Author's NOTE: Hey readers, sorry for the late updates lately however, I've almost lost all my interest in writing for one reason for another. It is either that or whenever that I wanted to write I'm unable to due to stress or other factors but trust me I'm working hard on completing this story and my promise to one and all is that it will be completed to the best of my abilities. However due to emotional, physical and mental problems it really has been a hard time writing, also the environment that I've been in hasn't been ideal for writing. So if you want you can send me pms for me to send you a personal e-mail when I finally get the next chapters up so you don't have to check up on my story is all I can say is that I'm trying my best to get everything done to the best of my abilities because I want people to enjoy this fanfic. But I make no promises now because my heart isn't into the writing anymore (emotional problems), nor can I find the words that want to express what is in my heart. The thing is I know where I want the story to go but I have no words to express the feeling I want to place into the words so please be patient with this first time writer. Also this hasn't been edit just done incredibly roughly and posted because I felt bad making you all wait.
Chapter 11: The Beginning of Trouble
Tuesday
Sakura woke up and noticed the box next to her bed before getting out of bed trying to forget the fact she had an unknown admirer that can seem to find her anywhere.
She grabbed a new change of clothes and went to the washroom for a shower and to change. She let the hot beads of water fall on her body as she enjoys the feel of the water as they seem to wash away her problems.
She finished her shower and dressed for the new day hoping that it would be better than the last. She left her room and headed towards the dinning room on the lower floor. She put on a cheerful smile even thought part of her was still uncertain of what to think of about the package and the fact her stalker might be back.
She gave the passing servants a smile and entered the room to greet everyone awake. She noticed that the kids were getting ready to leave for school. She sat down and had a quick meal not taking in any of the conversation around her.
Syaoran had to shake her several times before she noticed that Yelen was talking to her.
"Sorry, Yelen-san, what did you ask me," asked Sakura snapping out of her daze thanks to Syaoran.
"I was saying you don't look to good is everything ok," asked a worried Yelen.
"I'm fine, just a bad night of sleep. I'll be good after a nice cup of tea," replied Sakura.
Yelen nodded before asking, "As I was saying, do you have a gown for the upcoming party this Saturday?"
"Yes, it seems Tomoyo thought far enough ahead to pack my gown," replied Sakura with a smile on her face.
Before Yelen could say anything else Syaoran stated, "Let's get going before we are late."
Sakura nodded and bowed before exiting along with Syaoran. They got into his car and they started along the busy roads of Hong Kong. The road was stuck the usual traffic of Hong Kong but easy, however inside that car was unusually quiet compared to usual.
"Is something wrong Syaoran," asked Sakura after a while.
"Yeah, a good friend is in distress and I can't do anything to comfort her," replied Syaoran.
"I'm fine really," replied Sakura.
"You can't lie girl; you should know better to try. I can bet anyone of your better friends would have told you by now that you are incapable of lying," commented Syaoran.
"Ok, ok, you got me but really it isn't anything too horrible. I'm just slightly shaken from remembering the stalker," replied Sakura. "I didn't say before and no one besides myself knows that they did find the place where the stalker was using to keep a watch on my home. It was really close to my dorm room and when they found it there were pictures of me plastering the walls and a closet full of tapes of me."
"No wonder you seem so shaken, but why didn't you say anything to anyone. You know your friends and family would have been there for you if you needed them. Also that type of situation isn't one a girl should have to go through alone," commented Syaoran.
"I know but I didn't want to drag my family into this. I knew everyone was against me coming to Hong Kong to begin with, in Tomedea I was protected and I really didn't want to keep having the feeling that I needed protection. That is why I started to take self-defense lessons during my time here. I felt incompetent when everyone was trying so hard to protect me from everything. I'm not a baby that can't take care of myself. It is true I did tell them that I had a stalker but I didn't tell them what was found out about the stalker. I didn't need them flying down because they felt that I wasn't competent to care for myself. I know they worry but they can't really help other than causing them more worry," stated Sakura.
"Have you ever tried to tell them that?" asked Syaoran.
"I don't want to make them think that I'm not grateful for all they do," replied Sakura.
"Sometimes it isn't the best thing to keep everything hidden, they are your family they will understand how you feel. It is nice to be independent but sometimes it is nice to know that you have someone to comfort you when there is a need," stated Syaoran,
"This coming from a guy that I can bet never needed someone in their life," shot back Sakura.
"I've needed my family but not in the same way," stated Syaoran. "I've been taught to be strong and the fact nothing similar has ever happened to me. I never came close to losing a family member or someone close. I haven't been stalked to the point where it scares me, hell I live within the high society my picture has been on at least a dozen different magazine cover by the time I was 18. However if you really don't want to worry your family, I guess you can just confide in me when you need you."
Sakura smiled gratefully at this. She felt unconsciously so much lighter over the fact she was able to speak to someone about how she was feeling. 'I guess he is right to have someone you can trust and be able to talk about things that really bother me without having to cause worry with everyone else is a good thing.'
Work
Sakura worked extra hard no matter what Syaoran said about having someone to talk to she was unable to really open up immediately. To avoid thinking on the issue she tried to push the idea aside by working herself till the point of exhaustion.
Sakura was slightly even more distracted than she had anticipated and was constantly making a mess of all her work. She spent an hour typing up a letter that should have taken her 30 minutes at most. She kept making mistakes and reading the wrong lines when they were right in front of her. She knew that she should be more careful but she was unable to concentrate with the idea of the guy was around again, following her making her life the same as 3 years ago. She was unable to shake the idea that from anywhere someone was taking her pictures and making it his personal collection.
Sensing how distracted she was Syaoran walked over to his father's office and asked if it was ok to allow Sakura half the day off to let her collect herself. She wasn't doing them any good the way she was acting currently. Lian had noticed that she was a very good secretary but she was still unable to leave her personal problems at home. However he did also understand that having something like that happen to a girl can be quiet harsh and agreed to allow Sakura the rest of the day off.
Syaoran walked out to Sakura's desk and told her to take the rest of the day off doing whatever she wanted but she had better be ready for work again tomorrow. "You are a great worker but in this state you are of no good to either of us. We'll get someone else to do the most important things that we need immediately. I just hope you can feel better tomorrow, go home rest or shop whatever you are up to but just make certain that you are able to get back to your usual self by tomorrow. We can only give you so many days off because of this."
Sakura nodded in understanding at the fact since even in her distracted state she noticed how she was screwing up so horrible in just the morning. She packed her things and left a few files that Lian and Syaoran had told her that needed to complete as quickly as possible in the center of her desk before leaving. She wanders the streets for a period thinking how things were really messed up right now. She knew she should leave her personal problems at home or at least out of the office but she was unable to shake the feelings that were troubling her in the most case. However she knew of several places that would help her but she needed a few things before she could go there. Instead of going back to the mansion she just headed towards the nearest mall and picked out several items that she needed and paid for the items before taking a bus to the area where she used to go to university. She started off paying for a day pass for the facilities in the gym and pool in the recreation centre. She headed off towards the change room and changed into the work out closes that she had purchase a little while ago. She cut off the tags of the clothes and walked out of the change room. She knew she should have gone back to the house for this stuff but she rather not. She had a bottled water and a towel in hand and placed them down near the tread mill she was going to be working on. She worked the different machines for a good hour before going back to the change room and changing into the swimsuit she had just purchased.
