I Love Her? I Love Her Not?

By: pnaixrose

A/N:  Whoa this is so late. I'm sooo sorry. Well to tell you the truth, I'm not exactly out of my writer's block yet for this story. But I figured that I should complete this one soon since this is the last chapter. Besides, I don't want you ppl to hate me even more than you do now...hehe now on with the fic! Oh to warn you, this is a pretty long chapter.

Disclaimer: Me no own...You no sue...Me have no money... =]

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Recap:

"Finally!! Open the dimension, Cards!!!"

Suddenly a white cloud appeared and a body was dropped to the ground lifelessly.

"Yes! Now I won't have to be stuck in this stupid kid body anymore," Katana said as he bounded towards it. Then he simply knelt down and touched it. Suddenly there was a red light and Ryu fell down to the ground, his eyes closed. The other body suddenly stood up, his red eyes glowing and his jet black blowing in the night breeze. He bent down to pick up the Cards from Ryu's unconscious hands.

"Yes! I finally have my beautiful body back," he said happily. He examined himself for a moment and then looked straight at Syaoran who was still struggling just to stand up.

Katana, now in his own body, smirked and narrowed his eyes. "Now the fun begins."

That was when Kozue, Toji, Kumei and Zak along with Megumi and Yurushi arrived. "Oh no! We're too late!!!" Zak said.

Kumei shuddered as they looked at the real Katana. "Oh dear..."

Yurushi made fists. "Damn Katana...with his real body back, he has no limits to how much power he can use. When he was in Ryu, he had to make sure he couldn't use all his power at once so that Ryu's body didn't just give up on him...but now..."

Megumi screamed.

"What's wrong?" Toji asked.

"H-He has the Cards!!!"

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Chapter 17: The Legend Fulfilled

Katana, now in his tall adult sized body, laughed maniacally, gripping onto the Cards with a death grip in his right hand. He felt relieved now that he was out of that worthless body. He had the advantage now. With even more power and with no limits like he had in the kid's body, he could kill them all off with a single wave of his finger.

Shun, still laying on the ground tiredly after Katana's last attack, began to stir as he heard the laughing...the oh-so familiar laughing. He lifted his head slowly as his eyesight blurred and his body ached. As his vision focused, he began realizing what had happened. His mother was on the floor unconsciously, his father trying to remain standing although he was badly hurt was seething with anger as Katana stood over Sakura in a brand new body while his old one, Ryu, was on the ground unconscious as well. Shun readied himself and began to slowly and weakly get up from the ground.

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As the guardians surrounding the sky watched the scene below as Katana was back in his original body, they suddenly felt their powers weakening.

"Wh-What's happening?" Ruby Moon asked, suddenly feeling her energy lower.

Yue narrowed his eyes. "Our powers...they're weakening."

"Why the heck are the weakening at a time like this?!" Keroberos shouted.

"Katana's aura probably, it's doing something to our magic." Yue replied.

Spinel Sun opened his mouth to try to shoot one of his energy beams. As hard as he tried, he didn't seem to get the energy beam.

"My magic's not working..." he panther-like guardian said. "We seem to be useless now..."

Ruby Moon frowned. "No! We're not useless!!! We can still put up our shields and I bet if we all put our magic together, we can attack!" she said.

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Yurushi and Megumi spotted their son lying completely still on the cement and of course were worried that he was not breathing.

"R-Ryu!!" came Megumi's worried scream. She began running towards his still body when her husband grabbed her arm.

"Megumi, he's still alive...I feel his aura, although it's weak..." Yurushi said with a worried frown.

"Th-Then shouldn't we all go to him to see if he's okay?" Kozue asked the adult.

Yurushi shook his head. "No, stay here. He's only a few feet near Katana and we can't risk any of us to getting hurt..."

Megumi whimpered but obeyed him. After all, he was right. They couldn't just run out there practically under Katana's nose.

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Meiling bit her bottom lip with her husband's head on her lap. She saw that Katana was back...was mocking them with his laughter. She turned down to Kaji who looked back at her with painful eyes. He was hurt from Katana's attack...and hurt badly. Too hurt to even sit up. But managing a smile when he saw Meiling's worried ruby eyes, he said, "D-Don't worry, M-Meiling. Whatever is happening out th-there...Syaoran and Sakura won't go easily...neither would I or anyone else...o-okay?"

Then with a sigh she nodded. She wished that she could be out there, fighting and beating up Katana to a pulp. But she couldn't...she felt useless.

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As Katana's laughs finally subsided, he smirked and turned slowly towards the struggling Li Clan Leader. He saw his sharp amber eyes glare back at him full of hatred and scorn. But Katana didn't care about his glares anymore. He had his body; he had power that was beyond anything that the Li Leader would ever have. Still smirking, he decided to try out his power...just to make sure that he still had all of it...

