Title: Inevitable
Chapter Title: "Kidnapped Again"
Author: Peonyqt1004
-Disclaimer: I do Not Own CCS-
[A.N: Sorry for the late update- too many things have been going on in life- I was hospitalized for 3 days and am still recovering from something both mentally and physically. Please excuse me- I will update "Listen to Your Heart" as soon as I finish feeling better. I hope you enjoy this chapter! Please remeber to read and Review- and Thanks to EVERYONE who reviewed! You all hold a special place in my heart- it'll take a while for me to update other things... sorry... R adn R! Bitte!]
--Kidnapped Again--
Her brown hair was swept up into a high ponytail. Smiling and humming placidly to herself, Sakura set to work, cleaning up the mess she had made with the batter. 'I'm back home. Finally.' Sakura thought to herself as she finished mopping up the beige mess. Of course, Tomoyo had gone berserk on her, crying on her shoulder as she shook Sakura, demanding for her to never disappear again.
"I thought something happened!" Tomoyo had cried, tears flowing down her pretty face. "I thought you tried to kill yourself again!" Sakura smiled briefly, touched by her friends concern as she light heartedly patted her friend on the back. "I'm so glad you missed me Tomoyo-chan." Sakura said teasingly. "Am I such good company that you would cry over me?" Tomoyo had then glared at her and lightly punched her on the shoulder. "Geez- this is what I get for worrying over a friend." Tomoyo said sarcastically, rolling her eyes. But a brief smile had appeared on her face. Sakura was surprised as she heard her phone ring, breaking the silence around her. Throwing the rag in the sink, Sakura ran over to get the phone. "Hello?"
There was no answer. Sakura hung up the phone and padded back to the kitchen.
The man who had cold heartedly shot Meiling stood outside the building, his eyes staring at the floor where he saw the familiar brown hair girl was working her charm with food.
"Is she the witness?" He asked the shorter squat man next to her. The man nodded, his eyes wide with fear. "Y-yes... She's the one who was right in front of Meiling b-before Meiling got shot... Please don't hurt me!" Parcivial turned to the man, "Interesting." He said softly, his dark brooding eyes looked at the man straight in the eye. "Tell me- what exactly did she say? Because I heard that Syaoran abducted this witness... to prove what?" He laughed coldly. "I have to know, curiosity is killing me." The shorter man shook in his shoes. "I-i don't know, please Master Yoko- please spare me!" Yoko nodded and sneered. "Sure, go on ahead and leave... But I must know." He fingered the scar on his face. "I am... so very curious why the Li family got involved with this cute witness."
Sakura stopped and felt the familiar cold shiver she usually got before something horrible happened. 'Not again... please don't let it be a sight.' She pleaded with herself. But whomever gave her these horrible sights did not hear her plea, and a cry escaped her lips as she nearly fainted dead away on the floor as she saw a familiar looking dark haired girl with purple eyes rolling down a flight of steps and hitting the bottom with a sickening thump. Blood slowly escaped from Tomoyo's lips... it was horrible. Sakura gave a shrill shriek as she tried to wipe away the horrible image blazoned within her mind but it wouldn't go away. A man with blonde hair and a scar strode down the stairs after Tomoyo rolled down and gave her a little kick.
"Now now now... a beautiful girl like you shouldn't have gotten involved in my plans." With a cruel laugh, he left. There was a little cry from the top of the staircase. Broken glasses, tears... sobbing... and Tomoyo's blank dead eyes looked back at her...
"NOOOOO!" Sakura yelled, breaking free from the sight. Tear streamed down her face. "No... she can't die. Not Tomoyo!" Sobbing brokenly, she sat by the corner of her kitchen, unaware of her soup boiling over the pot rim. Now she would never see Tomoyo the same again, and Sakura would have to cherish every moment with her, and then she'll be gone from her life. Like her brother. Sakura's tear streaked face looked up in surprise as she heard glass shatter. Sakura blinked away her tears and snuck up to the location of the sound and gasped when she saw a black gloved hand break through the glass window on her door... it was picking her door lock. "GET AWAY!" Sakura shrieked, grabbing her lamp and bringing it down on the hand. There was a muffled curse as the man withdrew his hand. Sakura staggered back and rushed to the phone, picking up the phone she dialed 911.
"Yes, the police department. How may I help you? Is it an emergency?"
"There is a burglar in my house." Sakura whispered.
"Your address?"
"67 Willow Dancer Circle... please--." Sakura heard the door creak open and she left the phone hanging from the wire as she dashed away. Sakura heard the man walk heavily across her living room and she tumbled into her bedroom. 'Hide... hide...' Sakura chanted to herself and she decided to hide under her bed, as cliché as it sounded. Pulling down the little dusters at the bottom of the bed, she held her breath and waited in the darkness.
Thump thump.
Footsteps stopped near the room, Sakura heard the heavy long breaths taken by the intruder.
"Damn girl." She heard him whisper, Sakura frowned. 'Is it Syaoran? But he just freed me!' There were more shuffling sounds... and suddenly she heard the creak of her bed. Sakura gulped and nearly let out a gasp as she felt the bed shift above her.
'Ah- w-who is this intruder? If only my sight gave me relevant information!'
"Boo."
