Date Written: June 21, 2007

Summary: After a few weeks of peaceful living in Nihon with Kurogane, Fay decides to recreate his loyal companion! And it drives Kurogane up the wall.

Flo: Don't know when I'm actually posting this, but it popped into my head today and I HAD to write it! Posting this at a later date because we are just beginning the Fay flashback and have no clue as to what happened to Chi and what not, so I'm just airing on the side of caution.

Kurogane: Freak.

WARNINGS! KuroFay, but why would I need to warn you when it's mentioned in the summary? Because there are stupid people out there, that's why.

Hope you enjoy!

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It had been a stressful five weeks for Kurogane. You would think that he'd go back into his normal routine once he got home fairly quickly. Which he did, as was not surprising for the man. There was never a doubt in his mind that he wouldn't. However, he never really put into the equation one mage who stuck out like a sore thumb in his world. And no, it wasn't just because of his looks.

His appearance was what reeled people in, then his actions drove them away. Kurogane would admit that he honestly didn't care if these people who found Fay to be some deity of the moon, or whatever, were quickly running away when Fay started talking about these weird things called yaks and their many uses. Of course he wanted them gone. He was stuck escorting the man everywhere so was also stuck having to listen to their ridiculous praising and have others staring at him. Fay, not Kurogane. Nobody dared look at Kurogane in case he look back and decide the person looking was unfit to look. And that confused Kurogane as to why they were still looking at Fay. Had he not made it clear that Fay was off limits to everybody and everything? It was perplexing, but nothing to loose sleep over. That often.

It was a good thing that Tomoyo and Souma enjoyed Fay like little girls and their dolls. That kept him safe and out of Kurogane's hair for a good hour. The rest of the time, Fay would be wandering through the palace to the kitchens (most likely to try and get the chefs to prepare a disturbing food called haggis), library, weapons room, or, worst of all, the training grounds where Kurogane was. Fay actually never mocked him during these times. No, he would just cheer whenever he felt it appropriate for him to do so (i.e. when Kurogane bent over) and sometimes help out when somebody needed to spar with another person. What was bad was that some of the new soldiers were clueless as to who Fay was (i.e. Kurogane's) and thought it a-okay to just go up and blatantly flirt with the man. Had this been the old Kurogane, he would have sent them to the front line of a battle field. But since Kurogane was no longer the ruthless person he once was, he opted for having them go be Tomoyo's models for the day. And really, punishment is all in one's perspective.

All of this that annoyed Kurogane was happy fun time for Fay. He seemed to just eat up every second they spent together no matter what was going on. Lately, it was mainly Kurogane teaching him all the things necessary to know in his world. The chop stick thing was taking a ridiculously long time, and Kurogane was torn between being suspicious of this and a strange enjoyment of feeding Fay. But in retrospect, it wasn't that bad. In fact, he was much happier than he was before Tomoyo had the gall to send him away. Fay made him happy, especially when Fay himself was happy. However, nobody could find out such a thing or else they would be facing serious consequences. Then again, everybody who knew Kurogane during the B.F. time period (Before Fay) pretty much could just tell.

Everything was bearable.

Then a certain morning rolled around. Believe it or not, Kurogane had actually relaxed a small, microscopic amount. That morning he, for the first time in years, slept in. Now, don't go thinking that he had randomly decided. He didn't have any duties that morning, so he felt that he deserved to sleep in. And for an unheard of ten minutes! It was surprisingly soothing and gave him more time to actually wake up. Or, it would have had his dearest one and only not felt that he had to make his presence known to the entire world. Which for him was Kurogane.

"Kuro-puu!" he shouted as he slammed opened the sliding door (impressive feat). Kurogane didn't even have to look up to know that Fai was grinning from ear to ear. So he didn't. That and him not getting up at his normal time of 5:00 a.m. concerned Fay. "Are you sick?"

"No," Kurogane growled.

"Oh, good! I have something very important and wonderful to tell you, now get up!" Fay took it upon himself to help him and proceeded to yank the blankets off of him.

"What's more important than my thinning patience with you?"

"You will see if you get up!"

"I am up."

"No you're not! You're down, not up!"

So there was some logic in that sentence. That didn't mean Kurogane had to listen to it. "This is as close to 'up' as I'm going to get right now, so you'll just have to deal with it!"

