Chap5
~A Few Days Later~
A scream ran through the palace and made everyone one jump. Those who were being lazy bums suddenly woke up. Ten minutes later Sakura ran down the stairs into the Dinning hall. Everything was where it should be and she looked perfect. Yes, she did look perfect. As perfect as a flower.
"Well, good morning, Princess Sakura. Would you like some breakfast? There is still some left even though it is almost over.," giggled Queen Yelen with a smile on.
"I am so sorry that I am late, Your Majesties. Hehe. I am usually like this.," mumbled Sakura very embarrassed.
"It is okay. Sarah would you get Princess Sakura some food?"
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"Well, thank you Sarah. Umm...Queen Yelen please don't get all formal with me. I mean I am just not comfortable with it."
"Okay, I will agree with you. You brought up a proper girl.," Yelen said as she turned to Fujitaka and Nadeshiko.
"Why, thank you."
Breakfast went on like that. Later the adults said that they had a number of activities set up for them. It was all ready for them to use. They had everything from swimming pool to a fighting arena (which had a spell on it so they won't kill each other).
"Well boys, what do you want to do today?"
"First of all Princess Sakura, don't call me by anything except Syaoran or Li and I would like to go swimming."
"Fine. Whatever Syaoran.," said Sakura full of mockery, "I agree with you. I would like to go swimming, but I didn't bring my swimming suit."
"Oh, that is okay Sakura. You can wear one of mine. Come on. We meet by the lake in two mintues. Okay?"
"Okay."
~At The Lake~
"Where are those girls? Huh, Eriol?"
"Well ya know, girls they are so slow in changing and dressing up."
"I heard that Eriol. You know that I don't take much time. It was because Tomoyo had to draw a picture of me.," said Sakura coming over to them. She was wearing a string-tied bikini that was pink with and many patterns of flowers on it. It was a bit showy, but then again it was Tomoyo's design. She noticed that Syaoran and Sakura would make such a cute couple. Tomoyo, herself was wearing the same but a purple bikini that was tight against her pale skin. Both the boys were stunned and drooling slightly. 'Wow. She looks so hot. God, she has a body of an angel. No, a body of a goddess. I wish I can touch her. That bathing suit is definitely a product of my sister. She is the only one who makes that revealing clothing. The suit looks good on her. I would love to feel her skin. She is .... What am I thinking?! She is the one that beat me in a duel. Without MAGIC! Do I like her?,' thought Syaoran as many similar thoughts crept into his mind. Eriol's thoughts were not so pure either. 'Wow just look at her. She is stunning! I wish I can just... wait Syaoran will probably kill me if I do. But I just want to... those slim pale legs... and that suit! It is so revealing..." His thoughts just went on like that. Never even noticed that Sakura was staring at him and was smiling and laughing on the inside, but she never even noticed Syaoran was drooling just by looking at her. Tomoyo, of course did notice the two. She saw her brother drooling which at first surprised, her since he never did that, and then she smiled and was thinking of a plan to get them together. She noticed Eriol right after that and blushed really very dark, but she had enough posture to talk.
"What are you guys staring at?"
No answer.
"Hello? Earth to the boys."
Still, no answer.
"Will you guys snap out of it and come back to reality?," said Tomoyo with some force.
"Huh? What?," the boys chorused coming back down.
"Well, what were you guys staring at?"
"We were staring at something? Really. I didn't notice.," stated Syaoran still staring at Sakura, who just noticed what he was doing and blushed.
"Can you stop staring at me?," said Sakura really quietly.
"Huh? Oh, sorry.," Syaoran said only just noticing what he was doing.
"You can stop too.," said Tomoyo directing it at Eriol.
"Yeah sorry.," replied Eriol blushing furiously.
"See Tomoyo. This suit is a bit too reveling. I don't like it.," whined Sakura.
"It is not that bad. It is one of my creations. See, mine is just like yours.," replied Tomoyo. While that
was happening Syaoran had guessed it was one of her creations and was right.
"But yours has a skirt over it and mine doesn't!," stated Sakura.
"Are we gonna stand here all day and talk or are we gonna swim?," asked Eriol.
"Yeah we are going to swim. We got our stuff and food for a picnic.," responded Sakura.
"Okay, then lets swim."
~ Later ~
After the swim they went to walk in the gardens. They walked through the paths and under the canopy of flowers. There were flowers of every color most were violet though because Tomoyo means Violet Flower. And of course Sakura loved flowers. Ever since she was little, she loved nature, that is a reason why she always hangs outside. She had a beautiful garden at home. It had flowers of every kind, color and shape, especially the cherry blossom. It was simply beautiful. That also explains her name, Sakura. Sakura means Cherry Blossom. They were walking along in a comfortable silence looking at the flowers, listening to the birds chirping and butterflies flitting from flower to flower. Soon, they meet a fork in the road. They unconsciously went in pairs in the opposite directions. Sakura was with Syaoran and Tomoyo was with Eriol. They were oblivious to it all.
~5 minutes later ~
"Sakura, isn't this the most beautiful flower ever?," asked Tomoyo, who still haven't noticed that they have split up.
"Sakura?," Tomoyo questioned. She noticed that Sakura wasn't there neither was Syaoran. There was only Eriol. Eriol had responded and looked up at Tomoyo and looked around. He saw that they were alone and started blushing.
"Oh, hi Eriol. Heh...isn't it ...umm...funny that we ended up separated and us two together.,"stumbled Tomoyo.
"Yeah, strange.," mumbled Eriol still blushing.
"Umm...well we never really talked to each other before...so what do you like to do?"
