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Konnichiwa, minna-san!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am very bad at cramming, so
the SAT's are still rearing their ugly heads. I guess that it is kind of
worthwhile to actually take them. Though, I take them in first period (Music)
with another teacher. I love music. That is where I get all the ideas for
fanfictions. I guess that means that this week I will not be getting any ideas
on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. (I have 8th period first on Tuesday and
Thursday.) I guess that delays the updates a WHOLE lot more. It doesn't matter
anyway, I guess. I think that is mostly everything of importance. *Thinks* I
know in my heart that I was supposed to tell you guys something, but I forgot
what it was. -_-; I guess I should
continue and cut the chat.
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KEY:
"Talking"
'Thinking'
*Action*
******Scene change or Flashback or POV (Though, there are hardly ANY
POV's)******
(A baka note or thought by me or it's some important UN-BAKA note)
******
DISCLAIMER: I don't own CCS and I don't think that any of the other
authors do either. So if you did NOT read this and sued, get ready for WWIII
******
Chapter 2, Dos, Dalawa, Ni, and Two of Etiquette Lessons:
Falls and Fights
By: the Cherri Ookami
******
It wasn't much of a beautiful day, for it was raining. Syaoran had gone out for
a few hours to buy things. (I don't know. I don't know what royalty people
like. Gomen ne) He had only done this; because the maids were still asleep and
Nadeshiko thought that it would be 'nice' or a 'nice gesture' of him to do
that, even if she told him to. He hadn't known how much it was going to
rain nor did Nadeshiko.
"I wonder what's taking him so long." She said
impatiently
"I guess he got stuck in the rain. The carriage IS hard to
drive at this weather." Said Fujitaka
"Carriage? What carriage are you talking about? I asked him
to walk." She said
"Walk? You asked him to WALK and he agreed? You have got
to be kidding me!" he said tensely
"I didn't know that it would rain... this hard." She
said *Pouts*
"Well, I'm guessing that your vegetables and rice are soaked just as much
as he is." He said sarcastically *Rolls eyes*
******At umm...*Thinks*
11:30am******
The rain had only cleared on the other side of town. Syaoran walked in the
rain, soaked like he jumped out of a flood. He kept the food and other things
completely dry, but his clothes were soaked.
'I hope that they are happy and I hope I get a better afternoon
than my morning.' He thought madly
the clouds still hadn't cleared and he walked to the door of the palace. He
pushed a red button. (Whatever.)
*Ring*
"I'll get it." Called Sakura.
*Slides down on the stair rails*
*Falls off*
"Oww."
*Opens door*
"Here is your food and rice and I'll be going to my room to overview the
whole morning into a slightly horrifying dream in my bed." Syaoran told
her with a WHOLE lot of sarcasm
"Okay, bye." She said happily (What is she, nuts? All you have to say
is Okay and Bye?)
******In the kitchen******
"Here. I'll take those, Sakura-sama." Said Aria
" 'Kay!"
"Umm. Queen Nadeshiko, here are the things you sent for."
"Oh. Arigato."
******
"Lunch!" called Amia
" 'Kay!" called Sakura
"Let's eat!" Said Touya *Grins broadly*
"Where's Li-kun?" asked Nadeshiko
"He's probably asleep. He said that he would go to sleep and look at the
overview of this morning as a fairly horrifying nightmare. He told me that when
he came back." She said simply
"Ahh...alright." Nadeshiko responded (Dense! They are ALL
either dense or insensitive. They are eating food brought in by a
boy who nearly drowned in rainwater. Cruel to him!)
******
Syaoran lied on the bed limply. He was not asleep, but he wanted to be. He
simply knew that lessons would be a murder. He thought that it would be
sensible to go to sleep and never talk to Nadeshiko EVER again.
"Syaoran-kun? Are you there? It's Sakura!" called a sweet voice
"..."
"Hi. Aren't you hungry? I mean, you haven't even eaten
breakfast." She said
"..."
"Are you asleep?"
"..."
"No? Yes? Okay."
"..."
"Are you even listening to me?"
"..."
She laid he eyes on a picture. It had a woman with peach blossoms in her hair
and four girls hugging a little boy in an ukata near a beautiful palace.
