Disclaimer: I don't own CCS, Clamp does. But I do own this story.

Pairings: Syaoran x Sakura, Eriol x Tomoyo, Mei Lin x OC, Rika x OC, Naoko x OC, Chiharu x Yamazaki


Chapter Three

"Second Meeting"


A trail of smoke and dust was left from the eight passing cars, covering the scene which had just happened, the police sirens covering the screams coming from the three girls.

"Sakura" Chiharu said in a whisper after having so many times called out Sakura's name. She dropped to the floor with tears forming in her eyes.

Rika was holding a crying Naoko, too shocked to say a word.


"This is not good" a man on a bike said to his companions who nodded.

The three looked at the scene in front of them, wishing the dust and smoke would just disappear quickly.


Chiharu wiped her tears with the back of her hand, trying to control herself, until something caught her eye.

"What's that?" Chiharu said pointing in front of them, slowly getting up.

"Where?" Rika looked in front of her but saw nothing.

"There, down there" she said, the air was starting to clear up.

Rika gasped, seeing a body lying on the floor. "Sakura!" she exclaimed, pulling her friends towards her.

The air was totally cleared up, giving them a full view of their friend.


'Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh. I can't believe I died!' Sakura exclaimed. 'Wait, can I still think when I'm dead?' she added to herself in wonder.

She opened her eyes and saw a fog, feeling the rough surface beneath her.

"I thought lying on the clouds would feel much softer" she muttered, feeling for a bruise on her behind, wincing as she did.

"Sakura!" someone called.

She coughed a bit because of the dust before slowly getting up.

"God Sakura! We thought you would be run over" Naoko wailed, flinging her arms around Sakura's neck.

'Ok then, I'm not dead' she thought sarcastically while hugging her friend in reassurance.

"Sorry for letting you worry. I would've thought I was a goner as well if Tomoyo hadn't called out to me. I guess I spaced before I made a move" she added the last bit in a mutter, looking down. Her head suddenly snapped up to her friends. "By the way, where is Tomoyo?"

The three girls shrugged at this before…

"Tomoyo!" Naoko gasped seeing the sight of the girl on the sidewalk floor.

The other girls whirled around and saw her. They all dashed to the other side and knelt down beside her, shaking her vigorously.

"Tomoyo, Tomoyo! Wake up! I'm alive! See? I'm here! Just open your eyes and you'll see me, in the flesh!" Sakura said hastily, trying to prove her unconscious friend that she was truly still alive. She saved her life, and what does she do in return? She killed her instead. To make things worst, it was that Syaoran guy who almost ran her over, she couldn't believe he didn't even bother to slow down when he saw her.

'The nerve of him!' Sakura screamed in her thoughts, still fighting to make Tomoyo wake.


"I guess we should go help" the man on the bike said, looking at the girl lying on the floor, unconscious.

"Why?" said one of his companions. "We don't even know them, it's better for us if we don't get involved, Syaoran might kill us"

"Technically, we're already involved. We also know some of those girls. The girl who almost got ran over knew Syaoran, she might do something stupid as to tell them it was he in that car. I'm pretty sure she got a good look at him from were she was standing" the other companion pointed out in a sarcastic tone.

"Let's just go and help, all we'll do is make sure that the one who fainted is alright, then we'll take our leave if its nothing serious" he said, still looking at Tomoyo with great interest. "I hope she's alright"

His second companion raised an eyebrow at him, though it can't be seen because of the helmet.

The three men kicked down the stands on their bikes and zoomed away from the spot they were watching from, towards the girls.


Hearing the rumbling noise of motorcycles, Chiharu stood up along with Rika and turned around to see three bikes pull up in front of them.

"Having trouble?" the nearest to them asked.

Chiharu raised an eyebrow at him, seeing her face reflected by the black visor which covered his eyes. "You think?" she replied sarcastically. She glared at him, feeling him smirk behind his helmet.

True to her thoughts, Eriol smirked at her reply. 'She's scared' he thought, bemused at the idea.

He slid up his visor and revealed his deep blue eyes. Before he could reply, someone else spoke before he had the chance.

"There's no need to be a bitch about it" Aki said from beside him, as he too slid up his visor, showing off his dark brown eyes.

Getting a glare from Chiharu, Aki smirked and took off his helmet. His dark brown braided hair fell just by his shoulders, not noticing the girl whose breath got caught by this.

