This is it, guys! Last chapter of Fateful Meeting. I just wanted to say all of you guys have been awesome in keeping up with this small project for so long. Without all of you guys this project wouldn't been duller.

Warning: This chapter has A LOT of spoilers. If you haven't read the whole manga, I will ask you to do it right now or not read this chapter at all.

Also... HAPPY BIRTHDAY Nims Dias-angelovdarkness! I wish you an awesome day and many more years of happiness!

Disclaimer: ... Yeah, not even in the end do I own CCS or TRC. But I don't mind; CLAMP deserves having these amazing series under their copyright list.

Without further ado, here's the epilogue:


The bell rang loudly, signaling the end of another school day, and finally, the school week.

Sakura, Tomoyo, and Shaoran walked back home, enjoying the beautiful Saturday afternoon. They had kept the arrival of the Dimension Travelers a secret, and only Yukito and Toya knew besides them. Although they hadn't told anyone, Sakura had a sinking feeling that Eriol knew something about this, but she wouldn't muster the courage to confront him about it.

"Today marks a year, right?" Tomoyo commented airily.

Sakura blinked and almost missed a step. "Wow, Tomoyo, you can read my mind. I was thinking of the exact same thing."

"Well, even by my standards, the visit wasn't exactly normal, Sakura-chan," she replied, followed by a giggle. "Don't you ever wonder what happened to them?"

"I'm sure they're fine," Shaoran commented. "They have me," he continued, puffing his chest.

The girls giggled at this gesture. "Shaoran-kun, you're really funny," Tomoyo said with a slight smile.

The group was quiet for a couple of minutes till Sakura started, "They're fine, really. The feather is still connected to Sakura-chan, and sometimes I get slight glimpses of what Sakura-chan is feeling or seeing."

Shaoran frowned, not liking that his girlfriend had kept such important information to herself, but let it slide. After all, the relationship between the Card Mistress and the desert princess was very deep and he wouldn't feel like interfering. "When was the last time you saw anything?"

Sakura's brow furrowed in thought. "It's been a while. Usually I got dreams once a month since they left, but I haven't had any for two months already. At first I got really worried, but I trust that they're alright." She also wasn't sure about the recurring dream of an older version of her handing her Star Staff to a black-haired beauty was a good thing or not.

The amber-eyed boy nodded, satisfied with this answer. He slightly pouted as he saw that he had to leave the small group because his house wasn't the way the girls were going. "I would walk you home, Sakura, but my mother is visiting and I need to discuss some things with her."

"It's alright, Shaoran-kun! I'll see you Monday then!" she answered cheerfully, although in the inside she was slightly disappointed.

Being more used to physical contact, he gave Tomoyo a light hug and a small peck to Sakura's lips, leaving both of them slightly blushing, and Tomoyo wishing she had been filming the whole thing. Shaoran waved good-bye and the girls continued their walk, chatting amiably. After another ten minutes, the violet-eyed girl also bid good-bye to her second-cousin as she had to leave another way.

The young CardCaptor continued her way back home, the Star Staff key somewhat heavy around her neck.

The panorama was completely empty and white. The young Card Mistress walked aimlessly about, trying to find the meaning of the dream. During the last year she had become aware of her dreams, helping find the meaning behind them. However, this one lacked any, and the emerald-eyed girl grew confused.

She let out a gasp of surprise as she saw The Feather right in front of her. She was wearing an intricate dress, not from this world, and was curiously looking at Sakura.

"Feather?" she timidly asked.

The Feather blinked twice. "I'm sorry, you must've confused me with someone else. My name is Kinomoto Sakura. You look like me because-"

"- I'm your parallel," she finished, still very confused. "A desert princess from another world once told me. But I'm Kinomoto Sakura too..."

"Did you first call me Feather?" the older Sakura asked, realization in her eyes.

The Card Mistress nodded, bewildered. A warm smile spread in the woman's face and adoration lit her eyes. "Hello, Sakura, we meet again. I once was the desert princess."

The adolescent Sakura's eyes widened, astonished. "Sakura...? B-But how? How did you... You were my age when I met you!"

"Time flows differently in other worlds," she replied, then her eyes grew sad. "Many events have happened, and I'm no longer Clow Country's princess. I want to tell you, but I don't want to burden you with all of this mess."

Sakura vigorously shook her head and approached her older self, taking her hands into hers. "I want to know everything that has happened. You are one of my precious people."

Surprised at her show of affection, Li Sakura opened her mouth, telling her younger self about her journey and all the twists it had.

