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~Promise~
~Chapter 4~
***
"Hey Sakura," Tomoyo said. It had been a whole day since the twins had been found dead and Sakura had been very quiet. She also asked to be alone when her friends came over.
"Hey Tomoyo," Sakura said dully. "I think that I'll go to school now." Tomoyo looked at her strange.
"But it's already the middle of the day and we've already missed two periods."
"I know Tomoyo, but I want to do something to get my mind off... of stuff."
"Alright. Come on and I'll ask Mr. Davis to give us a ride," Tomoyo said jumping up.
"Who?"
"He's our driver." They walked downstairs into Sonomi's office.
"Mother, we've decided to go to school today," Tomoyo said. Sonomi looked at Sakura who nodded and Sonomi sighed.
"Well if that's what you want," she said and the two girls left and went to the garage.
"Wow Tomoyo!" Sakura said when they got in the limo. "It has a T.V. and everything!" She giggled when she opened a drawer and candy spilled out of it. Tomoyo smiled at Sakura.
//That's the first time I've seen her smile in a while.//
Sakura turned back around to Tomoyo. "Thank you for letting me stay with you Tomoyo," she said. "I don't know what I'd do with out you."
"It's no problem Sakura," Tomoyo said with a smile. "I'm just glad I can help." They stopped at the school and went into the office.
"Can we please have passes to class because we were late?" Tomoyo asked.
"What class?"
"Mrs. Cho's class."
"Alright. Here you go," she said handing them a slip of paper. They thanked her and went out in the hall. Just then the bell rang signaling fourth period. They walked into class and spotted Naoko and Rika.
"Sakura, Tomoyo!" they shouted together.
"I didn't think you'd be back in school today," Naoko said.
"Me either. That's a lot to go through," Rika said.
"Sakura!" Chiharu said walking up with Takashi. He just smiled.
"How are you?" Chiharu asked.
"I'm fine," Sakura said and smiled. "See?"
"I'm glad," Syaoran said walking up.
"Hey Syaoran," Sakura said. She then sat down.
"I see your up and running," Meiling said sitting down.
"Yup. Can't knock me off my feet for more than a day," Sakura said with a giggle. Everyone else joined in the laughter, but it was interrupted.
"I see that Tomoeda High's very own 'Annie Orphan' A.K.A. Kinomoto Sakura, has decided to come back to us," Naru said maliciously walking in, followed by her friends.
"Stuff it Akimoto, we don't want to hear it," Chiharu said.
"Yeah," Takashi said. "You better shut up now before you have a mob of angry people attacking you."
"So unless you want that inflated head of your's knocked off, I suggest you leave," Meiling added. Naru looked on angry, but left anyway.
"I swear that girl never gives it up," Naoko said.
"At least we know she has endurance. Even if she is as annoying as hell," Rika said. Then the bell rang. The class took their seats and Mrs. Cho came in. Tomoyo passed up the note and Mrs. Cho nodded, starting class.
***
"So your staying at Tomoyo's house for now?" Meiling asked. They were sitting under the tree eating lunch.
"Yeah," Sakura replied.
"I can't believe that someone would want to kill you," Rika said. "I mean you were only a little girl the first time, and now they're still trying. It's horrible."
"Can you think of anyone who would want up or your family dead Sakura?" Naoko said. "I mean what did your family do to get someone to kill them? Was it jealousy, rage, love, revenge or something like that? There has to be a motive, because if it was just a random killing, they wouldn't come back 8 years later to finish it."
"I thought about that too," Sakura said. "I've tried to think of anyone that I had known back then who would have a big enough grudge to kill us, but I can't remember much from back then."
"What if this is unrelated though?" Meiling asked. "What if someone new and not involved in the last murder wanted you dead?"
"You don't mean Akimoto, do you?" Chiharu asked.
"That's exactly what I mean. She has threatened you, Sakura. You said it yourself that she wants you dead."
"Well yeah," Sakura said. "But do you think that she'd really do it? I mean it's over a schoolgirl crush for god's sake."
"You never know," Rika said. "Her family has got little less money than Tomoyo's family does, and her dad could have it done."
"I don't think so," Tomoyo said. "He is a cop, you know, the whole 'fight for justice' and 'do the right thing.'"
"Not all cops are good though," Syaoran said. "I've heard of some police stations back in Hong Kong that were all trained cops, but worked on importing and exporting drugs."
"Yeah," Meiling added. "Most of them are dead though because our family busted them and they tried to get revenge. Never try and get revenge on a Li because it'll never happen," she said with a smile. Everyone looked at Syaoran questioningly.
"Yeah it's true. Every single one of the cops that tried to get revenge on our family ended up dead about five minutes after they set foot on the property, mind you, we knew who it was," he said.
"Well remind me to never get on your bad side," Takashi joked and playfully slapped Syaoran on the back.
"I don't think Akimoto would do it but, I don't know anyone else who would though.," Sakura said. "Maybe I should go to the police station and see what they found out the last time."
"That's a good idea. We can go today, after school," Tomoyo said.
"I can't," Sakura said. "I've got a job about an hour after school, homework and it takes a while to get there on blades."
"Well quit your job then," Tomoyo suggested. "Anything you need, I can get for you."
"I don't want to burden you..."
"Nonsense! You are my guest and anything that you need, I will get you. Plus," she said with a dreamy grin, "I can make all your clothes so you don't need to worry about that!"
"Alright," Sakura said a little nervous. "I'll call them later. You have gotten better at making clothes since we were 6, right?"
"Of course. I've been practicing because I want to be a clothes designer."
"Ok then. I'll quit after school."
"I'm quitting too now that I know how to bake," Syaoran said.
"What are you talking about?" Takashi asked.
"I told him that he couldn't cool anymore, because he messed up my birthday cake, so he went out and got a job to learn how to bake because he hates my cooking," Meiling explained.
"I never said I didn't like you cooking," Syaoran said.
"Yes you did. I've heard you mumble it when I start to cook."
"So you've been working at a bakery ever since?" Naoko asked.
"Yeah."
