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

Hey guys, I said I'll update faster than I did my last one. So, here's the 12th chapter of the story.

Just so you know, this chapter is sort of different from the previous ones. Happy reading!


Chapter Twelve

"Precious"


Li

Well…Well…Well…seems like I have something that's yours. So, what are you gonna do about it? I was planning on making her my own, I have to admit, you have good taste in bitches…then again, what's the fun in that? Before I do just that, I want you to see me…close and personal…alone. Meet me tomorrow, dock 4 at 8 o'clock in the evening. Come alone unless you want your bitch dead.

Tsuyoshi

Sakura clenched her teeth and crumpled the piece of paper and threw it on the floor as she fell along with it.

"Sakura, it's all right" Tomoyo reassured as she bent down and rubbed her back in comfort.

Jay bent down and took the note and read it to himself.

"No it isn't Tomoyo, I was supposed to be the one being kidnapped, but they got Mei Lin instead…it's all my fault" Sakura stood up and wiped her tears with the back of her palm then ran off.

"Sakura! Come back!" Tomoyo called out but Sakura didn't listen and turn back.

Jay held Tomoyo by the shoulder.

"She needs time alone. We have to go to Mei Lin's cousin and tell him about all this" Jay said as he handed the note to Tomoyo. "C'mon, we can ride in my car"

Tomoyo looked back to where Sakura ran before she followed Jay towards the exit. She took out her cell phone and wrote a message and sent it to Sakura.


Sakura looked back at her best friend from behind one of the food stands. When Tomoyo turned around and walked away with Jay, she stood up properly and began to walk around the park.

Then her call phone rang.

Sakura took it out and noticed it was a text message.

Sakura

It isn't your fault, please understand that. We're heading back to tell Syaoran about all this. Don't do anything rash and stupid or else you'll end up regretting it. We'll meet you back at the mansion.

Tomoyo

"Tomoyo…" Sakura whispered as she pocketed her phone. "Arigato, but I do know it's my fault. I wish I never had decided to follow her"

Sakura continued to walk around the park and her eyes fell on the Ferris wheel.

"Hello miss" the man who was in charge of the gate greeted as he opened the door to one of the compartments of the ride.

Sakura was surprised at how she got there without her knowing. She got in and thanked the man before he closed the door. She went to one of the seats and sat down facing the window. She didn't realize it before but the sun was about to set.

'What did Tomoyo mean by don't do anything rash and stupid? I wasn't planning on doing anything. And…oh Syaoran' Sakura thought miserably. She just got together with Syaoran and now he's gonna get pissed off by her because of this. She has to fix this somehow. 'I'm the one who caused this, then I should be the one to fix it' she thought determinedly as she stood up and pressed her hands on the glass window as she watched the sun go down.


"Who the hell is that?" a male voice hissed.

"That girl Sakura" another voice of a man replied.

"Do you think I'm blind? That's not her you idiot!"

"Then who's she?"

"You're the dumb asses who took her here, you tell me!"

"Boss, she's coming around"

Mei Lin groaned and tried to move her body but every part which she tried to move was a real challenge. Her whole body felt numb, she felt tired and her head was ready to explode. Instead of doing anything else, she finalized on just opening her eyes.

She blinked a few times until her vision was focused and she saw three men in the room she was in.

"W-Who the hell are you?" she demanded in a strong voice but it only came out as a harsh whisper.

"You are pretty offensive for someone who was just kidnapped girly"

"Who you calling girly you bastards" she retorted but this time it came in a much louder tone.

Mei Lin tried to push herself up and managed a sitting position from her so-called bed which was made of hay.

"Where the fuck am I?" Mei Lin asked as she rubbed her head. She looked up and looked at the men more closely. "And who the hell are you?

"Better question is," Tsuyoshi started as she looked down at Mei Lin. "Who the hell are you?"


"Jay" Tomoyo started as she was looking through the car window.

"What is it?"

"How long have you been with Mei Lin?"

"A couple of months"

"Do you love her?"

"With all my heart" Jay replied with a smile.

