GOMEN! This chapter has few Kuro/Tomo interactions. BUT THE NEXT CHAPTER IS GUARANTTED TO HAVE MORE! THAT'S A PROMISE I WILL KEEP! SORRY EVERYONE! Now response to the reviewers!

Silver soulless: Maybe or maybe not. Perhaps these two girls are just random people we seen walking down the streets or in the schools in Card Captor Sakura or one of the city people in Tsubasa Chronicles. I just make them up but maybe they are. They just came to my mind. And as for the bodyguard, you'll see.

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:Operation 05: The Strict Mother

"O Key which hides the forces of darkness, reveal thy true form before me. I, Sakura, command thee under contract. RELEASE! O wind, become a chain of admonition. Windy!"

"Use the card, Fly, and run away for the time bein'!"

"FLY!"

"It seems Shadow has gathered the shadows of all the students in school. That's impossible for Sakura to face this many opponents!"

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! CARD CAPTOR SAKURA, DON'T GIVE UP! YOU CAN DO IT!" Hikaru shouted with passion and concern for the young heroine displayed on the television screen.

"CHIII!" Chi was also concerned for the heroine who was against numerous odds. Both naïve girls had their eyes glued to the TV screen.

"PUU!" Mokona bounced happily as it enjoyed the magical action in this TV show.

Inside the Omega Inn, the girls had gathered in the living room, watching Tomoyo's videos of her childhood past with Sakura.

Umi looked at the TV with her eye raised as if it was indeed a weird thing, "….that was…um….unique…I can't really believe Sakura did all this."

"Yes, the action scenes were interesting and the plotline was addicting." Fuu complimented, "And I practically like their costume designs."

Umi sweat-dropped and pointed out, "That's the very thing that made this entire movie weird!"

"Hoooeee! I can't believe Tomoyo-chan actually brought those videos." Sakura looked away and blushed, "I'm so embarrassed."

"LOOK! LOOK AT THAT! DO YOU SEE ME!" Kero pointed to himself on the TV screen, "I am so cool! I'm A STAR!" Then a giant plastic bowl smacked him to the wall.

Umi had thrown the snack bowl at Kero, "Shut up! You're distracting the movie!"

"Sakura-chan is so beautiful and kawaii." Tomoyo was watching the movie too with her hands clasped in pure joy and her eyes were all teary with stars in it, "BACK THEN SAKURA-CHAN IS SO KAWAII WITH MY DESIGNS! EVEN WHEN SHE'S OLDER, SHE'S STILL KAWAII!" She had pink mushy sparkly background behind her. She was in her own fantasy world, "Now that Sakura have to save the world again, I should prepare new designs for our brave beautiful heroine!"

A shadow and a bead of sweat fell upon Umi's head, "….You have one STRANGE hobby."

"Does anyone want more popcorn?" Yuzuriha brought in a fresh batch of microwave popcorn.

"O Wind, become a chain of admonition. Windy! Return to thy form which thou should be! Clow Card!" The heroine chanted on the TV.

"YAYYYYYYYYYYY! CARD CAPTOR SAKURA SAVE THE DAY!" Hikaru exclaimed.

"CHI!" Chi shouted happily.

"PUU!" Mokona joined their cheers.

"You did it! You're truly the Card Captor Sakura!"

Kero immediately flew up and looked at himself, "DID YOU SEE THAT! DO YOU SEE HOW AWESOME I SAID IT! I'M SO SUPER COOL!"

Then he was suddenly whacked by a popcorn bowl that sent Kero slamming to the wall and tumbling on the floor.

Umi, once again, had thrown a giant plastic bowl, "YOU'RE BLOCKING THE TV!"

Kero twitched and rose from his early grave, "HOW DARE YOU SHOW DISRESPECT? DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM! I'M THE POWERFUL MYTHICAL GUARDIAN!" He was suddenly swallowed by Yuzuriha's gray husky, Inuki.

Sakura gaped in shock with her eyes big as softballs.

Inuki began to chew on it because the powerful mythical guardian is his favorite chew toy.

"ACK! KERO-CHAN!" Sakura cried.

Yuzuriha shouted, "Inuki! Bad dog! Release that toy right now!"

Inuki whimpered as his joy was taken away. He opened his canine mouth and spat out the drool-covered stuffed animal.

Kero was gasping for air, "I'm alive!" He praised the Lord and then he glared at the large dog, "You ate me!" He kicked Inuki's nose.

