Chapter eight : Who to save? Sakura or Jade? Pt 2
~* Saturday Morning *~
The first thing Sakura realised was that she wasn't where she was supposed to be. Her emerald eyes fluttered open and she starred up at the unfamilar ceiling. She looked around the room. She knew she was somewhere that was owned by someone that had lots of money. The word 'extravagant' didn't even come close to describing this room that she was in.
She sat up and the blankets fell away and Sakura noticed that she was dressed in a black laced nighty. If Li had thought that the one she wore in front of him was 'skimpy' he obviously didn't know about the next level.
" What the hell? " Sakura breathed as she got up out of the bed and walked toward the huge double doors, that lead out to a balcony. She heard the door open and she whipped around and came face to face with a man that had white hair and steel grey eyes. He was tall and well into his earlier fourties. He carried himself with an air of superior power and arrogance.
" I see you are up. " he said bowing to her in respect.
Sakura stood rooted to the spot and just starred at him. The man laughed and walked further into the room, making sure the door was closed after him.
" You don't know who I am do you? " he asked starring at her with the grey eyes.
Sakura shook her head, unable to speak.
" I'm affended. You spend most of your time making my life a living hell and almost broke and you don't know who I am. " he said looking at her.
Sakura's eyes widened.
" Are you- "
" White Tiger in person and very pleased to meet you. " he said bowing again.
Sakura's emerald eyes flashed with fury. White Tiger noticed and moved to stand above her and looked down at her, gripping her chin in his hand and made her look up at him.
" You know you have the most unusual coloured eyes I have ever seen? " he whispered.
Sakura tried to jerk away, but his grip wouldn't let her.
" Feelings mutual. " Sakura spat.
White Tiger laughed softly, his gaze too transfixed by her eyes.
" What a strange creature you are. " White Tiger said. " When you're angry your eyes are like crystals the shade of dark emerald, and when you're happy they're a brillant shade of green that I have ever seen and sparkle with life and energy. I have never had the pleasure of meeting someone of the likes of you. "
Sakura manged to jerk herself free.
" Yeah well. " she spat. " It's a pity you settle for forcing people to meet with you, instead of just inviting them and letting them come to you normally. Do you always go for the kidnapping approach? "
White Tiger stepped back from her and laughed evilly. Sakura got cold shivers up her back.
" Yes I admit my methods were a bit much where getting you were concerned, but I didn't want to alert anyone and it was just more convient that way. "
Sakura managed the sarcastic look that Li always had avaible.
" So when do I get to book it out of here or are you intending me to have a permanet stay? " Sakura asked sarcastically.
White Tiger studied her for a while, before replying.
" That depends. " he said.
" On what? " Sakura demanded.
" On what we can come to terms on. " he replied.
Sakura frowned and remembered what she was dressed in.
" What's with the clothes? " she asked suddenly. " I know girls like to recieve lingerie as gifts, but don't you think this is a bit much? " Sakura asked sarcastically.
White Tiger smirked.
" Consider it a welcoming gift. " he replied.
Sakura snorted in digust.
" But getting back to the main issue at hand, your stay here depends on what we come to agree on. "
Sakura made her way back over to the bed and sat down.
" No let me lay it down for you. . . . "
* * *
The door bell went and Eriol went to answer it. Whoever was at the door was pretty impatient as the door bell kept going and someone was knocking on it constantly.
" Yeah, yeah hold your horses I'm coming! " Eriol yelled and went to open the door.
The door flew open and hit Eriol as Madison burst in the room, wild eyed and pale. Eriol held his nose and glared at Madison.
" Oh god Eriol what happened? " Madison asked. " Did they hurt you too? " she asked.
Eriol wiggled his nose to make sure everything was still in place and glared at her.
" YOU is what happened to me when you burst through the door, and why would anything happen to me? " he asked.
Madison looked sympathetic.
