Years of the Future

Now here's my first dark fic. Hope it's dark enough. ^______^;;;

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The orange glow of the now dying morning sun lit up the land once again.
Or at least what remained of it.

The comets had at last descended on Earth, leaving much destruction in their trails. Huge craters lay scattered here and there, oceans flooded the land, otherwise left dry. On land, few life forms were present, except, maybe the cockroach and few other humans. Birds were around too, though most were scavengers.

And the buildings we humans had built! Only a few were left standing.

Among one of the remaining structures, there stood a white building. Its surface looked almost untouched, almost as though it hadn't met the wrath of the meteor. And in the building, two tubes was left standing.

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Against the orange glow, a dark shadow of a bird flew across. It appeared in no intention to feed, however, and flew towards another clump of remaining houses or what they were before.

The raven then fluttered over a much worn down house and landed on a window sill.

A lady opened the window and the shadowed bird flapped in, dropping a letter on its way before flying out.

The lady picked up the letter. Her bright red hair blew around as a (for once) fresh wind blew through the window.

After finishing reading the raven delivered message, she turned around, addressing the shadows which had two glowing green eyes..

"The first one is done," she said, half sadly, half joyfully.

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Back at the white building, another pair of green eyes slowly opened.
The first thing they saw was the yellowish green liquid that surrounded them. Then slowly, a hand was lifted up and it touched the face gingerly.

The girl looked around, or as much someone can look around when they were in a tube.

*I want to get out.*

A soft pink glow surrounded the girl.

*I Want To Get Out*

The glow grew stronger.

*LET ME OUT!*

The glow lit up the whole room, and the tube holding the girl exploded, sending glass in all directions.
She looked around and noticed she was in a spacious room, with tubes and pipes everywhere. There was a table too, another test tube and a man, who was smiling at her.

"Welcome out," the man said, his raven black hair swished carelessly as he bowed down.

"Who am I?" the girl questioned, looking at herself, then at the man.

The man studied her sadly. "You are, or were Sakura Kinomoto, the mistress of the once Clow cards. When the comets had hit Earth, you were one of the victims who got hit by the tidal waves but we found your body. You were barely alive."

The man looked sad for a moment before continuing.

"Your lover Li Syaoran was another victim. He nearly died, but he loved you too much and did not want to give up," the man sighed.

"Come to think about it, you were the only two whose bodies were found and still alive. You are what you are now due to some technology and ... your cards stored inside you. They depended on you for power and now they can repay you." the man looked wistfully at Sakura.

"So... that was how I got out by just thinking?" Sakura asked.

"Hai."

Sakura looked around and saw the other tube in the room. Inside was a brown haired youth whose eyes were closed.

Then the memories washed back like the tidal wave that hit her.

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The fifty foot wave of water washed up to them. Not even her cards could stop it.

"Sakura!" a young man protected her with his body just as the water pinned them under its power...

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"Syaoran-kun!" Sakura cried in shock and hurried over to the tube.

"How...?" she asked the man but he was already gone.

Only through your love can you revive him...

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The raven returned to the house.

"How was it?" the lady asked.

The raven glanced at the lady before transforming into the man who was in the white building earlier on.
He then reached out for his glasses, looking like the much older Hiiragizawa now.

"Only her love can revive him now..." he murmured, looking at the silver and gold wing bearers in the doorway.

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This is a one-shot.

All characters belong to CLAMP.

And don't sue for whatever reason.

*CHEERS!!!*