Here it is: the final chapter of this weird story that had on everyone's nerves. I want to thank everyone for their support, specially to those who reviewed from the beggining when this story had only 4 reviews or something. The thank you list will go at the end of the chapter.
I know some people only found out that Michelle was Sakura with the last chapter, but other people knew it from before. I want to apologize for making you believe it, you really wanted to kill me, but as I kept telling, this had a purpose. And here it is.
I had a weird alternative ending for this story and I was very tempted to put it, but you would have definitely kill me, I would have killed myself if I had, imagine that. I hope you like it, after all the threats I received I'm quite scared, but I deserved it. If after reading it you want an epilogue just tell me, if I have an idea or have the time, 'cause next week will be a mess, I will try to put it.
One short announcement: I'll be calling her Michelle still, because technically she isn't Sakura yet, even if it's her on the inside, ok?
That's enough, I'll leave you now with the end.
Waiting for an angel (chapter 10)
A brown haired girl lifted her head from her pillow hearing the bell. She cleaned away her tears, fixed her clothes and went towards the door, when she opened she met six really familiar faces.
"Hi" she said, and Tomoyo stepped forward and hugged her.
"My God, look at you" she said, and then broke the hug to look at her. "How long have you been crying?"
"All night, since I woke up, I don't know... I don't remember" answered Michelle.
"We thought they should know" said Meilin, making Fran step forward hugging her friend, who closed her eyes, letting a few tears run away.
"Don't you ever do that to us again, you hear me?" said the black haired girl, and Michelle nodded. "I don't want to go through that again".
"Neither do I" added Michelle, and a few seconds later she hugged Madison, who had her eyes a bit red too.
"I missed you so much, you have no idea" she said.
"Me too, I needed everyone so much" said Michelle, and broke the hug. "Danielle, how are you?"
"Glad it was you who kicked Natalie's ass" answered the other young female, making everyone laugh. "I should have known" she added and hugged her.
"I know you did. Deep down you did".
When all the encounters were made, Tomoyo made some tea and everyone sitted down on the couches that Michelle had in her apartment. A moment later Michelle came back dressed and with the Sakura cards in her hand.
"We forgot someone who wants to say hello to you" said Eriol, and Tomoyo opened her backpack. In the blink of an eye they saw a yellow thing go out flying straight into Michelle's face.
"It was you, kid!!" he screamed, and Michelle smiled hugging him. "I knew it from the moment I saw you do the movements that Tomoyo teached you".
"Actually, that was the moment when I started to suspect" she added, making Eriol nod. "It was weird that you could know them".
"And when you asked me I told you I just did them, they came out of nowhere" said Michelle, and everyone smiled. "This is an odd situation".
"Yes, it is" said Meilin. "So, are you going to explain?"
Michelle sighed. This was the hard part.
"Remember, Kero, when I told you that I didn't knew what to do with the cards?" she started.
"Yes, and after that the cards wouldn't recognize anyone as their master except for you" he said, Eriol nodded.
"Well, when I... went" she said oddly, and her friends smiled. Sakura was starting to come around. "They told me that it was because since my death was so unexpected, I had no time to be told, so there was no way I could know who the next master was". She was getting to the hardest part, so she clutched her cup of tea. "The only way something could be done was that I went to get the cards, but since I was dead, they would have to send me temporarily, with a fake body, to say it that way. Get the cards and go back up. Because I'm not really alive, I can go with the cards as mine and that way no chaos would be happening here" she ended.
"That's why the cards wouldn't answer to anyone" said Eriol, but she shook her head.
"Not exactly. See, if I had been gone for awhile longer, the cards would have been released again. That's why I came here. When I arrived, the cards started to 'live' again, right?" she guessed.
"Yeah, they were like when you were here, you could feel them" said Meilin. "Not that I could feel a lot, you know".
"But, how couldn't we feel your aura?" asked Tomoyo. "Until last night".
"When I came back, the idea was that no one was suspecting of me. I was suppossed to come, get close enough to the cards, become the master again and leave with them. So I had my aura, but they had a specie of shield over me, so no one could feel it. Last night, since I was near to them, my aura was slowly going back, that's how you caught me" explained Michelle, knowing the questions that were coming.
"And why were 'they' here, anyways?" asked Fran.
"When they sended me, they gave me time to get the cards. After that they would come and get me back..."
