THE EMPEROR'S PAINIST
Chapter 13: Syaoran Tells Sakura A Story
By: THE CANADIAN GAKI
Summary: A pianist falling in love with the Emperors daughter, Sakura. Not even able to have eye contact with her, they embark on a mission with tears, pain, loss...the dreadful game of love. Nothing will stop Syaoran from getting his Cherry Blossom...S+S R+R!!!
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Key Notes
'Thinking'
"Speaking"
(A/N) Author's notes
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*-*Previous Chapter*-*
"When are we going to eat?" Sakura looked at a room where the window was open.
"Very soon Kini."
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Tomoyo was getting aggrivated. Chiharu and her had been riding for a little while and still there was no sign of that person Mei Ling. Well of course there wasn't because she was so far away.
"Chiharu, ummm... How much longer? I have to go and see Sakura!" Tomoyo pleaded while bouncing up and down on her horse.
"We'll be there in short time, but keep your chin up Tomoyo, we'll see Sakura!"
"I just miss her dreadfully. I haven't been able to make any clothes for her, I haven't been able to talk to her, not even share a little laugh. All i've been having are tears of lonleyness, not that your company is annoying or anything like that, but Sakura is my sister. What if Syaoran did do something to her?" Tomoyo was holding back tears that would threaten to fall from her eyes.
"Tomoyo, how could you think that?! You did tell me that he loves her, well at least you think he does. And Sakura's already loveable enough, no need to worry. Look, I know Sakura's a tough cookie and that, from what you've been telling about him that he's quite the gentleman."
Tomoyo nodded, feeling a bit better.
"Tell me Tomoyo, who's been this man who keeps occupying your mind?" Chiharu asked interested.
Tomoyo was shocked. "What man?! There is no man that has been *occupying* my mind..."
"Don't lie to me Tomoyo, I know when you look at your legs and chew on your lips when your lying." Tomoyo stopped abruptly chewing on her lip and sighed. "Well... It is a man and his name is Eriol..."
"Eriol, that tells me alot Tomoyo. Tell me more, what's he like? What is his appearance?" Chiharu pulled back on the horse to slow it down a little.
"Well..." The picture of Eriol came up into full view infront of her. She would try and describe him as best as she could.
"He has blue eyes, uhh- Chiharu interuupted. "Speak from the heart, it's much easier that way."
"The heart? I'm just telling you what he looks like."
"But with no emotion. Tomoyo blue eyes are nice, but deepen the thought of him. Try again."
"Ok, his eyes are-Tomoyo closed her eyes and steadied her breathing.-They look like a neverending pool of fresh blue water. You can just drown in them from the mysteries he hides from you. They tell of wisdom." Tomoyo giggled at what she had said.
"See! That's better than he has uhh... blue yes." Chiharu tried to impersonate her friend. "Is that all you can tell me about him?"
"Ohh... No no no. His hair is of navy silk, it just screams to be touched. His skin is milky white, but a bit darker than mine. He is much taller than I am, like a giant-Both girls giggled-His arms just reach out to you, begging you to fall into them. His voice is very quizzicle, but he's a romantic." Tomoyo looked at Chiharu who was smiling.
"You don't know much about him, huh Tomoyo-Chan?" That's when it hit her. She had never really had a conversation with Eriol. Just the joy of stealing glances of him at the time he was reaching for Sakura's hand.
"No... But that's the not even the sad part about it!"
Chiharu eyed her again. "Oh?"
"The sadest part about it is... This seems very selfish of me but-"
"Every one has a selfish side, Tomoyo-Chan, that's just how we are."
"He doesn't love me." Tomoyo let that out as a squeek.
"And how do you know that?!" Chiharu raised her voice over the nonsense her friend was speaking of.
"He doesn't even know that I exist. I bet if I came to say hello to him, i'd be a ghost who would walk right through him. He'd just feel a cold chill and wave it off..."
"Tomoyo, you don't know that."
"Do I? Chiahru if you were there when I was in the castle and he was there, you'd think the same thing. Sakura had told me that he was looking at me, but I don't believe her. Everytime that I went to take a peer he was either staring at Sakura or something else besides me."
"Tomoyo, calm down please? I don't want you to have a nervous breakdown!"
"I'm sorry, I think it's just all this pressure between Sakura and everything." Tomoyo's hand shook a little.
"Cheer up Tomoyo! You're a beautiful young women who I am positive any good man would fall for. As in good man I mean Eriol." Chiharu smiled and nudged Tomoyo painfully in her ribs for fun.
"Thank you Chiharu. But about this Mei Ling women, tell me is she professional?" She asked getting the thought of Eriol out of her mind, even though that was impossible. He was always there, as if he was trying to talk to her. It really bothered her that she hadn't even tooken the chance to start up a conversation with him. But that was because her nerves got the best of her. Tomoyo was head strong and determined to get Sakura a man, but she never thought for herself to grab one.
"Well, Mei Ling is actually a person of the Li Kingdom. As you do know that stories about it right?"
"Yeas I do. The son that killed his father using black magic, am I right?" That story, Tomoyo didn't believe in. It was pure nonsense how a boy would conjure such emotions to kill their own flesh and blood. She pittied the poor soul who had ever came up with that thought.
"Yes. I think she may be related to that son of the king's, but she is not of his heart. But very dangerous at the same."
"How so?" Tomoyo became more interested.
