a/n: The reason for my absence will be explained later. but im not dead.

Capturing the Innocent

Chapter Fourteen

The Crappiest Day Ever

In all honesty, Syaoran felt like crap. It had to be one of the worst days of his life. He was locked in a closet, his girlfriend along with her best friend were kidnapped, and he was nursing a bullet wound in his arm.

All these craziness happened in one day. How the hell did it happen you ask?

Well, Syaoran would say, it began around three in the morning, at the airport. This is when he was leaving with Sakura to Japan. At this point in time, Syaoran met his first challenge: Sakura's father, Fujitaka Kinomoto.

"Dad, this is Syaoran Li, the guy I was telling you about," Sakura introduced them all cheerfully.

Both men looked at each other apprehensively. In Syaoran's opinion, Sakura could have planned this out better. After all, it was three in the morning, they were all tired and went through hell at airport security. Surely, this was not the best time to be meeting your girlfriend's father.

Luckily for him, Fujitaka was a mild mannered man, and loved his daughter and loved that she was happy. He was a little worrisome over the fact that Syaoran was Sakura's teacher. Only, this bothered him for about a minute since Sakura was quick to remind him the way that their parents met was through the educational system.

This obstacle was officially overcome.

The next problem came when they arrived in Japan. Mind you, the flight was smooth, though Syaoran admits, Sakura could have let him sleep some more. Then again, one can't really think of sleep if they were doing what Sakura and Syaoran were doing, if you get my drift (a/n: not the nasty, that's for a later chappie). What bothered Syaoran was the fact that this was where The Black Wolf were causing trouble.

And Sakura might get mixed up in it.

Especially when her best friend is a perfect victim.

This was known to him after he met Sakura's two friends.

"What the hell? Where's Eriol? I specifically told her not to be alone!" Sakura whined. Syaoran was in a less tolerant mood for her whining to be honest. Little sleep and heavy luggage was making him foul.

"Not. So. Loud. What's wrong with her being by herself? She can take of herself, it seems," he yawned.

"Are you kidding? There could be wackos that want to kidnap her!" Sakura yelled.

"Who would kidnap teenage girls?…Shut up! Shut up! Never mind!" Syaoran snapped as he saw the smirk forming on Sakura's face.

"Sakura-chan!" Tomoyo's voice rang quite loudly throughout the airport. In an instant, Sakura had received the glomp of death.

"Tomo-chan!" Sakura breathed in weakly. "Good to see you too. I can't breathe…"

"Gomen!" Tomoyo rose and helped her best friend up as well.

"Where's Eriol-kun?" Sakura asked coldly.

"Bathroom."

"I see."

"Saku-chan, he has his own needs! What do you want me to do? Follow him inside the men's bathroom? So this is Syaoran Li?" Tomoyo pointed to the tall, Hong Kong native.

"Hai," Sakura smiled. "Syaoran, don't be rude: say hello."

"Neh…" Syaoran replied sleepily, groggily giving a wave.

"Never mind him, I guess he's tired," Sakura frowned. "Where did my dad go?"

"With me," Eriol came cheerfully, alongside Fujitaka. "Nice to see you so soon, Sakura."

"Eriol!" Sakura cooed.

She walked over to him cheerfully.

And kicked him in the shins.

"You jerk! You're supposed to be watching her! Something could have happened!"

"I was only gone for five minutes!"

"That long!"

"Ow, stop kicking me!"

"My my, Sakura. I am so glad that you and your friends are getting along. If you don't mind, I'll go gome by taxi."

"Bye Daddy. Now, you jerk! I gave you specific orders-"

"She hasn't changed," Tomoyo smiled. Syaoran looked at her.

"Yep, she still an immature brat," Syaoran smiled. "She talked about you a lot. She said I should be cautious."

"Yep, you probably should."

"Why?"

"I was the one who set her up with Yukito."

"Oh."

"But you seem nice. And she seems very happy around you. You are not the conceited, narrow-minded, stubborn, stiff, jackass like she first told me."

"What?"

"Nothing."

"So, um…why is she scared of being alone with you anyway?"

"I have no idea…Sakura-chan. Please don't kill my boyfriend," Tomoyo called out.

Sakura looked down at Eriol, who was victim in a headlock. "Oh…right."

"Yeah, good to see you too," Eriol coughed. "I'm Eriol."

"Syaoran Li," Syaoran shook his hand.

"Well, now that we've all introduced ourselves, let's go!" Sakura cheered.

And they all went into Eriol's car. And for Syaoran, well, he was glad that he was used to having two girls chattering at hyper-speed, or else he would have had to kill himself. He was slightly envious of Eriol who was driving and didn't need to hear the giggling of Tomoyo and Sakura.

