Authors Note: I hope everyone had a fabulous New Years! What fun things did you do?! I spent the time in Ireland! I am now back in Germany and back to work. I am also moving back to the good ol' US of A in a couple months! So if I can't post new chapters right away, just bare with me. I actually have about 3.5 more chapters finished, but I'm waiting for some more reviews. So tell you friends to R+R! Hope ya'll enjoy!
Chapter Twenty-One: War Napped
"Where were you?" Tatiana asked as Chaz walked into the house around 3am. After being in the fresh air for so long he could smell the musky, garbage smell that resonated from the Tiger HQ. He wondered how Kari and Sage could even handle it. They probably just got used to it like he had. He ran a hand through his hair with a sigh as he turned to look at the stupidest blonde he had ever met.
"Oh ya know… still kinda bummed about the whole Kari thing so I went for a ride, then grabbed a bite. Took a walk. Just boring stuff." He lied. Well partly lied. He was upset about Kari having to be a part of Wednesday night. He had gone for a ride and grabbed some McDonalds. And then he had to go for a "walk" up 7 flights of stairs to talk to someone from CIA about getting him a new job.
"Well Kari and Sage are staying at their mob bosses tonight so we got the house to our selves. Tiger and Tsarina wanted 'alone time'. Like eww… she's like 40 and Tiger's only like 35." Tatiana jabbered all the way to Chaz's room.
"Tatiana has anyone ever told you that you are ridiculously annoying sometimes?" He asked as he flopped down on his bed. He just wanted to sleep! But of course Tatiana just had to come in and talk his ear off at 3 in the morning…
"All the time, but I figure they're just jealous of my awesomeness!" She continued as she hoped on the bed and straddled him. He glared at her wanting her off.
"Get off me."
"Oh come on Chaz. I know you want me! I'm bored and I want sex!" She said fiddling with his pants as he tried to throw her off.
"Oh hell no! After all the guys you've been with… I don't want to catch something." He spoke finally throwing her to the floor. He almost felt bad when she cried out from landing hard on her ass. She glared at him from his floor before attacking him again as she planted a kiss on him. He tried not to gag, tasting the stale cigarette on her. He now understood the whole kissing an ashtray thing. He pushed her again, basically throwing her into the wall across the hall from his room. "Stay away from me you psycho bitch!" With that he slammed his bedroom door and locked it.
Wolf HQ
"He said he wasn't going to give up our cover to Tiger, and that he wanted to help." Kari spoke from Sage's lap. Her brothers were seething across the room, but had yet to blow up at Sage for holding Kari, so that was a good thing. Tobias was pacing and Syaoran had Sakura on his lap. Jamie and Mei Lin were both leaning against the wall, and Tomicka was sitting next to Sage and Kari on the couch.
"I still don't like this idea!" Tobias all but yelled. "You're only 18, and this shit with Tiger is too damn dangerous!" Kari rolled her eyes, and then turned to look at her brothers. They were shaking their heads in agreement.
"Seriously yall are getting really annoying with this whole over protective thing! Seriously I'm 18 and an adult! So with all do respect fuck off. I'm finishing this mission." Kari spoke as sweetly as possible. Mei Lin and Sakura burst out laughing at the red faced boys. Kari just smiled as her brothers and Tobias stormed out of the room with a giggling Tomicka following.
"As much as I know you're an adult, Kari, I do agree that this might be getting a little too heated. I know Sage can protect you and that you can protect yourself, but I really want you to be on guard now." Syaoran spoke to the pink-haired girl. The laughing and giggling died down as he finished speaking.
"I know, and we will be. Wednesday all I have to do is get through a couple hours after school, then bring Tiger, then it'll be all over! Till then we'll just continue what we've been doing."
Tiger
"Seriously Sir… I can't find shit on this supposed sister of the Twins." Tao spoke from his passing position in the office.
"Maybe it was all bullshit to keep you distracted from finding Wolf's nephew?" Chaz said from the chair. He could see Tiger turning redder and redder. It was almost comical.
"Alright… no more of this bullshit with the dead Twins. I want the Cherry Blossom and the Cat. I want to torture them in front of the Little Wolf and Lion! And after we meet the mob boss tomorrow we'll finally have all the help we'll need to pull it off!" Tiger spoke in a roar.
