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think you will all like it. I really do! Okay, to clear up a little
misunderstanding, when Sakura and Syaoran were talking… Syaoran only knew
about Sakura being a cardcaptor, and about the Clow Cards and her magic,
that was what he was talking about. Sakura on the other hand was talking
about her pretending to be Prince Touya. SHE thought that when he said he
knew EVERYTHING, he knew about her pretending to be a guy, and HE was only
talking about knowing that she was a CARDCAPTOR. Do you understand? I hope
so. If you don't, then please e-mail me. Also if you ever have ANY
questions then be bold! I won't bite! ^-^ I probably just made a really
stupid mistake or I was confusing you. Well, I hope you like this chapter!
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*****Sakura*****
Tomoyo and I headed to our room sopping wet. It felt like anything I would touch would be intoxicated, and I felt cold and grimy. We probably left a trail of water following us through the palace, and when we turned the corner we ran into just who I DIDN'T want to see. My least favorite teacher.
"WHAT on earth! You two are drenched from head to toe! What happened?!?" She demanded, looking at us like we were slime.
"Hello, Mrs. Ketsuji," Tomoyo mumbled.
"We were just playing in the lake and…" I started.
"JUST PLAYING IN THE LAKE?!?!?!" She shrieked. Tomoyo and I winced. "And then you trail half of the Lake's water in here?!? How dare you! The Queen shall know about this! And I will also talk to your Manners teacher! You two will be severely punished! Just you wait!"
With that she stomped away, nose high in the air. Tomoyo and I looked at each other and then practically ran to our room so no one else would see us.
I took a quick bath and then went to see what Tomoyo picked out for me to wear for dinner. Tomoyo took a bath in the bathing room as I changed into my pale yellow gown. It was kind of plain, the top anyway, and the bottom wasn't really poofy or anything. It was a skinny dress but it was loose enough to walk comfortably in. The neckline wasn't too low, and was cut in an en-even sort of manner, the latest style. I shook my head and grinned slightly. Tomoyo always knew the latest trends and which outfit and which color should go on which person. I couldn't keep up with all that stuff if I wanted to.
The sleeves went just below my elbow and hung down about a foot. There was a little bit of white decorating the outfit, giving it just the right touch. Tomoyo chose that moment to come out of the bathing room fully dressed. She was in a royal blue gown that draped to the floor, leaving just enough room for her feet to peek out, revealing shoes that matched perfectly. It was a shimmery material with a lose tie around her waist. Her hair was put up in a bun with two strands of hair hanging down in front. I smiled at her.
"Shall we be going?" Tomoyo asked.
I nodded my head. I had just finished putting my hair back into a clip and stood up from the little desk that had a mirror. Tomoyo and I made our way to the dining hall. "Do you really think that we will get in trouble with Mrs. Ketsuji? Do you think she will really tell the Queen? What will happen?"
Tomoyo tried to conceal her smile. "Sakura, don't worry. Everything will be alright. We will not get into trouble."
"How do you know?" I asked.
"Well, Syaoran was with us, so if we did get in trouble Syaoran would too. I think if he explains to his mother, the Queen will understand."
I nodded my head. Tomoyo was right. Hopefully we wouldn't get into too much trouble.
In the dining hall we sat by our friends once again and we all talked freely about everything and anything. I wasn't scared of Syaoran anymore, but he did have a horrible death glare that completely freaked me out. Oh, well. Everyone seemed nice enough.
During dinner a few bold Princesses came over to Syaoran and started to flirt with him. They laughed really loud and annoyingly and then they wouldn't leave until he practically had to yell at them. He glowered the whole time so I guessed that this must happen a lot in the halls or something. I ignored them, or tried to, and continued eating my meal.
After dinner I sighed and went up to my room with Tomoyo. We had school again the next day and I needed my rest. I fell asleep almost instantly. Who knew what tomorrow would hold.
