Dragonia: hey. So here's the second chapter sorry about the first I wasn't
sure what I was doing. Well I hope that you like this with it being my
first fan fic. By the way can anyone tell me Syaoran sister's name? Don't
worry there coming in soon, but I had to give the introduction to the
story. Now that it's started it will flow easier. Enough of my rambling and
I DO NOT OWN CCS. On with the story
Chapter 2
Trainees
Sakura followed the chief back down the hall. The two entered a big room it was half a football field at least. There where about 20 or 25 men running around the room. The chief led Sakura to the other side of the room where they saw two senior officers watching the trainees.
"Gentlemen how are the trainees doing?" the two men smiled and nodded toward where a few had fallen flat on there face. The chief smiled.
"It seems as if they are ready for you." the two snickered as they walked out of the room.
"Sakura, right?" Sakura nodded in reply. "Alright I this is where you come in these men well they've seen me fight and know that I can kick their but. Yet they still seem to want to disobey me. If you can get them to respect me the way they should then I will believe you are who you say you are." The chief nodded at the group of men lying on the floor. Sakura walked over and looked down at them a blank expression on her face.
"Well well well. What do we have here? Let me guess your tired, hungry, and you think that the chief is tough." All of the trainees thought that it was a joke but nodded to play along. She looked over them an emotion passed through her eyes but it was too quick for any of them to catch. "Well if you think that she was tough I can guarantee you that if you do not show her more respect you will be wishing for death when I'm done with you. Now all of you up." Sakura's tone was placid without much anger. The trainees groaned that's when the emotion again passed through her eyes staying a little longer this time. "Now see this is what I'm talking about you seem to think I'm joking." One of the men whistled when she was close to him. "Very well if you think that I'm just a pretty face. Come here and I'll show you." the man smiled and got to his feet.
"So what are you going to do slap me." he asked making the men laugh.
"No that would be too easy I want you to attack me." the guy looked at her, and started to laugh. Sakura looked over at the Chief she also had an emotionless face. "Okay I really do not feel like wasting my time. Let me ask you something have you heard of a famous woman who has been helping the police lately?" some of the men raised their hands.
"You what do you know." Sakura picked on one of the men that looked shy.
"She helped them in any way that they needed. She brought in many ruthless killers. There is also a rumor that she is after a higher gang, a gang that has snaked its way into some of the precincts." He looked away from Sakura's fiery eyes, her face was still emotionless but her voice carried a lighter tone.
"Correct you are more then one ways correct now tell me. What does she look like you?" she looked at the man that was standing before her.
"I heard that she has auburn hair and green eyes but beyond that I don't remember." he answered with a snarl.
"Well maybe you should read the paper more often. Okay one more question then we'll move on okay. Would you gentlemen like to meet her in the flesh I mean in person right now?" A few of the men said yes others only nodded. Sakura looked over at the chief, she smiled before she came to stand next to Sakura when she turned to the trainees her face was emotionless once again.
"Then gentlemen I would love to take the pleasure of introducing my guest. Sakura the." the chief stopped and thought for a second then smiled inside on the perfect finish. "The warrior goddess." The man that was standing looked at Sakura and gawked as did the rest of the trainees. The Chief smiled at this reaction, and turned to face Sakura. "Hey would you mind horribly if I went to finish some other things. I'll come back before you let them lose."
"No not at all you go and do whatever you need to do I could really use the workout that way it's mutual." Then she whispered into the chief's ear. "Besides I think that I can get them to more then just respect you." Sakura's face had not changed once but she could have sworn that she saw a look behind her flaming eyes that spoke more then words. The Chief left Sakura to the trainees.
Four Hours Later
Most of the men had long ago collapsed on the mat. The one that had whistled at Sakura now stood opposite her. He had a black eye and browses on his arms. Throughout the whole day Sakura had not flinched screamed or yelled, her voice had stayed steady and menacing. Soon all the men realized that she was hard, expected a lot but in many ways she was fair. She had a fury that was fire itself and if you weren't careful you would be consumed. The men had long since stopped making rude and crude remakes. They seemed not to affect Sakura in any way.
She motioned for the same guy to come at her to attack her, and he did. Using what strength he had left he kicked her she used his strength against him and with in seconds he was on the floor she was sitting on him. Sakura wasn't even breathing hard, she stood and helped him stand.
