A Dark Theatre
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KanbiAme: Hand written, this chapter is 12 pages long. Maybe more. But then again, I have really big and sloppy handwriting. So who knows. It's still pretty long. I've been in a writing mood lately. So here ya go. The next installment of A Dark Theatre?
R+R My faithful readers!
Disclaimer: I own English homework, Chemistry Homework, French Homework, Algebra II Homework, A green notebook, and a brand new black gel ink pen ::that's almost run out I might add:: However, I don't own CCS.
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Eriol slowly pulled away from Tomoyo. "It can't be." he whispered.
The woman who must have been Reese's mother sighed. "He didn't like to mention it a lot. I guess it's our fault, he always tried to be an individual. He always just wanted to be himself, and not thought of as a unit." Tears followed the well-known path down her face, as she looked to her husband.
"Excuse me ma'am." Chiharu began. "But what are you talking about?"
Everyone looked to Reese's mother. "I know you're confused because of my son here," she motioned behind her. "Reese had an identical twin. This is Ryan."
Understanding finally dawned upon them all.
"It's still a fucking nightmare in my opinion." Syaoran said before placing his head between his hands, and resting his elbows on the table.
Soon after, the door opened again to reveal 3 police officers. Sakura's head popped up to look "Touya," she whispered, but the look in his eyes said 'this isn't the time." She looked down again.
"Good morning, I'm Detective Kinomoto. I'm head of the Butch Green case. First I need to record all your names. Then I'll need to have you talk privately with one of my fellow detectives. The victim today was a Caucasian male, 19 years old, red hair, orange eyes, and went by the name of Reese O'Malley." He paused, and sweat dropped. "Of course you all knew that, so I'll move on. I would like to meet his family first."
Reese's mother stepped forward first. Still crying, but oddly calm said, "I'm his mother. Sara O'Malley. This is my husband, and his father, Robert O'Malley. His twin Ryan, and younger sister Rebecca."
Sakura looked at the young child. She looked to be about 9 years old, and had her face buried in her older brother's side. Her small body shaking in sobs.
Touya took notes on a small pad. "No need to introduce Syaoran Li, Eriol Hiirigazawa, Takashi Yamazaki, Tomoyo Daidouji, Chiharu Mihara, Brooke Mihara, and Sakura." Everyone in the room's mouth dropped. Everyone who didn't know him at least. Touya sweat dropped again. "It's my business to know my younger sister's friends." Everyone stared at him. "Sakura's my sister." He paused and looked around the room. "You three in the back, near Brooke."
Brooke looked down at the table and pile of tissues before her. "I'm Jane Mihara, Chiharu's mother." One of the ladies in the back introduced.
"And I'm Mary Mihara, and this is my husband Kyle, we're Brooke's parents." The other said.
"Thank you. Now, first I need to talk to Miss Brooke. Then Sakura."
Brooke slowly stood up, and followed Touya into another room.
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Everyone waited silently for Brooke's return. Nearly half an hour passed before the door opened, revealing Touya. He cleared his throat before saying, "In retelling the story, she got a bit hysterical. So we gave her a sedative that will help her sleep for a while. You can go up to see her when we're done here. She'll be fine I assure you. I need to talk to Sakura next. Detectives Tsukishiro and Smith will carry on with interviews so we can get you out of here faster."
Sakura stood up, and followed Touya into the next room.
"Have a seat." He told her, and she sat. "I wont bull shit you. Brooke was the target. She was targeted because she denied Mr. Roberto. We're hoping that his connection with her will lead him to giving himself up. But it's still a doubtful possibility. Anyway, I'm sure that he didn't want Brooke killed, but the moment that you walked into the scene, well, someone's death certificate was already being signed."
"So she was targeted because she knew me? Then all my friends are in danger." Sakura began hyperventilating.
"Sakura, calm down. This is not your fault. But yes, your friends might be in danger. They will be informed of this soon. But you're better off with them. Sakura, the lonelier you are, the easier you are to kill."
