The chapter we've all been waiting for… xD
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Title: Authentic Divine
Summary: While walking home from school one day, Sakura stumbles upon a deadly gang war between the Serpent Wolves and an unknown opposition team. While doing open fire, the leader-to-be grabs Sakura and takes her back to base... what now? SS
Genre: Romance/Action/Adventure
Aging: Sakura: 17 – Syaoran: 21
Chapter 7: Even in Reluctance
"Syaoran," she whispered the name of the leader-to-be of the Serpent Wolves.
Sakura glanced at the digital clock and saw it read twelve am. She rubbed her face and looked around at her surroundings. There was a night light that was turned on to give the room some illumination and the windows too brought in the moonlight. Sakura frowned, remembering the horrid decision she had to make, about joining the gang or not. After that dream, Sakura was unsure of everything.
Well, not everything, she was sure of one thing. 'In my dream, I'm in love with him.' She thought. Perhaps it was a sign? She wasn't so sure anymore. Sakura was definite she won't be able to fall asleep and she was locked in the stupid room too unless somebody opened it for her. Considering it was midnight, nobody would do so.
So Sakura did the next best thing, watch late night television. She found the remote on the coffee table and clicked on the television.
"Are you looking for erotic sensation?" Came a wannabe sexy voice. Sakura groaned as she flipped through the channels. Apparently, only sex shows happened at midnight.
"What do people do, look for sex tips? Ugh," Sakura groaned as she found a music channel. She smiled, hearing one of her favourite songs play. It was an English songs, one of the few English songs she listened to. Sakura heard the singer had a not so good rep, but this song was amazing.
Stars are Blind, by Paris Hilton. Sakura hummed the tune, not watching the music video. The video was rather, stupid, but the song was anything but.
"What did that dream mean?" She murmured to herself.
Syaoran was in the living room, also deep in thought. How'd he end up in Sakura's dream, and why was it so, clear now? All of this was so unreal, and the fact that he was a King looking for the Authentic Divine was also something unreal.
'Does this mean my search lasted many lifetimes?' he thought to himself. He picked up his bottle of beer and took a huge gulp. He glanced at the Tranquilizer, hearing music seep through the cracks of the door.
'The girl's still a teen,' Syaoran thought, still sipping more beer, 'why do we have to make her join? Only because she's the emerald savior, or because of other reasons? Past reasons?'
Syaoran got up and decided to have a little discussion with the girl. He knew she was awake and he knew she wasn't going to fall asleep anytime soon. He picked up they key to the Tranquilizer and walked towards the door, determination flooding each of his steps.
"SAKURA'S BEEN WHAT?" Touya roared into the phone, totally expected by Fujitaka. Fujitaka sighed as he continued speaking to his son.
"Yes, she's been kidnapped. I called the police, son. They're on their way."
"I'm coming, NOW!" Touya roared.
Fujitaka knew there was no stopping Touya so he didn't bother fighting back. "Your school?"
"We're on a three week term holiday," Touya growled, "Yukito and I are coming down tomorrow morning!"
Fujitaka glanced at the grandfather clock and saw it was quarter past midnight. 'How long have I been home for?' he thought as he returned his attention to the phone.
"See you then, Touya."
"Bye," Touya growled as he slammed his phone down.
'Whoever took my sister,' Touya snarled in his head, 'will pay with his life.'
Syaoran unlocked the door and slowly opened it. He opened it just enough to see Sakura lying down on the sofa, her eyes slightly open, obvious she was thinking. Syaoran crept in and closed the door again. That was when Sakura noticed him.
She squeaked as she sat up on the sofa, using the covers to cover her. (I felt so weird writing that. Covers to cover her… o.0)
"Hey," Syaoran greeted as he sat on the far end of he sofa. Sakura nodded the greeting back, using the remote to turn off the television. Syaoran was silent for a few moments, not sure why he was here.
