The rain fell heavily outside. The trees swayed ferociously in the wind and the sky was gloomy and grey. Syaoran stared out at the world, his head leaning against the window pane. It had been raining ever since the morning and they had not seen Kyle Rondart, Fei Wang Reed's assistant ever since yesterday. Today had been the worst day yet in the country of Koryo. The town of Ryonfi, where they were temporarily staying with Chun'yan, was better than the last time they were here. Syaoran remembered the Ryanban and his son, both whom made the town suffer. Kurogane was leaning against the arm rest of the lounge his mind in some faraway place. Fai was reading a spell book Chun'yan's mother once inherited from her mother, now belonging to Chun'yan. Mokona was temporarily resting on Kurogane's head for when he woke up Mokona knew he'd have to jump off before he could be squashed to pulp. The door opened and from the rain stepped in Chun'yan. She wore her determined face as she placed her shopping on the table. 'Here you go! The ingredients for tonight's Dinner," she grinned at Fai.
Fai took the basket and with Mokona (who was now wide awake) disappeared into the kitchen to make dinner. Chun'yan walked quietly up to Syaoran, taking off her raincoat in the process. 'You've been moody all day Syaoran. What's wrong?' she asked as she too looked out the window to try to figure out what exactly Syaoran was staring at. Syaoran looked up at Chun'yan and faked a smile. 'Nothing much Chun'yan. Thanks again for letting us stay here.' She waved away the statement. 'It's the least I can do for you after how you helped my town so don't apologise!' Syaoran went back to staring at the sky. Sakura… where are you now… I miss you… I need you… Syaoran sighed deeply and went to his temporary room. He lay down on the bed and fell asleep.
'Syaoran! Syaoran! Syaoran!' Mokona was bouncing up and down on Syaoran's chest. Syaoran blinked his eyes sleepily, 'huh?' he moaned. 'SYAORAN!' Syaoran yelped and fell off the side of the bed. Mokona looked down at him from the top of the bed. 'Dinner's ready!' Mokona sang. 'What was that?' Kurogane stood at the door staring at the scene before him. 'I told you to wake him up not kill him!' Kurogane hissed at Mokona. Mokona rushed out the room with Kurogane close behind. Syaoran carefully got up and brushed the dust off his pants. He walked out the room and joined the others for Dinner. Dinner was just a bowl of noodles with hot soup filled to the rim. Syaoran ate slowly while he daydreamed of archaeological excavations and findings. Dinner passed after a very long time and Syaoran retreated to his room once more. He had settled under the fine quilt and blanket he was given from Chun'yan when Fai entered the room and sat on the end of the bed. 'Syaoran is it okay with you if we leave tomorrow? Kyle is sure to have gone to some other dimension by now and if we want the truth about what happened to the clones we need to catch up to him.' It was true that Kyle Rondart, the assistant of Fei Wang knew what exactly had happened to the clones of Syaoran and Sakura who had been created by Fei Wang. Syaoran was desperate to find out what exactly happened and so they were chasing after Kyle Rondart. Syaoran nodded. 'We need to catch up to him. We have to find out what happened if we want to find a way to bring back the clones.' With an understanding nod, Fai left the room and left Syaoran to his thinking. He yawned and laid his head against the pillow and within a few minutes he was fast asleep.
Syaoran, Fai and Kurogane stumbled into a market place. They had left the country of Koryo and now they were here in what looked like a sandy place. Syaoran stumbled up to a young boy who was carrying a basket of apples to one of the shops. 'Excuse me, but can you tell me what place this is?' he asked ever so politely. The boy looked up at him with wide eyes. 'It is the Kingdom Of Clow sir' the boy replied. Syaoran stumbled in surprise and fell over an empty basket which had been left on the street. Clow? Impossible! But it looks exactly like it! Syaoran stared around in disbelief as he pulled himself to his feet. He scanned the area. Clow. At the end of the street there was a little house. The companions moved towards it, Syaoran in front, Mokona on his shoulder and Kurogane and Fai following behind. They reached the house and Syaoran peered in through the window. 'Yup. Clow. This is my house! I wonder if Sakura is here.'
They walked towards the palace and were met at the front gates by Touya. Touya frowned at them questioningly. 'Where is Sakura?' he hissed. Syaoran stared deeply into his eyes. 'What! She's not here!' Touya shook his head. 'No she isn't here you brat! When I find her and she's not looking well and healthy then you're dead you brat!' Syaoran looked questioningly at Fai and Kurogane. 'Well, Sakura wasn't in the residential area because I check while we were walking up here,' Fai shrugged. Kurogane stepped in front of Syaoran. 'Listen up! We don't have any idea where Sakura is you got that? We just came here from another dimension! So quit accusing people if you don't know what happened for sure!' Kurogane growled.
