If You Only Knew
By: kawaiiteddybear
kawaiiteddybear: aww... a couple more chapters and this fic is over!!! *sobs* anyways enough of me babbling, heres chapter thirteen!
DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN CCS IN ANYWAY, CLAMP DOES.
Chapter Thirteen: Return
The dark orb was heading towards the two figures that were laying, exhuasted on the ground.
"I'm sorry... Syaoran, I'm so sorry." Sakura whispered. Aku's laugh was blurred from Sakura, all she could focus on was Syaoran, how she spent the last year without him, lying to his face... "Goodbye." Sakura cried softly. She closed her eyes, and tears started to trickle down her cheek. Sakura waited until the blast engulfed into her body, and annihilate her. Nothing seemed to happen. Sakura opened her eyes once again and saw a pink shield that surrounded her and Syaoran. 'The shield card?' Sakura thought, confused.
"What?" Aku screamed, "How could the Sakura cards break through my barrier?!"
Sakura sat up and winced, "What? How?"
Suddenly, Eriol and Tomoyo came out of the lush forest, along with Kero. "Sakura! Hurry and destroy him!" Eriol coaxed.
"What?" Sakura jumped, finally snapping back to reality. She jumped up and stared at Aku. Knowing that her cards were able to work against Aku she pulled out three cards, "Windy, Firey, Water! Work together and defeat this demon! Release!" Sakura commanded, hope filling her eyes. Three spirits flew out of the cards and charged at Aku. Something was wrong, it seemed like there was a reflective mirror in front of Aku, all three spirits came charging back, but this time at Sakura. Sakura stood there frozen, as the three spirits neared her. They all wrapped around her body, and started to tear up her skin, her shirt and jeans were partially ripped, and blood was oozing down everywhere. Sakura moaned in pain. Finally all three spirits released her and looked at her, their eyes filled with sadness, it seemed to her as if they were apologizing. She smiled weakly, "It's not your fault." Sakura whispered to them as they all turned back into cards. She heard blurred voice calling her name, but she was in too much pain to even look at the source.
Aku let out a shrieking laugh, "Even though you can use your precious Sakura cards, I am still unstoppable!" he taunted. "Do you know how long it took me to find you? After the encounter in Japan, I was weak. I couldn't find you again, Sakura Kinomoto! But when I found out that you were at the University, I quickly travelled to Hong Kong." he paused and laughed, "I couldn't believe that you were able to hide from me for that long! Lucky for me, you were foolish enough to trust Josh. I kept hearing him go on about this beautiful girl he met at the University, but I never thought that she was you!" he roared with laughter, "Finally, I was able to find you. Those flowers that Josh had given you? They were intented to destroy you, but I felt your aura, you were calling out to that foolish boy! Since that day, I've been cherishing this moment, waiting for the day when I finally destroy you!" [a/n: hope its not tooo confusing!] His body all ripped with scars of hate and lies, he raised his hands up and shot another orb at Sakura.
Sakura cried in pain as the orb hit her right shoulder. She couldn't dodge the orb, she was beyond exhuasted, after using most of her magic to call out three cards at once and the attack that has brought her to the edge of death. Blood started dripping onto the ground, she closed her eyes as she tried to absorb the pain.
"Sakura!" Tomoyo cried, she tried running up to Sakura but Eriol had stopped her.
"She's the only one who could stop Aku, Tomoyo, she needs to finish him off by herself." Eriol said sadly.
Kero stood beside Eriol, trying to resist the urge to fly up to her.
"Kero, don't even try." Eriol stated sternly.
Kero sighed sadly, 'Sakura, you must try even harder... the world's future rests in your hands.'
Sakura stared into Aku's eyes, his eyes were full of hate and evil, at that moment she knew what she had to do. 'Even if it kills me.' Sakura thought. She threw up four cards, and shouted, "Firey, Watery, Windy, Earthy. Release!" Four spirits flew out of the cards and charged at Aku, this time he was no match for them. They broke through his wall and kept on aiming to his shadowy body. They wrapped their bodies around his dark body firmly waiting for Sakura to finish him off.
