No one answered the door so Sakura just figured no one was home yet and went to the garden for the extra key. Sakura let herself in and like a drone, dragged herself up to her room. As soon as her head hit the pillow she was out like no ones business.
Sakura woke to the sound of a continuous tick and then she realized where she was. She hadn't meant to show up back at her house but realized she hadn't really been talking with her dad and brother. Sakura took a quick shower and ventured downstairs to see no one was home yet. " Jeez you leave them for a while and it's a disappointment to learn they can't clean without you." Sakura said to herself looking around the family room. As she was cleaning the phone rang but she didn't reach it in time and the call went to the machine. " Hello Touya. When you get this message I'm just letting you know I wont be in till 10pm. Oh and have you heard from Sakura lately? Call me back if you need anything. Love you." Beep. Sakura stood staring at the answering machine. Just when she was going to turn away it rang again and went to the machine. " Hey dad it' Touya. I just wanted to say I won't be in till 10pm. I have to pull a evening shift here at the hospital. Did Sakura call at all today? It's just we haven't heard from her in a while. Anyways call if anything, later." Sakura wouldn't move, she just took in all the guilt she felt for not staying in touch with her family. Eventually she left to her room and took out her cell phone, she dialed the house number and let it go to the machine. " After the tone please leave a message." Beep " Hey dad, Touya…."
" Where's Sakura?" Lisa asked Rika. Her and everybody else arrived at 10 am to go over the next mission with Sakura only to find she hadn't come home the night before. " Jeez will you relax I told you Naoko will be here with her soon." And just then the two spoken of walked through the door. " Ohayo mina." (Good morning everyone). Sakura greeted with a smile and headed straight upstairs. " She's going to take a shower so she'll talk to you all after. Make yourselves comfortable." Naoko said and told the girls to come upstairs to Sakura's room.
Sakura was in the shower happily singing. " Hora catch you catch you catch me catch me matte! kotchi wo muite SUKI da to itte Sou. Nice to meet you good to see you kitto! atashi no omoi anata no HA-TO nitonde tonde tonde yuke ma - yo - wa - na – i." Chiahru knocked on the shower door. " Sakura where were you last night and why are you so happy?" She asked. So Sakura stopped singing and reviewed last night leaving out the kiss with Syaoran.
Flashback
Fujitaka walked through the front door and straight to the kitchen. But he stopped upon entering and didn't here Touya stop behind him. The kitchen table was lit up and full of food, their favorites might I add. Fujitaka turned to Touya and was about to ask, but Touya beet him to it and said it wasn't him. They were silent before gasping out " Sakura" in realization. They checked her room but she wasn't there and she wasn't in another room upstairs. They stopped downstairs and stared at a sleeping Sakura on a couch in the family room. They left her sleeping and went to eat dinner when they notice she already ate. When dinner was done Touya noticed the messages on the answering machine and played them. There was the message he left, the one his dad left and then the machine played Sakura's message. " Hey dad, Touya, I know I haven't been in touch lately and I'm sorry, so here's an update. The girls and I made it into the second round of MIYO! Yea its cool and our single is going to come out soon. Now I know you guys are aware Meilin's back but so is Syaoran in case you didn't know. Before you ask no I haven't told him anything. He is currently engaged and now expecting. I was there when you guys called and left your messages so I made dinner, enjoy! And goodnight." Touya really had a great sister and he desperately wanted to hurt if not kill the brat (Syaoran). He turned around to see his father wake up Sakura and he was glad to see her bright smile and went over to hug her
End of flashback
" We talked until we were all tired and it brightened my mood. That's what happened and why I'm smiling." Sakura finished and got out of the shower.
" We really should have them over for dinner." Rika stated.
" Yes and sorry to ruin the mood but we have impatient visitors downstairs." Tomoyo says. So Sakura got dressed and they slowly went downstairs.
" Ah Sakura are you feeling any better?" asked Yelan. " Yes, a bit." Sakura answered quietly. Everyone who knew Sakura knew she was very strong and when something was wrong you'd never see behind her mask. But Yelan was observing how strong she was in a magical sense. When Sakura had come down the stairs, her whole surroundings were dark, strong and very sorrowful. " Well it's time for another mission and this is more important than the last." Eriol said and then he went into the mission layout. " We are going to take out Togashi's base of operations. He has everything set up in a five warehouses down at the harbor." Yelan interrupted him.
" Togashi's attack strategist and his general will also be there. I want them taken out but that's not you're job because I'm bringing in one of our assassins. Actually she should be arriving here now with blueprints to. Ah that should be her." Yelan stated as she heard the doorbell ring.
