A/N:  THANK YOU very very very very very very etc. much!!!!  You are allllll very very very very nice!  Anyways!  I finally updated!  Yeah!!!!!  Not that I'm a great writer or anything, but at least Chapter Fifteen is up!  Hope you'll like it! =)  But um….this isn't one of the happiest chapters… and it isn't one of the best…. So get your tissues and baskets of vegetables ready…..

Chapter Fifteen

"Wake up, Kero.  Breakfast's ready." 

"*Groan* I don't want…..  BREAKFAST!!!"  The drowsy bear immediately shook awake, and bolted down the stairs.

Sakura smiled, and went down with him.  "Some things never changed."  She mumbled to herself.

Settling on the table,  Kero talked in his usual animated tone on and on and on about anything that came to mind.

Sakura half listened and half poked at her pancakes.  She would add in a smile when she heard something humorous, but her attention was focused on something more important.  She stared beyond their kitchen window and her occupied mind slowly absorbed the gloomy gray clouds that covered the sunlight.

"Sakura?"

She quickly looked up, and faced the troublesome bear.  "Hm?"

"You ok?"

Sakura nodded, and hid her now teary eyes by looking down at her pancakes and stuffing the pieces into her mouth to muffle out the urge to cry.

Kero started at her intently, worried about the pain she was carrying.

 "So….did you know superman can fly?"  he teased, trying to make her happy.

Sakura grinned in her now usual meek manner. 

Kero smiled at her broadly.  "He lives with pigeons you know."

Sakura couldn't help but widen her grin, and looked up.  "What kind of comic books do you read?"

Kero beamed at her joke.  "The ones that I star in!  Superman's my sidekick!"

Sakura chuckled, and they both resumed eating.

~ * ~ * ~ * ~ 10:00 A.M

Sakura dragged herself to her drawers and picked out her clothes for today.  Dropping them on her bed, she dawdled herself into bed, and plopped her head onto her pillow.  She knew she should be getting ready to go out, after all, she told Li she would be at the park by ten thirty.  Shifting her head on her pillow, she felt an odd bump.

Suspicion led her going under her pillow and fetching the round object out….  It was the wish ball god gave her.  She smiled at the thought of Christmas Eve      

"I'm supposed to use it within these past ten days…. Today's my last chance…  what should I wish for?  It should be a helpful wish though.  I can wish for world peace… but that should be achieved by the world itself.  I can wish for the elimination of crimes… but that's wrecking the balance of good and bad, besides, criminals must learn to change themselves, after all, everyone has a conscience.  *sigh*  This is hard.  What if I wish for remedies to all deathly diseases…. No no…. allowing mankind to discover the cures themselves will strengthen their technical understandings and give them a more deserving pride….*sigh* wishing for the alternatives of world issues is cheating…"  Sakura scrunched her eyebrows in her dilemma. 

"Forget it, I'll come up with a simpler wish later…maybe I'll give Kero a human size cupcake."  She mumbled.  She quickly dressed herself, and stuffed the ball into her pockets.

Rushing down the stairs, she caught sight of the clock and cursed herself for being late.  Dashing through her kitchen table, she found Kero perched on top of it staring at a bunch of photos.

"What is that?"  she asked, stopping herself in her state of rush. 

Kero looked up.  "Pictures.  Of you and Li."

Sakura arched her eyebrows.  "When did you…(she bent closer to the pictures)… the day of the amusement park…..  how did you take these?"  she asked curiously. 

Kero smiled.  "I lied.  I found you guys rather quickly after the contest, and I decided to get a camera and take pictures of you people.  You both look quite happy…"

Sakura smiled back and nodded in agreement.  "I know."  She lifted the pictures and studied them intently….  "You don't mind if I use them do you…?"

Kero smiled, "I made doubles."

Sakura beamed for the first time today.  However, the beam slowly dispersed, and a intent look replaced it….

"Kero?"

"Yea?"

"What time are we leaving today?"

