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Reia-chan: (huff puff) oh goodie! I finished it before school starts! I won't be saying much so you can get on with the chapter. Thanks for my reviewers! I hope you'll enjoy reading this one… even though there's another bit of incest here. (stabs by audiences evil stares) And NO! This is not a TouyaXSakura! Probably just for a few chapters but this is mainly SyaoXSaku!

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Chapter 2: An Omen

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Blushing, the auburn haired girl thought, "Why is that at that time, when Touya niisan hugged me, it felt so bizarre?" She suddenly snapped back to her senses upon realizing her feelings. "Could it be that I'm in love with him?"

Her eyes blinked three times, and then her head shook brusquely, "I mustn't think or feel that way! No no no no NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Her forehead started to wrinkle as her thoughts shifts from 'love' to 'guilt' side, or vice versa, and Tomoyo noticed it stopping from her discussion.

"Sakura-chan, are you all right? You seem to be bothered by something," the other girl frowned. "If you're still worried about messing up at the party, well you shouldn't. I promise that I'll back you up. I never failed being there for you when you need me before, right?"

"Good thing she didn't guess it right," she thought as she laughed slightly and felt relieved. She then just said, "How would I know if I can't remember anything, Tomoyo-chan?"

Tomoyo giggled along, "Oh yeah, right. But still, I promise you. I'll be there when you need me."

"Tomoyo-chan had always been there whenever you need her. She will really never leave you, Sakura-chan," Keroberos told her.

"Ok. Thanks, Tomoyo-chan," Sakura smiled.

"My pleasure," the other girl smiled as well. She then continued, "Let's get back to what we were planning." She took out a small notepad and a pen to write everything down as a reminder or a list. Tomoyo started again, "So, Naoko, Chiharu, and Yamazaki will be taking care of brightening up the place. Rika, You, and I will be in-charge of the kitchen. Good enough?"

The short-haired girl said unsurely, "Hoe… I just wish I won't mess up the recipe."

"Oh, you worry too much," Tomoyo giggled. "Even though you've forgotten a lot of things, I believe you still know how to cook!"

Keroberos added, "To boost you up, Sakura is a good cook!"

"You even made me feel worse, Kero-chan. Now it troubles me knowing that I'm good in cooking. Making a mistake is not an option." She then realized, "About the other people you mentioned, will you give me a brief description of who they are? Just a brief description. I don't think my mind can handle a lot of information immediately."

"Sure. Of course, you must at least know something about them," Tomoyo giggled.

----- After 2 hours -----

Sakura and Tomoyo had already finished planning everything needed for the social gathering. The emerald-eyed girl accompanied the other girl out of the house. Tomoyo's expensive black car and bodyguards were waiting for their young mistress in front of Kinomoto's house.

As the two walked out of the house, they noticed a big truck in front of a vacant residence beside the Kinomoto's. Some men were bringing down appliances, furniture, and other things from the truck and were taking them inside the house next door.

Tomoyo thought, "Some family must be moving in."

Sakura agreed, "Probably. We'll be having a new neighbor."

The other girl told her, "Better warmly welcome them." She smiled then said, "Anyway, I better get going. Take care of yourself, Sakura-chan. I hope you'll get well soon."

The auburn-haired girl nodded, "I will. And I do hope too that I'll be all right."

"Kero-chan will do anything to make you come back to normal. So, don't worry," she said. "Well then, bye!"

"Bye, Tomoyo-chan," Sakura waved her hand to her.

Tomoyo responded by giving her back a waving hand and a warm smile inside the car with an open window. Not long enough the window shut close and the car drove away. Even though Tomoyo had already gone, Sakura was still outside the house watching the working men unload the belongings of the new family that will be living in that lot.

Sakura thought, "We'll be having a new neighbor…"

As Sakura was paying attention to the house next door, Touya went down to get a glass of water when he noticed her still outside and was looking somewhere. He went towards her unnoticed and glanced towards the direction she was staring at.

"So, somebody's moving in just next door," he said in contentment placing his hand on her shoulder.

It startled the young girl surprising her. She sighed in relief when she realized that it was only Touya.

"You almost gave me a heart attack," she glared at him as she hit him at the arm.

