A/N: Yeah...it was supposed to be just a one-shot. But then another idea hit me, so I did what I thought I should do: write another chapter. –smile-

Disclaimer: I do not own CCS, it rightfully belongs to the talented CLAMP.

English is not my first language, so forgive me if I make mistakes…

Summary: "If you find my husband…" her hold onto her skirt tightened. "You want me to bring him back here?" I asked. "No…tell him that Sakura Li is waiting for him…" AU two-shots

The Messenger, part two
by Rinslet

I didn't know if she knew…but I suspected that she did…

Yet, embracing the truth never is an easy thing to do.

-Soldier's POV-

A few years back, after the war against those demons ended, I came back to that little village.

I installed myself there and started a little work on my own.

She asked me if the message was passed on, I nodded.

The discussion ended there and that was it. She didn't ask how he was or whatever.

Days, months and years passed.

Most of the times, she would pass by and ask the same thing: "Did you pass along the message?"

I would nod and that would be the end of it.

- -

I sat beside her bed, where she lay dying. I knew that her end was coming.

She held onto my hand like she would to a son and turned toward me.

"Did you pass along the message?"

I held my breath.

"Did…you?"

There was nothing else for me to do; I wanted to give her a measure of peace before her end, after all, she had been waiting for 2 decades.

"Yeah…" I held onto her frail hand a little bit tighter "He said that he's waiting too. Always has, always will be, until you join him up there."

Her expression was peaceful; I thought I saw her face go back to its previous beauty before she slipped into a deep slumber that would last forever.

I let go of her hand and went to tell the other villagers that she had passed away. Some of them cried, well aware of her kind nature and sweetness. Others were touched by her devotion toward the general, waiting for him until the very end.

I think I loved her… since the very moment I opened my eyes after being rescued by her. I understood how my general could've fallen for her. She was the spring's warmth that could melt even the coldest of hearts.

A/N: good? bad? I know it was short. –smile sheepishly- Well, that's it for The Messenger.