Dragonia: hey I'm back. I don't know when I will be able to update but I will try as soon as I possibly can. So I'm not going to make this intro long cause I want to finish this before I have to work on my senior project so here it goes.

Chapter 13

Life A New

The wharf was quite not a sound was uttered for miles. No crickets, no birds, no human for the length. A vehicle pulled in front of one of the deserted warehouses. It was a long time before the door finally opened. It was quite as the man stepped from the car, not a sound echoed as her rose to his feet. No splashing of the waves, and there was no sound of breathing. It was almost as if the world knew what had happened and in regret and sadness it made the area peacefully quite.

It was late, and yet he was early. Still it shook him to the core to know that this was the place that she had battled, giving her life to protect this world. The man looked over the quite water as the moon's reflection stared back at him. He could see her face in the reflection.

"Sakura," he whispered faintly. He broke the silence that had descended upon this place. It was like a sudden light in the darkness. It reverberated within his head. He still had time before it was midnight. He walked over to the doors and slowly opened them. They creaked with the sound of forgotten clean up. He looked around to find that the whole place was destroyed. The crates were slammed around, some had large holes in them.

The man stood there for a few minutes it wasn't long before he heard footsteps. he turned towards the faint sound as it got louder. There behind one of the crates appeared a slim person.

"Syaoran." the voice was familiar to him but it was not who he thought it would be.

"Meiling please just leave I want to be alone." Meiling took the space between them in a few seconds.

"Syaoran do you think that she is." she was not able to finish her sentence.

"Meiling please I don't want to think about it just leave." Meiling left, she didn't look back for if she did she would have seen the tear that rolled down Syaoran's face. He didn't want to get her hopes up if Sakura was coming back, yet he didn't want to think about what he would do if she didn't. He walked over to one of the partly whole crates and sat down.

He thought back to all the training that he saw Sakura undertake. 'Just to die.' That was what he was thinking when he heard a light but angry voice rip through the air.

"No, I will not allow you two to take on this responsibility." He did not understand the other person who was talking but realized that it was someone he had heard not so long ago.

"But I can't leave you guys." A light slowly appeared in front of him as another voice, at a distance replied.

"Sakura turn around and tell us you can leave him." Syaoran was watching as the bright light created a window. In the window Sakura stood with her back turned to him, she turned slowly to see him.

"Syaoran." she couldn't speak she saw his hurt face and the tears that slid down his face.

"Sakura go to him. he came for you. not for us. don't worry we can keep him better then you." Sakura only nodded, she reached her hand out. Syaoran grabbed it and pulled her out before she could change her mind.

"Sakura is this real am I dreaming. because if I am I don't ever want to wake up. I don't want to ever leave you. I would gladly give up the world to just be with you." Syaoran looked down at the woman in his arms. She was slightly cold, her cloths were ripped, and she had a few cuts from the battle.

"Syaoran I can guarantee that you are not dreaming. thank you." Sakura smiled and kissed Syaoran lightly on the lips. "Let's go home."

"Yes Sakura home." Syaoran smiled as he led her out of the building and into the car that awaited them.

Li Mansion

Touya, Makiko, Tomoyo, Eriol, Yelan and the four sisters were sitting in the living room when Nasai entered with Meiling. They had returned from the warehouse where Syaoran was. Everyone turned to the two as Meiling looked down and shook her head, a single tear slipping down her cheek. Touya sat there for a few minutes until his head suddenly fell to his hands and a small puddle appeared on the floor by his feet. Tomoyo just collapsed onto Eriol. Yelan pulled her daughters into a tight embrace.

"Meiling are you sure?" Tomoyo's voice was squeaky and pulled the silence away.

"He was there, he asked me to leave. he wouldn't allow me to ask if she was. or not." Meiling would have collapsed if it wasn't for Nasai holding her up.

A creaking door reverberated through the house. A shuffling of feet was heard before the living room door started to swing open. There in the darkness was standing two figures one leaning on the other. No one dared to breath, or make a sound for the fear that it was only an illusion. A harsh whisper went through the room as everyone's eyes shifted to the figure leaning on what everyone now knew to be Syaoran.

"Syaoran I'm tired can I sle." the words were cut off in mid sentence as she fell into Syaoran's arms. Everyone was amazed there she was alive and well tired. but alive. Syaoran shifted her into his arms.

"I'm taking her upstairs. I will also go to sleep. I just wanted everyone to know that she was alive." Syaoran turned away and headed upstairs. Everyone looked around at each other and smiled. Yelan sighed.

"I will finally get grandchildren." Everyone looked at Yelan as she said this out loud.

"Mother." The four sisters screamed in unison.

"What? Well what do you think that they are going to do?" Everyone looked at each other. Finally Touya got what she was saying and made a leap for the door.

"Mrs. Li I think you are over reacting a bit." Eriol was standing in front of the door stopping Touya from leaving.

"Besides I really don't think that Sakura is in any way in any condition to fuck our brother." The youngest sister stated.

"Feimei watch your language. you are right though. Come now we should all get some sleep as tomorrow is Christmas eve." Everyone nodded and followed Yelan up the stairs, each to their own rooms.

Christmas Eve

The house was silent, there was not a sound through the house. Yelan and her daughters were sleeping in their room. Meiling was curled close to Nasai, Touya was pulling Makiko into his arms while he was sleeping, and Tomoyo and Eriol where whispering about their unborn child. Sakura was standing on the balcony as the cold wind caressed her bare legs and arms. There was a sliding noise as the window doors to the balcony were opened.