One Week Later
"I'm sorry Syao, but we have a competition on Friday… that's in two days from now! We have to practice after school." Sakura spoke as she packed her book bag and duffel.
"I don't think you understand the seriousness of tonight." He said from the bed watching her scrambling around the room. They had spent too much time this morning in bed. Sakura had woken him up with his cock in her mouth, and it just escaladed from there. Now Sakura was the one paying for it by being late for school. "You know you can skip today and we can play more in here."
She turned and smirked at him with an evil glint in her eyes.
"Don't tempt me Little Wolf. I need to be at school." She was saying it more to convince herself then anything. "Kari and Sage already left. Rika is waiting down stairs." Syaoran only sighed as he watched her change into her school uniform.
"Did you want me to take you?" He offered as he put on jeans and a shirt. She smiled brightly at him as she grabbed her backpack.
"No you go finish planning with the Twins. Me and Rika are going to take the Mustang." She giggled as she left the room. He ran a hand through his has as he watched her and Rika leave, before heading to the coms room.
Kari and Sage
She was leaning into his arms, kissing his neck, as they were waiting for school to start.
"You're going to make me take you somewhere and do some inappropriate things for school to you if you don't stop." He breathed as he cupped her butt, and brought her closer. She moaned into his ear feeling his slight hard on.
"We could always skip school. Or go make use of Sakura's dorm room." She whispered. She smiled feeling him chuckle at her suggestion.
"I love you ya know." He spoke looking into her eyes. She smiled at him wondering why he looked so concerned.
"What's wrong Sage?" She asked playing with his curls. Something had been bothering him all week. He hadn't slept well, and it had her worried.
"I have a bad feeling about tonight." He spoke, kissing her hand as it passed his lips.
"How so? You're not worried about little ol' me are you?" She questioned, batting her eyelashes. She giggled seeing his flustered look.
"Hell yes I'm fuckin worried! If it were up to me I'd kid nap you and fly you as far from Tiger as I could!" She sighed, shaking her head at his words. He was just too cute. "I'm also worried that something is just going to go wrong, and we're going to lose this one."
"We have a basically fool proof plan with everything in place. I honestly don't see how anything can go wrong." She responded. "But I appreciate how much you care about me. Makes me love you more. And after this is over you are welcome to fly me anywhere you want." She winked. He chuckled lightly. She could always make him feel better. Hearing the bell they headed off toward Kari's first class.
Sakura
She was smiling as she looked at Kari and Sage having a cute, couple moment. They were all a little on edge about tonight's' plans. She had a feeling that Sage was a little more on edge than the majority of people carrying it out. Not only was he worried about Kari, but he had the Twins breathing down his neck, Tiger right on his back, and now Chiharu's past bringing up bad memories. She was going to have to talk to Syaoran about giving the kid a nice vacation or something after this.
"They're so cute together." Rika spoke from Sakura's side. Sakura only sighed.
"With all this shit going on it makes me happy knowing that they still have each other. Makes all this crap kind of worth it in some way." Naoko added from Sakura's other side. Sakura smiled still looking at Kari and Sage.
"When this is all over I hope we can all be more lovey with our guys. I'm looking forward to this crap being over with after tonight. Then we have prom and graduation… I have decided that things are looking up!" Sakura spoke as the bell rang. She headed towards math with the girls.
Tiger
He was getting his men armed and ready for the night. He would make sure to have the extra fire power with going up against a Mob Boss.
"What do you think will happen if this guy finds out you're bringing more fire to his party?" Tsarina asked as she made sure her guns were clean and loaded.
"I'm sure he'll do the smart thing and kill us all." Tiger voiced. Tatiana cringed hearing that, and was seriously thinking about skipping out on tonight.
"Well as long as we're careful, I'm sure that he won't really notice. It's not like you're bringing 50 people. It's only us and like 5 more?" Chaz asked from the door.
"Us 4, Tao, Derek, Kyle, Christian, and Tray. I already told them as soon as I shake hands with Tatsuya, they are to leave as quickly and quietly as possible." Tiger responded. The three of them just nodded at their leader before heading out to get ready for tonight.
