I was playing monopoly last night, and I nearly won-that is until my sister was like HELLO HOUSES. And I was like "I hate your guts." I haven't played a game with my family in ages, so it was kind of nice. Mum kept landing on income tax every time she passed go-it was so funny.
In this chapter we begin to learn a little more about Sakura and her abilities. Enjoy!
Her swift movements, sharp kicks and punches to each of the men were so precise, so fast that it was almost a blur. She stood in the middle of a mass of bodies, bleeding on the floor. They weren't dead, but they were severely injured. Syaoran and Yuui had never seen something so horrific from Sakura-she was not someone to mess around with-however something had made her crack. "Let's go." Sakura said, looking up ahead. The other four stayed silent-Chii and Tomoyo seemed to be half drugged, so the boys had to carry them. Sakura looked around the corner, giving the ok for them to continue moving. It didn't take long for them to make their way out of the place that haunted all three of the girls, and make their way out through the night club.
People watched as they made their way through the crowded club and loud music, whispering and gathering around to see what was going on like a pack of hungry vultures. Sakura's head began to spin, just barely making it out of the club. "FBI move it-come on-we don't have all day!" Yuui yelled at all of the bystanders who were standing in the way of the door. Some of them moved immediately while some of the more obnoxious ones stayed in the way attempting to get a peak of what was going on. Sakura shot them a glance and they immediately backed off, allowing them to easily exit the building. They walked out into the darkness of night and found Fai standing with Kurogane and the police force. Ambulances were present and paramedics on alert. Fai looked up, a look of relief and worry on his face as he saw the state of Chii. He ran over to her, "Chii-are you alright!?" he called out to her. "Fai, I'm fine. I'm just a little tired is all…" Chii said, closing her eyes. Sakura looked into her cousins' eyes, "Don't worry Fai. Syaoran's tended to her minor wounds and helped with her deeper wounds. She'll be fine." Sakura smiled. "Oh thank god." Fai sighed with relief. Tomoyo looked over to see Kurogane standing with a couple of agents, giving them orders to go in and search the place-Satoshi was among them. Sakura saw Satoshi and finally snapped completely from her trance-like state, attitude and posture changing completely. "I'LL KILL YOU!" She screamed straight at Satoshi, who looked at her with a look of shock. As Chii had already been placed on a bed, Syaoran handed Tomoyo over to Yuui and rushed over to Sakura who had grabbed Yuui's gun from his pocket. She was about to lift the gun to shoot, but Syaoran was a lot faster to step in front of her view. "Sakura-come with me. It's time to go." Syaoran pulled her away, and Satoshi and several other officers were sent in immediately to gather evidence and check out the crime scene.
Tomoyo wriggled out of Yuui's arms and ran over to Kurogane, tripping occasionally. She wrapped her arms tightly around him, shivering from the cold and crying into his chest. "Kurogane!" she cried his name over and over again, never letting go. "Sir I suggest you accompany her to the hospital." One of the paramedics attending to Tomoyo advised. Fai walked past, "Take her to Sevens Sending Hospital." Fai told them as he walked over to the ambulance Chii was in and got in, also telling the paramedics driving the ambulance his girlfriend was in what hospital to take her to. Kurogane took their advice and got in the ambulance with Tomoyo, accompanying her to the hospital.
Syaoran drove home quickly, helping Sakura out of the car; she had tears falling down her face and her mind was in a state of frenzy. Syaoran got her inside and sat her down after making her a warm drink and setting it in her hands. He placed his hands over hers, calming her. "Sakura, can you look me in the eyes please?" he asked softly. She looked into his soft eyes, crying. "Please-save me from this agony…" she whispered. Syaoran smiled, "I promise I'll always protect you." He replied softly. The growling of Sakura's stomach made her blush and Syaoran laugh. "Guess you would be hungry-after all we haven't eaten dinner." He laughed, walking over to the fridge and pulling leftovers from the dish they had the night before out and placed it in the microwave. He boiled some fresh rice for them to have with their dish with and handed a plate to Sakura once it was ready. She ate slowly as did Syaoran, and found herself looking at the DVD's sitting on a couple of shelves next to the television. "Would you like to watch a movie?" he asked. She nodded, spotting one of her favourite movies. "What would you like to watch then Sakura?" he asked, walking over to the shelves. "I'd kind of like to watch Sherlock Holmes…" she mumbled, looking down. "And so we shall." He smiled, putting the DVD into the DVD player and switching the channel on the TV to AV.
