I am so sorry I have been slackin'! And this chapter is a little longer than the previous. I have big plans for the upcoming chapters, so bear with me! I hope you'll enjoy this next installment of DEM!
Disclaimer:I do not own Tsubasa or Cardcaptors, I am just a fan!
CHAPTER THREE
"Tell me who you are now!" Li shouted. "What are you doing here?"
"What if we don't answer?" Kurogane challenged.
Li got out his sword, and put it in front of him, and he closed his eyes in concentration. "Force, know my plight, release the light! Lightning!"
Slamming his sword forward, a bolt of lightning came flying at them. Everyone quickly jumped out of the way.
"Well, this Li sure means business." said Fai.
"Why are you so calm about this? He could of killed us!" said Kurogane.
"I don't think his intention was to kill us, Kuro-pu, he was just giving us a warning."
"Oh yeah? What kind of warning? 'I'll kill you if you don't answer me' kind of warning?"
"Not exactly. Because we're not answering, he had no other choice but to try to get it out of us by force."
"I don't care, he still tried to attack us!" Kurogane wrapped his hand around the handle of his sword.
"Fai's right!" Mokona said. "Mokona can sense it! The boy doesn't know where we're from or why we're here, and he's really worried for that girl."
"My point exactly, Mokona!" said Fai.
"Yeah, whatever." Kurogane shook his head.
"This Li....he has some pretty strong magic." commented Fai. "And so does the girl."
"I'm not going to ask you again!" Li yelled, losing patience. "Tell me who you are and what you're doing here, now!"
Syaoran held Princess Sakura tightly in his arms and stared down at her. She was breathing in and out a little faster than normal, Syaoran was starting to get worried. The Sakura atop the building had her eyes locked on the two, and looked at them with sympathy and worry.
Li, losing his patience, got his sword ready about to throw another bolt of lightning at them, but Sakura stopped him.
"No Li, don't!" she begged.
"Huh?" he turned his head to look at her.
"They aren't here to hurt us, I know it!"
Li blinked. "But Sakura..."
"Just look at them, Li! Look at the two who look just like us!"
Li sighed and turned to look in the direction of Syaoran and the princess.
"I think they need our help, Li. They wouldn't be here if they weren't looking for something. That girl looks as if there's something wrong with her, like she's sick, and he's trying to get her better. Maybe there's something we can do to help!"
"You're right." Li put his sword back in the sheath.
Everyone gasped.
"What is he planning to do?!" said Kurogane.
"I don't really know." said Fai.
The two of them jumped off the building, landing on their feet. They slowly approached the group.
"My name's Li Showron." he bowed. "I apologize for the disturbance."
"And I'm Sakura Avalon." she said, also bowing. She then looked at the princess and crouched down, putting her hand on her forehead. "Is...she alright?"
"To be honest, I don't really know." Syaoran replied.
"And who are you?" Li asked, alot more calmly this time.
"My name's Syaoran." he replied.
"And I'm Mokona Modoki!" said Mokona, jumping onto Syaoran's shoulder. "And the sleeping girl is also named Sakura! She's the princess of a place called Clow Country!"
"Clow Country?!" Li and Sakura said at the same time.
'Could it be, that...that place was named after Clow Reed?' Sakura thought.
"I'm sorry to interrupt, but I haven't introduced myself yet." said Fai, chiming into the conversation. "My name is Fai D. Flowright, and that big guy behind me is Kurgie!"
"For the last time....IT'S KUROGANE!!!" he yelled in anger.
It started to rain. Everyone was in the living room at the Avalon residence. Sakura's father and brother still haven't returned from work yet. The princess was still sleeping soundly in Syaoran's arms.
"So you're traveling across dimensions?" said Sakura. "How does that work?"
"That little fur ball opens it's fat mouth and sucks us in." said Kurogane.
"You're not explaining it right, Kurgie!" said Mokona.
"But Kuro-pu's right, Mokona is the one that transcends us through dimensions." Fai explained. "We're traveling different worlds for different reasons. I, myself, wish to never see my home world again."
"And I just want to go home!" Kurogane growled.
"And what is your reason for traveling, Syaoran?" Li asked.
"To save Sakura." he replied with determination.
"Save her?" Sakura began to feel worried. "What's wrong with her? Is she dying?!"
He shut his eyes tightly and gripped her closer. "If I don't find all of her feathers, she will...."
"Feathers?" Sakura seemed confused. "Is that what you're looking for?"
"As a matter of fact it is," Fai nodded. "The feathers are fragments of her memory, a manifestation of her heart. Syaoran has vowed to find every piece of it, to save the princess."
"Yeah, and we don't leave until a feather is located." Kurogane said in frustration. "So it's important we find it so we can just move on!"
"Mokona senses one in this world!" Mokona chimed in. "But the signal is very weak, it's being cancelled out by some other kind of power!"
"You mean the feather is magical?!" asked Li, jumping in the conversation.