*****Syaoran*****
Dinner was more annoying than usual. A bunch of girls came over and tried to start a conversation with me. They plastered fake smiles on their faces and laughed in loud giggles that were all the same bubbley long drawn out note. They were all foolish little princesses with no mind for themselves. They were worse than Meiling!
For some weird reason, I didn't want Sakura to see either. I don't really know why, but still.When ever I thought about her… I couldn't explain it. It couldn't be love, that was preposterous. I mean… I didn't love anyone, not like that! I had a reputation to protect. Just because she was herself, she didn't care what others thought about her, she had a true smile, she was fun to be around, she was nice, and, of course, beautiful… didn't mean that I loved her. Did it? No… of course not. Ha! Like I believe that!
Grumbling, I got up from the dinner table and headed to my room. I didn't want to be around Sakura too much longer, who knew what incredibly embarrassing thing I would do. I walked up the winding stair cases and up to the corridor where my room was. I was so preoccupied with my thoughts that I didn't realize anyone was there.
"Hello, Prince Syaoran," A feminine voice purred.
I spun around only to stare into two pools of magenta eyes. The girl watched my every move and tucked a strand of dark brown hair behind her left ear.
"What do you want?" I growled.
She smiled coyly, "Nothing much." Then she took a step forward and wrapped her arms around my neck. I automatically tensed, staring at her in shock. "Just you." She brought her face close to mine and it was then that I realized what she had in mind. I took a step backwards and took her arms off from around my neck.
"Sorry," I said, not sorry in the least. "Not this time Kizutsu."
She fake pouted. "Why won't you let destiny take it's place? We would be great together! We are the perfect couple! You won't even let me kiss you!"
"I don't know you," I replied simply. "And I don't fell that way towards you."
"When will you?" She asked haughtily.
"Never," I replied, not caring if it hurt her feelings. I knew that it wouldn't, but I sort of hoped that it did. Why wouldn't she just leave me alone? Didn't she understand that I didn't like her! She wouldn't give up, that I was sure of, but I had to get my feelings about her through that thick head of hers! It was actually kind of interesting that she even got this close to my room. No one knew where its location was except for the maids, and my family. I didn't even know if Meiling knew where it was.
Not many Princesses would stoop so low and be so desperate to follow me to my room. The were so many secret passages after you got to this corridor that if you even tried to follow me you would get lost. I waited impatiently for her to go away and when she didn't it irritated me.
"Well?" I asked, crossing my arms. "Leave!"
She gave a little huff and turned around. As she walked away she said over her shoulder, "I will be Queen of this Kingdom, you can count on that. I will stop at nothing, Syaoran Li. I will also find where your room is one of these days. The wait will be worth it."
Then she disappeared, her words sending shivers down my spine. "I don't think so," I muttered as I walked to the other side of the corridor and moved the curtain that was on the other side of the statue of a soldier. I ducked inside and found myself in a small room that looked vacant. Nothing looked out of the ordinary. I walked three paces and knelt on the ground, pressing on the design on the wall that looked like the exact replica of the other designs. I crawled through and then closed the secret door behind me. Now I was in a gloomy place where boards were sticking out at odd angles from the ceiling, making me have to duck ever so often. I went up the rickety stairs and at the top, instead of turning to the left or right where the halls turned, I stared directly in front of me at the blank wall.
I released my sword and took one of my many papers that had writing on it, and said a few simple words. "Wind, come to my aid!" Wind shot out of the paper and up at the ceiling, swirling around in circles until the trap door was released and a staircase was brought down. My sword turned back into a pendant and I climbed the stairs and then shut the door behind me. Finally I had entered my room. Peace and quiet… at least until morning. I sighed and flopped onto my large bed. My room was neat and clean, yet also very green. Right now there was a gloominess to it, and everything looked gray. It was home. It suited me just fine. [AN: Awwww, how sad! Poor Syaoran!]