"Sakura come inside its cold and its Christmas Eve." Sakura looked over her shoulder at the man she had fallen in love with. He was wearing a pair of boxers and had a cover thrown over his shoulders. "So you want to catch cold?" he came out and wrapped the cover around her. She instantly felt the warmth of his body flow into hers.

"Syaoran, I want to watch the sun rise." Sakura looked over the land as the sun slowly started to rise. To reveal the fresh fallen snow, and the tracks of dear as they scattered away from sight. "Syaoran, I'm finally free, I never thought I would see another sunrise. Or feel the cold weather on my skin. I never even thought that I would feel your warm embrace." Syaoran turned her around and looked into her eyes and was taken aback. There was no wall, no shield, and there wasn't even the slightest bit of sadness in her eyes.

"Shh Sakura, I never let you go, I never gave up on you. come inside and I will make sure that you have no doubt in the way I feel." His hand slowly went up her thigh and under her shirt to lie on her bare back. They both felt the shiver that ran up her back. He kissed her softly on the lips and then she arched her back as she allowed him to slip his tongue into her mouth.

"Syaoran I have no doubt about how you feel about me." she stated as they pulled away slightly. "I only hope that you can accept that now I don't have a job." She chuckled as she saw his face. Then they shared a smile as they both went inside to share a secret.

Later That Same Morning

"Hey you two breakfast is ready. Hello are you two coming down or what?" Meiling was leaning on the door trying to find out what was going on.

"Meiling we will be down." Sakura chuckled as Syaoran ran his hand down her back. "In a. minute." Sakura finally got out. Meiling stared at the door for a minute before turning around and walking down the stairs and into the kitchen. Sakura didn't say anything until she was sure that Meiling was gone. "Syaoran stop. that tickles." She tried to push him away as he kissed her neck.

"But Sakura I love you." Sakura smiled and rose from the bed pulling the sheet to cover her bare body.

"I know but if we don't go down Touya might just decided to come up." Sakura smiled as his face suddenly took a drop. "Syaoran come along now we have to present an emotionless face." Syaoran suddenly shot out of the bed and raced over to her taking her by the shoulders.

"Sakura I don't want you to become Avalon. I never wanted Avalon I only wanted Sakura." She looked at his eyes, they were deep pools of emotions. They swirled and pulled her into the depths. She tried to look away tried not to get lost but it was too late.

"Syaoran. Avalon died that day when I was supposed to. she is gone I am all that remains. Remember I don't have a job any more. Come now get dressed before you catch a cold. Sakura turned around and searched her draws. She could hear as Syaoran searched his own draws. Sakura finally decided on a pink butterfly top that was split on the arms, and a green skirt that started about her knee on the right and ended by her ankle on the left. When she turned around Syaoran was wearing a green shirt and black slacks. "Come now I bet there wondering if we are dead or not." Syaoran smiled as they made their way downstairs.

Kitchen

Meiling walked into the kitchen where Eriol, Tomoyo, Touya, Mikiko and Yelan were waiting with breakfast. Meiling had a confused look on her face.

"Meiling is something wrong?" Meiling looked up from her pondering and saw the group looking at her with worried faces.

"I was just upstairs getting Syaoran and Sakura. when I could have sworn I heard her laugh." Tomoyo looked over at Eriol as Meiling sat down.

"It is possible I mean she is free." Eriol said looking over at Tomoyo, she smiled as did Mikiko.

"You do realize that now that she is free she can't go back to." Mikiko turned and looked at Touya. "If you take her away from here she will become what we all stopped her from being." Touya nodded.

"Yelan I want to thank you for having her and for keeping her safe." Touya stood up and was about to leave the room when they all heard something amazing. There was a slight giggle coming from the hall.

"SYAORAN stop. that tickles." Suddenly the door flew open and in ran Sakura soon followed by Syaoran. Her face lit up the room. Her smile was brighter then the sun. Syaoran had all his emotions on his face showing that for the very first time he was truly happy.

"Not until you tell them." he motioned to the group. The group having no idea what he was referring to.

"Syaoran I thought that that was our secret?" he shrugged his shoulders and ran after her as she ran around the small table. She stopped as they were across form each other.

"Sakura you can't run forever." Sakura gave a mischievous smile.

"Oh really. Dash." She smiled and suddenly disappeared as she was going so fast. Sakura was suddenly behind Syaoran. "Come now I thought you wanted to play." Syaoran growled and grabbed her before she could dash off.

"Do you really want me to tell them? Especially your br." she stomped on his foot. Syaoran growled as she pulled out of his grip.

"Okay you two that's enough come and eat before you break something." Yelan stated from the stove. Sakura giggled and Syaoran growled as they took their seats at the table.

"So Tomoyo what about that play that you were creating?" Tomoyo looked at Sakura.

"oh well, I decided to make it more a ball. see the play it ended with well it kind of turned out to be a horror more then a romance." Eriol looked at her. They were talking about the play just last night and Tomoyo had said that the play was great. Eriol was about to say something when Tomoyo gave him a stern look.

"Tomoyo I don't have a dress." Tomoyo smiled.

"Well Sakura I was expecting as much so I made one for you anyway." The group laughed and made fun as the morning rolled into early noon.

Dragonia: so what do you guys think I was hoping that you wouldn't be mad you see I didn't kill them I know you are more then wondering were a few people are well you will find out soon don't worry.

Mikiko: so what is going to happen during the ball?

Dragonia: well I think that there will be something new, something old, something borrowed, and something blue.. Maybe.. Anyways. I want to post this so it's short. Anything would help give me ideas for the ball or the dresses that they will wear. Bye bye.