rlm@0: Tomoyo Video Diary 4
rlm@0: By G. P.
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rlm@0: This is a sequel to the bonus videos released with the Japanese CCS
rlm@0: DVD seasons. The first explains how the entire Card Captor Sakura
rlm@0: series was a creation and production by Tomoyo, who used her footage
rlm@0: of the real Sakura for individual episodes.
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rlm@0: Please send any comments, questions, and observations to:
rlm@0: Treeandleaf2002@yahoo.com
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rlm@0: Sakura lay thinking in bed, covered by a fluffy down quilt. Unable
rlm@0: to keep her thoughts to herself, the girl whispered softly, "Tomoyo-
rlm@0: chan, are you awake?"
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rlm@0: "Hai, Sakura-chan," came the sweet and melodious reply. 
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rlm@0: Sakura hesitated a minute, and then asked tentatively, "Tomoyo-chan,
rlm@0: um, can I ask you something?"
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rlm@0: "Sakura-chan can ask me anything she likes," the cheery voice
rlm@0: answered.
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rlm@0: Sakura rolled over, and saw the dark-haired girl lying on her side,
rlm@0: gazing at her with starry eyes. She blushed, as she always did when
rlm@0: the girl regarded her with such overwhelming adoration. She tried to
rlm@0: calm down and compose her thoughts, but only when she looked away
rlm@0: could she continue,
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rlm@0: "Tomoyo-chan, why did you do your series the way you did? I mean,
rlm@0: why did you end Card Captor Sakura like that?"
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: The voice that replied seemed genuinely puzzled, "Like what, Sakura-
rlm@0: chan? I'm sorry, I don't believe I understand."
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: Sakura looked at the radiant girl, clad in a charmingly lacey pink
rlm@0: and green nightgown. This didn't help her concentration at all, and
rlm@0: she spoke in a halting voice, 
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rlm@0: "I mean, why did you have me end up with Li-kun like that? The last
rlm@0: picture of the manga looked like I was just falling into his arms or
rlm@0: something. Or more like I tripped and fell. I know I'm sort of clumsy
rlm@0: sometimes, but why Li-kun?"
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: Tomoyo smiled brightly as she answered, "Because you looked so cute
rlm@0: together."
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: "Cute? He's practically scowling in every picture we're in. I think
rlm@0: he liked posing even less than I did. Even I can see we'd be a
rlm@0: terrible couple. He's always grumpy, doesn't like to talk, and when
rlm@0: he does it's just to complain about something. Oh, that would have
rlm@0: been a great marriage!” Sakura was wound up and spoke excitedly,  “I
rlm@0: can see it now: I've spent the whole day fixing up the house,
rlm@0: preparing a lovely dinner, and I'm wearing my prettiest dress for him
rlm@0: when comes in, plops into a chair, turns on the TV, and yells out,
rlm@0: 'Beer-u!'"
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rlm@0: Tomoyo giggled, covering her mouth daintily with a slender hand.
rlm@0: With undimmed enthusiasm she replied, "But it was a maho shoujo
rlm@0: story. I had to have a happy ending for my pretty Cardmistress."
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: Sakura stared in disbelief, "Happy ending? What kind of happy ending
rlm@0: was that? What's happy about me being stuck with Li-kun? At least you
rlm@0: could have given me Yukito-san." At that, Sakura's cheek colored
rlm@0: crimson, which brightened Tomoyo's ever-present smile even more.
rlm@0: Tomoyo suddenly looked thoughtful, as if reviewing a complex
rlm@0: mathematical equation,
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rlm@0: "But then poor Touya would have been all alone. And he worked so
rlm@0: hard at all those jobs, and he really was a wonderful brother, even
rlm@0: if he did tease my precious Sakura-chan sometimes."
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rlm@0: Sakura's fist shook in helpless rage and a vein popped on her
rlm@0: forehead as she recalled the sweet memories of childhood, "Sometimes?
rlm@0: Grrrrrrr. All my life it was, 'Hey, monster. What are you doing,
rlm@0: monster? Did you ruin supper again, monster?'” Calming down a bit she
rlm@0: asked, “Well, why not Mizuki-sensei? Why didn't he end up with her?"