"They want you back" ended Danielle, and Michelle nodded. "Why are you here still then?" she asked.
"I don't know" she answered, shrugging. "I guess they want me to explain, I don't understand really".
"But sometimes you acted like if you really didn't knew anything about yourself, or us" asked Madison. "How could that happen?". This time Michelle took a deep breath. It was time for them to know.
"The day they told me that I was coming back, I didn't wanted to. I wasn't going to resist the fact that Syaoran would have to be near and I would have to control myself". It was the first time she named Syaoran since the day before, and everyone stiffened knowing what was happening. "What I didn't knew was that they would erase my feelings for him".
"WHAT?!?!?" yelled everyone, making Michelle wince.
"They erased all the feelings of love I had for him. It made me love him only as a friend" she said, and they sitted down, still mad. "That way I wouldn't have anything that would make me stay here. If I came here still in love, I would have refused to come, and if I did, I would have refused to leave. But I still had love feelings for him and they never found out".
"That is so cruel" said Tomoyo, extremely mad. "How could they do that?"
"I know, but trust me, I never wanted it" apologized Michelle, still not knowing why, she guessed it was because she didn't had to act like another person all the time. "They also gave me other personality, still keeping some of mine, but to make the difference".
"You mean, all the cursing and the butt kicking, they gave it to you?" said Meilin, and Michelle nodded. "Wow, for being you, it was way cool" she added, and they laughed.
"Yeah. There were times when I was really Michelle, it wasn't Sakura, and those were the times when I was acting like if I really didn't knew and I remember them when they are done. For example, when you told me what happened to me, and when you explained the whole Clow Card incident" said Michelle, and everyone nodded. "I had real shocked faces, and it was because it was Michelle, it wasn't me".
"And Syaoran actually started to like Michelle" joked Madison, and Danielle slapped her in the arm. "What?"
"Maybe" said Michelle. "Because they never expected that even though they sended me to love him only as a friend, I always wanted to stay here with him" she spoke, and the girls sighed.
"I have a feeling that's not all" said Eriol, and Kero looked at him nodding.
"You always see through everything" she said. "I came here too because I wanted to save him".
"From what?" asked Meilin, worried. He was still one of her favorite persons after all.
"When they sended Natalie to jail the first time, after that he went to a building and tried to throw himself off" she said, making everyone gasp. "That was the time they sended me, it was just where he was and when I saw him I wanted to go and tell him it was me, but I couldn't. So I saved him" she ended.
"Now I know you are an angel" said Fran totally surprised. "This is extremely odd, I've never went through a situation like this before" she said, standing up, and Tomoyo and Meilin smirked, knowing what she felt.
"I wanted to make him move on. But in trying to do it he moved on falling for someone else" ended Michelle sadly.
"Don't worry" said Eriol, taking her hand. "I'm sure he knew it was you".
After having everything cleared up and after talking for a moment, they left. Michelle stood up and went to her balcony. The sun was shining and it made you want to go around enjoying life, but she wasn't in for it. She was going to be taken away from the love of her life again, and not even the brightest of the suns could help to make her feel better.
She looked to one side of the road and saw the cab there, filled with suitcases and things. She had said goodbye to her friends earlier, Meilin was going back to Hong Kong and wait for Syaoran there, but Michelle didn't knew that. Tomoyo and Eriol were going to England, but before they were making a small stop in Japan to say everything to Sakura's dad and brother and leave Kero over Yukito. After that they were going to live in England, Eriol was planning on proposing to Tomoyo but didn't knew if she was ready. All this he told to Michelle through telepathy, and Michelle answered telling him that Tomoyo would be more than happy and to make sure they kept a space for her, who knew if they would allow her to go.
She saw Meilin hugging Syaoran, and she was sure that she winked at her, making Michelle smile. Tomoyo and Eriol got in too, and the cab left. Syaoran was standing there, and she was dying to go and tell him something, but he didn't even looked. Michelle got scared. The look he saw on his face was the same one he had when he arrived to Japan the first time.
After closing her balcony doors, Michelle walked over to her room. She rested on her bed, thinking about him. Her last thought before falling asleep was wishing that Syaoran would forgive her. A moment later she wasn't there anymore.
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"First call to board flight 764 to Hong Kong, China. Passengers please board on gate A44..."
