Tomoeda Police Station….
"Officer Leigh?"
A man behind a desk looked up from behind a stack of papers in his hand. He nodded and gestured for the female officer to enter his office.
"What is it Taylor? I'm a little busy." Leigh sighed, looking back at the papers in his hand.
"I got a call today. From a man named Masaku. He was attacked a few days ago but couldn't call because his attacker broke his fingers and he had to go to the hospital. He is demanding that we search for a boy around 17-19, shaggy brown hair, and amber eyes." Taylor said, reading off a note pad she wrote the information on.
"We've heard of this boy before haven't we." It wasn't a question. Officer Leigh knew exactly who Taylor described.
"Li, Syaoran. Member of the Wolves gang, known for public shooting, was involved in a few bombings and assassinations all of which were their enemy gang the Snakes." Leigh rhymed off. It was hard to forget a person such as Syaoran.
"What do you want me to do Leigh?" Taylor asked, putting the papers on his desk.
"Well, unless we find something more helpful as to where we find Li, then we cannot…" Leigh trailed off, staring at one of the pictures of Li.
"What is it?" He heard Taylor ask but didn't answer.
There was a picture of Syaoran standing on a corner of a street, behind him there was a forest. But what Leigh was looking at wasn't Syaoran, it was a path that went between the forest.
That was it.
"I know where to find him." Leigh looked up at Taylor with a smirk and showed her the picture. "Look for this place near the Masaku house hold. It's sure to be around that area. Go." Leigh ordered.
Taylor left as quickly as she could. She rounded up a squad of police officers and eight cars and five motorbikes left the parking lot thirty minutes later.
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Wolves….
Sakura got up early that morning to train with Raven. Sakura winced as she probed a bruise on her shoulder. Raven had gotten her good on that one. But Sakura came back strong and placed a few bruises on Raven as well.
Going down to the kitchen, Sakura started to make some coffee. As the water steamed, she put a piece of toast in the toaster and waited. This was Sakura's normal breakfast at home, but Mei Lin wouldn't have that and Sakura found food being shoved down her throat every morning.
"I hope you're making enough of that for two." Wolf said, coming into the kitchen.
Sakura jumped up onto the counter and got out two mugs. "There's enough for more than two." She smiled and handed Wolf a mug and poured them both a cup.
"That is a very beautiful pendent. I heard it was your mothers…?" Wolf took the necklace in his fingers and played with it, taking a closer look.
"Yes, it's hers. I'm really happy I have it back."
"Sakura, anytime you have to go back to that house, bring someone with you. It's not worth getting hurt by that man again. Do you promise me Sakura?" Wolf took her hand then, squeezing it tightly.
"I promise." Sakura hugged Wolf, holding back tears. Something told her she didn't need to cry.
"You look like you need a rest. Or would you like me to leave you a lone here?" Wolf asked, pulling away.
"I think I'll stay here for a bit. I won't be able to sleep anymore if I take another nap now." Sakura bit into her toast and munched on it. Wolf patted her head and walked back out of the kitchen.
Soon people started to come down and get their own breakfast. Sakura greeted them all, still sitting on the counter. When Syaoran came down though, it was a different story.
Syaoran looked up in a bit of surprise, not expecting Sakura to be there. He then shook his head and looked away, going over to the fridge.
"Why did you do it?" Sakura asked, watching him.
"Do what?" Syaoran snapped, not looking at her.
"Why did you come to Masaku's house? Why would you even be looking for me?" These questions were bugging her since the day it happened. It was almost a week now and he still reacts the same to her.
"I went because I knew Touya would kill me if anything happened to you." Syaoran looked up. "Satisfied?"
"Almost. What did you do to Masaku?" She jumped down from the counter, landing on her sore feet.
"Only a little body mutilation." Syaoran answered.
"Well…that's better than what I was thinking."
"And what were you thinking?"
Sakura walked over to the fridge and opened it, grabbing a bottle of water. "I though you might have put a bullet through his head…not that I would have minded that."
Syaoran sighed and started to walk out.
"One more question." He heard. Turning around he glared at Sakura.
"How did you get the necklace?" That was the thing that bugged Sakura the most. How did he know that that was what she was looking for?
Syaoran stayed silent for a moment, contemplating on how he should answer her.
"He had it in his hand. I figured that was why you went there and nearly got yourself killed for. You know if it weren't for me, you'd be as good as dead right now." Syaoran started to sound cocky even to himself.
"Well what would you like me to do? Thank the person who hates me that saved my life?" Sakura threw back.
"It wouldn't hurt you to do it, would it?"
"Of course not. But do you deserve it?"
