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A couple more hours passed by, the only noise in the room was that of Kurogane's light snoring, until about 4:30 am when Sakura opened her eyes and sat up in bed. She slowly looked around the room till she stopped on Syaoran. She stared at him as if she was trying to figure out who he was, but the minutes passed, no recollection came. She just stared at him, her face looking as though it were in a trance. It seemed as if she could neither feel the cooled night air that filled the room or her deepest emotions. Her eyes were dull and lifeless.

~ Episode 4: Innocent Wandering ~

[A Bird that has lost its feathers

can no longer sail through the stars

and a person who has lost her memories

can no longer find her way

through the world she once called home,

but still

I keep my faith,

but as long as I have my life

new memories will be carved into the sands of time.]

The sun shone through the windows by the time that everyone had woken up, had breakfast, and were ready to set out. They were all wearing the same clothes that they had on the previous day. Kyoya walked into the room and noticed that Syaoran had taken his usual spot beside Sakura's bed, as if, by him being there, she would wake-up. Kyoya sat on the opposite side of the bed and gazed from Syaoran, to Sakura, and then back to Syaoran. "You know Syao, you can't wake her up by just staring at her. If you could, then she would have been walking around since the night we came to this house." said Kyoya as he watched his brother carefully, trying to read his emotions. Syaoran had always been good at hiding his emotions, ever since he was a kid, but some times Kyoya was afraid that it would be to much for him with all that pent up emotion inside that he would eventually crack. Syaoran didn't answer due to the fact that he was to wrapped-up in his thoughts to fully hear his brother. Kyoya just looked back down at Sakura, ignoring the fact that Syaoran hadn't responded. "She does look at little better, doesn't she. It looks as though she might wake-up soon." continued Kyoya, unaware, as were the others, that Sakura had already woken up earlier that morning. Still he didn't get any reply from Syaoran. Kyoya sighed and realized that he wanted to have a two-way conversation with his brother and not just him doing all the talking. "Syaoran? Hello Syaoran? Anybody home? Come in Syaoran." he said as he reached over Sakura and waved his hand in front of Syaoran's face. "Huh, oh Kyoya. Sorry. What were you saying?" said Syaoran lifting his to meet Kyoya's. "I said Sakura's looking better and might actually wake-up soon." Syaoran looked back at Sakura, who's face looked peaceful and her cheeks held much more color than the day before. "Yeah, you're right." Silence fell for a minute. "You know." said Syaoran. "It's amazing how fast things can change. I mean just two days ago we were walking through the market place with Sakura and now here we are in another world, another dimension, searching for feathers that are parts of Sakura's memories. It makes me wonder what lies ahead for us. What changes are we going to have to go through to make sure that Sakura's memory is restored." Kyoya stared at his brother with a small smile. Syaoran was opening up, telling Kyoya what he was really thinking. It didn't happen very often, but each time it did Kyoya was always proud to have Syaoran as his older brother. He waited in silence to see if Syaoran would keep talking, but it was at that moment that Mokona bounded in followed by Arashi, who was carrying a wet cloth. Mokona hopped over to Kyoya and all three of them watched as Arashi, who sat down next to Syaoran, gently wiped Sakura's forehead with the wet cloth.

"I found some old clothes that fit her." stated Arashi. "I though she'd appreciate a fresh outfit." Kyoya noticed for the fist time that Sakura was no longer wearing her Princess clothes, or at least he thought so by noticing that she no longer was wearing her gold band around her neck and the collar of her clothes was different than before, for her neck and head were the only visibly parts at the moment. "We decided we're looking for her second feather in the south side of town today." stated Syaoran.

"Really. Well, just be careful." replied Arashi.

"Ready of the hunt." said Fye as he stood in the doorway to the room. "Kurogane's getting antsy, we should go soon."

"Sure." said Syaoran, but before he stood, he spoke to the sleeping Sakura. "I'll be back soon Sakura." he said and with that he and Kyoya stood up and made there way out of the room. Fye watched them as they passed by, then gazed down at Sakura. "You have some very good and loyal friends in these boys Princess Sakura. I hope that you will be able to start a new relationship with them during our journeys." he thought. With that he turned and followed the boys to the entrance hall where Kurogane was waiting.

------ A room in another dimension ------

"She already shows signs of waking." simply stated Xing as she and Fei Wang Reed stated at the mirror that allowed him to see the how the feather-hunting group was doing.

"Yes, it won't be long" said Fei Wang Reed.

"Sooner than I thought." said a semi-surprised Xing. "It seems the human heart has great strength and great depths."

"Even greater in a heart that's truly noble. We will see."

------ Arisugawa Residence ------

"Well, are we going or not." he gruffly asked from where he was leaning up against the wall, arms crossed over his chest, when he saw the others enter the entrance hall.