"I remember the first time I saw him he was wearing a pink apron with matching oven mitts, taking cookies out of the oven," Sakura said giggling. The rest of the group started to laugh, imagining Syaoran like that.
"Next we'll see him playing with dolls and inviting us over for tea parties," Takashi joked. Syaoran gave them a glare and everyone fell silent.
"Well, I see baking hasn't softened your glares at all," Tomoyo said nervously. The lunch bell rang and the group got up and went to class.
***
"Hey Tomoyo!" Sakura said seeing her friend at the front of school. "Are you ready to go?"
"Yeah!" she said walking over to the limo that was waiting for her. "We can go there right now!"
"That's great Tomoyo!" Sakura followed her friend to the limo. From a distance Naru watched them in disdain. She whipped out her cell phone and dialed a number. A male voice answered on the other side.
"Do you have everything ready?" Naru asked.
"Yes."
"Good. I want it done as soon as possible. Don't screw it up this time. It's very important to me and it could get Sakura out of the picture, leaving Syaoran for me."
"Understood Miss Akimoto," the voice said and hung up. Naru put the phone away, a small smile curving her lips.
Sakura followed Tomoyo inside and sat down across from her.
"So are you going to the dance next week?" Tomoyo asked.
"What dance?" Sakura asked confused.
"You know, the dance? They announced it a few days ago..." she trailed off. "But you weren't here a few days ago so you wouldn't know!" Tomoyo said.
"Oh. Well I guess not. I don't exactly have the money to but the dress," Sakura said sadly.
"Well that's great, because I have the perfect dress in mind for you!" Tomoyo squeaked. "Let's see, medium hight, red..., no, green..., no short brown hair, green eyes, maybe..., no, shorter or longer, showy, no..., yes..., no, skinny..." Tomoyo kept saying things making no sense to Sakura.
"Tomoyo what are you thinking of?" Sakura asked worriedly. Tomoyo was getting that crazy glint in her eye and staring off into space. Just then the limo stopped and the driver called back.
"This is your stop ladies. I'll be waiting here when you come back," Mr. Davis said.
"Thank you," both girls said and walked up to the police station.
"Excuse me, but can we speak to a Mr. Keitaro please?" Tomoyo asked an officer at the desk.
"What's your business Miss?" the officer asked.
"I called earlier about the Kinomoto murder. He said that we could talk to him today," she said.
"Oh yes. He's expecting you. Just back there," the officer said pointing.
"Thank you." Sakura and Tomoyo walked through the busy isle's to a desk that was cluttered with papers. A man in his 30's sat there talking on a phone, his feet propped up on the desk. He glanced at Sakura and Tomoyo and motioned them to sit down on one of the chairs surrounding his desk. He had short blonde hair and blue eyes that had a fire in them. He slammed down the phone and looked over at the two girls.
"Kinomoto Sakura and Daidouji Tomoyo?" he asked.
"That's us," Sakura said. Keitaro looked over at her. Sakura shifted under his scrutiny, but didn't show her discomfort.
"You must be Kinomoto. I was on your family's case. Sorry that I didn't do much good," he said.
"That's okay," Sakura said, now glad that he had stopped his examination of her. "I just wanted to know what you found out."
"I guess so since someone is trying to kill you again," he said bluntly. Sakura just nodded. "Well I tried everything. I looked into your father's co-workers, friends, family, acquaintance's and everything else. I found nothing," he said pulling out a file. "It's all in here. I also looked in to your brother's friends, but that didn't turn up anything either. You were to young for anyone to have a grudge against you, but after turning up nothing everywhere else, I checked into it anyway. Nothing there either."
"So you found nothing?" Tomoyo asked.
"That's right. Neighbors called in hearing strangers in the house and a gunshot. When we got there your father was dead. Later a boy called the police and your brother was found dead. He said that a girl was crying, but she had ran away. When we found you, you were asleep in the park. We asked you what you had seen, but you didn't remember much of it. There were no relatives you could be sent to, so we sent you to the orphanage. Everything was quiet, then 8 years later you show up, with someone attempting to kill you, which is interesting."
"What do you mean 'interesting'?" Sakura asked angrily. "Someone is trying to kill me and all you can say is it's 'interesting'?"
"Yeah it's very interesting, because it tells me that the killer must have thought you were dead, until he saw you here. The killer was from Tomoeda, and not someone outside hired to do the job. It wasn't enough to kill your father and brother 8 years ago, but it's a grudge that whoever it is hasn't gotten over."
"What if it isn't the same person, but someone new?" Tomoyo asked.
"Kinomoto has been in town for what, three days now? I don't think someone new is going to come up and get a grudge on her that fast," he said. "Unless, there's something you wanna tell me?" Tomoyo was about to say something, but Sakura kicked her under the desk lightly, and Keitaro didn't see.
"No, noone has a grudge to kill me," Sakura said.
"Alright then," Keitaro said standing up. "This is a copy of the file. I thought you might be interested in since you can barely remember the day it happed, which is probably a good thing anyway. Mind you it's everything. Pictures too, so if you don't want to be reminded of unwanted memories, I'd recommend against it. Don't let anyone else see this information. I'm not supposed to be giving it to you, but I decided that it'd be alright. Just give it back when your done."
"Alright Mr. Keitaro," Sakura said standing up also. "Thank you."
"It's no problem, and call me Keitaro. I hate formalities. I got to go now, so call me if you need anything," he said handing her a card. She took it and put it in her pocket and with that he was gone. Sakura and Tomoyo left, and got back into the limo and started home. Then the phone rang.
"Hello?" Tomoyo asked.
"Hello dear," her mother said on the other line. "Your friends have come over looking for you and Sakura. Should I let them wait or tell them to come back later?"
"We're on our way home now. Can you tell them we'll be home in five minutes?"
"Sure dear. Goodbye."
"Bye."
"You have a phone in here?" Sakura asked surprised.
"Yup, it looks like it," Tomoyo said with a small laugh.
"Do you mind if I use it to call my job? That way I won't have to do it later."
