OHAYO!!! I'm so glad to finally be putting up chapter 8 of Real Love is Just a Dream. I've been kinda preoccupied the last two weeks with getting my other story up and running, but I still consider this story my first priority. I just enjoy writing this one a lot more, that's all.

Anyway, sorry for the delay in getting this chapter up. I was kinda surprised; I only got one suggestion for the screenames of Fujitaka and Sonomi, so I guess I'll just have to work with that. Thanks Yamiyumetenshi!

Here are my responses to the last chapter's reviews...

ANIME OBSESSION FANTASY..

Thanks so much for the review! You're one of my only reviewers who read both of my stories, and I really appreciate it!!^^ Sorry for the wait on this chapter, I hope you like it.

ANJULIET.

Lol, sorry for the long update on the last chapter, I just couldn't think of anything. But not anymore! I'm bursting with inspiration! Hehe. Thanks for the review and enjoy this chapter.

YAMIYUMETENSHI.

Thanks for the suggestions on the screenames, lol. I thought they were really funny. Oh, and I did actually get the idea for the four Chinese gods from Fushigi Yugi. Same with the name Souta from Inuyasha. I'll mention that in this chapter's disclaimer..anyway, thanks for the review and enjoy this chapter.

CHERRYBERRY-CHAN..

I luv you!!! You were the only person who reviewed the story I co-wrote with Star Cherry!!! At least, I think that was you, lol. Thanks so much! Enjoy this chapter!

STAR CHERRY..

Thanks so much for all your constant support!!! As soon as I get this chapter uploaded, I'll start on our story!! I always have so much fun writing it.^^. I want to see your site again too, if I can just find the URL..it's geocites, right? Anyway, thanks for the review and have fun on your trip! I hope you like this chapter too!

LITTLEPUP..

Lol, I laughed when I read your review 'cuz I always did the same thing when I read fan fiction. I'd read the whole story, but I wouldn't review until later chapters, hehe. I'm so lazy...anyway, thanks for the review, I'm glad you enjoy the story. Hope you like this one!^^

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Thanks so much!^^ I hope this update wasn't too long in coming, and if it was, then hopefully it was worth the wait. Enjoy!!

SWEET-CAPTOR..

Thanks! The last chapter was kinda different from the ones before it. Thanks for all the constant review, and I hope you enjoy this chapter too!

Okay, I think that's everybody. If I didn't get someone, I'm really sorry, my review email thingy is kinda screwed up.

Now that I'm back to a regular schedule, I should be able to get a chapter of this updated at least every two weeks, but I'll try to get it up every weekend.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Card Captor Sakura characters, even though I wish I did. Also, certain ideas were inspired by the anime .Hack//Sign, as well as additional imagery from the shows Fushigi Yugi and Inuyasha.

Enjoy!!

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"The one with whom no hope is destined shall carry the hope of all humanity within the gifts of long past."

"What the hell does that mean?" a man with blonde hair asked.

"How should I know? I'm just reading the damn thing." his black haired companion answered.

"This is the rare prophecy that the curator was talking about? It's just some stupid stone with a bunch of crap on it." he snorted.

The other man shrugged. "Who cares? As long as we get the money we were promised for it, I could care less what it says."

"Yeah, I guess you're right. Let's grab it and get out of here, this place is giving me the creeps.."

"Right. C'mon, help me pick it up..."

After a few moments of useless pulling and pushing, the two of them gave up, wiping the sweat from their brows.

"How the hell can something that small be that heavy?!!" the blonde haired one commented.

"Maybe it's made of iron or steel or something.."

"It just looks like an ordinary rock to me."

"Yeah, well......" he was cut off.

His companion continued to look at the rock. "Well what?"

When there was no answer, the man turned around to find that his companion was gone.

"Blade? Blade, you there? Hey! Where'd you run off to?" he called.

After a few minutes the eerie silence started to press in on him.

"C'mon Blade, very funny. It's not a joke anymore, just come out, this place is really scaring me.."

Still no answer.

The man set his pack down on the ground and took a few steps forward toward the dark forest surrounding the ruins.

Suddenly, the sound of a voice echoed through his mind.

'You have desecrated the prophecy, LEAVE THIS PLACE!!!' it screamed in his head.

The man covered his ears in vain, trying to block out the sultry voice in his head.