"Sakura. I'm sorry for the way I spoke to you. Your right we should respect our chief I think that I speak for everyone." There was a quick agreement to his words though out the class.
"Good next time I won't go so easy on you guys." Her face was still emotionless, and for the first time the guys looked at her sadly wondering what could have turned such a beautiful woman so emotionless.
"Sakura what have you done to them they look dead." Chief Li said when she came in.
"I can assure you that they are not dead." Sakura turned to the men. "Gentlemen you captain is here and she would like to know if you are dead or not why don't you show her that you are quite alive." The men rose to their feet slowly some of them smiling and some looking somber. None of them were mad or anger that they had been beating by a girl they were taking pride that they could fight such a great fighter.
"Well it's such an improvement. I tell you what gentlemen we normally have training on the weekend as you all know but I think that Sakura has given you guys enough to think about for a while so see you on Monday." She turned to look at Sakura and finally noticed that her facial expression was the same as it was when she had left. "Sakura, do you have a place to stay?"
"Well I was just going to find a hotel I don't think that I will be staying long. And I like my solitude." Sakura and the chief headed for her office. She picked up her small bag.
"You should stay with me I live with my family and some of them are away the place is literally empty, and I would be insulted if you didn't."
"Well I would hate to insult the Chief of police so I guess." Sakura nodded, but her face did not change. The two started to leave the precinct, and many of the senior officers shook Sakura's hand and congratulated her on the trainees.
"By the way Sakura, I believe that it would be easier for you to call me Meiling." Sakura nodded and followed Meiling to her car. "Sakura I should warn you that some of my cousins are well different for a lack of a better word." She only nodded and watched the surroundings as they headed out of town.
The Li Mansion
Meiling led Sakura up a set of stairs, Sakura was not surprised by the look of the mansion. She had been in enough to see the differences in style. Yet it surprised her that Meiling was right the place was practically empty.
"Most of the family will return somewhere between now and the morning. With Christmas coming they wanted to be home to share it." She paused heading down a long corridor. "So what about you have any family?" "Meiling let me tell you something that I should have told you in the very beginning. Is there somewhere we can go that we can sit." She nodded heading in the same direction. She opened a door, inside was a small study/library. Meiling sat on the couch and Sakura sat in the chair across from her. "There are very few people that know anything beyond my name. I believe that you are trust worthy so I will tell you my story so that you know. Believe it or not I will finish it here and return home free from everything. I was eight and I came home from shopping with my friends we lived alone me and my family. I remember my brother was gone for the day he'd be back later that night. My mother and father where home waiting for me to return, when I did I found something that well it changed me."
16 years ago
Sakura walked into her large home looking around. She smiled knowing that her parents where up stairs, she had talked to them a half hour ago. They were so happy when she told them that she had made a friend. She ran up the stairs not caring to notice that the place was empty almost like a ghost town. Normally the room was filled with servants cleaning and preparing for a meal. She smiled a bright smile that shown in her emerald eyes, as she saw her parents door at the end of the hall.
The door was decorated with cherry blossoms, something her parents had always loved thus her name came from. The young girls smile intensified remembering the garden that her father had grown. It had flowers for miles on this small island. The cherry blossom trees being the more prominent ones in the lot, she stopped running and slowly walked towards the door.
She raised her hand to the cold metal of the door, her parents had told her long ago that there where only certain rooms that you knocked on. She opened it and greeted the way that she always did upon entering the room, a little more cheerful then normal. "Mommy, Daddy I'm home.." She trailed off at the sight before her. Her mother lie on the floor before her, her face set in a grim expression. Her eyes where forever set in fear, her dress was covered in blood, you could no longer tell the original color of the dress. The source of the blood came from her abdomen the cut was across her stomach revealing her organs.
Sakura was shocked her fear held her, she wanted to know where was her father. She looked further upon the room the grisly sight was etched in her mind forever. Two servants lie beaten and mutilated on the floor the once white carpet dark crimson. She looked finally on the body of her father. He was lying on the desk where he had always completed his work. His body was broken and destroyed. Even from the distance she was at she could tell that they removed his eyes. That's when a tear finally escaped her eyes. Her father had his eyes removed for what he had seen.
