Continuing from where we ended it last time.
Still, inside of Ashura-ou’s hall, reliving Fai’s past (which could be seen by Syaoran, Kurogane, and Mokona--they’re given a vision of it, apparently). While little Fai inside the tower seemed somewhat dejected and gave up being able to come out of his prison, little Yuui kept insisting on trying it. He piled up the dead bodies and climbed them up. It wasn’t very successful, though.
Between his tumbling, Yuui saw more and more of dead bodies thrown to the dungeon (I previously referred to it as “burial ground”). He suddenly realized that something must’ve happened in Valeria. He was right, because from a letter he found in the grasp of one of the dead, it said that the King of Valeria had gone mad and killed lots of people.
Just as Yuui tried to comprehend the bad news and made up his mind to return and help, suddenly his uncle, the King--the guy that banished the twins--was thrown inside the dungeon. The King looked all bloody and beaten up. Holding a sword, he blamed the twins once again of causing so much misfortunes in Valeria. Now, he and the twins were the only ones left in the country. And out of nowhere, he stabbed his own head with the sword.
To make it short, then came the mysterious slit from which Fei Wong Reed communicated with the twins, giving them the chance to come out, but they must choose one of them. Fai fell of the tower, Yuui wailed in terror, and Fei Wong said that a choice had been made. Yes, each twin had wanted their twin to come out instead of himself, but when Fei Wong first appeared, Yuui said, “Yuui wanted to come out.” Of course he meant with his brother, but Fei Wong didn’t see it that way.
Fei Wong then explained his terms of engagement. Yuui would be his pawn, accompanying a princess of the desert and a clone Fei Wong had prepared on a journey through dimensions in order to collect the princess’ feathers. Yuui had to make sure of her safety because it’s essential for the fulfillment of Fei Wong’s wish. If Yuui accepted the terms, then one day he might be able to revive his dead twin.
Fei Wong also told Yuui that he had planned to make another person as accomplice, a young boy from Nihon (yes, it’s our dear Kuro-wanwan). However, Yuuko had placed him in the care of a powerful seer, Tomoyo, before Fei Wong could reach him. In other words, Fei Wong declared that Kurogane was Yuuko’s pawn and he could be a hindrance between Fei Wong and his wish (and Yuui and his wish as well). So, he must be killed if necessary. Imagine that.
Then, Ashura-ou came to pick up Yuui. When Ashura asked his name, Yuui said, “Fai.” It looked like Ashura knew that it’s not his name, but he didn’t press the matter. So, they went to Celes; the dead Fai was placed inside a pool of water (the pool) along with Sakura’s feather--discovered when Yuui arrived at Celes--in order to prevent his body from rotting. Yuui wanted his hair cut so that he could place it near his twin and Ashura suggested that they placed the country’s talisman too--flourite. He then gave Yuui a new name, Fai Flourite of Celes, and insisted that he lived on until the day his wish is fulfilled. Oh yeah, and because Ashura-ou also wanted something from him. Jerk.
Now we return to the present. Chapter 159 is concluded with the scene of Syaoran and Mokona collapsing, and an extremely furious Kurogane took up his sword towards Fai (a. k. a Yuui). Something to be expected considering that he know now that Fai is helping out his mother’s murderer. Perhaps. You can never be sure if it’s CLAMP.
The story gets bleaker and bleaker; I wouldn’t be surprised if it ended up even angstier than Tokyo Babylon. Ah, well.
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