A/N: Hey everyone! Sorry for not updating as quickly as Umma had promised you guys.
Umma: I am so sorry! :'(
A/N: Yes well I was busy with homework, and Umma had a play, and now she is in the process of moving, so I guess there is a lot of work that has been happening for the both of us.
Umma: Anyways the next update might take a little longer, cause now I have to deal with theater festivals and actually moving, while Tami is in the middle of final exams.
A/N: Yeah we're guessing late March to early April. (Sorry guys! -_-)
Umma: But so you don't feel too sad, there will be a bonus chapter! :D
A/N: Yes so you've got that to look forward too!
Umma: Now REVIEW RESPONSES!!!
coolmissy11d12: Thank you so much for liking this story. I'm so glad that you understood why Fai is a little out-of-character, due to the fact that he's still young and certain events haven't accrued yet in his life. Many of the stories that I've read are all after the Tsubasa gang meet up, and I remember sitting on my computer thinking, what if Fai had a love interest before he met up with the gang. I read your story and I was very impressed with it I must say, hope to see more of it soon! :D Please hope to see another review from ya!
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Chapter 10: An Old Friend
Fai watched King Ashura teaching Yuki several spells in the dining hall. After the last disaster where Yuki got all mad at Fai for teasing her she completely destroyed the study room. His thoughts began to wonder what will happen when Yuki leaves. It'll be so weird not having a 'sister' to pick on… He thought as he chuckled to himself silently.
"Alright well I think that will be enough for today. Now go and start practicing. I will be gone tomorrow and Fai will be teaching you again." King Ashura stated as he gathered the books in a pile.
Yuki frowned and nodded. "Alright, thank you so much King Ashura." She said as she got up from her chair and bowed lowly in front of him.
Fai watched as King Ashura left the room leaving Yuki and himself alone. Yuki looked at him and cocked an eyebrow. "Hey when are you going to stop standing there and looking like you're some kind of idiot?" She asked in a very harsh voice meaning she was still mad at him from yesterday.
"Gosh Yuki I already said I'm sorry. Is it that time of month again?" Fai asked in a very too casual voice.
Yuki's face turned red and she grabbed her Snow Niveus ready to strike at Fai. "PERVERT!" She swung hitting the wall nearly touching Fai's ear.
Fai ducked from her staff. "Wow! Your aim is actually getting a little better, but my face is here not there." He said pointing at his face mocking her.
Yuki's eyes were glaring even more than before. She was seriously going to kill him this time. "Grrr Hold still!" She said swinging her staff completely missing Fai.
"How can I hold still when I'm not even moving?" Fai asked confused at what she wanted him to do.
"SHUT UP YOU IDIOT!" She screamed as fire was coming through her mouth.
"Ah temper, temper Yuki. Didn't your mother tell you that a lady shouldn't yell like that?" Fai asked wondering where Yuki learned how to yell like that.
"Don't involve my mother into this!" She huffed.
"Into what? You having bad aim? Don't tell me you got this from your father?" Fai asked shocked thinking of her dad being a complete klutz.
"SHUT THE HELL UP!!!" She screamed as her eyes continued glaring at Fai.
"Wow Fai still having trouble with the ladies. Tsk tsk." An unfamiliar voice called in the room. Yuki turned around and saw a figure standing in the shadows of the hallway. Yuki couldn't make out his face and she turned towards Fai whose eyes were wide. The figure approached slowly and soon Yuki could see the clothes he was wearing. It was the same like Fai's only the robe was black instead of white. Finally his face was shown: Emerald eyes against pale skin and smooth jet black hair. Yuki blinked thinking that she remembered this guy from somewhere and gasped noticing that he looked exactly like one of her former classmates.
"K-Kudan?" Yuki stuttered.
Fai looked at her curiously. "Yuki, Kudan, have you two met before?" Fai asked confused.
The man named Kudan blinked and tilted his head looking at Yuki not recognizing the girl at all. "Umm…I can't remember…"
Fai pondered for a moment and realized something. "Oh you must be mistaking him of another Kudan. King Ashura had told me in other worlds you might find people that look identical and have the same name as the people from your world." Fai stated as Kudan nodded in response.
"Yep, I remember when I was showing Fai around the country and he saw people that looked like the people from his world." Kudan stated traveling back to memory lane when Fai and himself were much younger and were walking throughout the town and Fai seeing people that he had seen in his former world.
"Oh yeah Fai's from another world!" Yuki remembered when she had just arrived in Celes and King Ashura telling Yuki a little about Fai.
"Yeah and it's a place I don't plan on revisiting any time soon." Fai stated and had a brief little conversation with Kudan.
Yuki raised her eyebrow at his statement but shrug it off knowing that if she asked him 'why not?' he'd probably change the subject. Must've been an awful place. She thought.
