Eriol's POV
Chapter 3: The Storm
I knocked on the tailor's door. It's almost nighttime. People gave me such confusing directions it took me hours to find this place.
Unexpectedly, the person to open the door for me was that same amethyst-eyed girl I kissed this morning. She too was shocked. She dropped her basket of knitting supplies she was holding when she saw me.
"You. How'd you find me? You think you will be welcome here?" She pushed me out the door, and tried to slam it in my face, but I held the door before it closed and entered her shop uninvited.
I looked around. "Wow! You own this place? Impressive."
"Get out." She pointed at the door.
"I'm here to buy a costume."
She huffed and puffed, but because I am her customer, she couldn't shoo me away. She went to her desk, opened the drawer, and took out a piece of paper and a paintbrush.
"Write your name, address, and what kind of costume you want. I'll send it to you as soon as it is done." She said impatiently waiting for me to just get the hell out of her shop.
I picked up the paintbrush. "Hey! You don't have any ink. How am I supposed to write anything?" I grabbed her wrist. "I'll just tell you everything I need........"
"Get away from me, you creep! I've learned my lesson to stay as far away from you as possible."
I pretended to think. "But why? Let me guess, you're still mad about the kiss?"
"Duh. What kind of moron goes around kissing people?" She gave me a disgusted look.
"I thought you'd 'like' it. You see, during the past when people introduce pretty young ladies to me, to be polite, I always kiss them on the hand, and........."
"Then how come you kissed me on the MOUTH?" She got me there. I don't even know why I did it.
"Well, it's no big deal right?" I said in a scared voice, afraid that she's going to explode on me.
"NO BIG DEAL????????!!!!!!!!!! You DARE to say that! Kisses are supposed to be special. Did you know that I don't plan on getting kissed until after I get married?!" Tears started to form in her eyes.
Uh oh. How do I make her stop crying? "Umm, but that's fine. We can STILL kiss after WE get married."
"Who the hell do you think you are talking to me like that?" She screamed having no sense of humor, not getting the joke.
"Okay okay, I get out of your sight. I want a male servant's costume about my size, I live in the palace, I'll come pick the outfit up a week later." I smiled, and opened the door, about to leave.
Oh man. I can't believe my luck. It's raining outside, and not a single person is out there in the rain.
Flash
Now the lightning and thunder started to kick in. I turned to the girl wanting to borrow an umbrella from her, but since she is still crying, I didn't want to keep disturbing her. I stepped out in the rain slowly walking home. I hope I don't get lost again.
"Wait." The girl placed her hand on my shoulder. "It's raining so hard outside, come back to the shop, and leave when the rain stops."
So she actually cares about me. "Don't worry about me. A little sprinkle won't kill me." I began to walk away.
"Why are you so stubborn? You better come back, or I won't make the outfit for you!"
Grinning, I asked. "You're not afraid I'm going to kiss you again, or even do worse?"
"If you planned on doing that, you would've never left my shop in the first place." She replied smartly.
"Fine, you win." I followed her back to her place.
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"So, what's your name?"
"Tomoyo Daidouji."
"I'm Eriol Hiiragizawa, pleasure meeting you."
"How's my friend Sakura?" She finally brought up the subject.
I looked down. "I hate to tell you this, but Sakura is forced to become a maid in the royal palace for a month. That's her punishment for killing that thief."
"Poor Sakura." She said quietly. "She's got such a big ego, she must've been pretty scared to agree to become a slave.
"Well, you don't have to worry that much about her. She's going to be working for Princess Meiling, and the princess is very sweet and respectful to everyone, so she won't give Sakura a hard time."
Tomoyo nodded. "It's getting late, and the storm still haven't stopped yet. If you don't mind, I can make a bed for you in this room, and you can leave tomorrow."
"No need, I'll leave right now. Thank you though."
"Hey! Remember, if you leave, then no costume. Come help me take a door down to make the bed."
We went upstairs and started to take off Tomoyo's bedroom door, and placed it flat on the floor. Then, she took out a beautifully woven blanket, covering the door. She threw me one of her pillows. "I know this is a very hard bed, but I guess it's better than sleeping on the floor." Tomoyo said.
"It's really nice, thanks." I lied down on it. "Good night."
"Night." She blew out all the candles in the room, and went to sleep too.
Flash
I used magic to give me night vision. I sensed the clow cards are here. But how would Tomoyo have them? Oh, so that's why she's was so speedy. She used the Dash Card. So now the question is, who's the Clow Mistress? Sakura or Tomoyo?
I'll have to make sure Tomoyo does have the cards. I have to see the cards with my very own eyes. I started to look through the entire shop, but the cards are nowhere to be seen. The clow book must be in her bedroom.
Oh no. But I can't enter a lady's room. Isn't that against the unwritten law or something? Yes, but her door's taken down and I walk really silently; she won't even notice me there.
"Dumb Hiiragizawa! Now is not the time to act like a gentleman. I have to know if she's the clow mistress or not."
