SourPop1004: Hiye peepoz! I'm back with chapter 3! Hoot hoot! Hehe...I have nothing much to say for now. Maybe a long A/N at the end but for now...Enjoy the chapter!
PS. This is my Christmas present to you guys! Love you!!!
Merry X-mas!
PPS. I know I said a short beginning A/N but just wanted to comment back on some of you guys' reviews.
To the ALIAS fans out there. I HERE YA! Da love is definitely in da room. I'm feelin' it...especially in MICHAEL VARTAN. OH YEAH BABY! Haha...ok...moving on now...=)
To the reader that gave me a tip about Colombians, NICE! Haha...
*This is important news* One person asked me about Tomoyo and Eriol. Well, to make a long explanation short, Tomoyo does end up coming out but I need to plan for Eriol. I need to figure out how to fit him in into the story line. Suggestions VERY WELCOME! (E-mail me at xxgodslight012xx@aol.com.) Tomoyo will come out in the later chapters but unfortunately, she won't have a key role YET! My foreshadowing and planning for the future chapters always do end up changing but I'm thinking of one key role that Tomoyo will play. (Can't tell you details. I'm sworn to a writer's secret organization. Hehe...) Anyway, if you guys are planning on giving me suggestion for my story, I'm going to limit you guys to suggestions on Eriol. It's not cause I'm being mean or anything but it's cause I already have every typed-up up to CHAPTER 7! I know...Whoa! But it's true. Everything's written up to chapter 7. I'm almost done with it. So, I hope you guys don't find that offensive or anything and continue to read, enjoy, and send any comments or suggestions on Eriol. Thanks you guys. See you at the bottom.
The Salsa Dancer
By: Me!
Sakura rolled over on her huge king-size bed. The soft white sheets were tangled wildly around her body as if to choke her. She lazily opened her eyes as she felt a gust of crisp breeze wash into the large room. The tall glass doors to the balcony were open and the light blue curtains flapped gently in the breeze. Sakura pulled all her will power to get up. She slipped into her white fluffy slippers and walked over to the glass doors and shut them tight. The curtains immediately stopped their dance with the wind and settled back down into place. Through the curtains, golden sunrays flooded the large room. Sakura dragged herself back towards the bed. She threw off her slippers and climbed back in under the tangled covers.
"Chica, get up." A familiar voice rang through the room.
Sakura groaned and turned over to see Josh with his spiked hair and sunglasses. Sakura turn back and reached out her hand to grab something. From the many soft white pillows on the bed, she grabbed one and flung it across the room.
"Josh, get out!" Sakura yelled with her eyes still closed.
"Don't make me get rough!" Josh warned teasingly.
"Yeah...rough..."
Josh walked over to Sakura and started to tickle her. Sakura's eyes flew open and she started to laugh hysterically trying to untangle herself from the covers so she could get away. By now, Sakura was wide-awake. Josh just smiled. He made a gun with his hand and pretended to blow the smoke.
"If only your enemies knew your weakness..." Josh teased.
"Yeah, yeah, get out now. I need to wash up." Sakura tried to push Josh out of the room.
"Can't I watch?" Josh pleaded with puppy dog eyes.
"Hmm...let me think about it. How bout...NO!" With that she managed to push Josh completely out of the room.
Sakura just smiled and went to the bathroom that was connected to her huge room.
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In the elegant dining room, a man in his 50s sat at the end of a long red wood table. The wood was polished and waxed to the clearest. The man sat in an over stuffed chair. A large sparkling chandelier hung form the ceiling. The morning sunlight played around the crystals causing a brilliant shimmer of rainbows. The man picked up an expensive china teacup and sipped his tea. He was in a red robe and was reading a newspaper. He looked up from his paper when he heard someone come down the stairs.
Sakura came skipping into the room with a plate full of waffles. She had her long hair tied in a French braid and was wearing her slippers, a pair of gray shorts with white strips going down the side, and a tight white spaghetti strap.
"Buenos dias. Sleep well?" The man smiled at Sakura.
"I did...but Josh came into the room." Sakura stuffed a piece of waffle into her mouth. She poured some more syrup in the rest of the plate and continued to eat.
"Did it go well last night. I heard from Josh that you took longer than expected." The man sipped his tea again before setting it down and giving Sakura his full attention.
"Oh, it was nothing. I just had a little trouble finding the key. You did get the card key, right?" Sakura looked at him while she took a sip of her orange juice.
"Yes, I did get the key. Nice job. But are you sure that's it?" The man looked at her.
"Well, there was a CIA agent in the room. I had to fend him off. That's why it took a while." Sakura replied looking at the man. 'Why was I trying to hide about the agent?' she wondered curiously as she stuck another piece of her waffle into her mouth.
"I see. Well, I'm sorry but I must get going. Business in Brazil. I will be back by 7 so I'll see you at dinner, Cereza." The man got up from his seat and petted Sakura's head before walking out of the large dining room. (Cereza means cherry in Spanish. Don't freak out if you don't get what I'm saying cause my Spanish is limited. Haha...)
"Adios papito." Sakura smiled and waved good bye without turning around. Just then josh came into the room. He was wearing a pair of baggy black pants and a muscle shirt.
"Hey. Since you're free today, what do you wanna do?" Josh asked with a smile.
"I don't know. What is there to do?" Sakura was finished with her waffles. She got up and was taking the empty glass cup and the plate to the kitchen. Josh followed her.
"Umm...we could book a get away to some beach or something. How bout Hawaii?"
