Teardrop of Twilight
Card Captor Sakura
Chapter Eleven
*starjade*
War
Touya fell onto the dusty floor, face first.
" Owww!" He yelled as another person landed on him.
" Sorry, son!" Fujitaka said as he got up, dusting himself off.
Touya got up as well. " Where the heck are we?" He said softly. Then he got tackled to the ground as the rest of the soldiers came stumbling down the chute.
" OWWW!" He screamed.
" Shh!" Fujitaka hushed.
" I don't think you'd be saying that if a hundred guys were squashing you!!" Touya choked out furiously.
" Somebody might hear us!" Fujitaka said, his voice hardly above a whisper.
Yet it was too late. Somebody already did.
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Sakura tried to wrench away from the man's hold. It didn't work. The man probably had much experience in this sort of thing, for his grip on her was deathly tight.
" Look, mister, I-I know that you h-have orders, but I p-promise that if you let me go, my father w-won't punish you." Sakura said, her voice trembling.
The man stared at her, incredulously. Then he opened that horrid mouth of his and let out that cackle that sent shudders down her spine. " Won't punish me? By all, you are naive! This is my job! And.." He grinned, maliciously. " It's rather fun too. I won't let another victim slip past my hands, would I?"
Sakura winced, closing her eyes. " Will you not have mercy on me? Please, if you must kill me, kill me swiftly. Do not draw it out."
The man shook his head. " I've had that in so many tones. Screaming, crying, sobbing.... you're the first one who said it calmly. Let me think about it..." The man flashed his crooked, decayed teeth at her. " Nope!"
Despair filled her as he dragged her to a dark room. The walls were bare and it was just a small closet. Sakura looked around herself. Maybe they were just going to lock her away...
" Now, my pretty, lets get to work, shall we?"
Sakura turned around and gasped. He was carrying a leather whip in his hand and he grinned at her.
" This is the fun part."
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Syaoran sat as still as a stone, as Delix walked around him, ponderingly. All was going according to plan. Sakura was going to be a broken shell, Syaoran and all his descendants will carry on the legacy of the Underworld and he, he would be famous as the man who started it all.
" Li!" He snapped. " Order that boy to assassinate General Tsukio."
Syaoran didn't even blink. " Go." He said monotonously. The boy looked fearfully at Delix and bowed low to the ground.
" Whatever you wish, my lord." He mumbled and walked out.
Delix snickered. " Now order that man over there to kill that boy."
Syaoran's eye twitched, but nothing else. " Go." He said. The man left after bowing and soon they could hear a scream coming from the corridors.
Delix clapped, delightedly. Syaoran was passing the test with flying colours. Cold and mean hearted with a heart of ice.... he needed a leader like that. All he needed was a ray of maliciousness to go with this hefty combo and everything would be perfect.
And he knew exactly how to do it.
" Order that boy over there to kill Fujitaka Kinomoto."
This provoked a reaction from Syaoran. He turned and stared at Delix. " What?"
" You heard what I said," Delix said, his voice going hard. " Tell him now! Or your girlfriend is dead."
Syaoran appeared to look nonplussed but Delix knew from years of experience that Syaoran was facing an inner turmoil. Delix grinned, a nasty grin, as he enjoyed the fact that Syaoran was going through such a pain. Now if only this pain would bring him closer to his ultimate goal.
" F-Fine." Syaoran spit out, his jaw clenching. " Kill Fujitaka Kinomoto. Go kill him now."
" Y-Yes, Master!" The boy said hurriedly, rushing out of the room at high speed, so now man could kill him in the corridors as well.
Delix crowed. " YES! That wretched Kinomoto girl is being tortured, her father killed, and I have plans for that nasty brother of hers. The two of the most influential families, ruined by the Underworld! What glory!"
A muscle jumped in Syaoran's jaw, but he said nothing else. He kept rock still on the ice-cold throne and stared into space, his amber eyes jagged and emotionless.