The four companions walked silently towards the Clowan ruins. They'd searched everywhere, the palace, the residential area, everywhere. Finally they had come to the conclusion to check the ruins of Clow. They had had a very bad battle here, at the ruins and Syaoran didn't want to come back here. But I must if I ever wish to see Sakura again. They took the steps down into the ruins towards the purification pool. Mokona cuddled closer inside Syaoran's cloak because of the cold. As they reached the purification pool, Kurogane scanned the area. 'No one' he remarked as he turned back to stare at the crystal clear water. 'Look at this!' Fai was bent down near the steps that led to the water. The others joined him. 'It's one of Sakura's clover wristbands! The one she makes when she's bored!' Mokona cried out. 'Also a piece of cloth from her dress!' Syaoran gritted his teeth as he looked up from the ripped piece of cloth. With a sudden gasp of realisation, he jumped up and raced towards the wall on the other side of the purification pool. He presses his palm against the wall and with his hand, traced a newly opened crack in the wall. As the others joined him, looking completely puzzled, he turned towards them. 'This was never here before. It is still a fresh cut too' he informed them.
After the revelation of the crack, Fai set to work trying to open a portal to Fai Wang Reed's dimension via the crack. It was after Syaoran had examined it more closely that he realised that the crack must have been made by the last time Fai Wang reed was here… or recently. It took a while, but once Fai had opened it, all four of them wasted no time in jumping in and being warped to his dimension. They thudded onto the cold tiled floor of a deserted hallway. Managing to get up Kurogane took a quick look around. 'Coast clear!' he announced. Mokona bounced onto his shoulder and imitated Kurogane looking for any guards. 'Coast Clear!' he squeaked as he jumped to miss Kurogane's hand. They ran around, Kurogane desperately trying to grab Mokona and Mokona trying to elude him. 'Stop it, both of you or someone will catch us here!' Syaoran hissed. He turned to meet Fai's teasing eyes. 'Are you sure we are in the right place Fai? I'd think that the place would be crawling with guards.' Why would you need guards if people can rarely get in here. Only a few people like us?' Mokona asked with a happy smile on his face.
They walked on. The place seemed endless with twisted paths going to all directions, some leading in circles, others leading in dead ends. Only one way to the place they wanted to go, they searched frantically. Syaoran stopped at a tall white, marble pillar. He leaned against it, puffing and gasping for breath. After a few minutes rest, they began to race around again until finally they came to a large, steel door of great height. Kurogane attempted to push it open; Fai tried with his magic as did Mokona. Syaoran searched closely for any buttons or levers that might have made the door open. 'Stop right there intruders!' came a sharp voice. The sound of thudding feet came to their ears and they spun around to face a squad of guards. 'Just what we needed,' Kurogane grumbled as he unsheathed his weapon. Syaoran ran full speed towards the oncoming guards, jumped and landed in the middle of the squad. He spun around and kicked with full force, sending a guard flying back. He ducked to miss an attack then pushed another over before punching one in the stomach. Fai found a stick nearby and was bashing it into nearby enemies. He ducked and spun, ducked and spun before jumping and sending the staff flying towards a row of guards. Kurogane smashed the hilt of his sword into the closest guard's head. Another smash to one's stomach and a sword pushed straight through another's back. Mokona, using his wits, tricked the guards into coming and smashing into one another, making a huge pile of unconscious guards.
The fighting was no difficulty, but anyone knew better than to lag around for recruits would soon come in. They tried smashing the gate open together but it was no use. Syaoran stood in the middle, staring at the gate with full concentration. Fai stood beside him, magic in his hands ready. Kurogane and Mokona stood by, clear out of harm's way. The decision was made and the solution to their problem, they'd decided, was to have Fai and Syaoran use their magic against the gate, which would hopefully, hopefully open the gate and they would finally be able to move on and find Sakura. 'Raitai Shorai!' Syaoran yelled. He and Fai charged their magic at the door. The door rattled a little and then finally, very slowly, it began to open. Kurogane and Mokona rand in and the other two ran after just as the door shut closed. They wandered through the dark, searching every prison cell for Sakura. At last they came to a cell with a little bundle inside sobbing lightly. 'Sakura?' Mokona asked silently. The bundle moved and Sakura's head popped out. 'GUYS!' she cried happily, instantly jumping to her feet and running to the bars of her prison. Syaoran touched her hand with his and smiled. 'Hang on a second Sakura, We'll get you out of here,' he whispered. She nodded silently then stepped back from the door as Fai cast a spell and broke the lock. She stepped out and ran to embrace Syaoran and the others.
Kurogane glanced around. 'To quiet here… let's get out of here before someone comes and figures it out!' he hissed. They nodded and together ran off into the dark passage ahead of them.