"Eh, I don't think that it's so bad." Fai raised the lantern a little higher, casting light farther down the narrow tunnel. Sakura winced as several bats detached from the ceiling and swooped low over their heads.

Kurogane snarled, "I'll just be happy to get out of here."

"Not as happy as you were to get out of that laboratory in Lecana." Fai winked at him.

"What?!" The ninja whirled on him, but Fai dodged nimbly out of his reach.

"Ahh, sorry Kuro-rin, you don't remember that, do you?"

"God damnit mage, stop bringing that up!"

"Are you sure, Moko-chan?" Sakura leaned around the corner, staring at the heavy door at the end of the poorly-lit hallway.

Mokona nodded fervently, "Uh huh, Kuroi's definitely in there."

Fai slipped by the two kids. "Well now, we should get him out of there so that we can get out of here." He gripped the large wheel on the outside of the door and pulled hard until it finally spun over.

The door slammed open with overly-excessive force as Kurogane struck the inside of the door right as Fai yanked outwards.

Fai hit the ground hard with Kurogane straddling his waist. "Ano, Kuro-tan?"

The dark-haired ninja rubbed his face against Fai's and let out a low growl. "Missed you." He grabbed hold of both of the magician's wrists and pinned them to the floor above Fai's head.

Booted footsteps from behind them tore Syaoran and Sakura's attention away from the two adults sprawled on the floor.

"Fai-san!" Syaoran hissed. "Someone's coming."

Fai could barely hear the footsteps over the harsh breathing in his ear. "Ne, Kuro-rin, we need to go." Kurogane wasn't holding him all that tightly, so he probably could have thrown the ninja off him, but the fact that the other man was practically humping his leg at this point made it almost impossible. "Mokona!"

The world around them swirled and vanished.

"What the hell are you doing under me!" Kurogane leapt off the mage. "What…?" He trailed off as he stood up. They were sprawled out in a deep snowdrift that just didn't match with the tropic jungle that had covered the last world. "When did we change worlds?"

Syaoran and Sakura had picked themselves up off the ground, "About five minutes ago. Do you not remember?"

"I don't remember anything since those bastards filled that room with smoke." The ninja looked around before snapping back towards his companions. "Why?"

"No reason, Kuro-chi."

"Why are you still lying in the snow?"

"Why not?" Fai grinned stupidly up at him.

"Ch." The ninja whirled around and stalked off to investigate the surroundings.

Fai dropped his head back into the snow, grateful for the cold substance since it was taking care of a little problem.

Of course, the problem was all Kurogane's fault, but he was pretty sure the other man wouldn't want to hear about it.

He'd just keep that particular knowledge in store for future torture.

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