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Now...on with chapter two!

Arguing Again

Sakura walked into her bedroom, and lay flat on her back on her bed. She turned over onto her stomach, and held her head up with her hands, her elbows sinking into the soft pink fabric of her blanket. Sakura stared at the wall, and for some reason, saw the face of no one other, than Syaoran Li.

Although she was staring at his face that was supposedly stuck onto the wall, she wasn't staring at it with adoring, soft eyes. She was glaring at it, with utmost hatred filled in her emerald orbs. "Syaoran Li," she spat. "Who does he think he is?" She threw a pillow against the wall, and his face disappeared from her mind. "A snobby boy with probably more money than his tiny brain could count! I hate him!"

She sat up and took a seat by her vanity. She looked into the mirror and saw the lady staring back at her. "AGH!" she cried. "Why do I have to be so bored when he's around? I can't do anything when he's about the castle!"

Tired of just sitting and looking at herself in the mirror, she stepped forwards to her balcony. The wind began to play with her hair, and the cherry blossom trees swayed also. She looked beneath her to the gardens, and saw him . That disgusting maggot of a boy, Syaoran Li. "What's that brat up to now?" She eyed him carefully, watching his every move. She heard a rustle in one of the bushes, and instead of just looking at Syaoran; she focused more on the bush.

Now, Syaoran had appeared beside the bush, and he was muttering words to something inside it. "What on earth?" Sakura said confused. "What could he possibly be talking to - Oh my goodness!"

Sakura stared at what she saw in front of her. "Oh, Kero!" She said, and ran as quickly as she could to the gardens. "Kero! Prince! What are you two doing!"

She saw Kero, her precious kitten, clawing at the man she hated quite furiously. Syaoran was trying his best to pry the cat off of him. He had already many bruises and cuts from when the cat and himself had last made contact. And, although Sakura hated it when Kero hurt anybody, she did nothing to help Syaoran whatsoever. What was going on at the moment seemed to entertain her.

When finally, Kero had stopped beating on Syaoran, his robes were almost torn apart. "For goodness sake! Keep that cat of yours away from me!" Syaoran cried, fixing his hair as it was in a tangled mess. Sakura stroked her kitten's fur lovingly, and turned to look at Syaoran.

"Humph," she began. "He wasn't doing anything wrong."

Syaoran's eyes widened and his jaw dropped to the ground. He lifted his arm, and pulled his sleeve up. "You call something like THIS, nothing wrong?" he said, flashing a deep cut he had just recently gotten from Kero. "And," he continued. "You call THIS, nothing wrong?" This time, he showed her his neck, with a big bruise on it that he had thanks to Kero once again. "That damned cat of yours has got to go! He's done nothing but cause trouble!"

It was Sakura's turn for her jaw to drop. "How dare you say that about my Kero?" She held the kitten close to her chest, as if protecting him from an evil monster. "Now, now, love. Did the mean old Prince hurt you?" she said lovingly. Kero licked her hand in reply with her tiny pink tongue gliding over her hand. Sakura giggled. "Of course he didn't...although I'm quite surprised," she added in a disgusted voice, turning away and walking back inside the castle.

But before she could go any further, she heard Syaoran's booming voice stop her. "What was that suppose to mean?" Sakura turned around, and was now facing him. She let go of Kero, and let him run around the castle, the sound of his footsteps slowly disappearing. "You're cat is evil, I tell you! He's pure evil! It's like every time I'm at your castle, he attacks me!"

Sakura folded her arms across her chest once more, just like she always did when Syaoran and she were arguing. "You agitated him! That's all! And you have no right calling Kero evil! You're the very last person that should be talking about someone or something being EVIL, as you're it yourself!"

"For goodness sake! You think I'm evil because I beat you in a game of TAG? Goodness gracious, woman! That was twelve years ago!" he replied. He took a step forward, and Sakura took one backwards.

"Oh! How many times do I have to tell you to get it through your thick head? There's no winner in tag! And you know what else?" she said, taking a step forwards. But Syaoran did not take a step back as she did. He stood his ground. "I don't JUST hate you because you cheat all the time! You DO realize that we've been arguing and beating each other in games for the past twelve years, don't you? When you've won against me in games, I know it's because you did something to make me lose!"

Syaoran looked hopelessly up into the air, and rolled his eyes. "You know what, Kinomoto?"

Sakura made no reply. She just looked at him, and waited for what else he was going to say.

"I honestly don't understand why you think that I always cheat in games. If anything, YOU were the one that was cheating!"

"I can beat you in any game with my eyes closed, Syaoran Li!"

"You wish!"

Syaoran and Sakura went on with their arguing. It was like watching a tennis match. Your eyes would dart back and forth, when ever someone had another insult for the other person. And instead of watching a tennis ball hit a racket, Syaoran and Sakura would shoot back at each other with an insult a lot more hurtful than the previous one. But neither of them took it seriously. Of course they didn't. They had grown use to being insulted by the other, and when they grew up to be seventeen, they honestly didn't care about what the other person had to say about them.

