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Chapter 7;
Chase in Venice
Venice, Italy. 10th June 2016. 12:01 AM
« Controllate il perimetro! Svelti, Svelti! » that was what the police officer was shouting to his agents. Two cars were crashed in the highway that founded as an exit for Venice, there was only one that died, with a bullet in her head.
Sakura and Syaoran were watching the scene from the top of a bus as it was walking off its own way. « You really have made up a mess of things didn't you? » said Syaoran as he crossed his arms against his chest. Sakura couldn't help but smirk at his words and put an hand on his shoulder « At least we have the information on what we have to do. » she winked at him and looked up at the cloudy sky. Syaoran sighed while he put an hand on his forehead. He didn't wanted to admit it but he was afraid that she could have died in there. I should have used that gun….
(Two hours before)
Two days have passes since they left Dublin, following Katrina's instructions they went in Venice, one of the weakest strongholds held by Hiiragizawa and his wife. Syaoran had suggested to be in disguise but Sakura had strongly disagree with that decision, since she knew that a disguise would entirely blow up the operation.
They were in the center of Piazza San Marco, it was an enormous square, with the magnificent Cathedral and bell tower in the same place, although Syaoran would all Venice entirely stunning. A city surrounded by canals and water, that made the city already unique.
Sakura went to Venice a few times actually, so she wasn't that impressed with the beauty of the Serenissima. Sakura took off her sunglasses and looked at the rooftop of the Basilica, she knew that she had to get on the rooftop to get a perfect scan of the square, for looking out at the Headquarters of those bastards who stole that artifact, Sakura would never let that the world could be controlled by a politician who wanted power and a mad scientist who wanted to gain the Immortality. « I have to get on the rooftop of the Basilica, professor. But I don't want to attract the attention of the tourists by climbing… » she said while biting her lower lip, thinking on what to do to for getting on that damned rooftop.
Syaoran put a finger on his chin, then an idea came to his mind. He remembered suddenly that there was someone inside the basilica that requested to him a visit here in Venice and for doing some excavations in the catacombs of the ancient church. « I think I have an idea » Sakura turned to him by raising an eyebrow and the left part of her lips curved into an half smile « Hit me Syaoran. ».
He grinned at her, offering to the Tomb Raider his arm. Sakura immediately understood as they walked towards the entrance of the church. The doors opened and they walked quietly inside the Basilica. People noticed them and whispered that they were such a nice couple or things like that. They both approached a man who was around thirty, with blue eyes and black locks that fell in front of his eyes. He was dressed in an elegant black suit and white t-shirt, to add a bit of elegance on him. Sakura twisted her mouth since she wasn't very fond of Syaoran's plan but she let him be and let him do what he has in mind. The desire to give him a punch in that gorgeous face of him was very strong but she remained calm and acted like a proper lady, sometimes her high-class education were useful when she needed to infiltrate in a location where a map of a certain tomb was there or maybe an artifact that she wanted at any cost.
«We meet again Professor Manfredi » said Syaoran to the man and he turned to him with a smile on his face.
Professor Marco Manfredi was the Professor of Archeology in Venice's university, unlike Syaoran he wasn't as well an archeologist like him and the Italian professor felt envy towards him but not that much. « Professor Li! What a pleasure to have you here in Venezia » Syaoran's lips pursued into a smirk and they exchanged their hands, Professor Manfredi's eyes fell on Sakura and as a response she gave a neutral look to him « And who is this beautiful lady if I may ask Professor Li? » Sakura blinked twice at the question, feeling a bit tense at the look of the Italian professor Great! Now what Syaoran? She thought as she had the urge to bit her lips and thinking immediately of an answer. She felt Syaoran's gaze on her and she looked with the tail of the eye at him, the smirk didn't go away from Syaoran's lips.
« Well, I got married last month and it was a private wedding professor Manfredi, that's why I haven't invited anyone » Sakura felt her cheeks going red and a light blush was on the top of her nose. In the end she nodded at Syaoran's words, she had to admit it but he was quite an actor « Yeah, I preferred on this way. I'm Li Sakura, the newly fresh wife of Professor Li Syaoran. » there was a bit of sour in her voice, but neither Syaoran or Marco Manfredi noticed that. Sakura offered hand to the Italian professor and he took it, kissing her fingers. She didn't shy away the touch, acting like the proper lady that she was educated into since she was a child. « A real pleasure to meet you Mrs Li. Syaoran has chosen quite a wife I must say, A model by your looks. » Sakura nodded at his words, her lips didn't mentioned a smirk or a smile but deep inside she was amused at that game that both her and Syaoran were playing.