"Hmm...I don' t know." Sakura handed her plate and cup to a maid who scurried off towards the sink to wash them. Sakura wandered around the kitchen aimlessly looking for something. She went towards the middle of the gigantic kitchen and sat on top of the island counter and took an apple from a basket and started eating it. (Island counters are those counters in the middle of the kitchen. It not stuck to the wall or anything. And you guys have to get the fact that she's in an incredibly rich home.) "Hawaii?" Sakura looked up at Josh.
"Yeah, I mean we do have freedom to your papito's credit card." Josh smiled evilly."
"Right..." Sakura just gave him a look. "Well, instead of Hawaii, let's go to a beach in California. It'd be nice." Just then Josh's phone started to ring.
He whipped out his silver hand phone and answered it. "Si?" Josh started talking to the other person on the other line in rapid French. After about 2 minutes, he shut his phone and looked at Sakura.
"What is it?" Sakura asked looking at Josh.
"Here goes your one day vacation, but you do get to go to California. That was Mr. Voljour. Apperently, papito does have something for you to do today."
"What? Another mission?" Sakura asked flatly.
"Yeah." He replied shortly.
"Great. Just great. Anyway, what's up?" Sakura turned towards him to give him her full attention. She sat down on the steps of the massive grand staircase.
"Mr. Voljour wants you to do him a little favor. And currently, your father has given his consent. Mr. Voljour wants you to infiltrate the CIA building in L.A. to dig up some files and to destroy them."
"That should be easy. I think, right?" Sakura looked up at him.
"Yeah. That's Voljour's part. Your dad wants you stay with the CIA for a couple of days and try to get some more files for him."
"Oh."
"And also, when you find the files Voljour wants, make sure to get another copy for your dad."
"I thought we were supposed to destroy them." Sakura paused. "Never mind. So when do I leave?" Sakura knew perfectly well why her 'father' wanted a copy, so he could blackmail. How else could he have become so powerful. The one thing that always made her wonder was why would anyone risk the thought of blackmail to request a job from papito. She figured they all knew what were the consequences of a request to papito, but they did it anyway to get the job done. She concluded that her father was one power everyone wanted on their side. In truth, he never took sides. Everyone else was a mere puppet in his game. In trade of their requests, they were bound to serve him. But she accepted what he did. And the fact that outside of the house, he was known as Senior Lobo (Wolf) to his business clients or Fang to many other black market intelligence. Sakura didn't know why she called this man father but she figured it was because he always had been a father to her. He raised her since ten so naturally, he was seen as a father to her. Many questioned the Hispanic father and the Asian daughter but never said anything out loud for they all knew that they wouldn't have a tongue left when speaking against Senior Lobo. Everyone feared him with a passion.
"You leave in 2 hours. Pack up chica, you're going to L.A...again. When you get to the office, you'll be listed under as Laura Teru in the new employee section. Here." Josh handed her a picture of a woman with short blonde hair and glasses.
"What's this?"
"You're gonna have to look like this. I managed to edit one of your photos. Oh, the wonders of Photo Shop. Those freakin' applications thing over the Internet required a picture. Those overprotective bastards..." Josh smiled.
"When did you have time to do all this?"
"Chica, you mock me. You know me, always prepared for anything and everything.
"All right," Sakura chuckled. "I'll be upstairs packing. Call me when it's time to go." Sakura hopped up and went upstairs where she disappeared into her room.
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Syaoran was in his office with a massive stack of papers he had received earlier that morning. He still felt the throbbing pain at the back of his head. He groaned as he turned on his computer. He had gotten a notice to look over the new employees' files to make sure a background search was performed. Syaoran scrolled page after page of applications. He almost fell asleep by the end when the last one caught his attention. There was a picture of a beautiful woman with short blonde hair that came down to her chin, which was neatly tucked behind her ears. In front of her brown eyes, she wore a pair of square dark maroon-framed glasses that made her look smart and sophisticated. Syaoran sat back in his leather chair as he read her resume.
"Laura Teru, 24, Harvard graduate..." He murmured to himself. "Interesting..."
Syaoran kept on reading but broke away from the screen when there was a knock on the door. A lady in her mid 50s popped her head in from behind the glass door.
" Hon, Yoritomo said the new employees will be here at noon. He wants everyone to welcome them." The old woman smiled.
"Thank you Mrs. Riddle." Syaoran mustered a warm smile. The lady just winked and walked away form his office with her gray curls bouncing along form her black pin.
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Sakura had arrived at her hotel and dropped off her bags. She looked at her watch. Josh had told her she would have to get to the office building by 12. It was 11:25. Sakura dropped her suitcase onto the bed and unclasped the locks. She quickly found her outfit and disappeared into the bathroom. The hotel she was staying in wasn't as nice as the one she had stayed in her last mission but it was close enough.
When she reappeared, she was wearing a gray turtleneck, a long dark gray skirt that came down between her ankle and knee, and a pair of black leather boots that disappeared under her long skirt. Her hair was a short blonde, she wore a pair of glasses, and she had on two silver chain earrings that hung down barely over her shoulders. She checked her watch before grabbing her purse and walking out the door.
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When she got there, a small group of people were sitting around in the lobby. Sakura walked up to the lady at the counter.
"Excuse me, do you where I should go for the new employment meeting?"
"Oh, take a seat with the rest, they're all waiting." The woman smiled as she pointed to the group of people Sakura had seen when coming into the building.
"Thank you." Sakura smiled and walked over to the people.
