Tomoyo's Deck

A disclaimer for those who didn't already know: I am not the CLAMP team. In other words, CCS has nothing to do with me. Its not mine. I don't own it. I don't claim to own it. I don't claim to own the characters either. Okay? Get it? Good. My co-author and I do claim the new deck though, and the cards that go with it!

If you didn't read to the end of the prologue, this is going to be a Tomoyo/Sakura story. There is going to be at least some lemon in this chapter. Hmm...actually, chapter one is tame enough that it might be more of a lime... still be warned, okay? If thats not your thing, go read something else, even though it doesn't really open up till chapter 2.


---------- Chapter One: The second deck ----------


-tch, no-one ever listens to me, they always SAY they are going to come back and hear some more, but do they? Oh, nooooooo, no-one ever wants to hear the stories told by - huh? Oh, sorry, didn't see you there...hey, wait, you were the person who was here earlier, aren't ya? You...you actually want to hear more? Well I'll be damned! Okay, sit yourself down and open your ears then.

Now, you remember what happened last time, right? Refresh my memory then? It's not as good as it used to be.

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Really?
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Ah, yes, now I remember how it goes from there! Alright then, here I go. Now, this is what happened next...

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Tomoyo sat, staring at her TV screen. She was playing the tape again, the one from the night where Sakura had finally confessed that she liked the other girl.

"....but I love you...Tomoyo..." The words drifted from the speakers, and Tomoyo paused the tape. She lay back on her bed with a little sigh, staring at the cealing.

"And I love you too Sakura, but its already been a month and nothings happening..." Tomoyo said to herself in a sad voice. This isn't quite true, the two girls had hung out a lot more often than normal, and Tomoyo had managed to videotape the girl she loved so much so more. But that was about it.

"No kisses, no hugging...she barely even holds my hand." Tomoyo continued to herself, and rolled over, frustrated. That cute shyness was part of why she loved Sakura so much - so full of energy, but so easily embarrassed! It was too cute for words! And also too frustrating for words. Tomoyo looked back up at the image of Sakura's tear filled confession on the screen, right when she thought that Tomoyo was going to loose all memories of whoever she loved the most. She hit play, and watched the rest of the tape - right up until the part where Sakura jumped into her arms, and the camera went clattering down the stairs. One camera was a small price to pay for her Sakura, but if only she could convince Sakura to jump into her arms like that again!

With another sigh, Tomoyo pressed the button on her remote to turn off the TV. The screen clicked off, leaving the room in darkness. Tomoyo closed her eyes, and pictured Sakura - the girl with the cute green eyes, and so much energy - and she felt her hands begin to wander. Her fingers slid up under her shirt, and traced lightly along her stomach, and she let out a happy sigh, imagining that it was Sakura who had a hand against her skin. And slowly, the hand slid lower down, worming its way under her waistband, gently inside her panties, moving down between her legs and -

"...but it isn't HER!" Tomoyo cried out in frustration, and stopped herself, pulling her hand back out from her panties, though it took a conscious effort. "If only there was some way to get her to do this for me. Ah...Sakuraaaaa...".

And with that last moan, Tomoyo fell asleep.

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A dream. Images. A book - a woman on the front of it. Cards spilling out. A familer pattern on the back. Familer, yet different. Pleased moans coming from the darkness. Screams of joy. Whispered words. Warm hands. Soft touches.

Clearer now the images came. The book was on a shelf, in a big house where a frustrated girl lived. It hadn't always been there, but frustration called it. It tried to call back to the girl, but she wouldn't hear it - wouldn't hear them. It had been almost a month already that it had called and called and called, ever since a seal was broken, a seal maintained by a sad girl who was now happy.

The frustrated girl was there now, reaching for the book, pulling it off the shelf. She stared at it in a daze, and saw a beautiful woman on the front cover - she had long flowing black hair, a gigantic pair of breasts, and was curvy in all the right places. She was also wearing nothing The woman's arms were crossed across her chest, barely hiding it from view, and the image ended just above where her hips. There was a small lock on the side of the book.

The frustrated girl - who, it was now clear, was also asleep, reached out and stroked the front of the book. Then her hand moved slowly to the lock, and lifted it aside. It moved easily for her, not resisting at all. She opened the book, and stared down inside it. In a hollow space there were cards stacked neatly, a large number of them. The frustrated sleeping girl couldn't see the fronts, but on the back there was a strange design drawn. She picked the top card up and looked closely at it. And then she recognized it.

The design was Clow Reid's magic circle. And the frustrated dreaming girl was Tomoyo, holding the card and the book. And then the girl woke up.

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Tomoyo woke up, and let out a little gasp of surprise. She wasn't in her bed anymore. She was holding a book, a book full of cards...and holding one of the cards.

"It wasn't a dream? But then what is this" She asked quietly, and flipped the card over. What she found there was even stranger, this was nothing like the Sakura Cards that Sakura had. This card had a picture of a woman on it, standing in an aggressive posture. Like the one from the cover of the book, she was wearing nothing at all - but she wasn't trying to hide it. Her arms were squishing her breasts together, making them look even larger, and she had short spunky hair. Then Tomoyo's eyes drifted downwards to the name at the bottom of the card.

"...The Slut? Why would there be a card named The - " She never finished the sentence. The card glowed brightly for a moment, and then the woman flowed out of it, forming in front of Tomoyo. She blinked for several seconds, and then looked at the startled girl. What she said startled Tomoyo even more.

"Mmm.....now you are a real cutie, aren't you?" And just like that, the girl from the card stepped forward, and slid one of her hands to Tomoyo's young chest. At about this time Tomoyo snapped out of it.

"Wh-what are you doing?" She said, and stepped away. In her shock, she dropped the book. The girl from the card - The Slut - looked at her disappointedly.

"You don't want to play with me? Aww...well, fine. I'll go find my fun somewhere else. In fact, I think we all need to go have some fun!" She bent down and grabbed the Cards out of the book, and ran to the nearest window. Then she looked over her shoulder, and grinned at Tomoyo. "But make no mistake, I'll be back for you at some point! You are waaaaaay to yummy a treat to let go, and I need to thank you properly for letting us out!"

The Slut jumped out the window, throwing the the cards into the air as she went. A gust of wind picked up, and blew them all away, scattering them across the city. Tomoyo just stared at her open window in shock.

"Wh-what did I just do?"

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And that, my friends, is how the saga of Clow's Second deck began. I don't mind telling ya, that poor girl and her little friend there are in for a lot. But I think I've talked enough for today, you'll have to come back tomorrow if you want to hear any more. Go on, go on, I'll see you again! You know where to find me anyways, I never really go anywhere else.

But, uh, make sure not to bring any kids with you tomorrow. If you hadn't guessed, this won't really be suitable for them, okay?

---------- End Of Chapter ----------


AN: Well, thats the end of chapter one. This chapter is still mainly set-up, if you are hoping for more plot (or just for Tomoyo to get it on already) then you'll have to wait for the next chapter. Don't worry, we will get to meet our next card then, and she is a bit more persistent, if you know what I mean. ^_~