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Cinderkura

Part 24

By: Ice Queen

Sakura felt like she was flying. Dancing with the Prince was such a wonderful feeling. The song slowly ended but a much slower song started up and all the couples in the ballroom pulled closer together. Syaoran looked around and saw all the other couples dancing like that. 'Hmm, I wonder how it'll feel with her closer to me (hint hint: a voice in Syaoran's head sounded)' Syaoran blushed at the thought but at that moment, a couple that was behind Syaoran bumped him, pushing him closer to Sakura. They both blushed but Sakura casually put her arms around Syaoran's neck. The Prince turned a beet red but he was fortunate because Sakura had her eyes closed.

Then what seemed like seconds, the song ended. Syaoran and Sakura pulled away from each other smiling.

'Wow, his eyes are like a fire, so red and bold' Sakura thought to herself.

"Your eyes remind me of a lush forest, always so green and gentle. My favorite colour" Prince Syaoran whispered.

Sakura smiled at him and Syaoran felt himself blush again. 'Why!! Why do I have to blush every time?!!' Syaoran screamed at himself.

"Is something wrong?" Sakura drawn back thinking she had done something wrong when she saw his face.

"N-No! of course not!" Syaoran stammered.

"Oh, I see" Sakura grinned at him showing her pearly white teeth.

"Come with me!" Syaoran smiled back then started pulling Sakura with him to a quiet place. (A/N: Don't worry! He's not going to molest her!)

"Where are we going?" Sakura asked with curiousity as they ran through packs of people.

"To a quieter place"

Sakura followed him as he still grasped her hand. They ran though the front hall and the Prince opened a set of heavy wooden doors. The doors to the throne room. There, they both entered and closed the doors slightly leaving a crack.

"Wow---" Sakura breathed out. It was so elegant. "It's so beautiful"

Syaoran led Sakura to the throne and sat down on the Kingly seat.

"Sit" Syaoran urged patting on the Queen's seat.

Sakura was very unsure.

"Um... I don't think I should, I-I mean this is the King and Queen's seat, I wouldn't want to. No. For sure I wouldn't" Sakura muttered aloud.

"It's okay. There are no rules to kill people if they sit on this seat you know? Just sit, It's okay" Syaoran explained still urging her to sit.

"A-Alright" Sakura answered still very unsure. She sat down slowly. 'Hey! This seat is quite comfortable!' Sakura thought to herself she leaned back. 'Hey! What am I thinking! This is the Queen'sseat! I shouldn't even be sitting on it!'

"This is the place where my parents rule. I am to become the heir of the Li Kingdom. It's sort of scary thinking of these things so soon you know?" Syaoran said softly.

"I know what you mean. Sometimes, it's hard to think about what is going to happen in the future. It could be too frightening" Sakura answered back just as softly.

"You understand too? I thought no one understood what I felt"

"There are many more things I have just understood from these couple of months" Sakura said painfully.

"What are they? Have you been through any sort of pain? Tell me about it" Syaoran leaned back to listen to what Sakura had to say.

"I-I don't know if I should tell you..." Sakura's voice started shaking as she spoke.

"What is it?" Prince Syaoran asked fully concerned leaning closer to Sakura as she pulled away.

Sakura felt warm tears fill her eyes as she let it all out. It was just too much to bear.

Syaoran looked extremely concerned when he heard Sakura cry. 'What am I supposed to do if a girl cries?" Syaoran thought to himself still very uncomfortable. Then he did what he thought would the most right thing to do. He raised his left arm and placed it around Sakura's shoulder. Sakura's crying died away a bit and she raised her head to look into Syaoran's face.

Prince Syaoran's heart started hurting when he saw the tears in Sakura's eyes.

"What's wrong? If you don't want to talk about it, I won't force you" Syaoran said softly.

"No, it's not that I don't want to tell you, it's just that I'm afraid. I'm afraid of all the things that will happen to my father if I do tell you" Sakura's voice shook with every word she whispered out of her mouth. "It all started when my father met a beautiful woman named Fongling you....................,,,,,,,,,,,,,"

Sakura explained it all. She let out painful cries and yells of anger and sadness. She had not done anything that would anger Fongling in the beginning. Sakura had not mentioned the Clow Cards but she did say that Fongling had some sort of force, or energy that could conquer, and kill.

Prince Syaoran listened to every single word that came out of Sakura's mouth. He did not doubt a single thing that she said. By the sadness, the pain, he could tell that this had really all happened.

"What should I do? What should I do?" Sakura looked up with tearful eyes at him.

"I don't know, but I DO know that I-I love you and I will marry you. I will take you away from all that pain that that woman gave you. I-I will put her in prison and lock her up!" Syaoran stumbled on his words in attempt to calm the girl of his dreams up.

'What I'M I going to do?' Syaoran thought painfully.

I made this chapter longer than usual. Yes..... Thanks for all your support and reviews people! I'll try to write my new chapter as soon as possible! Don't forget to R&R!!??