But in a way, he was lucky that he heard their conversation.

"Is Rika okay, Tomoyo-chan?" Sakura asked.

"She is doing better. Her grandparents have been paying for her to go to therapy. She is still not speaking," Tomoyo frowned.

"Still…it's scary," Sakura looked somber. "That's why I'm worried about you. I'm scared that can happen to you."

"Sakura-chan, I'm not going to be captured by some underground gang and have my mother's company fall to pieces, you worry too much!" Tomoyo smiled.

At that moment, Syaoran, who was sipping his really hot choco-latte, spilled some of it on his pants as he heard Tomoyo say this.

"Mother fu-!"

"Syaoran, ouch, you okay?" Sakura looked in front of her as Syaoran, in the front seat, winced from the (need I remind?) hot coffee on his lap.

"I'm fine. You, Tomoyo-san, what did you just say?" he questioned frantically.

" You mean the underground gang that is threatening to kidnap me?" Tomoyo answered nervously.

"STOP THIS CAR!" Syaoran shouted at the top of his lungs.

Eriol nearly had a heart attack as Syaoran screamed in his ear. He had completely stopped the car at a screeching halt, and Syaoran rushed out of it. Before he ran off, he looked at Sakura.

"Don't ever be alone! Whatever happens, scream for help or call me! Got it?" he warned.

After Sakura nodded, Syaoran ran at full speed in a certain direction. After a couple seconds, his figure became a tiny dot until Sakura couldn't see him anymore.

"So it is the Black Wolf Gang," Sakura looked down sadly.

"Sakura, what is he worried about?" Eriol asked, starting to drive again.

"Well, it's a long story…"

Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck! Syaoran cursed mentally. He ran in the streets of Japan until he got to ghetto of the city. He recognized one of the buildings that he owned. From the looks of it, it had been used recently.

"Fuck," he swore quietly as he made his way inside. The building itself was nothing fancy; he mainly used to it for sparring practices or training. But he had a room where he kept a lot of his clothes. He did not want to confront Rei with stained pants.

After he put on some green cargo pants and a black turtleneck, he grabbed his gun and made his way back into the streets. If he remembered correctly, the main Black Wolf Headquarters was not too far.

The Black Wolf Gang headquarters was in a run down hotel. At least, it appeared run down to the untrained eye. Inside was luxurious. At least 36 floors contained different rooms and contained many secrets. Syaoran had it built so the whole hotel was a maze. Only few members knew their way around it. Syaoran was one of them.

And so was Rei.

"If I know Rei, he took over my office. Great, I'm going to have to climb all the way to the top…just great."

Syaoran climbed slowly, at first with ease until he got to the rough, flat bricks-something he had built on purpose in case of intruders. He then had used an assortment of weapons to climb to the top.

"I just you're okay, Sakura," he said as he looked at the setting sun.

"Thank you, Eriol-kun! I'll see you tomorrow," Tomoyo kissed him lightly on his cheek.

"Take care," he waved before driving off. Sakura and Tomoyo began walking to Tomoyo's front door. They were already inside the property.

"Sakura, I am really glad you're back," Tomoyo smiled.

"Me too!" Sakura replied cheerfully.

"Have you talked to Yukito-san?"

"No, not yet."

"What are you planning to say to him."

"Honestly, I have no idea. But I'll see him tomorrow, so I'll be able to think of something by then."

"I'm pretty sure you won't need to worry about seeing him, seeing as no one will be seeing you two for a long time…"

Sakura and Tomoyo froze.

"Tomoyo-chan, that wasn't you, was it?" she asked nervously.

"No…" Tomoyo said shakily.

"Hello ladies," a man in black came down from one of the Sakura trees in Tomoyo's properties.

Before they were taken, Sakura yelled out one scream;

"SYAORAN!"

"Suddenly, I feel a chill…"Syaoran frowned.

"As you should, Syaoran-sempai," a male voice called from the darkness.

"Rei-kohai…long time no see," Syaoran replied coolly. "What the hell have you been doing?"

"Some of us felt you had gotten soft, and I got bored…so I decided to become leader."

"You son of a bitch."

"Why? Just cause I like to have a little fun," Rei laughed. At that moment, he stopped Syaoran from shooting him by shooting Syaoran instead in the arm.

"You asshole!"

"Hey, you were gonna shoot me! Besides, I don't wanna kill you before you see what happens to your precious girl, men, get him."

"Wait! Sakura!" Syaoran grunted as the pain in hi arm wa great and was currently being tied up.

"Don't worry, Syaoran-sempai, you'll see her real soon," Rei smiled.

And knocked Syaoran out with his gun.

It was the crappiest day ever.

okay, yeah!

-Celi