"STOP IT!! WHO ARE YOU?!! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH BLADE?!!!"

His cries fell on deaf ears, and in an instant, the man was gone, disappeared into the thin, tense air of the haunted ruins.

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"Did you succeed?" a flat voice commented.

"Yes. I succeeded." The sultry voice replied.

"Good, tell me." The flat voice continued, its person hidden in shadow.

"The one with whom no hope is destined, shall carry the hope of all humanity within the gifts long past."

"We need to find the prophet. Where is he?" the flat voice answered, mulling over the prophecy in her mind.

"Kinoti says he is working on it. The prophet will be found soon enough, my lady." The sultry voice bowed her head, letting her dark brown locks fall around her beautiful face.

"Kiyuri, I do not need to remind you of the importance of this mission. If we do not find him, our cause is lost."

Kiyuri nodded. "I know, mistress."

"Good, then you will accompany Kinoti and find the prophet before we continue on with our plan, alright?"

Kiyuri reluctantly nodded. "Yes, mistress. May I ask what you will be doing?"

"I will be deciphering this new information, and finding the next Rayn stone to find the rest of this prophecy. Now stop your insolence and obey my orders."

"Yes, my lady." Kiyuri bowed deeply before disappearing in a cloud of teal smoke.

"It is almost time, soon the Divinity will fall, and Chaos will ensue."

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"You're such a pig, you know that?" Halma said sardonically, watching with disgust as Biret inhaled another takoyaki.

"I could say the same thing about you," Biret said with a mouthful of food, gesturing at Halma's empty plate, which had been full only five seconds ago.

"What did you say?!!!!" Halma growled as Sakura nudged her arm forcefully with her elbow.

"Stuff it, you two." She said under her breath so that only they could hear. She turned back to Rita and Prince Amiboshi.

"So, you're not going to the Shinta Pass?" Rita asked, obviously confused.

Sakura nodded. "We can't, instead we're going to use the pass behind Seiryu castle."

Rita's eyed widened. "There's another pass?"

Before Sakura could answer, Prince Amiboshi interrupted them. He addressed his twelve body guards.

"Men, leave us. We need to talk in private."

The men nodded reluctantly, leaving the room and shutting the door behind them.

"They won't be able to hear us from out there. I don't want to discuss this in front of anyone else." He explained.

Rita turned to the black-haired man sitting next to her. "So it's true then?"

Amiboshi nodded. "Yes, it is. However," and here he glanced pointedly at Tirak and Biret on one of the lavish couches, "I don't see how you all know of it. It is a royal family secret."

Tirak and Biret laughed nervously. "Well, um.you see.uh..." they stuttered.

Sakura groaned. 'Great, now we're gonna get thrown in jail 'cause these idiots like to eavesdrop.'

Amiboshi waved a hand dismissively, as if he could read her thoughts. "Don't worry, I'm not angry. I'm just curious to know, that's all."

Tirak calmed substantially. "I overheard a bunch of handmaids discussing it in one of the secret gardens. I believe they were Lady Luneya's handmaids, if I recall correctly."

Amiboshi frowned. "Yes, well, Lady Luneya loves to spread around chaotic gossip like that. I wish I could do something about it, but messing with Divinity affairs is not something I'm willing to do."

"Divinity?" Syaoran asked.

"Of course, the Divinity. You don't know of them?" Amiboshi asked, surprised.

"Oh, Little Wolf is a new player, he doesn't know much about Ch'ien." Sakura explained hastily.

"Oh, I see. Wonderful, it's refreshing to see that some of the more old- fashioned K'unians are changing their ways."

Syaoran wasn't sure if that was an insult or not, so he decided to dismiss it. "What are K'unians?"

Sakura turned to him. "It's what people who live in Ch'ien call people who still remain in K'un."

Syaoran nodded. "So, I still don't know what the Divinity is."

Amiboshi nodded. "Let me give you a quick history of Ch'ien. You know that Rayn was the one who discovered it, correct?"

Syaoran nodded.

"Well, after the four great cities were created, and the world started to thrive, Rayn created the 12 Rayna Weapons to distribute to her 12 followers. She didn't need weapons, for in Ch'ien, Rayn controls the spirits of the elements. Yet, she feared for the lives of her followers at that time, because people in Ch'ien were starting to up rise, wanting a position of power for themselves."

"So that's why the Rayna Weapons were created?"

