Heya :D Sorry it took so long to update this one :( But here it is!
Sakura lay comfortably in her bed, ignoring the burst of sunlight that sunk into her room. Fumio's family had taken great care of her for the past two days; fed her, gave her her own room, and even bought her a little alarm clock for school. Sakura had gratefully accepted everything, a smile always on her face. Though, Mizuki always had an air of nervousness to her. Everyday she had kept her distance from Sakura, causing Sakura to be a bit curious. But, she kept no ill mind about it. The alarm clock that was given to her rang loudly, making Sakura groan. She lazily hit the snooze button and turned on her side; hoping to catch some more sleep before school.
"Sakura! You awake?" Fumio asked.
"No..." Sakura grumbled.
Fumio snickered at her. "Well we're leaving in about 10 minutes!" Fumio said, slinging his backpack over his shoulder.
Sakura sat up, brushing her ginger bangs out of her face. "I hate you..." she said.
Fumio pouted. "Your not a morning person are you?" he asked.
"What do you think?" Sakura hissed.
Fumio shrugged and ran his fingers through his dirty blonde hair. "So you gonna get ready?" he asked.
"Not while your in here!" Sakura said, standing up from her bed and sliding her door closed, locking it.
Sakura stretched then put on what one of the few outfits she had brought with her; her school uniform consisted of a blue mini-skirt with ruffles at the bottom, a blue and white top, a small tie, and blue socks that go up mid-shin with brown slip-on shoes. Looking in the mirror, she tame her wild hair with a brush but found it wasn't working at all. Sighing, she pulled her hair up in a low side ponytail and stepped out the door, but turning back quickly to grab her beads, then closed the door behind her.
"About time!" Fumio mumbled.
"Thanks for waiting for me." Sakura said.
"No problem, but we have to hurry or we'll be late!" Fumio exclaimed, running with amazing speed down the sidewalk.
"You know I can't run as fast as you!" Sakura called after him, jogging.
Fumio turned back and snickered. "Climb on my back then." he said.
"I'm not sure that's safe" Sakura muttered.
"Please, we've been best friends since 3rd grade. You know I wouldn't do anything that would hurt you." he said, rolling his eyes impatiently.
Sakura sighed. "If i get hurt..." she grumbled but was stopped by Fumio. He picked her up and slung her over his back and then took off with the same speed, Sakura clinging to his neck.
"How are you this fast!?" she screamed.
"I'm the horse remember?" he laughed, speeding on.
They came upon the school, getting a few curious glances from their classmates. Fumio set Sakura down, stretching.
"I'm never doing that again." Sakura grumbled, leaning against a rail to steady herself.
Fumio chuckled a bit to loudly. "Well I had fun!" he said.
"Of course you did!" Sakura said, finding she had started to laugh herself.
"Well I have to get off to class. See ya around!" Fumio called, walking off to his class.
Sakura smirked. How'd she get to be friends with that? Suddenly, she looked down at her wrist instinctively to find her beads were gone. Fear coursed through her as she tried to think back to where they were. She wasn't normally this frantic about her beads, but it seemed now that Kyo's rants were getting to her. She quickly sifted through her mind where she left it. She had definitely put it on when she left for school. Had she dropped it while Fumio was running? Sakura shook her head, she had to be more careful. She turned around and walked back to Momiji's house, looking down at the sidewalk for her beads.
"Looking for something?" a man said, leaning against the rails.
"Yes, have you seen a bracelet..." she said but was stopped when he held up her bracelet.
"Thank you!" she said gratefully, reaching for it.
The man smirked and held it out of her grasp, a smirk on his face. "Now hold on, how do I know it's yours?" he asked.
Sakura furrowed her brow in annoyance. "It is mine. I need that!" she growled.
"Why do you need this cheap bracelet?" he asked, swinging the bracelet on his finger.
"My..um...grandmother gave it to me." she said.
The man let out a snicker. "Your horrible at lying." he laughed.
"Oh shut up! Just give it to me?" she said, outstretching her hand.
"Your just gonna have to get it from me aren't you?" he said, a challenging look dancing in his green eyes.
"No." Sakura said, glaring madly at him.
The man shrugged. "Fine by me, I'll just keep it then. Looks better on me anyway." he said, putting the bracelet on his wrist.
