Hey!! Finally I got to update this chapter!! Its much longer than the previous one's so I hope you like this one too!! Now for the disclamer:
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"All Hail The Prince!"
Sakura's POV
I waved good bye to my father and Reu as the carriage took off for the royal castle. Reu knew I did not think much of the prince, heck I did not even know what he looked like! If other girls would hear me they would think I was some savage beast from the middle of nowhere. But I could care less I have my own problems right now and I have no time for any kind of love...AT ALL!
"Little Lady." I looked up from the floor and saw the driver smiling at me. "We have arrived." I smiled back.
"Arigato Remi-kun." Remi was Reu's son. He's two years older than me. His eyes are as blue as the sky and his hair as black as the night. He was so nice to me even though I only talked to him when I could get out or when I went to school when I did he was never mean. But when I smiled he frowned.
"Little Lady please, if you cannot smile please do not, it is better to show your feelings clearly than hide it from the ones that love and care about you." I was taken aback by his sudden statement. He had never said anything of the sort to me and much less with a serious tone.
"Ne, Remi-kun please pick me up at 12:30 I want to get home early alright?" Remi sighed but nodded. I got off the carriage.
Remi's POV
'I wonder how much more of this she can take. I'm sorry I can't protect you from your father Sakura...but I'll do my best by the sides of cheering you up when I can. Its all I can do..for now.'
Sakura's POV
'I wonder what he meant by that.' I shrugged off the thought and went inside the castle. It was packed! People were dancing and drinking and there were about 3 lines just to say hello to the Prince. To some extent it was pathetic. But then I saw a line of men I looked up and saw that they were waiting to say hello to Tomoyo, I giggled. She waved at me and I just smiled holding my wounded and bandaged cheek hoping she would not see it.
-With Tomoyo-
"He did it again..." Tomoyo said to herself looking at Sakura sadly.
"What?" Prince Eriol turned to Tomoyo a gentle smile crossing his lips. Tomoyo blushed a bit and turned back to the line.
'I'm glad I still have that affect on you even though you've been gone such a long time Tomoyo.'
"Its nothing Prince Eriol." Tomoyo said playing with her hair. Eriol cringed at the Prince part.
"Its Eriol." He said. Tomoyo turned to him and looked at him curiously. "E-ri-ol. Remember? That's my name not Prince but just plain Eriol."
"Oh...right. Eriol-kun." She repeated whispering his name he smiled.
"Good. Now that that's done with. You know I can see right through your lies." Tomoyo looked away again.
"Don't worry about it, it'll only cause you more trouble..."
'I don't want to do that not to you.'
"Anyways I already have a plan." He chuckled.
"You have not changed a bit Princess Tomoyo." Tomoyo frowned.
"T-o-m-o-y-o."
"Huh?"
"My name is Tomoyo, not Princess Tomoyo just Tomoyo."
"But you never..." Eriol said in surprise but Tomoyo shook her head.
"To you my name is Tomoyo...I-I don't like when you use formalities with me," Tomoyo whispered the last part but Eriol could still hear her.
"I see." He said with a playful smile. "Then Tomoyo it is." She stood up.
"And you know Eriol...me not changing. Its a good thing too!" She said walking over to the other prince.
"Same old Tomoyo huh? The one I have been in love with since childhood and still cannot mange to tell her." He chuckled to himself. "Yep, same beautiful and graceful Tomoyo."
"Hey Li!" Tomoyo hissed into his ear. The other girls shot her a death glare but she just ignored them. She already loved someone else so it was no use getting upset over Li Syaoran.
"What?!" He hissed back at her.
"I need a favor from you." He glared at her from the side of his eye.
"What makes you think I'll do it?"
"Because if you don't I could tell all these girls to start kissing and hugging you!" He growled.
"What is it?"
"I have a friend that could really some help right now."
"So why can't you do it? Its your friend!!" Tomoyo put a distant look on her face.
"Because I can't help her anymore. I wish I could but..."
Li hated to see other people suffer, that was the only reason he accepted the title of Prince, to protect the people he loved and to protect his kingdom. If that was not what motioned him then he would be even more selfish and cold than he was now. And Tomoyo out of all the people, she was the one suffering his childhood friend that was something that could not go without dealing with.
"Please Li...help her." Tomoyo looked at him with pleading eyes. He sighed.
"Where is she?" Tomoyo smiled.
"She just went to the balcony. Left Wing."
"Alright, You'll pay for this Daidouji."
"I don't mind."
Normal POV
Li walked strait through the crowd of screaming girls. He did not even glance at any of them. He knew they were very beautiful but in his eyes they all looked so ugly! All two faced and didn't care about anything except themselves and money, that was the main reason he was so cold to them more than the opposite sex. And he thought that the girl Tomoyo was talking about was just another conceited rich brat. So he was no really looking forward to helping out. When he reached the balcony he closed the doors and the curtains. This way no one could see what he did.
Sakura's POV
I heard someone close the balcony door and curtains. My heart pounded hard when the thought of my father came into view. Tears wanted to get loose but I would not let them. I would never let them fall until I found someone that could make them! I covered my head with my hands and my body began to shake violently just thinking of what he would do to me. I could feel someones hand raise and I could hear their hands rushing down I waited for the stinging pain of his hand but it never came.
