Journey to Find the Girl that held his Heart
PG-13 - English - Action/Adventure/Romance
I don't own the characters, but I do own the plot. ' This is my first fanfic, so please don't be angry with me if I mess something up. Also I changed some things around. YGOxCCS. Sorry to everyone who thought this was different, but it's a Yami and Sakura fic.
They met at a Masked Ball. Now Yami, prince of Astoria is trying to find the girl he met there. Little does he know that soon after her identity is revealed, she is kidnapped. It's up to Yami to save her, but while on the road to her rescue, he doesn't realize that he could ultimately be riding to his death.
Chapter 1: The Masked Ball
It was late spring. Some of the trees were just beginning to bloom, while others had already bloomed. The spring flowers were already in bloom, and the Cherry Blossom trees that lined a narrow path were now shedding their delicate petals that now coated the path. About half way down the path there was a small stone bench that sat in the midst of a bed of flowers. On the bench sat an auburn haired girl. The dress she was wearing was long and orchid. It was sleeveless, except for the two thick straps that were off her shoulders, and had a full skirt. Her hair complimented the dress perfectly; having long auburn hair that went down to her waist and was wavy. It was her mothers type of hair, and she would never cut it.The girl was reading so intently that she didn't realize the sudden appearance of her friend coming down the lane.
'Oh, I wish I were this lucky,' she thought while she read, 'Some boy to come along and just go horse back riding with me, and to just be there for me. But as always, there will always be my brother. Watching me like a vulture. No wonder any boys ever come back to see me, they're to afraid of my brother.'
Than she heard her name being called. She looked up to see her friend coming down the path towards her.
'And here comes Tomoyo.'
"Hey! What's up?"
Her friend reached her. She had raven hair that trailed down her back and had dark eyes. Usually they were just happy eyes, but today, they were eyes of excitement and wonder.
"Oh my god Sakura! You won't believe it! We're going to a Masked Ball!"
Sakura's emerald green eyes filled with excitement at what her friend just told her. A Masked Ball. She couldn't believe it. She had dreamed about these for a long time. Now she was finally able to go to one.
"When is it?"
"It's all this week!"
"WHAT!"
"YEAH! We're going to be dressing up with masks all week long. This is going to be so wonderful. OOHH, I can't wait for tonight."
Just as Sakura was about to respond, a little yellow lion with wings went right into her line of vision.
"Princess," the little lion roared at her. "You know your never allowed to go out without me."
Sakura sweat-dropped. "I know Kero. It's just that I wanted to be out here alone for today. I miss just taking walks by myself and thinking."
Kero, who completely understand her meaning, said, "I know. But you still have to let me know if you're planning on going outside so that at least I can be with you. You can take your walks and do whatever, but I'll follow you. It'll be like you're outside alone, but I'll be following you at a distance."
"Hai Kero. That sounds good to me. How about I make it up to you with some chocolate pudding."
"Sakura, you should know better than to bribe me with food."
"Yeah I know, but did it work?"
"All the way to the kitchens," the little lion said as he flew towards the kitchens. The two girls followed and, as they were laughing and talking, tried to figure out what was going to happen for that night.
"Remind me again why we have to go to this thing," asked a boy with red and black spiked hair. It was tinted with gold and stuck out in all directions. His bangs were gold and hung in a down wards manner. His eyes, which were the color of amethyst, were currently cast upon his smaller companion. He looked exactly like himself, except that he always had a smile on his face and was a year younger than him.
"Now Yami, you know that grandpa can't make it out for the first night of this ball, so we have to represent Astoria. And since we are also the princes, we must do this," his counterpart said with a smile.
"I know Yugi. It's just that I hate going to these things and always avoid them when possible. You know how it usually gets. Girls always are swarming all around you. Allowing you no room to breathe. Then after they've suffocated you, they expect you to dance with them. It's unbelievable."
"Yeah. I just hope what happened last time doesn't happen again. I hear that that one princess is still peeved with ya." Yugi sniggered after that statement and starred out of the window of their carriage.
Yami just looked at him and smiled to himself. He remembered that. Oh, how he hated that girl. He hoped that she wouldn't be there this time. After a while, Yami went to starring out of his window and watched the scenery go by, wondering what this ball would bring. Then, without knowing it, he said, "After this night, I don't think I'll attend the rest of this ball."
