Chapter Four: Making Moves.
Sakura sat down reading a magizine on Madison's lounge, while Madison typed furiously on her laptop.
" Hey Sakura listen to this. According to this, the most feared gang leader is White Tiger. And second to him is Wolf. Wolf is situated in China, running most of enconomy over there, whereas White Tiger runs most of the Japanese enconomy. Both have been fighting it out for years, trying to eliminate each other, but have both been unsuccessful. It would seem though that over the years White Tiger has gained the upperhand. Not only are the Wolves losing ground, but are looking like their not in the buisness anymore. "
" Well that's not right. I've heard that they're trying to make a comeback. " Sakura said.
" Yes, it would seem. But the fact is, most gangs fear White Tiger because he is ruthless, cunning and dangerous. No one dares mess with him. Gangs have been wiped out in one go, because they have interfeared with White Tiger. So what we need to do is make a few things go bye, bye of White Tiger's and free up some space for others, who are losing ground. Not only will it piss White Tiger off and know he has competition on his hands, but it will give us allies, which is what we desperately need. " Madison stated.
Sakura stopped reading and looked at her best friend and cousin.
" Do you think us doing this is wrong? Do you think we're getting in way over our
heads? " Sakura asked.
Madison studied her.
" Sakura we both maybe over our heads a little, but we love what we do. We wanted to do something and we are. We not be saving the world or whatever, but we're making a difference in the lives of gangs for good and bad, and we're becoming our own. Isn't that what you wanted? " she asked.
Sakura smiled.
" It is fun isn't it? " she grinned.
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~* At school a week later *~
Sakura ran over to Madison and the others and collapsed onto the grass, just as the bell for lunch rang, panting and exhausted. Li came over shortly after, after a vigorous soccor training session.
" I swear they work us too hard. " Sakura breathed as she starred up at the bright fluffy clouds in the bright blue sky.
" That I will agree to. " Li breathed as he sat down near her.
" Where's your lunch? " Madison asked.
" Buying it. " two voices said at the same time.
Sakura shot Li a smile.
" Race you for it? " she asked jumping up. " Bet you're too tired. "
Li jumped up.
" If there's one thing you should learn it's that I don't back down from a challenge. "
Sakura took off, Li running after her.
* * *
Sakura was beating Li, but then she tripped as she grew tired. Li's hand shot out and caught her, stopping her from falling over. Sakura opened her eyes, wondering why she hadn't hit the ground. Amber met Emerald and Sakura blushed and looked away.
" Umm thanks Li. " she said, trying to pull away.
" You sure you're ok? " Li asked, looking into her eyes.
Sakura pulled her hand out of his.
" Yeah thanks. " she said. " Guess we both lost eh? "
" Guess so. " he murmered. " You know I missed you right Sakura? " he said.
Sakura looked up at him. Kids were running past them and playing all around them, but she took no notice of it, only Li.
" Well I missed you too Li. We were good friends, I miss all my friends when they
leave. " Sakura stated.
Li scratched his right upper arm, and Sakura noticed a black mark.
" Hey what's that? " Sakura asked, lifting his sleeve looking. It was a tattoo of a wolf. Sakura went pale. She had seen that mark somewhere before. Li brushed her arm away quickly, trying to not let her see it. Although she had only seen it briefly, she had a clear image of it.
" It's nothing. " Li said. " Come on, lets get our lunch. " Li said walking away.
Sakura didn't follow.
" Umm I'm not hungry anymore. You go ahead. I'll see uo later k? "
" Sakura! " Li called as she took off running.
* * *
Madison and Eriol stopped talking when Sakura came running back.
" Li beat you? " Leiko asked. " Hey where's your lunch? "
Sakura waved her away, like it didn't matter.
" Not hungry. Umm Madison can I borrow your keys for a moment please? " Sakura asked.
Madison looked at her strangely, fishing around in her bag for them.
" Here. "
" Thanks. Oh yeah, is your laptop still in there? "
" Yeah, why? " Madison asked.
" No reason. I just want to look up something. " Sakura said and ran off.
* * *
' Searching.' was up on the screen as Sakura sat in the back of Madisn's car, waiting for what she hoped would not be the answer. Suddenly the file appeared and there was the same tattoo that was on Li's arm.
