A/N: Gomen nasai, I should have updated way sooner. Excuse: to much stress from school, my family, friends, and life in itself. Good news: School's out for the summer more frequent updates.
Rising Angel: Yeah, like this is the time to listen, she'll start to respond directly to her reviewers in the beginning of each chapter after this chapter, so be happy!
Nanie-san: No, they'll all be depressed for having to read my work more often.
Rising Angel: She lies. She's also crazy. She jumped into a lake (to go waterskiing) when it was no more than 65 degrees Farenheight out.
Nanie-san: So what do they care if they have a crazy author?
(Complete silence) (Oh, all # signs are used to replace where asterisks would be used... somehow the won't appear on fanfic for me so...)
Disclaimer: Tsubasa is not mine, it's Clamp's. (Though the anime is quite good of what I've seen, and the manga is just excellent!)
Previously:
"Do you think that he'll be alright?" asked Yukito to Eriol.
"Yes, it's more of do you think he'll succeed and will the princess be alright that's the question."
Chapter 4: Memories, and a Terrible Price
Syaoran groaned as he hit the ground with a hard impact. But realizing the events of the past hour he quickly opened his eyes and sat up to make sure that the princess was okay.
"Tell me child, what is it that brings you to me, and with one so special?"
Syaoran looked up and saw a tall woman standing in front of him. She had long black hair and piercing eyes. Beside her stood two children.
"My name is Yuko, I am the dimensional witch," said the woman, as if to help Syaoran figure out who he was talking to.
"Please!" he said, "I need you to help me save Sakura!"
Yuko walked over and placed two fingers on the young girl's forehead. "She has lost something very dear to her. It will come at a cost but I may have a way to help you. Just wait until the other two arrive."
A blond girl waited anxiously by a pool of water. Soon a spray of water shot up and a man with a magical symbol on his back came forth from it. The girl eagrly flew over to him and handed him his shirt and coat.
"Is everything alright Fai-san?" the girl asked.
"Yes though I wish to leave this place, where King Ashura is I wish to be away from," Fai responded while hugging the girl affectionately. "Chi, I am going somewhere farther than this dimension, you need not understand. I shall be going now."
And with those words Fai stood up as Chi watched him. He magically drew a staff out and soon a magical aura surrounded him. "I am off to see one more powerful than I, I am off to see her," he whispered to himself. The aura completely enveloped him and he rose then disappeared.
A black-haired ninja stood at the top of a building from feudal Japan laughing. "You're all too dn weak! Someone come up here that's actually worth my time!"
"Kurogane, yet again you failed to follow my orders," rose a strong feminine voice that belonged to the princess of that area. "Did I not tell you to quit the useless killing, and yet you still stand here killing off all those that dare oppose you."
"Well, Tomoyo, that's the way of the ninja, kill the opponent that comes at you," replied Kurogane.
"Kurogane! Don't address her highness like that!" chided another female voice. This voice belonged to the ninja Souma.
"No, do not bother Souma," Tomoyo said. "And I heard of no such way, Kurogane. With such good ninja like Souma why must there always be ones like you."
"Well I guess that there are some good ninja and then there are bad ones," Kurogane said while smirking.
"Then, even though it pains me to no end, I must be sending you off!" Tomoyo replied in mock sadness with hearts in her eyes. "Good bye Kurogane, though you require one last use of my arts."
A swirl of magic began to form around Kurogane as he began to sink into the floor. "Cut this out Tomoyo!" he shouted as a spell hit the helmet on his head. "What the h is that!"
"That is a curse, and every time you kill someone your strength will decline because of it. I suggest you start watching how many people that you kill off soon."
"Just wait until I return Tomoyo!" he shouted just as he finally sunk completely through the floor.
Kurogane fell and landed on his feet, with his sword out, in some weird place, next to a boy that looked to be but a child. Beside the boy a tall, lanky, blond man came up and out of the ground.
"And you two, what is your wish," said Yuko.
"My home world is the place I wish not to be," said Fai. At the same time as Fai, Kurogane said "My home world is the place I wish to be."
