At The Beginning
dreamgirl: No, I'm not dead, just a little depressed, so that's basically the reason I haven't written in almost a month!!! But I would like to thank SilverHinata888 for bringing my spirits up and so I finished this all in one day. This will be the end of the songfic saga, sorry to say but it's the truth. I would like to give my thanks to all my reviewers and buddies!!
disclaimer: I don't know TRC, I don't own Kurogane OR Fai (much to my despair). And I most certainly DO NOT own "At The Beginning", Donna Lewis and Richard Marx do.
ENJOY!!!
We were strangers starting out on a journey
Never dreaming what we'd have to go through
Now here we are and I'm suddenly standing
At the beginning with you
Today was the day. Today was, finally, the day Fai would be married off to Kurogane. Yes, it took years for the magician to finally open up and allow someone to steal his heart away. Fai had no idea what married life would be like, although, it couldn't be much different than it already was what with living in Nihon with Kurogane and the two other teenagers. The blonde had finally come to accept the fact that Ashura was dead, so was Fei Wang Reed, and the journey was over. It all seemed too good to be true.
No one told me I was going to find you
Unexpected, what you did to my heart
When I lost hope, you were there to remind me
This is the start
The blue-eyed man never would've guessed or imagined that the very man he was supposed to kill would end up being his eternal lover and friend. Ashura had told him that he would never find someone to crack the ice around Fai's heart, but it seems that he was wrong. Not only had the ninja stolen his heart, he had shown him warmth and affection like no other. Something he had been missing his whole life. Fai now sat in his room, along with Tomoyo and Sakura, preparing for the ceremony. "Oh my goodness, Fai, you look beautiful!!" Tomoyo said. Now that he was loved, he felt confident in everything he did, which led him to accept the shinobi's proposal. He finally had a chance to start over again.
And life is a road and I want to keep going
Love is a river I want to keep flowing
Wonderful journey
Fai looked into the mirror and viewed a beautiful young man with long blond hair and blue eyes the color of the ocean, who had on a well-made, pale-white, uchikake. He had tears in his eyes. Never, in a million years, would he have believed that there would come a day in his life when he would be taken to love for the rest of his days. The journey he had gone on was a tough one, and a bloody one at that. But the love he had encountered was like a never-ending waterfall that he never wanted to end. The path he had been put on or that was chosen for him was, indeed, the correct one.
I'll be there when the world stop turning
I'll be there when the storm is through
At the end I want to be standing
At the beginning with you
After they had killed Fei Wang Reed, the group had gone their separate ways; Sakura with Syaoran and Fai with Kurogane. But after a couple of months, they all ended up in Nihon, where they all live today. It was no coincidence, it was definitely meant to be. And now, Fai was staring at himself in shock because he couldn't believe what was going on. He had won. If life was a game, he had won. He had finally gotten what he always wanted…to be loved. He would be with brunette to time indefinite, and he would be there even if they would be confronted with opposition. He would be with him to the end.
We were strangers on a crazy adventure
Never dreaming how our dreams would come true
Now here we stand unafraid of the future
At the beginning with you
The pale man now sat in a chair, where the Princess' were fixing his hair and put it into a scrunchie with a blue stone on it. Fai never cared to cut his hair, but it was about the same length as it was the last time they were in Nihon. The Princess' left him alone once he was ready and would call him down once the preparations were complete. Fai began to get up and search for a black binder he had stored away many months ago. He sighed, 'Where the bloody hell is that binder?' He searched and searched to the point where he almost tore his traditional wear trying to look for it. And when he finally did find it, he began to write…'We were strangers starting out on a journey'.
And life is a road and I want to keep going
Love is a river I want to keep flowing
Life is a road, now and forever
Wonderful journey
He hadn't written a song in ages, and the day of his wedding seemed like a convenient time to begin one. His whole life on the journey flashed before his eyes as he wrote on a piece of paper. Life was a road that Fai wanted to keep going on because it would be waste now that he had what he wanted. The love he was and still is shown would be for nothing; he most certainly could not die now. He remembered of the time when he and Kurogane had first met, when they first spoke to each other, the first joke, the first kiss, the firs caress, the first time, and even the first love confession. He remembered all of it, and this was the end of the road for him. This was the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow.
