Disclaimer: As you know TRC and xxxHOlic isn't mine. This story is however

AN: A night of strengthening the bonds before the search for the second item continues

Chapter 27 - Joined

When they returned to the main room of the suite, they found more food had been laid out for their dinner. Watanuki and Aya were still lingering over their plates of food and sipping tea, when Doumeki went into the bedroom, when he came back out he was wearing a light green yukata with the black Doumeki bats all over it. He had gotten it from the bag Yuuko had packed for him, in his hands he carried clothing for Seer and Mage. Aya's was a lovely floor length red silk nightgown that left one shoulder and arm bare. Watanuki's pile was a little smaller and white. It turned out it was a spaghetti strap white satin nightgown that should hit the slender male about mid-thigh if Doumeki guessed correctly. He handed the two the clothing and plugged his ears. He'd seen this in Watanuki's bag when they had first discovered Mugetsu had been placed there. He'd pushed it to the very bottom so the Seer wouldn't find it and perhaps get rid of it.

"WHAT THE HELL, WHY ARE YOU GIVING ME CLOTHING FROM AYA-CHANS BAG, YOU JACKASS. MY BAG IS THE BLUE ONE." Remove finger from an ear.

"Oi, I know, this came from yours." Return finger to ear.

"IT WHAT! WHAT THE FUCK WAS YUUKO THINKING WHEN SHE PACKED 'THIS'." Remove finger.

"That you're supposed to wear it on our honeymoon." Return finger.

"HON-HON-HONEYMOON! … AAAARRRRUUUUUGGGHHHH… I CAN'T BELIEVE ..."

The Spirit Magnet started flailing and shouting incoherently at the taller male who stood quietly with his fingers stuck in his ears. The Mage had gone to change and had asked one of the servants to bring some Sake, by the time she returned the slender teen was starting to wind down.

"Kimi-chan, why aren't you changed yet?"

"What, not YOU too! Was the water in the bath too hot, did you miss something along the way like the fact that I'm A GUY, DAMNIT!"

"I believe I may have noticed that several days ago, Kimi-koi," The Mage smiled at the frustrated Seer. She managed to get her fingers in her ears just in time.

"OI! DID YOU JUST CALL ME OI!" Oh my, she hadn't meant to start another Spaz Attack.

"Koi, Kimi I said Kimi-Koi."

"Koi? Oh I-I, sorry." The blonde girl went and kissed the flustered male.

"Put it on Kimi-Koi, you know you're going to do it anyway. Besides I bet you'll look SO hot in it, that it doesn't stay on you all that long."

"Really? You think it will look good on me?"

"Oh absolutely."

The dazed Seer went into the next room to change, there was a large mirror there and he wanted to see what he looked like 'before' he made his entrance. Watanuki wasn't quite as averse to these little outfits of Yuuko's as he had once been, he believed his Demented Employer was trying to wearing him down piece by piece, pieces of clothing that is. Though this was the first lingerie the Witch had ever foisted off on him. Oh my, the satin felt smooth against his skin as he put it on over his head and it slithered down his slender frame, the mid-thigh length of the gown was loose and airy, it swirled nicely as he turned this way and that trying to see himself in the mirror from all sides. The Spaghetti Strap gown accentuated his delicate collarbone and slight build to perfection. He smiled at himself in the mirror, well no time the present to see what his 'husband' and wife thought, the pink tinged Seer opened the door and left the room.

Hidden amongst the bags in the corner of the room, Mokona had recorded the whole thing. Mugetsu was wrapped around the Black Manjuu's little feet and had been watching Watanuki change the whole time as well.

"So, what do you think, he looks just like a blushing bride doesn't he." The Pipe fox nodded his little head vigorously. "Too bad Doumeki-kun wasn't brave enough to give him the veil that went with it. I would have loved to have seen the fit he threw about THAT, maybe next time. I noticed he put it back in Watanuki's bag." The pipe fox just gave Mokona a look before curling up to go to sleep.

The Sake had arrived while Watanuki had been busy changing. Aya was pouring Shizuka and herself a cup when the door to the bedroom opened and Watanuki came out. She put down the bottle hard though at the sight of the slender Seer in white. He was nervously smoothing the waist of the white satin down with his hands a pink blush tinged his cheeks. Gods, he was so ethereal, he had left his glasses in the bedroom his hair was getting longer, raven tendrils framed his face and curled against his neck. She walked over the to the shy male in the doorway, that Idiot Archer was just staring, she suspected he was completely blown away by 'their' Kimihiro.

"S-so how do I look?" Watanuki blushed a deeper pink. Aya had reached the Seer by this point, she took his face in her hands and answered him the best way she knew how, with a kiss. A sweet gentle lingering kiss. Pulling away she held his hands and looked down at him and told him the truth.

"Kimi-koi you are beautiful, I think you have stolen Shizuka's breath away. I know you have taken mine." Watanuki who had been looking shyly at the ground, looked up startled at her words, seeing the truth there in her eyes, he looked to the other male in the room. Stunned, OMG he actually looked stunned. For him? Really? The Seer pulled the lovely blonde Mage into his arms the feel of the silk smooth again the satin and his bare skin.

