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Chapter Three: We Meet 2

Syaoran was getting really sick of people laughing and glaring at him for one night.

"Oh I'm totally telling everyone at the mansion that you got beat up by a chick!" Jamie said between laughs.

"You're lucky you're not a wolf, or else I'd kick your ass." Syaoran growled back, making Jamie laugh harder.

"Dude I can see it now! Leader of the deadly Wolf Gang bested by a high school cheerleader!" Jamie said laughing so hard tears we coming out of his eyes. Mei Lin was still just glaring.

"Why are you even here Xiao Lang?" Mei Lin asked, ignoring Jamie. "You wanted Tatiana to stay and dance for you, so go be with her!" Syaoran glared at her.

"I was coming to find out why she left, but she wouldn't even acknowledge me!" Syaoran said. Well… Sakura technically told him to 'go away', but he didn't listen. "Where'd she learn to fight like that?" He asked feeling his sore jaw. Mei Lin shrugged.

"I don't know. This is the first time I've ever seen her do it." Mei Lin answered. "We done here?" Syaoran glared as he studied his cousin.

"Yea whatever." He said, running a hand through his hair, and digging out his keys. He was pissed off beyond belief. He was going to find out more about her roommate for sure!

Sakura

She was brushing out her wet hair when Mei Lin finally made it into the room.

"What's up roomie?" She asked, not stopping. Mei Lin just shrugged and looked at her.

"I'm sorry about my cousin." Mei Lin sighed. Sakura only giggled.

"Don't worry about it Mei. I kind of figured he was a jerk anyways. The shit with that Tatiana slut just proved it." Sakura responded as she started braiding her hair.

"Is there a reason you wouldn't tell him where you learned to fight? Not that I don't blame you." Mei Lin asked as she changed into some PJ's. Sakura sighed feeling a headache coming on.

"It's not something I enjoy doing." Sakura started. Mei Lin took a seat for the story, of course Tomoyo walked in that moment looking tired.

"What are you two talking about?" She asked, as she came over to sit on the floor next to Mei Lin.

"Sakura was going to tell me how she learned to fight." Mei Lin answered. Tomoyo looked surprised, but just sat waiting as well. Sakura figured she might as well tell her two closest friends. She sighed looking to the floor as the memories came back.

"I've been in some kind of martial arts class since I was six. My step-mom always insisted on it. My last instructor saw potential, so he sent me to a private instructor. The dude was like Jackie Chan!" Mei Lin and Tomoyo giggled.

"So just training and stuff then?" Mei Lin asked. Sakura sighed… she assumed too much.

"For a while, till I turned 15." Sakura said not meeting her roomie's eyes. She was angry and ashamed about her life in Beijing. She cleared her throat, grateful that they hadn't interrupted. "You see… I never had to pay for lessons… not that I couldn't. At first I thought it was cool. Free self defense! Awesome! Then I found out why they were free… My instructor was grooming me for pit fights. He told me if I could earn him enough money then I could leave. If I refused he would have me arrested. There wasn't really a choice." Sakura spoke holding back tears.

"So why not just pay him off if you had the money?" Tomoyo asked. Sakura smiled at her cousin.

"Tsarina, my step-mom, was right on board working with my instructor. She wouldn't give me any money, and I couldn't touch my trust fund until I turned 18." Sakura answered.

"So when did you finally earn your life back?" Mei Lin asked. Sakura blew out a breath as she thought about it.

"About three months before I came here. As soon as I paid off what I owed I called Tomo, and hopped the first plane I could get to come here. I had to get away from Tsarina. She wanted me to keep fighting. I don't want to hurt people." Sakura said in a sad tone. Mei Lin and Tomoyo looked at her with sad eyes.

"Hey! Cheerleading competition in a couple weeks." Tomoyo said, changing the subject. Sakura was grateful. "How are you guys doing?"

"The girls are really doing great! I think we might have a chance to win. We're going to do a couple extra practices this weekend and this week. Sakura answered as she stifled a yawn.

"Just so you know… you rock!" Mei Lin said as she stretched and walked toward her room. "I've been waiting for someone to give Xiao Lang a good beating for a while." Sakura giggled a bit at that. She winked at Mei Lin.

"Any time." She said as she too headed to her room for some sleep. If she never saw hottie Syaoran again it would be too soon…

Syaoran

He was pacing the coms room as Eriol looked for anything on Daidouji Sakura. Eriol had gotten back late, having spent some time with his girlfriend. It was just too much of a coincidence that this Sakura was roommates with two of his girl wolves. Granted she was Tomoyo's cousin, but still…

"What do you have for me Eriol?" Syaoran finally voiced.

"Nothing under Daidouji Sakura." Eriol said in a confused voice. "Literally! Daidouji Sakura doesn't exist." That was even weirder, and upsetting. This girl had to exist.

