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Chapter Ten: The End

Sakura's eyes fluttered open and she gasped upon seeing a bright light. They were facing east and the sun was about to rise. She covered her eyes and noticed the cliff before her.

She stood up and felt herself moving.

"I'm in a vehicle." She said, her voice weak. She clutched her head and fell down.

"Sakura!" an all too familiar voice yelled. Syaoran went by her side. "What happened to you?"

"Where am I? Why am I not home?" she asked, coughing all of a sudden.

Syaoran stood up and glared at Eriol. "Look what you did to her!" he spat. "You made her sick!" his voice was filled with disgust. Eriol limped down and cried.

"Syaoran… we're going to fall… fall off…" Sakura said, pointing at the cliff ahead. Syaoran's head raced. What can he do?

He sat down beside Sakura and grabbed the wheel, hoping that it wasn't too late. He swerved to the left but unfortunately since the vehicle was old… the wheel fell off.

"Hoy shit!" Syaoran cursed. He tried the breaks but it wasn't working either. Finally, they felt the front wheel getting off ground and all too soon they were surging forward. No one screamed… it was all too sudden. Sakura clutched Syaoran in an effort to save him but she was too shocked and the three of them fell down in the waves below.

Tomoyo clutched her chest. She felt a kind of sensation.

"Did something happen?" she asked nobody in particular. She dropped the basket of vegetables she was carrying and rushed to the forbidden forest, searching for a glowing cherry tree. It had been so long since she visited her.

"Oh Syaoran… please tell me that she had forgiven me already…" Tomoyo pleaded.

She reached the tree, which was barely alive. "Oh God… what happened?" she gasped and touched the tree.

A sea of coldness wrapped itself around her and color drained from Tomoyo. The tree sucked her remaining warmth.

"This must be my punishment…" Tomoyo whispered as she fell down unconscious.

Animals surrounded themselves around her and those who touched the tree died.

They tried to wake her up. She was their only hope. Sakura was in danger and Tomoyo was the only one left who had seen the pitiful fairy.

A big bird flew above them and animals gave way. The raging phoenix sat itself beside Sakura and wept for her sacrifice. Tomoyo slowly opened her eyes and stroked the large bird.

Instinctively, she climbed up its flaming back. It gave back her warmth. It breathed out fire out to the tree and flied up.

"Where are we going?" Tomoyo asked.

The phoenix screeched and swerved down at the waters. Tomoyo gasped when she saw a familiar jeep sinking down.

"Oh no… Is Syaoran there?" she asked.

The phoenix nodded.

"How about Sakura?"

A nod.

"Anyone else?"

The large bird pointed at a boy barely alive, clutching at the jagged rocks. He strived to bring his face up from the waves. His glasses had long disentangled themselves from his pale face and his cerulean eyes only showed fear.

"Then I must save them." Tomoyo said determined. The phoenix slowly vanished, completing its mission.

Tomoyo fell down and felt herself plunging at the waters below, her whole body transforming.

All at once, she was changed into a water pixie. She dived down and grasped the arms of Syaoran, the boy she loved but knew she couldn't ever have.

She smiled and placed a kiss on his forehead before ordering the waters to carry him to the surface.

She noticed Sakura frowning at her from below. She smiled at her sadly and muttered an apology.

Sakura's frown didn't disappear. She gave a disapproving look at the now transformed girl and looked at Syaoran.

"He's all yours…" Tomoyo said sadly, giving her first love a longing gaze. "I knew his love for me is only out of confusion but his feelings for you are real."

Sakura's features softened. She glowed and hugged Tomoyo. "I'm sorry for hating you."

Tomoyo nodded. "It's alright. I just want us to be friends. Now go back to your forest, your friends need you. I'll take care of everything you and don't worry… Syaoran will be safe."

Sakura shed a tear but it wasn't at all visible but Tomoyo felt the water of sadness waver along the sea. "I can't have him…" she cried.

Tomoyo looked at her in confusion.

Sakura cried harder. "I can't have him without leaving the forest but I can't leave the forest either. I'm a fairy… he's a mortal. There should be nothing be going on between us."

Tomoyo shook her head and tried to hold Sakura's hand but the fairy had already disappeared.

She sighed and went up to see an exhausted Eriol, slinging on the rocks for dear life. She held his hand and ordered the waters to bring them up onshore.

A big wave formed itself and rushed up, carrying Syaoran and Eriol with it, above the cliff.

Syaoran woke up and searched around for Sakura. "Where is she?" he asked.

Tomoyo landed smoothly after them and gave him a sad smile. "She's at the forest."

