Thank you for your reviews of the last chapter! ^_^ Shouts again! ^_^

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DISCLAIMERS: I don't own anything! How many times do I gotta tell you!! I'm just an ordinary untalented person! Do I gotta keep degrading myself to tell you that! Jeez! (haha) anyways, herez chapter 8! ^_^

~~Chapter 08~~

|| Nakuru & Tomoyo ||

"Oh! You're feeling much better now Daidouji!" squealed Nakuru.

"." Tomoyo stared wide eyes at this young girl standing before her. Nakuru was talking to Tomoyo as if she wasn't a stranger in the house, but more like a guest.

Unexpectedly, Nakuru turned serious and asked in a whisper voice,

"Are you a boy or a girl?"

Tomoyo looked up at the girl's eyes taken back by the question and decided whether to tell her the truth or not. Instead of directly answering the previously asked question, Tomoyo answered with a question of her own.

"Who healed my wounds?"

"I did of course!" squealed Nakuru.

"Oh. " was all Tomoyo said.

"Why?" Nakuru asked curiously.

"I was just wondering that's all," replied Tomoyo.

"You probably should go back to your room and rest for a little longer Daidouji. You look a little pale," suggested Nakuru.

At that suggestion, Tomoyo paled a thousand times worse at remembering exactly why she was running from her room.

"Daidouji, are you alright?"

"Y-yes. uh no. can you take me there? I forgot the way," said Tomoyo, trying her best to take Nakuru along.

"Sure!" beamed Nakuru, not seeing Tomoyo's worry face.

The two walked up the stairs, more like Nakuru racing up while Tomoyo took her time, trembling on the railings.

"We're here!" announced Nakuru.

"Already?"

"Yup!"

"Uh. can. um. " Tomoyo said unsure of how to put her words without sounding disrespectful or weird.

"What is it Daidouji?"

"I was wondering. would you like to come in?"

"Sure! I would love to!"

The two entered the room in which Tomoyo was staying in until she was feeling better. Nakuru bounced into the room, with Tomoyo holding tight onto her sleeves, walking behind her. Nakuru looked at the rug and was aghast.

"Daidouji. ?"

"Yes?"

"Where's the panther that was painted on your rug?"

"It's right there. " Tomoyo stop mid-sentence, seeing the panther was no where in sight.

On instinct, Tomoyo turned around to see a deep blue animal growling, showing its sharp teeth at the two girls.

Nakuru gasped loudly as the panther quickly reached by Tomoyo, inches away. As it near her closer and closer, Tomoyo backed up looking for Nakuru for protection.

"What is that?" yelled Tomoyo.

". "

"H-hey! A-a-are you gonna help me o-or just stand t-there?"

Hearing no response from Nakuru, Tomoyo became very frighten. Tomoyo found herself backing up to a wall, with nowhere to go with the creature slowly creeping towards her.

As the creature came face to face with Tomoyo, she let out a small gasp and closed her eyes on impact.

She lowered herself down to the floor, waiting for the sharp fangs to meet her shaky body, but nothing came.

She opened her eyes, and saw the creature. sniffing her? Tomoyo didn't know what was going on, she looked towards Nakuru, with a smile plastered on her face.

Looking back at the creature, it licked her! Tomoyo was confused now more than ever, until she looked down at it's neck and saw a collar.

"A-azurE?" Tomoyo asked unsure yet quietly, only speaking to the creature held before her.

The creature licked her face again as if saying yes.

Tomoyo smiled happily, stood up and hugged her long lost friend.

~FLASHBACK~

Tomoyo and AzurE were both playing in the backyard of her home, (A/N: They're still in Japan.) Tomoyo was watching AzurE chasing his little tail while trying hard to hold in her laughter at his silliness.

AzurE then stopped in his tracks and looked outside the gate. Tomoyo looked at him curiously until he darted out of the yard. She ran after him as fast as she could. Until she came to a dead end. Tomoyo couldn't find AzurE anywhere.

"AzurE!!" yelled Tomoyo at the top of her lungs over and over again, running here and there looking for her friend.

It was soon nearing dusk, and still no signs of AzurE. She headed home with a worry expression etched on her face.

~END FLASHBACK ~

"So you know him Daidouji?" asked Nakuru as she stepped out of her position and walked over to Tomoyo.

"Yes, I do. He's my dog. er. used to be a dog anyways. Do you know why he's in this state?" asked Tomoyo, still petting AzurE.

