Su Yung soon looked around angrily as she sensed defeat. Akito and Sakura soon leaped up and landed on the top of the building after using the Jump card.
"You again!" Su Yung snarled.
Akito and Sakura calmly walked over, without any confrontation as they looked soft for the woman.
"You felt betrayed by him, didn't you?" Sakura asked softly.
Su Yung didn't say anything to that as she began to look soft herself.
"We're sure that Clow Reed didn't mean to keep you in that dimension for so long; maybe after some time so you could do some thinking," Akito said softly. "But he's dead now."
"We're sorry you've suffered..." Sakura added as she bowed her head. "But... Please... Let my friends go."
"And my family." Akito said, almost crying.
"Clow Reed, is he really dead?" Su Yung asked.
"Mm-hmm." Akito and Sakura nodded sadly.
Su Yung soon looked even more sad to find out that it was true.
"We're very, very sorry." Akito frowned apologetically.
Sakura soon began to cry as she felt sad as well.
"I waited for him to come back, to set me free," Su Yung frowned. "I wanted revenge."
Akito and Sakura soon saw drops of water coming down from where Su Yung was as they both looked up and saw she was starting to pass on in spirit.
"Oh, Su Yung." Akito whispered softly.
"I was so angry at him for doing this to me." Su Yung said softly.
Akito and Sakura looked at each other with tearful eyes and decided to share a friendly hug with each other.
"But he's gone and I shall go too," Su Yung continued as she began to fade away from existence. "I am sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you or your friends and family." she then added as her body faded away into nothingness and where the only thing that was left of her was her barrette.
Sakura and Akito soon knelt down before the girl took a hold of the trinket.
"All she wanted was to be set free and have her spirit move on," Sakura spoke to Akito sadly. "She didn't know that Clow Reed had died."
"It's over," Akito coaxed. "Her spirit can find peace now."
The barrette soon crumbled into dust and where soon Meilin, Julian, Atticus, Mo, Estelle, and Vincent appeared before them. They were all lying in the middle of the floor at first.
"Li! Meilin! Julian!" Sakura smiled in relief.
"Mom! Dad! Estelle! Vincent!" Akito added.
"You're... You're okay..." Sakura and Akito then said together, though a bit emotionally.
The next day...
We are soon shown a boat ride.
"Hey, kid, nice work out there last night." Tory said to Sakura before he went to go sit down with Julian.
"Thanks, Tory." Sakura smiled.
Tory gave a small smile with a nod before ruffling up her hair playfully as he went to sit with Julian.
"Hey!" Sakura complained about that.
"Well, he can't be nice all the time." Kero reminded her quietly.
"I guess that's just how older brothers are sometimes." Sakura sighed.
"My brother can be a handful sometimes." Akito nodded.
"Uh, hey, what was it we visited yesterday, Julian?" Tory soon asked his friend as he sat across from him.
"I don't really remember." Julian smiled apologetically.
"Guess Julian doesn't remember." Estelle whispered to Sakura.
"I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing." Sakura whispered back.
"Would you like it if he remembered the antique shop being filled up with water?" Akito asked her.
"Fair enough." Sakura said.
"Then there you go." Akito then nodded with a small smile.
"I wonder if we'll see that girl Ai again?" Vincent commented. "She seemed interesting."
"Yeah, she did seem cool," Estelle agreed. "Kinda reminds me of Mom and Dad's stories about when Stitch knew Lilo."
"Yeah, I could see that." Atticus nodded.
"Ah, Lilo..." Mo smiled softly. "Such a misunderstood, but sweet kid."
Atticus nodded at that too with a smile back.
Sakura soon looked out into the water with Akito.
"The water looks nice," Akito said softly. "It's like when we visit Atlantica. That's how I'm part merboy, Sakura."
"So... You're a merboy?" Sakura asked him.
"Yes," Akito nodded. "My great-aunt was Queen Athena who was a mermaid, with her husband, King Triton, and my father's cousins, especially his favorite: Ariel. I know it sounds strange, but it's very true."