That sight was forever burned in her eyes. She slowly left the room in a state of trance. Down the stairs and into the living room, this room was left untouched so that others would only know of the deaths when they searched the rooms. She sat on the couch waiting for anyone.
She didn't have to wait long soon her brother returned home he had a bright smile. He first noticed that there weren't servants running around. He wasn't surprised sometimes their parents gave them the day off. Then he noticed that Sakura was sitting on the couch not moving. Normally she was either running towards him and almost killing him with her death hug or sitting with one or both of their parents. Her knees where up against her chest and her shoulder length hair covered her face, he wasn't sure if he wanted to see that face he knew it would be tearstained.
"Sakura." His voice came out in a whisper he pulled himself and said it again. "Sakura, what's wrong?" he had started to walk towards her when she looked at him and the look she gave him took his breath away. There were tears on her face, this he expected, but the look in her eyes scared him. Even when she was upset there was brightness a light. That light was gone from her eyes. There was only a glaze like she had been traumatized beyond belief.
Suddenly he knew and he ran up the stairs taking them two at a time. The last thing she remembered before fully drifting into a trance was a blood curtailing scream that scared the creatures on the island.
Present
"It wasn't until later that I learned that our parents were special agents. They were working with the government to pull down a hardened criminal gang, a bunch of murderer with degrees. That's all they are. My brother took care of me but soon realized that I was going to follow the same path. He started leaving on business, he said once that I reminded him to much of mother and father. He soon disappeared altogether. When he finally decided to return home I was gone." Sakura had talk her story like she was giving a report her face only faltered once and at that she collected her composure fast.
Meiling sighed the story she was familiar with she had heard it the famous Kinomoto family she knew the story better then most, her family had known them well before they left. No one had known Sakura she wasn't born yet. Herself and her one cousin included, she had never heard it in its true form no one had.
"Sakura it's late and you should get some sleep come I'll show you to your room." Sakura followed Meiling as she left the room. The hallways were dark no light escaping from the walls, yet the moon shown through the windows giving the girls enough light to walk by. Meiling stopped in front of a guest room. "This is your room, mines down here," she said continuing so that Sakura could see. "If there is anything that you need do not hesitate to ask." Sakura had shown little emotion from the time she was 16, but now she showed one, thankfulness.
"Meiling thank you for everything." She turned giving the other girl something like a smile at least that's what she thought it was. Opening the door she entered leaving Meiling to her thoughts.
Meiling's POV
She's so much like him it's scary yet she's nothing at all like him. I wonder what he would say. Her past hunts her to this day, I imagine that even in her dreams she can't escape the horror that she witnessed. I will help her in any way I can. More so, maybe I can get her to become the child she described. I know who I will call this is perfect but first I will have to talk to my cousin.
Well now's as good as any time, he should be arriving soon. This place has become so deserted lately. Soon it will be bustling again with Christmas coming everyone will return.
Normal POV
Meiling headed down the hallway, barely having to direct herself, her body moved automatically. She knew the exact second that her cousin was home. He had been home for an hour. He also knew that they had a guest; he seemed more interested in his work, for now at least. She came to his door and waited for him to tell her to come in.
"Meiling you know better just get in here." His voice was strong but demanding in a pleasant way. She smiled he always found a reason to yell at her and she wouldn't have it any other way. She entered the room, a fire burned in the fireplace it was the only light. In the chair at his desk sat her cousin. He had amber eyes and chocolate brown hair that was always messy. "So who's the guest?"
"Can't even say hi, man what a great cousin you are?" she liked making him fell sorry.
"Sorry Meiling my mind was elsewhere. This guest you brought is different form the others you have helped." Meiling laughed it was really ironic.
"She's helping me." that's when he smiled, Meiling realized her mistake afterwards. She was trying to get him to leave Sakura alone not get interested in her.
"So who is she?" Meiling sighed no point in keeping it from him now.
"Sakura."
"Sakura what?"
"Kinomoto, Sakura. Syaoran leave her be she's not as nice as well as her family was." Sh watched his smile disappear.
"What do you mean?"
"You remember the Kinomoto massacre?" he nodded in reply. "She was eight and she found it." Syaoran went pale, he had seen a few pictures and heard the stories, but he was never told who found them. "I'm going to bed, she's in the room between you and me. I will be leaving early within the next two hours I have to go to check on the officers on the night shift I should be home around noon." She left her face pale and saddened from the discussion. Syaoran had collected his composure quickly, it was 2 Meiling would be leaving at 4 he had to be up at 5 there was no sense in continuing what he was working on he couldn't think straight.
