Author's Note: Wow! All the reviews made me so happy! Here's the next chapter! This chapter was originally around 20 pages. Usually, my chapters are only 8 or 9 pages. I decided to split the chapter into two. That way, my beta wouldn't have to edit something so long and I wouldn't keep you guys reading a long chapter. Well, it does mean that I can post the other chapter up a little early. Also, if you haven't noticed, I chanced my name from DiamondRose3 into XxPink PetalxX. Yep! : )

Italics stand for thoughts.

Thanks to my beta Star Muse.

Disclaimer: I do not own Cardcaptor Sakura.

Last Chapter:

Sakura smiled at him. "You know, you look all mad, unemotional, and mean on the outside, but you are really nice and kind. Thank you for everything! I enjoyed my time with you. Remember to smile! I'm sure that it'll look great on you," she said innocently. Sakura gave him another smile before she walked out of the room and shut the door gently.

She left a surprised and shocked Syaoran Li standing and staring at her retreating back. "Did she just tell me to smile?" he thought incredulously. He walked to the table and sat on the chair, leaning back as he thought about what she had said. "I wonder how long it has been since I've smiled… All that she has said… Why?"

End of Last Chapter

Hey you guys!" whispered Sheifa in a quiet voice. "Did you hear about what happened?"

The other four girls sitting at the library table looked up from their book in curiosity. They shook their heads in unison, leaning closer so that they could hear about what Sheifa had to tell them.

"I was eavesdropping on all of his conversations with the girls…Anyways, guess what?"

They all leaned a little bit closer, wondering what was so interesting.

"Syaoran had actually asked a girl…What was her name? That cute one that Tomoyo came running in about the other time?"

Tomoyo raised an eyebrow delicately. "You mean Sakura Kinomoto? The one who always has her auburn hair in a bun? She's the one with the emerald eyes."

"Yes, her!" said Sheifa. She could no longer contain her excitement as she blurted out what happen. "Syaoran actually started a conversation with her! He asked her a question!"

Fanren dropped the book in her hands as her warm brown eyes widened in pure shock. "He actually talked?!" she shouted.

At once, Fuutie raised a finger to her lips. "Shhh!!"

"Oops. Sorry!" whispered Fanren. "Seriously though, he actually talked to a member of the female population?"

Sheifa nodded happily. A large grin was on her face. "Can you believe it? Our cold, cute little brother actually talked!"

"I had also heard something…" said Feimei. "…about them."

The girls snapped their heads toward her way. "What did you hear?" they asked eagerly, full of excitement.

"I heard it from a young maid. Early afternoon, she came running toward my way acting all happy. She kept begging to somehow have Sakura win the contest. She said that Sakura had protected her from another woman in the contest, who was about to hurt her. Then she blabbered on and on but I kind of was only listening to half of it," said Feimei sheepishly.

"And…?" asked Fuutie asked, knowing that there was something else.

"The maid said something along the lines of, 'And the prince, he is actually very kind! He walked right over to Sakura. I think that was her name. I saw her friends calling her that the other day. She had auburn hair that was in a bun and she had bright green eyes. Anyways the prince walked over to Sakura and protected her!!' Yeah that's one thing that I heard pretty clearly." Squeals and screams of happiness filled through the air.

"Did you hear? Did you hear?" asked Fanren to Fuutie. "Our brother stood up for her!"

"I heard something too," said Tomoyo. "Actually… I kind of saw it."

All the girls turned her way, knowing that this was going to be some interesting gossip about Syaoran again.

Tomoyo told them the long story about how she was by the infirmary and that she saw Syaoran putting something on Sakura's hand. She made sure to include all the details and that she left nothing out.

Silence filled the air after Tomoyo was done. They stared at each other and suddenly burst out into more squeals. "He touched her hand!!" they screamed childishly.

Yelan was standing out by the door of the room with a small smile on her face. The door wasn't completely shut and so, she was able to hear everything through the small crack. "Interesting…" she thought.

Meanwhile, Sakura and her friends were arguing with Midori and Kotone…again.

"Get out of my way!" shouted Midori. Her brown eyes were filled with fury. She tossed her short green hair backwards.

"You are so ugly," Kotone said disgustedly. She fluffed her red hair as her matching colored eyes looked away.

Sora sighed as she shook her head. "I pity you guys. Can't you come up with at least a half decent comeback? At least come up with one that is new."

Miyu spoke. "Yeah, I don't think that's going to be happening anytime soon. They are kind of…um…Slow?"

Hikari stood on the side watching the quarrel. "Alright, let's just go."

"MOVE OUT OF MY WAY!!" shouted Midori.

"Y-y-yeah!" shouted Kotone. "Otherwise you guys will get hurt badly."

Sakura stood in the back sighing. Hikari smiled at her. "Kind of annoying isn't it?"

Sakura smiled back. "You can say that again."

Midori stomped her feet on the ground childishly. "I told you ugly peasants that you are going to move out of the way so we can walk past you!"

Sora rolled her eyes. "Here we go with the 'ugly peasants' thing."

Miyu raised her eyebrows. "I can see that this isn't going to get us anywhere."

