Faded Photos
Author: Mayuka
Disclaimer: -___- I dun wanna make any of these anymore, what's the point? Isn't it obvious by now that I don't own CCS? Mikazuki and Kiken are my own characters though.
A/N: Lovely lovely reviews, thank you for raising my ego!
Another Note: BTW, remember, they are highschool so they're about 17 ok? don't think they are young and stuff.
Chapter 5: Mistakes
The fireworks finally faded from the sky and Tomoyo's mind was racing. She jerked away from Eriol quickly looking the other direction, a small blush spreading across her cheeks, her eyes flashing dangerously. Eriol looked at her in confusion, he didn't understand, but she was suddenly angry, very angry. 'I'll never forgive him for this...he stole it! He stole away one of the most important things to a girl! I wanted my first kiss to be with someone I loved with all my heart, and that is NOT him! Why the sudden change in him anyway? Does he think I'm going soft or something? Is this some sort of trick to get me to like him so he can hand me my heart in pieces later? Well that's one game I won't play. I'm not about to let him get to me. No. Way.' she thought angrily not noticing the strange looks on both Mikazuki's and Eriol's faces. Sakura turned to Tomoyo and caught one look at her face. She glanced at Syaoran's face wearily.
"Hey Eriol, why don't you take Mikazuki on home, I promised Tomoyo she could come see our house and we'll drop her by later alright?" Sakura said quickly. Syaoran gave her a quizzicle look. Sakura glared at him and stomped on his foot to get her point across.
"O-Oh! Right. That's what she said." Syaoran agreed nodding his head. Sakura smiled angelically to him before grabbing Tomoyo's arm and dragging her to their car. Eriol nodded slowly, suspiciously.
"I'm sure she meant to tell you but forgot." Syaoran said picking Kiken up in his arms and following Sakura and Tomoyo. Eriol raised an eyebrow at Syaoran's retreating figure. It was like him to lie, especially to him.
"Is mama mad at you again?" Mikazuki asked innocently.
"I...don't really know anymore Mikazuki. I'm always pissing her off." Eriol said with a sigh running his hand through his short dark blue locks of hair. He readjusted his glasses and picked Mikazuki up.
"Aren't we going with mama?" she asked.
"Mama's coming home later, she's with Sakura right now."
"Hey Eriol, where's Tomoyo?" Meling asked coming up to him.
"She's with Aunty Sakura." Mikazuki said cheerfully.
"Why isn't she with you two?" Meling asked turning to Eriol when Mikazuki shrugged her shoulders.
"Truth be told I don't know why either. She's angry with me again though. I may as well go home and sleep on the couch, she'll throw me there anyway..." Eriol said with an annoyed look on his face. Meling giggled.
"Well Yamazaki's there practically every night for trying to put stories into my little girl's head."
"They aren't stories!" Yamazaki exclaimed from behind her. Eriol shrugged.
"Yes they are and I hope Kokoro doesn't believe a word of them!" Meling argued, her eyes in slits glaring at him. Kokoro sighed.
"They're like this all the time, fighting one second, then all lovey dovey crap the next." she said putting her hands behind her head while rolling her eyes. Yamazaki and Meling froze and looked at Kokoro. Eriol chuckled.
"Oh I don't think I've been introduced to you. I'm Eriol and this is Mikazuki."
"I'm Kokoro, it's a pleasure." she said with a slight bow, her shiny auburn hair that was twisted into a long plait fall in front of her. She had deep ocean blue eyes.
"This is Kyo." Mikazuki said holding up the small orange kitty in a cage, her eyes sparkling proudly.
"He's cute, did you win him?"
"Yep, at the dart game."
"Well that's cool." she said.
"How old are you Kokoro?" Eriol asked noting that she was a taller than Mikazuki.
"I'm eight."
"And thinks she knows everything." Meling added with a smile.
"Actually eight year olds-" Yamazaki began before being hit on the head with Meling's bag with a defiant glare and a stomp on the foot making him shut up. Kokoro rolled her eyes.
"See what I mean?" Kokoro muttered. Eriol laughed.
"Well we have to be going, so come and visit us sometimes." he said before bowing slightly and walking away.
