Chapter 7: The Devil You Know

Disclaimer: CCS … I don't own you!

By Stephie23

Authors Note: To address a concern in one of the reviews. The person with the yellow eyes is in fact a woman, as seen in the last chapter. The person with the red eyes is unknown … but (if you were paying attention) the 'police officer' had red eyes *hint hint* … so you already know their gender!

Last Chapter

Two yellow eyes flickered in a dark empty room that contained nothing except a small beam of light in the middle.

The yellow eyed figure cowered in fear before stepping into the small beam of light. A woman with yellow eyes and midnight black hair was revealed. "Sssssory massster. I shot her, but Xiao-Lang pulled her from the lake. Ssssshe was russssshed to the hossspital. I doubt sssshe made it though."

"Dammit. Can't you do anything right. Go make sure she is really dead. Bring me her star key so I know you did the job this time. No excuses now GO!"

"Yessss massster… sorry massster." She quickly made her way back towards the hospital.

"Xiao-Lang, I WILL have my revenge. You will lose the person who is most important to you, as did I." his red eyes gleamed in fury

The Hospital Waiting Room

A very relieved Syaoran, Tomoyo and Eriol walked towards the room Sakura was resting in. The doctor had informed them that she would be fine, and just needed to stay for a couple more days for observation purposes.

Syaoran's POV

After the news that the doctor had given us, a huge weight was lifted off of my heart. I couldn't wait to see her. To tell her how much I loved her, and hold her in my arms once more. As we entered her room my breath caught in my throat and tears began to well up in my eyes. 'No' I told myself, I had to be strong, I had to … for Sakura.

Her fragile body was pale white and she was hooked to all sorts of machinery. I slowly approached her and gave her a light kiss on the forehead.

Ignoring the "Kawaii" squeal that came from behind me I bent back over her body again.

"Sakura … Sakura are you awake" I lightly whispered into her ear.

Her eyes fluttered lightly, and her hand slowly made its way over to mine. I couldn't help but smile. She was really going to be okay. Her eyes fluttered again, but stayed open this time. She looked up at me and her eyes watered.

"Oh Syaoran" she whispered

"It's okay …" I soothed

It was so hard to hold in the tears that were threatening to fall, threatening to overcome my control.

"I will get whoever did this! Don't worry Sakura; I won't let them hurt you again."

"No Syaoran" she whispered "I don't want you getting hurt…"

"Sakura" I interrupted "This can't go unanswered. Someone is after you and they won't stop until you are dead." Tears freely flowed now, I had lost all control. With no power to hold back my emotions any longer I started to turn away from her, only to be pulled back into a tight embrace.

"Syaoran ple…" she began before slipping back into unconsciousness

"Sakura" I shouted

Suddenly a doctor walked in. She had a tall slim body and her long black hair was pulled into a bun. She had a strict air about her.

"I'm sorry, but Sa… my patient needs her rest. You can all come back tomorrow and visit her if you'd like"

I nodded and with one last glance towards Sakura I let Eriol and Tomoyo lead me away.

In Sakura's Room

The woman gave a small smile as she saw the group leave. She walked over and turned off the lights.

'Finally I can finish this' she thought

As she walked over to Sakura she pulled her hair out of the bun and shook it free. Then she ripped off the white lab coat and threw it to the ground in a heap. She pulled a large curved knife out of her boot and advanced on Sakura.

Back in the hallway

"I don't like leaving her alone" replied an anxious Syaoran

"I know, but she'll be fine. Hospitals are secure after all." Countered Eriol

"Hey, if it makes you feel better we can stay here overnight" Tomoyo suggested

"Really?" Syaoran pleaded more than asked

"That's okay with me" responded Eriol

Just then Syaoran noticed he had forgotten his jacket in Sakura's room.

"Hey guys, I need to go back, I forgot my jacket in her room."

"Alright we'll meet you in the lobby then … it's at the end of this hallway" responded Tomoyo

"Okay. I'll meet you guys there" Syaoran shouted as he turned and walked back to Sakura's room.

Sakura's Room

"Finally I will finish this" whispered the doctor as she advanced on Sakura's position and raised her knife, ready to strike.

Suddenly Syaoran walked into the room. She turned around and her yellow eyes flashed in the dark, they were filled with annoyance.

"Who's there?" questioned Syaoran

Before he could turn the light on the woman attacked him, her yellow eyes flashed in anger and her long black hair flew madly behind her. Since she could see in the dark she had a clear advantage.

Syaoran barely avoided her initial attack before he was forced to block several more. He rolled dodging her last blow and flipped into a proper fighting stance. She advanced on him and swung her knife towards his right arm. He easily dodged it and looked around the darkened room for a weapon of some kind, anything that he could use to defend himself and fight back. The only light he could go by was the thin beam from the hallway.

While distracted he didn't notice her advance on him again. She took this opportunity to slash his right arm and attempted to stab him in the back. He tried to avoid it, but she still managed to stab it through his shoulder blade. The overwhelming pain began to take over him as he stumbled away.

She smiled and advanced on him once more. He quickly reached over and pulled out the blade with a scream of pain. The blood gushed down his arm, and the blinding pain began to make him stumble. He made his way over to Sakura in a last attempt to protect her, but a few feet short of her bed he collapsed and darkness overtook him.

Authors Note: Firstly I'd like to thank all of my wonderful reviewers: Kawaii Syaoran and Sakura, Shaaarona, Ashieyu-san, and midnight-whisper3. Thanks soooo much guys! You make it all worthwhile!

Sorry about the crappy chapter, and the cliffhanger. I just thought I was forcing it too much so I decided to stop. Hopefully you don't hate this chapter too much!

A special thank you to: a nadeshiko blossom, Ashieyu-san, sabashiikage, and SmiLe of PuRe. For allowing me the privilege of being on your favourites list! I would also like to thank xAxsxHxlxExyx, a nadeshiko blossom, Ashieyu-san, kokari, mew frost, and Shaaarona for adding my story to your alerts list! Thanks again everybody!