'Why did I come here?' he thought, his previous wonders fleeting his mind. What was he thinking of before he came here.
"You aren't asleep yet?" Sakura's meek voice spoke up. Syaoran glanced at her, his passionate amber eyes boring into her being. Sakura squeaked as she looked away, not liking yet loving the way his eyes looked at her.
"Couldn't sleep, seems the same thing applies to you?"
Sakura nodded, not looking at him at all. Syaoran had two guns placed firmly in his holsters. He always had his guns with him when he was awake. Wherever he went, he had guns. He only took them off at night, and even then there's one on his night stand and one under his bed.
"What brings you here?" Sakura murmured.
"I live here," Syaoran replied flatly. Sakura blushed in embarrassment; knowing that was true and he could be wherever he wanted to be whenever he wanted to go there. She shut up after that and it was silent for a full round number of five minutes.
Syaoran finally decided to talk to her about what he wanted to talk to her about. He finally remembered.
"You know what you have to do, right?" He asked, not hiding the fact he was examining her body. The covers were thin and it was loosely over her figure. She did have a nice figure, by what he could tell. He remembered she had an hourglass when he dragged her to this mansion and he remembered perfectly how light and soft she was when he carried her after paralyzing her.
"Basically," Sakura whispered, her eyes never meeting his.
"What do you have to do, then?" Syaoran said, testing her. His voice wasn't forceful, but for once in years, he was talking softly to a complete stranger.
'Stranger in this lifetime,' he decided in his mind.
"Join the Serpent Wolves?" Sakura asked, finally rising her eyes to meet his gaze. Syaoran looked into her mesmerizing emerald pools. Her eyes held a sense of innocent, a certain innocence that'll vanish if influenced by a gang.
"By your choice," Syaoran said, surprising himself and Sakura.
"But Mei Lin-san said that I have to join, I don't have a choice in the matter."
"Mei Lin isn't the leader but I'm as close as you can get."
The confused look on Sakura's face proved what Syaoran had to do. He rolled up his short sleeve and revealed a very intense looking tattoo. There were two golden wolves eyes with their black pupils inside of the mouth of a serpent. The fangs were pointed and sharp and the inside of the mouth was pure black. The tattoo was pretty big, and Sakura could see small letters under the mouth of the serpent. She could easily make out the words, Leader.
"That is some intense tattoo." Sakura whispered.
Syaoran nodded as he lowered his sleeve.
"Mei Lin's tat says co-leader and the others are members."
Sakura nodded, not being able to take the image of the tattoo from her head. She noticed, for he first time, a scar on Syaoran's left cheek. It traced from behind his ear to a few millimeters away from his mouth. Her eyes widened as she looked away. Syaoran knew what she was looking at.
"My ex slashed me," he offered, once again surprising himself. Sakura nodded, not pressing the question, but question still burning her mind.
"If I join," Sakura whispered, "do you promise to protect me and my family?"
Syaoran was taken back, wondering where that question came from. Sakura knew what he was thinking.
"I've been getting a feeling, like I'm being stalked and it's been there since I saved Mei Lin." She murmured. "I want my family to be safe, that's all."
Syaoran nodded. "So you'll be a Serpent Wolf for the protection, not for the gang fights?"
Sakura looked at him. "If it's possible,"
Syaoran stood up and looked down at her. "I'll talk to Serpent and Wolf, the leaders of the gang, once they return. Wolf is in New York, coming to Japan this very moment and Serpent is in Division three with his wife and daughter."
Sakura nodded as Syaoran turned around and started to talk towards the door. He opened it and left, but this time, he left the door open.
Sakura continued to stare at the door, unaware of how fast her heart was beating.
"SERPENT!" A young voice shrilled through the halls of a very quaint little house. A tall man cringed, his long black hair framing his face. He opened his eyes, revealing very handsome grey eyes. He was 6 feet on the dot and had a very muscular build.
"Yes, love?"