4 Hours Later
Syaoran heard Meiling leave, she wasn't necessarily loud he always woke up when people left. That's why he was surprised when the guest room was empty. He sat up straight searching the mansion with his magic. That's when he felt it she was their in her room but her mind wasn't it was on the wind. He was pulled from his reverie by her screams. He jumped out of bed and ran to her room swinging the door open he was hit with a cold blast. The windows where thrown open wide, Sakura lay in bed screaming at the top of her lungs. Throwing the covers from her body, trying to freeze her pain.
Syaoran ran and closed the windows against the harsh wind. He walked over to the bed her screams where less now that the screaming wind was eliminated. He put his hands on her shoulder about to wake her up when her fist met his face. Throwing him to the floor, he got up with a smile he couldn't believe that this silver of a girl had such a right hook. He decided it might be better to try a different approach. Above her voice he let his sound not demanding more of an order.
"Kinomoto wake up, your going to bring down the whole house with your screams." She suddenly stopped hearing her last name. She hadn't heard it in so long it sounded foreign to her ears. She shot up see the man that had spoken her name. He was well built his eyes where a piercing amber and his hair chocolate brown and messy like he just woke up.
"You called me Kinomoto." It was a statement not a question her green eyes could be seen in the darkness and where burning with fury. She didn't care that he was in her room or that she was wearing almost nothing only that he had spoken a name he shouldn't have known. He avoided the question by asking her one.
"Are you alright I heard you screaming in my room?" her face went pale and she looked around seeing the snow on the ground she cursed under her breath. They were getting much worse. She was closer now. "Is there something wrong?"
"Yes two things actually. One you called me by my last name you should have never known I realize that Meiling told you. Never ever call me by that name do you understand me? Sakura." He nodded not knowing why she was so upset to be called by her last name. "Second if that ever happens again slap me."
"Well I was going to shake you awake but you punched me before I got there. You've got one hell of a right hook there." He smiled but she did not return it. She rose from her bed in a silk nightgown that went to her knees. She motioned him to follow her into the bathroom. She turned on the light and faced him.
In the light he could see that she had hair past her waist it was auburn. Her eyes contained fire behind them, but her face remained emotionless. She looked at his eye where she had punched him. "I'm sorry I didn't realize. it looks like you will have a black eye but other then that its fine." Her voice was a little less harsh then it had been a minute ago.
"Don't worry about it I've had worse." She showed no emotion. "What disturbed you so?" she sighed.
"Meiling told you about my passed, correct."
"We knew your family once worked close with ours we know more about it then most." He followed her back into her room and sat next to her on the bed.
"The image that I saw behind that door changed my life, it is forever with me. Sometimes I have dreams about my family when I do they turn. bloody." Her face changed she was off remembering an old world. "My family would be ashamed to know that I am chasing their murderer. Yet if I don't I will forever be haunted that I could have stopped it from happening to others. That is the only reason that I continue. So that what happened to me doesn't happen to others." He looked at her, her face had paled.
"it wasn't your fault I had seen what they had done you couldn't have stopped them." She looked at him color coming back to her face.
"I know this," her face hardened. "I'm alive I know who killed them I've seen him, if I don't stop him no one will. I will not have that on my mind knowing that I'm the only one that can stop him from doing it to other families and do nothing." He smiled at her.
"Your kind and caring and yet neither. You want to save others from you fate yet you don't care how many die to stop that from happening." He sighed, Meiling was right she was too much like him. The difference was that she wasn't heartless. Her wall was carefully constructed but there where holes and if he could get into one, he might bring it down crashing. He had to be careful though one wrong step and she would rebuilt it stronger allowing no one in. "Are your dreams dangerous?" her eyes lingered on the floor before she looked at him and when she did her eyes did not falter. Yet her voice deceived her and came in a whisper.
"Yes." He nodded and left the room.
Dragonia: well I hope you like it I'm trying to update fast so I can start the next story I hate waiting for the next chapter and I've got great friends to help with writers block. Well anyway I wanna thank anyone who reviewed or read this even if you don't I hope your enjoying it as much as I am writing it. But I could always use some advice or tips got any please give it. Well I'd like to thank me first review she's the one that got me here you know who you are. Thank you, to all.
