So this chapter is mostly about Yue and his memories of Alicidale. Meiling and the fight card will be soon. Maybe next. Who should be after them? I need openions. Suggestions are always welcome. And, it's not my fault that I don't update quickly. I'm also doing a Naruto story(Not Love:Loneliness) and a Shaman King(Fight for Dominance) story. Just a little advertisement in case anyone wants to read. So, who do you support more, Li x Sakura or Sakura x Yue? It probably won't affect the story because I haven't decided any officals pairings. Just wondering.

Three Moons of Alicidale

Yue flew holding Sakura in his arms, Li running behind them. 'This girl...' Yue thought. 'Something about her is exactly like the princess.'

I remember her well--Princess Ala--as I was so often by her side. Her reddish hair and bangs, orangish eyes, soft skin... I was always intrigued by her eyes. They always betrayed so much of her.

I could never understand why Queen Ari left her only daughter to me. Under my watch, she would surely lose all innocence. I was too stern for a child's guard. Too serious, dutiful. I don't think a single person in the kingdom has seen me smile. Though when I pointed this out to the queen, she smiled.

"Is your heart truely so cold Yue, that you can ruin a child's innocents?" She asked me.

I stared at her. It was a joke, I realized. She sat back in her thrown with her head leaned on her fist. Her blue hair-- moonlight colored-- laying all around her. Long and to her ankles almost. Her deep green eyes sparkled with delight and her lips twisted into a smirk.

"I'm teasing."she clarified. "I do not believe your heart so fridget. In all the years you've stood by my side, not once did a smile grace your lips. A childs laughter may be just the thing to brake that tightly pressed mask. No daughter of mine can be negatively effected by you, Yue. I am certain that you will grow fond of her."

Then that was all. There was no more discussion after that. I had been at the queen's side for years as her guaard and protector. Surely she knew I was not suited to be around a child.

However, as I should have expected, Queen Ari knew me better than I did. Her word was absolute, final, and true. Always.

I grew fond of the child in time.

I saw the princess often at first. When the quees card for her, I gazed upon the small princess. I was to belong to her one day. The queen often commented on my presence there. "You look like you may be accustomed of her already."

"Not really." I replied, looking away.

"Oh, but isn't she just wonderful?" She would smile. "Won't you hold her just once?"

"I don't believe I should imprint on such an infant." I replied.

"Oh, Yue." She'd smile. "I can't wait for the day you abandon your dutiful ways for love."

"You discredit me!"

"No, no. You will fall in love, I predict. You can't change much, Yue, but love will find you and break that professional mask of yours."

"This time i must doubt your word."

We had many moments like that. Suddenly, though, one month after Alicidale had it's princess, she sent me away. Another castle--her favorite subjects, she said. I didn't understand.

I returned to Queen Ari once the princess reached four. The queen and her daughter were the first sights to greet me. Queen Ari wore a domestic smile as she placed her hand on top of her daughters head. "Ala." she said gently.

The princess looked at me shyly, nervously. Her voice was shaky and soft. "Are you...my knight?"

"Yes."

She wrapped her arms around my legs tightly. "I missed you!"

I watched the princess for years. Kind-hearted and innocent, she inherited her mother's happiness. There were profound differences in the queen and her daughter that didn't quite surprise me. Their humor, mannerisms...

When the queen spoke, there was an air of familararity, the princess spoke as if she had just met you. Overly polite at times, kind, shy. She had a child's humor, the quen ranged from teasing to comforting in her own humor. The princess never seemed to lose innocents and her eyes were easy to read. I had doubts in her ablity to rule, just as I had doubts that Sakura could control the clow cards.

The thing I most wish to correct is my lack of faith. If I could chose to do it over, I would have made Queen Ari's words a lie. Just that once, it should have been a lie.

"You are just the type to be altered by love, though I don't think you'd change all that much."

"Be ready. We're almost to the top." Li said.

"Yue?" Sakura asked. He was still carrying her and she'd stopped crying quite some time ago. He glanced down at her. "Are you alright?" She asked hm. Her eyes were full of concern.

"You shouldn't be worring over me." He said, looking to the top of the stairway. "There is battle ahead."

When they reached the top they thought they'd entered another world. There was snow everywhere and it fell from the clouds high up. There was a strong, wind blowing. They couldn't see anything but snow.

Both Li and Yue seemed to prepare for what would soon come.