Author: Lorna Reynard
Disclaimer: I don't own TRC that's CLAMP
Spoilers: None. This series is AU
Rating: G
Series Status: incomplete
Comments/constructive criticism appreciated.
This is my first ever fan fic. so please don't hate me TT
It was spring. Spring meant that school began for another long year. A tall young man stood out the front of his family's dojo, tugging at the stiff high school collar.
"Kurogane, stop fidgeting with your uniform, I think you look handsome in it!" a young girl with long dark black hair and violet eyes, scolded the boy playfully. He looked down at her, He was much taller than her and she was naturally short, Kurogane raised an eye at her
"You can say that all you want Tomoyo, but it doesn't stop me from hating this" he grumbled as he unclasped the navy jacket feeling less restricted as it hung open revealing a black non uniform t-shirt.
"An education is important remember. Your father keeps telling you he'll never hand the dojo over to you with out it" they started to walk down the hill towards the school, Kurogane snorted at her comment, he found it ridiculous, you don't need an education to run a dojo. Kurogane just wanted to be a master not some stupid school student
"On the plus side then, it's only 2 more years of high school" Tomoyo giggled at the irritable noise Kurogane made.
The school ground was full of the sounds of students making both happy and disappointed sounds. Everyone was crowded around pin boards listing what class groups they were in for the year
"Tomoyo-chan!" a girl ran up to Tomoya waving her hand "Happy new year! I know it's late but I was in Okinawa for the holidays with my family" she brushed stray dark hair from her face
"Happy new year Soma-chan, you're lucky to go on holidays. Seeing as I was stuck with a grumpy ninja-wannabe went I wasn't doing my Miko duties at the shrine" she spoke as if Kurogane wasn't behind her and he ignored the comment, feeling more annoyed that both she and Soma where ignoring him
"Happy new year Kurogane-san" Soma said remembering he was there. She was so used to him being Tomoyo's shadow she would usually forget her was there
"…yeah" he replied shortly, Tomoyo giving him a dry look and Soma avoiding his glare
"OH! I found out what classes were in. You and Kurogane-san are in 2B…I'm in 2D I'm not in your class this year" Soma looked a little upset because she really enjoyed spending time with Tomoyo, and Kurogane by default
"That's alright, we still have breaks and after school" as Tomoyo spoke the bell chimed to signal to get to home room
"I'll see you at lunch then, Bai" Soma spun on her heel and skittered off to her class room. Tomoyo and Kurogane did the same, but without the skittering.
As usual the seating arrangements had alternating boy/girl in each row with seating arranged by the teacher, Kurogane was sitting in the second back row while Tomoyo sat in the front row, it made him feel uncomfortable not be nearer to her, and those around him felt the annoyance he was absorbed in
"Right class with everyone arranged I have something to announce" the teacher smiled gently, she was the history teacher and she was known to smile…a lot
"We have a new student joining us from this year onwards- hush now class- He's from Russia so everyone be patient with him while he gets used to living here. Fai could you come in please?" As the young man walked in the girls in the class room started to chatter excitedly. He was just above average height and his hair was very blonde and his eye's very blue and looked quite bewitching in the high school uniform, he had a wistful smile across his face
"His name is Fai D. Fluorite. And I want everyone to treat him kindly. There's and empty seat at the back for you Fluorite-kun"
"Please, call me Fai" he seemed quite polite, Kurogane took it for being that he only knew formal Japanese, he noted that the blonde didn't so much walk up the isle as he did float, he also noted that it annoyed him. Fai found the seat behind Kurogane, this too annoyed Kurogane seeing as he started talking to him quietly as soon as he sat down
"Hello. What's your name?"
"Kurogane" he didn't look at Fai, he kept his eye one the teacher who was doing what came naturally, teaching… and smiling
"I hope we can become friends Kuro-chi" Kurogane could hear the smile in his voice and turned around the second the nickname was uttered the boy was leaning on his table with as Kurogane had predicted an idiotic smile on his face
"Do not talk to me so informally you don't even know me" he growled slightly, Fai sat back in his chair
"Kuro-sama is scary" Kurogane stood up and slammed his hands down on Fai's desk
"KU-RO-GA-NE! If I hear you call me anything else I will kill you!"
