Title: THE EMPEROR'S PIANIST
Chapter: Let The roblems Pour In
Author: THE CANADIAN GAKI aka SaMiNeM
DiScLaImEr: I dO nOt OwN cCs BuT i Do OwN tHe StOrY lInE...
I lOvE aLl Of yOu GuYs! LoOk At AlL mY rEvIeWs!!! *-*HUGS EVERYONE*-*
Im ReAlLy SoRrY fOr TaKiNg So LoNg BuT DAM SKOOL!!!
ILL TRY NOT TO TAKE SO LONG! SO.. READ...
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The two males and the stallion stopped nervously infront of a pair of Oak Doors. The premises of the castle grounds were striking.
Large Apple tree's placed around the main pathway to the front. The floor they stood on was made of Cobblestones, and all around them was slowly fading green grass. Autumn was coming soon, and a cool breeze passed through every one with a shivver. Pedals of wasting flowers circled around their heads and bodies, falling coldly to the floor.
The castle was made of grey brick, each with a coarse finish. Touya's ears heard the sound of coming feet and he saw a boy about the age of Sakura rush by. His messy ginger hair covering his eyes, momentarilly. His hands were making they're way to Touya's horses reins.
"Wait DON'T!" He hollered while having his arm outstretched trying to stop the boy who was going to startle his horse. And as if on cue, it did. It lifted itself on it's hind legs while heaving breath's of anger. The poor boy with ginger hair felt his feet leave the ground. Yamazaki's eyes were huge.
The whole scene happened too quickly. Touya tried to grab, but the horse steped back still on it's back legs.By now the boy was screaming bloody murder, his arm was wrapped painfully in the leather reins.
An idea came to Touya quickly. "Yamazaki, use your magic to calm my horse!" Yamazaki's blood froze cold. He stammered. "I-I told you, I c-can't now."
Touya stared harder and hollered. "NOW BAKA!" The horse pounded down on the ground fiercly, as if he was trying to yank the boy's arm right out of it's socket.
Yamazaki took a tiny, cautious step forward to the frightened horse, it screamed.
'Oie, i'm an imbicile! What the heck do I do now? Grab it?!' He thought rapidly.
Back to the front gates, the gaurding soldier noticed all the commotion and began running to the scene. "What the hell is this! Who's horse?!"
Yamazaki glared at the man, feeling like he wanted to let out all his anger at him at once. 'I can do this, just think of a plan..." An idea came to his mind. 'Horses, apple trees...' He smiled evilly.
(A/N NO HE WON'T HIT THE HORSE WITH AN APPLE TREE... Bit it WOULD be F-U-N-N-Y!)
He ran over to a nearby apple tree, while Touya was arguing with the soldier, and the boy was screaming "Help!"
Yamazaki jumped as high as he could trying to reach a bright, red apple. It was no use he was too short. 'Crap, if only I had magic may be this would be a lot easier...' He thought to himself.
He looked back at Touya with scared dark eyes. The boy with ginger hair was all red in the face, his arm turning purple!
And Yamazaki did the only thing he could think of. He threw a tantrum.
"DAMN APPLE TREE! DAMN LIES! DAMN-" He kicked and punched with all his strength, and felt something whack his head hard.
(Facial Expression) ---- o.O "There is a god!" He yelled happily and snatched the apple. ^__^
Passing the fighting gaurd and enraged Touya, running over to the horse and the boy. He placed a shaking outstretched hand before the horse.
The noise of screaming and yelling was replaced with three sigh's of relief, a happily munching horse and a shaken Yamazaki.
He opened his eyes slowly, almost afraid of seeing a severed arm on the ground, and Touya's red face. But instead, he saw a calm horse, a boy rubbing his arm and holding his head, and the gaurd and Touya shaking hands.
"What, just happened here?"
The gaurd told the boy with ginger hair and steel blue eyes to take the horse to the stall. Touya answered his question.
"Nothing, you just saved that kid's arm. Now please, can we get on with asking the King for permission to search his Kingdom?"
The gaurd happily opened the door for the two males and they made their ways inside. A sigh of relief left Yamazaki's lips, but soon was taken back. He had to talk to the King...
They were escorted by a door man who asked questions before he moved.
"Where shall I take you both?" He asked in an odd accent.
"To The King." Touya answered, already getting slightly annoyed.
"Very well, please follow me." The door man began to power walk and it took long walking strides for Yamazaki to keep up. He sighed deeply, awaiting the arms he knew he would be feeling around his neck.
A strong and loud voice pierced the air. "Sterling! You've come back!!!" The first thing Yamazaki noticed was Touya's face twist.
Yamazaki shot Touya a i'll_tell_you_later look. He felt his feet leave the ground, his upper body compress and the air knocked out of his chest. "Hi, King Yamamoto-" He gasped for air.
"Oh, dear boy my fault. Didn't mean to squeeze you so hard, where have you been? My daughter has been waiting..." He stuck out a finger putting down Yamazaki.
Yamazaki frowned. "I did tell her that I would try and make things work. But please, your highness you must let me have one last favour. I'll take your daughter for a stroll one day, or anything. But this is something of an importance to me, and my dear friend Touya."
Yamazaki had almost lost his head a long while ago, in this very kingdom. He had been stealing food and money, and the King's daughter, had set eyes on him and fell in a trance. She had forced her father not to kill Yamazaki, even though she didn't know who he was.
*-*FLASH BACK*-*
"He's going to be hanged!" A whisper danced through the air.
"Serve's him right for trying to take money! Darn brat!" A man's voice muttered to another.
A whole crowed was set afront gazing at a site. A boy with dark hair and dark eyes was standing nervously, he had a rope around his neck, at the moment he was still alive and his feet touching the ground.
Nervous grunts escaped his mouth. 'Ahh! I swear I won't ever lie again! Just someone please get me out of this mess!!! I promise I won't ever lie again!' He thought rapidly. Sobbs choking him.
As if his prayers were answered, a girl with long red hair and blue eyes shrieked. Yamazaki had heard her voice faintly. "Father, you can't kill the boy!"
Yamazaki watched the girl, she was protecting him! May be this was the angel sent to save him?
"He stole dear child. Please just close your eyes and go to your mother." A king, Yamazaki knew, Sitting on his golden throne and jewels hanging from his neck. His fingers itching to rip them from his body.
The heat of the dry summer day was getting to Yamazaki, if he wasn't going to be hanged he would die of dehydration. He looked up sadly. fear written all across his face. He met that girl's eyes, from the looks of them they were sad.
His eyes squinted, he could see her mouthing something.
'I w-will save you, o-only because your c-c-c-cute." He felt nervous sweat drip off his nose, as he read the girls lips carefully.
"Father, if you kill him I will never talk to you ever again!" And she threw a fit on the ground. Banging her small fists.
Yamazaki looked at her akwardness of *saving* him. 'How is crying going to save me?!' The king looked down at her, annoyed.
"Selioa get up now."
She kept crying.
"Selioa..." His voice getting angry.
She kept throwing her fit. Yelling like a mad women. "I hate you! I hate you!"
Yamazaki's eyes darted from right to left and he met the king's eyes. The crowed started to become restless. "Kill him! Kill him!" They chanted.
The king's eyes melted and a small smile made it to his lips. He walked over calmly to the boy and looked him over. Whispering harshly-"Only for Selioa." The rope let go of his neck and Yamazaki felt like he could kiss the man.
Selioa came running over, from the looks of it she was't much younger than Yamazaki, being 10 at the time. She was around the age of 8. She smiled, her blue glaciers twinkling.
