Set a few years after The Sealed Card.
Disclaimer: I don't own CardCaptor Sakura nor do I claim to. Any thoughts that I do is false and this should just be treated as a fan's story that he would have liked to happen but it didn't =p
Now that the blurb is outta the way, let's start! =D
Life was sort of okay for Tomoyo Daidouji as she walked back to her mother's mansion in Tomoeda.
She was both happy and unhappy.
Thing's had changed and every once in awhile Eriol would come and visit-
No! That's not what she was annoyed at!
It was that Chinese Gakai! The one that Sakura FAWNED OVER.
Syaoran was it? Yes, it was that one...
Things had been so different for Tomoyo that sometimes it was beyond annoying: "Did you hear what Syaoran did for me today?" or "Please come over! We've had a fight..."
It never was, "Hi Tomoyo, do you want to come over and we spend some time together as in just us?" Oh no.
But then again, if it was, would she be happy?
Probably not.
Sakura was magical. She had powers that she could never HOPE to have. Alright, she had a way with words and could conjour up creative ways to get around certain problems but...
Tomoyo was normal.
That was the part she hated no- She loathed that side of herself.
She had considered all kinds of routes in her life; from Depression help all the way to sucking it in and being there for Sakura whenever she needed her...
Tomoyo walked in to the mansion after clearing the security in seconds (Like it was normally) and went to her room straight away. Her mother knew why this was - Sakura had done this.
Sonomi walked into her daughter's room after Tomoyo put her bag down and sat down next to her on her bed.
"What is it this time?"
Tomoyo looked down and played with her fingers for awhile before muttering something to her.
"I'm sorry Tomoyo, can you say that again?"
Tomoyo looked up at her mother.
"I want to move away"
Sonomi was stunned to say the least, but she nodded after a few moments. "To get away from." She trailed off and Tomoyo nodded, resuming looking at her fingers.
"To get away from...Everything"
Sonomi nodded her head. "If it is what you want Tomoyo, I will organise a holiday for you. Where would you like to go?"
Tomoyo nodded her head. "Please mother...I'll go to Russia I think"
Sonomi nodded her head again, this time motioning for the waiting-maid to come in. "Anywhere particular in Russia? Or just Russia in general?"
"In General..." Tomoyo sighed.
Now, normally Sonomi would have alarm bells ringing in her head, but ever since Sakura had gone off with Syaoran proclaiming that she loved him and only him...Pushing her daughter away, Sonomi had been (although she didn't admit it) been slowly beginning to distrust and maybe even reject Sakura in her own way. She reminded her of Nadeshiko and how lovely she could be, but the way it was playing out - It was almost precisely like it used to be.
"Mother?"
Sonomi looked to Tomoyo and her gaze softened upon seeing Tomoyo's teary face. "Go on sweetie"
"Is this what Heartbreak feels like?"
Sonomi nodded slowly. "I'm afraid it is. Come here" She opened her arms and pulled Tomoyo into a hug, which she heard Tomoyo start to cry. Again, normally she wouldn't normally cry...But it was so serious that she knew it effected Tomoyo deep down. Sakura Kinomoto had been her obsession and loving her was something that Sonomi understood. When both Sonomi and Tomoyo saw that Syaoran had feelings for Sakura, they had initially thought it was adorable to put them together...But really? Her daughter and Sakura would have fitted better. Like a hand with a glove.
A few sniffs caught Sonomi's attention. "I'm sorry...I ruined your suit..."
Sonomi shook her head. "Don't be Tomoyo. Remember what I told you when you were younger? That you can always rely on me when you feel terrible. The suits nothing compared to your happiness"
Tomoyo looked into her mother's eyes. "Really?"
Sonomi's smile held true. "Definitely"
Airport - Later that week
Sakura shot a glance back at Syaoran as she raced for the airport.
"Syaoran! She's leaving!"
"Seriously!?" Syaoran blinked as he stopped - Tomoyo was leaving? For why? And why was Sakura running? Wouldn't Tomoyo come back? Unless she-
"SERIOUSLY! We've got to stop her before she leaves for good! HURRY!" Sakura shouted as she raced towards the doors for the airport, refusing to use her magic in such a built up area for fear of being spotted.
"Slow down! Think this through!" Syaoran shouted back as he raced forwards but then had to stop as he was having trouble breathing. Hey, if you got up at 3 in the morning to your girlfriend yelling at your window, how would you feel?
"Ha...Ha...Damnit, she's still faster...Just like her father" Syaoran smirked as he forced himself forwards, delving back into his training.
Syaoran raced into Tokyo's international airport (Narita) and looked left and right. Trying to catch up with Sakura was hard but he noticed his girlfriend racing towards where she thought Tomoyo would be - Departures, so he raced after her.
