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3 NEVER AGAIN
4 By ~.^ ~~Forever3330~~ ^.~
5 kawaiimotoko@hotmail.com
6
7 "Megumi-chan, you have got to be spinning me a tale. And I won't fall for
8 it!" The blonde huffed, flipping her braid over her right shoulder.
9 "I'm not lying Suzuni-chan!" The brunette insisted, pushing her glasses up
10 her nose absently with one finger. "There's a beautiful girl who comes here
11 everyday, and just sits at the gate where the only flight from Hong Kong to
12 Tomeda is. Every single day she sits and watches all the people get off the
13 plane, and watches the new people get on. Then she comes over here and
14 orders a scoop of strawberry ice-cream with one cherry." Megumi was a worker
15 at the small ice cream shop across front of the gate.
16 Megumi's girlfriend raised an eyebrow, calming down. "Look, I came here to
17 watch you work, not here tales."
18 "Just wait!" Megumi scolded. "The only flight that arrives here comes in at
19 exactly noon. She'll be here in about ten minutes, with half an hour till
20 noon. She'll leave when the only flight that departs leaves at exactly one."
21 Suzuni sighed. "Daijoubu, daijoubu.we'll wait and see. How about you give
22 me a chocolate Sunday while we wait?"
23 "You and chocolate." Megumi rolled her eyes.
24 "Be nice!" Suzuni bopped her girlfriend lightly on the head, then started
25 eating her ice cream.
26 After serving Suzuni Megumi leaned against the counter, sighing as if she
27 were in dreamland. "She's not just a beautiful girl, either. She's gorgeous!
28 And so graceful.she has a melodious voice, it's so pretty. She kind of
29 reminds me of an angel."
30 "Watch how you talk about her or I'll get mad!" Suzuni said with a warning
31 glare.
32 "What, jealous?" Megumi teased.
33 "What do you think, you baka?" Suzuni replied.
34 "There she is!" Megumi exclaimed softly, nodding down the hall leading up
35 to the gate.
36 Suzuni turned and gaped, for once ignoring her ice-cream and letting it
37 slowly melt.
38 The girl looked like she was around the age of twenty, with violet-black
39 curls falling in waves to her waist. Her skin was so pale Suzuni thought
40 that she could be a ghost. Pale lips were curved up slightly, in an almost
41 hopeful manner. Stormy blue eyes looked out calmly, scanning the people
42 around her to find a seat near the gate.
43 "She IS beautiful." Suzuni managed.
44 "Look more closely at the eyes." Megumi instructed.
45 Suzuni obeyed, and was surprised to see the well of emotions that could be
46 seen behind them, if you ignored the mask the girl's eyes seemed to have.
47 There was the tiniest bit of hope, and there was despair. Calmness,
48 patience, and most of all.sadness. Loneliness.
49 Megumi examined Suzuni's face closely. "As I've always told you before.the
50 eyes are the windows to the soul."
51 Suzuni sighed and turned back to Megumi, leaving the graceful figure
52 clothed in a sleeveless white sundress with a sunflower pinned to the left
53 strap behind to sit down. "You're right.I wonder what could make someone
54 that sad?"
55 Megumi sighed, smiling a sad sort of smile. "I don't know.I always feel
56 that I should be.I don't know, respectful or something. I can never make
57 myself ask when I look into those eyes. It's almost as if she's been through
58 a million battles. And the sad thing is, she probably has."
59 "At her age? She's been at war?" Suzuni looked confused.
60 Megumi sweatdropped. "Not THAT kind of fighting! I mean it looks as if she'
61 s had a hard life."
62 "Oh. I knew that!" Suzuni tried.
63 "Yeah right." Megumi rolled her eyes. "If you're so curious you try and ask
64 her. I need to go and sweep the floor."
65 "Maybe I will!" Suzuni said, standing and walking off before Megumi could
66 stop her.
67 "She didn't even finish her ice-cream.?" Megumi shrugged and started to
68 clean up.
69 ~
70 Tomoyo sat down gracefully in the middle of an empty row right by the gate.
71 She had once promised herself she would wait for Sakura to return to her
72 every day until the end of her time. It had been perhaps two years since her
73 light had left her, taking away most of Tomoyo's happiness. There was still
74 the small joy she could get from watching her Sakura tapes and designing new
75 outfits that the other girl would probably never try on.