"For these wishes to be granted the means is the same, and the price is too much for one man alone to pay. So I shall have the three of you together pay it and travel to different worlds together. But, the price is that of which is most important to you."
"You there," she said looking over at Fai, "your price is that marking upon your back."
Fai nodded, despite that he was to lose what was most valuable to him he smiled. "Are you sure you couldn't accept this instead?" he asked while holding out a long staff with a weird sort of shape on the top.
"No, it is your marking that is your price," said Yuko.
"Well then I suppose I'll just have to give it up," Fai said, while still smiling. A black marking rose off of his back and floated over to the dimensional witch.
"And you," she said while looking at Kurogane, "your price is that sword."
"No! I'll never give away Ginryu!" shouted Kurogane.
"Fine, then you can wander this world lost, be arrested by the police for carrying an unlawful sword, and seen all over TV looking like some costume contest loser freak," smirked Yuko while leaning towards him with every word.
"Huh?" questioned Kurogane, "polee? Tii vii?"
"Don't you get it, you're trapped here and I'm the only one that can get you out," smirked Yuko.
"What! That has got to be a lie!"
"It's all true," merrily shouted Fai from the background.
"Fine!" shouted Kurogane while thrusting his sword out to Yuko. "When I am free from this curse I'm coming back for it!"
Yuko then looked over at Sayoran. "The price that you pay will be a hard one."
"Fine!" Sayoran said determinedly.
"You realize that I haven't stated your price yet?" Yuko questioned.
"Yes, and I am willing to pay whatever it is," he said while looking at her steadily.
"I like your attitude."
Off in a different dimension the ninja stood outside ruins of a sort. He entered them, while carrying the unconscious princess, and descended down to the lowest level. There he watched as the princess began to regain consciousness.
"Mmm," Princess Sakura muttered, "this place, I saw it in my dream." Her eyes then filled in so only the green color of her irises was seen. She moved towards the symbol and then began to float upwards as wings began to form coming from her back.
In the ruins there was also a boy, a young slave of no great importance. He saw the girl, and if on sudden impulse jumped towards her, grabbing her by the waist. As he fell down she two fell with him, but her wings shattered, and as many feathers floated away and disappeared.
"You!" shouted the ninja, though the boy looked at him with no recognition. "This time you'll pay for your interruption!" The ninja ran at the boy and attacked him with kunai that he had hidden in his outfit.
The boy was hurt badly now, and was unconscious. He was unable to stop the ninja picking up the Princess' unconscious body and carrying her off.
Shortly afterwards a man found the boy and carried him off towards a building.
"Sayoran," said the man as the boy awoke, "are you alright, what happened?" The man was named Fujitaka, and had known the boy for awhile now, and did not mind that he was taking care of a slave.
"The Princess, Sakura by name, she is still in the hands of her captor, only now without her memories. You will travel to different worlds to find her and then her memories, only even when you return all her memories to her she will have no remembrance of you. Her memories of you, that is your price."
The two men looked over at the boy, they could see the pain from this in his eyes.
"Fine!" Sayoran almost shouted. "I will do whatever it takes to save her!"
"Watanuki," Yuko commanded, "bring it here. These travelers will be in need of it."
"Yes," Watanuki said and ran off to a weird room with the two kids that were by Yuko following him. When he returned he carried two things, one black, the other white.
"This," said Yuko holding out the white thing, "is Mokona. Mokona will be your source of travel to other dimensions and worlds. Do not be surprised, but in other worlds and dimensions you will meet those that you may already know, only they and all about them will be different."
"Through this," she said holding out the black thing, "I will be able to communicate with you."
And after she said that the white thing rose up high in the air and opened it's mouth wide. A large gust of wind came from its mouth and sucked Kurogane, Fai, and Sayoran up towards it.
A/N: And there was Chapter 4! Sorry that it took me so long to update, but it's summer vacation now so forgive me, read, and review and I'll update much quicker. Sayanora! (And don't forget to review, pretty please with a cherry on top!)