"So this is Paris, huh?" Hikari grinned from ear to ear as she stepped into the limo waiting for her outside the airport. She handed the driver a slip of paper, "Head to this address. I want you to wait for me outside the gates as I finish up some business. It'll only take an hour."

The driver nodded and headed off, soon stopping a few ways out of town in front of a grand mansion. There were men surrounding it and her eyes widened. What was this? This wasn't planned...

She got out and cautiously approached one of the men. "Who are you?" Instantly, the man blocks the gate, forbidding her from entering.

"Hikari, Hikari Aki." she answered, looking up to the man with careful eyes. "I'm sorry but what's your business here?" he interrogated, looking at her with empty eyes. 

"I want to speak to Kioshi. Sakura Sumiko's boyfriend?" "I'm sorry, but he had nos scheduled visitors today and we can't let you in due to orders from Sakura and Simon Lee himself."

"Then can I just speak to him here? You can listen to the whole conversation be needed. Please."

"We can't. I apologize. Now please leave or we'll be forced to detain you." the man says, gesturing to her ride. Hikari, knowing her plan has failed, bit her lip and sighed, trudging back to the limo and leaving.

As the car zoomed away, Kioshi walked out and talked to the man. "Who was that?" "Some woman named Hikari Aki..." the name clicked in Kioshi's head.

"O-Oh... Please, if she returns, make sure she doesn't come in. I know about her from Sakura has told me. I'd rather she stayed away from me as far as possible."

"Of course."

~*****~

Hikari returned to Dubai after that rejection, knowing she needed a much sharper plan to get to Kioshi. Meanwhile, Sakura strolled through the streets, turning a corner to walk down a rather isolated street even though the town was bustling with pedestrians everywhere.

She understood though, this was the street where the new Ice Dragons HQ was built. She approached the building and nearby onlookers gave her worried looks. She flashed them calm smiles as she entered, the light in her eyes dimming immediately as she lost any emotion plastered on her face.

The familiar faces of the Ice Dragons made her smile slightly on the inside. Out of he group, only Samejima and Ryosuke knew about her arrival, the others not. Especially Soryu.

Samejima and Inui approached her, smiling as the other Dragons visibly placed their guards up. "Princess! You came!" Inui grinned and was about to hug Sakura when Samejima held him back. "Shut up, don't reveal her so quickly."

"It's fine." she chuckled, removing her hoodie and glasses, making the Dragons widen their eyes at the revelation of Sakura. They hadn't seen the hacker ever since they heard of hers and Soryu's break up.

They didn't know the real reason, but they weren't mad either, they were upset though. The two had been a great couple despite their backgrounds, but they also heard of Sakura already having a new boyfriend and they weren't shocked to see a promise or engagement ring around her finger.

"Hey guys," she greeted casually, smiling softly. Her face hardened though, when a familiar, tall figure came into the room. Soryu got even more slender since she last saw him, and he looked haggard and tired.

His eyes softened when he saw her though and for a moment, Sakura saw a tear in his eye before he blinked it away. "Soryu.' she greeted formally, bowing. "Nice to see you again."

"Sakura." he bowed slightly. Silence reigned over the entire room for a moment before Sakura sighed, visibly relaxing. "Let's not waste time here. I'll address the elephant in the room, huh?"

"What elephant?" Inui looked around before Samejima smacked his head, telling him to shut up.

Giving a chuckle, Sakura began speaking again. "Now, I assume you read the note I left you, correct?" she said, "Along with the box?"

"That..." "Was me." she confirmed. "Anyway, I'm here to make a deal."

Silence. 

"A Russian gang has been after my ass lately and frankly, it's starting it get annoying." she explained. "My team's in trouble since I rejected a job from them. They've stopped pestering me but they said that one by one, my team'll disappear if I didn't agree."

"So?" "I need you to take them down and I'll provide whatever information you need about them." "What do we get out of this?" Soryu asked, looking at her. "Whatever you need. If you need me to steal something, I can do that. Assassinate anyone I'll get that. Classified information."

For a moment, Soryu thought about it. He then gestured for his men to leave, and they obediently did so, leaving the room. But before they did, Ryosuke gave a hug to Sakura and wished her luck as Samejima patted her shoulder.

"I'll help you, but I need one thing." "Hm?"

"One night. Just one night with you. Just the two of us alone for one night."

~*****~

She had agreed to the circumstances. Now, Sakura walked away from the HQ.

Their deal was that Soryu helped her take down the gang and in exchange, she would spend a whole night with him. She didn't know what would happen, but Soryu said she could stop it whenever she felt uncomfortable.

Good terms in her opinion.

Sighing, she knocked on the door of Beatrice's home. Within a few minutes, the brunette answered the door. Behind her stood a dirty blonde man with greyish blue hues, he was taller than her, slender but from what Sakura could tell, he would definitely be muscular.

"Hey, Bea." Sakura smiled then turned to the man behind her. "This is your boyfriend hm? Sakura Sumiko," she extended a hand to Luke, "You must be Luke Foster."

"Nice to meet you, Sumiko. You're Soryu's girlfriend correct?" he shook her hand. Sakura didn't answer and Beatrice turned to Luke with a 'no, Luke!' look. "Ex, actually." Sakura finally answered after a moment.

"Ah, I apologize," Luke apologized, feeling a bit uncomfortable. "I would've assumed you'd still be together... Soryu always spoke about you in college and university. Still does to this day."

Sakura's heart pounded, he still does...?

"Ah, sorry. I better take my leave. I'll see you later, Sexy." he said, turning to Beatrice and leaving swiftly after giving her a kiss.

"Sexy?" Sakura asked with hesitance, a bit weirded out to listen to the answer. "Long story."

"Okay." she puffed, stepping in after Beatrice opened the door wider. "So why are you back anyway? Shay told me that you're back."

"Business with Oh." she answered, pulling off her jacket and hanging it. "Alright, so do you need a place to stay?"

"If I'm not intruding, please." she said with a sheepish grin. "Your room's still the same. How's Kioshi?"

"He's fine. Simon Lee's men are protecting him right now. No news from him so far though. Don't really know if that's good or bad."

~*****~

Soryu lay in bed that night, the full light of the moon floating into his quiet suite bedroom. Thoughts kept him occupied on what his next move was.

He already had major plans on how to take down that Russian gang but...

Sakura appeared in his mind again.

He couldn't mess this up. This would probably be his last chance to tell her everything. This was his last chance to be able to hold her and love her all to himself. Before she returned to the man she truly loved.

This was his last chance to fix his life. His final chance to be alive.

~*****~

Important/Voting A/N:

Alright, so before I move on I'm planning to make another voltage story as I plan for my own original story and I need your opinion.

I can either do a fanfic on:

OTBS - Our Two Bedroom Story

OR

MFW - My Forged Wedding

Your choice everyone. I already have a plot in my mind for both stories so you can decide and I'll just put that plan in place and tweak it a bit so I can start writing it immediately.

If there are no votes, I'll just pick one that I feel I'll have an easier time writing so, yeah! Thanks for reading!

Ciao!

~Dark Angel