Konnichiwa.
This will be the last chapter of Heartbreak.
I really didn't plan for it to turn out like this. I wasn't even planning for Yue to come into the story at all! Sure shows what you can do when you let your mind wander, huh? To be honest, I don't think that this story is going to go anywhere, so I'm ending it.
Cardcaptor Sakura doesn't belong to me. It belongs to CLAMP.
Enjoy!
Sakura squealed with fright as one of the wolves gripped her skirt with its teeth. It growled menacingly as Sakura tried to get away. The other two wolves surrounded her. She was trapped against a giant oak, fearing for her life.
"SAKURA!!"
She turned to see Syaoran dashing forward holding an ax. He swiped at the wolves cutting the one with her skirt under its eye. Sakura looked behind her savior to see a large figure with wings. It flew forward to block her from further wolf attack.
"Stop it, Toya," Yue said calmly. "You are frightening her." The wolf let go of Sakura's skirt and slowly backed down. Sakura blinked in surprise, not understanding what the angelic figure had said.
"T...Touya...?" she stammered. "That's...my big brother's name..."
Yue slowly folded his wings and stepped forward. He kneeled down and held out his hand. The wolf ran forward and licked it. Sakura's eyes widened with shock.
"What's going on?" Syaoran demanded. "You said you knew what had happened to Sakura's family!"
Yue looked at the boy with sorrowful eyes. "You have not guessed yet?"
Syaoran looked uncertain. "No..." he said, although he thought he had some idea.
"Kinomoto-san, Toya, come here," Yue commanded. Two of the wolves stepped forward to sniff Yue's hand. They yelped gleefully.
Sakura stifled a tearful gasp. "You mean..."
Yue nodded. "I'm afraid so, Sakura-san. These wolves are your family."
Sakura stepped back onto a tree root and stumbled, her eyes wide with fear and sadness. "No...You're lying! Those wolves killed Syaoran's grandfather!"
Syaoran shook with anger. "That's right! My Ji-san was killed by those wolves! How do you explain that?"
Yue shook his head sadly, his long flowing hair waving in the breeze. "The third wolf killed your grandfather, Syaoran-san. That one is a true wolf." He turned to it. "I believe that Toya got rid of its eye so it would do what he wanted." He knelt down and took Sakura's face in his hands. "You must understand. They did not mean to harm you or anybody else."
Tears spilled unbidden from Sakura's eyes. "How...did this happen?"
Yue began to speak. "As you know, your brother and father left on a business trip. You were to stay at home for three days. However," he continued, "they met with a horrible fate.
"They say that the area they traveled to is cursed. Whoever goes in doesn't come out. At least, not in their original forms." He turned to the wolves. "Just before Toya lost his humanity he told me to seal myself inside the stone he had given you." He hung his head. "They want you to join them, Sakura."
Sakura lifted her head and stared directly into Yue's eyes. "You mean...I must become a wolf?" Yue nodded. "They will hunt you forever if you don't. They recognize you as part of the pack. You must settle them." Sakura sighed.
"All right," she spoke. "I will do it."
Syaoran stepped forward. "If Sakura is turning into a wolf, then I am too!"
Yue looked at the headstrong boy. "That in unnecessary. Only the girl must do so. I'm sure you have a family of your own to return to."
Syaoran looked at his feet. "There is no place for me," he muttered. "I only wish to be with Sakura."
Yue turned his back. "Very well. Follow me," he said. He took to the air and flew slowly west.
He led the two to a large hole filled with mist. It seemed to have a strange aura around it. Sakura gripped Syaoran in fear.
"Go in. The boy first. If I'm right, it will be necessary." Syaoran gulped, steadied himself, and walked into the hole. "You must breathe the mist," Yue said.
Syaoran took a deep breath of the mist.
Nothing happened.
He looked at his hands, confused as why he wasn't turning wolf. "Why? Why can't I do it?"
Yue nodded. "I thought so. You don't really want to become a wolf."
"What?" Syaoran yelled in surprise.
"If a person knows about the transformation, they must want to become a wolf. Otherwise, it will not work." He looked straight at him. "You must have wolf blood to become a wolf. Do you understand?"
Syaoran gritted his teeth and clenched his fists in anger and sadness. Why was everything good in his life being taken away? He almost wished that he had never met Sakura.
"Then I shall make the transformation," Sakura whispered, he soft voice shaking at the thought of what she was about to do. "I want this."
Syaoran held her back before she went into the misty hole. "You'll visit me, right? When you become a wolf?"
Sakura smiled slowly and nodded. "Of course I will. Maybe in time you will join me."
She stepped into the hole and breathed in the misty air. The wolves gathered around the hole, howling.
At first, nothing happened. Then slowly fur started to grow over her body. Her ears moved to the top of her head and grew long and pointy. She turned to Syaoran as her wolf teeth started to grow. She howled in pain and sorrow. Syaoran leaped forward to grab her hands but Yue held him back.
Slowly the color started to fade from the world. Her hands grew into paws. Her mind grew less human and became more animal.
The last thing she remembered with her human mind was the taste of the chocolate that Syaoran had given her on her birthday...
That's the end. I know that it's kind of a lame way to end a story, but I've got to get working on all of my other ones.
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