She noticed not too many people around the pool, she was grateful for the silence. She placed the towel down and dove into the pool. She did several quick laps hoping that all the exercise she did today would help clear her mind a bit. However, no matter how much she worked she wasn't able to shake the feeling. She did a few more laps before giving up and got out. She grabbed her towel and toweled herself off a bit. She took a quick shower before heading into the sauna. She figure might as well give it a shot; she already paid for the usage today. She wrapped herself in a towel and walked into the room, feeling the heat and the water starting to slowly evaporate.
She took a seat in the far corner of the room, hiding in a corner and closing her eyes. She rather not be disturbed if it was possible. She just let herself sit on the bench inside the room trying to forget all that has happened the past 24 hours that seemed to really irritate her to the point where she is unable to concentrate. 'You figure after so many years I would be over the fact there is some creep out there following my every movement.'
As she was resting on the bench she started to sort think of everything the past several weeks. Starting with the first gifts and the first letters, she remembers many of the dreams she had long forgotten. 'Okaa-san, if you can hear me please give me some guidance and look after me during this time.'
As she got closer to the door she started to hear voice outside. She was about to just walk right out when she hear the two girls conversation.
"Hey, you know I hear the room you are living in now used to belong to a girl that had a stalker after for months," came the voice of a girl.
"I heard that too, I didn't really want to rent the room after I found out since I was afraid that the same thing could happen to me," came the second girl.
"Actually I heard that the stalker was actually someone she knew or something," commented the first girl.
"Really? I don't believe you, than why resort to stalking?" asked the second girl.
"I'm not certain if it is true but I heard that the girl was beautiful and drew a lot of attention and supposedly the guy was too shy to try and talk to her and resorted to stalking. However, supposedly in some weird occurrence they became friends and that is why it stopped," replied the first girl.
"I heard differently supposedly the stalker was found out and ran," replied the second girl.
"Well in either case I hope nothing happens with you there," replied the first girl.
"Well if someone would stalk they can stalk anywhere and not that particular unit," replied the second girl.
"True enough," replied the first girl as they walked out of the change room.
Sakura emerged from the sauna deep in thought of what she had just heard. 'Could it be someone I know?' thought Sakura as she quickly grab her clothes and changed.
She left the gym exhausted but still restless, she headed back towards the mansion hoping that a bit of sleep would ease her a bit more. She hopped on the first bus she saw, she stood as the roads just kept passing she didn't even noticed where she had got off and just kept walking until she was standing in front of her desk. She snapped out of her daze when she took a seat at her desk, looking around lost for a moment to where she was.
'When did I get back here?' thought Sakura as she just sat at the desk completely lost to why she was here. She knew most of the people had already left since she was swimming and working out for over 3 hours and the bus trips takes a good hour and not to mention the shopping it was almost 6.
As she was getting up to leave the door next to her opened, and Syaoran stepped out starring at Sakura as if seeing was the freakiest thing he ever saw.
"Why are you back here? I thought I gave you the rest of the day off. Not to mention work ended almost an hour ago," commented Syaoran as it finally dawned on him he wasn't seeing a ghost or anything.
"I don't know it seems I just came back here without really knowing why. Well since you are here and I'm done for the day I'll take you to dinner, since you still seem kind of out of it," commented Syaoran.
Sakura nodded and followed Syaoran out of the office still slightly in thought, Syaoran stayed quiet on the way down the elevator and on the way to the car.
Sakura got into the car without much consideration and just strapped herself into the seat and waited for Syaoran to start the car. Syaoran got in and started up a bit of soft music as he stay silent on the drive to the restaurant. He wanted to go to a quiet restaurant to talk to Sakura and see if there was something he could do. Having worked with her for a week she was usually genki, but still collected and hard working, never has he seen within the period of working with her this lost and fearful look in her eyes.
The ride between the two of them was pretty silent for the most part however a part of Sakura seemed to feel safe being his in car even with his reckless driving. They drove along towards the restaurant and as they arrived Syaoran past the keys to the valet and walk up to Sakura and they walked into the restaurant.
"Want to talk about what is bothering you. I know I don't really know you too much but I can tell something is bugging you," comment Syaoran after the waiter had given them their menu and water.
"I don't know I just recalled the feeling that I had that time when I found out that someone had been stalking me and I just wonder why is this happening to me. Actually I was at the gym today and I heard some girls talking, they said that it was rumored that my stalker was supposedly a friend," replied Sakura. "I was just incredible lost at the fact in how anyone I know would do something like this to me."
"I don't believe the most recently person is your stalker, I would believe that a stalker wouldn't go into such extend to try to make you happy with all the presents," commented Syaoran.
Sakura nodded in understanding, "I know that I'm worry over something that is rather ridiculous but I just can't shake the feeling that someone is watching me."
"How's this for the next while till we get back to Tomedea and until you can shake this feeling, if you ever need anyone with you just call and I'll come and look after you. If you wanted I can spend the rest of the off hours this week with you and when we get back to Japan you can stay with Tomoyo for a while," suggested Syaoran.
"I don't want to trouble any of you," replied Sakura. "Anyways Tomoyo doesn't go home very often, she spends most of it in Eriol's now."
"Than you can come over to mine or I'll go over to yours for a while till your brother and father gets back," stated Syaoran.
"I don't want to be a burden on you," commented Sakura.
"We are friends, so don't worry, anyways we are only here for a few days and since we work together it won't be too any difficult spending our evenings together either," replied Syaoran.
Sakura gave him a warm smile as they finally decided to take a look at the menu and they debated over what would be for dinner tonight. In the end they decided to try out the couple special at the restaurant. It seemed like an appealing meal off the menu and they just talked hoping that Sakura's mind would clear up of any negative thoughts of the guy from several years ago.
The dinner was two medium rare steaks in the shape of a heart and with two bowls of soup and the side order of lobster salad. Sakura looked at the heart shaped steak and found it incredibly kawaii. They were sharing a quiet meal between the two of them when a waitress came up and asked if they would like to take a picture together. Caught in the mood of the restaurant and the meal they agreed. Syaoran stood behind and draped an arm around her shoulder and they both smiled towards the camera.
The waitress took the picture and told them she'll be right back with it and walked away. Syaoran took his seat as they continued their meal. Sakura knew she was feeling a lot better and safe because she was here with Syaoran.
They shared stories between the two of them of their friends and their time in Hong Kong. The waitress came back and handed them a photo framed by a heart of their smiling faces.
They took a look at each other before bursting out in a gentle laughter.
"They thought we were a couple," commented Sakura with a smile still gracing her face. "But I'm still keeping this. I'm going to add this to my album."
