Disclaimer: I don't own Card Captor Sakura, Clamp does!! All I own in this story is the new character Erol Hiragiwaza!!

REVERSAL LOVE

Last Chapter - Final Challenge (Part 3)

Suddenly, Syaoran's body was revived from his faint. His skin was indigo and his eyes was filled with nothing but darkness. He slowly stood up and turned to Sakura.

"S-Syaoran?" Sakura asked while looking at the mutated Syaoran.

"Hahahaha!!! Sakura Kinomoto!!!! Accept your fate and die!!" The voice said inside Syaoran's body. It was easily recognized to be Erol's voice.

"Erol!! What have you done to Syaoran?" Sakura cried to him while still holding her stomach to stop the pain.

"Heh! If I were to fuse with someone else's body, my powers would double and that would be easier to destroy you and your lousy magic! So I simply borrowed my little descendent's body to multiply my power." Erol explained. His voice was deeper and blended in with Syaoran's voice. "Hah, I shall stay in this body until this body is no longer useful!"

"No longer useful...?" Sakura repeated to herself.

"No longer useful as in, DEAD!" Erol accented his words.

Sakura's heart was completely frozen with the words. She's looking at a monstrous Syaoran who really is Erol inside. There was no hope in her soul, her will is dead. "(Sakura thinking) I'll never see Syaoran again..."

"Hahaha, looking at your face makes me want to barf!!" Erol said coldly to Sakura. "Let me finish you off with my new cards!!" Erol pulled out a card from his pocket and swung it in the air.

"Firey!! Burn her into crisps!!" He ordered then let out an outrageous laugh.

Sakura didn't even try to dodge the attack. Tears flooded her eyes like a pool. "(Sakura thinking) It's pointless. I'll never see Syaoran again." She stepped forward towards Firey's spirit to accept her fate.

"SAKURA!!! DON'T BE STUPID!!!" Kero screamed to the top of his lungs. This time Sakura heard it, but ignored him.

Kero got angrier. "SAKURA KINOMOTO!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE I WAS SO STUPID TO PICK YOU AS A CARDCAPTOR!! YOU DON'T DESERVE TO BE THE MISTRESS OF THE CARDS!! YOU DON'T DESERVE TO LOVE SYAORAN!!"

Kero's words have finally striked Sakura's mind. She was shocked to hear Kero's cold words. She turned back to look at Kero, but his eyes were striking her with anger. She finally realized her stupidity.

"(Sakura thinking) Kero's right! How can I give up so quickly? There's always a way to solve a problem!" Her spirit was immediately restored. She turned and decided to fight Erol.

But it was too late. Sakura had completely forgotten about the Firey's attack.. She was wrapped around with stinging fire. Sakura cried out loud, but the pain doubled every time she screamed. She was held in mid air by the fire, wrapping her body tighter every second.

"Hahahha!!! This is easier than taking candy from a baby!!" Erol humiliated while watching enjoyably at Sakura's pain.

"Ahhh!!!!!" Sakura cried in agony. Her clothes were burning as the heat of the fire stinged her stronger than ever. "I---I can't.....I can't die yet! I've still got....got so much things to say to Syaoran.....I must not die.....AHHHH!!!" Sakura struggled with the fire. Her fighting spirit was strong, which is the only thing that's keeping her alive.

Erol was amazed to see Sakura still struggling. "Firey!!! Hurry and destroy her!!" He ordered the card. The Firey's spirit immediately obeyed. The fire that's wrapping up Sakura was suddenly twice as big. "AHHHHH!!!!!!!" Sakura screamed again.

"NO!!!! SAKURA!!!!" Kero and Tomoyo both yelled inside the barrier. Kero and Tomoyo's heart teared to see her suffer. Kero dropped down on the ground and tears were spitting out from his eyes and dripped to the ground. "Sakura.....I'm sorry!!! I never should have said those words to you!!" Kero regretted. "SAKURA!!! DON'T DIE!!!" Tomoyo also dropped down on the ground with Kero. They both started blaming themselves about how helpless they were.

