CHAPTER 3

While the scary ninja was asleep, Fai was left with his thoughts. A furious blush was on his face and his heart was beating fast.

Fai was happy by the ninja's words. He couldn't believe the other man thought that way about him, he always thought he annoyed Kurogane, but...he really thinks Fai was cute? All this time, the mage thought they were just travelling companions. Just friends. He thought that the ninja hated him, was annoyed by him on so many levels...and him, Fai, and enjoyed his company. He let his guard down and called him cute pet names, riling him up to see the many reactions on the man's face. Teasing him was fun. Being with him was fun. But was it deeper than that? Without realizing it, had Fai fallen for the big angry ninja? Does...Does Kurogane really think he is cute? Does Kurogane...love him?

So many questions were forming in the blonde's and he couldn't help but wonder, what else does Kuro-pii like about me?

"F...Fai..."

Fai blinked in surprise and looked at over at Kurogane, who just rolled over in his sleep and continued mumbling words in his sleep, snoring. Fai ended up watching him for a while, staring at him as though it was the most fascinating thing in the world.

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Much later on, Kurogane's eyes opened tiredly and he yawned, staring up at the ceiling. Fai saw this and saw an opportunity to do something to him again. He flew back to the ninja, sitting inside his ear once more and said, "K...K-Kurogane, is you awake? It's...your conscience again!"

"Go away, I'm tired" Kurogane groaned.

"Please, this is important" Fai said and he said, "Y-You think Fai is cute, you said that before...well, what else do you like about him?"

"Hmmm, his soft pretty hair...his blue sparkly eyes...his smile..." Kurogane frowned, "He never shows his real smile though, and he just fakes it all the time... I want to make him smile for real, I want to make him happy...I want to make him drop his guard and make him mine and see the many emotions that appear on his face..."

A heated blush was appearing in Fai's face. Kurogane sighed with a gentle smile on his face and continued, "His slender, beautiful body...his voice...the way he hangs off me all the time...his..." Kurogane was now blushing too and in embarrassment, he said, "Well, I just...like every single thing about that damn mage, ok?"

"Uh...I...I understand. T-Thank you for telling me all that"

Suddenly, Sakura and Syoran walked in again, "Hey, Kurogane, I heard you talking-"

"WHAT? W-W-WHAT DID YOU HEAR?" Kurogane said, sitting up and blushing from head to toe.

"U-Um, nothing really, we were just coming back and we heard your voice as we came towards the room. Are you talking to someone?" Syoran asked curiously, an innocent smile on his face.

"No! I...I'm not talking to anyone!" Kurogane said quickly.

"Ah...then why- I mean, I heard your voice..."

"I...I-"

"Ooooh, was Kuro-puu talking to him self? He must have been talking to his conscious 'cuz he is a naughty ninja!" Mokona said. Mokona paused and said, "That must be why he was acting so weird earlier today! His conscious was telling him to be a good boy!"

"S-Shut up!" Kurogane snapped. Mokona giggled. Then he paused, thinking, "Either that or Kurgi is going crazy! He's hearing voices in his head! Hehehe!"

"I SAID SHUT UP!"

Mokona, laughing, jumped from Syoran's shoulder to Kurogane's head and jumped up and down repeatedly. Kurogane was shaking with anger, fuming at the annoying actions of the little white thing. Sakura giggled at the scene while Syoran simply smiled. Fai had fallen from Kurogane's ear and was now rolling on the floor, laughing. "Well, anyway, we came back to ask you if you wanted to go exploring with us! We are going to look for Sakura's feather; there are a lot of magic-user in this world...maybe the most powerful one has it. We should start asking around"

"Fine, I'll go- will you stop jumping on me already!" Kurogane said angrily and threw Mokona as hard as he could to the other side of the room, which bounced from the walls very quickly then somehow landed back on Kurogane's head.

"Mokena's a boomerang!" Mokona said.

"You're a...what?" Kurogane asked.

Mokona didn't answer but instead said, "That was fun, Kuro-puu! Do it again! Mokona wants to go faster! Higher! Waaah!"

Kurogane roughly grabbed Mokona off his head and dropped him onto the floor then made to walk out of the room. Fai seeing this went back to Kurogane, into his ear, and hanging on tightly so he would not be left behind.

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"Excuse me, can I ask you something?"Syoran asked while Mokona jumped and down on his head, saying, "We're looking for a white feather with pretty markings on it! Have you seen it?"

The person blinked, "A feather?"

"Yes. It is something very precious that we lost and we need it back"Syoran added.

"Don't think so. Sorry" the person replied.

"That's ok" Syoran said and he then added, "I would also like to ask something else. Has anything strange happened around here?"

"Now that you mention, a wizard lives in the biggest mansion of the town, right on the top of that hill" the man said, pointing towards it, "He is a very mysterious person and does not come out into public but when he does, people stay away from him..." the person looked around cautiously, as if he was afraid someone might be eavesdropping then he said in a hushed tone, "There are rumors that dragons fly down from the mansion and take people back to it's master- and no one ever comes out! Maybe the dragons have eaten them for breakfast!"

The person then quickly walked away without another word.

Frowning, Syoran said, "Mokona, what do you think?"

"Yep, Mokona definitely feels the presence of a feather in this world!"

"Yeah...I think the wizard is our safest bet. Let's ask around for more inform-...hey, what happened to Kurogane?"

"H-HEY! WHOEVER IS DOING THIS, QUIT IT!"

They all turned around and saw in shock that Kurogane was looking very angry with his sword out in a fighting stance, tiny bruises and tiny stains of blood on each of his ears. A bunch of people was passed out and lying on the floor around him. He glared at everyone then he straightened up, put his sword away and stormed away back to the hotel.

What's up with Kuro-pii?" Mokona asked.

"I...don't know" Syoran answered.

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What was happening with Kurogane...?

"Ok, I'll ask this guy first. Hey you, I need to know something-"

I can't believe Kuro-tan is not worried about me! He's not wondering about my disappearance at all! He's such a meanie, big stupid ninja, Fai thought angrily then he smirked and giggled, He needs to be punished!

Why not? After all, he needs to have as much fun as possible while in this form. So, he suddenly gave a long lick to Kurogane's ear, digging his nails in as hard as possible. It gave Kurogane a shock and shiver down his spine and he suddenly spun around and grabbed the guy behind him, thinking that this person was the culprit

"W-What?" the person said nervously.

"What the hell did you do that to me for, huh?" Kurogane demanded furiously.

"I-I didn't do anything! I swear!" the person claimed.

"Then who DID do it?" Kurogane demanded and he punched him. Fai giggled and bit down on his ear real hard, Kurogane yelled out in pain and punched the guy on the other side of him, the very guy he was about to ask for information about feather. "So it was YOU!"

"W-W-What on earth are you talking about? Please don't hurt me!"

Bite; "AH!" Kurogane cried out and punched another person, his other hand holding his ear in protection...

Lick, bite; "Ah, fuck! Stop it!" he punched another person...

Lick; "LEAVE ME ALONE! THIS ISN'T FUNNY!" he grabbed two people and banged their heads together.

Fai was having a lot of fun with this, making Kurogane squirm and humiliate himself continuously. He held on tightly as Kurogane took him back to the hotel, wondering with curiosity what would happen next.