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Disclaimer: Clamp owns all of the characters involved.
Couple: KuroXFai

Well, there's chapter 2. Enjoy!


Chapter 2 : Fight

They were back at the house : it was now evening. They had searched for the feather all day, looking at the park where the central tree was, but couldn't find nothing, even with the informations the villagers gave them.
When they came back, it was snowing. So, Fai took some snow in his hands and formed a ball that he threw at Kurogane.

"Why the hell did you do that for?!?" Shouted the angry ninja.

"Because it's fun, Kuro-wan!"

"Fun? How can it be f…"

Splat! He was hit by another snowball.

"Kuro-pon was hit! Kuro-pon was hit!" Chanted Mokona happily on Sakura's head.

"You…damn…wizaaard!!!!!"

Laughing, Fai avoided by a hair's-breadth the sword that passed right over his head.

"Kuro-pon's angry, it seems!"

"Why, do you think?! Your throwing snow at me!"

He didn't receive an answer, though, since Fai started coughing.

"Fai-san? Are you alright?" Asked Sakura, worried.

"Yeah…I'm fine. Don't worry about me, Sakura-chan" Answered Fai as soon as he stopped coughing, a small smile on his face.

Sakura was still worried, but didn't arguee. If he said he was fine, then it must be true.
As for Kurogane, he looked suspicioully at the mage, not trusting one word he just said, but he add nothing. What was the point, anyway?

They all got back in the house to warm theirselves, since it really was starting to get cold outside.
Fai went to the living room and, taking a book, he sat on the couch. But he soon fell asleep, too tired. The fact that he didn't slept the other night drained him, as well as the day they had.
No one woke him up and soon, Sakura and Syoaran went to bed.

Kurogane was sitting near the mage. Looking at him, he saw nothing particular : no sign of weakness or sickness. So, he took Fai in his arms and went to put him in his bed. After that, he went to bed too.


He was back where his previous dream had ended. This time, it wasn't in the coffin anymore. The glass was broken and it's form was moving in the water. Emerging from it, it got out quickly. Calm, it twisted its hair to dry them. It didn't like to be wet.

It started moving to get out, but there was another obstacle left : the shield. It transformed into a cute girl, girl that was ready to fight and protect her master. Unfortunately, she didn't have time to make even one move. It had raised its arm and she was destroyed. Her body fell on the floor, not moving anymore. Satisfied, it smiled.

"Fai! I'm coming for you!"

And he disappeared.


He almost woke up screaming, but managed to shut himself up in time. Awfully pale, Fai was trembling violently.

"Chii…" He murmured.

He wanted to cry, but was scared that someone entered his room, espacially Kurogane. He had to keep his mask at all time! He had to let no one see his pain!
He succeeded in not crying, but he continued to shake violently. He wasn't able to control his body.
The door opened quickly.

"Hey, Fai, time for breakfast. You coming?"

He startled, not expecting to hear Kurogane. Turning around, he saw the sun through the window.

"Err…yeah, I'm coming right away."

Kurogane shrug and left the room to go back downstairs, soon followed by the mage.

"Good morning, Fai-san!" Said Sakura with her usual smile when she saw him coming. "Are you feeling better this morning?"

"Yes, yes! That's nice of you to ask."

He went beside the counter to get coffe, but had to grab to it to stop him from shaking. Sakura and Syaoran noticed nothing, but it didn't break away to Kurogane. He coughed again and, this time, the kids turned their head toward him.

"Fai-san! Are you really sure you're alright?"

He smiled a reassuring smile at them.

"Sure! I must be getting a little cold only. Nothing to worry about!"

"Do you want to stay here and rest?" Asked Syaoran.

"No, no. I'll be fine, don't worry" He said, waving his hand in such way to change the subject. "So, where are we going today?"

"Hmm…since there was nothing near the central tree, we'll try the town. Maybe they can tell us more information about what happened." Replied the boy.

"So the town it is!"

After breakfast, they all left the house. Fai was the last one to go outside. Thinking no one else was still inside, he let himself cough more. But what he didn't know was that Kurogane was still there, waiting for him. When the mage went to the door, he froze at the sight of the ninja.

"Ku…Kuro-pin! You…you're still here!"

His plastic smile quickly came back on his face, and his assurance did so too.

"How nice of you to wait for me!"

The ninja frowned and took him by the shirt.

"Listen, wizard!" He whistled. "I don't want to see you sick, alright? So, if you're really starting to get a cold, at least, show it to us so you can get better. Don't hide it, is that clear?"

"What are you saying, Kuro-kun? I'm all right, I assure you!"

Kurogane growled and let go of Fai. He turned around and started to walk.

"Let's go. The others aren't that far."

And Fai followed him.


"What's going on, here?"

When they met the others, they were in the center of the village. Everyone was running and screaming, scared of something.

"I don't know! I think it's coming from the park!" Responded Syaoran. "Mokona, do you sense a feather?"

"Yes! And I sense great magic too, but it's evil!"

Fai had tensed when he heard about the great magic, but relaxed, noticing that Mokona didn't said anything about the magic ressembling his.

"Let's go, then!" Said Kurogane, drawing out his sword.

They ran to the park to see a giant monster. It was kind of a dragon, but it was black and it wasn't long like a snake. It had six legs and three bright red eyes. It screamed and threw fireballs at them that they avoid. Syaoran ordered to the princess to go hide herself. She obeyed and ran away with Mokona, who's eyes were open, in her arms.
Kurogane attacked first with his sword, injuring the dragon at one of his legs. Furious, it threw even more fireballs.

They battled fiercely against the dragon and finally, they manage to get the feather. But, before the dragon died, it gave a big blow with his enormous tail. Kurogane and Syaoran managed to obviate it, but not Fai. The tail hit him hard and he flyed to a building. Falling, he struck the ground really hard, but he felt nothing. He was already unconscious the second he had touch the building.


N/A : Well, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! This time, I hadn't had time to start the third chapter, so it might take longer than a night, lol.
Anyways, reviews, please!