Cardcaptor Sakura: The Sealed Card

Epilogue Part 3:

Disclaimer: Cardcaptor Sakura is property of CLAMP I claim no rights to any of the characters, only the story idea for this epilogue. ARIGATO!!

This fanfic begins directly after the ending of the second Cardcaptor Sakura movie: The Sealed Card

Oye…it looks like this story just keeps getting longer and longer. It's making me out to be a liar. Yet, I'm having way too much fun writing It! I have everything plotted out in my mind, but as I write it I can't help having fun with all of the different character personalities! I hope that no one minds if this ends up being longer then I expected.

Enjoy and please review!

"Hai!?" Kinomoto Fujitaka exclaimed the next morning as he rushed from the kitchen, where he was making breakfast, to answer the door. He wondered who it could be this early.

"Ah, Syaoran-kun. Ohayo." He said after having opened the door to reveal who stood on their doorstep. "I wasn't expecting to see you this early. Won't you come in?" Fujitaka invited and stepped aside with a bow.

"H..hai," Syaoran answered. "Gomen nasai for dropping by unannounced," he concluded with a bow in return.

"Not at all, I was just preparing breakfast. Won't you join us?" Asked Fujitaka, leading Syaoran towards the kitchen.

"Is that okay?" Syaoran answered and followed.

"Hai," Fujitaka answered and motioned for Syaoran to sit at the table. "What, may I ask, brings us the pleasure of your company this morning, Syaoran-kun?"

"Well, you see…" Syaoran began to explain. "I will be returning to Hong Kong tomorrow….and was hoping to spend the day with Sakura," he concluded.

"I see," replied Fujitaka. "I'm sure that the distance will be difficult for both of you."

Syaoran's cheeks heated and brightened to a brilliant shade of red. Fujitaka smiled to himself but pretended not to notice from where he stood in the kitchen finishing breakfast preparations.

"Ohayo," came Touya's voice from the kitchen door. After finishing a yawn he noticed Syaoran sitting at the table, watching him closely. "W…why are you here so early?" Touya asked disapprovingly, taking a step back.

"O…Ha…Yo…" Syaoran responded.

"Syaoran will be joining us for breakfast this morning," Fujitaka explained.

"N…..NANI??" Touya exclaimed in disbelief.

Yukito suddenly stepped through the kitchen door behind Touya. "Ah, Ohayo Syaoran-kun!" He exclaimed with a smile.

"I was worried about Sakura," Syaoran explained, his tone taking on one of concern as he addressed Yukito more then he responded to Touya's question. He had heard the argument from outside last night. It took all of his will not to climb to her window in order to comfort her. Though, when he had spied, from the street, that Yue was in her room, Syaoran knew that she would be taken care of and didn't want to be the cause of any more arguments that night. He had barely been able to sleep, though, which is why he came by so early to check on her.

"What's wrong with Sakura?" Fujitaka questioned with concern. "Did she get hurt?"

"Not physically," Syaoran stated and glared daggers at Touya.

"Is she Ill?" Fujitaka asked, looking as though he might charge up to her room that very second to check on her.

"No…" Touya answered in a guilty tone of voice. A vision of Sakura's tear filled eyes shot before him and his ears rang with her declaration of hate for him. Without another word, Touya walked into the kitchen to help with the Breakfast preparations.

In the meantime, Sakura's eyes fluttered open and she stare up at her ceiling. Her mind replayed the events from the night before. Her cheeks darkened as she thought of her time spent with Syaoran. She rolled over as the memories of her argument with Touya came to mind. Feelings of guilt and despair painfully plagued her heart. She shouldn't have said that she hated him. She didn't think she could ever truly hate her only brother.

"S….sakura?" Kero questioned as he flew over to sit beside her. "How do you feel?"

"Humm?" Sakura had been lost in her thoughts. She turned her head towards Kero with a vacant look.

"Sakura-san, Breakfast will be ready soon!" called her father's voice up the stairs.

Sakura moved to the edge of her bed to stand up. She wobbled a little once she was on her feet. "HOoo…ee!" she exclaimed when she looked into her mirror. Her eyes were red and puffy, her hair a disaster, and she wore the same clothes that she had on yesterday.

As if her reflection had been her wakeup call, she rushed to her closet to pick out a change of clothes. Today they were suppose to be having a tea party, because Eriol flew into town last night, and today was also Syaoran and Meilin's last day in Japan. With that thought, she paused.

"Sakura?" Kero questioned and waved a paw in front of her face. She blinked out of her thoughts and looked down at the outfit she had pulled out of her closet. It was a white sundress with little yellow flowers. The spaghetti straps tied into bows at her shoulders and it hung on her body without a waistline. She found a couple of yellow ribbons for her hair, and quickly changed. Before heading downstairs she stopped into the bathroom and applied a cold cloth to her face and eyes.

"Ohayo!" She said cheerfully, though it was obviously forced, as she walked into the kitchen. She froze abruptly at the sight of Syaoran at the table. "S….syaoran-kun…." She whispered.

"Ohayo!" He told her with a smile.

"O…hayo…," she answered and folding her hands in front of her, looked down with a blush.

