A Card Captor Sakura Fan fiction

Written By:Darknessdragonz

Recipe Called Love

Eriol Hiiragizawa/Sakura Kinomoto/Syaoran Li

Disclaimer:I DO not own CCS characters!!

Darky Notes:Hiiiiiieexxx!! Chapter 9 is finally up for grabs..I decided to sidetrack a bit from my original plan of making Syaoran discover who Sakura really was...So yea...I'm gonna be a bit more evil at this chapter. Sorry for the long wait .

Summary:Prince Li is in need of a personal cook to cook for him. Sakura Kinoto is one of the most talented cooks among the participants. Eriol Hiiragizawa is our dear prince's personal servant and announcer. Put them all together with a little dash of secrecy in Sakura's part, we have one big delicious meal. But the only thing is..Who will be the perfect match for the other?

"Hihihihi" Talking

'Hihihihi' Thinking

...Main Casts...

Syaoran Li- 18 years old

Sakura Kinomoto/Kinoto- 18 years old

Eriol Hiiragizawa- 18 years old

Tomoyo Daidouji- 18 years old

Touya Kinomoto- 23 years old

Fujitaka Kinomoto- 48 years old

Yelan Li- 40 years old

Hiroku Li- 47 years old

Meiling Sae- 18 years old

Chae HaeKyung- 20 years old

...-Xox0Xox0-...

She was a murderer..wasn't she?

--Chapter 9--

--The Poison of Jealousy--

It had only been a week since the fire had crushed yet another aspect of Sakura's life. Now the 20 children were living at the castle. Sakura groaned as she slowly sat up from her pink bed. She had been moved to the room beside Syaoran's.

Her windows were now decorated with pink curtains and flowers twirled around the frame. Her walls was cherry pink and her bed adorned a light pink mattress. She was moved to the room beside Syaoran for two main reason. One was that the room was much bigger so it could accommodate her and her 20 orphans. The other more important reason was that she will be closer to Syaoran's room and that he can reach her in a few steps. Or through their connected bathroom.

The King and Queen did not really favor about this but Syaoran persuaded them about the kids and how pitiful Sakura was. They finally agreed before leaving Japan to settle issues in Hong Kong. Sakura turned to look at the other king sized bed beside her where the children slept but half of them were not there. She immediately got off the bed and searched her room. She looked underneath the beds but still could not find them. Suddenly a noise came from Syaoran's room.

"Aaarghh!! You little devils!! Get off me!!" Syaoran shouted from his room. Instantly Sakura knew where the other 10 children were. Sakura opened the door of her washroom and walked to the end where another door stood. She opened it and viola she was in Syaoran's room. What she saw made her laughed out loud.

Syaoran was ...well...technically in bed with the 10 children on him. About three was on his stomach, tow was biting his toes and five was jumping on his bed. Syaoran was practically pinned on the bed due to the kids and had the most deadliest glares on his face. He groaned as the children kept on jumping on the bed.

"Dearies, get off Prince Syaoran before he turns to a monster and comes after you," Sakura warned. Immediately the children got off of Syaoran and ran to the washroom where they'll run straight to Sakura's room. Sakura just laughed lightly as she closed the door. Syaoran sat up and glared at her. His hair was messy and his clothes was the other side round due to the children sitting on his stomach.

"You should keep that children of yours out of my bedroom!!" Syaoran shouted as he fell back onto the bed. Sakura giggled as she walked to the windows and drew the curtains.

"Then lock the bathroom door next time you sleep, Syaoran-kun" Sakura muttered as she walked to Syaoran. She smacked his visible toes and laughed when he wiggled them. Syaoran just sat up and grabbed Sakura's arms. He then fell back while dragging her up to him. Sakura just blushed as he wrapped his arms around her.