"Don't love me, monsieur." She shrilled as she poked Serpent on his chest. She was Amelie Ryuushi, Serpents wife.
"What happened?" Serpent asked.
"What happened?" Amelie yelled in her Japanese-French accent. "You're asking moi?" She yelled. It was way past midnight and Serpent was scared his daughter, Reiya Ryuushi would wake up.
Amelie had waist length blond hair and very caring blue eyes. Her skin was pale and she was 5"4, much shorter compared to Serpent.
"What did I do?" Serpent whined. Amelie pulled Serpent by his collar and came dangerously close to his lips. Her eyes were playful as she brought her tongue out and licked his lips.
"You forgot it was our anniversary, my love."
Serpent's eyes widened. "I didn't!" He said. "Our anniversary is tomorrow!"
Amelie pushed him back and put her hands on her hips. "Then what day is it today?"
Serpent glanced at his clock and saw it was 1am. He frowned. "That's a sick joke, Amelie."
Amelie giggled as she tackled him. "I know, but it was tres funny,"
Serpent smiled as he pressed his lips against hers. She squealed as she fully obliged. They were getting it on when Serpents cell rang. Amelie frowned.
"If it is that dear brother-in-law of mine, I shall make sure he dies a very painful death."
Serpent chuckled as he took out his cell phone and laughed out loud, confirming his wife's suspicion.
"WOLF!" She yelled as she picked up the phone. Wolf held the phone an arms length away.
"What's wrong sis?" He asked.
"YOU! Serpent was giving me an anniversary present and you just had to ruin it!"
Wolf stifled a laugh as he apologized to his sister-in-law.
"So sorry sis, continue your actions. Just tell Serpent for me that Harold called and the Divine is being shipped back to Japan."
"Will do," Amelie said as she hung up and threw the phone back on the table. She turned to her husband and grinned.
"Divine is back in Japan, now where were we," she murmured as she launched onto her husband again. Serpent laughed even more, thanking god Reiya was a heavy sleeper.
It was morning and Sakura was wide awake. She hadn't fallen back to sleep that night, all she did was stare at the ceiling, thinking of how her life was going to be like now. She saw it was 6am and she turned on the television, to watch the 6am news.
"Reported missing from yesterday evening, Kinomoto Sakura hasn't been seen after she was took a shortcut home from school yesterday. Her friend, Daidouji Tomoyo hasn't seen her since-"
Sakura flicked off the T.V. 'Daddy still reported me, after I called him?' she thought, knowing fully well he was going to do it no matter what.
'Great, now the police are after me.'
Sakura got up and walked out of the Tranquilizer to find copious amounts of people sitting around. She squeaked as they all turned around and grinned at her.
"Princess is awake, I see." Syaoran said from the middle of the group. Sakura stared at them all as Mei Lin rushed up to her.
"I'll get you ready, and then we all talk. The police are out to find you, but they'll never find you here."
Sakura nodded dumbly as Mei Lin dragged her upstairs.
An hour later, Sakura walked down the stairs in a white t-shirt and black jean shorts. She had a pink belt on to secure the shorts to her hips. She wore baby blue socks and her hair was tied up in a wet ponytail. She had a white wristband on her left hand and a thin gold anklet on her left foot.
She descended, and every pair of eyes looked at her. She gulped, needing reassurance. Mei Lin's hand clamped her shoulder and she got all the reassurance she needed.
"You look positively stunning," Eriol bowed gallantly. Sakura gave a weak smile and murmured a soft thank you. Jamie jumped off his seat, and offered it to Sakura. The seat was right beside Syaoran, and Sakura gulped, her dream from last night racing back.
"As we were saying," Syaoran said again, feeling Sakura's body heat touch him. He scowled, not liking the feeling. Jamie was sitting on the armrest beside Sakura and she was sitting in a small little area of the seat, her hands clamped in front of her. "The police are after Sakura here, and we can't give her back for a hell of a lot of reasons."
