AN: This is the first technical chapter of the story. If that's what you're looking for, my congratulations, you can operate a web browser. If not, might I recommend a map? My disclaimer and summary are in the first part of this story. You saw them on your way in. Please rate and review in a British accent.

Extra Note: This is the typical format I take with my crossovers. Each story will get its own section at the very least, marked by a bold title: TRC (Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles), X/1999, and 3XH (XxxHolic). The section will probably be pretty short but I'll try to update frequently.

Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles: Fai

Fai whistled as he walked. He had managed to wander a good distance from where Syaoran and Mokona had made camp. He had his reasons for wanting space, but at that moment, he simply enjoyed the scenery. It was a pretty world. They hadn't visited enough of mage had walked into a vast canyon within a rainforest. Despite the fact that it wasn't raining, water ran from the high cliffs above down onto the trees, making it seem like it was. The ground was swamp-like, muddy and green, but it blossomed with life in every vivid color imaginable. Fai used magic to tread lightly across the surface of the water, careful not to stain his pristine white clothing.

He was slowly working his way back into using magic. The emotional scars which came with casting spells hadn't healed, but they were starting to. Sure, he constantly had to tell himself that he was no longer cursed, but it was at least something.

Fai made his way to a steady stream of water running off of a large leaf above his head. He caught some of it in both hands and whispered something to it. The water lit up a pale blue, and formed a perfect circle, floating in the air.

For a moment, he caught his own reflection in the spell. His appearance surprised Fai slightly. his skin was still to pale. He had lost weight from worry and trauma. He was good at hiding it, but it was definitely still there. His blond hair had become whiter, his lips thinner, his eyes sharper. But his eyes were what startled him. One was blue, the other was gold. If he closed the blue eye, he looked like some sort of apparition, a ghost that was unsure as to why he hadn't gone on to the next world. If he did the opposite, he became a lost naiad, peering at the ghost through a translucent veil. He looked nothing like a vampire. Fai looked so much different than he remembered, that he almost stopped to make sure the spell had been cast correctly.

His reflection rippled out of view. It was replaced by Kimihiro Watanuki. He looked different as well. Yuuko's apprentice had become lithe, paler, and had taken up the kimono and the pipe. His hair had grown so that it fell around his chin. Much like Fai's, Watanuki's skin had taken a cold pallor to it.

"Fai," he said. His voice was hollow. It had been since Yuuko had passed, but the mage knew it wouldn't be long until it filled with power that could surpass his own.

"Kimihiro," Fai replied coolly.

"It must be important," the shopkeeper noted, "for you to use your own magic to contact me."

This brought a smile to Fai's face. Watanuki was becoming just like his predecessor. The mage straightened up. He was here for a reason, not to be distracted.

"Yes. I need the rest of my magic back."

X/1999: Subaru

Subaru made sure he drew the circle correctly. Again. He enunciated each word of the spell flawlessly. Again. He remained calmed, and re-aligned his magic internally. Again.

The young onmyoji was lost for an explanation. No matter what he tried, he couldn't contact Yuuko.

His grandmother had introduced him to the Witch when he was young. It was right before his first mission as an onmyoji. He had spent a year in Tokyo, rigorously studying to become the thirteenth Sumeragi clan leader. He remembered how exited he was, Yuuko was quite famous. The trip, however, only seemed to worry his grandmother. Subaru hadn't been paying as much attention as he should have been. He was too absorbed in the spells and artifacts which Yuuko kept. He recalled that the witch herself mention something about a star, a terrible tragedy, and something about dragons. He meet Seishiro two days later.

Since then, Yuuko Ichihara had been a mentor to him. She had given him invaluable advise on magic and the balance of things, a concept which is essential for a Yin-yang master. In return, Subaru ran the odd job for her. An exorcism here, a soul burial there. She became one of his most frequent employers.

"Your grandmother worked for me, too," she said once, "She would ask for information on particular spirits, or how to cast a peaceful exorcism."

"Grandmother?" Subaru laughed, "I thought she knew everything like that."

Yuuko smiled, and asked Moro to fetch her a drink.

Another time, he had asked her where she got all of her stuff; the staffs, chairs, books, or other random artifacts strung about.

"Wishes. To grant someone's wish, I collect payment of equal value," She explained, "Of course, some of it comes from the hunters, a pair of brothers, I have in other worlds."

It took Subaru forever to realize that she truly meant that there was more than one world. The idea sounded appealing to Subaru now that Seishiro was gone. It was an escape.

Maybe it would be easier to go to store instead, Subaru thought. It was surrounded by spells stronger than what some of the Dragons of Heaven could only dream of making. It existed in multiple worlds. The young onmyoji doubted the earthquakes would have affected it much.

Even if he couldn't get a hold of Yuuko, he should be able to contact her new assistant, or one of her hunters.

He would find a way out.

XxxHolic: Watanuki

Watanuki smoothly rose to a lazy standing position. One of the sleeves of his violet kimono slipped down his shoulder. He walk across the low table until he stood directly in front of the projection of Fai. He raised on of his hands, tightly closing it. When he opened it, the raw crystalline form of the Mage's power was in his palm.

"This?" He asked, tilting his head to the side. The crystal was so small, but it was alive with power. "It was exchanged for an arm from Piffle Country, was it not? I cannot undo that wish."

"Something else of equal value, then."

Watanuki sighed. "You don't need it. Magic in your one eye alone is more powerful than both eyes were before you came here."

"Kurogane means to get it back for me," Fai explained.

"This magic is one that draws on your lifeforce each time you use it. The magic you have now increases instead."

"I understand," Fai said definitively.

"At the moment, you have nothing of equal value to this," Watanuki closed his hand and the crystal vanished. "I will keep it until you do."

"No one else can use that magic," Fai said, "I trust you will not sell it?"

Watanuki didn't reply. Instead, he looked past the projection to where Moro and Maru were letting a customer in.

"I suppose this was inevitable, then."

AN: I promise future chapters will be longer. Thanks reminiscent-afterthought for the advise on my disclaimer chapter. I consider it to be a bit of a 'forward' for my story, because I wasn't sure how to in-cooperate it into this chapter as well as I would of liked to.

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