AN: Hi! It's me again back with my
fifth CCS fic! I kind of took down one of my fics because it was getting
no where and I didn't know what the heck to write next X.X Ok, this story
is one of my midevil stories like Unwinding Destiny, set back in the time
of princesses and princes! I hope you like it and R+R pueeze ;)
Disclaimer: I don't own CCS/CC or
its characters, they belong to CLAMP.
By ~Xiaoling~
Chapter 1: This is Ridiculous
Sakura yawned and stretched her arms as she got out of bed. Today, was her sweet sixteen party and her father had organized a big party for her since she was now officially a young lady.
"Princess! Are you awake?" Came a voice from outside her bedroom doors.
Sakura frowned, she wanted to sleep more, but she had to get ready for the party. "Yes, I'm awake."
Two servant girls came into the room, one carrying a tray of hair accessories, and the other carried a long flowing gown. They smiled at her and started to comb out her long auburn hair and placed tiny little cherry blossom clips along it.
"You look stunning your highness!" The first servant praised at her work, while the other servant got Sakura into a light pink silk dress with crystal cherry blossoms along the bottom.
"The dress is a perfect fit! Your majesty will be very pleased!" The second servant beamed.
Sakura smiled at them both and thanked them for helping her. And as they left, a flying yellow bear came out of Sakura's night table drawer.
"Kero!" Sakura exclaimed happily.
"Looking good Sakura-chan!" Kero gave her a big toothy grin. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!"
Sakura giggled, "Not so loud Kero! People will hear you!"
"Oh well," Kero shrugged. "Remember what I told you last night?"
Sakura rolled her eyes and nodded, "Yes, yes! I must remember to bring you desserts from the party including those puff cupcakes that the cook is so good at making."
"Yeah!" Kero was nearly drooling.
"Keep that stuff in your mouth," Sakura giggled and went to her balcony to stare down at the kingdom.
Her father, King Fujitaka, ruled the whole kingdom by himself with the help of some of his advisors and sometimes even her older brother, Prince Touya. Sakura's mother had died when she was three and they had no cure for the sickness, and so she passed on. Sakura frowned sadly. *I wish you could be here mom....*
Sakura took out something like a telescope, but it was more old fashioned. She raised it to her left eye and she peered out across the green hills. If she squinted, she could sort of make out the lines of their neighboring kingdom, the Li Kingdom. She had never been there, nor have them. And she had never met anyone from there, but she had heard that they were very fierce at times, and very good fighters even the girls.
"Sakura, what are you looking at?" Kero asked.
"The Li Kingdom," Sakura replied. "I've heard that they're really mean people! I don't even want to meet them."
Kero sat on the railing of the balcony. "The Li Kingdom neh? The descendants of Clow Reed..."
"Clow Reed?! Really?!" Sakura exclaimed.
"Yep kiddo," Kero said. "They're direct descendants of Clow Reed himself. So they all possess magical abilities probably."
"Like me?"
Kero nodded, "Like you."
Sakura placed the telescope back
in her drawer, and little did she know that someone had been looking her
way too.
Prince Syaoran Li, heir to the throne of the Li Kingdom, stood at his balcony with a telescope raised. He usually didn't like to stand at his balcony and look down upon the kingdom, but today, he had a feeling he wanted too.
He looked as far as he could, and he could see the lines and shapes of the Kinomoto Kingdom, their neighboring kingdom too. He had heard that they weren't fighters at all, and usually just wanted peace.
"Weaklings," He muttered.
But, he didn't need anymore things to worry about. He had turned sixteen since a couple months now, and his mother had wanted him to marry. Except that they just hadn't found the perfect princess for him to marry yet, and he didn't even want to marry.
"Xiaolang!!!"
Syaoran sighed anime style as he felt someone pounce on him. It was none other then his distant cousin Meiling Li. She was an oddball of the family, she didn't possess any magical abilities and no one knew why. She just didn't.