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: She was aware of Tomoyo's giggling again as her blood pressure
rlm@0: gradually returned to normal. The pale girl smiled again and replied,
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: "But what about poor Eriol-kun? He'd been waiting for a special
rlm@0: someone for hundreds of years. It just seemed too sad to leave him
rlm@0: all alone at the end." 
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: Sakura thought about this in silence. Eriol-kun was far too
rlm@0: manipulative for her liking, but she couldn't argue with Tomoyo's
rlm@0: sense of the dramatic. In a rueful voice she noted,
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: "Well, at least Mizuki-sensei was closer to his age. Not like those
rlm@0: awful doujinshi you showed me."
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rlm@0: Tomoyo laughed out loud at the disapproval in the genki girl's
rlm@0: voice. In a bubbly tone she asked innocently,  "You don't believe he
rlm@0: and I made a good couple? We are both dark-haired and pale, so we
rlm@0: looked very nice together, don't you think?"
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rlm@0: Sakura practically exploded, "Tomoyo-chan, it was awful! You and
rlm@0: Eriol would be horrible together. The whole idea is just, just
rlm@0: stupid. What kind of crazy people write those things, anyway?"
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rlm@0: Tomoyo looked thoughtful again as she spoke in her musical voice, "I
rlm@0: suppose you're right. I mean, we are both sort of eccentric, but I
rlm@0: don't guess I have a thing for older men. Especially when they are
rlm@0: really, really, really, older." At this Tomoyo burst out in a fresh
rlm@0: gale of giggling, and Sakura restrained the urge to toss a pillow her
rlm@0: way. She also realized how gloriously happy the girl's laughter made
rlm@0: her feel. 
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rlm@0: "I don't remember you having much of a thing for really, really
rlm@0: young men, either," Sakura teased. She looked at those breathtaking
rlm@0: azure eyes that regarded her now with such love and affection.
rlm@0: Suddenly, the auburn-haired girl turned serious as she spoke,
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: "Besides, what kind of happy ending is it when Tomoyo-chan is all
rlm@0: alone? It's like you just faded away, and I never even knew. I was
rlm@0: crying at the end. I didn't like it. I would never let that happen.
rlm@0: Never."
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: Tomoyo reached out and softly caressed the satin-smooth cheek of the
rlm@0: girl beside her. Her fingers played with the silky, cinnamon hair
rlm@0: that sparkled in the glow of their little Kero-chan nightlight. She
rlm@0: saw the tears, more precious than diamonds, glittering at the corners
rlm@0: of those wide, emerald eyes. Tomoyo's voice was sweetly reassuring,
rlm@0: like a mother comforting a child awakening from a bad dream,
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: "I'd never want to make my Sakura-chan sad. I'm so sorry if I did.
rlm@0: But stories should be like that, don't you think? Happy-sad, I mean.
rlm@0: Otherwise it just doesn't seem right. Besides, I did get a happy
rlm@0: ending. I have Sakura-chan, who makes me happier than anything else
rlm@0: in the whole world."
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rlm@0: Sakura smiled through her tears, and felt a breathless rush as the
rlm@0: pale girl leaned towards her. The lavender hair fell in a scented
rlm@0: cascade, like a waterfall of petals that tickled her bare shoulders. 
rlm@0: Sakura closed her eyes, her heart throbbing wildly. After an
rlm@0: exquisitely long pause, she felt the brush of those feathery soft
rlm@0: lips. She trembled as Tomoyo kissed her, a slow, voluptuous kiss that
rlm@0: sweetly shook her heart and aroused her awakening senses. She opened
rlm@0: her eyes and saw the luminous face above her, lips glistening wetly.
rlm@0: In a tremulous voice she whispered,
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: “As long as you have a happy ending , too. Then it’s all right.”
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rlm@0: Tomoyo gazed silently at the lithesome form below her, and murmured
rlm@0: liltingly, “Kisses always make for a happy ending. And happy
rlm@0: beginnings, too.”
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rlm@0: With that, she fell into the gentle arms of her beloved Sakura-chan.
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