Delix leaned against the throne, smirking. It was all perfect. Everything was perfect.
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" You know, you really wouldn't want to torture me. I'm just an innocent girl, caught up in such a dangerous mess and if you let me go, I won't breathe a word-" Sakura babbled.
The nasty man grinned sickeningly at her. " That's what they all say. I almost miss a woman saying it. The sweat of a maiden....how refreshing."
Sakura felt like throwing up. This is NOT what she wanted. But what could she do? She watched him come nearer and nearer to her until she could smell the stench of his body and she closed her eyes, awaiting the pain to come.
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" God, where is that damned Delix?" Touya yelled, pounding his fist into his palm.
Fujitaka turned to Monks who was trying to inch away from the group. " Hey, kid!" Fujitaka yelled. " Where are you going?"
Monk's shoulders slumped. A distinct 'dammit' was heard as he turned back around. Pasting on a bright smile, he bowed. " Oh what can I do for you, my heavenly master?"
Fujitaka rose an eyebrow. He opened his mouth to say something and then turned to Touya. " You know, that does something for your ego, you know..." He trailed off and Touya smirked.
" Find us the room where Delix is. NOW!"
Monks growled. " But-but-"
Touya walked up to him slowly, his eyes glazed over. " Now, I'm going to say this slowly. Find. Me. The. Room. And. I. Won't. Kill. You."
To put more significance into his words, a hundred clicks were heard as the soldiers loaded their guns. Monks swallowed.
" Follow me..."
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The boy walked down the hallway, his fingers trembling as they wrapped around the knife one of the guards gave him.
He was armed with only a knife and he was supposed to kill the richest man in Japan!!
Gulping, he turned a corner to enter his own chambers to get his cloak when he heard sounds coming from the opposite end of the hallway. Backing up quickly into a groove in the stone walls, he peeked down the hallway.
" Fujitaka..." He breathed, his eyes wide. His eyes widened even more as he saw the hundred or more soldiers behind him and his dangerous elder son Touya by his side. Someone was leading them and his eyes narrowed.
" Monks. Traitor!" He snarled and spit on the ground just as the entire Underworld did when a traitor was announced or seen.
Yet he had now alerted the attention of the massive group and he froze as they all looked up, startled.
" Who was that?" He heard Touya say. " Who was it? Delix??"
" No....no, Delix doesn't remain inconspicuous, he always announces his arrivals...." Monks said slowly, his eyes narrowing. He crept down the hallway towards the boy and the boy trembled, his fingers wrapping more tightly around the knife. He had to do it now.
Now.
Now.
Now!!
" AHHHH!" He yelled at the top of his lungs, his cry echoing around the hallway as he threw the knife in the air, watching it swirl as it landed with a thud-
In Fujitaka's chest.
With a groan of surprise and pain, Fujitaka fell to the ground, his knees buckling. Cries of shock, surprise and anger filled the room and the boy turned to escape. Touya had kneeled down beside his father, but the footsteps of the boy alerted him and he cried, " He's escaping!!"
And all the soldiers poured out into the hallways, chasing after the boy who had stabbed Fujitaka.
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The whip came out and lashed her on her back and she screamed in pain. It was the first lash and the pain was unbearable, white-hot fire searing through her body and she felt as if she was burning in fire.
" No....no." She cried. The man laughed and she clenched her fists as he rose the whip again.
She couldn't just stand here, being tortured! Everyone was in danger! Her family, Syaoran, the whole city...she had to help....she couldn't be weak...
With a quick decision, her mind was set and she knew what to do. With a cry, Sakura grabbed one of the spiky metal balls that were lying on a table next to her and threw it at him with all her might.
The whip fell to the ground as the man doubled over in pain. Without waiting, Sakura jumped over him and ran out the door. She heard crashing going on in the torture room as he tried to get up and come after her and that made her run faster. The long dress made it harder for her and she ripped the end of her dress so the dress came up to her knees as she ran down the long hallways.
