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I was so blown away by the reviews! You guy's really know how to lift a girl's spirit! =D If I forgot you, I'm REALLY sorry. ._. Okay, enough of this blabbing, here's chapter five!
Trial of Fate
By Ash Night
Chapter Five
Sakura quickly glanced away when Li met her gaze. It only made it worse that he smiled at her. The auburn haired girl bit her bottom lip, why does he have to have such a nice smile?
"Well since we're not doing anything much today, I want the two of you to meet my fiance!" Meiling smiled gleefully.
Li groaned. "You know Meiling, I think you mentioned this sometime today already."
"I know," Meiling glared. "Just a friendly reminder."
Sakura laughed and looked over at Tomoyo.
"We'd love to meet him." The violet haired girl grinned.
Sakura had a puzzled expression oh her face. "Meiling-Chan, just when is your wedding?"
"Well..." Meiling looked over at her cousin. "Whenever Li's case is over, I don't want to have it in between something so important." She knew how much Mei-Fa meant to her cousin.
Sakura's green eyes widened. "Oh right! The case, I nearly forgot." She grinned a little.
Li Syaoran eyed the lawyer in front of him. She forgot? What a joke... "You forgot?" Li couldn't help but sound a little rude, well not a little.
Sakura sweat dropped. "Yah, I guess I sort of did." She ran her fingers through her silky auburn hair.
Meiling shook her head and laughed. "I'm glad you haven't changed, Sakura." She gave her friend a small smile.
"Are you sure you're a qualified lawyer?" Li's voice was firm as he doubted the girl.
Sakura frowned. "If you don't think I'm good enough Mr. Li, you're always able to find another attorney." Meiling's cousin drove her crazy, even though she's really only met him for a day.
"Whatever," Meiling decided to cut in before her cousin said something really stupid. She was aware of Li's big mouth. "Sakura, you're an excellent lawyer. And Li, I already told you she was qualified."
Li growled. "Fine," He turned to Sakura. "I'll give you all the details about this case whenever you're ready."
"Great." Sakura responded sarcastically. If he wanted to play this game, so could she.
"You two aren't mad at each other, are you?" Mei-Fa emerged from the dining table with her spoon in her right hand. She looked over at Li and then at Sakura.
Li folded his arms and leaned against the wall, he met Sakura's glance and gave her a sly smile.
Great. Now he wants me to answer, just great. Sakura tuned to look at the little girl with amber eyes, but not after shooting Li a 'I'll-get-you- next-time-you-better-watch-out' look.
Li laughed, he couldn't help it. "You know what?"
"What?" Sakura said, frustrated. "I thought you wanted me to answer your daughter."
Mei-Fa looked up at the two adults, amusement danced in her beautiful eyes.
"You're rather cute when your plotting revenge on me."
Mei-Fa's eyes danced with joy.
Huh? Sakura felt her cheeks heat up. For once in her life, she was completely speechless. The only thing she could do was turn around, in hopes that Li didn't see the red all over her face. She was sure she was blushing like crazy.
Li kept his eyes on the girl in front of him, his eyes full of amusement. "No snide remark? No smart comeback? I'm shocked, Kinomoto."
Sakura turned around. This guy's just so full of himself. "I'm sorry, I don't waste my comebacks on guys like yourself." She gave him a cheerful smile.
Ouch. And Kinomoto hits a homerun. Li pretended to be sad.
Sakura giggled. "Sorry Li, but the truth just has to be said."
Mei-Fa had a huge smile plastered on her face, she had seen everything. "Thanks for answering my question!" She giggled and ran off.
Tomoyo and Meiling switched glances.
"I think she gets it from me." Meiling winked.
Tomoyo laughed.
Sakura looked over at Li, giving him a confused look.
Damn, she's so beautiful, even when she's confused. It only makes her more adorable. He grinned. "Yah, thanks Kinomoto! Thanks for answering her question, I'm glad you're not mad at me. I'd be so hurt if you were."
"You're very welcome, Mr. Li." Sakura smiled. "And who says I wasn't mad at you?" Her smile turned into a sly smirk.
Li smiled charmingly. "Then I shall make it up to you, Princess." He bowed politely and walked away.
"Well that went great, didn't it?" Tomoyo offered smiling.
"Oh, it went absolutely great." Meiling smiled evilly.
The emerald eyed girl shot Meiling a look. "Li is a jerk." Sakura tried to reassure herself but oddly enough it wasn't working very much.
Her two friends laughed.
***
A tall man with short curly blonde hair looked at his watch. I knew I should have picked her up... He smiled at the thought of his angel. Eien Fujitka waited outside a local ice cream parlour, his fiance was late.
"Hey! Get back here!"
Eien turned to see who was yelling. He saw a young teenager chasing after man in his thirties. What the hell? His eyes travelled to the man's hands, in them clasped a pink sparkly purse. "Get back here!" As if on instinct, the twenty year old young man ran after the thief.
