Yuu's Note:
Here I coma back again! Now I present you my first chapter story. This could be AU-ish or maybe this could be consider as future fic. In this fic, their 2nd journey has ended (don't ask me how, just create your own story how their 2nd journey could be finished) and our favorite duo was back to stay in Nihon. And FYI, my English still messy, sorry if that bother you so much. I really need to find beta. Anyone know how to get beta? Or maybe anyone want to be my beta?
Warning:
Eeh... since this was KuroFai... so it's gonna be yaoi. And rating may go up... if my mood want that. LOL. And please... my English... oh, God...
Disclaimer:
Don't own Tsubasa Chronicle nor Fai nor Kuro-chan. I just satisfy my KuroFai need with this fanfic. How sad, ne?
Chapter One
Threat Letter
This day will be a perfect day, thought Fai. This day was exactly the same day when he first came to Nihon after the 2nd journey had ended 2 years ago, so to say that this day was his 2nd years in Nihon. And even though it seems no one realized it (he presume that Kurogane was too busy to notice since he always forgot their anniversaries, and it will come next week), he decided that this day must going to be perfect. He done it well until now, he had already finished almost of his tasks that related to his job as a court magician (he didn't know what to do when Tomoyo had offered him a job as a court magician, as her representative, after he hadn't been in that position for a long time). What left for this day is just his routine to learn more about Nihon's magic specification since he was still trying to get used to this country magic.
Just that, yes, before he heard someone approached him in the library.
"Fai-san! Thanks Kami-sama I've finally found you!"
Fai lifted his head to see a kunoichi with raven hair and dark skin known as Souma hurriedly approached him, her face seemed troubled. Fai smiled calmly at her.
"Hello, Souma-san. What's wrong?"
"Fai-san, Tomoyo-hime has called you to meet her at the main hall! It's urgent!" Souma said it breathlessly – nearly panicked, if you had ever seen her panicked before.
"What's happen, Souma-san?" Fai asked worriedly, suddenly feeling some bad foreboding about what will happen.
Souma shook her head. "I don't know, Fai-san! But it seems like there will be a huge assembly since all of military head leader and chief ministers are invited! Maybe there's something bad happened."
Fai's expression became serious. "Will Kuro-sama also be there?"
"Yes, since he and I were Tsukiyomi-sama's head bodyguard ninjas." Souma answered.
"Well then, thank you for the notification, Souma-san. I'll be there in a flash. Do you want to walk there with me?" Fai's smile found its way again in his face, but it was a plastic one, just to covering his worried-thumping heart.
"I'm sorry, Fai-san. I'm afraid I still have some messages to be sent," Souma bowed politely.
"It's okay, Souma-san. Be careful, ne?" Fai waved his hand. Souma bowed, and with that she left.
Fai hurriedly placed back all scrolls he had been reading as his mind kept guessing what had happened that make that kind of huge assembly suddenly being held. He did it even when he was walking to the hall, he just let his feet to take the lead to the place his feet had remembered its direction. He was too deep in thought that he didn't notice a certain someone had tailed him since he passed the training field. Kind of bored the blonde didn't come to notice him the stalker finally talks.
"You shouldn't let your mind wander while walking. It's a good thing I'm the one who creeping behind you!" a gruff voice was heard.
Fai jumped rather high it made Kurogane raising his eyebrows in amusement and trying so hard not to chuckle. The blonde quickly turned to his back where a pair of ruby eyes – his beloved ruby eyes – had stared at him with a flash of amusement. He smiled and huffed in relief.
"Yes. Thanks Kami-sama it was you," he replied. "Sorry. I just so deep in thought that I let my guard down so easily. I took that as a warning for the next time."
Kurogane took a long stride so now he walks side by side with his lover who automatically put his hands around his arm. They had no problem with public display affection since now almost entire palace had known that they were together – thanks to Tomoyo's routine announcement and Kurogane's protective behavior around the mage.
"Is that about the reason Tomoyo called us?" he asked.
