A/N: Do you having difficulties understanding my chapters? You feel
they just don't all match up? Well I admit that's kind of partially
my fault, having the character's be happy and loving in one chapter,
but sad and angry in the next. It all depends on the mood that I'm
in as I'm writing each chapter.
If you don't get the plot, here's a hint of understanding this chapter better:
If I'm writing in Tomoyo's POV, reread the last chapter, or the last Eriol's POV, so you'll know exactly what's going on in case if you've forgotten all those extra little details. Trust me, you'll understand the chapter soooooo much better. I know its hard for you to read in four different people's point of views, and not all of them knows all or the same information. It gets confusing even for me.
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Tomoyo's POV
Chapter 13: The Windy
Many days have gone by, but Eriol never came back and visited me in my shop. Perhaps he doesn't like me anymore, so he doesn't want to be with me ever again. Or maybe, he is still searching for Cherry Blossom and Little Wolf, but I'm sure he found them already. Hmp, if he doesn't want to be with me, then I won't go to him, acting all desperate and everything........ even though I'm starting to miss him a lot. Oh well, my self-pride is more important than my desires.
Besides, I can't go see Eriol today even if I wanted to. This week is clothing delivery week, meaning I have to walk around the town delivery the bed sheets, towels, scarves, and clothing to the people who ordered them during the past month. This is also the time when I get my pay from the commoners. Unfortunately, last month, there was an unusual amount of people ordering clothes. So not only will this week be clothing delivery week, next week I still have to continue delivering.
I packed a portion of the items in a wooden basket, and left my shop to send them to the customers at their homes.
I walked down many streets, delivering the clothes they ordered as I collected my payment. But at nighttime, when I got back to my shop, I saw a bunch of ninjas guarding the door. I recognized them as the empress's servants. They must be after the clow cards again, so that's why they are waiting for me to come home.
Without them seeing me, I turned around and walked away another direction. I have to wait until the ninjas leave before I can go back home.
Oh how I wish I had the clow cards with me right now........ Now I can't dash into the palace to seek help. And it's so dark outside.
I kept on walking; I passed by a dark alley, and heard the sound of people fighting.
I followed the noise of scratching and fists, creeping behind a gate, and spied on the fight.
The two figures that are fighting resembled Spinel Sun and Ruby Moon very much.
One of them was a fierce lion, with sparkling golden hair, powerful wise eyes, and a red jewel on his forehead. The other person was a man with long white hair, but he seemed very young, with a pale white face, looking as majestic as the silver moon.
They were magical creatures. Sometimes they pounded on each other, but the lion often breathed powerful flames on the man, and the man sometimes released water shooting out of his palm, splashing the lion.
Why are they fighting each other?
Swish, BAM, roar, slap, bite, stomp, OUCH
I don't know if I should get in there to stop the fight or not, but I can't even if I should, I'll die if I get in the middle of the fight. Damn, Sakura's cards come in handy; if I had them right now, I could use its magic to stop the fight.
At last, the lion defeated the white haired man. The man lied on the ground, unconscious. The lion spoke: "Yue, don't be foolish, you join with her now, she would make your life a living hell. Listen to me, and open your eyes." The lion opened his enormous wings, and flew away.
I ran up to the man, and he started to transform in front of my eyes.
The "Yue" person, started to lose his long hair, and funny looking clothes. He now was on the ground, with regular clothing, normal length hair, and wearing shoes and a pair of glasses.
"Hey, are you alright? Can you hear me?" I asked the boy.
His eyes suddenly jerked open, startling me a bit. He sat up, and looked around the gloomy place. "Where am I?"
"I don't know, I'm just passing by this alley, I don't live in this place. Don't you remember what happened at all?"
The boy shook his head. "I have no idea how I got here. I remember I was playing with water lilies, and all of a sudden I ended up here. Are we still in Lotus Island?"
"Lotus Island?" Oh man, that place is like an island somewhere in another bordering country. "What is your name, how old are you?"
