The next morning, Kurogane woke up with a sharp pain in his back from sleeping on the hard floor. He turned around and found Fay not on the couch.

Kurogane's eyes widened. He rushed up and looked around the house. He slammed the kitchen door open. " Mage?"

' Why didn't I hear anything?'

No one was in the kitchen. He rushed to Fay's room and slammed it opened. He found the mage, in his jeans and no shirt, trying to find one.

Fay quickly grabbed a shirt from the draw and tried to cover up his chest.
" Kuro-pi, I thought you were sleeping. Did I wake you?" He said inching his way to his bed to try and grab a bed sheet.

" I was, then I found you not there, I thought he took you again. What are you doing?" He asked watching Fay slowly making his way to the bed as if he was trying to hide something from him.

" It is 6:30 Kuro-chu, you should go back to sleep." He said. His body was still in pain from his in counter with Neil.

" I didn't ask that, what are you doing?"

Fay was still trying to get the bed sheet; using the shirt he had in hand trying to cover up without putting it on.

" Hello? What are you doing?"

" I'm just trying to go lay on the bed." He said.

" You are a bad liar. What are you doing? Why are you afraid to take that shirt away? It is morning it isn't as cold as it is."

" Nothing, I just get cold easily."

" You come from a place that is colder then the nights here, as you have informed me. So right now it should feel warm to you."

" I'm different."

" Mage."

Fay was now trying to get to the bed quickly.

" Mage."

He was almost there.

Kurogane was now walking towards him to see what was wrong.

He got to the bed and quickly grabs the sheet.

Kurogane walked around to the other side, where Fay was. " If you wont tell me, I'll find out myself."

Fay shook his head. He didn't want to show Kurogane what more Neil did to him while he was there.

Kurogane raised his hand to touch Fay's arm. Fay flinched and grabbed his arm as if to protect himself.

Kurogane raised an eyebrow.

" Are you ok?" Kurogane asked. When Fay grabbed his arm, the shirt he was holding to his chest, fell to the ground, and Kurogane saw what he was trying to hide.

There was fresh whip marks all over his body. It was pink, and swollen. Some was still slightly bleeding. Kurogane's eyes stared at them.

He growled.

" I'm sorry." Kurogane said. He used his other hand and held Fay's. Kurogane's eyes were no longer glaring, but full of sadness and worry, and guilt.

" Kuro-pi, Don't do anything stupid." Fay said.

" I wont be doing anything stupid. Don't worry about that. That guy is going to wish he never did that. He loosened the grip of Fay's hands and walked out of the room. He went to the kitchen and found all the ingredients to what his mother taught him when he was little. This was to sooth the pain in scratches, sword marks. When he was done he grabbed the clothes he needed and brought it in the bedroom and found Fay sitting on his bed, attempting to put on his shirt. He saw the struggle, from the pain of the muscle, and the shirt touching the fresh wounds made him wince.

Kurogane walked in and put the bowl down on the bedside table. He sat down behind Fay and grabbed the shirt, and carefully took it off.

" But, Kuro-wanwan. I wanted that on."

" I made you something that will sooth the pain, and help the healing.
It would have been better with the leaves in my Japan, but that is difficult to get it, when here they don't grow that kind of plant. But these will do." Kurogane said holing up the cloths. He soaked them in the solution and put them slowly on the wounds.

Fay felt relief once they were on the cuts. He closed his eyes.
" Thank you. But where did you learn to make this?
You can't even make lunch for us in the kitchen without trying to break something."

" I was taught this when I was younger. This I know how to make without breaking anything." He said. When all the wounds were covered, Kurogane laid Fay down on his bed softly and let him stay there.

" Better?"

" Much." Fay smiled and was grateful for his kindness.

Kurogane stood up. He made his way to the door and turned around.
" I'll be back, I need to clean up a bit." He said," If anything happens, scream. The kids should be waking up soon, so I should see to make something to eat for them." Kurogane explained and left the room. He got to the kitchen and thought to make some eggs, toast, and bacon.

He grabbed a frying pan and promised himself that he would be calm. He turned on the element and went to the fridge and grabbed enough eggs for them and put them beside the stove. He turned around to grab the bacon when he heard a splat. He turned around and found three eggs fell to the ground. Kurogane grabbed a wet cloth and wiped the mess up. The ninja threw the cloth in the sink and went to the fridge and grabbed the bacon and three more eggs. He set the eggs down again and used the bacon package as a fence. He smiled at his thinking and went and got another frying pan for the eggs. Kurogane put that on another element and left that alone. He started to put the bacon into the heated pan and watched it start spitting at him. He flipped the bacon occasionally. When the bacon was getting close to getting ready he turned the pan on. He went to put the eggs in there and ended up breaking two. He wiped up that mess and started again. He got is and went over to the toast. Syaoran walked in the room and saw Kurogane throwing a fork into the sink rather roughly. " Stupid eggs!" The ninja growled.

" You don't cook eggs do you?" Syaoran asked.

" No!" He snapped.

Syaoran smiled. " Well I can see that you managed to do this without throwing something across the room and breaking something."

Kurogane glared at Syaoran.

" So how is Fay?"

" I don't now. He says he's fine, but I doubt it." Kurogane said, not telling him about the whip marks.

" Ok." He said leaving the room hearing Sakura's voice.

