updating again! hehe~ apparently my work will nv be flawless~ but flames n
comments will still be accepted! =P thx for all those ppl hu corrected me!
LilAznMunchkin - oopsies~ thx for telling me that! Me did a bit of editing already~ thx!!
Lily of the Shadow - me not sure how they greet each other in medieval time so gomen! hehe~ Sakura plays around wif the letters of her last name* fiddling wif letters r my style.hehe~
moezy-chan n KawaiinessPnay n everyone else- arigatou for ur support!
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Painful Memories
The next day was the first proper day of starting lessons. Sakura was both lucky and unlucky when she found the list of students in her class. She was fortunately in the same class as Syaoran and Eriol, but so was Grafter, that was the unfortunate part. The first lesson of the day was at the fields, where the awaited for their master's appearance, when Sakura brought up the subject.
"Syaoran, what did you tell Grafter the other night?"
Eriol grinned devilishly and Syaoran couldn't help but allow a small smile to tug at his lips. "Stop grinning and tell me!" Sakura demanded angrily, nearly stomping her foot to accent her impatience.
"Don't worry Aku, you're bound to know sooner or later." Eriol replied, still grinning like a chesire cat. "I can guarantee that." she heard Syaoran mutter.
She opened her mouth to argue but her cry was interrupted by the arrival of their master.
The teacher was young and tall with jet-black hair that covered half of his forehead and he wore a dead set serious expression on his face. Sakura gulped and decided it wouldn't be best to get on his bad side.
"I am your Instructor and you will call me Sir Touya."
He looked around the class and looked predominantly at Syaoran and Eriol.
"I am a fair person and will not give advantages to particular people.that includes the both of you, your Highness." The note of restraint was hinted when he kept rom growling out the last word.
"Ack!" Sakura cried, gaping at them in shock. Why didn't they tell her that they were royalties?! Syaoran merely scowled.
"Now as you know, I am here to teach you jousting and fighting with weapons such as staff and archery whilst standing, normal riding and track riding. Of course, there are more that that and the list goes on." Touya paused, then continued,
"Muscles being torn, bruised and even broken bones are occasional visitors," He grinned darkly and Sakura was near positive he had fangs, "They come around everyday." Everyone sweat-dropped with moans of hopeless exasperation.
'I suppose my Gift with healing ability will come in useful.' Sakura thought.
"First thing first," Touya grinned again, clapping his hands together. "Warm ups! Half an hour of continuous sit-ups and half an hour of push- ups. If I catch anyone idling, it'll be running around the track 5 times every night for a week. Begin now."
The whole class groaned, 'This is gonna be a long day.'
By lunchtime, she had practiced how to fall properly and get up at about 100 times, learned the basics of staff fighting, creating multi-coloured bruises everywhere, and forced to ride with a stubborn horse. She was tired to the bone and still couldn't find the time to ask the other two. At last, she found them washing their faces. She went up to them and asked,
"Why didn't you tell me who you were at the first place!"
Syaoran dried his face with a towel and looked at her. Water dripped down from his hair, his fringes covering parts of his eyes. She blushed for some reason. 'Why are you blushing? Stop it Sakura!'
"Would it matter that much if we told you?" He asked coldly.
"Well.no, not really," she admitted slowly, "But."
Eriol smiled, "We're not that special, Aku. Syaoran's a prince and happens to be the next heir in line to the Li Kingdom. I'm a cousin of his that grew up in the same palace courts as him. Now that we've 'introduced' ourselves, let's go hit the kitchen, I'm starving."
At the mention of the Li Kingdom, she felt weird, as if something she had forgotten was trying to resurface.... Something important.
"Well, are you gonna come or not? We're not gonna wait for you forever, you know." Syaoran said impatiently, his foot nearly tapping against the floor.
After lunch, there were 4 other lessons; History, Tactic Studies, Nobility Manners, and Arithmetic. By the end of the day, she was exhausted and had nearly fallen asleep on her feet more than once. She went to her room and made sure the doors were locked before taking a bath. She knew of the risk and the possibility of getting found out. Even more important, of being discovered as the next royal Kinomoto, Princess Sakura. She took her time in the warm bath and put on a set of clean clothes. She sat at her desk and got ready to do her homework. From her pocket, she took out a ring. Memories flooded in.
~Memories~
"Sakura!" she heard her mother's voice cry desperatly, "Take the cards away and run! Cards, protect your mistress! Run Sakura!"
A little girl with auburn bangs held the cards tightly to her chest, gripping them with her life, emerald eyes filled with tears.
"No, Mommy! No!"
Her mother smiled, "Go, honey. I love you with all my heart and I'll be there for you at all times."
The girl held tightly to her mother's hand, but someone pulled her away. The ring on her mother's finger slid and was clutched inside the hand of the little girl.
-Bang-
The door was knocked down and soldiers came in. The last thing she heard from her mother was: You'll have to kill me to get past...
~End of Memories~
Soundlessly, tears streamed down her face.
"Mother..." she whispered.
Someone disturbed her thoughts and knocked at her door. She wiped the tears off her face and opened the door.
"Surprise." Spoke a deep, male voice.
"Huh!" she gasped, "Ja-Jason Grafter!"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Cliff hanger? keke* R+R time now! =P
And she has a Beta Reader! Me! Beta Reader! (Insert corny laughs) Whelp... -_-;; I AM working n a CCS Fic meself, so, yeah, you get to listen to both of us now. Since I assisted in the revising of this story.