"My name is Yukito, I'll be twenty-two this year."
"Hmm, then why did that lion call you "Yue"?
Yukito looked confused. "I've never heard of such a person."
Whatever, if he doesn't want to talk about it, I won't ask, but I need to help him.
I helped him get on his feet. " My name is Tomoyo Daidouji. You need to trust me; I have to help you. You'll get lost if you wander around these streets alone at night. Listen, I have a place that you're welcome to stay in, but there are people guarding my house, so you have to help me get inside without them knowing, you understand?"
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Yukito and I sneaked back to my shop. Yukito went up to the guards who were still guarding my front door. He started to talk to them, and distract them. At the same time, I went to the back door, unlocked it, and entered my shop. Later, I opened up the door for Yukito, let him in, and shut the door in front of the ninja's faces.
"Yay! We did it. You're so awesome!"
"Wow, do you run some kind of business?" Yukito started at my shelves.
"Yep, I'm a tailor. Oh, that reminds me, I'm still not done delivering my clothes I made. I have to be out the next two weeks to finish my delivering job. Yukito, you can stay in my shop if you want, and housekeep for me, but it'll be a extremely boring job."
Yukito nodded. "Fine, I will housekeep for you. Do you have a map or something? During the days I stay here, I want to study just how far away from home am I, and what route should I take to go home."
I looked through my cabinets, and took out my piece of map, but I need to use it too, so I'll know how I'm gonna reach my customer's house when I deliver the clothes tomorrow.
"Okay, I'll give this piece of map to you tomorrow. You should get some sleep." I walked him up into my bedroom. "You can sleep in my bed, I'm not planning on sleeping tonight anyway."
"Why? Why aren't you going to sleep tonight?" Yukito asked me curiously.
The answer's pretty obvious, isn't it? I smiled at him. "Good night." I closed the door in front of me.
I clutched the map, taking a seat in front of my table. I started to examine the routes, and tried to identify where all my customers live. I continued to do that for the rest of the night.
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The next morning:
I yawned, as I tiredly handed my map to Yukito. The ninjas have already left, not guarding my house anymore. I stuffed everything in a humongous bundle, and took off.....
I didn't return at the end of the day........
Or the next day...........
Or the next.
My plan was to deliver my two weeks worth of work in one week. That means I have to run like the wind, walking constantly from house to house, day and night 24-7, not stopping to rest anywhere.
Why am I being mentally ill, and want to finish everything as soon as possible? The only reason is because I don't want Yukito to wait in my house for such a long period of time.
Yukito is my guest, and I feel that I have to act as polite as possible towards him. I let him sleep on my bed......... But Eriol was forced to sleep on top of my door, on the ground. I laughed, that night of the big storm was one of the funniest nights. I love Eriol....
Wait, I didn't mean it like that. I meant: I love Eriol's capability to make me laugh, and love our closeness as "friends" that I don't have to act so fakely polite towards him.
The week was finally over, and I was done delivering everything. I could barely keep my eyes open, and forced my self to take every single step I walk. Seven days. (Well, actually eight days, considering I didn't sleep before I started my trip, because I had to use the map in a hurry) Eight long days and no shut-eyes. Normal, non-magic folks like me shouldn't do this; it's really harmful to the body.
I stepped into my shop. "Yukito, Yukito are you still here?"
"Ahem." Someone cleared their throat. I looked up and saw Eriol, sitting on my desk, playing with my paintbrush.
Nothing could describe my joy right now. I just want to run up to Eriol, and scream at him, then madly kiss him, but not today.
I ignored Eriol being in my house, and started to climb up the stairs to go to bed.
"What? No "Hi Eriol" or even "What the hell are you doing here?" Eriol continued to play with the brush, not giving me any eye contact.
I groaned. "Shut up, I've been awake for the past 192 hours, I have no energy to bicker with you about us or Sakura and Syaoran. I'll apologize to you when I'm done sleeping. Good night."
