Luckily, they soon finished, as well did Sakura and her company as they soon left the restaurant and went to explore Bird Street as Mo sang a song to herself from the company of birds and where the birds seemed to enjoy her singing.

"Early each day to the steps of Saint Paul's, The little old bird woman comes, In her own special way to the people she calls, Come, buy my bags full of crumbs~," Mo began to sing happily at the birds as Akito and Estelle smiled warmly as that reminded them of one of their lullabies from when they were babies. "Come feed the little birds, show them you care, And you'll be glad if you do, Their young ones are hungry, Their nests are so bare, All it takes is tuppence from you~"

The birds began to tweet their own version of the song. Mo giggled from that as she soon sang along with them. The Fudo kids looked quite happy from that.

"I've never seen so many birds in one place!" Sakura gasped as she looked all around the several cages.

"They're the most popular pet in Hong Kong," Julian said. "Look at all the different kinds; I'll bet some of them can even talk too."

"That's so cool!" Sakura beamed as Madison continued to film.

"Wow!" Madison smiled.

"Ah, Bird Street." Kero remarked as he looked out to the birds as he seemed familiar with the location.

"You've been here?" Madison asked Kero.

"Mm-hmm!" Kero smiled. "And it hasn't changed a bit."

They soon explored more of the birds up close as Sakura came to see a group of birds before Vincent, Akito, and Estelle joined her sides.

"Hello!" Sakura giggled as the birds appeared to be tweeting at her.

"They say hello too." Akito smiled.

Madison soon decided to shoot this on her camera.

"Oh! Uh, are we on TV?" Vincent smiled bashfully.

"I'm filming mine and Sakura's vacation," Madison smiled back. "You're welcome to be in it too."

"These birds sure are cute." Estelle smiled.

"Such lovely singing," Mo cooed at the birds. "I wish I could sing as lovely as you."

"Oh, but you already do." Atticus smiled at his wife.

However, suddenly, two familiar birds soon flew right over which seemed to trigger Akito and Sakura. And where they soon stood straight up before facing their right side. As they looked around, all of the birds in the cages seemed to suddenly disappear.

"What's wrong?" Madison asked her best friend.

"It feels... Like we're being watched." Sakura said in a scared voice.

"I know the feeling." Akito nodded.

Two birds began to give out their bird cries.

"What's up with those toucans?" Vincent wondered.

"Hard to say." Estelle replied.

"There's something strange around here." Kero commented.

"Kero!" Sakura cried out as she didn't know that Akito and his siblings and parents knew he was more than a stuffed animal or about the Clow Cards. "There can't be a Clow Card here... Can there?" she then asked.

"No, this is different," Kero replied. "This feels more evil."

"I'm still getting to know Clow Cards, but that sounds intense already." Akito remarked.

"Wait, you know about the Clow Cards?" Sakura and Madison asked him.

"Yeah, Drell told us." Estelle said.

"Who and what is a Drell?" Madison asked.

"That's a long story," Akito replied. "But he told me about these cards and that I had to help Sakura out somehow. I think based on what your... I wanna say stuffed animal friend? Just said, this might be it."

"I am a Guardian of the Clow Cards," Kero explained. "You could say that I'm like a mentor to Sakura."

"You're the guardian of the Clow Cards? But you're small and cute." Estelle smiled.

"Hmph... Thanks, I guess..." Kero grumbled. "I have a special form, but this is just the form I'm in right now."

"Hey, look at those ones!" Julian called out as he saw the two mysterious birds.

"Hm. They must've escaped." Tory guessed.

Akito and Sakura looked up to see the strange birds that seemed to stare straight down at them.

"Those are the same two birds my family and I saw yesterday." Akito said.

"Those birds!" Sakura suddenly gasped.

The birds soon flew away which made Sakura begin to go and follow them.

"Sakura!" Madison cried out.

"We gotta follow her." Kero whispered at the girl.

"Okay." Madison whispered back.

