Summary: Syaoran and the gang end up in a world full of magic. All seems regular, just like when they go to new worlds in search of a feather, but it also happens to hold more than one feather. And they are located very far from each other, and each of the feathers guarded by either magic, brute force, or unholy creatures, or more likely, a combination of the three...((SxS))
Disclaimer: I do NOT own any of the characters, or materials that CLAMP has produced. Otherwise, I wouldn't be writing fanfics, won't I? I'd be writing the real thing!
A/N:
Hiya! This is the next chapter of my first fic, Key of Kisses. Thanks you so much for those who reviewed, may I list the few who did, Wedan Anadrian, (thanks for the tip), Mysterious Angel Girl, (I'll try to space the text more, thanks a lot!), dbzgtfan2004, WildfireDreams, and last but not the least, my real life friends, ichi-sama and marian33.
A bit of OCness near the end, but I hope it won't be too much...
Whoops, too much A/N, and on with the story! (Deep breathes)
"Let's move on!" called Fay, and the group walked towards the town…
They arrived at the town fairly quickly, as from the cliffs it had seemed very far. They arrived near the town gates, where two guards, one with a pike, and one was with a sword.
The group recognized one of them and it was Ryuuoh, who was the gate-guard with the sword!
Mokona jumped high, "look its Ryuuoh!" it said happily. Ryuuoh looked at the strangers confusedly, and yelled, "travelers! How do you know my name?" he asked.
The group struggled for an explanation for Mokona's outburst, until Syaoran came up with an idea. "Well, erm…we just met somebody you looks very much like you, and we thought that you were him," he explained hastily, feeling awkward.
"Yeah, yeah, you look very much alike!" Fay smiled.
"Ok then," Ryuuoh said, feeling that this was not an ordinary day, while his partner merely shrugged through the whole thing.
"Well," Syaoran started, "will you open the gates?" he asked the guards. "Of course," said Ryuuoh's partner. "But we warn you, the central tower is forbidden to everybody," he warned, glaring to intimidate them, but was only met by smiles, and a scowl from Kurogane.
The gates were opened, and the group entered the town, with Mokona being carried by Sakura, who was beside Syaoran, and Fay and Kurogane at the back of the traveling group.
The town was a regular, rather like a town in the middle ages, but it seemed very prosperous, as there were carts found on the sides of the clean and wide streets, and people were smiling, buying goods and chatting with the merchants.
The houses were arranged in an orderly fashion, lined neatly beside the wide streets. The central tower, the great, grey stone structure, stood at the center of town, and overlooked almost all of the other buildings.
The town was simply neat, efficient and effective. "Neat town," Fay remarked, smiling, as the group looked around the street with the most people. Then he came across a very familiar face. It was Chun Hyang, whom they had met many times in other worlds.
She was dressed like most of the people there, in clean, comfortable clothes, and a necklace hanging from her neck. But what was most intriguing was that she was with somebody, a boy. The boy was carrying some groceries. Both of them were walking on the street, slightly pink faced.
Then Sakura and Syaoran, who had not yet noticed the two, collided with them on the wide street. Syaoran hit the boy, while Sakura hit Chun Hyang.
All four fell down in a heap on the street, and each one picked himself or herself up, with Syaoran, the boy and Sakura picked up the food from the fallen bag.
"We're sorry about that," Chun Hyang apologized. "It's fine, we weren't didn't se where we were going too," Sakura answered, before gasping, and finally noticed that the girl was Chun Hyang.
"Well, I'm Chun Hyang," she said, "nice to meet you."
"I'm Sakura," Sakura said, "and this is Syaoran," she pointed, introducing the archeologist. "Same to you, Chun Hyang," said Syaoran, feeling slightly awkward, for he had already met Chun Hyang. "And this is Mokona," he said, showing the magical creature, who lay asleep across Sakura's arms.
"And this is Fay," he said, pointing toward the lean magician, "and Kurogane," referring to the muscular swordsman. "Pleased to meet you," said Fay, even though they had technically already met. Kurogane only nodded in response.
"And I forgot to introduce my…friend," Chun Hyang said rather awkwardly, pinkish tinges appearing on her cheeks. "Angelo," her 'friend' finished.
"So what brings you to town?" Angelo asked, eating his strawberry ice cream. "Oh, we're just travelers," Fay responded, licking his own vanilla ice cream. "And we're looking for something very valuable to the Princess," Syaoran explained, relishing his chocolate ice cream.
"And what might that be?" asked Chun Hyang, eating her own strawberry ice cream. The group looked hesitant to let Chun Hyang know exactly what they were looking for but Sakura, while eating cherry-flavored ice cream, knew that they can be trusted, told them. "Feathers, that contain part of my soul, my memories," she explained. "Syaoran and the others are sacrificing a lot for me, even though I don't remember them.".
This left Syaoran blushing, and Chun Hyan nodded, raising a knowing eyebrow at the pair. "Mokona helps too!" Mokona said cheerily, helping Sakura eat her cherry ice cream.
Finally, night arrived, and Chun Hyang and Angelo invited the group inside their home, where they could sleep, they insisted. The group happily agreed, for they needed at place to stay. Chun Hyang and Angelo had their own rooms, and Fay and Kurogane did too, as well as Sakura and Syaoran, but "there's only one bed," Chun Hyang apologetically said.
She intentionally did made the pair sleep together, for they liked each other, and everybody knew except for themselves. Syaoran started to lie down on the hard wooden floor and sleep, but Sakura interrupted him.
"Why don't you sleep on the bed?" she asked, but Syaoran replied, "well, umm...where would you sleep?"
"On the bed as well," Sakura said, sitting on the edge of the soft, large bed. "It's large enough to hold both of us..."
"Well...erm..." Syaoran stuttered, blushing and feeling very awkward.
"Please? I...I...want..to," Sakura tried to say, blushing a very dark shade of red. "Sleep with you," she finally said, "please," she added, looking at Syaoran hopefully.
Syaoran was already blushing like hell, but he managed to say, "alright, Sakura," and got up from his spot on the floor, and sat on the other edge of the bed.
They lied down at the same time, muttered, "goodnight," and slept without any incidents, and unknowngly, they held each other through the night of peaceful sleep, delighting in their close contact...
A/N: Whew! Chapter 2 is up. I'm sorry that nothing really happened here, save for dialogue and character introducing. Angelo is an OC modeled after my best friend, brave, determined and kind. But I'm sorry to say that Chun Hyang and Angelo will meet a rather tragic fate in the next few chapters. :'(. Again, don't blame me if its too long, too short, to stupid, etc. Please review if you can, criticize if you deem it needed and praise if it crosses your mind.
Well, Ja!