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"So what brings you here Mr. Hiiragizawa?" I took a seat next to Eriol after I woke up.
"Do you realize that I'm been sitting here, waiting for you for the past six or was it seven days. Where the hell did you go off to?" Eriol gave me a cold look.
"I was out delivering clothes." I said.
"It takes 'seven' days to deliver a bunch of dresses and pants?"
"Actually it was supposed to take longer, but since Yukito is living here.........."
"So you 'are' aware that some strange man from an island was living in your house all this time. That guy's an idiot."
"Don't be so mean; I invited him to stay and housekeep for me. Where is Yukito anyway?"
"Where'd you think? I gave him some money, and he went off to buy food. Did you also give him permission to sleep on YOUR bed?" Eriol stood up.
"Don't act so jealous, you slept on it before too. But then, the next morning you left and didn't bother to come back, so now I gave the bed to Yukito." I stood up also.
"Wow, you two are surely getting along. I just don't understand what you see in that white-haired buffoon. I guess I won't be staying here for much longer." Eriol opened the door to leave, but Yukito suddenly popped inside.
"Mr. Hiiragizawa, I bought you some food. Oh hi Tomoyo, I didn't expect you'd be back so soon. Oh well, lets all eat." Yukito dragged me with one hand, and pushed Eriol with the other hand to sit down.
Yukito went back outside to bring in the food he bought. By the time he was finished taking the food inside, my entire table was piled with food, and so was the floor around it.
I smiled. "Uh, don't you think you bought 'too' much?"
"No, there are three of us. The food will be all gone if each one of us 'just' eats fifteen dishes."
Eriol rolled his eyes. "Well, not to be rude or anything, but I have to leave." He ran out, slamming the door behind him.
I took a bite of the chicken. "Excuse me Yukito, I have to leave too." I chased Eriol off to the streets.
After a while, I saw him walking in front of me. I ran up to him, and hugged him from behind. "I missed you so much. I don't want to wait for you to come back all over again now that you finally showed up in front of me. Please don't walk away, and shut me out this time."
Eriol turned around, and faced me. "You missed me?"
"Of course! Is your brain broken or something?"
"But I remembered you said that your life just gets worse and worse, slowing draining away when you're with me."
Huh? I said that? Suddenly I felt a lot better. I smiled. "Then why'd you return to my shop anyway, and stayed there for seven days?"
Eriol leaned over and kissed my cheek. "You just want me to admit that I love you, and can't stand not seeing you. Tomoyo, Tomoyo, I know you well enough to have figured out all your clever little thoughts. Why can't you just be straightforward for once?"
I wrapped my arms around his neck, with my nose touching his. "Then just admit that you love me." I felt so warm and tingly inside, which is a feeling I haven't felt in a long while.
Eriol shook his head. "But I don't want to." He said that just to get on my nerves, not wanting to satisfy me just for the fun of it.
I grinned. "Who said you had a choice?" I started to tickle him all over, as Eriol started to run, but of course he failed to get rid of me. I kept on chasing him, and once I catch him, I'll never let him go.
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Yukito's POV
Where did Tomoyo run off? Too bad for her, because I've finished eating everything.
A sudden jolt of pain struck my head, and I just started to transform.
Yue took over my body, and flew into the palace.
"Empress Yelan your majesty, I have arrived on your wishes. My human form has already made friends with that tailor girl that lives in the village."
"WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG TO GET HERE?" The queen yelled.
"A thousand pardons, your majesty, but Ceroberus (spelling?) tried to stop me when I was on my way traveling to China, and he injured my body a great deal, so I couldn't come see you right away. Plus, that Daidouji wasn't home for the past seven days, so I had nothing to report to you anyway." Yue bowed.
The empress raised an eyebrow. "Oh? So does that mean you 'have' something to report to me now?"
"Yes, your highness. It seems like your advisor, Eriol Hiiragizawa is very good friends with this Daidouji girl, and if my predictions are correct, they are in love."
