Author's Note: I don't own Cardcaptor Sakura or any of the characters in this fic except for Hitomi, Umi, Pete and Ken. All the rest belong to CLAMP. As much as I want them to be mine, they are not. The characters in this fic are all 18 and finishing their last year of high school except for Touya, Kaho and Nakuru who are all older. This fic is ending very soon, maybe in this chapter or the one after this one.

The Bottom Of A Crystal Heart

Chapter 14

Syaoran was still watching Sakura and Umi from behind the barrier that was in front of him, still unable to get through as he heard Umi's threat. He knew that Umi was going to do something to Sakura and he hated that thought. He watched helplessly as Umi walked slowly towards Sakura, knowing that he wouldn't be able to help her at all if Umi attacked. He saw a flash of silver at Umi's side and he realised that she had a knife. He had to warn Sakura and quickly. He needed to save her.

"Sakura, Sakura!" he called out, but she either couldn't hear him or she chose to ignore him because she didn't turn around to see him. Umi was getting closer and closer and Syaoran could see her arm slowly moving upwards so the point of the knife was aimed at Sakura. He had to find some way to break the barrier.

"I think that I'll have to destroy you, pretty little Sakura. I have my strict orders to kill you; otherwise my master will kill my sister. As much as I want Hitomi to go away for a while, I don't want her *dead,* so my only choice is to destroy you instead. I'm sorry," Umi paused for a second before preparing to throw the knife. To Sakura it seemed like Umi was waiting for something, and something did come. Syaoran pounded on the barrier between him and his beloved Sakura, but it wouldn't give no matter how many times he pounded on it, or however hard he tried. It seemed invincible. Just as Umi stopped talking though, Syaoran concentrated really hard and brought out his magic sword that he had used so many years before. He concentrated all of his magic powers into the sword before using that to slice through the barrier in front of him, which had been preventing him from crossing. He ran straight from there until he was standing in front of Sakura and facing Umi boldly.

"You can't hurt Sakura, I won't let you. Put the knife down or I'll have to attack you. I won't let you take the one I love away from me!" Syaoran almost growled all of this at Umi, but whenever he said Sakura's name his voice switched from a growl into a pleasant voice filled with love, before switching back to a growl. It was so funny to Umi that she dropped the knife and almost rolled on the floor laughing, leaving the couple standing there looking confused.

"What's so funny about that? I thought that it was really sweet. I love you too Syaoran, from the bottom of my heart," Sakura hugged Syaoran before pulling him into a deep kiss, which only made Umi laugh even harder. The couple forgot that Umi was even there they were so entranced by each other. After about five minutes Umi had stopped laughing and started to clear her throat, trying to get the little love birds' attention, but to no avail.

"Alright, that's it! I'm going to pull you apart for a while to explain what has been going on!" Umi pulled with all her strength and managed to pull the couple apart, hurting her muscles as she did so.

"Hey! What are you doing?" Syaoran asked her angrily as she stood in between the couple to make sure they would listen to her. Sakura just laughed lightly before she too looked to Umi for an answer.

"I'm trying to explain what has been going on here! I'll teleport you to the magicians in Australia who have masterminded this and they will answer all of your questions. You can even yell at them if you like," Umi smiled at them before she put her hands on the left shoulder of both Sakura and Syaoran and chanted a few words under her breath. Soon she was the only person standing in the dark street, "Please yell at them! It'll make it so fun!" Umi muttered before she transported herself back to her home and family.

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Sakura and Syaoran found themselves in a small garden outside a house. It was daytime here and the sun was shining warmly down over the whole place. There were flowers in little beds all around the edge of the garden, but what interested the couple was a large wooden table in the middle of the grass. Seated on one side of the table were Tomoyo and Eriol. There were four empty seats, and Sakura knew that both Tomoyo and Eriol knew who the masterminds of the plot were. She was surprised to see that her two friends were holding hands. She wasn't surprised that they had feelings for each other, just that they had finally shown their emotions for once. She had found both of them to be masters of the game of masks, and she had been wondering when they would put down their guard for a few seconds to see what they should have seen in the beginning.

