Author's Note: I do NOT own any of the characters in this story except for
Ken and Pete and all the rest and Cardcaptors all belong to CLAMP and not
me. This story takes place after the cards and everything when they are 18
years old. They are in their last year of high school as they have only
just turned 18 and I'm using Australian schooling systems. Anyway, on with
the story!!!!
The Bottom Of A Crystal Heart
Chapter 8
All of the next day Eriol and Syaoran looked for the two girls, but to no avail.
"Where can those girls be? I haven't seen them all day, but I know that they were at school. Why can't we seem to find them?" Eriol was very annoyed and he was pacing around the room. They were back in their dorm room after looking for the girls all day, "It's like they have disappeared to us only and not to anyone else."
"Maybe they have," Syaoran replied irritably, "But can you let me finish studying for the history test that I have tomorrow? The test is more important than those girls." Syaoran had been studying for that test for the past hour.
"You're studying? You haven't turned a page in that book for the last hour! You're thinking of Sakura, aren't you?" Eriol teased, knowing that Syaoran would be embarrassed, "Well, that caught you out, didn't it? You have been thinking of her ever since you saw her and no matter how hard you try to stop thinking about her, you can't." Syaoran's face was now bright red, but Eriol didn't even notice.
"You sound as if you know all about it Eriol. Are you thinking of a certain amethyst eyed girl named Tomoyo?" Syaoran teased back, hiding his own red face in his book as Eriol's face grew red, "You haven't been yourself lately either. It's like you're on another world or something."
"Same with you! Anyway, you were saying something about they might have disappeared only to us. Why do you think that?" Eriol was tempted to throttle Syaoran, but then he realized that he would never get his answer.
"Well, since someone cast a spell on us to make sure that we didn't know them, maybe they cast a spell so that we would never see them once we figured out that we had a spell on us. It's a bit confusing, but I think that once we figure out how to break this spell, we will probably have another spell on us. Whoever did this must have planned it out in advance and planned it out very well," Syaoran was still studying as he said that and he sounded half distracted. He didn't even know what he was saying.
"So what you're saying is that whoever cast these spells on us was desperate for us to stay away from the two girls. Who would do such a thing as that? I think that you might be right. The problem is, how do we find out who is doing this? I didn't think that there was any others with magic around here except for Sakura, you and me," Eriol resumed his pacing and was trying to sort things out in his mind. The only problem with that was that images of Tomoyo kept on putting themselves between his thoughts. He managed to ignore them though they were tempting him.
"Will you stop pacing! I'm trying to study!" Syaoran almost yelled at Eriol, who was so caught up in his thoughts that he didn't hear him.
"There's no other magical auras around that I can sense, but they would probably hide their aura as they know that three of us are magicians. Even Tomoyo has learned to sense an aura, so they probably would hide it. It must be people who have a reason. Who could hate Tomoyo enough to cast a spell on her?"
"Maybe the person DOESN'T hate Tomoyo. Maybe they hate you," Syaoran suggested absent-mindedly, still concentrating on his history and memories of Sakura.
"You're right! I think that whoever has done this to us is in love with the girls! What other reason would they have to cast a spell on all of us to make us forget each other? It's obvious that you love Sakura and it's probably obvious how I feel about Tomoyo, but it's not obvious how the girls feel. Well, it's obvious that Sakura is head over heels for you, but it's not obvious what Tomoyo feels. To make sure that it was safe for them to make their move, the made sure that we all forgot each other so that the girls would forget that they loved us, if they did. Then they could make their move and could try to get the girls to love them. Then, once they realized that we could find out about it, they made sure to cast a lot of spells on us to make sure that we didn't communicate with the girls. The girls probably have a similar lot of spells cast on them and they might have found that out too, The people who are doing this are going to strike soon and try to get the girls, we'll have to go to the girls now," Eriol grabbed his jacket and looked at Syaoran to see why he hadn't moved.
"In 1901 the federation of Australia occurred." Syaoran mumbled to himself as he wrote what looked like the beginning of notes, "All of the 7 states and territories agreed that it would be better for them all if they were together as one country."
"Um. Syaoran? Did you hear anything of what I just said? We have to go now!" Eriol literally had to drag Syaoran from his history book before Syaoran even comprehended that Eriol had been talking to him. Eriol had to repeat everything he had said in his long speech as Syaoran hadn't heard a word of it.
"What are we waiting for then? Let's go!" Syaoran grabbed his coat off his bed where he had thrown it earlier and almost ran out of the door, with Eriol right behind him.
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Tomoyo and Sakura were studying in their room when the doorbell rang.
