regents (*Sarcastically* and you all know how much I luuuuuuv math *rolls eyes*) I'll do my best to get the next chapter up as soon as I can alright? I promise I'll try!!