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The Bottom Of A Crystal Heart

Chapter 4

When the party had ended and all the guests were going home, Eriol went up to Takashi to ask him who the beautiful amethyst eyed girl had been. Takashi had just begun cleaning up when Eriol approached.

"Hey Eriol, what are you up to?" Takashi asked, knowing his friend loved making mischief.

"First, congratulations on the engagement! I know that you and Chiharu are going to be very happy together," Eriol told him as Takashi looked up.

"Thanks Eriol," Tak now wondered what else his old friend was going to ask.

"And secondly, you know that girl who rushed out apologizing that she had hurt her friend and she had to go, who was that?" Eriol was certain by now that he had seen the girl before, but he couldn't place her.

"You mean you don't remember? That was Daidouji Tomoyo, she used to be one of your best friends before you went back to England. You, Tomoyo, Syaoran and Sakura used to be the closest friends, nothing could make you guys split up. You can't tell me that you can't remember her," Tak answered, puzzled at how Eriol couldn't remember her, "now I come to think about it, the girls have forgotten about you two as well. Hmmm. that's strange. You guys were really close friends, why did you forget each other when I could still remember you?"

"Yeah, that is strange. I don't really remember ever having a friend named Tomoyo, or Sakura. Syaoran and I only just recently became friends because we're roommates at the school boarding house, but I didn't think that I'd known him before," Eriol was confused. Surely if they were as close as Tak was describing he should remember them, but he couldn't.

"You guys weren't exactly friends back in fourth grade, which is when I mean. In fact, you used to annoy Syaoran so much by calling him your 'cute little descendent.' You were basically only friends because of Sakura and Tomoyo. You were friends with both of them and so was Syaoran, so you both played with them, resulting in a weird friendship. We all used to watch you and him very closely when you fought. It was so fun! I can't believe that you've all forgotten! It's the strangest thing I've ever heard of!"

"Yeah, I know," what Tak was telling him was being processed by his brain and he was trying desperately to remember, "anyway, thanks for inviting us to the party. We had a great time." He looked at Syaoran who had a big scowl on his face while he was waiting impatiently for his friend, "I'd better go now, but I'll talk with you again sometime soon."

"Yeah, thank you for coming. See you later!" Tak went back to his cleaning as Chiharu glared at him for talking so much. Eriol went and collected Syaoran who gave him a look that plainly said 'it's about time.'

"Come on Syaoran, I've got something to tell you. It's about that girl that you can't stop thinking about." and with that Eriol told him everything Tak had said about them.

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The next morning Sakura and Tomoyo slept in really late. They had been up until 4am because after the movie and McDonalds they had decided to stay up and have a really long chat and tell secrets that the other person didn't know. It was a good thing that they didn't have school and it was the weekend or they would have missed it by the time they woke up. In fact, Sakura only got up because the phone was ringing and Tomoyo had left to go on a jog or shopping, Sakura didn't know.

"Hello," she said into the phone sleepily, "Kinomoto Sakura speaking." (Is that how they answer the phone? I have no idea.)

"Hi Squirt, how are you?" a deep male voice asked over the phone.

"Touya! Don't call me that! Anyway, it's nice to finally hear from you. I'm fine. How's Australia?" Sakura became wide awake now. She hadn't heard from her brother Touya for almost 3 months, ever since he had gone to Australia to teach.

"It's really good! It's pretty hot here at the moment, but other than that it's perfect. Melissa, Kaho and I are really enjoying it here," Touya replied. Kaho was Touya's wife and Melissa was their 3 year old daughter. They had decided on a European name as they were going to live in Australia.

"That's good! Are the kids at the school being nice to you?" Sakura teased, knowing that any of the kids in Touya's class would be fascinated by his method of teaching. Touya really believed in learning while having fun and so he made all his lessons fun, knowing that the kids would love the class and therefore remember what they were supposed to learn.

"Yeah, they're not too bad actually. I teach at an all girls school here called Tintern, at year 4. They're so sweet and their Aussie accents are really funny. They keep on offering to help me all the time and they keep on telling me about what happened to them and all that. You know how little kids are," Sakura thought that Touya was smiling over on the other end of the call.

"That's why your accent is so funny! It's going Australian! I was wondering what that was." Sakura and Touya continued to tease each other before they hung up. Sakura was incredibly cheerful by the time Tomoyo got back.

"Why are you so happy today?" she asked as Sakura greeted her with a big smile, "when I saw you before you were fast asleep and it didn't look like you were ever going to get up."