"Yes, to protect her loyal disciples. Each of her twelve followers received a different weapon that she customized for all of them. They were all of equal power to each other, except for one."

Sakura pulled her cloak closer around her, being sure to hide the hilts of her Kodachi's.

"This one was a triple bladed sword. Nobody is quite sure what it was called, it was only created for a short time. It had more power than all of the other weapons combined together."

"But why did Rayn create a weapon with so much power?" Syaoran asked.

Rita took over, with stars in her eyes. "Love!"

"Love?" Syaoran asked, disbelievingly.

Amiboshi sighed. "Yes, or so that's how the legend goes. Her group of followers consisted of six women and six men. However, she fell in love with one of her disciples, and he fell in love with her. Rayn wanted to protect him more than anything, so she created a weapon that could not be rivaled."

Halma sat up straighter. "I've never heard this part of the legend. What was the man's name?"

"Nobody knows," Amiboshi continued, "after he received the weapon, it corrupted him. He became greedy and selfish, and started wanting the power of the other followers for himself."

"Rayn realized what was happening," Rita added, "and confronted him. The corruption of the weapon overpowered his love for her, and he tried to kill her."

Sakura felt a pang of sorrow for the brave girl who had to face the one she loved most of all.

"Rayn had customized each weapon so that they took power from their carriers. For example, one of her followers was a dragon, and his weapon took it's power from the strength of the dragon's rage."

"Wait, you mean not all of the followers were humans?" Halma asked.

"No, on the contrary. Out of all twelve followers, only four were humans, including the man Rayn fell in love with. The others varied in species."

"So what does this have to do with the Divinity?" Syaoran continued.

"I'm getting to that. When Rayn created the triple blade for her love, she customized it so that it's power would feed off of their love for each other. But, you see, since it had so much more power than the others, it needed a large source of emotion."

"And his love wasn't strong enough." Sakura finished sadly.

Amiboshi nodded. "Yes. It broke Rayn's heart, but she knew that she had to do something. The man she loved had already killed six of the followers, and had taken their weapons. Without their proper power sources, the weapons became corrupt, and started to feed off of the evil intentions and emotions of it's wielder."

"So, Rayn gathered the last remaining five followers, and her power together. She faced him, and killed him. Rayn had to use all of her powers to do it, and she sacrificed her life in the process."

Sakura felt a certain affinity for the red-haired heroine. She knew what it was like to have to confront something you didn't want to.

"With her last breath, Rayn destroyed the triple blade, breaking off it's central blade and power source, and locking it away within her fortress. Some people think it's still there, some people say that it disappeared with her death."

"What about the other part of the weapon?" Biret asked pointedly, glancing at Sakura in the corner of his eye.

Sakura felt Biret, Halma, Rita, and Syaoran's eyes on her, but she kept her eyes down at the tiled floor.

Amiboshi thought for a moment, then shrugged. "Without that central blade, they became useless. It just kinda disappeared from history after that."

Tirak stopped for a moment, then piped up. "Wait, that's not entirely true."

Six pairs of eyes turned to him, all with surprise and one with dread.

"I remember hearing another rumor. You ever heard of the Angels of the Light?"

Biret jumped in his seat and Syaoran's eyes widened.

Sakura shook her head, barely noticing Syaoran's weird reaction next to her. "No, what are they?"

"It's a group of so-called priestesses. They say they're descendants of the Divinity, although most people don't think that's true. Not much is known about them, except that they have a large city down in the Samara Desert."

"What about them?" Halma asked.

"Well, I heard that the other two blades were passed down to them, and that they have it with them right now for safe-keeping so that it will never fall into the wrong hands again."

Sakura's head swam. How the hell did her father get such a powerful weapon from such an elite group?

"Where did you hear that from?" Biret asked, his voice somewhat hard.

Tirak didn't notice Biret's tone. "Actually, it was from those handmaids of Lady Luneya's. It was the same day I heard them talking about the other pass behind Seiryu city."

Amiboshi sighed. "I wish she wouldn't talk about such things."

Syaoran mulled over what he had just learned, and then noticed something.

"Wait, you still haven't told me what the Divinity is"

Amiboshi looked at him. "Oh, well, the Divinity is the name for the five remaining followers of Rayn."

Syaoran's jaw dropped. "You mean they're still alive?"