"Syaoran-kun..Please let go of me now," Sakura said, half-heartedly because she did not really want to get off of him. Syaoran just grumbled and hugged Sakura tighter. Sakura just let out a desperate sigh and stayed still as he continued to doze off. Sakura just looked around the room as she just snuggled into Syaoran's chest. Unknown to both of them, the door to Syaoran's room creaked open and slowly a maid came into view. But she did it so quietly, she was not heard. Her eyes widened when she saw the two on the bed, snuggled close to each other.

Her eyes widened then it narrowed when she saw who was in the Prince's arms. It's time for her to take action. The maid then slowly closed the door and smirked. She quickly walked out of the room and out of the castle to the village. That slutty Sakura will pay for snatching her Prince like Meiling tried to.

Sakura just let out a sigh of content as she woke up slightly after the short nap she had and sighed again when she saw that Syaoran was still asleep with his arms quite loosely against her. Thus she squirmed out of his hold and proceeded to the washroom. She closed the door and slowly stripped her pajama shirt off of her. Syaoran touched the spot where Sakura was supposed to be but found out that she was missing. Thus he groggily sat up and searched for Sakura. He then heard the shuffling of feet in the washroom and thought it was the children thus he just walked to the door and opened it.

Sakura was in the midst of unclasping her bra when suddenly the door opened. She let out a loud shriek when a sleepy eyed Syaoran came into view. His eyes widened as a blush appeared on his face when he saw the half naked Sakura. He quickly slammed the doors shut and pressed his back on the door. Sakura clutched her shirt closer to her as she heard him sigh from the other side of the door.

"I didn't mean to barge in in your undressing...I was searching for you and I thought the kids were playing in the washroom," Syaoran said, the blush on his face was not ceasing in the intensity. Because every time he tried to forget, it will always come back to him.

"It's okay..I should have locked the door..I'm gonna take a shower, Syaoran-kun," Sakura said as she stripped the remaining clothes. But before stepping into the bathtub old version she locked the doors. Syaoran let out a sigh of relief when he heard the click of the lock and the running water. He placed his face into his hands and tried to ceased the blush.

It was the first time he ever saw so much flesh from a girl's body and he was damn embarrassed about it. He stood up when there was a knock on his door. He walked towards it and opened it. There stood the maid from that morning whom had promised to hurt Sakura. She gave Syaoran a polite curtsy and smiled.

"Good morning, your highness," she said, her voice coated with fake sweetness. Syaoran just nodded, already feeling disgusted at how openly she could flirt with him. And being a maid no more!

"Morning, Shyre-san," Syaoran said, as he shuddered in disgust when the smile of flirtation appeared on her face.

"Oh please, your highness. I would rather you call me Kurusae. After all that is my name, no?" Shyre said. Syaoran just shook his head.

"The formality still stays, Shyre. And what do you want so early in the morning?" Syaoran asked, coldly. He was not liking the way the girl look at him. Like she would devour him if he even flirt with her a bit.

"I would like to cook for your highness...and the Kinoto maid," Shyre said, though she spat more to Sakura's name. Syaoran's eyes was slightly clouded with anger at how disrespectfully she said Sakura's name.

"You are of no higher rank than her. And do as you like but if the food is not to my liking, or hers, you will be beheaded immediately," Syaoran said. Shyre just curtsy and walked away. She turned so face that Syaoran did not see the devilish smirk on her face. She had something in plan and Sakura will pay for it..Ever so dearly.

Sakura then came out of the washroom to her room and smiled when she saw that the 20 orphans were sleeping peacefully in the king sized beds in her room. Sakura got dressed in her cook outfit and walked to Syaoran's room via the washroom. Syaoran was lazing around in his bed thus Sakura walked to him and curtsied. Syaoran just chuckled and waved his hand royally.

"What do you want, maid?" Syaoran joked. Sakura caught his drift and thought of a devilish idea.

"What do I want, you ask, your highness? It should be what do you want? Barging into the washroom where a humble maid was undressing. You had other intentions, no?" Sakura joked and the blush came back on Syaoran's face. Sakura laughed when Syaoran sat up and tried his best to counter the comment.

