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~Promise~
~Chapter 7~
***
"It took them two tries, and they didn't get it right either time," Naru muttered darkly to herself. "How hard is it to get rid of one little thing? How many times can you screw it up?" She looked at herself in the mirror. "If this doesn't work, I'll give up." She smiled, putting the brush she was using down. "Prepare to meet your match, Kinomoto."
***
Sakura looked over at Tomoyo nervously. "Do you think it's Syaoran?" she asked filling with nervousness and excitement at the same time. Tomoyo noticed her friends excitement.
"I think it is," she said picking up her video camera and walked outside her room down the hall. Sakura followed, grasping the necklace she never took off nervously. She followed Tomoyo outside to where a maid came up.
"Mr. Li is here Miss Tomoyo," she said with a small bow.
"Thank you for informing me," Tomoyo said politely. She went out into the front room and spotted Syaoran standing nervously in front of the door. He turned around when Tomoyo called his name.
"Hey Tomo–," he didn't finish his sentence when he saw the two lovely girls standing before him. He looked at Tomoyo and stared at Sakura. His cheeks reddened at the sight of her. She was standing there blushing slightly at the attention she was receiving. She started fidgeting with the necklace even more. Tomoyo stood there with a grin on her face, taping the moment.
//Wait until Syaoran get's a look at his face!//
"Uh... umm...," Syaoran said at a complete loss for words. He shook his head slightly, finally regaining his composure. "You two look wonderful," he said blushing again. He looked away.
"Th–thank you," Sakura mumbled, flattered. "Tomoyo made the dresses."
"Well I guess you two should be going!" Tomoyo said pushing Sakura forward a little. Sakura stumbled a little, then walked gracefully the rest of the way. Syaoran looked deeply into her eyes as he held out his arm for her. She blushed slightly taking it.
"But what about you, Tomoyo?" Sakura asked breaking eye-contact to look over.
"I have a ride, so don't worry about it. You two go have some fun!" she said happily, still recording. "And keep your hands to yourself! Remember, marriage before sex!"
"TOMOYO!" Sakura said blushing deeply. Syaoran stiffened and blushed a tomato red. Tomoyo giggled at their reactions. Before anything else could be said, Sakura and Syaoran left to save themselves from further embarrassment. Tomoyo chuckled as she closed the mini recorder.
//Sakura and Syaoran are definitely going to kill me when they see the movie I'm making.//
***
Syaoran opened a limo door for Sakura and helped her inside.
"Thank you," she said, finally having gotten over her initial nervousness. She sat down across from Syaoran. She looked at him in his tuxedo. His chocolate-brown hair looked like it had attempted to be tamed, but didn't work out. She tried to stifle a giggle at the thought, but he heard anyway.
"What's so funny?" he asked.
"I was thinking about you with 'neat' hair," she said giggling again. He sighed and patted his hair down in a vain attempt.
"I tried, but it doesn't work," he said.
"That's good," she said and he looked at her questioningly. "Your hair looks the way it is. I don't think any other way would be you." He smiled. The limo stopped and Syaoran stepped out. He offered his hand to Sakura who took it. They walked up to their transformed school. Balloons in bright colors were hanging up along with streamers and a banner that said 'welcome.' There was glitter on the floor that sparkled in the setting suns light. They walked inside, arms hooked together. Inside it was dark. The dance was in the auditorium, where there was enough space. Table's were set up along the walls for people to sit at, along with a buffet on either end of the room. Balloon's and streamer's were set up in here too, along with glitter that fell at random times when balloons popped. The DJ was currently changing the song to a fast pace one. A stand was set up to get your pictures taken when you walked in.
"Want a picture?" Syaoran asked. Sakura smiled, taking everything in.
"I would love a picture!" she said walking with Syaoran over to the booth.
"Ok, now stand behind her and hold her hands. Yeah," the photographer said. "Now you hold his hands in yours, like that. Perfect. You two are the best looking couple I've seen so far." he took the picture and handed them a slip of paper. "You can pick them up during your schools lunch."
"Thank you," Syaoran said taking the paper.
"Sakura! Syaoran!" someone called. The two looked around for the source of the voice. Finally they spotted Meiling at a table with everyone else. They walked over and sat down.
"Hey guys!" Sakura said. Meiling stared at her.
"You look good Sakura. I like your necklace. It looks like Sy–," she squealed when she was grabbed from behind, leaving Sakura confused. "Ikki!" she said turning around. "You scared the crap out of me!"
"Sorry," he said and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek.
"Sakura, this is my boyfriend, Ikki. Ikki, this is my friend, and Syaoran's date, Sakura."
"Nice to meet you," he said extending his hand.
"You too," she said shaking it. They sat down at the table. "I wonder when Tomoyo is going to be here," Sakura said.
"When Eriol gets here," Meiling said.
"I called her and asked her if she would be okay going with Eriol, since everyone else had someone and she agreed," Syaoran said. "Eriol is picking her up."
"Hey guys!" Chiharu said coming up to the table with Takashi. They were both breathing deeply.
"We just got finished dancing," Takashi said. "And Chiharu is a wiled dancer." The music stopped and people quieted down. The DJ's voice was then heard.
"How are you guys doin' tonight?" the DJ asked. He was greeted with a wild cheer. "Alrigh, alrigh, I'll take dat as a good." Again a cheer was heard. "So yall know what time it is? No? Alrigh then, I'll tell ya. It's time for da guys to ask da gurlz for a dance!" He stopped talking and started the music again. Couples flooded the floor.
"Shall we?" Takashi asked Chiharu. She nodded with a grin and followed him out to the dance floor. Meiling and Ikki walked out to the floor too.
"Would you do me the honor of having this dance?" Syaoran asked. Sakura blushed and nodded. She followed him out to the dance floor, catching Tomoyo out in the crowd with her video camera taping her, and Eriol behind her with a grin on his face watching them.
"We're being watched," Sakura whispered in Syaoran's ear. "By Tomoyo and Eriol. They're grinning like idiots." Syaoran chuckled.
"Let them watch all they want to," he said stepping a little closer. Sakura did the same.
"Thank you for taking me to the dance," she whispered again, this time leaning on his chest.
"Thank you for coming with me," he replied. She pulled away slightly and looked up at him and he looked down at her. Syaoran noticed a flash of silver on her chest, but ignored it. He didn't want to break the moment. They slowly closed the gap between them until their lips were almost touching. Then,
Naru came up and interrupted them.
They broke apart quickly snapping their heads towards Naru who had spoken. She stood there seductively, with a short black dress that stuck to her body perfectly. Her black hair fell around her shoulders in small curls and her face was accented wonderfully with a small amount of makeup. In short she was beautiful. Syaoran glared at her and she shivered slightly.
"What do you want Akimoto?" Syaoran said in a cold, calm way. Naru came a bit closer, smiling.
"I said, do you want to dance?" she asked licking her lips.
"He was dancing with me before you interrupted us," Sakura said.