Chapter 2
Trainees
Sakura followed the chief back down the hall. The two entered a big room it was half a football field at least. There where about 20 or 25 men running around the room. The chief led Sakura to the other side of the room where they saw two senior officers watching the trainees.
"Gentlemen how are the trainees doing?" the two men smiled and nodded toward where a few had fallen flat on there face. The chief smiled.
"It seems as if they are ready for you." the two snickered as they walked out of the room.
"Sakura, right?" Sakura nodded in reply. "Alright I this is where you come in these men well they've seen me fight and know that I can kick their but. Yet they still seem to want to disobey me. If you can get them to respect me the way they should then I will believe you are who you say you are." The chief nodded at the group of men lying on the floor. Sakura walked over and looked down at them a blank expression on her face.
"Well well well. What do we have here? Let me guess your tired, hungry, and you think that the chief is tough." All of the trainees thought that it was a joke but nodded to play along. She looked over them an emotion passed through her eyes but it was too quick for any of them to catch. "Well if you think that she was tough I can guarantee you that if you do not show her more respect you will be wishing for death when I'm done with you. Now all of you up." Sakura's tone was placid without much anger. The trainees groaned that's when the emotion again passed through her eyes staying a little longer this time. "Now see this is what I'm talking about you seem to think I'm joking." One of the men whistled when she was close to him. "Very well if you think that I'm just a pretty face. Come here and I'll show you." the man smiled and got to his feet.
"So what are you going to do slap me." he asked making the men laugh.
"No that would be too easy I want you to attack me." the guy looked at her, and started to laugh. Sakura looked over at the Chief she also had an emotionless face. "Okay I really do not feel like wasting my time. Let me ask you something have you heard of a famous woman who has been helping the police lately?" some of the men raised their hands.
"You what do you know." Sakura picked on one of the men that looked shy.
"She helped them in any way that they needed. She brought in many ruthless killers. There is also a rumor that she is after a higher gang, a gang that has snaked its way into some of the precincts." He looked away from Sakura's fiery eyes, her face was still emotionless but her voice carried a lighter tone.
"Correct you are more then one ways correct now tell me. What does she look like you?" she looked at the man that was standing before her.
"I heard that she has auburn hair and green eyes but beyond that I don't remember." he answered with a snarl.
"Well maybe you should read the paper more often. Okay one more question then we'll move on okay. Would you gentlemen like to meet her in the flesh I mean in person right now?" A few of the men said yes others only nodded. Sakura looked over at the chief, she smiled before she came to stand next to Sakura when she turned to the trainees her face was emotionless once again.
"Then gentlemen I would love to take the pleasure of introducing my guest. Sakura the." the chief stopped and thought for a second then smiled inside on the perfect finish. "The warrior goddess." The man that was standing looked at Sakura and gawked as did the rest of the trainees. The Chief smiled at this reaction, and turned to face Sakura. "Hey would you mind horribly if I went to finish some other things. I'll come back before you let them lose."
"No not at all you go and do whatever you need to do I could really use the workout that way it's mutual." Then she whispered into the chief's ear. "Besides I think that I can get them to more then just respect you." Sakura's face had not changed once but she could have sworn that she saw a look behind her flaming eyes that spoke more then words. The Chief left Sakura to the trainees.
Four Hours Later
Most of the men had long ago collapsed on the mat. The one that had whistled at Sakura now stood opposite her. He had a black eye and browses on his arms. Throughout the whole day Sakura had not flinched screamed or yelled, her voice had stayed steady and menacing. Soon all the men realized that she was hard, expected a lot but in many ways she was fair. She had a fury that was fire itself and if you weren't careful you would be consumed. The men had long since stopped making rude and crude remakes. They seemed not to affect Sakura in any way.
She motioned for the same guy to come at her to attack her, and he did. Using what strength he had left he kicked her she used his strength against him and with in seconds he was on the floor she was sitting on him. Sakura wasn't even breathing hard, she stood and helped him stand.
"Sakura. I'm sorry for the way I spoke to you. Your right we should respect our chief I think that I speak for everyone." There was a quick agreement to his words though out the class.
