Above the Heights of Heaven, Below the Depths of Hell

Mona-chan: Hello everyone! Really sorry…I haven't updated in…looks 6 months! WHHAA? HALF A YEAR! -goes crazy- Anyway…Don't worry, I never meant to stop this story, I was just trying to decided what to do best for the mistakes in chappie 2, simply because when I started the story I did not remember all about CCS. Last I watched the anime was three years ago, and I had not read any of the manga. Now I have read most of the manga, and I know the story COMPLETELY so I know I have made mistakes. I found my story needs to be edited…more. . ! hehe Gomen nasai for the mistakes and updating late! 7 reviews on chapter 2 (update 3)! Wow, I have 17 reviews now! I'm happy! Thank you to everyone who reviewed. Now I need to say a few things before you start reading. There were some things wrong with chapter 2. After I finish ATH of H, BTD of H I will write it over – I have it saved in my comp, so I just need to edit. So I may upload that one onto fanfiction too. But I'm pretty sure I'll be putting it on the website I'm currently working on. It won't be too good…but that's okay. XP You can't really make that good of a website without premium and upgrading your basic account, which I'm not doing because this is only for fun. I'm hoping to make this chapter lighter than my other ones so far in ATH of H BTD of H, slightly happier. I like writing that is deep, it makes it more meaningful, and a lot of times sorrowful stories are deep, so that's how my writing is. I have a soft spot for people going through hard & sad times. Sorry if this chapter is short! Thanks again to all my reviewers, you have kept me going! As always, the personal thank-you's to the reviewers are at the bottom. Oh, and I have updated Chapter 3 of SC, LT up so those of you who haven't reviewed please do so! I'll be working on Chapter 4 for SC, LT soon and as well as chapter 4 for ATH of H BTD of H! By the way, all the characters last and first names here that I weren't sure of the spelling I've looked up (Chiharu's last name, Rika's last name, Terada's first name, and Naoko's first/last name).

Disclaimer: I think I've been forgetting this…Anyhow, I don't own CCS. I only own this plot and my own characters…so….no suing me, and no copying my plot.

Chapter 3 - Reunion

"Chiharu! Takashi! Naoko! Terada-sensei! Rika!" Her old friends and her old teacher were here. Sakura jumped up and down at the sight of them.

"I haven't seen all of you in so long! If only we were all here…" she ended softly, her voice and her smile both wistful. Chiharu, Takashi, Naoko, and Terada-sensei looked at each other and all around. What did Sakura mean? Everyone was here. Right? The four looked to Tomoyo and Eriol. The couple exchanged a glance with each other, and then looked forward again. They shook their heads at the four; it was not their place to say. Sakura would tell them when she was ready.

"We lost contact after graduation and over the years, though we all promised to stay in touch," Sakura said thoughtfully. "I'm glad we're able to see each again. I missed you guys." A silence passed between them as they all thought of the old days that they spent with each other.

"Tomoyo, when are we going to sign up for this…"age" thing?" Sakura asked and broke the silence. "Mother and you both spoke of it before, but I still haven't quite gotten the idea.

Tomoyo smiled. "That's okay," she sympathized. "It is quite a confusing concept. I'll briefly explain it to you." She took a deep breath and continued, "On Heaven, your age is counted by two things – The actual "age" and the Wisdom years. Your age on Heaven begins at age ten. When you sign up to start your age you start aging like on Earth, and years are equal to ones on Earth. You don't age after twenty on your appearance though. Wisdom years start from when you got married on Earth and they grow from the time you enter Heaven. For example, if you married on Earth at age twenty-five, they would start from that number and grow in years depending on how long you've stayed in heaven. Wisdom years usually present your rank to other angels – and simply your wisdom."

Sakura nodded slowly. "I think I understand now. Thanks."

"No problem," Tomoyo grinned lopsidedly. "Let's go sign up for our age."

Chiharu sat down and propped her head on her hand and thought. "Come to think of it, Takashi, Naoko, Rika, Terada-sensei, and I haven't signed up for our age yet either. We didn't come to Heaven very long ago, and we only met up with Tomoyo and Eriol a small while back. Let's all go together!" Everyone nodded his or her agreement.