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Tomoyo was sitting seething in the car. Sakura and Syaoran sat in the front of the car silently, knowing that she needed to calm down before they could talk to her, and Sakura should talk to her privately first. Kiken was sitting in wonder between his two parents wondering why they were all being so silent. Last time the two women had been in the car together, neither stopped talking the whole way. He didn't understand the sudden change. Wisely however, he kept quiet. Sakura was sitting in the passenger's seat staring up at the pitch black sky wondering what Eriol had done this time. Often Tomoyo had come to her and complained about the horrible things Eriol did to her, but she was never this angry. Sakura sighed, she knew the two of them used to be best friends, but Tomoyo had never told her why they seperated. She was always quiet about the subject and later would claim she was glad because he was a jerk now. She had asked Syaoran if Eriol ever told him, but he hadn't. The only two people that knew where Tomoyo and Eriol and neither seemed inclined to tell anyone. Syaoran was concentrating on the road, but his thoughts were drifting to the confused look on Eriol's face at the anger on Tomoyo's. Normally Eriol could care less about Tomoyo, but for some reason this time, he did. He would have to call him later and talk about it. Slowly they drove up the driveway at their house. Kiken jumped out of the car and as soon as Syaoran unlocked the door was zooming down the halls. Sakura hid a small smile and turned to Syaoran.
"You hid your sword well this time right?"
"If he finds it, I'll be surprised."
"That's what you said last time you hid it and he found it." Syaoran shrugged. Sakura smiled again but turned to Tomoyo. "Come on into the kitchen, I'll make you some coffee, Syaoran go make sure Kiken isn't trying to tear up the house again." she said in an authoritive motherly voice. Syaoran sighed in defeat and slouched up the stairs. Sakura led Tomoyo to the kitchen where there was a small table and three chairs. Tomoyo slumped into one of them while Sakura made her that pot of coffee. They were silent until Sakura set down a mug in front of Tomoyo and sat down across from her with her own cup. Tomoyo was silent, and Sakura knew she'd have to say something first. "Well, what happened." she said getting ready for the rant she was about to hear.
"Everything!" she said angrily, her eyes still ablaze in anger. "He stole it! He stole it from me Sakura!" Tomoyo said painfully.
"Woah woah, slow down, what did he steal from you Tomoyo?" Sakura asked calmly. She watched her violet-haired friend carefully judging her explosion limits. Sakura had matured greatly thanks to this friend and now wanted to be here for her when she was reading to kill Eriol. Tomoyo had always been a great friend and pushed her relationship with Syaoran, making them what they were today, and she was thankful for that, she always would appreciate what Tomoyo had done for her and wanted to help her now.
"My-my-" Tomoyo's voice was faltering and dropped to a whisper. "My-my first kiss." she said, her voice barely audible now, but Sakura heard her, her emerald eyes widening. She was shocked, Eriol had kissed her? That was almost unbelievable, but from the way Tomoyo was talking and acting, she knew it had to be true.
"Alright, then what?"
"Well, at first I was too shocked to move you know? Then I came to my senses and jerked away. I mean I always wanted my first kiss to be with the man I loved, and would love forever! Kinda like you and Syaoran, your first kiss was with him and you wanted it to be that way, and for only him to kiss you, not anyone else right? That's what I wanted, to only be kissed by the guy who gave me my first kiss because I wanted to love the guy that gave me my first kiss and that most obviously isn't Eriol! I can't stand him! I wish this planet was never "graced" with his presence as he likes to put it! I never wanted my first kiss to be with him, or ANY kiss to be with him! Well...I used to, back when...but that doesn't matter anymore. I can't stand him now and this now, not then." Tomoyo finished difiantly. Sakura's eyes were round with shock and her mind was reeling. Never was Tomoyo THIS negative towards Eriol.
"Ok. Let me get this straight. Eriol kissed you, taking away your one and only first kiss which you were waiting for the perfect guy to spend this moment with, and now you hate Eriol more than you ever have before." Sakura said summarizing what she had heard.
"Basically, yea."
"Did you lead him to the assumption that he could kiss you?" Sakura asked looking straight into Tomoyo's troubled violet orbs. Tomoyo was silent for a while.
"I don't know...I don't think I did..."
"Kiken is asleep now, and he didn't find my sword." Syaoran said from the doorway having just come in. Sakura nodded.
