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With You
Chapter Three: Night Out

I sighed, lying back on my bed, staring up at the ceiling.

I had half an hour left to kill before Meilin met me. She'd called a few hours before saying that we were going to go with some friends to a dance thing and then go to the piers.

The dance I understood, but the piers? What was that about?

Oh well, probably some Chinese thing.

I had changed from my pink and white outfit to a pair of light blue low-rise jeans and a black tank-top with some light pink underneath it, coupled with runners and a black wristband and some bracelets.

I loved that tank-top, I'd just gotten it that day. It had a small pink skull on the bottom corner of it with microphones for the bones underneath it.

It was very we-are-in-need-of-a-musical-revolution type theme.

I'd called Tomoyo back, but we'd been disconnected halfway into our conversation when Eriol had thrown a pillow at her and she'd dropped her phone.

I jumped when my cell phone went off. Really, jumped. It was way too quite in my room.

"Hello?" I said, picking it up.

"Hey Sakura!" Meilin said from the other line. "I'm in the lobby. We're meeting the others at the club."

"Okay, see you there." I said, hanging up and hopping off the bed.

Finally!

I quickly ran out of my room, careful not to make noise so as to avoid one of Touya's "safe" speeches, and bolted it to the elevator.

It didn't take me long to get to the lobby.

"Hey Meilin." I smiled, walking up to the raven-haired girl.

She'd changed into a short black dress and black boots that rose almost to her knees, studded with silver buckles.

"Nice outfit." she smirked.

I nodded, noting how her hair was still tied in two buns. "You too."

"So, ready to go?" she smiled. "We'll show you how the Chinese party."

I rolled my eyes. "Don't forget Meilin, I'm only fifteen, I'm supposed to be innocent, okay?"

"Hey, we aren't doing anything bad!" Meilin laughed, linking her arm with mine as we walked from the hotel. "It's just a club dance and then some fun out by the water."

"Okay." I said. "But I don't drink, just so you know. Or do drugs."

Meilin laughed. "We aren't like that Sakura! God, you can have fun and not be drunk or high!"

I smirked. I knew that, all too well.

Pulling my camera from my bag, I quickly snapped a picture of Meilin.

"Hey!" she giggled. "What are you doing?"

"Getting summer memories." I smiled. "You are the beginning of it all."

"Let's hope that's a good thing." Meilin laughed.

It took us about ten minuets to get to the club, and as soon as we did, I wanted to go back to the hotel.

Want to know why?

Well, here's what happened…

Meilin and I walked up to a group of four people standing outside the door and she introduced me to everyone.

"Hey everyone." she smiled. "This is Sakura, the one I told you about. Sakura meet Jodie, Chang, Shine and my cousin, Syaoran."

They all seemed like nice enough people, of course. Jodie had long black hair with blonde streaked into it, Change had short black spiked hair, Shine had fiery red hair.

But Syaoran?

Well, let's just say I knew him.

"You!" he growled as soon as he saw me.

I glared at him. "You!"

Meilin looked in between us oddly, confused at the death glares we were giving each other. "Okay then…I see you've already met..."

"Sadly." Syaoran and I said at the same time.

God, the guy from the hotel just had to show up didn't he?

And he was Meilin's cousin, no less! How could someone like her be related to…it?

"You never told me who she was." Syaoran growled at Meilin.

"Me?" Meilin shot back at him. "You never told me you two met."

"We didn't meet, exactly." I said, folding my arms stubbornly across my chest. "Syaoran here doesn't know how to get out of people's ways."

"Me?" Syaoran gaped at me. "You're the one who came barreling through the hallway!"

"What were you doing in the hotel anyway?" I snapped. "I didn't think it was open to the public."

"Obviously, it is." Syaoran growled.

"God shut up will you?" Shine snapped, her brown eyes fiery. "God you two! No offense Sakura, you seem like a nice girl, but damn!"

I felt my cheeks flare. "Oh…I..."

Shine smiled and rolled her eyes, she was at least sixteen or seventeen, and grabbed my arm. "Come on. Meilin, let's go dancing. Syaoran can stay out here and cool off."