" Oh no. " Sakura cried brokenly as she studied it. " How can he be a Wolf? "
A list came up and she starred at it. Li's name wasn't there. She hated to do it, but she had to. Hating herself, she added 'Li Showrun' to it, saving it and then slammed her fist against the back of the seat.
" Hey, what has my poor car done to you? " Madison asked, as she opened the back door.
She noticed Sakura's strained expression.
" Guess what I just discovered? " Sakura said softly as she turned the laptop around and Madison gasped. On the screen was a picture of Li with a pic of the Wolf tattoo and members of the Wolves.
" How can that be? Are you sure I mean- " Madison trailed off at the look from Sakura.
" I saw it Madison. Plain as day, you don't mistake something like that. "
" Oh god Sakura. I'm so sorry. " Madison said as she sat in the back, next to Sakura.
" And you know what that means don't you Madison? Who else was at that table in that club that night? " Sakura said sadly.
Madison gasped.
" They couldn't be?! I mean - "
" Makes perfect sense. " Sakura said. " It explains why they won't say anything about why they're here. They're trying to re-establish Wolves ground. "
" Oh god and we've been blowing up Wolf drug ships and screwing their deals. " Madison said.
" Well I don't regret any of it. " Sakura said firmly.
" Sakura! " Madison said.
Sakura slammed shut the laptop.
" No Madison. As Sakura and Madison, we're just school girls during the day. We have nothing to gain or do. At night we're the Jade Fox and the Snow Fox. We're our own, as far as we're concerned we don't even know the Wolves exist. We haven't met them and we haven't talked to them. We don't even know Li and the others. This changes everything yes, but we can't regret what we've done. We're trying to make our own ground Madison, you know that. We're just going to have to keep going as if we don't know this. We can't afford to blow our cover. Li may be our friend by day, but at night, he's our rival. "
Madisn sighed and nodded. Sakura hid the laptop back under the seat.
" Tonight the Jade Fox is going to make a public appearance. After we've screwed White Tiger. You said that the northside of Sendai is one of his weaker grounds? "
Madison nodded.
" Then I'll be at your house at eight. We have a long ride ahead of us. So be ready ok? "
" I have a gift for you. Remind me to give it to you. " Madison replied sighing and then getting out of the car. " We might as well go back. They'll be wondering what's going on. "
" I don't feel to well. Shock I guess, but I'm going to go ask if I can go home. I see you'll later. " Sakura said and head off towards the office and her brother.
* * *
" Hey where's Sakura? " Alex asked.
Madison snapped out of her thoughts.
" Huh? "
" I asked you where Sakura was? "
Madison forced herself to smile.
" Oh I forgot to mention that she went home. She wasn't feeling too well. She said to say bye. "
Li looked up and studied her.
" Sakura never goes home. She must have been really sick. " Rita said concerned.
" Oh don't worry. Sakura will be fine, I'm sure of it. " Madison said carefully.
* * *
" You sure you're ok squirt? " Tori asked, as he opened the door to the house for her.
Sakura nodded sadly.
" Yeah I'm fine. I just feel sick. I'm sure it'll pass. "
" Yeah well, I'll be home early tonight. " Tori said.
Sakura whipped around.
" What? " she said surprised.
Toriu studied her.
" Does it matter that I'll be home early? " Tori asked curious.
" But don't you have to go somewhere, Julian's, the tafe the- "
" Sakura what's wrong? " Tori asked suspiciously.
Sakura sighed.
" Nothing. I just thought I wouldn't have to put up with you until way later. " she lied.
Toriu ruffled her hair.
" Don't worry squirt, for once I'll leave you alone. "
And with that he left, got back into the car and went back to school.
Sakura waited until he was out of sight before she did something that she never had done before.
" Shit! " she swore, and flew up to her room.
She looked at the clock and picked up her mobile and speed dialed Madison. She didn't answer. She was going to have to do the White Tiger thing now in broad daylight. She flew into the bathroom and gabbed one of the dyes Madison had given her in case of emergency. Dying her hair blonde, she went into bedroom and saw that there was less than half an hour till the end of lunch at Tomoeda High. She'd have to go past the school and let them see her if she could, so Madison would know that something was up.
