This is the first time that someone had ever told me that she cares because I'm just me. Especially when the words came out of the mouth of a 10 years old girl.

" Clow san, you will lead a normal life one day in the future, and you will be freed from this, eh, cursed life." Sakura said reassuringly.

But Sakura's words are just as soothing as a prickly porcupine.

" Unfortunately, my reincarnation is leading a wretched life as well." Clow thought miserably.

Eriol was born without knowing who is his mother. He had been taken care by his aunt ever since he's born. His father married another woman when he's 3 years old. Eriol doesn't mind actually. This stepmother of his treats him well and he enjoy her love and caring. But one thing he couldn't stand is his father.

His father, Tsuzuki Hiiragizawa, was notorious in the town for being a womanizer. It is said that Eriol's mother left not only because she couldn't stand the fact that his father womanise, but also, sometimes brought them back to their home. She can't stand sharing a bed and her husband with another woman, or worst, women. Eriol's father seems to enjoy more than one woman's company at one time on the bed.

So she left. Tsuzuki was distraught. He loves his wife a lot. After she left, he womanizes even more just to let out his distress and to forget the thought of never seeing his wife again. He had almost played with every woman in the town.

He would only be home during the evening when he would come back to change, only to be out in some woman's bed sometimes later. Every time he's home, he avoided Eriol, feeling guilty to leave him motherless at such a young age. Little did he know that by doing so, he's denying eriol the love from a father as well.

To compensate for what he had done, Tsuzuki remarries again, to account for the lost of mother's love. Like his mother, this woman, Hisoka, loves his father wholeheartedly as well. But unfortunately, Tsuzuki did not return her love. He marries her mainly for the fact that he needed a woman to care for his son. Nothing else.

Knowing this very well, Hisoka still loves him; a forlorn hope in her, wishing Tsuzuki would change. But even the woman he loves most couldn't change him, how can a woman he had no feeling for be able to change him?

Eriol began to hate his father, for he had seen his stepmother crying ceaselessly late in the night, presuming that Eriol had gone to sleep.

Another reason for hating his father is that, he is the cause for why Eriol was seen as a loner. No one wants to be friend with the infamous Tsuzuki's son. Parents forbid their children, especially girls, to go near him. People were gossiping about how Eriol was going to be like his father when he's grown up. Eriol almost suffocated under all those accusations. He wants to have friends, and it was due to that desperation, that he discovered his magical power on the night when he turned 6.

Clow memories recovered, making the boy look aged and mature after all the memories are back. Still, he acts like a boy of his age regardless of all those years of knowledge in his head. Anxious to have friends, He created Spinel in his room soon after he regained his memories. But because his memories wee a bit mixed up, there was a small flaw in Spinel; He can't takes sweet food. You know why.

Spinel had managed to get pass his parents as he could disguise as one of Eriol's toys. But not Ruby.

Ruby was created in an accident. She was created as an image of Eriol's mother. Eriol had seen his mother's photo and had remembered her features very well .He knew what she looked like and he ached to feel her. He wants to know what's the feeling of being hugged by your blood related mother.

He failed miserably. Yes, they looked identical in looks but not their character. Tell me, which mother would act like a crazed woman itching for excitement and enjoy torturing others so much? Since Ruby's birth, that marked the starting of Spinel's torment.

Back to the story. As I say, Ruby was human like, so she is impossible to disguise as a toy. Very soon, his parents discovered her.

His father was shocked. His stepmother was distressed. Not good. In fact, to say that both of their reactions were just ' shocked' and 'distressed' was an understatement. Their reaction were far more that that.

Eriol ran away from home, terrified. Along with him came Ruby and Spinel and nothing more.

He lived on the streets, scavenged for leftover in the rubbish bins. He led a life like a street rat. He was miserable, and his guardians were heart broken over his situation. So they try to help as much as they could while they suffered alongside with him.

It was in this situation that he met Mizuko.