Authors Note: HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013! From Dublin, Ireland! I spent the New Year at a concert with 10,000 other people! How did you spend the New Year?

Chapter Twenty: Pesky Preparations

"We're making them Wolves." Syaoran spoke, not missing the hard look on Sage's face at the news. He knew that the boy blamed Chiharu for the death of his parents, but she was too valuable an ally to just forget. He ran a hand through his hair trying to think of a way to not have Sage completely pissed off for the rest of the mission. He had enough to worry about.

"That's great!" Sakura spoke trying to lighten the mood. "She can help get us a location since she has connections with the CIA." Sage sat on the couch next to Rowe with Kari on his lap, caressing her thigh as he listened to his leaders. He closed his eyes remembering what Kari said. He couldn't hate someone that lost their parents too. That wasn't fair. Chiharu was a nice girl, and she was nice to Kari.

"Sage?" Kari spoke trying to get her boyfriends attention. She noticed that he had spaced out. Shaking his head lightly he looked at her in question. She simply giggled. "Li was talking to you." Sage turned his gaze to his leader.

"Sorry Xiao Lang…what were you saying?" Sage asked, turning serious yet again to make sure he got the important information he needed.

"Wednesday night, we will have you bring Tiger to the meeting area, somewhere in the downtown area. We will already have everyone in place, and ready to attack. John and Akashi will be in place to meet you and bring you to 'Tatsuya'. In retrospect…you won't make it to the door. We will have everyone start firing on Tiger as soon as you give the nod." Syaoran explained. It was a good plan. Not only were they going to outnumber Tiger, but they were going to kill him fast.

"Alright. That sounds good to me. Tsarina, Tatiana and Chaz will most likely be coming along." Sage spoke, hoping that they were the only ones coming. Syaoran nodded.

"Knowing that Chaz may be a spy, we will try not to shoot him." Jamie spoke from the door with a smirk. Kari had a scowl on her face, like her brothers. She still remembered how he had gotten her drunk, and then tried to take advantage of her. She really wasn't opposed to him getting shot. Casualty of war.

"What time do you want us to bring Tiger to the site?" Kari asked, trying to get her mind off Chaz. Akashi walked over with a few papers and pictures. Most likely the site of the meeting.

"You're going to bring him to the same area you all leave that bike of yours. There's a bunch of abandoned buildings, so we'll have plenty of cover." Tobias spoke as he pointed out all the buildings.

"We figure that dark is the best time, so we want you to bring him around 9PM." Syaoran added. "We will have snipers in range, and make sure that everyone else it well hidden."

"And what are we to do if for some reason this plan backfires on us?" Sage asked raising a brow. The plan was pretty solid, but then again…every time they had a solid plan something went wrong.

"As soon as you nod to Akashi, we're going to have the snipers take a warning shot. At that point you are to duck and hide. Make sure you are away from Tiger. All our eyes will be on him and his group." Jamie spoke this time, moving from the door to stand behind Mei Lin.

"And make sure you protect my sister Aki." Rowe spoke. He wasn't trying to be harsh, but this was a dangerous situation.

"Nothing will happen to Kari." Sage glared back as he held her closer. He felt her sigh and lean into him.

"Well if that's all, I'm going to go grab Chi and Tak and take them to see John." Sakura spoke getting up from Syaoran's lap with a stretch. "Rika, Naoko, you want to come?" The two only nodded as they headed toward the stairs.

"Hey wait for me! I love seeing people in pain!" Kari said as she jumped up from Sage's lap. Everyone just laughed at her as the girls disappeared.

"Aren't you two going to join them?" Tobias asked his fiancée. She smiled sweetly shaking her head.

"Nope…we're going to grab Tina and Stacy and go practice shooting. I can't wait to snipe!" Tomicka spoke in a sigh. Mei Lin only rolled her eyes at her sister before they too headed out of the room.

Sakura

After grabbing Chiharu and Takashi, she promptly led the group to John's Tattoo room. Sakura smiled sweetly seeing the smirk on John's face.

"I brought you two new victims!" Sakura spoke. John could only chuckle.

