Hey! I'm back with chapter 4 of Everlasting Story! Btw, in this fic, Syaoran and Eriol are both older than Sakura. I'm sorry if my chappys have been very short, so this time, (and hopefully the rest of the story!) I'll make them longer. I hope ya liked my omake. Wasn't it sweet?

()= Me talking!

""= Character talking

''= Character thinking





Everlasting Story



Chapter 4. The New Companion and Home



When they were at the next city, they finally stopped at a restaurant for rest and a little food.

"Ahhh. Outside food!" Syaoran shouted walking in the restaurant, slamming the door.

Everybody in the restaurant turned to look at the loud annoying young man.

There were several gasps and even some glass breaking.

When everyone had looked enough, the owner of the store came up to Syaoran and bowed. This time it was Sakura's turn to gasp.

"Your- your highness!"

The people at the restaurant got off their seats and bowed.

"Wow. Are we that close to home already?" Eriol asked.

"Ah. Master Eriol!" the owner said. Then he turned to Sakura.

"And, this must be the Mistress of Clow!" he took Sakura's hand and kissed it.

Sakura looked at Syaoran. She could swear that he had turned red.

"Rumours, are fast." he muttered. "So, where's our table?"

There was a loud sound of chairs being scraped back and people started gesturing for them to sit at their table or some even gave up their table.

Syaoran was about to refuse their tables when Sakura happily skipped up to teenager with white hair who had called for Sakura to sit down.

"Why, thank you," said Sakura. "I'm Sakura, what's your name?"

"Y-Yue." Yue muttered blushing.

"Thanks for the table!" Sakura exclaimed cheerfully. "Hey, you guys, come sit down! This nice boy named Yue gave us a table." Yue blushed harder.

Syaoran and Eriol walked over, and sat down.

"Finally, some decent food," Syaoran said scanning the menu. "I'll have meal one please." He said to the waiter.

"Make that two meal ones," Sakura said.

"A cup of water will do for me," Eriol said.

"Eriol!" Sakura and Syaoran shouted together.

Eriol sighed. "And, two rolls I guess."

The waiter went to go get their orders and Sakura noticed Yue standing and watching them. "Why don't you sit down and eat with us?" she asked.

Yue shook his head. "It's alright. I don't have enough money for a meal anyways."

Sakura asked, "But, aren't you hungry?"

"Well. I didn't eat since yesterday." he said.

"Meal one again, please!" shouted Sakura.

"Hai!" came the response.

"Matte! Wait!" Yue exclaimed.

"It's ok, dude," Syaoran said smiling at Yue. "My name's Syaoran. Don't worry, it's on me."

"Well thank goodness for that," Sakura said.

Yue hesitantly climbed onto the seat beside Syaoran.

"E-eat beside the emperor.?"

"I'm Eriol Hiiragazawa." Eriol said.

Just then, the waiter came by with the food. "Alright, chow time!" Syaoran yelled grabbing his plate and drink.

"Guests first." Sakura stated handing Yue his food.

"Oh yeah."

"By the way, Syaoran. YOU'RE THE EMPEROR!!!!!!!!!!!!!????????????????" Sakura screeched.

Syaoran looked up from his food. "Are my ears dripping blood yet?"

Eriol and Yue snickered.

"I mean, you live in the palace already, and now you're the emperor??? And you're 17!!!"

"Yeah so what? You get to live in that totally cool modern, high-tech world!"

"But, you get to boss people around!"

"Being emperor isn't all about being rich and wearing expensive clothes ya know."

"Honto ne? I thought it was."

Syaoran got back to stuffing food in his mouth.

"All this time, I was being rude to the emperor!!!" Sakura said. "Why am I not executed? God bless me!"

"Sakura, your food's turning cold," Eriol said.

But, Sakura didn't hear him. "I mean, aren't emperor's supposed to be evil?"

"Sakura!"

"It's not that I'm saying you're not evil."

"Whatever," Syaoran muttered.

"And, why're you so excited about outside food in these restaurants when you eat a thousand feasts a day?"

"Sakura!!"

"Sorry, Eriol did you say something?"

"Sakura we're all finished and you didn't even start your food!" Eriol said.

That's when Sakura realized that everybody had their plates clean and were now busy staring at her.

"Oh, yes of course my food," Sakura said. She started playing around with her food not touching it.

"Sakura are you going to eat that?" Syaoran asked staring hungrily at the food.

Sakura shoved the plate in front of Syaoran, and continued blabbering on and on about cruel and rich emperors.

Eriol sighed and rolled his eyes. 'Bad move, Syaoran."



"Wow!" Sakura exclaimed walking over to a stand. They had finished eating and were now walking along the market. Eriol had promised to buy her a souvenir from Akihabara.

"Eriol!!!" Sakura called waving her hand at Eriol, gesturing for him to come over. "How about this bracelet?"

Sakura pointed at a table. There were several bracelets and necklaces, but the one Sakura was pointing out stood out from all the others. The bracelet had pink and white pearls all connected and when it got to the front, it changed into two cherry blossoms. Laid out on top of the cherry blossoms, was a silver chain crossed over.

"Whoa, 107 bucks no way!" Eriol exclaimed backing away. (a/n: I know in these worlds they use yen or sumfin but I don't really no how much they're money costs so just pretend it's modern money ok? _)

"But, Eriol!"

"Sorry, Sakura. Choose something else," Eriol said.

Sakura took one last longing look at it. She felt something pulling her to the bracelet but she shook it off and walked off.

Syaoran who was watching walked over when Sakura was gone and picked up the beautiful bracelet.

