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The Salsa Dancer
By: Meeh!
Sakura stared at Jack with a mixture of confusion and anger in her eyes.
"What?" Sakura tried to listen for Josh in her ear but she knew he had logged off.
"Cereza, give me zhe disc now."
"No!" Sakura held the disc tight in her right hand.
She watched as Jack took out a cell from his pocket and speed dialed a number. He switched the phone to speaker mode. Everyone in the room could hear the loud ringing from the phone. Jack put it down on the floor with his gun still pointed at her. He lightly kicked the small phone so it slid across the smooth carpet towards Sakura. Sakura stopped her phone with her foot.
"Josh?" There was silence on the other line.
"I'm sorry chica, but give him the disc." Sakura couldn't believe what she was hearing.
"Why the hell is Jack trying to kill me?" Sakura was yelling down at the phone.
"Your 'father' thought it best to have you eliminated."
"Why?!" Sakura questioned forcefully.
"When you didn't tell your father about your encounter with Agent Li, you father thought you were getting too close and you know what happens when an agent gets too close, especially the enemy."
"I." Sakura was speechless.
"He already knew about what happened, but the fact that you lied to him was a concern to him. I'm sorry, but please, give Jack the disc." Josh order, his tone rather forceful.
Sakura was silent. The whole time she was staring at the floor, she didn't notice the group of men that had come into the room. To her dismay, a group in black jump suits was neatly filed around the room. They had their guns pointed at Sakura.
"What the." Yoritomo was mad. "These aren't our men." His face was turning red with anger.
"It isn't. Zhey're my men." He turned to Sakura. "I'm very zorry, but I (h)ave to do this."
Sakura was overwhelmed with an emotion she did not know existed, fear. She quietly gathered herself as best she could. This was going to be one heck of a fight. Suddenly, she heard Syaoran's voice.
"If we help you get out, will you join us and help us bring down Fang."
Sakura looked at Syaoran. Sakura quietly nodded and turned back down to the phone.
"Josh, did you hear that? I'm going to personally send you two to hell. Good bye, I'll be coming after you." Sakura raised her foot and brought it back down, the sharp heel piercing the small phone. Sakura looked up with the confidence she knew was her salvation. "And you hon, you're going with them." Sakura jumped to the side, rolling on the ground under a desk. Instantly, the room sprung to life with gunfire. Everyone in the room ducted. Syaoran whipped out a gun from under his jacket and started to fire at the nearest man in a black jump suit. Yoritomo was off to the side under a desk calling for back up. Sakura popped up from the sea of crouching people. She spun around seeing a man with a gun. She kicked it out of the man's hand and grabbed it. She ran down the isle shooting continuously. When she ran out of bullets she swung the gun smashing it to a man's head. He fell limply to the floor. Half the men were down and another half to go. Syaoran was fighting off his own swarm of men. When back up came, they all fired at the remaining men. As soon as the dust and smoke from the guns cleared away revealing the tattered and destroyed room, people started to rise back up. Sakura looked through the smoke with narrowed eyes. She spotted Jack stumbling to get to the window to escape. Sakura quickly picked up the nearest gun and pointed it at Jack.
"Oh Jack, where you goin'?" Sakura yelled out. She watched Jack freeze and slowly get up and turn towards her. Sakura was smiling. "You know, father should have known better than to send someone like you to get the job done. This is one decision he screwed up." Sakura heard Syaoran call from behind.
"Don't shoot him." Syaoran warned.
Within a split second, a bang was heard through the quiet floor. Jack fell to the floor with blood seeping through his shirt. His eyes were open, staring at Sakura. Sakura only looked down at the dead body with disgust.
"I told you not to shoot!" Syaoran yelled at Sakura's back.
"Oops?" That was her only reply. She disengaged the gun and within seconds, all the different parts of the gun fell to the floor. The bullets showered down to the carpet and hit the floor with soft thuds. Sakura turned around with a grim face and walked towards the door. Before she could reach the door, Syaoran grabbed her arm. "Yes?" Sakura asked coldly.
"You can't leave yet. We need some information first."
Sakura pulled her arm away from his grasp and walked out of the room. The whole room watched as she left out the glass doors and to the elevators.
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Sakura was packing her things. It was the next morning. She was throwing her clothes into a large suitcase. Sakura had changed her appearance back to the raven-haired girl Syaoran had met the first night. She tied up her long hair and was wearing a pair of hip-hugger jeans, tennis shoes, a green shirt, and a hooded sweater. She closed the fat suitcase and locked the latches. She grabbed her sunglasses and wheeled the case out of the room.
Downstairs, she walked by the register counter and tossed a gold credit card at the clerk.
"Charge as much as you want." Sakura instructed and left the hotel. Out side she called a cab and got in with her case.
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The office was in frantic hysteria. Everyone was running around with files. Syaoran was making calls while Yoritomo was talking to government officials. Everything stopped when Sakura walked into the room. Everyone stared at the new stranger. Jessie came up to Sakura.
"Yes? How may I help you?"
Before Jessie could question any further, Syaoran had seen Sakura. He came over and led Sakura to Yoritomo's office. Jessie followed looking confused.
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Yoritomo was sitting in his office when he looked up and saw Sakura, Syaroan, and Jessie. The three sat down staring at Sakura.
"So." Yoritomo started. "What is your real name, we'll start with that."
"I was named Cereza Lobo but we all know now that that's no more. I always knew my real name. The age 10 isn't as young as everyone thinks. I know who my real father was and who my brother was but they're dead. Anyhow, my actual name is Kinomoto Sakura. Surprise, surprise." Sakura answered sarcastically.