"Yes, sorry to keep you waiting." said Syaoran to which Kurogane only replied with a grunt. They all moved toward the front door when they were stopped by Sorata. "Here you guys." he said as he handed them, or more specifically handed Syaoran a small amount of money. "That's for your lunch today. You probably spent it all yesterday and we really can't have you going hungry. Just make sure not to spend it all in one place."

"Oh, thank you. You really didn't have to." said Syaoran.

"Oh yes I do. I told you that Arashi and I are completely taking care of you while you are here in our world and that means giving you money to buy food and other necessities."

"Well, in that case we appreciate it." said Fye as Syaoran pulled out the frog coin bag that Sorata had given him yesterday and added the cash to the little amount that was still in there. They all said their good-byes and made their way out onto the streets heading south. Kyoya was so excited and interested in everything that around him that his head couldn't stay in one position for more than 30 seconds. At certain times we would run ahead of the group because with his excitement he just could slowly walk towards anything, but each time he did Fye or Syaoran would remind him that he was still recovering from his injuries. While the walked Fye was able to make Kurogane tell him and Syaoran what had happened to him the previous day. They finally made it to the south side of the city and decided that they should stay together so that what happened to Kurogane the day before wouldn't be repeated.

------ Back at the Arisugawa Residence ------

The mid-afternoon sun shone through the windows of Sakura's room as her eyes slowly opened. She sat up in bed and after scanning the room she looked down at the clothes that she was now wearing, which was a purple nightshirt and pants. She stared at them, as if she had never seen clothes before. She also was wondering when she got these clothes. She felt the material on the sleeves of her nightshirt, perplexed at how different it felt, but she just couldn't understand why they felt different. Her green lifeless and dull eyes scanned the room coming to rest on the windows. She got up and walked over to them, opening one and taking in the scenery failing to notice the cooled air that was now entering the once warm room. There were two birds sitting on top of telephone poll wires. Sakura smiled and held out her index finger so that it looked like she was holding the birds when she really a cross the street from the birds. She suddenly let out a small sneeze. The cold air was staring to have an effect (either that or someone was talking about her), however, she gave the cool air no heed as she found the dresser that held clothes, most of which belonged to Arashi. She reached over opened the middle drawer revealing many nicely folded shirts. She gave a small, semi-distracted chuckle as she began to pull out outfit, after outfit, after outfit. Trying each on in turn and checking how she looked in a mirror that was in the room. One of the first ones was actually a work suit of Sorata's, the sleeves making her hands disappear cause they were so long. The next outfit was one that resembled a red and white kimono with long flowing sleeves. Next came a pink blouse and black skirt outfit with a black tie that looked like a school uniform. Then she tried on a pure white dress with white gloves that covered her whole arm. On the back of the dress a big light blue bow with its tails flowing down her down and past the dress. She was also wearing white shoes with white leggings that came up to the middle of her thighs. By the time that she tried this outfit on there was a pile of clothes that was about as half as tall as she was. All through out trying clothes on she was sneezing on and off for she had forgotten to close the window. Lastly, she tried on a white dress that was in the shape of a bell with a pink collar and a red ribbon hanging from the middle of the collar. She also had on brown-reddish shoes. She gave a small smile, and decided that this was the perfect outfit to wear of going outside. In no time at all she was walking out of the house and down the street. She heard a bird song above her and noticed the birds she had seen earlier from the window. She reached up to try to touch them but at that moment they flew away. She stared after them for a minute before following them, moving farther and farther from the house. Arashi walked out of the laundry room with a folded yellow shirt that she had intended to put on Sakura but when she got to the room she let out a gasp as she realized that Sakura was not in bed. She dropped the shirt and quickly moved around the house searching for the lost girl. Her heartbeat quickened as she realized that Sakura was nowhere in the house and that could only mean one thing, that she was outside, either having walked out there by herself or was taken. She didn't really care how, all that mattered was that she was lost and needed to be found. Without a seconds thought she ran out the door and headed to the south side of town where she knew she could find Syaoran and the others. "I just hope I can find them quickly." she thought.

------ South side of town ------

After a few hours of searching in the south part of town, the group of four plus Mokona, had yet to find any clue to where Sakura's feather could be. They came to a square where Kyoya collapsed on a brick boarder that surrounded a bunch of green bushes. The others kept on walking until Kurogane looked back and spotted Kyoya. "What's wrong with you runt." he called back. Fye and Syaoran turned at this question and Kyoya clenched his fists at his sides and jumped up yelling, "Will you quit calling me a runt. My name's Kyoya, got it, Kyo-ya." but he immediately regretted as his still healing side protested to the sudden movement. He put a hand on his side as he put a hand on the brick boarder to keep himself from falling to the ground. His face scrunched up in pain and that brought Syaoran running to his side. "Kyoya! What's wrong?"

"Nothing. My side just hurts a bit that's all."

