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Sakura and Li are in the ninth grade and they have captured all of the cards. Sakura has become the master of the Clow Cards and the gang now knows that Eli is the reincarnated form of Clow Reed. I know this is a really crappy summary but if I give you a good one, it'll tell you too much about the story, and we don't want that now do we?? ^_~

Changing The Past: For Better Or Worse

AN: Hey guys it's me again! I am so sorry I haven't updated lately. I have exams this week and I don't really have time to work on my story. (Although I have time to go on MSN…...heh heh heh. ^_^;;;) Thank you for all of the……….um……….for the 2 reviews. And seriously, Montserrat T, I love your reviews, and PLEASE keep reading my story!

       I know you guys, or whoever is reading this is saying shut up already and start the chapter, but I have an announcement. I am going to be starting another story sometime. I'm not sure when. It'll be a crossover between CCS and the movie Serendipity. Read my bio for more the description and I'll tell you guys more about it in later chapters but for now, let's get on with THIS story shall we?

Last chapter

Sakura looked up at Li as she tried to soak in everything she had just heard. 'He killed a full grown man when he was five years old? And to make things worse, he had watched his father die and felt unloved. 'So this is why Li was so cold.' Sakura walked over to him. "I'm sorry."

"It's ok." Li sat back down and leaned against the wall.

Sakura sat down beside him and leaned against his shoulder. Li looked down at her, smiled, and held her close. When suddenly the ofuda that Li had lit was blown out and then Sakura's aura disappeared. The lights came back on and Sakura was nowhere to be seen.

Chapter 8

Li stood up quickly and looked around. "SAKURA!" He yelled out. 'Where did she go? I can't even feel her aura!' "SAKURA!!!" Li panicked. He heard a door open behind him and he turned around, only to see Madison and Eli walk through the door.

Li ran over to Eli and wrapped his hand around Eli's throat, choking him. "Where is she Eli? What have you done to her?"

"Li stop! What are you doing?" Madison said, defending Eli.

Eli only smiled at Li and answered. "Oh you mean Sakura? She's quite fine. I hope. I saw her being carried off by four men. I think they went over there." Eli pointed.

Li dropped Eli on the ground and growled. "How can that be? She was with me in here the whole time and people can't take a girl, and then run outsideand hide her aura in one second. Unless………." Li looked at Eli and Madison menacingly. "Unless they had some magical help. Eli you did this didn't you?"

Before Eli could answer, they heard Sakura scream. Li's head turned to where her voice was coming from and took of at a full run with Eli and Madison close behind.

Li stopped running when he came to a brick wall. He listened carefully and then heard Sakura crying coming from behind the wall. He looked around for a door as Eli and Madison caught up to him. "She's behind this wall, but there's no door!" Li said, testing the wall to see if there was a secret panel of some sort.

"Well then if you can't go through a door, why not go through another way?" Madison suggested, getting a nudge in the ribs from Eli. She blushed, realizing that she had given the answer away.

"That's it! Madison you're a genius!" Li cried happily. "SAKURA?" he yelled to the wall.

"Li? Is that you? Get me out of here!" Sakura yelled, hearing Li's voice.

"I can't but you can! Use the Through Card! It should work for this kind of wall."

"I already tried that Li. I know I'm slow and stupid, but not that slow and stupid." She huffed.

Li thought for a minute and then noticed a small beam of light coming from the top of the wall. He jumped up and saw that it was a covered up window. He backed away from the wall. "Sakura, stand away from the wall." And Sakura did as she was told.

Li jumped up and through the window and came out into the room where Sakura was. He wiped himself clean of any glass that was stuck to him and saw Sakura. "Are you ok?" She only nodded in response.

Li looked around and saw that there was no other way into the room. "How did you get here?"

"I don't know. One minute I'm with you and the next, I'm here. When I couldn't feel your aura, I panicked. I didn't know what had happened to you. And to make things worse, I didn't know where I was either." Sakura explained.

"That's really weird. The only person that I know that's strong enough to make a magic barrier, and to transport you somewhere else is……" Li turned around just in time to see Eli appear with Madison. "…Eli." He finished.

Li turned around, facing his back to Sakura. "Why exactly did you do this?" Li said angrily.

"I was bored." Eli smiled.

While Li and Eli were arguing, Madison snuck over to Sakura and whispered in her ear, "Pretend that you're dead when the bang goes off ok?"

