Finally, they were back in their own clothes. Kurogane was relieved to tie his sword back on and he felt comfortable putting on his cloak, which still smelled sweetly of home. Syaoran put on his familiar gloves once again and picked up baby Sakura who cooed happily at the sight of his smiling face. Today was the tomorrow they anticipated yesterday, the day they could finally start their leave.

"Wow," Marki smiled, "I don't know where you come from but the outfits are kind of cool." Her head tilted at the sight of the stuffed backpack thrown over Kurogane's shoulder. "Did you stuff dinner in there or what?"

"Or what," Kurogane said passively then turned to the kid with the little princess. "I've got everything, do you?"

"Yes," Syaoran nodded, "for the time being of course," he added quietly. Marki had insisted that he take a huge bag with him full of baby products. Luckily, it wasn't his bag and he could easy drop it off somewhere before they left.

"Hey pest," Kurogane grumbled to Fai standing next to him, "you can leave that stupid toy behind, you won't need it." He reached down and began to take the bear away.

"Pes'!" Fai yelled and jerked it away.

Everyone could hear Kurogane's teeth grind together in the silence.

"Why do you hate him so much?" Marki asked and picked him up, "And what's wrong with him taking a bear with him?"

Kurogane glared, things would be so much easier if this girl could know the truth without shutting the city down in world-wide panic. "We travel a lot, he can find other toys."

"Whatever, there's nothing wrong with packing around a stuffed animal."

Kurogane rolled his crimson eyes. He just wanted the two to return to normal so they could flee from this place like the plague.

Syaoran caught Marki looking at him as they were exiting and he smiled quickly to soften the sudden awkwardness. She smiled back too and turned away as her cheeks were flushing pink.

Syaoran thought for a minute as they walked down the walkway. Was Marki….in love…..with…..him?? Nah.

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After a while of traveling, Marki set Fai down but held onto his bear for him. The small blonde decided that for the time being, he would walk with Kurogane.

The lean samurai glanced down at him when he felt Fai's little hand wrap softly around his pinky finger. Kurogane decided not to care besides, this way he would know that the brat wasn't running off.

The group began walking by a series of combined stores where people were shopping and hurrying about the grounds. It was there that Marki called for a snack break. They stopped at a "fast food" place, sat down and began eating their food. Marki had ordered some chicken strips for Fai while Syaoran fed Sakura the baby food they had brought with them.

Kurogane was munching down his first bite when some giggles caught his attention.

A small group of young women in the booth next to theirs where looking over the short divider giggling about something in his general direction. He examined their table: Syaoran sat on the outside across from him and fed Sakura in a barrowed high chair. Marki sat next to the kid while Fai sat next him. The giggling women sat behind the kid and Marki.

Kurogane watched Syaoran for a moment just in time to see him open his mouth and stretch his tongue to his left. Sakura just smiled and patted the wooden surface of the high chair. The samurai sighed, "Kid, your face,"

"What? Oh," Syaoran blushed.

Kurogane took another bite and noticed the women were still giggling, turning around in their seats, pointing and laughing. Then he noticed the same sorts of noises were coming from behind him too. He could feel the gazes of two women looking towards him and laughing. What was going-? Wait…

The samurai's red irises slide daringly down to the small thing next to him.

Fai took a bite of chicken and began dancing in his seat, rocking from side to side on his hips and his upper torso along with his arms rocking in opposite cadence to whatever beat he had in his little head. Then he turned around, peering over the back to the people behind him. Kurogane watched as his big blue eyes beamed his hidden smile and his eyelids flutter flirtatiously. When they waved to him, he acted bashful and hid behind the wall. He did the same to the group of women in front of him too.

Kurogane's eye twitched, what an attention sucker!

"Ahh, Fai," Marki gushed, "you're so cute!"

Fai made some funny noises through his mouth and hid his face in his hands. Then turned and hugged his bear to hide more.

The women around them began to giggle again. Syaoran noticed the connection too and chuckled at Fai's flirting antics while Marki joined the giggle fest surrounding them.

Got to get out of here… The mayo oozing over Kurogane's finger made him realize he was strangling his sandwich. Now he questioned his appetite.

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"This is it?" Kurogane lifted an eyebrow.

"Duh, would I bring you here if it wasn't?"

"May be you lost your mind." Kurogane shoot a defiant stare.

Marki was about to retort when Syaoran spoke, "I thought that it would be bigger too. It's definitely wasn't what I was expecting."

The men titled their heads sideways. The design of it was familiar, at least. To them it just looked like a white skyscraper fell over on its side. Except what was obviously the front door; that was more decorated than the entire exterior. It practically blended in with the flowers all around it.

Marki sighed, "The reason it's so boring, is so that airplanes with bombs don't target it."

That didn't make sense to them but they didn't bother to ask for an explanation. They were HERE! The place where they would talk to the Queen and get their friends back to normal then head off in the continuous search for the feathers.

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Sorry I've been sooooooooooo……silent. And that this chappie is ridiculously short...I don't mean it, I promise! Thank you for being patient. *sweat drop* Please R&R so I know who's still reading this. Even if it's a flame mail of how much I suck at updating. *double sweat drop*