"Hey guys! Look at the size of this place! I wonder what it's for," shouted Mannen, his voice bouncing off the walls. The rest of the group piled into the room behind him, hoping to get a better look.

"You're always wondering, Mannen, but never really willing to learn," remarked Natsume, who was leaning against the door frame and was a little upset that he got dragged into all this.

"Hey! Well I ain't the one who's skipping out on half the classes . . . "

"Alright, you two, knock it off," said Syaoran, standing between the two. "We're here to explore, so let's explore. Let's break up into four groups, Mannen, Natsume, Ruka, and I will be the leaders, OK?"

"You sure it's alright to let Ice-cube lead a group? He can't even do much on his own," sneered Natsume.

"Oh really, well Hot-shot isn't too hot when it comes to people, he'd rather lay down under a tree and let the world go to pieces," snapped Mannen. Syaoran sighed while the two got into a glaring contest. Well, at least they're not physically fighting. I'd better take this opportunity to organize the groups before they start a physical fight. Funny how those two are complete opposites, Mannen has power over ice and yet he's hot-headed, while Natsume has power over fire and yet he's rather cold. Oh, what am I going to do with those two. It wasn't long before Syaoran had the four groups organized, and he got Ruka to help him get Natsume and Mannen to their groups.

"Now, Natsume's group . . ."

"Can we give our groups names so that we don't have to know who the leaders are?" asked Mannen.

"Especially if there's a change in command,"added Natsume, locking eyes with Mannen again.

"Actually, that sounds like a good idea. How about we go with the groups from Matthew's story last night? My group can be Grey Rabbit, Natsume's group can be Black Cat, Mannen's group can be White Dog, and Syaoran's group can be Brown Bird. How do you guys like that?" said Ruka. There was a unanimous and positive response from everyone, even the rivals. Syaoran then sent the groups in each direction, purposefully sending Mannen and Natsume in the opposite directions. Now that his mind could be taken off of the two, Syaoran was able to get a better look at the place. It looked similar to a football field except that all the seats were on one side, and the opposite side looked like it was a stage with a giant screen above it. There were four rooms, two on either side of the stage and the other two in front of the seats, leaving plenty enough room for a field to play in. The White Dog group was heading towards a room that looked like a control booth. I do hope no one touches anything until Izzy gains access to all the systems, but knowing our luck, someone is going to touch something and something's going to happen. He sighed while he watched Shin pull Sakura to the door of the room they were going to explore. He pulled out a notepad and a pencil as he entered the room, having promised Matt to take down notes of what they found. Sakura, Shin, and Tomoyo had already started going through the boxes they found piled up in the room. After about an hour and a half Shin began to want food. Syaoran glanced at his watch, "It is getting close to lunch time. Sakura, why don't you and Tomoyo take Shin and go get the picnic set up. I'm sure everyone else is starting to get hungry."

"What about you, Syaoran?" asked Sakura.

"I want to finish this box. I'll meet you out there when I'm done," he replied.

"OK," she nodded, and went to find Tomoyo and Shin. It wasn't long before Syaoran heard Tomoyo and Sakura chatting on their way out, closing the door behind them. He turned back to taking inventory of the box of props. Something at the very bottom of the box caught his attention. Four swords of equal length were small enough for Syaoran to handle, but what was particularly interesting about them was the craftsmanship of the hilts. The pommel of one sword was shaped like a bird's head with two yellow-green stones posing as its eyes, its wings were spread out as the cross-guard, and its feet took the place of the rain guard to hold the sword. However, Syaoran didn't get a chance to look closer at the other three swords for at that very moment he heard Sakura's voice, "SYAORAN!" He sprang up and sprinted towards the door, but he didn't make it. He was engulfed in white light before he blacked out.