It was hard not to think about where their journey might eventually end. But for him, he already knew his would stop here. The others would go on and it would all be for the better. If he stayed... then things probably would become sad, just like before.

"Mm... and Syaoran's face when he saw... cute little Sakura in her maid costume..." a smile crossed his lips. Yuuhi was easy enough to distract; thinking about the good times they'd had in Outo and trying not to remember how much he'd upset Kurogane there as well. "What kind of sweets... does Kuro-pon like? "