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1 Legal Note: I (isdestroyer) do not own any of the characters in this fic, they belong to Clamp.
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2 A note to the reader, I am not fluent in Japanese, in fact I only know a few words, so if any are
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3 misspelled or misused, then I apologize. I also apologize for writing this in Notepad, but I don't
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4 have Word on my computer right now so I have to make do. Thank you.
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5
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6 A Cherry Blossom Christmas
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7 By isdestroyer
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8 wmmmdm@swbell.net
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9
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10 The days couln't pass fast enough for Sakura. There were still three weeks to go
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11 before Christmas, and she was getting rather impatient. The days passed slowly, yet steadily
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12 and Sakura waited. It wasn't as if she was idle, far from it. Sakura and her best friend in all
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13 the world Tomoyo Daidouji would pass the remaing days by going to the park after shool, or
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14 to go shopping for presents. As the last days of school dragged on, semingly to do so just to
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15 annoy Sakura, Sakura got more and more anxious. She loved Christmas, in fact it was her
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16 favorite holiday. Not for the receiving of presents (though that was certanly part of it), but to
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17 be with those she loved. And those who loved her back. Tomoyo was also looking forward
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18 to this Christmas for specific two reasons. One was that this year, Sakura was going to spend
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19 it over at Tomoyo's house. Her friend had said that she was always with her family, and that this
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20 time she wanted to be with Tomoyo. That, in fact, meant more to Tomoyo than any present, but
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21 Sakura insited that she had a special gift for Tomoyo this year. And so that was the other
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22 reason. Because the two girls had hardly spent any time apart for the past month, or really the
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23 year, Tomoyo was dumbfounded at how Sakura had managed to get her a gift without her noticing.
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24 They did all of their shopping together, or so it seemed anyway. Nontheles, Sakura maintained
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25 that she had a present for Tomoyo that Sakura knew Tomoyo had wanted for a long time,
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26 even if she hadn't said anything. The days continued to pass slowly, but at least, Sakura reasoned,
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27 they passed. Christmas vacation had started and Sakura went out to shop with Tomoyo again,
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28 this time for her family. She bought some new clothes and a book for Touya. A really big
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29 book on ancient civilizations for her father. Yukito was going to get a big box of chocolates
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30 and a book on the magical properties of the moon that Shaoran had aquired for her in Hong
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31 Kong. That one was also for her as much as it was for Yukito's other half. Sakura had
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32 already sent Shaoran a present which she hoped arrived on time. Sakura even got Tomoyo's
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33 mother a gift, with a little help from Sakura's father. It was a picture of Sonomi and Nadeshiko
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34 when they were in high school. On the back it read "Sonomi - I will always treasure you and
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35 love you, Nadeshiko." Sakura's father had told her that Nadeshiko had written that after
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36 they got married, and that she had wanted to give it to Sonomi so she wouldn't be angry
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37 anymore, but then decided not to for reasons that she kept to herself. Sakura got Kero
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38 a ridiculusly large box of candy and she also intended to make him a large cake and a lot
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39 of pudding. Finally Sakura's shopping was done, and she and Tomoyo went out to get some
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40 hot chocolate.
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41
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42 With agonizing slowness, December 25th came closer and closer. Sakura counted
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43 the days on her calender and was nearly bouncing off the walls with anticipation (with her
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44 magic, she actually considered doing just that to relieve some of the tension, but decided against it).
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45 When Kero asked why she was so anxious, she said,
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46 "Because, Kero-chan, I can't wait to be with Tomoyo-chan and give her her gift. I'm also
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47 really nervous about it, what if something bad happens, what if I mess the whole thing up and
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48 I hurt her? I just couldn't stand it if that happened."
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49 "But you know what you have to do, I've seen you practicing."
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50 "Hai, but thats not the real thing. If she gets hurt it will be my fault and I won't be able to forgive
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51 myself."
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52 Kero gave up trying to console Sakura. He knew there was no reasoning with the Cardmistress.
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53
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54 At long last Christmas Eve came. It started to snow around noon, and Sakura was busy
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55 getting ready to go to Tomoyo's house. After supper she packed all the things she would take
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56 with her and said goodbye to her father, brother and Yukito. Then she called out the Fly card
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57 and lept into the air as angelic wings sprouted from her back. She waved goodbye one last time
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58 to her family and Kero, then took off towards her best friend's mansion. When she arrived she
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59 let out a gasp of awe as she gazed at the Daidouji residence. It was as if she had landed at Santa's
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60 House itself. There were large snowmen all over the yard and the fountain in the middle of the
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61 sidewalk looked like a giant ice sculpture. Every tree looked like a Christmas tree as they were
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62 all decorated with ornaments and lights. The house itself had thousands of multicolored lights
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63 that sent out rainbow rays all over the lawn and were refracted by the icicles on the mansion and
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64 the various lawn statues. Along with the lights in the bushes and the ice crystlals sparkling all over
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65 the place, the effect was simply mind blowing. If Sakura didn't know better, she would have sworn
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66 that Tomoyo's house had been decorated with magic. She walked up to the door and rang the bell.
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67 almost immedietly the door opened and there stood Tomoyo. Sakura gasped at the stunning dress
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68 her best friend was wearing. It was a shimmering silk periwinlke dress with a lace frill at the hem.