"We'll come too." Estelle added.

"Alright, where's she running off to?" Tory asked which startled Madison.

"Hurry up!" Kero whispered sharply.

"Uh, we'll be right back!" Madison smiled nervously before running off with the Fudo siblings.

"Be safe." Mo whispered.

Atticus put his arm around Mo as he heaved a sharp sigh. Tory and Julian just looked at each other in confusion.

Sakura continued to follow the birds as Akito ran beside her as he caught up with her. They continued to chase after the two birds before the two birds disappeared out of their sight.

"Huh? Where'd they go?" Akito asked.

"Come on! We can't lose them!" Sakura replied.

They soon continued to go off before Sakura brought out her necklace.

"RELEASE!" Sakura soon called out and after a magical blast, her shoes had wings on them, like the god Hermes.

"Release!" Akito called out and where the same thing happened.

"You guys look like Hermes right now." Estelle commented from the wing shoes.

"Heh, yeah, I can see that." Akito nodded.

Akito and Sakura soon began to leap up and around before hopping high in the sky while Estelle and Vincent were left behind.

"There!" Akito soon pointed out once he saw the two bird spirits.

Sakura and Akito began to follow after the two birds. They hopped around like ninjas in a movie before they came into what looked like a dark alley.

"I'm sensing something..." Sakura said softly.

"I think they might be in that well." Akito suggested as they went to explore for the bird spirits.

"Maybe." Sakura said.

They soon walked towards the well, but when they got there, no one appeared to be there, except for a bucket of water.

"Hmph... I thought for sure..." Akito pouted to himself.

Sakura held her staff closed as she looked around with Akito after seeing their reflections in the water.

"Where could they be?" Akito asked.

The two kids looked around as they felt a little distressed that they had lost the bird spirits. However, a ribbon soon rose up right behind them before another followed it like in their recent share dream. The two soon turned around and gasped as the ribbons came back.

"Where did they come from?" Akito asked himself.

The ribbons soon waved around as it looked like Akito and Sakura's recurring dreams from where they stood. Sakura soon bowed her head, seeming to be in distress at first before she looked back up as her eyes changed.

"Sakura, are you okay?" Akito asked.

Sakura didn't answer him as she soon climbed up onto the well's side.

"Sakura!" Akito gasped for his new friend.

Sakura stared dead-eyed into the water as she saw the spiritual being from her and Akito's recent dream as it looked like she was about to fall into the water.

"Wake up!" Li's voice called out to Sakura.

"Huh?" Akito blinked. "Who said that?"

Sakura suddenly woke up as the spirit birds flew away and everything was back to normal. "It's you..." she then said as she saw Li before Akito began to help her down. "What are you doing here?"

"Careful, Sakura!" Akito warned.

Sakura soon lost her balance and fell in the well. Akito winced nervously as Sakura splashed into the water. Sakura soon broke down crying which made Akito frown for her sadness. Luckily, the water wasn't that deep so they could get Sakura out of the well.

Meanwhile, Madison looked all around for her missing friend. "Where do you think they could've run off to, Kero?" she then wondered.

Estelle and Vincent began to come back as another familiar black-haired girl began to run into Madison before she was suddenly knocked down on the floor.

"I'm sorry," Madison said to the girl. "Hey, are you okay?" she then gasped once she saw who it was.

"Yeah, I'm fine," Meilin grumbled slightly before she saw Madison. "Hey, wait up..."

"Hey, Meilin." Madison smiled as she held her hand out to her to help her up.

"Heh..." Estelle chuckled a bit about Meilin.

"What?" Vincent asked.

"She kinda looks like Aunt Darla's old friend with black hair." Estelle replied.

Vincent looked over at Meilin and laughed a bit himself. "Yeah! I could see that."

"Madison Taylor, what in the world are you doing here?" Meilin asked as Madison helped her up before she glared at Estelle and Vincent. "And stop laughing at my hair!"

