Tomoyo Video Diary 4

 By G. P.

 

 This is a sequel to the bonus videos released with the Japanese CCS

 DVD seasons. The first explains how the entire Card Captor Sakura

 series was a creation and production by Tomoyo, who used her footage

 of the real Sakura for individual episodes.

 

 Please send any comments, questions, and observations to:

 Treeandleaf2002@yahoo.com

 

 

 

 Sakura lay thinking in bed, covered by a fluffy down quilt. Unable

 to keep her thoughts to herself, the girl whispered softly, "Tomoyo-

 chan, are you awake?"

 

 "Hai, Sakura-chan," came the sweet and melodious reply. 

 

 Sakura hesitated a minute, and then asked tentatively, "Tomoyo-chan,

 um, can I ask you something?"

 

 "Sakura-chan can ask me anything she likes," the cheery voice

 answered.

 

 Sakura rolled over, and saw the dark-haired girl lying on her side,

 gazing at her with starry eyes. She blushed, as she always did when

 the girl regarded her with such overwhelming adoration. She tried to

 calm down and compose her thoughts, but only when she looked away

 could she continue,

 

 "Tomoyo-chan, why did you do your series the way you did? I mean,

 why did you end Card Captor Sakura like that?"

 

 The voice that replied seemed genuinely puzzled, "Like what, Sakura-

 chan? I'm sorry, I don't believe I understand."

 

 Sakura looked at the radiant girl, clad in a charmingly lacey pink

 and green nightgown. This didn't help her concentration at all, and

 she spoke in a halting voice, 

 

 "I mean, why did you have me end up with Li-kun like that? The last

 picture of the manga looked like I was just falling into his arms or

 something. Or more like I tripped and fell. I know I'm sort of clumsy

 sometimes, but why Li-kun?"

 

 Tomoyo smiled brightly as she answered, "Because you looked so cute

 together."

 

 "Cute? He's practically scowling in every picture we're in. I think

 he liked posing even less than I did. Even I can see we'd be a

 terrible couple. He's always grumpy, doesn't like to talk, and when

 he does it's just to complain about something. Oh, that would have

 been a great marriage!” Sakura was wound up and spoke excitedly,  “I

 can see it now: I've spent the whole day fixing up the house,

 preparing a lovely dinner, and I'm wearing my prettiest dress for him

 when comes in, plops into a chair, turns on the TV, and yells out,

 'Beer-u!'"

 

 Tomoyo giggled, covering her mouth daintily with a slender hand.

 With undimmed enthusiasm she replied, "But it was a maho shoujo

 story. I had to have a happy ending for my pretty Cardmistress."

 

 Sakura stared in disbelief, "Happy ending? What kind of happy ending

 was that? What's happy about me being stuck with Li-kun? At least you

 could have given me Yukito-san." At that, Sakura's cheek colored

 crimson, which brightened Tomoyo's ever-present smile even more.

 Tomoyo suddenly looked thoughtful, as if reviewing a complex

 mathematical equation,

 

 "But then poor Touya would have been all alone. And he worked so

 hard at all those jobs, and he really was a wonderful brother, even

 if he did tease my precious Sakura-chan sometimes."

 

 Sakura's fist shook in helpless rage and a vein popped on her

 forehead as she recalled the sweet memories of childhood, "Sometimes?

 Grrrrrrr. All my life it was, 'Hey, monster. What are you doing,

 monster? Did you ruin supper again, monster?'” Calming down a bit she

 asked, “Well, why not Mizuki-sensei? Why didn't he end up with her?"

 

 She was aware of Tomoyo's giggling again as her blood pressure

 gradually returned to normal. The pale girl smiled again and replied,

 

 "But what about poor Eriol-kun? He'd been waiting for a special

 someone for hundreds of years. It just seemed too sad to leave him

 all alone at the end." 

 

 Sakura thought about this in silence. Eriol-kun was far too

 manipulative for her liking, but she couldn't argue with Tomoyo's

 sense of the dramatic. In a rueful voice she noted,

 

 "Well, at least Mizuki-sensei was closer to his age. Not like those

 awful doujinshi you showed me."

 

 Tomoyo laughed out loud at the disapproval in the genki girl's

 voice. In a bubbly tone she asked innocently,  "You don't believe he

 and I made a good couple? We are both dark-haired and pale, so we

 looked very nice together, don't you think?"

 

 Sakura practically exploded, "Tomoyo-chan, it was awful! You and

 Eriol would be horrible together. The whole idea is just, just

 stupid. What kind of crazy people write those things, anyway?"

 

 Tomoyo looked thoughtful again as she spoke in her musical voice, "I

 suppose you're right. I mean, we are both sort of eccentric, but I

 don't guess I have a thing for older men. Especially when they are

 really, really, really, older." At this Tomoyo burst out in a fresh

 gale of giggling, and Sakura restrained the urge to toss a pillow her

 way. She also realized how gloriously happy the girl's laughter made

 her feel. 

 

 "I don't remember you having much of a thing for really, really

 young men, either," Sakura teased. She looked at those breathtaking

 azure eyes that regarded her now with such love and affection.

 Suddenly, the auburn-haired girl turned serious as she spoke,

 

 "Besides, what kind of happy ending is it when Tomoyo-chan is all

 alone? It's like you just faded away, and I never even knew. I was

 crying at the end. I didn't like it. I would never let that happen.

 Never."

 

 Tomoyo reached out and softly caressed the satin-smooth cheek of the

 girl beside her. Her fingers played with the silky, cinnamon hair

 that sparkled in the glow of their little Kero-chan nightlight. She

 saw the tears, more precious than diamonds, glittering at the corners

 of those wide, emerald eyes. Tomoyo's voice was sweetly reassuring,

 like a mother comforting a child awakening from a bad dream,

 

 "I'd never want to make my Sakura-chan sad. I'm so sorry if I did.

 But stories should be like that, don't you think? Happy-sad, I mean.

 Otherwise it just doesn't seem right. Besides, I did get a happy

 ending. I have Sakura-chan, who makes me happier than anything else

 in the whole world."

 

 Sakura smiled through her tears, and felt a breathless rush as the

 pale girl leaned towards her. The lavender hair fell in a scented

 cascade, like a waterfall of petals that tickled her bare shoulders. 

 Sakura closed her eyes, her heart throbbing wildly. After an

 exquisitely long pause, she felt the brush of those feathery soft

 lips. She trembled as Tomoyo kissed her, a slow, voluptuous kiss that

 sweetly shook her heart and aroused her awakening senses. She opened

 her eyes and saw the luminous face above her, lips glistening wetly.

 In a tremulous voice she whispered,

 

 “As long as you have a happy ending , too. Then it’s all right.”

 

 Tomoyo gazed silently at the lithesome form below her, and murmured

 liltingly, “Kisses always make for a happy ending. And happy

 beginnings, too.”

 

 With that, she fell into the gentle arms of her beloved Sakura-chan.