The next thing Akito and Sakura knew, they were falling through the water like in their dreams, still without drowning.
"Where are we?" Sakura soon asked.
"It's an energy tunnel," Kero replied as he came out from Sakura's ribbon. "A passageway. Take a good look."
"But which one do we take to get to Su Yung?" Akito asked.
"Let's see... We're connected to thousands of different dimensions, if we get lost in here, we'll never be able to get out." Kero warned.
"Uh, thanks for the tip." Akito gulped nervously about the idea of never going back home.
"So where do we go?" Sakura then asked.
"Use your thoughts," Kero advised. "Concentrate your energy on the place you wish to be and your thoughts will guide you there."
"Then that's easy, we wanna go to where our friends and my family are being kept." Akito said.
Sakura nodded as she agreed.
"Excellent wish." Kero approved.
Soon, there was a glowing door below them to take them to where their friends and family were held captive.
"That's it!" Kero then told them.
Sakura and Akito soon went through the glowing door. They soon landed and they luckily had Kero right by their side.
"Where are we?" Sakura asked.
"I'm not sure if we came out in the right place, Kero." Akito added as he looked around as it didn't look anything like where they were before.
"Oh, wait! This aura, it's-" Kero was about to tell them, but suddenly, the bird spirits zipped right by them.
"If we follow those two we'll find Su Yung and our friends and my family." Akito said.
"All right, let's go!" Sakura replied before they ran off after the birds.
Akito did his best to keep his speed down so Sakura and Kero could catch up as he was very fast for his age, almost like Sonic the Hedgehog or Rainbow Dash, especially in the Wonderbolts. They soon ran into a new room which had the empty bird cages with water flowing through the ceiling.
"We're on Bird Street now." Akito said.
"It's like a bunch of different dimensions have merged together!" Kero gasped. "Keep going!"
"Okay!" Akito and Sakura nodded before they went to keep running.
The two kept running to wherever they could so they could get back to their trapped friends and family.
"The aura's getting stronger and stronger." Kero told Akito and Sakura.
"It must be getting close now!" Akito said as he tasted the sweetness of determination and perseverance.
The two kept running before they found themselves in front of a pair of doors.
"The energy's coming from in there." Sakura remarked.
"Then that's where they are." Akito said.
"You're right!" Kero nodded at both of them.
Akito stepped beside Sakura just in case the door was too heavy for her as she began to push on the doors to open them. Luckily, Sakura was able to get the door open on her own as some water came out, but it didn't splash them.
"This kinda reminds me of Molly's imaginary land when she took Estelle as her big sister." Akito said to himself from how the room was filled with water, but no one would drown in it.
Akito, Sakura, and Kero soon went through the water. Once in the water, they began to float downward. They soon found a way over to Su Yung and made way over there as the woman opened her eyes, looking a bit nasty.
"You again..." Su Yung glared. "Why did you return?"
"We want our friends and family back!" Akito and Sakura replied.
"If you want me to return them to you, you must bring Clow Reed to me." Su Yung demanded.
"We already told you we can't do that, Clow Reed is-" Kero started.
"I've been waiting all this time," Su Yung interrupted impatiently as she glared at them. "Waiting for him to set me free."
"WOULD YOU JUST LISTEN TO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO TELL YOU?!" Kero complained angrily. "JEEZ!"
"She won't listen." Sakura frowned.
They soon felt the whole room shake.
"Uh-oh, that's not good." Akito said.
"What's goin' on?!" Kero panicked.
The room seemed to be crumbling and breaking.
"It's an earthquake!" Sakura yelped.
Su Yung soon raised the bubbles high up to her as the water splashed due to the debris falling inside.
"Uh, what is she planning to do with them?" Akito asked.
"I'm afraid to find out!" Sakura panicked.
The bubbles soon shrunk in size with energy warped around them and they suddenly disappeared which gave Su Yung a dark red aura all around her.
"There they went." Akito frowned.
