Yamato poured some hot water into a bowl as he put a cloth into water, twisting it around it won't be as wet. Sera looks at the scratches on her arm, she touched it with her hand.

Unbeknown to them Amu, Tusk and Leo were hiding as they watched them interact. They were worried for their princess when they saw her injuries. The fact that Yamato wanted to help her brought happiness to them especially after he told them that she saved him. Normally they were ones taken care of her when she was injured. They were willing to step aside if it meant bringing Yamato and Sera closer together.

Yamato goes over to her as he touches her arm. She was rather startled.

"Don't touch it." Yamato said gently. Sera turned her head as she tried not to look at him. She was not use to someone other than her servants caring for her. Well they were more than her servants; she did consider them her friends. He fixes the cloth as he puts it up. "This is going to sting a little." Yamato warned her. She moved her arm as he attempted to put the wet cloth on it.

"Would you hold still?" Yamato tells her, "I am trying to help you." After he said this he managed to touch Sera's bleeding arm with the cloth.

"Stop it that hurts." Sera yelled at him as he pulled her arm away.

"If you just held still then it wouldn't hurt as much." Yamato yells back at her.

"Well . . ." She tried to think of something to argue back with. "If you didn't run away this wouldn't have happened." Sera proudly believed it was a good comeback.

"If you didn't scare me, I certainly wouldn't have run away to begin with." Yamato told her, annoyed.

"I told you never to go into the East Wing."

"Has anyone ever told you, you need to control that temper?!" Yamato answered back. Sera was baffled, for the first time someone fought back in an argument with her. Her servants always agreed with everything she said both to please her and out of fear. Due to the fact she was their princess. This young man didn't care about it at all. He wasn't afraid of her, and he was caring for her. It was a change of pace from before. Yamato took her arm as he put the cloth on it. This time she didn't fight back this time despite how painful it was. "And by the way, thank you for saving me from those wolves." He said this without looking up at her.

"You're welcome." Sera answers.

"Since I am prisoner in this castle. It would be nice if we could be friends." Yamato told her as he began to bandage up her arm.

"Friends?" Sera questioned. In truth, she wanted it to be more than that. How can she do it without forcing or rushing it.

"Yes, as long as you learn to control that temper of yours." Yamato tells her. "Unless you don't have any."

"Of course I do. The servants in this castle are my friends." Sera tells him. "My best friends, I've know three of them since we were kids after all."

"Well now you have one more." Yamato remarks.

"I guess I do." Sera sweetly tells him.

"Friends?!" Leo responds.

"Calm down. It's progress." Tusk comments.

"We don't have time. It's only a matter of days before that magical flower that Enchantress gave the princess, first petal drops."

"Remember, friendship leads to romance. It's only a matter of time. So we should be happy. It's a big step in their relationship."

"I guess. We have to help speed it up then."

"I know you want to be human again. We all do." Tusk touches his shoulder gently.

"Love will come in time. Just be patient." Amu happily tells them. "After all they're soul mates." She put her hands to her cheek.

"Oh, like you too." Leo responds.

Tusk and Amu look at each other. Tusk turns his head away, blushing as he tries to hide it. Amu giggles in happiness.

"Stop it, Leo. It's never going to happen." Tusk denies. He folded he

"Deny your feelings all you want, Tusky. I know how you feel about me." Amu teasefully tells her. "Anyway, I think we should leave these two alone for a while. Let's go have some cake."

"Only you would recommend us having sweets." Leo remarks.

"What's wrong with that?" Amu questioned.

"Nothing." Tusk and Leo respond as they head to the kitchen.

The next day, Yamato and Sera had breakfast together. Which was surprising since some of the servants thought he disliked their princess. Larri was so happy to prepare a meal for the both of them, namely because it meant bringing them closer together. He didn't mind being a gorilla after all. He had fixed up his gray hair as he adjusted his glasses.

"Yes, before I became the princesses personal Chef. I traveled around the world . . ." Larri stopped himself, knowing if the curse isn't broken he could be stuck here forever. None of them can mention the fact he must fall in love Sera. After all the kind of love the Enchantress wanted was true love. Larri believed it must come naturally. Not that it meant they couldn't rush anything without the acknowledgement.

"Well, it's certainly delicious." Yamato comments.

"I refused to have anyone else cook for me when I was a kid. After eating his cooking for the first time." Sera giggles.

"Brings a joy to know your enjoying it. No one else besides the princess and the rest of the servants in the castle haven't eating my cooking in over ten years." Larri "Not that I don't mind being with you princess." He weakly laughs.

"I know what you mean, Larri. You don't need to please me by complimenting me." Sera softly tells him.

"Well, thank you princess." Larri replies back. He was so use to her yelling at him he was rather taken aback. "You know Yamato; the princess is a skilled dancer." He promised Amu, Leo and Tusk that he would try to convince them to dance together. It only could bring a closer spark in a blossoming romance.

"No, I am not." Sera bashfully says out loud.

"Don't be shy, princess." Larri teased.

"Larri, stop it!" Sera firmly tells him. He wasn't sure what he was trying to pull. After all Yamato just started being her friend. She didn't want to ruin it just yet. As she wants to quickly develop a romance with him. She was scared that he may not end up feeling the same way. Even if time was ticking before the magic rose she was given.

"I would love to see you dance." Yamato replies.

"Really?" Sera shyly answers.

"What if Yamato dances with you?" Larri interrupts.

"LARRI!" Sera calls out, irritated.

"It's fine. After all, that's friends do. We help each other." Yamato tells her.

"All right then." Sera responds. Trying not to act so nervous.

"Excellent. I will inform the others." Larri said excitably before calming down. "To get the ballroom ready for later."

"Yeah sure." Sera replies. Her arms folded as she shook her head.

"You'll take us later, princess." Larri whispers as she head in Sera's direction before leaving the dining room.

Unknown to everyone, the enchanted rose that was encased in glass. The first petal dropped from within the container.

Author's Note: I love how Larri gets way into shipping Yamato and Sera. Even though he claims he wants it to progress naturally. Funny because everyone in the castle ships them together. Perhaps Amu and Tusk will also dance as well. You never know...hehehehe.

In the actual movie, they never really went into detail about the ballroom scene in the movie. It just happened. So I am adding some scenes to add more detail. And to make it last longer. I thought it would be fitting to have the castle servants attempt to bring them together. Sera isn't fooled by it but is shy due to her feelings for Yamato, not comfortably with the idea of dancing with him. And not fully aware if he does like her back which makes it all the more complicated since she doesn't want to ruining any chances either.

Anyway, please Read/Review and let me know what you think of this chapter. Thanks.