Silent Night
By: Crazy-cherry
Hi!!! Sorry it took me so longggggggggggg to update I didn't mean for it to be that long! My computers hard drive crashed so yeah I was with out a computer for a so long and I thought I was going to die!!! Lol!!! Jk. Well here's the next chapter of this story hope you like ByE!!!
Chapter 7:
News from the Heart
A small form lay on the bottom of a box that had been thrown carelessly to the floor without a second thought. The little form moved slightly and was uncovered a bit by a blanket.
-Yieng Hua-
Looking around her as she found the meeting place the man was talking about, nothing, but anger filled her as she remembered what her doctor had told her when she went to meet with him earlier that day,
-Flash back-
Sighing as she walked through the halls to the office of Dr. Keane for an appointment that he had just called her into a little over an hour ago. Knocking on the office door, she heard a come in and walked into the office.
"What was so urgent about my chart? You didn't find anything wrong did you?" Yieng Hua looked at the old man as she sat lifelessly into a chair next to her.
"No nothing wrong with your charts, your perfectly healthy and should regain your memory soon with some familiarity in your life." The man looked at her sadly as he sighed from what he believed to have happened to the young lady sitting across from him.
"Then why call me; you scared me so bad." She sighed with relief she didn't know if she could handle anymore surprises in her life at the moment.
"That's not what I called you in here for. You see I've been lead to believe that the people you're staying with are trying to keep you from something."
"What? I don't understand why would they want to keep me from remembering anything they don't even know me! I don't even know me!" Yieng Hua looked at the man in front of her in fear while standing up from her chair, he followed.
"I've sent your prints and disruption out to all the law enforcement agencies in the country we should get a read up on just who you are within the next few days until then you need to find an alternative place to stay." The doctor looked at her before picking up the phone and dialing a number. He set a room up for her at a motel near by.
Her eyes set and her jaw firm, she looked at him one last time and thanked him before he could give her the motel number; she was up and out the door of the office.
-Present-
Looking at the building in front of her, she slowly made her way towards it in the shadows. Her hands shook as she inhaled deep breaths of the frosty night air; her eyes flickered with unshed tears as she tried to remember who she was. Nothing came nothing but a blankness that left her unfeeling and lonely, which was what she wanted not to feel anything, nothing that involved wanting to stay, wanting to remember her former life, the people in it the people that she hoped loved her enough to want her back. But she did, she did want them back.
The gray stucco of the outer walls screamed at her as she touched them, her hands had become sweaty with anticipation. Looking at the windows that seemed so high that she would never make it in through them, and she then began to look for another source to enter.
'Where's Tomoyo when you need her?'
Yieng Hua looked from left and right, then moved around the building before all to gather freezing to her spot. Fear engulfed her as she thought of the name that ran through her mind. 'Tomoyo? Tomoyo?' The name shook her, her eyes widened as she tried to remember. Chocking on the thought she continued on without thinking of it further.
Her dark figure out lined by the moon light was slightly visible to the trained eye, she darted across the outer perimeter trying to find cover in the near by shadows.
Falling to the ground, asphalt and the taste of blood mixed as she was turned around, flying her wrist upward her hand made contact with the face of a man, his grunt was heard with a loud oomph as her knee made contact with his groin. Rolling out from underneath him she stood and ran for the shadows.
Gliding across the wall for protection she found herself staring at a cat. Sighing she feel to the ground to collect herself. Catching a cry that was threatening to come up, she slowly let her tears come crashing down as the shock overwhelmed her. She didn't know what to do; she couldn't get the computer to anything, nothing she did could get her through the fire walls that seemed to be everywhere, she couldn't even remember half of the programming that was involved with computers, and she was now responsible for the death of an entire family. Releasing more sobs than she could handle she bent over trying to catch her breath.
A shadow loomed over head of a tree and soon she found herself staring at an empty room...
A man was sleeping next to her, frozen to her spot she continued to star at him everything about him made her want to cry. Soon she found herself looking into deep amber eyes that intoxicated her, wanting nothing, but to touch his face as she so dearly wished to.
