Best Years of Our Lives

The garden was empty when they landed, and the ground shimmered with heat under the late afternoon desert sun. Kurogane flagged down a servant to ask where the princess or her husband could be found and were directed to the courtyard at the front of the castle, the city sprawling out below in all its glory. There they found the kids, Syaoran explaining to a small boy how to properly hold and throw the ball that was gripped in his tiny fist, and Sakura seated on the ground nearby, pink skirts flaring around her like petals.