Kurogane's Punishment
Nikki Kino
Prologue
A Random Happenstance

Fields of flowers bloomed over the horizon in front of Syaoran, Sakura, Fai, Kurogane, and Mokona. With the deep red-purple sky due to evening approaching, the view was almost... magical. The only thing missing was life other than the plants. There were no homes, no livestock, no birds, not even any bees – surprising for the vast amount of flowers there were. As far as the eye could see in any direction, all they could see were flowers in every shape and form. And worse yet, there was no road to be seen. The place would have been, if not for the magical feeling in the air, very boring and almost depressing.
"Mokona?" Syaoran asked. Mokona looked confused and jumped up into the air. "Do you see anything?"
"All I see is flowers! Lots and lots of pretty flowers! But..."
"But what?" Kurogane asked. After a few seconds and no answer he seemed to change. His eyesdarkened unnaturally and he shouted, "But what? Tell us you damn pork-bun!" No one suspected anything was wrong yet.
"They don't really seem... real, I don't think," Mokona answered slowly. Sakura, from her place on the ground admiring the flowers, looked up startled. Fai frowned understandingly as if he'd felt they were unreal also.
"Do you sense a feather?" Syaoran asked. Mokona came back down to land on Kurogane's head and shook its head.
"Ooohhhh! Mokona's not sure! Lots of magic in this world. There's a strong magic sourse, but Mokona doesn't think it's that of a feather. It may be but Mokona's not sure." Syaoran sighed and sat down beside Sakura to admire the flowers, even if they weren't real, as Mokona jumped off Kurogane's head as he began to swat at it. Fai started laughing as he caught the flying creature.
Kurogane, however, turned to Mokona, anger clearly showing on his face. He snatched the creature as he began fuming. "Dammit! You are completely useless! You've dropped us off in the middle of nowhere again! Let me talk to that damn Witch, Now!"
"Now, now," Fai chided, slightly irritated at Kurogane's misplaced anger. "Be nice. Mokona is helping us get to where we we want to go."
"How is that? After all the worlds we've been to we haven't once landed on either yours or mine! We landed in the kid's world once but even that turned out to be a world made up of the Princess's memories!" Turning to Mokona he demanded again, "Get me that damn witch!" Mokona looked to Fai and he just nodded in mock defeated agreement. Mokona opened it's mouth and projected the Dementional Witch, Yuko's image. Her hair was up and she was dressed in an evening gown. Watanuki was standing behind her with a look on his face clearly stating that he just wanted to go home.
"Ah, Mokona. To what do I owe the pleasure?" She asked with a smile on her face that caused Kurogane to wonder if it was a sneer of if she was really justsmiling because she could.
"TELL ME WHY I HAVEN'T RETURNED TO MY WORLD YET!" he demanded.
Yuko chuckled, "Do you think that I conrol what world you go to? I told you from the beginning that whatever world you end up in next may not be the one you ope or think that it will be, did I not?"
"All you damn females are the same!" Kurogane swore as he remembered Princess Tomoyo selfishly forcing him away.
"Now, Kuro-puu, you shouldn't be so rude," Fai informed with a giggle in his voice, but his eyes seemed to speak of worry. something was wrong.
"DON'T CALL ME THAT! IT's true! They're all selfish and only care about what's best for them, and..."
"Kurogane-san?" Syaoran asked. He realized what Fai had. Something was wrong with Kurogane. "What are you talking about? What's wrong."
"I'm sorry..." Sakura whispered looking down. They were both still kneeling in the flowers, however Syaoran now standing on one leg, the other kneeling. "She should have been more careful with her feathers!" he scoffed.
"It was NOT her fault!" Syaoran began to verbally fight back. Fai moved to stand between the duo and the ninja.
Yuko cut in. "Let me remind you of this, I was not the one who sent you on this journey. I merely gave you a method of transportation, which you chose to take."
"I had no choice!" Kurogane argued back. Yuko laughed as she shook her head.
"You had a choice. The choice to stay in my world, or to venture on to other worlds. You chose the latter, to venture on to other worlds in order to find your own. You made up your own mind." Kurogane's eyes flared as he wished for his Ginryu to slice down the image in front of him.
