Author's Note: Hello minna-san! This is my second attempt at a CCS fan
fiction. And yup: Another Sakura and Syaoran one! ^_^ Yippy! In this story,
there are a few changes. Meiling is not Syaoran's fiancée, and Sakura's mom
is alive.
Anyway, thanks so much for all the reviews. You don't know how much it helps! Also, if you had the question what the title has to do anything with, Syaoran is a painter and you'll see why I named this story "The Pallet of Love" in future chapters. ;) Please R&R!
P.S. Sorry for the lack of updates for a while guys! ^^;
The Pallet of Love By Ruby Hime
-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.--.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- Chapter Three:: Big Brother Trouble, Along With a Horse Ride -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.--.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-
Gently snapping her fingers, Tomoyo motioned for the maids to set down the tea and freshly baked cookies. Taking one from the delicate and beautiful master piece, Meiling took a bite and then set it on her napkin with a smile. "So, Daidouji-san, you two are visiting from where?"
Sakura almost choked on her cookie, but then gave an innocent smile as she motioned the question to Tomoyo once again with eye contact.
"Oh!" Tomoyo smiled, dabbing her lips from crumbs that weren't really there. "We travel so much, we don't exactly have a certain location for a home. We have houses in: North America, Asia, South America, Mexico. so many place I sometimes don't quite remember them all!"
Sakura and Meiling let out a little giggle, as Syaoran only blinked with a suspicious smirk. 'They're fairies.' he thought with a snort. Smiling nervously, Sakura nodded in agreement to Tomoyo's comment. "Hai, what Tomoyo-chan said is true. It's actually kind of nifty to have so many homes in so many places! But, remembering which language goes where sometimes gets weird." She smiled again, this time, a real one.
Everyone laughed, even Syaoran, who was melting in the wonder of Sakura's cheerful aura. "Ne, Sakura-chan; do you have any hobbies?" Meiling asked with a grin.
Sakura giggled, "Actually, I love to garden. Flowers are so pretty."
"Which flower is your favorite?" asked Tomoyo, with a knowing smile, and she winked to Syaoran; as if saying, 'Listen up!'. He only blushed in response. 'Is it really that obvious that I love her?' he thought with a frown, then slapped himself mentally. 'You don't love her, and you never will!'
"Cherry blossoms and I also really like nadeshiko. They're both so beautiful!" Sakura sighed dreamily. "You know what my dream is?"
Tomoyo tilted her head, Meiling blinked, and Syaoran's head shot up. "What?" they all asked at the same time.
Giggling with a smile, Sakura looked to the Heavens in a daze. "My dream is. is to someday." she paused, but then the abrupt sound of pounding feet in the hall interrupted her.
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"SAKURA-CHAN!" a boy with jet black hair, and iced blue eyes came lunging through the door. "What're you doing with this GAKI?!" he questioned in rage, throwing his finger at Syaoran.
Syaoran's face went red with anger as Sakura stuttered at Touya, steam rising from his heated face. "O-Onii-chan!" she spoke, almost breathless like.
Fuming, Syaoran stood up, pounding his fist against the table. "WHO THE HELL ARE YOU CALLING 'GAKI' YOU LITTLE--" he began, but then was stopped with Meiling shouting his name.
"Please excuse him," she apologized to Touya, sending a glare to her elder cousin. "He should know better than to CURSE." Syaoran only said a 'humph!' in response to her disgracing.
Sakura stood up, stiff to her back, her fists clenched. Walking up to her older brother in an embarrassing fume, she stomped on his left foot. A rewarding screech came from his mouth as Sakura began to yell at him. "What gives you any right at all to call Li-kun anything but his name?!! And you don't even know him?!"
Touya smirked, "Monster." he muttered, only to get stomped on his other foot.
Sakura turned to Syaoran, bowing with a smile and her brother continued to cry out in pain. "Gomen ne, Li-kun. My brother has no manners sometimes." She then shot a glare at her brother, only to turn back to Syaoran with her usual smile.
Heat clouded Syaoran's face in a dark crimson as he meekly replied, "A- arigato. But it's a-alright, really."
"Are you sure? He didn't hurt you or your feelings, did he?" Sakura asked with a face of worry, and Syaoran's eyes softened.
"I-iie, I'm fine." he flushed darker as his thoughts strayed to how adorable she was.
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"Kawaii." Tomoyo mused, video camera in hand as she recorded the moment.
