Wow, my longest one yet. I was thinking of doing one more, but...Who knows? By the way, does anyone know where I can get scans of chapter 36 (Tsubasa), or volume 6 (also Tsubasa)?
Fai was relaxing on the couch, taking it easy due to his injured leg. Syaoran-kun and Kuro-puu had gone out to hunt more Oni. Fai hoped they would bring home some presents.
In the kitchen, the tea kettle emitted steam and whistled loudly.
"Sakura-chan! The tea water's ready!" Fai called.
Sakura-chan ran into the kitchen and quickly turned off the heat. Fai heard her moving around as she made him a cup of tea. She came hurrying out, carrying a steaming cup of tea. Fai sat up and took it, smiling.
"Thank you, Sakura-min!" he said, blowing on the tea to cool it off.
"Oh!" She blushed.
Fai looked up.
"What is it?" he asked, confused.
"You…you said Sakura-min," she said, looking at her feet. "Don't you mean Sakura-chan?"
"No. You're quite pretty, Sakura-min," he said, smiling. "That name suits you better."
Still blushing, she smiled a little and bowed, thanking him for the compliment. As she turned around and walked to the kitchen to set down the tray, the door swung open, and Kurogane stomped in, followed by Syaoran.
"Hey, wizard," he growled, stomping over to the couch, "That leg of yours better yet?"
Fai studied it. "Nope."
"We got you this, 'cause it's magical or something," Kurogane said, thrusting a bag into Fai's chest. Fai peered inside it.
"Actually, Kurogane picked it out himse-oof!" Syaoran grunted as Kurogane elbowed him.
Fai turned the bag upside-down and shook it. A talisman with two entwined arrows on it fell out.
"Be careful with it!" Kurogane roared. "It cost a lot!"
"Looks interesting," Fai said, studying it. "Thanks, Kuro-run!"
Kurogane's eye twitched.
"It says it switches your soul or something," he said, pulling out instructions. "Be careful what you touch while you're holding it."
Fai eyed Kurogane briefly, then decided switching souls with him wouldn't be very fun. He got up off the couch carefully.
"Well, I'm going to walk around for a bit, to strengthen my leg," Fai said, picking up his cane. "Anyone want to join me?"
He opened the door, and a cat, which was standing on the porch for some reason, freaked out and jumped at Fai's face, catching him offguard. He took a step back, letting out a cry of surprise, and as the cat's paws touched his face, a blinding flash occurred. When it cleared, both Fai and the cat seemed fine, only Fai had dropped the talisman. Kurogane angrily stomped over and picked it up.
"Sheesh, don't drop it, idiot!" he snapped, holding it out to Fai.
Fai dropped on all fours and backed up, staring wide-eyed at Kurogane. He let out a confused meow.
Kurogane stared at him, and then at the cat.
The cat was looking at Fai.
"Oh my," it said in Fai's voice. "I've switched souls with a cat."
Kurogane looked back and forth between the two.
"No way," he said in disbelief.
Fai let out another meow and then rubbed against Kurogane's leg.
"Don't do that!" Kurogane yelled, backing up. "It's creepy!"
"Nyaah, Kuro-chan, guess you're gonna have to take care of my body until we figure out how to switch back," the cat said, stretching.
"This is so weird," Kurogane muttered, staring at the cat-Fai and the Fai-cat.
Kurogane walked up the stairs, and the Fai-cat (the cat's soul in Fai's body) followed him.
"Go away!" he said, trying to shoo it. "It's weird when you crawl around like that!"
The Fai-cat said nothing. It just stared up at him and meowed.
Kurogane sighed and went into his room, followed closely by the Fai-cat. Kurogane didn't notice that it had followed him until he sat down on the bed. The Fai-cat jumped up onto his lap and attempted to curl up, purring. Kurgane shoved him off.
"Gah!" he shouted, scooting backwards on the bed. "This is so not right!"
