Samurai Princess
Chapter 1- Caged Bird
It was a hot day in spring, the sun beat down on the house, all the blinds had been opened and nearly everybody had a fan in their hands.
Sakura Kinomoto was lying on her friend. Tomoyo Daidouji's lap while her hair was being combed. Sakura was of 18 years with dazzling emerald eyes and long brown hair that reached down to her feet, she was wearing a burnt-red kimono and was casually flapping her fan around her and Tomoyo.
Tomoyo was the opposite of Sakura in her looks. She had even longer, soft purple hair that went about an inch past her feet, her eyes were a soft purple and her skin was paler. She carefully put the comb in Sakura's hair and gracefully dragged it down to the end of her hair, this was what they usually did when they got bored. Sakura got tired and sat up.
"Tomoyo chan," She started as Tomoyo looked up. "Don't you think that this is getting a little boring now?" Tomoyo laughed and folded her arms.
"You just don't want to do my hair ne?" She replied sarcastically.
" No no no! It's just that.....well....all we do is sit around the house all day while Otousan and that baka Touya go to court!"
"Well....." Tomoyo adverted her eyes from Sakura "the reason we're doing this is b...because we might not see each other again."
Sakura moved closer to her best friend. "Why Tomoyo?" A look of concern was on her delicate face and Tomoyo wound her finger around her purple hair.
"You know Hiiragizawa san.....he asked for my hand....in marriage." This was to be expected, Eriol had been courting Tomoyo for some time and everyone knew they were in love, plus, Eriol could hold a good place in the Imperial court for Tomoyo.
"Tomoyo chan! That's wonderful!" She gave her friend a firm hug. "Hiiragizawa san is a very nice man! You two are perfect for each other! I'm so happy!"
Tomoyo sniffed and wiped a tear from her eye. "Arigatou Sakura chan! Demo.....Eriol lives in Kyoto, near the palace, so.....I'll be moving.....in two days time." This was bad. They lived in Tomoeda, which was at least one hundred miles from the Capital as well as the fact that Tomoyo was leaving in two days, Sakura's eyes widened and became glazed over.
"Tomoyo chan why didn't you tell me?!"
" I guess I didn't want you to worry." Tomoyo started to cry and Sakura hugged her even harder, soothing her best friend and stroking her purple tresses.
"It's ok Tomoyo chan. Daijoubu, there there calm down, don't cry. We can still write to each other."
Tomoyo sniffed and gave Sakura a reassuring smile as they sat there in each other's arms dreading the day that they would be parted.
It rained on the day Tomoyo was due to leave, the cart pulled up to the Daidouji household around midday. Sakura was in Tomoyo's room, helping to pack her kimonos, make up and scents, when they heard the driver come up to the door, their hearts sank, a look of sorrow was on Tomoyo's face as they finished packing and Daidouji san, Tomoyo's father, helped to put the things on the cart.
As they stood there, in the rain, Tomoyo sniffing and the driver urging him to hurry up, an idea went through Sakura's head. She pulled out her favourite handkerchief from her sleeve and put it in Tomoyo's hand. It was made of light pink silk, with cherry blossom petals dancing around all over it with little feathers dotted around the edges. Tomoyo gazed at it and felt the little blossoms with her thumb, then, she took out her handkerchief, it was also made of silk but it was dark purple with green leaves and blue swallows. She gave Sakura her gift and hugged her friend for one last time.
"Promise you'll write to me Sakura chan." She whispered in Sakura's ear.
"Promise." Came the reply.
And with that, Sakura's best friend, which she had known since she was four years old, who she shared her secrets and dreams with, who played court with her when they were younger, stepped into the cart and was gone before a single wave could be made.
An hour after her friend had left, Sakura sat in her garden, admiring the trees and the birds, and she looked at one particular bird. She wasn't sure what type it was but its leg had been hurt. Carefully, she picked it up and tended to its wounds.
A week after she had found the bird, she was sitting in her room, her father had been talking about marriage at the dinner table and happened to mention a man he knew at court, indicating that he might be interested in a wife. She was staring at the bird, it had been caged as it gave her pleasure when she missed her friend, but today, something was missing, she stared at the bird and started thinking to herself.
Soon, I'm going to end up like Tomoyo chan, I'll have to marry and go away from everyone I love and I'll be lucky if the man isn't at least thirty years older than me! I have no say, just like this bird, I bet it has a million things to say, but it can't. My whole life is being planned out before me and I don't like it, why can't I make up my own future?!
The bird chirped and jumped and flapped its wings but the cage allowed it to do nothing else.
I'm just a caged bird.....
Sakura leapt up and opened the door of the cage open with such force, the cage almost fell over, and the bird shot out and flew away, leaving Sakura staring after it.
At least you have a chance to be free....... She thought wistfully.
Hey my second story! I think I could be going somewhere with this! For once! I think the beginning is probably gonna be slow but it will get better as Sakura goes on! Tomoyo's the exact opposite in my other story!
Anyway.....constructive criticism is ALWAYS appreciated and I don't own any CCS characters, they all belong to CLAMP (dammit!) who have taken time to create a lovely manga/anime.
Until next time!