Sakura let out a scream as someone lifted up her duster and stared at her from his position in bed, he had a sinister sneer. "A bit cliché isn't it?" He asked her as he reached down for her. Sakura scooted away. He smiled. "Ah- the witness to my heinous deed. Girl- what were you doing at Li's place?" Sakura nearly had her whole entire body backed out from under the bed when he shifted positions and yanked her out and gripped her hard on the wrist. "Ah- you are a pretty thing. You tried to make it hard for me to get you eh? My hand hurts but it's fine." He smiled at her, his scar illuminated by the sunlight. "Follow me." Suddenly his face became grim as he put a hand over her mouth and dragged her out of her home. Sakura recognized him; he was the man who killed Meiling, and also the man who was to kill her friend.
Tomoyo was going to Sakura's house, holding a new outfit for her Sakura to wear. She stopped and stared as she saw a struggling Sakura being pulled into a black limo. The door shut and drove off.
"SAKURA!"
Tomoyo ran after the limo but she knew she would never be able to catch up. She stopped and looked around, and saw that people were pretending they have not seen it. They were busy doing their daily chores. 'What the heck? Don't they even notice that their neighbors been abducted?!' Tomoyo went up to the nearest person she knew, desperation coloring her word. "Did you just see Sakura being pulled away by a black limo?" The woman feigned innocence. "I didn't see anything." The woman said dully. "You must be imagining things." Tomoyo stared at them, and she knew something was horribly wrong.
Eriol frowned as he saw Syaoran, resting against the sofa with his face tilted back in an angle. "Hey Syaoran, what's wrong?" "Nothing." Syaoran muttered. Eriol chuckled. "Ah- is that innocent girl you abducted still bothering you? Do you feel guilt gnawing at your heart? Eh? Eh?" Syaoran threw him a glare that could melt a glacier. "Shut up." Syaoran said pointedly. Syaoran got up and ran a hand through his hair, his dark brown eyes brooding. "I'm not worried about that. I'm more worried about what Parcivial has up his sleeve." Eriol muttered something and rolled his eyes. Syaoran twitched and stared at his cousin angrily. 'What?!" Eriol smiled condescendingly. "Ah- nothing my dear descendent. It's just that... from how you are so infatuated with Parcivial, one would think you were in love with him." That did it. Syaoran had Eriol in a headlock. "THAT does it four eyes!" Syaoran snarled, his eyes turning dark with anger. "Anymore crap from your mouth and I'll beat you to pulp!" Eriol gagged, but continued to smile much to Syaorans irritation. Syaoran let Eriol go and Eriol adjusted his tie. "And don't call me your descendent. It makes you sound like an old fart." Syaoran retorted. "And I would shoot myself if you were my grandfather." Eriol sighed, he hadn't told Syaoran what he had really muttered... he had said, 'Why must we have vengeance? Why can't we just start off with a clean plate and stop killing so many people?'
"SYAORAN!"
Rika slammed open the door, her eyes wide. "Parcivial is up to no good- he kidnapped Sakura!"
"So?" Syaoran asked, his eyebrow rose. Rika shook her head. "Not only that..." Her voice lowered. "But did you see her files? They say she has extra-ordinary senses unnatural for humans to possess... which means she might be psychic... if Parcivial finds out then... He might use her visions to get us." Syaoran tilted his head and frowned. "Extra-ordinary? You make her sound like an x-men. But- this might be something to look into- tell our clan to look extra sharp Rika- who knows what might happen."
"What is it about you? Hmm?" Parcivial leaned forward, whispering into Sakura's ears. Sakura trembled, her green eyes wide behind the blindfold. "There is nothing about me! Nothing!" Sakura said fiercely. There was a laugh. "Ah- Syaoran isn't that dumb. Everything he does has a reason. Come on now- tell me what he wanted." Sakura faltered. "N-nothing... he just wanted to know."
"Know what?" Parcivial sensed something and he wanted to know what it was that was yanking at his senses.
"Nothing."
"Nothing eh?" Parcivial leaned forward. "I researched about you Sakura- what is this "extra-ordinary" ability you possess? It makes me really curious."
"NOTHING!" Sakura shrieked. "Get away from me please!"
"Nothing eh?" Parcivial had a cold shimmer in his eyes and his smile was wiped away from his face. "Lets see about that."
Syaoran didn't know what to do, frankly, he actually believed that Sakura did possess some mysterious power that even he could no comprehend, but could Parcivial be able to break and use the powers to his will? 'I shouldn't be worrying... but why? But what if he does manage to kill someone... from our clan due to Sakura's vision... then what?' Cold prickles went up his spine as he thought of all the things that could happen if that damned Yoko was able to harness her powers. 'Damn- this is getting way out of my control...' He sat down heavily on the black sofa, running a hand through his silky brown tresses. 'I guess all we can do is look sharp and wait-.'
Sakura sobbed, remembering her friend falling down the stairs because of this man who now held her captive. "Please..." She whispered, trying to move from her bonds, but he paid her no heed and smirked at her. "You are a pretty little thing aren't you?" He grabbed her chin and looked at her eyes. "And those eyes- filled with mysteries. If you can only crack those mysteries by your own will..." He brought his hand up to caress her cheek with it. He caught a tear, which fell from her eyes. "What's this... tears? Ah- girl what makes you so scared of me?" Sakura trembled. "You killed that girl..." He raised an eyebrow and shifted on the car seat, getting comfortable as he told his driver to go to his home. "Well, dear girl... Sakura isn't it?" He reached into his pocket for a cigarette and he lit it with an iron lighter. "Sakura- my Clan and that damned Li clan had been at it for a long time, vengeance after vengeance, death after death- but he isn't willing to back down." He stopped and blew out a ring of smoke, which lent a sinister aura around him. "He won't forgive me... you know why Sakura?" Sakura shook her head and he sighed. "You disappoint me Sakura- but nothing to fear- we still have time, and you are going to tell me everything you know." Sakura suddenly got the courage to ask him a question. "Please- what did you do to Syaoran to make him hate you?" A strange glint was in his eyes and she held her breath as Parcivial turned to face her. "I killed his father." Parcivial said bluntly, Sakura gasped with shock as Parcivial's face broke into a slow smile. "But that old man deserved it. His damned son killed my sister, and I'll be damned if Syaoran wins this feud, because I won't stop till he gives up and I get to break that little neck of his... a life for a life eh Sakura?" He patted her head despite her shivering. "See Sakura- there are reasons for everything. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth... now, a life for a life."