"AHHHHHH........" Sakura's voice is becoming weaker. She didn't have any more energy left to struggle. She looked at Firey's spirit. Sakura smiled warmly at the spirit before passing out. "Good bye...." She directed her words to the Firey spirit.

Suddenly, the spirit's expression changed. The spirit recognized her real mistress' voice. She looked at Sakura, and suddenly blew out the fire. She looked at Sakura again; her eyes filled with sadness and guilt. Sakura was very weak and beaten, but saw the Firey spirit. "Firey..." she held on to the spirit's hand. Suddenly, a bright glow of pink light was released within Sakura's hand. When, she touched the spirit's hands, the spirit turned back into the card form. The card's color slowly changed back into pink.

"What the!!?!!?? This can't be happening!!!!" Erol roared angrilly. Out of his pocket shot out all the purple cards that he had changed. They all floated out and created a circle around Sakura, who was laying weakly on the ground. A pink light was created by Sakura, and all the cards changed back to it's original pink colors right in front of everyone's eyes.

When all the cards were transformed back to normal, they dropped to the ground like a deck of cards. They were scattered in all directions, and some landed on top of Sakura. She was too injured to pick up all the cards, but she was happy to see it all return back to normal.

Erol was angrier than ever. "Grrrrrrrr!!!!! You will pay for taking the cards!!" Erol shouted to her. He went and picked up Syaoran's green sword. He walked slowly towards Sakura's body while the sword dragged along.

Sakura didn't have the strength to move away from him. His footsteps were intense and full of anger. He walked closer to Sakura until he was about 2 feet away from her. Sakura widened his eyes as he saw Erol approaching closer to her while she's helplessly lying on the ground with a whole body full of wounds and injuries.

Erol grasped tighter onto the handle of the sword as he raised it above his head, pointing the end toward's Sakura. His face was very frightening, because all Sakura could see was Erol's evilness hidden inside Syaoran's face. He grasped on to the sword tighter, and got ready for the kill.

This moment felt like a million years to Sakura. She didn't know what to do, but if she doesn't act quick, she'll be killed by Erol. She couldn't help but kept on looking into Syaoran's face, who really was Erol in it. She suddenly burst into tears. "Syaoran!!! Could you hear me!!! Please!!!" She tried to talk to Syaoran.

"It's useless!!! That kid will never appear in your eyes ever again!!!!! Prepare to die!!!" Erol shouted to her.

"Syaoran!!! I know you're awake in there!!! Control yourself and fight off this evil!!" Sakura convinced harder. She wouldn't give up until the end.

For some reason, Erol couldn't strike the sword towards Sakura. "What??!? I can't move!!!!"

Kero and Tomoyo gasped. "It's working!!! Syaoran is still awake!!! He's just possessed by evil which made him unable to control himself!!!" Kero shouted to Sakura.

Sakura nodded, then tried harder to awaken Syaoran. "Please!!! For the sake of our lives, Syaoran. Fight it!!! Don't let him control you forever!!"

"This is useless!!!!" Erol screamed. "I'LL NEVER LET HIM ESCAPE FROM MY POWERS!!! PREPARE TO DIE!!"

This time, even Syaoran who was awake deep inside couldn't stop Erol from attacking.

"SAKURA!!!! RUN!!!" Kero warned.

Sakura was unable to move so she was left there, waiting to be attacked.

Erol's whole strength was concentrated towards his hands. He aimed the point of the sword directly downwards towards Sakura. He roared again, then he released all his strength and swung his sword.

Everyone closed their eyes, and heard Sakura scream loud.

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The moment of silence seemed to drag on forever. Sakura shut her eyes tightly, then asked herself, "Am I dead??"

She felt something dripping down her face. Kero and Tomoyo's eyes widened to see the horrific scene. Sakura finally decided to open her eyes and find out what happened.

She checked herself, which is exactly the way it was before she closed her eyes. "Why am I not injured?" She felt something dripping down her face again. She weakly lifted her hands up to her face and wiped it off. "Blood??"

