Me: W000t! This is the "almost" last chapter…there will be one more after this and then the epilogue and then…(gasps) OMG! This fic will be over after that!

Sakurano: (sweat drops) You just realized?

Me: (sniff) It's always sad to end a fic but…this time…

Tomoyo: Yeah we've been together for over a year now…

(Silence.)

Me: A-anyway…let's move on.

All of a sudden, huge wings burst out of Mokona's back. It could only mean one thing; they were…

"…we're going to a new world?!!" Syaoran yelled incredulously. "Not now Mokona! We have to find the princess!"

Mokona shook its head sadly.

"Mokona can't control it! It's happening on its own…it's…calling Mokona and the others!"

And in less than a second, they were all swallowed up by Mokona. After a while, they were spit into the next world.

Syaoran blearily opened his eyes and looked around. He gasped at what he saw: the sky was completely clouded over by a huge dark orb and there was a man with a billowing cape standing directly below it. And next to him was Sakura and…wait, Sakura???!!

"Sakura!" he yelled, momentarily forgetting his position.

The frightened princess turned her face towards the sound and let out a strangled cry of mingled happiness and fear.

"S-Syaoran-kun!" she started running over to him only to be blocked by a barrier set up by the magician.

"Well this is annoying." Kurogane grunted as he unsheathed his sword.

Fai nimbly stepped towards the barrier and inspected it with interest.

"Hmm…not bad, but I'm sure you can manage. Right, Kuro-poo?"

For one Kuro ignored the nickname and sliced through the barrier with his sword. Unsurprisingly, it easily disintegrated.

"Pfft…piece of cake." He said as he swung his sword over his shoulder.

But Syaoran was already running towards Sakura.

"Princess are you all right?"

"I'm fine…" she staggered to her feet and clutched him for support. Suddenly, her eyes grew round and fearful,

"Sakurano-san! He's inside that black orb!"

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Sakurano grimaced.

"Well, now I know I'm NEVER gonna like the colors black and white…"

For this time, she was stuck in a completely pitch-black place.

So I just have to get rid of Mr. Psychopathic-Magician here huh? Shouldn't be too difficult…she thought sarcastically.

And yet ironically, that WAS the only solution. The only way to save everyone…save Tomoyo.

Tomoyo.

If only she knew how sorry Sakurano was for dragging her into all this.

That stupid wishing well.

Didn't someone say that desire was the root cause of all evil? But still, right now, she just wanted to end all of this.

That's right. Things had to be ended.

"And some stupid black cage isn't going to stop me!" she thundered. All at once, as though by the impact of her voice, the black walls started cracking and thin streams of light seeped through.

Sakurano grinned. That's it. The only way to escape the cage is to break out right? Break free…and now, time to go kick some bad guy butt!

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Syaoran listened patiently to her flustered tale.

"But wait, where's the feather?"

They both glanced over at the magician, who seemed to be attempting to enlarge the dark orb. And there it was, in the middle of the orb, the feather.

"Princess, stay here."

"But-"

"Look," he said more gently, "I promised to get back all of your feathers. And I never go back on my words…"

She reluctantly nodded and let him go.

"Foolish boy…" the Magician sneered at Syaoran as he came running towards him, "You're too late! Now the world will soon be engulfed by this darkness and all the people I captured will live in eternal darkness!"

He let out a maniacal laugh.

"And this feather…is perfect! A wonderfully powerful energy source! Your little princess isn't as useless as I thought…"

"Give it back!" Syaoran leaped up and stretched out his hands to grab it. But another barrier struck him down.

"Just a few more seconds…" a look of wild ecstasy was on the magician's face.

C-R-A-C-K!

A humongous crack appeared on one side of the orb. It started spreading throughout and in a few minutes, the whole orb shattered with an enormous cracking noise.

Sakurano was standing there triumphantly…with the FEATHER in her hand.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!" the magician started melting, and the broken bits of the orb started melting away with him.

In a few seconds, he had completely disappeared.

Sakurano walked over to Sakura and held out the feather with a smile.

"I believe this is yours…"

The feather floated over to Sakura and got absorbed by her body.

"Thank…you…" she mumbled before she fell into a deep slumber. Syaoran caught her and caught her and looked up at Sakurano gratefully. Then his expression turned to one of grave concern.

Before he could speak, Fai and Kuro had walked over to them.

Kuro grimaced and sheathed his sword.

"Bah! What a waste of time…and why's that loony just melt away like that?"

"He used the power of the feather to keep himself alive…" said Fai, "And when it was taken, he just disintegrated."

Syaoran glanced at Sakurano, who was starting to walk away.

"Are you leaving?"

"Yes." She smiled, "I still have some unfinished work left. Take care…Sakura. I hope we meet again."

A magic circle (similar to the one Eriol had made), appeared beneath her feet. In a few seconds she was gone.

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Eriol smiled to himself. It's over…

Almost immediately she appeared in the middle of the room.

"Sakura…" he stood up and greeted her warmly.

"Where's Tomoyo?" were the first words that came out of her mouth.

Eriol gave her a reassuring smile. "At home, resting. As are all the other people you saved, Sakura."

He stepped closer and lowered his voice confidentially.

"I'm so proud of you. You've done so well!"

But Sakurano did not smile.

"Ah…" said Eriol knowingly. "I think it is time…"

"What?" Sakurano looked up sharply.

"Remember…" Eriol's hitherto calm demeanor had turned just a tad bit uneasy.

"Remember how I told you that you could never be a girl again?"

"Yes."

"It was a lie."

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Me: (does Tomoyo's evil "ohohohohohho!" laugh) hehe…I just HAD to do a cliffie.

Everyone: (sweat drops)

Me: Okay…today's special guest of the day is…

Mokona: (drum roll)

Me:…KARI-CHAN!!! (Her FFN ID is Angelwings 12….check her out!)

Kari: W00000000000000000t!

Me: And today we'll be interviewing…can you guess? Well, if you guessed Sakura…

Kari: …you were wrong! Cause we'll be interviewing Kurogane today!

Mokona: Go big puppy go!

Kurogane: (sweat drops) What am I even doing here?

Me: Ok first question, is it true that your life's ambition is to make your ninja outfit the perfect shade of midnight black? (LMAO acid Tokyo crack ref! XD)

Kuro: Hey! That was a secret! TOMOYO! Have they been bribing you again???

Kari: Ahem…anyway moving on. Do you really get secretly drunk and imitate Fai-kitty?

Kuro: THAT'S NOT TRUE! YOU STUPID MAGE!! (throttles drunk Fai) WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN TELLING THESE PEOPLE???!!!

Fai: (giggles) Only the (hic) truth…Kuro-pippi…

Me: (grins) And finally…

Kari:…did you…

Me: …really…

Kari:…ask Syaoran to…

Me and Kari: …read you nursery rhymes every night???

Kuro: WHAT???????????????!!!!!!!!!!