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Chapitre Four

Confounded

Thank you every for your reviews! – Throws muffins at you – Thank you so much! I'm really glad I got reviews ('thought this story was horrible. O.o)

And to one of my reviewers: Yes, the story is mainly Sakura-Syaoran so… I don't have to put that much do I? (Sometimes, I get bored of that couple XD;;)

Disclaimer: … Kurogane's mine! – Runs away from the MBI – Okay, before I get shot (again) I'll just say that I don't own TRC. … Or Kurogane. … Or Fai.

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Countdown! One More Day 'Till Halloween! Whoo!

The mage had magically disappeared once Kurogane had gotten into the hallway. Grunting, the man walked down the empty corridor, glancing into the rooms that were empty.

He's not here? Kurogane thought to himself. He stood in front of the last room, the one he had yet to check, and decided to step in. As he did he heard a few yells, zips, and some more cursing.

"Huh?"

Venturing further into the room, Kurogane ended up at the single bathroom attached to the large bed room. Curious, he opened the door.

"Holy- Shit!" he yelled out as he saw Fai half naked, a towel wrapped around his bottom half while he struggled to get on a shirt.. The mage, having no idea of what was going on, turned to face Kurogane with an "Hmm?"

His face turned red as he saw the shocked Shinobi before him. "K-Kuro-wanwan, get out of my bathroom!" Fai stammered as he knocked the man with wide, geranium eyes out of the room, not looking up at his face once.

As he managed to get the rather large body out of the bathroom, Fai slammed the door shut, panting heavily.

Jesus Christ! He thought to himself for a moment after catching his breath. He was this close to seeing it…

Fai continued breathing in and out heavily until he started to feel light headed. "Oh boy…" Slumping down onto the floor, Fai cradled his head in his hands, sighing. "If he saw it, he would've beaten the living crap out of me. He probably still hates me for getting lost."

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On the other side of the door, Kurogane stood there on his back, staring at the ceiling, trying to recall what had just happened.

… Was Fai just naked? In front of him? Like, literally naked, excluding the towel?

Kurogane shook his head as he tried to clear the image of the mage half naked in the bathroom. … Half naked.

"Argh!" he shouted in frustration, grabbing at his hair and closing his eyes shut tightly.

Damn it! What the hell am I thinking? I don't like him; I don't! … But then why am I-

Kurogane heard the doorknob turn a bit and glanced up. If he wasn't already on the floor, he would've fallen back again.

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After calming himself down a bit, Fai gathered the courage to walk out of the door and march up to Kurogane, saying that he should just forget what had happened. He approached the door and reached for the doorknob when something in his head yelled out to him.

"Fai you idiot, what if he's still out there?" a voice shouted. There was a poof of smoke on his right shoulder and an angel version of him appeared, tapping his foot impatiently. "Do you want to embarrass yourself again?" Fai shook his head.

"O-Of course not…"

There was another poof and a version of him in a devil's costume appeared, glaring at the angel.

"Feh, bull! He's probably back in his room, not caring!" The devil turned back to Fai and smirked. "So let's hurry up, shall we?"

Fai nodded. "I'll side with him today…" Brushing the two off his shoulders, he placed his hand on top of the doorknob again.

From behind, the angel snorted. "You know he's still out there, right?" he growled at the counterpart. The other side cackled.

"Hell yeah! Jeez, I can't believe he's gonna fall for it…" The devil vanished from sight. Sighing, the angel too disappeared, ready to jump on the counterpart and rip him to shreds.

The mage had turned the doorknob with a click and pulled the door open. He gasped.

Kurogane was on the ground, looking up at him, a horrified look on his face.

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Kurogane didn't know what to do. Knock him out before he screamed or just run away?

No, a Shinobi doesn't run away, Kurogane thought gingerly as he stood up, looking down at the red mage.

"Uh… I…" Thinking that Kurogane still hated him, Fai fled, zipping across the room and leaping out, dropping an article of clothing.

Kurogane frowned; the mage was unusually jittery today and he had no idea why. Walking up to the clothing he dropped, he bent down to pick it up with a grunt. Examining it in his hands, he arched a confused eyebrow.

"What the- A hadajuban? Why does that idiot have one?" He held the plain white shirt in front of him, staring at it just enough to make holes in them.

"So… What's this for?"

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Fai threw himself on the bed in Sakura's room. Why he had chosen her room he didn't know, but he felt comfortable around the area.

I'm such an idiot. What was I doing, listening to that stupid conscience? Fai thought to himself as he rolled over the bed, groaning.

After a moment of rest Fai picked himself up and stared at his palms, still panting from before. Why am I nervous though? Surely we have seen each other changing, if not naked. But why am I so jumpy?

Fai blushed. Oh right. It's because of that thing. Embarrassed, the mage fell back onto the bed, letting out a big sigh. And tomorrow's Halloween. I'm making such a big fuss over a little holiday!

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Kurogane was still looking at the hadajuban when he decided that he should talk to Fai. He was acting weird around him for no reason and wanted to know why.

… He himself wanted to know why he was suddenly blushing around the mage. Stuffing the shirt under his arm, Kurogane set out to find the mage again.

As he stumbled across the hallway, he came across a room in which he heard rustling from. The door was ajar so he decided to have a look-see just for his own curiosity.

… But so far his curiosity only led him into trouble.

