Chapter four: Healing and Death.
Caitlin looked at Dr Avalon after he finished checking her.
"Remember what I said, you're fine, except don't put too much weight on the ankle. You can come off the crutches in five days."
It was Friday and Caitlin wanted to get out of there and to go and see the boys at soccer practice.
"Ok." Caitlin said and then she and Sam left.
Sam sat on the benches as Caitlin walked over to the guys playing soccer. The cheerleaders saw this as well as Sakura and Shayla and they moved closer to hear them talk.
"Hey Caitlin. Did ya know that if you push those crutches really hard into the ground you'll turn into a tree?" Takashi said coming over to her.
Caitlin just smiled and whipped her crutch at his legs making him fall over.
"As far as I'm concerned, the only person around here who closely resembles a tree is you, 'cause you're the only one around here eating dirt." She smirked.
All the guys on the soccer team cheered for her except Kevin, Sakura and Shayla. Kevin looked at Shayla then Caitlin than back to Shayla wondering if Shayla told Caitlin about the day before. Shayla saw him looking at her. She flipped her hair over her shoulder and went to talk to Aiden. Caitlin saw Kevin looking at her sister and glared at him and he backed away. Sam went over to join the commotion.
"Sam this is Aiden and the guy over there eating turf is Takashi. Guys this is Sam." Said Caitlin.
Sam smiled at the two that he was introduced to.
"Hi. I'm Shayla's boyfriend, the only guy that Caitlin would allow to get close to her." Aiden said extending his hand for Sam to shake.
"Hi, Shayla is trying to keep me away from Caitlin." Sam took the offered hand and they shook. Then Sam got introduced to the rest of the soccer team, and Naoko, Chiharu and Rika.
Bear looked over at the playing fields looking at the people closely connected with Li.
"That's Sakura and Caitlin. Caitlin doesn't look that injured; your guys are idiots." Kat said from beside him.
"Shut up." He looked at Sakura and Caitlin. The only other girl he had to worry about apart from them was Meilin.
"We can leave now. I've seen all I need to." He said and they left, not before another quick glance at the girls.
Li and Sakura lay close together on his bed after a very long make out session.
"You and Caitlin are getting your tattoos tomorrow." He said, and then put his head in the crook of her neck.
"What's our rank?" She asked. He looked into her eyes.
"Well you're going to be second leader, Caitlin's will be below that, and you'll be trained to be assassins. You and Caitlin have most of your training down, even though she doesn't know that."
"Ok." she replied and then started to kiss him deeply.
Eriol and Tomoyo were sort of doing something very similar to Li and Sakura, but in the lounge room.
"Can we change the movie, I hate sloppy romantic stuff." Eriol complained. Tomoyo just kissed him to shut him up.
"I don't now." He said and they kissed again.
"Will you two knock it off." Shayla said as she came into the room.
"Why should we? You do it all the time with Aiden." Tomoyo stated. Shayla blushed crimson, and left the room in a flash.
In the spa, Caitlin was straddling Sam and they were kissing until Shayla came out screaming.
"Get away from my sister you perv!" Shayla screamed at Sam.
"Shayla you sound just like Touya. I think you've been hanging around him too much." Caitlin said still on Sam looking at her sister.
"Fuck you, bitch." Shayla said at Caitlin with one of 'Caitlin's glares'.
"There's my little sister, welcome back." Caitlin smiled evilly at Shayla.
"Go ring Aiden; I'm sure he'd love someone to talk to." Shayla flicked hair over her shoulder and went inside.
"She really doesn't like me." Sam said then kissed Caitlin's neck.
"Sure she does. She's being protective because of the thing I told you about." Caitlin said, fingering his muscular chest, while he made his way back to her lips.
Shayla was pacing in her room when Meilin walked in.
"What's with the pacing?" Meilin watched Shayla pack.
"I know Sam won't hurt Caitlin, but I can't help worrying." Shayla answered, and sat on her bed. Meilin went and sat next to her.
"Why not you make your sister worry about you. Invite Aiden over and bring him up here, that will make her worry and she'll watch you like a hawk." Meilin suggested.
"You're right Meilin. Thank you." So Shayla went to put her plan into action.
