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S.M.K Fighters
Chapter 2Back in the sewers...the hideout...
"You won't get away with this. I know it sounds like I watch too many movies, but Li and Sakura are the strongest fighters on earth and they'll get through all those traps you set up before. I bet they're on the way right no-" The bully slapped her cheek to shut her up. Madison was shocked. She just sat in silence while he strapped tape across her mouth and tied her hands and legs to the chair.
"No one's ever beaten me, and no one ever will!" He shoved past the gently sobbing Madison out into another room and slammed the door.
Madison silently prayed to herself 'Sakura, I hope you're ok...' she hung her head and cried louder. Suddenly there was a crashing noise from the next room and someone, the bully maybe, screamed. Then the door crashed down and Sakura (with her arm in plaster cast), and Li were standing in the doorway, in cool poses!
When the dust settled, they both ran over to Madison. Sakura hugged her tight (as best she could anyways), as Madison cried even harder on her shoulder. Li untied Madison's hands while Sakura ripped off the tape across Madison's mouth. Madison gave a little scream of pain and, when Li was done, hugged Sakura. It hurt her arm a little, but Sakura didn't care, as long as her friend was safe. Then Madison let go of Sakura and turned to Li. She hugged him tightly and kissed him. Sakura stared happily at the couple. She was still thinking about what it would be like to have a guy like Li to look out for her when the bully from before stepped in through the doorway.
"No one...will ever, beat ME!" He pulled out a gun and aimed it for Madison's back. The couple had stopped kissing, but were still holding each other close. Li saw the gun and turned the both of them around so that they were still hugging but Li's back was now facing the bully instead. The bully pulled the trigger, and shot...but Sakura's plastered arm got in the way. Sakura screamed as the cast had been dented severely. She held it close to her chest for a second. Li and Madison were both cringing in fear and holding each other tight.
"Run, Li. Take Madison with you." Sakura was standing straight now with a determined look about her.
Li opened his eyes.
"But what about you Sakura?" Li said, staying in the same spot.
"JUST GO! I"LL BE FINE. You'll just get in the way." Sakura sounded worried now.
Li paused for a second, then let go of Madison, but still holding her wrist, dragged her out the door. The bully was now leaning against the doorframe with blood streaming down his face from where she had kicked him in the head, before they found Madison. "Well, I have to give you credit. I didn't think you were that strong." Sakura said this while feeling in her pocket for the gun Li had lent to her. Her right arm was throbbing, and she didn't know how her aim would be, since she had to use her left hand (she's right handed in this story). The bully dropped his gun as Sakura pulled out her gun and aimed, slightly shaking. Sakura kept walking forward till her gun was centimeters away from his head.
The bully smiled almost evilly.
"Go ahead, kill me! I have no reason to live."
Sakura frowned as her anger built up inside. "Why did you do it...WHY?!" she screamed in his face. He smiled wider and said, "I was bored, and she was close to my hideout... bingo!" That made Sakura tighten her grip around the gun, but she didn't want to shoot him. If the cops found out then she may have to go to jail.
Sakura frowned even harder, and lowered the gun to her side. The bully snickered, but Sakura wasn't done yet. She dropped the gun and clenched her fist ready to swing. But the bully saw and quickly wrapped his hand around her neck and lifted her off the ground. Sakura was shocked at first, but tried to kick him in the knees. He just held his arm further away from his body. She was running out of air by now and was struggling, trying to break free from his grip, which seemed to be getting tighter. Sakura struggled a little longer till Li came back in the door. Sakura fainted and fell limp. A single tear rolled down her cheek and onto the floor.
"Sakura!" Li screamed. He ran forward, grabbed the gun that Sakura had dropped and shot at the bully's arm. The bully let Sakura go and Li caught her just before she hit the ground. She was still breathing but was out cold. Li stared at her for a second, then looked up to see that Madison had run in after him and was kneeling in front of them with tears running down her face again. Her eyes were red, she couldn't help it. Li held back his own tears and held Sakura closer to his chest. He sat there for a while with his eyes closed as Madison wiped away her tears. She stood up and whispered to Li "Lets go now. She'll be fine if she rests in the car, I hope." Madison straightened up and turned to where the bully was with a frighteningly angry look on her face, to see that he had disappeared, leaving a small pool of blood on the floor.
"You know," said Madison, "we could take the blood in for examination, to some lab or something, to see who that guy was...Li?"
Li hadn't moved from his position. He answered glumly "Sure, if you want-" he paused, then looked up from Sakura's limp body. "...Where is there a lab with that kind of equipment?"
