The Past and Present


That night flew by really fast for Sakura. She had been so tired that when she hit he pillow, she fell right asleep. Tomoyo had decided to stay the night aswell. She pulled out a sleeping bag in Sakura's closet and rested it on the floor. And once she hit the pillow, she was fast asleep too.

Syaoran on the other hand, was having difficulty sleeping. He let Eriol stay the night at his house and they both decided to sleep in the spare room, which was bigger than Syaorans room.

"I don't get it." Eriol kept saying, yawning constantly. It was almost 3 in the morning, and Syaoran was the one keeping him up.

"Let me explain. Sakura was upset because she doesn't think that her brother and I will get along!" Syaoran said, looking at Eriol. Eriol had a confused look on his face.

"So?" Eriol exclaimed. Syaoran shook his head and placed his head in his palms. Sometimes he wondered if Eriol just acted stupid to get away from answering questions. Eriol tilted his head ot the side and look back at Syaoran.

"Tell me once more, i'm actaully listening this time." Eriol smiled and saw the look on Syaorans face. Oh, if looks could kill...

"Fine, once more. If your not listening, your so dead!" Syaoran threatened, making Eriol shiver in his spot. Normally he woudlnt be scared of him, but in a situation where he only had two options, the difference between life and death was only a person away! Eriol nodded.

"Okay, remember back in High school? The 'Mentor' i had?" Syaoran started. Eriol laughed.

"Yeah, that mentor who you played pranks on all that year! Yeah, that guy was a freak, he even said 'One day, you'll pay!'!" Eriol laughed, but stopped when he realized that Syaoran wasn't.

"Yeah, the only thing is, he's Sakura's brother."


Sakura woke up the next morning to the smell of bacon and eggs. She shook Tomoyo out of her deep sleep and they btoh made their way down the stairs. Sakura took a seat at the end of the table where an empty plate lay, as well as one for Tomoyo beside her.

"Morning you two." Sakura's father said, walking out of the kitchen and placing the eggs and bacon on the center of the table for them both. Sakura smiled, grabbing a few pieces of bacon and some eggs. Tomoyo did the same, thanking Sakura's father once more. Once they started eating, Touya walked in.

"So i'm going to meet Syaoran in a few minutes." He said, grabbing a piece of bacon and walking into the kitchen. Sakura choked on her eggs. So soon?

"What are you guys doing?" Sakura questioned. Touya looked at his sister and a smirk played upon his face.

"Touya!" Sakura shouted. She was shocked to see her brother have an evil smirk on his face. 'What is he up to?' Sakura thought. She heard the door open and close, andshe knew that Touya was gone, but she didn't know why Eriol had bothered to show up here.

"Hey girls!" Eriol said happily. Tomoyo and Sakura looked at each other and back at Eriol, who had a confused look on his face.

"What?" He asked.

"I thought you would have gone with Syaoran and Touya!" Sakura said, astonished. Eriol gave a scared chuckle and took a seat opposite of Tomoyo.

"Well, I would have, except he told me something." He began. Sakura moved her chair in, trying to make sure she understood everything he said. Eriol took a deep breath and continued.

"You remember back to when we had 'mentors'? Well, it just so happened that Syaoran and his mentor didn't get along. And of course as things got worse, they began to hate each other." Eriol inhaled once more. Sakura looked confused.

"What does this have to do with Syaoran and my brother?" Sakura asked.

"Well, it just so happens that your brother was Syaorans mentor."


"So where are we going?" Asked Syaoran. Touya just kept quiet, looking at the road ahead. They had alreayd been on the road for a few minutes now, and with Syaoran driving into the middle of nowhere, he was getting worried. Touta pointed to the right, telling Syaoran to turn.

"Where are we?" Syaoran asked as they pulled into an unknown parking lot. Touya smiled and told Syaoran to get out. Without a second thought, Syaoran did what he said. They walked up to a plain white building with a large glass door. Touya opened it, with Syaoran following him. After passing a few doors, Touya finally turned to one and knocked. Syaoran looked confused but stood patiently behind him. A man with dark glasses and navy blue hair opened the door.

"Sup Joe." Touya said to the man, who smiled. They gave a high five and he let Touya in. He then just stood there, looking at Syaoran. He looked at Touya pleadingly. Touya walked up behind Joe and placed a hand on his shoulder.

"He's with me." Touya said, dragging Syaoran along to an open room. There were pool tables, a bar and large TV's with leather couches all in one room. This had been Touya's club hang out, until he went to college, but he dropped by every once and a while. Touya walked over to one of the pool tables and picked up a pool cue. He then picked up another one, handing it to Syaoran.

"You know how to play?" He asked. Syaoran nodded. His uncle had a pool table at his house, which Syaoran used when he was younger. Touya set up the table and was the first to hit, leaving Syaoran to go next. Syaoran was lucky enough to hit a yellow ball in the top left corner, and went again.

