Chapter Seven- Surprises

~*~*~*~*~*~ = Sakura's POV

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------;---@---;------ = Eriol's POV

o/'o/'o/'o/'o/'o/' = Tomoyo's POV

^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^* = Nakuru's POV

'___' = Thinking "_____" = Speech

Ahh!! Gomen!! The last chapter was soooo cheesy!! "I thundered, mad as heck"?!?!?! What was that?!?! Ahh!! Gomen!! . I promise, this one will be better!!

Anyways, despite how much the last chapter sucked, I hope you will forgive me, and continue to review!! Also, please tell me if you think I should change the rating to PG-13, I can't really judge these things very well!! ^-^'

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"Didn't that damn Hiragizawa tell you THE WEST WING IS STRICTLY OFF LIMITS?!"

"I'm sorry! I didn't know! I was just looking for Eriol-kun, and I walked by this room and saw you in it!", Sakura defended.

"And then you decided to spy on me, right?! You decided to stick around and stare at 'that ugly monster'!!" I grabbed her arm and began to twist it. "I decided to let you stay in my palace, but you just decide to

"Ow! I wasn't staring!! I was just.." she trailed off, and looked down on at the floor.

"You were just what?! You're just like the rest! Goggling at me like I was some sort of freak!"

"I don't think you're a freak", She whispered quietly and strained.

"Then what?! Actually, you know what, I don't care! Just get out!" He flung my arm out of his hand.

"I'm sorry"

"Just go!" I glared at her, and it seemed to work. She looked at me..sadly? Then she left, murmuring one more "I'm very sorry."

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I ran down the hallway as fast as I could, not really knowing where I was going. Soon, I came to my room, and so I ran in, slamming the door behind me. I just panted against the door for a minute, trying to catch my breath, and still my heart, which was beating one hundred times a second.

At first I really had been looking for Eriol, but then I walked by his, Syaoran's room. I was going to just go past, but then I saw, he was smiling. I couldn't help but watch him a bit. I haven't lived here long, so I'm not sure if he smiles often, but his smile really was actually very nice. 'I didn't know wolves could smile.'

"Ah!" I flinched, then looked down at my right arm. Blood was slowly leaking onto my shirt. Syaoran had probably gouged it with his claws. Slowly, and carefully, I took off my shirt, and hunted around for some sort of medicine kit. There was one at the foot of my bed, and I got some clean white strips of cloth from it. I managed to make a tourniquet for my arm, and then sat down on the bed, wincing every now and then.

'Oh! My shirt! Well, I can't wear that now.' I groaned. All of my other clothes were in my pack, and that hadn't been brought up to my room yet. Then, I saw a wardrobe. 'I hope Eriol won't mind if I borrow something from it.'

I stood up, to go open the wardrobe. The door opened soundlessly, and I gasped in wonder. The wardrobe was a doorway to a whole other room! I gingerly stepped in, and once inside, I gasped again. The room was full of clothes! It was all in an Asian/oriental style, but the room had everything, from formal dresses, to riding boots!

"Hoeeeee!!"

~Later~

I had picked out a long sleeved (so as to hide the cut), pink silk dress, with slits to my knees on both sides. It had very prettily embroidered cherry blossoms all over it. Beneath the hanger it was on, were also a pair of matching pink, silk shoes. Also, when I came out of the room, I had went to my dresser, and picked out some matching earrings.

I twirled around happily giggling, then fell on the bed. "Ah! If only I had a mirror!"

Suddenly, there was a light tapping at the door. "Hoe? Who could it be?" I got up and walked towards the door to open it.

Outside was my pack, floating in midair. "HOOOOEEEEE!!!! GHOST!!!!" I ran around my room screaming.

"Sakura-chan! Daijoubu! It's me! Nakuru!"

"Nani? Nakuru-chan! Gomen!" Embarrassed, I took the pack from the butterfly that was struggling to hold it. "Arigato!"

"No problem- AHHH!!!"

"Nani?!"

"SAKURA-CHAN IS SO KAWAII!!!"

~Later~

I twirled around some more, giggling. Nakuru had helped me with make up, and my hair, which was basically the same, except now I had a very cute pink cherry blossom clip in it.

"Arigato Nakuru-chan!" I exclaimed happily.

"No problem!" Nakuru continued to fly around me, until I began to get dizzy.

"Ah, if only there was a mirror in this room!"

"Oh, Li-san doesn't allow mirrors in the palace," Nakuru told me.