She found an empty seat and sat down. She looked around. They were all young people who probably had just graduated and were at the start of their journey to survive through life by getting a job as a starter. Sakura smiled at the thought of how inexperienced they all looked. If you were a stranger, you probably would have guessed she was also an inexperienced worker as well. But that was a lie. She was a fully trained agent to act under any situation. She smiled again sadly at the thought.
Everyone looked up from their nervous state as a man with blonde spiked hair approached them announcing the office was ready for them. The group got up and followed the man to the elevator.
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Everyone was doing his or her work when the bunch stepped out of the elevator and entered the large office floor. 3 people were standing in the hallway to greet them. Sakura's eyes quickly focused on a tall man with messy brown hair. 'What do you know...the boy looks good in a suit...' Sakura thought with a smirk. She snapped out of her thoughts when the 3 people were introducing themselves.
"I'm Garu Yoritomo. I am the director of this department." Everyone shook hands with him.
"I'm Syaoran Li. I'm the assistant director. I'll be helping you out throughout this week." He smiled and shook hands. (I put their names: first then last cause we're in the US right now. In Japan, it'd be the other way around but you know...) The women in the group gave huge smiles.
"I'm Jessie Parker. I'm just a representative from the office employees. I will be helping anyone in need as well. We all will." The woman smiled. Jessie was pretty. With long wavy dirty blonde hair and a small face, anyone would have liked her. The guys were extremely happy when they all shook hands. When she and Sakura shook hands, she didn't know why but she noticed a diamond ring around her ring finger. Instinctively, her eyes darted towards Syaoran. She didn't know why but she had a feeling this woman and Syaoran were somehow...connected.
"Everyone, to the meeting room." Yoritomo instructed as he ushered everyone into a large room.
Everyone followed and Sakura was the last one. She watched as Jessie giggled and smiled up at Syaoran as the two walked into the room. She felt something in her heart. A little twitch of annoyance. Could it be? Jealousy? Whatever it was, it would be interesting to play around. The last time she met him, he had no problem kissing her. It would indeed be interesting to play. Sakura entered the room.
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The meeting had just ended. Sakura gave a silent sigh of relief. How boring it was. They even took a small test to pin point their areas of strength. Sakura identified the different types of questions and answered the ones relating to a computer more effectively. The test was a breeze for her and she would have scored a 100 if it were to be out of a 100, but she focused on working towards a place in the office where they dealt with computers. That way, it would save her the trouble of sneaking around.
After 10 minutes of just waiting, the small group was broken down further into smaller pairs. Everyone left the room with another employee. Sakura was left alone with another man. He was tall, well built, light brown hair, and a French accent. She eyed him suspiciously as she walked up to him. No one was in the meeting room.
"Well, well, what do we have here?" Sakura's lips curled into a smile.
"I zon't unzersstand vhat you meeen." The man looked at Sakura with confusion.
"Right. We'll see." Sakura spoke in smooth French. The man just stared as Sakura walked past him and left the room.
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The office was a bustle with greetings and welcomes to the new workers. Sakura continued on with a smile plastered on her face. All through the chaos, she kept an eye on the tall French man named Jack Montane, or at least that was his name for this mission. She knew he knew that she was watching him. He knew perfectly well why.
When the office had settled down, and the pairs were sorted into different sections of the office, Sakura and Jack were quietly waiting for instructions. Sakura waited and wondered who their helper would be. To her surprise, it was Jessie. Sakura greeted her with a warm smile.
"I'll be helping you throughout the week. I'm sure you already know me." Jessie smiled and tilted her head to the side a bit.
"Yes. It's a pleasure to meet you, again." Sakura lightly giggled. All through their laughter, Sakura couldn't tear her eyes away from Jessie's hand. The ring. (Hehe...oh...the irony of it all...If you don't get it then...hehe...)
Jack proceeded in shaking her hand as well.
"I'm Jack. Nice to meet you. I hope to learn a lot from you." The two smiled and shook hands.
"Good, well I just want to start out by warning you that for the first few weeks, you won't be doing much. You'll mostly be watching, studying what to do. As you already know, it's an all week work. You'll have classes 4 times a week and every other day, you will be working as an intern. Mail duty, cleaning up, things like that. It won't be glamorous for the first time but I hope you'll take it seriously. And when your training is over, I know you'll feel it was all worth it. You each get an access pass card. There will be areas you may bot enter so please don't try.
You're first class will be tomorrow. Today, you will do the internship just so you can get to know everyone around the office. All the new workers will have a rotating schedule they do everything you guys are doing. But you don't have to concern about them. Just pay attention to your work and I promise everything will be fine. Any questions?" Jessie looked at the two. "Well, since there aren't any, I'm taking that you all know the basic information, since they were on the application. Good. Right now, you two will report to the mailroom. Have fun, and if you have any questions, just look for me." With that she walked off.
Sakura turned to Jack with a smile. "Shall we?" She asked in French.
Jack gave her a look. "Vhy do you alvays speek to mee in French? Zo wee know each ozher?" He asked wondering.
"Do we?" Sakura looked at him challengingly. "Don't worry, I'm just trying to be friendly. I'm sure you miss your homeland. Just... trying to make you feel...right...at...home." Sakura looked at him with a glitter of malice in her eyes.
Jack choked as he listened to her last words. A flood of memories rushed through him.
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Sakura's long golden hair swished behind her as she ran down a large hallway with a pile of books in her arms. She turned a corner and before she knew it, she had crashed into a tall dark blonde haired man. (This is not Tano.)
