Summery: Sakura and Touya are the royal children of King Fujitaka and Queen Nadeshiko. They are both orphaned at young age when something happens. They meet Syaoran and Tomoyo when they go to an orphanage. Sakura, Tomoyo, Syaoran, and Touya becomes good friends, but when Syaoran is adopted into the powerful and rich Li family, he becomes an enemy. Later, Tomoyo finds out that she isn't an orphan and that her real mother has been looking for her. Now that her mother has found her, she is to leave and go live in a different kingdom. Some years later, everyone meets again one fateful day when Sakura is captured by none other than Li Syaoran.

Author's Note: This is my first fanfic so please be nice. I'm not that good of a story writer...and please, PLEASE REVIEW!I would really like to know how I did on my first try! PLEASE!

Disclaimer: I do not own the CCSCharacters..except for Kanako, Kinako, Hideki, Ogata, and some others (too many)

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Prologue

THE STORY:

Dream…(Sakura)

"AHHHHHHHH! Help! Someone help!"

There were sounds. Running foot steps that seemed more like horse's trampling hooves. Noises of ceramic pots and bowls breaking, of windows creaking, of wood being broken into many tiny splinters, just like bones. But worst of all were the screams. Screams that seem to sound like the wind, inhuman, and yet, they were human. Screams that were cut off as if the vocal cords were ripped from their throats. Screams all around. And voices. Scared, panicked voices. Whispering voices.

"No! Please! Don't kill him! Please!"

"Ahh…argh…no…"

"No! Please stop the killing!"

There was a bitter, hoarse laughter. "Me? Me, kill? Why would someone ever think that? I'm not going to kill anyone! I'm not that savaged. I will never harm a soul. The knife will. And the blood loss from the wound will, also! Hahahaha…"

"Please! No…argh…"

Then, I hear voices again. But these were loving ones. Precious ones, but there was also something behind these melodic voices. There was…urgency. They were not close to me, but not far either. Wait, I remember. They were right outside my bedroom door.

"Nadeshiko! Take the children and run! Now! I'll hold them as long as I can!"

"No! You say that as if you weren't coming back! If you die, then we die together!"

"No, Nadeshiko! What will happen to the children if we both perish from this world? Go. Go now! While there's still time!"

"The children, yes. But-"

"I Love You. Tell them that I loved them, also. Now go! Ashiko, go with them and protect them."

"Yes." Came the soft reply. One a man's and the other, a woman's.

I hear the familiar sound of my door being opened. Soft, yellow light drifted in through the opening. Seven silhouettes stood at the opening, three were female and four were males. Two of the men dispatched themselves from the group of silhouettes, followed by the three females. The rest stood at the entrance of the room. A man with soft features and a slim build came to the foot of the bed. I remembered. I was awake and heard everything, though I was too young to understand what had happened. Or rather, what was happening then. Still, the man with the soft features and slim build had said my name and had told me something.

"Sakura," the man whispered. "Sakura, honey. I love you. Go with your mother now, and be safe. Go. Go, and live. But remember…always remember…your past. Always remember who you are. Never forget." With that, the man who was my father, slipped a necklace around my neck and picked me up with his warm, thin, yet strong arms, and carried me from by bed. Walking, he turned and faced a beautiful, slim woman. The woman had long glossy purple-ish hair. Her face was masked in shadow. "Nadeshiko. Take her." But before he let go, he raised me up and planted a soft warm kiss on my forehead. "Good-bye, my tenshi (angel). My beautiful cherry blossom." He placed me into the warm, soft, and small arms of a mother.

As my mother took me into her arms, everything around me got darker. A dark mist covered me as I was falling, fading into nothingness.

"Mother! Father! Help me!" I heard myself think. But whenI opened my mouth, not a single word escaped my lips. As everything around me faded, the voice of everyone around me did also.

Everything faded, except the words my father had said. "Go, and live. But remember…always remember…your past. Always remember who you are. Never forget."

