Chapter one: Eriol's lost memories

Sitting on a bench in a park somewhere in London, was a man and a woman. The man had short black hair and a pale face. The woman had red hair but looked thoroughly Japanese.

"Magic is quite convenient sometimes," said the woman suddenly.

"why of course. What made you realize that just now Kaho?" replied the man.

"your growth," said Kaho, "a month ago, you were only ten, now you're in your early thirties. "

Eriol laughed, "True, very true…I am quite strange"

"So this is your true age?"

"That's right Kaho."

Kaho remained silent for a few minutes, lost in thought.

"Eriol?"

"What is it?"

"how old was Clow Reed when he died?"

Slightly startled by the sudden question, Eriol thought for a moment and answered: "he was 270 years old when he died, but his physical appearance was still in his mid thirties. Why did you want to know all of a sudden?"

"Because we've talked about Clow Reed's past and about Sakura's future, but we've never talked about his death. I'm just a little curious," said Kaho.

"I see. Is there anything else you'd like to know about Clow Reed?" asked Eriol, amused.

"Actually, yes," Kaho replied, "why did Clow Reed not want to be the greatest magician anymore? What specific inconveniences did such great magic bring?"

"Well….."Eriol began, but then suddenly stopped with a confused look on his face.

"What's wrong, Eriol?

"I don't know. I…I …can't remember what exactly happened that made Clow wish to not be the greatest magician."

"But don't you have all of Clow's memories?"

"I thought I did, but I guess, for some unknown reason, my memories of my past life as Clow aren't complete." Eriol concluded, "there are some blank spaces in my memories of my past life that I can't recall no matter how hard I try. I also have a feeling that those forgotten memories were very important and greatly cherished by Clow and that they will become useful and important to us and Sakura in the future. "

"Then let's try to recover those memories for you together." Said Kaho, "I'm sure those memories were lost to you for a reason, because there are no coincidences in the world, there is only hitsuzen(the inevitable)"

"Wait." Said Eriol, "were did you hear that line about hitsuzen?

"From my grandfather… he said that he heard it from a witch who granted wishes for a price."

"A witch who grants wishes? I've never heard of such a person, but that line about hitsuzen sounds so familiar. "

"Maybe if we can find the witch, she may be able to give you a clue about your lost memories."

" how did your grandfather find the witch?"

"he was in Tokyo to visit a friend, and he said that his legs just started walking on their own, and carried him into the witch's wish-granting shop. "

"how interesting…I guess we will have to make a visit to Tokyo then," said Eriol.

"sure, let's go." Kaho agreed.