A/N: hey everyone. Here is the second chapter of this crossover. I hope you like it. If you find something too confusing or not explained properly do let me know. I'll try to correct that.
Now go ahead and enjoy. And don't forget to review.
A gentle breeze was blowing and the Sakura petals flew past the people assembled in the ground. A small white rabbit like creature was perched on the shoulder of a lean statured man; he had blond hair and his right eye startlingly golden while his left eye was hidden behind a black cloth. To the left of this man stood another man, he was taller than the first and also bulkier. This guy's eyes were crimson and his left arm appeared to be made of some thing artificial…it wasn't even covered with skin!
Apart from these two guys and the rabbit like creature there was a young boy, his chocolate hair fell into his hazel eyes. His clothes were torn from several places and he was bleeding. (This was because of a recent battle he had fought). The other people in the ground (which itself looked like a battered battlefield) included the current empress of Japan, her younger sister (a miko), their guards and two treasure hunters.
The rabbit like creature jumped off from the shoulder of the blond and jumped into the arms of the chocolate haired boy.
'Syaoran,' it said, 'it's Yuuko.' With that the jewel on its head glowed and an image of a raven haired woman with delicate features was projected into the air.
'Do you know where he took her?' the boy called Syaoran said as soon as the hologram was visible completely.
'Yes,' the woman, Yuuko, nodded.
'Then tell me.' Syaoran said impatiently.
'Even if I were to tell you,' Yuuko said seriously, 'what of the other two?' she said looking at the two men (the golden haired mage and the crimson eyed ninja) who stood behind him.
'I'll go.' The ninja replied decisively.
'I will go.' Said the mage.
'Very well.' Yuuko replied, 'Sakura's body is in Clow country,' she said, 'in a cut off time.' She added as Syaoran opened his mouth to say something. 'But you won't be able to enter that place for some time.'
'Why not?' Syaoran asked.
'Because the chance to enter into cut off time will come only once,' Yuuko replied, 'and that won't be for quite a while.'
'But by the time we might get there…' Syaoran said, 'he might have already gotten his wish.'
'Fei Wang Reed still requires a few things before he can turn his dream into a reality.' Yuuko said knowingly.
'A few more things?' repeated the magician.
'What more could he need?' asked the ninja with an incredulous look on his face. 'Isn't the soul and the body all that is required?'
'Fortunately and unfortunately,' Yuuko said gravely, 'those two are not enough.'
'So what are we supposed to do until we can get into Clow?' said the white rabbit like thing.
'Since not all of Sakura's feathers have been retrieved till now,' Yuuko said, 'you may continue crossing dimensions to collect the remaining feathers.'
'Or?' asked the ninja.
'Or you may wait here until the time comes.' Yuuko replied. 'That decision is up to you.'
Syaoran turned to his companions, 'Fay-san. Kurogane-san…' He started but Yuuko interrupted him.
'Keep in mind that should you choose to keep traveling,' she said, 'you might be able to stop the Fei Wang reed from obtaining the last piece required to fulfill his wish.'
'Well kid.' Kurogane said as his gaze shifted from Syaoran to the mage, 'I don't know about you but I think the witch just made our decision for us.'
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The sun was getting ready to set as the western sky turned a beautiful shade of orange, pink and purple. It had been three hours since he had arrived in Kashmir; Train had been asking questions around the city ever since he had gotten there. He didn't even stop for lunch. Even now as he walked in the neglected and run-down part of the city, a place where crooks were likely to be found, his stomach growled in protest.(actually it screamed in protest would be better since Train had one heck of an appetite.)
'I guess I'll just grab some milk,' he said as he headed towards the nearest shop.
'Hey there,' he said cheerfully as he entered the smelly and dusty shop.
'A kid like you shouldn't be in these parts of town.' A solemn voice came from the counter. The owner of the voice was an old man, Train noticed as his eyes grew accustomed to the darkness inside the shop.
'And why would that be?' Train asked innocently as he walked up to the man.