Closing her eyes to collect herself, only to reopened them and find herself sanding up; a could fear entered her as her body lead her through a hallway that seemed so familiar to her. Shaking as dread entered her; with a pounding heart she rested a hand on the cold metal of the doors knob. Gulping down the queasiness that threatened to come over her; she looked down at her other hand that hung lifelessly by her side, placed in it was a gun she had never seen before.
Slowly opening the door in front of her, and walking in as a cold sweat with bouts of nausea rocketed her body with each chilling step she took. Turning to look at the room she found herself looking at two people lying in a bed holding each other. A shimmering liquid bounced moon light up at her from the wood flooring. Catching herself from vomiting as she noticed that the covers where soaked in the same substance. Darting for the door she found herself panting and covered in a sticky sweat that seemed to be dripping down from her shoulder, reaching a hand down to catch her balance on a door handle.
Looking at her hand she found the gun in, she now found it lying on the floor with a red liquid shinning on it. Pain seized her body as she looked to her shoulder that seemed to be protesting every move she made.
Bile rose up in her throat as she found a hole with warm scarlet liquid pumping out of it; raising her head up slowly her eyes feel across a man lying lifelessly on the floor, and then slowly to a man standing a few feet away from her, staring at her. A cry came from somewhere within her as she fail to the floor...
Gasping for air as her head objected to the sudden brightness of her surroundings, she was brought back to her world that seemed to her more kind.
"Well boys, I think sleeping beauty has come back to us." A voice from behind dripping with sarcasm seemed to snicker as howls of approval seemed to echo off the walls, and bouncing off the crevices of her mind.
"You should be ashamed of yourself Yieng Hua, I thought I made myself clear that my office phone was off limits. Now I'm not sure if I'm sorry, but it looks as if our time together must come to an end." The man sighed as he approached her, each step he took echoed off the cement walls of the factory.
Slowly raising herself up on her elbows, she glanced around her and then let her eyes drift to the man that she had lived with for a month. Slowly she collected herself from her previous nightmare.
"You know none of this would have ever happened if you hadn't answered my phone..." Shaking his head as if he cared he looked up at the young girl again, "Sakura." Smiling as he saw how that name riled her.
"Why?" Sakura whispered as her voice was lost to her at the moment, and then looked at the man in front of her. Shaking she slowly let herself drop back to the floor as she listened to him walk around her.
"Why? You ask." He murmured to himself as he looked down at her smiling with pleasure. "You anger me, Sakura. You honestly don't remember nights together?"
He smiled as he watched her stiffen, he knew she didn't remember, but he knew she understood what he was implying.
"Those had to be the two most wonderful experiences I've ever had." Smiling to himself now, he continued to circle her like a hawk did it's pray. "I remember the way your hair smelt, the taste, and feel of your skin, the way you moved, the way you cried out, all music to my ears." He all but groaned out as he kneeled down to touch her. Gliding a hand up from her thigh to her hair he gently laid his hand just above her forehead, and pulled roughly up so that he could look at her.
Gently rubbing her cheek with his free hand forced her to sit up. Coughing as the feeling of dread remained with her even now that she no longer held the thought of life. Staring out at the nothingness of the factory that consumed her a single tear feel from her eyes one last time before everything around her began to spin, but oddly enough she didn't feel anything the pain she had felt earlier all of it was gone. Nothing was left; nothing seemed to be real anymore...
The pain ripped through her stomach as she heard a man yell for her to push harder. All she wanted to do at the moment was rip the idiots head off for telling her something she already knew. Crying out in pain as she felt another cramp seize her and a man in a white hospital cap nod and look at her. Pushing one last time she heard the sound of a baby crying, and let the joy leak into her.
Smiling as a man with dark brown hair and amazing amber eyes smiled at her with excitement in his eyes. She couldn't help, but to smile and start to cry as she looked at her baby being handed to her.
Looking down at the baby boy, with the same eyes as his father made her smile even more. Laughing and crying at the same time seemed to be an easy feat for her as she played with the baby, tickling his tummy.
"He's beautiful, just like his mother." The man whispered into her ear as he kissed her cheek, and creased the baby's cheek at the same time.
"I love you..."
