Dangerous Love
By TriGemini
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of C.C.S. only CLAMP does. Therefore, please do not sue.
Chapter 5: Solaris
During the ride, Sakura racked her mind about the excuse she was going to come up with to tell Yukito. Given that she was never good at lying especially to Yukito, she might as well try to stick to some of the truth of what there was of it, of course. After all, in someway these people did save her life the night before and she technically owed them for that. However, right now she was more worried about what would happen once they got to Solaris. Seeing as how she didn't know what would be happening there since it had been awhile, she had last gone there to hangout. Still she had the feeling that something was going to happen. She didn't know what it was but the feeling wasn't very good. Therefore, to keep thinking like that she decided to look out the window to see where they were at already. At this point, she recognized the street they were on and decided it was time to tell Mei Lin where to go from there.
"Hey Mei Lin," she said from the backseat.
Mei Lin's head perked up a bit when she heard Sakura's voice and answered back,
"Yeah, Sakura what's up?"
"Mei Lin would you mind taking a left from the building on the corner and when you get there turn at the end of the street and you'll see a huge sign that says, 'Solaris,' that's when you'll know that you're heading in the right direction, all right," said Sakura.
Mei Lin just nodded her head and kept on driving for she figured Sakura knew where they were going. Even though, she couldn't understand why someone like Sakura would know where this place would be though. For the moment, Mei Lin decided to save the questions for later. Since it was obvious that Sakura was obviously worried about something yet Mei Lin couldn't understand what though. Therefore, Mei Lin followed Sakura's exact directions. She turned left from the building and drove straight until she got to the end of the street when she noticed a bright rectangle shaped sign that was painted dark red with black letters that said, 'SOLARIS'. After seeing it Mei Lin assumed that soon enough they would be coming up to the place that they were heading for. Finally, after a couple minutes passed the huge building came into sight.
The building itself was nothing like what a usual nightclub looked like. For one the structure was done in Oriental architecture and that it self wasn't unusual since they were in Japan. Still the girls had never seen a nightclub that was built like this before. What's more, the building was four stories high.
Mei Lin turned into the parking lot of the place and decided the best spot to park in would be near the entrance of the nightclub. The guys who were right behind them decided also that they would park their bikes near the girls' car. Once they all parked, they got ready to head towards the front steps, both girls noticed the Oriental style that the club decked out. A smooth cement pathway that started near the front of the parking lot led to several white stone steps that came to an archway where there in front were two doors made out of ebony wood with carvings on them. On the outer rim of the nightclub, there were glass lanterns with candles inside and dangling down by braided sashes with oriental designs on them. The two girls were in complete awe of the place and thought that the nightclub was definitely unique.
As soon as everybody got to the front doors, Sakura opened them up and let them all in.
After everybody walked through the front door, the four guests looked over the inside of the nightclub. The floor was black and white checkered tile, to the sides there were big pots of cherry blossom sprigs, as they continued into the lobby of the nightclub the guests viewed a small room to the right and as they continued further into the nightclub, they noticed that the lights were dim near where the tables and dance floor were. To the left side of the club they saw a bar, the tables had candles illuminating each of them individually, and the dance floor was in the center of the room, also a stage near the right side of where the dance floor was located.
While Mei Lin, Tomoyo, Eriol, and Syaoran continued to look around at their momentary surroundings, Sakura was taking in the entire place. It had been along time since she had been to Solaris; as a result, she had forgotten how big the place was. Looking around Sakura was remembering some of the good times she had at this place. While she continued to look around the room, she spotted someone familiar working at the bar. It was Ruby Moon. Sakura had known Ruby Moon when she had lived in L.A. and ever since the first day they met the two girls had gotten along great. Sakura loved everything about Ruby, except for the fact that she liked to flirt with Touya a lot and every time she did, it would annoy him to hell every single time. Nevertheless, Ruby never gave up the chase. Even when Touya had gotten a girlfriend, she persisted. It was evident that Ruby didn't care if the guy was taken or not she just wanted to have fun. Of course, there were times she did back off, especially when Sakura told her to stop. Not to mention, there were times that Ruby would flirt constantly with Yukito. In his case, however she would literally drape herself all over him and at times she wouldn't even leave his side. Every time Yukito saw Ruby, he would act uptight, especially when she would tease him. In reality though, he was just plain nervous around her because Ruby certainly had an affect on him. Even if, he didn't show it all the time Sakura could always tell just by the little things he did. Although, to her it was quite amusing to see him like that for it wasn't everyday a person would see Yukito getting all flustered over something so juvenile.
