Ah, you thought it was over, did ya? Probably not! Thanks to everyone who reviewed! Special thanks to Illusion Dragon for the manta ray thing!

After this, I doubt there will be a sequel unless I think of something.

Syaoran: (Twitch) That's what you said about Stuck on You! There's six of 'em!

Skyklutz: Yeah but right now I'm focusing on writing SoY SAUCE (Stuck on You's Super Amazing Ultra Cute Edition). So I'll be way busy with that!

Syaoran: Just what I need. You to make an idiot of me all over again!


Once Syaoran was back on his feet, he visited the shore as he promised he would. He didn't have high hopes that Sakura would be there, but sure enough, when the sun was low and the breeze was calm, she emerged. Smiling as always. He waved to her, who in return, waved back before she dissapeared into the ocean once more. Syaoran sighed. A time that usally brought him the most joy, now brought longing and sorrow, yet he couldn't bear to go a day without it.

He walked quietly off the beach and up the stone steps to the palace, glancing at the sea once more before trodding along.

"Oh, he's got it bad," commented third born of the Li children, Fanren, to her sisters as they watched their brother from a high window. They nodded in agreance. Queen Yelan stopped as she made her way past.

"What has he got?" she asked puzzled. Feimei held her hands together and leaned dramatically into her other sisters' arms.

"Isn't it obvious, Mommy?" she replied, batting her eyelashes, "Syaoran's in love!"

Yelan sighed and looked out the window at her only son, "I know that," she stated after a few seconds of silence, "I suppose theirs only one thing to do..."


"Oh, baby brother!" called all four of Syaoran's siblings at once as he entered the main door. His shoulders slumped. What now?

"Yes?" he asked dully, dreading what they had in store for him.

"We've got a surprise for you," replied his eldest sister, Fuuti. Slightly intrigued, he followed his sisters as they lead him to his own bedroom. Inside were many objects spread across his bed. Several of his finest shirts and jackets, a few trinkets, and books with thin rubbery pages.

"What is this?" he asked, almost laughing.

"This," began Sheifa, his second eldest sibling, "Is our gift to you!"

"We realized that you're not happy here," continued Fanren, twirling an auburn lock on her finger, "So we--"

"--Mother too!" added Feimei.

"Yes, we all have decided that you should live in the sea, with the one you love."

Syaoran wasn't sure what to say as he filled with overwhelming happiness. However, when he thought about it, the happiness suddenly dissapeared, "But it takes an incredibly large ammount of magic to do something like that! Not even Mom is that powerful!"

"That's why we all combined our power to do it," explained Fuuti, "None of us will be able to do magic for a year at the least, but it's all for your happiness."

"No! You don't have to give up your magic! Not for me!" cried Syaoran, he could feel his eyes well up with tears as several different emotions hit him at once.

"But it's too late!" said Fanren, clasping her hands together, "The spell is cast. Once your feet touch the water, they'll come together in a tail and you'll live in the ocean!"

For a few seconds Syaoran could only stare at them.

"Thank you..."


Full napsack slung over his shoulder, Syaoran dashed to the side of the beach and climed out on a rock.

"Sakura!" he cried at the top of his voice. His head was rushing with happiness as he caught his breath. Below the surface, Sakrua was swimming back down to her palace with saddness in her heart. Was it even worth seeing him again? To have to deal with this lonliness, this pain, every time he saw his face. His image taunted her, the very thing she wanted more than anything was within her grasp, and yet she couldn't reach it.

Then she felt it. Like a lightswitch turning on in her spirit that made her heart race. She smiled as she suddenly got the overwhelming urge to break the surface as fast as her fins would take her. Something good was about to happen, she knew it.

"Syaoran-kun!" She cried when she met the air, "What are you doing?"

"Wait right there!" he replied cheerfully as he removed his trousers and dove into the crisp warm ocean. Syaoran could feel his legs form together as a layer of scales grew over his skin. When he surfaced, he threw himself onto Sakura, "I'm going to be with you!"

"What?" Sakura couldn't believe what she was hearing. He curled his tail up so that she could see.

"We're going to be together... forever!" Syaoran yelled happily, kissing her on her forehead. Sakura took his face and rested her lips on his in a passionet kiss.

Epilogue

For weeks the two of them were unseperable. One wouldn't go anywhere with the other, and Syaoran even took residence in the castle.

"Syaoran-kun, slow down!" cried Sakura through a laugh, "My tail's gonna cramp!" It felt like they had been swimming forever when Syaoran finally stopped.

"I can't help it," he protested, "To feel the water flow around my tail. This is freedom."

Sakura smiled, "It's so nice to know you, Syaoran-kun. You love the things in life that we usually take for granted." She pointed to a sign outside the building they stopped at, "Now, can you tell me what that sign says?"

Syaoran studied the sign, his head cocked to the side, "Kaho's Pet Shop!"

Sakura wrapped her arms around his shoulders and kissed him on the cheek, "You're getting better and better at this every day!"

--

"What is that?" asked Syaoran as he peered into the rock cage containing a flat grey creature.

"That," beganKaho, the shop owner,as she took it out and held it to him, "Is a manta ray!"

Syaoran examined the ray, jumping every time it moved, "D-does it hurt?"

Kaho laughed, "No, go ahead and pet her!"

With a nervous hand he reached for it, feeling more confident as he felt the rubbery skin. He looked up in alarm when he heard Sakura squeal.

"What's wrong?" he cried as he swam to her side, only to see she was giggling. A small tan creature was nuzzling Sakura's cheek. It was about the size of a small kitten with round golden ears. It had webbed paws and two wing-like fins on its back to propel it in the water.

"He's so adorable!" Sakura gushed.

"What is this dot-eyed frog?" Syaoran wondered out loud as he pointed to the creature. It looked at him as if offended, then looked to his finger, and bit it... hard.

Yakkai-kun was in trouble again.

The End