Well, this is it! The final chapter! I hope ya'll enjoyed it and will continue reading my fanfics, that is, if i'm writing about something that fits your interests! Now, for the final battle!

Chapter 12: The Final Battle and a New Beginning.

Sakura and Syaoran stood on the beach right next to the shoreline, facing their opponent, the Use. The girl, this time, was wearing a white dress with a big bow at the back. Her silver ribbons were coming from the bow at the back, but came forward to drift around her face. Sakura wore a long, puffy, black dress with a small silk ribbon going around her waist. At the back, was a large gold star and soft wings designed to break her fall a bit if anything happened. From the silk going around her waist emerged black ribbons, similar to the ones on the Use. The sleeves went just past her elbows. Syaoran wore a black gravity-defying jacket over a black shirt and pants. On the back of the jacket, was a big gold star identical to Sakura's along with a matching set of wings and ribbons.

"It's full black to make it hard to find you in the dark. Great for surprise attacks." Explained Tomoyo when Sakura and Syaoran came out of their rooms from changing. "The gold star can be used to reflect the moonlight whenever you're trying to find each other. The wings can be matched up with the FLY card so you can fly freely without the key. The ribbons are just for design."

The three stood there, in the glow of the moonlight. Meiling, Tomoyo and Kero watched from the bushes at the edge of the beach. Tomoyo sat with her familiar camera in hand. After a few minutes, Kero flew out to the group.

"On my mark. Three, two..."

Sakura glanced nervously at Syaoran. Syaoran gave her a confident nod and Sakura nodded back.

"...One, Go!" Kero flew back to his spot with the other two girls. Sakura immidiatly pulled out her first card.

"FLY!" Both Sakura's and Syaoran's wings glowed slightly before fading again. The two jumped into the air and flew circles around the Use from above.

"God of Fire, Answer my call!" Syaoran pressed the flat part of his sword to the yellow paper, sending fire out in a rain of fireballs onto the Use.

The Use smiled as a young boy appeared beside her. Sakura recognized him as the SHOT but this one's eyes were blue. The boy transformed into a blue thunderbolt and shot everysingle one of the fireballs, shattering them into nothing. Then, the boy disappeared.

The Use's silver ribbons travelled into the ocean beside her and controlled two streams of water to go after them.

"Syaoran! Dodge by flying around Use! I have an idea!" Sakura called out. Syaoran nodded and the two flew through the air right above the Use, braiding a pattern in the air with water.

"FREEZE!" The braided water froze in midair, making a silvery-blue blanket in the sky.

"ARROW!" A bow and arrow appeared in Sakura's hands. She aimed it at the source of the two water streams. She let go and the arrow pierced the source, causing it to shatter. The woven ice blanket started to fall and captured the Use in a hard, icey net.

The Use looked around for a moment before starting to shrink. "What's happening?" Syaoran asked.

The Use then appeared just outside of the net, growing back to her normal size.

"She used the Little." Sakura replied.

"You guys are doing great!" Sakura heard Tomoyo call out from behind the bushes. Syaoran smirked.

"Syaoran!" Sakura motioned for him to come over to where she was floating. Upon arrival, Sakura quickly whispered in his ear. After a quick nod, Sakura pulled out another card.

"DARK!" Instantly, a black waved surrounded the area, blocking out the moonlight.

The Use looked around. She couldn't seem to sense where her opponents were. Suddenly, she heard something. Moving slowly toward the sound, she heard voices. By the sound of it, Sakura and Syaoran were behind a bush, discussing their strategy. The girl smirked.

"Okay, I'll use the SAND to catch her without her noticing. Then you, use the fire element to surround her while I capture her into the card..." Sakura's voice came softly but clearly.

The Use smiled as she flew backwards towards the ocean. Suddenly, she sensed the sand shifting underneath her feet. The girl grinned before flying upwards at full speed. She flew up high and out of the DARK's area. Looking down, she saw a big, black bubble surrounding the area. Suddenly, a big burst of light emerged from the darkness. The Use covered her eyes while trying to see where it was coming from.

"THUNDER!" A bolt of lightning came from above and struck The Use perfectly. The girl started to fall and plunged back into the dark bubble underneath her.

"WINDY!" The wind spirit appeared below the Use and caught her before she landed, then sprouted upwards to form a cage.

Sakura and Syaoran flew down from above and watched the Use struggle. The girl looked up at the two with a questioning look.

"The Voice" Syaoran answered her question. "We thought it'd throw you off a bit." The Use looked down in defeat.

Sakura stepped forward. "Return to your power confined! USE!" A circle appeared around Sakura for a moment before disappearing.

"What happened?" Meiling whispered from the bushes.

"Illusion..." Kero and Sakura muttered in unison.

Suddenly, a rain of thorns came down on Sakura and Syaoran as the figure of the Use caught in Windy's cage vanished.

"AHHH!"

Sakura looked over to see Syaoran lying face-down on the ground, a large thorn stuck in his upper back, blood pooling around his body, turning the sand a deep shade of red.

"SYAORAN!" Tears formed in Sakura's eyes as she ran toward him. Suddenly, his body started to glow. Sakura stopped dead in her tracks.