Syaoran looked at her wondering what she was talking about. But still didn't complain he was just glad that she was happy again. They finished their dinner and the waitress brought their one piece of cake with two forks.
"Wow they take this couple dinner really seriously," commented Syaoran but still grabbed a fork and took a piece of the cake.
Sakura nodded in agreement and joined Syaoran in the enjoyment of the cake. They paid for the meal and they went back to Syaoran home. It was an exhausting all in all, however, thanks to Syaoran she was able to forget all that has happened an hope that tomorrow she will have a better day and be able to work to the best of her abilities once again.
Next Day Wednesday
Sakura got up and look around slightly disoriented of her surroundings but she heard a knock at her door and she called out, "Hai."
"Miss. Kinomoto, It is 8 and Master Li told me to wake you up or else you'll be late," replied a female voice.
After hearing what the maid had say she quickly jumped out of bed and shouted, "Tell him 15 minutes." Sakura grabbed the first set of clothes that she saw and jumped into the washroom and changed for the day, forgoing the shower this morning, she was going to be late if she didn't hurry. She changed into a pair of black dress pants and an emerald green sleeveless button up shirt. She washed her face and applied a bit of cream before running back into her room and slipping into a pair of black dress shoes and grabbed her bag as she ran down the stairs. Her hair flying behind her as she raced down the steps, to met Syaoran at the front door. He held up a small plastic container and a bottle of juice. Sakura gave him a beaming smile and thanked him as they walked out of the house and into the car up front.
The ride today was rather silent as Sakura was enjoying her meal and Syaoran seemed to be in such deep thought that she didn't feel like disturbing him. They arrived into the office and on the way up the elevator Syaoran stated a few things that had to be done. Sakura was happy that everything was back to normal and she could work without having to worry about being fired due to her emotional stress from the day before. Sakura worked for several hours close to lunch when she saw Stanley rushing towards the elevator. "Wong-san is something wrong?"
"There was a mix up in the factory, I have to get down there to sort out the mess," replied Stanley.
"Don't tell me it was the new client's order," Syaoran voice came from behind her.
"Yes, since it was their first shipment with us, the workers had some difficulty and well now either I get down there and sort it out before it shipment is sent or we'll be late with our delivery," replied Stanley.
"That contract was very detailed with the fact the shipment has to be on time," replied Syaoran.
"That is why I'm rushing," stated Stanley.
"I'll go, I know it was a short time but I wanted to get that contract," stated Syaoran. He went back into his room and grabbed a few things that he'll need and headed out.
"I'll come too," stated Stanley.
"I'm coming as well," replied a third voice.
The two guys just turned and noticed Sakura with her bag in hand and Lian standing near his office door nodding. "Why are you coming?" questioned Stanley.
"Because I know the orders better than anyone here," replied Sakura. "I was the one drafting up the contract so I have as much responsibility in this."
"Doesn't matter, lets go, that shipment has to leave before eight tonight or it isn't going to make it," stated Syaoran.
"We'll grab something to eat on the way," replied Stanley as they rush to Syaoran's car.
They made a quick stop to pick up a lunch and ate on the way down there. Sakura tried her best to feed Syaoran as he drove towards the warehouse near the docks. For the first several tries she had some trouble but after a few minutes she was able to get his mouth more often than not. It took a while to get to the docks with the heavy lunch traffic but they made it down around 1 in the afternoon giving them 7 hours to sort out the mess and have the shipments out. Stanley walked over to the manager's office and they had a quick discussion over the problems before walking back and telling Syaoran with dock they were sending out the shipment. They went over there quickly and noticed that several of the crates where open showing a different product.
"It seems the factory labeled about a hundred crates wrong and we have to find out which before shipping off the correct ones. Basically we open have to open each one and than reloading them on," stated Stanley when they arrived.
There were about 20 people around opening the crates looking at the products. But it was incredibly disorganized. They just opened the crate looked and than moved on to the next. Sakura turned towards the two guys and whispered to them, "This isn't going to work at the way they are going."
"Have a better idea," replied Syaoran.
"Get me a dozen of markers 2 colors and bring all the workers over," replied Sakura.
Syaoran nodded and indicated for one of the workers to come over, "You go grab a dozen of markers any two colors but a dozen of each." The guy nodded and rushed towards the managers off.
Stanley called all the workers over. Some of them grumbling at the fact this was wasting time. By the time everyone gathered the runner had come back with the markers.
"I know we are low on people right now but we have about 24 people here. I was 6 people opening the crates, two people checking the products and indicate with the markers if it is the product we need. Use the red one if it is the wrong product, and the green if it is good to go. I need 4 more nailing the crates shut again. The others I want a rotations happening. First people will load on the crates on to two separate pallets. One for the stuff being shipped out and the other for the things that requires the label changed. The pallets will be changed when it is full. When the pallets are full one of you will be taking it where it needs to go after it has been properly wrapped. I know it is a lot of work but we need to try our best at getting this thing out on time," replied Sakura.
"Does everyone understand," shouted Syaoran. The group nodded and quickly broke up into groups and began working.
"Where, did that come from," questioned Stanley.
"Organization is easy for people that play sports. Without it we can't win," replied Sakura. She passed the markers over the two that were taking care of the checking the crates. "Remember just check a corner of the crates if it is correct or not," giving them a smile before walking off to see to the others bring out the extra pallets and the workers taking the crates down to be opened. Before long she noticed Syaoran and Stanley had started to help as well. Syaoran was helping the workers bring the crates down from the original pallets. Stanley was helping to sort the crates on to the new pallets. Sakura decided to help and started to help check the crates as well. On occasion several of the workers switched duties to give the people heaving the crates a break and allow them to do the checking.
Everyone work quickly hoping that everything will go smoothly. There with some chatter between the workers and even Sakura pitched into load on the craters on to the new pallets. The hours just slipped past and Sakura completely forgot anything else she had to do. Her mission was to help complete the task at hand as soon as possible.
She left her bag in the car since it didn't seem practical to bring her bag with her when she was working. She was very grateful that the workers had extra gloves. All workers were required to wear them to avoid getting too many blisters on their hands. However even with gloves doing this work for a long period one is bound to get a few. But they weren't used to this work so it really did help.
Around 5:30
'She should be done by now,' thought Fa Long. He took a glance at his watch noting that she was suppose to be off half hour ago. He dug out his cell phone and made a call to Sakura. 'Where is she?' thought Fa Long as he waited for her to pick up. After several rings her voice mail picked up.
"Ohayo, you've reached Kinomoto, Sakura I'm unable to come to the phone right now please leave a message after the beep."
'Where is she,' thought Fa Long before walking into the office building seeing the receptionist still there.
"Excuse me; I'm looking for a secretary" Fa Long told the guard up front.
"Whose secretary are you looking for? Most of the staff has already left," replied the receptionist.
"I'm looking for Li's secretary, her name is Sakura," replied Fa Long.
