Disclaimer- Tsubasa chronicles and all its characters belong to Clamp.

Warning!- Spoilers for chapter 210 of the TRC manga.

~HOPE~

Dedicated to C!Syaoran and C!Sakura

When the world says "Give up", hope whispers "Try it one more time".

In a far of realm, stuck between dimensions, out of reach of Time and Magic, a figure slowly appeared into being. Bit by bit, made from glass, Fire, determination, dashes of darkness, a newly grown heart, and the memory of a smile, the figure appeared.

Brown locks flutter in an eternal breeze, and lips move to say," –ank you." As if completing what they had already started.

Blinking, he looked around. Through the one eye he possessed, the world appeared to be hazy, as if it could not decide on what it actually was. Much like him then.

Between blinks, his surroundings changed. From the Royal Palace in Clow country, to his little house, to the secret garden he had recreated, and back again. Back and forth, shifting between places and worlds that held memories. Memories that had grown hazy, and been sacrificed for determination. Memories that now returned and meant everything. Memories of a smile.

One thing remained constant though. A figure, moving constantly, approaching him. A figure made from Light, Sakura petals, love and the reality of a smile.

"Sakura." He breathed her name in shock and awe, and his eye lost some of its blank look.

"Syaoran-kun." She said, smiling, as memory met reality.

"How…what…why?"

"Shh." she said gently, laying a finger on his lips. "We're better of not knowing."

"But… what about 'Syaoran'? And the others?"

She smiled sadly." If those two keep on living, it won't end." With a shock, he recognized the words she said to him before leaving. Fear gripped him and he gathered her in his arms.

But she wouldn't disappear. Not this time, not ever again.

This time he would hear the words. All of them.

Grasping his arms, she reached up to his ear, and gently whispered," I… Love you"

But his new heart was too weak to accept it.

" But I'm… incomplete." he said despondently. " I lost my heart, committed heinous crimes, and am missing one eye."

She touched his cheek gently, and kissed his right eye, like that one time long ago. Miraculously, he felt his vision being restored.

"You helped me when I had no memories, and no soul. I, too, want to help you, Syaoran-kun." She quoted from the past once more. "Even if we are just creations, we are the same. "

" You do have a heart, and a beautiful one at that. What you did for 'Syaoran' was so brave."

"You…saw?" he asked.

She smiled, and said, "Here we have hope and dreams, and we have each other."

For the first time since he lost his heart, he slowly smiled back at her.

"We have each other." He repeated.

And that was all he could ever ask for.

A/n- I wrote this little thing a few days after reading chapter 210 of the manga. Because even clones deserve happiness, and none more than these two.

kinda drabblish really. Please tell me how it was.