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

EDIT (June 2013): Hey guys! So this was my first ever story written and uploaded to this website and I've taken the liberty of editing a few things. I haven't rewritten the story in any way- though I'm considering on doing that someday. All I changed are the page breakers, shortening some of the Author's Notes, and I've also taking out the summary which I've previously incorporated in every single chapter (which is unnecessary now after this website changed its "look"). That's all. Do read on and please forgive me for the lack of overall talent in writing which you may notice in this story. My vocabulary in English was more limited and I had absolutely zero experience in writing anything (not even short stories, let alone something almost novel-length like this one) since I started this story back when I was only 15. Just saying. Okay, carry on!

IMPORTANT NOTE: This story was inspired by Little Wolf LOVER's Wild Things!

What I took from that story are just THREE things... A similar gang name: Wolves, as well as two character names: Mika and Aki (though in this story they're only the nicknames of the characters and they are totally original and different from her story in terms of physical appearances and personalities). Credit to those things go to no one but her. I used these names because I thought they really fit in with the original characters so much after reading her story and I may even still use those two character names (still with my own twist) in my future CCS stories. For me, Naoko x Mika and Rika x Aki are basically OTP and canon now. It just sounds right. That's how much of an impression her story has left on me after I read it a while back. I really loved it and I think LWL is absolutely brilliant!

Other than that, this story- as far as I know -is original and 100% written by yours truly.

Also, this is my first ever story! So I hope you guys will enjoy it!

Chapter One

"Emptiness of the Heart"

A young lady walked around the park, glancing once in a while at the little children playing together at the playground. She turned her head to look at couples either resting on the benches, arms wrapped around each other or those who were walking leisurely through the park, their hands clasped together as they talked with smiles on their faces and love in their eyes.

Sakura sighed and sat herself on one of the empty benches and continued to look around the park, admiring everything she was seeing.

'They all look so happy' she thought grimly, knowing that she would never have her chance of happiness like that.

A tear involuntarily slipped down her cheek as she thought about this. She was already 18 years old and never has she ever experienced anything as great as feeling someone truly love you. Sure, she had her mother, father and brother who truly loved her but she knew they didn't count as they were family and since because they aren't with her anymore since that incident 2 years ago. Then she had the love from her friends. They were even more like sisters to Sakura but she still felt empty inside, like there is something huge missing inside of her.

She looked up at the clear blue sky and closed her eyes as another tear slid down from her eyes.

"Sakura?" a familiar cheery voice asked her from behind.

She abruptly opened her eyes and hurriedly wiped her face to avoid any traces that she was crying. She turned and looked at her very best friend, whom she treated like she was her very own sister.

"Tomoyo? What are you doing here?" Sakura questioned the girl in front of her who was carrying a lot of bags through her arms and in her hands. "What's with the stuff?"

"I was out shopping for you birthday bash tomorrow" she stated with a grin on her beautiful face. "It's gonna be the greatest! I can see it now: 'Sakura's 18th Birthday', you will really look lovely in the gown I had sewn for you" she added with a dreamy look on her face with stars in her eyes.

Sakura sweat dropped at her weird friend as she remembered her a month ago when she was already planning for her birthday. Ok, she wasn't 18…yet. Her birthday was tomorrow, that's as good as 18, isn't it? At least she thinks it is.

"Sakura?" Tomoyo questioned, waving her hand in front of her face. "Are you okay?" she asked as Sakura blinked a few times and looked at her.

She nodded at her best friend in assurance as a worried look still showed on her face.

"I'm fine Tomoyo, just a bit tired I guess" she wasn't entirely lying. She really was tired but it wasn't the main reason why she spaced out…again.

Tomoyo followed behind her best friend as she tried to put on a happy face for her sake, but deep down inside, she knew Sakura was far from happy. Both of them had been friends since they were 9 years old until now that Sakura was turning 18 and she's already 18 years old herself. She clearly saw that Sakura was getting less cheerful as the years came by. She didn't know why but she knew she was because her once excitement-filled emerald eyes were slowly turning into a dull shade of green. The incident with her family greatly affected her but she knew it wasn't the only reason of her mood still dropping because it started even before the incident happened.