The female teenager stopped. "Please stop him! He has my purse!"
Eien kept running as he heard the young girl's plea.
"Shit!" The bulky robber cursed as he saw the young man quickly gaining up to him. "Outta my way!" He shouted as he pushed through the crowd.
The curly haired man was nearly caught up with him now, he was just glad the sidewalks were always so filled with traffic at this time of day. Thanks for clearing the path for me, you big brute. Eien spread out his arms and dived.
The thief found himself being thrown to the ground. "Ugh!" He grunted. "Get off of me!"
Eien grinned. "Not so mighty now, are we?" Eien pulled the man's arms behind his back and held them in place.
"Who exactly do you think you are?" The thief grumbled, obviously pissed off because some petty civilian had caught him.
"You know, it's your lucky day." The curly haired man said happily. "Eien Fujitka, CSI specialist."
"Shut up." The middle aged man spat out.
"Sheesh, aren't we rude?" Eien pretended to shake his head. "First you steal, then you don't bother to mind your manners. Tsk, tsk." He pulled out his cell phone with his left hand and dialled his headquarters, making sure his right arm held onto the prisoner tightly. "Hey, Fujitka here. Listen, I've had an encounter with some um," He looked over at the filthy man. "Scum. Can I get an officer down here?"
The thief sighed and watched as the young man put his cell phone away.
"Guess I have some babysitting to do, huh?" Eien scratched his head.
The older man snorted.
"Man, you're touchy."
"Oh my god!" The female teenager finally caught up. "Thank you SO much!" She squealed.
Eien smiled, he was surprised she was able to run in her what seemed like six inch platforms. "Think nothing of it, kid." He handed her the glittering purse.
A police car pulled up to where they were standing. Out stepped a man dressed in police uniform.
"There you are, it sure took you a while." Eien grinned.
"Good job, Fujitka." The police officer muttered.
"What was that?" Eien glanced at the older cop. "I didn't hear you."
The policeman sighed. "You did great, Fujitka." He handcuffed the robber and directed him towards the police car. "I'm sorry I ever doubted you, kid." He was sorry, for he had doubted the boy right when he got the job as a CSI.
"No problem, pop."
The policeman groaned, Eien's spunk irritated him. But deep down, he appreciated the kid. "Don't let it get to your head, Fujitka." The forty year old man got into his car and shut the door. The policeman rolled down his window. "Hop in, kiddo."
The teenage girl stepped back and looked around. "Who, me?" She pointed to herself.
The man smiled. "We have to file a report, kid."
"Oh!" She smiled. "Duh! I knew that." She stepped into the car.
"Youth." The policeman muttered and drove off.
Eien smirked to himself as he watched the chief of police drive off. "Of course I won't, sergeant."
"Eien!" A women with long raven black hair jumped onto him from behind.
The curly haired blue eyed man melted at the sound of the female voice. He always did. "Hey angel."
"Eien, we looked everywhere for you!"
"Did you?" He teased and looked over at his fiance's two friends. "Are these the friends you told me all about?"
"Yes!" Meiling smiled. "Eien, this is Sakura Kinomoto and Tomoyo Daidouji. My two best friends." She turned to the two girls. "Sakura, Tomoyo, this is my fiance, Eien Fujitka." Her voice was full of pride.
"It's a pleasure, ladies." Eien smiled.
"It's nice to finally have met you, Fujitka-san." Sakura smiled back. She could see why Meiling liked him. It was obvious he had a great personality.
"Call me Eien, please." Another smile.
"Eien-san." Sakura smiled again. "And I'm Sakura."
"Sakura? Then you must be the wonderful lawyer that Meiling talked all day about." He grinned and then turned to eye his fiance.
"Hai." Sakura nodded.
Meiling smiled brightly, she was glad her fiance remembered everything she told him. If he hadn't, she would have been forced to club him.
"And you must be the great designer, Daidouji." Eien turned to the girl with the amethyst eyes. "Meiling's told me how great your clothes are as well."
"Of course they're great," Tomoyo laughed. "Please call me Tomoyo."
Eien nodded. "So would you lovely ladies do me the pleasure of accompanying me to ice cream?" He grinned.
Tomoyo nudged Meiling. "You really do have great taste." She whispered.
"Don't I?" Meiling's eyes brightened.
"I'm in." Sakura smiled.
"I'd go anywhere with you." Meiling giggled.
"I'm in too!" Tomoyo laughed.
"Great! Let's go ladies."
Sakura found herself admiring the beautiful scenery around her as they walked back to the ice cream parlour. She stopped as she saw the piece of paper that looked as if had been ripped out from the magazine hanging on the wall of a nearby store.
"Something wrong, Sakura?" Meiling asked, her head tilted.
