Chapter Three... Meant to be

Stretched out comfortably over the enormous rock, Yue stared up at the darkening horizon. The great orb in the sky was desending minute by minute, turning the sky bright shades of pink, blue, and purple. He gazed at it in wonder, wishing it would never en d. They were all his favorite colors. Blue because of the wonderful sunny blue sky days he enjoyed so much. Purple, naturally as it was his favorite color, and pink because of the Cherry Blossoms. The thought of this perticular flower made him think of Sakura. Yue sighed heavily and turned over to his side, laying his head down on his arm. "I don't want to be alone forever, but.... I'm scared that someday, I'll be here and... I won't have anyone to keep me company." he said to himself.

He layed there a few more moments and then turned back over onto his back, white hair cascading down the side of the rock., and stared up at the blue sky as it was starting to show the twinkling of a few stars in its path to darkness. The guardian sighed again, as he felt that earie tug on his being that usually ment only one thing. Sakura was near.

When she stepped out of the tall grass and saw him laying there on the large stone near the waters edge, she smiled happily. 'I finally found him! This must be the place he disappeares to so often. It's just a beautiful spot.....a beautiful place for a beautiful guardian I guess.' She thought, slowly stepping forward as she hoped to not disturb him much. Yue on the other hand knew she was there, he could feel her coming closer and closer. When she finally reached the side of the rock, she looked down at his face as he stared off in the dirction of the setting sun. She followed his gaze and admired the beauty of it with silence. As she was looking at the sun setting in the distance, as it almost was gone over the horizon, Yue sat up faced away from her. "Why are you here?" he asked her, trying not to sound so blatent. Sakura sat on the end of the stone and sighed. 'Well, here goes!' she took a long breath and watched as the day was slowly becoming a lovely night, the moon shinning overhead.

"You know what?" Sakura asked him, looking at the back of his head at the silvery locks that fell over it. Yue turned his head slightly towards her, but she still couldn't see his face. "What is that mistress?" he answered quietly. She grinned, hoping she was making progress. "The other day, when I was most bored at looking through those books. It suddenly came to me that your my favorite... out of everyone. I trust you the most with my life, my secrets. You have always been there for me when I was hurt, or when the odds didn't look so well for me. Who was there to always back me up? You were there, Yue. You were always there for me." she said, speaking from her heart.

"Now, I want to be there for you. I know there is something wrong. I just wish I could help you with it. I see so much pain in you all the time. I hurts me inside to see you of all people, to feel pain like that alone. Please let me help you. If all you need is someone to listen, then I'll do that...I'll just listen." she finished, raising a hand to his shoulder. He was shacking with the closness of her, and the words she was saying was driving him batty inside. He couldn't understand the mix and jumble of all the emotions pouring through him. It made him feel good that she saw him as her most trusted friend, but it wasn't helping his situation at all. "You came here to help me, but I can't tell you. I just can't tell you." he explained, a look of saddness in his eyes.

Sakura jumped down off the rock and went around to the side he was sitting off the ledge at. She came up and layed her hand down on his. He was shaking so horribly, she thought. The concern in her eyes was growing minute by minute. "Yue, I... I care about you so very much. If it is about the magic I am constantly studying, I'll tell you why I'm doing it." She said with a sigh, looking up into his face. Yue was to shocked by all this, he didn't have the energy to tell her that the studies she was doing, was not the reason for his actions. "I have to find a way, a better way then Clow did, to ensure that you will live..... when it is my time to go. I won't last forever Yue, and... I want to make sure that what happend to you will never happen again. I love you too much for that to happen, and I want you to be there to judge the next heir to my legacy...to Clow's legacy. I want to find a way to sustain you....and Kero. So you don't ever have to be lonely again." she explained, hope growing in her eyes.

Yue was shocked! 'She said she loved me.....maybe if I tell her....no....it wouldn't change anything. When she leaves, I'll be alone without her!' Yue thought, as he covered his face from her eyes. She game up next to him, thinking he was crying and placed her arms abouth his waist, her cheek laying softly against his left shoulder. Yue gulped back the flow of emotions that flew through him at that second. "I'm sorry if you think I couldn't trust you enough to know. I just...didn't want to make you worry about the inevitable. That is why I'm trying to fix it all." She said softly, as she could feel the rippling of his muscles on his back. Yue sat up and pulled his hand away to look over his shoulder at her small form fitted up against him. The sight and feel of her hugging him, melted away any resolve he thought he had. Yue turned slightly and cupped the side of her face in his hand. She felt the movement and looked up at him, worried she had upset him more. "Yue....I'm...." She started to say, but was intereupted.

