Chapter Eighteen
Preparation to the final battle – Knowing the complete truth -
Author's note: Okay, here is a warning. This chapter is going to be very confusing. 'cause while I am writing, I realized a lot of things have to change so that the story can go smoothly. For now, this chapter is going to stay like this. In fact, this is the draft. Hope you guys wouldn't mind and enjoy the complete explanation of the situation. Erm... Maybe not exactly complete. I am not sure.
Flashback
"Kit, you have guest," A woman called out to a little girl with long black hair. She was sitting by the window side and looking at the sea. She chose to ignore the calling. Whoever the guest, she wasn't interested. Her mother died when she was five. But she knew, by then, she was different from the rest. She was born special. Live on a life of crime. The blood of the most feared criminals flowing in her. The only thing she remembered her mother saying was the name 'Fujitaka Kinomoto'. She had tried to find the family when she was taken into the orphanage. Footsteps were heard and then it died off. Kit took her eyes off and looked at her guest. A man was standing at the doorway. His grey eyes behind his spectacles and the smile he carried on his face shocked Kit for a moment.
"Hi there, my name is Fujitaka Kinomoto, nice to see you again, Kit." He introduced.
End of Flashback
"Kit-ne-san, we are ready to hear the truth you were talking about earlier," Sakura's voice snapped Kit out of her memories. Everyone had settled themselves around her once again. They had sent the kids to bed. (And making sure they do not have any devices to overhear their conversation.)
"Let's start with Syaoran's family should we?" Kit smiled mildly.
"My family? What has it got to do with my family?" Syaoran asked.
"Everything has a beginning," Kit sighed, "Your family happened to be the source of everything."
"I am listening," Rex replied, looking at Kit gently.
"At that point of time, 26 years back, the Li family and the Kinomoto family were the most well-known families around. The children that were born under the roof were all specially train to kill.
The Li family was working for the government. They kill without reason, without questions. All they asked was peace.
The Kinomoto family, however, worked according to their will. They chose whom they want to help. They can be the enemy of the state but they can also be an ally.
This is the problem.
Two existing family, two superior family. Only one can stay on. One of two must be eliminated. The government and the mafia had to make a decision. For once, the two parties sat down on the table in shadow and signed an agreement. An agreement that the government will not touch the mafia for 20 years, allowing them to live peacefully. In exchange, they will eliminate the Li's family. The mafia wouldn't choose to let the Li's alive. After all, many of their brothers were killed by them. The Kinomoto's killed just as many, but the Kinomoto's family worked for neither party.
And it happened.
The assassination of the Li's family. It all happened fast. No matter how the Li's was well trained, when facing with large amount of enemies, it's still very toilsome. Fujitaka-sama, with his kernel of source, heard about this. Shocked and angry, he, along with a small group of assassins went over. I was there as well, to tell the truth. (Kit closed her eyes tightly and paused to take a breath before continuing. Syaoran clenched his hand, as he imagined about it. Others listened in a mixture of shock, pain and anger.)
It was a terrible scene. Blood was everywhere. Both from the Li's and the enemies. We were late, we knew. Despite of the low chances of finding the any of the Li's alive, Fujitaka commanded us to find for any survivor. That's how we found Meiling alive. She was sleeping peacefully in her basket. (Meiling blushed a little when she heard her name mention.) We took the enemies down in no time and brought her out of the house safe. We found Fujitaka-sama, standing there, facing the mafia boss. It was fear on their faces, for they sensed the anger in Fujitaka-sama.
"You know the consequences if you touch my family, don't you?" Fujitaka's icy words made them back away from him. We left the place with Meiling who was the only one alive then. Fujitaka took her in and trained her.
When we thought things were about to be normal again, more things started to happen. The mafia was starting to expand their power. This action surprised Fujitaka-sama and he immediately went into investigation. Elton Fort, god-brother of Yukito, is the source. (Sakura made a disgusted face when she heard the name.) He, made use of the agreement, expanded his power fast across Asia. Even though Fujitaka wasn't that worried about his fast expansion, he thought he would keep track of the situation just in case it becomes a bigger threat.
Of course, the mafia didn't know about this tight observation from Fujitaka, nor did they knew that in fact, 6 years before the agreement, the United Nation had sent out two personals as undercover into Kinomoto's territory. That, as you had heard the last time, Nadeshiko-sama and Frank, my Father.