"Li Syaoran is the owner of the Li cooperation?" Sakura's voice was full of surprise as she saw Li's picture on the poster, her eyes scanned the paper as she read in her head. Li Syaoran, the most wealthiest businessman in all of Hong Kong is also the most eligible bachelor! Watch out ladies! Sakura stopped reading.
Meiling nodded. "Didn't you know?" She laughed.
Sakura crossed her arms. "No, I didn't know." She said sheepishly.
Everyone except for Sakura laughed.
"Well, I guess that would explain the huge house, huh?" The emerald eyed girl scratched her head.
Meiling nodded and smiled as they entered the ice cream store.
They chose a table near the window and sat down.
"So you guys are from Japan, right?" Eien said, trying to make conversation.
"Yah, we are." Tomoyo answered.
"It's nice there, isn't it?" Eien looked up.
"Hai, Hong Kong is very nice too." Sakura said.
"Hong Kong is nice, it's where I grew up. But I was born in Japan, and both my parents are Japanese."
"Oh?"
"We moved here when I was five, business and stuff." Eien leaned back on his chair.
"Eien?" Meiling asked. "We saw a police car while we were looking for you, what happened?"
"It was nothing, Meiling." Eien smiled. He knew that Meiling was always worrying about him because he worked as a CSI. "Just a thief that stole a girl's purse."
Meiling's eyes widened. "Just?" She hated that Eien always acted so suave. But she also liked that about him, he was always so confident in everything he did.
"It was nothing, everything is fine now." Eien grinned.
"Good!" She hugged him. "I don't know what I'd do if anything happened to you."
Sakura and Tomoyo smiled. They'd never seen Meiling like this before.
"You're a cop?" Tomoyo asked.
"Well sort of, I work for the CSI."
"That's so awesome." Sakura stated.
"I've always wanted to help people, but I didn't want to be a doctor... So I guess this was a better option for me." Eien smiled.
"Yep," Meiling turned to look at her fiance. "And he makes me worry so much."
"Meiling-chan, I always feel so guilty when you say that." He pretended to sound sad.
"Good, you should." Meiling smiled and turned to Sakura.
"So, are you talking to Li when we get back?" Meiling asked.
"I guess I'll have to..." Sakura replied.
"You don't like the guy either?" Eien laughed.
Meiling playfully punched the blue eyed man beside her. "Hey, you promised me that you would try to get along with him."
"I did?" Eien's eyes sparkled with mischief.
Meiling nodded. "And Sakura does not hate him, she's taking on his case. I told you that already."
Sakura eyes Meiling. "It's not as if I had a choice." She muttered.
"What's wrong Sakura?" Tomoyo turned to her friend. "Don't you want the case?"
"Cut the girl some slack," Eien teased. "If I were her, I wouldn't want to have to work for some brain-dead moron either." He grinned at he look Meiling flashed him.
Sakura giggled. "I guess so, I haven't had a case for a while now. It's just that..." Sakura trailed off.
"Just what?" Tomoyo and Meiling asked in usison.
Sakura brightened up and shook her head. "Nothing." She said cheerfully.
Tomoyo and Meiling knew it wasn't nothing but didn't push her on.
Eien could tell the three were obviously really good friends, he grinned. "Okay already, enough of the blabbering. Let's order!"
Sakura smiled, grateful the topic was changed. It wasn't nothing, it was a certain amber eyed man.
***
"Yes!" Sakura high-fived Meiling and smiled.
"Another point!" Meiling exclaimed.
Li growled. "So what's the score now?"
"It's five to zero, dummy." Eien muttered.
"Don't be such sore losers, you guys." Meiling teased.
"As if it wasn't bad enough that I absolutely hate charades, but you two actually had me be paired up with that dufus." Li glared at Eien.
Sakura laughed. "I love charades."
"Same here," Eien said lightly. "Just not with Mr. Arrogant over here."
"It's your turn to act, Li." Sakura smiled at him.
Li reluctantly sat up, he wasn't sure how they had forced him to play. He went over to the table and drew a piece of paper out of the bin. "Great..." The amber eyed man muttered after he finished reading the piece of paper.
"I'm sure you'll be just fine, Li."
Li turned at Sakura's comment, he saw the amusement in her emerald green eyes. The same entrancing deep green eyes that he had first seen at the airport. "I'm glad you think so, your highness."
Oh my god! That's so cute! Too bad Tomoyo's not here. Meiling thought in her mind.
"It's Sakura." The auburn haired girl corrected.
Li gave her a smirk and started his performance.
"You better get this one, Fujitka." Li snarled.
"Maybe if you act a little bit less amateur like, I will." Eien snarled back.
Li ignored him.
Sakura watched as he started waving his arms in the air, his lips were moving up and down. She started giggling.
