Chapter 2
Syaoran joined Seiju High and was in Sakura's class. Like in elementary school, Tomoyo - Sakura's best friend - sat next to Sakura and Syaoran sat behind Sakura. When Li first walked in to the room he caused a stir. Because of his ceremonial headband that he was not allowed to take off, most girls assumed that he was a prince from another land. No one knew how right those rumours were. In fact, not even Syaoran himself knew! "Class, today we have a new student!" The teacher told the class. "Some of you will remember him from your primary school. Come on in, Li." Syaoran came in and told the class his name, but to Sakura's surprise, he said his name as "Li, Xiaolang." The lesson passed quickly, and after the teacher had gone, a group of girls surrounded him, wanting to know all about him, all pushing for a date, all wanting to know where he came from, what the headband meant and a whole load of other assorted things. Xiaolang managed to escape and seemed to disappear. (SKC/N: I'm going to refer to Syaoran as Xiaolang from now on.) When Sakura and Tomoyo found him after school, they also showered him with questions. "Why did you call yourself 'Xiaolang'?" "What's that headband?" "Come on, Syaoran! Answer me!" "OK!!! My Chinese name is Li, Xiaolang. Syaoran is the meaning of my name in Japanese. The headband shows that I am leader of my clan." "Oh." Tomoyo smiled at her friends. "So, what are you going to do about this dream?" "I don't know, Tomoyo. I just don't know." Sakura sighed.
Xiaolang was in a dream. This time, he saw people running away from a carriage and he saw soldiers attacking it. The same man as before ran into the flames and came back with an about fourteen year-old girl. The green eyed girl, and she was dressed in what looked like a sari. It was a light pink colour and this girl was also decorated in many rich jewels. The man that was carrying her helped her up onto his horse and was away. the dream continued.
Sakura was having the same dream. She saw these entire happenings and then saw the girl waking up in a room. The girl spoke to a maid and told her that her name was Ying. Sakura then saw the man that rescued Ying arguing with an older lady. The lady kept saying 'Ying is of the enemy.' The man argued that Ying had no knowledge of the war between their country and Idinia. At this point, Sakura woke up.
Sakura hugged her 'Syaoran' bear tightly. How.what.why was this dream so familiar.almost as if she had seen it before. And that name, Ying. why did she know that name? She pondered these thoughts well into the night.
Next morning, after Xiaolang had finished his training, he realised what he had to do. He hated the thought but he had to do it. He sighed, picked up the phone and dialled.
Sakura was uncommonly early to school that morning, so she met up with Xiaolang before school started. "Sakura! I wanted to speak to you. I had another dream, this girl lives in." Xiaolang started to say. ".Idinia? I had the dream too." Sakura half smiled. "It kept me up all night!" There was a pause. "Can I call you Xiaolang?" Sakura suddenly blurted out. "Sure. Um. I decided that we needed help. so." Xiaolang paused. "I phoned Eriol. He'll be here tomorrow. I didn't tell him the problem, just that we'd got one." At this Sakura smiled "ok. That was a very good thing to do. I know how much you hate asking for help!" as she said this she giggled and kissed his cheek. "KAWAII!!!" a voice suddenly screeched. "Oh NO!!! I FORGOT MY CAMERA!!!" The couple looked at each other and said: "Tomoyo." Tomoyo was busy thinking. "I know! I'll get my camera and tonight we can have a re-enactment of it!" She didn't see her two friends sweatdrop.
For the whole day, Sakura was restless. She shifted about in her chair, and just didn't pay attention. This caused the teacher to get mad. "KINOMOTO, SAKURA!!!!" Sakura jumped "HOE!!!??" "DETENTION!!! I will NOT have daydreamers in MY class!!!" The detention was 1 hour after school but Tomoyo and Xiaolang stayed behind discussing the latest information, trying to put it all into place. "We need more information before we can do anything." Xiaolang told them both.
As the group were walking home, Tomoyo got out her camera and turned towards Sakura and Xiaolang. "Now, re-enact what you were doing before!!!" She demanded. "I want that Kawaii shot for my collection." "TO-MO-YO!" Sakura stressed the words into a whine. Then she smiled and put on her cute/ innocent face. "Guess who's coming back to Tomeada!" Tomoyo just shook her head, obviously not interested whatsoever in hearing the news. Xiaolang gave her a sly smile. "Oh, he WILL be disappointed!" Sakura nodded. ".And he was so looking forward to seeing you again." "Poor Eriol! Tomoyo doesn't like him anymore." Xiaolang smirked. "E.Eriol?" Tomoyo stared at them both. "He's coming back?" Sakura nodded solemnly. "YATTA!!!" Tomoyo started dancing around. "Eriol's coming back! He's coming back! WAHOO!!!" She was totally oblivious of a video camera in Xiaolang's hand.
