Title: Does it really matter?

Author: .KuroxFye.

Rating: T

Warning: little spoilers… nothing really in this chapter.

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Tsubasa or any of its characters.

"Yuuko… Why Kurogane?" Mokona questioned him in a worried sort.

"Just let me speak with her, you'll know soon enough." He was actually working really hard to keep his tone down and it was really beginning to strain…. He was too distracted to stay calm much longer.

Mokona looked up at him all knowingly and squinted his eyes even more so then he already was. The jewel on his forehead began to glow a bright red before the witch appeared on a screen no more then 5 feet away from them.

"Ahh Mokona, to what do I owe the pleasure?" Well, she was her usual self and it looked as if she had just gotten back from somewhere because she was removing a large black coat.

"Kurogane san says he wants to speak with Yuuko." Mokona's voice hadn't changed, It was still in that whiney and full of questions. The white creature shifter it's eyes to look up at Kurogane.

"Hn, I need your help with something." Ohh how he loathed asking her for help, but for Fye… he'd have to get around this.

She looked at him and suddenly became very still, her gaze lowered and he voice deepened. "So… it finally happened." She knew… she knew very well. "He's finally gone back, well this is how hitsuzen has dealt its cards… it's nothing that should be messed with." There wasn't even a hint of emotion in that, either she really didn't care or she was just really good at hiding things because that sounded flat which happened to really piss Kurogane off.

"Are you telling me you won't fucking help?" Damn! What was he supposed to do, his brow curved and frustrated and his hand clenched into a fist near the point of drawing blood.

"No, a wish is a wish… so long as an equal price is paid you may wish for whatever you like." Her voice grew darker. "However I do warn you, this was the path Fye chose for himself… anything you do now is held within paper thin boundaries. If you slip up even the slightest bit everything could be thrown out of balance… out of the way things are meant to be in that world. Do you still have that wish?"

"I do… send me to his world, I don't care what your price may be."

"Very well then. Kurogane the equal price for wanting to go to this world will be sacrificing you previous wish to go to your home world." A world for a world… which would mean more to him didn't matter, he wanted both so there for it is equal pay.

Never being able to go home?... 'Tomoeo' he thought…He' never see her again, he'd never see any of them again. So what did he care for more… his home, his friends (well ok he didn't really have friends) and his princess or that mage and his idiotic smiles…

He wasn't sure… he had never thought of the possibility of having to pay that… he was always simply heading home, but now where was he going… after this what would be his purpose? Still he decided.

"I'll except that." He had seen better days, this was the difference between life or death…though he longed to go home he couldn't possibly just let Fye's existence end, it meant to much to him.

He couldn't let this throw him off. He needed to be sharp and ready for anything this new world might throw at him and he needed to be stable if he even hoped to save the suicidal magician… he had to.

"Alright, I will only send you there. Once in the land of Celes you will be on your own, I'm even so kind as to take care of translating for you." She handed him a small gold chain. "It's magical, put it on your wrist or around your neck… it will serve as a translator."

He found men wearing jewelry to be somewhat disturbing, but he'd have to deal with it. Slowly he placed the golden chain around his neck and stood there blank faced and waiting for what was to happen.

A bright light covered his body until he was nothing but light, he could see nothing but light… then he was gone and found himself floating for a few moments before unwrapping from the light into a frozen plateau or sparkling snow and a dark star filled sky, above he could see a bridge and many stone wall houses leading up a winding path. At the top of the path there was a castle made of completely white marble, glowing stripes of blue filled the air in a pattern around the castle, 'it was a lovely sight' thought Kurogane would never admit to that thought.

Kurogane couldn't see why Fye always talked so darkly about this place, it seemed calm enough, but he did hate the cold, this was too cold but it defiantly wasn't the war zone he had thought it to be. It took him almost a half hour to get into the nearest cluster of houses. He had decided that the castle was probably the best place to start and to get there he had to walk threw many streets. It was now that he started to get an eerie feeling.

When he had walked threw the first few streets and seen no people or movement he thought nothing of it, perhaps they were simply busy or something, but when that continued threw the next 8 blocks Kurogane doubted there was life on this world at all. There was nothing.