Coughing up blood as she looked around herself only to find that she was still in the same place, but the people were all gone except one, he seemed to be the one watching her. Tears wailing up in her eyes as the man standing just a few feet from her began his way towards her. She knew him, she knew she knew him at some time or another and hated him for some reason. Swallowing, she looked at him one last time before his foot crashed down on her head.
The man smirked and walked back to his chair, there waiting for him was a beautiful blond with ice blue eyes dancing delight.
-Tomoyo-
Looking around herself at the team that was assembled for this mission she had to nod with approval. They all seemed to want the same thing revenge for taking someone from them.
She had promised herself that she wouldn't say her name, every time she said her name she couldn't breathe, she couldn't think because all she saw was the image on the computer screen of her best friend and partner in "crime" being forced into acts that she would never do with another mane besides her husband.
Silently listening to the night air she readied herself for the bust that was about to take place. Smiling one last time to her team she nodded and they all moved into position.
-HKDA, (Hong Kong Detective Agency.)-
"Has anyone seen Cha Wang?" Chief Chin asked his secretary as she was making a phone call. Everything was hectic the phones were ringing, people scurrying around, but most importantly no Cha Wang.
Sighing in frustration he began to walk around to the other side of the office and approached Koryu of the Hong Kong Police, shaking his head as he began to head for the filling room with the man.
"He's not here, sorry I can't seem to find anyone or thing in this dam place anymore. Its falling apart with all of Li's cases being thrown out to other detectives." Looking defeated he turned to Officer Koryu with a grim face. "He didn't do it; Li couldn't do something like that to wife and kid. Where ever he is I sure as hell hope he has more a lead then we do. Everything seems to be going missing and files seem to be finding them selves misplaced everywhere now.' Looking more defeated then before he added the last part for only Koryu to hear.
"Cha Wang or as some people know him as Xin asked for Li's case, he was given it only because he was promoted a week before Li's wife, and kid went missing, that case has been a mess. I feel like an idiot; I should have known he couldn't handle it that's why I took him off it about two weeks ago." Sighing will dragging his hand though his hair, "He wasn't too happy about that."
Koryu smiled a grim smile before thanking the man and leaving the station.
-Syaoran-
He lay defeated, nothing mattered, and the fact that he felt a hundred years older didn't bother him, his once russet hair now graying didn't bother him. He's tired face was nothing compared to how tired he was physically and mentally. He had decided that since he now had no reason to live he might as well just turn himself in.
He didn't care anymore what happened to him he just wanted to be alone from now until he died. Eriol and Koryu had asked not to turn himself in even his Mother that he had finally called told him not to.
What was the point though?
His life was over now! Wasn't it?
He smiled, it was over, it was all over, and he could finally sleep. He smiled because there was nothing left for him to worry about. He was nothing in this world; his life meant nothing to anyone. His wife was dead, his son was dead, and he was dead.
Looking to the door when it opened, he closed his eyes and waited for the person to leave...
"Excuse me." Sighing deeply the young girl's voice rang out again. "Excuse me!"
The young man finally stirred as the voice became an annoying thought in is wonderful day dream. "What?" He grumbled. Another sigh escaped through the young girl's mouth.
"You're kinda lying on something of mine." Looking expectantly at the young man the girl sighed louder before just kneeling on the grass, and started to push the man away herself.
"You know you could just ask me to move, and I would do so gladly." The man finally sat up from his napping position on the grass in the middle of the filed at the local park.
Her left eye twitched with annoyance as the man slowly stretched, and looked at her for the first time.
With narrowed eyes the young girl continued to try and retrieve her math paper that had blown away.
"Oh. You mean this paper that seems to be under me?" he looked at the girly in front of him, and couldn't help but smile she seemed to be aggravated with him, and not only with him but with some very heavy books that she was trying to hold.
"Would you please just give me m paper? I really need it! I have a moth test tomorrow and I need it to study!" Her eyes looked on the verge of tears as she tugged on his shirt sleeve.
Smiling at the girl he retrieved the paper that was caught just a little under his bottom. Handing to the girly he noticed the messy and certainly illegible hand writing on the paper. He looked up and her and tried not to laugh.
