SN: didn't I tell ya that you'd pplz would hate me after the last chapter? I guess I wuz right...well, I'm not quiet finished being the evil bitch that I am yet so...on with the fic!!!

The New Girl

By: Star Princess aka Starrie

Chapter 6



"Sakura!"

Tomoyo screamed out in horror as she saw her friends' lifeless form in Syaoran's arms. She immediately ran to her friends' side and felt for a pulse. Unfortunately, she couldn't find one.

Tomoyo turned to Syaoran to ask what happened when all of a sudden, she saw his sword. She put two and two together and figured out what had happened.

"What did you do to her!"

Tomoyo screamed out angrily as tears streamed down her cheeks"

"Tomoyo...it was an accident...I didn't know what I was doing, I was being controlled"

Christi, who was watching all of this with amusement, let out a laugh.

"The card mistress is dead and there's nothing any of you can do about it"

"We'll see about that"

Syaoran said as he got up and turned to face Christi. Because of her, he had killed the one thing he loved most. There was no way he was going to let her live.

"Syaoran, we don't have to fight...what do you say? Why don't you and me get together? We'll become the most powerful with our powers combined"

"You're gonna pay for what you made me do to Sakura"

Syaoran said through clenched teeth.

He grabbed his sword headed towards Christi. A sword materialized in her hands. She gave out an evil smirk.

"A fight is what you want? Then a fight is what you'll get"

Eriol then used this opportunity to run up to Sakura and Tomoyo. Tomoyo was crying uncontrollably not believing that her best friend had died. She looked up at Eriol when she saw him.

"Is there anything you can do?"

She choked out between sobs.

Eriol looked down at Sakura's form.

"There might be a way...But we need to defeat the enemy first. For now though, I can keep her semi-alive"

Eriol then knelt down and put both of his hands over Sakura. He closed his eyes in concentration and he began to glow a light blue. Soon, Sakura too started to glow with his energy.

"I can't keep this up much longer. Syaoran has to defeat Christi soon."

"I'll help him"

Keroberos said as he came up behind the Tomoyo and Eriol

He had just walked in because he found some trouble while getting there.

Keroberos then flew to where Syaoran and Christi were fighting and threw a fireball at Christi. She gracefully dodged it and then turned to look at Keroberos.

"This fight doesn't concern you"

She then pointed her sword towards Keroberos and an electrical current shot out and hit him. The power was so strong that it made him change back into Kero.

"Leave him alone...I'm the one you're fighting, remember?"

Syaoran said as he stood in front of Kero as if to protect him from Christi.

He then swung his sword again and it hit Christi. Syaoran looked at Christi in triumph, but her wound just closed up. He then stood there with a confused expression on his face.

"How..."

Christi let out a laugh

"Face it Syaoran, you just can't beat me!"

Syaoran stood there thinking for a while on what to do. It seemed as if physical fighting did nothing to her, then he remembered something...

~*Flashback*~

"...this necklace means a lot to me, it's my life..."

~*End of Flashback*~

Syaoran then looked at the little single ball that hung on Christi's neck. With a swift movement of his sword, he broke the chain and the ball fell to the ground and landed on his hands.

Christi had a look of horror on her face. She made a grab for Syaoran's hand but he moved out of her way.

"Not so tough now, are we?"

He asked as he moved away from her.

"Give that back if you don't want to die a slow and painful death"

"I'll take my chances"

Syaoran said as pushed her away.

Christi went flying up against the wall and fell to the ground.

She looked at Syaoran with venom in her eyes.

"And to think I really liked you"

"Yeah well, to bad you had to control me so I could like you back."

Syaoran then threw the little ball against the wall. As soon as it hit, it shattered into small crystalline fragments"

"Noooooooo! You..."

Before she could finish, Christi turned into dust.

Syaoran then immediately threw his sword to the floor and went running to where Tomoyo and Eriol were along with Sakura's body.

"Is she...Is she..."

"Dead? Yes, she is"

Eriol said as he gave a wary sigh and stopped the transfer of energy to Sakura's body.

"But not completely"

"What do you mean?"

Syaoran said as he eyed Eriol curiously.

"She's not exactly in the 'other world' yet. She's stuck in the middle between both worlds. I was able to keep her there for sometime. I don't think I'll be able to for much longer now"

"Is there anything we can do?"

Kero asked as he hovered over his mistress still form.

"Yes there is a spell I can use...it's very dangerous though and the person might not always want to come back"

"Let's try it. How does it work"

Syaoran said with determination look in his face.

"The spell works like this, one of us 'dies' and goes to find Sakura. That person then convinces her to come back. That might not be easy because she might want to stay where she is right now, Especially if she's in heaven. The person who goes to get her has to do this in a time limit of 5 minutes or else they remain dead, along with the other person"

"I'll go"

Syaoran answered immediately after Eriol finished explaining.

Eriol looked at him worriedly.

"Are you sure? This could mean your death too"

"I don't care. It's my fault she's in this situation. At least I'll try, and If I die trying..."

Syaoran then looked at Sakura with love in his eyes.

"At least I'll be with the one I love most"

Eriol gave a sigh to calm his nerves.

"Alright then, lie down next to her"

Syaoran did just what he was told and took Sakura's hand into his.

Tomoyo looked at him through teary eyes.

"Syaoran...good luck, please bring her back. I don't think I can stand loosing two of my friends"

Syaoran looked at Tomoyo and Smiled.

