Thud.
Once again the group landed at an unknown land.
"Uwah!" Mokona exclaimed, "This is such a scary place for Mokona." The fluff ball threw itself to sakura. In return, Sakura patted Mokona like a cat.
They glanced at the place they are in to see nothing but fog… thick fog. Syaoran then noticed something to their north, it seem like there are floating lights amongst the fog.
"That must be a town." Syaoran muttered to himself and gave a hand at the princess sprawled on the ground. Instinctively, the princess took it helping herself up, "huh?" the brunette boy's eyes were searching around.
"What's the matter Syaoran-kun?" the princess seems worried for Syaoran as she noticed his uneasiness.
"Where are Fai-san and Kurogane-san?" he asked still looking around.
"Oh no! Fai and Kurochii are separated from us again." Mokona jumped to Syaoran's shoulder.
"But… where are we?" asked Sakura with an obvious fear in her voice.
"I don't know yet." Syaoran then held Sakura's right hand, "Let's go to that direction over there, it might be a town." He pointed to where the lights were. He tugged the princess lightly as if implying that everything's fine.
"What about Fai-san and Kurogane-san?" Sakura had a blush hidden within the deep fog when she felt Syaoran's warm hand intertwined with hers.
"I know they'll be fine. But for now… let's find some people to know our location." He replied with a calm voice. Sakura nodded in aggrement and they started walking.
"Iitai!" growled Kurogane upon hitting the ground, chest directly on it.
"Huh? That wasn't so bad Kuro-myuu." The annoying mage (in Kurogane's point of view) added.
"Easy for you to say." The ninja then noticed something – or more likely someone – heavy in his back, "Now get off me you stupid mage!" he wobbled under trying to let the wizard know his position.
"But you know Kuro-tan…" Fai's eyes wandered around the thick fog. Seeing as there was no one but them there, he muttered, "Sakura-chan, Syaoran-kun and Mokona are not here."
"Knowing that we can still communicate… that manju is probably near." The ninja responded, "Augh! Get off me!" he informed the mage.
Fai just smiled happily at the situation, "Not until you say 'pleeease' Kuro-pii." He demanded with slight amusement.
"Screw this!" the ninja snapped, "Off! Get off!" Kurogane, known for his strength, easily got the lithe form out of his back as the other got his butt hit on the ground.
"Kuro-tan's so mean!" the mage pouted, getting up from the ground, "Kuro-tan should be gentler."
"Who the hell is 'Kuro-tan' anyway!" the ninja roared, breathed heavily trying to cool down.
"Why, who else could it be but 'Daddy'…" the mage teased, poking Kurogane at the his muscular arms.
"I told you to throw that joke away!!" the crimson-eyed swayed his hand for a good punch dedicated for the mage but was easily avoided in one swift move.
"Ah. Kuro-pon is mad already!" the blonde provoked.
"Kuro-pon ja nai! Kurogane da!"
"Waai~!" Fai threw his arm up as Kurogane ran after him.
"Get back here you stupid mage!" the two, being their casual selves ran around, Kurogane trying to punch the lights of the mage while the mage just ran away from the fuming ninja.
"Oi!" the keen ninja was suddenly alarmed, "Wait, mage…!" he detected another presence nearing the blonde.
"Is Kuro-tan getting tired already?" he taunted the ninja.
"That's not it, you idiot!" the black haired hasten his pace.
"Then what Kuro –mmph!!" Fai sounds as if his mouth was covered by someone and getting dragged.
The fog isn't helping much in catching up with the mage. All he could see is Fai getting hauled by a figure.
"Oi!" Kurogane ran trying to catch up for he can no longer see Fai in the deep mist. "Tche." He lost his companion. For a ninja, he was pretty dumb for losing a mage - something like that ran thought Kurogane's head.
Coming to a stop, he found the same hanging lights amongst the foggy area. Taking a chance that maybe that's where the guy who dragged Fai went, he walked towards it.
"You better not be stupid enough to get yourself killed, idiotic mage." He mumbled to himself.
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"Mokona are there any sign of Princess Sakura's feathers?" Syaoran asked.
Mokona paused for awhile with eyebrows furrowing like in deep thoughts, "I can feel it. There is a feather and it's coming from the direction we're heading." The manju explained.
"So there's a feather here… we have to find it… also Kurogane-san and Fai-san…" Sakura said with determination.
"Neh, Syaoran… are we there yet?" Mokona asked.
"I think we're getting close…" the brunette boy assured them, "See… there." He added pointing at wooden houses, with light posts, seeing that the fog was slowly thinning.
Syaoran together with the desert princess and the white manju did find themselves walking at a town. The building is all made from wood, lined up perfectly at each edge of the road. The people walking around town wore cloaks making Sakura and Syaoran fit in perfectly. The mist covering the town became thinner, or maybe it's because they got used to it or it's because there are lights now, nevertheless, they now have a pretty nice view where they are walking.
While walking around town, people didn't think of them as foreigners, though some people never fail to glance back to get a glimpse of the white thing on Syaoran' shoulder. Just what the hell is that –they may have thought.
"Einari City Hall huh?" apparently Mokona can read the sign pointing at a three-storied building.
"So this place is called Einari." Syaoran muttered, "Let's go inside and see if there's something about the feather." He added.
XOXOXOXOXOXOXO hyuu~! end of Chapter 1