"Hey! Look it's a picture."
"HEY! That's not for your eyes." Syaoran yelled
indignantly *Blushes* *Take the photo*
"It's you isn't it?" She said *Evil grin*
"Hai." He said under his breath
"What's wrong? You look so kawaii in that picture. *Pinches
his cheeky* though, who are those girls?" she said
"My sisters. Those are my sisters. They are a bit hyper." He
said, muffled in the pillow
"Will you be able to give me a lesson today? I think that a prince and
king are coming on Tuesday (It's Sunday there.) I need you to help me."
She said to him *Puppy eyes*
"Alright, but I don't know if I can do it right now. Try me at 2:30."
"Alright!" she said *Puts off the puppy face and puts on the hanyan
face*
"I think that everything that's happening is going to completely kill
me. I never should have agreed to work here." He said under his
breath
"Nani?" she asked
"Nothing." He said.
******
"Alright, lesson one. I'm going to teach you how to greet the family that
is coming over. Now, have you met any of them?" He stated *Takes notes*
"Yes, I have. The prince is bratty and the king is kind of a
show-off." She said *Shakes head tactlessly*
"Okay." he said as he scratched the back of his head nervously
"This is going to be living torture. He whispered
"Huh?" she asked
"Oh, no it's nothing." He said *Smiles nervously*
'That was close.' -_-; he thought
"Well, you need to work on smiling, because you can't just frown at the
family. You need to smile. It has to say, 'you are welcome to come here and
stay, but you better keep your hand off me,' And 'I hate having you
here, but I have to be polite.'" He told her calmly as if it was no
big deal
"That is what I have to say?"
"Of course not. That would be rude. Just smile and make it a
fakely 'I forgive you for touching me, but I REALLY don't mean it'
smile. That is what you have to do."
"Like this?" *Smiles a sweet smile*
'She is so beautiful.' He thought *Blushie*
"Hello?"
"Hmm. oh. Gomen ne." he said snapping back to reality
"Hmm." she said quietly
"Yeah, that should do. All right, now you have to know how to answer
questions from the people you hate. Pretend that I'm the prince." He said
to her
"Okay."
"How are you my sweet princess? Why don't we go out and do something
later?" he asked
"What's it to you?" she said rudely
"Okay. If I intentionally hugged you and kissed your cheek, what would you
do? Pretend it was the last prince that you chased out."
He stepped to her and hugged her and pretended to kiss her cheek.
"I'll umm." *Blushie*
'I wish that he REALLY kissed me.' She thought
"Wait, do what you would do."
"Okay."
She found a glass of water and threw the water at his face.
"Oops. I got carried away. You were too good, Gomen ne" she said
thinking he'd be mad as hell
"I got a lot of that today. I think we should take a long
break."
"Sorry." She said as tears formed in her emerald eyes.
"It's all right. You don't have to cry." He said softly
"I'm a failure at being a princess. *Sniff* I want to be polite.
People like polite people."
"You just need to hold your anger, because none of the princes will stay
long enough to get to know you better and stop thinking of you as a little doll
that people want to sleep with." He said
*Wipes face with a blue towel*
"Hey! Why don't you pretend to...''
"Oh, no. I've done this before and it never worked out. The princes
all just tried to kill me instead of avoiding the girl."
"How did you know that I was going to say that?" she wondered.
"It happened before."
******Flashback******
"I'm not really her boyfriend. I swear, she isn't"
"GET HIM AND MAKE SURE NOTHING IS LEFT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
called an angry mob of princes
"NO!!!!!!!!!!! MOTHER, FANRAN, FEIMEI, FUTTIE, SHIEFA,
ANYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
******End of Flashback******
"Oh, umm... all right then." She said.
"That's out of the question. You just need to get along with them for one
day."
"Actually, the banquet is a three part thing."
'I'm going to die of misery here. Kami-sama, why???????' he thought
cruelly
"Here. I want you to sit and pretend that a prince intentionally kissed
you on the lips."
"Aren't you really going to do it?" she asked sweetly
'Of course he will.' Thought his conscience
"I don't think that that's on the record."
"Then go off it." She said
"Fine."
He kissed her and pulled away.
