Slightly AU, but not really... I just made up a couple new characters for the gang is all ^.^
TITLE: When You Need Me
DISCLAIMER: lol. If I owned ANYTHING to do with CCS, do you think I'd be sitting here writing fics??? ^_-
SUMMARY: It's been a couple years since Sakura completed her mission. In fact, it's been seven. (more then a couple I guess, eh?) Forgive me, but there is nothing in here to do with Kaho. Pure ExT. Syaoran and Sakura are gone to a trip in Hong Kong for a couple months, and a dangerous gang is bothering Tomoyo. A really dangerous gang, who seems to have fun torturing our favorite little black-haired beauty. But she tells no one...... for a very serious reason. Eriol is the only one there to help, but will he?
KERO: OK DFS! THAT was LONG enough! Give up the summary and get on with the fic already!
ME: ~twitches~ Ok, Ok..... I give. Here ya go!
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*****WHEN YOU NEED ME*****
~Click~
Tomoyo hung up the phone slowly and silently, still sitting quietly on her bed. The covers were in a scene of disorder, strewn everywhere, and dark circles hung under her eyes. Not like Tomoyo at all.
She had just received another call from Sakura, stating that she and Syaoran were having fun in Hong Kong, but missed her very much and hoped she was doing alright. The black-haired girl shook her head softly, a tear threatening to fall down her pale cheek. No, everything was NOT alright. Not that she had told Sakura. She didn't want the other girl to worry about her...... after all, it was her problem, not Sakura's. She absolutely refused to ruin her friend's happiness with her own grief and fear. No one had to know. It would go away soon.
Standing up suddenly and wiping the tears from her eyes, Tomoyo quickly got dressed in her school uniform, brushing out her long black hair and tying it back with a silk purple ribbon that matched her eyes perfectly. She let a couple short strands of black hair remain down, dancing down the sides of her face in short curls. After practicing her ever-present fake smiles in front of the fancy mirror, Tomoyo grabbed her bookbag and walked out of the room, rushing downstairs to greet her mom with a warm, practiced smile. The dark rings under her eyes were now almost totally gone. No one would worry...... she was the mistress of masks and fake smiles. They couldn't possibly know her pain.
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The day outside was drizzly and gray, not sunny but not gloomy. Tomoyo sat calmly at her desk, sketching lightly on the piece of paper in front of her. Scattered conversations and giggles reached her ears, the regular morning racket. People still poured in through the classroom door, taking their seats and jumping up to talk as they waited for the teacher to arrive. Tomoyo pretended not to notice them as she continued to sketch, lost in her own little world.
She was drawing something different then usual...... something unique. Though she usually focused on dress designs and such, she had decided to take a break and try to draw a picture about how she felt. So she decided to draw what she thought of her friends...... what represented them.
First, in the middle, she had sketched a large cherry blossom, blooming with happiness and fragrance. That was Sakura of course. Then, a picture of a wolf sitting next to the cherry blossom, his eyes serious but soft and caring at the same time. Syaoran. Then the face of a Black Panther, above them in the sky in the background, watching the cherry blossom and the wolf with a knowing look in it's eye. That was Eriol. When she had started to consider the young magician a friend, she didn't really know, but the picture seemed to be turning out nicely enough. Tomoyo smiled, setting down her pencil and looking the picture over carefully.
"But where are you?" A voice suddenly asked from above, startling Tomoyo so badly that she accidentally knocked her pencil off her desk. From his place right beside her Eriol smiled impishly, his eyes still studying her face, as he leaned over to pick up the pencil for her.
"I'm sorry I startled you Tomoyo."
"I-it's okay, I wasn't really paying too much attention, was I? How are you?"
Eriol just smiled, his sharp bluish-grey eyes piercing into hers. "You didn't answer my question...... where are you?"
"I don't think I quite know what you mean," Tomoyo answered politely, her face already back to an unreadable mask-like state. She was smiling slightly, but only Eriol could tell it was a nervous one. After all, if she was the mistress of masks, he was the master. He'd had long enough to practice, hadn't he, being a reincarnation and all. The young man just smiled, strands of blue bangs hanging slightly in his face.
"The picture Tomoyo. You've drawn everyone else but you."
Tomoyo looked down at the sketch on her desk, cheeks burning. So he had realized what each of the pictures meant...... of course he would. So where WAS she?
"Oh, there's not enough room left anyway." She lied, shoving the picture into her bookbag and smiling back up at Eriol.
~*Didn't you know? I wasn't meant in the picture. I am the watcher, remember? I hide behind my camera and my masks, watching from the sidelines*~
Eriol suddenly frowned, his sneering smile disappearing as fast as it had first appeared.
