"Don't go."

The words caused him to hesitate. She had already managed to stop him for the moment by gripping his wrist. He even turned to look at her.

He must have felt something, Sakura thought. Syaoran hesitated. Something was in his eyes, as if he didn't want to go, didn't want to leave her.

Then he pulled away, shook off her grip like nothing, and headed into the portal. Sakura outstretched her hand, but grabbed at nothing. He was gone.

But from then on, she would remember his hesitation. How he stopped to look at her when she grabbed his wrist. How the words "don't go" caused him to feel conflicted.

He hesitated. That was enough. It told Sakura that he really had formed a soul of his own. And she was determined to give it back to him, no matter what.