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TSUBASA RESERVOIR CHRONICLES

SEARCHING FOR THE LIGHT

CHAPTER 1: ANOTHER WORLD

They were traveling the currents of time and space once again. The previous world that they were dumped in was dreary, to say the least but they found a way to retrieve all of Sakura's feather without having to do anymore world skipping. But, Sakura had cast aside her problems and wished instead, for the revival of all the people in the graves under the floating shrine.

Syaoran was surprised at her selfless request, as was Fai and Kurogane who were still fighting somewhere in that place. However they have always known of Sakura-hime's kind heart. Syaoran had witnessed it ever since he first arrived at Clow Kingdom when Sakura had smiled at him. He felt really welcomed then.

Fai and Kurogane had just joined them for only a short time but throughout their journey together, they had also learned of Sakura's kindness. So, it really wasn't that surprising that Sakura would chose to help others, ignoring her own plight.

After that incident, Mokona once again worked its magic and they were on their way to another foreign world. Maybe this time they'll be able to gather Sakura's feathers.

A bright flash of light enveloped them as they arrived in another world… Syaoran blinked, why did he feel as if he were floating? He looked down at his feet and practically jumped.

They were indeed floating in a vast expanse of blue sky. There was nothing solid beneath their feet but they were not plummeting to the ground at high speeds. Syaoran noted that the surrounding seemed bare of anything. The blue sky stretched on as far as the eye could see with no signs of any living thing in the vicinity.

Both Fai and Kurogane were looking around, surprised at where they ended up, too. Syaoran concluded that this was also not one of their worlds. So, it's another foreign world with foreign customs… again. He hoped that they would not be required to register their names again…

Looking around, he noticed that Sakura was missing… as was Mokona. Panic starts to dawn on him as he whirled around in his position to see if he could locate their missing forms. He did not want to step around anywhere in this weird place. If he misplaced his steps, he could really plummet to the ground below.

"Hime! Mokona!" he shouted, looking in all directions for them.

Fai and Kurogane finally noticed that they were missing some party members and joined in the search, both shouting in their own language. Mokona was not only their way of traveling to worlds but it was also their interpreter, of sorts. Since they were all from different worlds, their spoken languages were also dissimilar. Without Mokona, they were not able to communicate with each other, much less talk with the inhabitants there.

After a few minutes of fruitless search, Syaoran saw the figures of two people running towards them. He squinted at the image as they got closer and recognize them as Sakura and Mokona.

"Hime! Mokona!" he cried and moved towards them at a run followed by Fai and Kurogane.

"Syaoran-kun!" Sakura saw him and with Mokona in her arms, she moved towards his direction.

As they got closer to each other, Syaoran noticed a large group of people trailing right behind Sakura. As Sakura fell into his arms in relieve, he asked her if she was alright.

Before she could answer, Mokona jumped onto his head and spoke:

"Run! Run! Sakura-chan, Syaoran-san, Fai-san, Kurotan! Bad, bad people behind us!" it said, pointing to the crowd who were gaining on them.

"I told you not to call me that!" Kurogane answered with a shout, which indicated that they were once again able to understand each other's speech.

Glancing at the crowd in front of them, they could see that those people weren't looking friendly and ran hurriedly in the opposite direction. (One would wonder why they were running away when they could easily dispatch those people. Well, they weren't going to endanger the princess now, would they? She would definitely get hurt if they were fighting in such a place. )

"Mokona, where are we headed?" Fai questioned in his usual calm voice, ignoring the fact that they were still running from their pursuers.

"You're wasting your breath! That manju couldn't possibly know where we are! Much less know where we're going!" Kurogane huffs, wondering why he was even running from those people behind them. Apparently, being with them for so long had somewhat blurred his decision-making skills.

"Mokona knows! Mokona has been here with Yuuko before! Head straight! There's a big city ahead! Lots and lots of people!" countered the slightly put-off manju. It knew that ninja had social issues but that doesn't mean that he could insult Mokona like that. Mokona is much smarter than it looks, you know…

They made their way towards the direction Mokona tells them to and arrived at a huge city with gigantic gates. Unfortunately, the gates were closed so they couldn't enter the city. Turning around, the group of savage-looking people was closing in on them.

Syaoran gently pushed Sakura behind him to protect her from those people while grasping his newly-acquired sword in his left hand. He wasn't about to let them harm a hair of Sakura's if he has anything to say about it.

Kurogane too, readied himself in an attacking stance. If they thought he would go down that easily then they were in for a great surprise. He wasn't about to lose to a bunch of foreign savages before he could go back home and give Tomoyo-hime a piece of his mind.

Fai, however, was standing next to Sakura, holding Mokona in his hands. He looked towards the incoming crowd disinterestedly as he leaned against the city gates.

As the crowd came even closer, shouts were heard from above them. Looking upwards, they saw arrows shooting out of the many square holes that appeared in the city's outer wall. The arrows rained down on the savage-looking group and they ran back the way they came from without much of a fight.

As Syaoran breathed a sigh of relieve, an astonished gasp from Fai caught his attention and he turned. The huge city gate that Fai was leaning on opened inwards causing Fai to fall on his rear (hee hee… ). He got up slowly and brushed the dust off himself in his usual calm manner as a heavily-armored person approached them.

At that moment, Mokona jumped towards the person who caught it with a gauntleted hand. Removing his visor with his other hand, they could see that it was a great-bearded man who smiled in recognition at Mokona.

"Well, well… If it isn't Mokona! How's Yuuko doing?" he asked in a deep voice, making Mokona giggle.

"Yuuko not with Mokona! Mokona on assignment with these people! Phil-san, how are you?" Mokona rattled off happily, jumping up and down in the man's hand.

The man gave a loud laughter and turned towards Syaoran and the others.

"Well, travelers from other worlds, I am Phil de Raunfaust. This world you're in is known as Eraundia, and this city is the floating city of Azurein, the capital of Eraundia. I hope you find your stay here pleasant," he welcomed them, smiling broadly.

Note: How was it? If there's anything wrong, be it the characters name or whatnot; please inform me so I can correct them immediately.

Thanksfor reading! (I hope someone reads this…)