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Farsighted By SibylSofiana

Chapter 1 Clouded Vision

Sixteen-year old Tomoyo Daidouji reluctantly decided to stay home that summer.

Sakura had invited her to spend the break in Hongkong so they could both see how Touya was coping with his returning powers. Tomoyo recalled their conversation last night at Tomoyo's house.

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"I bet Yukito-san could give us a tour and take us to the best restaurants, by now. After all, it has been years since we last went there. It would be fun, Tomoyo!" Sakura cajoled her raven-haired best friend, who just smiled at her.

"And of course the fact that both Touya-kun and Tsukishiro-san reside in the Li Manor has nothing to do with the visit, ne Sakura-chan?" Tomoyo replied innocently, at the same time reaching for her V8 to catch Sakura's reaction to her statement.

She was not disappointed. True to Syaoran fashion, Sakura blushed and looked like someone with a tomato for a head. Tomoyo just giggled. Sakura-chan was so kawaii! She gave her best friend a few minutes to recover (the videocam still playing, of course! Every Sakura moment was precious)

"Anou... since we'll be there anyway, we might as well say hello to everyone," Sakura finished lamely. There was no use hiding from Tomoyo. If she hadn't known Tomoyo for years, she would have said Tomoyo used magic to penetrate the most innermost thoughts of a person. She could read anyone like a book. Not even Eriol-kun could escape Tomoyo-chan's scrutiny. And he happened to be in England.

Sakura sighed. [Oh well]. She was really looking forward to being with Syaoran in the next couple of days, but she did want to see how Oniichan was doing. And she did miss Yukito-san. And Yue-san.

Tomoyo finally took pity on her. "Hohoho... gomen ne Sakura-chan, for teasing you. It's just that you and Li-kun look so kawaii when you blush like that!" Tomoyo giggled again, before adding thoughtfully. "Hmm, perhaps I should make a tomato costume to accentuate the effects..."

"Tomoyo!!!" Sakura face-faulted.

"All right, all right!" Tomoyo couldn't help grinning.

"You didn't answer the question, Tomoyo-chan. So, will you come with me?" Green eyes pleaded.

Tomoyo stopped her teasing and considered the invitation. Usually, she never missed the opportunity to videotape Sakura. With Li-kun around, it was certainly bound to be interesting -- to follow them around and videotape their romantic moments! Meiling-chan would take any opportunity to rag her cousin. She could send the tape to Hiiragizawa-kun too...

But something stopped her. Sixth sense, maybe? She toyed with the idea in her head. Something was going to happen, she could feel it.

Could it be Sakura-chan?

She always could feel whenever something was bothering her friends. Her instinct was especially strong when it came to Sakura. She instinctively knew when Sakura was happy, sad, or in danger. She felt it at a lesser degree for her other friends.

So, this time she knew it wasn't about Sakura. Besides, Sakura be would safe with Li-kun and her guardians, Yue and Keroberus, not to mention her ever-watchful Oniichan.

But whoever or whatever it was, she knew she needed to be around to handle the situation.

Tomoyo soon made up her mind.

"Gomen Sakura-chan, I can't," came her reply.

Sakura understood. Not that she knew the reason why her friend couldn't come, but because she knew that if Tomoyo-chan could, she certainly would. And right now, she couldn't. She vaguely felt a memory tug at the corners of her mind - the night at the shrine, where she told her friends' fortunes. All except Tomoyo's. She didn't understand why she remembered that now, but it seemed relevant somehow to her friend's reluctance.

She sighed. "That's too bad, Tomoyo-chan. Promise me that you'll call, okay?"

"I promise."

And they had hugged each other before Sakura left to pack for the trip with her otousan and Kero-chan.

@ @ @ So now Tomoyo was stuck in her room making red tomato outfits for her dear Sakura-chan and Li-kun. She was ecstatic to come up with the idea, of course, and she couldn't wait to see the end result. [This would make a good dare for both of them], Tomoyo's eyes glinted with mischief. [Ohohoho...]

Those thoughts kept her entertained for a while -- though a nagging feeling that she should be doing something else kept intruding on her. Then she heard it.

The maid answered the phone in the hallway. A few seconds later, the maid knocked on her door and said, "A call for you, Tomoyo-san".

With hurried thanks, she took the phone and answered, "Moshi moshi. This is Daidouji Tomoyo speaking".

She was surprised when she heard Nakuru's high-pitched voice at the other end of the line.

"Tomoyo-chan?" Nakuru's voice trembled. "Please help us, Eriol-sama..."

Tomoyo's body went cold.

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Authors' Notes: Of course we are going to continue this! And it'll be longer, we promise! (Hey, that rhymes!)