Konnichiwa Minna!
Well, here's the last chapter for you all. Anime Sister, I'm really glad that you brought up the Card Captoring thing because that's a major part of the story. Great job on paying attention! ;) To Everyone, arigato for all of the great reviews that I have gotten and I'm really really happy that you all have enjoyed this. :) Now, enough chit-chat and on to the story!
Disclaimer: CCS is owned by Clamp, etc....
*Vampire Mistress Sakura: The End...or Just The Beginning?*
Sakura sunk down to her knees next to Syaoran, pulling the staff out of her chest in one smooth motion. She was in pain, a lot of pain, but luckily it had only grazed her heart, doing no real serious damage. It had brought on enough pain though, to temporarily break the link between Sakura and Mystica.
Sakura quickly crawled began to make her way towards Syaoran. Tomoyo and Kero-Chan met her half-way.. Tomoyo looked at Sakura, deep concern etched upon her face.
"Daijoubi desu ka, Sakura-Chan?" Tomoyo walked over to help Sakura up.
"H...Hai, but I'm not sure how long I can hold Mystica back, how's Syaoran-kun?"
Tomoyo shook her head, "He's not doing very good, Sakura-Chan." She whispered softly, "Come on, I'll help you to him."
Syaoran didn't look very good at all. He was hunched up in a ball, hands pressed against the wound that Sakura had caused. He was trembling violently, eyes tightly closed and teeth clenched together. Not only was he feeling his own pain, he was feeling Sakura's as well. Sakura's eyes began to fill with tears as Tomoyo helped her over.
"Syaoran?" Sakura whispered.
Syaoran raised his head, eyes tinged a very deep blood red, "Sakura." He whispered hoarsely. Sakura met his eyes than lowered them to gaze upon his wound. Even vampiric healing wasn't helping much, Syaoran was still bleeding a lot. Sakura bent down and placed her hands upon Syaoran's to help stop the bleeding.
"Gomen, Syaoran-kun, please forgive me." Sakura sniffled. Syaoran met her eyes once again and managed a weak smile, "Hai, Sakura-Chan, there's nothing to forgive. None of this is your fault."
"Still......" Syaoran shook his head. Leaning forward, he planted a soft kiss upon her lips, quieting her words.
Sakura pulled back and frowned, watching the blood ooze over her hands, "You need blood, or this isn't going to heal."
Syaoran closed his eyes and nodded, "Hai, you're too weak though, Sakura, and there's no other place to get any."
"Yes, there is." Tomoyo suddenly piped up. "Take mine."
"Nani?!?!" Both Sakura and Syaoran turned towards her, horrified expressions on both of their faces. Syaoran shook his head, "Iie, Daidouji. No way!"
Sakura shook her head as well, "Tomoyo-Chan, you don't want to live like this."
Tomoyo looked at both of her best friends, "As long as I'm with you both, I don't care how I live, either live or undead. You need my blood, Li-Kun, so take it!"
Syaoran chuckled softly, "You're definately stubborn." Tomoyo gave him a small grin and nodded, "Hai, that I am, Li-Kun." Syaoran nodded and took on a serious expression, "You know that there is no going back, once this is done, Daidouji-san?"
Tomoyo nodded, "I know, Li-kun. I know what I'm getting into and I'm more than willing to do it. There is one thing though..."
"What's that?"
"No more Daidouji-san, Li-Kun. It's a little too formal now, don't you think? Just stick with Tomoyo-Chan."
Syaoran grinned, "Hai, Dai....Tomoyo-chan." Sakura smiled at the sound of it as well, "In that case, how about just Syaoran-Kun then."
"Hai, Syaoran-Kun."
Sakura suddenly broke the mood with a loud gasp. Gritting her teeth, she looked up, "We need to hurry, I can't hold Mystica off much longer."
Tomoyo situated herself infront of Syaoran and brushed her hair to the side. Syaoran took her head gently in his hands and tilted her neck, then bent down. Praying to Kami-Sama and making sure that Sakura was watching, he dropped his fangs, then sank them into her neck.
Syaoran began to drink, making sure to keep listening for the tale tale last signs of Tomoyo's heartbeat fading. Sakura sat by his side watching. This was Syaoran's first time bringing someone over and she didn't want anything to happen to either of them. Kero-Chan had perched on Sakura's shoulder, staying quiet, as he knew just how delicate the situation had become.
Finally, Sakura placed a hand on Syaoran's shoulder. "Enough." She whispered softly. Taking his wrist, Sakura sliced it gently with her fingernail and brought it to Tomoyo's lips, "Now, it's up to her."
All three held their breath, waiting to see what Tomoyo would do. Finally, she began to take the blood. Sakura reached over and stroked Tomoyo's hair as she slowly opened her eyes.
"How are you feeling?" Sakura asked as Tomoyo sat up. Letting go of Syaoran's wrist, she looked around, "A bit weird, but I'm sure that will pass, ne?"
"Hai." Syaoran nodded, "You had us all a bit scared. We didn't think you were gonna take the blood."
"Gomen. It took me a bit longer to figure out what to do than I though it would."
