a rewritten version of chapter one :3

An old city it was, more or less looking like a industrial town that still lacked the power of that machines had in the worlds they had visited before.

A light started to flicker in the middle of the old street before spreading out into a circle, then suddenly as it came it vanished leaving in its place a small company of four, two of them being older men, one blonde and the other black haired, by their appearance you could judge them as being opposites from each other, one laid back and the other serious and calm, the other two were both male and female and a lot younger than the other two men, both had brown hair and looked similar in age, before they could do anything the bright light had vanished completely and a small white creature fell in the arms of the blonde man where ti began to talk excitingly

"Puu, we have arrived!"

Fay, which was the name of the blonde man, smiled at the white poiny eared creature they called Mokana and then looked up to see what their surroundings were

He noticed that the streets were completely empty and that only the dim lights of the lanterns made their presence visible, after looking he turned his attention back to the white creature and responded to it with a smile

"Seems so, I wonder how the people here will be like"

It was then that they started to walk, noticing that no matter where they walked the streets were empty and the lights in every single house they passed was turned off, a clock up ahead indicated that it wasn't very late yet, it was just passed midnight and as they walked Sakura started to walk closer to Syaoran, taking a hold of his arm and looking over her shoulder nervously

"What's the mater, princess?"

Syaoran looked at her as he noticed her nervous expression, he looked over his shoulder to see if anything was following them or if anything was near to scare the princess in such a way as this, her grip tightened as she responded

"This town scares me..."

Syaoran smiled at her and reassured her that they would be alright

They had been walking for a while, looking for a place to stay the night and eventually they came by an inn, however as they stopped walking and looked at the building they noticed that the lights were turned off and that the curtain were closed, Fay sighed and said;

"Seems like we have to look for another place to sleep..."

Kurogane frowned as he looked at the building once more, seeing a small light coming from behind a small opening between the curtains, as the rest attempted to walk further he remained still and then before anyone could respond the door opened and someone walked out with a lantern in his hands, this person was Yukito, or at leased looked like him, Yukito looked at the company before stepping away from the door

"It's not save to stay outside, we may seem closed but you are welcome to sleep here for a while"

Kurogane was rather confused about this, mostly because the entire town seemed to have died out since they arrived and this man who had offered them a place to stay in someway seemed afraid, but why? And this was a question he wanted an answer to

"Why?"

"If you come inside I will explain it all, it is not save to speak those words outside"

With that the man turned around and walked back inside, looking over his shoulder to see if the company was following him, it took them a little while to think but eventually they all agreed on going inside and with that the door closed leaving the streets completely empty and dark once again, however this was only an illusion as from a distance a cloaked figure watched them step inside, the cloak was outlined in red and before more could be visible the person turned around and vanished into the night

The floors cracked underneath them as they walked inside, the light of the lantern lighting up their path to give them a view on the interior, it was kept simple and plain, a staircase going up from the opposite direction of the door, a bar on the side of it facing a empty space that was merely filled with wooden table and chairs, the walls were made of stone and here and there were several paintings and even a deer head hung over a fireplace in the middle of the room, the thing they noticed was that there was only one inside beside them and that was a man behind the bar, the white towel gripped in his hands cleaned the probably not even dirty glasses, his eyes were closed and his face showed irritation, he looked up at Yukito who placed the lantern on the bar side, once the door closed he started to speak and looked at Yukito annoyed, this person was Touya, or just like Yukito a different version of him that fitted into this world

"Yukito, what did I tell you about bringing in people at night... do you want to get yourself killed..."

Yukito merely smiled at Touya and replied to him

"From their looks they are just travellers, if we want to keep a good business we can't let those people stay outside"

"This business hasn't gone well for weeks... inviting strangers wont change that..."

Kurogane who was still curious about the situation stepped forward and removed his cape, catching the attention of the two bar keepers, he looked at them and asked them what was going on, however it took a while before his question was answered, eventually they found themselves seated around one of the wooden tables and as Yukito brought in warm drinks for their guests Touya sat down on of the sides where he began to explain, he starred at the drink in his hands and looked at the warm smoke coming from it as he spoke

"It is something that started about 3 weeks ago, everyone first ignored it out of disbelief but after a while rumours started to spread..."

He took a sip from his drink as he continued

"Some say it's a demon, others say it's an angry spirit... no one knows for sure but the one thing we do know is that it comes out during the night..."

Fay, who put down his now half empty glass looked at Touya and smiled as he asked

"So, this is why the streets are so empty?"

Touya nodded and continued talking

"It attacks people at night, some wake up the next morning in the hospital suffering from blood loss, others disappear and were never seen again... soon after the rumours started this city has been isolated from the rest of the world, people refuse to come here out of their own safety "

"And the people that survived the attacks, they don't remember how this creature looks like?"

Touya shook his head and starred at the liquid in his own glass, they continued drinking in silence and after a while Yukito stood up to gather everyone's glasses, Touya rose up as well and turned to the small party

"You can stay here for sometime, not too long though, maybe this can bring back some customers"

He started walking towards the back of the bar opening the door to the kitchen, Yukito walked in before him and smiled at him as Touya spoke to the party once more

"The stairs lead to a hallway with rooms, each room has one bed, there should be enough rooms for all of you, goodnight"

With that he walked into the kitchen and closed the door behind him

It was later in the evening that Sakura found herself sitting on the edge of her bed, she had her curtains opened and was looking at the full moon from her bed, there were no lights on since it was forbidden to light up anything during the night, she looked up as there was a knock on the door next to her, the bedrooms were very small only keeping one bed next to the door, the pillows facing the door side the other side of the bed facing the window, the bed was put in the left corner and in the other corner there was a small drawer closet with a desk next to it with a chair, Sakura looked up as the door slowly opened and smiled slightly as Syaoran walked inside

"I wanted to bid you goodnight, princess..."

He looked at her and nodded in respect as eh turned around to leave, he stopped when Sakura called out his name, he turned around again and saw Sakura starring at the moon again

"Is something wrong?"

"I feel scared, I feel a strange presence and it is scaring me..."

Sakura pulled her knees up and wrapped her arms around her legs, gripping the fabric of her white dress, Mokana was lying beside her already asleep

Syaoran sat down beside her and wrapped his arms around her, hugging her tightly as he whispered to her

"It's alright, you know I will always protect you"

"Then will you protect me tonight?"

"Of course"