Ohayo gozaimasu!
This is pink_hime, I'm back again! ^_~
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I sorta had some problems last time with the formatting, but I hope it works better this time.
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Sakura Kinomoto. That's who I am. The destroyer of hundreds, the killer of thousands. Still looking blankly over the walls of Hong Kong, Sakura searched for the one who had brought her here, the one man she loved, Syaoran. She knew that the right thing to do was to turn herself over to the Japanese, to return to her first and lawful husband, Menelaus, but she couldn't bring herself to leave. That would mean deserting Syaoran, deserting the one who set her heart on fire. Curse that Aphrodite! The one who started this whole mess.
Remembering the war being fought below, on the plains, Sakura gazed down once more, just in time to see a Japanese man kill an enemy soldier. She was once so innocent, and seeing a man skewered like that would have shocked her to hysteric tears, but now she was barely fazed. Seeing all these men in combat seemed like seeing a competition of some sort...a competition in which the lives of thousands of people were at stake, a competition in which she was the prize. How she longed for the carefree, happy days of her youth. But no, without Syaoran, she couldn't bear to go on.
This sorrow, this pain...she was feeling it too, although she was not being stabbed on the battefield, Sakura Kinomoto was being pierced in her soul.
~~~~~~~~~~~9 years ago~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Hong Kong
"Court is commenced." The courtier bowed his head low and moved back among the ranks of several government advisors and military generals.
"First situation in need of discussion?" Li Jinlong, king of the Hong Kong empire, ruler of the seas, father of many royal children, stood up, ready to face the matters of concern.
An aged lord came forth, head bowed. "May your majesty live a hundred thousand years. There is one matter of great concern, which is the Japanese. They have been pressing for a diplomatic meeting, and your humble servant is sure they will want free access to the islands in the pacific."
"Nani (what)?" Jinlong laughed. "Are they CRAZY? They know I will not yield to that demand. I make a fortune from these waters, and I will not relinquish my hold on them. However, to maintain peace, I shall send a diplomat to them. Who among these ranks shall go?"
A handsome young man stood up. "My esteemed father, I would care to try my skills on this mission."
"Syaoran?" Jinlong seemed bemused. "Alright, seeing as this is a rather easy task- after all, saying no is not hard- I shall send you to gain some experience of the outside world."
Oh, so my father gives me the task because it is easy, Syaoran thought bitterly, but showed no signs of it on his face. "Thank you, my lord. I shall leave in three days."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Tomoeda
"Hoeee! A prince is coming in three days?" Sakura hugged a pillow to her lithe body. Wow, I've never met a prince before...maybe Ichira knows something about princes, after all, she has already borne one!!! Her thoughts wandered to her twin sister and her child, Hiro. "How KAWAII (Cute)!!!!"
"What, the prince hasn't even arrived, and Sakura-chan is already dreaming of him?" Rika teased.
"Eh?" Sakura popped back to reality. "Iie (No)! Iie!! I was thinking of Ichira and her son!!!" Sakura was blushing like crazy, and sure looked like the fruit that her name represented.
"Nani?" Rika acted surprised. "And here I was, thinking you didn't want to be married to Menelaus." Sakura was already married for one year, and she still acted so silly. Rika giggled. Tormenting Sakura-chan is soooo fun!
"Hmph," Sakura pouted. "One would think you, Rika, is the queen around here..."
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Oops, that was a little short. Oh well, I'll try to write longer once Sakura and Syaoran meet. KAWAII! Oh, and do you think I should make the Hong Kong people speak Chinese or Japanese? Right now, Jinlong is speaking Japanese too, because "nani" is Japanese. Oh well!
I guess some of the characters are a little out of character, but I'm trying my best!
Okie, well this is pink_hime_sakura, signing out!
P.S. Please R/R!!!!!
