"Everyone seeks the light, but darkness always follows."

Chapter 4:

Tomoyo's eyes narrowed in concentration. She had failed, but she would not fail again.

It was almost dawn when Yue came out of Sakura's room. He looked into the livingroom and saw Touya sitting behind Tomoyo, as she diligently continued her electronic search for who would do this to the small flower. He sighed, and sat beside Touya.

Touya quickly glanced at Yue as he sat down beside him. Touya looked at his best friend and lover. Yue, ever stoic, was tired. It was dawn and they had had very little sleep. Yue was the most handsome man that Touya had ever laid eyes upon. His drive and intelligence was merely the quintessential icing on the cake. He had known Yue and Yukito, Yue's twin brother since they were all children. In fact, Yukito was him on the day that he and Sakura's parents died, and it was in Yue's arms that he found the peace he had longed for since. Touya instinctively put his arm around Yue, allowing Yue to lean into him ever so slightly, before he abruptly pulled away.

Touya inwardly sighed, Yue was in work mode, and his sister was his patient. Yue would not allow himself to be comforted and Touya knew it.

"How's my sister?" He asked softly.

"She's resting. She was raped, Touya. She did not wake up during my examination of her wounds, all of which should heal with little to no scarring. She…" Yue looked away, not wanting to meet his lover's eyes.

"Touya, I believe she may have been drugged. I'm not completely sure, and to be honest, the drug would be out of her system by now. However, she did not stir, not once during my examination of her, when she should have, as I was being intentionally rough to illicit a reaction. Not even a grimace."

Touya said nothing. He opened his mouth to, but nothing came out. What was there to say? His little kaiju, his sweet sister, was assaulted. They could not call the police, it would look suspicious because they should have initially, and to do so now would be suspicious. Touya knew what had to be done, but first thing was first. He waited for Tomoyo to complete her deep dive.

Tomoyo, listening, but choosing to remain silent, was shaking in anger and frustration. She had found footage, but nothing that would prove anything, or show who it was that did this to Sakura.

'The alleyways are dark, with small reflections of light. There was not going to be any concre-' thought Tomoyo , when her thought was suddenly interrupted by the image of Sakura on her screen.

"Caught you, bitch." Tomoyo smirked to herself.

She finally saw them. Sakura stumbling out the club, and a man, decently dressed, face not visible for the cameras, helping her. Sakura appeared to have known him as she accepted his offer. Then, they disappeared from the camera's eyes. However, that was all she needed. 'I got him Saki. I got him!'

Touya heard her declaration and watched the laptop screen. There was his sister, in all of adorable glory. In the same clothes that she wore with him to dinner earlier that night. The thought hit him like a ton of bricks,

'It's my fault.'

Touya recalled their argument and silently berated himself. It was his fault that his sister, who barely drank, and barely went to clubs, was in one, by herself. Touya's body stiffened and sagged in defeat. This did not go unnoticed by Yue who silently offered his hand as a support for him, which Touya grasped into his own, seeking the warmth and comfort of it.

Tomoyo switch to a different camera angle and saw him putting her into the car. However, it was too dark, she still could not see his face, but there was something about him that seemed familiar to her. Fortunately, she was able to get a partial plate number, and that was all she needed.

"XRJ." Tomoyo stated proudly and turned to Touya.

Touya nodded, and she turned back to the screen. She did a search, and making assumptions based off height, weight, and build, came up with a list for about 10 people who met those parameters. The only thing left was to wait for Sakura to wake up.

Tomoyo stood and stretched. Her body was stiff and her mind was tired. She turned to Touya and Yue,

"I'm going to lay with Sakura. The third bedroom is available. She will need us when she wakes up."

She said nothing else and walked into the room with her best friend. She knew that Yue would make sure that Touya did not resist. She looked at her friend, her little cherry blossom with sadness.

"I'm so sorry, Sakura." She whispered to her friend.

Sakura was now changed, into a pink t-shirt with black pajama pants. Yue had at least had the decency to put Sakura into clean clothes. Tomoyo quietly exited the room and noticed that Yue and Touya had already went into the third bedroom. She went into her room and changed into a purple tank top with white shorts and went back into the room with her best friend. She laid down beside her, and wrapped her arms around her now broken friend, hoping that when Sakura woke up, she would at least be comforted in knowing that she was in the arms of her best friend and safe.

