A/n: Hey-ho, minna-chan! I can't believe it's already May!! Weeee!! That school year is almost over!! *starts singing and prances around house*
Kero: *Covers ears* Stop your horrible singing!
LiL DreameR: *Pouts* Hey! I'm pretty good, thank you very much! =P Summer is almost here!
Kero: Yes, and throughout the whole school year, you only got three-four chapters on the story out. *Snigger, snigger* You so slow!
LiL DreameR: Eh, eh! I have other stories out, remind you! And at least I update a story every month! *Sticks tongue out* I'm very busy and my school work always comes first, unfortunately. My grades are the probably highest in the class, I don't wanna lose that!
Kero: And what about your readers? Aren't they important, too?
Lil DreameR: Stop it, Kero-chan! You're making feel bad! *Sob* Shouts!:
clowcardgirl: Was it really? Ergh... Sorry, I tend to doubt my work a lot. But thanks for your review! It means a lot to me!
Kaibas Kittie: New reader! No, you don't sound like a gaki! I'd rather you nag me than ignore me! Lol! Chapter eleven! Thanks!
LiL DreameR: Arigatou! Only two but that's okay. Lol!
WARNING! Okay, not really that important, but I like doing those! ^^ Okay, don't be surprised if this chapter seems a little dark... I tend to write angsty now-a-days. You should read one of my English papers! Damn! Oh, and just to remind you, also! If you noticed the rating has shot up from G to PG-13, dun worry. It won't go any higher. And this chappy revolves around Tomoyo-chan. *Sigh* Poor Tomoyo-chan.
Disclaimer: You know, this chapter was supposed to be called "Terror On Tomoyo," instead. But I though "The Darkness..."
Kero: *Kicks Sherise* Hello! Disclaimer!
LiL DreameR: Oh, phoo. Welpz, I do not own Cardcaptor Sakura. End of story. Well, not really end of story. We still have a few chapters to go before the story ends. And you know...
Kero: Blah, blah, blah. She's been talkative lately. On with the story!
For My Love
By: LiL DreameR
Chapter Eleven: The Darkness of the Night
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"Hmmm... So lonely," a young girl with whooshing black-hair sighed. She kicked a small pebble that got in the way of her walking. Tomoyo held tightly to her backpack straps while looking up at the blackened sky. It was unusually dark and cloudy that day. Moisture was high in the air, yet it hadn't started raining so far.
Tomoyo was on her way to school, walking alone with no kawaii Sakura-chan or bishounen Eriol-kun by her side. Just plain sticky air... [Kawaii: Cute][Bishounen: Handsome]
A few days passed since Syaoran's and the villain's showdown at the bridge. Tomoyo hadn't a clue about the battle. All she knew was that Sakura was hurt badly, along with Syaoran. They wouldn't be able to make it to school again. Eriol wouldn't be able to either for he was talking over events with both of them and the guardians.
Tomoyo had hoped that Meiling wouldn't be absent from school... since she has been for the past few days. Meiling just rid herself of her crutches and stayed home to practice walking again.
So that left clueless Tomoyo all by herself, lonely and unprotected. She sighed again from the lack of noise going around the streets.
It had started to drizzle lightly.
"Ohhh," Tomoyo moaned softly, using her hands to guard her face while breaking into run for school. She made it to the gates of Sejiu High just in time before getting too soaked and reached out for coverage.
Meanwhile...
A pair of bright, blue eyes darkened, peering at the young girl rushing towards the high school's gates in the rain. He smirked ever-so evilly and nodded towards Tomoyo. "That's the one. Get her," he demanded in a deep voice.
A bulky, well-built figure stood next to the spy and grinned in the same evil way. He watched Tomoyo run through the rain, not even knowing who she was. He examined every portion of her body- Her slender figure, her nice curves, her broad hips, her well-blossomed chest. His grin became wider seeing her healthy ass. "With pleasure... literally," he responded in an even deeper voice, scary and spine-tingling.
