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By: CheLLieTTe - ChaN

A/N: Hello Minna-san! Well... Gomen-nasai for the really late update.. I've been having a lot of homework lately.. ( --ll ) Arigato for all the reviews! Wipes tear away I'm so happy! Anyways... thanks and lots of love to: PrincessSakuraTenshi12 heheh... arigato! your story's really good, Tomodachi no Kokoro I don't know about the action yet... School's been interfering a lot! I've been wanting to write for a while, but I never get the chance! sigh Keppel's not like South Pas at all! I'll let you know. I'm starting chapter three now.. and your story's really good, Ying Hua Li um.. arigato! and um.. no offence meant to your friend.. I just randomly picked a name. -" I'm sorry I kept everybody waiting.., Urban Cinderella THANKS, and last, but not least Akane Sakura Habunai my first reviewer for this story! arigato so much! - Sorry if I forgot anyone! Whelp, here's chapter two! Hope you like!

Disclaimer: CCS is not mine... It never could have been considering the fact that I'm too untalented to have ever come up with anything half as good.

-».. ChApTeR TwO: RuNaWaYs ..«-

A young man searched the grounds tensely with his sharp, amber eyes. He was looking for any glimpse of movement on the grounds. A flurry of movement caught his eyes, and a young girl scrambled across the grounds toward him. Her long, honey-brown hair was tied into a ponytail with a green ribbon and she was carrying a baby pink backpack. She wore her simplest light green dress that brought out the color of her emerald-green eyes.

"Are you ready, girl?" he asked quietly when she reached him. Her eyes were sparkling and her face was flushed with excitement. She nodded.

"Hey! My name is Sakura, not 'girl'!" she said softly.

"Too bad, "he said. "Besides, there aren't a lot of people called "Sakura" nowadays. "He eyed her critically. "Is that the simplest dress you have?" Sakura blushed.

"Well, Mako-sama didn't approve of me wearing anything else besides these dresses," she said, self-conciously.

"Don't worry. We'll get you something more suitable for the trip later. Can you fight?" he said with a sudden sinking feeling. 'I totally forgot about that!' he thought to himself. Sakura saw his hesitation and spoke hastily.

"I can learn! I promise I'll try my best Li-san!" she pleaded. Syaoran nodded hesitantly.

"We'll have to start immediately," he said, a plan forming in his head. "We'll get you a weapon as soon as we can. Right now, we have to get out of here as soon as possible." Sakura nodded. Syaoran made to walk away, but stopped and turned around and said quietly, "By the way, that dress goes well with your eyes." Sakura blushed. (A/N: hm.. I seem to be makin Sakura blush a lot... Sakura: Yeah! What's with that! CheLLieTTe - ChaN: -" eheheh.. gomen..) Syaoran gave a trace of a grin and left, motioning for her to follow him. As they got nearer to the gates, they heard an urgent whisper.

"Miss Sakura!" Sakura turned. A girl stood, holding a blue bag. She had long dark hair and kind, pleading amethyst eyes. "Miss Sakura, please take me with you!"

"Tomoyo-chan!" gasped Sakura. 'I can't believe I never thought to take Tomoyo with me!' thought Sakura. 'But I don't know if he will let...' Sakura hesitated, looking at Syaoran. Tomoyo had been her best friend since they were children. When Sakura married Mako, Tomoyo had come to live with Sakura as her servant. She couldn't leave Tomoyo now! Syaoran looked at Sakura for a moment, and seeing how badly she wanted the servant girl to come also, he nodded. Sakura brightened up instantly. "Yay! Tomoyo-chan, you can come too!" chirped Sakura, happily.

"Did you pack up all your things as well?" asked Syaoran, addressing Tomoyo.

"Yes, sir," replied Tomoyo. "As soon as I found out Miss Sakura was leaving with you, I packed up immediately. I followed her here tonight hoping I would be allowed to accompany her. Thank you for letting me accompany Miss Sakura. I would have followed even if you wouldn't let me."

"Tomoyo-chan!" said Sakura with a pout. "I told you. Don't call me Miss Sakura. Just call me Sakura." Tomoyo smiled. "I'm glad you could come with us. I'd miss you sorely if you didn't."

"Come to think of it, you both need new names. "Sakura" and "Tomoyo" are rather rare names nowadays," said Syaoran. The two girls looked at each other.

"I don't know..." said Sakura thoughtfully.

"Tell you what, girl you can be called Ying Fa," said Syaoran. "It means cherry blossom in Chinese. And you.."

"How about Tomoe?" suggested Tomoyo. "I like that name." ...gomen outta ideas...