Suddenly a boy came running through the hallways towards her and almost ran her over. Sakura let out a cry and she fell back as he pushed her over. A thundering down the hallway frightened her as fifty soldiers came crashing through the narrow hallway after the boy. None of them noticed her, as they were all intent on catching the boy.
" What's going on," Sakura muttered as she got back up.
" Where are you, my pretty lady?" She heard a call come from down the corridor. Sakura screamed and ran the opposite way, grabbing one of the guns on the floor that a soldier had dropped. She might need this.
She ran as hard as she could, twisting and turning in the corridors until she came to a wooden door to led to many compartments, rooms almost. In every room lay the same objects, the same clothes, and the same weaponry...
Sakura felt a smile cross her face, a rare sight in the last few days. This would help her....a lot. Now all she needed was some courage..
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" Master, I think there has been an intrusion into the Underworld," A man cried, running up to them and falling to his knees in front of them
Delix growled. " An intrusion? What are you talking about-"
" I believe he was addressing me, Delix," Syaoran spoke monotonously.
Delix turned to Syaoran and grinned, his yellow teeth flashing. " Getting some independence. I like that. Now order the man to be whipped!"
" No," Syaoran said. " Tell me what happened."
The man was clearly afraid and he gripped the hat on his head tightly as he mumbled, " There was an intrusion! Soldiers! Running after one of our own, I do not know how they got here or when, but we need to fix this problem, quickly-"
" Shut up!" Delix yelled. " Do not take that tone with your master! You insolent bastard!"
The man dropped in a low bow, quivering with fear. " My most humble apologies, master."
Syaoran said coldly, " Fine. Get this 'intrusion' out. No matter how you have to do it."
The man rose to his feet but Delix yelled, " Stop!"
The man froze and Delix spoke ponderingly, " An intrusion? How could someone break into our underworld? What kind of intrusion? Speak up, idiot!"
The man rose his voice, keeping his head bowed. " It's...It's Kinomoto's soldiers, Master-"
" WHAT?" Delix roared.
" K-K-inom-"
" I KNOW THAT! How the hell did they get in? The only way-there is a traitor!" Delix spit out. Almost everyone in the room spat on the floor at the word 'traitor' and Delix rose his head, angrily.
" Who is the traitor? Who is it??" Delix growled.
Syaoran rose his glittering amber eyes. " Monks."
" What?" Delix asked.
But then, all of them heard yelling and screaming. They all whipped around and suddenly the stone wall began to break. Gunshots were being fired out like crazy and all of them rose to their feet in panic.
" INTRUSION!" Everyone began to yell and everyone began to get out firearms. Amazingly, some of the floorboards lifted up to reveal big expanses of guns and heavy machines of mass destruction that was brought out fast.
Then the soldiers made their appearance.
" Hand over my sister!" Someone cried from the doorway. Syaoran turned around and everyone gasped. It was Touya Kinomoto!
Delix laughed cruelly. " You're pathetic, Kinomoto. We infiltrated your forces, kidnapped your sister while you and your father were in the house and still managed to keep her away from you. What kind of brother are you?"
Touya growled, " You!! You did all of this!"
" Actually, no," Delix grinned. " It was the new leader of the Underworld. A man who will cause your death. Syaoran Li."
" Li?" Touya asked confusedly. Then his eyes went cold as they moved to Syaoran Li who was sitting on the throne, his eyes wide with confusion.
" Li...the son who was supposedly burned in the house fire..." Touya murmured.
" Oh yes. You heard about that, have you? Well, the Underworld was the cause of that. Quite the glory, is it not? We ruined the top two influential families....and soon we will control everything in this damned country. And you will be helpless....for you will be dead."
Delix laughed loudly as he rose his gun. " Prepare to die."
" Not before you1!" Touya yelled, raising his own gun. Then the war started. Even though the Kinomoto soldiers were outnumbering the Underworld, they had better guns and more artillery....something that was not on the Kinomoto soldier's side.