"That's not your real appearance, is it?" Yoritomo asked smiling.
"Of course not. I don't trust you all to the fullest to actually show you what I look like."
"Don't worry, it's not like we trust you all the way either. Our government does not negotiate with terrorists." Yoritomo answered.
"Well I'm not a terrorist. I only 'worked' for one." Sakura smiled with a glitter in her eyes.
"Anyhow, you'll be taken down to the CIA operations quarter and be tested. And also, once you know where the head quarters is, you know you're sworn to secrecy. But if you choose to violate that rule, you must be eliminated. And trust me, the job will be carried out, unlike that slop of a mess Fang sent yesterday."
"Fine, I'll agree to everything you say that is within reason but one thing, I need a place to stay. I can't exactly stay at the hotel that was provided by Fang. He'll come after me. And you and I know that me dead will be of no help to your government." Sakura explained coolly.
Syaoran sat and listened intently. Laura, no Sakura was a lot different than how she was in the office. He figured it was all part of her training to blend in any crowd.
"The CIA prison cell will be of most comfort for you, but having that the cells are full, you'll be boarding with Li here." Yoritomo pointed at Syaoran.
"What?" Syaoran asked surprised. "I refuse."
"Sorry Li, it's gonna have to be this way. The protection guard in headquarters is down right now and you are our best agent. I think you can keep her under a close watch." Yoritomo reasoned looking at the cringing Syaoran.
"Fine." Syaoran looked over at Sakura.
"Hey, don't glare at me. It's not like I'm thrilled to be near you or anything." Sakura replied with a smile.
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Sakura looked around the large apartment. 'Not bad.' she thought looking around. Syaoran's house was very spacious. She couldn't wait to explore more. She smiled when she heard Jessie and Syaoran having a little argument about her.
"Does she have to stay with you?" Jessie asked.
"Hey, I'm sorry but that's what Yoritomo said."
"But." Jessie was cut off by Sakura who had spun around and was facing them at the door.
"Don't worry, nothing will happen to your boy toy." Sakura smiled evilly.
Jessie just gave a little glared and stormed out of the house towards her car.
"So, where's my room?" Sakura asked smiling.
"Upstairs." Syaoran picked up Sakura's large black suitcase and led her up the stairs where there were 4 different doors. "The one to the right is the bathroom. The one next to it is mine and the last two on either side of the bathroom and my room are the guestrooms. Pick one. Oh, and get changed. We're going back to the office." Syaoran left and went downstairs.
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Sakura and Syaoran had gotten into an elevator. Syaoran was in his usual suit while Sakura was in a long black skirt with a slit in the back, a black dress shirt with large collars and cuffs (I love those!!!), and a pair of knee-high black leather zip-up boots. Instead of pushing for the usual floor number, Syaoran put his hand flat against the cool metal panel under the list of numbered buttons. To Sakura's surprise, a blue neon light scanned his hand in approval. Instantly, a round button with the letter 'B' on it appeared bellow the palm scanner that hadn't been there before. Syaoran pressed it. The elevator started to move down. Sakura watched in amazement. When the elevator lurched to a stop, a red light flashed in the elevator checking for any suspicious items. Then the light flashed green of approval. Syaoran walked out of the elevator and was followed by Sakura. Everyone turned their way and stared. The two quickly walked away form the prying eyes of everyone to a room with a round table and two chairs.
"Have a seat. Here, you'll be telling us all you know of Fang's operations."
Sakura sat down as she looked to the sidewall where there was a large mirror. She knew perfectly well that it wasn't a mirror, but a looking glass.
"Um.you guys probably know everything." Sakura suggested with a lazy look on her face. She had tied up her hair into a ponytail high up on her head and had perched her sunglasses on top as well.
"Can you name all your alliances?"
"I don't handle those things. I go in, grab what I need, get out, and no questions asked, so can we stop?" Sakura looked bored.
"Who was your latest employer?"
"Other than father, there was Mr. Voljour. He wanted some files to be burned."
"Do you know which ones they were?" Sakura nodded.
"They were relating to his court case back in '99. He wanted them gone for personal reasons, which I don't know why. Then father wanted a complete copy of whatever was in the main computer system on our floor." Sakura took out a disc from her black leather bag and tossed it onto the table. "I'm returning this to you." Sakura replied curtly.
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An hour had passed and Sakura and Syaoran were finally coming out of the room. Syaoran turned to Sakura after speaking to Yoritomo and a few other elderly men.
"You will be starting training classes tomorrow." Syaoran was about to turn around when Sakura interjected.
"Excuse me? Me training? Hello? I think I don't need training classes. I'm quite capable." Sakura shot back.
"Well we all know you are capable but we are going to train you the 'right' way. Killing everything that moves isn't exactly civilized. Remember you have been trained by terrorists. Oh, by the way, Mrs. Elms here will escort you to the CIA medical division to be tested. Also, your real identity will be held confidential. For everyone else's knowledge, you're Kinomoto Sakura, a new agent in training." Syaoran replied and walked away leaving Sakura standing there. 'Great.' she thought heaving a sigh as she watched a plump woman come her way with a smile.
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Sakura was in Syaoran's spacious living room in a pair of sweat pants, a gray tank top, white slippers, and a loose bun on top of her head. She was sprawled all over the couch flipping through the big screen TV. She ignored the fact that Syaoran had walked downstairs after taking a shower, but she noticed how attractive he looked when his hair was wet. He looked at her.
"Does Miss Capable come with any manners?" Syaoran asked coolly, making his way to the kitchen.
