I hope you like this new story! Though, it pains me that I can't copy this over from word with the proper indentations. Regardless, enjoy!
"Yūko, you know this story does not have a good outcome." I mumbled, my eyes scanning the time witch with disdain. Her expression was similar to my own until a small smirk graced her face; "I know, but that was before you've come and interrupt it." Her voice held a sense of humor in it as I frowned. I was screwing with fate, destiny. I was escaping it. Avoiding it, and in due time it would try and catch up with me.
She seemed to catch my thoughts, causing my stoic face to falter momentarily. Before she could begin to speak, I put my hand up silencing her. Her smirk never faltered, although her eyes betrayed her- exposing her cautiousness. Yūko was a powerful witch, a witch I respected quite a bit. But nevertheless, even she had her weaknesses; such as a powerful witch standing before her.
"Luna. You're altering the dimensions, destroying links of fate, and most importantly escaping death. I don't want to sound pessimistic, my old friend. But how do you expect to make it out of this one alive?" Yūko began to speak, although I would have much rather her remain silent. She was never the type to listen.
"Yūko, I am death." A sly smile graced my lips as I began to walk closer to her. I was a part of the Sisters Three: The sisters of death. We were all witches, my sisters and I. I being the middle aged of the three. Our ages, at this point in our life do not matter anymore. They were but a number that escaped our lives many, many years. Well, mine that is. I'm almost certain that my others sisters felt the same way about their "age" and paid no heed to it as well… Although, I could be wrong. I've apparently been wrong about many things lately. For instance, my trust in my sisters.
They betrayed me, and for what? Power. Such a simple concept actually. You practice your skills and they'll get better in time. Well, for me that works. I do believe a bit of natural talent is always involved, but I wouldn't go as far as to admitting that to the likes of them. Perhaps they really didn't deserve that power, and that's why they weren't able to achieve it. But me, I can't say I'm any better. I had grouped with them, worked together with them on such horrible, evil deeds.
That's where we got our names. We brought death to us, wherever we went. We were a curse, a plague. Droughts, unholy storms, massive massacres. They were always caused by a touch of our hand, a whisper here and there. And I hate to admit that I was a part of that. Even just a minor part, I still served a part at that. I was a monster. And yet, a part of me still thinks I am. Maybe, just maybe I am.
Yūko watched me, probably trying to decipher what was going through my racing mind. "You always seem to be calculating something, over-thinking, Luna." Yūko spoke with a frown, causing me to give a small nod. "Always so observant, aren't you?" My words were slightly sarcastic, but still held a playful tone to them. This causing her to smile. "Always eager to mock?" She mused, receiving a laugh from me. My laugh held an odd sound to it. It was almost peaceful, musical. I never laughed much, taken, there wasn't much to laugh at with my life.
"They will arrive soon." Yūko said looking to the sky, a serious expression now on her face. I gave a nod, "Indeed, indeed." Yūko's serious expression faltered once more when she looked at me. "I'd suggest you concealing your energy, Luna. It's beginning to even toy with my nerves." I gave a small laugh, the time with was right. I held an immense amount of energy, it nearly leaked from my body. A normal human would probably be unable to last many hours around me before going insane from the pressure. With a quick nod of my head, the whole aura of that area seemed to lighten up.
"Better?" I questioned, glancing around in caution. When I concealed my energy like that, it always put me on worry. I felt weaker. And to my annoyance, it began to rain.
She gave a nod, "Much."
Within moments a split in the dimension appeared, revealing a young boy holding a girl. He seemed in much distress as he gripped the girl tighter to his chest, obviously worried for her safety.
"A-Are you the space time witch?!" The boy seemed to stutter at first, before fully gaining his confidence. Yūko gave the boy a blank stare, a stare that was intimidating, almost threatening. "I have been called that." She replied smoothly, causing me to smirk. "This child's name is Sakura?" She asked. I gave her an annoyed look; always wasting time with these greetings when she knew very well who these people were. She had foreseen all this, except my arrival. "And you?" She continued, before he responded with a: Syaoran.
He quickly replied with a loud; "Yes!" before Yūko approached the two, kneeling down to reach their level. "This child has lost something very precious." She nearly whispered, "And that something has been scattered to many worlds."
"Watanuki! Go to the treasure room, there is something I need you to bring back!" A young boy came out. When I glanced at him, my smirk still evident on my face, he looked startled. "Luna?" He whispered, before Yūko gave him a quick glare causing him to run off to retrieve whatever Yūko had requested of him.