All that she needed to do is to make Professor Manfredi distracted while she reached the rooftop of the Basilica. « That's what I am Professore. » Syaoran looked at her, feeling surprised inside. But he knew that it was true… well… Kind of true: She was a model, back in University, just to have paid her studies. Her Italian was very fluent and she spoke it like an almost native speaker of that language. Syaoran was, once again, impressed by the skills of that woman, she could do practically everything if she wanted.
« So! I suppose that you're here to know the beauties of the Basilica. I'll be eager to show you the magnificent beauties that has this church. » the Italian proposed to the couple, Sakura rolled her eyes, maintaining her role and then, she put instinctively an hand on her flat stomach. Syaoran noticed that as a signal to distract Professor Manfredi, so she could go on the rooftop and do what she has to do.
« I would love to do it, but I think that my wife would like to visit it on her own » Sakura shocked her head at Syaoran's words and she put an hand on his shoulder, smiling. « I think I need some fresh air, I need it for the baby ». Professor Mandredi looked impressed by her words and gave a light punch on Syaoran's shoulder « Congratulazioni then Professore! You're free to go outside while I discuss some business with your husband Mrs. Li ».
Syaoran and Sakura locked gazed for a moment, then she took his chin with her fingers, caressing it. A flirtatious gesture for do not making any suspects upon the Italian Professor that was watching them right now.
She moved her face closer to his and then her lips touched his ear « Distract him. I'll need only a few minutes » her whisper was like a command and he nodded at her words. Then it was his lips that touched Sakura's ear, that made her stomach going upside down and shivers down her spine.
Sakura hated to admit that, but she had loved the moment he had kissed her, that night in Touya and Katrina's living-room. It had made butterflies goes up and down on her stomach « Be careful » he had whispered into her ear and then he placed a kiss on her check. They parted and nodded at each other, Syaoran walked towards the aisle of the Basilica with Professor Manfredi. In the meanwhile, Sakura walked on the opposite way, searching with the eyes the door for going on the rooftop.
After a while she found the door and walked towards it, swinging her hips and moving her arms. She entered the door and, before climbing the stairs, looked around to the left and to the right, being sure that neither some guards or priest were there and say something to her, saying that "the area is not allowed for visitors" or something like that.
Sakura was sure that no one was watching her and she climbed the stairs, running with each steps that she took. I hope you know what you're doing Syaoran she unexpectedly thought about him and… she was worried. Sakura had sworn to herself to do not have a crush on her companions, since that accident that happened in Cambodia years ago. But she had to admit that Katrina was right, there was sexual tension between them and they had a lot of chemistry too.
Sakura slapped mentally herself, pushing away these thoughts as she reached finally the last floor of the stairs. She opened the door and she found herself on the rooftop of the Basilica. Smiling with cockiness and for succeeding on her plan, Sakura took from her pocket and earphone and she put it on her left ear.
A mini-monitor appeared in front her left eye, It was a gadget from New Scotland Yard that Katrina had given to her once she quitted her job from it and accepted her job for Dublin's Interpol. Sakura had found this gadget pretty useful, especially when Katrina offered help to raid a tomb. Without letting Touya know, of course.
« Do you receive me Kat? » she asked while blinking twice her eyes, and she waited to receive a clear signal from the mini-monitor in her eye. Once the signal was clear, Katrina raised her thumb and nodded at her question. « Loud and Clear Sakura, where are you now? » Sakura walked to the edge of the rooftop and she saw the sea of people and tourists that were walking or that they were taking photos to the Bell Tower or the Basilica itself. Sakura looked up at the sky, putting an hand on her forehead and blinked her eyes.
« I'm on the rooftop of the Basilica di San Marco, Syaoran is distracting an annoying professor inside it.» At the mention of Syaoran, Katrina laughed curly and, as a response, Sakura rolled her eyes in annoyance. Never ask her help when she's pregnant Sakura, never!
« Sorry, but I can't help but think that you have a great chemistry » Sakura shocked her head and sighed in annoyance. But she had to admit that the chemistry part is true, they had no problem in acting that they were a newly fresh married couple in front of Professor Marco Manfredi.
« Are we gossiping or you are going to help me deirfiùr sa dlì? » Katrina stopped laughing at her sour and serious voice and raised her hands as a sign of excuse and touched her keyboards, typing something on it. « I'm sending a scan to you mini-monitor ».
The mini-monitor in Sakura's eye became suddenly in black and green, like a data base from Scotland yard. Sakura locked her eyes with the Bell tower and saw the inner chambers of it and the bell that moves left and right. « No, Their HQ is not in the Bell tower Kat, I think we fished in the wrong lake. » Katrina typed nervously on her keyboard, trying to analyze the Bell-Tower, but she failed. Their HQ was not inside it.
« You're right Saku. » she said while sighing. Sakura looked around and studied the square for many minutes, finding nothing with her mini-monitor and eye-scanner. Until something caught her attention.