"So what do I do?"
"I'm not at liberty to give out confidential information at this time, but trust me. You'll be safe." He leaned across the table to her. "That's a promise from you're big brother."
A few minutes later, he led Sakura back into the room with her friends.
"Syaoran Li," Touya called, Syaoran was the last person to be called who hadn't' been interviewed yet. "We have hotel rooms ready for you all. Go see Brooke briefly, then head to get some rest. We'll get a fresh start tomorrow."
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Sakura walked out of the hospital between Detective Tsukishiro, and Eriol. She hugged herself tightly as they walked down the streets. In all the confusion of the past 14 hours, she had lost her coat somewhere.
Suddenly, a pair of hands placed a blue letter jacket around her shoulders. She looked up to see Ryan.
"Thank you." She whispered pulling the coat tighter around her.
"Weird isn't it? It's almost 7 o'clock in the morning, and we're heading to a hotel to get some rest."
"I guarantee that none of us will sleep." Tomoyo said.
"Yeah, more like sit in the dark and stare at the wall in silence." Takashi added sadly.
"I don't think I will ever be able to sleep. I still have everything in my mind's eye." Sakura said, as they entered the hotel.
-Syaoran-
"What do you mean?" I couldn't believe my ears. This was all crazy talk.
"What we mean is, you spend a few hours a day with us, four days a week. Then after four months, we induct you." Touya explained calmly. "We need you Syaoran. I saw it in her eyes the day she was nearly kidnapped. When she called out for you. She may not have realized it yet. But she loves you. She'll be with you when we cant. I'm begging you."
I looked down for a moment. I would be able to protect her. "She might hate me forever."
"BRAT! She loves you. There's no room in her heart to hate you. Green has that territory. Me on the other hand, well, I'm being very generous giving you this chance. I'd rather kill the boy my sister loves rather than pull him under my wing." Touya shouted, hands on the table as he stood up.
The shouting didn't phase me. I merely raised an eyebrow at him. "When do I start?"
Touya just looked at me for a few silent moments. "I see why you're a great actor. But you'd make a damn good detective too." He sat back down. "We start as soon as you get back to New York. Now get to the hotel and rest."
He nodded towards the door, and I slipped through it, sighing on the other side.
"Crazy talk." I whispered, before heading out into the snowy weather.
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The curtains to the windows were closed, no light was entering the hotel room. Sakura sat on her bed, facing the wall in silence. So many things were running through her head, yet she had no idea what to do about it. She picked up the phone next to her bed, and dialed Touya's cell phone. She got his voicemail as there was a knock on the door.
She put the phone down and said "It's open."
The door opened, and Syaoran came over the threshold. "I was wondering if you might want to talk?" he asked.
"Yeah, but can we get out of this hotel room? I hate it."
"Yeah. Of course, come on, there's a park near by."
Sakura looked around, "I forgot. I lost my coat."
Syaoran stepped out of the room for a second before returning with his own brown ski jacket. "You can use this. Cold doesn't bother me."
Sakura reached for the coat. "Thank you Syaoran."
Syaoran smiled down at her, as she was suddenly lost in his massive coat. He then led the way out of the hotel.
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Brooke sat in a chair by the window. She watched as the slow snow fell upon Boston below. The streets echoed through her window, as people finished their last minute holiday shopping. She watched as Sakura and Syaoran left the hotel building, and joined with the crowds below.
The door behind her opened. But she didn't bother to even look at the person. Another chair was pulled up next to her own, and a body fell tiredly into it. She finally looked up to see Ryan.
"I'm sorry about my brother." He whispered.
"I'm the one who should be sorry. He died in my place."
"My brother never loved anyone before. We all thought it impossible for him to fall in love. But he said that he was waiting for that one special person. And when he found her, he'd willingly die for her." He paused. "He fell in love with you Brooke."
"Your eyes are brown."
"Point?"
"That's the only difference I feel from you. Reese's eyes were orange."