Dressing in her knee-high boots, she put on a cherry blossom pink top that tied up around her neck and a black skirt that had high splits up the sides. Grabbing her leather gloves she put them on and tightened them. She grabbed her pouch that contained what she needed and slung it over her shoulder. She blow-dried her hair and brushed it in record time. With that she bolted out the door and ran out the back where the bike had been stashed last time, when it was too late to take it back to Madison's and took off.
* * *
The bell had just rung and Madison and the others were just starting to walk towards their next class when they heard a bike being reeved loudly. Madison's heart beat faster as she looked around. People were running over towards the fence, near the road, pointing and getting excited.
" What's going on? " Jamie asked, walking over to the fence.
Madison tried not to look fearful, but she just knew it was Sakura. She hurried over to the fence and looked. Li came to stand next to her. They gasped at what they saw.
* * *
In the little carpark near the road, a blonde haired girl sat on the coolest bike anyone had seen, nursing her black helmet that reflected the sun. She was scanning the crowd that had gathered in size and was yelling and calling out excitedly to her. She caught sight of Madison and sighed in relief. Madison saw her meaningful look and Madison nodded slightly. Sakura caught sight of Li beside her and she starred at him, not being able to take her eyes away from him. A movement caught her eye, and she saw the principle and a couple of teachers coming towards there way, seeing what was the problem.
Sakura crammed on her helmet, waved to Rita, Chelsea and Rita, who shrieked in surprise, and kicked her bike into gear. She reeved it a couple and times and then sped away, kicking up gravel and dirt as she sped down the main road, everyone's gaze following her as she disappeared.
* * * *
The huge warehouse gleamed in the sun as Sakura pulled up near it. It had the White Tiger symbol painted on it. Sakura scanned the area and didn't see anyone. She pulled out a new device Madison had given her ages ago. She turned it on and it beeped. It didn't beep again and Sakura knew that no one was here or in the area. She jumped off her bike and checked the time. It was just a little after three.
Sakura forced opened a window and jumped inside, landing on a metal walkway. She jumped down the stairs, 2 at a time and landed on the ground, looking around her. She walked over carefully towards one of the piles of whatever it was that was stacked up the ceilin way above her. Sakura opened her pouch and pulled out one of the bombs. She rigged it up and stuck it into the sacks of what was stored there. She set it to go off when she pushed the button and went down further and came to the end of the warehouse. Placing another bomb on the wall she set it and snuck into the office that was there.
Sakura opened the desk draws and pulled out sheets of information. Sakura scanned them and she gasped. List after list of contacts starred up at her. It had who had contacts with who and what they delt in etc. Stashing them into her pouch, she continued to snoop. She tried to open a draw but it was locked. Sakura glared at it and aimed a kick at it. The desk being old and brittle, smashed and wads and wads of money feel onto the ground. Sakura just starred at them as if she was going mad, before a noise made her jump. It sounded like metal contracting, but she didn't want to take any chances. ( don't you just hate that, when you're up to no good and that happens and you jump a foot high in the air thinking you're about to be busted, but it's just a noise. )
Stashing the money in the pouch, she made sure that there was nothing else that was hidden or helpful and booked it out of there. She had just rounded the corner when she smacked into something hard. She landed on her butt and starred up at a man that was starring down at her angrily. He went to grab her, but Sakura dodged him and made a run for it. The guy shouted after her and he reached out and grabbed her. Sakura thanking god that she had learnt to fight from Tori, twisted around and kicked the guy between the legs, making him buckle over in pain. Sakura glared and jumped kicked him, sending him sprawling.
She flew up the stairs and bolted out of the window, landed heavily on her feet, hurting her ankle. She managed to run over to her bike and start it. A shout broke out and she turned to see the guy she had injured, hobbling out to her. She reeved her bike and took off, getting out of there.
* * *
Sakura absolutely flew down the road, her heart pumping a million times a minute. She screecched to a halt outside a small club and reeved her bike, getting the occupants attention. They filed outside guns raised at her. She took off her helmet and shook her hair free. She looked at them.
" Who are you and what do you want? " one guy called out, still keeping her in his firing line.
" I come with a message from Jade Fox. " Sakura yelled clearly.
Some of the guys looked warily at each other.
" State it. " the first guy yelled back.