Madison thought about this for a second. Then she shrugged and said, "I thought you'd know...?"
Li gathered Sakura up in his arms and stood up straight. "Well, we'll take her home now, to her place-"
"NO!" Madison cut in, "Tori and his dad think that she's still in bed, asleep, not in your arms miles away from home with a cast around her arm!"
They were silent for a while and Madison was almost shocked at her self. She looked down at her shoes and twiddled her fingers.
"Don't they check up on her or anything?" questioned Li "wouldn't they freak if they saw she wasn't home?"
Madison mumbled "She used the mirror card"
"But Tori would be able to tell, wouldn't he?"
"No, Eli was talking to him a few weeks ago and while doing so he put a spell on him so that the mirror card could still be a secret." Madison looked up to see that Li was already walking out the door of the hideout with Sakura. "Hey," she yelled, chasing after him "wait for me!"...
In the car...
"So, where am I headed...to your house?" Li questioned Madison.
"No, she'll have to sleep at your house-"
"WHAT!?!?" Li yelled as the car tires screeched to a halt on the side of the road. "She's going to sleep at my house? MY house?!" Li screamed, making his face go slightly red. He was frowning at Madison, realised what he was doing and went back to his normal self, still looking a little flustered though. He stared at his steering wheel. "Why my house? Huh?" Li said.
Madison responded, "Because I have to go out early tomorrow morning and I know that Wade is out for the week- and before you ask, you told me yesterday afternoon. I should be back by about 8:30am if you want me to pick her up. " Said Madison, feeling almost proud of herself. "Now if your not going to drive, I will...are you?"
Li stared into space for a while, imagining the world would just stop and rewind back to the day before so that he could warn Sakura and Madison of the dangers to come, but as Madison kissed him on the cheek, everything came back to reality. He didn't even turn his head to Madison, he just started up the engine again and drove back onto the road and turned a corner, toward Madison's house to drop her off first.
As Madison stepped out of the car she turned around and said to Li "Take care of her, won't you?"
But Li just continued to stare at the steering wheel, not blinking and trying to think about where the both of them were going to sleep. By the time he had snapped out of his daydream and looked out the window at where Madison was, she had gone inside her house and was just closing the door.
"I will Madison," Li whispered with a smile "I promise you." Li sighed again and drove of toward his place, hoping that Wade had already left. Li's house was built almost like Sakura's, except that Li's was much bigger and a few of the rooms were in different places...but none the less, very alike...
Inside Li's house...
Li placed Sakura gently on his bed and walked down the hall to the bathroom. As he got the hot water was running, Sakura woke up with a start. She sat up straight, but too fast. Her head was throbbing and swimming like mad. She laid back down and put her hand to her head and cringed. After a while she sat back up again (slowly) and walked out of the room and down the hall way to her bathroom...but she wasn't in her house. Her vision was a little blurry so she couldn't see that the pictures on the wall were of Li and his family. When she got to the end, she expected to open the door and find the toilet, but INSTEAD she found Li, in the shower. He hadn't closed over the shower curtain properly and Sakura could see his siluette through the steam from the hot water.
Sakura screamed at the top of her lungs, making Li turn around and scream as well and draw the curtain over himself, but sticking his head out.
"SAKURA! What are you DOING, spying on me?!?!" Screamed Li.
Sakura answered back "What do you mean? Your in MY house!"
"Actually," Li calmed down a little "this is my house, Madison said you had to stay here for the night, just tonight."
Sakura was shocked. She stood there for a while, just staring at Li's face. She was so embarrassed. She started to blush and hung her head. "Sorry Li" she mumbled as she backed out the door and closed it behind her. Sakura was lost for words by now. She tried looking for the toilet again and found it on the other side of the hall...
Later on...
Sakura was sitting on top of Li's bed, waiting for him to get back from his shower. Li walked in the door, wearing only a towel around his waist, and looking a little red from the hot water.
"Umm, I need to, kinda, get dressed now," Li said, holding tight to the towel around his hips. Sakura hopped quickly off the bed and walked out of the room as quickly as possible, not wanting to look at Li's face. She closed the door behind her and leant against it. 'Why do I feel like this' she thought 'my heart is beating faster and faster and my cheeks are burning...do I like, LI?'...
Li was thinking something similar to Sakura. 'Why do my knees feel weak every time I look into those emerald green eyes of hers? Why doesn't that happen when I'm around Madison...do I love, SAKURA?' Li sighed and walked over to the door. By now he was wearing a pair of pajamas with small lions all over the pants and on the
T-shirt it said 'Luv Me' with another lion under it. While Sakura was still leaning against the door, Li pulled it towards himself and found Sakura falling back into his arms, He caught her just in time, and they stood like that for a bit. Sakura moved first by standing up quickly and taking a few steps backwards and giving a short small bow, as well as saying "Sorry, Li, but I have to go home now."