"Sure." Sakura picked up the phone and dialed the number, but noone picked up. After a few more rings Sakura hung the phone up. "Noone's there. That's strange," she said.
"You'll just have to visit them later. Maybe the phone is dead or something."
"Yeah." The limo stopped and they went inside. Takashi was telling a story that Syaoran was listening to and Chiharu was about to hit Takashi with a pillow to shut him up, who didn't notice. Rika and Naoko were laughing at them and Meiling was reading a magazine on the table.
"Hey guys," Tomoyo said. She looked over at Sakura who was listening intently to Takashi's story.
"–who spouted wings out of it's back. The other little piggies were jealous and wanted wings too– oomph," Chiharu had finally hit him on the head.
"That's enough of you lies. Don't you know that Syaoran believes half of what you say and Sakura think's everything you say is true?" she asked annoyed.
"Anyway," Syaoran said. "How did it go at the station?"
"It went great," Sakura said holding out the file.
"What's that?" Naoko said. "Your family's file?"
"Yup."
"I thought they weren't aloud to give those out," Syaoran said.
"They aren't," Tomoyo said. "But Keitaro, the guy we talked to, said that it was ok since she was the victim and all."
"So what did Keitaro say when you told him about Akimoto?" Meiling asked putting the magazine down.
"Let's talk about this in my room," Tomoyo said signaling them to follow her. They went upstairs into her room. They went into another room that was connected to hers. They sat down on the couches and chairs. The room was a mix of pinks and purples. The door that they came in was lavender, while another door on the other side was a light pink.
"Where does that door lead to?" Naoko asked.
"My room," Sakura said.
"So what did the guy say about Akimoto?" Syaoran asked.
"Well," Sakura said slowly. "I didn't tell him."
"WHAT!" the group shouted at the same time.
"I don't think that she'd do it," Sakura said.
"Sakura, it's better to be safe than sorry," Chiharu said.
"Plus, it's not like it isn't in her," Meiling said.
"I know you guys," Sakura said.
"Well there's nothing we can do about it now," Tomoyo said. "Is anyone hungry?" she asked going to a medium size fridge in the corner. She pulled out some soda's and went to a cabinet and pulled out some chips. They ate in silence thinking about what had happened.
"Well there is a simple solution to all of this," Rika said.
"And what is that?" Chiharu asked.
"Sakura never goes anywhere alone," Rika said.
"Someone isn't trying to kidnap her Rika," Naoko said. "They are trying to kill her and if someone is in the way they'll be killed too."
"She's right," Syaoran said. "If they want Sakura dead bad enough they'll do what they have to."
They sat in silence again.
"Well," Sakura said. "I won't let it get to me and leave me paranoid, and I'm definitely not going to let it dictate my actions in the future."
"Well with that said, let's go do something. It's a beautiful day outside," Tomoyo said.
"Do you mind if I call my boss again, Tomoyo?" Sakura asked.
"No problem," she said and pointed to a phone in the corner of the room.
"You haven't been able to get a hold of him either?" Syaoran asked coming up behind her.
"Nope," Sakura said and started to dial the number. "The first time I tried noone picked up." She waited for someone to pick up on the other line, but noone did. After the answering machine came on, she hung up. "Still no answer. I wonder where he is?"
"I don't know. We should stop by there later though," Syaoran said.
"We can do it now!" Tomoyo said. "We've decided to go to the movies."
"Alright, let's go then!" Sakura said. "I haven't been to the movies in years!"
"You haven't?" Chiharu asked. "Why not?"
"Well they didn't let us out of the orphanage much, and I didn't exactly have the money to pay for it," Sakura said with a sad smile.
"Well then, today is your lucky day," Naoko said with a smile.
"What movie?" Meiling said looking at the paper sitting on the table. "This paper is old."
"We'll decide when we get there," Tomoyo said and got up. They walked outside to the garage and got in Tomoyo's limo.
"Wow, it's great in here!" Takashi said looking around. "You've been holding out on us Tomoyo." He sat down in one seat, and then jumped up in another. He jumped up again, but hit his head and fell back down. Chiharu sat down next to him, where he fell.
"That's what you get," she said shaking her head.
Everyone laughed and sat down in a seat. Mr. Davis stopped at the bakery and Sakura and Syaoran got out. They stopped at the door. The 'open' sign had been changed to 'close'.
"I didn't know that they were closed today," Sakura said.
"They aren't supposed to be," Syaoran said and opened the door. All the light's were on and the back door to the kitchen was open. They both walked into the kitchen quietly.
"Hello?" Sakura called out hesitantly. "Mr. Urashima? Are you here?" Syaoran moved away into another room to check and Sakura went into his office. The door was shut and Sakura knocked. When there was no answer from the other side, she slowly opened the door. She stepped in and saw Mr. Urashima, who looked like he fell asleep while working at his desk. Sakura sighed and moved closer to wake him.
"Mr. Urashima? You fell asleep. Mr. Ura–" she gasped when she saw the pool of blood under him. She let out a scream, but it was cut off when someone placed their hand over her mouth.
"Looky at what I have here," a male voice said. Sakura stood their petrified. "It looks like the boss was right," he continued. "If I waited here long enough, you would show up, and here you are." He slid his free hand over her body. "You have something that the boss wants. All I have to do is bring you to him, but I think I'll play with you first." Sakura started to cry. She struggled to get away, but her captor kept a tight hold on her. "Feisty, aren't you? That's okay I like my women lively." His hand went inside her shirt and he started to rub her belly working his way up. Sakura jerked to get away, but couldn't. She stomped down on his foot and he yelled, but only tightened his hold. Then he went slack and fell down on top of Sakura, who fell down. She struggled to get his weight off of her, when she was suddenly pulled up in an embrace.
"Sakura!" Syaoran said. "Are you okay?"
"Syaoran!" she cried. "I was so scared. Thank you. Thank you for saving me!" She cried into his shoulder. Then other noises were heard outside. Syaoran let go of Sakura and took up a fighting stance by the door. Then Tomoyo's voice sounded.
"Sakura, Syaoran?" she asked worriedly. "What's taking you guys so long?" Syaoran relaxed and went back to Sakura.