Sakura looked down at Syaoran's wound and smiled, "Looks like you've stopped bleeding as badly, Syaoran-kun." The wound was still bleeding, but the blood wasn't pouring out anymore, it has turned into a small trickle. Suddenly, Sakura's eyes flashed and she flung herself backwards, away from the three.
'Nice try, small one, but you can't get rid of me that easily.' Mystica's voice pounded through Sakura's head. Syaoran had started to get up, but Sakura quickly shouted to him, "Stay away, she's back!"
Both Tomoyo and Syaoran stood frozen, watching Sakura's movement carefully, neither were really prepared to fight Sakura again. Suddenly, a loud thud was heard, then a soft moan from Sakura as she slumped to the ground, unconscious.
While attention was diverted elsewhere, Kero-Chan had managed to make his way over to Tomoyo's video camera. Making his way to Sakura, the small guardian beast has mustered all of his strength and lifting the camera as high as he could get, had brought it down on Sakura's head as hard as he could.
"Gomen, Sakura-Chan, but that's a better alternative than anything else I could think of." Kero-Chan muttered. Syaoran and Tomoyo quickly ran over, "Kero-Chan!"
Tomoyo looked at the guardian beast with shock clearly on her face. Kero-Chan gave her a small grin, "Gomen, but that's the only thing I could think of that wouldn't cause too much damage and not hurt her too badly."
Syaoran brushed a strand of hair out of Sakura's face and nodded, "The stuffed animal's right. This way, no one gets hurt."
Bending down, Syaoran scooped Sakura into his arms, "Come on, let's head home. We all need blood and we need time to think. We'll figure out what to do with Sakura-Chan when we get there........"
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As they entered the hideout, Serra and Touya ran up to them. Serra took one look at their condition and immediately went to the fridge, retrieving blood for them all. Touya, on the other hand, wasn't as calm as Serra.
"Alright Gaki, what happened?!??!" Touya exclaimed as he looked from each person and then to his knocked out kaijuu.
"Long story." Syaoran muttered, heading for the nearest bed. Setting Sakura gently down, he met Touya's gaze, "We need something strong enough that Sakura-Chan can't break it that we can use to tie her up..."
Touya's eyes widened at this, "NANI?!?!? You are not tying my Imouto up!" He growled, glaring at Syaoran. Syaoran returned the glare with a smirk, "We don't have any choice, unless you would like to stop her when she attacks everyone here!"
Both 'boys' continued to glare when Tomoyo suddenly when up to Touya putting a hand upon his arm, "Syaoran-kun's right. Mystica has taken over Sakura's body and if we don't find something to tie her up with, she's going to attack everyone here."
Touya met Tomoyo's eyes and saw the hurt and pain that this was causing her.. Finally, he sighed and nodded, "Fine. We'll ask Serra and see if she has anything we can use." Turning, he headed for the door and out to get her.
Returning a few minutes later with Serra and Yukito, Touya headed to one side of the bed, rope in hand, "Alright Gaki, take this end and tie it around her ankles. I'll get her wrists. This is the strongest stuff that we could find and she 'shouldn't' be able to break it."
Syaoran took the rope and did as instructed. As soon as they had finished, Serra led them all to the kitchen and set them down. After grabbing the bottles of blood for the group of vampires and a bit of food for Kero-Chan, Serra joined them at the table......"So, what happened?"
Syaoran, Kero, and Tomoyo all glanced at each other, then began to explain...................
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Story told, all sat trying to contemplate on what do to next. Suddenly, a loud growl was heard from the room Sakura was in. Each looked at one another, then headed into the bedroom.
Sakura was definately up. Blood red eyes met each person as they entered and soon it was realized that this was not the sweet Sakura-Chan they all knew.
Serra decided to speak for them all, "What have you done to Sakura-Chan and why are you doing this?"
'Sakura' glared at Serra, pure hatred etched on her face, "Don't you realize who I am? I created all of you, and I will take each of you out. I can control all of your actions and even your thoughts as I please. I will give all of you a choice though. Join me, and together we will rule all vampires and soon, we will rule the mortals as well."
"Never!" Syaoran exclaimed, "How dare you use Sakura-Chan to do your bidding. Let her go!"
'Sakura' met Syaoran's eyes and chuckled, "Ah! Xiao Lang, I see that the Card Mistress failed in her mission to take care of you. She will be punished."
"Don't you dare!" Syaoran growled, charging forward. Touya grabbed Syaoran's upper arm and pulled him back, "Calm down." Touya calmly said.
"Demo!.....How can you just...?"
Touya shook his head, "She's just trying to scare everyone. If we attack her now, we're going to hurt Sakura. Just take it easy."
Syaoran took a deep breath and nodded. Touya was right, this wasn't the time to fly off the handle. Suddenly, Fujitaka entered from where he had been watching in the hall. Walking over to his otome, he looked into her eyes and spoke softly, "What do you want in exchange for letting Sakura go?"
'Sakura' raised an eyebrow and stopped for a second, "We will fight, one on one, winner takes all. If I win, you will all join me, if I lose, I will leave you all in peace, never to return. Do we have a deal?"
Fujitaka turned to look at all of his fellow vampires, who nodded. "Hai, it's a deal."
"So be it. In one hour, I will give Sakura directions and she will lead you to the place that we will meet. Until then, Sayonara."
