I decided to start All Costs over again. As much as I love it, I'd like it to be a series. This version will have much more detail. Please note, Sakura-tachi are all 17. Also, note that I am a narrator. [Note: I think I used a little too much Japanese ^^;]
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"Tomoyo, you really care about her, don't you?"
Tomoyo whispered her reply. "Yes."
"Don't worry – I'll make sure that she doesn't die."
"She won't die if she gets sucked into The Realm of Reflections…" Tomoyo began, "but I will. If Sakura leaves, I will die."
"Same with Yuki and I."
"Yuki…? Tsukishiro-san?"
Touya coughed. "Yes… but that's not important, Sakura is!"
"You're right." Tomoyo nodded.
"To… Tomoyo-chan? Onii-chan?"
"Sakura! Are you alright?"
"…Yeah, what happened?"
"You mean, you don't remember?"
"You were talking about The Realm of Reflections,"
"The… the Realm of Reflections? That was a place in my dream this morning…"
"You don't remember? Oh no…"
"Sakura, look. It's mother."
Sakura regained the face she held when she first saw the card. "The… the Kinomoto…? Is this… our mother, onii-chan?"
Touya said in a very small voice indeed: "Yes."
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The minute he spoke, Sakura was pulled towards the mirror, holding The Beast and The Kinomoto. "Sakura!" Tomoyo screamed, almost as if she was in pain. She grabbed Sakura's wrist, but was just no use. Touya grabbed her, but still, he was not strong enough. Sakura was sucked in. But Tomoyo's grip remained strong, and she continued to try and pull her beloved back into the Real World. "K… Kinomoto-san!" Tomoyo sobbed, trying to urge Touya into pulling harder. "But Daidouji – if I pull any harder, I might break you arm!" "I don't care!" she screeched, but suddenly felt a pain in her wrist. He's doing this for Sakura, she thought. He really loves her that much. I would really do for a brother like him. "DAIDOUJI! FOCUS!" Touya exclaimed, breaking Tomoyo's thoughts. But his warning was too late, and all three of them were pulled into The Realm of Reflections. But right before, Touya knew what was going to happen, and grabbed the Seal Cane. But little did they know, this simple action would save their lives many times in The Realm.
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