"I know," Naru snapped back. "That's why I came over here to offer him something better."
"What exactly are you saying Akimoto?" Sakura said, her words laced with venom.
"I'm saying that he doesn't have to go performing a community service by taking out the poor orphan girl because he feels sorry for her," she said maliciously. Naru stuck her hands on her hips, in a daring way saying 'go ahead and say something back.' Sakura wasn't affected by it. She clenched her fists and stepped forward.
"I swear Akimoto," she said threw clenched teeth. "If you don't leave right now, I'll make sure you won't be able to get up."
"Are you threatening me?" People started backing away from them, giving them a small circle of room if a fight broke out. Meiling, Ikki, Chiharu, Takashi, Tomoyo, Eriol, Rika, and Naoko broke through the crowd and watched.
"Why do you do this to yourself Akimoto?" Syaoran asked stepping beside Sakura. "We don't want you here, yet there you stand. You always start shit, that you always loose, and you don't know when to back off. I've told you that I do NOT like you. I never DID like you. I never WILL like you. Why can't you leave us alone?" Naru stood there in shock.
//That's it. I've lost again. I said I'd give up if this didn't work, but I thought it would.//
Naru screamed in frustration. She turned around from them and took a deep breath. She then whirled back around, a fierce expression on her face.
"I DON'T GET IT!" she screamed. "WHY?! HOW COULD YOU PICK THAT THING OVER ME?!" she screamed pointing to Sakura. Sakura moved forward, but Syaoran help her back. Naru calmed down slightly, just enough to stop screaming. "I don't understand it. I've done everything I can think of, and you still pick her over me. I swear I'll kill you for this Kinomoto!"
Six people stared hard at her, understanding a small undercurrent of those words. Naru stomped off, pushing her way through the crowd of people. Tomoyo shut off her camera and walked up to Sakura.
"I'm sorry," she said bringing her into a hug. "She's ruined everything."
"It's okay Tomoyo," Sakura said returning the hug. Tomoyo suddenly broke away with a feverish light shining in her eyes.
"No it's not!" she all but screamed. "You two were just about to KISS!" The group of friends stared at Sakura and Syaoran, who were blushing like mad. "You were so close and then Akimoto came up! I was about to thrash her with my camera, but Eriol held me back." Sakura laughed nervously.
"You know, I have to go to the bathroom," Sakura said moving away. She turned around and dashed for the lavatory. Tomoyo followed behind her followed by Meiling, Naoko, Rika, and Chiharu. Takashi put his hand on Syaoran's shoulder.
"So close and yet so far, eh?" he joked. Syaoran growled slightly and Takashi backed away. "Hey I was just kidding. Don't worry, there will be other chances to kiss Sakura." Syaoran sent him a glare that would have killed him if looks could. Eriol laughed.
"It seems as if my cute little cousin is a little touch on the subject," Eriol said with a smile.
"I AM NOT YOUR CUTE LITTLE COUSIN!" Syaoran yelled before stomping off towards a table. Ikki and Eriol followed behind him.
"I guess he's all bent about not getting a kiss," Ikki said laughing.
***
I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU TAPED THAT!" Sakura screamed at Tomoyo who just smiled. "How long have you been taping us?"
"Since me and Eriol got here," Tomoyo said. "He pointed to Syaoran who was getting ready to ask you for a dance, and I started taping. So I guess about from there."
"I bet your really pissed at Akimoto for interrupting the perfect moment to snatch a kiss away from my cousin," Meiling said smiling devilishly. "I didn't know he had it in him. Or you for that matter."
"Didn't anyone tell you It's marriage BEFORE sex," Chiharu said. "And at the pace you two were going, you would have been in bed by tonight."
"As a matter of fact, I said that just before she left the house," Tomoyo said.
"It seems as if out little Sakura has certainly grown up," Rika said with a grin.
"And it was only yesterday when she was wearing diapers and having her pictures taken naked in the bathtub," Naoko added.
"Will you guys stop it!" Sakura said blushing.
"We should get out of here anyway," Tomoyo said. "The guys are probably wondering where we are by now."
"Yeah," Chiharu said grinning. "Takashi is most likely making endless fun of Syaoran because of the missed kiss."
"No doubt Eriol and Ikki are too," Meiling said grinning too. "Syaoran's probably blushing like mad out there right now." They all moved towards the door to leave.
"Hey Tomoyo, do you have any more of that lip gloss?" Sakura asked before stepping out the door. Tomoyo paused, looking through the purse on her shoulder next to her camera. She brought out the gloss.
"Here," she said handing Sakura the tube.
"Thanks Tomoyo," Sakura said applying a small amount to her lips and handing it back. They walked back to their table and saw Syaoran looking away from everyone with a red face. Ikki laughed and Meiling smacked him playfully on the back of the head. Tomoyo wasted no time in taking out her video camera. She sat down next to Eriol and Sakura moved over to Syaoran.
"So Sakura," Meiling said. "Before I was so violently attacked by Ikki earlier, I was asking you where you got your necklace from." Sakura brought her hand up to the necklace, covering it from prying eyes. "Syaoran had one just like it. One day he came home with a different necklace he said he got from some cute girl. When he was asked where his was, he said he gave it away. Wei was so mad. The necklace was worth a fortune, and a family heirloom. It turns out that the one he was given was just as valuable. Some girl next to a body gave it to him." Sakura stared at Meiling in shock.
//Your kidding me! It was him?!//
"SAKURA!" Tomoyo shouted. Everyone looked over at Tomoyo in question. She ignored them however and kept her gaze fixed on Sakura. "This is so great! You said you made a promise with each other, so see if it's him!" Everyone looked on clueless as Sakura wordlessly turned to Syaoran. She uncovered the necklace slowly, revealing the silver wolf pendant with emerald eyes. Syaoran gasped when he saw it. He looked up at Sakura who was looking at him. He slowly took out a necklace that he was wearing. It was on a silver chain with a pink cherry blossom crystal on it.
Sakura held her breath as she reached out for the necklace. "It was you?" she asked slowly.
"That's where I knew you from," he said softly.
"Did you ever take it off?" she asked looking up into his eyes.
"No, did you?"
"No." They stared at each other while Tomoyo videotaped with a huge grin on her face. Everyone else looked on completely clueless.
"Well do you still think she's cute?" Takashi asked grinning. He was ignored by the two.
"I don't even think they heard you," Meiling said smiling.
"Okay evryone!," the DJ said. "Now it's time for da gurlz to ask da guyz for a dance. Don' be shy yall, come on an gedup!" There was a wild cheer heard throughout the auditorium as girls started asking guys for dances. The group of friends left to go dance.
"Do you want to dance with me?" Sakura asked Syaoran. He nodded and got up following her out to the dance floor.
"Do you want to dance?" Tomoyo asked Eriol, putting the camera away.