Sakura slowly slumped down, once again unconscious. Serra motioned for everyone to follow her out of the room.
Once again in the kitchen, Syaoran turned to the group, a deep frown upon his face, "You all do know this is a trap?"
"Hai, of course we do, Syaoran-kun." Tomoyo answered. "But what else can we do?"
Syaoran shook his head, "I don't know. Even if we do get to her, all she has to do is the exact same thing she's doing to Sakura. We don't stand a chance."
Suddenly, Yukito spoke up, "Perhaps we still do have a chance."
Everyone quickly turned to him, "Yuki?" Touya asked.
Suddenly, a bright light surrounded Yukito, blinding everyone for a second. When everyone's eyes finally adjusted, all were shocked to find Yue before them.
"Mystica only has control of Yukito's form, for only that form is the vampire. She has no control over me. This way, we will be able to attack without her interference." Yue replied.
Perhaps they still had a chance yet..........
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An hour later, they were on their way. Sakura had been released and seemed to be back to her normal self though she was following the instructions to get the group to where Mystica had planned.
Finally, they reached their destination, an old abandoned graveyard and mausoleum. Sakura moved closer to Syaoran, looking around nervously. Vampire or not, she still hadn't lost her childhood fear of ghosts. Syaoran noticed and reached for her hand, giving it a gentle squeeze.
Yue, Serra, and Kero-Chan, now in Kerberos form, led the way, while Sakura, Syaoran, Tomoyo and Touya were in back. Fujitaka had stayed at the hideout to keep an eye on things there. Yue opened the door to the mausoleum, leading the others inside.
"So, you've finally arrived." Mystica's voice rang out, "Have you picked who will be the one to fight me?"
"Hai, I will be the one to fight." Yue answered, looking over his opponent. Mystica eyed Yue as well and nodded, "A smart move, little one." She replied to Sakura. "Using a non-vampire to fight, still, he hasn't a chance. Let this begin...now!"
In one swift movement, Mystica had knocked Yue down before he had even known what had hit him. Mystica chuckled and shook her head, "Is this the best that you have?" Yue was not amused.
Rising to his feet in one graceful movement, Yue unfurled his wings and took to the air. Flying right above Mystica, he summoned ice shards and hurled them right at her.
"Not bad, but you really must try harder!" Mystica taunted as she easily avoided the shards. Taking to the air as well and using vampiric speed, she hurled herself right at him, slicing a gash into his side. Yue winced and charged her as well.
The battle continued on, each doing their own little bit of damage to one another. Busily watching the battle, no one had noticed that Tomoyo had snuck outside...........
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Tomoyo had gotten a bad feeling from all of this and somehow knew that Yue just wasn't going to win this battle on his own. Looking around the graveyard, she searched for something that just might help him out.
She suddenly noticed a large knarled oak tree, who's branches seemed to be drooping. Reaching up, she broke one of the branches off and looked it over, an idea forming in her head.........
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Syaoran sat watching the battle, trying to figure out someway that he could help Yue. Suddenly, he heard a soft voice in his head.
'Syaoran-kun?'
'Tomoyo-Chan? Where are you?'
'Outside, I snuck out. Can you or Sakura-Chan sneak out here?'
Syaoran pulled Sakura's hand gently, leading her towards the door. Both kept looking over their shoulders, making sure Mystica didn't notice. Kero and Touya had.
Figuring the two had a plan and that it would not be a good idea for them to get caught, both Kero and Touya moved side by side to each other, blocking Sakura and Syaoran from Mystica's view. Both hurried outside...
"Over here!" Tomoyo called.
"What is it Tomoyo-Chan?" Sakura looked from her to the branch that she held in her hand. Syaoran understood immediately.
Calling his sword forth, he took the branch from Tomoyo and carved it into a crude version of a stake. It would still manage the job though, if they could get close enough to Mystica to use it........
Sneaking back inside, the three headed over to Touya.
"How's Yue-San doing?" Sakura whispered to her Onii-chan. Touya just shook his head, a worried frown on his face, "Not too good, Kaijuu."
Suddenly, they heard a loud thump, followed by a snarl. Mystica had somehow managed to knock Yue out of the air and had him pinned, "This ends now!" She hissed.
Tomoyo knew it was now or never. Grabbing the stake Syaoran held in his hands, and using a gust of vampiric speed, Tomoyo made her way over to Mystica, and slammed the stake into her back. This was the exact chance that Yue needed. Using his wings, Yue flung himself forward, pushing Mystica off of him and onto the floor, upon her back. The force of the impact caused the stake to enter further, piercing her heart. Mystica let out an enraged growl..
"You may have won this round, but this is by far not the end!" She snarled. With that, Mystica disappeared in a puff of smoke.
Sakura suddenly felt a sharp pain in her head, then heard a loud crack. Syaoran caught her just as her knees gave out.
"Sakura?" Syaoran questioned.
"I'm alright, Mystica's link has been broken." Sakura replied, giving Syaoran a soft smile. He bent forward, kissing her on the forehead, "Thank Kami-Sama." He whispered.
"Iie, I think we should thank Yue-San and Tomoyo-Chan." Sakura grinned.
"Hai, I think you're right." Syaoran helped Sakura up and they headed over to the rest of the group. Tomoyo immediately spotted Sakura and ran over to her, giving her a big hug.