"Tomoyo?" Sakura who had stopped, asked from in front of her.

"Hai!" she quickly said, snapping away from her thoughts as she ran towards her.

"Marisa!" Tomoyo called out softly as they entered her mansion of a house.

Sakura put down the bags she helped Tomoyo carry, on the floor as she stretched out her arms, looking around the huge well-furnished living room.

A woman who was about in her late 30's came hurrying towards them from a door down the hall.

"Welcome home Tomoyo-chan, Sakura-chan" she said with a smile, bowing her head at the two ladies she was serving for some time now.

"Mona" both girls said in unison, also bowing their heads at the elderly woman.

Mona was Tomoyo's personal helper as well as friend since she was a child and was always there for her whenever her mother wasn't present to help her with personal matters. Tomoyo always considered her like she was her second mother.

"Where's Marisa? And is mother here yet?" Tomoyo asked as Mona started to pick up the shopping bags on the floor. She wanted to see her mother because she occasionally visits instead of calling and writing to her since she was always busy.

"Marisa is sick so I let her rest inside her quarters this morning. And I'm afraid your mother wouldn't arrive until this evening, her ride got delayed" Tomoyo nodded a bit disappointed but still happy that her mother was still coming. She took Sakura's hand in hers, and pulled her, heading towards the backyard.

"Since mother hasn't arrived yet, let's go out and practice" Sakura nodded at this as they walked side by side towards the backyard.

"So, what you wanna practice today?" Sakura asked, watching the trees sway and listening to the soft sound of rustling leaves it made.

"I dunno," she started, looking intently at Sakura who was looking so distant again "wanna shoot some targets for a change? We haven't had target practice since two days ago"

Sakura smiled and nodded at her as they went over to the other side of the house where a plain of grass with many flower bushes and a few trees were found, the size of a small soccer field. She watched as Tomoyo took out her cell phone and talked to one of her maids. A few moments later, four helpers came out of the house, carrying all sorts of things and setting them on the large rectangular table beside them.

Tomoyo took one of the guns and examined it before tossing it towards Sakura, who caught it smoothly. Tomoyo took her clear goggles and fastened it in front of her eyes, also fastening the ear phone in her ear, clipping the tiny microphone on her shirt's neck line and tightening her belt where her extra ammos were being clipped on as Sakura did the same. Both wore their holsters with two guns in them and strapped two more guns around each ankle after checking if all of it was fully loaded.

Just as both took two extra guns in their hands, a gunshot sounded from behind them, slowly they turned around.

"What was that?" a male voice questioned, just as he was about to start his bike. He slid up the visor of his helmet, revealing deep blue eyes, staring intently at the direction where the sound came from.

"What was what?" another voice questioned, this time a female one. The person took of her helmet, letting her black hair fall down her back. She got off the bike she was on, straining her ears hoping to hear something unusual.

Silence filled the air between the people who were huddled up outside a deserted house. Hearing nothing for awhile, they slowly returned to what they were doing.

"You're hearing things Eriol" the same female voice pointed out as she lightly shook her head and got back on her seat behind one of the bike drivers.

"No I'm not Mei Lin. I'm positive I heard something close to a gun shot from somewhere not far from here" Eriol said softly, making sure not to make his voice wasn't loud for them not to hear it in case it went off again.

"I heard it too, it was kind of faint though" another male voice stated from in front of Mei Lin as Eriol slowly took off his helmet.

"Whatever Aki, now start the bike. Don't make me drive it and leave you here to cry" she replied irately.

"Ok woman, don't get your panties in a twist" he chuckled, getting a hard glare from the girl behind her.

"Just start the damn bike. I have a life you know, I have things to-" but whatever Mei Lin was trying to get out, she couldn't as the sound of more gunshots entered their ears.

