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Syaoran's Angels

Chapter 12: Revelations

"Who are you?" the woman demanded.

"Who are you?" Sakura snapped back, "How dare you kidnap my father!"

"He's your father?" the woman gestured at Fujitaka, "I feel sorry for you."

"Why?" Sakura growled furiously.

"Because you have a murderer for a father."

Sakura stared at her blinking in confusion.

"What?" Sakura choked, "You're lying."

"No, I'm not," the woman smirked, "Your father is a murderer."

"He murdered Nadeshiko Kinomoto."

There was a few seconds pause.

"What?" she managed to gasp finally.

The woman turned to Fujitaka who was still bound to the pipe.

"You haven't told her? I wonder why," the woman asked mockingly than her eyes hardened, "Is it because you don't want your little girl to know you're a cold-blooded murderer?"

Fujitaka stared at her in confusion and with sadness in his eyes.

"I never killed my wife," he said softly before closing his eyes.

Sakura knew that the subject of her mother was still a bit sensitive to her father and she couldn't help but wonder why. Was it really because he had murdered her?

She closed her eyes.

No way.

No way in hell.

Her father has always loved her mother, why else would he be single and had never been on a date after her death? No, her father was no a murderer, he was the one who had looked after her ever since she was a baby. The sweet, caring man who had raised her couldn't be a murderer.

That she knew for sure.

"He. Is. Not. A. Murderer," Sakura growled make each word sound like a sentence.

"Listen little girl," the woman snapped, "I applaud your courage for trying to rescue your father but go home and play with your dolls before you get injured."

"Why don't you go home before I injure you?" Sakura snarled back.

"Bring it on."

Without any warning, the woman lashed out at Sakura, her arm going for Sakura's face. Sakura caught her arm and swung her around throwing her into the wall.

"Ding, ding," Sakura smirked, "Round one."

The woman recovered instantly whirling around and backhanded Sakura in the face with a close fist. The American Angel winced but retaliated by leaping up into the air and spin-kicked the woman in the chest. She stumbled backwards but the fight was far from over.

Sakura grimaced as the woman landed a swift kick to her ribs followed up by a roundhouse punch to the head. Her vision went grey for a few seconds as the side of her head exploded into mind-numbing pain, fighting against the excruciating pain Sakura managed to land a solid punch to the woman's stomach. The woman keeled over as Sakura elbowed her in the back of the head.

"You're good," the woman muttered through gritted teeth as she slowly straightened.

Sakura merely smirked and shifted into a fighter's stance, the woman shifted into a stance of her own.

"But I'm better," the woman growled.

They lunged at each other once more. With a loud warcry the woman aimed a flying kick straight at Sakura's face. Sakura grabbed the woman's leg and using the leg as support leapt into the air and planted two solid kicks on the woman's ribs. The woman grimaced but managed to grab Sakura's foot before the younger woman could pull away.

"BAM!"

Sakura's teeth rattled as the woman threw her over her shoulders and into the ground. She lay there stunned for a few seconds as she blinked furiously trying to clear her vision. Dimly she saw the woman leap into the air and came plummeting down towards her, legs outstretched ready to finish her off with a final kick.

"SAKURA!" her father yelled frantically.

Somehow Sakura managed to get her battered body to respond in time. Hurriedly she rolled away just as the woman's foot struck the ground just missing Sakura's body by mere centimetres.

The woman grimaced as her foot struck the hard ground causing jolts of pain to shoot up her leg. Sakura hurriedly flipped onto her foot and kicked the woman legs out from under her causing her to fall to the ground but before Sakura could take advantage of it, the woman swept her legs around knocking Sakura down as well.

"You're better than I thought," the woman said with a hint of surprise in her voice.

"Well, what do you know?" Sakura retorted, "I'm just full of surprises."

The woman sent her an evil grin.

"I'm just sorry this has to end."

"Me too."

This time Sakura attacked first trying to uppercut the woman in the stomach, she blocked it expertly and threw a punch at Sakura, which the Angel deftly blocked as well.

