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What A Surprise

Sakura woke up with a big grin on her face. Finally, after three long days, she wouldn't have to see that horrible Sophie Lane ever again. Finally, she didn't have an itchy, bandaged wrist! Today was definitely going to be a good day for Sakura.

She got up from bed, and brushed her teeth and washed face. She scampered along the halls, so joyous that she was finally rid of Sophie and Poison Ivy. She entered the kitchen, and glided past Syaoran. Syaoran however, as if on cue, had covered his shin the minute that Sakura had walked past him. But there was no need for that, because the Poison Ivy was gone. Syaoran sighed in relief, and continued making the breakfast.

Sakura took a big whiff of whatever he was making. It smelled like toast. Ah. She didn't care. Just as long as she didn't have to hear a knock on the door, and realize that Sophie was standing just behind it, holding a brown picnic basket.

Syaoran must've noticed how happy Sakura was, because he had turned around, slid into the chair next to her, and said, "You seem really cheerful today,"

He gave themselves two pieces of toast each, and got up to the cubboard to get the strawberry jam. Once seated again, Sakura answered, "Of course! I never have to see that disgusting little sl - I mean, I never have to see that disgusting little wrist of mine again...you know...when it's bandaged,"

Syaoran raised an eyebrow. "Okay..." he replied.

They both ate in silence for a while. The only thing they heard for a few minutes was the sound of their knives, scraping the strawberry jam onto the toast. For a minute, Sakura thought that she would hear a knock on the door, but realizing that Sophie had finally gone made her snap back to reality. It was going to take some time for Sakura to adjust to the thought of Sophie being gone. Not that that would take a long time.

"I was thinking of going into town today," Syaoran said, out of the blue. "Would you like to come with me?" he asked.

Sakura raised both her eye brows, making her look like a martian. "Me?" Sakura asked. "Me? You want me to go with you into town?"

Syaoran nodded. "Yeah, so?"

Sakura shook her head and began to eat her toast. "Oh, no reason...I was just wondering."

Syaoran nodded, and checked the time. Suddenly, he practically jumped out of his seat, and grabbed his coat, along with Sakura's. He grabbed her by the elbow so quickly she almost choked on her breakfast (for real this time), and they both had put on their coats and shoes on so quickly they could've made a world record!

Still tugging at Sakura's elbow too fast for her to keep up with, Sakura gasped, "Syaoran! What in bloody hell are you doing!" she asked, furious that she didn't get to finish eating.

Not even bothering to look back at her while saying this, he just tugged her along, and replied, "It's a surprise."

Sakura thought on this for a while. Syaoran had a surprise for her. That wasn't good. So, not intentionally, Sakura stopped abruptly, making Syaoran stop also. He tried tugging at her elbow some more, but she wouldn't budge.

"Kinomoto," Syaoran said. "What are you doing?"

"Li..." Sakura said very cautiously. "I don't like your surprises..."

"What?" Syaoran asked. "My surprises are great!" he said.

Sakura folded her arms across her chest, and raised an eye brow. "Oh really?" she said. "What about that time when we were fifteen years old? You set me up on a blind date. I asked who I was going to be meeting. You said it was a surprise! I ended up spending two whole hours with Groping-Gary! When we were twelve, you took me on a trip, and told me it was a surprise for where we were going. You blind folded me and told me we were at the lake. You pushed me in a puddle of MUD! When we were eight, you prepared me dinner as a surprise, and you shoved a caterpillar in my mouth! Do you want me to go on?" Sakura said.

She looked over to Syaoran, where he was reminiscing. He had a smile on his face, and just to show him she wasn't happy, she hit him on the arm. He snapped out of his thoughts, and grabbed her now Poison Ivy free wrist.

"Look Kinomoto, I promise you, this surprise is good!" he said convincingly, pulling at her once more. He started off on a sprint, and before Sakura could object to any of his actions, they arrived, right in the heart of the village.

With her hands on her knees, Sakura began to breathe very heavily. "Li, do you mind telling me what the bloody hell we're doing here now?"

She looked over to where Syaoran was standing. He was wearing a very wide grin, and she noticed the someone was standing behind him. He stepped out of view, and Sakura saw no one, other than Miss Sophie Lane.

Oh shit.

Sakura couldn't help but stare. She was so frozen at the moment, so shocked, and definitely surprised that she just couldn't think of anything to say. When she finally came to however, she totally spluttered with her words.

