The Prized Jewel

Author's Notes: Thank you to all the reviews! Apparently CCS has a much bigger fan base than that of Gundam Wing, which is my main place of where all my stories are. Thank you to all those who reviewed and I hope more people review!

Summary: She was a prized possession to everything and everyone. He was a man who liked to make conquests built with a stone cold wall. Because of this, the world of gangs charged him to protect their most prized jewel, Sakura Kinomoto. He hadn't expected that when he fell in love with her, that he was going to fall in an ocean of chaos.

Disclaimer: Don't own it, don't sue me, but this story is entirely mine.

.:Beginning:.

Her heart was pounding and her eyes wide. Her mind was racing, trying to come up with reasons to why her friend would betray her. "Why?"

He looked so calm and she didn't, and Sakura hated that. He looked like he knew she was going to kill him and so he sat there, looking powerful and stared at her. She had the power, after all she was going to kill him. But at the moment Sakura wasn't sure. Her hands trembled and she constantly unclenched and clenched her fist and her hold on her dagger.

Her lip trembled and her frame shook. "Why?" She asked again, hating how he looked at her as if he hated her. What happened? What had she done? He was her friend… he had made her laugh, he had heard her secrets, he knew the real her.

Takashi brought his hands under his chin. "Because you're too strong."

She was angry now and she took a swift step towards him and pulled him up by the collar. "Meaning?" She hissed.

He looked down at her, to her milky arm that glowed in the moonlight and her angelic face with eyes that burned into his soul. 'I'm sorry…' He thought.

"I hate you. I hate how you have all this power and you don't try to change the triad world. They kill people…and yet you're willing to kill for them. I hate how you have everything I want." Takashi told her and he pushed her hand away. "I always wanted the power you had, but you never wanted it. You just took it all for granted. You don't deserve it. You were just given it, on a silver platter, while the rest of us had to claw our way to where we stand now. But it's still never enough."

Takashi hit her then. She fell to the floor, eyes in shock and heart bleeding. Her eyes stung and she could not figure out why.

He was betraying her. She realized and it hurt.

'I never wanted it to end this way…I never wanted to hurt you. But this is for the best….' Takashi thought, his mind and body was numb. 'Please just let it end…'

"I hate you." He told her, angering her. He got what he wanted.

Because Sakura turned her jade eyes angrily towards him and in a flash, she was standing up with her dagger gleaming.

He didn't move.

And she brought the blade up and into him.

He closed his eyes. 'I'm sorry…'

She was emotionless on the outside, but on the inside falling apart.

He smiled and lightly grabbed her. He was bleeding heavily and with his last breath, whispered into her hair, "Find the real main player in this game. Set yourself free…"

She said nothing and felt his body slide down her and landed on the floor softly. She didn't look at the body and simply slipped out the same way she came.

Takashi was there, eyes open. 'I'm going to set you free this way, Sakura. You'll see what I've done…eventually.'

He closed his eyes and drifted away from this world. Sakura came home, quiet, and slipped into her room. She said nothing and leaned against her door. She slid to the floor and brought her knees to her chest. She folded her arms across her knees and pressed her cheek against them. Her eyes stared blankly at the darkness of her room.

And all she felt was numb.

.:The Next Week:.

Sakura locked herself up in her room, dressed in all black. She could hear Yue, Eriol, and Kero walk out the door. She wasn't going to attend her betrayer's funeral.

Loud music filled the empty void of the room and her mind. She didn't think nor did she speak. All she did was simply listen to the lyrics.

"When you feel it in your body
You found somebody who makes you change your ways
Like hanging with your crew
Said you act like you're ready
But you don't really know
And everything in your past - you wanna let it go

I've been there, done it, humped around
After all that - this is what I found
Nobody wants to be alone
If you're touched by the words in this song
Then baby...

