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
We're nearing the end! I'm so excited!
I'm working on a new story right now, I'm having a great time writing it too. I'll be posting it up as soon as I finish this story.
Anyway, moving on!
Chapter Thirty-Six
"Separation"
Before Syaoran got a chance to open the door, it swung open and all the girls ran out.
"What the hell happened?"
"Kins stationed outside attacked us from the windows before we can do anything" Sakura told him as she slammed the door to a close behind her while gripping her left arm.
"Are you alright?" he demanded, looking at the wound. He sighed in relief seeing it wasn't serious.
"Yeah, nothing major" she said with a reassuring smile before turning to the other girls. She was the last person out of there, the others must have been fine.
"We're all okay" Rika and the other girls said with a nod before urging the group to start walking.
"What happened to the sisters?" Aki asked.
"I think I managed to land a shot on one of them but just as I did, we were attacked" Mei Lin said irately.
"We'll take care of them later" Syaoran said before leading the group down the hallway.
Katsumi eyed Sakura as the guys left, wondering if she was new. She never saw this girl with the dark hair before when hey last attacked the girls in the school, but she swore she looked familiar. She was hoping she would talk so at least may be could recognize the voice if it really is who she thought it was.
"What are you gonna do?" Kyoumi spat.
"Shut the fuck up!" Mei Lin shouted and took her shot.
Just as she fired, gunshots sounded from one side of the room followed by breaking glass. The Nayumi sisters ducked down as the rest of the girls ran for it towards the door.
Kimi growled watching them get away but couldn't do much. She didn't have a single gun on her and neither did her sisters. As the door slammed to a close, she turned to the windows.
"Stop it you mother fuckers! The Wolf bitches aren't here anymore! Now get in here!" she ordered in the loudest voice she can muster.
They were on the 3rd floor, the ropes the Kins somehow tied in floors higher, landed on the ground on the room just as the men landed inside, guns in hand.
"About time you fucking got here" Kimi hissed, grabbing the guns and other weapons one of the men handed her. She was muttering profanities before her head snapped to her sisters.
"Kaye, are you alright?" Katsumi asked who was now beside her twin sister while one of the Kins who gave her weapons tended to the wound on her arm.
"Yea, fine" she whispered out, gripping her hip where Mei Lin last shot landed. "I can still move, just stop the blood" she ordered the man who was also tending to her. "And hurry it up, I want to get that bitch who did this to me fast" she said darkly.
Katsumi nodded and stood up and winced as the bind on her arm was tightened. "Fuck" she hissed, glaring at the man darkly.
"Your wound is really serious, don't give me that look"
"Fuck off, if it were that serious I would've been dead by now!" she growled before turning to her sisters. "Can you both get up? Both of you are badly wounded on your legs"
Kimi stood up although easily than Kat thought she could but saw the pain flashing on her face. Kyoumi took more effort to stand up but she still managed.
"Are you sure you guys can fight like this?"
"Yes" both said in unison with an equally pissed off tone.
"Where are we going?" Sakura asked Syaoran as she and the group continued following him but seeing no one at all.
Syaoran cursed under his breath before taking out his communicator and connecting to Eriol.
"Hai?"
"Eriol, I don't care if Shikou taps this conversation either, this place is huge, lead us to where he is"
"You're on the 3rd floor, just keep walking down that hall then take a left. Continue down the hall again and you'll reach a set of staircases. Tell the others to keep their communicators on, we'll lead you and warn you if Kins come your way"
Syaoran motioned the others to set-up their communicators although all the girls except Sakura had their communicators taken and destroyed when they got captured earlier.
Tsuyoshi cursed as he listened-in on Syaoran and Eriol.
"Are the bazookas ready?" he asked one of his men who nodded back at him. "Li has a contact outside the mansion, probably one of the bigger cars like a van outside the mansion. They have some sort of technology giving them a heads up on our attacks. Take it out from inside the mansion, use the bazookas or any weapon we have for long-range"
"Okay, continue for 2 flights, Shikou is on the 5th floor and- guys, there are around 20 Kins heading your way" Eriol hissed seeing the dots grouping and closing in on them from different directions. "Go down the hallway to you right, you'll get better cover from there"
"Got it" Syaoran replied before motioning for the group to follow him. "Hurry before they get here" just as he said those words, gunshots started firing. "Take cover!"
Everyone scrambled and ducked as gunshot after gunshot was fired their way in different directions. They all hid behind pillars, statues, anything they could find that could protect them.