Kotone screeched. "I told you guys to…"

"Hey, hey, hey!" said Kero as he rounded the corner of the hallway. "What's going on?" Yue and Syaoran walked right behind him, side by side. Syaoran stopped walking as he rolled his eyes.

"Another 'cat fight'," he muttered under his breath.

Yue laughed quietly. "I guess you've seen enough already huh?"

"I've definitely seen more than enough." He quickly hid behind Yue so that they wouldn't see him.

"Kero! Yue!" shouted Sakura as she walked forward. "What are you guys doing here?"

Kero smiled happily at the girl. "We were just walking around and we heard her screech. Is there anything wrong?"

Sakura shook her head. "Just your daily fights."

Kotone walked forward, enchanted by him. "Don't listen to her. There is nothing interesting about her. However, on the other hand…I would suit your tastes," she said, completely off subject.

Sakura looked at her, confused. How did the subject get to something like that? "Um, you know that we are cousins, right? I'm not after him."

Kotone's face turned bright red. She huffed, trying to conceal her blush from the embarrassing mistake that she had just made. "That's what they all say."

"But it's true," said Kero innocently.

Kotone lowered her head as her face heated up even more. She stomped her feet and stood next to Midori.

Midori just rolled her eyes. "Of course she's your cousin. Otherwise you wouldn't even hang out with her right?" asked Midori as she stepped right next to Kero.

"Wrong," said Kero bluntly. Midori's eyes widened in shock. "But look at her and look at me!" she shouted as she pointed to Sakura and herself.

"Yes…?" asked Kero.

"There is absolutely no way you can compare her to me!"

"Well, didn't you want me to compare you two? Isn't that why you told me to look at her and look at you?" asked Kero confused.

Midori's face heated up in anger. "Whatever!" she said as she stomped down the hall. Kotone followed her in angry steps.

Syaoran walked out from behind Yue after they had disappeared into the hallway. "I'm glad they didn't see me," he muttered.

Sakura smiled when she saw him. "Hello, Prince Li."

Syaoran nodded slightly in response.

"Hey Sakura, come look around with us," offered Yue.

Sakura turned around and looked back at her friends, asking for their permission. They nodded their heads and smiled in amazement. Who knew Sakura had so handsome cousins? Hikari made eye contact with both Yue and Kero. She looked away. "Come on, let's go," she said. They walked toward the direction they were heading toward before they were interrupted by Kotone and Midori.

"So," said Sakura, turning toward the prince and her cousins with a warm smile on her face. "Where are we going?"

Yue looked at her. "We are just looking around the castle, nothing much."

"Alright, lead the way then," Sakura said, as joyful as ever.

Kero and Yue took the lead while Sakura walked alongside Syaoran in the back. Syaoran sighed silently. He couldn't exactly walk away from her and walk in front of everyone. He was left with no choice. He had to walk with her.

Sakura started talking. She didn't like the silence. "So, what are you doing today?"

"Nothing," muttered Syaoran coldly.

"Really?" asked Sakura, not knowing what to say to that comment. "He must really hate talking to people. He barely says anything."

Sakura glanced ahead at her cousins. They were already in a deep conversation about something. "So…" she said, trying to start a conversation again. "How are you?"

"Okay."

"That's nice… I see that you know my cousins."

Syaoran just nodded his head.

"Do you talk to them often?"

"Depends," he said in a stone voice.

"We are going to check up on how everyone's training. Do you want to come, Sakura? Or would you rather stay?" asked Yue suddenly.

"I'll come," she said.

Soon, they got to a door that was leading to the outside. Kero opened it and let everyone pass through. Syaoran took the chance to walk up front with Yue and away from the girl. Kero walked side by side with her. They followed Yue, who had walked up to someone and was speaking. "Hey, everything alright?"

"Yes, everything's alright. We have had a few fights here and there though," replied the man.

Yue nodded his head and walked away.

Sakura looked up to Kero. "Hey Kero, what exactly do you guys work here as…and why?"

Kero spoke. "We have all sorts of different jobs here. We kind of do everything and we have a high status. It's kind of confusing."

Sakura looked at him. He didn't answer her second question. "Why though?"

Kero looked at her in fake confusion. "What do you mean why?"

"Well, you disappeared years back and I find you suddenly working here…"

"Hey!" shouted Kero caught sight of the men fighting across from them. He was spared from Sakura's question. Yue and Syaoran were already there, trying to make sense of what was going on.

Sakura just shook her head sadly and backed away slowly. She turned around and sighed. Slowly, she walked out to the deserted fields. "I wonder why no one's there right now." There happened to be a tree right next to the fields of wheat. Sakura slumped down onto the hot and soft dirt ground, sitting on the other side of the tree so that she didn't have to look at what was happening. She leaned against the hard wood of the tree. The sun shone brightly and the air was just so refreshing. The shade provided enough shelter from the bright sun.

Sakura smiled as a small breeze of air flew by. It felt good, but it was too bad that she never put her hair down anymore. It used to feel so nice, the breeze that made her auburn hair fly. Now though, her hair was in a tight bun with the sharp chopsticks in her hair. Sakura sighed out loud. The sky was a really nice shade of light blue. She was lost in her thoughts as her emerald eyes followed a white fluffy cloud passing by slowly.

