~ Sakura's P.O.V~
I woke up from my nap and put on my shoes. I grabbed my phone on the desk and checked the time: 4:18 pm. It seems like I woke up in time before the fight starts.
After asking a maid where the gym was, I went there and started to stretch and warm up. To my surprise, Syaoran was also there but in the next room. I looked at all the equipment the gym had, I don't need to worry about finding a place to work out and train at.
About 15 minutes after I started stretching, Cassie came in.
"So serious." She smiled and stood next to me while I did my crunches.
"I'm always serious."
"Heh." She laughed, "Not to me. You just have a poker face. Makes me want to tease you even more."
"You're ridiculous."
She pouted, "It's fun. Especially when only I can do it."
I sighed and ignored her.
"You know, since you aren't working for Wolf anymore, why don't you come with me?" She asked.
"There's nothing to do there." I looked at her.
"Of course there is!" She exclaimed, "You can be my bodyguard.
I rolled my eyes, "Your boyfriend can do that for you."
Kotetsu won't be my bodyguard forever. My father told him to start working in the company, so I will need to hire another one."
Just as Cassie finished talking, Chiharu, Naoko, and Rika came in.
"You guys came right in time." Cassie said.
"Oh? What were you talking about?" Naoko asked.
Cassie sat on the floor and the girls followed, "I was just asking Sakura to come back home with me and become my bodyguard."
"What? Why?" Rika frowned.
"Why can't she stay here?" Naoko was disappointed.
"She should stay here! It's going to be fun with us!" Chiharu stated firmly.
"I will think about it. Don't get your hopes up." I said to Cassie.
"No. Sakura shouldn't go." Rika said, "There are still many things she can do here!"
Cassie raised a brow, "Like what?"
"Sakura wants to avenge her parents. That means she should stay and gather more information on him."
"Oh." Cassie said. I can tell she had totally forgotten about it.
I saw she took a quick glance at me and looked away. By the way she looked at me, I can tell she wants me to stop thinking about revenge. But she will never tell me that because it was her who suggested that idea of killing Tiger to me the first place.
Ever since that day, bringing Tiger down was the purpose of my life. Therefore it is most likeley that I would not go with her.
"You girls are here earlier than I thought." Wolf said with the rest of the gang behind him.
"We were just chatting here." Chiharu responded.
"Since Sakura and Cassie are here already, are we going to start now?" He asked.
Cassie smiled, "Why not? I'm sure Sakura is ready."
They all looked at me and I stopped what I was doing.
"We can start now." I said.
Rika cheered, "Can't wait to see it!"
"Let's go to the bleachers." Mei Lin said and they went there.
Wolf looked around, "Where's Syaoran and Eriol?"
"Here." Both of them responded simultaneously from behind the group.
"I thought you two wouldn't come watch since I didn't see you." Ryu said.
Eriol grinned, "How could we miss the match of someone who Wolf personally trained."
"Is that a sarcasm?" Wolf asked, "I've trained you and Syaoran myself."
"Not a sarcasm. I just want to see how good she is."
"Good enough like you." Wolf replied.
Wolf, Syaoran, and Eriol sat in the front seats and the rest sat behind them on the bleachers.
Sakura and Cassie went to the middle of the gym and faced each other.
"Go easy on me." Cassie grinned.
I raised a brow, "I could say the same to you."
Before she could respond, I threw a punch.
"Why in a rush?" She dodged to the left with a smile.
"The faster this ends, the faster I can get that back." I responded casually, making sure I did not mention anything about the picture.
She winked at me, "Don't be so sure about that."
She stopped defending and started attacking.
Left, right, left, left, right, left, left, left. I blocked her fist with my arm. She kicked upward and I flipped backward, putting some distance between us.
My left arm was hurting really badly and I felt like it was on fire.
I looked at her and saw her smile widening.
"Damn you." I cursed at her.
"I wonder what happened." I heard Rika whisper to someone.
Cassie purposely put pressure on my injured arm and attacked mostly on my left side.
"An enemy will never give mercy." It was the same thing she spoke to me the first time she trained me. It somehow feels nice, fighting her and listening to her lecturing me again.
Seeing how she attack my weak spot right from the beginning it might mean that she wants to end this quickly. But it also means that it won't be easy for me.
"I never need mercy from my enemies." I whispered to myself.
"Isn't hard fighting me in a sweater? Why don't you take it off?" She suggested.
I don't know if she realized I didn't want to show them my wound or not, but fighting in baggy clothes are truly bothersome.
I took off my sweater and wrapped it around my arm.
Someone gasped.
"Wow. What happened to her?" Takashi asked.
Eriol chuckled, Got to wonder what kind of assignment Wolf gave her."
Wolf raised a brow, "If she is here in one piece then what I assigned her to do is enough for her to handle."
"Harsh." Fuji mumbled.
The bandages are around my left arm and neck.
"Don't work your body too hard if you can't handle it. You can always give up." Cassie advised.
"Go to hell." I growled at her.
I used my right leg and kicked upward, near her head. She stopped my kick by grabbing the ankle and pulling me forward. I would have slid forward, but I pushed my left foot against the floor and leaped on her. She blocked her front with her other arm, but that was not where I was planning to hit.
