YAY, finally I got started on a CCS fic. Please R+R, but don't kill me, I'm still new to this.

Disclaimer: Cardcaptor Sakura in NO WAY belongs to me. Someone like me could never have the originality to think of something this cute.

Brush Tips: Chapter 1

Dearest Tomoyo,

I've decided to come back to Tomoeda permanently. I've missed the air of Japan, and the solitude here in England has been getting to me recently. Well, if you can call having Nakuru and Spinel as guardians being solitude. So, I made up my mind to return to my mansion in Tomoeda. See you in the beginning of the new term!

Love,

Eriol Hiiragizawa

'How long has it been already?' thought Tomoyo Daidouji to herself. It had been 6 years and Tomoyo was close to graduating from Tomoeda High School. This would be the beginning of her senior year.

"the solitude here in England has been getting to me."

'I thought Kaho was keeping him company,' wondered Tomoyo as she reread the letter for the fifth time that day. In all their correspondence up until now, Eriol hadn't mentioned his relationship with Kaho once, so Tomoyo had assumed they were doing well. But now she was having second thoughts.

Tomoyo glanced at the mirror on her wall. Her eyes had retained their amethyst color, but lost their glow. She no longer had long, wavy raven hair; it was much shorter now, and not as well kempt. But, overall, she decided Eriol would definitely recognize her. After all, even if her looks had changed and grown, he was the reincarnation of the great Clow Reed.

Clow. Tomoyo's eyes wandered over to her half-open wardrobe, and rested upon the untouched collection of Sakura's costumes from her cardcaptor days. Every now and then, Tomoyo would remember wistfully of back then, how Sakura would become completely red as she would fim her, and how Tomoyo would say, "Kawaii!" in response to Sakura's cute little reaction. Tomoyo sighed. She couldn't remember the last time she had said "Kawaii!", not after Syoaran had come back.

Without Sakura's little card chasing adventures, there wasn't anything exciting left besides lightly tormenting Sakura and Syoaran. Now that Sakura was spending more and more time with Syaoran, Tomoyo didn't have her best friend to talk to and do things with. "loneliness." Was Eriol feeling the same thing?

She reached over for her phone and dialed Sakura's number.

"Hello?" said a bright cheery voice.

"Sakura-chan, it's Tomoyo!"

"Tomoyo!"

"I hope I wasn't interrupting you and Syaoran…"

"TOMOYO!" Tomoyo could imagine Sakura's tomato-red face.

"I'm just kidding Sakura! Guess who's coming to Tomoeda next year?"

"Who?"

"Eriol-kun!"

"Hoe! Why didn't he tell m—"

Suddenly, a deep masculine voice appeared on the other end.

"WHAT? HE IS NOT COMING BACK!"

"Oh, Sakura, so you were with Syaoran…"

"HOE!"

"Are you sure you're ready to leave, E-ri-ol-sa-ma?" asked Nakuru and she pranced into the room, looking over at Eriol Hiiragizawa's hunched figure in the corner. The boy stood up, and stared amiably into his guardian's eyes.

"Yes, I'm ready."

Wow, that was short. Really short. It looked so much longer in Microsoft Word...

But I PROMISE I will update, even though that's what I said with my other fic, and it's still sitting there.