"At approximately…. 12:00AM"

Sakura nodded, and looked down at her photos, letting out another weak smile.

~ * ~ * ~ * ~  10:50

Li sighed as he waited against the gates.  Today was pretty windy, and waiting in the cold wasn't his idea of fun.    He watched the happy children dawdle about the park with shining bright faces as they went from sections of the park exploring the different structures built just for them.  He smiled at their happiness, wondering why he felt the same joy they did.  He remembered how his life was as a child…it certainly wasn't as satisfying as theirs were, but for some reason, it didn't quite matter, because at this point in his life, he had her….

*Tap* *Tap*

"Hi, sorry I'm late.  I was never the prompt kind of person."

He turned around, and smiled.  "It's ok.  You're worth the wait."

Sakura let out a sorrow kind of smile.

"Something up?"  he asked, noticing the tint of weariness within her expression.

Sakura shook her head, and continued to look at the ground. 

"So…. Where do you want to go today?"  Li asked happily.

Sakura forced the beam on her face to spread.  Then she looked up.  "You're in luck!"

Li frowned.  "I'm in luck?"

Sakura nodded.  "Yep!  You don't have to go anywhere with me anymore… this is the last time you're going to see me…"   she shouted in a happy voice, trying to cover up for the sudden formation of tears and the easily distinguishing tremble that stuck in her words.

Li looked baffled….  "Why…"?  he mumbled, trying to cover his own disappointment.

Sakura sighed, looked at the ground and quickly blinked away the tears.  "I'm moving today…" she lied.

"Why?...."

"My family wants to…"

"Why?"

"Business."

"Where….."

"Somewhere… north…."  She mumbled, trying to diverge the lie.

"When…?" 

Sakura looked up.  Here was something she wouldn't have to lie about.  "Exactly….Midnight…"

Li stared at her, wanting to say something, but the words seemed locked in his throat, torturing his needs….

"Before I go, I just to want to thank you for spending your vacation with me.  I know it must have been torturing, and all…. But here's a little something for you to remember this by…  I mean, you probably don't want to remember this anyways, and if it displeasures you in anyway, you may… dispose it…"  Sakura let out a long heavy breath, looking at the grounds again to avoid the expressions on his face.

Li took the little wrapped package from her, and stared at the package with unmoving eyes.

"That's all I had to say…."

Li stared dumbly at her, and nodded.

Sakura took one last look at him, and whispered….  "Goodbye….Li Syoaran…"

Li finally looked at her with desperation in his eyes.  Sakura slowly walked away…

He had half the mind to run after her… but he didn't instead, he just watched as the breeze lightly brushed against the retreating figure.  Once out of sight, he stared at the present, and back at the road…  "Why exactly midnight?" 

~ * ~ * ~ * ~  Li's Mansion

Li trudged up the marble stairs and shut his door.  He plopped onto his bed, and sighed.  He stared at the ceiling, bearing the horrible weight that seemed to be pulling down at his heart.  Looking beside him, he caught sight of the neatly wrapped package, and immediately pulled himself up…  He slowly grasped the present, and carefully began to unwrap the colorful paper, following the folds as they came.

Once the package revealed it's possession, Li's eyebrows rose in confusion…. A photo album….. "I don't remember taking photos with her…."  He mumbled subconsciously.

He flipped the first page and then the next…  "How did…… Kero…"  he smiled.  This was the first time he'd ever smile contently over the runt.

Gazing affectionately over the face of the giddy spirited girl, a wave of warmth and pain covered him.  It was a picture of them holding hands… she was dragging him to yet another height intimidating ride……  Li smirked at the greenish tint on his face, and the bright rosy one of hers.  She was so… weird…  He laughed out loud at that thought of that…

Then his eyes darkened, and he sighed heavily.  Flipping through the rest of the pages, a smile would always form, then fade… and with each flip, came the evolvement of more tears…

Quickly blinking away the watery eyes, he groaned.  He hated this feeling, the feeling of confusion, disappointment, frustration, and something else he wasn't going to admit.

