Chapter 2

Fai and Sakura sat down at Sakura's desk, as she allowed herself to get used to the movement of the business and everything it entails. The two got along with one another rather easily.

"Nice to see you making friends, Sakura" Syaoran walked up to the two fiddling about with the mouse of Sakura's desk computer.

"Ahh, Sakura, you didn't tell me that you knew Li" Fai looked at the two and smiled, letting his wavy bangs flutter across his eyes.

"Sakura and I have known each other for a long time" Syaoran smiled and slightly nodded his head as he spoke.

"Ahh, so you've been friends in this dimension, too?"

"You've… Met us in other dimensions?" Sakura chipped in, looking at Fai with large, interested eyes.

"Yep. Although, you guys were much younger in those dimensions. And a lot of sad things were happening in one of them…"

"Will I ever get to meet them?" Sakura asked, looking at Fai and Syaoran in turn as she spoke.

"We will see. It's down to the assignments that they have given to you. Let's see what we have here" Fai picked up the pile of paper that both Sakura and himself had been avoiding for the past 4 hours.

"I'll leave you two to it. If you need me, I'll be in the fighting department" Syaoran smiled, nodded at both of the people in front of him and walked away.

Sakura and Fai read through the brief that Sakura was given. It was something that she did not think she was ready for. Although Fai begged to differ. He stated that Kurogane had the intuition of a ninja and knew his stuff. If he assigned her this, she was probably more than ready for it. Sakura's assignment was very straightforward. She had to go to a dimension of a king that had banned magic. Only problem, the reason he had done this was because he was a clone of the real king. This was making a rift in time and space, causing other dimensions to ripple and be distorted.

Sakura looked at Fai and for the first time, felt her heart skip a beat. She felt her entire slightly heat up. She knew what this feeling was and was not keen on it hitting her so early after meeting this new man…

"Fai, what is your ability?" Sakura asked, trying to distract her entire body from straddling the porcelain skinned man next to her.

"I'm a mage and a vampire. But I do not like using magic or my teeth" Fai smiled and then blushed, showing Sakura his fangs and quickly covering his face.

"Oh, wow. What… What type of magic do you do?"

"… I can only use offensive magic. But what about you, Sakura-rura? What are you? Are you a witch?" Fai tried to deflect all the heat from himself, asking Sakura question after question.

"Oh. I'm a seer. Mainly things happen when I dream. But I have a few abilities awake" Sakura looked down at her feet.

Fai looked at Sakura inquisitively, knowing that she saw past the playful exterior that he was giving her. He loved the way she could see straight through him, even if it did make him feel a little naked. He placed his hand on her hand and smiled, hoping she didn't take this as a proposition.

Sakura smiled back and stood up, ready to go to the Dimension Portal. But Fai grabbed her arm and pulled her in the other direction to Kurogane's office.

Knock knock.

Fai did not wait for a response, he quickly barged in and told Kurogane that Sakura and him were going on an Assignment and they shouldn't be gone for more than a few days.

"Okay. Don't go shopping. And not forget to bring this bloody Manjuu Bun with you" Kurogane picked up the white Mokona that was trying to crawl across his head at the time, and threw it at the two at the door. Fai gently stepped out of the way, causing the plush being to fly into the hands of Sakura.

The confused female stood there, staring at the white ball of fluff in her hands. Sakura's eyes widened as she felt it move around before its ears flew up, and his playful, fun face beamed up at a bewildered Sakura.

"HELLOOOO" The Manjuu Bun leapt out of her hand, doing a somersault. "Mokona! Mokona! My name is Mokona! What's your name?"

Sakura looked aghast and then smiled, realising just what type of job she was letting herself in to. "My name is Sakura" The brunette smiled, holding the white ball in her cupped hands closer to her face.

"Hooray! Mokona and Sakura and Fai, going to a new Dimension. Hold on tight" Mokona closed his eyes and tensed as he concentrated on making sure they group travelled to the correct dimension.

Within seconds Sakura and Fai felt like they were being sucked in to a vortex, feeling their entire beings being stretched and moulded to somehow 'fit' through this portal.

As the team landed, Fai and Sakura hit something hard, their heads facing the sky. The two took a deep breath and smiled, enjoying the serene view of the stars. Until a clang took their entire view of the stars away and a metal cover replaced it.

"Fai! Sakura!" The two swiftly sat up, realising that, although the Majuu Bun was in clear view, there were metal bars preventing them from being close. They were in a cage. And Mokona was being taken away in the arms of a Regal Prince.