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Chapter 1: Hate Check.
Sakura winced as she ran past the familiar park, the familiar pain in her back returning. Stopping completely, she leaned against a tree to catch her breath. The morning fog was thick and she couldn't see anything past three feet in front of her.
The sun rose in the background as Sakura ran around the corner leading up to her house. Her bangs pasted to her face with sweat and the hot pink track suit suddenly felt heavy but she momentarily closed her eyes before breaking out into a sprint. Without stopping, she leaped over the small fence outside the small yellow house and rushed in.
As she kicked off her shoes a smell reached her nose. "What smells so good?" She called into the house taking off her sweatshirt and hanging it over her shoulder.
She stepped into the kitchen and her father smiled at her. "My cooking of course."
Sakura smiled and gave her father a kiss on the cheek, "Good morning daddy."
"Good morning sweetie." He replied and went back to his cooking. Sakura raced up the stairs taking two at a time when the bathroom door opened and her brother came out in his uniform the steam escaping behind him.
Both siblings stared at each other before looking at the bathroom. Sakura ran and managed to get there before him. She stuck her tongue out momentarily before closing the door. "Sorry oh so lovable brother! You're just gonna have to wait now."
"You better not take long Sakura!" He threatened, banging his fist on the door.
Sakura laughed in response and a second later the house shook with the blaring music coming from the bathroom.
"Meiling we're gonna be late!" Syaoran called up the stairs.
"Wait, just give me another second!" She called back down.
Syaoran groaned and stopped a passing maid. "Get her down here." She nodded and ran up the stairs. Wei came in through the front door and walked straight to Syaoran. "Master, your car is ready."
"Thank you, Wei." Syaoran sighed. He stared at the ring on his left hand and smiled. It was his promise ring. 'To the one girl that my heart will always belong to.' The he frowned. 'And the girl that's gonna dump me if I don't go pick her up soon.' "MEILING!"
"Coming!" She yelled back and Syaoran kicked a vase. "I'm leaving!"
So he did and Meiling ran down the stairs and kicked at the dirt outside as she saw that he had left. 'Freaking Syaoran…'
Syaoran was halfway to his girlfriend's house when his phone rang. A blush came over his cheeks as he answered. "Hello."
"Hey Syaoran."
"What's wrong?" He asked sensing the serious tone.
"Syaoran…I'm pregnant."
"Stupid, stupid Syaoran…" Meiling muttered again as she kicked another rock by the park. It had been half an hour since she had left the house and it was still another half of the way to the school.
She heard a car slow down behind her and a whistle come from the driver's side.
Whipping around she rested her hand on the pocket of her skirt where a cold blade lay underneath and started yelling. "YOU FREAKING PERVERT!"
The window rolled down to reveal a smirking girl with an apple slice in her mouth, looking as if though she were about to laugh. "Sorry babe just can't resist."
"Geez Sakura." Meiling whined, moving her hand. "I thought I was gonna get raped or something."
"I can't guarantee anything." Sakura teased and unlocked her doors. "Get in beautiful."
Meiling laughed and got in the passenger's seat. Sakura started moving again and glanced over at her. "Why were you walking?"
"Syaoran left me again." Meiling muttered, stealing an apple slice.
"Forget him. One day he's gonna find those signs of herpes and a pregnancy notice from his demon girlfriend then we can all have a good laugh." Sakura laughed turning into the school parking lot. "A hundred says it'll happen in the next month."
"Shit." Meiling cursed as she saw a group of about twenty people in the parking lot. "We're late."
Both girls got out and it got deathly quiet as the crowd started to part and two people came walking towards them menacingly as Sakura leaned back on her car and smiled sweetly. "Good morning Mr. God."
"Sakura." Meiling warned frightened.
Sakura looked at her then at the boy in front of her and smiled talking directly to him. "I'm not scared of him."
"You're late." Syaoran bit out.
"And the sky is blue." Sakura responded with a smile earning a few snickers from the crowd.
"Why?" Syaoran asked, the muscle in his jaw twitching in anger.
"Because if I hadn't picked her up, this chick," She pointed back at Meiling. "Would still be somewhere downtown. Apparently some jerk left her at home with no ride. Can you believe that? What an ass."
"Hey girlie, watch your tongue." The girl next to him spoke in a threatening tone.
"Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey." Sakura cut her off and walked towards her. "Hey. You do not call me girlie got that? Besides we all know where your tongue has been so let's not talk about dirty tongues alright?" Sakura said nodding towards Syaoran.
"Don't talk to me that way slut." She replied.
"Dear Melanie, let's not be talking about sluts either alright." Sakura said with a wink.