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"Ohayo gozaimasu, minna-san," Tomoyo greeted, sliding the door open to homeroom. [Ohayo gozaimasu: Good morning][Minna: Everyone]
"Ohayo, Tomoyo-chan!" Chiharu greeted back , glancing back from her group. "Sakura-chan still isn't here, yet, ne?" Chiharu noticed Tomoyo's gloomy face... A face that barely ever was shown. [Ne?: Right?]
She nodded solemnly and slowly.
"She'll be alright. You know Sakura-chan's a strong girl. A little back sprain won't keep her away!" Naoko chimed in, patting Tomoyo reassuringly on the back. Tomoyo offered them a weak smile and took her seat. (A/n: Of course, they don't know about Sakura and her magic... So they think she only sprained her back. Is that even possible?)
Tomoyo put her bag down at her side and rested her head on her cool desk, not even bothering to unpack. She sighed and relaxed her eyes.
"A smile best suits you, Daidouji-san," a voice from above said. Tomoyo raised her head up to meet her comforter. Her amethyst eyes collided with eerie blue ones, but almost immediately they turned warm and friendly. "Please smile, Daidouji-san," Bobby repeated, holding up a single flower. (K/n: Oh, gee... I wonder where Sherise-chan got that from!)
Tomoyo took a look at the flower Bobby was clutching in his hands. A... black rose? Don't black roses signify death? Tomoyo blinked twice and shook her head, thinking the black rose was just an illusion. She glanced at it again. A... white rose now. So it had just been her imagination. Or was it really?
"Here," he gave the white rose to Tomoyo, who was blushing from such attention. (A/n: What's with this guy? He flirted with Sakura, Meiling, now innocent Tomoyo-chan?!)
"Arigatou gozaimasu, Smith-san," she beamed at him. [Arigatou gozaimasu: Thank you so much]
She placed the rose on her desk while Bobby returned to his seat in front of her, smirking at his illusion he made for her. =It seems that Daidouji didn't notice the significance of her "illusion."=
Terada-sensei slid open the door as students scurried to get to their seats. He quickly ran through his notes. "It seems that Kinomoto-san, Li-kun, Li-san, and Hiragiizawa-kun are all out today." At once, the class started whispering and chatting and gossiping, taking a few shots at guessing what happened to the three. (A/n: The class already knows about Meiling-chan and her crutches, so they don't need to wonder about her. But they can still worry! ~.^)
Tomoyo took one last glance at the empty seats behind her, across from her, and diagonal in both ways; the seats her four friends used to occupy. She shut her eyes momentarily and let Terada's droning pass from one ear out the other. She then started to unpack her belongings.
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Sakura looked out of her window, only to see rain drizzling from the gray sky. She sighed inwardly on her bed, knowing how lonely Tomoyo must be feeling right now.
"Sakura," Kero-chan flew over to his mistress and stroked her head. "She'll be okay."
"Arigatou, Kero-chan. I hope so." Sakura sensed something coming, yet not knowing if that something coming was good or bad.
Little Kero looked over his shoulder over at Sakura's door. "Someone's coming," he whispered in her ear just before flying off to the bed headboard and stationing himself as a stuffed doll.
Sakura took her guardian's word and sat straight in her bed, enduring a tinge of pain while doing so. Her whole body was bruised badly from the fight. She had a few cuts and scrapes and sprains, but nothing all too serious.
KNOCK. KNOCK.
"Hai?" Sakura asked. [Hai?: Yes?]
Kinomoto Fujitaka popped his head into Sakura's room. "Are you alright, Sakura-san?" She bobbed her head up and down innocently. Fujitaka took a seat on the edge of her bed and patted her head while straightening out a few strands of escaped auburn locks. "I'm glad to hear, my Cherry Blossom."
Sakura smiled sweetly at her father yet faltered for a moment. "Demo, Otou-san? Don't you have school today?" [Demo, But][Otousan: Father]
"I called in sick today, Sakura-san. I'd rather look over my injured daughter than go to the University."
Sakura beamed. "Arigatou, Otou-san!"
