Summary: Sakura's heart and memory held in her Crystal Pendant was shattered and has flown into different dimensions. Now it's up to Syaoran to travel through different times and worlds to find the pieces of her broken life. SxS Pairing! R&R PLZ! (Sequel to Pain)

"Talking"

'Thinking'

Sakura's Memory

(A/N:) – Author's Note

Disclaimer: I don't own CCS, TRC, or any other anime I put in here...

Last Time...

Syaoran scowled. 'She remembered the stuffed bunny I gave her. But why can't she remember that I gave it to her?' he thought, but it was pushed away as Sakura started to lean on him, unconscious.

Fai smiled, as usual. "Sakura's tired. Why don't we rest before moving on?" Everyone nodded in agreement and they lay down in their own comfortable way.

'Why?' Syaoran thought one last time before sleep took over.

A/N: Hi people...another late update...again...I know, I know...please forgive me. Anyways…thanks to the people who reviewed and encouraged me to write more…to tell you the truth…I didn't really feel like typing after my busy schedule. I'm sure people with a lot of stuff to do would understand. :)

Chapter Five: Illusions

By: Ame-chan

The day had come, and everyone was saying their good-byes.

"Ne, Sakura-chan, we'll meet again once we go back to our world, right?" Kagome was smiling wildly as she scribbled her number on a scrap piece of paper. Sakura smiled gratefully.

"Of course, Kagome-chan. Hope to see you then." The Cherry Blossom smiled softly towards the others: Inuyasha, Miroku, Shippo, (who was playing with Mokona), Sango, and Kirara. "Thank you so much for having us. I wish to see you all again." She waved as Mokona flew back with his group, getting ready to depart from the dimension.

"I still think this is a great waste of time." Kurogane retorted, crossing his arms and frowning all the while. Fai smiled and watched as Mokona's gem glowed and his wings grew on his back.

As he floated in the air, a hole formed in the ground beneath them and they started to sink into it, until they disappeared.

"Ja ne, minna-san…" Sakura whispered, before the ground was back to normal again.

Miroku blinked. "That's amazing. How do they do that?" he walked towards the spot that their friends just disappeared from and examining it.

"Aren't there always weird things happening?" Shippo jumped into Kagome's basket on her bike and settled inside comfortably.

"We'll never know…" Kagome smiled and followed Inuyasha, continuing their own journey, but still thinking about their new friends.

Xx In between dimensions xX

Sakura had closed her eyes when they entered the world between the dimensions. All she could remember was something engulfing her body and pulling her in. It was tingly, but it wasn't as if it was uncomfortable.

When her eyes opened, all she could see was many weird things in the object, and a portal that was shining, showing their way to the next realm.

"Ha-ha! That's the next world we're going to. I can feel the power of Sakura's jewel in that one." Mokona was all enthusiastic (as usual) and made a head start for the portal.

"You baka! Wait for us! Don't leave us in this place!" Kurogane chased after him and entered through the portal as well. Fai followed, so it was just Syaoran and Sakura side by side.

"Come on…" Syaoran held out his palm for her. Sakura paused and seemed to just stare at his hand for a second, but smiled and accepted it anyways.

'What was my relationship with Syaoran in the past?' she thought, as he lead her through the shining opening, the light seemed the surround her with a tingly sensation, as if being wrapped in wind, and they arrived in a grassy meadow beside a town that wasn't as old as Inuyasha's world, yet it wasn't as modern as Sakura's time.

The sky was clear, the wind was blowing, and it was warm. Everyone seemed relaxed for that moment. Enjoying the fresh air, the sunlight, Mokona plopped into Sakura's arms and it seemed as if it was napping.

Kurogane looked irritated. How would they find Sakura's memory if the white manjuu was sleeping?

"This place is beautiful. I wish we could just stand here forever and forget about what we're here for." Sakura whispered, feeling dazed and light headed, yet comfortable in an awkward way.

"Sakura?" Syaoran turned his attention to her, noticing that she seemed quite sleepy herself. 'This place seems almost too good to be true.' He thought, frowning at the fact that Sakura lay down in the grass, facing the pale blue sky and was at on the verge of falling asleep herself.

He turned. Fai also lay on the grass with his hands behind his head, grinning lazily, as Kurogane sat against a tree stump.

"There's something strange about this place…" he mumbled, as he closed his eyes as well, the fresh air making him feel comfortable, but his mind was set onto something else.

"Yeah…" Fai opened his eyes slowly, watching a single cloud pass by. "There is definitely something wrong with this place." Syaoran nodded.

"But there's nothing here…" Syaoran put his hand to his chin and thought. It all seemed real, but…

The ground shook, as Syaoran thought about this, and nearly lost his balance. Fai stood up as well and Kurogane, and looked around with caution. Soon enough, the beautiful smell of was spoiled by fresh air a yucky rotting smell, the flowers and grass on the ground disappeared, and the sky turned into a solid gray color, making everything a bit darker in the atmosphere.

"An illusion?" Kurogane took out his sword out of its sheath, as the thumping became louder. A monster appeared, drool coming out of its ugly mouth and black eyes stared at the group of people in front of him.

"Mekyo!" Mokona's eyes opened wide and closed again, going back to his sleeping state.