"One being we're gangsters," Jamie said aloud.
"Yep." Syaoran nodded. "One being the fact we're gangster and second… okay well there's only one reason."
Everybody sweat dropped, including Sakura. Mei Lin sighed. "Ok forget this deal for a minute, can we please talk about Jin Tai?"
Syaoran nodded, also anxious to start talking about real business. "Yeah,"
Nobody started talking and Jason pointed to Sakura. Syaoran glowered at Jason. "She can stay."
Everybody nodded and got comfortable, ready to hear what Syaoran had to say.
"Alright, so a few of you guys know what the Authentic Divine is, and others don't. No worries on that, you'll all soon find out. Basically, there are four main people that can use the Authentic Divine. Eriol and I, as you all know, are two of the people who can use the weapon."
Everybody listened intently. Some knew it as a double edged sword, and others knew it was a very dangerous weapon that can be wielded by certain people. Nobody had questions.
"But you all know that there are four people who can control it, right?"
A chorus of 'yeah' and 'hmmm' sounded. Syaoran nodded, quite proud of his gang. "Good, because Jin Tai is number three."
Everybody's eyes snapped wide open, not expecting that bit of news. Syaoran nodded again, "Yeah, he's number three and he has the Authentic while we have the Divine. If he gets our Divine, then he'll be the strongest man on earth, however if we get his Authentic, then we'll be able to stop him. Not a lot of you believe in magic, and frankly magic does not exist in this time, but the Authentic Divine is the only bit of magic that exists today."
"And now we have to get it back from Jin Tai before he destroys the world," Mei Lin concluded. "All easy enough?" She looked at them. A few of them shrugged and Mei Lin glared at them.
"No," she hissed, "Jin Tai moved his base headquarters and he has a Serpent Wolf tracker."
"What the shit?" Tran growled. Eriol this time nodded. "Yeah, he has X-ray cameras all over and they can sense colour in your skin. We all have tattoos so we have no way of penetrating his new mansion."
"What about his old place?" A young boy, around his mid twenties spoke up.
"Demolished, Rizu," Syaoran murmured. "He burned it to the ground. All evidence that was in that place is gone, annihilated."
Everybody was quiet for some time and Sakura was as lost as a fish in a desert. She remained quiet however, not making a sound.
"And we're discussing this in front of her, because?" Tran was waiting for an answer. Mei Lin glanced at Tran, not knowing how to answer him. Syaoran, herself and Eriol knew this girl would join, but that's just family instincts, since those three have Li blood at them. Eriol's mother, after all, was Xi Li's younger sister.
"Because," Syaoran said, looking over at Sakura for a split second before turning back to Tran, "she's our latest member."
Everybody's eyes widened as they looked at her, checking if Syaoran was indeed telling the truth.
Sakura nodded, confirming their suspicions.
It happened last night…
"If I join," Sakura whispered, "do you promise to protect me and my family?"
Syaoran was taken back, wondering where that question came from. Sakura knew what he was thinking.
"I've been getting a feeling, like I'm being stalked and it's been there since I saved Mei Lin." She murmured. "I want my family to be safe, that's all."
Syaoran nodded. "So you'll be a Serpent Wolf for the protection, not for the gang fights?"
Sakura looked at him. "If it's possible,"
Syaoran stood up and looked down at her. "I'll talk to Serpent and Wolf, the leaders of the gang, once they return. Wolf is in New York, coming to Japan this very moment and Serpent is in Division three with his wife and daughter."
Sakura nodded as Syaoran turned around and started to talk towards the door. He opened it and left, but this time, he left the door open.
Sakura continued to stare at the door, unaware of how fast her heart was beating. Sakura threw the covers off her self and ran after Syaoran; she caught him at the stairwell and caught his sleeve.
Syaoran turned around and surprised that it was her. "What?" He asked, not bothering to release her hold from him.
