I've got a lot written in a few days. I'm up to chapter five writing. I'll only have about 7 chapters. I'm almost done. That's if I don't spend too much time on all my other fanfics that I still have to finish.

3. Missing my love (about 2 weeks after chapter 2)



Eriol didn't know why he had returned to Japan after all these years. That was a lie he told himself often. He knew clear well why he had returned.

The Prophesy.

In England, ha had put himself into a deep trance whence he prophesied that he and Kaho would leave soon as jobs, important jobs for both of them, appeared. Hers was a few days later in the form of a phone call. It was the principal from the Northwest High School in Tomoeda; he needed a permanent teacher and knew she had worked with the kids before. She had some courses for high school, but was still working on getting her degree in that. The principal assured her that she could finish them and teach at the same time. Kaho had wanted to return for a while. Her job had come, but what was his? There was nothing in the books about it from Clow Reed.

He sat in his chair and contemplated.
"Damn it!" he said violently hitting the table next to him. He had tried for weeks to discover his 'job' but it had not been found.

"Hiirisawa-koi? Are you okay in there?" Kaho said in her always-loving voice. She knew something was wrong; she was just waiting for him to voice his confusion to her.

"The prophesy." That's all he felt he needed to say at that point.

"Don't worry about it, you'll discover you're job sometime," she said looking at her watch. "This probably isn't the best time to do this, but I have a teachers meeting at school. I'll be back later. Don't miss me too much."

She left.

"You're spending to much time at school. I'm having a crisis and you leave. I know you've been with someone else since we've been here. I can sense it. You've become more distant as well. My feelings haven't changed. You've grown emotionally and mentally. It's probably best that you leave."

"Misuki, I'm ready for the.... tea party?" Nakuru started to yell, but then noticed Eriol. "Master, what's wrong?"

"Absolutely nothing," he said, yet his smoky gray eyes told another story one of love, deceit and pain.

Misty-eyed he removed himself from his chair and study. He went to the door and locked it, then moved to the room her had shared with Kaho. He knew what he was doing would be very hard for him, but it would be for the best.

He waited for hours. He spent the time looking over pictures he and Kaho had taken together. He never sensed her.

"Kaho..." he murmured. "No, I can't allow myself to feel for her any longer. She's seeing someone else. I've also sensed another who has started to question her devotion to her love. Could it be the use of magic or just an illusion?"

He cleared his mind and slowly laid down on the black velvet comforter the pictures still scattered about him. It only took him a few minutes to achieve sleep, and Kaho didn't disturb him. He never sense her energy force return, even if she had returned, she couldn't have gotten in the house.