Li-ChAnime: FullMetal Anime

Konnichiwa, Minna-San! Here�s the last chapter of Mastery! At least, I think it�ll be the last one. Anyway, I�d like to dedicate this chapter to one of my best friends, Anna D. And if she�s reading this, I�ll read your fanfics when I get the time, I keep forgetting! Gomen about her fic that I have not read, and arigato for her review of Unknown Love! Well, that�s about all, except for this:
I don�t own CCS. The only thing I own is merchandise.

Mastery: Chapter 7.

�This is going to be one rough half hour.� Sakura sighed, preparing to make the hardest transformation of her life.
She tried to change the Light Card. Nothing happened. �What the�? It won�t transform!�
�I told you, Sakura. You must change them together.� Came the strange voice.
�Who are you?� Sakura demanded.
�My identity is not important. What is important is your changing the Light and Dark Cards. That is, unless you don�t want to save him.�
Sakura�s head turned itself to face Syaoran. The metal in his face was not moving, and he showed no signs of life, artificial or not. Sakura smiled happily as Syaoran�s mouth opened, but her face fell when the robotic voice sounded the time remaining on the command abortion countdown. �Time remaining: 1500 seconds.�
�That means that five of your precious thirty minutes is already gone, Sakura. You�d better get started.�
�I can�t do it alone! I�m not strong enough!� Sakura yelled in frustration after her fifth attempt to transform the Cards.
�Then perhaps we could help you, Sakura.� Yue stated. We could go into the wand and give our powers to it.�
�Let�s hope it�s enough, though.� Cerberus said. �Because if Sakura is unable to change the Cards then, we will be trapped inside the wand forever.�
�Iie!� Sakura shouted. �I can�t lose you two! You�re my friends! I won�t let that happen!�
�Then you must change the Cards.� Came the deep voice again. �You have 23 minutes.�
�Trust us, Sakura. We�ll be alright. We have faith in you.� Cerberus said.
�Okay.� Sakura said. The Clow Guardians began to glow, and then they disappeared. Sakura�s wand changed from the star-in-a-circle design into one that did not have the circle, but still had the wings.
Sakura tried again. She was able to transform about half of each Card, but with her powers, along with those of Cerberus and Yue, she was still not able to change the Cards completely.
Nervously, Sakura glanced around the room, trying to see anything that could help her more. All she saw was Syaoran�s lifeless body. She remembered what he had said to her just as all this had started. �I-I love you.�
�Syaoran, I love you, too. Even though you may never know it.� Tears rolled down Sakura�s cheeks. �I love you so much. Machine or not, I love you.�
Syaoran�s eyes flew open. They were blank and expressionless, but they were open. He got up; the wound from his back began to ooze something. Sakura figured it to be oil, since he was mostly machine. He walked over to her and put his arms around her shoulders, taking a hold on the wand. He did not speak, but Sakura could tell what he was doing. He was giving his powers to the wand as well.
�Syaoran.� Sakura smiled, concentrating on the Cards again. As soon as Syaoran�s power was spent, he fell to the floor again. Sakura was relieved, since he was pretty heavy. The robotic voice came from Syaoran�s mouth again. �Time remaining: 600 seconds.�
�Ten minutes.� Sakura whispered, doing the math in her head. �I have ten minutes to save Syaoran. And I won�t let him die!� A wave of fury swept over Sakura. �Syaoran is going to live! I love him too much to let him die!� The Cards began to change again. The line that separated the Clow Card and the Sakura Card parts moved, as more of the Cards came under Sakura�s powers. �SYAORAN!� With one final burst of energy, the Light and Dark Cards became Sakura Cards.
�Very good, Sakura.� Eriol stepped in through the window. �It�s finally over. And now, my creation will not die.�
�You? You�re the one that was making all of this happen to Sakura?� Cerberus, who had just emerged from the wand, demanded.
�That is correct. For you see, I am the reincarnation of Clow Reed.�
�Clow Reed? Why didn�t you tell us you were going to return, Master?� Yue asked.
