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Night of the Living Dead Part V
Sakura flew through the night sky and sighed. This was it, it had finally come to the last showdown. Was she really ready for this?
"You can do it Sakura, just keep cool and relax!" A small voice said from inside of her shirt pocket. She looked down and gave Kero a small smile, "I hope so."
Sakura landed on a rooftop of a nearby building and closed her eyes. Concentrating, she opened her mind once again to her master...
Jared had been grumbling, "Why, why can't I get her to join me?" He picked up a bottle of blood and slammed it into the wall. All of his minions quickly scurried away to get out of their masters wrath. Fujitaka, Touya, and Yukito all headed over to the side. They had seen Jared like this before and knew not to get in the way.
Suddenly, he felt a familiar tug on his mind, then heard a soft, feminine voice in his head.
'I want to talk with you' Sakura requested.
Jared grinned, narrowing his eyes. 'So, my dear, have you finally decided to join me and to come accept your true family?'
Sakura bit her lip, 'Yes I have.'
'Good, good.' Came the reply. Jared closed his eyes. Using his power, he pinpointed exactly where Sakura was. 'There is a building two blocks from where you are, it's an old two story wooden house, go to it. When you get there, you will see a window open on the top floor. I will meet you there'
'Okay, I will be there within the next five minutes' Sakura answered. "I have a bad feeling about this." Sakura looked down at Kero. "Be strong." Kero encouraged before ducking back into her shirt pocket. Steadying herself, Sakura took off from the rooftop, heading towards the house.
Reaching the house, Sakura spotted the window and flew in. "Welcome home!" Jared walked over to her and took her hand. "So what made you decide to come and rejoin us?"
"Um..I just got tired of hanging around with all of those losers and thought I would be of more use here." 'Dumb answer Sakura, dumb answer' she told herself. Jared looked at her and narrowed his eyes, "I see." Suddenly Sakura felt her mind being prodded. Praying that all of Serra's training this week had payed off, Sakura held her breath.
"Well, your mind is clear so I see no double-crossing." Jared smiled at her as Sakura let out a breath, "But I would like you to prove yourself."
"P..prove myself?" Sakura stammered.
"Yes, now come. Still holding her hand, Jared led her down stairs. There stood Fujitaka, Touya, and Yukito. He called Touya forward and looked at Sakura calmly, "I want you to kill him."
"WHAT?" Sakura exclaimed. "I can't...there's um, nothing to kill him with, yeah, that's it."
Jared walked over to the table by his chair and picked up a stake, "Oh, I've taken care of that." He came up to Sakura and put the stake in her hand, "He won't fight you. All you have to do is go over and do the job, then you're in."
Sakura gulped and looked from her brother to the stake. She knew that this was a bad idea from the start and there was no way that she was going to stake him, "I..I can't do it! I won't do it." She turned towards Jared, her eyes flashing.
Jared took a step forward, "I figured so!" He growled. Before Sakura knew what was happening, the stake was knocked out of her hand and she was sent smashing into the wall. Kero flew out from her shirt, trying to make sure his mistress was alright. Sakura sat up and shook her head, trying to recollect herself as Jared came stalking towards her once again.
"LEAVE HER ALONE!"
Sakura looked up, sensing something very familiar as Jared turned swiftly around, "Who dares?"
"I dare!" Syaoran stepped forward, followed by Serra, Tomoyo, and all of the rest of the vampire gang that Sakura lived with.
"Go check on Sakura." Serra told Syaoran as she stepped forward. She didn't want him fighting Jared unless he absolutely had to. "I'll handle Jared."
Syaoran frowned but did as he was told. He knew the reason why Serra didn't want him to fight, Jared having many more years of experience.
"Hey." He said bending down to help Sakura, "You alright?"
"Hai" Sakura said, rubbing her head, "I thought you were supposed to stay home." She chided, "How'd you find me anyways?"
"Let's just say, you weren't the only one going through the mental training. Syaoran grinned and gave her a wink. She chuckled softly as Syaoran stood, grabbed her hand and helped her up. Their attention was then drawn to the battle before them.
Serra and Jared each had their fangs out and bared. Jared would go in and Serra would easily block, but both were taking heavy damage. Serra's shirt was ripped, a bloody gash along her side, while Jared was holding one arm, it bent in an unnatural position. Sakura and Syaoran spotted some of Jared's minions starting to advance towards Serra. They flew into battle.