"Hi Aiden." Shayla said greeting Aiden at the door. Caitlin was back inside and sitting on the couch with Tomoyo, Sakura and Meilin because the guys went to a meeting. Caitlin heard Shayla greeting Aiden and looked up from what she was watching.
"Hi Caitlin, Tomoyo, Sakura and hi to you, even though I don't know you're name." Aiden said as he saw the girls.
"Hi. I'm Meilin." She said jumping up and going over to him.
"Hi, Aiden." Sakura and Tomoyo answered in union. Caitlin just looked at them.
"Come on Aiden." Shayla said dragging Aiden up stairs. Caitlin glared at them for this.
"I'll be back in a minute." Caitlin said grabbing her crutches and heading up stairs.
~* A few minutes later*~
"It's for your own good squirt." Caitlin said with Aiden and Shayla walking down the stairs in front of her.
"Sakura can you get Caitlin to back off?" Shayla begged, and then Meilin got up and rushed to Shayla's defense.
"It was my idea Caitlin. She was just worried about you." Caitlin got a surprised look on her face.
"Why would she worry about me?" Caitlin asked. Shayla looked down when everyone looked at her.
"I thought I would lose you." She said. Caitlin looked at her sister. She put down her crutches and opened her arms.
"Come here silly. You're not going to lose me." Caitlin said and Shayla stepped into her sister's arms and they laughed.
"KAWAII!" Squealed Tomoyo and everyone checked their ears to see if they were deaf.
"I wish I had my camera." She said.
"It's over here." Said Eriol from the door. He was standing there with Li and Sam. They weren't smiling and were looking at Sakura.
"What?" She asked confused. Li walked over to her and pulled her into a hug.
"Bear blew up the university. Your father and brother didn't make it out in time." Li said. Sakura stared t him not comprehending what he had just said.
"What?" She asked again pulling away from him. "I could have sworn that you just said -"
"I did." he said gently.
"NO!" She screamed from the bottom of her heart, and tears started to fall. Li pulled her back into a hug. She fought him at first, but he soothed her and soon grief was too great a thing to no longer ignore.
Tomoyo joined Caitlin, Shayla and Meilin in the hug and they cried along with her. . .
Li walked into the living room. Sam was holding Caitlin, some guy Li didn't know was holding Shayla, Eriol and Meilin sat gloomy faced. Tomoyo was with Sakura in Li's room.
"Eriol, Meilin, Sam, Caitlin come with me." Li ordered, and walked into his study with them following. When they were seated, Li looked at Caitlin.
"Who is that guy with your sister Caitlin? And can he be trusted?" Li asked. Eriol looked at her. Li and Eriol were the only ones that had yet to meet Aiden.
"That's her boyfriend Aiden. He wouldn't be dating Shayla if I didn't trust him." Caitlin replied, with her head on Sam's shoulder and his arms around her.
"Good. Let's get started. First we have to get more information on Bear, like his background, who's his family is and etc." Li said. Caitlin was about to say something, but Li stopped her.
"Sakura already told me you think Kat's Bear's sister Caitlin, but we still don't know if it's true, we can't rely on your intuition."
"I can get my men to do some digging, that's if you want me to?" Sam said and Li nodded.
"What are we going to do?" asked Meilin. Li sighed.
"Do what you want." Li said and Caitlin suddenly got up and left the room with Sam in tow. Meilin followed after Sam.
Shayla followed her sister, Sam and Meilin upstairs to Caitlin's room, and Aiden followed her. Caitlin was lying on her bed. Shayla lay down next to her.
"Didn't Dr Avalon tell you not to put any weight on your foot?" Shayla looked at her sister lying next to her.
"It doesn't matter now." Caitlin said.
Just then Tomoyo came in.
"Li wants to see you in his room Meilin." Tomoyo said and got onto Caitlin's bed with Caitlin and Shayla. Sam sat down in the chair in the corner of the room. Aiden sat on the floor next to the bed.
"Bear's going to die for this." Caitlin said.
"You three should get some rest." Eriol said walking into the room and sat down on the floor next to Aiden.
Shayla, Caitlin and Tomoyo started to drift off.
Li looked at Sakura's sleeping figure on his bed. Meilin walked in quietly.
