Matchmaker Moko's House of Fun!
Chapter Four: Stories in the Night
By: Eviltiger
Author's Note: You want to know about this fan fiction? Look at chapter one. R&R please! Sorry I didn't post in a while. Your reward for being so patient will be a bonus chapter after this one! Yes, I can see your comments Macchi-chan, and I am entirely grateful that you reviewed twice and you read the author's notes. You rock. Seriously. Thank you for every other kind soul who reviewed as well! You all rock! : 3 Oh, also, please check out my other stories too once I post them! I am currently working on a big series, but I haven't yet posted it yet. If you do see it pop up, though, please R&R them! Thanks!
STORY!
Matchmaker Moko's POV
Matchmaker Moko sighed. That was two worlds, two feathers, and two failed plans. In short, Matchmaker Moko had been doing a very good job with the mischief part, and a very bad job with the matchmaking part. The Matchmaker had decided to tape every plan it made. It might be useful later for blackmail. Who knows?
It was a tough job though, being a Matchmaker. Especially if you were matchmaking two hopeless couples who had no idea you were trying to get them together. However, Matchmaker Moko was not ready to give up! The Matchmaker had once heard a saying: Thrice is a charm! (The Matchmaker had also heard what happened twice will happen thrice, but the critter was not going to believe that.) And so, with renewed determination, it decided to launch its third plan that very night!
The night seemed to favor the Matchmaker as it was dark, stormy, and windy, had plenty thunderous roars, and was full of lighting. Perfect for scary story telling! Moko was pretty sure that Sakura and Fai were scared of ghost stories, and other kinds of scary stories, so when the boys told an exceptionally creepy story, the "girls" (Fai technically wasn't a girl but…) would leap into the other boy's arms and: Perfect situation for romance! This was going to be it! The Matchmaker sniggered, although it was kind of disappointed there wouldn't be any kind of fun. Or so the manju bun thought.
Third Person POV
The Tsubasa gang was in various different rooms of the house they were staying when a certain white ball with ears called out:
"HEEEEEEY! Everyone, come downstairs! Mokona wants to do something really FUN with everybody!" Sakura was the first to come, jumping down the stairs, eyes shining while she said,
"Really? Yay! I'm coming Moko-chan!" Syaoran followed the princess, slightly concerned that the princess was jumping down the stairs. Fai popped his head out after Syaoran, and dragged a complaining Kurogane after him down the stairs as well.
After the gang had settled down in a circle, (as Mokona had instructed them to do) Mokona made its announcement.
"Alright I think what would be really fun is if we tell…SCARY STORIES!" The white thing said dramatically. The reactions were exactly as expected! Well, almost exactly as expected. Kurogane looked, well, bored, Fai looked happy with the idea, Syaoran was… trembling while trying to hide it. Dang it. The most unexpected reaction was Sakura's. She stood up with an almost evil face on, grabbed a flashlight and flipped it on while she said in an evil voice,
"Scary stories? Wonnnnderfull! MWA-HA-HA-HA-HA! I LOVE scary stories! Finally! I'm TOTALLY IN! MWA-HA-HA-HA!" Everyone one in the room had stopped what they were doing and turned to stare at the princess. The rest of the gang, even Kurogane looked a little scared, and Syaoran looked like he was about to faint. Dang it! Mokona had never imagined in its wildest dreams that Sakura actually liked scary stories. Oops. Maybe this would be fun, with her and there was a trembling Syaoran to add into the mix as well.
"W-well, settle down everybody! Let's start! Fai, you tell the first scary story." Mokona said, pointing with a baton that had popped out of the critter's mouth.
"All right." Fai said, shrugging, and started to tell the story.
[Gruesome story censored due to its horrifying gruesomeness.]
"And that's all." Fai smiled while he looked at the people around him. Kurogane looked slightly amused, Mokona was trembling slightly, and Sakura was grinning evilly.
"That was an AWESOME story Fai-san! Heh, heh, hehhhhh."
"G-Glad you liked it Sakura-chan." Fai said a little nervously, struggling to maintain his ever present smile. Syaoran was a nervous wreck. He was trying very hard to maintain a stoic, unimpressed, relaxed posture and face but was much to his dismay, failing. He was quivering from head to toe, and his face had etches of green on it. His left eye kept twitching as well.
"Syaoran-kun, you're not… scared are you? Heh, heh, hehhhhh." Sakura asked devilishly, the flashlight on and once more up to her face again. Syaoran made a sort of strangled sound before quickly saying,
"S-scared? I'm not scared. I'm not scared I j-just lo-love-ve sc-scary st-stories! Y-You do too, don't you princess?" Sakura smirked as her eyes went a little evil-like.
