Behind the Mask – it's a crossover with CCS, Kiddy grade, LOTR, and some stuff, you'll see.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of these. But I do own the plot. This is dedicated to all my friends. Please don't get offended by any of the scenes here. I'll edit the chapters every so often to clear up any confusing parts.
Chapter 2 – Gone in 60 Seconds
At the hospital
Sakura suddenly opened her eyes and looked around confused. 'Where am I? What am I doing here? What happened? Well none of those questions are going to be answered until I ask someone.' Sakura thought frantically beginning to sweat. Sakura felt her face and looked down at her hands. They were wrapped in bandages, her face, her hands, and her whole body! At this point Sakura just wanted to run right out of there and hide, but all she could so was cry helplessly.
Sakura tries to get out of bed but winces when she feels a sharp pain shoot through her whole body. Sakura feels so helpless and worst of all she doesn't remember a thing that happened. "Why did this have to happen to me? What am I going to do? I really hope that mum is okay.....mum! I wonder if she is okay or not. She might have gotten worried because I still haven't seen her!" Sakura screamed in her mind.
Slowly the door opened and a man in a white coat stepped in closing the door behind him softly. Sakura heard the footsteps and quickly turned around. It was only the doctor, but there was something familiar about him. Sakura looked deep in thought as the doctor examined her and ask her some simple questions.
"Hello, Sakura. Looks like you are in a bit of pain aye?" The doctor said light heartedly trying to keep serious at the same time. Sakura looked at him confused. "How can he be so cheerful and calm?" Sakura thought angrily trying to restrain herself from killing him. "Do I know you? I swear I have seen you before, but I can't seem to remember?" Sakura asked looking down because the doctor looked so handsome in the light. "Oh, I forgot to mention that your suffering from temporary amnesia, but don't worry you'll remember everything in a week or two." The doctor forced a smile. "By the way my name is Li Syaoran." Said Syaoran hoping that all her memories would come flooding back right there and then.
But they didn't. Syaoran fumbled with his pen and dropped it onto Sakura's lap. He hesitantly picked it up and blushed. "Why do I feel like this around her? She makes me feels so warm and...and....I can't even describe it...She's breathtaking." Syaoran thought with dreamy eyes. Sakura seeing this smiled for the first time all day. "So are you just going to stand there and gawk at me all day or what?" Sakura said childishly. "Well Sakura, you were in a car accident, when you collided into an oncoming car. Unfortunately no passengers in the other car survived......." Syaoran stopped there, waiting to see Sakura's reaction.
Sakura broke into tears once more not knowing what to say or do. She felt guilty that this had happened...she felt like it was all her fault. Syaoran at that moment wanted nothing more than to cradle her in his arms and tell her that everything would be okay. Syaoran didn't though because he didn't want to jeopardise there friendship.
Syaoran looked at Sakura straight in to her emerald pools of light before he left the room. Sakura was deep in thought until suddenly tears became streaming down...not down her face, but down to her hands. Sakura didn't know exactly how long she was crying or thinking, but it felt like forever. Sakura felt her eyes becoming heavy and finally fell into a deep sleep. The last thing Sakura saw was a tall man with a needle, piercing it through her fragile, skin.
Later that night
Sakura slowly began to open her eyes although it was hard to. She groaned as she tried to get up. Hoping that it was all just one big horrible nightmare Sakura rubbed the sleep from her eyes. But all her hopes slipped through her mind as quickly as they had entered. Sakura didn't know what to do so she just sat there quietly for god knows how long. Syaoran slipped through the door like a stealthy cat ready to pounce on his prey. "So, Sakura how was your nap? I guess that you're hungry. I'll send the nurse to get some food." Sakura knew that this was leading to nowhere and demanded to know why he was here and what was wrong. "What is it that you want to tell me Syao?" Sakura asked impatiently. "Well do you want me to be frank or slowly tell you?" Sakura thought hard before giving him an answer. "Frank." "You see Sakura....your mother Nadeshiko had lung cancer...and.....tonight...she...d—died." Syaoran stuttered taking long deep breaths as he saw Sakura whimper and ultimately cry her heart out.
"Sakura...there's also one more thing that I have to tell you." Syaoran paused. "Your father Fujitaka and your brother Touya were in a plane accident. Unfortunately the----." Syaoran was cut off when he heard Sakura yell. "I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SAY! YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME, they're dead too, aren't they?" Sakura yelled before bursting into more tears. Syaoran nodded with a grim face. Syaoran pulled Sakura into a tight hug almost crushing Sakura. "I remember you now.... You're that guy that I met on the plane. But I didn't know you were a doctor. I talked to you for hours and I didn't even know what your job was. How stupid." Sakura stuttered. Syaoran let go slightly hen he saw Sakura wince. "It's okay Sakura...."He said soothingly almost crying himself seeing Sakura go through so much pain. Even though Sakura had only known her for hours he just felt so connected to her. Syaoran knew what she was going through. A couple of year's back his family was murdered by Shin Hwa.
