Note: This fan fiction series is actually being written by four people, so you may notice some different writing styles, however it won't effect the over story. Also this story is based on the anime, not the visual novel, our reason is because we have a lot more room to growth the characters you fell in love with without being restricted to their Arc Paths.

Clannad Our Early Days

Chapter One

A Reunion Felt Empty

No words come to mind as the news reach to Tomoya.

You may say that he is heartbroken.

Or in shock.

The truth is, he feels empty.

Sunohara late, Tomoya frown while looking at his watch 12:25, he is beyond late even for Sunohara. Tomoya leaned back on the bench he was sitting at for an hour now. He stared at the sky, something he haven't done a long time. Tomoya enjoyed this, just the wind against his face, with out a care in the world. This would of course make him drift off to sleep, thankfully his cell phone went off saving him the embarrassment.

"Hello?" Tomoya yawned unintentionally.

"Tomoya. Are you sleeping on mission? Your suppose to meeting with Youhei. Almost everyone is already here!" a loud voice piece his ear drums.

"Kyou, relax, Sunohara isn't here yet." he replied.

He check his watch. 12:45

"Damn that Youhei! When I get my hands on him…."

"Onee-chan! Don't take it out on the chair," Ryou begged in the background.

Tomoya grin, they both haven change at all.

"Argh, just when I though he became a reasonable man of society…"

"Wait a second!" Tomoya cut her off. "

"What you see him?" Kyou asked.

"No.. since when did you ever care that Sunohara comes or not, " Tomoya asked.

A long pause.

"That isn't important! When you do see him drag him here…..what!? Shut up Kotomi I'm am not blushing…."

She hung up.

In second thought… may Kyou change a little. In fact he change a little too, maybe not as much as many people claim.

"Okazaki!" a very familiar voice screamed out towards him.

Tomoya turn his attention away from the sky and notice Sunohara running towards him, waving like mad. However their was something different about his best friend. Not his hair, he got used to his hair being a different color, according to Sunohara that his dyed hair would not get him a job. But Sunohara clothes are something that Tomoya never dream his best friend see him in…. a suit. He got off the bench and proceeding towards Sunohara.

"Sorry I'm late, I caught up on a meeting at the last minute," Sunohara got his breath. "I couldn't get out of it and I couldn't use my cell phone to call you," he continue bending forward his hands on his knees trying to breath.

"Its ok…. I never realized that Taxi Drivers had such important meetings," he patted his friend in the back.

"BAKA! I'm not a taxi driver anymore, that was only temporary job," he roused up to his feet from a after catching his breath and gave out his signature smile. "I manage to get one of my dream jobs!" he chuckled scratching the back of his head.

"Don't tell me your a model?" his unconvinced friend asked crossing his arms.

Sunohara shook his head.

"Bikini inspector,"

Sunohara shook his head.

"Hentai voice over?"

Sunohara shook his head.

"This is a waste of time, come on everyone is waiting for us," Tomoya sighed as he turned and walked away.

"Wait a second," Sunohara whined as he chased after Tomoya. "Don't you want to know what I do?"

"Not so much," replied.

"Hey come on…..," Sunohara was cut off as a huge dictionary smack him in the forehead.

Somewhere else

"Onii-Chan you through that dictionary pretty far," Ryou stated as she stared out the window from where they are.

"Oh don't worry about it, I'd be getting it back soon," her older sister answered with a wide grin.

Kyou has MASTERED the SKILL of THROW!

Back to Tomoya and Sunohara

"Damn that Kyou!" Sunohara hissed as he place the very book that hit him under his arm continue walking right beside Tomoya, towards the hill of their school.

"Oh is Nagisa and Ushio-chan coming as well?" Sunohara asked while he took a near by garbage lid and used it as a shield.

Tomoya shook his head.

"No, well not today at least. They couldn't get a flight back in time from Europe," he replied noticing Sunohara was in his "sneaking mode" a mode that he invented back in high school. A mode that he try on Tomoyo, with no prevail.

