Chapter 4
"I am dead, Tomoyo. I'm a ghost. But how can you see me?"
"Eriol-san gave me Magic. So I guess it's working and I can see and hear ghosts now, like Toya can."
"That's wonderful! I always felt bad that you didn't have any Magic of your own, Tomoyo-chan... But I thought it was impossible to give someone Magic?"
"Well he said I was born with it but it was just very slow to develop and was still sleeping. So he woke my Magic up and fixed my mind so I should be able to do stuff now." They just smiled at each other for a bit and then Tomoyo chuckled." "So, Sakura-chan, are you still afraid of ghosts now that you are one?"
Kaho had to smile at the sight of the live Tomoyo and the dead Sakura laughing together. "No, Tomoyo, I will never be afraid of ghosts again. I've met a lot of them lately and they are mostly very nice people. They are just dead that's all. I even got to meet and talk to my MOM! Being dead is kind of neat in some ways.
"But you don't want to stay dead do you? Tomoyo asked seriously. "No! Of course not. I'm way too young to die, or... stay dead actually. Anyway, Eriol said that he could use the return card to bring me back. Isn't that great!"
"I guess you left before Eriol checked possible futures. It seems that things won't go right if he uses the Return card, but it will be okay if I use it. He doesn't know just why that is though. But that's why he gave me the Magic I have now. I need it to save you."
"YOU are going to save me because Eriol can't? But..." Sakura's ghost shook her head and struggled to understand that for a moment. That seems -really- strange...but I guess we don't have any choice. We have to trust him. And even if you can't bring me back, it's really neat that you have Magic now." There was a moment of silence when the live girl and the dead girl looked at each other before Sakura spoke again. Uh... Tomoyo-chan?"
"Yes?"
"I can't stay here anymore. I've used up my time for visiting, and I really want to spend as much time with my mom as I can before you bring me back to life."
"Of course. We'll have our whole lives to see each other. You go now and enjoy this opportunity while you can."
After Sakura's ghost disappeared, Tomoyo seemed much more relaxed and significantly stronger than she had just a few minutes before.
It seems odd that she has recovered so much in so short a time. Perhaps she is drawing energy with her Magic... Kaho wondered. Then as Tomoyo laid back down in bed and tried to rest, Kaho explained in detail, what Eriol had done.
"But I don't really feel different." She paused a moment before continuing. "Well, maybe I do feel different. But I'm just not sure in what way. If I'm suppose to have the memories of one of my ancestors I don't know where they are."
"I expect it will take some time for you to get in touch in a controlled way with those memories." Then Kaho couldn't resist a little checking of how Tomoyo's Magic was. "Can you feel my Magic?"
Tomoyo's eyebrows suddenly went up. "Oh yes! I feel so much! Wow... I'm sorry! I didn't mean to... whatever I just did. Did I do something wrong?" She was blushing as she finished talking.
"No Tomoyo. You didn't do anything wrong. I invited you. And you just touched the outer part of my body and mind as well as my spirit with your Magic. And you did it very gently and nicely.
"With my magic... Oh. So this is my magic! I can feel it now.
"One thing to remember, we Mages consider it very impolite to use Magic to touch someone in a social situation without permission. But of course, only people with Magic will be able to tell."
"Okay. I'm just sending my Magic around the room and I can even sent it through the walls... I feel something strange... Across the hall. I think it's magic too. It's like a big egg shell and...it's really hard to feel what is inside..." Suddenly Tomoyo felt something reach out and touch her all over for just an instant and then it was gone.
"That's Eriol, and he keeps a shield around himself when he sleeps. A very good idea incidentally as we are all vulnerable when we sleep. Well, he's up now, your touching his shield awakened him."
In a couple of minutes Eriol did knock and Kaho let him in. "So, you started without me."
"She seems fully recovered from her stress."
Again Tomoyo felt the touching all over but this time it seemed to reach inside her. It felt kind of creepy and suddenly without thinking she pushed the touching out and away from her.
Eriol grinned suddenly. "Indeed she is, and it seems she is rather sensitive to being probed. That's a good shield you have there Tomoyo. And you may well need it. You will also have to fly though. Since it takes too much time and energy to make a Card from scratch, I have just converted my own Fly card to a "Tomoyo" Card. See?" He held out a purple card. "It even says "Tomoyo" right on it."
"A Tomoyo Card! This is so exciting!" Kaho had to grin at the girl practically bouncing up and down with the Magic Card in her hand. "I'm sure it is, but remember you have a very important job to do. And we have a plane to catch. However we should have time for breakfast before we leave. I will meet you in the hall when you are dressed."
They were half way down the stairs when Kaho remembered the guards she had put to sleep. So she reached up with her Magic and gently woke them up. Then she chuckled a bit at how embarrassed they were. The cook was already up and in the kitchen, and seemed perfectly happy to supply a large western style breakfast for the three. In less than half an hour they were eating and shortly after Sonomi came into the room and stared with a delighted expression at her smiling daughter. But it was still a few minutes before she had satisfied herself that her daughter was doing just fine and had time to turn to her guests.
"It seems you have been a very positive influence on my daughter. I want to thank you for what you have done."
"I'm glad we were able to help." Kaho replied politely. They made small talk while they ate, Sonomi being careful to avoid mentioning the disaster or the latest news that she had watched just before coming down. Even though the news was somewhat encouraging she didn't want to risk upsetting her daughter. It seemed that there hadn't been an earthquake for nearly seven hours and there hadn't been any Tsunamis for twelve hours. There were still fires and they had flown a remote controlled plane into the devastated area and observed it explode with long range cameras. But at least it didn't appear that the damage was spreading anymore. "Well, the difference in my daughter from yesterday to today is amazing! It's like magic!" Sonomi said at one point. "Yes it is, isn't it?" Kaho politely agreed and then couldn't resist a chuckle. After Sonomi had been reassured again by Tomoyo that she was fine, she left for her office.