Title: When Monsters Appear

Pairings: Kurogane/Fai, others

Rating: M

Warnings: eventual sex, blood drinking, (minor) violence

Notes: written by me and truedespair. If you see any mistakes, please PM me. We're almost to the end people!

Summary: Fai's a vampire and Kurogane's a werewolf living together in the city when someone starts following them and starts a chain reaction of events.


Yuui groaned as he started to open his eyes. "Ugh...ow...my head..." He placed a hand on it. "W-What happened?"

"It's a really weird and long story." Syaoron smiled softly as he knelt down to hold Yuui's shoulders. "We should all head back now." His brother was already carrying Sakura.

Feeling his body strained but for some reason not cut up or filled with holes, Yuui can only nod. "O-Okay then..."

Kurogane was sitting on the ground as he groaned in frustration. "Holy shit...what a damn rush...the fuck just went on here?" He questioned as felt his throat hot and dry.

"I don't know, but I think we had best head home...I don't want to get arrested for all the property damage." Fai smiled. The street had a few craters and char marks. Some buildings were missing corners and a car or two were banged up pretty badly.

Coughing loudly, Kurogane slowly got up. "Shit, my throat fucking hurts." He rubbed the front of his neck. "It's like someone light a match and dropped it in there." He stumbled to his beloved.

"Don't talk then." Fai joked. Whatever had happened, they had won. They helped each other up, tired and aching all over.

With the help of Syaoron, Yuui got up as well; feeling some dull pain all over. "So I can only assume since nothing is engulfed in darkness that we won, right?" He asked his lover.

"Yes. He was destroyed completely." When they all began walking back together Both Li twins and Ioryogi began to fill in the three on what had happened as best they could.

Though by the time they reached Sakura's house, there was a mix variety of expressions; surprise, shock and a little amount of disturbance; mostly from Yuui.

"So what you're telling is that both brother and I got half of this phoenix being inside of us the entire time like Kurogane with that dragon and Sakura with that goddess and they send that man's soul away?" Yuui wasn't exactly getting it but with his body aching and his mind not really there; he figured he will eventually.

"Basically. It's just really...weird."

"And of course Yuuko had a part in this." Fai chimed in. It wasn't like they specifically had been picked out, but their ancestors had willingly accepted their fate.

"Somehow I'm not surprised." Kurogane grunted; his arms around Fai's waist to help him.

Yuui frowned as Ioryogi helped Syaoran unlock the door. "But...I remember being mortally wounded. I felt such pain but now it's all dull. Did the phoenix do that?"

"A phoenix can heal any wound if it wishes." Ioryogi explained as Syaoran stepped in and was met by Touya who took his sister gently from the other boy. "That one is powerful and while it can't heal every injury, it has no problem with most."

"..." Yuui blinked before slowly smiling. "And it was with me and Fai the whole time. Such a shame that I couldn't thank it for all that it has done."

Kurogane looked away. "I guess I would too for that dragon guy...then maybe throw a punch or two for messing with my throat." He added for the sake of his own pride.

"Well they weren't truly apart of us at least. It would be odd being both you know." Fai grinned. "Kuro-pon, we should go home and clean up."

Nodding at the vampire, Kurogane sighed "Right. I had enough adventures and weird crap for one day." He lifted a hand as he still had a hold of Fai. "See ya."

Yuui waved back with a smile. "I'll see you two later."

"If we don't answer you know where the spare key is." Fai grinned; waving as well as they walked the short distance home. Hopefully everyone put under Reed's spell wouldn't be waking up yet,

As the couple left, Yuui placed a hand over his shoulder. "I don't remember the moment between hiding in wait for that man and being on the ground so exhausted but what you told me Ioryogi, that mark was the man's work, right?"

"It was." Nadeshiko already had towels and bowls of hot water and soap waiting for them as well as a first aid kit.

With Syaoron and Ioryogi now on the living room floor, Yuui sat next to his lover smiling sadly. "Yeah, to think he had a hold over me even before I knew who he was...I was a puppet to him; helping him find everyone. Such advance magic scares me..."

"It wasn't your fault Yuui." Nadeshiko chided gently as she moved to wipe some dried blond on his forehead. "You had no idea and as a child there was nothing you could have done."

Yuui's eyes began to water as the woman was helping him out. "I-I know...but I couldn't help but think that...it's hard not to..."

"It is, but in time you'll understand. Everything's still fresh now after all." She smiled warmly as she dabbed the cloth in a bowl of water before moving to clean up more grime.

"Yes, you're right." Yuui soon smiled again. "I-I'm just glad no one else died during this. Especially you Syaoron."

Syaoron nodded in return as he cleaned himself.

Touya returned, helping his mother as best he could. "I'm exhausted and everything hurts even after getting patched up."

"Though I have to ask," Yuui spoke up as he was being bandaged by Touya (since he's not allowed to be near Syaoron despite what happened). "When I left you, you were sleeping or should I say still passed out. How on earth did you get where I was?" He asked his lover.

"I ran in the direction they told me you two went...I could hear you guys fighting when I was close enough." He explained and winced at the alcohol being brushed over his cheek.

"..." Yuui hung his head. "Oh...so you did..." He felt a dab of ointment on his arm but paid no attention to it. "I was very...conflicted at the time and Ioryogi wasn't having it. So I made a choice."

"It was the right one whatever it was."

Lifting his head up a bit, Yuui gave Syaoron a soft smile. "You would know what I choose or else I wouldn't be the one injured." He joked a bit.