'I'm so STUPID!' he thought
'That was nice.' She thought
She smiled and nobody knew that someone was behind the ferns.
"I got it!!!!!!!!" said Tomoyo
"Good my sweet. They will realize their love in good time." Eriol
said in his weird evil way O.o
"Hello. What are you are you guys doing?" called the quadruplet of
maids
"Shh. We are taping Syaoran and Sakura. They kissed."
"Ooo. Let me see." *Looks at the tape*
"Cool! We have the kingdom website. Lets put it on."
"Iie, we should use that for revenge or April Fools Day." Said Eriol
"Yeah. Get more." They said as the four giggling girls left, well,
giggling
"No problemo. Ja ne!" Tomoyo called
"Ja!"
******The next day******Syaoran's POV******
We continued and knew that I couldn't
do anything to help Sakura with her 'If I you met me and you are a prince,
prepare to DIE' problem. -_- She improved a whole LOT more, but
had a few more quirks.
"Sakura, I'll take another approach. I want you to think that I am the
prince. I AM THE PRINCE. I met you and I am the only prince you actually
got along with. Now, what would you do with me if I greeted you?"
"Ohayo, Princess Sakura. It's nice to see you again." I practiced
"Well, it's nice to see you too, Prince err. Syaoran." She said,
"Well you are a prince anyway and you really are the only prince that I
ever got along with." She said with a smile
"Well, I guess you're right." I said nervously
"Well, my father told me that I have to have an escort at the
banquet." She told me
"I know. That is another reason that I can't go to the banquet. I don't
have anyone to go with. Though, you on the other hand, can ask any of the
princes or people in town if they can come with you. I don't have anyone."
"Can you come with me?" she asked me shyly
******Normal POV******
'Say yes. Say yes. Say yes.' she thought
******Back to Syaoran POV******
"I don't know if I should interfere."
******Normal POV******
'No. I don't mind interfering. I love people who interfere. Go ahead. I just
want you to be my partner.' She thought
******Back to Syaoran POV******
"I guess that I could try to make it to the banquet." I said
"NO! You promised me that you WILL go and I don't think promise breaking
is NOT good etiquette." She said with mock rage
"Fine. I will go to the banquet with you. Just promise me that you will
not say that I am your boyfriend. I don't want to be killed by a bunch of angry
princes."
"Okay! Now, the prince and king are coming today."
"I thought you said that they will come tomorrow." I said, puzzled
"They called this morning and I want to be ready."
"I think that all you have to do is keep yourself quiet and think that I
am the prince that you are talking to."
"Hai. But, what if I call them by your name?"
"Simple. I'm a guy. We males don't listen to girls if they aren't our
mothers. We never listen. I do if someone forces me to. All the prince will say
is, 'Huh? I was mesmerized by your beautiful looks.'"
"How would you know?"
"Well, we guys are great at making excuses and lying and it's a commonly
used line that women usually get tired of." He told her calmly
"So, how do I know that you aren't lying now?"
"Well, I wouldn't lie to you." I shot
"What if you just lied to me now?" she shot back
"I'm not lying. We have some glint in our eye saying, 'HEY! LIE ALERT! LIE
ALERT!'"
"Ohh."
"Okay. I want you to relax and try to start a conversation WITHOUT
offending him until your sixth sentence."
"Why the sixth sentence?" she asked.
"I just came up with something."
"Ohh... All right. Umm... how are the things in the Hayashibara Kingdom,
sir?"
*Clears voice* "Fine. Though, my son has been eager to see you again. He
says that you are the finest princess in the world."
"Well, I don't think that he should say that." She said
"Why not?"
"I think that he might be getting a mixed message. I don't really enjoy
the way he treats me."
"Well, if you don't like it then change your attitude. My son is
perfect."
"You... why you."
"Yes, little princess?"
"GET OUT OF MY CASTLE AND NEVER COME BACK! THAT'S RIGHT! LEAVE WITH
YOU AND YOUR BRATTY SON TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!" she yelled as she
grabbed onto Syaoran's collar and shook him. *Pants*
"I think you did very well. You made it up to the 8th sentence. That was very
good. Just don't yell so loudly. It'll upset your parents and the royal
family. If that REALLY happens, I won't be fired. I'll just be
kicked back into my own country and will have to live alone."