"Very powerful," said Fai. "We've seen what her feathers can do in the wrong hands. So it's not only important to retrieve it to save Sakura, but vital that it doesn't fall into the wrong hands."
"If the feather has power, I might be able to locate it with my magic." Li told them.
"You can do that for us?!" said Syaoran.
Li nodded. "Yes."
"Hey Sakura, I didn't know you were back yet!" came a voice from upstairs. It was Kero, floating down the stairs and into the living room. "So, uh, what's been going....hey, who are all these people?!"
"Calm down, Kero." said Sakura. "Don't worry; they aren't dangerous."
Everyone gasped and their eyes widened. They recognized that creature from a world they journeyed to before. The world where they all got shrunk to insect size and Mokona was the one Kero dreamed that would save them!
"Hey, isn't that....Keroberos?" said Syaoran.
"Oh, not that annoying critter again!" said Kurogane.
"Oh, you've heard of me?" said Kero. "Well, I do admit, I AM pretty spectacular. Especially in my true form!"
"Oh, Kero." Sakura shook her head.
"What? I'm only telling the truth!"
"How can they get nervous when all they see before them is a stuffed animal?" said Li, his arms crossed and eyes closed.
"Stuffed animal?" Kero growled. "Alright, that's it!"
Sakura gasped. "Kero, no!"
But it was too late. Kero had transformed into Keroberos, a tiger with wings, and pinned Li down with one of his front paws. Everyone just stood there and blinked.
"What was that about me being a stuffed animal?" said Keroberos. Suddenly, he heard something and lifted up his head toward that direction. "Huh?"
The front door opened, and a voice shouted. "I'm home now!"
"Kero, get out of here, NOW!" she shouted. Then she looked at everyone else. "Ohhh....how am I going to explain you guys?!"
"Hey Squirt!"
Sakura turned around. "T-t-tori!"
Syaoran's eyes widened in surprise. "Your Majesty!"
"Since when do you go off calling me...." he then realized something. He looked to his right, there was Li on the ground rubbing the back of his own neck, and then he saw the other kid who looked just like him holding an identical of his sister. Plus the Mokona, and the presence of Fai and Kurogane didn't help the confusing situation.
Tori looked over at Sakura. "Who the heck are all these people?!"
"Tori, I can explain!" said Sakura. "They're....well uh, they're...."
The princess started to open her eyes and sat up, looking around her surroundings. "Where are we?"
"We're at Sakura's house," Syaoran replied.
"You mean...that girl who looks like me?"
Syaoran nodded.
"Explain to me why I see another brat in my midst!" yelled Tori.
"He's not a brat! His name is Li! And this other guy is Syaoran!" Sakura yelled back. "This may seem confusing to you, but they ARE us from ANOTHER world!"
"Then what is the alternate brat doing with an alternate you? Does my other self have to deal with him, too?!"
"Stop calling him a brat!"
"I think 'brat' suits the kid just fine!"
'I don't know why...but somehow this feels familiar.'Princess Sakura thought as she watched an alternate of herself and brother fight with each other. 'Like I've had a fight with my brother alot like this. But...I...can't remember who it was....'
The princess gasped with wide eyes then looked up at Syaoran and said, "Syaoran, did I have fights like this with my brother Touya? Does this means you're...." suddenly she felt a shock and passed out. Sakura, Tori, and Li turned and looked at her.
"Hey, what happened?" asked Tori. "Is she going to be alright?"
"She just needs to rest...." said Syaoran. "That's all."
But he knew what happened. Sakura came too close to remembering him again. And so, that moment of which she might have found the missing pieces, like her memory of Syaoran, was also, taken away.
It was late that night. Tori and Sakura met in the hallway.
"Dad said he won't be coming home until afternoon tomorrow," Tori told her.
"Then I can have them stay with us before then."
Tori nodded. "It should work."
"I'll let them know. Thank you, Tori."
"I still don't like the sight of that Syaoran kid..." he mumbled to himself. "Reminds me too much of the brat."
"Did you say something, Tori?"
"Hm?" Tori then put his hand on her head and messed up her head. "Goodnight, Squirt!"
"Stop calling me squirt!"
But he pretended not to hear her, and shut the door to his room. Sakura just sighed and went downstairs.
"My dad won't be coming home until the afternoon tomorrow," she told them. "So you guys are welcomed to stay here."
"That's very kind of you." Syaoran bowed. "Thank you."
"It's not big deal!" she said with a closed-eyes smile. "I just want to do whatever I can to help! Li will drop by in the morning, so we can help you find Sakura's feather!"
"Mokona's sleepy," it said in a tired voice. "Where will Mokona sleep tonight?"
"You can sleep in my room, Mokona." said Sakura. "I wouldn't mind!"
Mokona then bounced into her arms. "Okay! Mokona will sleep with Sakura tonight!"
"See you in the morning!"