Dangerous Love
By TriGemini
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of C.C.S. only CLAMP does. Therefore, please do not sue.
Chapter 3: The Night It All Began
Tonight is the night that everything is going to change
Trouble will start and it will begin to rain
Dancing beat all night long
You'll forget your troubles, when the fun starts
Throwin' up your hands, hear the rhythm
Lose yourself to this night and all is forgotten
Hearts racin' very high
Pulse weakening at this very sight
This wild night will be a night not forgotten
So again, listen…
Tonight the trouble will start
The rain will pour and my soul will be yours
I'll lose myself to this wild night
Let the fire explode
Excitement hit the high
I'm letting loose all night long
Tonight trouble will start
We'll cross the same door
Meet from a distance
But eventually your heart will soar
At this very sight
Of trouble startin' right
It will bring us to the ultimate
It can't, it won't be denied
Runnin' from the distance, into your arms
It will bring trouble and a fight
I'm not going to look for trouble
It will find me tonight
Again, in your arms…so right
So let it begin tonight
The trouble will fall straight
To the both of us
And drive us to the edge and back
We'll begin a fight to the very end
So let's hear it again…
Tonight it will begin
Tonight everything will change
Movin' through the motions
The devotion is noted
You'll forgive if I speak out
When I say 'Let the trouble come my way'
I'm itchin' for a fight
Headin' straight for the end
With you and the rest
Won't give up without a fight
So let the trouble begin
There is no doubt
Temptation at its highest
Don't want to hear you callin'
So I'm waiting for the right moment
Let it begin tonight
Not fearing what will come tonight
Ready 'til the end
That was how I was raised
Can't say I'm insane
So let the trouble begin
I'm waitin' for it
Can't trust that I'll live to see the next day
If I don't we'll just part ways
Let it rain, Let it pour
Tonight all the trouble will be yours
I'm expectin' no mercy No indiscretions
I'm inconsiderate and reckless
Let the trouble begin
Let loose, feel free
It's worth all the trouble here
So tonight, it will begin
Let the fire fly, hit the sky
I'm shootin' for everything now
Put all the cards down and place the bets
Winners and losers
It's all part of the game
Tonight the trouble will start
Let it begin
And everything will be proof
Of all that we've worked on
Sacrifices will be made
Losses and gains
Trouble is it starts tonight
Cross the line
Make a stand
Can't hold back
And hope to God
You survive
The trouble is startin' tonight
It was already 10:30 by the time Sakura and her friends got to 'The Scorpio Club.' As they walked up the alleyway towards the next street corner, they all came to a large building. Once they were at the door, they had no problems getting in. Although, the bouncer at the door had noticed from the corner of his eye that gun that Yukito had in the holster under his jacket. Even knowing that, he was carrying he still let Yukito inside. That surprised Yukito even more. Then again this was a nightclub and so the bouncer probably was used to this sort of things all of the time. Upon entering the establishment, it became apparent to Sakura and the rest that the club was quite spacious. At that moment, Rika spoke up,
"You're all probably wondering why this place is so huge. It used to be a warehouse, but the company that owned it went out of business so it became abandoned. The person who owns the place had bought the property, decided to keep the original building, but had it renovated into a nightclub. Seeing as how he thought it was an ideal setting for such a place. "
At the end of that statement, it became apparent to Sakura and the rest that Rika knew a lot about this place. Therefore, it was obvious that everybody was going to follow Rika seeing as how she knew where to go. Once in the building they followed Rika into a connecting room, there she headed towards the bar that was at the far end of the back. There they noticed that Rika was heading in the direction of a young man that was standing near the bar. Before they reached him, Rika turned around and said to her friends,
"Hey, I want to introduce you guys to someone that I know here at the club," Rika said excitedly, as she walked towards the guy they all had noticed from afar and in curiosity they followed from behind. Sakura on the other hand was trailing behind everyone else and suddenly stopped halfway because she this sudden feeling of apprehension hit her. She looked around the crowded the nightclub and shivered slightly, 'Something isn't right, 'she thought. Again, she looked around her and felt that she was expecting to see something out of place. However, in the end she hadn't noticed anything strange. Therefore, she couldn't understand what was happening. Once more, she thought to herself, 'Perhaps it's just being a nightclub again after such a long time and I'll admit I'm not quite used to it anymore.' Somehow, that thought didn't ease the anxiety she was feeling. Therefore, she shook herself out the state she was in and continued to follow the rest of her friends. For she didn't want Yukito to notice that she wasn't with them, because he had this tendency to overreact when something happened to her, plus she also didn't want him to cause a scene, also. As Sakura approached the others, she had noticed on both sides of her in the crowd that some of the patrons had a particular tattoo design on their shoulders. It was the image of a scorpion. Not that it was unusual for young people to have one. Therefore, without thinking too much about it, Sakura shrugged it off and instead she turned her attention to the young man that was standing in front of her. He had spiky black hair; he was dressed in casual clothing that consisted of a t-shirt that had a scorpion design and blue jeans and what stood out the most was that he wasn't Asian. Rika on her part was literally walking on air, because she kept staring at the guy ahead of her. However, realizing that everybody was just standing there, she decided to introduce everyone.
