Behind the Mask
This is my last chapter so they'll be no more after this...or maybe I'll do a
Epilogue...whatever.......because you might be disturbed by what happens....just tell me what u think and I MIGHT just decide to do an epilogue. Thanks to all my reviewers! I'll be getting on to the story now. Question (this has nothing to do with this story) what is with Korean's and dying or streaking their hair? Have you ever seen one without multi coloured hair? (Just curious) KMR BELONGS TO ME!!!
Chapter 12 – It's bad to fight on New Year's
"Éclair? I don't think staying awake for several days is such a good idea. You should get some rest. As in you get into bed, close your eyes and dream." Utada advised concern in her voice and eyes. "Just get back to work. I'll be fine. I was thinking about resting now until you rudely broke my train of thought." Éclair snarled.
"Seeing that today is New Year's eve. We should definitely start partying soon." Meiling suggested her eyes going starry. "Don't you think it's a bit too early?" PS asked as she glanced at her watch. It was only 12am. "It's never too early to start partying.....I can create your clothes! Just like old times." Lumiere busted and began running around like a maniac.
"Oh shit!" Éclair yelled running out of the room. "Follow me! There's no time to lose!" Éclair ordered as she quickly ran out, followed by PS, Utada, Meiling, Lumiere and Aduial.
Sakura's Apartment
"What's up Sakura? Why did you want us here in such a hurry?" Yukata asked impatiently gasping for air. "We're going out with Syaoran and the guy's later tonight to watch the fireworks!" Sakura explained nervously. "And the point of you telling us would be?" White enquired sarcastically. "WE HAVE TO PREPARE RIGHT AWAY!" Sakura yelled almost blowing Melinda away whom was unfortunately sitting opposite her.
Everyone including Tomoyo sweat dropped. Sure, she liked to design clothes, but since when did Sakura care about what she wears? Tomoyo raised her brow slyly and asked a very devious question. "Since when did you care about what you wear? Don't get me wrong, I like making you look kawaii and all, but......" Tomoyo studied her evidence and paused.
"BUT?" Five girls yelled in unison and in suspense. it be that you're trying to look good....I dunno.......for a special someone....named Syaoran." Tomoyo finished sneakily. Sakura blushed deep red as all the girls began to laugh. When Sakura finally gained composure she was seriously shocked.
"NANI???!!!! TOMOYO YOU ARE SUCH AN IDIOT! SYAO-HUNNY AND I ARE JUST GOOD FRIENDS! GET THAT THROUGH THAT THICK HEAD OF YOURS!" Sakura yelled emphasising all her words loudly and clearly. "Syao-hunny?" Melinda asked curiously and grinned like that cat from Alice in Wonderland. Sakura blushed again and kept quiet for several minutes. All the girls were trying to hold back their laughter, except of course White.
"SAKURA! White is having a laughing fit and it's all your fault! How are you supposed to make her stop now?" Tohru whined pointing to the mess on the floor, aka White. Sakura raised a mischievous eyebrow and smiled evilly. "She is just laughing because Andy gave her a really good present."
White immediately stopped laughing and had a stoned face. "What's wrong White? Looks like you've seen a ghost." Sakura continued to taunt. "I'll just shut up now." White stated simply. "That's how Tohru." Sakura gloated.
Li mansion
"So what's going on between Sakura and Syaoran?" Andy whispered cautiously to Daniel. "Do you mind? I'm trying to work? Speak a little softer please." Kaiba insisted narrowing his eyes hacking away into some files, his hands running across the keyboard. "I think they are....dare I say it? In lo---." Daniel replied scanning the room for any signs of Syaoran. "Love." Daniel finished hastily. As if on cue, Syaoran strode into the room.
"I hope he didn't hear that." Eriol joined in crouching next to Andy and Daniel. "Hey little cousin, my man." Eriol greeted coolly gesturing his hand out to shake Syaoran's. Syaoran just stared at Eriol's hand and cocked an eyebrow. Eriol embarrassed, quickly withdrew his hand chuckling nervously. "Seriously dude, what's up?" Andy asked seriously yet playfully. Andy was playing cards with Daniel....poker to be exact, involving money.