"It doesn't matter; we're all alive and more or less okay." He grinned as he helped cleaning himself.

Thanking Touya for the towel, Yuui rubbed his eyes with it. "You're right as always." He didn't know that the whole time that the incident occurred that his eyes went from blue to amber to glowing amber to white to bright glowing blue and back to sapphire. He blinked a few times to make sure nothing was in his eyes.

"You okay?" Touya asked, frowning. "Your eyes are bloodshot."

"Ugh, I guess I haven't been sleeping much." Yuui smiled sheepishly at the teen. "Though it never bothered me before."

"I have some eye drops." he rummaged around the kit before producing a small bottle. "Tilt your head back and I'll put some in." "His bodies strained from the energy it was housing. It'll take a couple of weeks for him to be back to normal." Ioryogi told them.

Tilting his head back; letting Touya put eye drops on his eyes. The vampire winced as the liquid hit his eyes. He then closed them and hissed. "God that burns."

"It shouldn't burn." He looked over the bottle and then to his mother. "His eyes are strained, anything in them will just irritate, but the drops should help a little." She explained before going to get fresh water.

As he heard movement, Yuui sighed tiredly. "Ioryogi, what's going to happen to the city now that man is gone for good? What are the chances of demons being in the city now?"

"They'll leave. After all the demons we slew today, they'll be running as far away as they can with no one making them stay." He was on his back resting.

"That's good." Yuui nodded. "I have enough scars on my body to last me enough lifetimes." He didn't' noticed that Syaoron was slowly moving closer to him until he felt a warm body pressed next to him. Yuui smiled.

"It'll be okay." Nadeshiko and Touya and even Syaoran helped the three of them get cleaned and patched up. They were all exhausted by then. "Maybe we should head over to your brothers and crash? I don't think we can make it home."

"..." Yuui thought about it. He supposed that was a good idea but he dreaded to imagine what would be going on in there. What with those two are and all. He didn't want to walk into another...awkward incident. "Hmm...well, we'll just have to try then." He opened his eyes. "As much I want to rest, I rather rest in a familiar bed." He smiled softly at Syaoron. "I think we deserve that at least."

Syaoron got up, knees popping as he did. "Come on." He helped Yuui up before thanking the family. His brother would stay behind to watch Sakura.

The pair left the house, almost looking like half-mummies as they started walking back home. Yuui took in a breath of fresh and smiled despite his legs aching.

They had to grab the spare key and let themselves in. There was no sign of the couple in the living room as they walked over to the couch. "I think I'm in love with this couch." he groaned as he sunk into the cushions.

Chuckling softly, Yuui stood over Syaoron. "Well then maybe you should marry it."

"I might, maybe we can be in a polyandrous relationship?" He suggested, stretching out and motioning for Yuui to join him.

"Of course, what was I thinking." Yuui rolled his eyes with a smile as he gently laid on top of Syaoron; being mindful of the young man's injuries. "So...the phoenix that was in me...what was it like? Was it very god-like or something?" He asked as his head was on the nape of Syaoron's neck.

"I guess? I've not met a lot of super powerful creatures before." He wrapped his arms around the vampire. It was a bit awkward with their height difference, but they managed. "He said he didn't have a heart, but said he loved me because of you...he kind of kissed me too when he healed me, though I guess it was you kissing me."

"..." Yuui's face went a bit red. "It kissed you? And it said that it loved you?" He then paused. "Can gods really love like we can?"

"Who knows." he shrugged. "I think it was more your influence than anything." It was all a headache anyways.

"...Then I'm glad that I help that god." Yuui smiled. "We've all been through so much. I'm so happy to know that it's finally over..."

"It is." He sighed heavily, smile wide and bright. It was a weight off all their shoulders.

Moving upwards to the young man, Yuui's eyes stared at those brown ones. "I love you, Syaoron Li. With all my heart."

"Love you too." He grinned before raising his head up to kiss Yuui.

Kissing back, Yuui almost could have sworn that he felt some sort of power going through him. It wasn't unpleasant but in fact very nice, warm and soothing. Pulling back a bit, he sighed. "I'm so happy...so very happy..."

"I am too." They could be happy now, with no worries about demons and the like. "Now we can just move on and be normal again and not have to worry."

"Yes, I would love that." Yuui nodded "I'm looking forward to spending the rest of my life with you..." Though he was a vampire, the sentiment was still the same.

"I thought I heard you two." Fai stood beside the couch, dressed in a thin robe that clung to him with a towel around his shoulders. "Just checking up...looks like Nadeshiko-san fixed the both of you up."

Kurogane poked his head out of the hallway; his throat still hurting so he wasn't talking. Yuui looked up and blushed a bit.

"Oh, brother...I thought you two were already asleep."

"I wasn't going to dirty the sheets and then have to do laundry in the morning." He remarked before he strolled into the kitchen and grabbed Kurogane some cough drops and honey for his

throat. "I'll let you two sleep or whatever." He grinned, but he moved then to hug his brother tightly.

Hugging back, Yuui felt his eyes water. "I can't believe it. It's finally over and done with. Now you and Kurogane don't have to worry anymore."

"That's right. We don't have to worry about any of that anymore." He smiled, clutching at his twin.

Laughing, Yuui didn't realized that Kurogane was hugging Fai from behind and Syaoron moved to hug Yuui from the side. The blonde vampire was glad that everything ended on a happy note. They were alive and okay. Now they can enjoy life to the fullest. Though they knew that life will have a few bumps and there will be a few scraps as well but as they say:

'Life is a crazy ride indeed when monsters appear.'

END