AN: Hello! School's starting in less than two weeks and I still have not completed my homework. I'm so slow. Therefore, I don't know how long it will take me to adjust to the next level in high school. So, I'm unsure of how long the intervals will be for me to update. But I promise the next chapter before the year ends!
Oh and an early Merry Christmas to all!

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Chapter 9: Danger

"Eriol, where's Tomoyo?" Syaoran asked as Eriol came pounding down the stairs in the early morning.

"Still sleeping, so is Meilin. They both had too much to drink and they danced for too long," Eriol complained.

"You got my message?" Syaoran asked.

"Yea… so how's Sakura?"

"Fine, I guess. I left her some pills to take."

"What happened between the both of you?" Eriol asked, eyeing Syaoran suspiciously.

"Whoa! What's with the look? Chill… we did nothing," Syaoran said.

"Really?" Eriol inquired, staring Syaoran straight in the face.

"Argh… get lost," Syaoran said, irritated.

"Alright… little Syaoran!" Eriol smirked and ran off.

The brilliant rays of the afternoon sun shone through the window and lit up the dark room. The occupant on the bed groaned and shielded her eyes.

"Aww… crap, my head," Sakura moaned.

Getting up slowly, she turned to the bedside and saw a bottle of pills, a glass of water on the table and a note.

Picking up the fragile piece of paper, Sakura scanned through it.

Sakura,

Take these, it should help you. Oh… and good afternoon.

Syaoran.

"Right, what happened?" Sakura wondered. Shrugging the thought off, Sakura gulped down the pills and water.

Getting up with a groan, Sakura started to peel of her clothes for a shower. Taking off the last piece of clothe, Sakura noticed a piece of paper sticking out of the pocket of her jeans. Sakura picked it up and scanned through it, her eyes reflected different emotions. Fear. Confusion. Anger.

Rubbing her temples tiredly, Sakura left the note and stepped into the bathroom.

"Great and it just flew into your pocket like that?!" Syaoran glared at Sakura.

"How the hell do I know? I woke up this morning and it was there! I can't even remember a bloody thing after we entered the club," Sakura shouted back.

"Ok, chill guys," Eriol said.

"Yea… probably they slipped it in when you were drinking and you didn't notice," Meilin said thoughtfully.

"Yep… we have to be on our guards," Tomoyo said.

"And they want me to meet them?" Sakura sighed and slumped down on her seat.

"Well… we'll go with you Sakura," Tomoyo said comfortingly.

"Yea… they didn't ask you to go alone and it's still a club open to public unless they hired guards especially to block us out," Meilin added.

"Right… we can try," Eriol smiled coolly.

"I guess so," Sakura closed her eyes. "So tonight?"

"Fine," Syaoran finally spoke. "But we tow along."

"Fine."

"Syaoran, it's going to be a problem right?" Eriol asked when the two were alone.

"You bet. It's their territory and it's sure to be polluted with Shadows," Syaoran said.

"I'll call for back-up. Some thing's sure to happen," Eriol said and took out his cell phone to get down to business.

"I expected trouble to come soon but not this soon," Sakura said to herself as she got prepared for the dangerous night.

I really want to revenge your deaths. Sakura thought to herself and let a silent tear roll off her cheek. Father… Mother… Touya…

"Right… stop getting so emotional. It's like you are pregnant or something," Sakura joked to herself at the mirror to try and force a smile… it turned out to be unsuccessful. "I have a feeling this is going to be worse than being pregnant."

This club was different. Syaoran knew very well who owned it. Shadows. That's why he was not taking any chances of leaving Sakura alone for one single moment.

The club was all dark and almost pitch black. It was very difficult to make your way through. Each guy had to hold on to a girl, in case they got pushed away. Tomoyo with Eriol. Meilin with another Wolf. And Sakura with Syaoran.

And instead of bright colourful lights flashing, blood red lights flashed over them.

Like they expected, the bouncer had let them in easily. But he had kept on taking glances at Syaoran and all.

"Sakura! Remember not to wander off!" Tomoyo shouted over the noise as she clutched Eriol's hand tightly.

Sakura nodded, loosening her hold on Syaoran. She felt safe when she was next to Syaoran.

"Don't leave my side," Syaoran said near her ear.

Sakura nodded again, shuddering slightly. That message somehow felt different. It was like he was asking her not to leave his side forever. Not just tonight, but forever.

"Are all these Shadows?" Sakura asked.

"Yea… all of them, I think," Syaoran answered.

Sakura immediately tightened her grip on Syaoran's hand and leaned in closer towards him.

"Great," Sakura muttered.

"Relax… at least I'm certain that we will get out of here alive," Syaoran chuckled as he and Sakura moved to the beat to blend into the crowd.

Sakura shot him a look and remained silent.

"Hey… you're not angry, are you?" Syaoran asked, lowering his gaze onto Sakura's eyes.

"No," Sakura shook her head. "This is my fault, they asked for me. Why in the world did I allow you guys to follow me?" Sakura said angrily.

"I told you before… we are family. Oh… but you didn't listen," Syaoran said accusingly.

"Huh? What do you mean? I heard every single word."

Sakura's last sentence went unheard went a gunshot rang, dispersing the crowd almost immediately.

Syaoran's quick reflexes told him to pull Sakura away. Unfortunately, Sakura's arm was grazed slightly by the bullet. A thin red line had formed.