Kero popped his head out of the bag on Sakura's back that was glowing slightly.
"Sakura, have you thought about this?"
"Not now Kero! Also, keep your head in the bag, someone will see you!"
"Have you, SERIOUSLY, thought about this?"
Sakura huffed as she stopped just outside departures. "Alright, fine, you got me. No, I haven't, but why would I? She's happy with-"
"Not from my viewpoint she's not" Kero crossed his arms.
Sakura blinked, "Hoeh?"
Kero nodded. "Exactly. You didn't think. Just like when you were reckless with the cards."
Sakura felt a sad ominous feeling wash over her, "You're having a go at me"
"I'm not having a go. I'm just saying what I see. I see a very distraught best friend leaving your side and only now are you realising that you-"
Sakura snapped here, she couldn't believe what Kero was saying, "Don't finish that sentence"
"I AM going to finish that sentence, thank you very much, you failed Tomoyo. That's what you don't want to hear. But it's true" Kero looked at her with dead serious written all over.
"No!" Sakura felt some tears well up in her face.
"Don't believe me? Then ask her that" Kero pointed at Tomoyo who was standing with her mother waiting for the plane which she was going to board.
"Go on Sakura, ask her"
Sakura felt frozen to the spot. She had come all this way to bring her best friend back from the sadness she had, yet the thought that she had FAILED her best friend and broken her...It mortified her.
"Sakura? It's okay, just ask her"
Sonomi turned and noticed Sakura standing so she whispered something to Tomoyo who nodded. Sonomi walked over as Kero hid himself.
"Sakura Kinomoto"
Sakura looked up in seconds to see Sonomi glaring at her. "Do you realise what you've done? What do you want here?"
Syaoran arrived behind Sakura which caused Sonomi to snarl. "You stay out of this"
Syaoran blinked in partial confusion and partial anger. "Excuse me?"
Sakura look at Syaoran, nodded, then turned her gaze back. "It's okay Syaoran." She whispered. "I'm here to get Tomoyo...That's-"
"You're not getting her. You'd have to get through me first"
Sakura growled. "I can arra-"
"You dare finish that sentence, I'll NEVER EVER as long as I life permit you even 10 MILES near her"
Sakura blinked as she was both shocked/put in a place she would rather not be in.
"She's going for a break. Whether you like it or not."
"Where's she-"
"None of your business"
"Now, hold on a second!" Kero rose out of Sakura's bag so fast that not even Sakura's lightning reflexes could catch him.
"You mean to tell me, after all the hell that she's been through, you're just going to separate their bond just like that?" Kero clicked his fingers for emphasis. "I, for one, will NOT let it-"
Tomoyo's cough had them all turn to look at her, Sakura being the first to try to say something but Tomoyo put her hand up, silencing her.
"Sakura, listen to me."
Kero floated back into Sakura's bag which was lucky because the security cameras ALMOST caught him on film...Which they didn't thanks to Kero's new magic trick: Forget.
"I don't want to be hurt anymore. I thought it was fun to put you with Syaoran. I don't know quite how to say this but..."
Sakura was on Tomoyo's every letter of every word she spoke.
"I...Don't want to be around you anymore"
Sakura Kinomoto felt her world tumble down as her second cousin, the light that had shone in the darker areas of her life, the one who had helped her through thick and thin...
Had turned her back on her.
"Flight JAX29485687 will now be boarding"
Tomoyo Daidouji bowed to Syaoran and Sakura before turning and walking towards her plane. "Goodbye Sakura..."
Sakura wanted to move, she wanted to scream and hug Tomoyo, to convince her to stay somehow. Maybe even use her magic with her...Get her to unlock some hidden power she may have.
But she couldn't.
Sakura closed her eyes as her magic and her emotions clashed. Both sides crying as she began to feel tears running down her face, a pair of masculine arms surrounded her and she knew who it was:- Syaoran.
Sakura opened her eyes, pushed him away and raced off into who knows where...
Both close friends separated.
Back in a small house in Tomoeda
Eriol was reading a book and then put it down slowly, feeling a whirlwind of magic from the East that felt so familiar.
He closed his eyes.
'Sakura' He thought to himself.
He opened his eyes and looked to Spinel and Ruby who were currently...Well, laying down, not doing much.
"Suppie, Ruby, better get up. Sakura's coming over"
"We didn't hear the phone ring"
"That's because this isn't a normal visit"
Eriol slowly stood up and walked out of the room while Spinel and Ruby blinked at each other.
Spinel glared at Ruby. "What?" Spinel's eye twitching.
Ruby then couldn't stop laughing, "He called you Suppie"
Spinel tried to think of a response but when that failed, he conceided - "Shut up"
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