They continued battling throwing complex combinations of punches and kicks at each other, some landed but most were blocked. They were amazing too watch, two skilled fighters locked in combat. Punches and kicks that were little more than flesh-coloured blurs were somehow blocked with amazing speed. Each had bruises on various parts of their bodies and probably had enough injuries to send a normal person to hospital but they still forged on neither willing to give up.

Sakura hurriedly blocked a swing aimed for her head and used her other arm to block a kick aimed for her stomach. Suddenly the woman's other arm snaked out and socked Sakura in the stomach. Sakura gasped in pain as her arms dropped a few centimetres. It was enough.

"CRACK!" with a bone-crunching crack the woman's fist slammed into Sakura's face.

Sakura slammed into the wall and slumped down to the ground her vision going black as she tried to fight back the pain and stand up. She managed to rise shakily to her feet but than her legs crumpled beneath her as her head exploded into pain causing a low moan of pain to escape her lips. She fell down once more as her whole body throbbed with pain.

"Game over, little girl," the woman managed to smile in satisfaction even though she was gasping for breath.

"Level one complete," a new voice said from behind them.

"Now entering level two," another voice added anger evident in her voice.

"What the?" the woman whirled around in time to see two well-aimed kicks slam into her chest sending her flying back.

She hit the wall as her head snap back creating a loud crack as the back of her skull made contact with the hard bricks. Sakura winced at the sound as the woman collapsed, knocked out cold.

"Jeez, Sakura," one of her rescuers muttered, "You could have waited up for us."

Sakura looked up.

"Meiling?! Tomoyo?!" she gasped, "Ho.. ho... how?"

Meiling sighed as she helped Sakura to her feet. Tomoyo merely smirked.

"Oh come on," Tomoyo said with a raised eyebrow, "All I had to do was to hack into Spinnel Corporation's computer network and voila! I find out where your father was being held."

Sakura blushed as she realised she should have just asked her friend to help rather then go solo against the company.

"Well, I was rather... angry at that time," Sakura said defensively.

"Whoa, if that was you angry I hate to see you on a murderous rampage," Tomoyo informed her, "You do realise you've blown up part of Spinnel Corporation building and cause mass paranoia about terrorists attacks?"

"Whoops," Sakura said with a slight shrug.

"Whoops? Whilst I admire you for your courage somehow I don't think it was the wisest course of action," Meiling retorted with a hint of amusement in her voice, "your plan was way over the top."

"Yeah," Tomoyo agreed sending a mischievous grin at Meiling, "It was something I thought Meiling will come up with."

"Ha, ha," Meiling said sarcastically, "You're soooo funny."

Sakura ignored her friends' bantering and turned to her father who was staring at her in shock.

"Don't worry dad," she said reassuringly, "We'll get you out of here."

She turned back to her friend.

"Who's the other guy?" she asked gesturing towards the other man also handcuffed to the pipe.

"He's one of my co-workers," Fujitaka managed to say through his shock.

They looked at the man who was still unconscious, slumped against his restraints. Meiling was silent as she studied him closely.
"Professor Haddock?" she asked.

Fujitaka nodded.

"Yes, James Haddock."

The Angels stood there for a few seconds as they digested that piece of information.

"Okay, let's get you of out here," Tomoyo announced.

"The handcuffs?" Sakura asked.

Tomoyo smirked at her as she reached into her pockets and took out a small leather pouch. She opened it revealing the many oddly shaped strands of wires inside, the metal glowing dully in the dim light.

"Lock picks."

"What about her?" Meiling spoke up gesturing towards the knocked out woman.

The Angels stared at each other.

Meiling's eyes flickered to the handcuffs.

Sakura and Tomoyo caught the look and glanced at each other.

"Uh oh."

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"Somehow I don't think this is a great idea."

"You've got a better plan?" Meiling asked with a small shrug.

Sakura shook her head.

"Guess not."

The girls were sitting inside a luxurious bedroom with the knocked out woman handcuffed to a chair in front of them. The bedroom complete with soft velvet curtains and expensive brand furniture was just one room in the massive mansion in the heart of one of Hong Kong's busiest cities.

"And you own this mansion?" Sakura asked Meiling still enchanted with the building.

Meiling's cheeks turned slightly pink as she shrugged trying to hide her discomfort.