"Mokona sensed something. It must be Sakura's memory, and I bet you that ugly monster has it." Syaoran looked at the monster in disgust. It smelled like dead people and monster waste.

Although the monster was staring at the group, his gaze landed on Sakura and Mokona, who was sleeping. Syaoran turned his gaze to Sakura and as well, and his eyes widened. 'Is that thing planning on eating Sakura?' he thought, but was quickly answered when the monster made a run for the sleeping figure.

"Sakura!" Syaoran panicked and ran for Sakura as well, noticing the bones, skulls and blood everywhere. He felt slightly nauseous from looking at it all, but disappeared soon after he got closer to Sakura.

The monster's jaw was open, slobber sliding down its grimy mouth and slopping onto the ground. This was it. Either he let the monster eat her, or jump for her and get eaten as well. He had to think fast.

"Dammit…" he whispered, jumping and slid towards her, grabbing her and pulling her weak body close to him, continuing to slide, right under the mouth of the horrible thing, but slid just in time, making the monster eat dirt.

Syaoran carried Sakura back to where Fai and Kurogane were, and tried to wake the sleeping person in his arms. His back felt wet, and it gave him the shivers.

"How are we going to fight this thing? It seems quite hungry…" Syaoran mumbled, watching it spit the dirt and grime out if it's mouth. He tried not to show it, but sliding under a huge jaw, almost being eaten, scared him quite a bit. It was hard enough trying to hold Sakura, when he was shaking a bit.

Kurogane had to make a face. "That thing is disgusting. How did we end up here from where we were before?"

Fai turned to him. "Because it was an illusion. An illusion making someone so comfortable in it, that one could fall asleep in bliss forever. But when one does fall asleep, the monster would probably eat one for lunch." He explained, turning to Sakura. "That's what happened to Sakura and Mokona."

Syaoran understood. "So are you saying that maybe this monster's using Sakura's jewel magic to make an illusion and using it to bring a person in its trap…so it could eat it? Is that why it smells like hell here?" he made a face at his surroundings, feeling a little nauseous again.

"I guess so…" Fai shrugged and turned his attention back to the monster, who seemed angry at his little visitors.

"I don't care, as long as we get this over with." Kurogane readied his sword, and when the monster charged, he tried lashing at it with his sword. Nothing happened, the monster's flesh just mushed around like clay, returning back into its place.

Syaoran started to feel really dizzy, his face turned pale and he had spirals in his eyes. "T-that's just gross…" Kurogane turned around for a second and sweatdropped at the sick boy.

"How could you think like this when we're in trouble?" he turned back and blocked the thing's teeth away from him, the saliva running down his sword. He made a face and swung his sword many times, trying to get the mucus like thing to get off his sword.

"That bastard, he ruined my swords shininess!" he growled, running towards it again and jumped this time to try and get to the head. The monster raised its clay-like hand up and tried to get him, but Kurogane managed to cut its forehead, where a small, white gleam appeared from it, until it sealed itself again. The shine caught Kurogane's eyes, distracted, and within seconds, he was hit by the grimy hand of the monster and knocked to the ground, covered in ucky, mucky stuff.

"God! This thing reeks! Now I'm covered in it." The smell overwhelmed him, even thought he tried to stay strong, he started to feel sickened by the stink.

The monster, seeing that his meals were too persistent, moved back into the shadows again, the atmosphere changing once again.

"What's that thing up to this time?" Syaoran grimaced, getting ready to defend as if something would jump at him any minute now.

The background changed into a room, dimly lit y a lamp by a desk in the corner. There were many book shelves full of books, a bed, and a window by the desk.

"Where are we?" Syaoran looked around, the smell was gone, and he felt as clean as he could ever be. The room seemed awfully familiar to him, but how?

Someone was at the desk, someone who seemed a little older than Kurogane. He was dressed in traditional clothing, a dark green color and the symbol of the Li clan was on it! (A/N: I was thinking about Clow Reed's clothing, except more green and the symbol of the Li clan on it some where…)

Syaoran's eyes widened in shock. No one wore that robe…except his father.

"F-Father?" he stuttered, his gaze settled on the person's back.

"Syaoran…" his voice was low, yet it said his name so smoothly.

"But how can you be…" Syaoran whispered, forgetting all about the fact that the monster used illusions to fool someone.

"I'm here, Syaoran, aren't you happy? I have many things to tell you about…" the tall figure turned, but the light didn't give enough light to see his face. When his body was turned completely towards Syaoran, the light behind his "Father" made a shadow, making his "Father's" front side dark in shadow, his face could not be seen.

"Come Syaoran…" he whispered, holding his arms out to his son. To Syaoran, everybody disappeared. Kurogane, Fai…and even Sakura, who was lying in his arms. He didn't feel the warmth of her body anymore. He felt all alone…only with his father.

"Come to me, I shall make things better for you…no worries…no trouble…" the tone of his voice made Syaoran realize that his "Father" was smiling.

"Father…" he whispered.

To Be Continued…

A/N: Ha! CLIFFY! Lolz….I wanted to make it 13 pages long like the last chapter, but I decided to end it in a cliffy….hope you enjoyed it!

-Ame-chan