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Chapter Three - Prince Eriol ==================================================== An 18 year old man [you're a man/woman when you're 18, right?] , Prince Eriol, was looking out the carrage's window. He had midnight blue hair with matching eyes. He was also in deep thought.

"Why am I going back to Tomoeda, again? Although I want to see Tomoyo and hear her answer, I'm too afraid. I am about 99% sure she hates me now. But I'm not 100% sure. Maybe thats why I'm going back. To see Tomoyo and hear her answer. Its been maybe a year. I missed her terribly," thought the prince.

"My Prince, we are a minute away from Tomoeda," said the guardian and adviser.

The fear of going to Tomoeda returned to Eriol. Maybe a little for seeing the changed princess but mostly from seeing the love of his life, Tomoyo the maid.

"I guess I want to see Sakura, too. After all, I am eternally thankful to her. If it wasn't her, I wouldn't have know Tomoyo, let alone love her," the prince thought.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Flashback (Ahh! I hate these now!) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Ten years ago, the little Princess Sakura was playing with her maid and best friend, Tomoyo, when she spyed Prince Eriol.

"Eriol!! ERIOL!!" she yelled to get his attention which she successfully got, "Come here and play with Tomoyo-chan and me!"

The prince, chuckling, made his way to the two girls. He ruffled Sakura's hair and looked at Tomoyo. She avoided his eyes and he couldn't look at her face. He didn't give much thought to her and treated her as what she was, a maid.

The next day, Sakura went to Eriol.

"Eriol!"

"Yes, Sakura?"

"Why were you so mean to Tomoyo-chan?"

"I wonder what you mean. Tomoyo.... the maid? Wasn't I supposed to treat her as a maid?"

"She's my best friend! Besides, she's really pretty and sings really good!"

"Oh? I wouldn't know since I didn't see her face."

"Today at around noon, she's going to go to the garden. Spy on her! I know you like to spy! And by what I saw, you were good."

"I'm deeply hurt princess!"

"Don't lie! I saw you spying to see whats for dinner!" Eriol laughed and raised his hands in defeat.

"I was caught! I'll go spy on this Tomoyo as my punishment." Sakura smiled and pranced away.

~~~~~~~~~~ End of Flashback ~~~~~~~~~~

"I did spy on her. I am really glad I did. I saw the most beautiful scene in my life. Tomoyo with her amethyst colored hair blowing gently. She was singing. Her voice sounded like sirens, only she looked a lot better [In my knowledge, sirens are ugly. They just sing good.] . Since then, I was always friendly to her. She quickly became my friend," thought Eriol [Maybe I should make '....' thoughts. I'm getting sick of 'thought Eriol'. But then, it wouldnt be proper english!] .

"Prince Eriol! Good to see you again," said a strong voice. Eriol looked towards the voice. It was Prince Touya. Behind him, Sakura snorted.

"Maybe he should get OFF the carrage so we can PROPERLY see him." Eriol blushed although no one could see it. He quickly got off and bowed.

"My apologies Prince Touya, Princess Sakura. I was deep in thought."

"Apologies accepted," replied the older prince, then he whispered in Eriol's ear, "I hope you pardon my sister's rude behavior. You should know when this started." Eriol nodded. Sakura, then, cleared her throat.

"Well, Prince.... something... My maid, Tomoyo, will escort you to your room." Behind her, Eriol saw the beautiful amethyst hair. But to his disappointment, she refused to look at him in the eye. Eriol nodded to Sakura. The princess turned and walked away as her brother bowed and walked away also. Only Tomoyo and Eriol were left.

"Tomoyo..." Eriol started to speak but Tomoyo cut him off.

"Please follow me, sir," she said before she turned and left. The prince sighed and followed. The maid showed him to his room. Just before she left, Eriol grabbed her wrists.

"Tomoyo-" Eriol started to speak again. Tomoyo still cut him off.

"Would you let go, sir? I have other people in need of my service." She never looked at him. Her head was always turned. Eriol sighed again and let her go. She left.

"Was it wrong to come back here?"

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Heh, I guess I'm putting ExT after all. Sorry there was no SxS. Also sorry this was so short. I promise other chapter to be longer. Next chapter is going to be all about SxS. A little sneak preview to keep you interested. By the way, the sneak preview isn't going to be perfectly accurate. I might change around the words a little and add some details.

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Sakura sat against a tall tree. She hugged her legs and drew them closer. She was scared.

"Syaoran..." she whispered. Then her voice started to get louder.

"Syaoran! SYAORAN!!" Tears were falling from her eyes...

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As you can see, Sakura is going to get those emotions back! Stay tuned!

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