I guess I was really busy… so I apologize for not updating earlier. I'm really, truely, and deeply sorry.

Disclaimer: Nah. CLAMP owns CCS in every way possible.

Chapter 12 The Surprising News

Syaoran frowned.

It's not going to be easy. That white horse is pretty much 'glued' to his Sakura.

He continued scowling as he reached Ying Fa's fancy wooden stall. The black Arabian trotted towards her master and stuck her muzzle through the wooden bars, eagerly.

Syaoran patted her on the nose gently as he slid open the stall door. With his quick, experienced hand, he slipped the green halter on her.

'Green,' he thought with a smile, 'just like the colour of Sakura's eyes.'

Ying Fa snorted angrily and tossed her elegant head up and down, her glossy mane flying with her. He's thinking of that 'girl' again! Master! Master! Pay attention to me!

The boy looked at the mare with a quirked eyebrow. "Ying Fa," he began, the horse's ears perked right up, "you're not…jealous are you?"

He grinned when she snorted loudly.

"Well, I need you to help me with something…" he whispered, leaning his head on the black horse's neck.

The Arabian stood silently, her long black tail swishing back and forth in slow motion and her breathing was slow and steady. She listened intently to what her owner was about to say.

"Will you," he said, "help me distract the white stallion that seems to be around Sakura all the time? He's quite finely bred and would make a great mate for you."

Ying Fa's head jerked up suddenly and whinnied loudly. She stomped her polished black hooves against the wooden floor.

"Whoa, whoa!" he exclaimed surprise.

The Arabian shook her man and stomped the wooden barn floor a few times before calming down.

"Sheesh Ying Fa, I never thought you were like Mei-Ling, getting jealous so easily," Syaoran scolded gently.

Ying Fa looks like she's been struck in the face with a boulder. Like that little annoying girl? She thought hurt.

Syaoran patted her on the elegantly, arched neck and smiled. "Then it's settled. I will bring you over tomorrow myself.

Whistling, he left the barn, leaving a dumbfounded animal behind.

The Next Morning

"Good morning!" Sakura exclaimed cheerfully as she walked down the stairs.

"Morning dear," Fujitaka greeted back.

"Yo, kaiju!" Touya answered, looking up from the newspaper.

Sakura seethed. Come on now, she thought, you're a big girl. No more stepping on your older brother's foot. Although she still can't resist the urge of doing 'something' to him so she hit him on the head before leaving.

"I'm going to the barn!" she called out and left the house.

The brunette hummed happily to herself as she walked down the drive way. She was about to get into her car but a voice startled her.

"Hey, what a coincidence, Sakura."

"Syaoran!" the girl exclaimed as she the chocolate haired boy grin at her, "what are you doing here?"

"I live here," he replied and pointed to the house behind him, "remember?"

Sakura groaned, "I don't want to."

Syaoran walked slowly to her and whispered quietly, "we even leave the house at the same time, Sa-kur-a."

Actually, to be honest, Syaoran just hid behind his windows and waited for Sakura to come out of the house.

She rolled her eyes. "Yeah, yeah. Whatever, bye!"

"Hey, Sakura!" he called out to her, "need a ride?"

The brunette stared at him coldly, "I rather crawl."

The girl got into her car and drove away.

"Wait till she gets to the barn, she will be so surprised," he grinned and got into his own car and followed her.

At The Barn

Sakura drove in to the parking lot and stepped out. As she locked her car she noticed a new trailer—very expensive looking—parked in the middle.

The brunette walked toward the white trailer with her head cocked to the side in curiosity, is there going to be someone else boarding here?

She saw grooms (A/N people who take care of the horses) carefully walking a Arabian horse out.

"Why does it seem like I had met that horse before somewhere?" Sakura asked out loud to herself as she looked thoughtfully at the elegant black horse.

"That's because you have," a voice whispered against her ear causing her to jump.

"Eh—?" She turned around and shuddered, "Oh. It's you."

Syaoran put on a mock-hurt face and said, "Why the temper, Sa-ku-ra?"

Walking past her slowly he shook his head from side to side. "And to think," he said, not looking at her, "I was going to re-introduce you to my beautiful Ying Fa."

"Hoe?" She said, looking confused. Re-introduce her to herself? (A/N remember, Ying Fa is the Chinese version of Sakura) Then it hit her. Hard.

"Your horse!" She exclaimed pointing at the devil in front of her and then to the beautiful mare, "but why is it here?"

Syaoran turned around, "Why of course my lovely, Sa-ku-ra, Ying Fa and I will be, as of today, another boarder at this barn!"

Sakura blinked. Her head started to spin. Not even was she save here! Groaning in frustration she strutted up to Syaoran and jerked a finger at his face.

"I definitely will not allow it!"

"It's not really your decision now is it?" The chestnut-haired boy answered coolly, "besides, the owner here is a friend of mother's; of course she would allow it."

Sakura looked at him in disbelief, "you mean you didn't even ask for permission and brought your horse here already!"

Syaoran shrugged carelessly, "eh."

Burrowing her head into her hands she muttered, "I cannot believe this."

"Well, you will have to, Sa-ku-ra," the boy said leaning down towards her.

"But!" She exclaimed suddenly, lifting her head up and beamed, "there's always a chance she will refuse! And look! Here she comes now."

Pushing Syaoran away, Sakura cried out, "Michelle! You won't let this kid board here right?"

Syaoran twitched slightly at the word 'kid'.

The owner panted a few times after running towards her. Barely even glancing at the boy, she said hurriedly, "Oh, Sakura! It's horrible, this…this girl came earlier saying she had signed something and now this whole barn is hers!"

"Hoe? I don't understand. What do you mean the whole barn's hers?"

Shaking her head in frustration she cried, "I don't know! She came here with a bunch of lawyers and claimed that she had rightfully bought this barn and is now forbidding us to stay here any longer!"

"What? But how about Xiao Lang? Or any other horses here?" Sakura asked in fear.

"She said she would give us until the end of the week for all the horses to move out!" The instructor answered tearfully, "oh, Sakura, what should I do? Where will my lesson horses go?"

"I…I…" Sakura looked lost.

"Excuse me, are you the owner of this barn?" Syaoran asked the crying lady, suspiciously.

"Y…yes." The instructor stammered, intimidated.

"Do you know who the girl is or what she looks like?"

"Well, she didn't tell me her name, but," Michelle furrowed her eyebrows, "but..."

Syaoran nodded quietly as the lady described her features. When she was done, he shut his eyes in anger.

"Do you know who Michelle is talking about, Syaoran?" Sakura asked hurriedly, tugging on his sleeve like a helpless little girl.

Syaoran stared at Sakura for a while before replying, "It's my cousin… Mei-Ling."

Done! Yes, I know. You guys waited for such a loooooong time and the best I can do is give you 5 pages of boring-ness. I so sorry! But I really have been busy! Working, volunteering at summer camp… anyways the best I can do for now is update sooner. I'm really sorry for this short chapter but I wanted to give you a cliffhanger. Ying Fa and Xiao Lang will appear in the next chapter. Hopefully there will be more comedy and romance than drama. PLEASE REVIEW! Even for this bad-does-not-update-quickly-enough-author! Oh, and thank you for reading!