Chapter 5
The next day they were up and out looking for the feather "just as I thought, everyone doesn't walk around with their kudan out" Fai said looking around "even if we find the feather, will it give up the feather easily?" Kurogane asked "no" Tamara replied, suddenly Masayoshi's kudan came out of the wall next to Syaoran scaring Syaoran, Cheresa and Kurogane a little. Tamara let out a small laugh "Syaoran-kun!" Masayoshi called out running towards the group "Masayoshi-kun" Syaoran replied a bit surprised to see him, Masayoshi caught up with them and rested as his kudan disappeared "did you find what you needed?" he asked, Syaoran looked down "not yet" he replied "oh don't worry Syaoran-kun, I'm sure we'll find it today" Tamara said patting him on the back "then please let me guide you again!" Masayoshi chirped "are you sure?" Syaoran asked "yes" Masayoshi replied.
"How were you able to find where we were?" Fai asked "my kudan let me know where people I've met are" Masayoshi replied "wow" Syaoran and Cheresa said in unison "but… that's all it can do… its really weak" Masayoshi said, Tamara frowned "your right" she said "huh?" everyone looked at her "you are weak… but only because you believe you are, in saying your kudan's weak your saying you have a weak heart, no courage, so change that or are you going to allow yourself to be weak forever, be strong I know you can do it" Tamara told Masayoshi, suddenly there was a screech in the air and everyone turned in time to see a giant metal bird sweep through them picking up Mokona and Masayoshi "Masayoshi-kun!" Tamara shouted grabbing onto the bird as it flew away "Mokona! Masayoshi-kun! Tamara!" Syaoran shouted, a note landed at his feet, Syaoran opened and read the note, Cheresa looked over his shoulder "I can't read this language" she said.
"Fai-san! Kurogane-san! Look at this!" Kurogane and Fai gave him confused looks. "This paper fell down! That's where they were taken to, the palace!" Syaoran shouted, holding the paper out so they can see "I can't read it" Fai said "is it a ransom note?" Kurogane asked "eh? Syaoran exclaimed.
Cheresa stepped back and watched as the guys started checking their ears "I can't understand you two" Kurogane growled.
"I can't understand a word either of you are saying" Fai said, Syaoran stood there in thought for a few seconds before they all shouted out "Mokona!"
"Well done! Now you do realize you were all basically saying the same thing, right?" Cheresa said making them turn to her "I can understand you" Kurogane and Fai said while Syaoran asked "you can understand us?"
"I can understand all of you, I don't know how but I can and I don't want to be the only one to understand you so it's off to the palace" Cheresa said turning and walking off with the others behind her.
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Tamara held on as the bird took them to the Hanshin palace, when they landed a couple of guys grabbed her "hey let me go!" she shouted "no you grabbed onto the bird, why?" one of the guys asked "it grabbed Mokona and Syaoran-kun that's why" Tamara snapped "well well well, what do we have here, an extra?" Tamara looked up to see Primera looking at her "no, I was brought to teach you common sense, you know the thing you lack" Tamara replied, Primera went red in the face "how dare you-?!"
"No! how dare you kidnap a innocent boy so you an try to get the guy you like to notice you" Tamara snapped back, Primera gasped "I was going to keep you down here but you can go up with the others" Primera said "good, I'd rather be up there then in you stupid company" Tamara replied "and please gag her" Primera ordered, the guys took her, Masayoshi and Mokona to the roof "this is kidnapping, endangerment and child abuse, you could get sent to jail" Tamara shouted as they tied her up to a post next to Mokona who was hanging from a thing Tamara couldn't remember the name of "now to shut you up" one of the guys said before he put the gag over her mouth and then left "don't worry Tamara-san, Mokona will swing over there and take that off" Mokona said and started swinging back and forth until he grabbed onto Tamara's t-shirt, Tamara smiled under the gag thinking how cute it was.