While Andy wasn't looking Daniel snuck a peek at the cards in the deck. "Nothing. It's new year's eve today, and well I promised Sakura that WE would go with her and the girls. And so, WE are going whether WE like it or not. Got IT?" Syaoran ordered emphasising every important word.
"Yeh whatever." Michael answered bored, blowing a feather into the air. Syaoran complied with this by grabbing Michael by the collar of his shirt. Syaoran cocked an angry eyebrow then coolly said. "You got a little dust there."
Michael being Michael just shrugged it off. Kaiba was still busy hacking away and Eriol was busy doing nothing.
Syaoran walked towards the door and out his hand on the knob before saying "And for future reference DANIEL, Sakura and I are just good friends." Syaoran chuckled a little as Daniel gave him the finger.
"I win!" Andy declared triumphantly, counting the money he just won. Andy was getting cocky and started waving it around in Daniel's face. "HOW?" Daniel asked in disbelief. "Three aces. Read them and weep." Andy suggested flicking through his money. "But how? I ch---." "Cheated. Yes, I know. I saw you doing it, so I shuffled the cards again when you weren't looking." Andy explained trying to fit the money into his wallet. "Sorry! It's not my fault you always win!" Daniel whined pouting like a kid.
"Well it's not my fault you always play." Andy retorted trying to tower over Daniel, proving futile. (Daniel is taller by 2 inches cos Andy is only 5'11) Daniel opened his mouth to say something, but stopped obediently when he saw Andy taking out a needle. Andy chuckled putting it away. "Gets them every time." Andy joked shaking his head. "But it never gets Syaoran. It only works when he wants it to happen...which is never." Michael corrected.
"You always have to find a flaw don't you Michael?" Eriol asked laughing on the inside. "Naturally." Michael simply replied. Andy walked up to Michael and placed a hand on his shoulder. Michael turned his head to the side. "Get your hand off my shoulder." Michael demanded coldly. "I can't...it seems to be frozen on...gees why do you have to be so cold?" Andy joked making all of the guys laugh.
"You're never like this when Melinda is around. I guess she's the only beauty that can tame a cold hearted beast like you, aye Michael?" Andy continued pushing Michael's patience, while nudging him. "Andy I'm gonna give you an early present for New Year's." Michael spoke slyly. "What's that?" Andy asked eagerly curious. "A new face!!" Michael proclaimed as he slammed his fist into Andy's face.
Minutes Later
"Michael has got serious issues." Andy complained holding the ice pack to his face. "Dude, he actually gave you a new face." Kaiba came across to Andy and studied his face, wincing every now and then. "It's worse than it feels right?" Andy asked frowning. "Well let's see....A bruised eye, swollen lip and bleeding nose. Not bad considering Michael hit you." Eriol came along to and told Andy the verdict.
Andy groaned and apologised to Michael, who only grunted in return. "I supposed that means yes?" Andy asked as he sat back down again.
Shinhwa HQ
"What the fuck??!!" Éclair yelled into the phone, while slipping her mask off. "You mean that I can't see the fireworks tonight? What time is it? IT'S ONLY 6AM! WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE CAN'T GO!? GRRRR!!! FINE!" Éclair frantically asked hanging up. Beads of sweat were beginning to roll down her face and she was flushed.
"It'll be all over soon. It will be alright calm down." Aduial soothed her voice calm. "It's just I was really looking forward to meeting him again....do you know how long I've waited to see him yet? Forever!!!" Éclair cried frustrated grabbing her hair and yanking at it in frustration.
"Now now, don't go pulling out yer hair...it's just Ghoon-Hahm, no biggie." Meiling comforted flipping through a magazine. "JUST? JUST GHOON-HAHM? THIS IS NO ORDINARY COUSIN!!!!" Éclair yelled angered.
"Meiling, you're so stupid....everyone here knows that Ghoon-Hahm makes the best candy." Tohru cussed disgusted. "But doesn't Éclair have that secret supply of them in her ----." PS put in, but was cut off my Éclair's hand.
