AN: Yay! My first fic, finally! Enjoy, everyone!

Summary: The Tsubasa gang lands in a new world, but Syaoran has gone missing! Now it's Sakura's turn to be the heroine. Can she find her feather and rescue Syaoran before it is too late for all of them?

I got the idea for this fic from Yuko: "just because that person is nice to you in one world doesn't mean you will find an ally on the next." So, what if a person who had always, always, Always been nice suddenly wasn't? And what would happen when Sakura finally got her chance to share her part of the groups burdens? Read on!

Disclaimer: If I owned Tsubasa, I would be very rich. Since I am not very rich /sob/, it can follow that I do not own Tsubasa or any of the Tsubasa characters. /sob again/

Chapter One: Not Who They Thought

Kurogane sat by himself in the apartment. After Sakura won them enough money to rent it, the others had almost immediately left. The princess and the magician had gone to buy clothes that suited this world, and the kid and the manju bun had gone out a little while afterwards to see if they could find out anything interesting. This left Kurogane alone, polishing his sword, and dreaming of his home world.

The magician, Fai, and her Highness, Princess Sakura, explored the marketplace eagerly. This world had some amazing things; strange clothes, amazing foods, gizmos and gadgets to do almost any task. They had already bought clothes for everyone, and now were just looking at all of the amazing trinkets.

"Your highness!" Kurogane's shout rang out as he came up behind the shopping duo.

Fai turned around, surprised. Syaoran-kun was the only one who ever called Sakura-chan "your highness." Fai was also surprised because Kurogane's clothes had changed. They were now almost exact duplicates of the ones he and Sakura had bought. He glanced in the bag she was holding, and saw that the clothes were still there. Not that Kuro-myu could have taken them without being noticed.

"Hi, Kurogane-san!" greeted the princess. "Where's Syaoran-kun?"

Kurogane raised an eyebrow, puzzled. "The same place as always, your Highness."

"Eh?" asked Sakura. This was a new world; Syaoran didn't have a place where he always was. She told Kurogane so.

Now Kurogane looked even more puzzled. He attempted to exchange glances with Fai, but Fai was just waiting for Kurogane's response.

"Are you feeling okay, Princess?" asked Kurogane. Before she could answer, he said "I think you better come back to the base." He turned to leave.

"Base?"

"Sakura-chan," interrupted Fai carefully, watching the empty place on Kurogane's belt where his sword usually lay. Kurogane would never go anywhere without his sword . . ."I don't think that's Kuro-woof."

Syaoran walked through the fields, Mokona on his shoulder. It seemed that agriculture was a pretty big thing in this country. Big enough that he had gotten totally lots among the fields of some strange grain. Mokona was no help, dancing around on his head. Syaoran looked down from the strange creature too see Sakura and Fai-san a little ways in front of him, dressed in native clothes. They must have finished shopping and were on their way back to the apartment.

"Princess Sakura! Fai-san!" he called out, running to catch up with them. The princess stiffened at the sound of his call. When she turned around, Syaoran saw something on her face that had never before touched her brow.

Hate.

Syaoran skidded to a stop. "P-princess?"

Sakura talked to Fai behind her without looking away from Syaoran. "Have you perfected that spell yet?"

"Yes, your highness." said Fai, smiling sadly.

"Use it." Sakura turned on her heals and stalked away.

Syaoran made to follow her, but Fai stepped in front of him.

"Not so fast, Syaoran-san." He said, still smiling that sad smile that didn't reach his eyes.

"Fai-san?" said Syaoran nervously. "W-what's going on?"

Fai took a step forward, pulling a short staff out of his coat, which immediately elongated into the staff that he'd given to Yuko-san. Syaoran took a hurried step back, causing Mokona to lose its balance and fall down.

"I see you found the loopholes in my last spell," said Fai, drawing ruins in the air with the end of his staff. "They've been fixed. There's no getting out this time. Even I couldn't bring you back, if I would want to."

"Whaa?" Syaoran tried to step back again, but the ground around him erupted, the soil tossed into the air by a whirling wind.

"Goodbye Syaoran-san," said Fai, barely visible through the dust. "I'm sorry it had to be this way." The dust completely obscured Syaoran's view. He whirled around, trying to find a way out, but the wind formed a solid wall around him.

"Syaoran!" he heard Mokona yell from outside, barely audible over the wind. But before Syaoran could answer he felt the strange sensation that accompanied leaving a world, and then he was gone.

Mokona carefully crept out of the bushes, checking to see that the strange-Fai was gone. "Syaoran?" he asked, his ears pressed down sadly. All he saw was a circle scored into the earth by the wind. He turned and started to go back the way they had come, hoping the others would be alright.

AN: So what did you think? Was everyone in character? Did everything make sense? Was everything spelled right? Am i asking too many questions? Review, please!

-- 'Este