Amiboshi nodded. "Oh yes, Rayn somehow managed to grant them immortality in this world. Ever since she and her love died, they've become the most powerful beings in all of Ch'ien. You've seen them before."

"I have?"

"Yes, the group had many names. The Five Followers. The Divinity. The Pendant. The Pentagon. And," he added cryptically, "The Oracles."

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"WHAT DO YOU MEAN I CAN'T GO IN??!!!" Mei Lin yelled at the poor official.

Official Kiryk (A/N; remember him?) gulped nervously. The hot-headed girl in front of him looked about ready to murder him.

"I'm.I'm sorry, m'am, but nobody is allowed to see Official Mentok unless you have an appointment to see him."

"DO YOU THINK I CARE?! MY FIANCE IS ON HIS MOST WANTED LIST!!!" She yelled, breathing heavily.

Official Kiryk looked surprised. "Really? What's his screename?"

Mei Lin stopped, remembering that she didn't know.

"Um, well, you see he's never been in Ch'ien before and he disappeared before I had a chance to find out his screename.."

Official Kiryk's frown returned. "Nice try, but pretending that you know one of the criminals is a poor excuse to see Official Mentok."

"But.but it's not an excuse!!" she yelled helplessly.

Official Kiryk ignored her. "Look , we don't have time to deal with people like you. The main road is a little ways south of here, good bye." He dismissed as he disappeared through the door of the large Official Headquarters, locking the door.

Mei Lin stomped her foot frustratingly. "ARGHHHHHHHHHHH!!! That stupid Syaoran! I'm going to kill him for this.." She growled, ignoring the fact that it was initially her fault that he was even in this place.

She headed towards the main road and walked along the beaten path despondently, thinking of all the things she could do to Syaoran when she found him. When Yelan had found out that Syaoran had missed work for the past couple of days, Mei Lin had covered for him by saying that he was sick, and that it was so contagious that she couldn't see him. She'd told Yelan that it was nothing to worry about, but Yelan was a smart woman and would figure it out sooner or later.

Her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of hoof beats pounding the ground behind her. She turned around to see if maybe it was one of the officials who would know something, but she was surprised instead to see a familiar face riding up on a large horse.

"Eriol? Is that you?"

Eriol pulled his horse up at the sound of his name. He looked down and his jaw dropped. "Mei Lin? What the hell are you doing here?"

Mei Lin placed her hands on her hips as Tomoyo, Kiran, and Masaya pulled up beside Eriol.

"I'm looking for your idiot cousin!!" she yelled angrily.

Eriol's surprised frown was replaced with a huge grin as he broke into a fit of laughter.

"Syaoran?!" he laughed out loud. "Yeah right! That guy wouldn't set foot in Ch'ien!!" he managed to get out, almost falling off of his horse he was laughing so hard.

Mei Lin suddenly adopted a look of remorse. "Well, that's not entirely true."

Eriol calmed down seeing that she was serious. "What?"

Mei Lin cast her eyes down at the ground. "Well, I kinda threatened to get Yelan to take the company away from him if he didn't come in with me."

Eriol's jaw dropped again. "You mean Syaoran actually came in to Ch'ien?!!!"

Mei Lin just nodded.

"When?"

Mei Lin sighed. "A couple of days ago. We were supposed to meet somewhere, but he never showed up, so I went looking for him. I couldn't find him anywhere, so I left thinking that maybe he'd gone back to K'un. But he's not there! I came back here the next day, and he was on the Most Wanted List!!!" she yelled hopelessly.

Suddenly a look of suspicion clouded Eriol's face. "Are you sure?"

Mei Lin nodded. "His exact description was on there. The report said that he had been in Souta Village."

It dawned on Eriol suddenly. "Shit" he cursed under his breath. He whirled around in the saddle to face Kiran.

"Kiran! What was that guy's screename that you said went to look for Crimson Heart?"

Kiran thought for a moment. "Little Wolf, I think. He said he was trying to find a restaurant called 'La Pajara.'"

Mei Lin jumped up excitedly. "That's where we were supposed to meet!"

Tomoyo put the pieces together. "You mean your cousin is that unidentified guy with Cherry Blossom?!"

Eriol nodded sadly. "Things just got a hell of a lot more complicated."

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"Hold on, there were only three oracles when I saw them." Syaoran countered.

