A/N: All I can say is... thank you guys sooooooooo much! 21 is the best record yet for 1 chapter for my story. You can tell how happy I am because I updated earlier than I was suppose to! My schedule would be once a week. Oh and the main part of the story starts now right on this chapter. One more thing... I assure you they will confess quite soon, just not today. -Cackles evilly- let's carry on shall we?
REASON FOR JUMP OF DAYS: My story has been all fluffy the past few chapters and I need the days to end before my real plot emerges. So.. ya. It would be boring if it's happy all the time.
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Disclaimer: I will never in this lifetime own Cardcaptor Sakura. But I do own Frost and the others!
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Chapter 14: Realization
In some dark woods...
"Thanks cousins. It would have taken a lot longer to gather forces if it hadn't been for you two." A rough male voice swept through the stale air.
Two feminine dark silhouettes nodded, "Whatever. Just make sure you take care of that Kinimoto brat and miss high-and-mighty Daidouji first. But remember do not kill them yet..."
The male figure rubbed his temple as his red blood eyes flashed with annoyance, "Fine. Whatever you say."
The two other smirked, "Watch out little pretty flowers, keep your little boyfriends well and safe because you wouldn't want them to disappear now do we?"
At the farm...
The day started like it's usual. Syaoran woke up before dawn to train. Sakura then awaken to start breakfast but got distracted by Syaoran's training- or body. Syaoran caught Sakura staring and started teasing her once again. Sakura then miraculously dumped a huge pile of snow on top of his head while blushing like a human tomato.
"A little snow is not going to stop me Sakura dearest..."
Sakura pouted, turned and wandered of to the kitchen, "Then maybe Chocolate would!"
Syaoran stood there, confused. He then knew what Sakura meant when a sticky tongue went right for his face.
"Chocolate! Stop it!"
In the kitchen...
Sakura sighed as she stirred the soup in the pot. She watched silently as it bubbled. In the distance, she could still hear Syaoran cries of help. She smiled.
"Just fifteen days left before Xiao Lang leaves..."
"But you do not want him to leave!"
"Why?"
"Because you have the "feelings" for him right?"
"WHAT? That's rubbish. I don't like him! How would you know?"
"Easy... I'm you!"
Sakura's mental battle with herself went on and on, not noticing that the foam from the soup that almost overflowed the pot.
"Sakura! Snap out of it!"
The breeder immediately snapped out of her trance at the voice.
Syaoran came in just in time to witness the scene of Sakura in a deep daze as the soup start to overflow the pot.
Frost, who was hovering beside his master used his icy breath and stopped the fire.
Syaoran lifted the frosen carrot soup and peered at Sakura who was leaning against the kitchen table while rubbing her forehead.
"You ok?" Syaoran asked with a concerned voice as he caressed Sakura's cheek with his warm hand.
She flushed and quickly swept Syaoran's hand away, missing the hurt evident in his eyes, "Yea...I'm ok."
Syaoran smiled weakly, "Why don't you go and rest in the living room. I'll cook another batch."
Sakura's heart swelled at his small generous offer, giving him one of her special smiles, she said, "Thanks."
Syaoran's own heart skipped a beat when he heard the six lettered word; it was all it took for him to blush.
Sakura left the kitchen and sat back down on the couch.
"Do I really love Xiao Lang?"
The question rang through her confused mind. Closing her eyes, she thought of how Syaoran protected her when they were captured by poachers, how he comforted her when she told him about her deceased family, how they shared their first kiss in an unexpected way and how she loved it when Syaoran and her danced under the full moon.
She loves it when he jokes.
She loves it when he laughs.
She loves it when he teases her.
She loves it when he protects her from any harm.
She loves it when he kisses her.
She loves him.
Sakura's eyes shot opened at her realization. She loves Syaoran. She loved him all along. From his caring smiles to his clumsiness towards chores. From the top of his head to the tip of his toes. She loves him.
