Sunlight made its way through the window, waking Sakura up, she slowly sat up and rubbed her eyes, a smile covered her face as she looked at Syaoran who had stayed the night in her room, his slumped form hanging over the desk in her room, he was still asleep and must have stayed up for a large portion of the night, she stood up and graphed her blanket from her bed, noticing that Mokana was already gone, she pulled the blanket over Syaoran and smiled at him thankfully, she then noticed sounds coming from outside the window, she walked to the glass window and opened it, breathing in the fresh air and looked at the many people walking up and down on the pavement

Carriages with horses ridding down the street and as she looked to her right she could see a market, she smiled as the sun light warmed up her face and turned back to Syaoran as she heard him move, he started to wake up, she found him rubbing his eyes and he yawned as he slowly stood up from his chair

"Good morning, Princess"

Sakura pouted her lips at him in annoyance and complained to him

"Don't keep calling me Princess, my name is Sakura, Sa-ku-ra!"

"Of course Princess"

Downstairs the rest of the group were already eating breakfast, Kurogane looked annoyed as always, Fay smiled as always and as always Mokana tried to steal a portion of Kurogane's food when he was not looking, he succeeded as he looked up to see Sakura and Syaoran walk down the stairs, when he returned his gaze and noticed Mokana's behaviour he graphed the small creature and started to strangle it slightly

"WHY YOU! YOU HAD YOUR OWN FOOD!"

Fay greeted the two, ignoring the two next to him as if nothing was wrong, Syaoran turned his attention to Touya and commented to him

"It seems like the town came back to live"

Touya merely nodded and glared back as he responded

"Everyone acts normal during the day, however as soon as night starts to set they gather their belongings and go into hiding in their houses"

Later that afternoon they had decided to head of to the market, by that time most people had already done their shopping and that left the market less crowded than before, the reason why they went there was because they wanted to thank Yukito and Touya for their services and to try and find any sign to Sakura's feather, they didn't have much luck but still enjoyed their time at the market and as the market sellers started to clean up their stands the group made their way back to the inn, Sakura and Syaoran carried nothing, Fay carried one paper bag with vegetables sticking out of them and it was Kurogane that was stuck with the rest, his hands stuffed full and an annoyed look on his face that glared towards Fay who was walking in front of him with again his no care smile... Kurogane made note to whipe it off him as soon as they got inside and was already mumbling curses at him

later in the afternoon the group walked down the market, hoping Mokana could sense any sign of a feather but in the end they bought some vegetables and meat, Fay insisted on thanking Touya and Yukito for their stay at their inn and it was Kurogane who had to carry it all, he however stopped when something caught his eye and looked at one of the alleyways next to him, they were being watched...

A cloaked figure was leaning against the wall, the hood hanging over his face and only his mouth was visible, no one seemed to notice him or at leased paid no attention to him as he looked around, only when he saw Kurogane's piercing eyes stare at him did he back away, his mouth making a slight gasping expression, he spun around and ran into the alleyway out of sight

Kurogane starred at the spot for a moment until he felt an arm around his shoulder

"Kuro-chan, is it to heavy for you? I thought you were stronger then that!"

Within mere second Kurogane's expression went from serious to pissed as he found himself yelling at Fay once again, Sakura and Syaoran merely sighed as they watched the two run of in front of them

That night there was a slight change in plans, Sakura and Syaoran spend their time talking to Yukito and Touya while Fay worked in the kitchen to prepare them something to show their gratitude for letting them stay for free, Touya was afraid that his kitchen was going to get wrecked, Yukito tried to reassure him that Fay knew what he was doing...

Every now and then Syaoran would give a glance towards Kurogane, who seemingly didn't felt social enough to join them, he didn't blame him for it, Kurogane never seemed much like a social person to him but even now he was very quiet, to quiet and Syaoran wondered what he was thinking about, what he didn't know was that Kurogane's thoughts were still set on the cloaked person he saw on the city market, but without anything else on his mind and nothing to think of that even came near the cloaked person he slammed his glass down on the wooden bar table, everyone looked up however before Touya could say anything about it, he was kind of angry because if this behaviour... he was scared of getting dents in his bar, Fay walked in with several plates of food and put them out on the table where everyone was sitting, they all turned to the diner brought before them, Yukito's eyes opening with amazement at the look of Fay's cooking skill and eventually they started eating, well most of them, Kurogane was still busy thinking and ignored the rest until a plate with food was shuffled in front of him, he looked up as Fay starred at him and even with Fay's don't care expression Kurogane could see that he was thinking, he was trying to figure out what was bothering him and Kurogane looked at him angry

"Now now, no need to get angry Kuro-chan, I can't let you starve to death..."

Kurogane didn't reply and eventually Fay turned around and walked back to the table, looking over his shoulder with a serious expression as to the thought of what Kurogane was thinking about, when he turned back to Syaoran and the rest he put up his smile again and continued eating

The rest of the evening went by with chattering about Fay's cooking skills, travelling talks and jokes, all of which Kurogane didn't join in, he remained at the bar and slowly continued eating as the rest was already finished, he stopped abruptly when he heard a scream from outside and quickly grabbed his sword as he ran out of the front door, Fay stood up as well and before he left he leaned over the table and asked Sakura and Syaoran something

"Syaoran, Sakura? Could you please wash the dishes?"

Syaoran was ready to follow the two but stared at Fay with confusion before realising that he had to stay behind for Sakura's protection, if needed of course, they both nodded and ignored the cries of Yukito about it being too dangerous outside, Touya merely mentioned that Kurogane was a fool that wanted a quick death and Fay quickly made his way out of the house in hope of catching up with Kurogane

Fay found Kurogane soon enough, he wasn't even out of the street yet when he found him, eh wanted to ask him what he was doing standing still in the middle of the street when he looked up ahead, a woman as running their way with a neck wound, the blood streamed down from it staining her white dress, behind her the umbrella she was probably holding was lying in a water puddle and as she ran up to Kurogane she threw herself in his arms and looked up at him with her eyes wide open in fear as she pleaded him

"Please, help me!"

With that her legs collapsed and Kurogane caught her, he put his hand underneath her chin and pushed her face upwards, she was passed out and she was looking very pale, he then took a look at the wound in her neck and found two small puncture wounds that went down quite deep, Fay merely looked over his shoulder and Kurogane frowned, he basically threw to woman in Fay's arms and yelled at him to take the woman to a hospital before running off himself, he drew his sword as he ran and heard Fay yell out to him behind him in the distance

"Don't die on me now Kuro-chan!"

Kurogane ignored the happy cheering of his fellow traveller and eventually arrived at an eerie area, the street lights weren't burning like they should and as he walked the moonlight enlightened his path, he could see blood on the ground, something he had seen many times before and eventually his attention turned to a tree next to the small bench ahead of him, someone was standing underneath the tree and this person now turned his attention to him, the cloak indicated that this was the very same person that was watching their party in the afternoon on the market and as this person walked up to Kurogane the wind blew back the hood revealing the person's face behind it, Kurogane's eyes widened in shock as he saw that this person looked as old as Syaoran and Sakura, his raven black hair waved in the wind and the piercing stare that his cold blue eyes could give merely showed a sense of death in them, When Kurogane tried to make a move forward the person's eyes widened in fear and he stepped back, as if afraid of getting hurt however when his eyes widened something happened and Kurogane soon found himself frozen in spot, paralyzed by something and he fell on one knee, leaning on his sword with his hands, he looked up as ha gasped for breath, the cold blue person walked up to him slowly, starred at him and smiled slightly, revealing his fangs