"She's VERY head strong not a reagular women. Very possessive of everything she has, actually. When we meet her, please let me do that talking."
"Where can we find her?"
"In a pub about a while from here. I would think by the afternoon of tomorrow we'll get there. We can have something to eat, ask her to track down Sakura. The man who had taken her, his name was?"
"Syaoran, but I never caught that last name of his."
"What does he look like? You don't have to go in heart felt description." Chiharu winked.
"Of course not, he belongs to Sakura. Any ways, his hair is a messy chocolate brown colour, his eyes are a reddish brown, like an amber you could say. He's very tall, Sakura seems tiny to his frame. He plays the piano, a royal pianist he is. Ummm... That's about all I do know about him."
"Did you catch his last name by any chance?"
"No I didn't. He was very uptight about speaking to us, always warning us off about we'll get in trouble if we were caught."
"I see..." Chiharu tightened her grip on the rein of her horse.
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"OOOOO!!! This is the room I get to stay in?" Sakura asked overly excited jumping up and down.
Syaoran sighed. "Yes it is. What's the big deal about it?"
"Well you being the pianist and all... You must be very close friends of these people to even get me a room like this one! Even after them not knowing I am a princess."
"Well, I guess it is just luck."
"Really? I wouldn't think so, but ummm... Who was that man that greeted us outside? I had the strangest feeling around him."
"A strange feeling? Like what?" Syaoran began to become more jealous by the second.
"I feel like i've seen him before."
"Really?"
Syaoran knew she had seen him before but luckilly magic was around to shadow him from her mind. Eriol had used a spell wich kept his identity erased from her mind, just as the one Syaoran planned on using on Sakura. After the week's time that he planned to keep her with him.
"Yeah... It's actually really scary." She replied while shivvering at the thought.
"You haven't met him. We are good friends, but he is of a higher royalty than I am." Syaoran lied again to her. Lying was in his category towards Sakura. Giving away that he was the king and that Eriol was the prince and the man who had helped him in her castle before, they would be discovered in a matter of time.
"Do you think my mother is doing well?" Sakura sat on the bed lying back staring up at the cieling.
"Well, I don't know your mother too well, now do I?" He answered while lying beside her on the bed.
Syaoran's body weight caused the whole bed to go down, Sakura was very thin and light compared to him. The bed sunk deeper and deeper until she felt her self move from where she was lying. Her body went up and on Syaoran before she knew it, she was ontop of him.
"How did that happen!?"Sakura giggled.
Syaoran was tooken aback at her lying on top of him. How heavy had he have gotten?! How could she have just gone up and over on him like that?!
A flash of blue aura went by him. 'ERIOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!' He thought angered. He could tear him to shreads right at this moment.
Sakura scrambled to get off of him, as he just cursed under his breath. Getting up, well actually he couldn't get up very easily. His face was all red and he felt dizzy.
Sakura looked at him. "Are you ok?"
He rubbed his eyes and got up. "I think i'm just a bit exhausted, that's all." He stalked out of the room, his fists tight bearing white knuckles.
He stomped down the stairs and found him sitting in a room, where a white light was casting the walls.
"ERIOL! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" He cursed.
"What did I do?" He smiled evilly and went back to looking at the Diamond Rose.
"Why do you keep invading my privacy?" Syaoran still standing at the door.
"Because, it is the only way I can seem to find, to help you on your way."
Syaoran, confused by now just stared.
"You'll know in time." Eriol got up from the chair and walked to Syaoran. "Please close the door. Your sister's might come thundering in."
"I don't think they're here at the moment. And I heard you say, you'll know in time. What does that mean!? You seem to really get me on edge alot." Syaoran's nostrils flaring.
"Really? I haven't done anything to make you so angry. It is you who gets mad so easily."
"I get mad easily BECAUSE YOU KEEP AGGRIVATING ME!"
"I do no such thing."
"You're doing it again. You invade my privacy as one thing, you keep answering my questions in riddles as always."
"Life is a gamble Syaoran. You know that."
"And what does that have to do with anything I just asked you!?"
"I don't know, just sounded like the right time to say it." Now, Syaoran was angry, but hurting Eriol was something he couldn't do. He didn't know why, maybe it was his magic, maybe not.
"Life a gamble? You think I wouldn't know that."
"You don't." Eriol yelled back, not meaning to.
"I don't? Explain this to me then!"
"Tell me Syaoran, how many women have asked to have you as their partner, as their king?"
"Too many..."
"Ah! But this is the gambling part now, that you do not participate in. These women gamble their hearts just to see if you feel the same. But, knowing you and the way things have been going, you turn down each and every one of them. Do you gamble your heart as they do to you?"
"Gambling is something I do not do." Syaoran retorted while heading for the door.
"Because you cannot take a lose. That is why gambling is not in your vocabulary."
"And why would I have to gamble my heart? No use for it in any way!"
"You do need a princess by your 18 birthday. You do remember the ball that will be held, at the last day of this week."
"And?"
"Ying Fa is here. I do know you have a liking for her, am I right or am I right?"
"Your choices are all wrong. You forgot the one where your supossed to say, or am i seriously off?"
"I am not the one being mis guided here. Give your self a chance!"
"A chance for what!?"
"To love her."
"To love, to love this and that, Eriol you are getting on my nerves, it's mind boggling how you can keep this shit up!"