"Sorry, sorry, you just look like a friend of our Aunt Darla." Estelle said.

"Hmm..." Meilin narrowed her eyes firmly.

"Don't mind her," Madison told the Fudo siblings before smiling at her friend. "Sakura's won a trip in a raffle."

Meilin grunted as she dusted herself clean once she was back on her feet.

"Yeah, little girl!" Kero smirked from inside Madison's bag.

"I see you brought the stuffed toy." Meilin said to Madison while looking annoyed at Kero.

"Hey!" Kero glared.

"They let you through Customs?" Meilin scoffed.

"All right, that's it!" Kero snapped.

Meilin soon pushed Kero back in the bag before closing it on his tail.

"Hey! You didn't have to do that." Estelle frowned.

"I do whatever I want." Meilin huffed.

"Oh, you're friendly." Vincent rolled his eyes.

"Anyway, have any of you seen Li? He said he sensed a strange aura and just took off." Meilin said.

"Well, I've been looking all over for Sakura too." Madison replied.

"We were looking for our brother Akito," Estelle added. "He went off with Sakura."

Suddenly, as if on cue, Sakura, Akito, and Li were seen walking together.

"Hey, guys." Akito greeted.

"Sakura!" Madison called out as she ran to her friend.

"Li!" Meilin added.

"Akito!" Estelle and Vincent added as they all soon reunited.

"Hey, Madison." Sakura greeted her friend.

"Are you okay? What happened?" Madison asked her.

"And why are your clothes wet?" Estelle asked Sakura once she and Vincent reunited with Akito.

"Sakura had a little accident." Akito smiled bashfully.

"LI!" Meilin cried out as she ran to the boy and hugged his arm. "You had me so scared!"

"Sakura!" Tory called out as he, Julian, Atticus, and Mo ran over.

Sakura looked a little upset that her brother and his friend caught her like that.

"I told you to stay close!" Tory scolded his sister.

"I'm sorry," Sakura frowned. "I thought... I saw... I didn't mean to worry you."

"Kids." Tory sighed.

"Are you guys okay?" Mo asked her children.

"Yeah, Mom, we're fine," Akito promised. "Sorry if we worried you."

Mo sighed in relief as she could stop worrying now. Julian soon looked over to Meilin and Li, who seemed to be trying to get his arm free.

"Why in the world did you take off from me like that?" Meilin glared as Li tried to get her to let go as he turned red in the face.

"Hey, what's up, guys?" Julian smiled at the younger two.

Meilin then jumped back with a sweet smile while Li looked surprised.

"Hello, how ya doin', Julian?" Li greeted.

"Hello, there!" Meilin added before Li finally got his arm free.

"We better get you into some dry clothes." Mo said to Sakura.

"Oh, thank you, ma'am," Sakura replied. "You don't have to do that."

"I want to though." Mo smiled warmly.

Sakura nodded before she suddenly sneezed.

They soon followed Li and Meilin to a big house.

"Feels like San Francisco now." Mo commented as they rode on a tram.

"Thanks for letting us come too." Akito said.

"No problem, I guess." Li replied.

Once they arrived at the house, they saw how big it was.

"This is a whole house?!" Atticus asked.

"I've seen shopping malls smaller than this place." Mo commented.

Sakura was soon wearing new, dry clothes as she posed for Madison's camera.

"You sure look nice." Estelle smiled at Sakura.

"Oh, thank you," Sakura smiled back. "I like it too."

"I'm kinda glad you got soaked back there," Madison said, laughing a little bit. "These outfits are so cute!"

"You should let me tape you," Sakura suggested. "You look great!"

"You sure do." Estelle smiled.

"Blue IS my favorite color!" Madison beamed at that.

"It suits you." Akito added politely.

They soon heard that they were about to have some company as a group of girls ran in through the doors to see them.

"Um, hello." Vincent greeted the group of girls.

The girls giggled and tackled them all into a group hug.

