A/N: This is co-written with my friend, Jess, from school. We were talking about the school's play which is Alice in Wonderland this year and Tsubasa just happened to enter into the conversation. So we happily present Alice in Wonderland, Tsubasa style. Just some off-to-the-side-notes: I don't know exactly what the back of a Nyquil bottle says so I just came up with some random stuff, Kurogane is himself while all the other characters are Wonderland versions of themselves so that's why they don't recognize him and Jess and I realize that Fai is actually dead and that Yui is Fai. In our story Fai is still the Fai from the beginning of Tsubasa and Yui is the dead twin from Tsubasa. Is that confusing?
Disclaimer: Neither Jess nor myself own Tsubasa or any of the characters that reside within its pages. And we don't have anything to do with any proper pronouns in this fanfiction.
WARNING: Make sure that you do read the instructions on the back of any medication and follow them to the letter. Don't be an idiot like Fai.
"And how are we feeling this afternoon princess?" Fai asked quietly, in case the girl was still asleep. She wasn't. Instead she was propped up in a sitting position on her bed, surrounded by pillows and blankets that Syaoran had lovingly placed around her. She glanced up in sleepy surprise as Fai opened the door a little wider. Her hair was ruffled from her long nap, sticking up at bizarre angles. Her yellow nightgown hung off her frame, making her seem much smaller then she actually was. She looked dejected and worn out.
"Oh I'm feeling much better, thank you Fai!" she smiled, her eyes droopy with exhaustion. Fai had to smile at her spirit, but he knew that she was still in the midst of her cold. His suspicions were confirmed when she began to hack and cough uncontrollably.
"I'll be right back Sakura, make sure you get your rest." Sakura pouted, knowing Fai had seen through her charade. She shivered and pulled the covers up farther around herself and lay back down.
He slipped out of the room and strode quietly down the hall, stopping to open the door to the bathroom. Syaoran had instructed that if Sakura's cold became any worse that Fai was supposed to give her cold medicine. He rattled through the mirror cabinet, reading the labels. Pain killers. Antiseptics. Antibiotics. His hand brushed a bottle labeled Nyquil. Good for colds and congestion, he read off the brightly colored container. He grabbed the bottle and slammed the cabinet shut, causing the glass to rattle. Entering the kitchen, he grabbed a tray from under the sink and placed a glass of water on it.
Fai stopped to examine the directions on the back of the Nyquil container. Use one pill for children, two for adults. If the medicine does not take effect within the first hour, take an additional pill. Under no circumstance should a fourth pill be consumed. Fai looked at the small bottle thoughtfully and then proceeded to pop the lid. He shook the container, letting a few pills fall out and onto the tray. He counted them and removed the extras so that only three pills remained. Three should be good, he thought, the bottle says two, but three should make her better faster. That would make everyone happy, especially Syaoran.
He picked up the tray and made his way back to the room in which Sakura was staying, taking care so that the pills didn't roll off the tray. When he entered he noticed that Sakura was back asleep, a frown on her sleeping face. Poor child, I bet she's miserable, not being able to do anything. He rested the tray on the nightstand table and bent over, gently shaking the small girl's shoulder. She blinked up at him, confused as she grappled with her fatigue. Finally, she sat up fully, recognition appearing on her face at last.
"Here, princess." Fai offered her the tray, "These will make you feel better." She sleepily accepted the pills and swallowed them each one by one with a swig of water in between. She returned the empty glass and awarded Fai with a smile of gratitude. She lay her head back down among the pillows, her feather hair fanning around her head in a halo. Eyes lids closed slowly as sleep took over and functions shut down. Fai pulled a chair from the corner of the room to her bedside and sat down, making himself comfortable as Sakura fell into a deep sleep.
Kurogane opened his eyes.
A/N: And we leave off with a semi-cliffy! Not that you'd really know it's a cliffy until now because nothing happened in this chapter but next chapter will be the start of the actual Alice in Wonderland part of the story! Excitement! Review please!