"I'm so sorry!" Sakura hurriedly picked up her books.
The man kneeled down and helped her. Sakura blushed when his hand brushed hers. The two got up as Sakura thanked him. He smiled down at her.
"Coffeee? Vould zyou like to getz zome coffeee vith mee zometime?" The man asked with a French accent, which would have made any girl flutter.
"Wha?" Sakura was taken back by the question.
"I'm zorry. Zhat vaz zo rood. I'm Jacques. (Jack in English.) Jacque Montour."
"I'm Cereza Lobo. And I'd love to." Sakura smiled at Jacque who gave a wide toothy grin.
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The vision disappeared, before his brain skipped over a few memories to another one.
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"Oh Jacques, you're so wonderful. I'd love to! I love you!" Sakura shouted with tears streaming down her cheeks as she admired the diamond ring on her ring finger. She jumped up and hugged Jacques as everyone around them in the Italian restaurant clapped and shouted.
"I'll make you happy. I love you Cereza. I'll make you feel right at home in my heart." He whispered soothingly in French as he kissed her forehead.
(I didn't use the accent for this sentence cause it says he said it in French but anyway, when you have a French accent, the H is silent, and you emphasize your E. Like if it were 'feel', you'd say, 'feeel'. You don't drawl or anything it's just their Es are extended. And the Zs, they replace the Ss. Most of the time anyway. And also, the As, you pronounce them with a gagging kind of feel in your throat. Basically, the A is in short sound vowel. Hehe...And as for the Vs, you replace the Ws, but that's more of a German accent but I put it in cause it sounds good. Hehe...)
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Jack stared in disbelief at the woman in front of him.
"Remembering something Jack?" Sakura asked with her head tilted and her arms crossed. "Go on, look further in your mind. See what happened in the end." She taunted in perfect French.
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Jacques lay in a large bed, a glass of martini in one hand, with someone in his other arm. The woman stirred and pushed back the white sheets that covered her. It wasn't Sakura.
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Jack stumbled a step backwards. His vision blurred as his mind fast-forwarded to another scene.
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Sakura was crying uncontrollably. She looked at Jacques with furious emerald eyes.
"I hate you, you lying bastard!" Sakura ripped off the ring from her finger and threw it as hard as she could at his face. He stood there with a worried face trying to explain to her but Sakura wouldn't listen. "How could you do this to me? I loved you! Didn't you love me?" Sakura screamed at him as her tears fell to the ground.
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By the time the flashback ended, Sakura was circling Jack, who stood in the middle of the room.
"You should thank me you're still alive. Father would have taken care of you just like that." Sakura snapped her fingers. "If it weren't for me who mistakenly pleaded him not to do anything drastic." Sakura gave a sad smile. "How foolish I was, now that I realize."
Jack's eyes followed her every move. He flinched when he felt her fingertips tracing down his jaw line. Mustering up all the courage he had, he asked.
"Why are you under a false name? Or was Cereza a false name?" He asked in French.
"Why am I under a false name? I could ask you the same thing? But I won't because I know what you do. I know who you work for. I know. I'm not the same girl you'll ever push around ever again. You have no idea what you have just done by showing up here." Sakura's tone dropped a considerable amount. "I would watch myself if I were you. You may not be as lucky as you were 6 years ago. Remember that." Sakura warned with a low hiss. She gave him an icy smile before walking away towards the mailroom. Her silver watch flickered under the office light as she walked off.
SouPop1004: Hihi! Ok, now I have a couple of things to say:
First off: OMGOODNESS! I AM SO EXCITED! I have gotten new recruiters! Oh yeah! Hehe...well, to those new to SourPop1004's Domain, welcome. =) I hope all you guys (new and old) will enjoy my stories! Go and read Snow and The Intern if you guys haven't and remember to REVIEW! Hehe...so happy...Anyway, more news below.
1) Sorry the chapter was kind of short.
2) I'll list all the important characters so far and their, gender, age, work, and things like that cause I have realized how confusing this story could be. Just like a drama or something. Hehe...
3) If you don't get part of the story line so far, e-mail me at xxgodslight012xx@aol.com.
4) If you don't get the accents, you can e-mail me. hehe...
5) I would write in French except there's this little problem. I DON'T KNOW FRENCH except a couple of words...hehe...
6) This is the important information. As you read this story, pay attention to little details that you think might have some significant holdings. Ok? Cause well, I'm just that kind of sneaky tweeky person. Hehe...
Ok, here is the list so far. There probably might be more later as the story goes on. I think this list will be very helpful. I would keep it saved somewhere or something cause more will be added on to the list.
Name/Other name (age) Working for/their job or any other side note about them
Sakura Kinomoto / Cereza Lobo (24) Fang/agent
Syaoran Li (27) CIA/agent/assistant director of department/engaged to another CIA officer
Tano (27) CIA/office worker/agent
Jessie Parker (27) CIA/office worker/engaged to another CIA officer
Josh (25) Fang/Sakura's handler
Jacques Montour/Jack Montane (25) Unknown(yet)/past relationship with Sakura
Senior Lobo/Fang (56) Himself/President of an international company/respected and feared.
Yoritomo (54) CIA/director
Mr. Voljour (He's not THAT important)
I hope that helped you guys out a bit. Hehe...well, I'll be signing off. I hope you guys review lots and lots. R+R! See you next chapter!!!
