Card Captor Sakura Fan Fiction ❯ SAKURA- cherry blossom ❯ No Soul Left ( Epilogue )

SAKURA- cherry blossom

By Sujakata

Dedicated to: Everyone who has read my fic, I hope that you have enjoyed it

Rating: R (Restricted to 18 and over) this is because I cant have a NC-17

Disclaimer: I don't own CCS although I would like to hint hint nudge nudge

AN/ AHHHH this is the final chapter for this fic and then on with the sequel since I know you'll all demand for it… ok well I'm presuming too much I know but seriously I will write one if you demand it!!!! So I'm actually hoping that you do demand for it…. Again with the hints and nudges.

Chapter Twenty Four- Epilogue- No Soul Left

Cosette sat on her chair like always, humming a small tune as she watched the world. She was so happy that Sakura and Xiaolang had gotten together but she was still waiting for Ardru to come back to her. The boy had been poisoned with power and a lust for total control. She needed Sakura to help him through it but it seemed as if there was no way in which that could happen, as right now Shiienpo was on his way to destroy everything.

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Ardru sat in his room, he had locked himself in there ever since he had called upon the mighty Shiienpo, he was waiting for his arrival and wouldn't stop until he manifested himself before his master. Rubbing his hands together he was about to enter into meditation when his bedroom door was forcefully pulled open to reveal a black clad figure with midnight hair and bright green eyes that could rival Sakura Kinomoto's.

"Master" the figure stated in a velvety voice, bowing lowly to the ground. Ardru smiled in delight and missed the look of amusement that flashed across Shiienpo's face.

"Finally, I've been waiting for so long, now to get star-"

"no… I don't think so… You will shut up now" Shiienpo waved a hand in Ardru's direction. Ardru tried to talk again but found he had no voice, glaring at Shiienpo he watched as the taller man gracefully sat down on one of the chairs that adorned the room, making himself comfortable and then motioning to another chair Ardru found himself sitting across from Shiienpo. "Now… my plan must be put into action as quickly as possible and for it to happen according to what I want to happen, I will need your help. As much as I am loath to use you, you will have to suffice as I'm not familiar with anyone else here and well, to be quite honest with you I was going to kill you anyway." Shiienpo grinned maliciously at Ardru who was staring at Shiienpo with undulated fear.

Shiienpo looked at his nails for a moment before returning his attention to Ardru

"oh don't look so shocked! You couldn't possibly think that you could have controlled me" Ardru looked considering for a moment but his thoughts were broken off by the harsh laugh that broke the silent room "it's so sad that you thought you could" again Shiienpo laughed before he quickly subsided and stood up. Moving quicker then the eye could see Shiienpo had opened the door, pulled something inside and closed it again.

"look at what we've got here, a little snoop" Shiienpo chucked what he was holding over to where Ardru was sitting.

Yulka looked up from her position on the floor to see the most handsome man she had ever seen staring at her with a disgusted look.

"no doubt she's your whore" he sneered, kicking at her "a cockroach really, oh well, she'll be exterminated later, now on to my plan. I want that boy, but he seems attached to the girl he was with and when he…. Bound his magic to her he became weaker. What I want to do is to make him stronger again so… this is what I want you to do…."

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Tomoyo groaned as her and Mei Lin sat with the others, they hadn't gotten any more answers and it was still bugging the hell out of them. If they didn't find Sakura and Xiaolang soon they were going to go and search for them.

"Why cant you persuade your mother to tell us something?" Touya asked Fan Ren. Fan Ren glared at him and huffed

"well, you go and talk to her, Sakura is your sister. Mother is just being difficult and every time I ask her she gets all embarrassed."

"He had better not do anything to her or ill kill the gaki" Mei Lin and Tomoyo rolled their eyes at what Touya had said. If Xiaolang had done something to Sakura there was no way in which he could stop the Chinese boy. He had seen what Xiaolang had done to that boy who had tried to kill her and what had happened when he had tired to get close to Sakura after the incident. Both chalked it down to brotherly possessiveness.

"You know, it would be much quicker to go and-"

"what are you talking about?" all seated turned in the direction of the voice and found Sakura and Xiaolang standing there before them all, both were smiling at their friends. Tomoyo and Mei Lin squealed and were about to rush at Sakura when they remembered that Xiaolang had almost attacked Touya when he tried to get close to Sakura so both opted to smile uncertainly at the couple.

Sakura's smile faltered as she watched her friends who were nervously watching the both of them. She turned to Xiaolang who held her tighter and shrugged.