"And anyways, aren't you supposed to be yelling about Syaoran? I mean you know we can't see the fireworks tonight? Tonight's the night that we put an end to all this BS and move on. We've already spent more than enough time just fooling around with them! We have to put them out of their misery tonight, let's just get this over and done with." Lumiere advised.
"Yeah, let's get rid of the only competition we have left." Éclair put her chin up in a cocky kind of way. Everyone chuckled at this and Meiling imitated Éclair.
"Owie! Owie! Owie!" Meiling hopped up and down, grabbing her foot. Éclair stuck her tongue out at Meiling and walked away.
Li Mansion
"Syaoran? Hello? Where is everyone? Uhu!" Sakura echoed throughout the whole mansion.
"Did you hear that? Seems like someone is here Wolf. What do you say we go check it out?" Hawk suggested. "You know it's times like these that I wonder why we haven't installed security cameras yet." Sun wondered tapping his chin with his index.
Wolf gestured for his friends to follow him. They made their way down a couple of dusty steps and down a long, dark hallway. They trudged for a few minutes before Syaoran came to a sudden halt, leaning his ear onto the door like structure.
"Syaoran's butler said that we'll just have to wait a little bit, cos they gotta get ready...I mean it is pretty early, only 8 'o' clock." Wolf heard muffled sounds coming from the outside.
"It's Sakura.....and by the sounds of it, they're waiting for us." Wolf smiled cheerfully. "C'mon, just sneak out." Wolf gestured for them to follow and they hesitantly did as they were told.
Sakura and Tomoyo turned around faced to face with Syaoran. "Hey Syao-kun! Missed you, hahahaha!" Sakura lunged onto Syaoran and gave him a huge bear hug. "Umm? What's that black mask that you're holding in your hands?" Sakura asked curiously pointing to the shrivelled mask in Syaoran's, now, tight grasp.
"Oh this? We were pretending to be ninjas and yeh, I remember we had these old masks." Syaoran lied stuttering, throwing his mask to Andy. "AWWWW! You're so kawaii Syaoran. You're such a big kid. Now run along." Sakura teased as she pulled and pinched Syaoran's cheeks.....painfully.
Ow, damn this hurts.
"Enough fooling around kiddies..." Daniel paused for the reaction, but none came. "What did you want to tell us?" Kaiba finished off. "Oh wait before you tell us, wait for Michael...where is he anyway?" Andy asked looking around.
"Over there." White simply stated pointing in their direction. Andy's jaw hung down low and so did Syaoran's and all the guys there.
There stood Melinda smirking like there was no tomorrow and kneeling on all fours, at her feet was Michael. "I told you, he's just s puppy on a leash." Andy muttered to Daniel who only nodded in reply.
Dammit! Where is your Asian MAN pride Michael? All the guys thought in unison, frustrated.
"Sit. Be a good boy and sit for your master." Melinda commanded. Michael fell dead straight on his ass and the guys swore they heard him panting. "Good boy!" Melinda cheered kissing Michael lightly on the lips.
Syaoran and Andy sweat dropped, going dot eyed. So this is why he's doing it.
I wonder if I do that, will Tomoyo kiss me. Eriol thought hopefully, a grin slowly appearing on his face.
"Don't even think about it Eriol." Syaoran glared at Eriol. Eriol blush blood red, which technically is true. "I'm really hurt Syaoran, I can't believe you would think so lowly of me, your best friend." Eriol quickly covered up his mess. "Woof Woof!" Michael barked happily receiving another kiss on the lips.
"Don't worry Andy, he's got plenty of man pride....Melinda is just blackmailing him, she does this to every guy she meets." White comforted patting Andy on the shoulder. "W-what? And this is a better reason to stop worrying! How can I not worry, he's like my best insult punching bag. I need him to survive." Andy screamed crying, mockingly.
Andy is such a drama queen. White slapped her hand onto her forehead.
"Yes? You were going to say before you freaked the shit out of us?" Kaiba prodded narrowing his eyes. Kaiba spotted Tohru and tried to give her a charming smile, but it came out retarded.
That reminds me...the guys and us can't go to the fireworks tonight....FUKEN SHINHWA!!! FUCKING UP ALL MY GOD DAMN PLANS!! I SWEAR TO GOD THAT I WILL MURDER THEM ALL TONIGHT!!....I'll get Éclair first, then the others. Syaoran gritted his teeth bitterly clenching his fists.
