It took Tomoyo about four months (all of summer and the first month of school) of worrying before she decided to do something. Her idea of doing something came out one sunny Monday morning as they waited for their classmates to arrive.
"Let's go." Was all she said. Kurogane leaned back in his chair and looked at her seriously. Syaoran looked up from the book he was reading and looked from Tomoyo to Kurogane, confused. Sakura simply stared at Tomoyo.
"Go where, Tomoyo-chan?" She asked quietly. Tomoyo smiled wryly at her life-long friend and cousin.
"To Fai-san's country, of course." SLAM!
"Absolutely not!" Kurogane hissed. They waited until the other students looked away (Kurogane slamming his chair on the floor attracted attention) before Tomoyo spoke again.
"And why not?" She questioned lightly, glaring at Kurogane.
"It's dangerous!" He snapped. "You don't know what'll happen, you---we could get hurt!"
"That's not important." Tomoyo said dismissively. Kurogane scowled.
"And why is it not important?" He growled out angrily.
"Because Fai-san needs to be brought back home." Tomoyo whispered back furiously.
"He is home!" Kurogane argued back.
"He is NOT home!" Tomoyo said angrily. She looked around to make sure they weren't attracting unwanted attention, but nobody was even looking at them. "He should be here, with us!" Tomoyo continued angrily. "Home is not a place where they ignore one boy simply because the other seems more important, is not where they allow their remaining son to be beaten up because he doesn't obey them!" Tomoyo had tears in her eyes and was ignoring Sakura's attempts to calm her in favor of yelling at Kurogane. "Don't say that Fai-san is home, ever. His home is here, with the people who actually care about him." Kurogane said nothing while Tomoyo ranted and when she finished he was quiet, looking away to calm and sort his conflicting thoughts and emotions. "Please, help me bring Fai-san home."
"It's a bad idea, Tomoyo." He muttered, still looking away.
"I'll help." Syaoran said suddenly, standing next to Sakura, who sat near Tomoyo.
"I will, too." Sakura said bravely, one hand on Tomoyo's shoulder as the black-haired girl tried not to cry and her other hand clasped firmly in Syaoran's.
"I want no part in this. This...this is craziness!" Kurogane hissed.
"You want him back, too. You miss him just as much as we do." Tomoyo argued.
"That doesn't mean I'll go kidnapping him again!" Kurogane bit out through gritted teeth. Tomoyo sighed.
"Onii-chan, please!" Ignoring Sakura's surprised gasp, Tomoyo locked eyes with her brother. "Help us, Onii-chan. Please." It was silent while Tomoyo held her breath and Kurogane considered his options.
"Dad will kill me if you get hurt." He muttered, glaring at the wall. "I guess I have no choice." Tomoyo gave Sakura and Syaoran a watery smile as she tried not to cry.
"NOw, we need to come up with a plan!"
Sakura was walking home from school when she saw him.
"HOE!" She yelled in surprise, dropping her bag. "Yuui-san?" The pale ghost of her missing friend's brother turned at the sound of his name.
"Kinomoto-san?" His eyes, amber instead of the black she remembered, met with her own emerald eyes. "Kinomoto-san!" He was in front of her instantly, eyes wide with a mixture of happiness and relief. She stopped, smiling widely at him. He paused suddenly. "Kinomoto-san, you can see me?"
"HOOOEEEE!" She cried. He blinked in confusion. "You can talk, Yuui-san?"
"Yes." He said, amused. There was a light accent lingering on the words he spoke.
"But....but when you were alive, you didn't." He laughed.
"Oh, I could've, if I wanted to. I chose not to, though. Fai was right, in a sense. I was too stubborn to say what I wanted."
"But why?" Sakura asked. "Why let Fai-san talk for you all the time?"
"There's your answer, you see?" Yuui replied gently. Sakura shook her head. Yuui looked up, remembering that she didn't know that much of their past and thinking on how to phrase it. "When we were younger, at home, we rarely heard Fai's voice, he was so quiet. Because of Kurogane-san's teachings, Fai knew the language quite fluently, and taught me on the way here." Yuui laughed softly again, remembering. "There were times on the ship that if I spoke to Fai in our native language, he would ignore me or pretend to not understand. So when we got here, I could speak fluently, with a bit of an accent." Sakura smiled, hearing the accent with every word Yuui spoke. "I decided that, since we so rarely heard Fai's voice at home, he should speak as often as possible here. My being silent contributed to him speaking out more." Yuui laughed again. "Granted, he spoke TOO much, but that was OK."
"Why are you here, Yuui-san?" Sakura asked gently, looking at the amber eyed twin. "Why haven't you moved on yet?"
"I was watching over my brother and sisters, you see. I may be dead, but I still need to protect them." Yuui sighed. "Beware, Kinomoto-san. Things aren't always as they seem."
"Yuui-san?" Sakura questioned lightly, not understanding, frowning in confusion. Yuui shook his head.
"I can't help you besides that piece of advice, Kinomoto-san. It's up to you and the others to figure it out."
"All right. Thank you, Yuui-san." Sakura said, bowing. As she stood up, she smiled warmly at Yuui. "And it's all right if you called me Sakura, you know."
"All right, Sakura-san."
"Sakura!" She turned slightly.
"Syaoran!" She waved, then turned back to Yuui. "Yuui-san?" She called out softly, frowning lightly. The amber-eyed twin had vanished.
A/N: All right, here's a sequal that everyone's kinda been pushing me for. i wouldn't have made Twin Identities into two seperate stories, but it was starting to get way too long for my liking. i didn't expect that many chapters, and i had to do something. thus, i made it into two seperate stories.
As always, any questions about this fanfiction are invited and i will answer them to the best of my ability-unless the question will be answered soon in the fanfic.