"It's okay," he comforted. "Noone else is here. I'll make sure noone ever tries to hurt you again." Sakura jumped up and hugged him. She leaned into him for support and cried again.
"Thank you, Syaoran," she said softly. Tomoyo walked in and saw the two bodies and Sakura crying, clinging on to Syaoran for dear life.
"Oh my god! Sakura, Syaoran! What happened? Are you two all right?" Tomoyo screamed.
"What's all the yelling for, Tomoyo?" Meiling asked coming up behind her. "Oh... I'll go call the police." She left to the front and dialed 911. Tomoyo lead them outside, away from the bodies.
***
"So you came back here to quit your job. When you came into the office you were grabbed from behind by this guy," Keitaro said pointing to the guy in the duffel bag. "He told you that his boss wanted you alive and that's when Li attacked him from behind."
"That's right, Mr. Keitaro, Sakura said. She was sitting outside on a bench next to Syaoran, Tomoyo, and Meiling. Everyone else had been sent home. The only reason they could stay is because, Syaoran was a witness, Meiling wouldn't leave without Syaoran, and Tomoyo was Sakura's ride home.
"I must say Li, that you have quite a punch. You knocked him dead," Keitaro said.
"That's what Li training will do to you," Meiling said.
"I had heard of it, but I didn't believe it until now," Keitaro said with a small smile. "But anyway, whoever is trying to kill you Kinomoto, they knew that you worked here. Someone has been watching you. I suggest that you stay in groups, since whoever wants you, wants you alive. Never be alone, got that?" Keitaro said.
"I'll be with her," Syaoran said.
"Well don't you leave her," Keitaro warned. "You kids go on home now. It's been a hard day." Sakura followed Tomoyo inside her limo. Syaoran and Meiling walked home since it wasn't that far away.
"Are you going to be ok Sakura?" Tomoyo asked.
"I've seen to many dead people in my life Tomoyo," Sakura said with dry eyes. "What did my family do to deserve this? Why am I being targeted?" Tomoyo didn't know what to say and it bothered her. She could always comfort her friends, but there was nothing that she knew of, that she could say. They went home in silence and barely ate dinner.
"Tomoyo, Sakura!" Sonomi said rushing inside. "When I got the call, I left the meeting. I might loose a company, but that's nothing compared to yours and Sakura's safety. Are you two okay?"
"Yes Mrs. Daidouji, I'm fine," Sakura replied in a monotone voice. Tomoyo nodded.
"I think I'm going to go to bed now. Goodnight mother," Tomoyo said giving her a hug.
"Ok. If there is anything that you two need, don't hesitate to ask. I will buy the whole damn ice cream industry, if you want a scoop, ok?" The two girls smiled and nodded as they went upstairs.
***
~Dream~
"Mr. Urashima? You fell asleep. Mr. Ura–" she gasped when she saw the pool of blood under him. She let out a scream, but it was cut off when someone placed their hand over her mouth.
"Looky at what I have here," a male voice said. Sakura stood their petrified.
Bachan was crying on the floor. "Sakura, someone has hurt my children!" she cried. "Someone killed them!" Sakura ran over to the bed and looked, not believing what she said. The twins were lying there cold and lifeless. Dried blood stained the sheets and Si and Su were holding onto each other.
"Oni-chan?" she asked hesitantly. "Oni-chan, wake up! Don't leave me yet!" she screamed. "Please don't leave me alone..." She cradled his body and cried loudly. "I don't want to be alone!"
"If I waited here long enough, you would show up, and here you are." He slid his free hand over her body. "You have something that the boss wants. All I have to do is bring you to him, but I think I'll play with you first." Sakura started to cry. She struggled to get away, but her captor kept a tight hold on her. "Feisty, aren't you? That's okay I like my women lively." His hand went inside her shirt and he started to rub her belly working his way up. Sakura jerked to get away, but couldn't.
"What are you doing?" someone asked. She looked up and saw a boy her age with messy chocolate brown hair and intense amber eyes.
"My oni-chan... they killed my oni-chan," she said and started to cry onto his shoulder. He was taken back, but didn't pull away.
"Shh don't cry. It'll be ok. Here," he said. She looked at him. He took off a silver necklace and handed it to her. On it was a wolf pendant with a small emerald where the eye was supposed to be. "It's my lucky necklace my dad gave to me before he died. I want you to have it." She looked at it with awe. "Thank you." She then started fumbling with something around her neck. "You can have this," she said and handed him her necklace. It was silver too, and had a pink crystal cherry blossom on it. "My mom gave this to me before she died." He smiled and put in on, while she put on his. "I'll never take it off," she said with a smile.
"And I'll never take your's off," he said seriously.
"Do you promise?" she said holding out her pinky.
"Yes I promise," he said taking her pinky with his own.
"It's okay," he comforted. "Noone else is here. I'll make sure noone ever tries to hurt you again." Sakura jumped up and hugged him. She leaned into him for support and cried again.
"Thank you, Syaoran."
~End~
Sakura woke up gasping. There was no peace to be had awake or sleeping.
To Be Continued...
***
So what did you think about THAT? It looks like someone's bitten off more than they can chew, and Sakura is being force fed more than she can eat. Another dead body and more bad dreams. Lets see, DEATH COUNT! Fujitaka was the first to die, followed by Touya. Simon and Susan were found murdered in their bed and Mr. Urashima found dead in his office. Syaoran then killed the only witness who was hurting Sakura. But that doesn't matter he deserved to die, right? So that's 6 in all. Wow this is turning out to be more fun that I thought it would be! Okay I'm sick and I know it. Call me a sadist if you want. Well maybe not, because it doesn't turn me on, I just enjoy it. Anyway people REVIEW! And tell me what you thought. Don't worry you won't hurt my feelings, so say anything you want.