"Well, technically it belongs to my family but since they're not here... yeah, it's pretty much mine."

"Wow."

Tomoyo seemed indifferent to the opulence of the mansion but than again she was fairly rich herself. Meiling and Sakura didn't know the full details but knew that Tomoyo had inherited quite a large sum of money from one of her relatives. The details were a bit vague but they knew that Tomoyo didn't like talking about it.

"Okay, back to the topic here," Tomoyo interrupted, "Who is she?"

Meiling and Sakura shrugged.

Tomoyo sighed.

"I'll contact Syaoran and see what I can find out... Sakura?"

"I'm going to talk to my dad," Sakura pulled a face wincing slightly at the thought of the task ahead and walked out the room into the brightly lit hallway.

She strolled down the hall noting the thick gold-coloured carpet she walked on. The vibrant colour of the fabric suited the light cream-coloured walls perfectly making the hallway feel sunny, bright and cheerful.

Sakura stopped in front of one of the doors to her left. Taking a deep breath and steadying her nerves, she finally managed to pluck up her courage and open the door.

Her father was sitting on a chair facing a window overlooking the busy street beneath. The soundproof walls of the mansion blocked out the sounds of the urban jungle outside and right at this moment Sakura thought the silence was more disturbing then any noise created by the busy city below.

Even Sakura had to smile as she saw the irony of the situation.

She could take down a whole platoon of criminals, gang leaders and commandos without blinking an eyelid but she was terrified when it came to speaking to her father.

"Dad?" she asked tentatively.

Fujitaka continued to look at the window without responding to his daughter.

"Umm... dad... right now I bet you are really confused and probably very shocked," Sakura rambled on uncomfortably, "And you're probably wondering what the hell just happened. Well, to start right at the beginning I'm an..."

"You're an Angel, I know," her father cut her off.

Sakura gaped at him stunned into silence. Her mouth opened and closed as she tried to form words.

"Wha... what... what?!" she finally managed to gasp faintly.

Fujitaka smiled at her sadly.

"Ho... how.. wha... howdoyouknow?" Sakura stammered her words running together due to her shock.

Fujitaka continued to smile at her sadly, Sakura fidgeted uncomfortably as her father remained silent staring at her with a faraway expression on his face.

"Because your mother was an Angel as well."

Sakura stood there for a few seconds blinking slowly as her mind worked furiously trying to digest the piece of information that had just been given to her.

"WHAT?!" she almost screamed at him disbelievingly.

Fujitaka remained silent as he watched his daughter's face seeing the shock that registered there. She was gaping at him in shock trying to understand the magnitude of what he had just said. He smiled sadly thinking once again how much she looked like her mother... Nadeshiko...

He sighed wistfully.

"Your mother was an Angel and judging from your hand-to-hand combat with that woman you're also an Angel," he said softly, "Your mother told me just before we got married..."

Sakura opened her mouth to speak but Fujitaka raised his hands cutting her off.

"She had been an Angel for a long, long time and was very successful in what she did. She continued to work for her boss and stopped briefly whilst she was pregnant with you then a few months after you were born she went back to work. Three years later she died..." Fujitaka trailed off unable to continue on.

"How did she die?" Sakura demanded suddenly realising something, "Did she really die in a car accident like you told me?"

She prayed to god that he hadn't been lying all those years when he told her about her mother's death but her heart sank as Fujitaka closed his eyes and shook his head sadly. She closed her eyes trying to get a grip on her emotions.

"H.. h.. how?" she asked faintly.

Fujitaka looked at her as tears slowly descended down his cheeks lying behind a glittering trail.

"She was k... killed," he said softly sorrow evident in his voice, "She was shot."

Sakura felt whole body tremble and she dimly realised that tears were running down her face. Her mind seemed to be going numb as she slowly clenched her fists, fury causing her emerald eyes to light up.

"Who?" she growled, "Who did it? Who killed her?"

Fujitaka shook his head sorrowfully.

"I don't know," he said dully.

Sakura continued to stare at him, the fury that had coursed through her body fading. What remained was sorrow, regret and... betrayal.

He had lied to her.

For all those years...

How could he?

