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Chapter 6 – From Hate to Love"It has been a few weeks already and Syaoran and Sakura are still having some problems. I hope that in the end they will still find the love they need to stay alive," Queen Yelan said as she put down a letter that came from the kingdoms that were at war.
'War is so easy to start; yet peace is so hard to attain. Why must people fight over little things that are sometimes so easy to solve and the answer is right in front of them, yet they chose not to see it.'
"Tomoyo, are you sure you're okay?" Sakura asked, looking down at her friend.
"Yes, I'm just really worried about Eriol and our kingdoms. We still don't even know who the enemy is and they keep on pushing us back. I just hope…"
"Eriol will be find, Tomoyo. You have to have faith in him and our kingdoms," Sakura said as she knelt down and hugged her friend.
"I know, but it has been a month already and still no word of him. Even Syaoran doesn't know anything about him or his whereabouts," Tomoyo said as she started to break down and cry.
All that Sakura could do was just hold her and tell her everything was going to be all right, but deep down inside, they both knew that they were wrong.
"You wanted to see me, mother," Syaoran said as he walked into the throne room.
"Yes, I did. You have heard word on how our kingdoms troops are being pushed back by the enemy and how we are losing our best men," Queen Yelan said, her back facing him.
'It can't be happening this soon, can it?' Syaoran thought, knowing that it was what his mother was getting at.
"Eriol has been writing me letters about how they are holding up. Only once have they been able to move the other troops back, but it is not enough. I've decided to put us down in the war with the other kingdoms. You will command our troops along with the others," Queen Yelan said, still not looking at him.
"…When do we leave?" Syaoran asked looking at his mother's back.
"The beginning of next month. I want our troops to at least freshen up on their skills before we leave to go," Queen Yelan said, finally turning around to face him.
"What about…"
"You have a month, my son, to do what you need to do. No more, no less," Queen Yelan said as she turned back around again.
"…Very well then," Syaoran said as he bowed and left.
'What have I done?' Queen Yelan asked as she let the tears role down her cheeks.
When Syaoran left, we walked briskly towards the garden for some training to do. He was half way through when he realized that he couldn't concentrate because of a certain emerald-eyed girl.
'Just when we actually started to let it work out, I have to leave. I knew I was going to have to, but I didn't think this soon, though,' Syaoran thought as he sliced through the air with his sword.
"How will I ever be able to tell Sakura?"
"Tell me what, Syaoran?" Sakura said as she stood there with a tray of food for the both of them
"Umm…nothing," Syaoran said as he let it vanish back into his necklace.
"Oh, okay," Sakura said as she set the tray down under their favorite cherry blossom tree and ate together in silence.
"Tomoyo, are you sure that everything is alright? You don't look well," Queen Yelan said as she saw Tomoyo walking the corridors by herself.
"I'm fine, Queen Yelan, really. I'm just tired and worried about Eriol, that's all," Tomoyo said as she curtsied and continued her walk alone.
"Tomoyo, I'm so sorry," Queen Yelan said as she starred at her back.
A few minutes later of walking by herself, she heard people yelling at one another and just about ran to where she heard it.
When she got there, it was Syaoran and Sakura that were the ones yelling at one another. She was thinking about going over there to them and tell them to talk quietly, but when she took a step forward, she saw Sakura raise her hand and slap him. But what shocked her even more though, was when Syaoran raised his hand as well.
"Syaoran!" Queen Yelan said, running over there just in time as he brought his hand down.
"What?" Sakura asked, looking up at Syaoran.
"I said that I'm going to be leaving to go to war soon…next month to be exact," Syaoran said as they sat on their bench after they were done eating.
Sakura in turn was quiet for a few minutes, thinking about what he had just told her. She was shocked that he was going to be going to war and leave her here. Sakura knew that it was for a good cause, but she didn't want him to leave her yet.
"Sakura, did you hear what I told you?" Syaoran asked, putting his hand on her shoulder.
"…What about me?" Sakura asked, looking up at him.
"Sakura, I'm not going to leave you if that's what you're thinking. You mean to much to me for me to just walk away and leave you alone," Syaoran said, trying to get her to understand what he was telling her.
"I know that, Syaoran, but why now? I know that the troops are failing and the enemy is drawing nearer here, but why now? We've only been together for a few weeks now and my birthday is coming up soon and I wanted to spend it someone special to me," Sakura said as her eyes started to water.