Chii didn't have any life threatening injuries, just a few cuts and broken ribs. She had a fair few bruises around her arms and the wounds from the whips were still quite raw. She was not in any danger of insanity or mental illness-she was far better off than Sakura and Tomoyo. Fai sat by her bedside while she slept, feeling anger and rage towards the ones who had done this to her. Her hand twitched and her eyes fluttered open from her slumber; she smiled as she saw Fai sitting by her. "I never thought I'd be hospitalised in the place I work in." she joked. "It's rather ironic." Fai smiled back, holding her hand. The two sat in silence, both glad to finally be by each other's side once again. "How's Sakura…?" Chii asked, worry filling her eyes. "Syaoran took her home…if he hadn't stepped in when he did, she would have killed Satoshi." Fai murmured. "I can't even begin to imagine the type of torture that that poor girl went through Fai." Chii whispered sadly. "Satoshi definitely has some sort of connection to all of this-but what?" Fai wondered. "I'm not…entirely sure…" Chii looked out her window and up at the moon shining brightly in the dark sky. "What about Tomoyo-is she alright?" the blonde nurse asked. Again, Fai smiled. "It's rather amusing actually-she won't let Kurogane leave her side. She follows him absolutely everywhere-even to the bathroom…" he laughed. Chii laughed as well. "That's actually pretty adorable." She giggled. Her smile faded, remembering the sound and look of Tomoyo's eyes and voice. "You don't have to tell me if you don't want to." Fai said, knowing exactly what was running through Chii's head. "I think I'd like to talk to someone about it…" she murmured.
Once again, Sakura slept in Syaoran's bed with him, not wishing to leave his side. They were lying next to each other, looking up at the roof. "Yuui told me you have an IQ of one hundred and eighty three." Syaoran said, plucking a topic from the blue. "Actually it's one hundred and eighty five." She corrected with a smile. "So how was your schooling?" Syaoran asked, curious. "By the time I was ten I was in high school-no one picked on me because I always outsmarted them. It was pretty funny actually-one time I had one of the girls from the top of one of the other classes walk up to me and attempt to give me a formula for science-I was completing year seven at the time. She handed the piece of paper that she'd written on it to me, so I opened it up and read it. It was completely fake because of all of the errors she'd made while writing it, and I pretty much explained to her that it would be more believable if she'd done certain things a certain way. She never spoke to me again after that, and a fair few of the guys actually started speaking to me after that." Sakura smiled at the memory. "So did you ever get bullied?" Syaoran asked. "Yeah, but I honestly couldn't care less. I had close friends that I could stick with-Tomoyo was one of them." Sakura smiled. "That's an amazing gift you have Sakura." Syaoran smiled, still looking at the roof in the dark. "It was really funny when I played a prank on one of the teacher's once-one of my favourite teachers too, so I didn't get in that much trouble. Basically I hacked into his computer and left a meme open on his page-I'd made it just for him too, and it was all in scientific equations. It took him three months to finally figure out what it said." Sakura looked at him with a smile. "What did it say?" Syaoran asked. "I can't really say-it was quite a while ago." She replied. "You sound like you really enjoyed yourself." Syaoran smiled. "I finished school at fifteen/sixteen and went straight to university to study law and forensics. I did a course on profiling as well and by twenty I was in the field among the highest of them all." Sakura laughed. "If you don't mind me asking-what made you want to be an agent?"
"To be honest, I'm not really sure…I think it started when I witnessed the murder of my brother and father. The killer's caught and all, but I wanted to really know why some of them kill-what's happening inside their heads." She replied. "You're a good person Sakura." Syaoran smiled.
"Thank you Syaoran…" she smiled warmly. A smile that warmed the heart was a smile that should never be taken from anyone. Syaoran had realised that after he met Sakura and got to know her as a person, not as a patient. Her smile had been wiped from her face in the past-an unforgivable crime that could never be forgotten. These were Syaoran's true feelings for the girl lying beside him.
Well, we've learnt a little more about little miss genius! I actually wanted to make it a little more interesting to have Sakura as the genius instead of Fai or Syaoran or whatever, so I was like LET'S MAKE THE PSYCHO A GENIUS. Because you know, I'm just so freaking awesome.
So, the ending also reveals a little more about Syaoran's feelings-does he love her-or doesn't he? Is what he told Chii in the earlier chapters a lie? Guess we'll find out soon ;) I'd like to know your opinions too!
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