As they flew towards the home of the Heavenly Ones, Sakura started conversation. "So, what have all of you been doing? I see that Chiharu, you have gotten together with Takashi, huh? And Rika with Terada-sensei." Chiharu, Terada-sensei, and Rika all blushed together. Takashi, however, just grinned. Sakura gave off a mischievous smile.

Then Sakura joked, "Naoko, what about you? Don't tell me you died a bitter old lady with no husband!"

Naoko hit Sakura softly on the arm and laughed. "Of course not," she answered, and straightened her glasses. My husband is still down on Earth, sadly. I love him very much!" She blushed, and everyone laughed.

Rika gained her composure back first. She nudged Tomoyo as they continued to fly. "And Tomoyo with Eriol. I knew it." Rika grinned.

Tomoyo laughed her famous laugh, "Ho, ho, ho!" Rika was surprised by Tomoyo's sudden reaction. Eriol smiled his own queer smile.

Eriol said, "Yes. And I love Tomoyo very much." It was then that Tomoyo blushed. This was the expression Rika had expected in the first place, and she did a tumble in the air with her wings stretched out, giggling. Sakura laughed too; it'd been awhile since she had seen Tomoyo blush.

Chiharu poked Sakura jokingly. "And what about Syaoran?" Sakura's heart sank at his name. She looked downwards toward the ground, her auburn hair shadowing the look in her eyes. Chiharu didn't notice and instead turned her head side to side. "Hey, Sakura…where is Syaoran anyway? I haven't seen him in a long time!" Eriol and Tomoyo were troubled. Chiharu, Takashi, and Naoko remained clueless and unaware of Sakura's feelings. Terada-sensei sensed something was wrong, although he didn't know what. Rika also sensed the unusual atmosphere, but stayed silent like the others who knew.

Sakura clenched her teeth and fought back the tears. When she was sure she was successful, she lifted up her head again. Her expression was normal, but her eyes betrayed her. Her beautiful emerald orbs were sorrowful. "I haven't seen him in a long time either…" Sakura whispered with a faint smile.

Only Sakura herself, Eriol, and Tomoyo understood what she meant. The others were puzzled, especially Chiharu. "Huh?" she asked.

"Nothing," Sakura said, shaking her head. She forced a small smile and said, "Sorry, Chiharu. Syaoran's not here right now. I don't know where he is." In her head she thought, 'I really don't know where he is…I only wish I did, Chiharu. I only wish I did.'

Chiharu sighed heavily. "That's too bad. Well, hopefully we'll all see him soon." She thought to herself, 'Syaoran must have been who Sakura was saying was missing earlier…'

The subject was dismissed after that, and new conversations without talk of Syaoran were brought up. It was a long way to the home of the Heavenly Ones. Eriol and Tomoyo tried hard to think of topics that would not include him, and eagerly started to talk about them when they did find topics. Even Sakura noticed. 'Thanks you guys, for trying,'she thought.

She gave the couple a secret smile when the others weren't looking. Tomoyo sighed in relief. Maybe Sakura was okay. But she could just be hiding her feelings… again. Tomoyo frowned.

The group of eight arrived at the home of the Heavenly Ones about a hour later. Sakura twirled in the air, her feathered wings stretched out and sparkled in the sun. Sakura truly looked like an angel. She zipped around in the air, excited. "We're here!" she said, her voice genuinely happy. She tried to forget about Syaoran, at least for now. There was no need to upset her friends or worry them. Her eyes shone brightly.

"This place still amazes me, even though I've already seen it once. I figure it always will," Sakura said. Everyone agreed.

Naoko yelled, laughing, "Come down, Sakura! We're entering the Heavenly One's home now!"

Sakura replied, "Okay!" She dove downwards and then stepped down daintily, one satin shoe first and then the other onto the clouded surface. She tucked her soft wings behind her to avoid them getting in the way.