"You know me too well Saks." John said as he grabbed a stencil of the Wolf tattoo. Chiharu visibly gulped in fear and Takashi gently squeezed her hand. "Who wants to go first?"

"I'll go first so Chi can see how much it doesn't hurt." Takashi spoke the lie with ease. Sakura only giggled again. Takashi took off his shirt and sat in the chair. After John applied the stencil, he quickly got to work on the tattoo.

"I wish everyone I tattooed had your skin. It's like painting…you're one lucky bastard." John gruffed as he quickly tattooed. What usually took John two hours of work only took him about 30 minutes. "Alright. Keep the bandage on it for about an hour, then make sure to put A+D cream on it at least 3x a day. Don't itch it, and clean it 2x a day."

"See Chi…that wasn't so bad." Takashi spoke as he took the cream from John, putting his shirt back on in the process. Chiharu tried to calm down as she took her shirt off, leaving her in her bra. She faced the same direction Takashi had, and closed her eyes.

"It helps to breathe little lady." John joked, noticing how she hadn't exhaled. Chiharu grabbed Takashi's hand as she heard the needle start. She scrunched her face in pain as the needle dug into her skin.

"Mother Fucker! You son of a BITCH! This hurts like hell!" She screamed toward Takashi as John continued. Sakura smirked seeing the evil smile on John's face. He was having way too much fun with Chiharu.

"It's almost done Chi…" Sakura tried to sooth. Chiharu's face reminded her of when she had gotten her tattoo.

"Yea, and it's looking great!" Rika butt in. Naoko was holding Chiharu's other hand while Tomoyo taped.

"I've only got to finish the tail and then shade and you're all done." John spoke, still smirking as he worked. Kari took a small amount of pleasure watching the girl wreathe in pain. She would be sure to tell Sage…maybe it would make him feel a little better.

Tomicka and Mei Lin

"I can't believe I got dragged into this." Rowe complained from his lying position on the ground at the sniper range. Tomicka and Mei Lin on his left, Stacy and Tina on his right all holding snipers while he held binoculars.

"Oh come on Rowe…Sniper poker is the best!" Stacy giggled as she took aim for her next card.

"And Jamie or Tobias would have helped Cat and Mei cheat!" Tina spoke as Stacy hit the Ace of Hearts.

"Yea yea…Stacy has three Aces. Your turn Cat." Rowe spoke as he waited for her to shoot.

"I'm going for that Royal Flush." She whispered as she aimed then hit the King of Spades. Mei Lin growled as she went for her four of a kind. She growled as she missed her card and hit a 7 giving her two pair. Tina giggled at Mei Lin as she tried for the girls straight.

"Ya'll are rusty." Rowe spoke as Tina got her straight. They all glared at him as they got up from the ground.

"Not my fault Toby never lets me practice any more…" Tomicka growled as they headed for the house to shower. Tomorrow would be another training day. "At least we can practice some more later and tomorrow."

"I'm definitely going to need the practice." Mei Lin spoke as they walked into the kitchen through to the hall. They saw the boys leaning over something on the table talking with Sage. The other girls were missing.

"What are you all doing?" Stacy asked as she walked over to the group. Tomicka took a seat on Tobias's lap, and Mei Lin on Jamie's.

"Trying to figure out where everyone will be for next Wednesday night." Akashi spoke as the others pondered. Little plastic people were sitting on the map, some off the map.

"We'll put Tina and Stacey here, and Mei Lin and Cat here." Tobias moved four little people.

"What about Moyo?" Eriol spoke, "I don't want her on the ground."

"We'll put her and Sakura with Tina and Stacey." Syaoran spoke moving another two people. "Jamie and Tobias will be on the roof opposite Cat and Mei." Syaoran moved another two people.

"We'll bring Tiger in from here." Sage spoke moving six little people to another corner of the map.

"And John and I will be waiting here." Akashi spoke moving yet more pieces.

"Rika, Naoko, and the others will be in this building ready to fire at Tiger." Syaoran spoke looking at Sage. "You will only have seconds to get out of the way before we all open fire."