"Good next time I won't go so easy on you guys." Her face was still emotionless, and for the first time the guys looked at her sadly wondering what could have turned such a beautiful woman so emotionless.
"Sakura what have you done to them they look dead." Chief Li said when she came in.
"I can assure you that they are not dead." Sakura turned to the men. "Gentlemen you captain is here and she would like to know if you are dead or not why don't you show her that you are quite alive." The men rose to their feet slowly some of them smiling and some looking somber. None of them were mad or anger that they had been beating by a girl they were taking pride that they could fight such a great fighter.
"Well it's such an improvement. I tell you what gentlemen we normally have training on the weekend as you all know but I think that Sakura has given you guys enough to think about for a while so see you on Monday." She turned to look at Sakura and finally noticed that her facial expression was the same as it was when she had left. "Sakura, do you have a place to stay?"
"Well I was just going to find a hotel I don't think that I will be staying long. And I like my solitude." Sakura and the chief headed for her office. She picked up her small bag.
"You should stay with me I live with my family and some of them are away the place is literally empty, and I would be insulted if you didn't."
"Well I would hate to insult the Chief of police so I guess." Sakura nodded, but her face did not change. The two started to leave the precinct, and many of the senior officers shook Sakura's hand and congratulated her on the trainees.
"By the way Sakura, I believe that it would be easier for you to call me Meiling." Sakura nodded and followed Meiling to her car. "Sakura I should warn you that some of my cousins are well different for a lack of a better word." She only nodded and watched the surroundings as they headed out of town.
The Li Mansion
Meiling led Sakura up a set of stairs, Sakura was not surprised by the look of the mansion. She had been in enough to see the differences in style. Yet it surprised her that Meiling was right the place was practically empty.
"Most of the family will return somewhere between now and the morning. With Christmas coming they wanted to be home to share it." She paused heading down a long corridor. "So what about you have any family?" "Meiling let me tell you something that I should have told you in the very beginning. Is there somewhere we can go that we can sit." She nodded heading in the same direction. She opened a door, inside was a small study/library. Meiling sat on the couch and Sakura sat in the chair across from her. "There are very few people that know anything beyond my name. I believe that you are trust worthy so I will tell you my story so that you know. Believe it or not I will finish it here and return home free from everything. I was eight and I came home from shopping with my friends we lived alone me and my family. I remember my brother was gone for the day he'd be back later that night. My mother and father where home waiting for me to return, when I did I found something that well it changed me."
16 years ago
Sakura walked into her large home looking around. She smiled knowing that her parents where up stairs, she had talked to them a half hour ago. They were so happy when she told them that she had made a friend. She ran up the stairs not caring to notice that the place was empty almost like a ghost town. Normally the room was filled with servants cleaning and preparing for a meal. She smiled a bright smile that shown in her emerald eyes, as she saw her parents door at the end of the hall.
The door was decorated with cherry blossoms, something her parents had always loved thus her name came from. The young girls smile intensified remembering the garden that her father had grown. It had flowers for miles on this small island. The cherry blossom trees being the more prominent ones in the lot, she stopped running and slowly walked towards the door.
She raised her hand to the cold metal of the door, her parents had told her long ago that there where only certain rooms that you knocked on. She opened it and greeted the way that she always did upon entering the room, a little more cheerful then normal. "Mommy, Daddy I'm home.." She trailed off at the sight before her. Her mother lie on the floor before her, her face set in a grim expression. Her eyes where forever set in fear, her dress was covered in blood, you could no longer tell the original color of the dress. The source of the blood came from her abdomen the cut was across her stomach revealing her organs.
Sakura was shocked her fear held her, she wanted to know where was her father. She looked further upon the room the grisly sight was etched in her mind forever. Two servants lie beaten and mutilated on the floor the once white carpet dark crimson. She looked finally on the body of her father. He was lying on the desk where he had always completed his work. His body was broken and destroyed. Even from the distance she was at she could tell that they removed his eyes. That's when a tear finally escaped her eyes. Her father had his eyes removed for what he had seen.
That sight was forever burned in her eyes. She slowly left the room in a state of trance. Down the stairs and into the living room, this room was left untouched so that others would only know of the deaths when they searched the rooms. She sat on the couch waiting for anyone.