Amiboshi sighed and nodded. "Yes, well, there USED to be five Oracles. Unfortunately, one of them disappeared, and another claimed that she was no longer needed and left after an argument with the others." He sighed again. "And that would be Lady Luneya, the Shadow Priestess."

Sakura's eyes widened. "You mean the Lady Luneya is one of the Divinity?" she asked incredulously.

Prince Amiboshi rubbed his temples. "Yes, unfortunately. She is quite a selfish woman, and after she left her position as Oracle, she came here and demanded to be treated as a queen. It wasn't until she came that we learned the truth of the Oracles."

"The truth?" Syaoran asked.

"Yes, like the fact that they were once Rayn's followers, and that they had been granted immortality. But that's not all they were granted."

"What do you mean?" Halma said suspiciously.

"Well, when Rayn died, she gave up some of her power to each of the Five. She didn't give up all of her power, because that would be too much, but she gave them enough to be able to use the power of an element."

"An element?" Tirak asked.

"Yes. Each of the five became a priestess wielding the power of one element. Water, Wind, Earth, Shadow, and Light. Obviously, Lady Luneya is called the Shadow Priestess for a reason."

"And what about that priestess who disappeared?" Sakura found herself asking.

"That was the Cerulean Priestess of Water, Mtayna."

"And nobody knows what happened to her?"

Amiboshi shook his head sadly. "No, I'm afraid not. She disappeared about three years ago."

Sakura realized with a start that three years ago she had found out that she may never live past the age of 20.

Sakura shook the idea from her head, absorbing everything she had just learned. This was going to be a much larger adventure than she had ever thought. She just hoped that she had enough time.

After a long silence, Sakura stood up. Everyone's eyes turned to her. She was suddenly very apprehensive. Ever since she found out that the kodachi's her father had given her were worth so much, she'd given up everything to find the central blade. But now, it turned out that it may not be such a good idea to go and get the weapon after all, if it could do so much damage. But, she still needed to find the weapon herself, even if just to make sure that no one else could ever use it.

Perhaps she could give it to the administrators, or someone who would keep it safe for future generations of people. Ordinarily, she would have left it where it was, but something in her heart was warning her, she had to find the weapon, and fast. However, if she was going to find the blade, she was going to need help, there was no way she'd make it to Rayn's Tower without help, and she needed to figure all of this out. About the Oracles, Rayn, everything. Somehow she knew it had everything to do with her, and there was no avoiding it.

She had to involve them, but the last thing she wanted to do was put anyone into danger. Ever since she found out about her disease, Sakura had hated admitting her weakness, she hated asking for help. But now wasn't the time to be stubborn, especially if it put the entire world of Ch'ien, which so many people relied on, in danger.

She could at least give them a choice to back down, she thought. But it would raise questions, she knew. She'd have to explain everything, EVERYTHING.

She sighed and gulped, deciding that the best way to do it was to just launch right into it, no hesitation.

She gave one glance at Rita to make sure that the Prince was trustworthy, but Rita had always been a great judge of character.

Rita suddenly realized what Sakura was going to do. "Sakura, no! You can't!"

"Rita, I have to." She said sadly, but resolutely.

Sakura deftly flipped her double Kodachi's out into her hands letting the hilts with the twin water dragon designs catch the light flowing over her from the large windows on the North wall that she was facing.

Tirak, Rita, and especially Amiboshi gasped.

Sakura took one look at Syaoran, wishing that she hadn't involved him at all. Oh well, too late for regrets.

"My name is Sakura Kinomoto, as you know. I don't exactly know how to ask for help, so.I'll just start by explaining, I guess. I am seventeen years old, and.and I am about do die," Sakura started, watching as a tear escaped Rita's eyes when she heard her, "I have a disease in the real world, and I don't have much time left. There was a surgery that might have worked, but my family didn't have enough money. So, I came here to try and find the other blade that goes to this weapon, and sell it to raise the money. Unfortunately, with what you've just told me, it's not going to be that simple."

Syaoran's mind went dark. He barely understood a word she was saying after the words 'going to die' rang in his ears. He could not believe what he was hearing. She was DYING?! How? Why? Since when? How could she not have told him? She didn't deserve this! Of all people, she was the last person who deserved this. His fist clenched with anger at the fact that there was nothing he could do. He was surprised at how angry he was. He tried to shake off the feeling, but it was no use. His heart felt like it was being torn into a thousand pieces and flung off of a cliff above a valley of jagged rocks and rubble.