"Oh, you are looking for Sakura, she left over 5 hours ago with Mr. Wong and Mr. Li," replied the receptionist.
"What do you mean she left over 5 hours ago," yelled Fa Long.
"There was some problem and both Mr. Li, Mr. Wong and Sakura left. I only knew Sakura left with them because I ran into Mr. Wong's secretary," replied the receptionist very calmly. "I must ask you to leave now, sir."
Fa Long stormed out of the building tossing the roses into a trash can just outside the building.
He pulled out his cell phone again and redialed Sakura's number. Once again her voice mail answered before she did. He hung up and stormed down the street towards a local bar.
Back at the habour
The hours went by before they realized it was well past 7 before they were able to finish check each of the crates needed and sort off that 100 crates that was mislabeled. They loaded everything on to the ship quickly and it was off by 7:45 that evening. When they were done everyone gave a great sigh of relief as the ship sailed away from the habour.
"Great work everyone," called out Syaoran when the ship was gone. "As a reward for everyone's great work I'll treat everyone here to dinner."
Several people shouted with joy as they went and grabbed either a change of clothes or their personal belongings. "Hey Stanley knows where is a good restaurant around here."
"How would I know, I barely come to this part for dinner or lunch," replied Stanley.
One of the workers walked out hearing this and suggested, "If you guys don't mind a bit of a shabbier place there is a really good place around the corner," replied the worker.
"Why not, you people do know this region the best," stated Syaoran. He left his car and went to get his cell phone. Sakura followed to get her bag. As she grabbed her bag she didn't notice her cell phone fall out.
Sakura joined everyone need the exit and they walked towards the restaurant, she laughed with several of the workers talking as she finally felt a lot lighter with the order out of the way. She walked beside Stanley and Syaoran, seeing the workers accepting them even through they were from different social classes.
They arrived at the restaurant, it was really just a shop with seats on the outside. There were quiet a few people around the workers grabbed the biggest table around and everyone took a seat.
"Order whatever people want," stated Stanley taking a seat.
The waiter came and took down their order. Several of the workers ordered a couple of drinks for everyone. The atmosphere was nice and fun, they didn't care that they were eating with their boss since they weren't ones that just know how to delegate but to help when needed. If the boss was someone that just comes in screaming blood murder and order them to speed up their work while they stood around they would have ignore him altogether. But they felt this family was different.
Back to Fa Long
"Another round," called out Fa Long sitting at the bar. Lifting his cup up, indicating to the bartender, that he wanted another whiskey on the rocks.
"Sir, I think you've had enough," replied the bartender.
"I said I wanted another round," stated Fa Long in anger, slamming his cup on the bar counter.
"Why are you so angry?" questioned a female taking a seat next to him.
"You, what are you doing back here?" Fa Long as in a very disgruntle voice.
"I came to get a little revenge and something that belongs to me," replied the female. She turned to the bartender, as said, "Give him another round and give me a kamikaze version."
The bartender nodded and served the drinks. He walked off leaving the two of them alone. Fa Long pick up his phone again and redial Sakura's number again.
"Who are you calling?" asked the female.
"The woman I want, but can never seem to get," replied Fa Long. "She is a beauty, beautiful long auburn hair, nice figure and beautiful emerald green eyes."
Hearing the words emerald green eyes, her head snapped up she took out a photo, "Is this the girl you are talking about?"
"How you get this picture," commented Fa Long, taking Sakura's picture out of the females hand.
"This is the bitch that I want revenge on," the female spat out.
"Gwen, no matter how much you pay me I'm not going to harm her. I've wanted her to be mine for years now," replied Fa Long.
"I don't care what you do I want her out of the way. Because of her, Syaoran broke off with me, you know how much I placed into this relationship and how much more I've done to get him to even consider me," stated Gwen.
"Whatever, I'm still not doing anything to harm her. I want to love her for all time," replied Fa Long.
"Fine, I have an idea that will get us both what we want," replied Gwen smiling deviously. She indicated for Fa Long to bring his ear close, she whispered the plan into his ear.
Back to where Sakura was
Syaoran and Stanley were originally very uncertain if the food they were served was eatable but Sakura gave them each a bit of the dishes and they really seemed to enjoy it. Everyone was chatting and enjoying the meal, Sakura had a nagging feeling she was forgetting something but couldn't quiet remember.
She decided to ignore the situation and enjoyed the meal. When they finished they went back to the car where Sakura noticed her phone was on the seat of the car. She picked it up noticing she had missed about a dozen calls. She took a look and realized she missed all of Fa Long's calls before recalling she was suppose to meet him for dinner.
She quickly tried to call him back to apologize but he wasn't picking up the phone. As the arrived at the Li mansion she notice a male at the gate, she asked Syaoran to drop her off here for a moment when they pulled closer to the gates.
She got out and said, "Fa Long, I'm very sorry about tonight. I completely forgot when I heard there was a bit of problem with a shipment."
Fa Long nodded stepping closer, "I was just really worried that is why I was waiting here for you."
"I'm very sorry," Sakura said once again.
He grabbed her and hugged her hard, "Please give me a chance to protect you, don't leave me."
"Fa Long, please. I only see you as a friend," replied Sakura trying to push him away she also noticed there was great amounts of alcohol in his breathe.
"Why won't you give me a chance," Fa Long grabbed her shoulders pushing her away enough to see her face. He tried to bring her close for a kiss but before he was even able to bring her closer he felt himself being pulled away from Sakura. He felt someone's fist connect with his stomach before land on the ground.
"Syaoran," cried out Sakura, seeing him standing there with fires burning in his amber eyes.
"You ok," asked Syaoran turning around.
Sakura nodded and tried to pull him away seeing how angry he was. Before she walked away she turned and stated, "Fa Long I'm not certain what happened tonight to make you get so drunk, however from what it seems that unless you are able to control yourself we can not be friends anymore. I want to be friends but if that is not possible I think it is best if we don't see each other anymore."
"Here is my warning, if you ever try anything to Sakura again you'll have the Li's to deal with," before taking Sakura by the hand and headed back through the gates of the mansion.
'Just you wait, she will be mine' thought Fa Long getting off the ground.
Inside the Mansion
"Syaoran," Sakura spoke softly.
Syaoran turned and looked at her, "What is it?"
"Arigotou," said Sakura looking into his amber eyes.
"I'll always be here to protect you fro jerks like that," commented Syaoran.
Someone hearing this from Syaoran made Sakura feel happy and relief whereas when Fa Long said the words of wanting to protect her she felt more fear than comfort. She gave him a smile and a quick peek on the cheek before turning and walking back towards her room. Syaoran was shocked at the kiss that he had let go of Sakura's hand without notice. A small smile touched his lips as he followed Sakura up the stairs to the rooms.
Inside Sakura's Room
Sakura dropped off her bag on the chair and went over to the balcony and open the doors enjoying the minor breeze of the night. Hong Kong was too humid but after being there for several years she was able to get use to the weather. She took a look into the sky before walking back into room, she left the balcony doors open and went to grab a change of clothes. She knocked on the door making certain he wasn't in there before walking into the washroom. She stuck her head into his room and noticed he was writing something.