76 Okaa-san worried greatly about her nowadays, but Tomoyo kept going about
77 her normal schedule. Or what had become normal after she had pulled herself
78 together after Sakura's departure. Tomoyo still hadn't managed to watch the
79 tape of Sakura's wedding.she somehow couldn't force herself to. She simply
80 designed things for Okaa-san's company, and designed even more things for
81 Sakura, which she kept locked away in her bedroom.
82 Tomoyo looked up, shaken out of her Sakura-reverie as someone cleared his
83 or her throat.
84 A tall blonde girl, probably sixteen or so, though she was taller then
85 Tomoyo since the heiress had always been rather petite, stood before her.
86 She had her hair cut short, almost in a way that reminded Tomoyo of Sakura,
87 and had hazel eyes that were full of curiosity. The girl was clothed in
88 jeans and a shirt, and tilted her head gently to the side. "Ohayo! I'm
89 Kajiya Suzuni!" Suzuni bowed politely. "Well.I will be. Oh, just call me
90 Suzuni!"
91 Tomoyo smiled slightly at the girl's enthusiasm. So much like Sakura's when
92 she was young! "I'm Daidouji-san." Tomoyo offered, nodding her head gravely
93 since she didn't feel like standing while waiting for the plane as she
94 always did, and also not giving out her first name.
95 "Pardon me for intruding upon you," Suzuni blushed, ducking her head and
96 then lifting it. "But Megumi-chan, a girl who works at the ice-cream shop
97 across from here, told me about you a while ago. She said you come here
98 every single day to watch the people who get on and off of this exact
99 flight." Suzuni looked more curious then embarrassed now. "And I wondered
100 why? And also why you look so sad."
101 "You think I'm sad?" Tomoyo was mildly surprised. Very rarely could people
102 see through the masks that she wore to hide her feelings.
103 "I didn't at first, but my girlfriend Megumi is always picking up on things
104 like that. She's so perceptive!" Tomoyo had to let out a small giggle as she
105 saw the hearts in Suzuni's eyes.
106 "Well, if you sit down I can tell you." Tomoyo offered, the words barely
107 out of her mouth before Suzuni eagerly sat down. Tomoyo smiled serenely,
108 clasping her hands in her lap. "Once upon a time, around twelve years ago,
109 there was a young girl who moved here, to Tomeda. She was so scared when she
110 walked into her new classroom, and thought she wouldn't make any friends.
111 She wasn't very good at making friends back then. But by a chance of fate
112 she got seated next to a kawaii, genki, energetic young girl who was always
113 smiling and happy." Tomoyo sighed her 'hanyaa' sigh. "When the genki young
114 girl saw the new girl had no eraser, she cheerfully handed over a bunny
115 eraser, telling the new girl her name as she did. That kawaii little girl
116 had the most beautiful name: Sakura. So Sakura-chan became friends with the
117 formerly lonely Tomoyo-chan. They grew up together, Tomoyo-chan always
118 following Sakura around with a camcorder or camera, capturing every moment
119 she could of Sakura's kawaii and magical life."
120 "I wish I could do that with Suzuni." Both Tomoyo and Suzuni jumped,
121 noticing for the first time Megumi, who immediately blushed and sat on the
122 other side of Tomoyo. "Gomen. I'm Kajiya Megumi. Please go on! Onegai?"
123 Tomoyo smiled, noting that this girl must be Suzuni's girlfriend.
124 "Daijoubu. Every moment of Tomoyo-chan's life after she received that eraser
125 was a big 'I love you Sakura-chan!'. But Sakura-chan was a little oblivious
126 to matters of the heart and other things, and didn't notice, no matter how
127 many times Tomoyo-chan said it." Tomoyo's smile turned a little sad.
128 "Eventually Tomoyo-chan came to the conclusion that she wasn't Sakura-chan's
129 True Love, though Sakura-chan was her True Love. And so she searched for
130 someone she could entrust Sakura-chan to, without any regrets.
