Asdfghjkll- I'm glad you people are liking the story far! In this chapter, you'll see some of our familiar CLAMP friends~ Now then! Let me answer your reviews~
MIRARIKO - I'm happy you the coincidences! Kuro-bun will always be grumpy, and Fai-chan shall always be hiding something~ c;
James Birdsong: I'm you think so! There's still more to come~
Crazy Purple Ninja: Good!~ xD I've always thought that Fai and Syaoran would get along quickly~ Kuro-cold on the other needs some warming up too~ c;
Oh! Btw, I don't own Tsubasa, CLAMP does! I totally forgot about the disclaimer. Which brings me to another point, it's called 'fanfiction' for a reason xD of course we don't own it! XD
Enjoy!
This was going to be one hell of a day...
Hell had begun when Kurogane stepped into his new math class. First of all, this was an honors math class. Kurogane previous math class was filled with 'underachieving' students. This one was filled with those really smart kids. The teen wasn't really 'great' at math either. He had no idea why that damn witch decided to put him in this class. At least the teacher was nice; he went by 'Yuuto'. He allowed the students to roam about if they were done with their work.
Sadly, Kurogane was nowhere near done. He was currently staring, no, glaring at the word problem in front of him. It made no sense. Most of the students were already finished, which pissed the teen off even more.
Luckily, Syaoran was sitting next to the teen. The kid was actually really smart. Kurogane looked around to see if anyone was looking at him and quickly took a peek at the kid's paper. Normally, the teen wouldn't go to this level, but he was desperate to finish, plus Syaoran was on his last question anyway!
The teen started to copy some answers down but then...
"Kurogane-san...would you like some help?..." Kurogane looked up. He could feel his cheeks change color as the kid caught him cheating.
"...No..." Kurogane lied, only earning a sigh from the brunet.
"Let me see..." he took the raven's paper and studied it carefully, while Kurogane's pride was slowly diminishing. Goddammit! I should have just asked him! The teen thought to himself.
Syaoran gave a little smile. "It's easy! All you have to do is, divided this number by that, multiply the quotient with this, add it with that, subtract it from the previous number, and don't forget to take this last sentence in account. It's very important!" the kid finished as he underlined the last sentence in the word problem.
Kurogane blinked and looked at the kid.
"What?"
"The answer is three."
"Thanks."
The kid sighed a bit disappointedly, but smiled anyway. Kurogane grunted and looked at the other students in the classroom. He didn't really know most of these students. Kurogane kept looking around until his eyes set on one girl.
She had long dark hair and violet eyes. She was laughing and talking to another girl. Kurogane's eyes widened.
"Tomoyo goes here?" he said aloud unknowingly.
"You know Tomoyo-chan?" Kurogane looked back at the kid, who looked rather surprised.
"Yeah, she's my cousin. I didn't know she went here too... Damn parents don't tell me anything!" he tried not to sound pouty. It wasn't much of a surprise she was here though. Tomoyo was actually pretty rich, and this school, Clamp Academy, had some high prestige. (With those occasional slackers like Kurogane himself, but hey! No school is perfect!)
"You two are cousins?..." Syaoran's voice broke the teen's thoughts. Syaoran had a rather surprised look on his face which, Kurogane would never say aloud, somewhat offended him. When they were younger, most people couldn't believe the two were actually related. They were so different, in appearance and personality.
"Yeah, so?" the teen almost challenged.
"Ah! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to offend you! Please forgive my rudeness!" the kid started to freak out, which amused the raven haired teen.
"Relax kid, your fine. Is she a friend of yours?" he asked, trying to make some conversation so he could avoid finishing his work.
"Ah, hai! She's a good friend of mine! She comes to visit Sakura-chan with me. W-we met in this class." he explained. "She's really nice and she gets along with Sakura-chan so well!" he smiled.
Figures, she was a people person anyway, even if it was only three months of school that passed by...
Although that blonde seems like a bigger people person than Tomoyo. He had gotten really close to Syaoran in not even a day. Who knows where they would be in three months.