Syaoran leapt up from his throne, grabbing the rifle from next to him and jumped down. As soon as he loaded the rifle, however, a shout came from the entrance.
" She has escaped!" A stumpy, ugly man was shouting. " The prisoner, the Kinomoto! She has escaped!"
" WHAT?" Delix roared.
Touya yelled as well, " What the hell have you done with her, you bastard?' As he charged Delix with his gun, and Delix held up his own and they clashed together.
Bullets began to ring through their air and people began to fall, Kinomoto soldiers, Underworld, everyone! Syaoran ducked and crawled on the floor, looking for the entrance, to find that man and figure out where Sakura was-
But then Delix grabbed him from the scruff of his neck and pulled him up, clapping the gun to his head.
" If you move, any of you, I will kill him!" Delix yelled.
" As if we care for his life!" Touya sneered. " He is one of you! Hell, he's your leader?"
" Our leader, is he?" Delix smirked. " Well, he is the one your dear sister loves. Would you like to see him die and have your sister hate you forever?"
" He is the one who kidnapped her!" Touya roared. " He is not worthy of my sister. Get out of the way, boy, or I will kill you too!"
Syaoran winced as Delix pulled the safety on the handgun and snickered. " Sometimes sacrifices have to be made, Li," Delix said. " I can just use the Kinomoto bitch instead of you."
As his finger neared the trigger, Syaoran struggled against Delix's hold, but couldn't move. Touya's gun was pointed at the two of them, his eyes narrowing slowly as he pulled the safety as well.
Suddenly, someone pushed him from behind and Delix's gun rung out. Syaoran crashed to the floor, hitting his head hard. Blood poured from his forehead but he whirled around as Delix did so too, to see who had pushed him.
It was the trembling man from the beginning, who had reported the Kinomoto soldiers! " You! What are you doing?" Delix screamed.
Syaoran didn't pause to think and whipped out with his foot and tripped Delix. The trembling man bent over and grabbed Delix's hands and pulled him up, twisting his arm until he screamed in pain.
" You asshole," The trembling man growled, twisting his arm higher up his back. " You ruined Syaoran's family as well as mine. And you expect any pity from me? You have been terrorizing this city for too long, Delix. Your reign is over."
The chaos around them halted, all eyes on the two of them, the trembling man and Delix. Syaoran's eyes were growing wide as he stared at the man who held Delix in such a locked grip.
" You-bastard-who-are-you?" Delix gritted out.
" Doesn't matter," The man hissed. But the man was caught by surprise as Delix had reached out with his feet and tripped him, grabbing the man's hands and flipping him over his shoulder. The man crashed to the floor with a scream and everyone gasped.
The scream was too feminine to be masculine. The person's hat had fallen off to reveal, short auburn locks and everyone gasped.
" Sak-Sakura?" Touya gasped.
" Sakura..." Syaoran breathed.
But Delix had brandished a knife, and gripped Sakura around the scruff of her neck, pressing the blade against her throat.
" All of you, Kinomoto soldiers! Get out of here or I will kill this girl!" Delix yelled.
" Sakura, no!" Touya shouted.
Syaoran's eyes glinted dangerously. " Let go of her, Delix."
" Are you ordering me around?" Delix asked, sweating profusely, his eyes wide with maniacal fury. " You are ordering me??"
" Well, I am the High Order Captain, am I not?" Syaoran said, dangerously, keeping one eye on the blade that was pressing against Sakura's throat. " Or have you forgotten that?"
Delix stared at him and then guffawed. " Like that even matters! I still make the decisions around here-"
" I am the High Order Captain," Syaoran repeated, ignoring Delix. " And I order every Underworld person here to get up. Right now."
There was a momentary pause and the entire Underworld got up.
" Let go of your weapons."
There was a crash as all of them dropped their guns.
" Now run. Get out of here. I'll give you all a ten minute head start before the Kinomoto soldiers come after you. Now GO!"