Eriol found the rest of the information gathered from Sakura very disturbing. "Uh- Syaoran come look at this." Syaoran, who was carefully loading bullets into his gun looked up and peeped over his friend's shoulders. "So this girl must have had some hell of an ability if she told people around her about an event 2 weeks before it happened." Eriol said seriously, his eyes dark as he pushed up his glasses with his thumb. Syaoran's eyebrows clenched together as he read the file. Yes. It was very disturbing. Eriol had managed to hack into Sakura's more private files, which were suppose to be kept private, they were reports from local psychologists and doctors. "Evidence of trauma, might be depressed. Attempt of suicide confirmed." Syaoran murmured. 'Strange... she seems to innocent and quiet...' He kept reading, and saw two picture posted on the site. One was a picture of Sakura before the strange abilities kicked in. She was a little 5-year-old girl with long curly hair and a bright smile. The second was when she was 15, the change was shocking. Her eyes were swollen and red, two angry red slash marks were evident on her wrists, and her hair was cut short, jaggedly and unevenly. Her eyes were dark and empty and she was reaching out to whoever was taking the picture. "After predicting her mothers death one month before her mother died, Sakura was always in a state of paranoia, later, she seemed to get better when she was suddenly traumatized by the death of her brother, which she predicted a few hours before his untimely death. After his death, she went into a series of dark suicidal depression, after attempts at suicide and drastic changes in her behavior, she seemed to recover." Syaoran stopped reading it and shook his head. "What the hell?" He muttered, Eriol nodded, "Same here- I am wondering if she really is a psychic... or if she is just a psychopathic suicidal problem teenager." Syaoran looked at the picture of Sakura reaching out to someone again, her eyes dark and sad. "I don't think so..." Syaoran found himself saying. "For some reason Eriol... I find it that she is a lot like me... more than I think." Syaoran turned around and faced Eriol. "I think maybe we should go get her, just in case something happens." Eriol raised an eyebrow. "You believe this load of crock?" Syaoran was silent, but his flinty amber eyes were steady. "Maybe." He said softly, "But who knows- I don't want someone else I care for to die."
Sakura gasped as Parcivial wrenched her chin towards him. He had brought her to his home and she was sitting on an uncomfortable metal chair. "Do you see anything that the Li's may be planning?" He asked softly, his eyes glinting strangely. "No!" Sakura yelled, suddenly very angry. "The sight isn't mine to just use! I am its tool, not the other way around!" Parcivial laughed and turned to Sakura, "Make it your tool Sakura." He said softly, almost dangerously. "Or someone you care about will die." He suddenly removed a few pictures from within his jacket and held them out for her to see. "I've been observing you closely Sakura, a witness to my crime won't be let go lightly. Are these your friends Sakura?" Sakura started to shiver in fear as she stared at four pictures. One of them was of Tomoyo, another was Chiraru... and there was her father and Tomoyo's mother. "What are you going to do to them?" She demanded, her eyes looking at him straight in the face. He smiled, a large toothy smile, which gave her the creeps. "You're the one with the abilities Sakura- you should be able to see the pain they will go through because of you." Sakura remembered Tomoyo falling down the stairs and she clenched her hands together hard. "Fine." She said tightly. "But just wait one more night- I'm sure I'll see something before tomorrow- please don't hurt them."
"At Parcivials house right?" Syaoran nodded, motioning for Eriol to come next to him. "We don't have Meiling anymore, which means you are on your own. Rika is pregnant with Terada's child and Terada can't be caught doing anything like this red handed. So- go!" Eriol ran down towards the house, lightly jumping over the fence and scaling the second one inside just as easily. Syaoran loaded his gun and clicked it into gear as he neared the house.
Sakura jumped in her seat as a vision passed before her green eyes. Syaoran... crouched in the grass... coming towards a familiar window and-- She stared as the Yoko looked at her with interest. "See anything interesting?" He asked with a drawl. "S-s-something... just happened to..." Sakura didn't really want to tell him- but her friend's life depended on it. However- she could sense that Syaoran was in some way coming for her so she didn't know what to do. However Parcivial seemed to sense her hesitation and his face turned serious and the sinister smile dropped into a cold stern look. "You're not telling me something are you not?" Sakura opened her mouth but only a squeak came out as she said, "He's here." Parcivial frowned, and suddenly he understood as he yanked out his gun. "Shit you little bitch! WHERE?!" Sakura suddenly didn't look scared at all. "Right behind you." Parcivial whirled around just as his window broke open by a barrage of gunshots. Parcivial ducked and cursed as he grabbed Sakura and yanked her towards him, a gun to her head. Syaoran emerged from the falling shards. His dark eyes looked fathomless and very dangerous. "Hand the girl over Parcivial, it's too late."