Sakura zoomed with her monitor to two women on the far-end of the square, the women both wear black suits and they had a brooch that resembled an hourglass made of jade. « Fuck…» she muttered under her breath, recognizing the brooch on both of the women; It was Tomoyo Daidouji's watermark and they were without doubt some of her agents here to poach and kill both her and Syaoran « What's going on Sakura? » Katrina asked in a worried voice in her earphone. Sakura put her hand on her left ear, putting closer the earphone towards her ear. « Katrina, far end of the square, I need the information, Now! ».
Katrina felt the worry in her voice and she did what Sakura asked, the zoom in her mini-monitor helped her though and she once again thanked the databases of Interpol that she had found the information of both of the women, and sent the information in Sakura's mini-monitor.
Sakura read with attention at the information that Katrina had sent to her; They were Nakuru Akizuki and Rika Sasaki, one an expert in technologies and computer sectors, like Katrina. The other one was an assassin, that loved to kill her preys with poison. Sakura felt warning running on her blood and anxiety grow in her heart.
Then a look of determination was in her eyes as she clenched her fists « Sakura, If you want an advice. Go away from Venice… » Sakura nodded at Katrina's words, she was right. The Jade Heart apparently wasn't there in Venice and it seemed like a lake without fishes to catch. « I'm going to catch up Syaoran. »
« I've heard about that ambush in Luoyang, I'm sorry about that… » Syaoran looked at Marco with an eyebrow raised, how could he know about the accident that happened days ago? Maybe the news were like a merry go round in a carnival and in Italy were subjects of gossip and so on. « It's fine Professor Manfredi, really. Nothing to worry about that ». Marco nodded at his words as he caressed the back of his neck, in a nervous gesture « You know? I would like to treat you for dinner one of these evenings, you can take your wife with you. So you can meet my daughter and my son. » Syaoran blinked his eyes, uncertain on what to answer him. In other circumstances he would have accepted without hesitation but Sakura Kinomoto isn't his real wife, just his partner in crime to find those who have stolen the Jade Heart in that museum in Luoyang and also, Syaoran must not forget that she's a grave robber, a Tomb Raider… And he still didn't trusted her that much, even though he feels well in her company. She was stunning, she has lady manners but her family was disowned just because she refused to be the governor of Tomoeda. She's' just like any other woman that he has ever meet in his whole life. Syaoran felt attracted to Sakura, in every way.
« We would like that Professore Manfredi » a female voice said behind Syaoran and he turned his head to see its owner. It was Sakura, with her arms crossed against her full breasts. Syaoran smirked at her while she walked towards Professor Manfredi, who smiled kindly at her. « Perfetto! So, What about… » Marco put an hand on his chin, Syaoran and Sakura locked gazes for a moment.
« What are you doing? » he whispered to her, being careful that the Italian professor wasn't looking at them. « I'll explain later » she whispered back and turned her gaze back to Professor Manfredi.
« What about the day after tomorrow Mrs. Li? » he asked with a smile on his face, Sakura nodded and exchanged smiles with him. Syaoran rolled his eyed in annoyance… and jealousy. Sakura noticed that with the tail of her eye and she got a bit flattered by his attitude. No one of her companions or supposed boyfriends had shown such an attitude towards her.
Sakura felt a little warm inside, seeing that Syaoran was jealous of her. «Sounds perfect Professore. »
After a while, and waving goodbyes to professor Marco Manfredi, the pair was walking on a thin street, looking for their car. They didn't exchanged a word since they exited the Basilica. Syaoran somewhat knew that there was something going on.
« So, Have you found something? » asked Syaoran instantly out of the blue, Sakura looked him and shocked her head, disappointed « No, It seems that the Jade Heart isn't here. So it means that there are left St. Petersburg and Washington D.C. » Syaoran groaned at her words and stopped walking. He took Sakura's shoulder and turned her towards him, making her look into his amber eyes.
« Sakura, what if they are tricking us? I have a serious bad feeling about it » she rolled her eyes as she removed with her wrist his hand from her shoulder. « Nakajima is good, but if she thinks that she can fool me. » with her fingers, Sakura took Syaoran's chin and moved her face closer to his. Syaoran felt the desire to touch, even briefly, her lips and make them his own and trap them with his tongue and teeth. But he knew deep inside that Sakura hadn't that intentions, even if he felt that the sexual tension was strong between them « She's wrong » and then she touched briefly his lips. It was a short contact, but that brief moment was enough to make Syaoran's spine shiver inside him.
Sakura heard steps behind them and she turned her head to see what was going on. She bit her lips as the two women saw her and one indicated them. « Here they are! » shouted the taller woman, Sakura recognized them, instantly.
« Fuck! » Sakura started to run, Syaoran followed her.