I fell asleep once again thinking of the cardcaptor, also known as Sakura. I couldn't get her out of my head! Why? What was it about her that was so different from all of the other Princesses? Was she different from the others… of was she acting as well? You could never trust a Princess… well, at least not in my predicament. Everyone here just wanted power… didn't they? Sakura didn't seem to. She seemed honestly nice… except for the tiny little detail that she LIED to me. I could see why she did though. But still. Could I trust her? If not… then who could I trust?
I eventually dozed off, all of these thoughts racing through my head. The last thing was a glimmer of when Sakura and I were dancing. I smiled in my sleep, less than half aware.
*****Sakura*****
The next morning I woke up as usual and got dressed in comfortable clothes to practice in. I once again left a note for Tomoyo and went downstairs and outside to the practice courts. Syaoran and Meiling was already there but I realized that Syaoran was just punching a dummy. I looked over at the barrel of swords questioningly and then back at him.
"Good morning!" I said cheerfully.
Syaoran looked over at me, turned red for some strange reason, and ten his punches became much faster and much more harsh.
"Hoee," I said, sweat dropping. The dummy was about to be blown to bits! "Aren't we going to practice?" I asked at last. Once again he turned red, but stopped beating the dummy to pieces. I looked over at the horizon and at the sun. It was only half risen! How could Syaoran get a sunburn at this time of day? [AN: VERY dense Sakura, don't all of you agree??? '-_-]
"Uh…" Syaoran started.
"What Syaoran MEANS to say is… I want to fight you," Meiling said.
I turned to look at her. "Hoe?"
She nodded her head as a proud smile crossed over her face. "You heard me. Today we will see who is better at gymnastics, and tomorrow we will have an archery competition and then a sword fight. Deal?"
"Uh… um… okay," I said, scared already. I didn't want to hurt her feelings if I won, but worse, I knew she wouldn't go easy on me and I would rather live until I was AT LEAST thirty! I didn't want to die young!
She must have seen the expression on my face because she said, "Oh, come on, I just want to see if you can beat ME. You aren't scared, are you?" I shook my head no about thirty-five times in two seconds. "Good," she replied.
I stared at her. She can be so nice sometimes, and then so… challenging. I didn't know what it was about her. But… she seemed nice enough. HOPEFULLY she wouldn't…*gulp*… kill me or anything.
Syaoran shook his head and continued to kick and punch the poor wooden thing. By the end of five minuets it would be just a bunch of sawdust. I shook my head and looked back at Meiling. "Okay, what do we do?" I asked.
"Well, I do a simple move, like a cartwheel or something, and then you do a more complicated move. Then I go again and try to do an even MORE complicated move, and then it's your turn again. You can give up at any time."
"Alright," I said. "Go ahead."
"Wait a second," She said, grinning widely. "SYAORAN GET OVER HERE! YOU HAVE TO WATCH AND KEEP SCORE!" Meiling yelled at the top of her lungs. I saw Syaoran wince, and I did the same. My eardrums were still ringing by the time he came over here. I gulped. "Phwee?" I asked. He was going to WATCH us! I didn't think an audience would be needed. Let me re-word that. I didn't WANT an audience! Especially not Syaoran! What if I fell on my face or something! It's not like it couldn't happen! It happened a lot! To me. '-_-
"What do want Meiling?" He growled, rubbing one of his ears.
"You have to watch us to be sure that everything is fair, and then choose in the end who was better," Meiling said.
"NO WAY!" Syaoran screamed, then blushed a light pink color. "I mean, how am I supposed to choose? I don't know what exactly you two are trying to do!"
Meiling scowled. "Fine! Then just supervise and make sure no one gets hurt then, okay? You also have to make sure no one cheats."
"Whatever," Syaoran mumbled.
"Okay!" Meiling said, overly excited. She held her arms up in the air and did a one-handed round-off. She stood up with her feet together and smiled. To me she said, "We'll start out easy at first." She walked out of the way and said, "Your turn."
I did two cartwheels in a row and then did a perfect handstand. I came up with my feet planted firmly on the ground and saw steam rising from Meiling's head. I sweat dropped and stepped out of the way just in time. Meiling ran down the flat grassy lane and did four cartwheels, a corkscrew flip with her body perfectly straight and arms tightly across her chest, and then she landed perfectly on the ground.
