Disclaimer: I do not own Tsubasa CLAMP owns them
Pairings: None this chapter
Note: I know this was put together quickly and if there are any problems with it please tell me and i'll re-write this chapter when I get back from my 3 day break. I've had a lot of coursework so i'm sorry for the delay

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Sakura and Mokona had found out that there was no feather in this world and infact a giant creature had fallen down and emitted waves of power, exactly like a feather would.

Never the less Syaoran insisted the group stayed a little longer in the world until Fai was fully healed.

"No! We should go…as fast as we can don't worry about me." Fai objected the moment the teen had suggested the idea. His smile firmly on his face.

"Fai-san…you're not well enough…if we land in a dangerous place…" The young princess trailed off into silence, no one wanted to say what could happen.

"If you go like that then you'll slow us down." The ninja finished for the group, he knew that the mage would be in favour of going even if it meant death. "No matter what you think, no matter what you say we're not going. That's final."

"Kuro-daddy is better now." Mokona piped in. Even the ninja had to admit that as the journey went on he was lightening up to the other, yet the names weren't about to make him admit it.

"Shut it you white bun!" He snapped grabbing the white creature by the ears, making it squeak in a very high pitched voice.

"Fai-san?" Sakura watched as the mage started to walk off. She was about to follow when Syaoran gripped her arm slightly and stopped her. He shook his head.

"Leave him be. You better go bun." Kurogane slid down the side of the tree and let the white being bounce after his best friend and partner in the naming rounds.

"Did we upset Fai-san?" Sakura lowered her slightly and tried to keep herself from crying.

"Not at all…he told me something while you were gone…" Kurogane muttered from his place against the tree.

"Kurogane…what would happen if I were to go?" The mage sat up against the tree with his eyes shut and one of his coats by his side.

"How do you mean?" The ninja asked opening one of his eyes to stare at the pale man. Fai had been acting a little off for awhile now and it made the ninja wonder if this was the real Fai. The one behind the mask.

"If I were to just get up and go off somewhere." Fai explained as he rolled onto his side to look at the tanned man beside him.

"I guess the kids would go looking for you with that bun. I'd just be pissed off that you went against everything I did for you without repaying me." Kurogane sighed slightly, he really hated these talks. The last one he'd had was one with Tomoyo about if she went missing.

"Hmmm…" The flaxen mage mumbled and flipped back onto his back. "I guess we all think differently then."

"We'd do something. Unlike you…thinking we'd sit around and shrug it off. You'd have to be an idiot to think that." The ninja muttered as he tried to fall asleep again.

"Maybe so…but…maybe…" The ninja had only caught parts of what Fai had said before he drifted off.

"So he wants us to go?" Syaoran asked slightly worried about the fact that Fai brought up those types of things when him and Sakura weren't around.

"He wants to prove a point I guess…It doesn't fuss me…besides I'm sure that bun will be enough help to that idiot without us around." Kurogane grunted.

Sakura gave a worried look to the brunette who returned it.

"Fai! Fai!" The white creature waddled and bounced its way after the mage who was walking particularly fast and wasn't about to stop.

"Mokona go back." Fai carried on walking picking up the pace slightly.

"Fai! Fai!" Mokona yelled back still attempting to keep up.

"I said go back!" The magician yelled as he broke into a run along the pathway.

"Fai!...Fai!" Mokona yelled as it still tried to catch up with the blonde's man. "Fai!..."

'Stupid conscience. Stupid Conscience.' Fai muttered as his mind forced him to slow down till he eventually stopped. Allowing the white ball to catch up and leap up to his shoulder.

"Fai…why…did….Fai run…?" Mokona panted by the mage's ear.

"Because you shouldn't of come Mokona…." Fai let the smile slip slightly back onto his features as he started walking with the new passenger. The paths twisted and turned into a small wooded area.

"Did Mokona do something wrong?" Mokona asked after a while of silence.

"No Mokona you didn't. I'm just testing something that's all…" The platinum haired male smiled brightly at the creature who smiled back.

The two continued to walk until the reach a fork in the path, Fai pulled a device from his pocket and checked it by holing it up to the small patches of light. Rainbow patterns filtered through the object to leave patterns on the ground which twisted every time Fai moved the device.

When he nodded the mage place the device back into his pocket before carrying on down one of the paths.

"Mokona, when we get to the clearing I need to speak with Yuuko…" Pain started to fill Fai's body starting from his lower back and climbing up to his face. Kurogane had been right he wasn't up to travelling, and his clothes were really starting to rub against the wounds of his back making them bleed slightly again.

"Puu…" Mokona let its ears drop as it yawned slightly. "Are the others going to come?" The little one questioned.

"I don't know Mokona…maybe…I doubt our friend will though…we're not exactly on good ground at the moment." Fai pondered for a moment before falling silent.

"Good ground? What happened?" Mokona was full of questions after spending what seemed like years away from the mage.

"Lets say I take a step forward and the he makes me fall back to the bottom…" Fai couldn't stop the sad expression on his face.

"Why is Fai sad?" Mokona spoke after awhile of walking in silence with the magician. "Yuuko always said you have to be broken down to be built up better."

"I'm sad because I have a lot on my mind...I guess…" The blonde smiled and tilted his head slightly.

"Please stop lying Fai…" Mokona looked down slightly from its perch on the blonde's shoulder. "Mokona knows it because of Mokona's special technique."

"Hmm…" Fai mumbled absent-mindedly.

"Is Fai worried about his friend finding him?" Mokona asked hopping into Fai's hood. The white creature curled up and yawned again being soothed by the slight bouncing movement every time the mage walked.

"Yes. I guess I am Mokona…."