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Secrets - part three
sugahcat
"Hitsuzen," Fai said wearily, leaning heavily against Kurogane.
"Eh?"
"Hitsuzen - fate, destiny."
"I know what it means. I just don't understand why you're bringing it up now."
Fai laughed humourlessly and swept his arm out to include their surroundings. They had defeated monster after monster but it was useless; cut one down and another five sprung up in its place. Sakura and Syaoran where thankfully safe in a military hideout nearby and Fai had taken it upon himself to protect them, weaponless and unwilling to use his magic.
Almost dead, he had been saved when Kurogane came back from a reconnaissance mission. A declaration of love and one fainting spell later, they had started to fight once more but Fai was rapidly beginning to think it was useless. Perhaps it was their fate to die together now that they had finally told each other how they felt. Certainly Fate in Ceres seemed to have a cruel sense of humour; why not here too?
"Damn it," cursed Kurogane, getting to his feet. "I'm not going to give up. Any minute now that manjuu is going to wake up and we'll get out of here. We just need to keep them back until then." He glanced down at Fai who was too pale and still bleeding. "Go to the princess and the kid. I'll hold them off."
"No," Fai said, forcing himself to his feet and determinedly ignoring the stars that danced before his eyes. "We've made it this far, we're in this together now."
Kurogane clicked his tongue in annoyance. "Then don't go dying on me."
"I'll try my best," Fai replied, picking up a long length of broken pipe from the floor and swinging it to test it for feasibility as a weapon. "Ready?"
Kurogane looked at the ranks of monsters that were slowly approaching; their deep, low howls pierced the air. "Damn it. Yes. I'm-" He was interrupted as a now familiar feeling accosted him. "The manjuu woke up!" Fai wrapped his arms around his neck as Mokona started to transport them to another world.
"Do you want to know a secret? I knew we'd make it through this," he teased before Kurogane silenced him with a kiss as Mokona whisked them away.