Time Frame: Valentines Day 7:30 P.M.

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The pair of card captors was making their way across campus grounds to the gym where the dance was suppose to take place. They walked with a leisurely pace. He had his arm draped over her shoulder and she had her arm holding him close at the waist with her head in the curve of his neck. They walked in a silence that wasn't really silent. They didn't need any words to convey their love.

As they drew near the gym they could see their friends already waiting for them. After they exchange greetings they head inside the gym where the dance and Bachelor and Bachelorette auctions were to take place. Already hundreds had gathered inside the large gym and were getting ready to party the night away.

The auctions were supposed to take place first. The girls were up first and then the guys. And the rules were that the ones who were to be auctioned off could not bid. This was one assurance that the two of them would not be placed in a bad situation if either Xin or Liz actually bid and won against them, both twins were to be auctioned off. But there were contingency arrangements just incase something went wrong.

From the guys in their group only Syaoron and Jia-luo were to be auctioned off and from the girls only Yuan and Sakura were to be up for grabs. Qiou was to be one of the auctioneers. And Ming was taking pictures for the university newspaper. Shan had opted to not be auctioned off so that he could make sure that no one could take his girl.

Qiou came and took Yuan and Sakura backstage to have them prepped to go on. Soon the auction was to begin.

"Happy Valentines Day everyone!" shouted Qiou through the Mic on the podium. "Now I hope the fellas brought their money cuz the Bachelorette auction is about toe begin."

Shouts and wolf calls could be heard from throughout the crowd.

"Calm down guys," told Qiou to the crowd of hormone driven college males. "Now lets begin, first up is… "

The girls all got very eager bids from the excited guys and the auction was turning out to be a great success. While the bids were not as high as some had hoped, it was slowly getting higher and higher with each successive girl. So by the time it reached the last two girls the bids were in the hundreds of dollars.

"Next up is Ms. Chen Yuan. She is a freshman cheerleader, she loves the color red," said Qiou as Yuan walked to the center of the stage. "Now what are my bids for Ms. Chen?"

"90!"

"100!"

"125!"

"150!"

"160!"

The numbers just got higher and higher, until…

"300!"

Gasps of surprise could be heard as everyone turned to see the person who had bid so much money. It was Max Sou and he had a smug look on his face. He had thought that he had won until another voice echoed through the gym.

"400!"

Everyone turned to the new voice and found it to be Shan. He had a determined look in his eyes that told everyone that he would not allow anyone to take his girl.

"450!" was the response from Max.

"500!" countered Shan.

Now Max was no longer so sure of himself. He didn't have the money and he knew it. And so he was forced to give up.

"Going once!"

"Going twice!"

"Sold! To Mr. Leung Shan for the amount of 500 dollars!" concluded Qiou.

Yuan who had been on the verge of hysteria at the thought of being forced to be Max's date gave a joyous cry and jumped into Shan's arms as he came forward to get her. He held her tightly and comforted her.

"Now for our last Bachelorette. Ms. Kinomoto Sakura!" as soon as Qiou said this the guys went wild and started shouting catcalls and whistles. Syaoron simply smiled as he watched his angel walk out onto the stage with a grace that only she possessed.

Then suddenly it hit me. Qiou had said that Sakura was the last to be up for bids, if she was the last then where was Liz. He was sure that he hadn't seen her being auctioned off. 'This is not good,' he thought. 'Time for some insurance.' He looked around the gym for the two faces that were his countermeasures in case the Ran twins did something like this. It could be a guarantee that if Liz found a way of getting out of the auction then Xin would also have been able to. He finally spotted the two faces near the back. He caught their eyes and gave a slight nod of his head. The signal had been sent and they knew what to do.

The bidding for Sakura had been intense and the bids had gone as high as 500 dollars until Xin spoke up.

"1,000!"

Once again silence fell over the crowd as they turned to the basketball captain.

"Hey! You can't bid when you are in the auction yourself!" exclaimed a surprised and very angry Qiou. Obviously she didn't know about any of this either.

"That is true," conceded Xin. "However, I am no longer in the auction."

"How can that be?" demanded a very angry Qiou.

"I had a change of heart earlier in the day."

"…" Qiou was speechless, but she was clearly pissed about the whole situation. It put her in an uncomfortable position. On the one hand she didn't want to allow his bid to stand and then for him to take one of her friend's girlfriend away, but on the other hand she didn't have any choice unless someone bid against him.

"1,100," said a tall man in the back of the crowd. The man wore a simple black leather jacket with a dark burgundy shirt and white undershirt.

"1,200!" shouted a very annoyed and surprised Xin. He hadn't been expecting anyone to be able to out bid him except for Syaoron and since Syaoron was unable to bid that left an opening for him, or so he thought.

"1,300," replied the dark haired man calmly.

"1,400!" Xin was starting to get nervous.

Through all of this Sakura had butterflies doing spins in her stomach. She looked for the only person who made her feels safe, loved, and warm. As emerald eyes fell on amber ones she could feel safe again. With the look of pure love in his eyes she no longer felt scared or nervous. 'What does he have up his sleeves?' pondered Sakura as she kept her gaze fixed on her guardian little wolf.

"1,500," said the mysterious man.

"…" Xin was at a loss for words. He had simply run out of money.

"Going once!"

"Going twice!"

"Sold to the man in the black leather jacket for 1,500 dollars."

Murmurs of surprise could be heard all over the gym as he came forward to escort her down from the stage. He was courteous but not flirtatious. He had a small smile on his face and a look in his eyes as if to say that it was going to be all right.

When she looked to where her friends were standing she saw curious looks on most of their faces. The only ones without surprise written on their faces were Syaoron, Syaohu and Ming. The latter two seemed to have an amused look on their face.

'Huh?' wondered Sakura as she walked away. 'What's going on here?'

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The Bachelor auction was just as garnered a bit more money than the other auction had.

Jia-luo had just been sold to Ming for 400 dollars and now it was Syaoron's turn.

The bids quickly escalated into the high hundreds, and then into the thousands. This time Liz was not the only one who had a lot of money to spend. Soon the bids had passed 1,000.

"1,300!" the bid from Liz had finally shut the others up. She got a confident smile on her face as if to say that she had won.

"1,400," replied the voice of another stranger.

Everyone whipped around to see whom it was. The voice came from a female around 20 with shoulder length black hair pulled back. She was wearing a simple black dress.

A vein seemed to pop out on Liz's forehead and she was visibly steaming with anger. 'First some asshole snatches Sakura from my brother and now some bitch shows up trying to take Syaoron!' fumed Liz. 'I don't think so."

"1,600!"

"1,700."

It continued like this until it got to the point where the students thought that they were crazy.

Liz finally ran out of money and she had no choice but to allow Syaoron to go to the mystery woman.

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