DISCLAIMER I don't own any of the characters in this fan fiction but I have the honour to use them… please forgive me if you don't like it.

Chapter two - New Friends

"Kaijuu, hayaku… what are you doing, we're going to the park not a fashion parade." Touya shouted from the bottom of the stairs as he took one of the picnic baskets and called on his sister.

"Gomen, gomen… I'm ready." Sakura shouted as she run down the stairs and followed her brother out of the house and closed the door. Their parents where waiting by the side walk as they flirted with each other in the mist of their wait for their bickering children, the Kinomoto's lived one street down from the Daidouji's and the Li's whom where neighbours, so on the way to the park they stopped at both houses to pick up their friends.

"Tomoyo, are you ready?" Sakura shouted as one of the bodyguards opened the white door. Touya and Fujitaka stood by the sidewalk as Nadesiko and Sakura waited for Tomoyo and Sonomi to walk out with their bodyguards on toe; Tomoyo was merrily talking to her mother about the new outfits that she wanted Sakura to try when they finally emerged from the mansion, dressed in kakis and vests over their blouses the two women looked more like sisters rather than mother and daughter; four bodyguards walked out too, dressed in black trousers and white shirts, dark sunglasses covered their eyes giving the expression that they could and would hurt anyone that threatened the safety of those in their care.

"Hi, sorry about that… it took us some persuasion to get these guys to relax and hopefully they will enjoy the day as much as us." Sonomi explained lightly as they made their way to the next mansion two doors down. Tomoyo and Sakura run ahead so that the adults wouldn't have to wait too long for the last party of invitees.

"Hi Wei is Syaoran ready?" Sakura smiled brightly when the butler opened the door.

"Yes Sakura-san, they are ready." Wei answered unable to keep himself from returning the smile to the seventeen year old.

Yelan's voice drifted down from the hall as she made her way to the front door, a few seconds later she appeared with Syaoran right behind her. "Hello Sakura-san, where are your parents?" The older woman smiled in question when she noted that only Tomoyo and Sakura stood by the doorway.

"Ota-san and kaa-san are just there, Li-dono." Sakura moved to the side to reveal the waiting group that stood by the gate chatting amongst each other.

"Arigatou," she smiled as she walked further out the door and called for attention. "Kinomoto-san, Daidouji-san… we have a few relatives that just moved back to Japan, would it be too much trouble if they came along?" The elegant voice rose a few inches as she announced the small predicament.

All three parents smiled back good naturally.

"Not at all" Nadesiko's voice answered as it gave away her excitement.

"The more the merrier." Sonomi agreed almost at once.

"Great, I'll just tell them." Yelan moved back into the house as Syaoran, Tomoyo and Sakura joined the others. A few seconds later, Mr Li, Yelan, Meiling and three other young adults walked out of the house with Wei and one bodyguard.

"Kinomoto-san, Daidouji-san" Mr Li nodded his greetings at each members of the two families as they made their way to the park and introduced each other.

As the four families walked towards the park, they divided into groups of adult men, mothers, young ladies and young men, instantly made friends with the new additions to their group.

"Konnichiwa to Tomoeda" Sakura drifted away from her mother and smiled towards the brunette that was talking amiably with Meiling and Tomoyo.

"Oh, arigatou, it's been a while since we were last here." Ruby smiled.

"Hai too long if you ask me though." A voice agreed from within the brunette's bag raising uncertain eyebrows from Tomoyo and Sakura as they moved to look at the moaning source. Kero stuck his head out of the open bag and smiled widely as he waved his hello. "I'm Kero by the way." He introduced himself looking at the baffled teenagers who in turn recovered to smile lovingly.

"Ah, he's so kawaii." Tomoyo cooed as she moved to look at him closely.

"Oh leave him alone, he probably hates been called that. I know I do." Sakura scowled at her best friend making Meiling laugh.

Ruby smiled after she saw the reproachable look that Tomoyo send Sakura. "Actually, Kero doesn't mind the attention so much as long as you treat him well. Just watch out for Sun and Yue, they have a foul attitude and they don't care who knows it." She informed the two young girls as she nodded towards her two brothers who were engrossed in their conversation with Syaoran and Touya.

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At the park Yue and Spinel watched as the families helped each other organised the picnic area that they had chosen by the lake, everyone was laughing and talking aimlessly as they helped here and there, even the bodyguards seem to be at ease, but the two brothers found the togetherness unfamiliar. It all moved too fast for the silent duo as they watched the bright smiles and heard the careless giggles that reflected perfectly with the weather. "Kami-sama, this is one of your days." Yue whispered to heaven as his focus landed on Touya.

"Yue-kun, are you ok?" Spinel looked to his brother as he noted the far away look the angel held in his eyes.

"Ano… there's something about Touya that's-" Yue cut of his train of thoughts as Touya turned to look at the source that watched him, finding out that it was the white haired Yue instead of the brunette Ruby made the young man smile unexpectedly before really thinking over his actions, and at the same time surprising the angel.

"Intriguing?" Spinel suggested when the older sibling didn't show any sings of finishing the sentence that he initiated.

"Gomen? Oh hai, I think so…" Yue looked down at his brother, "do you want to go for a walk?" he asked after a few seconds and received a smile from the cat.

"Eriol-sensai… we're going for a walk." Yue called to their master as they moved to leave, Eriol in turn smiled his approval before resuming his talk with Li and Wei.

"Yue-san, Spinel-san, wait up!" Syaoran called as he ran to catch up with the two.

"Where are you going?" he asked once he was level with the brothers.

"For a walk," Spinel answered curtly and continued towards the tranquil side of the park, then threw the younger boy a question of his own. "How did you manage to get used to that livelihood." He motioned in the direction of their group with a slight jerk of his head without messing his focus on the path ahead.

Syaoran considered the question before answering the black cat with as much sense as he could muster, without sounding like he run away with the faries. "I suppose that it's got a lot to do with Sakura, her friendliness is contagious and the support from the family sort of grows on you, when I was in china I was always training and studying, when I came here our whole perspective changed, the Kinomotos and Daidoujis showed a great sense of family and friendship that was rare to us. We got caught up in the web of smiles and good gestures I supposed." He finished finding the two brothers looking at him with a brow raised in ironic unbelief.

"Never heard you talk so much" Spinel voiced his thoughts dismissing the answer and ignoring the surprise on Syaoran's face due to his lack of interest in the information.

Yue on the other hand wasn't surprised at his brother's ignorance; they both had an I-believe-it-when-I-see-it attitude, but in this case Yue found himself hoping that the little wolf was right about the whole situation.

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The picnic had run into the earlier hours of the night and the families began to make their way back home around nineish, everyone was a little tired of the endless games and talk that they all took part in, Eriol looked more at ease and felt more at home that he ever had on any of his travels, he could tell that Ruby and Kero were having the time of their lives as they played, ate and talked to everyone in the three families. Most of the topics that were in the conversations were either embarrassing or unforgettably good predicaments in which the members had found themselves in, in their ritual lifestyles.

As the young mage looked to Yue and Spinel he was glad to see they were also at ease, maybe not as bonded with everyone as the other two siblings but at least they were talking to the other members.

"Did you enjoy yourselves?" Eriol looked to his creature as they entered the mansion once they had said their farewells to their new friends.

Ruby and Kero instantly jumped in and began to talk about the things they did and talked about with their new friends, even though Eriol had been there to see and hear everything that went on. Yue and Spinel simply nodded before walking up stairs to the initiation room to continue with their training.

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Hayaku - Hurry up

Kami-sama - God

Konnichiwa Welcome