"I'll get it, I can't concentrate anyway," Tomoyo offered and she got up to get the door. Sakura didn't really look up from her books at all, she just grunted. Tomoyo stretched as she walked to the door. She opened it and almost gasped in surprise. Standing on the other side of the door was Sakura's ex-boyfriend Pete.
"Tomoyo, hi! Is Sakura here?" Pete asked as Tomoyo as she struggled to gain back her composure.
"Um. Yeah, she's here, but I don't think that she wants to see you, so goodbye," and with that Tomoyo almost slammed the door in his face. She turned around and saw Sakura standing behind her, watching her.
"Why did you say that I didn't want to see him? You don't know if I wanted to or not," Sakura said in a voice that showed no emotion, "Why didn't you ask me first, instead of just slamming the door on him." Tomoyo could only stare at her best friend.
"I know what he did to you, he hurt you so much! Why are you yelling at me for making sure that he doesn't hurt you again?" Tomoyo asked, hurt showing in her eyes. But Sakura didn't listen or even look at her friend. Instead she just opened the door and raced out of it, going after Pete. Tomoyo stood standing at the open door in shock. The guy had hurt Sakura so much, not contacted her for half a year and never said sorry and Sakura still races after him like a crazed school girl. If anyone did that to her she would never go after him like that, she would never go back to him.
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Sakura had heard Pete's voice and she had felt like she had to see him. She had to see if he looked sorry or if he looked like he was in pain. When she had seen him though, all she could think about was how much she missed him. When she had heard Tomoyo get rid of him, she had felt angry and out of control. She had snapped at Tomoyo just so she could go chasing after him like a lost puppy. She had easily been able to catch up to him and she rushed towards him calling to him to wait.
"I thought that you didn't want to see me Sakura, after what Tomoyo said," Pete told her when she had caught up to him and practically flung herself into his arms, "All I wanted to say to you was that I missed you so much. I thought about you every second and yelled at myself for doing that to you. I would have apologized sooner, but I was out of the country for a while and I couldn't get away from that. It isn't the same apologizing to someone over the phone; it wouldn't have sounded sincere and I wanted you top know how much I love you and know that it came from the bottom of my heart." He grabbed her hands and she looked up at him and smiled happily.
"I forgive you Pete. I understand your reasons that you couldn't apologise sooner; I'd have done the same thing. As for Tomoyo I suppose that she just didn't realize that I still cared for you and she thought that I would get hurt just by seeing you. I'm really sorry for her behavior," Sakura found herself apologizing for his mistakes and then she caught herself, "What am I saying? I don't love you! I know who I love and it is not a good for nothing person like you! Stop playing with my mind, I know you can do that. Please, just leave me alone!" Pete was surprised at the sudden change in her attitude.
"What are you talking about my love? You're blabbering on about nothing," he stared into her eyes and her emerald eyes turned a bit duller and she instantly hugged him again.
"Yes, something came over me for a second. I will always care for you and you know it! I have no idea why I said otherwise, I guess that this is just a bit weird. First two guys come and everyone but them, Tomoyo and I said that we were best friends and now you've turned up after half a year to apologise! My life is getting weirder and weirder and maybe I just got overwhelmed or something," Sakura was trying to clear her head of all the conflicting thoughts she was having. Pete WAS the guy she loved, wasn't he? Her heart, however, was trying to tell her otherwise. It kept on crying out one name over and over again. Syaoran.
'I don't even know Syaoran! I have seen him and talked to him for about an hour at most! I know that people think we were best friends when we were kids, but that can't be possible unless someone cast a spell on us all to make us forget all about it. that's it!" Sakura thought to herself and then something clicked together in her mind. Suddenly she was almost overwhelmed with memories of capturing the cards with a boy with messy chestnut hair and deep amber eyes. Pete caught his breath as he realized that her thoughts were elsewhere.
"Sakura? Sakura are you okay?" he asked her as she turned red at some of the memories she saw.
"Hmm? Yeah, I'm fine, I just remembered something, that was all. I'll catch up with you later, okay? I've got to tell Tomoyo something important," and Sakura kissed him on the cheek and ran back up to her apartment, leaving Pete staring after her in shock.
"She's remembered, but she's still mine!" he muttered under his breath and he exited the building, knowing that Sakura would call him in a few hours.
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After Sakura had explained things to her, Tomoyo found that she too could remember all of her memories, but hers were mostly of hiding with Eriol while they tried to get Sakura and Syaoran together. Sakura watched as her friend smiled as she remembered all the great times they had had with the two boys.