"That's good to know" Tomoyo sighed.


"I asked you first" Mei Lin growled, not at all fazed at Tsuyoshi's tone.

"You're pretty confident considering your current position are you?" Tsuyoshi showed his tattoo on his neck which was of a black and red lightning bolt. The other two men showed their tattoos which was also a lightning bolt but of black and yellow.


"Tomoyo, I'm glad your back!" Rika said excitedly.

"Why, what's happening?"

"Chiharu is currently in her new room with Takashi" Naoko giggled from behind Rika.

"They're making her a Wolf?"

"Yeah, well…I was hoping you'd get excited about all this" Rika said disappointedly, seeing Tomoyo's normal expression.

"I-I am…but this isn't the time" Tomoyo said in a whisper.

"Why? What's wrong? And oh- who's he?" Rika asked as he pointed at Jay. She raised an eyebrow at Tomoyo. "You're not cheating on Eriol now are you?"

"W-What! No! He's Jay, Mei Lin's boyfriend"

Rika and Naoko smiled and greeted him along with introducing themselves.

"We have to talk to Syaoran and the rest of the guys, where are they?"


"You're Kins, so what?" Mei Lin smirked.

"Unless, you wanna get yourself beaten, shut up" one of the two lower ranking men spoke up harshly.

"Jinsei, be nice to our guest" Tsuyoshi said looking at him before turning back to look at her. "So, who are you?"

"Why should I tell you?"

Clearly, this was the wrong thing to say because the next thing Mei Lin new, a gun was pointed at her.

"Still not telling?"

"No"

"Well then…"

A loud bang erupted in the room as Tsuyoshi triggered his gun.


"I've got it!" Sakura said, punching her palm with her other hand.

"Miss?" the gate keeper asked.

"Oh, thank you" Sakura said feeling embarrassed as she stepped out of the compartment.

"No problem" he said with a wink.

Although, all his flirting went unnoticed by Sakura as she walked away.

'I'll make a deal with them'

Sakura took out her phone and pressed 4 on speed dial which was for Mei Lin's.


"Boss, a phone is ringing"

"Then pick it up!" Tsuyoshi said as he gave his gun to Chris to hold.

"It's not ours, it's hers" Jinsei said as he pointed at Mei Lin's body on the floor.

"Word gets out fast, doesn't it?" Tsuyoshi said with an evil smile as he took her phone from her bag.

He saw the name on the screen and flipped it open with a smile.

"Yes?"

"Tsuyoshi you bastard!"


The girls flinched hearing Syaoran's tone as he shouted through the speaker.

"Well…Well…Hello there Li. What do I owe you in this time of day?"

"You owe me my cousin you son of a bitch" Syaoran growled, trying not to get any madder than he already was.

"Oh, so this little lady is your cousin…I never knew. I would have hoped to have your precious girlfriend but my idiotic men got the wrong one…but good thing she's still precious to you, huh?"

"What the hell do you want?"

"Do as I said in the note I left…unless you don't wanna see her again"

"I want proof that she's okay. Put her on the phone"

"Can't do that"

"Why the hell not?"

"I used my gun on her and she fell"

"You bastard!" Syaoran yelled as he slammed his hand on the table.

The girls all gasped at this and the rest of the guys were all looking deadly.


"It's busy…who would Mei Lin be talking to at this time?" Sakura whispered to herself as she tried to dial her number again.


"Oops…sorry Li, but seems like your dear cousin has a lot of fans. I'll be back with you until I finish with this other call" Tsuyoshi pressed another button and answered through it. "Hello?"

"Umm…who is this?"

"You…who are you?"

"S-Sakura, who are you?" Sakura replied unsurely.

"Ah, Sakura…what can I do for you?"

"Tell me who you are first"

"Tsuyoshi"


"What happened Syaoran?" Eriol asked.

"The bloody bastard put me on hold"

"I-Is Mei Lin really…" Naoko's voice trailed off as she rested her head on Rika's shoulder.

"She's okay, I know it" Rika reassured as she patted her hand on Naoko's head.