Peeking from the outside, Kurogane leaned forward and squinted, trying to see what was going on in there. He saw nothing and wanted to throw the idea away, but he just couldn't help himself from opening the door and silently tip-toeing into the room.

And while he was doing that, Fai was in the room across from him, using Sakura's bathroom to take a bath.

Kurogane crept into the room slowly, listening attentively to the sounds around him. He heard a giggle, a loud laugh and then some shushing.

The sound's coming from the closet, he declared before sliding the door open. His lower jaw dropped.

"What the hell?"

The Mokona duo were sitting there, playing with little 'figurines' of 'ninjas' they had found in 'someone's' suitcase. Kurogane let out a growl.

"You two! Manjuu buns! What're you doing with my collection?" Kurogane roared, grabbing for the two sets of bunny ears that were twitching.

Mokona, the white one, looked up and gasped.

"Kuro-puu is here!" he squeaked before jumping up into the air and hovering away. The Shinobi snorted.

"You're not going anywhere you pain in the ass!" Kurogane leapt for the flying bunny, missing by an inch as he quickly made a turn in the air. He fell on the floor, face first, growling.

"Damn it! Get back here!"

The other Mokona giggled as he grabbed the figurines and followed the previous one, blowing a raspberry at the hurt Shinobi.

"Ugh…" He tried standing up but let himself drop again, thinking that by now the two would've warped to Pluto.

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After a moment passed, Kurogane stood up once more and trudged out of the room, hair messed up and bags under his eyes.

"Damn… meat buns… stealing… Gah." He fell against the wall, sighing.

On the other side of it, he heard water running. Kurogane's curiosity boosted up again but he shook his head.

There is no way in hell I'll go into another room again. What does this Witch do to them?

Each room is completely different, damn it!

"La de da…" Kurogane heard someone sing from behind the wall. Wearily he opened his eyes again, burning wholes into the wall covered with plain wallpaper.

"Shut up!" he yelled, slamming his fist against the wall. The singing stopped and the sound of water came to a halt. There was a couple of shuffling, rustling and then the creak of a door opening.

Light footsteps were heard and paused. Kurogane looked up angrily, glaring at whoever or whatever it was that was singing horribly.

"Ah… Kuro-pon?" Fai said carefully, staring down at the dead tired ninja with sorrow. "You're not… mad at me are you?"

If he had the energy, Kurogane would've leapt up and knocked the mage out. Instead, he grunted. "When was I ever mad?"

Fai shrugged. "Well, you seemed to be mad the moment we got back. So I was trying to avoid you since."

The Shinobi just let out a barely audible humph and let his head loll to the side. Fai squatted down next to him, patting Kurogane on the shoulder lightly.

"You okay, Kuro-pan?"

For a moment Kurogane stayed quiet but couldn't help it. "Don't call me those stupid nick names, damn it!" Fai laughed silently, letting his hands drop from his shoulder.

"Heh, sorry."

Turning his head to face Fai, Kurogane felt a corner of his mouth twitch. "Hah…"

Fai looked at him worriedly. "Kuro-wanko, are you okay?" Kurogane closed his eyes, the corner of his mouth twitching again.

"Haha. Haha… Heh," Kurogane laughed. He tossed his head back, laughing out loud for no reason at all, covering his face in exhaustion. "I told you… not to call me by those nick names."

The mage smiled sadly. "Well it's a habit and I-."

Kurogane stopped him from continuing by raising his other hand up to his face. "I know, I know. You can't help it."

For some reason Fai blushed. He couldn't help it. The sudden heat rushing up to his face just happened.

"Um… I think they're coming back now."

Why am I stammering? Fai thought as he turned to leave.

"So um, I'll just go clean up and stuff, just so they won't think anything went wrong…"

Kurogane nodded and let his head rest on the wall, sighing.

"God, he can be so annoying."

… It took his a while for him to notice what had just happened. One: Fai was blushing, not at anything, but at him. Two: Fai was once again half naked in front of him, stammering and still blushing. Three: He was blushing, damn it!

"You look pretty hot with all that water falling down on you, Kuro-puu!"

Kurogane twitched. Pretty hot? Of all adjectives, he was hot to Fai's standards? He groaned and covered his face with his hands.

"Jesus Christ, how did this all start…?" he asked himself before closing his eyes and letting out a big sigh.

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I thought this chapitre was boring, y'know? I think when they go trick-or-treating next time (YES, trick-or-treating) it would be a hell lot more fun. So I'll reveal everyone else's costumes tomorrow (No, Kuro-wanwan isn't Bo Peep – if he was, I'd laugh my fscking ass off) and why Fai was all jittery!

Notes: A hadajuban is like a plain shirt that men wear under their kimono. Just to tell you that.

That last line "You look pretty hot with all that water pouring down on you, Kuro-puu!" (Not sure about the nick name though) was a line from the TRC movie; the one with the Bird Cages. Yeah. I didn't watch the whole thing because the graphics went kaboom. In other words, the manga pwnz0rz the anime big time.

Well, I hope you review! Tomorrow's Halloween- desu! I don't have a costume but oh well- desu!

… And can I have my chocolate now? (Yes, you Captain. The person who reviewed. I want the chocolate! T-T)

Countdown! One More Day 'Till Halloween! Whee!

Byez0rz!

-Muffinizer