"She's not worth it, she's not worth it, she's not worth it…" 

He continuous muttered these words in vain to hold back the pain that wept inside….

"Yes she is…"

Finally, after hours of pent up agony, he threw himself out his bedroom door, and quickly walked out of the main gates to catch some fresh air without bringing a jacket, hoping this will relax and diminish the overwhelming stress.

~ * ~ * ~ * ~   Sakura

Sakura glanced at the dark gray pavement covered in patches of snow as she made her way towards home.

Looking up at the sky, she felt as if her emotions replicated the way the dark clouds felt… carrying a huge burden….threatening to release itself any moment…

"This is how I feel… what can I do but to cope with it.  Besides, I'm leaving in a few hours anyways, whatever I feel or felt…. Would be gone…."  She muttered, and breathed in heavily to prevent the lingering tears from exposing vulnerability.

Slowly opening the door,  and being greeted by the joyful Kero,  Sakura couldn't help but force away another smile.

"Yeah!  You're back… so soon?"  Kero asked immediately.

Sakura nodded.  "Yes…. I told him we're moving because of some business matters…"

Kero nodded.  "A steady reason."  He commented thoughtfully.

Sakura nodded quietly, and settled onto a chair.  "So…  tell me….. what happens at midnight…."

Kero released his artificial smile.  "Well,  first… everything disappears…"

Sakura looked up.  "What?"

Kero nodded.  "Well, yes,  the house and it's components will fade…. and disappear."

Sakura looked down numbly, thinking about the puppy Li gave her.  "Then what?"

Kero thought carefully about the next step, trying to remember…..  "And then we…. O yea, then a blue orb will surround each of us…. About five feet in radius… just to tell you, this blue orb is very dangerous…. Living beings aren't allowed within it…. Or else… they'll be in for some serious pain…. O well, who cares about those stupid details anyways, lets move on to the next step, after a few minutes, the orb will slowly lift and we'll float up about twenty feet, then poof!  We'll be in heaven!!!!!!"

Sakura smiled.  "A bit melodramatic with the explanations don't you think?"  she commented benignly.

Kero beamed.  "That's me!"

Sakura sighed.  "Well, I'm going to go upstairs….. call me if you need me…."  She muttered.

Kero nodded, knowingly…

~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~  Li

The solemn figure dragged his way through the streets.  Life didn't set an example of perfection at the moment….. if anything it was an example of hell…..

He had been walking for hours, and it was pretty dark now.  He had ate a silent dinner at a fancy diner hoping to forget about the fast food Sakura ordered…… to his shock the restaurants special for today, was a hamburger.

Li frowned as he muttered,  "Why does everything have to remind me of her?!"  That moment, a pigeon flew towards him.  "Grrrrrrrrrrrr, that must have been the hundredth pigeon that flew by me tonight!"  

"Note to self, don't walk in cities anymore."  Li growled.

Li stared at his shoes…..  usually, Sakura was there to keep him company, but tonight was different, his only company was….. silence…..

As the night continued to fall…..  he found himself walking through a familiar yet memorably faint place……

He missed her….. very much…. He had to admit that, there was no way he could deny that.  Her witty remarks, kindness, inner understandings, her face….. and even her clumsiness…  Heck, he missed everything of her…… but he missed her being there the most.

"Hey, brat!"

Li turned around abruptly.  It was the old man he played chess with at the community clinic…. He was sitting besides the entrance which stood ajar for the cold nightly breezes.

Li frowned, finally realizing he had walked all the way to the community clinic Sakura had brought him to earlier this week. 

"I'm not a brat!"  he called out, and began walking towards him.

"That's funny…… people call out brat an you turn around….  I thought my nurse was dumb…."  The man mumbled once Li came face to face with him.

Li glared at him.  "You know, you should really appreciate their help.  I mean, your nurse probably works her butt off trying to keep you healthy….. Though I must say, she has to do something about that brain of yours!"