"You're going to study this piece of cave writing paper to study for a moth test?" The man looked at the girly and began to frown when she snatched it from his hand, and stood up a bit unsteady.
"Yes!"
With that the girly just walked away from him, frowning he looked back at the girl and stood up as well. Checking his watch he to see how much time he hand he followed her.
"Let me hold your books." He wasn't asking he was telling her to give them to her as he put a hand on her shoulder. He felt her stiffen, ad sighed. "Please it's the least I could do for ruining your math paper." He smiled at her when she turned around and frowned at him.
"Why?" She narrowed her eyes at him, questioning his motives.
Gulping down the lump that had formed in his throat he slowly took the books from her and smiled.
"Because these things seem to be slowing you down and because I could help you interpret your math paper." Grinning when he saw her blush, and turn her head away. Odiously not used to men talking to her.
"I... I dot think that be a good idea," She squeaked out.
Smiling down at the girl nodded to a bench, and walked over and sat down along with her.
"My names Li, Syaoran," He bowed his head a little to show respect.
"Kinomoto, Sakura," She followed his gesture.
Opening the piece of paper that was in her hand she handed it to him, he nodded and looked at it.
"You're a tenth grader right?" He looked at her smiling.
Blushing she nodded her head no. "I'm taking summer school at the college to make up for my failed exam. All be starting eleventh grade next week." She laughed at the end of her sentence as she looked away. "Besides how do you know I was a tenth grader most teens my age aren't even near this math course?"
He raised his brow at her and grinned. "Well for one thing you look like a tenth or eleventh grader so I just assumed younger. Also I took this math my eleventh year as well." She smiled at him as he took the paper from her and looked over it and grimaced.
"You need better hand writing." He mumbled before he set out to show her what she needed to do, and corrected her mistakes...
Syaoran woke in a sweat, and shook his head to clear it of the memory of when he first met Sakura, he loved that memory. Now however all it did was make his heart sink deeper and his life more miserable.
"Hey Syaoran you awake?" Eriol came walking into the room and plopped down on the couch next to him. His smile faded however when Syaoran looked at him.
"What's wrong? You don't look to good." Eriol sighed, no matter what they told Syaoran he just wouldn't listen. "You still are going down to the station tomorrow?"
"Yeah, I'm still going." He mumbled, standing up he walked over to the stairs, and up to the room he was staying in.
Looking at the bed he chocked up, a picture of her was on the bed, he had forgotten that he throw it there the night before. Walking over to it he picked it up; smiling at her one last time before he reached for his wallet and put it behind a picture of their son. A tear made its way down his face as more formed and he collapsed to the floor to soak in his misery.
"Sakura, god Sakura," Mumbling as he placed his head in his hands, "Come back to me, please come back to me...
"Hello."
"Gahh!" A light auburn haired girl whorled around her bright jade eyes flashing in fright as a man picked her up.
"Scared?" He whispered into her ear.
"Should I be?" The young girl smiled at him as she planted a kiss on his cheek.
"Now that was a surprise," He smiled down at her, "I take it you passed the test."
"Yes! I received the highest score this time not the fifth!" She laughed when he looked at her oddly. "I passed the last test I just didn't place as goodly as I wanted to." She laughed nervously when the man holding her shook his head in disbelief.
"So you didn't need my help did you?"
"No, not really, but thanks to you helping me I met my goal!" And she kissed him on the cheek again before squirming out of his arms.
"Can we go to the ice cream parlor again?" She smiled up at him with pleading eyes, he sighed and shook his head yes.
"Ice cream!" He laughed as her hand shot up into the air, and began to walk to the parlor. Following behind he just smiled at her.
Walking into the parlor they ordered their ice cream and sat down at the booth that for the past month they had been sitting in almost everyday with her math work.
"School starts in a week! I'm so happy, my friend Tomoyo comes back tomorrow from France!" sighing as she put some pear ice cream in her mouth. Syaoran nodded at her before looking out the window and frowning.
"Is something wrong, don't you like school? I mean I don't school, but I like seeing my friends and all..." mumbling the last part to herself more so than to him.