Melanie huffed and looked at Syaoran for support. Syaoran opened his mouth to say something but Melanie beat him to it. "Look I don't know who you think you are but you do not talk to me like that because if you do you won't live another day to use that smart mouth of yours."
Then was when it got really quiet. Sakura got off the car and walked until she was inches away from Melanie's face. "I think and I know that I am second in command for the girls. I will talk to you however I want because I worked my way to my position and by work I don't mean sleeping with the leader like you did, alright." Sakura's voice dropped to a very low whisper that Melanie barely caught. "We both know that the thing growing inside of you is not Syaoran's. Let's not get testy because I will repeat it louder."
Then Sakura stepped back and laughed as she picked up her backpack. "Don't have a fit; it's bad for the baby."
A gasp rose from the crowd and tears leaked from Melanie's eyes. "You bitch."
Sakura shrugged and leaned against one of the guys, stealing his soda. "I've been called worse and I'm you have too."
Melanie took off running and Syaoran glared at Sakura. "We'll talk about this later." Before grabbing his things as well as Melanie's and running after her.
Once they were out of earshot a cheer rose from the crowd.
"The evil witch is gone." Someone called out and everyone laughed including Sakura.
"That's right Eriol nothing to fear now." Sakura smirked.
Tomoyo came out of the crowd, a camera in hand. "I'll add this to the collection." She giggled. The bell rang in the distance and the crowd shifted towards the school. Sakura and Meiling were in front and Sakura laughed.
"What's so funny?" Meiling asked.
"You owe me like a hundred now."
"Nuh-uh." Meiling denied. "We haven't seen any signs of herpes."
Sakura smiled. "Yet."
Syaoran tapped his pencil impatiently on the notebook resting in his lap. Where was that girl? She's ten minutes late! Sure enough the doors opened revealing a giggling Sakura on the back of one of the soccer players. She sent a flirty kiss to him after he had seen Syaoran and taken off running.
Sakura's smile faded into a disgusted frown at the sight of Syaoran. She smiled and walked right past, him climbing up the tree behind him expertly in her uniform skirt. "So…where's your whore?"
"She's not here ye-" Syaoran stopped himself as he saw the amused grin on Sakura's face appear. "She's not a whore."
"I'll wait." Sakura replied smiling and swinging her legs. "It takes two to apologize."
"What?" Syaoran asked, not quite following.
"That's the only reason why I wasted my time coming here right? You two were gonna apologize to me…right?" Sakura asked in a dangerously low tone and despite the smile on her face, the look in her eyes scared even Syaoran. As soon as it appeared, it was gone and Sakura was cheery again. "So how's the kid?"
"What are you talking about?" Syaoran asked, turning his back on her.
Sakura rolled her eyes and jumped down. "Stop being such a dumbass we both know about the soon to be child."
"THE soon to be child?" Syaoran asked turning around and Sakura laughed.
"Oh god, you didn't think it was yours, right?" Sakura said and she turned to the tree again. Syaoran, however, had taken enough. She turned her around and grabbed the collar of her shirt before pinning her up against eh tree so that she was at eye level with him.
"I suggest you keep your mouth shut Kinomoto or you'll regret what comes out of it." He whispered and Sakura looked down to see her feet about a foot off the ground. "Do I make myself clear?"
"Crystal," Sakura chocked out showing so signs of fear or backing out. "But that doesn't mean that I'll give a-" Sakura started but Syaoran had slammed her into the tree making her head whiplash.
Then a freshman came running up to them. Syaoran put Sakura down and she fixed her collar as the boy told Syaoran something before scurrying off. He turned to Sakura and looked away. "She's not coming. Let's make this short shall we?"
"As short as your fuse?" Sakura muttered looking down as she finished fixing her shirt.
Syaoran's temper flared and Sakura knew this. "One day Kinomoto…" He turned and started walking away. "That mouth of yours will kill you."
"My mouth or you?" Sakura tested. "Or your 'kid'?" Sakura laughed before walking off in the opposite direction. Syaoran fingered the dagger in his pocket, dangerously close to 'accidentally' flinging it in her direction.
"Not my kid?" Syaoran asked himself then chuckled. "And she says I'M the dumbass."
"Hey sexy." A guy called out as the cheerleaders and soccer players ran out of the locker room.
"Hey." Eriol called back and Tomoyo, who had been recording, broke into a fit of giggles.
"Babe, don't go gay on me." She called out and Eriol turned around, now running backwards and winked at the camera as it zoomed in on him.
"Don't worry 'bout that." He winked again before bumping into the coach. Tomoyo giggled again and zoomed out as she turned to the girls.
"Great job at hiding it Sakura." Tomoyo said zooming in on the small bulge in Sakura's sock.
Sakura had been tying her shoelaces. She looked up at the camera from her position and smiled. "It didn't fit in my bra sorry. Unlike most people I actually already have something to put in there."