Sakura almost smiled when she saw Syaoran appear, she felt safe for a strange reason unknown to her. Parcivial smiled uneasily. "What is this girl to you Syaoran eh? If I shoot her- would it do a lot of a diffrence?" Sakura winced at the sound of the clicking of a preparing gun. Syaoran shrugged. "Why do you want her eh Parcivial? More flesh for yourself or is it her ability." Parcivial shrugged, his eyes playing jokes as he casually shrugged. "Ability? What is this you talk about?" Syaoran felt his anger bubble over, "Don't act stupid with me!" He cocked his gun and shot at Parcivial. Parcivial dove under a table with Sakura in tow. She let out a scream as the gunshot flew deathly close to her head. 'I'm not going to be weak- I have to fight back...' Sakura bit the hand, which held her around her throat, Parcivial let out a curse and she scrambled away, crawling on all fours as she scooted towards the broken window. A hand emerged from the corner and grabbed her around her mouth, Sakura let out a muffled scream as she was dragged into the darkness.
"Parcivial." Syaoran growled, holding the gun in front of him as he shot another round of bullets at the metal desk, hoping to scare him out. "Li." Came a calm voice, suddenly the table was thrown at him by Parcivial as he kicked it away from him and shot a round at Syaoran. The amber haired boy let out a grunt as he was hit on the arm. Parcivial grinned, wiping the sweat out of his eyes as he pressed a button on the wall not too far away. "You're going to die here right now Syaoran." He said softly, "My guards are going to be here in a few... minutes." Syaoran smirked, grimacing in pain. "I swear Parcivial... to avenge Meilings death. You bastard..." Syaoran backed up to the window, and fell out.
"Syaoran!" Eriol managed to soften his friend's fall slightly, but Syaoran still hit the ground with a sickening thud. Syaoran groaned but got up slowly. "Let's go- you got Sakura right? He has them after us." Eriol nodded as he aided his friend to the car awaiting them.
Sakura blinked slightly and she suddenly shot upright. "Where am I?!" She asked no one in particular. Her surroundings were lavish and well decorated by antique furniture. "My home." A familiar husky voice replied. Sakura winced as she got up. "Li-san..." She said softly, her green eyes meeting brown. But he was deep in thought. "I won't make you a captive in my house." He said to her, pondering on every word he spoke. "I'm letting you go about this house freely." Syaoran warned, his voice deadly as he faced the jade green eyed girl. "If you try to escape. I'll catch you. If you try to kill yourself to escape my clutches, I'll go the depths of hell and drag you back up here again!"
Sakura shook, trembling with cold fear.
"Why do you want me? Why?"
Syaoran gripped her arm tighter, making her wince and her lips tremble.
"You saw it before it happened." He hissed. "Now Parcivial knows your talent... and he wants you... Dammit. Why didn't I think of it before?"
"Please..." Sakura begged, trying to pry away his tight grip, but his dark chocolate eyes held hers and his lips were grim on his handsome face.
"No. I should've done it before. I felt sorry for you. DAMMIT... another weakness. I hate this." Syaoran ran his free hand through his hair. Brown locks landed roguishly and softly around his face, making Sakura want to reach out and stroke them. But her desires were surprised.
"What do you want? You still didn't answer that... Why did you kidnap me again?" Sakura asked quietly, her mysterious secretive eyes looking at Syaoran sadly. Li took a step back; it was as if her eyes already knew the answer...
"I-its for the Li Families good." Syaoran said harshly. "You can see the future, so you can tell us your predictions and we will take it to use." Sakura sighed and shook her head.
"Fate is inevitable... what must happened cannot be stopped... and destiny is not to be intervened with." Syaoran scoffed at her, a boyish smirk spreading across his handsome and rather emotionless face.
"Fate. Destiny. I don't believe in that crap. We make our own destiny... not some stupid superstitions!"
Sakura frowned gently, not daring to say anything else.
'Let him think what he thinks, but he will learn sooner or later... Fate is harsh, and so is reality.'
A purple haired girl with large gentle doe like purple eyes shook her head, tears falling as she cried into her mothers lap. Sonomi smiled sadly, holding Tomoyo in her arms. "Sakura is missing again..." Tomoyo wailed. "I couldn't protect her... why did she refuse to stay at my house? Why?" Sonomi answered her daughter as she moved the tendrils of damp locks away from her daughter's sweet face. "Tomoyo, I think Sakura is sick of depending on others, she wants to do things on her own now. Don't hang on." Tomoyo shook her head, moving away. "She's my friends mother- and even if she doesn't like it- I have to help her. I'm going to find out who kidnapped her." Sonomi bit her lips and shook her head. "Don't get too involved- I don't want to lose you."
To be continued...
[A/N: Plz remeber to R and R- Thanks!]
Preview:
"What did you see again?" Syaoran asked, his eyes wide with both astonishment and fear. "I... I saw... I saw Rika getting abducted." Sakura said dully, her eyes glazed. Syaoran reached over and shook her. "Where? Where?! When!" He asked desperately, shaking her floppy body. Sakura smiled a strange little half smile. "In 30 minutes... at the "Red Flower" boutique down the street." Sakura suddenly took in a shuddering long breath and collapsed, her eyes closed and she hung limply onto Syaoran's shaking arm. He winced as pain shot through his still healing arm, but he had to trust Sakura's words. He rose to get up but she grabbed her arm, her green eyes opened, her eyes were no longer glazed. "Don't go... Please... Li- if you go, then something might happen to Rika! You can't change what is to happen or there are dire consenquences!" Syaoran shrugged off her hand and kept going. Sakura let out a shuddering sigh and covered her face with her hand. 'I hate this... Why must I be the one to see?'