She decided to leave him alone, she locked the doors of the washroom before removing the clothes. She noticed they were quiet dirty after the days work. She got into the shower and enjoy the hot water streaming down her body. She thought back to the days events and thought for the most part it was a good day. With the exception of the last little problem that had occur recently.
She got out and toweled off and dressed before unlocking Syaoran's door. She peered into his room noticing he had come clothes laid out. "Hey, I'm done if you want the shower." Running the towel threw her hair.
Syaoran turned and looked at Sakura nodding, he got off the bed saying, "I hope you didn't use up all the hot water again."
"Hey, I didn't use up all the hot water last time," commented Sakura as she turned back towards her side.
"My shower was cold that night because all the hot water was used up," stated Syaoran.
"Maybe because everyone in the house was taking a shower at the same time," replied Sakura. "Or did you forget that we had just got back from the beach we were all dirty and smelled really good ironically."
"I still say you used up all the hot water," commented Syaoran as Sakura walked out the other door.
"Believe whatever you want," replied Sakura before taking a seat near her balcony window. She looked outside enjoying the nice night breeze. She picked up her phone and decided to give her family a call. The phone went directly to the voice mail, she knew her father was most likely taking a quick run and looking at the work site and wasn't even within range to use the phone. This happens every year for about a month or so where her father will take a trip down and pick up some new information to use his lectures for the new school year. This year his trip was going to be shorter because he wasn't able to pull away till now. The university allowed him 2 weeks time before he goes back and starts his classes.
Sakura sat in the chair near the balcony windows lost in thought, 'I can't believe I got so lucky with this job. The people are nice for the most part, I've enjoying the work, the pay is really good, and I get to see Tomoyo regularly. I can't forget about Syaoran, he is nothing else is a sight to behold, no matter how he is dressed he just seems to take my breath away.'
Sakura eyes snapped open at this thought, 'What in the world am I thinking? He is the last person I should be thinking about in a romantic context. But I have got to admit I've enjoy the time with him and the way he take care of me.' Sakura sigh and got off the seat and knocked on the washroom door.
She didn't hear the water running so she peeks inside and to her satisfaction noticed Syaoran wasn't there. She grabbed the hair dryer from the drawer and plugged it in. She quickly dried her hair and got ready for bed.
The next few days past by quickly as she helped Lian interview a few secretaries in hopes of finding a replacement before she left. She worked with Syaoran in his office taking down notes for correction of contracts. Compared to her Wednesday it was incredibly uneventful, but even that at least she knew she didn't have anything to worry and got to relax a bit more.
She was able to meet a few people within the company the past few days. She knew she won't be seeing these people for a good few months but still hey at least she was getting along with her fellow workers even if half of the female population of the company wanted her position.
The days past pretty uneventfully for her for the past few days but she started to wonder why in the world she had to go to the party when they were leaving town the next day. She worked when she was needed and every day Syaoran drove her to work and back. She spent Thursday evening talking with everyone learning a bit more about them; she enjoyed a quiet evening for the most part. Her Friday was a different story the kids couldn't seem to leave her alone to ask Syaoran why in the world was she needed at this party when none of the other secretary were going.
When the kids finally got tired after playing with Sakura for a good few hours as well as dragging her everywhere around the house they went to bed without any hassle. She decided this was as good a time as any to ask why she was expected to attend. She would rather stay at the mansion if she had any choice in the matter.
She knocked on the door of Syaoran's room waiting for his reply. He beckon her in and asked "What's up?"
"Nothing much, I was just wondering why are we attending this party? Well more like why do I have to attend this party?" asked Sakura after shutting the door to his chamber.
"The truth is you're going because they are making me go, and if I have to suffer through this I'm going to make someone else suffer too. Ever heard that misery enjoys company," commented Syaoran with a small smile on his lips as he watched Sakura's mouth drop open after his comment.
"So you mean to tell me I'm going to have to put myself into another gown and get my hair done and walk around a room in heels for several hours, BECAUSE YOU WANT COMPANY…" Sakura cried out after snapping out of her shock.
"More or less," Syaoran replied calmly.
"I don't know what is more ridiculous, me going along with it or you for thinking of such a reason," stated Sakura.
"Just enjoy it for the most part you'll be too busy fighting off guys to notice the pass of the time," replied a rather amused Syaoran.
"Why do I get a feeling I'll be needing Tomoyo to start altering my gowns and a new closet for the gowns I'm going to get from her," commented Sakura lying down on his bed.
"Look at it this way, how many people can say they got to be the date of next president of the Li corporation," stated Syaoran.
"I don't know if I should feel honored or insulted by that. There are a lot of better ways to spend my Saturday nights you know, than rubbing shoulders with a bunch of rich people that I might never meet again," commented Sakura closing her eyes as she rested on the bed.
Syaoran lips gave a minor smile which by far is more than most could get out of him. "Don't worry this is the last one till Christmas," replied Syaoran.
"How is that suppose to be reassuring?" questioned Sakura.
"Tomoyo should be here," stated Syaoran. "And quiet possibly the rest of the people so at least you will have friends."
"Also a night of having all the rich females stare holes into me because I seem to have capture the, oh so powerful and handsome Li, Syaoran," Sakura stated dryly.
"Anyways get out of here, I want to shower before I sleep as well you know. The weather here basically demands me to have a shower twice a day," Syaoran said as he got off the chair and headed towards a drawer and pulled out some clothes.
"Aw…and I was just getting comfortable," replied Sakura still lying on his bed.
Syaoran walked towards the bed and tossed his clothes on to the bed before grabbing Sakura by the hands and heaving her off the bed. As unexpected as that was she wasn't able to regain her balance that quickly and dragged him down with her.
"Ah…" Sakura cried out as Syaoran fell on top of her.
"Well all you had to say was that you wanted to sleep with me," commented Syaoran chuckling a bit on the inside.
"Get off me, if you haven't just dragged me up we wouldn't be in this position," stated Sakura trying to get away.
"No, you're comfortable," stated Syaoran and if he was trying to prove his point he laid his head down on her chest.
Sakura reach for a pillow and started to hit him over the head. "Get off me, you idiot."
"That isn't a very nice thing to say to your boss," commented Syaoran.
"If I was thinking of you as my boss, I would sue for sexual harassment," retorted Sakura as he got up.
"Yeah, yeah," Syaoran said as he held out his hand for her.
Sakura grabbed his hand and pulled herself up but also hitting him once more with the pillow before letting it drop. She moved away from Syaoran and instead of heading back towards her room she just headed out towards the hallway. She walked down towards the library greeting a few of the staff as she passed. She had no clue to who they were but hey rather have people like you than hating you. She walked through the house towards the library figuring it would take another 30 minutes at least.
She used to love reading in the library because it was quiet and it gave her time to compile her thoughts. Too bad after she started high school and university she wasn't going anymore with all the work she was attending to. Extra circulars really did take too much time off of recreational activities.
