Well, so much for looking at an advertistment with Sakura's feathers on it. Yes indeed, it was the so-called "Dragonfly Race" which was being held in the Piffle World, which Syaoran and Sakura, together with Fai (or Fye, whichever you choose) and Kurogane who had been accompanying them from the start arrived in. They had joined the race, in order to obtain Sakura's feather. So, as for the fact where did they actually abducted their mobiles which they had been using in the Dragonfly Race, I have no idea. I was just wondering, an ordinary car or automobile would be really costly. However, Syaoran and the others somehow got their hands on the "Dragonfly"s. Indeed, like the title of Episode 27 said, the Dragonfly Race was also "The Dangerous Race", because one would be riding a machine which could actually fly. Meanwhile one need to be at least 18 to learn how to drive and sit for an exam to obtain a driving licence here in Malaysia (it should be the same for other countries), Syaoran and the others are actually able to ride one instantly. Wow, I thought. Oh and yeah, heavy images (around 30) and spoilers under the cut."I'm fine, Mokona" ^_^Syaoran and Sakura talking to Yuko. Yuko expects something in return for White Day..."You're going too fast, Princess!""No matter where they are from, a princess won't listen to what she's told."Since it was dangerous, Syaoran had persuaded Sakura not to enter the race, but Sakura still wanted to contest to have a chance to win her own feather by herself. I still remember her unconcious state in the first few episodes of the series, and now, she has appears to be her strong self again. Kurogane recalls the princess, Tomoyo-hime (what happened to all the kings?) which he had served in his world, and said that, "No matter where they are from, a princess won't listen to what she's told.""Uh...?""Uh...?!"Here in this world, for the first time, Tomoyo played an important role, well at least, in the Piffle World. In here, Kurogane and the others stumbled upon Tomoyo and her bodyguards. Meanwhile Kurogane tried to approach the person who was the Tomoyo he thought and Tomoyo's bodyguards blocked him from doing so, Tomoyo went ahead to Sakura and said that Sakura was her heroine (I wonder did tofusensei got that wrong or not). Tomoyo then introduced herself as the President of the "Piffle Princess Company", and that the company was the main sponsor of the race. She happily announced that she is going to recording the entire race, and that is why she needed a heroine to enter the race for her. So... Sakura's in the race, being sponsored. That should explain how did she and the others get their free 'Dragonfly's. There are many of them that Syaoran and the others knew from the other worlds they've been to."Just looking at them brings back memories..." ^_^So... on the day of the race, Syaoran and the others saw that there were quite a number of participants contesting for the feather, and this included a few others they knew from the other worlds they had been to. Only Ryuuoh out of all the others played an important role in this world though. Tomoyo, as the flag waiver, waived off, and the heat race started. Kurogane maintained his position as number one, with Fai following closely behind. In the end, Kurogane got the first place, and Fai, second. "Something got sucked into the engine..."Syaoran is alive!Well... the race wasn't that smooth-going, as there was indeed something going on. While Kurogane and Fai had ended the race, Syaoran and Sakura hadn't. Syaoran had problems with his Dragonfly, because something got sucked into the engine of his Dragonfly. Sakura started to accelerate and managed to get the 11th place, and qualifed, although she had a rough landing. Meanwhile, Syaoran had to compete for the final place to qualify for the final race. Although so, Syaoran did what he had to do to qualify by speeding, ignoring the fact that he might die if he speeds in that reckless speed. He crossed the finishing line, but his Dragonfly crashed and caught fire. Luckily, he was alive to be able to celebrate his success with the other qualifiers. "So... one of them have been interfering with the race?"Tomoyo and her officers found out that someone had been interfering with the race, and they had suspected that one of the people who qualified did it. "Let's fix them!""Where are we going?"Tomoyo had a gathering meal to celebrate and cheer for the qualifiers, and in here, Syaoran got to directly speak to Ryuuoh. Meanwhile the other qualified racers have their gathering meal, Syaoran and the others are called upon to a briefing by Tomoyo about the sabotage done. "If they were released from the ground, then it would be impossible for they to reach the racers' altitude.""I'm going to make a costume for you, my heroine, for the race!"While no actual conclusion were made on what happened during the race, Tomoyo again said that she would be making a suit for her heroine for the next race. Look at how Sakura look, cool! Again, Sakura got the pole position in the lotery session earlier! Looks like she was really blessed. Syaoran visiting Ryuuoh's workshop.Tomoyo looking at the racers.Fai successfully grabbed a badge.The final race requires the racers to collect three badges in order to complete the race, and the badges cannot be obtained easilly as there are obstacles awaiting the racers. Although it was easy to obtain the first badge, but Sakura almost lost her chance to grab one. Syaoran and Sakura reaching the tube..The second badge was at the end of a long tube, in where the racers must go through the tube. Sakura was also the last one to obtain a badge successfully, before Syaoran. Syaoran collided into Ryuuoh!"You prevented me from dying! You're a good guy after all! ^_^ However, Syaoran was unlucky. To be exact, it wasn't he who was the unlucky one, but Ryuuoh. An explosion occured, and Ryuuoh's Dragonfly was hit. Syaoran has to collide into Ryuuoh in order to avoid Ryuuoh from dying. This means that Syaoran and Ryuuoh were forced to retire.Geysers randomly shooting water...The final obstacles are geysers, which shoots water out randomly without warning. This is where Sakura were able to sense the timing of the water being shoot out, and therefore she was able to catch up to second place just behind Kurogane. Tomoyo looking at Kurogane who was forced to retire..Again, an explosion occured, and this time, to avoid the rocks from hitting Sakura's Wing Egg, Kurogane pushed Wing Egg away and ended up going down. "I'm the one who is messing with the race...""Who would have expected that the Piffle Company to be behind all this?"Wing Egg was aimed at.Meanwhile Wing Egg continued to race, Syaoran and Ryuuoh found out a shocking fact... that it was actually the Piffle Princess Company which was interfering the race. Also, Tomoyo confessed that she was the culprit in all the interference after countless questionings by Kurogane who demanded a good explanation. However, Tomoyo also said that it was because she wanted Sakura to win."Congratulations, Sakura!Sakura's feather being put into her body.Indeed... Sakura won. It was a glorious goal, If I am allowed to say this. Well... although it was a arranged match, but I guess Sakura was still the rightful owner of her own feather, right? Tomoyo gave away the award in a ceremony. Here comes Dr. Kyle.However, the real villian finally appeared. He appeared to be Dr. Kyle from Jade World. Although he didn't made a big impact in this world, but he will sure to be a stronger villian in the future, having the ability to change world whenever he likes. He escaped by teleporting to other world.Princess Tomoyo with Tomoyo DaidoujiMeanwhile, Tomoyo told everyone about her dream, where she met with Princess Tomoyo. It was also Princess Tomoyo who has told Tomoyo to hand over the feather to Sakura, who was the rightful owner. Kurogane grunted.Syaoran and the others left the Piffle World for another world..So, after the race, Syaoran and the others left the Piffle World with Tomoyo together with Ryuuoh with the other CLAMP detectives cameos sending them off. That's the end for the Piffle World story arc. Glad that it only took 3 episodes. :D
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