Author's Notice: I don't own any of this. I wish I did, but sadly, the Tsubasa Chronicle story and characters are all copyright the geniuses that are the CLAMP team. The only thing that I own is the plot idea for this particular bit of crap fan fiction. The various lyrics used throughout are copyright their original owners. Manjuuis a steamed bun filled with sweet red bean paste. Kurogane calls Mokona this. Wan-wanis a Japanese onomatopoeia for a barking dog, and wanko means puppy.
- Andrix
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Rain,
rain, go away,
Come
again another day,
All the world is waiting for the sun
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"We're lost," a gruff voice said from behind him.
Fay D. Fluorite just grinned and turned around to look at the dark one who was walking a few feet behind him.
"Kuro-puu is so negative!" he said in his happy way as he walked backwards along the dirt road.
"You're gonna trip, you stupid magician," he sad as his red eyes narrowed. "and I'm not negative! You got us lost!"
It was true. Fay had dragged Kurogane out to look for any signs of Sakura's feather. They had spent the day wandering the countryside asking anyone they met if anything strange had happened, or if they knew of any stories or legends concerning a magical feather. They had kept with Syaoran's story that they were collecting legends for a book, but they hadn't found anything, and now it seemed they had lost their way.
"Now now… I'm sure we can find our way home. We haven't gone too far. After all! We can still understand each other!" he said, crossing his arms behind his head.
Kurogane gave a little growl. He almost hoped that they would end up going out of that stupid manjuu's range so he wouldn't have to speak with the happy fool.
"You're going to trip," he said again, an obvious touch of annoyance in his voice.
The magician's grin grew as he looked at the ninja through his half-closed crystal blue eyes.
"Hyuu Is Kuro-wanko mad at me?" he asked.
Wanko! Memories of their time in the virtual world of Outo came back to him and he was instantly confronted with the desire to strangle the bouncy blonde baka.
"Call me by my name!" he growled.
Fay laughed and continued his backwards walking. Kurogane had just begun to wonder how in the name of all that was holy he had gone this far without tripping. The thought crossed his mind too late, because at that very moment, with a gasp and a cloud of dust, the idiot fell… forward.
Kurogane stopped and stared down at the back of Fay's head. He wasn't quite sure what he should have done. It seemed to defy all possible laws of physics, but then again so did jumping dimensions. He opted to laugh at the magician's misfortune.
Fay say up and tried to get the dirt off his face.
"Wah! Kuro-sama is so mean!" he whined.
Kurogane stopped and frowned down at the whining wizard.
"I am not," he said, "Get up."
"Yes, Kuro-pon is a meanie." Fay whined again.
"Just get up!" he grumbled, getting angry. He looked up at the sky, and was surprised to see that the sun had been blotted out by the clouds. It had been clear when they left, and now it seemed like it was going to start raining at any moment.
"Not until you apologize." Fay said, looking up at the taller man with a puppy face that could rot teeth.
"Come on, you stupid magician! It's going to rain!" Kurogane said, kicking the sole of his shoe lightly in an effort to spur the magic-user into action.
The words had barely left the dark one's mouth when a large raindrop splattered on the ground nearby. Another hit his head and caused part of his spiky hair to fall flat. One final drop landed on Fay's nose with an audible 'plip'. At this, the silly grin instantly returned to the magician's face as he leapt up.
"Well, Kurorin, we'd better find some shelter!" he said, as the few drops turned into a downpour.
He walked off down the road. Kurogane followed, hands in his pockets, grumbling and finding himself once again suppressing the urge to strangle the other man.
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"Syaoran-kun, Fay-san and Kurogane-san haven't returned yet… and it's almost time for dinner…" Sakura said worriedly as she looked out the window through a torrent of rain.
"I know, Princess." Syaoran replied, "But don't worry. Fay and Kurogane can take care of themselves. I'm sure they'll be okay."
"Puu!" Mokona said in agreement from atop Sakura's head, "Syaoran-kun is right! They're strong, they'll be just fine! I can still sense them, so they can't be too far away!"
"I hope you're both right," the princess said as she moved away from the window. She left the room to go help Arashi with dinner.