'So much for easy,' I thought to myself.
I also took a running head start, did a cartwheel with one hand, flipped up and over, did flip after flip with my hands on the ground, then feet, then hands, and did a straddle in the air right before I landed, feet planted firmly on the ground once again. I felt Meiling's gaze at the back of my head and sweat dropped while slowly turning around to see how mad she was. She fists were clenched and I could see determination in her eyes.
She took a deep breath and ran down the isle, cartwheel, cartwheel, round- off, round-off, round-off, pike flip with her legs in a perfect 'L' shape, ended in a summersault, and stood up, panting heavily. Then she surprised me my doing backward round-offs and coming directly in Syaoran's and my direction. She flipped two times in mid-air before landing right between Syaoran and I. I stared, wide-eyed.
"Wow," I said, short and simple.
Syaoran shook his head at Meiling and crossed his arms. I guessed he was used to this sort of thing.
"Your turn," she said sweetly.
I gave a single nod and faced the open area. I raised my hands in the air and started with three summersaults, stood without a single pause and did a no-handed cartwheel, then a flip, then a flip and a half, landing in a handstand and curling into another summersault. I stopped in a squat position, about ready to stand up, and then jumped up and did a backbend landing on my hands, then feet, then hands, and so on, then flipped in the air, landed on my feet directly between Meiling and Syaoran, and slowely did the splits, hands high above my head.
Meiling looked like she was ready to kill. Maybe that wasn't such a good idea. Her whole face was red with anger and determination and it looked about ready to burst. "I'll beat you if it's the last thing I do!"
The bells chose that very minuet to ring and we all stared in horror at the direction of the palace. "Oh, no! We're late for breakfast!" I said unnecessarily.
"Not good," Was Syaoran's only reply.
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*****Sakura*****
Tomoyo and I headed to our room sopping wet. It felt like anything I would touch would be intoxicated, and I felt cold and grimy. We probably left a trail of water following us through the palace, and when we turned the corner we ran into just who I DIDN'T want to see. My least favorite teacher.
"WHAT on earth! You two are drenched from head to toe! What happened?!?" She demanded, looking at us like we were slime.
"Hello, Mrs. Ketsuji," Tomoyo mumbled.
"We were just playing in the lake and…" I started.
"JUST PLAYING IN THE LAKE?!?!?!" She shrieked. Tomoyo and I winced. "And then you trail half of the Lake's water in here?!? How dare you! The Queen shall know about this! And I will also talk to your Manners teacher! You two will be severely punished! Just you wait!"
With that she stomped away, nose high in the air. Tomoyo and I looked at each other and then practically ran to our room so no one else would see us.
I took a quick bath and then went to see what Tomoyo picked out for me to wear for dinner. Tomoyo took a bath in the bathing room as I changed into my pale yellow gown. It was kind of plain, the top anyway, and the bottom wasn't really poofy or anything. It was a skinny dress but it was loose enough to walk comfortably in. The neckline wasn't too low, and was cut in an en-even sort of manner, the latest style. I shook my head and grinned slightly. Tomoyo always knew the latest trends and which outfit and which color should go on which person. I couldn't keep up with all that stuff if I wanted to.
The sleeves went just below my elbow and hung down about a foot. There was a little bit of white decorating the outfit, giving it just the right touch. Tomoyo chose that moment to come out of the bathing room fully dressed. She was in a royal blue gown that draped to the floor, leaving just enough room for her feet to peek out, revealing shoes that matched perfectly. It was a shimmery material with a lose tie around her waist. Her hair was put up in a bun with two strands of hair hanging down in front. I smiled at her.
"Shall we be going?" Tomoyo asked.
I nodded my head. I had just finished putting my hair back into a clip and stood up from the little desk that had a mirror. Tomoyo and I made our way to the dining hall. "Do you really think that we will get in trouble with Mrs. Ketsuji? Do you think she will really tell the Queen? What will happen?"