Fai and Kudan turned back and the mage blinked and smiled happily. "Wow Yuki you know me so well as to not ask me why I said that." Fai beamed happily.
Yuki's right eye twitched and then she realized something. "YOU READ MY MIND?!" She yelled in horror.
"Yes that is another skill that you will soon learn later on." Fai stated smiling in his teasing way again.
Yuki's face reddened and she wasn't sure if it was from embarrassment or anger, but all she knew was that she was going to kill this mage in front of her. She grasped her Snow Niveus tightly and her infamous glare was set across her face sending shivers down Kudan's spine. "You…YOU…"
"You what?" Fai asked.
"YOU ARE GOING TO GET IT!" She roared creating a rather loud echo throughout the castle.
"Geez I'm not sure I will, considering your aim is so bad and all." Fai stated and smiled again.
Kudan watched in horror as the insane woman was attempting to whack the idiotic mage but instead was hitting the columns instead. Oh I hope she doesn't break one, I don't know if this place is all that stable or not. He thought as he heard one of the columns crack from Yuki's rampage. Kudan looked away and throughout the commotion coming from the two he heard footsteps coming towards the group. Kudan formed a small smile and bowed in front of the figure that had approached them. "Hello King Ashura."
"Ah Kudan. It is good to have you back. We've heard many things about you and how you wiped out a whole unit by yourself. I must say that is very impressive." King Ashura complimented and turned his attention to both of his apprentices. "Now exactly what is going on here?" King Ashura asked seeing the two run around as Yuki was whacking her staff like a mad woman and Fai backing away but keeping the same posture the whole time.
"I was wondering if you could answer that for me." Kudan laughed.
"It's amazing how many times those two can fight and yet none of them are injured and yet my castle is the one who had lost." King Ashura sighed seeing the new damages that Yuki had created. "This will take about two weeks to fix."
"King Ashura…"
Fai and Yuki froze as they heard Kudan saying 'King Ashura'. They both turned terror in their eyes. Yuki blinked and quickly stood upright and curtsied lowly, while Fai regained his posture and bowed respectfully towards him. "Your majesty…" They both said in unison and looked at each other and back at King Ashura.
"I see Yuki is destroying my castle and Fai is making it worse by teasing her and such. Have you two had enough yet?" King Ashura asked half serious and half sarcastic.
Fai gulped and nodded. "I am sorry King Ashura. I will tone down the teasing for awhile." He stated bowing lowly towards him.
Yuki nodded as well. "I will try to hold in my anger my king." She promised and bowed as well.
King Ashura nodded and looked back at Kudan who was standing towards the side watching the two apprentices apologize as if their own lives depended on it. "Alright well then, I will need to borrow Kudan for awhile." He said looking at Kudan in a serious gaze. "There are matters about the war that I am interested in hearing." He added making sure that Kudan understood what he was asking about.
Kudan nodded and bowed. "Of course, King Ashura." He said and the two men walked away leaving Yuki and Fai behind in the hallways. Kudan watched King Ashura's serious gaze become stern. "So what is it that you wish to talk about with me?" Kudan asked as they were nearing King Ashura's studies.
"It's about him." King Ashura stated and opened the door entering followed by Kudan and sat on the two couches facing each other. "How is he doing?"
"He is doing well my King." Kudan stated. "He said that he wishes to see you as soon as he can."
Several servants came in and placed a bottle of wine and quickly left the room. "Do you drink Kudan?"
"I do not your majesty. I have a health condition which I cannot consume any type of alcoholic beverage." Kudan stated as King Ashura poured the wine into the glass that he was holding. He nodded and placed the bottle down and stirring the wine in the glass watching the red liquid move in a spiral motion. "Is that all you wanted to ask me King Ashura."
King Ashura looked up at Kudan and placed the glass down on the table. "No. I have a favor I need you to do for me. It concerns Fai and my new apprentice, Yuki." He said and walked up towards the floor to ceiling window and watched as the snow was falling down hard against it.
"Whatever the favor is I will humbly accept." Kudan stated. "After all I am a knight who is under the king." He added to show his loyalty.
"Good then you won't have a problem with my request." King Ashura stated.
A/N: Hmm... I wonder what he's plotting...
Umma: You mean... you don't know?! :O
A/N: Hmm... I wonder...
Umma: Well I guess this goes to the list of cliffies.
A/N: Eh... I'm not going to reveal it just yet.
Umma: So cruel... great now I'm going to be waiting in anticipation along with the readers... *sigh*
a. Continue
b. Discontinue
c. Continue but never reveal what Ashura is plotting
d. *Umma buts in* Feed Tami pig intenstine soup.
A/N: WHAT?!
Umma: No wonder people say revenge is sweet! :3
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