A note from me: Holy crap! it's been forever since i've been on the internet. I finally got it now! Yay! So the reason why i haven't updated is because i didn't have the internet. I got stupid dial up now so i'm really limited on things that i can do. i can't even do a little line thingy. Sorry to keep you all waiting. I kinda forgot about how i usually do things so um... if i forget something let me know. heh-heh.
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Chapter 17: Three parties, two identities

When Sakura awoke in the morning, she felt as if the entire night had been a dream.

It was real. A wonderful night to remember. I can't wait to see him again. I hope Yuki doesn't mind if I leave him. Sakura thought.

She got out of bed and started getting ready. She went to Yuki's room and knocked on the door. Yuki answered.

"Oh, Miss Luna, this is a surprise."

"Yeah I didn't see you at all yesterday."

"Yes, well, I'm sure you were very busy with the dance. By the way, I didn't see you."

"R-really? Heh… We're you in the audience?"

"Err… yeah... sort of."

"Well, I was definitely there…. So, um tonight I'm supposed to spend time with the person I danced with. Yeah, that's just how it is. So, would you mind if I left you? I can stay with you if you like."

"I actually had something in mind to do so don't worry."

"Are you sure?"

"Of course."

"Thanks. Well, the dance doesn't start till four so do you want to just hang out?"

"Sure."

"Well do you mind if I stay with you in your room? Kaori is still sleeping."

"Alright."

Sakura came into Yuki's room. It was big but now as big as her room. They both sat down on a couch.

"Uh, it's very different here, huh? I mean the city. It's really big." Sakura said.

"Y-yeah."

Both were very anxious. A couple hours later after doing nothing, Sakura looked at a clock.

"Well, I better start getting ready. Maybe I'll see you there."

"Alright."

Sakura walked out of the room and when Yuki shut the door, Sakura ran to her room and immediately started getting ready. Everyone had to wear the same thing as they did at the dance. Sakura and Kaori rode in the limo again and arrived at a large building. When they went inside, there were people everywhere. Some were dancing but most were just socializing.

"Wow, these are all members of your family."

"Yep."

"You have such a large family. Do you know all of them?"

"Well, I've met a few but it's impossible for me to know every single person. So, who are you hanging out with?"

"Well, I really wanted to see the prince again. I'm not sure what it is but I have this sudden urge to see him. Is that normal?"

"Of course. If you ask me, I'd say you have a crush on the prince." Kaori laughed.

"N-no! It's not like that… it's uh…"

Sakura looked straight ahead and noticed the prince standing there with a girl. She seemed to be pestering him. Without hesitation, Sakura walked over to him.

Yuki stood there with the annoying girl.

"Come on! Ask me to dance or something. I can't let a cute looking guy like you go to waste."

"Well, I… um..."

Sakura came up to them.

"Hello Prince." Sakura smiled.

The girl glared at Sakura.

"So you're the princess that everyone is talking about. I don't see why you're so great. I mean I bet they just like the dress. I was supposed to be the princess this year but that Kaori girl's parents wanted her to do it. She didn't want to and now she let whoever you are do it."

"Well, actually I-" Sakura began but she was soon interrupted by the girl again.

"And I mean who do you think you are? Seriously? You think you can just come up here and claim that this prince is yours? You know, he's free to make up his own mind and he doesn't have to spend time with you just because you're the princess. And-" The girl kept talking on and on.

Sakura was starting to get mad but she didn't want to act improper at a dance like this.

"Excuse me." Sakura said, "Forgive me for interrupting your ranting but why don't you let the prince decided who he wants to dance with."

The girl was stunned at her be interrupted. "Fine. Look prince, you don't want to be stuck with some silly wanna be princess, right? Come on and stay with me."

The prince looked at the princess and smiled.

"I'm sorry but I was actually looking forward to spending my time with the princess besides I promised I would."

"What! Fine! Well if you get tired of her, don't come crawling to me… but uh, here's my phone number." She pulled out a piece of paper out of nowhere and left.

Sakura got close to the prince and grabbed the paper out of his hand. It said 'Sonia's cell'. Sakura crumbled it up and threw it on the floor.

"Something tells me you don't want to talk to this Sonia." She smiled.

"Well, you'd be right. How are you doing princess?"

"I'm fine now. I couldn't stop wanting to see you."

"Funny, I feel the same."

"I feel like I've known you for a long time but we've only just met."

"Perhaps it's fate that we met."

"I wonder if fate will let us remain together."

