Chapter 3- Mr. Blueberry's Lovely Ladies
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All Sakura could do was sit and cry. If Syaoran was here, he would have told her to stop it. It wouldn't help anything. But he wasn't here, and she couldn't help it. It was finally going to happen after all of these years. She had tried to avoid it, but when it was her daughter, well, let's just say nothing gets past that girl.
Mina had bothered Sakura about her father since she was 5, and Sakura tried to ignore it. But clever phrases caught her off guard, and eventually Sakura ended up spilling her feelings out like a spout into a sink about all of the horrible years she spent dreaming of Syaoran and wishing for his return.
Now Sakura's best friend could only say things would be okay and pray for the best. There was no choice. They could not afford another plane ticket. The only way of getting to her daughter was to use those not forgotten but un-touched cards: the ones with power, the Sakura Cards.
She didn't even know if they'd listen to her anymore. She had denied them as they tried to break out of the book and talk to her. They used to be good friends, but then she was young and foolish, and the Cards had seemed like a kind of unreal game.
Finally, love came into the picture, and everything changed. Her whole view of life and the world was challenged and scrambled. Now she was the protector, and her world needed her to preserve the love she now knew and cared so deeply for.
But when she lost that love...She locked up the cards, shoved them into a drawer, and forgot about the whole thing. She felt betrayed, because they couldn't stop him from leaving. They hadn't protected the protector. Moving on, then, meant everything.
Now, though, with her daughter gone, it seemed Sakura must find Mina and face her past. Seeing Syaoran might be too much though. It felt like the rush of feelings she would have would just make her burst. The thought of going to China seemed more dangerous to Sakura at that moment than it had meant to capture her first card, or to learn to live with her mother's death as a child.
So now, with a shaky heart but strong will, Sakura found herself seated in a corner of the room on a small, sturdy, wood chair. The cards hovered in a huge pink aura-glowing circle around her and her best friend Tomoyo.
"It'll be okay, Sakura, Mina's a strong girl," The violet- haired girl said gently whe she saw the look on Sakura's face.
"I know Tomoyo, arigato, but I can't get over this...it's all happening so fast. Or...maybe I didn't think it would happen at all...demo...that's ridiculous. I knew one day she would learn the truth...meet...him."
" I know, Sakura-chan. You should be proud. She's just like you."
Sakura smiled at this, and Tomoyo hugged her friend then smiled back.
"Alright then, down to business," she said, taking charge. "Fly, and.....time?"
The said cards flew to Sakura's hand almost instinctively. But, suddenly, a sure, cold voice cut through the tension in the air.
"No. We will go the fast way."
Sakura looked up, and when her eyes took on the sight before her, she could only merely stare, a huge grin splitting her face. Tomoyo was just as mesmerized, but it was in her eyes that this was so wonderful she couldn't have asked for a better moment in her life.
Tears erupted and flooded down her cheeks to the wooden floor below and she didn't give them a second thought as the smile on her face grew. She stood shaking her head in disbelief until finally she screamed,
"ERIOL-CHAN!!" and ran to him, giving him an enormous hug.
"My Tomoyo," he whispered softly in her ear. The moment was perfect.
By now Eriol's voice, which was so sturdy before, had turned soft and mellow. He sank into the hug that she refused to stop giving him and just enjoyed the moment. It had been so long since they had last seen each other. His eyes were filled with so much love it was amazing that they had denied it for so long.
You see, Eriol had become great friends with Sakura and Tomoyo after the whole "testing Sakura" business was over and she had decided to not use her magic anymore. The magic was forgotten, and Tomoyo and Eriol got to know each other better, and their friendship grew into love.
Of course, neither would admit it, but it was obvious when Eriol blushed every time he saw Tomoyo, or how she had taken way more time than usual to get changed (which she didn't even have to do in the first place) whenever Eriol would be in the same place as her. She even started taping him along with Sakura!
But the surprising thing was Eriol hadn't been seen around for years. He had so many people to attend to, being the reincarnation of the great Clow Reed! The last time Tomoyo or Sakura saw him they were 15. Why would he turn up now? SO you would understand that when Sakura saw the handsome blue- haired man, she first had trouble recognizing him, and then she had trouble believing it was actually her old, magical friend.
"Is it really you? Eriol Hiirigazawa, the reincarnation of the great Clow Reed?" inquired Sakura.
"In the flesh." he replied.
"Oh. My. Gosh!"
At that moment she ran up and hugged him almost as fiercely as Tomoyo had.
"Wow, I must be the lucky guy today, I've got two beautiful women hanging all over me and I didn't even ask."
"HOOOOOEEEE?" screamed Sakura, blushing furiously.
Eriol simply laughed to himself and said, "Well, Sakura, I haven't heard you say THAT for a long time. You've still got some spunk left in you. And you're going to need it to get to your daughter and my cute little descendent back."
Sakura and Tomoyo looked confused. "What do you mean by that?"
"Yeah, are you helping us?"
"Of course I am you fools! And I think my darling here"-he squeezed Tomoyo's waist-"and I can concoct some dashing plan to bring back your loved ones, Sakura."
Tomoyo giggled, and Sakura gave Eriol another hug.
"Kami-sama, I am so glad you're back."