"You okay?" Syaoran asked.

"Fine," Sakura answered, releasing herself from Syaoran's grip.

The next few things happen in a blur. Sakura's anger had gotten the better of her.

Sakura withdrew her gun as she spun around and shot five Shadows in the head continuously, killing all of them.

Everyone went silent.

A source of clapping could be heard and Sakura pointed her gun in that direction.

"Bravo! Bravo! Bravo!" A burly man in his late thirties chortled as he stepped out of the crowd.

Syaoran glared at the person he and his family loathed. Sakura just stared and held her gun straight, aiming at him.

"Shaman Dow," Syaoran spat as he too, withdrew his gun.

"Hey… who do we have here?" Shaman smiled. "Li Syaoran." The crowd hooted and cheered hearing a Li being mentioned.

"Let me tell you something, son. You father was an easy one. Too easy… And I bet you're no different from him. Hah! Maybe you're worse!"

Syaoran growled and Eriol had to hold him back.

"Relax dude. Remember, we're here to find out what he wants and we leave," Eriol said.

"I don't think that's all he wants, Eriol," Syaoran said.

"I know… he wants it the hard way." Eriol's eyes darkened.

Syaoran nodded, "And that's what he'll get."

"Finish discussing?" Shaman smirked.

"Done discussing…" Eriol shouted. "But not done with you!"

With those words, Eriol, Syaoran, Meilin, Tomoyo, Sakura took their guns and aimed it all at Shaman.

At the same time, all the Shadows hidden in the shadows took out their guns and aimed it at the group.

"What now?" Tomoyo asked Eriol as she kept her gun on Shaman.

"We wait for the right time and strike."

Meilin nodded and kept her trained eye on Shaman.

Everyone and everything was silent. The Wolves eyes on Shaman. And the Shadows eyes on the wolves.

Seconds pass…

One minute…

Two minutes…

THUD!

The drop of a gun echoed throughout the whole room. That was also when hell broke loose.

All at once, shots were fired and people were wounded.

Sakura kept her body low as she ran through and amongst the fighting or dead bodies and towards where she thought Shaman went.

"Where is he? Damn it. I lost him," Sakura cursed as she continued her search.

She soon reached a desolate room at the back of the club. She entered and searched all four corners of the room.

"Well… well… well… Who do we have here?" a voice said.

"Shaman," Sakura spoke, her voice low and dangerous.

"Yes… well if it isn't the new leader. The Cherry Blossom."

Sakura growled. "How did you know my name?"

"I have my ways."

"Clearly," Sakura said mildly.

"Meilin, where's Sakura?" Syaoran shouted as he shot down another Shadow.

Their backup had arrived and had joined their predicament.

"I don't know! I think I saw her enter the back!" Meilin shouted back.

Syaoran cursed as he hit a Shadow in the head.

"I'll go after her!" Syaoran told Meilin who nodded. "After I finish this…" Syaoran muttered when another five guys came out of nowhere and started attacking him.

"You know… if it's not me. It's you who is going to die tonight," Shaman told Sakura.

Sakura shrugged carelessly. "Who cares?"

"Are you sure you don't mind? Cause' I'm sure that you are the one who is going to die," Shaman smirked.

Sakura raised an eyebrow disbelievingly. "Oh really, who told you that?"

"Stop playing games with me," Shaman growled, loosing patience.

Syaoran jammed his fist on the last attacker's face and raced towards the back of the club.

"Oh shit… where is she?"

"Who says I'm playing games with you, Dow? After all… the last time I checked, it was you wanting to meet me," Sakura rolled her eyes. "And THIS is your idea of meeting me? A gang war? Hah! I should have known," Sakura said mockingly, her gaze not wavering.

"You mean that little wolf didn't tell you?" Shaman laughed. "And I thought he was starting to have feelings for you."

Sakura tried not to look surprised. "What are you talking about, Dow? Li has nothing to do with me. In fact, I detest him," Sakura stated matter-of-factly.

"Right… like I believe you."

"Believe what you want. I hate that guy," Sakura said unemotionally, examining her fingernails in a bored manner.

"Shut up! I had enough of your snide remarks! Your life shall end today," Shaman said and withdrew his gun.

"Not before you," Sakura said and both triggers were released at the same time.

Syaoran knocked down each and every door he passed, but still, no sign of Sakura.

As he neared the end of the hallway, he saw the last door was half-opened.

"Sakura!" Syaoran shouted as he ran to the door.

The door creaked open when he pushed it.

The sight before him made his heart twinge in pain.

"Sakura! Are you alright? Sakura!!" Syaoran made his way towards Sakura who was lying on the floor, panting. Lifting her up, he begged her to stay awake.

"Dow…" Sakura said weakly. "Get him. Dow…"

"Forget him, Sakura. You're wounded, we have to get you back," Syaoran said as he barked orders on his cell phone for wolves to withdraw.

"Syaoran…" Sakura breathed painfully and her body went limp in Syaoran's arms.

Dark-wolfling: I know…silly name. Shaman Dow! Hah! Who thinks of that?! Anyway… did I mention that Syaoran's father was killed by Shaman Dow or maybe, his fellow Shadows. Yes… but the main point is that Syaoran's father was killed by that gang, therefore part of his anger towards them.

That's all, folks! Sorry if I disappointed all of you. I seriously need to brush up on my descriptive writing.