edited. finally! sorry it took so long. won't happen again!

heyzelle: one little note before you read the sixth installment in our story, we just wanted to share that the pronunciation of Meine is like saying "main" of "Maine". a lot of people were asking. just like we have said in the first chapter: we did not name her. as for her second name and her surname... that i don't know how to pronounce. sorry. but if you do know, please share.

regular disclaimers apply.


VI. Cartoon World

Meine and the rest of the travelers once again dropped into another world. This world seemed normal and there were regular sized buildings. But something felt off about his world...but what?

They have apparently come on a good day into this world. The sun was shining, and the skies were clear.

"Looks like we've arrived." Syaoran said. "This looks like a good world."

"It doesn't look like any world that we've been through before." Fai said.

"It doesn't look like my world either." Kurogane added with a small huff.

Meine sighed and turned around slowly to face the rest of her comrades, only to have her chin drop when her eyes laid on them.

Syaoran, Sakura, Fai, and Kurogane were all in a super deformed (chibi) form. All of them screamed in shock and pointed fingers.

"Why does everyone look like...this?" Meine asked loudly as she looked at her own hands. She looked at each one of their faces and then back at her hands.

"What is going on?" Syaoran asked aloud.

Instead of asking questions to each other and obviously not getting answers, they decided to go and explore the new world.

As they were walking around, they noticed that everyone in this world looked exactly what they look like now. The buildings were even constructed to fit people who had the same height as they do.

The five of them stopped in front of an intersection full of cars. There were a lot of people coming and going in every direction, going their own separate ways.

"This looks like a pretty fun world." Fai said with a small "hyuu~" after the statement.

Kurogane was pissed once again. "What part of this world is "fun?"

Meine looked around the busy street and saw different people that they have met before. Some of them looked like the people that they have befriended from other dimensions. Her eyes stuck to one particular passerby with dark hair and mean-looking, blue eyes.

"Oi, white meat bun. Why don't tell us about what kind of world this is?" Kurogane demanded.

Then it was silent. Not even a single sound or a "puu" was heard from a certain white creature. Kurogane checked inside his jacket if he could anything, but all pockets were empty.

"Oh yeah..." Fai says.

"Where's Moko-chan?" Sakura asked.

After checking all of their pockets, they didn't find the palm-sized Mokona. In the end, they decided to split into groups to search: Fai and Meine, Sakura and Syaoran, and Kurogane who said that he'd be fine to search alone.

Fai and Meine then left together in search for Mokona. They went to the street that was lined with crates on the side. Meine called for Mokona, but just like before no one answered.

"Where could Mokona be?" Meine asked and let her hands drop to her side. She was still wearing the exact same clothes from Piffle World, since the worlds they have been to didn't have any wave of the feather so they decided to leave immediately.

She sighed and jumped onto one of the crates to sit on it. Fai leaned against the crates and flashed a smile at Meine. "Don't worry." he said. "Moko-chan is going to be alright! That little creature packs a punch."

Meine smiled and playfully punched Fai's shoulder from behind. "Yeah, you're right..."

After half an hour of searching and still nothing was found, they met up in a park near where they dropped to relax and rest.

"Damn that white thing!" Kurogane cursed and sat on his seat with his legs up and his back hunched. "Where has it run off to now?"

"Since we can understand each other, I'm sure Mokona isn't too far away. I'm sure we'll find it soon."

Meine remembered the first time she and the men in their little group could not understand a single word the other was saying since their translator (Mokona) was kidnapped by some crazy ass, pop idol from Hanshin Republic. That time in the country of Yama (Shura) wasn't so fun either. They were in a foreign land and their eyes were as black as cinders. During that time, Kurogane did all the talking and Fai never once let go of her hand until they got to the floating palace in the moon, where they fought Syaoran and finally was able to understand each other.

Out of boredom, she then decided to just play with the ends of her hair.


Mokona opened its eyes with a start and found itself sleeping on a soft throw pillow in a room illuminated by the warm fire in the fireplace and the sunset's light from outside the window.

"Huh? Where am I?" it asked out loud. "Syaoran! Sakura! Meine! Fai! Kuro-rin!"

Mokona jumped off the couch where it once slept and went out the room to look for the others.

