Sakura slowly opened her eyes. She looked around her dark room and prayed it was all a dream. It had been three days since her parents were murdered, and today was the day of the funeral. To make matters worse she wouldn't even get to stay around after it. Her Uncle had ordered that she leave for Hong Kong at once. He said that it was too dangerous for her to stay in Japan. Someone was supposed to be at the funeral today to take her away.
Sakura pulled the covers back over her head. 'I don't want to go. I just want to stay as close to them as possible.' For the past three days she hadn't left her room. She cried until she had no more tears left. Sleeping was hard for her. She was constantly waking up to nightmares of the tragic day.
Sakura pulled the covers back down and looked at her clock. 9:21. She slowly got up not even bothering to stretch out. She hopped into the shower and let the water beat down on her bare skin. As she thought about it, Sakura realized that she hadn't showered since it happened.
She got out of the shower and went to her closet. She looked in it, but couldn't find anything that seemed appropriate to wear. She needed something that was black, but not something that you would wear everyday. Sakura wanted something special to honor their memory. At that time she heard a knock on the door.
"Just a minute." She said as she put on her robe. When she answered the door she was surprised at who she saw. "Tomoyo, what are you doing here?"
"I was sent by Ryuian to take you to Hong Kong. He sends his apologies for not being able to be as his brother's funeral, but he had pressing matters to attend to." Tomoyo answered business like.
Sakura didn't even know what to think. Standing in front of her was her only friend and cousin talking like they had never met.
Tomoyo's words finally hit Sakura like a brick, he wasn't coming. Sakura grabbed Tomoyo and pulled her into the room to talk in privacy. "What do you mean he won't be here? What could possibly be more important then this?" Sakura whispered in a deadly tone.
At that point Tomoyo broke down into tears. "I don't know. I wish I did but I don't. He won't tell me anything anymore. I hate it. I'm his daughter for goodness sake. He is supposed to be there for me but he never is. I'm sorry I don't mean to do this now."
It happened every time that Tomoyo came to Japan. She would cry at the fact that Ryuian, despite being an excellent leader, was a horrible father. "No more talk of that. Here take this. I made it for you; I thought you might need it."
Sakura went to her bed and sat down. She slowly pulled the ribbon off of the box that Tomoyo had given her and pulled off the lid. Her mouth dropped as she pulled the contents out of the box. "Oh Tomoyo, this is perfect. This is exactly what I was looking for."
In Sakura's hands was a full length black dress. Light weight and simple. It had a low, square cut neck line, and three quarter length sleeves. It fell strait down with pleats at the bottom so she could walk. There was no slit or designs on it. It was simple but elegant and exactly what Sakura wanted.
She looked at her friend and gave her a hug. "You have no idea what this means to me."
"I think I have an idea." Tomoyo said.
The rest of the day went past in a blur. Sakura couldn't remember any of the condolences that she had been given, any of the priest's words, or even any of her own thoughts. All she remembered was people crying, but she couldn't bring herself to cry anymore. She wanted to cry and yell, but nothing would come. She had gone numb to it all.
As Sakura sat in the plane later that evening watching Japan disappear, her first conscious thought in hours came to her. "Tomoyo," she asked, "Do your people know who I am?"
Tomoyo looked at her strangely for a second, "What do you mean 'Who you are'"?
Sakura let out a sad sign, "Tomoyo, let's face it, in Japan everyone knows that I am the daughter of Natasha and Francis. They know that in a year, when I am of age, I will come back and take over the Dragons. That puts me as a constant target for other gangs and you know what came of that. But I won't be in Japan anymore. I'll be in Hong Kong and I can start all over. I'm sick of danger; I don't want to have to always be on guard wondering where they're coming from next. I don't want to be Ryuian's niece. I don't want people to know that one day I am going to take over the Dragon's. I want to be, for the first time in my life, a normal girl in the gang. I just want to be Sakura. I want to be able to make friends and not intimidate people with my status."
Tomoyo looked at her sad friend and sighed. "Sakura they are going to find eventually. You command respect without even meaning to. Your high stature in the gang flows through your blood and is visible in how you present yourself. People are going to realize that you are someone important."
"I know all that. But I have an idea to get around it. There has been talk for many years of uniting our two clans. Well what are we waiting for? I'll be there and claim that I am investigating the gang to see if it would make a good merger. Only people of importance would be asked to do that. They will know I am a Dragon and that I have status, but they wont know how much. By the time they figure out who I am, I will probably be back in Japan leading the Dragons. Just tell everyone that I am an old friend that representing the Dragons."
Tomoyo smiled. "I'll call Ryuian when we get off the plane and tell him that you want to be a secret."
"Thank you, Tomoyo."
"What else are best friends for?"
At the mansion
"Ok. Ryuian wants us to meet him at the new club that he opened." Tomoyo said after she hung up the phone.