"We can't go with you to the fireworks tonight." Sakura and Syaoran blurted out at the same time. "What?" They said in unison again.
"You first." Syaoran pointed out, almost trembling from shock. "Something really important came up and I can't go. I really want to go, believe me...it's just, this is a very important deal that I have to end tonight....I'm so sorry Syaoran, really I am..." Sakura explained sadly sagging her shoulders slightly.
"Same." Was all Syaoran could say. "What do you say we go out all day today? You know, to make up for tonight?" Tohru suggested going starry eyed. I love parties. "Please Daniel! Don't give me that look!" Yukata begged. I mean who wouldn't...it was as if Daniel had just sucked a lemon, not pretty.
"Yes, that would be fun, I have to go somewhere for a meeting with some of these ermm...doctors." Syaoran lied. "And I have to hack into some files." Kaiba added grinning.
Baka. The guys thought irritated.
"I know! Let's go to an arcade! I haven't done that since I was 16. It's been so long." White thought dreamily. "Yay!! I love arcades." Michael cheered. Since when was Michael happy? The girls thought confused.
"Just wait until you see Michael's game face." Andy joked grinning like a monkey. "You know Andy? You were never the funny one." The last thing Andy saw was Michael's smirking face. "Ouchie." Andy squirmed as White cleaned his bloody nose. "Don't be such a girly girl." White teased sticking out her tongue.
KMR Arcade (I'm obsessed wit this ok?)
"Dammit, why is everything suddenly owned by KMR?" Syaoran growled to no one. "Hey! They are my favourite girl band!" White complained crossing her arms. "Oh." Syaoran said simply. "DDR!!!! PUMP!!! LET'S GO MICHAEL!!!" Melinda dragged Michael away on a l-leash?
"Let's go shoot some hoops Andy." White walked hand in hand with Andy. "We're gonna go race on the bikes." Eriol told Syaoran wriggling his eyebrows. What the fuck was that about? Eriol gets weirder by the second. Syaoran had his thinking face on. "If you want us, we'll be over there." Tohru pointed to the poker table. POKER TABLE? WHAT KINDA ARCADE HAS POKER? Sakura's face was screwed up and was thinking. "Virtual fighting over there. We'll see ya soon." Daniel and Yukata stated.
"C'mon Syaoran. I know I'm hot and all, but you don't have to gawk at me like that, ne?" Syaoran snapped out of his thoughts and blushed.
Hours later
"Woo! I am red hot! HAHAHAHA Syaoran! You suck at this game! If it were real life, you'd be dead by now." Sakura gloated putting down the plastic gun. "I know." Syaoran admitted chuckling. "Holy shit! Look at the time. It's already 3 'o' clock. Lemme see....we came over at 8 and left at around 8 30. Then we got here at like 10 30. We had lunch and went shopping for a bit for two hours. So that means we've been playing for like 3 hours! Sheesh!" Sakura calculated not bothering to glare at passing people.
"Yu! Tomo! White! Mel! Tohru!!! GET YOUR ASSES OVER HERE RIGHT NOW!!!" Sakura yelled pointing to the ground. Syaoran gave her a funny look then smiled. "Don't worry my cousin's friend's own this place." White reassured Syaoran as she popped out of nowhere.
"We better get going then." Tomoyo reminded them. "I have to practise my moves." Yukata explained. "I had a good work out, so now it's time to get serious." Melinda looked evil cracking her knuckles.
"Those girls get scarier by the second. They look so hardcore...in a scary way." Kaiba whispered to Daniel. Daniel whispered that to Michael, Michael whispered it to Eriol and Eriol whispered it to Andy.
"Those girls wanna kick me in the nuts and Daniel's gay? What the fuck?" Andy asked afraid and disgusted. "STUPID! Nevermind." Daniel sighed and gave up.
"Bye Bye!!!!" The girls screamed and waved to the disappearing guys.
Later that night.
(So sorry! I cbb, I'll try to make it up 2 u sumhow)
"Are you ready Éclair? This all has to end tonight, you know that right?" Meiling asked worried, her face was covered by red. "Yes, I know. But we are doing this for all of us." Éclair shot back angrily.