"Sakura-Chan, Syaoran-Kun....?"
"Fine!" They both replied in unison.
"Arigato-Tomoyo-Chan, and to you as well, Yue-San." Yue just nodded, a smile almost appearing on his face. Tomoyo gave a tired smile, "I didn't really think I had it in me. I mean, I barely even know how to use these powers."
"Well, you did a pretty good job, Tomoyo-Chan." Sakura smiled as Syaoran nodded his agreement. Suddenly, Tomoyo perked up, "Well, you know I'd do anything to be able to help my kawaii Sakura-Chan!"
Sakura and Syaoran just shook their heads. Vampirism had had no effect on Tomoyo's attitude, which both were totally happy about. Tomoyo would always be Tomoyo and nothing would ever change that.
Serra made her way over to the group, smile upon her face. "We did it."
"Hai! But she's still not destroyed and we're still......" Sakura replied sadly.
"Don't worry about that, Sakura. I think we've all come to accept what we are and I think we can manage to stay this way a bit longer."
Sakura nodded and looked at each member of her 'family.' Serra was right. They had survived this long, they would be able to survive until meeting up with Mystica again.
"Now, what do you say we all head home?.................."
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"I now pronounce you man and wife. All of you!"
Li Sakura looked at her new husband, a smile beaming on her face as Kinomoto Serra gave a grin to her new husband as well. The double wedding had actually gone beautifully.
Tomoyo had designed all the wedding outfits. She had placed Sakura in a light pink ball gown type of dress. cherry blossoms lining the bottom of the skirt. A pink veil and matching shoes and gloves had completed the ensemble. Syaoran was dressed in a dark, forest green dress shirt and black trousers. Each of their outfits complimenting each other beautifully. Serra had been placed in the same type of gown as Sakura's, except the colouring was light blue, matching her eyes. The veil was blue as were her shoes and gloves also. Fujitaka was in a dark, navy blue dress shirt and black trousers as well. When asked about the colours, Tomoyo had simply stated that their wedding had to be special and plain colours just wouldn't do.
Touya still was getting used to the idea that his new keibo(stepmother) looked almost the same age as he. He shrugged it off though as he couldn't really complain too much. Spotting 'his' Kaijuu and the Gaki, he made his way over to them.
"Onii-chan!" Sakura smiled and hugged him. He hugged her back, "Congrats, Kaijuu....you too Gaki. Just remember, you hurt her and I'll......"
Suddenly, someone tugged on his arm and he turned to see Yukito. Yuki hugged both Sakura and Syaoran, then drug Touya off, keeping him from saying anything more.
Sakura grabbed Syaoran's hand and made her way to Fukitaka and Serra wishing them a congratulations as well.............
Finally, the party began to die down and Syaoran grabbed his wife's hand, pulling gently. Sakura soon caught the hint and with a quick farewell to their friends and family, Sakura and Syaoran went to spend their first night together as husband and wife....
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Sakura awoke, feeling something not quite right. Opening on eye, she noticed that Syaoran wasn't beside her, and that she was in her old bed. What was going on here?
Sitting up, she suddenly saw the sunlight streaming through the windows and hitting her bed. Moving her hand forward cautiously, Sakura placed it into the sun.
And didn't burst into flames.
Suddenly, she noticed something on the floor. Reaching down, she instantly recognized the glowing Clow Card.
The Dream Card
Sakura let out a small gasp. It had all been a dream. Every single, emotional tidbit had all been within her imagination. All the pain, suffering. and joy that she had been through has never even existed. Kero-Chan peeped his head out of his drawer, then flew over to Sakura, noticing the tears in her eyes. Just as he was about to ask her what was wrong, the phone rang.
Sakura reached over and picked it up.
"Moshi, Mosh...."
"Sakura-Chan, you need to get over to my house right now!!" Tomoyo answered, sounding almost hysterical.
"Hai, I'll be over as soon as I can."
"Just hurry!"
And with that, Tomoyo hung up. Sakura looked at the phone blankly for a second, then rushed around, throwing on some clothes."
"What's that all about?" Kero-Chan asked. Sakura shook her head, "No idea, but Tomoyo-Chan wants us to get over there right now!"
Kero slipped into one of Sakura's pockets as she headed out the door. With a quick goodbye to Fujitaka and to Touya, Sakura strapped on her rollarblades and raced to Tomoyo's house.....
She had barely taken off her skates and entered the doorway when Tomoyo grabbed her arm and pulled her up the stairs into the bedroom.
"Tomoyo-Chan?!?" Sakura questioned, raising an eyebrow. Tomoyo took one look at Sakura then glanced towards a darkened corner of her room.
"Li-Kun, you can come out, Sakura-Chan's here."
Li Syaoran emerged from the corner. His normal green fighting robes were torn and splattered with blood. The most noticable thing though were his eyes. A dark reddish gold had replaced the colour of his normal amber. Sakura's eyes widened and a small cry escaped her lips....
"Sakura, we need to talk."
Well, here's the last chapter and yes, I just had to do it. Something totally unexpected! I hope you've all enjoyed reading this, and yes, perhaps, there may be a sequel sometime in the future. =) Ja ne for now!
