Title: Does it really matter?

Author: .KuroxFye.

Rating: T

Warning: little spoilers… nothing really in this chapter.

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Tsubasa or any of its characters.

Damn him to hell, damn that man and all his suffering… why wouldn't he let me help?

Kurogane found himself free to move about again… surprise and shock were long gone, now the anger is what filled him most. Anger at the dumb mage, anger at himself for not being able to stop him and at the whole damn world for screwing up like this… surly this wasn't supposed to happen. Kurogane's fists pounded into the ground as he thought threw everything.

He's going to die, he's going to fall and I won't be there to catch him, this time he won't even let me try.

His head spun. Not one, but thousands of individual thoughts ran threw his mind. Each seemed intent on being the loudest… He couldn't take the noise, the guilt, and the heartache he undeniably felt. There had to be something he could do, even if Fye had left without him…

Something… something, there HAS TO BE SOMETHING! A way to get there… any way, I don't care how or by who. I'll do anything… I'd do ANYTHING!

It only took him seconds to realize who he'd need to bargain with, the thought of that 'dimension bitch' made his whole body break out in a cold sweat… ohh how he hated her, but it needed to be done. He knew he should tell at least the kid before doing so, If neither Fye or himself told them what happened what were they to assume?

Angrily he climbed back to his feet and stared at the spot were Fye had last been seen, With a unique gleam in his eyes filled with what some might call fear he turned back to the cabin and started to head in.

He couldn't very well tell the kid while the princess was around… she'd cry, Kurogane couldn't deal with crying girls… he just couldn't… so he'd have to wait for the little princess to resign herself for the night.

He sat in a large chair in what could be considered the 'family' room, he laid his head back and could feel his temple starting to throb again. 'what now?' he wondered… he hadn't been over thinking anything, just the matter of how exactly he planned to get Fye back here in one piece. Then something hit him… something unlike the others… something he didn't want to see…

A light… it's too bright! The images were fuzzy for what seemed like forever… but with a particularly bright flash things came into focus. It was suddenly clear, he had seen this before…the same young blond playing in the cold snow. Closer now looking at the boy you could clearly see tears filling the child's eyes.

What now? This was different… the child looked upward… the child was staring out past to what couldn't be seen, or who couldn't be seen.

It's all so chopped… all so rugged, the vision set in and out of focus again and the sun grew ever brighter. There was a second figure, next to Fye on the ground…eyes now straining to see couldn't… who was there?

"Hello" said a cheery voice.

Instantly he was aware of who it was, the grown mage was talking to his own past…? Was that even possible?

A second much smaller voice shivered. "who…who are you?"

"I'm the end."

The light got bright, so bright you couldn't see what was happening…it was gone.

The ninja's crimson eyes jolted open… what happened to that memory? Kurogane was once again confused, but then again there wasn't anything about the whole ordeal that didn't confuse him… He tried to think, it was the same as it had been before… all the way up until the older him showed up... Then it was all gone. 'What could that possibly mean?'

He slowly started yet another puzzle in his head… there had to be a connecting piece, memory's don't just change like that for no rea… he was cut off in thought and he remembered, the mage had planned to throw himself back in time or something to those effects… and kill himself at the start! Was that what he had just see? Did he just see the end? Had it already happened? Or did he see the future?

Kurogane didn't know anymore but at any rate he needed to know and he needed to go there now! No waiting, no long goodbyes for all he knew the mage was already dead, he had already waited to long… now he needed to find that damn white thing and fast.

Jumping from the chair Kurogane ran full forward into the kitchen area were he knew the kids had been. And luckily they were still there. He felt funny doing this but…

"Oi… manjuu bun! Come over here for a second…" he tried to sound the least threatening as possible, the last thing he needed was for the white thing to get hostile.

Mokona jumped to Kurogane's shoulder and Kurogane walked back into the other room.

"Kuro puu?"

"I need to speak with the witch…"

And as you've all picked I went with kurogane first.

Sorry, this chapter is MUCH shorter then the rest… I'll try and make the next one extra long then.

Ohh suspense… here's some questions to ponder until I post the next chapter.

Is Fye already dead?

What will Kurogane have to pay?

What exactly will Kurogane do or find out?

Actually I'm not sure of any of those answers because I'm just typing as I go so it won't be decided until I actually get there.

Thanks for reading (sorry for the shortness again)

- KuroxFye