Syaoran noticed that smirk. That smirk of pure evil. As he painfully tried to remain standing, he glared back at the demon with all the hatred he could. That demon was planning something terrible.

"Now, Li Leader, what do you think of me?" Katana asked, a smile curling at his lips.

Syaoran narrowed his eyes, as his legs finally resolved to keep him standing. He clutched his left arm, which he hurt like heck. "Y-You fuckin bastard..."

Katana clicked his tongue as he shook his head with the smirk on his face. "You'll never learn Li."

Then before he knew it, Syaoran was thrown back a couple of feet. He flinched as he landed on his left arm. His sword fell with a deafening clatter from his hand as he lay there in pain.

Katana continued to smile. "Ah, so it seems my magic hasn't left me at all. Wow Li, with a simple wind spell you're blown away so easily? Tsk, tsk, tsk."

Syaoran's only reply was a groan.

Katana smile grew wider as he noticed a female's unconscious body laying nearby...a certain body that belonged to none other than the Cardmistress. Katana turned back to Syaoran – who was glaring at him intently – and smirked.

Syaoran's eyes widened and he immediately tried to lift himself off of the ground once again. "Don't you d-dare touch her!!" he shouted, his voice penetrating the quiet evening.

Katana sighed. "You really have to learn, Li. I don't really give a damn about what you say right now. I've got my Cards and my real body and now I feel the need for some magic..." he said looming over Sakura.

Katana bent down and picked her up easily. He held her fragile, small body with both arms in a princess style. He scowled at the figure who just dangling helplessly in his arms, her eyes closed. "You've been a pain ever since I've laid eyes on you...good riddance..."

Then his eyes narrowed in concentration as red, threatening glow appeared around him and the body he held.

"Say goodbye to your magic...and those precious memories..." he mumbled with a grin.

Sakura awoke with a start as she felt a very strong aura surround her. But it was too late. She looked up to see Katana who was holding her in his arms. Then she suddenly couldn't take her eyes away from his red ones. Her emerald eyes grew dull. She was paralyzed and couldn't even utter a word nor blink. Then she felt her energy leaving her quickly and also that familiar feeling of her warm magic flooding away. Parts of her memory started blacking out one by one as he consumed more of her magic. First they were simple things; her hobbies, her favorite shows, but then she started forgetting what her house looked like, where she lived, and how she looked like. Realizing what was happening, she involuntarily shed a single tear. She would forget about everything she knew and loved soon; her friends...her brother and father...her guardians...and her family. She would forget about the most important guy she's ever met...the one she loved...
'No! I can't forget! I can't forget about him!!! Syaoran...'

Syaoran gritted his teeth when he saw Katana's aura cloud over his wife who was lying helplessly in the demon's arms. He picked himself up, trembling both from anger and from pain, and with a couple of tries he was finally able to stand. His breath grew quick with anger and his hands balled into fists. He glared his most hateful glare ever. His amber eyes held intensity and hatred and his jaw tightened. He picked up his sword and without a moment's wait, ran blindly towards the demon holding his wife prisoner, forgetting his pain.

"GET YOUR FUCKIN HANDS OFF OF HER!!!!"

Katana looked up at the sound of his voice. Then without even knowing it, he was staggering backward, clutching his right arm. He had dropped Sakura on the ground whose memories suddenly came flooding back to her.

Syaoran immediately knelt down beside Sakura and picked her up so she could sit. She in turn clutched onto his clothing tightly as she trembled. She had almost forgotten him...he was so close from disappearing from her memory completely.

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Tomoyo bit her bottom lip as she sat on the cold cement witnessing her best friend drop from Katana's arms and then safely in Syaoran's. She wondered if it would all end soon, holding her baby girl who was still unconscious in her arms, when Eriol came over.

"Eriol!" she cried with happiness. Good timing, too. She was just about to break down.

The sorcerer knelt next to her, his staff in one hand and surrounding his wife and daughter with another. "Tomoyo..." he said, his eyes worried. "How is she? How are you?"

Tomoyo sniffed, holding back he tears. "She's fine. Just unconscious...and I'm fine too...but Sakura..."

They were silent as Eriol held on to her.

"I'm sorry Tomoyo. The guardians and I are trying our best...but we can't use attack magic because Katana still has that barrier...and when Katana got his body back, our magic seems to have decreased..." Eriol said sadly. He felt absolutely useless. Right now, being the reincarnation of Clow Reed didn't seem to give him the advantage at all.

Tomoyo nodded. She had noticed how the glowing from his staff had decreased greatly, probably because it was losing power somehow. "No, it's okay, Eriol. I'm just really worried."