"Don't worry about us." Sage spoke with an identical smirk.

"Just watch out for Kari." Ryo and Rowe said at the same time.

"What about me?" Kari's voice sounded from behind the group. Sage smiled at the Twin's guilty looks. She moved to Sage's lap, and his arms went around her waist, holding her in place.

"They're giving me the safety briefing." Sage whispered causing her to giggle.

"Like I believe that for two seconds." She said with a roll of her eyes. "Anyways…Chiharu and Takashi have their tats done. Sakura says it's getting dark and we all should be getting to bed shortly. I laughed and told her it wasn't even dark yet, but she didn't care. I think she wants time with Syaoran." Kari winked in the leaders' direction. He got up with a nod and headed off toward his bedroom.

"We'll talk more tomorrow." His voice sounded from down the hall. The group just shrugged at him.

"I'm taking that as meeting over." Eriol said, taking off his glasses and rubbing his eyes. He was not looking forward to this mission; more so, he was not looking forward to Tomoyo being there. With a sigh he, and the rest of the group, got up to go find something to do.

Sakura and Syaoran

Syaoran walked into the dark room looking for Sakura. A wave of cherry blossoms hit him, and he turned to look at the bathroom. An orange-ish glow was coming from the room. He opened the door to find Sakura in their huge tub that was filled with bubbles. Her auburn locks were sticking out of the middle. She had obviously not heard him come in.

"You had better strip down and join me Little Wolf." He voice sounded. So she had heard him come in. He smirked as he did as he was told and stepped into the hot water. The jets were on, adding to the bubbles. He leaned against the tub and drew her to him.

"This is nice." He spoke a few moments later as his hands ran up and down her skin. She sighed as she cuddles closer to him.

"I thought a nice bubble bath would calm your nerves about the mission." She whispered as she started kissing his neck. He stifled a groan as he pulled her to straddle him in the tub, his member already hardening at her caresses.

"Why don't you think I'm calm?" He got out between stifled moans as she teased him. She smiled, caressing his face.

"Because I'm involved, and I know you're never calm about a mission if I'm involved." She said before bringing him in for a kiss. He growled from deep in his chest as he finally penetrated her. He felt her shiver against him and moan. Their love making was slow and sensual this time. Syaoran buried his head in Sakura's neck as he worked her body. His hands massaging her lower back as he pumped in and out of her. Sakura's head shot back as she reached her orgasm, pulling Syaoran tighter to her. He groaned as he too came. Her satisfied emerald eyes met his happy amber ones.

"I am nervous about your safety." Syaoran finally said minutes later after they came off their high. She was still straddling him, but he had moved out of her and they were just enjoying each other's warmth. "I wish I could tie you to the bed and keep you from going with us, but at the same time I don't want you to stay here without me." He heard her sigh.

"I'm nervous about you too my love." Sakura spoke as her eyes locked with his again. He saw tears welling up. "This is a dangerous plan, and I don't want to lose you." Syaoran sighed and ran a wet hand through his hair.

"I know Cherry Blossom. But this is a chance to get rid of Tiger, and if I can do that and make you safe, then I'll do it."

"I understand that. And I'm happy to help Stacy and Tina." Sakura spoke smiling at his shocked face.

"How did you know I was putting you with them?"

"I heard you from the hall way on my way here. I'm sure I'm more ok with it than Tomoyo is right now." Sakura giggled. "Come, let's get out of here."

Tomoyo and Eriol

Another object came flying at his head as a hot tempered Tomoyo threw whatever she could find.

"HIDING ON THE 3RD FLOOR?! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU!" She screamed again. He was lucky he wasn't deaf by now…he was also lucky that no one had come to their room to find out what all the noise was. Eriol figured that everyone already expected this to happen.

"Moyo my dearest…it's for safety." Eriol tried to reason as something else came at him. A vase he realized as it shattered against the wall.

"I knew it!" She shouted, and he could hear tears in her voice, "I should have left Tokyo!" He frowned at her, thinking back to that conversation.

