Fantasy in the world of crossover anime

"Are you classmates?" Matsumoto Masaki asked, seeing that Mikami Hiroyu and Sakura were talking as if they were classmates.

Mikami Hiroyu and Sakura nodded at the same time. "Since Hiroyu is helping, let's help too," Tomoyo suggested.

Chiharu Mihara, Rika Sasaki, and Naoko Yanagisawa nodded in agreement. Masaki Matsumoto initially wanted to refuse, but ultimately agreed in the face of Tomoyo's strong diplomatic skills.

With many hands making light work, the dolls were quickly arranged in the shop, and the area was cleaned up. Matsumoto Masaki invited Mikami Hiroyu and Sakura's friends, Tomoyo, Mihara Chiharu, Sasaki Rika, and Yanagisawa Naoko, to have tea on the second floor. The girls went upstairs and discovered many dolls, becoming overjoyed as if they had entered a doll world.

Looking at Masaki-nee standing at the shop entrance saying goodbye, Mikami Hiroyu thought about the troubles she had mentioned at the tea party. He knew it was all due to the trickery she had pulled. But he couldn't say it outright.

"Sister Masaki, your dream will come true, and your doll is very cute." After saying that, Mikami Hiroyu got into the butler's car.

As Matsumoto Masaki watched Mikami Hiroyu's car disappear into the distance, he couldn't help but chuckle, "That Hiroyu."

But who could have known? Years later, when Matsumoto Maki's doll shops had spread throughout Japan, she still couldn't forget the little boy who told her in the sunset that her dreams would come true. It was those words that kept Matsumoto Maki and her husband together. But by then, Mikami Hiroyu was no longer in this world.

Chapter Nine: Li Xiaolang Arrives

During the lunch break, several students in Class 4-2, where Hiroyuki Mikami was, didn't go out to play. The reason? Because Naoko Yanagisawa was telling ghost stories.

It was late that day, so I wanted to take a shortcut home through the forest behind the school. Suddenly, a crow cawed and flew away from a tree, startling me. Then I turned around and saw a glowing blue dot floating out of the woods. At first, I thought it was a firefly, so I followed it, and it led me to the edge of a cliff where it stopped. Then, the dot of light transformed into a monster.

"Waaah, stop talking!" Sakura, who was standing to the side, was most afraid of hearing things about ghosts and monsters.

"Naoko-chan, is what you're saying true?" Mihara Chiharu, who wasn't afraid of yokai, pressed on.

Naoko Yanagisawa nodded, and then Chiharu Mihara became interested and suggested, "To verify whether this is true or not, let's investigate! My club activities will end early today, let's invite Rika and everyone else to go together!"

"Wait, wait!"

"What's wrong, Sakura?"

"Isn't there a cliff in that forest? It's very dangerous," Sakura used every excuse she could think of to avoid going.

"As long as we don't get too close, there won't be any problems," Mihara Chiharu said with a smile.

"But what if there really are ghosts?"

"We'll be fine if we run away."

"But...but..." Sakura realized she couldn't dissuade them from going to the forest, so she had no choice but to accompany them.

The bell rang for class, and Mikami Hiroyu heard the story Yanagisawa Naoko had just told. He wasn't really listening to it as a ghost story; Mikami Hiroyu felt that the blue light Yanagisawa Naoko encountered was probably a Clow Card, and he had a reason for this judgment.

It's important to know that most people can't see ghosts unless there are special circumstances. As for what Naoko Yanagisawa just said, she saw a monster at the end. I guess Hiroyu Mikami probably just saw it wrong because Naoko was scared and nervous.

Ever since encountering the card-splitting incident, Mikami Hiroyu has been carrying the Clow Card compass with him in case of emergencies. As for the Clow Cards, he carries them with him at all times. What kind of Cardcaptor doesn't carry their Clow Cards with them?

Seeing Mihara Chiharu's eager expression, Mikami Hiroyu thought: It seems I need to hurry up.

During break time, Mihara Chiharu successfully persuaded Sasaki Rika to go on an adventure together. Sakura and Kaga were heartbroken, it seemed they had no choice but to go.

Before getting the jump sign, it might have taken a while to get to the cliff behind the school. But with the jump sign, things are different, although it's not as convenient as the shovel sign.