"We can't just stay here" Syaoran cursed under her breath. Trying to think fast, he thought of the wisest thing to do. Everyone in their group were skilled, yes but he knew who were the most well-trained and capable to keep up with him especially when he neared Tsuyoshi. "Guys," he started into his communicator "Mika, Naoko, Takashi, Chiharu, can I leave you guys here to handle all this?"
Mika and Takashi's voices came up. "No problem" they said in unison. There were still a lot left but they had the upper hand at the moment.
"Go on ahead Syaoran, we'll cover for you. We'll find a way outta here once we're done here" Mika added, agreeing to the plan immediately knowing full well what Syaoran was thinking. Naoko and Chiharu were the least used to fighting compared to the other girls.
Covering the mic. to his communicator, Syaoran turned to Sakura beside him. "Sakura, I want you to stay with Mika and the others"
"No" Sakura said flatly, glaring at him.
"Look, I want y-"
"No" Sakura said again, this time more serious. "I'm not going anywhere and you know it, now lead the way and let's get going. We're wasting time"
Syaoran cursed before leading the rest of his group with them to the opposite direction, shooting men down along the way.
"Eriol, where to next?"
"You guys are in the opposite wing, Shikou's in the other side of the house, you aren't far, just- keep going d- -ke a right and you'll reach a- area- men- Shikou is-"
"Eriol? Eriol?" Syaoran's brows furrowed while he tapped his communicator looking over the guys and Sakura who all shook their heads at him.
Tomoyo looked at the exchange and was simply furious, she had no idea what was going on but she knew it wasn't good.
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"You guys are in the opposite wing, Shikou's in the other side of the house, you aren't far, just take a left and keep going down that hall, then take a left when you see a larger hallway then take a right and you'll reach a large vacant room that's full of pillars, beyond that there's a door that'll lead you to a small ballroom. Watch yourselves in that area, there are even more men in there, Shikou is just in the room beyond that" Eriol said into the communicator, analyzing the map before him on the monitors. "You got that Syaoran?"
Hearing no response, Eriol turned to the girls beside him. Emi and the others all shrugged, trying to find a glitch in the system.
"That's as far as you go" a new voice responded into Eriol's earpiece.
"That's as far as you go" Sakura's head snapped over to Syaoran and the rest of the guys, it was Tsuyoshi and she was sure of it. "The two of you can stop now. Li, if you want to find me, you have to look for me yourself. As for you and the rest of the Wolves, you better scram" at this point Sakura knew he was addressing Eriol. Just as this was said, a large explosion sounded from outside the mansion and moved the shook the ground.
All of them looked over to the windows and saw a massive cloud of smoke coming not too far from them with flames at its base.
Syaoran was cursing non-stop until his cell rang. "Eriol?" he demanded.
"Present!" his usual cheery voice came.
"Mother fucker!" Syaoran hissed. He hated it when he kids around at wrong times but he can't help but sigh in relief at hearing his voice.
"Sorry about that. Shikou managed to hack into the program and intercept the communicators. I doubt he could do the same with the cell phones though. But I'm pretty sure he can tap into this call. Anyway, he's attacking us from inside the mansion and we can't really do anything with you guys still in there. You guys have to take it from there. You're not too far away from him, like I said; when you reach that large vacant room full of pillars, there's a door, just go into that small ballroom and the room beyond that, he's there. Just watch out, though, the rooms are full of his men"
"Alright, talk to you later"
Syaoran looked over at the group behind him. "Eriol's okay, Shikou's attacking everyone outside. We have to finish this up quick. They can't do anything while we're in here"
"Hiiragizawa-kun" Ayumi said, getting his attention after he pocketed his cell. "Are you alright?" she inquired, eyeing the massive burn on his left shoulder.
"I'm fine. Get the some of the people here and tell them to tend to those who got hurt from the explosion" he ordered.
Ayumi nodded and went off.
Eriol looked around the mayhem below him, glaring at all the dead bodies and the wrecked and burnt vehicles. They were occupying an abandoned building not too far away, they still had a full view of the mansion except now they were hidden from view.
"Aaahh…fuck!" Eriol cursed at the searing pain that came on his skin. He turned and saw Ren tending to the wound on his shoulder.
"The sooner you let me treat you the sooner I can tend to the others" Ren said without looking at him.
"Fine"
"Boss! The Wolves are moving out!" one of his men announced triumphantly after getting off the phone to one of the men stationed outside the mansion.