Sakura turned her head the other direction and saw Erol who was in Syaoran's body standing right in front of her. The green sword was suspended inside his body. Blood was rushing like a river down from his chest and dripping on to Sakura's face. Sakura's eyes widened when she saw that Syaoran had stabbed the sword right towards his own heart.

"N-n-nooo.....I-I will-ll not d-die...." Erol's voice echoed. Black energy started rushing out of Syaroan's body. The black energy reshaped itself and turned back into Erol's body. Syaoran and Erol were separated at last.

"I-I'll r-return!!!" Erol sad his last words, then his dropped dead onto the ground. That was the end of the evil Erol Hiragiwaza.

"S-Sakura....." Syaoran's voice was barely audible. His hands were holding on to the sword that's still attached to his chest. Sakura turned her full attention towards him.

Syaoran suddenly had a burst of strength. He pulled the bloody sword out and away from his chest and dropped it on the ground. Blood shot out of his heart like a line of bullets. His faced turned to Sakura, smiled at her, then lost his balance.

Sakura's tears ran down her face like abursted dam. "SYAORAN!!!" She immediately charged herself up to him and tried to prevent him from falling to the ground. She caught him and let his head rested on her lap.

"S-Sakura....." Syaoran repeated. He held up his bloody hands and tried to touch Sakura's soft cheeks. Sakura held on to his other hand tighter than ever.

"Why?? Why did you do this!!!" She asked and she put her hands over to his chest to stop the bleeding.

"I-I have to......or else.....(cough cough)......or else, y-you will die....." Syaoran explained painfully.

"There are other ways too!!!" Sakura snapped. She sobbed harder.

Syaoran moved his hands around Sakura's cheeks and felt the smoothness on his fingers. "Y-you're so beautiful....."

"There's a way!!! There's a card that can heal you!!" Sakura cried. "I know there is!! Hang on Syaoran! I'll heal you!!!" Sakura searched through cards that was scattered on the ground. She kept on digging for a card that's suitable to heal him.

"S-Sakura.....it's no use..." Syaoran convinced. Sakura ignored him and continued to search.

"Sakura......" Syaoran repeated again. Sakura stopped and looked at him again. She couldn't stand lying to herself any longer. "WHY!!! WHY DO YOU HAVE TO DIE!!!" Sakura screamed. She hid her face inside Syaoran's hands that was on her cheeks.

"It's fate....." Syaoran explained. His words were very weak.

"Why....." Sakura rubbed Syaoran's hands across her cheeks. His hands were becoming colder by the minute.

"Why....." She repeated again. Sakura loosened her grasp on Syaoran's hand. His hand fell lifelessly on the ground.

"Why......." Sakura's face was blank. She wasn't crying, but tears streamed down her expressionless face. Syaoran's eyes closed as he slept on Sakura's laps, eternally.

Kero and Tomoyo were freed from the barrier. They walked closer to Sakura and the lifeless Syaoran. "Sakura...." Tomoyo tried to comfort her.

"He's gone." Sakura interrupted.

"There was no other way to prevent it. Syaoran figured out that 'the power within' was his heart. The only way to destroy Erol was to kill himself." Kero explained. "It was all meant to be.....it was...."

"It was fate." Sakura interrupted him. Her words kept Kero and Tomoyo speechless.

Sakura started searching through the messy pile of cards.

"What are you doing?" Kero asked. Sakura didn't answer him, but continued to look for a card.

She finally found the one she wanted, and held it up. She released her staff and threw the card in the air. Sakura surrounded herself with her a pink aura.

"Sword, release!" Sakura ordered the card.

"Don't do it!!!" Kero yelled at her. The card turned into a beautiful pink sword.

"Sakura!!!" Tomoyo shouted. Both Tomoyo and Kero tried to stop her, but they were unable to enter into the pink aura.

"I'm sorry," Sakura directed her words to her two friends. He held on the the sword tightly on her hands. She looked at Syaoran's face one last time. "Don't worry, I'll be with you forever....."

"DON'T SAKURA!!! DON'T!!" Kero and Tomoyo screamed again.

Sakura ignored them. She held the sword right up to her neck. "Good bye....."

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