"Is she?..."
"Yeah."
Syaoran paled. Maecenas was just staring to oddly fit into the rhythm of their days, joking around with Mokona and being a friend to all of them, to an extent. Fai shook his head and kept silent. Suddenly, he walked out of the room. Kurogane watched this with a large frown on his face. The odds that Maecenas hadn't gone and searched the main floor before going upstairs (but then, why would she? Who would be down there at that hour?) were clearly in his favor. He would have died if he had stayed in his bed.
"Hitsuzen," the ninja bluntly recalled. Syaoron's eyes widened. Kurogane sighed before picking up a discarded shirt from the day before and wiping of the blood from his blade. Sakura yawned, turning to her side and opening her eyes. She squealed in surprise. Syaoran had been sitting on the floor next to her, so his head was the first thing she saw.
"Syaoran-kun!" the princess then noticed Kurogane. "Kurogane-san! What happened?" She stared at the sword with worried eyes. Luckily, the man had removed all the blood and hidden the soiled shirt. Fai returned from wherever he had run off to, holding the mirror in his hands. The thin man smiled softly at the princess. Mokona crawled out of the covers next to the girl, sitting up on her knee.
"Let's call Yuuko." The small creature offered.
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"The Polis is cursed? Is that what they said?" the Witch asked, smirking. Fai and Kurogane nodded. "Well, once the feather is gone, things should return to normal."
Kurogane snorted in disbelief. "Bullshit. That's too easy."
"It was never a problem for them anyway, Kurogane."
"Eh?"
"All of the citizens possess some form of magic; though many of them aren't aware of this. The mass panic of the Queen dying, combined with their power, caused the 'curse' to be put into full effect. The feather just pushed the envelope further."
"What the hell is an envelope?"
Yuuko sighed, shaking her head and smiling softly.
"Anyway, to get the feather, if you haven't figured it out already, you need to smash the mirror. After that, I suggest that you leave this world," Yuuko said dryly, poker- faced.
The group shared a look of confusion.
"Why?"
"Someone else is quickly heading to the world. I'm sure that you'll figure out whom, and make the right choice." With that, the Witch vanished.
"Syaoran-kun…" Sakura said quietly. The princess looked up at Fai, who still had the mirror. "Give me the feather. If it's gone, he may just pass this world by without hurting anyone."
Everyone seemed to agree, and Kurogane grabbed the mirror away, breaking the smooth surface with a fist. A feather floated out, and he handed it to Sakura. It floated into her chest, and she quickly fell back into a sleep.
Kurogane walked over to the window. The sun was just beginning to make itself known.
"We should take care of the body. Dispose of it," he said to the others, not looking at them.
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Within an hour, the body had been buried in a field, away from prying eyes. The blood had been cleaned from the bedroom, and the travelers made their beds, removed all of their possessions from the house, and left. They decided to leave behind the loaned clothes, and donned their original clothes before heading down to the market to get some food for the next world.
"What should we buy?" Syaoran asked.
"Anything but fish," Fai and Kurogane said in unison. Syaoran nodded, buying some bread and cheese instead. Sakura was asleep in Kurogane's arms, so she had no say in what food she wanted to get. Syaoran bought her a small candy for when she woke up anyway.
The boy recalled the time he spent at the beach with Sakura. She loved all of the twisted shells scattered across the sand.
"Could we go back to the sea?" he asked the two men. They looked like they really wanted to say no, but finally agreed. The boy smiled. He knew they didn't have that much time to leave, but he really wanted to give something to the princess.
Something to make her smile.
Another hour passed, and Syaoran had a fistful of only the most beautiful shells he could find. Fai and Kurogane took refuge with the princess and the pork bun in the shade of a tree. They were silent.
"Hey, mage." Kurogane muttered, leaning against the tree. He still had Sakura in his arms, to keep her from getting all sandy.
"Hmm?" Fai hummed, sprawled across the sandy ground. He looked up at the raven haired man from behind pale locks.
"Since when could you sing?"
Fai laughed lightly propping his chin in his hand and doodling in the sand. "I just picked it up, I guess."
"Really?" Kurogane didn't seem to believe him. Fai looked up at him, smiling.
"Really, Kurgles. No lies."
"That's new."
"Is there anything else we needed to do before we left?" Syaoran called, pocketing the shells.
"Not that I can think of, Syaoran-kun." Fai called back.
"Can we just get the hell out of here?" Kurogane grumbled. The wizard muttered something about grumpy puppies, smiling, and the taller man kicked sand in his face. Sputtering, Fai leapt to his feet and to the sea, stopping by before actually going into the water and splashing some in his face.
"Kuro-moo, that was mean!" Fai wined loudly, resting an arm across a knee and rubbing the salty water left from his eyes with the other hand.
"So?"
"Kuro-meanie is a fish-flopping fool!" Mokona suddenly shrieked. The beach fell silent, all eyes on the small creature. Fai began laughing
"…The hell?" Kurogane said with a bemused expression.
Sakura began to stir, and the ninja set her on her feet when she opened her eyes. She yawned.
"Where are we?"
"We haven't left yet," Kurogane mumbled. Syaoran appeared out of nowhere.
"Princess, we were about to leave. Is there anything final that you wanted to do here?" the boy asked. Sakura smiled at him brightly, saying that there was really nothing she could think of.
"Well, let's get the hell out of here!" Kurogane said again. "Pork bun!" he yelled at Mokona.
"Right!" the creature replied, jumping into the air and taking the group of travelers away.
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As the group disappeared, a hushed silence fell across the land.
Not far away, in a lonely field, a single hand punched out of the soil, spraying dirt everywhere. The soil had been hastily packed on, so getting the rest of the body out was easy. Maecenas stood, brushing grime off of her dress and hair before looking out to the sea.
She smiled.
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AN: Final chapter! Just when I was seriously losing interest in this, I tried writing some more… I like the story again! Sadly, I really had nothing else to write except for the 'wrap-up' stuff, so I'm sorry for the epic shortness! I could have kept it going… if I get another huge idea I might, but don't count on it ;D I want to start another story; I just need a good idea…
Till next time,
DP
…Anyone have any ideas for my next story???
Another Tsubasa?
Crossover?
Song fic? (just kidding, but I could try)
Last time I checked, Tsubasa has only one chapter left! *fangirl scream of anguish* unless it was posted in the last hour… o.O;
"fish-flopping fool" is something my principal said over the intercom one day when he was giving a rather epic mini speech on staying in school and doing our best. No disrespect to him (really, he's a pretty ok guy I guess… he actually cares about the band at least), but it was so funny! It left the entire class in a shocked silence, including the teacher, until everyone was laughing