"Thank you Selioa."
"What is your name?" She asked in a sing song voice.
"Sterling." He beat himself mentally. 'I swear to you god, I will NEVER lie again!'
(A/N SO MANY PROMISES, THA DUDE CANT KEEP!)
The friendship between the two grew more and more over the years, as same with the King. Yamzaki felt like this was his home, because he hadn't had one. There was no place that he could stay and call it his own.
Selioa grew more attachted, until Yamazaki grew to the age of 13.
"Sterling, where are you going? You promised me you would marry me!" Tears forming at the edges of her eyes.
"I did, but promises are ment to be broken. Look Selioa I thank you a million for saving me three years ago, but I have to find myself. I feel safe and enclosed here, without even knowing who I really am. Tell your father I will return one day to have your hand in mirrage, if I can."
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"My daughter is of no importance to you, Sterling?!"
"I never said that." Yamazaki hated where all his lies took him. "She saved my life and I am in great debt to her, But I wouldn't be the best choice for her, and you know it."
The king smiled. "You have some sense my boy!" He whacked his back hard.
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Sakura looked at the pillow infront of her eyes blankly. "Wow..." She muttered. "I feel so alone without Syaoran around me..."
A strange feeling was sweeping through Sakura. She felt as if she wasn't complete without him, like he was the other half of her. But it seemed so vauge. How could she feel such feelings for someone she barely knew? She just... Let him kiss her. And even being as lost as she was, there seemed something that was bothering Syaoran. It looked like he was hiding something, something very important. She wondered if she should tell him ask him about it. But she couldn't do it. He might become distant from her. And yet, that felt like the most horrible thing possible.
She closed her eyes once again, trying to remember it as it had been. Before she had met Syaoran, the mysterious pianist. The one that came into her world and stole her heart with his music, the way he ran his fingers over those keys. The way he put so much emotion into what he played. That fine body, and beautifully chisled face. Did he work out? She'd never heard of a pianist with a great body, being able to fight and posses... Magic.
She knew he had it, she'd seen him use it when she had colapsed. She wasn't toally out, she remembered the feeling of his heart beating against her body. His breath on her neck, slowly it was giving her chills. The way he just threw his arm up and a fire appeared automatically in the fire place. She saw what Eriol had done too, that scared her. Seeing two of him, and she knew she had seen him somewhere.
Feeling those deep, azure eyes. The way they looked at her, they seemed familiar. She grumbled, she was going crazy.
But when Syaoran entered her life, it took a large twist in only the two days she had known him. Only 2 days... And already she remembered, those Amber eyes had a hold on her. They seemed so full of secrets, and emotion. She couldn't believe it. She had given in to a pianist, but not to any prince, or lord. None of them could charm her with their smiles, they're money, none of them could play music.
Sakura's eyes softened. A small laugh left her lips. The secret to her heart was music, he had won her over that way.
She heard the door open and amber eyes pierced the darkness. She smiled at him, knowing he was smiling at her. All her thoughts were drowned and her breathing quickened, she felt him brush his lips against hers.
"Hey Kini, I was wondering if you wouldn't mind coming outside with me. I know your probably restless." He caressed her hand.
She smiled. "Yea, i'm getting annoyed lying on this bed. I couldn't help but notice that i'm in your room." She smiled seeing him blush.
"Closet one?" He added shyly.
"It doesn't matter. But Syaoran how are we going to get out of this room without anyone seeing us?" She asked, but having a strange feeling she knew the answer.
Syaoran frowned. "Sakura I have to talk to you about something." He took a deep breath. "Remember way back when in your castle, on that day that I snatched you from the room? Remember you saw Eriol and I there, we were using-"
"Magic." She finished off for him.
"Yea, that. Listen i'm sorry that I never told you, but you unsderstand I couldn't."
She smiled. "Of course. And anyways I've seen you also use it when I was supossably knocked out, I wasn't you know. I saw you turn on that fire with a motion of your arm. And Eriol too!"
Syaoran cringed. "Eriol?"
"You didn't know?" She asked innocently. "He left me alone for about, 10 minutes with a magical side of himself. I think that's what it was because I wasn't so sure..."
Syaoran's face showed a deep frown. "I told him to never leave you alone..."
Sakura giggled. "I'm not a kid, and anyways the other Eriol was really nice. I tried to talk to him."
Syaoran looked at her oddly. "Talk to him? About?"
"About how it was possible that Eriol could have done that, about why I was in this room, he told me it was yours." She smiled. "And mostly about you."
He looked at her nervously. "Really? W-what did he tell you?" He was afraid the other side of Eriol had ratted him out to her.
"He told me how he taught you how to play the piano. But he was having alot of trouble, because he kept saying other things too. As if he was communicating with another person." She looked up at Syaoran, the thought sent chills down her spine.
"Well, never mind it all. Let's get you out of this room."
"Your room." He blushed again at her remark.
"Yea, my room..."
He carefully held her in his arms lifting her head close to his chest, where Sakura could hear every heart beat. She snuggled closer and Syaoran took a blanket just incase she got cold. He told her to hold on tight, and he snapped his fingers. Sakura, closed her eyes tightly, afraid.
The feeling was as if there was a strong wind pounding at her body and the sound of whispers around her. She didn't dare open her eyes. Her hands clutching tighter to Syaoran.
When as soon as it began, the whispering faded and the wind died down.
She felt Syaoran slowly place her down and let her walk. She opened her forest gems and looked at the amazing scenery.
Fallen cherry blossoms whizzed through the air as if in a sechronized dance. White and pink Peony flowers dangled over rocks where they were losing their pedals. Weeping Willows hung over and their branches swayed in the wind, the breeze that played with their hair. Orange, red and yellow leaves also covered the ground, creating a beatiful scene around a water fountain. It was stationed right in the middle, with a very large base made of concrete. It went out at least a meter so people could sit on it. Sakura skipped over and looked into the fountain. Seeing small fish swimming happily in the water while water lillie's hid some of them from sight.
"Wow Syaoran, where are we?" Sakura asked excitedly. Amazed at all the bright colours of the nearing Autumn.
"My second favourite place that I did say I wouldn't tell any one... The Garden." He grinned.
"It's truly magnificent." She smiled largly. Syaoran walked behind her placing the balnket around her and he masaged her shoulders. Slowly putting a grip on her body and bringing her back so they were close. She smelled like sweet strawberry's and Syaoran felt dazed.
"Look at the sky and just watch." She did as told.
A giggled left her lips as Syaoran was leaving a trail of kisses down her neck. Each one was slow and made her feel ticklish. Her body tensed and slowly she melted feeling his breath, it was hot and it sent chills down her spine.
The scenery of where she was looking was breathtaking. It seemed as if they were on a huge hill, almost like a mountain looking over at other mountains, each with snow on their peaks. The sun was slowly turning an orange red colour, meaning the nearing of the end of the day. An ocean, large, blue and never ending had made the scenery look perfect with all the swirrled clouds. But how was this possible? They weren't near an ocean... Or any mountains...
"Syaoran?"
He stopped and they looked at each other, Sakura's expression confused. "Why is there an ocean and mountains surrounding this kingdom?"
"We're no where near the kingdom Sakura." Her eyes opened largly and she felt breathless. "I kind of... Took us somewhere else where we could do whatever we wanted to. No one know's where I am, and it's usually the center of my music, i get every thing from here." He smiled goofily and Sakura laughed.