�Because I wanted you to choose the next master of the Clow Cards. I got tired of being the most powerful sorcerer in the world. That is why Sakura was chosen. She is strong enough to overcome my own magic, meaning that, with just a little more practice, she came become more powerful than I ever was.�
Eriol went o to explain everything, including that Sakura�s father was the other half of Clow Reed�s reincarnation.
�What about Syaoran? Shouldn�t he have woken up by now?�
�Oh, I almost forgot about Syaoran. He will wake up in a day or two. He is bleeding badly, so you might want to get him to a hospital.�
�Bleeding? But he�s an android!� Cerberus stated.
�Not anymore. I knew he would fall in love with you, so I made sure he would become human when you finished changing Light and Dark, as well as after the two of you confessed your love for each other.�
Sakura looked at Syaoran. It had been nearly half an hour since she had finished transforming the Cards, and she had looked at him frequently. None of those times, until now, did she realize that his face had come back, as cute as ever. His chest moved up and down steadily. He was asleep.
�I must leave you now, Sakura. Farewell.� Eriol turned to leave. Ruby Moon and Spinel Sun, who had joined him, followed.
�Goodbye, Eriol.� Sakura said. �I�ll miss you.�
�As I will you.� Eriol disappeared from sight, and Sakura went to Syaoran. �I�ll call Tomoyo. She can get us a ride to the hospital.�
Two days later, Syaoran woke up. He was lying in the hospital. Sakura�s emerald eyes lit up when she saw him. �Syaoran! You�re awake!�
�Sakura. You did it?�
�Yes.� She held up the Light and Dark Cards. �All thanks to you. It was my love for you that helped me finish the transformation.�
Syaoran smiled. �Good. I�m proud of you.� He took hold of her hand. �I just don�t know how you can love an android.�
�You�re not an android. Eriol fixed you before he left.�
�He�s gone?�
�Yes. He left right after I finished transforming the Cards.�
Syaoran smiled again, and squeezed Sakura�s hand. �I love you, Kinomoto Sakura.�
�Good. Because I love you too, Li Syaoran.�
The next day, Syaoran�s family came from Hong Kong. They were so relieved to see Syaoran alive. His mother had been a wreck ever since Syaoran had been shot at the age of 8. Syaoran confessed that he remembered the incident well, and he also remembered dying in a hospital bed much like the one he was in now.
Syaoran�s family understood that he wanted to stay in Japan with Sakura. Thus, his mother and sisters paced their things and moved with him. Sakura and Syaoran grew up together, and graduated high school 7 years later.
�We�re so proud of you two!� Yelan, Syaoran�s mother, stated. She gave both Sakura and Syaoran hugs. They smiled, standing in their sky blue robes with the rest of their class. Tomoyo rushed up, her diploma clutched in her hand.
�We did it! We finally graduated!�
�And I thought capturing the Clow Cards was hard!� Sakura giggled. Syaoran put his arm on Sakura�s shoulders and kissed her cheek. �It was easy compared to finishing high school!�
�Ether way, the time we�ve had together has been fun.� Syaoran stated. �I was lucky that I could graduate with you guys. Because, technically, I�m three years younger than you two.�
�And all thanks to-� Tomoyo started to say, but she was interrupted.
�Me.� The trio whipped around to see a boy with dark hair and blue eyes smiling at them. He looked older than the last time they had seen him, but his identity was unmistakable.
�ERIOL?� Sakura, Syaoran, and Tomoyo all shouted. �What are you doing here?� Syaoran added.
�I came to see my friends graduate.� Eriol stated.
�Okay, but why are you still our age?� Syaoran asked. �I thought you were just staying our age until it came time for Sakura to change the Cards.�
�That was the plan, but then I decided to stay like this. I rather like being much older than I appear.�
�You always were a crackpot.� Syaoran shook his head. As always, his brown bangs fell over his auburn eyes. Sakura lovingly brushed them away. Syaoran smiled, pulled the girl into an embrace, and kissed her passionately.