Well, here's the last chapter for you all. Anime Sister, I'm really glad that you brought up the Card Captoring thing because that's a major part of the story. Great job on paying attention! ;) To Everyone, arigato for all of the great reviews that I have gotten and I'm really really happy that you all have enjoyed this. :) Now, enough chit-chat and on to the story!
Disclaimer: CCS is owned by Clamp, etc....
*Vampire Mistress Sakura: The End...or Just The Beginning?*
Sakura sunk down to her knees next to Syaoran, pulling the staff out of her chest in one smooth motion. She was in pain, a lot of pain, but luckily it had only grazed her heart, doing no real serious damage. It had brought on enough pain though, to temporarily break the link between Sakura and Mystica.
Sakura quickly crawled began to make her way towards Syaoran. Tomoyo and Kero-Chan met her half-way.. Tomoyo looked at Sakura, deep concern etched upon her face.
"Daijoubi desu ka, Sakura-Chan?" Tomoyo walked over to help Sakura up.
"H...Hai, but I'm not sure how long I can hold Mystica back, how's Syaoran-kun?"
Tomoyo shook her head, "He's not doing very good, Sakura-Chan." She whispered softly, "Come on, I'll help you to him."
Syaoran didn't look very good at all. He was hunched up in a ball, hands pressed against the wound that Sakura had caused. He was trembling violently, eyes tightly closed and teeth clenched together. Not only was he feeling his own pain, he was feeling Sakura's as well. Sakura's eyes began to fill with tears as Tomoyo helped her over.
"Syaoran?" Sakura whispered.
Syaoran raised his head, eyes tinged a very deep blood red, "Sakura." He whispered hoarsely. Sakura met his eyes than lowered them to gaze upon his wound. Even vampiric healing wasn't helping much, Syaoran was still bleeding a lot. Sakura bent down and placed her hands upon Syaoran's to help stop the bleeding.
"Gomen, Syaoran-kun, please forgive me." Sakura sniffled. Syaoran met her eyes once again and managed a weak smile, "Hai, Sakura-Chan, there's nothing to forgive. None of this is your fault."
"Still......" Syaoran shook his head. Leaning forward, he planted a soft kiss upon her lips, quieting her words.
Sakura pulled back and frowned, watching the blood ooze over her hands, "You need blood, or this isn't going to heal."
Syaoran closed his eyes and nodded, "Hai, you're too weak though, Sakura, and there's no other place to get any."
"Yes, there is." Tomoyo suddenly piped up. "Take mine."
"Nani?!?!" Both Sakura and Syaoran turned towards her, horrified expressions on both of their faces. Syaoran shook his head, "Iie, Daidouji. No way!"
Sakura shook her head as well, "Tomoyo-Chan, you don't want to live like this."
Tomoyo looked at both of her best friends, "As long as I'm with you both, I don't care how I live, either live or undead. You need my blood, Li-Kun, so take it!"
Syaoran chuckled softly, "You're definately stubborn." Tomoyo gave him a small grin and nodded, "Hai, that I am, Li-Kun." Syaoran nodded and took on a serious expression, "You know that there is no going back, once this is done, Daidouji-san?"
Tomoyo nodded, "I know, Li-kun. I know what I'm getting into and I'm more than willing to do it. There is one thing though..."
"What's that?"
"No more Daidouji-san, Li-Kun. It's a little too formal now, don't you think? Just stick with Tomoyo-Chan."
Syaoran grinned, "Hai, Dai....Tomoyo-chan." Sakura smiled at the sound of it as well, "In that case, how about just Syaoran-Kun then."
"Hai, Syaoran-Kun."
Sakura suddenly broke the mood with a loud gasp. Gritting her teeth, she looked up, "We need to hurry, I can't hold Mystica off much longer."
Tomoyo situated herself infront of Syaoran and brushed her hair to the side. Syaoran took her head gently in his hands and tilted her neck, then bent down. Praying to Kami-Sama and making sure that Sakura was watching, he dropped his fangs, then sank them into her neck.
Syaoran began to drink, making sure to keep listening for the tale tale last signs of Tomoyo's heartbeat fading. Sakura sat by his side watching. This was Syaoran's first time bringing someone over and she didn't want anything to happen to either of them. Kero-Chan had perched on Sakura's shoulder, staying quiet, as he knew just how delicate the situation had become.
Finally, Sakura placed a hand on Syaoran's shoulder. "Enough." She whispered softly. Taking his wrist, Sakura sliced it gently with her fingernail and brought it to Tomoyo's lips, "Now, it's up to her."
All three held their breath, waiting to see what Tomoyo would do. Finally, she began to take the blood. Sakura reached over and stroked Tomoyo's hair as she slowly opened her eyes.
"How are you feeling?" Sakura asked as Tomoyo sat up. Letting go of Syaoran's wrist, she looked around, "A bit weird, but I'm sure that will pass, ne?"
"Hai." Syaoran nodded, "You had us all a bit scared. We didn't think you were gonna take the blood."
"Gomen. It took me a bit longer to figure out what to do than I though it would."
