Dangerous Love
By TriGemini
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of C.C.S. only CLAMP does. Therefore, please do not sue.
Chapter 6: Introductions, Questions, and Unwanted Situations
While zigzagging through the various tables in the dim lighted room Sakura had to narrow her eyes so she could find Yukito. Then she remembered how he liked to sit towards the back when went to nightclubs.
'Yup! He never enjoyed sitting up in front unless he had a good reason to do so.' Sakura thought to herself as she let a grin grace her face. How she remembered making him and her brother sit in front sometimes. Of course, neither of them enjoyed it very much. They always enjoyed sitting in the back tables so they could eat and drink in peace, play cards, smoke, argue, and have private meetings with certain people. Her two favorite guys always sat there. If they weren't sitting there, the two of them would be hanging out in the backroom. However, only certain individuals were allowed in there. Mostly anybody who was important in the Pantera hierarchy, the leader himself, his second in command, and of course family.
Therefore, she slowly walked to the rear of the club in hopes of finding her friend. Everyone else just followed her lead.
Finally, after looking around for the last twenty minutes Sakura spotted Yukito. There he was as she had imagined earlier. Sitting at one of the tables in the far back, in his outfit from the previous night, with hint of concern on his face, and wondering still where she probably was. For that reason, she walked over to him in hopes that once he saw her he would be happy, and would stop worrying so much.
Both Mei Lin and Tomoyo followed Sakura to where she was going. Not to mention, both Eriol and Syaoran were behind the girls until something happened. Eriol's eyes scanned up ahead to the table where Sakura was heading. That was when he came to an abrupt halt causing Syaoran to bump into him. With a look of annoyance on his face, Syaoran couldn't understand why Eriol stopped. Therefore, he figured he should ask.
"Why did you stop Eriol?" asked Syaoran in a lowered voice. Eriol was silent for a moment, until he felt Syaoran try to shake him out of his stupor.
Eriol swiftly turned around to face Syaoran said, "You see the guy sitting at the table where the girls are heading?"
Syaoran looked over Eriol's shoulder and just nodded. Calmly Eriol continued, "Okay, that's the guy from last night…" he stopped for a moment to let Syaoran grasp what he meant.
Once more he continued, "The one who asked about the girl he was looking for. The one Mei Lin and Tomoyo saved from the club last night. In other words, bro…he was looking for Sakura. Don't you see if he finds out it was us from last night we could be in trouble."
Finally seeing Eriol's point of the matter. Syaoran again cursed Mei Lin silently for dragging him into some unwanted situation, as usual.
"Look Eriol the chances of him recognizing us is a long shot. Don't forget we had our helmets on last night. So let's not worry about it. Unless otherwise, all right. Come on let's catch up with the girls, relax, and make like last night ever happened," said Syaoran in a self-assured voice. Although to Eriol, he didn't seem that confident of the situation. He figured that Syaoran knew what he was doing. Therefore, he just followed suit and continued to walk to where the girls were.
At last, Sakura got to the table where Yukito sat. She immediately settled herself across the table from him and impishly asked, "Will you buy me a drink handsome?"
At the sound of her voice, Yukito looked up right away to see her sitting across from him.
"Where have you been?" he asked bluntly. He didn't mean for it to come out so direct but he'd been worried since the night before and here she was sitting across from him acting as if nothing had happened.
She shrugged her shoulders and calmly said, "Complicated story…tell you later…but just so you know I was saved by two friends who happened to be at the nightclub last night. They took me to their home and I've been there since I've called you. As for, the details about what happened last night. They're a bit fuzzy right now and I don't remember much. Except for the part that I swear, someone put something in my drink. That's really all I can say…honestly."
Yukito managed to take in every little thing that Sakura said. He especially caught the part about where Sakura was convinced that someone had put something in her drink. Because of that last remark, he did not like what it meant at all.
While thinking about what Sakura had said to him, he noticed two other girls sitting next to Sakura, and two guys at the end of the table. Both girls had dark hair and each had highlights of different colors, one red and the other purple. The two guys had dark hair also, even though one had a streak of silver going down the middle of his hair. Nevertheless, he was curious as to who they were so he looked over to Sakura with a look that said, 'Who are they?' Sakura in turn began to introduce the two girls next to her as she looked to Yukito and said, These are the two friends that me out last night."
