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disclaimer: if i owned this, tomoyo and eriol would be the main focus."I never thought I'd fall in love…again."

-Eriol

Chapter 1-Garden of Wonders

Eriol was suffocating. Literally. He never knew that ties could kill people, he thought, as he loosened his tie from around his neck and surveyed the people in front of him. 'My opinion is now changed on the outlook of ties.'

He was at a masquerade with his cousin, Li Syaoran. He was wearing a suit, with a tie, and a cloak across his left arm. On his face was a deep blue mask. Apparently, lots of business executives were coming and his parents had forced him to go, using him so they could make some deals. They were hoping to strike a deal with one or another of Japan's elite, and here was the place to do it.

His eyebrows rose as he spotted his cousin talking with a brown-haired girl. Her hair was shoulder-length, and had an emerald mask on her face, concealing the top part of her face. They were smiling and laughing as they talked about-who-knows-what. Frankly, he didn't care, but since it concerned his dear cousin, he would have to take a special interest.

Eriol remembered faintly that that girl was the second cousin of the daughter of a CEO who owned a toy company. Sonomi Daidouji didn't conceal the fact that she adored her niece purely because she was her cousin's daughter. Which was weird, thought Eriol. Does she only like her niece because she's her cousin's daughter?

The heat was killing him. He had to get out of here before he truly suffocated to death. How can people like these things? Thought Eriol as he fled to the mansion's gardens. I don't like them, that I know.

He wandered around outside until he entered a garden. 'Isn't this the infamous Garden of Wonders? What a cliché name. Though it does have meaning. Wonders are supposed to happen in here.' He saw that someone else was already there.

He called out, "Are you-"

His breath hitched in his throat when the girl turned around and met his sapphire eyes with amethyst.

The girl was dressed in a two-colored dress. The upper layer was like a traditional, purple, Chinese dress, but there was a diamond-shaped hole at the hollow of her throat, and it was also cut to her waist in several places, and the bottom was more spread out. The bottom layer was a midnight-blue cloth made into a dress skirt. It volumed out in size, and with the upper layer above it, you could see it through the cuts.

Spread around the skirt of the dress, were some lavender roses, and in between them, were strings of delicate, small, fine amethysts. With the dress, she wore elbow-length white gloves to match her dress.

"Oh? Someone is here?" she said politely. "Then I'll just leave."

"It's okay, you can stay," Eriol managed to get out. "I just wandered in here."

"Okay then," smiled the girl. "You know this place is called 'Garden of Wonders' right?"

"Nope," Eriol shooked his head, pretending that he didn't know. "Why is it called that?"

"Because wonders happen here of course," giggled the girl softly.

Eriol flushed when he heard her giggle. It sounded like a bell, perfect, clear, precise. "I guess."

"What time is it?" she asked.

Eriol looked at his watch. "Uh…just a bit past midnight."

"I didn't think…anyways, I have to go," she said, standing up and gathering her skirts. "It was nice meeting you."

"Bye," called Eriol.

She turned back to him. "Don't say that!"

"Why?" he asked, eyes wide.

"Saying bye to somebody means you'll never see them again," she answered with a smile. "I want to see you again. How bout you?"

"I want to too." He grinned. "Then…see you later?"

She nodded. "Good. Later!"

Eriol bit his lip. He wondered if he would ever see her again. Probably never again so he would take this chance. He wouldn't let this end with the way it had ended her. "Excuse me!"

"Yes?" She turned around and Eriol ran up and grabbed her arm. "What would you do if I told you I loved you?"

The beauty smiled at him. "I'd kiss you."

"I love you!"

She grinned and reached up to gently press her lips to Eriol's. He held the back of her neck and pressed the kiss deeper.

They finally broke apart, panting for air. The pair stared at each, one grinning and another with a shy smile. Overall, all was well.

Garden of Wonders indeed.

"What the fuck?" swore Eriol hollowly. "Engaged?"

"Don't swear," simpered his mother, Mirabelle, as she checked her hair in the mirror. "It's unbecoming."

"Anyways, you have no choice," added Haruka, Eriol's father as he placed a coat on Mirabelle. "Will you be joining us?"

"It's a charity ball for the falcons." Mirabelle looked at herself in the mirror. "I should have gone with the brown silk…"

"No time to change, let's go." Haruka offered his arm to his wife. "Don't stay up, we'll be out late."

The doors closed with an audible slam. Eriol grunted and walked up to his room.

He was engaged, engaged, no freaking less, to some girl whose name he didn't even know. His parents had assured him he didn't need to know the name, as Eriol would probably Google her the minute he knew. Eriol frowned. He never knew his parents knew him that well.