Sakura sweat dropped, as her best friend closed the camera and turned it off. "T-Tomoyo-chan."
Tomoyo giggled, as did Meiling. "Kawaii!" they both said at the same time, and Meiling winked.
"Ne, you two would make a--"
Syaoran put his hand over his cousin's mouth, his face darker than it had ever been, the red going right down to the roots of his hair. "M-Meiling, how about we ask them if we could see their garden? I know you really wanted to s-see it!" he stuttered, almost looking like a nervous wreck.
Meiling looked at Syaoran through the corner of her eye in fun suspicion. "Trying to change the subject, eh, Syaoran?"
Syaoran flushed once again, and Tomoyo smiled while Sakura only looked confused. [A/N: Sakura-chan is just a LITTLE dense.] "Ne, Li-san, we could go ride horses, maybe?" Tomoyo hinted to Meiling with a devious wink.
"Oh yes!" Meiling commented, getting the hint. "We could maybe have a picnic too?"
Sakura smiled, "Hai, that's a wonderful idea Li-san!" All the while Syaoran raised a brow.
'Something's up between those two,' he eyed Meiling and Tomoyo as they giggled, Meiling telling Sakura she can call her by her first name. 'I just can't-'
Syaoran's thoughts were suddenly cut off as Sakura smiled at him, "How does that sound, Li-kun?"
Syaoran shot back to reality. "Uh. what?"
Meiling smacked herself in the forehead mumbling a small 'baka.' and gritted her teeth as she spoke to Syaoran. "She asked if you like the idea of having jelly sandwiches and pink lemonade for the picnic."
Syaoran flushed pink, (A/N: He seems to be having a bit too much blushing spells, hasn't he?) "H-hai, that sounds great."
Meiling side-glanced him as if she were saying, 'You suck-up', and he just stuck his tongue out at her. "Alright then, it's settled!" Tomoyo grinned.
Then something hit Syaoran's suspicion. "How can we have a picnic, though? It's blasted snowing outside. We wouldn't want to catch a cold or something."
Tomoyo giggled, "Don't worry; my mother had a dome installed in our backyard. The weather can be changed back there at any time of the year. It can be a cool snowy day when it's blazing hot really, or a nice warm sunny day when there's a snow storm going on for real outside."
Meiling smiled, "That is so cool!"
Syaoran was about to comment when Sakura giggled, "It really is!" she said, and giggled again. Syaoran right then didn't care if it was weird or not about the dome thing. At least Sakura would be there with him.
'Hey wait a minute!' Syaoran's mind screamed. 'You don't love her, remember?!' Syaoran blinked and nodded, shaking the thought of him and Sakura together away.
'She's a fairy,' he reminded himself as him and the trio or girls walked outside. 'I can't be with her anyway; it's against the Li Clan's beliefs. Mother was betrayed by fairies, how can I break the promise of generations and fall in love with one? That's inconceivable. Bruyere is my fiancé anyway.'
"Syaoran-kun," Meiling yelled from a ways ahead of him. "Stop diddling, and get your behind up here!"
Syaoran growled, and rolled his eyes, running to catch up with others, who were already at the stables.
-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-
"You'll ride Steel, Syaoran, and Sakura will ride White Flower." Tomoyo pointed to each horse, and Syaoran only nodded.
"Yatta, I love White Flower! She's my favorite horse." Sakura said, excited hugging White Flower, who also seemed excited of her being Sakura's horse.
Tomoyo laughed, "You're kawaii Sakura-chan!" Sakura blushed in return, Meiling laughed, and Syaoran stood silent as usual, though he was thinking the same.
"So, you guys ready for some fun?" Meiling said, hopping onto her horse, Jade Lighting.
Sakura laughed and gracefully slung her leg over her horse, luckily changing out of her dress into a pair of jean capris and a white tank top with some Japanese writing on it.
Tomoyo and Syaoran also got onto their horses (Tomoyo had changed too, into a pair of jeans and a button up, shoulder cut, t-shirt, with her hair into a ponytail), and the four rode off onto the trail and up the mountains, the picnic basket unnoticeable left behind.
-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- HOOEEEHHH?: Oh no! Will Sakura and Syaoran fall in love, but cannot reveal their feelings? Will the group go hungry without their sandwiches and lemonade? Find out in Chapter Four: Trapped in the Cave!
Preview of Chapter Four: Something goes wrong with the weather control in the dome, and a earth quake (Yes, strangely the dome can have earth quakes. Don't ask why.) causes Sakura and Syaoran to be trapped inside a cave in the mountains! Will Tomoyo and Meiling ever find them in time?
