ACT VI. They Meet

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Syaoran couldn't believe that Seishiro was standing right there. "Se-seishiro-san?"

"No time to chat Syaoran," Seishiro hummed, sending a few more of the pests to their doom.

"This time is as good as any," Syaoran commented, "Water!" he called forth the element and bursts of water appeared from the tip of his sword, drowning its fiery victims.

"Alright," Seishiro sighed killing of an entire group to the left, "You're wondering why I'm here? Well its the same as any world I travel to, searching for vampires." He explained as firefly buzzed in the teenager's ear. Syaoran terminated it between his forfinger and thumb.

"I'll be kind and hold the pests back as you attack their master alright?" Seishiro suggested.

Syaoran swiftly charged forward avoiding as much of the fireflies as possible, knowing Seishiro would back him. He ran as fast as he could with his goal in sight. The shadowed figure jumped from the branch he was perched upon to face his assailant.

Syaoran nearly tumbled when he was finally able to identify the man. "You!" He cried aloud as he jumped for an attack.

"Me!" The villain mocked him ever so dodging the sword with ease.

"Why are you doing this?"

"Because it's fun, simple as that!" He said with a cackle. A pillar of fire dropped down on the young hero and he managed to just dodge the flames, though it burned a hole through his sleeve. The enemy continued to laugh "Little wolf, play with me some more."

"Watch out!" Sakura warned Kurogane as a swarm tried to attack him from the behind. He stepped forward before slicing them all with Ginryu.

"I can handle myself, princess, you two are the ones that need to watch your backs," he told her swatting away some of the pests chasing the CardCaptor.

"Are you sure you're okay?" she turned to the boy running alongside her.

"Yes, I'm fine," Li grunted, "Let's just hurry before..." Li stopped in his tracks making Sakura stop as well.

What faced them were pillars of fire erupting all around the building.

"Water" the couple yelled in unison, their combined magic created a waterfall showering over the fire trying to dissipitate it. The fire slowly died down but another layer of fire flies blazed behind.

"This is endless," Sakura sighed. She used both her water and wind cards to douse the fire. They continued their battle with the fire pixies destroying hundreds only to be bombarded by hundreds more.

"Hurry up princess, we've got to find the others and tell them what Fuma told us," said the ever impatient samurai. One of the pillars of fire finally collapsed allowing them to escape and make their way forward.

Kurogane advanced further ahead of the two teens trying to catch the source of this menace. They turned the corner cutting through the fog of fireflies. Kurogane spotted something from the edge of his eye. "There!" He says, jumping to attack. Li followed where Kurogane's eyes pointed towards. Three figures engaged in battle around a tree top. Though those sprites floated everywhere however, the tree still stood strong. He jumped and moved faster towards the battlefield, flying over Tomoyo, Kero, and Fai and over the fence.

"STOP!" he shouted. The three warriors continued to battle, unable to hear Li's pleas. He jumped to reach them holding his sword out he called out "Wind" a tornado errupted from the spell blowing away everyone in his sight.

Seishiro stood up first laughing allowed. "This is interesting."

Li pointed his sword out in a threatening demeanor, "You, are you the cause of all this chaos?" Sakura and Kurogane arrive standing by his side.

"Oh little Syaoran, it is not I. But it is one of the two at my feet."

Li looked down to see the two fallen rising up once more. Sakura gasped. He looked closer at their faces and was shocked.

"Three little brats eh?" Kurogane spat grinning from ear to ear.

"How... how is this possible," Li asked.

"They're from other worlds," Sakura explained, "Realities mirrored from ours different worlds than what we live in but the same people nonetheless."

Nearly identical, the only real differences between the two that stood were one Syaoran was shorter and the other wore glasses.

The bespectacled Syaoran laughed with glee staring at his two counterparts. Stretching his arms out further he called upon his fiery minions rising creating a whirlwind of their own under his feet. He flew high above the tree tops.

"Why are you doing this?!" Li asked his doppelganger.

"Why are you doing this? Why are you doing this?" the villain mocked, "Like I told this little wolf, this is fun. Going to other worlds, meeting other people... like me. It's a blast!"

"But why all of this destruction?" Sakura asked him. "Why are you tearing this precious city apart?"

"You, Sakura, are as lovely as any Sakura I've met." he grinned devilishly. He floated closer to the young master of the cards and lifted her chin with his hand. "If only you were my Sakura," he sighed.

Li swatted his counterpart's hand away from his girlfriend. The bespectacled Syaoran smiled and moved back. "To answer your question, answer this. Look around you, is anything destroyed by the fires of my friends?" All of them did and saw that nothing was ablaze. Not even a tree. The only things rattled were Syaoran and the others' clothes. "I'm just here for a good time. I finally found some mes worth playing with."

"Fuma-san told us you were a criminal," Syaoran (Tsubasa) said.

"And if I am?" The tall Syaoran asked, "Just because I would not marry that wench she accuses me of treachery and has me hunted down. Just to show you here." A big ball of light illuminated from the palm of his left hand. Immediately, the firey pixies charged at the light and disappeared. Soon, the last of the pixies vanished after setting down their master on the ground. After the last were gone, he destroyed the ball of light.

"Here now, you kids are going to hurt an unarmed old man?" He said, holding up his hands.

"You still haven't really answered our question, why are you here?" Li said insistently.

The man sighed, "I was commissioned to collect the most beautiful things in all the worlds and return to my home to give it to the mayor of my fair town. He said when I do, he'd allow me to marry his sister."

