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*Geo hiding under the computer table with her keyboard on her lap*

Okay...so I'm getting some mixed reviews here. Well, that's okay...I'm scared...

I know most of you hate me right now yada yada yada yada...and look, I KNOW they're supposed to be a couple and they belong together! I mean, a) I think Sakura is really really really cool. b) I am a total supporter and believer in S+S! I wouldn't kill them because I hate them...I just wanted my story to be different! It's supposed to be a tragedy! THIS IS A TRUE TRAGEDY! Don't make me give you guys an English Lit. class! But I PROMISE the next story (not chapter) that I write will be true S+S fanfic. Deal? Deal...Okay on to the final chapter!

Chapter 5

Meilin watched her cousin constantly ever since he got back. She was worried about him. Since he came from the hospital, which was a day ago, he's been depressed and silent. Not that she blamed him. Hearing about Sakura's...the disaster...was horrible. She and Madison couldn't stop crying. However, Syaoran simply stayed silent.

That morning, he and Meilin were sitting at the table, drinking tea. Madison, coming into the kitchen after a shower, walked straight towards Syaoran. With a sad smile, she handed Syaoran a letter that was a bit crumpled.

"Here, Syaoran. Sakura wanted me to keep this safe for you. I suspect she...was...going to give this to you," she said. Meilin immediately handed her a cup of tea. While Madison thanked her quietly, Syaoran read the short letter. (A/N: You guys remember the one Sakura was writing on the plane?) With a sigh, he got up, leaving his half-empty cup of tea and left for his room. Meilin and Madison watched him leave in sad silence.

"You know, Madison, we should be watching him carefully," said Meilin quietly. "I'm afraid he might try something...drastic."

Madison looked at her with surprised horror, then nodded her head. "I agree. Do you think we should talk to him right now?"

After thinking about it for a second, Meilin nodded her head. "He should know that we're right beside all the way."

Both of them got up and walked to his door. Meilin knocked, calling, "Syaoran? Syaoran? It's me, Meilin, and Madison. Can we come in?"

There was no answer. Madison tried the doorknob. It wasn't locked. They entered, but Syaoran wasn't in the room and the window was open. However, Meilin noticed something else was missing. Looking more carefully, Meilin noticed something terribly wrong. "Where's his sword?" She asked quietly.

Madison rushed to the large window.

"SYAORAN!"

~*~*~*~*~

Syaoran heard his name but he didn't care. He read the letter. It said she loved him, and that she knew he loved her back. That didn't provide any comfort, only more pain. So many things could have happened! They could have been a couple...perhaps, even one day, they could've gotten married! There was no hope of that now. Since she was gone.

How could she leave? She was the Clow Mistress! She could've...He can...Why didn't...

Syaoran couldn't keep his thoughts straight. However, there was one thing he was sure of. He was going to solve the problem right then and there.

Syaoran unsheathed his sword. How many times had he used it to protect Sakura? Countless times... Right then, though, he could find only one use for it.

Raising it, the light bounced off the sharp steel blade...

"SYAORAN! STOP!"

It was Meilin. She flung herself at Syaoran, grabbing his wrist that was carrying the sword. Madison, with surprising strength for someone with a broken arm, clung to his other one. "Get off me," he growled.

"No Syaoran!" Said Meilin fiercely. "What do you think you're doing, killing yourself? The Clan needs you! You're the Clan lea.."

"The damn clan can go to hell for all I care!" Cried Syaoran angrily, trying to shake them away. "You can't believe how I feel! Alone! Afraid, if you will! I just want to die...let me be with Sakura!"

"No! Sakura wouldn't want you to die! I know that!" Said Madison. "She was trying to protect people! That's why she died. She wanted to save lives, not destroy them! She wouldn't want you to give up your life!"

"Get away from me! I swear, I'll..."

"Stop it Syaoran!" With that, Meilin did something she thought she'd never do. She slapped him, hard, across the face. "Snap out of it! I understand! You loved her, but now she's not here. I understand! But you can't keep on living like this! You have to understand that she loved you too! She would not want you to destroy something she loved!"

Syaoran dropped the sword and dropped on his knees, silent tears streaming down his face. Meilin sighed and Madison kneeled down beside him. "Syaoran, I'm sorry...I'm sorry. It's hard on all of us, but it must be hard on you the most. We just want you to understand that perhaps...perhaps death isn't the answer."

Syaoran nodded. "Don't worry. It's...it's just that I feel like half of myself died along with her. That's why I didn't think about the other half. I felt...empty."

Madison nodded. "I know what you're getting at. Sakura always said that you were her other half. Perhaps you're right when you mean half of you died with Sakura. But, wouldn't that mean that half of her is still here?"

Syaoran was silent for a moment until saying, "Thanks. You both...helped...to some degree. But, do you think you can leave? I...I need to be alone. I need time to think."

Meilin nodded. "Of course. We understand."

Madison stood up and the two were about to walk back to the house when Syaoran suddenly said, "Could you take the sword? Even though I understand what you told me, I still may be tempted." He chuckled ever so slightly. "Like in Romeo and Juliet. 'Do not tempt a desperate man.'"

Meilin silently picked up the sword. With that, the two girls walked away, leaving Syaoran with his thoughts and tears as company.

~*~*~*~FIVE YEARS LATER~*~*~*~

"I will NOT, repeat NOT, marry ANYONE! Do you hear me?" Said a 22 year old Syaoran, banging his fist on the table. "I can't marry. I've already told you my plan to appoint my cousin's fist son. He will do fine, I'm sure of it. And, I'll train him myself. But I've told you already, I won't and can't marry."

With that, Syaoran walked out of the room, leaving a couple of angry Elders behind.

"Have fun?" Asked a voice behind him. Syaoran turned, and noticing it was Meilin, he smiled. "Hi Meilin. Well, if telling a bunch of...people...that you can't marry and them getting upset at you is what you call 'fun' then hell, I would happily give it to you."

Meilin laughed. "Don't worry, Syaoran. Everyone understands. They're the only ones who really care. Oh! Look outside! The cherry blossom tree you planted is doing beautifully! It looks...amazing."

Syaoran smiled and looked out the window. Sure enough, the tree was prospering...just as he planned.

He never forgot about Sakura, and he was sure he never would. Everyone in the family, through his and Meilin's influence, knew about the Clow Mistress as if she had been once there with them.

Syaoran smiled softly. A simple letter had saved his life. A simple letter that his angel wrote to him, so long ago in the purity and innocence that was just so her. The letter assured him that she knew, even before she past away, she knew that he loved her. And, after a while, after thinking about it, that was what he needed.

No, she wasn't here. He knew that. She was gone and she had been gone for almost 5 years. However, that didn't stop Syaoran from smelling the familiar scent of cherry blossoms.

~Fin

Okay....bad ending. I'm sorry. But, that's the end. For this story.

I know, I know. All you kiddies hate it. I understand. However, this is the last chapter...therefore...in my next story, Sakura will be ALIVE. (Yo, could you perhaps direct that gun elsewhere?)

So, yes. That's the end! The end of my first fic! Hope you liked it!

~Geo