"Why?" she asked quietly
"If that DOES happen, I'd probably disgrace my entire
clan, which would make my mother and sisters completely disown
me. I wouldn't blame them though. If I couldn't do a simple task, I
can't do anything. You must believe me when I say that if you are
disowned by people who's only word in their vocabulary is KAWAII,
you'd fell bad too. That is the lowest that I could go."
I really knew that my mother would be disappointed if I couldn't teach a girl
how to be polite and not lose their temper for three days.
I guess that I have to try and pray to Kami-sama that luck WILL pass my
way.
******Back to Normal POV******
It was time for the visit. Syaoran kept his fingers crossed and waited for the
family's arrival. The carriage pulled up and a fat king with a dirty crown came
walking with a woman wearing a tacky cotillion dress and a tiara that looked as
old as her face. (They look like a HATE (99.99) and love (.01%) couple that
were to old to even be standing up.)
"I didn't know that the queen was coming." He said to Aria
"They are all coming. Be on your guard. The last time they came, they
stole Kinomoto-sama's clothes."
"Which Kinomoto are you speaking of?"
"The queen."
"Oh. Thanks for the advice."
"No problemo."
"Why do they come here if they nearly robbed the palace?" he asked
"Well, they have many products in their lands that we don't have. We need
them for money. If we don't keep peace, we will be the poorest
kingdom in Japan."
"Ja ne, Aria!"
"Arigato!"
"For what?"
"Calling me by my first name. As a maid, I detest being called Sama or
san. I hate being high and low. I want to be equal."
"No problem! Ja ne!"
******
"Syaoran, what do you think
of this dress? Does it say, 'Ohayo, but I will hate you forever?' or
something?"
"I don't know. It says, 'I want to be with you for the rest of my
life.'" He said behind a book'
"Yuck. Forget it then."
"Huh?"
"I asked you about the dress and the response you gave is one that I
don't want from that stupid idiot."
"Oh, you did? I was talking about this book. Look." He said *Points
at sentence that he just said*
"Baka no Syaoran. I was talking about this." *Points at
dress*
"Oh. It's nice. I don't think you want to wear it, but it's nice."
"What's wrong with it?" she asked as she examine the dress
"Oh, nothing. You should only wear it if you want to GET his
attention, not avoid it. It sure has my attention."
He told her with great intent on the dress
"I think that I should wear it to the banquet."
"I think you should."
"We should match. Do you have anything blue?"
"Yes, wait. YOU want ME to WEAR
blue, so WE can MATCH?"
"Hai. Did I stutter?"
"No way. Here's the formula. Blue + me AND you = HURT for me. Princes will
think that I'm with you."
"Aren't you?" she said quaintly
"Yes, but wait no. Argh... I'm going with you, but I'm not your
boyfriend."
"Oh, my sweet princess, Sakura-chan. I'm back to caress your beautiful
face." Said a voice
Prince Hayashibara walked in when Sakura was only covering her body with her
dress and was only wearing and underdress. (You know. Those silky dresses that
you wear when you want to cover yourself when the wind blows. I don't now what
it's called. -_-)
"I knew you loved me. Come here."
"Get back!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Wait! Who's the guy? Do you want me to kill him? He could be a
maniac bent to steal your mother's dress."
"Actually, YOUR mother was the one who wanted to steal it and this
is Syaoran-kun. He is one of my good friends." She said and she snapped
back to the dressed-undressed problem. "He's also my err... tailor."
"Get out!!!!!!!!!" she said to the prince as she.
*SLAP*
"OUT!"
*Sigh*
"Thank you Kami-sama." She said as she went back to Syaoran
All he did was sitting in amazement.
"Gomen. You shouldn't have seen that."
"It's all right. I think it was very smart of you. I hate to sew though,
but you save my life from being killed by one prince. Arigato." He said to
her
"No problem. I am very glad to be helping." She said sweetly
"SAKURA!!!!!!!!!!!!! SYAORAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
EAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" called a voice
"I think that's your cue." Said Syaoran
"Don't you think you mean our cue?" she asked
"Iie. I mean you as in you alone. Why would I be there?"
