Card Captor Sakura Fan Fiction ❯ Sacrifices ❯ Unwanted Memories ( Chapter 10 )

A/N: Hi hi there everyone!!!! I hope you’re liking the story so far and thank you for your reviews. One little thing I must make clear… Maybe you have noticed that I like to plug in songs in some of my chapters. The thing is that I live because of music… yeap… even if it sounds dramatic hehe… I think that plugging in some songs in the chapter makes a lot easier for me (or that is what I think at least) to transmit you what I really meant in a certain scene. This is not a song fic I just like to give it a little “added value”. Okok here we goooooo…
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Chapter 10 Unwanted Memories

I can’t seem to be able to get to sleep. It’s almost 3 am I the morning and even I’m so tired I can’t get calmed down... How am I supposed to solve this problem?... I’m worried about Touya. I know that I shouldn’t have involved him in this but… I was so… scared. I needed someone that could help me... but… what was I thinking??

Tomoyo sighed as she let her head drop backwards and closed her diary.

“…How…”

She sighed as she was thinking about how to get Touya out of this. She tried hard but she was so tired. She decided to go downstairs and take a glass of water. While she was heading to the stairs she passed by the ballroom and stopped, starring at the door. She felt something was calling her and telling her to get in and, surrending to the feeling, she opened the door and stepped inside.

The whole room was only lit by the moonlight. It looked really cozy and just as she started to walk towards the window a memory crossed her mind like a lightning.

Flashback

Tomoyo started sobbing louder. Eriol didn’t know what to say. He knew Tomoyo loved Sakura very much and that it was painful for her to know that she was going to be taken away."You know you’re not alone Tomoyo." He said helping her to stand up. Tomoyo was looking at him. "I’ll always be with you.""Thank you." She said almost in a whisper.Tomoyo slowly wrapped her arms around him and started crying again. Eriol hugged her tightly. They stood in each others arms for a long time.
End of Flashback

She leant her head against the big window thinking about that night, the night Sakura left and Eriol was there for her. She felt so bad on the inside every time she thought about the day she told him she was getting married. The way his eyes didn’t look at her and the emptiness in her heart as she ran away from his house.

“If you knew…” she said to herself as she sighed his name…

“…Eriol…”


“ ;…what...” he said sitting up in his bed as he heard a voice calling. Still a little bit confused about what he had heard he got up and walked into his bathroom to splash some water on his face and as he closed his eyes to the cool water he felt on his skin Tomoyo’s face appeared into his thoughts making him wonder what she was doing.

“I’m… I’m getting married…”

Those words kept bouncing painfully inside his head.

“You crazy fool…” he said before dropping himself in his bed. “Get over it, she doesn’t love you… You got your chance once and you let her go…”

Flashback

A week had passed since Tomoyo had succeeded in her practical joke for Eriol. Even two days after the incident with the lotion a slight smell still surrounded Eriol. She giggled as she remembered him sitting at the back corner inside the classroom and her teacher opening all the windows possible to let the smell escape out of the classroom.

It was late that afternoon. She had stayed at school until that hour because she had a solo to rehearse for the upcoming choir contest. She was walking towards her locker when she heard a familiar voice.

“…what is such a beautiful lady wondering around alone at this hour?” said Eriol behind her.

Tomoyo shivered as she heard his voice. She hadn’t talked to him about the incident that happened in his house, no, not the stinky bottle but the one other thing she didn’t want to remember… his gentle, warm and deep kiss that had captured her beneath that cherry tree.

Eriol noticed her shiver and a smirk appeared on his face. “Didn’t mean to scare you…” He said teasing her.

Tomoyo turned around.

“Oh, don’t worry, it’s ok.” She said in the same tone. “It’s just that without that quite characteristic smell of yours it was almost impossible to know it was you…”

Eriol looked at the floor and with the same mischievous smirk on his face she approached Tomoyo leaning one arm on the closed locker and the other pointing at her face in a menacing way. She was still holding her books in her arms.