"Get off me Meiling," Syaoran grunted.
Meiling frowned and got off him with her arms crossed. She was a princess, but quite a jumpy and moody one. "Fine. What were you looking at Xiaolang?"
"The weaklings," Syaoran replied simply. He knew Meiling knew what he meant by that.
"Oh that kingdom," Meiling walked over to the balcony. "So, has your mother found anybody for you to marry?"
Syaoran shook his head, almost happily. "No, and thank god I didn't have to marry you."
"Hey!" Meiling frowned. Queen Yelan, Syaoran's mother, had first thought that Meiling should be married to Syaoran. But then Syaoran protested greatly and threatened that he would not take the kingdom after his mother's death, and so Yelan gave up.
"You know, you're going to have to marry someday weather you like it or not," Meiling said and left.
Syaoran frowned, he knew Meiling
was right. He couldn't keep on running from all the princesses that his
mother wanted him to marry, he would just have to get through with it.
Sakura glanced around the ballroom for her best friend, Princess Tomoyo Daidouji of the Daidouji Kingdom. She hadn't seen Tomoyo for a couple weeks now and she really missed the girl.
Suddenly, hands were clamped around her eyes. "Guess who!"
"Tomoyo-chan!"
"How'd you know!" Tomoyo unclamped her hands and twirled infront of Sakura.
Sakura smiled, "I just do!"
"You're turning 16! Wow!!" Tomoyo squealed.
Sakuara sweatdropped, "Yeah..."
"May I have this dance with you my princess?" Came a voice from behind her.
She swirled around and saw a dark haired boy standing there. She shrugged and relunctantly danced with him, and a couple more people and finally it was time to eat.
Finally, at the middle of the meal, King Fujitaka stood up. "I would like to make an announcement."
Everyone went silent.
"I hearby declare, that my daughter, Princess Sakura, will be engaged in one weeks time!" King Fujitaka smiled at his daughter.
Sakura's mouth dropped open, and her eyes went wide. "What?!"
Everybody was clapping but then stopped when they heard her.
"But I don't want to be engaged!" Sakura exclaimed and jumped off her seat.
"Now Sakura, we'll talk about this later," Fujitaka said.
Sakura sat back down gruffily. "Argh." She murmered.
Tomoyo frowned, "Maybe you'll like who your going to be engaged to."
"Impossible," Sakura replied with a sigh.
"Or maybe your father won't be able to find someone for you to engage to in a week. Maybe it'll keep on lagging and lagging!" Tomoyo tried to cheer her friend up but to no avail.
After the party, Sakura decided to set things straight with her father. What was he thinking? Leading her life for her?
"Father! I do not wish to be married this early!" Sakura exclaimed.
"You are not going to be married," Fujitaka replied calmly.
Sakura blinked at him. "Hoe?"
"You are going to be engaged. Not married at least yet," Fujitaka said.
Sakura groaned, "There isn't much of a difference! I want to choose my own husband! And not when I'm 16!"
"It's a normal age to get married dear Sakura," Fujitaka explained. "Many princesses like you have already married."
"Tomoyo-chan hasn't!" Sakura shot back.
"Hasn't, which means she might soon," Fujitaka said. "Let's just drop this subject Sakura. You will be engaged in a weeks time and that's final."
Sakura frowned and stormed out of
the room. "This is ridiculous!!"
"What?!" Syaoran jumped off his chair.
Yelan looked at him calmly. "Yes, in a weeks time you will be engaged to someone and that's final. We have dragged this on long enough and you're nearly 17! So it's final, no arguements."
Syaoran stomped out of the room furious.
"In a week?! This is ridiculous!!"
AN: Well, I think you guys can all guess who's going to be engaged to who @.@ But they haven't even met yet, who knows, maybe Sakura and Syaoran might actually like each other when they do meet ^.~ Anyways, stay tooned and review onegai!