Aku screamed in horror, "You can never destroy me!" he cried in denial.
"You've destroyed all the ones I loved, you are the reason that I can never be loved, you, Aku, do not deserve to live. You have no heart, no love in your soul, and you don't have a inch of kindness or love in your soul. I don't want you want to destroy anyone else." Sakura cried, tears trickled down her face as she remembered her father and brother. She thought of Syaoran and the pain she put him through. "Love card, Hope card, use your powers to vanquish this demon!" Sakura commanded. A glow surrounded Aku, Eriol, Tomoyo and Kero watched in happiness as the demon finally disappeared. Sakura stood there, as she watched Aku disappear, the reign of Aku was finally gone. Now, everyone could finally live in peace, without fear. Tears of happiness streamed down her face, her body still in pain, as the blood dripped off. Sakura fell to the floor.
Tomoyo quickly raced up to her side, she lifted her halfway up and screamed, "Wake up, Sakura!" she shook her body intensely.
"Tomoyo, she's going to be okay..." Eriol laid an hand on top of Tomoyo's shoulder, "She's weak and tired, she needs to rest."
Tomoyo let go of Sakura's fragile body and looked around. Syaoran was still on the floor, but strangely, all his wounds were gone. Tomoyo gasped as she looked over by the area Aku once stood. Four figures laid on the ground, unconscious.
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Syaoran opened his eyes to find that the sunshine was shining into his eyes, he groaned. 'Where am I?' he questioned himself. He scanned his surroundings and noticed that it was very fimilar, it was his room.
"So... my cute little descendant has finally awaken." he heard a voice say.
He turned to the source and glared, "Eriol... don't call me that."
Eriol smiled, "Everyones worried about you, my cute little descendant, your sisters, your mother, Tomoyo, me and even Kero."
"What?" Syaoran yelped.
"You remember what happened in the forest right, my cute little descendant?" Eriol questioned.
"Yea..." Syaoran said with a stab in his heart, finally realizing what had happened, "Where's Sakura?" he asked gruffly.
"She's still resting." Eriol replied sadly.
"She lied... why didn't she just tell me?" Syaoran accidently said out loud.
Eriol looked at him, "She wanted to tell you Syaoran, but she wanted to protect you first, you never meant to hurt you."
"You knew?" Syaoran asked angrily.
"A long time ago, my cute little descendant." Eriol sighed.
"Eriol?" a figure walked in.
"Tomoyo!" Eriol said, walking over to her, giving her a light peck on the cheek.
Tomoyo looked at Syaoran, and smiled, "Your finally awake!" Tomoyo ran over and gave him a hug.
"You knew that Ying Fa was Sakura the whole time didn't you?" Syaoran could only ask.
"Yes..." Tomoyo answered timidly.
"What exactly happened after I was knocked out?" Syaoran asked, as he remember being bounced off Aku's barrier and knocked out, unconscious.
"Were not sure exactly... When we finally found you and Sakura, we saw her on top of you as a fireball was coming towards you. But luckily the shield card saved you both." Eriol told him.
"Syaoran!" a female voice squealed. A tall girl ran into the room, she had jet black hair and light, purple eyes.
"Akane." Syaoran grumbled.
"Omigod! Your okay! I thought you were badly hurt!" Akane cried. She wrapped her arms around his neck and gave him a bear hug.
"Let go of me." Syaoran managed to say, with Akane's death hug choking him.
Eriol and Tomoyo both raised their eyebrows. "Who is she?" Tomoyo asked.
"I'm Syaoran's fiancée, Akane Li." Akane announced proudly.
Eriol and Tomoyo glared at Syaoran. Tomoyo was about to burst into tears, 'How can he do this to Sakura? She never deserved this!' Tomoyo thought angrily.
