This story is based on the way I feel at the moment. It will probably have its ups and downs but with the way my life is now, it will probably be a lot more downs than ups. Here you go…

Chapter 1: Arrival and Departure

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Sakura felt her stomach drop the second the group blinked into existence in the new world but she was too dazed from dimensional travel and her rush of memories to fully understand what was happening. She was falling, that much she could tell. She looked around and saw Kurogane and Fay were falling as well, Kurogane once again screaming at Mokona for putting them in danger again. By this time she was conscious of the warm arms that were entangled around her. She saw Syaoran's face as he assessed the situation and tried to figure out how to save them. He looked calm and confident. She allowed herself to give in to the overwhelming feelings inside her and passed out.

Sakura woke up an argument between Syaoran and Kurogane. She stood up to stop them but nearly passed out from the blood rushing back into her head. Syaoran quickly forgot the argument and went to break her fall. Successfully catching her, he set her back down in her bed. It was only then did she examine the new world they were in. This one seemed much more technologically advanced than her home or any of the other worlds she had visited in the past few… She stopped to consider the amount of time that had passed since they had begun their search for the feathers. Technically, there was no way of telling how much time had passed since they had traveled through so many different time periods. Sakura estimated it must have been several years based on the way time flowed through her home world. Thinking rationally, they had spent several days or even weeks in each world. And they had been to maybe 40 worlds. Never being good at that kind of math, she stopped there and assumed that it had been a long time.

During her thinking, the guys had begun fighting again. When Sakura finally snapped out of her time travel thoughts, she picked up on what the fights was about based on what they were yelling about.

"I don't care about the price of the wish or your journey anymore. The princess is in trouble and I have to go home to save her."

"You swore you would help us Kuro-san. Besides, even if you can be teleported to your home world again, there's no guarantee it will be at the right time. You might appear there a hundred years after she's dead." answered Syaoran.

"I don't care. Even if it's only a one-in-a-million chance, if it's to save Princess Tomoyo, I have to try. Hey, Mokona! Get the witch for me."

"Mokona doesn't like this idea. Mokona thought you were going to help Sakura-chan no matter what."

"No, I said I'd help as long as I could get closer to my old world. Now I have to get back there and I'm willing to give up anything for it. NOW GET THE WITCH!!"

The jewel on Mokona's head began to glow and soon a holographic image of the Dimensional Witch appeared in front of him.

"I have a wish," he said. "I want to go back to my home world now."

"I thought you were going to follow your destiny and help these two recover Sakura's feathers." she answered.

Kurogane mumbled something about destiny and then replied in a low tone: "Something's come up."

"All right. The price for your wish is the thing that is most important to you. For you, that is princess Tomoyo. However, since the wish involves her, I can't take that away. So instead, I take your next closest thing. Your memories of this adventure. Do you understand?"

Kurogane was silent for a moment then gave his reply. "I'll give anything to save my princess. Take what you need." he finished in a somber tone.

"As you wish. I will teleport you to your original world. When I do so, you will lose all memory of ever having left on this journey. Are you ready?"

He looked back at Syaoran realizing that he could not finish his sword training. He diverted his gaze to the frail Sakura staring in confusion at the scene before her. Then he looked back to the witch. "Yeah…. Let's go."

"You're not even saying goodbye to Fai?" asked Syaoran who was obviously mad past the point of trying to express himself.

Kurogane thought a moment. "You'll have to say goodbye for me. And make sure you mention that if he kills himself, I'll make sure I hunt him down no matter what world he ends up in. Good luck on your mission you two. I'm kinda sorry I won't get to see the end of it all." Then he turned back to the witch and mumbled to himself. "Maybe once I'm gone you two will finally be honest with each other."

"What did you say?" asked Sakura.

"Nothing important. Now let's go witch. Let's get this show on the road."

"All right. The light you see before you is the portal to your world. Go ahead and step in."

Kurogane took one last look at his companions before stepping into the light. A tear slid down his face as he did but he looked away before any of them could see it.

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Well, that's chapter 1. Generally, my chapters start out short but they get longer as the plot unfolds. Plus, I update based on reviews. The more reviews I get, the faster I'll update. So press my little button friend and tell me what you think.