There's no going back to those days,
but I swear that now, I'll beat out your sorrow
I may not overcome it unharmed,
exhaustively marking the footprints
of the journey to meet you again
You once taught me that
the pounding of the heart is what drives us on
They haven't taken our future away,
and knowing that, I can go on
Just go on
As long as you smile, as long as you can sing,
that becomes everything that I desire
Wow
The courage you've given me, the kindness you've shown me,
gives me the strength to look forward and walk on
It looks like we've arrived.
It isn't the world where I came from.
It's not the world where I came from, either.
This is a new world?
Princess, why do you look like that?
That goes for you, too, Syaoran.
Kuro-sama, you look really funny.
So do you!
What in the world...
...is going on?
This looks like quite a fun little world.
Which part?
If the town is like this, then maybe we're a better fit for it in this form.
What's that?
Come and see! The traveling performers, the Suzuran Troupe,
will be putting on grand performances, starting today!
We would like to invite all of you to please come and see us.
Hey, you! What good is that relaxed voice going to do us?
This isn't a wake we're putting on! You have to put more oomph into it!
L-I guess you're right.
"Come and see! The traveling performers, the Suzuran Troupe,"
- It looks like Soseki-san and Suzuran-chan - "will be putting on grand performances, starting today!"
- Are friends in this world, too. - "We would like to invite all of you to please come and see us!"
- It sure does. - "We would like to invite all of you to please come and see us!"
Stop being so happy-go-lucky. Hey, white manju bun,
why do we all look like this? Explain yourself!
Huh? Now that you mention it...
Where is Moko-chan?
Moko-chan? If you're in there, answer me.
Well?
It doesn't look like he's here.
In that last world, we did drop down in separate places, and all.
Let's search over in that direction next.
Ruins, you say?
I remember them, thanks to that last feather.
There were ruins in the desert, which I could see from the castle.
The ruins were always encircled in sandstorms,
and sometimes, the whole land would shake.
Almost like...
Like the ruins were struggling to leap up out of the desert.
The truth is, I've also been to Clow Country.
Is that right? Where did you live?
Well...
And that you're really a very, very important person to me-
What's the matter?
Oh, it's nothing.
Let's go, Princess.
Huh? Where is this place?
Syaoran! Sakura!
Fai! Kuro-rin!
Man, that little whitey... Where is he off goofing around?
Since we can still understand each other,
he couldn't be anywhere too far away.
After we take a little break, let's look for him again.
Syaoran-kun, look.
Mekyo!!
It's Sakura's feather!
Mokona found it all on his own. Nice going!
Syaoran... Sakura... Fai... Kurogane...
That pen has unusual powers.
Who are you?
I am a storyteller.
Storyteller?
That's right.
My job was to entertain people through pictures and stories.
Stories are another world.
As the author, I am able to freely manipulate what happens there.
Even the flow of time.
You're able to control time, too?
As long as it's within the story.
That's amazing.
Yes.
But this is Sakura's feather.
They are very important things,
that Syaoran is desperately trying to gather.
So, please, give this feather back to Sakura.
All right. But there's something we have to do before that.
We must help get everyone out from inside there.
Huh? You mean, Syaoran and the others...
Since they dropped into the story world,
they have now become part of the story.
They were probably called into it by the feather's owner, Sakura-san.
Because the story world was drawn with that feather.
How can we get everyone out of there?
We must use the mysterious pen
to draw a story where everyone is able to get back outside.
However, it requires that one has strong feelings toward one's friends.
Which is why...
Puu...
...from here on, you will draw the story.
Your feelings of wanting to help them will move the feather.
Mokona is going to draw the pictures?
Fai-san, something terrible has happened!
What's the matter?
L-it's Kurogane-san!
Hey, you!
Stop it! Don't eat me!
Oh, my.
Whoosh!
Puu!
Oh, that wasn't supposed to happen.
That mysterious pen takes whatever you imagine in your mind
and turns it into a picture, so you have to focus your feelings.
This is hard.
Say, could I make Syaoran and the others be someplace else?
Such as?
Someplace that Mokona knows well.
Then, I could focus my feelings, and create a proper story.
All right.
Huh? The background is disappearing.
What is the deal with this world?
Princess, please stay close to me.
Mm-hmm.
Just you wait, Sakura. Mokona is going to try hard like Syaoran,
and get you your feather.
W-what is this!?
"Our School" Rise.
"Our School" Bow.
"Year" "Paper" Bow.
"Year" "Paper" Be seated.
Take your seats. Is everyone present? [Iruka: "present?"]
Dolphins!? [Iruka: "dolphins"]
I got in a joke right away.
Today, I'm going to introduce you all to a new friend.
Come on in.
Huh? Haven't I seen that boy before, somewhere...
My name is Syaoran. Pleased to meet you.
Your seat is over there.
Pleased to meet you. I'm Sakura.
This isn't the first time we've met.
You might have seen this coming, but in Mokona's story,
I've made it so that Sakura hasn't forgotten Syaoran.
Now, Syaoran's "loneliness" will disappear.
I remember! You lived next to me when we were in kindergarten.
It's been a long time. Have you been okay?
Of course. Say, do you remember?
Back then, I told you that I would be your bride, Syaoran-kun, huh?
