VictorianPearl: It is exactly 12:10 on June 30, 2005. I promised I would have the epilogue up by this afternoon. I will hold to my promise!

Kero: You're being so good, I think everyone reading this should give three reviews apart for VictorianPearl's good work.

VictorianPearl: Thank you Kero-chan. Anyway, the epilogue will be slightly short. It's basically going to be a wrap up of the aftermath of the battle and everything.

Kero: VictorianPearl doesn't own CCS, but you already knew that.

Living Metonymy

Epilogue

After the events of the creature, Syaoran went through rigorous research to find out who this mysterious had been at one point. He left back for a short trip to China for more information there. He was able to council with the elders and gain himself permission into the Li clan library, despite the fact that he had deliberately left the clan for Japan.

In the library, he was able to find more information about the who the creature had been. It turned out that he had been no older than Syaoran when he lost his home to the higher class. Although Syaoran wasn't able to obtain much more information than he had already been told, he was able to do something that he was sure would have pleased what was once a young man.

Syaoran dedicated a shrine to the family that had been swept off of their own home. After it had been built, everyone seemed to feel less troubled about the whole affair. Nightmares that had haunted some of them left, leaving everyone at ease.

Eriol and Tomoyo didn't have any problems, despite the fact of what had happened. Sakura had offered to erase Tomoyo's memory of the day, but she refused, saying that nothing should be forgotten.

As for Raiden and Meiling, they considered the whole event a blessing in disguise. For the first time in eight years, all of the old cardcaptors were actually able to fight again. Meiling also persuaded Tomoyo (which wasn't very hard) to make copies of the final battle, which she had taped.

The other blessing in disguise that Meiling claimed to be brought upon them was Raiden. If there had been no creature, there would have been no battles which would have constantly brought the two closer together although they were the only ones saying such things.

Everyone saw their point of view and respected that, but they didn't quite feel as grateful for what had happened. Sakura and Syaoran, for one, were glad that it was over. It had brought the most stress upon the both of them. Sakura was also glad that the lab was finally taken out of the basement. Kero was beginning to get obsessed with the whole scientific role.

As more time passed, Touya finally (but reluctantly) allowed Syaoran to take Sakura on dates without any question or word in partially because he was grateful to him for saving his sister, partially because he was spending more time with Yukito. Either way, Sakura and Syaoran weren't complaining.

School started much too soon for some of our hero's likings. Syaoran was welcomed back, as well as Meiling, as if they had never left. Even Sakura was doing better in school, mainly math, thanks to her 'study time' with Syaoran.

Although everything was not perfect, it was as good as it could possibly be. Nothing is ever perfect, and if it was, it would probably be a whole lot more boring. Each member of the cardcaptor group, new and old, was thankful for this and so alas, all the pain, suffering, worrying, toiling, researching, and crying was over. What happened to them next…you decide.

OOO

VictorianPearl: Yay, it's finally over! That only took about eight months, more or less.

Sakura: It's about TIME!

Li: Ya, even I was getting bored of waiting for you to update.

VictorianPearl: I know, I know, and I am very sorry that it took me forever to update. Actually, if I hadn't set a time limit for myself to end this thing, it would have taken longer.

Tomoyo: looks at stopwatch This "thing" ended at exactly 12:30 pacific standard time. Well done VictorianPearl, well done.

Eriol: Likewise Tomoyo, nobody else could make such an accurate ending.

Tomoyo: Why thank you.

Syaoran: Why does Eriol have to be here? He isn't that important, is he?

Touya: Why do you have to be here, all you do is annoy the hell out of me.

Syaoran: Why you-

VictorianPearl: Calm down, calm down, it's celebration time. Nobody needs to be fighting.

Sakura: I have one question. I've pretty much been staring in this fiction for over a half a year and I still have no clue as to what the friggin title means!

Kero: Ya VictorianPearl, some of us need some a better explanation.

Spinnel: Correction, I think that you, Kero, are the only one who needs a thorough explanation, or am I the only one, besides VictorianPearl, who know what it means.

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Spinnel: puts his head in his paw Never mind then.

Nakuru: You're so smart souppy, I wish that we were all as smart as you.

Spinnel: Fortunately for you Nakuru, you will never know.

VictorianPearl: Anyway, back to answer Sakura's question, I'll explain Living Metonymy. It's when a person dislikes someone because of an event that happens around them that's not really their fault. For example, there was someone that went to the library to get on the computer everyday. That person always got on the same computer, but the computer didn't work properly. As a result, the person hated the manager for the actions of the computer…this is all just an example of course.

Yukito: Well that's not very relevant.

VictorianPearl: No Yukito, it's not.

Li: That's stupid, why would someone do that?

Eriol: That would be because some people need to have their heads examined.

Syaoran: I believe that you fall into that category.

Eriol: Did someone sneeze?

Tomoyo: coughs So, where did you get the motivation for this story VictorianPearl?

VictorianPearl: Yes, the motivation! As I said at the beginning of the first chapter, it just started as a pointless romance story I wrote last summer, just for fun. Then I thought, I guess I could go somewhere with this. Henceforth, it became a fiction.

Tomoyo: Interesting…

Kero and Nakuru: We want PLUGS, we want PLUGS!

VictorianPearl: Okay, okay, I'll give the plug for the next story.

Kero and Nakuru: Yay!

VictorianPearl: I, for one, have never read a story like the one I have written and am writing. It's an AU. It's going to be staring Syaoran-

Syaoran: Yes,

VictorianPearl: and of course, co-staring Sakura.

Sakura: That's right!

VictorianPearl: I don't want to give too much away so I'm only going to give out the summary and the name of the fiction. Here's the summary:

Syaoran has been banished from his land, Yen, to Tomoeda, land of mystics, as punishment. What he finds there is nothing he expected, and now, he doesn't want to go back.

VictorianPearl: It will be rated Pg-13…or whatever the new rating is. It will be a fantasy and packed with action…or at least as much action as I can pack it with. It will be entitled Lucid Darkness.

Spinnel: Does anyone besides me find that name an oxymoron?

crickets chirp

Spinnel: All right then.

VictorianPearl: Yes it would seem that way, but it will all make sense when the fiction comes out. I should have the first chapter up by the second or third week of June. Until then-

Everyone: Ja ne!

P.S. Special thanks to

Ms. Cherrywolf

Bharad

Chibi Mistress

Michael Bulaich

iceundine

Cherry Blossom