Chapter 30
Ying Fa looked around the room and knew where she was. She looked down at the tubes and moniters connected to her, and wondered what the hell was going on.
" For bloody sake, I only got shot, anyone would think I had been bleeding to death. " she muttered angrily.
She ripped the tubes out and cringed when she pulled the drip out of her hand. ( they hurt and I hate them! ) She pushed back the sheet and stood shakily to her feet, looking around. Someone had left her some clothes and she could only guess that it was most probably Madison going by the design and the colours.
She gingerly put on the white cotton skirt that reach her ankles, followed by a light emerald green cotton shirt buttoned up the front. She walked to the little bathroom and combed her fingers through her long auburn tresses and smiled still seeing the cherry/blood red streaks in her fringe.
Bruises were starting to fade and she wondered how many days she had been out of it. Whatever the doc, what was his name? Wei, that's right. Whatever Wei had given her had been strong.
She opened the door and walked down the corridor. Hmmm, where would she go? she thought. Her stomach gave a loud growl and she smiled nervously.
" Kitchen it is then. " she muttered softly and walked in the direction she thought it was in.
* * *
Black sighed and looked up and met the Black Wolf's gaze.
" Yes, I had my suspicions at first when I first saw Ying Fa that she might have been one of your own. "
Ying Fa froze outside the door in the shadows.
" The tattoo. " Li said. " How could you have missed the tattoo? Surely that would have given you a clear indication of who she was. "
' What are they talking about? ' Ying Fa pondered.
" Her tattoo is out of sight. I wasn't going to go looking for it. I'm not like that Li. If it was meant to have been seen, it would have showed itself to me when the time was right. But I never saw it. She always kept it covered. "
Sakura stood up and looked at him.
" Ying Fa is my daughter. How could you not see it and recognise it? "
' I'm her WHAT??!! ' Ying Fa's mind screamed and she swayed dizzily.
Black was quiet for a moment remebering back to that fateful daqy when he had spotted her sitting with her friends and looking for all the world was against her.
" I thought she was you when I first saw her sitting at the bar in our club. " he looked at Trinity. " But I realised that she was far too young to be and too many years had past since I had last seen you. " he looked at Sakura again.
' So that's why he stopped and starred at me funny. ' Ying Fa's mind stated.
" I knew then that maybe there was more to this young child then what one would seem. "
" That's when you asked me to bring her to you wasn't it sugar? " Trinity cut in.
Black nodded.
" I had my suspicions that she could be the young daughter missing from the Black Wolf Clan, so I took her in. I would teach her to fight under my strict teaching, at least if one day I did know for certain she was who I thought she was, then at least she would be the daughter that you would all be proud of, and being the Heir, then at least she would be able to fight, to prove her worth. "
" Why didn't you send word? " Li demanded. " We could have come out and seen her for ourselves. You could of saved us so much grief Black. "
" Calm yourself Wolf. " Black commanded. " Don't forget, Roboto was after your daughter as well as yourselves. It had been around that time that Roboto was starting to get the hint that someone hadn't done their job right and that Ying Fa was most probably alive. Though he didn't act straight away until years later, any sign of the Black Wolves coming out here where supposedly Keir had done away with the body of a young six year old girl, would have brought him down on all our heads and I was not endangering Ying Fa in anyway. Not until her training was complete and I knew for certain that she could fight the best and survive. "
Ying Fa swallowed the lump in her throat. Was she truly hearing all this?
" You still could have sent word. " Meilin cut in. " We all had a right to know. "
Black bowed his head.
" I know you all did. But remember, I wasn't certain that Ying Fa was who I thought she was. You must remember, the story was that she was an orphan, with no family left. I couldn't trace anything on her except her looks and resemblance to Sakura. "
Trinity sighed and patted his arm.
" Gomen sugar. Maybe I should have told you the truth in beginning. Keir knew who she was and so did I. He made me swear to keep it a secret for the safety of him and Shinji. " she smiled sadly at Shinji who was starring at her.
