It had happened in and instant… a blur… a flash… It was only yesterday that Syaoran found himself standing before a large, eloquently decorated gate leading into a city unlike any he had seen before. It toward over everything and was unlike any other world he had seen before, despite how many worlds he had, in fact, seen.

Before he arrived in the city, he was in the library of Lecourt Country. He had gotten Sakura’s feather. They were escaping the library’s guardians when Fai used magic and Mokona took them away…

… but where we the others? Fai? Kurogane? Mokona?

Sakura?

Worry and nervousness began to course through his veins as he wandered through the streets, mainly sticking to the area he had arrived in. What if something had happened to Sakura? He had sworn to protect her! She had to be here, right? Just like the others?

This had happened before though… Just like in the Country of Shura… He, Sakura, and Mokona were split up from Fai and Kurogane. They had found each other again. Why should it be any different?

Nevertheless, he had to find them. Syaoran would be able to use the little journal he had received yesterday to his advantage but then what? He had seen many people with them. Maybe it was just a custom of the world.

As he had done numerous times before, Syaoran passed in front of the very gate he had entered when he first arrived at the city. A girl suddenly rushed through the gate, as if being ushered through quickly.

"Hey, are you okay?" he called out to her.