Tomoyo tried to conceal her smile. "Sakura, don't worry. Everything will be alright. We will not get into trouble."
"How do you know?" I asked.
"Well, Syaoran was with us, so if we did get in trouble Syaoran would too. I think if he explains to his mother, the Queen will understand."
I nodded my head. Tomoyo was right. Hopefully we wouldn't get into too much trouble.
In the dining hall we sat by our friends once again and we all talked freely about everything and anything. I wasn't scared of Syaoran anymore, but he did have a horrible death glare that completely freaked me out. Oh, well. Everyone seemed nice enough.
During dinner a few bold Princesses came over to Syaoran and started to flirt with him. They laughed really loud and annoyingly and then they wouldn't leave until he practically had to yell at them. He glowered the whole time so I guessed that this must happen a lot in the halls or something. I ignored them, or tried to, and continued eating my meal.
After dinner I sighed and went up to my room with Tomoyo. We had school again the next day and I needed my rest. I fell asleep almost instantly. Who knew what tomorrow would hold.
*****Syaoran*****
Dinner was more annoying than usual. A bunch of girls came over and tried to start a conversation with me. They plastered fake smiles on their faces and laughed in loud giggles that were all the same bubbley long drawn out note. They were all foolish little princesses with no mind for themselves. They were worse than Meiling!
For some weird reason, I didn't want Sakura to see either. I don't really know why, but still.When ever I thought about her… I couldn't explain it. It couldn't be love, that was preposterous. I mean… I didn't love anyone, not like that! I had a reputation to protect. Just because she was herself, she didn't care what others thought about her, she had a true smile, she was fun to be around, she was nice, and, of course, beautiful… didn't mean that I loved her. Did it? No… of course not. Ha! Like I believe that!
Grumbling, I got up from the dinner table and headed to my room. I didn't want to be around Sakura too much longer, who knew what incredibly embarrassing thing I would do. I walked up the winding stair cases and up to the corridor where my room was. I was so preoccupied with my thoughts that I didn't realize anyone was there.
"Hello, Prince Syaoran," A feminine voice purred.
I spun around only to stare into two pools of magenta eyes. The girl watched my every move and tucked a strand of dark brown hair behind her left ear.
"What do you want?" I growled.
She smiled coyly, "Nothing much." Then she took a step forward and wrapped her arms around my neck. I automatically tensed, staring at her in shock. "Just you." She brought her face close to mine and it was then that I realized what she had in mind. I took a step backwards and took her arms off from around my neck.
"Sorry," I said, not sorry in the least. "Not this time Kizutsu."
She fake pouted. "Why won't you let destiny take it's place? We would be great together! We are the perfect couple! You won't even let me kiss you!"
"I don't know you," I replied simply. "And I don't fell that way towards you."
"When will you?" She asked haughtily.
"Never," I replied, not caring if it hurt her feelings. I knew that it wouldn't, but I sort of hoped that it did. Why wouldn't she just leave me alone? Didn't she understand that I didn't like her! She wouldn't give up, that I was sure of, but I had to get my feelings about her through that thick head of hers! It was actually kind of interesting that she even got this close to my room. No one knew where its location was except for the maids, and my family. I didn't even know if Meiling knew where it was.
Not many Princesses would stoop so low and be so desperate to follow me to my room. The were so many secret passages after you got to this corridor that if you even tried to follow me you would get lost. I waited impatiently for her to go away and when she didn't it irritated me.
"Well?" I asked, crossing my arms. "Leave!"
She gave a little huff and turned around. As she walked away she said over her shoulder, "I will be Queen of this Kingdom, you can count on that. I will stop at nothing, Syaoran Li. I will also find where your room is one of these days. The wait will be worth it."