"I'm going to go meet up with Sage and Kari at the school. Sage said earlier that there weren't as many guards there today. Maybe we can snag the Blossom quick?" Chaz asked still leaning against the door frame. He tried not to shiver seeing Tiger's sad excuse for a smile.
"Absolutely try my boy!" Tiger spoke to him like a father would a son. "I'm not too worried though. After getting Tatsuya on our side it should be like cake! But go and let them know that we're going to be ready to go right at 9pm! I need them back here so we can follow them." Chaz only nodded, and then headed out the door.
Chaz
He was headed to his bike when Tatiana's nasty perfume reached his nose.
"You can't come." He said, grabbing his helmet and keys. It was almost like he could hear her frown as she followed him to the garage.
"Why can't I come along? I can hide out or something! I'm bored here!" She screeched as she flipped her fake hair.
"Because last time you went, you shot one kid, missed your target, and got a whole lot of people freaked out. Now Tatsuya is apparently pissed off because Kari's cover was put in jeopardy, and you're too damn trigger happy." He barked as he got on his bike. She pouted again, and he just wanted to punch her.
"What am I supposed to do here?" She asked again. She was starting to act like a 5 year old.
"Go practice shooting. Kami knows your aim sucks." He spat as he revved his bike. He chuckled watching her stalk back into the house, fuming as he drove away toward his allies.
Tomoeda Academe
When Chaz arrived, he knew that Kari would be on lunch, and most likely would be with the Wolves too. He walked toward the outside lunch area, trying to spot the pink hair he knew so well. He found her of course, cuddled up to Sage, and sitting across from the Cherry Blossom and her girls. He noticed Sakura's skeptic look when he approached, but she didn't glare like that Mei Lin chick, so that was a plus. Kari turned and smiled at him. It nearly made him fall over. She was gorgeous, and she simply glowed. Sage even graced him with the hint of a smile too.
"Afternoon." Chaz said as he sat next to Kari.
"You look stressed…" Kari spoke as she sipped her juice.
"Yea man… what's wrong?" Sage asked looking genuinely concerned. Felt nice having people truly care.
"Well besides Tatiana trying to jump me this morning… again…" He glared at Sage who started laughing, "Tiger's going to bringing 5 extra people to our little meeting, and having them hide out in a building." That shut Sage up fast.
"What do you mean 5 more people?" Sakura asked getting serious.
"Some flunkeys he's bringing to get his back in case things go south. I don't know which building or what… and Tiger wants yall back to prepare for our meeting at 9pm." Chaz watched Sage get up and make a call. Most likely to the Little Wolf to let him know about the new arrangements.
"Well that's annoying…" One of the girls spoke. She was cute. Blonde, but natural, not like Tatiana's.
"Oh! Tina, this is Chaz! Chaz, Tina!" Sakura spoke smiling her lovely smile. At least Wolf women were beautiful… not like Tiger's sluts.
"My pleasure to meet you." Chaz spoke. "And my name is Chance actually." Kari smiled again.
"Oooooo I'm so proud! First step in the road to recovery is telling the truth." Kari giggled as she spoke. "Well since Tina is on free period and guard duty, you can walk around with Chance."
"Sounds like a plan to me!" Tina spoke smiling at him. Kari and Sakura smiled watching the two walk off chatting away.
"He seems like a good guy." Sakura said as the two disappeared. Kari smiled nodding. "So, are you and Sage doing ok?"
"He loves me!" Kari gushed looking scary like Tomoyo did when she talked about dresses.
"Of course he does! We all told you that!" Sakura giggled. She sobered seeing Kari frown. "What's wrong?"
"I don't know. I just don't feel good all a sudden." Kari spoke looking around for Sage. "Must be the nerves setting in. Whenever I get super excited about something my stomach kinda knots."
"Maybe you're just in love and it scares you." Sakura winked causing Kari to giggle again. That seemed to help her feel better.
"I'll just go with that." Kari spoke.
"Go with what?" Sage's voice rang. Kari visibly relaxed against him as his arms came around her waist.
"Nothing. Girl talk." Sakura covered. "What did Xiao say on the phone?"
"He's obviously not too happy about it, but now that he knows, he's going to be sure to do full sweeps of the buildings so we're not surprised. I'm sure he's also worried as all hell about you." Sage spoke stealing some of Kari's juice.