End of Dream…

Sakura awoke from the dream, her head feeling awfully light. As she sat up, Sakura heard muffled voices from behind a dark red curtain. Looking around, Sakura saw that she was in a dorm with seven beds on each side and a neat little table, which seemed to be made out of red wood, next to each bed. At the end of each bed, stood a wooden chest that also seemed to be made out of the same type of wood as the tables.

The muffled voices grew louder. Determined to find out where she was and how she got here, Sakura got out of the bed she was sleeping in and walked toward the curtained doorway. Pulling aside the curtains, Sakura walked in and looked around. The voices she had heard immediately stopped and she heard a small gasp to her left. Turning her head, Sakura saw that the girl who gasped was very pretty. She had long dark blue hair that was put into a thick braid. Her eyes were the same dark blue hue, which made a beautiful match with her hair. The boy standing next to her had brown hair that shaped his face, but what caught Sakura's eyes were his amber colored eyes. They were beautiful. As she continued to look into them, she felt like she was falling into them and that she somehow have met him before, knew of him. He suddenly looked into her eyes and something flash in his own. Sakura noticed that they had been staring at one another for quite some time. Feeling a warm sensation rise on both sides of her cheek, Sakura looked away, breaking the contact.

The girl, knowing that there was awkwardness in the air, smiled prettily and said in an angelic voice, "Hi! You must be the one that they brought in a few hours ago. My name is Tomoyo. And this is Syaoran." She nodded in the direction of the boy standing next to her. When he didn't say anything acknowledging Sakura, Tomoyo jabbed her elbow into his side, making him cry out at the pain. "Syaoran, say, 'Hi!'"

"That hurt!"

"Then say hi if you don't want another."

"Hi." He said in a cold voice, while still glowering at Tomoyo. "Happy?"

"Yes I am." Tomoyo, choosing to ignore Syaoran's glower, smiled sweetly at Sakura again.

Smiling, I nodded to both. "Hello. My name is Sakura. And my brother is Touya. Touya…Touya? My brother! Ohmygosh! Where is my brother? I need to find him! Where could he be! Please! Help me find him!"

"Oh! Don't worry! Touya is-" But before Tomoyo could finish, Touya walked over, finally finding Sakura.

"Kaijuu! I thought that you would never wake up! I was-"

"Touya!" I ran to him and jumped into his arms. "You promised that you would never leave me alone by myself! You promised and yet you still left! You're so-"

"Sakura! Sakura. I'm sorry. I knew that you would be safe here. So I left to look around and to talk to the people who work and own this place. I'm really sorry if I scared you. I promise to never again leave-"

Sakura cut him off, saying in a whispered voice, "Never promise anything that you know you cannot complete, Touya. So don't promise me this."

"But I…fine. I won't promise that, but I will promise to protect you as best I could."

"Now that's a better promise. I know that I will always be safe." Sakura smiled brightly at her older brother. Touya, seeing Sakura happy, smiled back. He promised everyone that he would protect her no matter what. Even if he didn't promise anyone, he would have promised himself that he would protect her, even at the cost of his life.

"So…um…now that your reunited with you brother, do you…umm…want a tour of the orphanage?"

"Wha-what? Touya, we're at an orphanage? Whe-where are the others? What about-"

"Shhh!" Touya wrapped his hands around Sakura's mouth. Turning to Tomoyo, he said, "Uhh…about your offer of the tour, we'll take it! But can I maybe talk to Sakura in private for a bit?" Without waiting for an answer from Tomoyo, Touya took Sakura and dragged her unwillingly in the opposite direction they were facing. When Tomoyo and Syaoran were out of hearing range, Touya dropped his hands and apologized to Sakura. Then laughed at her.

"What's so funny?" Sakura pouted, not knowing why he was laughing and didn't want it to be her he was laughing at, but knowing full well that it was something about her.

"HAHAHAHA…sorry. You should see yourself!"

"What! Tell me! Or-or I'll never speak to you again!" Sakura waited for him to stop laughing when he heard the threat, but he laughed harder, making her even angrier and even more embarrassed. Not wanting to let Touya see her blush with embarrassment and angry at the same time, Sakura turned and began stalking away in the direction they had just come from. Touya, seeing Sakura stalk away, stifled his laughter using quite a lot of energy, jogged after her.