Mokona hopped off her head into Syaoran's arms. Syaoran sighed as he watched her go. He hoped he was right too. Mokona looked up at him.
"Puuu… Syaoran mustn't worry! Sakura-chan needs your smile." Mokona said, reaching up to squish Syaoran's cheeks into a smile.
Syaoran let out a little laugh and smiled down at the puffball. "You're right, Mokona."
Mokona gave a little grin, hopping onto his head.
After they had finished dinner and helped Arashi clean up, Sakura was back at the window. She sat patiently, looking for any sign of their other companions through the wind and rain. Syaoran gave a little smile and placed a hand on his princess' shoulder in an effort to ease her worries.
"How about we leave a light in the window for them tonight?" he suggested, "Maybe they'll see it and be able to find their way back home."
Arashi stood in the doorway to the kitchen, drying her hands. "Yes, a light in the window sounds like a good idea. If they're lost, it may guide them back here. I can leave the front door unlocked as well," she said.
Sakura nodded in agreement. "Okay. That sounds good. I hope they're safe…"
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Kurogane shoved open the door of the old abandoned barn they'd found and looked around. Beside him, the magician was soaking wet and shivering slightly. Kurogane was cold too, but he wasn't about to show it. He had to admit, though, the light clothes of this world were not meant for cold autumn rain.
"This will have to do," he said, pulling Fay inside.
"H-hyuu, it gets rather cold here when it rains doesn't it?" he mumbled.
"I thought your world was as frozen wasteland," Kurogane replied, his rain-flattened hair sticking to his skin. "Shouldn't you be used to this?"
"Well, Celes may be cold, but at least there I have warm clothes," he said, indicating that both he and Kurogane were soaked through to the skin. He then grinned, "Kuro-puu looks like a drowned rat."
"You don't look much better, stupid magician!" Kurogane growled, prodding the other man.
Fay laughed. "Angry Kuro-wanko goes wan-wan!" he said, prodding back.
"What the hell is wan-wan?!" the ninja demanded, leaping at the magician.
The blonde fool leapt out of the way before Kurogane could catch him. This resulted in the oh-so-stealthy ninja landing flat on his face in a pile of old straw. He sat up and tried to clean himself off. He spat bits of the yellow material out of his mouth.
"Bastard!" he growled, a vein the size of Russia throbbing in his temple. "Why the hell did you do that?"
"Well I wasn't going to let you attack me!" the magician said in his annoying, sing-song way.
"Idiot! Fool! Bastard!" he ranted, leaping to his feet. The straw clung to his wet form like paper and glue.
Fay laughed again and patted his head annoyingly. "Aww, Kuro-puu! I love you too!"
"WHAT?!" he shouted, leaping at him again.
This time Fay started running around the barn. He laughed as Kurogane bounded after him, shouting random insults. Both stopped dead, however, when a loud crack of thunder made the ground beneath them shake. This was followed closely by a flash of lightning that filled the whole barn with a harsh white light and causes some random bird to make quite a commotion in the rafters. Kurogane's face paled as he tripped and landed on his knees, startled by the sudden noise. Fay blinked and looked over his shoulder at the ninja.
"Kuro-pii?" he said, "Are you alright?"
"Of course I'm alr—" he was cut off by another crack of thunder, which made his eyes widen a bit, despite his effort to hide it.
"Kuro-pon! Are you scared of a little storm?" he asked, kneeling down.
"No, fool!" he snarled, glaring at the blonde, "I am not afraid!"
Fay smiled and hugged him. "Aw, it's alright, Kuro-sama. It's only a storm."
"I'm not afraid." The ninja said again… but he made no effort to pull out of the magician's hold.
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Heeeey! Look at that! You made it all the way through the first chapter of my first fan fiction! Yay for you! I'll admit, this chapter was short. In Word, it's only about 5 pages and around 1600 words. But this seemed like a good place to stop. Lyrics at the start are from Breaking Benjamin's song 'Rain'. I thought it was fitting for this chapter. And DO NOT bitch at me for making Kuro-puu afraid of thunderstorms. There's no place where it says he isn't, to my knowledge. So neh. My fan fiction, I'll do whatever I want. And this does have plot. It is going somewhere. And I will not update if you demand me to.
See you next time,
- Andrix