One of the extra members of the gang went to answer the door but Chiharu got in their way. " Last time I checked you didn't live here. People who do not live here do not answer the door unless asked." Chiharu barked as she unlocked and opened the door. There was two minutes of intense staring between the two girls until there were screams of delight. Chiharu and the visitor came back to the living room talking animatedly but hair was in her face covering it from view. When she looked up the other girls gave a gasp of recognition. With that red streaked blond hair, brown eyes and familiar smirk stood in front of them Helen Phung. Syaoran and Eriol plugged their ears while Lisa just rolled her eyes as the other girls repeated Chiharu's response to Helen. " Helen, good of you to join us. I am to assume you gathered the necessary information." Yelan said as she took a seat on the couch ready for business. Helen took on a perfect stance of attention and spoke formally. " Yes I have acquired the needed information and the warehouse layouts Lady Wolf."
" Thank you I appreciate it. Syaoran can you continue the mission outline."
"We'll start our attack 2 hours to dawn. Our part should be short and quick. We will line the 5 warehouses with explosives that will also hit their underground tunnels. Kinimoto you will need to create a shield around us because the enemy has sensors that can detect us. This is big but simple, we go in we get out. Clear?" and everyone answered a positive. Syaoran continued using the warehouse layouts telling people where they will enter or exit. Yelan had pulled Helen to the side to explain the details of her assassination mission.
So Sakura went to the kitchen to help Tomoyo with lunch. But instead of finding Tomoyo cooking, she was designing another outfit. " Aren't you supposed to be cooking Moyo?" Sakura asked as she took vegetables out of the fridge. " Oh yea, I just got distracted." As Tomoyo stood up she dropped her book and some papers flew out. Sakura bent down to help pick them up and a drawing caught her eye. " You still think of him, even more so now right?" Sakura asked looking at the drawing of Eriol as Tomoyo looked out at him through the kitchen door. " Yea I guess I do but right now I wont forgive him for letting Syaoran do this."
" Is that your only reason?"
Tomoyo hesitated, " I can't blame him for liking Kaho, nor for knowing her first."
" So what's for lunch?" Lisa said as she burst into the kitchen. But the smile she came in with turned into a scowl when she saw the drawing of Eriol. " You must be some kind of slut to make Eriol like you over Kaho." She said spitting out the word slut. As she opened her mouth to say more, Tomoyo came over and backhanded her across the face. Then grabbed her hair and dragged her out of the kitchen.
Everyone had left but Helen and the girls. " What's going on?" Rika asked. Then there was what sounded like a war cry and Lisa and Tomoyo tackled each other. The girls just watched until Tomoyo had her in a headlock screaming she surrendered. When Lisa stood up and they got a good look at her face everyone collapsed to the floor laughing. Tomoyo came out of the fight with messed up hair, makeup and bruised cheek. Lisa on the other hand came out with a slightly bloody nose and the beginnings of a black eye. Tomoyo had made sure to stay clear of Lisa's stomach because she may want Lisa dead, but she didn't kill babies.
Helen walked over to Lisa and just stared at her, observing. " Hello Lisa, do we need to have another talk?" Helen dragged a chair over to Lisa and sat down. If the girls knew Helen then she had a lot to say. " Lets start this talk off with your appearance." (Now don't get me wrong Helen isn't like this but Lisa is "special")
" There is nothing wrong with…"
Helen kicked her leg. " Don't interrupt or you'll have another black eye. Now trust me there is something wrong with you. # 1 you're hair has to much oil, it's sticky and badly cut. # 2 you do have fat there fore your shirt is too tight to look remotely pleasant on you. All though your face just ruins your looks all together."
" Amen" Said Naoko.
" # 3 your nose is pointy and short, your eyes are to small for your big head, and your mouth is puffy and never stays shut. And all around your face is a ugly sight."
" Syaoran doesn't think so."
" Well something's wrong with him too. Now does anyone have anything too add?"
At once the girls yelled " I HATE YOU!"
" Do you think I hold any love for you? I can't wait for the day where I don't see you again." Lisa spat at them. The girls didn't want to see Lisa so they locked her in a spare room with food and a TV for about 2 hours. When they unlocked her room she was sleeping.
Lisa woke and noticed Syaoran wasn't back yet. ' I should go tell Togeshi so he has time to plan a counter attack because the wolves don't attack for another 2 days.' As Lisa headed downstairs she saw the girls watching a movie. ' They will pay and I will make them hurt to the soul.' Lisa vowed as she stalked over to them. " Look if Syaoran calls tell him I went out and will meet him at home." She turned and stormed out of the house.
' Ding Dong'
Intercom
" Who is this?"
" It's Lisa, open the gates."
" Right away miss."
" Lisa my lovely Lisa." Togeshi said as he lifted her and spun her around. He noticed her black eye and demanded to know what happened. ' That Li better not have hit her.' He thought before Lisa started to explain. Finally she told him about the N.W. plans to attack his father's warehouses and how they don't know he's in Japan. Togeshi immediately ordered a meeting to set up a counter attack and afterwards "awarded" Lisa before sending her home.