131 Unfortunately, Tomoyo-chan made a mistake. The boy she entrusted her True
132 Love to, Syaoran-kun, took Sakura-chan away from Tomoyo-chan. Now
133 Tomoyo-chan couldn't even be Sakura-chan's best friend. Syaoran-kun made it
134 very clear when Tomoyo-chan tried to contact Sakura-chan that he could take
135 care of Sakura-chan without Tomoyo-chan. He made sure they never talked
136 again."
137 Megumi looked over at Suzuni, knowing how she would feel if she was cut off
138 from Suzuni. Poor Tomoyo!
139 "So Tomoyo-chan talked to the stars, even though all the light was gone
140 from her life. Her only joys came from watching videos of Sakura-chan, and
141 looking at pictures of Sakura-chan, and wishing Sakura-chan was happy.
142 Iie.she wished Sakura-chan would return to her. So over all the distance
143 between them she looked up at the stars and wished Sakura-chan could hear
144 her saying 'I will wait for you for all eternity, until you return to me. To
145 this day Sakura-chan has not returned to the one person who would give her
146 life to just here Sakura one more time, to see her, to spend one last day
147 with her beloved."
148 Suzuni frowned. "That's a sad story, but what does it have to do with you?"
149 Tomoyo and Megumi sweatdropped. Megumi replied, "Your ice-cream is melting.
150 You had better go and eat it."
151 Suzuni was away in a flash, and Megumi stood up, then bowed respectfully to
152 Tomoyo. "You've gone through a lot of pain. I don't know how I could stand
153 it if that had happened to Suzuni and I. She finally realized how I felt
154 only because her brother told her. She thought for a long time, for once.
155 Then she told me exactly how she felt about the situation, and asked me out
156 on a date. You're strong Tomoyo-chan."
157 Tomoyo smiled. "She reminds me of Sakura-chan in a few ways. Suzuni-san
158 said something about you being the one who found out I was sad. How.?"
159 Megumi blushed. "Oh, I work at the shop across from here. And.hasn't anyone
160 ever told you the eyes are the windows to the soul? I hope she returns to
161 you someday. I'll give you your ice cream free today."
162 Tomoyo started to protest, but Megumi stopped her. "In exchange for the
163 wonderful story. Suzuni-chan and I will be getting married next month. We're
164 both eighteen." Tomoyo looked surprised. "I'm short for my age, and Suzuni
165 just acts younger. We'd be pleased if you came. Here.bring Sakura-chan along
166 when she returns to you. If she does in time, I mean." Megumi handed Tomoyo
167 a napkin with the detail scribbled on a napkin. "I hope to see you both
168 there."
169 ~
170 Tomoyo sighed, tucking the napkin into her pocket. She would definitely be
171 at the wedding, though it was doubtful Sakura would return. She would be
172 able to give her camcorder a workout after all these years. And Okaa-san
173 would surely want to come along. Then they could both be happy that two
174 girls reminding them of other people found True Love together.
175 Tomoyo glanced down as her watch beeped sweetly. Sweetly because Okaa-san
176 hated normal watch beeping, and had insisted on a pretty sound. "The plane
177 should arrive right."
178 "Attention, attention, the plane from Hong Kong to Tomeda has arrived! I
179 repeat, the plane from Hong Kong to Tomeda has arrived!" The usual bored
180 voice of the flight attendant announced.
181 Tomoyo smiled, glancing back one last time at the two girls, who were now
182 involved in a conversation, from what it looked like they were discussing
183 ice cream flavors. "."
184 Tomoyo giggled then shook her head and looked back as the door opened and
185 passengers started filing in. Just as she always did, Tomoyo searched for
186 Sakura in the line of people who got off, and as always, she saw no Sakura
187 chan.
188 Her watch rang again, and Tomoyo got up, heading for the ice cream shop.
189 Just as she reached the middle of the hallway between the gate and the
190 ice-cream shop as something hit her head hard, and she stumbled sideways,
191 whatever it was hanging on to her head. "Kyaa!"
192 Tomoyo fell to the ground, unable to regain hr balance. She finally managed
193 to get whatever-it-was off, noting before she got it off that it was making
194 noises, like it was talking.
195 Finally able to see the thing her eyes widened. "No.way."
196 "Hiya Tomoyo-chan! Got any chocolate on ya?" The small yellow creature
197 asked.