"Oh babe don't. I think I'm getting a bug." Kari said grabbing back the drink. She looked down seeing him frown.
"Well if I get sick from you it'll only be fair. What hurts?" He asked with a cute smirk. Sakura took this as a cue to head off to practice.
"Just my stomach. I'm sure I'm just nervous about tonight." She spoke taking another sip of her drink.
"I'm going to protect you Kari. There's nothing to worry about." Sage said caressing her cheek.
"I know. I'm more worried about you actually." She said blushing. He chuckled softly before kissing her.
"We'll protect each other." He whispered after the kiss. She smiled and nodded, then pulled him into a tight hug.
Wolf Mansion
"Well that complicates things slightly, but at least we were warned." Syaoran said as he looked over their model. He figured Tiger would have the 5 men placed in a building at Tigers' back.
"I'm sure these guys will suck at shooting." Tobias voiced, leaning on the table.
"They'll probably be the worst at hiding out too." Eriol added, knowing that Tiger was stupid, and so his men were probably even more stupid.
"So we'll just reinforce our firepower." Jamie said smiling like the Twins.
"What have you done?" Tomicka asked from the chair.
"I'm sure we have no idea what you're asking." Rowe said from next to his twin.
"You really think we believe that?" Mei Lin asked looking sternly at her boyfriend from where she was doing some homework. Jamie just smiled bigger. The Twins did as well, especially when there was a knock at the door. Everyone drew their guns, except Jamie and the Twins. Eriol went to open the door. He lowered his gun, and smiled looking at the group, before throwing the door open. About 20 big guys were standing outside all wearing leather biker jackets, all looking dangerous as hell, all with a huge shit grin on their faces.
The guys all winced hearing every girl in the room squeal. They quickly moved out of the way as the girls ran to hug the people waiting outside.
"You think they were missed?" Syaoran whispered to Tobias as Tomicka started chatting it up with some of the people. Chiharu and Takashi, who had skipped school because of the upcoming mission, looked confused as all hell when the group of new faces settled around the room.
"Oh right!" Mei Lin spoke just realizing that the two newbees were completely out of the loop. "Chi and Tak, these are some more of Jamie and Tobias's gang members." There were far too many of them for introductions, but Chiharu and Takashi could tell by tats who belonged with whom.
Sakura
She and Kari were in English with Sage outside the door chatting with TJ when her phone started buzzing in her pocket. Luckily the teacher hadn't come in yet, so she quickly answered it.
"Mushi mushi, Sakura speaking." She answered.
"You're such a bobble head…" Mei Lin's voice sounded from the other line. "Is Tomoyo or Kari near you?" Sakura only rolled her eyes toward Kari.
"Yes Mei, Kari is sitting right here." Sakura spoke with a giggle.
"Let her know that Dragons and Lions are in the house!" Mei Lin spoke with a crazy accent before the line went dead. Sakura sighed audibly when she closed the phone and turned to Kari.
"Mei Lin wanted me to inform you that Dragons and Lions are here." Sakura said, then plugged her ears as Kari squealed. This of course caused TJ and Sage to come running in thinking something was wrong.
"What's the matter?" Sage asked looking at his excited girlfriend. He tried to calm his racing heart thinking she had gotten hurt.
"Some more members showed up. We just got the call!" Kari spoke in hyper mode. Sage sighed and ran a hand through his hair.
"Next time don't sound like a Tiger just ran into the room and shot up the place when you get good news." TJ gruffed, before going back out the door. Kari turned a few shades of pink before turning back to Sage.
"Tell him I'm sorry. I'm just really excited." Kari explained. Sage just smiled at her, understanding.
"I know you are sweetheart. Just maybe switch to saying 'kawaii' like Tomoyo so we can tell the difference." Sage spoke before winking and going back out with TJ. Sakura and Kari just burst into giggles while the teacher walked in looking confused, but knowing how weird high school girls could be he just shrugged it off and started the lesson.
Tiger
"I KNEW IT!" Tiger yelled throwing something heavy across the room. Tatiana just smirked before walking out of the room. Tonight was going to be interesting.
Wolf HQ (1 hour before the war begins)
Everyone was dressed in Black, ready and armed to go. Syaoran was making sure everyone knew where their place was.