"I—I was searching for you! Ho-Honestly!" Syaoran stuttered. Sakura just giggled at his tomato face and gave him the 'I know' look. Syaoran just growled when he found out that she was just playing with him and thus he grabbed her waist and pulled her to the bed. He then straddled her.

"Come here you," Syaoran said as he placed his hands on her waist and tickled her. Sakura laughed as she squirmed to get him off of her and get those torturous hands off her ticklish spot. Syaoran did not notice that he was coming closer to her as her squirms had put him slightly off balance. Sakura caught her breath when she managed to grip both of Syaoran's wrists. That was when Syaoran realized how close her face was to his.

Her bright emerald eyes staring back into his intense brown eyes. Her smile was still plastered on her face. Syaoran's heart beat accelerated as he leaned in. His lips met hers and his eyes closed slowly. Sakura's eyes closed as well as she wrapped her arms around his neck. Sakura responded as Syaoran leaned forward thus his upper torso was touching hers. Syaoran then decided to move things further by licking her lower lip. Sakura pondered a while.

What if he finds out who she really was...Will he still love her as much as he does now? He would probably want nothing to do with her anymore as she will be a Kinomoto and him will always stay a Li. But all that matters was that she was with him now. Thus Sakura opened her mouth in invitation. His tongue slowly slipped in and went in contact with hers. Her taste had made his senses go skyrocket. Syaoran's hands pinned hers to the bed as his searching of her mouth became more passionate. Sakura fought his tongue back with as much passion as she could but it was interrupted when someone knocked on the door.

Syaoran groaned in frustration at whomever had interrupted his very rare alone moment with Sakura. He broke the kiss reluctantly and got off her. Sakura fixed her costume back properly and she sat on the edge of the bed as Syaoran opened the door. There stood Shyre with a small smile on her face but it faltered when she saw Sakura.

"Breakfast is ready, your highness...Kinoto," Shyre said as she curtsied. Syaoran just nodded and walked towards Sakura and slowly pulled Sakura to her feet. They interlocked their fingers and follow Shyre to the dining room. Shyre whom was leading them had a large evil smirk on her face. As Syaoran and Sakura get seated, Shyre when to the kitchen to get the tomato soup she had prepared for the two of them. But before bringing them out, Shyre took out a vile from her breast pocket. In it, dark brown liquid sloshed against its walls.

"Time for you to sleep,Kinoto...Forever.." Shyre said as she popped the lid open and dripped a few drops into one plate. She then closed back the vile and slipped it into her dress but she did not realized that she had misplaced it and it rolled to the floor and under the small table which was in the kitchen. Shyre then carried the two plates and expertly walked towards the dining room. When she reached there, her eyes widened when she saw that Syaoran was fiddling with Sakura's fingers and laughing as they chat. Shyre's icy eyes narrowed when she saw how loving the two was.

'That is supposed to be me! Not that excuse of a maid!' Shyre shouted in her mind as she walked towards them with a fake smile plastered on her face. She then placed a plate in front of Syaoran and another, which she had added the brown liquid into, in front of Sakura. She curtsied and walked away. Then the two started to eat. Sakura gave a slight compliment that it was rather nice, unaware of the strange concoction added to it.

After breakfast...

Sakura and Syaoran sat on the grass of the gardens and looked up at the sky. Sakura was in between Syaoran's legs which were spread apart in front of him. Sakura snuggled deeper into his chest.

"Do you love me Syaoran-kun?" Sakura asked, cheekily. Syaoran just chuckled and planted a kiss on her head.

"I love you loads, Sakura," Syaoran said as he wrapped his arms around her tighter. Sakura did not know whether that if this was the right time.

"Even if I have a very big secret hidden from you?" Sakura asked. Syaoran looked down at her.

"Are you cheating on me?" Syaoran asked. Sakura's face turned to a shade of red and shook her head vigorously. Syaoran smiled as he placed his head on the crook of her neck.