"S - S - Sophie!" Sakura greeted, walking towards her. "W - W - What are you doing here?"

Syaoran stepped in. "I invited her! Remember before she left, I talked to her for a while? I asked her to meet us in town! You see, you just seemed so sad that she was leaving, I thought I'd just tell her to come...if it was okay with her," Syaoran said.

"And it certainly was," Sophie said, smiling maliciously towards Sakura. To Sakura, her smile was evil - but to Syaoran, who was still totally wrapped around her bony finger, thought it was a sweet caring one.

Sometimes Sakura was a bit too much of a good actress. That had its advantages, but at the same time, it had some huge dis-advantages.

"O - O - Oh...Well, that - that's great! I - I mean, I - I...Li, can I talk to you?" Sakura spluttered.

Syaoran nodded, and Sakura walked towards him, and held his wrist very tightly. She saw him wince slightly, but not totally, and pulled him gruffly to a corner, where she thought was safe so Sophie wouldn't be able to eavesdrop. And then she began to talk to him.

"Why the hell did you bring that stupid Sophie Lane here?" Sakura hissed, hitting him on the arm like a little girl.

"What did I do?" Syaoran asked. "I thought that - "

"You thought wrong, mister! Can't you see what she's doing to you?" Sakura said. "She's using you, Li! You're a Prince! You're rich! You're good looking - "

"You think I'm good looking?" Syaoran asked, obviously trying to rub in Sakura's face that she had called him something she had never called him for the past twelve years that they've known each other.

Sakura blushed, but quickly recovered. She shook her head. "That's beside the point! Sophie's a gold digger, Li! She's a complete slut!"

Syaoran now looked at Sakura with a serious face. His arms were folded and he certainly didn't look too happy. "Listen Kinomoto, just because Sophie's a lot more caring, generous, and prettier than you, that doesn't mean you have the right to go gallovanting around, calling her names that don't suit her!" he said.

Sakura's jaw dropped. More caring? More generous? More prettier than her? She certainly wasn't going to take that lying down.

"What did you just say?" She asked, her voice hoarse from shock, "You have no idea what you're talking about, Li. Those names 'don't suit her?' Li, those names fit her more than her damned outfit."

Syaoran began to walk away, steam rising from his ears."I'm not going to listen to this!" he said. Sakura pulled him back.

"Li! I can't believe you don't believe me! You've only known this girl for such a short amount of time! You grew up with me, Li. How can you - ?" she was on a roll, but was never able to finish.

He yanked his arm away from her grasp, and walked towards Sophie, where she was standing quite happily. She had obviously been watching them talk, and no one in their right minds would not know that Sakura and Syaoran were having an argument.

"You're just angry that I finally really like someone, while you're stuck being lonely! You've never had a single man in your life, Kinomoto. Don't take your loneliness or your jealousy or whatever it is your feeling out on me and Sophie." he said to Sakura from behind him.

If Sakura wasn't so angry, she would've almost started crying.

"What's going on?" Sophie asked as innocently as she possibly could, when Syaoran finally reached her.Yeck.

Syaoran shook his head, not wanting to let Sophie find out about anything. "It's nothing, Sophie. Come on, let's get some shopping done."

He took her hand, but she didn't move. "What about Sakura?" she asked, hoping deep inside that she wasn't going to come with them.

He turned to look at Sakura, her eyes filled with sadness, shock, and anger. "I don't think Sakura will be able to go with us," Syaoran answered after a long pause, and they began to walk away.

Sakura watched the two of them walk away from her, and she plomped herself down onto the dirt, feeling sad and un-believed. She couldn't believe Syaoran! Sure, they may not have been the best of friends, but he has known her for the past twelve years. They practically grew up with each other. And so he'd rather take the side of a girl he's only known for not even a week, rather than the girl he's known since forever? That was just totally obsurd.

While Sakura sat, moping at her luck, two palace gaurds had witnessed the argument that Syaoran and Sakura had just had, and they heard every word. They scurried off back to the Palace to report immediately to King Kinomoto and Queen Li, who was staying at their palace for a few days.

Sakura watched Syaoran and Sophie hold hands, and go shopping from afar. She kept sighing every few minutes, and her dress was probably filthy with dirt. She knew she should've gone back to the cottage. She obviously wasn't wanted at the moment, but she was the Princess! She could do anything she wanted. Even if it meant staying somewhere where she felt unwanted.