" Oh I'm sorry Eriol. I didn't mean to hurt you, but when no one answered the door - "
" You didn't give anyone a chance to open the door. " Eriol cut in.
Madison shot him a look for butting in.
" I heard that a Wolf was taken, I thought that there must have been a fight. " she looked confused when she noticed that everything was in place.
Eriol frowned, and then looked sympathetic as he realised what she meant.
" What's the look for? " she asked warily.
" I think you better come into the loungeroom first. This isn't the place to tell you. "
Madison followed him into the loungeroom.
" Let me ask you how you found out about this? " Eriol asked sitting on the couch.
Madison sat down beside him.
" I have my sources, but tell me what Eriol Hiiragizawa? " she asked.
Eriol looked into her violet eyes.
" One of the new recrutes was taken Madison, by White Tiger. " Eriol said sadly.
Madison's eyes widened. Eriol took hold of her hands and looked at her as he said:
" It was Sakura. "
* * *
" Excuse me? What? " Sakura cried out startled.
White Tiger looked at her.
" Either you leave here as Sakura Avalon and give up the identity of Jade Fox or you stay here and join me and break all alliances except those that I have made. "
Sakura starred at him shocked.
" Are you out of your mind? " Sakura cried out.
White Tiger smirked.
" You might think so, but no, I'm not. " he replied coldly.
Sakura sat there in shock.
" And what if I were to tell you where to stick your request? " Sakura asked sugary sweetly.
Steel grey eyes flashed dangerously.
" Then you don't know what will happen to you. " he replied coldly.
Sakura gulped.
" I can see you need more time to think about it. " White Tiger said getting up from the bed.
" I'll come back later and find out your answer. " he said and left.
Sakura starred at the door and wanted to yell out in frustration and chuck the biggest mental in history. She flopped back down on the bed and starred at the ceiling. What in the hell was she going to do?
Sakura jumped up and went over to the door. She opened the door and came face to face with the tallest and bulkiest man she had ever seen. Dressed in a dark buisness suit, dark glasses, bald head and dark skinned.
" Ah let me guess . . body guard right? Best in the buisness? " Sakura asked standing there in her lingerie.
The guard raised his eyebrow mockingly, and cracked his huge knuckles. Sakura gulped and closed the door and leant against it.
" Guess that blows plan A." Sakura stated and went over to the double doors and opened them, allowing the cool breeze to flow through. Disgusted with what she was wearing, Sakura went over to the wardrobe that was in the room and opened it. She found a nice little Chinese style dress that was ruby red and embroided with gold thread. It tied at her throat and had splits up the thighs and had short sleeves. She found red soft velvet shoes and slipped them on. They'd do for now.
Sakura went outside and looked at the wall lining the balcony and then up at the roof. She jumped up onto the wall and then jumped up onto the low hanging roof. She ran along the roof tiles and made sure to tread carefully and quietly. She reached the top of the roof and looked at her surroundings.
" Where am I? " Sakura cried as she didn't recognise her surroundings, looking at the huge plains and fields and the mountain range in the distance. She spotted a garden and the front gates and headed over to where she could jump down and hopefully get away.
* * *
Sakura looked around her and noted that no one was around.
" All right! " she breathed and leapt off the roof.
Sakura felt her throat go tight and couldn't figure why her feet wouldn't touch the ground. She felt someone breath on the back of her neck and she stiffened. She looked up above her and saw the body guard that had been at her door.
" Oh hi, how's it going? " she asked timidly.
" Planning on going somewhere miss? " asked the guard, holding her collar.
Sakura kicked her feet out and struggled.
" Hey would you let me go already you're choking me! " she cried.
He set her down on the ground, but kept a firm hold on her cuff.
" Do you mind? " Sakura asked angrily.
" Standard procedure miss. " came the reply.
Sakura rolled her eyes.
" Look I was checking out the scenery. Is that a crime? There's no need to go all touchy feely on me. " Sakura stated. Why did she feel like a kid that had just been busted trying to escape after raiding the cookie jar after she had been not to?
