I do not own Sakura Wars or any of it's characters…'cause if I did, I wouldn't be calling this a fanfic and I would be sailing on the Caribbean in my private yacht, literally swimming in pools of money.
So, now that that's over, you can read the fanfic. Enjoy!
Oh, and this is set in sort of a past/future sorta way and it's based on if Orihime and Reni hadn't come in ST2.
Jacques, Fifi, Clarice, Sophie, Mikel, Reina, Ravina, and Peter are all my characters. (Even if Fifi is a dog!) NO TOUCHIE!!!
Chapter 22
The Imperial Theater looked like a crime scene. There was yellow tape everywhere with DO NOT CROSS THIS LINE in black lettering. Policemen were everywhere and no one knew where the Moon Division had run off to. Within two minutes after Yuri had screamed her warning, everyone knew what had taken place. Everyone except poor Ohgami, who was having surgery done. Yoneda was in his office, desperately trying to contact Kayama, and everyone one else was in a state of panic.
Just when Yoneda was about to give up on trying to call Kayama, someone picked up the phone. "Hello?" "Kayama? Have you heard what's going on?" "Yes sir. I've currently got the Moon Division looking out for Maria and her abductor. Supposedly, he's a man in his mid-twenties, Russian, and has brown hair. The same one that got away…" "Are there any new developments?" "No…so far…we haven't been able to find anything-What?!" "Something wrong?" "Yes. One of the members of the Moon Division was cut off while trying to send a transmission. Supposedly, he found Maria's whereabouts!" "Well, what are you waiting for?! Go find her!!" "Yes sir!" *click* Yoneda stared at the phone for a minute, then hung it up.
Mikel looked at the old, wooden door to the fishing shack, shifted Maria from one arm to the next, and knocked, only to hear Valentinov's voice. "Who is it?" "It's me, Mikel. I brought Maria back." "And what about Clarice?" "She's still there as far as I know… so what's my reward?" There was silence, and then a harsh, bitter laugh from inside the shack. "Come on in." Not thinking twice about the laugh, Mikel pushed on the wooden door. As soon a the door opened all the way, there was a loud bang, and the twenty-four-year-old Russian hit the floor. Dead. "Fool. You were only good for gathering information that I already had." Valentinov stated as he lifted his revolver upwards and calmly blew the smoke away before he holstered it. He then turned his attention to the unconscious blonde underneath Mikel. "Ah…it's been a while Kazuar…"
Kayama was barely out of the door when he spotted, whom he thought was, Maria. "HEY! MARIA!" But the blonde didn't respond. She just sat on the bench, gazing wistfully upwards at the sky. Cautiously, Kayama walked closer and tapped the girl on the shoulder. "Maria?" "You've got the wrong girl, buddy." The girl replied slinging Kayama over her shoulder and on to the ground. Quickly, she stood up and pointed a rifle at him. "I'd hate to have to shut you up this way." she said loading the gun. As the teen took aim, she smirked at Kayama's scared expression. "What's wrong huh?" she asked. "Don't tell me that the captain of the Moon Division would actually be scared of little ole' me." When Kayama didn't answer, the girl became frustrated and she took aim once more. "Ready…" she taunted. "Aim…………Fi-" "OI! KAYAMA!" a voice shouted from the roof. Upset that this whole time, Kayama had been silently stalling, the girl turned to look at who had been so rude to interrupt her work. She didn't have long to wait, for Kanna Kirishima hopped off the roof and stared at the girl, then Kayama. "What do you think you're doing Maria?" Kanna asked. "This isn't like you at all." "Maybe 'cause I'm not her…could that be a possibility?" the blonde replied. "Then who the heck are you?!" Kanna questioned, motioning for Kayama to go. The girl smirked and looked at Kanna with defiant eyes. "Why would I go through all the trouble to tell you my name? What makes you think that I'd tell someone like you in the first place?" Assuming a fighting stance, the redhead looked at her opponent squarely in the eye. "Because I asked." she replied, throwing a punch that the girl caught easily. "You were saying?" the blonde asked as she shoved Kanna out of the way. After looking several different direction, her suspicions were confirmed. Kayama had indeed run away. Slowly, the teen turned to look at Kanna. "You ruined my fun…" she said. "I never got a chance to play with that guy…guess you'll have to do…"
Jacques entered the shack with a feeling of dread. He knew full well that his friend was supposed to get Valentinov's version of 'the death sentence,' but he had no clue when. "Um…sir…are you in there? It's me, Jacques." the Frenchman called out as he got to the door. "Heheheh…yeah, I'm here Jacques. Come in." Cautiously, Jacques opened the door, and was relieved that Valentinov was not waiting for him with a revolver. "So that's Maria?" the man asked, pointing to the blonde who was laying on the couch. "Yes…and no, she's not dead…yet." Valentinov replied. "What do you mean yet?" Jacques asked. "This is only phase one of our operation. Maria will meet her demise in Russia." "Oh yeah. I kinda forgot about that…" Jacques replied sheepishly. "And that is also when she will see me again." Valentinov finished. "What? But what about now?" "That's why I called you down here. You, Jacques, are going to pose as the criminal mastermind behind all this for our 'guest.' Understood?" "Yes sir…" the French aristocrat said. As Valentinov began to walk out of the room, Jacques asked a question he wished he hadn't. "Um…sir, what happened to Mikel?" There was a low, yet audible chuckle and then Valentinov pointed to Maria's turtleneck. "What do you see Jacques?" Carefully, Jacques looked at the clothing and immediately cringed when he saw that most of Maria's clothing had blood on it. "Do you know now?" Valentinov asked a bit smugly. "If not, the carpet by the door will tell you as well." "…No sir. I understand fully…" "Good…see to it that the same does not happen to you." "Y-yes sir." Satisfied that he had scared the young man into obedience, Valentinov left the fishing shack with a smuggest smile on his face.
Back and forth, the punches and kicks were blocked and received by both the mysterious girl and Kanna. It seemed like a never ending battle between the women, until a single shot was fired. Quickly, the blonde stepped away and grabbed her rifle that was laying on the ground. "Sorry to end this so soon, but I've got somewhere to be." she said walking away. "What?! That's it?!" Kanna asked as she ran over to the girl. "I'm not letting you go without a fight. A real fight." "We'll meet again. And until then, I'll look forward to your challenge and my victory. Sayonara." And then, a black car pulled up to the curve and the girl hopped on the roof as the car sped away leaving Kanna standing there, dumbfounded. "What in the world……" she muttered, still staring. "What was she here for? And why did she look so much like Maria? I've gotta bad feeling about all this."
