Summary: Midori is a girl that comes from the Akatsuki on a mission to get something. Here, she meets Fai, Kurogane, Syaoran, Sakura, and Mokona. What happens when she falls for the magician, and he figures out who she really is? FaiXOC -- NOTE: Tsubasa/Naruto Mix!

A/N: I'm amazed at the pace I'm writing this story, and I'm actually confident that I'll finish this fan fiction! That's a first for me, believe it or not. I know there really isn't any Tsubasa Chronciles OC stories, so this may not get a lot of reviews or anything. Though, I like these kind of stories, so I decided to write one myself for people out there who actually do like them. If you do like this story, please R&R!!

Disclaimer: I do not own the Tsubasa Chronicles characters, so give the actual owners the credit for them, not me. I only own the OC or OCs that I, myself, have created.

#Chapter 21: Wonder#

I watched in horror, but I imagined he could take care of himself. I'd just have to get him later if he survives. The important thing to do right now is to get out with Sakura so we can live.

I drug Sakura away and took a run for the door.

I froze as I saw we had to swim. I gulped, since the current was extremely strong.

"Sakura-chan, we're going to have to swim," I hid the nervousness in my voice.

"Eh?" she asked.

"Hold on to me," I ordered as I wrapped around around and held on as I started to swim as best to my ability. I struggled quite a bit, and the water started to rise and the current got even stronger.

'This is why they say cats can't swim!' I exclaimed mentally. 'Can't…breathe…'

I gasped as my head stuck out of the water. "H-H-He-Help…! C-Can't…" I coughed.

I saw Kurogane extend his hand, wrapped my arm around Sakura tighter, and I reached for it. My hand didn't get it, and I fell under, gurgling for breath.

"Midori! Sakura!" Mokona shouted in worry.

I heard a splash, and I immediately wrapped both of my arms securely around Sakura for her safety, and I was also scared for life.

'Help me! Someone, please! Help me! At least save Sakura-chan…!' I exclaimed.

I felt someone wrap their arms around me and pull me to the surface. I started to cough, and I opened my eyes slightly.

"K-K-Kurorin…?" I stuttered and shivered.

"Geez, Kid," Kurogane got us to the surface. "You literally freaked us out there…" Syaoran immediately ran to Sakura, and he held her, asking her if she was all right and everything.

"S-Sorry…" I shivered and sneezed. "I'm not that good of a swimmer…" I giggled a little. "But at least Sakura-chan is all right…"

"You did well, Midori!" Mokona jumped on me and gave me a hug, and I returned it.

"Thank you, Mokona." I turned to Fai, who smiled and patted my shoulder.

"Thank goodness you're all right, Midori," he hugged me. "I don't know what I'd do…"

I hugged back, "It's all right…I'm okay."

"Seriously, though…I don't know what I'd do," he whispered so only I could here.

I smirked. "Trust me. If you actually knew who I really was, you wouldn't be saying that…"

"Really…? I think differently…" he let go and smiled playfully.

"What happened to Kyle?" Mr. Grosum asked.

"I don't know…" I frowned.

"That man…" Kurogane said.

"He probably went down with the castle and his fate." Fai looked over at the castle. I frowned at that comment.

'I sure hope he didn't...! He has what we need...' I thought.

"Is Sakura all right?" Mokona asked.

"She's fine. She just fainted when we were in the water," I smiled at Mokona.

The ghost appeared, and I gasped in shock.

"What's wrong?" Fai asked. I smiled nervously and shook my head sadly.

'Sorry, Leader-sama, for not catching Dr. Kyle this time…I swear I'll get him the next time I see him!' I thought.

The princess from the legend stuck her hand out, and the crystal surrounding the feather Sakura was holding broke a bit, which released the feather and woke up Sakura.

"Princess…" Syaoran smiled at Sakura.

The feather entered Sakura a couple seconds after she awoke, and much to my surprise, the crystal that had the feather captured disappeared and she didn't faint again. Instead, she sat up when she saw the ghost-princess.

"Princess Emeraude…" Sakura greeted.

"What are doing here…?" I smiled.

"Sakura-chan and Midori-chan can see her, huh?" Fai looked at me in surprise.

"I don't see anything," Kurogane admitted. Then I remembered.

"Thank you for saving me, Kuro-sama," I smiled at him, and he just huffed and turned away.

"It's not like I wanted to!" he said.

I smiled and turned back to the ghost-princess.

"I'm so glad I returned the feather to you." She then turned to me, "Thank you so much for helping her escape, and I wish you the best of luck in the rest of your journey. It's going to be a rough one full of many difficulties and tragedies, Midori."

"A rough one…? What do you mean?!" I asked in her surprise.

"Thank you so much for saving the children," she replied. "With this, I can finally…"

"Princess Emeraude…" Sakura smiled gently.

"Wait, don't go!" I shouted. "What do you mean 'my mission will have many difficulties and tragedies?!'" I ran towards the edge of the river. "Princess Emeraude!"

"Be careful. There's someone observing you all…" she smiled at us and disappeared.

I stood at the edge of the water, watching where she disappeared in wonder.

"Observing us…?" I whispered to myself.

"Midori-chan?" Fai put a hand on my shoulder, and I jumped in shock.

"Princess?" Syaoran questioned Sakura.

"What does she mean?" Sakura asked more to herself and me.

"She said someone has been observing us all along…" I trailed off in thought.

"But what exactly was this Princess Emeraude that Sakura-chan and Midori-chan could see?" Fai asked as we started to walk away from the river and towards the town.

"Was that hypnosis as well?" Kurogane suggested.