The guard let her go and Sakura turned around to face him.
" So what's you name anyway? " she asked curiously.
" Not allowed to tell you miss. "
Sakura looked at him as if he had just grown 2 heads.
" Are you serious? " she asked incredulously.
The guard just stood there with his hands behind his back, watching her.
" You know I'll just stand here and try to guess until you tell me you know? " Sakura said sweetly.
* * *
" WHAT?!! " Madison yelled as she jumped up.
Eriol cringed and stood up to face her.
" We got the note this morning. Li's been in a frenzy since. Talk about royal mood. "
Madison went white as a china doll.
" But-but-but - " she stammered as she tried to pull herself together.
Eriol went over to her and tried to comfort her.
" I know it's hard, but you mustn't panic or go hysterical on me ok? " he said.
Madison starred at him, her normally violet eyes were light and appeared almost transparent. She swayed and Eriol caught her as she passed out.
* * *
~* An hour later *~
Sakura continued to follow the guard around the gardens.
" Phil? Banjo? Kenji? Come on, you could give me a clue! " Sakura chirped. She knew this guy was losing it, she could tell.
" Mike? David? Ke - "
" It's Joe. Joe Black. Now will you leave me alone? "
Sakura starred up at him.
" Joe? Of course! You look like a Joe. Now why didn't I guess that? " Sakura chirped.
Joe rolled his eyes.
' God spare me. ' he thought.
Sakura smiled at him warmly. She hadn't realised it, but she had come to like this guy even though he was keeping her hostage.
" I see you've been getting to know my new guard. " came White Tiger's voice.
Sakura snarled and turned around to stare at him expressionless. Behind his dark glasses, Joe saw her make the face and smiled faintly.
" Of course. I had nothing else to do now do I? " Sakura asked emotionless.
White Tiger shot her a look.
" I have come for your answer. What is it? " he asked.
It was then that a great idea struck Sakura like lightning. She had no idea how it came to her, but it was the best thing she had so far, so she'd just play it along till further notice.
She managed to look sad and looked up at White Tiger and her sad emerald eyes locked with his. She even managed to summon tears to her eyes. Was this the best performance or what?!
" I choose to - I choose to give up being Jade Fox. It's not worth losing everything anyway. Jade Fox will bother you no more. she said.
White Tiger was taken back.
" I thought you would have given anything to have stayed Jade Fox? " he asked suspiciously.
" What's the point? Jade Fox is her own and does anything for her own cause. If I were to stay her and join you, I'd have to follow under your rule and that's a fate worth than death. " she repled sadly. Sakura continued to look at the ground, save her eyes giving away her true emotions.
White Tiger studied her for a moment and Sakura looked up to meet his gaze. After a few minutes he nodded and looked at Joe.
" Take her back. She's nothing to me anymore. " he said and went to turn away, but stopped.
" I warn you. If I find that you have lied to me, it won't be you that I go after, but your family. Jade Fox is no more? " he asked.
Sakura nodded her head in confirmation. White Tiger went over to her and and undid the button that tied the dress together at her neck. Sakura stiffened as he pulled the collar away exposing her skin.
" If I recall correctly. When you were standing in front of me in that lovely little piece earlier, I saw a mark on you collarbone. " he said and saw the mark from the explosion at the club. It was almost gone, but it was still visable. He ran his finger gently over it and Sakura held her breath in trepidation.
" Let this cicatrix be a reminder of what I can do, and let me assure you that that little bang was nothing compared to what I have been known to do. "
He redid the button and walked away. Sakura sighed in relief.
" Coming miss? " came Joe's voice.
Sakura turned to him and smiled warmly.
" Gladly. "
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~* Next Evening *~
Li, Eriol, Alex, Jamie, Leiko, Madison, Meilin and a few other Wolves from the area were standing around a table in Li's study. Li was pointing to different locations on a map and the others were studying it carefully.