Inuki winced and then growled with his sharp fangs showing. Numerous beads of sweat of fear crawled through Kero's head and the mythical beast hid behind Sakura, "Um…Nice doggie?"

"Puu! Puu!" Mokona laughed in his own language.

Kero bad eyed the white manju, "IT'S NOT FUNNY!"

"King of Thunder, I demand thee!" A young boy in a forest green Chinese robe said an incantation.

"Tomoyo-san?" Fuu asked, "Who is that boy?"

"That boy," Tomoyo answered, "is Syaoran Li."

"Syaoran Li?" Umi questioned, "What's a Chinese guy doing in Japan?"

Tomoyo giggled, "Well…he's Sakura-chan's rival."

"A RIVAL!" Hikaru gasped dramatically.

"A rival!" Chi pointed to Umi.

Umi twitched, "Its UMI! NOT RIVAL!"

Chi finally understood, "Ohhhhhh." She pointed to Umi again, "UMI! NOT RIVAL!"

Umi twitched even more, "I swear. Fai teaches Chi to piss me off."

"OH CHI! YOU'RE SO KAWAII!" Tomoyo was hugging Chi tightly.

Umi rolled her eyes and spoke sarcastically, "You and your obsession with naïve girls." She questioned, "Say, whatever happened to Li afterwards?"

Sakura answered, "Syaoran-kun helped me capture all the cards," She smiled warmly, "He became a very precious friend."

Tomoyo smiled too as she remembered the fond memories she shared with Sakura and Syaoran, especially the fond memories when she recorded their best moments.

"A very precious friend, eh?" Umi smirked as she moved her hand to her chin, "Could it be a crush?" She gave Sakura a thumb-up.

Sakura's cheeks instantly became beet red, "HOEEEE? It's not a crush! Syaoran-kun and I are just friends!"

"RIGHT." Umi smirked wickedly.

"Are you talking about that brat?" Touya spoke with annoyance as he walked in the inn.

Sakura pouted, "Syaroan-kun is not a brat!"

"Once a brat, always a brat." Touya retorted.

His little sister frowned as her evil brother insulted her best friend. She couldn't come up with a comeback but instead she came up with an evil plan. She put her hands around her mouth and yelled, "NAKURU-SAN!"

Touya cringed once he heard that name.

Sakura smirked evilly as she was about to do a terrible crime. She shouted, "TOUYA-NICHAN IS BACK!"

Touya glared at his sister, "What are you doing, Kaijou!"

"Nothing harmful, my dear sweet honorable brother." Sakura smiled innocently with her forehead vein twitching at being called as monster.

Without warning, there was a loud bang as the door slammed open, revealing the very woman that Touya feared, NAKURU!

"TOUYA-KUN!" Nakuru greeted with big toothy smile as she waved hurriedly.

Touya became rigid as stone, paralyzed with horror, 'Something! Something is coming! Something strange is coming!'

Nakuru hug-tackled poor Touya, "Touya-kun! Now that you're back, let's go out on a date!"

Touya's right eye was quivering out of disgust. He pushed Nakuru off him gently, "Look, I don't have time to play with you. I….er….have work to do!"

Nakuru didn't listen to him as usual, "I was thinking that we can go to the movies or an amusement park…" She was blabbering to herself that gave Touya the chance to escape. She realized that the tall man was gone and yelled, "Touya-kun! Wait for me!" She took immediate chase after her play-toy…AH I MEAN TOUYA.

"Have fun, ni-chan!" Sakura waved bye to her brother.

"Nice, I couldn't have done it better myself." Umi complimented.

Fuu sweat-dropped, "But don't you think that's a bit cruel?"

"Quiet! Another episode is starting!" Yuzuriha munched on her popcorn for she was another big fan of magical girl shows.

As the TV screen was about to display their fan favorite heroine, it was abruptly replaced by the sounds of audience cheering and the announcer yelling, "LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE!"

The girls blinked…………..blinked again………..blinked for the third time.

"A cool, a fighting show!" Kero watched with amazement.

Zazu just came out his room with Ascot and a remote control in his hand and collapsed on the empty sofa, "It's my turn to watch TV."

Suddenly everything became black and Zazu was the only person in here. The teenage boy sweat-dropped as he had a horrible feeling that a horrible murder is going to happen. Zazu quivered, "…um guys?" He turned around and saw a terrifying sight, an angry raven-haired woman with glowing fiery blue eyes and her hair floating with demonic aura around her. Then, the screen became black with POW, CRASH, BONK shown. Few minutes later, Zazu was lying on the living room floor with spinning eyes and stars revolving around his face with a very large noticeable bump on the top of it.