" I sorry Shinji hun, but I don't regret my decision to keep my mouth shut. It was the last favour I ever did for your father and I was proud to know that we had done our part and keep you safe as long as we did. I'm just sorry that you came home that day and found poor Keir the way you did. I would have gladly taken your place and taken the full front of it instead of you. Keir was a good man, and he loved both you and Ying Fa so much, though I know he had a funny way of showing it."
Shinji swallowed hard, but gave no other sign of what he was feeling.
" If you should be thanking anyone, " Trinity turned to Li and Sakura. " It should be Keir, god bless his soul. It was because of him that your daughter was sparred and saved. He saw the tattoo and confirmed who she was. I think he even feared her a little for a while. He knew how much power she weilded, and he knew her destiny. But it still didn't save him. . . . " she smiled faintly at Shinji.
" Is that why he was always treating me differently? " came a timid voice.
The whole room jumped and whipped around to see Ying Fa starring at Trinity.
" Ying Fa hun wa- ? "
" Is that why he was always treating my differently? " Ying Fa asked again.
Trinity moved her mouth but nothing came out. She sighed and then nodded.
" Yeah sugar. "
" He was afraid of me? "
" Only because he knew of the power you had behind you. He was afraid that one day you would find out and turn on him. "
" Why would I have turned of him?! " Ying Fa cried brokenly. " He saved me! "
Trinity looked miserable as well.
" I don't know Ying Fa. I think he thought that if you knew that he had been ordered to kill you, you would have taken it the wrong way and turned on him instead. Keir was funny like that. Maybe a life of fear was just too much for one person to handle alone. "
Ying Fa swallowed and fought away tears. She hugged herself and starred at the floor for a moment.
" If you knew, why didn't you say anything? " she finally asked looking up at Trinity.
Trinity swallowed hard herself and stood up.
She was dressed in a a business type style outift with stiletto pumps, that emphasized her long slender legs.
" Oh Ying Fa hun, so much was happening at the time. I knw that's no excuse but it's the truth. Everyone was living in fear because of Roboto. No one dared do anything out of ordinary. "
" We lived out in the middle of scum! " Ying Fa cried out angrily. " Why would anyone have bothered? I knew those filthy side streets like the back of my hand! Nothing got past me. The one thing I never had any idea on it, you all kept it from me. That wasn't fair. "
" Ying Fa. "
Ying Fa looked to Shinji as he came to her.
" Nothing seems fair most of the time. But there are reasons even if you can't see it or understand it. "
" But - "
" Ying Fa. " Shinji smiled a little, taking her shoulders comfortingly. " You once said to me, dispite all the horrid things around you, you would do it all over again, every day the same, because Cleo, Trinity, Keir and me, made it all worth while. You never knew what was gonna happen the next day or the day after that, but dispite how sad the past was, you said you'd rather stick with it, because then at least you knew what to expect. Our lives were not the best I know that, but we had our fun. We made our dreams come true. " he smiled warmly. " I mean have you ever heard of a two teenagers under the leadership of one eleven year old girl? "
Ying Fa smiled dispite the void of uncertaintity inside her.
" You made everything possible. Do you think we'd all sacrifice what we had, so you might have a chance at possibly finding your family and then being heartbroken at what you might have found? I know it sounds selfish, but look at it from our point of view will you? We didn't want to lose the one thing that made our little hell-hole worth while. "
" I guess . . I unerstand. . " Ying Fa said slowly.
Shinji smiled softly.
" I knew you would. " he stepped back and Ying Fa starred at Sakura and Li who were standing side-by-side and looking at her waiting to see what would happen.
She gulped and looked down, then back up at them.
" Is it true? Is it true that I'm who everyone is saying I am? "
Sakura's eyes sparkled with warmth as she starred at Ying Fa.
" Here. Look at ths. " Sakura picked a frame off the desk behind her her and past it lovingly to the young woman in front of her. The Black Wolves watched in trepidation.
Ying Fa took the picture frame and turned it over and looked at it. It was a picture of a young family that seemed so happy. The young couple was standing outside the old Black Wolf Mansion smiling brightly, and in front of them was two children. One she recognised as Syaoran, and the other she starred at long and hard. Indeed this child looked like Sakura, but what caught her attention was the sparkle and then gleam in the young girls eyes that she recognised as her own when she had been happy on some occasions. ' It is me. ' she thought.