"Do you suppose that the boys know about this? If they haven't figured it out then they still can't remember us. Not that it matters to me that much, I have Pete back now!" Sakura's eyes went dreamy, but Tomoyo made a face in disgust. It was easy to see that Sakura and Syaoran were meant to be together, not Pete and Sakura.
"Eriol would have figured it out by now, after all, he is the reincarnation of Clow Reed, he would figure it out. He always came up with good plans to get you and Syaoran together," Tomoyo was determined to get Sakura back on track with the person she was supposed to be with instead of with that loser Pete.
"Hmm? Get me and Syaoran together? You must have been really strange then, thinking that Syaoran and I would get together. Pete is the only one for me; I love him from the bottom of my heart," Sakura declared, even as her heart was protesting.
"Just the other day you were crying over how much he had hurt you and you promised me that you would never go out with him again. You told me that you hated his guts with such a passion that I can't believe you could ever turn around and say that you love him! I'm trying to help you. You loved Syaoran, you told me at least a million times, but you were always too scared to tell him in case he didn't feel the same way, even though he obviously loved you! Please don't waste your life by spending it with Pete when you could spend it with the guy you love!" Tomoyo almost begged her friend to see what she was doing, but Sakura ignored her.
"I might have hated him when he was away from me after he didn't apologise, but then I saw him and we talked. He couldn't apologise to me face to face because he was overseas and couldn't get away and he couldn't phone because he wanted me to see that he was sincere. You can't tell me who or who not to love; I was 10 when I told you that I was in love with Syaoran and feelings change over years. I probably didn't even know what love was back then! If you want me to be happy, just let me be with Pete. I'm going to go see him now, you should call Eriol and Syaoran and let them know about the trick to get their memories back," Sakura retorted before racing out of the door. Tomoyo was certain that something was strange about her. She had known Sakura since they were very young and she had never done anything like this before. Tomoyo just hoped that Sakura was okay.
End Of Chapter 8
Well, sorry I haven't updated for a while but first the site was down and then I went away for 10 days. I would have updated sooner, but I only got back yesterday morning and my brothers and my brother's friend had possession of the computer. This chapter is pretty strange I know, but I just make chapters up out of thin air. It's a bit longer than usual and I was going to make it longer, but my brother's friend is still here and I'm afraid that they will kick me off before I can post this chapter up, so I finished it here as I know that you guys wanted me to update. Thank you to all my reviewers; I appreciate it very much. It gets me out of my writer's block, and that's what happened with this story. I actually know where this is going now, so it will be up sooner and the chapters will be longer. Anyway, please, please, please REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Bottom Of A Crystal Heart
Chapter 8
All of the next day Eriol and Syaoran looked for the two girls, but to no avail.
"Where can those girls be? I haven't seen them all day, but I know that they were at school. Why can't we seem to find them?" Eriol was very annoyed and he was pacing around the room. They were back in their dorm room after looking for the girls all day, "It's like they have disappeared to us only and not to anyone else."
"Maybe they have," Syaoran replied irritably, "But can you let me finish studying for the history test that I have tomorrow? The test is more important than those girls." Syaoran had been studying for that test for the past hour.
"You're studying? You haven't turned a page in that book for the last hour! You're thinking of Sakura, aren't you?" Eriol teased, knowing that Syaoran would be embarrassed, "Well, that caught you out, didn't it? You have been thinking of her ever since you saw her and no matter how hard you try to stop thinking about her, you can't." Syaoran's face was now bright red, but Eriol didn't even notice.
"You sound as if you know all about it Eriol. Are you thinking of a certain amethyst eyed girl named Tomoyo?" Syaoran teased back, hiding his own red face in his book as Eriol's face grew red, "You haven't been yourself lately either. It's like you're on another world or something."
"Same with you! Anyway, you were saying something about they might have disappeared only to us. Why do you think that?" Eriol was tempted to throttle Syaoran, but then he realized that he would never get his answer.
"Well, since someone cast a spell on us to make sure that we didn't know them, maybe they cast a spell so that we would never see them once we figured out that we had a spell on us. It's a bit confusing, but I think that once we figure out how to break this spell, we will probably have another spell on us. Whoever did this must have planned it out in advance and planned it out very well," Syaoran was still studying as he said that and he sounded half distracted. He didn't even know what he was saying.
"So what you're saying is that whoever cast these spells on us was desperate for us to stay away from the two girls. Who would do such a thing as that? I think that you might be right. The problem is, how do we find out who is doing this? I didn't think that there was any others with magic around here except for Sakura, you and me," Eriol resumed his pacing and was trying to sort things out in his mind. The only problem with that was that images of Tomoyo kept on putting themselves between his thoughts. He managed to ignore them though they were tempting him.
