Chapter 20

I thought that it might be a little hard to understand what is going on in this part (as if it wasn't already...) if I kept calling both of them Li so I'm changing back to the evil Li's name, Liaku. Enjoy!

The sound of flesh cutting grossed Sakura out enough, but the sight of what just happened and hearing the noise almost made her faint. She was speechless. Her mouth frozen in a horrified 'O'. (A/N sorta like OoO teehee.) "Ugh!" The first sound made. The second, a sword being pulled out a wound. The next, a body falling to the ground and then a loud thump.

Sakura was still at a lost for words but she forced herself to say something. "Li!!!" She screamed. Yes, it was Li, lying face first on the cold ground. Blood seeping out under him from a wound in his stomach. Sakura left Toaku's side to run to Li's. "Li! Li are you all right?! Please answer me!" She pleaded. She rolled Li over and held his head so he could look up at her. One eye slowly opened to gaze at her.

"Sa-ku-ra..." He whispered.

"Li..." Li lifted his hand to touch her face. She let him do so and then held his hand.

"Sa-ku-ra... I...love...you..." Li said with one last smile. His hand went limp. Sakura's eyes widened.

"Li? Li?! No Li! DON'T DIE!!! DON'T LEAVE ME BEHIND PLEASE!!! LI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Sakura waited for a response and when none came, she laid herself down on his chest and wept. "No, no no no..." Sakura's sad moment was interrupted by Li's attacker.

"Now that he's gone, you have nothing holding you back from me." Sakura stopped crying. She was silent for a moment and then she stood up, still looking down at Li's body.

"Holding me back? Its a good thing he was holding me back!" Sakura whipped her head in Liaku's direction. "You... How could you just kill him without a second thought?! He was your brother!"

"He was a clone! A clone that was loved more than I was."

"Shut up! Do you really believe that? All because you were born first, does that mean he was a clone? Does that mean that you were less loved?! No! They probably knew how you would be rejected and tried to save you from it!"

"You don't know what you're saying! You have no idea what it was like!" Liaku walked up to her and looked her straight in the eye. Sakura didn't back down.

"You're afraid to let people in aren't you? You're afraid that if you do let them in your heart, they will betray you like your family did. That's it isn't it."

"Shut up woman!" Liaku raised his hand to slap her. Out of nowhere, Kero rams into him, knocking him three feet away from Sakura. Kero is injured badly, for Liaku had a strong force field around him that damaged him even more. He had defeated Meiaku and saw that Yue couldn't get there in time. He was slowly rising off the floor to defend his master. Kero limped in front of Sakura, protecting her.

"Kero! Are you okay? Why did you do that? You're hurt too badly!"

"Hey, your my friend kid, I protect my friends..." Kero said smiling.

"As do I..." Yue said joining Kero.

"Yue! You shouldn't be up! You're too hurt!"

"Do not worry about it, we'll be fine." Yue said.

Sakura felt helpless but she nodded her head with encouragement.

"Sorry to break up this great dramatic moment, but you two are in my way." Liaku charged at the two guardians, they defended Sakura and before they could move, they fell to the ground, sliced through their hearts. They breathed one last breath of air and suffocated. Blood stained the floor under Sakura's shoes. Sakura's hands flew to her mouth, covering her shocked expression. Sakura screamed. She looked at them and screamed again.

"NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Liaku shook his hands. "That felt good, to kill them. Yue always did bother me."

Sakura's eyes shifted from the bodies on the ground to Liaku for a brief second. She finally took her eyes off her friends' bodies and looked at Liaku, tears streaming down her face. She looked around at all her friends, all of them, lying on the ground bleeding to death. Even though she was crying, she had fierce eyes full of anger and emptiness.

"Why?! Why did you have to kill them?!" Sakura charged forward with a new strength, slicing his left eye. He yelled and one hand immediately flew to his eye.

"Why? Its called revenge! Its called vengeance! Justice being served!" Liaku sliced a part of Sakura's clothing.

"Justice?! What justice is there in killing people?!" Sakura slashed his arm.

"What would you even know about justice?! What would you know about me?! What would you know about anything?!" Liaku and Sakura were well matched at this point. They were at a point were both were trying to push the other back, swords dancing together.

"I know a lot! If you are trying to rule this world, no one will follow you!" Sakura yelled as she forced him back with a quick swipe of her sword. She knew that it wasn't good to let your eyes wander in battle but her eyes focused on movement across the room. Liaku knew he should have struck right then and there to end the fight but he was curious and so he followed her gaze. First he saw the movement and then he saw a body raising itself off the floor. He didn't realize who it was until Sakura cried out.

"Tomoyo!"