"I will ask you one last time; where is Clow Reed?" Su Yung asked.
"That's what we were trying to tell you!" Kero glared. "CLOW REED IS DEAD!"
"In that case, you shall all perish here!" Su Yung glared back before she glowed into a beam of light and seemed to disappear, leaving them alone with the crumbling room.
"This is bad!" Akito yelped.
More debris began to fall and water splashed all around as Akito and Sakura were stuck on what to do next.
Meanwhile, back outside, the well was glowing red as Madison looked deeply worried, but Yelan decided to comfort both her and Tory, even if the teenage boy didn't look too worried about Sakura on the outside, but he was very worried on the inside. The area around them began to shake before the well exploded as the red aura came out. Tory flinched a bit with wide eyes at that. Eventually from the rumbling, the forcefield disappeared before a new red aura shot out and seemed to shatter the well as the red light then shot through the sky, passing by the city.
And where soon, Su Yung appeared, looking surprised at how much Hong Kong had changed. "This place..." she then whispered at herself.
"I'm sure that they're okay." Tory softly said to Madison as she hugged Yelan out of fear.
"I sure hope you're right, Tory." Madison said.
Meanwhile, the earthquake continued as Kero, Sakura, and Akito ducked for cover.
"Guys!" Kero called out as a signal.
"Right!" Sakura nodded as she brought out her special necklace. "Acute Clow, power of magic, power of light, surrender the wand, power, ignite!" she then recited as she held out her hands. "AWAKE!" Her key soon changed into her staff.
Akito soon recited the same words and soon his key turned into his staff. "This is so cool." he then chuckled from the magical transformation, but then narrowed his sapphire eyes as he didn't have time to soak up all of the fun now.
Sakura and Akito soon got their staffs ready before they called out, "FLY!"
Back with Yelan, Madison, and Tory...
"What's happening?" Madison gasped.
"They're coming." Yelan said as she kept Madison and Tory from going any further.
"She's right." Tory said.
Beams of white light were soon shown before shooting into the water of the well and suddenly, Akito and Sakura shot right out of the water as they began to fly out together.
"See? What'd I tell ya?" Tory smiled calmly at Madison who looked excited.
"Where'd she go?" Sakura asked.
"Hey! Up there!" Kero called out as he looked up from Sakura's hat.
"Then that's where we'll go!" Akito replied.
Su Yung soon appeared to make more bubbles and tossed some out towards Akito and Sakura to get rid of them.
"Incoming!" Akito called out.
Akito and Sakura both did everything in their power to avoid getting hit.
"What is this place?" Su Yung glared as she chased them. "What have you done with Clow Reed?!"
"Clow Reed is dead!" Akito and Sakura told her while avoiding her.
Hearing that only made Su Yung try and she hit them with her water power even more.
"Speed up a bit," Akito told Sakura. "She's getting faster."
Sakura and Akito then tried to pick up the pace for themselves as the water got faster and faster. The people who walked down the street that night looked up as it briefly looked like it was raining as they were unaware of what was going on between Su Yung, Akito, and Sakura. Su Yung kept on trying to hit them with her water attacks and kept on missing.
"We can't keep running from her, we have to hide!" Kero told Akito and Sakura.
"We can't just leave our friends and family!" Sakura replied.
The water splashed rapidly behind them as they passed by various buildings. Eventually, Sakura got snared by some of Su Yung's ribbons.
"Sakura!" Akito gasped at his new friend.
"Sakura!" Kero added as he was sent flying.
"Oh, no! Kero!" Akito cried out as more ribbons came out to tie him up next.
Suddenly, the two kids were pulled away, even with Akito's best efforts to break himself free as Su Yung brought them to a roof of a building.
"Now tell me. Where is Clow Reed?" Su Yung asked Akito and Sakura.
"Clow Reed is already dead." Sakura told her softly.
"You are a liar!" Su Yung glared.
"No, it's true!" Akito defended. "He passed away a long time ago!"
Sakura nodded at that.