"I think schools okay, it just I leave for Hong Kong tomorrow for my junior year of college, and lets not forget I have training to." Trying to hold in the laugh he had as her eyes grew wide.
"You're a junior in college, and what training?" a perplexed look fell upon her face.
"Right, didn't I tell you my age the first day we met, and training as in training for my badge I guess I didn't tell you that part did I." placing his finger to his chin he tapped it, and smiled at her before scooting out of the booth. He threw his paper bowl in the trash, Sakura followed.
"You want to be a cop?"
"No I want to be a detective, why?" looking at her he saw her face deep in thought.
"My father works at the college; he told me one time that they have an exhalant program for those going into criminology!" Smiling up at him, she frowned after he sighed.
"This is a vacation for m, I cam to relax and I did that's about all there is to it." Looking back when she was no longer walking beside him, and stopping when he noticed she wasn't walking anymore.
"What's wrong?"
"So you don't want to stay in Japan?" looking to the side so that her eyes wouldn't betray her and give away how much it hurt to her him say he wanted to leave.
"I never said I didn't want to stay in Japan, I just can't stay here long because of school, why?" a little more than perplexed as to why this young lady didn't want him to go. He was even more shocked when she threw her arms around his waist and began to cry into his shirt.
Not knowing what was wrong or even what to do he just stood there and rubbed her back. After a few minutes had past she pulled away from him and ran off.
Following her as she ran he couldn't help, but wonder why she started to cry. Running past the high school that he had been shown by her, past a few houses and a row of cherry blossom trees; she finally stopped in front of a yellow house that he hadn't seen before.
She waked up the walked up the walk and to the front door, opening it and walking in, but before she could close it something or someone stopped her from closing it all the way.
Turning around she found herself being pulled back out side, on the verge of screaming she stopped herself once she saw who it was.
"What?" trying not to cry now wasn't as hard, anger was a lot easier to handle than tears.
"You ran away after crying what happened?"
"It has nothing to do with you, and if you don't mind I have to start on dinner." Walking into the house only to find him walking in behind her, grumbling while walking to the kitchen she began to take out all the supplies needed to make the meal.
"Tell me what happened Sakura you don't strike me as the type of girl that just cries like that out in public." Continuing on with what she was doing, trying her best to ignore him, but it wasn't possible when he began to repeat his question or even try to get her to look at him.
Finally succeeding in turning her around he forced her to look at him and he asked her again why she had ran away without telling him what was wrong.
Sakura looked up at him and smiled a little, then turning her head a little she let out a loud sigh.
"You."
"Me, You ran away from me because of me?" Not thinking he heard her right.
"Yes, your why." Putting her head down she let one tear slip away before trying to get back to chopping the vegetables. He didn't understand how he could have made her cry he did everything right he thought, he was nice to her, he helped her when she was having trouble with her math, and he talked to her. What did he do wrong when it came right down to it, how could he have made her cry?
"My father will be home soon you should go." Finally able to turn around she continued chopping.
She gasped when a pair arms were wrapped around her waist and his head landed on her shoulder.
"I don't get it," was mumbled from his lips, 'What did I do wrong, I didn't say anything wrong did I?" Wrapping his arms around her even tighter he breathed in her smell.
"No." was whispered back to him as she tried to turn around to face him, "You're leaving." Was all she said before kissing him; shocked and a little more than confused he just did the only reasonable thing to do in his mind, he kissed her back with as much passion as he could.
A cough was heard from the kitchen doorway which drew the two of them apart. Blushing when Sakura saw who it was, The young man just looked away not knowing what to do.
"Daddy your home," looking at the time she laughed nervously, "On time, hahah" Scratching the back of her head she turned around and continued to chop the onion she was working on.
"Hi um... I'm Li Syaoran." Syaoran said while bowing to the man.
"Its nice to finally meet you Li-san, My name is fujitacka Kinomoto." The man bowed as well...
Flinching from the memory Syaoran stood up quickly from the floor, he would try to forget that day it didn't help him at all. All it did was make him remember how she felt the first time he held her, and every time after that.
Making his way to the door and down the stairs was harder then he thought it would be. He needed to get outside were he could breath. Too many memoirs for one person to handle; gripping the brass door knob and its cold surfaces, he made is way to the front drive. Rummaging in his pockets for the keys he grunted and walked back to the house to retrieve the missing keys.