Ja Ne
Sakura Clover
Chapter 1- Caged Bird
It was a hot day in spring, the sun beat down on the house, all the blinds had been opened and nearly everybody had a fan in their hands.
Sakura Kinomoto was lying on her friend. Tomoyo Daidouji's lap while her hair was being combed. Sakura was of 18 years with dazzling emerald eyes and long brown hair that reached down to her feet, she was wearing a burnt-red kimono and was casually flapping her fan around her and Tomoyo.
Tomoyo was the opposite of Sakura in her looks. She had even longer, soft purple hair that went about an inch past her feet, her eyes were a soft purple and her skin was paler. She carefully put the comb in Sakura's hair and gracefully dragged it down to the end of her hair, this was what they usually did when they got bored. Sakura got tired and sat up.
"Tomoyo chan," She started as Tomoyo looked up. "Don't you think that this is getting a little boring now?" Tomoyo laughed and folded her arms.
"You just don't want to do my hair ne?" She replied sarcastically.
" No no no! It's just that.....well....all we do is sit around the house all day while Otousan and that baka Touya go to court!"
"Well....." Tomoyo adverted her eyes from Sakura "the reason we're doing this is b...because we might not see each other again."
Sakura moved closer to her best friend. "Why Tomoyo?" A look of concern was on her delicate face and Tomoyo wound her finger around her purple hair.
"You know Hiiragizawa san.....he asked for my hand....in marriage." This was to be expected, Eriol had been courting Tomoyo for some time and everyone knew they were in love, plus, Eriol could hold a good place in the Imperial court for Tomoyo.
"Tomoyo chan! That's wonderful!" She gave her friend a firm hug. "Hiiragizawa san is a very nice man! You two are perfect for each other! I'm so happy!"
Tomoyo sniffed and wiped a tear from her eye. "Arigatou Sakura chan! Demo.....Eriol lives in Kyoto, near the palace, so.....I'll be moving.....in two days time." This was bad. They lived in Tomoeda, which was at least one hundred miles from the Capital as well as the fact that Tomoyo was leaving in two days, Sakura's eyes widened and became glazed over.
"Tomoyo chan why didn't you tell me?!"
" I guess I didn't want you to worry." Tomoyo started to cry and Sakura hugged her even harder, soothing her best friend and stroking her purple tresses.
"It's ok Tomoyo chan. Daijoubu, there there calm down, don't cry. We can still write to each other."
Tomoyo sniffed and gave Sakura a reassuring smile as they sat there in each other's arms dreading the day that they would be parted.
It rained on the day Tomoyo was due to leave, the cart pulled up to the Daidouji household around midday. Sakura was in Tomoyo's room, helping to pack her kimonos, make up and scents, when they heard the driver come up to the door, their hearts sank, a look of sorrow was on Tomoyo's face as they finished packing and Daidouji san, Tomoyo's father, helped to put the things on the cart.
As they stood there, in the rain, Tomoyo sniffing and the driver urging him to hurry up, an idea went through Sakura's head. She pulled out her favourite handkerchief from her sleeve and put it in Tomoyo's hand. It was made of light pink silk, with cherry blossom petals dancing around all over it with little feathers dotted around the edges. Tomoyo gazed at it and felt the little blossoms with her thumb, then, she took out her handkerchief, it was also made of silk but it was dark purple with green leaves and blue swallows. She gave Sakura her gift and hugged her friend for one last time.
"Promise you'll write to me Sakura chan." She whispered in Sakura's ear.
"Promise." Came the reply.
And with that, Sakura's best friend, which she had known since she was four years old, who she shared her secrets and dreams with, who played court with her when they were younger, stepped into the cart and was gone before a single wave could be made.
An hour after her friend had left, Sakura sat in her garden, admiring the trees and the birds, and she looked at one particular bird. She wasn't sure what type it was but its leg had been hurt. Carefully, she picked it up and tended to its wounds.
A week after she had found the bird, she was sitting in her room, her father had been talking about marriage at the dinner table and happened to mention a man he knew at court, indicating that he might be interested in a wife. She was staring at the bird, it had been caged as it gave her pleasure when she missed her friend, but today, something was missing, she stared at the bird and started thinking to herself.
Soon, I'm going to end up like Tomoyo chan, I'll have to marry and go away from everyone I love and I'll be lucky if the man isn't at least thirty years older than me! I have no say, just like this bird, I bet it has a million things to say, but it can't. My whole life is being planned out before me and I don't like it, why can't I make up my own future?!
The bird chirped and jumped and flapped its wings but the cage allowed it to do nothing else.
I'm just a caged bird.....
Sakura leapt up and opened the door of the cage open with such force, the cage almost fell over, and the bird shot out and flew away, leaving Sakura staring after it.
At least you have a chance to be free....... She thought wistfully.
Hey my second story! I think I could be going somewhere with this! For once! I think the beginning is probably gonna be slow but it will get better as Sakura goes on! Tomoyo's the exact opposite in my other story!
Anyway.....constructive criticism is ALWAYS appreciated and I don't own any CCS characters, they all belong to CLAMP (dammit!) who have taken time to create a lovely manga/anime.
Until next time!
Ja Ne
Sakura Clover