"I believe you." Sakura smiled.
Akito smiled back as they seemed to become close friends. "I hope that we can see you again sometime." he then said.
"I would like that very much." Sakura beamed about the idea of meeting up again for a future adventure together again someday.
"Yeah, it'll be great." Akito smiled.
"Julian doesn't seem to remember a thing." Madison said, coming up beside Sakura with her camera.
"Nope." Sakura simply shook her head.
"It's probably for the best they don't know," Kero said. "How would we ever explain it?"
"He has a good point." Akito agreed.
"Well... Maybe next time." Sakura remarked.
"Yeah, maybe." Estelle said.
"Huh?" Kero asked curiously.
"I think we'll be back again soon," Sakura said as she held out her new barrette. "I got a feeling we haven't seen the last of this place or even Akito's family."
Madison and Kero looked curiously at each other on that.
"That sorceress may have seemed evil, but she just wanted her spirit to be set free." Sakura then continued.
Sakura soon snuck a glance over at Julian. 'I'm glad my friends and Akito's family are okay too.' she then thought to herself as she smiled with a slight blush.
Madison giggled before she began to film Sakura again. "Well, if you do come back to Hong Kong one day, count me in!" she then decided.
"You bet!" Sakura giggled back at that.
Akito smiled at that as he looked over his Clow Cards and decided to put them away for safe-keeping.
"I feel this won't be the last time you see Sakura." Estelle said to her twin brother.
"Same here." Akito said.
They soon sat back and relaxed to enjoy the rest of their ride.
"When do you think we'll meet your new detective friend and his kids?" Vincent asked his father.
"Probably soon," Atticus replied. "They're a busy family after all and travel all around the world, the kids are very helpful to solving mysteries with their father."
"Cool." Akito smiled.
Atticus then suddenly got a call. "Hello? Oh... Hey, we were just talking about you." he then said with a chuckle.
Akito then began to look over his Clow Cards and showed them to Estelle and Vincent who looked impressed.
"Really now?" Atticus smirked. "What're the odds?"
"Aw, this one looks like a cute animal." Estelle smiled as she looked at the Dash card.
"Heh, yeah," Akito chuckled as he took a look at the Dash card. "Kinda looks like a fox."
"Only its tail is longer." Vincent said.
"Can you make it come to life so I can pet it?" Estelle smiled at her twin brother.
"Hmm..." Akito paused thoughtfully. "How bad do you wanna pet it?"
"Really badly..." Estelle begged.
Akito looked like he was about to do that before he put the card down for a moment as he saw their father coming by.
"Kids, you'll never believe this, but Detective Chan and his family wanna say hello before they have to go to a new mission," Atticus told the kids as he came out to see them before the ferry docked. "His secretary, Ms. Van Inkley, booked them for somewhere outside of Hong Kong.
"Awesome!" The Fudo siblings smiled.
"It'll just be a short meeting," Atticus smiled back. "I'm sure you'll see them again up close someday. Some of the kids are your age, but some are a bit older."
Eventually, the ferry came to a stop as a man was shown with his 10 children and their pet dog. There appeared to be four girls and six boys.
"Hey, Chan, good to see you." Atticus smiled, shaking hands with the Chinese man.
"Good to meet you too, Detective Fudo," The man replied as he shook hands back with Atticus. "These are my children: Henry is the oldest, then Stanley, Suzie, Alan, he's a bit of a genius, Anne, she's a tomboy, Tom, he's a smart kid too, Flip, Nancy, Mimi, and the littlest one, Scooter."
"Wow... Big family," Atticus smirked. "Must be a handful to take them places."
"You have no idea." Charlie replied.
"Hello." Estelle greeted the Chan kids.
The Chan Clan greeted back in their own special way.
"We'll find a way to all meet up and hang out together someway," Charlie smiled. "Especially since we always travel to solve mysteries together."
"You remind me a lot of Daphne Blake." Mo said to Suzie.
"Thanks, ma'am," Suzie smiled as she liked the sound of that. "I try to model my life after her."