"Don't even go there!" He growled as she threw something else at him. He caught it and threw it to the floor, the remote for the TV. He stalked up to her, and pinned her arms to her side, before roughly throwing her to the bed. She "eeped" and bounced slightly before he was back over her, pinning her hands above her head. "I'm not in the mood for this bullshit." He seethed. Her eyes widened in fear at his tone. He had never acted like this.

"Yo-you promised I could help." She whispered, as her tears fell. He growled and bowed his head. He was angry, she realized…really really angry.

"I AM letting you help. You and Sakura along with Tina and Stacy are going to cover us from the room. We're even giving you sniper rifles." He said through clenched teeth. She thought for a moment, frowning.

"Oh…" was all she could say. She had misunderstood the situation. He was probably mad at her for throwing things at him. "Sorry Eri…" She felt him sigh, and kiss her neck.

"It's fine…just no more throwing things at me." He whispered. She smiled, and then frowned when she still couldn't move her hands. "No way angel…" he mused. He moved both her hands together and pinned them with only one of his, while his other hand moved down her side, to her stomach, stopping at her school skirt. She shuddered feeling his hand move under it and up to her wetness.

"I love you." She whispered part moaned, as she wrapped her legs around his waist, using her feet to pull off his pants. He pulled her panties to the side, and slid his boxers down before thrusting into her. She moaned loudly at the feeling. Eriol wrapped his free hand around her slim waist as he worked her body.

"Say my name Tomo." He growled as he kissed her neck. She knew she would have a bruise there later. She opened her mouth, but he was plowing into her so hard he was literally taking her breath away, then just as she was about to speak her body was rocked with the most intense orgasm she had ever had and she screamed his name. He thrust into her a couple more times before releasing her hands and relaxing on her. Both their bodies were shaking and he was chuckling lightly. He kissed her skin, anywhere he could without moving and she was still trying to catch her breath.

Tiger

He had gone through so many files, his eyes were hurting.

"Aren't you bored with that yet?" Tatiana's annoying voice spoke from the door. He resisted the urge to shoot her, knowing that she was a good tracker and kidnapper. He also loved her body, and enjoyed picturing her as the Cherry Blossom when he took her.

"Just because I'm bored doesn't mean I can stop. Besides you were the one to start it." He spoke, lighting a cigar.

"Oooo the Twin's file!" She spoke with bright eyes.

"Yea I didn't even bother to look at it." Tiger spoke waving a hand. Tatiana opened it, looking at the gorgeous twin brothers. She licked her lips wishing they were still alive. She would have loved to sink her teeth into them.

"Says they have a sister. Unknown." She spoke looking through the other files, but finding nothing. Tiger swiveled in his chair with an eyebrow raised. He pushed a button on his phone.

"Tao…do a search for Torrent. Look for anyone related to the Twins." Tiger spoke.

"Right away Sir," Came Tao's response. Tiger's frown never left his face. How had he not known that the Twins had a sister? Someone was slacking on the intel.

"You didn't know that they had a sister?" Tatiana asked as Tsarina and Chao walked into the room.

"Who has a sister?" Tsarina asked, taking the empty chair next to Tatiana, Chao leaned against it.

"Apparently the Twins have a sister…" Tiger growled. Both looked stunned. "I'm having Tao do a search for her."

"Why are we just now hearing about this?" Tsarina asked looking as pissed as Tiger.

"Lion and his pride kept her a secret apparently. Tatiana just told me. How did you know my dear?" Tiger asked, as all three turned their gaze to the blond bimbo.

"I had overheard it ages ago when I was still at Wolf mansion. I never actually met her. I don't know her name or anything. Just heard about her." Tatiana shrugged as she threw the file back on the desk.

"Well there's nothing we can do until Tao gets me some information. You all should be getting to bed. Chaz will meet up with Sage and Kari at school tomorrow, and the rest of us will prepare to meet their ex-boss." Tiger spoke. The others nodded and headed out of the room.

Chaz

He walked swiftly to his room, and shut the door. He opened his laptop, securing the system and logging into the CIA. He typed quickly looking up this unknown person. No one had talked to him from the agency in what felt like years. He looked at the calendar. 3 years 7 months and 22 days he had been undercover. All to bust Tiger, who was virtually unbustable. He typed in the information he had received in Tiger's study. The burro may not be talking to him, but he was still going to do his job.

