Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Card Captor Sakura characters; they all belong to Clamp, not me, except everything else, plot, non CCS chars, etc.
Author's Note: I know I leave these at the bottom usually, but I must put it up here to inform you. I wrote this one listening to pure theme song music. I have the Card Captor Sakura, Cowboy Bebop, Outlaw Star, Malice Mizer, Rurouni Kenshin, Naruto, and Samurai Champloo going on over here, and if I can ever get on the other site I can get Gravitation, Full Metal Alchemist and all that good stuff. I'm an anime freak, but the Card Captor music is making me bounce and I'm afraid of how messed up I'll get from it. Hehe, well here's the story everybody. - Shattered Alchemist
Shattered Lovers
By: Shattered Alchemist
2
Mimi slung her head, braids flying high as Sakura practically squealed, she'd been a cheerleader in school and it was easier to move with Mimi than Tomoyo, because she didn't simply rely on her hips, she used her entire body. Twisting and turning, they were entangled one moment and moving identically the next, it was the dance of hearts, so emotional but careless all at once. The other girls finally joined in as the DJ fired up a more cheerleader-type song, the seven moving easy, Sakura in the center of the V they'd made; Tomoyo to her right, and Mimi to the left. They all moved the exact same, some of the moves being easier for them than others, it all held more meaning than a lot of people saw, but there was nothing wrong with that.
Bring, bring, bring! Sakura groaned angrily grabbing her ringing phone on her nightstand before hearing her brother shouting on the other end about the papers and he was on his way in five minutes. She climbed out of her bed and walked into her bathroom seeing how hung over she really looked, grabbing her silk robe and slippers she shuffled quietly into the kitchen making a new pot of coffee. Downing her hang over remedies she opened the door for Touya as he stormed to the couch where she'd sat back down.
"WHAT is that Sakura!" Touya shouted as she held her head with one hand, her coffee in the other. "Have you lost your mind! Dad reads all of these magazines! You think he won't see it!"
"No more yelling please, thank you," Sakura said sipping her coffee before picking up a copy of the magazine in front of her blinking slowly. "OH MY!"
There on the cover was Sakura fully pushed against Syaoran Li, who was better known than he'd ever been. The press had already dug up his past and various other things on him within the hours of early printing. Flipping to the article Sakura saw her worst horrors, pictures of her friends and herself all over the group of men, Tomoyo and Sakura, and Mimi and Sakura, all of them up close and too personal. Looking at the article she began reading in terror.
Up Close and a Bit too Personal
On August 22, last night, our young Miss Sakura Kinomoto was found at the new club, X-Elixir, in downtown Tokyo with her best friends, and a few more. It seemed she and her best friend, Miss Tomoyo Daidouji, the head of the best fashion line in Japan and China, daughter of Sonomi Daidouji, the leader of the Somi line in England, was ready to get a little dirty with her friend. Though she wasn't the only one, Miss Kinomoto was soon spotted with the rising star, Mister Syaoran Li only a few moments later. Bodies meshed together, they were inseparable by anyone, their drinks having gone straight to their heads. Sources have said that Mr. Li is here in Tokyo on a simple business trip; to restart what his father died trying to finish. The Li Empire is well known in Hong Kong, but after the Senior Mr. Li's death, the Empire disappeared, the young cousin, Mei Lin Li, getting into mischief every once in a while. According to our insiders, Miss Sakura and Mr. Li may become a couple, regardless of Li's high criminal attempted record, and natural bad boy appearance. Though, only a few hours later, Sakura was spotted with the now identified; Maemimi Yamazaki, though there's a scandal in this girl. Not only is she a glittering diamond in the rough, but a child born out of wedlock by the high ranked Scientist, Yoshi Yamazaki. Mimi and Sakura were seen dancing until the night's end rubbing up to one another, like two cat's still afraid to find their way to the reproduction system.