PPS. Sorry for the late update. I was supposed to update on the 24 but ff.net had some problems with their AOL users. Sorry for the inconvenience. Thnx for hanging in there.
PS. This is my Christmas present to you guys! Love you!!!
Merry X-mas!
PPS. I know I said a short beginning A/N but just wanted to comment back on some of you guys' reviews.
To the ALIAS fans out there. I HERE YA! Da love is definitely in da room. I'm feelin' it...especially in MICHAEL VARTAN. OH YEAH BABY! Haha...ok...moving on now...=)
To the reader that gave me a tip about Colombians, NICE! Haha...
*This is important news* One person asked me about Tomoyo and Eriol. Well, to make a long explanation short, Tomoyo does end up coming out but I need to plan for Eriol. I need to figure out how to fit him in into the story line. Suggestions VERY WELCOME! (E-mail me at xxgodslight012xx@aol.com.) Tomoyo will come out in the later chapters but unfortunately, she won't have a key role YET! My foreshadowing and planning for the future chapters always do end up changing but I'm thinking of one key role that Tomoyo will play. (Can't tell you details. I'm sworn to a writer's secret organization. Hehe...) Anyway, if you guys are planning on giving me suggestion for my story, I'm going to limit you guys to suggestions on Eriol. It's not cause I'm being mean or anything but it's cause I already have every typed-up up to CHAPTER 7! I know...Whoa! But it's true. Everything's written up to chapter 7. I'm almost done with it. So, I hope you guys don't find that offensive or anything and continue to read, enjoy, and send any comments or suggestions on Eriol. Thanks you guys. See you at the bottom.
The Salsa Dancer
By: Me!
Sakura rolled over on her huge king-size bed. The soft white sheets were tangled wildly around her body as if to choke her. She lazily opened her eyes as she felt a gust of crisp breeze wash into the large room. The tall glass doors to the balcony were open and the light blue curtains flapped gently in the breeze. Sakura pulled all her will power to get up. She slipped into her white fluffy slippers and walked over to the glass doors and shut them tight. The curtains immediately stopped their dance with the wind and settled back down into place. Through the curtains, golden sunrays flooded the large room. Sakura dragged herself back towards the bed. She threw off her slippers and climbed back in under the tangled covers.
"Chica, get up." A familiar voice rang through the room.
Sakura groaned and turned over to see Josh with his spiked hair and sunglasses. Sakura turn back and reached out her hand to grab something. From the many soft white pillows on the bed, she grabbed one and flung it across the room.
"Josh, get out!" Sakura yelled with her eyes still closed.
"Don't make me get rough!" Josh warned teasingly.
"Yeah...rough..."
Josh walked over to Sakura and started to tickle her. Sakura's eyes flew open and she started to laugh hysterically trying to untangle herself from the covers so she could get away. By now, Sakura was wide-awake. Josh just smiled. He made a gun with his hand and pretended to blow the smoke.
"If only your enemies knew your weakness..." Josh teased.
"Yeah, yeah, get out now. I need to wash up." Sakura tried to push Josh out of the room.
"Can't I watch?" Josh pleaded with puppy dog eyes.
"Hmm...let me think about it. How bout...NO!" With that she managed to push Josh completely out of the room.
Sakura just smiled and went to the bathroom that was connected to her huge room.
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In the elegant dining room, a man in his 50s sat at the end of a long red wood table. The wood was polished and waxed to the clearest. The man sat in an over stuffed chair. A large sparkling chandelier hung form the ceiling. The morning sunlight played around the crystals causing a brilliant shimmer of rainbows. The man picked up an expensive china teacup and sipped his tea. He was in a red robe and was reading a newspaper. He looked up from his paper when he heard someone come down the stairs.
Sakura came skipping into the room with a plate full of waffles. She had her long hair tied in a French braid and was wearing her slippers, a pair of gray shorts with white strips going down the side, and a tight white spaghetti strap.
"Buenos dias. Sleep well?" The man smiled at Sakura.
"I did...but Josh came into the room." Sakura stuffed a piece of waffle into her mouth. She poured some more syrup in the rest of the plate and continued to eat.
"Did it go well last night. I heard from Josh that you took longer than expected." The man sipped his tea again before setting it down and giving Sakura his full attention.
"Oh, it was nothing. I just had a little trouble finding the key. You did get the card key, right?" Sakura looked at him while she took a sip of her orange juice.
"Yes, I did get the key. Nice job. But are you sure that's it?" The man looked at her.
"Well, there was a CIA agent in the room. I had to fend him off. That's why it took a while." Sakura replied looking at the man. 'Why was I trying to hide about the agent?' she wondered curiously as she stuck another piece of her waffle into her mouth.
"I see. Well, I'm sorry but I must get going. Business in Brazil. I will be back by 7 so I'll see you at dinner, Cereza." The man got up from his seat and petted Sakura's head before walking out of the large dining room. (Cereza means cherry in Spanish. Don't freak out if you don't get what I'm saying cause my Spanish is limited. Haha...)
"Adios papito." Sakura smiled and waved good bye without turning around. Just then josh came into the room. He was wearing a pair of baggy black pants and a muscle shirt.
"Hey. Since you're free today, what do you wanna do?" Josh asked with a smile.
"I don't know. What is there to do?" Sakura was finished with her waffles. She got up and was taking the empty glass cup and the plate to the kitchen. Josh followed her.
"Umm...we could book a get away to some beach or something. How bout Hawaii?"
