Story: Tomoyo's World -Part 1- World Turned Upside Down (chapter 1)

Authors: Risa Kaijuu

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Chapter 1

Title: Chapter 0

AUTHORS NOTE: This is really an adventure story with only bits of shoujo-ai. Yet it is crucial to Tomoyo's evolving relationship with Sakura.

 

Tomoyo's World - Part 1 - World Turned Upside Down


Chapter 0

When summer break finally came, Tomoyo was confident of her ability to maintain her control. She even had herself convinced that she felt good that her plans for Sakura were moving along so wonderfully. She told herself she was happy that after just two days Sakura left to visit Syaoran's family in Hong Kong for a week. Tomoyo was totally sure that Syaoran would propose and all would be well for her Sakura-chan.

 

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Sunday, July 23 10:13am Tokyo time

"Hello, Tomoyo-chan? Yes, I'm fine. Sort of. Anyway, you were right about Syaoran. He was just waiting for us to reach sixteen. He asked me to marry him last night."

"Oh I'm so happy for you!" Tomoyo replied into her cell with her usual happy tone and only a slight twinge of the old pain.

"Uh... I'm really sorry but... I know you think he would make a perfect husband for me, but I just couldn't do it! So I said no."

For a moment Tomoyo was in shock. It couldn't be! They were destined for each other! How could she refuse him? Can't she see how perfect he is!

"I just couldn't see myself spending the rest of my life with him. I like him a lot, but I guess I don't really love him. I hope you aren't too upset with me?"

Tomoyo couldn't answer her immediately as she was still struggling with the idea that all her carefully thought out plans had fallen though. "No! Of course not!", the words finally came. "I would -never- want you to marry someone you don't love! I am very happy that you know your own mind and you must be the one to choose who you will spend the rest of your life with." But as she was saying this she was still struggling to understand what could possibly have caused Sakura to make such a terrible mistake.

"I'm glad you aren't upset. Anyway, I have a flight out Tuesday. but I don't have my ticket here and I don't remember the time, so I will tell you tomorrow evening when I call you, is that okay?"

"That will be fine. I will pick you up at the airport with my limo. Just tell me your flight number and the time, okay?"

"Sure. I can hardly wait to get home and see you again! I've missed you so much lately, and we had such a short time before I came here. So once I get back, we can spend lots of time together, okay?" When Tomoyo didn't answer right away Sakura just went right on talking. "So... Well, there is something important I want to talk to you about. If that is all right?"

"Of course! I love spending time with my Sakura-chan! And you can always talk to me about anything." Tomoyo answered cheerfully as a black feeling of doom came over her.

Monday, July 24 12:37am Tokyo time.

Tomoyo was tossing and turning in her bed, much too upset to sleep. What can I do? I can't make her love him. But I put a year of my life into Syaoran! He has powerful Magic and obviously loves Sakura. Well, as much as he could love anyone. He isn't a very emotional guy after all. Maybe that's it. My Sakura needs a more sensitive and sweet Prince. Taking a deep breath she forced the tension out of her body. I can do it! And I will do it! I will find a Magical Prince that Sakura will love!

But enough of that. I will be seeing her Tuesday, and I have to be ready to maintain my concentration so I don't fall apart again. I have to! I just have to. And I can do it. I am much stronger than I was at Christmas time. Thoughts like these continue to trouble her far into the night.

Her Monday is spent alternating between wild plans for finding Sakura another magical prince and anxiety about seeing her love again. She checks her summer break homework yet again, to make sure she did it all correctly; and of course she did. But as the evening goes by and her phone doesn't ring, she begins to worry. At nine o'clock she tries calling Sakura's cell, but she gets the voice mail. She leaves a little reminder that she was promised a call. At ten o'clock she calls again, and again gets Sakura's voice mail. She hangs up without saying anything and shrugs. Well this certainly isn't the first time Sakura has forgotten to call me when she had said she would; she is so absent minded. she reminds herself. Then as she tries to get to sleep, she continues to think about ways to fix her Sakura's life so it will be as it -must- be.

An hour later, she gives up trying to sleep, grabs the remote for the TV and the wireless mouse for her video computer, and starts playing her favorite videos. Of Sakura of course. But even watching the very cute, young Sakura capturing Cards in her costumes begins to wear on her by the time another hour has past. On a sudden impulse she switches to the cable. Perhaps I can find a nature program, they always relax me. But before she can call up the listings, she sees a view of buildings on fire. A lot of buildings on fire. Then one of the taller buildings leans over and as if in slow motion, it topples into a cloud of dust. "Good special effects. Surprisingly good. It looks real. But I don't like disaster movies" she says to herself as she presses the guide button on her remote. But when it comes up she notices what the current program is... "Cable NEWS! Oh Kami-sama! This is real!" But where? She turns the sound on and listens to the news commentator, but he says everything except where it is happening. Her frustration increases for the next few minutes as there are more fires and more buildings crashing to rubble. Then finally the commentator says, "It looks like some invisible monster is trying to destroy Hong Kong."

"SAKURA!" she screams to the empty room. After a moment of agony she begins thinking again. Sakura has Magic. And she has the cards. They will protect her. She has Fly to get away, and no one can hurt her through Shield. And she has Kero who is powerful in his large form. She is probably the safest person in the whole city. This helps her a lot, but there is no way she can sleep, so she continues to try to call Sakura's cell and to watch the news.

"We have just received word that there has been a major earthquake near the city and shortly after the west side of the island was hit by a very large Tsunami. All communication with the area has been lost, so we have no details. However we know that over a million people live along that coast near the sea, so casualties are expected to be very high. Back in the down town area it looks like at least half of the buildings are now on fire." After watching buildings burning and being knocked over for another half hour the video is suddenly cut off. "We are no longer getting any communication from Hong Kong at all. We expect that the facilities that were relaying the signals to us have been destroyed as you have seen with other buildings. As of now, the only information source we have is the Chinese military. They say that the only people being allowed into the Hong Kong area are military personnel engaged in rescue work." Then they started playing the video over again from the beginning, Tomoyo hated to watch, but felt she had to, just in case there was a clue as to how her Sakura-chan was. She tried calling Sakura several more times as well as Syaoran before she convinced herself that all the phone service was likely destroyed so she was wasting her time. What could this madness be? It's impossible that it could be natural. Not strange fires, and earthquakes, and tsunamis. Magic! It has to be magic. Someone is attacking Hong Kong with something like the Sakura Cards! Perhaps they are after Sakura! Now Tomoyo was really scared. Even worse than earlier. Even if they aren't after Sakura, she is bound to try to protect the people and fight whoever is doing this. Sakura is in deadly danger and there is NOTHING I can do! She screams at herself in her head.

As the night wore on, the only video was from mainland China showing refugees from Hong Kong being taken care of by the military. And the military said little more than the fact that the destruction was continuing. There had been more earthquakes and at least two more tsunami's, one coming from the south and the other from the east. Again no details were known. Then the news leaked that any aircraft that flew over the devastation area was being destroyed somehow.

That confirms it. As if there was any doubt. This is not natural. It has to be a magical attack. And since it is continuing that means... Her mind locked up for a moment before she could even think the words. Sakura is probably dead by now. Or she would have stopped this destruction. And I am powerless as usual. If I had magic I could have flown to her and maybe saved her. "BUT I AM JUST A USELESS NORMAL!!"She screamed out loud in her frustration. Then as she fought the black depression that reached up to swallow her she had an idea. Eriol! He may know something about what is happening! And I think it's daytime in England now. So she pulled his number up on her computer and quickly dialed it on her cell. But all she could get was his answering machine. And the torment continued through the rest of the sleepless night.


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