*sigh* Unfortunately, or not unfortunately, I got bitten by the E+T bug. I know that there is no basis for them getting together in the cannon, but I think they would make a good couple. So, if you don't like it, don't read it.

Does anyone know what Tomoyo's father's name is? If I don't find out, I'll just make a name up.

Disclaimer: I don't own Cardcaptors/Card Captor Sakura



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A three year old Tomoyo eavesdropped outside of the kitchen while her mother and father fought. They were always arguing about everything and it made Tomoyo scared and angry. Why couldn't they just get along? It made her sad to see her parents fighting like this. A very loud shout returned her attention to the kitchen. "Fine! I'm leaving, don't expect me to see me again!" Tomoyo didn't have enough time to jump away from he door as her father rushed out.

"Tousan?" She whispered.

He turned, not surprised to see his daughter standing there. She was more mature than her years suggested. He knelt down to be level with her and said softy, "Tomoyo." He loved his daughter, he didn't know how he was going to leave her.

"Are you leaving?"

"Yes." She through herself into his arms and started to cry softly. He patted her back and whispered comfortingly, "There, there. It'll be all right."

Tomoyo pulled back and wiped her eyes. "Iie, no, it won't be all right. I'll never see you again. I don't want to live with okaasan. I want to be with you."

Daidouji Sonomi watched this from the doorway. She couldn't help but be hurt by her daughter's statements. She should have expected it; she was away on business trips so often that it wasn't very surprising that Tomoyo would grow close to her father and be a complete stranger to her own mother. The feeling of betrayal was overwhelming. "Take her," she hissed at him, "she obviously loves you more than me." She retreated to her bedroom and stayed there.

She stayed there throughout the night. She didn't leave when she heard [i]them[/i] in Tomoyo's room or the next morning when the phone rang repeatedly. When Sonomi finally left, it was noon the next day and Tomoyo's room was empty of clothes and two pictures were missing. One of her and Sakura, and another of her being held up by her father. The last picture, one of all three of them together, was turned over on the dresser. When she turned it over, the image of her family laughing happily in the park stared at her reproachfully.

The silence was deafening.

She was alone.

So alone.

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Tomoyo looked out of the window of the plane. She was leaving Japan for a foreign country. She wasn't sure if she should be scared. She was sad, she wouldn't be able to see her best friend anymore, or her mother. Her mother wasn't bad or mean; she was just busy. Tomoyo had accepted that, but she still would rather live with someone who would be there for her. That wasn't a crime, was it? Tomoyo looked over at her father sleeping next to her.

Was it?

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1) I know Tomoyo was acting much older than a three year old, but I always pictured her as the type to learn how to speak in complete proper sentences first before leaning all her words. She may act OOC, but in the beginning she is three and later on, she will have been raised by a different person in a different environment.

2) I am working off the fact that I believe that Tomoyo didn't fall in love with Sakura until she was older than three. If I'm wrong, too bad.

3) Translation:

Tousan-Father (Informal) AKA Dad

Okaasan-Mother (Formal)

Iie-no