"Are you guys ready or what?" Lumiere stepped out of her room with guns strapped to the side of her waist and a samurai sword hanging off the side of her waist. "Please, wait a minute, milady. I must grab my bow and arrow." Aduial went into a room and came back looking good. All of the women were now present in the room. They were all wearing black clothing and red masks to cover their faces.
"PS, have you got your guns yet?" Utada asked while adjusting her sword belt. "Yeh, but I'm using my kanta, not the sword. The sword is too heavy."
"C'mon now. We're doing this for all of us. Let's go meet 'em." Éclair gestured them to follow her. All you could see outside was the dust from the tracks of their bikes. The clouds were gathering and it was late. Tonight was going to be eventful.
SechsKies HQ
"It's 11 'o' clock men. We should get going now. You have the explosives Kyo?" Hawk asked wiping his hand gun. "Hell yeh!" Kyo snorted. "Silver? Are you sure you're okay with killing? I mean we know your superstitious and you don't like killing on new year's eve." Sun asked worried at his trembling friend. "Yes, it's okay, I'll be alright. It's nothing." Silver reassured him. "But nothing good will come out of this...." Silver muttered to himself.
"We're meeting at Jung Wharf." Cyber scanned the computer. "They just sent us a message, but it's too complicated, I can't trace it." Kaiba continued frustrated his fingers running across the keyboard frantically.
Jung Wharf
"They should be here soon." Aduial's closed eyes were now open. "I can hear them approaching." Lumiere added. "I too." Aduial replied. "They are here." PS finally stated. "Be safe." Utada prayed aloud.
Loud bike sounds were heard and suddenly came to a screeching stop. "Hello, Wolf. My, my isn't it a lovely night to murder you? The stars are shining and it's a full moon." Éclair's voice haunted Wolf and he cringed at it. "Hey there! Let's get this party started." Wolf drew spoke casually. Silver, Hawk, Sun, Kyo and Cyber were all wearing black and their faces were covered with black masks.
"Tell me. Are you the real Éclair?" Kyo asked glaring at Meiling. "Yes." Éclair simply stated. "Good." Wolf smirked. "Are we just gonna stand here all day and do nothing?" PS spoke out annoyed tapping her foot. "Patience is a virtue." Sun explained. "Well, you can go shove patience up your ass." PS shot back her eyes flaming.
"She's right. Let's get started already. But don't blame me, if I kill you." Wolf spoke like a gloating son of a bitch. "I'll take care of Wolf, don't interfere, this is my battle." Éclair ordered bowing to her friends.
Wolf drew out his samurai sword and Éclair gave him a confused look. "I wouldn't be much of a gentleman if I used my gun. That would mean that you wouldn't have even the slightest chance of surviving." Wolf taunted Éclair snorting.
Éclair drew out her sword and looked slyly. "Ladies first. You're lucky I don't hurt girls." Éclair threw right back.
The street lights went out and now all the light there was, was given off by the stars and the moon.
Drip drop.
"Looks like it's gonna rain. And look at the time, I think I won't miss the fireworks." Éclair stated sadly. It was already 11 30. Éclair drew her sword and bowed slightly.
Éclair charged at Wolf and Wolf easily dodged it. Éclair swung the sword right at his face, but at the last minute, aimed it at his gut. Wolf dodged it, but not enough. It hadn't even been two minutes and he was already bleeding. Éclair saw his weakness and attempted to high-kick Wolf in the stomach. Take that shit head!
Wolf smirks as he grabbed Éclair's leg tightly. "Now I gotcha." "GET OFF ME YOU FUCKING WOLF!" Éclair used her free leg to kick the side of his head and this caught Wolf off guard. As Wolf stumbled back he noticed the words Ying Fa engraved on the sheath of her sword. Caught in his thoughts, Éclair sweeps him off his feet and threw a deadly blow towards Wolf. He quickly broke his chain of thoughts and grabbed his sword to shield himself.
