Spinel Sun cast his gaze from the nothingness he'd been looking into, and he turned to look at the humans behind him, "They're going to come here." Spinel Sun said. The words had just left his mouth when an unnatural wind picked up and four new people appeared in the room.

Yukito stumbled a bit after using up the little amount of regained power so soon, and was surprised to find a strong arm holding him up. He smiled up at his king before making the staff disappear. The new group looked around at Kurogane, Syaoran and Fai, acknowledging their presence before casting their gaze on the woman, who threw herself into a quick bow.

"Please excuse my actions." Shuuko said, "I will explain everything, and I hope that you will accept my apologies." Shuuko then offered the new four seats in the room, and then sat down herself; recounting the story she had just told Syaoran, Kurogane and Fai.

Toya listened intently, and found her story to be believable. It checked out with all the things he remembered, Misaki arriving so strangely at the castle, reports of a said, "dragon-woman," attempting to enter human territory. All the facts fit in.

"And where are you keeping Misaki and Sakura-chan now?" Toya asked.

"Don't worry, they are safe." Shuuko responded, "They're in the guest quarters here, they're asleep still. I truly am sorry for the destruction and trouble that I caused." She added, bowing her head again.

Toya shook his head, "I understand. It was the only option left for you."

"As for the destruction that was caused, when Yukito is back to his full potential, fixing that will be a simple matter between the two of us." Eriol added in, a friendly smile on his face as he looked toward the high priest. He then looked toward Shuuko before continuing, "And as for deaths, there was a very small fatality count, as I'm sure you will be pleased to know."

Shuuko sighed lightly, "That is a good thing, though I would have preferred that there were no deaths."

"We all would have preferred that." Minoru added in, bowing his head in respect for his fallen comrades.

After a few minutes of silence a small dragon entered. This one had shining blue scales, and was about the height of Syaoran. It looked at Shuuko for a minute and then the woman nodded. Her face brightened and she looked toward Syaoran, "The princesses have awakened. I will take you to them." Shuuko smiled and then stood to her feet, walking out of the room, motioning for the others to follow. Syaoran wasted no time in getting up, anxious to see Sakura. Fai and Kurogane followed, Eriol and Minoru after that, Keroberos and Spinel Sun trotting along side of them. Toya and Yukito were the last to leave the room.

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"Syaoran-kun!" Sakura called when the group entered the room. The princess jumped from the bed she was resting on and threw her arms around Syaoran. "I was so scared for you!" She said.

Syaoran blushed lightly, "I was worried about you too, hime." Syaoran said lightly, "Are you ok?"

"Oh yes, I'm fine." Sakura said, taking a step back. "Everything was explained to us while we were waiting for you to come here. I really was worried for you Syaoran-kun." She added, taking his hands lightly.

Fai laughed brightly and tapped his pointer fingers together, "Achichi!" Fai said in a sing-song voice, causing both Sakura and Syaoran to blush a bit.

"Mom!" Misaki cried as soon as she saw her mother. She jumped up and wrapped her mother in a tight embrace. "Mom!"

"Misaki." Shuuko said, holding her daughter tight to her. "It's been such a long time."

"Aww, such a nice reunion." Mokona chirped, "Mokona wants a hug too!" He added, bouncing up and down in his spot in Fai's hands.

"Hime, Shuuko-san gave us your feather." Syaoran said suddenly, and everyone turned to look as he offered the feather out to the princess.

"Ah. Thank you, Shuuko-san." Sakura said bowing, but nothing came from her lips after that as the feather was absorbed into her body. She passed out and fell into Syaoran's arms.

"You all must be tired." Shuuko said as Sakura fell into sleep again, "Why don't you all rest here, and worry about other things tomorrow."

"That sounds like a good idea." Minoru said, the rest of them had to agree. They were all exhausted from the fight and the travel, and as soon as their beds were ready it took almost no time at all for them to fall fast asleep.

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The next morning it had been decided that Shuuko would go to live in the castle with Misaki, and she would leave occasionally to check on the wellbeing of the dragons. Yukito, back to his full power, and Eriol combined their powers and healed any wounded dragons before heading back to the castle where they used their magic to rebuild to roof and heal their own wounded, before they retired for the day with a good meal and rest. Kurogane and Syaoran returned their armor, and thanked Minoru for creating it for them, and Fai returned his bow and quiver, though it was now devoid of arrows.

Before they knew it, the group was standing on the newly rebuilt castle roof, looking back at their new found friends and standing in the traditional garb from their home worlds.

"It was a pleasure meeting you all." Shuuko said, smiling brightly at the group, "And I wish you the best of luck on your journey."

Similar goodbyes were said from the rest of the people they had met during the past days, and soon enough Mokona decided it was time to go. The white being jumped up into the air, spread it's wings wide and pulled Kurogane, Syaoran, Fai and Sakura into his mouth before disappearing himself, whisking them off to another world.

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It's over! I hope that everyone enjoyed reading it! My first TRC fanfic ever, and I have to say that I'm rather pleased with how it came out. Some parts were a little choppy, but I think I wrapped it all up nicely. I am planning to write another TRC fanfic, though it's going to crossover with Avatar...trying to figure out how that will work. But, it will. Anyway, thanks for reading!