Syaoran stood up, ready to go and leave this place. He didn't hate Los Angeles, though, even if that was the place where he had lost her twice. No, right now he didn't felt anything special, he felt like numb and wasn't planning on feeling anything right now. It was better that way. However he stood there for a few minutes, thinking and remembering her.
'I love you, little wolf'
"No, you don't" he whispered to himself. "You left me, you made a mess of me, now let me live it". He shook all his thoughts about her away, it was time to leave and start again, forgetting everything... including her.
Somewhere else
Crying could be heard all around that big place without a name, but that some people call Heaven. The elders were already aware of it, because they could hear it too.
"Is this normal?" asked one of them.
"Of course. But it could not be happening if we had told her the truth from the beggining" answered the other.
"Well, looks like we screw it" said the other, smiling. "Call her" he said to someone that was around, who nodded.
"Are you telling her?" asked the second one, and the first guy nodded.
"Yes. It's time that everything goes where it belongs".
Back at the airport
Syaoran stood there, waiting to check in. The flight had been delayed for a few minutes, but everything was back into place and he was ready to leave, but deep down a little voice told him to stay, and he didn't listened.
It was just 5:30 and his flight was due to leave at 6:00, so he still had a few minutes and decided to buy a drink. When he was going to buy it, something stopped him.
"Syaoran!". He turned around and saw her, she was running with all she could to get to him.
"I remember telling you to stay away from me" he said coldly when she got there, not even looking at her. "You already ruined my life, what else do you want?"
"If all this years for you were a waste of time, I won't force you to think of it the other way around" said Michelle hurt after some seconds of silence.
"Stop talking like if you were her, 'cause you're not" he stated, coldly. "I don't know who you are but stop playing this game, it's not funny" he ended, and turned to leave, but she took his wrist and made him turn to face her.
"I'm not leaving until you hear me and I'm not letting you go either" she said, and he tried to refuse looking at her. "When I came, I had only a few memories about us, but as time passed, I fell in love with you again, even though I didn't wanted to. Look at me" she said, forcing him to look into her eyes. "I wanted you to move on, but then I realized I wanted to stay here, I didn't cared if you still thought I was dead".
"How can you still love me after this? Don't you care that I almost fell for another girl without knowing it was you all the time? Doesn't it hurt that I didn't recognized you?" he asked, controlling his anger and his fear, anger of have to admit that he couldn't live without her and fear that she would have to leave.
"No, I don't" she said smiling sweetly. "Because I know that deep inside of you, you knew it was me. And you recognized me, and that's why you opened your heart to me so easily, even when you thought you didn't knew me". When she ended, she took his hand and placed her on her cheek. "And when you looked at me, I could see that you knew it".
"I'm sorry" he said, closing his eyes and pressing his forehead against hers. "You are right, I always knew it was you and I knew it from the moment you saved me, but I could never understand that feeling that I knew you". She smiled hearing this, and closed her eyes nodding. "Because everytime I needed you, you appeared, and that time you were there too. When I was with you, I felt I was alive and I wondered how could that happen. And it was because it was really you".
"Didn't you remember?" started Michelle, a few tears running down her cheeks. "If you ever need me, I'm gonna be there. And be sure of one thing: I love you, here or in Africa..."
"Now or in a thousand years. I always will" completed Syaoran. "I'm sorry".
"It's ok" she answered. "You have just paid me back for saving you" she added, making him smile.
"It's not over yet" he said, and closed the small gap between their lips that met in a sweet kiss, that started to evolve in a hungry one, because of how much they missed each other, it had been a long time and they couldn't take it anymore.
When she broke the kiss, something happened. Time seemed to stop, and Syaoran looked in amazement how her body started to glow and she was covered by something transparent, that looked like if Windy had surrounded her. Her hair got shorter, her features changed, and when he started to realize what was happening, a bright light surrounded the frozen airport and Syaoran had to cover his eyes.
A moment later he opened them. The airport was alive again, everyone was moving and were acting as if nothing had happened. When he looked in front of him he saw something that mde him gasp. He knew that face, and that hair. When she opened her eyes. He finally recognized it, it was impossible to not know those green emerald eyes.
"Told you I wouldn't leave you" she said with a smile. Syaoran dropped his backpack and hugged her so tight, but Sakura didn't cared, she hugged him too.
"You don't know how miserable I've been without you" he said, buring his face in her neck.