Finally, against what everything I believe in, I climbed upstairs and tiptoed into her bedroom. It looks exactly like her shop downstairs with the neat bookshelves and drawers filled with sheets and other sewing materials. She slept in a small corner against the wall in a bed three times smaller than my bed.
So I got to work immediately, silently opening every drawer and looking behind every shelf, but I didn't find a single card, the clow staff, or the book of clow. The only place I haven't checked is.......... her bed.
Oh hellll no. I'm not going anywhere near the bed. If Tomoyo wakes up......... I don't even want to know what'll happen next.
"Dumb Hiiragizawa!" The devil part of me started talking again. "You've already gone too far; you can't back away now!"
Fine fine fine! I mentally shouted at the bad side of me. I quickly crawled beneath her bed, but I can't find anything. So it must mean it's in her covers where she's holding on to it even as she sleep.
"Let's just get this over with." I kneeled in front of her bed, trying to look beneath the covers.
"Eriol!" She screamed.
I'm dead meat.
She is so gonna kill me.
I slowly moved my eyeballs in her direction. She wasn't showing anger in her face. She wasn't crying either. In fact, she still is sleeping!
Whew. She was only talking in her sleep. Sweet, she's dreaming about me.
"Eriol, Eriol." She started to mutter again. "Please please......kiss......me. I.....want you to kiss me........"
Did I just hear her right? Eww. What kind of perverted dream is she having? I continued to look for the clow cards. Ah ha! I think I just saw The Windy!
"Eriol." There she goes again. I ignored her, and kept on trying to look through her sheets.
"Eriol Hiiragizawa! What are you doing in my bedroom?!?" There sure was more anger in that tone.
I assume she has just awoken and either thinks I'm a thief or I'm trying to rape her. Now is a very good time to leave. I crashed out down her window, and headed back to the palace before she could stuff me into her sewing machine and make an 'Eriol Carpet' out of me.
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Back in the garden:
"Come back here, ya little wolf cub!" Sakura, soaked from head to toe, with a sword in her hands, chased Syaoran in circles around the garden under the storm.
Oh my god, is that the sword of the sword card? So Sakura does have the clow cards. But wait, Tomoyo has cards too! So after what I went through tonight, we still don't know who is the clow mistress? Damn.
My thoughts were interrupted when Syaoran ran past me, shouting, "Don't just stand there Hiiragizawa! Help me get away from this crazy person!" He meant Sakura.
Huh? I wonder why the innocent cherry blossom is after my cute little descendant. Oh well, I need to sleep first. I'll deal with them the first thing in the morning. I thought to myself as I walked to my chamber, smirking evilly, leaving the two lovebirds out in the rain.
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Chapter 3: The Storm
I knocked on the tailor's door. It's almost nighttime. People gave me such confusing directions it took me hours to find this place.
Unexpectedly, the person to open the door for me was that same amethyst-eyed girl I kissed this morning. She too was shocked. She dropped her basket of knitting supplies she was holding when she saw me.
"You. How'd you find me? You think you will be welcome here?" She pushed me out the door, and tried to slam it in my face, but I held the door before it closed and entered her shop uninvited.
I looked around. "Wow! You own this place? Impressive."
"Get out." She pointed at the door.
"I'm here to buy a costume."
She huffed and puffed, but because I am her customer, she couldn't shoo me away. She went to her desk, opened the drawer, and took out a piece of paper and a paintbrush.
"Write your name, address, and what kind of costume you want. I'll send it to you as soon as it is done." She said impatiently waiting for me to just get the hell out of her shop.
I picked up the paintbrush. "Hey! You don't have any ink. How am I supposed to write anything?" I grabbed her wrist. "I'll just tell you everything I need........"
"Get away from me, you creep! I've learned my lesson to stay as far away from you as possible."
I pretended to think. "But why? Let me guess, you're still mad about the kiss?"
"Duh. What kind of moron goes around kissing people?" She gave me a disgusted look.
"I thought you'd 'like' it. You see, during the past when people introduce pretty young ladies to me, to be polite, I always kiss them on the hand, and........."
"Then how come you kissed me on the MOUTH?" She got me there. I don't even know why I did it.
"Well, it's no big deal right?" I said in a scared voice, afraid that she's going to explode on me.
"NO BIG DEAL????????!!!!!!!!!! You DARE to say that! Kisses are supposed to be special. Did you know that I don't plan on getting kissed until after I get married?!" Tears started to form in her eyes.
Uh oh. How do I make her stop crying? "Umm, but that's fine. We can STILL kiss after WE get married."
"Who the hell do you think you are talking to me like that?" She screamed having no sense of humor, not getting the joke.
"Okay okay, I get out of your sight. I want a male servant's costume about my size, I live in the palace, I'll come pick the outfit up a week later." I smiled, and opened the door, about to leave.
Oh man. I can't believe my luck. It's raining outside, and not a single person is out there in the rain.
Flash
Now the lightning and thunder started to kick in. I turned to the girl wanting to borrow an umbrella from her, but since she is still crying, I didn't want to keep disturbing her. I stepped out in the rain slowly walking home. I hope I don't get lost again.
