Chapter 1
Disclaimer: Unfortunately I do not own tsubasa.
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Fai san! Kurogane san! Doko ni iru no? Taskete! Onegai! Hayaku kudasai!
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"Kuro-pii. ."
"What?"
"Did you hear that?"
"Yeah. ."
"Who is it?"
"I don't know. . It doesn't sound like the kids."
"And they aren't even home yet."
"Let's check it out."
The two young man made their way down to the dark kitchen of their rented house (provided by Yuuko, which they didn't cost a thing because she told them that their payment will arrive soon , which they totally didn't understand.) in the world called "Ureshii no Sekai".
Moving slowly and cautiously down the creaking stairway, they finally reached their destination, and when the ninja switched opened the lights, they were shocked at what they saw.
A crying girl with a shoulder length brunette hair in a strange ripped clothing was sprawled on a pond of shining blood on their tiled kitchen floor.
"Who the hell are you?" the ninja asked while glaring.
The maiden looked up and stared at the two handsome men with her sparkling golden eyes.
"Are you people. . Kurogane san and Fai san?" she asked in an almost a whisper, her voice trembling.
"Yes, indeed we are, I'm Fai san and this is Kuro-tan." Fai grinned and pointed at the gruff man beside him.
"It's Kurogane! Dammit!" he growled.
The beautiful girl just stared at them with her watery golden eyes.
"And you?" asked Fai ignoring Kurogane.
"I-I am. . Resha. ." she said in a hushed voice.
"Why do you know our names?" Kurogane asked in an angry manner.
The pretty lady seemed scared at first but managed to respond.
"Y-Yuuko san. . sent me here. ." she said trembling.
"The witch? Why?" the ninja asked irritated, clearly wanting more answers.
"Now now Kuro-pu. . let us not pressure our guest. ." Fai said, and walked over to the poor girl. He knelt down beside her and helped her to stand up.
"What the. ." kurogane uttered.
"Let's clean her first, okay Kuro-wan?" the mage stated. The lady looked up at Fai.
"Thank you. . Fai sama. ." she said.
"Oh please. . Let go of the sama. ." Fai said smiling sheepishly.
Kurogane sighed and went to help the girl too.
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Resha was very slim like Sakura, but Resha has more curves. The two men allowed her to use the bathroom to take a bath, then after a few minutes, the kids arrived, and the older men explained of what happened.
"Oh. ." is all Syaoran managed to comment.
"Well. . I will let her borrow my clothes." The princess happily stated while settling the grocery bags at the wooden counter and hurried up the stairs.
"I'll make dinner!" Fai announced.
"Yay! Dinner! Mokona is very hungry!" the white bun sang while jumping on to Kurogane's shoulder.
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Mokona jumped up and down , Syaoran blushed, Fai's eyes widened, Kurogane just stared shocked.
The girl is gorgeous, her pale milky skin like Fai's matches the silky blue dress that Sakura had lent her, though it is shorter at her because she is taller than the princess and the dress showed her perfect and sexy figure.
Sakura accompanied her to the table where they all sat.
Kurogane, who just regained his composure managed to utter a word.
"So. ." the dark haired man cleared his throat, and it seemed to awaken the two guys and the bun from their astonishment for they all jumped slightly in their seats in unision from Kurogane's booming voice. Sakura on the other hand is still as innocent as ever.
The girl looked up at Kurogane, her golden eyes locked in his crimson orbs. Kurogane found it slightly uncomfortable, he did not know why, this is the first time that he is uneasy while some freakin'girl is looking at him.
"What the hell are you looking at?" he glared.
"Kuro-daddy is mean mean!" Mokona sang jumping from Syaoran's head to the table.
"Shut up! Bun!" Kurogane tried his best to control his anger on the manjuu.
"So. . Tell us about yourself, Resha chan." the princess asked.
"Oh. . Yes. . Ofcourse, Yuuko san sent me here," she started.
"Why are you covered in blood back then? Is that your payment for Yuuko san or something?" Fai asked with his usual cheerfulness.
"No. . I do not have any payment. ." they all looked up at her surprised.
"What the hell? The witch didn't ask you for any payment?!" Kurogane asked while glaring, he is clearly hating the brunette lady each and every second.
"You see. . When I was in my own world, the. . soldiers are after me." she lowered her gaze. And the group is very much surprised for the second time.
"After you? What do you mean?" the princess asked with a worried look.
"Hey lady, are you a damn criminal?" the dark man asked really getting irritated and suspicious.
"N-No. . I am most ceertainly not. . But, in my world, I was known as. . The misfortune. . That's why the soldiers are looking for me. . My brother loves me very much so he sent me to Yuuko san and told her to let me join a strong group of travelers." She looked up to meet their gazes.
"So my brother payed for me. . Then Yuuko san told me everything about. . You people. ." she stared at the table, as if she doesn't know where to fix her gaze. Fai furrowed his eyebrows in curiosity of her strange use of words. Why does she call us 'You people'?
"Everything?" Syaoran spoke for the first time when they got home.
