Geo

Geo: And I'm back with ANOTHER fun filled adventure of LMTY!!!!
Brooklyn: LMTY?
Geo: DUH! Lead Me To You!! Get it?!
Brooklyn: *rolls eyes* sure, uh huh...
Geo: *sigh* anyways, yes, I AM back. Unfortunately, this may be my last chapter for a while...I'm going into grade 10 this year so unfortunately my agenda is starting to look a bit full. You know, Friday and Saturday will be free but, you know...I may not be handing out fanfics like candies, as Cherry put it once. So, forgive me...*evil grin* I'll have to make sure there's a cliffhanger at every chapter...muhahahahahaha!
Brooklyn: Yeah, well, to get this show on the road, Geo does not own CCS. Nope. Nothing. Absolutely nothing!
Geo: So true, so true...well on to the fic!

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chapter 2
meeting again

It might take a lifetime
but somehow I'll see it through

"You're alive." Touya said, in shock and wonder. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. A ghost or a dream or something. However, Sakura smiled and nodded.

"Hi Touya. Yukito." She said, smiling over at the shocked, yet still happy Yukito. "I'm glad you could make it. Please, come inside." She said and gestured into her house. Touya and Yukito both walked in, Touya never taking his gaze off of Sakura.

"Sakura...if you're alive, then the report...?" Yukito asked, trailing off in wonder. Sakura shrugged.

"You can call me a coward, Touya, it's all right. I...I couldn't take the stress of living that lifestyle." She said, shrugging. "It was hard going through the missions and all." Touya looked at her funny.

"So, you just quit when that Li case came up, huh?" Sakura blushed and nodded, coughing a bit.

"Yeah, I suppose you can say that. It was, um...too much for me." She said. Right then, as if on cue, Tomoyo and Chiharu walked out from the kitchen.

"Hello Yukito, Touya. It's really nice to see you again." Tomoyo said pleasantly. Yukito smiled at the young woman.

"Same here. Um...were you the ones who wrote us the message?" He asked, trying to make conversation. Chiharu giggled and nodded.

"Obviously. 'Sakura Avalon'." She said, emphasizing on Sakura's name. Yukito shrugged and smiled back. He was happy that nothing had actually happened to these young girls. He was very upset when he learned the news of their so-called deaths.

He looked over at Touya and smiled. He had known Touya from when they were kids and they had been partners for almost the whole time they were in the agency so he knew that behind the scowl that Touya was just as happy to see his 'sister' and her friends as he was. He was never too good at showing emotion, though.

"Um, I'm going to ask you something right now." Sakura started, clearing her throat. "I'd, um...I'd like to ask you for your guns right now, that you have on you and ready." She said, looking sternly at her superiors.

Touya frowned. "What for?"

"Because I told you so." She said, just as sternly as before, not intimidated by the almighty Touya Kinomoto. Yukito shrugged and pulled out two guns, one from the holster hidden by his blazer, the other one from the holster around his waist.

"Here you go, Sakura." He said cheerfully. "These are all the guns that I have." He looked over at Touya, who had stubbornly crossed his arms.

"No way am I giving you my guns. No way. What if we're in danger. What if I need access to them? No way, Sakura..." He was interrupted by Yukito, clearing his throat meaningfully, shrugging to Sakura and her group.

Touya rolled his eyes, glaring at the girls but he gave them his two guns albeit reluctantly.

"Thanks." Sakura said and gave the two guns over to Tomoyo. She nodded and went to somewhere in the back room. Soon, she came back but not with the guns. She smiled over at Sakura and Chiharu, nodding.

"We're ready. They're all locked up." Sakura nodded then gestured for the two men to sit down.

"Please, have a seat. We have another few guests we'd like you to meet." She said. Touya narrowed his eyes.

"Should I be worried by this?" He asked, sitting down on the sofa beside Yukito. Chiharu shook her head, smiling.

"Not anymore, you shouldn't." She said jovially and walked off to the kitchen. When she came out, four other people walked out.

First was a young woman with terra cotta eyes and sleek black hair. She walked with dignity, although Touya noticed that her eyes were a bit red. From crying, perhaps?

The second was a young man dark black hair, azure eyes that were hidden behind glasses.

Fourth was another young man with black hair and a slightly amused look on his face.

The last was a pretty young woman around Touya and Yukito's age. She looked at them. They looked at her. Reality struck as the three gasped almost simultaneously.

"You!" They cried jumping back and instinctively grabbing for guns that weren't there.

"Sakura!" Yukito yelled as Touya and Nakuru stared at each other, never letting the other out-stare them. "Do you know who this is?!"

