Legal Note: I (isdestroyer) do not own any of the characters in this fic, they belong to Clamp.

 A note to the reader, I am not fluent in Japanese, in fact I only know a few words, so if any are

 misspelled or misused, then I apologize.  I also apologize for writing this in Notepad, but I don't

 have Word on my computer right now so I have to make do. Thank you.

 

 			A Cherry Blossom Christmas

 			            By isdestroyer

 				wmmmdm@swbell.net

 

 	The days couln't pass fast enough for Sakura.  There were still three weeks to go

 before Christmas, and she was getting rather impatient.  The days passed slowly, yet steadily

 and Sakura waited.  It wasn't as if she was idle, far from it.  Sakura and her best friend in all

 the world Tomoyo Daidouji would pass the remaing days by going to the park after shool, or

 to go shopping for presents.  As the last days of school dragged on, semingly to do so just to

 annoy Sakura, Sakura got more and more anxious.  She loved Christmas, in fact it was her 

 favorite holiday.  Not for the receiving of presents (though that was certanly part of it), but to

 be with those she loved.  And those who loved her back.  Tomoyo was also looking forward

 to this Christmas for specific two reasons.  One was that this year, Sakura was going to spend

 it over at Tomoyo's house.  Her friend had said that she was always with her family, and that this

 time she wanted to be with Tomoyo.  That, in fact, meant more to Tomoyo than any present, but

 Sakura insited that she had a special gift for Tomoyo this year. And so that was the other 

 reason.  Because the two girls had hardly spent any time apart for the past month, or really the 

 year, Tomoyo was dumbfounded at how Sakura had managed to get her a gift without her noticing.

 They did all of their shopping together, or so it seemed anyway.  Nontheles, Sakura maintained

 that she had a present for Tomoyo that Sakura knew Tomoyo had wanted for a long time,

 even if she hadn't said anything.  The days continued to pass slowly, but at least, Sakura reasoned,

 they passed.  Christmas vacation had started and Sakura went out to shop with Tomoyo again,

 this time for her family.  She bought some new clothes and a book for Touya.  A really big

 book on ancient civilizations for her father.  Yukito was going to get a big box of chocolates

 and a book on the magical properties of the moon that Shaoran had aquired for her in Hong

 Kong.  That one was also for her as much as it was for Yukito's other half.  Sakura had 

 already sent Shaoran a present which she hoped arrived on time.  Sakura even got Tomoyo's

 mother a gift, with a little help from Sakura's father.  It was a picture of Sonomi and Nadeshiko

 when they were in high school.  On the back it read "Sonomi - I will always treasure you and 

 love you, Nadeshiko."  Sakura's father had told her that Nadeshiko had written that after

 they got married, and that she had wanted to give it to Sonomi so she wouldn't be angry

 anymore, but then decided not to for reasons that she kept to herself.  Sakura got Kero

 a ridiculusly large box of candy and she also intended to make him a large cake and a lot

 of pudding.  Finally Sakura's shopping was done, and she and Tomoyo went out to get some

 hot chocolate.

 

 	With agonizing slowness, December 25th came closer and closer.  Sakura counted

 the days on her calender and was nearly bouncing off the walls with anticipation (with her

 magic, she actually considered doing just that to relieve some of the tension, but decided against it).

 When Kero asked why she was so anxious, she said,

 "Because, Kero-chan, I can't wait to be with Tomoyo-chan and give her her gift.  I'm also

 really nervous about it, what if something bad happens, what if I mess the whole thing up and 

 I hurt her? I just couldn't stand it if that happened."

 "But you know what you have to do, I've seen you practicing."

 "Hai, but thats not the real thing.  If she gets hurt it will be my fault and I won't be able to forgive

 myself."

 Kero gave up trying to console Sakura.  He knew there was no reasoning with the Cardmistress.

 

 	At long last Christmas Eve came.  It started to snow around noon, and Sakura was busy

 getting ready to go to Tomoyo's house.  After supper she packed all the things she would take 

 with her and said goodbye to her father, brother and Yukito.  Then she called out the Fly card

 and lept into the air as angelic wings sprouted from her back.  She waved goodbye one last time

 to her family and Kero, then took off towards her best friend's mansion.  When she arrived she

 let out a gasp of awe as she gazed at the Daidouji residence.  It was as if she had landed at  Santa's

 House itself.  There were large snowmen all over the yard and the fountain in the middle of the

 sidewalk looked like a giant ice sculpture. Every tree looked like a Christmas tree as they were

 all decorated with ornaments and lights.  The house itself had thousands of multicolored lights

 that sent out rainbow rays all over the lawn and were refracted by the icicles on the mansion and 

 the various lawn statues.  Along with the lights in the bushes and the ice crystlals sparkling all over

 the place, the effect was simply mind blowing.  If Sakura didn't know better, she would have sworn

 that Tomoyo's house had been decorated with magic.  She walked up to the door and rang the bell.

 almost immedietly the door opened and there stood Tomoyo.  Sakura gasped at the stunning dress

 her best friend was wearing.  It was a shimmering silk periwinlke dress with a lace frill at the hem.