"He always bragged about that. I still find it amazing that he never mentioned me. Ya figure that a guy would find 2 seconds to say 'by the way, I'm a twin'."
"If I didn't know any better, I'd say you were the same person. But I cant say that, because I feel like I didn't know him at all. And I guess I really didn't. I only knew him 2 days. How do you know when you're in love, well, don't ask me. Cuz I cant explain it, but I know that I loved him. No matter what."
"And he loved you too."
"How do you know?"
"We're twins. We may be different people, but we've always had the same taste in women. I'm sure it was love at first sight." Ryan looked down, and smiled at her.
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Syaoran sat on a stone bench and watched as Sakura kicked at a hard snow bank along the sidewalk. "They told me that it was Brooke's past that led to this all."
"You heard her. She denied Roberto, and Green likes to target women who humiliate his men. There's no room in his ego for rejection."
"Yet the women in my family have been targets since I was a baby. I didn't exactly help the situation."
Syaoran looked up into the falling snow, then back down at his snow soaked Chuck Taylor's. "Don't go hard on yourself Sakura. I don't care how you twist it, you can't possibly blame this solely on yourself. I'm sure that Brooke would agree with me on this one."
Sakura turned back to Syaoran. "I never meant to hurt anyone. And now everyone is suffering. I'm so lost." She fell to her knees in the snow. "I don't know what to do."
"Let yourself be found." Syaoran whispered to himself, before turning back to her, "You help."
"What?"
"That's what you can do. You can help. I'm sure Touya has an idea."
"Thanks Syaoran. You're really easy to talk to, ya know?"
-Touya-
Touya sat silently behind a desk in his own hotel room. Dozens of file folders and papers laid out open before him. He laid his chin in his hands and sighed. "There is just too much." Suddenly, his cell phone began to ring, but he ignored it as he stood up to get a soda from his small fridge. He looked down at the number. "Sakura," he whispered, "You're in Syaoran's hands now. Go to him. I've missed my time to be your big brother." The small hunk of plastic in his hand didn't reply to him as the talked to it softly. He sighed again as he sat down and pulled a file closer. "This will be one long day." He murmured, as he began signing reports.
-Elsewhere-
A figure looked down at his hands. Was he really going to do this? Risk his life, to save a person he had never met in his life. Boy was he screwed up. But, she deserved this from him. She deserved something.
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Touya's eyes became bloodshot as he poured over his notes again. Suddenly, his phone rang again, expecting it to be Sakura, he answered promptly.
"Detective Kinomoto." He answered officially.
A distorted voice came over the line. "I can lure Green away from the one's you love."
"Who is this?"
"A friend."
"How can you lure him away?"
"I'm his right hand man. He trusts everything I say."
"Why would you help us?"
"He recently did something that hurt someone very close to me. I'm willing to make a deal. But it might be expensive."
"What kind of deal?"
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"$500,000? Where the hell do we get that? Who is this guy?" Detective Smith questioned his partners.
"Look, all he said was that if we get him the money, then he would lure Green away, and help turn him in. But he won't do it until he gets the money."
"How do we know he wont just take the money and run?"
"We'll have to trust him."
"Trust a criminal? Are you Crazy?"
"Yes I am." Touya answered shortly.
"Look, I understand that this is for your family, but you cant go making stupid mistakes."
"I just did."
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Brooke came into the room where Tomoyo and Chiharu had been sitting quietly. She plopped down into one of the chairs.
"I'm so confused." She whispered. "Damn you Shakespeare."
"Why blame Bill?" Tomoyo asked, passing her a cup of coffee.
"Because, he wrote Romeo and Juliet."
"Point?" Chiharu asked.
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Sakura and Syaoran walked silently through the park. Their breaths coming in small white puffs before them. Sakura stopped as a small figure caught her attention by a tree. Syaoran stopped as well, and turned to her as she tip-toed through the snow.
"Wha.." he began.