"You know you really shouldn't over do it Kyoya. You are still recovering. Have you been in pain for long." stated Fye as he came and stood in front of Kyoya. Kyoya remained silent and Syaoran looked at him with stern and worried eyes. "Kyoya, how long have you been in pain and don't you dare lie to me." Kyoya looked over at Syaoran's eyes and replied, "For about an hour now and it's getting worse."

"Well, maybe now would be a good time to rest and no better place to do that than right here." said Fye as he and Syaoran helped Kyoya stand and sat him back down on the brick boarder. Fye lifted Kyoya's shirt and checked the bruise that was there. It was now a green, yellow, and slightly blue color, which Fye said was good and that it would most likely heal completely in another two days. Mokona was standing next to Kyoya on the brick ledge looking up at him with worry on his face. Kyoya noticed this and smiled, "Don't worry Mokona, it doesn't hurt all that bad. I promise." "I haven't known him all of four days and he's worrying over me like he's known me his whole life." Mokona nodded his head and smiled before he began to sniff the air, which Kurogane was also doing. "Do you guys smell that?" he asked. Everyone began to sniff the air. "I do! I do!" happy shouted Mokona. "It smells like food and it's coming from over there." Everyone looked to where he was pointing and saw a food stand that had pods of something cooking in oil. Without a second thought Mokona and Kurogane hurried over to the stand. "Well, I guess this counts as a lunch break." said Kyoya. Fye and Syaoran smiled and Fye went over to another stand and bought a drink for everyone. He came back and sat down in between Syaoran and Kyoya. Kurogane and Mokona stared down at the sizzling pods in wonder. "What you've never had fried octopus before?" questioned the owner of the stand.

"That doesn't look like octopus to me." said Kurogane.

"Octo-potate ate ate ate." sang Mokona.

"How do you eat them?" asked Kurogane, ignoring Mokona's weird on the spot song.

"You just pop them in your mouth." explained the stand owner.

Back on the brick boarder Fye said, "There's something I've been wanting to ask you Syaoran. I hope I'm not prying to much."

"Not at all. What is it?" replied Syaoran and Kyoya glanced sideways at Fye wondering where he was going with this.

"Your friend…Princess Sakura. Tell me more about her."

"Well, I've known her ever since we were children and her brother's king of Clow our country."

"And you have a major crush on her, no strike that, you're in love with her." thought Kyoya, but he knew that Syaoran wouldn't just come out and say that. He shifted his eyes away from Fye, his mind drifting to all the great times he had had with Sakura and his heart aching, aching for the relationship that he had lost in Sakura and for his brother, because he knew that Syaoran was hurting just as much or more as he was.

"No, no. That's just trivia." continued Fye. "Tell me about her, her essence Syaoran."

"I don't know."

"You remember what we talked about, right, yesterday back at the restaurant."

"About the parallels of people living in different worlds. You said they looked the same but their lives and memories are all different so they only share one thing, like their souls."

"You know you're a good listener Syaoran. Anyway, I've dwelled on it ever since and the role that this essence plays. How much does it shape the person we become? Does it rule us? In altered surroundings would we act differently or would we create the same friendships, make the same mistakes? I'm beginning to think it's more of the latter. Where it counts we'd end up the same, no matter what we'd done or remembered. Of course that's just speculation on my part what do I know."

"Then Sakura…if she…" said Syaoran but was interrupted by Arashi who rushed over to them. "There you are! Thank goodness." she said worriedly. Kyoya was brought out of his remembering and looked up at her and Kurogane and Mokona stopped their fight over their purchased fried octopus at gave their attention to Arashi. By the look in her eyes everyone knew that she wasn't bring them good news. "I'm so sorry. I promised you I'd look after her but she's gone" she continued semi-out of breath. This news brought Syaoran to his feet, Mokona was mumbling worriedly about Sakura being in danger, Kurogane's face stayed the same but his eyes showed the worry that he felt. Fye's eyes grew worried as did his face and Kyoya sat in complete shock. He couldn't believe what he had just heard. "Sakura's gone?! But how? What if she's hurt somewhere lying in the street? She could be in serious trouble and we don't know where to look for her. Sakura. Sakura!" All these thoughts flashed through Kyoya's mind in a matter of seconds and for the first time in his life he was speechless, not only that but he was frozen with fear. His eyes grew wide and his breathe and heartbeat seemed to be all that he could hear. He didn't know what to do, not only did he not know how to start looking for Sakura but the intensity of emotions that he felt confused him. The only reason that he could think of was that Sakura was not herself and that being said she could get hurt badly or even killed and that was what scared Kyoya the most. Ever since Fujitaka had died he was afraid that Syaoran or Sakura would die and leave him all alone. That fear had lessened over the years but was still present in his life and it was now pounding into the front of his brain with full force. He was brought out of panic when he heard Syaoran firmly state, "Where did she go?"

"I don't know." said Arashi. By this time Fye and Kurogane were standing next to Syaoran and Mokona was sitting next to Kyoya. "But wait," said Syaoran sunddenly. "How can she be gone, she's in a coma."