“Yes… that was a good one.” He said in a low voice. Tomoyo had nowhere to turn but to his blue eyes. “So you had fun making me look like a total idiot and making me stink for almost three days, huh?” Tomoyo tried to look away as he leaned closer to her.

What the hell was he doing? Was he trying to get her by teasing her? Oh, no he wasn’t… Tomoyo took a deep breath and then she raised her head to look at him straight in the eye.

“I guess the one having fun that day was you, wasn’t it?”

Eriol raised an eyebrow and Tomoyo felt a lump in her stomach but she took courage and finally said:

“oh please… don’t tell me you forgot about the incident in the cherry tree…”
Eriol took a step backwards as he blushed. He obviously remembered. How could he forget her silky perfect lips against his…? Tomoyo smiled at his reaction.

“what… you’re not so cocky now, are you?” she was too blushing.

Eriol smirked at her.

“I haven’t heard any complaints at the moment…” he said in a seductive voice trying to hide as hard as he could all his nervousness as he looked into her eyes.

Tomoyo’s face grew cold.

“You know what Eriol Hiiragizawa? I’m tired of these games of yours. You always act cocky and preppy when we are at school or with others but when we are alone, like… that day…”

Eriol looked at her almost shocked at her reaction.

“If you like me just tell me and stop acting like such a jerk!”

They both were blushing at her last comment which sounded more like a demand. Eriol panicked and turned around running his hands through his hair not daring to face her; he did, in fact, like her… Liked her? She was everything to him. Since the first day she saw her with Sakura he almost fell head over feet at her beauty… Every day she was the only thing in his mind. He would spend his whole afternoon thinking on how to get, at least, an angry look from those beautiful amethyst eyes but… no, his pride got in front of him and he finally said with one of his smirks…

“Wow, I did get you that day, right? Tomoyo-hime?” (princess)

Tomoyo closed her fist as anger filled her whole body. Why was she bothering trying to clear up things with that jerk? He could be her best friend but he sometimes needed a good slap on his face. She threw the first thing she felt was in her hand at him and she giggled as her pencil eraser bounced off his head.

“Ouch!” he turned again to face her as he was touching with his hand the “attacked” spot on his head.

“You know? There’s something wrong with you… really…” she said smiling as she passed him by.

Eriol just kept looking at her with a smile on his face as she disappeared around the corner.

End of Flashback

Eriol smiled at the memory and then turned on his bed closing his eyes.


“Darling what are you doing? It’s almost 4 o’clock in the morning…”

Tomoyo turned her head as she saw her mother standing on the kitchen entrance.

“mom! Why did you get up?” she asked looking at her.

“I heard noises downstairs and I didn’t see you in bed. I supposed it was you.” She sat beside her. “And… I wasn’t able to sleep either.”

Tomoyo was looking down at her glass of water. Sonomi saw the distress in her daughters face and she took her hand.

“…listen Tomoyo, I know you are going through a tough situation and with everything that happened… well, hunny, all these things happen because that is how life is. Every person in the planet has it’s own problems. Some may be not as bad as yours, others may be worse but what is important is to know how to overcome adversities.”

“… it’s just that… I hate all this happened.”

“I know hunny but you should always look at the positive side of it…”

“Positive sight?”

“You returned to us safely.”

Tomoyo shook her head. “I wish I just had an ordinary life… just like everyone else does…” said Tomoyo sadly.

“Oh darling…” said Sonomi caressing her daughters face. “you have so many extraordinary gifts, how can you expect to have an ordinary life?”*

Tomoyo smiled at her.

“Ever since you were born your father and I knew that you were going to be great… that someday you were going to shine on your own and we just prayed to be there and try to catch some of that wonderful light.”