Ascot knelled before him, "ZAZU!"

"I'm seeing stars!" Zazu laughed insanely as he was having a mental breakdown.

Tomoyo smiled, "Zazu-chan is being such a nice gentleman for allowing us to finish our movies." Smoke was coming from her clenched fist.

A giant bead of sweat rolled down everyone's heads.

"Return to thy form which thou should be! Clow Card!" The heroine shouted the sealing incarnation.

"YAYYYYYYYYYYYY! CARD CAPTOR SAKURA DID IT AGAIN!" Hikaru raised her arm in triumph.

"CHI!"

"PUU!"

Both careless creatures clapped their hands together.

Hikaru grinned, "Card Captor Sakura is so cool! I wonder if I get to meet the cool heroine!"

"…………………………………." Umi looked at Hikaru as she was an idiot, "ARE YOU THAT DENSE!" She gave Hikaru noggins in the head.

Fuu chuckled, "You can't blame Hikaru for her naivety."

"I'm in Heaven." Tomoyo sighed in content, "Once I record more movies of the brave adventures of Sakura-chan. Then I'll be completely satisfied with my life."

"What a load of crap." A rude voice interrupted the raven-haired girl's happy thoughts.

'Crap?' Tomoyo turned around just to see the familiar blood red eyes glaring directly at her, 'Kurogane.'

"AHHHHHHHHHHH!" Umi pointed to the tall man accursedly, "What are you doing here?"

"I live here," Kurogane glared at the blue-haired girl as she was a moron for not realizing the obvious answer, "Bitch."

Umi's forehead vein was popping and she snapped, "NANI!" Fuu and Hikaru quickly restrained her, "Say that again and I'll give you a beating of a lifetime! I dare you to say that again!"

"Give me a beating?" Kurogane smirked, "SURE…When Hell became frozen."

Umi's forehead vein was very close to exploding, "I'LL JUST USE MY WATER MAGIC AND FREEZE HELL AND THEN I'LL GIVE YOU BEATING OF A LIFETIME!"

Fuu sweat-dropped, "I don't think that's really possible."

"GIVE ME SUPPORT HERE, FUU!" Umi shouted at her friend.

However Kurogane was not paying attention to their obnoxious bickering but rather keeping up on his blood red glare at Tomoyo.

Tomoyo sweat-dropped as Kurogane's red eyes were drilling holes through her, 'Does he hate me?... Does he hate all beginners or something?'

"What the hell is this?" Kurogane looked at the TV with disgust.

"It's Card Captor Sakura!" Hikaru shouted, "It's one of the coolest magical girl shows!"

Umi commented softly that Hikaru wouldn't hear, "I preferred Magic Knights Rayearth, you know."

"Hmm, I don't know, I'm a big fan of X." said Yuzuriha and Inuki barked in agreement.

"It's still load of crap." Kurogane glared, "Everything is lousy, even the heroine is lousy"

Tomoyo twitched because she felt insulted that her movies with Sakura-chan in it were not fully appreciated. A bead of sweat fell on Sakura's head as she had never seen this side of her best friend. Tomoyo walked up to him and smiled gently, "Well, if someone think its lousy then that person must be lousy himself."

Kurogane narrowed his eyes at Tomoyo, "What do you call me!"

"I thought it was really obvious…Kurogane-kun?" Tomoyo smirked.

Kurogane intensified his glare and snapped, "I'm not going to take this crap from you anymore!" All the anger toward this girl inside him finally erupted, "YOU STUPID BITCH!"

Tomoyo just smiled with steel calmness, "Is that supposed to be a comeback?" The patience in her voice just contributed to Kurogane's soaring rage.

"YOU BITCH!" Kurogane finally snapped and lost control of his temper, "YOU'RE F$KING BASTARD WITH STUPID FASHION SENSE!"

Sakura gasped in shock. She knew very well that her best friend could ignore insults or send insults back. Tomoyo was a graceful person and took no heed to taunts but to insult her fashion sense, the very fashion sense that created her beloved Sakura's Card Captor costumes, was the FINAL STRAW.

Tomoyo raised her right hand and slapped Kurogane on the face cheek. The sound of gentle skin beating rough skin echoed through the inn. She slapped him so hard, the others could see a large red hand imprint on the samurai's cheek. Kurogane's blood red eyes increased in shock but quickly narrowed in newfound rage. Tomoyo looked back at his eyes directly with her onyx eyes full of calm rage.

