This is the last chapter… I know it is extremely short… but that's because
there was not much left to tell… no action… just emotion… but stick around
because I'll have the epilogue tomorrow and then the sequel soon! I'll have
the name of the sequel there, too.
But for now, the last chapter. And Syaoran… is dead.
Chapter 40
Sakura buried her head in Syaoran's chest and cried like she never cried before. All of her dreams came back to her… they all tried to warn her… but she felt she did not do enough. All of those horrid dreams were returning to her. Her whole body ached and burned as she cried until it hurt and she was out of breath, just like in her dreams. She looked around her and saw blood on the ground… just like her dreams. She pounded her fists into the rock hard ground.
"IT'S ALL MY FAULT!" She screamed repeatedly. "I… I should have stopped him! I should have made him stay behind! My dreams… They warned me… but I didn't listen well enough… I let Syaoran slip away… It's all my fault… because of me… Syaoran will never live to see another day… I'll never see those brown eyes again…" Sakura again broke into a fit of sobs and buried her head in Syaoran's chest.
A few minutes later, as Sakura still cried until she ran out of breath, her friends began to awaken. Eriol was the first to get to his feet. He surveyed the damage and his jaw practically dropped when he saw Sadin's body lying dead on the floor. "Perhaps I've underestimated this girl…. Maybe I'll have to up the difficulty of my tests when we return…" He thought to himself. He stepped over to Sakura and put his hand on her shoulder. He was still looking at Sadin when he heard her crying. Before he could say anything and saw Syaoran, lying dead on the floor. Eriol wasn't sure what to say. He never really liked the boy a lot, but this? He stood there in silence, not moving a muscle or saying a word.
Yue, Kero, Ruby, and Spinnel awoke next. They all approached together. They were joyous that Sadin was gone. The world would soon be restored. But as soon as they saw Sakura and Syaoran… they said nothing. They all stood in silence. Not so much as batting an eye. But for a moment… Eriol could almost swear he saw Yue shed a tear…
Mia soon awakened as well. She slowly made her way to her feet and saw Syaoran. She was devastated. She forgot all about her pain, but emotional pain broke throughout her. "It's all my fault…" she whispered. "I should have never brought them here…" She fell on her knees and began to cry, too.
No one said a word, until Eriol finally had to speak up. "Mia… I need to know. It was said when Sadin died, the world would return to normal. But what's going on? Nothing has happened?" Mia looked up. Her eyes were still watery, but she managed to say, "It will take a little time. Sadin's body will begin to emit a kind of magic that will slowly eat away this dimension. That will return us all back to our own time. But… it takes a little while… Actually, I'm starting to feel it now…"
Sakura's eyes widened. "Oh my God! Mia, if everything goes back to normal, does that mean Syaoran… he'll come back?!" Sakura began to smile. Mia frowned though. "Sakura… I… I… I don't want to be the one to say this… But… you see… I've experimented with this kind of magic before when we captured demons… Apparently, the magic power grows stronger the farther away it travels. Or in other words, the magic grows stronger over a distance. So because we're in the same room, we'll barely be affected. That's why we will remember all of this. So… the magic won't be enough… When you return, you'll be where you were before Sadin interfered… and Syaoran will still be gone…" Sakura's eyes filled with tears. She fell onto her knees and cried.
Then it dawned on Mia. "WAIT! I just remembered! I've been working on a new spell… It is a special reviving spell that absorbs energy from one person to another and can bring someone back using another's powers!" Sakura's eyes lit up. "Really?! Will it work?!" Mia frowned. "I'm not 100% sure, but it could. I've never perfected it…"
At that moment, Sadin's body began to fade into total blackness and the room began to shake. "It's begun." Eriol mumbled. Mia frowned worse. "Oh dear, this isn't good. Our powers have magnified in the future… so when we return to the past, there is no way I'll be strong enough to cast it!" Sakura stood up hastily. "Quick! We must try! I'll do anything to bring Syaoran back to me… Please… Mia… I beg of you…" Mia nodded. "I'll try… but it isn't that easy. I have to cast it, but I can't donate power. Someone else needs to. Some close to him… Someone who loves him…" Sakura blushed a little. "I'll do it…" Yue stepped forward. "Sakura, master, no, you can't! Your power is too little. You'd use too much power! Who knows what might happen to you…" Eriol added in, "In the worst case, you use up all of your energy, you'll die too. And it's no guarantee the spell will work." Sakura kneeled besides Syaoran's cold body and held his hands. "I don't care. I have to do this…"
Mia sighed. "If that is what you wish… but, the thing is, I discovered the best place to transfer magic… life… is through the mouth." Sakura blushed even worse. "You mean I have to…" Eriol frowned. "There's no time for questions. If you are going to do this, do it." Eriol was right. The entire room was starting to dissolve and shake into total blackness. "Right." Sakura nodded.
