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Title: Romeo and Juliet
Summery: The Kinomoto's and Li's have been sworn enemies as far back as anyone can remember. Kinomoto Sakura and Li Syaoran go to the same school and absolutely hate each other. That is…until one little even occurs and they begin to fall in love. But how will their love ever last when their families hate each other? A Romeo and Juliet story in present time. SS
NOTE: No one is magical in this! They are all normal people and Syaoran is not from a clan or anything.
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Chapter 25: You Can Run, But You Can't Hide! Part 2
"Ha," Syaoran snorted. "My funeral? A funeral full of witnesses, jackass!"
The man's eyes were fiery and shooting daggers at Syaoran. "Witnesses, eh? Who said I was gonna kill you here? Let's take this somewhere more…private."
"I don't think so!" Sakura screamed, frowning. She turned to face the crowd of shocked people. "Hey, everyone, who wants to see a show?!"
Some people blinked in confusion but most of them cheered and set down their forks to watch. Sakura grinned.
"Ok, this big, evil, brutal man is gonna try to beat up this poor, defenseless, weak little boy."
"Sakura!" hissed Syaoran. "Overdoing it?!"
"Oh gomen," Sakura waved him off and returned to her speech. "Now, we need everyone to watch so we can have witnesses incase this poor boy gets beat senseless and has to sue."
The kidnapper's eyes flashed and he grunted. "I don't think this is gonna work little girl," he muttered to Sakura. "I'll just take my leave and get you another time. Just wait."
And with that, he exited the restaurant. Sakura heard an engine start and then a car race off down the street. He was gone.
For now.
"Dammit, this sucks," a customer murmured, obviously not afraid to show his disappointment. Sakura cleared her throat and assured the man there'd be another show some other time.
"Come on," Syaoran told her, taking her hand in his and leading her out of the store.
"But, Syaoran-kun, your shirt," Sakura asked.
"Don't worry about it. What's more important is getting to safety. There's gotta be a police station around here."
"Let's hurry, ok? I'm freaked!"
"I know. Just calm down. I'll make sure we're alright. Even if I have to pay a price for your safety."
-Fujitaka-
There was only an hour and a half now before Fujitaka had to be at the airport, and still there was no sign of his daughter anywhere.
As he was driving, however, he spotted his son and Sakura's friends running along the sidewalk in a hurry. They were all panting and kind of sweaty so he pulled over and rolled down his window.
"Touya!" he called. "Get in the car!"
Touya, Tomoyo and Eriol all stopped dead in their tracks. The trio stared at Fujitaka as if he was some kind of alien.
"O-O-Otousan!" Touya stammered, panicking. "W-What is it? We're kind of i-in a hurry!"
And trust me, Touya never stammers.
Fujitaka frowned at him. "I said get in the car. All of you."
They trudged over to the car in defeat and buckled in. They drove for a little while in silence before Fujitaka spoke.
"You're looking for Sakura, aren't you?"
His son nodded bleakly, head down.
"And you didn't find her?"
Now he shook his head.
Fujitaka sighed. "Don't worry, Touya, I'm not mad at you or her anymore. I just want to find her before I can even think of punishing you guys. Besides, my flight leaves soon."
Touya sat up as if he'd just remembered that. Tomoyo gasped and her eyes got big and sad. Eriol sat there, oblivious, as usual.
"Let's think," he told them, straightening his huge glasses. "Sakura-san has to be somewhere in this area, right? Even Li lives around here---"
Tomoyo quickly slapped a hand over his mouth and Touya shot him a death glare. Eriol gulped.
But Fujitaka seemed to not have been affected at all. He merely smiled at Eriol.
"Hai, we should be using our heads and trying to think of where she would go. We've lived her all of her life and she knows every park, every store, every friend's house…"
Suddenly, everyone (except Fujitaka) in the car gasped. Tomoyo and Eriol looked at each other while Touya gulped.
"Otousan," he said fearfully.
"Nani?"
"Uh…we haven't exactly checked every friend's house…"
"Who's haven't we checked?"
Touya, Tomoyo and Eriol braced themselves.
"Li's."
-Kidnappers Hide Out-
The kidnapper's assistant calmly walked down the barely lit brick hallway to the room where he was keeping Sakura. He knocked and waited.
"Hey little girl, answer me when I knock!" he snapped. Turning a key in the hole, he pushed open the door and stared blankly at the chair Sakura was supposed to be tied to.
"DAMMIT!" he screamed, rushing over to it and lifting up all the ropes to examine them. "They've all been cut!! I've gotta inform the boss!"
He hurried from the room, stumbling over a carton of fish heads and quickly regaining his feet and running once more.
-Boss-
The man in the suit's cell rang and he picked it up.
"Hai?" he grumbled into the phone.