Suddenly the four teens and Yurushi and Megumi appeared, all trying to catch their breath.

"How is she?" Kumei asked timidly.

"She's fine...but still unconscious..." Tomoyo replied sadly.

Toji looked at the floor. "We brought Yurushi and Megumi...but we were too late."

Eriol and Tomoyo saw the two bruised and battered adults, figuring that Katana had something to do with their condition.

"It's okay," Eriol assured. "We still need as much help as we can get..."

While the adults discussed something, Zak looked at Kozue sadly and had the urge to suddenly sweep her into his arms. Staring at her hurt family while she was here, safe and sound, Kozue's amber eyes began to water.

Himiko groaned as she began to awaken. She suddenly heard familiar voices talking all at once. She had such a huge headache and the different voices didn't help a bit. It was really irritating. As her eyes fluttered open, the first thing she saw was her mother and father's faces. At the sight of her eyes, she saw them smile in glee, her mother with a tint of water in her eyes.

"Sh-She's awake!!" a voice said. Himiko realized that there were other people gathered around her too. The voice that had just spoken belonged to a timid looking girl with huge glasses; Kumei.

They all bombarded her suddenly with questions, which in response she just held her head in confusion.

"Wh-What's happening?" she asked as the questions stopped.

"Don't worry about anything, honey," her father said with relief evident in his voice. "As long as you're okay."

"Himiko!!" Kozue said as she gave her best friend a quick hug. "I was so worried about you!!"

Himiko smiled a bit. "Umm thanks?" She still had no clue what was going on. Himiko sat up.

Suddenly, after a moment of recollecting, her head shot up in remembrance and suddenly her headache didn't matter anymore. One person stuck to her mind, saying the same things over and over again.

   ' "I...I want you to know...that...I love you, Himiko." '

Her eyes widened. It was all so real. She could remember how he held onto her shoulders, how he spoke with such gentleness, and how his eyes were filled with so much emotion. It had to be real.

Tomoyo asked her in a worried tone, "What's wrong, Himiko?!"

"Are you okay there?" Zak asked the girl who was suddenly acting so strange.

Megumi and Yurushi stood away from the group, acting like onlookers. They didn't know exactly what was going on. The girl had woken up before Eriol and Tomoyo had finished the explanation.

Himiko suddenly noticed the sweater that was on top of her and held it up. It was Shun's. She remembered him wearing it. She looked around quickly and worriedly, looking for him, expecting to see his serious face any moment. What she didn't expect was to spot him across the park, on the floor, bruised and trying desperately to get up. Not even noticing Katana a few feet away from him, she got up and ran, not wanting to stop until she got to him.

"Shun!!" she yelled, her eyes filled with worry. She didn't even hear her friends and family calling to her from behind.

     ' "I...I want you to know...that...I love you, Himiko." '

Her eyesight began to blur as she ran. Her heart was filled with both joy and worry. She knew he loved her back now. She had no reason to be afraid to tell him how she felt. Yet, if she didn't reach him in time...

     ' "I...I want you to know...that...I love you, Himiko." '

...he would...carry out his plan...

     ' "I...I want you to know...that...I love you, Himiko." '

...and she'll never see him again.

"Shun," she whispered as the tears finally started trailing down her cheeks. "D-Don't do it. I didn't even...tell I love you yet."

She continued running as fast as she could, stumbling here and there in her hurry. He seemed so near...yet seemed to be so far.

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Katana's eye twitched as he continued clutching his right arm. Then he let go of his wound, letting the blood drip from it as his hands balled into fists. "Stupid Li..." he growled under his breath, his anger growing intense with every moment he stood there. No one ever humiliates him like that and gets away with it. He clutched his new Cards in his hand as his furious eyes settled upon Syaoran and Sakura. He advanced slowly, not even noticing the little girl running quickly towards the future Li Leader.

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Himiko finally reached him and she collapsed on her knees, panting hard. "Sh-Shun!" she exclaimed.

Shun was trembling terribly, his arms trying to lift himself up. "H-Himiko?"

Himiko nodded and helped him stand. He was leaning onto her shoulder. 'Oh Kami-sama...I must look like such a friggin weakling right about now...' he thought.

Himiko frowned. "Don't think like that, Shun!!"

Shun sighed. He had forgotten about her power of going into people's minds. But right now, his body ached so badly that he let it go.

"Himiko, what are you doing here?! You know, Katana's right there!" Shun exclaimed, his voice filled with worry.

As Himiko followed his gaze, she had just then saw Katana. "I know," she lied, "B-But you're hurt and-"

Shun couldn't help but smile a bit. "As long as you're okay..." he interrupted.
'I wonder if she remembers that I told her that I-' He caught himself, his eyes widening. Uh-oh. Himiko was sure to catch that small train of thought.

