Just a little something that popped into my head. Well, technically I had thought of continuing from this point on another story. It would follow Sakura and the others as they dealt with an incident, but that would require the necessary backstory.
Which I don't have up yet.
So I decided to write this. A small look at the day after Sakura confesses to Tomoyo and a small look into what her life has become since leaving. Please enjoy.
A New Start
Tomoyo yawned into her hand as she walked down the stairs towards the kitchen. While it was a weekend, it was generally much later than she usually got up. Then again, with everything that happened yesterday it was no surprise.
She giggled to herself as memories from yesterday surfaced.
The very person she had loved for the past seven years showed up on her doorstep, so to speak, and had finally returned her love. She blushed just thinking about it.
They had stayed up all night talking about anything and everything. Well, Sakura and herself had talked with one of the other girls, Leia, chiming in when she had something to say. The other girl, Stella, was strangely quiet during the night, only speaking to Sakura or Keroberos in that strange language every now and then.
Looking around she suddenly found that she had passed the kitchen by quite a way. She was about to turn around when she heard a strange noise coming from the doors leading outside. Following the noise, she opened the doors and squeaked when something flashed across her vision.
[Oh, sorry.]
Looking to her left, Tomoyo saw the black haired Stella causally sheath a long sword into a strange contraption behind her. After nodding to what she believed was an apology, she took in the sight before her.
Kero was lying on his side on the table chewing on what she believed was a cookie. How he got it out of the kitchen without being spotted she'll never know. Without a word the small doll-like creature offered cookies to herself and Stella. Stella herself, was still wearing the same long black jacket she had arrived in, now with the large wing-like contraption attached to her waist.
However, …
"Kero-chan, where's Sakura-chan?"
The two simply nodded upwards.
Tomoyo looked up and almost dropped her cookie.
The woman she loved was flying about fifty feet up in the air, wearing a strange light pink outfit with the large white wings of THE FLY sweeping out behind her. She took a step forward to call out to her, only to find Stella's hand on her arm.
[Wait, they're training.] She still couldn't understand what she was saying but chose to step back and watch instead.
After several agonizing seconds, she moved. In what she could only describe as a midair jump, Sakura twisted upwards, the wings of THE FLY twirling around her, until she was floating upside down. An instant later, a blur of black and red roared through the space she had previously occupied.
Tomoyo franticly turned after the blur just in time to see a large pair of black wings unfurl from the back of a red kimono. Leia then proceeded to turn in a large arc before flapping once and taking off back towards Sakura.
The young mage, in response, simply flipped back down and let the winged woman pass over her.
She could vaguely hear a grunt of frustration from the air as Leia began her long turn back around.
"Wh-what' going on?"
"Oh, this?" Kero took a bite out of his cookie. "Just a bita training." Tomoyo turned to look at the guardian beast. "It's something Sakura had ta do in exchange for coming here as long as she is."
Another roar of air passed by, and Tomoyo looked back just in time to see Sakura skillfully twirl out of the way. She had always thought the girl had looked beautiful, but watching her now, she looked absolutely stunning.
The blur of black and red passed by again with Sakura dodging what looked like an outstretched arm by mere inches.
[But still, is this really necessary?] Tomoyo jumped slightly at the slightly peeved voice of the pale girl. [She holds the title of Shameimaru already, right? Is further training really necessary?] Again she couldn't understand.
[Well, I understand ya.] Sakura ducked under the other girl's wing as she passed. [But havin' all that speed without any actual agility would be a problem.] Another roar of wind and another dodge.
"Kero-chan not you too. You know I can't understand you."
Tomoyo turned back to watch the aerial contest, only to lock eyes with Sakura. She blushed scarlet as the mage simply smiled.
A loud snap brought her attention to the edge of the garden where Leia had suddenly stopped. With a frustrated grunt, she flapped furiously in an effort to turn herself around on the spot. Finally succeeding, she took off like a bullet towards Sakura.
Her precious person simply smiled at the oncoming assault, and fell backwards. It was almost comical. Leia groped downward at her trainer as she fell, flipping herself in the process. She screeched as she crashed into the hedges.
The auburn mage simply flipped downward and landed on the stone landing with a small gust of wind. The bright white wings flashed before reforming into a card and flying into a small holder attached to her left leg.
A simple smile. That was all she was given, but Tomoyo was sure she was beet red at the moment. She had run through scenarios like this hundreds of times throughout the years. Exactly what she would say and do in situations like this, and yet she couldn't think of anything to say. Not how beautiful she looked or how amazing she was. Nothing came to mind.
"Good morning, Tomoyo-chan."
"G-good morning, Sakura-chan." She wasn't sure if she could turn any redder, but she was sure it was possible. "T-that was…"
"Ahh! That was totally unfair, Sensei." Leia stomped up to the group, twigs and flowers poking out of her brown hair, and the wings on her back now much smaller than they were in the air.
Sakura laughed apologetically and waved the girl off. "Sorry, sorry. On the bright side, you are getting better at your turning. We can pick up where we left off later, okay."
"For now…" She turned towards her own precious person. "Why don't we get something to eat?"
The dark haired girl smiled softly to herself. With a small sigh she nodded and motioned towards the glass doors inside. She stepped aside as the others went inside.
Leia pulled what she could get out of her hair, with Stella following after her, the strange metal thing from before now mysteriously absent from her back.
Tomoyo took a step forward only to feel another hand take her own. She looked to the side to see a pair of beautiful emerald eyes staring into her own. A light blush colored her cheeks.
She didn't know what new changes would come as a result of everything that happened over the past two years. They had grown too much for the simple fantasies of the past to become reality. But Tomoyo was sure she would be ready for whatever came, as long as her most precious person was by her side.
Blushing slightly, the two walked inside, hand-in-hand.