Authors notes: hey everyone! Sorry its been so long since I last updated, blah, dumb school, its always getting in the way of me writing. Oh well, if you all remember from last time, Esmeralda, aka Saku, was caught using magic trying to help her friend, Mike. Touya has arrived on the scene now, and he will be the one to decide whether Saku and Mike will remain on the team. Uh...as always this stuff doesn't belong to me, the characters of Mike, Viola, Hernandez, and Kenji are mine, so no stealing.
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~~~~flashback~~~~
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Chapter 4- Who am I?
Everyone found some reason to avoid being around the office as Touya Kinomoto confronted Saku Avalon. Mike and Viola fled to the weapons room in order to look at the weapons that could be used for the upcoming missions, Meiling and Jay headed up to the bedrooms so he could unpack, Eriol and Tomoyo went to see about getting some food for everyone, while Syaoron went up to his private library.
"Ms. Avalon, you aren't in trouble, I just want a little information from you," Touya crooned softly to Saku. His tone of voice made her blood run cold, it was soft, but laced with venom. "H-h-hai Kinomoto-san?" Saku managed to say. "The only known pink aura in this world at the moment-" besides Sakura's Touya thought for a moment,"-belongs to Esmeralda Hernandez, who is well known as an enemy to the JSA. You should know that she is the person we are trying to track down." "Kinomoto-san....my aura, its always been my aura, and-" her voice broke and she stopped talking for a moment. "Tell me Avalon," Touya said softly. "How well do you know Hernandez? What do you know of Esmeralda?" "Sir...my father..." her voice trailed off as she looked into Touya's face. It held a look that she had seen before.
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"Sakura! You're going to be late again!!!" A younger version of Touya shouted up the stairs. "HOE!!!! I'm late!" the voice of Sakura shouted as she ran around trying to get ready. Touya was setting a cup of coffee on the table and a bowl of cereal down for Sakura, when she came barreling down the stairs running smack dab into Touya. The hot coffee was on this shirt and the cereal on the floor. "SAKURA!" he shouted angrily. His clean white shirt now had an obvious coffee stain on it and he was already running late. The look he tossed her was an absolute look of anger and annoyance for his sister. "Gomen Touya!" Sakura cried trying to clean up the mess. "Never mind it Sakura, you are going to be late." he said shortly before stalking up the stairs. "He's really mad at me now..." Sakura whispered before heading to school alone.
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"Ugh..." Saku whimpered in her sleep.
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"Esmeralda, make me proud!" Hernandez called to his daughter as she took her tests. If she passed she would be the only female in his organization, and the youngest of everyone. Her slim form moved through the obstacles easily and she passed the tests one after another. "You are my daughter, and I have never been more proud of you!" Hernandez shouted hugging his daughter after she passed the final test with ease.
You are my daughter....The words echoed through ever part of her body.
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You are my daughter....The words kept repeating through her head. Her mind flashed back to a younger version of herself with Touya Kinomoto when he got mad at her.
Who am I? she wondered as she opened up her eyes. "Where am I?" she managed to croak. "Rest easy for moment, you passed out." Touya said handing her a cup of water. "Touya, do you know who I am?" she said suddenly. She had no clue where they came from. It was as if someone was living inside of her, and was now desperately trying to come back out. "You are Saku Avalon," he said indifferently. "Do you recognize this?" Saku said suddenly pulling a small necklace out from under her shirt. A little gasp could not be held back from the older man as he looked at it. "Where did you get that!?" Touya cried angrily. "It has always been mine, I do not know where it came from. I've had it ever since I was, I guess maybe 10." Saku said, her voice in a far away place. "I have no memories of my younger child hood," she confided in him. "It was as though I came to earth when I was ten. My father won't tell me anything from before that time either." Saku said softly. "Your father, who is he?" Touya prompted. Saku smiled sadly at him. "If I tell you the information you need, will you leave Mike out of this? He does not deserve to be hated for anything. He is as innocent as a new born babe, he knows not of what he does." Saku said firmly. "If I was to promise you this, what could you tell me?" Touya said carefully. "Everything you need to know about Esmeralda and Hernandez." she said bluntly. "Very well, the other one will not be brought into this. We will make sure nothing happens to him." Touya said hesitantly. "Thank you," was all Saku said.