'How dare he!' Eriol thought.
"Akane... would you please go get Syaoran some food, he's probably very hungry!" Tomoyo asked politely.
"Of course... anything for my beloved Syaoran!" Akane squealed in happiness.
As soon as Akane left, two pairs of eyes glared at Syaoran.
"How could you?" Tomoyo looked at him, with tears filling up in her eyes.
Syaoran looked down, "After I thought Sakura died, I needed to move on." Syaoran stated flatly.
"Do you know how many nights Sakura has cried herself to sleep? Every single night!" Tomoyo pointed out.
Syaoran looked down, not trying to hear anything Tomoyo had to say. 'I loved Sakura, I still do... if only...' he thought sadly.
"She's so lonely and sad... she never went out, she never was happy... Do you know how much it hurt me to watch my best friend go through that much pain?" Tomoyo practically screamed in his ear.
"Calm down, sweetie." Eriol told her.
Syaoran looked up, "Do you know how much I've been hurting? I've been mourning over Sakura's death, for the past year! She was right in front of my eyes and I was stupid enough to not realize that it was her." Syaoran yelled, in fustration, tears trickling down his cheek. "Where is Sakura, I need to see her." he asked flatly.
"She's in the guest room." Tomoyo hesistated to say.
Syaoran stood up and ran to the guest room. He peeked into the door and checked if anyone was there. Finally, when he was sure that no one was in sight, especially Kero, he closed the door and locked it. He took a chair and sat beside the bed. He examined the girl that laid in the bed. Her face was scarred with cuts and bruises, yet, she still looked like an angel. "Sakura..." Syaoran sighed, "Why didn't you just tell me?" tears started to stream down his face. He buried his face into the sheets and let all the tears pour out. He sat there for what seemed like days.
Suddenly he heard a small, weak voice, "I'm so sorry, Syaoran."
[a/n: hope you liked! sorry for any spelling mistakes etc... oh! review etc. etc.]
By: kawaiiteddybear
kawaiiteddybear: aww... a couple more chapters and this fic is over!!! *sobs* anyways enough of me babbling, heres chapter thirteen!
DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN CCS IN ANYWAY, CLAMP DOES.
Chapter Thirteen: Return
The dark orb was heading towards the two figures that were laying, exhuasted on the ground.
"I'm sorry... Syaoran, I'm so sorry." Sakura whispered. Aku's laugh was blurred from Sakura, all she could focus on was Syaoran, how she spent the last year without him, lying to his face... "Goodbye." Sakura cried softly. She closed her eyes, and tears started to trickle down her cheek. Sakura waited until the blast engulfed into her body, and annihilate her. Nothing seemed to happen. Sakura opened her eyes once again and saw a pink shield that surrounded her and Syaoran. 'The shield card?' Sakura thought, confused.
"What?" Aku screamed, "How could the Sakura cards break through my barrier?!"
Sakura sat up and winced, "What? How?"
Suddenly, Eriol and Tomoyo came out of the lush forest, along with Kero. "Sakura! Hurry and destroy him!" Eriol coaxed.
"What?" Sakura jumped, finally snapping back to reality. She jumped up and stared at Aku. Knowing that her cards were able to work against Aku she pulled out three cards, "Windy, Firey, Water! Work together and defeat this demon! Release!" Sakura commanded, hope filling her eyes. Three spirits flew out of the cards and charged at Aku. Something was wrong, it seemed like there was a reflective mirror in front of Aku, all three spirits came charging back, but this time at Sakura. Sakura stood there frozen, as the three spirits neared her. They all wrapped around her body, and started to tear up her skin, her shirt and jeans were partially ripped, and blood was oozing down everywhere. Sakura moaned in pain. Finally all three spirits released her and looked at her, their eyes filled with sadness, it seemed to her as if they were apologizing. She smiled weakly, "It's not your fault." Sakura whispered to them as they all turned back into cards. She heard blurred voice calling her name, but she was in too much pain to even look at the source.