Yugi just looked over at his older brother, shook his head, and went back to looking out the window.
"Tomoyo, where did you get this dress? It's absolutely beautiful!"
Sakura was in her room preparing for the ball. She had already taken her bath and now she was wearing the dress that she was going to wear that night. She looked at herself in her mirror and she couldn't believe her eyes. It' wasn't one of those big dresses that she had once thought about. Rather, it was very similar to her orchid dress, except it was green. It had a pattern of reddish pink rose petals. They looked like they were falling in such a pattern that they were scattered all along the dress itself. At the bottom of the skirt, clumps of petals lay scattered. They were only distinguishable by the fine golden thread that was used to outline them. She looked at herself with wonder in her eyes. Tomoyo had really outdone herself this time. She probably had her sewers working double time in order to finish this for tonight.
"The dress was one of your mothers. I just chose the green dress and had my sewers do some decorative touches to it." Tomoyo said all this with a smile on her face. Sakura was stunned, she couldn't believe that she was wearing her mothers' dress. The best part was, was the fact that she could now fit into them. After she was done admiring herself, she sat herself down at her dressing table and started wondering how she was going to make the rest of her look as beautiful her dress.
Tomoyo, who could easily see what her friend was thinking said, "Don't worry. I have all of your problems solved already."
Sakura looked over at her friend with a look of surprise, amusement, and wonder. Tomoyo giggled at her friends' expression. Leave it to her to think of everything before hand. She sent the maid to go fetch her the two boxes.
After a couple of minutes passed, Sakura asked Tomoyo, "What are you going to wear? You aren't changed or anything yet."
"I plan on wearing my little lace dress that I made for your sixteenth birthday party. You remember that one, don't you?"
"Oooh, you're going to look so cute in that."
"Yeah, I know. But when we're ready to leave, you'll see my whole entire ensemble."
The maid came in shortly after this statement leading two other maids, each carrying their own box. Tomoyo came forward and said, "Let's begin with the jewelry, shall we." One of the maids came forward and placed the box on top of the dresser and proceeded to open it. Inside, there lay an assortment of different pieces, each holding their own special beauty. The maid picked up the necklace and placed it onto Sakura's neck. It was a single rose petal with what looked like little tints of gold near the very edge of it and it hung on a simple gold chain. Next, she placed a plain gold ring upon her ring finger. Her little pearl earrings that she always wore remained in. On her wrists were she wore gold bracelets.
Tomoyo watched in satisfaction. She had worked hours trying to make sure that each little detail was perfect. After all the jewelry was on, the maid took that box and walked off to where the other one was standing.
"So, what are we supposed to do with my hair? Are we going to have it pinned up?"
Tomoyo made a face, "Ew. Definently not. Instead, you are going to have your hair down, but your also going to be wearing a crown."
With a nod from her, the other maid with the last box stepped forward. She opened the box to reveal a beautiful crown of roses. On each of the roses' petals, there was what looked like gold glitter. They placed it onto her head and attached it firmly to her hair. She watched it all with happiness glowing in her eyes. Afterwards, the mask was placed on her. It was a half a mask. It was a beautiful white with little white pearls around the edges of the eyes and around the mask itself. Now, she looked like she really was going to a ball. Tomoyo watched everything happily as Sakura ran up to her mirror and started twirling around, gazing at herself.
While wondering about all of this, Tomoyo and the maids slipped out of her room. Tomoyo went to her own room to prepare while the others went to their chores.
At around a half an hour before six, the butler came around and said that the king and prince were waiting for them down by the front doors of the castle. Sakura exited her room just as Tomoyo exited hers. All Sakura could do was stair at her friend with a mixture of aw. Her lace dress was a short sleeved cream color. Her hair was pinned up into a bun and two thick strands of hair hung on either side of her face to frame it off. She was wearing long white gloves that went past her elbows. Her mask was made of peacock feathers. She was very pretty.
After joining each other, they both passed down the stairs and proceeded to the front door. When they were outside, they met up with the king, her older brother Touya, and her guardian Kero. After they had exchanged compliments on how each other looked, the carriage arrived.
They all went in and set off to have a fun filled evening. The sun was just starting to set when Sakura looked out her window and thought with a smile, 'Hopefully, this will be the night I finally meet my prince charming.'
A/N: Did you like? Well, I hope you did. Please tell me.