When Eriol arrived, they all met in Xiaolang's apartment. Sakura decided to tease the blushing couple. "I'm glad you came back, Eriol! I'm sure that Tomoyo is happy too!" This was greeted by more blushing. So, Xiaolang decided to join in the fun. "We have proof!" he held up a video, pushed it into the VCR and pressed play. Tomoyo appeared on the screen. Sakura's voice: "guess who's coming back to Tomeada!" Tomoyo: shakes her head. Xiaolang's voice: "Oh, he WILL be disappointed!" Sakura's voice: ".And he was so looking forward to seeing you again." Xiaolang's voice: "Poor Eriol! Tomoyo doesn't like him anymore!" Tomoyo: "E.Eriol? He's coming back?" Eriol's eyes widened at what he saw: "YATTA!!!" Tomoyo started dancing around. "Eriol's coming back! He's coming back! WAHOO!!!" The video ended. Tomoyo was tomato red. "I was on a .sugar high! You know, like Suppi!" she looked hopefully around. She was met by three sets of raised eyebrows. Sakura took the attention of Tomoyo by beginning to explain to Eriol why they need help. As she was doing so, both Sakura and Xiaolang had another flash-back dream.
Ying is in the garden, surrounded by maids. The man approaches and introduces himself as Prince Lang. The maids scatter. Ying shrinks back and tears run down her face. She asks him if she is in his kingdom, Chinfari. He nods and tells her that he knows that she is Princess Ying Fa of the Idinia kingdom.
As they were watching this, they saw time speed up, giving them a summary of what happened between the two.
When they snapped out of the dream they saw that Eriol was looking worriedly at them. He looked at them both in the eyes and said: "I think I'd better tell you the whole story."
To be continued.
Syaoran joined Seiju High and was in Sakura's class. Like in elementary school, Tomoyo - Sakura's best friend - sat next to Sakura and Syaoran sat behind Sakura. When Li first walked in to the room he caused a stir. Because of his ceremonial headband that he was not allowed to take off, most girls assumed that he was a prince from another land. No one knew how right those rumours were. In fact, not even Syaoran himself knew! "Class, today we have a new student!" The teacher told the class. "Some of you will remember him from your primary school. Come on in, Li." Syaoran came in and told the class his name, but to Sakura's surprise, he said his name as "Li, Xiaolang." The lesson passed quickly, and after the teacher had gone, a group of girls surrounded him, wanting to know all about him, all pushing for a date, all wanting to know where he came from, what the headband meant and a whole load of other assorted things. Xiaolang managed to escape and seemed to disappear. (SKC/N: I'm going to refer to Syaoran as Xiaolang from now on.) When Sakura and Tomoyo found him after school, they also showered him with questions. "Why did you call yourself 'Xiaolang'?" "What's that headband?" "Come on, Syaoran! Answer me!" "OK!!! My Chinese name is Li, Xiaolang. Syaoran is the meaning of my name in Japanese. The headband shows that I am leader of my clan." "Oh." Tomoyo smiled at her friends. "So, what are you going to do about this dream?" "I don't know, Tomoyo. I just don't know." Sakura sighed.
Xiaolang was in a dream. This time, he saw people running away from a carriage and he saw soldiers attacking it. The same man as before ran into the flames and came back with an about fourteen year-old girl. The green eyed girl, and she was dressed in what looked like a sari. It was a light pink colour and this girl was also decorated in many rich jewels. The man that was carrying her helped her up onto his horse and was away. the dream continued.
Sakura was having the same dream. She saw these entire happenings and then saw the girl waking up in a room. The girl spoke to a maid and told her that her name was Ying. Sakura then saw the man that rescued Ying arguing with an older lady. The lady kept saying 'Ying is of the enemy.' The man argued that Ying had no knowledge of the war between their country and Idinia. At this point, Sakura woke up.