The empress showed no emotion in her eyes, as she stared at nothing. "Interesting." Was all she said, before dismissing me.
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If you don't get the plot, here's a hint of understanding this chapter better:
If I'm writing in Tomoyo's POV, reread the last chapter, or the last Eriol's POV, so you'll know exactly what's going on in case if you've forgotten all those extra little details. Trust me, you'll understand the chapter soooooo much better. I know its hard for you to read in four different people's point of views, and not all of them knows all or the same information. It gets confusing even for me.
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Tomoyo's POV
Chapter 13: The Windy
Many days have gone by, but Eriol never came back and visited me in my shop. Perhaps he doesn't like me anymore, so he doesn't want to be with me ever again. Or maybe, he is still searching for Cherry Blossom and Little Wolf, but I'm sure he found them already. Hmp, if he doesn't want to be with me, then I won't go to him, acting all desperate and everything........ even though I'm starting to miss him a lot. Oh well, my self-pride is more important than my desires.
Besides, I can't go see Eriol today even if I wanted to. This week is clothing delivery week, meaning I have to walk around the town delivery the bed sheets, towels, scarves, and clothing to the people who ordered them during the past month. This is also the time when I get my pay from the commoners. Unfortunately, last month, there was an unusual amount of people ordering clothes. So not only will this week be clothing delivery week, next week I still have to continue delivering.
I packed a portion of the items in a wooden basket, and left my shop to send them to the customers at their homes.
I walked down many streets, delivering the clothes they ordered as I collected my payment. But at nighttime, when I got back to my shop, I saw a bunch of ninjas guarding the door. I recognized them as the empress's servants. They must be after the clow cards again, so that's why they are waiting for me to come home.
Without them seeing me, I turned around and walked away another direction. I have to wait until the ninjas leave before I can go back home.
Oh how I wish I had the clow cards with me right now........ Now I can't dash into the palace to seek help. And it's so dark outside.
I kept on walking; I passed by a dark alley, and heard the sound of people fighting.
I followed the noise of scratching and fists, creeping behind a gate, and spied on the fight.
The two figures that are fighting resembled Spinel Sun and Ruby Moon very much.
One of them was a fierce lion, with sparkling golden hair, powerful wise eyes, and a red jewel on his forehead. The other person was a man with long white hair, but he seemed very young, with a pale white face, looking as majestic as the silver moon.
They were magical creatures. Sometimes they pounded on each other, but the lion often breathed powerful flames on the man, and the man sometimes released water shooting out of his palm, splashing the lion.
Why are they fighting each other?
Swish, BAM, roar, slap, bite, stomp, OUCH
I don't know if I should get in there to stop the fight or not, but I can't even if I should, I'll die if I get in the middle of the fight. Damn, Sakura's cards come in handy; if I had them right now, I could use its magic to stop the fight.
At last, the lion defeated the white haired man. The man lied on the ground, unconscious. The lion spoke: "Yue, don't be foolish, you join with her now, she would make your life a living hell. Listen to me, and open your eyes." The lion opened his enormous wings, and flew away.
I ran up to the man, and he started to transform in front of my eyes.
The "Yue" person, started to lose his long hair, and funny looking clothes. He now was on the ground, with regular clothing, normal length hair, and wearing shoes and a pair of glasses.
"Hey, are you alright? Can you hear me?" I asked the boy.
His eyes suddenly jerked open, startling me a bit. He sat up, and looked around the gloomy place. "Where am I?"
"I don't know, I'm just passing by this alley, I don't live in this place. Don't you remember what happened at all?"
The boy shook his head. "I have no idea how I got here. I remember I was playing with water lilies, and all of a sudden I ended up here. Are we still in Lotus Island?"
"Lotus Island?" Oh man, that place is like an island somewhere in another bordering country. "What is your name, how old are you?"
"My name is Yukito, I'll be twenty-two this year."
"Hmm, then why did that lion call you "Yue"?
