Disclaimer: I do not own Tsubasa CLAMP owns them
Pairings: Slight Kuro x Fai
Note: AshuraxFai will come up soon I promise...Also i'm ill so give me a little slack on this chapter

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Fai…

That voice seemed so familiar.

Fai…

It seemed so near.

Fai…

It sounded so warm and friendly.

Fai…

And yet it brought fear with it.

Fai woke with a start to find he'd fallen asleep with only his head resting on the bed. His breathing was heavy, the voice suddenly hit home, it was his king's voice in the dream. The flaxen mage realised the presence of another person in the room and seemingly close behind.

"Fai?" The voice was surprisingly groggy as if the person had just woken up. Fai let a sigh of relief escape when he saw the tanned by the wall. The ninja never was one to sleep on a bed and seemed to get less sleep than the blonde.

Kurogane rubbed his eyes in an attempt to wake up a bit more. The mage had got his breathing under control atleast.

"Fai?" The ninja questioned again. No matter how he protested at not being one with words the ninja could say an awful lot with just a name.

"What is it?" Fai asked back his voice was rather scratchy infact his whole throat felt like it had been cut to shreds.

"You're not well are you? You've made yourself sick with all your emotions haven't you?" The ninja half crawled to sit next the mage, leaning his back against the bed.

"I guess…I still want to tell you though…" Fai raised a hand to his throat; he could feel warm patches as if someone had wrapped hands around it.

"You haven't come near me have you?" The blonde asked without thinking.

Kurogane shook his head and knocking a few bangs out of place.

"I came in saw you there and went to sleep over by the wall." He explained.

Fai nodded and shook off the feeling to his over active imagination.

"You should get into bed and get a few hours sleep, after all I'm sure the kids and the bun will be upset if you got even sicker." The ninja had a good point.

"Sleeping is for those who are innocent…I lost innocence a long time ago." Fai turned around to let his back also rest against the bed.

The ninja raised a hand to Fai's forehead,

"How so?"

Fai closed his eyes and gave a light chuckle.

"Innocence is for children…normal children...but I wasn't a normal child. I knew that when my mother told me no birds existed and yet I saw one everyday." The blonde let his head fall onto Kurogane's shoulder.

"So you've seen birds?" The old lady asked. The blonde turned his gaze to outside the room.

"I haven't seen birds only a bird." Fai explained.

Kaima nodded and noted something down on a piece of paper. She shook her head slightly to the adults present in the room.

"Are you aware of magic?" The witch questioned.

Fai nodded, "Mother has magic and I watch her sometimes but I have no intention of using magic."

"You have a wisdom that surpasses your age. You are how old?"

"4…but I'll be 5 soon." The blonde turned and smiled at Kaima before returning to the window.

"4? I see…If you'll excuse me…" She rose from her seat and assured the parents into a side room.

Fai could still hear them but didn't want to point that out to anyone.

"Your son is indeed carrying a great power. Certainly this power didn't come from their parents. When was he born?" There was a short shuffling noise probably from his parents.

"On the same day the magic in the capital went haywire." Fai's father announced.

"I see…it seems he attracted that magic." Kaima paused. "Don't blame yourselves and don't let Fai blame himself for anything." With that the ice hag returned to see the blonde staring at the room.

"What has the capital got to do with us? Why would I be blamed?" Unfortunately no one could tell the blue eyed boy about anything. It was not wise to tell such a young child things that should not concern him.

Kaima just smiled and ruffled Fai's hair before turning to the door, "Fai…just remember that no matter what may happen you have to see the bigger picture. Can you promise me you'll look at the bigger picture?"

Fai nodded and watched his parents leave with the witch. They were obviously going to talk about things Fai didn't need to know.

Fai smiled as he saw a shadow behind him. A bird.

Fai looked up at the ninja who was holding him.

"If something happens I want you to save Syaoran-kun, Sakura-chan and Mokona over me. Can I ask that of you?" Fai's voice was serious and was slightly cold.

"What? Are you planning on doing something?" The ninja was trying his best not to sound surprised and worried.

"I'm not planning on it but with my luck something might. If he wakes up then he'll go after those close to me…I don't want you guys hurt because of me…please think of the bigger picture because I can't…" The mage crawled closer to the man beside him.

"I don't want to lose another person so dear to me." Fai whispered into Kurogane's ear.

The ninja nodded,

"I'll try…but I'll try to stop things like that before they happen too…"

The thin man rested his head on his companions shoulder,

"I hope so…" He muttered more to himself than anyone else.