"Doi itashimaste, Sakura-san." Fujitaka stood from her bed and headed for the door. "I better get ready your lunch. Oh, by the way, you have visitors." Right after Fujitaka left the room, two figures came in. [Doi itashimaste: You're welcome]
"Syaoran-kun! Eriol-kun! What are you doing here?!" Sakura cried surprised. Eriol looked perfectly fine without a single scratch, but Syaoran was a different case. "Oh my, Syaoran-kun!" she gasped. He wasn't a pretty sight... He had scratches and cuts and bruises all over. His right arm was slinged in one of those cast things. (A/n: Gomen, can't remember what them things are called. Care to help anyone?)
But none-the-less, Sakura thought he was still the most handsomest man in the universe.
She ignored all her pain and slipped out of bed, throwing her arms around Syaoran neck. "My gosh! I was so worried!"
"Oww... Oww.. Arm, Sakura," Syaoran yelped.
"Oh, gomen nasai!" She spotted some flowers in his arms. Shyly, she asked, "Are those for me?" [Gomen nasai: I'm so sorry]
"Of course they are," Syaoran stated, handing her the flowers. She gladly accepted the bouquet with pleasure and placed it on her headboard next to stone Kero-chan.
"Ka-! Ka-! Kachoo!" Kero sneezed, breaking free from his unendurable position. "`Scuse me. Flowers always had been bad for me."
"Bless you, Kero-chan!" Sakura giggled, petting him on the head.
"Not a dog, Sakura!" he stated in a matter-of-fact tone.
Sakura giggled some more, making Syaoran smile. "But you know you like, Kero-chan!" She rubbed him behind the ear; this time, Kero did not protest.
"Hmm.. Nice..."
"So..." Sakura clasped her hands together sitting on her bed. " What brings you guys here?"
"To see you, of course," Syaoran answered, taking a seat next to her where Kero-chan was presently sitting.
He flew away just before Syaoran would be able to crush him. "Watch it, Gaki! I don't want to be flattened by your flabby ass." [Gaki: Brat]
"Ey-!" Syaoran stood in defiance.
"Whoa, whoa! Break it up, you two!" Sakura placed herself in-between her guardian and unannounced boyfriend. (A/n: Meaning they're both assuming they're already boyfriend and girlfriend without even asking.) "And, Kero-chan, Syaoran-kun does not have a flabby butt!" Syaoran blushed crimson, and the only reason why Sakura didn't was because she didn't even realized what she said. "And would you mind getting outside while they're visiting? I don't want my room messed up if you two get in a fight."
"Demo..."
"Please, Kero-chan?" Puppy eyes.
The little miniature guardian fluttered over to Sakura's window and muttered, "He was gonna sit on me on purpose."
"Kero-chan! Out!"
"Alright. Alright already."
Eriol watched the scene unfurl in front of him. He sweatdropped here and there, especially when the three were talking about his cute descendant's.. Umm... Well, you know. "Err... Sakura-san?"
"Hai, Eriol-kun?"
"We.. Uhh.. Might be needing him," he said, afraid of anything Syaoran would do if he requested that Kero-chan should stay.
"Yahoo!!" Kero invited himself in the room again and landed on Eriol's shoulder. "Thank you, Clow... I mean, Eriol!!"
"No prob, Keroberos." Eriol patted Kero with a smile, only to get a death glare from his Syaoran.
"*Sigh* Alrighty then. Come, you guys. I'll prepare some tea!" Sakura stepped out of her room, followed by the two boys. Kero-chan stayed in her room incase Fujitaka was still downstairs.
Later...
Sakura sipped casually at her tea. "So that's what happened after I passed out... And how I passed out," she mumbled softly.
The teenagers plus little Kero were set again in the comforts of Sakura's bedroom, sipping away at tea and nibbling at cookies... Well, mostly only Kero with the cookies and the occasional Syaoran trying to sneak a cookie. Demo, the little guardian always got to his finger before his fingers could get to the cookies. (A/n: That's three more bandages for Syaoran-kun!)
Syaoran nodded while tending to three of his bitten fingers. He took the opportunity to set a death glare towards the lil' cookie-consuming maniac.
Sakura picked up a cookie, much to Kero's dismay. "Saaaaakuuuuraaa-saaamaaa! Myyyy coooookieeeees!" he pleaded trying to win back the stolen cookie, but failing while doing so. Of course, always listen to your master... Err, mistress in this case.