Losing control of his awaken temper, Kurogane raised his clenched fist toward Tomoyo.

The others gasped in surprise because the tall samurai would dare hit a woman.

The samurai's clenched fist moved and instantly came within few inches away from the raven-haired girl's face.

Sakura yelled, "TOMOYO!"

There was a loud smack echoed through everyone's ears, making the people inside the living room gaped in utter shock. However, the shock did not come from Kurogane punched Tomoyo…but rather it came from a small crater on the wall behind the raven-haired girl was created from the immense strength of the black samurai. Kurogane had completely missed the target but it was on purpose, "I don't hit women," he withdrew his fist from the crater and walked away, "I will get my revenge one way or another." He left the living room.

Even after the black samurai had left, the raven-haired girl still had a deadly rage in her look with an aura that was sure to cause shivers.

"Tomoyo-chan?" Sakura asked nervously.

"……………….Oh…I must have snapped." Tomoyo said with the familiar gentle look in her onyx eyes.

Sakura blinked in confusion but smiled anyway. She embraced her best friend, "Tomoyo-chan, I was so worried."

Tomoyo gave her a calming smile, "Gomen, Sakura-chan. I didn't mean to make you concerned."

Kero's right eye was twitching, 'One moment, Tomoyo was really scary and then in another moment, she was back to normal already! I WONDER IF SHE'S REALLY A NUTCASE! '

Tomoyo's hands were caught by Umi whose eyes were all shining stars, "Tomoyo, I have now looked up to you!" Her eyes were immediately replaced by burning fire, "You really show that bastard!"

Tomoyo sweat-dropped, "Arigatou Umi," she pondered, "But why does Kurogane want revenge on me?" Kurogane's words were printed to her mind.

"Ah who cares about that bastard's motive," Umi shrugged, showing that she doesn't give a care about him, "He's probably still sore after that insult you gave him. Lazy buffoon, HA!" Umi laughed.

"Hmm, Kurogane does not seem like the type of person to want revenge because of words," Fuu suggested, "There's must be something more behind his motive."

"I might know why." Yuzuriha offered an explanation, "I just heard that Tomoyo just got promoted to front pilot."

"WOW! YOU BECAME THE FRONT PILOT!" Hikaru shouted in surprise.

"Congratulations, Tomoyo-chan!" Sakura gave her brightest smile.

"Arigatou, Sakura-chan, Hikaru-chan," said Tomoyo, "I didn't think my skills are that indeed good." Stars replaced Tomoyo's eyes, "IT'S NOTHING COMPARED TO LOVELY SAKURA-CHAN'S BEAUTIFUL MAGIC!"

Sakura sweat-dropped while rubbing her face cheek with her finger, "Tomoyo-chan."

"Don't say that, Tomoyo, if Eriol promoted you right away," Fuu pointed out, "You must be really special."

"SPECIAL HUH?" Umi spoke sarcastically but moved her hand to her chin as she discovered something important, "Maybe that sadistic man taken liking to you."

"Nonsense," Tomoyo swayed her head, "There's no connection between us…" she thought, 'Though Eriol-san is a really handsome gentleman.'

"But!" Yuzuriha caught their attentions, "At the same time as Tomoyo got promoted, Kurogane got demoted to reserve pilot."

"Demoted?" Hikaru asked naively while in her cat form.

Fuu patted Hikaru softly, "I'll tell you later."

"So what?" Umi complained, "He deserved to be demoted anyway since he's a lazy buffoon. He's just being a sorry loser and being even more pathetic by taking it out on Tomoyo."

"You shouldn't say that, Umi." The blue-haired girl heard an older voice.

"PRESEA!" Hikaru smiled as she rushed to hug her in her cat form.

"Good to see you, Hikaru," Presea smiled but her face became serious, "Umi, I can understand your hatred. His personality is…hard to understand. But, know this, that man took pride in his strength and his rank. To be demoted probably make him felt weak, thus he's very angry now…but…Eriol…"

"Eriol?" Yuzuriha urged her on.

Presea smiled and waved her hands, "Never mind. You don't really need to know." She couldn't tell them…She couldn't, 'Eriol…did have a very good reason for Kurogane to be demoted…a dark reason.'

