Disclaimer: CLAMP owns the rights to the original series. I, however, own the rights to any original characters I come up with in this fic, although their relatives and ancestors are not within my sphere of control. Such a depressing thing it is....
Author's Note: This one starts with the girl, than the boy, and so on.
Episode 2: Who's Tomoyo?
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I can't see anything....
Hold on, I'll create another light globe.
It's not working.
They must've put a shield against lesser magics on this place.
So how are we supposed to see?
Kougen wa yobiyoseru, arawareru ga kokora.
Great...now Tou-san'll sense us too....
Then let's hurry.
So, let's see if it was worth...kyoutendouchi....
You can say that again....there must be quite a bit in here for them to have divided it into sections.
How is it they have this much extra room in the house?
I have no idea....
Let's have a look around. So which doorway should we go into first? There's three of them, and this one looks like it might have a lot in it.
Well, let's go in it then. Is it marked?
Yeah, it says Tomoyo' on the top of the doorframe.
Tomoyo? Who's Tomoyo?
I don't know.
Is there anything else?
Hai, although it's kinda small. Direct the light over here, will ya?
See, it's good that I made this. So what's it say?
It looks like kaa-san's handwriting. It says Moved to England' and then has one of those sad faces she draws sometimes.
Kaa-san knows someone in England?
Guess so. And it was probably a friend of hers as well.
Wonder why she hasn't told us?
Who knows?
Guess we'll find out when we go in.
Let's go then.
"Well, this is some weird stuff...."
"You think kaa-san used to be an actress?"
"Of course not. She would've told us about something like that."
"Then why do they have so many video tapes in here?"
"Woah...."
"What is it?"
"Look at this."
"So?"
"You think all these clothes belonged to that Tomoyo person?"
"They're a bit flashy for some to be walking around in. And look at this one. It has a pair of cat ears. Who would go around wearing a pair of cat ears?"
"Maybe they were Halloween costumes.
This fairy costume looks like it would be kind of cold to wear in fall...
And this looks like an old school uniform. Why would kaa-san keep someone else's school uniform?
I haven't the faintest idea.
She played baseball?!
Baseball? Nani?
Yeah, this looks like a baseball uniform. It says Tomoeda' on the back.
Isn't that kaa-san's hometown?
I think so. Maybe that school uniform is from there too.
A bathing suit? Why would she keep this here?
And these pants are way too poofy to wear around.
This hooded shirt looks like it might be comfortable though. Probably another Tomoeda outfit. It's too simple compared to some of these other things to be of the same person.
It looks nice. But this yellow shirt over here...the shoulders are way too stiff...
I think I've seen enough of these costumes. Let's check out the videos...
Matte! This dress looks wonderful!"
"Looks like it might fit you. And look, there's a hat with it."
"I wonder if kaa-san would let me have this..."
"I doubt it, considering we aren't even supposed to know about this..."
"I guess you're right about that...."
"So, let's take a look at these videos..."
"Now here's an odd one..."
"What is it?" "It's about kaa-san, tou-san...and our cat?"
"Our cat?"
"Or at least someone with the same name."
"Must be. Why would someone want to videotape our cat?"
"Maybe it was when they first got him at the pet shelter. He has been around since before we were born."
"Yeah, he's kind of old for a cat..."
"What about this one? Who would tape an argument?"
"Let me see that. 'Big Fight'? Why would she get into a big fight with our cat?"
"Probably that other person again. She must've named the cat after the person."
"So why don't we know the person our cat is named after either?"
"Maybe they moved to England with this Tomoyo person."
Whoever she was....
Maybe we should take one of these videos with us and watch it while they're out of the house.
Wouldn't they notice that one of the videos was missing though?
You do remember how long it's been since they were last in here?
Hai, hai, hai....so which one should we take?
This may sound strange, but why not the first one?
I guess...let's see what it's called...
Calm down, the writing's a little faded. I think it says Mysterious Magical Book'.
Magical Book?
Must be a sci-fi film. Maybe kaa-san was an actress...Hey, what's this?
Looks like a CD.
Now that is strange. Why would kaa-san keep a CD all tucked away in here?
Think we should take that to listen to later? Might as well.
Oh, there's something over here, near the CD.
What is it?
Sheet music.
Probably for the songs on the CD then.
Hey, here's something interesting.
It's hanging on the wall. Shine the light over towards my voice.
Alright...wow...how romantic....
Preserved flowers. And in a glass case. Do you remember what these ones are?
Let's see...there's a violet, a cherry blossom, a peony, and a...uhmmm...I can't remember the name of that one....it looks kind of like a cherry blossom, only it's blue...
We can look it up later. Look at this picture underneath it.
It looks rather well done.
Yeah, but do you recognize any one in it?
Not at all. I take it you don't either?
Not a bit. And is it just me, or does that black cat have butterfly wings?
Maybe this girl was a photographer that made trick photos.
That's the only thing in it that seems edited though.
Maybe it was important and she just made it to leave for kaa-san.
Think that guy with the blue hair might be Kero?
He doesn't really look like that name would fit him...
I think we've seen the whole room now. Do you see anything else in here?
Then let's head for the next one.
Oh, wait! I think I see something over in the corner...
Well, move the light and see what it is.
Hai, hai...weird....
Yeah. Why keep such a collection of cameras in here?
Sentimental value, maybe?
I guess we can ask that when we ask who Tomoyo was.
Well, you want to know too, don't you?
Yeah, but...should we really ask kaa-san and tou-san? They'll get angry that we went into such a heavily warded room. Especially since they've told us not to so many times.
Don't worry about it. Kaa-san doesn't have that strong of a temper, and tou-san will probably be proud that our magic is strong enough to get through those defenses.
Well, I guess we should go onto the next section then. See what other surprises we find out about kaa-san and tou-san.
What's the title on it?
It's tou-san!
Well, this should be interesting then....