And she had. A small blush crept onto her cheeks as her gripped onto Shun a bit tighter. She glanced at him and he had a red tint on his cheeks too. "Umm...Shun?"

"Hmm?" His heart started pounding.

"I love you too..."

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Sakura held onto Syaoran's shirt tightly as her magic slowly returned to her. Syaoran, of course, was holding her gently in his arms, looking into her deep emerald orbs in concern. "Sakura, are you okay?"

Sakura nodded and smiled. "Thanks..." She couldn't believe that she had...almost forgotten him.

"You'll be safe now. I won't let him touch you again," he growled, even sounding more menacing than her overprotective brother.

Syaoran looked up and saw that Katana was nearer to them, almost four feet away. The Li Leader looked up and glared at the demon, at the same time tightening his grip on Sakura.

Katana's eyes were different now. No more were his smirks and conceited jokes. He was as angry as one can get. His eyes were more fiery than usual, and he seemed to forget that he had a wound dripping with blood on his arm. His eye suddenly twitched and he was engulfed in flames, his face still serious and angry. The flames danced around him, but he did not get a single burn. It was happening...again. But this time, he had no limit. He was no longer in Ryu's body and he could kill them or torture them as long as he wanted without his power cutting short.

Then suddenly, Syaoran and Sakura felt a pounding in their head. It hurt so much that they had to hold their heads. It was like a terrible, terrible headache, one that wouldn't go away.

Syaoran and Sakura groaned in pain, flinching right under Katana's gaze. But they no longer noticed he was there and they couldn't focus. Their heads were pounding with too great a pain.

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Kaji smiled at his wife, lovingly. He knew, as hot-headed as she was, she wanted to go and beat Katana up. But instead she was here, staying by his side loyally. He had finally sat up with the help of Meiling, although his body still ached. He smiled weakly at Meiling who smiled back.

"Kaji! Don't you dare do that ever again!!" Meiling said pouting. "You had me worried sick!!"

Kaji smiled sheepishly. "Sorry." He embraced her, hoping she would feel better. And it worked.

Suddenly she jerked away from him, pain apparent in her eyes. She shut her ruby eyes tight and held her head with her hands. She started trembling violently, and Kaji who was obviously worried, scooped her up in his arms again. "M-Meiling! What's the matter?"

Meilng's teeth gritted as she tried hard to get the pain out of her head. "It-It's my head...It hurts..."

Kaji's eyes widened. Katana must've been angered so much to the degree of his aura hurting anyone who was a Li, whether it be by name or blood. But it seemed stronger now. He let her bury her head in his chest as he wrapped his arms protectively around her.

"K-Kaji! Make it st-stop!!" she groaned, her voice muffled by his clothing.

Kaji bit his bottom lip. He couldn't get up; much less carry Meiling to safety. His body still hurt too badly. So he sat there feeling helpless, cradling her in his arms.

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Eriol and Tomoyo looked around at the people around them. Megumi and Yurushi, being Lis, were clutching their heads in agony as were Kozue and Toji.

Zak was holding Kozue in his arms as the poor girl buried her aching head into his chest.

"Kozue!" Zak shouted. He turned towards Tomoyo and Eriol. "Can you do something to at least lessen the headaches?"

Tomoyo looked at Eriol. "Eriol, do you have enough power to put up a shield? Didn't it lessen the pain before?"

Eriol nodded. Without a second's wait, a shield surrounded them and at once the pains were diminishing and even barely there.

But sweat formed on Eriol's forehead as he kept the shield up. He turned to Tomoyo. "I-I'm not sure how long I can hold though..." he said. "It's all basically up to Sakura and Syaoran now..."

"But they can barely get to their feet!!" Yurushi shouted. "How the hell can they beat him now?!"

Tomoyo looked at him with a sad smile. "We'll just have to hope..."

Yurushi sighed in frustration. Syaoran and the Cardmistress were useless! They were just there sprawling on the floor! They had to do something...and it had to be quick.

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Shun was on his knees, clutching his head. The pounding in his head was so great, that he shut his eyes as if he could repel the headache that way. But of course, nothing he did worked.

Himiko watched in horror as Shun had slowly fell to his knees. She quickly kneeled in front of him, embracing him and trying to calm him down.

Shun forced an eye to open slightly. "I-I'm okay H-Himiko..." he said trying to smile.

She shook her head. "No you're not! You're-"

But she was silenced when Shun's frightened gaze fell upon something behind her.

She turned around, looking towards where he was looking and gasped.