"Wait." The girl placed her hand on my shoulder. "It's raining so hard outside, come back to the shop, and leave when the rain stops."
So she actually cares about me. "Don't worry about me. A little sprinkle won't kill me." I began to walk away.
"Why are you so stubborn? You better come back, or I won't make the outfit for you!"
Grinning, I asked. "You're not afraid I'm going to kiss you again, or even do worse?"
"If you planned on doing that, you would've never left my shop in the first place." She replied smartly.
"Fine, you win." I followed her back to her place.
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"So, what's your name?"
"Tomoyo Daidouji."
"I'm Eriol Hiiragizawa, pleasure meeting you."
"How's my friend Sakura?" She finally brought up the subject.
I looked down. "I hate to tell you this, but Sakura is forced to become a maid in the royal palace for a month. That's her punishment for killing that thief."
"Poor Sakura." She said quietly. "She's got such a big ego, she must've been pretty scared to agree to become a slave.
"Well, you don't have to worry that much about her. She's going to be working for Princess Meiling, and the princess is very sweet and respectful to everyone, so she won't give Sakura a hard time."
Tomoyo nodded. "It's getting late, and the storm still haven't stopped yet. If you don't mind, I can make a bed for you in this room, and you can leave tomorrow."
"No need, I'll leave right now. Thank you though."
"Hey! Remember, if you leave, then no costume. Come help me take a door down to make the bed."
We went upstairs and started to take off Tomoyo's bedroom door, and placed it flat on the floor. Then, she took out a beautifully woven blanket, covering the door. She threw me one of her pillows. "I know this is a very hard bed, but I guess it's better than sleeping on the floor." Tomoyo said.
"It's really nice, thanks." I lied down on it. "Good night."
"Night." She blew out all the candles in the room, and went to sleep too.
Flash
I used magic to give me night vision. I sensed the clow cards are here. But how would Tomoyo have them? Oh, so that's why she's was so speedy. She used the Dash Card. So now the question is, who's the Clow Mistress? Sakura or Tomoyo?
I'll have to make sure Tomoyo does have the cards. I have to see the cards with my very own eyes. I started to look through the entire shop, but the cards are nowhere to be seen. The clow book must be in her bedroom.
Oh no. But I can't enter a lady's room. Isn't that against the unwritten law or something? Yes, but her door's taken down and I walk really silently; she won't even notice me there.
"Dumb Hiiragizawa! Now is not the time to act like a gentleman. I have to know if she's the clow mistress or not."
Finally, against what everything I believe in, I climbed upstairs and tiptoed into her bedroom. It looks exactly like her shop downstairs with the neat bookshelves and drawers filled with sheets and other sewing materials. She slept in a small corner against the wall in a bed three times smaller than my bed.
So I got to work immediately, silently opening every drawer and looking behind every shelf, but I didn't find a single card, the clow staff, or the book of clow. The only place I haven't checked is.......... her bed.
Oh hellll no. I'm not going anywhere near the bed. If Tomoyo wakes up......... I don't even want to know what'll happen next.
"Dumb Hiiragizawa!" The devil part of me started talking again. "You've already gone too far; you can't back away now!"
Fine fine fine! I mentally shouted at the bad side of me. I quickly crawled beneath her bed, but I can't find anything. So it must mean it's in her covers where she's holding on to it even as she sleep.
"Let's just get this over with." I kneeled in front of her bed, trying to look beneath the covers.
"Eriol!" She screamed.
I'm dead meat.
She is so gonna kill me.
I slowly moved my eyeballs in her direction. She wasn't showing anger in her face. She wasn't crying either. In fact, she still is sleeping!
Whew. She was only talking in her sleep. Sweet, she's dreaming about me.
"Eriol, Eriol." She started to mutter again. "Please please......kiss......me. I.....want you to kiss me........"
Did I just hear her right? Eww. What kind of perverted dream is she having? I continued to look for the clow cards. Ah ha! I think I just saw The Windy!
"Eriol." There she goes again. I ignored her, and kept on trying to look through her sheets.
"Eriol Hiiragizawa! What are you doing in my bedroom?!?" There sure was more anger in that tone.
I assume she has just awoken and either thinks I'm a thief or I'm trying to rape her. Now is a very good time to leave. I crashed out down her window, and headed back to the palace before she could stuff me into her sewing machine and make an 'Eriol Carpet' out of me.
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Back in the garden:
"Come back here, ya little wolf cub!" Sakura, soaked from head to toe, with a sword in her hands, chased Syaoran in circles around the garden under the storm.
Oh my god, is that the sword of the sword card? So Sakura does have the clow cards. But wait, Tomoyo has cards too! So after what I went through tonight, we still don't know who is the clow mistress? Damn.
My thoughts were interrupted when Syaoran ran past me, shouting, "Don't just stand there Hiiragizawa! Help me get away from this crazy person!" He meant Sakura.
Huh? I wonder why the innocent cherry blossom is after my cute little descendant. Oh well, I need to sleep first. I'll deal with them the first thing in the morning. I thought to myself as I walked to my chamber, smirking evilly, leaving the two lovebirds out in the rain.
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