"I don't think it was," said Syaoran.

"Well, was it the power of the feather then?" Fai asked.

"If it was then the white manjuu here would have known as well…" Kurogane answered.

"What they were probably seeing was Princess Emeraude's soul," Syaoran concluded.

"You mean like a ghost…?" I asked.

"Or a monster?" Kurogane added.

"Well, ever since Princess Sakura was a little girl, she has been able to see and talk to dead people and creatures," Syaoran explained. "I don't know about Midori-san…"

"My family has this trait where we can talk to dead people and creatures and such," I explained quietly.

"I see," Fai smiled, and Kurogane looked amused in a way…I think.

"Does everyone in Clow Country have these powers?" Fai asked Syaoran.

"No. As far as I know, the only ones who have them are the High Priest and Princess Sakura."

"What about you, Midori-chan?" Fai turned to me, putting his arm around my shoulders.

I shook my head. "I don't know about anyone from other countries in my world, but in my country, only my family was able to see them."

"I see…" Kurogane looked at my curiously.

"But Princess Emeraude is gone now," Sakura turned around and admitted.

"Yuuko said so herself!" Mokona explained. "When a ghost no longer has anything to worry over, it goes away."

"It's finally able to rest in peace," Kurogane said.

"The golden-haired princess was extremely worried about the children," Fai said.

"I wanted to see the princess too!" Mokona stated.

"What's this? You can't see or sense the dead?" Fai asked while lacing his fingers through mine, probably through habit. I smiled up at him and did the same.

'I wonder if we're going out for real…or not. Well, either way, that's not important right now. I need to know if the jinchuuriki actually died…' I shook my head away from thoughts of Fai that kept finding their way back. For some reason, I couldn't stop thinking about him…

"The one who can see the dead is the black Mokona with the blue gem," Mokona explained.

"Oh yeah, I remember seeing that black manjuu," Kurogane remembered. "You're quite useless, white manjuu."

"I tried my best!" Mokona admitted. "And it all worked out!" Mokona jumped on his face.

I giggled, "I remember! Kurorin got mad when the Time Witch said it couldn't take him home."

"Shut up…" Kurogane glared at me, and I responded with a cheery smile.

We continued the way back to the town, and we found the townspeople outside hugging their children which had returned to them. I felt like I was going to cry, but I tried to bite back my sobs, squeezing Fai's hand tightly.

"Are you all right, Midori-chan?" Fai turned to me, catching Kurogane's, Syaoran's, Sakura's, and Mokona's attention.

I nodded and sniffed. "I-I'm fine!"

"What's up with her?" Kurogane raised an eyebrow.

"N-Nothing!" I felt a tear fall, but I whipped away quickly with my free hand.

Fai let go of my hand, and he hugged me, which caused the tears to fall silently. I hugged him back.

"It's not fair…" I whispered.

"What's not?" Fai asked quietly.

"Don't worry about it…" I hiccupped.

"Are you all right?" Sakura asked me worriedly.

I nodded against Fai's chest, and I let go of him, rubbing my eyes.

"Don't worry about it…!" I smiled cheerily towards her.

She looked at me worriedly as Mokona jumped on my shoulder.

"Are you sure you're okay? You never cry!" Mokona said.

"And I won't." I concluded while watching the children. "I'm happy for them…They're lucky."

"Come now, calm down!" we heard a voice say.

"Mayor, the fact that Mr. Grosum was out every night looking for the children…!" the leader of those men said to the Mayor. "Why didn't you tell me?"

"It's not something I wanted to brag about," Mr. Grosum replied.

"I don't know for sure, but there was a time when the people of this town wouldn't talk about certain things." The mayor said.

"In any case, I wasn't able to find the children by myself anyway," Mr. Grosum replied.

We went back to the house, got our own clothes back on, left a note about Princess Emeraude and Mr. Grosum's History Archive on Syaoran's bed, and we left to go to a safe spot to travel to the next world.

"Are you sure Dr. Kyle's not here any more?" I asked Mokona.

"I'm positive," Mokona nodded. "Yuuko told me herself!"

I groaned. "Leader-sama's going to be so mad!" I put my hands on my head and ruffled hair in aggravation.

"Who is this 'Leader-sama' you keep talking about?" Kurogane asked me.

"Confidential," I sighed. "Sorry. All I can say is that he's my boss."

"I see…" he replied.

"Besides Midori-chan's mystery, we still have that other thing that Princess Emeraude had said about us being observed." Fai said.

"My mystery…?" I questioned.

Fai nodded. "You're very mysterious."

"You're mysterious too!" I pointed.

"Really?" Fai smiled.

"Indeed." I crossed my arms and nodded a few times.

"There's also one more thing I don't understand," Syaoran said.

"What's that?" I asked.

"Just who was it that told Dr. Kyle about Princess Sakura's feather?"

"Maybe it's the same person…The one who's watching us and who told him…" Kurogane wondered.

"Could be…" I trailed off.

"I think you may be right," Syaoran replied.

"In any case, it looks like someone out there is meddling with our journey," Fai smiled.

"Hmm…Leader-sama isn't going to be too happy…with whoever is meddling with it," I sighed. "He's going to get impatient."

Mokona swallowed us, which teleports us, and we were once again in the 'Circle of Life.' I smiled as I watched all the beautiful, bright lights.

"I love it in here!" I smiled cheerfully.

"You always say that," Kurogane sighed.

I giggled. "I know, I know!" I stopped and looked ahead. "What do you think the next world will be like?"

"I don't know," Fai smiled at me, which I returned immediately.

'I hope to God it isn't my world…If it is, I'm in for it!'