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Lilover131: HAPPY VALENTINES DAY EVERYBODY!!! Thank you all for the wonderful reviews! It is nice to have wonderful supporters! I made a goal to make this story longer than 30,000 words, and I've finally made it! I'm so proud of myself! Now my goal is to finish this story! No matter what, I will finish it just for you guys!! Anyway, here is chapter eighteen!

Cry of a Wolf-Chapter Eighteen: Seeing Angels

Syaoran awoke on his hospital bed and was trying to recall why he was here. He then remembered the rooftop fight. This was not exactly something nice to wake up remembering. The sun shone through the large window, and a light breeze could be seen blowing through the trees. He gazed at the clock above the hospital room door. It was 7:05. 'Dammit! I fell asleep AGAIN?' Syaoran thought as he hit himself mentally.

He looked to his hand, and was surprised to see that the wound Naraku had given him was gone. 'What in the world…is wrong with me?' He thought to himself in confusion. After realizing that he wouldn't find out an answer anytime soon, he decided that he needed to walk around a bit. Lying in a bed all day was not helping.

In the hospital hallways

Syaoran was walking through the halls and was trying hard to wake himself up. Something about these new powers was just so tiring. Today was the day he would be released from here though.

He saw many things as he was walking. He saw people being wheeled into emergency rooms, and he saw people visiting family members. Although, worst of all…he saw death.

Several doctors and nurses swarmed into an open hospital room. Apparently, a man's heart had stopped beating. The doctors were desperately trying to restart his heart, but nothing seemed to be working. When their attempts were all failures, they looked down in shame.

"I'll go tell the family the bad news…we've done all that we can," one of the doctors said. Syaoran's eyes widened. He saw someone walk past him. It was a man. However, this was not just any man. It was the same man the doctors had just claimed dead.

Syaoran rubbed his eyes, and the man had disappeared as quickly as he had shown up. He blinked in confusion. When the doctors dispersed from the room, he saw the man lying dead on his hospital bed. This left him even more confused. 'What the…?'

He followed the doctor that was to tell the family of the news. There stood a woman with black hair and dark brown eyes. She was standing with her child, which looked just like her. The child was only 3 at most.

"How is my husband? Will he be released soon?" the woman asked the doctor. Her expression was looking hopeful. The doctor looked down.

"Mrs. Chang…I'm sorry to tell you this…but…we've lost him," the doctor said.

The woman's expression turned from hopeful to absolute shock.

"…No…" the woman started. Finally, tears began falling like waterfalls.

"NOOOO!" She seemed to cry hysterically as she suddenly fell to her knees with her hands at her eyes.

The little girl looked very confused at her mother's reactions to the 'strange mans' words.

"Mommy? What's wrong? Where's Daddy?" the little girl asked her mother. The mother put her hands on her daughter's shoulders.

"Sweetie…your father isn't coming back…" the mother said. The daughter cocked her head in a clueless way.

"Where did he go?" she asked. Syaoran expression held pity for the family. The poor girl wouldn't understand until she was older.

"He's in a beautiful place right now…and…even though you can't see him…he's watching you right now," the mother said right before she pulled her daughter into a tight embrace. Just as she did this, Syaoran saw the man again. He stood next to the little girl, his daughter, and placed his hand on her head. She didn't seem to notice. 'There he is again!' Syaoran thought.

His thoughts were interrupted when a small voice spoke.

"This happens all the time," said the voice. Syaoran looked behind him and saw a girl who looked about 4 or 5 years old. He recognized this girl as the one that had seen him through the window when he saved Sakura.

Now that he was closer to the girl, he could see that she had light brown hair, which was in low pigtails that lay to the front of her. Her eyes were a fascinating violet, and her skin looked awfully pale. In her arms was a bunny stuffed animal with ears that flopped down, much like her pigtails.

"…I…just happened to be watching…" Syaoran said, hoping that she didn't remember seeing him.

"I saw you outside my window yesterday!" the little girl said, which caused Syaoran to fall over in embarrassment. 'So much for not remembering…'.