"That's because her last name isn't Daidouji." Another man answered from another computer area. One of Jamie's members, Akashi, was typing fast into the computer. He and Eriol walked over to see what Akashi had found. "Her name is Kinomoto Sakura. Originally from here, moved to Beijing when she was a baby. Mother and father both diseased. Step-mother is legal guardian. No siblings." Akashi spoke. Eriol walked back to the computer and typed in Sakura's actual name and some other things that Syaoran wasn't paying attention to.

"This is interesting." Eriol sounded, making Syaoran walk back over to him with Akashi. "Studied karate, tai-kwon-do, jujitsu and aikido since the age of six. Her last instructor was a private instructor that specialized in winning pit fighters." Eriol spoke, clicking on a link. Syaoran growled and glared seeing pictures of Sakura come up all over the screen.

"Pit fighter?" Syaoran growled out.

"Says here that 'Blossom' as she's known in the ring was the top pit fighter in Beijing up until she quit four months ago. This is not good…" Eriol said highlighting an excerpt. "Her instructor was a Master Wong Tiger…" Syaoran froze as did the two others. This was definitely not good.

"What else does it say?" Syaoran was having trouble breathing. Beautiful, nice, ass-kicking Sakura was a Tiger?

"Says she disappeared two months ago. Hasn't been heard of since. That's around when Sakura started school." Eriol said, rubbing his tired eyes. Syaoran paced again. Did Mei Lin even realize Sakura was working with Tiger? Did she understand the danger she was in?

"Wonder why she quit to come to Japan?" Akashi asked aloud.

"Maybe she was sent here by Tiger to kill you?" Eriol spoke looking up to Syaoran. Syaoran whipped out his cell and dialed Mei Lin.

"This had better be important. I was asleep!" Mei Lin's groggy voice sounded.

"Did you know that Sakura was a pit fighter?" He asked into the phone. He heard Mei Lin sigh.

"Yes I know. She told me."

"Did you know her instructor was Tiger?" Mei Lin gasped… that had been news to her. "I think she was sent here to spy on us then kill us." He growled. "She's dangerous." Mei Lin laughed.

"My dear cousin… I think you need to calm down, and stop reading into the situation so much. She is not a Tiger." Mei Lin said, sounding half asleep.

"No one just leaves pit fighting when they're top ranked in the country." He all but yelled into his phone.

"She's no threat to me or anyone else. You don't know the whole story, so just go to bed and I'll come over tomorrow. Good night!" And with that she hung up on him. This was not over. He was going to get every ounce of information out of Sakura. He was also going to stop thinking about her beautiful body pinned under him, and about her lips that he wanted to kiss. Yea… he needed a cold shower…

Mei Lin

When she woke up, she walked straight to Sakura's room. Sakura slept in a thin tank top and boy shorts. Mei Lin did a quick scope of Sakura's skin, looking for a tattoo, but not seeing anything. That didn't really matter though. She knew Syaoran had members in the gang that weren't marked as well. Sighing in frustration she shook Sakura awake. She needed to get this straightened out now before her cousin did something stupid.

"What is it Mei Lin?" Sakura grumbled as she opened her eyes, looking ready to go back to sleep.

"The man that taught you pit fighting… what was his name?" Mei Lin asked getting serious. Sakura looked away for a moment, then back to Mei Lin.

"Wong Tiger. He was creapy… always watching me as if I was a piece of meat. Gave me the jeebeez. Why?" Sakura asked as she sat up and rubbed her eyes.

"This is really important… Are you part of his gang?" Mei Lin asked. Sakura looked at her confused.

"I didn't even know he had a gang. I'm not part of any gang I swear." Sakura said looking straight into her eyes. Mei Lin didn't think Sakura could lie that well, but she had to know for sure.

"Why did you decide to come here of all place?" Mei Lin asked, knowing Syaoran would wonder the same thing. Sakura blew out a breath as if exasperated.

"Tomoyo is my only living family. I had nowhere else to go, and I couldn't stay with Tsarina. She was Tiger's lover or mistress or whatever. The first chance I got I ran for it. I had heard them talking about more fighting, but I didn't want anything to do with it." Sakura said, tears running down her face. Mei Lin sighed. Sakura was definitely no threat.

"Syaoran heard about your pit fighting. He thinks you came here to kill him or something." Mei Lin said, feeling that it was only fair to get Sakura on the same page. Sakura looked confused.

"First off, I never even heard about you or Syaoran until I met you my first day here. Second, I refuse to kill anyone. Pit fighting was hard enough. So you can tell your cousin that he has nothing to worry about from me." Sakura said. Mei Lin hugged her tight.

