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Sakura

Have you ever woken up one morning and really, really wished with all your heart and SOUL that the events of the day before were just a really bad dream and that today would just be like every other day?

Then, you actually start your day and, well, no such luck.

Yeah, me too.

It's kind of weird, actually.

Prince Syaoran discovered my obedience curse so you'd think the first thing he'd do would be to order me to hop on one foot and sing 'All Hail Prince Syaoran' or order me to speak in nothing but Chinese for a year, even though I don't even KNOW Chinese (God knows I don't know what Meiling is screaming at me half the time) or, even worse, order me to like him!

That would be enough to give me nightmares.

But, no, he called me his new friend, smiled, then walked back to the castle and didn't say another word to me after that. I didn't understand how his mind worked.

I'd understand soon enough.

"Meiling, have you, by any chance, met my new friend, Sakura?" You know, I had very interesting shoes. I was staring at them. I knew what I'd see if I looked up: Meiling giving me a murderous glare that promised something like crabs in my bed or slugs in my soup. That's why I was staring at my shoes. They were interesting. All pink and… High-heeled. "Stop staring at the ground, Sakura."

"I'm not." I sing-songed in an annoyed voice. This only served to make Prince Pain-In-The-Ass amused.

"Then stop looking down."

I paused, holding out for as long as I could, then slowly brought my head upward to look at Meiling and noticed that it was both her and Hiiragazawa-kun there. Hiiragazawa-kun was frowning.

"Syaoran, why is Lady Sakura listening to whatever you say?" He asked in a serious voice. That was new. I'd never heard Hiiragazawa-kun sound serious. Then again, I'd only known him for about two and a half days.

"Oh," Baka [1] Li-chan said gleefully, grinning first at me, then at Meiling. "She has to listen to whatev—Oomph!"

"Uh, no reason. We've got a… Um… Bet going on… Yeah. A bet that says if I listen to Li-kun for a whole month, then he'll—" Drop dead. "—Er... Teach me how to… Ride a horse…" I said while keeping my hand firmly clasped on Li-kun's mouth. He looked at me, his eyes practically dancing in amusement—

--Right before he bit down. Hard.

"HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOEEEEEE!" I screeched, grabbing my poor injured hand and nursing it gently. "THAT HURT, YOU BAKA! BAKA BAKA BAKA BAKA!!!!!!!!!"

"Now, now, Princess. That's not how we play nice." He said, grinning and wrapping and arm around my shoulders. Huh, I'd show him how to play nice. I wonder where I could find some crabs to shove in his pants.

Now there's a beautiful picture.

"Why is she smirking like that?" Meiling asked, her eyes narrowed at me. What? She acted as if I WANTED that baka touching me. Puh-lease. I'd rather eat a dung beetle than remain in his presence any longer than necessary.

"Oh, you know, it's because she wants me." What a conceited, pompous, arrogant—

"No I don't."

"Do too."

"Do not."

"Do too."

"Do not."

"Do too."

"Do—"

"Stop arguing with me, Sakura-chan." I immediately stopped and glared at him.

"Don't call me Sakura-chan. Only friends and relatives get to call me that and you are neither."

He only smirked. "I love you, too, Bride-to-be. I can just see it now: You and me, ruling our combined kingdoms. You washing my clothes, making dinner, cleaning the castle. Why, with you around, there'd be no need for servants."

"Do I look like Cinderella to you?"

"No… She was prettier." Oh, wow, a fairy tale character is prettier than me. He really knew how to lay on the compliments, didn't he?

"Gee, thanks."

"You're welcome." He said smiling.

"I hate to break up your little flirting session—" Meiling growled sarcastically.

"Now, now, Meiling. If the fiancées want to flirt, then let it be. It'll help for when they fall madly in love and get married!" I gave Hiiragazawa-kun a death glare, which he returned in the form of a smile.

"Syaoran-chan is mine until then. You got that, Princess?" She glared at me. I rolled my eyes.

"Trust me, Meiling, I want him about as much as I want a blood transfusion [2]."

"Are you saying there's something wrong with him?" Sheesh, there was no pleasing this girl!