"Then I would not be so angry when you tell me," Syaoran said. His breath tickling her neck. Sakura just nodded slowly. She felt something horrible bubbling in her stomach. Suddenly she jerked forward and started coughing. Syaoran was instantly worried as he turned her to him.

"Are you alright?" Syaoran asked but Sakura did not stop coughing. His amber eyes were coated with concern. Sakura's hand flew to her mouth as she coughed vigorously. Syaoran saw blood starting to flow down her wrist. Something was wrong. Syaoran grabbed her shoulders.

"Sakura! Sakura!!" Syaoran shouted. Her face was turning paler and paler with each cough. The veins on her hands were more visible due to her unearthly white hands. Like all the blood was drained from her. She was shivering violently. Syaoran did not waste anymore time. He carried her bridal style and ran into the castle. As he ran, he passed Eriol whom saw the state Sakura was in. He too followed Syaoran up to Sakura's room. Shyre, whom was hiding behind a tree, smirked. That Kinoto deserved what she was getting.

Syaoran placed the now unconscious Sakura on his bed. He looked at Eriol.

"Go call Daidouji and Nurse Suki! Go!" Syaoran ordered. Eriol bowed and ran off. Syaoran sat on the edge of the bed and gingerly wiped the blood trailing form Sakura's lips using the hem of his shirt.

"What happened..." he muttered. Soon, Tomoyo came running into the room, panting harsh. A lady wearing a while top and white skirt came into the room as well with Eriol. She had long brown hair and dark green eyes. She was the nurse. Nurse Suki walked towards Sakura and placed her rather cool hand on the already so cold forehead of Sakura's. She shook her head.

"Poison...The symptoms are clear as crystals," Nurse Suki said as she opened her bag and took out a small vile with an orange liquid in it. She took out a small spoon and poured a small amount onto the spoon. She then told Syaoran to open Sakura's mouth. Syaoran did as told and Nurse Suki closed Sakura's nose. She then poured the liquid into Sakura's mouth and she was forced to swallow it to breathe.

"I've given her the antidote. She should be fine in a few moments. But I suggest that your highness find the culprit," Nurse Suki said. Tomoyo walked towards Sakura and stroked her head.

"Sakura-chan...I hope you'll be fine," Tomoyo muttered. She had tears in her eyes as she kissed Sakura's forehead. She curtsied at Syaoran and left as she had some work to do. Eriol bowed and left as well. Nurse Suki packed her stuff and bowed. She then left the room leaving Syaoran alone with the unconscious girl. Syaoran looked at her peaceful face with slight anger. He will find who is responsible for this and he got a slight hint who it was. The 20 orphans suddenly burst into the room and climbed onto the bed with Sakura. One girl looked at Syaoran with large teary blue eyes.

"Sakura-sama will be fine...right?" she asked meekly. Syaoran just nodded with gritted teeth. He stood up and walked out of the room to search for a certain maid. Shyre.

Firstly, Syaoran went to the kitchen. He found no one in there. He was about to leave when he saw something underneath the kitchen table. He bend down and picked it up and his eyes widened. It was the vile of brownish liquid Shyre had. It was poison! Now Syaoran was furious. He then stomped out of the kitchen and ran towards Shyre's room. But she was not there.

Shyre was walking calmly towards Syaoran's room. She heard the tiny commotion with the antidote and she was not happy. Not happy at all. Her hands was at her back, clutching a knife. Since poison did not help her kill the wretched maid for good, maybe she will do it herself. She opened the door slowly and walked into the room slowly. She locked the door and walked towards the bed where Sakura laid unconscious with 20 children asleep around her. Shyre smirked. She stopped right beside Sakura and raised her knife. The wind blow making her long black hair sway.