Not once did she stop to think that she had been lying to him hiding the fact that she was an Angel. She was too caught up in her own pain and anger to even think about that.

"Why didn't you tell me?" she asked in a clipped tone.

Fujitaka stared at her.

"You were three for god's sakes!" he protested.

"No," Sakura cut him off, "Why didn't you tell me for all these years? Why did you keep it a secret?"

Fujitaka remained silent as Sakura waited impatiently for his answer.

"I wanted to protect you," he said quietly.

"From what?" Sakura snapped, "The truth?"

"NO! No," Fujitaka yelled with a pained look on his face, "It was just tha... that..."

"What?" Sakura bit off coldly, "What was it that stopped you from telling me?"

Fujitaka opened his mouth to speak but was cut off as the door opened. Tomoyo poked her head in and blinked seeing the furious look in Sakura's eyes.

"Umm... yeah..." she began hesitantly, "Sakura, we're going to contact Syaoran. James Haddock just woke up and gave us information about the second book."

Sakura nodded curtly.

"I'm coming," she said anger evident in her voice.

Tomoyo nodded and closed the door fleeing down the hallway not wanting to witness a fight between Sakura and her father.

"We'll talk later," Sakura told her father curtly as she turned her back to him and walked out.

As Sakura left Fujitaka buried his face in his hands and wondered sorrowfully how it had come to this.

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Meiling took one look at Sakura's stormy face and wisely didn't ask her how her talk with her father go instead she concentrated on the task at hand. The three girls were seating on a sofa in the vast, luxurious living room as Tomoyo knelt over and began typing into laptop she had sent up onto the mahogany coffee table standing in front of them. Attached to the laptop by a series of wires was a small cream-coloured speaker box. Tomoyo tapped in the final digit and sat back watching as the speaker box crackled to life.

"Good morning Angels," Syaoran's deep voice came in through the speaker box.

"Good morning Syaoran!" the girls chorused.

After a short pause Syaoran's voice spoke up again, this time all three of them could detect the confusion in his voice.

"Ah girls... my computer tells me you're in Hong Kong... am I right?"

Tomoyo blinked in surprise upon hearing that, she was sure she had made the connection secure... As Tomoyo puzzled over Syaoran's ability to track down where they were, Meiling answered the question.

"Yes, we're in Hong Kong. We've managed to track down and rescue James Haddock as well as Sakura's father..."

"Wait a minute, Sakura's father was kidnapped as well?"

Meiling nodded and then blushed realising Syaoran couldn't see her.

"He was but we rescued him. They were held by this mysterious woman..." Meiling proceeded to describe the woman and Sakura's fight with her, "... she was extremely skilled. She managed to beat Sakura but me and Tomoyo managed to knock her out . She's with us, safely handcuffed to a chair."

There was a slight pause on the other line.

"Wait a minute," Syaoran said urgently, "Describe her to me again."

Meiling complied describing the woman in greater detail.

"And she beat Sakura in a fight?" Syaoran was beginning to sound perplexed.

"Yeah," Meiling answered shooting a look at Sakura who was still deep in her thoughts thinking about what her father had said.

"I don't believe it," Syaoran gasped, "Kiyone Miller!"

All three girls stared at the speaker shock in surprise.

"You know her?" Tomoyo demanded.

"She is... well, was an Angel and she worked for my f... somebody I use to know," Syaoran explained.

"An Angel?!" Sakura looked up at the speaker box in shock.

The other two Angels echoed the same sentiments. They had all known they had been previous Angels before them but they never though they'd actually meet one... or fight one.

Sakura was starting to hyperventilate. The woman was an ex-Angel. She had said something about her father murdering her mother. Did that mean she knew her mother who had also been an Angel?

Oh god, does that mean the woman may know who might have killed her mother?

Sakura gritted her teeth.

She was going to find out.

Then there will be hell to pay.

With much difficulty she switched her attention back to the conversation between her friends and Syaoran.

"James Haddock told you about the location of the second book?" Syaoran quizzed.

"Umm... not exactly," Tomoyo began.

There was a slight pause on the other line as Tomoyo hastened to explain.

