An attack in the night
The day that Rune began to trust Syaoran was the day he stopped Krad from stealing her for the Hikari clan! Though after the incident; they became closer than before.
A week earlier, a band of Hikari clan representatives came to the Niwa house. Syaoran made sure that they never saw his face clearly; if they did, there'd be hell to pay at the Hikari house! Rune was asleep when it happened. One of the reps snuck into her room and knocked her out. He managed to get to the front door when he realized that someone barred the way.
"Care to explain why you're sneaking around in the middle of the night and carrying Rune?!" the man growled.
"I am merely following orders given directly from the leader!" replied the intruder.
Rune was awake and recognized Syaoran's voice immediately. She was about to say the chant when the Hikari knocked her out with considerable force! Now Syaoran was pissed!
"That's it, you've just signed your death wish!" growled Syaoran.
A second Hikari snuck up behind him and attempted to knock him out like they did Rune. Too bad Syaoran was beyond pissed and decided to let Krad take over, so long as he didn't harm Rune!
"Impossible…it can't be!" stammered the Hikari.
"Can't be who? You mean your Guardian Krad?! Better believe it boys, cause Syaoran said that I can kill you if I please…" said Krad evilly.
Dark arrived around that time; and decided to let Krad handle the intruders. Krad saw Dark and motioned him to take Rune away from the battle scene. He then quickly disposed of the intruders and switched back to Syaoran. Dark helped him clean up the mess; which in Syaoran's opinion was smaller than usual. Krad had held himself back so there wouldn't be as much to clean up.
Syaoran went to check on Rune only to discover that she was already awake. She was surprised that he was there to stop them, and that he saved her! Dark left them alone for the rest of the night.
"Rune, I have something to tell you."
"What is it Syaoran?"
"Remember when you asked about my last name?"
"Yeah…what about it?"
"Well, I already told Dark what my full name is…"
"Will you get to the point already?!"
"My full name is Syaoran Hikari."
"Why tell me this now? Is it because those men were Hikari reps?"
"Well, partially…I'm sorry about not telling you sooner, but I didn't want you to hate me."
"You were afraid that I'd kick your ass?"
"That and I didn't want to hurt you…"
"Rath was your brother wasn't he."
"He quit being my brother the day I realized he didn't care about me," replied Syaoran.
"So what now? Are you going to leave now?"
"Only if that's what you want me to do…"