Chapter Two: Extreme Footsie

Syaoran got up from his bed and stretched. He seemed to have dozed off. He went over to his bedroom window and he noticed it was almost sunset. I'd better go get the princess, he thought with a sigh.

Before exiting his room, Syaoran took off his dirty work boots and put on a pair of nice shoes more suitable for dinner with royalty. He made sure his clothes were in order and then went to the room next to his and knocked on the door.

"What?" Sakura answered in a clearly annoyed tone.

Oh great, Syaoran thought. He cleared his throat and said as politely as he could,

"Sakura-hime, dinner is ready"

"Okay, I'm coming I'm coming just give me a minute"

Well there's a surprise,Syaoran thought, I thought for sure she was going to put up a fight.

The door opened revealing an angry looking Sakura. She glared at Syaoran but said nothing as she closed the door to her room. As soon as she closed the door, Syaoran started to walk toward the dining hall expecting Sakura to follow. She did follow, but after a few seconds, she noticed that Syaoran was walking in front of her, so she sped up so she could be in front. Syaoran saw her pass him and chuckled to himself. Two can play at that game,he thought and he started to walk faster, passing Sakura like he intended. Sakura noticed this, and soon the pattern repeated itself until both of them were sprinting towards the dining hall at full speed.

Both of them entered the dining hall at the same time, completely out of breath. The king and a silver-haired, bespectacled man Syaoran recognized as the high priest and the king's best friend were already seated, giving them both strange looks.

The table they were seated at was simpler than Syaoran expected. It was an average sized four-legged table with a clean white table cloth over it. Touya and the high priest Yukito were sitting across from each other, leaving two available seats. Sakura took a seat so that Touya was at her left and Yukito at her right. Syaoran took the only remaining seat which had Touya at his right, Yukito at his left, and had him facing the princess who was giving him looks of pure loathing. "Well, now that everyone is here," the king said, "let's eat!"

Soon after the king had said that, servants streamed in carrying all sorts of different foods. Everyone picked what they wanted to eat, the servants left, and all that could be heard now was the clinking of the silverware on the plates.

Much to Touya's dismay, nothing was happening between Sakura and Syaoran. There was the occasional glare or dirty look, but that was nothing new. Well this is boring,Touya thought, maybe I should spice things up a little bit.

Touya carefully observed Syaoran. When he was distracted, Touya carefully maneuvered his foot under the table and stomped as hard as he could on Syaoran's right foot.

Syaoran had just finished a mouthful of rice when the king crushed his poor foot. He flinched and jerked his foot out from under whatever was squishing it. Unfortunately for him, the underside of the table was closer to his knee than he thought, so when he jerked his foot out from under Touya's foot, his knee slammed into the bottom of the table. He doubled over in pain, which only resulted in him hitting his forehead on the top of the table.

There was short silence following Syaoran's misfortune, which was broken by Sakura's laughter. It started out as giggles but then erupted into hysterical laughter. She was laughing so hard she was crying.

Syaoran groaned and pulled his head from the table. He looked up to see Sakura laughing hysterically, Touya giving him a strange look, and Yukito looking at him in concern. She did this!Syaoran thought as he looked up at a laughing Sakura, she is going to pay. He glared at Sakura, many plans for revenge running through his head. As he glared, he noticed Sakura leaning back in her chair. Perfect,he thought. He stretched his foot out under the table and found the piece of wood that connected the two front chair legs. He slipped his foot under it and when the princess leaned back in her chair again, he lifted his foot up with all his strength and tipped the chair over backwards with Sakura still sitting on it. Her laughter immediately died when she hit the floor.

There was a stunned silence which was broken when Yukito got up out of his chair and made sure Sakura was okay, then helped her back into her seat. When their eyes met, Sakura glared at Syaoran so fiercely, it was as though she was trying to make his head explode. Syaoran, however, was unaffected; he just stared at her innocently. If its war he wants, then war he shall get! Sakura thought as she kicked Syaoran as hard as she could in the shin.

Syaoran winced as Sakura's foot connected with his shin. So she wants a fight then. Well that's fine by me. Syaoran thought as he kicked back.

Soon there was a game of extreme footsie going on under the table. Both Sakura and Syaoran were glaring daggers at each other, but focusing mainly on the battle going on under the table. They were rewarded with wince from their adversary when every their feet made contact.

Touya was elated. He didn't think his plan would work this well. He was expecting one or two kicks or some intense glaring, but this was great. He couldn't believe Syaoran had actually hit his head on the table, and it was hilarious how Sakura fell out of her chair. His was sitting in his chair with a goofy grin on his face, obviously enjoying the fight.

Yukito, on the other hand, was extremely confused. He came to dinner as usual, and Touya had filled him in on the situation with Syaoran. However the king conveniently forgot to mention that the princess and Syaoran didn't like each other. He was even more confused when Syaoran hit his head on the table in the middle of dinner for seemingly no particular reason and when Sakura randomly fell out of her chair. And now, to top it all off, the ever stoic King of Clow had incredibly goofy grin on his face and he seemed to be trying as hard as he could not to laugh.