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Thank you to everyone who has reviewed! But for all you morons who are e-mailing me saying you hate my story, you do realize that I have your e-mail address now, right? Don't worry I won't do anything mean like send you a virus. But just so you know e-mail is for saying, 'Hey! You like to write, I like to right! You like Card Captor Sakura, I like Card Captor Sakura! Let's be friends! And write CCS fics together!' or whatever. Anyway send it in a review if you don't like my story. I do except anonymous reviews...
~Promise~
~Chapter 4~
***
"Hey Sakura," Tomoyo said. It had been a whole day since the twins had been found dead and Sakura had been very quiet. She also asked to be alone when her friends came over.
"Hey Tomoyo," Sakura said dully. "I think that I'll go to school now." Tomoyo looked at her strange.
"But it's already the middle of the day and we've already missed two periods."
"I know Tomoyo, but I want to do something to get my mind off... of stuff."
"Alright. Come on and I'll ask Mr. Davis to give us a ride," Tomoyo said jumping up.
"Who?"
"He's our driver." They walked downstairs into Sonomi's office.
"Mother, we've decided to go to school today," Tomoyo said. Sonomi looked at Sakura who nodded and Sonomi sighed.
"Well if that's what you want," she said and the two girls left and went to the garage.
"Wow Tomoyo!" Sakura said when they got in the limo. "It has a T.V. and everything!" She giggled when she opened a drawer and candy spilled out of it. Tomoyo smiled at Sakura.
//That's the first time I've seen her smile in a while.//
Sakura turned back around to Tomoyo. "Thank you for letting me stay with you Tomoyo," she said. "I don't know what I'd do with out you."
"It's no problem Sakura," Tomoyo said with a smile. "I'm just glad I can help." They stopped at the school and went into the office.
"Can we please have passes to class because we were late?" Tomoyo asked.
"What class?"
"Mrs. Cho's class."
"Alright. Here you go," she said handing them a slip of paper. They thanked her and went out in the hall. Just then the bell rang signaling fourth period. They walked into class and spotted Naoko and Rika.
"Sakura, Tomoyo!" they shouted together.
"I didn't think you'd be back in school today," Naoko said.
"Me either. That's a lot to go through," Rika said.
"Sakura!" Chiharu said walking up with Takashi. He just smiled.
"How are you?" Chiharu asked.
"I'm fine," Sakura said and smiled. "See?"
"I'm glad," Syaoran said walking up.
"Hey Syaoran," Sakura said. She then sat down.
"I see your up and running," Meiling said sitting down.
"Yup. Can't knock me off my feet for more than a day," Sakura said with a giggle. Everyone else joined in the laughter, but it was interrupted.
"I see that Tomoeda High's very own 'Annie Orphan' A.K.A. Kinomoto Sakura, has decided to come back to us," Naru said maliciously walking in, followed by her friends.
"Stuff it Akimoto, we don't want to hear it," Chiharu said.
"Yeah," Takashi said. "You better shut up now before you have a mob of angry people attacking you."
"So unless you want that inflated head of your's knocked off, I suggest you leave," Meiling added. Naru looked on angry, but left anyway.
"I swear that girl never gives it up," Naoko said.
"At least we know she has endurance. Even if she is as annoying as hell," Rika said. Then the bell rang. The class took their seats and Mrs. Cho came in. Tomoyo passed up the note and Mrs. Cho nodded, starting class.
***
"So your staying at Tomoyo's house for now?" Meiling asked. They were sitting under the tree eating lunch.
"Yeah," Sakura replied.
"I can't believe that someone would want to kill you," Rika said. "I mean you were only a little girl the first time, and now they're still trying. It's horrible."
"Can you think of anyone who would want up or your family dead Sakura?" Naoko said. "I mean what did your family do to get someone to kill them? Was it jealousy, rage, love, revenge or something like that? There has to be a motive, because if it was just a random killing, they wouldn't come back 8 years later to finish it."
"I thought about that too," Sakura said. "I've tried to think of anyone that I had known back then who would have a big enough grudge to kill us, but I can't remember much from back then."
"What if this is unrelated though?" Meiling asked. "What if someone new and not involved in the last murder wanted you dead?"
"You don't mean Akimoto, do you?" Chiharu asked.
"That's exactly what I mean. She has threatened you, Sakura. You said it yourself that she wants you dead."
"Well yeah," Sakura said. "But do you think that she'd really do it? I mean it's over a schoolgirl crush for god's sake."
"You never know," Rika said. "Her family has got little less money than Tomoyo's family does, and her dad could have it done."
"I don't think so," Tomoyo said. "He is a cop, you know, the whole 'fight for justice' and 'do the right thing.'"
"Not all cops are good though," Syaoran said. "I've heard of some police stations back in Hong Kong that were all trained cops, but worked on importing and exporting drugs."
"Yeah," Meiling added. "Most of them are dead though because our family busted them and they tried to get revenge. Never try and get revenge on a Li because it'll never happen," she said with a smile. Everyone looked at Syaoran questioningly.
"Yeah it's true. Every single one of the cops that tried to get revenge on our family ended up dead about five minutes after they set foot on the property, mind you, we knew who it was," he said.
"Well remind me to never get on your bad side," Takashi joked and playfully slapped Syaoran on the back.
"I don't think Akimoto would do it but, I don't know anyone else who would though.," Sakura said. "Maybe I should go to the police station and see what they found out the last time."
"That's a good idea. We can go today, after school," Tomoyo said.
"I can't," Sakura said. "I've got a job about an hour after school, homework and it takes a while to get there on blades."
"Well quit your job then," Tomoyo suggested. "Anything you need, I can get for you."
"I don't want to burden you..."
"Nonsense! You are my guest and anything that you need, I will get you. Plus," she said with a dreamy grin, "I can make all your clothes so you don't need to worry about that!"
"Alright," Sakura said a little nervous. "I'll call them later. You have gotten better at making clothes since we were 6, right?"
"Of course. I've been practicing because I want to be a clothes designer."
"Ok then. I'll quit after school."
"I'm quitting too now that I know how to bake," Syaoran said.
"What are you talking about?" Takashi asked.
"I told him that he couldn't cool anymore, because he messed up my birthday cake, so he went out and got a job to learn how to bake because he hates my cooking," Meiling explained.