Sakura turned around and pushed the button. A huge explosion rocked the earth and a huge dust cloud flew into the air. They all watched in shock.
" If you haven't guessed, that was White Tiger's warehouse. Jade Fox says that she will not cower under White Tiger's glare and will not become his possession, so neither shall you! "
Sakura flipped open her pouch. Safety caps went off as they aimed at her, thinking she was gong to attack them. Sakura pulled up two of the wads of money. And threw it in their direction.
" A gift from both Jade Fox and Snow Fox. " she said and went to put her helmet back on, but they stopped her.
" Why is Jade Fox doing this? " one guy called out, lowering his gun.
" It's simple. " Sakura said. " Jade Fox wants to be leader. To do that she has to get rid of the competition that stands in her way. But to do that she first has to make allies. "
" I see. How do you get in contact with Jade Fox? " the first guy asked.
Sakura put her helmet back on and opened the visor .
" Leave word at clubs. It'll get back to us and we'll give her the message. " and with that Sakura sped off down the road.
One of the guys jumped forward and picked up the 2 wads of money.
" Holy Shit its real! " he cried, showing the others.
" If the Jade fox is looking for allies, she just earned the Crow's friendship. "
* * *
Sakura pushed her bike harder and went over 150m/h, speeding through red lights and traffic. It was dangerous, but she didn't care she had to get home.
Li pulled out from the school, with Meilin, Alex, Jamie and Leiko with him. Eriol was getting a lift with Madison. He got a red light and was waiting patiently for it to change, when he heard a bike speeding along the road. He looked up as a girl on a bike speed through the intersction from his right and made several cars slam on their brakes and come to a stop. Car horns blared after her, but she was already gone. Meilin looked at Li.
" Isn't it a little risky during the day to be doing buisness? " she asked.
Suddenly Li's cell rang.
" Yeah what? " he asked. Waiting for the cars to sort themselves out.
" You might wanna let everyone hear this. " Eriol said.
" Fine. " Li said and punched some numbers into his car phone. keeping his eyes on the road.
" Our Jade Fox has been busy it would seem. " Eriol said.
Everyone leaned in closer to hear.
" She's gone for high stakes this time and is a bloody fool if you ask me. " Eriol stated firmly.
" What's happened? " Alex asked fron the back.
" One of White Tiger's warehouses has just been blown up on the northside of Sendai. It seems Jade Fox is out for allies and a high position. Our contacts are screaming with the news. Aparently she blew it up in front of the Crow's headquarters and threw money at them as a gift offering. Quiet a large sum I'm lead to believe. Hang on, I've got it written here what she told them, " paper could be heard rustling in the background.
" Jade Fox says that she will not cower under White Tiger's glare and will not become his possession, so neither shall you. " Eriol related.
Li pressed the excelerator and headed back towards the mansion.
" What is she doing? " Li wondered aloud.
" I think that's what we'd all like to know. " Eriol said over the phone. " All I know know is if she's not careful, she's going to get into big trouble. Messing around with White Tiger is not exactly the smartest thing, but if she wants to get herself killed, than what can we do? "
Li went into deep thought.
" We've got to keep an eye for this Jade Fox or at least that girl that keeps popping up everywhere. Don't ask me why, but I think we better get in contact with her fast and soon. "
Leiko snorted.
" How are we suposed to find how many girls now on? Like four? " she asked.
Li frowned.
" What do you mean four? " he asked looking in the review mirror.
Leiko sighed in frustration.
" There's the two blondes, the black haired girl, and the crimson haired girl. " she said.
Li shook his head.
" I think you'll find that it's all one girl. Don't ask me how I know, but I have a feeling that I know her too. "
The car was silent for the rest of the journey home.
* * *
Sakura limped into the bathroom and jumped into the shower, getting rid of the blonde in her hair. She moved and yelped in pain as her ankle hurt. It must have been when she had jumped out of the window at the warehouse. She got into her pj's and grabbed her mobile and typed in a message.
' Madison I'm allright. I made it back safely, White Tiger's warehouse is no more. Explain everything tomorrow. I'll meet you in your car in the morning. Sakura. '
Sakura sighed and limped down to the kitchen to cook dinner. It had been a long day!
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The game is getting serious
And the Fox is unaware
Of what is lying before her
And what she's getting into
But help may be on the way
But will she take it or will she turn it away?