"I was hoping that you had forgotten that…" Syaoran said.

"How could I forget? Those wings were so beautiful!" the little girl said. Syaoran blushed.

"Don't worry! I won't tell anyone!" the little girl said. Syaoran stood up and looked to the girl.

"Really?" he asked. The little girl held her pinky out.

"I promise!" the little girl responded.

Syaoran smiled. This little girl sort of reminded him of Sakura. Hooking his pinky with hers, the promise was complete.

"So…you are…" Syaoran asked.

"My name is Zhi Mei," the girl said (In China, family names are said first. Zhi means 'Irises' and Mei means 'plum'). Syaoran smiled. The name suited her eyes.

"My name is Li Xiao Lang. Although, everyone calls me Syaoran," Syaoran said (Xiao Lang is Syaoran's Chinese name).

"It is nice to meet you Syaoran," Mei said.

"Same," Syaoran said as he shook hands with her.

On the roof

"It rained a lot yesterday! It's nice to see the sun popping out again!" Mei said. Syaoran smiled.

"Yeah…"

Syaoran saw that there were cherry blossom trees on the ground. He gazed at them in awe.

"Do you like the cherry blossoms?" Mei said after noticing his interest. Syaoran gasped slightly.

"Oh! It's just that they share the same name as my girlfriend," Syaoran responded.

"You mean the girl you were holding?" Mei asked. Syaoran blushed and then nodded.

"She was very pretty," Mei said.

"She has the same color eyes as you," she said.

Syaoran's eye's widened a bit.

"Are my eyes green right now?" he asked. Mei nodded.

"Aren't they always green?" she asked while cocking her head in confusion. Syaoran shook his head.

"My normal color is amber,"

"That must be how you can…" she suddenly whispered to herself.

"Did you say something?" Syaoran asked. Mei just shook her head.

"I was just talking to myself," she said with her cute little smile.

"So why are you in the hospital?" she asked.

"Oh! I just got a little hurt…but I'm getting out today," Syaoran said. Mei smiled.

"You're lucky," she said.

"Some people will be here for a long time…and some will never come out," she said. Syaoran could see the look of sadness in her violet eyes even though she was smiling. She held her bunny stuffed animal tightly.

"What are you here for?" Syaoran asked. He could sense her pain. He wanted to somehow comfort her. She looked down with a look of confusion.

"Well…my grandparents said I have Leukemia," she said.

"I think its some kind of cold…but it won't go away."

Syaoran's eyes widened. 'Leukemia…that means that's she's probably…going to die' Syaoran thought sadly.

"…Grandparents?" Syaoran asked. What about her parents?

"My grandparents said that my parents died in a car crash a year ago. They've been taking care of me since then," she said. Syaoran placed a hand on her shoulder, which actually made her gasp quietly.

"…I'm so sorry…" he said. He was trying to comfort her.

"I know how you feel. I lost my father when I was little too."

Mei looked to Syaoran and smiled.

"All we can do now…is move on and be happy," Syaoran said. Mei seemed to be thinking deeply.

"I'm sure that both of our parents have all moved on…"

"Moving on…that would be really nice," she said. Suddenly, Syaoran spotted his family and friends entering the hospital. 'They're here!' Syaoran thought happily. Now he would get out of this place! He then thought sadly how Mei would possibly never leave this place. Although, when he turned to tell her goodbye, she was gone.

"Where did she go?" Syaoran said to himself. Well…it was time for him to leave anyway. Maybe he would come to visit her…just to make her feel better. It seemed too lonely to have so few family members left in a hard time like that.

At the front counter

"Hmm…Li…Syaoran…ah! There!" said the lady at the front counter. She was looking through the list of patients.

"You may sign out here, and then…you may go!" the lady said. Yelan signed the paper that would release Syaoran from the hospital.

"Let's go home," Yelan said, which brought a smile out of Syaoran. Sakura hugged him happily.

"Yay! Syaoran's all better!" Sakura said. After Sakura's embrace, Syaoran's sisters did the same.