`Tomoyo' he thought, `Why can't I understand you? Out of all the people in this world, you hold all the mysteries I can't unfold. You're the only thing I can't understand...... when I thought I knew everything.'
Tomoyo flashed him a smile, ignoring the frown on his face, and turned towards the front of the room as the teacher walked in, coughing slightly to get everyone's attention. Class was about to begin.
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The black-haired girl scurried to her locker at the end of the day, brushing the few stray strands of black bangs away from her eyes as she started on her lock, ignoring the sounds of students streaming out of their classrooms. She had gotten there early this time, so maybe she could get out without running into-
"Miss me?" A voice laughed behind her, making her jump. Tomoyo whirled around, hands trembling against her locker as she came face to face with a young man of around her own age. He had spiked brown hair and a tattoo of a skull on the left side of his neck. He was glaring at Tomoyo, an evil smirk playing across his lips.
"Brian," she said calmly, her bright purple eyes narrowed in disgust. Trying to hide the trembling in her hands, she turned back to her locker and opened it, ignoring the hot breaths slowly pushing against her hair and the frightened pounding of her heart. Maybe if she closed her eyes tight, he wouldn't be there anymore. Him and the others.
"So Tomoyo Daidouji, how was your day? Pleasant?"
He was talking normally towards her, an innocent expression on his face. Circling his prey for the kill, she knew. Oh, she knew his tactics. She knew what him and the group standing behind him wanted. It's what they had wanted ever since she had been left alone, after Sakura and Syaoran had left. Well, maybe they had actually wanted it before that, but could never approach her with Syaoran around. Most kids were afraid of the Chinese student that was going out with Sakura Kinomoto. (did I spell that right?? 0.o)
"It was fine." She hissed, turning around with her bookbag in hand and gracefully trying to shove past Brian and his friends. But they had surrounded her by now, and the school was quickly emptying. Nobody took much notice of what seemed to him or her like just a large group of kids talking by the lockers.
Brian laughed, grabbing her by the shoulder as she tried to push her way out of the circle. "Ah, very good Tomoyo. But you know why we're here. Have you made up your mind yet?"
Tomoyo Daidouji looked sharply up at him, her violet eyes flaring. "I told you my answer already. I'll never go out with you, or anyone else in your stupid gang. I'll never JOIN your stupid gang. And I'm not giving you any money for drugs, damnit! Now leave me alone!"
Her words echoed hollowly through the empty halls as everyone in the group surrounding her went quiet. Brian stood still for the longest time, staring at her in shock. Tomoyo Daidouji was a polite young woman...... one of the quietest and wisest in the school. She was always smiling, always giving good advice, and always walking through the halls like a silent angel with long silky black hair and gorgeous purple eyes. Never had she raised her voice accept to get the attention of her friends or peers...... and never had she been openly angry. But now her pretty lips were twisted into a furious scowl, and her pale cheeks were flushed with a slight red. Nothing anyone had ever seen before, or even hoped to see. Not from Tomoyo.
Amid their surprised silence, Tomoyo pushed through the crowd and ran for the door, ignoring the frightened pounding in her chest. Oh, this wouldn't turn out good. She had just insulted the strongest gang in school. What had she been thinking, bursting out like that? That wasn't like her at all! But it was said and done, and now the only thing she could do was run. And pray.
She heard pounding footsteps behind her as the gang members began shouting roars of anger and fury. Tomoyo didn't look back as she ran, listening to the shouts behind her.
"THAT'S THE LAST TIME, TOMOYO, YOU'VE HAD YOUR CHANCE! BEWARE THE WRATH OF THE SERPENTS!"
Tomoyo just ran faster, heart matching her pounding steps, as the school became farther and farther away. Rain was starting to pour again, just like it had been doing all day, but Tomoyo ignored it. She ignored everything except the thought of getting away. The Serpents, she had learned through rumors at school, were not to be messed with. If anything, she knew she had made her biggest mistake ever. Yes, she had stood up for herself and given them a final decline, but had it been worth it?
`I don't know!' Tomoyo wailed miserably inside her head, deep violet eyes blurring as she ran all the way back home.
-TBC!!!!!!!!! (OF COURSE! You think I'd just leave you HANGING there?? Lol! Whether u want it or not, that next chapters comin! ^.^)
KERO: ~sighs~ didn't you tell me you were going to start making all the chapters all at once so people wouldn't have to wait DFS?
ME: yeah, yeah ~waves hand~ I am! They're all gonna be done today!
KERO: ~shakes head~ Your hopeless.