"Shh.." she shushed him. Slowly her foot steps sped up, and out from under the tree came a tiny brown bunny. "Isn't he cute? Look at his ears." She whispered. "Let's catch him."
"But Sakura, he's a wild animal."
"Just to pet him. Then we'll put him back." She reached up, and unzipped Syaoran's coat from her shoulders, and placed it on the ground. She motioned for him to fallow her, as she crept into the opening between the trees. "On my count." She whispered. "One..Two..THREE."
On three, they both jumped forward for the bunny, but neither caught it as they both ended up face down in the snow, the bunny still unmoved between them.
Syaoran was the first to sit up. He wiped the snow from his face as the bunny hopped away, and Sakura sat up. He couldn't help but laugh. The snow covered her face making her look like a deranged snow person.
"What?" she shouted, as he continued to laugh. "I don't think it's that funny."
"Your..face..it's...hilarious.." he got out.
"My face cant be any funnier than yours, Li." She wiped the cold snow from her cheeks. Suddenly, a snow ball hit her right where she had just cleared her face. She cleared her eyes, and looked to Syaoran. "Why you!" she shouted, and reached down forming a snow ball of her own in her hands. She stood up, and hit him directly on the top of his head.
Syaoran did nothing but laugh as he stood up. "Is that the best you've got?" He pelted her with another snowball to the face, but she ducked and it hit the tree behind her.
She laughed and scooped up a handful of snow and ran at him. "See if you like cold things down your shirt." She shouted.
As she got closer to him, he put out his hands in front of him, and caught her wrists. She struggled against him, and after a few moments, they both fell back. Syaoran on his back in the snow, and Sakura face down on top of him, her face in the crook of his right shoulder.
She looked up at him and laughed as the snow fell from between her fingers. Syaoran then found her hands in his. Her eyes staring straight down into his.
The smile faded form her face as she shivered and looked away. "This isn't right." She whispered.
"Why? Why are we wrong Sakura?"
"You and I aren't wrong Syaoran." She paused, realizing what she said. "What I meant was that it's barely been an entire 24 hours since Reese died. What we're doing is wrong."
"Why?"
Sakura looked back to him, tears in her eyes yet again. "Brooke is heart broken. She could barely stop crying. Yet, here we are. Laughing, having fun. It doesn't seem fair, does it?"
"Of course it isn't fair, Sakura. No one said life was fair."
This brought anger to her emerald eyes quickly. She stood up instantly, and stepped away from Syaoran. "That was so cruel Syaoran!" She cried as she stepped back again. "And I thought that I'd.." but before she could finish, she turned and ran away, heading back towards the hotel. Leaving Syaoran laying in the fresh snow, his coat a few yards away.
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"Point is," Brooke began. "He didn't write it right." She paused. "In the end Juliet is supposed to die with her Romeo. Yet here I am, with out him. It feels almost impossible. I'm supposed to be with him. I mean, I want to, right?"
Chiharu sat up straight. "What are you trying to say Brooke?"
"When Bill Shakespeare wrote that play, he began it by saying that Romeo and Juliet were star crossed lovers who couldn't be together no matter what. But he never warned that if Juliet was to not die, that it would be Romeo's Gemini that would comfort her. Bill never warned us of the twin star."
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Sakura's pace quickened as she turned the corner to the hotel. 'How could he say something like that? I hate him.' She thought as she looked down at her feet. Closing her eyes briefly was a mistake, because she soon walked straight into a taller figure. "I'm sorry." She muttered as she regained her balance.
"It's ok." Came a familiar voice. Sakura looked up into dark blue eyes. "You look lost Sakura." Eriol looked around. "Come on, lets go talk." He puled her into a near by café.
-Syaoran-
I watched as my best friend pulled the girl of my dreams into the café.
Wait a second! Did I just call her the girl of my dreams?!?!?!?
"Must be crazy. She hates me." I whispered out loud, before heading into the café after them.
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KanbiAme: R+R and I might upload sooner! Haha! Kay, now to my homework. Review if you love me. Review if you don't!