The wind had annoyed one of the child whom woke up and saw Shyre with the knife raised. She started wailing, surprising Shyre a lot. Syaoran whom was walking towards the room heard the wail and ran quickly. He pushed the door and found out that it was locked. He barged himself into the room. The door fell onto the ground. Shyre looked at him in surprise as he ran towards her and slapped the knife away. Shyre fell onto her knees as Syaoran slapped her across her face.

"You insolent MAID!" Syaoran shouted. Guards ran into the room as they heard Syaoran's shout. Syaoran glared at Shyre whom clutched her cheek in pain.

"Throw her out..and don't let her come into this castle anymore!" Syaoran ordered. Immediately the guards grabbed Shyre roughly by the arms and started dragging her but she struggled to get free. She looked up and glared into the eyes of Syaoran.

"What is it that she has till you have to act so un-princely in front of her?!She is just a bloody orphan like the 20 little kids she has there!" Shyre shouted as she was being dragged by the guards. Syaoran was rather pissed that she was insulting Sakura a whole lot but he cared for Sakura's health more than anything. He walked back to the bed to calm the wailing girl down. He stroked the girl's chocolate head. The girl's teary green eyes looked up at Syaoran.

"It's okay...What's your name, kiddo?" Syaoran asked. The girl sniffled and gave a shy smile.

"Kokoro...Sakura-sama gave me that name. We all did not have names till she came and gave us names," the small girl said. Syaoran had to smile at the cute girl. But why Kokoro..? She looked so much like Sakura. Syaoran just grinned at her.

"Well...Thank you for waking up at the right time..Or Sakura might be dead by now," Syaoran said as he carried Kokoro into his arms. Kokoro wrapped her tiny arms around Syaoran's neck. Syaoran walked slowly to Sakura and slowly knelt beside her, with Kokoro on his knees.

"Sakura-sama is so peaceful," Kokoro muttered. Syaoran just nodded slowly. How he wish Sakura would open her eyes now and smile at him. Sakura's fingers twitched slightly. Kokoro noticed this and pulled on Syaoran's collar. He looked at her then to Sakura and saw that she was waking up. Syaoran placed Kokoro on the ground and quickly grabbed Sakura's hands.

"Sakura..." he muttered. Slowly but surely, Sakura's eyes opened slowly and weakly turned her head to look at Syaoran and smiled.

"What happened...Syaoran-kun?" Sakura croaked out. Something had made her throat go dry. Syaoran just smiled softly.

"It will never happen again..I promise..I promise that no one will hurt you anymore," Syaoran said as he placed a kiss on Sakura's head.

2 days later...

Sakura gave a loud sigh of satisfaction as she placed the batter into the oven. Her costume was smudge with batter as she wiped the counter top. Syaoran was sitting on the counter swiping some batter from the mixing bowl and licked it off his fingers. Sakura just ignore it as she got tired of telling him to stop. Syaoran just hummed lightly as he licked more batter off his fingers. Sakura then stopped in front of him.

"Syaoran-kun..The cake will be ready only after a long while...What you suggest we do now?" Sakura asked. Syaoran pondered and got off the counter top. He grinned boyishly at Sakura and , making Sakura look at him weirdly.

"I wanna play with the kids," Syaoran said. Sakura just giggled and followed him to his bedroom where the children were trashing about.

In Tomoeda...

Shyre walked grimly in the village of Tomoeda. She had been thrown out of the castle and might as well just wander around and find another job. What she did not expect was finding something which will really catch her eye. A flier was pined on the trunk of a tree and Shyre ripped it off. Her eyes wide when she saw that Sakura's face was on the flier with words written underneath it.

"Whoever has any information on Sakura Kinomoto, princess of Kinomoto, please proceed to the Kinomoto castle. If your information leads to Sakura Kinomoto, you will be rewarded a large sum of money. Sakura Kinomoto is also known to go by the name of Sakura Kinoto or Ying Fa. Thank you for your cooperation. Your trusted king, Fujitaka Kinomoto," Shyre read. At first she was really shocked when she saw Sakura's name on the flier. Then her shock dissipated and a smirk stretched her lips.