"Sorry hon, one of my many flaws I'm afraid." Sakura replied sarcastically as she continued to flip through the channels.
Syaoran looked at Sakura from the kitchen counter as he took a gulp of cold water from a bottle.
"Is there anything to do around here?" Sakura asked bored out of her mind. "Whatever, I'm going to go take a shower or something." Sakura jumped up turning off the TV. She made her way up the stairs and disappeared.
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The bathroom was large and very.white. There was a glass shower stall to one corner and a round tub to another. There was the toilet and sink to her right. All over the tiled floor, there were plush rugs near the sink, the toilet, the tub, and the shower stall. Sakura walked over to the long white marble sink and looked at how organized it was. She walked over to the tub and smiled. She turned on the silver faucet and instantly the hot steamy water rushed down into the large tub. The steam rose towards the ceiling and the room began to fog.
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The next morning, Sakura woke. The sun wasn't up yet and her room was dim. Her suitcase was to the corner of the room. She had unpacked and organized all her outfits. She got up and rubbed her eyes sleepily. She grabbed her white bathrobe and threw it around her shoulders before going down the stairs.
Syaoran was sitting at the kitchen table with a cup of hot coffee in his hand and a newspaper in the other. He didn't look up from his paper but only spoke.
"Good morning."
"Yeah." Sakura trailed off walking towards the kitchen. "You got any coffee left?" Sakura's clear voice rang through the large empty kitchen.
"In the pot next to the microwave. The mugs are right next to the pot." Syaoran's voice came from behind the newspaper.
After a few seconds, Sakura appeared with a steaming cup as well and say down across form Syaoran.
"So, what are we doing today?" Sakura asking taking a slow sip of her coffee.
"You are going to start your training. I'm going to help out a small team find some more info on Fang." Syaoran answered.
"Ok.how exciting." Sakura replied sarcastically.
"Oh, also, dress properly for training." Syaoran commented as he took a sip and put his paper down on the table.
"Right." Sakura answered. She left the half-empty cup down on the table and got up. "I'll just pack some shorts and a shirt or something." Sakura commented as she left towards the stairs.
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Sakura was in a formal suit: a black knee-low skirt, a white blouse, a black suit jacket, and a pair of black high-heels. She had packed a shirt, pants, and a pair of sneakers in a duffel bag. Syaoran and Sakura had walked into the mission headquarters. Sakura was quickly whisked away by the same plump lady from yesterday and Syaoran was gone to take care of an important call.
Sakura was first directed to a locker room where she changed into her shirt and gray gym pants. She tied her hair up to keep it out of her face and wore a pair of Nikes. (Oh yeah! Nike! Woohoo!) Then she was dropped off in a large white, empty room where a small group of people was already waiting. She scanned through the crowd and concluded nothing special. But one person did catch her eyes. It was a slender light-skinned woman with long wavy violate hair. Sakura tilted her head in thought. 'Hmm.looks familiar.' Before she could probe her memories longer, a man and woman walked into the room. Sakura figured they were the instructors.
"All right everyone. If you are in this room right now, I will assume that you all have taken the written test and have passed." The woman spoke out.
Sakura wondered. 'I guess they submitted a test for me or something.'
"Anyhow, you physical training starts today. You'll be working over a variety of areas in this course. Target practice, strategies, and the entire sort. Please do know that you may be dropped from the course as fast as you came in, so I suggest work hard since you have gotten this far."
'Dang.she makes it sound like it's life depending.' Sakura thought looking over at the woman that was speaking. Tall, skinny, and a mean-looking pair of eyes. (Mean-looking in a literal sense.)
"Now, please follow me into the other room. We'll start by hand-to-hand combat tests. And just a reminder, for anyone to have come this far, I'm assuming you all have had experience with some type of martial arts."
'If only you knew.' Sakura smiled at all the times she had relied on her fists to break away from a tough situation. Of course, fists were second, behind her quick acting brain.
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Syaoran had just gotten off the phone and was talking to a group of workers. Yoritomo spoke up.
"Gentlemen, please, follow me to the meeting room. I believe we have known information on Fang. Li, you may stay behind with Tano. You already have been informed of everything."
Syaoran nodded as the group turned and made their way across the hall to the meeting room. Syaoran turned to Tano who had tapped him on his shoulder.
"What are you doing here Tano?" Syaoran asked surprised.
"Oh, I just came to check out the training session with all the new agents. Heard there were some chicks so came here in a flash. Plus, I was getting bored out of my mind with Jessie talking about that Kinomoto girl living at your place." Tano smiled.
Syaoran smiled.
"You want to come and watch or something?" Tano suggested cheerfully.
Syaoran hesitated but decided to agree. "Alright. Let's go."
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The group was spread out across the large gym with blue mats. There were other men and women, other than the group, to act as sparring partners.
Syaoran and Tano came into a small-secluded room where a few people were already in. They were sitting down in across the large window and they had a clipboard in front of them. Syaoran figured they were there to watch and take notes on each agent-in-training. Syaoran and Tano just stood behind them and watched at the group down bellow.
Did little everyone know that the mirrors around the gym were in fact one- way view windows and that others were watching them.
Sakura looked at the instructor who was assigning people to different sparring partners so they could evaluate how well each agent knew of contact combat. Sakura was assigned to a tall tanned man. He was kind of cute. Sakura smiled as she walked over to her mat and smiled at the man who gave a small smile. 'Ooh.not bad.not bad at all.' Sakura thought biting her lower lip.
