Okay, I have two xxxHolic OC's - Yusei, a second Time/Space Witch, and Auzura, who's just like Watanuki...sorta.
Drake arrived on par with two men. She looked around and gave a half smile. She was outside the shop, and it was raining. She observed the men out of the corner of her eye. One was dressed completely in black and was carrying a sword. His hair was black and his eyes were red. He didn't look happy. Drake did a quick magic test and concluded he had none. The other was, on the other hand, dressed in light hues. He appeared to be from a cold dimension – if his clothes were any example. His eyes were light blue and his hair was blonde. She tested him and found he had magic – though nothing like her own. There was something else too. A warning. Drake quickly hid the full extent of her powers from him. A feeling told her that his magic wasn't going to like hers at all. As soon as the magic dissipated the men talked in unison.
"Who the hell are you?" asked the man on her left. At the same time the blonde asked, "Are you the dimension witches?" Both men looked at each other. Drake stayed silent. Yuko had to deal with the other clients first.
"Please give me your names first." Yuko commanded. Drake sighed inwardly. On this world knowing the name of someone was dangerous.
Drake looked down. At her feet was a young boy, holding a girl. There was something wrong with the boy. His soul was…something was wrong. And the girl had no soul at all. Drake frowned. The girl was unconscious. Drake wondered what had happened that had led to their predicament.
"Me?" the man in black asked. "I'm Kurogane." He looked around and added to himself, "What are these weird buildings? I mean," he said loudly. "What is this place?"
"It's called Japan," Yusei said.
"Eh? My country's called Japan too," the man responded.
"Yes. A different Japan." Yusei informed him.
"I'm not getting any of this!" Kurogane said annoyed.
"And you?" Yuko asked the blonde.
"The Wizard of Seresu," he said, bowing. "Fai D. Flowright."
"Do you know where you are?" Yuko asked.
"Yes…"the man responded. "A place where any wish can be granted if a suitable price is paid."
"That's exactly it," Yusei said. "And so…"
"The reason why of you are here…" Yuko continued.
"Is because each of you has a wish." Yusei finished. Drake resisted the urge to roll her eyes. She had known the dimension witches for many years. They only finished each other's sentences when they were talking to a customer. Drake's mother said it was so they sounded more important.
"My home world…" the two men began together.
"Is where I want to be!" Kurogane exclaimed.
"Is the place I do not want to be." Fai said calmly.
Yusei's brow furrowed slightly. "And you, Drake?" she asked. "It has been a long time."
She nodded. "It has. You already know my wish. To be free of my world. Forever."
The other two looked at her. She ignored their looks.
"That is a tall order for the three of you," Yusei said.
"No…" Yuko said softly. "For all four of you…perhaps…."
"Even if you offered the most precious things you own, none of you has enough to pay," Yusei concluded. Drake's heart dropped. Then I would have to do this the hard way. She raised her arm to teleport away.
"But…" Yusei continued. Ava paused.
"If all four paid together, you may just be able to afford it."
"What kind of crap are you spouting?" Kurogane yelled. Drake ignored him.
"Mr. Black, can you keep your insults down?" The Wizard asked cutely.
"I'M NOT MR BLACK!" the man yelled at him. "I'm Kurogane!"
"All four of your wishes are the same." Yusei cut in.
"You want to go to many world's in order to restore the memory of the child." She said to the boy.
"You want to return to your own world," Yuko said to Kurogane.
"You want to go to different worlds to avoid returning to your own." She told Fai.
Yusei looked at me. "And you want the freedom you can't get on your own planet."
"You have different reasons, but the method is the same." Yuko said.
"Travel to different dimensions…that is what you need." Yusei finished.
"Each of you individually cannot make that wish happen."
"However if the three of you combine payment for one wish, than you can afford it."
"Than what would my payment be?" Kurogane asked.
"Your sword," the witches chimed.
"What! I'd never sell away Ginryû!"
"Fine!" Yuko said, annoyed. She poked him in the stomach. "Instead you will wander this world looking like a costume-contest loser, and get picked up by the police for carrying an unlawful sword, and get plastered all over the TV for being a freak! Is that what you want?"
"Huh?" The man asked. "Polee? TiiVee?"
"You realise," Yusei said calmly. "That you are trapped here and we are the only people in the world who can get you out?"
"That's got to be a lie!" Kurogane said.
"It's all true." The Wizard said.
I nodded. "That's why I'm here."
Kurogane leant over them. "You're kidding!"
"Why would we lie?" Drake asked calmly, resisting the urge to punch him.
"What will you do?" the witches asked in sync, holding out their hands.