"I still find it weird that the Furukawa family is on a family trip….without you," he pointed out taking a peek from his 'shield'.

"It's a long story,"

Just thinking about it gave him the chills.

"Where's Mei-chan?" he asked.

"Oh her… she's on her way here, she sleeping in a line to get tickets for Yoshina-san big comeback, and when she does, she going straight here, she grew up,"

"Yeah I notice when she send pics of her to my cell phone,"

"What the hell are you have pictures of my little sister in your phone!" Sunohara screamed to the top of his lungs scaring near by people.

"Relax their just normal pictures, in speaking of which…" Tomoya stopped and punch Sunohara in the face even bypassing his shield. "Stop sending your 'model pictures' to Nagisa! Its starting to piss me off," he added.

"Hey I needed a second opinion is all," he chuckled.

"It's not really a opinion if you already know the answer," Tomoya sighed deeply.

After reach half way up the hill, Sunohara stopped in his tracks, Tomoya notice this and stopped as well. He could tell their was something on Sunohara, he had that 'look'.

"Okazaki… has it hit you yet? You know when you heard what happen it must have been damaging," Sunohara asked very seriously, something that he's been known to do from time to time. His friend was silent for a moment then nodded.

"It was part of my life, part of our lives. I used to hate that school, but thanks to Nagisa and the others, I became to enjoy it," he smiled. "So many stories to share, many memories to share, many emotions to share," he added.

"Heh, it sounds like that Yoshina-san melancholy nature rubbed off on you Okazaki,"

"That what everyone says…come on," they continue up the hill. When they finally reach the top and saw the school, they stopped and bowed.

"Thank you," the both said.

The school that they grew up with, that gave them many friends and memories… half-way burn down.

They both couldn't believe what they saw, their high school half-way burned down, what they imagine in their minds didn't compare what they say in front of their eyes. So many good times… gone. The police and the fire department were investigating on how the fire got started, after two weeks, they conclude that the fire was cause by foul play. But word on the street that it was cause by a new raise of a gang calling themselves Void.

The city are still during their planning process if they want to rebuild the second half of the school, or just tear the damage half off leave it as that. By some miracle that their club room were at the safe half of the school.

The tapping on the hard wood floor were the only sounds coming from the Theatre Club Room, the tapping from Kyou foot that is. She was impatience that was for sure, both Ryou and Kotomi watch nervously at the young women trying to figure something to say to calm her down. The three arrived their at 11:00, the time where they all agree on meeting in this very room. However Sunohara wasn't their at 11:00 so Tomoya offered(forced by Kyou) to search for him, and the only place that Tomoya can think of is the bench near the bus stop.

Then the ring tone broke the tension.

Kyou was about to reach her cell phone when she realize that it the ring tone wasn't from hers but from her sister.

"Hello?" Ryou answered. "What really? I'm sorry to hear that. I hope things get better," she continue to talk to her cell.

Kotomi watch Ryou then turned to Kyou.

"Boyfriend," Kyou answered.

"Goodbye, I look forward tonight," Ryou hung up.

"Ryou-chan you have a boyfriend?" Kotomi asked as she place her book that she was reading on her lap.

"Yes," she smiled.

Kotomi expected for Ryou to go on, however she didn't.

"Don't expect my sister to tell you the details, she doesn't even tell me," she leaned back on her chair arms behind her head. "Don't even know his name," she added.

Kotomi was shocked after all the time they spend in their last year , she became really close to both of them, they even consider her their sister. It was unlike Ryou to keep details especially her love life away from Kyou, since that's what the usually talk about.

"I just think its rude to talk about him, when he isn't here," Ryou smiled.

"Then invited him some time when we visit our parents, I'm sure we would like to see the man who may be doing my sister," Kyou grinned.

Both Ryou and Kotomi blushed.

"Onee-chan, I haven't introduce you to him yet because I'm afraid what you might do to him," Ryou explained.

"Don't worry I just want to talk to him." Kyou cracked her knuckles.

Kotomi smiled.

"Its actually a relief that I found out that one of you has a boyfriend. Especially you Ryou-chan. I thought that I would be the only one among us who does have one," she explained.

