Geo: Hey folks. Well, I finally finished the fic, and I must say I'm VERY disappointed with it. This is DEFINITELY not one of my 'best efforts'. I'm in a slum right now because of this AWFUL writing but I'll get out of this. When I had the idea for this fanfic, my friend was saying how it should be connected with this sonnet I made. I was going to but, you know what? No, just...*shakes head* Anyways, I'm really sorry to disappoint you all. It's just that....*sigh* I don't know. At least I'm FINISHED this fic and I can get on to other things such as...the sequel to DANGEROUS RIVALS fic...heh heh...anyways, I don't own CCS and please to criticize to hard...I'm doing enough 'Geo-bashing' to myself for this fic. Oh well. Final chapter of Tomorrow...finally...
Chapter 5: Through Sorrow, There Will Always Be Tomorrow
The two teens ran down the stairs quickly, even though they knew that The Time was working on the killer. Somehow, they just had to get somewhere, anywhere other than Sakura's house. Somewhere safe.
'I'm safe now that I'm with Syaoran,' thought Sakura as she took a quick glance at the young warrior. His jaw was set and his eyes hard.
"How could I be so stupid?" He was muttering. "So incredibly stupid! To leave you all alone..." He looked at her, his eyes filled with concern. "Are you alright?" Sakura nodded, hiding her left arm from his view.
"Of course I'm alright. You got here just in time." He smiled, although she could tell he wasn't thoroughly convinced. However, a familiar menacing laugh halted them.
By then, the two had reached the end of the street, the yellow haze of the time card still present. But that laugh...how could it be?
Sakura gasped and Syaoran looked surprised, but quickly placed himself in front of Sakura.
For there in front of them stood the menacing psychopath killer.
'Damn it, what happened?' Syaoran frantically thought. 'It doesn't matter. I MUST protect Sakura. I won't let her get hurt.'
"What the hell are you doing here?" He asked coldly. The guy just laughed.
"My employer gave me some counter spells for those magic spells of your girlfriend over there. He had a feeling she would try and help you." Both Syaoran and Sakura were confused.
"Your...employer?" Sakura asked, a bit shocked. The guy smiled.
"Of course, employer. Personally, I don't have anything against you or Syaoran. However, my job requires me to keep emotions behind me." Syaoran gritted his teeth in disgust.
"A hitman," he muttered. The guy laughed again.
"Of course. What else did you expect? Now, if you excuse me, I have a job to finish."
Taking something out from his pocket, a dark sword formed in his hands. Syaoran went back into his fighting stance, ready to protect Sakura with his life.
Advancing quickly, the killer slashed at Syaoran, who quickly counter attacked.
'I have to get this fight away from Sakura. I can't let her get hurt.'
Attacking to make the killer step back, Syaoran knew that this was all too easy, in a weird sort of sense.
'If he has this sort of magic, what else does he have up his sleeve? He must have something else.'
The killer took a cheap shot and kicked Syaoran in the gut -- hard. Groaning, Syaoran stepped back but never took his eye of the man. The killer took his chance as Syaoran doubled over in pain and kicked his sword so that it was out of reach.
"Now that your out of the way, I can get rid of your girlfriend." The guy said, smiling and taking something else out of his pocket. Sprinkling it onto his sword, it began to glow.
"This should finish you off." He said to Sakura, who stood, paralyzed, in her spot. A ball of light began to glow at the tip of the sword. Syaoran lifted his head, his eyes wide with fright.
'No...he can't kill her...I won't let him!' He thought as he struggled to his feet. Digging deep within himself, he found the strength to get to his feet and run over to Sakura just as the man let the ball of energy free.
To Sakura's utmost horror, Syaoran was standing in front of her with his back turned to the man, so the ball of energy contacted with him instead of Sakura.
"Syaoran, no!" Sakura cried as she saw the flash of bright light.
"Don't worry Sakura. Save yourself." He muttered and smiled. His eyes rolled back as he fell down to the ground.