Her startled gaze riveted back to Li and Sakura. Sakura smiled warmly and held out her arms. The photo frame fell to the ground and the glass smashed as the young woman with the lonely heart raced towards her mother and was swept up in a mother's embrace, the one she had so disperately craved over the long, dark years.
She wasn't aware of the tears falling or the tears of her mother, all she knew was that she was finally where she was meant to be. She was home. . . she had a family. . . .
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
A week later
Ally smiled as she watched Ying Fa sit on the front steps watching the stars. She walked over to her and sat down next to her.
" Umm that party that's currently going on at the moment is for you. Why are you out here party girl? " she teased lightly.
Ying Fa smiled.
" I wanted to come out here and think. That's all. "
" What about? " Ally asked hugging her arms. It was the last month of winter, but it was still cold.
" How much I'm going to miss Trinity and the others when they leave. I've always been a part of them and they me. Who can I be a wolf now and they still be what they are? "
Ally nudged her comfortingly.
" I heard a rumour that that we're looking at getting some recrutes. Just in from the city country. Freshly trained, ready for adventure, bright eyed and bushy tailed, and more than willing to become Wolves and leave their old lives behind. "
Ying Fa sat up straighter.
" Do you mean - ? "
Ally's eyes sparkled with mischief.
" Like I said it was a rumour. I couldn't hear properly through the study door. "
Ying Fa brightened and laughed.
" I think when I'm leader, we'll have to put in sound-proof doors. "
Ally gasped mockingly.
" You can't do that! I forbid it! What will I do with myself? Not only will you put me out of business but aunty Meilin, Bindy and aunty Leiko too! "
Ying Fa laughed freely and playfull nudged Ally.
" Hopeless. " she giggled.
Ally smiled and they returned to looking at the stars.
" What are you going to do about my brother? I know you love him and he you. "
Ying Fa stiffened.
" What about you and MY brother? I know you love him and he you. "
" Don't change the subject and I asked you first! " Ally blushed embarressed.
Ying Fa sighed.
"I don't know to tell you the truth. We have a lot to talk about and sort out. But I think the best thing to do will be to cool it for a while. He hurt me pretty badly and I'm not completely over that yet. Maybe we'll sort things out, maybe we won't, but that's for us to decide. As for you, I'd snatch my brother up as fast as you can. The two of you aren't like Tristan and I. You didn't meet in . . strange circumstances like Tristan and I did. You know each other well and you I think you can handle it. I for one will support it when you want to get married. "
Ally went beat red.
" I never said anythng about marriage! "
" Ah, but you were thinkin' it! " Ying Fa winked. " Nevermind Al, there's all the time in the world at the moment for things to sort itself out. Time will tell what will happen, and when it does, everything will be alright for sure. "
Ally smiled. She sounded just like her mother.
" Alright. I'll see you insdie then k? " she got and walked inside.
Ying Fa smiled and looked back up at the stars.
Have you ever seen such a beautiful night
I could almost kiss the stars,
There shinning so bright . .
So much had happened to her in her life time, and so much more was about to begin. But this time she didn't have to face it alone. She smiled when she heard the others laughing as they partied. The Black Wolves were an amusing bunch, where there was never a dull moment, she would take some time to adjust to this up-beat lifestyle, but she could handle anything.
This is what dreams are made of
I've got, some where I belong,
I've got, somebody to love,
This is what dreams are made of. . . .
Ying Fa sighed and got up and stretched. She took one more look at the night sky and wished the Black Wolf Chic goodbye. There would come a day when she might call on her again, but for now, she wasn't needed.
In my heart I know what this . . .
She was free. She was loved. She had her friends and her family around her and she was alive to enjoy it.
The End
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BW2 Pwee! Finally finished! What did you think huh? Thank you to all those reviewers out there you are fantastic! Without you a story is just words without meaning. But, while this story may be finished another is beginning. Go check it out. Bye. x x x
The Black Wolf Chic 2.
