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Kurogane was stuck.

Fai was sleeping on top of him and there was no way in hell he was going to get up without waking the blonde up, and Fai really needed his rest.

They were both sweaty because of Fai's fever. he had enough heat to make both of them moist enough to so that their skin stuck together… which was weird…

There were a lot of weird things that had been going on since last night. Like the look of shock the kids gave him when they came in the room to check and see if Fai was ok. It looked like they thought that just because the blonde fell asleep snuggled up to him, using his chest as a pillow and wrapping his arms around the ninja's neck, that something had happened.

Which it hadn't.

So Kurogane told them to get what they could around for the world walk so that he wouldn't have to answer any of their questions.

That had been two hours ago, and Fai was still fast asleep. Still curled up to him.

There was another soft knock on the door before it was pushed open and the princess came in with a smile plastered on her face.

Just because Fai fell asleep on him didn't mean that the he wasn't still mad at him.

"Everything is ready to go except for what's in here."

"Dumb ass is still out cold. Were probably going to end up spending another day here anyways."

As soon as the words had left his mouth Fai shifted, groaning quietly at being woken up by the whispered conversation. "Ne, Kuro…" the ninja felt his heart skip a beat. "…gane…"

Fai tried pushing himself up but realized the position he was in. He flinched, jumping back and falling off the bed and hitting his head on the wall.

"Oi! You all right?" Kurogane watched as the blonde brought his hand up to check if he was bleeding before slowly standing. "Are you ok?"

"Don't scare me like that!" Fai eventually snapped once he seemed to remember what happened. He really had to be sick… it was a god damn good thing that they were leaving so that he could see a doctor…

"You're the one who fell asleep on me moron. Here" the ninja held out his hand and helped Fai to his feet.

The blonde didn't say anything as he walked out of the room, a bit wobbly on his feet, and shut himself into the bathroom. He couldn't win for loosing with him…

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Ashura-ou? Would now be a good time to speak?

The king smiled to himself and sipped some of his wine. He had been waiting for Fai to contact him again. You don't need to be so formal child, and now is a fine time. Dinner is a rather drab affair tonight.

Everything is finished here so I can transport us home anytime you wish.

Why don't you make tonight's ball exciting. Cast your translocation spell to land on the pulpit, you will have a good fifteen feet of space before you come up on the head table. Ashura wanted Fai home as soon as possible. With the way his magic and been over the past few days he was sick, he had to be.

Yes my king. Give me a few moments to draw up the runes. He knew his Fai wouldn't have any issues with directions as specific as the ones he just gave, and so just relaxed and waited for him to appear. Everyone was really going to be quite surprised.

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Kurogane only took a few minutes to get everything in the room around, before changing out of this worlds outfit and into his ninja uniform. Walking into the hallway he heard a very distinct sound. Someone was in the middle of throwing up in the bathroom…

And since he heard the kid and the princess talking with the manjuu that only left one person it could be, and with the fact that he still felt like he had low blood pressure, he was not happy about it. It took everything he had not to kick down the door and just knock calmly.

"You ok?" he could here Fai gag again before he answered.

"fine." He sounded miserable.

"You don't sound fine… can I come in?" the ninja had every intention of going in weather Fai wanted him in there or not. He figured asking couldn't hurt.

"mmhum…"

Damn. He really must feel horrible… the door wasn't locked so it was easy for Kurogane to pull it open and find Fai heaving into the toilet. He was sitting on the floor, his eye freshly wrapped. "What's wrong with you?"

Upon closer inspection he could see the blonde was covered in a layer of sweat and was shaking, tears running down one side of his face. When Fai pulled his head out of the toilet he whipped his mouth on the back of one hand, and his wet cheek with the other. "Nothing to worry about… help me up please."

Kurogane raised and eyebrow before helping the blonde to his feet. "It's not nothing. Dammit, just tell me what the hell the matter is. People don't just puke for no reason moron!"

Fai calmly washed his hands, whipped down his skin with a damp cloth, and brushed his teeth before answering. "I have a nervous stomach. Happy? Nothing's wrong." He leaned against the sink and took a deep breath. "I didn't let you come in here to yell at me. I have to talk to you."

"The fuck do you mean nervous stomach?"

"Were about to go to Celes and I'm nervous. Now listen to me. Ashura-ou is insane and… he… well he wasn't always that way and at the moment I don't think he is but I need you to help me keep an eye on the kids…"

"Crazy how?" Fai still wouldn't make eye contact and was staring at the ninja's shoes.

"Blood lust. He can't control it so… just help me look after them."

A few more minutes passed between them in silence. So Fai was really that scared of the guy.

"Mage. If you um… get… fuck. Look, if you need help dealing with this guy I'm here. To. Um… yeah…" Kurogane walked down the hallway because he didn't know what else to do when Fai looked up at him his one eye widened in surprises.

It's like no one had ever been nice to the guy before.