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
Okay! I updated faster than the last ones…PLUS this chapter is extra long and I'm pretty much sure you'll enjoy what happens in this chapter. There will be action…and something between Jessie and Syaoran?
NOTE: If you know what's good for you…you will NOT scroll down to the ending part. You will just ruin everything for yourself…though most of you already suspect…oh whatever, I'll just keep my mouth shut before I spoil everything. Just read!
Chapter Twenty-Three
"Saved"
"Look" Mei Lin said. "I think you really should come out in-"
"No" he said stubbornly.
"Why not?" Mei Lin asked, annoyed.
"I just can't"
Mei Lin sighed and ran her finger through her long hair. "Fine" she said in defeat. "But, are you gonna help us free the Lis and the Kinomotos?"
Sae looked at her looking thoughtful. He never considered helping the Wolves out for this one. He even never should have told them the location of the hostages.
"Probably" was his simple reply. "If I can, you'll find me there. If I can't, you won't find me there"
"Well, I personally want you there"
"Why?"
"We'll need your help. I must admit, you've gotten better since the last time we saw each other. How? What did you do all that time?"
"Nothing…anyone can get as good. All you need is a whole lot of training and…a hunger for revenge"
"Look, there's Mei Lin" Rika whispered to their little group which consisted of Aki, herself, Jay, Chiharu and Takashi.
Sure enough, they saw Mei Lin step out from the trees.
"Who do you think she was talking to?" Takashi asked.
"If we knew, we wouldn't be spying would we?" Chiharu answered with a raised eyebrow.
"Cheeky" he muttered back but also gave her a kiss on the lips.
"Please, not while I'm around" said Jay, playfully covering his eyes.
"Oh please, you're just jealous that you're not spending much time with Mei Lin anymore" Aki said with a grin.
"Did I hear my name?" came a voice from behind them which made all oft hem jump.
"M-Mei Lin!" Aki, Rika, Takashi and Chiharu said together.
Jay just had a shocked and nervous look plastered on his face as he walked over to his girlfriend and gave him a soft peck on the lips.
"Is that all I get?" she asked.
"For now" he whispered into her ear.
"We heard that" said Chiharu.
Jay and Mei Lin merely laughed before settling on the couch.
"So, Mei Lin…what are you up to lately? We haven't seen much of you this past few days" Rika pointed out, hoping she would crack and tell them what's going on with her.
"Oh you know…here and there"
Not the answer she had expected.
Jessie screamed and held on to Syaoran.
They were both in the garage, alone since Syaoran told the mechanics to leave them for the time being. He was teaching Jessie how to ride one of the big bikes but she was afraid she might topple over and get squished by it. She was riding the bike, trying to balance it, but every time Syaoran lets go of the handles, she screams and holds on to him.
"You won't fall, I promise" Syaoran said with a smile, trying not to laugh at her.
"I-I better not!" she said.
The bike was huge that her feet could barely touch the ground when she rode it, which is why she was so afraid.
"Ok, on the count of three, I'm gonna let go"
Slowly and hesitantly, she nodded.
"One…Two…Two and a half…Three" as he said this, he let go.
"Are you letting go now?" she asked in a frightened voice.
Syaoran looked at her only to find her eyes shut tight.
"Open your eyes"
Again, slowly and hesitantly, she did. Which was a mistake. For when she did open her eyes, managing to smile, she fell over to the side. Syaoran had just caught her and pulled her before the bike could trap her right leg.
Next thing they knew. They were in a very…awkward position.
"Are you alright?" he asked worriedly.
Jessie opened her eyes to see that she was on top of Syaoran's incredibly built chest and blushed. She gave a slight nod.
"Hey, what's the matter?" he raised her head with a finger under her chin.
Jessie looked at him and blushed, now finding the can of grease not far away very interesting.
"N-Nothing"
"Look at me"
"I-"
"Jessie"
Hearing her name coming out so softly from his lips, she did. Next thing she knew, she found herself closing her eyes and lean forward.
Syaoran looked at the girl who was about to kiss him, wondering what he should do. Every time he spent time with Jessie was fun, almost like spending time with Sakura again. Almost. Jessie was not Sakura, definitely not Sakura, but she was the closest person that resembled Sakura.
