I was in a really good mood and I loved how ch. 3 turned out so I posted it early! Enjoy~

Okay so I forgot to put this in the last chapter but let me just get this out of the way in case any of you ask. For those of you who have read xxxHolic, Himawari can only visit Watanuki once a year because her bad luck affects him to the point where he fell out of a window and almost died. Well, i'm making this that one time that she visits.

Chapter Three

Doumeki ran down the hall wildly, with Mokona hot on his heels. The group on the other side waited, anxiously. Tsubasa's group on the side of the projection watched as the black Mokona followed Doumeki and Himawari, barreling down the twisting halls of Yuuko's shop and into Watanuki's sleeping quarters. Sakura gasped as she saw Doumeki approach Watanuki's bedside. The boy looked to be in the same condition as Tsubasa.

Watanuki's appearance was the same ghastly pale complexion as Tsubasa's, with his his sweat-drenched black hair framing his face. His breathing was slow and ragged.

"Hey, Watanuki. Wake up." Doumeki said as he stood behind Himawari who took her place kneeling at Kimihiro's side. She took Kimihiro's hand in hers and gently caressed his hair from his face with her free one. Himawari pressed her forehead to his to check his temperature while Maru and Moro sat on his bed desperately trying to wake him up. Doumeki glanced up in time to see Himawari nearly fall backwards.

*"kyaa!" She cried.

"Hey are you ok?"Doumeki asked. "What happened?"

"I'm fine, but Watanuki-kun is burning up!" She exclaimed.

Touya proceeded to check Tsubasa's temperature as well.

"Hey guys, Tsubasa is burning up too."

Fai and Kurogane didn't know what to do.

They were at a loss. They could only watch as Tsubasa writhed in pain, his brow furrowed and lined with sweat. Kurogane wasn't really one to be sentimental and on the rare occasion when he was, it was usually with stuff that involved the kid. This was one of those such 'rare occasions'. Kurogane's eyes drifted to the sight of Sakura and Syaoran wrapping protective arms around their unconscious son while showing concern for their other son.

Fai couldn't stand seeing Sakura and Syaoran like this. Even if they were the original's clones, they still deserved their share of happiness, and having their sons fall to an unknown ailment didn't help their predicament.

"Hey guys, what's this stuff on Tsubasa-chan?" Tomoyo asked innocently, breaking the silence.

Doumeki turned his head in time to see red tattoos crawl up the brunette's body. The boy immediately started screaming in pain, writhing in the arms of his parents. Fai quickly examined the boy, and not seeing any injuries, he deduced that it must be some type of spell.

"But wait…" Sakura started, "these look like-" she was cut off. As if on cue with Tsubasa's screams, Kimihiro began going through the same process. Re tattoos began climbing their way up his legs. Himawari shouted his name in hope that he'd wake up, but to no avail.

"Dammit, why is this happening to both of them!?" Kurogane yelled.

"Maybe…" Syaoran began, "maybe it's because they're the same being."

"Well then shouldn't that go for you too?" Touya asked.

"No, not necessarily. I am indeed Tsubasa's clone, but I am also his and Kimihiro's father. However, Tsubasa and Kimihiro are literally the same entity. Their existence is the same through and through."

"But then what about these marks?" Tomoyo asked.

Fai was still completely puzzled. The marks seemed to spawn from Kimihiro and Tsubasa's previous condition, and he couldn't sense any magic from them before they had activated. Once they were though, he could sense magic, but he couldn't identify who it belonged to. No one in the room with him nor through the projection, certainly, but…..it felt familiar to him. Like he had encountered it before.

"It can't be…" Sakura said in dismay.

"What's wrong Sakura?" Syaoran asked, troubled by his significant other's tone.

"These...these markings on Tsu-chan and Kimihiro's body. I've seen them before, in my dreams. When Tsu-chan was captured, these are what contained him. He wasn't able to move. They bound him."

"Then that means..." Syaoran trailed off.

"Fei Wang Reed." Kurogane said with a glare. The imminent anger clearly present on his face. Fai put a hand on his shoulder and shook his head."That can't be Kuro-sama, we watched Fei Wang die."

"If he's really dead like you say, then what else could it be...or who? Touya asked.

"Clow"

A familiar voice resounded from afar. Syaoran, Sakura, Kurogane, Fai, Tomoyo, and Touya looked towards the hall to see Yue staring back at them.

