Disclaimer: I don't own SD except for some OCs I've put in this fic. SD is owned by some Inoue guy who probably is a genius no doubt. (Nyahahahaha! Tensai!)

Title : The Sakuragi Cousins

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PROLOGUE

The sunset drew out another one of its beautiful hue over the horizon. The colors gave such artistic effect on things yet it also carries with it a tinge of hopelessness. Such were the feelings of a little blond boy sitting all alone in a park, sobbing his heart out. Suddenly, a hand reached out from his back and there he saw the little boy with fiery head and piercing brown eyes.

"Oi, baka! You're crying again."

With that the blond boy stood up and faced the redhead who stood a head taller than he.

"Oniichan!" He gave out a cry, flinging himself to the taller boy.

The redhead didn't seem comfortable with their position as he squirmed a little from the young one's grasps.

"Stop calling me that, you baka! I'm not your brother. And stop clinging to me," he said, giving much irritation in his tone but failing at it miserably.

The blond boy kept crying in the arms of his so-called 'oniichan'. He didn't mind the insults. Actually, he didn't hear them. And even if he did, he wouldn't mind it anyway since it came from his 'oniichan'.

"Why are they so mean to you... to us?" he asked between sobs. " Don't they know they're hurting us? Don't they ever care?"

The older boy glanced down at his 'little brother'; sadness was in his eyes as he rubbed one hand on the back of the young one. Even though he seemed to show indifference towards the little boy, he knew very well that his own young heart was also breaking. He tried to be strong. Yes, he did. He hid all his pains and sorrows behind an arrogant mask. But the false facade soon crumbled down from the moment he gazed at those cheerful blue eyes. A gaze was all it took then a smile.

The redhead's thoughts were cut off when he heard him call. He looked down and met a pair of tear-streaked blue eyes pleading.

"Oniichan, p-promise me... oniichan, whatever happens... we won't forget each other. Promise me, oniichan, we'll meet someday and then we'll be together again whatever the circumstances may be..."

Red flames invaded the surrounding. The sun set itself to depart at any moment.

"Bakero!" muttered the redhead. " You always say the stupidest things!"

He placed his hands on the blue-eyed boy's shoulders, making a space between them. "Look, baka, stop moping around. We're supposed to be strong here. Do you think they'll be happy if they see you like that? They'll think you're weak and that's not true, right? Oneesan told me that we are strong and that it runs in our blood. So don't cry. I don't want to see you cry. You'll turn ugly if you do that all the time."

That realization earned a blush from the young boy, who wiped away his tears hurriedly. Life came back to his azure eyes once more. That and the young one's smile washed away the melancholic atmosphere.

"Hai, oniichan. I'm sorry I forgot. I promise I won't cry again. I'll be strong just like oniichan. And then someday we'll meet again, right? We'll be great by then!"

"Hahaha! Of course, baka!" he drew his arms akimbo. The blond shook his head and looked forward at the sinking sun.

"Hai! Because we're geniuses!"

The redhead raised an arm in the air, smiling at the sun that was leaving down the horizon.

"Oretachi wa TENSAI!"

-_-; TBC