A/N: Sorry it's been a while, I had Katsucon to prepare for during February (next year, Jess and I are going as Kurogane and Fai so if any of you are going, keep a look out for us!) and third quarter of school is hell. I can literally watch my grades sink during this time. Did any of you go see Alice in Wonderland? I thought it was great!

DISCLAIMER: All proper pronouns don't belong to me, no matter how much I want them too.

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"Lose something?" A tiny, sleepy sounding voice called from within the leafy, green treetops.

Kurogane scanned the foliage suspiciously, searching for the owner of the voice. A rustling in the bright green leaves, drew his attention to the lowest branch of an oak tree that stood directly in the middle of the two paths. A young girl was sitting lazily on the branch, swinging her long, slender legs back and forth. At least he assumed it was a girl until he spotted a pair of powdery blue cat ears and a matching bushy tail. She wore a white tank top and equally as colorless slacks that matched her sweeping white hair that trailed down her back and fell well below her waist. She stared at him levelly with blank blue eyes that had a spark of life hidden deep within their depths. A faint smile graced her features as she took in the sight of him.

"W-who are you?" Kurogane was taken aback by her lifeless demeanor and it made him uncomfortable. She titled her head to the side as though contemplating his question.

"Cheshire Cat to some, but others just call me Chi…." she trailed off, eyes glazing over in thoughtfulness. She turned her attention to the path to her right, "Hmmm, the Hatter's throwing a party, it must be his birthday…..again."

"The Hatter?" Kurogane questioned. Chi blinked and gazed at him in surprise as though she had forgotten him standing there.

"Why yes, The Mad Hatter…..Lovely man but quite mad, then again we're all mad here…." She spoke softly, her voice barely above a whisper.

Kurogane shook his head in disbelief; no one seemed to give straight answers around here. "Hey Chi, have you seen a guy with rabbit ears around here?"

The strange girl looked down at him blankly, twitching her blue tail back and forth. He was just about to tell her to forget it when she nodded sluggishly. She raised a slender hand and pointed down the path that she had earlier mentioned that The Mad Hatter was down.

"There's a rabbit down that way, just ask The Hatter." She smiled brightly, the first real sign of a personality. But it was much more creepy then reassuring, her teeth were neatly pointed, just like a feline's.

"Uh, thanks," he waved a good bye before setting off on a jog, headed towards The Mad Hatter.

"Be careful, Kurogane!" the girl called. He turned, stunned. How had she known his name? But she had disappeared into the forest, leaving not a trace. Thoroughly spooked, he turned back to his original direction and continued on.

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He was, once again, stumbling through undergrowth, grumbling under his breath about blue cats and stupid rabbits when he overheard two voices that sounded vaguely familiar. Surprised, he quickened his pace and soon he could make out distinct words and phrases. And he defiantly knew at least one of those voices.

"Happy Un-Birthday to you, my dear brother."

"For me? Oh you shouldn't have!"

"Oh you are much too modest!"

"Very well, if you insist."

"Indeed, I do."

Kurogane sped up as he saw an opening to a clearing that smoke and multi-colored steam was coming from. The sound of clattering china and a strange whistling sound emanated from the open space ahead. He skidded to a halt and just about threw himself into the enclosure. His eyes focused on the two figures roving about around a long table filled to capacity with whistling tea kettles and plates crammed to the brim with all sorts of sweets and pastries. He narrowed his ruby eyes as he recognized one of the two; there was no doubt about it now. The person in question, the one that was sporting a rather oversized black top hat with red roses tucked under a white ribbon, spotted him.

"Damn it mage! I know this is all your fault!" Kurogane called stomping towards the rather surprised looking young man. The other person intercepted him, grabbing onto Kurogane's arm with a rather strong grip for the man's size. Kurogane rounded on the man, fully prepared to defend himself incase of attack, but wasn't ready to deal with what he saw. Confused and irritated, he looked between the two men that had fallen deadly silent at his approach.

"There are two of you?"

And indeed the two blonde men looked completely identical. There was the one in the top hat that Kurogane now assumed to be The Mad Hatter who was holding a tea kettle, in the midst of pouring a glass of the steaming liquid. The one that held Kurogane's arm looked up at him solemnly which would have been rather uncomfortable if it hadn't been for the blonde rabbit ears that peeked out from his hair and the fluffy tail that poked out from underneath his coat tails. Then the blonde tugged on his sleeve, pulling him backwards, towards the entrance that Kurogane had just come through. His expression changed straight into an all out pout as he said, "Dear me brother, people just don't seem to have manners these days! You do know that it's rude to come in uninvited don't you?"

Kurogane nodded mutely, still surprised over the first initial shock of seeing two Fai's instead of one. The bunny Fai shoved him out of the entrance and stared at him hard while the other approached mutely, from behind, watching with mild interest.

"Now announce yourself," the bunny Fai demanded.

Kurogane gazed back at him blankly then straightened up and made the charade of knocking. "Uh, hello?"

The change in their personalities was shocking. Both burst forth, smiling widely as they welcomed Kurogane back into the clearing.

"Oh dear brother, look, look, we have a visitor!" The Mad Hatter declared rather loudly.

"Why yes brother! Such a lovely surprise!" responded the other one, smiling toothily.

They ushered Kurogane towards the crowed table and sat him down at the farthest end of the table, before they each took a seat on both sides of him. They both began to distribute tea cups, crumpets and jam jars all the while attempting to talk over one another. It all just turned into a jumble of incomprehensible mush that Kurogane politely ignored. The one with the hat noticed his lack of activity within the conversation and began to pester him.

"Now it seems very rude of us, for we have failed to introduce ourselves, haven't we dear brother mine." The one with the hat directed his gaze to his brother who looked up from his tea cup, surprised.

"Oh dear me, we do seem to have forgotten ourselves haven't we? But isn't it most polite if the guest were to introduced himself first, after all he's the one that came to the party uninvited!" The other nodded enthusiastically, his hat almost falling off in the process. Together, in unison, they turned their heads toward Kurogane and asked in compete synchronization, "Who are you?"

Kurogane looked between them. Surely one of them had to be the mage, right? But he saw complete lack of recognition in both pairs of eyes staring patiently at him. "My name's Kurogane."

The pair smiled widely, and the one with the ears jumped up and, bowing lowly, said, "My name is Yuui D. Flourite and this," he motioned with a flourish of his hand towards his brother, "is Fai D. Flourite."

Kurogane resisted the urge to jump up and accuse Fai of the farce of not knowing him. But the blonde still had shown no signs of recognition and this was far too elaborate for a trick or prank. While he was running this through his head, the two blondes had sat back down and resumed their tea. It was only then the Kurogane realized that there was another person at the table. A small girl with mouse ears and a slim tail that was wrapped around her chair leg was snoozing quietly at the other end of the table. With every puff of breath that left her mouth, her bangs would rise and fall. The action was vaguely familiar. She raised her eyelids sleepily for a moment, revealing glazed over blue eyes, when one of the twins awoke her with a resounding crash as he threw his tea cup onto the table.

"NO ROOM! " Fai yelled as he shot to his feet, snatching Kurogane up by the arm. The other repeated the action while he said, "Time to move!"

A/N: Wow this was a fail chapter but hopefully the next one will be better. I'll warn you now though that I'm planning on doing Script Frenzy with my friend luinvinial so I won't have a lot of time for fanfiction…..