Syaoran stopped. He turned around and marched right out the door. Sakura just stared after him, fuming.
Bastard.
When Sakura turned back around, Syaoran came rushing back in. "Sakura drop!"
"Wha-"
Syaoran smashed into Sakura, making them both hit the ground hard. As soon as they were down, bullets started flying through the windows. Sakura tried to look around, but Syaoran's arm was over her head.
"Crawl out to the living room and find Touya and Raven." Syaoran whispered harshly into her ear.
"But-"
"Just go!" Syaoran pushed her out from underneath him and she started crawling towards the door. When she was in the long hallway, the bullets stopped. Sakura looked at the back door. No one was there. What was going on?
Sakura crawled silently down the hall. She stopped when she heard movement and circled around to try and find the noise. Nothing was there. Sakura grumbled something about people playing stupid jokes just to keep her on her toes.
When she turned back around, standing up, a bullet whizzed past her face and planted itself into the wall. Sakura dropped to the ground and started crawling faster and more bullets raced over her.
Why was this hall so long? Sakura sped up, feeling the bullets getting closer to their mark. Where were they? Where were they shooting from? Sakura suddenly felt a burning pain on her calf. She looked back to see a bullet wedged into the ground by her leg where it had scraped her skin.
"Shit that hurts." Sakura grumbled again, standing up and running the last few feet to the door. As soon as she was in the living room, Mei Lin grabbed Sakura's arm and pulled her down to sit behind the couch barrier. A bullet lodged into the wall where Sakura had just been.
"Take this." Mei Lin shoved a gun much like the one Sakura had used in training. "You know how to use it. Just don't think about it ok?" Sakura didn't get to answer because Mei Lin was already peeking over the side and shooting at whoever it was.
Sakura looked around for Touya or Raven. They were on the other side of the room. Raven had looked up at Sakura in that moment and gestured for Sakura to come over. Sakura nodded and looked around, finding a safe way. But there was no safe way, Sakura would just have to run through the cross fire. Goodie.
Sakura gained enough confidence –or idiocy- to run full out over to Touya who was covering for her. Bullets flew past her and she felt them getting closer and closer each time until one finally grazed her stomach. Sakura doubled over, holding her stomach and trying not to scream. Her shirt was ripped just over her belly button and it showed the bullet burn. It had come so close that it started to bleed.
"Sakura!" Sarah screamed. Nicholas held her back so that she wouldn't run out to get Sakura and possibly get herself killed. Instead, Gabriel jumped out of his hiding placed and pulled Sakura back to it.
"You're ok Sakura. Stay calm. You're ok." Gabriel cooed in her ear as he held her. Tears started to rush down her cheeks.
"Let me see. I only want to look." Gabriel held her hands away from her stomach gently. The blood seeped down the rest of her stomach and through her shirt. Gabriel ripped the rest of the shirt and tied it around her wound.
"Fuck!" He suddenly yelled. Gabriel looked at his arm, blood poured down and he knew he was an easy target now, especially with Sakura. He tied the rest of the shirt, pushing through his pain.
"Gabriel! Give her to me!" Syaoran called, coming to them. "They've planted a bomb. We gotta get everyone out. I'll take Sakura, go with Mei Lin and she'll take you to the hospital." Gabriel didn't argue, just got up and ran towards the front door.
The police squads had already moved out and were waiting for them at the end of the street. Syaoran carried Sakura out to the last motorcycle. Syaoran swore under his breath but he couldn't afford to waste time thinking about how awkward this drive would be.
"Sakura. Sakura you gotta wake up for me ok? I need you awake." Syaoran said to her as he started the motor bike.
"I-I'm…awake." Sakura stuttered out.
"Do you think you're ok to shoot a gun? We have no protection and they are waiting for us at the end of the road." Sakura was seated in front of Syaoran so that she wouldn't fall off.
"Yes…I think I'll be fine. Just give me a…second." Sakura pulled open her eyes.
Stay awake. Stay awake. You can't afford to die now.
Sakura shook her head awake. Syaoran slid a gun into her hand and she grasped it tightly. The motorcycle sped out onto the road, where – as predicted- the police waited for them. Some were already after the group that made it through first. Sakura held up her arm, winced from stretching her stomach. She pulled down the trigger and let bullets fly out of the barrel.
"I need a better shot. I can't get them from here." Sakura said. She twisted her body around, careful not to throw Syaoran off. He looked her right in the face for only a moment but trained his eyes back on the road.
Sakura pulled herself around behind Syaoran so that she was on the back. Lifting her arm up, she aimed at the tires of the vehicles chasing them. She managed to shoot down two cars. The motorcycles were another problem though. They moved easier.
