Disclaimer: I do not own Tsubasa CLAMP owns them
Pairings: Slight Kuro x Fai & Slight Ashura x Fai
Note: I know the previous chapter was rushed and i'm sorry for it.

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The ninja blinked a few times, the mage had gone from yelling to crying to clutching his shirt in a few short minutes.

He'd noticed the wind but thought nothing of it; it seemed the smaller man knew something else about the wind. The thin body had started trembling slightly as the grip tightened.

"There's something coming isn't there…" Sakura stood in the doorway with Syaoran and Mokona trying to pull her back. Her eyes were sharp and serious, since her little adventure for Yuuko the princess had grown a lot. Not in height or brutal strength but bravery and courage.

Kurogane shrugged as best as he could with the mage clinging to him. Thinking back on the past few days, the mage hadn't drunk any blood and still had an amazing strength.

"My king…my home…my power…my friend…" Fai muttered into the fabric. His voice was muffled but could be heard clearly in the silence. He stepped back a few paces and kept his head low.

"He taught me everything…about emotions…about magic…about friendship and power…and I ran…ran when he needed me…" The blonde's voice was quiet and pained.

"Why is he coming for you then?" Syaoran asked as he stepped beside the princess.

"I left him…I went against all I swore to…" Fai shook his head, he wouldn't cry again. Not when his dear friend and king was coming.

"You're not going to tell us how you two grew so close?" Kurogane felt a strange feeling and it obviously showed in his voice too.

"After he met me the next day he took me to the palace. The high magician had recently fallen ill and they needed a replacement." Fai glanced up with his single ice blue eye.

"So you agreed?" Sakura was taken back a bit, she'd thought Fai had done something wrong but everything she'd heard seemed to be good.

"Of course I agreed. I was meant to be there anyway…" The magician shivered as the wind picked up a bit.

"Are you going to say more…" Syaoran gave a small glare to the warrior in front of him.

"You need not know of it Syaoran-kun you have more important things to worry about. The clone is in this world…for how long I do not know…you better get searching…" Fai gave a small smile to the two teens and the white creature with them.

"Fai…I…" Kurogane hated words; they took to long to be said and actually make sense.

"Don't worry about it…" Fai replied quietly.

The palace was a large ice castle floating above the city. Its wing like structures captured the lights above.

It made the whole town, even the land, shine brightly.

The blonde had been asked to take up the position of high magician, which he eagerly accepted. He wasn't sure whether it was because of the magic or because he wanted to be closer to the prince.

Either way Ashura was pleased as much as he was. Both of them were sitting on one of the balconies staring down at the ground.

"Fai...you know you'll have to have markings…" the prince muttered.

"I don't mind your highness." Fai had been shocked when Ashura had told him that he was the prince. It made a lot of sense but was still a shock.

"You didn't call me that before I told you and I don't want you to start now." Ashura laughed lightly as be brushed a few bangs out of the blonde's face.

"True…true…if I do take up this will I be away often?" Fai moved slightly closer to the other teen.

"Maybe…but mostly you'll be in the palace next to me." The raven haired prince smiled, his smile was warm unlike most peoples in the land.

The door opened slightly as one of the servants nervously entered carrying some clothes.

"I think you better get changed if you're going to stay here." Ashura took the blonde by the hand and led him towards the center of the room.

"We don't want to spoil your looks with rags."

Fai smiled and tilted his head slightly.

Syaoran had returned with no luck and had seemingly lost Sakura and Mokona. The teen said that a wind had blown across the town and unsettled the dust, when it cleared the princess and bun were missing.

"How are we meant to find them?" Kurogane sighed; he was getting a rather large headache. He hadn't hit Fai again, looking at the mage when he spoke the face didn't show the emotions he thought he'd seen.

A sharp scream filled the air and made the dark haired man and the brunette jump. Fai knew exactly what it was though.

"What was that? Where did it come from?" Syaoran glanced around for any signs of danger.

"You wont find it…the scream wasn't a scream at all. It was an alarm and hopefully she'll be safe in her current form…" Fai trailed off already regretting saying what he had.

"Chii, that's who it was…wasn't it." Kurogane muttered turning the crimson eyes on the pale man.

"How did you know?" The blue eye met the crimson ones and held the stare.

"Lucky guess…" The ninja replied.

Syaoran stormed off again to try and find his new princess. Despite only just meeting her in person he had the same protection streak. Nothing would change his mind so they didn't bother with stopping him.

A scream…pain…blood…

Fai knew he'd gone way over his head when he'd tried to cast a simple spell. His magic was too powerful and out of control so the markings had to be enforced.

The design was the seal of the royal family and all royal magicians were to carry it. Of course it wasn't meant to hurt, not like this.

A spell had to be included for the markings to work as a binding, they would help keep control but the pain was far worse than the blonde had thought it would be.

He lay on his stomach with the sheet up to his waist. His back stung and made his body ache.

Fai laughed lightly at how he had underestimated the pain. The door opened slightly as the raven haired prince slipped into the room.

"Fai…I" He began.

"Don't worry about it. I should of thought it would be painful." Fai smiled and patted the side of the bed.

Ashura crossed the room and sat beside his pained friend, friend wasn't really the word they were closer than that.

"You shouldn't have felt this pain…" Ashura ruffled the blonde's hair with a sad smile on his face. "How about if you're feeling up to it we'll go into the castle grounds and look for foxes."

"I'd like that." Fai smiled and wrapped a free arm around the prince's waist. "I'd like that more than anything…"

Syaoran walked up to the top of a hill exhausted. He'd wandered around for age and still hadn't found Sakura. He slumped down to the ground and looked utterly defeated.

"Syaoran-kun!" A voice called out causing the teen to look up. Coming up the hill was the princess, the ninja and the mage. All seemed happy, everything seemed right.

Even the new brunette knew something was coming, but all that mattered was to be friends for a little longer.