Now he wondered, should he put a whole new level in his relationship with Jessie? Since Sakura had already died, would she want him to move on? To love another? Or would she be hurt if he found another girl that could replace her?
Wait, since when has he even accept the fact that Sakura really is dead?
"Syaoran?" Jessie, who was now looking at him worriedly, asked softly.
"Huh?" he looked around and noticed that he had been thinking for a long time that Jessie stopped her forward gesture.
Then, someone from afar cleared their throat since the sound echoed through the whole garage.
The two snapped their heads to the source, seeing Eriol, Tomoyo, Mika and Naoko. Mika and Naoko were looking at them with shocked faces, Eriol was looking at Jessie with a half-worried, half-angry look and Tomoyo was looking at Syaoran with a betrayed look on her face.
Just as the whole scene processed into her mind, Jessie scrambled off of Syaoran. She held out a hand to help him up just as the group started walking towards them.
"Eriol" Tomoyo said in a harsh mutter, trying not to open her mouth too much as they walked towards the two.
"Hmm?"
"T-They were about to kiss!" she said in the same manner.
"I noticed Tomoyo, just calm down…just be happy they didn't"
"That's only cause they found out we're here. Who does she think she is?"
"Look, we'll talk about this later okay?"
They were getting nearer.
"Hey, what are you guys doing here?" asked Mika.
"Practicing" Syaoran said coolly, motioning his head at the bike beside them.
'Didn't look like practicing to me' thought the four new comers.
"Okay, is everyone prepared for the mission tonight?"
Everybody in the room nodded at Syaoran.
"We will leave the mansion exactly 11:00 P.M. and we'll arrive their shortly before midnight. This will give us time for the necessary preparations we'll do once we get there. Any questions?"
He looked around at everyone and stopped at Jessie who was looking pointedly at him. He held his gaze until she mouthed something at him. Syaoran bowed his head lightly, signaling that he didn't get what she was trying to tell him. She mouthed it again.
See me later.
Understanding what she meant, he gave a slight nod before looking over at the other members in the room.
Tomoyo inconspicuously poked Eriol who was seated at her right. He nodded at her.
He also noticed the exchange between Syaoran and Jessie.
What was going on with the two?
"What did you want to see me about?" he asked as the rest of the Wolves headed out, leaving the two behind.
"Umm…a-about what happened earlier" she started. "I j-"
"I just want to clarify this Jessie, you're a great girl…if I weren't in this position right now, I honestly would have asked you to my girlfriend right now"
"Is this because of your dead girlfriend?"
Syaoran exhaled the breath he didn't notice he was holding in. He was glad that Jessie had said it for him but was a bit annoyed of how blunt she was when she said it.
He gave a nod, making her turn around and face the other way.
"I-I'm not trying to be rude about her but…I-…you need to move on. You can't keep your past love for each other now that she's gone…and…and I can help you move on. Not to forget her, but to live your life the way you should" she explained. "I-I was just hoping you give me chance, give us a chance" she said as she turned around to face him again.
"We'll see" he said silently, planting a short peck on her lips. As he pulled back, he smiled a small smile at her blushing face.
"I-I-" she stuttered, now unsure of what to say or do.
He stared at her for a little while before heading towards the door.
Everyone's eyes widened as they all scrambled off the doorway, down the hallway and into the closest room, which was…
"What are you all doing here in Sakura's bedroom?" asked the person who just entered.
"Syaoran!" they all said, seeing him by the doorway. They all looked around the room and only just noticed that they were in Sakura's room.
"W-We were just thinking about Sakura and…felt like coming here before we leave to save her family…and yours" explained Tomoyo.
"Oh" said Syaoran. "That's a good thought…umm…don't forget, we all have to meet downstairs by 10 o'clock"
They all nodded as he took his leave. As the door made a click sound, they all stood there doing nothing until Syaoran's footsteps started to grow faint as he walked down the hall. They all sighed and rested on the bed and the near-by chairs.
"I-I never noticed that we entered Sakura's room" Naoko said, still gasping for air from their run.