Mokona climbed Tamara's arm until he reached her shoulder, when he did he grabbed the gag just before he slipped pulling the gag off with him "weeee!" he sang swinging back and forth "well done Mokona, I owe you a big hug" Tamara said and looked out as she saw Syaoran, Cheresa, Kurogane and Fai appear
"Excuse me! Can anyone tell me who wrote this letter?!" Syaoran asked showing the letter to the millions of people in front of the palace "I did!" Primera sang from her perch.
"Primera-chan!" All the guys shouted "I think I'm going to throw up" Tamara said with a disgusted look on her face "how dare you say you don't know who Primera-chan is?" one in the crowd shouted "Primera-chan is our idol! She can sing and dance, and also has sexy legs! On top of that she's got a super strong kudan! She cute and strong! She's the best!" they shouted "and she loves to kidnap children!" Tamara shouted.
"Right! Wait… how dare you?!" the crowd shouted "it's the truth or we wouldn't be up here!" Tamara shouted back "you tell 'em Timmy!" Cheresa shouted.
"Please let Masayoshi-kun, Mokona and Tamara go!" Syaoran shouted at Primera "isn't that Syaoran?" Primera asked pointing to Masayoshi.
"I'm Syaoran!" Syaoran shouted, Primera started whacking the guys that kidnapped them with a fan shouting "fools! You idiots goy the wrong person! And you!" Primera pointed to Tamara "you said that was Syaoran!" she shouted "I lied dummy!" Tamara shouted back.
"If I'm the person you looking for please let them go!" Syaoran shouted "no" Primera replied jumping onto the lower roof "if you want them back, you have to fight me first!" Primera shouted striking a pose making the crowd shout "Primera-chan" and "you are so cute", Tamara snickered as she watched Kurogane cover his ears and shout "shut up"
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"I can't find a way to climb up" Syaoran commented to the others "I might be able to get up" Fai said "you know where the stairs are" Syaoran asked "the stairs are inside like most palaces and buildings" Cheresa retorted.
"No, but I think I can get up there" Fai said "how?" Kurogane asked "by using my kudan" Fai replied, Tamara watched as Fai summoned his Kudan "oh no, I don't have my camera" she complained "Mokona has it" Mokona said holding Tamara's camera "good Mokona, take pots of pictures for me, okay?" Tamara asked "okay!" Mokona chirped and started taking pictures "yay more pictures for the scrapbook" she sang.
Fai floated into the air "what, he can fly! Even I can't do that! Come on out kudan! Take this!" she shouted bringing out her kudan that looked like a megaphone "everyone, check this out!" she shouted into the megaphone and those words came out of it and flew at Fai creating an explosion "Fai-san!" Tamara and Syaoran shouted in unison.
"Look" Kurogane told Syaoran and they saw the smoke clear to reveal Fai unhurt "damn, I knew he wasn't going to get hurt but I couldn't help it… they've already becoming close friends" Tamara said sighing.
"I'm surprised!" Fai shouted "that's also a kudan? This country is really amazing! Looks like Mokona is having fun too"
Tamara looked over at Mokona who was clapping and saying amazing over and over "Primera-chan's kudan is a special level kudan! You have to be careful!" Masayoshi shouted to Fai.
"No!" Primera shouted waving her arms about in anger "I won't lose!" she shouted into the megaphone.
"No fair!"
"Stop dodging!"
"Stop running away!" Primera kept shouting into the megaphone and Fai dodged every one of them "why? I keep missing!" she whined "work on you crappy shots then" Tamara shouted "shut up!" Primera shouted "if I let you kudan hit me it would hurt a lot" Fai said Primera stood there angry "how dare you! Take this!" she shouted into the megaphone, the attack separated and attacked from all around him "Mokona getting lots of pictures" Mokona said catching Tamara's attention "very good Mokona, do you have any good ones?" she asked while Primera started shouting nonsense into the megaphone "yes lots, Mokona likes taking photos, can Mokona help more often?" Mokona asked "I will have to check the photos you took today first then maybe" Tamara replied "yay!" Mokona sung.