After school, to avoid attracting his classmates' attention, Yuu Mikami went to the school rooftop. Looking around to make sure no one was watching, he took out his jumping card and activated it. He then jumped with all his might, only to realize he had jumped quite high, about 200-300 meters. Upon landing, he found his jump somewhat terrifying, landing right in the middle of the forest. To avoid crossing the cliff that Naoko Yanagisawa had mentioned, Yuu Mikami then began to leap lightly.

With the help of the signboard, Hiroyuki Mikami quickly reached the edge of the cliff. He figured Sakura and the others were probably still at school; it should take at least 20 minutes to get here.

Yu Shen Haoyu took out the compass and chanted, "The Jade Emperor commands, the divine inkstone is in all four directions, metal, wood, water, fire, earth, thunder, wind, lightning, I issue this decree, lightly grind the thunderbolt and lightning, so be it!" As soon as the incantation was finished, the compass gave its own indication. "Is it to the left?" Yu Shen Haoyu asked, looking at the light indicated by the compass.

Yu Shen Haoyu activated the jump card again and jumped to the left, disappearing from the spot where he had been standing.

"Is this a phantom card? How come it's already in its original form?" Mikami Hiroyu was surprised to see that the Clow Card in front of him was in its original form.

The Illusion card has the ability to make the opponent recall their deepest desires and create illusions. While the Illusion card can induce illusions, the prerequisite is that the opponent recalls their deepest desires. However, Yu Shen Hao Yu is not affected by the Illusion card. Yu Shen Hao Yu is protected by this world, and the Illusion card alone cannot enter Li Xiao Xi's mind, let alone create illusions.

The monster that Naoko Yanagisawa saw was probably because the illusion cards knew that Naoko Yanagisawa was passionate about all kinds of supernatural events and ghost stories. Therefore, what Naoko Yanagisawa saw was a monster.

Of course, Yu Shen Haoyu was unaware of all this; he was currently attempting to seal the Illusion Card. Unexpectedly, the Illusion Card was sealed by Li Xiaoxi without any resistance, and Yu Shen Haoyu thus gained another Clow Card. Moreover, this Clow Card was sealed without any effort, which was truly commendable.

"Chiharu-chan, let's go back! This place is so scary!" Sakura's voice came from not far away. Now was not the time for Sakura to know that he possessed the Clow Cards. Mikami Hiroyu activated the Jump Card again. This time, Li Xiaoxi jumped very subtly so that Sakura wouldn't notice. She leaped a few times from the treetops of the forest and disappeared from the forest.

Sakura and the others on the cliff did not see the monster that Yanagisawa Naoko had mentioned because Mikami Hiroyu had sealed the illusion card. Except for Sakura, who breathed a sigh of relief, the other three looked very disappointed.

When Mikami Hiroyu returned home, he found that the butler wasn't waiting for him at the door, and there was a pair of boots outside. "Did someone come to visit?" Mikami Hiroyu wondered.

Before even reaching the living room, Yu Shen Haoyu heard Li Xiaolang's voice, who should have been in Hong Kong. "You can't be here this fast! Didn't you say on the phone yesterday that you wouldn't arrive until the day after tomorrow? How come you're here today?"

Entering the living room, Yu Shen Haoyu saw the butler arranging a room for Li Xiaolang. Upon seeing Yu Shen Haoyu return, the butler greeted him, "Young Master Haoyu, Young Master Xiaolang is here."

Before the butler could finish speaking, Li Xiaolang interrupted him, saying, "Butler, go and open my bedroom first. I have something to discuss with this guy." The butler curtsied and went upstairs. "Didn't you say you wouldn't arrive until the day after tomorrow?" Yu Shenhao asked, voicing his doubts.

"That was just a joke, a surprise for you. How about it? What do you think of the surprise?"

"I'm only surprised, not happy. It's good that you're here. I have a question for you," said Yu Shenhaoyu after putting down his backpack.

"What question could possibly stump you? Tell me, I want to see what question could possibly stump Yu Shen Haoyu, who has been smart since childhood," Li Xiaolang asked curiously.

"Actually, it's nothing much. I just want to know if Taoism has a way to seal the Clow Cards in their original form without using the Sealing Key," Mikami Hiroyu asked, raising a question that had been bothering him for a long time.

