Disclaimer: Did you know that I was a former member of CLAMP and they kicked me out because I was too good? No? Well, that's alright because if you did, it would have been a lie.

Onii-chan

Chapter 1: Sisters

Ten-year-old Sakura laughed gaily as her brother pushed her on the swing. It has been five years since Syaoran joined his new family. It didn't take him a long time to adjust to the Kinomotos. His new father was very kind, and Sakura was just too friendly.

Even Touya, his new older brother, seemed to be happy too. Though, he teases Syaoran as much as he teases Sakura, calling him a 'kaijuu'. But unlike Sakura (and luckily for Touya), Syaoran doesn't stomp on his feet whenever his big brother teases him. He just prefers glaring, which could last for hours, mind you!

But despite Syaoran being adopted, the family grew to love him like he was related to them by blood.

"Higher, Syaoran-kun! Push me higher!" Sakura cried gleefully. Syaoran obeyed her and pushed her with more force, much to Sakura's delight.

After a few minutes, they rested. Syaoran panted from exhaustion after having to push Sakura several times on the swing.

"You're really heavy." Sakura gave him a glare as a chuckle escaped from his mouth. Both siblings sat under one of the cherry trees in the park.

"You're so mean!" His grin just widened, a mischievous glint sparkled in his eyes.

"Well, that's what big brothers do, Sakura-chan." Sakura pouted and began to protest.

"But you're just older by nine months. It's not a big deal."

"Ah, but it is, little sister." Syaoran leaned towards her so that his eyes were the same level as hers. "And besides, you always act like a child."

"But I am a child, and so are you!" She pointed her finger at him as if accusing him of something wrong.

"True…" Syaoran pretended like he was thinking, even putting is index finger and his thumb under his chin, with his palm supporting his elbow. "But still…I am older and it's 'Onii-chan' to you."

Sakura sighed, exasperated. No matter what she did, she just couldn't win against him. It's true that he's older. But what difference does it make if he's older by nine months? They're on the same grade, for heaven's sake!

"Come on, Sakura. No use just sulking there. I'm gonna buy you some ice cream." With that, Sakura beamed and immediately stood up, running ahead of him.

When Syaoran finally got to the ice cream shop, Sakura was already there, waiting for him. A chuckle escaped his mouth.

"You really can't wait, can you?" She watched him as he ordered two ice creams; strawberry for her and, of course, chocolate for himself. As he promised, he paid for both.

"Here you go, Sakura."

"YAY! Arigatou, Syaoran-kun." She gave him a peck on the cheek before eating her ice cream.

"Hey, don't do that! I didn't buy you ice cream so that you could kiss me, you know." Syaoran roughly wiped the spot where his sister kissed him. Sakura just giggled and skipped merrily toward the park.

She was too busy licking her ice cream that she tripped over a rock, causing the contents of the cone to spill on the ground. Syaoran quickly ran to her side, helping her up.

"Sakura, are you okay?"

"Syaoran-kun, m-my ice cream!" She wailed, tears were beginning to form in her eyes. Syaoran tried to comfort his sister, wiping her tears with his thumb.

"That's alright, Sakura. You can have my ice cream if you want." He smiled, hoping that she would stop crying.

"B-but I can't. It's yours."

Syaoran shook his head, still smiling at her. "It's alright. I'm not really hungry."

Sakura contemplated on this and after a while, she said. "Let's just share it. It won't be fair if you don't get to eat ice cream. After all, you paid for it."

He sighed, and finally gave in. "Alright, if that's what you want."

Syaoran handed his sister the cone, and she began to lick it. Then she handed it back to him. They took turns, and all of a sudden, Syaoran began to laugh.

"What? What's so funny?" Sakura asked, confusion clearly written on her face. Why was he laughing?

"N-nothing, I-it's just…" Syaoran burst out in another fit of laughter, while Sakura stood there, still confused.

"It's just what? What is it?"

Syaoran tried to control his laughter, and said with difficulty. "It's you!"

"Me?"

"Yes, you!"

"What about me?"

"Y-you have ice c-cream on your n-nose." He said in between chuckles, now holding his stomach from laughing too much.

Sakura put a finger on her nose, and indeed, there was ice cream! and he was still laughing at her. Sakura began to get angry, which Syaoran instantly noticed. He stopped and started searching his pockets for something.

He took out his handkerchief and wiped her nose with it. Sakura calmed down, much to his luck.

Out of the blue, a shout was heard. "KAWAII!" It seemed to be coming from the behind. The two siblings turned around to find a girl with camera in hand.

"Tomoyo!" they said in unison.

The raven-haired girl smiled at them, letting out her trademark laugh, "Ohohohohoho!"

Complete with stars in her eyes.

Syaoran and Sakura both sweat dropped.

"hoe..."

Meanwhile…

15-year old Touya was busy on his part-time job, with Yukito beside him. He looked around as if looking for someone. There's something not quite right here.

Then without warning, a big bucket of water fell on his head, laughing was heard just behind him. Even without turning his back, he already knew who it was.

"Tsukishiro…"

When he got the bucket off his head, the first thing he saw was the face of the troublemaker, barely two inches away from his face. "HI! TOYA-KUN!

Just when Touya was about to say something, Yukito butted in. "Yume-chan, you know you aren't aloud to pick on Toya."

The girl, 'Yume', who was in front of Touya, faced the other guy with a cute pout on her face. "But, Yuki, what else will I do if I don't play tricks on Touya?"

"You can go watch a movie or maybe go shopping."

"But, but it's not as fun! Shopping is really boring!" Yume said, putting on puppy eyes. But Yukito knew better.

"I'm sure there's something you could do that's just as fun."

"But Toya-kun doesn't seem to complain." Touya, who was drenched from head to toe, heard and immediately protested.

"What do you mean I don't complain!" Yume rolled her eyes.

"Well, okay, you complain…" Touya raised his eyebrow, waiting for her to continue. "…a bit?"

Both boys shook their heads. Yume sighed. "Okay, you complain a LOT. Is that better?"

Yukito put on a smile while Touya, who was beside him, muttered. "I still can't believe you two are related."

Yukito heard and turned to him. "A lot of people say that. We may have different qualities but we're still twins."

Touya let out a sigh. "Yeah, I know. But it's just too hard to believe."

Both twins grinned at him, and simultaneously said, "You better believe it."

A/N: sorry if this chapter isn't good. But I would still like you to review, and give me some suggestions and feedback.

Thank you so much for the ones that reviewed! You people are just too nice.

Well, that's all for now, and I promise the next chapter will be out soon! Maybe next week, if I'm not busy.

Haruko Shinohara