"Ahh.. Shit. You know that is your explanation for every little thing! Look here." He pointed at the rose.
"What about it?"
"By the time this rose runs out, it will be time for you to reign as true king. How can you be a king if you do not have a suitable queen?"
"My mother does fine without her king."
"Then you haven't been looking close enough at your mother. Queen Yelan is wasting away, the things she puts up with. Mostly you Syaoran Li, King of the Li Kingdom! Do you not see the saddness she tries so hard to hide from you?"
Syaoran puffed and looked away. "My mother is still mourning the loss of my father..." He whispered.
"Do you know that she takes the responsibility for this whole kingdom on her own?! Do YOU NOT UNDERSTAND THAT!"
"I DO! I-I do understand it."
"Words are more powerful than actions, but in this case it doesn't seem to show. By the end of this ball, you need to find a princess, or at least keep one in mind."
"May I leave now?"
"One moment. About the erasing Sakura's mind, you are aware that she will not remember you what so ever?"
"I am aware." Syaoran looked down and placed his hands behind his back. The descision he made would always bring up the question, should he do it or not? But his heart never took responsibility for answering nothing. Mind over matter, another one of his many motto's he followed.
"But please Eriol..."
"Please what? The decision is yours, but I caution you to-"
"Stop acting like my father Eriol!" Syaoran yelled. "I know what I must do, it is not in your part for you to tell me how to live my life! My mother thinks I should have a princess, there's enough pressure from that end, but now you!?
Eriol looked warry at Syaoran. He wasn't trying to act like his father at all.
"I am not your father, I know that. But i'm just here to tell you there are some negatives that may out weigh the positives." Eriol said it with an icy touch towards Syaoran.
"I didn't mean to raise my voice like that. But if I can leave now..." Syaoran growled.
"Leave." Eriol went back to looking at the Diamond Rose. It was withering away slowly, but after Syaoran had met Sakura, and everytime they had grown closer and got closer in touch, the rose would seem to stand taller. It was if it was telling Eriol something, but what?
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Syaoran was angered at Eriol. How could he tell him how to live his life?
It was the same way with everybody else that was close to him. His mother wanted him to marry, even if it ment not being completely happy with that women. Syaoran didn't truly believe in true love because it never happened to him. But how could it if he kept on shoving people away? Syaoran was just plain stubborn, and his father being dead, his mother torn with emotions, it always seemed like he was the cause of it all.
"Damn Diamond Rose!" He pounded his fist on a near by wall. Something hit him, an idea struck his mind.
"Why did Eriol want me to get the Diamond Rose from the Kinomoto Kingdom? That makes no sense, how could they have gotten it in the first place!? And why was I sent of all people to get it?" He ran down, skipping steps down one of the many staircases.
He also knew that Sakura was a princess, and he was a king. The she was eligable, but he couldn't have her.
"No..." He shook his head.
Sakura was going to forget all about him, all about the travelling and all about them even knowing each other. He wanted to leave scarce images in her mind just so that he knew, there was a part of him still with her. But that would only cause her more grief than it would if he left nothing at all.
Sakura was so stubborn, slightly sophisticated, but even better she was innocent. Syaoran knew, no one had laid a finger on her. By that kiss she had given him, oooh how he regretted pulling away from it, the she needed to be taught.
But that wasn't for him to even THINK about.
His eyes scanned the room he was in. Great shelves filled with thousands upon thousands of books. Each and everyone filled with the past of the Li's, magical incantations... A cathedral cieling above him with paintings of wizards and virbrant colours.
He loved to be in the library where no one ever bothered him. No one really knew that he came to this place.
He walked over to a shelf and pulled out a large book, it had dust on top of dust littering the old book. He blew off the dirt and placed it down.
It was a green book with his father's initails on the front cover. Everything, every speech his father had made was in this parchament. It was memories Syaoran could always remember perfectly. The smell, the strong sounds of his father's voice.
He turned the pages, looking through. He found one about himself. He chuckled lightly and began to read it.
"My dear citizens, on this day we have a man who will take my thrown when he is older. At the age of 18 my son, Xio Lang Li will take my place-"
Syaoran stopped reading. There was a low noise flowing through the large room, someone was inside.
Syaoran backed himself up to a shelf and peered through the gaps of the books.
"Hmmm... I could swear he went in here. Wow, this place is trully magnificent!" It was Sakura and she was looking at the cieling. Syaoran ruffled his hair, took a deep breath, straightened himself out and walked out to show himself.
"O MY-" Sakura stumbled back and fell on her back side.
"I-I'm sorry Sakura, Did I scare you?" He questioned tauntingly.
"Scare me?! Me of all people?"
"YOu of all people..." Syaoran rolled his eyes.
"Are you mocking me again? Please stop it, it's trully annoying." Her emerald gems fixed on his finley chisled face.
"Well, why did you follow me?" He questioned getting closer to her.
Sakura moved back from him, feeling uncomfortable. "Well, I got lonely..."
Syaoran stopped and laughed at her.
"Stop laughing!" She pushed him back, placing her hands on his chest.
"I'm sorry, but would you like to see some books?" He said between his outburst.
"Indeed I would. I never knew you read." They're eyes fixed on eachother.
He flashed one of his amazing smiles at her. "Well, you see this IS one of the two places where I can be alone."
"Oh, then should I leave?" Sakura was about to when Syaoran reached for her wrist and pulled her back. Sakura's arm felt numb and tingly, she liked his touch.