"I left her in the room for awhile. She must have woken up." said Arashi.

"Waking's good good." happily chirped Mokona.

"But where is she now?" asked Fye.

"Ok, I have to search for her." stated Syaoran. Kyoya looked up at him, in a plea of sorts to tell him what to do, to lead the way.

"This is a large city. Search where?" asked Fye.

"I don't know. Still, I can't just stand around while she's out there on her own." With that Syaoran ran off. Everyone watched him and seeing him running away made Kyoya realize that he had to help to. Kyoya got up and before anyone could stop him he ran after Syaoran. "Don't worry Sakura. We'll find you." he thought.

"Now what?" asked Kurogane.

"Well it would be inhuman of us not to help. The poor girl's lost with no memory and besides with these warring gangs looking to gain an edge she could really be in danger. Look what happened to you yesterday Kurgy." said Fye.

"I told you don't call me that."

"Kurgy, Kurgy." happily said Mokona as he jumped up and down but gave a surprised gasp as Kurogane caught him with one hand mid-jump. "Maybe I should eat fried you." growled Kurogane.

"I'll go and wait at the apartment. Somebody should be staying there in case Sakura manages to find her way back to it." said Arashi.

"Good idea. We'll do what we can too." said Fye. Arashi turned and quickly made her way back to the apartment. "So, what are we gonna do?" said Kurogane.

"Well I guess we could split up and meet back here in an hour." said Fye.

"Ok. What about cream puff here."

"That's me…I'm the cream puff." chirped Mokona.

"Well, I guess we can take turns with him. I mean he could be helpful in the search like being able to sense where Sakura might be. I'll take him first then when we meet back up again you can take him." stated Fye.

"That's sounds alright." said Kurogane as if he ready could care less about what was happening but Fye could tell by his eyes that he was concerned for Sakura. They went their separate ways without another word. Meanwhile, Syaoran was running looking franticly from side to side hoping to see Sakura. He was stopped by a voice from behind him. "Syaoran. Hey Syao wait up." He quickly turned around, thinking for a split second that it was Sakura who had called out to him, but who he saw was Kyoya. "Kyoya." he said as his younger brother came to a stop in front of him and put one hand on his knee and the other went to hold his side all while he tried to catch his breath.

"You should go back to the square and wait for me."

"Not a chance Syaoran. I'm coming with you."

"But Kyoya, you're hurt. You need to rest."

"I'll rest later tonight." said Kyoya as he stood up straight looking his brother in the eye.

"Kyoya, I'm serious you need to rest so go back to the square and…"

"Syaoran! I'm not going back. I care for Sakura just as much as you do and I'm just going to sit around while she's lost somewhere. Besides four eyes can search better than two." Syaoran was about to argue back but he saw the determination in Kyoya's eyes and knew that he would follow him no matter what. "Ok." he said. "Just be careful and stay near me alright." "The last thing I need is for you to get lost too." thought Syaoran. Kyoya nodded his head in agreement and they both set off running again. As they ran thoughts swirled around in each of their heads.

"Sakura, where are you? Please, wherever you are I hope that you are safe. Please, please be safe and unhurt." thought Kyoya.

"Lost in a strange world. Where would you go?" thought Syaoran.

~ Somewhere in the city ~

Sakura had lost sight of the birds that she was following a long time ago, now she was just wondering up and down the streets taking in all the sights. She finally came to a square and looking down at the ground she noticed a pure white feather. She bent down and picked it up, holding it gently in her hands. She stared at as if she knew she must have this feather but was unsure of why. She continued to walk and soon came to a bench where she sat down and stared at the feather, studying it intensely. What she was unaware of was that two people were watching her, and they both had mohawks. "You see boss. That's her right." said Senji, the second in command of the mohawk gang.

"Yeah, that looks like the sleeping girl the kid was protecting good job." said Kunio.

"I'll get her legs." said Senji as he moved toward Sakura.

"Wait."

"What boss, wait for what? This is the break we've been looking for. Once we've got her we can control the kid, right, and his friend with the sword too."

"Oh, we're gonna get her alright but we can't grab her right now or the cops will be all over us. We gotta use a little finesse." said Kunio with a sneaky smile on his face. A minute later both Kunio and Senji approached Sakura, who was still staring down at the feather. "Excuse me miss. We're with the tourism committee." said Kunio.

"Would you like a free tour of the city?" asked Senji. Sakrua looked over at them and saw that they were standing there with their hands clasped together in front of them and had smiles on their faces. Sakura continued to stare at them with her beautiful green eyes until they started to feel a little awkward.

"Boss, she's not sayin' nothin'." stammered Senji.

"Duh." whispered Kunio. "The girl's from another country moron. She doesn't speak our language." They looked back at Sakura who smiled and made her way over to them, which they took to mean that she did want a 'tour of the city'. They made their way until the came upon the pancake shop that Fye, Syaoran, and Mokona had eaten in the day before. They entered the restaurant and, finding their table, gave Toya their order. As Toya cooked the pancakes Senji asked, "So why'd we stop of pancakes again?"