Suddenly, something banged into the lower part of her elbow, hitting her funny bone. A weird, tingling sensation erupted throughout her right arm, and when she turned to face who ever had done that, she saw a man, not much older than her, smiling.

"Do you need something?" Sakura asked quite rudely. She wasn't in a very good mood.

The guy nodded. "And that thing is you!" he said.

Sakura snorted. "Right. Goodluck with that,"

He held out his hand, and waited for Sakura to shake it. "The name's Ryosuki Tang. Can I ask yours?" Just as he finished asking, his eyes grew wide. "H - Hang on a second." He eyed Sakura closely. "You...you look like...Sakura Kinomoto! Oh God, are you the princess?"

Not wanting to create a scene, and not wanting to scare the man, she shook her head. "No, no I'm not. I just look like Sakura Kinomoto a lot."

He nodded, all nervousness erased. He then wrapped his arm around her shoulders. "Well then, how would you like to come with me into the forest...I think we could get into a deep discussion about how beautiful you look," he said.

Sakura took his arm off of her shoulders, and put on a disgusted look. "No thank you," she said politely.

Ryosuki put his arm back around her, and scooted closer towards her. Unexpectedly, he nuzzled her neck, making her feel really weird. "Come on! What's a little meeting in the forest going to do? Ruin your reputation?" he said.

Of course it would! She was the Princess! But there was no possible way she could tell him that now. She had already told him that she wasn't. She tried pushing him away even more, but the more she struggled, the more consistent he became. God, why wasn't this guy getting the point?

Just emerging from a store, Syaoran came out, with a bag of stuff in his left hand. He had done alot of shopping! And when he was just about to enter another store, he had turned his head, only for his amber eyes to be filled with the scene of some guy, hitting on Sakura. He could obviously see that she was trying to struggle. Suddenly, a vein in his forehead popped up. The more he watched, the more it throbbed. He couldn't stand it.

So he ran over, with Sophie trying to ask him what the hell he was doing far behind him,and pulled him away from her. He pulled him away so gruffly, that he had crashed into a table, holding merchandise that a salesman was selling. That wasn't a good idea. Just seconds after Syaoran had pulled the man off of Sakura, a small crowd began to gather around them, two of which were palace gaurds, that weren't the same ones as before.

"HEY!" The Ryo yelled, getting up. "What's your problem? We were just getting cozy!"

Syaoran now had a serious look on his face. "Don't touch her," he hissed.

Ryo inched up towards Syaoran, and soon they were standing face to face. Sakura was just a few feet away from them, closer than the crowd was, waiting to see what was going to happen next.

"Oh yeah?" Ryo responded. "And you're going to stop me, are you?"

"That's right," he answered.

"We'll see about that!" Ryo said, and came swooping up to him.

Right before Syaoran's head was his fist, coming fast, and swiftly towards the middle of his eyes. That was just too easy for Syaoran! He's been training since he was a little boy! He blocked his punch easily, and punched him three times in the stomach. He thought he had finished him off, but what he didn't expect to happen was Ryo's foot, sweeping from underneath him, and knocking off his balance. Syaoran fell on his back, feeling stupid, and soon, feeling a strong hand around his neck. Suddenly, he couldn't breathe.

He could hear people around him gasp. He heard Sophie and Sakura scream. What was going on?

Ryo was choking him, that's what was going on! With his hand still firmly tight around Syaoran's neck, he dragged him up upwards, making the both of them stand. Everyone just watched. The palace gaurds didn't even bother to do anything. They probably thought Syaoran was bound to escape from the man's death grip anyway.

When nobody still did nothing, Sakura stepped in. "STOP!" she cried, trying to pry the man off of Syaoran. "STOP!" Sakura cried once more, but with no avail.

Not able to think of anything else she could do, Sakura slapped the man as hard as she could. It was kind off difficult for her because she was standing on his side, but she got him perfectly on his cheek, and a red hand print began to form where she had slapped him.

"By order of the Princess! I demand you to release that man at once!" She cried.

Suddenly, the Ryo let go of Syaoran, and he fell on his back once again, gasping for air.

"Y - Y - You're not the Princess! Y - Y - You told me you w - weren't!" He said.

