Litanya: First of all I would like to thank anyone who has taken the time to read this fic. I really appreciate it, thank you. Now, I do not own Card Captor Sakura and yeah… I hope you enjoy this chapter!

Cursed Love

Chapter 1: Meeting

"Where did you go Eriol-sama?" Nakuru asked him as soon as he entered the house, "I couldn't sense you, wherever it was." That surprised him only a little.

"I didn't want you to know where I was. I was having a chat with some friends of mine and I didn't want you to come and glomp them again," it was a well known fact that Nakuru often chased some of Eriol's friends away because she claimed that she was 'totally in love with them.' Eriol had decided to lie to his guardians because he did not want them to worry. If he told them that he was under a curse, they would mutter to each other and feel guilty that they had not helped him fight. He knew that the curse would not come off unless he joined Sintered and Santerado, and he knew that that would never happen. He would never join with evil.

"Oh, but Eriol-sama, I wouldn't have glomped them!" he sighed as he realised that Nakuru was just in a whining mood. He walked past her, his patience quickly running out.

"Whatever. I'm going to go to the music room," he disappeared down the corridor and into a small room. It was one of the smallest rooms in the house, but it was his favourite because it held his piano. He had been playing the piano ever since he was about two years old. His mother had enrolled him in lessons after seeing him plunk all of the keys on the piano day after day. The result had been that he had become an excellent pianist. It became his retreat. When his parents died in an accident when he had been eight, he had delved deeper into his music. That was when Nakuru had arrived to take care of him. She was his cousin, and in her true form, she was his guardian. He had created Spinal Sun at the same time on a whim. Now he would never have had it any other way.

'University starts tomorrow. Law… sounds easy. I hope that it is as easy as high school. Not that I'll even finish the course,' his fingers automatically began playing a melody on the piano. It was a melancholy tune and it had been one of his favourite songs to play after the death of his parents. Nakuru and Spinal stood outside the door and listened.

"Why do you think he's playing this one?" Nakuru whispered worriedly to her companion. Spinal frowned.

"I don't know. I thought that he had gotten over the death of his parents. He hasn't played this song since… well, since a few months after I was created. He must have a problem of some sort," Spinal told her, putting a small paw up to his chin.

"He sounds so gloomy… we have to help him Suppi-chan! Do you think that he's lonely?" Nakuru put her chin on her hands, as if she was thinking very hard about the problem.

"It could be that… Master always did have a lot of friends at school. But they are all going away, to different universities. I haven't seen any of them in weeks. Do you really think that that is the reason?"

"I think that that is a major probability. He used to play this song whenever he thought that he was going to be by himself because his parents were gone. But do you know what Suppi-chan? I think I know how to cheer him up!" she grinned. She clapped her hands and grabbed Spinal before he could get away. She squeezed him to her and laughed as he tried to protest.

"Nakuru-

"Yes, we're going to find Eriol-sama a girlfriend. It will be so kawaii!"

"Nakuru, you really need to calm down," Spinal tried to worm out of her grasp, but to no avail.

"Yes, we're going to find Eriol-sama a girlfriend," and with that she skipped down the corridor, singing softly to herself. She was going to make sure that Eriol was not lonely anymore.

"Hai 'kaa-san, I have arrived safely," Tomoyo told her mother as she paced around the room with the phone in one hand and a pile of clothes in the other, "And I miss you and Sakura-chan and Li-kun very much." She listened as her mother said something else.

"Yes, I'll make sure that I am settled in before I go out anywhere and I will keep safe," another pause as Sonomi Daidouji continued to lecture her.

"I will find a security guard if I feel that I need one mother," a small sigh and then another pause.