"Kurogane-kun, I will ask you to sit down lest I give you detention" the teacher admonished, her smile gone. Tomoyo had turned round and was frowning; Kurogane saw it as he sat back down and tried to ignore it
"Kuro-pu got in trouble, Kuro-tan's a delinquent" Fai sang in a whispered voice just loud enough for Kurogane to hear, if only I knew how to kill people with my mind Kurogane thought to himself trying his best to ignore the idiot behind him. For the rest of the day Kurogane could feel a smile beaming across his back, the smile and the boy both giving him another reason to hate school. The pre-teen felt a wash of relief when the bell rang for lunch, it was now his mission to usher Tomoyo and inevitably Soma as far away as possible from the exchange student and his annoying face. Luckily it was easy to get away from him because a number of the class, mostly the girls, had gathered around him to talk to him and they bumped into Soma as they left the room so Kurogane took this chance to get them both up to the roof before the blonde knew where they went
"…He's blonde with blue eye's and very cute!" Tomoyo relayed to Soma as she went to eat an octopus wiener
"Can we go see him? I've never seen a Russian before"
"I can imagine that, other than television, you haven't seen anyone from outside of Asia Soma" Kurogane pointed out
"Oh you are such a stick in the mud Kurogane-san" Soma complained
"That reminds me, why did you yell at him?" Tomoyo questioned him conversationally
"You yelled at him? I think that's a record for you"
"Shut up Soma. He was giving me stupid-ass nicknames and it pissed me off" neither of them looked surprised at him being annoyed. All of a sudden Kuroganes skin prickled and he tensed up
"Kurogane?" Tomoyo looked at him warily
"Kuro-wan! I found you at last, I'm lucky you stick out so much I just had to ask everyone where the grumpy puppy went" he waltzed up to where Kurogane and the girls where sitting and sat down himself cross-legged and holding his ankles
"Who the hell gave you permission to sit with us and stop giving me those nick names!" Fai just smiled at him
"He has a point though Kurogane, you do look like a grumpy puppy a lot of the time" Tomoyo supposed thoughtfully
"Don't you start" Kurogane Ground his teeth but he seethed by himself as Tomoyo happily introduced Fai to Soma
"So Kurogane-san yelled at you in class?" Soma asked
"Oh yes he did, Kuro-pi is very scary, I wanted to cry" Fai overacted, Kurogane rolled his eyes
"You'll get used to Kuro-pi being scary. He scares everyone at first" Tomoyo reassured the dry eyed Fai who was still pretending to cry
"Tomoyo… don't call me that…" Kurogane growled, Tomoyo ignored him
"Hyuuuuu! Tomoyo-chan you are so lucky, you don't get yelled at by Kuro-piyoko"
"I'm not a chicken you bastard!"
"See! Tomoyo I am jealous of you!" Tomoyo laughed as Fai hugged her, Soma looked at Kurogane, she was sure that if he had something more deadly than chopsticks and an empty lunch box he would have attempted to kill Fai for touching Tomoyo and for the nicknames
"T-That's because Kurogane-san and Tomoyo-chan have known each other for years" Soma jumped in nervously to give Fai a longer lease on life
"Really? That's so cute! Child hood sweethearts! Just like out of manga!" Fai sang
"We aren't sweethearts Fai-san, He's like my over protective brother" Fai listened to Tomoyo then looked at Kurogane who looked proud to be called her brother, then Fai smiled idiotically again
"That's good for me then isn't it" Fai didn't elaborate what he meant when the girls started questioning him. Kurogane said nothing, just keeping an eye on the Russian boy.
That's the end of my first chapter. I hope you enjoy. Kurogane really doesn't like those names does he?