Sakura had no choice now but to aim for the people driving the motorbikes. Missing a couple times, Sakura finally figured out how they were moving. Zigzagging their way around them. Sakura faked aiming at one guy when the other man next to him came to the right, Sakura aimed at him and shot. She hit him dead on. His bike swerved right into a light post and started a small fire.
Sakura stopped shooting. She looked back at the large flames that were a mile high. That was their home. They blew it up. Sakura was stunned.
"Watch out!" Syaoran called back to her.
She snapped out of it and looked around. The biker moved in right behind her, aiming his gun at her. Sakura quickly shot her hand up and pulled the trigger. But nothing came out. She was out of bullets.
"Shit! Syaoran! I'm out!" Sakura yelled over the engines.
"Fuck!" He cursed. The biker was catching up. But he was giving them an option. Pull over or die. Pull over or die.
"Pull over!" Sakura called to Syaoran.
"Are you fucking crazy? He'll kill us!"
"Not if we kill him first!" Sakura said, coming back in front of Syaoran and staring him right in the eye.
"Shit." Syaoran grumbled and pulled over.
What are you thinking Sakura?
Syaoran got off the bike and helped Sakura off. The police biker got off of his bike as well and walked towards them, gun raised.
"Down on your knee's, hands on your head, both of you." He ordered. They did as told, Sakura having a harder time because of her stomach. Sakura looked at Syaoran, catching his eye, mentally speaking to him.
We have to kill him.
How?
You know how.
Syaoran closed his eyes and turned away, opening his eyes again. The man pulled out his walkie talkie and pressed a button to talk. As he did this, Sakura swung her leg out and took out his legs, making him fall. Syaoran moved then, grabbing his gun, landing on top of the police officer and shooting a bloody hole through his head.
Sakura looked away. She wasn't used to the sight of dead people.
"We gotta go. He managed to press the talk button on his walkie talkie so someone would have heard this. They'll be here soon." Syaoran said, helping Sakura up.
They sped off, leaving the dead body on the road.
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Snakes….
Tigris led Yoshimi into Vipers office. Viper had called down to speak with Yoshimi. A plan of theirs had gone wrong.
"What is it Viper?" Yoshimi stepped up, presenting herself casually.
"I had a team go out tonight to search out the Wolves. I need more information about these two girls." Viper said, looking up from his computer.
"But something went wrong. The police were there already. Apparently they were looking for Li. Instead, they blew the place up." By the way he said this Yoshimi knew there was a job for her.
"We do not know as of yet as to where the Wolves have gone to, but I need you, Yoshimi, to find out where. Got it? I need to know tomorrow and keep someone on them." Viper threw Yoshimi a cell phone. "You keep in touch with only me on this phone. Any other calls and I will cut your lovely fingers off."
And just like that, Yoshimi was ignored. She nodded and headed back out of the room. "Tigris, get Jonathan. We are going on a bit of a hunt." Tigris headed off into the direction of where he would find Jonathan, leaving Yoshimi alone.
She brought out her own cell phone and dialed a familiar number.
"Hello?" A mans voice answered.
"I need a favor from you again." Yoshimi said immediately.
"What would you like us to do Yoshimi?"
"I need the Wolves whereabouts. Viper seems to think they've gone missing after their hideout was blown up." Yoshimi walked towards the front of the building, playing with her long braids as she went.
The man sighed. "Alright. I'll take the others with me. I got a small sense of where they might be. But it's only a theory so don't count on it."
"Fine, just check back with me later ok?"
"Yeah I gotcha."
"Bye Sayo."
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Tomoeda Hospital…..
Gabriel sat in one room along with Selina and Jamie. Most of them were out in the halls, wandering in between the rooms of people who got hurt. Syaoran and Sakura were nowhere to be found.
"Where do you think they are?" Selina asked, resting her head on Jamie's shoulder.
"I don't know. Last time I saw them, Syaoran was carrying Sakura outside right before we were attacked by a police car." Gabriel said. He brushed his fingers through his black hair and shook his head.
When they had gotten to the hospital, Gabriel had the bullet removed from his arm which now rested in a sling. He complained about how much he hated the things. But Naoko had threatened to staple it onto his arm. That had shut him up…for a while.
Kyle walked into the room then, Mei Lin right behind him. "Rika seems to be ok now. She had to get stitches though. That bullet cut really close to her ribs."
"What about Nicholas? His leg ok?" Jamie asked.
"Yeah he's getting better too. He just needs a cane for a couple days to let it heal." Mei Lin replied, leaning against Kyle. It had been a long day so far. Since they had gotten to the hospital they went through check ups and two surgeries. It was five o'clock now and the sun was starting to go down.
