A/N: Yes! Only a year and half to go, then I'm free! Free! Freeeee!

Ahem… yeah, I'll be finished with my degree in a year and a half. Can't wait to get out of this place. :D

Plus, my fortnight long semester break just started so ~I'm going home *_*

As you can tell, I'm in a very good mood today so I shan't make you wait any longer and let you guys go ahead and read on before my babbling mouth starts another rant. ;)

Enjoy!

Sakura paced around in her cabin worriedly, biting her lips as her eyes roamed the entirety of the space around her.

"Damn it!" she growled angrily, kicking at the wall next to the door before grabbing her foot and hopping around while crying "Ow. Ow. Ow… Hey! It's not funny." She fumed, snapping her enraged, jade-eyed gaze at a silently chuckling Syaoran. The chocolate-haired teen was currently sitting on her bunk, watching her rant and curse for the past hour and a half.

"That stupid hunter stole my laptop!" she cried, "it had all my important data on it. How the heck am I supposed to do my job if I don't have any info? What's more," she slumped at the floor in resignation, "he took the linkpad with him too." Closing her eyes, she rested the back of her head against the metal wall. "Stupid Nii-san…" she mumbled in annoyance, "It's not like those hunter buddies of his couldn't have given him another one of those. He is a hunter and a mage on top of that. He could have just walked up to them and demanded-"

"Can't." Syaoran quiet voice interrupted her mid-rant, making her open her eyes and look at him.

"What do you mean, can't?" she asked, narrowing her eyes in confusion.

Climbing to his feet, Syaoran silently padded over to where she sat, crouching down on the floor next to her. Wordlessly, he took her hand and placed it on top of his heart, taking a deep breath.

A spark of magic flowed into her body from the spot where Syaoran's fingers touched her flesh and she found herself flung into a world of darkness. She looked around in search of source of light but found none.

"It's no use, Yukito." She heard the hunter's voice echo from all around her. "Those bastards refuse to help us."

"I know, Touya." this voice belonged to the silver-haired hunter.

"But we can't give up." Touya cried in a desperate voice. "She's all I have left. We have to find her, Yuki. I won't be able to live with myself if anything happens to her."

The silence returned, making Sakura wonder just what that had been about. She felt a little irritated with Syaoran because he had used his powers again, even when she had asked him not to. But then again, when had he ever listened to her? Refraining herself from sighing, she waited patiently knowing that if that was all Syaoran had wanted to show her, or in this case, make her hear, he would have let her go by now.

"Touya, we have to join the Hunters association."

"What?"

"It's the only way we will be able to get some information on Sakura-chan."

"Have you gone crazy?" Touya exploded inside her head, "We'll be handing ourselves to that bastard on a silver platter if we go in there asking for induction."

"It's been almost a year." The other hunter, Yukito, explained in a calmer tone, "We have exhausted all other resources, Touya."

"I know, but…" the former trailed off, "They'd be able to pick up on our magic even before we step into that office."

"Are you scared?"

"Yes. I'd be lying if I said no." Touya sighed. "But don't think I'm a coward Yuki. I'm willing to lay down my life for her. I'm just…worried."

"I can understand perfectly."

"Then why…? You know we'll be off no help to her if we end up with that blasted seal."

"They're not going to help us if we try asking them to look for her." Yukito explained still managing to keep his voice calm. "We both know they're not doing anything at all. Heck… they're even covering up any leads we've managed to track down so far. But if we can get access to their database systems, we'd have no trouble finding her."

"It's a great plan, Yukito, but how the heck are we going to keep them from realizing we are mages?"

"Simple. We cloak ourselves."

"Cloak oursel- of course! Yukito, you're a genius!"

"Why thank you, Touya. I am so glad you finally noticed."

"Oh shut it." Touya laughed good-naturedly and Sakura found herself missing hearing that laugh, "We're going to get her back in no time."

"Hang on, Kaijuu. Your Nii-san is coming for you."