"…Can't…breathe…" Syaoran gasped when his face began to turn blue. The girls immediately released him, because they didn't want him to be stuck in the hospital again.

They began walking outside of the hospital when Syaoran spotted something on the ground. It was Mei's bunny stuffed animal.

"Hold on. I know who this belongs to," Syaoran said as he stopped to pick it up.

"I'd better go return it to her before I leave," he said before heading back inside. He headed back to the front counter to ask where Mei's room was.

"Can you tell me where Zhi Mei's room is?" Syaoran asked. The lady behind the counter nodded and began to search through the list.

"…Zhi…Mei…" said the lady while skimming through. She stopped at a name, and then looked to him. Her expression held sadness.

"I'm sorry…Zhi Mei died two weeks ago…" the lady at the counter said. Syaoran's eyes widened in shock.

"…But I…" said Syaoran. He stopprd himself before he said any more. No use in making the lady think he's crazy.

"Thank you. I'm sorry to have bothered you," Syaoran said before leaving the hospital again.

"What's wrong? I thought you were going to return that," Sakura asked. Syaoran just forced a smile.

"I'll come back another time. She's busy right now," Syaoran said. Touya made a face as if he wasn't buying it. He wasn't going to bug him about it though.

Back at the Li mansion

As soon as Syaoran stepped foot into the house, Kohaku jumped at him quickly and began to lick his face ferociously. Syaoran laughed hysterically while being tickled unmercifully.

"Hey Kohaku! Cut it out! I missed you too!!" Syaoran said in between laughs. Finally, after about 10 minutes, Kohaku jumped off of him and wagged his tail at a fast pace.

"Welcome home, Master Syaoran," Wei said when he walked into the room. Syaoran bowed politely before speaking.

"Great to be back."

Later at Dinner

"Where's Syaoran?" asked Sakura at the table during dinner. He wasn't at the table, and she was curious as to his location.

"I believe he said he was going to the graveyard. He said he had to return something," Fanren said. Sakura scratched her head in confusion. What did he possibly have to return to a graveyard?

At the graveyard

Syaoran stood before a gravestone. It was labeled as:

Zhi Mei

2001-2006

"Her body died of Leukemia, but her heart remains alive within ours. She will always be our little purple bunny."

Next to her grave…were her parent's graves. Syaoran took the bunny stuffed animal in his hands, and placed it next to Mei's grave. Syaoran smiled when he remembered the last words she said to him before she disappeared.

"Congratulations. You've moved on…" Syaoran said to the grave. Although, he knew she was somewhere listening.

As Syaoran began to walk away, he saw two people visiting their graves as well. They were elderly and looked very kind. 'Those must be the grandparents' Syaoran thought. The grandparents placed a bouquet of Irises next to each grave, to symbolize their family name. Although, they expressed looks of surprise when they saw the bunny stuffed animal by Mei's grave.

Ever since she had died, they hadn't been able to find it anywhere. Not too long after, they began to look around to see if they could find the person who returned it. Their gaze came across Syaoran, and he smiled in return. In understanding, the grandparents nodded in thanks.

Syaoran then left the graveyard knowing that his business here was done. Before leaving, he looked up to the sky where he believed every angel watched over their loved ones. He then believed that perhaps for a second, he saw Mei waving happily with her parents.

In the Li library (AGAIN)

Eriol walked through the once burning library, astonished at how nothing had changed. While searching through, he came across the book he had thrown in front of Naraku's blast. It was still charred and looked barely readable now. He picked up the book and skimmed through the burned pages.

The top parts of the pages were readable, although the bottom parts were not. Eriol then came across a page that raised his interest immediately. The heading of the page:

THE LI YING YANG INHERITANCE

Lilover131: How was that chapter? I thought it was about time to just CHILL with the battles, and focus more on Syaoran's mysterious powers. We have now just figured out ANOTHER power Syaoran has. He has the ability to see ghosts when his eyes turn green. Those of you who are good guessers, will probably know how this will benefit Syaoran in the future. Here's a hint: someone who has had these powers before…well…I'll let you get that. Please send reviews! Hope to see you next time!