Disclaimer: I don't own CCS.

Ok, first of all I want to thank all the people who reviewed Chapter 6 of Horsing Around. Wings of Jade, thank you for your advice and absolutely no offense taken. Well, the reason that Sakura seems so stiff is because of Eriol. Although, if Syaoran loves someone, I don't think he will be cold to that person. But by the way he treat Mei-Ling, he was really icy. I know that in other stories, Syaoran is the cold one, while Sakura being all cheery. But I want my story to be more original so that's why I changed it a bit. I will try to make it the way that you like better ok? Yeah, I don't believe in love at first sight too but that's what I wrote in my summary, so I'm sticking to it . Thank-you to the others for saying how much they like my story! And to answer 3musketteers' question, yes, I do own a horse, and he's a cute bay!

Chapter 7 Horse Show Part 2

"Here you go Miss Kinomoto. Your entry number is 24. I wish you good luck," the judge said smiling kindly at her.

"Thank-you," Sakura replied and led Xiao Lang away.

Looking at her number she thought, '24? That means I will be showing in the first section! Oh I'm so scared.'

Deep in thought, she didn't notice Syaoran coming towards her.

"Hey."

Sakura turned around seeing the boy behind her, "oh it's you Syaoran! Didn't see you over there." She answered blushing softly.

"I'm just here to say good luck, because you'll need it. I don't go easy on people just because I said hi to them," he stated coldly before walking off.

"Huh? What happen to the nice guy I just talked to?" Sakura asked herself softly. "I knew it. He's just like Eriol."

Syaoran POV

I turned back to look at the girl, but she was gone. I felt bad being so mean to her but what could I do?

Flashback

Right after Sakura left, my cell phone rang and I picked it up.

"Hello?" I said.

"Nice to here your voice again, Xiao Lang."

"Oh, mother! Same here. I just met a girl who's entering the show too. She's so pretty! I think I like her," I stated excitedly.

"What! Absolutely not! You are here to win, not to fall in love! Besides you're coming back to Hong Kong after the horse show, so what's the point of liking someone here!" the woman on the other line replied angrily.

"But—"

"No buts! I advice you to stay far away from her! Now get ready and good luck."

The line went dead.

End of flashback.

'That's the reason, why I was so mean to you. No point of loving someone you're only going to meet once. Besides, there's no such thing as love at first sight,' I sighed deeply and looked at the number I got.

'36. That means I will be showing in the show after Sakura. Well, good thing too. That way I could see if she's even good at all,' I thought.

(A/N Ok, time to explain the rules! The contestants are split into two groups. The people who got the numbers 1 to 26 will be showing in the first part. People who got 27 to 52 will be in the second part. The contestants in the 1st and 2nd part of the show would be judged. Whoever gets the top 5 places would be able to participate in the last section; the others would be eliminated. So the last part of the show is when the 10 remaining contestants compete for the 1st place trophy. I have no idea what real horse shows are like, since I had never watched one before (only entered those small shows, the ones just for fun). So these are my own rules and I hope you don't mind too much )

Normal POV

"Contestants, please lead your horse into the jumping arena now," the judge called out through the microphone.

Sakura looked at Xiao Lang with a new determination, "let's do it!"

Xiao Lang neighed in reply and started to walk to the jumping arena. (A/N just in case I have not yet explained this, there are three arenas. The first being the normal arena doing your walk, trot, and canter but is used for the place where you get your number. The second one is the jumping one, where the obstacles are already prepared. The third was suppose to be the dressage one, but for today it is where they remaining contestants compete for the gold trophy. Since it is use for the final stage, it has the most difficult obstacles.)

Syaoran took Ying Fa to where they could check out the jumping course—and Sakura and Xiao Lang of course. He mounted on the black mare and stood there waiting for the show to began.

Sakura led the stallion into the waiting line while she talked and fed him an apple as an encouragement. She patted Xiao Lang on the neck and gave him to the grooms who will take care of him until it is his turn to shine. Sakura, after seeing her horse was in good hands walked up to the fence for a closer look.

"Number 1 please come into the course and when I say go you would start," the judges called out.

The number 1 rider was a male about 17 on a dappled grey mare. His serious eyes skimmed through the course quickly and got ready.

"GO!"