"No no, being alone gets, well, lonely."
She smiled and giggled at him.
"Would you like me to show you some scrolls on my fa- I mean the former king of this kingdom?" He almost said FATHER, luckily he got himself out of the moment.
"Okay, but who does have control over this Kingdom? Surely there is a king, right?"
Syaoran shook his head sadly. "No, queen Yelen takes care of everything on her own."
"I admire her for that."
"O?" Syaoran asked, getting moer interested.
"Well I admire her because wouldn't you think it would be hard to rule a kingdom on your own? It must be alot of presuure on her. If I was to rule on my own, I would probably have a nervous breakdown. I'm amazed she hasn't snapped yet." This, Syaoran took into consideration. May be what Eriol was telling him was to get a princess, because it would be easier to make decisions. But that also made it harder, find a princess who isn't half minded.
"You bring up a big matter."
"What do you mean?"
"It's nothing." He shook his head. "Would you like to see some books?"
"O yes. I love to read."
Syaoran smirked at her comment. "I have you know, Syaoran that reading is a hobby of mine. Good for the brains." She pointed at her head and giggled. "And by the way, that second place you said where you can be alone, where is that?"
"If I told you, I probably wouldn't be alone now would I?"
She smiled sheepishly. "I guess not."
They both walked over to the place where Syaoran had been before. "What were you reading?"
"I was reading one of the many memories of the former king. What interests you, your highness?" He bowed dramatically causing Sakura to frown.
"You know I do despise that."
'Me and you both.' Syaoran thought.
"Well, I love animals. And I love stories too." She said childishly.
"Stories, I can tell. Animals, I would have to read out of a book."
"Are you a good story teller? Why not just take out a book and read it?"
Truthfully, there weren't any stories Sakura would WANT to hear. They were all grim and gross, mostly on magic.
"I can try and tell one."
"Shoot." She smiled. Syaoran thought about it a bit, maybe one about his life, just using a different name.
"Ok, let's see here. There was once a young prince, who was pressured to become king. But, that wasn't his desire. King was too much of a responsibility and it always seemed boring to the young mind."
Sakura giggled. "Sounds like me."
He cleared his throat and she let him continue. "His dream was to become the best known Pianist in all of the land. But, no one would teach him how to play. In all his free time, away from Royalty training, and martial arts, he stole it for the love of music. Music was his passion, one he didn't like to show. He was known as cold hearted, and unliked through people. But there was one boy, with blue hair and glasses (A/N ERIOL!) who knew a thing or two about music. Every time that young prince got a chance to play, he would sieze it. He wouldn't let it slip through his grasp. To play helped him express his emotions, which never came to him easily." Sakura became more intent on listening to Syaoran's story. It was interesting.
"A very hard and stubborn boy. After his father had sadly passed away when he was only 10 years of age, he became colder and more distant. More things weighed on his back, pushing him away. The world felt like it was on his small shoulders. To rule a kingdom, to give up the passion for music. But, that little boy with blue hair and glasses helped him through everything. The young prince learned how to play and knew that when he was older, he would open a school for music. But, things began to come up and mess up his plans. A women came into his life, lies sprang out and many many problems. The prince was so bothered by them, he played more and more. His life revolved around his music and himself."
Sakura listened intently. What a sad, little boy.
"He pushed away every women that came into his life, no one was fit for him. No women was good enough for, Xio Lang." Syaoran used his first name so that Sakura couldn't tell who he was talking about.
He sat back in his chair and Sakura frowned.
"That's it? I want to know more!"
"The story hasn't ended yet Ying Fa." She was confused by this and glared at him. "Ahuh, but I must admit you can sure tell a story. It seems almost as if, you were that litle kid Syaoran."
'If only you knew...' He thought sadly.
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AND THAT IS CHAPTER 13! WOW... HE HE I UPDATED PRETTY FAST EH? WELL ITS MARCH BREAK... WOOOOHOOOOOO!!! NO MORE MR. MICHAUD.... JEEZ DO I HATE HIM! I CANT STAND THE GUY...
AND FINALLY I GOT TO SEE THE END OFF CCS. EVEN THOUGH IT WAS SOOOOOOOOOOOOO CHEAP!
GOSH, THE BATTLE BETWEEN KERO, YUE, RUBY AND SPINAL WAS CUT SHORT TO LIKE...5 MINUTES.. NOT EVEN THAT! SAKURA DEFEATED "ELI" SOOO QUICKLY... EVERY EPISODE WAS CUT SHORT TO ONLY 20 MINUTES... AND
THE LAST EPISODE REVALATIONS PART 2... SYAORAN DIDNT EVEN TELL SAKURA HE LOVED HER.. UNLESS THATS NOT SUPOSSED TO HAPPEN. HE JUST TELLS HER HE HAS TO LEAVE... THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN SAKURA IN HER ROOM AN A TEAR FALLS AN THIS NEW CARD GETS MADE... IT IT'S ALREADY A STAR CARD AND ITS CALLED HOPE...
IS IT SUPOSSED TO HAPPEN LIKE THAT!? OMG.... AN WE PROBABLY WONT EVEN C THE SECOND MOVIE... IM SOOOOOOOO PISSED! TELETOON!!!
ARRGHH.... BUT N E WAYS...