"All right then. Tomoe, how did you know Ying Fa was leaving with me today?" asked Syaoran, suddenly remember what Tomoyo had said.

"Oh!" said Tomoyo in surprise. "Well, the servants were gossiping as usual. It seems like someone overheard-"

"We have to leave immediately," said Syaoran, turning to leave.

"Hold it right there!" came a voice. Syaoran whirled around with narrowed eyes. "Do you think I'd just let you kidnap my wife and my servant!" Sakura gasped and froze. Her beautiful eyes widened in fear.

"What is with all these interruptions?" said Syaoran exasperated, as he turned to face his uncle. "Yes, uncle? What do you want?" Mako's face turned purple with rage.

"WHAT DO I WANT!" Mako exploded, spitting with rage. "YOU KNOW WHAT I WANT YOU DIMWIT!

"Well, you can't have them!" said Syaoran calmly. He swiftly got between Mako and the girls. "You! You and the girl get out of here! Go! Hide with a black-haired, blue-eyed idiot in glasses. You'll be able to find him easily enough. He'll not leave two ladies in distress," hissed Syaoran to Tomoyo. In this country, blue eyes are uncommon. Just thought I'd mention that. Tomoyo nodded and pulled Sakura with her as she ran for it.

"Do you really think you'll be able to get away!" said Mako, eyes gleaming with a mad rage. "Ten hundred pieces of silver to the man who catches them both!" His men immediately gave chase. Mako tried to follow, only to find Syaoran blocking his way.

"Not so fast," said Syaoran, unsheathing his sword. Mako's eyes widened. Syaoran was renowned as one of the greatest masters of swordsmanship, while he, Mako, could hardly wield a sword. Syaoran directed his sword so that it pointed straight at Mako's throat. "Why did you force Sakura-san to marry you?" Syaoran's voice was cold and piercing. Mako eyed the sword pointed at his throat warily.

"W-why would I tell a dimwit like you?" stammered Mako.

"Because this 'dimwit' can shove this sword through your unworthy throat!" said Syaoran, amber eyes flashing angrily.

"I-I," said Mako, and stopped.

"Well?" asked Syaoran, pointing the sword even closer. He was ashamed at being related to such a dirtbag. Mako grinned maliciously, and muttered something in Syaoran's ear.

"That would be because she's the only one who can wield the staff of Clow, of course. Think of all the glory that will give me. I will be the most powerful man alive! I don't give a damn about the slut as long as she helps me become King," said Mako with a wild laugh. Syaoran's eyes widened.

"What!" Mako laughed even louder at his nephew's reaction. "That's just despicable! There's more to it. Tell me!" shouted Syaoran. At that, Mako smirked.

"Wouldn't you want to know?" said Mako, tauntingly, then added. "Well, well, well. Have you developed feelings for my wife?"

"Oh, sweet mother of God, that's so childish, you know that?" said Syaoran angrily. He threw Mako on the ground just as a scream pierced the air.

"SAKURA!" shouted Syaoran, dashing towards the scream. Mako chuckled.

"It's too late dear nephew," said Mako to himself. "There's nothing you can do to stop me. Not even if you do get away." He laughed again as he got up, dusted himself off and walked lazily to his castle.

"Sakura-chan!" cried Tomoyo as they ran, looking for a big black cave with a light in it. 'Ugh! What could Li-san have been thinking? I don't see any black-haired, blue-eyed boy around here!' thought Tomoyo angrily, as she struggled to pull her mistress to safety. "Miss Sakura, are you all right?"

"Yes, Tomoyo-chan!" gasped Sakura. "And don't call me 'Miss Sakura' Just call me Sakura." Tomoyo smiled and then she gasped and stopped. "Tomoyo-chan, what's wrong?" Then her eyes widened in understanding. Mako's men had caught up to them and worse still, they had split up so that there were men in front of them as well as in back.

"Oh, no," moaned Tomoyo. "What are we going to do?"

"If only Li-san were here," said Sakura, her green eyes filling with tears. The men advanced towards the girls, leering. One of them reached out for Sakura and she screamed.

"Don't worry Miss Sakura," said the man with a saucy grin. "We're here to take you home."

"Don't you dare touch her!" said Tomoyo, angrily.

"The master's not going to be very happy with you Daidouji," said another man. "Tsk. What you've done is exactly the same as commiting treason. You'll be lucky to live through your punishment."

"She will not be punished," cried Sakura suddenly, "because we won't go back! You can't make us!" The men smirked, but their smug faces turned to fearful ones when they saw that Sakura was in the middle of a whitish glow. "I will never let you hurt my best friend!"

"You heard the lady, leave!" came a deep voice. Everyone turned to see a young man with black hair and gleaming blue eyes. He was smiling, but his eyes were cold.