"I know Sakura. I'm sorry I had to ask. He's just over protective. One day we'll talk more about what you went through. It'll make you feel better I promise." Mei Lin said as she got up from the bed. Sakura nodded with a smile.

"I would like that. I've had no one to talk to about this. It would be nice to get it off my shoulders." Sakura smiled as Mei Lin left the room. Mei Lin was going to be sure to give her dear cousin a piece of her mind.

Syaoran

Mei Lin had just left, and he was feeling confused and like an ass. She had insisted that Sakura knew nothing about the gang, although he was sure he was going to have to tell her shortly. Especially seeing as Tomoyo and Mei Lin were both members. He also felt bad hearing Mei Lin's account of Sakura's past few years. He was secretly amazed that she was still so sweet having gone through so much pain.

"So what are we going to do now?" Jamie asked from the couch. "You know you have the Dragon's backing no matter what."

"I believe Mei Lin, but I need to get more information." Syaoran said from a chair. Eriol smiled from the opposite chair.

"Tomoyo's always spoke highly of her cousin. Do you think if she was really sent here to kill you, that she wouldn't have done it when she kicked your ass the other night?" Eriol asked containing a laugh. He had a point though.

"Do we have any idea where Tiger is right now?" Syaoran asked looking around the room.

"He's here in Tokyo as far as I know. I doubt he knows that Sakura is even here." Jamie said with a shrug.

"We should probably keep an eye on her." Syaoran spoke.

"For her safety or ours?" Akashi asked from next to Jamie. Syaoran watching as Jamie smiled at his member, then back to Syaoran.

"Her safety. Mei Lin would kill me if I let anything happen to her new best friend." Jamie spoke. Syaoran chuckled. His cousin sure knew how to pick them.

"What's going on between you and Sakura anyways?" Eriol asked with his all knowing smirk.

"Nothing. I have a girlfriend remember?" Syaoran defended. Yea he didn't sound very convincing to himself either, as the others laughed. "You guys are assholes."

"I gotta head out. I promised Moyo I'd stop by and officially meet her cousin. Boss… you need to figure out what you're going to do about Sakura." Eriol smiled. Syaoran growled.

"I hate when you call me that." He grumbled. Eriol just laughed harder as he got up from the room.

"I'll go call some more Dragons. I have a feeling things between you and Tiger aren't going to stay quiet for long." Jamie said walking out of the room with Akashi, leaving him alone with his thoughts.

Sakura

She sighed from the couch, doing some math homework. Mei Lin had gotten home about twenty minutes ago, and Tomoyo was currently waiting for her boyfriend to show up. She had a feeling her roommates were avoiding her. After her weird conversation with Mei Lin the other morning, she felt scared. Like they thought she was going to hurt them or something silly like that. And she still didn't understand what Mei Lin meant by gang. She had heard of gangs for sure. The Black Wolf gang was in all the papers in China, and Japan. But it wasn't that they were a bad gang, the opposite really. They were the good guys.

"How's the homework coming?" Mei Lin asked as she took a seat next to Sakura. Sakura sighed.

"Are you mad at me or something?" Sakura asked looking at her friend. Mei Lin smiled and giggled. Sakura couldn't help but smile back.

"Of course not! Why would you think that?" Mei Lin asked relaxing on the couch. Sakura looked down.

"I don't know. After hearing about my past, and then your cousin thinking I'm going to kill someone… thought you might be scared of me or mad at me or something." Sakura said feeling sad. Mei Lin giggled again.

"My cousin is a dumbass. I don't believe you knew anything I was talking about. I told Syaoran what you said, and he had better believe me too. As for your past. It doesn't make me scared of you it makes me sad for you. So cheer up! Eriol is coming over to hang with Tomoyo." Mei Lin said as she smiled. Sakura had still not met her cousins' boyfriend.

"And he's late as usual." Tomoyo spoke from behind them. Sakura turned and smiled seeing Tomoyo dressed for a date.

"I wish you would let me tape you." Sakura said, sticking her tongue out to the camera. "You look lovely cousin!" Tomoyo only giggled and then squealed when there was a knock on the door. She ran to it, and opened it. A tall man with blue hair and matching eyes hidden behind glasses, walked in. Sakura watching as Tomoyo gave him a kiss and brought him into the room.

"Eriol I want you to officially meet my cousin, Sakura." Tomoyo said. Sakura got up to meet him, feeling like a bum in her sweats. He had a kind smile.

"It's a pleasure to finally meet you." Eriol spoke. He even had a nice voice. Kind of sweet like Tomoyo's. They looked cute together.

"The pleasure is mine. Tomoyo never shuts up about you." Sakura said, seeing the blush that rose on Tomoyo's face. She giggled at her cousin. Eriol was blushing too.