There was only one room at the end of the hallway which had double doors leading inside it. One of the doors was wide open as if inviting Mokona in. Following its intuition and the curiosity in its heart, the little palm-sized creature bounced its way to towards the door where it peeked in slowly to see what was inside.

The room was quite big, with a desk right in front of the door at the far wall. There was a chair in front of it and it obstructed Mokona's view of the glowing object on the desk.

"Mekkyo!" Mokona exclaimed and its eyes opened wide as it felt that huge wave of power that indicated Sakura's feather was around. It bounced its way towards the chair and sat on it. "It's Sakura's feather! Mokona found it by myself! I did a good deed!"

The feather in front of Mokona had its tip inserted into a pen. Mokona looked down from where it was floating and noticed a drawing of five people.

Mokona pursed its lips and scrutinized the picture even further. "Syaoran, Sakura, Meine, Fai, Kurogane?"

"That pen has mystical powers." someone said.

The white creature turned around and saw a beautiful woman with golden flowing hair. She had such kind eyes and she wore a red beret over her hair.

"Who are you?" Mokona asked.

"I am a storyteller." The woman kindly replied. "My job is to entertain people using pictures and stories. A story is a world. As an author, I am able to control the world anyway I want to… For example, even the flow of time."

"You can control the flow of time too?" Mokona inquired.

"Yes, if it is inside the story."

"That's amazing!" Mokona said. "But this feather is Sakura's…"

"What do you mean?"

"Syaoran is trying so hard to collect all of them. It is a very precious thing. That's why please give the feather back to Sakura."

The kind storyteller smiled. "All right, but before that, there's something we have to do first. We have to save everyone inside that, because those who fell into the world are part of the story now. Probably, the world that was drawn by the feather drew in the owner of the feather, Sakura-san."

"What can we do to get them out?" Mokona asked.

"We have to take control of the mystical pen and create a story where they can all get out. However, to do that, you need a strong heart that believes in them. That's why…" –the storyteller raised her hand in front of her and closed her eyes, as if concentrating on something.

The feather moved off of the paper and floated in front of Mokona. "From here on, you have to draw the rest of the story. The will of wanting to save them will make the feather move."

"Eh! Mokona has to draw?"


Meine had already tied her hair into two pigtails on either side of her head while waiting for Kurogane and Syaoran to return from going somewhere.

Suddenly, Syaoran came back running towards them, looking alarmed. "Fai-san, there's trouble!"

"Is something wrong?" Fai asked.

He pointed towards the direction he came from. "Kurogane-san is…"

Meine jumped off her seat, and followed Syaoran as he ran. He started to slow down when she could hear Kurogane's voice from over there. She stood beside Syaoran and stared at Kurogane who was currently being chewed on by a giant sunflower with a face like Mokonas and a shiny red gem on its forehead.

She looked behind her to see that almost everything else had Mokonas face on them: the benches, the balloons, an old man's shirt, the fire hydrant, and even the clouds.

Then for an unknown reason, it started raining Mokonas of every color from the sky. Meine admitted that this was a little bit scary. She held onto Fai's arm as the Mokonas fell one on top of the other and it started to flood.


Mokona stood in front of the world of the sketchpad watching the pages get filled by different colors of Mokona. The little white creature now wore the red beret that the storyteller kindly lent for it to use.

"It wasn't supposed to be like this!"

"The mystical pen directly draws out what you are thinking in your heart..." The storyteller said. "...so you will have to concentrate on your feelings."

"So it's pretty hard…" Mokona thought aloud. A thought suddenly entered its head. "Nee, can I change where Syaoran and the others are?"

"…like?"

"A place that Mokona knows well, then I can concentrate on my feelings, and I can make a proper story."

The storyteller agreed and once again closed her eyes to concentrate with her hand extended in front of her. The feather's glow slightly increased and it turned upside down, the feather part of the pen touching the paper. It moved up and down and the drawings on the paper disappeared, just like an eraser.

"Wait for me everyone. Mokona will try hard like Syaoran and save everyone!"


In the world inside the sketchbook, the scenery started to disappear leaving their surroundings all white. Meine moved away from Fai, a faint blush growing on her cheeks.

The white area beneath their feet started to glow and a large swirling vortex appeared and sucked them in inside it.