"What!? You have a boyfriend Kotomi-chan?" both the sisters asked.

Kotomi nodded.

"I meant him when I was in America, he's really sweet," she blushed.

"Great, I'm the only one among us who single…" Kyou said under her breath.

"Don't worry Kyou-chan. You're a very high strong women, many men have an attraction to that. I'm sure you can get a man to love you, and having a kiss with a man you love is the most wonderful feeling," Kotomi explained with a blush.

"Well when I do have a boyfriend, he's going to be the first time…first kiss I mean…" she replied crossing her legs. "I built this long enough, so my first kiss be better be worth it!" she sighed uncrossing her legs. "Just finding a man that I can actually stand is going to be stress-full, it's not like I come across single men all the time,"

"Were here!" Sunohara cheered as he enter the room followed by Tomoya.

"Good to see you Sunohara-kun, Its been such a long time," Ryou got up a bowled. With the same as Kotomi.

"Hey what's with the formalities? You been friends with him way to long for that," Tomoya grabbed a chair near by and took near the half-circle that the women already made.

"Oh, I'm sorry I so used to greeting patience's its stuck with me," Ryou blushed.

"Its okay, Ryou…." Sunohara froze as he felt a cold stare from Kyou. "Please forgive me Kyou! I was at a meeting that I couldn't get out of," he begged.

"No excuses!" She yelled then proceeded to do flying kick aim for his face.

However to much of everyone amazement Sunohara… blocked her kick.

"What impossible that was my best kick," she took a few steps back after she landed.

"Sunohara when did you know some moves," Tomoya asked with a seriously smile.

"Oh that? It was nothing," Sunohara grinned as he turned to a now a smiling… Kyou?

"Its about time you were are able to block my attack!"

Sunohara shrugged his shoulders.

"I always could, its just that every time you kick me you were wearing a skirt," he smiled.

Which is biggest mistake Sunohara ever made… as he could not block her next attack.

***

Ten minutes and Ryou first aid kit later.

" Its good to have almost everyone here," Kyou looked around their circle of chairs that they formed.

"Any word on Nagisa-chan?" Kotomi asked.

"She already on the plane back here, so hopefully she be here by tomorrow morning," Tomoya answered. "Oh and Tomoyo well be later in the evening," he added.

"What about Yukine-chan?" Kyou asked.

"I couldn't get a hold of I did leave some messages at her youth center," Sunohara answered.

"Oh yeah she's a runs a youth center. To keep them off the dangerous streets so they won't turned out like we were in high school," Tomoya replied thinking how it actually suited her.

" Well at least some of us are here, shall we begin?" Kotomi asked.

Everyone nodded.

"But… umm," Ryou started to say some thing, but stopped.

Everyone gave their 'go on' look.

"I would like to know what everyones up to, if that's okay?"she asked.

"Really? I though were going to talk about good old times," Sunohara sighed.

"Hey come on its good to know what were are doing right now," Kyou beamed blightly. "I'm Kindergarten Teacher, I plan on finding a perfect man," she beamed even blighter.

"I'm a nurse at this city hospital," Ryou added in.

"Well I'm still contuing my parents work," Kotomi gave a soft smile. "Its hard for me to explain, but I am making process," she smiled.

"Everyone knows what I do," Tomoya said rather sternly.

Then everyone turned their attention to grinning Youhei Sunohara.

"I'm a guidance teacher!"

"Nani!" everyone blurted out.

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A/N

We decide to start off with less characters, because having around 9 characters in the same room and having them interact with other characters can be hard.

Remember this is loosly base on the anime, so their might be some changes between the characters behavour, after all in the anime we only know about Tomoya and Nagisa in the after story. Their wasn't much screen time on a character level with Ryou, Kyou and Kotomi and Tomoya and even Sunohara we can never get enough of him.

We actually made Sunohara a model, but we wanted to have some sort of shock value. Yet appeal more to his grown up character.

Grammar isn't really our best subject and thier are four of us, kinda makes us sad.