"Told you" Eriol said with a cheeky smile playing on his lips as he put back on his helmet.

Mei Lin stuck her tongue out at her cousin as she too fastened her helmet on her head. "Ok then, you guys seem to be right. Let's just hope it isn't anything serious" she said trying to feel if her gun which was strapped around her thigh was still there. "Let's ride!" she added in a shout as she slid down the visor of her helmet. Aki gassed the bike abruptly, making it rise on its hind wheel and down again as they zoomed out of the silent street, with four more of the same bikes not far behind them.

When a gun was triggered, Sakura and Tomoyo slowly turned around and shot the two men who were heavily covered in black clothing who had pointed their guns at their direction. As they did, everything went quiet. The two girls slowly walked side by side to where the men were once standing. Looking at the figures on the ground in front of them, they both kicked it only to realize that they only came in contact with their pile of black clothes.

Sakura and Tomoyo stared at each other briefly before turning around and looked around the field. Backs pressed against the other, both readied their guns just in case.

"I wonder where they went" Sakura said in a whisper, eyes scanning the field.

"Could be anywhere" Tomoyo narrowed her eyes, hoping to see where they went.

"Tomoyo…"

"Hai, I see them too" Tomoyo whispered back as she caught a glimpse of black from behind one of the many flower bushes.

"Wanna go solo or duo?"

"Solo, gotta practice taking care of myself. What do you think?"

"Same here. On three?"

"One"

"Two"

"Three" they said in unison, as they both triggered their guns at the half-dozen men in front of them. Continuous firing from around them followed, making them do flips with their feet, guns still in their hands, as they lead away in opposite directions.

Both skillfully dogged the bullets flying towards them as they took out the men one by one, constantly hiding behind trees and bushes to reload.

"It's coming from over the side of this gate" Aki said, sliding up his helmet's visor.

"Think we should climb it?" Eriol asked from beside him. He took off his helmet and came down from his bike and approached the gates of the mansion.

"No duh!" Mei Lin pointed out in an annoyed tone. "What do you think we should do? Ring the bell and ask them to let us in?"

"Calm down Mei Lin. Besides, this house -or rather mansion by the size of it, doesn't seem like a Kin would live in" he replied, looking through the gate to see an assortment of flower beds lined up towards the middle of the front yard where a fountain stood.

"Looks can be deceiving. Ever heard of that?" she said, getting more annoyed now as she too got off the bike she was on and left her helmet on the seat.

"Will you two stop it? We're here on business, so let's get down to it. Eriol has a point but so does Mei Lin. This place seems harmless but then again the sound of gunshots in this part of town isn't common as well. Let's head to the back and see if we can get in and check out this place" a deep and harsh voice said cutting of the argument. "Just make sure you don't start anything dangerous. This isn't the right time to get totally serious yet" he added in a lower voice but enough for them to hear.

"Leave it up to Syaoran to stop Mei Lin from getting close enough to ripping Eriol's guts out…again" Aki said in an undertone but the three still heard him clearly, getting another hard glare from Mei Lin as Syaoran and Eriol smirked at her.

"Oh shut it all of you" Mei Lin said coldly.

Syaoran looked at his fierce cousin and shook his head slowly. "Ren, Jiyuu…you guys stay here and be on the look out for anything suspicious while we're in there. The rest of us are going out back to check things out in there"

The two men nodded in understanding as Eriol went over to his bike and turned it on. Mei Lin took one look at Aki before getting her helmet and walking over towards Syaoran. Eriol chuckled as Mei Lin sat herself behind Syaoran on his bike before all of them slid down their visors.

"We'll be back later in a while coz if we walk, it would take us half an hour to get around this property" Eriol told Ren and Jiyuu who nodded before both of them rested their bikes on its stands.

"Tomoyo, where are you?" Sakura said through the microphone as her chest heaved from running and flipping around dodging bullets. She rested herself behind a tree as she reloaded one of her empty guns.