"Sakura, Syaoran! Come over here and sit down. I think that you'll be surprised," Tomoyo called them over, a mischievous grin on her face. Syaoran and Sakura looked at each other before shrugging and then moving to the seats that Tomoyo indicated.

"You know what's going on, don't you guys?" Syaoran asked them suspiciously as Tomoyo and Eriol looked at him with looks of complete innocence on their faces.

"Do we know what's going on Tomoyo? I didn't know that, did you?" Eriol asked his girlfriend, his voice completely innocent.

"I didn't know that we know what's going on! How would we know such a thing?" Tomoyo was trying her hardest not to laugh as she and Eriol enjoyed their little game. After all, they both loved to tease Sakura and Syaoran. If looks could kill, then both Tomoyo and Eriol would be long dead with the glares that Syaoran gave them. Even Sakura was glaring at them a little.

"I guess Sakura's been around Syaoran too much lately, his glare seems to be catching," Eriol and Tomoyo shared the joke whilst Sakura and Syaoran's glares became stronger.

"I think that you've been teasing these two too much guys," Sakura almost jumped out of her skin when she heard her brother Touya's voice come from behind her, "Hey kaijuu, how have you been lately?"

"Touya! What are you doing here? Does this mean that you're the one who has been setting the four of us up?" Sakura demanded the answer, and for some reason her emerald eyes were flashing with so much anger that even Syaoran was a little afraid of her.

"I never set four of you up. Only you and Syaoran," Touya's statement turned Sakura's glare from him to Tomoyo and Eriol who were grinning their heads off.

"You would have suspected us if we hadn't been getting attacked too. It was only logical that we get help from your brother. After all, as much as he hated Syaoran, he wanted Sakura to be happy. Even if Syaoran had been erased from her memory, she was still sad without knowing why. So Touya helped us to make it so that the two of you would end up together. I brought Syaoran to Tomoeda and Tomoyo made sure that Chiharu and Tak invited both Syaoran and I to their engagement party. It was pretty easy really," Eriol was feeling very uncomfortable under the two glares, but he didn't let it show. Instead he just smiled at them as if to say that the glares didn't affect him at all.

"But how did you and Tomoyo manage to organize all that when you were in different countries? I thought that you didn't know where Eriol was!" Sakura accused Tomoyo, who just smiled, trying not to laugh.

"I had been writing to Eriol since he left. I always knew where he was because he told me in his letters. When he told me that he had met Syaoran, we came up with this plan. All we needed was something to distract you from suspecting us and we were all set," Tomoyo explained, squeezing Eriol's hand for support against the glares. By now the two of them were almost going to jump up and run away, just to be out of sight of their friends' eyes. Touya saw this and quickly took over. He wasn't afraid of glares; after all, he had a pretty good one too. "Tomoyo asked for my help on the situation and I came up with a plan after a few months. I would erase your memory and Tomoyo would pretend to lose hers. I would also erase Syaoran's memory whilst Eriol too pretended that his memory had gone. Then I would send two of my ex-tutor students to pretend that they were hopelessly in love with the two of you, and as luck had it, Pete had gone out with you before Sakura, so that was a bonus. Tomoyo pretended to be head over heels in love with Ken, and I taught Pete a spell that would hypnotize you so that you would be entranced," Touya stopped to take a breath while he let what he had said sink in, "Then we made sure that the two of you met and that Tomoyo and Eriol would throw a few hints as to your past together. Of course they knew everything as their memories were still intact. Once you had figured the part about the memories out, I removed the spell and put on a spell that would cause Syaoran to not see Sakura. Eriol could see them of course, but he didn't say anything. That went for all the spells I cast. Tomoyo and Eriol always knew, but they would never say anything." Touya stopped once again and went and sat down at one of the spare seats at the table.