Stupid blonde, invading his thoughts.
"Ohaiyo Syaoran-kun!" a boy with short black hair and glasses suddenly appeared and was walking towards Syaoran.
Kurogane shifted his gaze to the brunet who smiled. "Ohaiyo, Watanuki-kun."
The one known as 'Watanuki' came closer. "We're really going to miss you as our roommate!" he said with a sad smile. "At least we have class together!~"
"Yeah. I'm going to definitely miss you and Doumeki-kun too." the kid replied.
Oh. So this guy was one of his former roommates.
"So who are your new roommates?"
"This one blonde boy named Fai. He's really nice, and him." Syaoran pointed towards him and Watanuki looked over at Kurogane as well.
The teen just blinked and then put a hand up.
"Yo."
Watanuki smiled. "Hello! I'm Watanuki Kimihiro!~" He said sticking his hand out.
Kurogane didn't want to seem rude, so he shook the other male's hand.
"Kurogane."
"Nice too meet you, Kurogane-san! Take could care of Syaoran-kun for us!~" he smiled causing Syaoran to blush.
The raven haired teen grunted in response.
"Oi!"
Suddenly the aura around Watanuki changed...and not in a good way..
"Don't you dare refer to me as 'Oi'! Call me my name you jerk! Can't you see I'm trying to talk to Syaoran-kun and his new friend?" Watanuki started flailing around in a frenzy.
Kurogane blinked. Apparently people aren't what they seem to be.
"So loud." The one known as Doumeki said before he gave a nod to Syaoran and him. "Class is almost over."
"I know that! Can't I just tal-"
"What's for lunch?"
"IS THAT ALL YOU CARE ABOUT?" and there was the flailing again.
Syaoran smiled. "Watanuki-kun and Doumeki-kun sure get along well!"
Kurogane gave a weird look to the brunet as the other two were arguing.
"Are you kidding me?" Of course, Kurogane was in no position to know for sure.
Then the bell rang.
Students all got up in a mess and Watanuki was still flailing around. Seriously, does the guy even have any bones? His movements seem humanly impossible.
"Um, Kurogane-san, is it okay if I walk to class with Watanuki-kun and Doumeki-kun?" he asked shyly.
The teen raised an eyebrow.
"Go ahead. You don't have to ask." Kurogane shrugged.
"Arigato!" he smiled running over to his former roommates.
The kid sure was something. He was so polite and he was pretty nice too. He thought as he walked out the classroom.
That's when he noticed Tomoyo walk out. "Tomoyo?.." he trailed off, wondering as if it was the right thing to say.
The petite girl turned to him, her violet eyes widened. "Kurogane?..."
The two of them started walking to their next class together. Tomoyo was telling him all about her high school experience so far (Apparently she has been going here since she started high school.) and about her roommates that Kurogane could really care less about. Eventually when Kurogane finally got a chance to say something, he ranted about his hatred of this school and that damn witch.
"She changed your roommates?~ Ohohoho! Kurogane is in trouble!~" she teased and Kurogane groaned. It was just like the blonde.
"Shut up!"
Tomoyo just laughed. "So who are they?"
"A kid named Syaoran and-"
"Oh! Syaoran-kun?~ He's such a nice guy!" Tomoyo interrupted. "He's such a sweetheart! Taking care of Sakura-chan like that~" she suddenly had a dazed look in her eyes, causing the taller teen to move back a bit.
"Sakura-chan is the cutest person I've ever seen~. I'm so glad I got to meet her!~" she smiled. "Oh! Who's your other roommate?" she looked back at him.
He frowned. "This stupid blonde idiot named Fai." he grunted.
Tomoyo gasped. "Fai-chan's your roommate? That poor, poor boy! He has to share a room with someone like you! I feel so bad for him!" she began to say with fake tears in her eyes.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN SOMEONE LIKE ME?" he yelled. Kurogane earned strange looks from people walking around them.
"Shh, we're in the hallway."
"Why call him Fai-chan? That's stupid."