Sakura looked at Madison looked at her friend strangely but nodded anyways.

Madison sidled back over beside Eli and then, "BANG!"

Li looked over to where the bang went off and saw Sakura lying on the ground, with blood spilling out of her chest. "What is this? Kill-Sakura-and-scare-Li-to-death Day?" He ran over to Sakura and realized that she had actually been shot (AN: heh heh heh). "No, SAKURA! The second time she's been taken away from me." He sobbed quietly.

"Sakura!" Madison said as she acted sad. "Who did it? How did someone get in here? Why?" Madison cried and sobbed very loudly. She sat down next to Li and held her head in her hands.

Li was sitting down beside Sakura and looking at her 'peaceful' face. He took her hand in his and stroked it gently. He held Sakura's hand close to him as he glanced back to Sakura. He kissed her hand and then put it down beside her body. "Sakura." He whispered. 'I can't believe she's gone.'

That last scene in Sakura's point of view (pov)

I wondered what Madison had up her sleeve, but whatever it was, I decided to go along with it.  I watched her sidle back beside Eli and then I heard a BANG. I immediately fell to the ground, motionless.

I felt Eli put a spell on me, which I guessed, made me seem more dead and made me bleed.

Li looked over to where the bang went off and saw me lying on the ground, with blood spilling out of my chest. "What is this? Kill-Sakura-and-scare-Li-to-death Day?" He ran over to me and realized that I had been 'shot'. "No, SAKURA! The second time she's been taken away from me." He sobbed quietly.

"Sakura!" Madison said as she acted sad. "Who did it? How did someone get in here? Why?" Madison cried and sobbed very loudly. She sat down next to Li and held her head in her hands.

Li was sitting down beside me and looking at my 'peaceful' face. He took my hand in his and stroked it gently. He held my hand close to him as he glanced back at me. He kissed my hand and then put it down beside my body. 'Oh my god. He just kissed my hand!' I thought to myself. F it weren't for Eli's spell, I would've been blushing like mad.

"Sakura." He whispered.

Then I heard Eli's voice in my head. Yes I hear voices, heh heh heh. "I took the spell off so you can wake up anytime now Sakura." 

Normal POV

Li held his head in his hands and sobbed quietly.

Then Sakura's eyes fluttered open and she slowly and silently sat up and looked around. Madison gasped as she saw her friend sit up and move. (AN: by the way, Madison knows that Sakura wasn't really shot. She's just acting like it)

Li looked up and saw Sakura looking at him with a small smile on her face. "What's wrong Li?" Sakura questioned, tilting her head to one side.

Li's eyes opened wide. "Sakura? I thought you were shot! What happened?"

Eli unconsciously chuckled. Li heard this and knew right away. "You mean to tell me that you were faking being dead and you two went along with it? I should've known. I should've known that you guys would do something like this after what happened with my father! I can't believe I actually fell for it! I'm such an idiot!" Li yelled angrily, holding his head in frustration and started to walk away.

"Li wait!" Sakura yelled and ran after him.

She was startled when he suddenly turned around with rage and pain in his eyes. Sakura took a deep breath and tried to apologize. "Li, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have gone along with it. Especially after what you told me about watching your dad die. I'm sorry Li. I never meant to hurt you. Whatever you decide to do to me, I deserve it." Sakura said sadly, closing her eyes and braced herself for a beating.

She felt a hand on her shoulder and winced. Then she felt strong arms wrap around her. Sakura opened her eyes and noticed that Li was hugging her tightly. "I'm just glad that you're ok Sakura. It just hurt me to see that it was fake. But when it comes down to it, I was more hurt when I thought you were dead." He said, holding her closer to him.

Sakura looked at Li and then wrapped her arms around him, holding him even closer. She rested her head against his chest and listened to his heart beating. They stood that way for a while until Li loosened his arms around Sakura to look her in the eyes.  She looked up at him and into his amber pools. When she realized that their faces where inching closer towards each other when finally…………………………

Madison said, "Their first kiss!!! I have to get this!" she said making them back away from each other.

(AN: I am so mean to have her end their moment aren't I? Well anywayz, I gotta go now so please review or flame this chapter and I will see you next chapter. And I'm sorry this chapter was so short. I decided I would be mean. Remember my other story "You're Everywhere To Me The Sequel" when Sakura found Li with Sally and when I didn't know whether Tori would accept Li or not? Remember how you felt then, feel that way now!! And when I made Tori say the fake answer, how mad people were at me, feel that way too!!!)