Tiger meeting with Mob Boss Tatsuya Yutaka. Meeting at unsure location with gang members Tatiana, Tsarina and self. Request transfer from current placement. Stage death or other operation in order to get out.

His hands moved quickly against the keyboard. He waited patiently for any kind of response, knowing that it could be days, even weeks.

Request denied. Must catch Tiger in act. Will have units standing by. Need more information.

Chaz almost growled at the small computer. He sighed and started again. Since they were being chatty.

Request information on kin of Ryo Torrent and Rowe Torrent (A.K.A: the Twins)

He leaned back in his chair, grabbing a pen and paper. Maybe he could find the girl and get himself out of the mess he was in. He had been going by Chaz for so long he almost didn't remember his real name.

Information on subject requested…

Name: Kari Capri Torrent

Age: 18

Date of Birth: October 31, 1989

Height: 5'5"

Weight: 120lbs

Last Known Residence: Hong Kong, China

Last Spotted: Tokyo, Japan

Family: Ryo Strata Torrent (deceased); Rowe Trident Torrent (deceased); Katalina Capri Torrent (deceased); Cie Rowan Torrent (deceased)

Guardian: Tobias Lyon Lian – leader of the gang, Lion

Hobbies: Snipping, Undercover Operatives, Martial Arts, Dance, Art

Other Information: Tried to aquire subject to join burro in 2005. Guardian would not allow. Lost track of subject 2 weeks ago when she took on new mission for Wolf Gang.

Picture attached…

Chaz's eyes almost popped out of his head as he gazed at the Kari he knew and had a crush on. Kari Zen was actually Kari Torrent. He blinked a few times, millions of thoughts running through his mind. Did Sage know that his girlfriend was a fraud? Was Sage a fraud? What if Tiger found out? Would he kill her? Thinking back to Sage, he typed again.

Information on Sage Gato requested…

The computer seemed to take forever.

No information on Sage Gato…

Chaz slammed his fist down, until he remembered something Tiger had said a couple years ago.

Information on Sage Aki requested…

Again the computer sat as if it had froze.

Information on subject requested…

Name: Sage Wolf Aki

Age: 19

Date of Birth: November 11, 1988

Height: 6'2"

Weight: 175lbs

Last Known Residence: Unknown

Family: Satoshi Chichi Aki (deceased); Sachiko Wolf Aki (deceased);

Guardian: Mitsuru Miko Wolf – leader of the gang, Wolf

Hobbies: Undercover Operatives, Martial Arts, Knife Handling, Music

Other Information: Was taken into hiding at age 12 by Wolf. Suspected to be working with subject Kari Torrent on undercover assignment by Wolf gang. Last known picture taken at age 12 and enhanced to what is believe to look like now…

Picture attached…

Chaz didn't know whether to growl or be shocked as he looked at the same Sage that lived here. He was tempted to go and tell Tiger right then and there. Obviously Tao wasn't very good at doing background checks.

Tiger is requesting information on both subjects. Looking to take them out. How should I proceed?

He so hoped he could take out Sage, but at the back of his mind he knew it was just Tiger talking. He wasn't a cold blooded killer like he was pretending to be. He had yet to actually kill someone, except one of Tiger's old seconds. His bullets were all hallow or tranquilizers called "blood splatter darts". Made it look like he killed the people he shot. Tiger was ignorant to everything it seemed. He did really like Kari too. She was beautiful, smart, and apparently very deadly. He wondered if Sage and Kari were actually a couple. Maybe it was just show, but he quickly erased the thought. The way Sage looked at her, anyone could tell he was in love with the pink-haired girl.

"Who wouldn't be…" Chaz whispered to himself as the burro took extra time in responding. They were probably thinking of a way to handle the situation. It was obvious that no one expected a Wolf and Lion to actually penetrate Tiger's HQ, let alone get away with it for two weeks.

