Disclaimer: I own nadda.

A/N: Holla! First off thanks for taking the time to read and possibly review this story – any kind of feedback is welcome. As you've probably guessed my main inspiration for this is the TV show LOST...only this is my less crazy version of it. I'm not going to be copying anything from the series besides the fact that the whole story revolves around this f-ed up island and the fact that everyone's always going "WTF?". But I'm hoping it's going to be a very long and epic adventure with all the right ingredients so please enjoy! By the way I haven't written anything in a loooong time so I'm sorry that it's so rough-I promise it'll get better.

Day 1

Something was pulling him under. An invisible force taking him deeper into the blackness. He was cold...so cold. But another sensation halted his descent; water creeping up his legs.

Starting from the pit of his stomach and traversing up his throat, liquid exploded from his mouth, and hazy blue eyes snapped open. The sudden light was blinding and salt water that had nearly drowned him tasted like bile in his mouth. He tried to turn over and failed; limp legs hung useless in the waves that eased back and forth over his damaged body.

"Yuii..."

Fai's pale face turned into the sand. Further down the shore there was a dark figure. Maybe Kurogane...but he would never-

"Yuii...Yuii..."

The voice was cutting in and out, and he would've believed he was dead if not for the throbbing pain in his head. He gave up trying to listen or speak, blue lips quivering into a sloppy smile in his near delirious state.

"Oh shit..."

The wind gusted through the bamboo forest, creating a haunting sound that echoed and disappeared in the humid air.

"Damn it!"

Kurogane pushed his upper torso upwards roughly, clutching at his head in painful agony. Glaring through his fingers at his surroundings he couldn't help but growl under his breath. Past the tree line was blue sky and blue water. The porkbun had really done it this time.

The heat was stifling, and he removed his robes, holding them with one arm while the other clutched onto a tree. Sunlight that filtered through canopy leaves dappled over his bronzed skin, and Kurogane shook his head roughly, frustrated that it was taking so long for him to get his bearings.

A salty wind blew at his face as he emerged onto the beach, and a quick observation revealed nothing but sand, rocks, and palm trees leaning towards the ocean. He figured his best bet was to continue along the shore and hopefully come across the children or the mage.

Roughly an hour and a half later Kurogane's heart skipped a beat. Ahead of him was Fai who was lucky to be spotted with his white robes and hair against the sand. He bolted the rest of the distance between them and fell to his knees at the other's side, just as the man finished mumbling with a breathy laugh.

"Fai!"

Upon closer inspection the ninja smelt and noticed the blood that was puddled around Fai's head, and he cursed under his breath.

"Damn you..."

Gingerly placing his hands underneath the mage's arms, Kurogane pulled the unconscious man away from the creeping tide, and into the shade of one of the strange trees. He tore a large piece of his pant leg off and wrapped the fabric around Fai's head after locating a deep cut on the back. It was the best he could do at this point, he only hoped the idiot didn't have a concussion...he must've hit his head off some coral or rocks.

After bandaging the other man up the ninja allowed himself several minutes to simply stare at Fai and the ocean, back and forth repeatedly. Eventually he stood up and stripped himself of his shirt. The action made him wince and he figured he must've bruised up his back pretty bad when he landed from the dimension switch.

"Goddamn meatbun...gonna kill it...".

Swearing was all the ninja seemed to be capable of and it was satisfying enough. Besides the monotonous crashing of the waves the silence was too heavy. He hung up his shirt on the tree they were under and squinted at the sun, calculating there would be just enough daylight left to dry it.

Kurogane's forehead was creased with worry as he searched for firewood. For all he knew the mage was in a coma and the kids could be in the same situation or worse. But setting out again with darkness approaching was unwise-especially in unfamiliar territory-so if the kids had a softer landing than they had he was confident Syaoran wouldn't let anything happen to the princess.

The second time Fai awoke couldn't have been any more different. He was warm and relatively comfortable despite how heavy and muddled his head felt. There was a small fire crackling a few feet in front of him, and as he stared out dumbly into the dark blue ocean of the night he realized he was naked except for a large black cloth that covered him below the waist and down to his knees.

When he tried to shift his frail body his breath caught in his throat. He was leaned up against something warm and very much alive.

Praying it was who he thought it was, Fai whispered Kurogane's name hoarsely.

"Yeah."

The ninja replied gruffly into his ear, and the other man weak with relief brought a thin hand up to his forehead that was already beginning to throb again.

"Where...are we?"

"I don't know...I think it's an island."

"The kids?"

Kurogane's hand that lay on his thigh curled into a fist.

"I don't know that either-but they must be close if we can understand each other. We'll look for them tomorrow if you can move-how's your head?"

Fai smiled softly and brought his own hand down to cover the rambling ninja's, and it instantly unclenched.

"It hurts."

"Well you can rest now. About your clothes...I had to-they were soaked...are you cold?"

How could he be Fai thought dreamily to himself through the haze of pain. The other man's awkwardness and the fact that he was in his arms was more than enough. He turned his head to the side and the ninja's heartbeat helped him to drift to sleep, and he was nearly there.

"There's something strange about this place...puts me on edge," Kurogane muttered, assuming the mage had passed out after a couple minutes of silence.

"There might be other people here...but...we don't know what kind..." Fai answered softly in return, not knowing what he was saying at this point.

Kurogane tensed and looked up into the starry, foreign sky.

"If that's the case, I guess we'll find out."