“I don’t feel the same way mom…”

“Hunny, all your life, every single thing you did, you were the best. When you were 8 you joined the choir and got your first solo on the first contest! You were one of the best students in high school and all your college teachers tell me they are amazed by your capacity of doing business and I myself have been surprised by you when you help me in the company…”

Tomoyo sighed as she felt a big load being carried away from her shoulders as she heard her mother’s words.

“You are only 20 years old my dear… Do not expect to have all the answers to your questions. There is a whole life waiting for you, don’t let yourself drown in the past and try to figure out a great future always looking for hints in your everyday life…”

Tomoyo got up and hugged her mother.

“Thank you mom… I don’t know where I’d be without you.”

Sonomi kissed her forehead. “Better now?”

Tomoyo nodded.

“Well now let’s get upstairs and try to sleep a little.”

And they both went up to bed falling deeply asleep.


“Onii-chan! Pick up the phone!” Sakura yelled at her brother as the phone rang but no body answered.

“Onii-chan? Is anybody home?” she yelled again as she picked up the phone.

“Moshi, moshi?”

“Sakura?”

“Oh, hi Tomoyo! I didn’t know it was you.” She said smiling.

“Listen am… Kakero had to go out of town and he won’t be back until tomorrow and well as Li and your father went into that one day “new family” trip I was thinking, why don’t we eat together?”

“That would be wonderful! I just have to wait for my brother to come back… it seems he’s just disappeared.”

“Sure! I’ll pick you up at 2 pm ok?”

“That’s fine for me…”

“Ok then, see you later Sakura.”

“Um Tomoyo.” She said before hanging up. “Are you sure everything is all right?”

Tomoyo smiled and she said. “Yes, Sakura, now everything is just fine.”

Sakura hung up the phone and then she walked downstairs trying to find her brother.

“Why does he do that?” she said walking into the kitchen and she found a note on the table.


I’ll be back in the afternoon.

Touya

“OK… now that was the weirdest note he has ever wrote to me.” She then turned towards the window. “What made him run away like that?”



Touya was running as fast as he could. After hearing her voice on the phone he found the need to see her, she had gone away to England for too long.

“Hello Touya…” said Kaho looking at him who was starring at her almost not believing his eyes. “come on… sit down. I would love to talk to you, it’s been a long time…”


Sakura and Tomoyo were eating and chatting in a little restaurant downtown. They were remembering things about their childhood and Sakura’s card quest.

“It’s almost incredible all this things happened…” said Tomoyo with a smile on her face.

“Yeah… I remember how scared I was and every time I had to chase a card you would make me a new outfit and tape every movement I made.”

“Oh… I would have loved to show those videos at your wedding.” Tomoyo giggled at the thought. “But I guess it would have been a little too complicated to explain some activities in those videos…”

“I know… actually I never mentioned anything to my father, I mean… even if Touya knew I don’t think my dad would understand… I sometimes didn’t understand it myself.”

“Well, this kind of things weren’t exactly usual…”

“I know. And then with Eriol almost trying to kill me a couple of times…” she was looking at Tomoyo trying to unmask her looking for a glimpse or something that could reveal her feelings. Tomoyo just smiled down at her cup of tea. “I’m just glad I had Kero and Yue next to me…”

“Sakura… speaking of Yue…”

Sakura looked at her.

“I have always wondered. How do you do to talk to him?”

“Well, when I want to speak with him I tell Yuki and then Yue comes to me.”

“And… does Yuki know what you talk about with him.”

“No, they both told me that even when they share the same body they are two independent and different persons. As you know Yuki is kind and very gentle and Yue… well he’s a little bit more… serious.”

“Oh I see…”

“I remember he once told me something that really surprised me a lot…”

“What was it?”

“I don’t know why I never told you this Tomoyo but, he said he felt a kind of special energy in you…”

Tomoyo didn’t understand what she said.

“What are you talking about?”

