Aha! It's tome for alternate ending number two!

-Naoko

Then, it will be time for alternate ending number four!

-Sakura

And so on, and so forth!

-Naoko

And, they don't own it!

-Kuri-chan

^^.^^ YAY! You said it like you meant it!

-Naoko

..... but I did! You don't!

-Kuri-chan

Here's your payment! *hands the kitty a biiiig can of tuna*

-Sakura

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-Kuri-chan



When Sakura, Syaoran, and Keroberos arrived back at the hideout, they found their companions had arrived before them.

After everyone was done salutating each other, Meling voiced the question everyone had been thinking: "Well, what do we do now?"

Everyone was quiet for a few minuted. Then Tomoyo spoke. "Sakura, don't you think that we should probably let everyone go home for a while?"

"Tomoyo, that's a good idea," Sakura said. She turned to Syaoran. "Do you want us to escort you home?"

Syaoran didn't say anything. Sakura took a step closer. "Syaoran, are you okay?" she asked in a worried tone.

Syaoran looked up at Sakura. "Yeah, I'm fine. I was just thinking," he said and smiled.

Sakura's face turned a light pink and she looked away.

"I think someone's embarrassed," Meling said out loud.

Sakura turned an even brighter red than before.

"I think you're right," Naoko said, standing next to a giggling Chiharu. Tomoyo, Sakaguchi, Nabisco, and Takashi just stood there and smiled. Syaoran looked rather befuddled.

*Okay, Sakura, you can control your blushing. You've done it before.* Sakura thought. She turned to Syoaran and smiled back.

"It's about time!" Meling exclaimed.

"Meling!" Sakura cried with embarassement.

"What?" Meling asked innocently.

"Oh, never mind!" Sakura said exasperatedly. "ANYWAYS Syaoran, would you like us to escort you back to your kingdom?"

"Um.... sure," Syaoran said and looked at Takashi. "It's going to be a long walk."

"Great, enough time to talk to the girl in green," Takashi said.

Everyone looked at Chiharu. "As long as I don't hear anything more about dungeons," Chiharu said to him.

"How about the origin of horses?" Takashi suggested.

Chiharu studied his face. "Why not?" she said finally. They started off towards the road.

"Well, I guess we should follow them," Sakura said.

"Yeah" Syaoran said.

Sakaguchi, Naoko, Meling, Nabisco, Rika, and Tomoyo had already started after them. Sakura and Syaoran decided to follow them a little ways back.

They walked for quite some time. Sakura turned to Syaoran. "What were you thinking about before we left?" she asked him.

"Oh, I'll tell you later when we get to my castle," Syaoran said.

Before Sakura could respond, they heard something from up ahead.

"Sakura! Sakura come quickly! Something bad has happened!" Tomoyo screamed.

Sakura turned to look at Syaoran and the two sped off towards the rest of the group. When they got there they saw a huge canyon.

"Where are Chiharu and Takashi?" Sakura asked, panting for breath.

"She... they.. down there," Rika said crying. She pointed to the edge of the canyon.

"How in the hell did that happen?" Syaoran demanded.

Rika sweatdropped. "They were looking at the sky. Takashi was telling her something about birds."

Sakura ran to the cliff and looked down. Takashi was holding onto a branch sticking out of the ground with one hand and Chiharu's hand with the other. Chiharu's head was bleeding heavily. The ground under Sakura started to crumble.

"Sakura! Look out!" Syaoran yelled. Sakura turned to look at him and fell too. Syaoran ran to the cliff. "Sakura! Sakura!" he cried. He looked everywhere down the side of the cliff, but couldn't see her. "Where can she be?" he thought out loud.

"Sy-Syaoran," Sakura called faintly.

"Sakura! I can hear you! Where are you?" he called.

"Get the others first," She called back.

"Alright," he replied. "Tomoyo, Rika, come help me. You too Meling and Sakaguchi."

"Ok," Rika said.

*Please be alright Sakura* Syaoran thought.

Once they pulled Takashi and the unconscious Chiharu back up, Syaoran went back to searching for Sakura. "Sakrua, say something!" he cried.

"Syaoran, I'm over here!" Sakura said. A stone hit the side of the cliff. Syaoran followed the noise and looked down. Sakura lay on a ledge. She seemed to be holding onto her consciousness by sheer force of will. When she saw Syaoran's face, she smiles weakly and passed out.

"Do you see her?" Tomoyo asked and stepped forwards.

"Don't come any closer! The ledge is unstable! I don't want anyone else to fall!" Syaoran snapped.