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KanbiAme: Hand written, this chapter is 12 pages long. Maybe more. But then again, I have really big and sloppy handwriting. So who knows. It's still pretty long. I've been in a writing mood lately. So here ya go. The next installment of A Dark Theatre?
R+R My faithful readers!
Disclaimer: I own English homework, Chemistry Homework, French Homework, Algebra II Homework, A green notebook, and a brand new black gel ink pen ::that's almost run out I might add:: However, I don't own CCS.
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Eriol slowly pulled away from Tomoyo. "It can't be." he whispered.
The woman who must have been Reese's mother sighed. "He didn't like to mention it a lot. I guess it's our fault, he always tried to be an individual. He always just wanted to be himself, and not thought of as a unit." Tears followed the well-known path down her face, as she looked to her husband.
"Excuse me ma'am." Chiharu began. "But what are you talking about?"
Everyone looked to Reese's mother. "I know you're confused because of my son here," she motioned behind her. "Reese had an identical twin. This is Ryan."
Understanding finally dawned upon them all.
"It's still a fucking nightmare in my opinion." Syaoran said before placing his head between his hands, and resting his elbows on the table.
Soon after, the door opened again to reveal 3 police officers. Sakura's head popped up to look "Touya," she whispered, but the look in his eyes said 'this isn't the time." She looked down again.
"Good morning, I'm Detective Kinomoto. I'm head of the Butch Green case. First I need to record all your names. Then I'll need to have you talk privately with one of my fellow detectives. The victim today was a Caucasian male, 19 years old, red hair, orange eyes, and went by the name of Reese O'Malley." He paused, and sweat dropped. "Of course you all knew that, so I'll move on. I would like to meet his family first."
Reese's mother stepped forward first. Still crying, but oddly calm said, "I'm his mother. Sara O'Malley. This is my husband, and his father, Robert O'Malley. His twin Ryan, and younger sister Rebecca."
Sakura looked at the young child. She looked to be about 9 years old, and had her face buried in her older brother's side. Her small body shaking in sobs.
Touya took notes on a small pad. "No need to introduce Syaoran Li, Eriol Hiirigazawa, Takashi Yamazaki, Tomoyo Daidouji, Chiharu Mihara, Brooke Mihara, and Sakura." Everyone in the room's mouth dropped. Everyone who didn't know him at least. Touya sweat dropped again. "It's my business to know my younger sister's friends." Everyone stared at him. "Sakura's my sister." He paused and looked around the room. "You three in the back, near Brooke."
Brooke looked down at the table and pile of tissues before her. "I'm Jane Mihara, Chiharu's mother." One of the ladies in the back introduced.
"And I'm Mary Mihara, and this is my husband Kyle, we're Brooke's parents." The other said.
"Thank you. Now, first I need to talk to Miss Brooke. Then Sakura."
Brooke slowly stood up, and followed Touya into another room.
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Everyone waited silently for Brooke's return. Nearly half an hour passed before the door opened, revealing Touya. He cleared his throat before saying, "In retelling the story, she got a bit hysterical. So we gave her a sedative that will help her sleep for a while. You can go up to see her when we're done here. She'll be fine I assure you. I need to talk to Sakura next. Detectives Tsukishiro and Smith will carry on with interviews so we can get you out of here faster."
Sakura stood up, and followed Touya into the next room.
"Have a seat." He told her, and she sat. "I wont bull shit you. Brooke was the target. She was targeted because she denied Mr. Roberto. We're hoping that his connection with her will lead him to giving himself up. But it's still a doubtful possibility. Anyway, I'm sure that he didn't want Brooke killed, but the moment that you walked into the scene, well, someone's death certificate was already being signed."
"So she was targeted because she knew me? Then all my friends are in danger." Sakura began hyperventilating.
"Sakura, calm down. This is not your fault. But yes, your friends might be in danger. They will be informed of this soon. But you're better off with them. Sakura, the lonelier you are, the easier you are to kill."