Meine screamed as she fell. This world was officially the top of the "weirdest worlds" list that she had made up inside her mind.


Meine sat on her desk, fidgeting with her handkerchief. Today was Valentine's Day and she was hesitating whether or not to give the chocolates she had made and to confess to the person she loved. That person was none other than the school's resident doctor: Fai-sensei. He was not only kind and gentle; he was also very good looking.

She took a deep breath and took out one of the small bags filled with chocolate. She had made a little bit too much during her making process since she got a little carried away with the amount of the ingredients, not that it bothered her. She could just eat all of it.

She made her way towards the infirmary and spotted a lot of squealing girls just outside the open door of the infirmary. Fai stood there; his sparkling white jacket and his smile mesmerized the girls. They all squealed louder and pushed one another to.

The mysterious blond doctor just raised his hand and smiled. "I'm sorry, everyone. I won't accept chocolates unless it's from someone I truly love."

All of the girls whined and some of them even sobbed. In the end, he didn't seem to be affected by the girls with broken hearts standing outside his door.

Meine bit lightly on her lower lip, careful to not let her fang touch it or she might accidentally bleed. She decided to take her own chance and just give it and she went into the crowd of girls. They kept on shoving and pushing hard that Meine dropped her chocolates on the floor and it got stepped on by one of the girls. She also got pushed out of the way by one girl and she fell on the floor hard. Just as she was about to stand up, the bell rang and the girls hurried back to their respective classrooms.

She once again got stepped on some of the people who weren't looking and now Meine's uniform was dirty and she had a small bruise on her knee.

She tried to stand up once again only to see someone kneeling in front of her with one hand extended to help her up.

Meine raised her head to see Fai with a worried look on his angelic face. "Are you alright, Meine-san?"

She couldn't find her voice as Fai picked her off the ground and helped her to get inside the infirmary. She could feel her face burning up as Fai sat her on the chair in front of the medicine and he put ointment on Meine's injured knee.

"T-thank you, F-Fai-sensei." she said and bowed her head.

Fai smiled back and tucked a lock of hair behind Meine's ear, making her face even redder than before. "I think it would be better if you change your clothes, seeing as you're covered in footprints."

Meine looked down at her uniform and saw that she had gotten dirty. She was forced by Fai to change into red tracksuit that was a little bit long for her.

She stood there right in front of Fai wearing the red tracksuit and a white t-shirt inside that was a little bit big for her.

"Sorry if it's a little big. Those clothes are mine and I only use it for emergencies, so it's clean."

"T-thank you." Meine repeated.

She was handed a pass to excuse herself from being late and she bowed her head before she walked down the hallway towards the direction of her classroom, hugging her uniform in her arms.

"Don't give up, Meine-chan." she heard Fai's voice whisper. She turned around to look if he was still watching her, but the hallway was empty. At first she thought she was imagining things, but she had superior sense of hearing. She felt her heart beat louder against her chest and she smiled.

Meine was finally pumped up and confident. She wasn't going to give up! She brought lots of chocolate with her anyway since she got carried away by the amount the day that she made it.

"Thank you for everything, Fai-sensei." she said under her breath, the fire burning in her arms I won't give up!"


RECESS...

Meine bought another bag of chocolates and ran to the infirmary immediately after telling her friends Ichijou Fumie, Minami Hikari and of course Sakura, and Syaoran where she was going.

She ran down the stairs towards the infirmary which was on the first floor. She was now wearing rubber shoes, since she had one in her bag for PE later in the afternoon after lunch.

She knocked twice on the door before sliding it open. "Fai-sensei?" she called.

The infirmary was empty; his usual chair in front of the desk where she used to see him write was empty. Meine frowned and moved towards his desk. Her fingers ran over the smooth texture of the table. His pen that he used in writing was there too.

Meine didn't want to leave without doing anything. She took an index card that wasn't used on the table and his pen. She wrote a note on the card: "I like you. Please accept these chocolates. I hope you like it."

She placed her chocolates on top of the note and fixed the ribbon that closed it. She took one last look at it before closing the door to meet up with her friends.

She was half way up the first flight of stairs when she realized that she didn't write her name. She walked back slowly to the infirmary. When she opened the door, the chocolates were missing. On Fai's regular seat was a senpai that was quite famous for being a playboy. His name was Nishikado Kazuto. He had dark hair that was a little bit long and matching dark eyes, he was also very good looking.