At the end of her tale the young Sakura found herself hurting and with a slight headache. The Sakura that had come for the feather was actually the clone of the desert princess. She had been cloned off from the "real" Sakura before their journey had began. Syaoran, who had also been a clone, traveled with her to find the real Sakura's memories. In a place called Tokyo (the young Card Mistress wondered if this place had anything to do with her world's Tokyo), the clone Syaoran lost his heart due to the seal on his eye breaking and deflected from the group, leaving the real Syaoran instead. It was around this time that Sakura learned that she was a clone herself and got her Dream Seeing powers back. She had a vision of a terrible event that was to happen, and prevented it from happening, resulting in her "life". Her soul and body were separated, and her soul still lived. She went to the Dream World and met a boy named Watanuki. Both the real Syaoran and the clone arrived there and fought, the Clone obsessing for the feather in the Dream World. In an attempt to stop the fighting, she was stabbed by the clone and disappeared. Her body was merged with the real Sakura's soul in Clow Country, and so she was believed to disappear. However Yuko offered her a choice to be revived, and so she and Syaoran's clone accepted. They were reincarnated as Li Syaoran and Kinomoto Sakura, but still had the memories of their past life. They met when they fourteen and for some time were really happy. They married and had a son.

However, both of them realized that their son was actually the "real" Syaoran, and his father his clone. They also became aware that they were stuck in a delicate time loop, with Syoran's life depending on his son's to be cloned, and the "real" Syaoran's life depending on his own clone to create him.

"Syaoran and I have to send Tsubasa to Clow Country soon so that the Time Loop will continue. We haven't found an adequate price to pay Yuko-san, though."

The young Card Mistress was quiet, in deep thought. After some minutes of silence, determination set in her eyes and she gave a nod. The adolescent took a step back and recited the chant to summon her Star Staff.

She presented it to her confused older self, a warm and encouraging smile on her face. She hesitantly took it from her and held the wand delicately with her hands. "This is a very special thing to you, right?"

"Even without the staff, the cards will still be right here with me. So... Don't worry." She beamed, closed her eyes, and extended her arms. "I'm sure you'll be alright too!"

Her older self tightly hugged her. The young Sakura could've sworn she felt warm tears in her shoulders. "Thank you, Sakura. I promise I'll find a way to be happy for you..."

The girl nodded to the woman's shoulder. "That would make me delighted." Sakura felt the magic from the dream retreating, and whispered a good-bye to her older self without opening her eyes. "I wish you the best."

Sakura opened her eyes and looked around her small bedroom. Yue and Kero's hidden form, gazing intently at their friend and mistress.

"The Star Staff..." Kero began, thunderstruck.

Sakura's hand immediately flew to her collarbone, an instinct of sorts. There was nothing hanging around her neck. "I gave it to my counterpart," she announced.

Yue's brow furrowed. "Why?"

"She needed it to start a journey filled with hardships and joy mingled with grief and pain."

Kero's eyes widened in realization and flew over to Sakura's bed. "You mean that the Star Staff started the journey?"

Sakura slightly tilted her head. "One of the reasons. As I have already seen in a dream, she will use my staff as payment for..." Sakura carefully retold the journey, offering a much simplified version (and hopefully not as confusing) to her guardians.

"Interesting... The meddling of time and space is an affair so big that even Clow had troubles fixing," Yue silently said. He felt betrayed that Clow would leave them without saying his motives, but quickly brushed the feeling off; there were bigger forces in the other dimensions other than his own feelings.

"I feel better giving the Star Staff to Sakura. She gave me her Feather, I gave her my staff. Although I didn't give the staff to repay my debt; I did it because I wanted to help. Even if I had never met Sakura before... I think I would've still relinquished the Star Staff to her."

"To think," Kero mused, "that you as well became caught up in a paradox, Sakura."

Sakura completely tilted her head in confusion. "How?"

"If the journey had never begun, then the Feathers would've never scattered, therefore you would've..." Kero couldn't bring himself to finish the sentence, but he guessed his message was received.

"If I hadn't given my Star Staff I would've died... I depend so much in this time loop," she said tiredly.

With a slight smile, Yue said, "Your kindness saved your life."

Sakura shook her head. "Sakura's kindness saved my life. I just made sure Sakura was there to save me."

I just wish her the best of luck and happiness. But deep down in my heart, I know everything will be alright.


Fin, guys. I hope you enjoyed the epilogue and it wasn't too confusing. I did my best to explain. If you have further questions, PM me or send them in a review!

Ciao, amigos

~GAMF