Li's eyes opened wide. Syaoran slammed his hand to his forehead. Sakura sighed deeply. Kurogane's vein throbbed on his forehead. And Seishiro simply smiled.

Keroberos came into the lot with Fai and Tomoyo on his back. "Hold on a second... 1... 2... 3... Lis! How on earth." Keroberos reverted to his stuffed toy state in shock. Fai and Tomoyo began to fall. Luckily Fai grabbed onto the young girl and the two landed safely.

"This is getting absured," Syaoran sighed.

"Let me ask... but is the mayor of your town named 'Touya'."

"Yes, yes he is. Why does every Syaoran I meet ask me that." Syaoran and Li felt like banging heir heads against the wall. Li jumped down to face his older self and placed his hand on the tall one's shoulder. "You do realize he'll never accept you as Sakura's husband. At least not to your face."

The bespectacled Syaoran laughed hardily. "I know. I've always known. But in my world there is no honour unless you have something to show for it. Now I've been to many worlds and seen many people. I've a wealth of knowledge but unless I accomplish my goal I'll not feel right to return back to the one I love. And I know she's waiting patiently for me."

Syaoran placed his hand on the tall Syaoran's free shoulder. "I know how you feel. I wish you the best of luck on your journey."

"Thank you my little mes. Anyhow I've gotten what I came here for in this world at least." he smiled holding up a photo in his hand.

A silver haired man appeared on the picture half dressed with a towel around his waist.

"Wait is that..." Kero's mouth dropped.

"What else is the most beautiful thing in the world for Mister Mayor than this?" he chuckled wholeheartedly. He closed his hand and the photo disappeared. Then, flicking his hand away more photos appeared floating in the air. Each one was a photo of Yukito, or at least a Yukito from another world. Syaoran (Tall one) grinned from ear to ear. "Only a few more and then I'll have a thousand images. And then only then will I travel back."

The group was to shocked to say something. Syaoran finally shook his head to recover. "But why all the dramatics all the fire?"

"I obtained these sprites from the last world I came from. That princess in denial gave them to me before I rejected her. Then, when I came here, some of them escaped. And then as I was learning to control them, I got a … little carried away."

"You got a little carried away?" Li said, crossing his arms.

"Okay, but to be fair those pixies have a lot more influence over their controller than you would think." Suddenly, he glanced up in the sky. "Damn, looks like I'll be heading off. Nice meeting all of you. I had fun!" With a flick of his hand a sword appeared out of thin air. With his blade, he drew a circle around himself. A glow erupted from below him. Encompassed by a pillar of light, he disappeared from the earth.

The group was stunned silent.

"Uhhh... what the hell just happened?" Kero finally said. "Who was that person and why does he look like the KID! And you," He pointed to Syaoran, "Other worlds and all that crap. Explain to me why all of a sudden people are traveling from all over the place. What the hell is going on!"

"I for one would like to know most of all," Li stared at his counterpart.

"This can all be explained, don't worry, eh Daddy?" Fai smirked. Kurogane grunted, crossing his arms.

The group arrived once more at Sakura's house. With her father and brother out, Sakura acted as host providing tea and snacks.

Li tapped against the arm of his seat. "Well...?"

Syaoran sipped his tea, "Like the other man, we're travelers from another world. We travel from place to place visiting different worlds and different people."

"For what reason?"

"It's my curse," Syaoran said. "It's my curse to always keep traveling in order to keep the universes from destruction."

"And what happens when you stay at a place to long?" Sakura asked curiously.

Syaoran looked at his host, a weakly smile placed on his face. "A fate worse than death is mine to live."

"So how long will you be staying in our world?" Li queried.

"Not long I suppose," Fai said, "Hmmm Mokona?"

"Mokona won't know until Mokona knows!"

Sakura placed her hand on his, "But there is a place you wish to be."

Syaoran sighed. "I want to meet my parents, and I want to see my Sakura again."

"Your Sakura?" Li repeated.

"As there are multiple Syaorans in the universe there are also multiple Sakuras. Parallel worlds holding the same people but different experiences can change everything." Fai explained

"But though our experiences differ, in truth we all have the same soul," Syaoran said, clutching his heart.

"What's next for you all then? Tomoyo asked curiously.

"We travel to the next world and the next. Our journey continues."

Suddenly a glow emits from the corner. "IT'S TIME!" Mokona called out. A large circle appeared from below the fury time portal.

"Time?" Tomoyo asked. "But things finally settled down."

Syaoran stood smiling. "Sorry everyone. It's been fun but when Mokona says its time to go..."

"It's time to go!" Mokona's wings expanded. Wind began to emit.

"Bye, bye." Fai waved.

"Hmphh," grumbled Kurogane.

"Wait!" Sakura called, "Bring this with you!" She tossed a bag to them, Syaoran caught it.

"Thank you."

"You'll find what you are looking for in the next world." Sakura told him, "Everything will surely be alright."

With a final goodbye, the group disappeared.

"What the hell is going on!" Kero cried.

"How should I know, stop yelling at me," Li retaliated in frustration.

"Both of you should stop yelling," Sakura shouted back.

Tomoyo sighed, "Well, I hope they come back soon!"

"What did I say about having better landings?" Kurogane spat. Mokona grinned back jumping on his head.

"Where are we now?" Fai asked, grabbing Mokona from Kurogane before he sliced Mokona with his sword. "Hmmm Syaoran?"

Syaoran stood dusting his pants. He looked up and smiled. "We're home"

The End.