With a graceful sweep down the stairs, nineteen year old Tomoyo Daidoji proceded to walk through the foyer, then the dining hall and finially into the kitchen where she began to prepare her breakfast. She was up before the sun, anticipation shining through her calm facade as she mentally ran through a checklist of ingredients for her breakfast. The grandiose house she lived in itself seemed to buzz with more energy than usual, there seemed to be a gentle hum eminating from it's vast halls expanding all through the threshold. Today was special, not only because Tomoyo's mother was coming home from a very long business trip, but because word was that she was bringing someone with her.
"Ouch!"
she felt the angry sting of the raw wound before she saw the small stream of red that appeared from her finger. "Hmm it may not be wise to think and chop fruit at the same time" she thought as she ran her finger under water and applied a bandaid. She scanned over the kitchen until she saw the oven clock- 6:53, her mother would be arriving in precisely two hours and seven minutes. Until then she would need something to distract herself so time would go by faster. Ruminating over her options she decided on making her mother a welcome-home present. She asked the gardner to clip a fresh boquet of nadeshikos while she wandered to the computer studio. Turning on her computer she saw the cute face of her best friend, giving her an idea. She began opening different media folders and started sorting through the videos she had taken as a child. Giggling at the memories she started to compile them onto on DVD. She would have to make a couple of these to give to Sakura, Syaoran, her mother and Touya (Sakura permitting). She watched the mini version of herself and Sakura playing in the ocean with Syaoran back on the sand with a protective eye always on Sakura. Tomoyo began to day dream over the past, a wistful grin decorating her face. Looking back at the video she saw that it had skipped to a few years later and she watched their small round faces smile in delight as they sat beneath a cherry tree relishing in the spring time air and each others company.
"Hohoho oh to be small again- that would be something"
she thought as she grabbed the DVD out of it's tray and placed it into a small decorative box. Noticing the clock she jumped up immediatley and strided to the entrance hall where a gathering of servants were rushing to finish last minute tasks and chores. A minute later she saw a long black limonsine pull up to the Daidoji estate, everyone held their breath as they waited to see who or whom would get out of the car. Out first came Sonomi Daidoji who seemed tired from the long trip back from New York. And then- to everyone's shock appeared a young man who appeared to be in his early to mid twenties. He carefully slid out of the car with his hand clasped onto Sonomi's. The collected group gasped as they saw the couple approach the door.
"Welcome home Mama!"
Tomoyo ran to hug her mother who let go her occupied hand to wrap her arms around Tomoyo.
"Hm it's so good to see you dear, it's comforting to have you in my arms again. You will have to tell me all you have done while I've been away but first let me introduce someone to you."
Tomoyo let go of her mother to study the person she brought with her into the house. He was taller than he seemed outside with a thick head of black hair tidy in it's uniform un-neatness. His eyes burned with a quiet intensity like the embers of an old fire. All in all he looked very intimidating and Tomoyo wasn't sure that she liked him standing so close to her mother.
"Tomoyo my love I would like you to meet Kurogane, my fiance."