The man glared back.  "At least I have one."

"What's that suppose to mean?"

"Figure it out yourself, o wait, you can't."

Li was about to retort when he stopped.  *sigh*  "What am I doing…..  I'm a teenager arguing with an old man.  Have I not morals?"  he cursed to himself.

The man looked shocked…..   "You…. GIRL!"

"What!!!"    Li looked up.  "Here I am, stopping myself from making fun of you, and you call me by my opposite sex!"

"Only a girl would have stopped this argument and talk about morals!"  the man declared.

Li shook his head.  "Are you going to provoke me into restarting the argument?"

The old man thought about this and muttered…  "No, but I do want to play chess."

Li smiled at that answer.  "Fine.  Let's go inside before you catch a cold."

The man nodded, before uttering, "Girl."

Li sighed with exasperation as he heard this.

~ * ~ * ~ * ~ 

"Checkmate!" 

Li nodded. 

The old man looked up.  "I know you suck, but come'on this was our sixth game!  Care to give in a little more effort?"

Li looked up and smiled.  "You're just too good."

*sigh* "What's up my boy?!"  the elderly man questioned happily.  He was apparently thrilled to have Li for company tonight.

Li chuckled.  "You might look old, but the way you talk sure seems vividly enthusiastic."

He smiled.  "Yes, but I'm just as nosy as the rest.  What's up?  Is it that girl who came with you?"

Li looked crestfallen.  "I….yea… you could say that."

The man smiled understandingly.  "She didn't rejected you, did she?  As much as I hate to say, you're quite charming, the kind that lures girls all around you."

Li smirked.  "Not her…..  in fact she's leaving me."

"So this was what's bothering you the whole night.  Where she going?"

"Up north, she said."

"When?"

"Tonight…"

The man looked baffled.  "Why aren't you with her?"

Li shrugged.  "I don't know….. I mean, she's leaving."

"You could have brought her to the airport or something."

Li sighed.  "She told me today.  It surprised me…. And I forgot about everything accept that she's leaving."  He muttered.

"Did you tell her?"

"Tell her what?"

"Well, how you feel."

Li forced an indignant look.  "I never said I felt something—"

"O, don't be stubborn.  It's almost 11:30!  She probably left by now….."

Li shook his head.  "No, actually, she's leaving at midnight."

The man widened his eyes.  "Well, run!  Tell her!"

Li groaned and shook his head in refusal.  "She's leaving.  What's the point in telling her…"

"You'll regret it later…."

"What do you want me to do?  Drag a whale to her door and block her entrance?  She could climb windows you know!"  Li exclaimed. 

The man chuckled.  "Did you say goodbye?"

Li shook his head.  "Damn, I didn't."

"Hmm….Well, Out of curiosity…Do you want her to know how you feel?"

Li didn't answer, but the old man knew.

Silence filled the room as Li battled with the emotions and the will within him.

The man watch in amusement for quite a few minutes….. and at the right moment when the vibe of the final decision struck,  the man simply replied……  "Go."

Li looked up intently.  A jolt of emotion flickered in his eyes….and a sense of realizations crossed his face….

Then…. in a moment of panic, Li grabbed his sweater and dashed out the door, only to come back in….  "Thank you….also, I like it when you're like this instead of the cranky man you were.  O, and I'll be sure it's me who says checkmate next time!"

The man smiled, and nodded.  Then frowned at Li's retreating figure….  "I was cranky?"

Li jolted outside, hoping to hail a taxi.  Growling with impatience he muttered,  "Where are those yellow things when you need them!"

A few moments later he gave up…. And before he knew it, he broke out into a run…

To make situations worse, the heavy clouds from the morning finally let go, and the rain poured out….

~ * ~ * ~ * ~  Sakura

She stared at her window….  The clouds gave up….they finally freed their burden….

This was the difference between the clouds and her…."I can't do that…."  She whispered,  but she could cry….. and this was what she did.