A few hours later, Sakura started to thrash, and she screamed out. Tomoyo immediately woke up and shook Sakura, trying to calm her.

"Wake up, Sakura. It's a dream. It's a dream. C'mon Saki, wake up. It's Tomoyo."

Sakura's thrashing lessened and she opened her eyes. However, it was not Tomoyo's face that her mind's eye initially saw, it was that of Koju's and she screamed in terror.

Tomoyo shook her harder, "SAKURA! Please…please! It's Tomoyo! Wake up!"

The illusion faded at the words she heard and her vision showed Tomoyo leaning over her form. She looked down, and saw she was in one of her favorite night clothes.

"What happened to me? Where am I? Was it just a dream?"

"You're home. Touya and Yue's here too." As Tomoyo said this, Touya and Yue rushed into the room; Touya's panicked, and Yue looking, well, like Yue, stoic.

"Oh thank kami, Sakura." Touya said nearly out of breath, as his adrenaline calmed and tiredness reentered his body.

Sakura moved to stand, when pain shot through her entire body, and she yelped in pain, "What….what's going.."

Her eyes suddenly widened as Tomoyo's eyes avoided her own, "I….I…it wasn't…" Sakura couldn't finish the words, as images of the night before, distorted by her fears and the lingering remnants of drugs in her system distorted the images and she started crying.

Tomoyo went to comfort Sakura, but she recoiled from the touch, looking up at Tomoyo in fear. Tomoyo pulled her hand back and felt wetness on her cheek. She had started crying.

Touya went to his sister, nudged silently by Yue. Sakura immediately went into his arms, crying. Touya positioned himself on the bed comfortably, sitting with his back against the headboard, as Sakura cried into his side. He looked up helplessly at Yue and Tomoyo, he was not comfortable with seeing his sister like this, the last time being when their parents died when she was 12 years old.

He comforted his sister silently, his anger would have to wait until his sister was appropriately cared for.

After a few moments, the brother and sister had fallen back asleep. Sakura wrapped in the protective embrace of her brother. Tomoyo and Yue exited the room quietly as not to disturb the sleeping siblings.

Tomoyo went into the kitchen to start making coffee. It was going to be a long day. The two of them said nothing to each other, as nothing needed to be said.

Yue quietly turned on the television and watched the news while Tomoyo started making breakfast. She could not sit still, and the movement allowed her mind to think about other critical information, such as who the man was, and why he looked so familiar.

A few moments later, the door opened from Sakura's room and out stepped Touya. He looked visibly shaken. He sat beside Yue and threw his head back, looking into the ceiling, visions of his crying sister and the visions of what he saw last night colliding. Still, nothing was said, and the news played in the background while the smell of pancakes and eggs wafted through the apartment.

Sakura came out of the room, slowly, awkwardly, limping. She sat down on the couch opposite her brother and drew her legs up to her chest.

"Tomo…"

Tomoyo immediately stopped making plates and turned around to Sakura. She was immediately by her side, being sure not to touch her, when her eyes started to well up with tears. Sakura turned her head from Tomoyo and looked at her brother and Yue,

"Yue, Touya…I…I'm so sorry!" Sakura said as she started sobbing. "I...I…." She couldn't get words out. Her cries shaking everyone to the core, and at the same time, locking them to their seats.

"I have pictures, if you saw him could you tell us? Could you, Saki?" Tomoyo asked, knowing that someone had to start the process.

Sakura nodded and she watched as Tomoyo grabbed a handful of photographs,

"How did you get these pictures? Were the cops here? Where are the cops?"

Sakura's eyes widened as she realized that she would have to tell the police about what had happened to her. She could barely recall, the memories not feeling real, except she could feel the ache in her body that stated otherwise.

Tomoyo's eyes darted to Touya's. He sighed out loud,

"No cops, kaiju. Don't ask. Just tell us who did this to you." His voice was calm, but there was an edge to it. He was tired, he was angry and he needed to protect his sister.

Sakura looked down at the pictures that Tomoyo had in her hand. She knew better than to push her brother when he had that tone of voice, besides, she was too tired to fight him.

She looked through the various pictures. However, his face was not amongst them.

"Not there. It's like his face is so fuzzy, I can't remember, exactly…I feel like I knew him though…."