Sakura sat down reading a magizine on Madison's lounge, while Madison typed furiously on her laptop.
" Hey Sakura listen to this. According to this, the most feared gang leader is White Tiger. And second to him is Wolf. Wolf is situated in China, running most of enconomy over there, whereas White Tiger runs most of the Japanese enconomy. Both have been fighting it out for years, trying to eliminate each other, but have both been unsuccessful. It would seem though that over the years White Tiger has gained the upperhand. Not only are the Wolves losing ground, but are looking like their not in the buisness anymore. "
" Well that's not right. I've heard that they're trying to make a comeback. " Sakura said.
" Yes, it would seem. But the fact is, most gangs fear White Tiger because he is ruthless, cunning and dangerous. No one dares mess with him. Gangs have been wiped out in one go, because they have interfeared with White Tiger. So what we need to do is make a few things go bye, bye of White Tiger's and free up some space for others, who are losing ground. Not only will it piss White Tiger off and know he has competition on his hands, but it will give us allies, which is what we desperately need. " Madison stated.
Sakura stopped reading and looked at her best friend and cousin.
" Do you think us doing this is wrong? Do you think we're getting in way over our
heads? " Sakura asked.
Madison studied her.
" Sakura we both maybe over our heads a little, but we love what we do. We wanted to do something and we are. We not be saving the world or whatever, but we're making a difference in the lives of gangs for good and bad, and we're becoming our own. Isn't that what you wanted? " she asked.
Sakura smiled.
" It is fun isn't it? " she grinned.
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~* At school a week later *~
Sakura ran over to Madison and the others and collapsed onto the grass, just as the bell for lunch rang, panting and exhausted. Li came over shortly after, after a vigorous soccor training session.
" I swear they work us too hard. " Sakura breathed as she starred up at the bright fluffy clouds in the bright blue sky.
" That I will agree to. " Li breathed as he sat down near her.
" Where's your lunch? " Madison asked.
" Buying it. " two voices said at the same time.
Sakura shot Li a smile.
" Race you for it? " she asked jumping up. " Bet you're too tired. "
Li jumped up.
" If there's one thing you should learn it's that I don't back down from a challenge. "
Sakura took off, Li running after her.
* * *
Sakura was beating Li, but then she tripped as she grew tired. Li's hand shot out and caught her, stopping her from falling over. Sakura opened her eyes, wondering why she hadn't hit the ground. Amber met Emerald and Sakura blushed and looked away.
" Umm thanks Li. " she said, trying to pull away.
" You sure you're ok? " Li asked, looking into her eyes.
Sakura pulled her hand out of his.
" Yeah thanks. " she said. " Guess we both lost eh? "
" Guess so. " he murmered. " You know I missed you right Sakura? " he said.
Sakura looked up at him. Kids were running past them and playing all around them, but she took no notice of it, only Li.
" Well I missed you too Li. We were good friends, I miss all my friends when they
leave. " Sakura stated.
Li scratched his right upper arm, and Sakura noticed a black mark.
" Hey what's that? " Sakura asked, lifting his sleeve looking. It was a tattoo of a wolf. Sakura went pale. She had seen that mark somewhere before. Li brushed her arm away quickly, trying to not let her see it. Although she had only seen it briefly, she had a clear image of it.
" It's nothing. " Li said. " Come on, lets get our lunch. " Li said walking away.
Sakura didn't follow.
" Umm I'm not hungry anymore. You go ahead. I'll see uo later k? "
" Sakura! " Li called as she took off running.
* * *
Madison and Eriol stopped talking when Sakura came running back.
" Li beat you? " Leiko asked. " Hey where's your lunch? "
Sakura waved her away, like it didn't matter.
" Not hungry. Umm Madison can I borrow your keys for a moment please? " Sakura asked.
Madison looked at her strangely, fishing around in her bag for them.
" Here. "
" Thanks. Oh yeah, is your laptop still in there? "
" Yeah, why? " Madison asked.
" No reason. I just want to look up something. " Sakura said and ran off.
* * *
' Searching.' was up on the screen as Sakura sat in the back of Madisn's car, waiting for what she hoped would not be the answer. Suddenly the file appeared and there was the same tattoo that was on Li's arm.