"I give it my best shot"

"Take care kid"

Kero said as he landed on Tomoyo's shoulder

Eriol then placed his hands over Syaoran's body and started to chant a spell.

Within a matter of minutes, Syaoran felt his eyes getting heavy, his vision was becoming blurry and his body seemed to be going numb, blackness followed soon afterwards...

Tomoyo looked down at Syaoran's and Sakura's still body. She felt her eyes filling up with tears again. She then felt a pair of arms wrapping her in a tight embrace.

"Don't worry, they'll come back. I trust Syaoran and know he'll do everything in his power to bring her back."

Tomoyo took comfort in these words and looked up at Eriol.

"I hope so Eriol, I really do..."

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Sakura was walking around in a field of flowers. This place was different then any other place she had ever been to. It gave her a sense of peace. The feeling was overwhelming. She looked up ahead of her and saw a pair of gates. Curiosly, she made her way to it, suddenly she heard a voice. A voice so soft and gentle, a voice she hadn't heard in years...

"My dear sweet daughter"

Sakura's face lit up when she recognized it.

"Mother!"

She then looked around and saw no one around.

"Where are you?"

She asked confused.

"In the other side of the gates."

"Mother, am I in...in..."

"Heaven? Almost my dear. You're still in the world between heaven and the real world.

Sakura's face all of a sudden lit up.

"I can now be with you mother!"

"Yes you can, but are you sure that's what you want? What about the people you're leaving behind?"

"Father and Touya have each other, Tomoyo has Eriol and Syaoran..."

Sakura saddened a bit.

"Syaoran will eventually move on and forget me...but you don't have anyone mom"

"That's not necessarily true, I have other angels here to keep me company. Sure I miss you and dad and Touya a lot but, I'm willing to wait until the day when you all will come to join me"

"But I'm here now mom"

"Sakura, you still have a choice. Make sure you choose the right one..."

Nadeshiko said as her voice faded into the wind.

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Syaoran got up from the ground and found himself in a bed of flowers.

'Is this the place?'

He asked himself as he walked around a bit. He then spotted a girl with Auburn hair walking towards a gate. Immediately he recognized her.

"Sakura!"

Syaoran called out at he went up to her and hugged her. Sakura had on a confused expression.

"Syaoran? What are you doing here? What happened, did..."

"No, I was able to beat Christi"

Syaoran answered before she could finished as he pulled away to look into her eyes.

"Then what are you doing here?"

"I came to get you"

Sakura was now even more confused.

"But Syaoran...I don't want to go back"

Sakura said as she broke away from him and turned her back on him.

"Why not?"

Syaoran asked with a hurt expression on his face.

"Because...Back there, I felt hurt, I felt rejection, and I felt pain. Here, I don't feel any of that. I just feel peace, peace with my surroundings and myself. You should go, there's no use in trying to tell me to go back. I already made my decision and want to stay here, with my mother"

she then started to walk toward the gate, not looking back.

"Sakura, come back please! Do it for your family"

Sakura didn't stop and just answered.

"I know my family will be alright without me"

"Then do it for your friends"

Sakura kept on walking.

"They'll eventually get over it. Tomoyo has Eriol and he'll be there for her.

"Then...Then..."

A tear slid down Syaoran's face.

"Do it for me..."

Sakura stopped walking and turned to look at Syaoran.

"Do it for me...and the love I feel for you"

Sakura stood there for a minute. She then took one more last look towards the gate and smiled.

"I hope I'm choosing the right choice mom"

She then turned back to Syaoran and ran into his arms. Syaoran embraced her tightly, never wanting to let go.

"I love you Sakura"

Syaoran whispered into her ear.

Sakura smiled.

"I love you too"

She said as she held him close to her.

"Will you come back now?"

Sakura looked up into his eyes and held his hand.

"Yes, I'm willing to take all the pain that life brings, just as long I'm with you"

Syaoran smiled back at her and gave her a kiss on the forehead.

"Lets go then"

They then headed towards the gate of the living world...

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Sakura's eyes slowly fluttered open. her wound had closed up by itself.

"Sakura, you're alive!"

Tomoyo squealed out in delight as she threw her arms around her best friend. Eriol then hugged Sakura. He had a smile on his face.

"I knew Syaoran could do it"

"Speaking of the kid, why isn't he waking up?"

Kero asked as he looked down at Syaoran.

Sakura turned to face Syaoran and gave him a kiss on the cheeks.

"Syaoran, wake up"

She found his skin rather cold.

"Syaoran?"

She asked as she looked at his still form.

"Syaoran"

She called out again as she shook his still form. Her eyes began to water, yet her mind didn't want to believe what was happening.

"Syaoran...stop fooling around, wake up"

She choked out in-between tears.

Eriol then walked up to Syaoran and felt for a pulse. He then had on a confused expression. He then looked down at his wristwatch and suddenly he knew what happened. He looked at Sakura with sympathy in his eyes.

"Sakura...I'm sorry but he didn't make it"

Sakura looked at him with confusion in her face.

"What do you mean he didn't make it!?"

She yelled out angrily.

"He...exceeded his time limit..."

~*To Be Continued*~

SN: oooooooooh...good cliffhanger if I do say so myself...I wonder what's gonna happen? Hmmmm...oh well! You're gonna hafta wait!!! Hehehehehehehe...I'm evil and luvin it!! ^_^ well, please review and tell me what you think alright? The next chapter is the last chapter!