"NO!" Sakura cried, tears in her eyes as she sank to her knees and looked down at the face of her love.
"No, no, Syaoran, you can't...you can't..."
"Tsk, tsk. I wasn't meaning for him to die just yet but...no matter." The guy said, smiling. Sakura looked up and the guy stopped smiling. Sakura's usual cheery face turned to one of full anger and rage.
"You...you killed him." She said, slowly standing up, the angry tears never ceasing to fall. "You killed him. How could you? I hate you! I hate you!" Sakura said and then summoned upon The Sword to aid her and The Fight to give her skills.
"I. Hate. You!" Sakura said as she slashed viciously at the killer. "How could you?! Have you no morals? Or sympathy?" She stopped to take a breath as the man tumbled backwards and fell. She glanced down at his sword and kicked it away.
"I loved him. How could you take him away from me?" She whispered, standing over the terrified man. "Well, I'll finish you. I'll have my revenge!" With that she lifted her sword and was about to bring down when she heard a faint sound from behind her.
"No, Sakura." Sakura gasped and turned around to see Syaoran trying to stand up.
"Syaoran. You're...you're alive." She said. She ran to him, throwing down her sword which returned to her staff. She flung her arms around his neck, new tears flowing down her face.
"Syaoran, I thought you were..."
"She had the right to be." The killer said, standing up nervously. "That blast was enough to kill anyone."
"Obviously not strong enough." Syaoran said to him. He glanced back to Sakura and smiled gently.
"I'm alive, Sakura. I didn't want you to kill him for nothing. Scum like him shouldn't be the cause for you to stain your hands red with blood." He said and glared at the killer who was walking back to his sword. Letting go of Sakura, he went over to the man and kicked him, which made the him collapse. Quickly picking up the sword, he passed it over to Sakura.
"Stay where you are." Syaoran whispered fiercely, smiling a bit when he heard the distinct sounds of the sirens coming nearer. To convince the man, he kicked him, not as hard, in the shins.
"Syaoran! Sakura! There you are!" Meilin cried, jumping out of a police car. Syaoran smiled.
"We're alright, Meilin, don't worry." He said, then groaned. Sakura walked back to him and took his hand in hers. Smiling, Syaoran looked down at her. He frowned when he saw Sakura's bleeding arm.
"What happened here?" He asked, ripping some of his shirt and placing it over her wound to stop the bleeding. She smiled and shook her head.
"Nothing that's of any importance, Syaoran. Not anymore." She said as they both watched the man being taken away in hand cuffs.
"This needs to be looked at, Sakura." He said sternly. She smiled and hugged him again.
"The only thing that's important is that we're both alive." She whispered. Syaoran hugged her back. Blushing a bit, he bent his head down towards hers, his lips brushing hers.
"Oh, how kawaii!" Tomoyo said, with her video camera. Sakura and Syaoran jumped out of each other's arms and sweatdropped.
"Tomoyo, do you always carry that around?" Sakura asked her best friend. Tomoyo just smiled and walked back with Meilin.
"I will never figure out that girl." Syaoran said as he and Sakura turned to a waiting police officer.
~*~*~*~Next Day~*~*~*~
Sakura walked back from the doctors, a bandage around her arm. Glancing back, she saw Meilin fussing over her cousin, who had a slight burn on his back, and Tomoyo who was videotaping every move.
"I'm going to call this "Survival: Card Captor Style". Oh, it will be so perfect, especially the ending!" Tomoyo said, putting the video camera back into her bag.
The four were walking back to the same ice cream shop for some ice cream. They, especially Sakura and Syaoran, had been through a lot of interviews and questions by police, medics and lawyers and needed some time to lay back and wait for any news.
After placing their orders at the counter, the four sat down in their usual booth.
"So, do you know who this creep was working for?" Asked Tomoyo while she took a lick from her vanilla ice cream. Syaoran nodded.
