Sweetest Life
Chapter Nineteen
By Saki-Chan

Tomoyo...

I had to go back to that house. I needed to see what else was there...or who. Maybe I should have called the police, but that would lead to many, many questions on my behalf. And I really didn't need that.

I parked in the driveway, and shut off the engine. I sat in the car for a few minutes. I need to calm down before I go into that place.

I unbuckled my seat belt, and opened the door. The walk up to the house was extremely quiet. A nerve wrecking quiet. I could hear my own heart beating and not to mention my ragged breathing.

I opened the door to the house and walked inside. I stepped into the kitchen and began to look around. The refrigerator caught my eye. I grasped the handle and pulled it open slowly. I gasped and nearly fell to the floor. Inside were bottles and bottles filled with what appeared to be blood. I quickly turned around and came face to face with...the owner of the house.

"Hello, Tomoyo. What brings you here?"

I scrambled away, but he caught my arm. A movement that I missed.

"I noticed that you took away my pet."

He yanked hard on my arm and I cried out in pain.

"You see, Tomoyo, I require a new pet, and you seem to be just the girl that I need. I would have enjoyed Sakura more, but well...she's the one who killed me."

I gasped. Sakura would never do something like that. She's too innocent.

"You don't believe me, Tomoyo?"

I stayed silent.

"She was the one who did this to me. I just happened to be trying to..kidnap..her when she attacked me. How was I suppose to know that she was a newly turned vampire...Anyhow, I've always wanted to be what I am, pet. Now I have the chance."

He smiled wickedly at me and brought his lips to mine. I couldn't move. It was as if someone held my body within their grasp.

He pulled away. "Oh the powers of being a vampire."

Tears began to fall onto my cheeks. "Your lying!"

He chuckled which rang out through the house. "Then how do you explain this?"

He opened his mouth and flashed me his teeth...his sharp teeth. They were that of an animals. I knew that we had said was all true.

Syaoran...

He walked into the mansion and was greeted by the servants, who were taking coats and greeting the guests. He tossed his jacket into the arms of a small girl, and brushed past her.

"Master Li!"

He turned around and glared at them. "Do you not see that I am busy?!"

They shrank back, and with one final glare he continued on his way. He walked into the ballroom that was being used for the night.

"Good evening, Li-sama."

He ignored the greetings, and continued to look for his mother. He found her in the center of the room dressed in a black satin gown that fell to the floor. She turned around in his direction and smiled.

"Ah, here is my son now...and I don't see his fiancee with him."

"Yes, I was looking forward to meeting the girl he chose over my daughter, Isabella," spoke one of the men in the group.

"Syaoran, where is Sakura?"

His eyes darkened. "Kinomoto is no longer allowed here."

Yelan's eyes widened, but she quickly recovered. "I see...we shall talk later, my son. I have many guests to entertain."

He nodded and walked away.

"Does this mean that he has given up the Li Corp.?" asked the man from earlier.

"No, Jean, he will just need to find another bride before the end of this year."

"He could have my daughter."

"He will not want your daughter. He has chosen Miss Kinomoto."

"We do not know that for sure, Yelan."

She smiled softly, "But I do."

Syaoran opened the door to his room and found Sakura sitting on the floor near the bed. her clothes were torn and her hair was wet from rain.

"Why are you here? Shouldn't you be out fucking other men?"

He took off his shirt, tossed it onto the floor, and went into the bathroom, the door closing behind him.

"Syaoran, I never mean to hurt you-"

The bathroom door swung open and Syaoran walked out. "Hurt me? Hurt me?! How could you have possibly hurt me, Sakura?! As far as I'm concerned I don't have a fucking heart!"

"Syaoran, please-"

"Get out, Kinomoto. I don't want to see you here again."

"I love you, Syaoran! I would never intentionally do anything like that!"

"But that's the thing, Kinomoto, you did."

"I wasn't even in control of my own body at the time," she screamed.

"Sakura, I know that, but you could have pushed through it. You chose to listen to your desire."

Sakura glared at him from across the room.

"When you've come to your senses I will return or you will find me. Whichever comes first."

And with that she disappeared.

Syaoran continued to stare at the spot she was last at, but quickly turned away.

"The sun will be rising soon. I wonder where she will go."

Sakura walked the streets of Hong Kong glancing around. She could easily get lost. She watched the children crossing the streets with their parents and couples holding hands. She noticed the stares people were giving her. She could see the disapproval stares from the parents, and the disgust from the girls.

As she walked she felt a sharp pain in her chest, and fell to her knees. Her vision went black, and she caught a glimpse of Tomoyo with...the photographer...she had killed. The vision disappeared and she slowly stood up. She ran into a nearby alley, and vanished.

Tomoyo..

I wanted to scream, to yell, to shout, to run, but I couldn't because he held some kind of power over me.

"Have you ever wondered why someone like me is a photographer?" He asked with a smile on his face.

I glared at him. 'Because your a sick bastard.'

"Well, my dear Tomoyo, its a job where I get to pick out out all of my new pets. Once a year I get a new pet. It's like Christmas all over again," he chuckled evilly.

"You'll get a new playmate soon. I do enjoy sharing my home. Now, Tomoyo, what shall we do? We have a lot of time before the sun comes up, and I'm feeling very...very excited," he smiled and showed me what appeared to be longer fangs.

He began to trail his fingers down my face. On the inside, I cringed. I was then dropped to the floor as he doubled over in pain. I could move again. I quickly rose to my feet, and made to run.

He was by my side not even a second later.

"Where do you think your going?"

I was pushed to the floor. I crawled backwards into a wall. I watched his eyes. His eyes gleamed at me, I could see the lust in his eyes.

A cough sounded from the other side of the room. I turned to see, Sakura sitting in one of the chairs in the room.

"You should have taken your pain as I sign that I was angry, and that I was coming to get you," she spoke, her green eyes dead and cruel. "My day or should I say night...isn't going very well."

She stood. It was the first time that I noticed her dirty hair and torn clothes. 'What has happened to you, Sakura?'

"Why is it that your alive?"

-End