"For one, they called your name. For number two, I want you to and I'll
cry if you don't. For number three, umm. I don't think there is one." She
said (-_-;)
"It doesn't matter. I know that you could. NO!" he said staring at
the floor (Guess what he found.)
"I want you. *Sniff* to be there. *Sniff* with me." She said as she
wept on the floor
'I am such a sucker. I hate it when people cry. She probably doesn't know
anyway' he thought
'I knew that tear manipulation would work. Gomen Syaoran.'
"Fine. Fine. Just don't cry anymore."
"YAH!!!!!!!!!!"
******
Everything seemed to go fine. They ate and the prince kept wincing at the
corner of his eye. He kept stepping on Syaoran and putting his hand under the
table and touching Sakura's smooth legs and with his other hand kept punching
Syaoran in the ribs.
'Kami-sama, help me.' They both thought
'Kami-sama, this is the best day of my life. I get a punching bag AND
a chick that completely likes me.' (Yeah right. -_-;)
"Will you stop it?" Sakura yelled as she felt her temper rise
She felt a hand on her hand she slapped it away.
"Oww... " Syaoran whispered
"Oops. Gomen Ne." she whispered.
"Hold your temper, Princess." He whispered, trying not to attract
attention
"You know Sakura-chan, you should get a nanny. They will whip you into
shape. I put my son up well and HE didn't need one. If she already has a
nanny or an instructor they need to be ashamed." Queen
Hayashibara said arrogantly
"My daughter does NOT need to be taught how to act."
Said Nadeshiko *Blushes, not the kawaii kind. The angry ones*
(LARGE note: Do you see how Sakura hates the prince? If you do, please note
that Fujitaka hates the king for being a show-off and Nadeshiko hates the queen
for being a yeah bit**. They only try to make peace between their arrogance
to keep their Kingdom happy and rich. That was a waste of time, telling you
that.)
"She does. I completely agree with you mother."
"I agree with you too, my sweet peach."
"I don't agree. I DO have a teacher. He's the best one I've
seen. I really think they helped me improve." Sakura said coldly
"It's true. She has been so much more polite than usual." Said
Nadeshiko
"You must have a horrible teacher." King Hayashibara
said
"May I leave?" said a fairly hoarse voice
"Hai." Said Fujitaka, since he didn't know what he actually said,
since he was intent on the little quarrel. Everyone was. Everyone was intent,
except Sakura
******Balcony******
He sat. He thought. He knew. Failure was one thing that HE knew
(Or at least thought) that he couldn't fail at. For the first time, he wanted
to go home to his annoying sisters, mother, Wei, and his old life. He knew that
he was only here for only 3 days. He won't want to stay knowing that everything
was a complete waste. He wanted to be gone. He hated failing at
things that can easily be done and knowing that a complete idiot
could do it too.
He saw a star. It was shooting so fast. He made a wish.
"Give me someone or something to give me the strength I need to actually
pass through this thing." He whispered with a bit of plea and urgency
"Why?" said a voice
"It's like prison here."
"I thought you liked being with me, Syaoran."
"I do, but I think they ARE right. I haven't seen much of a
change."
"It isn't your fault. I'm the student. I can't blame you for
being a good teacher and me being a bad student."
"Oh, no. You are a great student. One of the best I've ever seen. I
haven't seen people improve so fast." He said *Stares at sky*
He smiled an empty smile that did not give off the radiant aura of happiness.
She immediately noticed this.
'He looks so sad. He smiles, but it is as if it's only a mask to hide him
sorrow.' She thought (Dense no Sakura! It's not that hard to figure out you
know! Ja!)
"I don't think that you want to stay. Though, I would really
love it if you did." She said sadly
"Why? I wouldn't make any difference."
"Iie. You would. I want you to hold me. Just like you did tonight. I knew
I could count on you to help me and now, my parents are fighting instead of me.
^_^" She said.
"I can't stay. This is not the only time that I've felt like this. I want
to quit altogether and I know that I'm not a good teacher. I should be one of
their students. I am not going to continue anyways. What I'm going to do is I'm
going to make you my last student. I am going to quit the thing that my mother
has been making me do. I want to leave. I don't want you to say anything,
because I know that you may try to talk me out of it. Tomorrow, I'm calling
home. At dusk, I will be gone." He said sadly.
