Black Wolf, White Blossom

Chapter I Black Wolf

One bright early morning Sakura Kinimoto woke up from her slumber. As she sat up her auburn hair reached down to her shoulder blades as she cleared the sand from her eyes. Looking to the right on the window sill was a picture of her family. She quietly shed a tear for her family remembering how only a month ago her mother and father died in a car crash upon impact. Her brother Touya was living in Canada with his Kaho when it happened. Both of them died in a plane crash 2 weeks ago on their way to visit Sakura.

Sakura let out a sigh before taking a shower. As she showered she was thinking about finding a job. Her best friends' boyfriend told Sakura about his cousin looking for someone who specialized in motorcycling and has a degree in auto mechanics. She quickly finished her shower when her cell phone rang.

"Moshi, moshi Sakura speaking."

"Hey there! You're up early," a sweet voice replied.

"Tomoyo!"

"The one and only."

"So how are you this morning?"

"Oh just fine. Eriol is showering right now and asked me to ask you if you have considered the offer."

"Tell me the number so that I can setup an interview."

Tomoyo giggled before responding, "No need."

"Nani? What's that suppose to mean?"

"He's on his way. He just left."

"NANI!"

"You better hurry because he lives a couple floors down you. Oh b.t.w. he's treating you to breakfast. I gotta go now. Good luck. Ja ne."

"Sigh Thanks. Ja ne," and with that she hung up her phone and let out a big sigh. She quickly went to her closet and pulled out a pink t-shirt with a big cherry blossom on the back, a pair of casual black dress pants and a black vest. She also decided to look a bit presentable as she put on a very light amount of pink eye shadow and some lip-gloss. No sooner than when Sakura finished applying her makeup someone rang her doorbell. She quickly tied her hair back into a half ponytail and answered the door.

Sakura gasped quietly as she looked into the face of a handsome man with messy chocolate brown hair and amber eyes. Yet for that brief moment as she looked into his eyes she saw his eyes filled with a cold icy exterior unable to read the person within. 'What dark eyes he has for someone so handsome,' she thought as she suppressed a blush failing to do so.

"Good morning, I'm Syaoran Li of Li Motor Industries," Syaoran coolly said not noticing Sakura's blush, "I am assuming that you are Sakura Kinimoto?"

"Hai. I was told that the interview will be conducted over breakfast."

He nodded, "that's correct. Consider it a part of your interview." She nodded and quickly put on a pair of high heels before they headed out. 'She seems to have the same eyes as me. Neither cold nor dark. Just extreme pain," Syaoran thought as they went down the elevator.

Syaoran decided to take her to the local Starbucks. They made their orders and started talking.

"Miss Kinimoto I understand that you just finished school at Tokyo University. Is that correct?"

"That is correct Li-san," Sakura politely replied, "But please just call me Sakura."

"Sure, but in my case I'd prefer you addressing me by Xiao-Lang. Syaoran is only between certain people."

"Hai," she replied taking a sip of her coffee.

"Now what did you major in?"

"Auto mechanics."

"Are you familiar with the mechanics of motorcycles?"

"Hai. I specialize in bikes," smiling as she replied.

"Specialize?" Syaoran raised a brow, "As in the mechanics of bikes or as a rider?"

"Actually both, Xiao-Lang."

Syaoran's eyes widen upon hearing this taking a moment to let her answer sink in before continuing, "Do you drink, smoke, or drugs?"

"Are you kidding me? No!" Sakura replied feeling disgusted and insulted from the question.

He slightly chuckled before responding, "Gomen, but you'd be surprise of how many people have gotten away with that during the interviews only to find me catching them either at work or somewhere in a bar and such. I have to warn you that I may have to do a background check."

"I understand. Any other questions?"

"No. That'll be all, you will hear from me later tonight. I have two other applicants. It has been a pleasure Sakura," as they shook hands Sakura could have sworn she saw Syaoran's eyes soften but she decided to ignore it. She slightly bowed before leaving.