Chapter Title: "Kidnapped Again"
Author: Peonyqt1004
-Disclaimer: I do Not Own CCS-
[A.N: Sorry for the late update- too many things have been going on in life- I was hospitalized for 3 days and am still recovering from something both mentally and physically. Please excuse me- I will update "Listen to Your Heart" as soon as I finish feeling better. I hope you enjoy this chapter! Please remeber to read and Review- and Thanks to EVERYONE who reviewed! You all hold a special place in my heart- it'll take a while for me to update other things... sorry... R adn R! Bitte!]
--Kidnapped Again--
Her brown hair was swept up into a high ponytail. Smiling and humming placidly to herself, Sakura set to work, cleaning up the mess she had made with the batter. 'I'm back home. Finally.' Sakura thought to herself as she finished mopping up the beige mess. Of course, Tomoyo had gone berserk on her, crying on her shoulder as she shook Sakura, demanding for her to never disappear again.
"I thought something happened!" Tomoyo had cried, tears flowing down her pretty face. "I thought you tried to kill yourself again!" Sakura smiled briefly, touched by her friends concern as she light heartedly patted her friend on the back. "I'm so glad you missed me Tomoyo-chan." Sakura said teasingly. "Am I such good company that you would cry over me?" Tomoyo had then glared at her and lightly punched her on the shoulder. "Geez- this is what I get for worrying over a friend." Tomoyo said sarcastically, rolling her eyes. But a brief smile had appeared on her face. Sakura was surprised as she heard her phone ring, breaking the silence around her. Throwing the rag in the sink, Sakura ran over to get the phone. "Hello?"
There was no answer. Sakura hung up the phone and padded back to the kitchen.
The man who had cold heartedly shot Meiling stood outside the building, his eyes staring at the floor where he saw the familiar brown hair girl was working her charm with food.
"Is she the witness?" He asked the shorter squat man next to her. The man nodded, his eyes wide with fear. "Y-yes... She's the one who was right in front of Meiling b-before Meiling got shot... Please don't hurt me!" Parcivial turned to the man, "Interesting." He said softly, his dark brooding eyes looked at the man straight in the eye. "Tell me- what exactly did she say? Because I heard that Syaoran abducted this witness... to prove what?" He laughed coldly. "I have to know, curiosity is killing me." The shorter man shook in his shoes. "I-i don't know, please Master Yoko- please spare me!" Yoko nodded and sneered. "Sure, go on ahead and leave... But I must know." He fingered the scar on his face. "I am... so very curious why the Li family got involved with this cute witness."
Sakura stopped and felt the familiar cold shiver she usually got before something horrible happened. 'Not again... please don't let it be a sight.' She pleaded with herself. But whomever gave her these horrible sights did not hear her plea, and a cry escaped her lips as she nearly fainted dead away on the floor as she saw a familiar looking dark haired girl with purple eyes rolling down a flight of steps and hitting the bottom with a sickening thump. Blood slowly escaped from Tomoyo's lips... it was horrible. Sakura gave a shrill shriek as she tried to wipe away the horrible image blazoned within her mind but it wouldn't go away. A man with blonde hair and a scar strode down the stairs after Tomoyo rolled down and gave her a little kick.
"Now now now... a beautiful girl like you shouldn't have gotten involved in my plans." With a cruel laugh, he left. There was a little cry from the top of the staircase. Broken glasses, tears... sobbing... and Tomoyo's blank dead eyes looked back at her...
"NOOOOO!" Sakura yelled, breaking free from the sight. Tear streamed down her face. "No... she can't die. Not Tomoyo!" Sobbing brokenly, she sat by the corner of her kitchen, unaware of her soup boiling over the pot rim. Now she would never see Tomoyo the same again, and Sakura would have to cherish every moment with her, and then she'll be gone from her life. Like her brother. Sakura's tear streaked face looked up in surprise as she heard glass shatter. Sakura blinked away her tears and snuck up to the location of the sound and gasped when she saw a black gloved hand break through the glass window on her door... it was picking her door lock. "GET AWAY!" Sakura shrieked, grabbing her lamp and bringing it down on the hand. There was a muffled curse as the man withdrew his hand. Sakura staggered back and rushed to the phone, picking up the phone she dialed 911.
"Yes, the police department. How may I help you? Is it an emergency?"
"There is a burglar in my house." Sakura whispered.
"Your address?"
"67 Willow Dancer Circle... please--." Sakura heard the door creak open and she left the phone hanging from the wire as she dashed away. Sakura heard the man walk heavily across her living room and she tumbled into her bedroom. 'Hide... hide...' Sakura chanted to herself and she decided to hide under her bed, as cliché as it sounded. Pulling down the little dusters at the bottom of the bed, she held her breath and waited in the darkness.
Thump thump.
Footsteps stopped near the room, Sakura heard the heavy long breaths taken by the intruder.
"Damn girl." She heard him whisper, Sakura frowned. 'Is it Syaoran? But he just freed me!' There were more shuffling sounds... and suddenly she heard the creak of her bed. Sakura gulped and nearly let out a gasp as she felt the bed shift above her.
'Ah- w-who is this intruder? If only my sight gave me relevant information!'
"Boo."
