Three Worlds, One Sakura Feather…

The sequel to Secrets: A New Hope (Tsubasa Chronicles/Cardcaptors)


Encounter: Two Worlds are United

As the Cardcaptor group spun through the darkness once again, they thought the black space would never end.

"Kero-Chan!" called Sakura Avalon, the Elvin girl. Her voice echoed as the eerie shadows absorbed most of the sound. Kero-Chan (the human form of Kero) also returned her call, "Sakuuurraaaa!" As she looked around her, she could see distant people also traveling the same route as her group, but it was too faint to see anything but the outline of those people. She felt all scared and alone, and she began to wish that she never took this mission that Yuuko sent them. Without warning, they all exited the darkness!

Warrior Li Showron looked around, they were at a crossroad between two roads and the world they entered looked sort of surreal. Instead of cars, people drove carts and horses and there were Japanese paper-styled houses that were made in an old fashioned way that the Japanese used to make. There was a busy market near them where people traded their goods for Yen (Japanese money).

"This is… Weird," stated Li as he stared at a ninja patrolling the streets. "This is way too weird for me."

"You're right Li," agreed Sakura, "This is dangerous work we're doing…"

"I wish I brought my video camera with me," sighed Madison.

"Hey," stated Meilin as she tapped the ninja on the shoulder. "Do YOU KNOW where we are?" The ninja turned around and he looked very furious at her rude manners. But he also looked like he was incurious; as she looked she was shocked.

"You are in Japan of course!" said the Black ninja. "Don't you know it's rude to tap someone on the shoulder! I'm Kurogane the mighty! Nobody bosses me around and gets away with it!" Meilin looked intimidated of Kurogane…

"Don't fight her, Kuro! She's only asking for help." An older adolescent Li with a green cloak pushed forwards and he calmed Kurogane down. "What the-?" he yelled as he saw the other younger person who also looked like him.

"Who are you!" he asked Li Showron.

"I'm Li Showron, of course!" introduced the younger Li, "And these are my friends: Sakura Avalon, Kero-Chan, Madison Talyor, Meilin Rae and Mei Rei."

"I am NOT Kero-Chan, call me Kero!" yelled the boy with the blonde hair.

"And where did you guys come from? I came from a land called Clow and Princess Sakura is the ruler of that world. I love her and I am searching for Sakura's Feather with F ye and Kurogane. My name is Li Avalon, the archeologist of my country and this is Mokona. Say 'Hi!' Mokona!" said Li Avalon as a pink creature bounced on his head. Kero-Chan scowled at the Mokona as it chirruped.

"We came from Earth, a place far away from this world and we were sent by Yuuko Ichino. I was a normal girl and I became the Cardcaptor, who captured the magical Clow Cards. Li and the others helped me. Li is also a Cardcaptor and is a descendant of Clow Reed," Sakura answered. Li Avalon looked confused.

"Errr… Card-captor, Clow Cards? What are you talking about?" said Li Avalon; he scratched his head as he tried to figure it out by himself.

"I'll explain it all to you later, Li Avalon." promised Sakura.

"I'm Sakura's best friend by the way…" said Madison as she smiled at Fye. Fye also smiled back at her in a kindly way.

"Hey, don't I know you from somewhere? You look like Princess Madison." said Kurogane as Madison Talyor blushed.

"Is she respected in this country?" Madison asked Kurogane.

"Respected? Princess Madison is the world to me, but she exiled me not so long ago…" Kurogane's voice trailed off as a single tear dropped from his eye… Madison felt sorry for the Black ninja and she was shocked that her Federal double would do such a cruel thing to the ninja.

"Why did she exile you?" Madison continued gently, trying not to hurt his feelings.

"Because… Because… She said I killed people needlessly!" There was a stunned silence. Everyone stared at Kurogane with wide eyes.

"You-you mean that you killed someone! You murdered someone?" asked Mei.

"That's right- and now I'm paying the price." said Kurogane in angst.

"Then you probably deserve it, killing someone is the lowest thing anyone can do." said Mei as she scolded Kurogane for what he did… Kurogane started to cry- this was the first time he ever cried for his previous crime.

"I'm sorry," Kurogane wept, "So sorry… It's my entire fault!" Amazingly, Madison bent down and wiped his eyes with a woven handkerchief. Kurogane sniffed as he smiled at the girl.

"Thank you… This is the first time someone had ever been kind to me…"

"Err… So let's get on with the story shall we!" interrupted Kero-Chan as he paused the story with a remote control. Everybody froze. "Speaking of getting on… What time is it? Let's see," he checked his watch. "It's 3:00; therefore I have been a human for two hours! Time to change back." He transformed into his other-form.

Then he pressed the button to fast-forward the story. Kurogane and Madison started talking in fast forward and so did the others! Then he pressed play.

"Kero-Chan! What the-?" screamed Fye as he realized that 'Kero-Chan' turned into a yellow beast. "Why has Kero-Chan changed into this plushie?"

"That's not a plushie, that's Kero!" laughed Sakura joyfully. "He's really the Guardian beast of the Seal, but Yuuko transformed him into a human for several hours! He can transform back into this form once every 3 hours now."

"That's… Nice." stuttered Fye as he kept gazing at Kero. "So is this is original form?"

"Yes it is," Sakura said as she hugged Kero.

"So, do we have a deal then?" asked Li Showron to Li Avalon, "You help us and we'll help your group find the last Sakura feather?"

"Sure!" grinned Li Avalon, "Anything to help you guys!"

"So two groups become one…" muttered Li Showron.

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