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     1.4 +Tomoyo Video Diary 4
     1.5 +By G. P.
     1.6 +
     1.7 +This is a sequel to the bonus videos released with the Japanese CCS
     1.8 +DVD seasons. The first explains how the entire Card Captor Sakura
     1.9 +series was a creation and production by Tomoyo, who used her footage
    1.10 +of the real Sakura for individual episodes.
    1.11 +
    1.12 +Please send any comments, questions, and observations to:
    1.13 +Treeandleaf2002@yahoo.com
    1.14 +
    1.15 +
    1.16 +
    1.17 +Sakura lay thinking in bed, covered by a fluffy down quilt. Unable
    1.18 +to keep her thoughts to herself, the girl whispered softly, "Tomoyo-
    1.19 +chan, are you awake?"
    1.20 +
    1.21 +"Hai, Sakura-chan," came the sweet and melodious reply. 
    1.22 +
    1.23 +Sakura hesitated a minute, and then asked tentatively, "Tomoyo-chan,
    1.24 +um, can I ask you something?"
    1.25 +
    1.26 +"Sakura-chan can ask me anything she likes," the cheery voice
    1.27 +answered.
    1.28 +
    1.29 +Sakura rolled over, and saw the dark-haired girl lying on her side,
    1.30 +gazing at her with starry eyes. She blushed, as she always did when
    1.31 +the girl regarded her with such overwhelming adoration. She tried to
    1.32 +calm down and compose her thoughts, but only when she looked away
    1.33 +could she continue,
    1.34 +
    1.35 +"Tomoyo-chan, why did you do your series the way you did? I mean,
    1.36 +why did you end Card Captor Sakura like that?"
    1.37 +
    1.38 +The voice that replied seemed genuinely puzzled, "Like what, Sakura-
    1.39 +chan? I'm sorry, I don't believe I understand."
    1.40 +
    1.41 +Sakura looked at the radiant girl, clad in a charmingly lacey pink
    1.42 +and green nightgown. This didn't help her concentration at all, and
    1.43 +she spoke in a halting voice, 
    1.44 +
    1.45 +"I mean, why did you have me end up with Li-kun like that? The last
    1.46 +picture of the manga looked like I was just falling into his arms or
    1.47 +something. Or more like I tripped and fell. I know I'm sort of clumsy
    1.48 +sometimes, but why Li-kun?"
    1.49 +
    1.50 +Tomoyo smiled brightly as she answered, "Because you looked so cute
    1.51 +together."
    1.52 +
    1.53 +"Cute? He's practically scowling in every picture we're in. I think
    1.54 +he liked posing even less than I did. Even I can see we'd be a
    1.55 +terrible couple. He's always grumpy, doesn't like to talk, and when
    1.56 +he does it's just to complain about something. Oh, that would have
    1.57 +been a great marriage!” Sakura was wound up and spoke excitedly,  “I
    1.58 +can see it now: I've spent the whole day fixing up the house,
    1.59 +preparing a lovely dinner, and I'm wearing my prettiest dress for him
    1.60 +when comes in, plops into a chair, turns on the TV, and yells out,
    1.61 +'Beer-u!'"
    1.62 +
    1.63 +Tomoyo giggled, covering her mouth daintily with a slender hand.
    1.64 +With undimmed enthusiasm she replied, "But it was a maho shoujo
    1.65 +story. I had to have a happy ending for my pretty Cardmistress."
    1.66 +
    1.67 +Sakura stared in disbelief, "Happy ending? What kind of happy ending
    1.68 +was that? What's happy about me being stuck with Li-kun? At least you
    1.69 +could have given me Yukito-san." At that, Sakura's cheek colored
    1.70 +crimson, which brightened Tomoyo's ever-present smile even more.
    1.71 +Tomoyo suddenly looked thoughtful, as if reviewing a complex
    1.72 +mathematical equation,
    1.73 +
    1.74 +"But then poor Touya would have been all alone. And he worked so
    1.75 +hard at all those jobs, and he really was a wonderful brother, even
    1.76 +if he did tease my precious Sakura-chan sometimes."
    1.77 +
    1.78 +Sakura's fist shook in helpless rage and a vein popped on her
    1.79 +forehead as she recalled the sweet memories of childhood, "Sometimes?
    1.80 +Grrrrrrr. All my life it was, 'Hey, monster. What are you doing,
    1.81 +monster? Did you ruin supper again, monster?'” Calming down a bit she
    1.82 +asked, “Well, why not Mizuki-sensei? Why didn't he end up with her?"