Tomoyo was silent as she absorbed Presea's words and wondered, 'Maybe I shouldn't have slapped him.' She shook her clenched fist, 'But …HE DARE INSULT THE KAWAII SAKURA-CHAN'S COSTUMES!'

"Tomoyo-chan! You're bleeding!" Sakura pointed to Tomoyo's face cheek which showed a tiny fresh scar across her beautiful face, dripping red blood.

"Really?" Tomoyo touched her scar and saw her smeared red fingers. So it wasn't a complete miss. Kurogane's punch was so powerful that the wind was able to cut through human skin. Tomoyo frowned softly, 'Kurogane is really strong like Presea-san said…Kurogane, I felt there's more to him than just his strength and eyes.'

Sakura panicked, "Tomoyo-chan, you should get that wound checked!"

Tomoyo just smiled to reassure Sakura's fears, "I'll be alright, Sakura-chan. I didn't quite notice the pain."

"But still!" Sakura argued.

"………….." Tomoyo's smile widened, "Sakura-chan, it moved me that you care so much for me. I'll go see the medic for you."

"Arigatou." Sakura grabbed Tomoyo's hand, "I show you where it is."

Sakura led Tomoyo to a simple medical room stationed outside the small inn. It was not fancy as the medical ward of the Tokyo Gauken Academy but it was still a place for pilots to heal. Sakura moved the sliding door, "Cladina-san!"

The very first thing that came to Tomoyo's view was the skimpy outfit, a very very skimpy nurse outfit. And the one who wore it was a tan-skinned woman with voluptuous build with pink luscious lips and shocking bubble gum pink fluffy hair tied up in small ponytail. Her body was really shown through her tiny outfit with extremely short skirt and her jacket's zipper loosed, showing part of her large breasts. The first thought that came to Tomoyo's mind was, 'A ganguro girl?'

The dark nurse was painting her fingernails pink until someone called her name. The nurse looked up and smiled dopey with spinning flowers in the background, "SAKURA!" She grabbed the naïve girl and embraced her face to her chest tightly, "It's been, like, totally a long time since I seen you!"

"Cladina-san…I seen you yesterday." Sakura was turning pale.

"Yeah, but, like, that's still a long time!" Cladina hugged Sakura even more.

Tomoyo sweat-dropped, "Umm…Cladina?" She pointed to Sakura whose face was now turning blue.

Cladina didn't listen to the raven-haired girl's words. Instead she let Sakura go and stared at Tomoyo directly, "Now who is this, like, beautiful gal? But of course, I'm like, more beautiful and had, like, booty to shake."

"That's Tomoyo-chan, my best friend." Sakura was panting for air, "She's injured. Could you help her, Cladina-san?"

"Well of course; after all, I'm, like, totally a nurse." Cladina pointed to Tomoyo's scar, "And that, like, nasty injury is really obvious." She planted a big kiss directly on the wound and immediately, the scar disappeared.

Tomoyo touched her face, "The injury is gone."

"Well duh, my power is healing power." Cladina winked, "Now that's like totally awesome, don't you think?"

Tomoyo giggled, "I must agree."

Sakura smiled, "Arigatou, Cladina-san!" she talked to Tomoyo, "She's really a nice person. She can be strange but she's really cool."

Tomoyo nodded in agreement, "There's so many interesting members in this division."

Yuzuriha entered the medical building, "There you are, Tomoyo!"

"Yuzuriha-san?" Tomoyo questioned, "Do you need anything?"

"Presea forgot to give you a letter for you." Yuzuriha handed Tomoyo a white envelope.

Tomoyo accepted the letter, "Arigatou, Yuzuriha-san." She opened the envelope and read the letter. Her eyes widened in recognition of the sender of the letter. Her gentle smile became a serious look as she read each line. She closed the letter and sighed.

Sakura was aware of Tomoyo's change of expression, "Tomoyo-chan, what is it?" She asked concernedly.

"Nothing to worry about," Tomoyo smiled, "My mother requested me to visit her this weekend."

"But we're not really allowed to leave the Academy premises." Yuzuriha pointed out.

"That's why I'm going to see Eriol." Tomoyo replied as she headed for Eriol's office.

Inside one of the spacious bedrooms, the blonde wizard was laughing hysterically as he pointed to a large hand print on the rude samurai's cheek.

Kurogane gritted his teeth and roared, "SHUT UP!"

"Daidouji must have quite a slap, Kuro-poo." Fai chuckled.

"I TOLD YOU TO SHUT UP!" Kurogane held his clenched fist threateningly, "AND I TOLD YOU TO QUIT THE NAME CALLING!"