"Me neither" said Chiharu.
"Anyway" Tomoyo said, after looking around and a deep inhalation of air. "You all saw what happened and we can't let it go any further"
"What about Mei Lin?"
"We'll have to figure her secret out later. Whoever told her where the Kinomotos and the Lis are being held hostage must be there to help us later…I hope"
"Sae, you can't go there"
"Why not?" he demanded. "Last time I heard, I had every right to do what I want and this is something I want to do"
"You have the right to do what you want, but you going there may cause problems to the original plan"
"A lot has already happened to ruin the original plan. The Kinomotos and the Lis are being held hostage, that wasn't part of the original plan, so me breaking it more will have not much difference"
"But-"
"We're done here" Sae interrupted, making his way out the room. "I know you're afraid everything won't go as originally planned, but I don't care…I already know the original plan won't push through, ever since…what happened to me…so, I'm going there tonight, whether you like it or not"
"Everyone ready?" Naoko asked through the communicator.
A chorus of "Hai" was heard from the communicators from the people in front of her.
The group was on a speed boat and they couldn't here a thing because of the sound of the engine and the wind and the waves as they headed to their destination. Naoko and Chiharu were taking over in guiding the group into the area since Tomoyo, Rika, Takashi and Jay are joining with the other guys since they have gotten better a great deal considering all they did aside from having meetings was train.
There were a total of 2 floors underground from Warehouse 7 with 4 entrances. The main entrance was a tunnel dug up to the Guard House by the main entrance to Vacant Point. Other entrances include tunnels dug up connecting from Warehouse 6 and another from an underground hole from the alleyway across Warehouse 9, while the last entrance was from the now unused sewer hole by the old, abandoned docks which was behind the warehouses.
Other Wolves were position to the other entrances as the main group was at the sewer entrance since it was the most unexpected entrance to take.
The speed boat they were riding slowed down and became more silent as they were just a few meters away from the sewage line.
"Naoko, I leave you to watch over whoever is in the area" said Syaoran to the girl before turning to the next. "Chiharu, I want you to watch the Wolves who are guarding the entrances and I'll also leave you to contact them if we need help down there.
Naoko and Chiharu nodded at him.
Then there was a new noise coming from behind them, it was another speed boat.
"That's Jessie and the other Wolves, the guys will be watching over you while you do your job"
The girls made a face as he said Jessie's name but didn't say anything about it as they set up the computers. Everyone adjusted their communicators in their ears and checked their guns before they climbed up the ladder and into the huge pipes.
"Ugh, I would've thought this mission was exciting if we weren't walking through a sewage line" Rika whispered into the communicator and making a gagging sound.
She could hear giggles as a response from Naoko and Chiharu.
"Hey, at least, they cleaned it in here before they abandoned it" whispered Mika from behind her.
"Will you guys try to keep it down?" Syaoran said from the head of the group. He was leading them in while holding a flashlight in front of him. "Naoko, were do we go from here?" he asked as he stopped in front of a fork, unsure of which way to go.
He could here clicking on the laptop as Naoko looked through the area before she replied.
"Actually all those paths lead to an entrance into the underground floors. The left one will take you into a storage room, the middle one will take you into one of the main hallways while right one will take you to an empty room. You can choose where you wanna go"
"What about we all split up?" suggested Mei Lin.
"Fine by me, but I'm not leaving Tomoyo" said Eriol. He didn't want her to join in the mission in the first place, the last thing he'll do is leave her with the others.
"And I'm not leaving Rika" said Aki, grabbing her wrist and pulling her beside him.
"Well, I'm always with Mei Lin" said Jay.
"I'm fine anywhere" Takashi said with a shrug.
"Same goes here" said Mika.
"Okay, this will be it" said Syaoran as he scratched his head in irritation by the couples. "Me and Mika will take the left, Eriol, Tomoyo, Aki and Rika will take the middle while Mei Lin, Jay and Takashi will take the right"
"Naoko, can you lead all of us from different locations?"