"He told us that none of the archaeologists have any idea where the site was actually located except that it was somewhere in the Altai Mountains in the Mongolia."

"No specific information?" Syaoran asked.

Tomoyo shook her head and then blushed realising Syaoran can't see her.

"No and since the mountain range extends from the west of Mongolia to the south, it will be pretty much impossible to find the site without specific locations."

Syaoran sighed.

"How is that possible?" he wondered.

"Excuse me?" Tomoyo asked not quite understanding what he was asking.

"How did they keep it a secret from the archaeologists? The location I mean."

"Oh," Tomoyo sighed and began explaining, "Apparently this dig was extremely important to the history of both China and Mongolia with a lot of vital information concerning the war between the two empires during the Imperial ages. The dig was being funded by both the Chinese and Mongolian government as well as a wealthy businessman and all of them wanted to keep it top secret to keep away smugglers and thieves."

Tomoyo took a deep breath and continued.

"Expert archaeologists were invited from all over the world and all arrived at Ulaanbaatar International Airport on the same day. James Haddock told us they were escorted into a bus, which had tinted windows so they couldn't see outside and were drive to the site without being told where they were. They worked there for about a year before they were all sent home after the project was finished."

"Great," Syaoran sighed, "Does he know anything about the location?"

"No."

Syaoran sighed again.

"Tomoyo, did you say that the governments were backing up the dig?"

"Yes."

"I want you to hack into their computers and try to get the location."

"I'm on it," Tomoyo told him confidently.

"And girls?"

"Yes?" they all asked at the same time.

"I want you to talk to Kiyone Miller and ask her why she thought Sakura's father murdered his wife. I think there is more to that than just a case of false information."

Sakura nodded her head.

"I'll talk to her," she said determination and a hint of anger evident in her voice.

Meiling and Tomoyo exchanged worried glances and wisely kept their mouths shut.

"Good luck Sakura," Syaoran told her.

Then he spoke to the trio of them.

"Good luck Angels."

"Bye, Syaoran!" the girls chorused.

The speaker box went dead as the girls looked at each other.

"Let's get to work," Meiling said standing up.

The other two Angels stood up and nodded. With that all three split up and went their separate ways.

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Tomoyo sat in one of the many spare bedrooms within the mansion, her laptop set up on a desk in front of her. Stretching her back she leaned forward and got to work her hands flying over the keyboards as she tried to gain access into the government computers.

Access Denied. The message flashed across the screen in bold red flashing letters. Tomoyo shrugged and tried again.

Access Denied.

Tomoyo rolled her eyes and sighed and hunkered down for a long, long day.

This was going to take a while.

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Meiling switched on the lights and smiled in satisfaction seeing everything was as she had left it all those years ago.

The metal of equipment captured the light causing it to glow slightly, highlighting the perfect condition they were in.

Weights, punching bags, treadmills, exercise machines or all shapes and description were laid out in systematic order within the expansive gym. Meiling smiled to herself and shed off her jacket stretching her legs and arms in anticipation.

Confidently she strolled up to a large punching bag dangling down from the wall and kicked it with all her strength.

The bag flew backwards swinging around wildly as Meiling grinned.

"This feels good."

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When Kiyone Miller opened her brilliant teal eyes she was greeted with the sight of the auburn-haired girl she had been fighting perched on top of a stool in front of her.

Kiyone gritted her teeth as her head ached dully. She tried to stand up but discovered to her shock and fury that she was somehow bound to the chair she was sitting in.

"What the hell are you staring at?" she snarled at the girl who was studying her carefully.

"An Angel," Sakura replied calmly.

That caused Kiyone to blink slowly as that piece of information sank into her head.

"How the hel..." she began.

"Did I know you were an Angel?" Sakura asked cutting her off, "Simple, Syaoran told me."

"And who is Syaoran?" Kiyone demanded.

"My boss."

Kiyone scowled.

"And let me guess, your boss wants you to put a metal slug in my head."

"Not exactly," Sakura smirked, "He wants me to talk to you."

"Listen girlie," Kiyone growled, "No matter how much you interrogate me I ain't telling you anything."

"I'm an Angel as well," Sakura said quietly.

