Kurogane was on the ground face first in the dirt. He lifted his head and spat out the dirt that filled his mouth.

He slowly got up and pointed his sword leisurely at the man.
" What was that suppose to do?" He chuckled. He glanced over at Fay and saw that he was sleeping.

Sakura and Syaoran ran over to Fay and tried to wake him.

" Princess, Stay with him, I'm going to help Kurogane." He said. He stood beside the tall man with his sword pointed at the man.

" Don't do this. You don't know what your doing." Calleigh whispered in their ear.

" He started it, and I'm going to end it." Kurogane said to her.

The man chuckled. " I can see that it will be difficult to kill you two if you have these people around you. You wont be so lucky next time." The man said and a puff of smoke surrounded him. When Kurogane ran through it swinging his sword, he disappeared. He listened to see if he was sneaking up on him. But he couldn't sense the man. He put his sword away and just remembered about Fay. He ran over quickly and lifted the man. He carried him (bridal style) home.

Sakura carried Mokona and Syaoran walked with the two others. When they got home Kurogane rested Fay in his bed. Sakura put Mokona beside him and stayed in the room to make sure they were fine.

Kurogane stormed out of the room and found the other in the living room.

" WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!" He shouted.

" Kurogane calm do-" Syaoran tired to say.

" NO! I WILL NOT CALM DOWN UNTIL THEY TELL ME EVERYTHING! FAY ALMOST DIED, EVERYONE HERE ALMOST DIED!" The ninja said keeping his red eyes set on Jason.

Calleigh sighed.

" I DIDN'T SAY SIGH! I SAID SPEAK!" He shouted at her.

" That man, he is after me and Jason." She started. " He has been trying to find us to kill us. Mostly to kill me, but the one time he tired to kill me, Jason got in front of me and stopped him from killing me. So he is trying to kill us both." She said.

Kurogane was starting to calm down, but he was still ready to hurt them.

" But why though! Why does he want to kill you though?"

" Because I'm his daughter, Because of my mother, he disliked what she was. He only found out what she was when he found out I had it. So he killed her and tried to kill me in the process, but never got to. I only found out recently what all happened, and that Jason is my brother." She said.

" Your avoiding something and I want to know what!" He said, his temper rising.

" Ok, Well The magic I have is different then most. His is the opposite of mine. Either way, it is the same, in some ways. It is just a different kind. The man is trying to kill me because I am his mistake as he has made sure I knew." She said.

" So that is what he is trying to do?" Syaoran said.

" Yes, He wants anything that reminds him of my mother dead." She said.

" That's sad." Sakura said as she stood in the living room.

Kurogane whipped around to face Sakura. " Why are you here?"

" Because, I came to get you." She said.

Kurogane walked at a fast pace to get to Fay's room. He didn't have Sakura follow him. He got in and closed the door. Fay's eyes were closed, but his breathing was different, as if he was awake.

" How are you feeling?" Kurogane asked silently sitting on the bed's edge.

Fay was silent for a minute. " I'm soar." He finally replied smiling brightly at him, even thought his blue eyes were shut tight.

Kurogane looked down at him. " Stupid Mage." He said seeing him smile when he didn't seem like he didn't want to smile.

Fay opened his eyes and looked up at the red ones.

" How come when I attack you, you can doge it easily, but when that magic came towards you, you didn't even move."

" Because Kuro-wanwan, That was magic. I can dodge your attacks, because it is a sword. Magic, you need to use magic to stop, slow down or defeat it." Fay replied.

" Then way didn't you use your magic if you can!"

" Because you know already, I don't want to use my magic."

Kurogane raised his hand to smack him. But stopped in mid air and clenched it. He dropped it lazily beside him and looked over at Mokona.

" You guys hit that tree pretty hard." Kurogane said.

Fay smiled at him. " Does Kuro-pu actually care about us?" Fay Said excitedly.

Kurogane glared at him and looked away when he felt his face start to heat with the blush that was forming on his face.

Fay sat up and got up and ran out the room screaming " KURO-WOOF CARES! HE HAS A HEART!" And started to laugh.

" STUPID MAGE!" He yelled grabbing his sword and raced after Fay.

" Oh know! I'm going to die from and grumpy puppy!" Fay laughed.

" I'M NOT A DOG!" He yelled swinging the sword and Fay ducked.

" KUROGANE!" Calleigh screamed at him when they were in the living room.

" WHAT!"

" HE JUST WOKE UP! LET HIM GET BETTER!"

" NO! HE STARTED IT, AND I'M GOING TO FINISH IT!" Kurogane said, turning back to face Fay. He growled for the last time and put his sword away. He went to his bedroom and slammed the door close. He threw his sword violently in his closet and flopped down on his bed. He heard the stupid knock that he was waiting for.

" Go away Mage!" he growled. He didn't want to hurt him, especially after the scare he got when he thought the mage was dead.

Then he heard the door squeaked open exactly like he knew it would. He grabbed the pillow he was under his head and threw it.

" I said GO AWAY!" The pillow was thrown back.