" Now I know White Tiger will probably take her to one of these three locations. He wants me to know where he's taken her, so it would have to be somewhere that I know about. " Li said.
Leiko and Alex nodded.
* * *
~* Meanwhile . . . *~
Joe stopped the huge limo outside the gates to the Wolf Mansion. Joe got out and opened the door for her. Sakura smiled and bowed in respect.
" Thank you Mr. Black. It was a pleasure doing buisness with you. " Sakura giggled. She couldn't help it. What could she say? She liked the guy. He made her laugh.
" Goodbye miss. " replied Joe dryly.
Sakura held out her hand.
" I know you're working for my enemy, but I can't help but like you. Even though I won't see you again, I just wanted to tell you that anyway. Don't know why actually, but just said it anyway. " she said and smiled.
Joe raised his eyebrow sarcasticly, but he shook her hand anyway.
" Sure I can't convince you to ditch the old guy and join us? I can assure you we have loads of fun, never a dull moment. " Sakura asked as she stood in front of him, the huge mansion gates behind her and the long driveway after that.
" Not today miss. " he replied.
" It would kill you to call me Sakura wouldn't it? " Sakura asked annoyed.
He smirked and opened his door and looked back at her and lowered his dark glasses, so he could look at her.
" And I don't doubt for a minute that I won't be seeing you again, at least not if you have anything to do with it . . . Sakura. " he smirked and got into the car. Sakura waved as he drove off, a smile on her face. When he was out of view, she turned around, typed in the pin code Li had given her and walked up the long driveway. . .
* * *
" Hello? " Sakura called.
No answer.
" Great. " Sakura mumbled and flopped down on the couch and picked up a magazine and started to read it. She could hear voices and knew that she could go to the study and scare them, but she couldn't be bothered to move. Afterall she had been kidnapped and was forced to enjure White Tiger's presence. It had been a tiring experience!
* * *
She had almost finished reading the magazine when she heard the study door open.
" Ok I want you to get a good night's sleep. We have a big day tomorrow. " Li's voice carried into the loungeroom, as they came down the hallway. Sakura just continued to read the magazine, not bothering to look up.
The voices that were talking suddenly were cut off in mid sentence and everything went quiet when they walked past the loungeroom door and saw someone sitting on the couch, legs crossed, dressed in red and reading a magazine as if she had all the time in the world. Mouths hit the ground and eyes widened in shock.
Sakura flicked the page of the magazine, still not looking up at them.
" 'Bout time. Christmas is coming you know? I thought I'd be sitting here forever waiting for you to get out of there before you actually realised that I was back. " Sakura chided and smirked. She stood up and chucked the magazine on the table and looked at them standing there in the doorway like she was White Tiger himself.
" I could have told you that I'd be back. " she stated.
Leiko snorted.
" And my parents thought I was arrogant and full of it. "
Sakura mock glared.
" Watch it. I've been to hell and back and all I want to do is go home and sleep. "
The room was quiet before it errupted into hysterical squeals and people talking all at once as they crouded around her.
" How did you manage to get away? "
" Did he hurt you? "
" Did he terrorise you? "
" If he touched you I swear. " ( that from Li. LoL!! )
Sakura put her hands up in defeat.
" One at a time, one at a time please. You're giving me a headache. "
They went quiet.
" Ok. I didn't get away. I was driven home. No White Tiger didn't hurt me or terrorise me. And no he didn't touch me, except before I left, but that was just a warning, nothing more. "
" What?!! " Li demanded angrily.
Sakura told them the story of what had happened, making sure to get the point across to Li about the 'touching' thing.
" So how did you get him to let you go? " Madison asked after Sakura had finished telling them about what had happened.
Sakura smiled faintly.
" I had to promise him one thing. " Sakura replied.
" What? " asked Jamie.
She met none of their eyes, except Li's.
