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They had a truce.

A very temporary truce if his trust in the blond was anything to go by and they only had this 'truce' because Sakura insisted that he'd been overly 'mean' to the mage what with "Poor, Fai-chan" dealing with a rather nasty rash for over three days.

'Che, not my fault the idiot didn't believe me when I said the water would make it worse.'

There was one little, highly annoying, downside to his plan though. The mage really had taken a liking to the new hue of his cloths much to Kurogane's chagrin, especially when the idiot was flaunting his hot pink jeans and T all the way to the grocery store and back. He didn't think he'd would ever have that many people looking in his direction at once until the idiot offered to push the cart.

Said offer included such sound effects as "Beep, beep!" and "Hyuu!" when they rounded every corner.

Fortunately, that experience was over now with minimal cursing on his part and only having to pay for a few conveniently broken bottles of sake that the mage insisted were "conspiring to rule the world with squirrels and force everyone to eat stinky cheese three times a day."

Kurogane cringed at the memory and thanked Kami once more that it was over and if his luck persisted he wouldn't have to go shopping with the mage ever again. Right now they were walking down a fairly uninhabited street, each carrying a few plastic bags, saying nothing.

It was quiet.

Too quiet.

"Alright, what the hell are you plot- oof!" Kurogane never finished his accusation though as out of nowhere a kid rounded the corner too quick and ran right into his leg before tumbling back down to land on the sidewalk. "Hey, watch where you're going runt."

"I'm not a runt, you ass-" The kid paused, looking up at him with wide red eyes. "Dad?! What are you doing here?"

Kurogane's own eyes shot wide. "What the hell did you call me?"

Fai smirked, looking from one to the other, a guise of confusion crossing his secretly amused features. "Nani?"

The boy turned to look up at him, brows knitting together in an odd look. "I thought you said mom wasn't allowed to wear pink anymore?"

The ninja's eye twitched not once but twice before he teetered backwards, his unconscious body falling to lay unmoving on the ground.

Silence reined for a long moment before "That was... unexpected." Fai had to clutch his side to keep his barely suppressed laughter from bursting forth.

"That wasn't anything. That was just pathetic." The kid mused bluntly before getting up and dusting his pants off. He held his hand out to Fai. Waiting.

"Ah, yes." The mage dug into his pocket briefly before counting out ten dollars into the boy's hand. "As promised, here you go."

He looked at his palm with disdain and then back up to the blond. "Ahem." He held his hand back out. "He passed out. You owe me double."

Fai chuckled sheepishly. "So I do." He dug back into his pocket. "I have to admit, I thought it would have taken a lot more to... do that, but you managed. Here you go." He dropped another ten in his hands, smiling. "Before you go though, what's your name?"

The boy counted the money twice to be sure before crossing his arms and looking at him evenly. "Youou, what of it?"

"Nothing, just curious. For a moment there I really thought you were-"

"Well, I'm not so quit looking at me like that." The boy snarled before leaving Fai alone to try to rouse the unconscious ninja with a bemused chuckle.

"Whatever you say, Chibi-kun."

~ Omake - One Hour Later ~

"You-chan's so sweet!" A little blond boy wrapped his arms about his neck tightly, trying belatedly not to get any strawberry in his hair as he did so. "But I wonder, where did you get the money for all this ice cream?"

"None of your business. Now get the heck off me before someone sees you, idiot!" Pause. "And don't call me that! It's Youou. You-ou, damnit. Get it right."

"Hyuu, hyuu! Yes, sir, Youou Damnit Kurogane-san-sensei-puppy-chan sir." The blond mock saluted with a giggle.

The red eyed boy just shook his head. "Idiot."

Author's Note: I've read two different things for Kurogane's first name but since this one was easier to spell so... yeah. Anyway, sorry this took so terribly long to update. If you're interested in 'why' I haven't been updating my stories like I used to just read the note at the top of chapter 12 in my story Touch of Ice. I promise they're all good reasons. If there's a specific torture you'd like me to put our favorite Tsubasa guys through please let me know.

Special thanks to Lil White Raven for reminding me this story needed my attention.

Spirit: I wonder if this counts as crack or fluff?

Keiyou: Crack.

Spirit: But there's the fluff...

Keiyou: Fluff then.

Spirit: But then we're forgetting the crack. Fluffy crack?

Keiyou: No, it'd be cracky fluff cause you have the crack first and then the fluff.

Spirit: ... -giggles-

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