"I'm not being a bitch, your just being an asshole, you asshole" Chiharu said firmly. "Tell him he's an asshole Rika"

"Y-You're…umm…what she said" Rika stuttered and looked down, blushing furiously. She couldn't believe she just did that. 'I'm the most obvious person in the world' she mentally smacked herself. 'Now he'll think I'm a total dolt'

Aki gave her a charming smile, making her look like a cherry. Chiharu's eyebrows creased at this, looking at him then at her friend repeatedly. She shook her head and turned back to Eriol.

"We don't need help from you" she said in a finalized tone.

"Tomoyo! Tomoyo! Please wake up!" Sakura continued to say from behind her.

Eriol took of his helmet and glanced at the three girls on the ground then raised an eyebrow at Chiharu. She huffed looking at his face.

"We'll be fine" she said irately.

"I'm sure you will be but your friend might not. You should take her to somewhere more private" the silent one finally spoke up. He took off his helmet, revealing the same hair as Eriol, except his was black, and he had brown eyes. There was no one around, as the people were still inside the stores, fearing to come out, but their spot on the sidewalk was a bit illuminating.

Chiharu looked him over and noticed that he was similar to the other two guys: drop-dead hot. 'Damn it' she hissed to herself in her thoughts for even thinking of such a thing when she was engaged. Instead of retorting something in return, she turned around and ignored the three guys behind her.

Sakura sighed and stole a glance at who Chiharu was arguing with. She did a double take when she saw Eriol and Aki's face.

"Hiiragizawa-kun! Kobayashi-kun!" Sakura exclaimed, standing up but not at all shocked to see them again.

"You know these idiots?" Chiharu blurted out.

"Please call me Eriol" Eriol said, ignoring what Chiharu just said.

Seeing his smile, Sakura was about to smile as well but it turned out the opposite way. She frowned looking at the two.

"Why the hell did Syaoran try to run me over?" she said flatly.

The men were taken aback by this but didn't show it.

"He hadn't meant it, he was being chased by the damned police, he couldn't avoid it" Aki filled in.

She nodded but another thought hit her like a bolt of lightning.

"Why would the police chase him like that if he was a new recruit?" she asked curiously.

Aki smacked his head with his hand. He had forgotten about what Syaoran had told her as an excuse during their first meeting.

"That was just a test run if he could drive well incase of those kinds of situations" Eriol supplied. Seeing Sakura raise an eyebrow at him, he sighed in defeat. He couldn't lie anymore since as nothing could cover what ever lie he could think of. Plus, Aki being the dense one, just gave them away with his guilty act. "Ok then, we'll explain, but first we should help out your friend there" he said, pointing at Tomoyo's still unconscious form.

She looked back and nodded. Eriol walked past her and easily picked up Tomoyo in his arms. He headed back to his bike and set her on the back seat. Sakura held her as Eriol got on, followed by her, Tomoyo held on in the middle.

"You guys coming?" Sakura asked her three other friends.

Rika walked over to Aki who had his had held out to her and helped her on the bike.

Mika smiled at Naoko who sat herself to the back of his bike.

Chiharu looked apprehensive.

"Chiharu?" Sakura looked at her.

"I-I think I should stay here" she replied, looking anywhere but them.

"You sure?"

Chiharu nodded, and smiled at her reassuringly.

"Ok then, I guess we'll see you later" Sakura smiled in return.

"I'll give you a call when I get back home" Rika added and Naoko nodded in agreement.

"Don't worry, I'll get Takashi to bring his butt down here" they all smiled at each other.

"Ready?" Eriol said through his helmet. Feeling her hold on his waist and Tomoyo press onto his back, he took that as a yes. He slid down his visor and gassed the bike, not too fast as to avoid it to rise up, as he had two passengers –most especially girls, behind him.

He rode off ahead. Aki and Mika both slid down their visors. "Hold on tight" they both said to the girls who both nodded as their holds tightened. They both gassed the bike in an instant, making it go on one wheel. Both girls screamed as it came back down and they zoomed off after Eriol.

Chiharu sighed and opened her purse. She took out her phone and pressed 1 on her speed dial.

"Hai?" a wily voice came.

"Takashi," Chiharu started. "Can you come down to the park gates to pick me up?"

"Of course, be there in 10"

"Arigato" she said with a smile as she flip-closed the phone and tossed it back in her purse.