The two continued to run, until their lungs exploded in their chest. Rika Sasaki took her gun from her holster and shoot towards Sakura and Syaoran. They both avoided the bullets, by dodging them. A bullet hit Sakura's shoulder, Syaoran looked at her, concerned but she didn't cared about the bullet in her shoulder. She lifted her skirt and took her guns from her thighs holster. She made a back-flip and shoot towards Nakuru Akizuki and Rika Sasaki, but Sakura saw that they dodged the bullets with no problem. Sakura cursed under her breath and then she saw a broken lamp. She shoot towards it, blocking the way to the two women and reached Syaoran.
« What the hell is going on?! » he shouted while with his eyes he saw their car, and the pair ran towards it. In the meanwhile Sakura saw if the two were still blocked in there, she gave to them a single shoot but the two once again avoided the bullet with precision and grace. « They are Daidouji's Agents! » she said while she opened the door of the passenger seat and entered in the car. Syaoran did the same and he quickly turned on the car and went full throttle. He almost invested a pedestrian while he was running with the car.
Sakura had still her guns in her hands, and looked behind her, to see if Nakuru and Rika were still behind them. « Take a breath Professor, It seems that the trouble will begin in a few minutes » said Sakura taking a nervous, anxious long breath that filled her lungs. « For the love of God! Sakura? Professor Li? Are you okay? » Sakura recognized the voice, it was Katrina. She didn't even noticed that she had still her earphone on her ear. Sakura pressed with her finger the earphone, to hear clearly Katrina. There was an absolute worry in her voice « Tàimid fìneàil Katrina, don't absolutely worry. » Katrina sighed in relief, Sakura imagined that she has prayed to God, when she had heard the shootings from both Sasaki and Sakura, that they were both safe « Turn on the mini-monitor on the Radio. I need to speak with both of you. » Sakura did as her sister-in-law said. She clicked a button on the radio and a mini-monitor appeared, after a while, Katrina's image was instantly on it. She was at the moment in her Interpol's office and she was dressed in her uniform, with an high neat bun. « Good, I have information for both of you. »
« I hope that it's something important Mrs. Kinomoto, here we had a dead end » said Syaoran with a stressed voice as he continued to look at the street, this time at a normal speed. Katrina nodded at Syaoran's words as she typed something on her keyboard, that appeared also on their mini-monitor. It was the map of Washington D.C and Venice.
« The Jade Heart is neither in Washington and neither in Venice. I think that Nakajima tricked you » Sakura closed her eyes, frustrated as she loaded ammunition on her guns, ready for another ambush from Nakuru and Rika. « I bet that the artifact is in St. Petersburg. That bitch… » she muttered the last words under her breath, cursing Shinobu Nakajima and her masters. Katrina nodded at her words « Correct, but I suggest to both of you to stay in low profile for a while. »
« Roger that… There's more? » Sakura asked while she put her guns on her holsters, Katrina nodded at her question, grimly. « Yes… and It's not good news. »
Sakura bit her lips to the grave tone of her friend's voice, she didn't even want to think what that news could be. « Professor Li, I have the bad feeling that Nakajima is after your sisters. I don't know what Daidouji has in mind but- »
« That daughter of a bitch! » Syaoran shouted while they were about to exit the city of Venice. Sakura looked at him, surprised that he lost his self-control when Katrina mentioned that Shinobu Nakajima was after his two sisters, Sakura had the bad feeling that Tomoyo Daidouji could use them as cavies when she will extract the Elixir from the Jade Heart. In a way she understood him, if they took Touya as a cavy she would get absolutely mad.
Syaoran took from his pocket his smartphone and dialed a number, then he put it between his ear and his shoulder, as he continued to drive.
« Mei-Xing, pass me Mei-Ling, It's urgent… » Sakura avoided gazes with Syaoran as she squeezed hard her guns in her grip. She felt Syaoran's anxiety in her skin… Something that she couldn't help but sympathize with him in some way. Her mind came back to the murder of her father, just because some jealous men had come to her house because she had found an artifact that her father wanted to discover so much. The artifact was The Ark of Alliance, and the Yakuza had ambushed them into her old house in Tokyo, In the Shibuya district. They killed her father and wounded her brother but she managed luckily to get them arrested, while she had severally wounded them with no firearms and using her own fists and kicks, but that wasn't enough to save her father's life. And so that day she swore to herself to never come back in Japan, since the Yakuza was still poaching her after years.
« Mei-Ling, listen to me, warn Fei Mei and Shiefa as soon as you can. Nakajima is after them. » Syaoran's voice made her wake up from her ugly memories of her father that was laid on the floor in a pool of blood. And with that, the memories of when she destroyed The Ark of Alliance in front of the Yakuza members and that they tried to kill her for that damned artifact.
