Welcome to my Life Chapter 2: Imaginary
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Disclaimer: Don't own CCS. Just this plot. Don't sue. Song owned by Evanescence.
"Kaijuu, Tomoyo-chan's here!" Touya Kinomoto shouted.
"Sakura kaijuu janai no!" Sakura glared at her onii-chan and stepped on his foot - hard. A vein popped out from her big brother's head. "Hello, Tomoyo-chan. Let's go, shall we?"
"Of course." Then, the best friends chatted on about completely random things until they reached their school.
"Class, today we have a new student. Some of you may know him from elementary school. His name is Hiiragizawa Eriol, and he came back from London, England." Hikuri-sensei, their homeroom teacher, said.
"Ohayou gozaimasu, minna-san." Eriol said, smiling sweetly to the class.
"Let's see. A seat. Why don't you sit behind Daidouji-san, Hiiragizawa-kun?"
"Hai, sensei." Replied the new student, flashing that adorable smile at Tomoyo. Like old times, he thought.(1)
"Ohayou gozaimasu, Hiiragizawa-kun! Welcome back!" Tomoyo greeted her new classmate.
"Arigato gozaimasu, Daidouji-san. And please call me Eriol."
"Hai. Only if you call me Tomoyo, Eriol-kun." She flashed him a bright smile.
"Consider it done, Tomoyo-san." The 17 year old reincarnation said.
The start of a new friendship was blooming.
"Ohayou, Sakura-chan, Li-kun, you cute little descendant of mine" Eriol said, emphasising the 'cute' part sarcastically. Syaoran glared, but Sakura only laughed.
"Ohayou, Eriol-kun! Welcome back!" Sakura greeted.
--Flashback-
London, England Hiiragizawa Mansion Library
"'The Goddess of Music, Loyalty, and Understanding is rumored to be living in a mortal form. She has proved elusive, because we no god or goddess has seen her since her disappearance, 1000 mortal years ago.'" Eriol read from the newspaper. Not an ordinary newspaper, as you may have guessed. It was called 'The Magic Times', and Eriol has always been subscribing to keep up with what's happening in the magic realm.
He lloked at the picture above the article, which was showing a lady wearing a long light lavander styled Greek styled tunic with gold buttons and sandals with her long, black, shiny hair down her back. She looks familiar, Eriol thought. I think I've seen her before. Eriol racked his brain for the person and found somebody who, in fact, does look like the goddess before him: Daidouji Tomoyo. Memories flowed back to his mind. All those singing concerts and contests, Tomoyo was in, all the times that she never lost faath in Sakura and Li, all those times she understood exactly what somebody felt. Could she be...yes, of course, she is! His eyes widened as he saw the truth. Tomoyo's goddess-like attitude, her flawless manners, her love of music, her loyalty, and her understading...it all fits! She is the goddess he's been looking for.
"Nakuru, we're going back to Tomoeda. Buy us tickets as soon as possible." The 17 year old boy said.
Nakuru Akizuki, the false form of the moon guardian Ruby Moon, was a 24 year old woman and is living with her master, Eriol, along with a black flying cat, Spinnel Sun, the sun guardian. The woman has long, brown layered hair and was wearing a red puffy blouse and jeans decorated with red butterlies along the edges.
"Hai, Eriol-sama! May I ask why?" the woman asked curiously.
"I have found a goddess in disguise." was all that her master revealed.
"Oh." the woman kept wondering about what the statement meant, but all she came to was: Which goddess? OMG, I'm hungry! Where's Suppi-chan? I wanna stuff sugar and chocolate down his throat and chase him aroung the house! And she did.
--End Flashback--
RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNGGGGGG!!
The school bell rang shrilly, signaling lunch. Most of the students either just skipped or ran to the cafeteria or to the eating area, but Tomoyo, Eriol, Sakura, and Syaoran just walked, as usual. They were talking about things like, "How was London, Eriol?", "How are Nakuru-chan and Suppi-chan?", and "Why'd you come back, Eriol-kun?"
Eriol smiled and said "London was great. Nothing much changed while I was gone. Nakuru-san goes to the same collage Touya-kun and Yukito-san go to and Spinel-san is probably sleeping at mt house. The reason I came back is because I believe I found what I have been looking for (2) ever since I was Clow Reed, but I cannot tell you what. It's kinda a secret."
"Oh!" all three said simultaneusly.
"Sumimasen, but can I talk to Tomoyo-chan alone?" the mage inquired.
"Hiiragizawa, if you do anything- I mean anything- that hurts Tomoyo-chan, I will hunt you down." Syaoran threatened.
"Syao-kun! Eriol-kun knows I won't hesitate to rip his heart out, make it into mush, then throw it into a ditch!" She turned to Eriol. "Sure thing, Eriol-kun! Ato, Tomoyo-chan!" Sakura said, dragging Syaoran along with her, leaving Tomoyo and Eriol sweatdropping.
Tomoyo turned to Eriol. "What is it you wanted to talk about, Eriol-kun?" she asked.
"I don't know how to tell you this, but I think you're a goddess."
Tomoyo blinked once, twice, then...laughed.
"Oh, Eriol-kun, you just made my day! What a clever joke!"
She stopped laughing, seeing her friend's serious face.
"Oh. You're serious? You can't mean...no, it can't be! How can I be a goddess?"
"Honestly, Tomoyo-chan, have you looked in a mirror lately? You look divine! If you don't believe me, look at this, then." He showed her the picture of the goddess that looked almost exactly like Tomoyo, the only difference was the lady in the piture had a light purple glow around her.
"Um, she does look like me! Uh, so, what kind of goddess am I? How did I become human? Why are you looking for me?" Tomoyo was suddenly bursting out questions.
"You know, you're taking this calmly."