"Hey. Do you guys know what's taking Sakura and Syaoran so long to get here? Touya is having a fit out in the hall." Kyle asked. They had all been wondering.
"We were just talking about that before you came in. We haven't heard anything either." Selina responded.
"I was worried about that. We've asked everyone. Raven has been trying to calm down Touya the whole time." Mei Lin plopped down on the bunk beside Gabriel. She was wiped out, especially after the small adventure she had.
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Speeding down the highway, Kyle avoided the few cars coming after them and the cars that were 'Sunday driving' in the way. Mei Lin did her best to keep her balance and shoot at the same time. They were trying to shake the police for a while now, but they just weren't giving up.
"What the hell are we going to do? I'm running out of ammo!" Mei Lin said, trying to fend off the cars that were slowly getting closer.
"Just give me a second! I'm thinking of something! Hold them off for just a couple more minutes!" Kyle responded. He swung around a large bend and headed onto the bridge.
Mei Lin heard a pang on the engine and looked up at the back of Kyle's head. "What was that?" She called.
"They're shooting and they hit the engine!" Kyle said. He franticly looked around for some place to stop and get off safely before the motorbike caught fire.
"Damn it." Mei Lin cursed.
The bike started to swerve and Kyle couldn't keep control of it any longer. He grabbed Mei Lin's arms and wrapped them around him, securing them together. Kyle pushed off of the bike, jumping. They fell a long way. The bridge went over a tiny river with a million sharp rocks only a few feet from the surface.
Up above, the police cars zoomed by, and an explosion soon sounded from the motorbike Kyle and Mei Lin had just been on.
Mei Lin tucked herself into Kyle's stomach and drew in a deep breath. Once they hit the water, Kyle felt the rocks grazed over him. Too close. Kyle surfaced and looked around for Mei Lin. He had lost his hold on her.
Down the bank, Mei Lin crawled up the muddy, grassy ledge. She let her arms fold underneath her, letting her rest. She was only short of breath for a few moment but got it back quickly. Suddenly she felt arms wrap around her, going over her stomach and turning her over.
"Let's never do that again ok?" Kyle almost laughed. He brushed his nose on hers and Mei Lin giggled lightly.
"I agree. Never jumping off of bridges again." Mei Lin pressed her lips to Kyle's, but he pulled back.
"What else?" He teased, nuzzling into her shoulder.
"Never getting shot at by police." Mei Lin said, her voice getting ragged.
Kyle kissed her neck. "What else?"
"Never…jump off of motorbikes…?" Mei Lin squirmed when Kyle's hands flew over her body.
Kyle laughed. "Sure I'll take that one. But I had something else in mind." His voice suddenly got hushed. His hands stopped moving and Kyle pulled himself up to look down at Mei Lin, making complete eye contact.
"And what did you have in mind?" Mei Lin asked. She placed her hand on his but he pulled it away.
"Never ask my girlfriend to marry me when we are lying on the side of a dirty river. Terribly unromantic that way." Kyle lifted up his hand and took Mei Lin's, sliding a beautiful engagement ring onto her finger.
Mei Lin didn't know what to say. Instead she launched herself onto Kyle. Wrapping her arms around his neck she smiled and laughed and kissed Kyle on the cheek.
"Since I'm assuming that's a yes, now would be a great time to take the initiative." Kyle lightly placed his lips onto Mei Lin's. It soon turned into a bruising kiss, neither one trying to be gentle anymore. Clothes were ripped off and left to sit by the dirty river for a very long time.
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"Guys! Sakura and Syaoran are here!" Eriol called into the room as he ran by. They all looked at each other and bolted it for the door.
In the hall, Syaoran was setting Sakura down on one of the hall bunks. Everyone started to surround them, asking them questions, making sure they weren't too damaged. Sakura was ok, her stomach needed to be looked at by a doctor though, but besides that the worst she could get is a cold. It had started raining outside, soaking the both of them.
"What happened to you guys? We thought you would never turn up." Selina said, jumping into the front of the crowd. Sakura was holding Touya's hand to give him comfort as he and Syaoran sat at her feet.
"We got chased down. Couldn't shake the guy off, so we had to kill him." Syaoran glanced at Sakura, knowing she was still a little put out by the sight of the dead man.
"You should have called one of us. We would have helped you, you know that." Mei Lin said, hugging her cousin.
"Get off. I'm fine, if anything I'm better than all of you. But Sakura needs to be looked at." Syaoran looked away; almost embarrassed that he was concerned for the girl lying by him. Over in a corner he saw a flash of movement, three heads was more like it. Almost like they were spying on the group.