"Okay, you guys. This is Mikhail," said Rika as she pointed to the young man at the side of the bar. The young man on his part just acknowledged everybody with a nod of his head, as he gazed at Rika and her friends. He then turned back to Rika and spoke directly to her,
"Hey, Rika what are you doing here tonight?" he asked her with curiosity. Rika in return just smiled and answered by saying,
"I just came to celebrate one of my best friends' birthday," while pointing in Sakura's direction. Mikhail looked over at the girl that Rika had pointed to and just smiled politely at Sakura, who in return just smiled and blushed slightly. Mikhail was somewhat amused and thought, 'It's obvious that this friend of Rika's isn't used to being the center of attention.' With that in mind, he extended his right hand towards Sakura and offered it to her. She in return took it timidly seeing as how she didn't really know this guy. However, she also knew that she couldn't be rude either and so she shook it. Mikhail noticed the hesitant look on her face and said to her assuredly,
"Don't worry, I don't bit. However, since its birthday and your Rika's best friend, anything you and your friends want to eat or drink tonight will be on the house."
At this comment, Rika squealed with delight and the rest of the group just looked at Mikhail surprisingly at the graciousness of his offer. However, though everybody was still silent. Therefore, Rika thought it best to break the ice again.
"By the way, Mikhail is also from L.A. originally, but for now he's living here," she said, hoping that at least would ease the tension that was mounting between all of them. Yukito however, took in this information. He wasn't exactly surprised at the fact that this person wasn't from Japan. Still he wondered what would bring an American across the sea and particularly someone who wasn't Asian either. Not to mention there was something about Mikhail that didn't sit well with him, yet Yukito couldn't figure if it had something to do with the fact that he wasn't Japanese or because of the way, he looked at Sakura when he thought nobody was noticing. With all that in mind, he decided to find out more about this Mikhail person later, for he didn't want to spoil tonight for either Sakura or her friends.
"Yup, I'm just taking in some of Japan's wonderful sights," said Mikhail with a gracious smile, as he continued, "It's not often one can travel and really spend time enjoying it." At that comment, everybody just nodded in agreement to that statement he had just made. A few moments later after some more idle chitchat Mikhail began to ask what everybody wanted to have to drink.
"So what do you ladies, like to have to drink?" asked Mikhail in a courteously manner. Like any proper host would do while in the company in of company or clients. Rika in an instant answered immediately,
"I'll have a Coke," she said sweetly, she was obviously trying very hard to get Mikhail's attention. Mikhail acknowledged the order and then looked toward the others.
"What will you guys have?" he asked. The girls thought for a moment what they wanted and spoke up.
Chicharu shrugged and said, "I'll have a Coke, also."
Naoko spoke next, "Water is fine for me." It was apparent that Naoko wasn't going to drink anything too strange while being at the nightclub. It just showed how overly cautious she was, also.
Then Mikhail turned to where Sakura was standing and asked, "What shall I get the Birthday Girl?"
"I'll just have a Coke like Chicharu and Rika," Sakura said.