"Can Syaoran sit down?" Sakura asked timidly to Tomoyo, who was silent but nodded. Syaoran took the third chair and Sakura got up to get him some coffee. She placed a steeming hot cup in front of him before sitting down again.
"I don't think I did Sakura..." Tomoyo said in a much calmer voice, her eyes trying to remember. "Sure I've been nice to him, but that's mainly because of Mikazuki. I have wanted to slap him across the face when I wake up most mornings, but I know I can't because of Mikazuki." Tomoyo sighed. Syaoran was silent, still not understanding, but staying silent not wanting Tomoyo to cry the unshed tears he saw in her eyes.
"Has he ever seemed that way before?"
"No. Unless I'm blind."
"What does he do most mornings that makes you want to slap him?" Syaoran asked suddenly in the conversation.
"Well first off Mikazuki...well because of her we're stuck in the same room. I didn't have the heart to make him sleep on the floor. Even I'm not that cruel. Though I might tonight, he's pissed me off badly enough."
"Oh." Sakura said wide-eyed. She and Syaoran exchanged looks but Tomoyo didn't seem to notice.
"It's more Eriol's fault, when she asked if we slept in the same room because we were going to seperate ones, he said yes, afraid she would cry. Still, I can't think because of that..." Tomoyo said looking up into Sakura's sympathetic emerald eyes. "I won't forgive him this time. Never, he stole something he can never give back. There is no forgivness. Not this time." she said her eyes turning cold and dark. Sakura shuddered but Tomoyo didn't notice. She drank the rest of her coffee before standing up. "Thanks Sakura, you've been a great friend. Listening to me ramble about my hatred for him." she said.
"Do you need a ride home?" Syaoran asked as Tomoyo began leaving the room. She shook her head.
"It's only a bit down the street Syaoran, you worry too much." she said with a small smile before leaving the house and beginning to walk down the street. Even though it was only a short distance she was rather cold, she had left her jacket with Eriol's present with Eriol who had offered to take it at the festival. 'Eriol's present...hmph. It was gorgeous then, but I don't want it now. Too bad he wasted money on it.' she though in annoyance. She was so annoyed that she didn't notice someone following her and she suddenly felt very cold, a second later a hand covered her mouth and an arm circled her waist and dragged her away from the street as she tried to scream.
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A/N: *sees angry reviewers that were waiting for the chapter* O____O Don't kill me! *gets hit with a spare car part thrown by reviewers* X__x owwww....sorry, my muses are being mean to me.
Duo: Who, us?
Nataku: I think she does mean us...
Duo: Well...it's not our fault she took us against our will to be her muses.
Nataku: Well if we didn't give her enough muse to write this chapter, who did?
Mayuka: Glad you asked there Nataku, presenting my latest and newest muse, Heero Yuy! *pulls Heero out from behind her somewhere wearing handcuffs and gunless*
Heero: -_____-
Duo: How the hell did she capture you Heero?
Heero: Hnn....
Duo: *pulls out his Heeroese dictionary* ...that would mean, she and a friend ganged up on me with rope and a chair and took my gun.
Mayuka: ^___^ yep! So now that I have 3 muses, I should write faster!
Duo: *skeptical look* who's your next muse target?
Mayuka: ^______^ Shuin from FFX-2.
Duo: Run for your lives cute anime boys, she's on a muse rampage...
Nataku: Anime boys and game boys.
Mayuka: Shut up. Anyway, sorry for the late chapter again. I also just saw the second CCS movie and loved it to death, though the Enlish voices were TOTALLY off, but whatever. Hope you like the chapter. Also, I'll email the ones that have requested it, but otherwise, just put me on your author alert list or something. I don't want a freakishly long list of people to email every time I update this story. Also if I forget or forgot to email you, sorry! I'm not perfect, but if I didn't, it's my muses fault.
Duo, Nataku & Heero: Hey!
Mayuka: Anyway, I hope you don't think I'm too evil, dropping you off with a cliff-hanger like that...*shifty eyes* I don't know what possessed me to have someone kidnap Tomoyo, my muse was writing it all in my head for me. It was just leading me and I was just typing. ^^ Hope you liked it!
Next Time: Eriol, Sakura and Syaoran realize Tomoyo is missing!
Keep Reviewing though alright? Please? Even if I left you with an insanely evil cliff-hanger??
