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     1.4 +Legal Note: I (isdestroyer) do not own any of the characters in this fic, they belong to Clamp.
     1.5 +A note to the reader, I am not fluent in Japanese, in fact I only know a few words, so if any are
     1.6 +misspelled or misused, then I apologize.  I also apologize for writing this in Notepad, but I don't
     1.7 +have Word on my computer right now so I have to make do. Thank you.
     1.8 +
     1.9 +			A Cherry Blossom Christmas
    1.10 +			            By isdestroyer
    1.11 +				wmmmdm@swbell.net
    1.12 +
    1.13 +	The days couln't pass fast enough for Sakura.  There were still three weeks to go
    1.14 +before Christmas, and she was getting rather impatient.  The days passed slowly, yet steadily
    1.15 +and Sakura waited.  It wasn't as if she was idle, far from it.  Sakura and her best friend in all
    1.16 +the world Tomoyo Daidouji would pass the remaing days by going to the park after shool, or
    1.17 +to go shopping for presents.  As the last days of school dragged on, semingly to do so just to
    1.18 +annoy Sakura, Sakura got more and more anxious.  She loved Christmas, in fact it was her 
    1.19 +favorite holiday.  Not for the receiving of presents (though that was certanly part of it), but to
    1.20 +be with those she loved.  And those who loved her back.  Tomoyo was also looking forward
    1.21 +to this Christmas for specific two reasons.  One was that this year, Sakura was going to spend
    1.22 +it over at Tomoyo's house.  Her friend had said that she was always with her family, and that this
    1.23 +time she wanted to be with Tomoyo.  That, in fact, meant more to Tomoyo than any present, but
    1.24 +Sakura insited that she had a special gift for Tomoyo this year. And so that was the other 
    1.25 +reason.  Because the two girls had hardly spent any time apart for the past month, or really the 
    1.26 +year, Tomoyo was dumbfounded at how Sakura had managed to get her a gift without her noticing.
    1.27 +They did all of their shopping together, or so it seemed anyway.  Nontheles, Sakura maintained
    1.28 +that she had a present for Tomoyo that Sakura knew Tomoyo had wanted for a long time,
    1.29 +even if she hadn't said anything.  The days continued to pass slowly, but at least, Sakura reasoned,
    1.30 +they passed.  Christmas vacation had started and Sakura went out to shop with Tomoyo again,
    1.31 +this time for her family.  She bought some new clothes and a book for Touya.  A really big
    1.32 +book on ancient civilizations for her father.  Yukito was going to get a big box of chocolates
    1.33 +and a book on the magical properties of the moon that Shaoran had aquired for her in Hong
    1.34 +Kong.  That one was also for her as much as it was for Yukito's other half.  Sakura had 
    1.35 +already sent Shaoran a present which she hoped arrived on time.  Sakura even got Tomoyo's
    1.36 +mother a gift, with a little help from Sakura's father.  It was a picture of Sonomi and Nadeshiko
    1.37 +when they were in high school.  On the back it read "Sonomi - I will always treasure you and 
    1.38 +love you, Nadeshiko."  Sakura's father had told her that Nadeshiko had written that after
    1.39 +they got married, and that she had wanted to give it to Sonomi so she wouldn't be angry
    1.40 +anymore, but then decided not to for reasons that she kept to herself.  Sakura got Kero
    1.41 +a ridiculusly large box of candy and she also intended to make him a large cake and a lot
    1.42 +of pudding.  Finally Sakura's shopping was done, and she and Tomoyo went out to get some
    1.43 +hot chocolate.
    1.44 +
    1.45 +	With agonizing slowness, December 25th came closer and closer.  Sakura counted
    1.46 +the days on her calender and was nearly bouncing off the walls with anticipation (with her
    1.47 +magic, she actually considered doing just that to relieve some of the tension, but decided against it).
    1.48 +When Kero asked why she was so anxious, she said,
    1.49 +"Because, Kero-chan, I can't wait to be with Tomoyo-chan and give her her gift.  I'm also
    1.50 +really nervous about it, what if something bad happens, what if I mess the whole thing up and 
    1.51 +I hurt her? I just couldn't stand it if that happened."