"Will you stop pacing! I'm trying to study!" Syaoran almost yelled at Eriol, who was so caught up in his thoughts that he didn't hear him.
"There's no other magical auras around that I can sense, but they would probably hide their aura as they know that three of us are magicians. Even Tomoyo has learned to sense an aura, so they probably would hide it. It must be people who have a reason. Who could hate Tomoyo enough to cast a spell on her?"
"Maybe the person DOESN'T hate Tomoyo. Maybe they hate you," Syaoran suggested absent-mindedly, still concentrating on his history and memories of Sakura.
"You're right! I think that whoever has done this to us is in love with the girls! What other reason would they have to cast a spell on all of us to make us forget each other? It's obvious that you love Sakura and it's probably obvious how I feel about Tomoyo, but it's not obvious how the girls feel. Well, it's obvious that Sakura is head over heels for you, but it's not obvious what Tomoyo feels. To make sure that it was safe for them to make their move, the made sure that we all forgot each other so that the girls would forget that they loved us, if they did. Then they could make their move and could try to get the girls to love them. Then, once they realized that we could find out about it, they made sure to cast a lot of spells on us to make sure that we didn't communicate with the girls. The girls probably have a similar lot of spells cast on them and they might have found that out too, The people who are doing this are going to strike soon and try to get the girls, we'll have to go to the girls now," Eriol grabbed his jacket and looked at Syaoran to see why he hadn't moved.
"In 1901 the federation of Australia occurred." Syaoran mumbled to himself as he wrote what looked like the beginning of notes, "All of the 7 states and territories agreed that it would be better for them all if they were together as one country."
"Um. Syaoran? Did you hear anything of what I just said? We have to go now!" Eriol literally had to drag Syaoran from his history book before Syaoran even comprehended that Eriol had been talking to him. Eriol had to repeat everything he had said in his long speech as Syaoran hadn't heard a word of it.
"What are we waiting for then? Let's go!" Syaoran grabbed his coat off his bed where he had thrown it earlier and almost ran out of the door, with Eriol right behind him.
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Tomoyo and Sakura were studying in their room when the doorbell rang.
"I'll get it, I can't concentrate anyway," Tomoyo offered and she got up to get the door. Sakura didn't really look up from her books at all, she just grunted. Tomoyo stretched as she walked to the door. She opened it and almost gasped in surprise. Standing on the other side of the door was Sakura's ex-boyfriend Pete.
"Tomoyo, hi! Is Sakura here?" Pete asked as Tomoyo as she struggled to gain back her composure.
"Um. Yeah, she's here, but I don't think that she wants to see you, so goodbye," and with that Tomoyo almost slammed the door in his face. She turned around and saw Sakura standing behind her, watching her.
"Why did you say that I didn't want to see him? You don't know if I wanted to or not," Sakura said in a voice that showed no emotion, "Why didn't you ask me first, instead of just slamming the door on him." Tomoyo could only stare at her best friend.
"I know what he did to you, he hurt you so much! Why are you yelling at me for making sure that he doesn't hurt you again?" Tomoyo asked, hurt showing in her eyes. But Sakura didn't listen or even look at her friend. Instead she just opened the door and raced out of it, going after Pete. Tomoyo stood standing at the open door in shock. The guy had hurt Sakura so much, not contacted her for half a year and never said sorry and Sakura still races after him like a crazed school girl. If anyone did that to her she would never go after him like that, she would never go back to him.
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Sakura had heard Pete's voice and she had felt like she had to see him. She had to see if he looked sorry or if he looked like he was in pain. When she had seen him though, all she could think about was how much she missed him. When she had heard Tomoyo get rid of him, she had felt angry and out of control. She had snapped at Tomoyo just so she could go chasing after him like a lost puppy. She had easily been able to catch up to him and she rushed towards him calling to him to wait.
"I thought that you didn't want to see me Sakura, after what Tomoyo said," Pete told her when she had caught up to him and practically flung herself into his arms, "All I wanted to say to you was that I missed you so much. I thought about you every second and yelled at myself for doing that to you. I would have apologized sooner, but I was out of the country for a while and I couldn't get away from that. It isn't the same apologizing to someone over the phone; it wouldn't have sounded sincere and I wanted you top know how much I love you and know that it came from the bottom of my heart." He grabbed her hands and she looked up at him and smiled happily.
"I forgive you Pete. I understand your reasons that you couldn't apologise sooner; I'd have done the same thing. As for Tomoyo I suppose that she just didn't realize that I still cared for you and she thought that I would get hurt just by seeing you. I'm really sorry for her behavior," Sakura found herself apologizing for his mistakes and then she caught herself, "What am I saying? I don't love you! I know who I love and it is not a good for nothing person like you! Stop playing with my mind, I know you can do that. Please, just leave me alone!" Pete was surprised at the sudden change in her attitude.
