Author's Note: This is my first Tsubasa fanfic, so bear with me. It isn't long, and it isn't all fancy--- just a simple scene. I'm still trying to get used to the fanfic idea. I don't use any honorifics either (except for Mokona--- only excused character). But less talk, more reading!

There are times in your life when you just don't care...

When the world around you seems to move without you...

And when night and day become one.

This is one of those times.

I sat with Sakura by the bay, a warm, brisk breeze whisking her hair across her face. We were in a totally different world now, and it seemed like forever for Kurogane and Fai to return from their "exploration". I was supposed to go with Kurogane, not Fai, me--- but Sakura begged me to stay. She tugged at my jacket, gazing up to me in a way words cannot express. "Please... don't leave me," she murmured, tugging tighter at the end of my coat. "Just please... stay with me just this once." Kurogane frowned, turning to face the door as I tried vainly for him to intervene. "If Sakura wants you to stay, her wish shall be granted, no?" Mokona bounced atop Kurogane's head, squealing. "Mokona agrees with Kuro-pi! Syaoran stays! Syaoran stays!" I looked down to Sakura, and when my eyes met hers I could do nothing but smile. I patted her head gently, pulling her up. "I'll stay," I murmured into her ear. "I'll stay."

Now, we sat quietly with only the moon as our company, who gazed down upon the bay with glittering eyes. Sakura had been silent the whole time, which made me nervous. Was she thinking about something? Was she bored? Was something on my face? When I glanced down to see her, she was resting on my shoulder. "Syaoran, I feel like I know you from somewhere..." she finally whispered, so soft that I had to strain my ears to hear her. A faint smiled played upon my face. "Of course you do, silly," I replied, "I'm sitting here right now."

"I don't mean like that. I mean... In a past life or something... I can barely remember, but---"

I jerked a hand to her mouth. Never again was she to be struck down by Yuko because of her memories...

Of me...

"Don't worry about it, Sakura. I'm here to return your memories, so you can live a happy life..."

Without me, I thought.

"But... but why would a complete stranger risk his life running all over time and space just for me?"

Sakura turned to me, and I could tell instantly that her large chestnutt eyes were about to flood with tears. At that moment, I wanted to do it. I wanted to confess my love for her. I wanted to kiss her... I wanted her to be mine, right then and there...

If only...

I smiled, hugging her tightly. "Sakura, we all care about you--- Fai, Kurogane, Mokona, and me. We want you to have all of your memories back--- we want you to be happy." Sakura remained quiet for many moments. "Yeah..." was all she said.

Ever had something you loved taken away, but it was so close you could taste it?

I have.

Sakura is my life... and having her taken away from me made me feel like an empty shell. Like, a body without a soul... She so close, I can feel her heart beating with mine. And yet... and yet I will never reminence with her of past memories...

Our memories.

If only...

If only this would have never happened...

I will make sure whoever did this will have hell to pay.