SN: Ohmigod! My last chapter! *squeal* this is so exciting!!! Well after this comes the epilogue which ties the whole thing together, and then this fic is completely finished! This has to be like the saddest chapter I've written. Plus it's my favorite ^_^ that's why I can't wait to start writing! Well…how about me shut up and you continue reading, good idea? Good, well enjoy! I really hope you like this! I'm very proud of it ^_^

Key: I'm not even going there…this chapter too good to waste my time in this.

True Emotions

Chapter 11



"No Sakura!"

Syaoran yelled as he held his precious cherry blossom in his arms. (SN: Sakura means cherry blossom in Japanese for you slow people out there) tears started to steadily stream down his face. She was severely injured and chances were she wasn't going to make it. 'No stop it! Don't think like that'

He scolded himself. Sakura slowly opened her eyes. She lifted her left hand and put it on Syaoran's right cheek. He took her hand and wrapped his hand around it.

"Why Sakura?"

he asked between tears.

"I have no regrets. I promised myself that I would protect you from any evil, even if it were the last thing I do. I kept my promise."

While this was going on Stacy just stood there in complete shock.

'why would someone want to risk their lives for others?'

she wondered confused.

"I don't get it, why did you protect him even if you knew you would die?"

Stacy asked out loud. Sakura shifted her gaze from Syaoran to Stacy.

"I'd risk my life for him any day because I love him, and my world wouldn't be complete without him by my side."

Syaoran looked at Stacy with anger clearly visible in his eyes.

"But love is something you wouldn't know about, now would you?"

Stacy was taken back with those simple words.

'is it true? Do I even know the real meaning of love?'

she asked herself. She then felt a tear trickle down her cheek.

'what's this?'

she asked herself mentally as she wiped the tear away and stared at the warm liquid in-between her fingers.

'A tear? I haven't cried since…'

a memory then flashed before her very eyes…

~*Flashback*~

A 15 year-old Stacy was at the park crying. She had just caught her boyfriend cheating on her with his ex. Her friends had warned her that he was a major player. Yet she thought she could change him. (SN: ppls remember this and never forget it…once a player, always a player. Simple yet true.) Rain started to pour down. With each minute that passed by, the weather got worse.

'Good, matches my feelings'

She made no attempt what so ever to move. She then felt the rain stop hitting her shoulders and looked up confused. She saw a young man with aqua blue eyes and sandy-brownish hair holding an umbrella above her head.

"Andrew!"

"What's wrong Stace?"

worry present in his eyes. She burst out into fresh new tears as she told him the incident from earlier on that day. he held her close and comforted her. most importantly though, he gave her a shoulder to cry on…

~*2 months Later*~

"Hi Stace!"

Andrew said as he came up to her and gave her a smile. Stacy blushed under his gaze. She was way over her break-up and had started developing feelings for Andrew.

"Hi!"

she said brightly.

"I know this might be a bit last minute and all, but do you wanna go to the school dance tomorrow with me?"

Andrew asked while blushing. It had taken him all week to gather up enough courage to ask her. Stacey's eyes lighten up, she could believe it. The guy of her dreams was asking her out!

"sure!"

she immediately answered. It took Andrew a few minutes until he could process all this. Once he realized Stacy had accepted he had a wide grin on his face.

"great! I'll pick you up at 7:30pm then."

"alright"

"see ya then!"

he called out as he headed towards his street. Stacy continued her walk home in a state of total bliss…

~*After the Dance*~

"thanks Andrew, I had a good time tonight"

Stacy said as Andrew walked her to the front door.

"Me too, goodnight Stace, see ya tomorrow!"

he called out as he turned to head back down the steps.

'well, it's now or never'

Stacy said to herself as she drew in a deep breath.

"Andrew"

"yes St…"

he was cut off when he felt her lips against his. After a while they both withdrew and just looked into each other's eyes.

"I love you"

"I love you too!"

Stacy said back with tears of joy streaming down her cheeks.

"promise me you'll never leave me"

She didn't want a broken heart again, especially from Andrew.

"I promise"

he whispered and then sealed the promise with another kiss…

~*1year later*~

Stacy came home, more cheerful then ever. Andrew had received his driver's license the other day and just gave her a ride home from school. A few hours later she felt the need to call him and did just that. the phone rang three times and on the fourth, his mother answered.

