Hi! I'm back with chapter 5 of Everlasting Story. See I told you I had to keep on saying that! In this chapter, Syaoran's mom and Meiling are um. a bit out of character. Well I've been working on this story a lot because my dad disconnected the net on my comp so I only had this to do. So on with the story!

()= Me talking

""= Character talking

''= Character thinking



Everlasting Story



Chapter 5. Royalty



"Syaoran!" said the woman at the door.

Everybody turned to look at the pale woman with long black hair done in a fancy hairdo, and a slim body covered in thin, silk robes.

"Mom!" Syaoran said.

Syaoran let the woman run down the stairs and embrace him tightly. "Oh, Syaoran! What took you so long? We were so worried!" she cried. "I missed you so much!"

Syaoran hugged her back and patted the woman on the back. "I missed you too mom. We had a bit of difficulty along the way." He said and looked at his mother's questioning expression.

"I'll explain later," he added.

Yelan nodded, curious as to what took them so long.

"Well anyways, the trip was worth it, mother." Syaoran said. "We got her."

Mrs. Li pulled back from her son and glanced around the small room, her eyes resting on Sakura.

"Ahhh. The Mistress of Clow," she said walking over to Sakura.

Sakura nodded, and stumbled, "I-I'm S-Sakura."

Then Sakura gathered up her courage to face the beautiful woman. "Kinomoto that is. Kinomoto, Sakura. Nice to meet you Mrs. Li."

Yelan smiled at her nice manners, and turned to Eriol. "Eriol, my dear!" she cried. "You're looking well! The trip's been giving you more muscles I see."

Eriol nodded and proudly stuck out his chest. "Hello, Aunt Yelan. It's nice to see you again," he said politely. To Sakura's surprise, he took Yelan's hand and kissed it gently.

Yelan laughed. "As polite as ever, Eriol just like Sakura. I'm proud," she said with a wink to Sakura. "Syaoran could learn a few things from you children."

Syaoran muttered. "They're not that polite.."

"And, who-" Yelan started, but was interrupted by the door being slammed open again and slammed closed.

A girl with ruby red eyes and long black hair done in neat meatballs wearing a light blue kimono came running down the stairs.

"Xiao Lang!!!" she cried running over to Syaoran.

"Gah!!" Syaoran yelled as the girl engulfed him in a giant hug. "M- Meiling!"

The girl named Meiling nodded happily let go of him. "Syaoran, I'm so happy you're back!"

Syaoran nodded and smiled. "Same here!"

Meiling looked at Syaoran and then at Eriol.

"Eriol!" she cried running over and he too was swallowed in a giant bear hug.

Eriol chuckled. "Nice to see you too, Meiling."

Then, she turned to Sakura.

"Hi!" Meiling exclaimed.

Sakura flashed one of her sweetest smiles. "Hey! I'm Sakura Kinomoto! You're. Lemme guess. Meiling!"

Meiling nodded and laughed. "Yup! Meiling Li that is. I'm Syaoran's cousin. Even though he can be such a pain sometimes, I still respect him."

Sakura nodded. "I can relate. Though it's kinda fun to see Syaoran acting so macho and then come home shouting, 'Mom! I missed you so much'!"

Syaoran blushed.

Meiling laughed. "I know. I can tell you I like you already, Sakura!"

Sakura smiled. "We're gonna be great friends, ne Meiling?"

"Hai!"

"Anyways," Syaoran said. "This guy's name is Yue." Syaoran pointed at Yue who was still sitting on the couch. He looked quite nervous watching all the royal people.

"H-hello," he said, standing up.

"Good eve-," Yelan started, but was interrupted by a hyper Meiling.

"HI!!!" Meilin yelled jumping over.

Yue looked startled, and fell back onto the couch. Meiling helped him back up. Yue blushed when they touched.

"Yue, where are you from?" Meiling asked. "What brings you here?"

"I'm from the village and Syaoran and Sakura invited me here." Yue answered.

"Ooo! Did they?" Meiling said with a huge grin. "Sakura probably thought you were extremely cute, and I know Syaoran can't resist saying no to a girl like Sakura."

Yue blushed, Eriol grinned, Yelan's jaw dropped, Syaoran turned red with jealousy, which quickly turned to emotionless, and Sakura frowned.

"Hey!" she said.

"Just kidding!" Meiling said laughing. "You guys should've seen your faces!"

"Well, do the people already know we're here?" Syaoran asked.

Yelan nodded. "They should."

"Well, let's get out then." Eriol said. "By the way, is my girlfriend here?"

Meiling nodded. "You bet! And she can't wait to see you and Sakura again!"

Sakura looked confused. "Again? I've never seen Eriol's girlfriend. I didn't even know he had one!"

"Huh? Oh, yeah of course you don't know her," Meiling said with a big smile. (a/n: Meiling smiles too much, ne?) "But, wait until you meet her. I bet you'll like her."

Eriol led the way upstairs with everybody following behind.

He opened the door and revealed a nice scuff-free white marble floor with interesting tiles, leading to a grand staircase.

Along the way, Sakura observed the paintings hung on the walls. As they got closer to the top of the staircase, Sakura noticed lots of rooms that looked like guestrooms.

They went down the hallway and knocked on the door of the second room on the left.

They pass through another long hallway, which led to one single room. The room doors were huge and gold. Sakura could tell that it wasn't a guestroom.

"This is the Princess of Taikokyu's room," Yelan said.

"Eriol's girlfriend?" Sakura asked.

Yelan nodded.

"And Syaoran is the emperor of what?"

"Akihabara, of course," Eriol answered.

"Ohhhh. of course, I forgot," Sakura said.

Eriol knocked softly on the gold door.

"Come in!" came a voice behind the door.

They entered.

The room was huge. There was a big window at the end of the room that led out to a balcony. The curtains were lavender and they rustled like silk. On the left side, there was a queen-size four-poster bed with silky light purple curtains. The sheets were purple with a dark purple cover on top of frilly, white pillows. The bed was nicely made and didn't look like it had been slept in, in a while. Beside the bed, on either side, there were night tables. On the right table, there was a white lamp with flower decorations on it. There was a comb and a bag on the table also. On the right side of the room, there was a vanity desk and a rather large wardrobe.

Sitting on the chair of the vanity desk, facing the mirror, was a raven- haired girl, who slowly turned around to greet the visitors, with a cute, "Aren't I sweet" smile on her face, which quickly turned to pure shock.









Ooo I wonder who it is!!! Well it's totally obvious! So stay tuned for the next chapter and keep on reading! And reviewing of course. ^_~ This chapter isn't all that long but next one I "promise" to make it long. Hehe.

-Ryuuen Star*-