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Syaoran felt himself being roughly picked up by his shirt collar. In front of him was an angry red eyes that could only belong to one person – or demon. Katna had lifted him up by his collar shirt and now he dangled, his feet not reaching the ground. "Let me go you-"

Katana shook him, hurting his neck. "Shut up, Li. I should've dealt with you before. No one humiliates me like that..." he said in a deathly voice.

Syaoran smirked, despite the headache. "Well I do," he said as he struggled in his grasp.

Katana growled then suddenly looking into his angry eyes, Syaoran felt his body freeze. He couldn't move and to top it all off, there was still that throbbing feeling in his head and his aching body.

"That's it, Li! I have no more patience!" Katana yelled.

Syaoran felt his eyes glaze over and feel Katana's aura surround him. He had a feeling that everything inside him was being sucked out. Syaoran stopped struggling against his paralyzed condition. This was it. This was the end. After all that, he hadn't been able to even sacrifice himself. He should've done it before even against Sakura's pleas. But it hurt him so much to see her cry that he didn't have the heart to. The whole world was in danger now...thanks to him.

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The four guardians scanned the area from an aerial view.

"I feel his aura getting even stronger..." the panther said. "Our powers are weakening even more. Soon, we won't even be able to fly."

Ruby Moon nodded. "We'll have to use our magic while we have the chance. Suppi go over and bring Lady Meiling and Master Kaji over to Eriol. He has put up a shield. If we get everyone there, they should be able to remain safe. I'll go and bring Master Shun and Lady Himiko to the shield."

"But what about that Ryu kid, Sakura, and the brat?" Keroberos asked. "We can't just leave them there. And the brat is in Katana's grasps right now."

"To get the Cardmistress out without Katana noticing, one of you can distract Katana somehow and the other can get Mistress Sakura and Ryu out of there," Spinel Sun suggested.

Keroberos nodded. "I'll distract that demon. Yue, you get them outta there!"

As he nodded he asked, "And what about Syaoran?"

"Everyone just come to shield after they're finished. I'm sure Eriol has a plan," Kero replied.

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"Otou-san..." Shun said weakly. He couldn't just stay there being useless and while Katana hurt his family. He slowly tried to get up, despite the nasty headache. But it was useless. He fell back to his knees. He heard Himiko screaming beside him. She was screaming his name with such worry in her voice that he felt guilty for making her go through this. He had to do something that would make everything stop. He spotted his sword lying on the floor a few inches away and picked it up with a shaky hand.

Himiko's eyes widened. "Don't you even think about it!!!" She tried snatching the sword away but he felt on firmly to it.

"H-Himiko...I have t-to save him...I have to save my father..." he stuttered, seeing her eyes fill with tears again.

Suddenly someone landed near them making them jump. There stood a tired looking Ruby Moon.

"Hurry, I'll take you to safety," she said panting. Her power was weakening even faster than she thought. She and Himiko helped Shun to his feet. He was standing now, but he was still shaking and holding his head with one hand, his sword in the other.

But when Ruby Moon started to pull him towards safety, his feet stayed in the ground.

Ruby Moon sighed. "C'mon Shun, we have to get you over there!"

He shook his head slowly. "I-I have to save him..."

"No Shun! Please! Don't do it!!" Himiko screamed as she hugged him. But Shun stayed still.

He looked pleadingly into Ruby Moon's eyes. "Please...I have to save him..." He begged and begged with his concerned amber eyes that the guardian gave in.

"Alright, alright!!" she said as she sighed again. "As long as you keep one promise..."

"What?" Shun asked.

"You cannot sacrifice yourself in his place."

Shun sighed. That had been exactly what he was going to do. But now he needed a new plan... "All right...I promise." He looked down at Himiko. "You hear that? I promise..."

Himiko pulled away from him and nodded. "But how can u do anything with that headache?"

Shun forced a smile, "It's getting better. I swear. I can barely feel a thing now..."

Ruby stared at him sadly as his eyes showed pure pain. He was such a bad liar. "I'll bring you closer, all right? Then I'll leave you as you wished."

Ruby picked them both up, one in each arm and flew nearer to Katana where she saw that Sakura and Ryu was already gone from her spot and Kero and Yue had gone. She dropped Shun off near Katana and with one look back at him, she continued with Himiko in her arms towards the shield.

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"Ruby! What are you thinking leaving Shun there!!" Sakura exclaimed when Ruby Moon and Himiko arrived in the bubble. They were all inside now and everyone seemed to be safe.

Ruby Moon looked at the ground forlornly. "I'm sorry. B-But he begged me to! I'm not one who could resist those eyes of his..."

Sakura sighed, not bearing to watch the scene outside. Her husband, her love, was dangling from Katana's grasp, forgetting everything. She couldn't bear watching that. And now her son was going to so something dangerous?