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Chapter 13: Syaoran Tells Sakura A Story
By: THE CANADIAN GAKI
Summary: A pianist falling in love with the Emperors daughter, Sakura. Not even able to have eye contact with her, they embark on a mission with tears, pain, loss...the dreadful game of love. Nothing will stop Syaoran from getting his Cherry Blossom...S+S R+R!!!
dISCLAIMER: I dO nOt OwN cCs Ok? BuT i OwN tHe StOrT lInE... :D
Key Notes
'Thinking'
"Speaking"
(A/N) Author's notes
~^~^~^~^~ Change of Scene
*-*Previous Chapter*-*
"When are we going to eat?" Sakura looked at a room where the window was open.
"Very soon Kini."
*-*End of Previous Chapter*-*
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Tomoyo was getting aggrivated. Chiharu and her had been riding for a little while and still there was no sign of that person Mei Ling. Well of course there wasn't because she was so far away.
"Chiharu, ummm... How much longer? I have to go and see Sakura!" Tomoyo pleaded while bouncing up and down on her horse.
"We'll be there in short time, but keep your chin up Tomoyo, we'll see Sakura!"
"I just miss her dreadfully. I haven't been able to make any clothes for her, I haven't been able to talk to her, not even share a little laugh. All i've been having are tears of lonleyness, not that your company is annoying or anything like that, but Sakura is my sister. What if Syaoran did do something to her?" Tomoyo was holding back tears that would threaten to fall from her eyes.
"Tomoyo, how could you think that?! You did tell me that he loves her, well at least you think he does. And Sakura's already loveable enough, no need to worry. Look, I know Sakura's a tough cookie and that, from what you've been telling about him that he's quite the gentleman."
Tomoyo nodded, feeling a bit better.
"Tell me Tomoyo, who's been this man who keeps occupying your mind?" Chiharu asked interested.
Tomoyo was shocked. "What man?! There is no man that has been *occupying* my mind..."
"Don't lie to me Tomoyo, I know when you look at your legs and chew on your lips when your lying." Tomoyo stopped abruptly chewing on her lip and sighed. "Well... It is a man and his name is Eriol..."
"Eriol, that tells me alot Tomoyo. Tell me more, what's he like? What is his appearance?" Chiharu pulled back on the horse to slow it down a little.
"Well..." The picture of Eriol came up into full view infront of her. She would try and describe him as best as she could.
"He has blue eyes, uhh- Chiharu interuupted. "Speak from the heart, it's much easier that way."
"The heart? I'm just telling you what he looks like."
"But with no emotion. Tomoyo blue eyes are nice, but deepen the thought of him. Try again."
"Ok, his eyes are-Tomoyo closed her eyes and steadied her breathing.-They look like a neverending pool of fresh blue water. You can just drown in them from the mysteries he hides from you. They tell of wisdom." Tomoyo giggled at what she had said.
"See! That's better than he has uhh... blue yes." Chiharu tried to impersonate her friend. "Is that all you can tell me about him?"
"Ohh... No no no. His hair is of navy silk, it just screams to be touched. His skin is milky white, but a bit darker than mine. He is much taller than I am, like a giant-Both girls giggled-His arms just reach out to you, begging you to fall into them. His voice is very quizzicle, but he's a romantic." Tomoyo looked at Chiharu who was smiling.
"You don't know much about him, huh Tomoyo-Chan?" That's when it hit her. She had never really had a conversation with Eriol. Just the joy of stealing glances of him at the time he was reaching for Sakura's hand.
"No... But that's the not even the sad part about it!"
Chiharu eyed her again. "Oh?"
"The sadest part about it is... This seems very selfish of me but-"
"Every one has a selfish side, Tomoyo-Chan, that's just how we are."
"He doesn't love me." Tomoyo let that out as a squeek.
"And how do you know that?!" Chiharu raised her voice over the nonsense her friend was speaking of.
"He doesn't even know that I exist. I bet if I came to say hello to him, i'd be a ghost who would walk right through him. He'd just feel a cold chill and wave it off..."
"Tomoyo, you don't know that."
"Do I? Chiahru if you were there when I was in the castle and he was there, you'd think the same thing. Sakura had told me that he was looking at me, but I don't believe her. Everytime that I went to take a peer he was either staring at Sakura or something else besides me."
"Tomoyo, calm down please? I don't want you to have a nervous breakdown!"
"I'm sorry, I think it's just all this pressure between Sakura and everything." Tomoyo's hand shook a little.
"Cheer up Tomoyo! You're a beautiful young women who I am positive any good man would fall for. As in good man I mean Eriol." Chiharu smiled and nudged Tomoyo painfully in her ribs for fun.
"Thank you Chiharu. But about this Mei Ling women, tell me is she professional?" She asked getting the thought of Eriol out of her mind, even though that was impossible. He was always there, as if he was trying to talk to her. It really bothered her that she hadn't even tooken the chance to start up a conversation with him. But that was because her nerves got the best of her. Tomoyo was head strong and determined to get Sakura a man, but she never thought for herself to grab one.
"Well, Mei Ling is actually a person of the Li Kingdom. As you do know that stories about it right?"
"Yeas I do. The son that killed his father using black magic, am I right?" That story, Tomoyo didn't believe in. It was pure nonsense how a boy would conjure such emotions to kill their own flesh and blood. She pittied the poor soul who had ever came up with that thought.
"Yes. I think she may be related to that son of the king's, but she is not of his heart. But very dangerous at the same."