"Hi Mrs. Levy! Is Andrew home?"

"oh Stacy sweet heart"

she then burst into tears on the line.

"Are you OK? What happened Mrs. Levy?"

Stacy asked in a worried tone.

"A…A…Andrew w…w…was d…driving home from school when a…a…a drunk driver passed a red light and smashed into his car"

Stacy felt her world stop.

"but he's all right though. I mean he probably has some bruises, a few broken bones tops, right…right?"

Stacy asked as her voice started to crack. Her whole body shook when she heard silence on the other side of the line.

"Stacy………he was automatically killed"

Mrs. Levy whispered softly before she started to cry all over again. Upon hearing those words Stacey's world came crashing down on her. she felt paralyzed. She couldn't move or even think straight. the phone slipped from her grasp and landed on the floor with a soft 'thud.'

~*A few days later*~

Stacy walked up to the newly dug grave that held her beloved. She brought fresh sunflowers and laid them down next to his grave. In the tombstone was engraved: Andrew Nicholas Levy, 1983-1999 beloved son, brother, friend, and boyfriend. Even though Andrew lived a short life, he touched many lives and showed us how to love. All of a sudden, her tears once again filled her jade-colored eyes. Stacy fell on her knees and slammed her fist on the dirt

"Liar! How could you break your promise! You said you'd never leave me!"

she stayed there crying, till she could cry no more…

~*End of Flashback*~

Stacy opened up her eyes. That happened two years ago. She had forgotten all about it 'how could you forget?'

he scolded herself.

'he was the only person you ever truly loved' s

he then felt a strong pain inside her body and fell to the ground crying in agony. She felt something dark come out of her. after a few seconds, she was at the floor gasping for air. 'what was that?' s

he asked herself as she got up. She then saw a women wearing a long flowy black dress in front of her.

"my it sure is good to get out, living in you was alright until you started to talk about all that love crap. I felt like I was suffocating!"

Sakura and Syaoran, who were a few feet away just stared in surprise. This changed everything. It meant Stacy was never truly evil, she was just possessed this whole entire time by evil. (SN: HA! Bet none of you ppls expected that!)

'that's the voice I heard in my dream! Sakura thought.

"thank you Stacy, because of you, getting rid of Clow Reeds descendent and his whole entire family will be a lot easier. Plus thanks to you, the Clow Mistress is just as well as dead also. Without anybody to carry out Clow Reeds magic, he no longer will be the most powerful magician ever and I'll be the most powerful!"

"b…b…but how did you…"

"use you? Easy! After your little boyfriend died you were left vulnerable. An easy target for me. I need a body to reside in and yours was perfect. I just used your emotion of "love" to get what I wanted."

"you used me! you used me to hurt others!? How dare you mess around with my emotions!"

Stacy then concentrated her energy on trying to make an energy ball, yet nothing happened.

"nuh-uh, I don't think so. You see, the only reason you had magic was because I was inside you. Now that I'm outside, you no longer posses magical abilities"

"fine then, I'll kill you on my own"

Stacy said as she looked for the nearest object. She saw Syaoran's sword and immediately grabbed it. She swung it and it just passed through the women in black. "give it up! It's no use. I'll be living just as long as you, and after that I'll find myself another body"

Stacy then looked down at the sword in her hand and got an idea.

"so that basically means if I die, so will you"

"pretty much"

The women in black knew that human in their right mind wouldn't kill themselves so she thought that telling the truth to Stacy would do know harm. Stacy just smirked.

"big mistake, one thing I'm not scared of…is death."

She then turned to Sakura and Syaoran. "I'm sorry to have cost you so much pain. Please be happy together. Live the life my boyfriend Andrew and I couldn't"

she then faced forward and stabbed herself in the stomach.

"NOOOO!!! You fool, how could you!"

the black figure screamed out. It then turned into dust and disintegrated into thin air. "good-bye Stacy, hopefully now you'll truly be happy"

Sakura whispered softly. Everyone that had been unconscious had woken up in time to see what Stacy had done. The other two girls and Yelan were freed. They all then made their way where Sakura and Syaoran were. Everyone was crying just seeing the state Sakura was in.