"I would love to," he said and they walked onto the dance floor. They came together and started to dance elegantly. They flowed perfectly with the rhythm of the slow song gaining admiring gazes from members of the audience. "Wouldn't you rather tape Sakura and Syaoran?" he asked her without breaking the flow. Tomoyo looked up at him and smiled.
"There's nothing else I'd rather be doing right now."
***
"I'm surprised you didn't take it off," Sakura said.
"Why?" Syaoran asked. "After all, your still wearing mine."
"Do you want it back now?"
"No. I want you to keep it."
"I want you to keep mine too," she said and stepped as close as possible without breaking the dance. She rested her head on his shoulder. "Thank you Syaoran. For everything."
"What do you mean? I haven't done anything."
"You've done a lot for me, whether you know it or not," she said. "I just want to thank you for it."
"It was no problem," he whispered. The dance ended and they slowly broke apart.
"It's hot in here. I'm going outside," Sakura said.
"I'll come with you," Syaoran said and they started pushing their way through the crowd of people. Tomoyo saw them leaving and squeaked.
"They're leaving!"
"So?" Eriol asked.
"So they might be going out there to kiss!" she explained following them. Eriol smiled and followed her too.
"Kiss?" Meiling asked hearing them and deciding to follow.
"Where are you two going?" Chiharu asked Ikki.
"I'm just following Meiling, who's following Eriol, who's following Tomoyo, who's following Sakura and Syaoran because someone said 'kiss.'"
"KISS?!" Rika and Naoko said coming up with them. "Let's go and see!" they said together and went outside to see the spectacle. Everyone walked outside and hid to watch Syaoran and Sakura's 'kiss.'
"Thanks for coming out here with me," Sakura said.
"No problem." They sat together in silence on the bench.
"Let's go sit on the bench under the Cherry blossom's," Sakura announced suddenly standing up. She grabbed Syaoran's hand and hauled him up.
"Aren't they behind the school?"
"Yup," she said and took off down the alley between the school and auditorium.
"Perfect," a gruff voice said. Sakura and Syaoran stopped and looked back. Standing there were two guys.
"Run Sakura!" Syaoran shouted, starting to pull her to the other side of the alley, but it was blocked by another man.
"Go ahead boy," one of the guys said. "We only want the girl anyway." Syaoran growled and put up a fighting stance.
"Over my dead body," he said threateningly, making the men stop there advance for only a moment. Then they laughed.
"Remember boy, it's not really murder if your asking for it." That's when they charged. Syaoran punched one of the two men coming for him, but didn't see the other man from behind. He was hit on the head. The two men picked him up and held him.
"Syaoran!" Sakura yelled. "SOMEBODY HELP!" she screamed. She was grabbed from behind by the man that Syaoran had knocked down.
"Shut up now or we'll kill him," he whispered in her ear. Her eyes widened, but she shut up. "Now don't you move, or we'll kill him, understand?" she nodded and the man went over to Syaoran. "You've got some arm kid, but you should have run when we told you to." The man then punched him in the stomach, and Syaoran doubled over. Sakura took a step forward, but the man turned around. "Remember what I told you!" Sakura stopped. Syaoran coughed.
"Fuck you," he said and the man laughed.
"Well I'll fuck something!" he said grabbing Sakura. "Maybe this sweet thing here." Syaoran struggled to get away and preferably kill the man holding Sakura, but he couldn't. The man then forcibly kissed Sakura. Sakura tried to push away, but he held on to her to tight. Syaoran started to yell and kick, struggling like mad to get away. The man finally broke the kiss while the other two men laughed.
"You taste just like a strawberry," he said and kissed her again. Sakura started crying. The two men laughed as the other one started to invade her body. He stuck his hand up her dress and started rubbing her thigh, slowly making his way up. He broke away from the kiss and started to rub her crotch. She screamed and he pulled away, placing his hand on her chest. "Don't worry Strawberry, I've got all night to do this. And tomorrow, and the next day, and the day after that," he said laughing. "Plus my buddies will want a piece of you to, and there are at least fifty men where we're going who will want in you. You better get used to this, because your going to be used like this all day every day until we decide to kill you." Sakura cried harder.
"GET OFF OF HER NOW!" Syaoran yelled pulling harder to get away. One of the men let go and Syaoran was thrown into the other man holding him. The man on Sakura let go of her and watched as the man slowly fell limp to the ground. Syaoran wasted no time in hitting his other captor and rushing over to Sakura. Before he could get there, the man pulled out a gun aimed it at him. Before he could react, Syaoran was pushed to the ground and Sakura had pushed the man into the wall. Syaoran briefly looked at Eriol, deciding it was also him that had gotten rid of the other man before getting back up. The bullet went off way off target and the man yelled in frustration and slapped Sakura down.
"Your lucky I need you alive, wench," he spat at her. He fired the gun at Syaoran again, who was running towards Sakura. He didn't stop coming at him though. Before the man could fire another accurate shot, he was tackled by Syaoran. A shot discharged out of the gun, past Syaoran and a scream was heard. Nobody there noticed as he fought with the man. Syaoran was thrown off and both of them scrambled to get up. Before the man could get anywhere, he was kicked by Syaoran. He doubled over and started running awkwardly and was pushed down and kicked again by Syaoran. Sakura was a frightened by the way Syaoran looked. It was vicious, and he looked as if he was going to kill the man.
//Which he probably will.//
All of a sudden he stopped. Breathing heavily, he looked down at the man who was bleeding at his feet. Eriol laid a hand on his shoulder and whispered something before running away. Syaoran turned around and faced Sakura who stood still, frozen to the spot. Then Syaoran coughed and fell down. Sakura snapped out of it and ran over to him. She looked over him with worried eyes.
"Syaoran?" she said in a shaky voice. "Syaoran, are you okay? Syaoran smiled at her.
"Are you okay?"
"Me! Who cares about me! You're the one lying on the floor and your...," she gasped holding her hand back from his sleeve. The black coat he had been wearing was staining dark with a red liquid. "BLEEDING! I have to call an ambulance!" She started to get up, but Syaoran called her.
"Don't worry about it," he said weakly sitting up and leaning back onto the wall. He looked over at the man who was still unconscious.
"What do you mean 'don't worry about it!' Your bleeding! We need to fix your wound!" Sakura said slowly going into hysterics.
"Come here," Syaoran commanded. Sakura obeyed standing next to him. Syaoran pulled down on her arm, seating her in his lap. She tensed, but relaxed after a moment, leaning back on his chest. "Are you okay?" he whispered quietly, wrapping an arm around her. She started to shiver uncontrollably and Syaoran held on to her tightly. "Shh, it's okay. I'm here."
"He was going to kill you," she whispered, breaking out into a sob.
"Go ahead," Syaoran said quietly and Sakura started crying.
"He was going to kill you and he said... he said...,"
"You don't have to say it if you don't want to." Sakura started crying harder and Syaoran comforted her the best he could.
"I have to go call an ambulance."
"No you don't. Eriol is already taking care of everything," Syaoran said soothingly. "All you have to do is rest."