"When I find you, you witch, I will kill you..." Kurogane promised.
"Idle treats do not faze me, sword man," Yuko informed amused, almost looking bored. Watanuki in the background looked in horror at Yuko, as if worried that she would be killed right then.
"It is NOT an idle threat! I WILL find you and get my Ginryu back! When I get it back you will be the first one I destry with it, no matter what Princess Tomoyo might say!"
Please, calm down Kurogane-san," Sakura pleaded standing up. He turned around and flashed his angry eyes on her. Syaoran stood up next to her protectively and glared back and Kurogane.
"Stop it!" Syaoran demanded. Whirling rowards Syaoran Kruogane began to march and draw out his sword. Syaoran pulled Sakura to her feet and stepped in front of her. "Stay behind me Princess." Before Kurogane could get any closer Fai stopped him by stepping midway between Syaoran and the angry swordsman.
"Calm down," he demanded.
"Yes, do calm down. You're starting to annoy me," Yuko agreed.
"GOOD!" he yelled.
"Kurogane-sama, it's rude to yell at women like this," Fai said, face clearly showing disapproval.
"Yes. If you keep it up I will show you what living with women can be like – besides her Highness Sakura, of course."
"Is that a threat, witch?" Kurogane asked amused. She tilted her head to the right with an odd smile on her face.
"Not anymore..." Fai scoffed as he lightly shoved Kurogane away from Syaoran and Sakura.
"Great job, Kuro-chan," he commented sarcastically.
"Yes, you did a great job, dear Kuro-chan," Yuko agreed smiling like a sly fox. There was something else in her smile that none could quite place, but before they could really try to pin that something else down, she continued, "For the next two worlds you visit you will have to pick up one female and she will travel with you throughout the different dimentions. And yes, they must choose to travel with you. They may bring a compainion with them if they so much as choose to do so. Got all that Mokona?" She asked as she directed the last part towards the white, fluffy one whom smiled brightly.
"You bet!" Mokona chirped.
"You're just making all of us suffer now! And won't they have to pay a price?"
"Well, of course they'll have to pay a price. And, you three? Do any of you mind?" Yuko asked directing her attention towards Fai, Sakura, and Syaoran.
"Of course not," Fai replaied with a slight bow. "I think it's a good idea. Princess Sakura would have more women to talk to," Syaoran answered. Sakura nodded with a smile,
"I don't mind."
"Well, thank you Kurogane. You've been very helpful. It was QUITE nice to converse with you all again. Now, if you don't mind, I have an important date that I must attend and I'm already going to be late. Goodbye everyone. Until next time," Nuko nodded through the image to the four peopl on the other side, and then the image blinked out of sight as the 'call' ended. Kurogane turned and glared and the other three. His eyes suddenly seemed to lighten and he frowned, as if confused. Fai and Syaoran both relaxed their shoulders but both seemed confused also.
"Well, there's no feather in this world!" Mokona suddenly seemed to decide. "Lets move on!" Before anyone could say anything the wind picked up and the entire group was surrounded. They were sucked into Mokona's mouth as they transported to another wourld where they would have to pick up a new friend or two...

Authors Note:
1. The storyline takes place after before Recort/Rekord. (I INSERTED THIS WORLD IN BETWEEN RECOURT AND ACID-RAIN TOKYO because it's as far as you can go in Tsubasa without having the storyline totally changed on you - I hate the TV Series. I didn't use TV series. - I make this point because I've already been told that I'm using the TV series storyline. Grr.)
2. I don't know what Mokona is (boy or girl) so I (Lovingly) refer to Mokona as "it". I'm sorry if the prologue sucks – it sucks to me. But I couldn't really figure out a way to make the storyline work out besides this way so get over it. It WILL be explained so don't flame me about OOC-ness. I try to keep that to a minimum except for Kurogane in this chapter.
3. Sorry Yaoi fans, better luck on another story.
4. Oh yeah. This story is a mary-sue. Haters, forgive and forget, or get lost. :)