Sakura tried her best not to shout a train of swear words through the phone at the man she was talking to as he told her his name.

"Where's Mei Lin?"

"Why would you want to know?"

"I-I want her back"

"And what do I get in return"

Sakura stopped for awhile and thought to herself if she really will go through with her plan. Then Tomoyo's word came flooding into her mind.

'Don't do anything rash and stupid or else you'll end up regretting it'

Sakura closed her eyes and breathed deeply.

"I'm waiting" Tsuyoshi spoke through the phone.

"Me"

"Come again?"

'Sorry Tomoyo…but I have to make things right again' Sakura thought as she gulped at the situation she has gotten herself into.


"Li" Tsuyoshi's voice rang into the room again.

"What?" Syaoran spoke harshly.

"The stakes have risen"

"What the hell are you talking about?"

"Just so you know, you're cousin isn't dead. I did raise a gun at her…she only fainted from shock"

Tsuyoshi's menacing laugh could be heard along with other people laughing with him in the other side.

Syaoran merely growled in response.

After their laughs died down, Tsuyoshi spoke again.

"As I was saying…I don't need your little cousin anymore. We'll be dropping her off probably half an hour later across the street from your park entrance. I'm not stupid enough to enter your bloody territory knowing you've got it wired for Kins. Anyway, across the street…remember"

"Wait! What do you mean by the stakes have risen?"

"Hmph…you'll see for yourself once you get your bitch of a cousin"

Tsuyoshi laughed again as he hung up the phone.

"What the hell was that about?" Mika spoke up in wonder.

Everyone had a face of uncertainty and wonder until Tomoyo spoke up.

"Oh God no" she said in a whisper. She took out her purse in front of her and rummaged through it until she found her phone.


"Where's Mei Lin?"

"In the van" Chris replied.

"Let me see her first"

Chris smirked at her then slid open the door revealing Mei Lin and another man who was watching her.

"Remove that from her mouth will you? That can be very uncomfortable" Sakura ordered and to her surprise and to Mei Lin's as well, Chris nodded at the man watching her and he undid the tie.

"Mother fucker" Mei Lin hissed to the man beside her.

"Mei Lin" Sakura said with a smile.

"Sakura, what are you doing here? You have to leave now…you're making things worse…you're just troubling yourself! You don't have to do this for me"

"No…it's okay…" Sakura said as she raised her gun at Chris. "Okay now, I'm gonna give this gun to you guys once I'm sure that Mei Lin is safe with our gang. Now, drive us to the mansion as you promised"

"Whoa, don't be harsh on me…Kins keep their promises"

"As if" Mei Lin said which earned her a glare from him and Jinsei who was the man watching her. She returned it to them full blast as Sakura got in the van and Chris drove them off towards the mansion.


"C'mon, pick up" Tomoyo said worriedly as all she could hear was the constant ringing on the other line.

"Tomoyo, what are you on about?" Syaoran asked getting more pissed off as well as getting more worried as what Tsuyoshi was up to.

"Well, I-"

"Master Syaoran, a van is parked outside claiming to be looking for you sir"

"Thank you Wei" Syaoran replied as the elderly man bowed and left the room as silent as he came in.


"Mei Lin…"

"What is it?"

"Tell Syaoran I'm sorry and that I love him"

"Oh don't give me that sappy good bye crap that you're not gonna see each other ever again"

"But-"

"Sakura, we're gonna find a way to get you back, I promise…so, just bear with it at their place for awhile okay? We'll figure something out for you"

Sakura nodded at Mei Lin with a smile, now getting teary eyed. Considering their present situation, Mei Lin was still confident and Sakura admired that in her…Mei Lin was one of the strongest girls she had ever met.

"We're here" Chris said from the driver's seat.

"Okay, let Mei Lin go"

"Give me your gun first" Jinsei said.

"What do you think I am? Stupid? Until Syaoran and the others get here to pick her up will be the time I'll give this to you"


"Okay guys, don't do any shooting until we get Mei Lin back okay?"