"On my signal, you shall start. Do whatever that comes to your mind. This is testing your instincts and abilities. Once you have been defeated, I want you to step off your mat and come join me and my partner to observe the remaining fighters." The man instructed. The man and woman were standing in front of the row of mats and were ready to observe the fights.
The handsome man looked down at Sakura. He was taller than she was. "Don't worry, I like you. I'll go easy on you. You ready Miss Kinomoto? " He whispered.
"Ready as ever." Sakura smiled. Then she heard the woman shout out.
"Begin!" Instantly, the sparring dummies sprang to life and started by throwing a couple of punches.
The tall man began with a light punch; Sakura blocked it off with the greatest of ease. 'I hope this isn't all.' Sakura thought with disappointment.
5 minutes into the clock, half of the people had been defeated and were observing the remaining people. From a split second from her fight, Sakura noticed the violet-haired woman was still standing on the next mat over. Not for long though. The woman fell to the ground with a light thud. Her partner smiled down at her and helped her up. The partner murmured some sort of Good Job and smiled. A few more minutes passed and there was only Sakura still on her mat. By now, the man had started throwing full blows at her, but for the whole time, Sakura hadn't attacked, only blocked. Everyone was watching now. Sakura heard the woman instructor talking to her.
"Miss Kinomoto, did you only learn defense? We'd all like to know if you could fight. Blocking isn't very good out on the field. Throw some punches in there." The woman urged with a hint of cruel sarcasm in her voice.
Sakura continued to block the man's kicks and punches. "Hey, can I help it if the guys cute. I really don't want to screw up that face." Sakura smiled.
"Cockiness is not acceptable. If you're not going to attack, than stop. That just shows that you 'can't' do this." The woman challenged.
Sakura kept blocking but her head was turned towards the woman. "Excuse me? Can't? Who the heck said I can't? Do you really want me to do this? I might really mess him up and I kind of want him around for coffee afterwards." Sakura replied with a mocked tone.
The woman glared at her with venom. She had seen many new agents but none of them were as rude and cocky as this one. The instructor spoke up. "Fine, you can't fight him, fight me. That way, I'll be able to evaluate you in person." The woman looked at the man and told him to stop. The man instantly stopped and stepped off the mat. The woman walked onto the mat and got into defense position. "Go ahead, don't worry. I won't attack, only block."
Sakura got ready as well. "You sure on that?" Sakura was about to throw a punch when their attention was derived towards the gym door. The two fighters stopped and looked towards the door. It was Syaoran.
"Miss Gate, may I please borrow Miss Kinomoto for a sec?" Syaoran asked with a smile.
"Sure Mr. Li." She replied. She gave Sakura a glare as Sakura walked towards the door.
The two turned around and exited the door. Sakura watched as Syaoran's smile faded into a glare.
"What do you think you're doing? You can't show them that you know how to do this?" Syaoran was angry.
"Sorry! I don't like it when crap of an instructor like her challenge me! Especially when it's a person that I KNOW isn't better than me." Sakura yelled back. "Ugh! Why the heck do I even have to do this? Tell me! You know I don't need it!" Sakura shouted more. The rest of the room stared.
Syaoran was silent. He looked at the people and turned back to Sakura. He grabbed her arm and dragged her into an empty meeting room. Once inside, he looked at her.
"You want to know why?" Sakura stared at him. "I KNOW you don't need this crap. I'll say it myself. The whole training course is jacked. Those idiots don't know what the heck they're talking about. But the reason why Yoritomo and the board of directors is making you do this is so they don't have to deal with you. A few days ago, Yoritomo got a call from Fang. He threatened to let you out or that they'd screw this place. Wouldn't that make you a bit nervous? So they made it look like you were released, and that's what Fang thinks. That's why you are officially under Sakura Kinomoto and listed as a new agent-in-training. Your passport, Ids, and all other necessities are already set. They're at home. Anyway, they don't want you to be lounging around cause they don't want you to screw up their plan. Get it? Cause if you do, we ALL are in danger. They have a plan to keep Fang's mind off of you, so they can drop a spy into their organization to get proof that will help us bring him down. You should realize all the trouble we're going through just to keep you around. The other workers in this base that don't know about you are always asking questions and every time I have to answer them because Yoritomo and his crew doesn't answer these calls." Syaoran explained quietly yet with force. Sakura looked at him.
"I'm sorry." Sakura finally answered. "I'll do the training without word." Sakura was quiet. She walked towards the door and opened it. She looked back for a second before walking out the door.
SourPop1004: Here! Chapter 6! Woopwoop! Hehe.ok.I just wanted to say thanks for the reviews and also that I think that this story's going to be longer than 10 chapters. Well, more work for me and more fun for you guys. Hehe. Also, I think I need to start putting more S+S, cause in my opinion there's barely any if at all. So, I'll be working towards that for the next chapter. I'd really love it if you guys could help me to think up a way to bring those two together. This story it's a bit harder to since Syaoran's engaged and all. =) So e-mail me at xxgodslight012xx@aol.com and make sure to leave your e-mail address when reviewing. Bye! See you guys next chapter!
PS. Also, I'm having a major writer's block and it's killing me. There's a high chance of me starting a new story in between chapters. But I'm not sure if I should do that. I'm so stuck on chapter 10 and it's killing me.(as I've said earlier.) Grr.anyway, ch.10 is where Eriol comes out, and the plot gets weirder. Anyway, I think I have twisted my plot waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much for my own good. Oh well, I'm sure it's not something I can't handle. Thnx you guys for your wonderful reviews. (Can't say the same about Senior Robin's but yeah.)