Ying Fa looked around the room and knew where she was. She looked down at the tubes and moniters connected to her, and wondered what the hell was going on.
" For bloody sake, I only got shot, anyone would think I had been bleeding to death. " she muttered angrily.
She ripped the tubes out and cringed when she pulled the drip out of her hand. ( they hurt and I hate them! ) She pushed back the sheet and stood shakily to her feet, looking around. Someone had left her some clothes and she could only guess that it was most probably Madison going by the design and the colours.
She gingerly put on the white cotton skirt that reach her ankles, followed by a light emerald green cotton shirt buttoned up the front. She walked to the little bathroom and combed her fingers through her long auburn tresses and smiled still seeing the cherry/blood red streaks in her fringe.
Bruises were starting to fade and she wondered how many days she had been out of it. Whatever the doc, what was his name? Wei, that's right. Whatever Wei had given her had been strong.
She opened the door and walked down the corridor. Hmmm, where would she go? she thought. Her stomach gave a loud growl and she smiled nervously.
" Kitchen it is then. " she muttered softly and walked in the direction she thought it was in.
* * *
Black sighed and looked up and met the Black Wolf's gaze.
" Yes, I had my suspicions at first when I first saw Ying Fa that she might have been one of your own. "
Ying Fa froze outside the door in the shadows.
" The tattoo. " Li said. " How could you have missed the tattoo? Surely that would have given you a clear indication of who she was. "
' What are they talking about? ' Ying Fa pondered.
" Her tattoo is out of sight. I wasn't going to go looking for it. I'm not like that Li. If it was meant to have been seen, it would have showed itself to me when the time was right. But I never saw it. She always kept it covered. "
Sakura stood up and looked at him.
" Ying Fa is my daughter. How could you not see it and recognise it? "
' I'm her WHAT??!! ' Ying Fa's mind screamed and she swayed dizzily.
Black was quiet for a moment remebering back to that fateful daqy when he had spotted her sitting with her friends and looking for all the world was against her.
" I thought she was you when I first saw her sitting at the bar in our club. " he looked at Trinity. " But I realised that she was far too young to be and too many years had past since I had last seen you. " he looked at Sakura again.
' So that's why he stopped and starred at me funny. ' Ying Fa's mind stated.
" I knew then that maybe there was more to this young child then what one would seem. "
" That's when you asked me to bring her to you wasn't it sugar? " Trinity cut in.
Black nodded.
" I had my suspicions that she could be the young daughter missing from the Black Wolf Clan, so I took her in. I would teach her to fight under my strict teaching, at least if one day I did know for certain she was who I thought she was, then at least she would be the daughter that you would all be proud of, and being the Heir, then at least she would be able to fight, to prove her worth. "
" Why didn't you send word? " Li demanded. " We could have come out and seen her for ourselves. You could of saved us so much grief Black. "
" Calm yourself Wolf. " Black commanded. " Don't forget, Roboto was after your daughter as well as yourselves. It had been around that time that Roboto was starting to get the hint that someone hadn't done their job right and that Ying Fa was most probably alive. Though he didn't act straight away until years later, any sign of the Black Wolves coming out here where supposedly Keir had done away with the body of a young six year old girl, would have brought him down on all our heads and I was not endangering Ying Fa in anyway. Not until her training was complete and I knew for certain that she could fight the best and survive. "
Ying Fa swallowed the lump in her throat. Was she truly hearing all this?
" You still could have sent word. " Meilin cut in. " We all had a right to know. "
Black bowed his head.
" I know you all did. But remember, I wasn't certain that Ying Fa was who I thought she was. You must remember, the story was that she was an orphan, with no family left. I couldn't trace anything on her except her looks and resemblance to Sakura. "
Trinity sighed and patted his arm.
" Gomen sugar. Maybe I should have told you the truth in beginning. Keir knew who she was and so did I. He made me swear to keep it a secret for the safety of him and Shinji. " she smiled sadly at Shinji who was starring at her.
