Sakura: Well, get ready big boy cause it's coming.
Tomoyo: Don't be too hard on her.
Eriol: Don't worry.
Syaoran: If I find out that you do anything to her, I'll. . .
Sakura: What? I dare you to do something.
Meiling: OHOHOHOHOHOHOHO! Don't worry my fair Kinomoto; I'll make sure school goes swell on Monday.
Everyone sweat drops. "On with the chapter!" They cheer.
Kari: Why don't I get to be in this?!
Mystical: I don't want you to be.
Kari: Then why am I doing homework?
Mystical: Because I have a drama performance and everyone needs their homework done.
Eriol's Turn to Question
Chapter 29:
Everyone stared at Sakura who was walking down the halls. They dared not ask her where she had been for they feared what she would do. Mostly everyone steered clear from her. She was wearing an aura that told everyone to back away.
Sakura walked down the halls ignoring everyone else. She had to get to Yue-sama's office quickly, he had told her a few minutes ago. If he said something, she had to obey, no matter what. Her legs moved quite briskly, obviously wanting to get this over with. She took a deep breath as she neared her destination. Sakura closed her eyes as she knocked on the door. One thing she failed to notice was that Yue's secretary was gone. Now being a spy, she should notice these things, but as I have just stated, she didn't notice.
"Come in, Sakura." Yue's voice said from the other side.
Sakura nodded and went in. Dr. Agusu and Yue were standing there smiling. She smiled back at them and bowed.
"Mission?" Yue asked sounding not interested.
"Successful, Yue-sama. Got every bit of information that Casanovia would give." Sakura said smiling. She secretly hoped that Yue or the Doctor couldn't tell that she was hiding something.
Dr. Agusu looked pleased with himself at her answer. He bent down and whispered something in Yue's ear.
"See? I told you she would be operational. You don't have to worry about anything."
Yue didn't seem pleased though. At least he didn't look pleased the way his lips were pursed, but a smile graced his lips. "Good. I want you to look into the mission in depth."
Sakura nodded, but then something dawned on her. "What about Li?"
"Forget about him for now. Just head to Eriol and get everything you need." Yue said not really paying attention.
Sakura's expression went blank, but was gone. "Hai. Ja mata, Yue-sama and Dr. Agusu-sama." She left the office and walked past the empty secretary desk. She made her way to the lowest level of JISA in hopes to find Eriol.
One thing Sakura did notice is that the two hentai guards weren't outside the door. She was a little confused as to why, but something inside her felt extremely joyful. She shrugged it off and made her way inside the weapons quarter. Sakura looked around the place, but it was practically empty. The other people who normally worked there weren't there and neither was Eriol.
"Clow! Clow Reed! Where are you?!" Her voice still hid a trance of robotic ness in it. She frowned and activated her heat motion eyes. That caused her normal eyes to become a dark forest green color.
Sakura looked around the area. There were faint traces of red and orange smudged across the place, but no real body heat. She moved around slowly until she spotted a yellow, orange, and red figure in front of herself. She blinked several times and her eyes returned to normal. Standing there, looking very puzzled was Eriol.
"Sakura? Was I imagining it or was there something different about your eyes?" Eriol asked staring into her eyes.
Sakura shook her head. "Iie, there was nothing wrong with my eyes. Maybe you need to get yours checked Clow Reed." She smiled, but gained a suspicious look from him.
"Demo I was sure that they were a much darker green than usual. Anyway, if you're sure. What do you need?"
Sakura blinked trying to process the current change in conversation. She spoke slowly, "Ah. Yue-sama said for me to come here and gather information about my mission. I need to research it in depth."
Eriol nodded. "Hai, demo I don't know how you'll be able to get much information without the folder that that Casanovia person has."
"Have some faith in my abilities. I have the folder currently with me." Sakura showed him the manila folder.
Eriol took the folder and looked it over. He scanned every page carefully, making sure that it was legit. To much of his surprise every paper was legit and up to date. Each contained elaborate details of plans that were going to be put to use, ones that were in use, and some that were used against the company. New schematics for high-tech weaponry arsenal were also among the papers.
Sakura was staring at Eriol, observing all of his facial emotions. She blinked trying to make out what he was feeling. When he scoffed, she felt puzzled. "Is there something wrong, Clow Reed?"
Eriol shook his head. "Iie. In fact, everything here is actually legit. IIt's a surprise really. I thought that they would have kept it hidden better. Oh well. This is better in my opinion. Now, you won't have to go on too many missions. So have you talked to Tomoyo, yet?" Eriol asked, putting the folder in a cabinet.
"Nani?" Sakura asked confused. "Amethyst Designer wanted to talk . . . with. . . me?"
Eriol nodded. "You know, Sakura, we are alone. You can use our names." He looked at her for any normal facial emotions that she showed as in a small 'o' with her mouth, however, there weren't any. She only nodded before going on with the conversation, which took a while.
"T-Tomoyo," Sakura choked out, "wanted to speak with me? About what?" She gave a fake smile.
Eriol noticed that she stumbled on Tomoyo's name and that her smile was fake. He felt that something was up and he was going to find out what. "Hai, she wanted to know where you were. I mean you couldn't be on your mission, ne?"
"I couldn't? Doshite? I am capable, am I not?" Sakura asked not knowing where this conversation was going to end up.
"Hai, you are capable, demo did you forget that it was a team mission. Li was here the whole time, so if you were to go on the mission, he would have to go with you. So where were you if you weren't on your mission?"