Yukito looked confused. "I've never heard of such a person."
Whatever, if he doesn't want to talk about it, I won't ask, but I need to help him.
I helped him get on his feet. " My name is Tomoyo Daidouji. You need to trust me; I have to help you. You'll get lost if you wander around these streets alone at night. Listen, I have a place that you're welcome to stay in, but there are people guarding my house, so you have to help me get inside without them knowing, you understand?"
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Yukito and I sneaked back to my shop. Yukito went up to the guards who were still guarding my front door. He started to talk to them, and distract them. At the same time, I went to the back door, unlocked it, and entered my shop. Later, I opened up the door for Yukito, let him in, and shut the door in front of the ninja's faces.
"Yay! We did it. You're so awesome!"
"Wow, do you run some kind of business?" Yukito started at my shelves.
"Yep, I'm a tailor. Oh, that reminds me, I'm still not done delivering my clothes I made. I have to be out the next two weeks to finish my delivering job. Yukito, you can stay in my shop if you want, and housekeep for me, but it'll be a extremely boring job."
Yukito nodded. "Fine, I will housekeep for you. Do you have a map or something? During the days I stay here, I want to study just how far away from home am I, and what route should I take to go home."
I looked through my cabinets, and took out my piece of map, but I need to use it too, so I'll know how I'm gonna reach my customer's house when I deliver the clothes tomorrow.
"Okay, I'll give this piece of map to you tomorrow. You should get some sleep." I walked him up into my bedroom. "You can sleep in my bed, I'm not planning on sleeping tonight anyway."
"Why? Why aren't you going to sleep tonight?" Yukito asked me curiously.
The answer's pretty obvious, isn't it? I smiled at him. "Good night." I closed the door in front of me.
I clutched the map, taking a seat in front of my table. I started to examine the routes, and tried to identify where all my customers live. I continued to do that for the rest of the night.
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The next morning:
I yawned, as I tiredly handed my map to Yukito. The ninjas have already left, not guarding my house anymore. I stuffed everything in a humongous bundle, and took off.....
I didn't return at the end of the day........
Or the next day...........
Or the next.
My plan was to deliver my two weeks worth of work in one week. That means I have to run like the wind, walking constantly from house to house, day and night 24-7, not stopping to rest anywhere.
Why am I being mentally ill, and want to finish everything as soon as possible? The only reason is because I don't want Yukito to wait in my house for such a long period of time.
Yukito is my guest, and I feel that I have to act as polite as possible towards him. I let him sleep on my bed......... But Eriol was forced to sleep on top of my door, on the ground. I laughed, that night of the big storm was one of the funniest nights. I love Eriol....
Wait, I didn't mean it like that. I meant: I love Eriol's capability to make me laugh, and love our closeness as "friends" that I don't have to act so fakely polite towards him.
The week was finally over, and I was done delivering everything. I could barely keep my eyes open, and forced my self to take every single step I walk. Seven days. (Well, actually eight days, considering I didn't sleep before I started my trip, because I had to use the map in a hurry) Eight long days and no shut-eyes. Normal, non-magic folks like me shouldn't do this; it's really harmful to the body.
I stepped into my shop. "Yukito, Yukito are you still here?"
"Ahem." Someone cleared their throat. I looked up and saw Eriol, sitting on my desk, playing with my paintbrush.
Nothing could describe my joy right now. I just want to run up to Eriol, and scream at him, then madly kiss him, but not today.
I ignored Eriol being in my house, and started to climb up the stairs to go to bed.
"What? No "Hi Eriol" or even "What the hell are you doing here?" Eriol continued to play with the brush, not giving me any eye contact.
I groaned. "Shut up, I've been awake for the past 192 hours, I have no energy to bicker with you about us or Sakura and Syaoran. I'll apologize to you when I'm done sleeping. Good night."
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"So what brings you here Mr. Hiiragizawa?" I took a seat next to Eriol after I woke up.