"Dammit!" he swore, violently handing her the sword. "When I am free from this curse, I am coming back for it," he promised. They ignored him. They turned to the magician.
"Your price…is your marking." They said.
"I don't suppose this staff would do instead?" he asked with a smile. Drake wondered why he was so cheery. It was a mixture between being cute, and being annoying.
"It won't," Yuko said.
"We told you, the price is the thing you value most." Yusei said. The smile fell from the man's face as he considered. Then he perked up again. "I guess I have no choice."
Yuko and Yusei collected the tattoo- a black symbol on his back which looked surprisingly familiar, though Drake couldn't place it.
They turned to Drake next. Her hands reached towards her necklace.
"No," they said, alarmed. She let her hands fall to my sides. "Not that."
I frowned. "But its…"
"It may be your most vital and precious possession, but not your most valued."
"Then what?" I asked.
"The box." Yusei said.
Drake's face fell. She hadn't even considered it. Her box of memories. Not much, but things she had kept close to her every day. But, then again, she was starting a new life. Maybe this was a step in the right direction. She let her hand fall on the pouch containing it, and used her magic to draw out the eloquently designed brown chest. She held it in her hands and kissed the top, before handing it to Yuko. The men stared at me with confused expressions. The box flew around the witches heads, with the other two items.
"What about you?" Yuko asked the boy. "Now is the time to hand over your item of highest value."
"And you will be able to travel the worlds." Yusei finished.
"Fine!" the boy said.
"You realise that is we haven't named the price yet?" Yuko said.
"Yes!" the boy said. Drake took an instant liking to him. Very stubborn.
"The only thing we can do is send you to other worlds," Yusei warned. "Finding the child's memories is something you will have to do."
"…" the boy paused. "Fine!" he said again.
"I like your attitude." Yuko said with a smile. Drake agreed with her.
"Eh?" said a voice by the shop's gate. Drake frowned. There was a boy and a girl walking towards us with toys in their hand, the girl carrying a black one, and the boy a white one. Drake hadn't seen them last time she was here. Did she get helpers? "There's more of you?" the boy asked.
"Here they are," Yuko said. Drake wasn't sure if she was talking about the kids, or the toys. The boy handed the white toy to Yuko.
"The name of this young one is Mokona Modoki." Yuko said. Somewhere along the way, two girls had appeared – one with purple hair, who now carried Kurogane's sword, and a pink haired girl who carried the Wizard's marking. My box floated a little away from the ground, in front of the witches.
"Mokona will lead you through the worlds." Yusei informed them all.
The black creature in the girl's hands moved. Kurogane noticed and held out his hand.
"Hey, you got an extra. Give it to me. I'll go home with that."
The girl wrapped her arms more tightly around it and took a step backward.
"No." Yusei said. "That's how we keep in contact."
Yuko pointed between the two creatures. "See, how useful?" she asked.
"The only power this one has," she said, indicating the girl's black creature, "is to stay in communication with Mokona."
"Mokona will take you to different dimensions, but there is no way to control which dimension." Yusei instructed us. Perfect, I thought. "For that reason," she continued, "only fate will decide when your wishes will be granted."
"However," Yuko cut in. "there is no coincidence in the world. What is there is 'Hitsuzen.'"
Drake almost sighed. Yuko and Yusei mention Hitsuzen a lot.
Hitsuzen, they had told her was 'a naturally foreordained event. A state in which other outcomes are impossible. A result which can only be obtained by a single causality, and all other causalities would necessarily create different results. So reads the Kodansha Japanese desk dictionary, second edition.'
Yusei continued, "And what brought you together…was also Hitsuzen."
"Syaoran," Yuko said to the boy, "your price is…."
"Your relationship." The witches said together. "The thing you value most…is your relationship with her. So that is your price."
"My price?" But how-"
"Even if…"Yusei said.
"…This child's memories are completely restored…"
"Your relationship with her will never be the same again."
"So what is she…to you?" Yuko asked.
He looked at her and pulled her closer, shutting his eyes. "A childhood friend…and the princess of a country…and…and a girl who is precious to me!"
"…..I see." Yuko said softly. "However….if you want to accept Mokona, that relationship will end."
"Even if you retrieve all of her memories," Yusei clarified. "…the one memory she will never retrieve will be her memory of you."
"That is our price."
Drake felt sorrow for the poor boy. He had a difficult choice, far harder than the one she, and most likely the other two as well, had made.
"Will you still pay it?" they asked him.
"Let's go," the boy said, looking at the girl. He looked up with determination in his eyes. "I will not let Sakura die!"