Flashback
Syaoran woke up when he heard screaming coming from his sisters room. Syaoran rubbed the sleep from his eyes and walked slowly to his door to open it. "They better not be having another pillow fight." Syaoran groaned opening the door slightly. Syaoran was about to open the door fully, but heard shrieks of pain. "NOOOO! Please don't hurt my daughters, take me instead!" Yelan [Syaoran's mother] pleaded. "SHUTUP BITCH!" Syaoran's eyes grew in fear as his mother was dragged off into a room. Fanfren, Fiemie, Xiefia, Fuutie [dunno their names] were all lying on the ground in pools of blood.
Sounds were heard coming from the room his mother had been dragged too. Then it suddenly stopped. Syaoran wanted more than everything to go and help his mother, but his body would not comply, he collapsed to his knees and cried. Syaoran was held down by his feet and they just wouldn't move. A gunshot was heard and the murders left. Syaoran's vision was blurred as he forced himself to stand up and walk out.
He saw his sisters on the ground in cold and lifeless. Syaoran had never experienced such pain in his life. There was a mix of emotions running through him. Pain, anger, sadness and emptiness. He walked into a room where his mother lay dead and stroked her hair. Tears swam down his face and stared at the wall. In blood, the words 'Shinhwa' stained the wall. Syaoran called the police, but it was of no use. It was too late; they couldn't bring his loved ones back to life.
Syaoran gasped and fell over in pain. Syaoran had looked out the window and saw his father hanging off the flagpole, his blood staining the Li emblem flag. Syaoran cried out loud, crying furiously, shaking his head. Could he ever recover from this? "Why did I have to be so weak? I could have done something, anything! But, I didn't. How could I have let down my family? Syaoran thought frustrated. News tears formed in his eyes and rolled down his face. He promised himself he would never cry again because his family was his only weakness. "I will get have my revenge...I will bring them down and they shall suffer the same way you did." Syaoran wiped away his tears and swore vengeance on Shinhwa, the most wanted gang in Asia.
End flashback
Syaoran had to force back his tears. It was even too painful just thinking about the past and the past haunted him.
Sakura cried and cried, harder then she had ever cried before. Her eyes were bloodshot and she grabbed onto Syaoran hard. When Sakura had finally cried herself to sleep Syaoran's shirt was soaked down to each fibre. Syaoran reluctantly place her on the bed and left.
In the morning
Sakura was wakened by the smell of cherry blossoms, her favourite flower. Sakura forced herself to sit up with her eyes still close. She breathed in the lovely scent deeply and sighed. Something loud and high yelled making Sakura jump.
"SAKURA! Are you okay??? Oh my god! I heard what happened and I flew right over here with Kenshin! I'm so sorry for what happened! God how I missed you! It is so good to see you." Tomoyo started saying {more like yelling} all at once. Sakura could see how happy Tomoyo was to see her, but she didn't have to make her deaf in both ears. Sakura opened her eyes and forced a smile on her face even though she didn't have the heart or will to. Seeing this Tomoyo leapt onto the bed and forced Sakura into a tight hug. Sakura welcomed this naturally coming from her best friend, but winced and yelped out when she felt a sharp pain shoot through her whole body. Tomoyo quickly got off and was really scared she hurt Sakura. "Oh my god! I'm so sorry Ying Fa. I didn't mean too. Sumimusen [I dunno if that's right] Sakura." Tomoyo said quickly, bowing over and over again making Sakura dizzy.
"Hello Sakura. I'm so sorry about your family..... Are you okay?" came the soft soothing voice of Sakura's boyfriend. "Kenshin! I'm so glad to see you...." Sakura cried as she lunged onto Kenshin. Kenshin reluctantly hugged her back. "I'm all alone now, but at least I have my friends to support me. Sakura smiled and wiped away her tears. "I'm starving! Did you guys bring any food for me?" Sakura said cheerfully with a huge forced grin on her face.
"Hai. We have some noodles with chicken soup." Tomoyo and Kenshin answered together smiling. Sakura gobbled it all down in less than a minute. "Gee kaijuu, you sure eat quick." Came Syaoran's voice. Sakura turned around to see if it was Touya. It wasn't though, it was Syaoran. Sakura had tears streaming down her face as she heard this. Kenshin and Tomoyo glared at the doctor. "What did I do?" Syaoran asked trying not to lose his cool. "Sakura's brother use to call her that." Tomoyo glared at Syaoran. Syaoran felt bad so he just stood there quietly. "I'm sorry Sakura." "It's okay oppa..." Sakura said surprising everyone except Syaoran. "Well it's nice to see your recovering very quickly." Syaoran said chuckling. ("-- ) Everyone sweat dropped.