' It's a shame I don't really want you' Lisa thought when she saw Syaoran as she slipped into bed and fell asleep.
' Ring, Ring'
"Hello?"
"Hi Touya, it's been a long while. How much did u miss me?"
"Helen! Is this really you?"
"Yea I'm over at you're sisters house so I thought I should call."
"Can I see you?"
"In a few days you can. I'll stay at you're sisters so call me kay?"
"Yea definitely."
"Good night."
"Yea goodnight."
Two days went by very fast and Sakura's next mission would be upon them in three hours. She had that dream again that morning of the voices crying out for their mom and dad. She woke up crying and was depressed all day. When Yelan came over and saw Sakura mood, she told her to snap out of it but Sakura couldn't shake her mood. Thankfully Lisa hadn't come because if she saw her with Syaoran she would of broken down in her state. Her depressed mood also had her doubling her medication. Syaoran and her went to train again and almost had another mouth-to-mouth incident but Eriol showed up to get them. Sakura didn't cry because she wouldn't but she was close. She couldn't handle the mission that night, she just couldn't. But she still got into the car with the N.W. three hours later and drove down to the warehouses. Helen knew Sakura wasn't all right but they were traveling separately so she couldn't confront her. She only hoped Sakura would be ok and that the mission went well.
After each warehouse was lined with explosives Sakura and Syaoran were always the last to leave and move on to the next. Just as they were finishing the 3rd warehouse, there was a commotion on the receiver. It was Helen. Her targets had been expecting her and apparently the rest of the N.W. as well. All too soon a battle between the N.W and S.F broke out and you could hear guns going off and traps being triggered. Syaoran turned to Sakura and grabbed her hand, feeling he needed to protect her. They were going to leave when the ground underneath them collapsed.
" Why does it feel like someone tried to crack my skull open?" Sakura asked as she woke up in what appeared to be one of the underground tunnels. "Li." she called out as her eyes tried to adjust to the no light settings. "I'm here." He answered from her right. Syaoran helped Sakura up and when they were deciding the best card to use for their predicament they heard voices, children voices. "I think we should check that out." Sakura said and started walking before Syaoran could protest.
As they walked the voices got louder and they could now hear the crying and whimpers. It was a few more minutes before they found a huge cage with children ranging from 3-10 years of age. Sakura instantly felt sicker than before. The screams, wails and pleas of the children faded as her mind stared to sink.
' This is wrong and cruel. These children are separated from their parents. I bet there hungry and tired AND THIS IS JUST WRONG!'
Syaoran looked over at Sakura to see her aura crackle and before he knew it there was a flash and the children had disappeared. "Sakura?" he whispered and she turned to him with blank eyes that looked haunted. "I sent them home, don't worry." Her voice had no life in it and sounded almost not her own and now Syaoran was worried. " Sakura? Kinimoto? KINIMOTO!" no matter how many times or how loud, Sakura would not respond and just stared into space. Syaoran took a step forward and then saw the gun trained at Sakura's back.
" Don't move Wolf cause I will shoot." The snake said and Syaoran didn't. But just then Sakura decided to respond and turned around. The snake jumped and fired at Sakura. She didn't move out the way and just fell unconscious as the bullet hit her. Syaoran moved then and took care of the snake. He grabbed Sakura and with the rest of his strength he got them back to the rest of the N.W. Once they saw Syaoran appear carrying someone, they got ready to pull out. When Syaoran approached and Helen saw Sakura she freaked and demanded to know what happened. Syaoran filled her in as they made their way back to the girl's house. They were especially worried when Sakura's wound wouldn't stop bleeding.
"Oh My Gosh what happened?" Tomoyo asked and all the girls freaked much like Helen did. The N.W private doctors rushed in and first retracted the bullets from Sakura's body. The girls were holding in their tears and holding their breaths. Others who had gotten to know Sakura prayed for her. An hour later, " Well, will she be ok?" Eriol asked as the doctors set down their tools. " She'll be fine but we need to keep her under watch to see if she'll need more blood and she needs to rest." That's when all the sighs of relief and one un-noticed grunt of disapproval from Lisa who arrived filled the air. " Well if she is going to live then I will take this time to delve into her mind." Yelan said as she pilled up a chair next to Sakura. Tomoyo looked panicked and then she jumped up to stop Yelan. " No don't she wouldn't want you to." Tomoyo yelled at Yelan. "I need to know what ails this child so I will." Yelan said and put her fingers to Sakura's forehead. Yelan fell unconscious but in the same position.
An- Lol well here's a cliffhanger for you. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and I will try to get the next part up soon but I might need to add more to it so don't expect it anytime soon. Helen your finally in the story! ( she's a real person )Anyways seriously 10 reviews for this chapter is not a lot to ask. I mean it's long and it gives a lot plus u guys are going to find out what has happened to Sakura next chapter. Be very happy. So until next time
Bai!
-GaiazHeart