" I wanted to thank you." Fay said.

The ninja looked at him like he was crazy. " What did I do?" He said.

" You carried me home, you made sure I was alright by getting Sakura to stay with me, without really telling her in words, only by the looks you gave me." He explained.

" So?"

" I wanted to thank you for helping me. And I'm glad that you are ok." He said.
" Did you get the man?"

" No, He was a coward and left before I could get him." Kurogane said.

" The man has the feather. Mokona is sure of it." Fay explained. He now sat down beside Kurogane.

The ninja looked at him. " Good to know, Even though I'm not the one who needs to know." Kurogane said still with the pillow in hand, he put it under his head and lay down.

" What kind of magic does that girl have?" The ninja asked.

" Calleigh and Jason have the same magic."

" WHY WONT ANY ONE BE STRIGHT WITH THEIR GOD DAMN ANSWER!" Kurogane yelled.

" If she didn't tell you, why should I do that to her? She has been so nice to us."

" Whatever."

Fay smiled at him. He poked his stomach.

" What."

Fay poked him again.

" What." He said impatiently.

Then Fay poked him with both hands. Straddling the ninja, he was trying to find the tickle spot.

" WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU-" and he started to laugh.

" MAGE!" He tired to yell angrily, but it came out in laughter.

He grabbed Fay on the waist to throw him off, but his laughter wouldn't let him hold on to him to throw him. So he decided to tickle the mage. It worked since Fay fell off to the side of his bed in laughter. Kurogane quickly got up before the mage could tickle him again and went out of his room.

More grumpy then before, Kurogane went into the kitchen to make a sandwich.

" Kurogane, would you like me to make you something?" Sakura asked when she saw him in the kitchen.

He looked at her. " Sure, whatever you want." He grumbled and went into the living room. The sky was still bright out.

" Don't you need to go to work?" Kurogane asked Calleigh when he saw her still in the living room with Jason.

" Well, I'm going to stay home. We are going to have a pizza Christmas dinner." Calleigh said excitedly.

" Your crazy." Kurogane just blurted out and sat in a chair. " Now I can't tell if you, the manjuu, or the mage is more crazy."

" THAT WAS UNFAIR!" Fay whined when he got in the room.

" Life's not fair." Kurogane said to him.

Fay went into the kitchen to help Sakura when he found out she was cooking them a late lunch.

The ninja rested his feet on the table.

" Why do you hate me?" Jason asked him.

" Because, you're a nuisance, and you have done nothing to prove to me that you are nice, or if you are here for good intentions."

" Well, if she trusts me, why can't you."

" Because I don't know you and I cant tell you if I like you or not. Now shut up!" He growled at him and stared at the tree.

Fay and Sakura brought out some sandwiches and soup. Kurogane ate happily; listening to his stomach growl was getting annoying.

When they were finished, the dishes were brought into the kitchen with Kurogane and Syaoran.

"Kurogane, Can we train tomorrow?" Syaoran asked hesitantly

He grunted in agreement.

Syaoran said his thanks and walked out of the room leaving Kurogane to his thoughts. He sat in a chair by the wall. He didn't know why there was a chair there, but he sat in it and thought about everything.

" Kurogane"

" Why is everyone bugging me!" He grumbled under his breath.
" What?"

" I was wondering if you wanted a certain kind of pizza?" Calleigh asked at the door.

" We just finished lunch!"

" You have been in here for over an hour and a half, and the food was not all that filling, and it takes half and hour to forty-five minutes to cook." She said.

He looked confused. " Whatever, I don't care, I've never really had a pizza before." He confessed to her.

" Well, I'll get you something simple like a Hawaiian, or pepperoni, or just cheese." She said walking out of the kitchen.

Kurogane then thought about what a pizza would taste like, and what a Hawaiian pizza was. He only remembered having sushi where he was from. He shrugged it off and went to his bedroom. He got there and saw the stuffed dog on the bedside table. He thought how it got there since he put it on his pillow, and now that he thought about it, he must have thrown it at the mage when he threw the pillow. But he still couldn't figure out how it got up there.

" I thought you would have thrown in out, or called me an idiot when I first got it." Fay said behind him.

" Don't sneak up on me. And who said you can be in here?" He grunted.

Fay only smiled at him. " I only wanted to say dinner is on its way, and I saw you looking at the stuffed animal. I noticed all the stuff everyone has gotten you is on the floor, stuff that I thought you would like more then mine. And The fact I got you something, I thought you would have burned it, or thrown it out, but it was on your bed, and it was thrown at me when you threw the pillow, telling me you like it more then you want us to believe." Fay explained rather calmly.

Kurogane turned fully around, " Who are you, and what have you done to Fay?" Kurogane asked him.

" What?"

" Your not the mage."

" Yes I am. I can prove it to you. The only reason I am not so excited as I usually am, is that blow to the head really got me tired. And I have a headache. So I'm not as rowdy as I usually am." The magician explained and yawned.

Kurogane stared at him in disbelief. " How did I get the nickname ' Kuro-woof'."