I'll be there when the world stops turning
I'll be there when the storm is through
At the end I want to be standing
At the beginning with you
Well, he couldn't necessarily say it was the end, but it was the end of his previous life. This was his second chance; his afterlife. And what a wonderful afterlife this was going to be. Kurogane had always protected him since the beginning. Now, it was his turn to pay back. Binding himself to his long-time lover was just a guaranteed that your lover isn't going to run off with someone else. But really, it was more than that between the two men. They had been living together for who knows how long and have been sleeping together for a long-time, too. It was already as if they were married, but making official was another step, yet it was nothing important. The step they were taking was contradictory to them. They were practically married already, but having a member of the royal family make it validated was a complete other matter.
Knew there was somebody somewhere
Like me, alone in the dark
Now I know my dream will live on
I've been waiting so long
Nothing's gonna tear us apart
Fai didn't know how, it just was. He didn't feel like he was being tied down or taken away from freedom, he felt like a new man now that he would be "Mrs. Suwa" or so many in the castle had teased him about. It finally meant that he hadn't confused his feelings nor had Kurogane confused his, they both wanted to be with each other even after death. And that made the mage very content. He was glad that he had found someone would has gone through pain such as losing a loved one like he has. Although he couldn't resurrect his twin, at least he knew he was in a better place now, and so was he.
And life is a road and I want to keep going
Love is a river I want to keep flowing
Life is a road, now and forever
Wonderful journey
He went on to write the lyrics, 'Life is a road and I want to keep going. Love is a river…' He was just finishing up when there came a knock on his door, "Hello, Fai-san? We're all set in the ballroom. We'll begin whenever you're ready". To his disappointment, it was Syaoran; he really wanted it to be his fiancé. It had been a couple of days since he and Kurogane had made love, but it was because of the country's custom of abstaining from sex until after the wedding. It kind of made Fai feel guilty about "tainting the wedding bed" before he was even married. But what was done was done, at least he had "tainted the wedding bed" with Kurogane, someone he would spend the rest of his life with. Fai shouted through the door, "Okay, I will be right there!" He breathed in and out…it was time.
I'll be there when the world stops turning
I'll be there when the storm is through
In the end I want to be standing
At the beginning with you
Fai walked down the hall and into the ballroom, it seemed as if time had stopped. Music played as he walked down the aisle towards Kurogane. Tomoyo was leading Fai, since he had no one else to hand him over to the groom. Fai had on a thin veil that covered his face, but he could see the man in front of him perfectly. Kurogane stood there, over six feet tall in a, jet black, men's kimono and had his hair slicked back. Fai laughed at the thought that Tomoyo must've been the one to the ninja to tame his spiky hair. Once Fai's hand was put into Kurogane's, the ceremony began. Amaterasu was the one giving these two in matrimony. She began and once it came to the vows, she smiled, "Do you, Youou Suwa, take Fai to be your lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold in sickness and in health, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, for as long as you both shall live?" Kurogane turned to Fai and held his hands tight, "I do".
And life is a road and I want to keep going
Love is a river I want to keep going on
Starting out on a journey
It was Fai's turn to say the vows. The queen continued, "And do you, Fai D. Fluorite, take Youou to be your lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold in sickness and in health, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, for as long as you both shall live?" Fai took a deep breath and didn't hesitate to answer, "I, most certainly, do". Amaterasu concluded, "I now pronouce you man and…erm…husband. You may now kiss the groom". Kurogane pulled Fai into a large embrace and kissed him like there was no tomorrow. Amaterasu coughed, "Youou, you will have plenty of time to ravish your husband on your HONEYMOON, we have the reception to hold right now if you don't mind". Fai peeled his husband off and blushed. Just when he thought everything couldn't get any better Kurogane whispered in his ear, "I love you, Fai. Always have and always will. I'll protect you with all my strength. Come what may, I'll be with you until my dying day" *. He was enjoying the start of his married life. It was now the end of Fai (Yuui) Fluorite, and the new beginning of Fai Suwa. And he was now at the beginning with the love of his life.
Life is a road and I want to keep going
Love is a river I want to keep flowing
In the end I want to be standing
At the beginning with you
*This is a line from a fan-made wallpaper with KuroFai on it said. It's really nice, I have it on my laptop and ipod. If you want to see it, you can either PM me or privately email me (email is better because fanfiction blocks out certain stuff even if it's appropriate).
dreamgirl: I hope I didn't disappoint you guys. I tried my very best and after a month of not writing, it really puts my efforts to work. I would like to give a thank you to all my readers that stuck with me to the end!!! I plan on making songfics to almost every anime I watched and I hope you like them to. And for those who are on the midst of murdering because I have put "My Question, His Answer" on hiatus, wait no longer!!! I'm in the middle of writing the next chapter so please forgive me. And to the rest of you, please review, I would really appreciate it very much.