Disclaimer: All the original characters, plot, setting, etcetera all belong to CLAMP. I am in no way associated with this organization. I am just a fan writing a fictional work.
Copyright: However, all newly introduced characters and plot do belong to me, Linthus Lyth. This document was started in May 4, 2007 (or May 5; written around midnight so I'm not so sure) and is unfinished.
Brilliance Trinity
Chapter 1: The Siblings
The sound of a noisy alarm clock echoed through a small house in Tomoeda. It was doing what it was manufactured to do: wake up people who don't know how to wake up. Unfortunately, the person that it was trying to wake up is stubborn; and like all stubborn people, resisted. Of course the person didn't want to wake up, not being permitted by the wonderful dream that the person was having. A lazy arm searched the table where the alarm clock lay. The arm seized the alarm clock and buried it under the sheets.
"Samuru-chan!" a sweet voice called from downstairs, "Breakfast is ready! You don't want to be late on your first day as a high school student, don't you?"
Samuru growled sleepily and slowly crawled out of bed and got dressed. He was a tall young man with auburn short hair and emerald green eyes. While he was looking at the mirror, he couldn't help saying to himself enthusiastically, "Okasan's right! I'm a high school student now! I have to be a little bit more responsible and that sort of thing! Yeah, that's what I'll do!"
After his little cheesy self-pep-talk, he rushed downstairs and greeted without even looking who he was greeting, "Good morning!"
"You seem to be in a very energetic mood today", his mother said from the kitchen "Perhaps it's because you're a high school student now"
Samuru felt warmly pleasant at the mention of this. He skipped merrily into the kitchen and saw his older sister eating serenely on one side of the table, "Good morning, Onechan!" he greeted enthusiastically.
His sister looked up slowly from her food, gave him a blank face, ate a piece of fish while looking at him, and smiled slightly, then went back to eating. Samuru seated himself in front of his sister. As he saw her, she seemed to be deep in thinking.
"What's wrong?" he asked her, "Is something bothering you?"
She looked at him again and blinked. She thought she hid whatever anxieties she had very well and of all the people to notice she was thinking about something, Samuru surprised her. But she decided to show him her calm and cool face again and reply, "No, it's nothing"
He took a few minutes to contemplate whether or not she was lying. He decided that it really didn't matter, either there was really nothing troubling her or she didn't want him to worry. He gave her a smile and started to eat.
His sister stood up and grabbed her bag, "Itterashai"
Samuru looked alarmed, "Wait, Onechan! Wait for me, I'll only take a second"
"Not unless you keep talking to me; convincing me to wait", she replied and then walked out.
"Goodbye, Tuki-chan", their mother bade her sister as she went outside.
Meanwhile, Samuru was rushing everything on his plate down his throat. After, amazingly, a few second he'd finished most of it and decided that whatever he'd finished was enough and quickly grabbed his bag and left, "Itterashai, Okasan"
"Take care", his mother replied as Samuru raced after his sister
Samuru caught up with his sister, skating far away in an alleyway, as he turned his bike on a corner, "Onechan, wait up!"
Tuki turned around, crossed her arms and slowed her pace. Samuru caught up not long after. They stopped when they reached the gates of the Tomoeda University.
"Why do you always give so much effort to catch up to me?" Tuki asked
"Don't you want to go to school with me?" Samuru asked, trying to emulate puppy-dog-eyes
Tuki raise her eyebrow, "I hope you're humoring me. Otherwise, I'm going to disown you"
"Wouldn't disowning me as your brother be a bad move. I mean if we don't see each other as siblings anymore…" Samuru laughed as his sister gave him a disgusted look, "Lighten up a little. You'll grow older faster if you're always so serious"
"Actually, I think it's more on how much stress you put on yourself", Tuki replied wittingly. They both laughed a little. Afterwards, they left for their respective classes.
After classes were over, Samuru went over to the tennis courts to watch and wait for his sister. He watched her behind the fence walls. He'd always looked up to her; she was smart, kind, witty, cool and beautiful. Her silver-gray long wavy hair seemed to move gracefully with her. You can imagine how many boys were gathered on one side or the other of the tennis court whenever she played. He also occasionally saw a bunch of girls on another side of the tennis court. This seemed to be, as Samuru saw it, her fan club or something like that.
"Samuru-kun" a beautifully angelic voice called from behind him. It was a girl with jet-black hair and sapphire blue eyes, smiling sweetly at him.