"were ok now, really, we wont hurt you" Sakura said in a small voice, her eyes down cast. Tomoyo and Mei Lin sighed and walked cautiously over to the both of them and seeing that neither of them went into defensive mode they threw themselves at Sakura and Xiaolang ending up with a massive group hug that most of the school joined in once they found out that Sakura and Xiaolang were back to normal. Xiaolang glared at the people hugging him tightly but endured it since it seemed to make Sakura feel better.

"So where were you?" Mei Lin asked, her hands on her hips as she waited for Touya to get out the way so she could hug Sakura and her cousin again.

"err… in a cell?" she answered unsure of where this was going.

"Nani?" Touya yelled, anger written on his face. Fan Ren grinned and walked around Sakura

"you look different" she stated, Mei Lin and Tomoyo cast critical eyes over Sakura and their eyes widened.

"actually, now that I think about it, you do look different Sakura, more…. Oh I don't know…. What's the word?" Mei Lin asked looking at Tomoyo.

"grown up?" she suggested, Mei Lin and Fan Ren shook their heads

"no that's not the word" Fan Ren stated, still circling Sakura, eyes running up and down her body. Sakura blushed and Xiaolang glared, he knew exactly what his sister was talking about.

"oooh ooh, I know, mature" someone from the massive crowd of students suggested. It was another girl, it seemed that they all noticed something different about Sakura.

"was he good?" someone else yelled, a male this time, he seemed to have caught on with what the girls were all talking about. There was a hushed silence as everyone watched as Sakura's cheeks got more red and Xiaolang's eyes narrowed in the direction of where the voice had come from.

Touya looked from Sakura to Xiaolang then back to Sakura and then to Tomoyo, Mei Lin and Fan Ren who were all grinning from ear to ear, seemingly pleased with what had happened between Sakura and Xiaolang. He on the other hand did not like the idea at all. His sister and the Chinese Gaki together out of wed lock? Not in his life time. He was about to say something when Yue crashed through the wall and skidded to as halt just before Sakura and Xiaolang, everyone looked from Yue to the wall and back again utterly confused.

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Ardru walked through the wall calmly, his eyes glazed over slightly but they held a demonic glint in them as he walked over to the now semi conscious Yue. He was aware that he wasn't in complete control of his body or his mind, but he still held some semblance of power as he stood over one of the teachers at the school.

"you know Yue, you could have been a wonderful addition to-"

"shut up you fool, you have no idea what is going on, he has corru-"

"No YOU SHUT UP! I've had to listen to your crap for about as long as I can remember and I've had enough of it, die you stuck up white haired FREAK!" Ardru formed a black sphere of power and was about to unleash it on Yue when Sakura stepped between the magic and deflected it with a shielding spell.

Ardru looked up and smirked, the feeling of pleasure over took his senses and he heard Shiienpo's thoughts through his mind `perfect, just as I expected, kill her, but not the boy.' The connection was cut off and out of the wall came Yulka, she smiled and had the same slightly glazed look as Ardru. Her order was the restrain Xiaolang from going to the cherry blossom's rescue.

Shiienpo grinned and placed a force field around the other students so that they wouldn't interfere, but he had to be careful to make sure that the boy didn't realise that he had any part in the demise of his mates life. Otherwise his plan would have been for naught and then he would have to kill the destructive power that could be a wonderful help in his plans.

Sakura eyed Ardru for a moment, gauging her opponent, although she didn't really know Yue she knew that teachers shouldn't fight against each other for no real reason. Looking down momentarily she saw Yue close his eyes and fall completely into oblivion.

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Xiaolang was about to step in and help Sakura when Yulka stepped in his way. She sauntered over to him, a seductive smile played on her lips.

"why Xiaolang, its been a long time since I've seen you, you look so good." Xiaolang glared at her, not even taking any notice of her, she wasn't a concern of his, she wasn't even worth his time, he didn't have to like everyone. "Awe, don't be that way, we can be friends, I want to be your friend Xiaolang"

"its Li to you, only people I give permission to may call me by my first name, and we'll talk later, right now I have to-"

"oh no you don't, you see, I cant allow you to. I have to keep you out of the way" and with that Yulka launched herself at Xiaolang taking him by surprise and forcing him to the ground where she pinned him, placing the magical bonds that Shiienpo had given to her to restrain Xiaolang. He glared at her and desperately tired to get away from the bonds, his head quickly turning in Sakura's direction. Something was happening and it wasn't going to be good.