Sure I do.
I've remembered it this whole time.
You might have seen this coming,
but Syaoran and Sakura just had to be friends.
Oh yeah? Syaoran-kun, you're living on your own, now...
My dad is away in a foreign land, excavating some ruins, and all.
Are you eating enough, and everything?
I guess I don't cook very much at home.
In that case, maybe I'll come over and cook for you sometime.
Here, try this.
Are you sure?
Mm-hmm.
Now, a new character shows up.
Bah!
Oh, am I interrupting?
Of all people, if it isn't Fai-sensei, the cooking teacher
who's popular with the girls, but a little on the unusual side.
Thank you for that right-to-the-point explanatory line.
By the way, your name was Syaoran-kun, right?
I understand your hobby is to excavate old ruins.
Sure, that's what you do, all right. Can I ask you for a favor, then?
The thing is, I have a friend who's at an excavation site,
and he's having a lot of trouble deciphering some ancient writing,
I wonder if you would be good enough to help him out.
The site I'm talking about is near the school, so that's okay.
Well, is that okay? All right, then, no time like the present.
Let's head there right now. With that said...
Let's go!
Oh, wait...
T-these are the ruins?
That's right.
I'm Soseki, the archaeologist.
I'm his assistant, Suzuran.
You're Syaoran-kun, right?
Yes. So, where is this ancient writing that you can't decipher?
Right here.
Are you sure about this, Sensei?
That writing couldn't be read by not only us,
but many other scholars, as well.
I know that we're grasping at straws.
I doubt that he can read it, but if he can find even a clue...
I read it!
That was fast!
This is a warning from the ancients.
"Thou shalt not touch the golden jar.
If ye touch the jar, an evil power shall be unleashed,
and an evil black demon which will destroy the world shall be revived."
Black demon?
A golden jar?
Do you think they might mean this thing?
What's that?
It came from the school!
Kuro-rin, looking good!
Hurry and take shelter!
One moment, please. There is more to the inscription.
To seal the black demon once again,
a pure man and woman must offer up a kiss at this temple.
A kiss... You don't mean?
That thing where you scatter beans!
It means to press lips together.
I made a funny, but they ignored me.
Okay, if that's how you want it, I'll force the story along!
Syaoran-kun, Sakura-chan, this is to save the world!
Kiss each other, right now!
Beam!!
- Whammo! - Whammo!
Beam!!
Syaoran-kun...
Sakura-san...
- Blammo! - Blammo!
Suzuran-kun, I...
Sensei...
Puu!
Beam!!
Got him!
Oh? Where are we?
Moko-chan...
Welcome back, everyone.
Hey, whitey, where have you been hiding?
We've been looking all over for you, and...
That's strange. I can't remember what happened.
You're right. What were we doing before just now?
Ta-da!
Here you go.
Is that...
Mokona, you found it all by yourself?
Mm-mm, no I didn't. There was a very pretty lady who helped me.
She has the power to freely control whatever happens
in the stories that she draws.
She said that she could even control time within her works.
Control time...
By any chance, Syaoran-kun,
are you caught up on what happened in that last world we were in?
By us going into the land of Shura,
which was in the land of Shara's past,
the present of that land was changed.
Even though it turned out well,
it doesn't change the fact that we interfered with the flow of time.
You're wondering if we should have been allowed
to change the future they had there, right?
There's no telling if we'll ever go into a past world again.
But if we keep on going like we did in the land of Shura,
what will happen to the histories of other worlds?
It's one thing for you to think about, Syaoran-kun,
but there's nothing that we can do about it now, is there?
Yes, but...
For now, how about not thinking about it, and setting it off to the side?
Trying hard to do everything you can is one thing,
but you can't manage something on the scale of changing history, right?
When you are unable to do anything, it's important to recognize that.
Fai-san...
Syaoran-kun, what's the first thing you should be thinking about now?
Collecting Princess Sakura's feathers.
Whatever else happens, we have to continue our journey.
She said that by doing this, she could go on journeys, as well.
I'll bet she left a long time ago.
I wanted to draw together with her again, but we won't see her anymore.
I forgot to return her hat to her.
Moko-chan, you hold on to that feather for a little while, okay?
Puu?
Until you can engrave the memories of that person in your mind, Moko-chan.
Sakura...
That's okay, right, Syaoran-kun?
Yes.
All right, then, I'll give it to you once we get to the next world, okay?
Mokona Modoki is all excited!
You haven't yet realized
that the two of us have the power to change even yesterday
For no reason, I'm lonely (lonely)
With tears streaming down my face
I'm missing my one and only (only)
The one I trace out in the sky, and that's you
Take my, take my hand, and let's go on together,
reach out, reach out your hand, and catch hold of the wind,
take my, take my hand, and do not be afraid,
hold my, hold my hand, and I can fly,
when I'm with you
Puu!
The feather of Sakura's that Mokona was holding on to
got taken away by a trailer that was driving by!
It's going at high speed, and we can't chase after it!
There's no way we could catch up!
As we were lost about what to do, oh, a bus came!
Please, let Mokona and the others on!
Who were the passengers who were riding on that bus?
Just wait until you see!
Tsubasa Chronicles, "Dangerous Road"
Next time, your heart will pound over "what life is"!