Me: I know I haven't uploaded for a looooonnnng time. Mom hasn't let me on the computer and it made me sad!! Well, here I'm now. O. Just so you know, this is a stalling world because I needed a transistion. O. One more thing, this story is after maybe...5 worlds. Yeah, I know I skipped a lot and i'm sorry but I just don't have the time...*sigh* Where's summer when you need it?"

Disclamier: I do NOT own this...CLAMP does and yadda yadda yadda.

POV River

"I think there has been some mistake. Really," I said holding up my hands. They were cuffed with a cold iron bar that had ruffed my skin raw. I looked at Kurogane who was equally cuffed except they had found him a bit more difficult to handle and had chained him to the wall. He was not a happy person. Just so you know, we had landed in a new world and apparently one that didn't use magic. A witch was guilty of treason and hey, too bad for me.

"Get dressed witch," They spat flinging a piece of material at me. I moaned as I felt a hard metal clip hit my cheek as the dress was flung into my face. I saw Kurogane clench his fists but nothing else. Syaoron and Sakura were in a different cell. In a different room. In a different warehouse so we couldn't know what was happening to them. I looked back at Kurogane who was seething in the corner.

"What's wrong Kuro-chu?"

"Those bastards have no respect," he muttered and I stared at him for a moment before laughing.

"You of all people say that?" I gasped clutching my stomach and he growled. I stopped so that my laughs and reduced to giggles. He frowned but closed his eyes. I tilted my head slightly.

"Um…Kurogane?"

"Hmm?"

"Why are you closing your eyes?"

"So you can change, dumbass," he muttered but I thought I saw a flicker of a smile on his lips. I felt the heat rise up in my face and stalked off into the corner.

"Don't you dare look," I warned and he smirked, his eyes still shut. I sighed and pulled off my coat looking back at Kurogane to make sure he wasn't looking. Eyes closed. No red orbs. I stuffed myself into the dress for it was a very tight dress and pulled off my pants underneath it. I turned around and sighed with relief when I saw Kurogane's eyes closed. He looked a lot more peaceful this way. It was so unnerving that I went closer to inspect it. All the lines that normal made his face into a scowl were gone and in its stead was a content smile. The dark shadows that normal hung upon his face were lifted and it made him seem…less terrorizing. I frowned still trying to believe this was Kurogane. I reached out a hand to his face, my fingers brushing his cheek. He furrowed his brow slightly and opened his eyes. They widened a bit seeing how close I had gotten and he leaned back instinctively, his back hitting the wall. I moved back too and for some reason, I wasn't blushing at all.

"What was that for?" he asked touching the place where my fingers had been. I shrugged.

"You looked really peaceful so I didn't believe it was really you. You know, illusions and all that stuff," I said hoping that it sounded convincing. But Kurogane wasn't looking at me, he was looking at the dress.

"What the hell?" he said tilting his head. I looked down and saw how the black material clung to my body. I quickly tucked my knees into my chest and wrapped my arms around them.

"I'm not wearing this of my will," I said and he shook his head.

"No. The type of dress. I've seen it before," He said shaking his head one more time as if to clear the memory. I looked back down at myself.

"Really? Did your princess where it?" I asked and he shook his head.

"The queen,"

"Seriously?"

"Yeah. Why not?"

"I don't know. It's a kind of a skimpy thing don't you think?" I said and he flushed.

"…"

"You aren't going to answer that are you?"

"No way in hell,"

"I thought so," I sighed closing my eyes. I leaned against the wall letting the cold stone massage my shoulders.

"River?"

"Hmm?"

"Is there something you would like to tell me?" I sighed again burying my face into my knees.

"I…I'm just afraid. If you stay here with me… travel with me, you'll get hurt. Everyone gets hurt. Just because I was born means that I'm guilty of killing. Bad things happen to anything near me. I don't want to hurt Syaoron or Sakura or Mokona…or you Kuro-puu. Especially you," I muttered and I felt a hand on my face. It was hard and calloused and most definitely not my own. I lifted my head to see Kurogane looking slightly concerned.

"Especially me, huh?" he asked and I nodded. "Why's that?"

"I don't know… You're the one who cares the most and…and,"

"What?"

"Why are you touching my face?" I asked and he shrugged but he didn't pull his hand away. Instead it brushed higher up and ran through my hair.

"You did the same. I should be asking you the same question," he said flatly and I gulped.

"Kuro-sama?"

"Yeah?"

"When they kill me… I want you to run. Don't fight them ok?" I said and he scowled.

"Who said I was going to let them kill you? Dumbass," he muttered and I frowned this time.

"But they saw what I did! I floated, goddammit!" I whispered a bit uneasy that Kurogane still had his hand on my head. It wasn't a bad feeling but it was a strange one. It was true that I had floated or flew. I was about to land on a stake when Mokona dropped us off here. I had to live so…

"Look. No one is going to die on my watch. Not you not me not anyone. Got it?" he looked at me with those red orbs and I shivered.

