Boo!

Chapitre Two

Costumes

Oh boy, I'm going to this Halloween party today and I am psyched! There's like, the whole seventh grade going at my friend's house. Pure awesomeness.

Anyway, if people clicked on this story, read it, and ran away without reviewing, may you be cursed with a case of sever pins and needles and diarrhea. :D

Note: I guess you can say that there's gonna be Kurogane x Fai-ness in this chapitre. More of... Well, I can't say!

Disclaimer: (TRC) Not mine. I love Fai. Lol. … And who doesn't love Kurogane:3

Summary: It's almost Halloween and the TRC gang is stuck in Modern Japan for the time being! Candy, costumes and scares galore! And what's this? Mistletoe for Halloween? Who will fall for it? Who will be lucky? Oh what a Halloween it will be…

Countdown! Four More Days 'Till Halloween!

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Fai was giggling the whole time as they walked to the costume shop, poking fun at Kurogane and mentioning that he would look 'absolutely adorable in a Bo Peep costume'. Kurogane kept himself from strangling the mage for most of the time. … Most of the time.

They entered the shop, Fai's hair in a total mess along with Kurogane's, Yuuko was happily whistling a tune and Sakura clung onto Syaoran tightly as she spotted a scary Scream mask on the shelves.

"Hime, don't worry," Syaoran laughed. "Everything here is not real."

Yuuko smirked. "Oh, I wouldn't say that, Syaoran-kun." She picked up a Scream mask, put it on her face and pumped what seemed like a little button attached to it. Fake 'blood' spluttered over the mask, dripping slowly behind the plastic around it.

"Ah!" Sakura screamed, jumping behind Syaoran and shivering. The Witch laughed and took off the mask, pushing a strand of hair away from her face.

"My, my, you're afraid of masks, aren't you?" Yuuko teased. Sakura nodded slowly.

"Whoa, look at that!" Fai exclaimed, pushing through the crowds of people down the aisle.

Kurogane groaned. "I'll make sure that he doesn't hurt himself there…" He ran off after Fai, knocking people over during the process.

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Fai stood in awe in front of a costume that resembled a character he had read about in one of Watanuki's shoujo books. He put up a finger and pointed to a beautiful pink and white puffy dress with frills along the edges. Unique designs were sewn onto the fabric, making the white stand out against the millions of costumes around it. Beside the dress was a plastic staff with a star on it, the rod pink and star a bright yellow. Matching gloves that also had frilly edges was right next to the dress, along with small angel wings.

Fai dreamily stared at the dress. Kurogane snorted.

"Oh please, don't tell me you're going to wear that," he muttered, glancing back at the too-pink dress. Fai shook his head wildly.

"No, no! This is going to be for Sakura-chan! Doesn't it look absolutely gorgeous?" Fai chirped, the dreamy face coming back. Kurogane scrunched his face in disgust.

"Ugh."

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Sakura had run away from every mask in the store, only to bump into scarier things like plastic daggers and posters with people decapitated. Syaoran was laughing nervously, walking by her side, patting her back reassuringly.

"There, there Hime, it's not so bad!" Syaoran stated, trying to calm her down. Sakura's teeth were chattering by the time they had gotten to where Fai and Kurogane were arguing.

"Are you saying I'm not pretty?" Fai yelled, placing his hands on his hips and glaring at the Shinobi before him. Kurogane rolled his eyes.

"Oh please! You're a guy; you're not supposed to be pretty, okama-san!" Kurogane muttered. Fai sniffed.

"O-Okama-san?" Suddenly Fai's expression turned from a hurt one to an angered face. "I'm not an okama-san!" Fai snapped, glaring at the Shinobi. Kurogane heard a sob and glanced back at him, frowning at the sight of Fai crying, wiping the forming tears at the corner of his eyes.

"And I'm sorry for not looking any manlier like you!" he cried out, turning around and running through the shop like a high school girl whose crush had refused to go out with her.

"Fai-san!" Sakura called, chasing after him. The other customers stared at the group, giving them odd looks and muttering words like "What an ass, making him cry like that…" and "How rude, calling him an okama!"

Kurogane huffed. This wasn't how it was supposed to end up as. He pictured Fai laughing and slapping him on the back going "Well of course not, Kuro-puu! I'm a man, I'm not supposed to look pretty!"

Instead the whole image broke into shards, collapsing before him, giving him a distorted reflection of an angered self.

"Damn it," Kurogane cursed, kicking the invisible pieces of glass.

Syaoran walked up to Kurogane and placed a gentle hand on his shoulder, smiling. "Kurogane-san."

Kurogane turned his face and glared at the boy.

"I think you should apologize to Fai-san." Kurogane stopped kicking the air. He blinked twice, trying to register what he had just said.

"Fai-san looked really hurt when you called him an okama." He shoved his hands in his pockets, frowning.

"I don't apologize to people. People apologize to me."

"… But do you like seeing Fai-san in pain like that?"

Kurogane's eyes widened in shock. No one has dared to ask him such personal questions like that.

"Why…" Kurogane started, staring down at the ground. Syaoran tilted his head to the side a bit, a questioning look on his face.

Kurogane bit his lower lip before continuing. "Why do you always have to say the right things?" he asked softly, feeling a blush spread his cheeks.