There he sat with the small, open bag of chocolates that Meine made. He was nodding and making those pleased sounds.

"Ahh!" Meine said and she fell to her knees by the door.

Kazuto-senpai jumped and the bag of chocolates fell to the floor. He looked at her and looked at the spilled chocolates. "Did you make these?"

Meine couldn't find her voice so she nodded. She felt as if her soul was leaving her body through her mouth.

"Were they supposed to be for Fai-sensei?" he asked.

She nodded her head. She was pissed, not at her innocent senpai, but at herself.

He ran towards her and knelt in front of her. "I'm so sorry!" he said, panic heard all over his voice. "I thought it was for me because I almost always receive anonymous chocolates during Valentine's Day! It didn't have a name for who it was and who gave it..."

Kazuto gently helped Meine up to her feet. Her head hung low as tears started to form at the corners of her eyes. Kazuto started to panic and he fumbled with the handkerchief that he got from his pocket. He used this to dab away Meine's forming tears.

"Please don't cry." he said. "Seeing beautiful girls just as yourself pains me to know that I am the cause of these tears. I'm really sorry..."

The edges of Meine's lips actually went up a little. "Thank you, senpai."

"Is there any way that I could repay you for eating those chocolates that were not meant for me?" he asked. He was still obviously worried about it.

Meine just smiled and shook her head. "No, it's alright. You don't have to do anything. I'm partly at fault too."

"Meine-chan!" someone called.

She looked out the door to see two girls walking towards her: one with shoulder-length, raven hair with deep violet eyes and the other one had her long, black hair tied up in a high ponytail and had greenish-hazel eyes hidden beneath thick glasses. These girls were Minami Hikari and Ichijou Fumie, Meine's friends.

The one who called was Hikari. She and Fumie walked entered the clinic and Meine noticed her aura change the moment her eyes landed on the senpai. She was glaring at him with so much hate and they seemed to know each other.

He started to walk towards the entrance towards Hikari where he stopped in beside her to whisper something in her ear. After that he left.

Fumie took a step towards Meine. "So? Were you able to give your chocolates to Fai-sensei?"

Meine sighed and shook her head. She told her a short version of the story to explain what had happened. Fumie just gave her a hug.

"Don't give up, Meine-chan. I'm sure you'll get your chance." she said.

The three of them decided to leave the infirmary and went their own separate ways to finish their businesses, except for Meine who went back to the classroom to sulk for failing twice today.

What they didn't notice was that somebody has been watching them all along. At the corner of the room, there was a bed there were the blinds were covering it.

Hiding behind those blinds was Fai, who also concealed his presence since Meine had the ability to detect. At first, he was only there to take a short nap, but then Meine arrived and it got exciting.

He pulled away the blinds and sat on his chair. The forgotten chocolates were still on the floor so he picked it up and tasted one.

The sweet and creamy chocolate melted in his mouth. It was sweet, but not too sweet and it was delicious.

Fai picked up the card that Meine had written on and read it silently. He smiled and folded the card in half and inserted it into his pocket.

"Meine-chan is really adorable." he said to himself and popped another chocolate into his mouth. "Mmm... Delicious."

LUNCH...

Meine ate the sandwich that she bought from the canteen quickly and excused herself from her friends. She passed by the comfort room first to fix her hair and wash her face.

She walked to the infirmary. She had a feeling that there won't be any girls giving him chocolate after what he had said that morning.

When she got near the infirmary, she heard voices from inside, Fai's voice and a girl's voice. She peeked through the small crack on the door and saw a girl with deep black hair with sideways bangs and red glasses over her chocolate brown eyes. Her name was Ishimaru Miharu and she was holding a small blue box and she was handing it to Fai.

"Please accept this, Fai-sensei." she said.

Meine's eyes were open wide with shock as Fai actually raised his hand and took the box from Miharu's hand. She didn't stick around to hear more of that mushy stuff to be said. She ran away as fast as she can. By the time she noticed where she was, she was on the rooftop where students were prohibited from going. It seems that she has destroyed the lock without knowing.

