Hope in an Old Friend

By: Starkitty

Disclaimer: Card Captor Sakura does not belong to me it belong to the wonderful people at Clamp.

KonnichiwaI would like to thank all who reviewed my story. To answer some questions, yes, it is an E+T. And Yes I promise to make the story longer, this chapter is proof.

Ch. 2: Learning the news

Sakura stared sadly at the seat next to her. Tomoyo had not been in school for a week. The last time Tomoyo did not come to school is when the voice card took her voice away. Everyone was starting to get worried. Even Mrs. Haruna, their homeroom teacher, was becoming worried. The music teacher has asked Sakura countless times if she has seen Tomoyo. Each time the answer from Sakura was no.Sakura tried to pay attention to the teachers lesson, but couldn't. She was to worried about Tomoyo. Finally the bell rang, she gathered her stuff and went to her locker. After her locker she strapped on her skates and exited the school.

Not much had changed since she had transformed the Clow Cards into Sakura Cards. Syaoran had left for Hong Kong and she desperately hoped he would wait for her to finish high school so she could date him and have the life they always wanted. Eriol left for England with his guardians. She had heard last year in a letter that his relationship with their former teacher, Kaho Mizuki had simmered into a friendship. Touya and Yukito had graduated college and Touya was currently working on his PhD. She was now in High School and was in the same class as Tomoyo. She just couldn't give up her habit of skating to school, but had gotten much better about her punctuality.

Sakura started to skate home but before she could skate off the school ground she heard a shout. She was too lost in thought to and didn't hear until it shouted for a 3rd time."Sakura-chan" "Sakura-chan!" She looked over to the voice to find her brother standing next to a smiling Yukito. She was so surprised that she nearly tripped over the ground with her skates.

"ONII-CHAN! YUKITO-CHAN!" She grinned broadly and skated over masterly in hopes to prevent her brother's teasing. No such luck.

"Nice trip there, kaijuu. Your feet are still too big." Touya sneaked up behind her, teasing. She growled and tried to smash his foot with her skate, but he was too quick and she was soon chasing him down the street. She had just nearly caught up with a jump when she caught the sidewalk wrong and really did face plant. Touya was soon on the ground next to her, he was laughing so hard.

"Owieee." Sakura moaned, and took Yukito's outstreached hand.

"Daijobu, Sakura-chan?" He asked in a voice so sweet that she remembered why she fell in love with him so many years ago.

"Hai, Daijobu. Only my pride." She said, getting up gracefully and smoothly started skating away. "Leave him there." She called back to Yukito, who had turned to help Touya up.

"I'll make some tea!" Sakura called as they got inside.

"No, I'll make some tea. I would like to still be alive when dad comes home." Touya stopped her. Sakura blew him a raspberry but acquiesced, taking the moment to run upstairs to change and put down her books.

She sat down next to Yukito on the couch, plastering on a smile while trying to see if she could find a spare moment to call Tomoyo.

" Is everything alright, Sakura." Yukito asked in his usual calm, sweet voice."I'm fine, I'm just worried about Tomoyo." She replied. She always had been like an open book, especially to Touya and Yukito."What's wrong with Tomoyo?" Touya asked, bringing in the tea. "I don't know. She hasn't been in school for a week now, everyone's becoming worried."Sakura missed the looks exchanged by Touya and Yukito.

"Why don't you try giving her a call?" Yukito suggested. Sakura nodded and dashed upstairs.

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Tomoyo sighed, and looked away from the glowing computer screen. With her mother dead, she was on her own, but legally she wasn't. She couldn't, no, wouldn't go live with her father. Her father had moved to America a long time ago, leaving his family behind. She still had to give him a call though. It was her duty as his daughter. Besides that, she was planning a funeral and thinking of a university. She had half a mind to drop out right now, but she knew he mother would want better of her. Her mother always dreamed of her following in her footsteps. She had no idea what to do right now.

Silent tears rolled down her cheeks once again. She never realized how much she needed her mother. Since her mother was often busy, she was often on her own. She had learned long ago that her mother loved her very much, but her job was important to her as well. She never held it against her mother, not even now. In fact, Tomoyo blamed herself, for not spending as much time as possible with her mother.

"Madam?" Her maid questioned. "Ms. Sakura is on the phone for you."

Sakura.

She had completely forgotten about Sakura. Sakura probably didn't even know. She must have been worried sick. Tomoyo hadn't even thought about school or anything of that matter for the past week.

"Thank you, Marita." Tomoyo said, hastily wiping her eyes, taking the phone.

"Sakura?" Tomoyo said a bit more cheerful than could be belived.

"Tomoyo-chan! Oh thank goodness, I was so worried. Is everything alright? Why haven't you been in school this week, everyone was wondering." Tomoyo smiled slightly at her friend's greeting. Sakura was the most caring person in the world.

"I'm sorry I haven't called you Sakura. Things have gotten rather hectic over here." Then again, now that she thought about it, how could Sakura have not heard? It had been everywhere, in the papers, on the news. She was sick of this game, everyone sidestepping around her, being careful not to mention her mother's death.

"Has something happened, Tomoyo? Are you alright?" Sakura sounded thoroughly confused. Maybe she didn't know after all.

"No. I'm not alright." Tomoyo replied softly, her voice breaking as her eyes welled up with tears. "It's my mo-mother. She's dead."

Tomoyo didn't hear Sakura's reply before she hung up and collapsed on her pillow in tears once again.

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Sakura hung up, mouth open in shock.

"Sakura?" Kero asked as Touya and Yukito looked at her in expectant reply.

"It's Tomoyo, her mother died." Sakura responded, still in shock.

"We know." Yukito responded. Sakura turned her head sharply. Her brother jumped in before she could even say a word.

"It's all over the news. She was the owner of a big corporation." Touya said. "Tomoyo must be going through so much. She was expected to take over the business for her mother. She hasn't even finished high school yet."

"C-can you take me over there? Touya, please?" Sakura begged. Touya nodded.

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That's all for now. Slightly longer than last time, but still quite short I know. It will be getting longer in the future, I promise. I'm just concentrating on getting something half-decent up other than the shite I had before. No seriously, it was horrible. I can't even believe I wrote it. But anyways, I should have something else up soon, very soon, so just wait for it.

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P.S. hiaof stands for Hope in an Old Friend...the title

Sayanora,

Starkitty