"Aya and Emi just arrived along with Jessie, they'll be leading the rest of you since there are spare laptops here already being set up. Aya will lead your group Syaoran, I'll lead Eriol's and Emi will lead Mei Lin's. The tracking devices on your necklaces are already scanned through and you're all clear on the monitors as well as the Kins through the Body Heat Scan. You're all good to go"
"Thanks" said Syaoran as he motioned his hand to the group to move out. They all nodded their heads and separated into the different paths they were assigned to.
"Mei Lin, Jay, Takashi, can you all hear me clearly?" asked Emi through the communicator.
"Loud and clear" the three of them said in unison.
"Good, Chiharu set everyone's communicators…well, everyone who is in there…to voice name activation like how you did before so…you all know what to do"
"You guys, once you reach another fork, take the left path, the others paths are sewers leading to the main sewage line of Tokyo. Err…you'll notice by the stench as you reach the fork"
"Ugh! I can smell it already!" Rika said in a disgusted whisper.
After a few more minutes of walking and complaining of the stench, they finally reached the fork and turned left.
"What next, do we still walk on?" asked Aki.
"No, just walk a few more meters and you'll see a steel ladder by the left side of the tunnel, it's leading up to the vent of the 2nd underground floor"
"Okay, just crawl through until you see a steel bar closure below you. Just unscrew that and go through it and you'll end up in the storage room"
"I told her I'll meet her tomorrow but I think she's still bitching on the last incident where she f-" he stopped and stared at his companion.
"What happened in the last incident?" he asked, waiting for him continue. He looked up and found a huge blood stain on his shirt by his chest.
He never got to continue his story but it wouldn't make a difference since his companion also wouldn't have had the chance to hear him as he fell to the floor with blood oozing out of his forehead on top of him.
"I knew training so much would be worth it" Tomoyo said as she high-fived with Rika.
"Hell yah!"
"Good work boys" Mei Lin said as she stepped on a dead guy and walked her way down the hallway.
Finishing of 6 people in the next room, the pair moved out back out and started down the hallway.
"Hello?" Mika asked through the communicator but there was no response, only girls having an argument.
"Aya…" Syaoran said.
Still no response except for more arguing.
"What do we do?" Mika asked Syaoran.
"We better move on" Syaoran said as he turned.
But as he did, he was met with pain as it shot through his left side.
"Fuck!" he hissed as he saw blood stain his black shirt by his left shoulder.
He looked up and shot the guy dead before he kneeled on the floor, holding his wound.
Mika started to shoot from the direction where Syaoran shot as more Kins came.
"Syaoran? Mika?" Aya's voice came.
"Aya, how many Kins are coming through the corner?" Mika asked.
"Few, about 6 more, and there are a few coming from behind you but Mei Lin, Jay and Takashi are taking care of it, they are round the corner behind you. What happened?"
"Syaoran got shot when you weren't on"
"Shit" came her whispered voice. "Do you need more men in there now?" she asked.
"No!" said Syaoran immediately as he stood up slowly and helped shoot the remaining Kins. As the firing stopped, Syaoran leaned on the wall and winced.
"Syaoran, you alright?" Mika asked as he went over to him.
"Yeah, yeah, don't bother too much, it's nothing much"
Mika didn't believe him one bit. He'd seen Syaoran get hurt from gunshots before but he never saw him look this hurt. He opened one of his cargo pockets of his pants and took out a handkerchief and wrapped it around the wound.
"I think we better head out, we can leave the remaining Kins to the others…there are a few left anyways"
"No" he said as he slowly stood up straight. "I'm fine, let's go"
Mika looked hesitant but followed his orders.
They both walked to the corner and ran into Mei Lin, Jay and Takashi.
"What happened to you?" Mei Lin asked not looking at Syaoran.
"Caught me off guard" he replied simply.
"Which is totally unlike you" she said.
"We were waiting for Aya's reply through the communicator and a Kin came up behind us" explained Mika.
"We should take you back" suggested Takashi.
"He doesn't want to" said Mika.
"Fine, fine…c'mon. The others are already on the next floor and they need help down there"
"Guys, more Kins are heading your way" informed Naoko as Eriol and Tomoyo tried to work on the locks of the room door that's keeping the Kinomotos and the Lis"
Aki and Rika stood behind them and positioned themselves.