"But how can the sun be setting, if it was only rising in the kingdom? Unless..."
He grinned again. "You guessed it, we're in another hemisphere... Another part of the world."
Sakura suddenly felt more home sick then ever and a tear made it's way down from her eye, reaching her chin where Syaoran wiped it off. Slowly he took her head in his hands, cupping her face. Gently brining her forward he looked right into her emeral pools. "Sakura, you know i'm sorry for taking you from you're family, but you'll be going back, no doubt." But another tear fell in silence and Syaoran kissed it away.
They stood there, hugging each other while tears flowed freely from her eyes, they looked like diamonds that formed perfectly on her soft skin, and shattered when they hit the floor. "I just-" She found it hard to talk when she was crying.
"Don't cry Kini." He whispered in her ear. The both of them sat down where the fountain was, Sakura rested her head on Syaoran's shoulders while his hands glided down her back. "It doesn't suite you." He tried to calm her down and Sakura took another shot at speaking to him.
"I don't want to leave you... But I want to be back with my family..." The Chinese teenager understood what she ment. His fiery amber eyes softend.
"Listen Sakura, eh... I'm not sure how I want to say this. But umm... In time you'll forget me, and I'd think it would be against your own will. Do not fight it, but don't let it win." Sakura looked up at him cluelessy.
'If only Eriol and I could think of another way, so that we wouldn't have to earse her mind. I know I want to leave broken images, but what about me? It sounds selfish I know... But for some odd reason I have a feeling I can't live without her. Wait... It's not a feeling it's just something I know I can't do. If she leaves me, i'll follow her. But I can't go back to that Kingdom, they know my face. I can't use magic, because it would wear out in time, and no magic potion is permanent.' He thought to himself...
(A/N THE LAST PART THERE IS SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT... IT HAS TO DO WITH THE FUTURE! DAT ALL ME SAYIN...)
"Syaoran, you're not making any sense at all here. Please, tell me what's on your mind. I know something was bugging you, remember? Before you were supossed to go and see The Queen? What was it? I want to help." Her eyes were now all puffy and red, but full of determination.
"Sakura, you'll know in time. Let's just enjoy the time we have together. I know it won't last, nothing lasts forever..."
(A/N THERE WAS ANOTHER HINT I THINK? to something in future chappies... He he he ^_^)
"Why can't it though? I just... This might sound stupid but-"
"Nothing you say sounds stupid to me, Kini." A blush came up on both their cheeks.
"I just wish that you were a prince. I really do! If you were, we would be able to marry! And my parents couldn't stop us. We would be a king and a queen, but my father especially wants me to find a royal. My birthday is coming up, see? And by the time i'm 16, i'll need a suitor. What am I going to do? Stop him from marrying me, delay some how? I could delay... But I couldn't stop it! I would have to stop seeing you! I don't want to ever stop!" She was talking and rambling on that Syaoran just chuckled.
"Why are you laughing again!?!?!? You KNOW this is SERIOUS!!!" She yelled.
"Yea, I know it's serious. BUt you just look so kawaii like that." He winked. And Sakura giggled.
"Did Tomoyo teach you that?" Sakura asked.
"Well... I notice she really liked to call you that before. I the maids call you that when they see you sometimes, before when you came to the caslte." He smiled while looking up at the sky. Sakura shivvered lightly and scooted closer, until he had his arm around her and they gazed upon the eeri starts that hung before them in the cool, Autumn sky.
What ever time they had left, they would make it magical, no doubt.
(A/N HOPE YOU LIKED THAT LIL PART OF S+S HE HE HE)
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Mei Ling cursed. "We're going to The Li Kingdom! I have a feeling we're going to find you're little cousin there..."
"Why?" Chiharu questioned.
"Because, if Syaoran is the King of The Li Kingdom... He would've tooken her there? No? Good. Same with that Eriol friend of his, the creepy guy. I don't like him... He's a follower, and following Syaoran is what he does best." She grinned evilly.
"Lets get going."
Mei Ling held her head high and stormed out of the pub, Chiharu looked at Tomoyo with afraid eyes.
"Tomoyo-Chan, you okay?"
"I c-can't believe it. They BOTH lied to Sakura and I. H-How could they?"
"They probably have a really good reason. Now we have to go or Mei Ling won't even wait. She's probably enraged because of Syaoran being with Sakura." Chiharu winked at Tomoyo. She smiled back.
The front door swung open and Mei Ling jumped up on Chiharu's horse. "You and Tomoyo will ride together. I know every short cut around this place, they'll aid us to get to the Kingdom quicker." Tomoyo and Chiharu shared the horse and they were off.
A feeling was playing it's self inside Tomoyo. 'I can't believe they lied to the two of us. Better yet, Syaoran lying to Sakura! How could he? And to look back all that time, I thought he loved her.' She scowled. 'Sakura and I both were blinded. I can't wait to get to that Kingdom and tell Sakura. I know she's going to be very angry with me, also. I was the one urging her on to fall in love with him. I'm such a fool! They're not ment for eachother, at least Sakura's too good for him, and I admit it! She won't fall for him, and I hope she hasen't. All that stupid talking I was doing last week, before she was taken away could i have made her like him? Or worse, love him?' She shook her head. 'No, impossible. Sakura has never fallen in love with a man, and I know she wouldn't fall for him because she has a good heart, not like that Syaoran LI! If her parents words and pleas hadn't been able to sway Sakura into loving a different prince, then why would she have listened to my rambling?'
Chiharu noticed the uneasyness Tomoyo was feeling. She had her fists clenched and she could hear her grinding her teeth angrily. She had never seen her so mad.
"Tomoyo-Chan, calm down. There's a reasonable explanation for all this." She whispered into the girls ear.
"Really? Tell me one."
'Good point you got there...' Chiharu answered herself mentally. 'There wasn't a logical explanation not until she heard the whole story.'
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"AHA! Larance, come here boy! We've got to pack up all your belongings, your moving in with us." Fujitaka skided across the floor and landed in the other room. He was over joyed that Larance had agreed to marrying his daughter. He smiled idiotically.
"All my belongings? You're carriage isn't lare enough!" He hollered from inside his room putting on a white shirt. He walked over to a large mirror, showing his whole body.
He looked at himself. 'Will she think I look good?' He thought. He took off his shirt and looked himself over again.
His body was chisled with muscles. He flexed in the mirror and even more popped up. "Still looking good." He said smiling. Of course he wasn't old or anything, but he had stopped training. But the muscles still seemed to be there. "My luck." He pulled back his hair running his fingers through it.
Fujitaka burst through the door and saw Larance standing in front of the mirror topless. "My boy, have you been eating?!"
Larance was puzzled. "Huh?"
"It's okay! When I take you to my kingdom we'll stuff you like a turkey." Fujitaka smiled and danced out of the room.
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Larance'ss mother and father escorted them to the front door of the palace. "My boy, just use that old charm of yours and she'll be in your grasp in no time." His father winked.
Larance blushed lightly. His mother whacked his father playfully. "Oh, don't mind him son. Just be yourself, I know she'll want to marry you." She kissed him lightly on the forhead. Fujitaka came laughing. "What a sad moment this is! I promise to take good care of your son, any time soon we should be relatives! My, what a grand idea, don't you all think?"
They all nodded.
"Well, let's get going." A servant took some of blonde princes things and walked them to the ciarrage, placing everything inside.
"Good bye." And the two walked away from the palace. Larance could have sworn his mother was... Crying? He shook his head.