She finally found a way to rip Syaoran away from that Kinoto maid!

Li castle...

The orphans were playing with Syaoran and Sakura in Syaoran's room. Syaoran took note of the orphans names and description. He was really surprised on how Sakura could remember the kids. Their names went in this order from the oldest to the youngest.

Takeshi, Cho, Kazuki, Ai, Sora, Hiroaki, Takayuki, Katsumi, Satoshi, Kokoro, Mamoru, Minako, Chiyoko, Akihiro, Masaru, Masato, Shizuko, Shizuka, Kiyoshi, Kenta.

Sakura had stated clearly their birthday and interests and such and Syaoran was trying his best to remember.

Takeshi was a 11 years old boy with bright green hair and deep sapphire eyes. He was the oldest among the group whose birthday fall on the 5th of September. He was a very protective kid with a fierce sense of protectiveness which gave him his name.

Cho was a 10 years old girl with long gray hair tied into two braids and piercing lime green eyes. She was the oldest girl in the group whose birthday fall on the 16th of May. Sakura gave her that name because a butterfly had landed on Cho's nose when Sakura first visited them.

Kazuki was a 10 years old boy with short sapphire hair and dark red eyes. He was the second oldest boy in the group whose birthday fall on the 19th of May He has the capability of stopping a fight between the orphans and thats why he was called Kazuki.

Ai was a 10 years old girl with long maroon hair and calm black eyes. She was the second oldest girl in the group whose birthday fall on the 23th of April. She was the loving type who get really close easily with people and everyone likes her for that.

Sora was a 10 years old girl with shoulder length cream hair and purple eyes. Her birthday falls on the 30th of August. When Sakura arrived, Sora liked to looked at the clouds in the sky and make out shapes, gaining her her name.

Hiroaki was a 10 years old boy with short black hair eyes and rather dull gray eyes. His birthday falls on the 12th of September. He was a rather bright boy for his age, knowing how to count and speak rather frequently in both English and Japanese. And thats how he got his name.

Takayuki was a 10 years old boy with short purple hair and squinted eyes -types with you see on anime denoted with a - for eyes- His birthday falls on the 20th October. He got that pose which gave him a noble look and could be a brave knight when he grew up.

Katsumi was a 10 year old girl with waist length pink hair and dazzling red eyes. Her birthday falls on the 11th November. She was obviously the most beautiful among the girls and thats why she was called Katsumi which meant 'victorious beauty'.

Satoshi was a 10 year old boy with short blue hair and yellowish-amber eyes. His birthday falls on the 29th of November. He was a wise kid and would think a lot before acting.

Kokoro was a 10 year old girl with long brown hair and green eyes. Her birthday falls on the 31th of December. She has the key to Sakura's heart as she looked awfully a lot like her.

Mamoru and Minako are twins. Mamoru was a 9 years old boy with short blazing red hair and deep ruby eyes while Minako was a 9 years old girl with long blazing red hair and brighter ruby eyes. Both of their birthdays fall on the 1st of January. Minako had smooth complexion giving her a beautiful look while Mamoru was a protective boy who protects Minako from danger, usually.

Chiyoko was a 9 years old girl with short orange hair and chocolate eyes. Her birthday falls on the 26th of January. She likes books which has history in them which gave her her name.

Akihiro was a 9 year old boy with short sapphire hair and sapphire eyes. He wore glasses as well. His birthday falls on the 18th of July. He was the smartest of the group.

Masaru and Masato are twins. Both of them are 8 years old boys with short black hair and ruby eyes. Their birthdays fall on the 14th of February. Masaru was more to the intelligent side while Masato was more to the handsome side. The only way to differentiate them is to talk to them.

Shizuko and Shizuka are twins as well. Both of them are 8 years old girls with long turquoise hair and dark pink eyes. Their birthday falls on the 31th of October. Both of them are very quiet and very hard to differentiate but Shizuka will blush a lot around people but Shizuko will stay very stoic and calm around people.