"I take everything calmly."
"So do I. Ok, channel all your power to ask just one thing. Concentrate and ask the question to yourself."
Tomoyo did as she was told and found out that she was the Goddess of Music, Loyalty, and Understanding, she became human to be with the person she truly loved and to escape her arranged marriage to the god Ares (3). All she remembered about the man she loved was that he had round glasses and a kind, loving, caring face. He looks kinda familiar...it's like I've seen him before...Oh! So that's why Voice and Song came after me!
"Tomoyo-chan? Tomoyo-chan? Hello?" Eriol asked. He was getting worried. She had her eyes closed and was just standing still for a long time.
This startled her out of her dreamland and back into reality.
"Oh my gosh, Eriol-kun! I know everything about me! Well, not everything, but most of it!"
"Good. You'll have to go to Mount Olympus."
"Um, why?"
"You have to have your coming back party and meet the other gods and goddesses, of course. May I escort you, my lady?"
"Of course, kind sir. But can I design our costumes?" Her eyes were sparkling.
"It would be my pleasure to wear something you made, my lo-, I mean, my dear." Eriol stammered.
"Why, thank you, Eriol-kun, dearest."
"Would you like to come to my house for some tea, Tomoyo-chan?"
"Of course, Eriol-kun. Let me call my bodyguards first." She took out a purple cellphone decorated with blue rhinestones shaped like a butter fly on the back. "Moshi moshi. It's Daidouji-san. I'll be at my friends for a couple of hours. No, not Sakura-chan's house. Eriol-kun's. um, hold on." She put a hand over the phone. "Eriol-kun, what's your address?"
"293 Moon Avenue."
"Thanks." She turned back to the phone and repeaed his address. "Ok. I'll be home by 8:30. Yes, I'll be alright. Arigato gozaimasu, Hana-chan." She hung up. "Han-chan told me to tell you that if a hair on my head is harmed, she will injure you very badly." She then smiled at Eriol brightly. "Let's get going, shall we?"
Why does everyone suddenly wanting to kill me?
Hiiragizawa Mansion
"Do you have a karaoke machine, Eriol-kun?"
"Yes. It's at the living room. Why?"
"I feel like singing. Can I use it? Please?" She used her puppy dog eyes, which no one can resist, on him.
Defeated, Eriol sighed. "Seeing as you're the Goddess of Music, then yes."
"Thanks."
Eril escorted Tomoyo to the living room and gave her a mic, then sat on his 'Throne of Evil' and said he wanted to "hear a goddess sing".
Tomoyo looked at the song booklet and selected a song called "Imaginary" by Evanescence (4). She loved the band and the song even more so.
The song started.
Paper flowers, paper flowers, paper flowers
I linger the doorway of alarm clocks screaming
Monsters calling my name
Let me stay where the wind will whisper to me
Where the raindrops, as they're falling, tell their story
In my field of paper flowers, and candy clouds of lullaby
I lie inside myself for hours
And watch my purple sky fly over me
Don't say I'm out of touch in this rampant chaos, your reality
I know well what lies beyond my sleeping refuge
The nightmare I built my own world to escape
In my field of paper flowers, and candy clouds of lullaby
I lie inside myself for hours
And watch my purple sky fly over me
Swallowed up in the sound of my screaming
Cannot cease for the fear of silent night
Oh, how I long for the deep sleep dreaming
The goddess of imaginary light
In my field of paper flowers, and candy clouds of lullaby
I lie inside myself for hours
And watch my purple sky fly over me
Paper flowers, paper flowers
"Bravo!" three voices exclaimed.
"TOMOYO-CHAAAAAANNNNNNNNNN!! was all she heard before she was hugged so tightly she couln't breathe.
"Nice to see you..., too, Nakuru-chan. Please... let go of me..., I can't... breathe."
"Let her go, baka-moon." Spinel said.
"What did you say?!" A very angry nakuru Akizuki growled, as bowls of sweets suddenly appeared in her hands.(5) "Well, Suppi-chan, get ready to get drunk!"
"Help me, please!" Was all Tomoyo and Eriol heard before Spinel made a speedy getaway.
Tomoyo and Eriol sweatdropped.
"Don't worry. Thery're always like that."
The two of them spent the whole day talking and singing. Ok, maybe not Eriol, but he sang some duets with Tomoyo and did a couple of solos. Soon, it was 8:00, and Tomoyo had to start for home.
"Let me." Eriol said. "I'll walk you."
"Thanks, Eriol-kun!"
The two spent two minutes walking and Eriol got tired and summonned a cloud to carry the bith of them.
"Oh! You could have mentioned you could do this. It would've been more convenient for us." Tomoyo exclaimed.
"Oh, well, now you know." came Eriol's reply.
Ten minutes later, they reached Daidouji Mansion and the friends said goodbye to each other.
"Arigato, Eriol-kun! See you tomorrow!"
"Same to you, Tomoyo-chan. See you tomorrow." was all she heard before his voice vanished.
Inside the solice of her bedroom, Tomoyo sunk on her bed and said "Today's a weird day, but that's ok. It's like five years ago, when Sakura-chan and Li-kun were cardcaptoring.
End of chappie --
(1) Li sits at the back of the room and Sakura sits in front of him and Tomoyo sits to Sakura's right and in front of Eriol.
(2) I'll explain that in another fic about Clow and his Goddess.
(3) Tomoyo didn't want to get married to Ares because he's the God of War, and Tomoyo hates seeing blood and death and, well, they're basically polar opposites. Remember, it was an arranged marriage.
(4) I love the song. I love Evanescence. I think the song fits Tomoyo well.
(5) Nakuru aquired new powers since she last saw Tomoyo and this is one of them(crazy figmentation of my mind.).