Sakura looked down at Syaoran's wound and smiled, "Looks like you've stopped bleeding as badly, Syaoran-kun." The wound was still bleeding, but the blood wasn't pouring out anymore, it has turned into a small trickle. Suddenly, Sakura's eyes flashed and she flung herself backwards, away from the three.
'Nice try, small one, but you can't get rid of me that easily.' Mystica's voice pounded through Sakura's head. Syaoran had started to get up, but Sakura quickly shouted to him, "Stay away, she's back!"
Both Tomoyo and Syaoran stood frozen, watching Sakura's movement carefully, neither were really prepared to fight Sakura again. Suddenly, a loud thud was heard, then a soft moan from Sakura as she slumped to the ground, unconscious.
While attention was diverted elsewhere, Kero-Chan had managed to make his way over to Tomoyo's video camera. Making his way to Sakura, the small guardian beast has mustered all of his strength and lifting the camera as high as he could get, had brought it down on Sakura's head as hard as he could.
"Gomen, Sakura-Chan, but that's a better alternative than anything else I could think of." Kero-Chan muttered. Syaoran and Tomoyo quickly ran over, "Kero-Chan!"
Tomoyo looked at the guardian beast with shock clearly on her face. Kero-Chan gave her a small grin, "Gomen, but that's the only thing I could think of that wouldn't cause too much damage and not hurt her too badly."
Syaoran brushed a strand of hair out of Sakura's face and nodded, "The stuffed animal's right. This way, no one gets hurt."
Bending down, Syaoran scooped Sakura into his arms, "Come on, let's head home. We all need blood and we need time to think. We'll figure out what to do with Sakura-Chan when we get there........"
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As they entered the hideout, Serra and Touya ran up to them. Serra took one look at their condition and immediately went to the fridge, retrieving blood for them all. Touya, on the other hand, wasn't as calm as Serra.
"Alright Gaki, what happened?!??!" Touya exclaimed as he looked from each person and then to his knocked out kaijuu.
"Long story." Syaoran muttered, heading for the nearest bed. Setting Sakura gently down, he met Touya's gaze, "We need something strong enough that Sakura-Chan can't break it that we can use to tie her up..."
Touya's eyes widened at this, "NANI?!?!? You are not tying my Imouto up!" He growled, glaring at Syaoran. Syaoran returned the glare with a smirk, "We don't have any choice, unless you would like to stop her when she attacks everyone here!"
Both 'boys' continued to glare when Tomoyo suddenly when up to Touya putting a hand upon his arm, "Syaoran-kun's right. Mystica has taken over Sakura's body and if we don't find something to tie her up with, she's going to attack everyone here."
Touya met Tomoyo's eyes and saw the hurt and pain that this was causing her.. Finally, he sighed and nodded, "Fine. We'll ask Serra and see if she has anything we can use." Turning, he headed for the door and out to get her.
Returning a few minutes later with Serra and Yukito, Touya headed to one side of the bed, rope in hand, "Alright Gaki, take this end and tie it around her ankles. I'll get her wrists. This is the strongest stuff that we could find and she 'shouldn't' be able to break it."
Syaoran took the rope and did as instructed. As soon as they had finished, Serra led them all to the kitchen and set them down. After grabbing the bottles of blood for the group of vampires and a bit of food for Kero-Chan, Serra joined them at the table......"So, what happened?"
Syaoran, Kero, and Tomoyo all glanced at each other, then began to explain...................
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Story told, all sat trying to contemplate on what do to next. Suddenly, a loud growl was heard from the room Sakura was in. Each looked at one another, then headed into the bedroom.
Sakura was definately up. Blood red eyes met each person as they entered and soon it was realized that this was not the sweet Sakura-Chan they all knew.
Serra decided to speak for them all, "What have you done to Sakura-Chan and why are you doing this?"
'Sakura' glared at Serra, pure hatred etched on her face, "Don't you realize who I am? I created all of you, and I will take each of you out. I can control all of your actions and even your thoughts as I please. I will give all of you a choice though. Join me, and together we will rule all vampires and soon, we will rule the mortals as well."
"Never!" Syaoran exclaimed, "How dare you use Sakura-Chan to do your bidding. Let her go!"
'Sakura' met Syaoran's eyes and chuckled, "Ah! Xiao Lang, I see that the Card Mistress failed in her mission to take care of you. She will be punished."
"Don't you dare!" Syaoran growled, charging forward. Touya grabbed Syaoran's upper arm and pulled him back, "Calm down." Touya calmly said.
"Demo!.....How can you just...?"
Touya shook his head, "She's just trying to scare everyone. If we attack her now, we're going to hurt Sakura. Just take it easy."
Syaoran took a deep breath and nodded. Touya was right, this wasn't the time to fly off the handle. Suddenly, Fujitaka entered from where he had been watching in the hall. Walking over to his otome, he looked into her eyes and spoke softly, "What do you want in exchange for letting Sakura go?"
'Sakura' raised an eyebrow and stopped for a second, "We will fight, one on one, winner takes all. If I win, you will all join me, if I lose, I will leave you all in peace, never to return. Do we have a deal?"
Fujitaka turned to look at all of his fellow vampires, who nodded. "Hai, it's a deal."
"So be it. In one hour, I will give Sakura directions and she will lead you to the place that we will meet. Until then, Sayonara."
