Hallo again. Third time's a charm? :D This chapter has a really small tweak to it, so nothing that important is added, but it does address a really small detail I failed to address last time I wrote this. If my motivation goes well, I should get past what I tried doing before. I hope you enjoy~

-Krystal


Ch.1 - The Beginning


I've arrived at such a gloomy place.

It is dark, and raining, yet I am not wet.

I assumed that a barrier protected this residence. The dimensional time witch wouldn't want her customers to get wet on a rainy day.

Judging by the tall buildings in the surrounding area, this place seems like one of those advanced worlds. My eyes wandered around until they stopped at a female figure in front of the door way. I gave her a small bow out of respect and asked,

"You're the dimensional time witch, Yuuko-san, right?"

She smiled and took a few steps closer before she stopped to answer.

"That is correct and just to let you know, there will be four more people accompanying you on your journey." The time witch answered as a distorted blob appeared out of the ground, carrying a brown-haired boy with a girl in his arms, before me. Judging by their clothes, the boy looked like a commoner while the girl looked like someone of royalty. Yuuko gave a small smile and stated, "They have arrived."

Two more men, a smiling blond who is dressed in a snow covered blue coat and the other with black hair like mine and clothes that resembled, in my eyes, samurai-like, also appeared before me in those distorted blob things.

The young boy continued to stare off into space as the two new men arrived, but he soon snapped back to reality. As soon as he did so, he instantly began to beg Yuuko for her help to save the girl in his arms, Sakura, with a determined look in his eyes. I knew that that look meant that he will do anything he can to receive yes as an answer. I smiled slightly. He seems like an honest, sincere kid.

"That child…her name is Sakura, right?" asked Yuuko. The boy replied back with a nod and a simple 'yes'. "And you are?"

"I'm Syaoran."

Yuuko stepped up to the pair and checked on Sakura's condition. She knelt down to their level and placed her hand on Sakura's forehead, closing her eyes as she did so. Her hand glowed for a second before it returned back to normal.

"This child has lost something important, hasn't she? And they have scattered across different worlds. At this rate, this girl…" she looked up straight into the boy's eyes, "…will die."

Syaoran's eyes widened slightly at the newfound information, a sense of worry and probably fear for his friend's life overcoming him. As soon as Yuuko's comment was made, one of the men, the black-clad one, stepped up and demanded for Yuuko's identity. Yuuko didn't even bother to look at him.

"If you're going to demand someone's identity, please introduce yourself first before doing so."

The dark haired man looked to the side, annoyed, before replying. "I'm Kurogane." He paused a bit and took notice of his surroundings. "Actually, where the hell is this place?"

"Japan." She replied simply, as if the answer was obvious. Kurogane turned his attention back to Yuuko with a confused face as he claimed to come from a place that was also called Japan. Yuuko replied back that the two Japans are two completely different worlds. Kurogane groaned in frustration at Yuuko's blunt replies. She then directed her attention over to the blonde, a mage of some sort I guessed from the feeling of his aura, and myself.

"And you two?" Yuuko questioned. The three males turned around, just now noticing another presence among them. I guess the fur wearing blond wanted to introduce himself first since all he did was smile at me then turned back to face Yuuko. I stared and thought to myself.

Ever heard of ladies first? Or are my features leaning more towards the masculine side?

"I am a wizard from the country of Celes. My name is Fai D. Flourite." Said the blonde with a smile etched on his face.

Everyone's attention then turned back to me as Fai finished. I gave a small sigh, closing my piercing crimson orbs for a bit before opening them. My soft voice chimed throughout the silence as I began to speak.

"I came from the Suiren country. My name is Misaki."

Being satisfied with the introductions, Yuuko stood up and turned to a boy behind her. She instructed him to go to the storage to get the things that reside in there. As he left to retrieve the requested items from the storage, Syaoran instantly, and impatiently I must add, questioned Yuuko on how can Sakura be saved.

"In order to save this child's life, you will have to go through different worlds and collect her scattered memory fragments."

At first Syaoran had a confused look on his face, not knowing what Yuuko was talking about, until realization hit him. He looked back down to his friend's face.

"So those feathers…"

"Yes, that's right. If you manage to gather all of those feathers, you will be able to save her life. That's your wish, is it not?" Yuuko directed her attention to the rest of us as soon as she received a positive answer from Syaoran. "And you three, from the mere fact that you are here, must have some request as well."

"Request?" began Kurogane as he crossed his arms, "That's simple; just send me back to the world where I originally came from immediately."

"I just don't want to go back to the world that I'm originally from." Fai happily answered with a smile at the same time Kurogane stated his answer. Fai then turned around and looked at me with his unwavering smile. "And what about you Mi-chan~?"

I gave him a blank look at the nickname.

"Who gave you permission to give me a nickname as you please?" I shot back at him.

"Uwaa, scary scary Mi-chan~"

This one is going to be handful. I sighed.

"I guess you could say that I'm on a hunt. Unfortunately he acquired the power to travel through dimensions so I'll have to do so as well in order to find him." I looked up and off to the side as I said this. And hopefully I can end it once and for all.

"Aww, don't worry Mi-chan~ I'm sure you will find your lover~!"

Haa?! How does hunting connect to love? This guy irritates me.

"And I'm sure you'll find your death. Don't make assumptions without knowing the correct information, Fai-san," Fai just gave me a goofy smile and nervously scratched his cheek.

"Your dreams are all one and the same," said Yuuko. She then began to direct certain phrases to the certain people that had previously stated them. Fai wishes to go to other worlds, but not his own. Kurogane wishes to leave this world as soon as possible and return to his world. Syaoran wishes to recapture Sakura's feathers in order to save her life. And for me, I need to find him and hopefully change his mind. "Though your motives differ, the steps that must be taken are the same. What matters is traveling to different dimensions, wanting to go to other worlds. But, in order for you to go into different worlds, you must all give up something precious to you."