Sakura had never put foot anymore in Japan since that day. « Okay… Let me know if you find something more on the Empress's bones » and with that, Syaoran closed his call with Mei-Ling, Sakura didn't listened to his whole conversation with his cousin and she didn't want to interfere. She wasn't his wife or his fiancée so she couldn't pretend to know everything about him.
Even though… Sakura has to admit that before he went into her manor that day, she had googled him and knew something more about the handsome archeologist that was beside her at the moment.
The back window of the car was broken in all sudden, Katrina screamed from the noise of the broken window, Syaoran and Sakura turned their heads to see who was behind them, the Tomb Raider groaned in rage and desire to kill their poachers. But for now their instinct was to escape from them.
« Take the highway! » shouted Sakura as she lowered the window, she stood up from her seat as Syaoran pushed his foot on the accelerator and took the highway.
Nakuru Akizuki was on the top of their car with a sniper rifle in her hand that pointed towards their car. Rika Sasaki was driving at full throttle while she tried to contact her mistress from Washington D.C, where she was at the moment along with her husband. « What do you want? If you don't know I have a cavy here in Washington and I want to try the traditional ways before extracting the Elixir in St. Petersburg! » Tomoyo's voice was irritating and Rika hated that, she swore to herself that if her mistress will treat her like that once again, she will kill her. True, her husband had saved her from life imprisonment but she couldn't stand it anymore. « Sasaki! Faster! » Nakuru shouted above her and Rika rolled her eyes at her attitude.
« Great Mistress, we are after them, but Kinomoto had given us some problems on the stree- »
« I don't care Agent Sasaki, I want her dead! Kill her and her boy toy. Kill them both. I have an experiment to work on. Don't call me if she isn't dead or if one of you two is dead! » Tomoyo closed rudely the call and Rika groaned at that and her eyebrow went into an expression of pure rage against her boss, for the rudeness that she had shown and for her possessive thoughts about her agents. Rika has concluded that Tomoyo Daidouji-Hiiragizawa wasn't any better than her abusive husband.
« Rika! Take the Highway! Quick, I'm going to lose them! » Nakuru shouted above her once again. Rika's grip on the steering wheel was getting heavy on her delicate hands and she closed her eyes as she pushed harder her foot on the accelerator and took the highway as Nakuru said. « We are not going to lose them, I promise you Nakuru.»
« What are you doing?! » shouted Syaoran as he saw her stood up from her seat and she exited half of her body out of the window. Sakura looked at him, on her face there was an expression of rage and frustration , but also a bit of focus « Shut up and think about driving! » she shouted back, and she extended her back and pointed towards the car of Akizuki and Sasaki. She shoot towards the front tires of their car and Sakura saw Sasaki's head hit on the steering wheel and Akizuki was pushed forward, away from the top of the car. Lot of cars continued on their own way but some stopped when their front tires were hit.
Sakura grinned her teeth and opened her mouth as she continued to shoot towards their car, she had it their front window and the front of their car. Rika Sasaki's head was still on the steering wheel, it seemed that she had lost conscience but she wasn't dead. Syaoran stopped the car in horizontal, blocking the way to some people as Sakura was back on her seat. Syaoran nodded at her in admiration and blinked twice at her « Really… Good Job » his hands left the steering wheel and lifted them up as saying "excuse me". Sakura winked at him and looked towards the monitor, Katrina was still in connection with them « Gomenasai Katrina, I'll buy you a new car ».
Katrina smiled in response and nodded, for a moment she looked at her left, seeing that some colleagues of her were asking for her presence. « I have a meeting. Go to Verona, in the Due Torri Hotel. Mention me at the reception and they will give you a refuge. » Syaoran and Sakura nodded at her words as she closed her call. They looked into each other eyes for a moment, Syaoran gulped at the eye contact and then, in a sudden, Sakura gave to him one of her 9mm guns « What do you have in mind? »
Sakura blinked at his question as she loaded her gun in her hand opened the door of the car « To make sure that they are both dead. » and she exited and walked towards their damaged car. Syaoran followed her, still dazed by the fact that Sakura had given to him one of her most trusted companions on her whole life as a Tomb Raider. Syaoran knew from that moment that she trusted him fully and that little gesture had confirmed that to him.
He already knew since that night, when they make-out on that sofa, that it could be too easy for him to fall in love with Sakura Kinomoto. And Syaoran Li had the confirm to that thought, he fell in love with her.
Sakura stopped at the broken door of her enemies car and saw Rika Sasaki unconscious, with her head still on the steering wheel. Sakura pointed slowly her 9mm gun towards her head, and when she was ready to shoot to her head, a punch on her cheek made her lose her target and she didn't pull the trigger. Her gun fell heavy on the asphalt.