No way! She was totally taking my side!

Yes! In your face Syaoran!

Meilin and Shine, that's a different name, pulled me into the club, and instantly a wave of music hit me.

Yeah, they were playing Ayumi Hamasaki's "Evolution".

"They play Japanese music here?" I asked, dumbfounded.

Meilin shrugged and shouted over the music. "They play whatever sounds good. Didn't we have some Italian last week?"

Shine laughed and nodded. "Yeah. Oh look, here comes grumps."

I smirked and turned, only to see Syaoran, Chang and Jodie walking towards us. Syaoran, as usual, had a scowl on his face.

Why did he scowl? He'd look so much better if he smiled…

"I suppose I have to apologize now." Syaoran shouted over the music. "For last night."

I looked at him oddly. This could be fun.

"What?" I shouted back. "I can't hear you!"

"I said…oh God." Syaoran growled. "I'm sorry, okay?"

"What? I can't hear you, the music is too loud!" I shouted, holding back my laughter.

I knew that he'd hate me forever for doing this, but whatever, I was going back to Japan at the end of the summer and wouldn't see him again, so what?

His fists clenched tightly at his sides. "I know you can hear me Sakura."

"I can't hear you!" I shouted again, the chorus to Evolution was loud, really loud. So really, I could barely hear him anyway.

Syaoran rolled his eyes and grabbed my arm, pulling me close to him.

This shocked me, somewhat, for he was close, really close. Close enough that I could smell his cologne, which smelt really good, and I could feel his breath on my neck.

"I said I was sorry." he said in my ear, just loud enough for me to plainly hear. "I was an ass."

I smirked and turned to I could talk into his ear. "I know, I heard you the first time."

He let go of my arm as if it were on fire and I pulled away, smirking slightly.

He was, however, not smirking, or smiling, or anything. He looked pissed.

I shrugged. "Don't blame me."

"You little…" Syaoran growled, but stopped himself before he could say something truly rude.

I winked at him then turned back to Meilin.

"Made up yet?" she asked, dancing along with the music.

I shook my head, falling into the dance beside her. "Not even close. I think I just made him more mad."

Meilin laughed. "Oh well, God knows he deserves it. He's been all serious ever since our uncle came into town and he hasn't vented anything."

That's why he was in the hotel! Visiting his uncle!

"Oh great." I rolled my eyes. "So now I'm the defenseless person he gets to vent on?"

Meilin nodded. "Well you could have avoided it."

I shrugged. "Oh well, it'll make this summer more interesting."

Little did I know that it would, indeed, make my summer more interesting.

More than just my summer, even.

XxXxX

"You people are insane!" I groaned. "Isn't this illegal?"

Meilin shook her head. "Nah. People do it all the time. As long as we aren't close to any buildings we wont get in trouble."

I pointed to the row of large abandoned warehouses behind us. "Doesn't this count as being close?"

Meilin shrugged. "We've been shooting off fireworks here since we were young. If anything, I think the cops want the buildings to burn, they're so old."

I sighed and shrugged. "Okay, do what you want. But I hope you know that if we get caught, I will plead innocent on all charges."

Jodie laughed. "Yeah, because you're just an innocent tourist who happened to walk by."

I nodded. "Exactly."

Chang laughed. "You're a fun chick Sakura. Why didn't we find you earlier?"

"Uh, because I only got here last night." I smirked.

"Oh yeah." Chang sighed.

"Is he drunk or something?" I whispered over to Shine.

She smirked. "No, that's just Chang for you."

I laughed and shook my head sadly. "So, let's get this show on the road!"

"Thought you'd never ask." Chang grinned, grabbing Syaoran's arm. "Come on Xiao-Lang! Let's go have some fun!"

Syaoran hadn't really spoken a word since the incident in the club. At least, not to me. The only sign he'd given to me that I even existed was him glaring evilly at me from time to time.

I shrugged and sat on the edge of the docks with Meilin, Shine and Jodie, our feet dangling over the ledge, the spray from the water below licking at our ankles.

