Guys! Thanks a lot for those reviews! I'm terribly sorry to say that I won't be giving out personal thanks to each and every single wonderful reviewer anymore as it takes quite a lot of space and takes out the writing spirit out of me. I'm not saying that your reviews make me feel bad! In fact, they're all the best! But I just can't write them individually anymore. I'm deeply sorry!
As well, I'd like to apologize for the long waits I've been giving you all for my previous chapters and this one. However, it is because I have somehow forgotten and about my stories and just left them to be. --;; I can't imagine how I could've done that, but I did. . It wasn't until a dear reviewer reviewed my story again that I realized I haven't updated since…well…forever! I had to reread my earlier chapters again so I could figure out what I wanted to do with them and where I left them off…so here is my apologetic chapter to All it takes is One Pigeon!
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Disclaimer- I do NOT own CCS or its characters. They rightfully belong to Clamp. So don't sue me!
I own nothing but the plot of this story and some made-up characters. Nothing of this story is copied from another.
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Recap
'You know, I think Eriol really is a born charmer. Just right now he brought me a warm glass of milk. I'm half writing and half drinking it right now. Hmm…the milk tastes…funny? No, no, I just got Katy to buy a fresh carton yesterday. I'm probably just imagining things. Anyway, where was I again? Right, Eriol. I think he's so kawaii. Out of all the other princes that are. I—oh no, I desperately need to go to the wash—
"Oh my dear Kami-sama! Why's the washroom so far away?!"
Tomoyo then went inside the washroom, locked the door behind her and quickly "relieved" herself. Just then was when she finally realized something. Of course! Everything clicked together! The prank, the too nice gestures, and the milk! It finally made sense now! That Eriol!
"You are so dead!" she screamed out loud.
"Muahahahahaha! She drank my milk! Ha! Loser!" and Eriol skipped back to his room with a satisfied smile on his face.
All it takes is One Pigeon
Chapter Four
--The next morning—
Outside, the smiling sun was shining against the Kinomoto Kingdom's castle walls. The birds seemed happier than the day before, and their chirping seemed to sing a lovely song for all to hear. This morning also seemed to have the freshest of air from the day before. It was such a wonderfully calm and peaceful time when suddenly…
"Good morning Father!" Sakura greeted.
For the second time, Princess Sakura Kinomoto woke up…and yes, by herself.
"Why, good morning, dear!" King Fujitaka replied as he placed his morning coffee back down on the dining table. "It's great to see you not soaking wet!"
"Oh! I'm too excited to sleep any longer that I had planned to!"
"Too excited to see the suitors again, I hope."
"Well, that's part of it."
King Fujitaka raised an eyebrow.
Sakura just smiled and started eating her breakfast.
"By the way, where are Touya and Tomoyo? I'd expected they'd be awake earlier than me!" Sakura joked.
"Actually, Touya woke up early at dawn to tend to business elsewhere after receiving an urgent message. He said he'll be back as soon as this business is done. As for Tomoyo, I believe she's in her bedroom still."
"Oh. I hope Touya will come back home soon then. Well, I better go check on Tomoyo after my breakfast!"
After a moment's silence, Fujitaka spoke up.
"So where are our lucky suitors?"
"Oh them? I'm sure they'll be down in a while." Sakura answered with a knowingly smile plastered on her face.
--Upstairs--
As all the princes went downstairs together for breakfast, they started talking.
"I clearly cannot believe what dull luck I've been having! Just this morning when I went to brush my beautiful pearly whites, my expensive toothpaste was replaced with shaving cream! Do you absolutely have any idea how important toothpaste is to a man?!" Prince Sosa outrageously exclaimed.
"So? You think toothpaste is important? What do you think about my muscles? I was going to train them today with my weights when all of a sudden, I sprained them! When I looked at the weights, they read 5kg when normally I do 10! I barely can pick anything up with my arms!" complained Prince Koshiro.
"I don't care about you guys! I DOOON'T CARE!! I saw a ghost in my chaaambeeer!! A ghooooost! I wanna go hoooome! I wanna seee mooommy!! I wanna seee daaaddy!!" wailed Prince Heiji.