Lastly, Mikhail looked over to Yukito and asked him what he wanted, as well.
"You man?" asked Mikhail.
"No right now," Yukito replied in a toneless voice.
"Okay, I'll go get your drinks then," Mikhail said and then turned around to the bartender and ordered for everyone. While he was busy Rika turned around to her friends with a dreamy look in her eyes and said, "So what do you girls think about him?"
In reality, the other girls weren't sure what to say honestly. After all, they just met the guy and it was somewhat hard to make a decision about someone when you've only met them a few seconds ago. After a few moments of total silence, Naoko spoke up and answered with,
"He seems to be a nice guy, a very nice guy." With that, answer both Chicharu and Sakura just nodded their heads in agreement. It was after awhile later that Mikhail joined the group the once more and with a tray that had all their drinks on it. When everyone grabbed their drinks from the tray, Mikhail then put the tray back onto the counter and again turned to the group, he said,
"I hope you all enjoy your time here at 'The Scorpio Club,'" he than grabbed Rika's hand, tugged it and said again, "Rika I want you to come with me, there some people I would like you to meet." With that, he pulled Rika away from her friends and into the opposite direction where he was leading her to another group people, while they left Sakura and everybody else behind. A few minutes later, they all decided about grabbing a table so they could finish their drinks. After another, few minutes that had gone by, they all had finished their drinks. Chicharu who had an impish look on her face looked over to where Sakura was and said,
"Hey! Sakura lets go out to the dance floor,"
Sakura on her part just shook her head no. 'There's no way that I'm dancing tonight,' she thought to herself. However, it was quite clear that Chicharu wasn't going to let Sakura get away that easily. Because in a flash she had grabbed Sakura's hand and dragged her out onto the dance floor. Sakura turned around and threw a pleading look over to Yukito, who in return just grinned amusingly at the sight before him. When the two girls got to the dance floor, they went into the center, a new song started to play, and the girls began to move to the music.
Everybody listen to the warning that I'm giving tonight
The situation will breakout into chaos
Losing all restraint
It is time
Let's just feel the beat
Forget everything else
Tonight we'll be in paradise; we'll let all the worries go
Forget that we're on earth and let's fly to heaven
'Cause that's all I want to do tonight
Be in your arms and drive myself there
Until I die smiling
Finding paradise in your arms
No matter what happens
I just wanna be here with you
So let it be tonight
When all the trouble breaks out
Let the rhythm take control
I just want to lose my soul with you in this pace
Let the trouble set in
I want the world to scream
After all, it's just you and me
Both Naoko and Yukito sat at the table and they just relaxed as they watch the night pass by. Yukito again looked over in Sakura's direction and noticed that she was finally letting loose a bit. 'She needs this,' he thought 'it's been too long since she's had fun'. His mind wondered back to a particular moment back in L.A. when he found the scene similar to this one.
(Memory)
'Another night in paradise' he thought. He walked around the Underground Nightclub in search of his best friend. Because he knew, that Touya would be around here somewhere. He just didn't know where exactly. He gazed onto the dance floor watching all the Panteras in the nightclub have fun and relaxing. For there weren't many nights when could just roll up in a club and dance the night away. However, tonight was different than most nights. He continued to walk around the room in hopes to finding his lost friend. Instead, he found his best friend's sister…Sakura. She was only eleven, but her brother had allowed her to come to the club and to anything else, the Panteras did. She wasn't exactly a member, for she didn't the mark…yet. Still very young, but she already had the attitude for it though. He knew that Mr. Kinomoto wasn't entirely in agreement with what Touya was doing. Then again, Sakura wasn't a saint either. Sure, she had the face of an angel. Yet looks can be deceiving, for her soul was that of a rebel and she could cause so much trouble when she really thought about it. She sometimes drove her brother crazy with all her antics. Then again, she really loved to stir up trouble. Although, it couldn't be helped in her case, for she was born wild. He knew whatever guy wound up with her in the end. He would have his hands full for sure, for she always kept people guessing, and a person would never know what to expect when she headed their way. He looked over in her direction and caught her looking at him. He then found her smiling at him, as well. Therefore, he returned the smile, too. He figured she'd be safe out on the dance floor, he continued his search for his best friend once more.