... Meanwhile down at the infirmary, Fai was holding the box of chocolates that Miharu had handed to him. He knew Meine was standing by the door a few seconds ago, so he decided to tease her a little.

He returned the box gently into Miharu's hand. "Thank you Ishimaru-san but i cannot accept these."

"Eh?" she said. "But sir, it's not as if I'm confessing or anything...my mother just wanted me to give it to every teacher and to the kind doctor in the infirmary."

He just smiled and patted her head like what an adult does to a child. "I'm really sorry, but I will only accept sweets from the person I love."

"Sensei…who is this person that you say you love?" Miharu asked. She placed her box of cookies back into her bag and waited for his reply.

Fai's smile turned into a kinder one as he thought about the young girl. "I'll tell you if you move closer." he said.

After finding out from Fai who that person was, Miharu left.

Fai walked to the window and spotted a red figure up in the rooftop. Somehow, he knew that the figure was Meine.

"This will get more interesting..." he whispered and leaned against the wall.

P.E. Classes...

Meine was still distracted about what she saw that noon. Fai received a Valentine's Day present from a girl, even though he said that he won't.

Today for PE, they were going to do laps around the oval. Meine had changed into the uniform, which was a plain white t-shirt with blue lining around the neck and matching blue short shorts.

She still wasn't thinking straight and just followed the rest of her classmates as they ran. Syaoran was starting to get worried and he watched Meine's back. She was still leading the class even though she was in a daze.

Meine failed to notice the small rock in her way and she tripped, sliding a few more feet down the oval, skinning her knee and acquiring a wound on her elbow.

Kurogane and rest of her classmates ran towards her. "Oi, are you alright?" Kurogane-sensei asked. He looked at Syaoran and asked him to carry her to the infirmary.

Syaoran may not seem like it, but he was actually quite strong. He was able to carry Meine without pausing all the way to the infirmary.

The infirmary was packed and full of girls lined up on one side of the wall opposite the beds. The girls made way after seeing Meine being carried. Fai noticed this too and he immediately let her be laid on the bed.

"What happened?" he asked Syaoran as he pulled the blinds to not let Meine be seen by the other girls.

"She tripped and skinned her knee." Syaoran explained.

Fai just nodded and disappeared for a moment. From the tone of his voice earlier, he was obviously pissed.

"If your business here is just to plead for me to accept those gifts then I will have to ask you ladies to leave the infirmary immediately!" he said in a loud voice. Meine could hear some of the girls gasp and scurry outside.

Fai appeared once again and this time opened the blinds. The room was now empty, they got scared since Fai rarely gets angry. He was usually so calm.

He got the necessary materials from the shelf and placed it on her bedside table. Meine winced slightly as Fai poured a disinfectant over her wound.

He paused and raised his head to look at Syaoran. "Syaoran-kun, why don't you return to your classes now? Meine-san will be fine."

Syaoran just looked worriedly at Meine and he saw her nod. He bowed his head at Fai and started for the door when Fai called for his attention.

"Syaoran-kun, is it alright if I ask you to use the window? Those relentless girls outside just won't let you go easily if they see you."

Syaoran nodded and jumped out of the window.

Fai was silent when Syaoran left and Meine didn't dare to break that silence. Now may have been an opportunity to give her chocolates and confess, but she didn't have her chocolates at hand.

"What happened?" Fai asked as he finished placing an adhesive bandage on her wound.

"Eh?"

He sat down on the chair by Meine's bed and threw away the disposable things he used in a trash bin. "You're never distracted with anything and you never trip. Is there something bothering you?"

Meine fell silent and her face turned red. How did Fai know about that stuff?

"Tell me." he said softly. His eyes were different from usual and Meine couldn't quite understand the feeling behind them.

"Sensei..." she began. She was still hesitating on whether or not this was right or not so she just shut her eyes so that she wouldn't see anything. "The person you said that you would only take chocolates from... Is it Ishimaru Miharu-san?"

Fai didn't reply and Meine was starting to get anxious. She opened her eyes slightly and saw that Fai was just there, his chin leaning against the bed and smiling.

"Wha...what?" she asked, her face turning slightly pink.

"Are you jealous?" he asked playfully.

Meine's entire face, including her ears, turned bright red. She instinctively grabbed the pillow behind her and threw it at his face. She could feel her heart beating loudly against her chest.