It was also kind of weird. They had only started hating each other because they obviously weren't playing very nicely when they were five-years-old. They never knew that their hatred for one another would grow to be so big! But it seemed like they had good reason to hate the other. It seemed like the next time Syaoran visited, he got meaner, and a lot snobbier. He always had more friends than Sakura, and for that she hated him even more! And when ever Syaoran saw Sakura, it was like she grew to be more disgusted of him, and meaner, also! Sakura was a lot smarter than him too. For that, Yelan would always compliment her, and Syaoran hated the fact his mother was more impressed by a silly girl than her own son.

Soon enough, they're yelling had grown loud enough for the whole world to see. You would've suspected at least SOME people to show up, and tell them to shut their traps, but no one did. Everyone in the kingdom was also use to them always insulting each other. So use to it that it was like when ever one of their conversations turned into an argument (which it always seemed it always did), they would just simply ignore it, and go on with their daily routines.

Very soon, Syaoran and Sakura's arguement had gone onto something OTHER than cheating in games, but now, onto being a person that played with the strings of someone's heart.

"You disgust me! Always showing up with a new girl around the kingdom every week, and then before we know it, there you are again! With a different girl's arm wrapped around yours! What is it that you do Syaoran, hmm?" Sakura asked bitterly.

Syaoran listened to what Sakura had to say about himself. He looked at her with bored eyes, as if he'd heard her say that a million times before.

Sakura continued on, "Do you force your hand down their throats and THEN pull their hearts out? Or do you stab them with a knife first, and then make your attempt to break their heart?"

Syaoran laughed a sarcastic laugh. His chuckle, ringing like a maniac in Sakura's ears. "Neither, for your information, Princess! But please, do tell me how it is that YOU get MEN to fall for you? Is it your greasy brown hair? Or is it your foul swamp coloured green eyes?"

"I have many charms that a man should fall for - !"

"Oh, would you like me to go on?"

"No thank you!"

"Oh! It's a miracle, ladies and gentlemen! The snobby little princess has used her manners! I didn't know she had any!"

"Oh, come off it!"

"Come off what? I'm not on anything - "

"Besides my NERVES!"

Syaoran smiled with satisfaction.

Sakura's face was the shade of a tomato. Her fists were rolled up in balls, and her knuckles were white. You could practically see steam coming out of her ears. Her eyes narrowed, and she muttered something under her breath. It sounded like a foul swear word, too rude for her to actually say it to Syaoran himself. Before she did anything that she'd regret, like slap him or something, she began to walk away. But oh no, Syaoran wasn't going to let her get away THAT easily.

"Princess! Where are you going? We've barely started!"

"AGH!" Sakura screamed. "Go away! I have A LOT more better things to do than waste my time and argue with low life scum like yourself! So if you please, GET - OUT - OF - MY - WAY!" she finished, anger dripping with every word in her sentence.

With one last final smile of satisfaction, Syaoran left her alone. But the both of them could predict that it wouldn't be long until there next arguement.

Suddenly, something struck Sakura's mind. She had remembered that when she was staring down at Syaoran from her balcony, she saw him mutter something to Kero. What exactly did he say to Kero that made him so angry? So, practically forgetting about their arguement that they had just had thirty seconds ago, she turned back around, and went to a maid that was nearest to the gardens.

"Um, excuse me?" Sakura said politely, interrupting a maid that was watering the plants. "May I have a moment?"

The maid smiled, and stopped. "Yes, Miss?"

"Um, were you here at the gardens just a few minutes ago, watering these plants?"

"Yes, yes I was."

"Oh, well...did you happen to hear what that man said to my kitten?"

"Er - yes I did Miss. But I don't think you'd want to hear what he said - " the maid said, and began to water the plants again. Sakura grabbed the maid's arm, and turned her to face herself once more. Smiling politely, she began to talk to the maid again.

"Yes I would, Ma'am. Please tell me? Word for word?"

The maid sighed. "Alright, Miss. Well - Prince Syaoran said 'Hey fat feline! Where's that idiot Mistress of yours? Has she gone to get you more cat food to get you a lot more fat than you already are?' "

Sakura thanked the maid. "Um - by the way, Ma'am. Please feel free to call me Sakura." she said, and ran off to find Syaoran once again.

Sakura found him in the castle halls, with his hands behind his head, as if he was bored out of his mind. Sakura put on a smug smile, and folded her arms. "I knew it," she said. Syaoran stopped walking abruptly, and turned around to meet Sakura. He also plastered on a smug smile.

"Aw, has the Princess come back for another insult? Believe me; I've got more up my sleeves,"

"For your information, Syaoran Li, I just happened to know why my Kero attacked you!"