(Memory ends)
While lost in thought Yukito failed to notice that Sakura had left Chicharu on the dance floor by herself. Everybody else in the club had lost themselves to the music and to whatever else they'd been doing. Unfortunately, nobody realized what would be happening. For outside the nightclub, two vans pulled up and along with them, six motorcycles. The bouncer who'd been on guard in the front was wondering what the hell was going on, so he decided to find out.
"Hey, you!" yelled the bouncer, as he walked towards the people on the bikes. When they heard him, one of the bikers looked at him and then pointed his gun at him. The bouncer's eyes went wide in surprise at this gesture and before he could react and get his own gun out. He was shot.
It was good for the people outside that the music was too loud inside that nobody would hear the commotion that was going on. At least, they still had the element of surprise on their side. At that moment, some of the people that were inside the van got out and a couple of them from the bikes went to the other side of the building to setup.
"Syaoran everybody's getting into place," informed Eriol while standing next to him.
"Good, good. Okay, people its show time. Let's get in and do our thing. Remember what everyone has to do. Mei Lin you get upstairs to the office and see if you can find those documents. Tomoyo while you're doing your thing watch Mei Lin's back in case anybody tries to do anything, all right. The rest of us will be downstairs keeping this in order until Arita and Hida setup the device. Also, people let's not forget something else don't do anything stupid, or careless. I know you guys are the best here. Still I want you to be careful. I don't need to end up explaining to your parents why you're dead, okay! So is everybody clear?" asked Syaoran as he looked at the group of people before him. Everybody else just nodded his or her heads in agreement.
"Okay, let's move out people," Syaoran said while moving towards the door of the club and with Eriol following suit. However, neither of them seemed to realize that both Mei Lin and Tomoyo stayed behind to discuss something else.
"Okay, here's the plan Tomoyo. When we get into the club keep a lookout for Sakura and her friends. When you see her, tell her she needs to get out of the club quickly and to get the others out, too. All right!" said Mei Lin in a whispering voice. At everything that was, being said Tomoyo just nodded her head. At that moment, an irritated voice rang out,
"Yo! Mei Lin, Tomoyo come on!"
The two girls rolled their eyes at Syaoran and ran to the entrance to catch up with the guys. At the front door of the nightclub, Syaoran signaled for all of them to be quiet and to put their masks on. 'This is it. Tonight will determine what'll happen to all our futures, especially to mine! I'll prove to Drago that I can be a good lead, that I will make a good leader and once Noda gets wind of this he'll come looking for the one responsible. Therefore, when he comes looking I'll be waiting for him,' Syaoran thought. For tonight, failure was not an option. At least, to Syaoran Li it wasn't. He knew he could pull this off. In his mind, nothing could go wrong. Nevertheless, he was in for a huge surprise during tonight's mission. It would only prove that nobody could escape the fate that was already in store for everybody involved tonight. He gave the final signal and pushed the door to the club open. In doing so, it banged the wall with a huge thud. Anybody that was close by could spot the people wearing masks as they entered. One of the guys by the wall got up from his chair and walked towards them gripping the end of his gun.
"What the fuck is going on?" he asked in a demanding voice.
"Easy pal! Don't get any bright ideas, so if you don't mind put the gun on the floor and nobody in this room will get hurt," said one of the masked guys.