"I don't know that, after all, Clow Reed was designed this way, that it can only be sealed using magic and the Sealing Key. No, according to what you're saying, you should have the Clow Cards. Not only that, you should also know who has the Sealing Key, right?" As expected of someone from the same family, Li Xiaolang actually slowly guessed it.

"I do have the Clow Cards, and as for the Sealing Key, you transferred to Class 4-2 at Yuzhi Elementary School, didn't you?"

"Really? Show it to me!" Li Xiaolang was very excited to hear that his younger brother already had Clow Cards in such a short time. He looked at Yu Shenhaoyu with great excitement.

Knowing she couldn't avoid it, Li Xiaoxi took out the Clow Cards from her person. The moment the Clow Cards were taken out, they disappeared from Mikami Hiroyu's hand and appeared in Li Xiaolang's hand.

Li Xiaolang, while looking at the Clow Cards, said to Yu Shen Haoyu, "How did you do that? You have eight Clow Cards already, and two of them are cards representing the four elements. Regarding the transfer, Dad told me to be in your class so he can take care of you and prevent others from bullying you."

"Dad, you're just worrying unnecessarily. I'm incredibly popular in class, how could I be bullied? And hurry up and give me the Clow Cards," Li Xiaoxi said, holding out her hand.

"Wait, huh? How did these Clow Cards fly to your hands?" Li Xiaolang wanted to look at the Clow Cards a little longer, but he found that when Li Xiaoxi asked for the Clow Cards, they flew to Yu Shenhaoyu's hands on their own.

"You're so stingy! I've helped you deal with Mei Ling for so long, and now you're even stingy when it comes to looking at the Clow Cards in your hand!" Li Xiaolang unleashed his secret weapon.

As expected, upon hearing this, Mikami Hiroyu could only hand the Clow Cards back to Li Xiaolang.

"That's more like it. You have no idea how much trouble your fiancée has caused me."

"I already said it was my parents' decision," Yu Shenhaoyu said helplessly.

“But Mei Ling doesn’t think so. Fine, you decide for yourself. I’ll always support you,” Li Xiaolang sighed and said.

Yu Shen Haoyu knew he couldn't stay in this world for long. Once he resolved the crisis of this world's demise, he would have to go to the next world and wouldn't be able to give Mei Ling an explanation. Therefore, Yu Shen Haoyu consciously avoided this question.

"Oh right, you haven't said who the owner of the Sealing Key is yet. You almost changed the subject!" Li Xiaolang suddenly realized that Li Xiaoxi had changed the subject for him.

"Well, you can take your compass with you tomorrow and look for it. It's on 4-2 anyway. As for who it is, I won't say. You gave me a surprise, so I have to return the favor!" Yu Shen Haoyu deliberately kept his brother Li Xiaolang in suspense, since Li Xiaolang had given him a surprise.

"Fine, I won't tell you then. I'll go find it myself tomorrow."

"By the way, don't scare her. She's only been playing Clow Cards for less than three months, and she's still a novice in many ways," Yu Shen Haoyu had to remind his brother, Li Xiaolang.

"Oh... judging from your tone, this person must be a girl! And you seem to have a good relationship with her?" Li Xiaolang said as if he had discovered something new.

"Whoever it is, just don't scare them. Okay, now you should give me the Clow Cards."

"Here you go, I'll take care of it. Once I've collected the Clow Cards myself, I won't show them to you either, I'll make you envious."

After putting away the Clow Cards, Yu Shen Haoyu went upstairs. As he walked to the side, he heard his older brother say, "By the way, how many Clow Cards does that girl have?"

Yu Shen Haoyu ignored him. Li Xiaolang, looking at his brother who was ignoring him, said, "Stingy, she's really afraid I'll bully her. I'm getting more and more excited for tomorrow."

Chapter Ten: The Exposed Secret

On the night Li Xiaolang arrived in Japan, Sakura had a precognitive dream, something she hadn't experienced in a long time.

In her dream, Sakura was still standing on a building near Tokyo Tower, and the Clow Cards were still flying everywhere. Unlike the last dream, this time there were two other people besides herself: one dressed in Chinese clothes with a Chinese sword on his back, and the other wearing her school uniform.

