Disclaimer: I don't own anything but the story. And whatever characters I
happen to throw in here and there are mine though.
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Flowers of China Chapter 1 New Beginnings
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"Not everyone in life is going to like you. You might as well get used to it."
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Sakura awoke to a clear fresh morning. She suddenly realized her fatal mistake, she had overslept. 'Why hasn't anyone come to wake me?' she glanced at the grandfather clock near the wall opposite from her. 'Oh dear, the morning chores must be nearly over by...wait a second!? Grandfather clock?!' It was then that Sakura realized the glorious truth. She had been adopted.
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Syaoran awoke in a grumpy mood. "Stupid sun!" he yelled to no one in particular. "Why can't you rise to full noon at a DECENT hour?!" he yelled furiously. Syaoran was in a bad mood, as usual. He wasn't a morning person. As a matter of fact, he wasn't an anytime type of person. He quickly changed and made his way down the three stories to the kitchen. His mother had told him he would be given a present today. He hoped it was a new game for one of his many video game systems. He was getting rather bored with his latest collection.
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However, Syaoran was shocked, rather than pleased, with his "present".
"Okaa-sama!" he shouted at the top of his lungs at the moment he saw Sakura. "What is SHE doing here?! Who is SHE! Why is SHE eating at the high table and not the servants quarters?!"
Sakura couldn't help it. She felt rather offended. She had expected a kind child to explore and play with, to be best friends with. He, he was rude, arrogant and quite blunt. Sakura simply couldn't see herself having much fun with this boy.
"Syaoran!" exclaimed Yelan. "Be kind! She is to be your FRIEND as you have none of your own! You will treat her with kindness and RESPECT! Do you hear me?! Or you shall say goodbye to your X Box.
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After breakfast, Yelan (though we shall call her Okaa-sama from now on as that is what both children knew her as) insisted that they hurry off to play.
After Okaa-sama had left the room, Syaoran began to wear an ugly smirk upon his face. "I know a game we can play." Said Syaoran devilishly.
Sakura, missing the hint, began to be quite excited "What game? I love games, do you know many?" She asked innocently.
"This one's a fun one." He said in that same somewhat evil tone. "What's your name?" he asked in a different, almost kind but not quite voice.
"My name is Sakura." She said. "In Japan, it means cherry blossom."
"That's a nice name" he replied in that same fake tone. "My game is called lock Sakura in "The Cupboard"
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"The Cupboard" was a truly dangerous place. Rats lived there. The ceiling was low that you had to crawl close to the floor, so that if you lifted you head you would bang it badly. There was a hard cement floor and it was a gray and gloomy place. However, the true danger was the furnace at the end of the room. So that if you even touched it you would be badly burned.
"Well, what are you waiting for?" he said moodily to the servants. "LOCK HER IN "THE CUPBOARD"
The servants quite liked Sakura. At any rate, they liked her more than they liked Syaoran, who had to be the most unlikable, disagreeable person on the face of the earth.
Hanako, a kind girl, liked Sakura a lot. For Sakura had given her some food from the High Table after breakfast, and, under Syaoran's orders, hadn't eaten in days, was very grateful. Also, Sakura was a bright and cheery person, quite the opposite of Syaoran, and anyways, Hanako simply felt that she was the type of person that it was hard not to like.
In the end, under Syaoran's threatens to have them all thrown in "The Cupboard" for weeks, or even worse, fire and disgrace the lot of them so it would be next to impossible for them to find jobs, they agreed to his wishes, and Sakura was locked in "The Cupboard".
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Sakura found that "The Cupboard", as it was called, was her least favorite room in the house. She didn't like this game of Syaoran's at all. She shouted to Syaoran that she didn't want to play anymore. But either he didn't hear her, or he didn't care. Sakura, not knowing what else to do, headed toward the light she saw at the opposite side of the room, which was, of course, the furnace.
Sakura opened the furnace gate and began to crawl in, thinking this was the exit. [KN: Y'all have to remember she's never even seen a furnace, let alone an old fashioned one, in her life before.]
Sakura let out an ear piercing scream, it was so loud and so terrifying that Yelan dropped her china and Syaoran dropped the video game he was playing, and ran toward "The Cupboard".
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Yelan crawled into "The Cupboard" herself and quickly got Sakura out. She yelled at one of the servants [KN: Not in a mean way!!!] to call an ambulance immediately.
Yelan glared fiercely at her son as if to say "How dare you!" Syaoran himself felt awful. He had threatened and made fun of others, but never killed. He had tattled and lied, but never killed. For the first time in his life, Syaoran felt remorse. He felt bad about someone other than himself. He made a small wish in his head that Sakura would be OK. Syaoran was beginning to change.
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End of Chapter
So! How do you like it? Syaoran will get better I promise! I'll try to get the next chapter up really quick! Before I even start working on Chapter 6 of Words Left Unsaid! Well, that's it for now! Ja ne!