"That's what tour guides do dummy and I'm starving." replied Kunio.

"Watched pancakes never cook. You're making me nervous." said Toya to Sakura who had taken her eyes off the pancakes since he had started cooking them. "First time here right." he continued when Sakura didn't respond or take her eyes off the pancakes. "Is that why you're staring?" Sakura finally looked up at him and gave a big smile as she nodded her head. "Then welcome. What's your name?" asked Toya. Sakura just stared up at him. "Tell me." he said. "You look familiar."

"Sakura." she said finally coming out of her silence, as if Toya was the key to helping her talk.

"Um boss, uh, I'm not sure how, but she speaks our language now." stammered Senji.

"Yeah, fast learner I guess." also stammered Kunio. It was at this moment that Masayoshi was walking past the pancake restaurant outside and happened to look in the window. He gave a start as he noticed Sakura. "That girl…" he said aloud to himself but he became instantly worried when he saw that she was with Kunio and Senji. He immediately knew that something was wrong and ran off to find Syaoran. Inside the restaurant Kunio and Senji gave each other a nod signifying that it was time for the next part of their plan. "Hey, I have a question for you guys." said Yukito who had come to the table suddenlyand caused the gang members to jump in surprise. "Now maybe I'm worrying over nothing, but uh…you wouldn't be planning to mistreat this young lady would you?" he continued.

"No." said Senji in mock semi-horror that Yukito would think anything like that.

"Why, what would give you that idea?" said Kunio, his voice wavering ever so slightly.

"I've heard about your gang and you don't exactly have the reputation for acts of chivalry." stated Yukito. Senji laughed nervously until Sakura said, "Try some guys. Go ahead. There's plenty here." Everyone looked over at Sakura, who had crumbs surrounding her mouth and a kind smile gracing her lips. Kunio and Senji picked up their chopsticks and began eating without a word. Yukito gave the two gang members another penetrating glace before he and Toya moved away to help another customer.

~ Back at the square ~

Fye made his way back to the meeting place near the fried octopus stand thinking about Sakura and how they might be able to find her. He stared down at Mokona who had fallen asleep during their searching and now was lying in Fye's arms. Fye reached the meeting spot and didn't have to wait very long for Kurogane to appear. "How'd your search go? You make any progress?" asked Fye as Kurogane came within normal speaking range.

"Do you see her standing next to me." sarcastically stated Kurogane.

"There's no call for sarcasm Kuro-puu. Oh by the way, time's up. It's your turn." said Fye as he handed the sleeping Mokona over to Kurogane. "Our little travel guide can be a hand full, though maybe you'll have a better go at it. I think it's taken a liking to you. Must be you nurturing personality." said Fye with a teasing grin.

"Oh shut it." replied Kurogane as he took Mokona from Fye. He immediately shoved Mokona head first into the pocket on the front of his shirt. "Nurturing huh…you want nurturing, there." grunted Kurogane as he surveyed Mokona. Fye smiled, "Like mother and child."

"Guys! What's the news!" shouted Syaoran as he and Kyoya run up to them. "Any luck? Have you seen her?" he continued.

"I'm sorry. We've looked all over, but no." said Fye.

"Where could she be." said Syaoran, his hands clenched into fists at his side. Kyoya saw this placed his hand on Syaoran's shoulder hoping to give his older brother some comfort. "Don't worry Syaoran. I'm sure we'll find her, we just got to keep looking. I mean a clue could pop up at any minute." Kyoya said and would have gone on but Masayoshi's voice interrupted him. "Syaoran!" They all turned and saw him running towards them, his kudan that looked like him floating beside him. In Kurogane's pocket Mokona's eyes popped open wide signifying that the feather was close, but it only lasted a second before he closed them again and went back to sleep. Masayoshi told them that he had seen Sakura. "See, what'd I tell ya. A clue did turn up."

"Yeah, but you said a clue would turn up in the next minute and the kid here gave us the clue not even a second after you had said it. So if you are trying to take credit for predicting what was going to happen, then you need to get all the facts straight the first time." said Kurogane with a sarcastic grin as he looked down at Kyoya. Kyoya stared up at Kurogane in annoyance. "Shut up." he said under his breath. "Leave to dull and gloomy here to ruin the chance comedic moment in all this tension by becoming Mr. Technical on us."

"It was her? You're sure." frantically asked Syaoran ignoring Kyoya and Kurogane.

"Yes and she was with Kunio."

"You mean the leader of that mohawk gang?" asked Fye.

"That's right. They were at the pancake dinner." said Masayoshi. Without a moments delay Syaoran took off running the direction of the dinner. Kyoya was about to run after him when Masayoshi called out, "Syaoran, hold on!"

"Yeah." said Syaoran as he turned around.