"Stop your whining, Kero-chan." Sakura handed the cookie to Syaoran. "Here you go, Syaoran-kun. I'm sorry about your fingers."
Syaoran just smiled sincerely to her and accepted the cookie, earning a blush from Sakura yet another glare/bite from the mad Kero-chan. "My cookies, Kozo!!!" [Kozo: Little boy, insulting]
"Kero-chan!!!!"
"Aight, aight, Sakura."
Sakura sweatdropped, watching her retreating guardian. "Gomen ne, Syaoran-kun, Eriol-kun. You're free to the cookies... Uh... Eriol-kun?.... Eriol-kun?!"
"Eh, Baka, listen to when people speak to you," Syaoran scorned, while slapping him straight in the back of the head. [Baka: Idiot]
"Itai!!!... Wha-! Wha-! What happened?! Where's the danger?!" Eriol blurted out. He looked around cautiously with alarm in his eyes. Syaoran watched with amusement while Sakura looked a little like this: ^^;; [Itai!: Ouch!]
"What's wrong, Eriol-kun? Your not likely to doze off like that." Sakura placed a second serving of tea in front of him, and Eriol accepted gladly, swallowing the savory silky taste in one gulp.
"Dunno; just spaced out a little, I guess." Eriol's eyes looked distant rather than his sly ones. These scared Sakura more than his usual eyes!!
"Nani ka?!" Sakura burst out, seeing the different look set in his sapphire orbs. [Nani ka?: Short for Nan desu ka... What is it]
"Tomoyo..." he muttered.
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"... And that's the end announcements for the day. Have a nice one, students," was Terada's last words to the class before packing his belongings and leaving the room.
Tomoyo, practically dozed off, had her head laid on her desk, unaware she was alone in the class with one other student. She was quite tired and bored after a day of no excitement.
"Daidouji-san... Daidouji-san..." the other student nudged Tomoyo awake. Her eyes fluttered opened and her open mouth slowly closed.
"That was a nice sleep," she mumbled softly, rubbing her weary eyes. Once received a good vision of her surroundings, she abruptly stood up. "Oh?"
"You dozed off for quite a while, Daidouji-san," the voice next to her joked in a happy tone.
"Smith-san! Where is everybody?" Tomoyo looked around while stretching her arms and neck.
"They left. School's been over for at least ten minutes now. We better get going."
"I see," Tomoyo whispered. She gathered up her books and headed for the sliding door, Bobby following at her heel. She stopped at her locker, yet noticed somebody was beside her. Glancing at Bobby, Tomoyo gave him an innocent smile with a question mark pasted onto her lips.
Bobby's heart lurched seeing how innocent Tomoyo was. =I'm sorry, Daidouji-san.= He sighed inwardly. "I'll wait for you until we get out of the school... Just incase."
"Oh! Arigatou, Smith-san! You're so kind!" Bobby gulped. They left shortly after Tomoyo had gathered all her belongings she needed from her locker.
"Well, I'll see you tomorrow, Daidouji-san." He waved and took off in the opposite direction of where Tomoyo was going.
"Matta ne, Smith-san! Thanks again!" She called after him after seeing his silhouette disappear around the school's corner. [Matta ne: Talk to you later]
She turned and headed home.
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Sakura watched as Eriol's gaze fixed itself upon her floor. "What about Tomoyo-chan?" Eriol wouldn't answer. He just kept on looking straight at the floor, as if in deep thought. "What about Tomoyo-chan?!" she cried out, grabbing his shoulders and shaking him roughly back and forth, forth and back.
Syaoran placed himself in front of Sakura and hugged her tightly.
Eriol kept silent.
The whole troop kept silent for a few minutes. They all waited quietly and patiently for the half-reincarnation of Clow Reed to regain his long-lost tongue.
"I don't know..."
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SPLIT! SPLAT! SPLIT! SPLAT!
The drizzle from that morning had become heavier and the moisture level was still as-ever high. Tomoyo stepped lightly in a puddle, making tiny splashes here and there. She held an umbrella as she walked the deserted streets.
"Naoko-chan and Chiharu-chan have indoor cheerleading practice. Rika-chan has piano lessons. I'd have choir practice now, demo... My music teacher all of a sudden developed a high fever, meaning practice was cancelled," Tomoyo explained to herself in a low whisper, still stepping along the blank rode.