Fujitaka noticed him shaking his head and asked-"Why are you shaking your head? Head ache?"
Larance smiled. "My mother, she's just too emotional sometimes."
Fujitaka smiled back with warmth in his eyes. "Mother's are a beautiful thing. My I remember my mother, if only I could have her one day longer. Larance, you must cherish your mother, all women around you. Even the rebellious and evil type. They're what created this world, they cry for us and you should be greatful. I want you to understand that my daughter is a very speacial person.-Larance knew what he ment.-She would cry for you if you couldn't cry for yourself. I know she'll tak good care of you, will you take good care of her for me? When i'm gone I won't be there to watch her health, to see how she's doing." He heaved a sigh. "I'm giving up my star to you Larance. I need you to promise me you will never let anything happen to her." The two men stopped dead in their tracks.
Larance brang up his hand and clutched Fujitaka's hand and shook it. For the first time in his life he noticed how old Fujitaka was getting. Wrinkles were hanging beside his eyes, his hair was slowly changing colour. His smile was slightly crooked and he looked... Tired.
"I promise dear Fujitaka that I shall always be there for her. Asa man as a friend, as a husband."
"I know you'll always be there."
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Eriol finally woke up he felt a pain in his leg. Loking down he noticed a bruise. "Ah!" He got up and put on his royal robes. Fixing his hair and cleaning his glasses he walked to the window. "My what a fine day it is." He closed his eyes and smiled. Having sucha close connection with his best friend just gave him advantages.
He could always feel what Syaoran was feling. They had trained together and understood each other. Eriol could recall Syaoran telling him when they were small children, how he wished music was the answer to everything. No blood shed and no fighting. No conflicts between two or more parties. Just music.
He smiled. Syaoran had a gift for creating it, he could sooth a monsters unruly soul if he had to! And he knew, he had soothed one soul. One speacial flower that he knew would soon be bound to him.
He sighed. He couldn't believe they were going to erase Sakura's mind. It was a scary thought, never knowing if Syaoran would actually heal after it.
He knew he wouldn't and he knew Syaoran would chase after her and regret his mistake. The mistake of making her forget him. He tried to place himself in Syaoran's shoes.
"Would I want the women I loved to forget me? To forget every little time we spent together and go off with another man?" Suddenly the image of Tomoyo popped up into his mind. He didn't know that girl, but she was always there.
She was always just a thought away. With no problem he would be able to bring an image up of her and just look at it. Sometimes he wondered, what she would feel like in his arms? What she would smell like? How she would react t his kisses?
Finally opening the door he walked down the hall way in great thought. My what a women both were.
Sakura was obviusly the next greatest thing to Syaoran excluding music. He kept walking with his head down, looking at his feet but realy seeing nothing at all.
"OH!" He felt someone hit him and he looked up, snapping out of is trance. "I'm sorry." It was Wei who was muttering sorry over and over again.
"Wei! Oh I am so sorry! I didn't mean to-"
He waved his hand. "No need for apologies. I should've been watching." He smiled a wrinkled grin. "Have you seen master Li? We need to get back to his training. He'll be heir to the throne any time soon after the ball... His mother informed me that he would be picking a princess. What a grand idea, don't you think?"
Eriol just answered sadly. "Yea." The two walked down the hall way to find Syaoran.
'Syaoran, you better hurry up and get back here, Wei's coming for a training lesson, he wants to teach you.'
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Syaoran stopped the kiss abruptly. "Sakura, we have to go."
She looked up at him with pained eyes. "Already?"
He smiled goofily. "Yup." He swept her up into his arms causing her to laugh. Once again Sakura felt the sweeping of wind howling loudly in her ear, then stop suddenly.
He placed her down and she walked over to the bed.
"Sakura I have to leave."
"Why Syaoran? Where you going?"
"To train." He waved at her and all Sakura saw last was those fiery autumn eyes. She loved to just drown in them to feel the warmth they hid so well. She sighed and fell back into the sweet surrender of the bed covers.
Syaoran walked down the hall and observed that Wei and Eriol were walking his way. "Wei, Eriol i'm right here."
Wei smiled a toothy grin. "Master Li we must be getting to your training." Syaoran nodded and Eriol knew exactly what he ment. What was telepathy worth when you wouldn't use it?
'Eriol go take care of Sakura for me. She's still not perfectly well.'
Eriol grinned. 'She isn't well to take care of herself, but she's well enough to go to your garden on the other side hmm?'
Eriol notied the shocked expression on Syaoran's face turn into a scowel. 'You need to stop doing that.'
'Never my cute little descendant. I just love to see you loving another.'
'You what!?'
'Don't worry I didn't see anything. Now stop thinking it's getting me confused. You're thinking too much in that little head of yours.' And by that Eriol was leading to all the thoughts about Sakura and the others of how to get him back.
He slowly tip toed into Syaoran's room where he knew Sakura was. He went to check up on her to see if his little potion was working it's magic.
"Ww-ho's there? Syaoran?" It was Ying Fa's voice.
"Ah, Ying Fa i've come to check up on you. Syaoran has asked me."
"Oh." She sat up in the bed and looked at him. "I was just wondering, I know you would think this is a stupid question but, i've seen you from somewhere. I know I have."
He looked at her and smiled warmly. He placed his hand on her forhead. Sakura felt a sudden rush of energy burst through her. She opened her green pools and looked disoriented for a moment.
She blinked. "Now try and place where you've seen me before."
She looked at him carefully. "You're that prince that was at the castle! You wanted my hand in mirrage but you were giving my cousin Tomoyo some looks."
He smiled. "Yes, that's me."
"What did you to me?"
"I had erased your memory of me momentarilly. I can do that." (A/N ANOTHER HINT FOR FUTURE CHAPPIES)
She looked down guility and played with the silk sheets. "I know that you and Syaoran have magic." She managed to squeek out afraid of what he would do if she told him.
"Yes I know you know."
"How?"
"My other self was watching you, of course when I merged with him I would see and collect information from what he said to you. ON your condition. Sa- Ying Fa understand that I won't hurt you in any way. It's just that... There's this problem nagging at Syaoran and I."
"I've noticed. Please tell me what it was. I need to know what it is, so I can make him feel better."
"I can't tell you. You'll figure out in time. Let's just say... When it happens you won't remember it."
Sakura frowned. "I don't exactly enjoy riddles."
"Needn't I but hey, that's life." He smiled. And Sakura grinned back.
"Can I ask you where Syaoran left to?"
He hesitated. If he told her that Syaoran was training she might draw a connection. Pianists don't train with a sword. He shook his head. "He's playing the piano." He whacked himself mentally. "Ying Fa you need to rest now." He then again placed his hand on her foehead, knocking her out.
"Dear Sakura, if only the truth was as easily told as a lie was."
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I'VE FINISHED CHAPTER 18! GOSH IT TOOK LONG. I'M REALLY SORRY I TOOK FOREVER! OIE... DID NOT MEANT TO!
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Here's the summary: gets hauled in for a murder he didn't commit, the murder of his own best friend. Sakura gets kidnapped, can these two have a possible connection? S+S R+R
MEI LING TOMOYO AND CHIHARU ARE COMING!
LARANCE AND FUJITAKA ARE GOING BACK TO THE KINGDOM WHERE SAKURA AND TOUYA ARE NOT!
LARANCE HAS MADE A PROMISE THAT HE WOULD PROTECT SAKURA!
ERIOL HAS GIVEN US HINTS AND SO HAS SYAORAN IN THE S+S MOMENT!
