Into The Wolf's Den
Chapter Two – PrisonerSyaoran grumbled under his breath as Eriol carried the small girl into the house with a young member of the gang following them. " I'm sorry sir, we have only gotten your rooms up, and we don't have anywhere to place her…" Eriol had a small grin on his face, glancing at his wife who was flipping back and forth from filming Syaoran and Sakura. " Tomoyo and I are going to want some time alone and I'm sure… Meilin will want some time to think." Meilin raised her brow a little at Eriol, but the look on his face told her he was up to something… or more than likely, something that Tomoyo was up too.
Syaoran spun to face them, his arms locked over his chest with a glare as always. " And I suppose this means you want me to take her." Eriol simply grinned and held Sakura's body out. Syaoran growled, taking her body. " If you expect me to watch her the whole time your wrong. I'll take her… for now." Meilin held in a giggle as he carried her body off to his room, slamming the door expertly with his foot.
" Alright so let me in on this… why give her to him? I mean yeesh… I would have watched her." Tomoyo shook her head a little and shut the camera off. " I think… she's going to be good for him. Something tells me they are going to be closer than any one of us could be to her in the end." Meilin tilted her head a little and sighed. " If you think so… but if they kill each other before we get back to Hong Kong, we have a lot of explaining to do."
-During-
" I can't BELIEVE they would stick me with you." Syaoran glared down at the sleeping form in his arms. I don't like this… this feeling. He placed her down on the bed and started towards the bathroom, peeling off his clothing as he went along. Unhooking his holsters, he placed his clothing down on top and shut the door to the bathroom. He got into the shower, letting the hot water pound his strained muscles.
His mind was clouded, simply standing in the shower. I have too much to deal with… I'm only twenty-one. I'm supposed to lead the clan but I can barely handle kidnapping a girl. He ran his hands through his hair, before washing himself down. As he got out of the shower, he heard feet moving against the floor. He sighed, wrapping a towel around his waist and opened the door, to find himself staring at the small girl, holding his own gun at him.
Well… perhaps we're a little more gutsy than I first thought. He easily noticed that she hadn't taken the safety off, and that her hands trembled as she tried to hold the gun steady. Her eyes were wide with both fear and surprise. Smirking at her, he took a step towards her. " You're… you're the guy from the elevator!" Syaoran rolled his eyes in mock of her. . " Do you always state the obvious?" The fact that he seemed to mock her made her jaw drop, before a hard angry look crossed her face, taking a step back as he took another towards her.
" I-I'll shoot you if you don't stop where you are." Syaoran couldn't help but chuckle at her as his hand suddenly snapped up and grabbed her hand holding the gun. She didn't even have time to think as he pulled both the gun and her towards him. Sakura hit his hard chest and gasped softly. Oh my he's… The simple fact her face was almost pressed into his bare chest caused her to blush hard and she tried her best to keep an anger look in her eyes.
" You can't very well shoot me with the safety on Ying Fa." Sakura blushed even more at the name he called her, clearing her throat to try and force it to work. But it didn't help that his freearm snaked itself around her waist and held her in place against his chest. " What's the matter, you don't talk?" She stopped struggling after a moment, staring up into his amber eyes. That smirk… he's enjoying this! Sakura growled and finally released the gun, using both her hands to push herself free from his grip.
" My name is Sakura Kinomoto for one, if you brain isn't too small to understand that. And second, I want you to take me home. Right now!" The smirk fell from Syaoran's face, and it was replaced by his usual cold glare, that made Sakura wish she hadn't said anything. She backed away from him again as he started to approach her before she found herself backing up to the bed, falling back to sit on it. " I know exactly who you are… and you won't being going home. So you had better get used to this." He snapped sharply at her, causing her flinch.
Sakura suddenly felt at a loss for words. One minute he was enjoying tormenting her, the next he was deadly as a sharp dagger. Her mouth hung open and she tried to form words again, but this time out of fear rather than embarrassment. However at that moment, Meilin opened the door to his room, stopping flat from the look on both their faces. Putting her hands on her hips, she tapped her foot on the floor. " Syaoran go get dressed and stop tormenting the poor girl!"
Without bothering to even throw a glare at Meilin for yelling at him, he pulled a clean pair of clothing from one of the drawers and slammed the bathroom door behind him once again. Sakura flinched and looked up at Meilin, the lost look on her face caused her to lose her edge. Sitting down on the bed next to Sakura, she sighed weakly. " I'm sorry… but you can't go home. We can't tell you why we're doing this… but we do want to be friends with you."
Sakura sighed and stood up, finding her voice again. " Well I don't want to be friends with people who kidnap me for no reason!" Meilin copied one of Syaoran's growls, trying to calm her down, however Sakura just glared at her. " We do have a reason, but we can't tell you!" Sakura threw her arms over her head and started to pace back and forth. " And I'm just supposed to take that?" Syaoran opened the door to the bathroom, not really surprised that Meilin and Sakura were fighting. He stepped up behind her, wrapping an arm around waist again causing Sakura to squeak.
" Yes we do… Ying Fa." He whispered it into her ear, feeling the shiver it sent down her spine as she gasped. She scowled at him as he smirked again and let go of her, heading towards the door with Meilin in a curious tow. Tomoyo stood in the doorway, her camera on and recording like always. She had a small grin as Syaoran and Meilin passed, before she turned off the camera and stepped towards Sakura. " Don't mind him, you should actually be pretty happy he's getting smirky with you. Normally he only acts that way with people close to him."
