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Chapter Two: Why Can't I Remember You?

disclaimer: No matter how many candles I wish on...Tsubasa. Cardcaptor Sakura. Magic Knight Rayearth. and xxxHolic will always belong to CLAMP.

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Memories... were wonderful and painful things but still, there were many memories people would much rather forget. Once, not very long ago, she had known this all to well. She loved each and every one of her memories, and there were some that she treasured above all. Mostly her memories of...

Who was it?

She thought to herself, trying to figure out why her first memory was broken. There were two boys, she knew that much. And she was almost positive that one was her brother and the other a friend. Through the many memories she had gained on this journey, she knew that their names were Touya and Yukito.

But...in that one memory something was missing. "The fact that I can spend my birthday with you, makes me really, really happy!"

Why...was no one there?

Sakura struggled to remember who sat at that empty chair. The name was at the tip of her tongue, she knew it...she knew who was supposed to be there. But the more she tried to remember, the more she seemed to forget.

"...ra...Princess Sakura?" A voice asked kindly. Sakura could feel someone shaking her gently, trying to wake her up. The second she heard this voice, she forgot everything about that broken memory. Opening her green eyes sleepily, the Princess smiling brightly at the one who had woke her up.

"Good morning, Syaoran-kun!" She said brightly.

The brown haired boy smiled warmly at the princess in reply. "Good morning to you as well, Princess." He said kindly. But his amber eyes were filled with sadness as he watched the princess smile. It wasn't...yet the same smile. Her smile, though the intentions were pure and filled with joy, her smile was empty, the shine in her eyes, were gone.

Placing a hand on Syaoran's shoulder, a blonde haired man smiled softly at the two. "Well, shall we be going?" He asked in a pleasant tone.

Syaoran forced himself to smile at the magician, and nodded his head yes. Ah, he never realized it before...but Fye also had a sad smile.

"Syaoran-kun? Syaoran-kun, is something wrong?" Sakura asked in a worried tone, wondering why the boy hadn't gotten up to leave yet.

"Ah, I'm fine princess. I was...only thinking." He replied, getting up, and brushing some dust off from his pants. Smiling a bit at the princess, someone else caught his eye. Was...Kurogane watching them?

The dark haired ninja gave a cold look at Syaoran. But Syaoran had traveled with him long enough to know, that this one look, was a worried look.

"Ahaha! Was Kuro-pi watching Sakura-chan?" Fye asked playfully, leaning over Kurogane's shoulder and dropping his weight on one end.

Kurogane didn't fight back; instead, he merely let his shoulder droop under the magician's weight. "It's Kurogane." Kurogane hissed.

"Kuro-pi! Kuro-pi! Kuro-Mokona Madoki!" Mokona exclaimed randomly, appearing on top of the ninja's head.

"Stop it with those stupid nicknames!" He yelled, shifting his shoulder away from under the magician and trying to catch Mokona. "Get back here you little manju bun!"Kurogane snapped, trying to grab the white creature. "When I get you, I'll see how far your mouth can stretch..." He added in a threatening sounding voice.

Sakura laughed a bit, watching the travelers bicker amongst themselves like friends.

Hearing Sakura laugh, made Syaoran smile. Even if...even if Sakura was not yet her old self, she was still the same, happy person she was back then.

"Syaoran-kun? You're smiling, did something happen?" Sakura asked, catching sight of her friend's smile.

"It's...nothing Princess." He replied softly, still smiling that wonderful, pleasant smile. "Well then, let's go to the next world." Syaoran added quickly, changing the subject.

Sakura smiled, and nodded her head in agreement. There had been no feather in this world, but, it was a wonderful to be able to relax, like they had just done.

"Clow Card, Clow Card..." "Firey!" "Return to the form you were meant to be!" "Sakura!" "Kero-chan!" "Everything will be okay." Tomoeda...

"Ah..." Sakura gasped, had someone...just been inside her mind?

"Hurry up, Sakura-chan!" Fye exclaimed, waving his hand for the princess to follow the boys.

"Y-yes." She replied quickly, running to catch up with the rest.

Mokona opened his mouth wide, wings grew from his back, and Sakura swore, she had seen Syaoran smiling at her. The wind grew stronger, and stronger like they would soon be swept away and a magic circle appeared beneath them. Slowly, Mokona's wings grew larger and larger, wrapping themselves around them until finally...they disappeared.

"When you arrive in your next world, you will be attacked..."

A voice whispered in the back of Sakura's mind. Oh! She wasn't hearing things...someone was really, truly, inside her mind!

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CrossOver Notes:

"When I get you, I'll see how far your mouth can stretch..." - Magic Knight Rayearth. The weapon master, Presea, says the same thing when she tries to capture Mokona.