“Well… just think about it. Every time I was in danger you managed to find me or even point danger to me. Like the day the “forest” card almost turned my home upside down you appeared on the door when it had me hanging upside down… and also…”

“Sakura…” said Tomoyo interrupting her. “Those were nearly coincidences. There is nothing beyond my good intuition…”

“Intuition? Tomoyo, once when we were little I remember I went with my father to shop and I lost him in the crowd. I was looking for him and I didn’t notice I was going to cross a street and just before crossing it I heard your voice calling my name behind me. I thought it was you so I turned around and I expected to see you but I didn’t and at that very moment a car had passed at full speed on the street honking at me. I must say that if I haven’t heard your voice I would have been killed…”

“Yeah, you told me about that day…”

“You see?”

Tomoyo smiled at her. “Well, I guess if Yue said it, there must be a bit of truth in it.”

Sakura sighed. “You know there’s a spell, a calling spell about Yue now that I remember. If you call his name before Yuki notices you he appears almost immediately without him noticing or knowing you were talking to Yue.”

“But wouldn’t that get him angry? I mean… Yue.” asked Tomoyo.

“Well, It does… sometimes, but it only works for people like me or Eriol. I guess it is because of the energy we possess. Touya once tried it after he gave him his energy but he just found Yuki telling him that didn’t work anymore… Who knows… maybe you can try it some day.”

“Oh no!” said Tomoyo with a smile. “I don’t want Yue to dislike me more than he does.”

Sakura looked at her. “Oh come on Tomoyo! He doesn’t dislike you. You know he’s not a normal being, his feelings are hard to tell… he’s still harsh on me some times…”

“I guess we will never know…” said Tomoyo turning around to the waitress. “The check please, miss.”


Tomoyo was pacing the idea on her mind. She was thinking about what she had been talking about with Sakura.

“Yue is my last resource…” she said walking towards Yuki’s house. “I hope he can help me.”

Tomoyo had decided to ask Yue for help. If what Sakura said was true then she would be able to speak to Yue without Yuki even noticing it and see if he could help her with Touya. She shivered at the idea of the spell not working or Yue not wanting to help her but she had to try even if she had to stand the strange glances he used to give her.
She arrived at Yuki’s house but she didn’t know what to do to call Yue without him seeing her. She was at his door and rang the bell.

“Coming!” a woman’s voice was heard and Tomoyo gasped trying to run away before she was noticed. “Miss! Can I help you?” She had been caught in the run and turned around.
“Good night m’am… I’m sorry for the intrusion…”

“Oh don’t worry dear.” Said the old woman with a warm smile. “Were you looking for someone?”

“…um..yes! actually…” Tomoyo bit her lip. “….um is Yuki at home?” she said almost falling on her knees as she felt a lump in her stomach.

“Oh yes, he’s inside. Come in please!”

“Oh no m’am thank you but… I’m in a bit of a hurry…”

“All right then I’ll tell him you are here…” she said heading towards the house but suddenly she stopped and turned around. “What did you say was your name dear?”

“Oh, just tell him I’m an old friend, please.”

Inside the house…

“Yuki, darling.”

“Yes, grandma?” he said in the same everyday calmed and charming voice.

“There is a girl at the entrance door who says she’s an old friend of yours.”

“why didn’t she enter?” he asked a bit confused.

“She said she’s in a bit of a hurry… She looked a little bit nervous.”

“Well then I guess I’ll see her.”

Yuki walked to the entrance door and he opened it seeing no one. He took a step outside and turned his head trying to see if anyone was there but he saw no body.

“how strange…” he said scratching the back of his head but just then he heard a voice behind him which echoed in his head…

“Yue…” said Tomoyo standing behind him.

A golden light started drawing a sign on the floor at Yuki’s feet and a big pair of beautiful wings surrounded him just to reveal a few moments later a beautiful being dressed in white with long silver hair which cascaded down his back. Tomoyo was looking at him in wonder and almost not believing it had work.

“What…do you think… you are doing?” Said Yue in a cold voice not facing her.

