Darkness Spreads

Chapter 7 - Penetration

Hey guys! It's me again! This was quite a short time to wait huh? Anyway, please enjoy!

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Fai woke up, light streaming through the window he was sitting next to. He blinked and looked around, then saw that there was a cover on him. Fai frowned, he hadn't put it there so who had? Fai sighed and got up, moving the cover back to the door from where Syaoran had taken it last night. Fai walked out of the room and down the hall. He looked around but couldn't see the others anywhere. He walked into the kitchen and saw a piece of paper pinned to the table. He moved over to it and started to read:

Dear Fai,

Kurogane has gone off after Ashura, I have gone after him. I might not come back for a while but please don't worry. Edward, Alphonse and Sakura are still there so they will look after you.

See you soon.

Syaoran

Fai dropped the note in shock. They were both gone. Both of his friends. Gone...

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Sakura looked up as she saw Fai run past her as she stopped at the bottom of the stairs. She turned.

"Fai-san?"

He didn't look back at her. He ran straight out of the front door and into the now settled snow.

"Fai-san!"

Fai was going after Ashura.

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Kurogane shivered slightly, the cold was penetrating his clothes and making him freeze. Still he pushed onward. He wasn't going to let Ashura, or anyone in fact, hurt one of his friends. Friends... The word wasn't familiar to him. Kurogane couldn't really remember having friends, only people who hung round him. Kurogane shook his head, he had to focus on getting to Ashura. He had been tipped off by a traveller, after 'asking him nicely' of course, that a powerful magician was staying in an inn on the edge of town. He wondered why Ashura would stay there but didn't mind much. It really was just a matter of getting into his room and assassinating him. Kurogane didn't mind facing him head to head in a fight but it would be easier this way, it was for Fai not for him.

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Fai stopped at the corner of the street, he was too worn out to go on and the cold wasn't helping. It seemed to be freezing his joints so he could hardly walk let alone run. He looked around to make sure no one was watching. This was an emergency so he had to take action whether he liked it or not.

Fai shut his eyes and started to pull off one of his gloves.

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Kurogane walked into the inn and started to look around. He got many strange looks from the people sitting in there but ignored them, he was used to it. He looked around for the barkeeper and found him after asking most of the people in the inn. As Kurogane approached him, he could tell that there was something strange about him, something that came off his aura. Kurogane instantly stepped back as the man turned to him.

"Yes? What do you want?" The man asked in an old rasping voice.

Kurogane looked at him again then stepped forwards. "I'm looking for someone, can you tell me where he is?"

The barkeeper laughed. "I can tell you where anyone in this inn is if you like! What's the name?"

"Name?"

"Of the man you're trying to find."

Kurogane stepped back. "I never said it was a man.

The man blinked. "Really? I was sure you did..." He stepped forwards.

Kurogane stood his ground. "No, I didn't. I'm pretty sure now that you know Ashura, don't you?"

The man turned away, laughing again. "My dear man, I am Ashura!"

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What a cruel cliff-hanger! Well, that's me for you! Did this chapter seem shrter than normal? If it did, I'm sorry! Hope to see you soon!

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