Destiny Revealed

By: Red rose of love

(Ashley) Tamora Pierce fan

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Disclaimer: Ok, Let me tell you this… I don't own any of the characters besides a few which I will list later at the end of my story and the chapters in which these characters are introduced. So far the part where Sakura is in her world is owned by me.

AN: I know I'm talking a lot but bear with me. I have a lot of the chapters written down on paper but I need to have a chance to type the story. Sorry for not updating, but I'm kind of not allowed to go on the computer a lot because of my mother, I have to study. Thank you balinnka, reborn19, Pink Squishy Llama, Tigerlily brown, Animalwriter1, and impossible-dreams for reading my story I appreciate the support and gives me more reason to write it. And for you, my fans, I'm keeping my eye on your stories because I know all of you already. I've read your stories. Waiting for your updates. R&R

Please review: By the way the bold and italics is what they are saying to themselves. Internal monologue.

A Recap from the chapter before

She looks different and pretty after days of slumber. She's rather stunning. "You look wonderful, Lady Sakura" said Dom bowing. Sakura smiled. "Dom, we're getting formal now are we? Well my name is Sakura, Meliara, or either Alaine, or Jasmine. It is a large selection, but my mother always called me with my first name, middle names, and last name. So, it really doesn't matter to me. But please don't call me Lady, I'm only thirteen." Alanna grinned. "You're only thirteen; you look tall enough to be fifteen. I know what you mean; people sometimes call me Lady Alanna, which I don't like to be called." Sakura walked over to Shinko. "Thank you for letting me wear some of your clothes, I'm in debt to you." Spoke Sakura in such a polite manner, bowing in Yamani style, which was the same for Japanese. "Oh, no need to bow, you are now of my kin and friend."

Chapter 5: A reminder and memories

"It's an honor to be your friend, Shinko." Sakura bowed again in Yamani style. "Let's see if I'm still stiff in my skills." Sakura was feeling happy inside herself, knowing that they would be curious as to see if she was good in the art of combat and weapons. "Let's start with archery." Sakura was ahead in her class in archery and never missed her target, but was a bit worried. She never really used or held a long bow or any sort of bow the Tortallans use. Sakura did use a long bow in a competition long time ago when she was young though.

She won the competition but she never used that type of bow again. Kel gave a long bow to Sakura. She examined it. It was of beautiful, glossy wood that shined in the sunlight. It was also light in her hands as she hefted it.

"Where are the practice courts?"

Everyone led her to the practice targets. The whole group leaned on the railing around the outdoor target area. A quiver of arrows was tied onto Sakura's back. She bent her arm back and grabbed the arrow and notched it in place as you are supposed to on a long bow. Just focus on the target and nothing else. Imagine only the target. Clear the distractions from your mind.

Sakura breathed in and out calmly and closed her eyes for a brief second, opened them again and loosed. The arrow sped forward, everyone's eyes following it. Sakura's aim was true; one after another in quick succession she loosed all her arrows until there was no more. She didn't even look until she was done.

While loosing her arrows, Sakura didn't notice that the crowd behind her was staring at the target gaping. Every single arrow she loosed was in the middle of the target crowded around a small dot signifying the bulls' eye. Sakura couldn't even believe what she saw herself. It was years since she last used a bow like that of what she was using now. Sakura had never touched or practiced with the long bow since. But, she guesses that her hidden talent and skill were revealed after so many years.

"Wow, your aiming is amazing and you didn't even look to see if your aim was true till the end." Raoul was absolutely awe- struck. "Your almost as good as Daine in archery." Replied Alanna.

"I can't believe it myself either. The last time I used a bow like this was years ago at a competition." Sakura was glad for the good luck she received, the last thing she wanted to do was embarrass herself in front of people she admired.

"Well, I guess my skills in archery are not as rusty as I had expected. Now, Neal you are the one who was shocked to see me stretch and bend in ways not possible. I am actually quite a professional and skilled in this art and it's called gymnastics. Ok, I'll show you my true potential and the real beauty of this art. It is also quite useful during hand to hand combat, weapons combat, and other activities and you'll soon see what I mean." Sakura shed her quiver of arrows behind her back and returned the long bow back to Kel. She walked towards an immense area of soft lush grass. And then, all of a sudden…

Sakura handed her fan to Shinko to hold. Then she started to untie her obi around her waist that shocked the man watching. No one said anything, the women just as shocked as the men. She untied her obi finally and handed it to Shinko to hold, "Can you hold this for me". Her robes were billowing behind her and rustled in the light warm breeze. She took off her over robe and under robe and jewelry, which then revealed her with a light pastel orange embroidered shirt with a dark autumn corset on top of the shirt, laced up in gold silk ribbon. She wore black breeches that ended the nice touch to the choice of colors.

All the clothes accentuated her best looks and curves in the right place. Any man would right then fall in love with the beautiful young girl before them, even the conservatives who didn't approve of women dressed in the clothes of men.

"Uhm, sorry if I shocked you. I wore another layer under for this particular reason, to practice my weapons and combat moves. I'm sorry."

Sakura hid her emotions from the crowd before her, who just a few minutes ago thought she was crazy. Alanna was the first to recover from the shock.

"Don't worry. I think you're going to start a new fashion. You look very pretty. I think it was smart to wear a corset like that. It adds a feminine touch to a so called man's clothing", exaggerating when saying man's clothing. Alanna smiled at the young girl standing before her.

"Thank you Alanna."

Sakura was starting to feel a thump of pressure in her head, she was getting a headache. She ignored it and proceeded to her gymnastics. Without even telling anyone to move, they did so, sensing that Sakura was going to need lots of space.

Sakura first stretched her body out to prepare herself. Not stretching would result to strained muscles and injuries especially something in gymnastics. After stretching herself until her body was loose and not tense, she was ready. Her headache was getting a little bit worse; it was no longer a little thump but a pressure drawing nearer and stronger. Pain shows weakness. At last, Sakura was ready. She started first with a few flips, jumps, and twirls. As she went further, the moves got more complex, launching herself into the air twirling and spinning. Moving in a lithe way. It hardly looked like she was touching the grass at all, moving too fast. Sakura was all the way across the area from her new friends, now going back in a flurry of new movement. I missed doing this so much. But, while going back to her friends, the headache was no longer a headache but worse.

It felt as if someone was hitting her head over and over again. Why is this happening to me? She stopped on the way over to the crowd and sat on the grass, holding her head in her hands. Kel and the rest of them came over to her.

"What's wrong? Are you ok?" Kel stood next to Sakura. She couldn't hear Kel, it sounded like she was faraway in a fog. All she heard was the incessant thumping sound. Sakura closed her eyes. Her headache was far worse then it was before and she admitted a gasp. Behind her closed eyes, she saw a glint of a sharp dagger and a sword. A group of men in a ballroom, where people wore there best clothes. Sakura heard a few whispers in the conversation of the men. She heard the words kill, escape, royal, and family. A next image made Sakura want to throw up; she saw a…pool of blood.

A/N: Sorry for such a short chapter. I'm going to go to the wall now and bang my head against it now. I hate short chapters with a passion. I'm going to type more of my story. I have it all planned, but I have to type all of it. I hate myself for this. Please review. Thanx. 3