Sakura nodded. That was true; she couldn't go on the mission without her partner. The rules of JISA clearly specified that. "I was at. . . "She started to feel the pressure. Had she ever lied before? If she had, she felt she was no good at it. Making an excuse was hard, but she did it earlier today, didn't she? Her body felt unusually warm, especially her head.
"We've established that you were somewhere, demo where?" Eriol asked observing that Sakura wasn't acting like her normal self. There was something wrong.
"Ano, I was actually at home working on my school work." She scratched the back of her head and laughed nervously. "We have a project due in science and I wanted to complete it."
Eriol gave her a long suspicious look before a smile graced his lips. That was Sakura. So why was she acting so funny? It was gnawing at his brain.
"Demo Sakura, if you were at your house how did you get these files?" Eriol asked waving the manila folder. "And why didn't you tell your onii-chan? He didn't even know where you were."
Sakura backed away a bit. This was too much.
Sakura's POV:
What the hell? I must gain access into the main computer to distract him. This is melting my human capability patterns.
Normal POV:
Eriol stared at Sakura. It seemed as though she was thinking deeply of something. Then something happened. Sakura's eyes turned a hollow, dull green and the alarms went off. He looked around wildly. Nothing bad was happening. He turned to Sakura who was smiling, but when she turned to him, she frowned mouthing: 'What's wrong? Is something happening?' Over the blaring alarms.
Eriol shook his head. Sakura didn't look alarmed like she normally would. This was getting fishy. She use to always look on edge when an alarm would go off. He pulled out a small black box from his pocket and pushed one of the many buttons on it. The alarms ceased.
"Sakura, are you alright?"
Sakura blinked her now normal emerald eyes. "Why wouldn't I be? You said it was nothing."
"Hai, I did say that, demo every time an alarm goes off you become all panicky and on edge. It's a habit of yours."
Sakura shrugged, trying to make it look casual. She had to cover up her mistake. "I guess I want to change that habit. I'm tired of being scared of a measly alarm."
Eriol nodded. "Hai, demo you can't change that fast. I saw your eyes change color. How?" He wasn't going to let her wiggle out of this.
Sakura's eyes widened. "They didn't change. What are you, a police? I don't think so. T-Tomoyo is waiting to talk to me, Clow. If you don't mind, I'm leaving." She turned to walk, but Eriol grabbed her.
"Iie. Sakura what is wrong? I know that there's a problem so don't go denying it. I saw what I saw. Who are you? What are you?" Eriol asked tightening his grip.
Sakura was cornered by him. She figured as much. One thing was that she didn't wince from his grip. She grabbed his arm with her free hand and twisted it backwards. She then pinned him down to the ground. Sakura twitched her circuits were activating to fast to control.
"Sakura, what are you doing?! I'm your friend!" Eriol yelled struggling from her grip, she felt like lead.
Sakura blinked and backed away from him. "Entering memory," she said in a robotic voice. Her eyes turned hollow. "Scanning for face recognition. Hiiragizawa, Eriol. Weapons maker for JISA. Daidouji, Tomoyo's lover, good friend, brother of Midnight Crescent Moon."
Eriol blushed hearing that he was Tomoyo's lover, but discarded that. He had to focus on Sakura now. The way she talked was like a robot.
Eriol's POV:
Matte! A robot? Sakura can't be a robot. She was born naturally. Does that mean she's part robot? If so, what part? This would make her a cyborg, wouldn't it?
Normal POV:
Eriol gasped at his theory as Sakura snapped out of it. He stared at Sakura with his mouth opened and started to feel around on his desk for something to stun her. He knows that he has to keep her busy.
"Sakura have you been feeling any different lately?"
"Nani? Feeling different? Whatever could you be talking about Clow? I have never felt better." Sakura raised her fist up to her eye level and stretched her fingers. The way she was talking was really creeping him out.
Eriol looked at her. "I told you to call me Eriol."
Sakura nodded. "Hai, of course. Gomen nasai, E-Eriol." She smiled and twitched.
Eriol grabbed the nearest object to him and closed his eyes as he used it. Nothing happened. He opened his eyes and saw a light shining on Sakura. She started to laugh.
"You're tiring me, Black Cherry Blossom. Put a stop to this baka before he finds out what you really are!" Yue's voice from inside Sakura's head ordered.
Sakura had a blank expression on her face before it turned hard and cold. "You thought you could stop me?" She shook her head and clicked her tongue in disapproval. "You know too much. I can't believe you tried to trick me into answering your questions. I have to make you forget what you know. Gomen nasai, Clow Reed--I mean Eriol." She grabbed a small brown cylinder container from her pocket and opened it. Her fingers pinched the silver dust inside and she blew it in Eriol's face. He fell limp, breathing slowly.
Sakura put the container in her pocket and dusted her hands off. She smiled at her work and left his quarters. Tomoyo was next and she was going to be much easier.
Tomoyo: Sakura how could you?!
Sakura shook her head: I didn't! It wasn't my fault. It was Yue!
Everyone yells and runs to Yue with flamed torches and pitch-forks.
Yue: It wasn't me! Mystical told me to say it. She's the one who's writing all of this!
Everyone sweat drops and makes an 'o' shape with their mouths. They go after Mystical.
Mystical: It was Kari!
Kari: What?
Mystical: She's making me write that Sakura attack all of you on the next chapter.
Kari: I repeat---"What?" I'm not the one. I love you guys! Please review.
Everyone attacks her and Mystical laughs evilly. "That was too easy. Sorry that you had to get your memory erased Eriol! Please update. And Sakura won't attack anyone. . . . yet…