Author: Mayuka
Disclaimer: -___- I dun wanna make any of these anymore, what's the point? Isn't it obvious by now that I don't own CCS? Mikazuki and Kiken are my own characters though.
A/N: Lovely lovely reviews, thank you for raising my ego!
Another Note: BTW, remember, they are highschool so they're about 17 ok? don't think they are young and stuff.
Chapter 5: Mistakes
The fireworks finally faded from the sky and Tomoyo's mind was racing. She jerked away from Eriol quickly looking the other direction, a small blush spreading across her cheeks, her eyes flashing dangerously. Eriol looked at her in confusion, he didn't understand, but she was suddenly angry, very angry. 'I'll never forgive him for this...he stole it! He stole away one of the most important things to a girl! I wanted my first kiss to be with someone I loved with all my heart, and that is NOT him! Why the sudden change in him anyway? Does he think I'm going soft or something? Is this some sort of trick to get me to like him so he can hand me my heart in pieces later? Well that's one game I won't play. I'm not about to let him get to me. No. Way.' she thought angrily not noticing the strange looks on both Mikazuki's and Eriol's faces. Sakura turned to Tomoyo and caught one look at her face. She glanced at Syaoran's face wearily.
"Hey Eriol, why don't you take Mikazuki on home, I promised Tomoyo she could come see our house and we'll drop her by later alright?" Sakura said quickly. Syaoran gave her a quizzicle look. Sakura glared at him and stomped on his foot to get her point across.
"O-Oh! Right. That's what she said." Syaoran agreed nodding his head. Sakura smiled angelically to him before grabbing Tomoyo's arm and dragging her to their car. Eriol nodded slowly, suspiciously.
"I'm sure she meant to tell you but forgot." Syaoran said picking Kiken up in his arms and following Sakura and Tomoyo. Eriol raised an eyebrow at Syaoran's retreating figure. It was like him to lie, especially to him.
"Is mama mad at you again?" Mikazuki asked innocently.
"I...don't really know anymore Mikazuki. I'm always pissing her off." Eriol said with a sigh running his hand through his short dark blue locks of hair. He readjusted his glasses and picked Mikazuki up.
"Aren't we going with mama?" she asked.
"Mama's coming home later, she's with Sakura right now."
"Hey Eriol, where's Tomoyo?" Meling asked coming up to him.
"She's with Aunty Sakura." Mikazuki said cheerfully.
"Why isn't she with you two?" Meling asked turning to Eriol when Mikazuki shrugged her shoulders.
"Truth be told I don't know why either. She's angry with me again though. I may as well go home and sleep on the couch, she'll throw me there anyway..." Eriol said with an annoyed look on his face. Meling giggled.
"Well Yamazaki's there practically every night for trying to put stories into my little girl's head."
"They aren't stories!" Yamazaki exclaimed from behind her. Eriol shrugged.
"Yes they are and I hope Kokoro doesn't believe a word of them!" Meling argued, her eyes in slits glaring at him. Kokoro sighed.
"They're like this all the time, fighting one second, then all lovey dovey crap the next." she said putting her hands behind her head while rolling her eyes. Yamazaki and Meling froze and looked at Kokoro. Eriol chuckled.
"Oh I don't think I've been introduced to you. I'm Eriol and this is Mikazuki."
"I'm Kokoro, it's a pleasure." she said with a slight bow, her shiny auburn hair that was twisted into a long plait fall in front of her. She had deep ocean blue eyes.
"This is Kyo." Mikazuki said holding up the small orange kitty in a cage, her eyes sparkling proudly.
"He's cute, did you win him?"
"Yep, at the dart game."
"Well that's cool." she said.
"How old are you Kokoro?" Eriol asked noting that she was a taller than Mikazuki.
"I'm eight."
"And thinks she knows everything." Meling added with a smile.
"Actually eight year olds-" Yamazaki began before being hit on the head with Meling's bag with a defiant glare and a stomp on the foot making him shut up. Kokoro rolled her eyes.
"See what I mean?" Kokoro muttered. Eriol laughed.
"Well we have to be going, so come and visit us sometimes." he said before bowing slightly and walking away.