" Oh no. " Sakura cried brokenly as she studied it. " How can he be a Wolf? "
A list came up and she starred at it. Li's name wasn't there. She hated to do it, but she had to. Hating herself, she added 'Li Showrun' to it, saving it and then slammed her fist against the back of the seat.
" Hey, what has my poor car done to you? " Madison asked, as she opened the back door.
She noticed Sakura's strained expression.
" Guess what I just discovered? " Sakura said softly as she turned the laptop around and Madison gasped. On the screen was a picture of Li with a pic of the Wolf tattoo and members of the Wolves.
" How can that be? Are you sure I mean- " Madison trailed off at the look from Sakura.
" I saw it Madison. Plain as day, you don't mistake something like that. "
" Oh god Sakura. I'm so sorry. " Madison said as she sat in the back, next to Sakura.
" And you know what that means don't you Madison? Who else was at that table in that club that night? " Sakura said sadly.
Madison gasped.
" They couldn't be?! I mean - "
" Makes perfect sense. " Sakura said. " It explains why they won't say anything about why they're here. They're trying to re-establish Wolves ground. "
" Oh god and we've been blowing up Wolf drug ships and screwing their deals. " Madison said.
" Well I don't regret any of it. " Sakura said firmly.
" Sakura! " Madison said.
Sakura slammed shut the laptop.
" No Madison. As Sakura and Madison, we're just school girls during the day. We have nothing to gain or do. At night we're the Jade Fox and the Snow Fox. We're our own, as far as we're concerned we don't even know the Wolves exist. We haven't met them and we haven't talked to them. We don't even know Li and the others. This changes everything yes, but we can't regret what we've done. We're trying to make our own ground Madison, you know that. We're just going to have to keep going as if we don't know this. We can't afford to blow our cover. Li may be our friend by day, but at night, he's our rival. "
Madisn sighed and nodded. Sakura hid the laptop back under the seat.
" Tonight the Jade Fox is going to make a public appearance. After we've screwed White Tiger. You said that the northside of Sendai is one of his weaker grounds? "
Madison nodded.
" Then I'll be at your house at eight. We have a long ride ahead of us. So be ready ok? "
" I have a gift for you. Remind me to give it to you. " Madison replied sighing and then getting out of the car. " We might as well go back. They'll be wondering what's going on. "
" I don't feel to well. Shock I guess, but I'm going to go ask if I can go home. I see you'll later. " Sakura said and head off towards the office and her brother.
* * *
" Hey where's Sakura? " Alex asked.
Madison snapped out of her thoughts.
" Huh? "
" I asked you where Sakura was? "
Madison forced herself to smile.
" Oh I forgot to mention that she went home. She wasn't feeling too well. She said to say bye. "
Li looked up and studied her.
" Sakura never goes home. She must have been really sick. " Rita said concerned.
" Oh don't worry. Sakura will be fine, I'm sure of it. " Madison said carefully.
* * *
" You sure you're ok squirt? " Tori asked, as he opened the door to the house for her.
Sakura nodded sadly.
" Yeah I'm fine. I just feel sick. I'm sure it'll pass. "
" Yeah well, I'll be home early tonight. " Tori said.
Sakura whipped around.
" What? " she said surprised.
Toriu studied her.
" Does it matter that I'll be home early? " Tori asked curious.
" But don't you have to go somewhere, Julian's, the tafe the- "
" Sakura what's wrong? " Tori asked suspiciously.
Sakura sighed.
" Nothing. I just thought I wouldn't have to put up with you until way later. " she lied.
Toriu ruffled her hair.
" Don't worry squirt, for once I'll leave you alone. "
And with that he left, got back into the car and went back to school.
Sakura waited until he was out of sight before she did something that she never had done before.
" Shit! " she swore, and flew up to her room.
She looked at the clock and picked up her mobile and speed dialed Madison. She didn't answer. She was going to have to do the White Tiger thing now in broad daylight. She flew into the bathroom and gabbed one of the dyes Madison had given her in case of emergency. Dying her hair blonde, she went into bedroom and saw that there was less than half an hour till the end of lunch at Tomoeda High. She'd have to go past the school and let them see her if she could, so Madison would know that something was up.
