Years After

A/N: Hey, this is the sequel to Too Late To Say I Love You. If you haven't read that yet, please do, so you'll have a better understanding of this story. I know that I have some grammar mistake, so please don't tell me that in a review.



Syaoran had return back to Hong Kong for a long time now. No matter what he do, his mind was always thinking about Sakura, his dead love. Everyday, his day was like the day before, as if he was living in the same day over and over again. Even though he had what he wanted years ago, he still isn't happy being the new master of the cards. His family, other than his mother and sisters, were proud of him for being the new master, but failed to noticed that he had changed since he returned from Japan. Day after day, all he did was train to expand his powers, learn more about the history in his family, try to get away from annoying girls, and most of all think about Sakura.

Although it has been five years since Sakura's death, he just couldn't let go of her. He couldn't say goodbye to his only love. He had thought about returning back to Japan to visit Sakura, but couldn't bare the memories that lie there. Syaoran knew that Kero and Yue also miss their former mistress, but didn't show it a lot. Although Kero had sometime, Yue barely.

"Master Syaoran," Syaoran snapped out of his thoughts about Sakura when he heard his teacher call him. Syaoran continued to train untill it was time for dinner.



"Mei Ling, look at this!" Tomoyo was looking at an magazine when she saw a photo.

"Huh? What is it?" Mei Ling asked, as she took the magazine from Tomoyo's hand.

Mei Ling stared at the photo for a while then read the acticle that was attached to it. Mei Ling's eyes widen by the second.

"I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!" Mei Ling exclaimed, making some customers look at her and Tomoyo's shop.

"Yeah, me too," Tomoyo said.

"I think we ought to tell Syaoran about this!" Mei Ling said with a smile on her face, "And then, he'll have to come back for sure!"

"And girls will swarm him and won't give him to see the living daylight?" Tomoyo asked, as she got out of her seat to help a customer.

"Well, it's not OUR fault that he's in the magazine!" Mei Ling stated.

"Well, THAT is true, but he only has his eyes set on one person and she's gone," Tomoyo said, wipping the tears that were forming in her eyes away.

"Yeah, I know. I miss her too. This is all Naru's falut. I mean she's the one who killed Sakura," Mei Ling grumbled.

"Let's stop talking about this. It's making me sad," Tomoyo said.

"Yeah."


Later that day, Mei Ling phoned Syaoran and was suprised that he had picked up on the first ring. Normally, it was his sisters that picked the phone up on the first ring.

"Is Syaoran there?" Mei Ling asked, wanting to be sure that it was him.

"This is he," Syaoran grumbled in a cold tone, wanting to get off the phone, so he could get some sleep.

"Hi Syaoran, it's me, Mei Ling," Mei Ling said with happiness, ignoring his cold tone.

"What do you want, Mei Ling? You know that it's night time over here," Syaoran asked, knowing that this will be a long night.

"Well, I just want to know if you why you were in one of the popular magazines," Mei Ling replied.

"What?! No," Syaoran replied.

"Well, you are. It's very funny about what the magazine said about you,"

"What did they put?"

"That you were in love with Sakura and that you killed her for another girl, that they described sound like Naru," Mei Ling replied quickly, hoping that she just didn't ruined her cousin's day.

"Who write the acticle?" Syaoran demanded.

"Uh...I didn't finish reading it, let me check," Syaoran for Mei Ling to check who wrote the acticle. After a few moments, Mei Ling replied, "Naru..."

"First she ruined my and Sakura's relationship, then killed Sakura, and now she dares to print lies?" Syaoran asked outloud.

"Seems like it. Well, it saids here that she's not living in China or Japan," Mei Ling told Syaoran.

"Where then?"

"Uh...USA,"

"She better stay there then, but if she dares to continue writing lies about me or anyone else, I'll make sure that she'll be sorry," Syaoran threatened.

"I think that you shouldn't go agasint Sakura's dying wish," Mei Ling said as she tries to calm Syaoran down.

Mei Ling heard Syaoran sighed, as she let out a breath of relief. The two cousins continued to talk until Syaoran told Mei Ling that it was pass midnight and he should be going to sleep. As Syaoran was going to sleep, he had to wonder if Sakura was alive and he and Sakura had wed, would Naru have printed that stuff about him? Syaoran had decided on one thing that night after he said goodbye to Mei Ling, he was going to return to Japan, too see if anything have changed and most of all to see his Sakura.


The following day, Syaoran's day was the same as the others. After Syaoran finished training, Syaoran went in to change for dinner. During dinner, the things that could be heard were his sisters chatting and Kero's munching. Syaoran had decided to ask his mother if he could return to Japan for a while.

"Mother," Syaoran started, at the moment Syaoran spoke, the room became quiet. His sisters knew that he barely talked during breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

"Yes?" Yelen asked, letting Syaoran continue.

"I've been thinking lately and I was wondering if you could let me go back to Japan," Syaoran finished.

Kero was surprised that his master wanted to go back to Japan suddenly.

"Well, your teachers told me that you've been doing well in your training. I'll think it, tomorrow," Yelen replied. With that, the room went back to it's normal noise.

During that night, Syaoran hoped that his mother would let him return to Japan. He knew that he had to face the painful memories sooner or later. With memories of him and Sakura in his mind, Syaoran went to sleep, unaware that someone was watching him from his balcony in the dark.

As soon the person knew that Syaoran was fast asleep, the person tried to open the doors and was surprised that Syaoran haven't locked it. The person walked toward Syaoran. When the person got to Syaoran, the person took out a box and laid it next to Syaoran, with a note on top of the box. As the person was leaving, the person left a scent behind in Syaoran's room. A scent that Syaoran knew, but was lost in his memories.