"Aah," Fai nodded, and then looked up to see Kurogane's face. "What's happen, Kuro-sama? It's unusual to held an assembly, a huge one, in this sudden. Did something bad happen?"
Kurogane fell silent for a moment. "I heard some rumors… about an invasion threat from other country."
Fai's eyes widened. "Is that means there will be a war?"
"I don't know yet. It's depended on this assembly result." Kurogane snatched his arm free from mage's grasp just so he could bring him closer by sneaking his arm around the other's small waist, and then they fell silent for the rest of the way.
When they got there, the main hall wasn't filled yet. Amaterasu hadn't showed up yet, but Tomoyo had already there. Fai smiled at the sight of the little princess and hurriedly approached her, tagging along Kurogane with him.
"You are early, Hime." Fai greeted.
"Fai-san, Kurogane too!" Tomoyo cheered. "Of course I'm early 'cause I don't want to miss a precious sight of my favorite couple coming hand in hand!"
"We're not hand in hand!" Kurogane snapped while Fai blushing slightly.
"Yes, but you had your hand on Fai-san's waist! Very, very precious!" Tomoyo said with a smug face. "You two like a newlywed! I wonder why you two haven't married yet!"
Fai laughed as he sat beside the moon princess. "That's because Kuro-pon is too shy to admit his love for me and propose me!"
The two then giggled like a crazy teenage girl and continued to tease their favorite ninja who only snorted at their merciless teasing, paying less attention to them and instead choosing to gave a death glare to whoever landed a glance at his mage. Even though almost entire palace had known that Fai was his, but somehow Fai's beauty still could drooling many men – too many for Kurogane's liking – which resulting they're staring at him with lusty eyes, as if said that if Kurogane weren't his lover, they would do almost everything to make the mage theirs, and the head ninja didn't like the thought a single bit. So when there was too many flirting had thrown to his mage, Kurogane instinctively sneaked his artificial arm around Fai's waist and pulled him closer, leaving Fai surprised and Tomoyo gave a mischievous smile.
"Kuro-puppy being cuddly!" Fai whispered in a seductive tone.
"Too many bad guys here stared at you with kind of look I dislike." Kurogane grumbled in Fai's ear, just to make all flirts out there backed off.
"Kuro-koi just being jealous. You know I've never threw an eye at them even a single bat." Fai chuckled low before leaned to kiss the raven haired man's cheek lightly, emerging a gasp from Tomoyo and jealousy growl from Fai's admirers. And when said ninja looked at his princess, he saw that she made a face that said she would take a picture of that moment if her precious camera – many thanks for the damn witch who gave her that long before she died – wasn't left inside her room. Kurogane growled inwardly. Great.
"You damn tease!"
"It's make your job backed them easier, right?" Fai smiled innocently and gave his lover a final peck on his cheek before he looked back at Tomoyo, expression changing into a serious one. "So, why do you call us, Tomoyo-hime? And I heard that this is going to be a huge assembly."
"Is that true the rumors I've heard about invasion?" Kurogane continued.
At that, Tomoyo's expression changed into worried. She closed her eyes and inhaled deeply. "Yes, it is."
"From which country?" asked Kurogane, squeezing Fai's hand that tensed slightly at her answer.
"From Kouryou, if I'm not misheard."
"I've read that Kouryou country has been active to enlarge their territory lately by doing some invasions to their neighboring countries. It said that they have never failed until now." Fai explained what he had read not too long ago. Worries engulfed him so he seeks some solace from his lover's warmth.
"Rumors said that they managed some spiritual creatures to help them during wars, that's why other countries hardly win." Tomoyo added Fai's explanation, her face as calm as usual.
"But we have kekkai for monsters," Kurogane said.
"That was our strong point than other countries they have been defeated," Tomoyo nodded. "But what I'm afraid is about kind of magic they'd used. They could use some magical power that stronger than ours." She then looked hopefully at Fai. "And that's why I need your help, Fai-san."
"Anything if I could, Hime," replied Fai as he bowed slightly.
