Disclaimer: Well as you know TRC and xxxHolic aren't mine. But darn they are fun to play with I already had this idea in my head when I got a request.

AN: this is set after the ending TRC and way past the current chapters of my xxxHolic FF Price of Balance. So there are spoilers. Not to mention some Yaoi.

Mysterious Fruit

Oof.

(Damn Fur Ball, after all this time you'd think she'd manage to at least land them on the ground by now. So? where are the others?)

The Ninja known as Kurogane stood up and scanned the landscape as he brushed himself off. (Shit), another damn forest, what was up with the little white beast. Personally he'd rather be dumped in the middle of a battle than the middle of nowhere. No sign of the Kid or that Idiot Mage, well he'd better start looking, the gods only know what trouble those two could get into before he found them, especially that blonde imbecile.

It didn't take him long to find the slender Idiot. He was sitting beneath a tree eating some really weird looking red fruit.

"Kuro-Pu, over here." Fai waved enthusiastically to the glowering Ninja as he made his way towards the tree and feather head beneath it.

"What ARE you eating? And where's the Kid?"

"Oh Syaoran saw a town off to the east, he and Mokona went on ahead I told him I'd wait for you. While I was waiting I found this delicious fruit on a big tree in a meadow nearby. I was going to save you some, but well,.. it was so delicious It seems I've eaten them all." Fai grinned up at the dark Ninja.

"Idiot! Do you even know what the hell your eating? It could have been poisonous or something worse. Well, if you get sick don't come crying to me. Humph, come on lets go." Kurogane extended his hand down to the sitting Fai and helped to stand up. The Mage waved the Ninja off his usual grin plastered to his face.

"Oh, Kuro-tan was worried about me."

"Shut up, come on it's getting dark."

The Ninja grabbed his hand and pulled the mage behind him. The pair walked east in the direction Fai said Syaoran had gone looking for the town he had seen. They found it not long after night had fallen. Finding the Kid and the Pork bun was even easier.

Smack

"Kirgy, you made it, Mokona was so worried about you." Pealing the squirming ball of fur off his face, he growled at the While Manjuu before throwing it at Fai.

"Worry about yourself Cream Puff. Hey Kid you get a place to sleep? I'm hungry."

"Yeah sure there's an Inn just around the corner. I've already gotten us all rooms and they have dinner waiting for us."

"Well at least somebody's head isn't all full of fluff."

"Kuro-puu how can you say such a thing, and here I waited all that time for you too."

(sigh)

The trio headed to the Inn Syaoran had found earlier and just as he said some dinner had been put out for the Ninja and Mage, most everyone else had already eaten and it was getting rather late. Over Dinner they discussed what they had found out so far about the world they had landed in this time. Seemed a simple enough of a world, no 'Big Trouble' had emerged on arrival which usually meant they were going to be here a while until they found what was off in this world and fixed it, then they would move on to the next world. They retired to bed shortly afterwards.

Kurogane was looking out the window when he heard the door to his room quietly open and then close. Well that took long enough, the Ninja had begun to think the Mage had decided to keep to his own room tonight. Honestly he wondered why the Kid even bothered to get them each their own rooms anymore, it wasn't like he didn't know by now. Whatever, he turned around to look at the slender blonde standing just inside of the door. Huh, what was up now? Usually the idiot was leaping into his arms as soon as he closed the door.

"Kirgy?"

"What's the matter Fai? It's that fruit you ate isn't it? Your stomach hurts doesn't it, I always tell you shouldn't eat strange food without checking with the locals first. Do you need a doctor or something?" The ninja had walked over to the Mage and took his delicate face in his large calloused hand. When Fai looked up at him, his eyes were cloudy with an emotion the Ninja never quite seen before.

"No, I-I, Kurogane do you care about me? I mean really." Ah, so that was it, silly blonde, he lowered his face until their lips were only a hairs breath apart.

"Idiot, your everything to me."

With those words he captured the soft lips beneath his. Words, they were so hard for the Ninja, didn't the magician realize by now how much he meant to him. He could have gone back to Nihon once they had defeated Fei Wong Reed, his mission had been completed and his price paid in full. Instead he had chosen to leave behind Princess Tomoyo and travel thru the worlds with Syaoran and more importantly with Fai. Where the Mage went so went Kurogane, and Fai wouldn't leave Syaoran to wander the worlds alone as he paid this new price, and honestly the Ninja didn't want him too either, so they had all gone. Plus it allowed Kurogane to face new opponents on a fairly regular basis so it was a total win win situation as far as he was concerned.

He licked the smaller males lips requesting entrance to the warm mouth he knew so well, he like it oh so much better now than when the grinning fool was calling him one of his goofy made up nicknames. Yes, this was definitely a much better use of his mouth, smiling to himself he could think of a few other things that mouth did rather well that Kurogane liked, a whole lot. Gathering the slender blonde to him he deepened the kiss, his hands running down the slim waist, over the hips to the trim thighs, grabbing a hold he lifted so that the Mage was now pressed between him and door behind him, his legs wrapped around his waist. Damn Fai had great legs, so long and slender but also strong. Kurogane always felt his most powerful while wrapped in the Mages arms and legs.

Next door....

"Sounds like their in Kurogane's room tonight so it's off to Fai's for you Mokona."

"But Mokona wants to stay here with Syaoran. Pleeaassee."

"Ah, no way, I-I need some privacy."

It only took a couple more minutes for Syaoran to convince Mokona to go sleep in Fai's room for the night. Really he didn't know why she put up such a fuss, it's not like he hadn't sent her to sleep in the vacant room before. Hell it was why he got the extra room in the first place, it's not like Kurogane and Fai needed two rooms, but it would look odd if he said it was really for the Mokona. But now he was alone and he could think about his Beautiful Sakura in peace.

Her lovely hair, her gorgeous eyes, her small perky breasts... Oh yeah he really liked those, they tasted just like the cherries she was named for at least to him. It had been three months since they'd last visited Clow Country, Syaoran and Sakura were 18 now and his hormones were on overload. He was a healthy relatively normal teenager, well okay maybe that was going a little too far, but his hormones were normal and damnit his girl wasn't here to 'take care' of him so he had to take care of himself. Unlike Kurogane, he only got laid when they visited the Country of Clow. Sometimes that seemed like the worst part of this price Syaoran was currently paying.

Thump, thump, thump.

Damn those two were loud, it was ruining his concentration. Okay Syaoran just tune them out and think about the last time you were with Sakura. Ah much better. She was so hot and wet...

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AN: hehehe