Sakura nodded solemnly. "Yes, Nakuru Akizuki. She's a friend a Eriol and Yamazaki's...and of Syaoran's."

"And? Why should you care? Why should she be in your house? Why should any of them be in your house?" Touya growled. He wanted an answer because he was getting officially freaked out. Here was Sakura, who was supposed to be dead. She had Eriol Hirigizawa and Yamazaki Takashi in her house, along with Nakuru Akizuki. Why in the world was she up to?

"Um, Touya...I think you'd better look at this." Yukito said quietly. Touya gave Nakuru one last glare and turned to what Yukito was staring at. He gasped as he took in the picture. Syaoran Li. Kissing Sakura. Under the mistletoe. It was all way too much for him...

He turned to Sakura. "What's the meaning of this?" He growled softly. Sakura shrugged.

"We came to become very good friends, Syaoran and I." She said quietly. Then, with a smile that lit up her whole face, she held up her left hand. There was a beautiful little ring on her ring finger. An engagement ring.

Yamazaki laughed. "Yeah very good friends is an understatement!" He said, collapsing on one of the sofas. Touya glared at him then turned back to Sakura.

"You're...you're marrying our most dangerous rival?!" Sakura nodded.

"Shocking, isn't it?" Chiharu asked, sitting down beside Yamazaki. "However, we suspected it after a while. However, Syaoran was too shy...he could face anyone in combat or anything...take on an army of agents with guns...but not for admitting feelings...Syaoran's just plain weird."

Touya shook his head, not wanting to believe any of this. This couldn't be happening to him. This all was a bad dream. He's going to wake up soon. He's going to be sleeping in the computer chair. Yukito's going to wake him up with the smell of coffee, saying there's nothing going on in the city. That the terrorists were just hiding out. He was going to wake up any second now...

"Well, I'm happy for both of you." Yukito said, smiling and taking Sakura into a friendly embrace. Touya's snapped up, staring at Yukito.

"Yukito!!?? What are you talking about?" He yelled. "That...that kid is very dangerous. He can do ANYTHING to Sakura..." Yukito laughed and sat back down on the couch.

"I don't believe he'll be doing anything to Sakura, other than making her very happy." He said, smiling. Touya shook his head and started to pace.

"No...I don't believe any of this is happening...now you've been sucked in..." He muttered. Yukito shrugged.

"Why don't you sit down and let them explain everything. I'm sure everything will be clear once they've explained it all." Touya sighed then sat down on the arm rest, rubbing his temples with his forefingers.

"Fine." He muttered. Looking up, he asked, "Do you have any hard liquor any where? I think I'm going to be needing it."

~*~*~*~*~

"...And that's the entire story, up to yesterday." Tomoyo said. She had taken over telling the story once they had gotten to the part where Syaoran had been taken away. Sakura was still very upset from what had happened and still wasn't able to talk about it without tearing up.

It was silent for a while until Eriol stood up. "So you see why we need your help. I understand if you, Touya, and Yukito don't want to help to save Syaoran. But at least help us in getting weapons and equipment and getting the terrorists." Sakura sniffed, then looked back up to Touya and Yukito. It was a look that plainly said please, help us. I love him and I'm not going to give up until either I get him back or I die.

Touya sighed looked over at Yukito, who nodded and smiled. Rolling his eyes, he muttered, "Yeah, fine. We'll help you find the gaki." (A/n: Doesn't fit, I know...I had to put that in, though...)

Nakuru nodded as well. "Of course I'll help. Syaoran was a friend, and I'd hate to see anything horrible happening to him." She said, glaring over at Touya. "However, what about them? They'll try and get rid of me, I know." She said.

Eriol chuckled. "This sounds a lot like us about a year ago, huh?" He whispered over to Tomoyo who, in reply, gave him a small kiss. Touya scowled but said nothing.

"Don't worry. There's a permanent cease fire from now on between you three." Sakura said sternly, glancing at Yukito, Touya and Nakuru. "If you are going to be shooting someone, it's going to be the terrorists, all right? We have a common evil to fight and a common goal: destroy all the terrorists, get Syaoran back." Then with a smile, she stood up. "Would you like some lunch?" Yukito almost jumped up, nodding.

"Lunch sounds wonderful, Sakura." He said, with Nakuru nodding in agreement.

"I found this wonderful recipe for these cookies I once had at a bakery and they were so scrumptious! I haven't had a chance to try out the recipe yet. Do you mind?" She asked Sakura, who laughed and said she didn't mind at all.

~*~*~*~*~

Dr. Pearson sighed. "I really wish you'd cooperate. It would cause you less pain, Syaoran."

