Eventually, the Fudo family got enough rest before they got back up.
"Sometimes I wish we lived in New York City..." Vincent sighed as he woke up, making it obvious of who or what he was dreaming about.
"And we can already tell why you wish that." Estelle said as she woke up.
Vincent blushed a bit.
"Guess it's time to get to know the area better," Estelle said as she tried to shake her twin brother awake. "Wake up, Kito, it's time to check out Hong Kong."
"Okay. Okay. I'm waking up." Akito yawned as he woke up.
"Did your sleep card work?" Estelle asked. "I fell asleep before I saw it."
"Yeah, it worked," Akito smiled. "Especially since I'm excitable when it comes to new adventures."
"Sure," Estelle smirked. "Just ask Ace and Lexi."
"So then shall we get moving?" Akito asked.
"Let's get Mom and Dad." Vincent suggested.
They soon went into the other room which their parents took because there was a bigger bed for both of them.
"Just relax, Atticus," Mo smiled softly. "Don't worry about work."
"You're right, Mo." Atticus smiled back.
Mo smiled warmly from that. The Fudo siblings soon came to see their parents.
"Ah, kids," Atticus smiled. "We were just deciding to maybe explore the city up close together now that we're all well-rested."
"So then what are we waiting for?" Akito asked.
The family soon left the hotel and as they came out the door, the dark brown-haired girl gasped and jumped back.
"Oh! I'm so sorry about that," Atticus said as he opened the door. "Are you okay?"
"Y-Yeah, I'm fine... I guess I should be sorry," The girl replied. "I wasn't looking where I was going."
"It's okay." Atticus said.
"You live around here?" Mo asked.
"I mostly live in the mountains," The girl replied. "Sometimes I visit the city when I don't have school though. Welcome to Hong Kong though."
"Thank you very much, uh..." Atticus smiled. "I'm sorry, what's your name?"
"Oh, my name is Wang Ai Ling," The girl replied. "But you can call me Ai."
"It's nice to meet you, Ai." Estelle smiled.
"Nice to meet you too," Ai smiled back. "I hope you like it here."
"Oh, I think I do already." Akito beamed.
"Well, we better get a move on." Vincent said.
"Maybe I could help show you guys around," Ai suggested. "I've lived here for a good portion of my life."
"That'd be very helpful, Ai," Atticus smiled. "Thanks."
"Sure! No problem." Ai smiled back as she walked off.
The Fudo family soon began to follow Ai. The family looked all around with smiles as Ai told them about some spots and showed them some cool places. And as she showed them around, two unique looking birds were seen on top of a sign.
"Pretty birds... I think." Mo commented.
"Yeah, they almost look like two doves." Atticus added.
Ai, Akito, Estelle, and Vincent looked up to see the two birds.
"Those aren't birds, they're spirits." Ai said.
"The good kind or the bad kind?" Estelle asked.
"It mostly depends, but they seem friendly so far," Ai replied. "This part of town is known as Yuen Po Street Bird Garden."
"Is that a special name?" Mo asked.
"Yes, it's known as 'Bird Street'." Ai nodded.
"Good to know," Mo smiled. "They seem nice enough, but I feel like we might see more of those birds later."
"Same here." Estelle smiled back.
"Interesting..." Akito commented before his mind seemed to wander again like Sakura's like they had some sort of special link together.
"Bird Street has all sorts of birds." Ai smiled.
Mo soon began to coo a bit. One of the birds soon flew out and tweeted at her as she held out her hand and let the bird perch on her finger.
"Hello~..." Mo smiled at the bird.
"Wow, that was pretty cool." Ai commented.
"I just have a way with animals." Mo smiled as she gently pet the bird's head.
"Yep, Mom's spent almost all her life with animals." Vincent said.
"That's pretty neat, ma'am." Ai smiled at Mo.
"Thank you." Mo smiled back.
Akito shook his head a bit.
"You okay?" Estelle asked.
"Yeah... Guess I'm just thinking about Sakura again." Akito replied.