He thrust back his arm to dodge it as the furious-looking Sakura almost went crazy chasing him and trying to hit him.

"Chill out, kaijuu. Hehehe. Just get inside now. We'll settle that once dad arrives," he said stopping her from catching him by holding her head.

"Urgh..." she muttered then stared at him straight on the face giving him a displeased look.

But then, when she looked at him, her cheeks suddenly felt warm and turned pinkish red. Her eyes were seemed to be caught in his mischievous gaze. Her feet withdrew and her body followed, escaping from his hand, which was on her head.

Touya wondered at her sudden reflex and expression. He then remembered that Sakura still haven't gotten back her lost memories so he thought that it might be just some side effects caused by that occurrence. He teased her, "I thought the kaijuu was never afraid of her older brother?"

The young girl turned to her side, evading his gaze, and said deliberately, "I'm not afraid of you!" And at the back of her mind, she thought, "I'm just afraid of you… touching me…"

Suddenly, the scene where there was a boy in her dream played back in her mind. She clearly remembered what the boy said, "Take my hand… Take it!"

"Could that be Touya niisan?" she thought.

To get away from the uncomfortable situation, Sakura flitted away and said, "Anyway, you get going while I close the gate."

She sighed in relief. She couldn't stand being in front of him any longer. It just made her feel uneasy. "It's not also good if he knew that I liked him… in a different way that is…"

As she went back to close the gate, she saw a young lad, who just walked out of the house and took charge of where each furniture or equipment must be placed. He was about a year or two older than her. The blackness of his hair can easily be detected by the eyes during the day but not during the night. And his pair of eyes was azure blue.

Not long enough, the boy seemed to have noticed her. He warmly gave her a smile and a slight wave of a hand as a greeting; Sakura greeted back by doing the same.

"Just put that beside the china cabinet in the room I told you," he instructed the man who was carrying a large vase. "Just a sec, all right?"

He then walked towards the young girl's direction. When he was about a few inches away from her, the young lad courteously bowed down, gently took her hand and kissed it. Stunned by the courteous act, Sakura blushed profusely.

"I'm sorry," he chuckled. "Our custom must've surprised you."

"Ehehehehe. Not at all," she responded as a huge sweat appeared behind her head.

"Well then, this will definitely please you," he told her placing both his hands behind him. He then took out his right hand and, with the snap of his fingers, a white rose with a light pink ribbon popped out. "My gift of greeting for a beautiful lady."

"Whoa!" the young girl said in amazement.

He handed it to her and winked. He asked, "Was that good?"

Sakura took the blooming white rose from the boy's hand and asked delightedly, "You know how to do magic tricks?"

He chuckled confidently, "Well, yeah, kind of." He finally introduced himself to her, "My name's Loki, Loki Murasaki. And yours?"

"Sakura, Kinomoto Sakura," she replied. She then asked, "Your name's rather quite odd though I believe I've heard or seen it before in some book."

"It's the name of the fire trickster in Norse Mythology," he told her.

"Oh? Then I believe that name is not pleasant. Just my opinion though," she said as she slowly frowned.

"You think so?"

A feminine voice then called the boy interrupting them, "Loki!"

Sakura and Loki both turned to where the voice was coming from. It was from a lady with long, straight blonde hair and emerald green eyes. She was beckoning him to come back.

"Sorry but I better get back to work. I'll just see you then when I have time," he told her.

She shook her head and smiled, "Don't worry. It's not a problem. Actually, it's I who should apologize for disturbing you. It's nice meeting you though."

"Same here," he smiled back. "Well, I must head back now, Kinomoto-san." He bowed in courtesy again before leaving.

The boy was about to run off when Sakura cried, "I'm inviting your family over to our house for dinner!"

Loki turned back to Sakura and gently smiled again, "Thanks. We'll surely come." He then ran off towards the lady who seemed to be his mother.

"See you later!" she said waving a hand. She closed the gate and walked back to her house afterwards.

Climbing up the staircase and looking at the white rose that Loki gave her, Sakura smiled blissfully, "He seemed to be such a nice guy."

"And where did that come from?" a voice asked in a suspicious manner.

Touya was actually just a few inches from Sakura, and the girl didn't notice it for she was focusing on the flower's beauty.

