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Chapter 1

A Ruined Birthday

Tomoyo sat impatiently in the taxicab. Syaoran and Sakura had placed a blindfold over her eyes for the entire trip. They had just come into the mystery town for Tomoyo's birthday. "How long are we staying here?" Tomoyo asked.

"Two weeks!" Sakura replied excitedly.

"I talked to you-know-who this morning and his says that the you-know-whats are too uncontrollable today, so we'll have to stay at a hotel tonight," Syaoran said cautiously.

"How are we going to find a hotel? We barely know this place!" Sakura shouted.

"Eh mates, I knows a great hotel!" the cabdriver remarked, obviously listening to their conversation, "It's wee bit near the mall but it's not a problem at all in jolly, old En-"

"Shhhhh!" Sakura and Syaoran hushed the driver together.

'Well now I know that this place starts with an E and N,' Tomoyo thought to herself. "Right! The little misses don't know where she is," the driver laughed.

The car came to a stop. "Ah damn it! We hit some traffic!" the driver shouted. The cab driver rolled down his window and honked his horn, "GET OFF THE ROAD YOU… BEEEEP… 'CKIN IDIOT. BEEEP. YEAHS BUD! I'M TALKIN TO YOU! BEEEP… YOU BLOODY. BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!" they knew he held it extra long so they wouldn't hear him spouting out a whole sentence of swears.

The cab began to move again. "Thanks a lot ya dumb idiot! Think you're so fancy with your big muscles, tattoos and motorcycle. And for the record, your beard is weird too!"

"SCREW YOU CABBY!" A hoarse voice shouted.

The three of them burst out into laughter. "What?" the cabdriver demanded.

…At the hotel…

"Okay Tomoyo, are you ready?" Sakura asked.

"Yup."

"Okay. Welcome to…" Sakura removed the blindfold, "ENGLAND!"

Tomoyo gasped. She felt completely dizzy. All kinds of thoughts rushed into her head. This place is filled with bad things! The sickening sewer smells. The thousands of mice and rats. Father. Father's girlfriend. Unconcerned drivers. And… And… She completely stopped at his name. "Eriol," she whispered before fainting.

… In the hotel lobby…

"What was that she whispered before fainting?" Syaoran asked Sakura.

"Shesaideriol'sname," Sakura replied rapidly sitting down next to Tomoyo's unconscious body.

"What?" Syaoran tried to figure out what she said.

"She said Eriol's name," Sakura said slowly and clearly.

"WHAT!" Syaoran screamed, "You mean she's still in love with that jerk."

"No, she said she wasn't!" Sakura defended her.

A tall man dressed in black walked up to them. "Hello, I am Brent, the hotel manager," he said politely, "I will be assisting you to your room."

Sakura smiled at Brent, and picked up her luggage. Brent walked up to Tomoyo and picked her up. They entered the elevator and went up to the 15th floor. They entered their room and laid Tomoyo on the bed in the right side bedroom. The room was separated into 3 rooms. On the left side, there were two beds and on the right side there was one bed. The middle room had a kitchen and a living room in it.

Sakura went onto the balcony once Brent left the room. She pulled a letter out of her pocket and began to read.

Dear Sakura,

I really miss all of you, and so do Nakuru and Spinel. It's a bit cold in England at this time of year, so bring a lot of sweaters. Tell Syaoran to call me before you come. You are very welcome to stay at my house, and if you get lost on the way, you can find it across the street from a large church. I can't wait for you to come.

Tell Tomoyo that I wished her happy birthday!

From Eriol

Sakura remembered telling Tomoyo that Eriol wished her happy birthday. They were on the phone when she told her. When Tomoyo heard Eriol's message she simply hung up the phone. "What's wrong?" Syaoran asked.

Sakura looked beside her. She didn't even notice that he was there. "Nothing really. I'm just wondering how Tomoyo can stand denying her love for Eriol! It must have hurt so much when he left her."

"Love must really be painful," she shot a look at him.

"Sometimes love could be worth the pain," Sakura replied rather quickly

"Maybe you're right," Syaoran smiled.

And then there was silence. Complete silence. She looked over at Syaoran who was staring out at the town's buildings. 'What was this town called again?' she asked herself, 'Morgan, I think.' Syaoran looked over at her, 'She must be deep in thought again.' They finally noticed that they were staring at each other then broke their gaze. "I'm going to take a nap, I'm feeling a little tired," Syaoran stretched his arms then went into his room.

Sakura stayed and admired the view.

…Sakura and Tomoyo's room…

Tomoyo opened her eyes slowly. "Where am I?" she asked.