"What are you talking about my love? You're blabbering on about nothing," he stared into her eyes and her emerald eyes turned a bit duller and she instantly hugged him again.
"Yes, something came over me for a second. I will always care for you and you know it! I have no idea why I said otherwise, I guess that this is just a bit weird. First two guys come and everyone but them, Tomoyo and I said that we were best friends and now you've turned up after half a year to apologise! My life is getting weirder and weirder and maybe I just got overwhelmed or something," Sakura was trying to clear her head of all the conflicting thoughts she was having. Pete WAS the guy she loved, wasn't he? Her heart, however, was trying to tell her otherwise. It kept on crying out one name over and over again. Syaoran.
'I don't even know Syaoran! I have seen him and talked to him for about an hour at most! I know that people think we were best friends when we were kids, but that can't be possible unless someone cast a spell on us all to make us forget all about it. that's it!" Sakura thought to herself and then something clicked together in her mind. Suddenly she was almost overwhelmed with memories of capturing the cards with a boy with messy chestnut hair and deep amber eyes. Pete caught his breath as he realized that her thoughts were elsewhere.
"Sakura? Sakura are you okay?" he asked her as she turned red at some of the memories she saw.
"Hmm? Yeah, I'm fine, I just remembered something, that was all. I'll catch up with you later, okay? I've got to tell Tomoyo something important," and Sakura kissed him on the cheek and ran back up to her apartment, leaving Pete staring after her in shock.
"She's remembered, but she's still mine!" he muttered under his breath and he exited the building, knowing that Sakura would call him in a few hours.
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After Sakura had explained things to her, Tomoyo found that she too could remember all of her memories, but hers were mostly of hiding with Eriol while they tried to get Sakura and Syaoran together. Sakura watched as her friend smiled as she remembered all the great times they had had with the two boys.
"Do you suppose that the boys know about this? If they haven't figured it out then they still can't remember us. Not that it matters to me that much, I have Pete back now!" Sakura's eyes went dreamy, but Tomoyo made a face in disgust. It was easy to see that Sakura and Syaoran were meant to be together, not Pete and Sakura.
"Eriol would have figured it out by now, after all, he is the reincarnation of Clow Reed, he would figure it out. He always came up with good plans to get you and Syaoran together," Tomoyo was determined to get Sakura back on track with the person she was supposed to be with instead of with that loser Pete.
"Hmm? Get me and Syaoran together? You must have been really strange then, thinking that Syaoran and I would get together. Pete is the only one for me; I love him from the bottom of my heart," Sakura declared, even as her heart was protesting.
"Just the other day you were crying over how much he had hurt you and you promised me that you would never go out with him again. You told me that you hated his guts with such a passion that I can't believe you could ever turn around and say that you love him! I'm trying to help you. You loved Syaoran, you told me at least a million times, but you were always too scared to tell him in case he didn't feel the same way, even though he obviously loved you! Please don't waste your life by spending it with Pete when you could spend it with the guy you love!" Tomoyo almost begged her friend to see what she was doing, but Sakura ignored her.
"I might have hated him when he was away from me after he didn't apologise, but then I saw him and we talked. He couldn't apologise to me face to face because he was overseas and couldn't get away and he couldn't phone because he wanted me to see that he was sincere. You can't tell me who or who not to love; I was 10 when I told you that I was in love with Syaoran and feelings change over years. I probably didn't even know what love was back then! If you want me to be happy, just let me be with Pete. I'm going to go see him now, you should call Eriol and Syaoran and let them know about the trick to get their memories back," Sakura retorted before racing out of the door. Tomoyo was certain that something was strange about her. She had known Sakura since they were very young and she had never done anything like this before. Tomoyo just hoped that Sakura was okay.
End Of Chapter 8
Well, sorry I haven't updated for a while but first the site was down and then I went away for 10 days. I would have updated sooner, but I only got back yesterday morning and my brothers and my brother's friend had possession of the computer. This chapter is pretty strange I know, but I just make chapters up out of thin air. It's a bit longer than usual and I was going to make it longer, but my brother's friend is still here and I'm afraid that they will kick me off before I can post this chapter up, so I finished it here as I know that you guys wanted me to update. Thank you to all my reviewers; I appreciate it very much. It gets me out of my writer's block, and that's what happened with this story. I actually know where this is going now, so it will be up sooner and the chapters will be longer. Anyway, please, please, please REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