Sakura let out a scream as someone lifted up her duster and stared at her from his position in bed, he had a sinister sneer. "A bit cliché isn't it?" He asked her as he reached down for her. Sakura scooted away. He smiled. "Ah- the witness to my heinous deed. Girl- what were you doing at Li's place?" Sakura nearly had her whole entire body backed out from under the bed when he shifted positions and yanked her out and gripped her hard on the wrist. "Ah- you are a pretty thing. You tried to make it hard for me to get you eh? My hand hurts but it's fine." He smiled at her, his scar illuminated by the sunlight. "Follow me." Suddenly his face became grim as he put a hand over her mouth and dragged her out of her home. Sakura recognized him; he was the man who killed Meiling, and also the man who was to kill her friend.
Tomoyo was going to Sakura's house, holding a new outfit for her Sakura to wear. She stopped and stared as she saw a struggling Sakura being pulled into a black limo. The door shut and drove off.
"SAKURA!"
Tomoyo ran after the limo but she knew she would never be able to catch up. She stopped and looked around, and saw that people were pretending they have not seen it. They were busy doing their daily chores. 'What the heck? Don't they even notice that their neighbors been abducted?!' Tomoyo went up to the nearest person she knew, desperation coloring her word. "Did you just see Sakura being pulled away by a black limo?" The woman feigned innocence. "I didn't see anything." The woman said dully. "You must be imagining things." Tomoyo stared at them, and she knew something was horribly wrong.
Eriol frowned as he saw Syaoran, resting against the sofa with his face tilted back in an angle. "Hey Syaoran, what's wrong?" "Nothing." Syaoran muttered. Eriol chuckled. "Ah- is that innocent girl you abducted still bothering you? Do you feel guilt gnawing at your heart? Eh? Eh?" Syaoran threw him a glare that could melt a glacier. "Shut up." Syaoran said pointedly. Syaoran got up and ran a hand through his hair, his dark brown eyes brooding. "I'm not worried about that. I'm more worried about what Parcivial has up his sleeve." Eriol muttered something and rolled his eyes. Syaoran twitched and stared at his cousin angrily. 'What?!" Eriol smiled condescendingly. "Ah- nothing my dear descendent. It's just that... from how you are so infatuated with Parcivial, one would think you were in love with him." That did it. Syaoran had Eriol in a headlock. "THAT does it four eyes!" Syaoran snarled, his eyes turning dark with anger. "Anymore crap from your mouth and I'll beat you to pulp!" Eriol gagged, but continued to smile much to Syaorans irritation. Syaoran let Eriol go and Eriol adjusted his tie. "And don't call me your descendent. It makes you sound like an old fart." Syaoran retorted. "And I would shoot myself if you were my grandfather." Eriol sighed, he hadn't told Syaoran what he had really muttered... he had said, 'Why must we have vengeance? Why can't we just start off with a clean plate and stop killing so many people?'
"SYAORAN!"
Rika slammed open the door, her eyes wide. "Parcivial is up to no good- he kidnapped Sakura!"
"So?" Syaoran asked, his eyebrow rose. Rika shook her head. "Not only that..." Her voice lowered. "But did you see her files? They say she has extra-ordinary senses unnatural for humans to possess... which means she might be psychic... if Parcivial finds out then... He might use her visions to get us." Syaoran tilted his head and frowned. "Extra-ordinary? You make her sound like an x-men. But- this might be something to look into- tell our clan to look extra sharp Rika- who knows what might happen."
"What is it about you? Hmm?" Parcivial leaned forward, whispering into Sakura's ears. Sakura trembled, her green eyes wide behind the blindfold. "There is nothing about me! Nothing!" Sakura said fiercely. There was a laugh. "Ah- Syaoran isn't that dumb. Everything he does has a reason. Come on now- tell me what he wanted." Sakura faltered. "N-nothing... he just wanted to know."
"Know what?" Parcivial sensed something and he wanted to know what it was that was yanking at his senses.
"Nothing."
"Nothing eh?" Parcivial leaned forward. "I researched about you Sakura- what is this "extra-ordinary" ability you possess? It makes me really curious."
"NOTHING!" Sakura shrieked. "Get away from me please!"
"Nothing eh?" Parcivial had a cold shimmer in his eyes and his smile was wiped away from his face. "Lets see about that."
Syaoran didn't know what to do, frankly, he actually believed that Sakura did possess some mysterious power that even he could no comprehend, but could Parcivial be able to break and use the powers to his will? 'I shouldn't be worrying... but why? But what if he does manage to kill someone... from our clan due to Sakura's vision... then what?' Cold prickles went up his spine as he thought of all the things that could happen if that damned Yoko was able to harness her powers. 'Damn- this is getting way out of my control...' He sat down heavily on the black sofa, running a hand through his silky brown tresses. 'I guess all we can do is look sharp and wait-.'
Sakura sobbed, remembering her friend falling down the stairs because of this man who now held her captive. "Please..." She whispered, trying to move from her bonds, but he paid her no heed and smirked at her. "You are a pretty little thing aren't you?" He grabbed her chin and looked at her eyes. "And those eyes- filled with mysteries. If you can only crack those mysteries by your own will..." He brought his hand up to caress her cheek with it. He caught a tear, which fell from her eyes. "What's this... tears? Ah- girl what makes you so scared of me?" Sakura trembled. "You killed that girl..." He raised an eyebrow and shifted on the car seat, getting comfortable as he told his driver to go to his home. "Well, dear girl... Sakura isn't it?" He reached into his pocket for a cigarette and he lit it with an iron lighter. "Sakura- my Clan and that damned Li clan had been at it for a long time, vengeance after vengeance, death after death- but he isn't willing to back down." He stopped and blew out a ring of smoke, which lent a sinister aura around him. "He won't forgive me... you know why Sakura?" Sakura shook her head and he sighed. "You disappoint me Sakura- but nothing to fear- we still have time, and you are going to tell me everything you know." Sakura suddenly got the courage to ask him a question. "Please- what did you do to Syaoran to make him hate you?" A strange glint was in his eyes and she held her breath as Parcivial turned to face her. "I killed his father." Parcivial said bluntly, Sakura gasped with shock as Parcivial's face broke into a slow smile. "But that old man deserved it. His damned son killed my sister, and I'll be damned if Syaoran wins this feud, because I won't stop till he gives up and I get to break that little neck of his... a life for a life eh Sakura?" He patted her head despite her shivering. "See Sakura- there are reasons for everything. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth... now, a life for a life."