"We're coming too" Tomoyo said as she followed them to walk towards one of the entrances they were supposed to meet at.

"What? N-"

"You'll see why we have to come" Tomoyo said seriously as she walked past the group and ahead of them towards the entrance.

They were all in wonder as they jogged after her and hurried to the gates.


"There they are" Chris whispered as he got down from the driver's seat and to the slide door facing the group.

"Where's Mei Lin!" Syaoran shouted from across the street.

"Right here! Now, lower your guns!"

Seeing them follow his command, Chris slid half open the door revealing Mei Lin whose hands were tied together from behind.

"Mei Lin!" Syaoran and Jay shouted as she started walking towards them.

When Mei Lin was in a comfortable enough distance, the rest of the guys raised their guns at Chris.

"I knew you would do that!" Chris shouted back as he slid open the doors fully revealing Sakura.

"Sakura!" Syaoran and Tomoyo shouted as the guys lowered their guns and the girls gasped in shock.

Syaoran raised his gun at Chris.

"Let her go"

"Can't do that"

"Do you want to keep your head?" Syaoran asked threateningly.

"Do you want to keep hers?" Jinsei shouted back as he had what used to be Sakura's gun now pointed at her head.

Sakura shut her eyes as Syaoran slowly lowered his gun with a very pissed off expression.

"That's a good Wolf"

Syaoran glared hard at Chris and Jinsei that would normally scare off a whole school of students.

Sakura could swear that the two men flinched at the look he sent them and couldn't help but smile a little.

Chris walked back to the driver's seat and started up the engine.

The guys raised their guns again having a great urge to shoot anything that could make it possible to bring Sakura back.

"Don't, you might hit her" Syaoran said with a growl. He saw Sakura mouth the words: 'I love you' before Jinsei closed the doors and the van drove away.

"I'm gonna get you for this Tsuyoshi" he whispered menacingly as he stalked back towards the mansion in frustration.


Sakura couldn't help but break down and cry and when she did, she had to cry on the person next to her which was Jinsei…a Kin no less.

"Hey, what's wrong with you?" Jinsei asked as he patted her head uncomfortably.

"D-Didn't you see his face?" Sakura sobbed onto him.

"What?"

"Syaoran! He was glaring at me even though I'm being taken away by the enemy…I bet he wouldn't even bother saving me now"

"Hey…he's just another guy. You'll get over it" he said unsurely.

Jinsei looked over at Chris who had the same face as he does…a face full of uncertainty. They felt pity for Sakura since she's a girl and is innocent as well but still can't ignore the fact that she's a Wolf.

"Hey, we're not gonna treat you badly when we get there. Both of us are gonna go easy on you" Chris said from his seat without looking back. "Besides, we having nothing against you, we only hate Li and the rest of the guy Wolves"

"Why did you start going against each other anyway?" Sakura said as she wiped away her tears.

"You have to ask Tsuyoshi that. Oh, and a little advice, don't get into his nerves, we may be siding with him but we know how harsh he can get…so don't do anything to insult him" Chris suggested.

"Yeah, we may treat you alright but I can't say the same for him and the other members…especially the girls. They tend to get jealous…especially Saori" Jinsei said as he slipped Sakura's gun through his belt.

Sakura sighed and closed her eyes.

'What have I gotten myself into?' she thought miserably.

Since her hands weren't bound, she got her purse and looked through it.

"What are you doing?" Jinsei asked cautiously.

"Don't worry, I promised I'll give in without any trouble, I won't do anything drastic" she felt around again and finally got what she was looking for.

She unlocked it and locked it back again but now it hung around her neck and was covered under her dress.


"W-We gotta do something" Tomoyo said as she sobbed against Eriol's chest.

The gang had been quiet all this time as they all gathered in Sakura's room.

Syaoran had been pacing the room as the guys were comforting their girlfriends. But he stopped as something caught his eyes. He approached Sakura's dresser and the huge box came more into focus. What dragged him into it was the note: 'To my FAMILY'.