~*~

Yelan and the Elders had been talking when they felt the presence of something that wasn't supposed to even be alive.

"is that?"

"yes"

"but I thought…"

"it cant be"

"but it is"

"….Shiienpo"

All looked at each other, shock registered on their faces before all rushed from the room, hoping to make it in time to help keep the students safe from the unspeakable evil that had entered the school, they could not allow the evil to leave the building, they had to destroy it once and for all, otherwise there would be nothing left of civilisation if it was allowed to have full reign.

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Sakura got into a fighting stance, she could feel the force field covering the others and not allowing them to help, she could feel the Elders and Xiaolang's mother approaching, but they would be on the wrong side of the force field to help her and with a quick look she found that Xiaolang had been restrained. She was a little confused right now, why would they do this? She wasn't a threat was she? Titling her head to the side she waited for Ardru to attack.

"you are a weakness" he hissed at her, his voice sounding oddly different.

"I'm not a weakness" she protested, her eyes glaring at the boy before her

"oh but you are, you… a girl…. A weak…. Little…. Girl with powers that you cant control….. how do you even this you have a chance to beat me?" Ardru asked, his voice still strange. Sakura scowled

"I am not weak, and I do have a chance, you're the one that doesn't" she stated, confidence seeping through her voice. Ardru smirked and got into a fighting stance.

"well, I'll just have to show you just how weak you are" he stated and rushed at her, his movement fast and quicker then Sakura could block, she was thrown backwards hard, stumbling a few paces before she righted herself and dodged Ardru's uppercut that was aimed for her face. Weaving in and out of Ardru's quick and unrelenting attacks she watched him, trying to find a weakness in his form. There, just as she was about to jab at her he left his left side unguarded, using this to her advantage she swooped in and landed a good solid punch, sending him back a pace before he started again. Sakura however was coming up shirt of breath, she hadn't fully recovered and after her session with Xiaolang, she wasn't up to her normal level.

Slowing down dramatically, Sakura sloppily blacked only some of Ardru's attacks, his fists becoming more of a blur, his kicks forcing her to stumble more, Sakura's head became more light headed and she faulted more. She heard the faint call of her name from Xiaolang but it didn't register in her oxygen starved brain. Sakura watched Ardru out of the corner of her eye as he advanced slowly on her, his eyes glinting in amusement.

"tired out already, how does it feel? To have such powerful magic but be too tired to use it, and here I am, killing you like a normal human, one without magic, does it make you feel weak?" Ardru continued to advance on her, the only sound that registered in Sakura's mind was her own heart beat and her heavy, laboured breathing. Non of this made any sense to her at all.

Ardru quickly placed his hands around Sakura's delicate neck, holding her up above the ground as she clutched at his hand, clawing at it, trying to breath. Ardru's grip tightened as he watched Sakura thrash about in the air, kicking her feet, trying to breath again. Her eyes were frantic, her mouth was open in a silent scream for help. Sakura's eyes locked onto flashing amber ones, tears streaming down her cheeks as she reached out a hand towards him. Xiaolang pulled at his restraints, his eyes tearing up as he watched her, his mouth was open, yelling at her, screaming in rage as he fought against the magic that held him to the ground, Sakura however didn't hear what he was saying, she chocked as Ardru applied more pressure, Sakura's eyes widened more and she thrashed around more, her hands and Ardru's were bloodied as she tried to get him to release his grip, her eyes went back to Xiaolang, her brain fogging over with the lack of oxygen and she mouthed the one thing that came to her starved mind

<I love you> then her world went black, a swirling darkness that engulfed her. Ardru watched as Sakura slowly and pitifully died under his hands, he shook her body for good measure before discarding her body on the ground, close to Xiaolang.

Xiaolang's heart clenched in agony, his body arching off the ground, his body was on fire, and it felt as if his entire soul was being torn from his body as he watched her die, slowly and painfully, and there was nothing he could do, he wasn't strong enough to save her, and it hurt so much. He could feel their new bond being ripped apart, feel her trying to hold on, but she was slipping, could feel her agony, the way she was short of breath, the way in which she reached for him but couldn't grasp a hold. He couldn't save her and that was something more terrible then anything else, he was supposed to protect her and now, he could feel her leaving him, and his whole body screamed in pure undulated torture as she was ripped from him. He roared out in pain again and tears leaked from his eyes, it was hard to breath, and he felt so cold, a void was inside of him and noting could fill it. His soul mate was gone, killed right before his eyes and he did nothing, noting to stop it from happening, but maybe, just maybe there was hope that he could bring her back. With an almighty pull he broke the bonds that held him and he turned to face Ardru and Yulka who now stood side by side.

