YAY! Chapter two! I must say I'm having fun writing this fic. Once again, I'm referring to Toya as Touya. And Syaoran as Shaoran. This chapter is rather long. But it isn't the longest chapter in the story….Well…thats all I have to say. Just a proper author's note to a story. Sorry no disclaimers here. You all KNOW I don't own ANY CLAMP characters. And without further ado……..Chapter two. Crystal Tears...Please read and review.

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Chapter Two: Crystal Tears

"Touya!" Sakura shouted and dashed toward Shaoran. She grabbed his arms and looked into his eyes.
"Why? What's wrong"
Shaoran didn't answer. He avoided Sakura's piercing gaze. Sakura gave up getting answers from him and ran out of the room. Tomoyo and Rika followed after her. They ran outside to see Touya enshrouded with a black mist. The same black mist that covered the moon. The reason Sakura couldn't see the stars. Touya was hunched over and an electric light sparked over him. "Touya!" She said running up to him. She reached out a hand to touch him. She reached him, but a force field flickered a vivid illuminant pink in the dark night as it reflected her back. Sending her several feet away from him. "What is happening to him." Sakura thought to herself. A rumble of footsteps were getting louder as Tomoyo and Rika came to Sakura. Distant voices asked if she were okay. She stared at her brother who was still engulfed in a mystic shield. A shadow grew bigger and bigger and loomed over Sakura. It was Shaoran.
"He….he wants me." Shaoran's caring voice came out low and scratchy.
"What does that have to do with anything!" Tomoyo asked.
Sakura wanted to know too.
"It's simple…" Rika said and stood up.
"Touya's hate for Shaoran. He doesn't want you two to be together. Ever"
"But I lo"
"That's enough Sakura." Shaoran hushed her. He held out a hand to help her up. Face to face, he looked her in the eyes. Confusion swarmed around in her sea colored orbs. Sakura would never forget the sincerity she saw in Shaoran's eyes. He still hand her hand tight. Time slowed down for Sakura and her heart sped up. She started breathing spasmodically because she was so close to his rose tinted cheeks. Light pink not from shyness but the cold night. His warm breath, warming her from the confusion and uncertainty of his next action.
"I cant…I don't know what you will do afterwards….but I have to go with him. I have to. He'll die if he remains the way he is." Shaoran was now whispering words into Sakura's ear. It was like a warm summer breeze whispering to her the secrets of Spring. Sakura looked over her shoulder at Touya. Now she could see he was getting weaker. Why? What kind of magic….was this….magic…..Why doesn't he just attack me? Or Shaoran? Touya was on his hands and knees. Weeping. His eyes void of anything but an endless white.
"I knew you were going to say that…." Sakura said. She still hadn't turned her head back to face him. Shaoran spoke up.
"…take this." He handed her a crystal flower. Shaoran then let go of Sakura and walked off. As he approached Touya the mist grew more dense. The shield around him started to engulf Shaoran as it grew in size and brightness. Shaoran stood there. Taking what was happening to him head on. Tomoyo grasped Sakura's arm and Rika grabbed her other. They all shielded their arms with their forearms from the bright. A freezing wind started to churn at the base of the neon force field as the last of Shaoran's body became emerged with it. From a large sphere, it spiraled up into a rounded cone. A tear flowed down Sakura's cheek. It feel onto the merciless ground. And shattered. Unleashes a sadness within. The sphere finally faded. Tomoyo and Rika had also begun to cry. They were close friends with everyone. The dense fog which had not faded continued to grow. Enshrouding the girls in a darkened dimension. Behind their cries to them sound was deaf. And behind the mist and veil of tears, the world as they knew it was gone. As three tears fell. One from Tomoyo. One from Rika. And one from Sakura. They once again had shattered on the now useable ground. But from it a whirlwind of water arose. It encircled the girls in a rumble. Only then did they notice and gaze with wet eyes everything around them had vanished. Through the water, both in front of them and in their eyes, they could slowly started to see a young lady appearing. The water finally vaporized. And the girls were left in an empty dark dimension with a person they have never seen before. "Dry your tears." She said slowly. Her voice was light but hearable because of the power you sensed dripping off her words.
"Do you wish to learn if the ones that are loved but lost are still living souls. Or now apart of the otherworld"
Simple yet hard to answer.
"Yes…." Sakura started.
"We do." They all finished in unison and drying their eyes.
"Well….the answer is can be found right there. In your hand." She said in her whisper voice. Knowing they would have answered yes. Sakura glanced at her hand. "The rose….that Shaoran gave me"
It was glowing.