Sakura hugged her 'Syaoran' bear tightly. How.what.why was this dream so familiar.almost as if she had seen it before. And that name, Ying. why did she know that name? She pondered these thoughts well into the night.
Next morning, after Xiaolang had finished his training, he realised what he had to do. He hated the thought but he had to do it. He sighed, picked up the phone and dialled.
Sakura was uncommonly early to school that morning, so she met up with Xiaolang before school started. "Sakura! I wanted to speak to you. I had another dream, this girl lives in." Xiaolang started to say. ".Idinia? I had the dream too." Sakura half smiled. "It kept me up all night!" There was a pause. "Can I call you Xiaolang?" Sakura suddenly blurted out. "Sure. Um. I decided that we needed help. so." Xiaolang paused. "I phoned Eriol. He'll be here tomorrow. I didn't tell him the problem, just that we'd got one." At this Sakura smiled "ok. That was a very good thing to do. I know how much you hate asking for help!" as she said this she giggled and kissed his cheek. "KAWAII!!!" a voice suddenly screeched. "Oh NO!!! I FORGOT MY CAMERA!!!" The couple looked at each other and said: "Tomoyo." Tomoyo was busy thinking. "I know! I'll get my camera and tonight we can have a re-enactment of it!" She didn't see her two friends sweatdrop.
For the whole day, Sakura was restless. She shifted about in her chair, and just didn't pay attention. This caused the teacher to get mad. "KINOMOTO, SAKURA!!!!" Sakura jumped "HOE!!!??" "DETENTION!!! I will NOT have daydreamers in MY class!!!" The detention was 1 hour after school but Tomoyo and Xiaolang stayed behind discussing the latest information, trying to put it all into place. "We need more information before we can do anything." Xiaolang told them both.
As the group were walking home, Tomoyo got out her camera and turned towards Sakura and Xiaolang. "Now, re-enact what you were doing before!!!" She demanded. "I want that Kawaii shot for my collection." "TO-MO-YO!" Sakura stressed the words into a whine. Then she smiled and put on her cute/ innocent face. "Guess who's coming back to Tomeada!" Tomoyo just shook her head, obviously not interested whatsoever in hearing the news. Xiaolang gave her a sly smile. "Oh, he WILL be disappointed!" Sakura nodded. ".And he was so looking forward to seeing you again." "Poor Eriol! Tomoyo doesn't like him anymore." Xiaolang smirked. "E.Eriol?" Tomoyo stared at them both. "He's coming back?" Sakura nodded solemnly. "YATTA!!!" Tomoyo started dancing around. "Eriol's coming back! He's coming back! WAHOO!!!" She was totally oblivious of a video camera in Xiaolang's hand.
When Eriol arrived, they all met in Xiaolang's apartment. Sakura decided to tease the blushing couple. "I'm glad you came back, Eriol! I'm sure that Tomoyo is happy too!" This was greeted by more blushing. So, Xiaolang decided to join in the fun. "We have proof!" he held up a video, pushed it into the VCR and pressed play. Tomoyo appeared on the screen. Sakura's voice: "guess who's coming back to Tomeada!" Tomoyo: shakes her head. Xiaolang's voice: "Oh, he WILL be disappointed!" Sakura's voice: ".And he was so looking forward to seeing you again." Xiaolang's voice: "Poor Eriol! Tomoyo doesn't like him anymore!" Tomoyo: "E.Eriol? He's coming back?" Eriol's eyes widened at what he saw: "YATTA!!!" Tomoyo started dancing around. "Eriol's coming back! He's coming back! WAHOO!!!" The video ended. Tomoyo was tomato red. "I was on a .sugar high! You know, like Suppi!" she looked hopefully around. She was met by three sets of raised eyebrows. Sakura took the attention of Tomoyo by beginning to explain to Eriol why they need help. As she was doing so, both Sakura and Xiaolang had another flash-back dream.
Ying is in the garden, surrounded by maids. The man approaches and introduces himself as Prince Lang. The maids scatter. Ying shrinks back and tears run down her face. She asks him if she is in his kingdom, Chinfari. He nods and tells her that he knows that she is Princess Ying Fa of the Idinia kingdom.
As they were watching this, they saw time speed up, giving them a summary of what happened between the two.
When they snapped out of the dream they saw that Eriol was looking worriedly at them. He looked at them both in the eyes and said: "I think I'd better tell you the whole story."
To be continued.