" I had to promise that Jade Fox would be no more. . . . "
~* Saturday Morning *~
The first thing Sakura realised was that she wasn't where she was supposed to be. Her emerald eyes fluttered open and she starred up at the unfamilar ceiling. She looked around the room. She knew she was somewhere that was owned by someone that had lots of money. The word 'extravagant' didn't even come close to describing this room that she was in.
She sat up and the blankets fell away and Sakura noticed that she was dressed in a black laced nighty. If Li had thought that the one she wore in front of him was 'skimpy' he obviously didn't know about the next level.
" What the hell? " Sakura breathed as she got up out of the bed and walked toward the huge double doors, that lead out to a balcony. She heard the door open and she whipped around and came face to face with a man that had white hair and steel grey eyes. He was tall and well into his earlier fourties. He carried himself with an air of superior power and arrogance.
" I see you are up. " he said bowing to her in respect.
Sakura stood rooted to the spot and just starred at him. The man laughed and walked further into the room, making sure the door was closed after him.
" You don't know who I am do you? " he asked starring at her with the grey eyes.
Sakura shook her head, unable to speak.
" I'm affended. You spend most of your time making my life a living hell and almost broke and you don't know who I am. " he said looking at her.
Sakura's eyes widened.
" Are you- "
" White Tiger in person and very pleased to meet you. " he said bowing again.
Sakura's emerald eyes flashed with fury. White Tiger noticed and moved to stand above her and looked down at her, gripping her chin in his hand and made her look up at him.
" You know you have the most unusual coloured eyes I have ever seen? " he whispered.
Sakura tried to jerk away, but his grip wouldn't let her.
" Feelings mutual. " Sakura spat.
White Tiger laughed softly, his gaze too transfixed by her eyes.
" What a strange creature you are. " White Tiger said. " When you're angry your eyes are like crystals the shade of dark emerald, and when you're happy they're a brillant shade of green that I have ever seen and sparkle with life and energy. I have never had the pleasure of meeting someone of the likes of you. "
Sakura manged to jerk herself free.
" Yeah well. " she spat. " It's a pity you settle for forcing people to meet with you, instead of just inviting them and letting them come to you normally. Do you always go for the kidnapping approach? "
White Tiger stepped back from her and laughed evilly. Sakura got cold shivers up her back.
" Yes I admit my methods were a bit much where getting you were concerned, but I didn't want to alert anyone and it was just more convient that way. "
Sakura managed the sarcastic look that Li always had avaible.
" So when do I get to book it out of here or are you intending me to have a permanet stay? " Sakura asked sarcastically.
White Tiger studied her for a while, before replying.
" That depends. " he said.
" On what? " Sakura demanded.
" On what we can come to terms on. " he replied.
Sakura frowned and remembered what she was dressed in.
" What's with the clothes? " she asked suddenly. " I know girls like to recieve lingerie as gifts, but don't you think this is a bit much? " Sakura asked sarcastically.
White Tiger smirked.
" Consider it a welcoming gift. " he replied.
Sakura snorted in digust.
" But getting back to the main issue at hand, your stay here depends on what we come to agree on. "
Sakura made her way back over to the bed and sat down.
" No let me lay it down for you. . . . "
* * *
The door bell went and Eriol went to answer it. Whoever was at the door was pretty impatient as the door bell kept going and someone was knocking on it constantly.
" Yeah, yeah hold your horses I'm coming! " Eriol yelled and went to open the door.
The door flew open and hit Eriol as Madison burst in the room, wild eyed and pale. Eriol held his nose and glared at Madison.
" Oh god Eriol what happened? " Madison asked. " Did they hurt you too? " she asked.
Eriol wiggled his nose to make sure everything was still in place and glared at her.
" YOU is what happened to me when you burst through the door, and why would anything happen to me? " he asked.
Madison looked sympathetic.
" Oh I'm sorry Eriol. I didn't mean to hurt you, but when no one answered the door - "
" You didn't give anyone a chance to open the door. " Eriol cut in.