"I don't want to sleep," she whispered terrified. "I'm afraid to. If I close my eyes, I'll see them. I'll dream about them. I'll have nightmares."
"Then I'll stay with you. I'll try and keep them away."
"You can't fight what you can't see."
"Maybe, but it's not going to stop me from trying." Sirens could be heard coming closer to the school and Sakura got up and wiped some of the tears away.
"I'm going to bring them here," she said walking down the alley. "Don't move." Before Syaoran could say a word, Sakura ran. When she got out of the alley, she saw Tomoyo on a stretcher being carried into an ambulance. "Tomoyo!?" Sakura yelled running up. "What happened? What's wrong?" Tomoyo looked weakly over at Sakura and smiled.
"Don't worry Sakura. I'm fine." The doors shut and Sakura watched the vehicle speed off towards the hospital.
"Hey!" she yelled to a police officer. He turned around and she recognized him. "Keitaro!"
"Yeah it's me. What happened here?"
"Down there! He's next to Syaoran. I don't think he's dead, but go down there and get him!" Sakura said pointing down the alley.
"What do you mean? You got one of the guys that did this?"
"Syaoran did. The other three got away."
"You mean that Li kid took out four guys by himself?"
"No I took out one of them," Eriol said walking up. "The names Hiiragizawa Eriol, and I suggest you go down there and get the guy Syaoran took down before he wakes up and does something regrettable."
"Right kid," Keitaro said and walked down the alley.
"Thanks Eriol," Sakura said walking away to find another medic. She spotted one getting out of the back of an ambulance. "Hey! My friend's been hurt! He needs you help!"
"Where is he?" the man said running up.
"Right here," Syaoran said walking up, helping Keitaro drag something behind them.
"What about the man behind you?" the medic said getting out supplies and being joined by another one.
"Well if you want I'd save you the trouble and the time, and kill him right now," Syaoran said unemotionally. The medic stared at him disbelievingly and Keitaro shook his head.
"Makes me glad I became a cop instead of a crook." Syaoran smiled weakly and dumped his half of the load. The guy flopped unceremoniously down to the ground when Keitaro let go too. "Anyway, I need them both fixed up as soon as possible. I'll have a cop go with you when you take this one to the hospital," he said taping the man on the ground lightly with his foot. "So get another man out here to fix up the kid. Sakura, I need to talk to you."
"I know Keitaro, but can we do it later," she said shakily. "I need to find something out first."
"Okay kid, just hurry up." Sakura nodded and walked over to Syaoran who was sitting on the back of the ambulance having his arm looked at.
"Where's Tomoyo? I thought she'd be here." Syaoran asked when she came up.
"I don't know. She was sent to the hospital for some reason."
"She was injured," Eriol said quietly, followed by Meiling, Ikki, Chiharu, Takashi, Rika, and Naoko. "She was shot."
"What?!" Sakura shouted. The world started to spin and Eriol placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Don't worry, it's nothing serious," he said comfortingly.
"But–,"
"Don't worry about it Sakura," Meiling said.
"Yeah," Rika said. "You've had a long day. I suggest that you get some rest."
"I'll take you home," Naoko said.
"No, it's okay," Sakura said balancing herself completely. She gave a small smile at Eriol and he smiled back, letting her go. "I'm going to talk to Keitaro, then go to the hospital to see Tomoyo."
"Just get some rest tonight," Chiharu said giving her a hug. "I don't want you to stress yourself out." She broke away with a sad smile.
"You guys should go home and get some rest," Syaoran said.
"Your right," Naoko said. "I'll see you guys later."
"I'll go with you," Rika said. "Tell me everything tomorrow." Rika and Naoko left, waving goodbye, with tears still on their cheeks.
"We'll be going too," Takashi said. "We'll come and visit Tomoyo in the hospital later."
"Bye," Sakura said and they both hugged her. They left down the street, walking home.
"Well I'm not leaving," Meiling said stubbornly. Syaoran looked up at her.
"Yes you are," he said in a no nonsense tone. "It's late. The dance is about to let out in a few minutes anyway. Just go home and get some rest." Meiling looked behind her towards the auditorium, and there were kids streaming out, waiting for their ride home. They were starting to form a semi-circle around the ambulance and the last police car there.
"Fine," Meiling said turning back to Syaoran. "When are you coming home?"
"I don't know."
"I'll see you guys around," she said waving goodbye to Sakura, Eriol, and Syaoran. Ikki took her hand and held it, leading her away.
"I'll be heading to the hospital with you guys," Eriol said. "I want to check on Tomoyo."
"Okay," Sakura said. "But what happened to her?"
"She was shot," Eriol said quietly. "We heard fighting, and I went to check it out. I told Ikki and Takashi to watch the girls. I ran past one guy who was leaving and saw two more holding you. I kicked one and Syaoran took care of the other," he said nodding to Syaoran. "The gun was pointed at Syaoran who didn't look like he was going to duck, so I knocked him down. He then charged the guy. When I left you, Takashi, Ikki, and Meiling were fighting with one of the men still there. The man left and I saw Tomoyo laying on the ground bleeding. The shot that missed Syaoran, hit Tomoyo."
"Oh my god," Sakura said in horror, covering her mouth with her hand. "Is she going to be okay? Is she hurting really bad? Where did she go? Is she going to live? When can I see her?" she said looking around.
"It's okay kid," Keitaro said walking up and put his hand on her shoulder. "She's going to be fine. I called in the medic who was there, and he said that she'd live without any serious injuries. But the other guy," he trailed off shaking his head. "He'll be out for at least a week. I'll have his room guarded 24/7 so when he wakes up we can get some info out of him. But in the mean time, we're going to the hospital to fix you up," he pointed to Syaoran, "and your going to tell me what happened tonight," he pointed to Sakura.
"Alright," Sakura said relieved that nothing was going to happen to Tomoyo. "When are we leaving?"
"Since Li won't let you out of his site, I'll meet you at the hospital."
"Okay," Sakura said. The medic came up and picked up his bag.
"Sit down on the bench okay?" he said dropping his stuff in the vehicle. "I guess you'll all be riding?" he looked at them shake their head's 'yes.' "Well, I'm not supposed to do that, but I guess it's all right this one time. Go on in." Eriol, Syaoran, and Sakura got inside the ambulance, taking a seat. The medic joined them and started shutting the door. Before it closed completely, Sakura saw Naru glaring at her and Sakura gave her the finger, totally not in the mood.
To Be continued...
***
So it looks like Sakura and Syaoran know something about their past that they didn't remember before, Tomoyo and Eriol danced, (I had a special request for that one) Sakura is again, almost raped, Syaoran again, saves the day with some help from Eriol, Tomoyo is shot and is in the hospital, Syaoran is shot, but not seriously, and we have one suspect in custody!
Plus Sakura gave Naru the finger.
