The End- Epilogue
Sakura sat at her window, looking at the morning sky. She had been early to get up that one day, which meant that Kero would probably freak. So much had happened in the 2 days that had followed, Sakura was almost glad school had started again. Yue had requested Tori’s powers to save Julian from disappearing, which meant that Tori and Julian both now knew. Only a few cards remained. All the cards that had gone back to Li had turned back into Clow Cards, which meant Sakura had to re-transform them. Sakura didn’t blame Li for it, because it wasn’t his fault. Besides, he was leaving, and holding a grudge was not what Sakura wanted to do.
Back at Li’s apartment, Li was pacing around the room. He was going to leave today. That was slightly good, as he felt like an idiot for putting Sakura through more pain since he had retransformed ‘his’ Star cards into Clow Cards. But most of him wanted to stay here, and be with Sakura. The words of the Time card echoed through his head: Follow your heart. It will lead you to your destiny. He stopped. He couldn’t just go on avoiding her. He’d have to face his fears. He picked up the phone and dialed his home number. As the phone rang, he said, please don’t let it be…
“Moshi moshi! Li residence, Meilin speaking, how may I help you?” Li groaned. Of all the people to pick it up…
“Meilin, can I speak to my mother?” Li said.
“LI! Guys, its Li! How are you doing Li?” said Meilin. In the background, Li could hear his mother and sisters clattering down the stairs. Great. He would be publicly humiliated in front of his entire family.
“Just give the phone to my mom!” said Li, getting irritated.
“Touchy, touchy! Okay. Li wants to talk to you.” The next voice on the phone was Li’s mother.
“Hello. Did your mission go well? I know it did, I just want to hear it from you.”
“Yes, mother, all is well. I have a request to ask of YOU.” said Li, emphasizing the you. Unfortunately, his mother didn’t get the point.
“Yes, what is it?”
“I’d like to-to stay in Japan until all the cards are transformed. If that’s okay with you.” he said quickly. In the background, he could hear his sisters gasp and a faint sound of someone running out and closing the door. Meilin! How could he have been so stupid?
“That’s okay with me. Li, I have to go. *The sound of a phone being jammed down and not touching the receiver (Li can still hear what’s going on)* Li continued to listen.
“Meilin? Meilin, come down here. Girls, go get her then go upstairs. (okay)” *sounds of girls running up. Then footsteps coming down the stairs*
“Meilin, what is the matter?”
“Li likes another. You know the girl that came to Hong Kong a while ago? The one with the magical powers? The two of them like each other, and I know it. Li likes me as a favorite cousin, nothing more. Why else do you think he wants to stay in Japan? I love him, but I love him too much to see him unhappy, even if he’s unhappy because of me. You should see the way he used to look at Sakura. But I shrugged it off then, and now I know that Li and I could never be together-“ Li put down the phone. He didn’t want to hear anymore. Was that the same Meilin that had come to Japan a while ago? It couldn’t be. Li realized Meilin had grown to be a young woman who had finally realized the horrible truth that she had tried to avoid. Li loved Meilin, but it was only the love Sakura had for Julian once, the love for a near- family member. Pushing that aside, he picked up the phone and absent- mindedly dialed Sakura’s house. After 2 rings, he kicked himself. Duh. Sakura was always late, how could she be awake now? Just as he was about to put it down, a voice that made his heart thump said “Moshi moshi?”
“S-Sakura?” said Li.
“Li?” said Sakura, “Why are you calling me so early in the morning? “
“Um, sorry. I just wanted to tell you that- thatI’mstayinginJapanuntilallthecardsaretransformed.”
“What did you say? You were talking too quickly,” said Sakura.
Li took a deep breath. What a dumb thing to be calling about this early in the morning!
“I’m staying in Japan until all the cards are transformed.” Sakura blinked.
“You are? You’re kidding, right?”
“No, I’m not kidding. I can’t ‘kid’. I’m staying here. That’s all. Bye.”
“Bye-“ said Sakura, but the phone had already been put down. “Arigato, Li. Arigato.”
Taking out her key, she raised it until the new jewel caught the light. Squinting slightly, she smiled. There was plenty of time to decide. Her life was almost perfect now. There was no need to rush. She put the key back underneath her shirt. Looking back at the disappearing moon, Sakura thought of her mother. She knew that she would see her again, someday.
And then they’d be together forever.
And then life would be perfect.
But in another world, a dark lady was looking at a mirror.
“Yes, my dear. Plenty of time to decide. Just continue thinking like that, and everything will be just fine…”
The End (of story 1)
Author’s Note:
Couple of things:
1. The dark lady was not Nadeshiko. The dark lady was not Nadeshiko. The dark lady will become more important later, in the second (slightly) and third (major) stories.
2. What happens after this: They transform all the rest of the cards, then the final battle between Eli (Eriol) and Sakura to transform the Light and Dark cards. Bla, bla, bla, read a summary. Then the second movie, you know what happens, then the second story will come out.
3. If I get no R&R, there will be no second story! You will all perish without knowing how the story ends! Read it, then e-mail me with the reviews at todays_sakura@hotmail.com I give a reply almost the same day. But you will get back e-mail very quickly.
4. I’ll put it here, just in case. My disclaimer is in my P1 section. The boring legal junk.
5. I don’t appreciate flames, but if you must flame me, I want proper grammar and spelling. Did you see any spelling mistakes in this piece?
6. Just in case it’s hard to find: the second story should be called The Choice.
7. THE MOST IMPORTANT: There are two (2) types of this fabulous anime: Cardcaptor Sakura and Cardcraptors. I suggest all you ripped off American folks out there who saw Cardcraptors on KidsWB or Teletoons (I think) go get the Japanese versions with subtitles. If you want to know where you can download them off the web, I suggest www.animerage.com .Now I will go and wash my mouth with soap. Thank you.