"Wahhhhh!" Fai feigned a fake whimpered look, "Kuro-kun is so cruel to me!"

"YOU SICK BASTARD!" Kurogane yelled with blank angry eyes and his forehead vein twitching. He stormed off afterwards.

"But you really must be a cruel person," Fai smirked sadistically, "Otherwise you wouldn't have that on your face."

Kurogane twitched and frowned with his eyes throwing daggers at Fai.

The wizard just continued on, "You couldn't really control your temper," Fai taunted, "Kuro-bozu needs to learn self control!" He said it with a heart at the end of the sentence.

"I DON'T NEED SELF-CONTROL!" Kurogane walked up to his closet and opened it roughly with a loud bam.

"Oh that's right," Fai smirked knowingly, "You're just not very good with girls."

"…………………………………" The tall samurai paused but in few moments, he went back to the closet and grabbed couple of his clothes ……..which is all black.

"Awwwwww, isn't that cute, Kuro-chan is shy around women!" Fai swooned.

Kurogane's vein twitched again but he restrained his temper and ignored him.

"Hmm, at this rate, you will never get a girlfriend." Fai laughed.

Kurogane turned around and hollered, "WHO WANTS A GIRLFRIEND!"

"You don't want a girlfriend? Could it be?" Fai gasped, "Oh Kuro-koi, you love me!" He said it in such lovey dovey tone with pink sparkling background with bright roses all over.

Immediately, a sharp dagger stabbed Fai's forehead, the force sent Fai to fell on the floor. The blade had easily penetrated through the poor wizard's fragile skull and embedded deep within the fleshy cranium. Blood were pouring through Fai's deathly pale face and formed into a bloody pool gathered below his fallen head.

Kurogane, who had thrown that dagger, was stunned at what he has done, 'He's dead! No way, I thought for sure that idiot would avoid that!' he called out, "Hoi?"

The sadistic wizard didn't respond. The blood from the stab wound continued dripping, making the pool bigger. His pale skin was paler than before as it lost the warmth of life. His eyes were blank, showing no obvious signs of life.

Kurogane panicked, 'OH HOLY SHIT, HE'S DEAD!'

Suddenly the door to the men's bedroom slid opened revealing Chi, "Fai, Chi's back!"

Fai instantly sat up and greeted happily, "Welcome back, Chi!"

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Kurogane screamed in horror with huge white eyes and his jawbone completely dropped.

Chi blinked in confusion of reality, "There's a dagger stuck in Fai's head and Fai is bleeding."

"Oh, that's just a fake dagger." Fai threw the plastic dagger off his head, showing no cut wound at all, "And the blood is just strawberry syrup." He used the napkin to wipe off the syrup.

A stress mark appeared on the back of Kurogane's head as he silently thought to himself, 'He's alive? THAT GODDAMN SON OF BITCH! He's just made himself number one on my kill list.'

"Do you enjoy the movie, Chi?" Fai asked softly.

Chi nodded in response, "Chi like the movies very much. Chi thinks heroine is really cool."

"Really?" Fai smiled with gentleness expressed in his eyes, "Cooler than me?"

Chi blinked at this question and pondered hard. She finally answered, "Heroine is cool, Chi knows that. But Fai is special. Chi thinks Fai is the best!" Chi smiled naively.

Fai gave her a warm smile, "Arigatou Chi, you are special too." He gave a chaste kiss on Chi's white forehead.

Kurogane stared at the display of their relationship with disgust but at the same time, he couldn't help but felt little jealous of them…ONLY A LITTLE! Kurogane dumped his clothes in his black gym bag and put the strap around his broad shoulder. He picked his faithful katana with the hilt's model of a silver dragon.

"Where are you going, Kuro-san?" Fai questioned the samurai.

He replied right away, "My job."

"Since when do you have a job?"

"Since now." Kurogane left his bed room.

Next to the Omega classroom, Tomoyo was in discussion with Eriol in his office.

"It is against military regulations to allow students to visit their relatives unless it's an emergency reasons or holidays." Eriol explained one of the rules established in the Tokyo Gauken Military Academy.

Tomoyo looked down out of disappointment. "I see. Thank you for your trouble." Her tone held disappointment but there was hint of hidden satisfaction of not having to leave.

"But…since it was a request of someone from "above." The school will make an expectation for this." Eriol offered.