"I never said I didn't like you cooking," Syaoran said.
"Yes you did. I've heard you mumble it when I start to cook."
"So you've been working at a bakery ever since?" Naoko asked.
"Yeah."
"I remember the first time I saw him he was wearing a pink apron with matching oven mitts, taking cookies out of the oven," Sakura said giggling. The rest of the group started to laugh, imagining Syaoran like that.
"Next we'll see him playing with dolls and inviting us over for tea parties," Takashi joked. Syaoran gave them a glare and everyone fell silent.
"Well, I see baking hasn't softened your glares at all," Tomoyo said nervously. The lunch bell rang and the group got up and went to class.
***
"Hey Tomoyo!" Sakura said seeing her friend at the front of school. "Are you ready to go?"
"Yeah!" she said walking over to the limo that was waiting for her. "We can go there right now!"
"That's great Tomoyo!" Sakura followed her friend to the limo. From a distance Naru watched them in disdain. She whipped out her cell phone and dialed a number. A male voice answered on the other side.
"Do you have everything ready?" Naru asked.
"Yes."
"Good. I want it done as soon as possible. Don't screw it up this time. It's very important to me and it could get Sakura out of the picture, leaving Syaoran for me."
"Understood Miss Akimoto," the voice said and hung up. Naru put the phone away, a small smile curving her lips.
Sakura followed Tomoyo inside and sat down across from her.
"So are you going to the dance next week?" Tomoyo asked.
"What dance?" Sakura asked confused.
"You know, the dance? They announced it a few days ago..." she trailed off. "But you weren't here a few days ago so you wouldn't know!" Tomoyo said.
"Oh. Well I guess not. I don't exactly have the money to but the dress," Sakura said sadly.
"Well that's great, because I have the perfect dress in mind for you!" Tomoyo squeaked. "Let's see, medium hight, red..., no, green..., no short brown hair, green eyes, maybe..., no, shorter or longer, showy, no..., yes..., no, skinny..." Tomoyo kept saying things making no sense to Sakura.
"Tomoyo what are you thinking of?" Sakura asked worriedly. Tomoyo was getting that crazy glint in her eye and staring off into space. Just then the limo stopped and the driver called back.
"This is your stop ladies. I'll be waiting here when you come back," Mr. Davis said.
"Thank you," both girls said and walked up to the police station.
"Excuse me, but can we speak to a Mr. Keitaro please?" Tomoyo asked an officer at the desk.
"What's your business Miss?" the officer asked.
"I called earlier about the Kinomoto murder. He said that we could talk to him today," she said.
"Oh yes. He's expecting you. Just back there," the officer said pointing.
"Thank you." Sakura and Tomoyo walked through the busy isle's to a desk that was cluttered with papers. A man in his 30's sat there talking on a phone, his feet propped up on the desk. He glanced at Sakura and Tomoyo and motioned them to sit down on one of the chairs surrounding his desk. He had short blonde hair and blue eyes that had a fire in them. He slammed down the phone and looked over at the two girls.
"Kinomoto Sakura and Daidouji Tomoyo?" he asked.
"That's us," Sakura said. Keitaro looked over at her. Sakura shifted under his scrutiny, but didn't show her discomfort.
"You must be Kinomoto. I was on your family's case. Sorry that I didn't do much good," he said.
"That's okay," Sakura said, now glad that he had stopped his examination of her. "I just wanted to know what you found out."
"I guess so since someone is trying to kill you again," he said bluntly. Sakura just nodded. "Well I tried everything. I looked into your father's co-workers, friends, family, acquaintance's and everything else. I found nothing," he said pulling out a file. "It's all in here. I also looked in to your brother's friends, but that didn't turn up anything either. You were to young for anyone to have a grudge against you, but after turning up nothing everywhere else, I checked into it anyway. Nothing there either."
"So you found nothing?" Tomoyo asked.
"That's right. Neighbors called in hearing strangers in the house and a gunshot. When we got there your father was dead. Later a boy called the police and your brother was found dead. He said that a girl was crying, but she had ran away. When we found you, you were asleep in the park. We asked you what you had seen, but you didn't remember much of it. There were no relatives you could be sent to, so we sent you to the orphanage. Everything was quiet, then 8 years later you show up, with someone attempting to kill you, which is interesting."
"What do you mean 'interesting'?" Sakura asked angrily. "Someone is trying to kill me and all you can say is it's 'interesting'?"
"Yeah it's very interesting, because it tells me that the killer must have thought you were dead, until he saw you here. The killer was from Tomoeda, and not someone outside hired to do the job. It wasn't enough to kill your father and brother 8 years ago, but it's a grudge that whoever it is hasn't gotten over."
"What if it isn't the same person, but someone new?" Tomoyo asked.
"Kinomoto has been in town for what, three days now? I don't think someone new is going to come up and get a grudge on her that fast," he said. "Unless, there's something you wanna tell me?" Tomoyo was about to say something, but Sakura kicked her under the desk lightly, and Keitaro didn't see.
"No, noone has a grudge to kill me," Sakura said.
"Alright then," Keitaro said standing up. "This is a copy of the file. I thought you might be interested in since you can barely remember the day it happed, which is probably a good thing anyway. Mind you it's everything. Pictures too, so if you don't want to be reminded of unwanted memories, I'd recommend against it. Don't let anyone else see this information. I'm not supposed to be giving it to you, but I decided that it'd be alright. Just give it back when your done."
"Alright Mr. Keitaro," Sakura said standing up also. "Thank you."
"It's no problem, and call me Keitaro. I hate formalities. I got to go now, so call me if you need anything," he said handing her a card. She took it and put it in her pocket and with that he was gone. Sakura and Tomoyo left, and got back into the limo and started home. Then the phone rang.
"Hello?" Tomoyo asked.
"Hello dear," her mother said on the other line. "Your friends have come over looking for you and Sakura. Should I let them wait or tell them to come back later?"
"We're on our way home now. Can you tell them we'll be home in five minutes?"
"Sure dear. Goodbye."
"Bye."