"Yes. . She said you are looking for Sakura hime's feathers. . And she also told me the reason why you all end up as a group." she looked at them, trying to figure out their reactions and waiting for any contradictions and comments.
When nothing came, she decided to be straight forward.
"So. ." she leaned closer to the table, gulped and started slowly,
"Can I join you people?"
Enormous silence invaded the kitchen, the four and even the bun is too shocked to speak, while the lady waited for their answer,
Then when Resha realized the situation, she abruptly leaned backwards which made the group snap out of their sudden bewilderment.
"Uhm. . I could help you find the feather."she murmured.
"How?" Kurogane asked strictly.
"Well. . You see like Fai sama. . I am also a magician." she said combing her hair by her hand.
"You are? That's great!" the princess said smiling.
Fai and the manjuu already knew that from the first time they met Resha, since they sensed her great magic.
"Tcheh. . Great another idiot. ." Kurogane growled.
"Kuro-pu! That's a mean thing to say!" Fai said pouting.
"But. . If you really do not like me. . To join your group. . It is fine. ." she lowered her gaze.
Kurogane rolled his eyes.
"Can you show us how you can help us?" the brunette boy asked looking at the lady.
"Sure. . Oh and. . I can get the feather for you right away."
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"Hyuu. . The backyard can be very romantic at night Kuro-tan." Fai who is sitting beside Kurogane on a wooden bench on their backyard, clung to the ninja's shoulder.
"Get off me, you sick bastard!" the black man roared.
"Aw. . Kuro-daddy is shy!" Fai said crossing his arms while pouting, but his eyes told a whole different emotion, maybe sadness.
"And stop calling me that!" Kurogane stood up and leaned on the wall.
The back door opened and Sakura, Syaoran, Resha and the bun came out.
"Hurry up lady, I wanna sleep already." Kurogane glared.
"Hai. ." she smiled.
"Tcheh. ." Kurogane got irritated, especially that smile of hers, something's not right, it looks just like that mage's.
"Go Resha chan! Show your stuff!" Fai cheered.
Syaoran and Sakura sat side by side in the old swing.
Resha stood at the center of the backyard, she positioned her fingers in a # 2 sign and raised it chin level. A breeze blew her hair softly at the back of her shoulders which made her more insanely attractive. Suddenly a round light with different signs inside appeared under her and her feet started to float a few inches above the grass. She closed her eyes, sighed and with concentration, began to speak.
"Soul Release!" she yelled. Then she remained like that for a few silent moments.
Then her body starts to have minor bruises and cuts, blood spilled out of the cuts.
"What the hell is happening?!" Kurogane asked furrowing his eyebrows.
"Resha chan! Stop it!" the princess yelled.
"I can't believe I finally saw it. ." The blonde murmured, his sapphire eyes wide.
"What the hell are you talking about, mage?" kurogane asked frustrated.
"Soul Release is a very powerful and risky technique for wizards. . Because in this technique, you let your soul. . do. . the work. ." Fai explained.
Kurogane, Syaoran and Sakura's eyes widened.
Suddenly mokona's eyes turned weird and the manjuu yelled "mekyo!" which made Syaoran and Sakura jump from their seats, ofcourse, Kurogane regained his composure a second ago.
A brighter light coming from Resha caught their attention, and then they saw the important thing that brought them all where they are now. The feather was sticking out in the middle of her positioned fingers, then her feet slowly reached the ground, the circle with signs under her started to fade and the bright light went out slowly. She opened her eyes and fell to the ground. The group hurried to her.
"Resha chan. . You're badly hurt!" Sakura cried.
The injured lady managed to kneel and looked up at them. .
"I got the feather." she winked.
Syaoran looked at the wounded lady with terror in his eyes.
"Resha chan. . You shouldn't have done that." Fai said kneeling down to help her.
Resha gave the feather to Sakura who looks super guilty but still managed to utter a "thanks".
"See, I told you, another idiot." Kurogane whispered.
"Kuro-pu! Stop being mean to Resha chan!" Fai reprimanded.
"I-I think Fai san's right Kurogane san, Resha san tried her best." Syaoran stated nervously, trying not to directly contradict the ninja.
"Tcheh!" Kurogane crossed his arms.
"No. . Kurogane sama is right, only a dunce would use that technique, ne? Fai sama?" the young lady smiled.
Fai didn't say anything, he just smiled back.
Kurogane on the other hand can't believe that the girl agreed with her, and what's with the sama?
"But, Resha chan, please promise us that you won't do that again. I accept you in our group." Syaoran declared, then he looked at the 2 older men and Sakura for their approval.
"Ofcourse. ." Sakura nodded and smiled.
"Welcome to the group Resha chan!" Fai smiled and helped her up. the bun jumped in excitement.
Syaoran and Sakura looked at the ninja waiting for his answer.
Fai looked at Kurogane, giving him the "Okay? Kuro pi?" look.
"Ugh! Do whatever you want. ." he rolled his eyes.
The beautiful lady's eyes widened and her lips curled into a smile.
"Thank you so much."