And I mean blank rode.
There were no cars to be seen anywhere. Pedestrians that usually filled the streets have mysteriously vanished. No birds, cats, dogs, or any animal at that roamed the sidewalk.
"I wonder how the gang is putting up..."
Nothing at all.
It was only Tomoyo by herself, surrounded by heavy air, endless downpour, and gloomy skies. The traffic lights changed red to green to yellow to red again uselessly. Empty swings nearby swayed back and forth in an eerie manner. That bulky, muscley figure leaned against that wall with a smirk on his twisted face.
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"What do you mean you don't know?!" Syaoran roared. Sure, Tomoyo and himself weren't as close as Meiling and himself, but that didn't mean he didn't hold the same worry as he would his cousin.
"I... I feel something. Something out of place. Something not right," Eriol murmured, the happiness drained from his usual voice.
Sakura placed a fist tightly on her chest and concentrated all her energy on Tomoyo. "I... I feel it, too."
"And me, too," Syaoran spoke up. He focused once more. His eyes flashed open. "Tomoyo's in..."
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"Halfway home," Tomoyo sighed, passing a dark alleyway. Unfortunately, she didn't notice a figure creep out of the alley behind her after she passed it.
The well-built figure followed... More like stalked... Tomoyo everywhere she went. Every turn, every corner. Yet, she never seemed to notice.
Until she stopped abruptly in the middle of the rode. Her stalker scurried over to the nearest corner as to not be seen.
Demo...
Tomoyo didn't turn around. "I feel like I'm being followed," she whispered. Tomoyo shook her head, wisps of hair twirled while she did so, and laughed whole-heartedly. "Of course I'm not being stalked! I'm just being plain paranoid!"
As if on cue, a knife came hurling at Tomoyo's neck while a hand clasps around her mouth and was pushed against a built body at full force. She tried to let out a scream, but failed to do so at the fact she couldn't find her voice and the hand around her mouth. A wet, warm liquid raced up her neck. Tomoyo's eyes widened in complete fright.
"You taste good, little lady," her captor mocked seductively. She struggled against the hand, but she was too weak and too much in shock to make him budge a millimeter. Tomoyo was unwillingly dragged over to a dark alleyway.
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"... Danger." Syaoran finished slowly.
Eriol and Sakura paled to a ghostly white.
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A shadowed figure sat in a chair facing a fireplace. A hand placed itself onto the chair's comfy leather lining. "Dan..."
"Yes, master?" the owner of the hand asked.
"Gumbonean.."
A small deep red creature flew into the room and landed on the chair. " At your service, master."
Bobby stepped out of shadows and paced around the room. He had been thinking about his decision about what he was about to do to Tomoyo. He sighed in frustration. He was doing this to get his precious Ying Fa back, but was this really necessary? Taking away the purity of one so innocent?
He called upon his inner thoughts and a symbol vaguely close to the Clow Circle appeared on the fireplace. It disappeared, but the scene that appeared on the tongues of flames made Bobby's eyes widen in guilt and fear. "Oh no, what have I done?" he whispered, watching poor Tomoyo scream in pain.
Tomoyo's innocent smile flashed across Bobby's mind. He gathered himself and raced out the door. "What have I done?!?!" he yelled at himself, dashing into the cold rain. Dan and Gumbo followed suit.
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"AHHHH!! Stop, please!!" Tomoyo wailed, lying naked on the cold pavement. Hot tears streamed down her face, mixing with the rain.
The guy above her just smirked, his pants discarded already a few minutes ago. "I don't think so." He laid himself upon the defenseless Tomoyo and pushed himself in her.
Tomoyo screamed a most piercing scream, but the man didn't give any thought or mercy as he swiftly took away her innocence. She sobbed and sobbed. She moaned and moaned. She prayed and prayed. She hoped and hoped.
Demo...
All she got was pain and pain. Pain in her legs. Pain in her body. Pain in her heart.