"Eh? Why?" 'That seemed pretty strange.

"Well-"

"Ah! Mirror!" I unknowingly cut her off and jumped up. I began rummaging through my pack.

"Eh? Sakura-chan, what are you looking for?" Nakuru asked, puzzled.

"This!" I replied, holding up my star key. And this!" I said, holding up the Sakura Book. I raised my star key up. "Release!!"

The star key enlarged, and turned into my star wand. Nakuru watched all this, wide eyed.

I flipped open the Sakura Book, and took out the Mirror card. "Mirror!"

Green mist swirled around the card then in front of me. A large ornately carved mirror began to form. Then, the mist cleared, and before me was a girl inside the mirror.

"Arigato Mirror!" I bowed. Mirror nodded and bowed back, smiling. Then she took a step backwards, and disappeared into the mirror.

I turned back towards Nakuru. "Now we have a mirror, Nakuru-chan!" I gasped. "Nakuru-chan? Nakuru-chan!!!" The violet butterfly had fainted.

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I surveyed myself in front of Sakura's mirror. I, too, had found a hidden room full of clothing, and I was now wearing a dress, which was very similar to Sakura's, except it was very pretty shade of purple with little plum blossoms embroidered on it. My shoes were of the same color, and were also made of silk.

Nakuru was now fluttering around me, fixing my hair, adding a bit of jewelry here and there, just fine tuning my outfit. I had come running into Sakura's room when I heard her scream. From there, a funny (to the third person) scene had ensued.

It went something like this:

"Sakura-chan! I heard you scream!"

"Yes I did! Nakuru-chan fainted!.....HOE! Tomoyo-chan! What are you doing here? Did you run all the way from the stables?!"

"Iie! I'll explain later! Who's Nakuru??"

"Her!"

"Where?"

"The butterfly!"

"Butterflies faint???"

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Anyway, we had sorted everything out, and now Sakura was sitting on the bed happily humming, waiting for Nakuru to finish up with my outfit.

"There! All done!" Nakuru exclaimed happily.

I smiled, then twirled a bit in the mirror. Nakuru had put my hair up in a bun, and also put a very pretty, silver moon clip in. "Arigato Akizuki-san."

"No problem! But please, call me Nakuru-chan!" She smiled cheerily.

"If you will call me Tomoyo", I grinned.

"Hai, Tomoyo-chan!" Then the butterfly glanced at the cuckoo clock hanging in Sakura's room. It was 7-o' clock. "Ah! I must go help prepare dinner! Ja!" Nakuru hurriedly flew out of the room.

"Ja!" Sakura called.

"Ja ne!" I smiled.

Then I turned to Sakura. "So, what should we do before dinner? We've got an hour."

Sakura thought a minute, then looked out the window. "Ah! I know! Let's go take a walk in the garden!" Sakura said cheerfully.

I nodded. "Hai." I was a bit worried though, she kept favoring her right arm, and I hoped she was all right.

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I watched Sakura and Tomoyo leave the room and go into the garden through the viewing mirror in Hiragizawa's room. I had managed to sneak in when he went downstairs to direct the making of dinner.

I frowned, I hadn't meant to hurt her. "Maybe I should apologize," I mused aloud.

"Worried Li-san?" Rang an annoyingly familiar voice.

"Hiragizawa!" I sprang up from the chair I was sitting in, and turned around to glare at the little blue cat. Then I regained my posture. "What would I be worried about?"

"I don't know. You tell me," Hiragizawa smirked. Then he frowned. "Apologize?"

"Er," Hiragizawa would freak if he knew I harmed 'a lady'. "Nothing. I just had a small run-" I cleared my throat. "Confrontation with Kinomoto-san."

"Li-san! What did you do?!" Hiragizawa barked. (A/N- heh....a barking cat..)

I froze. 'Why am I feeling guilty? She had it coming to her! Sneaking around my palace like that!' Then I remembered that Hiragizawa could read minds, and so I tried to clear my mind of thoughts.

Hiragizawa kept his stern tone. "Well, if you upset her, in anyway, yes, you should apologize. Dinner would be a good chance for it." He paused. "And you should also keep out of my room." Then he walked out, tail raised high.

Oh how I wanted to strangle him! But, those last words he said reminded me of what had happened earlier.

The baka was right, I should apologize. I sighed resignedly. 'But how?'

Hiragizawa called from the hallway. "Flowers perhaps!"