Nywho, sorry it's so long between updates, I've had huge writing inspiration and typed out a few chapters, I'm posting as soon as I finish proofing.
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Well peeps, if you haven't guessed: I do not own CCS or any of my songs.
Anyway, read on fellow fans!
Lex said nothing. He just motioned for her to come up and she did. Sakura ducked under the ropes and stood in the corner. The two groups who were about to battle were furious. The leader of one got right up in Sakura's face and started shouting.
"Little bitch," he said, "It's my round, I've been waiting five fucking weeks to get in the ring." Sakura looked over at Lex, annoyed. He walked over and grabbed the guy by his collar and hauled him away.
"Looks like manners have changed since I was last here," Sakura said. She held up the wad of cash. "I got five grand on any group who wants to battle, that includes the rude barbarian over there." The man raised his middle finger to Sakura, who did nothing. She pulled her hoodie sleeve down and reached over to smack him across the face with it. "I guess that settles it, you and your crew vs. me." The guy looked at her and laughed.
"You think that one punk kid can beat my crew?" He asked.
"3 to 1 odds," Sakura said, "Considering that I'm by myself." Lex said nothing, he just stood there with him arms crossed knowingly.
"Come on man," one member of the offending crew said, "It's easy cash." Sakura smiled
"Lets do it," he said. The other group got out of the ring and the two faced off.
"All right everyone," Lex said, "I want a clean battle." He turned to Sakura and whispered. "Kick ass." Sakura nodded and tilted her hat over her left eye and down, indicating that she would go second.
The group was pretty good. They pulled off some good jumps and had some good group moves. Still, they only had three really good dancers, and Sakura knew she could beat them with both her arms broken. They kept waiting for her to take up the challenge, but Sakura never did. She was old school; they let their opponents finish their dance before beginning their own. The group was beginning to tire and mess up. The leader made a signal and the group hit a final pose. Sakura made eye contact with the DJ and he switched records. Sakura kept her hat tilted, but walked out and took her starting pose.
I cannot take this anymore
I'm saying everything I've said before
All these words they make no sense
I find bliss in ignorance
Less I hear the less you'll say
But you'll find that out anyway
Just like before...
Everything you say to me
Takes me one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
I need a little room to breathe
Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
I find the answers aren't so clear
Wish I could find a way to disappear
All these thoughts they make no sense
I find bliss in ignorance
Nothing seems to go away
Over and over again
Just like before...
Everything you say to me
Takes me one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
I need a little room to breathe
Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
Everything you say to me
Takes me one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
I need a little room to breathe
Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
Break break break break break
shut up when I'm talking to you
shut up shut up shut up
shut up when I'm talking to you
shut up shut up shut up shut up
I'm about to break
Everything you say to me
Takes me one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
I need a little room to breathe
Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
Everything you say to me
Takes me one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
I need a little room to breathe
Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
break
I need a little room to breathe
Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
Break break break break break break
shut up when I'm talking to you
shut up shut up shut up
shut up when I'm talking to you
shut up shut up shut up shut up
I'm about to break
Everything you say to me
Takes me one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
I need a little room to breathe
Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
Everything you say to me
Takes me one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
I need a little room to breathe
Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
The crowd roared. It was pretty obvious who the winner was.
"And that, everyone," Lex announced as Sakura took her prize money, "Was Kinno, one of our original dancers and five time club champion. The only battler who ever went undefeated!" Sakura took off her hat, barely even sweating, and replaced it in the glass case. She then went back to Vin.
"Xaio will see you," Vin said, "But your crew will have to stay."
"They're not my crew," Sakura said, "And they don't roll like I do." She had basically called them wimps and weaklings without actually revealing that they did not belong to the club. Li was having no trouble fitting in, but Eriol and Tomoyo stuck out like sore thumbs.
"He won't like that," Vin said.
"He'll deal," Sakura said, "Or I'll start battling somewhere else and you can kiss your crowds goodbye." Vin nodded and took the four up to another room, Sakura in the lead. Inside was a bald Chinese man in his mid-twenties.
"Kinno," he said from his chair, "It's been a while." Sakura threw the money on the table.
"Sixteen grand" she said, "I need information."
"Always straight to business Kinno," Xiao said, "Why don't you sit down, have a drink. Would your friends like anything?" Sakura sat but motioned for the others to remain standing behind her back. Eriol suddenly understood, she looked stronger with people behind her. Sakura was just
"I'm here for business Xiao," Sakura said, "Should I take my money somewhere else?" Xiao lit up a cigar. (author's note: Sakura does not smoke, she only uses the act to get information from gang leaders and other scum, she's actually very anti-smoking.)
"What kind of information?" Xiao asked.
