Moving On

Author Note: First of all, I apologize to all of the Meiling fans (especially Z) for killing her off in chapter 4. It was for the sake of a good story line. So, I wrote this chapter for all you Meiling fans out there.

"Nadeshiko, is that you?" Meiling asked quietly as she stroked her left angel wing in her fingers nervously. She wasn't sure whether this was all a crazy dream or if she was really dead.

Nadeshiko nodded slowly. "I saw the whole thing, Meiling."

"How?" Meiling questioned. "How could you know? You're up here!"

"Go down there," Nadeshiko suggested, pointing downwards towards Sakura's house. "Watch what Syaoran is doing. And Sakura."

Meiling flew through the clouds to Sakura's house. It was now Saturday night, and Touya was washing the car in front of the house. As he looked up, he saw Meiling's ghost sitting on the roof of the car.

"So Sakura was right…" Touya whispered in disbelief. Sure, he had talked to his mother's ghost several times, but he hadn't expected to talk to Meiling. "Meiling…"

"Y-you can see me?" Meiling gasped, jumping off the car and landing without a sound. "Do you think… everyone else can see me?"

"Probably just me," Touya exclaimed, returning to washing the car. "It's a kind of… special power I have. Why did you come here, Meiling?"

"Your mother suggested I come to check on Sakura."

"I can believe that," Touya laughed. "She used to always come to visit us. But Meiling, if you're going to visit Sakura, don't scare her or anything. Please. She's terrified of ghosts."

"You have my word," Meiling said, flying up to Sakura's windowsill. "Goodbye, Touya. I'll visit you again sometime." She crept into Sakura's window silently.

Sakura was in her room, brushing her hair as she sang to herself. "- Ban ichiban ichiban ichiban. Koishiteru…" She looked down at her outfit. "Oh! I'm still wearing Meiling's dress. I'll return it to Syaoran in the morning."

"Sakura…" Meiling murmured, gritting her teeth angrily. "That's my dress!"

"Who's there?" Sakura said, spinning to the general direction in which Meiling was sitting inside her room on the windowsill. "I could've sworn…"

Sakura changed into her pajamas and curled up into her covers.

"Sakura, what're you up to?" Meiling asked, floating up and down.

"Meiling!" Sakura yelled, hugging her. "You're alive!"

"No…" Meiling replied quietly, hanging her head. "But you have to know, Sakura. I'll be watching over you. If you want me to be, I'll even be your guardian angel."

"I miss you," Sakura explained. "I'd love for you to be my guardian angel! I think a guardian angel should be someone you… trust and care for. Like an adult guardian if your parents die. And I trust you."

"I'll be watching," Meiling repeated, waving to Sakura as she faded. Within seconds she was nowhere to be seen.

Sakura shot up as her dream ended. She swept the sweat off of her forehead as she got up and went downstairs for a drink. Meiling watched her. She went back to her bed, looked at the night sky through her window, and whispered, "Goodbye, Meiling."