The Prized Jewel

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Summary: She was a prized possession to everything and everyone. He was a man who liked to make conquests built with a stone cold wall. Because of this, the world of gangs charged him to protect their most prized jewel, Sakura Kinomoto. He hadn't expected that when he fell in love with her, that he was going to fall in an ocean of chaos.

Disclaimer: Don't own it, don't sue me, but this story is entirely mine.

.:Beginning: 2 Years AFTER Sakura's "Crowning":. (AN: Sorry, messed up a little)

Sakura, Yue, Eriol, Takashi, and Kero walked along the sidewalk of the town, passing by various stores. And various people who tend to pass strange stares. After receiving her very published entitlement, she had believed it was safe if she stayed in the palace. Her looks had changed and soon people began to believe the Jewel was merely a rumor. That had been two years ago. Sakura was now eighteen.

However everyone in the gang world knew of the story of the Jewel and took it to reality. However as time went out, everyone forgot that the Jewel was also the Princess of Japan, Sakura. And the top gangsters, during her crowning, had died. They, however, had took her true identity and any information of who she was with them to the grave.

Only a few people had a picture of her that showed she was the Jewel, but even fewer people had access to those photos. Secured, Sakura didn't have to worry about her life as much as she would've. However people gave her constant stares when walking with four tall, dark, and handsome men.

The four men and Sakura was currently walking, talking happily as they walked. Sakura suddenly stopped, spotting something she liked. However, her bodyguards did not notice that she had slipped out of their square and continued to walk.

Sakura smiled brightly as she stared at the treats through the window. Her eyes sparkled as they roamed around the vast arrangements. Suddenly, her little pink tongue darted out and licked her lips. Sakura had been completely unaware that her bodyguards were not around her. She also was too excited and happy to notice that a man had stopped right beside her. She spotted the perfect treat and jumped up. "Come on, let's go inside!" She shouted as she grabbed the arm of the closest person to her and rushed inside. Sakura, however, did not know that who she grabbed was not one of her bodyguards like she had thought.

What, exactly, had caused Sakura to become extremely happy?

A store of candy, and the front window had showed its generous displays of chocolate. Sakura's absolute favorite. (AN: I LOVE CHOCOALTE!!)

"Do you normally drag men who you don't know into a store with you?" A sudden husky voice asked. A stranger's voice, her mind told her quickly. Shocked, Sakura's head snapped up from the counter where she had previously been trying to spot even more treats.

The man standing next to her was a head taller than she was. Her eyes roamed his body. He had a muscular body, suggesting he worked out a lot to an extent. She would guess that he was only three years older than her at most when her eyes landed on his face. He had a perfect light tan, suggesting that he was probably around here. He had dark chocolate messy hair with bangs that fell down to his face. And beautiful intense pools of amber that she stared at. But Sakura snapped out of her stare when she noticed the man also had a rather large smirk on his face.

Sakura blushed slightly and smiled apologetically. "Oh! Gomen naisai! I thought you were one of my friends and so I was so happy that I saw this chocolate truffle that I just dragged you in without looking!"

The man laughed and she decided it was a very nice laugh. When he stopped his momentary laugh, a grin stretched across his lips. "It's okay, I was thinking about buying myself a chocolate truffle here as well."

Sakura smiled. "Perfect! So I just saved up some of your time!" She stated, giggling. "I'm Sakura by the way." She told him as she stretched out her hand.

"I'm Syaoran." The man told her.

An eyebrow raised, she asked, "And exactly, how old are you?"

The man, Syaoran, chuckled. "I'm twenty. And how old are you, Little Girl?"

Sakura huffed. "Little Girl, my ass! I'm only two years younger than you!"

Syaoran laughed at this, liking the fact that this girl had fire in her.

"So what is your family name?"

"Just call me Syaoran." The moment he took a deep look into her emerald eyes, the memory of a picture with those same emerald eyes flashed through his mind. Was she the Jewel? If she was, Syaoran mused, it was best not to tell her his last name. It would allow her to be able to trust him, if she knew that he was Touya's second, she would be very cautious with him. If she was, Syaoran thought, getting close to her was not going to be easy. "And you?"