Then she disappeared, her words sending shivers down my spine. "I don't think so," I muttered as I walked to the other side of the corridor and moved the curtain that was on the other side of the statue of a soldier. I ducked inside and found myself in a small room that looked vacant. Nothing looked out of the ordinary. I walked three paces and knelt on the ground, pressing on the design on the wall that looked like the exact replica of the other designs. I crawled through and then closed the secret door behind me. Now I was in a gloomy place where boards were sticking out at odd angles from the ceiling, making me have to duck ever so often. I went up the rickety stairs and at the top, instead of turning to the left or right where the halls turned, I stared directly in front of me at the blank wall.
I released my sword and took one of my many papers that had writing on it, and said a few simple words. "Wind, come to my aid!" Wind shot out of the paper and up at the ceiling, swirling around in circles until the trap door was released and a staircase was brought down. My sword turned back into a pendant and I climbed the stairs and then shut the door behind me. Finally I had entered my room. Peace and quiet… at least until morning. I sighed and flopped onto my large bed. My room was neat and clean, yet also very green. Right now there was a gloominess to it, and everything looked gray. It was home. It suited me just fine. [AN: Awwww, how sad! Poor Syaoran!]
I fell asleep once again thinking of the cardcaptor, also known as Sakura. I couldn't get her out of my head! Why? What was it about her that was so different from all of the other Princesses? Was she different from the others… of was she acting as well? You could never trust a Princess… well, at least not in my predicament. Everyone here just wanted power… didn't they? Sakura didn't seem to. She seemed honestly nice… except for the tiny little detail that she LIED to me. I could see why she did though. But still. Could I trust her? If not… then who could I trust?
I eventually dozed off, all of these thoughts racing through my head. The last thing was a glimmer of when Sakura and I were dancing. I smiled in my sleep, less than half aware.
*****Sakura*****
The next morning I woke up as usual and got dressed in comfortable clothes to practice in. I once again left a note for Tomoyo and went downstairs and outside to the practice courts. Syaoran and Meiling was already there but I realized that Syaoran was just punching a dummy. I looked over at the barrel of swords questioningly and then back at him.
"Good morning!" I said cheerfully.
Syaoran looked over at me, turned red for some strange reason, and ten his punches became much faster and much more harsh.
"Hoee," I said, sweat dropping. The dummy was about to be blown to bits! "Aren't we going to practice?" I asked at last. Once again he turned red, but stopped beating the dummy to pieces. I looked over at the horizon and at the sun. It was only half risen! How could Syaoran get a sunburn at this time of day? [AN: VERY dense Sakura, don't all of you agree??? '-_-]
"Uh…" Syaoran started.
"What Syaoran MEANS to say is… I want to fight you," Meiling said.
I turned to look at her. "Hoe?"
She nodded her head as a proud smile crossed over her face. "You heard me. Today we will see who is better at gymnastics, and tomorrow we will have an archery competition and then a sword fight. Deal?"
"Uh… um… okay," I said, scared already. I didn't want to hurt her feelings if I won, but worse, I knew she wouldn't go easy on me and I would rather live until I was AT LEAST thirty! I didn't want to die young!
She must have seen the expression on my face because she said, "Oh, come on, I just want to see if you can beat ME. You aren't scared, are you?" I shook my head no about thirty-five times in two seconds. "Good," she replied.
I stared at her. She can be so nice sometimes, and then so… challenging. I didn't know what it was about her. But… she seemed nice enough. HOPEFULLY she wouldn't…*gulp*… kill me or anything.
Syaoran shook his head and continued to kick and punch the poor wooden thing. By the end of five minuets it would be just a bunch of sawdust. I shook my head and looked back at Meiling. "Okay, what do we do?" I asked.
"Well, I do a simple move, like a cartwheel or something, and then you do a more complicated move. Then I go again and try to do an even MORE complicated move, and then it's your turn again. You can give up at any time."
"Alright," I said. "Go ahead."