Even Tomoyo was getting into it. Seeing one of the vampires getting too close to Serra, she did the only thing she could think of, she hit him over the head with her camera. The vampire turned, gave her a dazed look, and went crashing to the floor.
The only ones not fighting were Fujitaka, Yukito, and Touya. They just stood there unsure of what to do. They almost looked like they were trying to break free of Jared.
Suddenly, they all heard a sound that made their blood run cold. Serra let out a cry and fell to the floor, defeated.
"No!" Sakura cried out. She ran over to Serra's fallen form and glared up at Jared, pure hatred in her now blood red eyes. Everyone in the room stopped as Sakura hissed out, "This end's now, you're going down!!"
Sakura attacked with everything that she had as Jared barely blocked her moves. Everything that she had learned as a vampire and before was thrown into the battle. She sent blow after blow into him, but nothing seemed to work. She was starting to get tired. Serra started to regain consciousness. Syaoran and Tomoyo ran over, helping her up as they all watched their beloved Sakura. Syaoran wanted to help, but was stopped by Serra. "S...she has to do this on her own." She whispered.
Then something totally unexpected happened. Sakura sent out a few punches knocking Jared back when suddenly a surprised look appeared on his face, than a grimace of pain. Looking down, Sakura noticed a sharp point sticking out of his chest.
"What the......Kero-chan?!?!?" Sakura looked up to see the small bear flying towards her, a grin plastered on his face. Kero had managed to get ahold of the stake that Jared had wanted Sakura to use on Touya. When the right moment came....
They watched as Jared went down. There was only thing left to do. Without a word, Syaoran drew his sword and walked over to Sakura. Handing it to her, he simply nodded towards Jared.
Sakura took the sword from Syaoran. Lifting it over her head, she sent it crashing down, ending Jared's reign forever. She then fell to her knees, her energy totally spent. Syaoran bent down and wrapped his arms around Sakura as Tomoyo and Serra began to walk over.
All of Jared's minions began to 'wake up' Fujitaka, Touya, and Yukito included. They all looked around in a daze, trying to figure out just what had happened and where exactly they were.
"You did it, kid!" Kero called happily as he flew over to Sakura's shoulder. Sakura smiled warmly at him and then at her family, "We all did it." Then something slowly dawned on her. "We...we didn't change back." Tears filled Sakura's eyes, "Why? Why didn't we change back?"
Serra looked at her 'daughter', "He wasn't the one." Sakura looked up at Serra and frowned, "What do you mean?"
"There's another vampire out there somewhere." Serra explained, "The cause of all of this."
"Who?" Sakura whispered. Serra shook her head as Syaoran pulled Sakura tighter against him, "I don't know Sakura, I don't know."
EPILOGUE
A week later
Sakura and Syaoran stood on the rooftop of their new home. Deciding it would be for the best, they had found a bigger building and had all decided to move in with Serra, besides, Fujitaka, Touya and Yukito were getting used to the vampire life. Serra and Fujitaka were also getting along quite well with each other.
Sakura looked out at the city, Syaoran coming up behind her and wrapping his arms around her waist. She leaned back into his embrace.
"Penny for your thoughts?" Syaoran whispered to her. She looked up at him and smiled, "Hmm...still just trying to figure who this other vampire could be." Syaoran turned her towards him and shook his head, "We'll find him or her Sakura, just don't worry about it now." She nodded and reached up, giving Syaoran a kiss, "Ashiteru Syaoran-kun." She whispered. "Ashiteru Sakura-chan." Syaoran smiled and wrapped her in his arms once again.
Suddenly they both heard footsteps and looked up. Tomoyo and Kero walked over to them. "Nice view, ne?" Tomoyo asked.
"Hai" Both Syaoran and Sakura answered at the same time, grinning at one another.
They all looked out towards the city. "Look you guys, no matter what happens, best friends forever?" Tomoyo looked from Sakura to Syaoran to Kero. "And family" Sakura added. They all just smiled and nodded, "Best friends and family forever!" They all agreed. Tomoyo reached over and hugged both vampires, Kero joining in soon after.
Sakura was glad she had a friend like Tomoyo. She had stood strong, even being the only human left out of all of them. Sakura admired her for that. As for Sakura herself, she had finally come to grips with what she was and had finally accepted it, she was a vampire and she would accept what came with it as long she had her family by her side.
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