Eriol found the rest of the information gathered from Sakura very disturbing. "Uh- Syaoran come look at this." Syaoran, who was carefully loading bullets into his gun looked up and peeped over his friend's shoulders. "So this girl must have had some hell of an ability if she told people around her about an event 2 weeks before it happened." Eriol said seriously, his eyes dark as he pushed up his glasses with his thumb. Syaoran's eyebrows clenched together as he read the file. Yes. It was very disturbing. Eriol had managed to hack into Sakura's more private files, which were suppose to be kept private, they were reports from local psychologists and doctors. "Evidence of trauma, might be depressed. Attempt of suicide confirmed." Syaoran murmured. 'Strange... she seems to innocent and quiet...' He kept reading, and saw two picture posted on the site. One was a picture of Sakura before the strange abilities kicked in. She was a little 5-year-old girl with long curly hair and a bright smile. The second was when she was 15, the change was shocking. Her eyes were swollen and red, two angry red slash marks were evident on her wrists, and her hair was cut short, jaggedly and unevenly. Her eyes were dark and empty and she was reaching out to whoever was taking the picture. "After predicting her mothers death one month before her mother died, Sakura was always in a state of paranoia, later, she seemed to get better when she was suddenly traumatized by the death of her brother, which she predicted a few hours before his untimely death. After his death, she went into a series of dark suicidal depression, after attempts at suicide and drastic changes in her behavior, she seemed to recover." Syaoran stopped reading it and shook his head. "What the hell?" He muttered, Eriol nodded, "Same here- I am wondering if she really is a psychic... or if she is just a psychopathic suicidal problem teenager." Syaoran looked at the picture of Sakura reaching out to someone again, her eyes dark and sad. "I don't think so..." Syaoran found himself saying. "For some reason Eriol... I find it that she is a lot like me... more than I think." Syaoran turned around and faced Eriol. "I think maybe we should go get her, just in case something happens." Eriol raised an eyebrow. "You believe this load of crock?" Syaoran was silent, but his flinty amber eyes were steady. "Maybe." He said softly, "But who knows- I don't want someone else I care for to die."
Sakura gasped as Parcivial wrenched her chin towards him. He had brought her to his home and she was sitting on an uncomfortable metal chair. "Do you see anything that the Li's may be planning?" He asked softly, his eyes glinting strangely. "No!" Sakura yelled, suddenly very angry. "The sight isn't mine to just use! I am its tool, not the other way around!" Parcivial laughed and turned to Sakura, "Make it your tool Sakura." He said softly, almost dangerously. "Or someone you care about will die." He suddenly removed a few pictures from within his jacket and held them out for her to see. "I've been observing you closely Sakura, a witness to my crime won't be let go lightly. Are these your friends Sakura?" Sakura started to shiver in fear as she stared at four pictures. One of them was of Tomoyo, another was Chiraru... and there was her father and Tomoyo's mother. "What are you going to do to them?" She demanded, her eyes looking at him straight in the face. He smiled, a large toothy smile, which gave her the creeps. "You're the one with the abilities Sakura- you should be able to see the pain they will go through because of you." Sakura remembered Tomoyo falling down the stairs and she clenched her hands together hard. "Fine." She said tightly. "But just wait one more night- I'm sure I'll see something before tomorrow- please don't hurt them."
"At Parcivials house right?" Syaoran nodded, motioning for Eriol to come next to him. "We don't have Meiling anymore, which means you are on your own. Rika is pregnant with Terada's child and Terada can't be caught doing anything like this red handed. So- go!" Eriol ran down towards the house, lightly jumping over the fence and scaling the second one inside just as easily. Syaoran loaded his gun and clicked it into gear as he neared the house.
Sakura jumped in her seat as a vision passed before her green eyes. Syaoran... crouched in the grass... coming towards a familiar window and-- She stared as the Yoko looked at her with interest. "See anything interesting?" He asked with a drawl. "S-s-something... just happened to..." Sakura didn't really want to tell him- but her friend's life depended on it. However- she could sense that Syaoran was in some way coming for her so she didn't know what to do. However Parcivial seemed to sense her hesitation and his face turned serious and the sinister smile dropped into a cold stern look. "You're not telling me something are you not?" Sakura opened her mouth but only a squeak came out as she said, "He's here." Parcivial frowned, and suddenly he understood as he yanked out his gun. "Shit you little bitch! WHERE?!" Sakura suddenly didn't look scared at all. "Right behind you." Parcivial whirled around just as his window broke open by a barrage of gunshots. Parcivial ducked and cursed as he grabbed Sakura and yanked her towards him, a gun to her head. Syaoran emerged from the falling shards. His dark eyes looked fathomless and very dangerous. "Hand the girl over Parcivial, it's too late."
