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Chapter 4
Heartbreak: Crushing sorrow or grief; a yielding to such grief.
Tomoyo trudged along the sidewalk. 'Kaho? Kaho!' she wanted to kill that woman, 'Why did Kaho want her dead?' Six women dressed in black came up to her. "Um… May I help you?" Tomoyo asked.
"Miss Daidouji, we have been ordered to assist you back to your mansion," one of the ladies said robotically.
"Typical," Tomoyo groaned and walked home with a train of women behind her.
…Hiiragizawa Mansion…
Eriol lay in his bed. He had been doing that a lot lately. "Master, what's wrong? Are you sick?" Nakuru kneeled down beside his bed, resting her head on the mattress.
"No," Eriol sighed.
He felt as if he were being tormented. The one thing he wanted the most was now everywhere that he went, and he was too afraid that she wasn't real. She was torturing him, and she knew it. A catlike figure flew onto his chest, "I think he's depressed."
"Yeah, no kidding," Nakuru placed her hand over Eriol's forehead.
Eriol slapped her hand away, "I'm fine!" he snapped.
"Humph, I was just trying to see if you were okay," Nakuru stood up unhappily, "Come on Suppi."
"Grrr, my name is Spinel!" Spinel flew after her.
Eriol sat up, "You guys I'm sorry, but-"
Eriol was interrupted by the phone's ring. Nakuru smiled and answered the phone, "Hello?"
Eriol dropped back onto the bed. "Who's speaking?" Nakuru enquired. She nodded her head and gave the phone to Eriol, "It's Sakura."
…Other end of the line…
The girl leaned against the wall, twirling the phone cord around her finger. "Hello?" Eriol greeted.
"Miss me yet?" the voice did not sound like Sakura's, "A word of advice. Next time try killing me directly. That way, you'll know that I'm dead."
"Tomoyo?"
"Oh, Eriol. Whatever made you try to kill me?" she said in an amused tone, "Did you not know the consequences of getting me angry?"
Eriol growled in frustration, "Tomoyo, I had no choice."
Tomoyo began walking around the room, "And why is that?"
"I… I just…"
Tomoyo laughed a little bit, "Hmmm. The omniscient reincarnation of Clow Reed is suddenly baffled by a question asked by a simple girl."
"You've changed," he sighed.
Tomoyo heard a knock on the door. When she opened the door, her butler extended a note to her. Tomoyo took the note and dismissed him. "Yes, well I had a moment of clarity, or something close to that," she replied coldly.
"Why can't you just forgive us?" Eriol demanded, "We're not going to try it again!"
"Maybe you are, and maybe you're not," Tomoyo opened the note and read it, "Tell me Eriol, if someone tried to kill you, would forgive them so easily and trust them?"
She rolled her eyes, and went in front of the mirror to see if she looked presentable. "We're not going to try it again! Well, at least I'm not. I went through so much pain losing you," Eriol continued.
Tomoyo nodded her head, and began to speak in a calm voice, "Well, let me tell you how it works. I've forgiven you for what you've done, but that doesn't mean that I'm not going to make you miserable. On the other hand, I haven't forgiven Syaoran and Sakura, so once I make you three miserable, I'll leave Tomoeda and never come back."
"You're going to make me unhappy," Eriol stated in an unimpressed voice, "Why?"
"I'm going to destroy Syaoran and Sakura because they tried to kill me," she explained. Her tone became enraged, "But you… you little lying creep, I'm going to hurt you for a different reason."
"What?" Eriol sounded confused.
Tomoyo ran her hand over her stomach, "You're going to suffer for the thing that you did kill."
"And what would that be?"
"Think back Eriol," Tomoyo smiled, "One month before you 'lost' me."
She hung up the phone and glanced at the note, "What does she want now?"
…Backyard…
Sonomi took a sip of her tea and looked across the table, to her daughter. "How is Eriol, sweetie?" Sonomi enquired.
Tomoyo choked on her tea, "He's okay," she coughed.
"You don't spend as much time with him as you used to with him," Sonomi continued.
Tomoyo looked down into her tea, "Maybe I just don't love him anymore."
Tomoyo felt a pain in her chest once she said that. She didn't want to love him anymore, but her heart did. Sonomi had a shocked look on her face. Tomoyo got up, and went into the manor. Once she got into her room, she collapsed and began to cry. "Damn you Eriol," she whispered.
…Photo Processor Store…
Syaoran leaned against the wall, waiting for a roll of film to develop. What could it be? What was on that roll of film? The photo processor handed him the package of photos. 'I'll look at them with Sakura,' he decided.
