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When the Last Teardrop Falls
Epilogue
Sakura let out a deep breath as she glaced at the clock beside her. It read: 9:45 am. She hadn't slept ever since Li left her party the night before. How could she sleep? Li would be leaving in a few hours. An hour and fifteen minutes to be exact. She wasn't sure if she wanted to see him leave at the airport. Perhaps it would too much for her. She never wanted to let go of what they had. She never wanted to let go of their memories. She never wanted to let...him go. Sakura curled up her legs and hugged them. How could it end like this? They had seemed so perfect! As if nothing in the world could get between them. Nothing.
"Sakura hunnie?" Mr. Kinomoto knocked gently on the door.
"Yes?" Sakura replied quietly.
"Sakura if you want to say good bye, you should get ready now," Mr. Kinomoto warned.
"I don't know if I want to say good bye," Sakura replied firmly. Mr. Kinomoto slowly pushed the door open and sat beside Sakura on her bed.
"Why is that?" Mr. Kinomoto asked in confusion.
"Because I'll miss him too much," Sakura said softly trying to keep her tears inside. Her father nodded slowly with a small smile on his face, knowing just how much his daughter loved Li.
"Listen Sakura, sometimes not saying good bye to the people that you love is worse than saying good bye to the people that you love," Mr. Kinomoto informed.
"I don't understand..." Sakura wiped some tears from her face.
"Because when you say good bye you feel like there is some sort of closure, until you see eachother again," Mr. Kinomoto replied placing a hand on her shoulder.
"How about if I never see him again?" Sakura asked worriedly.
"Oh I'm sure you will Sakura," Mr. Kinomoto smiled. "It's like when your mother died, I didn't want to say good bye but I had to do it," he added.
"But what if I don't want to?" Sakura crossed her arms. Mr. Kinomoto smiled slightly and stood up, about ready to leave her room.
"Then you may regret it for the rest of your life," Mr. Kinomoto shook his head sadly. Sakura was silent. Mr. Kinomoto kissed her softly on her forehead and headed out the door. Sakura let out a quiet sigh and turned over to her night table where her "CardCaptoring" picture stood. She slowly picked it up and studied it once more, running her fingers up and down Li's face. She gently placed the frame back down on her table as a small tear ran down her cheek.
"What am I going to do?" Sakura stared out the window.
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Li glanced at his watch as he handed his last box to the worker. His flight would be leaving in ten minutes and there was no sign of Sakura. He wasn't surprised. It was obvious that she was still mad at him for not telling her sooner, and he didn't blame her either. He slouched in his chair as he waited for the boarding call. He stared at the environment around him. Boy was he ever going to miss this place. He had grown into the different ways and lifestyles of this once very cold country. It was like a second home to him. He then glanced at the ticket in his hand. Was this his future? Was this what he wanted? Well he had been dreaming of becoming a master of the arts ever since he was a little kid but...was this what he wanted now? His thoughts were soon interrupted by the first boarding call. He tapped his fingers nervously on his arm rest hoping that Sakura would show up. He didn't want to leave her but this was something he had to do first. Besides if it was really meant to be, they would find eachother no matter what. Love always finds a way.
"Again this is the boarding call for flight 986 to Hong Kong we are now boarding," Someone spoke through the intercom. Li sighed sadly and slowly picked up his last peice of luggage and hesistantly headed towards his flight. The lady smiled at him and he was about to give his ticket to her when...
"Li!!! Li!!!" A voice yelled through the crowd of travellers. Li whirled around and scanned the mob of people. There was no sign of Sakura. It's was as if he had been hearing things. Li shook his head and sighed sadly. But as he turned around the mob of travellers subtly parted, like a calm red sea. Right there, smack in the middle was Sakura. His eyes brightened and glowed at the sight of her. Oh how happy he was to see her right then and there.
"Sakura!" Li yelled anxiously. "Sakura!"
"Oh Li," Sakura cried as she hugged him tightly. "I was afraid I had missed you," she sighed in relief.
"I was afraid you were still mad at me," Li closed his eyes as he held her in his arms.
