A/N: This is the first story that I've ever written, but R&R (reading & reviewing) is still highly appreciated. Also, a little C&C (compliment & criticism) is appreciated in the reviews.

Disclaimer: Card Captor Sakura does not in any aspects belong to this lowly writer. However, the plot and storyline are most definitely mine.

Warning: If you are not a fan of or can't tolerate YURI/Shoujo-ai I warn you not to read further than this warning.

Legend:

:Flashback:

'…Thinking…'

"…Speaking…"

Ch. 2: My Onii-chan, My Protector

It was a week after Sakura's eighteenth birthday, and Sakura and Tomoyo were finally granted permission to leave Jigoku. The first thing Sakura did when they left the facility, with what meager amount of clothes they had, Sakura called her older brother.

"Onii-chan? Where are you?" Sakura whispered into the pay phone that was found outside the gates of Jigoku, but nearer to the main streets.

"Sakura? Sakura is that you?" Sakura heard a shocked voice coming from the other end. Sakura nodded, but then remembered her brother couldn't see her through the phone line. Sakura answered him with a tearful yes and smiled at Tomoyo who was watching her.

"Touya, Tomoyo and I were released from Jigoku today, and we don't have a place to stay. Would you mind if we crashed at your place for a while, at least until Tomoyo and I can find a place to settle down. I promise we won't trouble you at all, we'll find jobs to help pay the rent, and we'll cook and clean if need be!" Sakura rushed through her mini speech, while her brother silently took note of everything she said.

"Well, kaijuu, I'll definitely take you up on you're promises." Sakura could picture her older brother teasing her with a grin. Sakura couldn't help but grin at Tomoyo, who smiled a gentle smile in return. Sakura heard a muffled voice, and Touya answering with a laugh. "Well, Sakura, I'm here in Tomoeda. Tomoeda is the neighboring city to where we used to live." Sakura knew Touya wanted to spare her some painful memories by naming their old home. Tomoyo started hailing a cab while Sakura was on the phone, so they could save time.

"Well, Onii-chan where exactly are you in Tomoeda?" Sakura observed Tomoyo from the phone booth and giggled at Tomoyo's flying skirt. Sakura grinned when Tomoyo turned and saw her watching. Sakura finished writing the address when Tomoyo came over and put one of Sakura's hands under her short, lavender colored skirt. Sakura gently rubbed Tomoyo's womanhood through the thin underwear. Tomoyo smiled, and pulled away after a short moment. Sakura looked behind Tomoyo and spotted the taxi.

Sakura and Tomoyo loaded into thetaxi and Sakura recited the address her brother had given her. The cab driver nodded and pulled back into the traffic. Tomoyo yawned and was soon leaning against Sakura's shoulder, fast asleep.

Sakura looked out of the cab window at the speeding cars and blurry trees. Sakura's mind flashed back to her brother, or more her memories of her brother. Aside from Tomoyo, Touya was the only other person that Sakura felt she could trust. Sakura smiled at the few good memories of her past.

:Flashback:

It had been autumn, and Sakura was 9 years old at the time. Sakura came home from cheerleading practice one afternoon, to hear her parents fighting again. It was something really pointless, except that her name was involved. Sakura had known it was bound to happen sooner or later, she knew that her father's drinking habits, and her mother's affairs would start a living hell. Her father's voice was slurred, he was drunk; Sakura hadn't really been too surprised. Sakura had been about to open the door, when her brother yanked the door slightly ajar.

Touya looked behind him and yelled that he was going for a walk. Then he had opened the door fully and saw Sakura standing there. Sakura had glanced up at him with the blankest look she could muster, while holding back her tears. Touya had stared at his younger sister with pity, then he grabbed her small pale hand and he started walking briskly in the direction of the park.