"How so?" Tomoyo became more interested.
"She's VERY head strong not a reagular women. Very possessive of everything she has, actually. When we meet her, please let me do that talking."
"Where can we find her?"
"In a pub about a while from here. I would think by the afternoon of tomorrow we'll get there. We can have something to eat, ask her to track down Sakura. The man who had taken her, his name was?"
"Syaoran, but I never caught that last name of his."
"What does he look like? You don't have to go in heart felt description." Chiharu winked.
"Of course not, he belongs to Sakura. Any ways, his hair is a messy chocolate brown colour, his eyes are a reddish brown, like an amber you could say. He's very tall, Sakura seems tiny to his frame. He plays the piano, a royal pianist he is. Ummm... That's about all I do know about him."
"Did you catch his last name by any chance?"
"No I didn't. He was very uptight about speaking to us, always warning us off about we'll get in trouble if we were caught."
"I see..." Chiharu tightened her grip on the rein of her horse.
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"OOOOO!!! This is the room I get to stay in?" Sakura asked overly excited jumping up and down.
Syaoran sighed. "Yes it is. What's the big deal about it?"
"Well you being the pianist and all... You must be very close friends of these people to even get me a room like this one! Even after them not knowing I am a princess."
"Well, I guess it is just luck."
"Really? I wouldn't think so, but ummm... Who was that man that greeted us outside? I had the strangest feeling around him."
"A strange feeling? Like what?" Syaoran began to become more jealous by the second.
"I feel like i've seen him before."
"Really?"
Syaoran knew she had seen him before but luckilly magic was around to shadow him from her mind. Eriol had used a spell wich kept his identity erased from her mind, just as the one Syaoran planned on using on Sakura. After the week's time that he planned to keep her with him.
"Yeah... It's actually really scary." She replied while shivvering at the thought.
"You haven't met him. We are good friends, but he is of a higher royalty than I am." Syaoran lied again to her. Lying was in his category towards Sakura. Giving away that he was the king and that Eriol was the prince and the man who had helped him in her castle before, they would be discovered in a matter of time.
"Do you think my mother is doing well?" Sakura sat on the bed lying back staring up at the cieling.
"Well, I don't know your mother too well, now do I?" He answered while lying beside her on the bed.
Syaoran's body weight caused the whole bed to go down, Sakura was very thin and light compared to him. The bed sunk deeper and deeper until she felt her self move from where she was lying. Her body went up and on Syaoran before she knew it, she was ontop of him.
"How did that happen!?"Sakura giggled.
Syaoran was tooken aback at her lying on top of him. How heavy had he have gotten?! How could she have just gone up and over on him like that?!
A flash of blue aura went by him. 'ERIOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!' He thought angered. He could tear him to shreads right at this moment.
Sakura scrambled to get off of him, as he just cursed under his breath. Getting up, well actually he couldn't get up very easily. His face was all red and he felt dizzy.
Sakura looked at him. "Are you ok?"
He rubbed his eyes and got up. "I think i'm just a bit exhausted, that's all." He stalked out of the room, his fists tight bearing white knuckles.
He stomped down the stairs and found him sitting in a room, where a white light was casting the walls.
"ERIOL! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" He cursed.
"What did I do?" He smiled evilly and went back to looking at the Diamond Rose.
"Why do you keep invading my privacy?" Syaoran still standing at the door.
"Because, it is the only way I can seem to find, to help you on your way."
Syaoran, confused by now just stared.
"You'll know in time." Eriol got up from the chair and walked to Syaoran. "Please close the door. Your sister's might come thundering in."
"I don't think they're here at the moment. And I heard you say, you'll know in time. What does that mean!? You seem to really get me on edge alot." Syaoran's nostrils flaring.
"Really? I haven't done anything to make you so angry. It is you who gets mad so easily."
"I get mad easily BECAUSE YOU KEEP AGGRIVATING ME!"
"I do no such thing."
"You're doing it again. You invade my privacy as one thing, you keep answering my questions in riddles as always."
"Life is a gamble Syaoran. You know that."
"And what does that have to do with anything I just asked you!?"
"I don't know, just sounded like the right time to say it." Now, Syaoran was angry, but hurting Eriol was something he couldn't do. He didn't know why, maybe it was his magic, maybe not.
"Life a gamble? You think I wouldn't know that."
"You don't." Eriol yelled back, not meaning to.
"I don't? Explain this to me then!"
"Tell me Syaoran, how many women have asked to have you as their partner, as their king?"
"Too many..."
"Ah! But this is the gambling part now, that you do not participate in. These women gamble their hearts just to see if you feel the same. But, knowing you and the way things have been going, you turn down each and every one of them. Do you gamble your heart as they do to you?"
"Gambling is something I do not do." Syaoran retorted while heading for the door.
"Because you cannot take a lose. That is why gambling is not in your vocabulary."
"And why would I have to gamble my heart? No use for it in any way!"
"You do need a princess by your 18 birthday. You do remember the ball that will be held, at the last day of this week."
"And?"
"Ying Fa is here. I do know you have a liking for her, am I right or am I right?"
"Your choices are all wrong. You forgot the one where your supossed to say, or am i seriously off?"
"I am not the one being mis guided here. Give your self a chance!"
"A chance for what!?"
"To love her."
"To love, to love this and that, Eriol you are getting on my nerves, it's mind boggling how you can keep this shit up!"
