Title: Gain
Date Written: 10/26/05
Rating: K
Word Count: 100
Characters/Pairings: Fai/Kurogane
Warnings: None
Major Spoilers: Volumes 6-7/Episodes 18-ish onwards (Country of Oto)
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Notes: I got volume 7 today, and this just hit me. Part two of two.
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Shock berated Fai as soon as he came to consciousness, like waking from a deep dream by a servant dropping a silver platter on flagstone. The feeling of the world of dreams and the realm of reality deliciously blurred for that one terrifying moment.

Ice-blue eyes opened slowly. His own reflection blinked back at him, transparent in the glass.

What in the...?

His glass egg was opened, warmer air swirling around his chilled body. His eyes first fell upon the ninja, contained in a similar delicate prison. He surprised himself with a sigh of relief.

His chance was still there.
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