A/N: I'm sososososososososososososososososo sorry about not updating sooner. I've been working on my school work and dealing with life in general until recently. But now, since tomorrow's my last day of school, and my Final Exams are on Wednesday, Friday, and next Monday, I'm taking out just enough time to post this. Thus the chapter's length. I'm sorry about this, but studying and passing my exams comes first.

That aside…

Chapter 13

Kurogane watched as the still form in his arms breathed slow, shallow breaths. He'd half expected the blonde to suddenly wake up acting like an alien from another planet. Not that he wasn't an alien from another planet…moon…thing… Never mind.

Nothing happened.

Nothing at all.

Now this is just ridiculous. Finally, unable to take it anymore, the pirate rolled his eyes, gathered up the still unconscious Fai in his arms, and made his way towards the exit. Only to realize that, upon reaching the slightly protruding platform, there was nothing…except the vast expanse between Fai's globe home, other globe homes, and the forest floor seven dozen feet below.

Fabulous. This is exactly what I need right now.

Kurogane considered Gliding down, but he wasn't sure how Fai would react if he woke up suddenly in the pirate's arms, several dozen feet off the ground, and he had no wish to end up as a flat cake, especially with Fai on top of him.

Now that was a disturbing thought.

There was a faint moan from the form in his arms and the pirate captain looked around quickly for some place to lay the blonde down. He raced back to Fai's bedroom, after a quick bout of annoyance brought on by the crystal door key, and practically dropped the shaman onto the mass of pillows and blankets that he hoped was the bed and knelt down beside the blonde.

Fai groaned when he hit the pillows and struggled up to a sitting position rubbing his forehead as if he had a splitting headache, which he probably did. Then his eyes fluttered open and Kurogane's breath froze in shock. The Moon Shaman's eyes were no longer the beautiful sapphires they once were. Now, they were a molten gold with cat like slit pupils.

"…Fai?" he asked cautiously.

The blonde head cocked to the side curiously. "The one you call 'Fai' ssleepss," the creature within Fai's body hissed quietly, its eyes flitting back and forth studying the pirate's face intensely.

The raven haired man was speechless. He didn't know what to think, or say for that matter.

"Interessting," the Fai-thing whispered.

"Wh-what?" the pirate said suspiciously.

The Fai-thing slithered up so his face was mere inches away from the pirate's. "Your face…it iss redder than it wass before I entered the sshaman'ss body. Mosst intriguing," it breathed.

Kurogane blushed intensely at the sight of Fai's body moving in such a smooth, seductive manner and the sound of the shaman's calm, gentle voice whispering in the hissing style of those snake-like creatures. The closeness was not a factor. Not at all. Repeat. It was NOT!

"Hmmm, how…unussual," the creature murmured, pressing Fai's body against the pirate's in a seductive manner. The most interesting part about the whole situation was that the lin-possessed Fai didn't seem to even notice the fact that he was slowly but steadily driving the ever controlled pirate over the edge. Just a little more of this and Kurogane had no idea of how he would react, though he had some fascinatingly graphic ideas.

But the moment of collapse never came.

"Fai? Fai!" a female voice called, closely followed by the appearance of Kishim. The purple eyed sava took in the scene before her with a calm demeanor. Her astute eyes studied the lin-Fai closely.

The Moon Shaman's possessed body turned slowly to her and the sava's eyes grew round when she saw the molten gold orbs and slitted pupils that had replaced Fai's usual blue. But her control was back in an instant. She bowed her head in reverence before speaking.

"I assume, the Moon Shaman is asleep?" she asked.

"Yesss. We thought it besst conssidering the ssituation. Did we asssume wrong?" the creature asked in return, a hint of discomfort audible in its voice.

Kishim closed her jewel toned eyes serenely. "I think not. If what Chaos has told me is true, then I believe it is the best thing for him at the moment," she whispered.

"...Oi..."

"Then he has not…?"

Fai's head shook negatively. "We were lucky. We were able to sstop him before he broke the sseal. If we had waited any longer, it would mossst likely have been too late. Ass it iss, our hold over him iss complete. Though it will not last, of courssse."

"Of course."

"Oi."

The other two occupants turned to the owner of the "oi" on whom Fai's body was still straddling rather seductively. "Yess?" the lin-fai asked curiously, the shaman's head cocked to te side again in a creepily cute manner.

"Get off me."

The lin within Fai pressed the Shaman's body closer, tightening his legs around the pirate's waist so their arousals brushed. "Why sshould wee?" the golden eyed blonde murmured silkily, licking Fai's tempting lips and rocking gently against the raven haired man erotically.

Trying desperately to keep control of his urges, Kurogane growled, "Because if you don't, I doubt you will be able to think clearly enough to hiss even the simplest word. In fact, I'd even go so far as to gaurantee you won't be able to utter sound other than moans, you snake."

The beautiful body froze and the golden eyes studied the captain's crimson orbs intensely before drawing a sudden breathe in realization and blurting, "Point taken," and leaping away from Kurogane as fast is it could with a feline grace.

Once the shaman was on his own two feet again, the lin inside him brushed Fai's body and clothes off in a dismissive manner. "Honesstly, if you hadn't wanted uss on you, you could have jusst asssked us to move."

"I did," Kurogane huffed.

"Nnnoo, you grrowled in a rrrather intimidating manner. It almossst reminded uss of a dog. Or a puppy who doessn't get what it wantssss. We guesss Fai'ss name for you fitss." The lin-fai snickered in a smooth hissing laugh that was strangely attractive.

"There are more pressing matters to attend to at the moment," the until that moment forgotten sava said. "Grey One," –the lin-Fai turned to her- "what do you suggest we do at the moment? With the Moon Shaman unconscious, it presents us with an intriguing dilemma."

"Perrrhapss. But then, perrhapss not. We ssshall go to Yama and ssummon Yasssha-ou. We sshall return in four daysss. Although," it added almost as an afterthought, "we may arrrrive, unannounccced in, oh we don't know, sssay three daysss?"

Kurogane stood just in time to catch the sneaky gleam in the golden eyes as they met Kishim's in a significant glance. The sava smirked. "Of course. Who would blame the court for not realizing Yasha-ou's early arrival? Ashura-ou would love to have a…quiet talk with him, I'm sure."

The lin snickered again in that hissing voice. "Ssshall we be off, then?" it inquired playfully.

"Yes. Yes, I believe you should."

The shaman's body danced gracefully passed the sava and on to the front door to stand on the protruding platform.

"And Grey On," Kishim called. The lin turned to the sava once more in mild interest. "Take care of the Moon Shaman's body."

The golden eyes turned serious in an instant. "When do we not?" it asked.

The next moment, the shaman had leapt into the air and was gliding smoothly away into the sky leaving a thoroughly confused Kurogane and a serious Kishim behind.

Well, I stick by what I said earlier. This is just absolutely ridiculous, the pirate captain thought, rolling his eyes in an annoyed fashion.

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A/N: Alrighty then. I'm glad that's over and done with. Once again, I apologize for the length, but school comes first. I'll try to update again soon. In the mean time, please read the following bold and underlined words and do as they say. ;)

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Translations:

Sava - when placed at the end of a name it means Miss, when placed at beginning of name it means female sav user

Lin – also known as Grey Ones, a grayish, slender, serpentine creature with a fish-like face, eight tiny legs, and fin-like appendages on the sides of their head right behind their gills. They live between the realm of reality and the world of the dead. They breathe sav like humans breath air and they swim through the air as if it's water.