The Deadly Duet Chapter 3: Vanishing Feelings

Li residence, Hong Kong

"Syaoran." Syaoran looked up to his mother who was standing at the door. "Remember the meeting with that man, don't you?" his mother asked.

"Nakamura? I do, don't worry mother, I'll get rid of him fast," he said, turning his head back to the papers.

"Yes, but no need to be you, send our men," his mother said commandingly. "Get ready for tonight's party, there are lots of people you have to meet, and SET YOUR HEAD UP WHEN YOU'RE TALKING TO ME, LI SYAORAN, how many times do I have to tell you?" his mother was upset with Syaoran's behavior. He never seemed to like the job, he was handling, even though he was good doing it, but he was so stubborn that she had to tell him how to behave towards people, including her.

"I'm not going," Syaoran said coldly looking straight into her mother's eyes. He hated when his mother started shouting at him. "You are, end of conversation," his mother replied, turning towards the door and came out.

Syaoran sighed, leaning on his comfortable office chair, his arms behind his head. 'Why does life have to be like this?' He thought. 'And I don't need damn guards, I can do anything on my own.' He always hated when his guards following him anywhere. 'And those stupid parties...' he was thinking, maybe he would do it again tonight...

N Club, Hong Kong

"Hey cutie, wanna dance?" a young man asked Tomoyo. Tomoyo whispered to Sakura "I'll be right back," and winked at her. Sakura shook her head at her, and then turned facing the bar.

She took a sip of her drink. 'Great, they wont be here tonight, we're just having fun, and now she left me stuck here, is that fun?' she thought. 'Why do guys always ask her first?'

'Oh first? None has asked me yet' she sighed. She turned her head from her drink and stunned. 'They won't be here tonight?' she looked at the figure who just sat beside her, ordering drink. She remembered her conversation with Tomoyo last night.

"Well, like the former plan A, gaining his trust. Why don't you try to be his girl?" Tomoyo said. "Hahah, funny, why don't you try?" Sakura said, smirking.

"He has the look you know," Tomoyo frowned at her. "Oh well, we'll see who'll be gotten herself closer to him first," she smiled satisfied.

'Oh please, how could I try to be like that when I'm thinking he's my brother's killer?'

"If you don't put your glass down, it'll soak all the heck of your shirt," a cold voice said. She gasped from her thought and looked beside her. He was talking to her.

She gulped and put her glass down. Half of her front shirt was soaking. 'Damn, how did I become so careless?' she thought. She looked beside her. "M-Mr. Li," she said. Syaoran smirked. She couldn't take her eyes off him. He was stunning.

"Get off that look," he said. She made another gasp. 'Oops, what did I do?' she thought stupidly.

"Er... Mr. Li, umm... I heard there's a, you know, businessmen party, aren't you attending it?" she asked. He smirked. She still couldn't take her eyes off him. She didn't feel the hatred she had been burningly feeling towards him.

He didn't seem like answering her question. She turned her head and stayed quiet, knowing that he was now her boss. "Well, I don't feel like it," he answered, surprising her. 'But isn't that an important one? Isn't that the 'making deals' night one?' she continued her endless thoughts. He just smirked, as if he knew what she was thinking.

Then she felt something weird. Oh yes, he was alone. No guards or that Chang woman surrounding him. "Where are your guards?" she couldn't help herself not giving out that question. He sighed, and for the first time that night, he set his eyes on her. Sakura shivered when she looked into his amber eyes.

Syaoran decided to look at the woman beside him. 'She's asking too much' he thought. He looked up at her and saw her eyes. 'those eyes...' he thought, looking directly at her emerald eyes who looked back at him but then looked away, her cheeks went red. He smirked at that.

"I don't need them," he answered shortly, still looking at her. Sakura felt uneasy. She knew he's watching her moves. Deciding to look back at him, she set her head high, looking straight to his amber eyes, and that just what he wanted. Looking at her lovely colored eyes he never thought there were any of them before.

Ballroom of a hotel, Hong Kong

"Damn, where the heck is my son?" she whispered to her phone with angry tone. "We're searching for him, Ma'am," came the reply. "You'd better, and find him or you'll all be dead meat," she said, hanging up.

'That boy, he's too stubborn' she thought. She was at the party and his son hadn't showed up. She just knew that he wouldn't show up at all that night, he did 'party ran away' again. But she didn't care, she would send all of her men searching form him, and she would make sure her son would regret what he had done.

"Well well, Yelan, how are you?" she heard a voice behind her. Turning around, she saw one of her husband's cousin. "Fine Tao, how are you?" she replied, smiling. "I'm good, where's your son?" he said smirking, looking around, expecting to see his second cousin who was now ruling the company.