"I lied!" Sakura said. "Do you know what you have done? You hit on the Princess of Japan, while she was objecting to all of your actions! And you just attacked the Prince of China!"

Suddenly Ryo's face turned green. "P - P - Princess of J - Japan? P - P - Prince of C - China!" he questioned.

Fearful of the consequences that he would have to endure for what he had just done, he ran away as fast as he could, with Sakura hollering from behind him with a smug look on her face.

"You'll be hearing from my father!" Sakura yelled. "And his mother too!"

Slowly, the crowd around them began to get smaller. The gaurds had helped Syaoran up, and once they had made sure that he was okay, Sakura joined him, along with Sophie.

"Today's just full of surprises, isn't it?" Syaoran muttered to himself.

"Syaoran are you okay? I'm so sorry! It was all my fault that he - " Sakura began.

"Don't talk to me," he said rudely.

Sakura's eyes widened. She knew he was mad at her, but...he couldn't have been that mad at her! He had never said that to her ever in her life. So she wouldn't know if he was being sarcastic or not.

"W - W - What?" Sakur asked.

"I'm still mad at you from before," he answered, taking Sophie's hand and walking away. Now it was Sophie's turn to make sure he was okay. She actually wasn't that much of a bad person, actually! You could really tell that she was really worried about Syaoran. All that she was saying to him was sincere.

Sakura watched them walk away, and sooner than she knew it, she was back on the side walk, grumbling angrily to herself.

Meanwhile, at the palace, the first two gaurds that had witnessed the arguement between Syaoran and Sakura had reported back to King Kinomoto and Queen Li. They told them everything that they heard, and, although they weren't dismissed by either of them, they left in a hurry, fearful of what Queen Li might do. She was absolutely angry!

"WHAT!" she had screamed. "That girl? Which girl?"

Although she was quite angry, King Kinomoto was laughing heartily. It was normal that people would try and capture the heart of their sons and daughters because of their money. He had been King for a long, long time! He was used to this.

"It was that Sophie Lane, girl, Yelan!" he said, with a smile still on his face. "We hired her to help Syaoran and Sakura around the cottage, remember?"

Yelan looked up at the ceiling, and stroked her chin. "Sophie Lane...Sophie Lane..." she muttered. "Where have I heard that name before?" she said to herself. "AHA!" She cried, when she had finally figured out where she had heard it before. "Koichi Lane! She's the daughter of that awful man, Koichi Lane!"

"Oh!" Fujitaka said in realization. "Koichi Lane? Why, he's the third richest man in the kingdom! I'm first of course," he said smugly. "He owns lots of land! Almost more land than I own!"

Yelan began to fume again. "Ugh! I can't believe that stupid Sophie Lane!" she said angrily.

She began to mutter swear words and fowl names. Fujitaka found this quite amusing, but after a while, it got kind of annoying, and just so he wouldn't have to hear her fume anymore, he did her a favor.

"Anthony!" he yelled.

Suddenly, a skinny little man dressed in servant uniform, came bustling in, with a sheet of parchment in one hand, and a quill, already dipped in ink in the other.

"I am making a restraining order, understand?" Fujitaka explained. "Dictate me as I go,"

The man named Anthony nodded obediently, and poised his quill over his parchment, ready to write down whatever King Kinomoto had to say.

And then he began.

"I, King Kinomoto, make it a rule, that Miss Sophie Lane is not to go near Princess Kinomoto Sakura, or Prince Li Syaoran. She must be at least 100 meters away from them. Any less, and she will suffer the consequences for her Father. Every time she goes near them in a distance any less then 100 meters, we will take away a piece of land that her Father, Lane Koichi, owns. Signed, Fujitaka Kinomoto, King."

Anthony nodded, and finished the last of his sentence. He walked up to King Kinomoto and said, "It's all here, Sir. All you need to do now, is sign the parchment."

King Kinomoto signed it, and Anthony scurried off to the Post Office, where the restraining order would be sent to Sophie.

Fujitaka looked over to Yelan, where she sat right beside him, looking smug, and satisfied. "Hmph," she grunted. "That'll teach her to mess with a member of the Li family,"

And sooner than later, two other gaurds came bustling in, and reported to them about the fight that had gone on earlier. Now both parents were fuming.

For once, in that whole entire day, something happened that wasn't much of a surprise.

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