She walked back across the street and sat her self on the wooden bench by the gate that headed to the park. Thinking about what had happened, she sighed. She wouldn't have mind to come along, but in truth, she was scared. Not the just scared, having a chill on her skin, but scared as in, scared down to the bones. Seeing those men terrified her for some reason. They looked dangerous in her eyes, and it seemed like only she had seen that. She didn't mind danger, but she didn't want it either, especially if it could only bring up bad things in her life, and those guys looked like they were born to cause trouble.


"Where are we going? The hospital is in the other direction, and our house is nowhere near here" Sakura shouted over the noise of the bike.

"Our place is closer, it would take us more time to get to the hospital or to your home" Eriol shouted back, checking the mirrors if Aki and Mika were behind him. Seeing them close by and luckily nobody else, he made a sharp turn heading into what seemed like a deserted park.

They rode on for about five more minutes before Eriol finally slowed down. Sakura looked up at the three huge mansions which stood together, side by side.

"Only the four of you live here?" Sakura asked looking at the size of the whole place. Sure, Tomoyo and Sakura's homes were as big as one of the mansions here, but this one seems to impress her by much.

"Of course not, but yah. Syaoran, Aki, Mika and I live here but with other people as well. I bet Mei Lin is in there, if she isn't out today"

He stopped the bike in front of the entrance doors and waited until Sakura could get down. She held on to Tomoyo as he got down as well. He picked her up again and headed inside.

Sakura heard the others pull up outside as she looked around the entrance hall. Everything in the place looked expensive, normally what she had in her own home before, as well as in Tomoyo's, but the things here seemed much more expensive than hers…which is saying something. Her eyes landed on Eriol's back, who was walking ahead of her with Tomoyo. Who really are they? And why did they build such a nice home away from where most people lived? Perhaps they valued their privacy? She glanced around and saw that he was gone. She walked on but stopped in a fright as he emerged from one of the doors on the right side of the hall.

"I left her to be checked out" he informed with a smile.

Sakura smiled at him and followed him into a living room, where the others already seated and were talking animatedly.

"Please, enjoy yourself to our home until your friend awakes" she nodded, seating herself on one of the stuffed sofas.

"Sakura," the guy who was riding with Naoko had stood up and walked towards her, looking at her with his had held out. "I'm Saito Mikiyasu, but you may call me Mika for short"

She held out her hand onto his and shook it with a smile.

"Well, I've got nothing else to say since you already know my name"

Mika smiled at her in return.

"By the way Eriol, you still owe me an explanation" Eriol smiled at her and sat down beside her.

"You see, we are-" he stopped hearing a car screech to a stop from outside. "He's here"

"Who's here? You mean the doctor or something?"

Mika and Aki both shook their heads and braced themselves for a good shouting from…

"Syaoran!" Eriol said in a jolly voice.


"I'm gonna kill them, especially him" Syaoran thought viciously, his mind focused on a certain midnight-blue haired guy with spectacles. Not only had he killed an innocent girl, whom he happened to consider was okay. He wasn't able to relax the day like he planned.

He had long have lost the police cars which were following him since as they all crashed together, trying to get to him. He smirked at yet another successful car ride as he suddenly floored the brake making the tires screech to a halt, stopping right in front of the mansion.

Walking fast down the entrance hall, he turned and pushed open the doors to the living room, knowing they were there.

"Syaoran!" Eriol said in his usual jolly voice.

"Eriol, you idiot! Can you be anymore stupid? I never killed a girl before! Nor do I plan to, that's Mei Lin's job, I don't hurt or kill innocent women, unless really necessary, and j-" he stopped, looking at Sakura who was sitting there looking at him.


Noticing he had stopped, Eriol still sat there with the same smile.

"First of all, you got the police to follow you on your own. Second of all, you didn't kill her, she's right here…she did kill her cousin though"

Silence continued to fill the room. Eriol was still bemused that Syaoran had lost his cool for awhile, just because of Sakura.

"Why'd you bring them here?" he finally asked in a hard tone, glancing at the other two girls.

"Her cousin is in the medical room, she fell seeing you almost kill Sakura here" Eriol indicated to the girl who was beside him looking anxious.

"Well, I wouldn't have worried her so much to fall if he hadn't been a reckless driver, I barely got through" she pointed at Syaoran accusingly.

"You were the one in the middle of the road" Syaoran retorted, folding his arms across his chest. He changed his mind, he didn't find her ok. Nobody ever talked back to him except for close friends and family relations, and he wanted it to remain that way. What gave her the idea that she could talk to him like that?