"I hope it's good things." He said winking at Tomoyo, who tip-toed and gave him a kiss.

"I won't be back tonight." Tomoyo spoke. "I'll see you tomorrow in class." Sakura smiled and waved as her cousin left the room. Sakura wondered if she would ever find someone too, but shrugged it off. She had been single her whole life… why change that now?

Next Day

Tomoyo had missed her first few classes, and Mei Lin was missing too. She had left last night with Jamie, and hadn't returned. Sakura sighed as she left math and headed toward the history room. The dorm was crazy lonely without her roommate present. She sighed as she walked in the grass toward the history building. It was starting to get cool with winter on the way. As she rounded the corner she froze seeing the person leaning against a tree. She growled when he waved her down. Syaoran's smirk was evident even from a few feet away.

"What do you want?" She asked, not bothering to be nice to him. He flashed her a sexy smile that made her knees weak. She cursed herself for feeling like that because of him. She felt shock as he handed her a coffee. That was oddly sweet of him. She cocked an eyebrow as he smiled at her some more. He was up to something.

"Can we talk?" He asked sipping his own coffee. She looked him over trying to figure out his angle. He looked hot in dark jeans and forest green polo.

"What are we talking about?" She asked, sitting down. He looked like he had a ton of questions, but couldn't decide where to begin.

"I need to know more about your pit fighting, and the man you were working with." She glared at him. She knew Mei Lin had already told him everything… so why was he pushing it?

Syaoran

He probably shouldn't have started out like that. Mei Lin had given him the generic version, but he needed to hear it from Sakura.

"Mei Lin told me that she already talked to you. What more do you want to know?" She asked in a harsh tone.

"I'm just worried about my cousin. I don't know what she's told you, but Tiger is a dangerous man who is out to get me and my family." Syaoran said as he sat next to her. Sakura blew out a breath and he wanted to punch himself when he saw the sad look on her face.

"She hasn't told me much. I didn't even know that my instructor was part of any kind of gang. And I hated pit fighting. Every second of it!" Sakura said not looking at him. He wanted to see her beautiful eyes.

"He's not just part of a gang he's the leader." That got her attention, and the genuine shock confirmed that she truly knew nothing. "I'm the leader of the Black Wolf gang." She sucked in a quick breath.

"Now that gang I have heard of." She spoke. He smiled a little feeling proud. "You're a little young to be a leader aren't you?" He had to laugh at her.

"My mentor is the main leader. I'm like a leader in training." He smirked. She giggled, and he felt his heart flutter. She was even more beautiful when she smiled like that. "Why'd you stop pit fighting if you were so good?" that's when she got serious.

"I would never hurt Mei Lin. As for the little fight with sluts-r-us… she started it." Sakura spoke to him. "I was only defending myself." He frowned slightly. Just because his girlfriend was kind of a slut didn't mean that she had a right to point that out.

"Tatiana is not a slut." He countered. Someone should just slap him. He was surprised Sakura hadn't done it yet. He watched her face redden with anger. This was not going good.

"I did pit fighting because I had to. However, I do NOT have to talk to you or listen to you anymore." She said before getting up. Shit… he needed to fix this. He walked up to her and grabbed her arm to stop her, pulling her close to him. She smelled like the cherry blossoms she was named after.

"I'm sorry." He breathed, getting lost in her gorgeous eyes. He sighed looking at her teary eyes. She was holding them back. He felt like a real ass. "I didn't come here to piss you off."

"Well you've failed miserably." She retorted. At least she didn't run from him. He sighed thinking about what to say, knowing that she was waiting for him to talk.

"I came here to find out more about you." He whispered, feeling that need to kiss her again. There was something seriously wrong with him.

"Why would you want to get to know me? You think I'm a slut, a bitch, and you think I'm out to kill you or something." She responded looking at him confused. She had him there. Then he remembered Friday night. A challenge… she couldn't back down to a challenge. It was one thing he had admired about her.

"Prove me wrong." He spoke fast. "Let me get to know you and prove me wrong." She glared realizing what he was doing. She growled at him, and he fought the urge to chuckle at her cuteness.

"Fine. I'll give you a chance." She gritted out. "But I'm late for history." She spoke, stepping away from him. He smiled as he followed behind her. "I'm pretty sure your girlfriend wouldn't be happy about you hanging around me." He cringed at the thought of Tatiana. He hadn't seen her in a few days either.

"Don't you worry about her." He spoke as they walked to a door. Sakura laughed.

"I'm not worried about her." Sakura spoke as she headed through the door. He sighed as he stood outside after she left. He was in trouble… huge trouble…

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Authors Note: R+R! I'm not going to be updating for a few days. Since I have to go through all the chapters I kept and fix them so they go along with the new beginning of the story! I hope for lots of reviews though!