A/N: Hi everyone! I used to come on here all the time…. But I sort of stopped… and now I'm back! With Tsubasa! Yay! KuroxFai AMAZING. And I love it like yay. And I'm insane. Whee!

Warnings: YAOI! Yay! No lemons, though. Just … none. oo But there is a feeding scene!!! And … Vampire-ness! Oh yeah, I should add that this is a major spoiler beyond Book 16... So be careful. And … uhh…. That's about it.

Disclaimer: I don't own Tsubasa… duh. How could I possibly own something so amazing? But I wish I owned Kuro-paipai

Chapter One: Tainted

This wasn't supposed to happen.

Everything was changing, everything was going wrong. The princess was depressed, the kid was someone completely different., but the ninja wasn't sure that he was thinking about any of that. In fact, he knew that he wasn't. There was only one thing on his mind, and no matter how much his body and soul wanted to deny it, he couldn't.

The Vampire.

That word still brought an unsettling feeling to the pit of his stomach. Was it because he knew it was his choice that caused the mage to change? Or… was it something else, something deeper?

The ninja's thoughts were interrupted by the sound of the door sliding open. Hearing the soft footsteps, he didn't even have to turn to know who it was. He hated these moments…the moments when they were alone. He hated to see that stupid fake smile, but it hurt more to see the expressionless mask.

"Kurogane …. Again?" The voice was soft, not at all how it had been before. Back when everything was how it was supposed to be … Those days where the mage was still a mage, when he would be obscenely loud and do anything just to aggravate the ninja. He wanted more than anything to have that again .. But he knew that it couldn't happen. It couldn't happen because too much had changed already. Far too much.

He clutched the neck of the sake bottle, as though that would somehow help him. The vampire was right, he had been drinking much more than usual as of late. But who could blame him?

"Yeah…" The response was short, more gruff than he meant for it to be. He didn't want to look up. Didn't want to see the patch over the other's eye, or the blank look in the uncovered one. It only reminded him of what had happened, and it wasn't something that he wanted to remember.

The vampire crossed the room, took a seat beside the ninja. This was different. It meant one of three things. He was hungry, he was going to talk, or he was simply messing with Kurogane's head.

The silence that filled the room was more then uncomfortable. It had never felt like this before… not even remotely close to this. It was almost as if there was an invisible force between them, pulling them apart. It worked together in an odd sort of way, Kurogane working to pull Fai closer to him and Fai working to distance himself as much as he possibly could.

He couldn't help it. It was almost unexplainable. Sitting there before, watching the mage suffer, his eye socket empty and bloody and knowing that he was dying … Kurogane couldn't handle that. There was no way he could handle that. He had been desperate, he would have done anything in that moment, just to keep Fai alive. Maybe he didn't fully consider Fai's feelings on the matter, but no matter what, the mage should have wanted to stay alive, right?

But then, at the same time he was begging for them to stop while they discussed it. Did he really want to die that badly? No person should ever wish so strongly for death. So, why? Why was he harboring so much pain? It didn't make sense… but he wanted it to.

He was so lost in his thoughts that he didn't even notice the vampire moving closer, didn't feel the pale and flawless hand on his shoulder. He didn't realize what was happening until he felt the familiar sense of pain on his neck, and knew that Fai had only come to him for nourishment. Probably because Princess Sakura had, once again, asked him to.

The ninja's eyes closed just slightly as he felt his blood, the life-sustaining liquid being drained from him. He tried not to think of the slight stinging and tingling sensation that lingered there, but tried harder not to think of what would come next. He never knew if the Vampire was truly that hungry or if he just enjoying messing with him. Soon enough, he felt the slight flicking of Fai's tongue against his neck, and had to suppress a shiver. There was no way that the Vampire could know that it was his one weak spot. His assumption was that instead of just mindlessly drinking the fluid, he may want to taste it. Either way, it still had the same effect on Kurogane.

He never imagined that he would find himself in this situation. Hell, he never imagined that anything like this could even happen to them. Sure, he predicted a few troubles and hardships along the way, but who wouldn't expect that? How could he have ever known that the annoying mage would change him so much?

No matter what, he never thought he would be sitting here, the blonde arched over him and sucking the blood from his veins. Never.

It only took a few moments before Fai's hand was on the back of his neck, forcefully, and he started sucking harder. The vampire's body was taking over for him. It happened every so often, as Kurogane had learned from previous feeding sessions. It served to end the process quicker, and so Fai could leave Kurogane alone with his thoughts and a half-empty sake bottle once again.

When he started to feel light headed, his hand came up to lightly grip Fai's small wrist, letting him know that it was time to stop. The blonde pulled back almost immediately, wiping his mouth and taking in a deep breath. "Sorry," he said. It was one of the most meaningful words Kurogane had heard him speak in a while, and for some reason, that hurt even more than the stone cold silence.

That's the end of Chapter one! Review please and let me know what you think!

Chapter two is on it's way … Yay!