Yamato looked at Taichi, at Sakura, at Taichi, and whispered, "Save Sora and her daughter."

Taichi looked at Yamato with a puzzled look. He couldn't begin to imagine what he was going to do, "Yamato, we can save Sora and Yurika. Together. You don't have to go on some suicidal mission."

"I do." Yamato persisted. "It is all my fault that everyone is dead and Yukito is still alive. It's my fault and I need to stop allowing people to die! We have about eight minutes to save her and arguing with me is just going to kill her."

"But-"

"You will do what I say or Sora and Yurika will die!" Yamato hissed. He looked down at the ground. "Look, he killed Takeru because I couldn't protect him. He killed everyone and it's my fault. Don't let Sora die because of me."

"I don't und-"

"Just break that hourglass!" Yamato said harshly and turned toward to look at Yukito and Sakura. He noticed that Yukito had a black jewel for an earring as he smiled, calculating every one of Yamato's and Taichi's moves.

Taichi nodded and took a few steps backwards before turning around and searching the desert for anything he could use. He glanced back at the hourglass, the sand up to Sora's knees. She was crying and hitting the glass.

Yamato nodded at Yukito and rushed the man. The two fell over without a sound on the sand. Sakura gasped and fell backwards onto the sand, staring at the two. Yamato and Yukito continued to struggle, rolling in the sand and Sakura watched as a few drops of blood fell onto the sand and dried up.

Taichi grabbed a rock and ran over to the hourglass. He glanced at the two wrestling on the sand before hitting the glass with the rock, bringing only a small crack to the surface. "Damn it!"

"Too late, Yamato." Yukito hissed and swung his hand towards the hourglass, hitting Yamato in the motion. The sand immediately fell to the bottom, covering Sora. He grinned as he stood up.

"Sora!" Taichi screamed and continue to hit the rock against the surface, allowing a few handfuls of sand escape their coffin.

Yamato grinned as he sat up on the sand and held up a black jewel. Yukito gasped and threw his hand up to his ear and as he brought it down, he saw the blood covering his fingers. "What the-?"

"Catch." Yamato yelled as he tossed the jewel to Sakura, who was no longer in the daze. Sakura threw up one hand and caught the jewel with ease and a smile. "Sorry, Yukito. You're dead."With those words, Yamato stood up and rushed Yukito in one liquid motion. The other man pulled out his blood-stained dagger and threw it into Yamato's chest. Yamato stumbled backwards as Sakura screamed.

Yukito grinned as Yamato struggled to pull the dagger out. "You are always too late to save anyone, Yamato Ishida."

"Not this time." Yamato growled and held the dagger in his hand as he fell towards Yukito. The two dropped onto the ground- Yamato on top of Yukito, both covered in wounds and blood.

Sakura gasped as she ran over to the two. She helped Yamato off of the man, whose eyes were frozen in the only fear he had ever felt, and the dagger stuck out from his chest as a morbid trophy. "Yamato, tell me you're alright. Yamato!"

Taichi broke the glass and the sand spilled out, knocking him over. He pushed his way through the sand to find the girl, ignoring the scene of death behind him. Taichi pulled Sora from the grave of sand and looked into her wide eyes. "Sora!"

"Taichi?" Sora smiled and coughed. She tried to wipe the sand from around her eyes and she hugged Taichi. "What is going on?"

Sora looked at the scene- Yukito dead, Yamato on the ground with that girl, Sakura, crying. What was going on, she thought more descively. "What's going on, Taichi?!"

Taichi glanced back at the scene, knowing that Yamato was dead and there was nothing to do. There was nothing he could do. There was never nothing he could ever do.