"So what do I do?"
"I'm not at liberty to give out confidential information at this time, but trust me. You'll be safe." He leaned across the table to her. "That's a promise from you're big brother."
A few minutes later, he led Sakura back into the room with her friends.
"Syaoran Li," Touya called, Syaoran was the last person to be called who hadn't' been interviewed yet. "We have hotel rooms ready for you all. Go see Brooke briefly, then head to get some rest. We'll get a fresh start tomorrow."
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Sakura walked out of the hospital between Detective Tsukishiro, and Eriol. She hugged herself tightly as they walked down the streets. In all the confusion of the past 14 hours, she had lost her coat somewhere.
Suddenly, a pair of hands placed a blue letter jacket around her shoulders. She looked up to see Ryan.
"Thank you." She whispered pulling the coat tighter around her.
"Weird isn't it? It's almost 7 o'clock in the morning, and we're heading to a hotel to get some rest."
"I guarantee that none of us will sleep." Tomoyo said.
"Yeah, more like sit in the dark and stare at the wall in silence." Takashi added sadly.
"I don't think I will ever be able to sleep. I still have everything in my mind's eye." Sakura said, as they entered the hotel.
-Syaoran-
"What do you mean?" I couldn't believe my ears. This was all crazy talk.
"What we mean is, you spend a few hours a day with us, four days a week. Then after four months, we induct you." Touya explained calmly. "We need you Syaoran. I saw it in her eyes the day she was nearly kidnapped. When she called out for you. She may not have realized it yet. But she loves you. She'll be with you when we cant. I'm begging you."
I looked down for a moment. I would be able to protect her. "She might hate me forever."
"BRAT! She loves you. There's no room in her heart to hate you. Green has that territory. Me on the other hand, well, I'm being very generous giving you this chance. I'd rather kill the boy my sister loves rather than pull him under my wing." Touya shouted, hands on the table as he stood up.
The shouting didn't phase me. I merely raised an eyebrow at him. "When do I start?"
Touya just looked at me for a few silent moments. "I see why you're a great actor. But you'd make a damn good detective too." He sat back down. "We start as soon as you get back to New York. Now get to the hotel and rest."
He nodded towards the door, and I slipped through it, sighing on the other side.
"Crazy talk." I whispered, before heading out into the snowy weather.
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The curtains to the windows were closed, no light was entering the hotel room. Sakura sat on her bed, facing the wall in silence. So many things were running through her head, yet she had no idea what to do about it. She picked up the phone next to her bed, and dialed Touya's cell phone. She got his voicemail as there was a knock on the door.
She put the phone down and said "It's open."
The door opened, and Syaoran came over the threshold. "I was wondering if you might want to talk?" he asked.
"Yeah, but can we get out of this hotel room? I hate it."
"Yeah. Of course, come on, there's a park near by."
Sakura looked around, "I forgot. I lost my coat."
Syaoran stepped out of the room for a second before returning with his own brown ski jacket. "You can use this. Cold doesn't bother me."
Sakura reached for the coat. "Thank you Syaoran."
Syaoran smiled down at her, as she was suddenly lost in his massive coat. He then led the way out of the hotel.
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Brooke sat in a chair by the window. She watched as the slow snow fell upon Boston below. The streets echoed through her window, as people finished their last minute holiday shopping. She watched as Sakura and Syaoran left the hotel building, and joined with the crowds below.
The door behind her opened. But she didn't bother to even look at the person. Another chair was pulled up next to her own, and a body fell tiredly into it. She finally looked up to see Ryan.
"I'm sorry about my brother." He whispered.
"I'm the one who should be sorry. He died in my place."
"My brother never loved anyone before. We all thought it impossible for him to fall in love. But he said that he was waiting for that one special person. And when he found her, he'd willingly die for her." He paused. "He fell in love with you Brooke."
"Your eyes are brown."
"Point?"
"That's the only difference I feel from you. Reese's eyes were orange."