"Touya called and told me all about his class and Kaho and Melissa," Sakura told her happily, "Where did you go?"

"I just went to the craft store to get some material and stuff," Tomoyo replied as she put her bags down, "how's Touya going?"

"He says he's fine. They're all getting Australian accents already and Australia sounds like a great place. He told me that Melissa was walking and that she had started to make a bit of sense when talking, but not all the time. Overall it sounded like he, Kaho and Melissa were having a great time and they were all happy and healthy," Sakura sighed happily, "I'm going to have to visit them soon. I actually miss Touya, I never thought I would say it, but I do."

"It's only natural, he is your brother after all and you used to live with him full time," Tomoyo pointed out, "maybe we can go visit them in the holidays. Wait, we'd better do it after the exams. We will probably have to study all the holidays. I wish the exams were over so we could go visit them now. I could get the hole trip on tape!" Tomoyo had a dreamy expression on her face when she thought about taping a trip to Australia.

"Okay Tomoyo, back to reality now. We have to study these holidays, so we can't go. We'll have to plan a trip for after we get our exam results back, because I want my results back before then. I don't think I could get them while I'm in Australia; it's so far away."

"I know, I know. Hey, do you want to go see Takashi and Chiharu? We sort of did run out of their party before it had begun you know," Tomoyo pointed out with a guilty expression.

"Okay, I'll go get dressed properly and you can call them to see if that's okay," Sakura agreed, heading towards the bathroom, "I've got to have a shower so say that we'll be there in about 45 minutes, okay?"

"Yep, that sounds okay to me. I'll go call them now." Tomoyo picked up the phone and rang the couple who said that they couldn't wait to see them. After she had called them, Tomoyo decided to study while she waited for Sakura as she had nothing else to do in that short amount of time.

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At 3pm the next day, Eriol was still confused at how he could forget that he had been friends with the two girls and Syaoran when he was at school. He still couldn't remember it and neither could Syaoran, but he didn't doubt Takashi's word that they had been friends. That statement seemed familiar to him and that was probably why he had thought that he had known the amethyst eyed girl. Tomoyo her name was. Syaoran entered the room in which Eriol was supposed to be studying.

"Hey Eriol, still thinking about what Tak said?" he asked as he sat down on his bed. He had been watching the T.V. in the living room with a few others and now he had come back to the room he shared with Eriol.

"Yeah, I still can't remember it, but something tells me that it's important that I remember," Eriol frowned at the maths book on his desk, "I had thought that I had seen the amethyst eyed girl, Tomoyo, before, but I didn't know where. It must be from my memory of when I went to school here before going back to England."

"Yeah, come to think of it, Sakura, the emerald eyed girl, looked familiar to me. Maybe what Tak said is true; maybe we were all friends. I can't really remember but I came to school here at the beginning of grade 4 and I must have left at about the end of that year again. Maybe that was when we were friends," Syaoran picked up the book he had to read for English and flipped through it to the page he was up to, but he didn't read it.

"I was here in grade 4 too. I think I went to a school called Readington Elementary, but I'm not too sure," Eriol gave up on the idea of studying his maths and went on to his biology book, "but they go to this school now too. Why have we never seen them?"

"Probably because they're in different classes to us. I met someone the other day who knew who I was, but I had never heard of them before. It was freaky."

"Yeah, that's probably it, but I still have a feeling that we're missing something here. If only I could remember what that thing was."

"Why don't we call Tak and ask if we can go over there and talk to him. Maybe he can tell us more about those two girls and how we became friends etc. Maybe then we'll remember."

"You know, that's a great idea Syaoran! Lets go call him." The two friends went and called Tak, who immediately replied that they could come.

"Thanks Tak," Eriol said as he put the phone down. He turned to Syaoran.

"What time do you think we'll get there?" Syaoran asked as he looked at his watch.

"Probably about 4," Eriol replied and they grabbed their coats and left.

End Of Chapter 4.

Ooh, looks like they might meet each other again, doesn't it? Maybe I should make them die on the way. Hmm. I think I'll do that if people don't review!!!! Anyway, why don't they remember being childhood friends? Why did Eriol and Syaoran come back? MAYBE you'll find out next chapter, I don't really know yet. Until then, read and REVIEW or I won't put up the next chapter, or I'll make Syaoran and Eriol die! He he he he he, I'm so evil! See you later!!