Tomoyo took Fai's hand in hers. "I'm sorry, Fai-san. I know that you're still trying to get used to Nihon's magic type and let your magic source 'understand' our kind of magic. But with this, I'm afraid I'll need your help to produce a great kekkai if we must choice a war with them, so it means we must get your body used to Nihon magic as soon as possible."
"Will that affect his body?" Kurogane asked, concerned at his lover's safety.
Before Tomoyo opened her mouth to answer, Fai had already spoken. "It's okay, Kuro-rin. Don't worry about me. Mommy's just going to be a little bit tired after this because of some hard trainings, but everything will be fine! Besides, Tomoyo-hime will be there with me to watch over me so I won't do fatal mistakes. Everything will be fine. Right, Tomoyo-hime?"
Catching a flash look from Fai, she decided to follow the blonde scheme. She smiled softly and nodded. "I hope so, Fai-san."
Before Kurogane could ask any further, Amaterasu's attendance had announced through entire hall, and everyone in that room bowed low to respect their empress. Kurogane let go his hand from Fai's waist and instead took the mage's hand in his and placed them in his laps.
Like what Tomoyo had been said to them, Amaterasu explained about the invasion threat letter from Kouryou that she had received the morning before, and she gathered all of Nihon head leader to asked them about what Nihon should do to perceive the threat. Most of people in that hall strictly said that Nihon would have never been enslaved by other country and choosing to have war instead. And since it was a major comment, then the decision had been clear; they are going to have war.
"I'm sorry, Fai-san. You must help my sister to create a kekkai even though you still didn't used to Nihon's magic," Amaterasu said when the assembly had officially ended and there were few people left including her, Tomoyo, Souma, Fai, and Kurogane.
"It has to be my job since I was a magician and since Nihon became my home. I wouldn't let myself being a burden and do nothing. I would help as far as I could," answered Fai with a smile.
"Then it's fixed that your training intensity will be increasing start on tomorrow, Tomoyo herself will watch over you. How about that?"
"It's fine, Amaterasu-sama."
"Thank you once again, Fai-san. Now it's better for you to go back to your room and get some rest before tomorrow started, ne?"
Fai nodded once before he excused himself and Kurogane to leave the hall. Once they left, Kurogane had his hand again on Fai's waist. The blonde rested his head at his beloved ninja's shoulder and sighed heavily.
"There will be a war, Kuro-pup," he said. "It means you'll go there too, leaving me worried about your safety."
"It was my job, I'll be fine." Kurogane replied. "Besides, if there's someone to worried, it was me worried over you about that damn training. Are you sure you'll be okay?"
"Hyuuuu! Kuro-ai worried about me! He loves mommy sooo much!" Fai released from Kurogane's hold and ran slightly in front of him with both hands spread wide.
Kurogane stopped walking. He grabbed Fai's upper arm and stared at him with full of worried and concern. "Idiot, I'm serious! Magic is never an easy thing to changed randomly!"
Feeling the other man's concern in his red blazing eyes, Fai decided to stop playing around and being serious. He wrapped his arms on his lover's neck and stared at his ruby eyes intensively. "I'll be fine, Kuro-koi. I'll do everything I could to help, I've said that." He smiled his genuine smile he always had when he was with his most precious person. "Together we will protect this country, our home, in our own way."
"Yeah." Kurogane replied with a small smile. After stared at each other quite long, they decided to continue walking to their room.
Even though Fai could easily tell Kurogane that he'll be fine, deep in his heart he couldn't resist a bad feeling that kept struggling in his chest since he heard that invasion news. And somehow, his bad foreboding was mentioning about his relationship with Kurogane in the near future.
~ To Be Continued ~
Right... that was the first chapter. Awful, ne? Btw, I decide to give Fai a job in Nihon since every Nihon fic I've read mostly had Fai doing nothing beside patiently waiting fo Kurogane to come home like a loyal housewife or being Tomoyo's new mannequin for her design. I think he's not that useless after all. And I guess... they were ooc? Are they? tell me what you think. I would continue if anyone would review this piece of work.