Tsuyoshi nodded but wasn't entirely convinced. He knew better than to believe that the Wolves would just back out and leave the head of their gang behind in enemy territory.
"Tell the Kins stationed outside to keep an eye out in case they try anything" he instructed before turning to the monitors that showed the way to where he was at the moment. Another monitor blacked out just after it showed a Syaoran's group walking pass it. "They're getting close. Tell the men outside to get ready. Li and his group will be here any moment. Kill every Wolf they see, but leave Li to me" he said in a final tone before leaving the room to one of the adjoining ones.
"This isn't right, why haven't we seen anyone at all?" Rika whispered through the silence as Syaoran shot yet another camera off the corner of the hallway.
"Shikou's men are in this floor, they're gathered in the room we're looking for. Just keep your eyes open" Syaoran whispered back at them.
"I hope Naoko and the others are okay" Tomoyo whispered.
"I'm sure they are" Sakura told her with a smile, holding her hand and squeezing it reassuringly.
Tomoyo smiled back at her and nodded.
"Ssshhhh…" Syaoran said from the front as he led the group to a larger hallway. The furniture was getting fancier, and in his opinion, it had to mean that Tsuyoshi's quarters were closer. His thoughts were confirmed as one of the doors opened and 10 or so men filed out.
Everyone turned when the door opened and started firing while heading for cover behind the pillars which were stationed decoratively in the room.
Jay nodded over to Aki and took out the grenades they used earlier and threw it over to where the Kins were. As it exploded the guys started forward, covering the girls as they shot down Kin after Kin.
"Who the hell are you?" Eriol asked, looking at the man before him suspiciously.
"My name is Toruki Soma" the older man introduced, taking off his hat.
Eriol nodded his head while still eyeing him and his companions suspiciously. "What can I do for you?"
"I believe it's the other way around, Hiiragizawa-kun" he said in a monotonous tone. "We're part of the police a-"
Eriol stood up abruptly, cutting him off of his speech. "Get out" he ordered firmly.
"Please calm yourself Hiiragizawa-kun. We have no intention what so ever to arrest you"
"Huh…you'll fail even if you tried" Eriol snorted rudely now openly glaring at him. He had nothing personal against the police but whenever they did get involved, it only meant more trouble for them.
"Yes, well, in this case we have no interest what so ever with the Wolves business. Most especially, we have no interest with Mr. Li's business" Mr. Toruki supplied.
"Then what are you here for?" Eriol furrowed his brows. This man was taking his sweet time explaining and it greatly irritated him.
"Our interests are on Ms. Kinomoto"
"Sakura?"
"The very one" he said with a nod.
"She's dead" Eriol lied. That is after all what they posted on the news.
"I believe otherwise Hiiragizawa-kun. We for a fact know that she is very much alive and inside the mansion along with your group"
"Who are you?" Eriol asked now more curious than ever.
"We were the ones who saved her"
"Are you all right?" Aki asked Rika worriedly.
"Yeah, it's just a scratch" she told him with a smile. Aki didn't look convinced. Rika saved him just now and he felt bad to the core. "Don't worry yourself Aki, I'm fine, really"
"You saved me, you shouldn't have done that"
"I saved us. The guy was aiming for either of us. So don't feel so guilty"
"Are you sure you're all right?" he asked yet again, looking at the wound on her arm.
The group walked through the dead bodies in the room and headed towards the door they came in from.
Rika gave him a peck on the lips before pulling him with her towards the rest of the group.
"Look" Syaoran said addressing the group and eyeing each one of them. "I don't know what's going to happen when we get through this door. I'll be going straight for Shikou, no one else follow me" he said this while looking pointedly at Sakura. "I'll deal with him myself. The soonest you can get out of here, the better. Once you find a way out of here, you all go. Don't wait up for me"
Sakura was about to say something about this until Syaoran pulled her to him for a short but passionate kiss. "I need your word on this Sakura" he said in a soft voice.
Sakura's eyes started to water. How the hell could he expect her to promise something like that? Leave him behind? Yeah right.
"Sakura" Syaoran said, getting her attention.
She gave him a firm nod at this.
"Good" he said before giving her one last kiss.
"C'mon, let's go!" Mika called out by the staircase.
Naoko and Takashi, who was carrying Chiharu in his arms, ran in his direction, avoiding all the dead bodies as they did.
"Honestly Tak, put me down. It doesn't hurt that much, I can still walk by myself" Chiharu insisted to her stubborn boyfriend.