"Um, I like sword play, jousting, challenges, adventures. Basically everything that a teenage boy would like."
"Oh, yeah my brother likes that kind of stuff too."
"What about you, Tomoyo?"
"Well, I like sewing, drawing, designing. Anything that has to do with clothes. I also like singing."
"Well, you are not like my sister at all. She is totally a tomboy. She likes fighting, sword play, jousting, challenges, adventures. She is always getting in trouble. Her magic is really strong so I don't have to worry that much about her getting hurt."
"Yeah, she told me that. She also told me about all the pranks you guys did on all those 'poor' princes and princesses."
"Hey. It was fun. You guys did them too right?"
"Yeah. Mostly my brother. He has more magic than me. I just have enough for everyday things easier like designing and drawing. Well, usually I come up with the plan and he just puts it into action."
"Oh really? We just do everything together. And we put our magic together to do the prank. There was one that we were standing in the great hall alone and we were just talking just to be polite..."
"Polite?"
"Yeah, as polite as we can be."
"Oh, that means you two were being rude.'
"Whatever. So we were just standing there. Suddenly, the princess lost control of her body and we made her do really funny dances. Soon, her brother tried to make her stop, but couldn't and threw her. We just helped that throw a little bit and got her all the way across the castle into the moat where she got soaked in the nasty water. Her brother, I think Aaron was the name, well he ran to the wall and looked over. We made sure that his pants got caught on one of the nails in the wall and made the wind blow really hard. Before he knew what came over him, his pants were off and he traveled through the air into the middle of the practice courts. Everyone just laughed at him. It was really funny.," explained Eriol laughing.
Tomoyo was doubling up with laughter and had tears in her eyes. She didn't see the rock right before her and tripped. Thank god, Eriol has a fast reaction time and caught her. He brought her up to her feet. They were standing really close, staring into each others' eyes oblivious to the world around them. Their breaths were short and sharp. In their heads, it was a totally different world. 'She is so beautiful. I mean I have noticed it before, but her beauty is exquisite. She is different from all the other princesses that I have meet before. She doesn't follow me or drool. She is really nice. She has great talent and a great body. I think I am starting to fall for her.,' thought the love-smitten-Eriol. Tomoyo on the other hand...
'God. I never really seen him up close. He is actually really handsome. Well he must be really strong since he was able to battle Syaoran. He is really smart, funny, nice and cute. Wha...am I falling for this guy? I can't do that?'
'Why not?,'asked Tomoyo's conscience.
'Because...ummm...,'
'See you can't even get an answer. Just admit it that you like him'
'Well maybe I do like him. I mean he is intelligent and everything.'
'See you just need to someone to help you along.'
'Whatever. Yeah, I guess I am falling for Sakura's brother. I wonder what Syaoran and Sakura are doing.'
~Syaoran and Sakura together on the other side of the garden.~
Sakura and Syaoran walked down the path side by side. They kept on walking watching their surroundings. Then, they came upon a magnificent gazebo. It was covered with all kinds of flowers. There were native ones, exotic ones, purple ones, pink, blue, green flowers. They just came cascading down from the top. Oh, they also had Sakura's favorite cherry blossoms. There was a mini marble fountain in the middle. Water sprouted from a heart that an couple holds. They were in formal wedding cloths and looked priceless. The faces were also very distinctive. They held the look of true love.
"OH! Look, there is a gazebo over there.," exclaimed Sakura.
"Yeah. That is called Love's Secret Heart.," explained Syaoran.
"Really? It is so pretty! Let's go.," commanded Sakura, totally ignoring Syaoran's comment and with that she grabbed Syaoran's hand making him go dark red and walked off to the gazebo. "My! It has my favorite flower here. I love this place."
"Really? Well it is pretty, I guess. What is your favorite flower anyway?," stuttered Syaoran still deep red.
"What do you mean, you guess?! It is gorgeous! Well, um my favorite flower is the cherry blossom, hence my name."
"Really? My favorite are the peonies. See they are over there. Intertwined with the cherry bl...," Syaoran said blushing red again.
"Yeah. Umm, where are the others? And what did you call this place again?"
"Well I don't see them. They may have went another way. This garden is like a maze. Umm this...um...gazebo..is called...Love's Secret Heart.," answered Syaoran blushing red once more.
"Are you okay? You are really red. Do you not feel well? Maybe you have a fever. We should go back...," Sakura stated as dense as ever. She just went on and on like that, not noticing Syaoran getting more and more red because she was so worried about him.
"No...no...I fell...I mean...feel..fin..fine.," Syaoran choked out.
"Oh. Okay. Why don't we try to find the others?," Sakura asked, just noticing the heat here.
'Why is he staring at me like that? It makes me feel all giddy. Well, he is quite cute. His unruly hair matches him. He has a well-toned body and good looks. He must be intelligent and smart after Tomoyo always talk about him. Hmmm. He sounds just like my ideal man. Well...' Her thoughts just went on like that while she looked into his brown eyes. Syaoran on the other hand... 'She is a beauty. She may be a tomboy, but she much more beautiful than any other lady in the court. Wait a second...she is the girl who beat you...and made a laughing stock out of you...well she didn't exactly beat me, we tied...yeah well...she is pretty and she is happy, cute, warm, funny, caring...and a bunch of other stuff.'
"Syaoran?"
"Yeah."
"Why don't we go and find your sister and my brother now? Hmm?'
"Okay."
They went on the search to find them. They found them staring into each others eye and smiling, standing in the middle of a circle full of violet and blue colored flowers. Sakura and Syaoran turn towards each other and nodded with a mischievous glint in both of their eyes.
"I've got a idea...," whispered Sakura.