"Hold on" Sakura could her two gunshots go off before Tomoyo replied again. "I'm…umm…well, I'm here. Why?" she answered.

Sakura sweat dropped at her friend's reply.

"Never mind. Talk to you later" she ended, giving the man who snuck up on her a head shot.

"How do I get in?" Mei Lin whined as Syaoran and Aki started climbing the rough wall. Eriol was already at the top, surveying the area if it was all clear.

"You climb it, you said it yourself" Aki pointed out, feeling for a crack he could use to push himself. "No duh!" he added in a mock girly voice in imitation of Mei Lin a while ago.

She glared at him yet again. "Well, this wall is made of rocks, which can totally damage my nails unlike the bars out front" she declared as if it was the most obvious thing.

"Come on Mei Lin, hurry up before someone sees us" Syaoran ordered from the top of the wall seeing Mei Lin still on the ground. "And wear your jacket, we wouldn't want to start a fight if they see your tattoo"

Mei Lin put on her leather jacket and then took out a pair of leather gloves from one of its pockets and wore them as well. She started climbing with ease as she carried herself to the top.

"Have your guns ready just in case" Syaoran whispered just as Mei Lin landed softly on her feet beside him and Aki.

"Hey guys, come here" Eriol's voice called out softly from one of the trees as he rested himself on one of its branches.

"What do you see?" Syaoran whispered to him as they got colder to him.

"See for yourself" he said with a smile on his face, looking at two girls shooting at each man who neared them.

The girls continued shooting every man they saw who were also trying to shoot them down.

"That's the last from mine" Tomoyo told Sakura through the microphone. "Or I think he is, I haven't seen any other"

"Well, mine is," a gunshot echoed through the field "the last one as well" she finished as she walked towards Tomoyo.

They met up and started to head towards the house until a gunshot echoed from all the silence.

"Mei Lin!" Syaoran hissed at his cousin, while staring at the figure of a large black bird not too far from them as it fell down dead on the floor.

"What? It shocked me!" she countered not at all fazed by the look he was giving her.

"It was just a fucking bird! And the least you could've done was put the silencer on your gun on" Mei Lin looked sheepish at this but then became irritated.

"Well, there's no need to be grouchy and it was a huge fucking bird"

"I am not grouchy, you're just being stupid right now"

"I am not being stupid!" she said in a final tone as a sign that their conversation was over. She turned around just in time to see emeralds.

Sakura and Tomoyo went towards where the gunshot was triggered from opposite directions. They approached the place as soundless as they could, the sound of two people bickering getting louder the closer they got.

Sakura went behind a bush, just as she used her hands to separate the leaves, she came face to face with rubies.

"Oh my God" Sakura heard Tomoyo say through the microphone followed by a thudding sound and her earphone giving of a piercing sound.

Sakura tore her gaze away from Mei Lin before tearing her ear phone away from inside her ear, only holding it near her earlobe. "Tomoyo? Tomoyo!" Sakura shouted through her microphone repeatedly, still not getting any reply. Her eyes tore from the useless devices on her hand towards her best friend who was in someone's arms as the man carrying her walked up towards her.

"Who are you people?" Sakura asked unsurely, looking at Eriol, then at Mei Lin. Who both looked at someone from behind them. Aki walked up towards them followed by Syaoran.

"I'm Kobayashi Aki" he said in a cheerful voice as he offered his hand to her. Sakura looked at him cautiously before shaking it.

"I'm Hiiragizawa Eriol" the one carrying Tomoyo said. "And please, there is no need to feel threatened" he added with a smile. "Unless you are one Kin, but I doubt it" he added in a low voice, looking at Tomoyo, but Sakura still heard him.

"I'm Mei Lin!" Mei Lin said enthusiastically, looking Sakura over like she was an attraction from the zoo. "Who are you?" she asked curiously. She didn't know why but she found Sakura a really interesting person.