"In this case… time for a change! Its time to transform!" Primera shouted "oh no" Tamara said looking down to see Primera's kudan transform into a microphone stand "my kudan is turning into a microphone stand model, now you can't run away anymore!" she shouted "everyone loves me so much!" she shouted into the microphone, Fai dodged the attack.
"Yeah!" Primera shouted and pulled the microphone stand up making the attack change direction hitting Fai "Fai!" Tamara and Syaoran shouted again "you bitch!" Tamara shouted at Primera "I hope you get fat and your hair falls out!" she shouted as Fai climbed out of the tree he landed in "Fai, are you alright?!" she shouted to him "I'm fine, no need to worry!" he told her, Tamara sighed.
Kurogane looked at Cheresa to find her staring off into space "oi" he said shacking her "wha-what?" she asked, Kurogane frowned "what's up with you? There's a battle going on and your standing here staring off into space" he replied "oh, I was just thinking about what Timmy had told me last night after I found her picking up scraps of paper" Cheresa told him "oh, really?" Kurogane wondered "yes, she made up her mind on what she's going to do" Cheresa replied.
"Wha-"
"Now its your little friend Syaoran's turn!" Primera shouted cutting Kurogane off.
"Troublesome chick, Syaoran has more important things he needs to do!" Fai told her "you tell her Fai!" Cheresa shouted "anyway I wanted to end this battle myself" Fai said "if that's what you want then…" Tamara gasped realizing what was going to happen she scrunched her eyes up tight "you have to beat me first!" Primera shouted into the mic, the words went straight for Fai who dodged and ran up them and pinned Primera to the ground "I don't want to hurt such a cute girl, so… can you please stop fighting?" he asked, Primera sniffled "I… I can't lose!" she shouted and accidentally her mic shot an attack which hit the thing Masayoshi and Mokona were tied to.
"Ahhh!" Masayoshi yelled as he and Mokona fell towards the earth, Tamara's ropes broke as the attack hit sending Tamara over the edge only for her to grab the edge with one of her hands "oh no! I'm slipping!" she shouted.
"Watch out!" Syaoran shouted, Tamara turned her head to see that Shougo's kudan caught Masayoshi and Mokona "Timmy!" Cheresa yelled running towards the building "I can't hold on!" Tamara shouted before she lost her grip "ahhhh!" she screamed as she fell "Tamara! Shadowfang catch her!" Cheresa yelled, a big black wolf appeared and caught Tamara just before she hit the ground "thank you Shadowfang" Tamara said patting the wolfs head, Tamara looked up to see Syaoran facing off against Shougo "wow that was quick" she said "Shadowfang, please take me to the others" she asked, it nodded and took off, they arrived as soon as Shougo shouted "go!"
Syaoran jumped and kicked the rock that flew at him in half, he landed on the lower level as Tamara ran to them "Timmy, are you okay?" Cheresa asked running up to her "I'm fine just a few bumps and bruises" Tamara replied "I wonder why the bird kidnapped you" Kurogane said "your right, Kuro-tan they thought Masayoshi-kun was Syaoran that's why they kidnapped him but they didn't say why they kidnapped Tamara-san" Fai added turning to Tamara who looked away "they didn't kidnap me" Tamara said "what?" Cheresa asked "I grabbed onto the bird at the last second" Tamara replied "look" Cheresa said pointing to Syaoran who shot a fire blast at Shougo knocking him off his feet "Shougo-kun!" Primera shouted, Shougo's kudan caught Shougo and let him go on the ground "wow, this is the first time I flew this far" Shougo stated "Shougo-kun!" Primera shouted "I'm ok so don't shout" Shougo shouted back "I wasn't worried!" Primera shouted shaking her arms up and down.