"You guys weren't under the spells? You must be really great actors then," there was awe in Sakura's voice, as if she could hardly believe that anybody could act all of that so well, but she was still glaring a bit when she looked at them.

"Sakura, of course we were acting. We would have forgotten the plan if our memories really had been erased. And as for acting, it's pretty easy. We have had a lot of practice at it, that's all," Eriol explained, trying to shy away from Syaoran's glare. Syaoran basically hadn't moved the whole time they had been there and his glare hadn't lessened in intensity either.

"Anyway, Ken and Pete took you out and Tomoyo conveniently 'forgot' to get Ken to take her to the festival, whilst Pete used that spell that I taught him to take him away. As Pete had previously arranged with Eriol as to where he was going to take Sakura, he had told Eriol and so Eriol made sure that the guys found Sakura before they found Tomoyo. Once he had found Sakura, he left Syaoran there whilst he went to 'find' Tomoyo. That was just so you two would have time alone and you'd be so scared that you'd cling to each other and Syaoran would protect Sakura, you know that type of thing. Anyway, then I played around with Tomoyo and Eriol to give you some time together. Of course Eriol and Tomoyo knew that it was fake, but they acted their parts very well. Even Ken believed them and Ken knew what was going on. Anyway, I enlisted the help of Hitomi and Umi, who were students of mine when I taught year 10 two years ago. They knew how to change their description, so they managed to look like the people which you saw when you saw Kaho and Nakuru," Touya waved his hand as if beckoning someone and Hitomi and Umi appeared.

"Hey guys! Didn't think you'd see us again, did you? Thanks for helping us practice our acting, we really need to pass year 12 Drama, and it'll be easier now," Hitomi seemed to be so bubbly that she was jumping up and down, and even Syaoran's glare faded a little as her bubbly energy reached him.

"I'm sorry about Hitomi, I gave her a bottle of LIFT and it made her go a bit weird. It's a yummy drink though. Well, we just came here to say goodbye and good luck. Hope everything goes well!" Umi apologized for her sister, before dragging Hitomi away. Hitomi was singing something about sugar or something like that as Umi dragged her away, and she was waving wildly. When they had finally gone Touya continued with the story.

"And then Tomoyo came after you exchanged a few words with Umi, and I put up the barrier so that Syaoran couldn't get through to Sakura. That was to make sure that he realised his feelings and that he would tell her ASAP. Then Tomoyo disappeared and came here, and Pete ran away whilst you weren't looking. Then Umi transported you here. That was what happened. Eriol and Tomoyo got to play match maker again and Sakura wasn't unhappy anymore. I think that it was a win for all sides, so stop glaring at people. You should be happy that we took all that time to arrange this," Touya finished and Syaoran grudgingly stopped glaring after Sakura glared at him.

"I guess I should appreciate it," he mumbled quietly, "Thanks guys. Now we just have to get our revenge someday and everything will be fine." Kaho came out through the backdoor carrying her daughter Melissa. Sakura jumped out of her chair, forgetting all about what had happened the past few days and rushed to her little niece.

"Sakura!" little Melissa cried. Sakura had seen Melissa before, when she had visited a few months ago and she absolutely adored her little niece. The tension that had been in the backyard broke at the sound of Melissa's laughter and everything went back to normal.

THE END.

Phew! That took a long time, but now The Bottom Of A Crystal Heart is now finished. Oh, and LIFT is not my invention, it is a lemon flavoured soft drink that makes me go hypo. It's really nice. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this fic, and if you have any questions, ask them when you leave your review. Also, tell me in your review if you want me to write a sequel, and I'll see if I have time. The school musical is on this week, so I might only get time to answer your questions the week after. All answers to the questions will be at the bottom of my bio page. I sincerely hope you've enjoyed reading this and please review, I want over a hundred reviews for this fic!!! See you soon and please read my other fics!!!!