The Salsa Dancer
By: Meeh!
Sakura stared at Jack with a mixture of confusion and anger in her eyes.
"What?" Sakura tried to listen for Josh in her ear but she knew he had logged off.
"Cereza, give me zhe disc now."
"No!" Sakura held the disc tight in her right hand.
She watched as Jack took out a cell from his pocket and speed dialed a number. He switched the phone to speaker mode. Everyone in the room could hear the loud ringing from the phone. Jack put it down on the floor with his gun still pointed at her. He lightly kicked the small phone so it slid across the smooth carpet towards Sakura. Sakura stopped her phone with her foot.
"Josh?" There was silence on the other line.
"I'm sorry chica, but give him the disc." Sakura couldn't believe what she was hearing.
"Why the hell is Jack trying to kill me?" Sakura was yelling down at the phone.
"Your 'father' thought it best to have you eliminated."
"Why?!" Sakura questioned forcefully.
"When you didn't tell your father about your encounter with Agent Li, you father thought you were getting too close and you know what happens when an agent gets too close, especially the enemy."
"I." Sakura was speechless.
"He already knew about what happened, but the fact that you lied to him was a concern to him. I'm sorry, but please, give Jack the disc." Josh order, his tone rather forceful.
Sakura was silent. The whole time she was staring at the floor, she didn't notice the group of men that had come into the room. To her dismay, a group in black jump suits was neatly filed around the room. They had their guns pointed at Sakura.
"What the." Yoritomo was mad. "These aren't our men." His face was turning red with anger.
"It isn't. Zhey're my men." He turned to Sakura. "I'm very zorry, but I (h)ave to do this."
Sakura was overwhelmed with an emotion she did not know existed, fear. She quietly gathered herself as best she could. This was going to be one heck of a fight. Suddenly, she heard Syaoran's voice.
"If we help you get out, will you join us and help us bring down Fang."
Sakura looked at Syaoran. Sakura quietly nodded and turned back down to the phone.
"Josh, did you hear that? I'm going to personally send you two to hell. Good bye, I'll be coming after you." Sakura raised her foot and brought it back down, the sharp heel piercing the small phone. Sakura looked up with the confidence she knew was her salvation. "And you hon, you're going with them." Sakura jumped to the side, rolling on the ground under a desk. Instantly, the room sprung to life with gunfire. Everyone in the room ducted. Syaoran whipped out a gun from under his jacket and started to fire at the nearest man in a black jump suit. Yoritomo was off to the side under a desk calling for back up. Sakura popped up from the sea of crouching people. She spun around seeing a man with a gun. She kicked it out of the man's hand and grabbed it. She ran down the isle shooting continuously. When she ran out of bullets she swung the gun smashing it to a man's head. He fell limply to the floor. Half the men were down and another half to go. Syaoran was fighting off his own swarm of men. When back up came, they all fired at the remaining men. As soon as the dust and smoke from the guns cleared away revealing the tattered and destroyed room, people started to rise back up. Sakura looked through the smoke with narrowed eyes. She spotted Jack stumbling to get to the window to escape. Sakura quickly picked up the nearest gun and pointed it at Jack.
"Oh Jack, where you goin'?" Sakura yelled out. She watched Jack freeze and slowly get up and turn towards her. Sakura was smiling. "You know, father should have known better than to send someone like you to get the job done. This is one decision he screwed up." Sakura heard Syaoran call from behind.
"Don't shoot him." Syaoran warned.
Within a split second, a bang was heard through the quiet floor. Jack fell to the floor with blood seeping through his shirt. His eyes were open, staring at Sakura. Sakura only looked down at the dead body with disgust.
"I told you not to shoot!" Syaoran yelled at Sakura's back.
"Oops?" That was her only reply. She disengaged the gun and within seconds, all the different parts of the gun fell to the floor. The bullets showered down to the carpet and hit the floor with soft thuds. Sakura turned around with a grim face and walked towards the door. Before she could reach the door, Syaoran grabbed her arm. "Yes?" Sakura asked coldly.
"You can't leave yet. We need some information first."
Sakura pulled her arm away from his grasp and walked out of the room. The whole room watched as she left out the glass doors and to the elevators.
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Sakura was packing her things. It was the next morning. She was throwing her clothes into a large suitcase. Sakura had changed her appearance back to the raven-haired girl Syaoran had met the first night. She tied up her long hair and was wearing a pair of hip-hugger jeans, tennis shoes, a green shirt, and a hooded sweater. She closed the fat suitcase and locked the latches. She grabbed her sunglasses and wheeled the case out of the room.
Downstairs, she walked by the register counter and tossed a gold credit card at the clerk.
"Charge as much as you want." Sakura instructed and left the hotel. Out side she called a cab and got in with her case.
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The office was in frantic hysteria. Everyone was running around with files. Syaoran was making calls while Yoritomo was talking to government officials. Everything stopped when Sakura walked into the room. Everyone stared at the new stranger. Jessie came up to Sakura.
"Yes? How may I help you?"
Before Jessie could question any further, Syaoran had seen Sakura. He came over and led Sakura to Yoritomo's office. Jessie followed looking confused.
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Yoritomo was sitting in his office when he looked up and saw Sakura, Syaroan, and Jessie. The three sat down staring at Sakura.
"So." Yoritomo started. "What is your real name, we'll start with that."
"I was named Cereza Lobo but we all know now that that's no more. I always knew my real name. The age 10 isn't as young as everyone thinks. I know who my real father was and who my brother was but they're dead. Anyhow, my actual name is Kinomoto Sakura. Surprise, surprise." Sakura answered sarcastically.