The Fai-cat jumped onto the bed again, but stopped at the sound of cat-Fai's (Fai's soul in the cat's body) voice.
"BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATH TIIIIIIIIIIIIIME!"
"WHAT?" Kurogane yelled.
"Just put it in the shower with you," cat-Fai said.
"NO! This is SO weird!"
"Go on," cat-Fai insisted, waving a paw. "Just call it. It should follow you."
Kurogane started to protest again, and then sighed.
"Come on, cat," he said, walking into the shower.
The Fai-cat followed him, smiling happily.
Kurogane eyed it, wondering how to do this. He grabbed it under its armpits and lifted it up so that it was standing on two legs instead of its hands and knees. It looked back at him and meowed.
Kurogane sighed and turned the water on.
None of his ninja training could have prepared him for what happened next.
The Fai-cat emitted something between a screech and a howl, and latched on to Kurogane's head. Kurogane staggered around, bumping into the sides of the shower and getting soaked, trying to remove the Fai-cat from his head.
"Get off!" he yelled, pushing at it.
It didn't budge an inch. Kurogane kept trying.
"Get! OFF!"
"MrrrOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWW!"
"What's going on in there?"
"Shut up! This is all YOUR fault!"
"MROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWW!"
"SOMEONE GET THIS GODDAMN THING OFF ME!"
"Wow. That was pretty funny," cat-Fai commented.
Kurogane glared at him, sitting on his bed, dripping wet and thoroughly pissed. The Fai-cat had given him a migraine. It was sitting next to him on the bed, also wet and moody.
"Your body is going to have to stay dirty," Kurogane snarled. "'Cause I'm not going to try that again."
"All right, Kuro-pippi, you can clean me when I'm back to normal," cat-Fai said. "You can get me in the shower easy."
"NO!"
The Fai-cat hissed at cat-Fai.
"Yeah, that's right!" Kurogane agreed.
Cat-Fai flicked his tail angrily.
Playing with the Fai-cat was actually pretty fun, although it took some getting used to. Seeing Fai's long, skinny body batting around a ball of yarn was disturbing.
Walking upstairs, Kurogane briefly wondered if cat-Fai was jealous of the attention he was giving the Fai-cat. He opened the door to his bedroom, and immediately staggered back, reeling from the smell.
There was a cat poo on his pillow.
Kurogane stared at it, dumbfounded. Apparently cat-Fai was jealous, and decided to show what he thought of Kurogane.
Kurogne's eye twitched.
"That wizard is going to make me despise cats," he muttered through clenched teeth.
When it was time for bed, Fai-cat climbed upstairs and went into Kurogane's room. It apparently wanted to sleep somewhere warm, and Kurogane's bed was the best choice. Kurogane sighed and made room for it. It stretched next to him, arching its back, then walked onto his lap and curled up. Kurogane stared at it for a while, then settled back on his pillow. This was so weird. He wouldn't be caught dead doing this with the real Fai.
"Kuro-ruu! Kuro-ruu, get up! We found the cure!"
Kurogane thought for a moment that Fai-cat had learned to talk, but then he realized that Fai had returned to his body. And was sitting on his lap.
"GAH! GET OFF!" Kurogane yelled, yanking the covers up.
Fai leapt off the bed and started jumping around excitedly as Kurogane slowly got out of bed.
"Guess what? Kuro-chan! Syaoran-kun! And I! Found the cure!" he exclaimed, jumping around.
Kurogane watched him. "So…you're both back to normal? Well, as normal as you can get. You're pretty weird."
"You're one to talk, Kuromin."
"Excuuuuuse me?"
"Wow! You look pretty mad, Kuro-tan! That muscle's throbbing! The one on your forehead! And you're all red! And—eek!"
Fai raced out into the hall and down the stairs, pursued by a Kurogane intent on throttling him.
"Kyaah! Big Doggy's gonna maul me!"
"DAMN RIGHT I AM!"