Sakura put instinctively her hand on her check and saw the one who had given her the punch. It was Nakuru Akizuki, she was covered in dirt and blood, her long brown hair had locks covered with her own blood and her forehead was stretched and fresh blood was still going down above her nose and eyebrows « We meet again Kinomoto! » she shouted while she raised in rage her arms. Sakura saw in her eyes that she was going mad just because she fell off the top of a car.
« Considering that you stalked my brother for a while Nakuru, I'm not surprised that you entered in the brotherhood of Daidouji. » Sakura spit on her left, removing the taste of blood out of her mouth. Nakuru, when Touya was dating Katrina, had stalked him for a while just because she was "in love". Touya admitted that he was freaked out by that girl that was clearly obsessed with him, since he was trying to get out of depression and she believed that it was her that should be beside Touya, after Yukito's death, and not a Gaijin from another part of the world. Since she was his stalker, Nakuru had begun to hack into his bank files and other things, almost stealing his identity. She had even tried try to kill both Touya and Katrina, but the Irish girl noticed her and, since at the time Katrina worked for New Scotland Yard, arrested her for attempted murder Nakuru Akizuki was in prison for three long years. Tomoyo Daidouji noticed her hacking skills and payed her bail since Nakuru was supposed to be in prison for five years but Tomoyo had freed her because Nakuru could have been useful to her, not because of pity.
« I deserved to be your sister-in-law Kinomoto, I don't know what your brother see in that Gaijin whore » and those words, Sakura saw red. She came closer to Nakuru and gave to her a kick on her stomach. Akizuki didn't reacted to the kick and as a response she gave a slap to her check, using her nails and stretching her flesh.
Syaoran was unable to move and saw the fight between Sakura and Nakuru, he felt the heavy gun on his hand and began to shake. If I don't use it…
Sakura screamed in anger and frustration as Nakuru leaved her the scratches on her check, the temptation to take the gun was too strong, but Sakura decided that if she should die, she would die by the beats. « At least Katrina isn't a psychopath and a stalker like you Nakuru. She deserves to be a Kinomoto ».
Nakuru laughed only at her words and with the tail of the eyes she saw a shard of glass on the asphalt, she kneeled to the ground to take it and covered it on her palm and on her wrist. « I deserved him more. And you knew it! » Sakura shocked her head at her words as she gulped, because she saw that Nakuru had took a shard of glass that came from the broken window. Sakura licked her lips as she locked eyes with Syaoran for a moment. She was that he was shaking, especially with a gun in hand and seeing her like this. With an heavy scratch on her check, that the moment it was bleeding. Sakura looked once again at Nakuru and gave to her a cocky smile « I have a thing to say to you, Nakuru Akizuki. » then she took a step back and she saw her 9mm gun on the asphalt. She ignored it for the moment and clutched her hands into fists « Don't ever try to say a bad word to a member of my family! » and she ran towards her and gave a punch on her chin, making her slam her teeth. Sakura gave a kick towards her face but Nakuru blocked it with her hand, she laughed and then she showed in a blink her shard and sliced Sakura's chest and neck. Sakura screamed in agony and her leg left Nakuru's hand. She instinctively put both of her hands on her neck and she felt something liquid on it. The wound wasn't deadly but the blood was falling heavily on her neck and was coloring red her cloths and her breasts. Syaoran at that scene, ran towards Nakuru and gave to her a kick on her back, making her fall.
The shard fell from her hand as she fell on the asphalt. He approached her and he gave several kicks to her stomach. Nakuru groaned in pain but resisted to his kicks. She made a flip in three hundred sixty degrees with her legs and made Syaoran fall on the asphalt. He fell on some sharp shards and groaned in pain. « Syaoran! » Sakura called his name in a worried voice, she felt the tears raising on her eyes and she tried to do not cry. She had to focus and she shouldn't lost focus. Focus, Sakura, Focus!
Nakuru raised herself with a jump and walked slowly towards Syaoran and put a foot on his stomach, she pushed her foot deeper into his stomach, by giving him pain with both of her heel and of the shards of glass that he fell on. Syaoran groaned in pain and he saw his vision going blur « Such a shame, you're so cute… » Nakuru teased him as she continued to push her foot on his stomach, then she moved into his chest, where his heart was.
Syaoran looked beside him and saw Sakura's 9mm and with his hand he slowly took it and pointed towards Nakuru, his hand shaking still. Nakuru laughed at him, as she moved her foot on his chin and playing with it, the laugh didn't died from her laugh « May you find light in the embrace Doctor Daidouji's knowledge! » Nakuru repeated the same words as Shinobu Nakajima said when she had tried to kill him back in the excavations in Luoyang. Syaoran was ready to pull the trigger but a shot stopped him and Nakuru was motionless. Syaoran's vision wasn't blur anymore and he saw that a bullet was on her forehead.