"Just call me Sakura" she replied politely, bowing her head at them a bit. "By the way," she started looking over at Eriol who still had Tomoyo in his arms "what did you do to my friend?"

"She fainted when she saw me"

"Did you scare her?"

"I dunno, when I saw her she just fell. I probably did"

Syaoran cleared his throat, making everyone look at him with curiosity. He was about to say something but as he stared at Sakura, he didn't say a word.

Sakura stared back at him with eyes of sadness but a look of curiosity.

"What is it Syaoran?" Mei Lin said above the silence.

'So that's his name…Syaoran' Sakura thought, still looking at him.

Syaoran shook his head and looked at his cousin. "Let's get this girl inside their house first" he said flatly.

"Follow me then" Sakura said, heading back to the field then towards the mansion.

"Nice place" Aki said, impressed.

Sakura smiled and nodded at this. "Tomoyo owns everything you see here, I'm just her cousin but I'm living with her here" she filled in, not noticing as Eriol's head snapped to her direction after hearing Tomoyo's name. She didn't want to reveal much, especially not about herself. These people seemed to be nice but did look dangerous all the same. 'Especially that Syaoran guy' Sakura added in thought.

Syaoran and Mei Lin looked around but weren't at all that impressed. Their properties back in Hong Kong were much bigger than what Tomoyo owned here.

"Just rest her here" Sakura said softly as Eriol placed Tomoyo on the large sofa. All of them then took their own seats on the other sofas near where Tomoyo was. Sakura was about to ask them what they were doing at the fields but didn't as Syaoran spoke first.

"Before all things, Sakura, I know you're wondering why the hell we're here" she nodded at this, looking at him intently. "Well, we heard gunshots, I take it both you and your friend there were the cause of that?" he asked, eyeing Sakura's guns which were in her holster and the ones strapped to her ankles.

"Well, yes it was we and-"

"Were you attacked?" Syaoran asked all too quickly, getting a smug look from Mei Lin, Eriol and Aki. Sakura was shocked at this though, she didn't notice the tone of alarm and concern in his voice but wondered. Why would he think they be attacked?

"Err…not exactly" she answered timidly. "You can say we were attacked but not for real" she stated, getting a confused look from her visitors…well, unexpected visitors.

Sakura stood up and motioned them all to follow her as she led them back to the field. When they came out, they were met by two men with black clothing, both holding up their guns to their direction.

By reflex, Mei Lin took out her gun and shot them both by the heart. She was shocked however that they didn't fall. Eriol immediately pulled out his guns and shot them by the head which the bullets never came in contact with.

"What the fuck?" Mei Lin cursed seeing this.

Two gunshots erupted from beside them, seeing Sakura who was pointing her guns at the attackers. They looked back to see a motionless black heap on the ground.

"What was all that shit about?" Syaoran stated looking confused and angry, how Sakura could have shot them while two of the best shooters he knew couldn't.

"Sorry, that's why you heard gunshots. We were trying to kill those men and the others" she said but the confused looks on their faces still remained. She sweat dropped. "You see, they are holograms, which is why we use our own special type of bullets which is the only way we can kill them. You can't kill it with regular bullets, it would just go right through them" comprehension slowly dawned on them as she finished her explanation. "By the way, why are you carrying guns?" Sakura added nervously looking at Eriol and Mei Lin, who were both looking at Syaoran for an answer yet again.

"We thought there was trouble" he said casually. "We're new recruits on the police force"

"Oh" Sakura said in a small voice. "Well then, I assure you there isn't any trouble here. Anytime you here gunshots, that's just from us practicing" she said with a smile.

Syaoran couldn't help but here the tinge tone of disappointed. He didn't know why though. Every other person would be glad they weren't visited by anyone dangerous.

"I told you there wouldn't be trouble coming from here" Eriol told Mei Lin who glared at him and Aki who was snickering from behind her. Sakura looked at them with a bemused expression on her face.