"Because he lets me! And you think everything is stupid!" she pouted. "You're so lucky!~ Fai-chan is kind and he's absolutely beautiful! I could make him any outfit, and he'd still look gorgeous." Again, she was in her dazed state. He hoped that Tomoyo wasn't going create a whole bunch of outfits for the blonde. She has a knack for that kind of stuff...
"But he seems so sad too...He always has such a distant look in his eyes, even when smiles." she said.
That Kurogane agreed with.
"But still!~ He's so pretty!~"
But now that he thought...he supposed the blonde could be accurately described as 'pretty'. It's not like it meant anything, it was just an observation. He looked so feminine and he acted the part too, with all the cooking and shit. No wonder Tomoyo liked him.
Tomoyo liked him?
"You better not fall in love with that idiot." Kurogane said bluntly. He didn't want to become relatives with that idiot.
Tomoyo laughed. "Ohohoho~ I already have my eyes set on someone!" she winked.
Now the teen was a bit interested.
"Oh yeah? Who is he?"
She laughed again. "Not 'he', 'she'."
He raised an eyebrow. She?
"So you're into girls too?" he asked. Her older sister had a girlfriend. Uh. Soma was her name.
Tomoyo looked a bit offended. "Don't say it like that." she said. "Let me tell you what Kendappa nee-chan told me! Although, I doubt someone like you understand." she smirked and Kurogane twitched.
"Again, what the hell do you mean, 'someone like me'?" He asked.
"You know Kurogane, love isn't always about gender. It's about who you're happiest with, who you love to see smile, who you would do anything for to protect their smile..." her voice trailed off. "They're someone you learn a lesson from, though they might not always love you back." she started to look a bit sad. "But it shouldn't matter to you. As long as they are happy and smiling you should be too~" Kurogane suddenly had the feeling they weren't talking about a general situation.
"You might be alone, but that doesn't mean that you're lonely!~ That's what I learned from Sakura-chan!~" she winked.
"So you like Sakura?" Tomoyo blushed.
"Oops!~ It's seems my little secret is out!" she started to run off. "See you around Kurogane! We'll be late for class!~ Oh! My words will make sense to you one day!" she waved, disappearing in a crowd of people.
Kurogane sighed. That was stupid. Why they hell bother if they don't love you back? The whole concept of 'love' always had confused him. It turns people weak and vulnerable. And besides, girlfriends are a pain in the ass.
He clenched his fists. He didn't want to be weak. He wanted to become stronger.
Tomoyo's words were useless, he thought before walking into his science class.
Kurogane groaned as he was walking in the hallway.
Science was boring as usual. Kamui was being bitchy as usual.
Seishiro was being creepy as usual. It would be nice if something unusual were to happen in class.
He sighed, walking into the boy's locker room. Normally he would be pretty excited for gym, but now the blonde would be in his class.
"Kuro-tan!", as if on cue, the blonde came running up to the raven haired teen. "Did you miss me?~"
"Fuck no."
The blonde gave a fake 'pain stricken' face and held his heart. "Oh! Why must Kuro-oaf always break my heart?" he sighed dramatically.
"Its Kurogane! And who are you calling an oaf?" the yelled.
"Mr. Suwa! Mr. Flourite! Stop talking and get changed." the Gym teacher, Kusanagi-sensei, said. Some the other guys started laughing.
"Aye, aye, sir!~" the blonde saluted before walking off.
The raven sighed and walked to his locker.
Stupid blonde...
"Uwah! I've always wondered who's locker that was!~" Kurogane cringed at voice. Goddammit! That stupid blonde was his locker neighbor too? Fuck this!
Kurogane hit his head against the locker.
"Now, now Kuro-angry, you're going to hurt yourself!" he giggled.
Kurogane turned to look at the blonde. He wasn't wearing his shirt. The teen blinked a bit, but couldn't help but stare at the blonde, who was looking for his gym shirt.
He was skinnier that Kurogane thought. His milky skin seemed to glow...
Kurogane smacked himself, he knew he had to stop that train of thought.