S+S HAVE PRACTICALLY HOOKED UP, BUT WHAT WILL BRAKE THEM APART?
WILL SAKURA'S MIND RELLY BE ERASED?
HOW WILL ALL THIS END?
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Chapter: Let The roblems Pour In
Author: THE CANADIAN GAKI aka SaMiNeM
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ILL TRY NOT TO TAKE SO LONG! SO.. READ...
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The two males and the stallion stopped nervously infront of a pair of Oak Doors. The premises of the castle grounds were striking.
Large Apple tree's placed around the main pathway to the front. The floor they stood on was made of Cobblestones, and all around them was slowly fading green grass. Autumn was coming soon, and a cool breeze passed through every one with a shivver. Pedals of wasting flowers circled around their heads and bodies, falling coldly to the floor.
The castle was made of grey brick, each with a coarse finish. Touya's ears heard the sound of coming feet and he saw a boy about the age of Sakura rush by. His messy ginger hair covering his eyes, momentarilly. His hands were making they're way to Touya's horses reins.
"Wait DON'T!" He hollered while having his arm outstretched trying to stop the boy who was going to startle his horse. And as if on cue, it did. It lifted itself on it's hind legs while heaving breath's of anger. The poor boy with ginger hair felt his feet leave the ground. Yamazaki's eyes were huge.
The whole scene happened too quickly. Touya tried to grab, but the horse steped back still on it's back legs.By now the boy was screaming bloody murder, his arm was wrapped painfully in the leather reins.
An idea came to Touya quickly. "Yamazaki, use your magic to calm my horse!" Yamazaki's blood froze cold. He stammered. "I-I told you, I c-can't now."
Touya stared harder and hollered. "NOW BAKA!" The horse pounded down on the ground fiercly, as if he was trying to yank the boy's arm right out of it's socket.
Yamazaki took a tiny, cautious step forward to the frightened horse, it screamed.
'Oie, i'm an imbicile! What the heck do I do now? Grab it?!' He thought rapidly.
Back to the front gates, the gaurding soldier noticed all the commotion and began running to the scene. "What the hell is this! Who's horse?!"
Yamazaki glared at the man, feeling like he wanted to let out all his anger at him at once. 'I can do this, just think of a plan..." An idea came to his mind. 'Horses, apple trees...' He smiled evilly.
(A/N NO HE WON'T HIT THE HORSE WITH AN APPLE TREE... Bit it WOULD be F-U-N-N-Y!)
He ran over to a nearby apple tree, while Touya was arguing with the soldier, and the boy was screaming "Help!"
Yamazaki jumped as high as he could trying to reach a bright, red apple. It was no use he was too short. 'Crap, if only I had magic may be this would be a lot easier...' He thought to himself.
He looked back at Touya with scared dark eyes. The boy with ginger hair was all red in the face, his arm turning purple!
And Yamazaki did the only thing he could think of. He threw a tantrum.
"DAMN APPLE TREE! DAMN LIES! DAMN-" He kicked and punched with all his strength, and felt something whack his head hard.
(Facial Expression) ---- o.O "There is a god!" He yelled happily and snatched the apple. ^__^
Passing the fighting gaurd and enraged Touya, running over to the horse and the boy. He placed a shaking outstretched hand before the horse.
The noise of screaming and yelling was replaced with three sigh's of relief, a happily munching horse and a shaken Yamazaki.
He opened his eyes slowly, almost afraid of seeing a severed arm on the ground, and Touya's red face. But instead, he saw a calm horse, a boy rubbing his arm and holding his head, and the gaurd and Touya shaking hands.
"What, just happened here?"
The gaurd told the boy with ginger hair and steel blue eyes to take the horse to the stall. Touya answered his question.
"Nothing, you just saved that kid's arm. Now please, can we get on with asking the King for permission to search his Kingdom?"
The gaurd happily opened the door for the two males and they made their ways inside. A sigh of relief left Yamazaki's lips, but soon was taken back. He had to talk to the King...
They were escorted by a door man who asked questions before he moved.
"Where shall I take you both?" He asked in an odd accent.
"To The King." Touya answered, already getting slightly annoyed.
"Very well, please follow me." The door man began to power walk and it took long walking strides for Yamazaki to keep up. He sighed deeply, awaiting the arms he knew he would be feeling around his neck.
A strong and loud voice pierced the air. "Sterling! You've come back!!!" The first thing Yamazaki noticed was Touya's face twist.
Yamazaki shot Touya a i'll_tell_you_later look. He felt his feet leave the ground, his upper body compress and the air knocked out of his chest. "Hi, King Yamamoto-" He gasped for air.
"Oh, dear boy my fault. Didn't mean to squeeze you so hard, where have you been? My daughter has been waiting..." He stuck out a finger putting down Yamazaki.
Yamazaki frowned. "I did tell her that I would try and make things work. But please, your highness you must let me have one last favour. I'll take your daughter for a stroll one day, or anything. But this is something of an importance to me, and my dear friend Touya."
Yamazaki had almost lost his head a long while ago, in this very kingdom. He had been stealing food and money, and the King's daughter, had set eyes on him and fell in a trance. She had forced her father not to kill Yamazaki, even though she didn't know who he was.
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"He's going to be hanged!" A whisper danced through the air.
"Serve's him right for trying to take money! Darn brat!" A man's voice muttered to another.
A whole crowed was set afront gazing at a site. A boy with dark hair and dark eyes was standing nervously, he had a rope around his neck, at the moment he was still alive and his feet touching the ground.
Nervous grunts escaped his mouth. 'Ahh! I swear I won't ever lie again! Just someone please get me out of this mess!!! I promise I won't ever lie again!' He thought rapidly. Sobbs choking him.
As if his prayers were answered, a girl with long red hair and blue eyes shrieked. Yamazaki had heard her voice faintly. "Father, you can't kill the boy!"
Yamazaki watched the girl, she was protecting him! May be this was the angel sent to save him?
"He stole dear child. Please just close your eyes and go to your mother." A king, Yamazaki knew, Sitting on his golden throne and jewels hanging from his neck. His fingers itching to rip them from his body.
The heat of the dry summer day was getting to Yamazaki, if he wasn't going to be hanged he would die of dehydration. He looked up sadly. fear written all across his face. He met that girl's eyes, from the looks of them they were sad.
His eyes squinted, he could see her mouthing something.
'I w-will save you, o-only because your c-c-c-cute." He felt nervous sweat drip off his nose, as he read the girls lips carefully.
"Father, if you kill him I will never talk to you ever again!" And she threw a fit on the ground. Banging her small fists.
Yamazaki looked at her akwardness of *saving* him. 'How is crying going to save me?!' The king looked down at her, annoyed.
"Selioa get up now."
She kept crying.
"Selioa..." His voice getting angry.
She kept throwing her fit. Yelling like a mad women. "I hate you! I hate you!"
Yamazaki's eyes darted from right to left and he met the king's eyes. The crowed started to become restless. "Kill him! Kill him!" They chanted.
The king's eyes melted and a small smile made it to his lips. He walked over calmly to the boy and looked him over. Whispering harshly-"Only for Selioa." The rope let go of his neck and Yamazaki felt like he could kiss the man.
Selioa came running over, from the looks of it she was't much younger than Yamazaki, being 10 at the time. She was around the age of 8. She smiled, her blue glaciers twinkling.
"Thank you Selioa."
"What is your name?" She asked in a sing song voice.
"Sterling." He beat himself mentally. 'I swear to you god, I will NEVER lie again!'