Syaoran laughed.

He was about to rip the boy apart for laughing at his question, his anger so intense that he couldn't keep it inside anymore.

But he continued laughing.

"Kurogane-san," Syaoran said, "I don't say all the right things. Sometimes, when I say something, it hurts that person." He grinned. "And sometimes, the other way around."

Kurogane snorted.

"Oh please, don't give me that bull Mister 'I'm So Perfect.' You know that everything you do will make others happy." Kurogane looked up at Syaoran, red eyes watering slightly. "Why? Why am I like this?"

Syaoran sighed. "Kurogane-san, no one in this world is perfect. Only God is," he stated simply before walking back to the counter, randomly picking up a costume that was on the shelf beside him.

The red-eyed Shinobi thought for a moment. No one was perfect? How would he know?

Yuuko stood there behind a shelf near the so called 'venue', smacking her forehead.

"Jesus Christ! He was supposed to chase after the mage, not cry and go emo!" She groaned in frustration and pulled at her long hair.

"That's it. Time for Plan B," Yuuko exclaimed. She reached behind her and grabbed whatever it was. The thing let out a yelp.

"Ai! Yuuko-san, why do I have to be in this?" the person moaned. Yuuko smiled.

"Because Watanuki-kun, they don't really know how you look like. And I need a stranger to do this job."

Watanuki looked up wearily, groaning as he felt himself being pulled along the collar by his boss.

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Fai had been purposely ignoring Kurogane from that point on. As they bought their costumes, Fai had rushed off by himself, ignoring the complaints of Yuuko and company.

Fai had also not made Kurogane's dinner. He went off busily preparing food with the help of Watanuki-kun, but 'accidentally' forgot to make some for Kurogane.

Syaoran looked at the two sadly, one ignoring the other as one tried to find a way to start a conversation. He thought he had to take a chance in helping them get together.

"Uh-Uh, Fai-san!" Syaoran shouted against the table, putting his chopsticks on the table. "I heard you bought a costume today. What is it?" he asked. Fai dropped his fork, stammering.

"Um, t-that's a secret…" he said quietly, staring down at his plate of food, his face turning red. Sakura smiled.

"Fai-san, I got the costume you wanted me to get. It fits me very well!" she added cheerfully. Fai looked up in gratitude.

"I'm glad, Sakura-chan!" Fai chirped, returning to his normal mood.

Kurogane just sat there on the floor, feet under the kotatsu, greedily eating off Yuuko's deserted plate. Yuuko sat there cross-legged, smirking.

"Ah so you don't plan on showing us the costume now, nee Fai-kun?" she asked, holding her head up with her pale hand, her elbow leaning on the wooden table.

Fai thought for a moment. "Yeah. If I show it now…" He paused. "… It might ruin something," said Fai.

Yuuko nodded. "I see, I see…" She got up from the kotatsu, beckoning Watanuki over. "Well, if you don't mind, I'll drop out early. I need to go see another customer." Yuuko left the room quickly, dragging Watanuki with her.

She whipped around, facing the boy with an evil face. "Now Watanuki-kun, let's go see what his costume is, shall we?"

Watanuki grunted. "He doesn't want anyone to know so why bother?" He waved his arms in the air and walked past Yuuko to get out of the kitchen, but her hand caught onto his collar again. She leaned forward, breathing heavily against his ear.

"Now, now, that's rather rude, turning down an order your boss had assigned you. I can always not pay you this month…"

Watanuki gasped. "No!" he shrieked. "I'm working my ass off and saving money for Christmas! You can't do that, Yuuko-san!" Yuuko smirked deviously.

"Well then, let's have a look see." She led Watanuki out into the empty hallway where their rooms were.

You may hide things from others, but you can't hide things from me, Fai-kun…

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Yosh! I finished chapitre two! Updating everyday is a pain so… If they come out badly, tell me!

Let's go over some things, shall we?

1. Okama – An Okama is literally a cross dresser in Japanese. Kurogane's implying that he's an Okama because of his girly body and face.
2. Kotatsu – A Kotatsu is a table used in the winter in Japan. It's like those normal tables that Asians use, but there can be blankets underneath and or over the table. It's supposedly really warm.
3. Why does Yuuko-san have the ending line? I thought about that and was like "Oh I don't know! She's probably the only one I could use to leave a cliffhanger!" Well, tomorrow it'll be someone else.
4. The Kuro-Fai part? Well, let's just say I've fallen in love with shounen-ai pairings and I can't help but hint their couple-ness. Hee. – Laughs sheepishly – Uh, yeah…
5. I will be disappointed if no one knows what the costume in the middle part of this chapitre is. That proves that you are not a real Card Captor Sakura fan. … But then again, hell, this is Tsubasa. Whatever. The costume (Y'know, those cosplay costume things at anime conventions?) is the one Sakura is wearing on the front cover of the English version of Card Captor Sakura: Master of the Clow Volume Six. I couldn't describe it well because I don't have a thing for clothes. And the fact that my fingers are dead.

I'll see you soon everyone! I hope you reviewz0rz!

Countdown! Four More Days 'Till Halloween!

-Muffinizer (And is still hyper. Oh boy.)