She walked over to the window and drew open the green curtains. Her eyes set on the big church towering over all the buildings. "Oh no, I'm in Morgan!" Tomoyo held her face in her hands.

The last time she was in Morgan, she met her father's new girlfriend, Clara. Clara was a small, skinny, blonde girl who wore very short skirts. She must have been at least fifteen years younger than her father. 'I don't want to see dad again.' Then her mind was brought to Eriol. She hated him so much for leaving her; she didn't think that she would ever forgive him. The door opened and Sakura stormed in. "He finally has a chance to be with me and he doesn't take it!" she slammed the door.

"Who? Syaoran?" Tomoyo turned from the window.

"Tomoyo! Umm… yeah."

"Well let's get your mind off him. Want to go to the mall?" Tomoyo suggested.

"Okay!"

… At the mall…

"Oh Sakura! You'd look so good in this outfit!" Tomoyo squealed pulling out a pink, silky dress from the clothing rack.

Sakura blushed, "Tomoyo! You don't have to buy me all this stuff," she looked over at the shopping cart filled with at least eight outfits, so far.

"Yeah, but this place has all the latest fashions, and it saves me time on making new outfits," Tomoyo threw the dress into the cart.

"Okay fine, but I have to pick out something for you," Sakura browsed through all the clothing, "Isn't that Eriol's sweater?" Sakura pointed at the sweater around Tomoyo's waist.

Tomoyo looked down, "I guess so. I don't really remember where I got it. I just found it buried under a bunch of clothes in my closet."

Sakura smiled, 'I bet she's lying.' Tomoyo reached for her wallet to pay the salesclerk, but it wasn't there. "Sorry, I must have dropped it outside of the shop," Tomoyo ran over to the entrance, "Now where is it? Ugh, think Tomoyo."

"You know, some people will think you're crazy if you keep talking to yourself," someone informed from behind her, she ignore him, "Is this wallet yours?"

She turned to see the wallet, but she wasn't expecting to see who was holding it. A boy with dark hair, and the most familiar azure eyes. "Oh great it's you," she snatched the wallet from his hand.

"Nice to see you too," he replied, "It couldn't hurt to say hi to me."

Tomoyo glared at him, "Hello Eriol, it's terrible to see you again. The fact that I'm staying in your house completely ruined my birthday. I hate you so much; so don't talk to me again," Tomoyo pasted a smile on her face, "Have a nice day," she said in a sing song voice.

She then walked back to the store's entrance. Sakura walked out of the store, "What's taking you so long?" she asked, she then saw Eriol glaring at Tomoyo, "Eriol!"

Sakura ran up to him, "It's so good to see you!"

Eriol took his glare off Tomoyo and smiled at Sakura. "At least someone's happy to see me," he laughed.

"Don't worry she was only lying," Sakura saw Tomoyo paying the clerk, "She's just in a really bad mood."

"Why?" Eriol tilted his head.

"She fainted this morning. We had her blindfolded for the whole ride and when we removed her blindfold, she said your name and fainted," Sakura explained.

Sakura kept talking but Eriol wasn't listening, he was staring directly at Tomoyo. She was leaning on the counter waiting for all the clothes to be put in a bag. 'Why did I tell him that?' she looked in his directions, 'Why is he staring at me like that? Does he hate me?'

"Eriol? Eriol!" Sakura yelled.

"Sorry, what?" Eriol brought his attention to Sakura.

Sakura looked behind her to see what Eriol was staring at, and it was Tomoyo. "You still love her, don't you?"

Eriol remained silent. "Sakura! Let's go!" Tomoyo called out.

"It will work out," Sakura gave Eriol a hug, "See you tomorrow."

… The hotel…

"Here try these on!" Tomoyo excitedly shoved the shopping bags in Sakura's face.

Sakura giggled, took the bag, and went into the bedroom. At the same moment Syaoran came out of his room. "Hey Tomoyo," he said drowsily.

"Hey," Tomoyo greeted.

"Hey, where's Sakura," he searched around the room.

"She's changing," Tomoyo tapped her foot impatiently.

"Do I have to come out? It's kinda tight," Sakura's voice came through the door.

"Yes!" Tomoyo took out her video camera.

The door opened and Sakura walked out. Sakura looked up at the camera and covered her face. "TOMOYO!" she screamed.

"It doesn't look tight at all! What do you think Syaoran? Doesn't it look beautiful on her?" Tomoyo grinned as she tormented Syaoran.

Syaoran turned beet red, "Yeah, it looks real nice," he mumbled.

Sakura turned redder than Syaoran. She went back into the room to change into the next outfit. Tomoyo made Sakura try on clothes for the rest of the night.