"Ahh.. Shit. You know that is your explanation for every little thing! Look here." He pointed at the rose.
"What about it?"
"By the time this rose runs out, it will be time for you to reign as true king. How can you be a king if you do not have a suitable queen?"
"My mother does fine without her king."
"Then you haven't been looking close enough at your mother. Queen Yelan is wasting away, the things she puts up with. Mostly you Syaoran Li, King of the Li Kingdom! Do you not see the saddness she tries so hard to hide from you?"
Syaoran puffed and looked away. "My mother is still mourning the loss of my father..." He whispered.
"Do you know that she takes the responsibility for this whole kingdom on her own?! Do YOU NOT UNDERSTAND THAT!"
"I DO! I-I do understand it."
"Words are more powerful than actions, but in this case it doesn't seem to show. By the end of this ball, you need to find a princess, or at least keep one in mind."
"May I leave now?"
"One moment. About the erasing Sakura's mind, you are aware that she will not remember you what so ever?"
"I am aware." Syaoran looked down and placed his hands behind his back. The descision he made would always bring up the question, should he do it or not? But his heart never took responsibility for answering nothing. Mind over matter, another one of his many motto's he followed.
"But please Eriol..."
"Please what? The decision is yours, but I caution you to-"
"Stop acting like my father Eriol!" Syaoran yelled. "I know what I must do, it is not in your part for you to tell me how to live my life! My mother thinks I should have a princess, there's enough pressure from that end, but now you!?
Eriol looked warry at Syaoran. He wasn't trying to act like his father at all.
"I am not your father, I know that. But i'm just here to tell you there are some negatives that may out weigh the positives." Eriol said it with an icy touch towards Syaoran.
"I didn't mean to raise my voice like that. But if I can leave now..." Syaoran growled.
"Leave." Eriol went back to looking at the Diamond Rose. It was withering away slowly, but after Syaoran had met Sakura, and everytime they had grown closer and got closer in touch, the rose would seem to stand taller. It was if it was telling Eriol something, but what?
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Syaoran was angered at Eriol. How could he tell him how to live his life?
It was the same way with everybody else that was close to him. His mother wanted him to marry, even if it ment not being completely happy with that women. Syaoran didn't truly believe in true love because it never happened to him. But how could it if he kept on shoving people away? Syaoran was just plain stubborn, and his father being dead, his mother torn with emotions, it always seemed like he was the cause of it all.
"Damn Diamond Rose!" He pounded his fist on a near by wall. Something hit him, an idea struck his mind.
"Why did Eriol want me to get the Diamond Rose from the Kinomoto Kingdom? That makes no sense, how could they have gotten it in the first place!? And why was I sent of all people to get it?" He ran down, skipping steps down one of the many staircases.
He also knew that Sakura was a princess, and he was a king. The she was eligable, but he couldn't have her.
"No..." He shook his head.
Sakura was going to forget all about him, all about the travelling and all about them even knowing each other. He wanted to leave scarce images in her mind just so that he knew, there was a part of him still with her. But that would only cause her more grief than it would if he left nothing at all.
Sakura was so stubborn, slightly sophisticated, but even better she was innocent. Syaoran knew, no one had laid a finger on her. By that kiss she had given him, oooh how he regretted pulling away from it, the she needed to be taught.
But that wasn't for him to even THINK about.
His eyes scanned the room he was in. Great shelves filled with thousands upon thousands of books. Each and everyone filled with the past of the Li's, magical incantations... A cathedral cieling above him with paintings of wizards and virbrant colours.
He loved to be in the library where no one ever bothered him. No one really knew that he came to this place.
He walked over to a shelf and pulled out a large book, it had dust on top of dust littering the old book. He blew off the dirt and placed it down.
It was a green book with his father's initails on the front cover. Everything, every speech his father had made was in this parchament. It was memories Syaoran could always remember perfectly. The smell, the strong sounds of his father's voice.
He turned the pages, looking through. He found one about himself. He chuckled lightly and began to read it.
"My dear citizens, on this day we have a man who will take my thrown when he is older. At the age of 18 my son, Xio Lang Li will take my place-"
Syaoran stopped reading. There was a low noise flowing through the large room, someone was inside.
Syaoran backed himself up to a shelf and peered through the gaps of the books.
"Hmmm... I could swear he went in here. Wow, this place is trully magnificent!" It was Sakura and she was looking at the cieling. Syaoran ruffled his hair, took a deep breath, straightened himself out and walked out to show himself.
"O MY-" Sakura stumbled back and fell on her back side.
"I-I'm sorry Sakura, Did I scare you?" He questioned tauntingly.
"Scare me?! Me of all people?"
"YOu of all people..." Syaoran rolled his eyes.
"Are you mocking me again? Please stop it, it's trully annoying." Her emerald gems fixed on his finley chisled face.
"Well, why did you follow me?" He questioned getting closer to her.
Sakura moved back from him, feeling uncomfortable. "Well, I got lonely..."
Syaoran stopped and laughed at her.
"Stop laughing!" She pushed him back, placing her hands on his chest.
"I'm sorry, but would you like to see some books?" He said between his outburst.
"Indeed I would. I never knew you read." They're eyes fixed on eachother.
He flashed one of his amazing smiles at her. "Well, you see this IS one of the two places where I can be alone."