"Okay 'kaa-san. I will take care. And don't forget to eat properly and to sleep at least once every two days….I'll miss you too… Bye," she hung up the phone and put it back on the receiver. She then began to continue putting her things away. She had quite a lot to unpack and it was her goal to get it done before the afternoon, so that she could go look at a few shops. She had arrived late the night before and she was looking forward to seeing the city. University started the next day and she was desperate to see what the fashion trend was. She did not want to turn up looking like an outsider. On the other hand, she wanted to make sure that she was comfortable wearing what was in fashion. She had made a few outfits that she had thought would be okay, but now she wanted to put them to the test.

'Maybe I shouldn't have brought this much. It would have only taken me half an hour to unpack then…' she struggled with one of her bags as the things inside refused to come out. When she had eventually unpacked the final thing from her bags she sighed with relief. It had taken her an hour and a half to unpack. As soon as she had finished she grabbed her keys and wallet and left. For some reason she felt like she absolutely had to get out. She walked to the nearest bus stop and took the first bus into town. She was going to go shopping.

"Come on Eriol-sama! I want to go in there!" Eriol sighed. He had been pulled away from the piano by the hyperactive Nakuru. She had claimed that she needed some new clothes and now she was dragging him down the street. He was sometimes surprised by the fact that she was twenty five years old.

"I'm coming Nakuru! Don't rush so much," he was not irritated as such, but it would take more fingers than he had to count the number of things that he would rather do. Shopping with Nakuru always took a lot of patience, stamina and money.

"But Eriol-sama… ooh," she stopped as she saw a girl that she thought he might like. That had been the real reason for her 'shopping trip'. It was really only a disguise for an 'I-want-to-make-Eriol-fall-in-love' trip. She grabbed Eriol's hand and pulled him towards the girl.

"Nakuru I thought that you wanted to go in there!" he exclaimed, but she pretended not to hear him.

"Excuse me, but where did you find your clothes? They are really cool!" the girl turned around at Nakuru's comment and smiled. She had long raven hair that hung just below her shoulders. She was Japanese, which both Nakuru and Eriol could tell. She was not short, but not tall either. Her amethyst eyes lit up when she heard Nakuru's comment.

"Thank you, I made them myself," Tomoyo could hardly believe that someone loved her clothes. She knew that Sakura had liked them, but then… that had been Sakura.

"Really? I love them!" Nakuru maneuvered the group until they were in a relatively quiet place, "My name is Nakuru by the way and this is my cousin Eriol." At the mention of his name, he looked down. He had been staring at the sky, wondering at the fact that it wasn't raining.

"My name is Daidouji Tomoyo. It's nice to meet you both," Tomoyo looked closely at the boy Nakuru was dragging along, although she tried to hide it. He was about her age, tall and absolutely gorgeous, as far as she was concerned. His short navy hair was blowing slightly in the wind and his sapphire eyes, now that they were aimed at her, seemed to be as deep as… well, they did not really seem to end. She noticed that his cheeks were slightly red and she wondered why.

"It's nice to meet you Daidouji-san. My name is Hiiragizawa Eriol," he reintroduced himself in the polite Japanese way, "Are you from Japan?"

"Yes, I come from a small town called Tomoeda. I came here for University," she explained, trying to stop staring at him. She could feel her own cheeks start turning red and she mentally yelled at herself.

"Oh, are you going to attend the University just around the corner from here?" he did not know why he was so interested in her. He hadn't even noticed that Nakuru had disappeared off into a shop. Then again, Tomoyo hadn't noticed either.

"Yes. I'm doing a double degree in Fashion Designing and Law," he raised an eyebrow.

"Fashion Designing and Law? That certainly is an interesting combination Daidouji-san," she only smiled at his comment.

"I thought that I would be different. What about you Hiiragizawa-kun?"

"Oh, I'm doing a degree in Law, although Nakuru wants me to do a degree in Music as well," it was then that he noticed that his cousin had disappeared, "By the way, when did Nakuru leave?" Tomoyo snapped out of her little daze and blinked when she realised that the woman had disappeared.

"I don't know. I guess that I wasn't paying attention," she admitted, her cheeks growing redder by the second. Eriol blinked. He had never, ever known Nakuru to disappear like that. That is… unless she wanted to leave the two of them alone… he finally clicked into what her plan was.