"No Sakura you cant," Li said, without thinking properly.
"Oh, and why not?" Sakura asked actually quite rudely
"Because I promised Madison I'd take care of you...that's why, Sakura" replied Li while staring at the floor and keeping his voice low. Sakura stared at him for a while before frowning at him ant turning on her heel down the hall and towards the hall.
"Wait," said Li, rather pathetically "why won't you stay?" Sakura stopped short and stared at the wall in front of her. She didn't want to answer him, but sighed and turned back towards him. Without even an emotion or a word, she walked straight past him and into his room, and stood next to his bed with her arms folded across her chest (rather awkwardly because of the cast). She knew what was going to happen if she let it, she was going to fall in love with him and Madison wasn't going to like it, and have no contact with Li and herself anymore (too many soapies.). Sakura didn't want to loose her best friend.
Li walked back into the room and looked seriously at Sakura, he didn't feel happy with her anymore. He can't love Sakura, because he loves Madison too much already and he doesn't want to let her go. "I'll sleep on the floor tonight, so that you can sleep in my bed."
But Sakura disagreed. "No, I'll sleep on the floor, so that you can have a better sleep"
"No, I'll be fine on the floor. You need to rest your arm"
"But it's fine in this cast"
"Oh yeah?" Li walked up to her and poked her cast. Sakura squealed angrily and hugged her arm to her chest.
"Fine then!" she glared, and fell back onto the bed, with her arms awkwardly folded again. Li sighed and went to get another pillow and sleeping bag from his closet. He didn't want to sleep on the floor of course, and he was just being nice to Sakura because if Madison found out then he would be in trouble and she probably wouldn't talk to him for a while.
Li walked back over to the floor beside his bed. Sakura had taken off her shoes and had her feet on the bed. She was staring at the ceiling.
"Sakura, don't you want to get changed?" Li asked rather politely "you can wear my cousin's spare clothes if so,"
Sakura turned her head to face him. She wanted to change her clothes. She was still wearing the blood stained ones, though they weren't wet anymore, and her side hurt a little. She sighed and said sleepily "Where's her room?"
"Down the hall, left then right." Li said without turning around.
"Thanks" Sakura mumbled as she stood up off the bed and walked out the room...
Li's cousin's room...
Sakura, by now, had picked out a short, silk, purple, held-up-by-thin-straps-night gown with teddies all over the front and bows to hold the straps together over her shoulders. It was her favourite. Otherwise she would've chosen some blue pyjamas with different lambs over the top and a sleeping lamb on the bottom of the left leg. She now looked around the room, which was surprisingly neat. It was quite like her own – pink desk with mirror on top, walk-in closet (which she already looked at), and a bed in the corner. The only things different were the posters of singers and actors and the lampshade for the ceiling light.
Sakura walked back to Li's room, wondering what Li's cousin's name was. When she opened the door, as soon as he saw her, Li (who is sitting on the floor), stared at her like he was just slapped across the face. His eyes widened as she stared at Sakura. In a daze...Sakura took no notice of him. She just jumped onto Li's bed and lay there for a while. Li still stared at her, though he could not see much. Then Sakura leaned over the side of the bed.
"Li I-...Li?" she said, noticing for the first time he was staring at her "what's the matter? Did I do something wrong?" Li was speechless. His draw dropped and he was starting to go a little red (hard to tell in the dim light). But Li not answering her was making Sakura angry. "Li tell me...NOW!" she screamed in his ear.
Li breathed in deep, breathed out again and said calmly (while blushing a deep reddish colour) "That night gown is, see-through," Sakura's heart skipped a beat.
"Did you...why didn't...how..."she stuttered
"Um" Li said sheepishly "the underclothes are in the cupboard, if you want."
Sakura was about to get up when she turned and faced him, glaring, and slapped him so hard his head turned and he was knocked back onto the ground. He was shocked
"Pervert!" Sakura screamed, threw her bloodstained t-shirt over his face and ran back to Li's cousin's room. Sakura was so embarrassed and wished that she had looked in the mirror before she walked out the room. When she got to the girl's room, she noticed a sign on the door. It read:
MEILIN'S ROM
With flowers surrounding it. Sakura never noticed this before because the door was open when she first saw it. She gingerly opened the door and walked over to the cupboard to find the rest of the nightgown...
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