"I am so sorry Li, I was being so selfish! What was I doing only thinking of myself!" Sakura said angrily.
"Why? What are you talking about?" Li pulled away from their embrace to look at her.
"I was getting all sorry for myself that you were leaving, when this must be just as hard for you," Sakura explained with tears slowly falling down her face. "Oh how I wish you could stay with me," she said softly.
"So do I Sakura, but this is something I have to do, I'm sorry," Li kissed the top of her head gently. He was holding back his tears, but inside he was screaming in pain.
"I understand Li," Sakura nodded slowly with her tears falling down her cheeks. "It would be wrong of me to stop you, but how I worry that we'll never see eachother again!"
"I promise to return to you someday, when I'm finished with my training, we'll be together again," Li smiled down at her and gently wiped away a tear with his thumb.
"And I promise to be right here by your side when you return," Sakura replied quietly. Li smiled happily knowing that things were going to be okay. He leaned in forward and kissed her. At first the kiss was soft and light. Then as the kiss went on longer it became more passionate and intense. This would be their last kiss before the meet up once again.
"Li, please don't leave me," Sakura begged.
"I'll never leave you," Li held her hand. "There will never be another, I promise you," he assured her. Li took Sakura's hand and placed it against his heart. Sakura looked up at him with curious eyes.
"Do you feel that Sakura?" Li asked quietly.
"Yes," Sakura nodded slowly. "I can feel your heart beating," she added.
"As long as this heart beats, I will go on loving you," Li whispered gently into her ear. Sakura began to cry a little bit more. Not all the tears were sorrowful ones, some were also tears of joy and hope.
"But stay with me," Sakura pleaded.
"I can't, I'm sorry," Li replied softly holding his index finger up to her lips. "Now wipe those tears away, everything will be alright," he tried to smile. "Love is always worth fighting for," he reminded. Sakura nodded in agreement.
"I love you, Syaoran-kun," Sakura hugged him tightly.
"I love you too Sakura-chan," Li returned the embrace.
"Good bye," Sakura cried softly as he headed towards his plane.
"Good bye, for now," Li nodded with a slight wave, and with that he was out of sight. Sakura walked slowly towards the window to watch the plane take off. She pressed her hand against the window, longing to hold him once more. As the plane took off she could almost see Li waving to her from the window. She blew a kiss and smiled.
"Until we meet again," Sakura cried softly as the last teardrop fell silently onto the floor.
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Yes I know that some of you may argue that this shouldn't be an epilogue but hey, it's too short
for a chapter! Plus this is the way I wanted to end this series.
I want to give a personal thank you to my very good friend erin. Formally known as Truffle~Vampiress.
Hey erin! Without you I would have never finished these past four chapters!!! I'm serious. You gave
me all those kawaii ideas, and like I told you before I was going to use each and every one of them!
I also want to send out a special thanks to every author that has reviewed most or all of my chapters.
Like a said a million times, without you guys I would have never continued this series. And just to
show just how grateful I am I would love it if you people could give me advice on any of my upcoming
fics. So if you would be so kind as to give me your email addresses and/or icq #'s, I would be more than happy to
keep you updated on my future fics and/or chapters. Also if I need advice or help of any of my fanfics
I'll email all of you and ask for help. Thanks soooo much!
-Truffle~Vampire
-wassup
-Syaoran
-Fire Angel
-Empress Sarah
-Gato_9
-may
-Misty's Angel
-chime
-Sakura1985
-Tina
-RomanceQueen
-Starlight Sora
-OR
-Ice Wolf17
Oh and here is the title for my sequel to "When the Last Teardrop Falls." Thank you for all the
people who voted, it helped me a lot. The reason why it took me so long to post the epilogue up
was because I didn't have enough votes, and when I did I had ties back and forth! Now I do.
So here is the title for my sequel. Keep an eye out for it!!
"Should I Love You?"
Of course I'm still going to say thank you to everyone who has read and/or reviewed this series.
I'm really glad that my first fanfic was a great success and I hope that all my other ones will
be too. Forever grateful...