(A/N SO MANY PROMISES, THA DUDE CANT KEEP!)
The friendship between the two grew more and more over the years, as same with the King. Yamzaki felt like this was his home, because he hadn't had one. There was no place that he could stay and call it his own.
Selioa grew more attachted, until Yamazaki grew to the age of 13.
"Sterling, where are you going? You promised me you would marry me!" Tears forming at the edges of her eyes.
"I did, but promises are ment to be broken. Look Selioa I thank you a million for saving me three years ago, but I have to find myself. I feel safe and enclosed here, without even knowing who I really am. Tell your father I will return one day to have your hand in mirrage, if I can."
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"My daughter is of no importance to you, Sterling?!"
"I never said that." Yamazaki hated where all his lies took him. "She saved my life and I am in great debt to her, But I wouldn't be the best choice for her, and you know it."
The king smiled. "You have some sense my boy!" He whacked his back hard.
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Sakura looked at the pillow infront of her eyes blankly. "Wow..." She muttered. "I feel so alone without Syaoran around me..."
A strange feeling was sweeping through Sakura. She felt as if she wasn't complete without him, like he was the other half of her. But it seemed so vauge. How could she feel such feelings for someone she barely knew? She just... Let him kiss her. And even being as lost as she was, there seemed something that was bothering Syaoran. It looked like he was hiding something, something very important. She wondered if she should tell him ask him about it. But she couldn't do it. He might become distant from her. And yet, that felt like the most horrible thing possible.
She closed her eyes once again, trying to remember it as it had been. Before she had met Syaoran, the mysterious pianist. The one that came into her world and stole her heart with his music, the way he ran his fingers over those keys. The way he put so much emotion into what he played. That fine body, and beautifully chisled face. Did he work out? She'd never heard of a pianist with a great body, being able to fight and posses... Magic.
She knew he had it, she'd seen him use it when she had colapsed. She wasn't toally out, she remembered the feeling of his heart beating against her body. His breath on her neck, slowly it was giving her chills. The way he just threw his arm up and a fire appeared automatically in the fire place. She saw what Eriol had done too, that scared her. Seeing two of him, and she knew she had seen him somewhere.
Feeling those deep, azure eyes. The way they looked at her, they seemed familiar. She grumbled, she was going crazy.
But when Syaoran entered her life, it took a large twist in only the two days she had known him. Only 2 days... And already she remembered, those Amber eyes had a hold on her. They seemed so full of secrets, and emotion. She couldn't believe it. She had given in to a pianist, but not to any prince, or lord. None of them could charm her with their smiles, they're money, none of them could play music.
Sakura's eyes softened. A small laugh left her lips. The secret to her heart was music, he had won her over that way.
She heard the door open and amber eyes pierced the darkness. She smiled at him, knowing he was smiling at her. All her thoughts were drowned and her breathing quickened, she felt him brush his lips against hers.
"Hey Kini, I was wondering if you wouldn't mind coming outside with me. I know your probably restless." He caressed her hand.
She smiled. "Yea, i'm getting annoyed lying on this bed. I couldn't help but notice that i'm in your room." She smiled seeing him blush.
"Closet one?" He added shyly.
"It doesn't matter. But Syaoran how are we going to get out of this room without anyone seeing us?" She asked, but having a strange feeling she knew the answer.
Syaoran frowned. "Sakura I have to talk to you about something." He took a deep breath. "Remember way back when in your castle, on that day that I snatched you from the room? Remember you saw Eriol and I there, we were using-"
"Magic." She finished off for him.
"Yea, that. Listen i'm sorry that I never told you, but you unsderstand I couldn't."
She smiled. "Of course. And anyways I've seen you also use it when I was supossably knocked out, I wasn't you know. I saw you turn on that fire with a motion of your arm. And Eriol too!"
Syaoran cringed. "Eriol?"
"You didn't know?" She asked innocently. "He left me alone for about, 10 minutes with a magical side of himself. I think that's what it was because I wasn't so sure..."
Syaoran's face showed a deep frown. "I told him to never leave you alone..."
Sakura giggled. "I'm not a kid, and anyways the other Eriol was really nice. I tried to talk to him."
Syaoran looked at her oddly. "Talk to him? About?"
"About how it was possible that Eriol could have done that, about why I was in this room, he told me it was yours." She smiled. "And mostly about you."
He looked at her nervously. "Really? W-what did he tell you?" He was afraid the other side of Eriol had ratted him out to her.
"He told me how he taught you how to play the piano. But he was having alot of trouble, because he kept saying other things too. As if he was communicating with another person." She looked up at Syaoran, the thought sent chills down her spine.
"Well, never mind it all. Let's get you out of this room."
"Your room." He blushed again at her remark.
"Yea, my room..."
He carefully held her in his arms lifting her head close to his chest, where Sakura could hear every heart beat. She snuggled closer and Syaoran took a blanket just incase she got cold. He told her to hold on tight, and he snapped his fingers. Sakura, closed her eyes tightly, afraid.
The feeling was as if there was a strong wind pounding at her body and the sound of whispers around her. She didn't dare open her eyes. Her hands clutching tighter to Syaoran.
When as soon as it began, the whispering faded and the wind died down.
She felt Syaoran slowly place her down and let her walk. She opened her forest gems and looked at the amazing scenery.
Fallen cherry blossoms whizzed through the air as if in a sechronized dance. White and pink Peony flowers dangled over rocks where they were losing their pedals. Weeping Willows hung over and their branches swayed in the wind, the breeze that played with their hair. Orange, red and yellow leaves also covered the ground, creating a beatiful scene around a water fountain. It was stationed right in the middle, with a very large base made of concrete. It went out at least a meter so people could sit on it. Sakura skipped over and looked into the fountain. Seeing small fish swimming happily in the water while water lillie's hid some of them from sight.
"Wow Syaoran, where are we?" Sakura asked excitedly. Amazed at all the bright colours of the nearing Autumn.
"My second favourite place that I did say I wouldn't tell any one... The Garden." He grinned.
"It's truly magnificent." She smiled largly. Syaoran walked behind her placing the balnket around her and he masaged her shoulders. Slowly putting a grip on her body and bringing her back so they were close. She smelled like sweet strawberry's and Syaoran felt dazed.
"Look at the sky and just watch." She did as told.
A giggled left her lips as Syaoran was leaving a trail of kisses down her neck. Each one was slow and made her feel ticklish. Her body tensed and slowly she melted feeling his breath, it was hot and it sent chills down her spine.
The scenery of where she was looking was breathtaking. It seemed as if they were on a huge hill, almost like a mountain looking over at other mountains, each with snow on their peaks. The sun was slowly turning an orange red colour, meaning the nearing of the end of the day. An ocean, large, blue and never ending had made the scenery look perfect with all the swirrled clouds. But how was this possible? They weren't near an ocean... Or any mountains...
"Syaoran?"
He stopped and they looked at each other, Sakura's expression confused. "Why is there an ocean and mountains surrounding this kingdom?"
"We're no where near the kingdom Sakura." Her eyes opened largly and she felt breathless. "I kind of... Took us somewhere else where we could do whatever we wanted to. No one know's where I am, and it's usually the center of my music, i get every thing from here." He smiled goofily and Sakura laughed.
"But how can the sun be setting, if it was only rising in the kingdom? Unless..."
He grinned again. "You guessed it, we're in another hemisphere... Another part of the world."