Ruby Moon was only twenty-four and a bit older than Sakura. She had long flowing hair that she dyed a dark shade of pink (hence the name Ruby), also she wore her hair in two buns on each side of her head, and in her eyes she wore dark red contacts. Her favorite attire always consisted of anything black, of course. Sakura herself had always had to praise Ruby for her outrageous style of clothing. In a way, it was a combination of slinky, seductive, and slightly gothic, as well. Her personality as mentioned before was that she loved to flirt with cute guys (Touya and Yukito included), she didn't care who they were just as long she could have a good time doing it. On some occasions, Ruby would tease people for amusement. Even though, that pastime always got her into some sort of trouble. Anyway, Ruby used to live in L.A. for a while but then she moved back to Tokyo to work in Solaris when it had been established by Touya. Ruby and a couple of other Panteras worked there and watched over it while the 'owners' were gone. Every now and then, Sakura would drop in at least once a month to make sure everything was all right. After all Touya had given her the title deed in her name. Therefore, it technically belonged to her.
Sakura in the meantime stood there wondering if she should go over to the bar and say hello to Ruby. Considering it had been awhile since the last time, she saw her friend and she figured it couldn't hurt to do so.
Therefore, Sakura walked up thinking, 'It will be nice to see Ruby again. After all, we are friends. Besides, I hardly get to talk to her at all anymore. So this will be a good opportunity to do so.' With that thought in mind, Sakura wandered over to the bar and did what she always used to do when she wanted to get the bartender's attention. She jumped, slid onto the side of the counter and sat; she then reached across to Ruby and tapped her on the shoulder. When she did that Ruby immediately turned around with an expressionless face until she saw who was sitting right there in front of her. Ruby's face went from vacant to surprise when she saw Sakura sitting right before her. She immediately put whatever it was she was doing down onto the counter so she could hug Sakura.
"Hey girl it's been a long time. Where you've been hiding all this time?" asked Ruby excitedly.
"Been busy, you know…the usual stuff," said Sakura in a nonchalant voice.
At that remark, Ruby just raised her eyebrows in question. She couldn't believe that 'just stuff' was keeping Sakura away from Solaris. There was more to it, she could tell. However, she figured that she would save the questions for later. Instead, she decided it would best to just chat and catch up with her friend.
"Well what brings you to Solaris?" asked Ruby curiously.
"Meeting up with a friend," said Sakura coolly
In reality, Sakura didn't want to say that she was meeting up with Yukito. Because if he's managed to hide himself so far from Ruby, Sakura would really hate to see him trapped by her at this point. It was apparent to Ruby that Sakura wasn't going to go into more details. As a result, her eyes drifted over to where the four people were standing around aimlessly and acting as if they've never had seen the inside of a nightclub before. Ruby had to wonder to herself who they could be and realized that Sakura was looking in that direction, as well. Thus, she had to ask Sakura if she knew who they were and what was going on.
"Do you know those four people over there?" asked Ruby inquiringly.
"Yeah, I know them. Come on I'll introduce them to you." Sakura said as she pulled Ruby with her to meet them. As soon as, Sakura got over to the group, she immediately began the introductions.
"Ruby, this is Mei Lin Li, and Tomoyo Daidouji they both go to my school." Sakura said calmly.
Ruby observed the two girls. They both had dark hair, except for the highlights, which were a different color, for one was red and the other was purple. She also noticed that they were trying to observe every detail of their surroundings. 'Looks like someone's afraid of something happening,' she thought to herself. Then she took in the sight of the young men that were standing to the left of the girls.
Right on cue, she made her move.
"Now who are these handsome gentlemen Sakura?" Ruby asked with a mischievous grin gracing her face. Sakura looked at Ruby and noticed the look in her friend's eyes. It was in that precise moment Sakura knew she would have to call off Ruby immediately.
"Well that's Syaoran Li; he's Mei Lin's cousin and that Eriol Hiiragizawa. He happens to be Tomoyo's boyfriend," said Sakura while stressing that last part clearly for Ruby to hear. When Sakura noticed that her friend's grin hadn't disappeared from her face, Sakura leaned next to her and whispered,
"Don't get any ideas Ruby, he's already got a girlfriend and I don't think she would appreciate you trying to steal him from her, all right so back off!"
At that comment, Ruby just nodded her head and gave Sakura a smirk that said, 'You can't blame a girl for trying," and with that she just shrugged her shoulders and wandered back to the bar leaving behind a confused Sakura in her wake. After that little scene, Sakura just turned to her new friends, gave them an apologetic smile, and said,
"Sorry about that, she's always like that around new people. Once you get to know her you'll understand how she works."
Mei Lin and Tomoyo nodded their heads in complete understanding, while the guys were just waiting to see what would happen next. Sakura finally decided to go look for Yukito figuring he was probably on the edge of calling out a search party. If she were lucky, he wouldn't overreact too much. Then again, after what happened last night she couldn't blame him. However, with everything going on Sakura completely forgot about what she was going to say about bringing Mei Lin, Tomoyo, Eriol, and Syaoran with her to Solaris.
With any luck, nothing serious would occur at this precise moment but at this point, anything was quite possible. For that reason, she figured she would just have to deal with it as it came. Sooner or later things would have to fall into their place anyway.
A/N: I am back! Here is a new chapter; hopefully it will be good for all you readers. So please review and be kind. Thank you!
