The moment the sound of steps vanished Yuuko gave the faintest of smiles to the strange man but still held her silence in the presence of such a man any move must be made with cautiousness like playing chess but instead of loosing pieces someone could lose an eye. At that thought Yuuko's smile turned a little wider, last time she won this little game her opponent was quite a different man back then, he had power but not strength but then again that was back when his journey begun.
"You have grown." There was no emotion in the comment she said it in a way that he would understand it.
"Yes I believe I have, I'm a few years older." He emphasized the word "older" Yuuko's smile fainted, he knew, her little gamble paid of but there were consequences, the boy that started a journey to attain his revenge was easy to use, when Yuuko first laid eyes to the young Seishirou he was standing in a pool of blood.
"It seems destiny brought me to your doorstep." Seishirou said that with a smirk, and satisfaction in his voice, touché Yuuko thought destiny was a point that she couldn't argue with, so simply asking him to leave was out of the question.
"So why are you here?" After beating around the bushes it was getting tiring for Yuuko, getting it over with as soon as possible was her next best option.
"I have a wish, of course." His smirk did not leave his face, but it wasn't a mystery why, he knew.
"I explained the first time, I don't kill people too much burden for a soul, and simply sending you to them is also impossible not as long as they work for Fey Wong Reed. It's up to destiny and you to grant your wish, I gave you a fair chance in terms of your payment." Yuuko knew that Seishirou was too stubborn to be discouraged by simply retelling him her rules not when he actually had learned why Yuuko helped him in the first place. She knew that his journey would make him powerful and his link with Fey Wong Reed was strong to lead him to Syaoran but not strong to draw attention from Fey Wong himself not like Syaroan's companions, by then he would have become the perfect teacher and an ally in her cause, the problem was that all this had nothing to do with his wish, even if the vampire twins worked for Fey Wong, it was more in a freelance way so Seishirou couldn't care less for the plans of a mad man, he was used the whole time.
"Yes I know quite well the way you work but you gave me a limited chance and that had nothing to do with my payment, an eye symbolizes many things the way you see the world, a bond between soul and universe and finally a piece of a person's body can be an instrument of binding, or you hired that boy by chance?" his smiled fainted victory was very close and they wasn't much Yuuko could do, by pointing out that Watanuki was close was the tip of the iceberg, with a sigh Yuuko pretty much gave up.
"You want me to recharge your means to cross dimensions and you want me does it for free." Yuuko lifted her hands frustration in her eyes she had hoped that destiny would be kind enough to give the man some feelings, some honor and maybe kindness.
Seishirou laughed not a sarcastic laughter but a happy one, and pulled down his hood as he whispered "stop".
Yuuko was puzzled as her magic circle that had formed under his feet vanished, she was ready to ask why, but Seishirou simply started walking closer with what seemed to be warmth in his eyes.
"I am not here for that…" he bowed down took her hand and kissed it slowly as Yuuko simply stood there, her puzzled face slowly melting to her "wicked" one.
"Then your wish?" she suddenly felt at ease around him, it was becoming clearer that not all changes on him were bad.
"Before I say anything about my wish, let me thank you for the marvelous adventures, and for helping me see that I can beat Subaru and his sister without becoming like them." He sounded determined, certain, he seemed to have come to terms with his pain, and it seemed it was more about honor than revenge. As he stood up and looked at Yuuko straight in the eyes his entire face seemed lighted. He placed his hand on his chest, in the beginning there was a dim blue light that changed into a bright white one that filled the entire house.
When Yuuko's eyes adjusted to the powerful magic that Seishirou had summoned she was not surprised to see the reason for all these changes, it actually made sense, a piece of Sakura's heart, Seishirou had come to a possession of a "feather", power that could make a winter storm into a gentle breeze. Yuuko was right to trust the future.
"I'm here for this, I want you to make certain that I this will return to its owner again, although I want it done in the right time." Everything Yuuko had hoped was fulfilled, in her mind she heard Clow Reed's voice" trust in the future."
"There is no need for that the feather calls out to its owner you will meet if you trust in the future." She was now addressing to him in a soft voce like talking to an old friend, not a client.
"I know that and I believe in Saran's abilities what, but I do not want the twins or that man to stand in their way. And it's also hard for me to control it, I think because a part of my heart rejects its power. After all it's not mine, I'm borrowing it there is also the chance I may contaminate It in a way." Yuuko was more than happy to hear that Seishirou was there in order to protect the others, and for that she was more than willing to help.
"I cannot make certain that the twins will not come into their journey but you have given me an idea but I will need your help, can I borrow that for a moment." Her eyes were gleeful as she reached out for the feather that Seishirou handed willingly, her magic circle formed under her hand and the wooden floor vanished, countless stars formed and started to move slowly around their feet, then one of them became brighter with silver light moonlight, the feather seemed to glow in the same way when a small beam fell on what seemed to be a small moon than a star, Yuuko gave the feather back to Seishirou and the floor returned to it's original form, Seishirou looked puzzled but Yuuko seemed quiet happy with her self.
"What did you do?" he asked as he returned the feather inside his heart.
"I used yours to send them one too." Yuuko gave a large grin as Seishirou's eyes widened, he didn't know how to feel angry, betrayed intrigued and then it hit him like thunder, giving the twins a feather could have the same impact it had on him, and since he was the cause destiny would make certain that when Saran, Sakura and the others came to face Subaru and Hokuto he would be standing right next to them, to help them and make certain both feathers were returned, also if the vampires had changed by the power of the feather who knew what could happen.
"Interesting, I do not have many more charges left in my eye, but I can trust in the future can I? Consider our debt paid" He gave Yuuko a farewell smile as he activated the magic in his right eye with a wind of energy he dissolved into thin air, only the echo of his thanks stayed behind.
Yuuko felt accomplished even If she didn't gain anything she was reminded that faith and hope can create greater miracles than any magic.
"Now to get Watanuki out of the treasure room, he must have turned into a statue. Too bad his powers reacted like this with Seishirou, Mokona has the same problem anyway, oh well nothing is perfect, except me…"And with that thought and a smile Yuuko walked to the treasure room.