"Are you kidding me? I don't want to go to a club. I don't even want to be seen in public. I just want to go to my new room and wait until sleep claims me." Sakura replied. "Listen, you go ahead and let him know that we're safe. I am staying here. Can you show me to my room?"
"I don't know what room is going to be yours, but you can stay in my room for the night. I don't mind." Tomoyo said as she led Sakura up stairs.
The room that they entered had light purple walls with a darker purple carpet. The bed spread was a light blue. It was larger than most of the rooms they had walked past, and had its own bathroom connecting. "Try to get some sleep. I'll be staying in the next room over if you need me for anything. Feel free to make yourself at home. You know where the kitchen and living room is. I'm going to go change before I go out." Tomoyo said before disappearing into the bathroom.
After a few minutes Tomoyo left, and Sakura decided that she would try and get some sleep.
At the club
Tomoyo walked up to the bouncer and he let her in automatically. She received a bunch of dirty glares from people waiting in line, but brushed them off.
The club was large with drink bars on all four of the walls. There were also girls walking around offering shots that were "guaranteed to get you on your ass". There was a large dance floor in the middle with lights and smoke. Some of the wild girls who were experiencing alcohol for the first time where dancing on the bars in their skirts. Every now and then the bartenders (all male) would flip a switch and air would blow up the girls' skirts causing them to fly up. The girls didn't mind because all the guys would watch and cheer while the girls shook their booties and showed off their thongs. There was a second level with couches, chairs and tables for people to sit if they didn't want to dance, and two bars for those people to get drinks. There was also a room that had 3 walls, and the fourth was glass over looking everything. Tomoyo headed up the stairs and to this room. It was the meeting room designed for the Wolves and other VIPs. She walked over to the big wooden doors the led into the room. A guard opened them and announced her to everyone in the room.
Everyone stopped talking and all the men, save one, stood up out of respect. She acknowledged them and waved her hand for them to sit. She walked to the man that did not stand and waited for the signal to proceed.
"Welcome back Tomoyo, I trust everything went well?" asked the man. He was in his mid forties. He had jet black hair with specks of grey from his age. He had intense grey eyes, and it was clear to see that he was very attractive in his younger days.
"Yes Ryuian, we are both safe. She did not wish to come here with me due to circumstances that happened earlier." Tomoyo stated hoping that she wouldn't have to spell it out for him.
"I understand that she is upset but I really do need her here. I must talk to her about pressing matters." Ryuian stated upset that she had ignored his order to bring Sakura to him.
"I will go get her then, but I warn you she will be most displeased." Tomoyo was starting to get angry. 'The girl just lost her family, can't you just give her time to mourn their death.'
Ryuian shook his head. "I can't have you wasting time going to get her. I need you to do something for me. Syaoran," he called to a boy. "At the mansion there is a girl whom you have never seen before. Her name is Sakura and I want you to bring her here. I want her here as close to 10:30 as possible. That gives you an hour to get there and back and make sure that she is presentable. I wish you good luck; it will not be easy to get her here."
Syaoran nodded his head. "I understand Sir. I will have her here at 10:30 as you wish." With that he turned his back and left the room.
A few people still remained in the room so Tomoyo asked politely, "What is it that you wish me to do?"
Ryuian turned back to face her. "I need you to find information for the people on this list. I want to know who they are, who they work for, and any other information you can find. I need it for when Sakura gets here."
Tomoyo looked at the list of 5 names. "It will be difficult to get in time, but I will try." She went to the corner of the room and started to look up the names on a computer as the other people started to talk again.
Sakura woke with a start. She had had the dream again. 'I want it to go away, I just want to forget.' She thought as she looked at the clock. It read 9:35. "I only slept for 20 minutes?" She realized that she had been in a cold sweat and decided to take a quick shower.
After her shower, she realized that she hadn't eaten anything for the past few days. She went down to the kitchen in a pair of sweat pants and a tank top. Her hair was tied back in a loose bun to keep it out of her way. She looked around the kitchen, and nothing looked good. She decided to make herself and sandwich and she went to the living room area to watch TV and eat.
The front door opened and in walked a tall young man. He had messy brown hair that hung in front of a pair of dark amber eyes. He was well built and from the way that he carried himself Sakura knew he was someone of high standing in the gang.
He walked over to her. "I am here to fetch you and take you to the club. Your presence has been requested by Ryuian."
Sakura didn't like how he said that, so she replied in the sweetest voice she could muster. "First off I am not a dog, and I don't think you are either so there will be no "fetching" done today. And secondly you can tell Ryuian that I have had a very hard day and will not be going anywhere tonight. Thank you." With that she turned back to the TV and flipped the channel.
The boy stood there for a second not knowing what to say. No one had ever talked back to him and it took him a minute to understand what she said. "I'm sorry but my orders where to bring you to Ryuian, and I will complete my orders." He said the last part more firmly.