The guy holding the gun didn't really wanting. However, he figured that the odds were against him on this one, therefore, he'd go along for now. As a result, he took his weapon that he had and pulled it out of his holster and laid it on the floor next to his feet. The guy who told him to put it there picked it up and unloaded it. Everybody else, except for the one went into the connecting room. Once in there all hell broke loose. Shots rang out and the music that had been blasting loudly was cut off. Everybody stared at the entrance taking notice that a bunch of people in black gear and masks were standing there with guns. At this point, Yukito had heard the sounds of gunshots go off. For he had snapped out of whatever it was he was thinking about and looked over towards the entrance. He too noticed the people with the guns. In an instant, he had reached for his own gun. However, he didn't want to take it out unless it was necessary. He then looked around for Sakura but couldn't spot her right off, although, he saw Chicharu standing on the dance floor looking scared. He then turned around to see how Naoko was and noticed that she too was scared, as well. Not that he could blame the poor girl. As for Rika, he hadn't seen her since Mikhail had taken off with her. Again, he looked back to where Chicharu was standing and still noticed that Sakura wasn't with her. That was when he began to worry. He also began to notice that people were beginning to panic, for it was in their eyes, and the situation was only getting tense. It was in that moment, when Yukito turned to Naoko and said,
"Listen to me Naoko; I'm going to go get Chicharu from where she is. So stay here, okay! No matter what happens, don't move until I come back. In fact, it's probably better that you get under the table once I leave here. Just so that you'll be protected in case, people start shooting or something, all right! Don't forget, to stay there understood?"
With what had been said Naoko just nodded her head and did as she was told. Therefore, when Yukito started to move towards the dance floor, she immediately got under the table. Once Yukito got to the dance floor, he noticed that Mikhail had finally appeared with some guys following him. At this point, Yukito didn't like where this was leading to, for something in his gut told him that he and the girls had gotten caught up in some unwanted trouble. Out of the corner of his eye, he finally spotted Rika. She looked she was scared out of her mind. Again, he couldn't blame her either. Once more, he inched himself a bit closer to Chicharu, for he didn't want to call any attention to himself. He also kept his ears open to what Mikhail was saying to the people in all the black gear.
"What do you think you're doing here? This is Scorpion territory. Or have you Dragons forgotten, already?" Mikhail said disdainfully.
'Scorpions', Yukito thought 'that name sounds familiar. But from where?'
"Listen Mikhail it's not you we want to talk to. We just came to leave the Head Scorpion a message. Tell him that the Dragons' are taking back what's rightfully theirs. So unless he wants trouble he better leave Japan, before something else happens to him," said one of the masked guys.
"You think we're afraid of the Black Dragons. Please don't make me laugh. You're not a worthy rival for him to be bothered with. So we'll make sure to just solve the problem right now. "Mikhail signaled two of the guys behind him, they each stepped from behind holding automatic guns.
"Didn't think we'd be prepared did you? Shoot them shoot them all now!" yelled Mikhail as he pointed into the directions of the Black Dragons. With that, the chaos had begun. By now, everybody was in full-blown panic, and so they all began to run in every direction, with the hope that they could get out before anything else could happen.
Meanwhile, Sakura had been in the restroom the entire time. It was apparent that something was dreadfully wrong with her. For one she felt lightheaded, although she couldn't understand why though since all she had was a Coke to drink. Therefore, she figured the best thing to do at this point was to find her friends and tell them she wanted to go home. However, she never expected to walk into a crossfire between two gangs. As for Yukito, he finally got a hold of Chicharu who was starting to panic because of what was going on. Although, she snapped out of her panic-stricken moment when Yukito grabbed her by the arms and asked her,
"Where's Sakura, Chicharu? I know she was with you here before all of this happened. So tell me where is she?" he demanded abruptly. If Chicharu hadn't been afraid before, she was now. She'd never seen anyone so upset before.
"She said that she wasn't feeling good, so she went to go look for a restroom. I don't know where it is here, she did say that she'd come back" said Chicharu while trying to calm down. Yukito cursed silently under his breath. 'Of all the moments to go missing Sakura, why now?' he thought as he tugged Chicharu by the arm and off the dance floor to where Naoko was. On her part, she was still under the table where Yukito had told her to get to while he had gone off to find the others. As soon as she saw, Yukito return with Chicharu she got out. As they stood there Yukito looked at them with a serious look on his face and said,
"Listen to me you two. I want you to go and get to where Rika is and then I want you three to get out. I'll find Sakura and take her home. However, for the moment, it's important that you three get out now! So move!" he told them. When Yukito said those words to them, the girls didn't need to be told twice as they headed towards where Rika was. Which was a good distance away from Mikhail, she'd managed to sneak away from him when he started to argue with those other people. Therefore, when they met up, the three of them headed towards the door and prayed silently that Yukito and Sakura got out all right themselves.
