Daphne: "Greetings! I hope that you are enjoying this story. I am not quite sure how long it is going to be, but I am thinking about making it short. What do you think?

Kero: "I really think that you should quit talking and start writing the story!"

Daphne: "I didn't ask you! But.I will listen to your advice. So here goes!"

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Avalanche Kisses by: Daphne Li Chapter 2.













"Good morning, Tomoyo-chan! Good morning, Li-kun!" Kinomoto Sakura squealed, as she entered her fifth-grade classroom. Daidouji Tomoyo turned and smiled at her best friend. The chestnut haired, amber eyed boy who was sitting behind Sakura gave her a nod and then looked down at the book he was reading, his cheeks red.

"Ohayo, Sakura-chan!" Tomoyo chirped, just as the teacher entered the room. Tomoyo was now eleven years old, and quite content with life. Her best friend was the Card Captor, she got a chance to make clothes for her and tape her, two of Tomoyo's favorite past-times...what more could a girl ask for?

"Quiet! Everyone, quiet!" Terada-sensei called out. Everyone silenced and looked up to see what the teacher had to say.

"We have a new student joining us today. I would like you all to meet Hiiragizawa Eriol." He stated, motioning to the door. It opened and Tomoyo gasped. There, in the doorway, stood someone that she thought she would never see again.

Midnight-blue eyes searched the class as the boy walked to the front, and they connected with Sakura-chan. Tomoyo watched as Eriol stared for a moment and then smirked.

"I am pleased to meet all of you!" He said, bowing. As he straightened, his eyes caught Tomoyo's and a mischievous glint came to them. He knew that she recognized him, and he was not going to let her forget it.

"You may sit behind Daidouji Tomoyo. Tomoyo, please raise your hand." Terada called out. Tomoyo did as she was told, her eyes still riveted on his form. His eyes, however, had found her best friend and to her astonishment, he greeted the girl as though he had known her all his life.

"Hello, Sakura"

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Tomoyo seethed as she watched Eriol make friends with Sakura and the rest of her friends...well, save for Syaoran who already hated the guy. This made Tomoyo feel a whole lot better.

How could he do this? How could he intrude on her perfect life and act like he had always been there? Even Yamazaki did not remember him, but she sure did. How could she forget the only boy who had ever kissed her? The only boy that she disliked more than anything in the world?

"Tomoyo-chan? Are you all right?" A sweet voice rang out. Tomoyo turned to her Sakura-chan and smiled at the auburn haired girl.

"I am fine, Sakura-chan." She answered. Sakura's emerald eyes sparkled.

"Good. I have invited Eriol-kun to sit with us at lunch. He seemed quite interested in meeting you." Sakura quipped, skipping away. Tomoyo's bad mood returned and she felt like punching something.

"Well, well, well. If it isn't my dear Tomoyo, come back to me." Came a voice from behind her. Tomoyo's eyes flashed.

"Since when was I *yours*, you horrid, cocky thing?" She snapped, loosing her usually mild-mannered temper. He shook his head and smirked at her.

"Tsk, tsk, Tomoyo. You never were one for name-calling. Please do not start now." He murmured, his eyes capturing her's in an intense gaze.

"Don't concern yourself in matters that are not yours to be involved in." Tomoyo hissed back, her eyes flaring up once more.

"Tomoyo? Eriol! Lunch time!" Sakura's voice rang out. Tomoyo turned, startled at the sound of her friend's voice.

"Coming, Sakura-chan!" She called, forcing a fake giggle and running over to where her friend and Syaoran sat waiting for them. Eriol joined them a moment later and all remainder of the argument was swept away by Sakura's cheerful banter.

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"I can't believe it. Eriol..." Tomoyo gasped, collapsing onto her couch. It was the day after the confrontation of Eriol and his guardians vs. Sakura and her guardians. Tomoyo, Syaoran and Sakura were all sitting in her living room, talking about it. For some reason that the other two could not comprehend, Tomoyo seemed even more shocked then they were.

"Terada-sensei told us that he was leaving tomorrow. Perhaps we should go say goodbye. He is still our friend, after all." Sakura whispered. Syaoran, who was leaving soon as well, looked less than happy about this suggestion, and secretly, Tomoyo agreed with him. But in the end, Sakura got her way and they were soon on their way to see Eriol once more.

When they got to the house and found Eriol, he sat them down at the large dinning room table and explained everything about his true purpose for being there. Tomoyo sat politely through the whole thing, saying the polite things and listening carefully, as though she were really interested. Then, to her utter shock and amazement, Kaho-sensei stepped out of the shadows!

Sakura and Tomoyo were delighted to see her, but as Syaoran had suspected long ago, she too had her share of secrets. She was actually in the same league as Eriol, and had known of his charade the whole time! Syaoran looked even more angry by this news. Though it seemed to Tomoyo that there was something more to Kaho and Eriol than just their student-teacher relationship.

Then it was time to leave. Sakura promised to write both Eriol and Kaho, and Syaoran said a gruff goodbye as well. Tomoyo smiled and cheerfully said her goodbyes to Kaho, Spinnel and Nakuru, but by that time, Syaoran had already dragged Sakura out the front door and onto the walk leading off of Eriol's property. Tomoyo smiled at his eagerness to leave, but her smile faded when she felt a hand on her shoulder.

"Am I to receive a goodbye as well, Tomoyo?" Came Eriol's annoying voice. Tomoyo frowned and turned to look at her old schoolmate.

"You still have deceived them, Eriol. They don't know that you were here before. Why may I ask, was that?" She spat. He winced slightly.

"Because, Tomoyo. When I first came here, I was just getting the lay of the land, and summing Sakura up. I knew all along that she would be the one to posses the Cards. Since both my parents died when I was quite young, I convinced Kaho to bring me up here at that time, so I could see our little Cherry Blossom." Eriol said in a conversational voice. Tomoyo glared at him.

"Then why did you go to my school? Why didn't you go to hers?" She snapped.

"Better that she not know who I was before hand. It was easier to get to know you, anyway." He chuckled.

"You never got to know me! You simply stole my first kiss, and then ruined all the fun of that game for me. I hardly even knew anything about you!" She seethed. Now Eriol shifted uncomfortably.

"Would you have let any other boy kiss you? Would you have wanted them to?" He asked softly. Tomoyo froze, his words striking her core. She slowly turned to stare at him, her eyes flashing. But he was no longer across the room. With quick steps, he was at her side with his arm around her waist. For the third time in their lives, his lips searched for and found hers. His lips were just as warm and inviting as they had ever been but there was something else behind it. Something that she just couldn't understand. She jerked away from him sharply, her breath coming fast.

"Go back to the hole you crawled out of, Hiiragizawa Eriol." She hissed, stalking away from him and slamming the door closed behind her. Eriol stared after her with steely eyes and his lips set in a straight line, before he turned away abruptly and climbed the stairs to his 'room of evil'.

Little did they know that two tear-filled, fawn brown eyes had been watching the whole thing, and that a heart was shattered by the scene they had seen.

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