A/N: (Hunter) Sorry about the late update! I was at camp all week with my school, and Prey didn't want to do a chapter without me, so nice :D.
A/N: (Prey) Yes, I'm nice! I feel so special lol but seriously we're sorry for the late chapter. Hope you guys enjoy it though!
We own nothing! (cept for the story twists and extra characters, ect)
Chapter 11: Forever Freed
Syaoran watched from above as Fai started climbing the vast tower. He saw him slip a few times, but he would keep on getting back up.
Syaoran looked back at the younger Fai, Yuui.
This is Fai as a child… he's been hurt so much, no wonder Fai is trying so hard to save them.
Syaoran wondered what would happen if Fai was able to save the two. His life would be changed forever. Even though he might lose us, it would be for the better. "Excuse me, but what did that person say that he would do to you and your brother?"
Yuui looked up at Syaoran. "He, said that he would take us out of the country. He said that he was trying to help us."
Syaoran looked back down into the pit and Yuui turned away when he figured out Syaoran wasn't going to say anything else.
Being able to change back time… to undo what was done… is that really the right thing to do? Everything happened for a reason, and it's not our job to fix those things…
Syaoran craned his neck to see the top of the tower, Fai had reached a small, barred window. Syaoran was surprised, Fai had moved fast to get up there.
Syaoran looked higher up to the bright clouds; small snowflakes had started falling again. He looked back at the tower, then at Sakura.
"If we're going to help Fai-san, then he needs to hurry, it looks like a blizzard is coming again."
Sakura looked up to the sky.
Yuui looked at Syaoran. "You are going to be helping Fai too?"
Syaoran looked at the child; Yuui had completely misunderstood the question. "Uh, yes. We're with the man that saved you, -"
"-Dixis." Sakura finished, she was going to help Fai too.
Syaoran gave a half smile, which Sakura noticed, and he quickly blushed a little.
Syaoran looked back up at Fai, but no one was there, he looked down below the tower and saw Fai carrying one other that looked just like Yuui.
Syaoran felt a few snowflakes land on him. Please hurry.
Syaoran was startled all of a sudden by Mokona, who jumped up from behind Yuui. "Yuuko's magic circle!"
Mokona was pointing down into the pit and Syaoran and Sakura followed it's gaze.
The snow was falling more heavily, but through it all the two could see a magic circle appear.
Yuui looked scared. "Magic doesn't work in this valley."
Syaoran was confused. "Then how…"
Sakura looked at Syaoran. "I remember the High Priest Yukito telling me about magic and different worlds. There were places in Clow where magic wouldn't work, but if you were in a different dimension then magic would work. Do you think that that's what's happening here, Syaoran?"
"Maybe…"
They looked back down into the pit, the snow was swirling around the circle like a tornado. Fai had stopped and put the twin down.
The snow kept on turning, then it stopped and started falling normally again.
Syaoran squinted to see who it was, Sakura and the others did the same.
Mokona recognized the figure first. "Kuropu!"
"Kurogane?" Sakura and Syaoran said together.
Syaoran looked in closer, it was Kurogane. It looked like he was talking to Fai.
The wind blew, making more snow fall, and after Syaoran saw Fai on the ground.
Sakura saw this too. "Are they fighting? This isn't the time!"
Yuui looked worried and peered down, but eased his expression a bit when he saw that his twin was alright.
"Syaoran, someone needs to go down there... Syaoran?"
Sakura turned to Syaoran, who had made a small cry of pain and then fainted.
Syaoran blinked open his eyes slowly. His eye was throbbing again.
His vision cleared up and he saw Yuui staring down at him. "Is he alright?"
"Syaoran, what happened? Oh, thank you Kurogane-san."
"He's up! Are you alright?" The voice sounded like Yuui's, only slightly different.
Syaoran sat up, making the throbbing spread to his entire head.
Syaoran looked around. Sakura was sitting right beside him with Kurogane about a foot away from her. He turned his head to see Fai on his other side sitting behind two twins that were staring at him.
