The Kinomoto residence was still the same as before. It stood tall with its same yellow tone and splendor.
Fujitaka, Sakura and Touya's father, Touya, and Yukito were downstairs in the kitchen washing dishes. It seemed that everyone was hungry after the long night of theater they had earlier that evening.
Yukito stayed and helped out to be polite. Besides, he didn't mind being around Touya.
"You know, it was very weird how everyone at the play tonight blacked out all at once, don't you think?" Fujitaka asked.
"Uh…" Touya stuttered, "Maybe…there was something in the air today."
"Hmm…perhaps," Fujitaka agreed, still a bit confused.
Touya sighed in relief. He didn't want to have to go through a whole bit of lying.
"Hey, where's Sakura-chan and Tomoyo-san? Oh, and the two children from Hong Kong." Fujitaka wondered.
"Oh, they're up in Sakura-chan's room talking for a bit," Yukito answered nicely, "Speaking of which, I should probably check up on them."
"Thank you, Tsukishiro-kun," Fujitaka smiled.
Yukito and Fujitaka smiled at one another. Fujitaka considered him apart of the family just as much as his young daughter did.
Yukito took off his white apron and headed towards the stairs.
Sakura, Shaoran, Tomoyo, Meiling and Kero-chan were in Sakura's bedroom as she told them about the events that unfolded within the vicinity of the Tomoeda Theme Park Tower. They all sat upon Sakura's rug in a circle, paying attention to her story.
"…So, after Kero-chan and Yue-san disappeared, Shaoran-kun thought he could defeat the Clow Card with his magic and went after her. But, she was too strong and fought back. I thought Shaoran-kun was gone…forever…" Sakura explained to them all, "I was so angry that I went after her using The Fly card and followed her into the tower…"
Somebody then knocked on the door.
Everyone turned to the door, except for Sakura that is.
"Ah! Kero-chan!!" she shouted, "Hide!!" She grabbed him by his tail and threw him under her bed.
"What is this?!" he complained as he was thrown under.
Sakura rushed to the door and asked, "Yes?"
"It's me, Yukito," he replied.
"Oh! Yukito-san!" Sakura smiled as she opened the door right away, "Come in!"
"Hello everyone," he greeted, "Oh, and you can come out now."
Kero-chan flew out from under the bed, "Good! I wasn't about to stay under there forever, ya know?!"
"What were you all talking about?" Yukito asked them as Sakura sat back down.
"Sakura-chan was just telling us about what happened in the tower," Tomoyo answered.
"Oh, I see," Yukito said, "Then, perhaps you'll be needing someone else listening."
"Ho-e?" Sakura wondered in her trademark expression.
"Return me to my true form…Yue…" Yukito spoke, closing his eyes. Clow Reed's magic circle appeared beneath him glowing in its brilliant golden light. Yue's white angelic wings sprung forth through his back and then covered his body. After a few short seconds, the wings opened back up revealing Yue.
"Oh!!! So that's how you do that!!" Meiling shouted, impressed.
"I think my true form is WAY cooler than Yue's," Kero-chan said in a boastful manner.
"I don't think so," Meiling replied in a dull tone.
"WHAT?!!" Kero-chan screamed.
Meiling gazed over towards the tall, handsome Yue, "Don't you see? His long, glistening white hair and that beautiful face…and just those wonderful good looks…Ahhh…"
"Meiling," Shaoran scolded her, "Let Sakura finish."
Meiling snapped out of it, "Oh, all right."
"You may continue," Yue told Sakura.
"O-Okay. I followed the Clow Card into the tower and she attacked me, soon taking The Fly card away too. I fell onto the bell in the tower and protected myself with Shield. She destroyed the rope that held the bell and so I jumped over to the stairs nearby." Sakura continued, "She confronted me and I told her that I would seal her. I told her that friends aren't those you force to be with you and that that was what she was doing. She felt badly about what she'd done and let me seal her and change her into a Sakura Card."
"But, didn't you tell us that if you sealed the card then you would lose the feeling for the one you love most?" Tomoyo asked her.
"Yes, you told me that as well," Yue agreed.
"Shaoran-kun was already at the top of the stairs near me. The Clow Card's power surrounded him and began to take his feeling for me away. I was heartbroken, but then, that card I created before Shaoran-kun left for Hong Kong used its power to stop the card from taking Shaoran-kun away from me. And, it created this…" Sakura said to them. She reached over to her Sakura Book and placed it in the middle of the rug. It opened all on its own as a Sakura Card floated out of it.
Everyone gasped in awe when they saw it.
The card that magically appeared and floated into her hands, earlier that night, levitated within the circle. The little girl who was The Void card was in the center of this new card, holding the very same heart with wings that Sakura had described earlier.
"Hope…?" Shaoran wondered.
"The Hope card…" Kero-chan sighed in amazement, "I sense a very pure power emitting from it. Don't you, Yue?"
"Yes," he nodded, "It is also a strong power."
"And then…I finally was able to tell Shaoran-kun how I felt…about him…and…well…" Sakura stuttered embarrassedly. She and Shaoran blushed.
Tomoyo and Meiling glanced at one another and giggled.
The clock in Sakura's bedroom began to chime, reading: 10:00 p.m.
