Kero: Oh my...
LiL DreameR: *Cough* *Sniff*
Kero: You don't look so well... Maybe you should go back to bed...
LiL DreameR: *Sniff* Iie, daijoubu. I'm just a little sick that's all. Oh, and something else...
Kero: Oh yeah... I'm sorry..
LiL DreameR: It's okay, Kero-chan. Umm.. I have something to ask from all of you.. And no it has nothing to do with the reviews I got.. I'm quite very happy with my reviews.. It's something else. I'll tell you after the shoutoutz, okay?
sweetcherry: *Hugglez* Thank you so much!!! My day was crap and now it got worse.. You cheered me up so much! Thank you again!! *Hugglez*
Bil: Arigatou!! *Hugglez you too* People don't like me, that's why I don't get reviews. Or maybe I just suck... But you gave me a tint of hope!! Chapter 3!!
East Angel: *Hugglez* Again!! Domo! Domo! *Bows* Is it cute?? Thank you! I hope your reading chapter three!!
: Nice name you got there. Yep, it said on chapter one that I based this story off the book Just Ella. And yup, I read the book. I loved the book!! But if you were wonderin if I read your story.. No. Thanks for reading!
tina: *More hugz* I love you all! Thank you!! And of course!! Syaoran is the kawaiiest of them all!! Yey!! *Bows* Domo!
LiL DreameR: *Cough*Okay, now down to business.. MoshiMoshiQueen put up a CCS story based off Just Ella just like mine. I love Moshi-san and all 171 fics of hers (O.o) so I'm not accusing her of anything! GOT IT?! Not Of Anything! I would just like to point out that I got my idea from reading that lovely book Just Ella. Now I put up "Just Sakura" on June 24 and Moshi-san put up "Run Away Princess To Be" on September 14, okay? Thank you! Now if you don't mind I have a question to ask all of you.
SHOULD I ERASE "JUST SAKURA" FOR PERSONAL REASONS?????
Tell me in your review, kay? Now let's continue the story! *Cough Cough*
Disclaimer: Okay, I won't fight this time; I'm too sick. I don't own CCS or most of the story plot. Oh yes, I changed some a bit! Enjoy! (Lol... I love the chapter title!!!)
Just Sakura
By: LiL DreameR
Chapter Three: Enter The Hottie
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~*~Sakura's POV~*~
The two of us just stood there for like five seconds, absorbing each other's new face. Realizing I was standing there looking very un-princess-like, I coughed and came back to my senses. "Yes?"
The man, my age I guess, just stood there. "Oh!" He must have came back to his senses, too! I sweatdropped. "I am sorry, my princess. It is just your beauty took my breath away. Eee!" The guy looked as if he caught a cold that very second. He deeply bowed to me, waiting to be acknowledged.
"Thank you, but please don't let it bother you." Ever since I turned thirteen, the boys in my village started to stare at me like I was some foreigner. Even the butcher's boy, who I thought was a nice boy, started to stalk me everywhere I went! I asked Kumasi... eww.. err... why they kept doing that. She told me that the one's who stared thought I was so ugly that they couldn't help it and that the butcher's boy was an idiot who liked to follow things that smelled bad, like flies and garbage. That really put up my self-esteem.
"Please, come in." I ushered him into my room and closed the door.
"Thank you," he muttered, looking away from me.
I went to his side to see his face, he was still very red! I reached my hand to touch his forehead, which Tomoyo-chan told me never to put my hand on a man. She would have fainted if she saw me now. "Are you sick?" I asked softly.
He just turned even brighter red. "No, I am fine, princess. Thank you for your concern." He turned and looked at me softly and bit his lip. I bit mine, too.
"I am Li Xiao Lang. I will take my father's place to teach your arithmetic lessons," Li-kun stated, it looks like his fever went down! Wait... Master Li-kun's son...
"I am very sorry for what happened to your father," I apologized sadly, looking down to the floor.
Li-kun brought his hand to my chin and lifted my face up. "Don't worry, princess. My father is at rest now." He brought a smile upon his handsome face. I melted.... NO! I am in love with my fiancee! I turned my head away from his touch.
"Oh, crap. I am sorry, princess. I didn't mean to..."
"It's okay. Now, about the lesson?" With my head turned away from Li-kun, I... blushed? Why do I never blush around my prince?
~*~Syaoran's POV~*~
I am such an idiot!!!!!!!
~*~Sakura's POV~*~
"Now, where do you study?" Li-kun asked, looking for my desk. I pointed to the pair of chairs where Master Li-kun and I had sat only the day before. Li-kun quickly walked over and pulled out my chair.
"Why, thank you," I said. Oh my gosh... I hate when people do that, pulling out my chair first. Master Li-kun just sat down. Anyway, I sat down as he pushed my chair in, then he took his own seat.