But he did know his parents didn't care much about him. Mirabelle, true to her namesake, was beautiful, with azure eyes and blond hair. She didn't care much about anything except her husband, events, and her belongings. The same went for his father, Haruka Hiiragizawa, who was nearly the same. To him, all that mattered was his social status, company, and wife. Eriol was just a pawn to them.

He picked up a magazine that had an article about the Garden of Wonders in it. He frowned and threw it.

Garden of Wonders his ass.

"Owl!" sang Lilith Ryder as she hugged Eriol when he got out of his car. "Hug!"

"What now Snow White?" laughed Eriol as he hugged her back.

She stepped back, pouting and crossed her arms. "Is that all you think about? News?"

"Of course not," he answered, still smiling. "I just wanted to know what's up with my number one girl."

"Hiiragizawa, you finally got a girlfriend?" drawled a low voice as a guy with brown hair walked up to them. "Can't blame you for falling for our Snow White though."

Lilith stuck out her tongue at him. "Nice to see you too Syaoran."

They laughed and started walking to the buildings where the school was located. The school had several buildings, for dorms, different clubs and etc. There was almost everything located in Rayearth Academy.

Lilith Ryder was a breathtaking woman of beauty, with midnight black hair that fell almost to her knees and azure eyes. Though many magazines had remarked that her nose was a nit too small, the rest of her was perfect. Her body was perfectly proportioned, and her face didn't need makeup to beautify it. She was known throughout the world as 'Snow White' for her beauty and was very well known due to the fact she was a model, singer, and actress under her family's enterprise, RAGE, Ryder and Group Enterprises. Basically, she was an idol. Her popularity had only grown when she started going out with a certain someone. Wink, wink.

Syaoran Li, like his family name, was powerful. Li Corps, Hiiragizawa Company, and RAGE all made up the leading businesses in the financial world. Not to mention, somehow or the other, they were all related. The Li family was well known through Asia as skilled martial artists and weapon masters. Syaoran was more known for being a soccer star, and which he was also captain of the varsity soccer team, which Eriol was a part of. As he would probably never become head of his family, having four sisters before him, he was allowed to date almost anyone. Excluding married, engaged, taken, and the elderly. Girls fell for him as easily as he would eat chocolate which he totally, utterly, loved. But, he was currently taken by Sakura Kinomoto, a top model and student who went to a different school. They were a match made in heaven.

"So you went home for the weekend?" asked Syaoran as they entered one of the main school buildings. Being his cousin, he knew all about Eriol's family situation.

"Ya."

"That's a first."

"Oh, I saw you cozying with that Kinomoto girl at the masquerade," quipped Lilith as they entered their homeroom. "Again."

"You were there?" Both boys' eyes went wide. "We didn't see you!"

"It was a masquerade idiots. You weren't supposed to." Lilith looked up to the sky as if praying. Or at least, the ceiling.

"Whatever…didja know there's a transfer coming?" Syaoran tried to change the topic.

"Yeah! She used to go to Yue Moon private school." Lilith pulled out some folders. "Here's her information. Her name's T-"

"Quiet down everyone!" Terada shouted as she walked into the room. "Yes, the info that was leaked-" Here she glanced at Syaoran and Lilith, while they smiled sheepishly. "-is true. We have a transfer coming."

A knock sounded. "And here she is. Come in!"

Tomoyo took a deep breath as she prepared to go into the classroom. Tomoyo hadn't eaten anything that morning and didn't feel good. On top if that, she hadn't gotten any sleep last night due to that kiss she had receive from her mysterious Romeo.

She heard the teacher's 'come in', took another deep breath, opened the door, and walked straight to the teacher, who was standing in the front to address the class.

Her eyes roamed the room, as Terada introduced her. "This is Tomoyo Daidouji. She'll be transferring…"

As she kept talking, Tomoyo recognized some people. That girl looked like the idol that was constantly in the news, and wasn't that boy the famous soccer player? Her breath caught as she saw the sapphire eyes looking at her. It couldn't be…

"…welcome her," finished Terada. "Your seat is behind Hiiragizawa." He pointed at the boy with the blue eyes. "I have a meeting so the rest of the period is free. Behave."

Tomoyo sat down, feeling awkward with everyone staring at her. The girl next to her broke the silence and held out a hand to her. "Lilith Ryder. It's nice to meet you."

"Hey," greeted the guy in front of her. "Syaoran Li."

"Nice to meet you." Tomoyo smiled at them and shook Lilith's hand.

"Eriol, introduce yourself." Lilith told the guy in front of Tomoyo.

He turned to Tomoyo and gave her a smile.

Her breathing stopped. Coming face to face with the (hot!) guy she had met at the masquerade, kissed, and with no breakfast, she did the only thing any sane girl would do.

She fainted.

"Oh my."

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