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~Promise~
~Chapter 7~
***
"It took them two tries, and they didn't get it right either time," Naru muttered darkly to herself. "How hard is it to get rid of one little thing? How many times can you screw it up?" She looked at herself in the mirror. "If this doesn't work, I'll give up." She smiled, putting the brush she was using down. "Prepare to meet your match, Kinomoto."
***
Sakura looked over at Tomoyo nervously. "Do you think it's Syaoran?" she asked filling with nervousness and excitement at the same time. Tomoyo noticed her friends excitement.
"I think it is," she said picking up her video camera and walked outside her room down the hall. Sakura followed, grasping the necklace she never took off nervously. She followed Tomoyo outside to where a maid came up.
"Mr. Li is here Miss Tomoyo," she said with a small bow.
"Thank you for informing me," Tomoyo said politely. She went out into the front room and spotted Syaoran standing nervously in front of the door. He turned around when Tomoyo called his name.
"Hey Tomo–," he didn't finish his sentence when he saw the two lovely girls standing before him. He looked at Tomoyo and stared at Sakura. His cheeks reddened at the sight of her. She was standing there blushing slightly at the attention she was receiving. She started fidgeting with the necklace even more. Tomoyo stood there with a grin on her face, taping the moment.
//Wait until Syaoran get's a look at his face!//
"Uh... umm...," Syaoran said at a complete loss for words. He shook his head slightly, finally regaining his composure. "You two look wonderful," he said blushing again. He looked away.
"Th–thank you," Sakura mumbled, flattered. "Tomoyo made the dresses."
"Well I guess you two should be going!" Tomoyo said pushing Sakura forward a little. Sakura stumbled a little, then walked gracefully the rest of the way. Syaoran looked deeply into her eyes as he held out his arm for her. She blushed slightly taking it.
"But what about you, Tomoyo?" Sakura asked breaking eye-contact to look over.
"I have a ride, so don't worry about it. You two go have some fun!" she said happily, still recording. "And keep your hands to yourself! Remember, marriage before sex!"
"TOMOYO!" Sakura said blushing deeply. Syaoran stiffened and blushed a tomato red. Tomoyo giggled at their reactions. Before anything else could be said, Sakura and Syaoran left to save themselves from further embarrassment. Tomoyo chuckled as she closed the mini recorder.
//Sakura and Syaoran are definitely going to kill me when they see the movie I'm making.//
***
Syaoran opened a limo door for Sakura and helped her inside.
"Thank you," she said, finally having gotten over her initial nervousness. She sat down across from Syaoran. She looked at him in his tuxedo. His chocolate-brown hair looked like it had attempted to be tamed, but didn't work out. She tried to stifle a giggle at the thought, but he heard anyway.
"What's so funny?" he asked.
"I was thinking about you with 'neat' hair," she said giggling again. He sighed and patted his hair down in a vain attempt.
"I tried, but it doesn't work," he said.
"That's good," she said and he looked at her questioningly. "Your hair looks the way it is. I don't think any other way would be you." He smiled. The limo stopped and Syaoran stepped out. He offered his hand to Sakura who took it. They walked up to their transformed school. Balloons in bright colors were hanging up along with streamers and a banner that said 'welcome.' There was glitter on the floor that sparkled in the setting suns light. They walked inside, arms hooked together. Inside it was dark. The dance was in the auditorium, where there was enough space. Table's were set up along the walls for people to sit at, along with a buffet on either end of the room. Balloon's and streamer's were set up in here too, along with glitter that fell at random times when balloons popped. The DJ was currently changing the song to a fast pace one. A stand was set up to get your pictures taken when you walked in.
"Want a picture?" Syaoran asked. Sakura smiled, taking everything in.
"I would love a picture!" she said walking with Syaoran over to the booth.
"Ok, now stand behind her and hold her hands. Yeah," the photographer said. "Now you hold his hands in yours, like that. Perfect. You two are the best looking couple I've seen so far." he took the picture and handed them a slip of paper. "You can pick them up during your schools lunch."
"Thank you," Syaoran said taking the paper.
"Sakura! Syaoran!" someone called. The two looked around for the source of the voice. Finally they spotted Meiling at a table with everyone else. They walked over and sat down.
"Hey guys!" Sakura said. Meiling stared at her.
"You look good Sakura. I like your necklace. It looks like Sy–," she squealed when she was grabbed from behind, leaving Sakura confused. "Ikki!" she said turning around. "You scared the crap out of me!"
"Sorry," he said and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek.
"Sakura, this is my boyfriend, Ikki. Ikki, this is my friend, and Syaoran's date, Sakura."
"Nice to meet you," he said extending his hand.
"You too," she said shaking it. They sat down at the table. "I wonder when Tomoyo is going to be here," Sakura said.
"When Eriol gets here," Meiling said.
"I called her and asked her if she would be okay going with Eriol, since everyone else had someone and she agreed," Syaoran said. "Eriol is picking her up."
"Hey guys!" Chiharu said coming up to the table with Takashi. They were both breathing deeply.
"We just got finished dancing," Takashi said. "And Chiharu is a wiled dancer." The music stopped and people quieted down. The DJ's voice was then heard.
"How are you guys doin' tonight?" the DJ asked. He was greeted with a wild cheer. "Alrigh, alrigh, I'll take dat as a good." Again a cheer was heard. "So yall know what time it is? No? Alrigh then, I'll tell ya. It's time for da guys to ask da gurlz for a dance!" He stopped talking and started the music again. Couples flooded the floor.
"Shall we?" Takashi asked Chiharu. She nodded with a grin and followed him out to the dance floor. Meiling and Ikki walked out to the floor too.
"Would you do me the honor of having this dance?" Syaoran asked. Sakura blushed and nodded. She followed him out to the dance floor, catching Tomoyo out in the crowd with her video camera taping her, and Eriol behind her with a grin on his face watching them.
"We're being watched," Sakura whispered in Syaoran's ear. "By Tomoyo and Eriol. They're grinning like idiots." Syaoran chuckled.
"Let them watch all they want to," he said stepping a little closer. Sakura did the same.
"Thank you for taking me to the dance," she whispered again, this time leaning on his chest.
"Thank you for coming with me," he replied. She pulled away slightly and looked up at him and he looked down at her. Syaoran noticed a flash of silver on her chest, but ignored it. He didn't want to break the moment. They slowly closed the gap between them until their lips were almost touching. Then,
Naru came up and interrupted them.
They broke apart quickly snapping their heads towards Naru who had spoken. She stood there seductively, with a short black dress that stuck to her body perfectly. Her black hair fell around her shoulders in small curls and her face was accented wonderfully with a small amount of makeup. In short she was beautiful. Syaoran glared at her and she shivered slightly.
"What do you want Akimoto?" Syaoran said in a cold, calm way. Naru came a bit closer, smiling.
"I said, do you want to dance?" she asked licking her lips.
"He was dancing with me before you interrupted us," Sakura said.
"I know," Naru snapped back. "That's why I came over here to offer him something better."