"Is something funny, Princess?" Li spoke up, even though speaking was against the rules. He just couldn't help himself.
"What the hell is that!?" Eien demanded before Sakura could reply. "You look like some sort of demented dancer!" The blonde haired man burst into laughter.
"Shut up, I didn't see you acting anything like a toaster when it was your turn." Li retaliated.
"Okay already." Meiling cut in. "Time's up, what were you Li?"
"I think he was a fish," Sakura smiled before Li could answer. "Although it could have been a lot better." She said proudly.
"Thank you!" Li bowed in front of Sakura and smiled charmingly.
"You're kidding, right?" Eien arched an eyebrow. "THAT was a fish?"
Meiling laughed.
Li ignored the cop and turned to Sakura. She was definitely WAY better on the eyes than Eien. "And the little princess thinks she can do better?" He found himself teasing her once more.
Sakura nodded. "A lot better, Li."
"Okay," He crossed his arms. "Let's see your grace."
"Don't make fun of me." Sakura put her hands on her hips, she heard the mockery in his voice.
Li grinned, for some reason he enjoyed teasing her. "It's not my fault you're so mockable. Now stop stalling."
Sakura gritted her teeth and stood up. I'll show this jerk.
Eien turned to Meiling and whispered to her. "We better go, this will get good."
Meiling turned to see a grin on Eien's face. "But I wanna see how this turns out!" She whined.
"I know about a million things that we could do that's even more fun." He winked at her.
"Well..." Meiling reluctantly gave in. "Okay, and this will give Sakura a good chance to talk to Li about the case." She smiled. "Let's go."
"That's my girl." Eien grinned and led Meiling out the door.
Li watched as Sakura danced around the room. She was graceful as she moved her arms around. He couldn't take his eyes off her. He noticed how her loose t-shirt clung tightly to her body as she danced. She had curves in all the right places.
Sakura stopped. "See? Now that's a fish." She tilted her head to the side. Why is he staring at me like that? "Li?"
"You give fish too much credit, Kinomoto." He smirked.
Sakura puckered up her lips and made a fish face at him. "I forgot to add the lips." She grinned.
Cute. Li was staring at her again.
He's staring again, and he's smiling as well. Why is he staring? Sakura felt uncomfortable and tensed up. "Um, L...i, can...w.wwe talk about t..he case nnow?"
Li smiled at her uneasiness. "You know Princess, you don't have to be afraid of me. I'd never let any harm come to you."
Sakura felt a pang of anger rush through her. He's such a jerk! She was sure he was mocking her again. "Don't make fun of me." She said through gritted teeth.
Li laughed. "I wouldn't dream of it, Kinomoto." He paused. "Well maybe just a little."
Sakura ignored him.
"It seems the lawyer has no more comebacks," Li said proudly. "Oh well, no one can beat me, I suppose. Anyways the papers on the case are upstairs, let's go Kinomoto." He started up the stairs, knowing she would be following... And firing insults at him as well.
Sure enough Sakura trailed after him. "I can't believe how arrogant you are." She yelled up the stairs. "And it's Sakura." She hated being addressed by her last name, she always went by Sakura. No matter who the person was, she even let a jerk like Li call her that.
"Okay, SAKURA." He emphasized her name.
Sakura felt a pang of an odd sensation she had never felt before as he said her name.
He passed her some papers and watched as she skimmed through them. "Just wondering, how old are you exactly?"
Sakura glanced up from the papers. "Didn't you know that it's rude to ask a women her age? Or were you aware of that and just didn't care?"
He smirked. "It's just that you're hardly a women." He knew this would get to her.
"I'm old enough to be a lawyer, Mr. Li." She said angrily.
Li raised a brow and looked down at the pink bunny slippers on her feet.
"Don't make fun of my slippers!" She pouted.
Li shook his head, but he was laughing inside.
"So tell me about the case, Li."
Li was surprised at her serious voice. "What do you want to know?"
"Everything, the whole story behind this."
The chestnut brown haired man sighed. He was going to have to tell her about his ex, he hated talking about her. But something inside of him felt glad that Sakura was the one he was confiding in. He gave her a small smile. "Pull up a chair, this could take a while."
Sakura smiled back. "Don't worry, I have all day."
To be continued...
I think this is my longest chapter yet. X.x Actually, I think it was pretty boring. But now you've met Meiling's husband to be! :) And some S+S throughout! Anyways, I'm sorry it took so long for this chapter, I'll have the next one up fast to make it up to you guys. My hands really hurt so Ja ne! ;D -Ash
Whoa, it took me a long time to upload this chapter. . Fanfiction.net was being mean for the past few days. :[ And I didn't feel like writing. =P As always, here are my deepest thank yous for the following reviewers. You all are what keeps me writing. :)
pinklover: Arigatou! Your reviews are always so encouraging. =D Keep writing your story, 'k? ;)
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StarChild: Thanks, I'm glad you like my chapters. :)
Blue Heaven: I'm glad you liked Mei-Fa. Thanks for your great review. ^.^
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Yuki Arashi: Of course, Sakura is plain old awesome. =D I like your story, 'Serious Help'! Everyone go read it, it's really good! =D
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I was so blown away by the reviews! You guy's really know how to lift a girl's spirit! =D If I forgot you, I'm REALLY sorry. ._. Okay, enough of this blabbing, here's chapter five!