"Tiger will probably position his men here, here and here." Syaoran said pointing to the buildings.
"The girls and snipers will be here and here, with another group over here as soon as the building is deemed clear." Tobias said.
"Kari and Sage should just be getting to Tigers' and heading out. We all leave now and we'll beat them there. The Twins and TJ are going to go through with a group of you to clean the buildings before we set up." Jamie spoke looking at the huge group they had.
"Let's move out!" Sakura yelled heading out the door behind Syaoran. Tonight would end this ridiculous feud! It would also free her from her past forever… she hoped.
Sage and Kari
"Now I don't know if Tatsuya is going to have everyone there tonight, but I know he'll probably have at least four people. His two main guards with him, and then two hiding in the shadows. I wouldn't get too worried though. There are only maybe ten men in his family." Sage spoke from the wall in the kitchen. He and Kari were wearing dark green sweaters with bullet proof vests underneath, and dark jeans. All Tigers group were wearing black with giant tigers embroidered on the backs. Kari was pretty sure Tiger was stupid, but hey… whatever.
"The four men I'll have in hiding won't be seen at all. I don't want to upset Mr. Tatsuya." Tiger spoke from his chair by Kari.
"As long as they're not seen I'm sure it wouldn't be a problem. Tatsuya isn't known to check meeting places too thoroughly. I've always warned him that it is an unwise move, but I'm just a girl." Kari sighed from her seat.
"Then let's get this show on the road. We'll fallow you." Tiger spoke, getting up from his seat as they all headed to the garage. Sage and Kari got on their bike, while the rest of the small group got on their bikes. Tonight was going to be interesting.
Warehouse District
As they rode closer and closer to the warehouse they were to meet "Tatsuya" at, Sage felt his heart rate speed up. This mission was putting Kari in a lot of danger, and he may be willing to risk his life, but not hers. Of course he had a feeling that Syaoran was feeling the same way as him. As if she could read his mind, Kari's arms tightened around him in a soothing motion.
"We're all set up for your arrival Sage." Came Syaoran's voice through the com-link system in his helmet.
"ETA two minutes." Sage said, speeding up slightly.
"All Tiger's men have been dealt with. Four in total. We are assuming he will be bringing more."
"We have Tiger, Chaz, Tatian, Tsarina and Tao following us. Tiger and Tsarina are in a black BMW. We are not aware of any other people joining the party." Kari spoke. Sage could hear the slight fear in her voice.
"Copy that. We hear you coming. Game On!" And with those last words, the communication was done and the com-link was disconnected. Sage was truly hoping that things were going to go the right way on this mission…
Four bikes and a black BMW pulled to a stop in front of a rather run-down looking warehouse. There were two men in black military gear standing out front as if waiting for them. Only Sage and Kari knew that Akashi and John here the men behind the battle gear. They all got off their bikes, and Sage motioned for Tiger to wait in the bullet-proof car. It was all a ploy of course, but Tiger didn't need to know that. Kari started walking to the men as Sage had Tao stay with the car. He, Chaz and Tatiana walked together to the men Kari was giggling with.
"We've been expecting you, Gato." One of the men spoke. Sage was glad to hear them using the undercover name. He nodded lightly to them.
"Mister Tatsuya will not be pleased you brought more guests than requested." The other spoke. Sage could see Tatiana visibly tense before setting her charms to poor Akashi and John.
"Maybe you could put in a good word for us then. I'm sure he'll understand that we only wanted to meet such a wonderful man." Tatiana purred… at least that's what Akashi assumed she was doing. He had to suppress his shudder of disgust, but smiled as best he could, while moving away from her.
"I'll inform Mr. Tatsuya of your arrival. Wait here, and bring the rest of your group over." John spoke as he and Akashi walked back into the building. Sage and the group turned back to walk to the BMW. Sage's nerves were buzzing with anticipation and fear.
"Tatsuya's guards say we are to meet them by the door. They also expressed that they were sure Tatsuya wasn't going to be happy that more than just you came." Sage spoke through the crack in the car window.
"I did a quick surveillance check of the area, and I don't see anyone lurking." Kari spoke next. Tiger turned his head to Tao for confirmation.