Sakura then pointed to Mei Lin's direction and said, "That's Mei Lin Li…" Sakura a paused a moment so she could point at Tomoyo who was right next to Mei Lin and then continued, "and that's Tomoyo Daidouji. They both go to my school."
Yukito just nodded his head at both girls. He then looked in the direction of the two guys.
"As for, the two guys. That's Syaoran Li, he's Mei Lin's cousin," then Sakura pointed in his direction. Afterwards she pointed over to Eriol's direction, which in her opinion looked somewhat nervous just by sitting there in his seat and Sakura continued on, "That's Eriol Hiiragizawa, he is Tomoyo's boyfriend."
Once more, Yukito just nodded his head at the two guys. Seeing, as it was obvious to him that neither of the guys were going to say anything. Therefore, he looked back at Sakura who was wearing a huge Cheshire cat grin and he knew at once, what was coming.
"And this is Yukito Tsukishiro a family friend," she said cheerily. The others just acknowledged Yukito in return when Sakura made the introduction.
Afterwards complete silence and tension took over the table in which they all sat. For nobody knew exactly what to say or do. Therefore, Sakura decided to break the tension that was obviously hanging around them.
"So does anybody want anything to drink? It can't be an alcoholic drink because it's not after six o'clock yet. Still if you want something I could go get it at the bar," she asked.
Mei Lin and Tomoyo both looked over at the guys to see if it was all right to get something to drink. Syaoran nodded his head in approval to let the girls get a drink. Therefore, Mei Lin spoke up, "Sure Sakura why don't you get some for us."
"Okay!" said Sakura to Mei Lin. She then turned to Yukito and asked, "You want anything?"
Yukito shook his head no and said to Sakura, "Nah, I'll have something when we come back tonight, all right!"
"All right," said Sakura and with that said she headed for the bar.
As Sakura walked off towards the bar, Yukito looked over to the four 'guests' that had accompanied her. There was something about them that bothered him, he couldn't figure out what it was. Just that it was something and he was determined to find out the reason behind it. Hence, the best way to find out of course is to make conversation with them.
"So you two ladies go to school with Sakura. How long have you known her?" Yukito asked politely to both Mei Lin and Tomoyo.
The girls were somewhat surprised at the question he was asking them. Therefore, Mei Lin decided to answer for the two of them.
"We've only met her ever since yesterday, because both Tomoyo and I are new the school. We met Sakura outside of the school building and she offered to help us seeing as how we didn't know our way around."
Yukito just sat there looking at Mei Lin as she told him this new bit of information. It left him wondering, 'Now why would two people start a new school practically near the end of the semester?' To be quite honest he couldn't understand it fully. For that reason, he believed he needed to know more about these people. Therefore, he continued to ask some more questions, for he believed that as long as they were simple questions nobody should become suspicious.
"So are you two from around here?" Yukito asked offhandedly.
"Not exactly, Mei Lin and I moved here from Hong Kong." Tomoyo said smilingly.
"Why did you move from Hong Kong?" asked Yukito inquiringly.
That was when an unexpected voice spoke up.
"My parents sent me and Eriol to look after some business investments. As for, Mei Lin and Tomoyo the two of them just wanted to be near us. So all in all our presence is valid," said Syaoran in a distant voice.
Yukito just looked at the young man seated at the end of the table and could tell that there was a tinge of hostility in the context, as well. As a result, Yukito decided to back off on the questions for now. Nevertheless, to him there seemed to be something not right and decided he had to find out what it was.
After the discussion in which the group had, Sakura returned to the table with the drinks she had ordered for her friends. She placed the tray of drinks onto the table and immediately sat back down where she had been before. She then turned around to face the four people sitting next to her and said, "I wasn't quite sure what to get everybody so I ordered for you all. I do hope you like them." Then she handed each of them a glass with a different beverage from the tray that was in front of her.
As soon as she gave, the first one to Mei Lin. Mei Lin got curious as to what the drink was so she asked, "What kinds of drinks are these Sakura?"