"It's been a while since I even chuckled," Syaoran quietly said to himself.

Later that afternoon Sakura was watching T.V. when her cell phone rang, "Moshi, moshi Sakura speaking."

"So how did it go Saku?"

"Oh Moyo! It went fine. But that Li guy gives me the creeps. His eyes are so cold."

"I'd tell you why but that's his call. He only let's certain people know."

"I see," he cell phone started beeping, "Hold on Moyo someone is on the other line."

"Sure thing."

"Moshi, moshi Sakura speaking."

"Moshi, moshi?" a gruff voice responded.

"Xiao-Lang!" Sakura freaked in surprise, "I'm sorry I didn't realize that it was you!"

"That is alright Sakura. I'm calling concerning the job."

"What about it?"

"You start work tomorrow."

"Really?" Sakura squealed in delight jumping up from her seat.

"Yes, and meet me in the main lobby of this building tomorrow at 7."

"What building?"

"The apartment building. I'm only a few floors below you."

"Nani!" Sakura shrieked.

"OW my ear. Anyhow meet me in the main lobby tomorrow morning. Understand?"

"Hai!" Syaoran then hung up before she switched the line as she thought to herself, 'Boy Tomoyo wasn't joking.'

"Hello? Sakura?"

"I'm here. Oh and guess what?"

"What?"

"I got the job."

"Really? Good for you!"

"Yeah I know."

"Well anyways I gotta go now. I'm going out with Eriol now. Ja Sakura."

"Ja Tomoyo," they hung up. Sakura then let out a big sigh and sat back on the couch as she lolled her head. 'I wonder what I'll be doing in my new job?' she thought to herself. She then decided to do a bit of biking. She quickly grabbed her biker helmet and keys and went down into the garage. She quickly mounted her bike started it up and she was out of there.

She felt alive as her bike sped at 80km/h. she may be a University grad but at heart she was a 21 year old girl with a life ahead of her and wanted some fun. She sped along downtown until she heard gunfire somewhere nearby. At first she freaked but decided to check out the source of the gunfire. She rode along the area as she tried to find the source. She stopped in front of an alleyway and sighed in defeat. She was about to head home when a bullet pierced her visor barely missing the bridge of her nose. She shrieked as she looked to her left to find huge gang fights occurring. She slowly sneaked her way towards the brawl. When she got close enough she saw on the left shoulders of some of them were tattoos of a wolf engulfed by fire representing the Wolves of Hell, while the other gang was that of a hammer with electricity entwining around it. She knew of the Wolves of hall as they were the most famous gang in Japan and China yet the other she knew nothing about. One of them with the hammer on the shoulder saw her and raised his gun and fired at the barrel she hid behind. She shrieked as she ran towards her bike. She was about to mount her bike when someone tackled her. She got up furious and was about to yell at the guy when her bike exploded. Her eyes widened as they were instantly filled with tears feeling her heart shattered as her bike became nothing more than a pile of burning wreck.

"You okay?" the person who tackled her asked in a rather cold voice.

"WHY THE HELL DID YOU TACKLE ME YOU BASTARD!" Sakura shrieked amidst the fighting. He groaned as she set up revealing his face. Sakura gasped as it turned out to be Syaoran. He was wearing a black wife beater and a pair of black cargos. His right shoulder bore black wolf tattoo bearing its fangs.

"Well it was either you or your bike that would've been hit."

"XIAO-LANG YOU THE BLACK WOLF? LEADER OF THE WOLVES OF HELL!"

"Yeah? So what if I am? What are you going to do about it?" Syaoran coldly retorted.

Sakura was about to respond when she heard three gunshots in the air. At that instant the unknown gang ran off revealing a bloody alleyway as most of the bodies belonged to the unknown gang. Syaoran withdrew his gun, a standard police 9mm, from a holster in his pants and fired one shot in the air, and everyone dispersed.

Syaoran then turned around facing Sakura, "I'm going to take you home now."

Again Sakura tried to speak when she was interrupted by a familiar voice, "Oh my god Sakura are you ok?"