"This one please," he said to the man sitting at the table.

"That'll be $107. No tax today, because there are rumours that the emperor has returned. It's about time he got back and everyone is celebrating."

"Really? Is the emperor that good?" Syaoran asked pretending he didn't know anything.

"Well, there wasn't anything bad about him. It's just that, the council has had very bad fights when Emperor Syaoran was away."

"Hmmm." Syaoran muttered walking away with the bracelet in his hand.

He passed another stand and picked out a sleeveless pink dress. He paid for it and left.



"So, Sakura did you get anything?" Syaoran asked walking up to Eriol and Sakura ten minutes later.

Sakura shook her head. "But, it's alright Eriol, I don't really need anything."

"Gomen, Sakura. You should ask Syaoran, he has much more money," Eriol said.

Sakura looked at Syaoran and quickly said, "Iie, I said it's ok."

"Whatever, let's get going now," Syaoran said. That's when he remembered Yue who they had invited to go shopping with them, Syaoran had sensed a tingle of magic coming from him, and wanted to investigate.

"Oy, Yue, where are your parents?" he asked.

"Ano. I don't have parents." Yue said.

"Where are your guardians?" Sakura asked.

"I-I don't have any. I live alone," Yue said.

"Nani?! How'd you survive?!" asked Syaoran.

Yue shrugged. "I can't remember."

"Well, why don't you come to the palace with us then?" Syaoran asked.

Yue looked hopeful. "Really?

Syaoran nodded. "We wouldn't want to leave a lonely dude like you out here now would we?"

"Arigato gozaimasu!" Yue said happily.

"So, can we finally go now?" Eriol asked.

"Sure thing Eriol!" everybody said.



Five minutes later, Yue jumped off the horse he was riding with Eriol.

"What now Yue?" Eriol asked sighing.

"I gotta go to the bathroom!" (a/n: I would like to announce this part "The Bathroom Rush". -_-')

"My god. Hurry up then!" Eriol said.

Yue hurried off.

"Does anybody else have to go?" Eriol asked Sakura and Syaoran.

They both shook their heads.

"Fine, we're not going to stop for anything after this, understand?"

Sakura and Syaoran nodded.

When Yue came back, they started towards the castle again.



A few minutes later, Sakura and Syaoran stopped their horse.

"Eriol." they said at the same time.

"Hurry." Eriol said in a dead serious tone.

Syaoran came back first.

"Ha!" he exclaimed. "I beat Sakura!"

"Syaoran did you know that girls have to do certain "stuff"?" Eriol asked rolling his eyes.

"Huh?"

"Oh never mind!"

Yue meanwhile was laughing under his breath.

Finally, Sakura got back and they rode their horses once again.



About ten minutes later, Eriol stopped his horse.

"Shut up guys," he said and hurried off.

Sakura, Syaoran and Yue all burst out laughing non-stop. (a/n: End of "The Bathroom Rush". Hehe. -_-;)



Finally after many long hours, they saw the palace just over the horizon. The setting sun was making the palace glow. It looked magical.

"Wow." Sakura muttered under her breath. 'Everything in Akihabara is so beautiful!' Sakura thought.

"I can't believe it," Syaoran said making his horse go faster. "I can't believe we're actually going home!"

"Me neither," Eriol agreed.

"And, I can't believe I'm going to a palace!" Yue exclaimed. "It's going to be so cool!"

Syaoran nodded. "You bet."

When they reached the castle, Syaoran jumped off his horse first. "Home!" he cried.

Sakura jumped off the horse and looked up. What she saw made her gasp.

It was the most beautiful castle she had ever seen. More handsome than even the castles in storybooks. It was made of pure white marble. There was nothing uneven and she couldn't see a scratch anywhere. There were tall golden gates blocking them from the entrance. There was what seemed like ten towers. In all of them, there was a big balcony, and royal red curtains, except for the one at the very back where there was only a small barred window. Several guards were inside the gates still not noticing them.

"Come on!" Syaoran said grabbing Sakura. He hurried over to one of the towers with Yue and Eriol following.

"Wait, Syaoran, what about the horses?" Eriol asked.

"Mother will see to them," Syaoran answered.

Eriol nodded.

Syaoran began rubbing his hand on the base of the tower when his hand finally rested at the very bottom in the centre.

"Let's go," Syaoran said.

Everybody nodded and Syaoran pushed his hand in.

Surprisingly, his hand went through the solid marble, and when he saw what happened, walked the rest of the way in. Sakura, Eriol and Yue followed.

When they were in, Sakura looked around. They were in a nice bright room, with a few couches and a table. Sakura saw Syaoran concentrate on the table, and a bowl of fresh fruit appeared. 'Syaoran has got to tell me his powers,' Sakura thought shaking her head.

"So, just sit here and relax until my mom finds out we're back," Syaoran said. "Feel free to do whatever you want."

Sakura nodded and sat on one of the couches. Instantly, she felt relaxed and sank down.

"Ahhh. How relaxing." Sakura muttered.

The rest of the group followed and sank down as well.

They lay there just enjoying the softness, when Syaoran jumped up.

"Syaoran! You're home! I'm coming!" came a voice.

"Don't worry, it's only mom's way of communicating," Syaoran said laughing at the surprised faces of Sakura and Yue.

A few seconds later, the door burst open.

A woman was standing at the top of the stairs looking breathless.



Well, that was chapter 4! See, this one is longer, ne? I find this one very interesting with many clues as to what will happen in the future chapters. Hehe.

-Ryuuen Star*-