"How long have you known Sakura?" Touya asked. Syaoran thought for a moment.

"Since the middle of high school." Syaoran answered, hitting another ball but missing the hole.

"So pretty much since I graduated, hmm?" Touya said, taking his shot. Syaoran was uneasy about how this day would go. He knew that Sakura loved her brother and he wouldn't try and hurt Syaoran, would he?

"Yeah." Syaoran answered quietly. He took his turn, missing his shot once again. It was now 1-0 for Syaoran. Touya looked over tot he bar tender and nodded. The young man with bleached hair and a nose ring handed both him and Syaoran a beer. Syaoran nodded to the man, taking a sip of the bitter tasting beer. He could feel Touya's eyes on him.

"So how was the cruise anyways? I never heard any specific details." Touya said, looking at Syaoran. Touya made him feel as if he was hiding some deep dark secret from him about the trip. He thought back, remembering nothing of the sort. Other than the fact that Anna came along, ruining everything for one whole night.

"Well, we did meet up with this one girl from our highschool. But she was crazy. She supposedly stole a lot of money from the ship and then just vanished." Syaoran said. He knew it had nothing to do with Sakura and him, but it was a huge ordeal on their trip.

"Oh really. Anything happen with you and Sakura?" Touya asked, taking his turn on the table. Syaoran watched as the balls moved across the table, seeing that the red one had just fallen into the side pocket. Touya leaned on the table and stared patiently at Syaoran.

"Not really. Sakura said that she always wanted to wait til she was married before doing anything." Syaoran anounced, but then quickly regretted it, covering his mouth with his hand. Touya's eyes went wide, staring at Syaoran. Touya looked like he may hurt Syaoran, but after a few seconds, he began to smile and shook his head. Syaoran let out a sigh of relief.

"That's Sakura for you. Never doing anything that involves peer pressure!" Touya laughed, lightly punching Syaoran in the arm. Syaoran thought back to Sakura, realizing that she didn't do anything she didn't want to. He loved how she was so free and happy, never letting anything get her down.

"Come on, we still got places to go." Touya laughed, putting down the cues and grabbing his jacket from the nearest chair. Syaoran did the same and followed Touya out the door and towards the car.

"Where are we off to now?" Syaoran asked. Touya smirked and gave him directions. They spent almost 20 minutes on the road and ended up in front of a clothing store, made for men. Syaoran looked at Touya curiously but got no answer. They both got out of the car and walked into the store where they were confronted by a short man with curly black hair and glases. He gave the guys a cheesey smile.2

"How may I help you gentlemen?" The short, old man said. Touya nodded, walking over to him and began to whisper in his ear. The short man nodded, turning to Syaoran and waved him to follow him. Syaoran and Touya followed the man towards the back of the store where he grabbed some nice tuxes and handed them to Syaoran, forcing him into a room. Syaoran was a little surprised and decided to call over the room door to Touya who was waiting outside.

"Touya?" Syaoran called, looking around the change room noticing a wall mirror and white walls.

"Yeah?" He could hear Touya called back over the door.

"Why am I trying on all these tuxedos?"

"You'll see." Touya laughed, and Syaoran went back into changing into them.


"NO WAY!" Sakura shouted, standing up. Eriol jumped back, as well as Tomoyo. Sakura's mouth hung open in surprise. She remembered having 'mentors' but hers was way nicer and she never even thought of Syaoran and Touya together? Thinking back, it was almost 3 years ago since they had mentors, even though Sakura and Syaoran had started hanging out only 2 years ago.

"How come Touya never told me he mentored?" Sakura thought out loud. Tomoyo looked at her.

"Well, I thought all older grades had to atleast once. Thats why we did ours this year." Tomoyo told her. Sakura nodded understandingly. Sitting back down, Sakura thought about what Touya had been planning for the day.

"Did Syaoran mention anything about where they were going?" Sakura asked. Eriol shook his head.

"Hold on. Im going to call Touya." Sakura stated and stood up. Once she picked up the phone, she dialed Touya's cell and waited for him to pick up.

"Hello?"

"Hey Touya. Its Sakura." Sakura said.

"What can I do for you?" Touya laughed.

"What exactly are you and Syaoran doing?" She asked.

"You'll see tonight. Hey, can you give Tomoyo the phone?"

"Yeah, hold on." Sakura said and handed it Tomoyo.

"Hello?" Tomoyo asked.

"Uh huh... ok... haha yeah! Sounds like fun! See you!" Tomoyo said and hung up the phone.

"What did he want?" Sakura asked. Tomoyo laughed but shook her head. Sakura frowned.

"Come on. We have to get ready!" Tomoyo said, pulling Sakura up the stairs. Eriol followed in curiousity about what was going to happen.


Yeah, so i finally updated! I hope you all like it! I kept putting it off.. so i finally finished it and now its up! Read and Review please!

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