Kiyoshi was a 7 years old boy with short dull brown hair and very sad brown eyes. His birthday falls on 1st of October. He was a boy who had never seen anything bad, except the burning of the orphanage, whilst the rest had seen the death of their family. He was too pure.

Kenta was a 6 years old boys with short black hair and curious orange eyes. He was the youngest of the group whose birthday falls on the 9th of August. He was a very healthy boy even though he is rather short.

Syaoran groaned as he messed up Masaru and Masato again. This was infuriating. So many children name and he had to remember them if they are staying with them. Also, they all seemed like adopted children of him and Sakura. And that made him blush. A lot! Suddenly a guard opened the door quickly, ruining the 'family' moment.

"Your highness...Soldiers! Soldiers appeared in front of the gates!" the guard shouted. Syaoran's eyes widened as he stood up. He grabbed his sword and ran to the door but before going out he looked at Sakura.

"Stay here," Syaoran said before leaving the room. The children hurdled closer to Sakura but she was not planning to stay for she knows where the soldiers had come from. Eriol ran up to Syaoran's room when he saw the Kinomoto soldiers at the gates. He opened the door to see Sakura tying up mattresses to make a rope.

"Are you escaping?!" Eriol shouted, disbelieving. Sakura looked at him and shook her head.

"No..I am letting the children run to Tomoeda first," Sakura stated as she flung the rope out of the window. Eriol then placed his hand on her shoulder.

"I'll follow them to make sure they are fine," Eriol said. Sakura gave him a smile as gratitude. Eriol went down first to grab the children as they climbed down.

At the gates...

Syaoran walked with a very dangerous looking way with his sword in his hand towards the soldiers. The soldiers looked at Syaoran and did not move at all. Syaoran stopped when he saw the crest in front of their armor. A red Sakura petal with two swords pierced through it. The Kinomoto crest..

"You Kinomoto soldiers. What are you doing here?!" Syaoran shouted. The soldiers merely moved aside for Touya to move. Syaoran's first impression of him was...that he was a bastard with his stuck-up look. Touya did not have a great impression of Syaoran as well.

"I am Touya Kinomoto, Prince of the Kinomotos and I am here according to some information given by this lady that our princess, Sakura Kinomoto is here," Touya said as he acknowledged a lady whom came to his side. It was Shyre with a small evil smirk on her face. Syaoran scowled at her.

"I know none of this princess you search," Syaoran said. Shyre's smirk widened.

"Not even if it's Kinoto, your highness?" Shyre taunted. Syaoran's eyes widened as Touya passed Syaoran a picture.

"This is how our princess looks like. Normal commoners do not know how she looks like," Touya said. Syaoran looked at the picture and his shock increased. It was a picture of Sakura. Smiling and as cheerful as she was. Syaoran bowed his head and gritted his teeth. Words could not described how heartbroken he felt and how angry he felt as well.

"I'll bring her out," Syaoran growled out as he turned on his heel and walked into the castle. Touya saw his reaction and sighed.

'Another one..' Touya muttered in his head. Shyre just smiled at his reaction.

Syaoran had tears in his eyes. How could this happen? Yes, he suspected her to be the princess but why does it hurt a lot now? Did he really believe that a wonderful girl like her was just a normal commoner? He slammed open the door and stopped when he saw Sakura, standing in the middle of the room, bangs covering her emerald eyes.

Syaoran stepped into the room and noticed that the children was gone and there was a mattress rope at the window. His eyes went cold. So the children has ran away.

At the ground floor...

Eriol and the 20 children ran out of the castle by the back gate. Eriol was worried of Sakura but he could do nothing but look back at the castle. That's when he saw Shyre standing beside the Kinomoto prince.

