Kurogane thought that, after Outo, he'd be able to make sure the kids never got near alcohol again. However, he'd underestimated Mokona and her ability to spike drinks unnoticed.
One glass was enough to get Sakura and Syaoran really, really drunk. It seemed that magic wasn't the only thing different about this world; their sake, too, had a stronger and faster effect. Even Kurogane, who usually wasn't affected so easily, felt his head a bit fuzzy, and Fai didn't seem much better than the kids (and Kurogane was pretty sure he wasn't pretending this time).
He could already feel a headache coming, having spent the last half an hour trying to get them all to stop running around and go to bed. He was tired and a little drunk, so he couldn't blame himself if he didn't notice Syaoran rummaging through a few of the magic books they'd gotten earlier until it was too late.
When Kurogane opened his mouth to tell the kid it wasn't time to mess with dangerous stuff, everything went black.
The first thing Kurogane noticed when he came back to his senses was that his body felt weird. His movements were clumsy, limbs not responding the way they should, and when he opened his eyes, it was obvious that something was very wrong.
Everything in the room seemed bigger, as if he were looking at it from a lower perspective. He could see Fai, Sakura and Syaoran - the latter still with a book in his hands - slowly getting up from the ground, towering over him with confused looks on their faces… and then another person came into his line of vision.
Himself.
"What the hell?"
To Kurogane's horror, his voice rang thin and loud in his ears; it wasn't his voice at all. It was Mokona's.
Oh no.
All eyes turned to him and for a moment they all stood in silence, until Sakura burst out laughing.
"Kuro-rin is Mokona! And Mokona isn't - hic - Mokona anymore!", she said, "Mokona feels funny!"
The reality of what happened dawned on them.
"The book I was reading…", said Syaoran from Kurogane's body. "Does that mean…"
"…we've swapped bodies, yeah", Kurogane completed, but the kid didn't seem to hear him.
"…I can practice with Souhi?", he continued, an excited look on his face.
"What?"
"Mokona - no, I'm sorry, Kurogane-san - can you bring Souhi out?"
"Are you insane, kid? Even if I knew how to do that-"
"Mokona will teach you! You just open your mouth reeeeeally wide…", Mokona began, trying to demonstrate.
"I said no already!", Kurogane growled, but the menacing tone was ruined in Mokona's voice.
"Please, Kurogane-san…"
"Kuro-pon is - hic - mean!", Mokona complained, stumbling towards Fai - or, at least, Fai's body. "Are you Fai?"
The person shook their head.
"It's me, Moko-chan", said Sakura.
"Sakura is Big Kitty!", yelled Mokona, throwing her arms around Sakura's waist in a hug. The sudden movement, combined with two very drunk bodies with no sense of balance, sent them tumbling to the ground. "This time Mokona can be Little Kitty! Meow!"
Sakura giggled - it was so strange hearing it in Fai's voice, Kurogane thought - and started meowing back.
Well, thatisn't much different from the mage.
"Shouryuusen! Is this right, Kurogane-san?"
Kurogane ignored the kid and turned towards the only one who had been quiet until then. Fai had a lazy smile on his face, the magic book still held tightly in his hands. Kurogane jumped until he was standing on the desk by his side, extending one of his paws towards the book.
"Give me that, mage."
Fai looked down, then, and quickly raised the book above his head and out of Kurogane's reach.
"Kuro-sama is so tiny!", he said with a sing-song voice that didn't match Syaoran's usual tone at all.
"Idiot, stop playing around! Give me that book so that we can go back to normal."
"Waaah, Kuro-rin, but this is fun!", said Fai, dodging Kurogane's jumps even as he swayed a little on his feet.
"Mage, I don't care if you're drunk or in the kid's body, I'm going to kill you if you don't hand me that book."
"And how are you going to kill me, Kuro-small?"
"Mage…"
"Fai-san! Fai-san, can you turn into a cat with your magic?", asked Sakura from across the room, where she was still sitting on the floor.
"You'd really be Big Kitty then! Meow!", said Mokona.
"Maybe I can try it! Meow!"
Kurogane saw Fai freeze for a moment, eyes going wide before he dropped the magic book - Kurogane had to quickly jump to the side as to not be crushed by it - and rushed to where Sakura was waving her hands in the air, apparently trying to get magic to come out.
"Sakura-chan, this is not a good idea… You don't know how my magic works…"
"Now he sobers up", mumbled Kurogane, turning the pages of the fallen book to look for a way to reverse the spell before any of those drunk idiots hurt themselves.
Just my luck that I'm the only one in a sober body having to deal with this shit, Kurogane thought.
He was definitely never letting them get near alcohol again.