"I haven't seen movement of anything either and it's a full moon, so we should at least see shadows, but there's nothing. I can only see our four in the building over there." Tao said as he nodded toward the buildings behind the car. Sage suppressed a smirk, knowing full well that they were not Tigers men lurking in the night.
"Very well." Tiger agreed, and then got out of the car. He followed directly behind Sage and Kari, with Chaz on one side, Tsarina on the other, and Tatiana with Tao behind him so they made a circle around him. He would be on defense.
"Five… four… three… two…one…" Syaoran's voice sounded in every ear piece in the area, and like a bolt of lightning, the sky lit up with guns shooting, bullets flying, and Tiger's flunkies going down before they even made it half way to the door. Sage, Kari and Chaz immediately hit the ground before the shooting started, like they were supposed to, and that left Tiger and the four losers with him prime targets.
Unfortunately Tiger had made sure to send in backup. He had used Tsarina's body as a shield as he waited for the help he called moments before to arrive. As if the gods, or devil, had heard him, a flood of men ran into the war zone and started firing everywhere. Tiger cared little for who lived or died. All that mattered was finding Sage and Kari. He had seen them duck and run in a northern direction, so that's where he was going.
Syaoran was so glad Jamie had called in reinforcements when he had because Tiger was obviously not as stupid as most thought. They had to have been Snakes, or Scorpions, or a mix of a few gangs Tiger was in league with.
"Everyone! Evasive action! Kill anyone that comes into range… Sakura if you can hear me, you and Tomoyo get your asses out of here. Cat and Mei Lin you join them! And don't even dare…" Syaoran's rant ended and the fighting seemed to stop as Tiger came out holding Kari hostage. Her pink pony-tail in one hand, and a gun pointed to her head in the other. Where the fuck was Sage?
"I have the girl, and my associate has the Cherry Blossom." Tiger's voice ran out through the silence. Syaoran felt his heart stop as Chaz came out holding a pissed off Sakura the same way as Tiger was holding Kari. But seriously… WHERE WAS SAGE?!
"I've killed wolf's nephew…" Tiger spoke again. Syaoran and the gangs watched as Kari froze and tears started to pour down her face. She didn't make a single whimper though… she got points for that. "… and I won't hesitate to kill these two either." Tiger was backing toward the car.
"Let them go Tiger." Syaoran's voice yelled from the main warehouse. He walked out slowly, gun raised at Chaz's head.
"Chaz is on our side still… don't shoot him. I told him to do this to save Kari." Sakura's voice whispered through the com-link. Syaoran slowly moved his gun to point at Tiger… making sure to switch between the two men as to not give way. At least Chaz was trying to help…
"I have over 100 guns pointed at you Tiger… let them go, and I'll let you live." Syaoran said. Sure Sakura wanted to help and put herself in danger… why couldn't he just have fallen for a weak female? Oh yea… because weak females bored him…
"Not a chance… we'll be in touch Little Wolf." Tiger said, throwing Kari into the car and getting in followed by Chaz and Sakura. Guns started shooting again as the car sped off. As soon as it was out of sight the firing stopped and Syaoran heard about 30 roars of anguish. One being his own. Sage… right…
"We have to find Sage…" Eriol's voice sounded.
"When I do he had better be dead, or I'll kill him!" One of the Twins spoke. Syaoran was sure it was Rowe.
"Spread out and search… and give me a count while you're at it." Syaoran said as he started over by where the couple had last been seen running.
"I found him!" Tobias's voice shouted from a few yards to Syaoran's left. Syaoran ran to the spot, finding Tobias on the ground with an unconscious Sage, and the Twins around with a few others. Syaoran knelt next to Sage and did a once over. He had been shot about 6 times in the chest. Good thing the vest was there.
"Sage? Can you hear me? SAGE?!" Syaoran shook his 'brother' until Sage let out a groan. Syaoran heard a sigh from the group. Tobias and Tomicka gently helped Sage sit up as he came around.
"Mother fucker… what happened?" Sage groaned. He looked around at all the people, then Syaoran saw the panic set in. The Twins beat him to it as Ryo grabbed Sage's choler and yanked him up.
"I'm going to kill you!" Ryo hissed before pulling his hand back to punch Sage. Jamie grabbed Ryo arm stopping him, and Eriol was holding back Rowe.