"Now, where did you leave off with my father?" he asked flipping through the pages of my arithmetic book.
"Umm.." I said as I bit on my nails. Whoops! I separated my hands from my mouth. Again, if Tomoyo ever saw me do that, she would have fainted. "We didn't start."
"Ahh.. I see," Li-kun looked deep in thought as he looked for the right page for me to study.
Kawaii! With that messy short brown hair and those deep amber eyes.. Short hair? ........ NO! No! No! No! No! No! I will not go back on my prince! I lo... No! No! No! "No!" I yelled accidentally. Oopz...
Li looked alarmed. "What?! Did I do something wrong?! I am truly sorry, Princess Ying Fa! I..."
"Li! Calm down! Please!" Whoa.. I'm the one who should calm down.. Maybe him, too.. ^^;;
"Err.. Okay.. what was that..?" he asked. We kept uncomfortably silent...
All of a sudden I started to laugh.. Seconds later, Li-kun joined me. We both laughed until our stomachs killed us. I snorted.. very unroyal-like. Still holding my hurting stomach, I calmed down. He followed.
"Ahem, as I was saying," he said. Uh-oh, Li-kun got his fever back! I laughed again. "What is so funny?" he asked, looking kind of aggravated.
"You, silly," I snickered. He raised an eyebrow. I giggled again.
"Okay... Well, uhhh..." Wait, is his fever.. blushing? He looked outside. "I have to go, Princess Ying Fa. It was a great pleasure meeting you." He bowed and turned his back to me, heading for the door. I sighed in much relief. Tomoyo told me that if one turned their back on me, the 'princess,' I would pretend to faint and call a guard to take that person away. I didn't dare ask, but I wonder how you call someone when you have fainted...?
Quickly, before Li-kun realizes his mistake, I also went to the door. "It was a pleasure meeting you, too." Curtsy. "Good-bye. See you, tomorrow, Li!"
"Bye. And maybe we can actually get a lesson in." I giggled again.
He left down the hall. I watched Li-kun as he disappeared down the long corridor and sighed. After closing my door, I wobbled a bit and landed on my huge bed. "Hanyaan!!" I giggled again as I rolled in my bed.............. I sat up.
KINOMOTO SAKURA!!! You are not hanyaaning over Li-kun when you never even hanyaaned over you betrothed! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! You love Prince Wong Fei Hung!
I stopped for a second and started to hanyaan over my prince.
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~*~Syaoran's POV~*~
Dammit! I looked like such an idiot in front of her! It's not only her beauty but also her personality that charms me. Am I falling in love with the prince's betrothed? I can't! Besides, she would never love someone like me. She's a princess. A princess from...Balonkia? (A/n: Another weird country I made up that's a bit faraway from China.. Heh.) No, Balonkian princess are all... ugly.. and wort-covered. Ying Fa is nothing like that. No. I blushed stupidly thinking about her.
I sighed as I walked down the hall. Hey, I think I see Daidouji coming up. I bowed in front of her. "Good day, Mistress Daidouji."
"You, too, Li," she answered back. "How is the Princess Ying Fa doing with her lessons?"
"She is doing very well." And with that, Daidouji was gone.
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~*~Sakura's POV~*~
I stopped my hanyaan mode a few minutes before. Now I'm combing my hair thinking about my prince, waiting for Tomoyo-chan.
Hoe? I hear her coming now! The door swung open and poof! Tomoyo-chan! Dammit.. here comes the stupid routine.
I curtsied and she curtsied back. "Good day, Mistress Daidouji. How are you today?" I asked cheerfully.
"I am fine. Good, you called me in the proper fashion." Proper fashion? She eyed me suspiciously.
What? I just wanted to say that out loud so badly! But I held my tongue and knew that Tomoyo-chan would give me this huge, boring, unimportant lecture that I know I'm not going to remember.
"How did your arithmetic lesson go with Master Li's son?" Tomoyo asked, sitting down on a chair and elegantly crossing her ankles. Not to be mean or anything, why does she want to know?
"I had a pleasant time learning.. err.. f.. fractions. Thank you for asking, Mistress Daidouji," I answered gracefully, bowing my head in respect. Ehehehe.. I can't say we just talked and acted unroyal-like. So today, I'll give Tomoyo-chan a break and try to be princess-like for her. Maybe she'll open up a bit.
"I bumped into Li in the hall. He told me that your princess-manners are well." Oh.. Okay, Tomoyo just wanted to see if I fainted or something. "He also told me you are bright in arithmetic, Princess Ying Fa."-.-;; Li-kun!!! I suck at arithmetic!
I sighed and headed for my needle and thread. Today, Tomoyo-chan will teach me how to sew... No use though. I already know how to. ^^;;
"Please, Princess, put down your needle. There has been a change of plan. We won't be sewing." Thank goodness! "There is a tournament going on next week. I will be making your new dress." Did I hear something kind of like excitement in Tomoyo's voice? Was she excited about the tournament? (A/n: ^^;;)
A tournament... Outside.. Outside?!?! "Can I go, too?!" I asked, maybe a bit over-eager.