Syaoran turned back to Kurogane and managed some words. "How did you get here…?"
He fell back onto the snowy earth, the throbbing pain becoming too much for him.
"Syaoran!" Sakura bent closer to him. "Do you feel alright? You passed out just when Kurogane-san got here."
Syaoran nodded. He tried to remember what had happened in his sudden dream. It was him and the other that haunted his dreams for so long, but he couldn't remember anything else, the other Syaoran seemed restless, though.
Sakura looked happy. "That's great! Mokona got Kurogane-san and F- Dixis-san's attention," Kurogane 'tsked', "and they came up here with Fai."
Syaoran tried to sit back up again, and had more success than the last time. He looked at the twins. "So, what do we do with them now... Fa- I, eh, Dixis-san?"
"We're taking them away from here, they can't stay in Valeria. I suppose… once we're out of this valley, I could use magic and transport them to a different world." Fai had thought this all through. It looked like Syaoran and Sakura were going to help him, but Kurogane was another matter.
"We're actually going to leave? He meant it?" The younger Fai looked at his twin, questioning but happy.
Yuui nodded to his brother, the joy in his brother's face echoing onto his own.
Syaoran pulled his raggedy cape tighter around him, looking at the sky again. "We should probably hurry, we won't be able to travel very far if we don't go now."
Sakura nodded along with Mokona and the twins. Fai got up and helped the twins up, then looked at Kurogane, who didn't respond.
Sakura looked at Kurogane. "He needs our help, for their sake, at least," she pointed to the small boys, "please help us."
Kurogane slowly got up. "Whatever will get us out of here faster. I don't care about these three or anything to do with them, but the next world might be my home world, so let's get this over with." The group noticed that this time Kurogane's words seemed half-hearted.
"Fei Wong Reed's spell is breaking…" Xing Hou breathed. "The magic that I have is decreasing, but there should be enough to get you out of here… The seals around you have lost most of their power, and now I can help you."
Xing Hou put her hand on the glass that imprisoned a teenage boy. She felt her artificial body getting weaker as her magic drained out of her. She felt another power now, it was inside the glass. The boy was trying to break free now too, he was helping her, his time inside this prison had ended.
She stepped a few feet backward, the boy would be able to break free on his own now.
The remains of the seals slowly dissolved away and she saw his markings slowly disappear.
As if held together by a tiny thread, the cylinder snapped apart and water flowed out like a tidal wave.
Xing Hou backed away a few more steps when the rushing current flowed over her feet.
The boy landed smoothly on the ground, his eye opened after being asleep for so many years. Determination, that was what Xing Hou saw in his remaining eye.
He stood and took a few steps, then noticed Xing Hou. "Who are you?"
She felt her magic ebbing away from her as she flexed her fingers, creating a magic circle underneath him. "I have come to help you. You must leave this place." She tried to stay on her feet as she grew weaker. Magic was what kept her alive; it was magic that had created her.
Syaoran didn't notice her struggle. "Why are you helping me?"
She fought for her breath, and managed to say those haunting words just as he left, "The dream must end."
The magic had left her, her face remained neutral as always, but she fell to her knees, her life fading away.
As her vision blurred, she saw her master's silhouette in front of her. "You disappoint me, Xing Hou." She barely noticed the sword piercing her flesh, taking away what life she had left.
The dream must end.
A/N:(Hunter) Well, that was fun to write! Reviews are appreciated it helps us know if you guys are enjoying the story so far.
A/N:(Prey) This chapter was put together very fast since Hunter only just got back, but I think we did pretty good for last minute typing . The name of this chapter is Forever Free, and it points to a few people. First, the twins, duh, cause they're able to escape the tower and now they're sort of free ;). Next would be Fai in a way because it's like he's getting closer to feeling at peace within himself and feeling more free (if that makes sense), and then Xing Hou because she dies and now she's free of her master… I guess that the title also points to Real Syao because now he's free! Yay! We've got some really good chapters coming up and hopefully we'll update a lot sooner next time .