Cuz this isn't the end yet!! Heh heh!!!

She looked up at him and into his amber pools. When she realized that their faces where inching closer towards each other when finally their lips met in extreme bliss. Li moved his hands down to hold Sakura's waist and Sakura moved her arms so she was holding Li around the neck.

Then they heard Eli yelled, "NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! It's…..it's………MEILIN!!!"

They broke away, and watched Eli run past them in a streak of colour.

"Hey guys! What's wrong with Eli? Anyways, you know what would be really cool? If we could go to the future to see what it was like! Hey I'm gonna go ask Eli if he can bring us to the future. HEY ELI!!! GET YOUR BUTT OVER HERE AND LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING!!"

Ok so this is the end of this chapter, so please review.

Please don't hurt me!!!! But, that kiss that Li and Sakura had……………wasn't real. *gets glares from the few reviewers* Um, so yeah, I will give you what really happened. I like to psyche you people out don't I?

Sakura was startled when Li suddenly turned around with rage and pain in his eyes. Sakura took a deep breath and tried to apologize. "Li, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have gone along with it. Especially after what you told me about watching your dad die. I'm sorry Li. I never meant to hurt you. Whatever you decide to do to me, I deserve it." Sakura said sadly, closing her eyes and braced herself for a beating.

She felt a hand on her shoulder and winced. Then she felt strong arms wrap around her. Sakura opened her eyes and noticed that Li was hugging her tightly. "I'm just glad that you're ok Sakura. It just hurt me to see that it was fake. But when it comes down to it, I was more hurt when I thought you were dead." He said, holding her closer to him.

Sakura looked at Li and then wrapped her arms around him, holding him even closer. She rested her head against his chest and listened to his heart beating. They stood that way for a while until Li loosened his arms around Sakura to look her in the eyes.  She looked up at him and into his amber pools.

Then they heard Eli yelled, "NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! It's…..it's………MEILIN!!!"

They broke away, and watched Eli run past them in a streak of colour.

"Hey guys! What's wrong with Eli? Anyways, you know what would be really cool? If we could go to the future to see what it was like! Hey I'm gonna go ask Eli if he can bring us to the future. HEY ELI!!! GET YOUR BUTT OVER HERE AND LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING!!"

Eli stopped in his tracks and put a magical shield around him and turned to Meilin. "What is it Meilin? Do you want to know if you want to eat me?"

"Well, yeah but I have another question too. What is it like in the future? Is there still a human race? Are we dead? Can we go to the future? Like, how about, to when we're 25. Please Eli?" Meilin said quickly.

"Well, I guess. As long as the others want to too." Eli said, taking down the shield.

"Hey guys? Do you want to eat Eli with me?" Meilin said to the other people.

"I meant to go the future. You can't eat me." Eli said sternly.

"Oh fine. Do you guys want to go see what we're like when we're 25?" Meilin said excitedly but with a hint of disappointment in her voice.

"Yeah! That's sounds cool!" Sakura and Madison said in unison.

"I guess, since everyone else wants to." Li said reluctantly.

"Ok, here goes." Eli said as he opened a portal and jumped in with the rest of the gang behind him.

`~`~`~`~`~`In the future where they come out of the portal`~`~`~`~`~`

"Ow." They all said, as they had landed on the floor of a mall.

"AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!" Sakura screamed.

"What happened?" Li said worriedly, and looked at Sakura. "Whoa." He was staring at her with his eyes open wide, and his jaw almost to the floor.  

Sakura, now 25, had a developed body with all the right curves in all the right places. "What? Li what are staring at? And do not say not much." She said.

Li didn't say anything, but had a dazed look on his face. Madison looked at Li and confirmed, "He has the look."

"What look Madison?" Sakura asked.

"The look that people get when they see the person they're in love with. They can't hear anything that goes on around them and can see nothing but the person they are in love with." Madison said, sounding like a teacher.

Sakura looked around. "So who's Li in love with? And how can he recognize anyone? I can't even recognize you anymore, or Meilin. Eli still looks the same." Sakura said, still looking around for people that they might know, but had no luck.