"Oof! Oh, you girls are friendly." Estelle said bashfully.

"How sweet!~" One girl gushed.

"They're just adorable!" The second girl added.

"So cute!" The third girl added.

"So exotic~" The fourth girl beamed.

"Uh... Does anyone know who these girls are?" Vincent asked.

"No clue." Sakura replied.

"Who knew that Li kid was so rich?" Tory asked, coming in the room with his friend.

"This house is so cool!" Julian beamed.

"It's so big; I wouldn't be surprised if this place has more than enough room for more than one family." Mo said.

"Guess we got lucky." Atticus replied.

"Well, speaking of cute~" One girl said as she spotted Tory and Julian.

"Hel-lo!" Another girl added.

"Uh-oh, you better look out." Atticus teased Tory and Julian.

The group of girls began to make their way over to Tory and Julian.

"I hope we get to eat," Julian smiled at Tory hopefully. "Don't you?"

The girls soon grabbed onto the boys which made them nervous while the Fudo siblings, Madison, and Sakura stood by, bashfully.

"I'm getting high school flashbacks." Atticus smiled wearily.

"So, uh, who are the girls?" Vincent asked.

"Sounds like you just met Li's sisters." Meilin said as the boy walked in with a tray.

"All of them?" Sakura asked.

"Yeah." Li said as he sat down next to them.

"Wow." Akito said.

"They're really, uh, energetic..." Madison commented as the girls fussed over Tory and Julian.

"Hey! Don't you mean really weird?" Kero spoke up from inside of Sakura's bag.

"Kero!" Sakura whispered loudly in a scolding tone. "Oh, I'm sorry, Li."

Li didn't even seem to react.

A door soon opened in which then caused Li to stand up straight. A woman soon walked into the room which made everyone look at her while Li was wide-eyed, looking like a soldier on a military base.

'She's so beautiful.' Sakura thought to herself.

"Hello, Mother~" Li's sisters beamed while Tory and Julian bowed at the woman as she bowed back.

Li's mother soon walked over to Atticus and Mo.

"You must be Yelan." Atticus greeted with a bow.

Mo soon bowed along with her husband.

"Pleased to meet you." Yelan replied before she then walked over to the kids.

"That's Li's mother?" Sakura blinked.

"But she looks so young!" Madison smiled quietly.

"Mm-hmm." Sakura nodded in agreement.

"Boy, she looks pretty spooky to me." Kero muttered to himself.

"Kero!" Sakura glared.

Kero felt nervous from that before he hid inside of Sakura's bag and zipped it shut behind him. "I'm okay."

"...He's standing so still." Madison said about Li.

"Yeah, he looks like he's in military school." Estelle commented.

Yelan soon came to the kids and began to bow at them. Madison, Vincent, and Estelle soon bowed back. Yelan soon looked at Akito and Sakura who seemed to look distant at first.

"Hi! It's nice to meet you!" Sakura suddenly said before bowing. "I'm Sakura Avalon."

"And I'm Akito Fudo," Akito quickly added as he also bowed. "Thank you for the lovely clothes, we're really-"

Yelan suddenly gave the two a look as she studied them before she spoke to them. "I can sense great power in you," she then told them. "You both possess the Clow Cards." she then looked over at Sakura's bag mysteriously.

"Uh, yeah." Akito nodded.

Li's sisters began to flirt with and coo at the older boys which seemed to be getting to them, especially Tory.

"When one has great powers, it will, at times attract grave danger, but you two must know that already." Yelan soon continued.

Akito and Sakura felt surprised by that.

"I insist, Sakura must stay here tonight with the Fudo family." Yelan then suggested.

This caused for Li's older sisters to cheer.

"What?!" Li asked.

"Thank you again, Yelan," Atticus smiled. "I hope we bond as well as our ancestors as well as the Jinnouchi clan."

"Li," Yelan soon called to her son. "I want you to show me your report card."

Li let out a small groan in defeat.