198 "Kero-chan.?" Tomoyo asked in disbelief. Was she dreaming?
199 "The one and only!" Kero said.
200 "Should you really be zooming around in an airport?" Tomoyo asked.
201 "Uh.probably not." Kero sweatdropped. "Gomen. I forgot about that.I was so
202 happy to see you! You can cook so well! Oh well. They'll just think I'm a
203 weird toy." A few children were heard saying they wanted a toy like that.
204 "Kero-chan." Tomoyo started.
205 "Want some help up Tomoyo-chan?" The one voice she had been sure she would
206 never hear again asked, taking one of Tomoyo's hands in hers and pulling the
207 pale heiress to her feet.
208 "Sakura-chan?! What are you doing in Tomeda? Where's Syaoran-kun?" Tomoyo
209 was now sure that she was dreaming. She had to be.
210 Sakura's eyes darkened, then brightened. "He's back in Hong Kong. A few
211 months ago I started getting these weird dreams, and I started to think he'd
212 made you stop talking to me and writing to me. It turned out he had had the
213 phone company block your number and he had all of the letters you sent
214 stuffed in the family safe. I only found out after finding one in the mail
215 by accident and by forcing him to tell me everything. The only reason I didn
216 't come home sooner was because we had to get the divorce settled. I don't
217 want to marry someone who would block me off from my very best friend."
218 Sakura hugged Tomoyo again, looking the only slightly shorter girl in the
219 eyes. "I missed you, Tomoyo-chan. So did Kero-chan and the cards."
220 "But.Sakura-chan's happiness." Tomoyo was now utterly confused, and yet
221 understanding everything at the same time.
222 "I wasn't happy living with someone who would do that Tomoyo-chan. Besides,
223 I finally figured out my heart. And what everyone else, like Onii-chan,
224 Yukito-san, and even Meiling-chan had been hinting at. Not to mention
225 Chiharu-chan, Naoko-chan, and Rika-chan. Even Yamazaki-chan tried to tell me
226 a few times." Sakura sweatdropped. "And my Sakura cards.And Kero-chan."
227 "Kid, you'd better stop or we'll be here forever. Face it: you're oblivious
228 to some things. REALLY oblivious." Kero said, rolling his eyes. "NOW I WANT
229 CAKE!"
230 Sakura glared at Kero. "Hey! Be nice or.um.NO DESERT FOR A MONTH!"
231 Kero immediately went silent.
232 "What are you trying to say Sakura-chan.?" Tomoyo prompted eagerly.
233 Sakura blushed bright red. "Um.er.uh.that is.I.Tomoyo-chan,
234 I.uh.I.A-Aishiteru Tomoyo-chan." Sakura finally got out.
235 Tomoyo started to cry as she heard the words she had waited her entire life
236 to hear.
237 Sakura looked at Tomoyo in concern and slight confusion. "Tomoyo-chan! Don'
238 t cry.are you alright?" She gently wiped Tomoyo's eyes.
239 "I'm fine Sakura-chan. It's just that I always knew you would save me, my
240 beautiful emerald light." Tomoyo smiled gently.
241 Sakura smiled nervously. "Um, Tomoyo-chan?"
242 "Yes Sakura-chan?"
243 Sakura put her hand behind her head, smiling. "I was wondering if you would
244 like.to.um."
245 Tomoyo giggled, and decided to help Sakura out. "Would you like to go out
246 some time Sakura? We could go get some ice cream before we get your luggage,
247 and then maybe we can go out to dinner. It's a little backwards, but they
248 have the best ice cream there."
249 "Hai!" Sakura stopped, and looked at Tomoyo. "Tomoyo, how did you know I
250 would come home today?"
251 Tomoyo smiled. "I didn't Sakura. I always come here every day. Then I get
252 ice cream."
253 Sakura frowned. "But what would you have done if I never came?"
254 Tomoyo thought, then smiled again. "I would have waited for you every day,
255 until I was no longer in this world. For my Sakura-chan, I can bear
256 anything."
257 "Tomoyo."
258 Tomoyo smiled brightly, all the sadness wiped away from her eyes. "I love
259 you Sakura. I always have, and always will. Oh.I have a ton of costumes for
260 you, but it looks like I might have to re-measure you and make a few changes
261 to them."