"No! Get up! It's very, very important!" Fay began to shake Kurogane's shoulder at that. Again, Kurogane didn't have to look to know Fay was now pouting. He couldn't figure out what in the world was so important that he had to physically get out of bed to see it, but at the rate things were going, Kurogane would end up losing yet another round of chicken. He thought it best to get his humiliating defeat over with.

"Alright!" he shouted, getting up so fast that Fay fell back. "I'm up, now hurry and show me whatever it is you got!"

Fay just smiled up at him before scrambling to his feet and positioning himself at the now closed door. Clearing his throat, Fay began, "You and I, Kuro-tan, have a beautiful relationship together and you have met me to-"

"'Introduced,' not 'met.'"

"-introduced me to Tomoyo-chan and Souma who are very lovely ladies. I enjoy time with them and especially with you, Kuro-rin!" Kurogane let a small smile escape, he could admit that. "But I have one small, little, tiny, thing that I miss. I can make that again, though, and have!" That smile was completely gone after that and was replaced with a look of panic. "So here I show to you, dun da da dun! The most cute-"

"Cutest."

"Does it matter?" Kurogane shrugged. "Cutest girl with cat ears ever, Chi!" With great flourish, Fai slid open the door to reveal a girl who did indeed have cat ears. And she was dressed in a rather small kimono. Kurogane was curious as to why Fay chose one so skimpy, but then remembered that this was the same girl that Fay had said he created with one of Sakura's feathers so the curiosity of the outfit was thrown completely aside.

"How did you… what did you…?" Kurogane struggled to ask. "I don't even know what to ask first!"

"Don't ask, say your name," Fay whispered (even though the girl could hear him, no problem).

"… Kurogane."

"Now you, Chi! Remember what I told you?"

Chi nodded and said, "My name it Chi. It is very nice to meet you, Kuro-san. Fay likes you very much so Chi does, too!" This was followed by a bow which made a small part of her kimono slip off her shoulders. Thankfully, Fay grabbed it and pulled it back up to avoid any unintentional flashing. Kurogane wondered how often that happened for Fay to make it look like he wasn't even thinking while doing that.

"Right." This was awkward. He now had two smiling, blonde idiots (okay, so he couldn't tell if the girl was a complete idiot yet, but he was pissed) looking at him as if expecting something. His mind didn't even want to go to what Fay might be thinking, and that Chi girl didn't look as if there was much going through her head at all. Kurogane kept looking from Fay to Chi, waiting for someone to say something. Sadly, it appeared he would have to ask the obvious. "Why?"

Fay got that look on his face that usually meant he was trying to figure out proper word and tense structures for his explanation. Probably thinking, "Why not?" and that "Kuro-rin should know already!" instead of an actual answer, though. He was about to say something else, but it was Chi who actually said something. "Fay made Chi again so we could have more fun!" Fay nodded and poked her nose while making a beeping sound as the girl giggled.

"More fun" could mean a lot of things when it involved Fay. During normal circumstances, Kurogane could fairly quickly figure out what the fun was and hopefully prevent the consequences while at the same time keep Fay happy. However, now there was a cat girl thrown into the equation. Not wanting to let his mind wander to where this could go when he had just woken up, Kurogane got completely out of bed and gently pushed the two blondes out of the room, closing the door tightly after, in order for him to get dressed for the day. The very long day.

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1.) (side note) I have written to people from Finland, France, Turkey, Thailand, and South Korea who do not speak English fluently. And they all know how to use pronouns. Also, from the three languages I have studied, pronouns are pretty much the most basic and first things you learn. True, sometimes it's difficult to place them, but not terribly often. So there will be no "Fay is happy!" unless he's talking to Chi. They also know how to use "I'm" "they're" all that stuff. Admittedly, they have studied more than I have Fay studying (and, yeah, Japanese is way harder but I'm writing English!) but we all know Fay is a freakin' genius. Thank you, and this was just so people don't tell me that Fay's English is too good and stuff.

2.) I just read 167 yesterday, so I'm not going to really mention any… "plural" body parts since we don't know what's going to happen with that and I'm sick of having this sitting in my document folder. Therefore, I just won't mention any certain "singular" or "plural" parts of the body. -nod nod-

A/N: So, I ended up posting this about three months after writing it and have written chapters two and three since. This is going to have a definite plot to it because I wish that there were more Fay living with Kurogane fics out there that were more than just a simple one shot. I love those! -sobs- Except for one... Wish, was it?

You know what to do!

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As always, CONSTRUCTIVE criticism is welcomed with free Chis!