Once inside he made his way to the kitchen and pulled the missing keys off the hook. Standing in front of the car once again he thought of what to do and slowly made his way into the driver's seat. Fastening his seat belt he pulled out of the driveway, and made his way to the station that he once worked at, and he never felt sicker in his life.
-Tomoyo-
Slipping in was much easier than she thought, and was well prepared for a surprise to come out around the corner. Waiting a few moments and when nothing came she jerked her head to the left signaling her team to get into place.
Walking into the area; she was told where the most body heat was found, her heart rate quickened; sliding her hands along the wall, and having her left hand always ready to go for her gun if needed.
Looking around the corner of the crate that at the moment was her only cover, she couldn't help but to gag on what she saw. The person she had seen earlier that week was standing next to a man that she knew for a fact had worked on Syaoran's case. The one and only person that eluded her however was the person lying on the floor with murky brunette hair. Her heart pounding, she slowly pressed the button on a small silver remote, and a corner of the factory went up in flames that licked the ceiling.
As the sprinklers went off Tomoyo noticed the person lying on the floor give a jolt before slowly sitting up and rubbing its head as if confused more than hurt.
Forgetting about individual Tomoyo followed the two people she now clamed to hate more than anyone in the world.
-Sakura-
Moaning a protest when the water began to drizzle down her face she cuddled into what felt like the down stairs floor. Slowly trying to think of why Syaoran would be pouring water on her, she jerked up with fright and confusion.
Where was she, what had happened? Nothing made since as her eyes searched the factory she was in. Reaching up to touch her head, her side rocketed with pain and she doubled over wheezing. Coughing she pushed herself back into a sitting position.
Finally, really look at her surroundings she noticed the fire blazing in the far corner of the warehouse stiffening with fright when she tried to stand and found she couldn't without shattering in pain she began crawling blindly, and flaccidly to find an exit.
Discovering how tired, and aching her body was she lay down for a moment resting her head against the crate nearest to her. Pushing down the fear, of only a few minutes till the fire will be close enough for her to feel the heat pulsing on her back she concentrated on what was going on.
A moment later and she was once again crawling along, gripping boxes and crates alike to help her move faster if not slower; stopping only to rest for a few seconds before heading off again in what she though might be the exit.
Her hands slipping on the wet concrete and legs limply pushing her forward she stopped again this time paralyzed by fear. Something wasn't right she could feel it in her bones, trying harder to get to her feet so she could run away from the fear.
Shuddering she tried again to pull herself up, falling again, tumbled to the ground again, and crying out in pain as her arm caught on a crate.
Whimpering from the sting that seeped up into her arm and seemed to spread through her whole body; unable to move she lay there waiting. She didn't care anymore, wasn't she already dead?
She could feel the heat now it was on her back; gripping nothing but air she tried again the fear of death to much for her not to stop going, not to stop trying to beat death.
Breathlessly she lugged her feet across the wet floor gripping with her good arm to what ever she could.
Another explosion went off tossing her into a small box to her left; crying out as a piece of the wooden box pierced her skin, and wedged itself into her lower abdominal. Groaning in pain and then crying out was someone pushed her to the ground with a thud.
Trying to make out the image who the person was she couldn't help but to cry out, but this time not in pain.
"Mommy...?" came a small voice.
"Xiao Ling..." She cied, "Xiao Lin..." Smiling sweetly at her son Sakura closed her eyes that seemed to way of bricks.
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Sorry that it took me so long... umm I contribute laziness into homework for my excuse so please don't hate me!!!!!
Um... I'm starting on the next chapter ASAP, and hopefully will have it up by Halloween... or sooner possibly sooner or even later... but most likely sooner or Halloween, and I think I'm gunna stop now... lol. Well please REVIEW and tell me what you think and I want to know what you guys think the LAST TWO CHAPTERS are going to be like?
I also added in some parts of Sakura, and Syaoran's past into this chapter; I hope you don't mind. My editor said I should take one out, but I couldn't take my baby apart... lol!!! ByE!!!!
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