"Up until I came to Tomoeda, I never met anyone whose powers could stand next to Clow's." Kero looked at his mistress, whose tears were still fresh on her face, "As Yueh said, it's only natural that a child like you couldn't support them all. Don't worry." Sakura smiled through her tears and walked downstairs to start her homework. Kero floated to the window, where he sat on the windowsill.

"Until I came to Tomoeda…but the strongest one wasn't you, Sakura."

                                                                                                                       ~*~

"Before…you could always tell who was approaching, even with your eyes closed. It's because you gave your powers to me, isn't it?" Touya looked at the face of his friend and sighed.

"Yuki…let's say you were just about to settle into a huge lunch, and I came by looking like I was dying of starvation. What would you do?" Yukito looked horrified.

"I'd give all to you!" Touya nodded.

"I did the same thing," he said.

'No, you didn't,' a small inner voice interrupted his reassuring his friend, 'you didn't give it *all* to him.'

'Shut up!' he said back.

'You didn't give it all…you kept some for yourself, you greedy pig…if you were dying of starvation, you would die if Yukito was as greedy as you…selfish…'

'I said, SHUT UP!'

"Shut up!" The last words burst out of his mouth, and Yukito looked alarmed.

"What? I didn't say anything!" Touya shook his head.

"Just…just some inner voices in my head." Yukito laughed.

"To-ya? Have inner voices? Don't worry, you're too kind and generous!" Touya smiled back, weakly.

"Thanks."

~*~

Sakura's hands tightened around her staff, her nails drawing blood as she fought to change the last two cards. The light flared up, but then started to dim again. Sakura's eyes glazed over. Iie…

"Here, I'll help," a voice said behind her.

"Iie, Syaoran-kun. If it doesn't work, then you'll sleep too!" Syaoran looked at her.

"I don't care," he said, putting his hands on the staff. He concentrated, sending what was left of his magic straight to the top, pulling her magic along with his.

Doushite no?! his mind rebelled as he ran out of power abruptly, almost as if he had been holding a rope, and it had flew out of his hands, but he had known that there was more rope…

Hiiragizawa—bear—magic—took! As Sakura muttered her invincible spell, Syaoran remembered what had happened that night on the Kinomoto roof. Anger surged through him, heating his magic and transforming the cards within seconds. As he felt her move forward to use Light, he let himself slump to the ground.

How could I have been so…stupid? So ignorant? His thoughts collided in his head, and he barely noticed that it was light again, and that Sakura was leaving…

"Sakura!" she walked over to him, concern written all over her face. It was now or never…

"What?"

"Watashi…watashi…Anata wa suki!"

~*~

"Eriol-kun said…that…to seal Void, one of us has to give up our-"

~*flashback*~

"feelings for the one you love most. Void is a card of nothingness, remember that. If another seals the cards, it might not matter. The stronger of the two of you will give up your most important person."

~*end flashback*~

Syaoran took a deep breath as his mother's voice washed over him.

"Well, then I suppose…I suppose we have to catch it soon." He pretended not to notice Sakura's hurt expression as she turned to him suddenly.

"You…you don't care?"

"The card needs to be caught." He bowed his head as she ran out of the park, guilt washing over him. She was stronger, that much was true, but…

"It's still going to be me." The words echoed slightly in the cave, the rain drowning out the sound and matching his feelings.

~*~

Sakura stood there, the Void card sealed and changed in her hands. Any second now, her feelings for Syaoran would disappear. She had to tell him, now.

She turned around, to see a dark bubble envelope Syaoran.

"Iie! Syaoran!" He looked at her, almost apologetic.

"You…you used a lot of cards today, so my magic is stronger than yours." Syaoran flushed with both the attention she was giving him and the semi-lie he had told. He could feel the Void pressing on the sides of his mind, and he subconsciously started pushing it away. As the bubble enclosed him, the pressure increased…he would never be able to hold it, it was part of a contract that could not be broken…he must let go now, or his mind would crack and he would go insane.

Syaoran blinked as the bubble – and the pressure – disappeared. All that was left was a crying Sakura, and…he smiled. If you filled a Void with Love, there would be Hope, and therefore he was free. Or something like that.

"Even though you can't hear me…I just wanted you to know…Syaoran…Anata wa ichiban da yo!" Syaoran smiled. Everything would be all right. Zettai daijoubu.

"Sou ne."

~*~

AN: Okay, I swear I didn't mean to write this chapter. I told myself, harshly, to write the ending and the epilogue type thing, and to dump this idea in the rubbish bin. Of course, that worked well, as you can see. *smiles sheepishly*

Once again, the nihongo is so rusty that I doubt it can move.

Anata wa ichiban da yo: You are my most important person.

Anata wa suki: I love you

Zettai daijoubu: Everything will be all right (Sakura's invincible spell)

Sou ne: Me too.

Manga/Anime(?): They probably also have this scene in the anime…but it's after Sakura finds out about Yue being low on power, and Kero and Yue try to reassure her that she could never have been as powerful as Clow.

Manga/Anime(?): (I don't want to dig that episode up)At the festival where Eriol makes the horse come to life, Yuki is feeling bad about Touya giving up all his power. Touya tells him the above story, and in reality (I think…) does give all his power to Yuki, but what fun would that be?

Anime/Manga(?): (I still have to get the last two manga books) Sakura needs to transform the last two cars, Light and Dark, to dispel the darkness, but has to do them together, and they're the most powerful cards…so, Syaoran, Yueh, and Kerberos helped her. And later, Syaoran blurts out that he likes her.

Anime: Sakura calls Eriol and finds out that the 53rd card, when transformed, takes the feelings of love from the strongest person. In this story, it is definitely Syaoran.

Anime: By cannon storyline, Sakura becomes tired out after using all those cards, so Syaoran's feelings get leeched. Here, he was stronger anyhow, so the deficit just became bigger.

Since there isn't anything left for me to dissect, rest assured that you will get your final next!

Until then,

               wicherwill ^_^