It had been around sunset when they arrived at the park. Sakura hadn't said a single word to her brother; she was cold and miserable. Touya had walked to the swing set and put Sakura on the swing. Sakura remembered how Touya had looked at her shivering, but trying to hide her body's situation. Touya had jerked his jacket off, revealing a thick sweater. After wrapping his thick jacket around Sakura's shoulders, he had walked behind the swing set and started pushing her.

"Sakura, when I get older, I'll go to Tokyo University and I'll try and become an archaeologist. Then, when I've completed my schooling, I'll come back for you. Then we can live together while I try and provide for you to finish school. It'll be just the two of us. Okaa-san and Otou-san won't be there to make you cry, to hurt you, or to say mean things about you. I'll protect you Sakura. You're all I have, you're my little sister and I want to be there for you. So, please don't cry, be the happiness for both of us." Sakura remembered Touya choking on the last words. For a moment Sakura had pretended she and her brother could fly, she wished they could fly away from all the pain. She wanted to be happy, like she used to be, like how she was when she was with Tomoyo, or when she was talking to her brother about everything.

:Flashback end:

Sakura smiled at the memory of her brother's promise to her. If only she hadn't done what she did, she probably wouldn't have had to wait so long to finally fulfill her dream. Then, Sakura thought, if she hadn't done what she did, she wouldn't have Tomoyo back in her life. 'A life without Tomoyo is so much more worse than a life without Touya. Touya maybe my older brother, but Tomoyo is the one that I love, she is the one that makes me whole.'

Sakura looked at Tomoyo's peacefully sleeping face, smiled and then gazed silently outside of the window again.

"Excuse me, Mr. Cab Driver, are we almost there?" Sakura monotonously inquired the cabbie. The cabbie looked at her from the rearview mirror and shook his head, no. Sakura sighed and receded into her silent cocoon of memories, yet again.

:Flashback:

"Sakura, wake up! You're coming to work with me today remember? Kaijuu, if you don't wake up now I'm leaving you and you'll have to fend for yourself the entire day." Sakura's eye had twitched subconsciously at the nickname that Touya had recently given her. With a mumbled, "What the hell," Sakura recalled rolling out of bed. She blinked furiously at the light streaming through her window, and also at the silhouette of her older brother.

"Onii-chan, it's 7:25 A.M. You know I don't wake up before noon on Sundays!" A cranky Sakura had whined incessantly. Touya had dragged her up, and had pushed her into the bathroom so she could get ready. By the time Sakura had surfaced from the bathroom, Touya had gone outside and was sitting on his motorcycle with a bored expression. Touya's eyes lit up with laughter at the sight of his younger sister in black leather pants, and a see through wife beater.

"Sakura, what the fuck are you wearing? You look like a thirteen year old whore, in a gang." Touya had hooted with laughter. Sakura had an irked look on her face, then Sakura grinned at having made her often serious brother, laugh. Sakura remembered striking a pose, and then twirling in a circle, which only made Touya snicker louder. Sakura loved making her brother laugh, she had decided long ago that he didn't laugh enough.

Sakura had plopped down onto the motorcycle behind her brother, and hugged him tight. Touya sped off laughing, while Sakura had grinned foolishly to herself.

:Flashback end:

'We always had so much fun, but something always came along to ruin it. Kami must hate me, or something!' Sakura smiled a wryly, then remembered that her good memories normally contained an equally horrifying counterpart. Sakura then scowled as her memory continued.

:Flashback Continued:

Sakura and Touya were walking out of Café Panda laughing and eating ice cream. It had been the summer before Touya was to leave for Tokyo University. Touya and Sakura had leaned against the motorcycle lapping at their cones.

When they had finished they had loaded back onto Touya's motorcycle. Sakura had thrown her head back as they had dashed through the side street and into the main traffic. Sakura's memory went blurry after this point, but she did remember the feeling of gripping Touya tightly on the highway, then a screech of tires. Sakura remembered clearly how she had gotten up after lifting the heavy motorcycle away from her burned leg. She had crawled to her brother's limp form on the pavement, while people rubbernecked their way pastthe two siblings. Sakura had sobbed, heavily, on her brother's body. Sakura had thought he had died, and left her alone.