" What kind of question is that?"

" Just answer it mage."

" You got the nickname from me and Mokona." He answered tiredly.

" Why?"

" I can't remember everything silly Kuro-pii." He answered.

Kurogane looked at him. " Then you aren't the mage. Who are you?"

" I'm Fay. Or as you always call me mage, idiot, stupid, and hey you."

" We were in outto country, well it was more of a game really, and we owned a shop and I put as alias's that your name was big puppy. That is how you got the nickname." Fay answered at the doorway.

Kurogane looked at one another. " What's going on?"

" Just wake up."

" What?"

" Wake up."

" No! I'm not asleep."

poke

" Mage, what are you doing?"

" Your not awake." He looked at both Fay's none of them poked him.

Poke

" Stop it."

" Kuro-wan."

" WHAT!" He yelled. His eyes were open. He looked up and saw pots and pans all on the floor beside him. He was on the floor and Fay was beside him with everyone behind him.

" What happened?" The ninja groaned trying to sit up.

" You were in here and then we heard crashing of the pots and pans. We yelled in if you were alright, when no answer came, we came in to find you on the ground passed out."

" Oh." Was his reply. He got up and looked at everyone.

" Sorry." He growled. His face was red as a tomato. He brushed past everyone to go get his sword from his room. He made it there, and he thought knowing Fay, he would be at his door any minute, so he decided to go out through his window. He opened it silently, and once he stuck out one of his legs, there came the knock on his door.

He slipped out and just stayed in the backyard. He walked towards the road and was walking towards the park. He held his sword at his side. Some people in the streets watched the grumpy ninja. He just glared at the people and made it to the park. He saw that there were some mothers with their children there. So he decided to go to the other end of the park, where the kids were not playing. He just sat up against the fence and watched the kids. The ninja rested his sword on the ground beside him and thought about his past. He remembered when he would try to prove to his father that he was getting stronger.

He was watching the kids playing a game called 'tag' when he heard his name being called. He just ignored it.

" Kurogane"

He sighed deeply. He turned his head to find Calleigh the one calling him.

" What."

" We were worried for you, Fay more so from today. Why did you do that?" She said sternly on the other side of the chain-linked fence.

Kurogane was now standing up with his sword in his hand and saw the fence only reached up to his hips. He easily jumped over it and was now standing beside Calleigh.

" I wanted to train, but I didn't want all of you complaining, or something stupid like that. So I just snuck through the window. It's not like my bedroom is the highest one." He pointed out.

" Well, just come back, I sent Jason to get the pizza's."

He didn't want to go, but he didn't want to make things worse. He hung his head low so she wouldn't see his angry face. He wished he could just kill someone with the sword. But his princess' curse on him forbade anything of the sort, or he will grow weaker. He mumbled to himself how he was treated with respect in his world, how now he is being treated by stupid nicknames.

Calleigh only smiled at the ninja's attitude and got back to the house. She called in saying she had him back. Then he was tackled down on the ground, faces only inches away. The ninja saw was bright ocean blue eyes.

" MAGE!" He yelled. His face was red from blushing to see the mage this close to him.

Fay smiled. " YAY! HE IS BACK!" He said hugging him.

" Hey mage, do me a favor." He whispered in his ear teasingly.

Fay only blushed. " What?" He whispered back.

" GET OFF OF ME SO I CAN BREATH!" He shouted.

He jumped off. "Kuro-pu is so mean." He pouted. The ninja got up and grabbed his sword. He put it away on his closet quickly and came back to see Jason came back, with the pizzas. Kurogane didn't despise it, but it wasn't his all time favorite meal.

When it was done the sky started to get dark. Calleigh said good-bye to Jason when he left after the dinner. Kurogane just sat at the table. Watching the kids finish their pizzas and go off to bed. When everyone was gone he decided to go to bed too. He made it too his bedroom and saw some eyes staring at him from a bedroom.

" What do you want mage?" He asked.

Fay's head popped out and smiled brightly.

" Nothing. Just seeing if you were going to bed or going somewhere else." He smirked teasingly.

" And where would I be going other then my bedroom?"

" Well, my room." Fay said. " Good night Kuro-daddy." Fay said closing the door.

Kurogane stood there with his hand on the door confused.

'Why would I be going to the mage's room?' He thought to himself.

He came to the conclusion that he must have wanted to say something to him, without him saying exactly what he wanted. He let go of his door handle and went in Fay's bedroom.

" What does Kuro-woof want?" Fay asked looking up to see the ninja in the doorway.

" What did you want?" He asked.

"Nothing Kuro-pii." He said looking at the red eyes.

" Your so, Something." He said. The mage confused him like women. Just proved to him another reason why he was more like a girl then a man.

" Merry Christmas Kuro-pii. Thank you for taking care of me when I was sick." He said blushing, thinking about the kiss they had.

Kurogane looked at him blushing too. " Merry Christmas Mage." He said leaving the room.

I'm sorry I couldn't finish this fast enough. I was really busy with school work and everything. Please R&R and tell me what you think.