Yelan looked at him, expecting him to ask her son. She knew exactly from the first time she was married to her husband; all of his cousins wanted to take over the company, and also the underground business, she could just see it, but as her husband willed her, she would never let that happen. And that's why she was very furious of her son for not showing up.

"He's got something to do," she said, trying to be calm, and then excused herself.

N Club, HK

They stared at each other for a while, but Sakura couldn't help it anymore, she looked away again.

"What's your name?" Syaoran asked. He didn't really pay attention on their first meeting.

"Saionji Sakura," Sakura answered, still looking away. She was sure her cheeks were red. 'What the hell's wrong with me?' she thought. 'Where's the hatred feeling I felt just the other day? Where'd it go?' she really felt something weird going in herself.

But just then, they heard something. And not just them, but all the people were shocked and the music that was booming loudly in the club stopped.

They just heard a gunshot.

Sakura stood up, but Syaoran sat still, as if it was an ordinary thing for him.

But then something made him aware. "DUCK!" she told Sakura, who had already knew just what to do, when another gunshot was heard, and it was coming towards them.

It continued rapidly. They were now under the bar counter. "What the hell?" Sakura was shocked. She didn't even guess this would happen. She gripped one of her small knife that was set on her belt, in case she needed it. But she then knew she didn't.

"Shit..." Syaoran cursed. He then held out his gun and started shooting back at the people. Sakura wondered who those people were. He said "stay still" to her. 'What? Is he trying to be a hero?' she thought. But no, she couldn't just reveal her knives, or he would figure out faster then she would expect.

He shot a few times and got straight to the targets. 'He's good' sakura thought, watching him. But that didn't last long, "come on" he said. They stood from where they hid, and he ran towards the back of the club. Sakura followed behind him, ducking for some gun shots. He stopped when one of the people blocked his way. He kicked the man expertly right on his stomach and he shot the one beside him right on his head.

Sakura felt someone behind him was going to knock her out. Decided not to pretend 'asking for help' to Li, because he was busy with another men and their distance quite far and it was too late, she took out her knife and stab the man right on his heart. She turned back, praying Li didn't see this, and yes, he was kicking some other men. 'God, he's so good' Sakura thought, stabbing another man who was coming near her but her eyes still on Li.

She caught up on him right when he finished then she continued follow him to the back side of the club.

They got in the hallway of the backside, and rested their backs on the wall, gasping for breath, after the running and ducking, and also fighting.

"Oh my God," Sakura gasped. She then looked at Li who looked back at her "what?"

"Tomoyo!" Sakura said. She indeed forgot about Tomoyo, for she was too lost with Syaoran. Syaoran seemed didn't have a clue who it was but then remembered. "Your sister?" he asked.

Sakura nodded, she knew Tomoyo could handle herself, but she still wanted to look for her. She turned, going to walk out the hallway, "No, you fool," Syaoran glared. 'He cares if I go?' she thought but shook her head. 'What did I do? Stopping her? What for?' Syaoran thought. But Sakura continued her way faster but when she reached the door, she bumped into someone.

"Sakura!" Tomoyo shouted. "What happened?" She was then shocked, looking at the man behind Sakura. "M-Mr. Li?" she gasped.

"Let's get out of here," he commanded calmly. He continued his way through the hallway. Tomoyo shot a glance at Sakura, but Sakura followed Syaoran. "Sakura-chan? You're ok? What was that?" she asked, going on her acting voice again, now that she knew they were with Li and she really wanted to know how did Sakura end up with him.

"I don't know either, Tomoyo-nechan, and yes I'm Ok, how bout you?" she asked, winking I'll-tell-you-later at her. Li was still on the front.

Syaoran felt they were acting different, these two girls. But he just continued his way until he found the door and tried to open it but it was locked. He shot the padlock and kicked the door.

They were then outside the club.

Hotel Ballroom, HK

"He really was there?" a man asked through his phone in a low voice.

"Yes Sir."

"Good, the plan went out well, didn't it?" he asked.

"Very much so, Sir, but we lost him. I think he's out now."

"That's fine, we'll get him tomorrow," he said, hanging up, a big smile on his face.

Outside N Club, HK

Syaoran walked out the club, going on towards his car after saying, "you two better head home," to the girls. Sakura couldn't help asking him question she really curious about

"Why were those people after us?" she asked him. She knew he heard her but he didn't show anything of response. She knew she couldn't ask him further.

So they turned towards their car.

Apartment, HK

Tomoyo and Sakura were still thinking about the last night incident. However, Sakura told Tomoyo everything and they jumped in conclusion that Li was running away from the party and hiding out in the club, and then those people came out trying to kill him, and yet he must have lots of enemies. In fact, they were one of them.