"Boss! Boss! The girl's escaped! I can't find her and her ropes were cut! What should we do?! What should we---"
"Relax idiot, she's with that brat and they've gone to the police station. We'll catch them before they get inside. Meet me at the Cherry Blossom Park, now."
The assistant sounded thrilled. "You got it boss! I'll be there in five minutes flat, just wait! But wait how---"
The boss hung up and started his shiny, black car.
"---am I supposed to get there?!...Boss? Boss?!"
-Sakura and Syaoran-
The couple had flipped through almost all the pages of the phonebook and still couldn't find any police station listed in the area. The sun was beating down on their backs and it was a perfect spring day.
"There's got to be a police station somewhere!" Sakura complained. "I mean, every town's got one!"
"Except this one," her companion grumbled miserably. "Should we ask a local?"
"Hai, that sounds good."
They began searching the streets for some people who looked like they were residents, but everyone they asked only laughed and kept walking. Either that or eyed them suspiciously, gave them a sorry look and walked away.
"What's going on here?!" Sakura said through clutched teeth, tightening her fists.
"I don't know but we have to find out…and soon," Syaoran answered, noticing a young woman purchasing apples. "Come on, one last try. Let's ask her."
When he pointed, Sakura just nodded and followed. The two sauntered up to the woman and glanced at each other before Syaoran tapped her on the shoulder. Startled, she turned and blinked down at them.
"May I help you?" she asked in bewilderment.
"Hai, I hope you can at least," Syaoran spoke. "See, me and my friend are looking for the police station. We've got criminals after us and want to tell the cops right away. Can you just tell us where it is?"
The woman, tall with straight brown hair and brown eyes, raised an eyebrow at Syaoran. She shook her head and straightened up, folding her arms across her chest and sighing.
"Listen, kid, there hasn't been a police station around here for nearly a month."
Sakura gasped. "Why?!"
"Because a couple of vandals burned it down. There were still some people inside it too when it burned to the ground. We haven't been able to build one yet since then."
"But then where are your cops?"
"Cops? Haven't got any. They all went to join the enforcement in Tomoeda. No protection for our little town, but that big city gets---"
"Arigatou!!" Sakura shouted, grabbing Syaoran and hurrying off. They ran to the closest bus stop and checked the schedule. "Good, one's coming in five minutes!" Sakura smiled.
"Why didn't we think of going to our own police station in the first place?" Syaoran wondered. "Everyone knows where that is!"
"Oh well, at least we know now."
"I guess."
After five minutes, a bus rolled up and they got on, depositing their money in the box. Taking their seats and finally relaxing for the first time that day, they glanced around and saw only a few people were actually on the bus. Two old people, a little girl and a creepy man. But this man was a stranger, luckily.
Sakura faced the little girl and smiled.
"Konnichiwa! Why are you on the bus all alone?" she asked kindly.
The girl frowned and looked away. "I'm going home!" she said hotly.
"All by yourself?"
"Hai!"
She was clutching an envelope and staring out the window, her expression still sour.
"I see," Sakura said softly. "Are you sure you're going home?"
The girl looked up at her in confusion, than quickly looked back out the window. "Hai!"
"Positive? I don't want you getting hurt."
"I'm going home! I'm going home!"
"Oh, forget it," Sakura sighed, turning back around in her seat. Syaoran chuckled. "Gotta problem?!" she snapped, glaring.
Syaoran silenced immediately. "Nope!" he replied.
"Good."
The rest of the ride was in silence, and when they reached their stop the driver opened the doors. Sakura and Syaoran weren't the only ones getting off, though. The little girl followed them off but then headed in a different direction. Sakura got a very sad look.
"Syaoran-kun…" she said quietly.
He took one look at her, saw what she was staring at and sighed.
"You're worried aren't you?" he asked.
"I am."
"Alright, we'll follow her but that only prolongs our time getting to the police."
"I know. But I don't want her getting hurt, Syaoran-kun. I have a feeling she's not going home at all."
-Kidnappers-
"See, we'll just wait right here," the boss informed his sidekick, "until they come."
"Good plan boss! I mean, it's stupendous, outrageous, completely well thought out---"
"Any moron could have thought of it," the boss grumbled, leaning against the alley wall. The two were standing next to the Tomoeda Police Station in hiding.
"Uh, right," the assistant muttered. "It was still brilliant though!"
The boss sighed and shook his head. "Shut up."
"Hai!"
-Fujitaka and Gang-
Tomoyo glanced at her boyfriend, who put his arm around her to comfort her. Touya looked at them with an expression of "ooooooooookkkkk" and Fujitaka was over at the police desk. The group was at the Tomoeda Police Station, filing a missing persons report on Sakura.
"Sir, I've told you, she has to be missing for at least 24 hours before you can file a report," the officer said in annoyance.
