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Bittersweet Revenge
Chapter 1
"Sakura! Sakura! Oi, Sakura wake up!!!" Touya bellowed, frustrated into his younger sisters sleeping ear.
The seventeen-year-old's eyes shot open. 'Oh no!!'
"Am I late again?!?!?" she shrieked. Frantically clothes were thrown around the room in her desperate attempt to get fully clad. Eventually she faltered over several articles of clothing sending her down into the floor
"Yes Kaijuu, you are late! How do you honestly expect to carry out your "plan" if you can't even be on time to work and can't maintain your balance for more than 10 seconds?" Her brother sneered at the thought of his sister killing the King by tripping over his foot.
"I'm not a Kaijuu, and second I can carry out my "plan" as you call it. All I have to do is get on the Kings good side. When he's not expecting it I'll finally get my revenge." As she said this, her whole body to the bone seemed to take on an icy aura. Her tone would make even the mightiest of warriors tremble.
Touya looked on sympathetic, but with full belief in her. Then the situation at hand popped back into his head.
"Sakura shouldn't you be leaving now…you're already late as it is."
"Ahhh! You're right!" cried the once serious girl and she bolted out the door.
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'I can't believe that it's been four years since my parents were killed…" Sakura thought to herself while walking the dirt road to the castle. 'What's more is that I can't believe I actually managed to get a job at the castle!! It's sure not a very good job though….waiting on the King is no fun. "Get me this!" "Get me that!" It's a good thing his son is on vacation or he'd have me running errands too.'
"Sakura-chan!!!" A voice came from in front of her. Sakura was shaken from her thoughts and at first wasn't sure who the voice had come from until she looked up ahead. She saw a raven haired girl about her age and knew exactly who it was.
"Daidouji-sama is there something you need," she asked her voice full of utmost respect. Tomoyo Daidouji was dating a relative of the King and as such she received special privileges to stay in the palace. Tomoyo had immediately befriended Sakura and had some fetish with wanting to capture her every move.
"Sakura-chan! I told you to call me Tomoyo," her amethyst eyes now angry with her friend.
"But…" Sakura was cut off by a frightening look from Tomoyo. "Ok, Tomoyo. Is there something that you needed?"
"Yes! I need your assistance with something very important!"
"Ok, well what is it?" Sakura implored.
"Well you see I made these marvelous new outfits and it just so happens that they are your size. What do you say will you wear them for me?" Tomoyo took on a practiced look of pleading that made Sakura vulnerable to her pleas.
"Alright I'll do it, but please let me inform His Highness." Sakura strained to show respect for the King.
"Oh sure, Sakura-chan, but please be quick! I just can't wait to see my beautiful creations on the sweet and wonderful you! You're so kawaii!" As Tomoyo spoke, with stars in her eyes, she seemingly drifted off into her own little world. Sakura, seeing this, had a sweat drop running down the back of her head.
She finally decided to snap Tomoyo out of her trance by saying, "Well, um….Tomoyo, I'm going to go ask the King for permission to help you today." She turned and ran a few paces and stopped and turned, "I'll meet you in your quarters as soon as I possibly can." And with that said, she headed inside to find the king.
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The castle was, in short, huge. Upon entering the main building, Sakura found her self in a sea of maids and servants running about everywhere. Some were carrying decorations and shouting orders for some nameless event. Some of the lesser servants were being subjected to cleaning the floors. This is a slightly dangerous job when there are roughly 100 people zooming around you and tripping over you at any given moment.
Sakura managed successfully to find her way through the mob of frantic people and into the hallway which led to the King's throne room. She knew that the king would not appreciate her being late again, but she had to wonder how he would take the news of her needing to help Tomoyo. All her thoughts led her straight to the double doors that would let no a no doubt angry king, and possibly queen. Sakura sighed as she prayed that fate would be on her side and opened the door.
As soon as she opened the double doors opened, King Li shouted angrily at his late servant. "WHERE WERE YOU KINOMOTO?!?!? DO YOU THINK THAT YOUR JOB IS A JOKE? DO YOU THINK YOU CAN DISOBEY ME AND NO PUNISHMENT BE CARRIED OUT?? SHOULD I REMIND YOU OF WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR PARENTS??"
Sakura clenched her fists at the mention of her deceased mother and father, but managed to contain her bitter anger and hatred of the man before her. She kneeled at the kings feet saying, "Your majesty, please excuse my belatedness. I have received a request from Daidouji-sama that I maybe allowed to serve her today. She is in grave need of my assistance. I ask for your consent alleviating me from my daily chores to assist her."
"So be it. I will grant you my blessing to assist her today but tomorrow you are to be here prompt. I will need all the help I can get preparing for the arrival of my son next week so see to it that you are here everyday without delay, or there shall be dire consequences." The King's chocolate eyes, with fire in their depths, were fixated on Sakura.
"Yes Sire! I will do as you command." Sakura rose from her floor and walked out of the doors, closing them behind her.
When she was back in the hall and a safe distance away from the room, Sakura screamed many obscenities, which would have made even the foulest of men cringe. 'That's just what I need!!! Two Li's to order me around! How dare he mention my parents!!!!! Well they'll get what's coming to them! I'll make sure of it.'
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AN: Hey guys, sorry it took me so long to write this I've been a little busy with band and school as of late. This chapter is a little wordy, I know, but I'm trying to get as much information in as possible in little time. Well anyway, here's the deal. I need a name for Syaoran's father. Whoever gives me the best idea will receive recognition and will have their name idea implied in the story. I also need names for chapters!
Please let me know how you feel about this story. I am open to any suggestions that my readers give me. I'll even take suggestions for future chapters.
OK that's it for now R&R! I need at least 5 reviews to continue this story so if you want it to continue please review!!
-Rena Tsukino