"Alright," Tomoyo said and retreated.

"Wait, Tomoyo, does Sakura still carry her Cards in her pocket?" Syaoran asked.

"No. She decided to put them back in the book." Tomoyo started.

"So she wouldn't loose them," Syaoran finished.

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There was a young boy standing in front of a very large palace. He looked around, aparantly trying to see if anyone was coming. When he saw no one he ran to a nearby field. As he ran, he tripped over a rock and fell flat on his face. "Ouch!" the boy cried in pain. He sat up and noticed a card- like-object on the ground. "What's this?" he asked himself and picked up the card. He examined it closely and saw a name written on the bottom. "Hm.. How do I say this? It looks like English. Maybe I should take it to Mother and Father and see what they think," he said out loud again.

"Hey, boy, sis you find a card out here?" a girl with auburn hair ran up to him.

"Yes, why?" the boy said and stood up.

"Well, because it's mine," she said and put her hands on her hips.

"Well, I found it!" the boy said and clutched the card to his chest.

"Well, I should have known that all royalty is rude and just plain meanies!" the girl yelled and turned away. She turned back. "Hey, what's your name?" she asked.

"Why do you want to know?" she boy snapped back.

"I was thinking that maybe if we were friends, you would give me my Clow Card back," the girl explained to him.

"Okay, my name is Syaoran. How about. hey, this is a Clow Card?" he asked, wide-eyed. Then you must be."

"The Cards Mistriss? And by the way, my name is Sakura. May I please have my card back now?" Sakura asked.

"What would happen if I called its name?" he asked.

"Nothing if you don't have magic," she said.

"Well, what if I do?" he asked her rudely.

"Show me if you do!" she snapped back. (A/N kids can be so cruel. -Sakura)

"Well, I would if I knew how to pronounce this name!" Syaoran yelled.

"Shh!! Do you want your guards to come and take you back to your palace?" Sakura sked in a hushed voice.

"No," Syaoran said in the same tone.

"Well then, give me my card and I'll." Sakura started but stopped as soon as she heard Syaoran call the name of the card.

"Wood!" Syaoran cried. For a moment nothing happened. Then the ground began to shake. The two looked around and saw trees sprouting up everywhere. "What do I do now?" Syaoran asked over the noise.

"Well, we have to seal it back into the card," she replied, astonished.

"And how do you do that?" he asked.

"Like this," Sakura pulled out her key and changed it into the staff. "Wood card, return to your powers confined!"

The card went back to its form. As Sakura reached out to grab it, it flew to Syaoran.

"Now may I please have my card back?" she asked.

"Yes," Syaoran said and handed her the card.

"I'll put it back into the book so I won't loose them anymore," Sakura said and bowed to him and turned back to where she came from.

"Hey! Wait! May I walk you home?" Syaoran asked her.

"I don't know. Won't people recognize you're royalty?" Sakura asked.

"Not if I do this," Syaoran said and smudged the emblem on his vest.

"Okay then, you can." Sakura said and took a few more steps. Syaoran ran to her, grabbed her hand, and the two left the field.

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"Syaoran! Snap out of it!" Rika yelled at him.

Syaoran blinked a few times and looked down at the unconscious Sakura. "Tomoyo, where is the Clow Book?" he asked.

"Sakura always has it with her in her bag," Tomoyo answered.

"Where is her bag?" Syaoran asked.

"With her," Tomoyo pointed to a pink bag at her side.

Everyone sweatdropped.

"Looks like we'll have to do this the hard way then," Syaoran said. He got a rope out of Sakaguchi's bag and tied it to a tree. "You have to make sure that this doesn't come apart, and you'll have to pull Sakura and me back up, got it?" he asked.

"Got it," everyone else chimed.

Syaoran climbed down the cliff to Sakura. When he got there he bent down and picked her up. "Come on Sakura, wake up," he pleaded.

Sakura stirred and opened her eyes a little. Syaoran smiled and hugged her. Sakura hugged him back.

"You truly are a great friend," Sakura whispered. *I only wish you were more.*

*I wish you thought of me as more than a friend* Syaoran thought.

Sakura tried to get up but almost fell over.

"Maybe you should hold onto me," Syaoran said. "I'll get you back up there."

"Alright," Sakura said. She grabbed hold of his neck as he climbed / was pulled back up the cliff. When they got up everyone ran over to make sure the two were allright.

"I'm fine you don't need to OWW!!" Sakura yelled and put a hand to her head. "I swear I have a bump."

Syaoran put his hand on her head. He laughed. "Yeah, you do. You'll have a pretty bad headache." Syaoran suddenly seemed to realize where his hand was and pulled it back quickly, blushing.