With a jolt, Sakura wrenched her hand free from Syaoran, abruptly ending the transmission of memories from him to her. Eyes wide and breathing heavily, she gaped at the amber-eyed boy who looked at her with nothing but understanding and sympathy in his gaze.

"N-Nii-san…" she whispered breathlessly, "Nii-san… he's my… Nii-san… S-Syaoran," she found her vision blurring as something warm and wet began trailing down her cheeks, "he's my Nii-san…"

"S-Syao-r-ran… T-Touya is… my N-Nii-s-an…" she hiccupped, heart-wrenching sobs escaping her as everything that had passed between her and the ocean-eyed man flashed before her eyes. She still couldn't remember anything from her past but… but she finally understood the meaning of the word that had been haunting her for so long.

Nii-san meant brother.

That hunter was her brother.

-0-

"Good morning, everyone!" Sakura bounded into the galley, a cheerful smile plastered on her lips as she slipped into a seat next to Syaoran. The amber-eyed teen lifted his head to give her a soft smile before resuming eating his breakfast.

"Good morning, Sakura." Tomoyo returned her greeting, "I never knew you loved shopping this much. If I had known I might have suggested a trip long before now."

Inwardly sweatdropping at the thought, Sakura shook her head. "No. It's not that." She grinned brightly, "I just remembered something last night."

"Remembered something? Oh, you mean of your past? That's wonderful." The medic smiled, placing a plate of pancakes before her. "Mind sharing what it is?"

"The hunter that we captured, he is my brother." She announced, making Fai choke on his juice.

"What?" Kurogane snapped, while Tomoyo moved to help the blond pilot as he thumped on his chest to clear his airways. Syaoran, however, gave no reaction whatsoever to her statement.

"That's why he didn't send anyone after us till now." Sakura nodded, the grin refusing to leave her face as she dug in. "Wow, these pancakes are delicious, Tomoyo."

"Th-thank you Sakura. Although…" the medic hesitated, biting her lip worriedly as she looked at Syaoran, "are you sure about him being your brother?"

"Ahan. I dreamt up one of my memories last night. I know he's my brother."

"I see." Tomoyo nodded, slipping back into her seat once Fai had recovered.

"So what are you going to do now?" the blond asked, once again bringing the juice to his lips to take a careful sip, "he escaped and I'm pretty sure he didn't leave any contact information lying around the ship for you."

"Well, I'm going shopping with Tomoyo as planned." she bit into the pancake on her fork, savoring its sweet taste as it melted on her tongue. "Seeing as my annoying brother decided that it was okay for him to steal my laptop and the link-pad, I'm gonna look around for a secure Gal-net café after the shopping spree. I'll get Chi to make Chunhyang track him down through Mokona. Chunhyang is one of the best trackers there are in this galaxy. "

"How is she going to track down Mokona?" Fai asked curiously. "As far as I know, there are only two models in existence. What makes you think that hunter… um, I mean your brother will be in possession of one. No one really knows who owns them."

"As a matter of fact," Sakura grinned, feeling euphoric at having finally found a part of her past. "I happen to know both the owners."

"Oh?" Kurogane quirked a brow at this.

"Yeah. One belongs to my employer, Yuuko Ichihara." She nodded, "and the other was previously in the possession of Ryanban, but Touya stole it to escape."

"It all makes sense now." Tomoyo murmured thoughtfully, cutting into her pancakes absentmindedly. "The way he acted around you. All those times demanding to see you. Not selling us out. Helping us escape. It finally makes sense."

"It does," her smile grew softer, remembering the way he had looked at her when she had accidentally called him Nii-san the night he escaped. "He's my big brother."

A/N: Review if you think it's about damn time she remembered. Review if you think I ought to sleep all day long in these upcoming vacations of mine. Review if you think I ought to take a break from writing for a while and relax. Review if you thought about breaking my neck for even thinking the thing I mentioned before this one. Review if you… ah, what the heck. Just drop me a nice long review since I'm in a very happy mood and reviews make me happier. And make my plot bunnies mutate faster which in turn urges me to write faster which results in faster updates. *wink wink*

So till next time.

-Ciao.