Author's note: Thank you for hanging in there guys (and girls). I wasn't able to post this chapi up as fast as I did the other one. I'll try to make this chapter longer than the first two. I would like to thank all that read and reviewed my first fic ^_^ Domo arigato! Thank you soooooooooooo much! =) I love every one of you! Love you love you love you love you all!

Disclaimer: I still don't own CCS, Clamp still does.

Chapter 3: Rescued

The crowd below the building gasped as they saw Tomoyo take a step back from the roof, lose her balance as there was nothing there to support her weight, and start to fall. She started to plunge, but then, she began to slow down and instead started to move upward back to the rooftop. No one could believe their eyes. The news broadcasters were all speechless as Tomoyo was being elevated by some invisible force. Everyone stared into their television sets with wide eyes and mouths dropped open.

Tomoyo screamed as she was aware that all her weight was off the roof top. She felt a tumble of sensations mentally pierce into her heart and physically surround her body after that. Her heart was sinking as she realized that she would never get the chance to see her mom or her friends again, even if they caused her pain. She felt and heard the wind scream as the ground rushed towards her in a blur. She felt herself falling faster than she could imagine. She felt as light as a feather and her head was feeling funny. She really wished that Eriol were here now, he'd be able to save her.

As suddenly as it had started, Tomoyo felt the intensity of the wind and everything lessen as she experienced a slowing-down sensation. Then she was aware that she was being lifted up again as strong hands wrapped around her waist. Her mind supposed that Li had used a Sakura card and was now carrying her back on top of the roof so that no one would be able to see them.

Tomoyo looked up and saw, not Li, but Eriol Hiiragizawa. She gave a sigh of relief and at the same time a jerk of surprise. She was so scared that she was really going to die. Out of the blue, she remembered that he had promised to always be there for her. She couldn't believe he really was so serious on his promise.

"What exactly do you think you're doing?" Eriol demanded. His dark night blue hair was slightly cascading over his eyes, which were full of anxiety. His face, usually splashed with a smirk or at least light expression, held only concern and a bit of fury.

"I was going to hell and not coming back." she answered sarcastically. Though now that she thought about it, she was glad that he saved her because she wasn't as ready to die as she thought she was. She'd miss her friends and mother too much.

Eriol carried her back up to the rooftop and let her down on her feet but didn't let go of her hand right away. Sakura and Syaoran swiftly ran up to them, faces tightly threaded with fear and disbelief.

"Tomoyo-chan!!!" Sakura shouted as she ran toward them. Her face was once again streaked with tears, this time of relief.

"Shinjirarenai, Hiiragizawa-kun, what are you doing here? Did anyone see you? And Tomoyo-chan, are you alright?" Syaoran questioned as he came up behind Sakura.

"Daijobu…" Tomoyo answered weakly.

"I sensed that something was wrong so I came immediately, don't worry, I cloaked myself in invisibility before I came because I didn't know what I was facing." Eriol explained. "…But I had no idea that Tomoyo fell off of a rooftop. What happened here? What were you guys doing here anyway? If I hadn't saved Tomoyo, she'd be dead right now!"

"Eriol, cool down! Tomoyo wanted to jump off the building! We tried to stop her but she took a step back and nearly got herself killed!" Syaoran clarified.

Eriol tried to keep his composure calm, but failed. "What? Tomoyo-san, do you have any idea how serious what you just did was? Don't ever do it again!"

Tomoyo didn't reply. She was still in a state of shock from the fact that she just almost died and having all those emotions stabbing at her all at once. She was confused; now she regretted that she tried to jump. If she had died, she'd never have been able to see Eriol-kun again. But she didn't understand her feelings; just a few minutes ago, she was on the verge of reaching her happiness, her ticket to a painless life. But now, she was questioning her 'happiness'. Tomoyo realized that she wouldn't have been completely happy of she did achieve her task.

Guilt seeped into her heart as she began to interoperate what Eriol-kun just said. She hadn't meant to make Eriol-kun or any of the others worry. She would have rather not let anyone know about her plan and just died in peace. But then again…

"Tomoyo-chan!"

Tomoyo blinked and broke out of her trance.

"Why did you want to jump?" Eriol asked yet another time.

Tomoyo was speechless. She regretted the stunt that she had just pulled. More regret leaked into her mind, she hadn't thought of the consequences of trying to jump off a building.

"I--"

Before she really got started, Sakura and Syaoran spoke up.

"We'd better tell Sonomi Daidouji that Tomoyo's okay. She must be worried sick about Tomoyo right now." What Sakura and Syaoran really meant was, 'we weren't able to get Tomoyo to spill so maybe if we leave, she'll spill to you'.

"Yeah, you guys better do that. Isoide." Eriol replied, eyes still on Daidouji.

The other two took off into the sky and headed toward the Daidouji residence. Eriol turned to face Tomoyo and roughly placed both of his hands on her shoulders.

"Why did you want to end your life? You still haven't answered me."

"I…I…just didn't like my life." Tomoyo answered simply.

"Just because you didn't like your life you wanted to kill yourself?" Eriol repeated, making it sound crazy and causing Tomoyo to regret what she did even more. He let go of her shoulders after getting a getting an explanation.

"Yeah……."

"What was so wrong with your life that you had to kill yourself to feel better?"

"Well…." Tomoyo didn't really want to talk about it, but she knew that she owed Eriol-kun an explanation. Still, she was very hesitant.

Eriol stared at her with his dark eyes the color of the ocean on a crystal clear night. She glanced at him and saw within them anxiety, hurt and leftover pools of shock that he was recovering from. She did not notice that Eriol's eyes were also hiding an emotion of their own. Tomoyo wanted to tell Eriol about her pain, but she wasn't sure if he even cared. Eriol hadn't exactly been the best buddy on earth these past weeks. Then again, she didn't really have a choice; Eriol was very persistent when it came to something he wanted, especially if it was the reason why she wanted to jump. She heaved a heavy sigh and proceeded to narrate her sad story.

As she let out her story, Eriol's eyes piled up with realization and guilt as he realized that he was a factor to her break down. He swept her up in embrace.

"Tomoyo… I'm so sorry that I wasn't there for you when you needed me. I… I had a breakdown of my own and I was always so busy with my problems that I didn't bother to see if you were okay. I'm so sorry."

"I'm not going to say it's alright but…can we please get off the subject…I …don't want to talk about it. I'm sorry to scare you like that; I really regret what I did." Tomoyo's eyes were sad but really were uncomfortable with the subject.

"Daijobu desu Tomoyo, your aura calling me snapped me out of my lifeless trance at home and actually made me do something for a change."

"What do you mean Hiiragizawa-kun?" Tomoyo looked confused.

"I've been in a frozen trance lately, I didn't respond to anything. Even Spinel and Nakuru have been jumpy about my behavior."

"Naze desu ka Eriol-kun? Did something especially bad happen?"

"Well…" Reluctant. "Uh…Kahodumpedmeandmovedout."

"Nani?!?!"

TBC

Author's note: hehe, another cliffhanger, but this one wasn't supposed to be that surprising. What Eriol said was 'Kaho dumped me and moved out'. See, they had problems when Tomoyo mentioned that she always heard Kaho yelling in the background. Okay, I know that everyone is sick of cliffhangers but I promise to get the next chapi up really really soon. And as I promised, this chapter really was longer than the other two. So hang in there readers and reviews. Oh, and PLEASE review.