"It's here, is it not?" A voice said.

"Yes, this is where Yukito predicted they would land." A second voice replied. The two voices belonged to two rather small knights, each atop a shining, white horse. The knights' armor covered their bodies entirely, so their physical appearance remained a mystery.

The carrier of the first voice cast his helmeted gaze toward the sky, "Look," he said, alerting the second knight to look up as well.

The knights watched as the sky seemed to droop, contorting every which way until it eventually touched the ground. The sky snapped and shot back towards where it belonged; any that remained disappeared into the ground like water, revealing a group of five odd looking travelers. A sudden shout came from the smallest traveler.

"Pu! We've arrived in the next world!" Mokona announced. He then jumped up into the air, higher than you would have thought possible for the small creature, and landed on a black-haired head, only to be pulled off in a matter of seconds by the owner of that head.

"Do you have to say that every time we show up someplace new?" Kurogane said. To anyone who didn't know the black-clothed ninja it would have sounded more like he had been shouting but, that was just how Kurogane's voice was: loud. Kurogane stared at the white, round creature in his hand for a minute or two before tossing Mokona to one who seemed to be almost the exact opposite of Kurogane.

The blonde laughed a bit when Kurogane threw Mokona at him. He reached out and caught the creature in two hands before setting him on his own head.

"Hyuu Kuro-pon, what would you have done if I hadn't been able to catch him?" Fai asked, flapping his hand at Kurogane. The wizard opened his mouth to say something more, but stopped when he heard a cough coming from behind him.

The five turned around quickly and their eyes fell upon the two knights and their horses. The only remaining boy in the group pulled the only girl close to him; he didn't know if the nights could be trusted, and he didn't want Sakura to get hurt.

"You needn't worry Syaoran-kun. We've been expecting you."