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"Text spoken in English"

'Thoughts in English'

"Text spoken in Japanese"

'Thoughts in Japanese'

*Flashback*

II: Sakura, Touya and the mysterious letter

After an hour, with Kero sleeping, Sakura decided to go down and cook for dinner. She passed by the whiteboard to see that Touya would be home late this evening and their father wouldn't be home until next week. She checked up the fridge to see if there were enough ingredients to cook for dinner. She noticed a big note that says "KEROBEROS, DO NOT OPEN OR ELSE" in the door of the fridge. Sakura giggled as she took some meat from the fridge.

Since their mailbox is visible from the living room window, she decided to peek at it, checking if, by any chance, there were mails delivered during the afternoon. Touya already grabbed the morning mail in her place this morning, so she didn't expect any letters in the mailbox.

As it turns out, there was a letter in the mailbox.

Sakura headed out to their mailbox to see the mysterious letter inside. She noticed a beautiful silver owl by the lampost in front of her, staring as she grabbed the letter. The moment she touched the letter, the owl flew off to the direction of the west.

'Hoee? It's unusual for owls to fly here in Tomoeda' Sakura pondered as she looked at the mysterious letter. She saw that the letter was sealed with a weird seal that has a lion, a snake, a badger and a raven on it. When she flipped the letter, she was surprised; the letter was addressed to her.

MS. SAKURA KINOMOTO
ENTRANCE OF THE KINOMOTO RESIDENCE
TOMOEDA, JAPAN

'Now that …. is weird.' Sakura turned around to head straight inside their house when she realized something.

'E-English? H-How?' Looking back at the strange letter, she raised her eyebrows as she curiously flipped the letter to open it. Suddenly, the phone rang.

'Hoe? Who could that be?' She entered the house and placed the letter by the table in the living room to answer the phone.

"Moshi moshi?"

"Sakura-chan! What happened? You didn't come to class today" At the end of the line, Tomoyo Daidouji, Sakura's bestfriend and second cousin, shouted so loud that Sakura pulled the phone away from her.

"I'm fine, Tomoyo-chan, he he he. I just got a little sick during the morning." Sakura gave off a nervous laugh while she blurted out her lie. She wasn't really sick during the morning, after all.

"Ooohhh, I should've called you after class. Terada-sensei cut classes off because they had a faculty meeting. I was home pretty early." Sakura can hear how Tomoyo longed to see her; she can practically see Tomoyo's starry eyes while holding the phone. Sakura sweatdropped.

"Ehehehehe. Ne, Tomoyo-chan, can you come by our house tomorrow before we go to school? I … I have something to ask you" Sakura trailed off a bit. There was silence at the other line.

"Oh sure, anything for you, my kawaii Sakura-chan!" The end of the line suddenly hung up. Sakura sweatdropped. Sakura looked at the clock after that. It was 4 p.m.

"HOEEEEEE! I have to cook dinner now!" Sakura dashed to the kitchen as fast as she could.

She forgot the weird letter she got on the table.

Touya got home pretty late that night. Balancing high school and part-time jobs was rough, after all. He took his shoes off then headed to the living room.

"I'm home!" He said as he scanned the living room and the dining room. He saw a covered meal at the dining table. Touya smiled at the sight of this.

'Sakura' He smiled as he went to the dining room the see what was in the plate. It was his favorite meal; juicy, tender steak. He took it and rushed to the staircase to study while eating.

At the corner of his eye, something caught his attention.

Putting down his dinner for a while, Touya went back to the living room. He saw a weird envelope on top of the table. His eyes enlarged at the sight of this.

It was addressed to Sakura.

'No...' Touya thought as he took the letter and hid it at his pocket.

He went upstairs, with his dinner on one hand, then took the letter from his pocket with the other hand. As he entered his room, he placed his dinner down his desk. He crumpled the letter then placed it on the trash in his room. He then went outside and went straight ahead to Sakura's room.

'I won't let you, Sakura...' He thought to himself as he peeked at the sleeping Sakura with a hint of worry on his face.