Megumi patted her back. "It'll be alright, Sakura-san. We have a plan. Maybe you can help us."

"We're planning on combining our magic to attack him," Yurushi explained.

But as soon as she heard the word 'magic' she looked down at the ground. "I-I don't have my Cards...I'm useless without them..."

They were all silent for a moment pitying the petite woman who was going through so much today. They had almost forgotten that the Cards were still in Katana's hand. "I'm sorry..." Sakura said.

Kozue hugged her mother. "It's okay. And don't worry. We'll find a way to get your Cards back."

"Okay everyone! Let's do it!" Keroberos said.

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Shun gritted his teeth. Katana didn't even notice that he was there! He was so intent on finishing off his father that Katana was not paying attention to anything else.

"Hey! Let go of him!!" Shun shouted, ignoring the pounding in his head.

But still, Katana didn't even turn to look at him. Shun gripped his sword. "LET GO OF HIM!!" Again no answer. "Alright, I warned you!"

Shun held out his sword in front of him and attacked. As the sharpness cut through Katana's flesh, Shun heard his agonized scream as his father's body dropped to the floor. Shun kneeled down to his father's body in worry, not noticing that Katana had dropped the Cards on the ground.

Katana scowled, ignoring the new wound. All these damn Lis were the same. Katana's sword appeared in his hand and he thrust it down, hoping to get rid of the boy quickly.

But Shun had predicted that. He swerved around quickly and used his own sword as a shield. The two swords met with a clash. They scowled at each other, pushing the swords, trying to override the other.

"Don't you have a headache, boy?" Katana sneered.

Shun smirked. "After a while, I got used to it. After all, the Elders have taught me to ignoreany pain that comes to me." Shun saw Katana's face. He was getting angrier every second. Shun felt even more pounding in his head as Katana's aura grew. Shun felt his sword being pushed back. Katana was winning.

---

Ryu woke up, aching everywhere. He blinked in confusion. "Wh-Where am I?"

Megumi's face lightened as she hugged her son. "Ryu!! Are you okay?"

Ryu nodded, still confused. He saw his father kneel near him and pat his shoulder. "Are you sure?"

"We'll explain later what's happening later, but first we need your help," a voice said from behind. Ryu turned and saw that the Hiirgazawa girl was talking; Himiko.. "Please! You have to help! Shun and Syaoran-san are out there!" she said, her voice pleading.

Ryu looked around and saw that a lot of people were around him and that they were all inside a shield. Outside the shield, a few yards away were the Li Leader lying on the floor and Shun and this other guy fighting.

"That's Katana," Eriol said, seeing his confusion. "We'll explain later but right now, we need your help to save them."

Ryu's eyes widened. "No way! I'm not saving that annoying, rude little brat and his father!!" he shouted.

Megumi sighed. The competition has got to stop. "Ryu-"

But she was interrupted by none other than Yurushi. "Ryu, they're family no matter what we think. And Lis never abandon family."

Ryu bit his lip and thought. If his father was going to do it, so would he. "What do I have to do?"

---

Shun fell back onto the floor as Katana finally won the sword clash. But that didn't stop Shun from getting up again ready to fight again. They both heard a groan.

"Otou-san!" Shun exclaimed without taking his eyes off of Katana. "Are you okay?"

Syaoran shook his head as he tried to get up. "Yeah, yeah..." he mumbled feeling pain wash over him again. But at least his magic and memories was returning. Boy, that was quite an experience.

Shun thrust his sword, trying to get Katana, but he blocked. Again and again he tried, but still he didn't get hurt. Then, Katana swung back at him as a counterattack that left a fairly huge cut on his side. Shun staggered back, holding the wound.

Katana smirked. "I thought you were taught to ignore all kind of pain," he mocked. Shun felt his jaw tighten and attacked.

Shun kept his stamina up, but slowly he began to feel tired. As Katana saw this, he suddenly thrust his sword towards him which he blocked. Katana knew he was going to do this. He swerved his sword around quickly and its sharpness was about to hit the boy's body when a clash was heard. Another sword – not Shun's – had stopped Katana's. The demon frowned as he saw who it belonged to. "Why you-"

Syaoran tsked. "It's not right to attack people not your own size, you know."

Shun and Syaoran stood at one side while Katana the other. Syaoran held out his hand to Shun as he saw his wound on his side.

"Let me handle this..." Syaoran said. "You rest."

"But-"

"No buts!" Syaoran shouted with a stern voice. Shun sighed and moved out of the way, behind his father. Then he spotted a pile of something nearby and went to pick it up. It was the Cards! Shun went through them, making sure they were all right. The clashing of metal was heard over the next couple of seconds while Syaoran and Katana attacked and block each other's attacks. Then, the irritated Katana used fire magic as Syaoran was blocking. The magic was strong and knocked him off his feet. His sword fell a couple of inches away and when he tried to scramble to get it, Katana's big foot was on top of it. Katana smirked as Syaoran looked up to him from the ground. "Looks like you're done..." He held his sword high above Syaoran.

