SPECIAL THANKS: I would like to thank those Tomoyo X Kurogane fanfic writers. It is because of this that I was inspired to write this fanfic. P

COPYRIGHT INFORMATION: I officially declare that the characters in this story belong to CLAMP, and I do not have the right to declare them as my own. The story written here is purely fictional. Any resemblance to any events related to readers is purely coincidental. (This is the long version here; I'll write a shorter version in the next chapter.)

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Hiya! Welcome to the debut chapter of this story. I would like to thank again those writers who had used the Tomoyo X Kurogane pairings in their stories. The first chapter is basically a rough enactment related to the first few chapters of the manga or the first few episodes of the anime of Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles. Other than that, please enjoy reading this story! )

ASSUMPTIONS CREATED PURELY OUT OF FICTION: 1. Tomoyo is about the same age as Kurogane; 2. The entire setting is set in Kyoto the capital of Japan; 3. Hmm…nothing else. Just use these assumptions. ;)

CHRONICLE ONE: ALL BAD BOYS MUST BE SENT AWAY by xXredEMPTionXx

It was a rather still and full moon night. The moon shone its brightest on the land of Japan. On one of the rooftops of a certain building was a certain ninja with a sword perched on his shoulder. He wore dark clothing with a certain black cape flowing along with the wind. The moon shone behind him, only revealing his figure.

"Weak! Weak!" The ninja cried out to all below him. "Isn't there anyone stronger out there?" He gave a sinister laugh knowing that he was the strongest in all of the land of Japan. His fiery red eyes looked all over the city, with no danger in sight.

Kurogane here shall go down in history as the strongest ninja in Japan!

He continued to stare at the city below him, his mind self-boasting his strength within.

A teenage girl looked at the beautiful night lit by the full moon. She was in colorful clothing, that of imperial garb. Sitting on her long flowing hair was a headdress that symbolized the royalty of her land. In her mind she was trying to think of a poem to suit the beauty of the serene night.

"Tomoyo-hime!" The princess turned back to see that one of her ninja guards had arrived to report something grave to her. Her mind began to fill with the image of someone she would expect to be giving trouble. The ninja made a kowtow to her imperial highness.

"What is going on, may I know?" Tomoyo asked gently to her guard.

"Kurogane-san is killing the people who attempted a coup in our castle," the ninja replied back with politeness. The word 'kill' rang around in Tomoyo's mind. She remained calm as usual.

"Is that really true, Souma?" She questioned her ninja guard. The princess knew that the guard who she knew well was always a reckless person. "I told him to refrain from needless killing."

"I'm sorry, hime-sama," Souma replied back, still on her knees.

"You have done no wrong, Souma," Tomoyo responded back to Souma's apologies. The princess continued her gaze at the moonlit night. "This is it, then."

Souma looked up at her princess. Tomoyo was always speaking in abstract terms in which both she and Kurogane could not comprehend. Either way, her language was always in poetry form, or either in some way designed to make no one understand.

"I guess there is no way to avoid it," the princess replied, closing her eyes momentarily. "Let's go see Kurogane-san now." She turned to the ninja. "Where is he?"

"Near the Gate of Mercy," Souma replied back to the princess who gave a slight nod before proceeding slowly to the whereabouts of Kurogane.

"Souma-san, please go ahead to meet Kurogane first," Tomoyo ordered. "I'll catch up with you soon after."

"I AM THE STRONGEST IN THIS LAND!" Kurogane the black ninja shouted to the entire area. "I'M THE GREATEST SLAYER IN THIS LAND!"

"Please stop your nonsense, Kurogane-san," he heard a familiar voice who arrived near him. "The princess has been informed that you have slain innocent people."

"Innocent? You call this people innocent?" He pointed to a distant area where the slain bodies of the people who had attempted a coup in the palace. "Tomoyo and an idiot like you will never know how to be merciless!"

Souma is the most irritating person I ever met! She's been making me bad in front of Tomoyo since she came to her service!

"Kurogane-san," Souma spoke gently to the black ninja. "Can't you be nice for once to your fellow ninja? After all, we are the personal guards of the princess."

"Bah! A nice person always gets her just desserts!" He argued back loudly, expressing his dislike for the ninja who took away the attention of the princess ever since she came. "Who cares about being nice and merciful when others will take advantage of it? You and Tomoyo are really naïve!"

"Who is the naïve person here, may I ask?" Kurogane heard another gentle voice who had appeared beside Souma. "It may be you here who could be naïve instead." The ninja's eyes widened with mild shock at Tomoyo's words.

"Hime-sama," he spoke to the princess with the most respect. "What I have done definitely is worthy because these people are attempting a coup on you." He replied back to the princess who was giving him a gentle stare that softened his heart, and yet putting fear in him too. The only thing that Kurogane feared was the princess' anger and sadness.

Tomoyo shook her head slightly, looking at Kurogane again. "What you have done is unforgivable," she answered his reason. "These people may have tried to oppose me, but it is naturally to forgive them for their wrongdoings."

