A/N: Sorry for the wait you guys. I had so much stuff piled over the weekend I totally forgot about the update. But anyhow, I'm here now so be happy. :P

Enjoy!

"Here you go Sakura-chan," Yukito smiled as he set down a plate of buttered toast on the table, along with a jug full of Orangaton juice just as Touya entered the room, pulling on his shirt.

"Arigato, Yukito-san," the green-eyed girl beamed brightly as she loaded her plate with toast and filled a glass with the rust colored juice. In less than a minute, she had wiped her plate clean, washing the toast down with the chilled juice before beaming at the grey-eyed teen.

"Whoa there, Kaijuu!" Touya yelled, acting surprised as he took a few steps back and bumped into the door behind him, "Keep eating at that rate and Clow will be facing a famine."

"Nii-saaannn…" Sakura whined, her face sporting an indignant scowl. "I don't eat that much! And I'm NOT a Kaijuu!"

"All right, all right." Touya laughed, holding his hands up in a placating gesture as he sat down in the chair opposite to her, after bidding Yukito a good morning. Sakura glared at him suspiciously and stomped hard on his foot to make sure he didn't call her names.

"Ow! That hurt!" he retorted, flinching visibly as her glare intensified, daring him to say any further.

When the blue-eyed teen did not call her a monster however her scowl transformed into a bright smile that was directed at Yukito, rather than him. Turning on her heels, she grabbed her hoverboard from the spot where it leaned against the sofa and raced towards the exit to the house.

"You're a fat, little, kawaii Kaijuu!" He called after her once Sakura was about to close the door.

Her angry yells of 'I'm not a Kaijuu' could be heard from outside.

Touya hummed happily, innocently smiling up at his best friend as he occupied the seat Sakura had just vacated.

"Touya, you really shouldn't tease your sister like that." Yukito reprimanded lightly, trying to show his disapproval by frowning, but failing completely to share an amused smile.

"Maybe not," Touya looked up at him seriously before grinning playfully, "but she's always going to be my fat, little, kawaii Kaijuu."

Sighing in defeat, Yukito shook his head before joining in his laughter.

Heaving a quiet sigh, Touya opened his eyes and sat up. His neck hurt from having stayed in an awkward position for so long. The room that he, the lavender-eyed medic, and the blond pilot were being kept in had only one bunk bed. Although the pilot had been shot and had been out for over seven hours, when night finally came, the then-conscious blond had relinquished the bed to Tomoyo.

The medic had protested for a while but in the end, her tiredness had overcome her sense of righteousness and she had crawled under the covers, grumbling about annoying blonds and their irresistible puppy-eyed looks. Said blond had taken simply sat on the floor, legs crossed Indian style as he leaned against the wall. Touya had followed his example and in this manner, the three of them had managed to grab a few hours of sleep. Pushing the earlier dream out of his head, Touya climbed to his feet, flinching when his back cracked loudly. Shooting a look over his shoulder to check on the sleeping pilot and medic, he moved towards the other side of the room.

From the looks of things, he figured this to be one of the cabins that were given to passengers on the ship, since there were no personal effects added here. Though he did spot a rather expensive-looking laptop resting on the table right next to a… Netcom Linkpad?

H-how in the world did these people get their hands on one of those? Was it Sakura's doing? After all, she was probably the one staying here. But…

Damn it! What if the hunters tracked her down using the tracer that came with each set? She would be in so much shi- trouble. It was illegal for anyone other than a hunter to posses that device since it was linked directly to the main database of Fei Wong's hunter network. What was more, not even all hunters were authorized to have one. Only the high-ranking officials could use these.

Touya -he did not know whether to be happy or sad over the matter- was not one of those officials.

Last night as both he and Fai had talked to Sakura telepathically, they had come up with a plan of sorts. With the instructions Sakura had given them, they decided it was high time to start searching for the weapons that she had magically sealed in the cabin.

To retrieve them, they would of course need to use magic or rather, as the blond pilot had pointed out, Touya would need to use magic. Fai had been shot and he was too weak to call upon his barely-there aura for any of the summoning spells to work. But using summoning spells with hands shackled together, while not impossible, was still quite annoying. So he had asked his captors if they could perhaps remove the shackles from around his wrists to allow him more movement. Surprisingly enough, it was the medic that informed him that although they were willing to work with him in order to free themselves, they simply did not trust him enough. So no, he would not be freed before the time for their fight approached.

Annoyed by the reprimand, he had then proceeded to subtly hint that he might as well gain his freedom by informing the greasy haired fatty about what they were planning to do.

"You had your chance to do that," Fai responded calmly, not in the least bit phased by his threat, "But if you've restrained yourself from spilling the beans so far, I'm pretty sure there is a reason that will stop you from so in the future either, Tou-ya."

On hearing the quiet rustling sound of clothes, he quickly stepped away from the table and turned around to observe Fai as he climbed to his feet.

The knowing look in those golden eyes, last night, had told him that the pilot obviously knew something Touya did not want him knowing. Could it be that he knew about him and Sakura? His earlier taunt about him not being Sakura's brother had been too accurate to have been a coincidence. But how could he know that?

