Two days went by and Tomo watched Syaoran. Although Fang was no longer, he still seemed to be a puppet. Something wasn't right. He made occasional visits to Shinta throughout the day, but that always set him in a far bitter mood for hours because he had to treat her so poorly. Syaoran seemed oblivious to his surroundings. He never questioned why he was there or for what, and there was no mention of Meiling either. Finally, the boys were summoned to Jing.

"I've been watching our dear bird. Tonight's the night. I want her here, if not the both of you will be exterminated."

The two bowed and left to the Li household.

- - -

With Ice, Shinta, and Syaoran gone, the house seemed emptier. Sakura and Meiling went on with training as planned, but Meiling didn't put her whole heart into it. It seemed with Syaoran gone, her whole world had collapsed. She was the most susceptible to depression in her knit of friends. After all, it was she who had gone through the most emotional problems in her mere sixteen years of life. Sakura had tried her best to console her friend, but nothing helped. Tomoyo offered to come once Sakura told her about Meiling's condition over the phone, but Sakura said it'd be best if she stayed in Japan. Besides, she was going to return in a week.

Besides the training, Meiling just shut herself in her room. She didn't want to see anyone, she wouldn't even listen to anyone's advice. All she wanted was to be alone.

It was finally late at night, and after a rather rough training session Meiling left to her room. She didn't hear Sakura and Xing's attempts at trying to cheer her up. She slid the door to her room open, closed it, and then turned on the light. What she saw sitting on her bed, surprised her. "Sy-Syaoran, To-Tomo?"

He looked at her. It wasn't apparent a couple days ago when he was under Fang's control, but she could see it now. Those bored, hypnotic eyes stared deeply into hers. Tomo smiled at her, but didn't say anything.

"What are you doing here?" she asked calmly after getting over her immediate shock.

Syaoran didn't say anything. It seemed he was incapable of speaking. "We want you to come with us." Tomo answered.

There was no complaint, nor any question as to why. She obediently nodded and in an instant, they left.

- - -

Jing was sitting patiently. The door opened and in walked the two boys he had just sent a mere thirty minutes or so ago, along with the Chinese maiden. Her hair was a bit disheveled looking, but besides that, she was just as beautiful as ever. He smiled at her, but she didn't respond to it.

"Welcome my little bird. How was your trip?"

"What did you do to him?" she queried curtly. She looked at him with coldness, her eyes holding nothing but pure hatred.

"My, my, aren't we a little angry?"

"What do you want with me?" Jing sighed. Her stubbornness hadn't changed a bit in all of her years of existence.

"What do I want with you? I want your power...I want to be stronger...That's why you're here."

"Is that it?"

Jing nodded. She was very amusing when she was angry and depressed.

"What about Syaoran?"

"What about him?"

"What will you do to him once you have my powers? Kill him, and then me? What?"

"There's no point in unnecessary blood shed once I have what I want, is there? I may let him free, I may keep him. Depends on how I feel once I have your powers."

She eyed him oddly. The conversation had an eerie feeling from start to finish. Tomo and Syaoran just stood there, as if they hadn't heard a word. They were like puppets with a human body.

"So, what will be your decision?"

"Do you have Shinta?"

"Shinta is none of your concern." he said with finality.

She looked around the room. Although she didn't want to give him her powers, the powers that she was supposedly born without, she wanted to do the thing that would keep Syaoran and her alive. So, for now, stalling for time was the only thing she could manage.

Sakura and Xing had had enough. They thought Meiling was acting childish and selfish. This of course was all due to her pride and stubbornness. A deadly combination. The two walked determinedly at her door and knocked. There was no answer, which was usual. This time however, they slid the door open.

Their eyes searched the room quickly, and Meiling was nowhere to be found. "Where is she?" Sakura asked timidly.

Xing took another scope around the room. A lone letter was laying on the bed. "There's a letter..."

"You don't think she ran away? She did that once, but she went to Tomoyo's house...Though I suppose it really wasn't running away, she just told Syaoran she was going..."

"I...don't know..." He walked over and gingerly picked it up. Sakura stood behind him, and read the letter from behind his shoulder. "She's in trouble. Come on, you're going to have to take us there. I'll tell you where to fly."

Sakura nodded her head, full of determination. Not only was Meiling in danger, but Syaoran, Tomo, and Shinta. This time the enemy had gone too far. All of their lives were distorted, it wasn't like a time so long ago when Soo Young had taken her friends. They were just in hibernation, and they forgot the whole experience. This experience wasn't like that. They were all wide awake and able to remember every bit of this nightmare.

She quickly unleashed her Star Wand, and in an instant they were flying over Hong Kong.