"Are you alright?" I heard someone say in a warm and concerned voice. I looked up and saw Prince Li. I may not know what he looks like but its kind of hard not to know his name when its all over your classroom.
"P-Prince L-Li..." I took a deep breath and wiped away beads of tears that had formed at the sides of my eyes. "Please do not scare me like that."
"Whatever, I'm only here on a favor so I don't care if your scared or not." My hands formed into fists and a fresh batch of tears started to sting my eyes like a thousand needles being poked into my eyes.
"If you don't care...if you really don't care...WHY ARE YOU HERE!?"
Syaoran's POV
"Whatever, I'm only here on a favor so I don't care if your scared or not." She looked back down at her hands and I could see them clenching into fits.
'What's up with this girl?' Then she finally spoke.
"If you don't care..." She started "If you really don't care...THEN WHY ARE YOU HERE?!" She looked back up when she shouted at me and I could see she was trying to hold her tears in. I felt bad. Not just bad I felt horrible and somehow seeing her emerald eyes shinning with tears and her facial expression filled with anger and sadness made me feel even worse. Then I realized. She was not like the girls inside. She was something much more. "Why are you here then? Why can't things go back to the way they were? Why?"
'What is she talking about?'
"When mama, Touya and father..." I could hear her forcefully holding back her tears and choking In the process. She was trying not to cry, trying to be strong, stronger than she actually is. I could see it. So clearly. She was a beautiful creature every curve in her body perfect a lovely face and enchanting emerald eyes to match her figure. But she was too pale. The only good thing about it was that it brought out her eyes much more. But I could also see she was small and weak, barely able to go with herself, she was too fragile to be played with and to beautiful to have the guts to even touch such a goddess. Without thinking I gently took her chin and made her face me she gasped in surprise. I looked straight into her enchanting emerald eyes.
"If you try this hard not to cry maybe its better if you let it out..." I put my hand to her chest feeling around for her heart beat when I found it I patted her heart. "If your heart and yourself are hurt so badly." Her eyes watered even more and her frown began to deepen her eyes narrowed and in the process her tears began to fall. With a sharp intake of breath she broke down. I let her bury her face into my chest and I hugged her tightly as she cried her heart out. From then on I could see...this girl...the one I have just meet by chance...her heart was broken into several pieces and she needed someone to put it back together. Piece by Piece. Poor soul. Poor beautiful soul. I wish I could help her a little more but at that time...all I could do was let her cry on me. In me. Letting my body absorbing all her grief and sorrow.
12:30 am
"Your Majesty?" I heard a firm yet gently voice call out to me.
"Yes." I answered back. "What is it Yukito?"
"Sir there is a carriage outside waiting for a girl named Kinomoto Sakura do you know of her? The ladies at the ball say they don't know." I looked at the sleeping girl in my arms and smiled.
'Sakura...Cherry Blossom huh? I like that.'
"Here take her, I'll talk to the carriage driver." Yukito cam in and waited for me to give her to him. When I tried to make her let go of me but she wouldn't, instead she held me tighter.
"Don't let me go back, please I'm scared of him...really scared." Then I suddenly felt something wet fall on my shirt. When I looked down I saw her crying in her sleep and her face turned from calm to scared. I sighed.
"Yukito."
"Yes?"
"Tell the driver that Miss Kinomoto Sakura will be staying at the Royal Palace and before nightfall tomorrow she will return home."
"Yes my Prince."
"And tell Ruby to prepare a guest room, I'll be waiting in my quarters."
"Right away." Yukito left I prepared to go through the balcony back upstairs but then again I don't need those girls staring at me. So I decided to just jump to my room, and that's what I did, I jumped to my room. Sadly the window to my room was locked.
"Damn Security." I picked the lock and it successfully opened. "I'm going to have to change that lock later." I laid the Kinomoto girl down on my bed and tucked her under the sheets tightly and comfortably. She stirred a little and woke up.
"L-Li Oji..." I frowned.
"Go back to sleep Kinomoto it's late." She shook her head stubbornly.
"No...I-I...Arigato..." She said her eyes closing. "Thank you...for...caring..." She fell back asleep.
"Kinomoto." I sighed sadly. More tears come flowing out of her closed eyes lids. I put my hand to her face hesitantly...'Screw it!' I wiped away her tears gently, and caressed her cheek slowly and softly. "Wonder what's really wrong with you." I whispered. I shook my head furiously. "Damn weaknesses." I mumbled under my breath. That's what always got to me, seeing girls suffer, especially girls. I pulled up a chair beside the bed and waited for Ruby to take her to a room of her own. Without realizing it though, I fell asleep and for some bizarre reason I held her hand and kept holding it until morning. This had to be the most interesting birthday ball ever.
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Preview: Chapter 4: Questions
Sakura's POV
"W-Where am I?" I looked around the room and it was well...green. I heard someone groan beside me I jumped and looked down, I gasped. "P-p-p-prince L-Li." I whispered his name as if it was forbiden for me to say and in some ways...it was.
'But if he's here than...' I felt something squeeze my hand gently but still tight enogh for it to seem it was protecting me. I took off the covers and saw that he was holding my hand
'Has he been holding my hand all this time?' Uncoinciously I sqeezed his hand gently and in that moment in time we held each others hands protectivly without moving an inch.