Sakura flashed him a smile, a cute smile he decided. "If I call you Syaoran, you must call me Sakura!" She told him to avoid the subject.

Suddenly, the store clerk came from the storage room. The man was old with wispy gray hair but a very kind smile and bright blue eyes that seemed to be unable to dim as he aged. "Hello, may I help you?"

Syaoran flashed Sakura another smile, one of those smiles he used to lure woman into his charm. "Well, Sakura, you dragged me in here, howabout you get some chocolate?"

Sakura decided to ignore his taunt and talk to the store clerk instead. She directed him to the chocolates she had been admiring. Sakura asked for a small bag of six, in milk chocolate. As she reached into her pockets, Syaoran suddenly handed the man a twenty.

"I'll take six of those, in dark chocolate. And I'll pay for the little lady, too." Syaoran said.

The old man gave them both their individual bags full of chocolate truffles. Sakura huffed, complaining that she could've paid for her truffles herself.

"I've never heard of a woman complaining about a gentleman paying for her things." He told her. 'Yes, I'll definitely like her.' He thought.

Exiting the store, Sakura popped on of the truffles into her mouth. The silky chocolate began to melt in her mouth and she closed her eyes. A soft moan from deep within her throat was heard. Syaoran stared at her in amazement that a simple thing could please her so well.

Suddenly, four men ran up to Sakura. "Sakura! We thought we lost you for a second! We turned around and couldn't find you anywhere! We should've known you went to buy some chocolate!" Takashi huffed. Kero tried to steal one but Sakura moved out of the way.

"Well I guess since you have plenty of company, I'll be seeing you around, Sakura."

Sakura turned to see Syaoran smirking at her. He took her hand and pressed a soft kiss at her knuckles. "Howabout we have dinner tomorrow night?" He asked her.

Sakura giggled and pulled her hand away. She pretended to look as if she was in deep thought and told him, "Nope!" She said with a giggle.

"Ah, but baby, you can't resist my charm for long!" He said jokingly.

"Then I'll resist for as long as I can!" Sakura said, starting to walk away, rejoined with her bodyguards at last. She turned around to see Syaoran wave good-bye before he walked away with his own chocolates.

"He looks familiar." Eriol suddenly stated when they were towards Downtown. Sakura sent him a questioning look, waiting for him to continue. "But I'm not sure how. I guess I'm just a little…paranoid."

The group laughed but Eriol had a deep feeling that he did know who that man was.

.:Syaoran:.

'She's far too innocent to be the Jewel.' Syaoran Li mused.

In fact, he had been expecting a more…sexy Jewel. Much longer hair as well with clothes that clung tightly to her clothes. He had imagined that her personality would be cold, as if rejecting anyone who tried to get close to her. He also would've guessed that she would be distant and cold. That Sakura girl, he decided, could not be the Jewel.

'She seemed too happy to be the Jewel. She looks too innocent too.' He decided. 'But…she would be very fun to see for a while.'

As he walked along, eating his chocolates, he could not help but wonder back to their incident at the store. 'Very interesting, indeed.'

Smirking and finishing the last of his chocolates, he pulled out his cell phone. Dialing a series of numbers, he called Meling.

Meling was his second cousin from China who had previously just moved to Japan a year ago. After hearing that he had became involved with the family's gangster business, she decided to join as well. Meling was skilled at finding things out, be it a rivals plan or a person.

Syaoran asked her to find more about this Sakura. Although she had became bewildered that he had not caught her family name. Starting to complain about how difficult the task would be, her last statement to Syaoran before hanging up was, "You owe me big!"

Stuffing his phone back within his pockets, his mind wandered back to the picture he had seen of the Jewel.

'Get close to this Sakura girl anyways, just in case.' He thought, 'After all…looks are deceiving.'

Yes… Syaoran decided. 'Even if she wasn't the Jewel, it'll be fun anyways…very fun.'

.:End Chapter:.

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