When the shooting had began, not everyone stayed on the first floor of the club. Some of the Dragons had to go do what they were supposed to while inside the club. Therefore, Mei Lin made her way up the staircase that led up to the second floor, which had the office she needed to go to in order to search for those damn documents. It was obvious to her that her cousin wanted those documents badly. As for Tomoyo, she was taping the entire thing from the excellent view she was getting from the second floor. Of course, she was also keeping a look out for Sakura and her friends, as well.
Nevertheless, without realizing what was going on, Sakura had managed to get herself caught up in a very unpleasant situation. Starting in the hall, she was in. While she was walking there, someone had run past her and without concern, they knocked her down. At first, she hadn't realized what had happened to her until she saw blood on the spot where she fell. She then realized that she'd hit her head. This was only making her worse, for aside from the dizziness, that she'd been feeling beforehand she was now feeling a bit disoriented now. Not to mention, she still didn't have a clue as to what was going on in the club. It wasn't until she heard the shots ring out that she became startled. Therefore, she immediately picked herself up from the floor and tried to make her way to where the noise was coming from. In an instant, she saw people running in every direction, she heard guns going off, and people screaming. A sudden rush of dread overwhelmed Sakura and in that instant, she was reliving her worse nightmare again. Not to mention, that in that particular instant a flash soared through Sakura's mind. 'No, No, No,' she thought 'it can't be happening again. It can't be.' With that in mind, she just stood there watching everything with a look of pure shock on her face. Because at that moment, she couldn't run, she couldn't do anything but watch at everything that was happening in front of her.
Meanwhile Yukito was still looking all over the place for Sakura and still he couldn't find her. 'Damn it, where can she be?' he thought to himself. Therefore, he continued to search everywhere, because he knew that there was no way he could go back to her father without her. Not to mention, Touya was probably cursing at him from the heavens at his failure at protecting his little sister. Not that Yukito would blame his best friend for doing so. He swore on Touya's grave he'd watch over Sakura always until the day he died and he wasn't about to go back on that promise of his. Once more, he continued his search.
In the meantime, Tomoyo continued her post outside the office where Mei Lin was and continued her constant watch for Sakura. At that moment, she caught sight of someone with honey brown hair and emerald eyes and knew instantly that it was Sakura. When that happened, she decided that she should tell Mei Lin.
"Mei Lin, I see Sakura, should I go down there?" asked Tomoyo.
"Yeah, you better get to her before something happens. Besides, I'm almost finished here anyways, I'll catch up with you downstairs, alright!" replied Mei Lin.
"Okay, I'll see you downstairs." Tomoyo said as she headed towards the stairs that lead to the first floor of the nightclub.
When she moved onto the last step of the staircase, she finally took a good look at Sakura, who was still standing the same spot from before. Tomoyo noticed that Sakura was slightly hurt and that she looked a bit faint, too. She knew right off that she was going to have to help Sakura get out of here. Therefore, she ran up to her as quickly as she could. When she got to Sakura, Tomoyo immediately took off her mask, for she didn't want to scare her new friend. She then lightly tapped Sakura on her shoulder and when she didn't respond, she whispered,
"Sakura it's me Tomoyo, can you hear me?"
That was when Tomoyo realized that Sakura wasn't saying anything or moving at all. It finally occurred to her that Sakura was probably in shock from what was going on. In any way, Tomoyo knew that she had to get Sakura out of the club before the device went off and the building itself blew up. Because if she remembered correctly, the place had been wired to go up in at least twenty minutes after they'd gotten in. What's more was that everybody was heading out already, also. Therefore, Tomoyo placed Sakura's left arm around her neck, held her up as best as she could, and began to walk out with her from the room they were in. At that moment, Mei Lin had made her way downstairs and Tomoyo spotted her. When that happened, Mei Lin came to a stop so that Tomoyo could catch up with her. In doing that, she also noticed the state that Sakura was in, also.
"What's wrong with her?" she asked worriedly as she looked at Sakura.
