"So…" Sora pondered on Ichigo's story. "You don't remember anything?"

The pink haired girl simply shook her head as she closed her eyes reminiscing.

"Nope," she whispered.

Sora stared deeply into Ichigo's eyes. How could she be normal one minute then forget everything the next?

Sora began to speak, "Look—you told me about your life. How you saved the world with your friends—"

"I told you I don't remember any of that!" Ichigo yelled cutting off Sora.

Ichigo was in a far worse case than Chii was. Sora couldn't seem to figure out what caused her memory loss. She was fine just a few minutes ago.

"Is there anything you actually remember about your past?" Sora asked angrily.

Ichigo began to remember that it was raining harshly when she awoke from her mysterious sleep. The rain was ice cold and pounding against her body. All she was able to do was stay lying on the bench that she somehow ended up on. At the time when the rain had stopped, Ichigo's body was extremely weak. She slowly rolled off the bench that was rotting with age and landed in a puddle on the brick floor.

As she weakly pushed herself off the brick floor, she turned to see a girl with long blonde hair lying near the bench. Ichigo knew that the girl wasn't a normal human being from the moment she saw her ears. As she had crawled over to the young lady lying in the puddle of murky water, Ichigo realized that the girl wasn't breathing—she must have died.

Ichigo snapped back into reality. She said, "I don't remember anything special…"

Sora's face changed expressions from confusion to depression. He remembered that Ichigo told him about her friends and how she knew she was going to find them again. What made her lose her memory? And what was he going to do to get them back?

--

"My—" Sakura's voice began to crack as tears filled her eyes. "My staff is—"

Chii brought Sakura to her chest as Sakura began to softly cry. Chii stayed looking at her staff that began to lose its color. The star in the center was now fading into a dull grey.

Sakura reached into the small backpack she carried with her. As Chii got a better look at Sakura's outfit, she realized that she was wearing a school uniform.

Sakura pulled out a deck of cards that all had the same design on the back. It was similar to the magic circle that formed around Sakura when she tried to release the Fly card.

"They're fading…" Sakura whined, her voice full of fright.

The cards that were once a light pink color began to fade into grey—the same grey that engulfed the dead city and her staff.

Sakura put her hand against her forehead. She began to tremble as she realized that no one could help her with this problem, not even Clow.

Sakura sat down against the brick wall that lined the path. It was tall and just another reminder that escape was impossible.

Chii watched Sakura tremble as she held her legs to her chest. Sakura was obviously scared and confused about her powers.

"What do I do Clow?" Sakura whispered to herself remembering about her dream.

Clow told Sakura that the power of her star was not strong enough to beat darkness. If that's the case, Sakura isn't the strongest magician in the world anymore.

--

Ichigo and Sora kept walking through the town square as they made their way to a street nearby. Sora walked a few feet in front of Ichigo. He was disappointed about what happened with her and confused about the man that supposedly was going to kill them both.

That mysterious man didn't harm them at all, but he did destroy everything in the town square. It was as if he was a ghost, a vengeful ghost that just messed with Sora and Ichigo's minds.

Ichigo studied Sora as he walked calmly to the only street visible around the town square.

"Where are we going?" asked Ichigo annoyed finally realizing that there was no exit.

Sora slowly turned around. "Somewhere—anywhere is fine."

"There is no exit!" Ichigo yelled in response.

"I know…" continued Sora. His voice was now filled with sorrow. "But I'm not going to die here."

Ichigo's eyes widened as she saw Sora frightened. Ever since she met him, he was always so happy and bubbly. Now, Ichigo stared at a boy who was pessimistic and frightened of the near future.

Her lips began to tremble as she tried to find the right words to tell him. She began to whisper, "I'm sorry Sora…"

Sora simply looked down at the wet brick road.

"I'm sorry…" Ichigo continued. "If only I could only remember I—"

"I'll get your memories back for you," Sora said as he cut off her last sentence. "I know what it feels like to …"

Sora paused knowing that there was nothing left to say, he got the point across to Ichigo.

A thin smile appeared on Ichigo's face as she felt a familiar happiness from a distant past.

--

After a few minutes, Sakura had fallen asleep, resting her head against the wall.

Chii stared at Sakura sleeping softly while she still trembled. Chii couldn't comprehend what Sakura was so worried about. The idea of using magic with those cards just didn't make any sense to the poor persocom. There was no magic such as Sakura's back where Chii lived, proving that Sakura was from a totally different world.

As Chii sat against a building wall—opposite of Sakura's resting spot—she looked towards the sky. It was still gloomy. It was always gloomy. Will the sun ever show its face to this dead town?

"Hideki…" Chii said still looking towards the sky. "Please …"

Her eyes began to fade to black again.

"Please …" Chii whispered. "Don't forget about Chii …"

She remembered what the book she found said. It was obviously talking about Hideki.

As Chii grabbed the book that was lying on the floor, her head began to pulse. She closed her eyes seeing pictures and people she had never met before. There were various people this time, not just that red hair colored girl and those people who had animal traits.

Chii forced her eyes open. Those images were too much for her mind to bear. Each person or image brought so many different feelings; the type of feelings no persocom should ever feel.

Chii tried to focus on the book she picked up as she ignored the voices and people flashing through her head. She opened the book up to the page where she left off. The next chapter read:

"There are angry people here. There are angry souls lost in this world. I see things I should not see, I hear things I should not hear, but I will always be haunted by them. There will come a time when I have to give up what I have collected. There will be a time when I have to give up everything I am. That is when I will become a part of the stars, forever living as a figment of time."

Chii slammed the book shut as she threw it against the brick path. The thoughts in her head started to lose control as she read the book. She slowly leaned her head against the building's wall suddenly remembering about Hideki, and hoping he remembered her too.