She smiled and said, "A gift from our neighbor." She then remembered, "Oh yeah, I've invited them over for dinner later. I believe it's all right."

The older boy stared seriously at Sakura for a moment then shifted his gaze over the white bloom she was holding. His eyes narrowed.

"Was it all right for me to invite them over?" Sakura asked worriedly. She snapped him back to reality.

"Ugh… Uhmm… It's ok," he replied and rubbed the top of her head.

She wondered, "Touya niisan?"

He just stared at her, and Sakura looked back at him. His eyes seemed to be filled with worry, she noticed. The deeper they gazed at each other, the more the young girl felt that she entered an uncomfortable situation. Her cheeks started to warm up again and turned into tints of red. Her heart started to pound harder and faster.

"Oh no. What am I going to do? This isn't just right!" she yelled inside of her.

"I'll be taking that," he said at the same time took the white flower from her with ease.

She then realized that the flower just slipped out of her hand.

She yelled, "Hey! That's mine!"

"Chill out. Let me get some ice cubes if you want," he joked. Then, said he, "You won't be needing this trash. When this wilts, I'm sure you'll just throw this in the trashcan. Better make it useful before it goes to waste."

She yelled as she tried to grab it from him, "It's still mine! So give it back!"

As the young girl tried to get it, Touya just moves out of the way to dodge her. But at some point, she made a wrong move that her foot went out of balance. Her head was heading towards down the stairs.

"SAKURAAAA!" he cried throwing the flower away to catch Sakura.

Sakura was too shocked to yell out realizing that she was going to be severely injured. She was about to dive down the stairs head on when Touya quickly moved before her to protect her. Instead, it was the older boy who got injured severely. The huge thud came from the clash of Touya's head and the concrete wall, and there was blood flowing down from his head to his cheek.

"Touya niisan! Touya niisan!" Sakura called him. She was also injured, by the limbs, but not that severe unlike Touya.

He woke up hearing her voice and stared unto her. He asked, "Are you all right, Sakura-chan?"

"I'm fine. But you, you're not all right!" she yelled. Tears started to form on her eyes. "I don't want you to get hurt!"

Touya sighed and told her, "Stop crying will you. It's not your fault. Just go and get some bandages… urgh…" He could feel the pain on his head that he received from hitting on the wall.

"Touya nii-!"

"I'll be fine. Just get the first aid kit," he told her. "And will you please get off of me now. You're a bit heavy. It adds pain to my back."

"Oh, sorry!" she slowly get off of him to prevent from hurting him more. She then headed to the whereabouts of their house first aid kit.

----- After a few minutes later -----

Sakura tied the last bandage around his head and said, "There! All done!"

"Thanks, Sakura-chan," sitting on the couch, he told her. "I'll be fine so no worries."

"You sure?" she asked with worry within her eyes. She pouted. "Don't you think we should see a doctor? You might have broken bones."

Again, Touya placed his hand on her head that made her sink. It seemed that the boy was enjoying doing it to her at that time.

He gently smiled and said, "Don't get a lot of worries climb up your head. If I say I will be fine, I surely will." He then removed it from her head and remembered, "Where's the flower by the way?"

Sakura, who also had a bandaged arm, handed him the white rose and said guiltily, "Here. I don't want it anymore."

Touya seriously looked at her and took it from her.

"I don't want you to get hurt anymore just because of a simple thing. I believe you have your own reasons why you took it away from me," she continued.

He just seriously stared at her then looked away. He said, "Just prepare for later. We'll be having guests."

"Ok," she packed the things back in the first aid kit and returned it. She then went towards the stairs and headed to her room.

The older boy watched her leaving, and once she was out of his sight, he turned his gaze on the white flower he was holding. He pondered at it very closely. He looked rather pissed that he crushed it with his hand.

The white petals fluttered down on the floor as red blood dripped from Touya's hand.

----- To be continued -----

--: Japanese Dictionary :--

1.) niisan/oniisan/onii-chan - older brother
2.) kaijuu - monster

Reia-chan: Wow! We have a new character in the picture! Loki! A fine gentleman he is, isn't he? Syaoran! When will you be coming into the story! Anyway, I hope you enjoyed reading this. I also want to hear out what's on your mind about the story like your hunches on certain things. Please review!