Yeah, slow update, blame the spring weather. Thanks to SilverKleptoFox for the idea.
"Hello Yuuko" Fai greeted. Mokona was asleep, along with every other member of the group, but an image of Yuuko was flickering on the wall.
Fai had no actual reason for calling the dimensional witch; it was just a sudden feeling he had.
Yuuko nodded, faint traces of a smile still on her face.
"So, what does it feel like?" Yuuko asked.
Fai blinked a confused expression on his face. "What does what feel like?" Fai asked, cocking his head to the side.
"Loosing your magic" Yuuko explained.
Fai smiled a little, imagining Kurogane snapping at a question like that. It was a rather blunt question, but, all the same, this was Yuuko.
"A little odd, especially since I've known magic since I was little" Fai admitted. He had felt a little hollow after, although he had no reason too, Kurogane had his arm, and that was what he had wanted.
Yuuko nodded understandingly.
"I see," said Yuuko in a rather simple manner.
"So, how's the burly one doing?" Yuuko asked, looking a little interested.
Fai grinned a little. "Kuro-chii is Kuro-chii" Fai offered. Kurogane hadn't really seemed to change.
Sure, his ideas of strength had changed, and he had become more attached, but, all in all, he was still the same, shy and grumpy ninja as he always was.
"So, still has the bad temper?" Yuuko inquired, a smile twitching on the corner of her lips.
Fai nodded. "And he still hates sweets" Fai added, his smile widening.
"You seem to have gotten quite attached" Yuuko commented.
It was true, and Fai couldn't deny that.
"He knows everything now, and he still hasn't left" Fai said, a small trace of sadness creeping onto his features.
"Have you ever considered loosing your eye a good thing?" Yuuko asked suddenly.
Fai furrowed his brow. What was she talking about? Fai couldn't, for the life of him, figure out why exactly loosing an eye could be a good thing.
"What do you mean?" Fai asked, still looking confused.
"When you lost that eye, you gained something else" Yuuko explained. After noticing Fai's still confused expression added, "Don't worry, you'll figure it out eventually."
With that the image of Yuuko flickered away, leaving only a simple, white wall behind.
Fai blinked in confusion. What had he gained?
Fai shook his head. He wasn't going to think about this now, it was almost three in the morning, and he had to go feather hunting tomorrow.
He clambered into his bed and closed his eyes. Sleep had almost hit him when he heard the noise of the door opening.
Fai was tempted to open his eye and see who was coming in, but then he would most likely scare them away.
As the person walked into the room, Fai was almost confident he knew who was entering his room.
"Kuro-chii?" Fai mumbled sleepily. He could almost picture the ninja mentally cursing himself and blushing at being caught.
"You haven't drank lately" Kurogane pointed out blankly. Ah, Kurogane, always so to the point.
"So?" Fai asked sleepily. He had tried to avoid it, because he still hated it that Kurogane had to hurt himself just so he could live.
"Sit up" Kurogane commanded. Fai obediently sat up, rubbing his eyes.
Fai noticed the glint of a dagger in the moonlight.
Kurogane stepped closer, blood oozing onto his arm slowly.
Fai sighed, knowing Kurogane wasn't going to do anything about the wound until Fai drank.
Fai met Kurogane halfway to the bed. Pressing his lips to the wound gently, he allowed the thick liquid to enter his mouth.
It really tasted like nothing, besides iron, because, well, blood was blood, even if it was his food source.
Once Fai had pulled away, having taken only the least he could, Kurogane wrapped a cloth around the wound.
With his task done, Kurogane started to leave. Out of sheer instinct Fai reached out and grabbed the back of Kurogane's shirt. Kurogane turned around slowly, looking at Fai with a mixture of surprise and irritation.
"What?" He asked crankily.
"Stay here?" Fai asked, a pleading note to his voice. He had no idea where this was coming from, but he didn't really feel like being alone.
Kurogane obliged, laying down on the bed, next to Fai.
Then, as Fai moved a little closer, it dawned on him what he had gained.
A protector, a friend, someone who was willing to give up near everything to keep him around.
Fai snuggled against Kurogane's arm, making Kurogane grunt in either irritation or pleasure. It was hard to tell between the two.
He had gained…
Kurogane.
Yay! Minor fluff! Well, yeah...that's all I have to comment on about this.
Ehh, my foot's asleep..
R&R
-Y.A.O.G