Once Sakura finished passing out the drinks to everybody else, she looked back to Mei Lin so she could answer her question.
"Well for you, Mei Lin I ordered a Frosty. It's a scoop of vanilla ice cream, with regular milk, and some Nestlé Quik mixed into it. For Tomoyo I ordered a Vanilla Coke. It has Southern Comfort, which is dark liquor, Dr. McGillicuddy's Vanilla Schnapps, and Coca Cola. However, for Syaoran and Eriol, I got the both of them a Brazilian Chocolate. It has coffee, which is half-and-half cream, water, sugar, chocolate, vanilla extract, cinnamon, and a dash of salt. For myself I got a Peach Melba. It has peach nectar, raspberries, two scoops of ice cream, and whole-sliced peaches. Of course, if you want something really strong to drink, the best time then is to order them around 7 P.M. that's when Solaris serves its alcoholic beverages," Sakura said knowledgeably.
It occurred to Mei Lin and Tomoyo that they thought that Sakura knew too much about the nightclub they were in right now. Nevertheless, being the curious one as always Mei Lin had to ask.
"How do you know so much about this place Sakura?" Mei Lin asked inquisitively.
That question left Sakura stumped. Not to mention, quite nervous for she wasn't sure how to answer that particular question. 'I can't just say to them that I own the place, I mean sure I could. Then that would lead to more questions and frankly, I'm not really up to playing twenty questions tonight. For it seems that I have other things to worry about now. However, for the moment I need to get out of this situation fast. Since it's obvious, that Mei Lin likes to ask many questions I had better watch myself when I'm around Tomoyo and her.' Sakura thought as she tried to come up with a reasonable excuse. Even from where he sat, Yukito could tell that Sakura was struggling for an idea. Therefore, he figured he would help her out.
"He brother used to bring her a lot when she was younger. That's why she knows so much about the place," he said hastily as he tried to be very convincing to the guests that were at the table.
After this statement was said everyone just stared at Yukito Sakura on her part, was still reeling from the fact that Yukito lied for her. Not that she had a problem with it. Still he was lying to a bunch of strangers. Sakura looked around the table to see everybody's reactions at that precise moment. Mei Lin for her part was a bit baffled by Yukito's answer. Because it wasn't the sort of answer, she was expecting to hear. Tomoyo looked shocked by the news. Even though, Sakura couldn't blame her for it, especially at the idea of an older brother taking his younger sister to a nightclub. Of course, most people wouldn't probably believe it either. As for Eriol, he just raised his eyebrows in a questioning gaze and looked as if he was pondering the validity of the answer Yukito had provided. In other words, Sakura was convinced that he didn't believe a single word that had been said. Whereas Syaoran on the other hand sat with an expressionless face and his piercing, eyes said everything that needed to be said. What is more, it clearly said to Sakura, 'that I'm not that easily fooled and I know you're hiding something. And I'm going to find out…eventually.'
With that, particular moment over Sakura turned back into her seat and just drank the beverage she had before her. The rest of the time was spent in complete silence with nobody not saying anything.
Once all the drinks were finished, Yukito insisted that it was time to get going. As soon as they all went out to the front, they parted ways. As Mei Lin, Tomoyo, Eriol, and Syaoran walked over to where they had parked they all saw Sakura get into Yukito's car.
Without any minutes, passing the most unthinkable occurred at that moment. A couple of guys in hooded black jackets whizzed by unceremoniously by Yukito's vehicle.
The first thing that was heard was the shots that rang out. After that, what froze Mei Lin and the rest of her friends was when they heard Sakura's shout.
"NO!"
A/N: I am back again. It's been a long semester and I've been incredibly busy. First there's the Anime Club I'm in, next there's the A-KON the Anime convention in Dallas which some of us are planning to go to this summer. Of course, there's Cosplay 101 that we're going to do. Therefore, I'm pretty busy. Nevertheless, I solemnly swear that I will start Ch.7 this weekend. So keep hope that I am going to continue this. Again, I'll thank you for being patient with me. The reviews that I get keep me going. Therefore, be kind and review for me and just tell me how this story is going…alright. Until then.