Yue nodded to himself and finally spoke, his voice soft and calm, "Sakura, it is possible that you were drugged. Just trust your instincts, okay?"

Sakura looked to Yue, and her eyes widened, "Did you…" She blushed.

Yue nodded, understanding her unspoken question, "I am a doctor, Sakura."

Sakura blushed harder and put her face into her knees, "How embarrassing…"

"You are fine. You will heal fine as well, no major scarring should occur. Do you want me to get you a therapist?"

Sakura shook her head, "I will be fine. I'm fine. I just…I just want to be alone…" She stood up and wobbled her way back to the room. She did not want them to see her cry, again.

They watched her walk away and Yue walked over to the counter and jotted a phone number down. "She will need a therapist. Tell her to go there."

Tomoyo nodded in understanding.

"Do your one job, Tomoyo. I will expect an update by noon." Touya's eyes had turned cold, and dark, although his voice remained cool and calm.

Tomoyo's eyes quickly shot downcast and she nodded. She knew better than to disobey an order.

Touya stood and went to his sister's room for a moment before leaving. He gave one last look to Tomoyo and he and Yue left.

Tomoyo sat down at the desk, the meal she cooked discarded, when she heard a knock at her door. Tomoyo stood, thinking it odd that Touya had returned so quickly. She opened the door, only to find a phone on the ground.

Tomoyo looked around and bent to pick it up. It was Sakura's phone. She knew this because when she touched the screen, it lit up and showed a picture of her, Sakura, and Chiharu. She looked once again to her left and right and took the phone inside.

She sat down once more at the table and her eyes widened, 'Well, fuck.'

She quickly texted Touya and told him about the incident. He was none too pleased, and told her that he would be sending Yamato to watch over them while this was sorted out. She sighed, it was going to be a long day.

She went into her room, got her glasses, and started to work, when she heard another noise, and heard the shuffling of Sakura's feet as she walked into the bathroom and turned on the shower. Moment later, she could hear the sobs of her best friend, mixed with the sound of water hitting the ground around her. It was probably the saddest melody she had ever heard.

About an hour later, Sakura came out of the bathroom, her long auburn tied up within a towel, smallpieces framing her face and a large towel covering her body. She looked over to Tomoyo and silently went into her room. She was feeling better, her body, though sore, was slowly starting to loosen up. She laid on her bed, and stared into the ceiling. After what felt like hours, but what was probably only about 15 minutes, Tomoyo quietly knocked on her door.

"Come in…" Sakura answered quietly, and Tomoyo let herself inside. Tomoyo said nothing, but gave Sakura her phone.

Tomoyo turned to leave when Sakura grabbed her wrist, "I'm not mad at you, I'm sorry, Tomo."

Tomoyo stiffened and she turned to Sakura with sad eyes and a small smile, "We will find out who did this. Trust me."

Sakura nodded and released Tomoyo. Tomoyo turned away and walked out of the room, stopping at the door post,

"No rush to come out of this room."

Sakura said nothing as Tomoyo walked out the door.

Sakura stared at her phone and put it on the charger as it was almost dead. She scrolled through her missed messages to see ones from Tomoyo, Chiharu, and Touya. She put the phone down and looked back up into the celing when she heard her phone buzz.

She looked over and it was an unknown sender. Sakura opened up the message which said,

"Thanks for the fun time last night. Let this serve as your warning, little flower."

Sakura dropped the phone and it disconnected from the charger. She curled herself onto the bed and once again, sobs shook her body.

Elsewhere:

Touya looked at Yue as they drove towards the hotel that they were staying at.

"I'm calling the Akuto Nakama. I want that son of a bitch dead. Whoever he is. They owe me a favor anyway from that deal out in Kyoto I handled for them. It's time they repaid the favor."

Yue shook his head,

"We don't even know who did it, or why. Don't be rash, Touya."

Touya was the head of one of Japan's crime syndicates. He was on the council that kept the relative peace between himself and the 4 other reigning syndicates. His father, Fujitaka Kinomoto was the head until he died and bequeathed the seat to his uncle, Aiden. Aiden had almost ruined the reputation of the family, however, he had died and Touya reclaimed the seat. In the last 4 years, he has returned the family pride.