She didn't have to wait long soon her brother returned home he had a bright smile. He first noticed that there weren't servants running around. He wasn't surprised sometimes their parents gave them the day off. Then he noticed that Sakura was sitting on the couch not moving. Normally she was either running towards him and almost killing him with her death hug or sitting with one or both of their parents. Her knees where up against her chest and her shoulder length hair covered her face, he wasn't sure if he wanted to see that face he knew it would be tearstained.
"Sakura." His voice came out in a whisper he pulled himself and said it again. "Sakura, what's wrong?" he had started to walk towards her when she looked at him and the look she gave him took his breath away. There were tears on her face, this he expected, but the look in her eyes scared him. Even when she was upset there was brightness a light. That light was gone from her eyes. There was only a glaze like she had been traumatized beyond belief.
Suddenly he knew and he ran up the stairs taking them two at a time. The last thing she remembered before fully drifting into a trance was a blood curtailing scream that scared the creatures on the island.
Present
"It wasn't until later that I learned that our parents were special agents. They were working with the government to pull down a hardened criminal gang, a bunch of murderer with degrees. That's all they are. My brother took care of me but soon realized that I was going to follow the same path. He started leaving on business, he said once that I reminded him to much of mother and father. He soon disappeared altogether. When he finally decided to return home I was gone." Sakura had talk her story like she was giving a report her face only faltered once and at that she collected her composure fast.
Meiling sighed the story she was familiar with she had heard it the famous Kinomoto family she knew the story better then most, her family had known them well before they left. No one had known Sakura she wasn't born yet. Herself and her one cousin included, she had never heard it in its true form no one had.
"Sakura it's late and you should get some sleep come I'll show you to your room." Sakura followed Meiling as she left the room. The hallways were dark no light escaping from the walls, yet the moon shown through the windows giving the girls enough light to walk by. Meiling stopped in front of a guest room. "This is your room, mines down here," she said continuing so that Sakura could see. "If there is anything that you need do not hesitate to ask." Sakura had shown little emotion from the time she was 16, but now she showed one, thankfulness.
"Meiling thank you for everything." She turned giving the other girl something like a smile at least that's what she thought it was. Opening the door she entered leaving Meiling to her thoughts.
Meiling's POV
She's so much like him it's scary yet she's nothing at all like him. I wonder what he would say. Her past hunts her to this day, I imagine that even in her dreams she can't escape the horror that she witnessed. I will help her in any way I can. More so, maybe I can get her to become the child she described. I know who I will call this is perfect but first I will have to talk to my cousin.
Well now's as good as any time, he should be arriving soon. This place has become so deserted lately. Soon it will be bustling again with Christmas coming everyone will return.
Normal POV
Meiling headed down the hallway, barely having to direct herself, her body moved automatically. She knew the exact second that her cousin was home. He had been home for an hour. He also knew that they had a guest; he seemed more interested in his work, for now at least. She came to his door and waited for him to tell her to come in.
"Meiling you know better just get in here." His voice was strong but demanding in a pleasant way. She smiled he always found a reason to yell at her and she wouldn't have it any other way. She entered the room, a fire burned in the fireplace it was the only light. In the chair at his desk sat her cousin. He had amber eyes and chocolate brown hair that was always messy. "So who's the guest?"
"Can't even say hi, man what a great cousin you are?" she liked making him fell sorry.
"Sorry Meiling my mind was elsewhere. This guest you brought is different form the others you have helped." Meiling laughed it was really ironic.
"She's helping me." that's when he smiled, Meiling realized her mistake afterwards. She was trying to get him to leave Sakura alone not get interested in her.
"So who is she?" Meiling sighed no point in keeping it from him now.
"Sakura."
"Sakura what?"
"Kinomoto, Sakura. Syaoran leave her be she's not as nice as well as her family was." Sh watched his smile disappear.
"What do you mean?"
"You remember the Kinomoto massacre?" he nodded in reply. "She was eight and she found it." Syaoran went pale, he had seen a few pictures and heard the stories, but he was never told who found them. "I'm going to bed, she's in the room between you and me. I will be leaving early within the next two hours I have to go to check on the officers on the night shift I should be home around noon." She left her face pale and saddened from the discussion. Syaoran had collected his composure quickly, it was 2 Meiling would be leaving at 4 he had to be up at 5 there was no sense in continuing what he was working on he couldn't think straight.