'I thought Sakura got over that already' he thought to himself as he pulled it closer to the edge of the dresser, not noticing the 10 pairs of eyes on him.

He slowly and hesitantly started to open the huge box and saw 11 gem pendants. 5 were lined at the top and 6 were lined below it. Each had a tag on it and Syaoran noticed the 1st one was missing and was shocked that the second one had his name written on the tag, the next was Tomoyo's name, then Eriol's, then Rika and so on.

"What are you looking at Syaoran?" Tomoyo started as she got up from the bed and walked over to him. "You shouldn't go through Sakura's stuff while she isn't here, especially during this time wh- oh my"

Tomoyo stopped as she saw the expensive looking stone pendants which were incredibly…

"Beautiful" she whispered as she ran her finger on the most bottom left one which was labeled for Aki but she didn't notice the tags which was attached to it. "Who are these for?" she was able to ask as she continued to look through it knowing fully well what they were.

Syaoran took the second one at the top line which was supposedly labeled for him. Tomoyo looked at it as Syaoran held it close to him for a better look. It was a necklace with a long thick gold chain trailing from the pendant which was of a huge and very expensive looking green gem, an emerald but it looked nothing like the emeralds he had seen before, this one looked almost exotic. The gem had wires of gold surrounding it which held it together to the chain.

"Oh my gosh, Sakura…I can't believe you" Tomoyo said starting to get teary eyed.

"What are you talking about?" Syaoran asked, still not moving his gaze from the stone in front of him.

"S-She actually bought these"

"And what exactly are these?"

The rest of the gang still sat on their spots, listening to the two converse and didn't understand, one bit.

Tomoyo took the box and turned to the group, Syaoran slowly turning as well. The girls went wide eyed as they saw Syaoran carry the emerald and when Tomoyo tilted the box for the group to see, the girls all gasped.

"What are you girls on about? They're just gems" Aki pointed out, earning a glare from all the girls.

"They are just not gems, Aki" Tomoyo said before looking back to the rest of the group.

"Tell me, who knows what these are?"

The girls all raised their hands…even Mei Lin, which shocked the guys.

"But how did you get those Tomoyo?" Chiharu asked in a whisper.

"I didn't, it was on Sakura's dresser, I can't believe she actually bought all these and had them sent here"

"Explanation please?" Mika spoke up.

"Honestly, boys are so naïve" Rika muttered.

"Anyway, these are called the '12 Gems of the Gods' or in other countries 'Birthstones from Heaven' or in normal cases, just called 'Birthstones'"

"But those look different. Aren't birthstones umm…" Eriol had a thoughtful look on his face as he tried to remember the names. "The…garnet, amethyst, aquamarine, diamond, emerald…err…alexandrite, ruby, peridot, sapphire, zirconium, topaz, zircon and the…uhh…what was that? Oh the zircon?"

"Yah, those are the common birthstones of today but each of those stones has, of course, what they call the 'mother stone' where each of the stones now originated. They don't actually refer to a specific birth of a month of the year, they just assigned it to a month to call it birthstones but actually they don't belong to a month where they were born…so it's kinda weird why they call it birthstones when they aren't. Anyway, the mother stones are different from the birthstones now since there is only one of its kind, which explains the difference of color to be obvious here"

"So? What about it?" Takashi asked.

"These are the mother stones"

Now all the guys had shocked expressions across their faces.

"Doesn't that mean they're expensive?" Jay spoke up.

"These are very expensive…let's see…Syaoran?" Tomoyo said, turning to him.

"Hmm?"

"What's the most expensive thing you have in possession right now?"

"Myself?" Tomoyo gave him a knowing look. "Okay fine, my cars I guess"

"I doubt it would be your cars, but let's say it is. Total up the price range of all your cars here in Japan and that would I guess be the price of only 2 or 3 of these gems"

"W-What? Are you for real?" Aki asked in awe.

Tomoyo nodded.

"Why did Sakura buy those things anyway?" Naoko asked.

"Rika" Tomoyo called out as she took out the 3rd gem and handed it to her.

"W-What do you want me to do with it?"

