The rubble poured down littering the entire area with huge black boulders and Eriol yelled for every one to get out of the yard and they ran frantically toward the iron gates. Nakura swung open the gates and Sakura sent out Hope in desperation. Hope created a force field allowing the boulders to simply bounce off of them and Sakura thanked the fates that the card obeyed her even though it was the first time she had ever used it. They watched the entire yard fill up with rocks and they knew there was no hope for Ray. She was gone, dead after only a few minutes of living again. Eriol tried to move out of the shield but Hope, obeying Sakura's silent wishes, won't let him. Nakura held him close to her as he sobbed, losing the love that he had just realized he had loved. Eriol held the crystal sensing the power that radiated from it. With the force of his hand, the fragile crystal shattered and the necklace that bound Nakura to not being able to transfrom broke, and she smiled, knowing that she could protect herself now and she transformed. Hope let go of the shield knowing that the danger had passed and Eriol leapt from Nakura's arms and ran to the rubble, screaming Ray's name. As it was meet by dead silence, his heart skipped a beat. She had to be dead, she would answer him if she was alive. No, mustn't think those things, she is alive. Three feet of rubble surrounded his muscular body and he heaved the stones the stones in the air, despite them being heavy and Sakura and Ruby Moon hit them, smashing them. He saw a hand sticking out out of the rubble and he rushed over to it and frantically dug through it. He came upon the body of Mamoru and he screamed frustrated. He noticed that Mamoru had a slash on his chest that stained his hands with blood and he smiled sadly. It was Ray's handwork and like always she took him down with her. He looked at t he rocks to the right of the pit he had dug out and saw a small blood trail from where Ray had rubbed the blood off her precious knife. He stood up and stopped where the blood trail stopped and he dug through the rubble in a wild state praying she'd be there. There at the bottom of the pile was Ray in a fetal position, with a slowly diminishing shield. She opened one eye and said coyly," Do you think that I would die so easily?"

Eriol was too over-joyed to answer the question and ran over to her and wrapped her in a huge bear hug. He burrowed his head into her hair and despite being covered in dirt she smelled good. Tears ran into her towel of a hair and he could hear the smile and tears in Ray's voice as she said softly," I missed you so much." He faced her and kissed her hard on the lips and she kissed him back, fearless as always. She cupped his head with her hands and ran her fingers through his hair. Nakura watched as her favorite people in the world kissed passionately and she sniffed; Ray deserved a nice guy like Eriol. She had spent her whole life stripping for guys who only wanted her for her looks and some guys because of her powers. Sure it made her sad that Eriol was in love with her best friend, she still loved Eriol more then just brotherly sisterly way but better her then Kaho. Nakura cleared her throat and coughed. Ray looked up, holding Eriol and replied," Do u mind, you're kinda ruining the moment."

Eriol lost it then and there and starting laughing uncontrollably. In between his bouts of laugher, he managed to choak out," Go see her, we can continue this later at my house," and he wiggled his eyebrows seducible.

Ray smiled and stood up and dove into Nakura's outstretched hands and whispered into her ear," I'm sorry." As they pulled away Nakura asked," How come?" confused.

"Because you went through hell and back for me. Sure you didn't suceed in getting me a body but still you tried and all that mattered.""Nakura blushed and Ray went over to Sakura and smiled," We have a lot to talk about."

"Can you come over tonight, I need your advice."

"uh…Eriol, is it okay I go over to Sakura's house?" she yelled over her shoulder."

"Yeah sure, don't let me stop you. Though I'll miss you," and Eriol pretended to pout.

Ray nodded to Sakura in a yes to go to her house and said," We should be going."

Ray took her red teardrop necklace from around her neck and willed it into a staff with a ruby embedded into it. She made sure to check if Mamoru is alive and she made a circle around them and in a rush of air, they appeared next to sakura's house. Sakura invited them in and on the couch sat a very angry Yue and a equally mad Syaoran and Tomoyo sat between them separating them so they didn't fight.Kerberos sat on the floor snoozing away peacefully.