"What exactly are you saying Akimoto?" Sakura said, her words laced with venom.
"I'm saying that he doesn't have to go performing a community service by taking out the poor orphan girl because he feels sorry for her," she said maliciously. Naru stuck her hands on her hips, in a daring way saying 'go ahead and say something back.' Sakura wasn't affected by it. She clenched her fists and stepped forward.
"I swear Akimoto," she said threw clenched teeth. "If you don't leave right now, I'll make sure you won't be able to get up."
"Are you threatening me?" People started backing away from them, giving them a small circle of room if a fight broke out. Meiling, Ikki, Chiharu, Takashi, Tomoyo, Eriol, Rika, and Naoko broke through the crowd and watched.
"Why do you do this to yourself Akimoto?" Syaoran asked stepping beside Sakura. "We don't want you here, yet there you stand. You always start shit, that you always loose, and you don't know when to back off. I've told you that I do NOT like you. I never DID like you. I never WILL like you. Why can't you leave us alone?" Naru stood there in shock.
//That's it. I've lost again. I said I'd give up if this didn't work, but I thought it would.//
Naru screamed in frustration. She turned around from them and took a deep breath. She then whirled back around, a fierce expression on her face.
"I DON'T GET IT!" she screamed. "WHY?! HOW COULD YOU PICK THAT THING OVER ME?!" she screamed pointing to Sakura. Sakura moved forward, but Syaoran help her back. Naru calmed down slightly, just enough to stop screaming. "I don't understand it. I've done everything I can think of, and you still pick her over me. I swear I'll kill you for this Kinomoto!"
Six people stared hard at her, understanding a small undercurrent of those words. Naru stomped off, pushing her way through the crowd of people. Tomoyo shut off her camera and walked up to Sakura.
"I'm sorry," she said bringing her into a hug. "She's ruined everything."
"It's okay Tomoyo," Sakura said returning the hug. Tomoyo suddenly broke away with a feverish light shining in her eyes.
"No it's not!" she all but screamed. "You two were just about to KISS!" The group of friends stared at Sakura and Syaoran, who were blushing like mad. "You were so close and then Akimoto came up! I was about to thrash her with my camera, but Eriol held me back." Sakura laughed nervously.
"You know, I have to go to the bathroom," Sakura said moving away. She turned around and dashed for the lavatory. Tomoyo followed behind her followed by Meiling, Naoko, Rika, and Chiharu. Takashi put his hand on Syaoran's shoulder.
"So close and yet so far, eh?" he joked. Syaoran growled slightly and Takashi backed away. "Hey I was just kidding. Don't worry, there will be other chances to kiss Sakura." Syaoran sent him a glare that would have killed him if looks could. Eriol laughed.
"It seems as if my cute little cousin is a little touch on the subject," Eriol said with a smile.
"I AM NOT YOUR CUTE LITTLE COUSIN!" Syaoran yelled before stomping off towards a table. Ikki and Eriol followed behind him.
"I guess he's all bent about not getting a kiss," Ikki said laughing.
***
I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU TAPED THAT!" Sakura screamed at Tomoyo who just smiled. "How long have you been taping us?"
"Since me and Eriol got here," Tomoyo said. "He pointed to Syaoran who was getting ready to ask you for a dance, and I started taping. So I guess about from there."
"I bet your really pissed at Akimoto for interrupting the perfect moment to snatch a kiss away from my cousin," Meiling said smiling devilishly. "I didn't know he had it in him. Or you for that matter."
"Didn't anyone tell you It's marriage BEFORE sex," Chiharu said. "And at the pace you two were going, you would have been in bed by tonight."
"As a matter of fact, I said that just before she left the house," Tomoyo said.
"It seems as if out little Sakura has certainly grown up," Rika said with a grin.
"And it was only yesterday when she was wearing diapers and having her pictures taken naked in the bathtub," Naoko added.
"Will you guys stop it!" Sakura said blushing.
"We should get out of here anyway," Tomoyo said. "The guys are probably wondering where we are by now."
"Yeah," Chiharu said grinning. "Takashi is most likely making endless fun of Syaoran because of the missed kiss."
"No doubt Eriol and Ikki are too," Meiling said grinning too. "Syaoran's probably blushing like mad out there right now." They all moved towards the door to leave.
"Hey Tomoyo, do you have any more of that lip gloss?" Sakura asked before stepping out the door. Tomoyo paused, looking through the purse on her shoulder next to her camera. She brought out the gloss.
"Here," she said handing Sakura the tube.
"Thanks Tomoyo," Sakura said applying a small amount to her lips and handing it back. They walked back to their table and saw Syaoran looking away from everyone with a red face. Ikki laughed and Meiling smacked him playfully on the back of the head. Tomoyo wasted no time in taking out her video camera. She sat down next to Eriol and Sakura moved over to Syaoran.
"So Sakura," Meiling said. "Before I was so violently attacked by Ikki earlier, I was asking you where you got your necklace from." Sakura brought her hand up to the necklace, covering it from prying eyes. "Syaoran had one just like it. One day he came home with a different necklace he said he got from some cute girl. When he was asked where his was, he said he gave it away. Wei was so mad. The necklace was worth a fortune, and a family heirloom. It turns out that the one he was given was just as valuable. Some girl next to a body gave it to him." Sakura stared at Meiling in shock.
//Your kidding me! It was him?!//
"SAKURA!" Tomoyo shouted. Everyone looked over at Tomoyo in question. She ignored them however and kept her gaze fixed on Sakura. "This is so great! You said you made a promise with each other, so see if it's him!" Everyone looked on clueless as Sakura wordlessly turned to Syaoran. She uncovered the necklace slowly, revealing the silver wolf pendant with emerald eyes. Syaoran gasped when he saw it. He looked up at Sakura who was looking at him. He slowly took out a necklace that he was wearing. It was on a silver chain with a pink cherry blossom crystal on it.
Sakura held her breath as she reached out for the necklace. "It was you?" she asked slowly.
"That's where I knew you from," he said softly.
"Did you ever take it off?" she asked looking up into his eyes.
"No, did you?"
"No." They stared at each other while Tomoyo videotaped with a huge grin on her face. Everyone else looked on completely clueless.
"Well do you still think she's cute?" Takashi asked grinning. He was ignored by the two.
"I don't even think they heard you," Meiling said smiling.
"Okay evryone!," the DJ said. "Now it's time for da gurlz to ask da guyz for a dance. Don' be shy yall, come on an gedup!" There was a wild cheer heard throughout the auditorium as girls started asking guys for dances. The group of friends left to go dance.
"Do you want to dance with me?" Sakura asked Syaoran. He nodded and got up following her out to the dance floor.
"Do you want to dance?" Tomoyo asked Eriol, putting the camera away.
"I would love to," he said and they walked onto the dance floor. They came together and started to dance elegantly. They flowed perfectly with the rhythm of the slow song gaining admiring gazes from members of the audience. "Wouldn't you rather tape Sakura and Syaoran?" he asked her without breaking the flow. Tomoyo looked up at him and smiled.