"Syao...ran?" She watched as a glowing figure of Syaoran, dressed in white emerged from the unmoving body.

"Sakura..." The glowing figure floated over to her. "I'm sorry...I have lost." Syaoran's ghost looked down to the ground in shame.

"Syaoran!" Sakura burst into tears. "No! You can't be dead! You can't leave me! I-I..." She looked into his eyes. It was then that she noticed it.

Sakura quickly pulled out a card. "SWORD!" The pink, bird headed wand that lay beside Sakura suddenly turned into a beautifully fashioned sword. Grabbing it, Sakura jumped up and slashed Syaoran's ghost in two.

Tomoyo, Meiling, Kero and a passing bird gasped at her action. The ghost had a blank expression on it's face. Suddenly, the ghost went from Syaoran to a red, blurry figure.

"It's the Illusion again!" Kero yelled.

"Syaoran's eyes are brown! Not dark blue!" Sakura yelled out in rage. "And when he apologizes, he never looks away! He told me that it was known as a sign of disrespect to do that! And Syaoran would never do that!"

Meiling was about to dart out of the bushed to help Syaoran, but Kero grabbed her sleave. Looking at him, she saw him shaking his head. Meiling didn't understand why, but she listened and sat back down again.

"How dare you try to make me surrender because of Syaoran's death! I will never back down! I have to avenge him! Because..." By now, the Use had suddenly appeared a few metres away from Sakura, an expression of apology on her face.

"Syaoran is the most important person to me in the world and..." Sakura released the sword and turned her wand back to normal without taking her eye off of the Use.

"I..." Sakura took out a card from her bag. She threw it into the air and hit it with the beak of the wand. The area around them changed. A circle of fire, earth and water surrounded Sakura, Syaoran and the Use. Syaoran's body only about a meter away from Sakura. Syaoran looked up at the circle. All three elements were working together to prevent them from contradicting each other.

Sakura felt the wind around her, blowing her hair everywhere. "I LOVE SYAORAN AND THERE IS NO WAY I'M LETTING YOU GET AWAY WITH KILLING HIM!" Sakura rushed forward and clung onto her wand with all of her might. In a split second, a card was drawn out and summoned. A blue figure appeared beside Sakura for a second before running into her body and disappearing.

Sakura threw the wand up into the air and gave a hard punch to the stomach to the Use. The girl fell to her knees, her ribbons dropped to the floor.

Sakura jumped into the air and caught the wand easily. She was just about ready to capture the card, when something happened. The girl suddenly disappeared, and was replaced with a small, brown puppy. The puppy looked up to Sakura with sad eyes.

"...Nikita?" Sakura looked at the dog. "It was you...all along...wasn't it? You were the Use." The puppy looked at the ground before nodding slowly. Sakura then watched as Nikita turned back into the girl, still with her ribbons on the ground at her side.

"I'm sorry but that still doesn't change the fact that you killed Syaoran!"

The girl looked up before bowing her head once more.

"RETURN TO YOUR POWER CONFINED! USE!" A circle appeared around Sakura once again. This time, a card appeared on the end of the beak and the girl slowly got sucked into the glowing card. Then, the card flew up into the sky and back into Sakura's open hand. She then turned around to face the body behind her.

"SYAORAN!" Sakura ran to his side as the circle of fire, earth and water disappeared into nothing. Meiling, Tomoyo and Kero rushed out of the bushed and stood in front of Syaoran and Sakura.

Sakura leaned forward and pulled the thorn out of his back and with a little effort, managed to flip him over.

"Syaoran...please...don't die..." Tears fell from Sakura's eyes and landed on Syaoran's sleeve. "I love you Syaoran...D-don't die. Please! Just don't...die..."

When Syaoran made no response, Sakura collapsed upon him, holding him, crying. "Why...Why did you have to die Syaoran?!"

"Saku...ra?"

Sakura sniffed before sitting up again. "Syaoran?"

"Sakura...I...love you too..." Syaoran looked up at Sakura and gave her a weak smile.

"Syaoran!" Sakura pulled him in for a hug.

Sakura paced the living room of the cottage. Tomoyo was treating Syaoran's injury and Sakura was instructed to wait outside. Meiling, knowing that Tomoyo could take care of Syaoran, said that she was going to bed. Kero had agreed to wait with Sakura but eventually dozed off on the couch. Sakura had carried him and tucked him into the miniature bed to keep her mind off of Syaoran's injury.

Now, she was alone. the only sounds were the kitchen clock ticking, and her footsteps pacing the hallway. Sakura looked up at the clock. 11:56. Sakura yawned before going back to pacing. She knew that she had to wait to hear about Syaoran. It had been an hour after they got back from the beach and Sakura had just enough evergy to use the Windy to carry Syaoran back to the cottage and onto his bed.

Suddenly, the bedroom door opened and Tomoyo came out. "I've bandaged him up well after cleaning up the wound. Luckily, the thorn was on the opposite side of his heart and it didn't hit any vital organs. It wasn't that deep in either. Most of it should be okay by tomorrow but he'll still need to wear the bandages for about three more days. Even after that, he'll have a scar, but I'm sure he'll survive." Tomoyo happily reported.