"I don't know what'll happen when I put the three blades together, and as much as I want to live, I don't want to unleash that power on Ch'ien again," Sakura continued. "So, I think I need to find out more about this, and about what happened all those years ago. I need to find out where these came from," she gestured to the weapons in her hands, "and how my father was able to obtain them."

She hesitated, a lump forming in her throat. "I.I can't go back to the real world, and I have a feeling my father wouldn't answer me anyway." She turned to Tirak. "Do you know where this city is? The one with the Angels of the Light?"

Before Tirak could say no, Biret stood up. His goofy smile was gone, replaced with a hard, solemn stare. "I do." He said quietly. "I can take you there."

Sakura nodded, not trusting her voice for a moment. She swallowed her sadness and addressed the group again.

"I don't want any of you to get hurt, but.but I'm going to need some help. I'm asking you all to help me, but you can all refuse if you want to, I won't hold it against you." She said sadly.

The room was deathly silent as everyone took in this latest information. Syaoran was the first to speak.

He stood up. "I'm coming with you." He said simply, hardly realizing what he was doing. His mind only told him one thing. He had to stay with her.

Sakura's heart broke. She had wanted him to say no, to go home. Of all people, she didn't want him to get hurt. She didn't know why, but her heart was torn between relief and sadness. She turned to him, looking into those amber eyes of his.

"Little Wolf,.are.are you sure? Don't you have a family? A home to go back to?" she asked, desperate for him to change his mind, and at the same time hoping that he wouldn't.

Syaoran looked back into her emerald eyes and felt more at home than he ever had in his life.

"I don't have a life worth much to me in K'un. I've never done anything really important, and for once, I want to be part of something bigger than corporations and contracts." He looked out the window. "I'm coming with you Cherry Blossom."

She didn't trust her voice, so she simply nodded, wanting very badly to cry. But she never cried, so she held her tears back.

"Oh no you don't, you can't forget about me." Halma said, standing up too. "I'm going anywhere that you're going. Besides, it's a slow season for woods guides anyway." She said, giving Sakura a small smile, masking the pain behind them.

Sakura gave a small, sad laugh. "What would I do without you, Halma?"

Halma smiled. "Nothing, you can't do anything without me, you know that."

Rita stood up too. "I'm going too."

Sakura turned to her. "Rita?"

Rita looked down, uncertain. "I might not be very strong or anything, but I can still help a little. Besides, Tomoyo would never forgive me if I didn't go with you."

Prince Amiboshi stood up next to Rita. "I'll go too."

Sakura's jaw dropped. She hadn't even thought of asking him. "Your highness? (sp?)"

"I have no duties here, my sister rules as queen. I know of all the legends surrounding Rayn, and no doubt my knowledge would be of some help. It is my duty to help you, and I won't take no for an answer."

"But, there's no way I could ask the Prince of Seiryu to help me...."

Amiboshi shrugged. "Alright then, from now on I'm not the Prince of Seiryu anymore. Just call me Amiboshi. Rita's already got it down, anyway."

Rita blushed. "Sorry about that, I'm just not used to calling people by their titles.."

Now it was Tirak's turn to stand up. "Don't forget me." He slapped Biret on the back. "What have you gotten yourself into?" he joked.

Biret smiled again. "Whatever it is, it can't be as bad as whatever you did to get Amiboshi's sword at your back."

Tirak blushed. Halma turned to him. "I almost forgot about that, what was all that about?"

"I kinda took one of the queen's jewels by accident and somehow managed to bring it with me into the city a while ago. I must have forgot about it when I brought you guys here, and I guess they recognized me, hehe." He laughed nervously.

"You ACCIDENTLY stole the jewels?" Halma said suspiciously.

"You know how these things happen.." He laughed.

Amiboshi waved his hand dismissively. "As much as I hate to do this, I'll pardon your crime on one condition."

Tirak looked surprised. "Sure, anything."

"You must accompany us."

"That's it? No problem, I was planning on coming anyway, this sounds like too much fun to pass up."

Halma objected. "Oh, no, not another one of these blasted thieves! I can barely deal with one!!"

Sakura looked questioningly at Amiboshi. "Why do you want him coming?"