"Daphne was always the fashionable one of the group," Mo said. "Although at times she was also the damsel-in-distress."
"Well, I'm no damsel," Suzie replied. "I'm very strong and independent."
"I'm sure you are," Mo smiled warmly. "I see you have a trademark Rarity scarf there."
"Oh, yes," Suzie smiled back as she touched her scarf new violet scarf that she wore happily. "Isn't just simply divine? I just got this for my birthday."
"Rarity has always been so fashionable." Atticus smiled.
"You know her personally?" Suzie asked since Atticus was a bit of a famous detective.
"Oh, you could say that," Atticus said with an innocent wink before looking down to the family pet. "Oh, uh, this is your dog?"
"Yeah!" Scooter laughed happily. "That's Chu-Chu! Sometimes he helps us with mystery-solving too."
Chu-Chu began to sniff the cards Akito had with him.
"Ooh! Uh, hey, boy," Akito smiled as he showed his cards. "I got myself some Clow Cards. They're very special."
Chu-Chu looked curious.
"And now, I believe I promised that my sister could meet this card up close." Akito then smirked as he then brought out the Dash card.
Estelle smiled, looking excited.
"Release! Dash!" Akito soon called out as he brought out the card as Charlie talked with Atticus and Mo before he and his family had to get going to their next destination.
The spirit of the Dash card soon appeared out of the card.
"Reminds me almost of an Espeon." Vincent commented.
"Aww... Come here~" Estelle cooed as she came to pet the Dash and beamed. "Ooh... Such soft fur you have."
The Dash card didn't seem to mind being pet as he began to nuzzle Estelle's hand.
Estelle giggled a bit. "Akito, it's so cute!" she then beamed.
"Glad you're having fun with it, Sis." Akito smiled.
"Sorry this was short, but we gotta go now." Charlie then said to Atticus.
"Well, it was good to see you and your kids," Atticus smiled. "Hopefully we can do it again sometime soon."
"Hopefully." Charlie nodded in agreement.
The Chan siblings soon walked off after their father.
"Daddy, can I have one of those too?" Mimi asked as she pointed at the Dash creature.
"Erm... Uh... I'll see what I can do, dearest." Charlie smiled bashfully.
"Well, son, I think you had a pretty good adventure," Atticus said to his younger son. "Also, it's good to see that you made yourself a friend who was a girl."
"Yeah, I'm happy about that too." Akito agreed.
"Now we better get a move on or else we'll miss our plane." Mo said.
"Coming, Mom!" The Fudo siblings replied.
"Akito, be a dear and send that Dash thing back to where it came from?" Mo requested.
"Aww..." Estelle pouted as she hugged the Dash, not wanting it to leave just yet.
The Dash card soon began to do its best to look cute so he wouldn't get sent back into card form yet.
"Aww~..." Mo cooed before shaking her head. "No, no, don't get attached. Kids, we don't have time for this."
"Can't Dash ride on the plane with us?" Estelle asked cutely as she hugged the creature. "I think he wants to ride with us."
"I don't know if that's allowed." Atticus said bashfully.
"Oh, if only there was a way to make him seem like a stuffed animal." Estelle frowned.
Atticus frowned back, feeling a bit hurt in his heart as Estelle looked so sad before he stopped to think for a moment.
The Fudo family soon came to line up to board the plane back home as they showed their passports while Estelle carried her carry-on bag with Dash sticking his head out like a stuffed animal as he stayed as close and quiet as possible to get past security and luckily, it seemed to work as security believed he was in fact, a stuffed animal.
"It worked." Estelle whispered with a smile.
"Atticus Fudo, you've gone soft." Mo said playfully to her husband.
"I could've had three sons, but I had to have a little girl who has me wrapped around her finger." Atticus replied, just as playful.
The rest of the trip back home was soon quiet. Akito put his cards away as he began to fall asleep after an exhausting adventure/vacation. Vincent and Estelle also fell fast asleep as they were on their way back after another adventure was done and taken care of.
The End