"Thank goodness!" Sakura made a move to go into the room but Tomoyo stopped her.

"He's asleep right now, he's also a bit weak from blood loss. I think you should leave him for now." Sakura nodded in understanding.

"I think I'll go to bed now." Sakura informed her.

"Good idea. You've had a long day. You deserve the rest." Tomoyo told her.

"Rest sounds very good right now." Sakura managed to give her a weak smile. "Goodnight!"

"Goodnight."

Syaoran opened his eyes slowly as he listened to the singing of the birds outside through the open window. Sitting up in bed, everything looked normal until...

"Ouch!" A sharp pain in his chest forced him to lie back down again. Looking down for the source of pain, he noticed for the first time, that he was not wearing a shirt. His upper body was covered his bandages. Syaoran was puzzled for a moment before all of the night's occurences came back to him.

"Sakura!" Syaoran jumped into a sitting position in bed as he made to get out of bed and find out where she was. That was when he remembered the pain in his chest, forcing him down again.

"I see you're awake." Tomoyo entered the room holding a large tray with pancakes on it. "You shouldn't be moving around too much. You should rest a few more hours." Tomoyo set the tray down next to Syaoran.

"Where's Sakura?" Syaoran immidiatly asked.

"Meiling convinced her not to worry too much and dragged her to the beach a few hours ago." Tomoyo smiled. "I said I'd stay here and watch over you."

Syaoran relaxed a little. "That's good to hear. What time is it anyways?"

"It's about 10:14." Tomoyo check her watch. "You won't be able to get out of bed for a few more hours so you'd better find a way to entertain yourself. Read a book or sleep if you're still tired. I'll leave the pancakes here if you get hungry."

"Thanks for making me pancakes." Syaoran said gratefully as Tomoyo headed for the door.

Tomoyo turned around and smiled. "Don't thank me, thank Sakura." With that, Tomoyo left the room, leaving Syaoran alone once more.

Sakura sat on the beach watching the sunset alone. Earlier, Kero built a throne made out of sand to cheer her up about Syaoran(with the help of the sand card of course). Meiling had left a few minutes ago saying something about sending a letter to her parents about her trip (INSERT SUBLIMINAL MESSAGE ADVERTISING FOR FEDEX HERE). Kero said that he was hungry and headed back to the cottage for something to eat.

The sun was just starting to set. It reminded her alot of the sunset from earlier in the trip. For some strange reason, she couldn't remember what had happened when it was over. Shrugging it off, she watched in peace and the vibrant colors lit up the area.

"Thanks for the pancakes." A voice from behind her spoke up. Startled, Sakura woke up from her daydream and turned to face the person who spoke.

"No problem, Li-kun!" Sakura smiled. "Are you sure it's okay for you to be walking around already?"

"Yeah. I'll be fine." Syaoran smirked. "It still stings a bit, but it's not as bad as it was earlier."

Sakura smiled and turned her attention back to the sunset. "That's good..."

There was a moments pause before Syaoran suddenly remembered something.

"You caught the card, right? I had passed out just as the card appeared on the end of the wand. I didn't see..."

"Yeah...I caught it!" Sakura reached into her bag and fished around for her cards. She pulled the card on the top of the pile in her book for examination. "It was Nikita...all along..."

Syaoran looked over the sand throne to look at the card. At the bottom was the words 'The Use' on the drawn on ribbon. The character on the card was the familiar girl in the black dress they first saw her wearing. She had long gloves as well and this time, wore a tiara. Her hair was long and black as susal and ribbons coming out from behind her, wrapped around her, pointing to her open hands. Floating in her hands, was a small heart with wings.

"Hm, I don't remember that heart!" Sakura said as she looked closer at the card.

"Why don't you ask her about it?" Syaoran suggested. Sakura nodded and summoned her wand. Upon releasing the Use from her card, the familiar girl stood before then, a smile on her face.

"Hi Nikita!" Sakura smiled. The Use smiled back. It seemed as if she liked having a name. "We were wondering, where did the heart come from that was in your picture?"

Nikita looked at them both before smiling. Holding her hands out, a flying heart appeared. She held the heart out for the two. Sakura and Syaoran put their hands out toward the heart. The heart glowed for a bit before disappearing. The two looked at eachother. The Use smiled before glowing really brightly. Sakura and Syaoran sheilded their eyes...

"Sakura? Syaoran? Are you guys okay?!"

The two stirred. Looking around, they were still on the beach. It was dark out and millions of stars dotted the sky.

"Are you guys okay?" Meiling repeated.

"Yeah! We're fine. Must've passed out!" Sakura scratched the back of her head.

"Anyways, let's get back. We're leaving tomorrow you know!" Tomoyo smiled as she, Meiling and Kero turned to leave.

Syaoran stood up and held out his hand to help Sakura up. She took it and the two of them stood there for a moment.

"I love you Li-kun." Sakura whispered to him.

"I love you too, Sakura-chan."

With that, they headed back to the cottage, hand-in-hand. Little did they know, that engraved on the heart, on the Use card, was the words 'Sakura + Syaoran'.

The End!

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