"Where's Kari?" Sage asked, still panicked, and still looking around.
"Tiger captured her and Sakura. Luckily Chaz is with them." Mei Lin spoke softly. The color drained from Sage's face and his knees hit the ground.
"No… NO!" Sage yelled. "That's not possible! She got away. I made sure she was gone before I faced off with Tiger."
"We saw her. She thinks you're dead." Tomoyo spoke up.
"He knows… Tiger knows who she is. He knew who I was." Sage said. "Let the Twins go." Jamie and Eriol just looked at each other then back at Sage like he was crazy.
"We're going to get her back Sage. Both of them!" Syaoran spoke. But he could tell that the words were lost. He could tell what the boy was thinking. He had failed. They both had failed.
"Let the Twins go…" Sage said again, harshly. Syaoran only nodded at Eriol and Jamie, as everyone stepped back. The Twins were about to pummel the kid to the ground when Sage lifted the most pain stricken eyes to them. "What are you waiting for?"
"You get her back…" Ryo spoke with tears in his eyes.
"And we'll help you do it." Rowe spoke holding out his hand to Sage. Sage grasped it tightly.
Kari and Sakura
After being man-handled, told the love of her life was dead, shoved into a car, then bound and shoved into a cage… Kari was a bit pissed off and ready to kill someone. Sakura sat like she did in a separate cage across a small isle. The cages were outfitted with small cots, bolted to the floor, and a toilet, also bolted. Seeing as she couldn't muster any more tears, she only glared at the locked door.
"Chance is helping us get out of here." Sakura spoke. She could tell Kari's heart was broken.
"You should have just let Tiger take me and kill me." Kari's cool glare hit Sakura. Luckily Syaoran's glare was worse, so Sakura just brushed it off.
"I would have never been able to forgive myself if I let that filth take you alone. Sage wouldn't want it that way."
"I'm going to kill him Sakura… I'm going to rip the bastards' non-existent heart out!" Kari seethed. Sakura understood her pain.
"I'll help you." Sakura promised. They both shut up hearing the heavy door open. Tiger was lucky the girls were chained to a wall because Kari would have attacked him right then and there.
"Tsarina and most of my members are dead thanks to your Little Wolf…" Tiger turned to Sakura, "…and your Lion Pride." He finished looking at Kari. A wicked smile playing on his face. "At least I got Wolf's nephew in the process. Aki Sage is no more!" Tiger laughed as Kari tried to attack him, the chains holding her three inches from the bars of the cage.
"You took away the only man I have ever loved, and I will take great pleasure in torturing you before I kill you." She growled. She looked every bit as ferocious as a real Lion, Sakura noted.
"My dear… I will be the one torturing you. Just as I did with Cat and her sister." Tiger said in a laugh. Kari and Sakura only glared. "By the time I'm done with you you'll either be begging for death, or begging to be with me." That alone brought up Kari's gag reflexes.
"I am already dead… and I would gladly choose death over your nasty ass." Kari spoke again, before moving back to the wall and sitting down.
"Syaoran and the others will be coming for us Tiger. You can bet your ass on that." Sakura said from her spot on the wall.
"I surely hope so." Tiger laughed all the way through the door. Sakura turned her eyes to Kari.
"And now we plan…" Sakura said. Kari nodded as they both decided that escape was evident. At least they had an ally on the inside. They both stopped talking when the door opened again, and Chance came in with some food. Another flunky behind him with blankets and pillows.
"Enjoy your meals ladies." Chance spoke, dropping the trays in the little opening by the floor, and then pushing in the blankets. After he and the weird kid left, Sakura and Kari both grabbed the trays. They threw the gross looking food into the nearby garbage, looking for a note.
"Got one!" Sakura whispered. "Called Li. They're preparing to come rescue you both. It's going to take some time. Tiger is moving us to another location in the morning. As soon as I know where I'll get back in touch with Li. Also, sorry for the food. I'll bring take out next time."
"How long is a while? A week? A month? A year!?" Kari whined as she grabbed the blankets. She could tell they were from her and Sage's bed… that almost started the tears again.
"It'll be alright Kari… We'll be fine. First chance we get, we're out of here!" Sakura vowed.
Authors Note: Again… hope you enjoy! R+R!