There was a different meaning of "above." The above represented the upper class people. The rich people who donated their money to the military but never offer their lives to fight the evil Ghouls. While the lower class people lived on the face of the polluted Earth and youth registered in military academy fighting the evil monsters, the upper class people were living in hidden paradise where they held power and influence on these poor people of the rotten Earth.

Tomoyo said, "Arigatou Eriol. I should be leaving now. I must pack up for the journey home."

Eriol smiled, "Have a safe journey."

"Arigatou and bye." Tomoyo walked out of his office and sighed since she must follow the request of her loving mother, her strict mother.

In few days, she said her byes to her newfound friends and old friend. She woke up extremely early in the Saturday morning when others were still sleeping to prepare for her long ride back home. She opened the inn door and breathed in the fresh morning air. She muttered, "It felt like today will be a beautiful day again." She pulled her luggage out of the Tokyo Academy premises and saw a taxi waiting for her. She recognized the driver, "You're the driver who drove me here."

The taxi racer driver just opened the door and let her in. She smiled, "I trust you would get me there speedily."

The taxi driver just grunted in response. As soon he went to his driver's seat, he pulled the handle down and the taxi car had already reached its maximum speed. Driving past slow cars and skidding on corners and making sharp turns, surely these things would lead to accidents but the driver was an expert racer and Tomoyo trusted him with her life. In record time, the taxi had reached the train station. Tomoyo climbed out of the taxi and saw a familiar tall woman who was obviously waiting for her. The tall woman was dark skinned and had tall slender body with short black hair. Tomoyo smiled, "Souma." Her most trusted bodyguard.

"Welcome back, Tomoyo-sama." Souma bowed in greetings, "Please allow me to take your luggage." She grabbed Tomoyo's luggage.

"You're the one who send my mother's letter, aren't you?" Tomoyo asked because Souma was the only one who knew that Tomoyo was a student of the Tokyo Gauken Military Academy. If Tomoyo's mother knew, she would panic and would highly demand her daughter to be taken away from that dangerous place.

"Hai, Tomoyo-sama. I made sure that your mother did not know about your school." Souma puts the luggage in the trunk of a black sleek fancy car.

"Arigatou, Souma." Tomoyo thanked her, "For keeping this a secret from my mother."

"I serve to obey your wishes and your life, Tomoyo-sama." Souma opened the door to let her mistress in, "I wish I could go with you, so that I would protect you with my utmost life."

"I know that, Souma, and I really appreciated your loyalty and kindness," Tomoyo explained, "But I do not wish to lure unwanted attraction toward my true identity."

"Hai, Tomoyo-sama."

It was a long ride but time flied fast as Tomoyo told her female bodyguard the stories of her adventures in Tokyo Gauken Academy.

"I'm happy that you're reunited with your childhood friend, Tomoyo-sama." Said Souma, "But this man…he had hurt Tomoyo-sama. I would not forgive him and teach him a lesson."

Tomoyo sweat-dropped, "It's quite alright, Souma. It's partly due to my fault."

Souma glanced at the front view, "Tomoyo-sama, we have reached out destination, the Silver Port." She drove into the biggest and the busiest port of Japan. It provided many long-distance transportations in many variations to all over the world except the populated Ghouls' areas. There was a reason for why it is called "Silver port." The Silver Port was established in each nation and it was the only port to provide transportation to the "Above."

Souma drove the car through many confusing freeways that lead to different ports. She quickly found the one she was searching for and stopped in front of very large steel doors that stood in front of a hanger. The guard at the entrance booth asked, "ID?"

Souma gave her ID and the guard scanned the ID through the computer screen. The guard gave the ID back to Souma, "You're clear to go." The steel door suddenly snapped split in half, revealing the hidden entrance to the special hangar that contained a large futuristic transport carrier with powerful hover engines. She parked the car into the large hanger of the carrier. Souma looked at Tomoyo, "We'll soon leave in few minutes. Would Tomoyo-sama like to stay in the ship?"

Tomoyo replied, "That would be nice."

In few minutes, the roof of the hanger split opened and the carrier began to lift toward the sky. Tomoyo was watching out through the window, gazing upon the people doing their businesses in the Silver Port. She could see that people below were staring at the very plane she was on because these people knew what destination this plane goes to and desire that destination. She walked down the hallway of the plane until she sighted a tall man with black katana. Tomoyo blinked, "Kurogane?" She rubbed her eyes just to see the tall man gone. Tomoyo sweat-dropped and sighed, 'I must have missed the Omega Division so much that I'm seeing illusions.'