Touya took a deep breath to calm himself down, and then cleared his throat to gain everyone's attention. "Well, I for one am stuffed, so I will retire to my room and get ready for bed and I suggest you all do the same." And after saying that, Touya got up and left.

In the hallway that led to his room, Touya chuckled to himself. That, was the best dinner I've had in a long time.

Back at the dinner table, Sakura announced that she would do the same as Touya, and left shortly after her brother and Syaoran followed her.

Both Syaoran and Sakura walked down the corridor that led to their rooms in silence. Both of them were limping slightly because of their sore legs. Under their pants there were many black and blue bruises. Syaoran was limping a little more than Sakura because Sakura had discovered Syaoran's weakness in his right foot and she exploited it mercilessly. Syaoran also had a small red bump on his forehead where his head had met the table.

When they reached their rooms, Sakura stopped in front of her door and turned to Syaoran. "I'm going to take a bath and then I want to go to the library to get a few books, so you should take a bath and then meet me here." She said through gritted teeth.

"As you wish, your highness." He said in taunting tone, and then he finished with a mock bow and retreated into his room.

Sakura was furious. The nerve of that guy! She thought angrily as she stormed into her room, he is going to pay for that and for making me fall out of my chair!

Syaoran didn't know where the nerve to taunt the princess came from but he knew he would regret his actions later. He dismissed the thought for the moment and went to take his bath.

After he finished his bath, Syaoran put on some clean clothes and went to wait for the princess outside her door. He waited for about ten minutes before Sakura came out of her room. She promptly ignored him and started to walk off in the direction of the library. Syaoran followed at a distance, afraid that at any moment a plan for revenge by Sakura would take affect. However, Syaoran had nothing to fear because Sakura had not yet come up with a plan.

When they reached the library, Sakura went straight to her favorite section, leaving Syaoran in the doorway. When he saw that Sakura was going to take awhile, Syaoran went to find something to read to pass the time. He walked around the library for awhile until he came across an open space filled with piles of books not yet shelved. Some of the piles were as tall as he was. He went towards the middle of the area and took a book off the top of a pile that was about as tall as his waist. The title was fading but still readable. It said A History of Clow. Syaoran opened to the first page of the book and began to read.

Meanwhile, Sakura had been in her favorite section of the library, trying to find her favorite book. After much searching, she finally found it. She was ready to go back to her room, so she went to go find Syaoran.

As much as Sakura would have liked to lock Syaoran in the library, she couldn't because she knew her brother would find out and he would probably take away her library privileges.

She called his name a few times, but she received no answer. Where is he!?she thought angrily. She turned another corner and saw Syaoran's back among the many piles of unselved books. She looked at the books and she got an idea.

Sakura carefully and quietly crept up to one of the piles of books closest to Syaoran and hid behind it. Fortunately for Sakura, Syaoran didn't notice her because he was so absorbed in the book. Then Sakura "accidently" bumped into the pile of books she was hiding behind, causing it to topple over on top of Syaoran.

Syaoran had no idea what happened. He was reading the book he had picked up when suddenly, something hard and heavy hit the back of his head. Puzzled, he turned around, only to be met by an enormous pile of books coming crashing down on him. He was forced to the ground under the combined weight of the thick books. He laid on the ground, dazed, under a book mountain.

"Oh Syaoran are you okay?" Sakura asked, her voice full of mock concern.

Syaoran groaned and struggled to free himself from the books. When he was finally freed from his paper prison he was covered in even more bruises and a fine layer of dust from the books. He shook his head and rubbed his hand through his hair to try and get rid of the dust. The dust from his hair formed a small dust cloud and managed to find its way to Sakura's nose. She sneezed and pulled out a handkerchief to wipe her running nose. She wasn't a big fan of dust. Seeing this gave Syaoran an idea. He carefully pulled off his shirt, making sure he disturbed as little dust as possible. Sakura was watching him and she blushed and looked away when he removed his shirt.

"W-What are you d-doing?" she stuttered, flustered, still looking away.

Syaoran chuckled. "I'm just getting rid of this dust," he replied evenly.

After saying this he began to shake out his shirt, causing dust to go flying everywhere, most of it going in Sakura's direction. This triggered a massive sneezing fit on Sakura's part.

"Syao-achoo-ran-achoo-kun! achoo achoo Stop-achoo-it!" Sakura said between sneezes.

He stopped after she said this and he silently put his shirt back on.

Sakura glared at him through red, irritated eyes and declared she was going to bed. She stomped off toward her room with Syaoran in tow. She entered her room and slammed the door. Syaoran took this as his cue to go to bed, so he walked into his room and carefully closed the door. He laid down in his new large bed for some well deserved rest. Little did he know that he was in for a rude awakening the next morning.

I'm sorry it took so long to update but I've been super busy with school.

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For those of you who don't know here are some word or honorfic definitions:

hime - honorfic that means princess, so "Sakura-hime" means Princess Sakura

kun - honorfic used at the end of boy's names. usually used with someone you are familiar with

achoo - sound affect for sneezing