Summary: In the last chapter, Sakura struggles with the decision to live her life with Syaoran or as the Mistress of the Cards.
Disclaimer: Cheese XD
Part Ten: Set In Stone
After Yukito left Sakura sat in her room for a long while. She tried not to cry but the tears overruled her. She couldn't take it…
"Sakura?" called a voice for the second time that day.
"WHAT?" Sakura answered loudly and rudely back.
"Hi, do you want to run a couple of errands for me? I have to go to the university and I won't be back till late again," Mr. Kinomoto explained carefully.
"Fine," Sakura mumbled and got up. If they were going to force her to make this decision on her own she was going to be as annoying to them as possible.
Dressing in her normal clothes Sakura was about to call, "Kero, come on we're going to town!" when she remembered that he was gone, because of her.
Quickening her pace, Sakura now ran downstairs and past Touya who was already chowing down on lunch.
It felt good to be outside in the fresh air, it was fall and the colors of the leaves were blinding. Sakura had not roller-bladed anywhere in quite a while but decided to today, she felt she needed the speed.
It was better. Sakura flew along, it was like being with Kero and capturing the Cards again. Rounding the corner she noticed Syaoran in the passenger seat of a car that was waiting at a stop light.
Waving Sakura whizzed on, she couldn't talk to Syaoran right now, she just couldn't.
Later…
After buying the food her Dad had asked for Sakura decided to visit the park. She was practically asking for memories of the Clow captures to arise in her mind. They had caught so many in the park…
"Jump Card! Return to your power confined!"
"Change Card!"
Since she had last been there the park had been changed, the swings had been taken away and there had been several additions to the monkey bars, but in the center, as it always had been was the penguin slide.
Sakura took off her roller-blades and socks and walked in the warm sand across the play area to the slide. She climbed into the small cave-like hole at the bottom with his knees pressed to her body.
She knew it was a pretty pathetic thing to do, and stupid at that but Sakura fell asleep again.
Later, after a nice 5 hour nap…
"My, this is not one of her smarter moments."
Sakura heard the voice but didn't recognize it at first, she felt warm and safe, like she was at home, but she was conscious enough to know, this wasn't home.
"Who is it?" she mumbled.
"Oh, she's conscious." Said the person (it was a woman's voice) and lifted Sakura into a sitting position.
Once her eyes were open enough, Sakura could see that she was in the Teacher's Lounge at her school.
"What? Why am I here?" Sakura asked wildly.
The voice laughed and the person came into view, "You're always asking questions, aren't you Ms. Kinomoto?" said Ms. Mizuki.
"M'am! You're here!"
"Yes, I'm here, and a good thing too. Look outside and you'll see what I mean."
Sakura rushed to the window and gasped, the ground was covered by a heavy layer of snow!
"Was I out there, in the snow?" Sakura inquired, slowly figuring out what was happening.
"Yes. But I think I should be the one asking the questions. Sakura," she paused for effect, "Why in the world were you out there?"
"I dunno Ms. Mizuki. I guess I was just sad and wanted to remember happier times, that's all. Oh!" she cried as she remembered the food she had picked up on the errand, "There should have been a package of food with me, did you happen to pick it up?"
"Yes, and I returned it to your house, no worries there," Ms. Mizuki said and then began her explanation of why she was at the school when she should have been in England…
It turns out she was visiting for a seminar, completely normal thing for a teacher to do, Sakura guessed.
"Now Sakura, my dear, why oh why have you been so troubled lately?"
"I have to make a difficult decision, but I'm sorry Ms. Mizuki, and I mean no offence but I can't accept any help from you," Sakura said before Ms. Mizuki could even think of offering.
"Alright. I understand, and I honor you for that. Now, I must be going, good bye and good luck Sakura," and with that she left again.
Later…
Sakura had made up her mind. She knew what was best and it was completely her decision. It was going to hurt so much though…
"Hello, is Syaoran there please?" she asked into the phone.
"No, I'm sorry he's not," answered Syaoran's housekeeper quietly.
"Do-do you know when he'll be back?"
"Mr. Li is currently at the hospital, we've received word that he was in a terrible car accident due to the snow. Would you like to send him a message?"
"Well, this is Sakura, I don't know if he might have asked for me. Would you know?"
"I'm sorry Ms. Kinomoto, but Mr. Li has asked me not to let you see him, terribly sorry but it is his wish. Good day."
Sakura hung up the phone. It was so typical, right as she wanted to tell Syaoran that they couldn't see each other anymore, he goes out and practically kills himself!
"It's over," Sakura cried and ran up to the mirror in her room, "Mother, it-it's over…"
Author's Note: Don't be so sad everyone, even though it's over we'll be back, I promise!