"I think she's in shock," replied Tomoyo while trying to get a good grip on Sakura, "come on and help me take her to the van. She's in no condition to be by herself right now. With any luck, she'll snap out of it by morning. Maybe by then we can figure what to do with her…however until then."
"Syaoran isn't going to like this one bit." Mei Lin muttered to herself as she placed, Sakura's other arm around her neck and helped Tomoyo move her out of the club.
"Don't remind me, besides it's the least we can do for her. After all, she's a nice person and I don't want to see her get hurt just because she was at the wrong place at the wrong time." Tomoyo said as they quickly made their way out of the club.
Yukito on the other hand was beyond frantic at this point. He hadn't found Sakura yet and the worse part was that someone said that the place was wired to go up anytime soon. By this point, he had looked in every place that he could think of where she could be. Again, as he was looking around, he spied a girl with long honey brown tresses being helped out of the building by two other girls. In seeing them, he followed praying that it was Sakura.
When Tomoyo and Mei Lin had finally made their way out of the building, everybody else was waiting near the vehicles. As soon as they reached the girl's the group both of them could tell that their leader didn't look very happy.
"What took you two so long? And who the hell is this?" he asked pointing to the person they were half-carrying. At this point, Mei Lin had lost it and glared at her cousin while going into defense mode.
"Her name is Sakura, Syaoran and she's a friend of ours from school. Not to mention, she's hurt right now and we wanted to take her back to the house. So we can clean her up. Look at her she's harmless, so don't worry about anything. Besides, she can't defend herself right now, for if you hadn't noticed already, the poor girl is in shock," said Mei Lin in a defensive tone. At this mini lecture, everybody was taken aback. For Mei Lin never defended anyone else, other than herself or Tomoyo. Therefore, it was something quite unusual, not to mention new that she would do. What's more was that they couldn't figure why she was defending this girl anyways, especially if they only met the girl recently. They all noted that both Tomoyo and Mei Lin were holding the girl up, by having her arms around their necks. The strange girl was also leaning forward a bit; at that angle, some of the people in the group could tell that she was very pretty, also. However, for the moment she wasn't looking very good at all since she also seemed a bit pale, as well. With everything that was going, Syaoran rolled his eyes. He didn't have time for this and figured that eventually the unfamiliar girl would be out of their hair by morning. With that thought in mind, he motioned for both Mei Lin and Tomoyo to put the other girl into the van, so they could get going. He really didn't want to be around when the building finally blew up. Eriol being the gentleman that he always was helped both Tomoyo and Mei Lin put the other girl in the back of the van. After that was done, the two girls got in as well and everybody was ready to take off, also. As the van began to pull out, Eriol went to rejoin Syaoran and the other bikers. However, before they could leave themselves. Eriol noticed a young man run out of the building looking frantically around the surrounding area for something. When the young man turned once more, he noticed them standing there and so ran up to them.
"I'm sorry to bother you but did you see two young ladies clad in black outfits help out another young lady with honey brown hair?" the young man asked frantically.
At this Eriol panicked at the mere mention of Tomoyo and Mei Lin with that other girl, so he answered the young man in a calm voice,
"I'm sorry sir; we haven't seen any girls come out this way."
At this answer, the other guys noticed how the young guy reacted to the news and they could tell this guy was disappointed with the news he received from Eriol.
"Well thanks for the information,' he answered sincerely. With all that was done and said, he walked off in the opposite direction. Eriol looked over to Syaoran who looked quite impassively at the situation at hand. Syaoran on his part was in the meantime cursing Mei Lin a thousand times over. 'What the hell did you get me involved with Mei Lin. Hope that girl's worth the trouble you're causing by taking her to the house. If not there will be hell to pay.' Putting everything aside, Syaoran gave the guys the signal to move out. He surmised that he would have to deal with Mei Lin and the mysterious Sakura when he got home.
A/N: Was it good, bad, awful? I'm horrible when it comes to fight scenes. It's obvious. But here is chapter 3 for everyone. Hopefully, everybody will enjoy it. I will try to update as soon as possible. In fact, I am going to start now on Ch. 4 right now as it is. But I want people to review and tell me what they think, all right! Until then.