I had to regain my balance so stepped on her shoulder and jumped up when she let go of my right foot. I came downward with my head first and hands forward. Cassie brought both of hands upward, clasping onto mine. She pushed up while I pushed down. Using all my bodyweight, I increased the pressure. I saw her hand shaking and arms bent slightly. I was getting the upperhand. But of course she knew she was in trouble too.
After letting go one of my hand, she twirled her hand and grabbed my wrist. In a swift movement, she pulled me down and made me crash on the floor. Before I could recover my posture, she landed a kick on me. I managed to block it with my arm but the force was so great that I slid across the gym and crashed into a glass shelf. I got up as quickly as I could before the whole shelf collapsed on me.
"So cool!" Mei Lin exclaimed.
"Awesome!" Chiharu squealed excitedly.
"Seems like we need to find a new shelf to place our swords." Eriol laughed lightly when he said their sword on the floor.
Syaoran sighed, "I hope they won't break my sword."
"They might not be strong enough." Fuji guessed.
"Don't be so sure about that." Syaoran replied.
"There's going to be a lot of cleaning later." Wolf mumbled while looking at the glasses.
So he care's about his sword? For some reason it ticks me off. And why in the world is Wolf worried about the glasses when I'm in a mess right now. I could tell I look much worse than Cassie. My body is in so much pain.
I stepped and kicked up the two nearest swords. The red and green sword.
I grabbed the green one with my right arm and threw the red one to Cassie.
Before she could unsheath it, I charged toward and slashed her from above and she blocked it.
She pulled back and turned around to kick my right side but I manage to blocked it with my elbow. With my other hand, I hit the side of her neck with the sheath.
She grunted and fell backward few steps. I wanted to hit her with the sword, but once again she blocked it. And before I can attack her with the left hand, she grabbed it.
She gripped my injured arm tightly. Her fingers dug into my muscle and it felt like my bone would be crushed in any second.
I held back a cry and gritted my teeth.
I rammed my head onto hers and she stepped back putting her hands over her nose. She looked at me surprise.
My back was facing the audience, so they could not see my face.
I couldn't help myself but grinned, "This type of dog fight isn't my style, but a girl gotta do what she gotta do to win."
I made sure only she could hear what I was saying, and I was actually have fun.
She squeezed her nose as the blood dripped on her shirt and floor.
"You're so mean!" She cried. "You attacked my face."
She raised her other hand, "I give up. I can't afford to injure my face since I need to go talk to my clients when I get back."
"I was hoping for a more interesting ending." Fuji sighed, "But I guess this can do."
"Not an unexpected outcome. "Wolf chuckled, "Cassie always stop training if her face is scarred."
"A pretty good fight." Ryu said.
"Yup." Takashi nodded in agreement.
Kotetsu went to Cassie and laughed while she punched his arm.
"Let's go to the bathroom." He continued to laugh and both of them left.
"It seems like you need to bandage your arm again." Wolf said as I walked to them.
I shrugged, "I need to talk with you later.
"Sakura! That was awesome." Naoko complemented.
"Thanks." I mumbled.
"How did you get that wound though?" Yue asked. "Was your mission that hard?"
"That is not your business." I said, obvious that I did not want to talk about it.
"I would like to have my sword back." Syaoran said with his hands out.
I twirled the sword and jammed it into the wooden floor. I walked off without saying anything.
~ Reg P.O.V~
Wolf released a laugh when he saw his nephew burst with anger.
Sakura had ignored him and not many people would dare to do that.
"Very interesting." Eriol said and pushed his glasses up with a smile.
"Very brave." Tomoyo giggled.
Syaoran pulled his sword out and checked to see if there were any marks on the sheath.
"Damn her."
~ 11:00 PM ~
"You wanted to talk to me?" Wolf walked into the living room with a man in a suit. Both of them sat down while Sakura massage her injured arm.
"Since you're moving away, I need another way to get money. I was wondering if you have anyone that..."
"About that..." Wolf interrupted, " This is Mr. Clipper, who is our lawyer. He helped write your father's will before he died."
Sakura's eyes narrowed.
Mr. Clipper handed her the documents and she took it out.
She scanned it quickly and laughed lightly. She was dubious.
"It seems my father have saved up quite a sum." She said to herself.
Wolf brought out a set of keys, "And this is the keys to your old house."
She was about to grab it, but he withdrew his hand, "Before I give this to you, I want you to know that I want you to live in this mansion instead. You can go back once in a while but please come back here."
"Does it matter?" She asked.
He looked at her seriously, "To me? Yes."
She sighed, "I understand."
~ Tomorrow Morning ~
Sakura parked her motorcycle outside the big white house and walked in.
It seems the Li family has been taken good care of the house.
The grasses were mowed and the tables were clean. There are no dusts at all.
The first thing that caught her eye was the family portrait hung above the fireplace.
Her legs unconsciously walked to the picture and her eyes never left it. She sat on the sofa and stared at it for one long minute before she knew her eyes were tearing up.
Father, was it worth sacrificing the whole family? Have you ever thought about how I would feel?
She looked up, hoping that the tears would not fall.
Sometimes I wish that I never survived that day...