'Silly girl.' Madison thought to herself, and Eli of course. 'If only she knew.' They smiled at each other.

Sakura still looked the same, except she looked older. Madison's hair was much shorter. Just below her chin to be exact and it had purple highlights in it. Meilin was the person with the most changes. She now had light blonde hair with light brown streaks. She had contacts which made her eyes light blue.

"Hey I'm blonde!" Meilin said, admiring herself in a window of a store. "And I have blue eyes! This is so cool!"

"I like my hair too!" Madison said, admiring herself as well.

"Madison, Li still has that look. How do we get it off of him? It's scaring me." Sakura said, waving her hand in front of Li's face.

"Say that you hate him." Madison said absently, still admiring her new looks.

"Um, ok. Li, I hate you." Sakura said to him.

Li's eyes returned to normal and he shook his head. "What did you say Sakura?"

"Nothing." This time Sakura got a good look at Li's new look. His hair was still messy, but that's where the list of similarities ended. His hair was now a lighter brown then his dark chocolate hair he used to have. His eyes still the same gorgeous amber but now they had specks of gold in it surprisingly not from the help of contacts, but lineage. (His father had gold specks in his eyes). And, if you can believe it, he was more built and muscular than he was before. But not so much that it was disgusting, like some of those competitions people go in. Now it was Sakura's turn to have "the look".

"Sakura? Hello? Are you still alive in there? I hate it when you do this." Li said worriedly.

"Huh? Uh, yeah I'm ok." Sakura said, shaking her head.

"Right. So, where are of to now?" Li said, looking at Madison, who was STILL admiring herself. "She looks busy, um. So where should we go now? We have no idea where we live." Li said to Sakura.

Then a little girl with black hair and dark blue eyes ran up to Madison  and said, "Mommy!! Can you buy something for me and Marina?" she tugged on the end of Madison's dress.

Madison snapped out of her daze and smiled sweetly at the little girl who looked to be 6 years old. "I'm sorry, I'm not your mommy. Maybe we can find her for you, how's that sound?"

But to everyone's surprise, the little girl laughed. "You're funny mommy. Ok so NOW can you buy something for me and Marina? Don't make me ask daddy, cause you know he will say yes to me." The little girl said crossing her arms.

Madison was in shock. 'This might actually be my daughter! Since I am 25 and I have no idea what happened during the time we skipped. I wonder who the father is.' She smiled at the little girl. "Ok, go ask daddy if you really have to."

"Ok." The little girl smiled happily and skipped over to Eli. "Daddy, can you buy something for me and Marina at the toy store?"

Madison and Eli looked at each other in bewilderment. They had a kid together? They both looked at their left hand at the same time and saw a wedding ring. They looked back at each other, each with a small smile forming on their lips. Eli looked down at the little girl. "I'll buy you whatever you want if you can pass this test."

The little girl pouted slightly and said, "I don't like tests. But if it's for toys, then I'll take it! Gimme your best shot!" she said, with her fist in a fist and a smile on her face.

Eli pretended to think hard and then asked her, "Ok, if you get this right, you get the whole toy store to share with Marina. Are you ready?" The little girl nodded. "Ok, what's your name?"

"Oh come on! Give me a hard one!" she said.

"Wrong answer. Sorry but you don't get anything." Eli said turning away from her.

"NO!! Ok ok. My name's Lore! NOW can you buy us stuff?" she said, pulling at Eli's pant leg.

"Well, I guess if I must. Bring Marina over here and then we'll all go together ok?" Eli said squatting beside Lore.

Lore smiled happily and hugged Eli then ran to get Marina.

"I wonder who Marina is." Sakura said to the three. "Hey! You guys are married! How cute!"

"I wouldn't be talking Avalon! Look at your own hand!" Madison said triumphantly.

Sakura did as she was told and saw an engagement ring on her hand. "Hm, well isn't that something? It's really beautiful."

Li saw the ring too, and was crushed. 'She's engaged. Not married. Not to me.'

Then Lore came running back with another little 6 year old which everyone took as Marina. She had chocolate brown hair and blazing amber eyes which had more gold then amber. She walked over to li and bowed slightly. "Father."

"Father?" Everyone except Marina and Lore exclaimed.

AN: Ok seriously, this is the end of this chapter. I couldn't help myself before. (That and I had a litre of coke ^_^;;;) Please review/flame and tell me what you thought of this chapter.