Chapter 1 - Dimensional Separation

"Do any of you have any idea how long these forsaken ruins continue for?" Kurogane complained to the rest of the group. Syaoran, Fai, Kurogane and Mokona were travelling through the ruins of the Country of Clow in order to uncover the truth about what had recently been happening to the country.

"Well, if you're tired, Kuro-puu, you could always just wait here," Fai said jokingly, poking Kurogane in the ribs and chuckling.

"Shut up," Kurogane threatened, "and for the final time, my name is not 'Kuro-puu'!"

Mokona laughed and pointed at Kurogane from Fai's shoulder. "Ha ha!" Mokona giggled, "Kuro-puu is angry!"

At this, Kurogane's brow furrowed and he stared angrily at Mokona, shaking his fist in Mokona's direction, growling "Be quiet, you white manju!"

Fai, Kurogane and Mokona continued bantering back and forth for quite some time, while Syaoran remained silent, lost in his own thoughts.

Suddenly, Syaoran stopped in mid-step, held out his hand to silence the rest of the group (Mokona had jumped onto Kurogane's head and was bouncing up and down to annoy him) and said, "Listen. Something is coming!" He had no more than gotten the words out when a dimensional rift opened before the group and exposed to them the cause of their current despair: Fei Wong Reed.

Something akin to hatred boiled up inside Syaoran as he recognized at last the person standing before them. "You!" he growled.

Fei Wong Reed grinned. "Me," he confirmed, "How nice to see you again. The last time I saw you, Syaoran, you were asleep in my very own residence."

Syaoran said nothing, but continued to glare at Fei Wong Reed. Kurogane, however, had noticed the bat-like insignia on the robes that Fei Wong Reed was wearing. He would have recognized it anywhere. His eyes narrowed once again, and he drew his sword, pointing it in Fei Wong's direction.

"You're the one who killed my mother," Kurogane snarled, "and this time, I will not let you get away!" At this, with blade held high, he darted toward the source of his anger. As he drew closer, Fei Wong Reed held out his hand and revealed another dimensional rift between himself and Kurogane.

In confusion, Kurogane cried, "What the - ?" but was not able to finish speaking before he was pulled into the dimensional rift against his will. In next to no time, it closed, leaving no trace.

In a flurry of despair and utter chaos, Syaoran, Fai and Mokona lunged toward Fei Wong Reed.

"What have you done with Kurogane?" Syaoran cried.

Fei Wong grinned again. "Your merry little group has thwarted my plans for the last time, Syaoran. I have sent Kurogane to another dimension and I have no hesitation in telling you that I plan to do exactly the same to you."

Before either of the members of the group could react to what Fei Wong Reed had said, still more dimensional rifts appeared beneath the feet of each of the remaining members of the group. Syaoran was pulled down into the space that had appeared beneath him; Mokona, who had been on Fai's shoulder since the appearance of Fei Wong in their midst, jumped from Fai's body as he, too, was pulled into one of the rifts. As Mokona jumped, it was also pulled into a rift which was suspended directly above the one that Fai had fallen into.

Once Fei Wong Reed was the only person left standing in the ruins, he let out a sinister laugh as all of the rifts were drawn closed, including the one that encased him.

To be continued...

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