"How could they do this?" Sakura asked, stopping, refusing to skim through any more of the article, Touya handing her the MusicScene magazine. A picture of him and Mimi on the front, his hand just below and between Mimi's breasts, the other holding her left hip, his head nuzzled in her neck, it was the final position of their dance, snapped just before the bright lights shining on them dispersed. Sakura didn't wish to even skim the article, instead she finished her coffee and raced to her room pulling on an outfit toned far down, practically hiding her face, which was her point. Touya pulled his cap and sunglasses back on, Sakura's more lower classed clothes sneaking them out the back easily, Touya letting her jump into his car, the two driving to Tomoyo's where the rest of the girls were waiting, hopping inside.
Stopping in a middle class town, there was a long street, narrow, but it held enough small two story houses to get people by with ease. At the end, however, was a large garage, moving swiftly Touya pulled up to the garage, looking around taking in the various things. It was basically a remake of a burned down one story warehouse. The aluminum siding didn't do much, though the inside was set up highly Chinese in relation, the office holding a relaxing aura to it. Looking just through the windows, Mei Lin could be seen shouting into the cordless phone on her shoulder as she did her nails. The doors to the garage were open, cars sitting inside, over the doors was the large, spray painted, graffiti sign: Yin and Yang - House of Automotives.
The girls got out of the sports cars they were in looking around before taking a step back hearing a loud blast of music, the song impossible to understand only for a moment, before Touya recognized it as Malice Mizer. Stepping into the doorway of the garage, the seven walked out, Yuki, Takashi, Yue, and two unknown people; all wearing gray or faded out blue overall suits, Syaoran and Eriol in more dressy clothes for a place like this. Mimi wasn't visible, though one of the people in a gray heavy suit smacked Takashi over the head before welding something together. Then after a moment Tomoyo ran into the shop and hugged Eriol, who swiftly caught her returning the embrace.
They all turned, the welder continuing before they were all working, the girls just happily watching them work up a sweat, Touya sitting with them, not being too great with cars. The welder disappeared before Yuki backed up from his engine and the hood suddenly popped down, the bright eyed Mimi sitting on it with a knee on either side of her head grinning goofily. She handed him a soda which he snatched away from her before Takashi pulled her off the car hood and Yue grabbed her around her waist making her squeal kicking her legs. Eriol and Syaoran had changed and joined in the fun, before the extra boy and Yuki grabbed a barrel of water making her squirm, Syaoran, Eriol, Takashi, and Yue holding her before they all were soaked with water. Mimi screamed shaking her head and kicking, slipping out of the boy's reach, slipping on her boots, she quickly pulled the suit off to keep her clothes from getting wet, standing back up in a pair of black boots, tiny blue jean shorts, white belt, and a light red top cut off a few inches below her bust.
Touya's jaw dropped as she winked suddenly smiling, her now soaked through overalls lying on the ground. Sakura closed Touya's mouth before Mimi jumped up and one of the trucks climbing up to the hood and turning a water hose on full blast spraying the group down. Finally everyone else jumped up and dove into the wet fun, Mei Lin even coming out to play in the water. It was fun in the sun, the girls screaming when they got wet before spraying the boys who were laughing the entire time.
Mimi slid across the hood of a car falling into Touya giggling before looking at him, the two locking eyes slowly, it was almost frightening to her, and how she was sitting on his lap before Takashi suddenly sprayed them both, Mimi jumping up quickly. It was every man for himself before the boys were disarmed and the girl had buckets and hoses. But none of them knew someone was watching them, taking photos of the fun, and several of Tomoyo slipping under Eriol on cars and kissing him. It had turned into an all out sport after an hour, and then the group closed the shop and headed out for the beach for more fun.