"That's not your real appearance, is it?" Yoritomo asked smiling.
"Of course not. I don't trust you all to the fullest to actually show you what I look like."
"Don't worry, it's not like we trust you all the way either. Our government does not negotiate with terrorists." Yoritomo answered.
"Well I'm not a terrorist. I only 'worked' for one." Sakura smiled with a glitter in her eyes.
"Anyhow, you'll be taken down to the CIA operations quarter and be tested. And also, once you know where the head quarters is, you know you're sworn to secrecy. But if you choose to violate that rule, you must be eliminated. And trust me, the job will be carried out, unlike that slop of a mess Fang sent yesterday."
"Fine, I'll agree to everything you say that is within reason but one thing, I need a place to stay. I can't exactly stay at the hotel that was provided by Fang. He'll come after me. And you and I know that me dead will be of no help to your government." Sakura explained coolly.
Syaoran sat and listened intently. Laura, no Sakura was a lot different than how she was in the office. He figured it was all part of her training to blend in any crowd.
"The CIA prison cell will be of most comfort for you, but having that the cells are full, you'll be boarding with Li here." Yoritomo pointed at Syaoran.
"What?" Syaoran asked surprised. "I refuse."
"Sorry Li, it's gonna have to be this way. The protection guard in headquarters is down right now and you are our best agent. I think you can keep her under a close watch." Yoritomo reasoned looking at the cringing Syaoran.
"Fine." Syaoran looked over at Sakura.
"Hey, don't glare at me. It's not like I'm thrilled to be near you or anything." Sakura replied with a smile.
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Sakura looked around the large apartment. 'Not bad.' she thought looking around. Syaoran's house was very spacious. She couldn't wait to explore more. She smiled when she heard Jessie and Syaoran having a little argument about her.
"Does she have to stay with you?" Jessie asked.
"Hey, I'm sorry but that's what Yoritomo said."
"But." Jessie was cut off by Sakura who had spun around and was facing them at the door.
"Don't worry, nothing will happen to your boy toy." Sakura smiled evilly.
Jessie just gave a little glared and stormed out of the house towards her car.
"So, where's my room?" Sakura asked smiling.
"Upstairs." Syaoran picked up Sakura's large black suitcase and led her up the stairs where there were 4 different doors. "The one to the right is the bathroom. The one next to it is mine and the last two on either side of the bathroom and my room are the guestrooms. Pick one. Oh, and get changed. We're going back to the office." Syaoran left and went downstairs.
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Sakura and Syaoran had gotten into an elevator. Syaoran was in his usual suit while Sakura was in a long black skirt with a slit in the back, a black dress shirt with large collars and cuffs (I love those!!!), and a pair of knee-high black leather zip-up boots. Instead of pushing for the usual floor number, Syaoran put his hand flat against the cool metal panel under the list of numbered buttons. To Sakura's surprise, a blue neon light scanned his hand in approval. Instantly, a round button with the letter 'B' on it appeared bellow the palm scanner that hadn't been there before. Syaoran pressed it. The elevator started to move down. Sakura watched in amazement. When the elevator lurched to a stop, a red light flashed in the elevator checking for any suspicious items. Then the light flashed green of approval. Syaoran walked out of the elevator and was followed by Sakura. Everyone turned their way and stared. The two quickly walked away form the prying eyes of everyone to a room with a round table and two chairs.
"Have a seat. Here, you'll be telling us all you know of Fang's operations."
Sakura sat down as she looked to the sidewall where there was a large mirror. She knew perfectly well that it wasn't a mirror, but a looking glass.
"Um.you guys probably know everything." Sakura suggested with a lazy look on her face. She had tied up her hair into a ponytail high up on her head and had perched her sunglasses on top as well.
"Can you name all your alliances?"
"I don't handle those things. I go in, grab what I need, get out, and no questions asked, so can we stop?" Sakura looked bored.
"Who was your latest employer?"
"Other than father, there was Mr. Voljour. He wanted some files to be burned."
"Do you know which ones they were?" Sakura nodded.
"They were relating to his court case back in '99. He wanted them gone for personal reasons, which I don't know why. Then father wanted a complete copy of whatever was in the main computer system on our floor." Sakura took out a disc from her black leather bag and tossed it onto the table. "I'm returning this to you." Sakura replied curtly.
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An hour had passed and Sakura and Syaoran were finally coming out of the room. Syaoran turned to Sakura after speaking to Yoritomo and a few other elderly men.
"You will be starting training classes tomorrow." Syaoran was about to turn around when Sakura interjected.
"Excuse me? Me training? Hello? I think I don't need training classes. I'm quite capable." Sakura shot back.
"Well we all know you are capable but we are going to train you the 'right' way. Killing everything that moves isn't exactly civilized. Remember you have been trained by terrorists. Oh, by the way, Mrs. Elms here will escort you to the CIA medical division to be tested. Also, your real identity will be held confidential. For everyone else's knowledge, you're Kinomoto Sakura, a new agent in training." Syaoran replied and walked away leaving Sakura standing there. 'Great.' she thought heaving a sigh as she watched a plump woman come her way with a smile.
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Sakura was in Syaoran's spacious living room in a pair of sweat pants, a gray tank top, white slippers, and a loose bun on top of her head. She was sprawled all over the couch flipping through the big screen TV. She ignored the fact that Syaoran had walked downstairs after taking a shower, but she noticed how attractive he looked when his hair was wet. He looked at her.
"Does Miss Capable come with any manners?" Syaoran asked coolly, making his way to the kitchen.