"Wait a second," She said, grinning widely. "SYAORAN GET OVER HERE! YOU HAVE TO WATCH AND KEEP SCORE!" Meiling yelled at the top of her lungs. I saw Syaoran wince, and I did the same. My eardrums were still ringing by the time he came over here. I gulped. "Phwee?" I asked. He was going to WATCH us! I didn't think an audience would be needed. Let me re-word that. I didn't WANT an audience! Especially not Syaoran! What if I fell on my face or something! It's not like it couldn't happen! It happened a lot! To me. '-_-
"What do want Meiling?" He growled, rubbing one of his ears.
"You have to watch us to be sure that everything is fair, and then choose in the end who was better," Meiling said.
"NO WAY!" Syaoran screamed, then blushed a light pink color. "I mean, how am I supposed to choose? I don't know what exactly you two are trying to do!"
Meiling scowled. "Fine! Then just supervise and make sure no one gets hurt then, okay? You also have to make sure no one cheats."
"Whatever," Syaoran mumbled.
"Okay!" Meiling said, overly excited. She held her arms up in the air and did a one-handed round-off. She stood up with her feet together and smiled. To me she said, "We'll start out easy at first." She walked out of the way and said, "Your turn."
I did two cartwheels in a row and then did a perfect handstand. I came up with my feet planted firmly on the ground and saw steam rising from Meiling's head. I sweat dropped and stepped out of the way just in time. Meiling ran down the flat grassy lane and did four cartwheels, a corkscrew flip with her body perfectly straight and arms tightly across her chest, and then she landed perfectly on the ground.
'So much for easy,' I thought to myself.
I also took a running head start, did a cartwheel with one hand, flipped up and over, did flip after flip with my hands on the ground, then feet, then hands, and did a straddle in the air right before I landed, feet planted firmly on the ground once again. I felt Meiling's gaze at the back of my head and sweat dropped while slowly turning around to see how mad she was. She fists were clenched and I could see determination in her eyes.
She took a deep breath and ran down the isle, cartwheel, cartwheel, round- off, round-off, round-off, pike flip with her legs in a perfect 'L' shape, ended in a summersault, and stood up, panting heavily. Then she surprised me my doing backward round-offs and coming directly in Syaoran's and my direction. She flipped two times in mid-air before landing right between Syaoran and I. I stared, wide-eyed.
"Wow," I said, short and simple.
Syaoran shook his head at Meiling and crossed his arms. I guessed he was used to this sort of thing.
"Your turn," she said sweetly.
I gave a single nod and faced the open area. I raised my hands in the air and started with three summersaults, stood without a single pause and did a no-handed cartwheel, then a flip, then a flip and a half, landing in a handstand and curling into another summersault. I stopped in a squat position, about ready to stand up, and then jumped up and did a backbend landing on my hands, then feet, then hands, and so on, then flipped in the air, landed on my feet directly between Meiling and Syaoran, and slowely did the splits, hands high above my head.
Meiling looked like she was ready to kill. Maybe that wasn't such a good idea. Her whole face was red with anger and determination and it looked about ready to burst. "I'll beat you if it's the last thing I do!"
The bells chose that very minuet to ring and we all stared in horror at the direction of the palace. "Oh, no! We're late for breakfast!" I said unnecessarily.
"Not good," Was Syaoran's only reply.
Dun dun dun! Soooooooooo? What do you think??? I'M SOOOO SOOOO SORRY FOR NOT UP-LOADING THIS SOONER!!!!!!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DON'T BE MAD!!!!!! OKAY…SO YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO BE…BUT PLEASE DON'T I'M DONE WITH THE CHAPTER! IT'S UP!! YOU SHOULD ALL BE HAPPY!!!! I…*gulp*…HOPE. I'm so VERY sorry! I don't honestly know when the next time will be when I up-date because I'll be in California with my choir. I'll tell you all how we do at the competition. I'm leaving Saturday morning at 4:45!!!!!!! '-_- I will need LOTS of sleep, and I get back around 5:30 at night on Monday. Sorry peeps! I truly am! There might be a computer room at the hotel room though so if I'm not swimming I'll up-date! Thanks SO MUCH for reading this! PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