"Oh, then should I leave?" Sakura was about to when Syaoran reached for her wrist and pulled her back. Sakura's arm felt numb and tingly, she liked his touch.
"No no, being alone gets, well, lonely."
She smiled and giggled at him.
"Would you like me to show you some scrolls on my fa- I mean the former king of this kingdom?" He almost said FATHER, luckily he got himself out of the moment.
"Okay, but who does have control over this Kingdom? Surely there is a king, right?"
Syaoran shook his head sadly. "No, queen Yelen takes care of everything on her own."
"I admire her for that."
"O?" Syaoran asked, getting moer interested.
"Well I admire her because wouldn't you think it would be hard to rule a kingdom on your own? It must be alot of presuure on her. If I was to rule on my own, I would probably have a nervous breakdown. I'm amazed she hasn't snapped yet." This, Syaoran took into consideration. May be what Eriol was telling him was to get a princess, because it would be easier to make decisions. But that also made it harder, find a princess who isn't half minded.
"You bring up a big matter."
"What do you mean?"
"It's nothing." He shook his head. "Would you like to see some books?"
"O yes. I love to read."
Syaoran smirked at her comment. "I have you know, Syaoran that reading is a hobby of mine. Good for the brains." She pointed at her head and giggled. "And by the way, that second place you said where you can be alone, where is that?"
"If I told you, I probably wouldn't be alone now would I?"
She smiled sheepishly. "I guess not."
They both walked over to the place where Syaoran had been before. "What were you reading?"
"I was reading one of the many memories of the former king. What interests you, your highness?" He bowed dramatically causing Sakura to frown.
"You know I do despise that."
'Me and you both.' Syaoran thought.
"Well, I love animals. And I love stories too." She said childishly.
"Stories, I can tell. Animals, I would have to read out of a book."
"Are you a good story teller? Why not just take out a book and read it?"
Truthfully, there weren't any stories Sakura would WANT to hear. They were all grim and gross, mostly on magic.
"I can try and tell one."
"Shoot." She smiled. Syaoran thought about it a bit, maybe one about his life, just using a different name.
"Ok, let's see here. There was once a young prince, who was pressured to become king. But, that wasn't his desire. King was too much of a responsibility and it always seemed boring to the young mind."
Sakura giggled. "Sounds like me."
He cleared his throat and she let him continue. "His dream was to become the best known Pianist in all of the land. But, no one would teach him how to play. In all his free time, away from Royalty training, and martial arts, he stole it for the love of music. Music was his passion, one he didn't like to show. He was known as cold hearted, and unliked through people. But there was one boy, with blue hair and glasses (A/N ERIOL!) who knew a thing or two about music. Every time that young prince got a chance to play, he would sieze it. He wouldn't let it slip through his grasp. To play helped him express his emotions, which never came to him easily." Sakura became more intent on listening to Syaoran's story. It was interesting.
"A very hard and stubborn boy. After his father had sadly passed away when he was only 10 years of age, he became colder and more distant. More things weighed on his back, pushing him away. The world felt like it was on his small shoulders. To rule a kingdom, to give up the passion for music. But, that little boy with blue hair and glasses helped him through everything. The young prince learned how to play and knew that when he was older, he would open a school for music. But, things began to come up and mess up his plans. A women came into his life, lies sprang out and many many problems. The prince was so bothered by them, he played more and more. His life revolved around his music and himself."
Sakura listened intently. What a sad, little boy.
"He pushed away every women that came into his life, no one was fit for him. No women was good enough for, Xio Lang." Syaoran used his first name so that Sakura couldn't tell who he was talking about.
He sat back in his chair and Sakura frowned.
"That's it? I want to know more!"
"The story hasn't ended yet Ying Fa." She was confused by this and glared at him. "Ahuh, but I must admit you can sure tell a story. It seems almost as if, you were that litle kid Syaoran."
'If only you knew...' He thought sadly.
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AND THAT IS CHAPTER 13! WOW... HE HE I UPDATED PRETTY FAST EH? WELL ITS MARCH BREAK... WOOOOHOOOOOO!!! NO MORE MR. MICHAUD.... JEEZ DO I HATE HIM! I CANT STAND THE GUY...
AND FINALLY I GOT TO SEE THE END OFF CCS. EVEN THOUGH IT WAS SOOOOOOOOOOOOO CHEAP!
GOSH, THE BATTLE BETWEEN KERO, YUE, RUBY AND SPINAL WAS CUT SHORT TO LIKE...5 MINUTES.. NOT EVEN THAT! SAKURA DEFEATED "ELI" SOOO QUICKLY... EVERY EPISODE WAS CUT SHORT TO ONLY 20 MINUTES... AND
THE LAST EPISODE REVALATIONS PART 2... SYAORAN DIDNT EVEN TELL SAKURA HE LOVED HER.. UNLESS THATS NOT SUPOSSED TO HAPPEN. HE JUST TELLS HER HE HAS TO LEAVE... THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN SAKURA IN HER ROOM AN A TEAR FALLS AN THIS NEW CARD GETS MADE... IT IT'S ALREADY A STAR CARD AND ITS CALLED HOPE...
IS IT SUPOSSED TO HAPPEN LIKE THAT!? OMG.... AN WE PROBABLY WONT EVEN C THE SECOND MOVIE... IM SOOOOOOOO PISSED! TELETOON!!!
ARRGHH.... BUT N E WAYS...
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