'What is Shyre-san doing beside Kinomoto-san? Was she the one...' Eriol gasped in realization. So it was her. The maid whom was so obsessed in making Syaoran hers. Eriol just sighed and looked back to the front and caught up with the children.

Syaoran's room...

"Sakura.." Syaoran spat her name. He saw Sakura flinched for a while but then she went back to her calm self.

"You lied to me, Sakura!!" Syaoran shouted, his cool act was breaking. Sakura just looked up and Syaoran found that her emerald eyes were dull and stripped of emotions.

"It's Kinomoto to you, Li," Sakura said. Syaoran's eyes went back to its cold self. He was angry at her and himself.

"Get out of the room now and return to your bloody family, Kinomoto bitch," Syaoran spat at her. He did not mean it. He wanted to take his words back. He wanted her to stay. He wanted her. But their families would never agree to this. He saw Sakura's eyes flicker with sadness for a split second before it went back to its dull self.

"Fine...but this will be the last time we ever meet, Li," Sakura said as she started walking. She walked passed Syaoran without giving him a passing glance but Syaoran could not stand it anymore. He grabbed her wrist and pulled him to her. Sakura's eyes widened with shock as Syaoran's pressed his lips against hers. She did not do anything. He was kissing her with the urgency of a man to wake up form this nightmare. Sakura wanted to respond but she could not. Instead her hands went to his chest and pushed him away. For a while, Sakura let go of her dull self and put on her emotions.

"I'm sorry, Syaoran-kun..But it's forbidden between us," Sakura said, tears falling from her eyes. Syaoran's cold mask fell as well as he hugged the girl whom started sobbing.

"I loved you, Sakura..Why did this happen?! Why did you lie to me?" Syaoran said in frustration. Sakura was scared at his thinking. She just pushed herself away from him.

"I thought that if I kept this you won't ever find out and we could be happy..I liked you Syaoran-kun..I really do! But it seemed that the moment the truth is revealed, your feelings for me disappeared. And to think you really liked me!" Sakura shouted as she backed away towards the door. Syaoran attempted to pull her back to him and to explain what he meant. How much remorse he felt. But his hand got slapped away by Sakura.

"I hate you, Li! I hate you for pretending to liked me!!" Sakura shouted as she turned and ran out of the room. Syaoran could not stop her. It was not that he pretended. His feelings was true but he was just hurt by the fact she lied to him.

While running, Sakura wiped her tears away angrily. Her run slowed to a walk when she neared the front door of the castle. She looked down and her dull eyes came back.

"I loved you...Syaoran..."Sakura muttered as she opened the door to be greeted by Touya's worried face. Touya immediately hugged his sister close to him, oblivious of her tear stricken face and her sad dull eyes. All he cared was she was back from the Li's clutches.

Back at the room, Syaoran looked down at the ground. First, one tear drop fell onto the floor.

Plop.

Soon two more fell on the floor.

Plop. Plop.

And soon, it was more. Syaoran was crying underneath his bangs which covered his eyes. The cold prince of the Li was crying. Over the Kinomoto princess. He clutched his fists angrily. He was stupid to believe her. To believe the lies of a Kinomoto. But deep down he screamed for her. For her to come back. Deep down he screamed the 4 words he did not tell her.

"I love you...Sakura"

He dropped to his knees. He regretted it a lot. He did not realized that Touya had come up to the room to express his gratitude to him for his cooperation but he found Syaoran, on his knees, crying. Touya decided to leave the poor boy alone because he knew why he was crying. Touya turned and left. On his face he had the tiniest of frowns.

For the first time, Sakura had broke the heart of a boy. Not the other way round. And somehow, Touya did not like it.

At all.

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--End of Chapter 9--

I'm so sorry!! I did not mean to make Syaoran cry now. But this has to come someday. And don't worry, it's not close to the end. So yea. I won't let it end so suddenly. I got even more evil plans to make them all suffer. Well not as bad like my other stories but yea. They will suffer a bit. So read and review or I will not post up chapter 10!!

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