Kiyone's jaw dropped as she stared at her in confusion.

"Wha... what?!" she asked slowly.

"I'm an Angel just like you where. Syaoran is my boss," Sakura took a deep breath, "I want to talk to you about my mother."

Kiyone blinked.

"Who's your mother?"

"Here is a little clue," Sakura smirked, "I'm Sakura Kinomoto."

The ex-Angel's jaw dropped again as she gaped at her. Then slowly she studied the younger woman carefully taking note of her now-familiar face and the aura of confidence and kindness she exuded.
"Nadeshiko's daughter!" Kiyone gasped realising who she looked and acted like.

"Yes," Sakura nodded, "My mother."

Sakura took a deep breath.

"Tell me about her."

Kiyone sighed and looked off into space her eyes taking on a faraway look.

"I really didn't know much about your mother except she was married and had a daughter. You see, Nadeshiko and two other women were the original Angels but one of them was injured on a mission and I was sent to replace her. Me, Nadeshiko and Lara, who was the other Angel, worked for about three months together. But then one night on a mission everything went wrong..." Kiyone took a deep breath as she relived the night Sakura's mother had died, "We were meant to go inside a factory and steal the blueprints of a new missile this corrupted company was planning to build. However we were making our getaway as a whole army of guards descended on us. In the confusion that followed, we got separated. The next thing I knew I could hear gunshots. I fought my way out and several minutes later Lara came out..."

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Flashback

"Lara!" Kiyone gasped seeing her fellow Angel.

The blonde-haired Angel was gasping her breath as she sprinted towards Kiyone.

"Where's Nadeshiko?" Kiyone demanded.

Lara stared at her with haunted eyes. Kiyone understood straight away.

"No! She can't be!" she screamed at the blonde-haired woman.

Lara nodded numbly.

"I saw who it was. I saw how tipped them off..." she murmured softly, "It wa... it was..."

"Who?" Kiyone demanded.

"Fujitaka... Fujitaka Kinomoto..." Lara looked at her in horror.

"Who the hell is that?" Kiyone screamed at her.

"Nadeshiko's husband."

Kiyone gaped at her but before she could react the whole area was flooded with bright light.
"There they are!" a voice cried.

"RUN!" Lara screamed.

The two Angels fled sprinting as fast as they could. Kiyone turned towards her fellow Angel to see how she was going and stared in horror as a dot of red light appeared on the woman's back.

"LARA!!" she screamed.

"BANG!"

The gun went off as a bullet followed the red beam hurtling at Lara faster then the eye could see. Lara turned around to see what was happening and opened her mouth in a silent scream as the bullet ripped into her body. She collapsed kicking feebly.

"Run," she gasped to Kiyone, "RUN!"

With tears in her eyes, Kiyone shot one last desperate look at Lara and fled running as fast as she could.

Behind her, somewhere in the factory and lying on the cold hard concrete ground, lay the bodies of Nadeshiko and Lara.

End of flashback

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"Oh god," Sakura murmured, "They both died?"

Kiyone nodded her head slowly.

"I'm sorry," she murmured sorrowfully, "I should have saved them."

Sakura bit her lip and stared Kiyone squarely in the eye, "Don't be. You couldn't have them anymore then you did. But I'll tell you this right now. My father did not kill my mother. I promise you that he didn't."

"Can you be sure of that?" Kiyone asked smiling crookedly.

Sakura opened her mouth to argue but found she had no answer to that question.

"He just didn't," she murmured softly, "I just know it."

She walked to Kiyone and got out a key from her pocket. She knelt down and unlocked the handcuffs securing the ex-Angel.

"You're free to go but don't go after my father," Sakura stared at her letting the ex-Angel see the coldness in her eyes, "If you do I swear I'll kill you."

Kiyone merely nodded her head and left the room. Sakura stared at the open door before walking slowly to the bed and collapsing onto it.

Only then did she allow the sadness and sorrow building inside of her to release itself as tears flowed down her face.

Mom, I don't know if you can hear me but I promise you I will make them pay. Whoever killed you will pay. I swear on it.

Sakura smiled crookedly through her tears and closed her eyes allowing the weariness inside her body and soul to take over as she sank into blissful oblivion.