Tomoyo sighed. "I tried for this not to be a decorum lesson. Princess, princesses are always calm and never get excited about things. Also, when asking a question, it is, 'Am I to go, also?'" Okay, there goes my plan not to bother Tomoyo.
"Am I to go perform in this tournament?" I asked hopefully.
Tomoyo looked shocked. What happened? "Of course not! That is the most preposterous thing I have ever heard!" Ehh.. Everything I say is preposterous. "A princess never, never does a tournament... outside. Where everyone will see you."
~*~Tomoyo's POV~*~
I really did not want to say that. Gomen nasai, Sakura-chan.
~*~Sakura's POV~*~
I knew it. It's too.. un-lady-like. Che.. "I am deeply sorry for asking such a silly question, Mistress Daidouji," I bowed my head again.
"I will let it go. Now, the tournament is to be a kung fu and sword fight tounament. Your majesty, the prince, will take part in this tournament," Tomoyo continued. YATTA!! I am definitely there!! Matte, kung fu and sword fighting? I had no idea my Prince knew how to... Heh.. Guess I don't know my own Prince that well. I wonder how good he is.. and who's he competing against. [Matte: Wait]
Tomoyo stood me on top of a stool and started to measure me. A smile....? After a few more minutes, Tomoyo let me sew while she worked on my dress. Wow! She's really fast!! All I saw so far was red and gold thread.. China's colors.
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The next day come by fast and now, I'm with Li-kun again. This time we are actually studying some. Not only talking.
"So you know arithmetic?" Li-kun asked me. Of course I do.
"Yes, my fa... er... my other teachers taught me in Balonkia. I wasn't that good in math... We called it math for short. But I was really bad at it.." I sweatdropped. Face it, Sakura-chan, you suck at math.
"Okay, math then. Well, we'll start with the basic adding and subtracting." *Twitch*
The period went on with boring math questions. Dammit! I hate math!
"So, do you know about the tounament, Li?" I asked, curious..
"Yes, I do," he answered as he looked at me.. *Blush* Err.. STOP! He continued talking, "And as a matter of fact, I'm to compete against the Prince."
"Really?!" Li-kun fights? Well, with that body I should have known from the beginning........... *Blush* SAKURA!!!!!!!!
I tried to keep my huge red glow to myself as he answered, "Yes, my Princess. I had been trained to fight, sword and no, since I learned how to walk. My trainer, Wei, and sisters helped."
"Sisters?" He has sisters?
"Yes, four older sisters." WOW!! "Sheifa, Feimei, Fanren, and Fuutie. They're annoying. Always pinching my cheeks.. Anyways, they are home with Mother so I don't have to worry about them."
Siblings.. I remember my older brother, Touya.. Onnichan.... I held back the painful tears.. I couldn't cry in front of Li-kun. Princesses don't cry.. Too bad.
"What's wrong?" he asked me in concern.
"Nandemonai... Umm.. Nothing, it's nothing. Thank you for your concern." Oh crap, I did not just say that in Japanese... Crap, crap, crap, crap. [Nandemonai: Nothing]
"Japanese?" Crap.
Heheheh... I should change the subject. "I'll be rooting for you, Li!! You will definitely win!"
He shook his head. What's wrong? "Remember, I'm fighting against he Prince. I'm going to have to let him win. It would not be a fair game or a real one, but your highness, the King, wishes it done that way. He doesn't want to see his son lose to me; he's seen my fights before," he explained. That must suck... Losing on purpose.
Wow, Li=kun must be really good. "I'm sorry," I said. "But still, I'll be rooting for you!" I wanted to make him feel better. I've known Li-kun for only two days, but I can't stand seeing him sad.
"What about your Prince?"
"Well, I could cheer for the two of you both!" It's true. No harm in that. Not like my beloved will kill me for cheering for my arithmetic teacher.
We both smiled at each other.
To be continued....
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A/n: Okay, I know that this chapter might be lame and short. Hey, I'm sick!!
Kero: Actually...
LiL DreameR: Okay, I'm not sick anymore. My nose is just still running, I lost my voice, and I have an viral infection in one of my eyes. But I don't have a fever. But this is five days after I started in intro to chapter three. Anyways... The tournament is the next chapter!! And I will ask my question again!
DO YOU WANT THIS STORY TAKEN DOWN????
Thank you! And now! Plz, review and tell me! I will except nice flames on this chapter cause it might be my last! And plz don't review saying that it is stupid of me to worry when I know that I put my story up first. I already know that. No need to tell me again! Thank you! Bai-bai for now or forever!!
~*~LiL DreameR~*~
