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Chapter 5

"Hu, Brian where is sakura?" Syaoran asks his brother putting a freshly cooked lasagne on the workbench.

"Well she said she was not hungry and took off to go to bed apparently."

"Ballshit she is avoiding me isn't she" Syaoran signs out, taking a seat next to his brother.

"No It might be what you said earlier about fighting crusher that has her upset, It's not just you she is voiding but rather the whole situation. "

"Well what was I meant to do, just not tell her anything?" Syaoran asks Brian as he dishes him up some food.

"No not lie, rather tell her if you can't change the situation. As it stands now no matter how much she prepares, two months is just not enough." Brian sighs out to his brother as they start to eat.

"Listen it is not her fault she has been given a shit deal, the Elders are doing all this on purpose. They want me gang lashed then thrown out, that's why they are picking on Sakura because I Stated my leadership down to save her. They managed to tell mother a load of shit too, so that's why she called me away for three months. I cannot prove any of this yet but I will."

"Of course, you can prove it, they picked a huge guy to fight a girl in order for you to loose intentionally, gang initiation tests are supposed to be same sex combat and opponents chosen but the leader of the gang." Brian argues.

"Yes, I know all that Brian it's just when she came here she weighed a lot, so the elders all agreed it would not be a fair fight for same sex combat because of her size."

"fuck off Syaoran they knew as well as us she would need to be at a certain skill level and weight to join the gang. Even if her opponent was a girl when she was big she would have got beaten anyway. They chose a man because they wanted to brutally eliminate her so they could take your gang to get rid of me once and for all." Brian lets out angrily.

"You know they will have to go through me first bro, I will never let them touch you."

"Thank you Syaoran, now what are we going to do about Sakura? all I have ever known here is your gang members. I have never had my own real friend before, so I am so nervous of losing her in two months. It's unreal."

"wow bro i didn't know you felt that way."

"well now you do, just promise me you will lend me your body and protect her."

"I swear I will try my best, I want to save her too. it's just hard when she does not want to be anywhere near me." Syaoran confesses.

Two weeks later

Sakura had managed to successfully avoid Syaoran except for training.

7:50am training field

"Well i think that's enough for one day." Sakura thought to herself as she was fixing to leave.

Then suddenly out of nowhere the leaves on the outer bushes of the field started to move slightly 'strange there is no wind today' Sakura thought to herself.

`well at least I know someone is there, but it can't be an enemy because they would have jumped me by now`Sakura thinks to herself, before turning to leave. Suddenly she begins to lose her footing.

"hu what is going on, o shit"

Sakura heard someone say as she felt herself being caught by two strong arms in golfing her body as she stared into the person's eyes shocked and embarrassed.

"Dam that was close" Syaoran admits as he catches her gaze lightly.

"Ahhh Thanks," Sakura whispers out loud, as she scrambles out of his hold blushing.

"Are you ok" he asked her puzzled

"Yes I'm fine, I just lost my footing for a second. Anyway I have to go now Li, good bye" Sakura waves at him awkwardly before trying to run again.

"WOW there girly where do you think you are going?" Syaoran grabs at her wrist, giving it a gentle tug towards him.

This made Sakura's heart beat fast and her body uncontrollably spin around. Accidentally she landed on top of Syaoran on the floor with a light scream..

"uhh sorry " Syaoran says quietly, looking up at her entranced.' wow they are the most beautiful eyes I have ever seen, green is my favourite colour too.'

"Syaoran, could you get off my arm so I can get up now please" Sakura asked the man who was staring at her weirdly while she is left accidentally straddling him.

"o shit sorry" Syaoran lets out, before letting his grip loosen on Sakura and letting her get up.

"You know I only grabbed you because you keep running away from me, every time we meet in fact."

"no I do not, that is ridicules Li, now if you will excuse me."

"See there you go again running away and what is up with this Li ball shit, you just called me Syaoran five seconds ago. you call Brian by his first name and Eriol by his so why is it just me you are singling out Sakura" Syaoran asks her before continuing. " What did I do to make you hate me? You avoid me like the plague all of the time."

"It's not that, I do not hate you" Sakura tells him as she looks away from him sadly.

"Then what is it, please tell me" Syaoran pleads with her, nearing her slowly while he waits for an answer.