"Oh, it's ten o'clock already?" Meiling asked.
"We should be getting back to my house, Meiling-chan, Li-kun," Tomoyo said, "You both have a plane to catch tomorrow."
Meiling nodded, "Yes, you're right."
Sakura looked over to Shaoran, "You're leaving…tomorrow?" She was kind of disappointed. She wanted to be able to spend time with him after all that had happened.
"I wish I could stay, but I have school…and mother is probably wondering what happened here…so…" Shaoran tried to explain.
Sakura hid her sadness and gave him a 'no worries' smile, "Don't worry about it! Like Meiling-chan told me before, Hong Kong and Japan aren't that far apart. We'll see each other again!"
Shaoran nodded happily, "Right."
The entire group, minus Kero-chan, stood outside of Sakura's home. Tomoyo's company car was revved up and waiting to go.
"See you later, Kinomoto-san!" Meiling waved goodbye.
"Bye, Meiling-chan!" Sakura replied as Meiling entered the car.
"I'll see you tomorrow, Sakura-chan," Tomoyo told her.
"Okay," Sakura smiled.
"Oh, Tsukishiro-san, would you like a lift home?" Tomoyo asked him politely.
"Oh, that would be great. Thank you," he replied, "I'll see you later, Touya, Sakura-chan."
"Right. See you tomorrow, Yuki," Touya said goodbye for the night.
Yukito and Tomoyo were the next to enter the vehicle.
Touya saw that Sakura and the one he called 'brat' wanted some privacy. "Hurry up and come inside, monster," he told his sister as he reentered his house
"Oni-chan!!" she yelled as she clenched her fist in frustration.
Shaoran giggled as Sakura giggled along with him.
"Are you…coming to see me off tomorrow?" Shaoran asked her.
"Yes, of course!" she smiled, "I want to be able to be with you as much as I can."
They both gazed into each other's eyes and leaned in to kiss one another. Slowly, inch-by-inch, their lips came closer and closer.
"Shaoran!! I'm tired!! Let's go!!" Meiling complained from inside the car.
It seemed Sakura and Shaoran were interrupted once more.
Shaoran sighed, "Well, I guess I'll see you tomorrow."
Sakura nodded, "Right. Tomorrow."
Shaoran turned around and ran towards the car. He opened the back door and sat inside. The car then drove off into the street as Sakura waved them goodbye.
Her happy smile changed into a sad look, however. It was a bittersweet feeling she had. She now had the person she loved most, someone she'd been looking for, for a long time. But, then again, she had to say goodbye to him the next morning.
The moon above in the night sky continued to emit the strange and eerie glow. It almost seemed to be observing and absorbing everything that went on below it. Little did the people of the Earth know, that there was a great being living within its vicinity.
The moon up above in space orbited around the Earth. Its land was filled with gray-colored rock and craters the size of mountains.
Across its many miles of land, there was a crater that was quite different from all the rest. It was quite large. The difference between this crater and the others was that this crater had a magical shield covering the opening. Inside the crater was the powerful being.
The inside of the crater was made of shining quartz-like crystals that shined and shimmered. The crystals had formed a long bridge that led to a crystal throne. Standing upon this bridge and before the throne were two magical creatures.
Their features couldn't be seen very well, for they stood within the shadows. However, one of the creatures looked like an African lioness with the wings of a bat on its back.
The other had the form of a human male. What could be seen was his short, light-blonde colored hair and the special garments that he wore. They were somehow similar to Yue's. He also had large bat wings growing out of his back.
"The time is almost near…" the winged man spoke in a very nonchalant and smart aleck tone.
"That it is," the lioness added. She had a very sweet but malevolent voice. "The seal will be broken once you perform the spell to form the eclipse," she continued.
"However…" another male voice began to say. It was the same voice that spoke earlier from within the moon's power.
He sat upon the crystal throne with his head rested on his fingers and his leg crossed over the other. He had a very calm disposition. His features were also hidden by the shadows. He had the form of a human, but didn't really seem real. His body was completely transparent. It was like he was a ghost. He had long, platinum-colored hair and wore a special, sorcerer's outfit. It was long and colored a mix between white and blue.
"…There is one thing I need to do first in order to do this," he stated.
"Oh, yes. It seems you need 'his' power in order to perform this feat," the winged man said.
"To facilitate a solar eclipse, darkness shall be needed," the lioness explained.
"I will need to capture the Power of Darkness…and we all know the person with this power all too well…" the evil sorcerer spoke, "Lunatica! Solaris!"
The two creatures stepped forward.
"I will be needing your strength in order to do this," the man told them.
They both nodded in agreement.
The evil and wicked man turned his face towards his side.
There was a crystal pedestal standing next to him. Upon it was an enchanted book that emanated soft moonlight. The book looked very much similar to the Clow Book or the Sakura Book. This book had the word, 'LANAI', engraved at the top. It was colored a dark, navy blue.
Floating above it was a familiar looking key; also similar to the ones Eriol Hiiragizawa and Sakura possessed. Instead of having a sun or a star upon the key, there was an inverted yellow crescent moon with a red ball hanging from the top-middle.
The silhouetted man gently and tenderly petted the book. It was obviously very precious to him. "Just a little while longer…my cards," he whispered to them.