Jing grabbed her, and held her. She squirmed under him, trying to get away. He was cold, like ice and his body held a peculiar odor. Something like death and old mixed together, but it was subtle, and there seemed to be something more though she couldn't tell what. Syaoran watched, expressionlessly.

Get your hands off of her! Why isn't my body responding? Syaoran thought frantically. Tomo watched the brunette boy out of the corner of his eye. If Syaoran could find some control over his body, then in an instant he'd be there to help. But for now, the only backup he had was Meiling who hadn't fully realized her powers, and he couldn't risk losing his cover or Shinta to help her now. All he could do was choke down his anger and watch helplessly.

"Meiling...there isn't much to think about. All you have to do is hand over your powers and I promise you, everything will be fine. You and Syaoran can go and live your normal lives."

"What about Tomo? And Shinta? Will you let them go?"

"If they so wish..."

She bit the bottom of her lip. The situation was getting more pressing, and she knew Jing wasn't planning on being more patient with her. His hold on her was starting to get more tight, and she knew he'd take drastic measures to get what he wanted.

"Over there!" Xing yelled. Sakura spiraled downward to a deserted street. Before she could properly make a landing, they were surrounded by seven vampires.

"Mmm, look at that brunette."

"It's been so long since we've had human blood."

"First bite's mine." They muttered, while eyeing them. Their nails had grown into deadly claws, and their fangs were shown. A pretty vampire with long light brown hair licked her lips. "My, my, if it isn't Xing. I want a taste of your blood."

"I don't think so..." he looked down and quickly judged the distance between him and the floor below. It looked like he'd be able to make it fine. "Drop me!"

Without a moments hesitation Sakura quickly dropped him, while summoning Sword. A vampire made their way down to try and attack Xing while he was still airborne, but he managed to hit ground and defend himself before the vampire could pull in a deadly attack. The scrape was still deep, but wasn't anything too bad to worry about for now.

A couple more vampires decided to join in on killing their old comrade. The brunette was one of them. Without his vampire blood, he wasn't able to keep them off of him for too long. They were relentless in their killing. Seeing his red blood seemed to excite them, and it caused them to get even faster and more accurate.

Sakura wasn't doing much good herself. She kept changing cards. Fire, Freeze, Wind, Sword, Dash, Wood, Earth, Water, Sword, Freeze, Wind, Arrow, Earth, Fire, Mist, until it just kept going into a never ending cycle. The vampires were all unaffected by it, and she was taking hits fast. Her magic powers were being depleted, and she felt as helpless as newborn baby. She tried to hold in her screams of pain, but when a vampire lashed out on her again, she couldn't take it anymore.

Her scream filled the air, and even though they were in a residential neighborhood, nobody came out to see who had screamed. In fact she was starting to think that the neighborhood was dead.

She held no more magic power to sustain her wings, and she started falling. The vampires, eager to have some human blood for a change, seemed to all race to her. Xing, badly injured, tried his best to distract them but to no avail. It seemed to be the end of the two, because once finished with Sakura they were sure to go for him.

As if in slow motion, a gust of cold air and ice emanated from nowhere. The vampires were distracted and Xing was able to catch the falling cherry blossom. In an instant, ice enveloped them, and they were no more a menace. Xing looked up in the sky and saw his favorite blue haired demon, Ice. She had come to their rescue.

"Are we glad to see you." Xing told her.

Sakura weakly smiled at her. "Well, did you think I was going to let you die? I may have left, but I've been watching everyone."

"Mei...Wha...abou...Mei?" Sakura finally managed to say.

"We need to move fast. Jing would have known about his little minions by now. Come on!" Ice gently took Sakura from Xing, and led him down the street to an ordinary looking house.

A/N: Hello there! Sorry for the long wait for this chapter! It seems that this story is coming to a close very quickly. I keep getting distracted and keep procrastinating, so I didn't realize I put off the chapter for so long. Time flies when you're working. I'd like to thank Inuyasha's Babe, red lantern, jigz, and Kawaii Descendant for their reviews!

Inuyasha's Babe: I'm honored and embarrassed that you think I'm not only a great author, but a genius.

Anonymous: Yes, this really is the sequel to I Will Love You Always. I changed the name basically because I was addicted to the song at the time. Though the other part of the explanation is a bit long, so I'll just direct you to the other reason why I changed it at the end of this author note.

Kawaii Descendant: Another MeiLi devoter huh? That's so great! Yes, I am a HUGE MeiLi supporter ever since I first laid eyes on Meilin in CC. I did like Sakura, but never did like the idea of her with Syaoran. So, my favorite character changed from Sakura to Meilin in an instant. It was kind of funny when I think back on it. And there are WAY too many S+S fics out there. It's pretty crazy.

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