Darkness Spreads

Chapter 2 - Fullmetal

Syaoran pulled open the tent flap and looked around. "Mokona?" He called.

Mokona poked it's head out of the tent. "Uwaaaaah..." It groaned. "Mokona is sleepy!"

Fai smiled. "Can you sense a feather?"

Mokona jumped up onto his shoulder. "Yup! It's somewhere to the South of here..." Its pointed in the general direction.

Kurogane nodded. "I guess that's where we go then."

Fai clapped his hands. "Wai! Another new place!"

Sakura and Syaoran nodded, both smiling.

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"Wow!" Fai exclaimed. "It's such a big town!"

They had arrived in the town a little while ago, after they had managed to get out of the forest. Kurogane was getting increasingly annoyed with Fai's exclamations every five minutes.

"Hey! The floor in cobbled!" Fai smiled.

Kurogane snapped. "Will you shut up!" He yelled, attracting glances of passer-bys.

"Aw! Is kuro-tan annoyed because he's hungry?" Fai said grinning.

"No I damn well am not!" Kurogane yelled.

Syaoran, meanwhile, was taking in the scenery as much as Fai had been, only quieter. He blinked and frowned as he saw a man in a suit of armour walking down the road.

"What's the matter Syaoran-kun?" Sakura looked at him, a worried expression on her face.

Syaoran smiled. "Nothing much Sakura-hime. They seem to have a strange style of dress here, that's it really."

Fai and Kurogane looked over from their fighting.

"Awu! That's a big suit!" Fai exclaimed loudly.

A bit too loudly as it turned out, because the man in the suit turned to them, a young boy was standing next to him, he had blonde hair and wore a red coat.

"Oops!" Fai grinned and waved. "Sorry!"

The suit and the boy walked up to them. Syaoran stepped protectively in front of Sakura.

The boy spoke. "What did you mean by that?" He asked, an almost threatening tone in his voice.

Fai held up his hands. "I certainly didn't mean offence!" He smiled. "It's just a new sight to us, we're travellers."

The suit looked at the boy. "Ed, let's just leave them alone..."

"No." Ed said. "If you keep letting people say things like that, they'll walk all over you Al."

Kurogane stepped forward. "So, you want to fight, huh?" He asked.

Fai placed a hand on his shoulder. "Bad Kuro-woof!" He smiled at Ed and Al. "I'm really very sorry."

Al nodded. "It's ok. My brother just seems to overreact to everything."

Fai looked pointedly at Kurogane. "I know just what you mean!" He said, smiling.

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