ME: ~smiles sweetly~
TITLE: When You Need Me
DISCLAIMER: lol. If I owned ANYTHING to do with CCS, do you think I'd be sitting here writing fics??? ^_-
SUMMARY: It's been a couple years since Sakura completed her mission. In fact, it's been seven. (more then a couple I guess, eh?) Forgive me, but there is nothing in here to do with Kaho. Pure ExT. Syaoran and Sakura are gone to a trip in Hong Kong for a couple months, and a dangerous gang is bothering Tomoyo. A really dangerous gang, who seems to have fun torturing our favorite little black-haired beauty. But she tells no one...... for a very serious reason. Eriol is the only one there to help, but will he?
KERO: OK DFS! THAT was LONG enough! Give up the summary and get on with the fic already!
ME: ~twitches~ Ok, Ok..... I give. Here ya go!
* * * * * * *
*****WHEN YOU NEED ME*****
~Click~
Tomoyo hung up the phone slowly and silently, still sitting quietly on her bed. The covers were in a scene of disorder, strewn everywhere, and dark circles hung under her eyes. Not like Tomoyo at all.
She had just received another call from Sakura, stating that she and Syaoran were having fun in Hong Kong, but missed her very much and hoped she was doing alright. The black-haired girl shook her head softly, a tear threatening to fall down her pale cheek. No, everything was NOT alright. Not that she had told Sakura. She didn't want the other girl to worry about her...... after all, it was her problem, not Sakura's. She absolutely refused to ruin her friend's happiness with her own grief and fear. No one had to know. It would go away soon.
Standing up suddenly and wiping the tears from her eyes, Tomoyo quickly got dressed in her school uniform, brushing out her long black hair and tying it back with a silk purple ribbon that matched her eyes perfectly. She let a couple short strands of black hair remain down, dancing down the sides of her face in short curls. After practicing her ever-present fake smiles in front of the fancy mirror, Tomoyo grabbed her bookbag and walked out of the room, rushing downstairs to greet her mom with a warm, practiced smile. The dark rings under her eyes were now almost totally gone. No one would worry...... she was the mistress of masks and fake smiles. They couldn't possibly know her pain.
* * * * * * *
The day outside was drizzly and gray, not sunny but not gloomy. Tomoyo sat calmly at her desk, sketching lightly on the piece of paper in front of her. Scattered conversations and giggles reached her ears, the regular morning racket. People still poured in through the classroom door, taking their seats and jumping up to talk as they waited for the teacher to arrive. Tomoyo pretended not to notice them as she continued to sketch, lost in her own little world.
She was drawing something different then usual...... something unique. Though she usually focused on dress designs and such, she had decided to take a break and try to draw a picture about how she felt. So she decided to draw what she thought of her friends...... what represented them.
First, in the middle, she had sketched a large cherry blossom, blooming with happiness and fragrance. That was Sakura of course. Then, a picture of a wolf sitting next to the cherry blossom, his eyes serious but soft and caring at the same time. Syaoran. Then the face of a Black Panther, above them in the sky in the background, watching the cherry blossom and the wolf with a knowing look in it's eye. That was Eriol. When she had started to consider the young magician a friend, she didn't really know, but the picture seemed to be turning out nicely enough. Tomoyo smiled, setting down her pencil and looking the picture over carefully.
"But where are you?" A voice suddenly asked from above, startling Tomoyo so badly that she accidentally knocked her pencil off her desk. From his place right beside her Eriol smiled impishly, his eyes still studying her face, as he leaned over to pick up the pencil for her.
"I'm sorry I startled you Tomoyo."
"I-it's okay, I wasn't really paying too much attention, was I? How are you?"
Eriol just smiled, his sharp bluish-grey eyes piercing into hers. "You didn't answer my question...... where are you?"
"I don't think I quite know what you mean," Tomoyo answered politely, her face already back to an unreadable mask-like state. She was smiling slightly, but only Eriol could tell it was a nervous one. After all, if she was the mistress of masks, he was the master. He'd had long enough to practice, hadn't he, being a reincarnation and all. The young man just smiled, strands of blue bangs hanging slightly in his face.
"The picture Tomoyo. You've drawn everyone else but you."
Tomoyo looked down at the sketch on her desk, cheeks burning. So he had realized what each of the pictures meant...... of course he would. So where WAS she?
"Oh, there's not enough room left anyway." She lied, shoving the picture into her bookbag and smiling back up at Eriol.
~*Didn't you know? I wasn't meant in the picture. I am the watcher, remember? I hide behind my camera and my masks, watching from the sidelines*~
Eriol suddenly frowned, his sneering smile disappearing as fast as it had first appeared.