Sakura suddenly felt more home sick then ever and a tear made it's way down from her eye, reaching her chin where Syaoran wiped it off. Slowly he took her head in his hands, cupping her face. Gently brining her forward he looked right into her emeral pools. "Sakura, you know i'm sorry for taking you from you're family, but you'll be going back, no doubt." But another tear fell in silence and Syaoran kissed it away.
They stood there, hugging each other while tears flowed freely from her eyes, they looked like diamonds that formed perfectly on her soft skin, and shattered when they hit the floor. "I just-" She found it hard to talk when she was crying.
"Don't cry Kini." He whispered in her ear. The both of them sat down where the fountain was, Sakura rested her head on Syaoran's shoulders while his hands glided down her back. "It doesn't suite you." He tried to calm her down and Sakura took another shot at speaking to him.
"I don't want to leave you... But I want to be back with my family..." The Chinese teenager understood what she ment. His fiery amber eyes softend.
"Listen Sakura, eh... I'm not sure how I want to say this. But umm... In time you'll forget me, and I'd think it would be against your own will. Do not fight it, but don't let it win." Sakura looked up at him cluelessy.
'If only Eriol and I could think of another way, so that we wouldn't have to earse her mind. I know I want to leave broken images, but what about me? It sounds selfish I know... But for some odd reason I have a feeling I can't live without her. Wait... It's not a feeling it's just something I know I can't do. If she leaves me, i'll follow her. But I can't go back to that Kingdom, they know my face. I can't use magic, because it would wear out in time, and no magic potion is permanent.' He thought to himself...
(A/N THE LAST PART THERE IS SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT... IT HAS TO DO WITH THE FUTURE! DAT ALL ME SAYIN...)
"Syaoran, you're not making any sense at all here. Please, tell me what's on your mind. I know something was bugging you, remember? Before you were supossed to go and see The Queen? What was it? I want to help." Her eyes were now all puffy and red, but full of determination.
"Sakura, you'll know in time. Let's just enjoy the time we have together. I know it won't last, nothing lasts forever..."
(A/N THERE WAS ANOTHER HINT I THINK? to something in future chappies... He he he ^_^)
"Why can't it though? I just... This might sound stupid but-"
"Nothing you say sounds stupid to me, Kini." A blush came up on both their cheeks.
"I just wish that you were a prince. I really do! If you were, we would be able to marry! And my parents couldn't stop us. We would be a king and a queen, but my father especially wants me to find a royal. My birthday is coming up, see? And by the time i'm 16, i'll need a suitor. What am I going to do? Stop him from marrying me, delay some how? I could delay... But I couldn't stop it! I would have to stop seeing you! I don't want to ever stop!" She was talking and rambling on that Syaoran just chuckled.
"Why are you laughing again!?!?!? You KNOW this is SERIOUS!!!" She yelled.
"Yea, I know it's serious. BUt you just look so kawaii like that." He winked. And Sakura giggled.
"Did Tomoyo teach you that?" Sakura asked.
"Well... I notice she really liked to call you that before. I the maids call you that when they see you sometimes, before when you came to the caslte." He smiled while looking up at the sky. Sakura shivvered lightly and scooted closer, until he had his arm around her and they gazed upon the eeri starts that hung before them in the cool, Autumn sky.
What ever time they had left, they would make it magical, no doubt.
(A/N HOPE YOU LIKED THAT LIL PART OF S+S HE HE HE)
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Mei Ling cursed. "We're going to The Li Kingdom! I have a feeling we're going to find you're little cousin there..."
"Why?" Chiharu questioned.
"Because, if Syaoran is the King of The Li Kingdom... He would've tooken her there? No? Good. Same with that Eriol friend of his, the creepy guy. I don't like him... He's a follower, and following Syaoran is what he does best." She grinned evilly.
"Lets get going."
Mei Ling held her head high and stormed out of the pub, Chiharu looked at Tomoyo with afraid eyes.
"Tomoyo-Chan, you okay?"
"I c-can't believe it. They BOTH lied to Sakura and I. H-How could they?"
"They probably have a really good reason. Now we have to go or Mei Ling won't even wait. She's probably enraged because of Syaoran being with Sakura." Chiharu winked at Tomoyo. She smiled back.
The front door swung open and Mei Ling jumped up on Chiharu's horse. "You and Tomoyo will ride together. I know every short cut around this place, they'll aid us to get to the Kingdom quicker." Tomoyo and Chiharu shared the horse and they were off.
A feeling was playing it's self inside Tomoyo. 'I can't believe they lied to the two of us. Better yet, Syaoran lying to Sakura! How could he? And to look back all that time, I thought he loved her.' She scowled. 'Sakura and I both were blinded. I can't wait to get to that Kingdom and tell Sakura. I know she's going to be very angry with me, also. I was the one urging her on to fall in love with him. I'm such a fool! They're not ment for eachother, at least Sakura's too good for him, and I admit it! She won't fall for him, and I hope she hasen't. All that stupid talking I was doing last week, before she was taken away could i have made her like him? Or worse, love him?' She shook her head. 'No, impossible. Sakura has never fallen in love with a man, and I know she wouldn't fall for him because she has a good heart, not like that Syaoran LI! If her parents words and pleas hadn't been able to sway Sakura into loving a different prince, then why would she have listened to my rambling?'
Chiharu noticed the uneasyness Tomoyo was feeling. She had her fists clenched and she could hear her grinding her teeth angrily. She had never seen her so mad.
"Tomoyo-Chan, calm down. There's a reasonable explanation for all this." She whispered into the girls ear.
"Really? Tell me one."
'Good point you got there...' Chiharu answered herself mentally. 'There wasn't a logical explanation not until she heard the whole story.'
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"AHA! Larance, come here boy! We've got to pack up all your belongings, your moving in with us." Fujitaka skided across the floor and landed in the other room. He was over joyed that Larance had agreed to marrying his daughter. He smiled idiotically.
"All my belongings? You're carriage isn't lare enough!" He hollered from inside his room putting on a white shirt. He walked over to a large mirror, showing his whole body.
He looked at himself. 'Will she think I look good?' He thought. He took off his shirt and looked himself over again.
His body was chisled with muscles. He flexed in the mirror and even more popped up. "Still looking good." He said smiling. Of course he wasn't old or anything, but he had stopped training. But the muscles still seemed to be there. "My luck." He pulled back his hair running his fingers through it.
Fujitaka burst through the door and saw Larance standing in front of the mirror topless. "My boy, have you been eating?!"
Larance was puzzled. "Huh?"
"It's okay! When I take you to my kingdom we'll stuff you like a turkey." Fujitaka smiled and danced out of the room.
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Larance'ss mother and father escorted them to the front door of the palace. "My boy, just use that old charm of yours and she'll be in your grasp in no time." His father winked.
Larance blushed lightly. His mother whacked his father playfully. "Oh, don't mind him son. Just be yourself, I know she'll want to marry you." She kissed him lightly on the forhead. Fujitaka came laughing. "What a sad moment this is! I promise to take good care of your son, any time soon we should be relatives! My, what a grand idea, don't you all think?"
They all nodded.
"Well, let's get going." A servant took some of blonde princes things and walked them to the ciarrage, placing everything inside.
"Good bye." And the two walked away from the palace. Larance could have sworn his mother was... Crying? He shook his head.
Fujitaka noticed him shaking his head and asked-"Why are you shaking your head? Head ache?"
Larance smiled. "My mother, she's just too emotional sometimes."