"Cerowyn" He captured her lips with his, Shizuka had finally regained his senses and moved to join the pair in the doorway of the bedroom. Breaking his kiss with the Mage the Seer looked up into the heated Amber gaze of the Archer.

"Shizuka" Firm male lips leaned down to captured the lips of the gentle Seer who was still holding the Mage.

"Kimihiro, Cerowyn, my loves." Doumeki wrapped an arm about each of the smaller teens and pulled them to him, they in turn wrapped their arms about his neck and waist, each reveling in the moment. While in they had been in the world of Hokan they had never really had a chance to be truly alone together, by the time the Tournament had started the Elderly woman had nearly a dozen travelers laying their heads in the main room floor each night. Prior to that, working all day in the Meat bun shop and training for the Tournament in the evening had them exhausted each night. Other than Watanuki's and Doumeki's first encounter in the backroom and then later the night of Bonding between Watanuki and Aya after the second day of the Tournament there had not been many encounters of a sexual nature during their stay there.

It was no surprise that now that they were alone in what would be to many a perfect honeymoon suite, supplied with food and Sake, all they could want in fact. That they would take advantage it. Doumeki had thought about it the minute he walked in, it's why he went and dug out the honeymoon negligees so that they could start acting like the Honeymooners they were. And lucky them, they could do it all over again when they got home and could have another Honeymoon with Himiwari.

Aya had proven to be correct and Kimihiro lost his white satin Honeymoon Gown not long after he put it on. Eventually the three made it to the large bed that dominated the room. And it was skin on skin, lips on lips hands touching and roaming over warm bodies until all three were complete, several times over. They slept wrapped one about the other deep into the night.

Something woke Shizuka up, it wasn't a noise of any kind for the room was only filled with the quiet sounds of the night. Maybe it was extra room in the bed that had alerted him, because when he woke only Watanuki lay snuggled against his side the place the blonde mage had been occupying on the other side of Watanuki was empty. A look around the room quickly located the girl, she stood just inside the open shoji door that lead out to the private garden attached to this suite, in the far distance past the castle walls loomed the mountains of the western lands. The direction that Mokona had said he felt the pull of the Magical Item.

He watched her for a few moments to see if she had just stopped to look out into the garden before returning to bed, but it became apparent that she was deep in thought as she continued to stand there staring out into the distance. He gently untangled himself from the soundly sleeping Watanuki and grabbing a sheet he went to stand behind the woman so lost in thought she hadn't even bothered to grab a robe for herself, he wrapped them both in the sheet he had brought from the bed. She leaned back against the solid warm body behind her, taking comfort in his embrace.

"Oi"

"Just thinking about the morning and wondering what to do next."

"Do you have any ideas?"

"Yes, actually I do. But you're not going to like it. Come morning I plan to do two spells, first I will try a Finding spell, but as we are not sure which of the two remaining Items is here that may not work very well."

"You're right, I'm not liking it so far. You may incur a price all for nothing. What's the second spell?"

"A spell of Knowing. I will ask the Wild magic for guidance and see what it gives me."

"And the price for that?"

Like a Finding spell it should have a minimal price as I am not asking for anything too specific and it will be left to the Magic to tell me what it will."

"Could I do one of these spells for you? I've been reading the books like you said. I found that they were in the bag that Yuuko packed. Though I have no idea how she got them, I thought I had left them in my room that day."

"The books are magic, they can't be lost or destroyed." Turning to look into the eyes of the man behind her she smiled up into his eyes. She had almost forgotten he was a Knight Mage too, his spirit was concentrated so much in his Archery and defending his Important People, that the fact that he had Spiritual Mage energy was often a moot point. "Yes, your right, you should practice a few spells. The Finding spell is one of the most basic and easier spells to cast plus the prices are minimal."

"Good. Better?"

"Yes much, shall we go back to bed before Kimi wakes and wonders what happened to us?"

"In a moment, first..." The tall Archer turned the Mage in his arms so she was face to face with him and pulling her close, he captured her lips in a sweet and gentle kiss, then placing a kiss upon her forehead as he pulled her back into his arms placing her head on his chest, the sound of his heart strong and steady in her ears.

"Stop taking everything upon yourself, Kimihiro and I are both here too you know." It was the sudden hitch in her breathing that told him he had hit the right cord, wrapping her even tighter in his arms he added. "Share your burdens with us we're all in this together and we love you." That did it, the tears she had been holding back began to flow, the weight of her unpaid prices seemed just a little lighter. Wrapping her arms about his waist she cried and shared her tears with the golden eyed Archer.

In the bed only a few feet away Watanuki watched the two as they stood in the moonlight. He had thought to get up and join them, but something held him back a memory of a dream, the last time he had seen Haruka-san. Plus he trusted Doumeki to take care of what was bothering Aya, he had been right. For all that the Archer wasn't the most talkative person in the world, sometimes (when he wasn't being a jackass that is) he said just the right things. When the two returned to the bed the Seer just mumbled a little and let them snuggle up to him.

Life was good and tomorrow they would start working on finding the second Magical item. Watanuki had an Idea he wanted to try out while he was here in Nihon. He wanted to be more of a help and less of a burden to everyone.