Author's note: Hi everybody! Welcome to my first CCS fanfic. Please have mercy, it's my first one. Don't forget to leave your opinions about this fic. Now on with fic….

Oh yeah! I forgot to do the disclaimer

Disclaimer: I do not own CCS or its characters, it belongs to CLAMP.

PS If this fic is similar to any other one then it is entirely coincidental. This idea is my own.

Chapter 1: The arranged marriage.

Princess Sakura Kinomoto was angry.

"How many times do I have to tell you, mother? I don't want an arranged marriage!" she said impatiently but politely.

The Queen sighed, "I know, dear, but it is the only way to prevent more wars. Tomoyo, dear, you are engaged to marry the Prince's cousin. They will be arriving tomorrow."

Princess Tomoyo Daidouji gasped, "Aunt Nadeshiko! Am I going to marry as well?"

"Yes. Your mother has told me that you shall meet the Prince's cousin along with Sakura"

The Queen got up and added, "They will be arriving tomorrow. Please get ready." And she walked out.

"I can't believe this is happening. Why did we have to be born as Princesses?" Sakura paced up and down.

Sakura Kinomoto was the Princess of the Kinomoto kingdom and Princess Tomoyo Daidouji was her cousin.

Sakura loved to play out in the garden and grow her own garden. She also learnt martial arts. She was cheerful and had bubbly and enthusiastic aura around her.

Tomoyo was quite different. She was an excellent seamstress and an amazing cook. She always made dresses for Sakura and enjoyed watching Sakura wearing her clothes.

Tomoyo giggled as she looked at the stressed out Sakura, "We could runaway" she suggested, jokingly.

Sakura stopping pacing up and down and stared at Tomoyo

"Tomoyo, you're a genius" she shouted hugging Tomoyo

"I am?"

"Yes, of course. We could runaway." Sakura cried triumphantly.

"Sakura, are you mad? Our mothers will get worried sick about us"

"Come on, we'll write a note to them saying we're sorry or something. Besides they also married for love not an arranged marriage. They must know how we feel" Sakura said impatiently.

"But…"

"Do you want this marriage to happen?"

Tomoyo shook her vigorously.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's put our plan into action!"

Meanwhile somewhere else,

"No." said a stubborn voice. "I'm NOT getting married."

"Syaoran, please," Queen Yelan said to her only son.

"Stop it mom! I said no and you can't make me do it," the angry prince retorted glaring at his mother.

"Syaoran Li. You ARE getting married and that's an order," his mother replied giving him the exact same glare. "That goes for you too Eriol," she added to her nephew, who was standing quietly in a corner jumped on hearing his name.

"But auntie Yelan, you know we can't get married to someone we don't even know," he protested.

"Nonsense, the two princesses are fine young girls and I'm sure you'll get to like them," his aunt replied being stubborn another one of the famous characteristics that ran down the Li family, besides the family glare.

"Let me not to the marriage of true minds

……Love is not love.

Which alters when alteration it finds…" Eriol suddenly recited gesturing dramatically.

"See, even great poets say that marriage should be of love," he told his aunt. His aunt's frown disappeared but she said, "I'm impressed, Eriol but the marriage is already fixed. We're leaving tomorrow," She said going out of the room.

Syaoran's mouth dropped open, "What!"

Princes Syaoran Li and Eriol Hiiragizawa were cousins but were completely unlike each other. While Syaoran preferred martial arts training and sports, Eriol would rather read a book in a library or sit and enjoy nature in the palace garden. Syaoran was an isolated island who mostly spends time alone, and Eriol, on the other hand, was charming and usually attracted people to him. But despite all their differences the two of them generally got on well together, you might as well go as far as saying that they were best friends.

Once his mother left, Syaoran fished out a traveling bag from his wardrobe and began tossing his clothes grumbling to glory. Eriol stared at him wide eyed.

"Uh… exactly what are you doing Syaoran?"

Syaoran gave his cousin a glare, "What does it look like? We're leaving."

"You sure about that?"

"Well duh! Unless you pack I may as well leave you behind," he replied taking a piece of parchment and quill to write a quick note to his mom.

"You're smarter than you look," Eriol stated packing his stuff into a similar travel bag and a pillow came flying towards him in response.

"Tomoyo, have you got everything that you want?" whispered Sakura.

It was past midnight and the two princesses were packing their things to runaway.

"Yes" replied Tomoyo and checked once again.

Some money, Change of clothes a shawl and some food. "Let's write the note and leave" she said.

In a little while Sakura and Tomoyo crept out of the palace and ran into the forest leaving a note that said,

Dear mother,

We're really sorry about running away but if you were in our position you would have done the same thing too. Please don't worry about us. We'll come back when we're ready.

Take care.

Love,

Sakura and Tomoyo.

"Come on, Eriol, you're too slow." Prince Syaoran hissed at his cousin.

"I'm coming"

The two Princes tiptoed to the stables.

"Let's go, Leon" Syaoron led his horse outside and jumped on it. He rode outside the palace gates and into the forest.

Climbing on his horse, Pegasus, Eriol too followed Syaoron.

And so at the same time, two princes and two princesses ran away from their castles…

Author's note: That's the end of the first chapter! Sorry if its short, I'll try to make the other chapters longer. I hope you like it cuz it's my first CCS fic. Please don't forget to review. Adieu!

PS: The verses are taken from Sonnet 116 written by Shakespeare. I'm hopeless at writing poems!