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a/n: SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO sorry for the long wait.
For the last three weeks, I haven't even touched my stories. The little time that I have that hasn't been devoted to school or my extra-curriculars or colleges has been devoted to sleep. I feel the compulsive desire to explain myself. Hell, I almost feel guilty opening the file now. But I relaize it's almost been a month since the last chapter, so here you go. I'll go let my guilt consume me now...
I retreated to my own room, wondering what I was going to do. I had hurt Sakura terribly, but it was an accident, on both our parts. A complete accident. I hadn't meant to be so abrupt. I'm sure she hadn't meant to say Yue's name. The thought of loosing Sakura again made me angry at myself. At the world.
Hours later, when the birds outside stopped singing and the sun was about to go down, I went to Kaho and Eriol. "I felt like I was an intruder, you guys. When she said his name. I really love her, but I don't think I can live with her feeling like an intruder," I told them.
I don't think Eriol or Kaho knew what to say except for the truth. "She's thinking of going back to Kiramati for a while," Eriol confessed.
"But, but why? After ten years?"
I had jumped out of my seat. Kaho pulled me back down. "Sakura thinks that you don't love her. She wants to go back, so at least she can be with her children. Her youngest would be twenty seven, her oldest would be thrity five. They're all still very young."
"But...but then...but the-"
"So why don't you just tell her you love her?" Eriol frankly suggested.
"She still loves Yue," I remember whispering.
"Yes, and she promised Yue that she would move on," Kaho put her hand on my arm. "She loves you almost to the point of distraction Syaoran."
"And I've loved her for so long. I don't think I can stand losing her again either," I groaned, putting my head on the table.
"Then tell her so," Eriol insisted.
"She's probably gone by now." Then I realized how odd it was that Eriol and Kaho knew so much. I looked up at the two of them who were wearing very secretive smiles. "Wait a second. How do you know all this?"
Kaho's grin grew wider. "She was here right before you were."
Why was she grinning like a monkey? If she was here before I was..."So she's probably gone by now anyway," I said miserably.
That's when I felt a tap on my shoulder. "No, I'm still here," a voice said. I wanted to brush it off, thinking it was an illusion, but Kaho was smiling like a maniac, so I had to turn around and see who it was. Of course it was Sakura, but my mind didn't believe it. I had to touch her to be sure that she was actually right there in front of me. So I hugged her.
"We'll leave you two alone," Eriol said, dragging a protesting Kaho out of the room. I barely noticed that they had peeked around the corner every so often just to watch "the fun."
Sakura looked even more beautiful than earlier that day. All the fatigue that had accumulated over the day was swept away by one look at her. She let me kiss her. I'll always remember that kiss because for the first time, I realized that Sakura was finally mine. For the first time, I realized that.
I knew that she would never reject me, but part of me wanted to test that. "I'll be good to you, I'll be like Yue," I said.
"No, don't be like Yue. I loved Yue because he was Yue, I love you because you're you."
Right then and there, I would have kissed her again, except I heard Kaho sigh. I turned around and noticed that the two of them really hadn't left, at least not for very long. "This is so romantic," she sighed.
Sakura turned bright red, I'm pretty sure I did the same thing too.
Anyway, a few months later, we were formally married, with the whole long ceremony and all. In the Realms of the Gods, simply living together is good enough, but Sakura insisted on a big gala. I don't think I need to say this anymore, but she was looking spectacular that day. During the dinner afterwards though, the Fates showed up. With an uninvited surprise.
The three of them had with them a little boy, no more than two years old. Sakura smiled. She loves children. "What's his name?" she asked.
They looked at each other, slightly embarassed, and then looked at me. "Kaiba."
Sakura nearly choked on her own spit, I could tell. "Kaiba?"
"Yes, well since we messed up the first time, we were kind of hoping that someone could raise him for us," one of them said. Her tone hinted strongly at the idea that Sakura and I should volunteer.
Thankfully, Kaho, ever helpful, jumped in. "We will!"
Eriol gave her a look and screamed "what do you mean we will?" but she didn't notice.
"You would never suspect, looking at this little boy, all those horrible things he did before, now would you?" Kaho asked, taking the little Kaiba from the Fates.
Sakura laughed. All the while, I could read an emotional battle playing out on her face. I'm not quite sure what she decided on, but she kissed me and said to Kaho, "no you wouldn't."
I looked at the Fates suspiciously. "Is that what you wanted me to watch? I mean, is that why you wanted me to watch all those families?"
"Is that what you were doing?" Sakura queried.
The Fates nodded. "We chose one and sent them a child."
"So if you were going to bring Kaiba here anyways, why'd you need me?"
"Because we originally intended for Kaiba to be raised in the mortal realms, but then we decided against that," Soko said.
"No mater how good of a family we put him in, the way mortals are-" Vega left off.
"It would have just been the same thing over and over again. Personality-wise," Enti finished.
"We'll take him," Eriol confirmed as he played with the boy and completely falling in love with the child's ingenuity.
"We rather suspected you would."
I watched Eriol and Kaho play with Kaiba and remembered all those year ago when I had visited my sister. There were children everywhere. In the Realms of the Gods, there rarely are any births. And the arrival of a new god in the form of a baby is always a reason to celebrate, so the dinner was extended by several days, to acknowledge the new Kaiba.
a/n: Sorry for the short chapter! If you want to find out what happened to Sakura and Kaiba you can go read "I'm not the one for you." Oh, and visit my blog ^_^ http://lazypanda.pitas.com
