FANTASY DREAMS

Chapter 11

Syaoran was on the forest, near the waterfall, reading a very boring book, he couldn't stop thinking about Sakura, he couldn't believe she was gone, his wedding was going to be in a few days… he couldn't believe he was going to marry Meiling, she was so unbearable! Unlike Sakura who was sweet, gentle, funny, beautiful, she was perfect.
Night was falling over the kingdom, he had to go back to the castle, to have dinner with Meiling and his mother, like every night. Everyone though he would be happy, he was going to be king, he was going to have all the freedoms to do anything he wanted, he could have everything he wanted, but people didn't understand, all he wanted was Sakura.

He made back to the castle and went to his room, to change his clothes, and get ready for dinner. He wasn't ready when someone knocked on the door, annoyed thinking it was Meiling he opened the door only to find Tomoyo, standing there, looking extremely anxious.

"Tomoyo!" He said surprised, he had seen very little of her since Sakura left, and it was weird to see her there "What's wrong? You look… weird" The girl entered his room and closed the door behind her, and started walking all frantic around the room "You are going to have to tell me what's wrong!" Syaoran was starting to get desperate looking at her.

"Eriol!" she stared "He just gave me some new, I wasn't sure if I should tell you, but I decided I have to tell you, it's just… too important, and I would never forgive myself if something could be done and because I didn't tell you, you didn't do anything!" Syaoran was starting to get dizzy with all her mumbling but kept listening "And Eriol! HE said he wasn't telling anything to you, that he didn't want to be responsible for any mess you would make, but I don't think you are going to make a mess out of this"
"WHAT HAPPENED!" he yelled snapping out, grabbing her by her shoulders and shaking her, making her come back to reality

"I'm sorry…" She stopped for a second and then looked at him "It's Sakura" She started, just by mentioning her name his face changed "She is getting married, with the prince of Zaran, her brothers best friend, I… thought you might want to know, it's kind of a big deal" IT took him some seconds to process all that Tomoyo just said. Sakura, married, and not to him. But what could he do? He was going to get married himself! He couldn't just grab a horse and ride to the Zaran country, kidnap her and… no he couldn't, but there was nothing really stopping him, his marriage with Meiling, he hated it, this was his perfect opportunity to get out of it… without her knowing, he could just disappear no one would know where he went, it was pretty simple.

"Are you sure?" He asked Tomoyo, he wouldn't want to rush into anything without being completely sure

"Yeah, some soldiers came today to Eriol's cabin asking for permission to enter the forest in search of flowers, of course Eriol didn't allow them, but he did found out they were looking for flowers for princess Sakura's wedding with the prince of Zaran" Syaoran was paying attention to Tomoyo as he was figuring out his action plan "Eriol told me but he said he wasn't telling you cause you might run away to stop her, I thought that if you did that it would be great and really romantic" She added with watery eyes "Please tell me I did the right thing telling you this!"
"Of course you did" A knock on the door interrupted them, Syaoran opened it and saw Meiling, in her dinner dress, waiting for him "I'll be right there" HE said annoyed

"I'll wait for you" Meiling was about to enter his room but he stopped her

"No, I'll be right there, I'm in the middle of something here with Tomoyo, go meet my mother" Meiling looked around his room and saw Tomoyo, standing there, she gave her a glare and left the room.

"Listen Tomoyo, meet me here at midnight, no one must see you" Tomoyo looked confused with his command "I'm taking you advice, I'll go get her" He had a huge smile on his face.

"But Syaoran! You can't come back here if you run away, and you can't stay there with her, it's crazy, I wanted to tell you who knows why, but what are going to do!"
"I'll figure it out, don't worry, everything will turn out right, meet me here at midnight ok?" She nodded and left the room. He finished changing his clothes and went to have dinner with his mother and Meiling.

Sakura was surrounded by all kinds of people at that exact second, two women were working on her wedding dress, three girls were talking about the flower arrangements. Her father was discussing with some servants the positioning of the tables and everything. People were surrounding her 24/7, talking about the wedding, Yukito went to visit her everyday to tell her how happy he was about their engagement, Touya couldn't be more proud of her.
At first she declined the offer, but her father talked her into it, she told him about Syaoran, that she loved him, and if she couldn't have him, she didn't want anyone else, but her father talked some sense into her. Syaoran was getting married, he was already married probably, and she was going to end up alone waiting for a man who had already replaced her. It was hard for her to accept that, but he was probably right. Yukito was a good man, and he would protect her, and be faithful, she could relay on him, and he was never going to hurt her, or betray her. She was going to have to forget Syaoran.

She looked at her reflection on the mirror, the dress was beautiful, it was barely finished. All those people were working so hard on giving her the perfect wedding, she had to be grateful, and forget him, he was never going to be a part of her life again.