Sakura slowly slumped down, once again unconscious. Serra motioned for everyone to follow her out of the room.
Once again in the kitchen, Syaoran turned to the group, a deep frown upon his face, "You all do know this is a trap?"
"Hai, of course we do, Syaoran-kun." Tomoyo answered. "But what else can we do?"
Syaoran shook his head, "I don't know. Even if we do get to her, all she has to do is the exact same thing she's doing to Sakura. We don't stand a chance."
Suddenly, Yukito spoke up, "Perhaps we still do have a chance."
Everyone quickly turned to him, "Yuki?" Touya asked.
Suddenly, a bright light surrounded Yukito, blinding everyone for a second. When everyone's eyes finally adjusted, all were shocked to find Yue before them.
"Mystica only has control of Yukito's form, for only that form is the vampire. She has no control over me. This way, we will be able to attack without her interference." Yue replied.
Perhaps they still had a chance yet..........
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An hour later, they were on their way. Sakura had been released and seemed to be back to her normal self though she was following the instructions to get the group to where Mystica had planned.
Finally, they reached their destination, an old abandoned graveyard and mausoleum. Sakura moved closer to Syaoran, looking around nervously. Vampire or not, she still hadn't lost her childhood fear of ghosts. Syaoran noticed and reached for her hand, giving it a gentle squeeze.
Yue, Serra, and Kero-Chan, now in Kerberos form, led the way, while Sakura, Syaoran, Tomoyo and Touya were in back. Fujitaka had stayed at the hideout to keep an eye on things there. Yue opened the door to the mausoleum, leading the others inside.
"So, you've finally arrived." Mystica's voice rang out, "Have you picked who will be the one to fight me?"
"Hai, I will be the one to fight." Yue answered, looking over his opponent. Mystica eyed Yue as well and nodded, "A smart move, little one." She replied to Sakura. "Using a non-vampire to fight, still, he hasn't a chance. Let this begin...now!"
In one swift movement, Mystica had knocked Yue down before he had even known what had hit him. Mystica chuckled and shook her head, "Is this the best that you have?" Yue was not amused.
Rising to his feet in one graceful movement, Yue unfurled his wings and took to the air. Flying right above Mystica, he summoned ice shards and hurled them right at her.
"Not bad, but you really must try harder!" Mystica taunted as she easily avoided the shards. Taking to the air as well and using vampiric speed, she hurled herself right at him, slicing a gash into his side. Yue winced and charged her as well.
The battle continued on, each doing their own little bit of damage to one another. Busily watching the battle, no one had noticed that Tomoyo had snuck outside...........
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Tomoyo had gotten a bad feeling from all of this and somehow knew that Yue just wasn't going to win this battle on his own. Looking around the graveyard, she searched for something that just might help him out.
She suddenly noticed a large knarled oak tree, who's branches seemed to be drooping. Reaching up, she broke one of the branches off and looked it over, an idea forming in her head.........
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Syaoran sat watching the battle, trying to figure out someway that he could help Yue. Suddenly, he heard a soft voice in his head.
'Syaoran-kun?'
'Tomoyo-Chan? Where are you?'
'Outside, I snuck out. Can you or Sakura-Chan sneak out here?'
Syaoran pulled Sakura's hand gently, leading her towards the door. Both kept looking over their shoulders, making sure Mystica didn't notice. Kero and Touya had.
Figuring the two had a plan and that it would not be a good idea for them to get caught, both Kero and Touya moved side by side to each other, blocking Sakura and Syaoran from Mystica's view. Both hurried outside...
"Over here!" Tomoyo called.
"What is it Tomoyo-Chan?" Sakura looked from her to the branch that she held in her hand. Syaoran understood immediately.
Calling his sword forth, he took the branch from Tomoyo and carved it into a crude version of a stake. It would still manage the job though, if they could get close enough to Mystica to use it........
Sneaking back inside, the three headed over to Touya.
"How's Yue-San doing?" Sakura whispered to her Onii-chan. Touya just shook his head, a worried frown on his face, "Not too good, Kaijuu."
Suddenly, they heard a loud thump, followed by a snarl. Mystica had somehow managed to knock Yue out of the air and had him pinned, "This ends now!" She hissed.
Tomoyo knew it was now or never. Grabbing the stake Syaoran held in his hands, and using a gust of vampiric speed, Tomoyo made her way over to Mystica, and slammed the stake into her back. This was the exact chance that Yue needed. Using his wings, Yue flung himself forward, pushing Mystica off of him and onto the floor, upon her back. The force of the impact caused the stake to enter further, piercing her heart. Mystica let out an enraged growl..
"You may have won this round, but this is by far not the end!" She snarled. With that, Mystica disappeared in a puff of smoke.
Sakura suddenly felt a sharp pain in her head, then heard a loud crack. Syaoran caught her just as her knees gave out.
"Sakura?" Syaoran questioned.
"I'm alright, Mystica's link has been broken." Sakura replied, giving Syaoran a soft smile. He bent forward, kissing her on the forehead, "Thank Kami-Sama." He whispered.
"Iie, I think we should thank Yue-San and Tomoyo-Chan." Sakura grinned.
"Hai, I think you're right." Syaoran helped Sakura up and they headed over to the rest of the group. Tomoyo immediately spotted Sakura and ran over to her, giving her a big hug.