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Tomoyo was sitting seething in the car. Sakura and Syaoran sat in the front of the car silently, knowing that she needed to calm down before they could talk to her, and Sakura should talk to her privately first. Kiken was sitting in wonder between his two parents wondering why they were all being so silent. Last time the two women had been in the car together, neither stopped talking the whole way. He didn't understand the sudden change. Wisely however, he kept quiet. Sakura was sitting in the passenger's seat staring up at the pitch black sky wondering what Eriol had done this time. Often Tomoyo had come to her and complained about the horrible things Eriol did to her, but she was never this angry. Sakura sighed, she knew the two of them used to be best friends, but Tomoyo had never told her why they seperated. She was always quiet about the subject and later would claim she was glad because he was a jerk now. She had asked Syaoran if Eriol ever told him, but he hadn't. The only two people that knew where Tomoyo and Eriol and neither seemed inclined to tell anyone. Syaoran was concentrating on the road, but his thoughts were drifting to the confused look on Eriol's face at the anger on Tomoyo's. Normally Eriol could care less about Tomoyo, but for some reason this time, he did. He would have to call him later and talk about it. Slowly they drove up the driveway at their house. Kiken jumped out of the car and as soon as Syaoran unlocked the door was zooming down the halls. Sakura hid a small smile and turned to Syaoran.
"You hid your sword well this time right?"
"If he finds it, I'll be surprised."
"That's what you said last time you hid it and he found it." Syaoran shrugged. Sakura smiled again but turned to Tomoyo. "Come on into the kitchen, I'll make you some coffee, Syaoran go make sure Kiken isn't trying to tear up the house again." she said in an authoritive motherly voice. Syaoran sighed in defeat and slouched up the stairs. Sakura led Tomoyo to the kitchen where there was a small table and three chairs. Tomoyo slumped into one of them while Sakura made her that pot of coffee. They were silent until Sakura set down a mug in front of Tomoyo and sat down across from her with her own cup. Tomoyo was silent, and Sakura knew she'd have to say something first. "Well, what happened." she said getting ready for the rant she was about to hear.
"Everything!" she said angrily, her eyes still ablaze in anger. "He stole it! He stole it from me Sakura!" Tomoyo said painfully.
"Woah woah, slow down, what did he steal from you Tomoyo?" Sakura asked calmly. She watched her violet-haired friend carefully judging her explosion limits. Sakura had matured greatly thanks to this friend and now wanted to be here for her when she was reading to kill Eriol. Tomoyo had always been a great friend and pushed her relationship with Syaoran, making them what they were today, and she was thankful for that, she always would appreciate what Tomoyo had done for her and wanted to help her now.
"My-my-" Tomoyo's voice was faltering and dropped to a whisper. "My-my first kiss." she said, her voice barely audible now, but Sakura heard her, her emerald eyes widening. She was shocked, Eriol had kissed her? That was almost unbelievable, but from the way Tomoyo was talking and acting, she knew it had to be true.
"Alright, then what?"
"Well, at first I was too shocked to move you know? Then I came to my senses and jerked away. I mean I always wanted my first kiss to be with the man I loved, and would love forever! Kinda like you and Syaoran, your first kiss was with him and you wanted it to be that way, and for only him to kiss you, not anyone else right? That's what I wanted, to only be kissed by the guy who gave me my first kiss because I wanted to love the guy that gave me my first kiss and that most obviously isn't Eriol! I can't stand him! I wish this planet was never "graced" with his presence as he likes to put it! I never wanted my first kiss to be with him, or ANY kiss to be with him! Well...I used to, back when...but that doesn't matter anymore. I can't stand him now and this now, not then." Tomoyo finished difiantly. Sakura's eyes were round with shock and her mind was reeling. Never was Tomoyo THIS negative towards Eriol.
"Ok. Let me get this straight. Eriol kissed you, taking away your one and only first kiss which you were waiting for the perfect guy to spend this moment with, and now you hate Eriol more than you ever have before." Sakura said summarizing what she had heard.
"Basically, yea."
"Did you lead him to the assumption that he could kiss you?" Sakura asked looking straight into Tomoyo's troubled violet orbs. Tomoyo was silent for a while.
"I don't know...I don't think I did..."
"Kiken is asleep now, and he didn't find my sword." Syaoran said from the doorway having just come in. Sakura nodded.