From what I had heard from Fujitaka-sama, the moment he met Nadeshiko-sama, he was attracted to her almost immediately. He knew she was an agent but love is love. (Nadeshiko blushed.) And soon, they fell in love and got married. One year later, Nadeshiko-sama gave birth to Touya-ni. Frank, who was in love with Nadeshiko, married Yumi. He was trying to make use of Yumi against Fujitaka, but his plan failed, resulting his death under Yumi's hand.
A few months after the Li's were eliminated, Sakura-chan, you were born and Nadeshiko-sama faked her own death and vanished. Fujitaka-sama was devastated. But he held on. Eight years went by without problems, with Sakura-chan, Tomoyo-chan and Meiling-chan growing up fine. Fujitaka-sama told Meiling-chan the truth about her family back then. Soon after, Fujitaka-sama faked his own death. He suspected that Nadeshiko-sama could be faking her death, and to not hold himself back, especially with Sakura-chan around, he had no choice. I was told not to tell Sakura-chan until the appropriate time comes.
4 years he spent to dig out all informations. Including the truth before the assassination of the Li's, death of Rex's father, Nadeshiko-sama is still alive and the agreement. What shocked him even more but yet glad is the survival of Syaoran Li, the youngest son of the Li's family and his parents, Yelan Li and Yang Li. It was least expected, but he had no worry for Syaoran's safety, especially since Syaoran was under the care of the CIA. After finding out almost everything, Rex and I met. (Both Rex and Kit locked eyes for a while before Kit continued on.) Fujitaka-sama made use of our encounter to find Nadeshiko-sama's location but failed as well, for Rex refused to tell him where Nadeshiko-sama was.
So, Fujitaka-sama came back in silence. He was shocked to find out that Sakura had complete her 4 years training within 4 months and was already on mission-based training. But what shocked him most was when he found out that Sakura-chan was going out with Yukito Tsukishiro. He feared that Yukito might be trying to use Sakura-chan. So he went and questioned Yukito. I tagged along. And..."
Kit stopped, closed her eyes and sighed.
"You know a lot don't you?" Rex asked and looked away from Kit. The expressions on the rest varied from one to another. Everyone were feeling differently towards this explanation. It was not a bits and pieces of informations. It was the whole truth. Kit took another deep breath and continued on.
"After Fujitaka-sama's death, I broke contact with Rex and went back to Sakura-chan. I continued my mission-based training where I met Teng and the others. (Phantom gang looked at each other and smiled mildly.) They were still students at their institutions. They were pretty lost at that time but I brought them into our world. Within a few months, they became pretty good assassins. I was observing. When can I tell Sakura-chan about the truth? When can I continue to live on without having to carry the burden?
2 months before the assassination of Lisa Tinwood, I came into contact with her. She was in the CIA and Syaoran's lover. From my source, she was on a hunt for Phantom Cherry Blossom. In no time, I knew Phantom Cherry Blossom is Sakura-chan. I kept my eyes on Lisa. That's how I knew Lisa and Veronica Tinwood. They were sisters after all. Veronica was living with her aunt while Lisa was working on the case.
I first came into contact with her was when she was chasing Sakura-chan down the back alley after the assassination of Luke. I made a diversion for Sakura-chan to escape. ("So, it was you back then who helped me," Sakura replied.) A smile was on my face before I escaped right before her eyes. (Kit smiled a little while the rest sweatdropped, swearing to themselves that statement was just for the effect. Author's note : " Even I sweatdropped. I don't think I even know what I am talking about) Within a month, Lisa and I met up several times. We chat. It wasn't easy to gain her trust. Not everything I say might sound real to her at all. Although I never told her much, she slowly began to trust us. (Sakura's face, by that statement, saddened. Syaoran looked at Sakura in an expression that no word could express his current feeling.)
It was then an order came down from both the government and mafia for Lisa to be killed. I was shocked by the news and immediately set off to find her. I was worried, a feeling was bugging me. When I rushed to the location, there I saw, Sakura-chan crying and Lisa was..."
"Shot 4 times. 2 times at the arm, 1 at the leg and 1 through her lung," Sakura sobbed, "Before I killed her, I told her about the order. She was shocked, of course. But I didn't want to kill her! I wanted her to live! But... She..."
"She refused." Kit continued, "Before she die, both of us promised her that we wouldn't follow the second order from the government."
"Second order?" Rex asked, feeling alerted.
"To assassinate Veronica and her aunt," Kit replied. "Apparently the government doesn't want to leave anyone alive. But since we refused, I did something to make sure the government takes Veronica in under a special protection program."
"Did something?" Eriol blinked at Kit as if he wanted to know more about it, but Kit ignored.