"Tomoyo-sama, is something troubling in your mind?" Souma asked.

Tomoyo swayed her head, "There's nothing wrong." She looked back through the window.

The plane rose through the dark clouds and the view was immediately brightened by the golden sun and the azure blue skies. Floating in the skies are not only clouds and birds, but a large beautiful city powered by the best advanced technology of mankind. The city was huge and full of many tall buildings with modern designs and decorative neon signs. Cars were flying and rich people were walking down the streets, talking on their cell phones, busy with their companies and riches. As the plane flied over the city, Tomoyo could see that main square filled with many shops of famous brands and extremely large screen TV displaying commercial and news. It was the "Golden City," the caste in the sky where people of high statuses lived.

"Home Sweet Home." Tomoyo sighed but not of content but little sadness.

Once the plane landed on its port, Souma drove the car out and headed toward their respective destination. Tomoyo glanced through the car window, staring at beautifully designed buildings or famous brand of clothes, 'This would look extremely cute on Sakura-chan.'

"We're here, Tomoyo-sama." Souma stopped in front of the tall building paned with stainless windows. Tomoyo recognized the building as her mother's work building, the "Daidouji Headquarters."

On the top floor of the office building was a fairly large office with book shelves and numerous armchairs and sofa. In the back of the office was a large glass desk with glass walls that viewed over the Golden City. A mid-age woman with short neatly combed brown hair was sitting on the desk, signing official documents. The phone next to her started ringing and she puts on the speaker, "What is it?"

"Ms. Daidouji, your daughter is here." Said the speaker.

"Tomoyo?" The woman named Sonomi asked, "Send her in."

"Hai." The secretary hung up.

Tomoyo entered the office and bowed gracefully in her presence, "It's good to see you mother."

"Tomoyo!" Sonomi stood up from her desk and hugged her daughter, "I was so worried about you." She let Tomoyo go and gave her space.

"Mother, as you can see I'm fine."

"Yes, but I couldn't help but be concerned when you want to go to school below instead of here." Sonomi asked, "Are you sure you don't want to go to school here? It's much safer here than that monster-infested places you been too."

"Mother," Tomoyo explained, "I want to see what's their life was like. I wanted to see what it is like to be normal. Plus, my going there brought good publicity to this company."

Sonomi frowned but Tomoyo's face was serious. The mother couldn't argue against her firm determination. She frowned, "What you said was true…but that does not stop a mother from worrying about her precious gem. Therefore, you will get a bodyguard." She proposed.

Tomoyo gasped and countered, "Mother, I do not need a bodyguard. It will cause unwanted attention in my school."

"I'm aware of that," Sonomi argued back, "That's why this bodyguard is special."

"How is this bodyguard any different from Souma or others?" Tomoyo asked.

"This bodyguard is a high school student." Sonomi answered, "It's the perfect disguise that allows him to protect you and not let your classmates know."

"Wait a minute, mother? He?" Tomoyo questioned with tone of suspicion, "You hired a male bodyguard?" She mused, 'I thought wrong…I don't really think this is a good day.'

Sonomi turned on the speaker, "Bring in the bodyguard, secretary."

The secretary responded, "Hai."

The wooden door opened and Tomoyo could hear the loud footsteps of the bodyguard that her mother hired. The raven-haired girl turned around and her eyes increased in shock and recognition as her onyx eyes came in contact with the blood red eyes that belonged to none other than the spiked hair samurai.

The tall samurai was shocked too, "YOU!"

Tomoyo gasped, 'Kurogane?'

TBC

Presea: Finally, it's my turn. I didn't appear much in this chapter or didn't appear at all in the last chapter! I SHOULD TORTUE THE AUTHOR! HO! HO! HO! Moving on. The prideful warrior. The beautiful pilot. The black samurai. The pop singer. Lies and deception occurred. Two people had clashed but yet in harmony.

Next Operation: The White Lie

Presea: Kurogane, if you dare hurt Tomoyo, I WILL PUNISH YOU! HO! HO! HO!

This is shorter than the last chapter. SORRY! I KNOW I PROMISE YOU MORE KURO/TOMO INTERACTIONS! IF I ADD MORE TO THIS CHAPTER, IT WILL BE WAY TOO LONG! SO DEFINITLY MORE ON THE NEXT CHAPTER! THAT'S A PROMISE I WILL KEEP! And the usual apologies for my grammar.

Chapter 5: Cladina, Souma

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