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They rode on the bus for what had seemed like a long time but eventually made it to the hotel. They all went into the lobby where they waited as the Mr. Terada checked in. After a few minutes they were all checked in and went to their rooms. But of course the boys were on one floor while the girls were on the other. They all went to their rooms and dropped off their things and goofed off by calling up for room service and picking out what to steal afterwards when they check out. Syaoran went down to the lobby to read his book peacefully but instead ran into Sakura.

"Oh Sakura, hey." He said.

"Hi Syaoran." She said to him in a cheerful voice.

"What are you doing here?" he asked her.

"Oh I was wondering if you wanted to hang out with me and Tomoyo." She said.

"Uh yeah of course." He said.

"Ok." She said with a smile. "Come on let's go."

They took one step forward and something instantly flew next to Sakura, grabbing her small brown case with a strap that had her cards, the source of her magical powers. It flew off and so did the two of them as they chased it down the hallway. It twisted and turned quick at corners and tight spaces. It flew down to the stairs and they still ran after it. The chase went on and made it down to the lobby where the thing flew off out of an open window.

"Damn it." He yelled out. "Come on let's go."

They quickly ran outside and could barely see the flying thing, but it was visible by the fact that it was carrying a small case. It took them a couple of seconds to find it and run for it. They chased it long and far, well outside the hotel and to an empty building. It dropped the case on top the roof and then suddenly ripped into small white pieces.

"Come on let's go get it." Syaoran said to her."

"Yeah, but we should be careful though." She said with a little worry in her voice.

He nodded in agreement and both ran to the double doors. They continued on running across the room and up the stairs. Their footsteps echoed and creaked as they ran up, going floor by floor by floor. The walls were are a pale yellow that was cracked and falling apart. Canisters of paint were all over the floors as they ran, dodging and weaving through to the other flight of stairs. In time they made it, beating the twenty five story building. They made it to the rooftop and saw case that was lying near the edge. They quickly ran to it but Sakura stop suddenly. Syaoran didn't know that she stopped running and still ran for it and achieved on getting it. He didn't realize that she wasn't with him until he noticed that it was quiet.

"Sakura?" he asked as he turned around.

He saw her but it wasn't a good thing. Sakura was captured by a tall young woman. Her black robe waved in the blowing wind as well as her long black hair. The woman held Sakura from behind with her arm around her neck and a knife in the other. Syaoran had no idea what to do.

"What do you want?" he yelled at the woman.

"Her." She said. "She would prove useful to him."

"What does he want with her?" he asked.

"That isn't any of your business." She said.

He looked at Sakura who had a look of fear on her face. He had no choice but to save her. He stood there figuring out what to do. But he still remember, the promised that he made. He had to save her no matter what. But then the woman moved her hand that had the knife and raised it above her head. She did a twirling motion and suddenly an oversized toy monkey came out of the sky and landed in the middle of Syaoran and the woman holding Sakura.

"I'm wasting my time here." She said coldly. "Finish him off."

She jumped off, but had a hard time because of the struggling Sakura.

"You're lucky he wants you alive." She whispered in her ear.

Syaoran stood face to face with the monkey. He took out his pendent and his sword magically came and held it in his hands. He ran towards it and jumped. He swung his sword over his head and straight down on the huge head of the monkey, but it dodged it. He spent a lot of time fighting it while the woman and Sakura were getting away. He had to end it quickly. He didn't want to lose her. Syaoran was fed up with it and tried to run past the monkey but it swung its arm down in front of him, blocking his path.

"Syaoran!" Sakura screamed out.

He looked around and saw in the distance her and the woman standing on a branch of a tree looking at him.

"We're going to have so much fun Sakura." She said with a smile on her face.

After saying that, the woman stuck out her tongue and then licked the left side of Sakura's face.

"What the hell are you doing to her?" he yelled out at her.

He ran but the money jumped in front and blocked his way. He didn't care and then jumped high into the air. He quickly threw a small yellow piece of paper at the head of the monkey. Boom it went. A large dust of cloud appeared and Sakura had no idea what had happened. And neither did the woman. Syaoran emerged out of the cloud and jumped off the building. He soared across and the woman stood in disbelief but didn't pay much attention to it. Sakura shoved her elbow into the stomach of the woman. It didn't hurt her at all.

"Syaoran now!" Sakura yelled out.

The woman had no idea what was going on. She moved her hand with the knife but was chopped off by Syaoran's sword. There was no blood. The knife and the hand fell down turning into water. Her body as a whole fell apart and exploded in water.

"You won't be lucky next time." She said as her face turned to water.