 It had lace at the end of the sleaves so that Tomoyo's hands were just covered, but not in such a

 way as to become a nusiance.  The neck line dropped a little bit but not so much as to forgo

 modesty and was also rimmed with lace.  Tomoyo was also wearing soft silk slippers of the same 

 color as her dress and her hair was falling in shimmering waves down her shoulders and back and 

 had a single bow in it of the same color as the dress.  Tomoyo was smiling as she opened the door

 and greeted Sakura.

 "Sakura-chan, please come in. I want to show you the tree."

 "Hai Tomoyo-chan."

 Tomoyo led Sakura through the entrance hall to the living room and pointed at the largest Christmas

 tree Sakura had ever seen.  Sakura thought that the outside decorations had beed spectacular, but

 they were nothing compared to this Christmas tree.  The tree was covered with brilliant white lights

 that made it seem as if the tre itself was made of crystal.  At various spots on the tree there were

 small decorations that were just large enough to see, but did not take away from the lights.  At

 the very top was an angel that looked so real that Sakura started when she saw it.  The angel was

 shining even more brightly than the rest of the tree, if that was possible, and when Sakura looked

 at it closely, she thought it had a slight resemblance to her.  the whole thing was so bright Sakura

 wondered how anyone could sleep with it plugged in.  She looked at Tomoyo who was beaming

 as brightly as the tree at Sakura's awestruck face.

 "Hoe, Tomoyo-chan, it's so bright.

 "Do you like it Sakura-chan?"

 "Oh yes, its beautiful, almost as beautiful as you look in that dress."

 Tomoyo beamed even more at this and gave Sakura a hug, which Sakura returned.  Sonomi came

 in and Sakura gave her her present to put under the tree.  The three stayed up late talking and

 reminising about passed Christmases.  Eventually Sonomi said they all had to get to bed, for after

 all, the sooner you get to sleep, the sooner it will be morning.  Sakura and Tomoyo walked up the

 stairs to Tomoyo's room and changed into their pajamas.  As they got into bed Tomoyo said,

 "Sakura-chan, I didn't see you bring my present, did you forget it?"

 "Nope. Don't worry Tomoyo chan, I have your present, but you have to wait for tomorrow."

 "Hai Sakura-chan.  I can't wait."

 Tomoyo in truth hd no idea of what was going to happen tommorrow, but she would treasure it

 for the rest of her life.  The two girls snuggled closer for warmpth an slowly drifter off to sleep.

 

 	In the morning the sunlight crept across the floor of Tomoyo's room and woke the two

 girls up instantly when it hit their eyes.

 "Hurray!  It's Christmas!" shouted Sakura as she jumped up and down on the bed.

 "Ohaiyo to you too Sakura-chan."  said Tomoyo with a smile.

 "Oh! O-Ohaiyo Tomoyo-chan."  Sakura said, blusshing furiously.  Tomoyo just smiled even more

 and laghed good-naturedly at the embarrased Cardmistress.  They both rushed downstairs to the

 living room and just about dove into the large pile of presents.  Sonomi rushed in to take pictures

 as all mothers do, no matter how embarrasing.  Sakura and Tomoyo tore through the gifts like a

 wolves in a herd of deer.  Wrapping paper flew as they discovered one delight after the other until

 there was nothing left.  Suddenly Tomoyo said,

 "Sakura-chan, I didn't find your present. Are you sure you brought it?"

 "Hai, Tomoyo-chan.  I have it.  This is something I know you've wanted for a long time, even though

 you didn't say anything.  I'm really nervous here, and I'm afraid I might hurt you."

 "Don't worry Sakura-chan, I know you would never hurt me on purpose."  replied Tomoyo.

 "Well then, here goes."  said Sakura with a nervous expression on her face.

 Sakura put her hands on the sides of Tomoyo's head and closed her eyes.  She began wispering some

 odd words that soudened like another language and her hands began to glow.  Suddenly Tomoyo

 gasped as she felt a warm glow in her chest.  The glow grew larger and warmer until it seemed to 

 fill her up completely.  When Sakura took her hands away, Tomoyo looked confused and asked

 Sakura what she did.

 "Tomoyo-chan, I dicovered a spell that would allow you to use magic for one day.  It was very

 difficult to do, and I was afraid I would mess up and end up hurting you."

 "Sakura-chan are you serious?  I can use magic?"  Sakura nodded and Tomoyo's eyes lit up.

 "Thats wonderful!  Arigato Sakura-chan."

 "But it's only for one day so..."

 "That doesn't matter, Sakura-chan.  You've given me somthing I never thought I could have, and

 that means all the world to me."  

 Sakura smiled and looked Tomoyo in the eye.  Tomoyo looked at Sakura and and the two girls

 leaned forward and kissed each other lightly.

 

 				The End

 

 

 Well, thats my first Sakura/Tomoyo fic and I hoped you like it.  Interestingly enough, I wrote this 

 all in one night on Christmas Eve.  If you have any comments or questions e-mail me at

   isdestroyer@hotmail.com  I will apreceate any praises or constructive critiesism.  Flames

 will be ignored.  I have more to come and hopfully I will get Word on my Computer

 because notepad is a pain in the ass.  Thanks for reading.