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Chapter Five – From Hate to Love'I wonder where Tomoyo is?' Sakura thought as she walked around the gardens again.
Whenever Sakura walks around in the gardens alone, she ends up sitting in 'her' bench and stares up looking at the cherry tree.
"Sa…Sakura," said a voice from behind her.
"Tomoyo! Where have you…Whats wrong?" Sakura asked as she saw how red her eyes were.
"…Eriol left this morning to go back to his kingdom. He said that there are rumors spreading out over there that a war is going to start soon," Tomoyo said as she sat on the bench beside Sakura and broke down crying.
"Oh Tomoyo," Sakura said as she wrapped her arms around her and told her soothing words.
All the while, someone behind the bushes was watching with his amber eyes.
~*~ Two Weeks Later ~*~
"Syao, what is your problem? I just wanted to know if…"
"It is none of your business, princess! Why must you keep pestering me about it?" Syaoran asked as he and Sakura where getting ready to go to sleep.
Syaoran was fixing his bed on the cushions while Sakura was fixing the bed for herself. Throughout the time that have
been staying together, their bickering was getting worst. Yesterday it was about attitude problems, the day before that, it was about letters from Eriol, and now today, it was about if he wanted to get the bed instead of her.
"Sakura, I said…"
"I know you what you said! I just wanted to know if you wanted to sleep here is all! Why do you have to be se cold to me at times, Syaoran? Why don't you go right ahead and just ignore me all together!" Sakura said as she grabbed a pillow and blanket.
"Where are you going?" Syaoran asked as he grabbed her arm to stop her.
"I'm going to go sleep in Tomoyo's room! Besides, she needs me more right now than you ever will! So just let me go!" Sakura said as she yanked her arm, but he still didn't let her go.
"Syaoran, I'm warning you," Sakura said, as she glared at him, which is what she has been doing lately to him.
"What are you going to do about it, princess?" Syaoran asked, glaring right back at her.
"This!" Sakura said as she raised her other hand and slapped him in the face.
Since he was in shock, he let her go and she ran out of the room with tears in her eyes. He lifted his hand to where it burned and just stood there. When he heard the door slam, he turned around and starred at it, not believing what had just happened.
"Err!" Syaoran yelled as he walked to a wall and punched it with all his might.
'Damn it, Syaoran! Why do you always have to make her cry like that?! She has never done nothing to you and all what she has been trying to do is be nice to you!'
"But I don't want for her to get close to me. I'm afraid that I'll love her more than I should and I'll just end up hurting her when I go to war," Syaoran said as he pulled out a letter from his drawer.
'Dear Syaoran,
Our troops cannot seem to find anything that the enemy has left behind. Who ever our enemy is, they have thought of everything that we might try to do. I fear that the war that your mother was warning us about is coming rather quickly. Unfortunately for us, we are not prepared and don't know what to expect. In the little battles that we have lost, we have lost our best men to them and I am running out of time. I have asked the Kinomoto and Daidouji kingdoms to help us with these problems of ours. That is all for now. If you have any ideas, cousin, I'm willing to listen.
Your cousin,
Eriol Hiiragazawa
P.S. Please give the second letter to Tomoyo. It is for her. By the way, how are you and Princess Sakura doing?'
'Hmph, wouldn't he like to know," Syaoran said as he walked out of the room he has been sharing with Sakura and looked for Tomoyo and his mother.
"Syaoran, are you there?" said Queen Yelan as she waited patiently on the other side.
In answer, he walked over to the door and opened it. Queen Yelan walked in and saw a dent in the wall. She looked at Syaoran questioningly.
"I lost my temper. What is it that you want to speak to me about mother?" Syaoran asked as he moved out of her way.
"I want to know how you and Sakura are doing. It's been a while since I've last seen you two together and in the same room. Where is she?" Queen Yelan asked as she looked around for her.
"She's in Tomoyo's room," Syaoran said as he looked at the floor.
"Syaoran, you need to at least try to get along with her. I think she will make a good wife for…"
"What?! You never said that she was going to be the one that I was going to marry!" Syaoran said, starring at his mother, eyes wide.
"I think you two are perfect for each other. Of course, you need to at least try being a little nicer to her. I know you are afraid of what will happen when you go to war, but you can't let that stop you. You two belong together and whether it be now or later, you will still give in to her," Queen Yelan said as she placed a hand on his shoulder.
"…I don't know what you're talking about, mother. I don't feel that way about her. I think she is a clumsy selfish princess who only thinks of herself, just like all the others," Syaoran said as looked at his mother.
"Have you seen her be a selfish princess who only thinks of herself? Tomoyo is going through a lot right now, since Eriol has left and she hardly gets any letters from him. Sakura is there by her side, trying to cheer her up and make her feel better. I suggest you do the same thing with Sakura," Queen Yelan said as she started to walk towards the door.