"Ya know, if it wasn't for Emi, I'd say you liked Sakura or something." Estelle commented.
"No, it's not like that." Akito defended truthfully.
"You're just thinking about her a lot." Estelle replied.
"Yeah, I guess it's just this Cardcaptor stuff that Drell was telling us about earlier." Akito shrugged.
The rest of the tour of Hong Kong went by smoothly.
"I live up in the mountains with my sister." Ai told her new friends.
"Mountains, huh?" Vincent asked. "Maybe we'll come visit sometime."
"That'd be nice," Ai replied. "I just love making new friends."
"You remind us of a friend my wife and I and a friend of ours used to know." Atticus smiled.
"Yeah?" Ai asked.
"Oh, yeah," Atticus smiled. "You're so friendly and sweet."
"Oh, thank you." Ai smiled back bashfully.
"This is going to be a great family vacation." Vincent smiled.
"I hope you guys have fun here," Ai smiled back. "I know I do."
"Thanks, Ai, we appreciate it." Estelle beamed.
"It was my pleasure." Ai smiled.
"We should hang out." Estelle suggested.
Ai gasped happily. "You'd wanna hang out with me?" she then smiled.
"Well, sure!" Estelle smiled back as Atticus and Mo looked proud of the friendship quest. "I just love making new friends."
"Yeah, we should hang out." Ai smiled back hopefully.
Estelle beamed at that. Akito smiled as well, though his mind wandered to Sakura a bit as he explored Hong Kong with his family.
Their tour of Hong Kong soon ended as it was getting late.
"Well, that's about it," Ai said to the family. "I hope you enjoy your stay."
"Thank you so much, Ai," Atticus smiled. "I hope you get back home safe."
"Yeah, hopefully on time," Ai chuckled. "My sister throws a fit if I show up back home late."
Ai began to make her way back home.
"What a nice girl," Mo smiled. "All right, we might as well turn in for the night with some dinner."
"Uh-huh!" The rest of the family agreed.
Once they got some dinner, the Fudo family ate.
"Not as good as your food, Mom, but still amazing." Vincent smiled.
"I think so too," Mo smiled back. "Just think of it as Chinese take-out we can share for a week without paying or calling in."
"Oh, yeah." Atticus smiled.
"Do we get fortune cookies too?" Estelle asked.
"Hopefully." Mo chuckled.
Akito's mind kept wandering as he ate with his family, but he did pay attention once in a while. And once they were finished eating, the family soon went to bed.
Akito checked out his cards again before he yawned and soon turned over to get some sleep. Once he fell asleep, he woke up in a new room with Sakura as she seemed to be having the same dream.
"This seems to be a pattern." Akito said to himself.
"Atiko." Sakura spoke to him.
"Oh, hi," Akito greeted. "It's actually Akito." he then corrected.
"Oh, sorry," Sakura smiled bashfully from that. "Akito... I guess we're gonna hang out again."
"Yeah, in reality and in our dreams." Akito said.
The two of them soon noticed the same two birds above them that Akito and his family and Ai saw.
"It's those birds." Akito recognized.
Akito and Sakura soon ran out to see the birds up close together. A presence soon floated right behind them which appeared to be like a spiritual being. And where they soon saw the spiritual being as Akito and Sakura turned around.
"Who are you...?" Sakura whispered.
The spiritual being didn't answer that question before her ribbons shot out at Akito and Sakura, just floating and waving there.
"Not much of a talker." Akito said.
Sakura soon looked at the ribbons and reached out to grab one. The spiritual being was still quiet before Akito tried to do the same thing as nothing else seemed to happen, but just as they were about to grab the ribbons, Sakura and Akito woke up.
Sakura groaned a bit before she woke up as Kero was still fast asleep right next to her. Madison was also fast asleep in her bed, unaware of what just happened.
"That dream again..." Sakura said to herself. "I-It was just so strange..."
Akito felt the same way about the dream as he woke up. Estelle was fast asleep beside her twin brother.