"You have a phone in here?" Sakura asked surprised.
"Yup, it looks like it," Tomoyo said with a small laugh.
"Do you mind if I use it to call my job? That way I won't have to do it later."
"Sure." Sakura picked up the phone and dialed the number, but noone picked up. After a few more rings Sakura hung the phone up. "Noone's there. That's strange," she said.
"You'll just have to visit them later. Maybe the phone is dead or something."
"Yeah." The limo stopped and they went inside. Takashi was telling a story that Syaoran was listening to and Chiharu was about to hit Takashi with a pillow to shut him up, who didn't notice. Rika and Naoko were laughing at them and Meiling was reading a magazine on the table.
"Hey guys," Tomoyo said. She looked over at Sakura who was listening intently to Takashi's story.
"–who spouted wings out of it's back. The other little piggies were jealous and wanted wings too– oomph," Chiharu had finally hit him on the head.
"That's enough of you lies. Don't you know that Syaoran believes half of what you say and Sakura think's everything you say is true?" she asked annoyed.
"Anyway," Syaoran said. "How did it go at the station?"
"It went great," Sakura said holding out the file.
"What's that?" Naoko said. "Your family's file?"
"Yup."
"I thought they weren't aloud to give those out," Syaoran said.
"They aren't," Tomoyo said. "But Keitaro, the guy we talked to, said that it was ok since she was the victim and all."
"So what did Keitaro say when you told him about Akimoto?" Meiling asked putting the magazine down.
"Let's talk about this in my room," Tomoyo said signaling them to follow her. They went upstairs into her room. They went into another room that was connected to hers. They sat down on the couches and chairs. The room was a mix of pinks and purples. The door that they came in was lavender, while another door on the other side was a light pink.
"Where does that door lead to?" Naoko asked.
"My room," Sakura said.
"So what did the guy say about Akimoto?" Syaoran asked.
"Well," Sakura said slowly. "I didn't tell him."
"WHAT!" the group shouted at the same time.
"I don't think that she'd do it," Sakura said.
"Sakura, it's better to be safe than sorry," Chiharu said.
"Plus, it's not like it isn't in her," Meiling said.
"I know you guys," Sakura said.
"Well there's nothing we can do about it now," Tomoyo said. "Is anyone hungry?" she asked going to a medium size fridge in the corner. She pulled out some soda's and went to a cabinet and pulled out some chips. They ate in silence thinking about what had happened.
"Well there is a simple solution to all of this," Rika said.
"And what is that?" Chiharu asked.
"Sakura never goes anywhere alone," Rika said.
"Someone isn't trying to kidnap her Rika," Naoko said. "They are trying to kill her and if someone is in the way they'll be killed too."
"She's right," Syaoran said. "If they want Sakura dead bad enough they'll do what they have to."
They sat in silence again.
"Well," Sakura said. "I won't let it get to me and leave me paranoid, and I'm definitely not going to let it dictate my actions in the future."
"Well with that said, let's go do something. It's a beautiful day outside," Tomoyo said.
"Do you mind if I call my boss again, Tomoyo?" Sakura asked.
"No problem," she said and pointed to a phone in the corner of the room.
"You haven't been able to get a hold of him either?" Syaoran asked coming up behind her.
"Nope," Sakura said and started to dial the number. "The first time I tried noone picked up." She waited for someone to pick up on the other line, but noone did. After the answering machine came on, she hung up. "Still no answer. I wonder where he is?"
"I don't know. We should stop by there later though," Syaoran said.
"We can do it now!" Tomoyo said. "We've decided to go to the movies."
"Alright, let's go then!" Sakura said. "I haven't been to the movies in years!"
"You haven't?" Chiharu asked. "Why not?"
"Well they didn't let us out of the orphanage much, and I didn't exactly have the money to pay for it," Sakura said with a sad smile.
"Well then, today is your lucky day," Naoko said with a smile.
"What movie?" Meiling said looking at the paper sitting on the table. "This paper is old."
"We'll decide when we get there," Tomoyo said and got up. They walked outside to the garage and got in Tomoyo's limo.
"Wow, it's great in here!" Takashi said looking around. "You've been holding out on us Tomoyo." He sat down in one seat, and then jumped up in another. He jumped up again, but hit his head and fell back down. Chiharu sat down next to him, where he fell.
"That's what you get," she said shaking her head.
Everyone laughed and sat down in a seat. Mr. Davis stopped at the bakery and Sakura and Syaoran got out. They stopped at the door. The 'open' sign had been changed to 'close'.
"I didn't know that they were closed today," Sakura said.
"They aren't supposed to be," Syaoran said and opened the door. All the light's were on and the back door to the kitchen was open. They both walked into the kitchen quietly.
"Hello?" Sakura called out hesitantly. "Mr. Urashima? Are you here?" Syaoran moved away into another room to check and Sakura went into his office. The door was shut and Sakura knocked. When there was no answer from the other side, she slowly opened the door. She stepped in and saw Mr. Urashima, who looked like he fell asleep while working at his desk. Sakura sighed and moved closer to wake him.
"Mr. Urashima? You fell asleep. Mr. Ura–" she gasped when she saw the pool of blood under him. She let out a scream, but it was cut off when someone placed their hand over her mouth.
"Looky at what I have here," a male voice said. Sakura stood their petrified. "It looks like the boss was right," he continued. "If I waited here long enough, you would show up, and here you are." He slid his free hand over her body. "You have something that the boss wants. All I have to do is bring you to him, but I think I'll play with you first." Sakura started to cry. She struggled to get away, but her captor kept a tight hold on her. "Feisty, aren't you? That's okay I like my women lively." His hand went inside her shirt and he started to rub her belly working his way up. Sakura jerked to get away, but couldn't. She stomped down on his foot and he yelled, but only tightened his hold. Then he went slack and fell down on top of Sakura, who fell down. She struggled to get his weight off of her, when she was suddenly pulled up in an embrace.
"Sakura!" Syaoran said. "Are you okay?"