She walked into the room noticing it was empty; she had to wonder was there a point of having so many books in the house when no one reads them. She skimmed through the shelves hoping to find something to read, and she found a few titles of an author she had a hard time getting hold of. She picked one out and found a chair near the window and turned on a small lamp. She started to read the book getting engross with the novel quickly as she turn the pages she lost track of time. She kept going without considering the fact she started pretty late.
She curled up in the seat with the book in her hands, her senses seems to have completely dulled. She didn't even notice someone coming into the room and standing over her.
"I didn't expect anyone here at this hour," came a soft feminine voice.
Sakura eyes looked up when she heard the voice. "Yelen-san," Sakura said, getting up.
"No need to get up Sakura," Yelen spoke indicating for Sakura to take a seat and taking the chair across from her. "Why are you still up, child?"
"Oh, I wasn't tired and I wanted to do a bit of reading. I guess I lost track of time," replied Sakura.
"You enjoy reading? Must have made it easier for you in school," Yelen stated.
"Not really, I enjoy reading but only recreational. I had a bit of problem trying to read a textbook," Sakura gave a small laugh. "Actually I'm just lucky I was able to pass school with decent grades with how much I hated reading my textbooks. I can get easily engrossed into a novel but it was much more difficult with any school readings."
Yelen nodded and took a look at the book in her hand. "That book was a good story; I remember reading it and the book really captured my attention. I think I was so absorb in the book that I forgot dinner. If Lian hadn't come and looked for me I think I would have kept on going."
Sakura laughed and nodded in understanding, she glanced around the room trying to figure out what time it was.
"It is well past two Sakura," stated Yelen as she noticed Sakura looking around.
"Already, I was going to go to bed around midnight," replied Sakura. "But why are you still up Yelen-san?"
"I got caught up in a story and since I just finished I wanted to bring it back," replied Yelen.
"Seems like we both got too caught up in our books," commented Sakura.
"It does happen from time to time," replied Yelen. "Well I'm going to head to bed I should rest up for tomorrow night."
Sakura looked blank for a moment wondering what she meant before it dawned on her that the party was tomorrow night. Sakura nodded and replaced the book on the shelf before following Yelen back upstairs.
Sakura didn't bother to turn on the lights and just walked towards the general direction of the bed. She knew she would have kept reading if it wasn't for Yelen coming in, however after she noticed how late it was she was incredible tired.
She crawled into the bed and just snuggled against the pillow and just went to sleep.
Dream:
"Mommy, mommy, when is my new brother coming," came a child's voice.
Sakura was shocked at the fact a child was looking up to her and calling mommy, but instinctively she responded, "Not for a while." The child she noted had emerald eyes just like hers but the color of the hair wasn't hers, it was different but she could not tell where the color was from.
She looked around trying to see where her so called husband was. If she was suppose to be a mother she should have a husband, right?
She felt a pair of arms wrapping around her waist whispering into her ear, "How are you sweetheart? Is the baby making you tired?"
She didn't know who it was but she felt safe in those arms. Part of her could tell that she did know this person but she could not say from where. She didn't bother turning around she was just happy to feel the arms wrapped around her giving a comfort she never knew before.
Reality Morning
Sakura woke up giving a quick stretch. The dream was nice, making it a nice start to a new day. She looked at the time noticing it was actually close to noon already and the party she was forced to attend was suppose to start about 8 meaning that gives her about 7 hours to prepare. She walked into the washroom and brushed her teeth and washed for face. After that she went back into her room. She grabbed a pair of jeans and a blue t-shirt from her closet space.
She walked into the kitchen in hopes of finding something to eat. As she wander past the dining room she noticed several people cleaning the room indicating people didn't finish eating too long ago. She gave them a small smile and walked right into the kitchen and asked if there was anything left for lunch.
The housekeeper greeted Sakura and said they save her some seafood fried rice. Sakura nodded and smile gratefully at the housekeeper before being booted out of the kitchen to wait for her food to be brought out.
She took a seat quickly and several minutes later enjoyed a nice and quiet meal alone. After she finished one of the maids clean up after her. She really needed to find something do at times like this with so much free time on her hands after work and everything. She decided a bath than her nails would be a good idea. She hated the fact it took almost 2 hours for her nails to dry completely.
She went back upstairs and took out her gown and took a quick look at what Tomoyo had prepared for her this time. It was really simplistic compared to her last gown so she decided she would go with simplistic colors to match the gown and the style of her hair was going to be just as simplistic.
All she needed to do was to curl her hair a bit and a hair clip that should be in her case. She walked over to her make-up case, 'this thing did come in handy in the end,' she thought to herself as she opened it up.
She looked around the bottom of the case for the one of the three carefully protected cases that held 3 different hair ornaments. She took out all three cases of different sizes and placed them on the table near the balcony. She took extra care of these three because they were really special to her. One case held 3 different color pairs of barrettes that Touya and her father had given her on the day of her graduation. They were all in the shape of cherry blossoms but with 3 different sets of color crystals. There was rose quartz, a tourmaline, and a pair made with amethyst. They were a beautiful set that she love but rarely wore because she was so klutzy she didn't want to break them or lose them. She opened the second case it contained a hairclip that was past down to her by her mother before she past away. The hairclip was beautifully designed with several diamonds encrusted in it. The last box held two rose shaped clips that Tomoyo had given her; it was one of the few things that weren't cherry blossoms that Tomoyo had given her. They were made of rose quartz as well but none the less beautiful. Tomoyo had given these to her to cheer her up after she found that her first love only saw her as a sister and nothing else. She kept these three items in separate boxes because they were so precious to her.
She took out hairclip and replaced the other items. She picked out several items from the case before closing it. She left her room trying to find a servant to see where she could locate a curling icon. She ran into Fuutie instead, she asked "Fuutie-san, do you happen to know if you have a curling iron around here."
"Yeah, I have one. I'll get someone to bring it to your room," Fuutie said.
"Sankyu, Fuutie-san" stated Sakura before walking towards the library she picked up the book she was reading yesterday and walked back towards her room. She took out a cotton ball and removed her pink nail polish and started to do her nails again. As she was waiting for her nails to dry she picked up the book very carefully and started to read the last few chapters of the book.
She was easily absorbed into the story again and carefully turning each page. After an hour she was finally able to finish the novel she was really happy with the ending. She was satisfied that her nails were dry enough. She wanted a bath instead of the regular shower she took daily because of the heat in the city.
She grabbed her towel and walked into the washroom and started to fill up the tub. She added a bit of scented oils that she found in the washroom. She removed her clothes and slipped into the tub and enjoyed the hot water engulfing her and making her relaxed.
She took quiet a while in the bath but she didn't care she wanted to enjoy this relaxing feeling. She didn't even hear the door being knocked from her room.
"Sakura you better get out of there before you faint," came a voice from the other side of the door.