Then, like a slow motion in a movie, Nakuru fell dead on the asphalt, with her eyes wide opened and her mouth opened as well. Syaoran raised himself slowly from the asphalt and looked behind him, he remained sat to see his savior in that moment.
Sakura had her gun in hand and she was like a salt statue, like she had killed for the first time and he knew that for her it wasn't the first kill. Maybe she had killed many people in cold blood who had given her trouble during her journeys.
Sakura put slowly her gun on her holster and her legs run towards Syaoran and helped him to raise from the asphalt. He groaned in pain as he was once again up. He still had shards on his back.
Syaoran looked at her bleeding neck and chest and also to her check, she didn't look good at the moment and it seemed that her determination was away from her eyes. « You saved me once again… » he said in a faint whisper as he gave back the gun to her.
She took it slowly and she enjoyed the contact with his hands for a moment. Then she tightly closed her eyes, she had shame to look at him in the eyes « I shouldn't gave you my gun…I'm sorry. ».
Syaoran put an hand on her wounded check, his palm colored of flesh blood. Sakura felt the gentle gesture of him and she opened immediately her eyes and gave to him a weak smile. « I don't care… You saved me. Thank you Sakura. » she felt tears raising on her eyes, but she decided not to cry. Instead, she gave him an hug. As for thanking him for his gentleness with him, since she acted like he was some firearms knower and she felt sorry for that.
Syaoran remained surprised to her gesture, then he put his arms around her waist and pulled her closer to him, by making her feel safe by that simple and warm gesture. Sakura felt her heart going tighter and her heart beat was going fast and fast and it was hurting her chest so bad, but she felt safe in his arms and wanted to be forever like this.
After a while she broke the hug and she saw a bus that said "Venezia- Verona". Sakura mentioned him with her head the bus and that they should climb it for reaching Verona and they both ran towards it. While they ran, Sakura was sure of a thing. She swore to never fall in love again and she broke that oath.
She fell in love with Syaoran Li.
Washington D.C, United States of America. 10th June 2016. 13:30 AM
« Quick! More blood! » Tomoyo was trying to inject some blood on a body of a nineteen years old girl body that went into shock and her heartbeats were going faster and faster. The body was shaking faster and faster but Tomoyo's objective was to inject the blood on the veins of the girl.
« Doctor Daidouji! We are losing her! » a male voice interrupted her and she looked at him badly. He had a firm expression on his face and looked badly at his boss. « She's just Nineteen years old! » he protested once again but Tomoyo didn't listened to him as she put the injection on her wrist. The body of the nineteen years old girl stopped shaking but her heartbeat was getting weaker and weaker. Tomoyo bit her lower lip and looked at her colleague and indicated to him to take the defibrillator « Quick Doctor Owen Jones , Quick! I won't lose another one of my cavies » Owen ran immediately to take the defibrillator but the heartbeat of the girl was getting weaker and weaker. « Charge to fifty Doctor Jones! » commanded Tomoyo as he prepared the object to reanimate the girl, he put the object on the girl's chest. « Go, Go, GO! » and he pushed towards the girl's chest, but it was futile. The heart of the girl stopped beating and Tomoyo went away from the hospital bed and gave a kick to a basket, making fall the trash out of it. She felt frustrated for the failure, but she was sure that with the Elixir extracted from the Jade Heart, her experiments will succeed and she will give immortality to all the world, included her and the baby that she was carrying. But she would drink the Elixir, and so will do Eriol. Others will have to have mixed their DNA's with the Elixir.
Tomoyo took a deep breath and approached the hospital bed, looking at the corpse with angry eyes « Tachibana Rei, Nineteen years old. Cavy number ten. Hour of death: 13:30 AM » Owen nodded grimly at her as he covered Rei's body in a black cloth and looked at her angrily « Doctor Daidouji, they are not just cavies. Look at how many have died! Just because of this insanity! » Tomoyo listened to his words and approached him and gave him an hard slap on his check « Shut up Owen! I remember to you that I do whatever I want when I want. I hope that you didn't forget that. » Owen touched his check, where Tomoyo's hand had hit him and looked at her with an angry glare. « You're a psycho Tomoyo, can't you see that these are people and not cavies? » he said while indicating a cage with other people on it, that looked scared or angry at Tomoyo or at the staff of the laboratory. She raised her hand, ready to give another slap to him but resisted and took a deep breath « You better remember who you are working with. I'm leaving for St. Petersburg tomorrow. I want you that you send me all the… » she stopped a moment to look at the cages in disgust and looked once again at Owen, with her arms against her chest « … Prisoners after twenty four hours that I leave. Have I made myself clear Doctor Jones? » she said those words as if they were a treat to him. He blinked at her and stayed silent for a while, it disgusted him that she saw those people as nothing more than guinea pigs for her. « Yes… Great Mistress. » and he stormed out of the room and Tomoyo shocked her head in disappointment and leaved the room.