"Tomoyo-hime, these people are trained assassins, and they are weak ones," he tried to reason with the princess. "It's a way to test my great strength!" He gave a slightly smirk which quickly faded when the princess suddenly had a solemn look.

This is it. The princess isn't happy about this, and I'll be surely punished!

"Kurogane," she spoke with a serious tone and with a solemn look in her eyes. "Once again you have disobeyed my orders." She looked at him closely, eye to eye.

"Hime," the black ninja spoke with a disappointed look that she was going to punish him for killing people that tried to attempt on the princess' life. "I got rid of all the disgraceful people who took over Shiragashi castle. You have no complaints?"

"My order was not to kill needlessly."

"To kill anyone who attacks is one of the ninja rules, Tomoyo-hime."

"Was there such a rule?" Souma whispered near Tomoyo's side. The princess received the message clearly. "Tomoyo-sama, is Kurogane lying?"

"I've never heard of that rule before," the princess replied back sharply. She knew that Kurogane had no longer any reasons to argue with her.

"Aa!" He gave a look of desperation, wanting to scratch his head for more reasons but none came. "Shut up!"

"Kurogane!" Souma shouted back in defense of the princess. "How can you talk that way to the princess!" The black ninja was oblivious of what Souma had exclaimed back.

"It's fine, Souma," Tomoyo looked at her loyal ninja. She looked back, and tried to make a face of exhaustiveness. "Like Souma why can't they be all nice and why is Kurogane so mean like he is?"

"Ninjas aren't good or bad," Kurogane replied abruptly to her. "I want to be stronger than anyone else. That's why I fight. Whether I live or die, no one cares."

Just like you, Tomoyo-hime.

"Is that so? In this country who is as strong as you," Tomoyo questioned Kurogane's rationale for being a ninja. "I have no other choice." Tomoyo began to cast a certain magical spell which began to form a certain red aura and gas-like substance that began to encircle the black ninja.

I guess this is the only way to correct him…

"What? What's happening?" Kurogane was questioning in confusion, his face simply a confused and shocked look as the magical spell encircled him. Suddenly, the aura grabbed hold of his limbs which caused a panic within him.

"A person used to say this a lot: A bad kid would be sent on a journey," Tomoyo cited a certain fake example to counter his crap earlier.

"No one said that!" He knew that the princess was trying to attack him back earlier for the rubbish he had spouted.

"Right now you're going to another world," Tomoyo spoke with a gentle look on her face and in her eyes. The aura had started to engulf Kurogane within, and he was sinking into it like quicksand did. The ninja's eyes were widening with much more panic.

Tomoyo-hime is sending me away instead of that freaking Souma?

"Don't send me away!" He cried back to his princess. She was not listening to what he was saying. "You don't have to be that extreme!"

"You'll probably meet many new people," she spoke back, informing him of his predicament. "There you'll find the real meaning of strength." Tomoyo closed her eyes for a brief moment.

"For that," she reopened her eyes and gave a smile. "It's hard for us to part, but I will give you a send-off." She was chuckling slowly with Souma still in the background looking at what was happening.

"No, you're sending me off by force!" Tomoyo suddenly was reminded of something.

"Ahhh, yes," she remembered what she had to do. Her hands did some skill to produce a holographic magical glyph of mystical origin. "One more thing, you'll have a spell set on you." Speaking a few magical words, the glyph shot towards Kurogane as it impacted onto his helmet producing a large impression on it.

"What's this?" He demanded to know.

Stupid Tomoyo! How can she send me away just for killing people mercilessly?

"A curse. So that you won't kill needlessly anymore," Tomoyo explained back. "Each time you kill someone, your powers will decrease, so be careful." Her face was back to a solemn look again.

"DON'T FOOL AROUND, TOMOYO!" He was sinking up to the point that only his head was visible.

"Stop yelling at the princess!" Souma interrupted once again, sighing that Kurogane was always that fresh to her.

"But, there is some chance," he looked at Tomoyo sinisterly. "That we'll meet again."

He's right…we'll meet again in other worlds…maybe?

"YOU! I'LL REMEMBER THIS, YOU BITCH!" Kurogane's sword sunk into the aura before it vanished. He was gone. Gone to the next world.

"Hime-sama…" Souma was still confused by the remnants of Kurogane in which the red aura had begun to disperse. "Kurogane is…"

"I sent him to 'that person'," Tomoyo answered her sole ninja. "He will be fine."

Good luck Kurogane-chan…

"The journey," she continued her words. "…has begun…"

Take care…I may never be able to see you…goodbye my childhood friend…

Tomoyo the princess closed her eyes before turning to look at her ninja.

"Souma, let's go look at the full moon and appreciate it."

END OF CHRONICLE ONE

CHRONICLE TWO: THE OSTRACIZED BOY

CONCLUSION: Nothing! Just look at the title of the second chronicle, and you will know! Next week would be the publishing of the next chronicle. P This is just plainly from the manga anyway, for this chronicle. Okay, bye for now! P

GLOSSARY: hime – princess; sama – honourific term

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