There was no response from inside the washroom, Syaoran started to get worried and knocked again on the door. "Sakura?" As there was no response again, he felt unsettled and started to rummage through his desk drawer pulling out a key and putting it into the washroom door.
He opened the door and noticed Sakura dozing in the tub; she hadn't fainted but fallen asleep in the tub. He didn't know if he should be shocked or amused at the woman in front of him. He decided to wake her up but couldn't help but noticed the water could only hide so much from view. He placed his hand into the water and splashed her.
Sakura splutter awake staring at Syaoran for a moment before screaming, "Syaoran, you jerk, get out of here."
"Hey don't blame me I've been calling you for a few minutes and you didn't answer," he called out as he stepped away from the tub.
Sakura crossed her arms over her chest as she sank lower into the tub. "FINE, I'm awake now get out of here," Sakura stated with a slight blush on her cheeks.
He nodded in satisfaction before turning and leaving the bathroom. As soon as he had left Sakura scrambled out of the tub and locked his door once again. She grabbed a towel and wrapped it around her body and grabbed a second towel and rubbed it through her hair gently. She unlocked her side of the washroom and walked into her room noticing the curling iron on the dresser in the room. She grabbed a bath robe and put it on and decided to tackle her hair first. She went back into the washroom and plug in the curling iron for it to heat up. As she waited for the iron to heat up she went and put on her undergarments and pulled out a pair of shoes that would suit this occasion. After that she put back on the robe and went back to the washroom, she worked hard in getting her hair to curl only to create a minor ripple affect. After she accomplished the simple affect she had wanted for her hair that night she unplug the iron and unlocked the other door before heading back to her room. She sat down at the table in her room and pulled out the foundation, eye shadow, lip stick, blush and mascara. She pulled out a small mirror from her kit and picked up a tweezers and started to pluck her eye brows.
'This is a pain,' Sakura thought as she kept working on her brows. After about fifteen minutes she finally finished with the torture. She replaced the tweezers and picked up the eye shadow kit and tried to figure which color would suit the gown and her features. She applied a very light color of blue before replacing the box. She applied some mascara and some lip stick before closing up the box. She turned and took off her robe before grabbing the dress from her bed and placed it on. The gown was simplistic with no designs on it, just a beautiful shade of turquoise that hugged her curves perfectly and flair slightly near the bottom of the gown. After getting her gown on she picked up the clip from the table and pulled her back slightly and clipped her hair back. Leaving a few strands curling around her fact and the rest of her hair flowing behind her. She didn't bring a purse so she decided not to carry anything with her and just go as she was. She didn't even remember to pack a shawl either so she just exited her room after slipping on a pair of high heels and started to stroll down the hall. However before she even past Syaoran's door it open revealing Syaoran in a perfectly tailored tuxedo.
Sakura just stood there rooted in the hallway finding that Syaoran look incredibly handsome in his tuxedo. 'There is should be a law for someone to look that great in a tuxedo,' Sakura thought as she snapped out of her trance.
"Hey you are early for once," Syaoran commented when he noticed Sakura standing there.
"I was early before, I'm not always late," she stated as she continued down the hall passing him.
Syaoran gaze followed her gentle sway of her hips as she pass in front of him. 'She looks good, wonder why she doesn't have a boyfriend at this point,' Syaoran thought before following behind Sakura.
Sakura steps were pretty calculated since her steps couldn't be too fast; actually she would have a great amount of difficult running in this gown. Than again why does she even need to do that it is a party, not a marathon. Than again this gown was more made for sitting, dancing and slow walking. The gown allowed movement but not huge ones just simple ones like waltz steps she couldn't do the tango in this gown or salsa. Not that she learned those before, only waltzing because Tomoyo made her go with her to lesson as a kid.
As she was walking down the stairs she saw the kids wishing their parents a good time, as they were ready for bed soon. 'They are so lucky they don't have to go to these things,' thought Sakura as she greeted everyone at the front door.
The party wasn't actually that far away since they didn't want to have the party at hotel as most would they had it inside the home of the host. They had a beautifully designed home that had a spacious back yard. A few trees in the back yard with that covered the fence indicating the end of the yard. There was a pool not too far from the house that was enclosed to make it available for us all year round.
The Li family entered the party and greeted the host and shared a few words with people here and there. Sakura smiled at the people around, but feeling a great deal of discomfort as she kept getting the feeling she doesn't belong here.
Several gentlemen came up to Syaoran and engrossed him in conversation so Sakura decided it was a good chance as any to take a look around. A waiter past by and she grabbed a flute of champagne and she smiled as greeting at several of the others. She stood near the glass doors leading to the beautiful garden. The temperature was still good that they were able to have the doors open to allow in a breeze. There were people walking around, as the music flowed throughout the room. Sakura took note that there were people dancing and that this seemed to be a celebration of some sort. There was a beautifully decorated cake near the buffet table. 'I knew there was something I should have asked before coming,' she thought as continued to obverse from the glass doors leading to the garden.
'This is going to be a boring night,' thought Sakura as she took a sip of the champagne in her hand. She glanced out the open doors and noticed the beauty of the garden behind her. She walked out of the doors figuring no one would miss her for the most part since she really didn't belong here anyways. She walked around noticing the gardener had done a great job in keeping the place neat the flowers were gorgeous. Unfortunately she hadn't notice at all how far she was actually getting from the glass doors.
As she bent down to smell one of the roses that was growing she felt someone grab her arms in a tight grip. She turned her head around and stared into a pair of dark eyes that caused her to feel a slight chill coursing through her body. She tired to break free of the iron hold the guy had on her. "Let me go," she shouted, fighting for her freedom in the shadow of the pool house.
"I'm not letting go, when I've finally caught you," came a familiar voice.
"I don't even know you," she cried stomped on the guy's foot with her stiletto heel.
He gave a cry of pain and loosened his grip enough for her to break loose and run. Sakura tired to run back towards the house but it was incredibly difficult in the stiletto heels and the fact her gown made it really hard to run. She tripped several times causing minor rips along the hem of her gown as she ran. She ran into the pool house since it was closer than the actually house. Before she was able to lock the door the guy pushed his way in after her, causing Sakura to fall backwards on to the pool house floor.
"Sakura why do you keep running from me," came a sad voice as he removed his mask as the moon gave light for her to see the person she was running from.
"Fa Long," she gasped as she saw the face of the man. "Why are you doing this I thought we were friends."
"I wanted to be more than friends with you. I loved you since the first time I saw you. I wanted you to love me in return," he stated in a sad voice. "I spent months following you everywhere; I even rented an apartment that gave me a perfect view of your room. I spent hours on hours in there watching you."
"It was you; you were the one they could not find. The one that took all those pictures of me," Sakura said with fear lacing her voice as she tired to slowly back away.
"They took my treasure away, that room was my way of showing you how much I love you. I devoted lot of time in creating a shrine to honor the goddess of my world, but they did not appreciate my work and took it all from me," his voice coated with anger this time. He stepped towards Sakura. "All I want is to love you for all time, is that so much to ask?"