Madison shot him a look for butting in.
" I heard that a Wolf was taken, I thought that there must have been a fight. " she looked confused when she noticed that everything was in place.
Eriol frowned, and then looked sympathetic as he realised what she meant.
" What's the look for? " she asked warily.
" I think you better come into the loungeroom first. This isn't the place to tell you. "
Madison followed him into the loungeroom.
" Let me ask you how you found out about this? " Eriol asked sitting on the couch.
Madison sat down beside him.
" I have my sources, but tell me what Eriol Hiiragizawa? " she asked.
Eriol looked into her violet eyes.
" One of the new recrutes was taken Madison, by White Tiger. " Eriol said sadly.
Madison's eyes widened. Eriol took hold of her hands and looked at her as he said:
" It was Sakura. "
* * *
" Excuse me? What? " Sakura cried out startled.
White Tiger looked at her.
" Either you leave here as Sakura Avalon and give up the identity of Jade Fox or you stay here and join me and break all alliances except those that I have made. "
Sakura starred at him shocked.
" Are you out of your mind? " Sakura cried out.
White Tiger smirked.
" You might think so, but no, I'm not. " he replied coldly.
Sakura sat there in shock.
" And what if I were to tell you where to stick your request? " Sakura asked sugary sweetly.
Steel grey eyes flashed dangerously.
" Then you don't know what will happen to you. " he replied coldly.
Sakura gulped.
" I can see you need more time to think about it. " White Tiger said getting up from the bed.
" I'll come back later and find out your answer. " he said and left.
Sakura starred at the door and wanted to yell out in frustration and chuck the biggest mental in history. She flopped back down on the bed and starred at the ceiling. What in the hell was she going to do?
Sakura jumped up and went over to the door. She opened the door and came face to face with the tallest and bulkiest man she had ever seen. Dressed in a dark buisness suit, dark glasses, bald head and dark skinned.
" Ah let me guess . . body guard right? Best in the buisness? " Sakura asked standing there in her lingerie.
The guard raised his eyebrow mockingly, and cracked his huge knuckles. Sakura gulped and closed the door and leant against it.
" Guess that blows plan A." Sakura stated and went over to the double doors and opened them, allowing the cool breeze to flow through. Disgusted with what she was wearing, Sakura went over to the wardrobe that was in the room and opened it. She found a nice little Chinese style dress that was ruby red and embroided with gold thread. It tied at her throat and had splits up the thighs and had short sleeves. She found red soft velvet shoes and slipped them on. They'd do for now.
Sakura went outside and looked at the wall lining the balcony and then up at the roof. She jumped up onto the wall and then jumped up onto the low hanging roof. She ran along the roof tiles and made sure to tread carefully and quietly. She reached the top of the roof and looked at her surroundings.
" Where am I? " Sakura cried as she didn't recognise her surroundings, looking at the huge plains and fields and the mountain range in the distance. She spotted a garden and the front gates and headed over to where she could jump down and hopefully get away.
* * *
Sakura looked around her and noted that no one was around.
" All right! " she breathed and leapt off the roof.
Sakura felt her throat go tight and couldn't figure why her feet wouldn't touch the ground. She felt someone breath on the back of her neck and she stiffened. She looked up above her and saw the body guard that had been at her door.
" Oh hi, how's it going? " she asked timidly.
" Planning on going somewhere miss? " asked the guard, holding her collar.
Sakura kicked her feet out and struggled.
" Hey would you let me go already you're choking me! " she cried.
He set her down on the ground, but kept a firm hold on her cuff.
" Do you mind? " Sakura asked angrily.
" Standard procedure miss. " came the reply.
Sakura rolled her eyes.
" Look I was checking out the scenery. Is that a crime? There's no need to go all touchy feely on me. " Sakura stated. Why did she feel like a kid that had just been busted trying to escape after raiding the cookie jar after she had been not to?