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Flowers of China Chapter 1 New Beginnings
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"Not everyone in life is going to like you. You might as well get used to it."
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Sakura awoke to a clear fresh morning. She suddenly realized her fatal mistake, she had overslept. 'Why hasn't anyone come to wake me?' she glanced at the grandfather clock near the wall opposite from her. 'Oh dear, the morning chores must be nearly over by...wait a second!? Grandfather clock?!' It was then that Sakura realized the glorious truth. She had been adopted.
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Syaoran awoke in a grumpy mood. "Stupid sun!" he yelled to no one in particular. "Why can't you rise to full noon at a DECENT hour?!" he yelled furiously. Syaoran was in a bad mood, as usual. He wasn't a morning person. As a matter of fact, he wasn't an anytime type of person. He quickly changed and made his way down the three stories to the kitchen. His mother had told him he would be given a present today. He hoped it was a new game for one of his many video game systems. He was getting rather bored with his latest collection.
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However, Syaoran was shocked, rather than pleased, with his "present".
"Okaa-sama!" he shouted at the top of his lungs at the moment he saw Sakura. "What is SHE doing here?! Who is SHE! Why is SHE eating at the high table and not the servants quarters?!"
Sakura couldn't help it. She felt rather offended. She had expected a kind child to explore and play with, to be best friends with. He, he was rude, arrogant and quite blunt. Sakura simply couldn't see herself having much fun with this boy.
"Syaoran!" exclaimed Yelan. "Be kind! She is to be your FRIEND as you have none of your own! You will treat her with kindness and RESPECT! Do you hear me?! Or you shall say goodbye to your X Box.
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After breakfast, Yelan (though we shall call her Okaa-sama from now on as that is what both children knew her as) insisted that they hurry off to play.
After Okaa-sama had left the room, Syaoran began to wear an ugly smirk upon his face. "I know a game we can play." Said Syaoran devilishly.
Sakura, missing the hint, began to be quite excited "What game? I love games, do you know many?" She asked innocently.
"This one's a fun one." He said in that same somewhat evil tone. "What's your name?" he asked in a different, almost kind but not quite voice.
"My name is Sakura." She said. "In Japan, it means cherry blossom."
"That's a nice name" he replied in that same fake tone. "My game is called lock Sakura in "The Cupboard"
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"The Cupboard" was a truly dangerous place. Rats lived there. The ceiling was low that you had to crawl close to the floor, so that if you lifted you head you would bang it badly. There was a hard cement floor and it was a gray and gloomy place. However, the true danger was the furnace at the end of the room. So that if you even touched it you would be badly burned.
"Well, what are you waiting for?" he said moodily to the servants. "LOCK HER IN "THE CUPBOARD"
The servants quite liked Sakura. At any rate, they liked her more than they liked Syaoran, who had to be the most unlikable, disagreeable person on the face of the earth.
Hanako, a kind girl, liked Sakura a lot. For Sakura had given her some food from the High Table after breakfast, and, under Syaoran's orders, hadn't eaten in days, was very grateful. Also, Sakura was a bright and cheery person, quite the opposite of Syaoran, and anyways, Hanako simply felt that she was the type of person that it was hard not to like.
In the end, under Syaoran's threatens to have them all thrown in "The Cupboard" for weeks, or even worse, fire and disgrace the lot of them so it would be next to impossible for them to find jobs, they agreed to his wishes, and Sakura was locked in "The Cupboard".
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Sakura found that "The Cupboard", as it was called, was her least favorite room in the house. She didn't like this game of Syaoran's at all. She shouted to Syaoran that she didn't want to play anymore. But either he didn't hear her, or he didn't care. Sakura, not knowing what else to do, headed toward the light she saw at the opposite side of the room, which was, of course, the furnace.
Sakura opened the furnace gate and began to crawl in, thinking this was the exit. [KN: Y'all have to remember she's never even seen a furnace, let alone an old fashioned one, in her life before.]
Sakura let out an ear piercing scream, it was so loud and so terrifying that Yelan dropped her china and Syaoran dropped the video game he was playing, and ran toward "The Cupboard".
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Yelan crawled into "The Cupboard" herself and quickly got Sakura out. She yelled at one of the servants [KN: Not in a mean way!!!] to call an ambulance immediately.
Yelan glared fiercely at her son as if to say "How dare you!" Syaoran himself felt awful. He had threatened and made fun of others, but never killed. He had tattled and lied, but never killed. For the first time in his life, Syaoran felt remorse. He felt bad about someone other than himself. He made a small wish in his head that Sakura would be OK. Syaoran was beginning to change.
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End of Chapter
So! How do you like it? Syaoran will get better I promise! I'll try to get the next chapter up really quick! Before I even start working on Chapter 6 of Words Left Unsaid! Well, that's it for now! Ja ne!