Fay woke up from the blow to his head. He was tied up on the wall by shackles.

" What happened?" he groaned trying to remember what happened in his bedroom.

" You tried to fight me off without the ninja trying to but in." A voice said in the dark.

" Who's there? How do you know He is a ninja?"

" I know what all of you are, and why you are here." Neil then walked out from the dark holding Sakura's feather.

" What do you mean?"

" I know you're a magician. You don't want to perform magic no longer, since you don't have that marking that was on your back."

Fay looked up at him in shock.

" And your now wondering how I know all this. Let's just say, someone is watching you guy's closely, and wants these feathers. But he doesn't know I have one yet, so I'm going to keep this for the magical power it has given me." He said.

" That's Sakura's feather, you can't have it!" Fay said weakly.

" Oh? And why not?"

" Because that is most important. They will do anything for it." He said.

" Oh, I see then. That just makes things more interesting."

Fay tried thinking on what happened, and how he got here.

" Oh, and you want to know what happened in your room, How you got caught by someone like me? Well instead of me wasting time explaining it to you, why don't I just show you." He put his hand on his head and brought the memory of the fight they had.

" I'll leave you to your thoughts. Literally." And he walked back through the dark where he showed up.

Fay closed his eyes and saw everything that had happened.

He was sitting on his bed resting after getting changed.

He heard the window open and paper being placed gently on his desk.

" What do you want?" He said to the man.

" I want Jason and Calleigh, and your going to give them to me."

" How?"

" You're going to be my hostage."

" You got to be joking me! How can you get me to go with you?"

" Well for one, I'm going to capture you."

" Good luck with that." He said and was standing up now.

The guy made a grab for him and Fay blocked it.

Neil tried again. And Fay dodged it.

" Your good, but not good enough." And he threw something at Fay. Fay wasn't paying attention to the ball, and didn't know he threw it until it hit him. He was on the ground panting from the ball. His muscles were tense and hard to move, but he was able to get up.

' That was too fast for any normal magician or human to throw. And it shocked me. Nothing can hit me! How did he do that?'

Fay was on the ground panting. Fay got up and smiled at the man, through all that pain. Neil walked up towards the Magician.

" I didn't expect you could stand that. Not most people can still stand after that."

" Well expect it."

Neil only smiled, and threw the small ball object at him again, only this time it wasn't just one, it was five at once. They all hit the target. He screamed in pain and was on the ground panting more.

' I got to stop him.' He thought.

" You will not stop me, no matter what you do. The only hope of you to get away is to use magic."

Fay glared at him.

" Don't worry, I'll be nice." He said and grabbed a different ball. This one was slightly bigger. Fay looked at it and tried to think of what that was, what both the balls were. But he never had seen that kind of magic before.

The intruder looked at him. " So your wondering what this is? This one is going to knock you out cold. The other was a shocker. It makes your muscles tense up, and hard to move. That is why you're on the ground right now. It pains you to move." He paused.

" So, I guess this will be the last time you will see anyone until I get what I want." He said and threw the ball at him

" I will never be use to this power with this feather." He said and he heard the first knock from Kurogane.

He slipped out of the house and disappeared from the backyard to his place.

That was as far as Fay got to see. " I'm sorry Kurogane, I should have been stronger." Fay said under his breath.

Kurogane talked to them and they agreed on the plan. Ok, so want to try tonight or tomorrow?" Jason asked. Kurogane looked at the ground, he want to try then, but he knew they needed their strength.

" I want Fay back, I want to do it now!" Mokona spoke up. " It's only noon, I think we're fine."

Kurogane was happy to hear this.

They got up and got ready their plan.

" Hmm, so I see your lasting longer then I thought." Neil said to Fay re-entering the room. Fay struggled in the shackles to get free.

" Don't try, it won't work. I even made sure they were magic proof, so even if you did decide to use magic, that you wouldn't be able to free yourself." He said, " You're my ticket for those two kids."

" Calleigh and Jason." He whispered.

" Yes. You're right on that. But, I also want that girl. And the boy, that are my orders."

" Your orders?"

" Never you mind. It seems they have come, it is only three, seems the ninja cares." He said. He used the feathers magic and took the shackle off the wall, but still attached to Fay.

Fay was pretty much dragged out. It was hard for him to move like he use too.

They went through a door. Fay tried to memories the way out, so if he even got out, that he could remember the way out. They got out side. He saw that is bright out like it was still day. Fay looked at Neil and saw the feather sticking out of his pocket.

Fay tried to walk a bit faster to get to the same speed as him. When he managed that, he felt the pain in his muscles worsen. He didn't let him know and got a bit closer to him.

Fay inched his hands to his pocket and pretended to trip. He grabbed the feather with ease and shoved it in his pocket. Neil stood him back up.

" Be careful, the shackles aren't the greatest to walk in at that speed."

Fay just was glad he didn't notice, and didn't dare think about it just incase he read his thoughts and found that he had it.

They kept walking until they go to a clearing. They stood there in wait, until Kurogane and two others showed up.

" So, You finally made it." Neil said.