Syaoran gaped at her for a moment before she interrupted. "Go!"

Syaoran nodded and rushed to the forest, followed slowly by Eriol who received a glare from Tomoyo.

"I'm sorry…" Eriol muttered. Tomoyo went near him and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Don't tell it to me… Tell it to Sakura. She's kind. She'll forgive you if you give her the chance."

"Are you sure?"

"It happened to me."

Eriol looked at Tomoyo doubtfully. Tomoyo gave him a reassuring glance.

He smiled and stood up. Tomoyo placed herself at the end of a cliff. "Give this to the wolf." She said and tossed him a bottle containing a single drop of water.

"What is it?"

"The first tear shed of the fairy of the Sakura tree." Tomoyo replied.

He looked at her.

"Were you originally like that?"

She nodded. "Sakura and I were friends but she cursed me for destroying her turf. That's why I turned into a human."

"How did you turn back?"

"I paid my debt… I died." Tomoyo smiled, remembering the tree that sucked her life.

"What?" Eriol asked.

"I died but the resurrected. Creatures like us are immortal." She replied.

"Oh…" Eriol muttered.

Before he had a chance to talk once again, Tomoyo let herself go back to her home.

"She must feel homesick." Eriol whispered at the wind. He turned around and ran towards the direction of the mystical forest.

When he reached the tree, Syaoran was already there. He placed the bottle in his pocket.

"How is she?" he asked in a low voice.

"Fine, no thanks to you!" he growled.

Eriol winced. "Look, I'm really sorry for what I've done. I promise I won't try to steal her away but it is true I love her. I'd give my life for her."

"I'd like to see you do that." Syaoran said sarcastically. Eriol frowned but said nothing. He deserved his cousin's arrogance.

He tapped him on the shoulder and gave him the bottle. "Tomoyo asked me to give you this."

Syaoran received the bottle and observed it. "Water?' he asked.

"The first tear Sakura had ever shed and I have a feeling it's for you." Eriol said, looking away.

"Why?"

"Because she loves you. That's a reason in itself." Eriol replied. "Who else would it be intended for?"

Syaoran looked at Eriol sadly, so he did love Sakura.

"I'm sorry for punching you."

Eriol's head, snapped towards him. "N..No! I…I m-mean… um… I started the fight! I…I should be the one… the one apologizing to you cuz!"

Syaoran dismissed him with a wave of his arm. Eriol obliged and ran away.

He carefully stroked sakura. "I love you…" he whispered.

Sakura opened one eye. "Is he gone?"

Syaoran smiled. "Yes."

Sakura smiled at him then frowned. "We can't stay anymore Syaoran. I'm a great threat to you and if I ever leave here too long, they'll die!" she exclaimed, pointing at all the vegetation and animals around her.

"I love them Syaoran. They are all I've had after I let Tomoyo go…"

"You let Tomoyo go?"

"She's a water pixie, kinda like me but I cursed her and turned her to a mortal and the only way she could return was death. Surprisingly, she didn't kill herself. She let herself die to help me. That was really grand of her." Sakura explained.

"And the seal of you curse was the cherry wound?"

Sakura nodded and wrapped her arms around him. "I love you Syaoran but I can't have you! I'll love you even though you won't remember me! You'll always be in my heart Syaoran! Always!" she said that in a rush and when it finally registered in his head, it was too late.

"No!" he yelled when one by one, his memories were erased. He took his dagger and placed a Sakura-shaped wound in his arm. He would remember her, no matter what.

He spelled her name on his arm, not minding the pain.

"I love you… Sakura!"

A shot of light blinded him for a slight second and the next thing he knew, he was on his bed.

He touched his right arm, as if expecting something to be there. He didn't know why though…

"Sa-ku-ra!" he spelled in a child-like voice. "Am I addicted to cherry blossoms?" he asked himself.

Hi, I'm Syaoran Li and I'm beginning to think I'm addicted to cherry blossoms. I have a father who's addicted to hunting and I'm his some who's addicted in gardening, mostly cherry blossoms.

I carry a lucky charm for my plants. A bottle with a single drop of water in it. I don't believe in fairies although my cousin kept insisting that I fell in love with one.

Oh come on! What are the odds to that? I looked at the wound in my arm. It had always been a mystery for me.

Eriol told me that Sakura was the name of my love. Even though I'm addicted to cherries does not mean he could play tricks on me! I just feel so close to the Sakura trees, especially the one at the forest. I could feel the warmness in it… like love… I love you Sakura…

Why are those words so familiar.

Auburn hair… emerald eyes… pink glow… an imaginary being formed itself in my head. A fairy?

That's impossible… right?

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