"You wish to save this child?" Yūko stood back up and the boy, yet again, yelled a loud; "Yes!"
"There is a price. Are you willing to pay?"
"I will pay any price I can!" The boy retorted. I almost felt pity for the boy, but a sense of respect for him. He was willing to give anything, for a woman he seemed to care so much about. I felt a bit of jealousy spark me.
"Here they come." Yūko said, glancing beside the boy causing my smirk to falter. The young boy, Syaoran, seemed rather shocked to see others with him. The two men spoke in unison as they appeared before the which, one politely asking if she was the dimension witch, as if he knew of her; and another asking who the hell she was. I gave an amused smirk, my eyes never leaving the staff of the man closest to me. It was beautiful, intricately designed. The crystal shard in the center of it made my eyes marvel in a slight bit of excitement.
Yūko quickly asked for the names and I stood there, amusement laced across my face as the man in black seemed confused, angry, and annoyed by the whole ordeal. He was lost, it was rather evident in his body language.
My amusement fell short though as I heard the other man speak.
'A wizard?' I was curious now. Yūko asked the men if they knew where they were. The ninja looking man remained silent before the wizard, Fai, spoke. "Yes, a place where any wish can be granted if a suitable price is paid." Yūko seemed to take enjoyment that he understood her policies.
"And all of you are here because you each have a wish." Once again, the two adults spoke in unison; the ninja looking man, Kurogane expressing his desire to return home while the wizard expressed the desire to notreturn home. I glanced at the wizard with curiosity it. It was an odd request, he was running from something. "And you, Luna? You of all people did not come here to mere chit-chat." Yūko spoke, causing attention to be averted to me. I gave a small smile, "You know me too well." I mused, my voice sounding deadly.
"I wish to not return home, as well." My eyes briefly met with the Wizards before I returned my gaze to nothing in particular. "And that is a tall order… for all of you." Yūko responded, her heavy glance falling on me. She knew I had the ability to travel from dimension to dimension, but she also knew that I did not want to have to do that on my own. Dimensional traveling was difficult, even for me. It was not my forteas it was hers.
"Perhaps…" Yūko seemed lost in thought before coming to a conclusion. "If all three paid together, you may be able to just afford it." I glared at her. So I really was going to be dragged along with this group.
"All three of your wishes are the same, after all." She stated 'matter of factly'. She was right, after all. "Your reasons are all different, but the method is still the same. To travel to different dimensions is what you need.
The part I was dreading soon came, and she began to demand a payment from each of us; asking us for our most precious item. Kurogane went first as she demanded he give her his sword. He yelled in anger, obviously upset at this entire ordeal before receiving a few taunting words from Yūko about being stuck in this world forever. He insisted he'd come back for the sword once he was done.
Next, he looked at Fai. She demanded for his 'marking'. He offered up his staff instead, but she declined. It was an interesting marking, a marking I had never seen before. It seemed to vanish in the air behind him.
"Your price is your relationship." He seemed shocked at this. "Even if the child's memories are restored, your relationship with her will never be the same." He seemed to falter before realizing this was a life or death situation for Sakura. He agreed to it, his grip tightening around the girl. I felt a pang of sympathy at the sight before Yūko glanced at me.
I glared at the witch before sending a bit of my energy out at her yet again. She gave a smirk, as the others seemed to pay notice in the change of pressure, especially the Wizard. "Yuko." I warned, causing her to tilt her head sideways. She gave a sigh as my stare never faltered, "And yet, I knew this would happen once I saw you in my house." She seemed to stare at nothing in particular before her gaze returning to me with a frown. "For old times' sake, and for the sake of everyone here in Japan I'll allow you to travel with this group without a charge." Kurogane seemed angered by this before yelling something along the lines of that not being fair. I glared at him; "Life's not fair, my dear." He seemed angered more so by the use of 'my dear' than my sarcastic remark. I gave a laugh before Yūko called Watanuki forward again to give her Mokona. A white rabbit looking creature with a small crystal formed at the forehead.
And with that, we were sucked into a dimension tear created by the small creature. "Thank you, Yūko." I was sincere, and she knew it. After all the events in my life, she knew that I needed this more than anything and would owe her a large favor whenever she needed one.
"Until next time…" I concluded before vanishing into a void of nothingness with the group onwards to our next dimension.