Reinvent
By SMYGO4EVA
Fighting to become stronger was a birthright to demon hunters, and both Ryuu-oh and Syaoran knew that for sure in Outo Country, and later on, Edonis' Fairy Park. To become strong and destroy the demons that dared to walk upon the human grounds and roam the human world, it was more than an obligation to the name of the hunters of demons that lurked in the crevices of the country, may it be just a game or not.
Failure had always been Syaoran's worst fear, ever since he realized that a number of the people who sought the feathers killed anyone who stood in their way by making them drown in their own blood. They had never meant to be easily outdone, but Syaoran was observant with magic and the ruins of many historical landmarks and the judgment of some hooligans he and his group have encountered were often easily broken. Failing to protect Sakura and his friends was something he had long dreaded, but failing by mere defeat seemed no better at all. Either way it would be an agonizing end to his long journey.
Ryuu-oh was glad that he was a demon hunter – it was a way to be someone who can reach his goals and to become stronger along the way. Still, had he not become a demon hunter and under the watchful eye of Souma, he had not become the strong fighter he was today. Had he been in another mediocre or mind-numbing place in his existence, he would have drowned in such mediocrity and no reason for existing at all. And if it weren't for him, another novice hunter would have been gone for good, the novice being Syaoran. It had to be; Syaoran was the only other novice hunter he really cared about
Ryuu-oh and Syaoran both thought that had it not been for the paths that they took, they would not have decided to take their own direction and try to create their own destiny, to reinvent the future that was paved out for them.