Aku let out a shrieking laugh, "Even though you can use your precious Sakura cards, I am still unstoppable!" he taunted. "Do you know how long it took me to find you? After the encounter in Japan, I was weak. I couldn't find you again, Sakura Kinomoto! But when I found out that you were at the University, I quickly travelled to Hong Kong." he paused and laughed, "I couldn't believe that you were able to hide from me for that long! Lucky for me, you were foolish enough to trust Josh. I kept hearing him go on about this beautiful girl he met at the University, but I never thought that she was you!" he roared with laughter, "Finally, I was able to find you. Those flowers that Josh had given you? They were intented to destroy you, but I felt your aura, you were calling out to that foolish boy! Since that day, I've been cherishing this moment, waiting for the day when I finally destroy you!" [a/n: hope its not tooo confusing!] His body all ripped with scars of hate and lies, he raised his hands up and shot another orb at Sakura.
Sakura cried in pain as the orb hit her right shoulder. She couldn't dodge the orb, she was beyond exhuasted, after using most of her magic to call out three cards at once and the attack that has brought her to the edge of death. Blood started dripping onto the ground, she closed her eyes as she tried to absorb the pain.
"Sakura!" Tomoyo cried, she tried running up to Sakura but Eriol had stopped her.
"She's the only one who could stop Aku, Tomoyo, she needs to finish him off by herself." Eriol said sadly.
Kero stood beside Eriol, trying to resist the urge to fly up to her.
"Kero, don't even try." Eriol stated sternly.
Kero sighed sadly, 'Sakura, you must try even harder... the world's future rests in your hands.'
Sakura stared into Aku's eyes, his eyes were full of hate and evil, at that moment she knew what she had to do. 'Even if it kills me.' Sakura thought. She threw up four cards, and shouted, "Firey, Watery, Windy, Earthy. Release!" Four spirits flew out of the cards and charged at Aku, this time he was no match for them. They broke through his wall and kept on aiming to his shadowy body. They wrapped their bodies around his dark body firmly waiting for Sakura to finish him off.
Aku screamed in horror, "You can never destroy me!" he cried in denial.
"You've destroyed all the ones I loved, you are the reason that I can never be loved, you, Aku, do not deserve to live. You have no heart, no love in your soul, and you don't have a inch of kindness or love in your soul. I don't want you want to destroy anyone else." Sakura cried, tears trickled down her face as she remembered her father and brother. She thought of Syaoran and the pain she put him through. "Love card, Hope card, use your powers to vanquish this demon!" Sakura commanded. A glow surrounded Aku, Eriol, Tomoyo and Kero watched in happiness as the demon finally disappeared. Sakura stood there, as she watched Aku disappear, the reign of Aku was finally gone. Now, everyone could finally live in peace, without fear. Tears of happiness streamed down her face, her body still in pain, as the blood dripped off. Sakura fell to the floor.
Tomoyo quickly raced up to her side, she lifted her halfway up and screamed, "Wake up, Sakura!" she shook her body intensely.
"Tomoyo, she's going to be okay..." Eriol laid an hand on top of Tomoyo's shoulder, "She's weak and tired, she needs to rest."
Tomoyo let go of Sakura's fragile body and looked around. Syaoran was still on the floor, but strangely, all his wounds were gone. Tomoyo gasped as she looked over by the area Aku once stood. Four figures laid on the ground, unconscious.
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Syaoran opened his eyes to find that the sunshine was shining into his eyes, he groaned. 'Where am I?' he questioned himself. He scanned his surroundings and noticed that it was very fimilar, it was his room.
"So... my cute little descendant has finally awaken." he heard a voice say.
He turned to the source and glared, "Eriol... don't call me that."
Eriol smiled, "Everyones worried about you, my cute little descendant, your sisters, your mother, Tomoyo, me and even Kero."
