Heading out of the hospital, Syaoran was deep in thought. He was desperately trying to figure out a way he could keep his promise to mirror. It would be hard to locate Hope, especially if she didn't want to be found. Lost in thought, he kept walking, not noticing that several people around him were staring vacantly at walls and the sky.

As he passed the Daidouji Mansion, he decided to let Tomoyo know what had happened. She and Sakura had remained close, but Syaoran doubted the hospital had thought to inform her. He walked across the street, keeping a wary eye out for cars as he could wish Sakura had… Tears welled up in his eyes but he pushed them down, his long training serving to help him put duty over his own feelings.

He walked up to the gate that blocked the driveway, noticing as he did so that it seemed so much smaller than when he had first came here. He pressed the button on the speaker and one of the Daidouji servants answered him. After some small argument, he managed to get Tomoyo on the speaker.

"Hello," She her ever soothing voice asked, "Syaoran? Where is Sakura, did you come over to visit me? You haven't been to see me in a while, though I talked to Sakura the other day and she said she might come by soon."

Syaoran immediately felt guilty, both for not visiting and for what he had to say. "Sakura…Tomoyo, Sakura was in an accident this morning, she was hit by a car."

"No…No, you're wrong, Sakura can't be hurt. She can't be!"

"I'm sorry, I just came from there, she's in a hospital bed and they don't know if she will ever wake up."

"You're LYING, She can't be hurt! After everything she's faced, after everything she has had to overcome…" Tomoyo's sobs echoed through the speaker. "She can't have left me. She promised that we would be friends forever, she would never leave me."

Suddenly there was the sound of a thud, and Tomoyo let out a gasp of surprise. He was about to bust in there and see what was going on when she started talking again. She sounded like she was in a daze or slightly drunk.

"That was mean Syaoran, making me think she was hurt while she snuck in here." Tomoyo gave a drowsy giggle, "She says she wants to be fitted for a whole bunch of costumes just like I used to make for her, and she doesn't ever want to go back, she is going to move in here with me and we will hang out every day…never leaving…never…"

Her voice trailed off and he could hear her breathing slow, as if she were falling asleep. He pounded on the speaker, saying "Tomoyo, Tomoyo, what's going on what are you talking about!"

When his hand came down again, there was a kind of shimmer between him and the wall. Then, with a bright flash, the gate and the wall surrounding it vanished. He looked up at the house, and saw that it was shimmering, like a mirage. It faded; all color fading from its surface, and then it turned transparent and faded out completely, leaving only bare ground.

Syaoran fell to his knees, and slammed a fist into the ground, he shook with deep emotion, and finally collected himself. He stood up, and asked someone walking by, "How can you walk so calmly when that whole mansion disappeared! All those people, the whole Daidouji mansion gone and you just keep walking!"

The man looked at him like he was crazy, "What are you talking about! That lot has been vacant for years. There hasn't been so much as a tent there for ages, let alone a mansion."

Syaoran stared at the man, at first thinking it was just a joke, but soon realizing the man was serious. He decided to run for some help, Touya and Yukito were at Sakura's place getting some stuff for her hospital room, hoping that having familiar things around her would help her wake up. Maybe Yue, if he would transform from Yukito for him, could give him some help.

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About ten minutes later, he arrived, and used his key to get in. Gee, he thought, I hope Touya doesn't know she gave me this. I don't need to deal with his hostility right now, especially with peoples desires manifesting.

He walked toward the sound of voices, making sure to make some noise as he did so to avoid interrupting anything that would embarrass everyone. He opened a door and looked in on a disheveled and rather annoyed looking Touya and the ever immaculate Yukito. They were standing what they probably believed was a convincing distance apart, and appeared to be reading magazines.

"Listen," Syaoran said as he entered, "I know we have had a hard day today, but its about to get worse…" He stalled, not knowing how to begin.

"It's about Hope right," Touya said, only the twitching vain on his head showing his annoyance at being interrupted. At Syaoran's astonished look he explained, "Yue filled us in a little while ago, we were relaxing…with a good magazine, before going over to the old theme park where she was sealed to see if that's where she went. Yue wanted to rush, but I told him that neither of us had gotten much sleep and needed to eat and reenergize before going up against something like that."

Syaoran jumped up at the mention of the amusement park, "Why didn't I think of that! Let's go, come on we have to hurry, Tomoyo's already disappeared, we may not have much time."

He took off out the door and Touya helped Yukito up, and they started to follow Syaoran. Yukito asked in a puzzled voice, "Yue wants to know who this Tomoyo is?"

Touya glanced at the retreating back of Syaoran and said, "I have no idea, but hopefully, it's a new girlfriend so he can stay away from my sister."