Dressing in her knee-high boots, she put on a cherry blossom pink top that tied up around her neck and a black skirt that had high splits up the sides. Grabbing her leather gloves she put them on and tightened them. She grabbed her pouch that contained what she needed and slung it over her shoulder. She blow-dried her hair and brushed it in record time. With that she bolted out the door and ran out the back where the bike had been stashed last time, when it was too late to take it back to Madison's and took off.
* * *
The bell had just rung and Madison and the others were just starting to walk towards their next class when they heard a bike being reeved loudly. Madison's heart beat faster as she looked around. People were running over towards the fence, near the road, pointing and getting excited.
" What's going on? " Jamie asked, walking over to the fence.
Madison tried not to look fearful, but she just knew it was Sakura. She hurried over to the fence and looked. Li came to stand next to her. They gasped at what they saw.
* * *
In the little carpark near the road, a blonde haired girl sat on the coolest bike anyone had seen, nursing her black helmet that reflected the sun. She was scanning the crowd that had gathered in size and was yelling and calling out excitedly to her. She caught sight of Madison and sighed in relief. Madison saw her meaningful look and Madison nodded slightly. Sakura caught sight of Li beside her and she starred at him, not being able to take her eyes away from him. A movement caught her eye, and she saw the principle and a couple of teachers coming towards there way, seeing what was the problem.
Sakura crammed on her helmet, waved to Rita, Chelsea and Rita, who shrieked in surprise, and kicked her bike into gear. She reeved it a couple and times and then sped away, kicking up gravel and dirt as she sped down the main road, everyone's gaze following her as she disappeared.
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The huge warehouse gleamed in the sun as Sakura pulled up near it. It had the White Tiger symbol painted on it. Sakura scanned the area and didn't see anyone. She pulled out a new device Madison had given her ages ago. She turned it on and it beeped. It didn't beep again and Sakura knew that no one was here or in the area. She jumped off her bike and checked the time. It was just a little after three.
Sakura forced opened a window and jumped inside, landing on a metal walkway. She jumped down the stairs, 2 at a time and landed on the ground, looking around her. She walked over carefully towards one of the piles of whatever it was that was stacked up the ceilin way above her. Sakura opened her pouch and pulled out one of the bombs. She rigged it up and stuck it into the sacks of what was stored there. She set it to go off when she pushed the button and went down further and came to the end of the warehouse. Placing another bomb on the wall she set it and snuck into the office that was there.
Sakura opened the desk draws and pulled out sheets of information. Sakura scanned them and she gasped. List after list of contacts starred up at her. It had who had contacts with who and what they delt in etc. Stashing them into her pouch, she continued to snoop. She tried to open a draw but it was locked. Sakura glared at it and aimed a kick at it. The desk being old and brittle, smashed and wads and wads of money feel onto the ground. Sakura just starred at them as if she was going mad, before a noise made her jump. It sounded like metal contracting, but she didn't want to take any chances. ( don't you just hate that, when you're up to no good and that happens and you jump a foot high in the air thinking you're about to be busted, but it's just a noise. )
Stashing the money in the pouch, she made sure that there was nothing else that was hidden or helpful and booked it out of there. She had just rounded the corner when she smacked into something hard. She landed on her butt and starred up at a man that was starring down at her angrily. He went to grab her, but Sakura dodged him and made a run for it. The guy shouted after her and he reached out and grabbed her. Sakura thanking god that she had learnt to fight from Tori, twisted around and kicked the guy between the legs, making him buckle over in pain. Sakura glared and jumped kicked him, sending him sprawling.
She flew up the stairs and bolted out of the window, landed heavily on her feet, hurting her ankle. She managed to run over to her bike and start it. A shout broke out and she turned to see the guy she had injured, hobbling out to her. She reeved her bike and took off, getting out of there.
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Sakura absolutely flew down the road, her heart pumping a million times a minute. She screecched to a halt outside a small club and reeved her bike, getting the occupants attention. They filed outside guns raised at her. She took off her helmet and shook her hair free. She looked at them.
" Who are you and what do you want? " one guy called out, still keeping her in his firing line.
" I come with a message from Jade Fox. " Sakura yelled clearly.
Some of the guys looked warily at each other.
" State it. " the first guy yelled back.
Sakura turned around and pushed the button. A huge explosion rocked the earth and a huge dust cloud flew into the air. They all watched in shock.
