Chapter 1

"Sakura-san, please stay still."

"No!" Sakura protested and began thrashing around in her seat, causing the maids to flinch and move back. "Let me go!" she took the chance and jumped up from her seat. She didn't waste a single minute and swiftly dashed out the door. The guards outside the building jumped when she stormed pass them, before they realized what had happened the girl had long gone.

"Sakura-san!" the head maid called desperately behind her, frustrated at her escape attempt. Again.

Sakura turned her head while running and stuck out her tongue. You'll never get me! She smiled at her victory, for once she had gotten past the guards outside of her house, now as soon as she crosses the courtyard she'll be free!

"Ow!" Sakura screamed in pain as she slammed into a hard, solid, wall of... kimono? She rubbed her throbbing forehead with the palm of her right hand while staring up at her obstacle with accusing eyes. She suddenly raised her head and straightened her body when she saw the face of the owner of the kimono. Her father, the yakuza.

Well her father is actually the son of a yakuza, he is a very kind man, and he doesn't want to be gangster at all. Sadly he is also loyal to his father and his family, so after his father died he took over and became a yakuza as well. Although because of his kind nature nobody holds any respect for their household, and enemies of the deceased Kinomoto still remains and are out to get her whole family to this very day.

"Sakura-san, where do you think you're going?"

Sakura respects her father, and wants to obey him, but she just can't take it anymore.

"I'm fed up with this, I don't want to be picked up or dropped off in that black car!" he doesn't know how some people always stayed away from her ask if she was some freak, some people avoided her completely, as if just staring at her would be fatal. Others openly gossiped about her, and sneaking accusing glances at her whenever she passed. The only few friends she had still held some distance from her, even though they were kind and helpful, she knew they feared her and perhaps even hated her. She didn't even know if Tomoyo-chan really loved her as she says. Perhaps deep inside Tomoyo is resenting her as well.

One of the black suits finally caught up to her, and slid to a standing position before her father and hastily bowed. The yakuza nodded in acknowledgment. Sakura turned and realized that he black suit was her brother.

"But Sakura, if something were to happen to you..." Toya turned his attention to his disobedient little sister.

"I want to go to school with my friends like a ordinary girl!"

"But Sakura-san!" her father exclaimed with an over dramatic worried expression on his face. "We, the Kinomoto are being targeted, just because of our grandfather's mistakes. It's so misfortunate." Fujitaka Kinomoto closed his eyes in anguish and covered half his faces in despair. Sakura lifted her eyebrows and sighed, then a mischievous smile flashed across her face. When her father finally opened his eyes, he found the spot in front of him to be empty.

"Where did she go!" he exclaimed, looking from side to side.

"She ran away." Toya replied, pointing to the front gate.

"Geez." the yakuza sighed and beckoned a figure standing in the shadows to come. "We'll just send the new bodyguard."