Fai just took the pillow and still had that smile on his face as he stood up and fluffed the pillow and returned it in its right place. He didn't return to sit back on his previous chair. Instead, he sat on the free space on the bed right beside Meine.

He just smiled and played with a lock of hair that was on Meine's shoulder. "Cute." he said.

Meine felt as if her heart skipped a bit. She held her breath as Fai's hand slightly touched her hand.

"Nee, Meine-san." he said, his voice merely a whisper.

"Y-yes?" she stammered. She didn't know why but she felt oddly calm. Like something that was missing inside her has been made into a whole.

"I want to see you later." he said as he slipped a piece of paper into her hand. "…if you don't mind."

"What do you mean?"

Fai just smiled and took her hand into his. He brought this to his lips and kissed the top of her hand. "I'll be waiting."

He then stood up from his seat and pulled the blind slightly. "You can rest if you want, but you could also return to your class."

Meine slowly lowered her feet off the bed. "I'd like to go back to class please." she said, her voice oddly calm.

Fai just nodded and helped her out the door. The girls from before were gone, probably back to their respective classrooms.

She bowed low and he just smiled. Up until now, she has not opened her fist that held the paper in her hands yet. She walked away and was finally able to breathe freely when she turned to a corner. She felt Fai's gaze boring into the back of her head as she walked.

She hastily opened the piece of paper inside her hand and saw the directions of where they were to meet later. There was a note at the edge of the paper where the directions were drawn and their meeting time, which was at 5 PM.

"I look forward to see you." it said.

She held the paper against her chest. She can't really explain the emotion she was currently feeling, but she knew one thing: she had to tell someone.

She broke out into a run and went straight back to the field were the rest of the class were.

Kurogane made her sit on the side for the rest of the period. He failed to notice that Meine's face was pinker than usual.

Half an hour later in the women's locker room, Hikari was starting to go green with envy.

"Mou!" Hikari whined in a soft voice since Sakura was just on the other side of the room. "It's not fair! Meine-chan was carried by Syaoran-kun like a princess."

Meine just smiled a little. Hikari has been stalking Syaoran ever since he came here as an exchange student and apparently; she was starting to fall in love with him now.

She changed into the tracksuit that was lent to her earlier and she pushed the sleeves up her arms. She tucked in the necklace that she wore inside her shirt and only kept the zipper on the jacket half open.

"Guys, I have to tell you something..."

AFTER SCHOOL...

Meine immediately ran out of her classroom after dismissal, throwing her stuff inside her bag and not caring whether or not it was arranged inside. She had 2 hours left to prepare with her meeting with Fai.

She ran to the bike rack and took out her bicycle. Her house should empty now since her parents are working. She ran straight to the bathroom and threw all of her clothes to the washing machine. She took a quick shower and ran back to her room after that.

She rummaged through her closet in search for something to wear when she inevitably just chose a blue, off-shoulder top and a pair of dark brown corduroy shorts. This was the first time she has actually agreed to meet with someone so she didn't exactly know what to do or wear.

She took out a pair of low, black, strappy high heels and slipped it on. It still fit perfectly and it wasn't the type where your feet would hurt when you're walking.

She checked the watch on her wrist and saw that she had about forty-five minutes left to go there. She hastily tied her hair to the side with a blue hair tie before she once again left her house.

With every step she took towards her direction, she could feel her heart beat faster. She continued to walk on the side of the road when a car horn honked behind her.

She looked over her shoulder and saw Kazuto and Hikari inside a car. Hikari seemed angry and scared at the same time. She had her seat belt safely securing her to the chair and she held tightly to the handle above her head.

"Hey." Kazuto called. "Want a ride?"

Meine nodded and she failed to notice Hikari mouthing "no" to her and shaking her head continuously. She closed the door behind her and she wore her own seatbelt.

She couldn't understand when Hikari turned over her shoulder and shook her head. She looked terrified with her eyes as wide as saucers.

She was about to ask why when Kazuto glanced at Meine through his rear view mirror. "Where to, Meine-san?"

"At the ********* Park, please." she said.

Kazuto nodded, Meine could see Hikari's figure shaking in the front seat. She heard click of the car when Kazuto put down the hand brake and the he moved the stick to drive.