"How could I forget?" Sakura said. "Guys this is Syaoran. Syaoran, this is Tomoyo Daidouji and Kenshin Himura." They all shook hands and greeted each other. "I better get going then; Sakura may leave tomorrow and get her bandages off tonight." Syaoran walked out leaving them all puzzled.
"Tomoyo, would you mind leaving me and Sakura alone from a couple of minutes? I have something important to tell Saku remember?" Tomoyo winked and left the two alone. "Sakura I dunno how to tell you this, but......" Kenshin paused as he saw Sakura's eyes. They were so vulnerable. "I have to break up with you. I'm so sorry Sakura." Kenshin said looking down not wanting to see Sakura. "WHAT! After all we've been through? Why don't you want me? Is it because I don't have enough money? Or is it because I'm not beautiful anymore?'' Sakura yelled. Each one of his words shot through her heart like a million daggers. "Sakura I can explain it's because -----." Kenshin was cut off as he was slapped by Sakura hard across the face making his head snap back. "GET OUT! I DON'T EVER WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN! YOU...YOU....YOU FUCKING COLD HEARTED BASTARD!" Sakura yelled at the top of her lungs making Tomoyo break through the doors. With that Kenshin left straight away and wasn't to be seen again.
"I dunno what went wrong in our relationship... What am I going to now?? My whole world just crumbled before my eyes." "It's gonna be okay Ying Fa.....I'm here for you." Tomoyo whispered softly. Sakura cried and cried until she could cry no more.
Someone came knocking on the door at that moment. Sakura wiped away her tears and sat up. It was her family lawyer. "Hello, Richard. I know why you're here. So just say what you want." Sakura stated calmly. "Well Sakura, all of your family's fortune goes to you now since you are the only living heir. Also you inherit the family business, which I'm sure you know what it is. Everything that your family ever owned, goes to you now Ms Kinomoto." Richard said matter-of-factly. "Okay then, I'll just have to fight on for the sake of my parents and Touya." Sakura said trying to stay strong. The lawyer left Sakura and Tomoyo alone.
"So Sakura, now that you're the new gang leader of Shin Hwa, what are you gonna do?" Tomoyo asked. "I'm going to get new stronger recruits. Not only that but they are all going to be females." "But why all girls Saku?" Tomoyo asked. "Because I want to show guys that girls are much stronger than guys." Sakura stated coldly.
Shin Hwa are the most powerful gang in all of Korea and Japan. No other gang could stand up to them. If they did they were surely destroyed.
Shin Hwa headquarters
"TRASH EVERYTHING IN HERE! BURN IT!" yelled a man's voice as it echoed throughout the room. "Wolf, are you sure we should be doing this? I mean what if Shin Hwa catches us?" Another man's voice asked nervously. "Hawk I'm sure of it. Kyo told me that the leaders got killed yesterday. I don't know how, all that matters is that they are finally dead." Wolf stated coldly. "Yeah whatever wolf. I just don't like it. It feels too convenient." "FUCK OFF BEFORE I MAKE YOU REGRET SAYING THAT!" Syaoran yelled glaring at Hawk.
Wolf heard sirens from the distance and placed the bomb in the centre of the room. "Disperse!" Wolf yelled as they all ran in different directions. When Wolf was sure they had all run far enough he pushed a button and the whole place blew up into a ball of raging flames.
"Sayonara!" Wolf cackled evilly watching the place collapse. The six men all got on to their black motorbikes and rode off.
Back at the hospital
"Sakura, I just got some bad news from Yukata. It seems that the SechsKies have blown up Shin Hwa headquarters." Tomoyo said coolly. Sakura laughed. Tomoyo was puzzled and tried to think of why she could possibly be laughing. "Let the dogs have their bone for now. They think that we're done for, but when they least expected. We'll pounce and bring them all down." Sakura slammed her fist on the table laughing evilly. "Where are the others Tomoyo?" "They flew over here to see how you were, but there in the middle of something." Tomoyo answered. "I see they have already found fresh meat to hunt."
"Hai. They plan to bring down Blue Coyote as a gift to you." Tomoyo answered cheerfully. "They know me so well to pick out such a gift for me." Sakura giggled. "Someone's coming, we better shut up now." Tomoyo had sensed it.
Tomoyo has special powers that her ancestors had. Except now Tomoyo has discovered a new power. She can see the future. Tomoyo can also read minds; control anything that is powered by computers and some other powers too immense to describe.
"Hello Doctor Syao. Is it time for me to take off these bandages?" Sakura asked happily. Her smile made Syaoran's heart beat a little faster. He smiled back at Sakura making her blush. "Now c'mon. I won't bite much." Syaoran said light heartedly. Sakura closed her eyes as Syaoran slowly began to unravel her bandages. He enjoyed it because he got to see her angelic face and breathe in her scent. Sakura also enjoyed it. She got to breath him in and hold his hand. "I really like Sakura...but it's a shame that she already has a boyfriend..."Syaoran thought sadly as unravelled the last of her bandages.