Touya was the one assigned to cook breakfast early in the morning the next day. He rose up from his bed then went out of his room. At the window near his room, he noticed two brown owls sitting by it. As if he realized something, he shooed the owls away. The owls scowled at him in return.

Touya then rushed to the mailbox to find two letters for Sakura; the same letter he threw away last night. He hid the two letters in his pocket then took the other letters in the living room. He looked at the letters with a hint of worry.

'No, mom, I wouldn't let it happen'

Sakura went down the stairs. It was too early for a 5th grader to rise at the time. It was only 6:30 a.m. She went to the kitchen to find Touya, still cooking.

"Good morning, onii-chan!" Sakura beamed a big bright smile at Touya. She then went to the living room immediately.

"It's too early to rise, kaijuu. There must be a full moon tonight" Touya sneered at Sakura's direction, but he found her not there.

Carrying two plates of egg and sausage to the dining room, he found Sakura roaming around the living room. He took his cup of coffee, sat down the table, and started to sip his coffee.

"You sure are early today, onii-chan!" Sakura said as she ducked to look underneath their sofa.

"You sure are too... kaijuu" Touya sneered again, repeating what Sakura failed to hear a while ago.

As it turns out, she didn't hear what Touya said, again.

Touya looked at Sakura while she searched the whole living room. She didn't bother asking her brother for help. 'Onii-chan might make fun of me for it. What? A silly letter?' She thought to herself as she peeked underneath the table one last time.

"Oi, what are you looking for?" He couldn't stand his little sister roaming around frantically. He slowly sipped his coffee.

"Onii-chan," Sakura started, but then paused. "Did you …. did you see a strange letter in this table last night?"

Toya choked at his coffee. He looked guilty by how he reacted to Sakura's question.

"What? A silly letter?" Toya laughed nervously. Sakura rolled her eyes. 'I knew it', she thought, failing to see how Touya looked guilty.

"Nevermind," Sakura was annoyed by how her brother reacted. She sat down to eat her breakfast with Touya. Touya looked at the mailbox for a while, then ate his breakfast. 'Good thing she's dense.' He sighed with relief.

"I'm going now! Bye, onii-chan!" Sakura waved as she went out with Tomoyo, who was out at the gate. She didn't notice a red owl looking at her from the light post.

"So, what do you want to ask?" The purple-haired girl asked Sakura as they walked towards their school. They were almost reaching the end of the school term. Sakura never felt sad with leaving 5th grade. No, it's not the fact that they're going to turn 6th grade next term, it's the fact that Tomoyo Daidouji will be transferring schools next term, or worse, she was leaving the country right after school ends.

"Are you really leaving Japan?" Sakura stopped walking for a while. She looked at the floor, pondering on how she would live without her best friend, her one and only best friend.

Tomoyo wasn't really shocked with Sakura's question. She really never intended for Sakura to know until the last day of school, but she knew that Sakura would predict it soon. She knew Sakura would be hurt, but she just couldn't build her courage to tell her. Especially when he left Sakura a few months earlier, that boy; Li Syaoran.

"I ... I saw it ... in a dream a few nights ago." Sakura shuffled her right foot around while looking at the floor.

They both paused for a moment. Tomoyo walked towards Sakura then hugged her tightly.

"I'm so sorry, Sakura-chan. It's just that I can't seem to tell you about it." Sakura can feel Tomoyo's tears as she hugged her back.

"Well, Tomoyo-chan, don't worry about it." Pulling from her best friend's embrace, Sakura beamed a smile at her, who looked guilty. "I wish you good luck in England!" Tomoyo wasn't surprised that Sakura knew where she was going. She was the most powerful sorcerer in the world after all.

"Arigatou, Sakura-chan! Let's spend our last few days together, happily!" Tomoyo beamed a genuine smile at Sakura as they enter their school grounds.

"Promise me you'll write to me!" Tomoyo flinched at Sakura's words as a memory stirred in her head.