Without any warning or so, the move shot forward so fast that they almost hit a trash bin and a telephone pole. Meine now understood why Hikari was so terrified. She held on tightly to her seat and her feet tried to hang onto something, but there was nothing to hold onto.

They arrived at the park with a few minutes to spare. Meine felt as if she never wanted to ride a car ever again.

Kazuto's driving was horrible! He was such a reckless driver and it was as if he's trying to hit everything he saw.

"Thank you." Meine said in a shaky voice and stepped out of the car.

He didn't seem to know that he was that bad and he just waved. Hikari sighed and they drove away, nearly hitting the fence but he evaded this just in time.

Meine fixed her fringe and checked her reflection on the small compact that she carried in her bag. She also took out the piece of paper given to her by Fai earlier that day and followed the directions of where she has to go. It was easy to follow it and the directions led her to a bench at the back of the park. No one other than her and a few animals seems to be here so she took a seat.

She sighed and looked up at the sky which was now changing color as the sun was about to set.

"Oh, you came."

Meine turned around to see Fai wearing casual clothes: a teal, button down shirt with long sleeves and black pants. This was the first time she had seen him not wearing his regular white coat, but she had to admit she did rather like this look on him.

"That's good." he said with a smile and walked towards her. He gave her a subtle "up-down" look. "You look beautiful."

Her face turned pink and she looked down in embarrassment. He seemed to be really good in what he was doing.

"Umm... Fai-sensei..." she began.

Fai's finger touched Meine's lips to stop her from talking. "I would prefer it if you didn't call me sensei outside of school. Right now, you are not a student, and I am not a doctor. You are merely Meine, and I am only Fai. No one can bother us right now."

Meine's blush deepened at that statement. It may have sounded cheesy, but it still made sense. No one can disturb them here.

"Then, let's go!" he suddenly exclaimed.

"Eh? Go where?"

He just smiled and he took Meine's hand to tow her away back to the path where Meine used to get here. Her hand was starting to feel hot for some reason that she couldn't understand.

He pulled her to a car parked in the small parking lot that made Meine's jaw drop in surprise.

It was a luxurious black convertible that looked like it was new. It was really shiny, and the wheels looked amazing.

Fai just laughed at her expression and stood close to her, holding the small of her back. Meine blushed, but didn't seem to mind. He gently pushed her to the passenger's seat and opened the door for her.

Meine looked up at the black removable roof of the convertible to distract herself from looking at Fai too much as he went around the car to get to the driver's seat.

"Where are we going?" she asked as he closed the door behind him. She pulled on the seat belt and locked it securely. She didn't want what happened inside Kazuto- senpai's car again, but Fai seemed to be the responsible and careful type.

He just smiled and inserted the key into the ignition. "You'll see." The engine roared to life and he slowly drove out of his parking space to the main road.

Meine pursed her lips a little like a pouty child. "Tell me please?"

Fai just gave a little laugh and he patted Meine's hand that rested on her lap. "You'll see... Now is it alright if we order drive through for dinner? The place I'm going to bring you to is a long ride from here."

"Sure. I don't mind."

Meine sat on her seat, the food from that fast food drive-through rested at the side of her feet on the car's floor. The sun had already set and they have been inside his convertible for about 45 minutes.

She didn't mind at all. She liked having Fai all to herself inside the car's limited space. They were only a foot apart, and Meine liked that.

During that 45 minute car ride, Fai kept asking her different questions that he wants to know about her. She answered every question as she sipped on the chocolate milkshake that he bought for her.

"Eh?" Fai exclaimed. "You can really eat that much chocolate? I'm surprised you're not getting fatter!"

Meine playfully punched his shoulder and the two of them laughed.

"We're here." he said suddenly. Meine opened her eyes and saw the calm and beautiful sea sparkling under the full moon.

Fai pushed the blue button on the dashboard and the roof pushed back. Meine could smell the breeze of the sea and the cool wind. Suddenly she was tempted to sit on the headrest.

"Fai-san, can I...?" she asked with a big smile.

"Sure." he unlocked her seatbelt for her and slowed down as Meine raised her feet up to the chair and she slowly raised herself to sit on the headrest.

"Hold on tight." he said and he sped up a little.