"They're closing in"
"How many?" asked Aki.
"Err…12"
"12!" they both said in unison.
"Don't worry, the others are heading your way as well"
Seconds passed.
"Naoko, where are they?"
A minute passed.
"Naoko?"
They could hear footsteps closing in to their area as the last lock of the door clicked open.
Rika positioned to shoot as shadows of people slowly approached from the corner not to far away. She saw the whoever it was' shoe and triggered her gun.
"You guys stop!" said Naoko.
Rika lowered her gun as Mei Lin and the rest of their group rounded the corner and towards them. Takashi was clutching his chest.
"R-Rika…warn me before you plan to kill me okay?" he asked.
Rika grinned nervously as Aki, Eriol and Tomoyo sighed in relief.
"Where are the Kins?" Aki asked. "You guys alright?"
"Syaoran got shot, so did Jay and Takashi" informed Mei Lin.
The four looked over at them and saw Syaoran struggling to stand up with a different look on his face, Takashi was holding onto his left arm and Jay was holding onto his right side.
"We're fine, although we can't say the same for Syaoran" Jay said.
"I said I'm fine" he said irritably.
"How are you guys?" asked Mei Lin as she shook her head from Syaoran's stubbornness.
"We're all fine…I just got a scratch" said Aki, showing his left wrist which had a mark from a knife.
"Guys, sorry to interrupt, but you have 15 minutes to get out of there, other Kins are starting to show up. Jiyuu and the others are at the other entrances and are trying to hold them off with the snipers"
The group nodded at each other before Eriol and Tomoyo opened the door.
"What was that?" Fuutie asked as a click sounded from outside.
"Someone's trying to come in here" said Touya.
Minutes passed and still the door didn't open.
Touya stood up by the door, waiting for whoever it was to come in.
"Touya! What are you doing?" asked Fujitaka.
"I can't stand staying her dad"
"What are you planning to do?"
"Whoever it is coming in here must bring a gun…if I can get my hands on it means freedom"
"Touya, come back here right now"
"No"
"Listen to you father Touya" said Yelan.
"No I won't"
"What if you fail? What good will it do to anyone if you end up dead?" she asked.
"I won't fail…I've had enough of this. First they take my mom, now my sister?"
The door started to open.
"Touya…" Fujitaka warned.
The door opened fully as the hallway light spilled into the room, slightly blinding him and whoever it was, Touya wasn't able to take the person's gun because the next thing he knew, he saw a wave of brown in front of him and he was on the floor with someone on top of him.
"Open it already" said Takashi.
Tomoyo stopped to look at him irritably. "Well sorry for keeping you waiting but this thing is heavy for a door"
"I'll do it" said Mika as Tomoyo stepped aside by the knob as the door started to open slowly.
Few seconds later, the door was finally open but the sight in front of her was very surprising.
"What the hell is going on?" Syaoran said, seeing his sister on top of Touya.
"Is this how you keep yourselves entertained all this time?" asked Eriol with a smirk.
"Eriol!" Yelan said in a scolding tone.
"Sorry" he muttered.
"What are you all doing here?" asked Fujitaka as he saw Tomoyo and Rika and Takashi, the only faces he knew"
"We're here to save you" said Rika as she helped Fuutie off of Touya. "What were you doing?" she asked, looking at Fuutie then at Touya with a raised brow.
"10 minutes!" said a voice from the communicator.
"All of you can tell us later, but we have to go. Kins are coming and we have 10 minutes to leave this place" said Mika.
"You think we'll let you get away again" whispered Kimi as she watched person after person board the speedboats using her binoculars. "Sisters, you ready?"
"Of course" said the twins.
Kimi smirked as she jumped down to their speedboat and walked to the steering wheel.
"Hurry" said Naoko as the group started to board the speedboats.
Naoko, Mika, Rika, Aki, Touya and Fujitaka ended up in one speedboat with two other Wolves, one was driving and one was tending their wounds.
Mei Lin, Jay, Chiharu, Takashi and Fuutie ended up in another boat also with two other Wolves, one who was driving and the other tending their wounds.