Valerie Rodriguez, formally known as ~*~a n g e l~*~
When the Last Teardrop Falls
Epilogue
Sakura let out a deep breath as she glaced at the clock beside her. It read: 9:45 am. She hadn't slept ever since Li left her party the night before. How could she sleep? Li would be leaving in a few hours. An hour and fifteen minutes to be exact. She wasn't sure if she wanted to see him leave at the airport. Perhaps it would too much for her. She never wanted to let go of what they had. She never wanted to let go of their memories. She never wanted to let...him go. Sakura curled up her legs and hugged them. How could it end like this? They had seemed so perfect! As if nothing in the world could get between them. Nothing.
"Sakura hunnie?" Mr. Kinomoto knocked gently on the door.
"Yes?" Sakura replied quietly.
"Sakura if you want to say good bye, you should get ready now," Mr. Kinomoto warned.
"I don't know if I want to say good bye," Sakura replied firmly. Mr. Kinomoto slowly pushed the door open and sat beside Sakura on her bed.
"Why is that?" Mr. Kinomoto asked in confusion.
"Because I'll miss him too much," Sakura said softly trying to keep her tears inside. Her father nodded slowly with a small smile on his face, knowing just how much his daughter loved Li.
"Listen Sakura, sometimes not saying good bye to the people that you love is worse than saying good bye to the people that you love," Mr. Kinomoto informed.
"I don't understand..." Sakura wiped some tears from her face.
"Because when you say good bye you feel like there is some sort of closure, until you see eachother again," Mr. Kinomoto replied placing a hand on her shoulder.
"How about if I never see him again?" Sakura asked worriedly.
"Oh I'm sure you will Sakura," Mr. Kinomoto smiled. "It's like when your mother died, I didn't want to say good bye but I had to do it," he added.
"But what if I don't want to?" Sakura crossed her arms. Mr. Kinomoto smiled slightly and stood up, about ready to leave her room.
"Then you may regret it for the rest of your life," Mr. Kinomoto shook his head sadly. Sakura was silent. Mr. Kinomoto kissed her softly on her forehead and headed out the door. Sakura let out a quiet sigh and turned over to her night table where her "CardCaptoring" picture stood. She slowly picked it up and studied it once more, running her fingers up and down Li's face. She gently placed the frame back down on her table as a small tear ran down her cheek.
"What am I going to do?" Sakura stared out the window.
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Li glanced at his watch as he handed his last box to the worker. His flight would be leaving in ten minutes and there was no sign of Sakura. He wasn't surprised. It was obvious that she was still mad at him for not telling her sooner, and he didn't blame her either. He slouched in his chair as he waited for the boarding call. He stared at the environment around him. Boy was he ever going to miss this place. He had grown into the different ways and lifestyles of this once very cold country. It was like a second home to him. He then glanced at the ticket in his hand. Was this his future? Was this what he wanted? Well he had been dreaming of becoming a master of the arts ever since he was a little kid but...was this what he wanted now? His thoughts were soon interrupted by the first boarding call. He tapped his fingers nervously on his arm rest hoping that Sakura would show up. He didn't want to leave her but this was something he had to do first. Besides if it was really meant to be, they would find eachother no matter what. Love always finds a way.
"Again this is the boarding call for flight 986 to Hong Kong we are now boarding," Someone spoke through the intercom. Li sighed sadly and slowly picked up his last peice of luggage and hesistantly headed towards his flight. The lady smiled at him and he was about to give his ticket to her when...
"Li!!! Li!!!" A voice yelled through the crowd of travellers. Li whirled around and scanned the mob of people. There was no sign of Sakura. It's was as if he had been hearing things. Li shook his head and sighed sadly. But as he turned around the mob of travellers subtly parted, like a calm red sea. Right there, smack in the middle was Sakura. His eyes brightened and glowed at the sight of her. Oh how happy he was to see her right then and there.
"Sakura!" Li yelled anxiously. "Sakura!"
"Oh Li," Sakura cried as she hugged him tightly. "I was afraid I had missed you," she sighed in relief.
"I was afraid you were still mad at me," Li closed his eyes as he held her in his arms.