"Yeah, the guy spilled everything last night, hoping that perhaps he could shorter sentence if he cooperated with the police. Anyways, it seems like it was some sort of third cousin from down the line who lived in America who seemed to just hate my guts. I don't know why he wanted to kill me but..." He shrugged as he took a bite from his chocolate sundae.
"Well, at least we're all safe." Sakura said quietly, smiling warmly at Syaoran. He smiled back but the smile quickly turned to a frown. He quietly ate his sundae, deep in thought and only speaking when he offered to pay the bill.
'I wonder what he's thinking about. He looks so worried...so upset...' Sakura thought sadly, desperately hoping that she could erase that look of worry from his handsome amber eyes.
~*~*~*~*~
"I'll see you guys tomorrow afternoon at the pool, right?" Meilin asked as she and Tomoyo were about to leave. Sakura beamed and nodded.
"You'd better believe it! It's supposed to be really hot tomorrow." The friends said their good byes and soon it was only Syaoran and Sakura left. Sakura looked up at Syaoran. He still looked upset.
"Do you...do you want to go for a walk?" Sakura asked tentatively. He looked at her then smiled, nodding.
"Sure. I'd love it." He said. He took a few uneasy steps from muscle pains (A/n: those really hurt) then smiled sheepishly.
"It, uh...still sort of hurts." He said, shrugging. Sakura laughed and took his hand.
"I understand...it was pretty close there." She whispered as they walked to their favourite spot in the park: under the cherry blossom tree.
The two were silent for a while, away on their own worlds, thinking their own thoughts.
"You know what, Syaoran?" Sakura finally said quietly.
"What, Sakura?" He replied, looking down at Sakura. At the love he thought he almost lost.
"I was really scared back there. And I mean scared. Not startled scared. It was more like...more like..." She paused, trying to look for the right simile.
"Kind of like you almost lost something that meant the world to you?" He whispered, looking back up at the beautiful cherry blossoms. Sakura shivered as the memory of Syaoran falling to the ground, his eyes rolling back.
"Yeah, you're right."
"I know, because I felt the same. I almost lost you, Sakura. I was terrified that that guy would stoop so low as to try and kill you." He said. He turned to her and smiled warily. "I'm so sorry, Sakura. I almost got you killed because I didn't want to call the police. I almost got you killed so many times."
"It wasn't your fault, Syaoran." She said, taking his hand. "You didn't mean to. You were sure you could do this by yourself. I'm glad you realized that you needed help before it was too late. I'm just so glad we're safe."
He smiled down at her then pulled her into a hug.
"Thank you, Sakura. For being so understanding. For being...for being you." He whispered, thankful that he was holding her in his arms, safe and sound.
"I was so afraid." She kept repeating, tears rolling down her cheeks. "I almost lost you...I was so afraid."
He pulled away just far enough to look her face to face. He smiled and wiped away the tears.
"Don't worry, Sakura. There may be sorrow in life, but just remember there will always be tomorrow. And I'll always be there." With that, he pulled her closer to him, kissing her with all her might. They were both thankful that all of the past interruptions were over and they could finally be together and live in as much peace and quiet as they could.
They broke the kiss for lack of air and just stood there, in each other's arms.
"Come on. Touya's going to have a fit if you're not home soon." Syaoran muttered, frowning at the thought of his arch-nemesis.
"Thanks, Syaoran." She whispered as he led the way, putting his arm around her wait.
The sun set on yet another day in the city of Tomoeda. What tomorrow held for the two cardcaptors, no one knew. But they both knew that they would be together and that was all they needed.
Fin
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Geo: CHEESY! BAD FIC! ARGH...I'm so embarrassed by
this fic. It's not that well written, bad ending...*sigh* oh well...I
think this was my second fic and I finally finished it. Oh well.
Brooklyn: Well...that wasn't too bad...somewhat...
Geo: SHUT UP! I don't need your criticism. I'm going to get enough
from disappointed readers...
Well, hope you somewhat liked it...did I shock you when Syaoran almost
died. Just to set the record straight, he didn't actually die...was just
very close to it.