"He always bragged about that. I still find it amazing that he never mentioned me. Ya figure that a guy would find 2 seconds to say 'by the way, I'm a twin'."
"If I didn't know any better, I'd say you were the same person. But I cant say that, because I feel like I didn't know him at all. And I guess I really didn't. I only knew him 2 days. How do you know when you're in love, well, don't ask me. Cuz I cant explain it, but I know that I loved him. No matter what."
"And he loved you too."
"How do you know?"
"We're twins. We may be different people, but we've always had the same taste in women. I'm sure it was love at first sight." Ryan looked down, and smiled at her.
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Syaoran sat on a stone bench and watched as Sakura kicked at a hard snow bank along the sidewalk. "They told me that it was Brooke's past that led to this all."
"You heard her. She denied Roberto, and Green likes to target women who humiliate his men. There's no room in his ego for rejection."
"Yet the women in my family have been targets since I was a baby. I didn't exactly help the situation."
Syaoran looked up into the falling snow, then back down at his snow soaked Chuck Taylor's. "Don't go hard on yourself Sakura. I don't care how you twist it, you can't possibly blame this solely on yourself. I'm sure that Brooke would agree with me on this one."
Sakura turned back to Syaoran. "I never meant to hurt anyone. And now everyone is suffering. I'm so lost." She fell to her knees in the snow. "I don't know what to do."
"Let yourself be found." Syaoran whispered to himself, before turning back to her, "You help."
"What?"
"That's what you can do. You can help. I'm sure Touya has an idea."
"Thanks Syaoran. You're really easy to talk to, ya know?"
-Touya-
Touya sat silently behind a desk in his own hotel room. Dozens of file folders and papers laid out open before him. He laid his chin in his hands and sighed. "There is just too much." Suddenly, his cell phone began to ring, but he ignored it as he stood up to get a soda from his small fridge. He looked down at the number. "Sakura," he whispered, "You're in Syaoran's hands now. Go to him. I've missed my time to be your big brother." The small hunk of plastic in his hand didn't reply to him as the talked to it softly. He sighed again as he sat down and pulled a file closer. "This will be one long day." He murmured, as he began signing reports.
-Elsewhere-
A figure looked down at his hands. Was he really going to do this? Risk his life, to save a person he had never met in his life. Boy was he screwed up. But, she deserved this from him. She deserved something.
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Touya's eyes became bloodshot as he poured over his notes again. Suddenly, his phone rang again, expecting it to be Sakura, he answered promptly.
"Detective Kinomoto." He answered officially.
A distorted voice came over the line. "I can lure Green away from the one's you love."
"Who is this?"
"A friend."
"How can you lure him away?"
"I'm his right hand man. He trusts everything I say."
"Why would you help us?"
"He recently did something that hurt someone very close to me. I'm willing to make a deal. But it might be expensive."
"What kind of deal?"
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"$500,000? Where the hell do we get that? Who is this guy?" Detective Smith questioned his partners.
"Look, all he said was that if we get him the money, then he would lure Green away, and help turn him in. But he won't do it until he gets the money."
"How do we know he wont just take the money and run?"
"We'll have to trust him."
"Trust a criminal? Are you Crazy?"
"Yes I am." Touya answered shortly.
"Look, I understand that this is for your family, but you cant go making stupid mistakes."
"I just did."
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Brooke came into the room where Tomoyo and Chiharu had been sitting quietly. She plopped down into one of the chairs.
"I'm so confused." She whispered. "Damn you Shakespeare."
"Why blame Bill?" Tomoyo asked, passing her a cup of coffee.
"Because, he wrote Romeo and Juliet."
"Point?" Chiharu asked.
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Sakura and Syaoran walked silently through the park. Their breaths coming in small white puffs before them. Sakura stopped as a small figure caught her attention by a tree. Syaoran stopped as well, and turned to her as she tip-toed through the snow.
"Wha.." he began.