"Hmm...I don' t know." Sakura handed her plate and cup to a maid who scurried off towards the sink to wash them. Sakura wandered around the kitchen aimlessly looking for something. She went towards the middle of the gigantic kitchen and sat on top of the island counter and took an apple from a basket and started eating it. (Island counters are those counters in the middle of the kitchen. It not stuck to the wall or anything. And you guys have to get the fact that she's in an incredibly rich home.) "Hawaii?" Sakura looked up at Josh.
"Yeah, I mean we do have freedom to your papito's credit card." Josh smiled evilly."
"Right..." Sakura just gave him a look. "Well, instead of Hawaii, let's go to a beach in California. It'd be nice." Just then Josh's phone started to ring.
He whipped out his silver hand phone and answered it. "Si?" Josh started talking to the other person on the other line in rapid French. After about 2 minutes, he shut his phone and looked at Sakura.
"What is it?" Sakura asked looking at Josh.
"Here goes your one day vacation, but you do get to go to California. That was Mr. Voljour. Apperently, papito does have something for you to do today."
"What? Another mission?" Sakura asked flatly.
"Yeah." He replied shortly.
"Great. Just great. Anyway, what's up?" Sakura turned towards him to give him her full attention. She sat down on the steps of the massive grand staircase.
"Mr. Voljour wants you to do him a little favor. And currently, your father has given his consent. Mr. Voljour wants you to infiltrate the CIA building in L.A. to dig up some files and to destroy them."
"That should be easy. I think, right?" Sakura looked up at him.
"Yeah. That's Voljour's part. Your dad wants you stay with the CIA for a couple of days and try to get some more files for him."
"Oh."
"And also, when you find the files Voljour wants, make sure to get another copy for your dad."
"I thought we were supposed to destroy them." Sakura paused. "Never mind. So when do I leave?" Sakura knew perfectly well why her 'father' wanted a copy, so he could blackmail. How else could he have become so powerful. The one thing that always made her wonder was why would anyone risk the thought of blackmail to request a job from papito. She figured they all knew what were the consequences of a request to papito, but they did it anyway to get the job done. She concluded that her father was one power everyone wanted on their side. In truth, he never took sides. Everyone else was a mere puppet in his game. In trade of their requests, they were bound to serve him. But she accepted what he did. And the fact that outside of the house, he was known as Senior Lobo (Wolf) to his business clients or Fang to many other black market intelligence. Sakura didn't know why she called this man father but she figured it was because he always had been a father to her. He raised her since ten so naturally, he was seen as a father to her. Many questioned the Hispanic father and the Asian daughter but never said anything out loud for they all knew that they wouldn't have a tongue left when speaking against Senior Lobo. Everyone feared him with a passion.
"You leave in 2 hours. Pack up chica, you're going to L.A...again. When you get to the office, you'll be listed under as Laura Teru in the new employee section. Here." Josh handed her a picture of a woman with short blonde hair and glasses.
"What's this?"
"You're gonna have to look like this. I managed to edit one of your photos. Oh, the wonders of Photo Shop. Those freakin' applications thing over the Internet required a picture. Those overprotective bastards..." Josh smiled.
"When did you have time to do all this?"
"Chica, you mock me. You know me, always prepared for anything and everything.
"All right," Sakura chuckled. "I'll be upstairs packing. Call me when it's time to go." Sakura hopped up and went upstairs where she disappeared into her room.
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Syaoran was in his office with a massive stack of papers he had received earlier that morning. He still felt the throbbing pain at the back of his head. He groaned as he turned on his computer. He had gotten a notice to look over the new employees' files to make sure a background search was performed. Syaoran scrolled page after page of applications. He almost fell asleep by the end when the last one caught his attention. There was a picture of a beautiful woman with short blonde hair that came down to her chin, which was neatly tucked behind her ears. In front of her brown eyes, she wore a pair of square dark maroon-framed glasses that made her look smart and sophisticated. Syaoran sat back in his leather chair as he read her resume.
"Laura Teru, 24, Harvard graduate..." He murmured to himself. "Interesting..."
Syaoran kept on reading but broke away from the screen when there was a knock on the door. A lady in her mid 50s popped her head in from behind the glass door.
" Hon, Yoritomo said the new employees will be here at noon. He wants everyone to welcome them." The old woman smiled.
"Thank you Mrs. Riddle." Syaoran mustered a warm smile. The lady just winked and walked away form his office with her gray curls bouncing along form her black pin.
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Sakura had arrived at her hotel and dropped off her bags. She looked at her watch. Josh had told her she would have to get to the office building by 12. It was 11:25. Sakura dropped her suitcase onto the bed and unclasped the locks. She quickly found her outfit and disappeared into the bathroom. The hotel she was staying in wasn't as nice as the one she had stayed in her last mission but it was close enough.
When she reappeared, she was wearing a gray turtleneck, a long dark gray skirt that came down between her ankle and knee, and a pair of black leather boots that disappeared under her long skirt. Her hair was a short blonde, she wore a pair of glasses, and she had on two silver chain earrings that hung down barely over her shoulders. She checked her watch before grabbing her purse and walking out the door.
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When she got there, a small group of people were sitting around in the lobby. Sakura walked up to the lady at the counter.
"Excuse me, do you where I should go for the new employment meeting?"
"Oh, take a seat with the rest, they're all waiting." The woman smiled as she pointed to the group of people Sakura had seen when coming into the building.
"Thank you." Sakura smiled and walked over to the people.