He took his chance and looked at her up and down. She didn't look bad at all; in fact she looked like an angel except for her eyes. Her eyes looked like amazing emerald gems, but he always noticed the droopiness it held.

"Ugh! Let's just go" Mei Lin said in a final tone, stomping her foot on the ground. Syaoran snapped away from his thoughts and looked at Eriol who was smirking at him. He glared at him before turning to Sakura.

"Thank you for your time" he stated, bowing his head slightly which wasn't the least bit recognizable but Sakura was sure she saw it.

Sakura bowed back at him, then to the rest of the group. She noticed them walking away from the house and back to where she met them.

"Where are you going?" she called out. "The front door is the other way"

"We have to go out the way we got in, we left our bikes behind that wall we climbed" Mei Lin answered as she waved good bye at Sakura who also waved back.

Sakura doubted she meant bicycles or mopeds when she said 'bikes'. She was sure in her mind that she meant those huge motorcycles.

Oh how right she was.

"You're getting too friendly Mei Lin" Syaoran pointed out as she took off her gloves and jacket.

"Why shouldn't I? They were obviously harmless and I like her" she replied coolly as Eriol and Aki mounted their bikes. "Plus, it's not like I'm the only one who does" she added, looking at Syaoran with an eyebrow raised.

"Yeah Syaoran, good thing she didn't notice you staring at her like that" Eriol replied, snickering with Aki.

Syaoran gave them a cold hard glare that would make an entire city to shut up, but they weren't at all fazed by this. They got that from Syaoran a lot since when they were kids. He looked at Mei Lin with an annoyed and angered expression.

"You don't know what you guys are talking about" he said looking at Mei Lin then at Eriol as he went over to his bike and fastened his helmet on.

"Oh but we do Xiao Lang. We aren't your cousins for nothing" she said undeniably as Eriol nodded his head. Syaoran looked at them before sliding down his visor.

"Whatever, let's ride" he said flatly as he gassed his bike then zoomed off, leaving a trail of smoke from the screeching tires.

"He's in denial" Aki pointed out as both he and Eriol zoomed after him.

"Got that right" Mei Lin muttered from behind him as she held on tightly.

"Tomoyo?" Sakura asked, shaking her friend by the shoulders after seeing their unexpected guests leave the premises.

"What happened to Tomoyo?" a motherly voice said from behind her making her wheel around, looking guilty.

"Daidouji-san!" Sakura said in shock as she bowed at the woman in front of her. "Well, Tomoyo and I…I…" she raked her mind of anything she can use as a lie. She couldn't possibly tell her aunt that a bunch of people sneaked into their home and one of guys made her faint. "We were practicing shooting with the holograms and she fainted when one of snuck behind her" she blurted out too quickly, making the woman in front of her look at Sakura with a look of doubt. Her daughter wasn't one who would faint of surprise.

"If you say so Sakura-chan" she said with a smile, looking at Sakura who was feeling nervous to the bone. "And as I've said, you may call me Sonomi, you've been living with us since…since that day" her face held a look of sorrow but was quickly replaced by a look of playful irritation. "The least you could do is call me by my first name"

Sakura smiled at her and started to evoke what had happened that day.

A 16 year old Sakura walked out of a jewelry store holding a paper bag with four small boxes inside, feeling very happy and proud of herself. She had used all of the money she had saved since she was a child just to buy these gifts for very three special people in her life, and one for herself as well. She had a lot of money, considering that her family was one of the richest in Japan, but she didn't want to buy the gifts using money they saved for her. She smiled at the thought of how her family would react of her presents. Her parent's anniversary was coming as well as her brother's birthday, but she going to give her gifts to them together as one.

She smiled again thinking of ways on how she could give it to them in surprise. Her thoughts however was cut of as the sound of gunshots reached her ears, followed by screaming and the sirens of police cars. She stopped as she glanced down the busy road, where people who were shopping started to run to the sides of the streets. She saw a black convertible car sped towards her, followed by half a dozen police cars. The car zoomed pass her, having her get a glimpse of the driver who wore sunglasses and has black hair, tied back in a ponytail. The police cars followed after it, not too far behind, occasionally shooting their guns at the reckless man behind the wheel.

