The last chapter! -throws confetti- PAZZA!

My thanks to the few of you who reviewed. -mwah- Much apprieciated.

Disclaimer: I don't own diddly. Or Cardcaptor Sakura. Or Hershey chocolates either.

CH. 4 Syaoran helps...

It wasn't much of a plan, even Tomoyo herself admitted it. But it was something, and that was better than nothing. If all goes as it should, Kero would not find out that his love is a toy, that Sakura tricked him, and hopefully he won't be too down afterwards. There was no reason why the plan wouldn't work, since Kero already proved that he was more gulliable than they once thought. If he believed the Piki toy was a real, live pixie, then he'd probably believe anything. As long as it came Piki anyways.

The trio agreed to meet at the King Penguin slide in the park at eight 'o clock to put the semi-plan in action. (Well, Tomoyo and Sakura agreed. Somehow Syaoran was dragged into it.) They split up and went their separate ways, Sakura trudging to her house with mixed feelings. She was used to weird and crazy things happening by now, but this time it was different, since she was the one who started it all.

As her house came into view, Sakura tried to be a little more cheerful. Toya and her father were both home today and they would be worried if they saw the rueful look on her face. As she pushed open the front door and walked in, she reccieved her usual greetings from her family.

"Hi sweetie. Did you have a good day?"

She forced a smile and nodded to her father.

"Hey squirt, it's your turn to do the dishes!"

She stuck her tounge out at Toya and made an annoyed face that was purely genuine.

After completing her chores and eating dinner, Sakura dashed upstairs, hoping Kero was back by now. He was. Sakura jerked to a stop and stared dumbly down at him. He looked up at her and grinned.

"So, whaddya think? Do I look snazzy or what?"

He was wearing a tiny tux, without the pants, complete with a red bow-tie and a tiny top hat sat lopsided on his head. Sakura couldn't even begin to think of where he could have possibly got those things. He also reeked heavily of men's cologne, probably "borrowed" from her brother. He held a handful of daises in one hand and a single Hershey Kiss in the other.

"Uhh, you look great, Kero-chan! Yeah, very snazzy." She lied. In any other case, she might have laughed, but this wasn't funny to her anymore. Okay, maybe just a little funny. Kero-chan looked so strange in a tux! He took her big smile as a compliment.

"Well, I'm off kiddo! See ya later!" He went over to the window and tried open it. He lifted with all his might, but in his smaller form, he couldn't even budge it. Sakura kindly pulled it open for him and watched as he flew away, heading for the park. Only when he was completely out of sight did she throw open her closet, grab the Pixie Princess Piki toy, then nab a few Clow Cards, stuff it all in a bag, and rush back downstairs and out the door.

"I have to return something to Tomoyo, I'll be right back!" She shouted to her startled father as she made a bee-line to the park. It wasn't a lie either, for she would give Tomoyo the toy back afterwards.

Sakura made good time, reaching the park as soon as Syaoran did. They found Tomoyo already there, waiting behind the slide. There was no sign of Kero. Sakura pulled out the Piki doll and handed it to Syaoran, then dug out the remote and mini-mircophone and gave them over to Tomoyo. She quickly transformed her staff and kept the few Clow Cards she brought at hand. Syaoran, after checking to see if the coast was clear, swiftly dashed out from their hiding spot and placed Piki on ground, then dashed right back. Just in time too, for Kero flew down a moment later, landing on the ground a few yards away. Sakura glanced over to Tomoyo, who just smiled and gave her the thumbs up sign. Tomoyo then began pressing a series of buttons on the remote and readied the mike.

"Kero-chaaan! Over here!" The Piki doll called out, waving it's nubby arms. Kero spun around and quickly zoomed over, top hat nearly falling off as he went.

"P-Piki! Hello! I'm so happy I could see you again! Uh, here, th-these are for you." Kero stammered, holding out the daisies and the chocolate. From their hiding spot behind the slide, the girls 'awwwed' at how cute this was, while Syaoran just shook his head and sighed. He tapped Tomoyo's shoulder and pointed back to the "couple". She mouthed a 'Sorry!' and held up the remote again.