"Sorry hon, one of my many flaws I'm afraid." Sakura replied sarcastically as she continued to flip through the channels.
Syaoran looked at Sakura from the kitchen counter as he took a gulp of cold water from a bottle.
"Is there anything to do around here?" Sakura asked bored out of her mind. "Whatever, I'm going to go take a shower or something." Sakura jumped up turning off the TV. She made her way up the stairs and disappeared.
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The bathroom was large and very.white. There was a glass shower stall to one corner and a round tub to another. There was the toilet and sink to her right. All over the tiled floor, there were plush rugs near the sink, the toilet, the tub, and the shower stall. Sakura walked over to the long white marble sink and looked at how organized it was. She walked over to the tub and smiled. She turned on the silver faucet and instantly the hot steamy water rushed down into the large tub. The steam rose towards the ceiling and the room began to fog.
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The next morning, Sakura woke. The sun wasn't up yet and her room was dim. Her suitcase was to the corner of the room. She had unpacked and organized all her outfits. She got up and rubbed her eyes sleepily. She grabbed her white bathrobe and threw it around her shoulders before going down the stairs.
Syaoran was sitting at the kitchen table with a cup of hot coffee in his hand and a newspaper in the other. He didn't look up from his paper but only spoke.
"Good morning."
"Yeah." Sakura trailed off walking towards the kitchen. "You got any coffee left?" Sakura's clear voice rang through the large empty kitchen.
"In the pot next to the microwave. The mugs are right next to the pot." Syaoran's voice came from behind the newspaper.
After a few seconds, Sakura appeared with a steaming cup as well and say down across form Syaoran.
"So, what are we doing today?" Sakura asking taking a slow sip of her coffee.
"You are going to start your training. I'm going to help out a small team find some more info on Fang." Syaoran answered.
"Ok.how exciting." Sakura replied sarcastically.
"Oh, also, dress properly for training." Syaoran commented as he took a sip and put his paper down on the table.
"Right." Sakura answered. She left the half-empty cup down on the table and got up. "I'll just pack some shorts and a shirt or something." Sakura commented as she left towards the stairs.
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Sakura was in a formal suit: a black knee-low skirt, a white blouse, a black suit jacket, and a pair of black high-heels. She had packed a shirt, pants, and a pair of sneakers in a duffel bag. Syaoran and Sakura had walked into the mission headquarters. Sakura was quickly whisked away by the same plump lady from yesterday and Syaoran was gone to take care of an important call.
Sakura was first directed to a locker room where she changed into her shirt and gray gym pants. She tied her hair up to keep it out of her face and wore a pair of Nikes. (Oh yeah! Nike! Woohoo!) Then she was dropped off in a large white, empty room where a small group of people was already waiting. She scanned through the crowd and concluded nothing special. But one person did catch her eyes. It was a slender light-skinned woman with long wavy violate hair. Sakura tilted her head in thought. 'Hmm.looks familiar.' Before she could probe her memories longer, a man and woman walked into the room. Sakura figured they were the instructors.
"All right everyone. If you are in this room right now, I will assume that you all have taken the written test and have passed." The woman spoke out.
Sakura wondered. 'I guess they submitted a test for me or something.'
"Anyhow, you physical training starts today. You'll be working over a variety of areas in this course. Target practice, strategies, and the entire sort. Please do know that you may be dropped from the course as fast as you came in, so I suggest work hard since you have gotten this far."
'Dang.she makes it sound like it's life depending.' Sakura thought looking over at the woman that was speaking. Tall, skinny, and a mean-looking pair of eyes. (Mean-looking in a literal sense.)
"Now, please follow me into the other room. We'll start by hand-to-hand combat tests. And just a reminder, for anyone to have come this far, I'm assuming you all have had experience with some type of martial arts."
'If only you knew.' Sakura smiled at all the times she had relied on her fists to break away from a tough situation. Of course, fists were second, behind her quick acting brain.
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Syaoran had just gotten off the phone and was talking to a group of workers. Yoritomo spoke up.
"Gentlemen, please, follow me to the meeting room. I believe we have known information on Fang. Li, you may stay behind with Tano. You already have been informed of everything."
Syaoran nodded as the group turned and made their way across the hall to the meeting room. Syaoran turned to Tano who had tapped him on his shoulder.
"What are you doing here Tano?" Syaoran asked surprised.
"Oh, I just came to check out the training session with all the new agents. Heard there were some chicks so came here in a flash. Plus, I was getting bored out of my mind with Jessie talking about that Kinomoto girl living at your place." Tano smiled.
Syaoran smiled.
"You want to come and watch or something?" Tano suggested cheerfully.
Syaoran hesitated but decided to agree. "Alright. Let's go."
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The group was spread out across the large gym with blue mats. There were other men and women, other than the group, to act as sparring partners.
Syaoran and Tano came into a small-secluded room where a few people were already in. They were sitting down in across the large window and they had a clipboard in front of them. Syaoran figured they were there to watch and take notes on each agent-in-training. Syaoran and Tano just stood behind them and watched at the group down bellow.
Did little everyone know that the mirrors around the gym were in fact one- way view windows and that others were watching them.
Sakura looked at the instructor who was assigning people to different sparring partners so they could evaluate how well each agent knew of contact combat. Sakura was assigned to a tall tanned man. He was kind of cute. Sakura smiled as she walked over to her mat and smiled at the man who gave a small smile. 'Ooh.not bad.not bad at all.' Sakura thought biting her lower lip.