"Well now," Fujitaka began to say, "It seems that we have more people for breakfast this morning then we have room at the table." He walked towards the table with a tray in hand. On the tray was enough breakfast for only two people. Approaching his daughter, he held the tray out for her. Tensions were high, and he could only guess as to why, though his guesses were usually right. It did not escape his observation that neither of his children said a word to each other. "Ohayo, Sakura-san" he said. "Would you and Syaoran-kun like to use the table in the living room?"

Sakura took hold of the tray. "HAI!" she said cheerfully and looked up at her father with gratitude. She then looked to Syaoran, who stood and followed her into the other room.

After She set the tray on the coffee table, Syaoran gently took hold of her shoulders and turned her around to face him. "Are you alright?" He asked her quietly, his eyes shining with worry.

"Hai!" she exclaimed and gave him a cheerful smile.

"Are you sure?" he inquired further, not convinced. He wasn't sure that he wanted to push the matter though. He didn't know when he could return to Japan, and he wanted their day together to be without worry.

Sakura nodded and continued to smile reassuringly before turning back to the table. "Our food will get cold if we don't hurry," she told him and began to set their plates out on the table. Syaoran moved to where his plate had been set and knelt on the floor between the table and the couch.

"Where would you like to go today?" Syaoran asked when their breakfast had been finished. "We have all morning."

Sakura thought as she placed their dishes back on the tray. "How about the aquarium?" she suggested.

"Sounds great," he responded and stood to take the tray back into the kitchen for her.

When they entered the kitchen, a sudden hush fell among the 'adults,' "Umm…" Sakura began to say. "Syaoran and I are going to the aquarium this morning."

"That is fine," her father answered with a smile of reassurance. Yukito smiled at her as well. Touya began to shovel food into his mouth, almost as fast as Yukito usually did, in order to avoid having to make eye contact. Syaoran came to her side after placing the tray in the kitchen.

"O….Nii….Chan," Sakura whispered as she watched him completely avoid her.

"We should get going, or we'll miss the next bus," Syaoran said, taking her hand.

"Mmm? … Hai!" she responded and smiled. "We'll be going now," she told her father, and turned towards the door.

"Have fun!" Fujitaka and Yukito called after them in unison.

As he turned, Syaoran caught a glance from Touya, though it wasn't one of suspicion and annoyance like it had always been in the past.

After they had left the house and as they walked towards the bus stop, Syaoran glanced at her tenderly. "You look nice," he told her.

The comment brought a slight flush to her cheeks and she looked down at the sidewalk while they walked. "Arigato," she said quietly and smiled to herself while raising her free hand to twirl a strand of her hair nervously.

As they road the bus to their final destination, Sakura chattered about everything, anything, and particularly nothing in the attempt to ward off the butterflies in her stomach. She talked about what she wanted to see at the aquarium, about various things she saw out the window of the bus, about the tea party they would be going to later that afternoon at Tomoyo's, and about anything that she could think of to take her mind off of her nervousness. She wondered what was the matter with her and why she was acting so strangely. It wasn't like she and Syaoran didn't know one another. In fact, they had become pretty close friends since they had first met. "HOoo…ee…" she muttered quietly as her cheeks began to flush.

"Nani?" Syaoran asked. This was the longest that she had remained silent since they had gotten on the bus. He had been sitting and listening to her chatter, trying to engrain the sound of her voice into his mind with the hope to be able to hear it whenever he wanted once he was back in Hong Kong.

"N…nothing" She stuttered as she shook the thoughts from her mind. "Our stop is coming up!" She announced and stood too soon. When the bus came to a stop she wobbled with the motion. Syaoran reached out a hand to steady her and couldn't help but to smile as the color of her cheeks brightened more.

Hand in hand, they exited the bus and walked towards the aquarium, both oblivious that they were being followed.

Once they were admitted into the aquarium, thanks to all of the money that Syaoran had saved because of Touya paying for his food the day before, Sakura fluttered to all of the exhibits she had wanted to see. The Penguins had been the first stop, followed by the dolphins, the manta ray tank, and the tropical fish tank.

Syoaran watched her excitement with a smile from the one spot he picked to stand at each exhibit, not bothering to follow her everywhere she went. To do so, he would surely become dizzy. Then again, just watching her flutter here and there and everywhere made him dizzy, even though he was standing still. "KAWAII!!" He heard her squeal as she fluttered around the gift shop. "Look, Syaoran-Kun!" She exclaimed and held up a silver necklace with a charm of two dolphins that formed the shape of a heart.

"Would you like to have it?" Syaoran asked after walking to where she stood.

"Really?" she squealed in excitement. "But, it's a little expensive," she said, after spying the price tag. It read 2,639.64 yen.

"Really," He confirmed, and took the necklace from her hand. "I have enough, don't worry about it," he reassured her and took it to the register to purchase.

"Domo Arigato Syaoran-Kun!" she exclaimed, after he clasped the necklace around her neck. Sakura spun around on her heals and pounced on him with a hug. At that moment, a flash from a camera caught both of their attentions. Withdrawing from their embrace and pushing apart at arms length, the couple turned their heads in the direction from which the flash had come.

There, no more then 15 feet away, stood Tomoyo recording the moment with her video camera, Meilin held a camera in her hands, and Eriol stood behind them with his knowing smile stretching from ear to ear.

"T….Tomoyo……Meilin-chan…" Sakura exclaimed with a mixture of surprise and embarrassment.

To Be Continued