When Friends Take Over

By: nikki hiiragizawa sailorsjini@yahoo.com

Disclaimer: I do not own Card Captor Sakura no matter how I try. The ladies of CLAMP. Arigatou for letting me use your characters! ^^

Author's notes: This is the result of sleepless nights and reading Harry Potter: I think of Eriol. ^^ Anyway, this is not a very long fic, but it has three endings and it is up to you to choose which one is the most appropriate. R & R and help me choose the best ending, onegai! Thanks…

Warning: This is extremely a S+S, E+T fic. About those instances when Yukito and Touya…uhm…you'll find out in the end. ^^

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Part 9: Finale 2

It has been three days since that fearful incident. Eriol had filled in Tomoyo on the details and she simply glared at Sakura. But since that, something strange has happened. Tomoyo doesn't talk to him much. She seemed to be away at all times. Worse, Eriol feels he is always stalked by somebody. He doesn't know who, but it makes me feel that it is Tomoyo. Has she turned to some kind of homicidal maniac?? Eriol thought as he opened the door to the music room. He touched the piano lightly., remembering the times when he and Tomoyo practiced together; he on the piano, and Tomoyo on vocals. Her voice is so angelic, and alights upon one's heart like a falling leaf. Eriol found himself sighing deeply.

Did she remember what we told each other in the maze. Does she still remember she told me she loves me? What if it is changed? Eriol sighed deeply again and sat down on the piano and played Fur Elise.

Tomoyo walked briskly along the corridor. It has been three days and he hasn't said anything! Has his feelings for me changed? Tomoyo frowned. It seems to me I have to do something about this…

FLASHBACK BEGINS

"Sakura-chan, what are you grinning about?" Tomoyo curiously asked.

Sakura grinned ruefully. "Oh nothing. Just wondering about the "Eriol-kun" thing…since when did you call each other with affection, ne?"

Tomoyo felt a blush coming and bowed her head. "We decided to call each other by our first names since we have been friends for long"

Sakura skidded to a stop and pressed her friend against a wall. "Listen, my very best friend," she started. "I know you like Eriol-kun very much and we gotta find a way to tell him your feelings."

"Ara…is it that obvious?" Sakura nodded grimly.

"W…well, I can't tell him. I think he likes somebody else…like Mizuki-sensei…"

Sakura slapped Tomoyo on her back. "Ha ha, it will be easy as 1-2-3. You'll see. All it takes is a little flirting…"

END OF FLASHBACK

I got to do this before I lose him… Tomoyo told herself as she recollected Sakura's teachings…

Eriol shifted playing from Fur Elise to the song Tomoyo sings all the time. He closed his eyes as he memorized every part of her… Her looks, her touch, her voice…her angelic voice…

"Eriol-kun!"

The gently playing hands now crashed against the key, making quite a nasty sound. "To…Tomoyo-chan?" Eriol adjusted his glasses to look at the long-haired girl leaning by the door frame.

"I was standing here for a long time," Tomoyo complained. She approached the seated boy and ran a hand through her hair. "I was looking for you." She smiled quite a very sweet smile.

"To…Tomoyo-chan, uh, why are you looking for me?"

Tomoyo ran a hand across the piano, taking care not to brush Eriol's fingers. "This is quite a good instrument. It brings out rich music. It vibrates to the heart…" She placed a hand on her heart, making Eriol swallow.

"Anou, Tomoyo-chan, you said you were looking for me? So, what is it about?" he asked again, careful to let his eyes gaze on her face and not at her hand which from her heart, moved downwards to her skirt.

"I was wondering if we could talk," Tomoyo said thickly, her hand now adjusting her tie.

"T….talk?" stammered the young man.

"M hm," the girl answered. She moved her face closer to Eriol's. "About magic maybe."

Magic, why the hell would she want to talk about magic?? Eriol smiled and stood up. "Why would you want to talk about magic?"

Tomoyo raised an eyebrow. "Would you like to talk about something else?" she asked, the "s" lingering in her mouth. She stepped forward.

Tomoyo-chan, what's gotten to you? Very surprised, Eriol stepped back again. He found himself wedged between the piano and a corner. Great, he muttered. A very ingenious wizard like me is trapped by a very pretty girl.

Tomoyo flashed her smile once again and stepped closer. "Do you know that magic can control one's emotions?" she asked. "Sometimes, wizards come together to make the powerful spells but they do not do it successfully because their magic are not made for each other.

Eriol stared, petrified, at the speaker. Somewhere at the back of his mind he thought I would like to experiment with you and see if we could make a good spell together… He shook his head and tried to get rid of wicked thoughts. As he opened his eyes, he found that his tie had found his way to Tomoyo's hand…or rather, Tomoyo found her way to Eriol's tie.

"To-mo-yo…" he was unknowingly pushed till he leaned at the wall near the corner of the room.

"If I'm a wizard, I wish we could make that good spell together," she slyly continued. Eriol's glasses steamed up, and his sight was a bit blurred.

"Oh, poor you," Tomoyo purred. "You steamed up your glasses. Here let me help you." Very gently she reached and removed Eriol's glasses. He took a quick breath.

She then settled her hands on Eriol's neck and moved them up and down. Eriol tried to stifle a groan but failed. Smiling inwardly, she continued.

"Now what are you saying about making spells together?" She stepped closer and moved her hands to Eriol's collar, while her nose almost touched his.

Eriol tried to think of brotherly things, but Tomoyo's hands is so making him feel…pleasant. He found his voice. "Anou, Tomoyo-chan," he said.

"Hmmm?" Tomoyo asked, raising her hands to play with the hair at his nape. Eriol closed his eyes.

"About the spells…"

"Yes?"

"Eriol took a deep breath and placed a hand at Tomoyo's nape. "We may not be able to make spells…but…we could find out how long it would take before you spell out my name." With that he pushed Tomoyo's face towards him.

Somewhere out there, in the not so distant house…

"I thought Tomoyo will fetch Eriol in school. How come they're not yet here," Syaoran asked. They were currently walking to Sakura's room.

"I don't know Syaoran. If they're not here in five minutes, we'll start the movie…oh no…" Sakura stopped dead in her tracks.

"Nani?"

Sakura placed a hand on her mouth. "Don't tell me she did it…"

"What Sakura?" Syaoran peered at her. She was blushing. "What is it?"

"I …uh…told her that if Eriol can't tell his feelings for her…"

"What?" Syaoran was getting impatient."

"I told her she should lock themselves in a room and do everything to make Eriol pay."

Syaoran was dumbfounded. "Like what you did to me?"

Sakura gravely nodded. They were suddenly interrupted by noises in Sakura's older brother's room.

"Ouch, Yuki!"

"Gomenne…I thought I put enough…" the other words were inaudible.

"Go on with it!" It was Touya.

"Shucks, To-ya you are so aggressive…"

Sakura and Syaoran: sweatdrops…

Syaoran turned to Sakura. "Why is your stupid brother…groaning?"

Sakura shrugged. "Don't mind them. Let's just watch the movie."

Author's Notes:

Nikki: Heat Wave!!!! WHACK! You sukebe reader, You!! What are you thinking,eh…The next ending is lemony too but implied…perk up your senses….* Fur Elise is just borrowed from Beethoven…Arigatou…for letting me borrow^^