"What?" Syaoran yelped.
"You remember what happened in the forest right, my cute little descendant?" Eriol questioned.
"Yea..." Syaoran said with a stab in his heart, finally realizing what had happened, "Where's Sakura?" he asked gruffly.
"She's still resting." Eriol replied sadly.
"She lied... why didn't she just tell me?" Syaoran accidently said out loud.
Eriol looked at him, "She wanted to tell you Syaoran, but she wanted to protect you first, you never meant to hurt you."
"You knew?" Syaoran asked angrily.
"A long time ago, my cute little descendant." Eriol sighed.
"Eriol?" a figure walked in.
"Tomoyo!" Eriol said, walking over to her, giving her a light peck on the cheek.
Tomoyo looked at Syaoran, and smiled, "Your finally awake!" Tomoyo ran over and gave him a hug.
"You knew that Ying Fa was Sakura the whole time didn't you?" Syaoran could only ask.
"Yes..." Tomoyo answered timidly.
"What exactly happened after I was knocked out?" Syaoran asked, as he remember being bounced off Aku's barrier and knocked out, unconscious.
"Were not sure exactly... When we finally found you and Sakura, we saw her on top of you as a fireball was coming towards you. But luckily the shield card saved you both." Eriol told him.
"Syaoran!" a female voice squealed. A tall girl ran into the room, she had jet black hair and light, purple eyes.
"Akane." Syaoran grumbled.
"Omigod! Your okay! I thought you were badly hurt!" Akane cried. She wrapped her arms around his neck and gave him a bear hug.
"Let go of me." Syaoran managed to say, with Akane's death hug choking him.
Eriol and Tomoyo both raised their eyebrows. "Who is she?" Tomoyo asked.
"I'm Syaoran's fiancée, Akane Li." Akane announced proudly.
Eriol and Tomoyo glared at Syaoran. Tomoyo was about to burst into tears, 'How can he do this to Sakura? She never deserved this!' Tomoyo thought angrily.
'How dare he!' Eriol thought.
"Akane... would you please go get Syaoran some food, he's probably very hungry!" Tomoyo asked politely.
"Of course... anything for my beloved Syaoran!" Akane squealed in happiness.
As soon as Akane left, two pairs of eyes glared at Syaoran.
"How could you?" Tomoyo looked at him, with tears filling up in her eyes.
Syaoran looked down, "After I thought Sakura died, I needed to move on." Syaoran stated flatly.
"Do you know how many nights Sakura has cried herself to sleep? Every single night!" Tomoyo pointed out.
Syaoran looked down, not trying to hear anything Tomoyo had to say. 'I loved Sakura, I still do... if only...' he thought sadly.
"She's so lonely and sad... she never went out, she never was happy... Do you know how much it hurt me to watch my best friend go through that much pain?" Tomoyo practically screamed in his ear.
"Calm down, sweetie." Eriol told her.
Syaoran looked up, "Do you know how much I've been hurting? I've been mourning over Sakura's death, for the past year! She was right in front of my eyes and I was stupid enough to not realize that it was her." Syaoran yelled, in fustration, tears trickling down his cheek. "Where is Sakura, I need to see her." he asked flatly.
"She's in the guest room." Tomoyo hesistated to say.
Syaoran stood up and ran to the guest room. He peeked into the door and checked if anyone was there. Finally, when he was sure that no one was in sight, especially Kero, he closed the door and locked it. He took a chair and sat beside the bed. He examined the girl that laid in the bed. Her face was scarred with cuts and bruises, yet, she still looked like an angel. "Sakura..." Syaoran sighed, "Why didn't you just tell me?" tears started to stream down his face. He buried his face into the sheets and let all the tears pour out. He sat there for what seemed like days.
Suddenly he heard a small, weak voice, "I'm so sorry, Syaoran."
[a/n: hope you liked! sorry for any spelling mistakes etc... oh! review etc. etc.]