"What can Touya be talking to Saku-chan about?" Tomoyo said worriedly to Eriol as they walked through the large house looking at the paintings. "He is most likely questioning her about her magic. We need as many people with strong magic as possible if we are to defeat Hernandez. He is one with strong powers, that much is for sure, as well as Esmeralda." Eriol said calmly. "I suppose..." Tomoyo said softly glad for the comfort of Eriol's arm around her shoulders. "Come Tomoyo-chan, you can't worry over such things." Eriol continued looking at her. He wrapped his arm around her shoulders more tightly and pulled her closer to him with his other arm. A soft kiss was exchanged between the two. "Don't fret over Saku, she is strong, you should be thinking more to when you want a wedding." Eriol said softly slipping a ring onto her finger. "You know I've loved you Tomoyo-chan, ever since we met when we were young. I just could never find the right time or the right way to tell you. I figured this was the best way to show you my love." Tomoyo looked down at the ring now adorning her slender finger. It was a 14kt band with a diamond placed in the center with two heart shaped amethysts on either side of it. "Tomoyo Daidouji, will you do me the honor of being my wife?" Eriol said formally, going down on one knee. Tomoyo continued to stare at the ring, and then at Eriol's face. "Hey, Tomoyo, please answer, at least a nod or something, your starting to get me worried." Eriol said softly, his voice a little worried. A smile bloomed upon her lips and she nodded her head vigorously. "I will Eriol Hiiragizawa."
"Viola, I know we haven't known each other that long...but for some reason I'm drawn to you. I see your face in every waking second. When I sleep, I dream of your beautiful eyes. I love you." Mike said to the girl standing next to him. Viola looked up a little shocked. One minute talking about the best type of knives to use in hand to hand combat, the next he is expressing words of love. "Mike...I don't know you, and yet I do feel the same way about you." Viola said softly. A simple silver ring with a moonstone in the center was slipped upon her hand. "This isn't an engagement ring, its too soon for that, but its a promise ring, that one day if we still feel the same way about each other, that we will marry." Mike said in a rush. Viola hugged him softly. "I'd be honored." she whispered softly. The two smiled at one another and headed back to see if Touya was done with Saku yet.
"My name is Esmeralda Hernandez, only daughter of your enemy Alejandro Hernandez. My friend Michael Selest, has never committed a crime in any country, he was kidnapped when he was younger from his home in Mexico. I suppose he was about 8 when they took him. See he is an innocent, they mainly put him in service to me, because we were such good friends." Saku stopped to take a breath and snuck a look at Touya. He didn't look angry, just had a look of thoughtful consideration on his face. "I have no memories of before the age of 10 years old. My father would never tell me anything from before that, supposedly my mother died at birth. Lately though, ever since I came here, I've been having strange visions, whenever I pass out or something." Saku stopped again to look at his reaction. He would probably think she was crazy, though he too had an aura and magic. Touya looked hesitant for a moment before speaking again, "What kind of visions?" he asked curiously. "One was when I was very young, a younger version of you was yelling at me for calling you Tori, and then another with you yelling at me for making you spill coffee and cereal on the floor." Saku said softly. Touya smiled, they were some of the best memories he had of his little sister. How would she know about this stuff unless she really was Sakura, not even Tomoyo or Eriol or Li know about this stuff. Touya thought looking closely at the girl. She did look exactly like Sakura. "I also had another vision, right after I saw Li-kun for the first time, it was when I was very young. It was when he and I became friends, but it must have been a dream, because Li-kun hates me." Saku cried. "I don't understand it, I've done nothing wrong and he hates me." "Saku, listen to me. When Syaoron was only 10, he lost someone very dear to his heart, she was my little sister. You look exactly like my sister, and I believe Syaoron thinks you are some ghost that has come back to haunt him." Touya explained gently. "I still want to know about your necklace..." he said examining the small pendant. "I placed a spell over the necklace so none could take it off of her forcefully. Even if she was dead, they could not have taken it from her." Touya said more to himself than to Saku. His eyes came back to rest on her for a moment. She couldn't be Sakura, Sakura died! But her aura is the same, her eyes are the same, the necklace is the same! It has to be Sakura. But how do I tell her? And she is the daughter of Hernandez, the thief Esmeralda that we've been looking for. We didn't have to go to Columbia to search for her, no she came to us. But why...I must try and get it out of her. "Kinomoto-san...." Saku said softly. "Yes Saku?" he said a little preoccupied. "Mike