"This is an interesting battle" Cheresa commented "yeah to bad the feather isn't in this kudan" Tamara replied "what?!" Kurogane, Fai and Cheresa shouted at the same time "the feather is not in Shougo's kudan" Tamara repeated "why didn't you say anything?" Kurogane growled "because 1. Syaoran needs this battle and 2. The feather will reveal its self in a few minutes anyway" Tamara told him.
"Everybody run!" Shougo shouted "oh crap" Tamara said and moved to the edge of the stone ledge "set!" Shougo shouted, Tamara braced herself and called Asshina "keep the water away from us" she told her, Asshina nodded "go"
Shougo's kudan let a tsunami loose, completely covering the lower area, Asshina held her hands up and the water slpashed in front of them like it hit a wall then settled down at the edge of the high ground they were standing on "thank you Asshina" Tamara said "Syaoran-kun!" Cheresa and Masayoshi yelled "he's fine" Tamara said, just then Syaoran floated above the water in a ball of fire "wow that's cool" Tamara sighed as Cheresa said this why am I not surprised? Tamara thought as she watched Cheresa grow sparkles in her eyes "Chi, get over it" she said rubbing her forehead.
Suddenly the top of the castle broke and began to fall forward on Masayoshi, Mokona and Primera "watch" Tamara ordered the other, Fai and Cheresa looked up, Kurogane scowled before looking at the castle.
Suddenly Masayoshi's kudan grew to the size of a giant "holy shit!" Cheresa shouted "oh the feather!" Mokona shouted "its in this kudan!"
"The feather is in that one? That kudan?" Kurogane asked "yes" Tamara replied "that's why Mokona couldn't find it when it was searching for people, its at its strongest when its protecting him. Last time Mokona felt it, Masayoshi was in trouble and right now, he's also protecting him" Fai said, Tamara smirked slightly "you are smarter then you look Fai-kun, you seem different from how you act" Tamara teased, Fai looked at her in surprise and Tamara smiled at him "so what the hell are you going to do?" Kurogane asked Syaoran who came up to them "I will get the feather back" Syaoran replied "but you could die" Cheresa complained "I won't die, since I have something to do, I won't die" Syaoran said, Tamara sighed "well hurry up and go, you don't want to lose it do you?" she asked with a small smile on her face "yep, Kuro-tan will take care of us, so go ahead" Fai added "what?!" Kurogane shouted "so, goodbye" Syaoran said before getting on his kudan and disappearing from their view.
"Syaoran is strong in many ways, I understand why he got the fire kudan and I got the air kudan" Fai said "maybe but you are also strong too Fai-kun as well as Kurogane-san, you just don't know the kind of strength you need more then anything" Tamara said before walking off "Timmy where are you going?" Cheresa asked "the house" Tamara replied as she kept walking, Cheresa took a few steps before stopping and turning to the others "can you please make sure Syaoran-kun is okay, I know he survives but I don't know if he gets injured or not" Cheresa said, Kurogane scowled "fine" he growled, Cheresa smiled "thanks Kurogane-san, you to Fai-san" she said before running after Tamara.