Syaoran looked back at him, with the same cold eyes that had given him the reputation as one of the more deadly agents out there. He had a few bruises already from punches given to him by one of the guards that always stayed with Dr. Pearson. However, his gaze never wavered, even when he could feel his head spinning with pain.

"Really, Syaoran. If you would just answer my questions, then both of us will be happy. You won't be hit as much and I'll...well, I'll have my answers."

"I'm not telling you anything." Syaoran answered, glaring at the doctor. "I have no idea what you're talking about anyways."

Dr. Pearson sighed and then looked at his watch. "Oh well. If that's the way it must be. You must still be tired from last night's excursions, huh? Well, that's okay. We'll just give you some food and you can rest up. We don't want you to starve now, would we?"

At that moment, another person walked in, carrying a tray of what appeared to be soup and crackers and a glass of water.

"I'll be seeing you tomorrow, Syaoran." Dr. Pearson said pleasantly and waved, walking out of the room. The guards undid the handcuffs and the ropes.

'They're really trying to see what I'd do.' Syaoran thought, looking around to the guarded door. 'They want to test me. Well, not today. I need to rest first. Then I'll try some crazy stuff.' He thought and settled down to eat his chicken noodle soup.

After doing so, he went over to a cot that had been set up. He had to admit, he was still very sore from the constant punches thrown at him, plus the little fiasco with the handcuffs. He didn't want to try anything today. It would exhaust him further and it would be no good anyways.

Four guards came in the room just then. One, armed with a machine gun, stood at the doorway, the gun pointed to Syaoran. Another picked up the tray while the third held down his legs while the last handcuffed one arm to the bed post. With their task done, the guards left Syaoran alone for the night.

'I wonder what Sakura's doing right now.' He thought. 'I hope my cherry blossom's all right. I'd kill them all if they harmed her in anyway. I wonder what triggered them to get me now. That jackass doctor has been asking me irrelevant questions about the clan. How should I know anything about the clan? I haven't seen or talked to them since I was eleven. I thought I had put that life behind me. I should've known that I would be haunted by it yet again. I just hope that Sakura's all right. I'd hate it if she got hurt because of me...again.' He sighed and tried to make himself as comfortable as technically possible, considering the small fact that he was handcuffed to the post. He fell asleep, with thoughts and memories of Sakura flashing through his mind.

~*~*~*~*~

The next morning Sakura woke up to the smell of coffee. She groaned and sat up when she noticed that the bed she was sleeping in wasn't her bed at all.

'Oh, that's right. We all decided that it would be best to stay in Tomoyo's mansion instead of my lil' humble abode.' Sakura thought, getting up and walking to her duffel bag, where she had stuffed some clothes in the night before, as she was late to get to Tomoyo's. She had a quick shower, changed and went down the stairs to the large dining room. There sat all of her friends, eating their breakfast. Meilin was quietly sipping on her tea, Eriol was reading the 'Globe and Mail' while sipping on his coffee as Tomoyo busily typed on her laptop. Chiharu and Yamazaki were fighting over who would get the last danish. Yukito and Touya were busy talking while Nakuru quietly read a paperback novel.

"Good morning everyone." Sakura happily said, going into the kitchen, taking down a mug from one of the cupboards and pouring some coffee for herself.

"Good morning, Sakura. Sleep well?" Tomoyo asked pleasantly. Sakura shrugged.

"Yeah, pretty good. It's just...I'm getting kind of restless. I'd like to try and get some concrete work down pat today." She said, sitting down beside Nakuru. Touya nodded.

"Same here. We need to do this as quickly as possible. You say that none of you have any weapons, right?" He asked. Eriol nodded, looking a bit sad.

"Yeah. We had to leave them behind. And I had a really nice gun too. A Glock 40. It was the most reliable gun I ever had. Shame I had to leave it behind." He sighed and smiled as Tomoyo patted him on the head teasingly.

"Aw...poor baby." She said, taking him into an embrace. "He misses his lil' toy..." Eriol laughed and played along, sniffing as if he was going to cry.

"Okay, enough funny stuff. We get the point." Touya said, rolling his eyes. These could not be the elite soldiers that had once served so diligently under the agencies. He guessed that's what a year of relaxed actions gave you.

"Aw, come on Touya. Lighten up." Yamazaki said, smiling. Chiharu grinned evilly and, while Yamazaki wasn't looking, took the very last danish. Yamazaki looked over to her, his eyes widening as he watched her nibble on the pastry.

"Babe! You ate the last DANISH!!" He cried in genuine horror. "I love a nice danish in the morning!"

Chiharu smiled evilly. "So do I."

Yamazaki frowned and turned his back to her. She chuckled and put the half eaten danish down.