"So what made you come to Hong Kong for the whole summer?" Jodie asked. "Didn't you have plans?"

I nodded. "Oh yeah, I had plans. My friends Tomoyo, Eriol and I were going to stay at Eriol's house again, like we did last summer. You know, stuff like that. But then my dad decided we needed some family time together so he brought Touya and I out here."

"Tomoyo's cool." Meilin smiled. "I e-mailed her, she seems nice."

"If you guys ever come to Tamoeda," I smiled. "You can all bunk at my house. Or Tomoyo's…I think Tomoyo's would fit you all better."

"Ready ladies?" Chang shouted from the dock next to us.

"Hit it Chang baby!" Shine shouted.

Syaoran lit the first set of fireworks and they all went shooting into the air, exploding into clouds of color.

"Wow." I grinned. "I've never seen fireworks like these!"

"Course not." Jodie smiled. "These are Chinese fireworks. The best you can get."

I nodded, watching in awe as each firework exploded, revealing a different color each time.

Finally, after a good half an hour of amazing lights, the show was over.

"Well, that's it." Syaoran said, walking over to us with Chang. "I'm going home."

I gasped and checked my watch. One thirty. "Kuso!"

"Kuso?" Meilin asked, confused.

"It's a very strong swear." Syaoran said.

I looked at him oddly. "How do you know so much Japanese?"

"I just do." he answered acidly.

I shrugged and got up. "I've got to go or Touya will kill."

"Okay." Shine sighed. "I'll get your number from Meilin, I'll call you."

I nodded. "See you guys later, I've got to go."

"Wait, your walking?" Jodie asked.

I shook my head. "No way. I'm running."

Jodie rolled her eyes. "Same thing. Get someone to go with you, who knows what creep you'll run into."

I smirked. "Don't worry about me. I can take care of myself."

With that said I turned and rushed off the docks, all the while trying to think of an excuse in case Touya caught me.

Which, of course, he would.

I don't think I've ever run so fast in my life. It was almost like I was running for my life.

Which, you know, I kind of was. My social life.

If Touya caught me sneaking in past my curfew, I'd be in so much shit it wouldn't even be funny.

I darted along the streets of Hong Kong, trying to remember my way around.

Thank God the piers weren't far from my hotel.

I was only a block away, not even, when someone lashed out and grabbed my arm, pulling me into a nearby alley.

"Hey, let me go!" I growled, shoving against the person.

It was a boy, at least nineteen, who smelt heavily of alcohol.

Great, drunk guys, nice.

Not.

"What's a pretty thing like you doing so far from home?" he asked, his speech somewhat slurred.

"Actually." I said with a small smile, getting rather uncomfortable at the proximity he was to me. "My hotel is just a short run from here, so I'm really not that far from home. So, if you wouldn't mind letting me go..."

"Nah, I would mind." the guy smirked.

Joy, he thought he was going to get a little something huh? Dream on buddy.

However, my plan to knee him in the groin and run didn't work, for the boy pushed something against my mouth and nose.

A cloth. A wet cloth.

Shit! Chloroform! I thought, trying hard not to breath in the fumes.

It was hard, really hard.

The boy's face suddenly became really fuzzy and my eyes oddly heavy. I could feel his hands sliding down my waist…

And then they were gone. The cloth over my mouth had fallen to the ground and the guy was on the ground not far from me.

And who else was standing there, looking all hero-like, but Syaoran.

"What is your problem?" he growled, grabbing my arm, pulling me from the alley. "Are you stupid or something?"

I looked at him oddly, my vision was still fuzzy and it was only getting worse. "I…he…I don't feel…good."

I felt my knees give way as I sunk towards the ground. But my all brilliant fall was thwarted when Syaoran caught me just before I hit the ground. "What's wrong Sakura?"

I closed my eyes, the drug was really getting to me now. "The…cloth..."

"Cloth?" Syaoran said, confused.

I didn't answer him however, for it was then that the drugs really got to me, and I passed out.

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