"Dude, just give it!" Sakura yelled.
"Why should I? Finders keepers." he said.
"I need that bracelet!" Sakura yelled.
Suddenly, she felt a presence behind her. She turned around slowly to see Takeshi glaring rather angrily at the man. "Just give her the bracelet." he growled.
"This your boyfriend?" the man said, smirking.
Sakura felt herself moving away from Takeshi in fear, although it was abnormal for him to stand up for her. "No, he's not." Sakura said, her voice trembling.
"Well I can see you two don't hold a very good relationship." the man said, frowning.
"Hand over the bracelet." Takeshi growled.
"Or what?" the man said with a bored expression.
Takeshi clenched his fists and let his brown hair fall to his face. "You'll be sorry." he spat.
"Takeshi! I can take care of myself!" Sakura yelled.
"YOU HAVE NO SAY IN THIS, YOUR THE ONE WHO LOST THEM!" Takeshi yelled at her.
Sakura felt tears threaten to spill but she quickly turned her head.
The man frowned even more. "I think you need to leave her alone." he said.
"Stay out of this! Just hand over the freaking bracelet!" Takeshi yelled.
The man shrugged and handed the bracelet to Sakura which she put on quickly. "Happy?" he said in a bored voice.
"Yes" Takeshi growled, walking away furiously.
"Don't leave yet, you don't want to miss this." the man said, smirking.
Takeshi turned around slowly.
The man took Sakura in his arms while she was turning around. But, when he looked at her; he found an orange cat. "...What?" the man asked, confused.
Sakura stiffened. "Put me down!" she hissed at him.
The man blinked at her then set her down on the sidewalk.
Takeshi took the man by the neck and pinned him against a wall. "You bastard." he growled.
Sakura sat down and wrapped her tail around her paws. At least her beads were on, this could've been much worse.
"Set me down!" the man said, struggling.
Almost at once, Sakura felt herself change back into her human form. "Crap!" she yowled, jumping behind a bush, a cloud where she once was.
The man looked away. "Not to be rude or anything but put on some clothes please." he muttered.
Takeshi let go of the man long enough to hand Sakura her clothes, looking away with a light blush on his face; but it wasn't noticeable.
"Thanks..." Sakura muttered, putting on the clothes.
"Your coming with me." Takeshi growled, leading the man toward the Sohma main house where he planned to have his memory erased.
"Wait! Stop!" Sakura called after them, putting on her shoes. She ran with cat-like grace toward them and blocked their path. "You know memory erasing is a last resort!" she said.
"I don't care." Takeshi seethed.
"Well I do! Maybe it's a good thing someone knows!" Sakura pleaded.
"How is it a good thing?!" he growled.
"I..I don't know." Sakura admitted.
Sakura looked to the man and had only just noticed he was wearing a suit. He had jet black hair and was rather tall. "He's a MAN, not a teenager. I think he knows not to tell." she said, crossing her arms.
"Ya. I won't tell." the man said awkwardly.
"We don't know that!" Takeshi growled.
"What's your name?" Sakura asked, earning a facepalm from Takeshi.
The man smirked. "Tai Watanabe" he said, smirking.
"I'm Sakura Sohma, that's Takeshi Sohma." she said, motioning to herself and Takeshi.
"So where do you work?" Sakura asked, trying to ease some of the tension.
"I'm a doctor down at the hospital. I was on my way there when i saw that bracelet. Then you came up and you know what goes from there." Tai said.
"You don't need to take him to Yuki." Sakura said, looking to Takeshi.
"Stop being stupid! He's going to expose us!" Takeshi yelled, glaring at Sakura.
"You've heard the stories Hatori and the others have told us about memory erasing! I don't want another thing like that!" Sakura argued.
"Then how do we deal with this then?" he muttered.
"I...I don't know. I'm sure Haru would know though!" Sakura said.
"Fine then. Let's go see Haru." Takeshi growled.
"Ok..." Sakura said, leading the way.
Takeshi shook his head and dragged Tai along. As they neared it, they were passed by many fire engines; blaring their horns. Sakura widened her eyes, "Where do you think the fire is?" she asked.
Takeshi shrugged. "Does it matter?" he grumbled.
As they came upon Hatsaharu's house, a thick wall of flames erupted from it's roof. Sakura's grandparent's house was on fire.