"Yo, Babe you were late for breakfast so I thought I would come and check up on you is everything ok."

" Yes I'm fine, just hungry" Sakura tells her best friend, before a voice could be heard uncovering her lie.

"No, she is not Brian, she is lying. she has twisted her foot."

"Sakura, did you hurt yourself?" Brian asks her worried. Nearing her too look at her foot.

" Well yes but it may have been because I'm hungry, so I lost my balance. Anyway I am going to leave first and get something to eat" Sakura says to Brian before limping off towards the garage..

"Hay? No way she is getting away from me again" Syaoran muttered to himself as he went after Sakura quickly.

Suddenly before she could protest, Syaoran had swept her up into his arms while staring down at her sternly "listen Missy I may not be able to do anything about you avoiding me, but right now walking will make your injury worse so please just be a good girl and be still, I promise I will put you down as soon as we get to the garage " Syaoran smirks as he felt the woman in his arms huff and turn her face away ignorantly.

"No half decent man would let a lady walk back to somewhere on a hurt foot, Sakura my brothers just looking out for you." Brian smiles out at her happily walking alongside them evilly smirking to himself.

10 minutes later

"Thank you" Sakura says nicely, blushing a bit, to Syaoran as he gently puts her down on a chair in the garage office. `Maybe he's helping me because he likes me` she thought.

"Can I have a quick look at your foot?"he asks her, kneeling down in front of her calmly.

"Umm, It's fine. Dont worry about it"

"It's not fine, it could set back your training," Syaoran announces to her, before he grabs a bandage out of the desk drawer beside her.

"My training" Sakura repeats after him. `Of course he did not carry you back here because he has feelings for you Sakura how stupid of you.` she thought angrily, yanking her foot away from his grip untying the bandage.

"I can do that myself Li and don't worry I will make sure my foot does not stop me from training. Goodbye" Sakura says out to him angrily, snatching the bandage from his hand and putting it around her foot evenly.

"AHH What is wrong with you now?" Syaoran bites out at her, getting frustrated as he stands up.

"Don't worry about it Syaoran, I will look after her. You have bigger things to worry about." Brian tells him, nodding his head towards the garage door.

"What Eriol, what is he doing here" Syaoran wanders out, leaving the office with a serious look on his face that Sakura did not like to see. `what's made his face turn to stone all of a sudden? I have never seen him look like that before.`

Later that day 8:00pm

"Yo bro, I have come for Sakura," Syaoran shouts out coming into the garage happily.

"She's out at the side under mailings car, I had to get Eriols bike ready for tomorrow so i did not have the time to replace her engine as well. Luckily Sakura offered."

"Ok, well can i take her back home now, I don't want her to walk back on her foot so I came to get her."

"Yes it will be fine. She's probably just finishing up anyway." Brian tells him, smiling.

Outside

"Sakura are you finished?" Brian asks her, getting under the car with her.

"Ya one more screw and she will be good to go."

"Good, uhhh Syaoran is here for you" he told her timidly, watching her for a reaction.

"What again, I just can't seem to shake him today." she lets out, blushing a bit.

"He wants to take you back home."

"Only because he does not want my foot to get worse and cause me a problem during training" Sakura lets out roughly, getting out from under the car.

8:30pm

"There that was not so hard was it." Syaoran asks her, as he puts her down by the door of his private house.

At this Sakura growls out angrily at him before turning around and stomping in the house slamming the door behind her, without so much as a word of good night to the man outside.

9:00pm kitchen of the main house

She's unbelievable, I go out of my way to bring her back to the house and not even so much as a thank you or a good night from her. she just stomps inside."

"Well I think that went well" Brian says out happily, causing Syaoran to look at him confused.

"Which part? She did not even look at me the whole way back and she slammed the door in my face. Call me crazy but I don't think that was going well Brian" Syaoran states out at his brother throwing his arms up in defeat as he walks away slowly.

Next day12:00am garage

"Brian, have you contacted my parents recently?" Sakura speaks out loudly under a very expensive car.

"Yea sweet, I did it yesterday. They told me to tell you that they are thinking of you and they will be happy to see you in a few months." Brian tells her happily.

Sakura smiles at him as she continues to work. thinking to herself how lucky she was to have met Brian and how he was so nice to her. Since being caught up in the gang fight months ago she was told she would have to pass the initiation if she wanted to be able to see her family and the outside world again so these last few months have been hell for her to say the least.