"If I start now I can finish by our wedding day." Hiiragazawa-kun chuckled while Meiling and Li-kun both glared at me.

"You've got quite a feisty little wife-to-be, there, my kawaii descendant."

"Oh, don't I know it." His glare turned into an amused smirk. "Feisty, but obedient. Isn't that right, Sakura-chan?"

"…."

There was a pause during which Li-baka must have gotten bored because, "Sakura, get down on your hands and knees."

To save myself the embarrassment of having a spaz attack that would end up with me on the floor anyway, I did as told, giving Li a murderous glare. He smirked.

"Now act like a dog."

Act like a dog, huh? Note to self: Brush mouth out twenty times later. With toothpaste AND soap.

I barked a few times, then sniffed the air and, smirking, growled at Li-baka. Then, slowly, I advanced on him, pounced, and bit his leg. Hard. Ooooh, I'd need two bars of soap and five tubes of toothpaste later. Yuck!

"AAAAAAAAAAAH! GET OFF ME, YOU IDIOT!" There were a lot of idiots in this hallway. He didn't specify which one he was talking to. I bit down harder. "SAKURA GET THE HELL OFF ME!"

Obediently, I released him, then sat down and blinked up at him as if I hadn't just caused him extreme pain. But, boy was I happy.

"Bad dog." He glared, growling as if he were a dog himself. "Sakura, bang your head against the wall five times for punishment."

I got up off my hands and knees and headed past him to the wall, kicking him in the exact same spot I'd just bit him for good measure, enjoying the scream that caused before lightly banging my head against the wall five times as told. I didn't even get a headache.

"Sakura, bang your head against the wall hard enough to give yourself a goddamn concussion!"

"Syaoran, isn't that being a bit—" Hiiragazawa injected.

"Sakura-chan, come here!" Saved by the Tomoyo! I bolted away from the wall and raced over to Tomoyo, who had just turned the corner.

"I need to talk to you. Now." I hissed in her ear. She nodded, shooting a smile at Hiiragazawa-kun (Ugh, who smiles right back. Young love at its best.) before turning around and walking with me down the hall and into an empty chamber.

"What's wrong?" She asked immediately after I'd locked the door and pressed up against it to keep anybody from coming in.

"Li-baka knows about my curse!"

"No!" Tomoyo's eyes widened and she clapped a hand to her mouth. "How did that happen?"

"I don't know! We were in the garden yesterday and he told me to leave him alone so I was but he stopped me and asked me why I was listening to him now and not before and then he started saying stuff like 'So, if I said.. Go do this or that or whatever, you wouldn't do it?' and it slowly winded down to 'Sakura, eat a blade of grass.' And I TRIED not to, really I did, but the curse nearly killed me so I had to do it and… Yeah… He figured it out…" Tomoyo, who had been listening to this all intently, now stood, her face set in determination.

"Oh, don't worry Sakura-chan. I'll figure something out. You've been stuck with this curse for long enough."

"Ain't that the truth."

"But, until then… Sakura?"

"Hm?"

"Don't follow any orders that Syaoran Li gives you." I blinked. Once. Twice. Then I smiled.

"Thank you!" I said, hugging her tightly. She laughed and hugged me back.

"No problem. It's all in the way you work it. Now, the reason I came to get you is because it's time for lunch. Then Fujitaka-san is sending you and Li-kun out into the village so you two can get acquainted."

"We're already acquainted. I think he needs a long trip alone. Absence makes the heart grow fonder, right?" Tomoyo laughed.

"That's what they say. Now, come on. I have a kawaii outfit ready. You'll love it!" She grabbed my hand and pulled me out the door. What did it matter what I wore? It's not like I had to impress this Prince of the Spoiled Baka-heads, right? In fact, I was planning on kicking him out of the carriage and into the nearest muddy ditch the instant we were out of the castle grounds.

And then having the horse stomp on him for good measure.

[1]Baka: Idiot (Last time I'm saying it, then you're on your own.)

[2] On a random note,yuketsu o shinaide kudasai means "I don't want a blood transfusion" in Japanese. Or so the book said.