Trial of Fate
By Ash Night
Chapter Five
Sakura quickly glanced away when Li met her gaze. It only made it worse that he smiled at her. The auburn haired girl bit her bottom lip, why does he have to have such a nice smile?
"Well since we're not doing anything much today, I want the two of you to meet my fiance!" Meiling smiled gleefully.
Li groaned. "You know Meiling, I think you mentioned this sometime today already."
"I know," Meiling glared. "Just a friendly reminder."
Sakura laughed and looked over at Tomoyo.
"We'd love to meet him." The violet haired girl grinned.
Sakura had a puzzled expression oh her face. "Meiling-Chan, just when is your wedding?"
"Well..." Meiling looked over at her cousin. "Whenever Li's case is over, I don't want to have it in between something so important." She knew how much Mei-Fa meant to her cousin.
Sakura's green eyes widened. "Oh right! The case, I nearly forgot." She grinned a little.
Li Syaoran eyed the lawyer in front of him. She forgot? What a joke... "You forgot?" Li couldn't help but sound a little rude, well not a little.
Sakura sweat dropped. "Yah, I guess I sort of did." She ran her fingers through her silky auburn hair.
Meiling shook her head and laughed. "I'm glad you haven't changed, Sakura." She gave her friend a small smile.
"Are you sure you're a qualified lawyer?" Li's voice was firm as he doubted the girl.
Sakura frowned. "If you don't think I'm good enough Mr. Li, you're always able to find another attorney." Meiling's cousin drove her crazy, even though she's really only met him for a day.
"Whatever," Meiling decided to cut in before her cousin said something really stupid. She was aware of Li's big mouth. "Sakura, you're an excellent lawyer. And Li, I already told you she was qualified."
Li growled. "Fine," He turned to Sakura. "I'll give you all the details about this case whenever you're ready."
"Great." Sakura responded sarcastically. If he wanted to play this game, so could she.
"You two aren't mad at each other, are you?" Mei-Fa emerged from the dining table with her spoon in her right hand. She looked over at Li and then at Sakura.
Li folded his arms and leaned against the wall, he met Sakura's glance and gave her a sly smile.
Great. Now he wants me to answer, just great. Sakura tuned to look at the little girl with amber eyes, but not after shooting Li a 'I'll-get-you- next-time-you-better-watch-out' look.
Li laughed, he couldn't help it. "You know what?"
"What?" Sakura said, frustrated. "I thought you wanted me to answer your daughter."
Mei-Fa looked up at the two adults, amusement danced in her beautiful eyes.
"You're rather cute when your plotting revenge on me."
Mei-Fa's eyes danced with joy.
Huh? Sakura felt her cheeks heat up. For once in her life, she was completely speechless. The only thing she could do was turn around, in hopes that Li didn't see the red all over her face. She was sure she was blushing like crazy.
Li kept his eyes on the girl in front of him, his eyes full of amusement. "No snide remark? No smart comeback? I'm shocked, Kinomoto."
Sakura turned around. This guy's just so full of himself. "I'm sorry, I don't waste my comebacks on guys like yourself." She gave him a cheerful smile.
Ouch. And Kinomoto hits a homerun. Li pretended to be sad.
Sakura giggled. "Sorry Li, but the truth just has to be said."
Mei-Fa had a huge smile plastered on her face, she had seen everything. "Thanks for answering my question!" She giggled and ran off.
Tomoyo and Meiling switched glances.
"I think she gets it from me." Meiling winked.
Tomoyo laughed.
Sakura looked over at Li, giving him a confused look.
Damn, she's so beautiful, even when she's confused. It only makes her more adorable. He grinned. "Yah, thanks Kinomoto! Thanks for answering her question, I'm glad you're not mad at me. I'd be so hurt if you were."
"You're very welcome, Mr. Li." Sakura smiled. "And who says I wasn't mad at you?" Her smile turned into a sly smirk.
Li smiled charmingly. "Then I shall make it up to you, Princess." He bowed politely and walked away.
"Well that went great, didn't it?" Tomoyo offered smiling.
"Oh, it went absolutely great." Meiling smiled evilly.
The emerald eyed girl shot Meiling a look. "Li is a jerk." Sakura tried to reassure herself but oddly enough it wasn't working very much.
Her two friends laughed.