He had pulled her face to his and kissed her lightly on the lips, as his silver locks fell over his shoulder and tickled her face. Sakura was surprised beyond not knowing what was actually going on. She had initially thought he was going to return her hug , but this...this was just so...unexpected. Yue felt her sudden trembling and his eyes flew open to find her starring back at him, her eyes glazed over slightly. Her stare made him pull back from her, and he was suddenly scared that he had not done the right thing and that he had overreacted. "Mistress! I.... I can explain! That.... I mean... I'm so sorry!" he cried, his eyes wide with embarresment. He got off the stone and stood there, greatly unsure of himself. Sakura was still stuck somewhere on a dreamy cloud that she had never ascended to before. When she finally came back down seconds later, she looked over at Yue as he rambled on about being sorry and such. She looked at him and then lightly touched her lips. "You... you kissed me...." the breathless sound in her voice made him look up at her. "I must confess... I have loved you for a very...very long time. I'm sorry for what I did. I didn't mean to scare you." he said quietly, staring at the ground.

Sakura got off the stone and approached him, slowly coming up to stand infront of him. Her eyes were not filled with fear, but with a certain understanding. "You've been so lonely, I never knew until now why you have always been there for me, no matter what I put you through." she said, placing a hand on his cheak. At that moment all the doubts he had for being alone seemed to deminish into the background somewhere. "Do you....love me as well Sakura?" he asked, shakeing from head to toe. Sakura's eyes widened. "Yue....you just called me Sakura....you've never called me that before!" she said with enthusiasm. Yue realized what he had said and his cheaks turned pink. He was so adorable with his face all flushed and shakeing like an earthquake, that she leaned into him and kissed his lips harder this time.

She had been so lonely after syaorans death, that she never thought she would love again. "Do I love him.... it doesn't sound like such a bad thing... being in love with a beautiful man like Yue. Perhaps when Eriol had said that Yukito was intended for me, maybe he had really ment Yue. Yukito was only the human false form of Yue, so they are one in the same!!' Sakura suddenly realized that Eriol was actually telling her, without making Yue embaressed, that they were supposed to be together. She depened her kiss and wrapped her arms about his neck pulling him down to her height. Yue recieved her kisses and hugged her so close to him, he could feel her heart beating between them. "What took so long for us to do this....why did you avoid me all this time?" she asked him, getting back up on the rock. She patted the stone next to her and he moved to sit where she wanted him. "I did not think you would want me...I'm just a guardian. W hat would you have wanted me for?" he said, looking up the hill towards the house, the lights shinning through the trees. It was getting so dark out. The shocked expression on her face told him that she always loved him, but just not until now in the same way that he had always loved her.

Eriol sat in his chair reading a leather-bound book, by the fire. Suppi was sitting on the floor infront of him and Nakuru was lounging in her chair across the room. "What do you think he'll do?" Eriol asked them, continuing to read through his book. Suppi lifted his head up and looked at Eriol. "I emagine he's out there with his arms crossed and brooding like usual." his sun guardian replied. "I wouldn't put it that far, he probably just ran away, like he always does." Nakuru stated, getting up to get another magazine. Eriol grinned. "Well, I believe that he's out there right now telling her exactly how he feels." he said, still reading his book. The other two started to laugh, but soon silenced as the two came through the door silently talking to one another. Sakura immediately noticed that everyone in the room was glancing in their direction. Even Eriol had pocked his head out from behind the book he was reading. "Um, what are they starring at us for?" she whispered to Yue. The moon guardian bent his head close to her ear and whispered back. "They might be jealous." He stated, shocked that he said even that.

For being a man of few words, he was sure talking a lot more now then before. Sakura giggled at his remark and the continued through the house to the kitchen, where she had intended on cooking him up something delicious. Eriol gazed on after them. " Finally my plans went accordingly." He whispered, smiling as he returned to his book. His guardian' s went on bickering about gaming stratics, as the card captor and her guardian talked silently about many things to come.

The End... for now...

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Hmm, well this one was slightly bigger than the other two chapters. I know that I'm ending it for now, but I am hoping either I will write more, or if anyone out there feel's inclined to write me another chapter I will definatly put it up and give you FULL CREDIT!

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