All of them stared bewildered at Syaoran and Delix was gaping. " WHAT? NO!! YOU CAN'T DO THIS! THEY OBEY ME! ONLY ME!"
But people were already moving to the exit, running hard to the doorways leading out. Delix screamed, " GET BACK HERE!" But they were already gone.
" See?" Syaoran said, his voice low. " They obey the High Order Captain. And you made the mistake of making the leader."
" You little bastard, I will kill you! But right now, I'll kill your little lover," Delix sneered, pressing the blade hard against Sakura's neck and she stifled a scream as blood poured from the small cut.
" Let. Go. Of. Her," Syaoran said through clenched teeth.
" Let go of my sister!" Touya shouted, swivelling his gun at Delix, but he could not shoot, for he had Sakura in front of him.
" Bye, bye, girlie," Delix snickered. "If I go...I'll be taking you with me...'
And that was when Syaoran's shot rang out, Delix's knife swept Sakura's neck, and both Delix and Sakura fell to the ground.
" SAKURA!" Syaoran screamed, running to Sakura. Blood was gushing out of the wound from her neck and she was choking.
" Sy-Sy-Syaoran-" She choked out. " F-father-My-f-father-"
" Sakura, NO!" Touya was running across the room and collapsed next to Syaoran. " No, Sakura, no!"
" We have to get a doctor; we need a freaking doctor!" Syaoran yelled, looking around himself desperately.
Touya reached out and stroked Sakura's hair. " I'll-I'll get one, there's one with Fujitaka right now, wait-"
He ran out of the room as the Kinomoto soldiers left as well, after the Underworld soldiers who had run.
Syaoran reached out and cupped Sakura's cheek, tears burning his eyes. " Don't you dare go, Sakura. Don't you dare."
" Can't help-it-if I do," Sakura said through heavy breaths. Her eyelids were fluttering and Syaoran ripped his shirt into strips, holding it against Sakura's neck, praying that Delix hadn't cut an artery.
" Sakura, you're all I got left," Syaoran said, his voice raw. " Don't you leave me too."
" S-sorry, Syaoran," Sakura breathed, smiling a little. Syaoran's heart panged painfully against his chest and he bent down low and kissed her forehead.
" No," He whispered intensely. " I won't let you go."
Sakura watery eyes blinked at him as she took a shuddering breath. " Why?"
Syaoran's jaw clenched and he whispered through clenched teeth, " You know why, Sakura. You know why."
Sakura smiled and her eyelids were drifting slowly closed as she fought to breathe. " Wish....you...told me earlier....we wasted....time."
" Damn Delix, that bastard, for doing this to you," Syaoran growled, lowly.
" Say it for me," Sakura whispered, her voice guttural. " Say it just one time."
Syaoran closed his eyes tightly. " I-I-I-" He had never said this before....he didn't know how to say it. But with Sakura, her skin ghastly pale, her heartbeat slowing down, on the brink of death, his heart ripping apart, he knew-he had to say it-just once-
" God dammit, I love you Sakura, so don't you fucking dare leave me," He swore.
Sakura laughed weakly. " I love you too..."
Syaoran's eyes shined brightly and he bent down and kissed her hard on her lips, even as people rushed into the room and doctors surrounded them, and police swarmed into the underground hideout, secreted for so long. He kissed her and put his whole heart into it, the heart he had protected for so long, cold and icy, and she desperately kissed him back, even though her arms grew weaker, and she was falling....falling from his hold, falling from his arms-
Please save her, he thought as the doctors brought him up and pushed him back. Please save my Sakura...
a/n: Sooooo...I know you all want to kill me right now, I can see the sticks , no, i see guns
! Coming after me, so I'll tell ya'll straight up. I did have a lot of trouble writin dis story, which is why I ended it quickly. I didn't want ya'll to be hangin with an unfinished story....so there is the epilogue after dis which I PROMISE will be up quickly. Aight? And commooon, this is a really REALLY long chapter, so donnn't killl meee!
lol, and review!
~starjade~