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69 It had lace at the end of the sleaves so that Tomoyo's hands were just covered, but not in such a
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70 way as to become a nusiance. The neck line dropped a little bit but not so much as to forgo
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71 modesty and was also rimmed with lace. Tomoyo was also wearing soft silk slippers of the same
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72 color as her dress and her hair was falling in shimmering waves down her shoulders and back and
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73 had a single bow in it of the same color as the dress. Tomoyo was smiling as she opened the door
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74 and greeted Sakura.
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75 "Sakura-chan, please come in. I want to show you the tree."
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76 "Hai Tomoyo-chan."
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77 Tomoyo led Sakura through the entrance hall to the living room and pointed at the largest Christmas
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78 tree Sakura had ever seen. Sakura thought that the outside decorations had beed spectacular, but
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79 they were nothing compared to this Christmas tree. The tree was covered with brilliant white lights
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80 that made it seem as if the tre itself was made of crystal. At various spots on the tree there were
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81 small decorations that were just large enough to see, but did not take away from the lights. At
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82 the very top was an angel that looked so real that Sakura started when she saw it. The angel was
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83 shining even more brightly than the rest of the tree, if that was possible, and when Sakura looked
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84 at it closely, she thought it had a slight resemblance to her. the whole thing was so bright Sakura
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85 wondered how anyone could sleep with it plugged in. She looked at Tomoyo who was beaming
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86 as brightly as the tree at Sakura's awestruck face.
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87 "Hoe, Tomoyo-chan, it's so bright.
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88 "Do you like it Sakura-chan?"
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89 "Oh yes, its beautiful, almost as beautiful as you look in that dress."
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90 Tomoyo beamed even more at this and gave Sakura a hug, which Sakura returned. Sonomi came
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91 in and Sakura gave her her present to put under the tree. The three stayed up late talking and
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92 reminising about passed Christmases. Eventually Sonomi said they all had to get to bed, for after
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93 all, the sooner you get to sleep, the sooner it will be morning. Sakura and Tomoyo walked up the
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94 stairs to Tomoyo's room and changed into their pajamas. As they got into bed Tomoyo said,
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95 "Sakura-chan, I didn't see you bring my present, did you forget it?"
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96 "Nope. Don't worry Tomoyo chan, I have your present, but you have to wait for tomorrow."
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97 "Hai Sakura-chan. I can't wait."
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98 Tomoyo in truth hd no idea of what was going to happen tommorrow, but she would treasure it
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99 for the rest of her life. The two girls snuggled closer for warmpth an slowly drifter off to sleep.
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100
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101 In the morning the sunlight crept across the floor of Tomoyo's room and woke the two
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102 girls up instantly when it hit their eyes.
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103 "Hurray! It's Christmas!" shouted Sakura as she jumped up and down on the bed.
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104 "Ohaiyo to you too Sakura-chan." said Tomoyo with a smile.
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105 "Oh! O-Ohaiyo Tomoyo-chan." Sakura said, blusshing furiously. Tomoyo just smiled even more
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106 and laghed good-naturedly at the embarrased Cardmistress. They both rushed downstairs to the
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107 living room and just about dove into the large pile of presents. Sonomi rushed in to take pictures
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108 as all mothers do, no matter how embarrasing. Sakura and Tomoyo tore through the gifts like a
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109 wolves in a herd of deer. Wrapping paper flew as they discovered one delight after the other until
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110 there was nothing left. Suddenly Tomoyo said,
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111 "Sakura-chan, I didn't find your present. Are you sure you brought it?"
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112 "Hai, Tomoyo-chan. I have it. This is something I know you've wanted for a long time, even though
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113 you didn't say anything. I'm really nervous here, and I'm afraid I might hurt you."
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114 "Don't worry Sakura-chan, I know you would never hurt me on purpose." replied Tomoyo.
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115 "Well then, here goes." said Sakura with a nervous expression on her face.
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116 Sakura put her hands on the sides of Tomoyo's head and closed her eyes. She began wispering some
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117 odd words that soudened like another language and her hands began to glow. Suddenly Tomoyo
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118 gasped as she felt a warm glow in her chest. The glow grew larger and warmer until it seemed to
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119 fill her up completely. When Sakura took her hands away, Tomoyo looked confused and asked
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120 Sakura what she did.
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121 "Tomoyo-chan, I dicovered a spell that would allow you to use magic for one day. It was very
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122 difficult to do, and I was afraid I would mess up and end up hurting you."
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123 "Sakura-chan are you serious? I can use magic?" Sakura nodded and Tomoyo's eyes lit up.
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124 "Thats wonderful! Arigato Sakura-chan."
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125 "But it's only for one day so..."
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126 "That doesn't matter, Sakura-chan. You've given me somthing I never thought I could have, and
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127 that means all the world to me."
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128 Sakura smiled and looked Tomoyo in the eye. Tomoyo looked at Sakura and and the two girls
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129 leaned forward and kissed each other lightly.
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130
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131 The End
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133
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134 Well, thats my first Sakura/Tomoyo fic and I hoped you like it. Interestingly enough, I wrote this
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135 all in one night on Christmas Eve. If you have any comments or questions e-mail me at
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136 isdestroyer@hotmail.com I will apreceate any praises or constructive critiesism. Flames
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137 will be ignored. I have more to come and hopfully I will get Word on my Computer
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138 because notepad is a pain in the ass. Thanks for reading.
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