***
A tall man with short curly blonde hair looked at his watch. I knew I should have picked her up... He smiled at the thought of his angel. Eien Fujitka waited outside a local ice cream parlour, his fiance was late.
"Hey! Get back here!"
Eien turned to see who was yelling. He saw a young teenager chasing after man in his thirties. What the hell? His eyes travelled to the man's hands, in them clasped a pink sparkly purse. "Get back here!" As if on instinct, the twenty year old young man ran after the thief.
The female teenager stopped. "Please stop him! He has my purse!"
Eien kept running as he heard the young girl's plea.
"Shit!" The bulky robber cursed as he saw the young man quickly gaining up to him. "Outta my way!" He shouted as he pushed through the crowd.
The curly haired man was nearly caught up with him now, he was just glad the sidewalks were always so filled with traffic at this time of day. Thanks for clearing the path for me, you big brute. Eien spread out his arms and dived.
The thief found himself being thrown to the ground. "Ugh!" He grunted. "Get off of me!"
Eien grinned. "Not so mighty now, are we?" Eien pulled the man's arms behind his back and held them in place.
"Who exactly do you think you are?" The thief grumbled, obviously pissed off because some petty civilian had caught him.
"You know, it's your lucky day." The curly haired man said happily. "Eien Fujitka, CSI specialist."
"Shut up." The middle aged man spat out.
"Sheesh, aren't we rude?" Eien pretended to shake his head. "First you steal, then you don't bother to mind your manners. Tsk, tsk." He pulled out his cell phone with his left hand and dialled his headquarters, making sure his right arm held onto the prisoner tightly. "Hey, Fujitka here. Listen, I've had an encounter with some um," He looked over at the filthy man. "Scum. Can I get an officer down here?"
The thief sighed and watched as the young man put his cell phone away.
"Guess I have some babysitting to do, huh?" Eien scratched his head.
The older man snorted.
"Man, you're touchy."
"Oh my god!" The female teenager finally caught up. "Thank you SO much!" She squealed.
Eien smiled, he was surprised she was able to run in her what seemed like six inch platforms. "Think nothing of it, kid." He handed her the glittering purse.
A police car pulled up to where they were standing. Out stepped a man dressed in police uniform.
"There you are, it sure took you a while." Eien grinned.
"Good job, Fujitka." The police officer muttered.
"What was that?" Eien glanced at the older cop. "I didn't hear you."
The policeman sighed. "You did great, Fujitka." He handcuffed the robber and directed him towards the police car. "I'm sorry I ever doubted you, kid." He was sorry, for he had doubted the boy right when he got the job as a CSI.
"No problem, pop."
The policeman groaned, Eien's spunk irritated him. But deep down, he appreciated the kid. "Don't let it get to your head, Fujitka." The forty year old man got into his car and shut the door. The policeman rolled down his window. "Hop in, kiddo."
The teenage girl stepped back and looked around. "Who, me?" She pointed to herself.
The man smiled. "We have to file a report, kid."
"Oh!" She smiled. "Duh! I knew that." She stepped into the car.
"Youth." The policeman muttered and drove off.
Eien smirked to himself as he watched the chief of police drive off. "Of course I won't, sergeant."
"Eien!" A women with long raven black hair jumped onto him from behind.
The curly haired blue eyed man melted at the sound of the female voice. He always did. "Hey angel."
"Eien, we looked everywhere for you!"
"Did you?" He teased and looked over at his fiance's two friends. "Are these the friends you told me all about?"
"Yes!" Meiling smiled. "Eien, this is Sakura Kinomoto and Tomoyo Daidouji. My two best friends." She turned to the two girls. "Sakura, Tomoyo, this is my fiance, Eien Fujitka." Her voice was full of pride.
"It's a pleasure, ladies." Eien smiled.
"It's nice to finally have met you, Fujitka-san." Sakura smiled back. She could see why Meiling liked him. It was obvious he had a great personality.
"Call me Eien, please." Another smile.
"Eien-san." Sakura smiled again. "And I'm Sakura."
"Sakura? Then you must be the wonderful lawyer that Meiling talked all day about." He grinned and then turned to eye his fiance.
"Hai." Sakura nodded.
Meiling smiled brightly, she was glad her fiance remembered everything she told him. If he hadn't, she would have been forced to club him.
"And you must be the great designer, Daidouji." Eien turned to the girl with the amethyst eyes. "Meiling's told me how great your clothes are as well."
"Of course they're great," Tomoyo laughed. "Please call me Tomoyo."
Eien nodded. "So would you lovely ladies do me the pleasure of accompanying me to ice cream?" He grinned.
Tomoyo nudged Meiling. "You really do have great taste." She whispered.
"Don't I?" Meiling's eyes brightened.
"I'm in." Sakura smiled.
"I'd go anywhere with you." Meiling giggled.