"You wanted to see me?" She asked softly.
"You want something to do, don't you?" He asked and she nodded.
"You can go to Tomoyo's and help out over there, but only if you want to." Li said and Meilin nodded.
"I'll be glad to help." Meilin said and left.
Tomoyo woke up to find herself alone in Caitlin's room. The door opened and Eriol walked in.
"If you're wondering where they went, they went to Li's room. Caitlin and Shayla woke up and went to Sakura and went to sleep on Li's bed with Sakura, the guys are in there watching them." Eriol explained.
"Where did you go?" She asked. He showed her the coffee.
"I had to do something. Do you want to go to the rest of the girls?" Tomoyo nodded and got off the bed and made her way to Li's room, with Eriol following behind. When she got to the room, she went straight to the bed, not taking any notice of Li, Sam or Aiden. She lay down beside Shayla and went back to sleep.
Meilin sat on the chair at the table in Tomoyo's mother's study looking at the floor. That's what she had been doing since she had gotten there. Tomoyo's mother on the other hand was busy with the funeral parlor and her own office to notice Meilin. The maid, who let Meilin in, sat down beside her.
"Did you come over to help?" She asked. Meilin just nodded.
"Why don't you go back home and take some bags I packed for Tomoyo and Sakura with you? It might be better if they stay with you for a while." The maid said and looked at Sonemi. Meilin understood what she meant.
When Sakura woke up she came face to face with Caitlin.
"How do you feel today?" Caitlin asked in a whisper.
"Numb I can't feel anything." Sakura replied. She moved her legs and arms.
"What time is it?" Sakura asked.
"It's 5: 30 am." Caitlin said and heard movement on the ground.
Sakura looked up to see Li, Eriol and Sam asleep on the floor. That's why Caitlin was whispering.
"Where's Shayla and Tomoyo?" asked Sakura in a whisper.
"They were hungry and went to make breakfast." Caitlin replied.
"How long have you and the girls been up?"
"I've been up for two hours, so Li could get some rest. The other two got up ten minutes ago." Sam stirred on the floor and woke up.
"The girls are making breakfast if you want anything Sam." Caitlin said to him in a whisper and turned back to Sakura.
"Do you what any food?" She asked. Sakura got up into sitting position and nodded. Caitlin got off the bed and Sakura followed. The three of them went to the kitchen and when they got there, Tomoyo gave Sakura a hug.
"Everything is going to be ok." Tomoyo said.
"I'm still numb. I need to feel something, pain, anything." Sakura said and Li and Eriol walked in behind her.
"You're still booked in for your tattoo." Li said and Sakura nodded.
After breakfast, Caitlin and Tomoyo got Sakura cleaned up. Li was ringing up the tattooist to let them in early.
"This top shows your shoulders." Tomoyo said and Sakura nodded, noticing the top that was like Caitlin's halter top. Shayla walked into Caitlin's room.
"Li said the tattooist will be ready in half an hour." She said and sat on the bed, while Tomoyo helped Sakura into the top. Caitlin put Sakura's hair into two braids. When they were ready, they went downstairs to meet Li.
~* At the tattoo parlor*~
Sakura was sitting in the chair and Caitlin and Li were watching. They were there for half an hour and Sakura's tattoo was half finished.
"Has he started my tattoo yet?" Sakura asked. Caitlin looked at Li in disbelief.
"He's half way through it." Li said.
"I can't feel anything." Sakura said.
"She's still numb with shock." Caitlin pointed out.
They were there for another hour and a half, so Caitlin could get hers.
~* Back at the mansion*~
"Are they back yet?" Meilin asked. Sam and Eriol shook their heads.
Just then the door opened and Sakura, Caitlin and Li walked in. Sakura took off her jacket and headed up stairs. Caitlin looked at her before her as she hung up her jacket.
"She didn't feel the needle in her skin and half way through it she asked 'has he started yet?'" Shayla, Eriol, Tomoyo, Meilin and Sam stood there mouths open. Li spoke up.
"Shayla and Tomoyo you are doing your test tonight." He said and went upstairs.
"And don't get me started on mister grouchy there!" Caitlin said after Li disappeared.