" If you haven't guessed, that was White Tiger's warehouse. Jade Fox says that she will not cower under White Tiger's glare and will not become his possession, so neither shall you! "
Sakura flipped open her pouch. Safety caps went off as they aimed at her, thinking she was gong to attack them. Sakura pulled up two of the wads of money. And threw it in their direction.
" A gift from both Jade Fox and Snow Fox. " she said and went to put her helmet back on, but they stopped her.
" Why is Jade Fox doing this? " one guy called out, lowering his gun.
" It's simple. " Sakura said. " Jade Fox wants to be leader. To do that she has to get rid of the competition that stands in her way. But to do that she first has to make allies. "
" I see. How do you get in contact with Jade Fox? " the first guy asked.
Sakura put her helmet back on and opened the visor .
" Leave word at clubs. It'll get back to us and we'll give her the message. " and with that Sakura sped off down the road.
One of the guys jumped forward and picked up the 2 wads of money.
" Holy Shit its real! " he cried, showing the others.
" If the Jade fox is looking for allies, she just earned the Crow's friendship. "
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Sakura pushed her bike harder and went over 150m/h, speeding through red lights and traffic. It was dangerous, but she didn't care she had to get home.
Li pulled out from the school, with Meilin, Alex, Jamie and Leiko with him. Eriol was getting a lift with Madison. He got a red light and was waiting patiently for it to change, when he heard a bike speeding along the road. He looked up as a girl on a bike speed through the intersction from his right and made several cars slam on their brakes and come to a stop. Car horns blared after her, but she was already gone. Meilin looked at Li.
" Isn't it a little risky during the day to be doing buisness? " she asked.
Suddenly Li's cell rang.
" Yeah what? " he asked. Waiting for the cars to sort themselves out.
" You might wanna let everyone hear this. " Eriol said.
" Fine. " Li said and punched some numbers into his car phone. keeping his eyes on the road.
" Our Jade Fox has been busy it would seem. " Eriol said.
Everyone leaned in closer to hear.
" She's gone for high stakes this time and is a bloody fool if you ask me. " Eriol stated firmly.
" What's happened? " Alex asked fron the back.
" One of White Tiger's warehouses has just been blown up on the northside of Sendai. It seems Jade Fox is out for allies and a high position. Our contacts are screaming with the news. Aparently she blew it up in front of the Crow's headquarters and threw money at them as a gift offering. Quiet a large sum I'm lead to believe. Hang on, I've got it written here what she told them, " paper could be heard rustling in the background.
" Jade Fox says that she will not cower under White Tiger's glare and will not become his possession, so neither shall you. " Eriol related.
Li pressed the excelerator and headed back towards the mansion.
" What is she doing? " Li wondered aloud.
" I think that's what we'd all like to know. " Eriol said over the phone. " All I know know is if she's not careful, she's going to get into big trouble. Messing around with White Tiger is not exactly the smartest thing, but if she wants to get herself killed, than what can we do? "
Li went into deep thought.
" We've got to keep an eye for this Jade Fox or at least that girl that keeps popping up everywhere. Don't ask me why, but I think we better get in contact with her fast and soon. "
Leiko snorted.
" How are we suposed to find how many girls now on? Like four? " she asked.
Li frowned.
" What do you mean four? " he asked looking in the review mirror.
Leiko sighed in frustration.
" There's the two blondes, the black haired girl, and the crimson haired girl. " she said.
Li shook his head.
" I think you'll find that it's all one girl. Don't ask me how I know, but I have a feeling that I know her too. "
The car was silent for the rest of the journey home.
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Sakura limped into the bathroom and jumped into the shower, getting rid of the blonde in her hair. She moved and yelped in pain as her ankle hurt. It must have been when she had jumped out of the window at the warehouse. She got into her pj's and grabbed her mobile and typed in a message.
' Madison I'm allright. I made it back safely, White Tiger's warehouse is no more. Explain everything tomorrow. I'll meet you in your car in the morning. Sakura. '
Sakura sighed and limped down to the kitchen to cook dinner. It had been a long day!
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The game is getting serious
And the Fox is unaware
Of what is lying before her
And what she's getting into
But help may be on the way
But will she take it or will she turn it away?