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"Timmy, why didn't we stay to see if Syaoran was alright?" Cheresa asked as they entered the front yard "because I already know" Tamara replied "but he's our friend we should have stayed-"
"He's not my friend!" Tamara shouted looking at her feet "none of them are th-they can't be, they sh-shouldn't be, I can't stand any of my friends getting hurt!" she shouted "if they are my friends I would have to watch them get hurt and nearly die on this quest and I don't want to hurt in my heart, I'll be fine when I'm physically hurt but I can't stand my heart in pain, so they're not my friends" Tamara said and opened the door "look if you want to see Syaoran go upstairs to Sakura's room he'll be there in a few minutes, but I'm not staying with you" Tamara added before entering the house, Cheresa gave a sad look before entering the house and going up-stairs to Sakura's room, when she opened the door she saw Arashi putting some stuff away "hey Arashi-san, I'll look after Sakura for you" she said entering the room, Arashi turned to her "why thank you Cheresa-san" she said before moving to the door "oh Arashi-san, be careful Timmy's in a bad mood so she might be a bit hostile" Cheresa warned, Arashi nodded "okay"
Cheresa sighed and sat down against the wall "Timmy, haven't you noticed? They are already becoming your friends" she said to herself then got up and started pacing around the room, after her seventh round Cheresa stopped by the window to see Arashi talking with Sorata, then Syaoran appeared and ran straight into the house after shouting out "I found one of Sakura's feathers!" Cheresa eyes widened before she ran out into the hallway just before Syaoran came up the stairs "I see you got back okay, and with the feather" she said "yes" Syaoran replied and went straight to Sakura, Cheresa went back to thinking about what Tamara said, she was so deep in thought she didn't notice Fai and Kurogane come up the stairs towards her "Cheresa-san?" Fai called waving a hand in front of her face with no response but the hurt in her eyes, Kurogane grabbed her shoulder and shook her lightly enough to get her out of her thoughts "huh? Oh hi Fai-san and Kurogane-san, when did you get here?" she asked while putting on a smile "same time the kid did, now what's wrong with you?" Kurogane asked "nothing, I'm fine" Cheresa said before turning around to look at Syaoran and Sakura "Sakura!" Syaoran shouted, Cheresa smiled at them "they look so cute together" she whispered "who are you?" Sakura asked Syaoran, Cheresa's jaw dropped "fuck" she whispered and watched as Syaoran dropped Sakura's hand in shock, Cheresa was about to go in there when Syaoran spoke up "I'm Syaoran and you are Sakura-hime, please listen to me carefully. You are the princess of another world"
"Another world?" Sakura asked, Syaoran nodded "yes, right now you are missing your memories; to get them back we had to go to another world" Syaoran explained "me alone?" Sakura asked "no you have travelling companions."
"Are you one of them?" Sakura asked "yes" Syaoran replied "you're doing this for a total stranger?" Sakura questioned, Syaoran had a look of sadness cross his face "I am" he said with a fake smile, Cheresa watched until Fai walked past her into the room "princess Sakura, I'm pleased to make your acquaintance. Fai D. Flowright at your service" he said as he put a hand on Syaoran's shoulder, Syaoran got up as Cheresa and Kurogane entered the room "and may I present-"
"I'm Kurogane" Kurogane said cutting Fai off "and I'm Cheresa, nice to meet you, there is another with us but you'll meet her later…" Cheresa trailed off as her look of hurt reappeared on her face, Fai and Kurogane caught this and Fai held Mokona out to Sakura "and this cute, fluffy one is…"
"Mokona Modoki! But you can say Mokona" Mokona said introducing itself, Kurogane watched as Syaoran left the room, Cheresa got up to go after him but Kurogane put his arm out and shook his head, Cheresa looked down before turning and going back to Sakura and Mokona, Fai and Kurogane went to the window "at that moment, I was sure he would cry. It seems that Sakura-chan is the most important person in the world to Syaoran-kun, so when she said 'who are you?' I felt certain that he would cry. I wonder if he's crying now" Fai said as Syaoran stood motionless outside in the rain "don't know. But if he wants to keep from crying, he'll just have to get stronger. Strong enough so that he won't be the one crying in the end" Kurogane replied "yeah… but… I also think there's a certain strength that's needed to be able to cry when you should" Fai told him "just reading this is not nearly as bad as seeing it in real life" Cheresa said looking out the window at Syaoran and the three kudan trying to comfort him "what do you mean?" Fai asked, Cheresa looked up at him "you do need to know but they are Tamara's and I don't know if I can get them, but…" Cheresa trailed off "but what?" Kurogane asked "I'll show you tonight so don't go to sleep early" Cheresa said before walking over to Sakura, Fai and Kurogane looked at each other before shrugging.