"I'll join," she whispered. Syaoran started at her for a long time. He was studying her, and trying to figure out why she made such a rash decision. Sakura seemed to have read his mind.
"I'm scared," She admitted, "of what'll happen to me. I just know, that if I join, I'll be safe to a certain extent."
Syaoran was quiet for some time before speaking. "Alright," he said, "but remember, it's your decision."
Sakura nodded as she let go of his sleeve.
"You'll do the initiation test tomorrow morning."
Sakura stared at him. "And that is?"
"Hand to hand combat with Mei Lin."
"So we have to initiate her now?" Tran asked, breaking Sakura out of her train of thoughts.
"Not now," Mei Lin rolled her eyes, "when either Wolf of Serpent get here, even if we do chose her, or she agrees to be one of us, the leaders have to approve."
"Syaoran is as good as a leader," Jason said.
"But he isn't the leader, yet." Eriol pointed out. Sakura watched this fight and Jamie noticed. He poked her cheek and she looked up at him on the armrest. He smiled. "Two main leaders, Serpent and Wolf, the gang's named after them. They were adopted into the Li family by Syaoran's mother. Basically Li was born into this so he's the third and youngest leader. After Serpent, Wolf and Syaoran, there are co-leaders, who're Mei Lin, Eriol and my older brother, Ryu. After them are the members, who're us."
Sakura nodded. "Thanks," She whispered, understanding the concept of all this.
"Our tattoos look the same, you've seen it right?" Jamie murmured, an argument being born while he was explaining all this to Sakura. They were arguing on when to initiate Sakura. Syaoran was half paying attention to the fight and listening to Jamie's explanation.
Sakura nodded, remembering the tattoo last night.
"You know our status is under the picture, right?" Jamie said and Sakura nodded again.
"Yeah, that's how you know the importance of the members."
"Oh," was all Sakura said. Mei Lin and Jason started screaming at each other when Syaoran stood up.
"ENOUGH!" He roared. Everybody looked at him.
"Wolf is arriving in Japan later this evening and because of his arrival, Serpent and his wife and kid are coming here. When they arrive, we'll initiate Kinomoto, understood?"
Everybody nodded as Syaoran sat back down. "Good,"
Mei Lin sighed as she walked towards Sakura and pulled her off the chair. "I'm going to introduce Sakura to Fyre,"
Syaoran rolled his eyes. "Go right ahead."
"Fyre?" Sakura raised a brow.
"The Serpent Wolf tattoo artist." Mei Lin said as she dragged Sakura to the main door. She handed Sakura white sandals, which she gladly accepted.
"Yo, be careful," Eriol called, "the sirens are after her."
"Sirens?" Sakura raised a brow.
"Police," Mei Lin murmured, "I know Eriol! I'm not that stupid,"
"Understatement," Jamie caught and Mei Lin shot a glare towards her boyfriend. As soon as Mei Lin and Sakura left, Jamie and Jason stood up. "We're following," Jamie said.
Syaoran nodded, knowing those two would follow. They always follow if any Wolf girls go out alone.
"If you see any sirens, call me." Syaoran said sternly. The boys nodded as they grabbed the keys to their bikes and left.
As soon as Jason and Jamie left, Tran got up and yawned. "I'm gonna go eat,"
And everybody resumed their life, like nothing ever happened. However, Syaoran was caught in his thoughts, trying to figure out that dream, and this didn't go unnoticed by Eriol.
'Hmmmm,' Eriol thought as he went to eat breakfast.
Touya bounded through the door at 7am that morning, and was amazed to find Fujitaka awake.
"I'm here," Touya growled, Yukito close behind him.
Fujitaka looked at them, and Yukito sat down beside him. "Any news?" He asked softly.
Fujitaka shook his head, once again burying his head in his hands. Touya fisted his hands.
'Oh, I'm definitely going to kill you.'
Lol, long enough? 11 pages on Word. Heheh…
Stay tuned,
Lub,
Sakura
(12 pages including AN's.)