"Neither was I. I guess she just got bored and started to wander around. Although she's older than me by almost six years I often wonder if I am looking after her, instead of the other way around," even though he knew of Nakuru's plan, he just could not leave Tomoyo. It was as though there was some force keeping him there, preventing him from leaving.

"She's older than you? From what I could see I assumed that she was around fifteen," Eriol laughed.

"No, I assure you that she is twenty five. Imagine how I felt when I was eight and she came to look after me," he had a small smile on his face and she could not help but smile too.

"I can imagine the trauma that you must have gone through. But then again, she certainly would be a fun person to live with."

"Oh she is if you like having water fights at five AM in winter with freezing cold tap water," he laughed as he remembered the water fight that Nakuru had initiated the winter before when she had tried to wake Spinal by sticking him in a bucket of cold water. That had not been their first water fight either.

"That sounds…fun. In a way it would almost like you had a younger sibling, wouldn't it?" she had forgotten all about shopping. She was enjoying herself immensely talking to a stranger. She knew that her mother would disapprove of what she was doing. If she had met Eriol actually in the University, it would have been okay, but to have met him on the streets like this… Well, her mother would have been having a heart attack if she knew.

"Yeah, it is a lot like that. I don't have any other family and so it's nice to know that Nakuru is there," they were really hitting it off. They had only met each other ten minutes before, but they already seemed to know each other like close friends. At least, that's what it felt like.

"Ah. My friend Sakura-chan back in Japan is like my sister, and Li-kun is like my over-protective brother. They are both like my family, but they act their age. Li-kun even acts a little older if that is possible," she smiled as she thought of her friends back home. She missed them already, but something told her that she will be pleased with her new friends.

"Li-kun? Is he a member of the famous Li clan of Hong Kong?" she looked surprised.

"You know of them? But I thought that only people with magic knew about them…" it was then that she did not know whether he had magic or not. She herself did not, but that did not mean that he did not have magic.

"Yeah, that is the idea. I happen to have a bit of magic up my sleeve, but who knows? I am actually related to the Li clan, but not closely related. Anyway, how is Li doing over in Japan? I would have thought that his mother and the elders would keep him locked in Hong Kong."

"Well, they did want him to go back a while ago but he refused. He is engaged to Sakura-chan and they are going to go back to his family next week or so. He first came to Japan because his school forced him to do an exchange program. When he met Sakura-chan, he didn't want to leave. The clan forbade him from staying, but he stayed anyway. They eventually agreed, one because he was about to become leader of the clan and two because Sakura-chan has strong magic. So they are going to go back to Hong Kong next week and get married there," she finished explaining, finding that the Sun was starting to set on the horizon. She had not realised that it was so late.

"Well, if anyone could bully the Li clan into anything, it is definitely a Li… or a thick book. Anyway, it was nice meeting you. I have to go and find my wandering cousin and then go back home. I hope that we will meet again," he was about to leave when she stopped him.

"Here's my phone number. I don't know anyone here and I was hoping that you and Nakuru would be my friends… if you want to that is," she added, rushing the last part. She did not want him to get the wrong idea.

"Of course Daidouji-san. Here, I'll give you my number too. That way you can call whenever you wish to," he wrote the number carefully down on a piece of paper that he produced from his pocket, "And now I really must be going. Maybe I'll see you tomorrow." And with a bow of his head, he was gone. She smiled as she looked down at the piece of paper he had given her. For some reason it made her feel secure. She carefully placed the paper in her bag before looking at the time.

'Eep… I'd better get home. I have to eat,' and with that thought she started off on her way, humming a little song under her breath.

To be Continued…

End of Chapter 1

Litanya: I hope that you liked this. Please review if you wish. I know that the chapter is short but… I just can't write long chapters for CCS fics. I am trying though. Anyway, I have to go. See you later!