Yes, now u hav to listen to both of us coz she's helping me revise it~ haha* [repeatin her words aren't I?]
LilAznMunchkin - oopsies~ thx for telling me that! Me did a bit of editing already~ thx!!
Lily of the Shadow - me not sure how they greet each other in medieval time so gomen! hehe~ Sakura plays around wif the letters of her last name* fiddling wif letters r my style.hehe~
moezy-chan n KawaiinessPnay n everyone else- arigatou for ur support!
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Painful Memories
The next day was the first proper day of starting lessons. Sakura was both lucky and unlucky when she found the list of students in her class. She was fortunately in the same class as Syaoran and Eriol, but so was Grafter, that was the unfortunate part. The first lesson of the day was at the fields, where the awaited for their master's appearance, when Sakura brought up the subject.
"Syaoran, what did you tell Grafter the other night?"
Eriol grinned devilishly and Syaoran couldn't help but allow a small smile to tug at his lips. "Stop grinning and tell me!" Sakura demanded angrily, nearly stomping her foot to accent her impatience.
"Don't worry Aku, you're bound to know sooner or later." Eriol replied, still grinning like a chesire cat. "I can guarantee that." she heard Syaoran mutter.
She opened her mouth to argue but her cry was interrupted by the arrival of their master.
The teacher was young and tall with jet-black hair that covered half of his forehead and he wore a dead set serious expression on his face. Sakura gulped and decided it wouldn't be best to get on his bad side.
"I am your Instructor and you will call me Sir Touya."
He looked around the class and looked predominantly at Syaoran and Eriol.
"I am a fair person and will not give advantages to particular people.that includes the both of you, your Highness." The note of restraint was hinted when he kept rom growling out the last word.
"Ack!" Sakura cried, gaping at them in shock. Why didn't they tell her that they were royalties?! Syaoran merely scowled.
"Now as you know, I am here to teach you jousting and fighting with weapons such as staff and archery whilst standing, normal riding and track riding. Of course, there are more that that and the list goes on." Touya paused, then continued,
"Muscles being torn, bruised and even broken bones are occasional visitors," He grinned darkly and Sakura was near positive he had fangs, "They come around everyday." Everyone sweat-dropped with moans of hopeless exasperation.
'I suppose my Gift with healing ability will come in useful.' Sakura thought.
"First thing first," Touya grinned again, clapping his hands together. "Warm ups! Half an hour of continuous sit-ups and half an hour of push- ups. If I catch anyone idling, it'll be running around the track 5 times every night for a week. Begin now."
The whole class groaned, 'This is gonna be a long day.'
By lunchtime, she had practiced how to fall properly and get up at about 100 times, learned the basics of staff fighting, creating multi-coloured bruises everywhere, and forced to ride with a stubborn horse. She was tired to the bone and still couldn't find the time to ask the other two. At last, she found them washing their faces. She went up to them and asked,
"Why didn't you tell me who you were at the first place!"
Syaoran dried his face with a towel and looked at her. Water dripped down from his hair, his fringes covering parts of his eyes. She blushed for some reason. 'Why are you blushing? Stop it Sakura!'
"Would it matter that much if we told you?" He asked coldly.
"Well.no, not really," she admitted slowly, "But."
Eriol smiled, "We're not that special, Aku. Syaoran's a prince and happens to be the next heir in line to the Li Kingdom. I'm a cousin of his that grew up in the same palace courts as him. Now that we've 'introduced' ourselves, let's go hit the kitchen, I'm starving."
At the mention of the Li Kingdom, she felt weird, as if something she had forgotten was trying to resurface.... Something important.
"Well, are you gonna come or not? We're not gonna wait for you forever, you know." Syaoran said impatiently, his foot nearly tapping against the floor.
After lunch, there were 4 other lessons; History, Tactic Studies, Nobility Manners, and Arithmetic. By the end of the day, she was exhausted and had nearly fallen asleep on her feet more than once. She went to her room and made sure the doors were locked before taking a bath. She knew of the risk and the possibility of getting found out. Even more important, of being discovered as the next royal Kinomoto, Princess Sakura. She took her time in the warm bath and put on a set of clean clothes. She sat at her desk and got ready to do her homework. From her pocket, she took out a ring. Memories flooded in.
~Memories~
"Sakura!" she heard her mother's voice cry desperatly, "Take the cards away and run! Cards, protect your mistress! Run Sakura!"
A little girl with auburn bangs held the cards tightly to her chest, gripping them with her life, emerald eyes filled with tears.
"No, Mommy! No!"
Her mother smiled, "Go, honey. I love you with all my heart and I'll be there for you at all times."
The girl held tightly to her mother's hand, but someone pulled her away. The ring on her mother's finger slid and was clutched inside the hand of the little girl.
-Bang-
The door was knocked down and soldiers came in. The last thing she heard from her mother was: You'll have to kill me to get past...
~End of Memories~
Soundlessly, tears streamed down her face.
"Mother..." she whispered.
Someone disturbed her thoughts and knocked at her door. She wiped the tears off her face and opened the door.
"Surprise." Spoke a deep, male voice.
"Huh!" she gasped, "Ja-Jason Grafter!"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Cliff hanger? keke* R+R time now! =P
And she has a Beta Reader! Me! Beta Reader! (Insert corny laughs) Whelp... -_-;; I AM working n a CCS Fic meself, so, yeah, you get to listen to both of us now. Since I assisted in the revising of this story.
Yes, now u hav to listen to both of us coz she's helping me revise it~ haha* [repeatin her words aren't I?]