I could still see the person in the Chinese clothes jumping from the building and their general shape; as for the other person in my school uniform, I could only see him activating the Clow Cards, and nothing else.

"Sakura, what's wrong? Sakura?" Kero, woken up by Sakura, noticed that Sakura seemed to be having a nightmare, clutching her head and looking very distressed. Kero asked with concern.

Suddenly, Sakura opened her eyes and, still half asleep, found herself in front of Kero with a strange expression. Sakura waved her hands wildly and knocked Kero onto the blanket.

"Sakura, I saw you having nightmares and I'm really worried," Kero said innocently, looking at Sakura from under the covers.

"Sorry, sorry, I had a strange dream." Sakura's dazed state seemed to have passed.

"Strange dream?" Xiao Ke asked curiously.

“I’ve had that dream before. I dreamt that I was on Tokyo Tower at night, and there was a boy wearing Chinese clothes and someone wearing our school uniform standing together. The person wearing our school uniform was also holding Clow Cards,” Sakura said, recalling her dream.

"Chinese clothing? And someone from your school also has Clow Cards?"

Suddenly the door opened, and Kero instantly and skillfully reverted to his doll pose, showing that Touya Kinomoto, a siscon, had raided his sister's room quite a few times.

"Brother!" Sakura exclaimed in surprise, clutching the blanket with both hands.

Kinomoto Touya opened the door, looked around first, and then said, "Were you having a nightmare? I think I heard you calling...it was your voice!" (Kinomoto Touya, if you're not a siscon, then who is?)

"Brother...it's nothing! I just had a strange dream." Sakura was touched to hear her brother care about her, and then placed Kero, who had turned back into a doll, on the bedside table.

After finishing speaking, Kinomoto Touya continued to observe his sister's room to see if anyone else was there, since he had just heard outside that it wasn't Sakura's voice.

"Is that so? It really is a monster making noise," Kinomoto Touya said with an air of knowing full well, then expertly closed the door. Sakura casually tossed a toy out, which hit the door just as it closed.

Sakura was angry when she heard a voice from the hallway saying, "Breakfast is ready, come on over!"

"Regarding your dream just now, Sakura, you have a bit of magic in you. That dream... maybe it was a premonition," Koji said, continuing their conversation once the sound of Kinomoto Touya's footsteps had faded.

"Precognitive dreams?"

"That boy in Chinese clothes... and that guy at your school who has the Clow Cards, you might run into them soon. But besides Sakura, there are other people collecting Clow Cards too. What's going on?" Kero asked, arms crossed.

"Sakura, if you don't come down for dinner, you'll be late!" Sakura's father called from the bottom of the stairs.

"Coming, Xiao Ke, I'll go down now."

"Hey, Sakura, I haven't finished yet!" Kero noticed Sakura was missing and was quite annoyed. "But how come some people at Sakura's school are also collecting Clow Cards?"

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"Brother, this is Yuzhi Elementary School. It's still early. Let me show you around the school. You can take care of the formalities when the principal arrives," Mikami Hiroyu woke up Li Xiaolang, who was still sleeping, early in the morning.

There weren't enough students at the school, and it was early enough for Li Xiaolang to explore the entire school. Li Xiaolang was also aware of his younger brother's charm with outsiders. Kindergarten was fine, but ever since Yu Shen Haoyu started elementary school, his astonishing charm had become apparent, although no one had developed a crush on him. However, Yu Shen Haoyu's class had never caused the teachers any trouble. His classmates all loved playing with him and listened to him. If anyone cried, Yu Shen Haoyu would comfort them immediately, and they would even start laughing. When they heard about Yu Shen Haoyu's transfer, the people who were most reluctant to see him go weren't his parents, but rather his elementary school teachers and classmates.

"Brother, you've become quite charming, haven't you? Look how many girls you've captivated along the way. No wonder you don't like Merlin. Come to think of it, it makes sense. How can you give up the whole forest for just one tree?" Li Xiaolang said with ill intent.

“Brother, you’ve improved a lot while I was away, you can even say things like that now. I’m not going to talk to you anymore, the principal’s office is just ahead, you can go in by yourself, I’m going to the classroom,” Mikami Hiroyu retorted.