"I know it will for these next few nights."

For the next few days, Prince Yuki and Princess Sakura talked and spent time together throughout the whole party. They got to know each other more but neither revealed any information that might give away their identities. On the last night, they were outside on a balcony and looking into the night sky.

"Tonight is the last night, isn't it? I'll never see you after this." Sakura said.

"So it seems that way."

"So, please, tell me who you are. Better yet, show me."

"You want me to take off my mask? If I do, what would it matter? We'd spend many days of our lives searching for each other."

"Well, you never know. We just might run into one another. It's a small world."

"True."

"So…."

Sakura was close to Yuki. She put her hand on his mask and he put his hand on hers. At the same time, they slowly took off their masks. Both were surprised.

"Yuki? H-how? I mean you—you're the prince?"

"Miss Luna? I thought you were playing a minor part."

"I thought you weren't supposed to be in this at all…."

"It seems your friend, Miss Suzuki, had asked me to be the prince."

"She wanted me as her replacement. Kaori was supposed to be the princess but she didn't want to be so I got the part instead."

"So, perhaps she had us at the palm of her hands the whole time."

"I guess so. You know Yuki… Somehow I wanted it to be you. I'm glad you were the prince. Perhaps that's why I immediately started to feel comfortable around you. I already knew you."

"I felt the same. I guess it all worked out in the end. I also had a passing thought that you'd be the princess. When you moved close to me, I didn't transform but I just assumed that you weren't close enough. I suppose this is out of the way now."

"Maybe you and I were meant for each other." Sakura smiled and looked at the moon.

"So, now what?" Yuki said after a while.

"I don't know. Maybe we should go inside." Sakura said.

"Whatever you say, Princess." Yuki put his mask back on. Sakura put hers on too.

She smiled and looked at Yuki.

How could I not know? How could I not tell myself it was him the whole time? Maybe a part of me wanted to know if anyone other than a Sohma could possibly like me.

Yuki grabbed Sakura's hand and kissed it.

"Shall we go?"

"Sure." She blushed.

They went back inside, holding hands.

Kaori noticed the two coming in and she smiled. She walked over to them.

"Well, if it isn't the Prince and Princess. Hope you guys are up for one last dance. The whole family was impressed with your performance during the dance so do you mind?"

Sakura looked at Yuki.

"What do you think, Princess?"

"Well, I guess I have no choice."

Yuki and Sakura shared one last dance and this time, they knew it who they were dancing with.

The night ended and everyone gave an encore to the Prince and Princess. After that, the rest of the trip seemed to go by quickly and soon, they all went home. Sakura and Yuki thanked Kaori and they headed for the house.

"It's good to be home." Sakura smiled.

"Yes, let's go inside, Princess."

"Okay I think you can stop saying that now." Sakura smiled and blushed.

They went inside and saw that the house was a mess.

"Uh…" Yuki and Sakura looked around.

"Ah! Sakura! Yuki! You're home." Shigure greeted.

"Well, you seemed to have been keeping the house in its usual messy state." Yuki said.

"Don't look at me. Kyo is the culprit." Shigure said.

"Don't even start! I wasn't even here half of the time!" Kyo came down the stairs.

"Fine it was me but anyway… How was your trip?" Shigure asked.

Sakura and Yuki looked at each other. "It was fine." They both said. They blushed and looked away.

"Well, I should start cleaning." Sakura began cleaning Shigure's mess.

"So, Yuki, Ayame told me you were the prince."

"He… told… you…"

"Well, of course. You should know better. Don't worry though. He only told Ha'ri and me. So, what was Sakura?"

"She was the princess."

"Was she now? Well, that's no surprise. So, did you dance with her?"

"That's none of your concern. I'm going to my secret base." Yuki left.

"Well, I find that rather cute. Don't you think so, Kyo?"

"Whatever."

"Oh, you probably wanted to be the prince, didn't you? So that way you could dance with Sakura and maybe-"

Kyo hit Shigure. "Do you always have to be so perverted!"

"I was only joking."

Kyo left the room. He was on his way upstairs when he spotted Sakura cleaning up.

Kyo thought for a moment. Why? Why do I feel this way? I-

She looked over at him.

"Hello, Kyo. I forgot to ask, how has your week been? What did-"

Without thinking, Kyo quickly went up to Sakura and kissed her.

Sakura stared wide-eyed. At the same time, Yuki came back from his secret base and walked in and saw what the two were doing.
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Well, um... all i can say is that i'm working on the next chapter... heh...