'That Tamashi is one heck ov a twisted crook.' The old man said, almost to himself.
'So Tamashi is around these parts huh?' Train asked indifferently.
'You bet your life he is.' The old man said getting hyper all of a sudden, 'came in here yesterday and took away all the stuff he wanted.' He said looking straight at him, 'Threatened to kill me well I asked for payment.'
'Sooo you know where he might be hiding?' Train asked looking around the shop to see if he could spot any milk.
'Everyone around here knows where he might be.' The old man replied, 'he is at the abandoned construction site, that's where he is.' He said as he got out from behind the counter, 'Anyways what I can get for you sonny?' he asked as he advanced towards Train.
'Two bottles of milk.' Train replied as he spotted his favorite drink right behind the place where the man was sitting.
'Maybe I should have bought two more,' Train said to himself, as the milk disappeared sooner than he expected. He threw the empty bottle away and walked on towards the old construction site.
Up ahead he could hear a lot of commotion. Some sort of fight was going on. He hurried towards the place from where the noise seemed to be coming. By now Train could hear large hammers striking the metal and earth.
"Could it be?" he wondered thinking about the one person who could make such a noise. Soon enough he heard someone yell "Gentleman's kick."
His heart jolted as he heard the familiar voice. He had heard it way to often when he had been with Sven and Eve.
'You two freaks aren't gonna take me.' Shouted another man.
'I'm no freak.' Came a familiar angry yell, 'I. AM. A. GENTLEMAN.'
"Well what do ya know?" Train smiled to him as he jumped over the fence and hurried into the construction site.
Before his eyes were three people, a man with green hair wearing a suit and holding a briefcase, a girl in her early teens, probably fourteen, with golden hair that reached a little above her waist (although right now the ends were turned in big metal mallets) she was aiming at the second man who wore a bloody shirt and had a long sword in his hand. He kicked the guy in the suit and sent him sprawling in the dirt.
'Sven!' the girl cried out as the man fell.
'Do you have any idea how much it COSTS TO GET THIS SUIT DRY CLEANED?' the guy in the suit yelled angrily as he got to his feet. 'Now I'm gonna catch you for sure you bastard.' He yelled angrily.
The guy with the sword rushed towards the girl who was currently looking at the man who was yelling.
'Eve watch out.' The guy in the suit shouted to the girl, Tamashi was right behind her now and she was caught off guard. Or so Tamashi thought, for one second the girl had been right in front of him and then out of nowhere a metal shield appeared in front of her to protect her from his sword.
'HOW. . ATTACK. A. GIRL. LIKE. THAT.' The guy in the suit yelled while kicking him with each word but Tamashi caught his leg and sent him flying into the wall which crumbled on top of him as he hit it, covering him under a pile of rubble. Just when he thought he had gotten rid of the joker in the suit…
WHAM!!!
Something hit him on his side making him fly 10 feet in the air before falling in the dirt on his face.
'Why you little…' he started angrily as he got to his feet, looking at Eve (her hair still shaped like mallets) but was knocked down again immediately.
'Sven!' Eve cried as she ran towards the rubble. Her hair quickly morphed from mallets into giant hands which quickly began to displace the rubble. After she had shifted aside quarter of that pile of rubble covering the green haired sweeper, she heard a moan. She began to work even more quickly.
"The weight must be crushing him." she thought. But since she was busy trying to dig out her foster father there was no way for her to be aware of the danger slowly making its way towards her. Tamashi was fuming as he drew back his sword.
"So this little chick thought she could knock me down huh?" he thought as he prepared to thrust the sword right through her heart. "She'll find out soon enough that nothing….AAAAAAAHH!!!" he cried out as a sharp pain shot up his arm, making him drop his sword. Eve turned just in time to witness this and using her giant hand (morphed hair) she threw this guy into the wall behind her.
'Oye princess.' Train called out as he advanced towards the girl and a very shaky Sven, 'looks like I finished this guy for you too, huh?' he grinned (very much like a cat) as he put his gun back in its holder.
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