"And who do you think you are?" asked one of the men indignantly.

"I'm the person who's going to kick your ass," said the man calmly. "Pardon the crude language, ladies." Sakura and Tomoyo watched with their eyes wide as the strange man advanced on Mako's men. The men backed away slowly.

"Wh-what do you think you're doing?" said one of the men nervously. The man just gave a smirk that seemed to frighten the men very much.

"Oh, what the hell," muttered the man who seemed to be the one in charge. "We'll leave for now!" The men retreated, but not without shouting, "We'll be back!"

"Well, that takes care of that," said the man, turning to the girls with a grin. "My name is Hiirigizawa Eriol, by the way. Now tell me, what are two such lovely ladies like yourselves doing in this forest all alone?"

"I-I'm Tomoy- I mean Tomoe," said Tomoyo. "This is my best friend, Ying Fa." Sakura smiled.

"Arigato-gozaimasu for your help," said Sakura, bowing. Just then, Syaoran ran into the field.

"Sakura-san and Tomoyo-san, are you all right?" he panted. Tomoyo and Sakura winced and sweatdropped.

"Uh... What do you mean? There isn't a Sakura or Tomoyo here. Only Ying Fa and Tomoe," said Eriol, tilting his handsome head to one side. "Besides, why are you in such a hurry my cute, little descendent?" Tomoyo and Sakura goggled at the two boys.

"DON'T CALL ME THAT ERIOL!" said Syaoran, angrily.

"Um... You two know each other?" asked Sakura. The two boys turned to the girls.

"Oh? You know Syaoran too?" said Eriol with a smile. "Yes, we know each other. We're cousins, you see." Syaoran nodded grudgingly.

"WHAT!" said Tomoyo and Sakura.

"And who's this 'Sakura' anyways?" said Eriol slyly. Syaoran turned red.

"She's Sakura," said Syaoran, pointing at Sakura. Eriol tilted his head. "I told them to use another name 'cause there aren't a lot of people with their names. It's okay, you don't have to hide from Eriol, he'd find out anyways."

"Oh, heheh," said Sakura blushing. "I'm Kinomoto Sakura, and this is Daidouji Tomoyo, my best friend."

"Pleased to meet you," said Eriol beaming. Then he turned to Syaoran, "Are they the ones you were talking about yesterday?" Syaoran nodded. "So where are we headed?"

"Somewhere far from here," said Syaoran. "My goal is to get home. Ma-ma and my sisters will be glad to help I'm sure."

"You have sisters too?" asked Sakura. Syaoran groaned.

"His sisters can be dangerous," said Eriol with a smirk.

"I don't like that look Eriol," said Syaoran, looking at Eriol warily. Eriol's smirk widened.

"Well then," said Eriol. "Let's be on our way." Sakura and Tomoyo smiled and nodded happily. "All right," he continued as they began walking. "Our first goal is to get to Aida. We need supplies and we can rest there for a bit. Plus we can get Yamazaki to help us. Isn't that right, my cute little descendent?" Sakura giggled as Syaoran's face turned red as a tomato with steam came out of his ears. The world shook as Syaoran shouted.

"HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU!" shouted Syaoran. "DON'T CALL ME THAT IF YOU VALUE YOUR LIFE!" He started to chase Eriol down the hill, leaving Sakura and Tomoyo alone. Sakura laughed.

"Well, boys will be boys," said Tomoyo, laughing along with Sakura. "C'mon! Let's follow!" The girls took off after the boys, who had stopped, finally noticing that Sakura and Tomoyo weren't with them.

"OI! Hayaku iku!" called Syaoran. When the girls reached them, they continued on their way on their quest for freedom.

To Be Continued..

A/N: Ahh! Gomen for the short chapter! I know that the ending's really cheesy.. and the story's horrible.. blegh! I'm not really expecting a lot of reviews but please review! I'm goin through some hard times now.. y'know family problems n all.. So PLZ review! It'd make me REALLY happy! puppy-dog eyes onegai? Flames are accepted (though I'm kinda scared of the thought of all the flames I'll probably get.. LOL) I'm starting on chapter three right now, but I'm kinda writing really slow because I'm writing in class (" bad huh? but classes are boring anyways we don't do much) heh but y'know.. if I get a lot of reviews I might get influenced to write faster.. Sakura Oi! How do you know people even WANT to read the rest of this story when they've got even better stories to read! CheLLieTTe – ChaN .. You're right.. ja ne minna .. TT-TT

Hayaku iku - That means hurry up, let's go.
Ja ne – take care

P.S. Boy, I sure talk a lot.. O.O