"Fa Long please don't go doing something you'll regret," Sakura started to say hoping to think of someway out of this situation.
"As long as I have you I will have no regrets," he stated before rushing forward and grabbing hold of her arms. He pushed her down onto the pool floor trying to kiss her.
"Noo…let me go please," Sakura cried trying hard to push him away. Fa Long was too strong as he forced her legs still with his own. "Someone help me."
His lips silenced her as he held both of her hands with one of his own. His free hand trailed over her body through the gown. Tears started to fall from her eyes as he yanked at one of the straps of her gown. The strap snapped under the pressure, as she felt him trying to shove the gown down.
'No, someone please help me,' she pleaded in her mind as he continued to paw at her body. 'Syaoran, where are you?' her mind called out as felt the other strap digging into her shoulder as he tired to forced the gown lower.
Suddenly she felt the pressure of Fa Long removed from above her. She opened her eyes and saw a guy pounding the life out of Fa Long as she curled up into a ball crying of relief that someone had come along.
It wasn't very long before she felt a pair of arms wrapping around her and she tried to struggle once again to break free due to fear. A voice spoke softly next to her ear, "Calm down Sakura, everything is fine now." She turned and found herself looking into a pair of amber eyes that were looking at her with worry. She buried her face into his chest crying from relief that he had come.
"He didn't do anything to you do he?" asked Syaoran as he held Sakura in his arms with an unconscious Fa Long several feet away. He felt Sakura shake her head as she held on to him as if her life depended on him. He helped her up to her feet before taking off his jacket and wrapping it around her.
"I need to call the police and get them to come pick that guy up," Syaoran said nodding to the body not too far away. He held Sakura's hand as they walked out of the pool house. He told her to wait outside the glass door while he informed his family of what happen before they deal with everything else. He eased her into a patio chair outside; as he found his father indicating the situation and apologizing to the host of the party before calling for the police.
Unfortunately with this incident the party came to an abrupt ending, as Sakura sat outside shivering under Syaoran jacket recalling how helpless she had felt moments ago. The Li sisters came out to comfort her as they saw the fear in her eyes that had he had hidden so well before. It wasn't long before an officer had walked up to Sakura, however, in her traumatic state when she felt the hand on her shoulder she jumped and scream.
Hearing the scream, Syaoran raced back out to backyard ready to punch out anyone that caused Sakura harm. Syaoran noticed that Sakura was standing close to the four sister with scared eyes looking at the officer.
"I'm sorry but I don't think she is ready to trust every male that comes near right now, it might take a bit of time for her to calm down again," stated Fuutie as she held Sakura closely.
"I understand madam, however we need her report to be able to file this case," came the male officer looking at the shivering girl.
Syaoran stepped up to the guy ready to punch his light out, officer or not. Seeing a person in that state and still demanding they give a report was asking too much. Suddenly he felt someone grab hold of his arm, he was about to shove them away when they spoke.
"Syaoran, it is alright. I know I need to do this, however I have one request," Sakura spoke softly. "I want you to be there with me as I give my report."
Syaoran let the guy go and turned towards Sakura. "You sure you can deal with this right now?"
"Hai," came a shaky reply. Her emerald eyes clouded over with a few tears as Syaoran held her in his arms.
"There isn't a problem is there? I want to be there with her even if I don't speak," stated Syaoran.
The officer stood there stunned and uncertain of what to do. This wasn't a normal situation, they aren't allowed to have others with them however to defy this man was not an intelligent move either. His superior walked up after hearing what Syaoran had stated.
"Mr. Li that is high unusual, however considering the circumstances and the fact we need a statement from you as well I will allow. However you must give your statement first without the young lady here," came a second voice.
Syaoran nodded in agreement as they got into the back of the police car. "Chris, can you go home and get the car and meet us down there. If anything happens it would be a good idea for you to be around."
"Yeah, I'll be there in a few minutes just need to get home for the car," replied Chris as the rest of them apologized once again to the host and they headed home.
Police Station
Sakura sat down with a madam as she waited for Syaoran to finish giving his testimony before she gave hers. She held a cup of bad coffee in her hands as she finally stopped shivering and freaking out when someone touched her. 'Why did this happen to me?' she though as she waited. She looked up expecting to see Syaoran but Chris took a seat next to her.
"Don't worry, everything will be alright," he said softly.
Sakura nodded, no matter what she didn't really feel too comfortable with any other males other than Syaoran at this moment. It was a good half hour before Syaoran emerged from the room and walked over to Sakura.
"Miss. Kinomoto would you please come this way," came from a voice behind Syaoran. Sakura got up from the seat near the wall and started to walk towards the conference room, however when she didn't see Syaoran following she stopped.
"You said you'll be there with me," Sakura stated with a sad voice.
"I'll be there in a moment, wait for me I just want to talk to Chris for a moment," replied Syaoran.
Sakura nodded and waited outside the door for him she clutched the jacket around her shoulder closer finding a minor bit of comfort under the dark material.
Several moments later Syaoran showed up and placed an arm over her shoulder as he guided her towards the conference room. They took a seat as the officer started the interview.
"I want to inform you that everything you say will be recorded and will be used later for the pressing of charges of the culprit. You may start any time Miss. Kinimoto," stated the officer.
"The person I saw tonight was supposed to be my friend Fa Long Chan, we met in university since I was studying here about a year ago. Tonight at the party I noticed the garden outside and went to look and that was when he showed up and grabbed me. We struggled a bit and he tried to force himself on me but Mr. Li here came and helped me before he could do anything," stated Sakura with a few tears falling from her eyes as her voice trembled a bit. "However, before Mr. Li came there was something Fa Long said to me in regard of something else. You see about 2 years ago there was a case about a stalker in an apartment near the Hong Kong University Campus. I was the victim of the case, however, they never caught the culprit and he admitted he was the one that covered a home of my pictures."
"Thank you for your co-operations, we'll be in contact if there are any other problems," stated the officer.
"Actually you'll be contacting my brother-in-law for any problems and he'll inform us. See we only came here for a temporary and we'll be leaving Hong Kong in about 5 hours in truth. However, if there is any problems that require her testimony or anything we can come back with a few days notice or we can be contacted through the Li-corporation," stated Syaoran after everything was finished.
Chris was waiting for them in the other room and the emerged Chris gave his contact information and than they all headed back to the Li mansion. Tomorrow's a new day for everyone and finally they can go back to Japan after a long two weeks in Hong Kong.
Blossom: Here is my latest chapter and it might take some time for the next chapter but i'm working on it. Also I wanted to get this out as fast as possible so there is DEFINITELY a lot of grammer and spelling errors but i hope you enjoy anyways. I'm sorry English has never been a strong point of mine especially if when i write. I think faster than i type but if you wait a while i will have a minorly better version up once i get to reading it. Or someone else reads it and copy and edits my errors which will be a great chore but greatly appreciated and welcomed. Anyways I'll try to get my next chapter out more quickly. GOMEN-NASAI