The guard let her go and Sakura turned around to face him.
" So what's you name anyway? " she asked curiously.
" Not allowed to tell you miss. "
Sakura looked at him as if he had just grown 2 heads.
" Are you serious? " she asked incredulously.
The guard just stood there with his hands behind his back, watching her.
" You know I'll just stand here and try to guess until you tell me you know? " Sakura said sweetly.
* * *
" WHAT?!! " Madison yelled as she jumped up.
Eriol cringed and stood up to face her.
" We got the note this morning. Li's been in a frenzy since. Talk about royal mood. "
Madison went white as a china doll.
" But-but-but - " she stammered as she tried to pull herself together.
Eriol went over to her and tried to comfort her.
" I know it's hard, but you mustn't panic or go hysterical on me ok? " he said.
Madison starred at him, her normally violet eyes were light and appeared almost transparent. She swayed and Eriol caught her as she passed out.
* * *
~* An hour later *~
Sakura continued to follow the guard around the gardens.
" Phil? Banjo? Kenji? Come on, you could give me a clue! " Sakura chirped. She knew this guy was losing it, she could tell.
" Mike? David? Ke - "
" It's Joe. Joe Black. Now will you leave me alone? "
Sakura starred up at him.
" Joe? Of course! You look like a Joe. Now why didn't I guess that? " Sakura chirped.
Joe rolled his eyes.
' God spare me. ' he thought.
Sakura smiled at him warmly. She hadn't realised it, but she had come to like this guy even though he was keeping her hostage.
" I see you've been getting to know my new guard. " came White Tiger's voice.
Sakura snarled and turned around to stare at him expressionless. Behind his dark glasses, Joe saw her make the face and smiled faintly.
" Of course. I had nothing else to do now do I? " Sakura asked emotionless.
White Tiger shot her a look.
" I have come for your answer. What is it? " he asked.
It was then that a great idea struck Sakura like lightning. She had no idea how it came to her, but it was the best thing she had so far, so she'd just play it along till further notice.
She managed to look sad and looked up at White Tiger and her sad emerald eyes locked with his. She even managed to summon tears to her eyes. Was this the best performance or what?!
" I choose to - I choose to give up being Jade Fox. It's not worth losing everything anyway. Jade Fox will bother you no more. she said.
White Tiger was taken back.
" I thought you would have given anything to have stayed Jade Fox? " he asked suspiciously.
" What's the point? Jade Fox is her own and does anything for her own cause. If I were to stay her and join you, I'd have to follow under your rule and that's a fate worth than death. " she repled sadly. Sakura continued to look at the ground, save her eyes giving away her true emotions.
White Tiger studied her for a moment and Sakura looked up to meet his gaze. After a few minutes he nodded and looked at Joe.
" Take her back. She's nothing to me anymore. " he said and went to turn away, but stopped.
" I warn you. If I find that you have lied to me, it won't be you that I go after, but your family. Jade Fox is no more? " he asked.
Sakura nodded her head in confirmation. White Tiger went over to her and and undid the button that tied the dress together at her neck. Sakura stiffened as he pulled the collar away exposing her skin.
" If I recall correctly. When you were standing in front of me in that lovely little piece earlier, I saw a mark on you collarbone. " he said and saw the mark from the explosion at the club. It was almost gone, but it was still visable. He ran his finger gently over it and Sakura held her breath in trepidation.
" Let this cicatrix be a reminder of what I can do, and let me assure you that that little bang was nothing compared to what I have been known to do. "
He redid the button and walked away. Sakura sighed in relief.
" Coming miss? " came Joe's voice.
Sakura turned to him and smiled warmly.
" Gladly. "
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~* Next Evening *~
Li, Eriol, Alex, Jamie, Leiko, Madison, Meilin and a few other Wolves from the area were standing around a table in Li's study. Li was pointing to different locations on a map and the others were studying it carefully.
