Disclaimer: I do not own Tsubasa CLAMP owns them
Pairings: Slight Kuro x Fai
Notes: We're back after so long! Hopefully I can juggle this around homework this term
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"You're a right bastard sometimes you know that?" The blonde spat from his seat, "I don't why the hell I'm still here I really don't…"
"How very unlike you." Kurogane commented from his place by the window, looking through the gap between the fabric.
"I would have thought you'd appreciate me showing what I truly am under all the smiles. I thought you'd be glad to see me broken down." Fai swung his legs round the chair to rest on one of the arms.
"You're not broken down, you're just being moody." The taller male muttered. "When you're broken down you cry, you cry for hours."
"How would you know?" The mage glanced across to the other male with a look of disgust across his face.
"I've seen it, you're a master of lies on the face but your work with your eyes…eye even needs work. It gives away your true feelings every time." Kurogane closed the gap in the curtains again after he was sure no one else was going to be looking at them.
"Maybe…but I care not...I'm used to far worse things than a little scolding from one person." Fai waved it off and stretched out in his seat, "I've had far, far worse…"
"If you've had trouble in the past why do you want it to repeat? Why make things harder for yourself when you can make them easier?" The ninja took a seat nearby, "I'll repeat what I said before, is it so hard for you to believe?"
"I've never had things easy when I was amongst my own people now why would it be easy with people I hardly know?" The magician laughed quietly, "I'm not worthy enough to take the easy way."
"Why do you put yourself down?" The dark haired male paused, "Why don't you let us close if we want to help?"
"I put myself down because that's what I've been brought up around. People demanding perfection of everything I did." Fai glanced at a spot on the far wall by the door, willing someone else to enter the room.
"As for why I don't let you close…it's my problem and no one ever helped me before, I guess I think it's all a game."
"A game? This is hardly a game. I don't play with other people like you tend too." Kurogane almost laughed at the very reply from the mage.
"I've still heard worse. I might run from things but I hardly play games with people's lives…" The blonde smirked slightly, "Want to hear a tale from my world? You know to pass the time?"
"Go ahead I know you won't tell me anything else tonight…" The ninja muttered dryly.
"You seem so sure…" Fai smirked.
Before our world was created, before any of them were, there was just one dimension. This one world was a paradise to all that lived there; many creatures dwelled in harmony and lived without a chaos or death.
There were two creatures that ruled over this world, the phoenix and dragon. These two beings symbolised total opposites of eachother, light and dark, good and evil, knowledge and power.
They believed that each creature should have atleast one feature that was unique to them; unfortunately there was one creature that got greedy.
The human decided it wanted to be better than all the others, that it should rule not the phoenix dragon.
So after planning for many moons the human went through with it's plan and took everything.
Greed is a terrible thing though; it corrupts everything and anything it can get hold of.
The human's greed eventually drove it to war, offering the world to all that would join. Soon the dimension was split in two and driven into war, only the ones who weren't driven to fighting were the creators of the place, the rulers.
Seeing their paradise was being torn apart by its very inhabitants they decided to wipe all life away, to send them to new worlds.
They created thousands upon thousands of dimensions for the creatures but punished humans for the dark deeds in the past. They unleash sins upon the species but as a side effect all creations were too cursed.
Humans had single handily destroyed paradise for all creatures, but now had a place to call their own. Yet now ever humans are divided. One half is look upon by the phoenix, which makes sure they live in peace and use the knowledge they have. The other is looked upon by the dragon that helps them grow stronger and voice opinions.
"So we have to have all kinds of people to keep the world balanced." Fai finished taking in the confused look on the ninja's face.
"Please tell me you don't go around telling that to everyone you meet." Kurogane was caught between laughing at such a horrible idea and being confused out of his mind for such a thing being thought up.
"It's a belief in my world that is why most magicians have a phoenix engraved onto their backs. It's meant to help guide wisdom and help with mastering magic." The blonde smiled sadly at the floor, he sorely missed his marking now, and it seemed that all the pain was for nothing in the end.
"I guess it makes sense. I'm betting you don't have many things that are taboo." The raven haired man stretched slightly, neck clicking a few times as he rolled it.
"Taboo? We have quite a few. None of them have ever applied to anything I've done though. I don't read many forms of writing, I'm not travelling with some one of three times my age and I'm certainly have no interest in herbs that I'm not used to using." Fai tapped his chin in though with his index finger.
"You're seriously messed up you know that?" The ninja remarked shutting his eyes and trying to relax.
"I've still heard worse." Came the reply.
"How many times have you been broken?" Kurogane asked out of the blue.
"Far too many to count, and only by two people, I must be pathetic." The magician mumbled.
"You have to be broken to be built back up again, that's what my mother used to tell me. Maybe you'll start coming back to your normal self soon." The taller male glanced with one eye over to where the mage was.
"Maybe you'll be fixed well if you let people help you."
"Maybe…" Fai muttered in reply.
There was a quiet knock on the door, which slowly opened to have Sakura's face and Mokona poking around the frame. Sakura still looked a little tired while Mokona just looked upset for some reason.
"We have to get going…Syaoran-kun…he's downstairs waiting…" The princess muttered sadly. She still hadn't got quiet used to the new Syaoran instead of the old one.
With that she quickly exited and her heavy footsteps could be heard growing distant down the stairs.
"If you have less than six scratches today I'll let you buy some of that sweet junk today." Kurogane mumbled as he helped the light male to his feet.
"Hmmm…" Fai mumbled something else that sounded like 'we'll see'. He walked out quickly and stood just outside the door for a bit before following where Sakura had gone.
"For someone who's meant to be a phoenix you don't use that knowledge." The dark haired man muttered as he trailed slowly after the rest of the group.