Valentine's Day passed just like that.
Of course, Fang Zheng ultimately received the chocolates Illya and Nanoha had made for him, finally earning himself a perfect chocolate achievement.
After that, the days continued to pass one by one, and Sakura continued working hard to collect the Clow Cards.
Unlike the original story, Sakura's increased strength meant that she found and successfully sealed many Clow Cards before they could even be activated. Syaoran, spurred on by the appearance of a rival, also renewed his efforts. Unfortunately, unlike Sakura, he did not have a whole group helping him from behind, so he had only collected a small number of Clow Cards.
What left Fang Zheng both amused and helpless was that the plot had changed quite a bit because of this.
In the original story, Syaoran had saved Sakura several times, and feelings gradually blossomed between them. But now, Sakura had saved Syaoran several times instead, and... well, all right, that did not exactly reverse things. In any case, Syaoran still seemed to have fallen for Sakura.
It was just that he clearly felt he was not worthy of Sakura yet, so he had no intention of confessing.
Sakura, meanwhile, remained as oblivious as she had been in the original story. Her relationship with Syaoran hovered somewhere between rivals and friends, rather than being as close as it had been originally. As for Tomoyo, she was the same as ever—so long as she could secretly film Sakura from behind, she was perfectly content.
Finally, after another month had passed, on the evening of the first day of summer vacation, Sakura successfully sealed the last Clow Card.
And at that very moment, she witnessed Yukito, her brother's friend, transform into the second Guardian of the Clow Cards—"Yue."
"How could this be... Yukito was