Kurogane finished up and put the plates on the table and set them up. He went and woke up Jason, and Calleigh. When they all came in the room, they were disbelieving that Kurogane made breakfast without yelling, breaking, or throwing things.

" Well eat it. I already ate my food." Kurogane told everyone and left the room with a plate of food and went to Fay's room.

Fay's eyes were closed, but he wasn't sleeping.

Kurogane walked in, saw him lying there looking like he was asleep. He quietly walked towards the door with the food when Fay spoke.

" Kuro-sama?"

" I thought you were a sleep." He said making his way back to the bed with the food. " I brought some food for you."

" What is it?" he said opening his eyes and started to sit up.

Kurogane then noticed a bruise on his face. ' Did he get punched?'
" It is bacon, eggs, and toast."

" Did you make it?"

" Yes." He asked confused.

" I didn't hear anything thrown, I was just confused."

" You don't think I can't do it without throwing something?"

" Well now I do." Fay said.

Kurogane helped him sit up and handed him the plate of food, and took the clothes off to soak them in the solution more.

Fay started to eat his food.

" What happened?"

" What do you mean?"

" Why, how did you get the marks?" He asked.

Fay was silent for a bit and kept eating.

" I wouldn't do everything he wanted me to do so he punished Me."

" What would he possibly want you to do that would make him do that?"

" He- He wanted me to… never mind. I don't want to talk about it right now." Fay answered.

Kurogane wanted to know, but excepted this.

" Ok, Do you need anything?"

" Not at the moment." Fay said trying to think on what he would want or need.

Kurogane nodded. " Ok. Well, They are going to go get some more groceries today. I'm staying here."

Fay smiled. " Ok."

Kurogane heard some dishes being put in the sink and people walking to their rooms, getting ready for the shopping. Kurogane knew they were getting Fay something as a get well. But they didn't know that he was worse then they thought.

Kurogane heard the door after a while of rustling around shut.

" So I guess they are gone." He said grabbing the plate and took it to the kitchen.

He came back to the room and saw Fay trying to stand up.

" What are you doing?" Kurogane said walking over to him.

" I dislike being kept in one place for a while, I want to move around."

" Your cuts will get worse, just rest for the day." Kurogane said making him sit down on the bed."

There was a knock at the front door.

" You better stay on this bed." Kurogane scolded and went to the front door. When he opened it Neil was standing there, burnt and scared. He threw at Kurogane's feet the two replacements for Calleigh and Jason.

" Do you really think that will stop me?" He said. Kurogane looked up at him.

He made a fist.

" What do you think? OBVIOUSLY WE DID!" He yelled.

Neil smiled. " You really care for that kid, maybe next time I'll make sure that he is specially attended for. Get you mad, we went to soft on him. Maybe this time it wont be as nice."

" KUROGANE!" Kurogane whipped around to Fay screaming his name in fear.

Kurogane tried to run towards the bedroom, when he got tripped.

" Whoops, My bad." Neil said smiling.

Kurogane got up and punched him as hard as he could at Neil's face and he went flying across the street from the doorway, and Kurogane made it to the room to see someone trying to get Fay through the window. Kurogane punched this man and he went flying through the window. Kurogane quickly grabbed the blonde and took him to his bedroom where his sword it. He set Fay on his bed and got his sword from his closet.

The door to his bedroom opened. " So, You may have token the feather, but you didn't take all of magic. I want that feather back." Neil said inviting himself in the room.

" That feather is already with the rightful owner. There is no way you will be able to take it." Kurogane growled, taking a swing at him and cut his arm deep.

Neil looked at the wound. " I'm surprised you could actually hit me." He said.

Kurogane growled at him. " Stop playing these mind games!"

Neil laughed. The wound on his arm healed.

" You think these are mind games? You are so naïve." He said. He looked over at Fay, Fay whimpered a bit.

" Hello Fay. I wonder, how are your wounds doing?" He smiled at that.

Kurogane's eyes widened to think he was smiling at what he did to him. He swung his sword at Neil. Neil dodged it. " Hmm, I think you need to work on your aim. You're a ninja, shouldn't you be able to hit your target?" He said.

Kurogane growled and grabbed a small pocketknife and threw it at him and it stuck out of his arm. Neil took it out, threw it on the floor nest to Kurogane's feet.

The wound healed itself as well.

" I can use my magic and stop this wound." He explained. " No matter how hard you throw that knife or swing that sword, it will never cut me deep enough to do any damage."

Kurogane smiled. ' And what about magic swords?' He thought. He lifted his sword slightly and it started to glow. But If one didn't know there was magic, it would just look like the sun glimmering on it. He ran at Neil, swung his sword and said some words under his breath and a bright blue flash of light hit something. There was smoke everywhere, made it hard for him to see.

' Did I get him?' He thought trying to see through the smoke.

He heard laughter. Kurogane's thoughts went racing through his mind. ' I didn't get him, how did he dodge that.'

The smoke was getting thinner, once it was thin enough to see through, he saw Neil holding up the man that was trying to take Fay. He took the full blow, and was lying limp in Neil's hands.

" You've got to try harder then that." He said. " Now it's my move." His hand glowed a bright red and ran at Kurogane.

Sorry that took a long time. I was trying different idea's to see which one I like more.
I hope this one is alright.