"Tomoyo?"

"Sakura your bike. I'm…I'm so sorry."

Syaoran raised a brow as he asked, "What the hell? What the hell are you worrying over some stupid bike?" Without warning Syaoran was slapped harshly. Staring in disbelief at Sakura he brought up his hand to his cheek and felt bloody on his fingers. 'She must've curled her hand a bit to cut me,' he thought.

"JUST A BIKE? HOW DARE YOU SAY IT'S JUST A BIKE! I'LL KILL YOU, YOU FUCKING BASTARD!" as Sakura was about to lunge at Syaoran Eriol came out from out of nowhere and retrained Sakura.

"Sakura no!" Eriol yelled as he was struggled to control her, "He doesn't know better. You two just met. He doesn't know its importance to you!" Sakura lost it as she started to cry going down onto her knees, her fists pounding the cold cement as she whispered, "Damn it, damn it, damn it" as her fists hit the cement. Eriol took Syaoran aside as Tomoyo tried to comfort Sakura who was still crying but had stopped pounding the cement.

Eriol then looked at Syaoran with a dangerous expression on his face, "What the hell is wrong with you? Can't you see she's suffering? At the very least you should've asked nicely instead of your usual cussing!"

Syaoran glared back as he retorted, "I just wanted to know what the bloody hell is so important about her bike."

"It was a gift from her father when she was accepted in Tokyo U."

"So? Her dad can get her a new one," Syaoran responded coolly.

"Not possible. Her father's dead," Eriol responded. That remark hit Syaoran but he didn't show any respond or emotions.

"Pfft. What about her mother?"

"Also dead."

"Oh for crying out loud 'she' can get a new one," Syaoran responded coldly. Overhearing his last few remarks Sakura ran up to him intent on punching him. But Syaoran was too fast as stopped her punch while grabbing her wrist and pulled it behind her and pushed up.

"Please don't do something stupid. You can easily tell that I'm a lot stronger than you," Syaoran coldly stated.

"How can you be so cold to someone who lost the final piece of her family?" Sakura cried out, tears streaming down her face.

"What is that suppose to me?"

"I just lost my entire family in the last month all of them before my very eyes. That bike is the last tangible thing that I have to remind me of my family," Sakura cried out before crying again.

Syaoran merely sighed, "Well then we both share something in common."

"And what is that suppose to mean?" Sakura retorted not caring if she hurt his feelings or not.

"My entire family is dead. But unlike me your family died before you. My entire family was killed whenever I wasn't home."

"Is that supposed to gain my sympathy? If so it's not working."

"I was merely saying that I know the pain that you are going through."

"HOW THE HELL CAN THAT BE TRUE IF YOU ARE SO COOL TO THE FACT I JUST TOLD YOU HOW MUCH I'M SUFFERING!" Sakura yelled as she broke free from Syaoran.

"You have no idea why I am so cold, and you never will. That I promise you." Syaoran quietly replied with a harsh cold tone in his voice. He then walked into the shadows and came out again with his bike.

"You are still expected to show up to work," he said staring at Sakura, "Eriol will pick you now. Not I. I have some business to take care of because of this." He then mounted his bike, put on his helmet and sped down the alleyway and took a right.

Sakura merely dropped down her hands on her shoulder and she quietly whispered to herself, "Dad, I'm so sorry." Eriol and Tomoyo helped Sakura get up and put her on the back of Tomoyo's bike.

Sakura then noticed the tattoo on her left shoulder and asked her, "When did you join the gang?"

"Ever since I met Eriol. Sakura more likely than not you will have to join because you work with the Industry. Every one there is a member."

Too tired Sakura merely nodded and leaned her head on the back of her best friend and quietly cried some more. Eriol on the other hand was on his bike and was in the middle of a conversation. They then sped off into the night to take Sakura home.

So what do you guys think of this chapter? I know it's a bit bad, but don't worry, the next chapters will be better. Please R&R and stay tuned for the next chapter, A Wolf for a Wolf.