"Mistress," Yue addressed Sakura, "it is Clow's magic that I sense."

"What does this Clow guy's magic have to do with this Fei Wang person's markings?" This time the voice belonged to Doumeki. There was a twinge of concern etched into his question.

"I guess that's why the magic aura felt familiar." Fai said. He put his index finger and thumb up to his chin in a thinking manner and continued his explanation. "I understand now. The familiar feeling I got when I examined the magic surrounding the markings. It was Tsubasa-kun's."

"What? Couldn't that have just been his magic you were sensing then?" Kurogane asked.

"No Kuro-rin. I know the difference between tat magic and Tsubasa-kun's. This one felt distinctly different."

"Then how is it familiar to Tsubasa's?" Tomoyo asked the blond mage.

"When we fought Fei Wang, he had mentioned at one point how he was a descendent of Clow Reed and how Tsubasa-kun was also a descendent." The mage answered the black haired woman.

"What's going to happen to them?" Himawari asked as she came into view in the projection. Her eyes were watering and her whole self was trembling.

"I'm not sure Himawari-san." Sakura responded. "This is all-"

"Hitsuzen."

This time, a voice unknown to Kurogane and Fai rang out. A voice unknown to them, but very familiar to the others. The man who owned the voice walked into the house, gracefully, with a sophisticated air about him. Syaoran cautiously stood and approached the man. Kurogane and Fai watched as the two met face to face.

Syaoran spoke first.

"Eriol Hiiragizawa." He said cynically.

"Why hello, Syaoran-kun, Sakura-chan, and guests." The man named Eriol smiled fakely.

"Ne, ne" Two small voices could be heard in unison.

Maru and Moro.

"Watanuki won't die right?" The pink haired girl asked.

"You can help him right? Maru can sense it, you're help Watanuki?" The blue haired girl asked.

"I will do what I can. But i'm afraid I cannot promise you anything. Fate seems so have other things in store for Tsubasa-kun and this boy Watanuki-kun."

"What do you mean, Eriol?" asked Sakura. She was clearly distressed at both of her son's current states.

Eriol sighed and crossed his arms.

"Listen closely to what I am about to say." He said to those present in the living room, then he turned to the projection from Mokona and addressed Doumeki. "You all as well," He paused, "need to hear this. As Sakura, Syaoran, and the guardians; Yue and Keroberos, know, I am half of Clow Reed's reincarnation. The other half is Sakura's father, Fujitaka. And as you guys know," He motioned to Fai and Kurogane, "Tsubasa-kun here is a descendent of Clow, with Watanuki-kun being his alternate existence."

"Okay, but what does this have to do with what's happening with the kids?" Kurogane chided.

"The magic from this spell contains traces of Clow's magic. Besides me, Syaoran and Tsubasa-kun, surely, there is yet another you know who is a descendent of Clow." Eriol replied, his voice failing to hide his bitterness.

"Another…?" Fai contemplated. His eyes grew wide as he realized who the other person was. "Fei Wang!"

There were several gasps and several more hushed cries from Himawari and the Mokonas'

"Precisely." Eriol said, his face grimm.

"But we killed that bastard already, are you telling us that he's alive?" Kurogane questioned, losing his composure in the process.

"No, he is indeed dead. But I assume this is a spell that he cast on Tsubasa-kun while he held him captive. From what I can gather, this spell was meant to activate if he were to ever come across me."

"And Watanuki?" Doumeki asked through the projection.

"Because his existence is the same as Tsubasa-kun's, I suppose he's feeling the repercussions." Eriol responded.

"What will happen to them if the bindings continue to move?" It was Sakura that said this while clutching Tsubasa's shoulder while her eyes shifted between Eriol and Kimihiro.

"I'm afraid that if this continues, they'll die," He said forlornly.

"Isn't there anything that we can do?" Fai asked.

"I'm not sure," Eriol paused, " I've never dealt with spells like this before. And to make it worse, Fei Wang had made it undetectable until it was visible. Who knows for how long the spell has been acting against them both."

"Wish…"

A small voice, barely audible, cut through the conversation.

"You can...make...a wish…"

Doumeki turned around and watched as Kimihiro sat up from his previous lying posture.

*Yes I just made Himawari stereotypical-girl-in-any-anime scream don't judge me xD

So thanks for reading again, and please review and tell me what you think. This story is my first ever fanfiction, so please tell me what I should improve on if need be.