"I am so sorry Li, I was being so selfish! What was I doing only thinking of myself!" Sakura said angrily.
"Why? What are you talking about?" Li pulled away from their embrace to look at her.
"I was getting all sorry for myself that you were leaving, when this must be just as hard for you," Sakura explained with tears slowly falling down her face. "Oh how I wish you could stay with me," she said softly.
"So do I Sakura, but this is something I have to do, I'm sorry," Li kissed the top of her head gently. He was holding back his tears, but inside he was screaming in pain.
"I understand Li," Sakura nodded slowly with her tears falling down her cheeks. "It would be wrong of me to stop you, but how I worry that we'll never see eachother again!"
"I promise to return to you someday, when I'm finished with my training, we'll be together again," Li smiled down at her and gently wiped away a tear with his thumb.
"And I promise to be right here by your side when you return," Sakura replied quietly. Li smiled happily knowing that things were going to be okay. He leaned in forward and kissed her. At first the kiss was soft and light. Then as the kiss went on longer it became more passionate and intense. This would be their last kiss before the meet up once again.
"Li, please don't leave me," Sakura begged.
"I'll never leave you," Li held her hand. "There will never be another, I promise you," he assured her. Li took Sakura's hand and placed it against his heart. Sakura looked up at him with curious eyes.
"Do you feel that Sakura?" Li asked quietly.
"Yes," Sakura nodded slowly. "I can feel your heart beating," she added.
"As long as this heart beats, I will go on loving you," Li whispered gently into her ear. Sakura began to cry a little bit more. Not all the tears were sorrowful ones, some were also tears of joy and hope.
"But stay with me," Sakura pleaded.
"I can't, I'm sorry," Li replied softly holding his index finger up to her lips. "Now wipe those tears away, everything will be alright," he tried to smile. "Love is always worth fighting for," he reminded. Sakura nodded in agreement.
"I love you, Syaoran-kun," Sakura hugged him tightly.
"I love you too Sakura-chan," Li returned the embrace.
"Good bye," Sakura cried softly as he headed towards his plane.
"Good bye, for now," Li nodded with a slight wave, and with that he was out of sight. Sakura walked slowly towards the window to watch the plane take off. She pressed her hand against the window, longing to hold him once more. As the plane took off she could almost see Li waving to her from the window. She blew a kiss and smiled.
"Until we meet again," Sakura cried softly as the last teardrop fell silently onto the floor.
~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~
Yes I know that some of you may argue that this shouldn't be an epilogue but hey, it's too short
for a chapter! Plus this is the way I wanted to end this series.
I want to give a personal thank you to my very good friend erin. Formally known as Truffle~Vampiress.
Hey erin! Without you I would have never finished these past four chapters!!! I'm serious. You gave
me all those kawaii ideas, and like I told you before I was going to use each and every one of them!
I also want to send out a special thanks to every author that has reviewed most or all of my chapters.
Like a said a million times, without you guys I would have never continued this series. And just to
show just how grateful I am I would love it if you people could give me advice on any of my upcoming
fics. So if you would be so kind as to give me your email addresses and/or icq #'s, I would be more than happy to
keep you updated on my future fics and/or chapters. Also if I need advice or help of any of my fanfics
I'll email all of you and ask for help. Thanks soooo much!
-Truffle~Vampire
-wassup
-Syaoran
-Fire Angel
-Empress Sarah
-Gato_9
-may
-Misty's Angel
-chime
-Sakura1985
-Tina
-RomanceQueen
-Starlight Sora
-OR
-Ice Wolf17
Oh and here is the title for my sequel to "When the Last Teardrop Falls." Thank you for all the
people who voted, it helped me a lot. The reason why it took me so long to post the epilogue up
was because I didn't have enough votes, and when I did I had ties back and forth! Now I do.
So here is the title for my sequel. Keep an eye out for it!!
"Should I Love You?"
Of course I'm still going to say thank you to everyone who has read and/or reviewed this series.
I'm really glad that my first fanfic was a great success and I hope that all my other ones will
be too. Forever grateful...
Valerie Rodriguez, formally known as ~*~a n g e l~*~