"I'm in too!" Tomoyo laughed.
"Great! Let's go ladies."
Sakura found herself admiring the beautiful scenery around her as they walked back to the ice cream parlour. She stopped as she saw the piece of paper that looked as if had been ripped out from the magazine hanging on the wall of a nearby store.
"Something wrong, Sakura?" Meiling asked, her head tilted.
"Li Syaoran is the owner of the Li cooperation?" Sakura's voice was full of surprise as she saw Li's picture on the poster, her eyes scanned the paper as she read in her head. Li Syaoran, the most wealthiest businessman in all of Hong Kong is also the most eligible bachelor! Watch out ladies! Sakura stopped reading.
Meiling nodded. "Didn't you know?" She laughed.
Sakura crossed her arms. "No, I didn't know." She said sheepishly.
Everyone except for Sakura laughed.
"Well, I guess that would explain the huge house, huh?" The emerald eyed girl scratched her head.
Meiling nodded and smiled as they entered the ice cream store.
They chose a table near the window and sat down.
"So you guys are from Japan, right?" Eien said, trying to make conversation.
"Yah, we are." Tomoyo answered.
"It's nice there, isn't it?" Eien looked up.
"Hai, Hong Kong is very nice too." Sakura said.
"Hong Kong is nice, it's where I grew up. But I was born in Japan, and both my parents are Japanese."
"Oh?"
"We moved here when I was five, business and stuff." Eien leaned back on his chair.
"Eien?" Meiling asked. "We saw a police car while we were looking for you, what happened?"
"It was nothing, Meiling." Eien smiled. He knew that Meiling was always worrying about him because he worked as a CSI. "Just a thief that stole a girl's purse."
Meiling's eyes widened. "Just?" She hated that Eien always acted so suave. But she also liked that about him, he was always so confident in everything he did.
"It was nothing, everything is fine now." Eien grinned.
"Good!" She hugged him. "I don't know what I'd do if anything happened to you."
Sakura and Tomoyo smiled. They'd never seen Meiling like this before.
"You're a cop?" Tomoyo asked.
"Well sort of, I work for the CSI."
"That's so awesome." Sakura stated.
"I've always wanted to help people, but I didn't want to be a doctor... So I guess this was a better option for me." Eien smiled.
"Yep," Meiling turned to look at her fiance. "And he makes me worry so much."
"Meiling-chan, I always feel so guilty when you say that." He pretended to sound sad.
"Good, you should." Meiling smiled and turned to Sakura.
"So, are you talking to Li when we get back?" Meiling asked.
"I guess I'll have to..." Sakura replied.
"You don't like the guy either?" Eien laughed.
Meiling playfully punched the blue eyed man beside her. "Hey, you promised me that you would try to get along with him."
"I did?" Eien's eyes sparkled with mischief.
Meiling nodded. "And Sakura does not hate him, she's taking on his case. I told you that already."
Sakura eyes Meiling. "It's not as if I had a choice." She muttered.
"What's wrong Sakura?" Tomoyo turned to her friend. "Don't you want the case?"
"Cut the girl some slack," Eien teased. "If I were her, I wouldn't want to have to work for some brain-dead moron either." He grinned at he look Meiling flashed him.
Sakura giggled. "I guess so, I haven't had a case for a while now. It's just that..." Sakura trailed off.
"Just what?" Tomoyo and Meiling asked in usison.
Sakura brightened up and shook her head. "Nothing." She said cheerfully.
Tomoyo and Meiling knew it wasn't nothing but didn't push her on.
Eien could tell the three were obviously really good friends, he grinned. "Okay already, enough of the blabbering. Let's order!"
Sakura smiled, grateful the topic was changed. It wasn't nothing, it was a certain amber eyed man.
***
"Yes!" Sakura high-fived Meiling and smiled.
"Another point!" Meiling exclaimed.
Li growled. "So what's the score now?"
"It's five to zero, dummy." Eien muttered.
"Don't be such sore losers, you guys." Meiling teased.
"As if it wasn't bad enough that I absolutely hate charades, but you two actually had me be paired up with that dufus." Li glared at Eien.
Sakura laughed. "I love charades."
"Same here," Eien said lightly. "Just not with Mr. Arrogant over here."
"It's your turn to act, Li." Sakura smiled at him.
Li reluctantly sat up, he wasn't sure how they had forced him to play. He went over to the table and drew a piece of paper out of the bin. "Great..." The amber eyed man muttered after he finished reading the piece of paper.
"I'm sure you'll be just fine, Li."
Li turned at Sakura's comment, he saw the amusement in her emerald green eyes. The same entrancing deep green eyes that he had first seen at the airport. "I'm glad you think so, your highness."
Oh my god! That's so cute! Too bad Tomoyo's not here. Meiling thought in her mind.
"It's Sakura." The auburn haired girl corrected.