"Okay, you go ahead, I'll be back in a bit. I'll see who has the key to the seal then," Li Xiaolang said, pretending to be nonchalant.

"Then you can look forward to it."

When Hiroyu Mikami entered the classroom of Class 4-2, almost everyone had already arrived. About 10 minutes later, the homeroom teacher, Yoshiyuki Terada, walked in.

"Quiet down, everyone. I have a surprise for you! We have a new transfer student in our class today, and he's Hiroyuki Mikami's older brother. Okay, come in," said Mr. Yoshiyuki Terada, looking towards the door.

The surprise that Mr. Terada Yoshiyuki brought to the students was, undeniably, a huge surprise. The classroom erupted in noise. Everyone looked at Mikami Hiroyu, who flashed a smile that instantly soothed the students, who then turned to stare at the doorway.

Sakura and Tomoyo, who were sitting in front of Hiroyuki Mikami, confirmed the news with him and stared curiously at the doorway.

As the door opened, Li Xiaolang calmly walked to the podium under the gaze of the entire class.

"That's so cool, but I still think Yu Shen Haoyu is better." Student A's opinion was agreed upon by the vast majority of the class.

After writing his name, Li Xiaolang said, "Hello everyone, I am Li Xiaolang from the Celestial Empire. As the teacher said, I am Yu Shen Haoyu's older brother. Please take good care of me."

The teacher found Li Xiaolang a seat very close to Yu Shen Haoyu. How close? Right next to Yu Shen Haoyu, very close to the back of Zhi Shi, right?

The classmates noticed that both Yu Shen Hao Yu and Li Xiao Lang would stare at Sakura for a while when they first entered the school. The difference was that Yu Shen Hao Yu looked at her with a smile, while Li Xiao Lang stared intently with a blank expression, putting a lot of pressure on Sakura.

"Brother, class is starting," Yu Shen Haoyu had to interrupt Li Xiaolang's gaze. It seemed his brother had already noticed. Was the Clow Card's aura really that obvious? He hadn't sensed it. Yu Shen Haoyu, of course, didn't know that his physical constitution completely overshadowed the Clow Card's aura. This was also because Yu Shen Haoyu had fewer Clow Cards. Once Yu Shen Haoyu had more Clow Cards, the aura would become much more pronounced.

Hearing Yu Shen Haoyu's reminder, Li Xiaolang walked to his seat, glanced at Xiaoying, and then at his younger brother, Yu Shen Haoyu. Yu Shen Haoyu, of course, understood what Li Xiaolang meant: he was asking if the girl possessed the Sealing Key.

Yu Shen Haoyu nodded, then gave him a look. Just as Yu Shen Haoyu understood the meaning behind Li Xiaolang's actions, Li Xiaolang also understood the meaning behind Yu Shen Haoyu's look. "Just don't scare her. And you say you have nothing to do with her? Let's see how you argue now."

After averting his gaze from Sakura, Li Xiaolang gave Yu Shen Haoyu another look. This look meant for Yu Shen Haoyu to call the girl over during break time to a less crowded area near the high school section, where he wanted to ask her something.

After receiving a look from Li Xiaolang, Yu Shen Haoyu helplessly acknowledged that he understood. "Looks like I can't keep my identity anymore. I wonder how Sakura will react after she finds out what happened to me. I'm kind of looking forward to it."

During the break, Yu Shen Hao Yu summoned Xiao Ying to the designated location as promised.

"What did Haoyu call me here for?" Xiaoying asked.

"Actually, it wasn't really me who called you. I was just asked to come out. Brother, come out. I've brought the person. Also, Tomoyo, who's hiding over there, come out too," Mikami Hiroyu called out to the tree next to him, and at the same time, he called out Tomoyo, who was worried that something might have happened to Sakura.

Before Sakura could figure out what was happening, someone jumped down from the tree. Sakura recognized him; it was Li Xiaolang, the older brother of Mikami Hiroyu, who had just transferred there that day. After Li Xiaolang came out, Tomoyo also came out.

Mikami Hiroyu stopped Tomoyo, who wanted to go to Sakura's side, and said to Tomoyo, "Wait, Tomoyo, my brother has a question to ask Sakura. Can we wait here for a bit?" He smiled as he spoke, and Tomoyo agreed.

"Is something the matter?" Sakura asked nervously.