Author's Notes: My exams are coming and I won' t be posting for quite awhile. I' ll try to make this chappy extra long. Wish me luck for my exams... :)By the way, read my one-shot please. I would like it to be showered with the attention too!!!!

P.S- Fanfiction has some problems... I can' t put any rulers/ lines. Very sorry. I' ll try to amend it as soon as possible...

Chapter 6

Trusting once more

Somewhere...

" Dearest Sakura... " a deep voice growled. He smirked at the poster of Sakura. " You will be mine..." As he said these words, he pushed back his dark hood, only to reveal...

Sakura sighed. Today was too good a day to be sold away! Birds twittered in the lush green trees, and clouds waltzed in the contrast of the blue sky. Staring at the silver star pendant in the centre of her palm, she recalled the day...the day she lost her father... her mother and Touya... her family...

With a swift motion of her hand, she pushed her auburn, shoulder-length hair into a messy ponytail.

" Knock. Knock. Knock. " Sakura gazed solemnly at the closed room door. He was here.

" Welcome! Welcome! " Master cried out in an exaggerated welcome cry of surprise.

Peering through a hole, Sakura noticed that he was still wearing a hood. She was a bit worried that he would be disfigured or scarred. The man smiled, the hood lifting up a bit, revealing an eerie smile. Sakura shuddered.

" Well, where is she? " the dark voice questioned.

" She' s over here! " Master answered immediately, pulling her sliding door open. He impatiently motioned for Sakura to go to his side and smiled at the man.

Pushing Sakura toward te man, he held out his hand, as if expecting something. The man snapped his fingers. Two men appeared, carrying a chest that seemed awfully heavy. Master smirked, and rubbed his his hands together, a gleam of greed evident in his eyes.

The man, with his hand now placed on Sakura' s shoulder, gently turned Sakura away from Master, with her horrified emerald eyes bathed in sheer terror.

Sakura P.O.V

" I thought I had gained his trust by now. Am I really that worthless? Just like a piece of goods that can be sold to one another? " She contemplated.

Normal P.O.V

Sakura gave one last, sob of strangled hurt, before she picked up her bundle and turned away from that house, resolving to put it at the back of her mind, and beginning a new chapter of life in a new house.

After safely making sure that Sakura was comfortably straddled on the horse, he gave a curt nod to both men, which were standing at a very strategic position, in which Master' s back was facing them. He then smacked the horse and rode off, together with Sakura.

A click of a sword being unsteathed, so softly one could hardly here it. The sound of metal sliding against metal. Master turned. His eyes widened in horror, clearly reflected in the shine of the blade of the sword. He backed away, horrified. The two men advanced, one shutting all the doors and windows, the other backing Master into a corner.

The sword was raised. Master screamed, but it just echoed off the room. His hands were still around the money chest. A sickening thud followed. A head rolled onto the ground. Master' s eyes rolled, facing upward, mouth wide in an open scream.

" Mission accomplished. "

They opened the chest, stuffed the corpse inside, after covering him in the notes they had given him. " Now, to dispose of him... "

Sakura stepped down onto the front porch. The house was splendid, but it actually warmth! Butterflies flitted from one flower to the other, and the smell of dew in the morning filled the air. Everything was so beautiful, so perfect. Her new master however, was a bit weird...

Flashback

" Wow! Everything' s so beautiful! " Sakura exclaimed under her breath. The horse she was on was so fast, everything flew by in a blur. The clearing of a throat jerked Sakura from her reverie.

" Can you fight? " he questioned, his face still masked, making it virtually impossible for Sakura to read his expression.

" Can you fight? " he repeated.

Sakura stayed silent, unsure of how to respond, before saying in a trance, " Yes, I can. "

She blacked out.

End of flashback

When she woke up, she was here. " CRUNCH! " the crunch of newspaper broke the silence. Sakura bent down, only seeing a face with a question mark imprinted on it. Barely grasping what the paper said, she smoothed it out before saying the words she aloud.

" Prince... Li... face... unknown?!?!?! " Sakura finally got an idea of it. " NO ONE knows the Prince' s face! "

A hand pulled the newspaper out of her hand' s grasp. " Looks like I' ll have to teach you how to read and write too... " he muttered.

Sakura's head snapped up joyously, hardly being able to contain her excitement. Whatever doubts she had about him all vanished. " By the way, how do I address you? " Sakura piped up.

" Uncle. " he replied. " Just call me Uncle. "

" Ok! " cried Sakura, skipping gaily to further explore the house. The two men who had silenced Master arrived. They bowed and waved their hands at the nearby chest..

" Phase One complete. " Uncle muttered, handing the men a bag of coins. " Dispose of him. " Uncle commanded, turning away. The two men, gave a curt nod before riding away.

" Now, to earn her trust... " Uncle answered, knowing his plan would finally be realised. The key to the plan is Sakura. It always was. He had been observing her from her first performance. She was perfect. All he needed, was to act in love with her, buying her, before silencing the man. It was flawless.

He smirked. He knew how to gain her trust. " Oh Sakura... " he called out, his hood still on.

And that end Chapter 6. Hope you' ve enjoyed it! A CLIFFY! Ahahahaha. I' m evil.

What is Uncle' s plan? Why must he gain her trust?

Hmm... I' ll reveal who Uncle really is in the next chappy... Muahaha

Oh yeah, he is the ' observer ' in the previous chapters, and he' s really NOT in love with her. It was all a ploy...

Tune in for the next chappy soon.

BubblyEmerald