"There's nothing else I'd rather be doing right now."
***
"I'm surprised you didn't take it off," Sakura said.
"Why?" Syaoran asked. "After all, your still wearing mine."
"Do you want it back now?"
"No. I want you to keep it."
"I want you to keep mine too," she said and stepped as close as possible without breaking the dance. She rested her head on his shoulder. "Thank you Syaoran. For everything."
"What do you mean? I haven't done anything."
"You've done a lot for me, whether you know it or not," she said. "I just want to thank you for it."
"It was no problem," he whispered. The dance ended and they slowly broke apart.
"It's hot in here. I'm going outside," Sakura said.
"I'll come with you," Syaoran said and they started pushing their way through the crowd of people. Tomoyo saw them leaving and squeaked.
"They're leaving!"
"So?" Eriol asked.
"So they might be going out there to kiss!" she explained following them. Eriol smiled and followed her too.
"Kiss?" Meiling asked hearing them and deciding to follow.
"Where are you two going?" Chiharu asked Ikki.
"I'm just following Meiling, who's following Eriol, who's following Tomoyo, who's following Sakura and Syaoran because someone said 'kiss.'"
"KISS?!" Rika and Naoko said coming up with them. "Let's go and see!" they said together and went outside to see the spectacle. Everyone walked outside and hid to watch Syaoran and Sakura's 'kiss.'
"Thanks for coming out here with me," Sakura said.
"No problem." They sat together in silence on the bench.
"Let's go sit on the bench under the Cherry blossom's," Sakura announced suddenly standing up. She grabbed Syaoran's hand and hauled him up.
"Aren't they behind the school?"
"Yup," she said and took off down the alley between the school and auditorium.
"Perfect," a gruff voice said. Sakura and Syaoran stopped and looked back. Standing there were two guys.
"Run Sakura!" Syaoran shouted, starting to pull her to the other side of the alley, but it was blocked by another man.
"Go ahead boy," one of the guys said. "We only want the girl anyway." Syaoran growled and put up a fighting stance.
"Over my dead body," he said threateningly, making the men stop there advance for only a moment. Then they laughed.
"Remember boy, it's not really murder if your asking for it." That's when they charged. Syaoran punched one of the two men coming for him, but didn't see the other man from behind. He was hit on the head. The two men picked him up and held him.
"Syaoran!" Sakura yelled. "SOMEBODY HELP!" she screamed. She was grabbed from behind by the man that Syaoran had knocked down.
"Shut up now or we'll kill him," he whispered in her ear. Her eyes widened, but she shut up. "Now don't you move, or we'll kill him, understand?" she nodded and the man went over to Syaoran. "You've got some arm kid, but you should have run when we told you to." The man then punched him in the stomach, and Syaoran doubled over. Sakura took a step forward, but the man turned around. "Remember what I told you!" Sakura stopped. Syaoran coughed.
"Fuck you," he said and the man laughed.
"Well I'll fuck something!" he said grabbing Sakura. "Maybe this sweet thing here." Syaoran struggled to get away and preferably kill the man holding Sakura, but he couldn't. The man then forcibly kissed Sakura. Sakura tried to push away, but he held on to her to tight. Syaoran started to yell and kick, struggling like mad to get away. The man finally broke the kiss while the other two men laughed.
"You taste just like a strawberry," he said and kissed her again. Sakura started crying. The two men laughed as the other one started to invade her body. He stuck his hand up her dress and started rubbing her thigh, slowly making his way up. He broke away from the kiss and started to rub her crotch. She screamed and he pulled away, placing his hand on her chest. "Don't worry Strawberry, I've got all night to do this. And tomorrow, and the next day, and the day after that," he said laughing. "Plus my buddies will want a piece of you to, and there are at least fifty men where we're going who will want in you. You better get used to this, because your going to be used like this all day every day until we decide to kill you." Sakura cried harder.
"GET OFF OF HER NOW!" Syaoran yelled pulling harder to get away. One of the men let go and Syaoran was thrown into the other man holding him. The man on Sakura let go of her and watched as the man slowly fell limp to the ground. Syaoran wasted no time in hitting his other captor and rushing over to Sakura. Before he could get there, the man pulled out a gun aimed it at him. Before he could react, Syaoran was pushed to the ground and Sakura had pushed the man into the wall. Syaoran briefly looked at Eriol, deciding it was also him that had gotten rid of the other man before getting back up. The bullet went off way off target and the man yelled in frustration and slapped Sakura down.
"Your lucky I need you alive, wench," he spat at her. He fired the gun at Syaoran again, who was running towards Sakura. He didn't stop coming at him though. Before the man could fire another accurate shot, he was tackled by Syaoran. A shot discharged out of the gun, past Syaoran and a scream was heard. Nobody there noticed as he fought with the man. Syaoran was thrown off and both of them scrambled to get up. Before the man could get anywhere, he was kicked by Syaoran. He doubled over and started running awkwardly and was pushed down and kicked again by Syaoran. Sakura was a frightened by the way Syaoran looked. It was vicious, and he looked as if he was going to kill the man.
//Which he probably will.//
All of a sudden he stopped. Breathing heavily, he looked down at the man who was bleeding at his feet. Eriol laid a hand on his shoulder and whispered something before running away. Syaoran turned around and faced Sakura who stood still, frozen to the spot. Then Syaoran coughed and fell down. Sakura snapped out of it and ran over to him. She looked over him with worried eyes.
"Syaoran?" she said in a shaky voice. "Syaoran, are you okay? Syaoran smiled at her.
"Are you okay?"
"Me! Who cares about me! You're the one lying on the floor and your...," she gasped holding her hand back from his sleeve. The black coat he had been wearing was staining dark with a red liquid. "BLEEDING! I have to call an ambulance!" She started to get up, but Syaoran called her.
"Don't worry about it," he said weakly sitting up and leaning back onto the wall. He looked over at the man who was still unconscious.
"What do you mean 'don't worry about it!' Your bleeding! We need to fix your wound!" Sakura said slowly going into hysterics.
"Come here," Syaoran commanded. Sakura obeyed standing next to him. Syaoran pulled down on her arm, seating her in his lap. She tensed, but relaxed after a moment, leaning back on his chest. "Are you okay?" he whispered quietly, wrapping an arm around her. She started to shiver uncontrollably and Syaoran held on to her tightly. "Shh, it's okay. I'm here."
"He was going to kill you," she whispered, breaking out into a sob.
"Go ahead," Syaoran said quietly and Sakura started crying.
"He was going to kill you and he said... he said...,"
"You don't have to say it if you don't want to." Sakura started crying harder and Syaoran comforted her the best he could.
"I have to go call an ambulance."
"No you don't. Eriol is already taking care of everything," Syaoran said soothingly. "All you have to do is rest."