4 Hours Later
Syaoran heard Meiling leave, she wasn't necessarily loud he always woke up when people left. That's why he was surprised when the guest room was empty. He sat up straight searching the mansion with his magic. That's when he felt it she was their in her room but her mind wasn't it was on the wind. He was pulled from his reverie by her screams. He jumped out of bed and ran to her room swinging the door open he was hit with a cold blast. The windows where thrown open wide, Sakura lay in bed screaming at the top of her lungs. Throwing the covers from her body, trying to freeze her pain.
Syaoran ran and closed the windows against the harsh wind. He walked over to the bed her screams where less now that the screaming wind was eliminated. He put his hands on her shoulder about to wake her up when her fist met his face. Throwing him to the floor, he got up with a smile he couldn't believe that this silver of a girl had such a right hook. He decided it might be better to try a different approach. Above her voice he let his sound not demanding more of an order.
"Kinomoto wake up, your going to bring down the whole house with your screams." She suddenly stopped hearing her last name. She hadn't heard it in so long it sounded foreign to her ears. She shot up see the man that had spoken her name. He was well built his eyes where a piercing amber and his hair chocolate brown and messy like he just woke up.
"You called me Kinomoto." It was a statement not a question her green eyes could be seen in the darkness and where burning with fury. She didn't care that he was in her room or that she was wearing almost nothing only that he had spoken a name he shouldn't have known. He avoided the question by asking her one.
"Are you alright I heard you screaming in my room?" her face went pale and she looked around seeing the snow on the ground she cursed under her breath. They were getting much worse. She was closer now. "Is there something wrong?"
"Yes two things actually. One you called me by my last name you should have never known I realize that Meiling told you. Never ever call me by that name do you understand me? Sakura." He nodded not knowing why she was so upset to be called by her last name. "Second if that ever happens again slap me."
"Well I was going to shake you awake but you punched me before I got there. You've got one hell of a right hook there." He smiled but she did not return it. She rose from her bed in a silk nightgown that went to her knees. She motioned him to follow her into the bathroom. She turned on the light and faced him.
In the light he could see that she had hair past her waist it was auburn. Her eyes contained fire behind them, but her face remained emotionless. She looked at his eye where she had punched him. "I'm sorry I didn't realize. it looks like you will have a black eye but other then that its fine." Her voice was a little less harsh then it had been a minute ago.
"Don't worry about it I've had worse." She showed no emotion. "What disturbed you so?" she sighed.
"Meiling told you about my passed, correct."
"We knew your family once worked close with ours we know more about it then most." He followed her back into her room and sat next to her on the bed.
"The image that I saw behind that door changed my life, it is forever with me. Sometimes I have dreams about my family when I do they turn. bloody." Her face changed she was off remembering an old world. "My family would be ashamed to know that I am chasing their murderer. Yet if I don't I will forever be haunted that I could have stopped it from happening to others. That is the only reason that I continue. So that what happened to me doesn't happen to others." He looked at her, her face had paled.
"it wasn't your fault I had seen what they had done you couldn't have stopped them." She looked at him color coming back to her face.
"I know this," her face hardened. "I'm alive I know who killed them I've seen him, if I don't stop him no one will. I will not have that on my mind knowing that I'm the only one that can stop him from doing it to other families and do nothing." He smiled at her.
"Your kind and caring and yet neither. You want to save others from you fate yet you don't care how many die to stop that from happening." He sighed, Meiling was right she was too much like him. The difference was that she wasn't heartless. Her wall was carefully constructed but there where holes and if he could get into one, he might bring it down crashing. He had to be careful though one wrong step and she would rebuilt it stronger allowing no one in. "Are your dreams dangerous?" her eyes lingered on the floor before she looked at him and when she did her eyes did not falter. Yet her voice deceived her and came in a whisper.
"Yes." He nodded and left the room.
Dragonia: well I hope you like it I'm trying to update fast so I can start the next story I hate waiting for the next chapter and I've got great friends to help with writers block. Well anyway I wanna thank anyone who reviewed or read this even if you don't I hope your enjoying it as much as I am writing it. But I could always use some advice or tips got any please give it. Well I'd like to thank me first review she's the one that got me here you know who you are. Thank you, to all.