"Another dream..." Akito sighed to himself. "What does it all mean?"
Soon enough, after some time, everyone was awake. Akito washed up in the bathroom, splashing some water on his face.
"You okay, Akito?" Vincent asked.
"Huh? Yeah, I'm fine..." Akito replied. "Just another crazy dream, I guess."
"You mean the room filled with water?" Vincent asked.
"Yeah, only this time, me and Sakura saw this woman floating in the air." Akito said.
"Who was it?" Vincent asked.
"I'm not sure," Akito replied. "She kinda looked like an angel though."
"Interesting." Vincent said.
"Yeah... It sure was something..." Akito said before he held his stomach and smiled sheepishly as it weakly growled.
"Let's get you some fuel," Vincent suggested. "I swear that you're always hungry sometimes."
Once the rest of the family was awake, they went out to eat. There seemed to be a lot more food than before as they felt hungry again.
"Is this a buffet or something?" Atticus asked.
"I think it is." Mo replied.
"Either way, I am starving!" Akito added.
"Let's eat." Estelle smiled.
The family soon tucked into more food as they came to stop at a restaurant, as did Sakura and Madison, though it was mostly just Julian ordering a lot of food for them.
"Is that all, sir?" The server asked.
"We'll let you know." Julian replied.
Sakura and Madison smiled sheepishly at how much food there was.
"Okay, dig in!" Julian smiled as Tory drank his drink.
"Okay!" The girls replied.
"Okay, Madison, would you like to share one with me?" Sakura asked her friend.
"Sure!" Madison nodded.
Sakura picked up one of the containers of food before seeing Kero in the food container under it. Kero was happily pigging out until he saw that he was exposed by Sakura.
"Kero!" Sakura gasped before she cupped her mouth as she realized she said that out loud.
"Kero?" Tory asked out of confusion.
"I think I'll try something else," Sakura smiled bashfully. "Yeah!"
"Okay, what was wrong with that one?" Tory asked her.
"No! N-Nothing!" Sakura smiled bashfully. "I just changed my mind."
"Well, let me see it then." Tory said suspiciously.
"But there's so many to try!" Sakura replied nervously. "You don't want this one!"
"Pass it over." Tory told his sister while pointing to the food container that was hiding Kero.
Akito glanced over from his table as he ate some chicken and rice.
"But..." Sakura bit her lip.
"Pass. It. Over. NOW!" Tory demanded.
Sakura was nervous as she knew once she picked up the food container that hid Kero, he would be exposed. Madison looked a bit nervous.
Akito bit his fist as he felt nervous for Sakura as he felt that her Cardcaptor title was meant to be a secret. Sakura soon moved the container as she felt more and more nervous, but Kero seemed to be gone... Though she was still stalling.
"Well, speed it up, Squirt!" Tory glared at his sister impatiently.
"Right." Sakura said as she was about to give the food container to her brother before she and Madison saw Kero underneath it.
Akito cupped his mouth as he saw Kero, as did Sakura and Madison.
"Augh!" Sakura yelped before taking the container right back. "Changed my mind, we'll eat it! Doesn't it look delicious, Madison?"
"Mm! It sure does!" Madison added.
"Whew." Akito sighed quietly.
"Akito, don't gawk." Mo scolded.
"Sorry, Mom." Akito said before he turned around.
Kero soon peeked out from the container and soon came to get some food.
"Fine, whatever," Tory scoffed. "Whatya say we check out Bird Street?"
"Did you say Bird Street?" Sakura asked her brother.
"Yeah! It's a street packed with birds." Julian informed.
"You don't say." Atticus smirked quietly.
Sakura gasped in the excitement of visiting Bird Street.
"Mom, can we go to Bird Street?" Estelle asked Mo.
"Well, I suppose that would be nice," Mo smiled. "After we're done eating."
"Great!" Estelle smiled back.
"Wahoo!" Akito cheered.
The family soon went back to eating, but Mo reminded them not to eat too fast, otherwise, they would get stomach aches or hiccups.