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Chapter 8 Horse Show Part 3

"Now would the contestants for the second part of the show please line up and get ready to compete," the judges called out through the mike.

Syaoran looked up for a while, before walking to towards the place he had tied Ying Fa to, and waited for his turn. Unlike Sakura, he didn't bother looking at the other contestants. He knew that he's going to beat them all, so why waste the time?

Smiling smugly, he rested his forehead against the mare's, and sighed softly in content.

Sakura looked over the tall fenced-up arena and watched the whole second part of the show. She was quite excited to see so many people here with different kinds of horses. Smiling to herself, she saw the first rider, number 27 entering to arena. It was a female rider with soft looking eyes and a pretty palomino with creamy white hair.

The rider waited for her signal before starting off in a nice smooth canter. She turned and steered her horse in the direction she wanted to go. Although, when the jumps got higher, the horse let out a loud whinny before backing off, tossing her head around. Then they ran off in a different direction. Sadly, they were disqualified.

Sakura's eyes darted towards another rider, this time it was a short boy. The boy was riding smaller horse than the others. Every time it clears the jumps and doing a cute, bouncy canter, the audience would sigh and go: aw!

Surprisingly, for the small horse, he cleared the jumps without too much difficulty, although it accidentally knocked off some of the poles at one of the jumps.

Sakura glanced at the judges who discussed quietly to each other before clapping after the boy's done. They called for another rider to come in.

One by one, the riders finished the course. Some completed it, while some horses got frightened or pissed-off and stop jumping. Finally it was Syaoran's turn to shine.

Arrogantly, Syaoran led Ying Fa into the rein and waited for the signal to start.

"Go!"

With that said, they shot off and with elegance and grace they flew over the jumps with ease.

Sakura stared her emerald orbs wide in surprise. Never did she saw such teamwork and excellence in show jumping. She watched in awe as the handsome rider finished the course quickly. Before they leave the arena, he turned around and looked toward Sakura's direction and smiled smugly.

She felt her anger flared as she glared after the horse and rider. Ying Fa flicked her tail, fully aware who was watching them. Sakura snorted indignantly and pouted. (A/N reminds you of some one, mainly a horse)

After everyone went, the judges called for them to line up facing him, before announcing the places.

"Fifth place goes to: Number 28!" he called out, as everyone applauded when the young boy on the small horse stepped out from the neat line and happily received his ribbon.

"Fourth place belongs to Number 32!"

Then, "third place goes to Number 44!"

After, "second place is taken by Number 51!"

When all the 4 places received their ribbons, the judges announced the first place winner.

"And the 1st place ribbon goes to: the one and only, Number 36!" he announced loudly.

When Syaoran walked forward, everyone females in the audience clapped very loudly and screamed with excitement. He winked and them which they returned with shrieks and squeals.

He winked at me! No you idiot he was winking at me! You must be blind because he was looking my way!

Sakura rolled her eyes. Crossing her arms she glared at him muttering, "Flirt."

"Now the 10 contestants that had received a ribbon please meet here again for the final show. The other riders, thank-you for entering and we hope you would come again next year!" the judges called out through the microphone.

Sakura sighed and stretched. "I hope everything goes ok," she whispered to Xiao Lang, hugging his big neck.

The stallion nuzzled her back in reply and nickered softly.

Sakura petted him on the neck once more before walking of to buy a pop from the vending machine.

As she approached the machine, she saw Syaoran bending down to get his coke.

"Oh, it's you," she muttered before shoving him out of the way to buy her drink.

Smirking he leaned against the machine watching her with his intense amber eyes.

Annoyed, Sakura turned around and asked, "What do you want now?"

"Nothing. Can't a man look at pretty ladies?" he replied innocently.

'Whoa! Talk about attitude change! One minute he's nice, then he's mean, not he's flirting?' she thought to herself.

Looking at him, she asked, "What's the matter with you? First you were all kind, then you got cruel, now your being a player?"

Boring his eyes into hers he answered, "Well what's the point of being kind to you I'm leaving tomorrow after the show? So why not enjoy my time here and flirt around with the chicks? Mainly you."

Sakura snorted in disgust and rolled her eyes. "Player!" she spit out.

"I was the most wanted man in China," he boasted.

She threw her arms up in defeat and ignored him. She walked off after finishing her pop and returned to Xiao Lang's side.

Watching her leave, Syaoran sighed and ran a hand threw his messy hair. "Sorry Sakura. Better not get too attached. I don't know how to act around you. You're the first one who has made me feel this way. I'm so confused right now." He threw his pop in the recycling bin and left.

After a while, the final part of the show finally began. The rider's led their horses into the rein and the judges give them the new number, for the order they're going to go. Sakura got number 5, while Syaoran got 10.

When they left, they waited quietly for their turn. When it was Sakura's turn she mounted Xiao Lang, and began to course.

Starting off in a nice canter they started to clear fences one by one. Sakura concentrated very hard, staring at the next jump. Finally she cleared them all, perfectly. Not one flaw.

She beamed happily before going back towards the waiting area. She cooled down Xiao Lang who was sweating very hard.

Finally it was Syaoran's turn to go. He mounted Ying Fa and looked confidently at the jumps before starting.

"Go!"

Syaoran once again impressed Sakura with his performance. Everything was going perfectly, but when they almost reached the second to last jump, a familiar voice screamed.

"XIAO LANG! YOU'RE THE BEST! I LOVE YOU!"

Syaoran turned his head in horror and saw, his worst nightmare Mei-Ling standing there, with her hands cupping her mouth. He froze and his mind was whirling, 'what's she doing here? Isn't she supposed to be at home?'

Losing his focus, he didn't realize that Ying Fa had left the ground already. He was totally unaware of her and the sudden movement made him came apart with the saddle and he flew backwards.

The crowd went dead silent as they saw Syaoran hit the ground hard. His body lay there unmoving.

When Ying Fa realized this, she reared and let out a shrill whinny. She raced back to her beloved master, who was now motionless.

Author's note: Oh my gosh! He fell! He fall off Ying Fa! What's going to happen! What would Mei-Ling do? Don't kill me please! runs away and hides from angry readers Please read and review if you want to find out what happens afterwards!

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