"I do" she answered, crying. "I've been just like you. I wanted to hold you so bad, and kiss you, and be with you and tell you that I loved you but I couldn't, and it was killing me".
"I love you" he said, and she laughed, still crying. "I love you, I can't live without you, so don't think of doing that to me again" he added, breaking the hug and cleaning away her tears. "Don't cry, why are you crying?"
"I can't believe I'm here again" said Sakura, smiling. "It feels so good to be alive again" she said looking around and taking a deep breath.
"I'm glad you are" said Syaoran, and she looked at him. "Aren't you mad at me?"
"No, silly. It was me the whole time" she said, hiting him in the arm. "Did you ever wonder how could I joke around you and always hit on your spot?"
"Oh... now I remember" he said, and she laughed. "That's the green jeep we saw that one time on our trip to San Diego".
"And I knew you would think it was funny if I said I would blew off my parents for a party" she said, and he smirked. "It was me, and it's still me. I learned a lot of things up there, you know?" said Sakura.
"Like?" asked Syaoran, but she didn't had time to answer.
"Final call to board flight 764 to Hong Kong, China, please board on gate A44" said someone through the speakers.
Sakura looked at Syaoran questioningly, and he looked back at her. He took his ticket from a pocket on his jacket and taking in his hands he ripped it in two parts and put it back.
"I'm not going anywhere" he whispered, making her smile. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her closer to meet her lips in a sweet kiss, this time there was no rush or bright lights, or crazy girls with guns. It was just the two of them.
Two people were looking at them from above, and another one joined, but in the shape of a ghost, or a vision.
"Did she accepted the apologies?" said the newcomer.
"Yeah, she understood. I'm glad you decided to cooperate" said the one that had spoken to Sakura.
"No problem. It was something I had to do to forgive myself" said Catherine, looking at the couple. "But I still wonder why you didn't told her from the beggining that she was coming to save him".
"If we had, she would have wanted to tell him it was her, and if she did it would have been bad for both of them" said the second guy. "This wasn't the plan, of course, he wasn't suppossed to fall in love with her... again".
"I think it was better" said Catherine, sighing. "That way they'll know that no one can put them apart. They can always be waiting for their angel to go and save them when they feel bad, whenever they feel lost".
"And where's yours?" asked one of the guys, making her smile.
"I know it'll come" she answered simply, before leaving. "I'm sure my angel will come".
The end.
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So, did you like it? Tell me!! I hope it did, I made it S&S, and I put the happy ending, I know it's better for everyone. Please review and tell me what you think of it, was it too mushy? Well, there's a warning in the summary, so don't complain! You can tell me, anyways.
Now, I want to thank:
~ S&S4ever: well, looks like he already did! Thanks for all your support, thank you thank you thank youuuuuuu!!!
~ Jennifer: here it is... the REAL apperance. Hope you liked it!! And you finally got it... after all the mad reviews, you found out who Sakura is... finally.
~ Megami no Hikari: I didn't hear of you in a long time! And I'm glad you reviewed, and I'm glad you liked it. Women's intuition... it can do wonders, right? Thanks for your support!
~ FiFi: oh, I'm on your favs! That means so much to me!! Thank you! And here's what you wanted, the next chappy (of course, you already read it, stupid me *smacking myself on the head with a notebook*)
~ SweetBabyGurl: hah! Demanding for updates gets you far, here you have it! And I know I'm evil, you should have known that when I made Syaoran fall for Michelle. Thanks for reading!!!!
~ ann: one time I swore I would never do cliffhangers, but I made like one on every chapter... you are right! I'm so evil. Thanks!
~ alflirtbabe: of course I CANNOT leave you like that, it would be totally evil from me, even more evil than I am already... doesn't sound too bad, though... I'm happy you liked it!
~ cherrixwolf: hehe... here it is... don't bite me, ok?, it's quite scary to see people demanding chapters like that.
I also want to thank everyone who read this fic and reviewed at least once, my friend KawaiiChibiCherry who got quite confused on chapter 8 (sorry bout that) and AnimeObsessionFantasy who is one of the most confused persons. Any doubts, confusions, you know you can ask me, I will gladly answer!.
Once more, I say thank you to everyone. I don't know if I'll be posting any time soon something new, it all depends on my time and my ideas... I have no time, I swear. But I can always make time for writing.
Thanks to all and I'll be seeing you later.
Montserrat T. (aka Luci)