She lifted up Syaoran's head and pushed back his hair. Even in death, he was handsome…. But paler… Sakura moved in closer… And she gently put her lips to his… His lips were surprisingly warm… just as warm as in life…
Mia lifted her fingers into a gun like shape and held her index finger against her forehead and began to chant. Sakura and Syaoran began to glow with a light pink aura. But the room started to become like a vacuum. Yue, Kero, Spinnel, Ruby, and Eriol were standing the closest to Sadin and were sucked into the void and disappeared…
Sakura felt weaker. Her energy was leaving her. But before the spell could finish, Sakura felt a tug, and they were all pulled apart as the entire room was engulfed in blackness.
Sakura floated helplessly in the darkness. She could no longer feel Syaoran around her. But she could feel her body almost shrinking. That's all she felt. She could see and hear only blackness. But in the distance, a light grew. It blinded her as it intensified. The end of the dimension. Sakura floated to the very end and was sucked in. Sakura's eyes adjusted to the light.
Sakura could make out a figure as her eyes cleared up. It was Tomoyo… back to her old ten-year-old self. They were sitting on a picnic blanket back in the park, but what about…
Across from her, Syaoran sat with tears in his eyes, looking at Sakura in astonishment. "I… I'm alive… but how?" Sakura began to cry but smile at the same time. "It's all over… that's all that matters… Welcome back, Syaoran…"
They stood up and Sakura leaped and wrapped her arms around Syaoran, and they both fell backwards, landing in a shallow part of the crystal clear pond. They hugged each other as tight as they could, blushing like mad, ignoring the fact they sat in the pond.
Tomoyo grabbed her camcorder and video taped them. "Hee hee! I don't know what's going on, but I'm not going to miss recording this for the world!"
Cherry blossoms began to fall from the Sakura trees and floated gently on the water around them as they hugged each other in silence, knowing what the other wanted to say…
The End
See you, space cowboys…
But for now, the last chapter. And Syaoran… is dead.
Chapter 40
Sakura buried her head in Syaoran's chest and cried like she never cried before. All of her dreams came back to her… they all tried to warn her… but she felt she did not do enough. All of those horrid dreams were returning to her. Her whole body ached and burned as she cried until it hurt and she was out of breath, just like in her dreams. She looked around her and saw blood on the ground… just like her dreams. She pounded her fists into the rock hard ground.
"IT'S ALL MY FAULT!" She screamed repeatedly. "I… I should have stopped him! I should have made him stay behind! My dreams… They warned me… but I didn't listen well enough… I let Syaoran slip away… It's all my fault… because of me… Syaoran will never live to see another day… I'll never see those brown eyes again…" Sakura again broke into a fit of sobs and buried her head in Syaoran's chest.
A few minutes later, as Sakura still cried until she ran out of breath, her friends began to awaken. Eriol was the first to get to his feet. He surveyed the damage and his jaw practically dropped when he saw Sadin's body lying dead on the floor. "Perhaps I've underestimated this girl…. Maybe I'll have to up the difficulty of my tests when we return…" He thought to himself. He stepped over to Sakura and put his hand on her shoulder. He was still looking at Sadin when he heard her crying. Before he could say anything and saw Syaoran, lying dead on the floor. Eriol wasn't sure what to say. He never really liked the boy a lot, but this? He stood there in silence, not moving a muscle or saying a word.
Yue, Kero, Ruby, and Spinnel awoke next. They all approached together. They were joyous that Sadin was gone. The world would soon be restored. But as soon as they saw Sakura and Syaoran… they said nothing. They all stood in silence. Not so much as batting an eye. But for a moment… Eriol could almost swear he saw Yue shed a tear…
Mia soon awakened as well. She slowly made her way to her feet and saw Syaoran. She was devastated. She forgot all about her pain, but emotional pain broke throughout her. "It's all my fault…" she whispered. "I should have never brought them here…" She fell on her knees and began to cry, too.