262 "But I've got all the cards." Sakura pointed out.
263 "Well, I have a theory." Kero said thoughtfully. "Your magic didn't work
264 when you left Tomeda, and therefore no evil was attracted, nor was any
265 magic. I think your magic is powered by your love of Tomoyo-chan, because
266 ever since we got here I've felt stronger. Ever since you divorced the brat
267 you've even been able to invoke the cards. So, now that your magic is
268 working you will have plenty of adventures. Believe me! Now let's get that
269 ice cream."
270 ~
271 A few weeks later.
272 "Time to throw the bouquets!" Suzuni called out cheerfully.
273 Sonomi ran over, determined to get one for herself. Suzuni threw hers, and
274 Sonomi managed to get it by growling at the other women trying to get it.
275 "Okaa-san." Tomoyo sweatdropped, then smiled.
276 "C'mon! Throw yours Megumi!" Suzuni ordered.
277 Megumi looked at her newlywed wife and smiled slightly. "Daijoubu." Megumi
278 smiled brightly as she saw Tomoyo. "Tomoyo-chan! Catch!" Tomoyo threw up her
279 hands to shield her face from the flying bouquet, catching it in the
280 process.
281 "Tomoyo-chan?" Suzuni asked her wife. "You mean she's the girl from the
282 story?"
283 Megumi sweatdropped. "Ah.let's go get in the car and go start on the way to
284 the airport so we can leave for our honeymoon, okay?"
285 Suzuni agreed cheerfully, and they were gone in an instant, as were most of
286 the guests. Tomoyo continued to stare at the bouquet of cherry blossoms. Of
287 course, Megumi was the type to do that on purpose. Over the past few weeks
288 Sakura and Tomoyo had gotten to know the couple very well along with Sonomi.
289 Sakura tapped Tomoyo on the shoulder, smiling. "You know, I think that's
290 Megumi-chan giving us a hint, hmm?"
291 Tomoyo raised an eyebrow. "You picked up on that?"
292 Sakura blushed. "Megumi-chan explained to me all about the 'whoever catches
293 the bouquet is the next to be married' thing." Sakura admitted. "She has
294 also taken me to fifty jewelry stores in the past week."
295 Tomoyo giggled. "She really wants us to be 'happily ever after'."
296 "I already am." Sakura said, blushing. "Hoe."
297 "What is it Sakura?" Tomoyo asked.
298 "Um.Tomoyowouldyouconsidermarryingme?" Sakura asked in one breath.
299 Tomoyo smiled. "Of course. I'd even say hai."
300 Sakura smiled giddily. "Oh, Tomoyo, you won't be sorry! I'll.um.be the very
301 best wife it's possible to be! I love you Tomoyo."
302 "I love you too Sakura." Tomoyo took off a ring she had been wearing and
303 slipped it on Sakura's ring finger. "This can be your engagement ring. It
304 was the ring my mother gave me. Your mother gave it to my mother when they
305 were little, as a fake wedding ring. You know how little kids have pretend
306 weddings. Okaa-san has had it ever since." Tomoyo explained.
307 "It's beautiful." Sakura managed. The ring was a silver band inlayed with
308 pearls in a swirling pattern.
309 "And an heirloom." Tomoyo said cheerfully.
310 Sakura handed Tomoyo a ring and slipped it on Tomoyo's ring finger, which
311 was a silver band with a small blue sapphire in the center, and Japanese
312 writing around it, which read 'Aishiteru'. "Otou-san and Onii-chan helped me
313 pick it out. Do you like it Tomoyo?" Sakura asked anxiously.
314 "Of course!" Tomoyo replied. "Anything Sakura-chan gives me is precious
315 beyond any treasure but Sakura-chan herself." Tomoyo handed Sakura the
316 bouquet. "Here. Since you asked me before I did you, you deserve this." She
317 smiled brightly. "Aishiteru, Sakura."
318 "Aishiteru Tomoyo. Gomen it took me so long to figure that out." Sakura
319 replied.
320 "That's okay Sakura. I would have always loved you no matter what, and I
321 do. I always will." Tomoyo leaned her head on Sakura's shoulder.
322 "And I you." Sakura said softly, leaning down to kiss her one True Love.
323
324 THE END