"Kaijuu…wait…I can't catch up to you. I…huff…need…huff…to…huff…breath…huff"

"Good! I don't want you to catch up to me! AND I'M NOT A KAIJUU! I'm-" but before Sakura could finish, Touya had caught up to her and gave her a peck on her cheek. If only Sakura had known he was pretending. (she's so gullible) Turning beet red, Sakura's hand automatically flew up and covered the part where he had kissed. "Touya!"

"What? Can I not give my cute adorable little sister a kiss on the cheek? It's only a kiss." He said mischievously and smiled his Lucifer smile.

"I-I-but you kissed me! Touya! Your gonna pay!" Sakura hit him on the shoulder as hard as she could.

"Ow. How could you?" he said with a hurtful look upon his face and his voice wounded, but Sakura knew this was all an act and ignored it. Turning to walk away again, Sakura stuck out her tongue and ran off. "Hey! Don't you want to talk? Sakura! Come back here! If you don't, I'll never tell you anything!"

Sakura, knowing that he really wouldn't, said, "OK! I'm coming. But no more games! I have had enough. I mean it, too, Touya. It's either you tell me, or I'll tell the whole world a secret about you."

"Secret? What secret? Sakura! If you don't tell me now, I swear I'll-"

"Or you'll what Touya?" With this, Sakura stuck out her tongue again.

Sighing, Touya knew that they would never get to talk if he doesn't give up. "Sakura, I give up. Come with me so we can talk."

"Huh? Ok." Confused that Touya would give up, since he never gives up, Sakura followed him in a out of the hallway and into a beautiful small garden. The garden had three tall trees with full bloomed cherry blossoms (around spring time). A small waterfall and pond, located at the corner of the garden, held 7 colorful Kio carps. There were irises of every color, magnolias, Japanese spiraeas, lilies, poppies, and roses. A beautiful stone path that looked like porcelain led a way to a white stone bench. Gasping at the beauty, Sakura said, "Touya! This is beautiful! Did you know that it was here? Is that why you brought me out here? Oh, Touya! Thank you!" Sakura laughed at the joy she felt, seeing this beautiful garden.

"Sakura, yes I brought you here because I knew that you like gardens, but I also brought you here because we need to talk. Will you listen to me! You little kaijuu! I said listen! Stop ignoring me!"

"Oh! Sorry, Touya. It was just so beautiful. I couldn't stop myself. Gomen. Really."

"Goshinpai-naku (never mind). Just come here."

"Ok." Sakura came and sat next to Touya on the bench. "So. Where shall we start?"

"You're the one who wants to know. Ask."

"I don't know. Tell me everything."

"What? You don't know what you want to know?" Touya said smiling.

"Touya! You agreed to no more of that." Sakura started to pout.

"But…fine! Ok. So where shall I start? Hmm….ok. Well-"

A shout came from the left side of the garden. "They're here! They're here!"

Touya wiped his head in the direction of the shout. When he heard what they had said, he swore. Mumbling as he got up he said, "Kaijuu, we have to find the others. Hurry, we have to go now. Shit! Why so soon!"

As Sakura was about to get up, Touya grabbed her wrist and yanked her, making her fall.

"Touya! Wha-"

"I said 'hurry' didn't I? You're just too slow. Come on! What are you doing still lying there? Get up! We have to go now!"

"But-" Sakura was suddenly grabbed and pulled back into an embrace from Touya. Seconds later, there was a loud crash and then the whole left side of the garden wall crumbled to pieces. Sakura looked up and saw that Touya was yelling to her. She knew then that the loud explosion had deafened her ears. Sakura heard mumbling voices, but knew that they were actually shouts. She was deaf for a few seconds more and then everything became audible.

"Sakura, you got that? We-"

"There they are! Get them! Now!"

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Author's Note: So...How did I do? Was it good or was it totally bad? PLEASE REVIEW!