Probably just some nosey kids.
"Hello. My name is Dr. Bruce and I need you all to move so that I may look at my patient." A doctor said, walking through a path the surprised crowd made. "Now let's see what we've got here."
Dr. Bruce removed the part of Sakura's shirt that was wrapped around her wound. He tsk'd and brought out a small bottle and a clean napkin. "This will sting a bit." He warned.
"Oh my fuck! A BIT! That stings like hell!" Sakura squirmed away from the offending sting, glaring at the doctor.
"So I lied a little. It works on most people. Now stay still please. If I don't get this done it will get infected and then where would you be?" He smiled a little, trying to calm Sakura. But his face suddenly went serious. "Might I ask where you got this in the first place?" Dr. Bruce pointed at the scars and bruises including the bullet burn on her stomach.
"Fell in the forest. We were playing a stupid game and she tripped and got that nasty scrape from a rock." Syaoran piped up, covering for Sakura. She wouldn't have been able to make up a good lie on the spot. Not that Syaoran's was spectacular either.
"Well, I think you know what I would say to that. No more games in the forest and she should be fine." But Dr. Bruce didn't sound like he believed Syaoran. He in fact gave Syaoran a warning glare. "Could I speak to you for a moment?" He gestured down the hall.
"Yeah…" Syaoran made eye contact with Sakura briefly, but he followed the doctor.
"I am going to ask you this straight out." Dr. Bruce had suddenly turned around, his face close enough to bite Syaoran's nose off. "Is this girl being beaten by you or any of the others around her?"
"What? No. We wouldn't touch her in that way." Syaoran immediately defended which is not always a good idea.
"Then I wonder how she could possibly have so many scars and bruises on her body. That couldn't have all come from a fall in the forest." Dr. Bruce wasn't giving up. Alarms in his mind were going off.
"Listen, Sakura is anything but harmed by our hands. Her step father has abused her in the past and yes she has fallen in the forest a few times. I was there every time along with her brother." Wrong thing to say.
"So it's you and her brother doing this to her? I could never believe a story such as her step father beating her. Yes it happens but surely you couldn't expect me to believe a bunch of teenagers." Dr. Bruce was treading on dangerous ground.
"I'm going to have to let the police take you away."
Syaoran suddenly felt arms wrap around his elbows, holding his hands behind his back.
"What the hell? I haven't done anything to her!" Syaoran defended, but turned around to find Touya.
"Too late. I've had them taken away too."
"Syaoran!" Sakura yelled from down the hall, running from a nurse's grasp.
"Sakura no! Stay there!" Syaoran said. But Sakura wouldn't listen. She ran until she was right up to Syaoran she put her arms around him and cried.
"They took Touya away! Why did they do that? What…" Sakura felt the handcuffs on Syaoran's wrists.
"What's going on Syaoran? What's happening?"
"Sakura, dear, I'm helping you. These people will be taken away from you now. You won't have to suffer anymore." Dr. Bruce placed a hand on Sakura's shoulder and pulled her away from Syaoran.
"What? I don't understand. Syaoran what's he talking about?"
"Now Sakura come with me. I'm taking you somewhere safe." Dr. Bruce placed a firm hand on her back to push her away.
"Don't you dare touch her! Sakura run! Just run away. I'll come looking for you. I-" Syaoran was cut off, receiving a blow to the head. All he heard was Sakura's scream.
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"Yoshimi?...Yeah, it's me. We found them." Sayo said into his phone.
"Good. Where are they? I going back to Viper soon, he'll want to know." Yoshimi answered from the other end.
"They're at the hospital. Seems they got roughed up a bit." Sayo looked around the corner eyeing Rika a little. She had a few scrapes and was holding her side for some reason but otherwise was in perfect condition. A doctor had started working on Sakura. Sayo heard her yell.
"Do you know what happened? I heard there was a police chase. Was that them?"
"I believe so." Sayo looked back at Kaji and Yumi. "I don't think they're going anywhere soon though."
"Perfect. Keep an eye on them and if they move call me and stay on them alright?" Yoshimi instructed.
"Yeah. Don't worry. It'll all be…Shit where'd they go?" Sayo said, looking around. The group had suddenly disappeared. But down the hall it looked like there were some police officers carrying somebody away.
"What? What happened? Sayo tell me." Yoshimi begged over the phone.
"I think they all just got taken in by the police."
"…Shit."
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OK! So. This is getting a little intense here. I like it. I'm pulling all of this stuff out of my bum bum. Sorry if there are grammar and spelling mistake stuff…I wrote this late at night.
Ladybutterfly- it's all good, I was just a little stressed, probably overreacted.