" I sorry Shinji hun, but I don't regret my decision to keep my mouth shut. It was the last favour I ever did for your father and I was proud to know that we had done our part and keep you safe as long as we did. I'm just sorry that you came home that day and found poor Keir the way you did. I would have gladly taken your place and taken the full front of it instead of you. Keir was a good man, and he loved both you and Ying Fa so much, though I know he had a funny way of showing it."
Shinji swallowed hard, but gave no other sign of what he was feeling.
" If you should be thanking anyone, " Trinity turned to Li and Sakura. " It should be Keir, god bless his soul. It was because of him that your daughter was sparred and saved. He saw the tattoo and confirmed who she was. I think he even feared her a little for a while. He knew how much power she weilded, and he knew her destiny. But it still didn't save him. . . . " she smiled faintly at Shinji.
" Is that why he was always treating me differently? " came a timid voice.
The whole room jumped and whipped around to see Ying Fa starring at Trinity.
" Ying Fa hun wa- ? "
" Is that why he was always treating my differently? " Ying Fa asked again.
Trinity moved her mouth but nothing came out. She sighed and then nodded.
" Yeah sugar. "
" He was afraid of me? "
" Only because he knew of the power you had behind you. He was afraid that one day you would find out and turn on him. "
" Why would I have turned of him?! " Ying Fa cried brokenly. " He saved me! "
Trinity looked miserable as well.
" I don't know Ying Fa. I think he thought that if you knew that he had been ordered to kill you, you would have taken it the wrong way and turned on him instead. Keir was funny like that. Maybe a life of fear was just too much for one person to handle alone. "
Ying Fa swallowed and fought away tears. She hugged herself and starred at the floor for a moment.
" If you knew, why didn't you say anything? " she finally asked looking up at Trinity.
Trinity swallowed hard herself and stood up.
She was dressed in a a business type style outift with stiletto pumps, that emphasized her long slender legs.
" Oh Ying Fa hun, so much was happening at the time. I knw that's no excuse but it's the truth. Everyone was living in fear because of Roboto. No one dared do anything out of ordinary. "
" We lived out in the middle of scum! " Ying Fa cried out angrily. " Why would anyone have bothered? I knew those filthy side streets like the back of my hand! Nothing got past me. The one thing I never had any idea on it, you all kept it from me. That wasn't fair. "
" Ying Fa. "
Ying Fa looked to Shinji as he came to her.
" Nothing seems fair most of the time. But there are reasons even if you can't see it or understand it. "
" But - "
" Ying Fa. " Shinji smiled a little, taking her shoulders comfortingly. " You once said to me, dispite all the horrid things around you, you would do it all over again, every day the same, because Cleo, Trinity, Keir and me, made it all worth while. You never knew what was gonna happen the next day or the day after that, but dispite how sad the past was, you said you'd rather stick with it, because then at least you knew what to expect. Our lives were not the best I know that, but we had our fun. We made our dreams come true. " he smiled warmly. " I mean have you ever heard of a two teenagers under the leadership of one eleven year old girl? "
Ying Fa smiled dispite the void of uncertaintity inside her.
" You made everything possible. Do you think we'd all sacrifice what we had, so you might have a chance at possibly finding your family and then being heartbroken at what you might have found? I know it sounds selfish, but look at it from our point of view will you? We didn't want to lose the one thing that made our little hell-hole worth while. "
" I guess . . I unerstand. . " Ying Fa said slowly.
Shinji smiled softly.
" I knew you would. " he stepped back and Ying Fa starred at Sakura and Li who were standing side-by-side and looking at her waiting to see what would happen.
She gulped and looked down, then back up at them.
" Is it true? Is it true that I'm who everyone is saying I am? "
Sakura's eyes sparkled with warmth as she starred at Ying Fa.
" Here. Look at ths. " Sakura picked a frame off the desk behind her her and past it lovingly to the young woman in front of her. The Black Wolves watched in trepidation.
Ying Fa took the picture frame and turned it over and looked at it. It was a picture of a young family that seemed so happy. The young couple was standing outside the old Black Wolf Mansion smiling brightly, and in front of them was two children. One she recognised as Syaoran, and the other she starred at long and hard. Indeed this child looked like Sakura, but what caught her attention was the sparkle and then gleam in the young girls eyes that she recognised as her own when she had been happy on some occasions. ' It is me. ' she thought.