Li gave her a smirk and started his performance.
"You better get this one, Fujitka." Li snarled.
"Maybe if you act a little bit less amateur like, I will." Eien snarled back.
Li ignored him.
Sakura watched as he started waving his arms in the air, his lips were moving up and down. She started giggling.
"Is something funny, Princess?" Li spoke up, even though speaking was against the rules. He just couldn't help himself.
"What the hell is that!?" Eien demanded before Sakura could reply. "You look like some sort of demented dancer!" The blonde haired man burst into laughter.
"Shut up, I didn't see you acting anything like a toaster when it was your turn." Li retaliated.
"Okay already." Meiling cut in. "Time's up, what were you Li?"
"I think he was a fish," Sakura smiled before Li could answer. "Although it could have been a lot better." She said proudly.
"Thank you!" Li bowed in front of Sakura and smiled charmingly.
"You're kidding, right?" Eien arched an eyebrow. "THAT was a fish?"
Meiling laughed.
Li ignored the cop and turned to Sakura. She was definitely WAY better on the eyes than Eien. "And the little princess thinks she can do better?" He found himself teasing her once more.
Sakura nodded. "A lot better, Li."
"Okay," He crossed his arms. "Let's see your grace."
"Don't make fun of me." Sakura put her hands on her hips, she heard the mockery in his voice.
Li grinned, for some reason he enjoyed teasing her. "It's not my fault you're so mockable. Now stop stalling."
Sakura gritted her teeth and stood up. I'll show this jerk.
Eien turned to Meiling and whispered to her. "We better go, this will get good."
Meiling turned to see a grin on Eien's face. "But I wanna see how this turns out!" She whined.
"I know about a million things that we could do that's even more fun." He winked at her.
"Well..." Meiling reluctantly gave in. "Okay, and this will give Sakura a good chance to talk to Li about the case." She smiled. "Let's go."
"That's my girl." Eien grinned and led Meiling out the door.
Li watched as Sakura danced around the room. She was graceful as she moved her arms around. He couldn't take his eyes off her. He noticed how her loose t-shirt clung tightly to her body as she danced. She had curves in all the right places.
Sakura stopped. "See? Now that's a fish." She tilted her head to the side. Why is he staring at me like that? "Li?"
"You give fish too much credit, Kinomoto." He smirked.
Sakura puckered up her lips and made a fish face at him. "I forgot to add the lips." She grinned.
Cute. Li was staring at her again.
He's staring again, and he's smiling as well. Why is he staring? Sakura felt uncomfortable and tensed up. "Um, L...i, can...w.wwe talk about t..he case nnow?"
Li smiled at her uneasiness. "You know Princess, you don't have to be afraid of me. I'd never let any harm come to you."
Sakura felt a pang of anger rush through her. He's such a jerk! She was sure he was mocking her again. "Don't make fun of me." She said through gritted teeth.
Li laughed. "I wouldn't dream of it, Kinomoto." He paused. "Well maybe just a little."
Sakura ignored him.
"It seems the lawyer has no more comebacks," Li said proudly. "Oh well, no one can beat me, I suppose. Anyways the papers on the case are upstairs, let's go Kinomoto." He started up the stairs, knowing she would be following... And firing insults at him as well.
Sure enough Sakura trailed after him. "I can't believe how arrogant you are." She yelled up the stairs. "And it's Sakura." She hated being addressed by her last name, she always went by Sakura. No matter who the person was, she even let a jerk like Li call her that.
"Okay, SAKURA." He emphasized her name.
Sakura felt a pang of an odd sensation she had never felt before as he said her name.
He passed her some papers and watched as she skimmed through them. "Just wondering, how old are you exactly?"
Sakura glanced up from the papers. "Didn't you know that it's rude to ask a women her age? Or were you aware of that and just didn't care?"
He smirked. "It's just that you're hardly a women." He knew this would get to her.
"I'm old enough to be a lawyer, Mr. Li." She said angrily.
Li raised a brow and looked down at the pink bunny slippers on her feet.
"Don't make fun of my slippers!" She pouted.
Li shook his head, but he was laughing inside.
"So tell me about the case, Li."
Li was surprised at her serious voice. "What do you want to know?"
"Everything, the whole story behind this."
The chestnut brown haired man sighed. He was going to have to tell her about his ex, he hated talking about her. But something inside of him felt glad that Sakura was the one he was confiding in. He gave her a small smile. "Pull up a chair, this could take a while."
Sakura smiled back. "Don't worry, I have all day."
To be continued...
I think this is my longest chapter yet. X.x Actually, I think it was pretty boring. But now you've met Meiling's husband to be! :) And some S+S throughout! Anyways, I'm sorry it took so long for this chapter, I'll have the next one up fast to make it up to you guys. My hands really hurt so Ja ne! ;D -Ash