Sakura whipped her head around as she stared at Syaoran's turned back as he poured a new batch of soup into bowls, "I love him... I've got to tell him!"
She stood up and headed for the kitchen...
"Ding Dong!"
Startled, Sakura stopped suddenly. The door bell had rung before she had taken the second step.
Sakura stood rigid as Syaoran turned his back towards her, "Sakura? Who do you think it could be? It has been at least a week since we've got visitors."
Sakura's heart fell disappointedly as she nodded, "I'll get it."
"What was I thinking? Telling him that I love him? What if he rejects me?" were the thoughts that Sakura had as she approached the front door.
A cold gale rushed into the cottage as Sakura opened the door, revealing a group of people clad in royal armor. Four were normal soldiers while the one in front was wearing one of a higher quality, telling Sakura that he's a general.
Confused, she asked, "May I help you sirs?"
The general in front said, "Yes miss. Can you tell us if you have seen this person?"
He flashed a painted drawing of a man with messy chocolate hair with stunning amber eyes. Sakura eyes squinted at the resemblance the picture held with Syaoran.
Sakura whispered, "Is that Xiao Lang?"
The general heard Sakura's whisper and immediately asked, "How did you know our prince's Chinese name?"
Sakura's eyes widened, "This is a picture of Prince Syaoran Li?"
Just at that moment, Syaoran approached the door, "What's the matter-"
The five standing outside the cottage bowed and exclaimed, "Prince Li! We've finally found you!"
Syaoran's body went rigid with alarm, "WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY DOING HERE?"
Realization dawned on Sakura, the missing Prince and Xiao Lang... they're the same person!
Sakura turned towards Syaoran with questioning eyes, "He's t-the p-prince? But he told me he was a traveler! Why... Why? Why didn't he tell me?"
The general then asked, "Your highness, may I humbly ask if Prince Eriol is with you?"
Sakura eyes widened, "Prince Eriol? Eli is also a prince?"
Syaoran growled under his breath and spoke in a cold sharp voice that made Sakura wince, "Since you've found me I guess I its useless to run away again. Give me a minute. I need to talk to...Miss Kinimoto here..."
With that, he slammed the door, leaving the soldiers outside in absolute confusion, why did he have to talk to that commoner?
Inside, Syaoran's hand clenched tightly on the door knob, "Why... Just two more weeks...why did they have to come now?"
Suddenly, Sakura's rigid body shifted as she kneeled on the ground, "I'm so sorry your highness. Please forgive me of how I treated you. I made you work. It was a mistake. Please punish me however you wish! Please..."
The voice Sakura used came out forced, unfamiliar and formal. Syaoran's heart stop, "Sakura...please don't!"
He took a step forward but Sakura didn't listen to him as she continued to ramble on, "A prince shouldn't even communicate with a commoner like me. Please forgive me!.."
"GOD DAMN! SAKURA STOP!"
Syaoran's angered voice echoed the cottage. He grabbed Sakura tightly by the shoulders and pulled her up. No matter how hard she struggled, she could not get out of Syaoran's iron grip.
"Don't you get it? I ran away because how I hate the life there. I hate how my life is controlled by my mother. I hate not being able to make my own choices. I hate the formality that always in the castle!"
Syaoran's distressed amber pools stared into shocked emerald orbs. Sakura whimpered, "Your highness please put me down..."
But Syaoran did not move an inch, "Sakura, the past months I had here were the best days I ever had in my entire life. I do not want to go back to the castle where people like you don't exist, where everyone waits me hand and foot, where everyone treats me like a damn god!"
Syaoran's grip loosened on Sakura's shoulders, allowing her feet to touch the ground. Sakura immediately stepped back a few feet, "Your high-highness, please... call me Kinimoto..."
Syaoran's eyes widened at her plea.
"Your high-highness, please call me Kinimoto..."
The sentence seemed to strike Syaoran's heart like an ice arrow, numbing it, slowing killing it...
