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a/n: i hope you like it....it's bad of me to start another story, but ....bleh...don't forget to be a good reader and review ;p
It was a beautiful day outside. Four year old Touya woke up lazily from a nap and looked longinly outside. Outside was where he really wanted to be, but his mother (who had mysteriously been getting fatter for a while) had gone away and he was with a baby-sitter. All of a sudden, his father waltzed in, picked him up and twirled him around. "Otou-san!" he yelled and gave his father a bear hug.
"I hope he wasn't too much trouble Kyou," Fujitaka said to the sitter while paying him.
"Oh, not at all Kinomoto Sensei. Girl or boy?" the student asked.
"Girl. I'm taking Touya to see them right now."
Touya followed the conversation with a confused look on his face. Who was "them"? Why did Kyou-chan say "Girl or boy?" As his fater loaded him into the car, Touya bounced in anticipation. There was obviously a surprise waiting for him where ever they were going. He liked surprises. Touya barely even noticed that they ended up at the hospital.
Waltzing into the room where his mother was, he grasped the railing on the bed and tried to lift himself up to see what his mother was holding. Fujitaka came up behind him and lifted his onto the bed. Nadeshiko scooted over on the narrow hospital bed to make room for her son and held out the thing in her arms for him to see.
"Ewwww, what is that?" Touya pointed at the pink monkey squirming slightly in the blankets. He poked at the pink monkey.
"That's your little sister, Sakura," Nadeshiko gently told him.
Touya wiggled a little imatiently and though over the term "little sister." "Do we have to keep her?" was his conclusion.
Fujitaka chuckled while Nadeshiko pretended to look horrified. "Touya. You have to take care of chibi Sakura-chan."
"Why?"
"Because she's your sister."
Touya threw his arms around his mother's neck and buried his face in her shoulder. "I'll take care of her. For you, Okaa-san."
For the next few months, Touya was a spectator. Chibi Sakura-chan was taking away his attention, but that was ok, because Chibi Sakura-chan liked him the best. When ever he peeked into her crib, she'd know and open her eyes and reach out her tiny little hands for him. When she started to crawl, she always looked for him. When she discovered running, she would run to him too.
Touya and his mother would play with Sakura a lot. Nadeshiko was always videotaping the two of them together. "Okaa-san. Sakura-chan's talking again!" he yelled one day, pulling his mother to the play pen.
"'neko, 'neko, 'neko, 'neko..." she muttered to herself as she played with a cat doll.
His mother laughed to herself and swept Sakura out of the play pen. "Koneko!" Sakura shouted and kissed her mother, but reached out for Touya.
"Koneko!" she shouted again and gave Touya a big wet kiss.
Touya grimaced. "Are you sure I can't sell her?"
"Yes, Touya, I'm sure you can't sell Chibi Sakura-chan," Nadeshiko replied, rubbing cheeks with her daughter.
When Sakura could talk, Touya told her about the ghosts he saw. "Look, Sakura. There's a man with a hole in him," he'd whisper.
"Onii-chan..." she'd whisper, clutching at Touya's pants.
"Don't worry though. He can't hurt you."
"Onii-chan..."
"Really Sakura. He can't do anything to you. He's dead already."
"Onii-chan..." she tugged at his pants and pointed down.
"Uh-oh. Otou-san. Okaa-san!!!!!!!"
"What's the matter?" both his parents found them at the same time.
"Sakura-chan went pee in her pants...again."
"'nii-chan scared me!" she growled as she was being carried off to get changed.
Fujitaka laughed. "Ok, Sakura-chan. We know. Touya scared you. Just-" he gulped down some laughter. "Just try to keep it until you can get to the bathroom next time ok sweetie?"
Meanwhile, Nadeshiko looked thoughtful. She was supposed to be reprimanding her son, but there was clearly something else on her mind. "Touya. Be careful what you tell Sakura ok? Don't stop telling her about the ghosts though, just be careful what you tell her," she said gently and wandered off to whatever she had been doing.
"Don't stop telling her about the ghosts?" he repeated to himself after his mother had left.
Barely half a year later, they were all in the hospital again. This time though, Touya had no squirming sense of anticipation. Instead, a dreadful cloud of forboding hung over him. Sakura watched fearfully as her brother scowled at everyone except her father and her. Touya had never been like that before. And where was Mommy? Why wouldn't anyone let her see Mommy?
"Otou-san!" Sakura cried when her father came to see them. "Where's Mommy?"
"Your mother," his voice broke and he picked up his daughter. "Here's Mommy."
Touya followed his small family into a hospital room and stared at all the tubes that had been stuck into his mother. "Sakura-chan," she called out softly. "Have you been good?"
Sakura's thumb went into her mouth. "Yeth." Fujitaka pulled it out gently. "I've been good Mommy. When are you coming home?"
"Soon, Sakura-chan, soon."
"Okaa-san," Touya started. "Okaa-san."
"Touya..." One look in her eyes told him all he needed to know. Touya tiptoed over to the bed.
"Ne, Okaa-san. I'll take care of Sakura."
Nadeshiko smiled wryly. "I know you will. Don't worry about me. I'll visit."
Touya's eyes widened. His mother believe that he could see ghosts. She was counting on it. "I'll tell Sakura when you do. I really will." Nadeshiko patted his head and he threw his arms around her neck. "I'll help Dad take such good care of her. I will."
"Touya, take Sakura outside for a minute. There's something I have to tell your father."
He nodded and held Sakura's hand tightly.
That night, a little figue tiptoed into his room. "Where's Mommy, 'ni-chan? I want Mommy."
"Mommy....'kaa-san isn't feeling so good. She's going to sleep."
"Will she come back when she wakes up?"
"Sakura..."
Touya struggled with an answer, but his sister fell asleep before he could. He ran his hand through her hair. "I promised Okaa-san I'd watch out for you. I'm going to keep that promise."