"It's yours" Tomoyo said softly, thinking of Sakura.

"C-Come again?" Tomoyo nodded at this as Rika looked down on the piece of jewelry which was designed like Syaoran's except for the color and shape of the gem and saw a tag attached with her name attached to it. "Oh Sakura" she sighed.

Tomoyo continued to hand out one gem each to all of them, including Jay which greatly shocked him. Chiharu and Takashi were also shocked to receive one as well since they weren't as close to Sakura for the past weeks.

Tomoyo took hers and grasped it in her hand and only then noticed the card stuck on the top part of the box. She took it out and opened the envelope.

It was a letter…a long one. Before she read through the whole thing, she noticed Sakura's hand writing changed at some parts of the letter and the near end of it were blotches that proved that she was crying.

Dear Everyone,

I thank you all for always being there for me. Especially you Tomoyo and of course Syaoran. I got news about the '12 Gems of the Gods' –Girls, especially Tomoyo, you probably know about this do you?

Everyone smiled as Tomoyo read through this part.

Anyway, I got news that the museum in Paris was offering a world wide bid to sell the gems to use the funds for charity purposes. There are 12 gems and 12 of us, I thought it would be a great present to my family…and knowing that the money I'll be spending will be put to good use, then I couldn't resist at all.

'Sakura, you're thinking about the good of others as always' thought Naoko looking like she was about to cry.

I managed to win the bid a week before while I still had problems concerning my father, mother, and brother. You guys have been there for me since I was young, Rika, Naoko, Chiharu, Takashi and of course, Tomoyo. To my new friends who are like my brothers (and sister) Mei Lin, Eriol, Aki, Mika and I'm hoping to get to know Jay and knowing Mei Lin, I know I will.

'She probably wrote this down today, since we only got to know Jay's name earlier when we ate this morning' Tomoyo thought as she paused.

And of course, to you Syaoran, you are very special to me and I hope to never lose you, you have been there during my troubled times though we have only gone out for a short time…I also would like to thank you for the necklace you gave me, I love it so much and I'll cherish it for the rest of my life.

At this, Syaoran figured that Sakura must've written the letter that day before she left the house.

No words could possibly fit how I feel right now. I really appreciate all the things you have done for me. Years of not having my blood family with me and finally I get to experience love of family through you guys. Everyone…thank you again for being there for me…for treating my like family and for being my family.

Love,

Sakura

Tomoyo folded it up and looked down.

"Sakura was crying when she wrote the ending part" she whispered as a tear ran down her cheek.

"H-How do you know?" asked Chiharu as she looked like her own tears were about to fall.

Tomoyo raised the letter in front of her, facing the group and they noticed the blotches.

"Oh and here" Tomoyo took the pieces of paper which was in the envelope and handed it to Eriol, who distributed the pieces to the specific people.

Syaoran looked down at the paper Eriol gave him which had his name on it. It was a piece of paper which has details about the gem he got.

Nature's God

The rare Emerald called 'Nature's God' is the only type of Emerald found on Earth. This emerald signifies leadership, courage, and protectiveness. Though with its relation to the wild, it still shows a deep and hidden care and love for what is precious to it.

Exactly like you, ne Syaoran? Aishiteru. –Sakura

Syaoran smiled at Sakura's hand writing which was the added note at the end. He folded the paper and pocketed it in his jacket. He looked up to see the guys doing the same with smiles on their faces, the girls were rereading their notes and were all in tears.

"Okay, we can't do stay here the whole time without doing anything, anyone got a plan as to how to retrieve Sakura?" Syaoran asked seriously, now really determined and really pissed off at the Kins for taking her of all people. He looked down on his necklace and undid the weird and complicated looking lock and slid it around his neck, just as he did the lock again, something beeped.

Everyone stopped and looked at him.


Author's Note:

Hmm…I had fun making up the whole stone thing and there's a reason why I placed that there. I hope you enjoyed this chapter!

Oh and since I only updated now, a belated Merry Christmas and a soon to be Happy New Year! Ja ne!

Raeny