A/N: I'm back again with the last chapter of this story. There was one mistake from the last chapter that I'll like to correct now. The address for the Kawaii Sakura Shrine is: www.kss.mysticalaura.com. I forget the "kss" part! Once again, thank you thank u l t i m e c i a, EcuaGirl, emerald wolf, white cherry blossom, KawaiinessPnay, Megami no Hikari (great to see you again on ff.net!), and Lttlwings. You all are very sweet to take the time to review, especially since ff.net's been giving us several problems.

If there are those who are just reading, and haven't reviewed yet, I would love to hear from all of you because I don't know if I should stop writing after this chapter or continue with Part 4.

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Disclaimer: CCS belongs to CLAMP.

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Sapphire and Amethyst

By Amethyst Beloved

Chapter 3:  Discoveries

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Eriol knew that things were different as soon as he opened his sapphire orbs to greet another day. First of all, the rain stopped after a week's worth of cloudy weather. Secondly, he wasn't awakening with the sound of Ruby Moon's energetic voice.

Something was different, and the four-year-old had to know what it was. He made a detour on his way to the bathroom when he noticed Kaho giving Ruby Moon instructions for the day.

"Since I won't be back until tonight, I'll have to place Eriol under your charge," Kaho said as she gathered her papers. "The school board administration of England will be discussing the possibilities of sending teachers to Japan. I may only be a junior member, but my presence is crucial for our future mission."

"Good luck with everything!" answered the guardian. "We'll see you soon!"

Eriol couldn't believe what was happening. A day free from his dreadful lessons! What will he do today? Watch television? Nah, that's a waste of time and after all, he wasn't familiar with any programs. He couldn't just go join a pre-school like he always wanted either because it was too last minute. Oh well. The park is just as nice, and maybe he'll find a friend.

~*~(Hotel)~*~

Sonomi Daidouji was enjoying all the time she was spending with her daughter in England. Because she managed to push all her meeting in the afternoon, her morning was free for spending time with Tomoyo. At the moment, she was teaching her how to swin.

The businesswomen had no idea how much she was missing out in her little girl's life. The story, about matchmaking the butler and the maid, was especially delightful. However, it dawned upon her that the reason why Tomoyo enjoys putting people in love with each other together was because her own paternal situation was incomplete. Sonomi gazed at the little girl who was happily swimming in the five-by-five feet squared pool as if she didn't have a care in the world. Sonomi tried to marry a man just so her daughter could have a father figure in her life, but that didn't work out because after her cousin died, she realize that because Nadeshiko was the one who she loved the most, nobody could ever replace her.

"Time to get out of the pool, Tomoyo!" Sonomi called out. "We have to eat lunch now, and then we could go to the park before it's time for my meeting!"

"Coming Mommy!" the four-year-old replied as she plashed her way towards the edge.

Tomoyo loved spending time with her mother, because it was such a rare thing. But if only she had a father! Then it would be a real family.

She shook her head to clear her thoughts as she allowed her mother to pat her dry. Although she was only four, she knew the ways of the world, and thanks to her perceptiveness, she had already come to the conclusion that her mother will not remarry. Tomoyo just needed to find something to make her think about other things aside from the loneliness. She had her video camera hobby, but that was more of a reminder of the comfort that her a father use to give her, and also of that pretty women who was with him that had auburn hair and emerald green eyes. She didn't want to forget them. How was she supposed to deal with the nagging pain? There must be a way, and she was sure that she would be able to find it. Of course, that would have to wait until after lunch.

~*~(Park)~*~

After a whole morning of pestering Ruby Moon to take him on an outing, she finally gave in, and after they had lunch, Eriol transformed her into her temporary form, alias Nakuru Akizuki, and she looked like any other eleven-year-old baby-sitter.

While Eriol was playing on the swings, he was thinking about his past interest of creating guardians. After studying Clow Reed's notes concerning the process of the creation of Keroberus and Yue, he made many improvements and adjustments to the formulas, and he managed to create Ruby Moon and Spinel Sun. One of the upgrades consisted of Nakuru knowing that she was Ruby Moon from the start, while Yue's false form still had yet to discover the other part of him. However, somewhere along the way, personalities were inversed. Ruby Moon's mischievousness personality wasn't expected after Yue's moodiness, and then there was Keroberus and Spinel Sun who couldn't be any more different with their tastes in food. Thinking back to the first time Suppi had a piece of cake made him laugh out loud.

"What's so funny?" asked a pretty voice out of the blue.

Eriol was startled as he gazed deeply in the twin amethysts that were looking at him intensively. Then after admiring the newcomer's long dark hair, he realized that this is another person his age. This was his chance to make a friend!

"Hello!" he said quickly as he jumped down from the swim. "My name is Eriol. What yours?"

Tomoyo was taken back with his eagerness to get to know her. She was never really use to boys, and she didn't know what to expect. But there was something in his sapphire eyes that had certain intelligence in it.

"My name is Tomoyo," she said slowly, taking her time for the reason that she wasn't ready for more surprises. "Do you want to play?"

"Yes!" Eriol cheered. "Want to go on the see-saws?"

There was something about this girl that Eriol couldn't figure out just yet. He had a feeling that she was going to be included in his future, but that didn't make sense because he was destined to be with Kaho. But if his teacher was supposed to be with the Kinomoto boy first, does that mean that this girl was going to be his first love?

The children played for a while until they got tired, and then Eriol took Tomoyo's little hand and led her to a bench. It wasn't long before they were talking about their families.

"I have a mommy, but sometimes I wish I had a day too," she said wistfully.