As Syaoran left to get Sakura a mirror, she noticed that his hand was bleeding. "Syaoran are you okay? I mean your hand is bleeding badly." Sakura asked concerned. Syaoran looked down at his hand and sure enough it was bleeding and he just noticed that it stung. "Oh that? It's nothing, trust me. It looks worst than it feels." Syaoran lied. When Syaoran left Tomoyo whispered something in her ear. "He was lying..."
"Well Sakura, here's that mirror that you wanted. By the way you're still as beautiful as you were the first time I saw you." Syaoran said lovingly. "Thanks Syaoran, but I know you're just trying to be nice." "No really, I think you are ... really... beautiful." Syaoran said in a whisper that Sakura could barely make out. Sakura smiled and placed a kiss on his cheeks. Syaoran felt hot and excited.
Sakura looked at herself in the mirror and just sat there silent for awhile with no emotion in her face. "Sakura?" Syaoran and Tomoyo waved a hand in front of her face. "Better than I had expected! I mean I was almost scared there for a moment." Sakura made a joke out of it. Sakura was right. There was only one scar on her left cheek. Sakura used her finger to trace the scar. "Well at least this will remind me never to think and listen to music in a car ever again." Sakura smiled cheerfully. "And anyways Sakura, you can use a concealer to cover it up." Tomoyo advised.
"Knock, knock." Came a manly voice. The door slowly opened and standing there was a guy with blue eyes, short, messy navy hair. He was just wearing baggy jeans, and a sleeveless black top. Tomoyo was staring at him with dreamy eyes and he stared back too. Tomoyo was wearing a simple blue top and a red mini skirt. Her amethyst eyes met with his blue eyes. She had long black down to her waist and bangs covered her face.
"Earth to Tomoyo, this is Sakura speaking." Sakura said teasingly in an annoying voice snapping Tomoyo out of her trance. "Hi Eriol! What are you doing here? "Syaoran inquired. Eriol came back from La La land. "I have some bad news to tell you that's all.....who's that lady friend of yours anyways?" Eriol asked wanting to know more. "Girls this is Hiiragizawa Eriol, Eriol this is Kinomoto Sakura and her best friend ----." "Daidouji Tomoyo." Tomoyo finished it off for Syaoran. They all shook hands and greeted each other. "You may call me Tomoyo." "And you may call be Sakura." "Well then you can call me Eriol" They told each other.
"So Eriol, do you have the hots for Tomoyo aye?" Syaoran asked with a smirk on his face. Eriol blushed before glaring hard at Syaoran. "I'll take that as a yes." "Tomoyo! You don't have to hide your blushing. I know you like Xiao Lang's best friend over there." "Bitch!" Tomoyo yelled light heartedly before blushing the same colour as Eriol.
"So what is it that you wanted to me that is so god damn important?" Syaoran demanded with an intimidating voice. "I just received news from Michael that there is a new Shin Hwa gang leader. Somehow that person didn't get killed in the plane crash." "But how is that possible? DAMN! We have to take them down before they regroup. IF they do, then we're all fucked." Syaoran said angrily.
"Sakura since you get released tomorrow we would be honoured to take you and Tomoyo out to dinner." Syaoran said charmingly with a smile on his face that just seemed to light up the room according to Sakura. "We would both be delighted to go out with you." Sakura replied smiling because Eriol and Tomoyo were blushing.
"Great! We'll pick you up tomorrow night at 6 'o' clock. But where do you guys live?" Eriol stuttered. "How about we pick you up at your house?" Tomoyo asked mischievously. "Well that's definitely never been done before. Okay you're on. WE live at 106 Lee Building on Kim Street. I'd like to see you find it." Syaoran retorted triumphantly. "Don't worry oppa, we'll find it, we know it like the back of our hand." Sakura said standing her ground, but only reaching up to Syaoran's chest. There was laughter throughout the whole room, even Tomoyo laughed. "TOMOYO! YOU'RE SPOSE TO BE ON MY SIDE!" Sakura yelled angrily. "Fine lets make a wager then...that is of course if you're up for it." The guys said smirking. "Yeah we're up for anything, just to see the look on a beaten guy's pride.
"Great then. If you don't manage to find our house by 6 'o' clock tomorrow night then you will have to spend the night with us at our apartment." The guys stated proudly. "And if you guys lose then you have to take us out and buy us whatever we want." "DEAL!" They all shouted in unison. So now all they had to do was beat each other at their own dirty game. The race was on.
How was that chapter? You have to review and let me know. It's still pretty boring now, but it'll get better. Early days yet.
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