Kero knew from downstairs as he sat near the kitchen window.  He frowned, wishing he knew what to do.

Instinctively, Sakura trudged down the stairs after drying her face, holding onto the stuff animal Li gave her.

"Hey."  Kero mumbled.

Sakura took her seat at the kitchen table, and looked up.  She smiled weakly.  "Hello."

*silence*

"Kero…."

"Hmmm?"

"What time is it?"

Kero turned around the room and spotted their clock.  "It's 11:45.."

Sakura nodded.  "O…"

Kero watched as Sakura pressed her head against the surface of the table, hiding the watery eyes from being seen.  She squeezed the yellow puppy tightly, and took a deep breath.  "Fifteen minutes……"  she softly reminded herself.

Shaking his head in frustration and worry, Kero turned back to the window and stared at the pouring weather.  His eyes wandered up to the sky, and stayed there, pondering for possibilities….

Suddenly, a shadowy movement flickered near their door.  Kero's eyes bolted downward, and widen in astonishment.  "Sakura…"

She looked up.

"We have company…."

Her eyebrows scrunched in confusion…  "What?"

*DIND* *DONG* *DIND* *DONG* *DIND* *DONG* *DIND* *DONG*

Kero smiled.  "A bit urgent isn't he?"  he mumbled, amused.

Sakura frowned, still oblivious to what he was talking about.

Kero smirked at Sakura's quizzical looks.  "It's him."

Sakura's mind went blank.  Her eyes became hollow with emptiness and concern.  She turned to Kero with anticipation written upon her face. 

Kero pointed at the door with a shake of his little head. 

Sakura frowned.  "I can't open that door!"  she exclaimed. 

Kero cocked his eyebrows in confusion.  "Ok…. Fine.  Leave him out there.  I mean, I would be glad to open the door, but think,  a yellow stuff animal opening the door and greeting him happily, what would he think."

"We'll pretend we're not here!"  Sakura frantically suggested.

Kero smirked and pointed to their kitchen light.  "Well, first of all, he'd know we're home since the lights are on, and second, you're going to leave him out in the rain?"

Sakura looked puzzled, then growled at the clock.  "We only have ten minutes!"

Kero chuckled.  "Make it quick.  By the looks of it, he's desperate…kind of like he's in the need of a bathroom….. let's keep him out there."

Sakura groaned.  "Kero, not funny!  Now go hide."

Kero obliged and flew away.

Sakura sighed, plastered a smile on her face, and walked towards the door.  She slowly opened it, allowing the drops of falling water trigger her eardrums. 

Sakura looked at the floor as she revealed herself to Li.  She didn't know if she wanted to look up or not….. she held firmly against the door and listened to the pounding rain for what felt like a few precious minutes, and finally brought herself to look up.

What she saw affected her rationally, but at the same time, she was taken aback.  Li was drenched….. and not wearing a jacket made it worse… he was breathing heavily, almost gasping for air…… she knew he had run a long distance.

The wall that Sakura had prepared for him dropped….. even if she hadn't, the look in his eyes would have melted it away.  He stared at her with despair, longing, and pain.  Sakura knew tears would have immediately dropped if she hadn't caught herself on time. 

She quickly rebuilt the fallen wall, and stapled a cheery smile on her lips.  "Hello!"

Li didn't answer.  He stared at her, and Sakura could catch a shimmer of anger pass the pain in his eyes.  He was mad that she sounded so casual at the moment.

Sakura gulped.  He'd never been like this before, and she was intimidated to react, but she held herself firm, and continued.  "You know, people usually don't jog when it's raining cats and dogs, and to make it worse you're only wearing a sweater!  Do you know--"

"I love you."

Sakura's eyes widened.  If anything, she would have never expected this.  The renovated wall crumbled away, pitiful that with just three words, you would have never knew a wall even existed there. 

