Chapter One: Secret
The night air was cold and dry, but the city was still bright and warm with lights. The sky was clear of clouds but so dark you could not spot the planes that flew by if not for the small blinking light. I will reveal the two figures scaled on a tall dark building, buckled and hanging off a line.
"The map says we had to go that way." The figure had a free outstretched arm pointing in the right direction. A digital map appeared on what looked like a wristwatch on the arm. "The room is supposed to be exactly five windows that way."
"No-"
"Yes!"
"No! Look, you're looking at it wrong!" Responded the second figure below and continued to climb up closer to their partner. "We should be below it by five windows right now!"
The building was tall, but no skyscraper, and had very few lit rooms; it comprised of many offices and meeting rooms for a variety of businesses. It was beginning to near midnight.
"Well if you're so smart, why don't you lead the way." The first grumbled.
"Why don't you just learn to read a map properly." They gained a little further up the line. "Hurry up; I don't want to hang around here all night. If it wasn't for your stupidity I'd be home right now!"
"My stupidity?" Shrieked the first figure. The high pitch identified them to be a female. She abruptly stopped climbing to angrily look down at her partner. "Oh my stupidity! When you're the most idiotic person I've ever met. And you're calling me stupid! Ha!"
"Yes, I am Sakura..." Her partner rolled their eyes even though it was unseen. "Hurry up!"
"It's right here, Syaoran!" Sakura climbed up onto the ledge on one side of the window, carefully undoing her harness while her partner climbed onto the other side of the window doing the same thing. "Stupid Syaoran."
"Stupid Syaoran~" He mocked in a higher pitch, tossing his head a little and smirked. "What are you? Four years old?"
Sakura shot him an annoyed look and muttered, "How clever of you…"
"I know. You should just admit that you don't like me because you're jealous of how smart and good looking I am."
"…What?"
"I'm perfect." He smirked. "I don't know how you don't like me. The ladies love me!"
She stared at him bewildered for a few moments while he worked to unlocking the window to a dark room. Then she began to laugh jeeringly. "Wow. Not only are you stupid. You have a big head too!"
The two glared at each other as they climbed into the dark room. However, much to their surprise they found themselves in an office that was not empty – evidently failing protocol. There were two women and a gentlemen working under a lamp focused on some papers and laptops open. Syaoran and Sakura stood there for a moment cursing each other in their heads and trying to figure out what to do. Then it happened. Syaoran began to dance.
"Whoot! Ready to paaaaarty! Where is everybody? Thought more people were coming" Syaoran yelled as though there was blasting music in this quiet office. Everyone stared at him shocked and speechless while he continued to jump around and onto the desk. The business people were more concerned with getting him off the desk and stop him from messing up their paperwork as he kicked it around. Sakura stared at him completely embarrassed.
"Saiyuki, what are you doing?" Sakura asked quietly with a forced smile.
"Isn't this Katsuya's costumed jam? We got into character and everything!" Syaoran yelled at her with a wink, happily still dancing his 'bon-bon' away. He tried to dance with one of the women picking her up into a quick waltz and then a dip. "Where is that guy anyway?"
"Saiyukiiiii" Sakura tried to say calmly. "We crashed the wrong party. I'm sure Katsuya is on a different floor."
Sakura apologized to the business people and began to pull Syaoran to the door. They closed the room behind them and hurried down the hall to a real empty room. Sakura looked at him. "Did you get it?"
"Yeah."