"Syaoran!" she cried. "I was so scared. Thank you. Thank you for saving me!" She cried into his shoulder. Then other noises were heard outside. Syaoran let go of Sakura and took up a fighting stance by the door. Then Tomoyo's voice sounded.
"Sakura, Syaoran?" she asked worriedly. "What's taking you guys so long?" Syaoran relaxed and went back to Sakura.
"It's okay," he comforted. "Noone else is here. I'll make sure noone ever tries to hurt you again." Sakura jumped up and hugged him. She leaned into him for support and cried again.
"Thank you, Syaoran," she said softly. Tomoyo walked in and saw the two bodies and Sakura crying, clinging on to Syaoran for dear life.
"Oh my god! Sakura, Syaoran! What happened? Are you two all right?" Tomoyo screamed.
"What's all the yelling for, Tomoyo?" Meiling asked coming up behind her. "Oh... I'll go call the police." She left to the front and dialed 911. Tomoyo lead them outside, away from the bodies.
***
"So you came back here to quit your job. When you came into the office you were grabbed from behind by this guy," Keitaro said pointing to the guy in the duffel bag. "He told you that his boss wanted you alive and that's when Li attacked him from behind."
"That's right, Mr. Keitaro, Sakura said. She was sitting outside on a bench next to Syaoran, Tomoyo, and Meiling. Everyone else had been sent home. The only reason they could stay is because, Syaoran was a witness, Meiling wouldn't leave without Syaoran, and Tomoyo was Sakura's ride home.
"I must say Li, that you have quite a punch. You knocked him dead," Keitaro said.
"That's what Li training will do to you," Meiling said.
"I had heard of it, but I didn't believe it until now," Keitaro said with a small smile. "But anyway, whoever is trying to kill you Kinomoto, they knew that you worked here. Someone has been watching you. I suggest that you stay in groups, since whoever wants you, wants you alive. Never be alone, got that?" Keitaro said.
"I'll be with her," Syaoran said.
"Well don't you leave her," Keitaro warned. "You kids go on home now. It's been a hard day." Sakura followed Tomoyo inside her limo. Syaoran and Meiling walked home since it wasn't that far away.
"Are you going to be ok Sakura?" Tomoyo asked.
"I've seen to many dead people in my life Tomoyo," Sakura said with dry eyes. "What did my family do to deserve this? Why am I being targeted?" Tomoyo didn't know what to say and it bothered her. She could always comfort her friends, but there was nothing that she knew of, that she could say. They went home in silence and barely ate dinner.
"Tomoyo, Sakura!" Sonomi said rushing inside. "When I got the call, I left the meeting. I might loose a company, but that's nothing compared to yours and Sakura's safety. Are you two okay?"
"Yes Mrs. Daidouji, I'm fine," Sakura replied in a monotone voice. Tomoyo nodded.
"I think I'm going to go to bed now. Goodnight mother," Tomoyo said giving her a hug.
"Ok. If there is anything that you two need, don't hesitate to ask. I will buy the whole damn ice cream industry, if you want a scoop, ok?" The two girls smiled and nodded as they went upstairs.
***
~Dream~
"Mr. Urashima? You fell asleep. Mr. Ura–" she gasped when she saw the pool of blood under him. She let out a scream, but it was cut off when someone placed their hand over her mouth.
"Looky at what I have here," a male voice said. Sakura stood their petrified.
Bachan was crying on the floor. "Sakura, someone has hurt my children!" she cried. "Someone killed them!" Sakura ran over to the bed and looked, not believing what she said. The twins were lying there cold and lifeless. Dried blood stained the sheets and Si and Su were holding onto each other.
"Oni-chan?" she asked hesitantly. "Oni-chan, wake up! Don't leave me yet!" she screamed. "Please don't leave me alone..." She cradled his body and cried loudly. "I don't want to be alone!"
"If I waited here long enough, you would show up, and here you are." He slid his free hand over her body. "You have something that the boss wants. All I have to do is bring you to him, but I think I'll play with you first." Sakura started to cry. She struggled to get away, but her captor kept a tight hold on her. "Feisty, aren't you? That's okay I like my women lively." His hand went inside her shirt and he started to rub her belly working his way up. Sakura jerked to get away, but couldn't.
"What are you doing?" someone asked. She looked up and saw a boy her age with messy chocolate brown hair and intense amber eyes.
"My oni-chan... they killed my oni-chan," she said and started to cry onto his shoulder. He was taken back, but didn't pull away.
"Shh don't cry. It'll be ok. Here," he said. She looked at him. He took off a silver necklace and handed it to her. On it was a wolf pendant with a small emerald where the eye was supposed to be. "It's my lucky necklace my dad gave to me before he died. I want you to have it." She looked at it with awe. "Thank you." She then started fumbling with something around her neck. "You can have this," she said and handed him her necklace. It was silver too, and had a pink crystal cherry blossom on it. "My mom gave this to me before she died." He smiled and put in on, while she put on his. "I'll never take it off," she said with a smile.
"And I'll never take your's off," he said seriously.
"Do you promise?" she said holding out her pinky.
"Yes I promise," he said taking her pinky with his own.
"It's okay," he comforted. "Noone else is here. I'll make sure noone ever tries to hurt you again." Sakura jumped up and hugged him. She leaned into him for support and cried again.
"Thank you, Syaoran."
~End~
Sakura woke up gasping. There was no peace to be had awake or sleeping.
To Be Continued...
***
So what did you think about THAT? It looks like someone's bitten off more than they can chew, and Sakura is being force fed more than she can eat. Another dead body and more bad dreams. Lets see, DEATH COUNT! Fujitaka was the first to die, followed by Touya. Simon and Susan were found murdered in their bed and Mr. Urashima found dead in his office. Syaoran then killed the only witness who was hurting Sakura. But that doesn't matter he deserved to die, right? So that's 6 in all. Wow this is turning out to be more fun that I thought it would be! Okay I'm sick and I know it. Call me a sadist if you want. Well maybe not, because it doesn't turn me on, I just enjoy it. Anyway people REVIEW! And tell me what you thought. Don't worry you won't hurt my feelings, so say anything you want.
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