Sakura glared at him and he glared back.

"Quite being a child" he added to her making her glare harden even more. He looked from her to Eriol who was still smiling like a Cheshire cat. "You shouldn't have brought them here, it isn't our business, but since as they are already here, after their friend wakes up, they shall leave and speak nothing of what had happened and shall forget who we are" he told Eriol but meant it to everyone in the room.

Eriol frowned at this. He knew better than to go against Syaoran's orders but he didn't like the idea.

A knock on the door made them stop.

"Hey guys, that chic you brought in is awake" the guy leaning by the doorframe said in a bored tone.

"Who are you?" Sakura asked abruptly.

"That's Ren, he's the one who checked out Tomoyo" Eriol answered instead.

Sakura's eyebrows creased, looking from him, then at Ren.

"You don't look like a doctor, did you know what you were doing?"

"I'm the closest to one above all these guys" Ren answered smoothly. "Our personal doctor is out today, so I'm the next best thing. Anyways, your friend seems to be alright, nothing serious. You can see her now"

The girls all nodded at this but Eriol was the first to get up.

"I'll inform her of something important for awhile. I'll be back right away" he said, not looking at any of them. Walking to the door, he caught a glimpse of Syaoran's serious face. "It concerns her condition" he added, walking out of view.


A soft knock sounded from the door. Tomoyo sighed, she didn't know where she was and the image of Sakura on her death bed was replaying over and over again in her head.

"Umm…Come in" she called out hesitantly, internally hoping she wasn't in a house with bad people.

"I see you're awake" her visitor stated with a smile.

Tomoyo flushed into a shade of light pink, seeing him walk in alone.

"U-Umm…yeah" she replied pathetically. 'Why is he here? Of all people!' she shouted in her mind.

"Are you okay? Do you need some more rest?"

"N-No Eriol, I-I'm fine" he smiled hearing his name coming from her lips.

"You remember me?"

"Of course, why wouldn't I?" she raised an eyebrow at him.

Eriol walked to towards the chair, right beside her and sat down, looking at her intently.

"You're even more beautiful now than you were before also than in your photos" Tomoyo blushed even more at his forward admission.

"E-Err…th-thank you" she stuttered, finding her fingernails more interesting than him. "But this is the only time I've ever met and seen you clearly…well, other than that time in my house and the photos you sent" she added in a whisper.

But he heard it clearly. He grinned at her and took her hands in his.

"It's great to finally be with you Tomoyo. I've been waiting for the day we could finally meet again. Though our meeting was unexpected, I'm still glad it happened" he said sincerely, looking deep into her amethyst eyes.

"Our first ever meeting was unexpected as well, but I'm glad we got to meet again" she whispered to him, also looking at him directly in the eyes. They stayed like this for awhile, slowly inching towards the other.

"Eriol!" came Syaoran's voice from outside, along with hard knocks. "You done in there? This girl is getting annoying out here, she wants to see her now"

"Yeah, let them come!" he shouted back. He turned back to her "I hope we can have a moment on our own sometime soon" he whispered into her ear quickly. He made a desirable distance between them just as the doorknob clicked followed by the door which swung open.


"I want to see her now!" Sakura stated irritably at Syaoran who looked bored to his pants.

"I said you have to wait…Eriol has to explain things to her first" he growled back at her.

"And why can't I be the one to explain to her?" she growled back.

"What? Do you want her to freak? When the last thing she saw was you almost getting run over?"

"That's not my fault isn't it? You're the loser who almost ran me over!" Syaoran massaged his temples, giving up with their argument.

He walked out the living room with bustling behind him as the rest of the group followed him. Turning to her, he gave her a cold glare, and he got one identical to his.


Sakura glared at him with all that she has. He walked off again and she followed him along with the others.

"Eriol!" he screamed to a door, where they had stopped, knocking on it hard with his fist. "You done in there? This girl is getting annoying out here, she wants to see her now" he added in a shout, getting really pissed off by Sakura.

"Yeah come in!" came Eriol's response.

"Finally" Syaoran muttered, but Sakura heard him.

'Why is this guy so serious and irritable?' Sakura asked herself as she watched him turn the knob of the room door.

"Thank you" she said, quickly walking past ahead of him into the room.

Syaoran looked after her and glared. "Bitch"

"I resent that" Sakura replied looking back at him before she totally changed her facial expression as she looked at the girl on the bed. "Tomoyo!" she squealed, running by the bedside, engulfing the shocked girl in a tight hug.