Takashi didn't say a word instead just glared at her.
Chiharu sighed in defeat, instead reloaded her guns in case they might see some unwanted company on their way out.
"Are you sure we have to leave them behind Mika?" Naoko asked as Mika led them down the stairs.
"The lesser people in here to save, the better" he reasoned. "Besides, Chiharu is hurt, we have to get her to a doctor"
"On the count of three" Syaoran whispered.
"One" Jay said with a nod, holding up his guns.
"Two" Aki continued, doing the same.
"Thr-"
"Two's enough" a female voice interrupted, coming from where they entered earlier.
Turning around to see the new arrival, Syaoran and the others just had enough time to jump out of the way and behind a pillar as they threw a grenade in their area.
"Move!" he shouted as he ducked out behind one of the pillars, grabbing Sakura and Tomoyo with him.
As the explosion erupted from behind them, a few of the pillars came down with it.
Syaoran looked through the wreck and saw the others taking cover as they did. The size of the grenade also managed to create a massive hole on the ground behind them. He glared at the figures standing at the end of the room. It was the three sisters they failed to get rid of earlier with a few men with them.
"Fuck" he muttered, glaring at them.
"Sakura" Tomoyo said, nodding in her direction.
Sakura nodded back at her before turning to Syaoran.
"We'll take care of them" Sakura saw him hesitate at that and held her finger on his lips. "Syaoran, they're already badly hurt from earlier, and they only have a few guys with them too. You know we can handle them easily"
Syaoran didn't like leaving her here but knew it was the truth and probably the best choice. It'll be better leaving her here than taking her to the next room where more men with Tsuyoshi were waiting.
He nodded at her. "Once you finish up here, you girls find a way out. Don't come after us" he told her, not waiting for an answer. He turned to his sides and motioned for Jay and Aki to head out to the door they intended to enter earlier.
Katsumi saw the familiar figures and fired as the guys jumped out of the pillars and made a run towards the door that lead to Tsuyoshi's quarters.
"Fuck it" Katsumi hissed as the door slammed to close, which was closely followed by unending sounds of gunshots.
Just as she made her way in the same direction, a gunshot fired in her direction. She stopped and took cover behind one of the pillars as did her sisters and the men they had with them.
"We're your targets today bitch" Mei Lin called out from behind the pillar she was hiding behind.
Kyoumi glared on the ground at hearing her voice knowing full well it was the bitch who gave her the wounds she had now. 'I'm going to fucking make you cry' she thought menacingly.
Kimi took the ring off another grenade and threw it out towards them.
Rika saw the grenade as it flew in the air and jumped out of the way behind another pillar. When it blew up, it made another hole on the ground and took down a few more pillars. When the structures crumbled, it took along the ceiling above with it.
Now there was a huge hole on the roof.
"That's enough Kim" Katsumi told her seeing the destruction it made this time. "Any more of those and we'll have the whole side of the mansion crumbling and taking us with it"
Taking opportunity of all the smoke and dust in the air, both Mei Lin and Rika found their way towards where Sakura and Tomoyo were.
"The three of them are still alive, I saw them" Mei Lin told them, scowling darkly. "I'm taking out one of those twins, the one I shot earlier, I'm finishing her off"
"I'll take the youngest" Tomoyo said and couldn't be happier at the thought of killing Kimi.
"I'll take the other twin, I owe her a fight"
"As do I" Rika told Sakura. "Sakura, you can't have them notice you, they might find out you're alive. What if things don't go as we want them to and she ends up telling their boss? I'll take care of her. You can get rid of the men with them"
Sakura sighed but nodded, getting her point.
"Try not to get shot" Mei Lin told them before rolling to the next pillar closest to them.
Sakura peeked out from her spot and trying to get a good shot, but there were still pillars standing that made perfect shields for all of them. "We won't be getting anywhere in this case" she whispered to herself, trying to think of something.
Author's Note:
If you spot some mistakes in spelling or something, please try not to mind it. I suck at proof reading my own work actually. I'm so lazy! Gah. Don't hate me. I just want to update the chapters sooner so I can officially finish this story, that's all. Forgive my excitement.
I would also like to thank those who left reviews for my previous chapters. I didn't really expect my old readers from my last update 4 years ago before I was on hiatus to come back, but I thank those who did and my new readers as well! Thank you for the reviews as well as for adding me in your favorites and alerts list. Also to those who took the time to actually send me a private message just to talk to me regarding my stories!
Let's end it here for now.
Ja ne!
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