Before she could respond in anyway other than staring back at him,  Li pulled her gently into his arms and kissed her fervently, allowing all the passion he'd covered, and the emotions that he's locked inside, flow out freely.  There was pain, sadness, and intensity in his part of the bond.  However, he expressed the emotion he'd never experienced nor shared before…..love. 

This single aspect stood out the most, and left Sakura stunned by it's effect.  Subconsciously, her arms lifted it's way around his neck, and allowed herself to close her eyes and deepen the kiss.  Somewhere in her heart, she could hear the faint words of struggle…… but passion fought it's way and won. 

Kero looked from the closet he'd hid in.  He stared at them grimly and knew Sakura had fallen in love with him….  Seeing a small pen lying on the ground, he grabbed it and flung it loudly at the table.

*Clang*

Sakura knew that signal despite the current situation   She slowly pulled apart, and pushed herself away.  She stared at the ground and faintly whispered…  "We can't."

Though breathless, he had heard very well what she had said.  He stared at her, eyes penetrating her very soul.  It was almost as if he was glaring at her.  "Did you know you would be leaving in ten days!" he asked coldly.

Sakura looked up, inert by the sudden erupting question.  "What do you mean?"

"You come into my life, mess around with my feelings, knowing you'll only stay here and leave after ten days because of business!  Did you come here because of business in the first place?!"  he exclaimed harshly, unable to obtain a peaceful discussion.

Sakura could feel the no longer resisting tears fall.  "It's not like that!"  she cried out desperately hoping he'd believe her.

"Then what?!"  he asked, also hoping for a good explanation.

"I'm not the girl you think I am!"   she yelled, not sure if she could tell him the very truth.

This wasn't the answer he was looking for.  "What the… are you a guy?"  he asked, pushing in more anger.

Sakura shook her head, stepping back from the infuriated boy.  "No, you don't get it!"

"Then make me get it!"

"I died!"

Li could feel his blood run cold.  Then he chuckled incredulously, infuriation hidden beneath the laugh.  "You died??  You told me business, now you died?"

Sakura glared at him….  "You wanted the truth, and I gave it."  She replied stonily.

Li glared back.  "I wanted the real truth."  He shot back.

Sakura sighed.  "That is the real truth!  I died in a car crash, and in order to reincarnate I have to complete a task, and that's to change you!"

Li felt himself weakening, but reality clicked in and the coldness flooded him once more.  "You almost had me fooled…"

Sakura sighed, exasperated.  She stared at the clock….  Five more minutes.  "You have to go!"

Li felt a rush of pain hit him.  "I can't….  I want the truth."  he replied firmly.

"I gave it to you!  Omg, look around you!  I'm leaving in five minutes and I have no luggage ready, no parents here, and Kero…Kero!" 

She lunged at the closet, and opened it.  "Remember my brother, well look!"

Kero frowned, but he flew out, and coldly replied….  "You believe her now?"

Li stared at Kero with oversize eyes…  he took a unsteady step back and felt himself leaning against a wall for support.  "I…."

Sakura could feel the tears pour now.  Li looked up and captured her eyes.  They locked gaze, each staring not with coldness but with warmth and pain.  "Now do you believe me?"  She asked, softly, through sobs.

Li felt his eyes tear too, and through loving instincts he walked up to her and hugged her tightly.  "I'm sorry."

Sakura wanted to stay in his arms like this, but reality was always harsh… and this was forbidden.  "I need to leave…  and you need to too…"  she whispered, pulling apart.  She turned around… so she didn't see his face.  "Go."  Sakura commanded firmly.

"No."

Sakura turned.  "What?"

"I can't just leave you!"

Sakura stared anxiously at the clock.  "You have to!  At the struck of midnight, anyone within five feet distance from me will be in danger."

Li smirked.  "Then so be it…"

Sakura frowned.  "Don't make me knock you unconscious!"

Li smiled.  "You wouldn't."  he plainly stated.

*DING*

"Midnight…"  Kero murmured motioning to the clock.  He glared at Li.  "Go, stupid!"