Sakura was purposely kept out of this, which was why he allowed her to live in Tomoeda, where they lived as a family until their parents' death because it was the safest for her. Tomoeda was only a two hour drive from Tokyo, it was a perfect arrangement, and allowed for Sakura to go to Tokyo University without having to live in Tokyo. Although the reach of the syndicates did indeed cast a shadowy presence it Tomoeda, it was a relative neutral ground, and although their syndicate was known it was known only by the name Hana.

The Akuto Nakama are an off branch of Hana. They do not directly speak to Touya, as their roots are found in China, however, back when they initially came to Japan, the then leader of Hana, Himawari Kinomoto, created an alliance that has lasted to this day. The Akuto Nakama are allowed to do as they pleased, but there were certain stipulations, and they were not allowed on the council. In return, they were allowed to do as they pleased, and Hana would not interfere unless it directly affected the syndicate council. It was because of this agreement that Hana was able to spread their reach into China and operate there effectively as well. It was a mutual arrangement. In short, the Akuto Nakama were the perfect mediator.

"The moment I know, Yue, I want them to handle it. The Akuto Nakama run this part of Japan, it would be perfect."

Yue shook his head, but he knew better than to argue with Touya when it came to his sister. He would revisit this conversation once the perpetrator was found.

Sakura & Tomoyo's Apartment:

A few hours had passed and Tomoyo knocked on Sakura's door. She heard nothing, so she went inside to check in on her. She found Sakura curled up in a ball, asleep. Her eyes softened and she grabbed Sakura's favorite fleece blanket to wrap her in when she saw the text message.

Tomoyo quietly picked it up, making sure not to disturb the sleeping girl and her eyes widened.

"What the fuck…" she whispered and checked the number. There was none. She glanced again at her friend and sighed to herself, 'I'm sorry ahead of time, Sakura.'

She closed the door as Sakura whimpered and tightened the ball.

Tomoyo sat down in front of her laptop once more and got to work. After about 2 hours, she had hacked into Sakura's phone and was looking at the three text messages that Sakura had received from the unknown number.

"Well I'll be damned." Tomoyo said out loud, when she realized that it had to be connected to the incident where she helped that guy. However, the words, "again" struck Tomoyo as odd. 'Sakura had never done anything like that before, had she?'

Tomoyo shook her head and kept working, and soon she had found him. It was Koju Makanamara, their classmate. Tomoyo printed his driver's license and sent a copy of the picture to Touya.

"Whew. So glad that that part is done…" She leaned back onto the floor and smiled, Touya would assure that justice is more that served.

Touya:

Touya's eyes shot open when he heard the buzzing of his phone.

'Fucking phone and shit…' He groaned silently and reached for his phone, being careful not to move too much, lest he would wake his sleeping partner. He glanced over at his sleeping lover, with his silvery grey hair framing the bed and a soft smile made its way across his usually stoic features. If he was fire and impulse, Yue was his ice and conscience. He always made sure that Touya did not act only upon his emotions, but that he balanced logic with emotion.

He looked down at the phone and was met with two messages, a picture of a man, and Tomoyo telling him she found him. He immediately sat erect , causing Yue to stir,

"What is going on, Touya?" He asked sleepily.

"She found him." He replied quietly and Yue immediately sat up.

He watched as Touya left their bed, pulled on his pajama pants and walk into the livingroom area of their hotel room. At this rate, they may as well move into the house that was left to them by Touya's father, but Touya would probably never agree. They did have businesses to run in Kyoto after all.

He quietly listened to Touya speak in hushed tones. Yue knew that he was doing things that he shouldn't but when it came to Sakura, Touya would not listen to reason. He laid back down in the bed, reached for the light, cut it on, and pulled out a book.

Yue was about halfway through with the book that he was reading when Touya got back into the bed and kissed him softly on the cheek.

"Well?"

Touya hesitated and sighed, "You're gonna be upset, but I called them. They'll keep an eye on Sakura to assure that she stays safe and will put out a search on this Makanamara guy. I told them to send proof once it's handled."

"What do you mean 'keep an eye on Sakura', Touya?"

Touya said nothing, pulled Yue into his chest and pretended to be asleep. Yue looked behind him at Touya and rolled his eyes slightly, showing that he was not pleased. However, he too found the warmth of his lover to be too intoxicating, and he soon too drifted off to sleep.

(A/N: As always I do not own CCS *sigh*)

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