Syaoran, Tomoyo, Eriol and Yelan were on another boat with three other Wolves. Two were driving while one of them was treating Syaoran's wound.
Jessie ended up in another speedboat with Aya, Emi and other Wolves since Tomoyo made Aya and Emi keep her in their boat.
"Shit" Syaoran muttered, wincing from the pain as Gen, the person who was treating him, pulled out the bullet from his shoulder. More blood spilled out, so he leaned back and rested on the seat.
"Syaoran! Watch your language" Yelan scolded. "It's your fault why you weren't careful"
Of all the people Eriol chose to ride with them on the boat, it just had to be his mother.
"You have to stay still, that shot almost hit your heart, inches lower and you would've died, which is why you're really affected by it" Gen said. "If you continue to move around, your blood flow won't go normally and you'll likely pass out"
Syaoran still tried to sit up.
"Syaoran! Listen to what he's saying!"
"Damn it" he muttered at his mother's order but still did as he was told. Not because he was told to, but because he can't move.
"What's going on?" Fujitaka shouted over the noise of the speedboat.
"We have to hurry or else the Kins might catch up to us and realize that we were able to rescue you" shouted back Rika.
Then they heard a splashing noise. They all looked over to the person driving the boat and found him gone. The other person took over the wheel in a struggle to keep it straight.
Rika and the others looked back and saw the driver's body floating in the water and another speedboat almost catching up to them since their boat was behind all the others.
"Naoko! Tell the others the Kins are on our tail!" shouted Mika as he tried to shoot them considering the distance.
"How many?" Mei Lin shouted back into the communicator.
"Seven!" shouted the reply of Tomoyo.
"Seven!" she shouted back incredulously.
"Five on speedboats and two on jet skis!"
Mei Lin cursed and ordered the driver to move off to a separate direction from the others. As they did, she noticed one speedboat follow them as the others followed the rest of their group.
"Start shooting!" she shouted to Jay and the others as she tossed Fuutie one of her guns.
She bent over to the crate to open it and grinned at its contents.
"Go after the first boat Kimi" Katsumi ordered.
"Hai" she said and looked through the rear view mirror then furrowed her brows. "Who's that?"
Kyoumi looked back and saw another jet ski trying to catch up to them.
"Probably another Kin…You know Tsuyoshi; he thinks we can't do this on our own"
"Take that you fucking Kins" Mei Lin hissed as he triggered the bazooka.
The speedboat behind them exploded after seconds.
"Where did you get that thing?" Fuutie asked her.
"When Wolves ride, we ride" she grinned and winked at her.
Fuutie wasn't sure she got it but she didn't put much thought into it.
Syaoran forced himself to sit up and not scream in pain. He muttered a chain of curse words and raised his gun, managing to kill a Kin who was on a jet ski.
"Eriol!" Tomoyo shouted as he went over to him.
"I'm alright, not that serious" he assured as his leg started to bleed.
Tomoyo looked over at the other speedboats and spotted the one that blew up in a blaze.
"Is there a bazooka in here? Or bombs? Anything?" she asked.
"Check in the crate" he said.
Tomoyo crawled over to it, trying to avoid getting shot.
"Just shoot them with the bazooka, that's what the others are doing!" shouted Touya.
"What are we gonna do?" Kyoumi asked as another one of their own speedboats exploded. Now it was just their speedboat, one other and one of the jet skis ahead of them and the other behind them are left.
"I'm not letting them escape this time!" Kimi shouted in frustration.
"Do you think I also want them to escape this time?" said Kyoumi.
"We have to go back" said Katsumi. She wanted to get hem but she also didn't want to risk it. If you compare the situations, the Wolves have the upper hand.
"Use the grenade launcher" said Syaoran.
"I-It's too heavy!" said Tomoyo as she tried to lift the machine up/
Yelan wanted to help Tomoyo but she was helping Gen tend to Eriol.
Syaoran cursed again as he forced himself to crawl over to Tomoyo.
"Let me do it"
"If you push yourself again, you'll really pass out!" she screamed but he ignored her.