Mimi and Mei Line supplied the girls with bathing suits, before everyone piled up in the cars, Mei Lin, Yuki, Mimi, Yue, Syaoran, Eriol, Takashi, and the other boy, however, hopped on motorcycles to lead the way, the group speeding off down the highway. They were all happy as they sped toward the beach, the motorcycles acting practically like an escort for the others, Touya and Rika had to park while the bikes waited, everyone picking a bike to hop on before they pulled up on the beach and parked. When Touya and the others had first arrived it was about business, now it was all fun in the sun.
After the sun went down, the pier lit up, but they were still on the beach, Tomoyo and the other girls laughing and joking throwing things on a fire getting it started, Syaoran, however, trailed off from the group, and Sakura decided to go try and talk to him. Catching up to him, she wrapped her arms around herself, her pink bikini not doing much for warmth, though she didn't mind walking and talking, cold or not.
"Something wrong?" she asked looking at him as he blinked looking over at her, she'd obviously surprised him.
"Not really, just thinking."
"What about?"
"About everything my father lost because of his death and my young age, if I'd been as old as my sisters he wouldn't have lost anything, they were all old enough to take care of things, but I wasn't."
"Wow! Kind of a lot of pressure then, huh?"
"A little bit, what about you?" he asked walking with his hands in the pockets on his dry trunks.
"I've had people baby me my whole life because of Touya and his big successes, but I guess it's still hard, staying out of the bad press and everything. Always being alone without anyone to really care about me the way I wish I had a lot of the time," Sakura said looking down as the two sat, Syaoran laying his jacket around her shoulders to keep her warm as she smiled in thanks.
"Same here, I haven't been in a decent relationship in my entire life, but I've never really been as high maintenance as you are."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"I'm not trying to offend you, it's just, well look… You have your own page in every magazine in the eastern countries, everyone knows you, you have your own driver, a whole floor in a bachelor/bachelorette pad establishments in town. You have it made in the shade for the most part, you were born with a silver spoon in your mouth," Syaoran said as Sakura blinked, he was right, she'd always gotten whatever she wanted, except normality.
"It's not that great though…"
"What do you mean?"
"I get tired of having everything I want, tired of people listening to me; I'm tired of being some little princess. I want to fight with someone, I want to be treated like any average person, and I want to feel human, not like I'm forced into superiority!"
"There! We'll make you regular yet!" Syaoran teased before the two looked at each other, they'd talked before for a while, but now was the first time they'd been alone. Sakura's cheeks turned bright pink as Syaoran's fingers gently brushed against her cheek, he'd gotten so close she could feel his breath, it smelled like spices, all the sweet ones, cinnamon mostly. Her eyes fluttered closed as she felt his lips brushing against hers, the brushes feeling like a rough toothbrush, but sending fire through her blood.
Then it happened, his mouth locked with hers, his lips were rough, practically calloused, but they felt like magic against her pedal smooth ones. The kiss deepened after a few moments, tongues slowly, gently exploring, shyly; he tasted like cinnamon, sweet and spicy cinnamon. Her lips like rose pedals, taste like sweet sugar; they were lost in each other, how they smelled was how they tasted. Sakura's hand gently held his neck, his gently holding her cheek before she slipped under him both their eyes closed. Then it was sudden, she felt something sharp in his mouth, like a razor blade, but she didn't taste metal until her bottom lip bled slightly, then she pulled back gasping.
That was when she finally saw it, glittering fangs in his mouth, eyes turning a brighter gold; Sakura backed up before stopping looking at him again. What was he? Could she even find the question? She was scared but it only made her want to embrace the danger of it, and she did, kissing him again, harder this time, ignoring the fear…
Author's Note: I know its kind'a hard to follow, but you realize if you're really drunk you can't coherently remember everything you did the night before. Well, none of them on Sakura's end remembered dancing like they were in the magazine, but everyone on Syaoran's side does. Everything will unfold better, I promise, this wasn't really forced, just sloppier I could suppose, but I'll make up for it, 'cause I don't have enough time to re-write it. Chapter 3 underway! - Shattered Alchemist