Author's Note: I might not be able to update for a while. Way too many assignments and homework to do. Sakura and Syaoran may meet in this chapter but I haven't decided yet. Sorry the last chapter was so short but I promise, the following chapters will be longer.
Warning: There is some course language in it but it's to a small extent.
Chapter Two
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Ten steps later, he was out. Night had finally settled upon the sky. This was the perfect time to escape and that's just what he did, not aware of the figure watching from above...
"No! I'm not going!" Sakura yelled, slamming her fist on top of the table. Nadeshiko simply stayed silent throughout her seventeen year old daughter's temper. If she knew her daughter, she would eventually calm down and listen to reason. She sighed, knowing how long that would take. Instead, she looked sternly at Sakura and smiled. Sakura's temper seemed to be forgotten when she saw the look on her mother's face. She knew there was something wrong with the picture. Here she was, having a tantrum and her mother was just sitting there. She narrowed her eyes, trying to read her expression.
It was dark now and Sakura had tried to divert the subject. It seemed to work until Nadeshiko had called her to the dining room once again to debate the subject, even though the only one talking was herself.
"You will go and I'll see that that myself if I have to. Your Father wants you in Jinka and you will go." Nadeshiko had a stern tone to her voice, Sakura noticed. She knew this was a genuine threat and she wasn't willing to push her. Sakura sighed and sat down on one of the chairs, blowing away a stray strand of hair from her face.
"You shouldn't slouch Sakura, it's bad for your posture." Sakura grunted. Nadeshiko never failed to find faults with the way her daughter, acted, ate or dressed, even when she was loosing her temper.
"Whatever. When am I leaving?" Sakura asked, trying to break the awkward silence between the two.
"First thing in the morning." Sakura groaned. She stood from her chair, bowed down to her mother and walked out of the dining hall.
Walking to her room, her feet echoing through the halls as she walked, she thought about the whole idea of leaving. Jinka's so far away. It's going to take at least three days to get there, she thought. Laying down on her bed, she closed her eyes and instantly fell asleep.
Sakura woke to the sound of people running around outside her door. She got dressed quickly, remembering what day it was. Crap, why didn't anyone wake me, she thought, running out of her room and into the courtyard where all the servants were waiting to see her off. As she walked past them, they bowed to her. A small girl, about half her height, walked up to her after pushing through the crowds. Sakura stopped and bent down so that she was at eye level with her. The girl had some sort of pin in her hands and when she opened her palms, Sakura saw a beautiful flower shaped small comb.
"Please take this with you Princess Sakura. It will bring you good luck and make sure you won't forget us," she said, a tear rolling down her pale cheek.
Sakura smiled and wiped away the tear, placing the comb in her pocket.
"I could never forget you or anyone here. I'll come back." The girl looked up.
"Promise?"
"Promise."
"Please hurry Princess. It is a long trip to Jinka." Sakura stood up and waved to everyone before she mounted her horse. She was going to miss her home. This was the place where she was born and lived for the past seventeen years of her life.
She took one last look at the kingdom before she was called by one of the guards to hurry. She obeyed.
"Syaoran, you idiot," Eriol mumbled as he paced his room. He didn't know what he was going to do. He knew he had an obligation to the kingdom but Syaoran was his cousin, a blood relative. He couldn't betray him, right? All these thoughts were confusing his mind and he got agitated. This isn't doing me any good, he thought. Then he stopped dead in his tracks.
"What am I thinking? I have to follow him," he said, waving his staff. A white mist surrounded him and he disappeared from his room.
Syaoran walked through the forest. It was too dark to continue so he decided to find a place to stay. That wasn't easy. By the time he actually found a comfortable cave, the sun was practically rising. Syaoran groaned and decided to clean his face in the near by stream he had passed by earlier that night. He followed the sound of running water and it eventually led him to the stream. He bent down close to the water and cupped his hands, scooping some water in them. He splashed it onto his face and shook it, making his hair go everywhere (even though it was originally like that anyway).
He sighed contentedly. The cool water calming his senses. All the walking he did proved to be harder than he thought. And I thought I was in shape, he thought, standing. A twig snapping made him alert again. He reached for his sword, fearing it was an enemy from another Kingdom or a wild beast. Either way, he would be ready for it. Or so he thought.
A figure appeared on the other side of the stream. Syaoran froze. It was a girl. He was prepared for anything but not for this. What's a girl doing out here, he said to himself. He was so deep in thought that he hadn't realized the girl was eyeing him strangely. Her sweet voice snapped him out of his trance.
"Are you okay?" she called from across the stream. Syaoran blinked a few times, trying to get a clear view of the girl. She had long auburn hair, tied back in a high pony tail. The thing that caught his attention the most were her mesmerizing emerald eyes. He had never seen anything
like them before.
Once he realized he was staring at her, mouth agape, he shut it quickly and answered her.
"I'm fine," he said, placing his sword back in its sheath, "what are you doing out here anyway? This is no place for a girl." After hearing this, Sakura was fuming. How dare he, she thought.
"What do you mean, no place for a girl!" she yelled.
"I didn't mean for it to sound like an insult. Will you just answer the question all ready?"
"I'm not here by myself you know. I'm on my way to Jinka. What's your name by the way?"
Syaoran sweat dropped. Was this girl serious?
"I'm Syaoran, Li Syaoran. How about you?"
"Kinomoto Sakura. Wait, did you say Li?"
"Did you just say Kinomoto?" There was a moment's silence between the two before what they had just said clicked in their minds. Suddenly, there was a male voice. He seemed to be looking for someone.
"That's my escort. It was nice meeting you, Li Syaoran," Sakura said and ran off into the forest.
Syaoran stared after her. Kinomoto Sakura. He knew who she was but she was different to what he had expected, that was for sure.
"Same here, Kinomoto Sakura."
A/U: next chappie coming soon. please r&r. thanx...