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When he heard, his jaw dropped. "I'll be there. Just keep her alive. Please." And he hung up. At his house he fell back into a chair, shocked and rocked to the core that the love of his life, the whole reason of his living, was dying.

As he drove to the hospital she was in, he prayed, please, Sakura, please stay alive at least until I get there. Let me have enough time to tell you everything. Please fight it, Sakura. If you really have to die, at least let me see you one last time.

Chapter 6: Death

Syaoran ran through the hospital and flung open the door that Tomoyo told him to. Sakura was on the bed, looking so weak while Tomoyo was by her side, sitting on the stool. They both looked up when he entered and, as he expected, Sakura had a furious but sad glare in her eyes when she looked at him.

Tomoyo slowly got up. "I'll leave you two to yourselves then," she murmured, and walked out.

Syaoran stood awkwardly in front of the door while Sakura fixed him with a steady glare. He gathered his courage and sat down beside her. She didn't flinch. "Sakura," he said.

"What do you want, Syaoran?" Sakura sighed. "Why do you even bother coming here? You've got Akuni to satisfy – your new wife. Why come here to see me, a dying ex-girlfriend with a destroyed heart?"

Syaoran looked at her sadly. "I don't know if Tomoyo told you, Sakura, but I just thought you should know that I was forced to. I hate Akuni. Her father is some rich business partner of my dad's company. My parents forced me to get together with her, but I don't love her. You know how I felt when I saw you crying at the airport? Crushed. I wish I could return to you, Sakura…but I can't. Not without bringing disgrace on the Li family."

He put his fingers under her chin and forced her to look at him. He leaned closer and kissed her. They were like that for a while, and Syaoran pulled back only when he was breathless.

He sat back in his chair, and even Sakura was surprised to find tears in his eyes. They locked eyes in silence, and Sakura saw that Tomoyo was telling the truth. There were a lot of feelings hidden in his eyes. She could see her reflection in his teary eyes and she looked away.

When she looked back, a tear was streaming down her cheek. She felt her body weakening and she knew she was going to die soon. She reached out for his hand, and he took it in his. "Syaoran, I love you," she whispered, smiling…before Syaoran felt her hand go limp.

"Sakura?" he whispered, looking at her closed eyes. Then he realized his worst fears had come to life. The rate of her heartbeat was flat, a completely straight line with a constant beep. Syaoran put his head on his arm on her bed and cried.

It was only a few minutes before the doctor came rushing in. When he saw her like that, he hung his head. "I'm sorry, sir," he apologized profusely. "But I can't do anything more. I couldn't even just now. If I had…I might have sped up the process."

Tomoyo knelt and began to weep.

Syaoran peeked out from his arm. In his broken heart he knew that there was no chance. Sakura was gone, this time forever.

Syaoran attended her funeral the next week. Tomoyo was at his side with his arm around her to comfort her. She was wiping her tears with a delicate white handkerchief. Syaoran silently watched. He didn't trust himself to speak, because if he did, he knew that he would just crumple and begin to cry.

Syaoran closed his eyes when Sakura's coffin was set in the hole that had been dug. When it could no longer be seen, he whispered, "I love you, Sakura."

Disclaimer: I'm gonna cry. Anyway, I do not own CCS or any of the characters in it.