"I'm not exactly sure, but that's how Master found him. He became very friendly with Master and Master alone, so he put a spell on AzurE, was it? So he wouldn't hurt anybody. I don't know why he transformed when you saw him. "

"Master? Who's your master?"

"Eriol-sama of course!"

"Oh. "

"Yup!"

"Tell me, why didn't you help when AzurE was about to attack me?" said Tomoyo changing the subject. She didn't want to make it hard on the girl before her.

"I would if I could Daidouji. The only person that could tame him is Hiiragizawa-sama. Of course now there's another that could tame this beast!" beamed Nakuru.

"Oh. by the way, what's your name? I didn't catch it."

"It's Nakuru Azuki (A/N: I don't know how to spell her last name -_-) but just call me Nakuru!"

"Alright. My name is To-uh-Teiraku Daidouji."

"Can I call you Teiraku?" asked Nakuru anxiously.

"Of course!" giggled Tomoyo.

"Oh! I just have to tell Master about this! Now that you're all better, want to come down and meet him?"

"Um. "

Before Tomoyo could give out a response, Nakuru grabbed her arm and was dragged down the stairs and into a spacious room; Tomoyo assuming it was the living room.

"Hiiragizawa-sama! Look whose up!" beamed Nakuru jumping into a lad with deep blue hair and azure eyes, who was sitting on a red-maroon chair reading a book.

"Hiiragizawa?" asked Tomoyo, unsure of what to expect.

"Daidouji. So glad you're finally up," stated Hiiragizawa lamely.

"Teiraku! Look here! This is Spinel Sun but I like to call him Suppi-chan!" squealed Nakuru, receiving a dirty look from the feline. (A/N: I forgot what story I used the name Spinnie instead of Suppi-chan! -_- I hope it's not this one though. I doubt it since this is the first time I introduced him. right? -_-)

Tomoyo laughed inwardly at the black cat that was glaring at Nakuru.

"Daidouji, since you're feeling better now. I assume you wouldn't mind. " Hiiragizawa looked behind Teiraku, seeing his creature lurking around.

"Spinel stop it before it attacks!" yelled Eriol pointing behind Teiraku.

Teiraku and Nakuru turned around seeing AzurE standing behind them.

"Stop! Don't harm him!" yelled Teiraku running towards AzurE.

"What?" asked a confused Eriol.

He became even more confused as he saw Teiraku petting the creature.

"Eriol-sama, that's Teiraku's used to be dog," stated Nakuru.

Eriol didn't say anything but went back to his reading.

"Daidouji, like I said before. Now that you're fully heal, it is time for you to depart."

"But Eriol-sama! Can't Teiraku with us a couple more days? Please?" begged Nakuru with puppy eyes.

Her action had no effect on Eriol but he simply nodded, not wanting to fight with his guardian.

Nakuru earned a disgusted look from Spinel as Nakuru faced Teiraku once again.

"Come on Teiraku! I want to show you the whole mansion!"

Tomoyo had no choice but to follow her.

|| Eriol & Spinel ||

"Why did you agree with Nakuru to let him stay here? What if he found out that you have magical power?"

"No doubt Nakuru explained to Daidouji that I turned the beast into a rug painting. Daidouji is smart, he'll figure it out later or sooner anyway."

"How long will you allow him to stay here?"

"Not for long, he will be leaving tomorrow morning."

|| In the Backyard ||

"Nakuru! These flowers are all so beautiful!" gushed Teiraku, slowly losing her disguised voice from her excitement. Nakuru noticed the change but decided not to ask any questions until Teiraku feels ready to her on his own,

"Yup! Eriol-sama takes care of this garden by himself."

"Amazing! He must be very committed to his gardening."

"He is."

"Oh! Look at these! He even has Japanese flowers here also! How did he plant them here? I thought the soil here would make it hard for them to grow!"

"Eriol-sama has his ways. If he's really determine, he would find some way to make it to his likings."

"Sakuras! They're so beautiful! Even more magnificent than the ones back in Japan!"

"I just love them don't you?" smiled Nakuru.

The two went around the entire garden, which took up most of the day since it was huge! Tomoyo had fun talking with Nakuru, losing more and more of her male disguise in her voice. Nakuru still didn't ask any questions about it but continued on entertaining Teiraku.

(AUTHOR'S NOTE: I pretty much force myself to finish this chapter! -_- I had absolutely no inspiration or idea on how to get through it!! I have ideas for the later chapters but no idea on these early ones -_- I'm willing to stick with this and finish this story! Then I'm gonna go back to my abandon ones. (haha) anywayz this is all for now! Please read and review! Like always! ^_^)