4Fai walked through the rain holding Mokona close to him. Sakura and Syaoran had only been a few feet from him when they were transported but he knew from experience that it did not matter.
'They could be anywhere or they could've not even arrived yet. They had been transported right? After all, they had been on other side of the barrier. Of course, the building crashing all around him did make it a lot harder to see things. Maybe they had not gotten all around the barrier, maybe the barrier moved, maybe they had not made it…. maybe their dead too.' He shuddered at both the rain and the though.
'No I have to start being much more optimistic! Kurogane he would have…'he sighed and started remembering his conversation earlier with Mokona.
Yuuko-san said that she has something for you. She said that if you find it then you can keep it and that every things already 'taken care of'. Finding it is your price.
He sighed it was getting very late and the streets had started to flood. Fai really had no idea when Mokona had the time to talk to Yuuko but he did not doubt the little fluff ball for a second. Not only because he was its friend but also because Yuuko seemed to be all knowing and probably could communicate at random times with Mokona... and without others knowing. How? Now that was the question!
'It's getting colder.' Fai thought as he moved more quickly.
'I'm going to get sick if I stay out here any longer…and I'm exhausted. '
He shivered again and stated walking faster as the rain kept pounding down on him. He stopped when he saw a store in front of him and deciding that he could stand the rain and harsh wind no longer quickly ran up to the store hoping that the owner was there and would let him in. After all most of the blood had been washed away and his clothes were too soaked and too muddy for anyone to really notice the blood left. He squinted when he got near the door.
'Wait was that…'
He almost laughed as he stared at it. Stuck to the doorknob with a red rubber band was a note. He picked it up and looked at the rubber band. He frowned.
'Did she have to choose that color? It reminded him of the ninja's eyes.' He abruptly snapped himself out of his thoughts as soon as that particular thought had made itself known in his conscious and pocketed the rubber band. He finally looked down and read the note he had in his right hand while holding a still snoozing Mokona in the other.
Dear Fai,
I assumed that you'd find this shop and knowing that my note could not had somehow detached itself from said shops doorknob I will also assume that some random stranger is not reading this in a subway station or in the middle of the street or worse a taco bell. Since you have found this shop, I hope you, like it
At this, he stopped and moved away from the shops door and to one of the shops big glass windows. What he saw surprised him and put a small smile on his face. Toys. Toys lined shelf after shelf and every table. Teddy bears and other types of plushies were on top of a counter that also had a cash register on it and below it, there was a class window with different trinkets and smaller bears and other figures. The tables that looked like a small workshop were on the other side of the shop facing another window. They were lined up and had animals and different accessories for those animals all over the place. The ceiling was covered with mostly painted airplanes and attached to them were some of those party things he saw someone put up in the previous world that glittered and shined in the light. He also saw that the walls were decorated with many paper animals and strings with puppets attached were hanging off nails in the wall. He sneezed suddenly and realized it was getting very cold outside and very wet as the rain started coming down harder so he made his way back to the door to find the key. The water under his feet had reached his ankles and was filling his shoes. With every step, he heard a 'splash' and his feet grew more and more numb.
'Maybe they froze…sure feels like it.'
Once he was at the door, he continues to read the letter, which had remained completely dry even if he himself {and Mokona} had not.
because it is now officially yours
He was expecting that but it still startled him to know that such wondrous albeit messy shop could ever truly be his. I apologize for all the messiness in the shop. Feel free to move anything you would like, buy new things, etc. The rooms are upstairs. Good luck Fai-san. I am sure Sakura-Chan and Syaoran are fine.
-Yuuko
She had drawn a purple butterfly at the end of her name.
PS keys are below the mat.
He slides his hand underneath the mat and pulled out a bronze colored key on a golden key chain. He hurriedly opened the door and looked around. Although it was messy, everything looked branded new.
'This shop looks small on the outside. How can so many things fit in it and why would my only price be to find it? It was difficult but…'
Fai decided to stop thinking about it and went to look for the stairwell that led up to the rooms.
'Where is …Oh there!'
He climbed the spiral staircase and thought about Yuuko's letter.
'If she thinks that the children are okay then that means they should be…I hope.'
He stopped at the top of the stair well and looked down the hall at the various rooms. There were five rooms on each side and two small wooden desks with lamps, yellow writing notebooks, and blue colored pens. There were also some weird things that he remembers were called phones on the desks. He made his way down the hall and looked at each room as he passed them.
'Well she would obviously know what happened…When did Yuuko not know everything? In fact, if she ever did not know then the world would probably end. Of course with that whole Fei Wang Reed thing if she didn't know the whole world or more correctly whole worlds would probably cease to exist.'
He stopped and peeked his head into one of there rooms of the right side. It was the fourth one and it seemed the coziest and best suited to his tastes because it was blue. The bed covers were a dark blue and the sheets underneath a lighter blue. The headboard had blues and gold's across it that made it look like a picture of the wind. The carpet was the same blue as the covers and the curtains where the same blue as the bed sheets. The curtains had golden cords attached to them to pull them away when sunlight was needed. A cherry oak desk was directly beneath the window and had cabinets all over it. On top of the desk was also paper, pens and a …flat rectangle thing? He walks closer and poked it a bit to see if it would pop up or something. When nothing happened, he lost interest and looked around some more. He looked to the side and saw a bathroom with a fluffy blue rug in the middle and a glass sink. His bathroom had an underwater theme and a bear in the middle of it for no reason. Fai blinked.
'This is….nice?'
He moved to a large closet and found clothes in it. Moving some clothes aside, he found comfortable looking pajamas and saw light blue slippers near the door of his new room. He changed clothes and put his old ones in a white laundry basket.
'I think I'll shower…'
*A while letter*
-Yawn- "I'm exhausted! Mokona do you want a shower too? "Mokona murmured something that sounded like no before turning around.
"Okay but you're getting one first thing tomorrow morning!" Fai said cheerfully.
He put Mokona down on one of the fluffy pillows and lying down next to it.
'Ill have to thank Yuuko for the shop later…' He frowned as he thought more.
'If she's giving me a shop then that might mean that I might be spending a while here.'
He sighed 'hopefully not to long. I'm worried about Sakura and Syaoran' He rolled over on his stomach and drifted of to sleep anxious to explore his shop tomorrow.