"Oh...well...that's some rather good news, I suppose. Get him to a doctor! I just loves to claw at me - "

"Oh yeah! Of course he does! You know, seeing as you just called him a 'Fat Feline' I'd want to have at go at you too."

Syaoran frowned. "Um - er - I... I don't know what you're talking about!"

" 'Don't know what I'm talking about' my arse!" Sakura said, her arms dropping to her side. She waggled a finger in front of Syaoran, and put on a threatening voice. "STOP harassing my kitten. If you go anywhere NEAR him, I'll -- "

"You'll what?" Syaoran asked, not scared of her threat at all. "You'll go running off to one of your palace guards and tell them to go get that 'Mean Old Prince' ?"

"Humph. As a matter of fact, yes."

Syaoran let out a howl of laughter. "Wow, Kinomoto. That just goes to show how you can handle your own battles!" he said sarcastically.

Sakura let out a low growl, almost like one of Kero's. "Stay away from my kitten!"

"Yeah, yeah. I've heard that a million times before. Have I ever let up? No. I haven't."

"Well that's your own fault! I mean, YOU'RE the one that's always complaining about all the bruises you get because of my 'Fat Feline'! If you hate being clawed at, then why don't you just stop harassing him!"

Syaoran stroked his chin thoughtfully, and finally answered. "Good point, Kinomoto. I'm surprised you came up with such a good reason. I guess that greasy brown hair isn't getting to you at all!"

Sakura growled once more. "My greasy brown hair has nothing to do with this! Do us both a favor, and leave my kitten alone!"

"I can't! It's just way too much fun to stop! I mean, you should see the look on the cat's face! Fat Feline is the best name to call him! It gets him so - "

"Agitated? Wow, Li! You seem to have that 'agitating' effect on everyone!"

Syaoran blew on his finger nails, and rubbed them slyly on his chest. "What can I say? It's a gift!"

Sakura glared at him. Clearing her throat, and putting her hands on her hips, she spoke once more, "Listen, Li. Like I've already told you, I have a lot better things to do then talk to you...so..." Sakura said, and picked up Kero who had just recently entered the hall. "I have things to do with my Kitten."

"Right...Whatever you say, Princess."

Sakura stormed off, but before she could go any further, her Father walked in front of her, and dragged her back all the way to Syaoran. "Hello, dear." he said, tugging her back.

"Father! What are you doing?" Sakura said, being tugged so quickly that she had to let go of Kero. "Father! Stop tugging at my arm! You're making me walk too fast!" she said, and began to walk on her tip toes because of their speed. Finally, they came back to Syaoran, and there he was, in the same spot as they were just a few minutes ago.

"Hello, King Kinomoto," Syaoran said, and bowed down low. Fujitaka smiled. Sakura could just read his thoughts. "What a nice boy!" He must've thought. Disgusted by that, Sakura scowled, and turned to Fujitaka.

"Father, what's the meaning of this?"

Fujitaka now took hold of both Syaoran and Sakura's arms, and pulled them all the way into the living room. "Uh - King Kinomoto! Wha -- what are you doing? Stop tugging at my arm so fast...I'm gonna lose b - b - balance!" Syaoran said, and tripped over his own feet. Luckily, the couch was there to catch him, and Sakura, was pushed down by her shoulders to sit next to Syaoran.

"Father! What IS this?" she asked annoyed. Syaoran sat up straight.

"I'd like to know the same thing, Sir."

Suddenly, Touya, Sakura's older brother came rushing into the room. But it didn't seem like he was running...he was being forced to the living room! But...by who? Yelan Li, of course!

"Queen Li! I think I can make it to my own living room by myself! What was the meaning of -- Sakura..." he said. Sakura's eyes widened. This was the first time seeing her brother in two months! He had been gone on a trip with his men. Some trading expedition, Sakura heard.

"Touya!" Sakura squealed, and practically jumped into his arms. "Touya! I've missed you so much! How are you?"

Touya smiled. "I'm fine, little sister...What's that gaki doing here?"

"Touya!" Fujitaka scolded. "Don't talk about Syaoran like that." Touya nodded solemnly. He was raised very well. He acted like a soldier towards his Father. It was amazing how he did it though, as he was never raised to act that way.

"Yes, sir." Touya replied.

Everyone took their seats. Sakura sat on an armchair, Touya and Fujitaka behind her on either side of the chair. Syaoran was sitting on the armchair opposite of her, and Yelan was behind him.

"Everyone," Fujitaka began, and took his place in the center of the room. "Yelan and I have an announcement to make,"

"Sakura, Syaoran...listen."

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I sincerely apologize if the setting/speaking/whatever else doesn't seem very realistic to you.

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Signing Off,
Agent08 - My life as a secret agent xD