Sakura walked inside the kitchen and sat on one of the chairs. She hadn't slept well last night. She was thinking about Li. Yes, she herself didn't have any clue why. And she also wondered who and why those people tried to kill him. Well, what exactly happened last night?

She turned on the television and switched the channel. Her eyes went bored but then she stopped at one channel that was showing the morning news.

"Tomoyo-nechan," she shouted, calling for her. She was now acting again.

"Japanese business man, 52 year-old Nakamura Kenji, was found dead in his own club in Hong Kong last night," the newscaster told the news.

"What?" Tomoyo came in the kitchen, still in her bathing suit. Sakura didn't answer but all her attention was on the TV then Tomoyo saw it.

"The Hong Kong N club manager told us that Mr. Nakamura was supposed to attend the Hong Kong's businessmen party last night at the X Hotel Ballroom, but he however wasn't seen there at all," they heard the news continued. "the cause of his dead was a gun shot right at his heart, one of the club's customer last night said that they heard a gun shot and everyone was then rushing out of the club."

"They didn't know that Mr. Nakamura was apparently at his private lounge at the bar himself and it seemed that he was waiting for someone for a meeting."

"They suspected that he was meeting one of his business partner, a young businessman of a great company in Hong Kong, Li Syaoran, who should also attend the party but didn't appear as well. Yet he apparently was also seen at the club's bar. However, the young president director of Li Inc. is currently the only suspect for Nakamura's death. The police are going to interrogate him just now. We will continue after the break.""

"THAT'S COMPLETELY NOT TRUE," Sakura shouted. Tomoyo startled at her reaction. "Well, he WAS at the club, but he WAS THERE WITH ME ALL THE WAY when the gunshot boomed." Sakura stood up and headed for the door, unaware that she was still in her pajamas.

"Sakura-chan where you goin?" Tomoyo asked. "He might be enemy, but he did nothing of it, and I'm the witness," Sakura stated, continued her way. "Alright, but in pajamas?"

Sakura looked down and saw her clothing. "Right," she said, turning her heels, headed back to her room. Tomoyo sweatdropped.

In the car, downtown road, HK

"Sakura-chan? I think you're out of your mind," Tomoyo said calmly.

"What? Why?" Sakura asked, furious. She was driving.

"You shouldn't go there. You know who they are. They'll get him outta there in no time," Tomoyo said.

Sakura suddenly braked and they came to an abrupt halt. She then faced Tomoyo with a stupid expression.

"You know, you're right," she said, shaking her head. "What the hell am I doing? And why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"I didn't think it'd stop you even if I told you earlier. Well, when you were like that," Tomoyo stated calmly. Sakura continued their way. "Aren't we going back?" Tomoyo realized they weren't turning back.

The Police Office, HK

"Mr. Li, you were seen at the bar, and you didn't attend the party," the police officer stated.

"Yes," Syaoran said boredly. "And I didn't shoot him."

"But why didn't you attend the party?" he asked.

"I miss the part where it's your problem," Syaoran said calmly. "You however didn't have any chance to arrest me, now let me outta here if you're finished before my mother wakes up then freaks out."

"I'm sorry, Mr. Li but I havent finished yet," he said with a warning tone. Syaoran glared at him and rested his back on the chair, folding his arms.

"Now, you were at the bar, the waiter did really saw you, even served you..."

"Yes, still, I didn't shoot him, idiot, should I tell you million times..."

"Please watch your words Mr. Li, do you have anything to prove that..."

"He has a witness," came someone's voice, breaking the interrogation.

Sakura stood at the door, watching. Syaoran didn't look back to see who it was for he straightly knew whose voice that was.

"Who are you young lady? and how'd you get here?" the policeman looked up at her, frowning and then his officer told him that she said she had something to do with Li's case.

"Explain, eh what's the name?" the police finally asked.

"Saionji Sakura," Sakura said, sitting up, Tomoyo beside her.

"And what's your relation with Mr. Li?"

"I worked in Li Inc., he's my boss," Sakura stated calmly. Syaoran didn't look at her. He just sat, thinking.

"You were with him?"

"Oh yes, all the time since he arrived and also after the gunshots I was with him all the way." Syaoran sighed boredly. Sakura looked at him with a hopeful expression.

-End chapter 3-

Author's note: So sorry for the long wait, cuz I was in holiday and I actually brought the script along with me but I didn't get a chance to post it. Anyway, someone asked for Eriol, don't worry he'll for sure be in the plot, I like him though, we'll see oh and what happened to Sakura and Syaoran?? Oh well, review please?? Please?? And chap 4 will be posted soon... Ja..