A couple of feet away, Shun's eyes widened.

Suddenly a huge, bright beam of magic was seen going towards Katana from the opposite side of where Shun was standing. It had come from everyone from inside the shield. It was so powerful that Katana was thrown back at the impact. The beam disappeared as Katana lay there, lying very still.

--

"D-Did we...beat him?" Kozue squeaked as their energy began to diminish. She began to fall backwards, only to be caught by her mother.

"I'm not sure. We can't get our hopes too high though," Sakura said.

The guardians collapsed on the floor and slowly began turning into their temporary forms. The cute little orange bear with wings and the black cat with wings lay on the floor while Yukito and Nakuru were sitting.

"Th-That took a lot out of us..." Nakuru said. Yukito nodded. "B-But did we really..."

Megumi fell to her knees in exhaustion as her son fell beside her. Yurushi, who was leaning against the shield was sweating. "I think we-"

It was Eriol who noticed something still wasn't right. He groaned.

"What's wrong, Otou-san?" Himiko asked.

"H-He's still alive!"

---

As the dust began to clear, Shun stood panting, his sword in his hand while his father, still weak from the last magic attack lay on the floor, trying to get up. Slowly, the demon got up, causing them to groan. As he got up, he glared a deathly glare and roared, his voice penetrating the night sky. He picked up his sword and strode towards the man on the floor who was just about to reach his sword.

Katana kicked the sword away in anger and raised his own sword up which was trembling because he was weakening. "Th-That's it! I'm finishing you off!!"

"No!!" Shun yelled.

Suddenly a bright light distracted him. It was coming from the Cards. One particular Card rose from rest of the deck and floated in front of him. With a bright white light, it came out to its true form, causing Shun to cover his eyes because of the brightness.

"L-Light?"

It nodded a simple nod and smiled. Then with determination shown in her eyes, she turned around, radiating her light.

Syaoran covered his eyes from the bright light as Katana did the same. "Noo!" Katana yelled.

Then Light covered Katana with a blanket of her white light as he struggled against it. He squirmed and tried to cut through it but yet, nothing happened. He yelled, as the bright cover wrapped and wrapped around him and got tighter and tighter. With one final scream, there was a flash of light even brighter than the sun and suddenly it all disappeared. Light nodded once more to Shun and returned to her Card form. All that was left of Katana was his black, empty clothing on the ground.

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..Two days later..

"Hey Shun! Lighten up, buddy!" Toji said clapping his friend's back and drinking a can of soda. "It's time to celebrate!!"

Shun grumbled something about Toji being to rambunctious and drank out of his soda can.

It had been two days later after they had beat Katana. Everyone had gotten treatment and bandages for their wounds and now they were celebrating in the huge Li mansion.

The Elders and Yelan had invited everyone again to celebrate, just like Shun's birthday party. Our heroic adults were somewhere in the middle of the room with a bunch of other guests while the kids of course had to go and hang out in some quiet place like a quiet corner with a table.

Zak laughed. "Still hating these parties, Shun?"

"You know he hates them. He should be used to them by now though. His birthday party was like this too," Kozue replied taking a bite out of her food.

Himiko smiled. "He gets lotsa money and presents though!"

Zak's eyes widened. "You know, there was this story where a boy had a big fancy birthday party like this and he was spoiled and rotten-"

Shun growled. "Hey!'

"I'm not finished yet, Shun! Anyway, that night a witch came to party disguised as his mom's friend and gave him this mirror as a present and whenever he looked into the mirror, he saw his reflection as a horribly ugly monster because that's how he acted!!"

Kozue's eyes were wide. "NANI?! Is there really a mirror like that?"

Kumei giggled from behind her book.

Toji grabbed the book from her and smiled. "Aww, c'mon Kumei. Have some fun!! You don't bring books to parties you know!"

She pouted cutely and tried to grab the book back but he kept it away from her.

Himiko laughed. "Aww, you guys stop flirting..."

Kumei and Toji instantly stopped and blushed. The other laughed along at them.

"Well, speaking about love," Kozue said evilly, "What are you and Shun gonna do now, Himiko? Now that you've confessed your love and all?"

Shun and Himiko blushed. "Mind your own business!" Shun growled looking away.

But Toji looked at him sneakily. "I know what you wanna do now, Shun..." He whispered something in Shun's ear. Shun's eyes widened and he spit out the soda that was in his mouth.