"They left, but I know where they went." said Masayoshi with a determination burning inside of him that Kyoya almost felt a bit scared of him.

"Will you show me, please." frantically asked Syaoran.

~ On the Docks ~

The sun had set half way by the time that Kunio, Sakura, and Senji made it to the mohawk gang's hideout. The setting sun danced off the water of the river making it look like gold instead of its normal blue color. They stopped in front of a giant wear house. "What is it? A castle." asked Sakura.

"Yeah, you could say that." scoffed Senji. "It's our gang's secret hideout."

"What are you waiting for, open the door." demanded Kunio.

"Right boss, sorry."

"The guys are gonna flip when they see who we brought home. That kid and his friend with have to join us now and then Shogo's gang won't stand a chance." thought Kunio as Senji began to open the door. "Gather around fellas. It's a new day for the mohawks!" shouted Kunio as the door open all the way. Sakura's eyes grew big in wonder at the size of the wear house. To her it was the biggest and great thing that she had ever seen, however, Kunio and Senji eyes grew in wonder at something else, the completely deserted wear house that should have been teaming with mohawk gang members. "It's empty. Where'd everyone go?" asked Kunio completely baffled. He then noticed a note lying on the ground. "What's it say?" asked Senji as Kunio began reading out loud. "'Dear Boss, we were gonna tell you in person but Auki wanted lunch. It's not you it's us. We just like strong bosses and you keep getting beat. Don't bother looking for us, we've already shaved our heads. Sincerely, The Guys' They ditched me. How could they?" Kunio asked in disbelief. "Twenty-five years climbing the ranks, taking territory, gathering recruits. They're the only family I remember and now they've given up on me." As Kunio spoke his voice took on a wimper tone and it sound as if he was one stroke away from crying. Sakura turned to look at him and was moved by his display of emotion. She walked over and knelt down in front of where Kunio had collapsed after he had read the letter.

"Hey, it's ok." comforted Sakura.

"How do you figure that one? What good is a Boss without a gang." replied Kunio as he looked up at Sakura and what he saw shocked him. Her eyes, although lifeless, held a great compassion, compassion that Kunio had never fully witnessed in his whole life. Looking into her eyes was like going to the most relaxing and comforting place that anyone one has every thought of. After a few seconds he finally looked away unable to with stand. "This is all your friends' fault. They made me look weak because I am weak." he said and with that tears began to spill from his eyes. It was as if all those years of pent-up emotion were finally coming out. "Don't cry. Be grateful. You're alive, right." said Sakura and that got Kunio to smile and the sadness of the note was almost forgotten. After a minute of silence Kunio, who had looked up at Sakura when she spoke looked once more at the ground and said, "I know what I have to do."

~ In The City ~

Masayoshi's kudan had flown up into the air and was glowing a blue color. Its eyes were closed as he tried to locate Sakura. Everyone was intently staring at it. "So you really think this is gonna work huh kid?" asked Kurogane.

"Hopefully. I admit that my kudan is only a class four, which is the lowest level there is, but finding people has always been my specialty." replied Masayoshi.

"So that's how you found us. That seems like a good ability to have." said Fye.

"I guess. It has its uses. I've always wished I had a stronger kudan though like Shogo has and Syaoran he has one too. Something big that could stop all the fighting on the streets, but it takes strong hearts to wield power like that. That's why guys like me have weak kudans."

"Hey, you're not weak." stated Syaoran.

"Yeah, don't sell yourself short Masayoshi." said Kyoya.

"Well, if I help you on your quest maybe that's just as good." Masayoshi turned around and stared at Syaoran with a looked of determination to be a part of something big and learn by watching Syaoran. "Trust me, I'll find her soon I promise."

"Yeah, I know you will." said Syaoran. There was a sudden noise in the air as though someone had rung a bell and the floating kudan's eyes snapped open as it started to move away from the group. Everyone's eyes got big in anticipation and Masayoshi stated, "She's over there." That was all Kyoya needed and he took off at a run after the fast moving kudan.

"Kyoya! Wait for us!" yelled Syaoran as he and the others ran after the impatient Kyoya.

~ Back At The Docks ~

The sun had completely set Kunio, Senji, and Sakura were waiting the arrival of Shogo whom had been told to meet Kunio at the docks. Kunio and Senji leaned up against a fence watching Sakrua who was standing a few feet in front of them looking out over the river. "It's beautiful." said Sakrua.

"Pancakes, an old warehouse, the moon. It's like she's seeing it all for the first time and her smile makes it all seem better. She even smiled at me and cheered me up when I was just using her as a hostage" said Kunio.

"That's true. Makes a guy feel kind of guilty donit." replied Senji.

"I'll say. I wonder how I would've ended up if I'd met her earlier. Seeing the world through that pretty smile maybe I would have done things differently and maybe there's still time."