`Tomoyo' he thought, `Why can't I understand you? Out of all the people in this world, you hold all the mysteries I can't unfold. You're the only thing I can't understand...... when I thought I knew everything.'
Tomoyo flashed him a smile, ignoring the frown on his face, and turned towards the front of the room as the teacher walked in, coughing slightly to get everyone's attention. Class was about to begin.
* * * * * *
The black-haired girl scurried to her locker at the end of the day, brushing the few stray strands of black bangs away from her eyes as she started on her lock, ignoring the sounds of students streaming out of their classrooms. She had gotten there early this time, so maybe she could get out without running into-
"Miss me?" A voice laughed behind her, making her jump. Tomoyo whirled around, hands trembling against her locker as she came face to face with a young man of around her own age. He had spiked brown hair and a tattoo of a skull on the left side of his neck. He was glaring at Tomoyo, an evil smirk playing across his lips.
"Brian," she said calmly, her bright purple eyes narrowed in disgust. Trying to hide the trembling in her hands, she turned back to her locker and opened it, ignoring the hot breaths slowly pushing against her hair and the frightened pounding of her heart. Maybe if she closed her eyes tight, he wouldn't be there anymore. Him and the others.
"So Tomoyo Daidouji, how was your day? Pleasant?"
He was talking normally towards her, an innocent expression on his face. Circling his prey for the kill, she knew. Oh, she knew his tactics. She knew what him and the group standing behind him wanted. It's what they had wanted ever since she had been left alone, after Sakura and Syaoran had left. Well, maybe they had actually wanted it before that, but could never approach her with Syaoran around. Most kids were afraid of the Chinese student that was going out with Sakura Kinomoto. (did I spell that right?? 0.o)
"It was fine." She hissed, turning around with her bookbag in hand and gracefully trying to shove past Brian and his friends. But they had surrounded her by now, and the school was quickly emptying. Nobody took much notice of what seemed to him or her like just a large group of kids talking by the lockers.
Brian laughed, grabbing her by the shoulder as she tried to push her way out of the circle. "Ah, very good Tomoyo. But you know why we're here. Have you made up your mind yet?"
Tomoyo Daidouji looked sharply up at him, her violet eyes flaring. "I told you my answer already. I'll never go out with you, or anyone else in your stupid gang. I'll never JOIN your stupid gang. And I'm not giving you any money for drugs, damnit! Now leave me alone!"
Her words echoed hollowly through the empty halls as everyone in the group surrounding her went quiet. Brian stood still for the longest time, staring at her in shock. Tomoyo Daidouji was a polite young woman...... one of the quietest and wisest in the school. She was always smiling, always giving good advice, and always walking through the halls like a silent angel with long silky black hair and gorgeous purple eyes. Never had she raised her voice accept to get the attention of her friends or peers...... and never had she been openly angry. But now her pretty lips were twisted into a furious scowl, and her pale cheeks were flushed with a slight red. Nothing anyone had ever seen before, or even hoped to see. Not from Tomoyo.
Amid their surprised silence, Tomoyo pushed through the crowd and ran for the door, ignoring the frightened pounding in her chest. Oh, this wouldn't turn out good. She had just insulted the strongest gang in school. What had she been thinking, bursting out like that? That wasn't like her at all! But it was said and done, and now the only thing she could do was run. And pray.
She heard pounding footsteps behind her as the gang members began shouting roars of anger and fury. Tomoyo didn't look back as she ran, listening to the shouts behind her.
"THAT'S THE LAST TIME, TOMOYO, YOU'VE HAD YOUR CHANCE! BEWARE THE WRATH OF THE SERPENTS!"
Tomoyo just ran faster, heart matching her pounding steps, as the school became farther and farther away. Rain was starting to pour again, just like it had been doing all day, but Tomoyo ignored it. She ignored everything except the thought of getting away. The Serpents, she had learned through rumors at school, were not to be messed with. If anything, she knew she had made her biggest mistake ever. Yes, she had stood up for herself and given them a final decline, but had it been worth it?
`I don't know!' Tomoyo wailed miserably inside her head, deep violet eyes blurring as she ran all the way back home.
-TBC!!!!!!!!! (OF COURSE! You think I'd just leave you HANGING there?? Lol! Whether u want it or not, that next chapters comin! ^.^)
KERO: ~sighs~ didn't you tell me you were going to start making all the chapters all at once so people wouldn't have to wait DFS?
ME: yeah, yeah ~waves hand~ I am! They're all gonna be done today!
KERO: ~shakes head~ Your hopeless.
ME: ~smiles sweetly~
