Yea…sorry about the long (I mean really long wait)
Well, here is chapter 3! Hope you like it.
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Fai bowed his head and whispered, "I'm sorry Kuro-mi."
Fai froze, wait…did he just call Kurogane Kuro-mi?! He hadn't meant to do that! Fai couldn't forgive Kurogane, or they would get close again!
Kurogane's eyes widened. Kuro-mi?! Did he really hear that? Yes he did. Fai just called him by a nickname and Kurogane thought that he would never do that again.
Before either of them could say anything else Sakura's voice called, "Kurogane-san! Fai-san! Good morning!" Sakura was running down the hall toward them with Syaoran hot on her heels.
Kurogane turned to her and nodded, while Fai grinned and said, "Good morning, Sakura-chan!"
"Sakura-hime, why don't you go check on Mokona is the dining room?" said Syaoran.
Sakura looked over at Syaoran curiously before walking back down the hallway.
Syaoran looked back at Sakura, and when she was a safe distance away, turned back to Fai and Kurogane, who were watching Syaoran curiously. "I don't think that Sakura-hime should come when we look for the feather. She might get hurt."
Kurogane narrowed his eyes and said, "I agree. That place will be no place for the princess, but before we even consider going to find the feather, we will need a way to defeat those monsters."
Maybe we should ask Mokona," said Fai.
"You mean get the gun from the witch?" said Kurogane.
"No I have another idea," said Fai, "Syaoran-kun? Could you distract Sakura while I ask Mokona something?"
"…ok…" said Syaoran feeling strange about going behind his princess' back, but at least this way she would be out of harm. The boy walked over to Sakura and lead her slowly away from Mokona.
Mokona turned towards Fai and Kurogane as the two men approached it. "Hello Fai, and Kuro-pyon!" Kurogane's eyes softened slightly at the nickname realizing that Mokona had probably sensed the tension between the vampire and his "E."
"Mokona, you know how when you contact Yuko that light comes out of your forehead gem?" said Fai getting right down to business.
"Yes…Mokona knows…"
"Well, can you make the light without contacting Yuko-san?"
"Mokona never had any reason to try…Why does Fai need to know that" asked Mokona tilting its head curiously.
"I was thinking that your light could destroy the shadow monsters," said Fai.
Kurogane's eyes widened he hadn't even thought of that! He had just assumed that they would have to pay whatever price the witch demanded for the gun, but Fai had managed to come up with a different way! (1)
"Mokona will try!" chirruped the dimension-hopping bunny. Mokona shifted its ears and went 'boink.' The gem on Mokona's forehead glowed and shot a beam of light at the wall.
"Looks like we have a way to defeat them now," said Fai, a ghost of a smile on his face.
Syaoran came back over to them and said, "I told Sakura to rest a bit so we can get the feather later. I think we should go without her now. Who know what will happen later on with those monsters. Do we have a way?"
"Mokona has a way now!" cried the pork bun happily bouncing up and down, We can use Mokona's gem!"
"Good then," said Syaoran smiling, "I think we should get going now. The faster we get the feather-or feathers in this case- the better."
"Alright then lets go," said Kurogane leading the way.
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Syaoran, Kurogane, Fai, and Mokona entered the dark part of the city-again-on a high alert. Syaoran held Mokona, who was prepared to shoot light out of its gem.
The group moved on through the seemingly abandoned buildings dealing with any shadows they encountered. Near the center of the dark city stood a large green dome-like building.
"Let me guess," growled Kurogane gripping his sword even though he knew it would be useless against waterier shadow monsters lay in that dome, "The feather waves are coming from there right?"
Mokona responded shivering slightly, "Yea…but something else is in there…" the pork bun shivered again.
Fai narrowed his eye, the way Mokona was reacting could only mean that something really dark and evil was in that dome. He himself could barely suppress a shudder when he felt the dome's darkness.
Syaoran looked a little scared, but then he thought of his princess who was probably waiting anxiously for them. He looked over at Fai and Kurogane and said, "We can't back down now! We can this for Sakura!"
"Right then. Follow me and stay alert," said Kurogane taking a step toward the menacing dome. The group hesitantly opened the double doors leading into the dome and walked in.
The inside of the dome was filled with a green mist that limited the vision of those inside the dome. It also blocked out all light other than what came through the door and a slight glow of the mist itself. In their limited line of sight the travelers could only see spider-like webs stretching around, forming a huge web. The only clear spots were where they were standing just after entering the door.
Fai looked closer at the webs. They didn't seem old, and there were odd little clumps of web spread out around the web. "What is this?"
Neither Mokona, Kurogane, or Syaoran had any answer for that.
It was too bad that the companions didn't notice the large black spiders descending onto them with dripping green fangs bared.
They didn't even have time to scream.
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Sakura awoke with a start. She had a strong feeling that something was wrong. She almost ran out of her room calling, "Syaoran-kun! Fai-san! Kurogane-san?!" When no one answered the princess' desperate call she screamed, "Moko-chan!!"
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Poison
Poison had been injected into the companion's bodies, paralyzing them. Even now, Fai could see the large spiders spinning a web around him. Now he knew that the clumps of the web that looked normal at a first glance were really people captured by the spiders as prey! As the spiders continued their work the poison lulled Fai into a deep sleep.
The last thing Fai heard was the hungry click of fangs, but even that memory faded as the sleep finally took him.
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(1) Yuko sweatdropped when all the fangirls in her shop turned an angry gaze on her. Yuko looked worried and whispered to herself, "They're like a huge monster come to get me…"
"We wanted them to pay the price!" shouted the fangirls in unison, and like the huge monster they were, charged to attack Yuko, torches and pitchforks suddenly appearing in their hands. "BURN THE WITCH!"
Yuko, with only her sun gun to protect her, ran away screaming from the unstoppable force. "FAI YOU ARE GOING TO PAY FOR THIS!"
Watanuki, who was hiding behind a bush cheered the fangirls on as they chased Yuko out of the shop.
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I just had to make that little scene up. It came to me as I was typing and it was too good to get rid of. Well, at least I think it was good…
Anyway, REVIEW!
I dare you to guess who saves them from the spiders.