The male rider shot out and broke into a nice and easy canter on the left rein. He steered his horse into the first jump and cleared it easily. Right after he cleared it he turned left and cantered in a straight line. After a few strides he turned left again and jumped the first fence then into the double fence then a triple one, all in a straight line. He cleared them all with ease as he turned left once again and headed for the next jump. He rode in a straight line before going left clearing a fence that was on a slant and jumped three times heading into the top right hand corner and he steered right again. He cantered down a few strides before going back to the first jump and cleared it then headed straight for the next one. He turned right and rode in a diagonal for a while before turning right again this time going in a slant into the bottom right hand corner clearing one jump on the way. He continued on a slant then straightened and did the next single fence, before turning left and going straight then steered left again, this time going over a triple fence. He soared over but the mare's hind leg hit the third pole causing it to fall. He then continued onto the last fence and jumped it. After he finished the course everybody applauded.

"Number 1 did a terrific job, although sadly didn't quite get the timing right on the second to last jump. Nicely done. Now Number 2 please get ready and go when I say so," the judges said.

The first rider dismounted the horse patting it and led it away from the crowd.

The second rider was still a male but this time riding a flashy chestnut gelding, with for white legs, and a star on his forehead. (A/N a gelding is a male horse that was castrated)

He started the job nicely, but screwed up somewhere in the middle.

The third rider was a female riding a pretty palomino with a white face and two white forelegs. Her golden coat gleamed in the sunlight and her braided creamy hair was very beautiful.

She started off well but somehow the horse got spooked and started running into the wrong direction and screwed up completely.

Sakura watched as one by one each rider messed up. Some jump the wrong fence; some lost their timing and caused the poles to fall. The worst one was number 18 who was doing great until the horse backed off the 4th jump and halted so suddenly which caused the rider to fall off. The horse continued to run in a different direction dragging his rider behind for a short while.

Sakura grew weary and more nervous by the minute as she watched the riders failed to complete it perfectly. Until number 23 cleared everything nicely doing wonderfully.

"Number 24 please led your horse into the arena and start when I say go. And please, be careful," the judges called out.

Sakura gulped as she mounted Xiao Lang. She exhaled and stared in front of her. "Ok, Xiao Lang. Come on!"

"GO!"

Sakura started in a nice easy canter. Doing terrific, she flew over all the jumps with ease and did a wide turn to collect herself before clearing the jumps. But somewhere during the middle, Xiao had accidentally touched the poles with his back right leg making it wobble for a while. Luckily it didn't fall and she finished the rest of the course.

"Terrific job number 24, please lead him out and rider 25 please come into the arena."

She breathed out a sigh of relief as she dismounted the sweating Xiao Lang.

Sakura patted him on his wet neck and hosed him down after he catches his breath.

"Good boy. Great job today Xiao, I'm so proud of you," Sakura told the white stallion who nuzzled her cheeks in reply.

"Pretty good for a girl," a voice called out.

She turned around and saw a boy walking up towards her.

"Thanks," she muttered, "what brings you here all might one?" Her voice dripping with sarcasm.

"I just came to congratulate you on your success," Syaoran replied innocently before adding, "and say that you are no match for me, Sa-ku-ra."

"Well," Sakura said annoyed, "if you're done talking, please leave, for I am quite busy right now." With that said she spun on her heels and led Xiao Lang away. The stallion looked back at the boy and sneered at him before walking away.

After the 1st part of the horse show was done, the judges called them down back to the first arena and lined up to know their place.

"Here are your places when I call your number please come out of the line to receive your ribbon. Ok, fifth place goes to Number 15," the judges called.

Everyone applauded as the female rider on a spotted horse walked forward and receive her fifth place ribbon.

"For the fourth place was, number 1!" the judges called out as a male rider walked ahead on a dappled grey mare.

"Third place goes to, number 7!"

Another male rider on a bay walks up to the judge for his 3rd place ribbon.

"Second place goes to, Number 24!" the judges announced.

Second? I advanced to the final round! Sakura thought happily as she walked up towards the judge on our favourite horse, Xiao Lang who arched his neck proudly. She received her 2nd place ribbon excitedly and went back to the line.

"And first place goes to…Number 23!"

A female rider walked up to the judges riding a chestnut horse went up to receive her first place ribbon.

"The first part of the show went by nicely," the judges announced, "please take a short break and we will return to our second part of the show in 30 minutes."

"Yeah!" Sakura cried out, "second place! I did better than I expected! I advanced to the finals!" She dismounted and gave Xiao Lang a great big hug.

Author's note: So the first part of the show is finished! Yeah! Anyways the 2nd and last match would be on the next chapter! Hope you all enjoyed it! Thank you for being so patient and please read and review! o