Fujitaka smiled back with warmth in his eyes. "Mother's are a beautiful thing. My I remember my mother, if only I could have her one day longer. Larance, you must cherish your mother, all women around you. Even the rebellious and evil type. They're what created this world, they cry for us and you should be greatful. I want you to understand that my daughter is a very speacial person.-Larance knew what he ment.-She would cry for you if you couldn't cry for yourself. I know she'll tak good care of you, will you take good care of her for me? When i'm gone I won't be there to watch her health, to see how she's doing." He heaved a sigh. "I'm giving up my star to you Larance. I need you to promise me you will never let anything happen to her." The two men stopped dead in their tracks.
Larance brang up his hand and clutched Fujitaka's hand and shook it. For the first time in his life he noticed how old Fujitaka was getting. Wrinkles were hanging beside his eyes, his hair was slowly changing colour. His smile was slightly crooked and he looked... Tired.
"I promise dear Fujitaka that I shall always be there for her. Asa man as a friend, as a husband."
"I know you'll always be there."
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Eriol finally woke up he felt a pain in his leg. Loking down he noticed a bruise. "Ah!" He got up and put on his royal robes. Fixing his hair and cleaning his glasses he walked to the window. "My what a fine day it is." He closed his eyes and smiled. Having sucha close connection with his best friend just gave him advantages.
He could always feel what Syaoran was feling. They had trained together and understood each other. Eriol could recall Syaoran telling him when they were small children, how he wished music was the answer to everything. No blood shed and no fighting. No conflicts between two or more parties. Just music.
He smiled. Syaoran had a gift for creating it, he could sooth a monsters unruly soul if he had to! And he knew, he had soothed one soul. One speacial flower that he knew would soon be bound to him.
He sighed. He couldn't believe they were going to erase Sakura's mind. It was a scary thought, never knowing if Syaoran would actually heal after it.
He knew he wouldn't and he knew Syaoran would chase after her and regret his mistake. The mistake of making her forget him. He tried to place himself in Syaoran's shoes.
"Would I want the women I loved to forget me? To forget every little time we spent together and go off with another man?" Suddenly the image of Tomoyo popped up into his mind. He didn't know that girl, but she was always there.
She was always just a thought away. With no problem he would be able to bring an image up of her and just look at it. Sometimes he wondered, what she would feel like in his arms? What she would smell like? How she would react t his kisses?
Finally opening the door he walked down the hall way in great thought. My what a women both were.
Sakura was obviusly the next greatest thing to Syaoran excluding music. He kept walking with his head down, looking at his feet but realy seeing nothing at all.
"OH!" He felt someone hit him and he looked up, snapping out of is trance. "I'm sorry." It was Wei who was muttering sorry over and over again.
"Wei! Oh I am so sorry! I didn't mean to-"
He waved his hand. "No need for apologies. I should've been watching." He smiled a wrinkled grin. "Have you seen master Li? We need to get back to his training. He'll be heir to the throne any time soon after the ball... His mother informed me that he would be picking a princess. What a grand idea, don't you think?"
Eriol just answered sadly. "Yea." The two walked down the hall way to find Syaoran.
'Syaoran, you better hurry up and get back here, Wei's coming for a training lesson, he wants to teach you.'
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Syaoran stopped the kiss abruptly. "Sakura, we have to go."
She looked up at him with pained eyes. "Already?"
He smiled goofily. "Yup." He swept her up into his arms causing her to laugh. Once again Sakura felt the sweeping of wind howling loudly in her ear, then stop suddenly.
He placed her down and she walked over to the bed.
"Sakura I have to leave."
"Why Syaoran? Where you going?"
"To train." He waved at her and all Sakura saw last was those fiery autumn eyes. She loved to just drown in them to feel the warmth they hid so well. She sighed and fell back into the sweet surrender of the bed covers.
Syaoran walked down the hall and observed that Wei and Eriol were walking his way. "Wei, Eriol i'm right here."
Wei smiled a toothy grin. "Master Li we must be getting to your training." Syaoran nodded and Eriol knew exactly what he ment. What was telepathy worth when you wouldn't use it?
'Eriol go take care of Sakura for me. She's still not perfectly well.'
Eriol grinned. 'She isn't well to take care of herself, but she's well enough to go to your garden on the other side hmm?'
Eriol notied the shocked expression on Syaoran's face turn into a scowel. 'You need to stop doing that.'
'Never my cute little descendant. I just love to see you loving another.'
'You what!?'
'Don't worry I didn't see anything. Now stop thinking it's getting me confused. You're thinking too much in that little head of yours.' And by that Eriol was leading to all the thoughts about Sakura and the others of how to get him back.
He slowly tip toed into Syaoran's room where he knew Sakura was. He went to check up on her to see if his little potion was working it's magic.
"Ww-ho's there? Syaoran?" It was Ying Fa's voice.
"Ah, Ying Fa i've come to check up on you. Syaoran has asked me."
"Oh." She sat up in the bed and looked at him. "I was just wondering, I know you would think this is a stupid question but, i've seen you from somewhere. I know I have."
He looked at her and smiled warmly. He placed his hand on her forhead. Sakura felt a sudden rush of energy burst through her. She opened her green pools and looked disoriented for a moment.
She blinked. "Now try and place where you've seen me before."
She looked at him carefully. "You're that prince that was at the castle! You wanted my hand in mirrage but you were giving my cousin Tomoyo some looks."
He smiled. "Yes, that's me."
"What did you to me?"
"I had erased your memory of me momentarilly. I can do that." (A/N ANOTHER HINT FOR FUTURE CHAPPIES)
She looked down guility and played with the silk sheets. "I know that you and Syaoran have magic." She managed to squeek out afraid of what he would do if she told him.
"Yes I know you know."
"How?"
"My other self was watching you, of course when I merged with him I would see and collect information from what he said to you. ON your condition. Sa- Ying Fa understand that I won't hurt you in any way. It's just that... There's this problem nagging at Syaoran and I."
"I've noticed. Please tell me what it was. I need to know what it is, so I can make him feel better."
"I can't tell you. You'll figure out in time. Let's just say... When it happens you won't remember it."
Sakura frowned. "I don't exactly enjoy riddles."
"Needn't I but hey, that's life." He smiled. And Sakura grinned back.
"Can I ask you where Syaoran left to?"
He hesitated. If he told her that Syaoran was training she might draw a connection. Pianists don't train with a sword. He shook his head. "He's playing the piano." He whacked himself mentally. "Ying Fa you need to rest now." He then again placed his hand on her foehead, knocking her out.
"Dear Sakura, if only the truth was as easily told as a lie was."
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I'VE FINISHED CHAPTER 18! GOSH IT TOOK LONG. I'M REALLY SORRY I TOOK FOREVER! OIE... DID NOT MEANT TO!
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Here's the summary: gets hauled in for a murder he didn't commit, the murder of his own best friend. Sakura gets kidnapped, can these two have a possible connection? S+S R+R
MEI LING TOMOYO AND CHIHARU ARE COMING!
LARANCE AND FUJITAKA ARE GOING BACK TO THE KINGDOM WHERE SAKURA AND TOUYA ARE NOT!
LARANCE HAS MADE A PROMISE THAT HE WOULD PROTECT SAKURA!
ERIOL HAS GIVEN US HINTS AND SO HAS SYAORAN IN THE S+S MOMENT!
S+S HAVE PRACTICALLY HOOKED UP, BUT WHAT WILL BRAKE THEM APART?
WILL SAKURA'S MIND RELLY BE ERASED?
HOW WILL ALL THIS END?
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