"Blood," Sakura said, "Someone's gone after mine, I need to know who."
"That may be a little difficult," Xiao said, standing, "But I'm sure we can come to an agreement."
"The agreement is sixteen," Sakura said, "You can take it or I'll take it elsewhere. It's your choice." Xiao said nothing; he just looked out the large glass windows on his club. Sakura sighed and gathered her money from the desk. "I'd say it was a pleasure Xiao, but I guess we did not complete business transactions."
"I never answered you," Xiao said. "When I say difficult I mean dangerous. Kidnappings are not easy to understand." Sakura made a hand signal behind her back and Vin moved to the door. Sakura suddenly flew at Xiao and threw him on the desk. Vin took out the other two guards and turned on Xiao. "Vin," Xiao said, "You rutting whore! When did she buy you?" (Touya's wife is also an accountant, she makes wise investments)
"Eighteen grand is a large investment," Vin said, "It's a bigger bonus then you pay me."
"No one knows there's been a kidnapping," Sakura said, "So, Xiao, you will tell me who's running it or I'll blow your entire operation (drug running off the pier) right open."
"You'll be arrested too," Xiao said, "You made us Kinno, everyone knows you, I can make it look like you're a dealer."
"But I'm an honor student with a clean record," Sakura said, "I also do volunteer work down at the station, they all know me there too. So the question is: who's a court going to believe, an ex-con out of China or the girl who helps bring in the bad guys? It's completely up to you." Xiao told her everything he knew, which was not much. All he had been was the pointer, he had fingered Sakura one night, showing the boy's kidnappers exactly who she was. He had thought that they were kidnapping Sakura, not her nephew. Sakura broke Xiao's arm in three places and left him. Vin nodded to her, he would be all right. Sakura left Xiao the money, he had given her the information, and she checked her watch, they needed to get back.
"I can't believe you broke his arm," Tomoyo said, "You just snapped it in half."
"Thirds. He had something to do with Yukito's kidnapping," Sakura said, "He's lucky that's all I did. It's late, we should be getting back. It will look suspicious if we all go missing on the night Yukito was kidnapped." Sakura drove them all back to the house. She knew Li was just waiting to explode. She let them all in, Kero on her shoulder, and walked them to the kitchen. They all sat down and Sakura looked at Li. "Syaoran, I will answer and all questions you have. I'll get you back home tomorrow so you can finish your homework before Monday." Li looked at her.
"How did you find the Clow Cards?"
"I had been in Tokyo for a few years," Sakura said, "I was in the basement of our house that Touya had gotten. I was nine, almost ten. I found an old book with a beast on the front and a moon on the back, when I opened it the Windy card was on the top. I said its name and the cards were scattered."
"How long ago did you seal them?" Eriol asked.
"I sealed them all a few months after my tenth birthday," Sakura explained, "I transformed them all to myself right before my eleventh birthday. The Cards have been mine for five years."
"How did you get your powers?" Syaoran asked.
"I don't know," Sakura said, "I wasn't aware magic existed until I found the Cards."
"How many Cards have you made?" Eriol asked.
"Not many," Sakura answered, "I've captured three roaming spirits into Card form and harnessed their power. I no longer use the wand unless I'm sealing a spirit away."
"Why did she get the Cards?" Li was looking at Eriol. "I was supposed to get them."
"I don't know Syaoran," Eriol said, "We know there was supposed to be two connected to the cards and that one would show sooner then the other. Sakura was the first one in the prophecy Syaoran, not you. It was never mentioned that Syaoran Li, descendant of Clow Reed would be the one to control the cards and his cousin Me Lin Li would be his second. It was never determined." Eriol had left out a large part of the prophecy that even Yelan did not know, Kero looked at Eriol. They both knew the prophecy.
"What is this about a prophecy?" Sakura asked, her attention on Kero.
"Sealed away as they once were," Kero began to say, almost chanting. Eriol joined in. "The seal shall be broken and the beast released. Scattered and torn the powers shall be. To once be sealed back to harmony. One beast will help and guard, the other will test and fight. When the two return the cards shall change, a new star will rise. The second shall come later, less powerful but to save. A special power shall be awarded, though they are not the shining one." They both ended, finishing the prophecy in their mind. 'The shining and the second, the same soul, torn in half. When they are one so shall the powers be.'
"So," Li said, "It is Sakura who is the star, not me?"
"It would seem so," Eriol said, "And something tells me that if you two have finally met, life is about to be very interesting." Li and Sakura looked at each other, knowing that Li would have to save her life one day.
Well, sorry for the short chapter. My next few will be longer and a hell of a lot more interesting.
Review please, I like flames since it's cold in my building. I don't know why, but my Colonel like to keep the place about 40˙.
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