'Reckless driver' Sakura thought, wondering what started that car chase. Her eyes followed the cars until it rounded the next corner of the road and out of view.

She resumed walking, heading towards her own car. She took out her keys from her pocket and pressed the alarm, making the headlights of a silver Porsche Boxster S Convertible lit up.

She really loved this car, her parents bought it for her on her 15th birthday but she had to live through a year driving her brother's first car for practice. She kept on practicing with that car until it couldn't hold on, that was when Touya blew his head when she returned it to the garage in a wreck. She only got to drive her car when she turned 16 when she had a test with her parents riding with her and proved that she had already mastered driving proficiently.

She smiled at the thought of Touya screaming his lungs out as she started up her car. Pulling the car in reverse, then towards the direction of her house, she felt relaxed with the silence and the wind rushing through her hair.

Her reverie however was cut off as another siren echoed in the silent streets just behind her. She slowed down and looked through her rear-view mirror and saw a large red truck behind her gaining speed and overtaking her place. She resumed her pace, glancing at the sky in front of her, seeing black smoke spread rapidly across the sky. A frown touched her lips as she glanced back at the fire tuck in front of her. Secretly hoping it wouldn't take a left turn.

"No" she said in a terrified voice as the fire truck quickly turned left. She followed it but drove faster than she already did. "Oh please God no" she prayed but tears started falling freely from her eyes as the truck turned right at the second corner of the road.

The truck suddenly stopped two blocks away from where Sakura hoped it didn't stop at. She sighed in relief at this and parked her car a few meters away from the where the truck was since she couldn't go through any further. She elevated the roof before getting out of the car leaving her package and locking the car with the alarm. She noticed that it was already really hot when she got out.

'The fire must be really huge, I hope mother, father and Touya are all alright' she slowly walked towards the truck where a crowd already formed, blocking her view from the tragedy.

"Excuse me" she said over the chattering of the people and the sound of water trying to tame the fire. She wanted to see from which house this whole tragedy started and to whom she would send her deepest regrets too.

'Who would've thought that I would be the one I would send my own regrets to' Sakura thought grimly, remembering it all as if it had only just happened.

She didn't know what had happened after that because she had fainted on the spot when she saw the blazing inferno, waking up in an ambulance which was parked outside their burned down mansion as well as two more others. Although she did remember the police officers telling her that all the stuff which was burned in their mansion will be paid for through insurance. She didn't care about those things then, all she could think about was her family. She wanted to ask the officers but found her mouth to be incapable of doing so. They did however have gotten to the part of telling her about them.

'They told me that Okaa-san, Otou-san and Onii-chan were all sent to the hospital because of their critical conditions. I went out that very moment and drove off to the nearest hospitals, figuring they were there, only to find out that they were taken away to China for better treatment as well as for security' Sakura glanced at Tomoyo who was now awake, talking to her mother lovingly as they both chattered away with happiness and fulfillment. 'Who would've thought that the morning of that very day was the last time I would get to see my family. Tomoyo and her mother instantly sent out search parties to look for me when she got the news that I was out in search of my parents in different hospitals. Both of them took me in and treated me like I was real family'

Seeing mother and daughter stare at her with caring eyes to match, she smiled 'I owe them a lot'

"I'll go upstairs to give you guys some private mother and daughter time, ne?" Sakura said in a cheery voice as she ran out of the room and up the stairs without a second glance.

Tomoyo stared at Sakura's retreating back and was about to follow her but her mother held her back. She looked at her mother's downcast face.

"Give her some time Tomoyo" Sonomi said softly at her worried looking daughter.

Tomoyo nodded and knew her mother was right. She knew Sakura needed some time. Whenever Sakura acted like this, it was either she was thinking of her family or something else, but she was sure she was thinking of her family because of the way she stared at her and her mother.