He lifted the heavy thing and positioned it to the speedboat following them. Indeed it was heavier than the bazooka or than the rest of their launchers. It was one of the biggest launchers they had that was really meant for three people to use.
Syaoran looked through the target whole and sighted before triggering it. As he did, he was pushed back onto the floor of the speedboat, knocking his head hard.
Another explosion erupted but this time it was bigger. The speedboat and the jet ski near it exploded.
Sae saw the whole thing happen and sped off even faster towards it.
He saw the other speedboat stopped meters away from it, a speedboat with three girls.
"Hey, go back! We're going back to the mansion!" said one of them to him.
He just looked at them, they probably thought he was a Kin. Sae stared a few more seconds before riding forward towards the flames.
"Stupid ass" Kimi muttered as the guy on the jet ski drove on.
"His loss, but we have to go before that happens to us" said Kyoumi before turning to her other sister. "Kat? Something wrong?"
"No, nothing" she said as she shook her head.
"Well, let's go Kim"
Katsumi furrowed her eyebrows in thought. The way that guy on the jet ski looked her way was unnerving. She felt like she knew him but she wasn't sure considering his face was hidden under his black hood. But she just has this feeling that he wasn't a Kin.
"Syaoran! You alright? Syaoran!" Mei Lin said while shaking his shoulders.
"Mei Lin Li! You stop that right now!" ordered Yelan.
She rolled her eyes and did as she was told.
They gathered the three speedboats together, except for the speedboat Jessie was on since they went off ahead as ordered by Yelan to prepare medicine and other things at the mansion for them to be treated right away when they arrive.
"He pushed himself too much, the blood's not stopping at all" said Tomoyo as more blood came from his wound.
Then all was silent.
Until they heard someone drive a vehicle from behind them.
They all turned around and all who had one held their guns at the person who was driving the jet ski.
"Who the hell are you?" asked Touya.
Sae held up his hands showing that he wasn't holding anything that can harm them.
Mei Lin was the first to lower her gun, realizing it was him.
"It's alright you guys, he's harmless" she said. "…to us anyways" she added in a lower voice.
Sae drove up towards the boats and jumped on the one farthest to them where other Wolves sat, looking at the newcomer suspiciously. He walked silently forward and jumped to the next boat, everyone's eyes never left him, except for Mei Lin who was again shaking Syaoran to his senses. Sae looked at Chiharu, Takashi, Rika, Aki, Naoko, Mika and Jay who were all in the 2nd boat before jumping to the next one which occupied the others and Syaoran who was lying on the floor, close to being fully unconscious.
Mei Lin looked up at him and stood up which showed that he was shorter than her. Tomoyo looked at Eriol and gave him a look before nodded her head over at the person they didn't know.
"Excuse me, but who are you?" Tomoyo spoke up.
Sae looked her way but his face was still hidden under the hood. He looked back at the lying figure below him before he knelt by his feet.
"What are you doing?" Fuutie asked, not at all comfortable.
Sae ignored her and crawled over Syaoran.
"What is he doing?" Fuutie asked Mei Lin.
"He's trying to wake Syaoran up" was her simple reply before all of them waited for him to do what he was planning to do.
His head was on top of Syaoran's and slowly lowered himself. Now his lips were just a centimeter away from Syaoran's left ear.
Sae whispered something into his ear but the group couldn't hear a thing, not even mumbling of his words. From afar they looked like they were kissing but they knew he was telling him something.
He continued to whisper to him before saying the final words.
"…for me"
Sae lifted his head and waited. Syaoran didn't move. He sighed and returned to his kneeling position. But before he could do so, a hand grabbed his arms.
Everyone was shocked.
Syaoran had just sat bolt up and pulled Sae by the arms and furrowing his eyebrows at him.
"Syaoran!" Yelan said in joy but Mei Lin blocked her from moving towards Syaoran by raising her arm in front of the elderly woman.
"Sae?" Syaoran asked in a whisper, looking straight at his hidden face. "Or…"
Syaoran raised his other hand behind Sae's hood and pulled it down for everyone to see a sweet and smiling face.
"…Sakura"