"There is more truth to all these," Kit sighed, "Are you people sure you want to know all?"
No one answered her. Silence has its word.
"After the assassination of Lisa, I came into contact with quite a few mafia bosses because of Chris. (Chris smiled brightly upon hearing this. Author's note: Please note that Chris's husband is not just a small boss or something but someone who holds quite a high position. Or else he would have been killed long ago.) According to their sources, Yukito was working for someone unknown to many. But those who knew, call him, 'Vold'. He was known as one of the most feared mafia that ever existed. His power is spread all over the world. Even some of the government feared him.
I continued to investigate on the case, that include spying on Elton. Few months later, Sakura-chan came into contact with Syaoran. I wasn't really happy about it, after what happened between Rex. and I. Even though Sakura-chan knew that Syaoran Li was the second person who survived the incident of the assassination of the Li's, she didn't know the real incident that happened back then. The last time I came into contact with Sakura-chan was when she was still happy going out with Syaoran.
Soon, Sakura was caught and put behind bars and I vanished from the underworld. Although I wouldn't really say I quit from that world, I am just hiding. After all, I was spying on the activities in that world. About 6 years back, once the agreement was over, the two parties began their struggle. The CIA sent out their agents into the field against the bosses. Many were killed over the years. So far only 4 survived through. Rex, Syaoran, Alex and Eriol. Only the 4 of you managed to pull through.(Kit looked across the room at all of them.) And now, here we are sitting around. But I can't find the reason why Sakura-chan was released in the first place."
"So you don't want her to be released?" Rex smirked.
"I didn't mean that!" Kit shouted. "I just want to know the reason."
"Relax..." The rest sweatdropped upon those two's reaction.
Rex smiled brighter, and started, "I was the one who gave order for the release of Sakura Kinomoto. Like Kit had just said, for the past 6 years, we had been deeply involved in the assassination of many bosses. It was until recently when I got to personally meet the president every-now-and-then, I realized that something was definitely wrong. That was the reason that I didn't want to put myself in charge of the assassination of Elton Fort. It was after the death of Yukito Tsukishiro, I began to see the changes in the CIA. People suddenly missing from the group, their identities were deleted from the database. I currently had a small group of people on trail for several people."
"On trail?" Alex questioned.
"Yes, on trail. One of which you guys would have heard of his name. Vok, Riddle." Rex looked strictly at them.
"Riddle! You mean you know him?" Kit yelled out loud.
"What? What's wrong?" Rex looked stunned by Kit's reaction.
"We were spying on the CIA's phone the past one week," Teng started to explain, "And we caught this guy called Riddle talking to Veronica."
"Riddle is the backup on the case, isn't he?" Sakura asked as she looked over at Syaoran, who nodded in reply.
"I got him into the team on purpose," Rex explained, making all of them to look over to him, "Riddle has been making contact with the president himself 3 times this month. I have suspect that he could be deeply involved in the case. And now, with Vic died, I have to handle this case personally."
"Riddle..." Kit repeated the name under her breath. She knew she had heard this name before, but she couldn't recall just where she had heard it before. She shook her head. She will recall sometime, later. But she didn't realized that this very piece of information is the key to the case.
Meanwhile, in a dark room somewhere far from Sakura and the others, Riddle was sitting in front of his table and looking at his desktop.
"So, Veronica is died..." Riddle whispered to himself as he looked at the news of Veronica's death, "So I guess her mission failed."
"Don't worry, Riddle," A shadow spoke from the other side of the corner, "I will handle them off."
"We can't let Alastor wait too long can we?" Riddle smirked.
"I will finish them in no time," The shadow replied and vanished. Riddle spin his chair towards the window.
"Sakura, you are going to be mine," he said as he looked at the bright lights of the city before his eyes. "In no time, both you and this world will be mine. And together, we will rule this world."
Hi there everyone. A very long time since I updated my story. I am terribly sorry about it. I am just too lazy to write this past few months. But since now I am on holiday, I thought I might just update the story.
Like I have say before the chapter, this chapter is basically the whole event that causes all of these to happen. There might not be much answers on certain parts, so feel free to question your wonders. I will try my best to answer all of them for you.
The story is about to come to an end as well. Probably a few more chapters. At most 3 chapters Hope you guys like my current story. And forgive me for all the grammer errors, spelling errors, etc... I have no time to check through it. I spent too much time trying to make the story go smooth and explain as much facts as possible. In fact I spent 3 whole day trying to make this chapter make sense.
See you around then.
Signing out now,
Kit.