    1.52 +"But you know what you have to do, I've seen you practicing."
    1.53 +"Hai, but thats not the real thing.  If she gets hurt it will be my fault and I won't be able to forgive
    1.54 +myself."
    1.55 +Kero gave up trying to console Sakura.  He knew there was no reasoning with the Cardmistress.
    1.56 +
    1.57 +	At long last Christmas Eve came.  It started to snow around noon, and Sakura was busy
    1.58 +getting ready to go to Tomoyo's house.  After supper she packed all the things she would take 
    1.59 +with her and said goodbye to her father, brother and Yukito.  Then she called out the Fly card
    1.60 +and lept into the air as angelic wings sprouted from her back.  She waved goodbye one last time
    1.61 +to her family and Kero, then took off towards her best friend's mansion.  When she arrived she
    1.62 +let out a gasp of awe as she gazed at the Daidouji residence.  It was as if she had landed at  Santa's
    1.63 +House itself.  There were large snowmen all over the yard and the fountain in the middle of the
    1.64 +sidewalk looked like a giant ice sculpture. Every tree looked like a Christmas tree as they were
    1.65 +all decorated with ornaments and lights.  The house itself had thousands of multicolored lights
    1.66 +that sent out rainbow rays all over the lawn and were refracted by the icicles on the mansion and 
    1.67 +the various lawn statues.  Along with the lights in the bushes and the ice crystlals sparkling all over
    1.68 +the place, the effect was simply mind blowing.  If Sakura didn't know better, she would have sworn
    1.69 +that Tomoyo's house had been decorated with magic.  She walked up to the door and rang the bell.
    1.70 +almost immedietly the door opened and there stood Tomoyo.  Sakura gasped at the stunning dress
    1.71 +her best friend was wearing.  It was a shimmering silk periwinlke dress with a lace frill at the hem.
    1.72 +It had lace at the end of the sleaves so that Tomoyo's hands were just covered, but not in such a
    1.73 +way as to become a nusiance.  The neck line dropped a little bit but not so much as to forgo
    1.74 +modesty and was also rimmed with lace.  Tomoyo was also wearing soft silk slippers of the same 
    1.75 +color as her dress and her hair was falling in shimmering waves down her shoulders and back and 
    1.76 +had a single bow in it of the same color as the dress.  Tomoyo was smiling as she opened the door
    1.77 +and greeted Sakura.
    1.78 +"Sakura-chan, please come in. I want to show you the tree."
    1.79 +"Hai Tomoyo-chan."
    1.80 +Tomoyo led Sakura through the entrance hall to the living room and pointed at the largest Christmas
    1.81 +tree Sakura had ever seen.  Sakura thought that the outside decorations had beed spectacular, but
    1.82 +they were nothing compared to this Christmas tree.  The tree was covered with brilliant white lights
    1.83 +that made it seem as if the tre itself was made of crystal.  At various spots on the tree there were
    1.84 +small decorations that were just large enough to see, but did not take away from the lights.  At
    1.85 +the very top was an angel that looked so real that Sakura started when she saw it.  The angel was
    1.86 +shining even more brightly than the rest of the tree, if that was possible, and when Sakura looked
    1.87 +at it closely, she thought it had a slight resemblance to her.  the whole thing was so bright Sakura
    1.88 +wondered how anyone could sleep with it plugged in.  She looked at Tomoyo who was beaming
    1.89 +as brightly as the tree at Sakura's awestruck face.
    1.90 +"Hoe, Tomoyo-chan, it's so bright.
    1.91 +"Do you like it Sakura-chan?"
    1.92 +"Oh yes, its beautiful, almost as beautiful as you look in that dress."