"Oh no. I don't just love scary stories. I devour them. MWA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HAAAAAAA!" Right on cue, the thunder roared and the lightning cracked. Another silence filled the room.
"Er… Right. Anyway! It's now Kuro-chi's turn! You go Kurogane!" The manju bun sighed inwardly while saying this. Nothing was going right, but they were too far to stop the story telling. Story telling plan = another fail.
"What? Why do I have to tell a stupid scary story?"
"Just do it Kuro-myuu!"
"Tch! Well… [Gruesome story censored due to the gruesomeness and the way Kurogane totally failed at trying to tell it in a good way]
"Finished." Kurogane ended. There was a pause in the room as everybody looked at Kurogane with a … err look. Syaoran was still terrified, but the green shade on his face had slightly lessened. Sakura looked disappointed and downright disgusted. Fai was looking at Kurogane sympathetically. Mokona was just laughing out loud.
"AHA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HAAAAAAAAA! That was just SAD! KURO-MYUU SUCKS AT TELLING SCARY STORIES! AHA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HAAAAA!"
"Shut up you little thing! You were the one who told me to tell it in the first place! I didn't want to!" Kurogane growled threateningly at Mokona and slowly started unsheathing his sword. Before things could get messy, however, Fai interjected, since he really wanted to hear Sakura's story.
"Now, now. Let's settle down. I want to hear Sakura-chan's story now!" Kurogane stopped, gave a good long evil eye to Mokona, and the grudgingly sat down. Sakura smiled evilly once more when everybody turned to listen to her story.
"Well, it goes like this… [Story censored due to its terrifying, horrifying, monstrous, scary, abominably scary, etc. (You get my drift) (It's also censored due to the fact that the author can't write scary stories, sorry)]
When Sakura finished the gang was completely silent. Everyone besides Syaoran looked like they were about to throw up and run away. Syaoran was different, though. Syaoran didn't look like he was about to throw up and run at all. In fact, he didn't even look too scared at all! That was, however, largely due to the fact that Syaoran had slipped into a frozen state of unconsciousness upon hearing the princess tell the first sentence of the story. The gang poked Syaoran for a while and finally deemed that he wasn't dead, just unconscious.
Deciding that it was time to go to bed, the gang slowly started trooping up the stairs. Kurogane carried Syaoran up. Suddenly, though, halfway up the stairs, Sakura's eyes started to close. Suddenly realizing what was happening Kurogane stretched his arm that wasn't carrying the amber eyed boy out and caught the jade eyed princess just as her eyes closed and she fell into a deep sleep.
He shifted the princess in his arm so he could carry her better, and then went up the stairs, although his pace was a little slower that before. It probably didn't help that the pork bun jumped on his head five steps before they reached the top as well. He muttered a few choice swear words at Mokona, then plopped the kids (and Mokona) each into their own beds before walking back to his and Fai's room, and then falling asleep as soon as his head touched the pillow.
-Later-
Fai checked to make sure everyone was asleep, including Mokona, and then went to his room as well. He grinned slightly at the fact that the ninja had been so tired, he had forgotten to turn off the lights. This was probably largely due to the fact that Kurogane had searched long and hard for a feather all day, and then kept himself awake and participated in the scary story telling. All for the kids. He was really so sweet sometimes, though he always made sure to do it discreetly.
He turned off the light and went to his own bed. Before he climbed in, however, he turned to face the sleeping Kurogane and walked forward, careful not to make a sound. The mage stopped just in front of the ninja's bed, and stared down at the black-haired man's face. The magician stayed like that for a long time, looking at Kurogane. Then, he leaned forward and ever so lightly ran his hands through the other man's hair. It was surprisingly soft, once you got past the prickly hedgehog top. 'Just like him' thought Fai. Now, Kurogane was very good at waking up at the slightest touch and not waking others, but Fai was even better. The ninja didn't even stir.
"Kuro-daddy is such a nice guy… He even makes a person like me smile for real sometimes." The mage whispered, and then walked back to his bed.
End of chapter four
Well, that's all folks! Too bad neither Mokona nor Kurogane were awake for that moment! : 3 R&R please! Hmmm. This one wasn't as funny as the other two, but oh well. It did have a slight Kurofai for all you fangirls out there. All you haters shouldn't be reading this. It'll get better, don't worry. (That was directed toward the fangirls, not the haters!)