~~~~~~~~~~~END OF CHAPPIE 3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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All Sakura could do was sit and cry. If Syaoran was here, he would have told her to stop it. It wouldn't help anything. But he wasn't here, and she couldn't help it. It was finally going to happen after all of these years. She had tried to avoid it, but when it was her daughter, well, let's just say nothing gets past that girl.
Mina had bothered Sakura about her father since she was 5, and Sakura tried to ignore it. But clever phrases caught her off guard, and eventually Sakura ended up spilling her feelings out like a spout into a sink about all of the horrible years she spent dreaming of Syaoran and wishing for his return.
Now Sakura's best friend could only say things would be okay and pray for the best. There was no choice. They could not afford another plane ticket. The only way of getting to her daughter was to use those not forgotten but un-touched cards: the ones with power, the Sakura Cards.
She didn't even know if they'd listen to her anymore. She had denied them as they tried to break out of the book and talk to her. They used to be good friends, but then she was young and foolish, and the Cards had seemed like a kind of unreal game.
Finally, love came into the picture, and everything changed. Her whole view of life and the world was challenged and scrambled. Now she was the protector, and her world needed her to preserve the love she now knew and cared so deeply for.
But when she lost that love...She locked up the cards, shoved them into a drawer, and forgot about the whole thing. She felt betrayed, because they couldn't stop him from leaving. They hadn't protected the protector. Moving on, then, meant everything.
Now, though, with her daughter gone, it seemed Sakura must find Mina and face her past. Seeing Syaoran might be too much though. It felt like the rush of feelings she would have would just make her burst. The thought of going to China seemed more dangerous to Sakura at that moment than it had meant to capture her first card, or to learn to live with her mother's death as a child.
So now, with a shaky heart but strong will, Sakura found herself seated in a corner of the room on a small, sturdy, wood chair. The cards hovered in a huge pink aura-glowing circle around her and her best friend Tomoyo.
"It'll be okay, Sakura, Mina's a strong girl," The violet- haired girl said gently whe she saw the look on Sakura's face.
"I know Tomoyo, arigato, but I can't get over this...it's all happening so fast. Or...maybe I didn't think it would happen at all...demo...that's ridiculous. I knew one day she would learn the truth...meet...him."
" I know, Sakura-chan. You should be proud. She's just like you."
Sakura smiled at this, and Tomoyo hugged her friend then smiled back.
"Alright then, down to business," she said, taking charge. "Fly, and.....time?"
The said cards flew to Sakura's hand almost instinctively. But, suddenly, a sure, cold voice cut through the tension in the air.
"No. We will go the fast way."
Sakura looked up, and when her eyes took on the sight before her, she could only merely stare, a huge grin splitting her face. Tomoyo was just as mesmerized, but it was in her eyes that this was so wonderful she couldn't have asked for a better moment in her life.
Tears erupted and flooded down her cheeks to the wooden floor below and she didn't give them a second thought as the smile on her face grew. She stood shaking her head in disbelief until finally she screamed,
"ERIOL-CHAN!!" and ran to him, giving him an enormous hug.
"My Tomoyo," he whispered softly in her ear. The moment was perfect.
By now Eriol's voice, which was so sturdy before, had turned soft and mellow. He sank into the hug that she refused to stop giving him and just enjoyed the moment. It had been so long since they had last seen each other. His eyes were filled with so much love it was amazing that they had denied it for so long.
You see, Eriol had become great friends with Sakura and Tomoyo after the whole "testing Sakura" business was over and she had decided to not use her magic anymore. The magic was forgotten, and Tomoyo and Eriol got to know each other better, and their friendship grew into love.
Of course, neither would admit it, but it was obvious when Eriol blushed every time he saw Tomoyo, or how she had taken way more time than usual to get changed (which she didn't even have to do in the first place) whenever Eriol would be in the same place as her. She even started taping him along with Sakura!
But the surprising thing was Eriol hadn't been seen around for years. He had so many people to attend to, being the reincarnation of the great Clow Reed! The last time Tomoyo or Sakura saw him they were 15. Why would he turn up now? SO you would understand that when Sakura saw the handsome blue- haired man, she first had trouble recognizing him, and then she had trouble believing it was actually her old, magical friend.
"Is it really you? Eriol Hiirigazawa, the reincarnation of the great Clow Reed?" inquired Sakura.
"In the flesh." he replied.
"Oh. My. Gosh!"
At that moment she ran up and hugged him almost as fiercely as Tomoyo had.
"Wow, I must be the lucky guy today, I've got two beautiful women hanging all over me and I didn't even ask."
"HOOOOOEEEE?" screamed Sakura, blushing furiously.
Eriol simply laughed to himself and said, "Well, Sakura, I haven't heard you say THAT for a long time. You've still got some spunk left in you. And you're going to need it to get to your daughter and my cute little descendent back."
Sakura and Tomoyo looked confused. "What do you mean by that?"
"Yeah, are you helping us?"
"Of course I am you fools! And I think my darling here"-he squeezed Tomoyo's waist-"and I can concoct some dashing plan to bring back your loved ones, Sakura."
Tomoyo giggled, and Sakura gave Eriol another hug.
"Kami-sama, I am so glad you're back."
~~~~~~~~~~~END OF CHAPPIE 3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