and I....we...I mean I came here on a mission, a very important one. I was sent here to find information in the JSA and then kill the special agents team....Forgive me Kinomoto! I have no idea why he would want me to do it. I don't usually take on assignments to kill. I usually just steal." Saku cried. "Its because he wanted the people around you to suffer more as they died. Who would suffer too much when they died by a strangers hand Esmeralda. But no, if they were to die by a trusted friends hand, no matter how long its been since they had last seen you, it would be a major emotional wound." a voice said from the doorway. Both leapt to their feet as a shadowed figure stood in the doorway holding an unconscious form. Saku suddenly recognized the voice. "Kenji! What are you doing here!" she cried angrily. "Your father sent me here to pick something up for him just to make sure you'd finish this one last mission." Kenji said stepping into the light. In his arms was a bloody and unconscious Syaoron. "Syaoron!" Saku cried leaping forward. "Leave him out of the Hirii! This is between me and my father." she shouted. She sent out some of her magic hoping that Syaoron was still alive. Feeling his green aura respond to the magic touch she started to combine her aura with his to help him gain some energy. "Syaoron!!!" she screamed as Kenji dropped him on the floor. He moaned in his sleep but remained still. Continuing to send some of her magic to Syaoron she studied Kenji to find a way to defeat him. It had never crossed her mind that she would have to fight him. Sure they had had friendly little battles but this would to the death, blood would be spilled. "Now Esmeralda, you can always be a good girl and come with me and face the judgment of your father, or I could slit his throat and be done with it." Kenji said cheerfully. "Leave him alone." her voice was low and it held power in it. Kenji shivered slightly despite the warmth of the room. A moment later he was surrounded by several agents. "Who the hell are you!" Eriol shouted running up with Tomoyo, Mike and Viola on his heels. At the sight of Kenji however, Mike slowed down slightly and his face paled. "Ah, so you do remember Selest. Either you stand with me, or with them! Just remember that Hernandez can destroy you with a thought." Kenji said cruelly. He then caught site of Viola and the ring, "Or," he added hastily, "We could just take the darling you so happily put your ring on. I'm sure Hernandez would love to have another girl to do his dirty work for him, as he has been doing with Esmeralda, or should I say, Sakura, since that is her real name." Kenji said just to see how the others would react. The faces in the room all paled, and Kenji took the opportunity to grab Sakura by the arm and haul Syaoron back up and disappear with the help of Hernandez's spells.
Angry looks glared at Mike as he sat on the floor trying to comprehend what had just taken place. What is going on, sure I had suspicions that Esmeralda might have been Sakura, but this is unbelievable. What did they really want from all of this. The word Clow Cards echoed in his head. He looked up at the face of a grieving Touya and then glanced around to the others. All were greatly upset because they had lost their friend twice, and this time Syaoron was one of them.
"This is all his fault!" Touya shouted. "You did something to my sister to make her like that. She would never have done that unless you all did something evil to her." he sneered. "They left you behind to spy, but no more!" He stopped talking long enough to advance on Mike. He scrambled backwards because despite his magic he knew when to avoid an angry person. "Stop this at once!" a feminine voice cried as a body stepped between the two. "Touya! How could you, he's been loyal to us since he arrived." Viola said calmly. "If it wasn't for him, we wouldn't have known that that was Sakura anyway!" He calmed down a bit and looked at Mike. "I suppose," he muttered. "One wrong move boy, and I won't hesitate to rip out your heart." he warned softly. Mike nodded knowing that this was no idle threat. "Have any of you ever heard of the Clow Cards?" Mike asked ready for the conversation to be useful again. The room went dead quiet all stared at him.
Sakura slowly opened up her bright emerald eyes and looked around at her surroundings. She noticed a broad shouldered man lying unconscious a little ways off from her. Her eyes began to tear however when she realized the unconscious man was Syaoron. Crawling over to him she checked his pulse and rested his head in her lap. "Oh Syaoron, this is all my fault, if only I had been straight with all of you, or if only I truly knew who I was, I could help more...." Sakura said softly before starting to cry.
Authors Notes: Well that's it for now guys, sorry if the last half is a little strange and you can't comprehend what's going on, I'm sick and I shouldn't be writing but I just had to finish this chapter, I had the idea in my head and I wanted to get it out on paper. Review please!!!!!!!! I need the reviews! Its how I feel loved by all of my wonderful readers. I'll hopefully have the next chapter up soon. As soon as I get an idea.....Oh well bye bye!