"Time for what Boss? What'ch you plannin'?" Kunio didn't answer Senji, he just lifted his face and looked determinedly at Sakura. "I'm going to change for her." he thought. Thirty minutes later Shogo arrived at the docks. He stopped in front of Kunio with a semi-smug look on his face. "So, why'd you call, fat-boy? To beg for mercy?" he asked.

"As of tonight at midnight, I'm disbanding my gang for good. From now on I'm just a regular jo."

"You're kidding me."

"All of the mohawk territory is yours now just use it right."

"What happened? The cops snag you?"

"I'm not giving details. I already decided I'm not gonna tell anybody about her, so we agreed…" Kunio stopped himself realizing that he was giving away a little too much information and he had a smile on his face because he wanted to keep Shogo in the dark for as long as he saw fit. It was one last 'battle' and Kunio wanted to win.

"Her, huh." said Shogo. He looked at Kunio expecting him to say more, to give him a hit of what happened, but Kunio said nothing except smile. Shogo realized that he wasn't going to tell so he said, "It's a deal." It was right at that moment that Senji ran up to the two of them. "Boss, we've got a big problem." he franticly said.

"What now?" said a frustrated Kunio.

"It's Sakura she huh…she's up there Boss. I'm sorry." Senji pointed up to the top of a giant metal scaffolding where Sakura was walking around. Kunio let out a gasp of horror. "Oh no! What if she falls. We have to get her down, but we might not reach her in time, but Shogo can with his flying water kudan. Oh well, I guess this means that I lost the 'battle', but Sakura's safety comes first." "How'd this happen?" he said out loud.

"I was only gone for a minute. It thought I heard something down by the pier and by the time I got back she was half way up." replied Senji.

"Bonehead! I told you to never leave her!" shouted Kunio.

"Well, well. The kid's girl." said Shogo quietly to himself.

"Shogo, help us." pleaded Kunio.

"If you insist." He held out his left hand and his kudan shot from his palm. He jumped onto the kudan's back and flew up to Sakura. Once he reached her, he looked at her for a second noticing how beautiful she was in the moonlight, but there was also something very sad and lacking in the way her eyes opened when he said, "Nice night isn't it. You like high places huh. Can't beat the view." Sakura smiled and Shogo was struck by how she made him feel as though he had known her for years. He suddenly felt a strong urge to protect her from any type of harm. "Tell you what." he continued. "I can show you a look out that puts this one to shame just take my hand." Sakura took his out stretched hand in his and soon found herself pulled onto the kudan. Shogo pulled the goggle he wore over his eyes. "Now make sure you hold tight ok." he instructed. Sakura laughed in response and wrapped her arms around Shogo and with that they rose into the air toward the moon. On the ground Senji and Kunio watched them rise in the night sky. "He doesn't know when to quit. You give him your territory and he's still gotta go out of his way to show you up." said Senji.

"I got to meet her, that's enough. You take care now, Sakura." replied Kunio. He took on last look at where Shogo and Sakura had flown off to, then he turned and left the docks with Senji following right behind him.

Ten minutes went by before Shogo brought Sakura back to the scaffolding and he sat there with her. There stared out over the city completely unaware that they were being watched by a girl looking through a telescope. She pulled her eye away in anger at seeing the two of them sitting together. "Ok Shogo, that's it. Come tomorrow it's war." It was at that moment that Kyoya ran onto the docks scattering seagulls every which way. He saw that Masayoshi's kudan has stopped and he skidded to a stop underneath it. Before long Syaoran and the others had joined him. They all looked around the docks, searching for any signs of Sakura. Up on the scaffolding Sakura gasped, her eyes growing big. "What is it?" asked Shogo. Sakura stood up near the edge of the scaffolding and said in a trance like voice, "Feather."

"What?" asked Shogo, who was a little nervous at the change that had come over Sakura.

"My…my feather. I have to find it." Sakura shut her eyes, held out her arms at her sides, began to glow pink, and fell forward off the scaffolding. Shogo let out a surprised yell, but saw something that made him stare in wonder. Sakura was not falling but flying.

~ A Room In Another Dimension ~

"The girl's wings…it's her heart that manifests them and gives them shape. Even with most of her powers still scattered there is an essence that remains" observed Xing.

"A great power and like the light of a candle burned down to the quick it can not surface for long. It will flicker brightly only for a moment, then die." explained Fei Wong Reed.