"I can't let you leave at dusk. Tomorrow is the start of the
banquet."
"That wouldn't be a problem for you, because any
man would be lucky to have you as a partner at the banquet and as a partner for
life." He said sincerely
"I can't believe you said that, because I want you to be my
partner."
"I said that I can't go and... "
"Iie. You misunderstood. I mean I want you to be my partner in life."
She said *BIGGEST BLUSHIE EVER*
******
FIN and TBC
NOT! Now to continue!
******
"Calm down, ma'am. This is the KINOMOTO castle, so don't do
anything drastic!" said an angry maid as the Fighting Families continued.
*CRASH*
*SPLAT*
*BOOM*
*WHAM*
*RIP*
The queen's (Kinomoto) dress had ripped off the bottom. It was about and inch
above the knee and Prince Hayashibara held the bottom portion of the dress.
"Oi! Queen Hayashibara, you have some son. He even hits on women AND
girls." Said a voice. Seemingly, it was King Fujitaka. (^_^ Surprise!)
"Fujitaka!" she yelled indignantly
"Just kidding, my sweet flower petal. Nobody can surpass your
beauty."
"Aww... Get them!!!!!!!!!!" called King Hayashibara
"Go! Go! Go!" he yelled into the halls as he, his wife and he prince
came jumping from the stair rails and falling on the ground with excruciating
pain.
"Oww..." they said as a family
"What a family of dolts." they said with the anime sweat drop -_-;
******
"Nani?" he said and that was mostly the only thing he ever thought of
saying
He sat there and nearly fell off the balcony. (I was supposed to make that
happen.)
"Really. I do mean what I said."
"Whoa!!!" he said as he fell of the balcony (I made it
happen anyway. This leads to an S+S moment, so he'll live, I think -_-;)
******Syaoran's Short POV******
As I fell, I feared not the pain. I feared her crying. I loved her and I knew
somehow that she loved me too. Though, life is something that I don't think
she'd want to experience with me. I think that she needs someone able to take
care of such a fragile person, such as her. I want her to be happy and she
can't be happy if she if with me. I have never brought any bit of happiness
since I got here. What makes her think...
*POW*
I hit the fairly soft ground.
'Kami-sama, you do care!' I thought thinking that I was lucky to be alive
******End of Syaoran POV and
Start of Normal POV******
"Syaoran, Daijobu ka?" Sakura asked, through her tears
"Not when I see you cry." He said
"Alright then. I stopped. Tell me now, Daijobu ka?" she asked
"Daijobu desu." He said with a bright smile with that radiant glow of
happiness the brightened her face, knowing that all was right with him, her,
and the world.
They came together and kissed passionately. SOMEONE'S watch timed
it.
Something moved in the bushes.
"I GOT IT!!!!!!!!!!" Tomoyo said as she ran with Eriol
away from the bush and out into the streets.
"Wait until the gang gets a load of this. The Princess of Japan and the
Prince of Hong Kong: A Match MADE OUT on the Ground! Get ready,
Sakura and Syaoran, just you guys wait." Eriol said as ran into the night
******
Real FIN and TBC!
******
I hope you like it. It took me over an hour to finish the entire thing.
It was, by far, the LONGEST chapter I've ever written. Though, I am an amateur.
Good? Bad? I don't know! YOU tell ME! Next chapter starts the banquet. Will HE
stay? How did the battle go? What's with the video that Tomoyo took? Will I
EVER get smarter? Will the next chapter be any longer than this? Check to see
next time on Etiquette Lessons! Ja ne, minna-san!!!!!! ^_^ Oh, I'll be back!
Oh, yeah. Muahahahaha!!!!!!!!!! *Coughs*
Cherri: Itai. My throat. Who has my arthritis medicine?
Assistant: Umm. Cherri-sama, you don't have arthritis medicine. You don't even
have arthritis, ma'am.
Cherri: How do you know? I'm coughing aren't I?
Assistant: If you have
arthritis, you don't cough, you're whatever part of your body just cramps out.
Cherri: Whatever! Ja ne!!!!!!!!!!!!! ^_^