"The only way that you will get my out of this house is if you physically pick me up and carry me." Sakura said blowing him off. 'Who does this guy think he is?'
"That can be arranged. Now I suggest that you get ready to go before we make a scene and your wish is granted." He glared at her. 'Who does this girl think she is?'
Sakura stood up defiantly and looked as mean as she could, which was hard considering he was almost a head taller than her and towered over her. They continued their glaring contest when suddenly a thought came over her. "Fine, I'll go change." She walked upstairs to Tomoyo's room and locked the door.
'That was easy.' Syaoran though as he sat down to wait for her.
After 10 minutes, he walked upstairs and saw that she was in Tomoyo's room. He looked at his watch and saw that is was 10:00. 'She better hurry, it takes almost 10 minutes to get to the club and I don't want to be late.'
He knocked on the door. "Go away!" Sakura's voice rang from inside.
He tried to open it but it was locked. "Open this door now!" He screamed.
"No I told you I don't want to go."
"I don't care unlock this door."
"No"
"Yes"
"Make me."
"If you don't open it I'll break it down." Syaoran said.
"No you won't."
"Don't test me girl. I'll break it down and drag you to the club now let me in."
"You wouldn't break it down." Sakura screamed as she stared out the glass doors leading to the balcony.
Suddenly there was a loud thud followed by a cracking sound. The door was broken in. Sakura stared at him in shock. "I can't believe you just broke the door down."
"I told you I would."
"Ohhhhh, Tomoyo is not going to be happy with you. You know, you should really take some anger management classes or something. It's not healthy to have so much rage." Sakura teased to annoy him.
"I'm not in the mood for this now; we have to go. I don't want to be late. Ryuian said to be there at 10:30 and it is 10:05." Syaoran was starting to get really annoyed by this girl.
"If you want me to go with you then you'll have to catch me and that won't be easy. I suggest just giving up now. So I don't have to have to kick your ass."
"Good luck I'm the best fighter here."
"Hunny you have no idea what you are up against." Sakura said with a smirk.
"I don't want to hurt you."
"I'd like to see you try."
With that Syaoran ran at her in an attempt to grab her arms and carry her to the car. He wasn't expecting that Sakura would actually be able to stop him. She saw him coming and swept his legs out from under him, and then she ran out onto the balcony. She jumped up and grabbed a hold of the ledge above her head. She used her upper body strength to hoist herself onto the roof and then started to run.
Syaoran watched her run out the balcony door and tried to grab her legs but it was too late, she was already on the roof. He had no choice but to follow her. Running after her on the roof was difficult. She was light weight and was easily able to balance and make sharp turns quickly. He had to be careful because of the slant on some parts of the roof. She kept running to the end of the mansion and looked down. It was a pretty far drop.
Syaoran smirked at her. "No place to go, now let's just end this charade and go to the club."
Sakura smiled evilly right back. She stretched her arms out wide looking like she was going to surrender, then she jumped backwards off the roof.
Syaoran went to look of the side of the roof only to see her hanging from tree limb about 3 feet down. He cursed under his breath and the jumped onto the tree to. Sakura was climbing down the tree, but since he had longer legs he caught up to her.
He grabbed her wrist and held onto her while they were on the same limb. There was a horrible cracking noise as the limb beneath them broke and they both tumbled to the ground. They both tucked and rolled, but Syaoran kept his roll going so that he ended up right on top of her, pinning her to the ground.
Both of them were out of breath as they stared at each other. Sakura tried to get away but he had all of his weight on her and there was no way for her to move.
"That's not fair." She said still panting as she gazed into his amber eyes. "You're fat."
"Deal with it, I won." He said still panting himself. Their faces were only inches apart. Suddenly, without any warning, he stood up and hoisted Sakura over his shoulders. He carried her fireman style all the way back in the mansion. He grabbed some rope from closet, and threw her onto Tomoyo's bed.
She was about to get up when he pounced on her and started to tie her hands together. Then he bound her feet together and sat her upright on the bed. He went over to her bags and placed them on the bed next to her.
"Now let's see, what should you wear tonight?" He questioned starting to open her bag.
"Don't go through that, it's mine!"
"What do you think about this?" Syaoran asked pulling out her pink silk night gown.
"Stop it! I don't want you touching my stuff!" Sakura screamed in his face.
"Stop worrying, I won't break anything. This will do just fine." He said as he picked up a pair of jeans and a red, black, and white striped shirt.
He then picked up the tied up Sakura and threw her over his shoulder again as he carried her and the clothes to the car. When he was about to close the front door he stopped. "I don't mean to sound perverted or anything, but are you wearing the right undergarments for these cloths?"
Sakura was really glad that he couldn't see her face because it turned really red from a mixture of embarrassment and frustration. "Yes".
With that he threw her into the front seat of his car and buckled her in. As he turned on the car, he looked at the time which read 10:30. "Great now we're going to be late."
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