�Syaoran!� Sakura said, pulling away. �We�re in public!�
�I know. That was tame compared to what we do in private.� He felt that the slap he received for this was uncalled for. �You�re mean!� He turned away, pretending to sulk.
�You�re a lousy actor, Syaoran. All those drama classes wasted.� Sakura teased.
�I took a semester of drama in sophomore year.�
�So? That�s still a semester�s worth of classes.�
�Sakura, remember when the class did �Romeo And Juliet�? I was good in that.�
�You played Juliet�s father. He�s a drunk, cheating moron. You hardly had to act.� Sakura sneered. Syaoran was tempted to return the slap he had gotten, but thought otherwise.
�Yeah, well who were you?�
�I was Juliet�s nurse. I wasn�t as good as Tomoyo, though.� Sakura said honestly.
�Who were you, Tomoyo?� Eriol asked.
�I was Juliet.� Tomoyo confessed.
�That�s odd. Wasn�t Sakura Juliet when you were in 6th grade?� Eriol asked. �And Syaoran was Romeo?�
�I was Yamazaki�s replacement after he hurt his arm. Once again, it was technically your doing.� Syaoran retorted.
�How so?� Eriol asked.
�Well, if you hadn�t have sealed Void under your house, she wouldn�t have gotten loose, which would mean she wouldn�t have attacked the school, which would mean Sakura wouldn�t have had to use the Sleep Card to make everyone fall asleep and thus Yamazaki wouldn�t have fallen on his shoulder and hurt it.�
�Touch�.� Eriol bowed, evidently proud of himself.
�Syaoran, you are the king of run-on sentences.� Tomoyo sighed. �But, you still make sense.� Now it was Syaoran�s turn to bow.
�Anyway, getting back to what we were talking about, our time together has been a lot of fun.� Sakura stated.
�And with all of us heading off to University of Tokyo next year, let�s hope the good times keep coming.� Syaoran smiled.
�Yeah!� Sakura smiled too. �I hope college is just as much fun as high school!�
�I thought you said high school was too hard.� Syaoran gave his girlfriend a strange look.
�I did, but I still liked it.�
�You mean you liked being with Syaoran all day.� Tomoyo teased.
�That too.� Sakura blushed.
�Tomoyo! Come on! We�ve got to go!� Sonomi called toward her daughter.
�See you guys tonight.� Tomoyo said, turning away from her friends. �At the party.�
�Yep. See you then.� Sakura smiled as Tomoyo walked away. Sakura�s father was throwing a graduation party for Sakura and her friends. �You can come too, Eriol. The party is at my house. It starts at 6:30.�
�I�ll be there.� Eriol nodded. �I�d better go. I�ll see you both tonight.�
�Bye!� Sakura said cheerfully.
�Bye.� Syaoran stated with nowhere near the amount of enthusiasm his girlfriend showed. �Hey, Sakura? I need to talk to you for a minute.�
�We are talking.�
�No. I mean somewhere more private.� He took her arm and led her away. That went to the dugout of the baseball field behind the school. Syaoran looked into Sakura�s eyes, then brushed the bottom of his robe away. He wore jeans underneath, and Sakura noticed a large bulge in Syaoran�s pocket. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a small pink box. He then knelt onto one knee.
�Kinomoto Sakura, I love you more than anything in the world. Will you marry me?� Syaoran continued to look into Sakura�s eyes. A look of both shock and joy spread through them.
�Oh, Syaoran! Yes! Of course I�ll marry you!� Syaoran opened the tiny box and took out a beautiful ring. A large diamond was mounted on the center of the ring, and tiny rubies and emeralds surrounded it.
�This is an engagement ring?� Sakura asked excitedly. Syaoran nodded. �Wow! I can�t wait to see my wedding ring!� She bent down and kissed him. He slipped the ring onto her finger. And, after all they had been through together, they knew now that this was just the beginning.

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WAI!!! I love it! This was a really sweet chapter. I absolutely loved writing this fanfic, and I hope that I can make others as good as this one. I think this ending turned out really well, considering I wrote it at 1:00 am. Oh, well. Please read/review, and I�ll see you all next fic! Ja ne!