No one said a word, until Eriol finally had to speak up. "Mia… I need to know. It was said when Sadin died, the world would return to normal. But what's going on? Nothing has happened?" Mia looked up. Her eyes were still watery, but she managed to say, "It will take a little time. Sadin's body will begin to emit a kind of magic that will slowly eat away this dimension. That will return us all back to our own time. But… it takes a little while… Actually, I'm starting to feel it now…"
Sakura's eyes widened. "Oh my God! Mia, if everything goes back to normal, does that mean Syaoran… he'll come back?!" Sakura began to smile. Mia frowned though. "Sakura… I… I… I don't want to be the one to say this… But… you see… I've experimented with this kind of magic before when we captured demons… Apparently, the magic power grows stronger the farther away it travels. Or in other words, the magic grows stronger over a distance. So because we're in the same room, we'll barely be affected. That's why we will remember all of this. So… the magic won't be enough… When you return, you'll be where you were before Sadin interfered… and Syaoran will still be gone…" Sakura's eyes filled with tears. She fell onto her knees and cried.
Then it dawned on Mia. "WAIT! I just remembered! I've been working on a new spell… It is a special reviving spell that absorbs energy from one person to another and can bring someone back using another's powers!" Sakura's eyes lit up. "Really?! Will it work?!" Mia frowned. "I'm not 100% sure, but it could. I've never perfected it…"
At that moment, Sadin's body began to fade into total blackness and the room began to shake. "It's begun." Eriol mumbled. Mia frowned worse. "Oh dear, this isn't good. Our powers have magnified in the future… so when we return to the past, there is no way I'll be strong enough to cast it!" Sakura stood up hastily. "Quick! We must try! I'll do anything to bring Syaoran back to me… Please… Mia… I beg of you…" Mia nodded. "I'll try… but it isn't that easy. I have to cast it, but I can't donate power. Someone else needs to. Some close to him… Someone who loves him…" Sakura blushed a little. "I'll do it…" Yue stepped forward. "Sakura, master, no, you can't! Your power is too little. You'd use too much power! Who knows what might happen to you…" Eriol added in, "In the worst case, you use up all of your energy, you'll die too. And it's no guarantee the spell will work." Sakura kneeled besides Syaoran's cold body and held his hands. "I don't care. I have to do this…"
Mia sighed. "If that is what you wish… but, the thing is, I discovered the best place to transfer magic… life… is through the mouth." Sakura blushed even worse. "You mean I have to…" Eriol frowned. "There's no time for questions. If you are going to do this, do it." Eriol was right. The entire room was starting to dissolve and shake into total blackness. "Right." Sakura nodded.
She lifted up Syaoran's head and pushed back his hair. Even in death, he was handsome…. But paler… Sakura moved in closer… And she gently put her lips to his… His lips were surprisingly warm… just as warm as in life…
Mia lifted her fingers into a gun like shape and held her index finger against her forehead and began to chant. Sakura and Syaoran began to glow with a light pink aura. But the room started to become like a vacuum. Yue, Kero, Spinnel, Ruby, and Eriol were standing the closest to Sadin and were sucked into the void and disappeared…
Sakura felt weaker. Her energy was leaving her. But before the spell could finish, Sakura felt a tug, and they were all pulled apart as the entire room was engulfed in blackness.
Sakura floated helplessly in the darkness. She could no longer feel Syaoran around her. But she could feel her body almost shrinking. That's all she felt. She could see and hear only blackness. But in the distance, a light grew. It blinded her as it intensified. The end of the dimension. Sakura floated to the very end and was sucked in. Sakura's eyes adjusted to the light.
Sakura could make out a figure as her eyes cleared up. It was Tomoyo… back to her old ten-year-old self. They were sitting on a picnic blanket back in the park, but what about…
Across from her, Syaoran sat with tears in his eyes, looking at Sakura in astonishment. "I… I'm alive… but how?" Sakura began to cry but smile at the same time. "It's all over… that's all that matters… Welcome back, Syaoran…"
They stood up and Sakura leaped and wrapped her arms around Syaoran, and they both fell backwards, landing in a shallow part of the crystal clear pond. They hugged each other as tight as they could, blushing like mad, ignoring the fact they sat in the pond.
Tomoyo grabbed her camcorder and video taped them. "Hee hee! I don't know what's going on, but I'm not going to miss recording this for the world!"
Cherry blossoms began to fall from the Sakura trees and floated gently on the water around them as they hugged each other in silence, knowing what the other wanted to say…
The End
See you, space cowboys…