She walked towards the cage of her cavies and looked at them by touching the bars with a malicious smile on her face. A woman around her same age was looking at her in an angry glare. She had long brunette hair in two braids, pale skin and light brown eyes. She has two round and huge golden earrings and she was dressed in a top that showed her flat stomach and a black skirt. She had her arms against her chest and shocked her head « It seems that one of your doctors has stood up from you Tomoyo, they don't believe in your ideal anymore. » she had a strong and sultry voice and looked at her with the same angry glare as before.
Tomoyo shocked her head, the smile didn't go away from her lips « Dear Chiharu, do you think that I would care about what my doctors says about my cavies? » Chiharu rolled her eyes in annoyance, not moving from her position.
« If you want my personal opinion, you will not find the secret of immortality. It will always remain a secret and no one can live forever » Tomoyo laughed at her words and that irritated Chiharu badly, making her nerves going upside down on her stomach « Don't make me laugh, your mother used to voodoo no? » Chiharu tried to remain calm when she mentioned her mother. True, her mother had practiced voodoo since her father died when she was young and she even knew something about the spiritual world, maybe more than Tomoyo. But when she was kidnapped for Doctor Daidouji's experiment, her lapdog, Shinobu Nakajima, had killed her mother in front of her own eyes and she tried to fight to do not be one of her cavies but it was too late, Chiharu got handcuffed and taken to St. Petersburg for her experiments.
« Don't ever try to mention my mother again in my presence! » Chiharu couldn't stay calm anymore and approached Tomoyo as her hand clutched in a fist. She wanted to give a punch on that psycho face of hers, Tomoyo in response laughed even harder to Chiharu's gesture to try to punch her. « Oh Chiharu, Do you want to punch me? And to think that we were friends in High School » Chiharu in response spat on her face and it arrived on the top of her nose « I regret having you as a friend » and she turned her back to Tomoyo, regretting and feeling shame that when they were in High School they were friends and they went to the same clubs together. She felt shame since the day that Tomoyo had kidnapped her for her experiments and that Shinobu Nakajima had killed her mother. « Don't worry, When I'll extract the Elixir from the Jade Heart, you'll be the first! » and with those words, Tomoyo walked away from the cages and Chiharu crossed once again her arms against her chest and closed her eyes in frustration.
May the Tomb Raider kill you Tomoyo, you're a psycho bitch!.
As she walked away from the cages, her phone was ringing and annoyed she took it and saw who it was. It was Agent Rika Sasaki, she hoped that in her heart she had good news as she answered the call. « Tell me » she answered sultry at the call, she wasn't in the mood for bad news.
« Great Mistress, Nakuru is dead… » her voice was dazed and shocked. Tomoyo's amethyst eyes opened at the news that one of her agents was killed by that bitch of Sakura Kinomoto. Tomoyo felt disappointed by her, it was such an easy task and she failed to fulfill it. Also she felt disappointed that Nakuru had fell in the battlefield like a bad cake. Tomoyo remained silent for a while, meditating on a punishment that will serve her as a lesson for failure, or instead Rika will become one of her cavies when the Elixir from the Jade Heart will be extracted. She sighed and then she finally answered; « Take the first flight for St. Petersburg Rika, I want a report eye to eye » she said, covering her disappointment.
« Yes, Great Mistress » Rika answered only and Tomoyo hang up the call and put back her phone on her purse. She came close to a wall and gave a strong punch on it, venting her disappointment from Agent Nakuru Akizuki for dying like a coward, by the hand of Sakura Kinomoto, that she couldn't stand because she was too perfect. She was beautiful, rich and successful on the things that she had done and she had grown a strong hate in the past for her for being what she was, and after that she found out about her when Tomoyo tried to buy from her The Ark of Alliance, another artifact that could have given her the immortality, but as a response, Sakura said that it wasn't for sale. Tomoyo had sent her Shinobu for killing her, but Sakura was too skilled and she was defeated in a blink of an eye. Then she followed her on her other adventures, especially for the one in Cambodia, Tomoyo had seduced her companion for betraying her and give her an emotional breakdown, by mistrusting of the men around her. And then she felt disappointed by Agent Rika Sasaki, she is an assassin, an expert killed and why she didn't killed her at first hand? The question was easy to answer: Her mind was too weak and she was kind of a new blood to her Brotherhood. That's what she gets after freeing her from life imprisonment? Tomoyo wouldn't go after that.
« I will kill you Kinomoto Sakura. I will kill you even if that means that I have to ruin my own, perfect world… to just have your head hanging up on my office desk. ».
Author note;
Mhm… After this chapter maybe it's better that I'll raise the rating from T to M. But I don't know… I need your opinion :3 Thanks for reading! Next chapter I'm planning on more SyaoSaku fluff and less action BTW :3