"Well, he seems to know so much about Lady Luneya already, he could come in handy. Plus I have a feeling that he knows a lot more than he's telling us."

Syaoran nodded. "Fine, so we're all going then?"

Everyone in the room nodded.

Sakura smiled sadly. " I don't know how I'll ever thank you all."

Tirak smiled. "No problem. You can reward us with all the treasure we're sure to find on our way to all these legendary places."

"So, we're going to the Samara desert then?" Rita asked.

"No, first we have to pay a visit to a certain Priestess....."

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Official Mentok slammed his fists onto the hard, wooden tabletop. "YOU IDIOT!!!"

Kiryk flinched and cowered back from the desk.

"HOW COULD YOU LET HER GET AWAY LIKE THAT!!!"

"I'm..I'm sorry but she said she didn't know his screename, and I thought she was just faking it to try and get a meeting with you."

"HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU, WE DON'T KNOW THE MAN'S SCREENAME EITHER!!!!!"

Kiryk nodded. "Yes, sir."

Official Mentok kicked at the wooden wall of his office, creating a large hole in it. He slumped back down into his chair, rubbing his temples.

"Do we have any idea where she is now?" he asked, sighing angrily.

"We have a couple who live a few miles from here who said they saw her get picked up by a group of travelers earlier this morning." Kiryk said.

Official Mentok clenched his fist angrily. A mountain of paperwork was scattered all over his desk, all from the chaos that these four had caused him.

Finally, he made a VERY reluctant decision. "We have no choice."

"Sir?" Kiryk asked.

Official Mentok looked back up at him. "We have to call in administration."

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Lyana ran along the grand palace hallways, holding her long, pale purple skirts up so that she wouldn't trip.

She rounded a corner and crashed into one of the servants head on, and the two of them collapsed to the ground.

"Oh, shoot! I'm soooo sorry! I didn't mean to, I'm really really sorry!" Lyana apologized profusely, standing back up and offering her hand to the small servant handmaid she'd knocked over.

The handmaid refused her hand and stood up herself, glaring at the girl. "Watch where you're going, brat!" she said, her voice dripping with disdain as she haughtily picked up stride and left around the corner.

Lyana pulled her hand back, dusting herself off. "Nice to meet you too, jeez." She said sarcastically.

Once she had herself settled again, she continued down the large hallways, this time deciding not to run and instead walk really fast, watching very carefully around each corner. She had been lucky that she had only run into an insignificant handmaid, and not somebody more important.

Lyana adjusted the small, pale blue sash around her waist that marked her as a temple apprentice. She pulled back a strand of long, dark brown hair that was up in a messy ponytail.

She rounded another corner before spotting the door that led to the inner rose gardens.

"Ah ha! I knew I'd find them." she muttered to herself in triumph, slipping quietly through the doors.

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"So you mean to tell me that he's with that group of wanted criminals?" Kiyuri asked exasperatedly.

Kinoti glared at her. "Yes, he is. I told you, I've got this under control, I don't need help from a washed up sorceress." He grunted in irritation.

Kiyuri growled with rage. "You're lucky that my mistress won't let me harm you, or else you'd be counting your last breath right now."

Kinoti only snorted in response.

"Fine then, we'll do it your way. I don't care how you do it, just find the prophet!" she bit out.

Kinoti turned back to what he was doing. "Don't worry, I'll find him."

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JEEZ!!! This chapter took me five hours to write!!!!!! That's ridiculous. I guess I'm lucky I enjoy writing so much, or else I'd never be able to spend an entire weekend updating on these long chapters.

Anyway, I know that there are a lot of people in this story, and it can be very confusing. I promise it'll all clear up later, it's supposed to be confusing at this point in the story, and it's like a mystery you're supposed to figure out. For right now, just make sure you know who the main characters are, like the people with Sakura and the people with Eriol. That's really all you have to think about.

I also know that there wasn't much happening in this chapter, or in the last chapter, and I'm sorry about that. In other chapters there will be PLENTY of romance and action, I just have to set up the situation first. Hopefully by next chapter we'll have something going on, okay?

I'm gonna give you guys another chance to send in suggestions for Fujitaka and Sonomi's screenames, or else I'm gonna use the ones sent in to me by Yamiyumetenshi. Okay?

I hope you guys liked this chapter. Please go and push that little review button to tell me what you think! Thanks, Ja Ne until the next update!

~Vixie.