Suddenly, she had felt a surge of deep rage at her brother for abandoning her. Then, in a wave of panic she started to shake her brother's injured body, earning a groan from her brother. Sakura's rage subsided and she hugged her brother tenderly.

"Sakura? Are you okay? Please, tell me you're okay."

"I'm just fine Onii-chan, don't worry about me. You should be more worried about what's wrong with your body…" Sakura had stifled a sob. Touya had opened his eyes then, Sakura knew it must have taken a lot of effort, because his face had scratches, a huge gash above his eye, and a large burn covered most of his face. Sakura had tenderly wiped a stream of blood that had been making its way across her brother's anguish filled face. Sakura heard his sharp intake of break when she touched his sore face.

"Sakura, is the ambulance here yet? I know you're hurt, I'm not stupid, I can see you're leg even from this vantage point, Kaijuu." Sakura's eye had twitched, and her face then twisted into her "why-the-hell-must-you-insist-at-a-time-like-this" look. Touya had been grinning despite his mutilated face, and he had then closed his eyes when the sirens approached.

:Flashback end:

"Saku-chan? Are you alright?" Sakura looked down at Tomoyo, who had woken up when Sakura's tear drops fell on her forehead.

"I'm just fine Tomo-chan, I was just thinking about something." Sakura gave Tomoyo a sheepish smile after replying, then patted Tomoyo's head. "Go back to sleep, sweetie. I'll wake you up when we get there." Tomoyo leaned her head on Sakura's shoulder again, this time grabbing and holding Sakura's clammy hand. This time Sakura closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep, her head leaning atop Tomoyo's; since Tomoyo was a few inches shorter than Sakura it was possible to sit that way comfortably.

"Excuse me, ladies?" The cabbie had stopped the cab, and was waiting for Sakura and Tomoyo to exit onto the sidewalk. Sakura drowsily glanced out of the cab window.

"Oh, thank you, Mr. Cab Driver. Tomoyo, sweetie, we're here." Sakura affectionately shook Tomoyo awake. Sakura and Tomoyo emerged from theleft side of the taxi, clutching their small bags, with slightly dazed looks. The place they were parked in front of was not a simple and cheap apartment, like they had pictured. They were standing outside a four star hotel. Sakura released a breath she hadn't known she was holding. Tomoyo tugged Sakura's orange striped shirt, making Sakura turn to face her. They stared at each other wide eyed for a moment. Then, Tomoyo pulled Sakura's body closer.

"Pay the cab driver, he looks uncomfortable waiting." Tomoyo whispered into Sakura's ear, while she stood on tiptoe. Sakura sidestepped Tomoyo and leaned over to pay the cabbie. Tomoyo giggled coyly and snuck a pinch to Sakura's thigh, under her skirt. Sakura shot ramrod straight, causing her to bang her head loudly on the cab driver's door. The cabbie jumped back away from the window and stared shocked at the red faced Sakura.

Sakura smiled to reassure the cab driver she was okay. The cab driver shakily smiled back, grabbed the money in Sakura's outstretched hand and drove away with scared haste. Tomoyo smiled coquettishly and batted her long eyelashes at an angry Sakura. Sakura squinted suspiciously at her best friend, then grinned, conspiratorially, back at Tomoyo.

"Tomo-chan, I'll get you back. Just wait and see, I'll get you back tonight."

"I can't wait, Saku-chan." Tomoyo slowly licked her lower lip, making Sakura shiver with desire.

"Let's go find my brother, before I do something dangerously crazy out here on the street." Sakura laughed at Tomoyo's sexual antics.

TBC:

Kaijuu : Monster

Tomoeda: The city they lived in, in the Manga and original anime.

Kami: God

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