~ The Docks ~

Sakura soared through the sky with her eyes closed in a trance and yet she looked so peaceful. On the ground Kyoya was scanning the area for Sakura when he happened to look up and see her flying straight for them. "Sakura. There you are. Oh good you're flying over to meet u…wait, FLYING! WHAT'S SAKURA DOING FLYING! Oh please don't let her fall." thought Kyoya. He knew he should tell someone that he had found Sakura but the shock of seeing her flying had left him completely speechless. Up in the sky, Sakura moved ever so graceful, her dress fluttering in the wind behind her, but a single tears came from her eye and burst apart. The light surrounding her then faded and she plummeted to the ground. That's when Kyoya's voice came back to him and he let out a frantic cry. "SAKURA!!" That got the attention of everyone and they all looked over at Kyoya and up to where he was looking. Syaoran's eyes went big and he yelled, "SAKURA!! I'm Coming!" He immediately ran to catch her. No one could move as they watched Syaoran run to where Sakura was falling. Kyoya stood paralyzed as he watched Syaoran jump into the air to catch Sakura. Syaoran stretched out as far as he could and was rewarded as Sakura landed safely in his arms. He dropped back down to the ground and landed kneeling. Once Kyoya saw that they were both back on the ground his legs seemed to turn to jello and his heart started to beat again. He moved as quickly as his shaky legs could take him over to Syaoran while the others were excitedly talking.

"Syaoran." said Kyoya as he knelt beside him. "Is she alright?"

"Yeah. She's just asleep."

"That's a relief." Kyoya reached his hand to Sakura's face and tenderly brushed her hair to one side. Syaoran watched as his brother did this. "Kyoya. Don't worry everything will be alright. Sakura will be alright because she has you to watch over her." thought Syaoran. He knew that between the two of them they would restore all of Sakura's memories and protect her from any kind of harm. "Hey Syaoran. There's something that I don't get?"

"What's that Kyoya?"

"How in hell was Sakura able to fly?!" Syaoran stared at his brother knowing that he must have seen Sakura before anyone else did, but was to shocked to say anything and that Sakura must have flying at that time. "I don't know Kyoya and watch your language." he replied. He said the 'watch your language' almost out of habit for their father didn't like them to swear and he quite often had to tell Kyoya to watch his language. Now Kyoya only swore when he was scared or in complete shock and Syaoran didn't so much mind but he often said it because that's what he had grown up with. Syaoran then laid Sakura on the ground. "Not one scratch." said Fye as he came over and knelt down as well. "Wherever she's been she was well taken care of."

"Sakura, please, open your eyes." pleaded Syaoran in the hope that she would wake up again.

"Sakura…" whispered Kyoya his fear finally making its way into his voice.

"She's probably really tired." calmly explained Fye. "All the walking around has completely worn her out." As he spoke a white feather floated down and came to rest on Sakura's chest. Everyone stared at it as Syaoran picked it up. "A real one." he said. "It's just form a normal bird."

"Funny, she said it was hers." said a voice. Everyone looked over at the voice and Masayoshi's eyes went big as he said, "It's Shogo." Kyoya tensed, ready for anything, after all he is the leader of one of the gangs that were fighting the first day that they arrived.

"Hey kid. You know I've been wondering when I'd see you again." Kyoya opened his mouth to speak but was cut off by Syaoran. "She talked to you. Please, tell me everything she said." Kyoya looked at his brother and noticed that he trusted Shogo, so he relaxed himself. "If Syaoran trusts him then that means that he's of no threat to Sakura, therefore I will trust him too. However, if he does something sneaky, I'll kill him with my bare hands." thought Kyoya.

"She told me she had to go find her feather then she flew away." simply stated Shogo.

"Well that was descriptive. Thanks for the help." thought Kyoya with a roll of his eyes.

"So she knew." whispered Syaoran.

"I've done enough for one night. We'll save our rematch for the next time we meet." said Shogo as he walked away into the night. Syaoran stared down at the sleeping Sakura and thought, "She knew that she had to find her memory feathers." He picked her up and everyone began to make their way back to the city and their respective homes. Arashi and Sorata were overjoyed to see that they had found Sakura and that she was unharmed. Arashi once again apologized for not keeping a better eye on her and once again Syaoran told her that it was ok. Once in their room, Syaoran laid Sakura back in her bed and they all began to talk about what had happened. "Even with no memory of what's happened it seems that she was unconsciously searching for her feather. I guess that heart has a way of knowing what it needs most." said Fye.

"Yeah." said Syaoran.

"That's our Sakura for you. She never gives up." said Kyoya as he smiled down at her. That statement caused Syaoran and Fye to smile as well. Even Kurogane, who was sitting on the windowsill, gave a small smile. All of suddenly, Mokona, who was still asleep in Kurogane's front shirt pocket, began to twitch until he jumped out and said, "I'm awake."

"It's about time." stated Kurogane.

"In my dream…yeah, I found feathers." continued Mokona.

"Well that doesn't help much does it. How 'bout looking when you're awake?"

"You can count on Mokona."

"Oh and by the way," said Fye as he turned back to face Syaoran. "That fighter, Shogo, he said that thanks to your princess the city is much safer now. The boss of that bully gang gave his territory to him."

"Great." said Syaoran.

"A pure innocent kindness that overwhelms cruelty and warms the hearts of the wicked and corrupted. Maybe that's Sakura's essence; who she really is."

"Yeah." said Syaoran as he thought, "I'll search again tomorrow Sakura and this time I'll find your feather, no matter what."