"It can't be!" Su Yung glared. "He can't be... Clow Reed can't be!"
Red electricity began to come out of Su Yung. Akito and Sakura soon heard water being drawn out of the ocean.
"That can't be good." Akito said nervously.
Sakura and Akito looked around as the ocean water seemed to belong to Su Yung now.
"He trapped me in there." Su Yung glared as the water went everywhere.
Akito and Sakura began to try and get free from the ribbons.
"Come on, lemme out of here!" Akito grunted and groaned.
"I WILL HAVE MY REVENGE!" Su Yung growled violently.
"Man, she's worse than Vor!" Akito complained.
A jolt of red electricity soon shot up into the water above which broke loose and splashed onto Akito and Sakura and where they were soon in a room filled with water.
"I don't even know how long it has been," Su Yung said softly as she bowed her head while the water flooded around Akito and Sakura before the water soon stopped falling. "All these years I've used my powers to summon him... Trying to escape... I trusted him. Together, we could have ruled all the land!" she then lamented in deep thought. "What a fool I was."
A single tear soon fell down into the water. Sakura and Akito began to look and feel defeated before they opened their eyes and still struggled to get free. The tear soon began to drop near them which made them look at it as it seemed to be like a magical teardrop as they were suddenly going to be shown a vision.
"Why did you summon me here?" Su Yung's voice asked a man.
"You have disappointed me, Su Yung." The man told her, a bit sternly.
"All that I know I learned from you," Su Yung replied softly. "Join me. Together we would be invincible."
"I taught you magic, yes, but magic must be used to serve the greater good," The man replied as he seemed to be leaving her. "Not as a tool for the power of destruction. I'm sorry, but you've left me no choice. The path you've chosen must end here."
"So the barrette is the third entrance; she's been trapped in the well ever since." Akito said as he was now in his merfolk form.
Sakura looked over before gasping. "Akito! What happened to you?!" she then cried out.
"What?" Akito's eyes widened. "Is there something on my face?"
"No, you... You have a fish-tail..." Sakura replied.
"Huh? Oh, that?" Akito asked, looking down before looking back. "That's nothing. That always happens to me when I get in the ocean."
Sakura soon shook off her surprise and focused back on the task at hand. The teardrop soon seemed to melt away after Akito and Sakura saw the vision. Su Yung was soon shown to be hovering above the water.
"Water is ever-flowing." A male voice said from above as a bright light shined through as Akito and Sakura were still trapped.
"That voice," Akito said. "It was Clow Reed."
"What a smart boy you are," Another voice said. "Your parents must be so proud of you."
"...That didn't sound like Drell." Akito said before looking around.
"It wasn't," The voice replied before showing a slightly older Patrick in his own vision. "Hello, Akito."
"Grandpa." Akito smiled.
"Yes, now take Clow Reed's words as advice." Patrick told him.
"I will, Grandpa," Akito promised. "Thank you."
"I believe in you," Patrick smiled. "Just remember to believe in yourself too."
"I'll do that too." Akito nodded before the vision of his grandfather went away.
Sakura soon had an idea of what Clow Reed's words meant.
"Sakura, did you recognize that voice?" Akito asked.
"Yeah!" Sakura replied. "That was Clow Reed's voice! I also have an idea."
"Me too." Akito said before slipping out the Arrow card.
"ARROW!" The two soon called out while wading in the water.
A symbol soon appeared on the floor beneath their feet before some water shot up as the symbol of the Arrow card soon flew out which made Su Yung look frustrated.
"It's like my dream before I even met Sakura." Akito whispered to himself about the Arrow card's mascot.
The two Arrow cards soon shot their arrows down to free their masters.
"So cool." Akito smiled.
When the arrows shot down, there was still a bit of an eruption and the water soon flooded right out of the building down into the city.
"Ai, it's time to go home." An older black-haired girl told Ai, taking her hand as they ran off together.
"Aw, Jeijei!" Ai complained to the older girl.
