A/N: First of all, I'd like to thank u l t i m e c i a (thanks for sharing the info with me), EcuaGirl (same goes to you), white cherry blossom, emerald wolf, KawaiinessPnay, and SakuraandLiforever for the reviews, suggestions, and/or mentioning the spelling mistake in the title. I guess I was still tired from writing exams and what not. I'm quite spelling mistake prone when it comes to writing (all hail Microsoft Word's spell check!). Everybody makes mistakes, and I'll try to stay focus this time! The real author's notes for this story will be at the end of the chapter.

Foreword: I couldn't have written this without reading Peacewish's "Behind The Camera" first. She understood what Sonomi went through after Nadeshiko's death, and I unconsciously used the same information because they were practically facts.

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Disclaimer: CCS belongs to CLAMP and several ideas belong to Peacewish.

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Sapphire and Amethyst

By Amethyst Beloved

Chapter 2: Amethyst

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Tomoyo Daidouji was very perspective for her age. The four-year-old realized things before others even if it was staring at them in the face. Because her mother was always at work, she occupied her time drawing pictures of dresses for her dolls, but her favourite thing to do was to observe the people around her. What interested her the most was love.

The young butler of the Daidouji household always had soft eyes for the downstairs maid. He would treat her with the greatest of care, and a blush would colour his face whenever she would grace him with her smile. Nonetheless, he was a noble man, and intimate relationships between the servants were unheard of. He also thought that the pretty maid would never notice someone like him.

Meanwhile, the maid was so carefree, that she only regarded her fellow worker as a charming friend. She would have never dreamed that the butler was in love with her, and Tomoyo knew this. To pass the time in the quiet mansion, she decided to play matchmaker.

It wasn't hard. Dropping careful observations to one about the other, and subtle manipulations to allow them to be in the same place together at the same time worked for a time, but it was moving at a snail's pace. It's wasn't until Tomoyo got exasperated and told the butler that the new gardener is looking out for the young maid himself. Her plan work, and after the man confessed his love, it turned out that the maid was starting to feel the same way towards him as well.

"Cute!" Tomoyo said to herself from under the table, as she was video taping the entire confession from her Kiddie Camera. She was always fond of audiovisual equipment, but she need the needed another subject to videotape. She sighed blissfully to herself she recalled the first star of all her movies...

* One year ago *

"Daddy, Daddy!" the little three-year-old called out as she ran to the door to welcome her father. "You're home!"

"Tomoyo!" exclaimed the man as he picked her up, and hugged her lovingly. But when she pulled back to look at him, he unconsciously flinched when her amethyst eyes once more reminded him that she wasn't his biological daughter.

Her actual father was known as the most famous international singer with amethyst eyes. At first Koji Daidouji assumed that the singer didn't want to tie himself to a family because his voice could take him places. But he knew the real reason now, and even though it hurt him to this to Tomoyo, he had no choice but follow in her original father's footsteps. Koji was the second man in Sonomi and Tomoyo's life, and they carried his name because Sonomi didn't want Tomoyo to make the connection to her birth father.

"I brought someone to see you again."

"Hi Tomoyo!" greeted Koji's secretary cheerfully. "It's nice to see you again."

"Akira," Tomoyo swooned softly as she took in the woman's spring green eyes and glossy auburn hair. She didn't know why, but this woman always made Tomoyo feel warm and fuzzy inside. She never realized that Akira was more of a mother figure to Tomoyo than Sonomi was because the latter was always at work, and rarely spent time with her daughter. If her mind was clear, she would of realized that her father was having an affair with this woman

"I have a surprise for you," began Koji as he claimed Tomoyo's attention. "If you be good and close your eyes, you will have a big surprise!"

Tomoyo giggled at his rhyme as she did what she was told.

"You can open them now."

Tomoyo opened her eyes, and was fascinated with the contraption in front of her.

"This is called a Kiddie Camera," he began. "I developed it myself just for you, so you could be like your dad. The basic buttons are the power button and the zoom button. Knowing how smart you are, you'll adapt fine."

The three-year-old didn't know what to say. Expertly, she put it on, and started filming the first thing that interested her the most: Akira.

When Tomoyo began filming Akira, she couldn't stop. She was beautiful, and Tomoyo enjoyed her new activity. Akira didn't mind, since Tomoyo was a darling child with a mother who seemed to neglect her.

A week later, everything seemed to change. Her mother came home one day in tears. She went to her room, and didn't open up to anyone. Not even her husband. Koji decided that it was the last straw. He always had a feeling that Sonomi loved someone else. That was why he was in a relationship with Akira. He assumed that his wife's lover must of left her. He could hear Sonomi crying of a name that sounded like "Nadeshiko", and that confused him even more. Without warning, he packed his bags, contacted Akira to inform her that he'll be living with her for now on, said his last good bye to Tomoyo, and took off. He never contacted either Tomoyo or Sonomi ever again.

* End of Flashback *

Tomoyo crawled out from under the table and let out a sigh as she made her way to her room. Surprisingly enough, her mother wasn't bothered too much by Koji's disappearance. She didn't know that ever since her mother's only love died, she lost all hope in the area.

Tomoyo's bedroom door opened, and when she turned around, she was surprised to see her mother.

"Tomoyo darling, I have some news," said her mother as she picked up Tomoyo so she could sit on her lap. "I've got some business to do in England."

"How long will you be gone, mother?" Tomoyo asked politely, feeling sad that her mother was leaving.

"A week. But I have a question for you," she began. "How would you like to come with me?"

Tomoyo couldn't believe what she was hearing as a smile spread across her face. Not only she was going to travel, but she was going to spend time with her mother too. She couldn't be happier.

To be continued...

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A/N: Time for the official notes!

1) We've always known that Tomoyo was the perspective one while Sakura is the naïve one. I just wanted to start this chapter explaining why. The story is a bit like Syaoran's problem with Sakura and Eriol. She was in training ever since she was little!

2) While Tomoyo was three, I exposed her to green eyed, auburn haired beauties and video cameras, thanks to her stepfather. After all, Tomoyo does love Sakura (even though that's not my focus. This is an E&T, after all!). There's a theory out there that a person would fall in love with someone that reminds them of their parent. That's why I made Akira's features similar to those of Sakura's.

3) Amethyst eyes are a rather rare feature, so I made her inherit those from her biological father. I also made him a singer so that she could inherit that from him too. (I'll focus on her singing in the next chapter.) Traveling around the world was Eucagirl's idea.

4) Since Sakura was three when her mother died, Tomoyo must have also been three. Sonomi must have been hysterical, and that is why I made her husband turn to another woman for support and the love that Sonomi never gave him (because she was still in love with Nadeshiko). This was u l t i m e c i a's idea and part of Eucagirl's idea too.

I know that it's very short, but I'm in the middle of other projects too. I'm Wish-chan's uploader for her New Trials story (it's an absolutely amazing story!); I'm transcribing my CCS manga on the computer for Ruka's "Kawaii Sakura Shrine" (e on the Internet!)); and I joined of a message board called Georgie and Dillon Online (the best not-yet-but-could-be-couple on General Hospital!). I'm pretty busy.

I think the last chapter is going to be interesting to write. I can't wait to get to it. Look for the conclusion of this story next week!

Please review!!!!