While all of these complaints were happening, Syaoran and Eriol started their own conversation.
"Man, can they ever shut up? They're so annoying! They don't see us saying anything!"
"Syaoran, we ARE saying something."
"Well, we're not whiny like how they are right now."
"Hmm, you got a point there."
"Of course I do."
"So what happened to you this morning?"
"Pure bad luck."
"What?"
"I was getting there! Well, I woke up this morning trying to find my clothes for the day when I suddenly tripped over this huge log, which I'm sure wasn't there before, a few feet away from the closet! I slammed my face right into the closet!"
"Ouch!"
"I know. So what happened to you?"
"Nothing."
"NOTHING?!"
"Nothing."
"Eriol, there's got to be something!"
"Nothing."
"Well, how so?"
"Let's just say I paid a little revenge on Princess Tomoyo last night."
"What kind of "revenge"?
"Oh, nothing in particular. Just gave her the oldest trick in the book! I acted all caring to her and gave her a glass of sour milk! She accepted it and drank it. She went to the washroom immediately. Not that I was there to see her go, but I heard it quite clearly from outside her chamber."
"Oh man, why didn't I think of that as a little payback to little Princess Sakura?"
"Oh that's easy to answer. It's simple. I'm just too smart for you."
"Whatever."
'I'll make sure I'll give a little something to that brat of a princess before I go to sleep tonight. She'll know not to mess with me, Prince Syaoran, again!'
The princes finally arrived at the dining room and seated themselves.
"Ah, there you all are! I was just going to send Katy to wake you!" King Fujitaka said.
"We apologize for that King Fujitaka, but we were…er…held back," answered Syaoran on behalf of the rest of the princes.
Sakura rolled her eyes. 'Psh…he thinks he's the brain of all the princes. I'll show him…'
"Well then, you all better proceed to breakfast," continued Fujitaka.
As if on cue, delicious breakfast was placed before their eyes, and at the same time, Sakura excused herself to see to Tomoyo.
--In Tomoyo's chamber—
Knock Knock
"Tomoyo? It's me, Sakura!"
"Come in."
"Hey! Why aren't you downstairs for breakfast? Are you not feeling well?"
"Not feeling well would be better phrased than what I have in mind! I feel like I'm being stabbed over and over again at my stomach!"
"Oh dear! Did you eat anything wrong?"
"Sakura-chan, I know exactly what's wrong! That air-headed Eriol Hiirigizawa gave me the most disgusting milk I have ever tasted in my life last night! And just to think, I thought he was actually such a gentleman to personally give me a glass of milk just before I went to sleep! He has got to be the most conceited man I have ever dealt with in my whole entire life! No! Not even a man! He's a boy! A conceited damn boy!"
"Tomo! Tomo! Calm down! Yelling about him when he's not present at this time won't do you any good. We need to start planning again! We've just got to drive them all away before this week even ends, and we'll have the rest of this month to ourselves!"
Tomoyo sighed.
"I hope you're right. I just hope stupid Prince Eriol won't be as hard-headed as he is now or else he won't leave and Prince Syaoran won't leave either!"
"I don't get it. Why would Prince Syaoran stay with Prince Eriol in the kingdom? It's not like he can't leave himself!"
"He can't. Saku, remember! Prince Eriol and Prince Syaoran are cousins! So if Prince Eriol doesn't want to leave, Prince Syaoran has to stay with him until both of them agree to leave us alone!"
"Ohhh…just great! More to add to our problems!"
YATTA!! I have finally finished this chappie! It's three something in the morning right now . I'm dead tired, but I wanted to at least finish a chappie from one of my stories before leaving to bed. I am again, very sorry to say that I may not update very soon now that exams are coming up in about three weeks, and I got to start studying for them. January really is a hectic month! I may or may not update once more before school starts again (Jan. 3rd). I hope I can update once more too as the update following that would probably be when the exams are over, which is in February. I hope you guys won't give up on this story! Please review! Ja!