    1.93 +Tomoyo beamed even more at this and gave Sakura a hug, which Sakura returned.  Sonomi came
    1.94 +in and Sakura gave her her present to put under the tree.  The three stayed up late talking and
    1.95 +reminising about passed Christmases.  Eventually Sonomi said they all had to get to bed, for after
    1.96 +all, the sooner you get to sleep, the sooner it will be morning.  Sakura and Tomoyo walked up the
    1.97 +stairs to Tomoyo's room and changed into their pajamas.  As they got into bed Tomoyo said,
    1.98 +"Sakura-chan, I didn't see you bring my present, did you forget it?"
    1.99 +"Nope. Don't worry Tomoyo chan, I have your present, but you have to wait for tomorrow."
   1.100 +"Hai Sakura-chan.  I can't wait."
   1.101 +Tomoyo in truth hd no idea of what was going to happen tommorrow, but she would treasure it
   1.102 +for the rest of her life.  The two girls snuggled closer for warmpth an slowly drifter off to sleep.
   1.103 +
   1.104 +	In the morning the sunlight crept across the floor of Tomoyo's room and woke the two
   1.105 +girls up instantly when it hit their eyes.
   1.106 +"Hurray!  It's Christmas!" shouted Sakura as she jumped up and down on the bed.
   1.107 +"Ohaiyo to you too Sakura-chan."  said Tomoyo with a smile.
   1.108 +"Oh! O-Ohaiyo Tomoyo-chan."  Sakura said, blusshing furiously.  Tomoyo just smiled even more
   1.109 +and laghed good-naturedly at the embarrased Cardmistress.  They both rushed downstairs to the
   1.110 +living room and just about dove into the large pile of presents.  Sonomi rushed in to take pictures
   1.111 +as all mothers do, no matter how embarrasing.  Sakura and Tomoyo tore through the gifts like a
   1.112 +wolves in a herd of deer.  Wrapping paper flew as they discovered one delight after the other until
   1.113 +there was nothing left.  Suddenly Tomoyo said,
   1.114 +"Sakura-chan, I didn't find your present. Are you sure you brought it?"
   1.115 +"Hai, Tomoyo-chan.  I have it.  This is something I know you've wanted for a long time, even though
   1.116 +you didn't say anything.  I'm really nervous here, and I'm afraid I might hurt you."
   1.117 +"Don't worry Sakura-chan, I know you would never hurt me on purpose."  replied Tomoyo.
   1.118 +"Well then, here goes."  said Sakura with a nervous expression on her face.
   1.119 +Sakura put her hands on the sides of Tomoyo's head and closed her eyes.  She began wispering some
   1.120 +odd words that soudened like another language and her hands began to glow.  Suddenly Tomoyo
   1.121 +gasped as she felt a warm glow in her chest.  The glow grew larger and warmer until it seemed to 
   1.122 +fill her up completely.  When Sakura took her hands away, Tomoyo looked confused and asked
   1.123 +Sakura what she did.
   1.124 +"Tomoyo-chan, I dicovered a spell that would allow you to use magic for one day.  It was very
   1.125 +difficult to do, and I was afraid I would mess up and end up hurting you."
   1.126 +"Sakura-chan are you serious?  I can use magic?"  Sakura nodded and Tomoyo's eyes lit up.
   1.127 +"Thats wonderful!  Arigato Sakura-chan."
   1.128 +"But it's only for one day so..."
   1.129 +"That doesn't matter, Sakura-chan.  You've given me somthing I never thought I could have, and
   1.130 +that means all the world to me."  
   1.131 +Sakura smiled and looked Tomoyo in the eye.  Tomoyo looked at Sakura and and the two girls
   1.132 +leaned forward and kissed each other lightly.
   1.133 +
   1.134 +				The End
   1.135 +
   1.136 +
   1.137 +Well, thats my first Sakura/Tomoyo fic and I hoped you like it.  Interestingly enough, I wrote this 
   1.138 +all in one night on Christmas Eve.  If you have any comments or questions e-mail me at
   1.139 +  isdestroyer@hotmail.com  I will apreceate any praises or constructive critiesism.  Flames
   1.140 +will be ignored.  I have more to come and hopfully I will get Word on my Computer
   1.141 +because notepad is a pain in the ass.  Thanks for reading.
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