Her startled gaze riveted back to Li and Sakura. Sakura smiled warmly and held out her arms. The photo frame fell to the ground and the glass smashed as the young woman with the lonely heart raced towards her mother and was swept up in a mother's embrace, the one she had so disperately craved over the long, dark years.
She wasn't aware of the tears falling or the tears of her mother, all she knew was that she was finally where she was meant to be. She was home. . . she had a family. . . .
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
A week later
Ally smiled as she watched Ying Fa sit on the front steps watching the stars. She walked over to her and sat down next to her.
" Umm that party that's currently going on at the moment is for you. Why are you out here party girl? " she teased lightly.
Ying Fa smiled.
" I wanted to come out here and think. That's all. "
" What about? " Ally asked hugging her arms. It was the last month of winter, but it was still cold.
" How much I'm going to miss Trinity and the others when they leave. I've always been a part of them and they me. Who can I be a wolf now and they still be what they are? "
Ally nudged her comfortingly.
" I heard a rumour that that we're looking at getting some recrutes. Just in from the city country. Freshly trained, ready for adventure, bright eyed and bushy tailed, and more than willing to become Wolves and leave their old lives behind. "
Ying Fa sat up straighter.
" Do you mean - ? "
Ally's eyes sparkled with mischief.
" Like I said it was a rumour. I couldn't hear properly through the study door. "
Ying Fa brightened and laughed.
" I think when I'm leader, we'll have to put in sound-proof doors. "
Ally gasped mockingly.
" You can't do that! I forbid it! What will I do with myself? Not only will you put me out of business but aunty Meilin, Bindy and aunty Leiko too! "
Ying Fa laughed freely and playfull nudged Ally.
" Hopeless. " she giggled.
Ally smiled and they returned to looking at the stars.
" What are you going to do about my brother? I know you love him and he you. "
Ying Fa stiffened.
" What about you and MY brother? I know you love him and he you. "
" Don't change the subject and I asked you first! " Ally blushed embarressed.
Ying Fa sighed.
"I don't know to tell you the truth. We have a lot to talk about and sort out. But I think the best thing to do will be to cool it for a while. He hurt me pretty badly and I'm not completely over that yet. Maybe we'll sort things out, maybe we won't, but that's for us to decide. As for you, I'd snatch my brother up as fast as you can. The two of you aren't like Tristan and I. You didn't meet in . . strange circumstances like Tristan and I did. You know each other well and you I think you can handle it. I for one will support it when you want to get married. "
Ally went beat red.
" I never said anythng about marriage! "
" Ah, but you were thinkin' it! " Ying Fa winked. " Nevermind Al, there's all the time in the world at the moment for things to sort itself out. Time will tell what will happen, and when it does, everything will be alright for sure. "
Ally smiled. She sounded just like her mother.
" Alright. I'll see you insdie then k? " she got and walked inside.
Ying Fa smiled and looked back up at the stars.
Have you ever seen such a beautiful night
I could almost kiss the stars,
There shinning so bright . .
So much had happened to her in her life time, and so much more was about to begin. But this time she didn't have to face it alone. She smiled when she heard the others laughing as they partied. The Black Wolves were an amusing bunch, where there was never a dull moment, she would take some time to adjust to this up-beat lifestyle, but she could handle anything.
This is what dreams are made of
I've got, some where I belong,
I've got, somebody to love,
This is what dreams are made of. . . .
Ying Fa sighed and got up and stretched. She took one more look at the night sky and wished the Black Wolf Chic goodbye. There would come a day when she might call on her again, but for now, she wasn't needed.
In my heart I know what this . . .
She was free. She was loved. She had her friends and her family around her and she was alive to enjoy it.
The End
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
BW2 Pwee! Finally finished! What did you think huh? Thank you to all those reviewers out there you are fantastic! Without you a story is just words without meaning. But, while this story may be finished another is beginning. Go check it out. Bye. x x x
The Black Wolf Chic 2.