Do NOT reveal subjects to target. If possible, request assistance from said subjects. Proceed with caution. Good Luck Agent Azari…END TRANSMISSION

Chaz let out a huff of breath he didn't know he was holding and looked at the now blank screen. So he wasn't allowed to give up their identities…that, in some way, made him happy. He didn't want to be the one to kill them. Sure he wanted Kari, but he knew she would be devastated if Sage were to die. He sighed, running a hand through his hair. Kari thought he was a scum bag after the incident in the car. He was just playing his role. He hated being a Tiger…the whole lot of them were nasty, disgusting, sluts. He pulled out his phone and dialed Sage's number.

"Sage here…" Came the mans voice. Chaz smiled, wishing he could see Sage's face at the moment.

"We need to talk…NOW! Meet me at the corner of Yin St. and Main St. in 20 minutes." Chaz spoke, grabbing his gun and jacket. "She can come too…don't say any more over the phone." And with that he hung up. He made it to his bike without being spotted. Wrote a quick note for Tiger saying he felt like a bike ride to get ready for Next week. Bunch of bull shit that Tiger wouldn't care about.

Sage and Kari

"What's going on?" Kari asked as they got dressed. Sage had received a weird call from Chaz, and insisted they get dressed and head out. She was slightly pissed at the intrusion, since they had just finished making love.

"Not sure, but Chaz wants us to meet him and it sounded important…I'm curious…" Sage spoke as they headed toward his bike. Kari only shrugged at her brothers as they passed. The Twins didn't even try to stop them, seeing the determined look on Sage's face. They rode through the streets and ended up by some office-looking building. They both looked around confused, searching for Chaz. He rode up a few seconds later, and beckoned them around behind the building.

"What's going on Chaz?" Sage asked as they gathered in a dark, unlit area.

"Welcome to CIA headquarters." Chaz spoke. He frowned noticing that neither of them reacted. "I know all about both of you Aki and Torrent." That got a slight response. Chaz wondered if he should be fearing for his life.

"And we know about you too Agent Azari." Kari spoke with a glare. It was Chaz's turn to look shocked.

"Then perhaps we can work together." He spoke, wondering how they found out. Of course they were Wolves…they had nearly unlimited resources.

"Work together how? How do we know that you haven't completely become a Tiger?" Sage asked arms around Kari as if he could protect her at any moment. They watched Chaz cringe slightly.

"Just because I have been there for a while doesn't mean I'm a Tiger. I play my part, and try not to blow my cover. I've only ever killed one person in my life. How many have you killed Wolf boy?" Chaz asked looking mad. Sage and Kari just smirked.

"You know I should still kill you for what you did to her the night of your 'date'…" Sage spoke, ignoring Chaz's question.

"I apologize for that. Tiger thinks all his flunkies are just out to get some ass. I had to play along." Chaz commended looking at Kari.

"Understood, but if you really want to help us. Don't blow our cover." Kari spoke, about to turn away.

"I was never going to. Even if the agency had said to I wouldn't." Chaz spoke making them stop. Kari looked at Sage, and he only nodded to her. He prayed he was right in this decision.

"Make sure Tiger shows up Wednesday night. Don't let him suspect anything. And don't worry about your safety. Just duck and cover when the time arises. No one is going to aim for you, but I'd watch your back for Tiger." Kari said looking him in the eye. "We're counting on you to keep up the act, oh and Tatiana is mine…" Chaz nodded.

"I'll help as much as I can, oh and Tiger is having Tao look for you. As far as I know, they haven't figured you out yet. They just know that the Twins have a sister. They don't know your name or what you look like. I'd have your friend that made up your background make sure that Tao doesn't find anything." Chaz added. He needed their trust as much as he wanted to trust them. Sage nodded again as they headed to the bikes. He watched Sage hang up the phone.

"Everything is set. We'll see you at school tomorrow. And be careful." Sage spoke as they started the bike and sped off. Sage just sighed in frustration before heading back to Tigers. Things were getting heated real quick, and he hoped these kids knew what they were doing…

Authors Note: Sorry for the short chappie... they will be longer, this is more a filler chappie! Review Please!