Disclaimer: see chapter 1.

Dedicated to: All those who reviewed, and to CLAMP who created these characters for me to write.

Starless

Tomoyo woke up only to find that she was not in the comforts of her bed in the Daidouji Mansion, but lying somewhere in the middle of a garden, with just but a blanket sheltering her from the cold. She looked around, hoping to find a clue to where she was and how she got there. But there was nothing in sight, except for perhaps a few rose bushes and vegetation and the dark sky hovering over her.

"Awake?" A voice emerged from behind her.

Tomoyo did not have to turn to identify whose voice it belonged to; instead she noticed the light that illuminated the grass around her. She was not very pleased at how she was taken here and made to expose her innocent yet weak heart again. And in an icy tone, she replied.

"What matter concerning me is so urgent that you have to abduct me and take me to a foreign place? My, I must know how you got past the guards…"

Sonomi's teaching really helped here. It was through experience of Sonomi lashing out at her suitors that gave Tomoyo lessons to learn how to use the same cold tone to deal with unwanted people… or things. Why did it want to continue to pester her, when both of them knew that it could never be? Seeing the moon guardian just made things worse…

"Does it really matter?" Yue answered, in a tone so icy that it rivaled her own, and it was what Tomoyo precisely detested.

People who tried to compete with her who did not have the power or status that put them on par with her. However, Yue was an exception. She absolutely hated that tone Yue used when communicating with her. How dare it! Especially after all the pain it caused her, it still dared to defy her!

Holding back painful tears that stung her eyes, she got up and proceeded to walk away - not just from the "garden" and Yue, but also from all the pain and suffering… and love.

"Since my presence is not needed here, I shall take my leave."

Before Tomoyo could take anymore than two steps, a pair of strong arms held her from behind. A voice that whispered into her ear, sent shivers down her spine as its warm breath blew against her neck.

"Can you really leave?"

Tomoyo cocked an eyebrow. Of course she could! She could just bloody storm out of wherever she was at that moment IF Yue hadn't had its arms holding her, as though telling her that they would protect her from any harm. Why did it have to catch her in such an awkward position that tempted her to just lie back and let it handle all her pain and problems?

Sighing, Tomoyo squeezed out of Yue's hold on her and asked, "What did you bring me out here for?"

"For this."

Yue flung its hand and a dozen dozen ice shards flew up into the air, and shattered into tiny pieces, reflecting the moonlight, letting it seem as though real stars were twinkling in the empty sky.

It was beautiful.

Tomoyo gazed upwards, noting that the ice had filled up the sky where it had been void. A touch on her arm brought her back to reality, making her feel a slight tinge of irritation towards the one who had distracted her from savoring the beauty presented in front of her.

"That is all I can do for you." Yue bowed and then proceeded to take its leave.

"Wait!" Tomoyo shouted just as Yue spread its wings, preparing to soar. She ran towards it and circled her arms around it. Pearly white tears soaked the feathers of Yue's wings as she sobbed quietly.

"Thank you…" She managed out and a smile curled up on Yue's mouth. It turned around and brought its hand to her chin, tilting it slightly to face its face.

"Are you sad?" Yue asked her.

Tomoyo shook her head.

"Then why are you crying?"

Tomoyo wanted to reply but all Yue did was hush her by placing its finger against her lips.

"Smile for me… for the last time."

Tomoyo's eyes widened. The last time?

"Please… I just want to see you smile." Yue wiped the tears away from her eyes and its hand lingered on her cheek slightly longer than it was meant to.

Tomoyo smiled, using all the strength she could muster and gathered all the thoughts of happiness that she had embedded in her mind… the times with Sakura and the gang… the times with her mother and father when she was young… the times that she shared with Yue…

Yue's eyes showed happiness and it pressed its lips to her forehead.

"Thank you…"

With that, it untangled itself from Tomoyo's arms and flew off, soaring into the sky before it disappeared, like the twinkling of a star.

Forcing herself not to cry, Tomoyo gathered her blanket and gave one last lingering look at the sky before she settled to a phone booth to call up her mother.

"Darling! What have you been doing out all night? And why are your eyes so red?" Sonomi bombarded all sorts of questions to her daughter as Tomoyo stepped into the car. A wave from Tomoyo indicated that she was not in the mood to talk about it and Sonomi kept quiet, but made a mental note to find out who had hurt her daughter.

The car pulled up at the Daidouji Mansion and Tomoyo made her way to her room, ignoring the offers made by her maid for any refreshments or preparations for a bath. She locked her door and headed into the bathroom to change into her pajamas.

She came out with a purple silk nightgown and headed for her bed, where she threw the covers to cover her entire body. She drew her legs up and hugged them close to her body, preparing for another night filled with tears that she had caused…

But she knew that tomorrow, everything would be ok for it would be as though nothing had happened before… nothing that was worth remembering…

Why did she push it away?

Author's note:
I have no idea how I managed to get through this. I just wanted this fic to end… I really think that it's a terribly written fic. If you look at it, you'd get what I mean. I think this ending is bad too… but I just wrote an Eriol/Yue and it had a sad ending… so I decided this would just have a sad ending too or too many complications would arise. I'm sorry to those who expected too much out of the ending but this is all I could come up with. Gomen ne!