"Tsuruko-chan", he greeted
Tsuruko looked behind Samuru and realized that it was the tennis court. Her eyes seem to brighten, "Is your sister playing?"
"Y-yeah", Samuru knew what Tsuruko was so ecstatic about; he wondered why she hadn't joined Tuki's fan club
"Tuki-sempai!" Tsuruko waved her hand as enthusiastic
But Tuki was too busy with her opponent to notice the almost-mouth-watering stares of the boys or the high-pitch cheering screams of the girls. Her opponent was a young woman with beautifully long, straight red hair. She had challenged her earlier, shortly after she was introduced to the class as a new student. She gave Tuki a hard time but Tuki won eventually. When the match was over, they both shook hands.
"You're even better than what people say", the challenger said smilingly, "It was a pleasure to play with you"
"Thank you, Amaya-san", Tuki returned her smile, "You're not so bad yourself"
Then, before letting go of Tuki's hand, she smiled differently. It was such a mysterious smile, Tuki couldn't make out what it meant. Then she said, "I have a feeling we'll compete with each other again very soon", then Amaya let go of Tuki's hand.
Tuki, bewildered at what her challenger just said, let her hand drop ungracefully. Though this may not sound surprising, Samuru saw that something was up. Once all the commotion about Tuki's victory had died out, Tuki joined Samuru and Tsuruko afterwards; they walked home.
"You were so beautifully awesome, Tuki-sempai", Tsuroko praised, "I wished I had brought my camera. It was amazing how your last and winning shot was an ace. It was such a beautifully graceful victory"
Tuki, wasn't really listening, she kept thinking about what Amaya had said. Of course, Samuru noticed again. Once Tsuruko departed them to go through a different route, since she didn't live near Samuru's place, Samuru asked her again.
"What's wrong, Onechan?"
Tuki hardly heard him, but she managed to reply with a fake smile, "Nothing, nothing at all"
Like earlier, Samuru took some time to think but decide to let it go.
Later, while the whole family ate dinner, their mother asked them about the siblings' day.
"How was your first day?" their mother asked
"It was great!" Samuru being the first one to reply, "Though nothing out of the ordinary happened. We were introduced to our new teachers but I don't think I saw any new faces. I recognized everyone in my class, most of them were my classmate in one year or another when I was in elementary. Also, Tsuruko-chan was also in my class"
"Tsuruko Hiiragizawa?" their father asked, "You mean that millionaire friend of yours?
"Sweetheart, don't say that like it something bad", their mother scolded
"Maybe you should invite her sometime', their father suggested, "You always talk about her but you've never invite her here"
Their mother thought, "Come to think of it… why don't you invite Tsuruko-chan?"
"W-well", Samuru blushed a little, "I'd always thought since she has such a large mansion for a house and-"
"Oh, don't be silly!" their mother rebuked, "There's nothing to be ashamed of this house"
"That's right", their father concurred proudly, "Size isn't the only thing that can make a house pleasant! We have the best two cooks in all of Tomoeda"; he was referring to their mother and Tuki
"Alright, I'll invite her tomorrow", Samuru smiled nervously
Although Samuru never said anything to Tuki, she knew the real reason why he never invited Tsuruko.
"Oh, yes, I almost forgot", their mother brought up, "You're grandparents are coming home for a visit"
"Really?" Samuru asked rhetorically, growing a bit more delighted, "Wow"
"When?" Tuki inquired, showing slight signs of enthusiasm
"Tomorrow", their mother answered, "They'll be arriving after your classes have started so I'll be the one to pick them up from the airport"
"I haven't seen Obasan and Ojisan in a while!" Samuru said, apparently hyperactive because of the beautiful day he's had. All throughout the rest of the night, he was humming pleasantly.
Farther away, in Hong Kong, an elderly woman; at her early sixties; was looking out of a large glass window. She seemed trouble about something. Her husband approached her.
"They're uneasy", the elderly woman said, "I also keep having the same dream; you probably know what that means"
Her husband sighed heavily, "Is it coming from Japan?"
"Yes, in Tomoeda, I think", the elderly woman faced her husband, "Syaoran, I think we'll be needing Mei-Xing-chan help"
"It looks like we'll have more than a family visit, this time, Sakura", Syaoran said, burdened
Sakura turned to look outside the window again, "I can't shake the feeling that something bad is about to happen"
Syaoran hugged Sakura. Although no words were said after, she was temporarily at peace.