"S-Sakura" she said, hugging her back, just as tight. "I thought you were dead!"

"And I thought I killed you!" she replied in a laugh, slowly letting her go. "Are you sure you're okay already? You look a little red than usual"

Tomoyo turned even redder at her statement, but she nodded her head in assurance. She was still a little flushed by Eriol's last statement to her.

Syaoran looked at the blushing girl on the bed then glanced over at his best friend. His and Eriol's eyes locked for awhile until it was broken by yet another set of squeals.

"Rika! Naoko!" Tomoyo smiled at them and returned their hugs as well.

Eriol smiled, looking over at the girls who were chatting like nothing happened but fully noticing Syaoran who was still eyeing him from a distance. He knew better than not to take Syaoran seriously. He was the hardest guy to fool.

Syaoran was looking at Eriol suspiciously. He knew that Eriol knew that he was looking at him. His best friend wasn't stupid.

"Well then!" Eriol said loudly, clapping his hands twice to gain their attention. "How about some snacks?" he finished with a smile, looking at the girls.

'Well, maybe he was stupid at times' Syaoran thought in a sigh.

The girls nodded at this and slowly helped Tomoyo to her feet.

"I'm fine, really" she answered truthfully.

"We know, but we want to help"

Rika and Naoko nodded at this. When Tomoyo was standing straight fully, they walked on ahead with Aki and Mika. Sakura was still holding on to her, leading her outside with Eriol and Syaoran closely following them.


"How's the cake?" Aki asked, as he took a big chunk into his fork and crammed it all inside his mouth.

"It's delicious" Tomoyo complimented with a smile, making the rest of the girls nod.

"Oh and Tomoyo, this is Aki and Mika" Sakura indicated to the two men sitting beside Rika and Naoko. "They helped us out when you blacked out"

Tomoyo nodded at the two men. "Sorry for the inconvenience I may have caused" she said softly.

The two men laughed at this but stopped because of the nudge Rika and Naoko gave them.

"Not at all a problem" Mika said seriously but with a smile.

"Yeah, we didn't mind at all" Aki said as he took another huge bite out of his piece of cake.

Everyone sweat dropped at him except for Syaoran and Eriol. Eriol was staring bemusedly at the group and Syaoran was just looking at them with a bored face.

"Oh by the way," Sakura said suddenly, looking at Tomoyo. "This is Eriol" she indicated to Eriol, making Tomoyo flush ever so slightly. "He was the one who carried you on his bike and brought us here"

Tomoyo looked over at Eriol and smiled. "Thank you very much, Mr. Hiiragizawa" she said as if it was the first time they met.

Eriol smiled at this. "It was my pleasure, Ms. Daidouji" he said bowing his head slightly at her direction.

A question then popped into Sakura's head. 'How did Tomoyo know his last name? I haven't talked to her about him or his friends, only just now' she watched the two who talked casually. 'I guess I'll ask her later'

"I believe I saw you in my house just last week"

"Yes, but it seems every time we meet, you are passed out" Tomoyo blushed at this and looked away.

"You just have bad timing, is all"

"I guess so"

Their eyes locked and they smiled at each other before conversing back to other topics, with Syaoran all along watching the two with a frown.

Something clicked.

"Eriol, you still owe me or rather us, an explanation"

Syaoran's head snapped to Eriol who was smiling at the Sakura.

"Eriol…" Syaoran warned.

"Well, we have to tell them sometime" he replied before turning to the girls. Syaoran shook his head and wondered what bad an effect this would result to his group. "You see…"

"Stop" Syaoran interrupted, standing up and walked in front of the group. "If you intend them to know all about us, I might as well do it" he glared at Eriol who was now grinning.

Syaoran looked over each of the girls but lingered his gaze on Sakura before continuing.

"You must first be well aware that you are getting yourself into something very dangerous" the girls nodded in approval. "You should also know that by getting this information, you're already making yourself a part of this and you have no choice, you can't ever back out and if you want to, do so right now" the girls were looking at each other's eyes to see who will stand up and leave, but nobody did. Syaoran sighed and continued but was somewhat amused by the courage these girls had. "And if this information will leak out somehow, I will personally kill you" he added casually, making the girls gulp.

"Syaoran, stop scaring them already and tell them" Mika said impatiently, seeing the scared look in Naoko's eyes.

Syaoran glared at him for interrupting but did as he said.