"On my signal, you shall start. Do whatever that comes to your mind. This is testing your instincts and abilities. Once you have been defeated, I want you to step off your mat and come join me and my partner to observe the remaining fighters." The man instructed. The man and woman were standing in front of the row of mats and were ready to observe the fights.
The handsome man looked down at Sakura. He was taller than she was. "Don't worry, I like you. I'll go easy on you. You ready Miss Kinomoto? " He whispered.
"Ready as ever." Sakura smiled. Then she heard the woman shout out.
"Begin!" Instantly, the sparring dummies sprang to life and started by throwing a couple of punches.
The tall man began with a light punch; Sakura blocked it off with the greatest of ease. 'I hope this isn't all.' Sakura thought with disappointment.
5 minutes into the clock, half of the people had been defeated and were observing the remaining people. From a split second from her fight, Sakura noticed the violet-haired woman was still standing on the next mat over. Not for long though. The woman fell to the ground with a light thud. Her partner smiled down at her and helped her up. The partner murmured some sort of Good Job and smiled. A few more minutes passed and there was only Sakura still on her mat. By now, the man had started throwing full blows at her, but for the whole time, Sakura hadn't attacked, only blocked. Everyone was watching now. Sakura heard the woman instructor talking to her.
"Miss Kinomoto, did you only learn defense? We'd all like to know if you could fight. Blocking isn't very good out on the field. Throw some punches in there." The woman urged with a hint of cruel sarcasm in her voice.
Sakura continued to block the man's kicks and punches. "Hey, can I help it if the guys cute. I really don't want to screw up that face." Sakura smiled.
"Cockiness is not acceptable. If you're not going to attack, than stop. That just shows that you 'can't' do this." The woman challenged.
Sakura kept blocking but her head was turned towards the woman. "Excuse me? Can't? Who the heck said I can't? Do you really want me to do this? I might really mess him up and I kind of want him around for coffee afterwards." Sakura replied with a mocked tone.
The woman glared at her with venom. She had seen many new agents but none of them were as rude and cocky as this one. The instructor spoke up. "Fine, you can't fight him, fight me. That way, I'll be able to evaluate you in person." The woman looked at the man and told him to stop. The man instantly stopped and stepped off the mat. The woman walked onto the mat and got into defense position. "Go ahead, don't worry. I won't attack, only block."
Sakura got ready as well. "You sure on that?" Sakura was about to throw a punch when their attention was derived towards the gym door. The two fighters stopped and looked towards the door. It was Syaoran.
"Miss Gate, may I please borrow Miss Kinomoto for a sec?" Syaoran asked with a smile.
"Sure Mr. Li." She replied. She gave Sakura a glare as Sakura walked towards the door.
The two turned around and exited the door. Sakura watched as Syaoran's smile faded into a glare.
"What do you think you're doing? You can't show them that you know how to do this?" Syaoran was angry.
"Sorry! I don't like it when crap of an instructor like her challenge me! Especially when it's a person that I KNOW isn't better than me." Sakura yelled back. "Ugh! Why the heck do I even have to do this? Tell me! You know I don't need it!" Sakura shouted more. The rest of the room stared.
Syaoran was silent. He looked at the people and turned back to Sakura. He grabbed her arm and dragged her into an empty meeting room. Once inside, he looked at her.
"You want to know why?" Sakura stared at him. "I KNOW you don't need this crap. I'll say it myself. The whole training course is jacked. Those idiots don't know what the heck they're talking about. But the reason why Yoritomo and the board of directors is making you do this is so they don't have to deal with you. A few days ago, Yoritomo got a call from Fang. He threatened to let you out or that they'd screw this place. Wouldn't that make you a bit nervous? So they made it look like you were released, and that's what Fang thinks. That's why you are officially under Sakura Kinomoto and listed as a new agent-in-training. Your passport, Ids, and all other necessities are already set. They're at home. Anyway, they don't want you to be lounging around cause they don't want you to screw up their plan. Get it? Cause if you do, we ALL are in danger. They have a plan to keep Fang's mind off of you, so they can drop a spy into their organization to get proof that will help us bring him down. You should realize all the trouble we're going through just to keep you around. The other workers in this base that don't know about you are always asking questions and every time I have to answer them because Yoritomo and his crew doesn't answer these calls." Syaoran explained quietly yet with force. Sakura looked at him.
"I'm sorry." Sakura finally answered. "I'll do the training without word." Sakura was quiet. She walked towards the door and opened it. She looked back for a second before walking out the door.
SourPop1004: Here! Chapter 6! Woopwoop! Hehe.ok.I just wanted to say thanks for the reviews and also that I think that this story's going to be longer than 10 chapters. Well, more work for me and more fun for you guys. Hehe. Also, I think I need to start putting more S+S, cause in my opinion there's barely any if at all. So, I'll be working towards that for the next chapter. I'd really love it if you guys could help me to think up a way to bring those two together. This story it's a bit harder to since Syaoran's engaged and all. =) So e-mail me at xxgodslight012xx@aol.com and make sure to leave your e-mail address when reviewing. Bye! See you guys next chapter!
PS. Also, I'm having a major writer's block and it's killing me. There's a high chance of me starting a new story in between chapters. But I'm not sure if I should do that. I'm so stuck on chapter 10 and it's killing me.(as I've said earlier.) Grr.anyway, ch.10 is where Eriol comes out, and the plot gets weirder. Anyway, I think I have twisted my plot waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much for my own good. Oh well, I'm sure it's not something I can't handle. Thnx you guys for your wonderful reviews. (Can't say the same about Senior Robin's but yeah.)