*FLASHBACK*

"Promise me you'll write to me." Sakura whispered as the boy standing in front of her picked his suitcase up. Tomoyo was behind them, videotaping the whole scenario.

"I promise, and I'll be back. I promise to write to you anyway I can, if it be possible, every week." He hugged Sakura with one hand since his suitcase was in the other. "I'm going to sort things out with the Elders first, then, everything would be fine, and I'll be back for you."

He let go of Sakura then turned around towards the check-in area of the airport. Before he lose sight of Sakura, he mouthed a big 'I love you' towards her direction, and it was just in time to hear a response from her.

"I love you too, Syaoran"

*END*

'It's been three months and no single letter from him,' Tomoyo thought as she looked at her best friend's beaming face.

"I promise I would, Sakura-chan!" Tomoyo took Sakura's hand and started to walk towards the direction of their school.

'Unlike somebody.'

"I'm home!" Sakura arrived home later than her usual time. She spent her time during the afternoon at Tomoyo's mansion. She seemed to enjoy herself that she didn't notice that it was already late.

As she entered the living room, she noticed that the window was open. What surprised her is the fact that there was a silver owl sitting by the window sill. Tied at the talons of the owl was a letter; the same letter she was looking for earlier this morning.

"Weird, you were the owl I saw yesterday" Sakura said to the owl as she took the letter, the owl cooing in return. As she looked at the address, her eyes widened when she noticed that her supposed address changed from before.

MS. SAKURA KINOMOTO
LIVING ROOM WINDOW OF THE KINOMOTO RESIDENCES
TOMOEDA, JAPAN

"Now this is totally weird." Sakura gave the owl in front of her a puzzled look. The owl simply flapped its wings.

"And why can I understand English?" She wiped her eyes then shook her head, but then the address is still in English, and she still can understand it.

"I'm home! I brought food!" Suddenly, the front door clicked open. The beautiful owl in front of her, as if sensing danger, suddenly took off as the door closed.

It was Touya.

He removed his shoes and went straight to the kitchen. He placed the food on the table, then caught a glimpse of Sakura near the living room window.

"Oi, kaijuu, what are you-" Touya then saw Sakura holding a strange envelope. Panicking, he rushed to Sakura and grabbed the envelope she was holding.

"Oi! Onii-chan! That's mine!" Sakura tried grabbing the letter back, but to no avail, as her big brother was much taller that her. Touya started tearing Sakura's letter in front of her.

Sakura couldn't do anything about it but cry. A mix of anger and sadness rushed over her. She couldn't understand why Touya had ripped the letter in front of her. Ducking her head low, she didn't notice the tears that started falling from her eyes.

"Look, Sakura," Toya tried to explain to Sakura everything, messing Sakura's hair in the process. "This is for your own – ACK!" But the moment his finger touched Sakura's hair, he got electrocuted. Soon, he started seeing sparks around his little sister.

"You're so unfair!" Sakura glared at Touya for a second, then ran upstairs to her room, taking of the electricity from the other appliances. Still shocked, Touya tried to catch her, but Sakura just ran off too fast. He just let a sigh escape from him while looking at the food he brought home.

"So much for crab croquettes" Touya's eyes wandered at the ceiling where Sakura's room is.

Sakura just cried for as long as she didn't know while Keroberos tried to console her.

"Sakura, don't cry. Knowing your onii-chan, he sure has a reason to do it." Kero wasn't sure about it, though.

"If he does, then why not tell me? Surely I would understand onii-chan, would I?" Sakura still remembered how her onii-chan cruelly ripped off the letter for her.

"Well..." Keroberos tried to explain. "You know overprotective he is of you."

It was too much for her. She started crying herself to sleep. Her guardian beast just looked at her since he figured that he can't do much about it, no matter how hard he tries. He flew off to Sakura's bedside, hugging her with his little paws, while his mistress cried herself to sleep.

A/N: Chapter 2 here! I was thinking of publishing 3 chapters during the week without reviews. I figured that it would be good if I publish the first few chapters of the story so that it would be enough for readers to review. So please don't hesitate to review! Reviews are highly appreciated.