The idiot finally found his shirt and started to put it on. He noticed there were faint scars on his back, but what truly caught his eye was the ugly bruise blemishing his lower back.
"You should get that checked." Kurogane said nonchalantly, taking off his own shirt.
Fai turned to him, putting his hair in a ponytail.
"Get what check, Kuro-nurse?" he asked with too much innocence.
Kurogane glared, "Its Kurogane. And I'm talking about that bruise. It's from last night, isn't it?"
Fai just looked at him, unsure. "Uwah!~ It doesn't hurt! Was Kuro-kinky watching me change?~" he winked.
Kurogane blushed angrily. Not only was he avoiding the subject, he was accusing him for watching him change! (Well, he was, but not in that sense!)
Kurogane just ignored it and went to go change his pants.
"Oi, blondie. If it hurts just say something." he turned back to Fai, who was tying his shoes.
"But it doesn't!~"
"Liar."
Fai smiled. "I'm flattered that you care so much, but it doesn't hurt!~" he said before leaving to line up with the other boys.
Kurogane grunted and followed. He didn't care about the blonde, it's just he hated how he won't say he's hurt! What if something happens while they play a game in Gym? Kurogane groaned. It shouldn't concern him. It's not his fault that the blonde decides not to get help! It wouldn't be his fault if the blonde gets hurt in gym. He had warned him, it won't be his fault at all.
He lined up behind Fai, who was chattering away with Syaoran. Oh yeah. The kid was in this class too. The teen totally forgot. They started walking towards the gym. Everyone seemed to get out of order and started rushing past each other. Kusanagi-Sensei wasn't amused. Kurogane took advantage of the situation and caught up to the blonde. He poked the blonde in the lower back.
The blonde gave a little yelp and turned to Kurogane with a frown, something that seemed foreign on his face.
Kurogane smirked. "Doesn't hurt, huh?" he said before leaving the blonde behind.
Dodge.
Throw.
Dodge.
Throw.
That was the pattern the teen was following.
Dodge ball was a game Kurogane enjoyed. He liked the idea of attacking someone that attacks you.
Kurogane caught one of the incoming balls, and threw it back.
Kurogane always attacked back. But harder.
The ball hit a guy with a bowl shaped haircut and green eyes. Ah, his name was Subaru, wasn't it? Shit. Kamui is going to give him hell after this.
Kurogane dodged some more balls. He had the sudden feeling they were from Kamui...
Kurogane turned to the kid. He was dodging and deflecting the balls. He was definately using some martial arts moves. What interested the teen was how he kicked the balls away rather than throwing the balls. Although he seemed to be a little slow at his right side.
Kurogane threw some more balls and ran to the other side of their side. He noticed the blonde. He was dodging each ball gracefully, as if he were dancing. Yet, he made no effort to throw any back.
Kurogane ducked.
He ran to the blonde, still dodging and throwing.
"Oi! How are you doing that?" he demanded.
Fai smiled, "Well, Kuro-curious, if I don't dodge, then the ball will hit me." he started. "And if it hits me, it's going to hurt!" The raven frowned.
"As seen from earlier, I don't really appreciate getting hurt." Fai said, talking about how Kurogane poked him.
Kurogane threw another ball, this time it hit Fūma.
"So you just run away." It wasn't a question.
Fai turned to Kurogane.
"You don't fight back. You just try to avoid it until you can't avoid it anymore." Kurogane tone was dark.
"You really are a coward aren't you? You even ran away from home." Kurogane scoffed.
The blonde gave him a sad look.
"You're right."
Was the last thing he said before a ball came flying at him.
I hope that was alright n " I'm sorry if it was too long and dragging ;n; Bear with me, it's just the beginning ; 7 ; and please review! I love getting them~ ASDFGHJKL- Yeah, so in this fic Kuro-pipi and Tomoyo-chan are cousins = 7 =" I love Tomoyo so much ; u ;
On a random note, does anyone know when chapter 24 of Legal Drug/Drug and Drop is coming out? = 7 =