However, throughout all of the bad things that has happened Brian seemed to be her light in the world. He offered to train her, contact her parents every so often to let them know she was at least safe.

"Yo Sakura?" Brian asks her shyly.

"Yes what is it"

"Would you like to go out to dinner with me tonight and maybe a movie, if I asked Syaoran to pull some strings to let you out."

"What" Sakura screamed out excitedly, running up to Brian and kissing him on the cheek before hugging him tightly.

"Are you serious, I would love that."

"Cool, but Syaoran has to say yes first, I just thought it would be nice as a sort of reward for you doing really well these last few months but there is a condition though, promise me that you will not run away from me and get me in trouble" Brian warns her sternly pointing a finger in her direction.

"I swear I won't! Yes", Sakura celebrates happily.

"Ok then it's settled, i'm just going to go grab some lunch for us then ok babe." Brian smiles out ruffling her hair as he looks at her one last time before leaving

."1:00pm

"Yo BRIAN, you in here" Syaoran shouts out coming into the garage.

"He's gone to get lunch," Sakura tells him lamely, popping out from under the car she had just finished fixing.

"O ok Saku," Syaoran starts to say, before he notices Sakura's appearance coming into his view.

She was wearing a pair of Brian's old one overalls except she never did the front of it all the way up.

"What? Sakura asks out questionably. Watching Syaoran's shocked expression.

"What are you doing walking around with your bra showing, put on a top or some clothes, what if one of my men were to come in here and see you in that." Syaoran lets out in a panicky tone, turning strawberry red.

Seconds later, he starts to run around the garage trying to find something to give to Sakura to cover up.

"Here put this on now." Syaoran tells her finally giving up and handing her his own jacket to put on.

"But why-"

"Now" he tells her sternly, holding it out for her to put it on.

"uhhh" Sakura sighs out loudly before giving in and taking it questionably.

"But it's like 28c out here, so why do I have to wear this."Sakura says out loud putting it on puzzled.

"That's better, you can continue your work now." He tells her but not before pulling the zip of the jacket all the way up to her neck.

"Li how can I work in this? I look like a summer snowman" Sakura breaths out from under the jacket collar.

"Here your sandwich, babe" Brian sings out coming into the garage.

"What the hell" Brian laughs out uncontrollably when he spots Sakura.

"Brian, how dear you. Come with me now." Syaoran growls out at him, dragging him away from the garage still laughing.

"Wooo Syaoran stop pulling me and tell me what is the matter."

"It's Sakura, when I walked in to find you, she was working there half naked.

What in your right mind allowed you to let her do that."Syaoran shouts out at his brother angrily, as he fights a blush that was creeping up to his face unknowingly.

"Ahh, is that what this is all about, Syaoran did you forget that im gay, I dont really care about what Sakura wears.

You on the other hand, look like you care a great deal about it." Brian smirks out teasing his brother.

"No, I just don't want any of the other gang to see her like that."

"Bull shit Syaoran, you need to stop all these stupid excuses and admit you like her"

At this Syaoran just turns away from his brother with an embarrassing look.

"Come on Syaoran, just admit your feelings. This stubbornness isn't going to change your relationship with her. Be honest, I know you like her, mostly because if I was not gay she would be the person I would want. Plus, I am your brother. I know these things about my twin." Brian talks out in a matter of fact tone of voice.

"Wrong I am telling you Brian I do not like Sakura."

"Even though she is the only girl you have ever dressed up for winter in the middle of summer. Do you really expect me to believe you don't like her after all that?"

Syaoran's cheeks darkened a little after hearing his brother's explanations.

`it's just concern over her.` Syaoran thinks to himself before hearing Brian speak again.

"Listen Syaoran I asked Sakura out for a meal and a movie tonight. Now I know it requires having a higher up gang member to escort her. So I thought maybe you could take her for me." Brian asks him, silently smirking to himself about his plan.

"But"

"No, no buts Syaoran, please do this for me. If she asks about me just tell her I am a bit ill. At the very least this might be a good chance for you to at least get on with her. We only have A month left. So, starting tomorrow we need her ready for anything. Just be nice like you always are and everything will be fine."