"I'll be fine," Sakura said. She stood up and started walking in the direction of Syaoran's castle.

Everyone watched her. Syaoran rolled his eyes.

"She's stubborn, isn't she?" Nabisco asked.

Everyone sweatdropped. They got up and followed her. After about another hour they arrived at the castle. It was now completely dark. Sakura ran about, identifying everyone of their holes and rocks.

"Sakura, how do you still remember everyone of our hiding places?" Syaoran asked her.

"I just do," Sakura replied.

"Shall we proceed? Or are we going to stand around gaping at the ground all night?" Meling demanded.

"Yeah, let's go," Syaoran said and walked ahead.

"Um. Syaoran," Sakura started.

"Yeah?" Syaoran said, and promptly tripped over a rock, cursing loudly.

"Watch out," Sakura giggled.

Syaoran got up quickly and glowered at her.

They finished walking to the castle.

"Would you all like to spend the night?" Syaoran asked everyone.

Sakura turned to her companions. They all nodded at her.

"I guess it's unanimous," Sakura said. "We're staying. But only for the night."

"Great. Takashi, would you please show them to their rooms?" Syaoran asked.

"Yes my Lord," Takashi said and bowed. "Please follow me."

Everyone except Sakura and Syaoran followed him. Sakura walked up to Syaoran. "Syaoran, what were you going to tell me?" she asked.

"I promise I'll tell you in the morning," He said.

"Okay," Sakura said in a depressed manner, trying to get him to tell her.

"Please don't do THAT!! Anything but that!!" Syaoran pleaded.

Sakura's eyes grew watery.

"Fine! I'll tell you part of it, but NOT all of it!" Syaoran threw his hands up.

Sakura tried to hide her glee.

"Okay, first I want to tell you that I- I- I-" Syaoran looked away.

"Syaoran, you can tell me anything," Sakura said and stepped closer to him."

"Okay," Syaoran took a deep breath. "Sakura, I love you," he said, gazing into her emerald green eyes.

At first, all Sakura could do was blink rapidly. Then, she broke into a smile. "I love you too Syaoran," she said and hugged him.

He hugged her back. Sakura ran off in the direction her friends had gone. When she turned the corridor, she discovered that some remodeling had been done when she had been gone. She stopped. "Um. Syaoran? Where are the rooms?"

"Just go straight. You'll find them," he called.

"Thank you," she called back.

The next morning Sakura woke up to find Tomoyo sitting on the floor surrounded by fabric and needles.

"Tomoyo, didn't you get any sleep last night?" Sakura asked her.

"No, I made new clothes for us to wear today," Tomoyo smiled at her eerily. (XD -Naoko)

Sakura sweatdropped. "Well, where are they?" she asked.

"Right here," Tomoyo said and held up a bunch of different dresses of all different colors.

Sakura rolled her eyes, but got up and put on a pink one with white trim. While everyone else was getting dressed, Sakura meandered about the corridors. When she judged that enough time had passed, she turned back. When she got back to her room, she found the others were dressed and ready to go eat.

"Sakura, where did you go?" Tomoyo asked.

"To look around.

Someone knocked on the door. "Sakura, are you ready to go have breakfast?" Syaoran called.

"Yeah! I'm coming!" she called to him. She turned to the others. "Let's go."

They walked downstairs to the dining room. There was tons of food all over the table.

"Wow!" Meling exclaimed.

"That's a lot of food!" Naoko stated.

"Is that all for us?" Rika asked.

"Yes to the three of you," Syaoran said and smiled.

They all sat down and started to eat. Sakura looked up from her food at everyone. Her eyes stopped on Syaoran and he looke dup.

"Wait a bit longer and you'll know," he said and smiled at her.

Sakura blushed and looked down. A door opened and a tall, beautiful woman walked in and sat down at the end of the table opposite of Syaoran.

"You said you wanted to speak to me this morning in front of your friends," Yelan said. She looked around and her eyes settled on Sakura. "Well, you're back," she said rudely.

Sakura didn't meet her eyes.

"Mother! Stop it! I love her and I'm giving up my kingdom to be with her!" Syaoran yelled angrily.

Everyone else looked at him in surprise.



THE END

BTW: the card went unsealed



Well, how did you like THAT one?

-Naoko

I hope they did. It was long!

-Sakura

and happy-dappy!

-Naoko

Hai hai!!

-Sakura

We need to say something more.

-Naoko

REVIEW!!

-Sakura

That works.

-Naoko