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Tomoyo smiled as she tapped the enter key.

Access granted.

"Finally," she murmured.

She quickly looked through all the computer files until she came to one she wanted. Tomoyo read the file as a grin spread across her face.

"Bingo."

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Tomoyo glanced at the sheet of paper she held and explained to Syaoran through the speaker box as well as Meiling and Sakura what was going on.

"As you all know the dig was also funded by a wealthy businessman. Tonight right here in Hong Kong, Mr. Ryan Trong will be holding a formal dinner party at his mansion. The purpose of this party is to show off the artefacts found at the site to many important delegates and government officials in the Hong Kong government," Tomoyo explained.

"Very good, Tomoyo," Syaoran praised, "But how does this help us."

"I propose either Sakura or Meiling infiltrate the party and somehow gain access to Mr. Trong's computers. I will give them a disk by uploading the disk on to the computer I will be able to gain access into it and hopefully find the information we need."

"Can't you just hack into it?" Syaoran asked.

Tomoyo shook her head.

"I can't. Mr. Trong's computers will be protected by state-of-the-art protection programs even though I can bypass all of those I don't know enough specific information about his computer to gain access into it."

"Okay," Syaoran sighed, "Who will be infiltrating the party."

Meiling looked at Sakura who nodded.

"I will."

"Good," Tomoyo glanced down at her papers and frowned, "However there is one slight problem..."

"What?" Syaoran asked.

"This dinner party is extremely formal, which means invitation guest only. It will be impossible to penetrate the security systems and guards installed within the mansion," Tomoyo sighed, "Which means we need to get hold of an invitation."

Surprisingly it was Syaoran who came up with the solution.

"I may know somehow who may have received an invitation," Syaoran told them suddenly, "Sakura get dressed for a formal party and get ready. Stand at Meiling's mansion's gate at 8 o'clock sharp and a limo should be there to pick you up."

"Ooo... a limo..." Sakura grinned wickedly.

Tomoyo and Meiling rolled their eyes and sighed.

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Sakura nervously plucked at the neckline of the simple but elegant black dress she wore. It hugged her body perfectly clinging her body at all the right places. A pair of diamond earrings and a silver necklace completed the simple but stunning attire. She glanced around wearily waiting for her ride.

At exactly 8 o'clock, a black limo rolled up to the gate. The chauffeur got out and smiled charmingly at Sakura.

"Good evening, Ms. Kinomoto," he said politely, "My employer is waiting for you."

He opened the limo's door as Sakura got in.

The first thing Sakura noticed was that a man aged in his late twenties to early thirties was reclining in the limo's leather seat. Sakura sucked in her breath as she studied the handsome man. He looked at with burning amber eyes and smiled disarmingly at her.

"Hello, you must be Sakura," he grinned as he grabbed hold of her left hand and politely kissed the back of it.

Sakura was still speechless as she looked at the man's glistening brown hair and impeccable tuxedo.

"I'm Xiaolang."

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Next chapter:

With the help of the new mysterious strange, Xiaolang, Sakura infiltrates the dinner party and attempts to grab hold of the information vital towards their recovering of the second book. However will she failed or succeed? And who exactly is Xiaolang? All these questions answered and so much more in... Masquerades and missions.

A/Note: Before anybody asks, yes Xiaolang is in fact Syaoran so it is going to get very, very interesting. However I'm still unsure if this is going to be a S/S fic, I think it would be very hard for that particular relationship to work. But who knows what will happen?

And on another note, Kiyone Miller was another character created by a Syaoran's Angels competition winners... 4 down. 2 to go...

So if you are a winner and you character has not featured yet... sorry! But they will appear.

And don't worry we'll be seeing more of Kiyone Miller very soon.

And to all those reviewers... THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT!! Sorry about the low delays in between each chapter but my term break is coming up soon so maybe I'll get another two chapters in very soon... (I hope). But there is no real point in reviewing me and asking questions about the plot and how respective storylines will turn out. I WILL NOT SAY A WORD no matter how much you beg.

Sorry (shrugs) but that's how it works.

So keep up the good work and REVIEW! THANK YOU!