Kurogane looked at Fay and say pain in his face.

" What did you do to him?"

" Oh nothing. He's alive, be thankful for that, so that must be Calleigh and Jason.

The two people were looking down and nodded.

" Ok. That's good; it's sad how you betrayed them just to get this worthless magician, when he won't even use his magic. What use is he?" he shrugged it off and took the shackles off of Fay.

" Here's your stupid magician." He handed Fay over and quickly grabbed the two with the same kind of shackles and left. Fay walked over to Kurogane and collapsed a few feet away from him.

Before he hit the ground, Kurogane caught him.

" Why did you do that? They were our friends."

Kurogane smiled. " Don't worry, just wait till we get back."

Kurogane carried him, bridal style home, and set him on the couch. He pulled some blankets over him and rested his head on some pillows.

" So, are you ok?"

" Yes Kuro-pon."

Kurogane didn't believe him, but let him rest.

" So why did you do that? Bring them to get killed?"

" Don't worry so much Fay, We're just fine. We had to use a lot of magic, and the help of Yuuko, but other then that, He doesn't know that it is us until he dies." Calleigh said.

Fay looked confused, but didn't care at the moment.

" But after, we have to go and get the feather from him."

Fay tried to move to his pocket to get the feather, but didn't manage.

" Don't move."

" Go into my pocket. He ties to it, until Sakura has it back. He is still able to use this magic." Fay said.

Kurogane reached in his pocket and found the feather.

Kurogane smiled. " Just rest now, your safe, I won't leave your side, no one will until we know everything is fine." Kurogane whispered to him as he handed Syaoran the feather and gave it to Sakura.

Fay watched her, and looked around and did he see both Calleigh and Jason. He heard her, but didn't believe it was her. He slowly closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Kurogane sighed in relief and sat on the ground. Calleigh sat down.

" So he bought it? I'm not surprised, let's just wait till they blow him to smithereens!" She growled. She watched Kurogane looking at the ground.

" He's ok, Stop worrying, I'm guessing you guys are going to be leaving soon?" Calleigh asked.

" Yes, once he has his strength."

" No, we wont, not yet." Mokona said watching Sakura.

Kurogane looked at him.

" There are still two more feathers. I can feel their presence."

Kurogane looked shocked. " But there can't be. You must be wrong! I wont allow him being the target again!"

" We can't help it. We have to stay here until we have the feathers. " Mokona said.

Kurogane sighed. " I know, but…" He looked at Fay's sleeping face.
" I don't want him to go through that again."

" Then stay with him! It's not that hard to-" Jason started, but the sword that was beside Kurogane, was now resting only inches to his throat.

" Don't you dare make it seem he is nothing. He is more than you ever will be. He can take you out easier then you think!" He growled.

Jason was speechless. He was staring at the sword.

Calleigh just watched.

" Calleigh… Stop him."

" No Jason, I have stopped people too many times for you. You have gone too far this time. He wont hurt you, but it's good he is scaring you. You might learn nothing good comes to what you say." She said.

Kurogane put the sword down and sat back down beside the couch.

Jason touched his throat where the sword almost met.

Kurogane stroked the sleeping man's hair.
" I don't want you to go through that ever again." The ninja watched his chest pumping the air through his lungs. His breath was not normal, as if he was in much pain.

" We'll wait till tomorrow to see if it is really her feathers and see if we are staying or not."

After awhile they left the room, Jason was made stay, just in case Neil got away and tried to go after them.

Calleigh brought in some lunch For Kurogane. But he didn't eat it. Later, she came in with some dinner, and he didn't eat that either.

He just wanted to watch Fay to make sure he would be ok.

When the light started to fade out, so did Kurogane. He was tired and his eyes didn't want to stay open.

' I must stay awake!' He thought to himself.

He got up for a minute and grabbed a blanket from his room.

He wrapped it around himself, so If Fay woke up in the middle of the night and saw him passed out without a blanket, He wouldn't get mad and think to give him his.

After a while his eyes refused to stay open and he passed out on the floor. He kept his ears open so that they could hear if anyone tried to get in.

Fay woke after an hour when Kurogane fell asleep and turned over to look at the room. His muscles were still tensed and hurt to move, when he managed it, He looked down and saw Kurogane sleeping on the floor. Fay watched him and glanced over at the coffee table and saw the two meals.

" He didn't eat since breakfast." He said looking at Kurogane.

Kurogane heard his voice, and quickly jumped up with the sword.

He glanced around and saw no one was in the room.

" Who was just talking?" He said to himself.

" Kuro-wanwan. It was I."

Kurogane turned around quickly, still sleepy, didn't register the voice. He had the blade inches away from his face.

" Mage." He said quietly and dropped his sword to the ground.
" How are you feeling?"

" Better." He replied.

Kurogane sighed in relief.

He sat back down and lay there. His eyes drooping back into sleep again.

" Go to sleep idiot, you'll get better." Kurogane said sleepily.

Fay smiled. " Ok, I will." He said his eyes closing as well.

" Better be here in the morning." Kurogane smirked, and fell asleep.