Fai gave him a small nod before he moved over to wake up Tomoyo. Touya observed him quietly as the man shook Tomoyo's shoulder, causing her to stir. Frowning slightly, Touya let his mind think back to the thing that had been bugging him ever since he had been rebuked by the medic last night.

Could Fai somehow be related to how Sakura had gone missing? Was this bastard responsible for Sakura not remembering him? Was he perhaps the one who had kidnapped his little Kaijuu all those years ago? That brat did mention something about them removing Sakura's memories. How would the brat know that unless he had been there? But for someone to be able to wipe Sakura's memories so perfectly that it changed her very personality… that person had to be a very strong magician indeed. And this pilot was nothing more than a weakling. His magic was too weak to be of any use. That Gaki, on the other hand, did posses such magic but his mind was not stable enough to perform such a feat. He knew no one else, apart from his now deceased parents, himself or Yukito knew how to cloak their magic so as far as he knew, the medic or the captain were normal humans with not even an ounce of magic in their blood.

Knowing how to cloak their magic had probably been the only thing that had kept him and Yukito safe from becoming slaves of Fei's seal. None of the hunters knew they had magic. That was also one of the reasons why he and Yukito did not possess any high position in the association. They were both just lowly workers.

He suddenly realized that they both were observing him just as quietly and intensely as he was them. Shaking his head he looked away, not wanting to let them see the emotions that he was pretty sure were currently playing across his eyes.

As though knowing what he had been thinking about just a short while ago, Tomoyo spoke up.

"Why do you care about her?"

Touya felt his heart skip a beat.

"Sakura, I mean." She pressed on, "What is she to you?" Even though his face was turned away from them, he could still see the blond pilot observing him closely, out of the corner of his eye. From where he sat, he couldn't tell what the blond was thinking, since his expression was unreadable.

"She's…" he sighed, running his hand through unkempt hair, the manacles causing his other hand to rise as well, "she's my little kaijuu."

He was surprised when neither of them questioned him any further.

"How long have you guys known her?" He asked them after a while, heaving a sigh. "Is this her first time travelling aboard your ship? Where did you find her? Have you-"

"I don't really see why we should answer any of your questions," Tomoyo spoke in clipped tones.

"I answered yours," he shot back, clenching his fists to keep himself from strangling the woman. This was his sister they were discussing! He had every right to know those answers.

"This is her first time travelling with us," Fai was the one who answered, "We picked her up from Koryo and as you have already gathered from our previous conversations, she is headed towards Infinity. We have known her, only for the duration of this trip."

"…" Touya closed his eyes, taking in a deep breath to calm his raging emotions. From the tone that the blond had used, he knew better than to hope for more contribution on their part. They were not going to tell him anything else.

These people were not going to tell him anything, just as he wasn't about to disclose any personal information. They didn't trust him and frankly speaking, he didn't trust them either. So both parties were going to keep their secrets. Besides, he knew another place where he could gain the desired information to puzzle out the pieces of what exactly happened to his little sister. Patience was all it was going to take.

-0-

He felt her soft pink aura graze the very edges of his consciousness. Beside him, he felt the mage sit up straighter.

Sakura? He heard Fai speak at the same time as Touya latched onto the mental connection.

You guys ready? Sakura's voice was calm. That meant her job went okay, right? She wasn't hurt. I hope you didn't have trouble locating them.

Yeah. Touya let out a breath he did not know he had been holding in, while the blond pilot answered his little sister with a small laugh. We found the weapons quite easily when we knew where to look.

Suddenly remembering about the thing he had found in her possession a short while ago, Touya burst out all of a sudden. Kai- um… I mean Sakura, he corrected himself quickly. He shouldn't call her that yet. She doesn't really remember him, so calling her a monster might not sit too well with her, what the heck are you doing with a Netcom linkpad? But just because he was not going to call her a monster, did not mean he was giving up the right to worry about her.

I stole it from one of your hunter buddies. Her calm reply might have made him flinch in any other situation but for now, it only served to anger him further. What the heck? She stole it? She stole it? Is that all she had to say in return?

They have trackers on these things! He almost yelled at her but managed to lower his volume at the last minute. Do you have any idea what would have happened to you if they traced you with it? She was such a fool. Did she not know?

I know how to take care of myself, Hunter. Her cold response stung as though he had been physically slapped by her. Disabling the tracer spell was one of the first things I did, so you don't

have get yourself worked up over nothing.

Why can't you just call me by my name … he sighed softly, not caring if she heard him or not. So what if she didn't remember him, couldn't she still call him by his name at the very least. Snubbing down the hurt, he managed to get his emotions under control. Anyway, when do we move?

Sakura seemed to hesitate for a fraction of a second, but when she answered, her voice was firm and completely in control. I'll be docking Kishimu in five minutes.

He heard Tomoyo's clothes shift as she moved towards him. Wordlessly he raised his hands for her to unshackle. Rubbing his wrists, Touya jumped to his feet, a wild grin gracing his features.

"Let's go."

A/N:Next up is the big fight. I wonder how many more chapters it will take for Sakura to finally remember Touya. What do you guys think, hmmm? Any guesses?