Sakura almost smiled when she saw Syaoran appear, she felt safe for a strange reason unknown to her. Parcivial smiled uneasily. "What is this girl to you Syaoran eh? If I shoot her- would it do a lot of a diffrence?" Sakura winced at the sound of the clicking of a preparing gun. Syaoran shrugged. "Why do you want her eh Parcivial? More flesh for yourself or is it her ability." Parcivial shrugged, his eyes playing jokes as he casually shrugged. "Ability? What is this you talk about?" Syaoran felt his anger bubble over, "Don't act stupid with me!" He cocked his gun and shot at Parcivial. Parcivial dove under a table with Sakura in tow. She let out a scream as the gunshot flew deathly close to her head. 'I'm not going to be weak- I have to fight back...' Sakura bit the hand, which held her around her throat, Parcivial let out a curse and she scrambled away, crawling on all fours as she scooted towards the broken window. A hand emerged from the corner and grabbed her around her mouth, Sakura let out a muffled scream as she was dragged into the darkness.
"Parcivial." Syaoran growled, holding the gun in front of him as he shot another round of bullets at the metal desk, hoping to scare him out. "Li." Came a calm voice, suddenly the table was thrown at him by Parcivial as he kicked it away from him and shot a round at Syaoran. The amber haired boy let out a grunt as he was hit on the arm. Parcivial grinned, wiping the sweat out of his eyes as he pressed a button on the wall not too far away. "You're going to die here right now Syaoran." He said softly, "My guards are going to be here in a few... minutes." Syaoran smirked, grimacing in pain. "I swear Parcivial... to avenge Meilings death. You bastard..." Syaoran backed up to the window, and fell out.
"Syaoran!" Eriol managed to soften his friend's fall slightly, but Syaoran still hit the ground with a sickening thud. Syaoran groaned but got up slowly. "Let's go- you got Sakura right? He has them after us." Eriol nodded as he aided his friend to the car awaiting them.
Sakura blinked slightly and she suddenly shot upright. "Where am I?!" She asked no one in particular. Her surroundings were lavish and well decorated by antique furniture. "My home." A familiar husky voice replied. Sakura winced as she got up. "Li-san..." She said softly, her green eyes meeting brown. But he was deep in thought. "I won't make you a captive in my house." He said to her, pondering on every word he spoke. "I'm letting you go about this house freely." Syaoran warned, his voice deadly as he faced the jade green eyed girl. "If you try to escape. I'll catch you. If you try to kill yourself to escape my clutches, I'll go the depths of hell and drag you back up here again!"
Sakura shook, trembling with cold fear.
"Why do you want me? Why?"
Syaoran gripped her arm tighter, making her wince and her lips tremble.
"You saw it before it happened." He hissed. "Now Parcivial knows your talent... and he wants you... Dammit. Why didn't I think of it before?"
"Please..." Sakura begged, trying to pry away his tight grip, but his dark chocolate eyes held hers and his lips were grim on his handsome face.
"No. I should've done it before. I felt sorry for you. DAMMIT... another weakness. I hate this." Syaoran ran his free hand through his hair. Brown locks landed roguishly and softly around his face, making Sakura want to reach out and stroke them. But her desires were surprised.
"What do you want? You still didn't answer that... Why did you kidnap me again?" Sakura asked quietly, her mysterious secretive eyes looking at Syaoran sadly. Li took a step back; it was as if her eyes already knew the answer...
"I-its for the Li Families good." Syaoran said harshly. "You can see the future, so you can tell us your predictions and we will take it to use." Sakura sighed and shook her head.
"Fate is inevitable... what must happened cannot be stopped... and destiny is not to be intervened with." Syaoran scoffed at her, a boyish smirk spreading across his handsome and rather emotionless face.
"Fate. Destiny. I don't believe in that crap. We make our own destiny... not some stupid superstitions!"
Sakura frowned gently, not daring to say anything else.
'Let him think what he thinks, but he will learn sooner or later... Fate is harsh, and so is reality.'
A purple haired girl with large gentle doe like purple eyes shook her head, tears falling as she cried into her mothers lap. Sonomi smiled sadly, holding Tomoyo in her arms. "Sakura is missing again..." Tomoyo wailed. "I couldn't protect her... why did she refuse to stay at my house? Why?" Sonomi answered her daughter as she moved the tendrils of damp locks away from her daughter's sweet face. "Tomoyo, I think Sakura is sick of depending on others, she wants to do things on her own now. Don't hang on." Tomoyo shook her head, moving away. "She's my friends mother- and even if she doesn't like it- I have to help her. I'm going to find out who kidnapped her." Sonomi bit her lips and shook her head. "Don't get too involved- I don't want to lose you."
To be continued...
[A/N: Plz remeber to R and R- Thanks!]
Preview:
"What did you see again?" Syaoran asked, his eyes wide with both astonishment and fear. "I... I saw... I saw Rika getting abducted." Sakura said dully, her eyes glazed. Syaoran reached over and shook her. "Where? Where?! When!" He asked desperately, shaking her floppy body. Sakura smiled a strange little half smile. "In 30 minutes... at the "Red Flower" boutique down the street." Sakura suddenly took in a shuddering long breath and collapsed, her eyes closed and she hung limply onto Syaoran's shaking arm. He winced as pain shot through his still healing arm, but he had to trust Sakura's words. He rose to get up but she grabbed her arm, her green eyes opened, her eyes were no longer glazed. "Don't go... Please... Li- if you go, then something might happen to Rika! You can't change what is to happen or there are dire consenquences!" Syaoran shrugged off her hand and kept going. Sakura let out a shuddering sigh and covered her face with her hand. 'I hate this... Why must I be the one to see?'