"Sakura-Chan, Syaoran-Kun....?"
"Fine!" They both replied in unison.
"Arigato-Tomoyo-Chan, and to you as well, Yue-San." Yue just nodded, a smile almost appearing on his face. Tomoyo gave a tired smile, "I didn't really think I had it in me. I mean, I barely even know how to use these powers."
"Well, you did a pretty good job, Tomoyo-Chan." Sakura smiled as Syaoran nodded his agreement. Suddenly, Tomoyo perked up, "Well, you know I'd do anything to be able to help my kawaii Sakura-Chan!"
Sakura and Syaoran just shook their heads. Vampirism had had no effect on Tomoyo's attitude, which both were totally happy about. Tomoyo would always be Tomoyo and nothing would ever change that.
Serra made her way over to the group, smile upon her face. "We did it."
"Hai! But she's still not destroyed and we're still......" Sakura replied sadly.
"Don't worry about that, Sakura. I think we've all come to accept what we are and I think we can manage to stay this way a bit longer."
Sakura nodded and looked at each member of her 'family.' Serra was right. They had survived this long, they would be able to survive until meeting up with Mystica again.
"Now, what do you say we all head home?.................."
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"I now pronounce you man and wife. All of you!"
Li Sakura looked at her new husband, a smile beaming on her face as Kinomoto Serra gave a grin to her new husband as well. The double wedding had actually gone beautifully.
Tomoyo had designed all the wedding outfits. She had placed Sakura in a light pink ball gown type of dress. cherry blossoms lining the bottom of the skirt. A pink veil and matching shoes and gloves had completed the ensemble. Syaoran was dressed in a dark, forest green dress shirt and black trousers. Each of their outfits complimenting each other beautifully. Serra had been placed in the same type of gown as Sakura's, except the colouring was light blue, matching her eyes. The veil was blue as were her shoes and gloves also. Fujitaka was in a dark, navy blue dress shirt and black trousers as well. When asked about the colours, Tomoyo had simply stated that their wedding had to be special and plain colours just wouldn't do.
Touya still was getting used to the idea that his new keibo(stepmother) looked almost the same age as he. He shrugged it off though as he couldn't really complain too much. Spotting 'his' Kaijuu and the Gaki, he made his way over to them.
"Onii-chan!" Sakura smiled and hugged him. He hugged her back, "Congrats, Kaijuu....you too Gaki. Just remember, you hurt her and I'll......"
Suddenly, someone tugged on his arm and he turned to see Yukito. Yuki hugged both Sakura and Syaoran, then drug Touya off, keeping him from saying anything more.
Sakura grabbed Syaoran's hand and made her way to Fukitaka and Serra wishing them a congratulations as well.............
Finally, the party began to die down and Syaoran grabbed his wife's hand, pulling gently. Sakura soon caught the hint and with a quick farewell to their friends and family, Sakura and Syaoran went to spend their first night together as husband and wife....
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Sakura awoke, feeling something not quite right. Opening on eye, she noticed that Syaoran wasn't beside her, and that she was in her old bed. What was going on here?
Sitting up, she suddenly saw the sunlight streaming through the windows and hitting her bed. Moving her hand forward cautiously, Sakura placed it into the sun.
And didn't burst into flames.
Suddenly, she noticed something on the floor. Reaching down, she instantly recognized the glowing Clow Card.
The Dream Card
Sakura let out a small gasp. It had all been a dream. Every single, emotional tidbit had all been within her imagination. All the pain, suffering. and joy that she had been through has never even existed. Kero-Chan peeped his head out of his drawer, then flew over to Sakura, noticing the tears in her eyes. Just as he was about to ask her what was wrong, the phone rang.
Sakura reached over and picked it up.
"Moshi, Mosh...."
"Sakura-Chan, you need to get over to my house right now!!" Tomoyo answered, sounding almost hysterical.
"Hai, I'll be over as soon as I can."
"Just hurry!"
And with that, Tomoyo hung up. Sakura looked at the phone blankly for a second, then rushed around, throwing on some clothes."
"What's that all about?" Kero-Chan asked. Sakura shook her head, "No idea, but Tomoyo-Chan wants us to get over there right now!"
Kero slipped into one of Sakura's pockets as she headed out the door. With a quick goodbye to Fujitaka and to Touya, Sakura strapped on her rollarblades and raced to Tomoyo's house.....
She had barely taken off her skates and entered the doorway when Tomoyo grabbed her arm and pulled her up the stairs into the bedroom.
"Tomoyo-Chan?!?" Sakura questioned, raising an eyebrow. Tomoyo took one look at Sakura then glanced towards a darkened corner of her room.
"Li-Kun, you can come out, Sakura-Chan's here."
Li Syaoran emerged from the corner. His normal green fighting robes were torn and splattered with blood. The most noticable thing though were his eyes. A dark reddish gold had replaced the colour of his normal amber. Sakura's eyes widened and a small cry escaped her lips....
"Sakura, we need to talk."
Well, here's the last chapter and yes, I just had to do it. Something totally unexpected! I hope you've all enjoyed reading this, and yes, perhaps, there may be a sequel sometime in the future. =) Ja ne for now!