"I will never forgive you for what you've done, I just hope you suffer as much as she did" Xiaolang whispered, wiping the tears from his face he glared coldly at the duo before releasing the soul eating magic at the two of them and took delight in the way in which they withered in pain on the ground as the pure, raw magic ate them from the inside out. Xiaolang watched them, never taking his eyes from them, there couldn't never be justice for Sakura's death, nothing could bring her back, but they would know his pain, everyone would know his pain.

~*~

Everyone behind the fore field couldn't believe what had happened, they didn't want to believe it. As soon as Ardru and Yulka were gone then force field vanished and they all slowly stepped towards Sakura's body, Xiaolang was already kneeling beside her, trying desperately to revive her, giving her mouth to mouth, tears splashed over her open eyes as Xiaolang tried and tried to bring her back, chanting over and over again

"you'll be alright, just wake up Sakura, just wake up" Tomoyo fell to the ground, sobs wracking her body as Xiaolang shook Sakura again and again before going back to giving her mouth to mouth. Mei Lin touched Xiaolang's shoulder lightly and he flinched away, not even looking at her.

"Xiaolang…. Xiaolang, you cant bring her back…." Mei Lin's voice caught in her throat but she continued on, she couldn't let him continue to hop that he could bring her back "her neck is crushed Xiaolang, she cant come back" Xiaolang turned on her then, the pain, the anguish was written on his face as clear as day, he glared at her and his eyes flashed red.

"your wrong Mei Lin, she'll wake up any minute and say something to make us smile, I just know it"

"Xiaolang, stop it, cant you see she's dead?" Mei Lin screamed. There was utter silence as Xiaolang looked at her and then back to Sakura, no one moved or said anything as Xiaolang buried his face into Sakura's neck, his sobs breaking everyone hearts.

"please Sakura, come back…. Come back" his voice was so broken, so defeated.

~*~

Shiienpo grinned and came out from behind the wall to make himself known, he had easily contained the adults who knew about his presence and who he was.

"you know, you can get revenge on this" he spoke quietly, everyone turned around to where Shiienpo stood. Xiaolang however didn't look up. "she can be avenged, let the world feel your pain, let them know what pain feels like" Xiaolang lifted his head up then "let them know what its like to be ripped apart from the inside" Xiaolang considered his words, his soulless body walked over to the man, leaving the body of his love behind, `yes, they should all know what I feel' and without looking behind him Xiaolang followed the mysterious man out of the room, his mind not all there, his soul already dead and his body just a tool for magic. Both men were walking away from the school when Xiaolang turned back to the school, his eyes lifeless

"I will never love again" he whispered before turning back around and following Shiienpo.

Sa-ku-ra Sa-ku-ra Ya-yo-I-no So-ra-wa Mi-wa-ta-su Ka-gi-ri Ka-su-mi Ka Ku-mo-ka Ni-o-I-zo I-zu-ru Sa-ku-ra

Sakura, Sakura Blossom blowing here and there; Cherry flowers pink and white, Sending forth into the air all their spring time fragrance fair; Sakura

Sa-ku-ra Mi-ni Yu-ka-n

Sakura Blossom bright, pink and white

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The End

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AN/ AHHHHHHHH what the???? Ok ok, hahahaha if you want a sequel then demand it. I already have the title and if I get a lot of people wanting it. Also I know its not as long as I thought it was going to be but its what… one in the morning, I was just so excited about finishing it that I stayed up :D so it might not make all that much sense since well… im half asleep *sweat drops* but not to worry, mwhahahahaha

A little preview if you want the sequel

Xiaolang- little wolf

Nothing made sense at all, everything was just filled with pain and the only way to release it was to make others hurt just as much as he did, but it always came back, like a plague, it followed him every where and those haunting green eyes never left him.

Shiienpo sat before him, talking about something or another but Xiaolang took no notice of it, he didn't care, he just wanted to get rid of the pain, that was the only reason why he followed this man, he had no idea who it was nor did he care. The man seemed to understand him, understand his need to get rid of the pain and so showed him different ways in which to kill people, some ways were more effective of releasing the pain from himself then others, but he knew it was only short lived. The cold ache was always there, just a few steps behind, but it always caught up and every time it did, it ate away at his mind every time it did.

Xiaolang Li, was becoming insane….