Chapter 2:World of Dreams

"Where am I? What happened? Yuuko!" Watanuki stood up and looked around for his employer. But to his surprise she was nowhere to be seen. Instead he found himself in a new place. Swirling lights of thousands of colours engulfed the space around him and within this seemingly endless space he saw bubbles floating through the air. He grabbed a bubble and he instantly saw, in his mind, a dream contained within the bubble. He realized that he was in a world of dreams.

He saw thousands of dreams of the people from his world as well as others. It suddenly became clear to him that he did not belong here. He had no memories of his family and his friends remained in the dimension that he assumed was destroyed. His hope was lost, he had nowhere to go. He closed his eyes and a tear rolled down his cheek ad feel down off of his face onto a bubble. The dream came to life in his mind. Before him stood two men. He recognized the symbol inscribed on one mans chest as the same symbol that was inscribed on the chests of the warriors who attacked Yuuko's shop. The other man, for some reason, was not visible to Watanuki. He could only see the shadow of a person facing the other.

"In the future, your son will be in the way of my desire, it is not a personal matter with you but i must eliminate your son." the man with the bat symbol on his clothes said.

"No please, you cannot take my son away!" the other man cried. "Take me instead please! I will do whatever you want of me as long as you do not kill Kimihiro!" He pleaded, Watanuki was in shock, he could not believe this. It was a memory of his but however hard he tried he could not see the other man. He could not see his father.

"Very well. You will come back with me to my dimension and become my slave and you will do whatever I command you to do, and in exchange i will spare your sons life." the man who was visible said as he smiled an evil smile.

"Very well." Watanuki's father said with his head hung low." I will come with you."

"Daddy no! I don't want you to leave!" said a young Watanuki.

"Don't worry son, you are a strong kid, we will see each other again I promise." he said as he held out his pinky finger to his son. Watanuki held out his own finger as well and as if his body remembered the moment older Watanuki held out his pinky and tried to hold his fathers with it to make the same pact that they had made so long ago.

Watanuki opened his eyes and found himself once again in the world of dreams and memories. He heard a voice from behind him say his name and he turned around.

"HIMAWARI-CHAN!!" Watanuki cried with a silly love filled look in his eye.

"Pi pi" Tanpopo chirped.

"Yo" said a deeper voice from behind them.

"DOUMEKI!!" Watanuki screamed with a horrific facial to match. "Wait, what are the two of you doing here?"

"I was home in the temple when suddenly a strange magical symbol appeared beneath my feet and the next thin I knew I was floating around in this other dimension." Doumeki said.

"The said thing happened to me and Tanpopo as we were walking down the street."

Suddenly Watanuki remembered something that Yuuko said before she brought him here. That those who have a strong link to him by fate will always be by his side. Watanuki smiled as he remembered her kind and wise words. Suddenly someone else came into view. A girl cam floating down from above them.

"Sakura-chan!!" Watanuki cried. She smiled and as she reached them her gaze shifted to Himawari. At the same time Himawari looked at her and as if in a trance like state their hands met. As they did, their memories flowed through each others bodies and minds. Himawari began to cry.

"I may not know you but I have seen what you have been through and I feel like I have known you my whole life. Your memories are incomplete and through your travels with those who are special to you, you have lost your body and your soul has remained trapped here ever since" Himawari said as a tear fell down her face.

"I too have felt what you have been through Himawari-chan. Your abiities have caused you so much suffering. You have lost family and lived in fear of being close to anybody. I am so sorry. But I also feel that you have entered a happier time now that you have made such wonderful friends. I am so happy." were Himawari looked Sakura in the eyes. "Sakura, I know you want to see your friends again. You can take up residence in my body with me and I promise I will do my best to bring you back to your special one" as the words left her lips, the two souls became one, encompasing one being who took on the appearance of Himawari.

As this was happening Watanuki's eyes widened. He fell into a trance and began to glow. The symbol of dimensional transprtation spread around the group from within Watanuki's body and with a flash they were once again on their way to another dimension.

To be continued...

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