"don't worry, we'll get you to the hospital soon and you'll be alright"

Syaoran said as a tear rolled down his cheek. Sakura smiled up at him and wiped the tear away.

"No Syaoran, it's to late. I…I…"

talking was starting to become laborious for her.

"I'm sorry that I can't keep our promise, the one that we said we'll watch more sunrises together"

"No! don't say that Sa…"

she silenced him by putting a finger on his lips.

"good-bye everyone, thank you for being great friends"

she said as she looked at the group before her. she then turned to Syaoran.

"Good-bye Syaoran, I love you"

then she gave one last smile and her hand fell limply from his lips to her side once again. "no"

Syaoran whispered.

"Sakura!"

he said as more tears started to fall down his cheeks.

"Don't leave me"

he whispered as he held her now limp body close to him. at the long run, he ended up loosing his dearest treasure after all. Meiling and Tomoyo were both crying in each other's arms. This was especially hard on both of them. Yelan and Syaoran sisters were also crying softly while Kero just hung his head sadly. Nobody noticed the white light that came down from the sky. Once the light reached the ground they all looked up and stared the awe. Out of the light came out Stacy. She had a long white gown made out of silk. She also had a set of beautiful wings on her back. She was an angel. She then made her way to where Syaoran and Sakura were and bent down to be eye level with them. She then removed a small bottle that hung around her neck and placed it into Syaoran's palm.

"Think of this as a thank you gift for making me realize what love really is about. Give it to Sakura and she will come back to you"

Syaoran smiled at Stacy.

"Thank you Stacy"

he smiled at her. he then turned his attention back to Sakura and gave her the sweet nectar from the bottle. A few seconds later, she opened her eyes and the first thing she saw was Syaoran. She smiled at him and said

"I guess I can still keep our promise"

Syaoran smiled back at her and hugged her. words couldn't express how he felt. Everyone let out a cry of joy, this was truly a miracle. A few seconds later, they saw another bright light fall from the sky and land on the ground. A young man about their age stepped out of the light. He had aqua blue eyes and sandy-brownish hair. He wore a whit shirt and pants and he too, just like Stacy had a pair of wings on his back. "Andrew?"

Stacy gasped as tears of pure joy streamed down her cheeks. The young man smiled softly at her

"Yes Stace, it's me. now come, we should get going"

Stacy got up and rushed into his open arms.

"I'm so happy to see you"

she said in-between tears.

"me too Stace, me too. I missed you so much"

"now we can be together forever like you promised?"

Stacy said while looking up into the eyes she loved so much.

"Yes"

he answered her tenderly. Stacy turned one last time to the people behind her

"thank you all again. And I hope you two live a long and happy life together"

"don't worry we will"

Syaoran said as he placed a small kiss on Sakura's forehead.

"Stacy, I want to say I'm sorry about all of the bad things I've said about you"

Meiling said.

"We all want to apologize"

Yelan said. Stacy smiled at them all.

"don't worry, I accept you apology just as long as you accept mines. Thank you all, if it weren't for your persistence, that monster would have gotten her way, especially thanks to you Meiling. Good-bye, I'll watch over all of you"

Stacy said as she hugged Andrew.

"thank you for getting my old Stacy back"

Andrew said as he put his arms around her.

"don't mention it, take care of her, she deserves the best"

Syaoran said. Andrew smiled "I will, and you take care of Sakura"

Andrew and Stacy then stepped back into the bright ball of light and then headed up towards the sky.

Sakura and Syaoran hugged each other as they looked up into the now darkening sky. Everything turned out well after all. Keroberous then changed back into Kero.

"well now, I'm starved, Let's go eat!!"

he said. they all then turned to look at him

"KERO!!"

everyone said and then started to laugh

"what? What'd I say?"

Kero asked clueless…

~*To Be Continued*~

SN: ohmigod! Wasn't this chapter so sad ;_; *sniff* *sniff* it was also very sweet ^_^ well what ya think of it? Liked it, hated it? Well review and tell me what ya think! Well I'm almost done! I just need to write my epilogue (and start thinking ideas for new stories hehehehe….I'm sorry! But writing fics is like a drug or something! Once you start, you can't seem to stop! sapphie and all you writers out there understand what I mean! well I gotta go so c-ya on the *sniff* last chapter WAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! I don't wanna finish!!!!