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Ugh, I have exams coming up. They start on Tuesday. I'm going to fail. Oh well!

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She knew she could no longer hide the truth of her real escape. What she'd originally told them was a lie. She'd lied to the one she trusted with her heart, and she was sure that he'd hate her. She could feel his hand holding onto hers tightly, "Sakura, it's ok. I won't leave you." His voice comforting her once again, allowing her to slip into a relaxed state. Her body shook as she felt tears falling, "I'm sorry I lied-but I didn't want to betray the promise between Tomoyo and I." she cried.

"I lied when I said I had been driven back to the original…place…but I wasn't lying about being transported between his prisons. In fact…it was when I was being taken away from the one in Seven Sending's Woods. I'd just been…messed around with by Satoshi…he likes biting…and he'd ordered them to take me to one of the other places that he kept and tortured girls. Something took over me, told me that I had to get away from there. So as soon as I got out into the fresh air I allowed it to take over me completely…all I remember after that is waking up in the hospital." Sakura explained.

"Well sis that was probably your subconscious mind saving your arse." A bell-like voice chimed from the door way.

Everyone turned their heads towards the sound of the voice; it was a girl who was completely identical to Sakura except for her eyes which were a beautiful dark blue. "Rena-what are you doing here?" Sakura asked. "I work here." Rena replied cheerfully. "She's our technical analyst. We were going to tell you the week before she started but she said she wanted to surprise you. Unfortunately she never got to see you to tell you as you'd…yeah. However, she never gave up searching for you." Yuui smiled.

"Nope! No one messes with my big sister! By the way, here's that report you wanted." Rena handed over a manila folder to Kurogane. "I'll be back later." She said, leaving the room and going back to her office.

"I haven't seen her in years…" Sakura whispered. "Makes me wonder what my brother's up to these days." Syaoran murmured. "You have a brother?" Sakura asked. "Oh yeah, he was studying overseas, but I haven't heard from him in a while." He replied.

Rena was studying overseas too… Sakura ran through her head.

"Thank you for your information girls; you don't have to stay or answer any more questions." Yuui smiled. "Thanks Yuui." Sakura smiled.

The drive home was silent apart from the gentle music playing in the car, both of them feeling relieved when they pulled up the driveway. "Syaoran, are you mad at me?" Sakura asked once the car had been turned off. "Why would I be?" He asked. "I lied about how I originally escaped and withheld information about something else that could be vital to putting him away." She replied sadly. "You had your reasons. Don't beat yourself up about it alright?" Syaoran replied sternly. "Alright." She answered.

They got out of the car and went inside, the setting sun filtering through the windows and creating an orange glow in the house. "Pretty…" Sakura whispered. "It is." Syaoran agreed. "Do you think we would have met in another way if I hadn't been held captive by Satoshi?" Sakura asked. Syaoran looked at Sakura, completely taken by surprise. "Why do you ask?"

"I guess it's because whenever I'm with you, everything just feels so…so right. I know that I won't be hurt by you…so I was wondering what it would have been like for us to meet under different circumstances."

Syaoran thought for a moment. "I don't know…but I'm sure that we still would have ended up with each other anyway. I guess you could say that I don't feel complete without you with me." He smiled. Sakura blushed a little and could feel her lips forming a smile.

Rena sat in front of her computers going through Satoshi's records, finding the information that her team needed. "Oh my god…" she whispered to herself with shock, unable to believe what she had just read. She dialled her cousins' cell and waited for him to pick up. "You're on loudspeaker." Yuui said on the other end of the line as he picked up.

"Uh, I just went through Satoshi's records and dug into the depths of hell to find out more about his past and it turns out that his father and grandfather were doing the same thing with women only most of the bodies were never found. They would find a woman who was suited to their tastes entirely and keep her to give birth to his child which is really creepy in my opinion."

"Does this tie in with the murders of anyone in your family?" Kurogane asked.

"Well that's the thing-only one woman from my family has escaped to tell the story, but no one believed her as they and I mean they as in Satoshi and his creepy men and ugh were always so nice. However, Satoshi's father had a criminal record of sexual abuse and what seems to be domestic violence towards his son."

"Grew up with nothing but violence and abuse. It's like a tradition handed down to each male in the family." Yuui's voice came from the other end.

"Oh and get this-it was every four years that the mother resurfaced from being missing only they were dead the exception being my mother who escaped-she would have been sixteen at the time."

"Long time for this to be happening, shit. Can you track anything that he may have used recently-credit cards, mobile phones, anything that will help us figure out his next move." Yuui requested.

"Rena's on it." She said as she began typing quickly on her keyboard and bringing up the things she was looking for. "Sorry, zilch."

"He's probably got it under a different name. Call us back if you find anything else Rena."

"Will do." Rena replied before disconnecting the call.

The night air was humid and sticky, making it hard to sleep. What made it worse was that Sakura's dreams were plagued with nightmares once again, leading to Syaoran waking her up. The black shirt she was sleeping in clung to her body, soaked with sweat. The night lead to an uneasy day, both tired and irritated, but not with each other. There was a knock at the door to which Syaoran answered. "Chii?" he said as he opened the door. "Let's go to the pools!" she announced. "I have a pool in my backyard Chii." Syaoran reminded his friend. "I knew that." Chii muttered. She seemed to notice how tired both of them were and decided that she should leave. "You should get some rest if you can-maybe go for a swim. I'll see you later." She said cheerfully and quickly left before Syaoran could say anything.

Rena entered her apartment, placing her bags down just inside the door. She hummed a soft melody as she walked through and turned on the lights, not realising the visitor she had sitting on her couch or hear the silent footsteps walk up behind her. "Boo." Rena jumped, span around and punched the uninvited visitor hard in the face. "Ow!"

"Wha-what are you doing here! You scared the crap out of me!" Rena heaved.

"Well, I'm taking leave for a bit." His velvet like voice replied.

"And you came to visit me-your beloved wife." Rena smiled.

"Seems I've taught you well-I think you broke my jaw."

"Syaoron, really; you scared the shit out of me-it was reflex."

His eyes darted around the room and he had a minor smile on his face, as if he was impressed with himself. "I know." He grinned.

"I'm going to take a shower-come with." Rena said, walking towards the bathroom.

Well it seems that my butt really hurts right now. I also really hate shopping. With a passion. Unless it's for anime, then I'll deal with it.

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