U got it, u got it bad
When you're on the phone
Hang up and you call right back
U got it, u got it bad
If you miss a day without your friend
Your whole life's off track
You know you got it bad when you're stuck in the house
You don't wanna have fun
It's all you think about
U got it bad when you're out with someone
But you keep on thinkin' bout somebody else
U got it bad"

Sakura pressed her head into her soft pillow and shut her eyes. She blocked out the world, suppressed the memories of her past, and put a wall against her fears and hopes of her future.

All she wanted was to cry. But her heart was empty, all she felt was empty.

And she hated it.

Sakura had never been an emotional person, not ever since she became The Jewel. She found it hard to cry and mourn, to really take the time to feel sad. Her hard emotionless wall came from that, a large wall around her heart that trapped it in a freezing state.

Her frozen heart would stay intact but she hated how it was only empty. All she hoped for was for that wall to be gone…but she knew she couldn't do it herself. Her life had made sure of that…all her defense mechanisms would be indestructible.

That's what The Jewel was after all…indestructible. Supposedly anyways…simply a cold emotionless soldier.

Just a precious…soldier.

.:University:.

It was raining, the gray skies was what she saw as she stared out the window. She normally liked Economics class, but lately, she's found herself very unable to focus. Sakura tuned in slightly to the lecture but somehow heard only laughter by the students.

Sakura sighed and turned her eyes back to the professor. She blinked and suddenly she could see Takashi's face staring back at her. She clenched her fist and gritted her teeth, willing the image away.

Guilt, that's what it was. Sakura heard the bell ring and she quickly exited the room, head down and swiftly passed by her friends. She ignored their calls for her and walked outside into the pouring rain. Her books were safely in her bag and all she did was let her legs take her.

It was the Sakura tree in the court on a little hill. That's where she went, her secret spot, away from everything. It was in full bloom and she could tell that the rain hadn't touched the ground in its shade as much. Sakura sighed, feeling very much as if she was at home, and sat down. She looked up at the cherry blossoms, darkened into a deep shade of gray and she closed her eyes.

After she had killed Takashi, Sakura had rushed home, quiet. She didn't speak to any of her other bodyguards who looked at her worried, and went to her room. She didn't come out until she was summoned again by The Council. She had told them exactly everything, in a cold and calm voice. She stood there, stiff, for hours until they came to a conclusion. They didn't know how or why Takashi would do that, but had stated they were going to take away the rest of her bodyguards.

It hadn't been good enough. Sakura didn't want them to find out why or how Takashi did it, raise a rebellion. What Sakura wanted was more missions, just more of all the bull shit they've been throwing at her since she became The Jewel just so she could forget. All Sakura wanted was to forget, forget how Takashi's eyes betrayed his demeanor when she stabbed him. All she wanted to do was forget all their memories together of training and going out, he had been her…friend.

"You know I'd prefer the happy Sakura over the emo one any day." A male voice suddenly said. Sakura looked up from her light slumber and saw Syaoran. He sat down next to her without a reply. "Is there something wrong, dear Sakura?"

Sakura smiled at him briefly, faking her happiness. "No, it's all sunshine Syaoran-kun!"

He erupted in laughter and pointed at the dark sky. "Sakura I think we should get you glasses! It's raining!"

Sakura smiled a little but Syaoran didn't notice. He stood up and offered a hand to her which she took. Once she had stood up, Syaoran quickly wrapped his arms around her. Sakura's eyes went wide and her body went stiff. His head was nestled into her shoulder and he pushed her closer to him. Suddenly, she felt very relaxed and…safe.

"Whatever's bothering you, you'll heal in time and get stronger. But if you need anything from now to then, I'll be there." He whispered and it tickled her ear. She smiled and returned the hug.

"Thank you, Syaoran-kun."

.:End Chapter:.

Author's Notes: I thought it'd be nice to add a little Syaoran-Sakura sweetness with this. Anyways review! Oh and check out my newest CCS story! As always, review!

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