"Sakura please no..."
Sakura shook her head as her heart cried with despair within her, "A prince shouldn't have any sorts of relationships with a commoner... it's impossible."
That was the last straw.
Syaoran gave a low snarl of anger and slammed his fist against Sakura's wall, creating a huge dent.
Two phoenixes then entered the room, immediately sensing the tense atmosphere.
Syaoran noticed Frost's glance and commented coldly, "Come on Frost. We're leaving."
Sakura gasped as she heard Syaoran's words. "He's leaving?"
Her mind swirled as she felt tears forming at her eyes, "He can't leave! I haven't told him that I lo-"
Her heart crushed as realization dawned on her, "I can't tell him that I love him... He's the prince. A commoner like me can't love someone of royal blood."
The prince went directly for his room. Syaoran lifted his bag from the chair and brushed past Sakura without a word.
"Creak"... The rusty door opened.
Syaoran's steps echoed in Sakura's ears.
Before he closed the door, he said, "Goodbye Kinimoto..."
"SLAM!" The door was closed as the prince left the cottage.
Sakura couldn't take it anymore and ran for the barn, leaving trails of crystal tears behind.
In front of the prince were the five from before already on horses. Syaoran then lifted himself onto another horse that was provided for him.
Syaoran's fist clenched tightly as he himself let a lone tear escape from his eyes.
"Prince Li? Are you..." The general began.
Syaoran cut him off with a cold voice he hadn't used in a long time, "We're leaving."
His phoenix trailed dejectedly behind, he had already expected that this would happen the moment Syaoran met Sakura.
"Erm.. Prince Li? What about Prince Eri-"
Syaoran sighed heavily to himself as his messy chestnut locks blocked his eyes. He took out a piece of paper and wrote down a few words onto it.
"Frost, please send this to Eriol at the dragon farm."
The phoenix clamped the message in his beak and flew off, leaving his master to ride back to the castle.
Syaoran watched as his ice phoenix flew off into the dark sky.
He snapped the horse reins and his started to trot its way to the town.
He turned and watched as Sakura's cottage disappeared from his sight, "Goodbye ...Sakura, my love."
Inside the barn...
Sakura cried as she hugged Chocolate. Her unicorns were all around here, forming a circle, worried for their mistress. Flames was on her mistress shoulders, her head low,.
"Why? Why did he have to be the prince?" Sakura exclaimed as her tears dripped to the ground.
Her heart felt pinched, as if it was slowly eaten away by sadness.
Dust nudged Sakura at her knees.
Sakura sniffed and pulled the two month old colt to her lap whose horn had already grown to a few centimeters.
The colt allowed his mistress leaned onto him as she cried and cried.
Images of Syaoran's comforting smile flashed through her mind. The pain became worse as she remembered his last sentence to her.
"Goodbye Kinimoto..."
Her nails clawed against the hay beneath her, "Goodbye Syaoran."
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A/N:Do you think i should end here?
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Nah!
"CRASH!"
Sakura gave a loud shriek as the barn door burst open and bits and pieces of wood flew in all directions. A cold icy gust swept through the barn, prickling Sakura's skin.
Her eyes widened in fear as she saw a very familiar pair of blood red eyes staring right at her.
The unicorns behind Sakura immediately became aware of who was at the door and stepped back.
"Knock Knock Sakura..." The voice went as he stepped into the barn.
Only one word escaped from Sakura's pale lips, "Hiroki..."
Days left: 15
To be continued...
A/N: Well, a lot of bad things certainly have happened, and the day started of so well! Everything just came crashing down. Sakura finally realized her feelings, she found out Syaoran is the prince and Hiroki came back to the farm right after Syaoran left the farm! What about ET? And since Syaoran left.. the 15 days remaining would have no use right? Wrong! Also, I'm sure you know who the mysterious figures are right now! And what's Hiroki going to do to Sakura?
(I've used a lot of realization in this chapter, thus the title. Lolz)