he intended to invoke Fai's curse (which is to kill anyone stronger than himself) to kill him. He had placed a tattoo on Fai to suppress Fai's curse so that it would affect him once, while his own grew with every murder, so he would one day be stronger than Fai. As Fai and his friends return to Seresu, Ashura-ō forces him into fight him to death in order to stop his murders, also engaging in combat the original Syaoran and Kurogane. As he receives a mortal blow from Kurogane, a dying Ashura tells Fai he will manage to escape the sealing from Seresu caused Fai's second curse alongside his friends. Clow Reed is a sorcerer who once ruled Kingdom of Clow, but is dead during the series' start, and appears in flashbacks as the father of Sakura and Tōya. It is later revealed that Clow knew Yūko Ichihara, with whom he had a close relationship. Both of them created the Mokona Modoki creatures in anticipation for the series' events, while he also knew of the creation of the teenager Kimihiro Watanuki. When Yūko was about to die, Clow wished for her to keep on living. As a result, his immense magical powers stopped Yūko's time, granting his wish, but also making him regret being the strongest sorcerer. Additionally, it is revealed that he foresaw the original Syaoran's wish of turning back the time when the original Sakura was about to be killed. As turning back the time changed the fate from Sakura's parents, Clow travelled to Kingdom of Clow to replace Sakura's father, Fujitaka, as the king of Clow. Before dying, he left his life and magical power which would be used to make the Syaoran clone be reborn as a normal human. Tōya is the older brother of Sakura and the young king of the Kingdom of Clow. He is a capable and responsible monarch who is rather protective of his younger sister and dislikes Syaoran because of their close relationships. Various versions of Tōya appear in other worlds featured in Tsubasa, all in which he keeps a friendship with Yukito, the priest from Clow. In the original version of Kingdom of Clow, Tōya is a prince, as the king is his father, Fujikata. When the original Syaoran wished to turn back time, such role change, but following the series' end, Tōya reappears as a prince. Tōya is