" Now I know White Tiger will probably take her to one of these three locations. He wants me to know where he's taken her, so it would have to be somewhere that I know about. " Li said.
Leiko and Alex nodded.
* * *
~* Meanwhile . . . *~
Joe stopped the huge limo outside the gates to the Wolf Mansion. Joe got out and opened the door for her. Sakura smiled and bowed in respect.
" Thank you Mr. Black. It was a pleasure doing buisness with you. " Sakura giggled. She couldn't help it. What could she say? She liked the guy. He made her laugh.
" Goodbye miss. " replied Joe dryly.
Sakura held out her hand.
" I know you're working for my enemy, but I can't help but like you. Even though I won't see you again, I just wanted to tell you that anyway. Don't know why actually, but just said it anyway. " she said and smiled.
Joe raised his eyebrow sarcasticly, but he shook her hand anyway.
" Sure I can't convince you to ditch the old guy and join us? I can assure you we have loads of fun, never a dull moment. " Sakura asked as she stood in front of him, the huge mansion gates behind her and the long driveway after that.
" Not today miss. " he replied.
" It would kill you to call me Sakura wouldn't it? " Sakura asked annoyed.
He smirked and opened his door and looked back at her and lowered his dark glasses, so he could look at her.
" And I don't doubt for a minute that I won't be seeing you again, at least not if you have anything to do with it . . . Sakura. " he smirked and got into the car. Sakura waved as he drove off, a smile on her face. When he was out of view, she turned around, typed in the pin code Li had given her and walked up the long driveway. . .
* * *
" Hello? " Sakura called.
No answer.
" Great. " Sakura mumbled and flopped down on the couch and picked up a magazine and started to read it. She could hear voices and knew that she could go to the study and scare them, but she couldn't be bothered to move. Afterall she had been kidnapped and was forced to enjure White Tiger's presence. It had been a tiring experience!
* * *
She had almost finished reading the magazine when she heard the study door open.
" Ok I want you to get a good night's sleep. We have a big day tomorrow. " Li's voice carried into the loungeroom, as they came down the hallway. Sakura just continued to read the magazine, not bothering to look up.
The voices that were talking suddenly were cut off in mid sentence and everything went quiet when they walked past the loungeroom door and saw someone sitting on the couch, legs crossed, dressed in red and reading a magazine as if she had all the time in the world. Mouths hit the ground and eyes widened in shock.
Sakura flicked the page of the magazine, still not looking up at them.
" 'Bout time. Christmas is coming you know? I thought I'd be sitting here forever waiting for you to get out of there before you actually realised that I was back. " Sakura chided and smirked. She stood up and chucked the magazine on the table and looked at them standing there in the doorway like she was White Tiger himself.
" I could have told you that I'd be back. " she stated.
Leiko snorted.
" And my parents thought I was arrogant and full of it. "
Sakura mock glared.
" Watch it. I've been to hell and back and all I want to do is go home and sleep. "
The room was quiet before it errupted into hysterical squeals and people talking all at once as they crouded around her.
" How did you manage to get away? "
" Did he hurt you? "
" Did he terrorise you? "
" If he touched you I swear. " ( that from Li. LoL!! )
Sakura put her hands up in defeat.
" One at a time, one at a time please. You're giving me a headache. "
They went quiet.
" Ok. I didn't get away. I was driven home. No White Tiger didn't hurt me or terrorise me. And no he didn't touch me, except before I left, but that was just a warning, nothing more. "
" What?!! " Li demanded angrily.
Sakura told them the story of what had happened, making sure to get the point across to Li about the 'touching' thing.
" So how did you get him to let you go? " Madison asked after Sakura had finished telling them about what had happened.
Sakura smiled faintly.
" I had to promise him one thing. " Sakura replied.
" What? " asked Jamie.
She met none of their eyes, except Li's.
" I had to promise that Jade Fox would be no more. . . . "