Tomoyo was looking at the floor. “I’m sorry… but I needed to talk to you…I need your help.”

“I’m not at your service, lady.” He said turning around and looking at Tomoyo’s distressed face. “Who told you about this?”

“Sakura… but I didn’t think it would work…”

“I hope you don’t find this amusing as you know perfectly I can’t help to respond to your call.”

“I’m sorry if I’m causing you trouble…”

“Is that silly spell…” He remained silent for a moment.

“Where did this it come from?” said Tomoyo trying to go on with the conversation.

“Clow once told me that I was supposed to help every mystical being who needed me, but it was only going to happen if they knew how to call me.”

Tomoyo’s eyes widened at his last commentary. “wow, wait a second… Mystical…being?”

“A mystical being is any person or any body that possess a magical energy.”

“You mean…that I…”

“Yes, I can sense a magical energy in you. It’s not very strong but still…”

“Yuki, is everything all right?” The woman stepped outside the house but saw no body.

“What is it grandma?” An old man was behind her.

“Yuki disappeared grandpa, he was just right here speaking to a beautiful young lady.”

“well, grandma, young love… we used to do the same thing back in our times.” She said grabbing her hand.

She just smiled at her and they both walked inside the house.

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“Where are you taking me?” said Tomoyo looking at Yue.

“To a safe place where we can talk without interruptions.”

At the moment Yue heard Yuki’s grandmother approaching he carried Tomoyo, bridal style, and jumping into the air he started heading towards the top of the Tokyo tower. They didn’t make a sound the whole journey and Yue noticed that Tomoyo was grasping into his clothes as they were reaching the top of the Tower.

“I won’t let you fall…” he said to her and a few moments later they were speaking at the top of the tower. Tomoyo told him the whole story and Yue just listened without saying a word or showing any emotion at all. There where moments in which Tomoyo almost felt she was talking to a wall.

“…and what am I supposed to do?” he finally asked looking at her with his arms crossed.

“I don’t know…” she said with her hands on her cheeks and leaning against her knees. “I don’t know if you can actually do it but I was thinking about doing something with what he knows… I mean could you make him forget I ever mentioned anything to him?”

Yue started to walk towards the edge of the balcony.

“I can cloud those memories but I can’t take them away totally.”

“Do you mean those memories will stay there but…”

“I mean he won’t be able to remember everything that happened but he will still have a hint. You will have to convince him otherwise if he thinks you are in danger.”

She nodded and sighed just as if someone had just told her all her problems were solved.

“We must go back now…” he said walking towards her. “your mother will make a scandal if she finds out you’re missing again.”

Yue took Tomoyo back landing a few blocks away from her home making sure nobody saw them.

“Thank you.” She said as he placed her safely on her feet. Yue just turned around and walked a few steps but then he stopped.

“Why did you come to me?” he asked her not turning around.

Tomoyo was surprised at his question. “Because I knew you were the only one who could do this…and…”

Yue made a gesture which seemed he was going to turn his head but he stopped. Tomoyo continued.

“I know you are the one person who cares the less about… well, my situation, so I figured you were the only one who were going to stay out of this…”

He stayed quiet for a second. “I don’t know what makes you think that way…” he said in his usual cold tone and he disappeared from Tomoyo’s sight.

She stayed there without moving and looking at the sky.

“And what is that supposed to mean anyways?”



A/N: wahoo!! Another chapter done ^o^. A bit longer than the usual ones I must say…I liked this one a lot as I feel that there is a glimpse of hope after all that happened to her. Tomoyo is discovering there is a lot of people that care for her. She’s also realizing she’s got friends she had never considered before… At least everything will be all right even if it is just for a few days.

Thanks again for your reviews and I must say… I’m sorry if this story is making some of you grab a couple of Kleenex while reading it but not everything is gloomy in Tomoyo’s life, you will discover that next chapter….

Bye byeee!!!