Your dear loved one may die

Sakura felt herself falling, falling, until strong arms, stopped her and held her close. She opened her eyes and looked up to see Syaoran holding her in his arms, glaring at something far away. She followed his gaze and gasped at seeing Natsuo, floating there in front of them.

Sakura got up and looked up at her. "Why did you bring us here?" She asked.

"You wanted to see what he did to me? It is here, where the answers are seen, not told. Innocence lost, and hatred born."

Sakura and Syaoran exchanged glances at recognizing the prophecy: 'Loss of Innocence'. Did she know about it?

Natsuo's cobra staff appeared in her hand, and she spun it around, much like Sakura did when she worked with the Clow Cards. Suddenly their surroundings changed and Sakura and Syaoran saw what seemed to be the Spell Caster's Room. Natsuo watched along with the two card captors at a scene from the past.

They saw Kero-chan taking all the Clow Cards and sealing himself with them inside the book. (I'm not sure if that's what happened but bear with me, ne?)

Besides the book, a single card glowed and flew out of the window. The scene changed and the card appeared at a burial sight. The card released itself, and turned into the shape of Natsuo!

She held flowers in her hand and bent down on the grave. She laid the flowers near the tombstone, and began to cry. "You left me. You said we'd always be together. I loved you, Clow-kun."

Sakura and Syaoran gasped. The present Natsuo whipped away tears as she recalled the last time she ever saw Clow Reed, her beloved.

The past Natsuo placed a gentle hand on the grave. "Why did you do this to me? Why did you grant me eternal life, when Life without you isn't worth living at all?"

Natsuo couldn't stand it anymore and made the scene disappear.

Sakura whipped away her own tears and clung onto Syaoran's shirt. "You loved him a lot, ne?" She whimpered.

Natsuo said nothing.

Syaoran looked up at her. "We can help you. If we turn you back into a card…"

"No!!!!" She boomed, catching both teens off guard. "I will not return to that prison!!" She pointed at Syaoran. "You are what I need to bring him back!! You will be my salvation!!!"

Sakura stepped in front of Syaoran. Now she knew what the cards had been warning her about. Natsuo true intentions were revealed. "You can't have him! It won't work! If you would just listen to us…"

"Silence!!!" Natsuo fired a blast from her staff at Sakura.

"Sakura!! Iie!!!" Syaoran pushed Sakura out of the way and took the full blow of her attack.

Sakura hit the floor besides him. She looked up in horror as Syaoran fell to the ground. "Syaoran-kun!" She ran to her side.

She lifted his head into her lap and glared up at Natsuo. "What will this accomplish!!? What good will it do for anyone!!?" She demanded.

Natsuo narrowed her eyes. "Now you will know the pain I went through, when Clow-kun left me!"

"Clow-san loved you!! He wouldn't want you to do all of this!" Sakura countered.

"Then he should have thought of that before he trapped me in this prison!! I will live forever, alone and unloved!!!"

Sakura shook her head in a negative. Next to her, Syaoran took her hand in his. "Sakura…" He said in a hushed voice.

"Nani?" Sakura asked.

"We have to seal her. We can help her more, if she's in card form."

"But how?" She asked.

Syaoran tried to answer, but the loss of blood prevented him. He opened his mouth to speak, but ended in silence as his eyes closed and he breathed his last breath. "Sakura…I love you." Then he died in her arms, right then, right there.