She found an empty seat and sat down. She looked around. They were all young people who probably had just graduated and were at the start of their journey to survive through life by getting a job as a starter. Sakura smiled at the thought of how inexperienced they all looked. If you were a stranger, you probably would have guessed she was also an inexperienced worker as well. But that was a lie. She was a fully trained agent to act under any situation. She smiled again sadly at the thought.
Everyone looked up from their nervous state as a man with blonde spiked hair approached them announcing the office was ready for them. The group got up and followed the man to the elevator.
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Everyone was doing his or her work when the bunch stepped out of the elevator and entered the large office floor. 3 people were standing in the hallway to greet them. Sakura's eyes quickly focused on a tall man with messy brown hair. 'What do you know...the boy looks good in a suit...' Sakura thought with a smirk. She snapped out of her thoughts when the 3 people were introducing themselves.
"I'm Garu Yoritomo. I am the director of this department." Everyone shook hands with him.
"I'm Syaoran Li. I'm the assistant director. I'll be helping you out throughout this week." He smiled and shook hands. (I put their names: first then last cause we're in the US right now. In Japan, it'd be the other way around but you know...) The women in the group gave huge smiles.
"I'm Jessie Parker. I'm just a representative from the office employees. I will be helping anyone in need as well. We all will." The woman smiled. Jessie was pretty. With long wavy dirty blonde hair and a small face, anyone would have liked her. The guys were extremely happy when they all shook hands. When she and Sakura shook hands, she didn't know why but she noticed a diamond ring around her ring finger. Instinctively, her eyes darted towards Syaoran. She didn't know why but she had a feeling this woman and Syaoran were somehow...connected.
"Everyone, to the meeting room." Yoritomo instructed as he ushered everyone into a large room.
Everyone followed and Sakura was the last one. She watched as Jessie giggled and smiled up at Syaoran as the two walked into the room. She felt something in her heart. A little twitch of annoyance. Could it be? Jealousy? Whatever it was, it would be interesting to play around. The last time she met him, he had no problem kissing her. It would indeed be interesting to play. Sakura entered the room.
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The meeting had just ended. Sakura gave a silent sigh of relief. How boring it was. They even took a small test to pin point their areas of strength. Sakura identified the different types of questions and answered the ones relating to a computer more effectively. The test was a breeze for her and she would have scored a 100 if it were to be out of a 100, but she focused on working towards a place in the office where they dealt with computers. That way, it would save her the trouble of sneaking around.
After 10 minutes of just waiting, the small group was broken down further into smaller pairs. Everyone left the room with another employee. Sakura was left alone with another man. He was tall, well built, light brown hair, and a French accent. She eyed him suspiciously as she walked up to him. No one was in the meeting room.
"Well, well, what do we have here?" Sakura's lips curled into a smile.
"I zon't unzersstand vhat you meeen." The man looked at Sakura with confusion.
"Right. We'll see." Sakura spoke in smooth French. The man just stared as Sakura walked past him and left the room.
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The office was a bustle with greetings and welcomes to the new workers. Sakura continued on with a smile plastered on her face. All through the chaos, she kept an eye on the tall French man named Jack Montane, or at least that was his name for this mission. She knew he knew that she was watching him. He knew perfectly well why.
When the office had settled down, and the pairs were sorted into different sections of the office, Sakura and Jack were quietly waiting for instructions. Sakura waited and wondered who their helper would be. To her surprise, it was Jessie. Sakura greeted her with a warm smile.
"I'll be helping you throughout the week. I'm sure you already know me." Jessie smiled and tilted her head to the side a bit.
"Yes. It's a pleasure to meet you, again." Sakura lightly giggled. All through their laughter, Sakura couldn't tear her eyes away from Jessie's hand. The ring. (Hehe...oh...the irony of it all...If you don't get it then...hehe...)
Jack proceeded in shaking her hand as well.
"I'm Jack. Nice to meet you. I hope to learn a lot from you." The two smiled and shook hands.
"Good, well I just want to start out by warning you that for the first few weeks, you won't be doing much. You'll mostly be watching, studying what to do. As you already know, it's an all week work. You'll have classes 4 times a week and every other day, you will be working as an intern. Mail duty, cleaning up, things like that. It won't be glamorous for the first time but I hope you'll take it seriously. And when your training is over, I know you'll feel it was all worth it. You each get an access pass card. There will be areas you may bot enter so please don't try.
You're first class will be tomorrow. Today, you will do the internship just so you can get to know everyone around the office. All the new workers will have a rotating schedule they do everything you guys are doing. But you don't have to concern about them. Just pay attention to your work and I promise everything will be fine. Any questions?" Jessie looked at the two. "Well, since there aren't any, I'm taking that you all know the basic information, since they were on the application. Good. Right now, you two will report to the mailroom. Have fun, and if you have any questions, just look for me." With that she walked off.
Sakura turned to Jack with a smile. "Shall we?" She asked in French.
Jack gave her a look. "Vhy do you alvays speek to mee in French? Zo wee know each ozher?" He asked wondering.
"Do we?" Sakura looked at him challengingly. "Don't worry, I'm just trying to be friendly. I'm sure you miss your homeland. Just... trying to make you feel...right...at...home." Sakura looked at him with a glitter of malice in her eyes.
Jack choked as he listened to her last words. A flood of memories rushed through him.
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Sakura's long golden hair swished behind her as she ran down a large hallway with a pile of books in her arms. She turned a corner and before she knew it, she had crashed into a tall dark blonde haired man. (This is not Tano.)
"I'm so sorry!" Sakura hurriedly picked up her books.