After several hours of wedding planning she was worn out, and decided to just go to sleep, the last thing she wanted was to eat dinner with her family and Yukito talking about the wedding, and their future together, their kids, their home, it was becoming intolerable, but she just pretended it didn't bother her, she pretended she was fine with it, that she loved Yukito as much as he loved her, and that she was looking forward to this wedding as much as they were, every day it was harder, but he managed it, and they bought it.

She got to her room and threw herself on the bed, closed her eyes and hopped she would fall asleep soon, somehow she hoped that all that was happening was just a dream, that she would wake up in the morning and see Syaoran next to her, holding her in his strong arms.
She was daydreaming about it, but a thumping on her window caught her attention, she saw a bird on the window, it was probably hurt, there would be no other reason why it would stay there for so long. She opened the window and grabbed it on her hands. She noticed the bird had something tied up on his leg, it was a little piece of paper, she slowly took off the bird and unrolled it, reading the words on it 'I'll be there soon, act as if you don't know me' it read, it couldn't be true, why was he there? Why has he doing this to her, she didn't know if she should be happy or mad, but deep inside of her… it was obvious, her heart was beating faster, just imagining that in a few days she was going to see him, it was just too good to be true.

She fell asleep easily, and hoped that soon she was going to see her beloved Syaoran.

Near the gates of the Zaran kingdom, a group of three people could be seen walking, approaching the castle, slowly, they looked like druids, or rangers, they didn't look dangerous, so they were let inside the kingdom without problem. Two men and a woman, they were looking around, buying some food on the market, when one of them walked over to a royal guard and looked at him, waiting for the guard to look at him.

"Excuse me?" He asked, the guard looked at him "Could you tell me which way I can get to the castle, I wish to have an audience with the king" The guard laughed a little bit and then looked at the man

"It's that way, up the hill, but getting and audience with the king is rather difficult, he spends all day planning his wedding, so good luck" The man walked away and over to his two companions, telling them what he found out and they started walking over to the castle.

Once there, they were let inside easily. They introduced themselves as the Clow Wizard and his servants, he requested for an audience with the king and he was told that today wasn't possible, he would have to return the next day in the morning, then the king would be able to speak with him. The three strangers walked outside the castle and found themselves staring at the gates that took them back to the village, but they also saw the gardens of the castle. The girl was really stunned with them and wanted to take a walk, so they started walking around. They were not the only one's there, apparently those gardens were for the public use, so many people went to visit them.
They found a bench and sat down, the girl looked at both her friends, they were so silent.

"Don't worry Syaoran, you'll be able to see her, no one will suspect who you are if you use that name, and if she hears the name around she will know it's us! It's perfect so don't look so depressed please!" She said showing him a sweet smile while she held onto Eriol's hand.

"I know Tomoyo… thanks" he smiled at her well let's go and look for a hotel or something we need to find a place to sleep" he tried to change the subject so that they wouldn't notice he was really concerned, but it didn't work, Eriol and Tomoyo knew how he was feeling and they felt really bad to be unable to do anything, but they were with him. Now they couldn't return to their kingdom. If they ran away it meant they were not coming back, and they took that chance, to find Sakura, they didn't know what was going to happen when they found her, but they just wanted to help Syaoran, he deserved to be happy.

They walked around the village for a while and found a nice place to spend the night, they were going to be back in the castle by morning, and they were going to find Sakura, there was no doubt about that.

Sakura was in Yukito's office, waiting for him to finish his reports of the day and go together to have dinner. She wasn't really hungry, and she really didn't want to plan her wedding, but she was trying her best to act interested, hurting Yukito was the last thing she wanted to do.
A man entered and gave Yukito a paper containing all his duties for the next day, on the morning he was going to have some audiences, he started reading the names out loud, while Sakura's mind was wandering out of her body, when a name Yukito said called her attention.

"What was that last name you said?" she asked immediately. He looked confused at her and read the name.

"Clow Wizard… what a funny name" he said not noticing how Sakura's breath stopped for a second. It was him, he was there.
"When are you going to meet those people tomorrow?"
"In the morning" he was looking very confused but Sakura didn't really care

"Would you mind if I accompany you while you do the audiences?" Yukito was now really perplexed, he never expected Sakura to show some interest in the things he had to do. "Its just that I want to see how you do your work, that's all, I want to know more about you" She said smiling, it felt bad to lie like that, but she had to, it was the only way to find out if he really was Syaoran.

"Of course!" He looked so happy… and she felt so bad on one side, but she had to do it, there was nothing to stop her. Sakura smiled at him and waited till he finished his duties and they went to have dinner together.

AN: Ok that wasn't really good I know… but they are going to see each other really soon! Isn't that exciting? Hey by the way I don't get tired of saying this but thanx for the reviews I love them, and please don't stop! Keep on reviewing, the more reviews the faster I'll update!
SO as I said before this fic is really coming to and end, but I have new fanfic planned, I really like this new story… I think I like it as much as I like this one! Hehe well anyway please update! Love you guys! Bye!