Hello people! Thank you so much for reviewing, I'm really happy you guys liked the twist I put with James, you'll see the significance of the murder in this chapter, hopefully you guys will support it as much as the previous ones.

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Sakura dropped her bowl of ice cream, the icy dessert dripping onto the carpet as the television continued to play today's news.

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Chapter 8: Making a deal with the devil

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Syaoran was in his office, organizing his paper from work, well supposed to. However, his mind disagreed with his obligation. Instead, it began to drift back the scene in the car, the twins. He smiled. He was father of twins, two kids, children, two, plural, more than one. He knew his company would lose important cooperation with Gwen's family, especially after their break up because of Sakura, but he couldn't help but be proud. Ever since he was little, he watched his father teach him, now he would get a chance to pass on to his own children, his own bloodline. He knew when he was with Gwen, the idea of starting a family would be a low if not have no possibility at all. But right now, as he imagined himself and Sakura, he could tell, no he knew his children would be beautiful.

He smiled, looking at an empty picture frame with 3 small empty squares.

Hmm… that's a good size to put a picture of Sakura and the twins. He found himself thinking. He shook his head, ridding himself of the thought, he was getting too attached, no, he produced children only so his legacy and his company can be passed on, he placed the idea of photos at the back of his head, and he'll have come back to them later.

He heard Sakura opening the TV outside to watch the news, knowing he won't be able to get anything done, he decided to join her. Opening his door, he heard the clatter of a bowl and Sakura's gasp. Suddenly wracked with fear and anxiousness, he practically ran towards her, he saw her form standing up.

"Sakura!" he called. Sakura turned to him her face was deathly pale.

"Syao-Syaoran!" she gasped, she ran towards him, burying her head in his chest, her whole body shaking. The twins must've felt their mother's distress because Syaoran felt them kick lightly against his stomach. Syaoran wrapped his arms around him, running his hand down her back soothingly.

"Sakura, what's wrong?" he asked softly. The news continued to play the results of the soccer play off. Sakura heaved a sob,

"I-he- the belt." She chocked, tears running down her face. Syaoran tilted her face up, her emerald eyes puffy and red.

"Sakura calm down. You just got scared from the news, that's all." He assured her. Sakura shook her head,

"No, it wasn't. The belt, I gave it to him, he, he I gave it to him!" she was wracked with sobs again. He felt a nagging feeling; he took up the remote, and rewinds the news and stopped it at the murder case.

…only evidence left was this belt…

Syaoran had a feeling who she was talking about. Gently, he pulled her away.

"Sakura, you have to tell." He spoke. Sakura shook her head,

"No, No I can't. He'll know, he'll know and he will never let me be, he'll never forgive me, you or our twins. No." Sakura shook her head, her hands on stomach. She looked up with teary eyes at Syaoran's face, "No, please don't make me."

"Sakura, he'll never let you be whether you tell him or not. We'll go, together, I'll make sure they don't let out who told them, but we have to for you, us, for the twins." Syaoran encouraged, he drew her into a soft hug, his face buried in her auburn locks, her head resting on the crook of his neck.

"Together, we'll go together."

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Inspector Jack Chow sat at his desk. He was an office from China, transferred to Tokyo. He had heard Tokyo was a peaceful city, no gangs, no wars, no fights, and for the first few days of his work, he found it to be true. The roughest Tokyo has ever seen were a group of High School students roughly pushing one another. At least, that was until last night. He had been given the "opportunity" to watch as the doctor processed the boy's body. The 21 year old man had no chance, short range, directly pointed at the heart, as soon as the shot sounded, his fate was sealed.

He looked at the belt in the evidence bag. Who ever the male was, took no worry about cleaning up the area. Everything pointed to the fact that this murder was not intended, it also pointed to the fact that whoever the killer was, must've had some sort of sexual activity before committing. It was time like this when Jack really wished he was back in China solving the mystery of the disappearing jewellery.

"Chow, Mr and Mrs. Li are outside to see you." His colleague told him. Li, Li Syaoran, owner of one of Tokyo's largest companies, in the police station? He stood up. He watched as the infamous Li Syaoran came in, hand tightly gripped by who he supposed was his wife, judging by how far along she was.

"Mr Li, Mrs Li." He said curtly. Sakura shook her head,

"Sakura is fine Inspector." She said in a hoarse voice. Syaoran took a glance at her, squeezed her hand in comfort and helped her sit down.

"I expect there is a reason for you to be here today?" Jack said, sitting down behind the desk. They both stayed silent.

"My wife saw the news today, about the murder at Main Street." Syaoran began, Sakura started to fidget, "we, that is to say, my wife, she knows who the belt belonged to." Jack raised an eye brow at the younger woman's shaking form. She could hardly have been 30. He had also read the fact that they were betrothed to one another, yet right now, she was holding him as if he was her only life line.

"Mrs. Li?" he questioned. Sakura was shaking horribly.

"The belt it b-belonged to a family friend, um, James-James Lau." Sakura stuttered quietly. Her knuckles were turning white from the stress and her face continued to pale. Syaoran looked at her worriedly; he felt her hand go clammy and cold.

"Sakura?" he called. Sakura looked up at him with dazed eyes. Her vision swirled and suddenly she felt light headed, the room was spinning around her. She started to lose her grip with Syaoran's hand and the last thing she saw was two terrified face and a soft kick in her stomach. Then she fell.

Jack's training immediately took charge, running out to the door, he slammed it opened,

"Hurry we need medics in here!" he shouted. Syaoran, luckily, caught her before she fell, lifted her up in bridal style and ran towards the door just when medics came in, he watched with worry as he watched her frail body get lifted onto a stretcher.