"Oh, Yamazaki, I'm sorry. How about I get you one later on? My treat." She said, smiling. He turned, raising his left eyebrow.

"Apple?" He asked quietly, like a child trying not to look too desperate at a deal that was in his favor. Chiharu laughed.

"If you want, sure. You can have an apple danish." He smiled and kissed her.

"Deal." He said, closing that deal and stood up, picking up his mug of coffee.

"If everyone would excuse me, I have some Saturday morning cartoons to watch." He said, smiling and walked to the TV room. Chiharu shrugged at the others and followed him.

Yukito, Nakuru and Touya looked at each other, confused looks on their faces. The others carried on, as if nothing happened.

"What...what just happened?" Yukito asked, looking at the others. Sakura looked up.

"What? What do you mean?" She asked, frowning.

Yukito looked at Nakuru. Nakuru looked at Touya. Touya stared at the doorway that led to the TV room.

"That is the weirdest couple I've ever met." He muttered, turning his attention back to a map he had taken out from his bag.

"Okay, well, since you guys don't have any weapons, we have to get some before we even start looking for the gaki...I mean, the Li kid." He said, turning away from the angry face of Nakuru. "Anyways, I know someone stationed here who can sell us this sort of stuff."

"You must realize," Eriol said, putting down his newspaper, "that this is Canada. We have to appeal to the government to get a permit..." Nakuru rolled her eyes.

"Puh-lease. Have you been away from the agency that long that you're already a law-abiding citizen?" Eriol pouted stubbornly.

"Well, I had to be for a year already..." He said, trailing off as Nakuru shrugged and laughed.

"Welcome back to the real world, Hiirigizawa. You're back to being a secret agent."

Yukito nodded, turning to the girls. "Same with you girls. You're back under our lead, so..." Sakura nodded.

"Of course, Yukito, we understand. All orders come from you guys, since we're really not dead." Touya nodded in agreement, satisfied that Sakura and her friends were so willing to go back to becoming what they were trying to hide from.

'They're willing to do it for Syaoran', Touya realized but kept a straight face.

"All right, kids, we're going to be going down to the states. Charlie's playground is in Seattle, so we have to go down there if we want to get what we want. It's only a few hours away from here. I was hoping to leave as soon as possible." He said, giving the idea up for discussion. Even if the others were under their lead, they were still pretty high up in the ranks. They would probably be the same rank as he and Yukito for that stunt with the terrorists at the Twin Stars Charity Ball.

"It sounds all right to me, even if it is a bit short noticed." Tomoyo said, looking around to the others who nodded.

"All right. Get your things ready. We'll meet out here in half an hour." Touya said, folding up the map and standing up. He frowned. "Oh, and can you get those two in the TV room to turn off the TV. We have work to do."

After what seemed to be a peaceful morning in the Daidouji residence, everyone was up and bustling, quickly getting things together for their trip.

"We have to go now?" Yamazaki whined, as he followed Chiharu and Sakura out to the corridor. "But Spiderman just started!" Chiharu turned to him, exasperated.

"Look, no go, no danish." She said, which immediately got him to shut up.

~*~*~*~*~

Touya looked over to Tomoyo, who had just locked the door. It was decided that they would be taking three cars: Tomoyo and Sakura in Eriol's car, Nakuru in Chiharu and Yamazaki's car and Touya and Yukito in the rented car. Sakura, who had on her shades and looked like her old spy-self, walked up to him. She put the sunglasses on the top of her head and, reached into a bag she had. Taking out two guns, she handed them to Touya. Quickly going to Nakuru, she handed the other gun and the remainder went to Yukito.

She smiled at their confused and shocked looks. "I trust you guys." She said and turned back to Eriol's car, jumping into the back seat as Eriol got into the driver's seat and Tomoyo slid into the other front seat. Giving a little whoop of excitement, Yamazaki jumped into his own car.

Touya rolled his eyes, but returned the guns to their holsters. He turned the key and drove out of Tomoyo's drive.

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Geo: WOO-HOO! Finally! Sorry, folks! Lots and lots of homework...*groan* Oh well, at least I'm done it all for the weekend. *sigh* Anyways...YEAH! Heh heh...what absolute fun! They're all going to get more weapons! Yeah! Heh heh...so...
Once again, so sorry for making poor little Syaoran suffer...seriously, everything is going to go well...everything's going to be all PEACHY for him! He's the hero.

Bye, people! Thanks for reading and PLEASE be patient! I'm at school a lot and I don't have a lot of time for fanfictions except weekends!

HARDBALL comes out on FRIDAY! So EXCITED! *tee hee* hot Keanu...*sigh*