Li held his position and glared back.  He watched tentatively and astonishingly as the house and it's components disappear.

"I said go!"  Sakura yelled, and pushed Li away.

Caught unexpected by the force of her hit, Li felt him stumbled onto the floor.  He watched as a sudden blue orb surrounded Sakura and Kero…  "What…." 

Sakura stared at him with desperation.  "Don't come any closer!  You'll get seriously hurt!"

Li stared determinedly at the blue orb, and pulled himself up.  "For you, I'll go through anything."  he calmly replied, fixing his gaze at Sakura.

He made a run for the orb, and the moment he held contact, he felt a striking blast shoot through every vein within his body.  Li winced at the pain, and felt a sudden weakness overpower his legs.  He fell hard onto the ground, with hands to support himself.

"Li!"  Sakura cried.

"Five feet…" he muttered, and slowly struggled up.  Li winced again from the pain that shot through him…  it felt as if a hundred lightning bolts had struck him at the same time, but he lifted his legs slowly and made his path to the one he loved.

Sakura watched, pain wrenching her insides.  She tried going closer to help Li, but the problem was the orb made sure she stayed in the centered.

Kero stared too, shocked by the limits Li would go through…. Just for a girl…

Li groaned as agony swept by him.  It seemed the closer he neared Sakura, the weaker he went, and the more torture he experienced.  Looking up, he saw Sakura's eyes fill with grief and extreme anxiety.  He smiled weakly……she cared…

It took one more step….

"Li!  Please!  You're going to kill yourself!"  Sakura cried out, wiping her face of the staining tears.

Li smirked as he saw how close she was to him, and to her ultimate surprise…..

He wrapped his arms around her waist, and led her into his arms….

Sakura felt the familiar wave of warmth, and found herself speechless…..but in moment's worth of time, she began to struggle and pull him away…..but he only held her even closer…. 

"Li!"

"Hold me…"  he whispered..

Again…. Another tumble of weakness drowned her mind, and vulnerability left her body limp and numb.

Li grinned, knowing Sakura's current status, and though the pain was still making him wince, he gently clasped his hands around Sakura's and guided her arms around his neck.

Tired of struggling, Sakura gave in to his orders and held him tightly, crying at what he was having to go through.

"Shh….  Don't cry….  I like it when you smile……  Hey, Sakura?  Remember what you said about special things happening during midnights….  I still remember…  You were right again…  I can't think of anything more special than being in your arms…"  Li softly soothed, hiding the pain that occurred once Sakura had enclosed him….

Sakura knew very well he was in pain….  Although she would give in to hold him…. She couldn't follow his orders of smiling.  Instead, she cried silently as her head laid longingly on his shoulder.

Li closed his eyes, focusing on her embrace instead of the pain….

Sakura knew that any second now, they would be floating up…..  and she couldn't allow Li to be stubborn and undergo this painful affliction…..  ignoring the guilt and agony that resented her decision, she lifted one arm from Li's shoulder, still embracing him with the other, and dug her hand into her pocket….  Her hand felt around the small space, and finally took hold of a smooth round object….

Holding back the need to cry…  She whispered….  "I wish to free …Li Syaoran… from his love for me….. Sakura Kinomoto…."

Her concluding wish caused a loud explosion……  the ball in her hand shook…… and before everything went black…… you could hear her voice softly whisper…

"I love you too, Li Syaoran…."

A/N:  HAHA!  I'm done!!!!!!  Cabbages and Tomatoes are allowed if you want to boo the author for a horrible chapter!  I know, I know, sorri for the cliffhanger and the sad parts!  Did this suck that much?  Sorri if it did, but I promise a happy ending….  I hope….  This is by far the longest chapter I wrote…..  hope you'll go easy on the comments if you have to flame me =)  Anyways, well, the next chapter will be up soon, and it will be the final chapter! I'm excited too!! =)  Bye!  (^.^)