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Linone closed her eyes, remembering that day. Her mind was carried back to that part of her life, which started when the boy she had never seen before appeared in her previous house, wearing green cloths that seemed formal. His ember eyes scanned the people who stood there – Kamejya, Jinnie, her parents and Linone – and rested on Kamejya, who was Eshya back then.

"Who are you?" Asked Jinnie, that stood besides Eshya.

The boy looked at her for what seemed like a long time before he answered. "My name is…"

"Wait!" Jinnie's father interrupted him. "If you are here, you must know that the name you are using is the one that was given you here." The others nodded in agreement.

The boy looked confused. "But no one here gave me a name. My only name is the one my parents gave me…"

"Which we shouldn't know." This time, Jinnie's mother interrupted.

The boy shook his head, not understanding, and turned to Jinnie and Eshya. "Who are you?"

"I am…" Jinnie started. "Jinnie Arlene. And this is Eshya Thayerns." She indicated her hand towards Eshya.

The boy looked down, thinking. "There must be some kind of mistake here." He raised his head. "I'm sorry." He bowed and left the place.

Eshya looked at him, and suddenly noticed that the boy carried a sword on his back. Something in that sword attracted Eshya's attention and he ran after the boy outside.

"Wait!" He cried.

The boy stopped on his place and turned around, looking at Eshya who breathed heavily. "I…" Eshya said. "Your sword… can I see it?"

The boy narrowed his eyes, suspecting. Slowly, he moved his right hand to the sword on his back, following Eshya's eyes that followed his movements. Then, quickly, he pulled out the sword and directed it to Eshya, standing in a fighting position. He scanned Eshya carefully.

"You said that your name is Eshya." The boy said. "But it's not a name."

Eshya breathed deeply. "Since you're speaking our language, you must know what Eshya means."

The boy lowered his sword, returning to a regular position. "I know what it means. I sensed your Eshyon." He pointed at Eshya. "My name is Syaoran Li, and you are the one I have searched for."

Eshya was almost enticed to ask why, but then he remembered why he chased the boy from the beginning. "My sword is just like yours. Do you use it for magic?" A sword appeared in Eshya's hand from nowhere.

Syaoran looked at the sword, surprised, ignoring the question. "Listen, um, Eshya, I have to tell you something, but it's not the right place to talk about it." He looked around him. "Is there a place where we can talk privately?"

Looking into Syaoran's eyes, Eshya knew he can trust him. "Come," he said, leading Syaoran to a place where Eshya always went to be alone.

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"Did you tell me your real name?" Eshya asked.

"Yes." The boy answered. "I have no reason to lie to you." He took off the hat he wore. "You can't stay here any longer." He continued.

"I can't understand." Eshya shook his head.

Syaoran breathed deeply before speaking. "I came from a place called Hong Kong. It's in another world called Earth. I came from an ancient clan of sorcerers, my mother is the head of the clan and as her only son I am supposed to be her heir."

"Why are you telling me that?" Eshya asked, confused.

Syaoran ignored him and continued. "Unfortunately, I am one of the last two males in our clan. My uncle, Taldnaen, sees himself more as a part of his mother's clan – the Thayerns family. The clan from the kingdom of darkness."

Eshya almost yelled 'but I'm from the Thayerns family!' but he remained silence, guessing he should let the boy speak.

"I found out that I'm a part of the Thayerns family only a year ago, and that I'm also their only heir, being – also there – one of the last two males. My grandmother, Lionora, is the head of that clan—"

"Wait!" This time, Eshya afford interrupting, getting up from where he sat. "Taldnaen is my brother and Lionora is my mother… I mean, she was Lionora but… what are you talking about?"

"That is what I want to tell you." Syaoran raised his head, looking into Eshya's eyes. "Sit, I want to continue." Eshya sat.

"Not so long time ago, strange things started happening around Earth. I found out that someone changed my parents' past by sending them sometime during their childhood to a fake world which was created for lost souls – souls that couldn't, for some reason, 'live' in the real world, couldn't find somewhere to go, a body to 'live' within, an 'afterworld' to go to. This is the place where my parents were sent to, together with their own parents. That world is this one, and if I am not able to return my family back to the real world – my world, as I know it, will vanish, and the one who sent my parents here will be able to do with the real world anything he wants. Eshya," He looked into Eshya's eyes. "You are my father, and I have to get you out of here."

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"Kamejya told us the whole story," Linone told, remembering each part of that time. "And Syaoran stayed with us for four months, during them he tried everything to return us to his world – refusing to be a part of this one, refusing to have another name. My cousin chased him because he knew Syaoran could finish his ruling and eventually managed to send him back to his world. Syaoran told me that he did a dangerous thing – with the help of a great sorcerer he returned to his world's past, for this sorcerer it's hard enough to send herself to the past, and harder for her to send someone else. After that he used a dark magic of our family – he turned his body into a part of his soul, and with no body he was sent automatically here. This was the first time he used this magic, so doing such a thing on the first time can kill him. So, when he was sent back to his own world, he died. After that, the king expelled us to this part of the area, deep in the forest, far away from the town, and changed Eshya name to Syaoran to remind him what happened, his failure. I started calling him Kamejya.

"When you came here, Gudamera, we were confused – we thought Syaoran came back, while you were sleeping, at the other night, Kamejya said 'No, he can't be him, his heart is different… he has only one Eshya.' He believed you, and said we have to protect you from the king's confusion. The king knows the Kamejya and Jinnie are Syaoran's parents and if they'll be together he will be born again. My cousin wants to kill Jinnie to prevent that from happening."

Syaoran got up. "So we must save Jinnie, we must stop the king and all of us must return back to the real world. I'll help you, I won't the king kill Jinnie. I'll fight him and continue where…" It confused him to say as own name as he talks about someone else. "Where Syaoran stopped. Maybe I not him, but I do look like him, and it means I am your cousin's enemy now."

Until that Syaoran will come. Syaoran thought. He said he's back, so he will finish it, right? I'll help him then. I want to help this family, and maybe I will also find Sakura and the others, but most of all I fell that somehow… we are related.

"What are you going to do?" Linone asked.

"I think that I'll… take Jinnie and hide her, first of all." Syaoran decided.

He will definitely put an end to this.

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