Well, this only told him one thing… 'Fye was not a good indicator of his world.' This place was frozen, dead… there was nothing. And on the surface Fye was laughing, friendly and very much alive… but that's just the surface. Actually maybe this did define Fye, under the mask that is. He's always alone, his eyes frozen and his soul dead. Yes, at second thought… Fye was the perfect indicator of his surroundings.

He had determined that there was absolutely no life on this world by the time he had reached the castle entrance and it was then he realized that this had been a war zone in the recent past. Bodies… bodies everywhere, on the floor, on the tables, up the stairs… he had seen his share of dead people but this still sent a shiver up his spine, knowing that whatever had killed all these people Fye had survived.

The realization of something had finally hit him, Fye was obviously still alive… if he had already killed himself things would all be 'fixed' or so he said. Kurogane didn't imagine that this is what fixed meant so he steadily determined that there was still hope.

The castle was giant, that didn't help matters for Kurogane… to be honest he couldn't tell the difference between where he was and where he had already been. It all looked the same… white and curved, there wasn't and corners it was all curves which gave him the sickening sense that he had simply been walking in circles for ages. He had come up with a system of sorts for making his way around after a while; if he looked up he could see the center of that floating sign, if all he did was walk towards the middle of this god for saken maze he would eventually have to hit something.

Lucky for him this plan worked somewhat. He hadn't managed to find Fye yet thought right in the center of the castle was a small pool of water with a series of connected arches over it. Down at the bottom was a glass coffin which contained who Kurogane could only assume was this Ashura Fye often spoke of. It was also obvious that the mage had already been here, that white, blue and frankly gay looking coat was laying in a heap along the wall to this room. He thought of the possibility that, that might not be his coat but then decided it probably was. No one else, not the dead bodies and not this Ashura had a coat on that was even similar to that white thing. Seems Fye must still be wearing his second coat though because it wasn't there.

He let his eyes lay upon the coat as he trailed in thought, were could that damn man be? Seems though he wouldn't have to look any further, he felt a presence enter the room with him. That could only be one person.

"Kuro tan? What are you doing here?" he zipped on the smile within seconds of Kurogane turning around. It was obvious he really didn't want the ninja there but there but he wasn't going to say that.

Looking the mage over head to toe he noticed something rather questionable. "Your arm… the sleeve… what happened?" The whole area along Fye's coat were his arm lay was stained with blood… blood was seeping threw the blue material.

"Ohh, that's nothing." He made effort to hide his arm behind his back. "Now tell me…what are you trying to do Kuro chu? You realize that if I want I could send you back to the previous world by simply raising my hand… If you force me to do so I will."

This man is disturbed, who the hell bleeds from the arm, plans to kill themselves, talks so seriously with such stupidity and still smiles? Only Fye could pull that off.

"You sure as hell better not! Not after what I had to pay to get here. I'm not just going to stand by and watch you die, I worked to hard to keep you alive to simply lose you now!" he could sense his voice becoming emotional in an unfamiliar way so he paused to collect himself. "Now, what happened to your arm." He was back in control of his tone and gazing at the arm trying to be hid.

Fye didn't speak for several moments… he let his emotions show threw as they changed. First came anger which progressed to sadness and finally regret. "You're a fool… you're a fool for coming, for caring, for believing you could stop this. I'll only hurt you if you stay and so it can not be allowed." He raised his hand as he had half threatened to do before and wind picked up speed around the two. "It can not be… because… because…" and in the lowest whisper he could manage. "I love you"

The world froze for that moment… What a hypocrite, he loves me… so he won't let me die! Yet he won't let me do the same, I'll never say those words which could be left unspoken but he should know! He should know how much I actually care by now! Damn him… Damn it all!

"HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT?" How angry he was couldn't be placed with words. "It would hurt me a thousand times more then death knowing that you wouldn't even let me help you… you IDIOT!"

The wind stopped, It was clear the words had reached him… or maybe not? Fye's face looked flushed of all color and collapsed to the floor. The red stain on his arm had become considerably bigger and still he was smiling, trying to stand up.

"Kuro sama, it's already to late for me to be saved…"

Ohh damn, I don't know what I'm going to do next… I typed myself into a mental block XP

So review please, tell me what you think… if you have any ideas please share.

Meanwhile I'll be pondering over the next chapter and how the hell I'm going to pick up because seriously there's like a wall here and I don't know what to do.

Thanks for reading

- KuroxFye