Chapter 21

Sakura picks up the phone again and dials the number she has to reach Xander, she listens to the rings waiting for him to pick up.

"Hello Sakura."

"Hello Xander. Using your caller ID again?"

"Well no but who else would I be getting a phone call from today?"

Sakura laughs lightly, "Baby girl Xander. Her name is Sora."

"Wonderful. How did the birth go?"

"Oh it hurt like hell. But me being me I refused the drugs."

Xander laughs, "You are too much like Li. I will tell the elders, I'm sure you want to call Madison and them. I must ask though, Fóo hasn't tried to contact you has she?"

"Oh no. I heard what she did to my mothers grave though, it wasn't very nice. If you see her before I do warn her that if I ever see her again I will kill her without a second thought."

"Yes I heard what she did as well. We have yet to decide what to do with her. But we have no idea if she will even come back to us."

"She was with Aaron a lot like I told you on the phone long ago, I'm sure they were still always together."

"Well, don't worry about that. You relax and we can't wait to see you when you are ready to fly with the baby."

"Ok, say hello to everyone for me and tell them all thank you for helping me."

"I will Sakura. Oh if you want you can drop your life there. You can be Sakura again."

"Ok, bye Xander."

"Bye Sakura."

Sakura hangs up the phone and looks at Li and Sora. Li is gently rocking back and forth and humming gently to Sora. Sakura smiles and she looks at the door as she hears a gentle knock. Kale and Tia are standing there smiling and Tia is holing a stuffed yellow chicken and lots of balloons. Sakura laughs and smiles brightly.

"I wasn't really sure what to get so I got a chicken." Says Tia as she walks up to Sakura and hands her the toy and she ties the balloons to the bedside table.

"Thanks Tia. I'm sure Sora will love it." Says Sakura as she holds up the chicken for Li to see.

"Congrats Alex." Says Kale as he leans over and kisses Sakura on the forehead.

Sakura sees Li is glaring at Kale but he's keeping his anger down.

"Guys you may want to sit down. I have a few things to tell you both." Says Sakura as she looks at Li.

"Should you?" asks Li as Tia and Kale sits in some chairs beside the bed.

"Xander said I could." Says Sakura as she sits up a little more on the bed and looks at her two friends.

"Should you what?" asks Tia.

"I'm not who I say I am. My name is Sakura Kinomoto and I am from Japan. I came here eight months ago to escape from Li's older sister. I am one of five leaders of the Black Hearts gang in Japan. Li is another plus my three friends back in Japan. That's why I have the tattoo." Says Sakura as she looks at Kale then Tia.

"Why take a different name? And why leave?" asks Kale.

"When I became pregnant with Li's child his oldest sister showed up, I called the leaders of the China part to the Black Hearts. I found out that if Li ever had a child then his sister would never become leader. She didn't like that. After two weeks of talking with the elders we came to the conclusion that when they should call me I was to drop everything and leave. I did just that."

"So that's why you were so sad when you got here." Says Tia.

"Yeah, I assumed a new life here and feared for my life and the life of my baby. When you told me last night about the murder on the grave it upset me because that is my mothers grave. Fóo, Li's sister, was trying to force me out of hiding."

"And you couldn't tell us in the eight months we've known each other?"

Sakura shakes her head, "No I didn't know who I could trust so I thought it safe to just keep everything to myself. Which is why when you asked me about my past I never answered."

Tia looks at Li, "Are you her husband?"

"No, I'm not yet. I just proposed to Sakura this morning."

"You going to be leaving soon aren't you?" asks Kale.

"When Sora is able to fly yes I will return to Japan. But I would like it very much if we remained friends. E-mails are a wonderful thing, we can keep in touch and I can visit whenever I want." Says Sakura.

"I will be sad to see you go but I will love to keep in touch with you." Says Tia happily as Kale nods in agreement.

Madison, Meilin and Eli are still laying around outside waiting to hear from Li or Sakura when they hear a loud crash like glass shattering from above them, they look up and see a chair flying through the air and the same with glass.

"That's Fóo's room. I think she may have overheard us before." Says Meilin as the chair lands on the ground a little ways off to their left and smashing to pieces.