"Shh.." she shushed him. Slowly her foot steps sped up, and out from under the tree came a tiny brown bunny. "Isn't he cute? Look at his ears." She whispered. "Let's catch him."
"But Sakura, he's a wild animal."
"Just to pet him. Then we'll put him back." She reached up, and unzipped Syaoran's coat from her shoulders, and placed it on the ground. She motioned for him to fallow her, as she crept into the opening between the trees. "On my count." She whispered. "One..Two..THREE."
On three, they both jumped forward for the bunny, but neither caught it as they both ended up face down in the snow, the bunny still unmoved between them.
Syaoran was the first to sit up. He wiped the snow from his face as the bunny hopped away, and Sakura sat up. He couldn't help but laugh. The snow covered her face making her look like a deranged snow person.
"What?" she shouted, as he continued to laugh. "I don't think it's that funny."
"Your..face..it's...hilarious.." he got out.
"My face cant be any funnier than yours, Li." She wiped the cold snow from her cheeks. Suddenly, a snow ball hit her right where she had just cleared her face. She cleared her eyes, and looked to Syaoran. "Why you!" she shouted, and reached down forming a snow ball of her own in her hands. She stood up, and hit him directly on the top of his head.
Syaoran did nothing but laugh as he stood up. "Is that the best you've got?" He pelted her with another snowball to the face, but she ducked and it hit the tree behind her.
She laughed and scooped up a handful of snow and ran at him. "See if you like cold things down your shirt." She shouted.
As she got closer to him, he put out his hands in front of him, and caught her wrists. She struggled against him, and after a few moments, they both fell back. Syaoran on his back in the snow, and Sakura face down on top of him, her face in the crook of his right shoulder.
She looked up at him and laughed as the snow fell from between her fingers. Syaoran then found her hands in his. Her eyes staring straight down into his.
The smile faded form her face as she shivered and looked away. "This isn't right." She whispered.
"Why? Why are we wrong Sakura?"
"You and I aren't wrong Syaoran." She paused, realizing what she said. "What I meant was that it's barely been an entire 24 hours since Reese died. What we're doing is wrong."
"Why?"
Sakura looked back to him, tears in her eyes yet again. "Brooke is heart broken. She could barely stop crying. Yet, here we are. Laughing, having fun. It doesn't seem fair, does it?"
"Of course it isn't fair, Sakura. No one said life was fair."
This brought anger to her emerald eyes quickly. She stood up instantly, and stepped away from Syaoran. "That was so cruel Syaoran!" She cried as she stepped back again. "And I thought that I'd.." but before she could finish, she turned and ran away, heading back towards the hotel. Leaving Syaoran laying in the fresh snow, his coat a few yards away.
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"Point is," Brooke began. "He didn't write it right." She paused. "In the end Juliet is supposed to die with her Romeo. Yet here I am, with out him. It feels almost impossible. I'm supposed to be with him. I mean, I want to, right?"
Chiharu sat up straight. "What are you trying to say Brooke?"
"When Bill Shakespeare wrote that play, he began it by saying that Romeo and Juliet were star crossed lovers who couldn't be together no matter what. But he never warned that if Juliet was to not die, that it would be Romeo's Gemini that would comfort her. Bill never warned us of the twin star."
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Sakura's pace quickened as she turned the corner to the hotel. 'How could he say something like that? I hate him.' She thought as she looked down at her feet. Closing her eyes briefly was a mistake, because she soon walked straight into a taller figure. "I'm sorry." She muttered as she regained her balance.
"It's ok." Came a familiar voice. Sakura looked up into dark blue eyes. "You look lost Sakura." Eriol looked around. "Come on, lets go talk." He puled her into a near by café.
-Syaoran-
I watched as my best friend pulled the girl of my dreams into the café.
Wait a second! Did I just call her the girl of my dreams?!?!?!?
"Must be crazy. She hates me." I whispered out loud, before heading into the café after them.
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KanbiAme: R+R and I might upload sooner! Haha! Kay, now to my homework. Review if you love me. Review if you don't!
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