"I'll be here for that Sakura! I just can't be here for you for a few months is all that I'm trying to tell you," Syaoran said, standing up.
"…"
"Sakura…Why do you have to make this so difficult for me!" Syaoran said as his temper got the better of him.
"…"
"You can at least say something! I'm trying to make you understand and you can't seem to do that! Sometimes I wonder about you," Syaoran said as he started to walk away from her.
"What is that suppose to mean!" Sakura said as she stood up too.
"Take it however you want to, princess! I for one don't care!" Syaoran said as he called out for his sword again.
Sakura just stood there, stunned. He hasn't called her princess ever since she had told him not to and now he is starting all over again. She knew that they still had their problems, but they just stopped and realized what they were doing. They would be quiet until one of them would start to laugh about what had just happened.
'Does he really think of me like that? Like I'm just some sort of tag along to him?' Sakura thought as her tears started to come down.
"Why do you have to be so cruel, Syao!"
He stopped his movements when she said that. She hasn't called him that for a long time as well and was thinking the same thing that Sakura was thinking.
"…You might think that I don't understand, but I do! I do know that you are only doing this to help protect those that you love, but I'm just saying that I don't want for you to go!" Sakura said as her tears fell freely now.
"…"
"You can't be treating people this way and expect them to be the same to you or better! You can't be treating me like that either, Syao!" Sakura said as she walked up to him and looked him straight in his eyes.
"What are you going to do about it Sakura? You can't do anything about how I am, so why are you trying to change me?" Syaoran said as he turned around and resumed back to his training.
Sakura, getting furious already, went around him, stood in front of him, and kicked the sword out of his hand. She knew that he didn't like what she did right now, but she was furious at how he was being right now.
"Sakura…" Syaoran said, growling her name out and glaring at her.
She glared back at him and just slapped him across his face, leaving welts on his smooth skin.
"Syao…" Sakura said back, doing the same thing he did.
Syaoran was already mad at her by what she did before, but after what she did right now, he was pissed. He gave her his death glare, which he has never done before and started to raise his hand to her out of anger.
"Syaoran!" said a voice to their left.
As soon as they heard it, he started to bring his hand down on her, but felt another hand just as strong grab his and hold it in place.
"I'm ashamed of the both of you! I thought you two were getting along with one another! Sakura, how could you do that to him? Syaoran, whats wrong with you?" Queen Yelan asked, looking at both of them through her tears.
"Sa…Sakura?" said another voice from behind them.
"Tomoyo!" Sakura said, starring at her friend in shock.
"I thought…I thought that everything was…"
"I thought so too, Tomoyo," Queen Yelan said, putting her head down as she started to sob. 'Why must this happen to the nicest and most wonderful people?'
~*~ The Night of Sakura's Birthday ~*~
"You sure, Sakura?" Tomoyo asked, looking at her friend's sad expression.
"Nothing Tomoyo, I'm just tired of all this dancing and partying. I'm glad though that Queen Yelan held this small party for me, but I'm just beginning to feel tired. I think I will go to bed now. Goodnight, Tomoyo," Sakura said as she got up from the table and left.
'Oh Sakura, why can't you admit it that you miss him?' Tomoyo thought as she shook her head and walked towards the balcony.
'Why can't I get him out of my mind? I feel horrible for what I did that day and that was two weeks ago! Hoe, I fear that I will never see him again if I don't do something soon. He didn't even come,' Sakura said as she opened 'her' room and walked in.
"I can't believe that Queen Yelan finally let us have our own rooms," Sakura said as she changed to her nightgown and fixed the bed to go to sleep.
When she walked over to her dresser to take down her hair, she saw a bear holding a letter that had her name perfectly on the front of it. Curious, she looked around her room and sat down on the bed to open it.
'Dear Sakura,
Please forgive me for what I've done wrong to you. I feel coldness and anger when you are not here with me. Please accept the bear as my token of forgiveness to you. I'm sorry that I was not able to attend your party, but war is getting worse over there, so I must leave now. I wish I could have told you, but I feared that you were still angry with me. I will write you when I can and I will tell Eriol about Tomoyo and her condition. I'll come back, I promise.
Love,
Syaoran
P.S. Please forgive me!'
"Syaoran!" Sakura said as she laid down and cried herself to sleep.
That's it for now! Thank you all for reviewing me! Especially you Jared! I really appreciate it! -Bluepiper