Wolf manoeuvrers his sword into his left hand and thrusts it towards Éclair's direction. Fortunately Éclair cranes her head back and dodges it. "That was my hair, fuck shit." Éclair growled. "IS THIS THE BEST YOU CAN DO WOLF?" Éclair asked the rain soaking her hair. Wolf was breathing hard, he hadn't fought so hard in his life.
"NO! Prepare yourself." Wolf smirked, throwing his sword into the air and punching Éclair smack in the face. Wolf caught his sword and winced at the pain in his stomach. "You pack a powerful punch, but how fast are you?" Éclair pointed out wiping the blood from her mouth. Éclair back flipped in the air and landed on her feet as she dodged Wolf's sword. "Faster than you." Wolf appeared in front of Éclair, then suddenly he appeared behind Éclair. Wolf swung his sword to the left and Éclair dodged it. But it was only a disguise he actually swung it to his right, hitting Éclair in the shoulder.
Blood spilled out like a waterfall from Éclair's shoulder, but Éclair managed to stay standing up. "Help me out here Utada! You're not even using your sword." Éclair yelled wincing as she caught it.
"This is for us!" "And this is for my family!"
Éclair stopped dead in her tracks. "WHAT?"
Big mistake. As Éclair stopped Wolf took his only chance and plunged it into her chest, pushing it deeper and deeper. Éclair gasped and collapsed to the ground, all the while, spitting out large puddles of blood.
Lumiere screamed out wanting to run out to Éclair, but Hawk was stopping her. So were the others, they were being distracted.
Wolf smirked as he bent down to Éclair, who was still spitting out blood. "Shinhwa killed my parents and my four sisters when I was 17...and this is my revenge."
Tears were forming in Éclair's eyes. "I'm sorry Syaoran, I didn't know." Éclair spluttered. Wolf's eyes widened in shock and he quickly pulled off Éclair's mask. There lay Sakura, his Sakura....the girl he first fell in love with.
Syaoran quickly drew off his mask and was too shocked to say anything. Sakura couldn't see much now, her vision was too blurred. The life in her body was being drained and her eyes were getting heavy. Blood flowed out of her wound like a river. "I should have told you, the first time we met....I'm so sorry Syaoran." Sakura bit her lip in pain. "S-s-sakura? Don't say that! It's my fault! I hate you for not telling me!!!! I hate you Sakura Kinomoto!!!" Syaoran could feel burning tears running down his face.
"How can you such hurtful things when...." Sakura stuttered frowning, more tears streaking her pale face. "When....I love you my Little Wolf." Sakura whispered with her last breath before shutting her eyes, seeing Syaoran for the last time.
The fireworks exploded into the dark night sky. Crackling, almost laughing at Syaoran's foolishness.
"I love you too my Cherry Blossom." Syaoran answered crying. Syaoran notices that she isn't breathing. "SAKURA? SAKURA?" Syaoran yells gently shaking her lifeless body. Syaoran's eyes tear up even more. "The last thing I tell you...and it has to be something hurtful...I should've told you!" Syaoran yelled to the night sky.
"You never even knew how much I love you. I was so selfish. I didn't want you to break my heart. I loved you so much yet I couldn't tell you. I feel so useless. It's all my fault. "
After some time Syaoran looks up and it is still raining. "I'm so sorry Sakura...I - I - I couldn't protect you." Syaoran's lip trembling. Tears rolled down his face mixing with the fresh rain. "You're the first person I ever loved and....I didn't have the guts to love you......I'm sorry....... I couldn't protect you.....forgive me." Syaoran whispered hugging her cold body to his.
Syaoran rocked back and forth with Sakura still in his arms. Silent tears ran down his face, he couldn't stop it. It was uncontrollable.
After a while Syaoran hears footsteps and forgot about his friends. He looks up to see Eriol, Andy, Daniel, Michael, Kaiba, Yukata, White, Melinda, Tomoyo and Tohru standing there silently. They slowly lifted up their guns.
"Sorry Syaoran." They spoke in unison with smirks on their faces, aiming their guns at Syaoran.....pulling the triggers.
Hai o! How was that chapter? I'm sorry I couldn't be bothered lately. Your lucky, I have exams at the moment, I had to cram this into my timetable. LOLZ XD!
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