"On.. Onegai, st.. stop!!" She gasped as he kept on shoving. "STOP!!" Her hot tears flooded her face. How could this happen to her? Tomoyo was getting weaker and weaker... She was about to pass out from all what this horrid man was doing to her. [Onegai: Please]
"Hehe..." was all the man said before forcing his tongue down Tomoyo's throat.
"I believe the young lady asked you to stop."
Tomoyo, barely awake, looked up feebly at her rescuer. A person was silhouetted against the dark sky. Two other figures was beside the outline. At first she thought the person to be Sakura-chan, but the voice was way too deep and figure didn't match a girl's. Then, she thought it to be Eriol, but she knew him well enough to know that that was not him.
"What the fuck do you want?! I'm trying to get some!" the man who raped Tomoyo yelled.
"Why don't you get some from someone who's willing, asshole!" Tomoyo's rescuer summoned something that Tomoyo couldn't get an exact glimpse of. A tiny key transformed into a large moon staff.
The rapist stood from Tomoyo, who was happy since that ass was too heavy for her to handle. "What the fu-?" Since he was off her, Tomoyo started to seep into unconsciousness.
Tomoyo's mysterious savior called out a name, Fiery. A huge blast of fire came shooting from something shadowed, maybe a card, and raced towards her violater. "It can't be him..." she gasped before giving up to unconsciousness from all her exhaustion.
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"TOMOYO!!!!"
"TOMOYO-CHAN!!"
"TOMOYO!"
The three teenagers raced through the drenched streets, their callings echoing through the empty sky. "Tomoyo-chan!" Sakura screamed, hoping for an answer from her best friend. She worried and wondered at the same time what had happened to her.
"TOMOYO!!!!!!" Eriol yelled out even more loudly. He worried more than wondered over Tomoyo-chan, his beloved girlfriend that he would someday marry. "TOMOYO!! CAN YOU HEAR US?! Dammit! I'm ready to kill if something happened to my dear Tomoyo-chan!"
Syaoran looked towards a surge of energy nearby and saw flames go up somewhere in an alley. "You guys! Over there!" The dashed over to the scene of the crime.
Sakura gasped and clasped her hand over her mouth as to not let a sharp scream escape her throat. Tears sprang up to her eyes. Her best friend.... Naked, bruised, bloody, unconscious... And she couldn't do anything to stop it. "Tomoyo-chan!!!" Sakura flew over and wrapped her arms around Tomoyo's sleeping form.
Syaoran spotted another body nearby... A dead one. Curious, he went to investigate. A man without pants burnt to a crisp by someone or something unknown. The corpse smelled like shit, but it didn't seem to bother anyone.
"TOMOYO!" Eriol came flying out of nowhere and enveloped Tomoyo's naked body in a tight squeeze. Her figure was limp when he tried to get her to respond. Eriol pressed his lips against her cold ones. She was barely breathing. "Tomoyo-chan, wake up," he whispered softly in her ear, a tear sliding down his pale face. He patted her on the cheek. "Tomoyo.."
Sakura joined Syaoran, not even bothering to ask what the hell that thing that smelled foul was, she already knew. She cried freely on Syaoran's chest and he held her in a tight squeeze, trying to calm her tears.
"Come on, Tomoyo, wake up, please." Eriol patted her pale and cold cheek again. No response. He kissed her on the lips. No response. Eriol hugged the unaware Tomoyo to his chest protectively and let his tears fall onto her damp hair. "I love you, Tomoyo-chan," he whispered. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry for not protecting you. Will you forgive me?"
He couldn't take it. He couldn't believe it. He wouldn't believe it. Eriol just couldn't take the fact that the innocent Daidouji Tomoyo, the one who never hurt anyone, had fallen victim to the Darkness of the Night. And he knew exactly who was the cause of this... And he would take revenge...
To be continued...
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A/n: Poor Tomoyo-chan!! And do you know who the one who killed the rapist is?? Yep, the same one who gave the rapist the job of getting poor Tomoyo. Is Bobby getting soft?
Kero: Chee. Right.
LiL DreameR: Show some respect, Kero-chan! Gomen, I'll have more SxS later, I just wanted an ExT for a change... Hope you enjoyed! Ja ne!!! RxR onegai!!!!
~*~LiL DreameR~*~