Anyway, thanks so much for all the reviews. You don't know how much it helps! Also, if you had the question what the title has to do anything with, Syaoran is a painter and you'll see why I named this story "The Pallet of Love" in future chapters. ;) Please R&R!
P.S. Sorry for the lack of updates for a while guys! ^^;
The Pallet of Love By Ruby Hime
-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.--.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- Chapter Three:: Big Brother Trouble, Along With a Horse Ride -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.--.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-
Gently snapping her fingers, Tomoyo motioned for the maids to set down the tea and freshly baked cookies. Taking one from the delicate and beautiful master piece, Meiling took a bite and then set it on her napkin with a smile. "So, Daidouji-san, you two are visiting from where?"
Sakura almost choked on her cookie, but then gave an innocent smile as she motioned the question to Tomoyo once again with eye contact.
"Oh!" Tomoyo smiled, dabbing her lips from crumbs that weren't really there. "We travel so much, we don't exactly have a certain location for a home. We have houses in: North America, Asia, South America, Mexico. so many place I sometimes don't quite remember them all!"
Sakura and Meiling let out a little giggle, as Syaoran only blinked with a suspicious smirk. 'They're fairies.' he thought with a snort. Smiling nervously, Sakura nodded in agreement to Tomoyo's comment. "Hai, what Tomoyo-chan said is true. It's actually kind of nifty to have so many homes in so many places! But, remembering which language goes where sometimes gets weird." She smiled again, this time, a real one.
Everyone laughed, even Syaoran, who was melting in the wonder of Sakura's cheerful aura. "Ne, Sakura-chan; do you have any hobbies?" Meiling asked with a grin.
Sakura giggled, "Actually, I love to garden. Flowers are so pretty."
"Which flower is your favorite?" asked Tomoyo, with a knowing smile, and she winked to Syaoran; as if saying, 'Listen up!'. He only blushed in response. 'Is it really that obvious that I love her?' he thought with a frown, then slapped himself mentally. 'You don't love her, and you never will!'
"Cherry blossoms and I also really like nadeshiko. They're both so beautiful!" Sakura sighed dreamily. "You know what my dream is?"
Tomoyo tilted her head, Meiling blinked, and Syaoran's head shot up. "What?" they all asked at the same time.
Giggling with a smile, Sakura looked to the Heavens in a daze. "My dream is. is to someday." she paused, but then the abrupt sound of pounding feet in the hall interrupted her.
-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-
"SAKURA-CHAN!" a boy with jet black hair, and iced blue eyes came lunging through the door. "What're you doing with this GAKI?!" he questioned in rage, throwing his finger at Syaoran.
Syaoran's face went red with anger as Sakura stuttered at Touya, steam rising from his heated face. "O-Onii-chan!" she spoke, almost breathless like.
Fuming, Syaoran stood up, pounding his fist against the table. "WHO THE HELL ARE YOU CALLING 'GAKI' YOU LITTLE--" he began, but then was stopped with Meiling shouting his name.
"Please excuse him," she apologized to Touya, sending a glare to her elder cousin. "He should know better than to CURSE." Syaoran only said a 'humph!' in response to her disgracing.
Sakura stood up, stiff to her back, her fists clenched. Walking up to her older brother in an embarrassing fume, she stomped on his left foot. A rewarding screech came from his mouth as Sakura began to yell at him. "What gives you any right at all to call Li-kun anything but his name?!! And you don't even know him?!"
Touya smirked, "Monster." he muttered, only to get stomped on his other foot.
Sakura turned to Syaoran, bowing with a smile and her brother continued to cry out in pain. "Gomen ne, Li-kun. My brother has no manners sometimes." She then shot a glare at her brother, only to turn back to Syaoran with her usual smile.
Heat clouded Syaoran's face in a dark crimson as he meekly replied, "A- arigato. But it's a-alright, really."
"Are you sure? He didn't hurt you or your feelings, did he?" Sakura asked with a face of worry, and Syaoran's eyes softened.
"I-iie, I'm fine." he flushed darker as his thoughts strayed to how adorable she was.
-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-
"Kawaii." Tomoyo mused, video camera in hand as she recorded the moment.
Sakura sweat dropped, as her best friend closed the camera and turned it off. "T-Tomoyo-chan."
Tomoyo giggled, as did Meiling. "Kawaii!" they both said at the same time, and Meiling winked.