"So in order for a dream to come true, one must give up something of equal value, right? An equivalent exchange basically," I concluded.

"Yes, that's correct. In order to go to different worlds, every one of you must give up something that is very precious. I cannot merely grant each of your wishes, but if the four of you are willing to work for the same objective, then I will let you go after each of you give up one valuable possession."

A precious item…huh? The heart's treasure,…my treasure.

She turned to face Kurogane.

"In your case, your katana perhaps…"

Kurogane instantly backed up, exclaiming that his katana, Gin Ryuu, is his life, something that he cannot part with but at the same time, it is the perfect item for this exchange. Yuuko smirked at his actions.

"That's fine, if that is what you wish. You'll just never be able to return to your original world then."

Kurogane groaned in frustration as he debated on what to do. While waiting for an answer, Yuuko decided to provoke him by giving him a poke after each word she said next.

"So…What. Are. You. Going. To. Do. Hmmmm?" she mocked. Kurogane's grip on his katana tightened. He then thrust the katana towards her, swearing that he will come back for it one day.

After receiving Kurogane's katana, Yuuko's gaze fell on Fai.

"Your price is that tattoo on your back."

Fai's eyes widened in surprise, he then gave a goofy smile and held up his staff.

"I guess this staff won't do?"

"That staff is not your most important item."

Fai was a bit hesitant in giving it up, but seeing that there was no other choice, gave it up. Then it was my turn to be under Yuuko's gaze.

"Yours is the seal."

I lightly touched the pendant hanging from my choker. "This one, Yuuko-san? Or is it both of my self-made seals?"

"The pendant, and do not worry," she gave me a smile, "I'm only taking the seal and this process also prevents you from resealing the portion that was inside."

"Torturing your customer already? You're so cruel, Yuuko-san," I joked.

She chuckled, "When you think about it, I'm not the one to blame."

"That's true," I reached up and grabbed the pendant, yanked it off and offered it to Yuuko. "I trust the seal will be broken once I give it to you?"

The pendant began to float towards her.

"It will be undone when you've all arrived safely to your destination."

I nodded my thanks.

"And you, child. What is your most precious thing? And will you give it up to travel to other worlds?" Yuuko asked Syaoran.

"Yes."

"Even though I have not stated your price, you will still give it up?"

"Yes."

Yuuko smiled at his determination and simply said, "Relationship."

Syaoran's item was the relationship he had with Sakura.

Yuuko explained that this meant that when Sakura recovers her memories, the ones that have Syaoran in it will never return; a memory with a piece that will be forever missing.

"Traveling through different worlds will be more difficult than you could have ever imagined. There are all sorts of different worlds. For example, there are the worlds that those three came from," she gestured to Kurogane, Fai and I, "You should be able to tell from just their clothes. None of them lived in the same world as you, Syaoran.

It's possible that a person you know from a previous world will be living a completely different lifestyle in another world. It's even possible that you might meet the same person, only in a different guise, in many different worlds. Those worlds may be full of nothing but criminals or full of lies, or even a world in the depths of war. You have to survive and travel through them all. You have to seek out her memory fragments, even if you have no idea as to their whereabouts. Never knowing when it will be over, you must embark on a long, long journey. But, you won't let that affect your decision, right?" she finished with a smile.

"Yes. That's right," Syaoran answered with a determined tone.

My gaze wandered to Syaoran. He is still a young child, yet he is willing to take on this task that could very well determine his downfall if he makes one mistake. His actions made me smile a bit; his determination was probably beginning to rub off on me. If only a certain person used his determination for something positive.

"Resolve and devotion, you will need these to accomplish the task that lies before you, but it seems to me that you possess such traits," The sound of footsteps growing louder caught our attention as the boy from before came back with a black and a white rabbit-looking animal thing in his arms. The white one immediately jumped out of his arms and into Yuuko's hand. Yuuko then explained that the white rabbit's name was Mokona Modoki and that he is the one who will be escorting us to other worlds. Mokona raised a paw, as if greeting us, and merely said "Chita!" Kurogane's gaze shifted towards the other one and demanded to take the black rabbit as well, seeing that there are two of them present, but that one is apparently only useful for transmission purposes.

"Mokona will bring you to other worlds, but he cannot control where you are heading, and that's why it's up to chance as to whether your wishes can be granted. But within those worlds, there is no such thing as coincidence. All there is in those worlds is inevitability. The fact that you've all met was inevitable as well," Yuuko then raised the hand with Mokona on it and he began to glow. He jumped up, wriggled around saying how he can't wait, spun around in a semi-circle with wings suddenly growing out of his back as he did so. A magic circle appeared underneath him as he prepared to take us to another world. Wind began to pick up, surrounding us, as Mokona prepared to swallow us up. I looked up at Yuuko with a small smile on my face.

"Thank you, Yuuko-san."

Mokona began to suck in the surrounding air along with us, and then we were on our way to a new world.


Just leaving this here in case there are those who haven't seen the notice yet.

Not to get your hopes up (although this probably will to an extent), I'm somewhat motivate to update the story but I've re-read the first two chapters and I'm cringing again. This is what I get for not being a planner, but eh. I appreciate those who took the time to review and such and I'm sorry that I'm not that motivated, but hopefully one day I'll manage to finish this.

If I do update, expect the 2nd and 3rd chapter to be deleted. The first chapter will probably be tweaked a bit since I realized I forgot to add something. Same with the 2nd chapter and I'll have to go over the 3rd to make sure everything flows.

Thanks for your time.

Krystal