"But wouldn't it be easier for me to die? I only will hurt somebody in the end," I muttered and he scowled again.

"Stop it,"

"But what if Mokona or Syaoron or Sakura die?,"

"Stop it,"

"You don't understand what you're getting yourself into,"

"River, stop it,"

"I could kill anyone here at any moment. You're ok with that?"

"Stop saying that,"

"Are you completely insane?"

"River…"

"Do you want everyone to die?"

"Shut up,"

"I'll kill you,"

"I said shut up,"

"I don't want to kill you, dammit!"

"I said shut the hell up!" He roared over my voice and at the same time leaned forward and kissed me. I was so shocked that my shouting stopped altogether. I instinctively leaned back and away from him but he held onto my wrists. It was weird feeling his mouth on top of mine but it didn't feel like a bad things. And being the strange and messed up kind that I am, I reffused to budge or to kiss him back. Truthfully, I was leaning more on the kissing him back part. It wasn't the kind of kiss that I had dreamed about when I was younger. But, it wasn't...bad. We stayed like that for a couple of moments before he pulled away with a smug smile on his face.

"Wha-?" I whispered and he shrugged.

"That was to get you to shut up," he said and made one of his few wolfy smiles. I flushed.

"It's not a good idea to tamper with a witch's feelings," I said and he quirked an eyebrow.

"And what's that supposed to mean?" he asked and I felt my face turn an even darker shade of red.

"Don't play with me. There were thousands of ways you could have gotten me to shut up other than…that. You didn't really mean it so, I repeat, don't play with my emotions," I said quietly and he tilted his head.

"I wasn't playing," he said and I snapped my head up. I've been traveling with Kurogane for over six months and that's the scariest thing he had done. I'd seen him fight people and almost kill then thousands of times but this was the weirdest thing ever. He looked dead serious and that added on to the really creepy act.

"Kuro-sama, you're creeping me out,"

"How?"

"You sound all…" I paused trying to find the right words. " kind and gentle. Like someone talking to someone…kindly ,"

"Is me being a nice person that hard to imagine?"

"No. Just being nice to me is,"

"Why is that?"

"You normally try to slice me in half," I shrugged and he rolled his eyes.

"If you weren't so damn annoying, I wouldn't have to," he growled and I smiled. "What?"

"That's the Kuro-puu that I know," I said and he rolled his eyes again.

"That was the first time," He muttered leaning back against the same wall as I was.

"First time of what?" I asked.

"First time I've ever kissed somebody before," he said opening one eye and looking me up and down. I flushed and looked foreward.

"Me too…" I mumbled and he made a a small tsking noise and I began to laugh.

"What the hell is so funny?"

"Well, I'm going to die soon and we're talking about relationships. Isn't that kind of weird?" I asked and he frowned.

"No one is going to die," he said.

"I am,"

"No you are not," His voice was harsher this time.

"Yes I am,"

"If you aren't going to shut up, I'll have to kiss you again," he said and I threw my hands up into the air.

"Now you're going on about it as a threat!"

"I think it's a pretty good threat," he said smiling. "Don't you?" I flushed and looked away.

"I have no idea how you can talk about stuff like this and keep a straight face," I muttered and he made another one of his tsking sounds.

"You aren't going to answer that are you?"

"Ok. I will. It isn't a bad threat it's just and unexpected one. I mean, I can handle something like that. Plus it wasn't that bad…" I said rolling up into a ball.

"River?"

"Hmm?"

"You know, you are one messed up girl, right?"

"Yeah," I said smiling. At that moment, the doors swung opened and I felt hands grab my shoulder s and drag me out of the cell. Kurogane leaped up and someone kicked him hard in the stomach. I kicked the guy next to me and he howled slapping my face. I bite down on a hand and felt another kick in my back. His foot hit my mark on my mark and it started to bleed. I remember getting dizzy from the blood loss and one word echoing into the darkness.

"RIVER!!"

Me: I finally wrote fluff. I never have before so don't judge me too harshly, please. This is when the relationship starts and to be frank, I still going with the original plan. Save all the lovey jazz for Tokyo and Infinty so please wait. I'm skipping to Outo because I want to, so teh wait won't be that long. O. If you are wondering why I wrote this chapter is because I am stalling and I have a stupid block. I promise it'll get better. Outo will be a bit more...strange that in the original Tsubasa so...hope you enjoy!! I know this is really short, but my mom will only let me on for 15min!

Mokona: Puu! We just landed ina new world! Poor River is past out and Syaoron and Sakura came back!! Everybody gets jobs and soem of them are scary. Huh? Sword practice? With who? See you next time at Chapter 8- Welcome...to Outo Country!