"Ne, you two would make a--"
Syaoran put his hand over his cousin's mouth, his face darker than it had ever been, the red going right down to the roots of his hair. "M-Meiling, how about we ask them if we could see their garden? I know you really wanted to s-see it!" he stuttered, almost looking like a nervous wreck.
Meiling looked at Syaoran through the corner of her eye in fun suspicion. "Trying to change the subject, eh, Syaoran?"
Syaoran flushed once again, and Tomoyo smiled while Sakura only looked confused. [A/N: Sakura-chan is just a LITTLE dense.] "Ne, Li-san, we could go ride horses, maybe?" Tomoyo hinted to Meiling with a devious wink.
"Oh yes!" Meiling commented, getting the hint. "We could maybe have a picnic too?"
Sakura smiled, "Hai, that's a wonderful idea Li-san!" All the while Syaoran raised a brow.
'Something's up between those two,' he eyed Meiling and Tomoyo as they giggled, Meiling telling Sakura she can call her by her first name. 'I just can't-'
Syaoran's thoughts were suddenly cut off as Sakura smiled at him, "How does that sound, Li-kun?"
Syaoran shot back to reality. "Uh. what?"
Meiling smacked herself in the forehead mumbling a small 'baka.' and gritted her teeth as she spoke to Syaoran. "She asked if you like the idea of having jelly sandwiches and pink lemonade for the picnic."
Syaoran flushed pink, (A/N: He seems to be having a bit too much blushing spells, hasn't he?) "H-hai, that sounds great."
Meiling side-glanced him as if she were saying, 'You suck-up', and he just stuck his tongue out at her. "Alright then, it's settled!" Tomoyo grinned.
Then something hit Syaoran's suspicion. "How can we have a picnic, though? It's blasted snowing outside. We wouldn't want to catch a cold or something."
Tomoyo giggled, "Don't worry; my mother had a dome installed in our backyard. The weather can be changed back there at any time of the year. It can be a cool snowy day when it's blazing hot really, or a nice warm sunny day when there's a snow storm going on for real outside."
Meiling smiled, "That is so cool!"
Syaoran was about to comment when Sakura giggled, "It really is!" she said, and giggled again. Syaoran right then didn't care if it was weird or not about the dome thing. At least Sakura would be there with him.
'Hey wait a minute!' Syaoran's mind screamed. 'You don't love her, remember?!' Syaoran blinked and nodded, shaking the thought of him and Sakura together away.
'She's a fairy,' he reminded himself as him and the trio or girls walked outside. 'I can't be with her anyway; it's against the Li Clan's beliefs. Mother was betrayed by fairies, how can I break the promise of generations and fall in love with one? That's inconceivable. Bruyere is my fiancé anyway.'
"Syaoran-kun," Meiling yelled from a ways ahead of him. "Stop diddling, and get your behind up here!"
Syaoran growled, and rolled his eyes, running to catch up with others, who were already at the stables.
-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-
"You'll ride Steel, Syaoran, and Sakura will ride White Flower." Tomoyo pointed to each horse, and Syaoran only nodded.
"Yatta, I love White Flower! She's my favorite horse." Sakura said, excited hugging White Flower, who also seemed excited of her being Sakura's horse.
Tomoyo laughed, "You're kawaii Sakura-chan!" Sakura blushed in return, Meiling laughed, and Syaoran stood silent as usual, though he was thinking the same.
"So, you guys ready for some fun?" Meiling said, hopping onto her horse, Jade Lighting.
Sakura laughed and gracefully slung her leg over her horse, luckily changing out of her dress into a pair of jean capris and a white tank top with some Japanese writing on it.
Tomoyo and Syaoran also got onto their horses (Tomoyo had changed too, into a pair of jeans and a button up, shoulder cut, t-shirt, with her hair into a ponytail), and the four rode off onto the trail and up the mountains, the picnic basket unnoticeable left behind.
-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- HOOEEEHHH?: Oh no! Will Sakura and Syaoran fall in love, but cannot reveal their feelings? Will the group go hungry without their sandwiches and lemonade? Find out in Chapter Four: Trapped in the Cave!
Preview of Chapter Four: Something goes wrong with the weather control in the dome, and a earth quake (Yes, strangely the dome can have earth quakes. Don't ask why.) causes Sakura and Syaoran to be trapped inside a cave in the mountains! Will Tomoyo and Meiling ever find them in time?