Liaku's eyes widened and he gasped. She wasn't dead and she was still in her older form. How could that be? Toaku raised her head and looked down at them. She rose to her feet and slowly started walking down towards them. She had the look of anguish and betrayal in her eyes, but deep in them, Sakura saw love also. Sakura couldn't hold herself back, she ran to Tomoyo as soon as Tomoyo made it all the way down the stairs.

"Tomoyo!" Sakura was so happy. One of her friends was alive. When Sakura got to Tomoyo a light force field pushed her away from her. Tomoyo didn't even acknowledge her. It was as if she didn't even see her. Her eyes looked like two empty ovals. She kept walking towards Liaku, her path unwavering. She didn't look over at any of the bodies, her eyes were focused on Liaku. When she reached him she lifted her hand to caress his soft-skinned cheek. She took her fingers and slid them down his face to his lips. She hugged him. He was hesitant but held her in return.

"I have missed you. It seems like forever since I was held in you arms." She whispered.

"Yes, I know what you mean." He replied.

"Liaku, do you love me?" She asked suddenly.

He was a little caught by surprise. "Yes. I love you."

"Good. We shall die together." Toaku kissed him hard on the lips and afterwards, she stabbed him through his heart with a knife materialized as ice. She stabbed herself as well and they both fell to the ground. Sakura couldn't believe what she just saw. She found her voice and screamed 'no' over and over, running to her friend's side. Toaku changed back into her regular form.

"No.... You can't leave me, Toaku..." She cried. Her friend opened her eyes and smiled weakly.

"Call me, Tomoyo..."

"Okay." Sakura nodded her head. "Don't leave me."

Tomoyo blinked and closed her eyes. "Its not goodbye, its see you later." She explained. "I'll be watching over you just like your mom." Lights busted from Tomoyo's body and Liaku's. They spread across the palace and over their friends. Tomoyo and Liaku disengaged into nothing. Sakura dropped her face in her hands. She cried and shook her head. Everyone else rose from the dead and looked around. All of them back to normal, finding Sakura crying on the ground. No one but Sakura, knew what happened.

"Sakura?" Li asked when school ended. Li and Sakura were the only ones left in the classroom. Everyone else had gone home. Li was closest to the door waiting for Sakura to get her stuff together.

"Yes?"

"Are you okay? It may have been a month ago but you can't possibly be alright after that short of a time span."

"I'm fine, don't worry about me, please." Sakura said a little too quickly.

"But Sakura..." Sakura turned around to face Li. The door opened suddenly, ruining their moment but saving it as well.

"You shouldn't be worried at all!" A voice said jumping in their conversation. A girl stood in the doorway. Li and Sakura couldn't believe their eyes.

"Tomoyo?!" They asked together.

"At your service, and don't forget our new transfer student." Tomoyo motioned her hand to present somebody and moved out of the doorway and into the classroom. A boy was standing in the doorway now. The boy that looked exactly like Li.

"Liaku?!" The exclaimed. They blinked a couple of times and then rubbed their eyes as well. It was him.

"I'm not Liaku anymore. My real name is Lee." Sakura's eyes widened and then closed joining a wide smile. (A/N his name is pronounced Lay-a)

"Its nice to meet you Lee."

Tomoyo walked towards, Li towards Sakura and they hugged their partners.

"So where will you be staying?" Li asked.

"Me? Well, I'm hoping that I can stay at your house with you and Meilin."

Everyone was silent, waiting for Li's answer. He had every right to say no. It may be his brother but he killed their father, and killed him as well. He also killed Meilin and tried to kill Tomoyo and Sakura. Li was about to speak. Everyone held his or her breath.

"It would be easier..." Everyone was on the verge of screaming. "If you stayed with your brother. So you can stay." Everyone let out a happy yip. A group hug was formed.

Sakura and Li were walking home together. Lee and Tomoyo split up with them to go get some food. The sun was setting, it was a beautiful sunset. Shades of purple orange and yellow all fit together to make a masterpiece. Li stopped for a second. Sakura turned around on her skates.

"What's up Li?" She asked skating to him. He grabbed her in his arms and didn't let go. "Li, what are you doing?" She asked. He looked down at her and smiled. She got the message.

"Its such a beautiful day, a beautiful moment should be shared."

"Yes, I agree." Sakura nodded. Sakura lifted her face up to Li's and they kissed. Not caring that there was a rumble in the bushes a little way away from them. (A/N that would be Toya watching and Yukito holding him back from ruining the moment.) They kissed until the sun went down and stars formed in a dark blue sky, the moon, and a perfect crescent. There was not a cloud in sight. Their perfect moment was truly perfect.

THE END

Wow that was so beautiful. :::sniff sniff::: anyways, I'm sure you guys heard that there will be another story I'm adding soon. On my bio page is a list of what anime or manga I can write about. Pick one and send it to me in a review! Thanks for reading all the way to the end of this story! Ja ne!