Eriol never thought about parents before. What kind of mommy and daddy does a reincarnation have?

"I have one, no two, others living with me," answered Eriol thoughtfully. "But I don't know a mommy or a daddy."

"Oh," replied Tomoyo feeling sad for her new friend. That was then she realized just how lucky she was to have a mother. But that didn't mean the emptiness from a missing father was filled.

"There you are Tomoyo," said Sonomi as the approached the two children on the bench. "Come along now, we have to go to my meeting."

"Can't I stay with my friend, Mommy? He's very nice!" pleaded Tomoyo. She never objected to her mother's wishes before, but there was something about this sapphire-eyed boy that intrigued her, and she wasn't ready to leave just yet.

"Excuse me miss!" Nakuru interrupted. "My name is Nakuru Akizuki, and I would be happy to keep an eye on your daughter. This may be sudden, but I am experienced with children, and our house his right down the road. You have nothing to worry about."

Nakuru knew how much Eriol wanted someone to be with him. She did what she could, and now it was up to Sonomi to make the final decision.

"A business meeting really is no place where a little girl should be," began Sonomi thinking out the situation carefully. "She would be safer here. I'm trusting you, young lady even though I'm still not absolutely sure why."

"Thank you Mommy!" Tomoyo cried out giving the woman a hug good-bye.

Meanwhile, Nakuru and Eriol were exchanging impish smiles. The young magician was hoping that his mind manipulation skills would come in handy for a time like this.

~*~(Eriol's house)~*~

"So what do you have to show me?" asked Tomoyo curiously as Eriol led her through the halls until he reached his favorite room.

"This," he answered as took her hand and let her to the music room. He then let her sit on the piano bench with him.

"Oh, this piano is beautiful," Tomoyo said softy as she felt the smoothness of the ivory keys. "Can you play something for me?"

Eriol began playing a soft melody that immediately brought Tomoyo to another world. It was calm and soothing, but it was missing something important. Recognizing what song it was she unconsciously began singing with the music.

When I am lonely, I seek warmth

I trace for into the distance of my dear memories

Holding her beloved child in her arm

A mother sings a lullaby under the sun.

Someday in the clear blue sky

Everyone can fly freely as high as possible.

Fly freely...

With flowers blooming in those hearts...

There was a pause, but neither of them noticed because they were both wrapped up in their new revelations.

Tomoyo finally realized that what she was looking for all this time was right inside of her all along. She never realized that she had such a beautiful voice. She couldn't wait to see what see could do with it in the future. The best part was that she wasn't dwelling on the fact that she had a missing father at all while she was singing. At last she found her escape, and she loved it.

Eriol on the other hand learned something that was not so pleasing to his knowledge. Tomoyo would never love him the same way he had hoped to love her. He finally figured out who she was, and what kind of role she would play in the future plans. Her heart would be given to someone else, but the person who she would love the most would never know the truth. He would meet Tomoyo again when they become older, but she wouldn't remember him. But then they will become friends.

"Tomoyo," he said softly. "There's something I have to tell you."

"Yes Eriol?" she replied, closing her eye and leaning on his shoulder for support since she was feeling tired after the day's activities and her new discovery.

"In the future, the person who you will love the most is destined to love someone else," he began. "So that is why you should want the person who you love to be happy more than you want their love in return. Of course you would be delighted to have their love in return, but remember that if the person you love if happy, that's all you need to be happy... until you find the person who you are supposed to be with."

"Okay...Eriol," she said with a yawn as her head slowly tumbled on his lap as she entered a deep slumber.

"Dearest Tomoyo," whispered Eriol as he scooped the sleeping beauty in his arms to put her somewhere softer. "You will find someone who will love you the most in time. But it will not be Sakura... or me.

With those words, he placed her lightly on the bed, and just before he left the room, he dropped a feather-light kiss on her forehead, and waited for her mother to come and take her back.

'Until we meet again, my dear Tomoyo,' he thought to himself. 'You may not remember me, but I will always remember you.'

The End

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A/N: Aww, what a sad ending. Here are my notes for this chapter!

1) We all know that Kaho goes to Japan to become Touya's teacher, and then Sakura's teacher. I needed an excuse to get her out of the chapter, and I thought this meeting thing was a good reason why Eriol should miss a day of training. Remember, the reason why she's a junior member is because she's still fifteen.

2) We don't really know much about Sonomi in the anime and in the manga. I thought it would be good to put in why she married again.

3) In the first manga, at the beginning of the Watery Card story, Sakura was drowning, and Tomoyo rescued her. There was a little joke about Tomoyo being glad that Sakura wasn't ten feet away because she was only able to swim five feet away. So I thought it would be cute that I put in the five-by-five feet pool

4) I always thought the differences between Clow's guardians and Eriol's guardians were interesting. That's why I wrote a paragraph about it.

5) Okay, so there's probably no such thing as "mind manipulation". But what parent would leave their children with complete children? I know it's far-fetched, but Eriol couldn't very well bring the piano to Tomoyo!

6) The song Tomoyo sang is the same song she sings all the time in the anime, translated to English, of course. This is such a beautiful song, and you should download it if you ever have the chance. This song was replaced with "A Twinkle in the Night Sky", in the dubbed version.

7) We all know about Tomoyo's famous saying: "If the person I love is happy, that's all I need to be happy." In this story, I made Eriol tell this to Tomoyo to save her from too much heartache. I took the words from the sixth CCS manga.

All right! I finished another story! But will this be my last? I don't know. I always wanted to write a Rika and Terada prequel, but it's up to you guys to decide if I should keep on writing or just stop. Please review!!!!