Sonomi looked at her daughter with a sad smile then at the spot were Sakura stood earlier. She wouldn't have thought that her niece was still thinking about that incident. Nobody had ever seen Fujitaka and Nadeshiko after that incident. She knew Touya visited at times to see Sakura and to tell her that they were alright in China, but she also knew that Sakura still feels lonely at the fact that she was prohibited to see her parents but had to live through getting letters from them instead.

"What the hell is wrong with me?" Sakura shouted, her pillow muffling her scream.

"Will you two please shut up?" Syaoran boomed in irritation.

"What the hell is your problem? It's not like we're talking to you" Mei Lin countered, not at all fazed by his tone.

"Well, the mere fact that you're talking about me counts the same. So, shut up or else I'll make you"

"Fine then, we'll take our leave" she said coolly, grabbing her jacket from the sofa, pulling Emi along with her as she headed down the hall muttering. "I knew this place was too full of men not to mention men who are full of themselves"

Emi, a girl with gray eyes and long black hair raised her eyebrows at Mei Lin before nodding her head meekly.

Syaoran rolled his eyes at the girls' retreating forms.

"Sorry about that" he muttered to the men in front of him.

"Hey, we understand perfectly" A guy with black hair smirked at him with eyes filled with mischief.

"Lay off Mika"

The rest of the men in the room smiled at their leader's irritated appearance.

Tomoyo kissed her mother on the cheek before waving good bye to her. Sonomi stopped by the car door and glanced at her daughter with a smile. She glanced at the large balcony on the second floor, making eye contact with emerald eyes. Both looked at each other for awhile until Sonomi smiled.

A smile formed on Sakura's lips, then gave a small wave at the woman on the front yard. Sonomi waved back then went inside the car. The driver closed the door then went to the other side and into the driver's side of the car.

She sighed and looked above at the starry night sky with sad eyes making a tear slide down her cheek. She hastily wiped it away before heading back inside her room.

Tomoyo looked at Sakura with worried eyes as she watched her go back inside her room. She glanced back at the car her mother was in as it exited the gate and out of site. She sighed and walked back into the house.

Her mother had just come here to see her and Sakura for a while but had to go back to England for her job. Her mother lived in England since her job required her to be close to the company most of the times, leaving her and Sakura to occupy their home to themselves, along with Mona and Marisa to do the chores. She knew her mother was also saddened that she was also prohibited to see her aunt in China and the fact that she can't stay in Japan, but her job in England paid her a great amount that made them live in luxury, so she couldn't deny it. She also knew that Sakura was still as rich as her, even more rich because she was living off the huge amount of money which was still left in her back account and if ever she ran out anytime soon (which was highly unlikely) she was allowed to access her own parent's account which was much MUCH more than she can ever use in her life.

Making her way back into the house, she took a double take at a tree in the distance. She could have sworn she saw someone looking at her from its branches. She shook her head slowly, silently walking in and locking the front doors of the house.

'I must have hit my head harder on the ground than I thought'

"That was a close one" a young female voice said in a whisper, hidden by the thick leaves of the tree she was sitting on.

"I told you not to abandon your damned post" another female voice but more mature hissed at her right side.

"Hey, don't talk as if it's my fault" she hissed back.

"Will you two cut it out?" another voice, sounding like the second one said. "And by the way," she added, turning to the owner of the first voice "it is your fucking fault. Dumb ass"

"Oh like hell I care"

Author's Note:

Hi guys! I hope ya'll liked this chapter. I know it's kinda boring with lots of talking, explaining and all but I had to clear up Sakura's past in this one and also how they (Sakura, Syaoran, etc.) met. I couldn't make it more interesting…but at this point, I can really start with the more exciting parts and the action scenes.

By the way, how old do you get to drive in Japan anyways? I started learning how to drive when I was 14 but really got to drive now that I'm 16. I didn't know what age so I just went with the same as mine.

Tell me what ya'll think. See ya later!

Raeny