"You are her—" one of the medics asked, preventing him to follow them into the ambulance. Syaoran growled.

"I'm her bloody husband, what do you think?" Syaoran growled out dangerously. The medic flushed,

"I'm sorry sir. Standard protocol." He apologized, "Is there anything we should know about Mrs…"

"Li." Syaoran answered.

"Right, is there anything we need to know about Mrs Li?" he asked as they boarded the ambulance.

"I don't think so, she's 5 months pregnant with twins." He spoke, gently caressing her hand. The medic did not speak to him throughout the whole ride.

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"Xiao Lang what's wrong with your wife?" Yelen said from the phone anxiously. Syaoran rubbed his temple gently, he had been in the hospital for half an hour, the doctors were checking Sakura over and he had called Kaho for her to come and look after her. As soon as he was sure she and the twins were all right he had called his mother.

"She's fine mother, she's just a little stress out, and it's her first pregnancy. The doctors said her blood pressure was a little but higher than normal, but its nothing that will affect the mother or baby." Syaoran assured her. So it was a tiny little lie, it wasn't all lie, the doctor did say she had high blood pressure, just not for the same reasons he had mentioned.

"You better look after your wife Xiao Lang. I went through my first pregnancy too, it was terribly nerve wracking." Yelen said from the other side of the phone.

"Yes mother. I'll call you when she wakes up. Yes mother, bye." He hung up. He sighed and went back into the private room he had ordered. Sakura was sleeping soundly from the sedative they had given her. He sat next to her on the chair, and placed a hand over her stomach, he smiled slightly, feeling one of the twins move.

"You're pretty strong aren't you?" Syaoran mused, "You must be if you are coming from my bloodline. Li men or women are never weak. You're lucky your mother is one stubborn person." He felt a kick, he chuckled. He found it oddly amusing, how he would be talking to a life not even born. "You should be happy you have a mother like her. She's caring and kind and gentle, you'll love her. She'll teach you how to be kind and gentle to all others, hopefully not so soft you can't run my company when you guys are older." He continued to speak, not noticing a tiny twitch from Sakura's hand.

"If all you care about is having someone to pass on your company, I'll be sure to make them as soft as possible." muttered a tired voice, Syaoran looked up, slightly shocked and slightly embarrassed of being caught talking to himself-or rather talking to his children.

"Sakura, you feeling all right," Syaoran asked. Sakura nodded,

"I feel as fine as someone who just fainted and got poked with a needle." She retorted. Syaoran shrugged, "You know before I lost consciousness, I heard you, you sounded worried, like really worried." Syaoran raised an eye brow,

"I'm not that heartless, I was worried."

"For the twins?"

"No, for both of you. One, my mother would kill me if anything happened to you or the twins. Two, what if my children grew up with no mother? I grew up with no father; I want them both of both parents." Syaoran said softly. Sakura reached for his hand,

"Hold me." She simply said, her eyes drifting to a close. Syaoran closed his hands in hers, leaning back on the chair. He looked out the window and at the star strewn skies, the stars twinkled down at them, the full moon was out. It was so soft, so smooth, so pure, so Sakura.

"Hmm… beautiful." He muttered before he himself fell asleep.

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Jack ordered his unit to line up before him.

"We've got an identification on which the murder may be, James Lau. Spread out; make sure he does not leave this city. Find who ever you know has been in contact with him for the pass 42 hours." He ordered. His unit nodded in unison before heading out. He turned his attention to a young girl of 21, glossy green eyes, and brunette curls that was found by an ally way covered in a jacket around the area where the boy was killed. What she was doing there, he had no intention on finding out. Looking over her, he thought she reminded her of a certain young woman that had just been sent to the hospital not so long ago. He took out the file that consisted information of Sakura Nadeshiko Kinomoto-Li

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James immediately dived away to one corner, another police car drove pass his pervious spot. Damn, he knew he shouldn't have been so over reactive and now look at where it had gotten him. He knew Sakura had told, he knew, because as soon as he got home, his belt was missing, and it was the belt Sakura had bought for him last year. It was her, he knew it. No one knew anything of the belt of where it came from. He growled,

The bitch is going to pay.

He was not going to lose now, no he will face her to the end, and then he will face the bastard Li and kill him with his own two hands. Seeing the roads were clear, he popped out again. He turned his jacket inside out, making it white and wore the hat over his head, and he started to speed walk.

Silver Mercedes pulled up, the windows rolled down and a pair of blue gems behind dark classes showed up.

"Mr. James Lau I presume?" the woman asked. James didn't answer,

"Who's asking." He said in a low and hoarse voice. The window pulled all the way down.

"Gwen, we've met before, at the Christmas party." She said. James growled, great, more of Li's people. "Oh, I can assure you, I am not coming here on behalf of on Li Syaoran." She added, seeing the expression on his face. She knew the pass history of the two and it would be a weakness she could use.

"Charmed. If you would excuse me now." James started to move.

"If I am correct, you are currently in no position to go anywhere. The police are looking for you everywhere, and the bitch Kinomoto did nothing to help. You have no choice." Gwen snarled malice in her voice. James stopped,

"What do you want?" he said coldly. A cold and cruel smile lit up her face,

"Simple, you want Kinomoto Sakura, I want Li Xiao Lang, why not make this a 2 for 1? You get Kinomoto Sakura away form Li Xiao Lang, you can do what ever you want, and I just want him. Understood?"

James went to the other side and entered the passenger seat.

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A/N: all right, so another chapter by me. I hope you understand if you don't feel free to ask me to explain.