"I don't want to sleep," she whispered terrified. "I'm afraid to. If I close my eyes, I'll see them. I'll dream about them. I'll have nightmares."
"Then I'll stay with you. I'll try and keep them away."
"You can't fight what you can't see."
"Maybe, but it's not going to stop me from trying." Sirens could be heard coming closer to the school and Sakura got up and wiped some of the tears away.
"I'm going to bring them here," she said walking down the alley. "Don't move." Before Syaoran could say a word, Sakura ran. When she got out of the alley, she saw Tomoyo on a stretcher being carried into an ambulance. "Tomoyo!?" Sakura yelled running up. "What happened? What's wrong?" Tomoyo looked weakly over at Sakura and smiled.
"Don't worry Sakura. I'm fine." The doors shut and Sakura watched the vehicle speed off towards the hospital.
"Hey!" she yelled to a police officer. He turned around and she recognized him. "Keitaro!"
"Yeah it's me. What happened here?"
"Down there! He's next to Syaoran. I don't think he's dead, but go down there and get him!" Sakura said pointing down the alley.
"What do you mean? You got one of the guys that did this?"
"Syaoran did. The other three got away."
"You mean that Li kid took out four guys by himself?"
"No I took out one of them," Eriol said walking up. "The names Hiiragizawa Eriol, and I suggest you go down there and get the guy Syaoran took down before he wakes up and does something regrettable."
"Right kid," Keitaro said and walked down the alley.
"Thanks Eriol," Sakura said walking away to find another medic. She spotted one getting out of the back of an ambulance. "Hey! My friend's been hurt! He needs you help!"
"Where is he?" the man said running up.
"Right here," Syaoran said walking up, helping Keitaro drag something behind them.
"What about the man behind you?" the medic said getting out supplies and being joined by another one.
"Well if you want I'd save you the trouble and the time, and kill him right now," Syaoran said unemotionally. The medic stared at him disbelievingly and Keitaro shook his head.
"Makes me glad I became a cop instead of a crook." Syaoran smiled weakly and dumped his half of the load. The guy flopped unceremoniously down to the ground when Keitaro let go too. "Anyway, I need them both fixed up as soon as possible. I'll have a cop go with you when you take this one to the hospital," he said taping the man on the ground lightly with his foot. "So get another man out here to fix up the kid. Sakura, I need to talk to you."
"I know Keitaro, but can we do it later," she said shakily. "I need to find something out first."
"Okay kid, just hurry up." Sakura nodded and walked over to Syaoran who was sitting on the back of the ambulance having his arm looked at.
"Where's Tomoyo? I thought she'd be here." Syaoran asked when she came up.
"I don't know. She was sent to the hospital for some reason."
"She was injured," Eriol said quietly, followed by Meiling, Ikki, Chiharu, Takashi, Rika, and Naoko. "She was shot."
"What?!" Sakura shouted. The world started to spin and Eriol placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Don't worry, it's nothing serious," he said comfortingly.
"But–,"
"Don't worry about it Sakura," Meiling said.
"Yeah," Rika said. "You've had a long day. I suggest that you get some rest."
"I'll take you home," Naoko said.
"No, it's okay," Sakura said balancing herself completely. She gave a small smile at Eriol and he smiled back, letting her go. "I'm going to talk to Keitaro, then go to the hospital to see Tomoyo."
"Just get some rest tonight," Chiharu said giving her a hug. "I don't want you to stress yourself out." She broke away with a sad smile.
"You guys should go home and get some rest," Syaoran said.
"Your right," Naoko said. "I'll see you guys later."
"I'll go with you," Rika said. "Tell me everything tomorrow." Rika and Naoko left, waving goodbye, with tears still on their cheeks.
"We'll be going too," Takashi said. "We'll come and visit Tomoyo in the hospital later."
"Bye," Sakura said and they both hugged her. They left down the street, walking home.
"Well I'm not leaving," Meiling said stubbornly. Syaoran looked up at her.
"Yes you are," he said in a no nonsense tone. "It's late. The dance is about to let out in a few minutes anyway. Just go home and get some rest." Meiling looked behind her towards the auditorium, and there were kids streaming out, waiting for their ride home. They were starting to form a semi-circle around the ambulance and the last police car there.
"Fine," Meiling said turning back to Syaoran. "When are you coming home?"
"I don't know."
"I'll see you guys around," she said waving goodbye to Sakura, Eriol, and Syaoran. Ikki took her hand and held it, leading her away.
"I'll be heading to the hospital with you guys," Eriol said. "I want to check on Tomoyo."
"Okay," Sakura said. "But what happened to her?"
"She was shot," Eriol said quietly. "We heard fighting, and I went to check it out. I told Ikki and Takashi to watch the girls. I ran past one guy who was leaving and saw two more holding you. I kicked one and Syaoran took care of the other," he said nodding to Syaoran. "The gun was pointed at Syaoran who didn't look like he was going to duck, so I knocked him down. He then charged the guy. When I left you, Takashi, Ikki, and Meiling were fighting with one of the men still there. The man left and I saw Tomoyo laying on the ground bleeding. The shot that missed Syaoran, hit Tomoyo."
"Oh my god," Sakura said in horror, covering her mouth with her hand. "Is she going to be okay? Is she hurting really bad? Where did she go? Is she going to live? When can I see her?" she said looking around.
"It's okay kid," Keitaro said walking up and put his hand on her shoulder. "She's going to be fine. I called in the medic who was there, and he said that she'd live without any serious injuries. But the other guy," he trailed off shaking his head. "He'll be out for at least a week. I'll have his room guarded 24/7 so when he wakes up we can get some info out of him. But in the mean time, we're going to the hospital to fix you up," he pointed to Syaoran, "and your going to tell me what happened tonight," he pointed to Sakura.
"Alright," Sakura said relieved that nothing was going to happen to Tomoyo. "When are we leaving?"
"Since Li won't let you out of his site, I'll meet you at the hospital."
"Okay," Sakura said. The medic came up and picked up his bag.
"Sit down on the bench okay?" he said dropping his stuff in the vehicle. "I guess you'll all be riding?" he looked at them shake their head's 'yes.' "Well, I'm not supposed to do that, but I guess it's all right this one time. Go on in." Eriol, Syaoran, and Sakura got inside the ambulance, taking a seat. The medic joined them and started shutting the door. Before it closed completely, Sakura saw Naru glaring at her and Sakura gave her the finger, totally not in the mood.
To Be continued...
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So it looks like Sakura and Syaoran know something about their past that they didn't remember before, Tomoyo and Eriol danced, (I had a special request for that one) Sakura is again, almost raped, Syaoran again, saves the day with some help from Eriol, Tomoyo is shot and is in the hospital, Syaoran is shot, but not seriously, and we have one suspect in custody!
Plus Sakura gave Naru the finger.
So who do you think is trying to kill Sakura and why? If anybody guesses the answer right, (both) I'll... I'll... I don't know what I'll do, but I'll do something that they ask me to, as long as I can.
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