"Can Syaoran sit down?" Sakura asked timidly to Tomoyo, who was silent but nodded. Syaoran took the third chair and Sakura got up to get him some coffee. She placed a steeming hot cup in front of him before sitting down again.
"I don't think I did Sakura..." Tomoyo said in a much calmer voice, her eyes trying to remember. "Sure I've been nice to him, but that's mainly because of Mikazuki. I have wanted to slap him across the face when I wake up most mornings, but I know I can't because of Mikazuki." Tomoyo sighed. Syaoran was silent, still not understanding, but staying silent not wanting Tomoyo to cry the unshed tears he saw in her eyes.
"Has he ever seemed that way before?"
"No. Unless I'm blind."
"What does he do most mornings that makes you want to slap him?" Syaoran asked suddenly in the conversation.
"Well first off Mikazuki...well because of her we're stuck in the same room. I didn't have the heart to make him sleep on the floor. Even I'm not that cruel. Though I might tonight, he's pissed me off badly enough."
"Oh." Sakura said wide-eyed. She and Syaoran exchanged looks but Tomoyo didn't seem to notice.
"It's more Eriol's fault, when she asked if we slept in the same room because we were going to seperate ones, he said yes, afraid she would cry. Still, I can't think because of that..." Tomoyo said looking up into Sakura's sympathetic emerald eyes. "I won't forgive him this time. Never, he stole something he can never give back. There is no forgivness. Not this time." she said her eyes turning cold and dark. Sakura shuddered but Tomoyo didn't notice. She drank the rest of her coffee before standing up. "Thanks Sakura, you've been a great friend. Listening to me ramble about my hatred for him." she said.
"Do you need a ride home?" Syaoran asked as Tomoyo began leaving the room. She shook her head.
"It's only a bit down the street Syaoran, you worry too much." she said with a small smile before leaving the house and beginning to walk down the street. Even though it was only a short distance she was rather cold, she had left her jacket with Eriol's present with Eriol who had offered to take it at the festival. 'Eriol's present...hmph. It was gorgeous then, but I don't want it now. Too bad he wasted money on it.' she though in annoyance. She was so annoyed that she didn't notice someone following her and she suddenly felt very cold, a second later a hand covered her mouth and an arm circled her waist and dragged her away from the street as she tried to scream.
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A/N: *sees angry reviewers that were waiting for the chapter* O____O Don't kill me! *gets hit with a spare car part thrown by reviewers* X__x owwww....sorry, my muses are being mean to me.
Duo: Who, us?
Nataku: I think she does mean us...
Duo: Well...it's not our fault she took us against our will to be her muses.
Nataku: Well if we didn't give her enough muse to write this chapter, who did?
Mayuka: Glad you asked there Nataku, presenting my latest and newest muse, Heero Yuy! *pulls Heero out from behind her somewhere wearing handcuffs and gunless*
Heero: -_____-
Duo: How the hell did she capture you Heero?
Heero: Hnn....
Duo: *pulls out his Heeroese dictionary* ...that would mean, she and a friend ganged up on me with rope and a chair and took my gun.
Mayuka: ^___^ yep! So now that I have 3 muses, I should write faster!
Duo: *skeptical look* who's your next muse target?
Mayuka: ^______^ Shuin from FFX-2.
Duo: Run for your lives cute anime boys, she's on a muse rampage...
Nataku: Anime boys and game boys.
Mayuka: Shut up. Anyway, sorry for the late chapter again. I also just saw the second CCS movie and loved it to death, though the Enlish voices were TOTALLY off, but whatever. Hope you like the chapter. Also, I'll email the ones that have requested it, but otherwise, just put me on your author alert list or something. I don't want a freakishly long list of people to email every time I update this story. Also if I forget or forgot to email you, sorry! I'm not perfect, but if I didn't, it's my muses fault.
Duo, Nataku & Heero: Hey!
Mayuka: Anyway, I hope you don't think I'm too evil, dropping you off with a cliff-hanger like that...*shifty eyes* I don't know what possessed me to have someone kidnap Tomoyo, my muse was writing it all in my head for me. It was just leading me and I was just typing. ^^ Hope you liked it!
Next Time: Eriol, Sakura and Syaoran realize Tomoyo is missing!
Keep Reviewing though alright? Please? Even if I left you with an insanely evil cliff-hanger??
