She's important to me, and I promised I would protect her.
After that, there was the other Syaoran. I know now that we were connected, and a little about how, but still not why. But I could see the things he could see, and his life. He came to Clow with his father seven years before, and grew very close to the princess. They were childhood friends, Sakura mentioned it, in one memory... and I know they travelled together with Kurogane-san and Fay-san, though no one has remembered the reason for that yet. They travelled together until the time that I became strong enough to break the seal.