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"What the hell do you think you're doing, idiot?
"Nothing," said the blond, once again dipping his fingers into the pail of water. Kurogane's jaw clenched further as cold droplets splashed across his face.
"Mage!" he seethed, trying not to lose his head completely with the princess still sleeping soundly on the couch. "If you don't explain what this is, I swear—"
"Relax, Kuro-pi, it's for good luck, to ward off evil spirits." Another splash this time, thicker, and it left a trail down the warrior's cheek, and his eye began to twitch dangerously.
"Teehee, Kuro-daddy looks like he's been crying!" Kurogane wheeled around sharply, like he needed the manju's chirping on top of this.
"Blame this stupid idiot and his crazy customs!"
"Fai-mommy made you cry?" inquired the creature in mock-innocence. Mokona barely had time to manage a smile before shrieking and running away from a very angry ninja.
The two ran out of the house. Kurogane, still angry, found no reason return to the house after he'd failed to find the crazy manju. Instead, he followed the kid into town to deal with whatever was making all the trouble in this new world. Kurogane quickened his step without looking back, he was already late.
Fai emerged from the house, a wry smile on his face, pail still clutched to his chest. A loud splash sounded in the night as he emptied the water on the pavement, as was custom. In fact, no face-splashing was really necessary, but Fai just couldn't resist the temptation. Lost in his thoughts, it took a while for Fai to notice the white ears sticking out of a nearby bush.
"Don't worry Mokona, he's gone." Mokona bounced happily out of the bush and unto Fai's shoulder, but soon hesitated again.
"What's wrong, Fai?"
The wizard didn't reply. He looked ahead in the direction Kurogane had gone. "They'll need all the luck they can get," he whispered, knowing the full extent of the trails that awaited them, and knowing also that his luck wasn't much to go by.
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the end!
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A/N: This was originally written for the Kuroxfai-POP challenge: Cultural differences. I wrote another one for it too...I'll later. And as usual: REVIEW!