"Hope you weren't referring to me because I'll kick your ass." Meiling said as she passed by, sticking her tongue out at Sakura.
"Don't stick your tongue out at me cause I won't give it back Meiling." Sakura joked and Tomoyo faked a sigh.
"Not another one." Tomoyo giggled and spun around. When she stopped she focused on the opposing team. "Uh-oh."
Some of the girls, including Tomoyo, Meiling, and Melanie, gathered around Sakura.
"They wouldn't pull something here, would they?" Someone asked.
Sakura shook her head. "It's too public." The girls left again leaving Sakura with Tomoyo and Meiling. Sakura motioned for her to point the camera at her. She faked a smile for the screen and Meiling and Tomoyo caught on. Tomoyo turned off the recording but Sakura talked anyway, keeping a forced smile on her face. "I want both of you to be ready to jump in at any moment."
"But you just said-" Tomoyo started, still smiling.
"I said that to keep everyone calm but they've got other plans. When you can, take a look at their cheerleaders. That's not the Gashire Prep cheerleading team, they brought their girls." Sakura said keeping her smile. She turned onto the field and caught Syaoran's eye. He nodded at her as the team huddled. As Sakura was turning back to the camera she felt an icy glare. For a brief second she glanced over at the other side and saw that the other team and the other squad had been watching her the whole time. She flashed them her smile before turning back to the camera. "Get our things Tomoyo and keep them with you."
Tomoyo nodded and patted Sakura on the back playfully. "Take care of yourself."
Sakura smirked. "Always."
"Daidouji, get to the announcer's booth now!" Tomoyo looked around to see where the voice had come from and Sakura and Meiling shook their heads at her naivety.
Eventually Tomoyo left and Sakura turned around to face her squad but gasped and almost fell back. Meiling caught her and looked at her worriedly. "Are you okay?"
Sakura nodded and turned back to the field. "Fine, perfectly fine." She squeaked.
The whistle blew signaling half time and Sakura was still shaking. Meiling, still smiling went over to her before pulling her under the bleachers. "What the hell is wrong with you?"
"I don't know." Sakura sighed and felt relief when the coach called them back to sidelines forcing Meiling to giver her space. Throughout the routine, Sakura glanced over at Melanie who looked perfectly normal. Sakura shook her head it must've been her imagination. Sakura stiffened as she was thrown into the air along with Melanie, then it happened again.
Instead, of Melanie's smiling face, Sakura saw a skull, not flesh, just a skull. She freaked and loosened her body as she fell. Instead of feeling the basket at the bottom Sakura collided with the hard ground.
She heard gasps throughout the stadium but thought, not everyone could have been watching me, right?
Then she heard Tomoyo's panicky voice over the system. "Hey you jerk get your filthy hands off my boyfriend!"
"Daidouji!"
There was a rustling and Tomoyo ran out. Sakura, who still felt a sharp pain in her back felt something being dropped on her, a small cold gun.
'I can't move.' Sakura thought. But in a quick movement she sprang to her feet and for the first time saw what was going on. The stadium was filing out quickly as the tams on the field went into a full brawl. It wasn't long before she heard it, a gunshot.
Flipping the safety off her gun, Sakura ran into the fight. She ran into Tomoyo, who had been ready to join in, on her way. Sakura pulled her back. "Call the police."
"But Eriol-"
"NOW TOMOYO!"
Tomoyo scrambled off and Sakura focused her attention on Eriol who was caught between three guys and their weapons. Sprinting full speed she managed to knock one out with a swift kick to the head and knock the gun out of another's hand.
Eriol grasped his hair and pulled his hand back as the blood dripped from it. Sakura tossed him the gun that she had gotten from Tomoyo and pulled the pocketknife from her sock.
The jump that Sakura had done to knock the first guy out was giving consequences as Sakura felt a sharper pain in her back now.
She managed to stagger out of the bunch as the sirens wailed in the distance. Everything tilted and turned for Sakura and she bumped into somebody. A gunshot rang through the stadium and Sakura felt warm blood trick down her as she fell to the ground.
"Sakura!"
"Melanie!"
Both girls were on the ground. Sakura had landed face down and Meiling face up. Tomoyo and Meiling ran to the fallen Sakura as Gashire scrambled and left in panic of hearing the sirens.
There was a choked sob next to them. Sakura was pulled up as she opened her eyes and leaned on Eriol.
Suddenly Eriol and Tomoyo were pushed out of the way as a gun clicked.
Sakura looked up and saw Syaoran, gun pointed straight at her head, standing in front of her, ready to kill.
"This is your fault."
Everything will be explained in the next chapter. Why they're fighting, the story behind them, and everything else you guys might want to know.
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