Meine felt the cool wind blow on her face and her hair created a trail behind her. It only lasted for about a few minutes until Fai entered the beach's entrance. There was no one there, probably because it was a weeknight.

He stopped at a small hill covered with white sand that overlooked the beach. Meine sat down on her seat once again and tried to fix her bangs which were blown back by the wind.

Fai took the paper bag of their take out and handed her share. Meine took it and ate it slowly, now she was the one who asked him questions, even though his answers were quite vague and he didn't answer them properly.

"Nee, Fai-san." Meine said and opened the door to her side. "Can we take a walk?"

"Sure." Fai replied and he didn't bother to open the door on his side and he jumped coolly out of the car, making Meine stare at his graceful figure he didn't bother to open the door on his side and he jumped coolly out of the car, making Meine stare at his graceful figure. She shook her head and ran towards the beach, taking off her shoes along the way.

"Fai-san!" Meine waved as she ran towards the sea and let her feet get wet by the moving water. She wiggled her toes and took a step back to further feel the sand on her feet.

He just followed her as she ran across the sand. She seemed to having lots of fun.

She was getting further and further away until she tripped.

"Meine-chan!" he called and ran towards her. She was on her knees and she had one hand over her face.

"Ouch..." she groaned.

Fai kneeled in front of her and tried to take her hand away from her face. "Meine-chan, are you okay?" He gently pried away her fingers and noticed that her nose was a little red.

"Are you okay?" he asked again. He wiped away the tears that were forming at the corners of her eyes and he brushed away the sand on her face.

His thumb froze slightly on Meine's lip and he leaned forward slowly to kiss the tip of her nose.

Suddenly, the feeling that surrounded them changed. It was like what Meine had felt when she was on the bed in the infirmary.

He leaned forward slowly and Meine instinctively closed her eyes as he moved closer. Their lips met and Fai wrapped her arms around her waist to pull her closer.

Fai pulled away after a few seconds, but it felt much longer than that.

Just as Meine was about to open her mouth to say something, the necklace around her neck started to glow...

"What the—?" Meine muttered.

Fai held her tightly as a black vortex appeared under their feet and they started falling down.

Mokona turned away from the sketchbook and opened its mouth. A ball of light appeared from out of its mouth and it landed on a free space in the room.

From that light, the five of them appeared, wearing the same clothes as they did when they left Piffle World.

"Where are we?" Fai asked. He was unaware that he was actually holding Meine's wrist.

"Moko-chan!" Sakura exclaimed as she turned her head and saw the little white creature wearing a red beret.

Mokona just smiled and raised a hand. "Welcome back, everyone!"

Kurogane glared at Mokona. "Hey, white meat bun! Where were you hiding? We were looking all over for you and..." He trailed off and scratched his head. "Strange... I can't remember anything that happened."

Syaoran nodded. "Yes, what were we doing all this time?"

Meine pushed herself away from Fai and at the same moment, she picked up the powerful wave from the feather.

Mokona took out Sakura's feather from behind its body. "Ta-da! Here you go!"

Syaoran smiled as he stood up, the rest of them doing the same. "Did you find that all by yourself, Mokona?"

The creature shook its head. "No, I didn't. A very pretty lady helped me out. That person has the power to control anything in the world she draws. She said that inside her world, she can control time!"

Meine for some unknown reason, felt really happy…like something important happened during that time when they can't remember anything.

She looked up to see Fai's face and their eyes met. He smiled and that made Meine's face burn in embarrassment.

Mokona smiled and its wings appeared on its back as it got ready to depart from another world.

Meine stood beside Fai as a strong wind pulled them once again into its mouth.

Their eyes met once again and he smiled again, but this smile was different from the one earlier. It looked like a real smile, the one that truly showed his emotions and not just a mask.

-chapter owari-


heyzelle: okay... that was shorter than our usual, but I think it's still kind of long. anyway, this isn't exactly one of the worlds that i like (since i usually base the dialogue from the manga).
thank god that's over. :)) this world that they are in is a filler episode from the anime. (just so you know)

anyway, one important note: from the next chapter onwards, we are going to cut each chapter into different segments, not just by world that they drop into (since many people are complaining that it's so long and they're to lazy to read it) from now on, we will cut the following chapters into more chapters.

yey!

more cliffhangers!

*evil laugh*

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