    1.83 +
    1.84 +She was aware of Tomoyo's giggling again as her blood pressure
    1.85 +gradually returned to normal. The pale girl smiled again and replied,
    1.86 +
    1.87 +"But what about poor Eriol-kun? He'd been waiting for a special
    1.88 +someone for hundreds of years. It just seemed too sad to leave him
    1.89 +all alone at the end." 
    1.90 +
    1.91 +Sakura thought about this in silence. Eriol-kun was far too
    1.92 +manipulative for her liking, but she couldn't argue with Tomoyo's
    1.93 +sense of the dramatic. In a rueful voice she noted,
    1.94 +
    1.95 +"Well, at least Mizuki-sensei was closer to his age. Not like those
    1.96 +awful doujinshi you showed me."
    1.97 +
    1.98 +Tomoyo laughed out loud at the disapproval in the genki girl's
    1.99 +voice. In a bubbly tone she asked innocently,  "You don't believe he
   1.100 +and I made a good couple? We are both dark-haired and pale, so we
   1.101 +looked very nice together, don't you think?"
   1.102 +
   1.103 +Sakura practically exploded, "Tomoyo-chan, it was awful! You and
   1.104 +Eriol would be horrible together. The whole idea is just, just
   1.105 +stupid. What kind of crazy people write those things, anyway?"
   1.106 +
   1.107 +Tomoyo looked thoughtful again as she spoke in her musical voice, "I
   1.108 +suppose you're right. I mean, we are both sort of eccentric, but I
   1.109 +don't guess I have a thing for older men. Especially when they are
   1.110 +really, really, really, older." At this Tomoyo burst out in a fresh
   1.111 +gale of giggling, and Sakura restrained the urge to toss a pillow her
   1.112 +way. She also realized how gloriously happy the girl's laughter made
   1.113 +her feel. 
   1.114 +
   1.115 +"I don't remember you having much of a thing for really, really
   1.116 +young men, either," Sakura teased. She looked at those breathtaking
   1.117 +azure eyes that regarded her now with such love and affection.
   1.118 +Suddenly, the auburn-haired girl turned serious as she spoke,
   1.119 +
   1.120 +"Besides, what kind of happy ending is it when Tomoyo-chan is all
   1.121 +alone? It's like you just faded away, and I never even knew. I was
   1.122 +crying at the end. I didn't like it. I would never let that happen.
   1.123 +Never."
   1.124 +
   1.125 +Tomoyo reached out and softly caressed the satin-smooth cheek of the
   1.126 +girl beside her. Her fingers played with the silky, cinnamon hair
   1.127 +that sparkled in the glow of their little Kero-chan nightlight. She
   1.128 +saw the tears, more precious than diamonds, glittering at the corners
   1.129 +of those wide, emerald eyes. Tomoyo's voice was sweetly reassuring,
   1.130 +like a mother comforting a child awakening from a bad dream,
   1.131 +
   1.132 +"I'd never want to make my Sakura-chan sad. I'm so sorry if I did.
   1.133 +But stories should be like that, don't you think? Happy-sad, I mean.
   1.134 +Otherwise it just doesn't seem right. Besides, I did get a happy
   1.135 +ending. I have Sakura-chan, who makes me happier than anything else
   1.136 +in the whole world."
   1.137 +
   1.138 +Sakura smiled through her tears, and felt a breathless rush as the
   1.139 +pale girl leaned towards her. The lavender hair fell in a scented
   1.140 +cascade, like a waterfall of petals that tickled her bare shoulders. 
   1.141 +Sakura closed her eyes, her heart throbbing wildly. After an
   1.142 +exquisitely long pause, she felt the brush of those feathery soft
   1.143 +lips. She trembled as Tomoyo kissed her, a slow, voluptuous kiss that
   1.144 +sweetly shook her heart and aroused her awakening senses. She opened
   1.145 +her eyes and saw the luminous face above her, lips glistening wetly.
   1.146 +In a tremulous voice she whispered,
   1.147 +
   1.148 +“As long as you have a happy ending , too. Then it’s all right.”
   1.149 +
   1.150 +Tomoyo gazed silently at the lithesome form below her, and murmured
   1.151 +liltingly, “Kisses always make for a happy ending. And happy
   1.152 +beginnings, too.”
   1.153 +
   1.154 +With that, she fell into the gentle arms of her beloved Sakura-chan.
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