The Piki doll took the gifts in its arms, but dropped some of the flowers and then, after fumbling a bit, the Hershey Kiss too. Tomoyo quietly winced. The toy could move, sure, but it wasn't made to hold stuff. Kero cocked his head and blinked, looking at Piki curiously. "You don't...like 'em?" He asked, sounding hurt.

Both the girls felt inmensely sorry for him, and Tomoyo instantly began pressing buttons again. The Piki doll moved forward and wrapped its arms awkardly around Kero, the closet Tomoyo could get it to do a hug. Then she spoke softly into the mike.

"They're great gifts! But I couldn't hug you with my arms full." said Piki. Kero practically melted then, and hugged Piki back. Sakura and Tomoyo were quite moved by the scene. Syaoran, however, tapped Tomoyo once more.

"Get on with it, please!" He said in a hissed whisper. Tomoyo went to speak into the mike again, but choked on her words with a half-sob.

"I can't." She whispered. "I can't break those two apart!"

Syaoran looked at her like she was crazy. He turned to Sakura.

"Me neither. They're such a cute couple! I can't do it!" She whispered in reply to his questioning look. He scoffed at them both, wondering what had gotten into them.

"Alright, that does it!" He said, not so quietly. He glanced over to see if he was heard, but Kero was still hugging the Piki doll as if it was the only thing stopping him from falling into the sky. He rolled his eyes and snatched the remote and mike from Tomoyo. Girls, he thought, I just don't understand them. He turned to Sakura. "Get ready, okay?" She just nodded, seeming numb.

"Ahem." Syaoran cleared his throat, then raised the mike to his mouth.

"Uh, Kero..." Piki let him go but was now standing in a strange position, its tiny arms held out like a ballerina. Syaoran wasn't sure on how to use the remote.

"Kero, it was nice meeting you and all..." Syaoran paused as Tomoyo and Sakura told him to "Be gentle!" and "Let him down easy!" When they subsided, he continued. "And I'm going to miss you. A whole lot. But it's now time for me to leave and return to my home...Pixie Land."

This was Sakura que, and she pulled out a Card, but before she could do anything, Kero spoke out.

"Y-you're leaving? But why!"

This was unexpected. The trio thought he would just accept this without question. They knew he would want to say good-bye or something, but they didn't think he would do this. Syaoran through a helpless look at his friends, but they just shurgged. Great. He had to think of something, quick.

"I can't stay here any longer because...because my presence creates a paradox within the Space/Time contineumm and the whole galaxy will implode if I stay!"

Yes, that was extremely far-fetched, but it was short notice and besides, this whole situation was far-fetched itself. The three waited in a nervous silence, waiting to see if Kero would believe it.

And of course, he did.

"Oh. I understand." He said sadly. "I'll miss you."

"Now!" Syaoran whispered, and Sakura raised her staff.

"Illusion!" She said as quietly as she could. The Card glowed and produced an illusion in Kero's mind. In that illusion, Pixie Princess Piki sparkled and glimmered, hugged him one more time, then flew high up into the sky and vanished in a burst of light. And while Kero witnessed this, Tomoyo ran out and grabbed the doll and Kero's gifts, and ducked back behind the King Penguin slide with the others. She put the doll back into the bag and Sakura slipped her cards away. Then silently, they watched Kero stare up at the sky with just a single tear welling up in the corner of his eye. Some minutes later, he flew off in the direction of Sakura's home.

All three of them slumped down to the ground and let out a sigh.

"I'm glad that's over." Sakura said, "Although I feel so bad about Kero."

"Yes, me too." Tomoyo agreed, "But it's not that bad. Thanks to you Sakura, Kero-chan finally knows how to love something other than food and video games."

"Yeah, I guess so."

"Besides, it's all over now. Kero-chan will get over it. It would have been worse if he found out the truth, I think. But everything turned out A-okay, right?"

"I don't think so..." Syaoran said, glancing at Tomoyo.

"Huh? Why not?"

"Isn't your mom going to mass produce those dolls next month?"

He was answered with a gaping silence as the realization struck.

And just when you think you out in the clear...

FIN

The end! Yay! Please don't kick me! ; R&R and look out for my next fics, which I hope wil be better than this one! Thanks to anyone who actually read through all of this! -sniff- You're sooo brave! ) TTFN!