They entered the gates and walked briskly across, seeing all the Heavenly Ones everywhere. Groups of the Heavenly Ones were together in one area of the place. They went to meet the Heavenly Ones.

Once he'd gotten their attention, Eriol said smoothly, "Hello, Heavenly Ones. I am Eriol Hiiragizawa. My friends, Tomoyo Daidouji, Sakura Kinomoto, Naoko Yanagisawa, Chiharu Mihara, Takashi Yamazaki, Rika Sasaki, and Yoshiyuki Terada." He pointed each person out to the Heavenly Ones. "We would all like to sign up for our age today, if you would please tell us where we go to do this." He bowed politely, and the others followed suit.

One of the Heavenly Ones pointed them out to a counter in the corner. They thanked him and walked over. Over there, a god greeted them.

"Hello," he greeted them. "I am the god Knowledge. This is my companion, the goddess Wisdom." He pointed to the goddess next to him. "Please tell me your names so you can start your age in heaven."

Each one of the eight stepped up to the counter and stated their names. "Thank you," Knowledge replied. "Your age will begin as of tomorrow."

"Thank you," Eriol said, "Knowledge and Wisdom." He bowed to them both.

Sakura unfolded her wings from behind her and flew up into the air over the gate of the Heavenly Ones. 'I'm so excited,' Sakura thought. 'I wish you could see this, Syaoran.' She smiled and shook her head. Chiharu, Takashi, Rika, Eriol, Tomoyo, Naoko, and Terada took flight as well. Together they flew back home as the night started approaching. The sun set when they got home and shone all over heaven in a mix of red, orange, and yellow colors.

Thank You to:

Ngoc123 – Don't worry: Syaoran did not do anything horrible. I can't make him do that…it would break MY heart. Not because of his father. Can't say anything more, really. Yes, Sakura is going to get her halo soon. I'm glad you like my story! You came out of the blue and reviewed when I hadn't updated for a long time, which made me really happy. Thanks again!

phoenix-tsubasa – Ooh..you're getting close to my point ;) Wow you're a good guesser. Thanks for reviewing! Things will turn out for the better….eventually. Haha, tried to make this chapter a little lighter. But writing sad stories is my thing. Hehe.

SS-Shiper – Thank you! Keep on writing I Will Survive, I'll keep on reading it! Sorry I haven't reviewed for the latest chapters, but I will ASAP!

villanrage – Your review totally threw me off! Haha great way to start my message to you. Anyway, I'm glad you wrote this in your review, you're very observant! I messed things up with kaho/ruby moon/nakuru. I explained it up there . Thank you for r & r! Your review really helped me in thinking about what I did wrong in this story!

yumewolfchan – I put a cliffhanger cause I like them! Well, truly I don't. My friend writes this story and I always read it and she always ends on cliffhangers and I'm all grr! lol So, I was seeing if I could do the same thing myself. And maybe surprise my readers, I'm not good at that. I will try and update both stories more often. But it's hard! Hehe. You update your stories too! Keep in touch, we haven't talked in a long time.

softwhispers – Thanks! Btw, did you get a new pename/account? I thought it was just Angel Frost before?

LupineLighting-IllusionDragon – Whoa! Long username! lol. Thanks for the LONG review! I'm sorry I didn't update soon like I promised, but I have been busy lately. I'll try doing better on that in the future!

cherryheart – I'm very happy about that! Thank you! Hopefully Li will get in the picture soon. Sorry it was short, I'm doing my best. And sorry I haven't updated in a long time! Gomen nasai! Continue reviewing, thanks!

Mona-chan: Hello everyone! Did you like this chapter? Honestly, I couldn't find a name for it, and it seems my plot is going nowhere. If I even have one. But I will still continue this story! So did anyone think this chappie was slightly happier than my other ones? Please everyone, R & R! Thank you very much, I'll try to update fast, but don't count on it, I get busy. But summer's here so it's easier to update! As always, welcome to email me for anything! And please review! Thank you very much:3 Arigato and much love to all my reviewers! 3 3 3 0)