"Mother…"
"Just because you think that you might go through the same thing that your father and I went through when he left, it doesn't mean that you both will too. Goodnight Syaoran," Queen Yelan said, placing a kiss on his forehead and leaving him to his thoughts.
'How is it that she knows exactly what I'm thinking about and it only takes her a few seconds to figure things out while it takes me years,' Syaoran thought, looking the mirror.
"Do I really love her? I know that I feel something for her, but is it really love?" Syaoran thought, looking at his reflection for an answer, but finding none he walks out and heads towards the garden cherry blossoms.
~*~ A Month Later ~*~
Its been awhile since Syaoran and Sakura have talked to one another and when the other is near or coming close to them, they turn around and walk away. Lately, he has started to spy on her while she is with Tomoyo. He noticed how she acted so happy and care free around Tomoyo. Sakura never acts that way in front of him or in his presence. She's been just about as cold and cruel to him as he has been to her. But what caught him the most was her smile and laugh. He loved her smile and thought her laugh was like a melody.
'I wonder how she would act around me if I was more nicer to her instead of always pushing her away like I am. Maybe my mother and Eriol are right about this. Even though I fear what might happen to her while I'm gone, I'd rather spend the time that I have here with her than not with her when I leave,' Syaoran thought as he walked around aimlessly in his palace with nothing to do.
"So, we have been able to break though their lines?" said a cold voice as he looked at some reports.
"Yes your Majesty," said the other voice.
"Very well, you may go on with the next part of my plan," said the same cold voice.
"Yes your Majesty," said the other one as he left from the room.
"Very soon, Cherry Blossom, you will be here with me."
While walking through the corridors, he heard singing coming from the gardens and couldn't ignore it. He stopped his walking and stood there, listening to the enchanting melody. After a few seconds of standing there, he went looking for where the singing was coming from. He found himself starring at the back of Sakura.
'Sakura?!'
'Sigh. I wonder how my father and Touya are doing. He left a few days after we got here and hasn't written back to me yet. Hope everything is all right so far,' Sakura thought as she looked up, shielding her eyes from the sunlight.
"Syaoran, I wish we could get along better than what we are right now. We argue too much with one another and us sharing a room isn't helping the matter any. All what we do is bicker with one another over silly little things," Sakura said as she looked back down again.
"We don't always bicker with one another, princess," said a voice from behind her.
"Hoe!" Sakura yelled as she stood up and turned around, but in the process, she tripped over her own feet and lost her balance.
She felt herself falling and she closed her eyes tight as she waited for the impact to come, but it never did. She waited for a few more seconds, till she finally opened her eyes and met the amber eyes of Syaoran.
'I cannot believe that I'm doing this again! It's already been about a month or so and I still can't get the way how she feels in my arms gone. Or how her hair smells and how right she just feels in my arms,' Syaoran thought as he starred at her emerald pools.
"Sy…Syaoran, what are you doing here?" Sakura asked, still looking at his eyes.
"I heard someone singing and I followed the melody and it led me here…to you. You have a beautiful voice, princess," Syaoran said, not showing any signs of letting her go right away.
"Oh…I'm sorry for disturbing you then, Syaoran. I should be leaving," Sakura said as she tried to move away, but he just tightened his hold on her more.
"Are you really tired of all of our bickering, princess?" Syaoran asked, running one of his hands through her hair.
"…Ye…yes," Sakura said, trying not to let what he was doing get to her.
"Why don't we call it truce then? We have been going at this for at least two months now and I'm tired of having my mother, servants, and even Eriol get after me. So, do we have a deal?" Syaoran asked as he held her head and looked into her eyes, bringing her face closer to him.
Sakura wasn't able to say what she wanted to as she felt his lips on hers in a gentle kiss. For Sakura, it meant the world to her since it is her first kiss and she got to share it with the person that stole her heart.
When Syaoran drew back, he starred at her, trying to figure out what had made him kiss her. He himself had never kissed anyone before and this was a shock to him. Even though he was shocked, he never let his grip loosen on her.
"Syaoran, what are doing?" Sakura asked, looking up at him as she opened her eyes.
"We start anew with one another, princess. I'm sorry for being so cruel to you before and I would like to get to know you better," Syaoran said.
"…Alright then, but please stop calling me 'princess'," Sakura said as she smiled at him for the first time.
'Maybe now I'll be able to find out why I feel so warm inside whenever she is near. I can only hope I'm doing the right thing,' Syaoran thought as he kissed her again.
'Hopefully we won't be bickering with one another about stupid little things anymore. Well, maybe just a little bit every once in awhile,' Sakura thought as she giggled.
"Finally they are getting to get together. Unfortunately though, Syaoran will have to be leaving soon. My son, why did wait so long for this?" Queen Yelan thought as she saw the couple in the gardens under one of the cherry blossom trees.
Well, what do you all think so about this so far? Tell me, tell me, tell me!!! Please! Till next time everyone! -Bluepiper