"What is it with Kero and Yue? They are so distant these days. Every time I ask them something, they always hide it and change the subject. We used to be so close and now… I don't know anything anymore." She leaned her head back as she brought her knees up to her chest. Her arms rested on her knees.

"What on earth happened to them? Did they do something bad? Why did they leave? Why won't they tell me anything? Don't they trust me? It hurt. They just had left, leaving behind only a letter.. I didn't even get a chance to say goodbye. They just left…without saying anything to me…And now? Are they welcoming me back? No! It sounds as if they didn't even want to see me in the first place. What happened?"

"Hey, you!" shouted a man. She felt someone sit on the other side of the wide tree. Sakura was about to speak but another man came along and started talking. She was relieved, he wasn't talking to her.

Thankfully, neither one of them noticed. Now all that she had to do was stay silent until both of them left.

"Man, I dunno why those men were fightin' over there. They were all up at each other's throat and everythin'," the first man spoke with an accent.

"Think it was about something with the ladies in this castle."

"Ain't the prince so lucky?" asked the first man. "He got the pretty little girls at his feet."

"Jealous much?"

"I'm smart 'nough to know that bein' jealous ain't gonna do anythin'," he said. "By the way, did ya hear about those people?"

"People?"

"Yes, people as in those guys. The long silver haired guy and dat golden haired person."

"No… What's to know about them?"

"I heard dat they are workin' with the queen and king with some kinda agreement of something. Heard it straigh' from a good source," he said proudly. "Ugh! Time's up. Gotta go back to work now."

"Yeah, don't remind me," he grunted. Slowly, they both walked away.

Sakura sat there in confusion. "…Some treaty with the king and the queen? Well, then nothing bad happened to them. But what treaty? For what? Why? It's pretty sad that I found this out from another person. Seems like I was the last one to know anything about them. Why won't they tell me anything? I thought we were cousins…"

"Hey, what are you doing there?" asked another man's voice. Sakura froze as she squeezed her eyes shut tightly.

"Tell me he's talking to some other man like last time. Don't let him find out I'm here. I don't want to bother and explain everything about why I was here and such. I just want to be alone for a few seconds."

"Hey! Kinomoto!"

Sakura jumped up slightly in shock when she heard her last name being called. Slowly, she turned her head and saw the prince. Quickly, Sakura jumped up and dusted herself off.

"Prince Li!" she smiled brightly.

Syaoran pointed behind his back with his thumb. "They are looking for you."

"Oh… I see," said Sakura with a small frown, then suddenly smiling again.

"What was she so unhappy about? I thought I had seen a frown on her face… Then again, she's always happy and smiling. I doubt she knows what pain is."

"Prince Li?"

It still came as a shock to Syaoran when she called him "Prince Li" and not his fist name. She was the only girl who did that.

"Yes?"

Sakura looked behind him. "I don't see Yue and Kero."

Syaoran looked behind him. Yue and Kero were no where to be found. "I'll let them know I found you. Another contest is starting a half hour. Go back to your friends until it starts."

Sakura smiled. "Alright thanks! Bye!" she yelled as she walked away while waving.

Syaoran nodded his head as a goodbye. "Why was she standing alone by this tree?"

"Another contest…" she whispered to the small breeze. They had already had quite a few. There was a contest everyday…usually. "Wonder how long this one is going to last," she said as she looked up toward the bright blue sky. Standing by the door, she turned the knob and walked back in into the dark, compared to the bright sun. Sighing, she mumbled to herself. "I miss you… mom, dad, Touya, Kaho…Why haven't you replied to my messages yet?" All the mail that she sent, she never got one back yet. Maybe it was because her letters didn't get through yet or it might be that the letter back was lost.

While walking down the hall, her friends suddenly appeared. Putting a smile on her face, she greeted her friends. "Hey."

"Sakura, come on!" shouted Miyu energetically. "Another contest is going to be starting soon!" Miyu grabbed her hand and dragged her down the hall. "I heard its balancing books on your head and carrying trays and stuff. Not sure but it's starting in a half or so."

Sakura laughed as she was continued to be dragged down the hallway. "You seem energetic."

Miyu smiled. "Yep!" She turned her head behind her and looked at her other friends. "Hey, Sora, Hikari, let's go!"

They all smiled at their hyper friend. Walking down the hallway, they chatted happily.

Sakura smiled. She was glad that she had her friends. They were very close to each other. It would be a lot harder for her if she didn't have anyone to talk to. At least they helped her keep her mind off of the thoughts about Yue, Kero, and the rest of her family. One thought did run through her head though. "If those guys talking by the tree were saying the truth then Kero and Yue are both having a treaty or an agreement with the king and queen… What agreement? Why? Why aren't they telling me anything? How come they are here? Do my parents even know about this? So many things... What's the truth?"

Author's Note: Here's the chapter. I'm pretty sure that you know that the next chapter includes another contest. : ) Please review!!

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