The man kneeled down and helped her. Sakura blushed when his hand brushed hers. The two got up as Sakura thanked him. He smiled down at her.
"Coffeee? Vould zyou like to getz zome coffeee vith mee zometime?" The man asked with a French accent, which would have made any girl flutter.
"Wha?" Sakura was taken back by the question.
"I'm zorry. Zhat vaz zo rood. I'm Jacques. (Jack in English.) Jacque Montour."
"I'm Cereza Lobo. And I'd love to." Sakura smiled at Jacque who gave a wide toothy grin.
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The vision disappeared, before his brain skipped over a few memories to another one.
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"Oh Jacques, you're so wonderful. I'd love to! I love you!" Sakura shouted with tears streaming down her cheeks as she admired the diamond ring on her ring finger. She jumped up and hugged Jacques as everyone around them in the Italian restaurant clapped and shouted.
"I'll make you happy. I love you Cereza. I'll make you feel right at home in my heart." He whispered soothingly in French as he kissed her forehead.
(I didn't use the accent for this sentence cause it says he said it in French but anyway, when you have a French accent, the H is silent, and you emphasize your E. Like if it were 'feel', you'd say, 'feeel'. You don't drawl or anything it's just their Es are extended. And the Zs, they replace the Ss. Most of the time anyway. And also, the As, you pronounce them with a gagging kind of feel in your throat. Basically, the A is in short sound vowel. Hehe...And as for the Vs, you replace the Ws, but that's more of a German accent but I put it in cause it sounds good. Hehe...)
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Jack stared in disbelief at the woman in front of him.
"Remembering something Jack?" Sakura asked with her head tilted and her arms crossed. "Go on, look further in your mind. See what happened in the end." She taunted in perfect French.
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Jacques lay in a large bed, a glass of martini in one hand, with someone in his other arm. The woman stirred and pushed back the white sheets that covered her. It wasn't Sakura.
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Jack stumbled a step backwards. His vision blurred as his mind fast-forwarded to another scene.
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Sakura was crying uncontrollably. She looked at Jacques with furious emerald eyes.
"I hate you, you lying bastard!" Sakura ripped off the ring from her finger and threw it as hard as she could at his face. He stood there with a worried face trying to explain to her but Sakura wouldn't listen. "How could you do this to me? I loved you! Didn't you love me?" Sakura screamed at him as her tears fell to the ground.
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By the time the flashback ended, Sakura was circling Jack, who stood in the middle of the room.
"You should thank me you're still alive. Father would have taken care of you just like that." Sakura snapped her fingers. "If it weren't for me who mistakenly pleaded him not to do anything drastic." Sakura gave a sad smile. "How foolish I was, now that I realize."
Jack's eyes followed her every move. He flinched when he felt her fingertips tracing down his jaw line. Mustering up all the courage he had, he asked.
"Why are you under a false name? Or was Cereza a false name?" He asked in French.
"Why am I under a false name? I could ask you the same thing? But I won't because I know what you do. I know who you work for. I know. I'm not the same girl you'll ever push around ever again. You have no idea what you have just done by showing up here." Sakura's tone dropped a considerable amount. "I would watch myself if I were you. You may not be as lucky as you were 6 years ago. Remember that." Sakura warned with a low hiss. She gave him an icy smile before walking away towards the mailroom. Her silver watch flickered under the office light as she walked off.
SouPop1004: Hihi! Ok, now I have a couple of things to say:
First off: OMGOODNESS! I AM SO EXCITED! I have gotten new recruiters! Oh yeah! Hehe...well, to those new to SourPop1004's Domain, welcome. =) I hope all you guys (new and old) will enjoy my stories! Go and read Snow and The Intern if you guys haven't and remember to REVIEW! Hehe...so happy...Anyway, more news below.
1) Sorry the chapter was kind of short.
2) I'll list all the important characters so far and their, gender, age, work, and things like that cause I have realized how confusing this story could be. Just like a drama or something. Hehe...
3) If you don't get part of the story line so far, e-mail me at xxgodslight012xx@aol.com.
4) If you don't get the accents, you can e-mail me. hehe...
5) I would write in French except there's this little problem. I DON'T KNOW FRENCH except a couple of words...hehe...
6) This is the important information. As you read this story, pay attention to little details that you think might have some significant holdings. Ok? Cause well, I'm just that kind of sneaky tweeky person. Hehe...
Ok, here is the list so far. There probably might be more later as the story goes on. I think this list will be very helpful. I would keep it saved somewhere or something cause more will be added on to the list.
Name/Other name (age) Working for/their job or any other side note about them
Sakura Kinomoto / Cereza Lobo (24) Fang/agent
Syaoran Li (27) CIA/agent/assistant director of department/engaged to another CIA officer
Tano (27) CIA/office worker/agent
Jessie Parker (27) CIA/office worker/engaged to another CIA officer
Josh (25) Fang/Sakura's handler
Jacques Montour/Jack Montane (25) Unknown(yet)/past relationship with Sakura
Senior Lobo/Fang (56) Himself/President of an international company/respected and feared.
Yoritomo (54) CIA/director
Mr. Voljour (He's not THAT important)
I hope that helped you guys out a bit. Hehe...well, I'll be signing off. I hope you guys review lots and lots. R+R! See you next chapter!!!
PPS. Sorry for the late update. I was supposed to update on the 24 but ff.net had some problems with their AOL users. Sorry for the inconvenience. Thnx for hanging in there.