The smile on Tomoyo's face made Sakura wonder why she was so happy about that. She simply shook her head and grabbed Sakura's hand. " I'm Tomoyo. I know this has got to be a lot for you… and my sister hasn't quite gotten down the task of 'timing', but Meilin will be here for you too." Sakura stared at Tomoyo for a moment before giggling. She couldn't help it, she always figured from movies and stories that all kidnappers were evil and yet she already had two girls insist they were going to try and help out.
" I'm sorry though…" Sakura whispered, causing Tomoyo to tilt her head a little. " Over what my dear?" Sakura shrugged weakly and sat back down on the edge of the bed. " I'm just… confused right now… that's all." Tomoyo nodded, letting a hand run through Sakura's hair. " I have no doubt this is hard, but your going to have to sleep in Syaoran's room while you stay here."
"What!"
-Meanwhile-
"What!"
Syaoran roared at Meilin, who was casually sitting on the kitchen table, looking at her fingernails. " Well according to everyone, they are already double bunking, and we called the leader and he said that you were the best person to watch over her at night since you sleep like a cat anyways." Meilin lied through her teeth; very well knowing that Syaoran didn't know it. " So she's going to be sleeping with you."
Syaoran clenched his jaw tightly, feeling several muscles jump in his jaw from the strain. Meilin giggled and rolled her eyes. " Besides…" She hopped off the table and started towards the door, taking a tone in her voice like she would to a little boy who had a crush on a girl. " You like her… you already gave her a nickname."
Syaoran's eyes grew deadly as he started to storm after Meilin. " I don't ever want to hear you accuse me of that again! Do you-" He jerked to a stop when he nearly ran into Sakura, without Tomoyo following her. " What do you think your doing?" He hissed at her. Sakura sighed and rolled her eyes, passing him as she headed towards the sink. " You know… when you glare and hiss like that, you look almost exactly like a snake." She stated with a flat tone while he leaned against the doorway.
" Is that the best insult you can do?" Sakura glanced back at him before shrugging weakly. " It's not like you can do anything about it even if I did have something better. You need me… I'm your prisoner am I not?" Syaoran huffed and looked away from her. " Yeah you have a problem with… go whine to Tomoyo about it." Sakura shot a glare at him, leaning against the counter. " You're the one that gave me that shot… so I think I'd rather bug YOU about it." She suddenly smiled sweetly at him.
Syaoran blinked at her before starting to approach her. Sakura straightened herself a little as he did, determined not to back down this time when he approached her. She didn't like the fact she couldn't read his face though, making her smile falter slightly. When he stopped, she had to lean back over the sink slightly to keep herself from touching him. " You want to complain about it, you have to show you really hate it here already."
Sakura blinked and opened her mouth to speak, but his hand came up, toying with a lock of her hair that had fallen over her face while he smirked at her. God he's sexy… Her eyes suddenly widen at the thought that ran through her mind, but more so when his face leaned closer to hers, his lips just a few short inches to hers.
" Well?" Sakura started to stutter, trying to form words, but once again he won this round. Her mouth refused to form any sort of words, and she half found herself wanting to be kissed by him. " You like her… you already gave her a nickname." Syaoran stopped short of kissing Sakura, staring into her eyes, which were staring back at him wide. But he didn't see surprise, or shock. From the looks of it, she wanted him to kiss her. He suddenly growled and pushed back from her.
" Just stay away from me. We may have to share a room, but it doesn't mean I have to like it." He crossed his arms over his chest as he stormed out of the kitchen.Sakura's face dropped slightly, putting a hand over her chest. Her heart was beating like crazy, her mind was foggy, and her limbs felt weak, and he hadn't even kissed her. Why am I so attracted to him! He kidnapped me! She sighed and felt tempted to hit herself upside the head. After a moment though, she turned towards the sink, reaching for a glass that she could drink out of.
-Elsewhere-
" See… I told you!" Tomoyo let out a small giggle, filming Syaoran leaning over Sakura, and the kiss they almost shared. Meilin giggled too but simply shook her head. " We know their attracted to each other but… that doesn't mean it's going to be something." Tomoyo shook her head and sighed. " People change when they fall in love. Even if it is just a little. I think… I think they'll fall in love." Meilin raised a brow at her sister, before tugging her out of their hiding place. " Come on, let's go cheer her up."
Sakura finished off her glass of water, staring out the window. She saw a beautiful garden outside, but at the far end, she also noticed there was a wall. A HIGH one at that… she sighed and rubbed the back of her neck. I could run back home… get forced to marry some guy I don't want to be with, or I could stay here… and find out whatever reason they need me for. I very much doubt they kidnapped me to keep me. So either way I'm… just a prisoner in my life.
Sakura whirled around as Meilin and Tomoyo both entered the kitchen together. " Hey Sakura… sorry about yelling at you earlier." Meilin did her best to smile at Sakura, who returned the smile weakly. Tomoyo wrapped an arm around Sakura's neck and grinned. " If I lend you a swimsuit, do you think you could come swimming with us?" Sakura giggled and nodded. " Alright, I haven't gone swimming in awhile, so it sounds like fun!"
-A/N-
Yes I realize they already nearly kissed but believe me, things aren't going to happen as fast as they seem. I couldn't help adding slight cutesy fluff. The next chapter, things will start to heat up. So please R&R!