"Do you realize that I'm been sitting here, waiting for you for the past six or was it seven days. Where the hell did you go off to?" Eriol gave me a cold look.
"I was out delivering clothes." I said.
"It takes 'seven' days to deliver a bunch of dresses and pants?"
"Actually it was supposed to take longer, but since Yukito is living here.........."
"So you 'are' aware that some strange man from an island was living in your house all this time. That guy's an idiot."
"Don't be so mean; I invited him to stay and housekeep for me. Where is Yukito anyway?"
"Where'd you think? I gave him some money, and he went off to buy food. Did you also give him permission to sleep on YOUR bed?" Eriol stood up.
"Don't act so jealous, you slept on it before too. But then, the next morning you left and didn't bother to come back, so now I gave the bed to Yukito." I stood up also.
"Wow, you two are surely getting along. I just don't understand what you see in that white-haired buffoon. I guess I won't be staying here for much longer." Eriol opened the door to leave, but Yukito suddenly popped inside.
"Mr. Hiiragizawa, I bought you some food. Oh hi Tomoyo, I didn't expect you'd be back so soon. Oh well, lets all eat." Yukito dragged me with one hand, and pushed Eriol with the other hand to sit down.
Yukito went back outside to bring in the food he bought. By the time he was finished taking the food inside, my entire table was piled with food, and so was the floor around it.
I smiled. "Uh, don't you think you bought 'too' much?"
"No, there are three of us. The food will be all gone if each one of us 'just' eats fifteen dishes."
Eriol rolled his eyes. "Well, not to be rude or anything, but I have to leave." He ran out, slamming the door behind him.
I took a bite of the chicken. "Excuse me Yukito, I have to leave too." I chased Eriol off to the streets.
After a while, I saw him walking in front of me. I ran up to him, and hugged him from behind. "I missed you so much. I don't want to wait for you to come back all over again now that you finally showed up in front of me. Please don't walk away, and shut me out this time."
Eriol turned around, and faced me. "You missed me?"
"Of course! Is your brain broken or something?"
"But I remembered you said that your life just gets worse and worse, slowing draining away when you're with me."
Huh? I said that? Suddenly I felt a lot better. I smiled. "Then why'd you return to my shop anyway, and stayed there for seven days?"
Eriol leaned over and kissed my cheek. "You just want me to admit that I love you, and can't stand not seeing you. Tomoyo, Tomoyo, I know you well enough to have figured out all your clever little thoughts. Why can't you just be straightforward for once?"
I wrapped my arms around his neck, with my nose touching his. "Then just admit that you love me." I felt so warm and tingly inside, which is a feeling I haven't felt in a long while.
Eriol shook his head. "But I don't want to." He said that just to get on my nerves, not wanting to satisfy me just for the fun of it.
I grinned. "Who said you had a choice?" I started to tickle him all over, as Eriol started to run, but of course he failed to get rid of me. I kept on chasing him, and once I catch him, I'll never let him go.
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Yukito's POV
Where did Tomoyo run off? Too bad for her, because I've finished eating everything.
A sudden jolt of pain struck my head, and I just started to transform.
Yue took over my body, and flew into the palace.
"Empress Yelan your majesty, I have arrived on your wishes. My human form has already made friends with that tailor girl that lives in the village."
"WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG TO GET HERE?" The queen yelled.
"A thousand pardons, your majesty, but Ceroberus (spelling?) tried to stop me when I was on my way traveling to China, and he injured my body a great deal, so I couldn't come see you right away. Plus, that Daidouji wasn't home for the past seven days, so I had nothing to report to you anyway." Yue bowed.
The empress raised an eyebrow. "Oh? So does that mean you 'have' something to report to me now?"
"Yes, your highness. It seems like your advisor, Eriol Hiiragizawa is very good friends with this Daidouji girl, and if my predictions are correct, they are in love."
The empress showed no emotion in her eyes, as she stared at nothing. "Interesting." Was all she said, before dismissing me.
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