"You don't understand though! She was recently kidnapped but we got her back and now she's missing again! What if they got her?" Fujitaka asked in worry.
"I know, which is why we told you we would send a unit out to look for her once it's been 24 hours."
"She's only been gone for a few hours though!"
Touya patted his father on the shoulder. "Otousan, come on. You need to get to the airport. I'll make sure Sakura is found, don't worry."
"Touya, how can I possibly think of leaving right now?" Fujitaka replied.
"You can't but you have to. This is your most important dig of the year and you can't miss it. You know that."
"Hai, but…"
"Go. We can all walk home, so just get in that car and don't miss your flight. I'll see to it that Sakura is found."
Fujitaka hugged his son and then gave everyone a final farewell before leaving the police station. Touya watched from the revolving door to make sure his father really did leave, than returned to his chair by Tomoyo and Eriol.
"We will find her though…won't we?" Tomoyo asked.
"We will," Touya assured her. "We will."
Tomoyo smiled and rested her head on Eriol's shoulder. Then it was very quiet in the station, the only sound besides their breathing being the cat clock ticking on the far wall.
-Sakura and Syaoran-
The little girl was apparently heading for Penguin Park. She cut around the huge king penguin and disappeared under it. Sakura nodded to Syaoran and then slipped under it as well.
It was really dark under there and she could barely see. The only way she found the girl was because she heard soft sobs coming from her. Sakura seated herself beside the little girl and waited.
"Hey," she finally said. "I knew you weren't going home."
The girl gasped as if to just realize Sakura was there and then shifted quickly.
"I am too! So stop following me!" she snapped.
"I can't do that until you tell me where you're really going. Are you running away?"
The girl was silent but then spoke quietly. "No. I have to find the police station so I can talk to them. The one in my town burned down."
Sakura nodded. "I heard about that. Why do you have to talk to the police?"
The little girl sniffled. "Because my Okaasan was kidnapped."
Sakura's mouth opened in surprised. "By who?"
"These two evil men. They came during the night while I was sleeping and took her. I haven't seen her for a week!" She pulled out the envelope she'd been carrying and opened it. Taking out a picture, she showed it to Sakura.
In the picture was a young woman of about thirty. She looked like the little girl and had beautiful raven hair. Her eyes sparkled with hints of purple and she was dressed very fancy. The little girl's raven hair was in pigtails but her eyes were green.
Sakura gulped. "Gomenasai. I'm going to see the police too. Want to come with me?"
The little girl gasped. "Really? I can?"
"Of course!" then she winked. "And don't worry. Syaoran-kun out there will protect us. He's very strong."
"Is he your boyfriend?" the girl asked. Sakura grinned.
"Maybe."
She took the little girl's hand and led her out from under the penguin.
"I'm Sakura by the way. What's your name?"
"Michiyo."
Sakura smiled. "That's a pretty name!"
The two stopped in front of Syaoran and he grinned down at the little girl. She blinked, her green spheres shimmering.
"Oi, Sakura, this girl has eyes like yours!" Syaoran pointed out. Sakura examined Michiyo's eyes more.
"Hm, you're right!" she agreed. "Only mine have more of a turquoise tinge."
"Still," Syaoran muttered.
"Anyways," Sakura ignored him. "Michiyo-chan, this is Syaoran-kun. He's the one I said would be protecting us."
Michiyo nodded. "Your boyfriend?"
Both Sakura and Syaoran exchanged nervous glances, their cheeks a dull pink color.
"Maybe," Sakura repeated as her previous answer and the couple smiled. Michiyo raised an eyebrow but shrugged, grasping Sakura's hand again as they made their way out of the park.
"How far away is the police station Oneechan?" Michiyo asked as they closed the gate to the park.
"Not far. Only about half a mile."
They walked in silence until the police station was in view. Michiyo couldn't read, but when she saw a picture of a policeman next to the sign that read Tomoeda Police Department she squealed for joy.
"Look Oneechan look! The police station!!"
"Great!" Sakura said, relieved. They headed for it at a fast pace and reached the steps. But as Sakura started up a huge hand grabbed her elbow and she screamed.
"Shut up wench!" the man in the suit from the restaurant hissed. Sakura gasped. Syaoran and Michiyo had obviously heard her, however, and stopped to look. She was struggling away from this large arm that had appeared over the rail of the steps.
"Sakura!" Syaoran yelled, grasping her shoulders and pulling. Michiyo was watching this scene in horror, not knowing what to do. The boss and his assistant came around and were now at the bottom of the stairs.
"I told you," the boss smirked, "I was going to kill you. Maybe both of you."
Syaoran frowned and Sakura held tight to his arm in fear.
What are we gonna do? Sakura thought frantically. We're right outside of a police station! Someone's bound to see us…right?
And inside Touya, Tomoyo and Eriol were completely clueless to what was going on just outside of the revolving glass door…
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