"NANI?!" he said with a bright red face. "TOJI YOU'RE SUCH A-"

Himiko blushed. She had distinctly seen in Shun's mind an image of her and him kissing passionately under the moonlight's gaze.

"I don't mind that!" she blurted without thinking. She covered her mouth as everyone looked at her strangely. Toji was laughing his butt off and Shun was even redder than usual.

Suddenly, a sudden silence came upon them as someone walked up to their rowdy table. The boy looked at his feet. "Uhh...hey.."

The others said their small "hi's" and it was silent once again.

Ryu looked at them carefully. "I-I was just bored and-" he stammered.

"Wanna join us?" Shun suddenly asked surprising everyone, including himself.

Ryu smiled. "Sure."

Syaoran sighed as he faced his mother questions. "I'm fine! Really!!" he whined for the fiftieth time.

Yelan, as every mother should be, was just worried about her son. "Sorry Xiao Lang. I was just...scared, that's all."

Syaoran smiled at her gently. "I'm fine. Really!"

Yelan sighed and nodded and went to talk to other guests.

Syaoran joined his friends at a nearby table who were discussing something.

"-and so I think the wedding should be really elegant!! With golden decorations and ribbons and, oh and-" Tomoyo was saying to Sakura with star eyes.

Sakura sweat dropped at her friend's excitement. "Tomoyo! They're only thirteen!!"

Syaoran sat next to Sakura. "What are you talking-?"

Eriol stopped him before he could finish. "You'd better not disturb Tomoyo. She planning Shun's and Himiko's wedding in her mind."

Syaoran sweat dropped. "Ohh."

"So Kaji, are you all right? I remember at the hospital I heard crying from your hospital room..." Sakura said curiously.

Kaji sweat dropped. "That was Meiling."

Meiling frowned. "THAT WAS NOT ME! Well, maybe it was but I was just worried okay? You were really hurt."

Kaji smiled. "Yeah, yeah. But I'm okay now aren't I?"

Meiling slapped her husband's back, hard. "Yup! My Kaji can go through anything!!"

Unknown to her, Kaji was secretly cringing at the way she had slapped her back. Everyone laughed.

Suddenly two people came up to them, one dragging the other one over.

"Hey guys!!" Megumi said happily as she dragged her husband by his arm. "Can we join?"

"Sure you can!" Sakura instantly said.

Megumi dragged Yurushi and sat him down on a chair while she sat on one as well. It was silent for a moment as the tension between Yurushi and Syaoran began to rise again.

"I have a question, Cardmistress," Yurushi said.

Sakura smiled. "Please, call me Sakura."

He nodded reluctantly. "Umm...Sakura, how did your son use the Light Card? I thought only you could've done that."

Sakura looked sheepish. "Well actually, I don't know. We all don't know in fact. It just...happened for some reason."

"It was probably his feelings of concern for his father," Eriol said. Then he smirked. "Shun seems to idol his father very much. They even resemble each other don't you think?"

Everyone laughed while Syaoran glared at Eriol and soon the tension was gone.

Yurushi smirked. "Yeah they do. They both look the same, they both act the same-"

"-They're both quiet and strong," Eriol continued.

"-But have very poor manners and a hot temper..." Yurushi said with a laugh.

"But I think there's one thing they have in difference..." Eriol said chuckling.

Yurushi nodded and then they looked at each other and smirked. "It's funner to make fun of Syaoran!!" they said in unison.

Syaoran glared at them as Yurushi and Eriol looked at each other and smiled. Eriol held out his hand. "This is gonna be a great new friendship," he said smiling.

Yurushi nodded as he took his hand. "Heck yeah..."

The table started roaring with laughter as Syaoran put his head in his hands and sighed. He should've known Yurushi and Eriol would get along good...

'The old evil will arise once again, bringing fear to those who know him.

As done several times before, a Li will fight him for the safety of the person he most cares about.

The boy, at age thirteen, will fight the evil one.

As done before, the boy will have to sacrifice his life.

But to the surprise of everyone, including his parents who had experienced this before, he vanquishes the evil, no harm done to him or anyone else.

The evil one is gone, for eternity, and the green-eyed boy will once again live in happiness with his love.'

And now, the legend is fulfilled...

THE END!!

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A/N: It's not one of my best story but I think it turned out good anyway!! =] Hope you liked it! RR!!! Thank you everyone who has reviewed! I definitely couldn't have finished this story without you guys...sniff Thank you!! Salamat!! Arigatou!! I LOVE YOU GUYS!!! =) [by the way, do any of you have xangas? If you do, leave it in your review! I'll eprop you!] =)

I'll go over this story when I have the time to make sure there aren't any mistakes and stuff...okay?

pnaixrose

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