I'm back~! For now.

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Note about my roleplaying: (For anyone who cares) I made another Fai and he got adopted by a different Kurogane and Fai couple. Then my Fai started dating another Kurogane...Oh the hilarity...

Disclaimer: No I don'tt

It was a peaceful night; I didn't even sense any people around. The night became illuminated by the lights of the city as I made my way closer to the main streets of the city.

Everywhere I looked there were many buildings that were more interesting then the last. Shopping malls, convenient stores, and, thank whatever deity is in this world, a plentiful selection of bars.

I eventually wandered into the closest bar, hoping they had good alcohol here; preferably some that didn't change your gender. I found a seat at the bar and sat down on a stool, sighing in relief. All this walking is making my feet hurt like hell and this freaking chest wasn't helping. How did woman stand them?

A female bartender walked towards me with a professional smile. "Good evening and welcome. Would you like anything to drink?"

I realized I didn't have any money to buy any drinks. Damn it all. I shook my head. "I'll order in a bit." hoping I could somehow get money for a drink.

"Ok then, take your time." She told me as she went off to serve more customers.

I sat in silence for a while until a man sat down next to me. "Excuse me; I would like a bloody Mary please."

"Right away, sir." The bartender smiled.

I turned my head and looked at him. The man had blonde hair and bright blue eyes; they looked very familiar to me...

He looked like the mage... Maybe he was this world's mage?

The man turned to me and smiled. "May I buy you a drink pretty lady?"

He was obviously flirting, but why did it matter if he was? It wasn't like I was dating anyone.

I nodded and smiled faintly at him. "Sure, why not? I'd love a drink."

I hoped I sounded like a normal woman... Well, I am a woman now; naturally my voice would be a bit higher.

He smiled and turned to the bartender. "Another Bloody Mary, please, if that's ok with you miss." He looked at me to see if I had any problem with that.

I shrugged my shoulders. As long as it was alcohol, I didn't care.

And, the name intrigued me.

He turned back to the bartender, nodding to confirm my drink choice.

"Come here often?" He asked me, turning to face me again as the bartender left to make our drinks.

"Nope. I've never been here before." I answered simply with a shake of my head.

"Ah, I see. I come here on occasion. My name's Yui. What's yours miss?" He asked me politely, giving me a big smile.

Now, I faced a dilemma. I couldn't use my own name; which was clearly a guy's name, in any world. I had to think of a new one, and quickly!

Come on Kurogane! Think of something!

"My name's...Kuro...gan...a..." Kurogana? Seriously? That was terrible! I thought I would've thought of something better than that. Normally, I could, but recent events left my mind slightly blank.

Thankfully, this Yui guy seemed to buy it when he smiled and nodded.

However it didn't took long at all to see that the smile he wore was a sad one. He did look a lot like the mage; same blue eyes and blonde hair, except he had an earring in his right ear and didn't plaster on

Fake smiles.

"Kurogana, huh? That sounds like my...uhm... ex's name." He said slowly as his smile going into a slight frown. I could see clearly that something was clouding his eyes; I just didn't know what. Memories of the past? Eh, I didn't care what it was frankly. His smile quickly returned. "But, the past is the past, as I was told."

He shook his head. "We shouldn't talk about that. It'd be rather depressing if we continue that road of discussion." He then placed a hand on his chin. "So, what brings you here Miss Kuro?"

Great, now even this guy was calling me names. I wonder; could this guy be the Fai of this world? No...he said that his name is Yui, and the other world duplicates we've run into are always with similar names and personalities. At least, that was the case since the beginning of the journey so far…..but….

"Miss Kuro? Is something wrong?" Yui asked, even his voice sounded like the mages, "Miss...?" He asked again, worry in his voice.

I realized I had been zoning out as looked at him suddenly, so I turned to him and tried to smile. "Yea. Fine, just thinking about stuff….." I trailed off; not sure what to say.

"Just thinking about your ex?" He asked slyly; trying to guess what I was thinking about.

And he was right; in a way.

"How did you know?" I asked in a slightly incredulous tone.

The bartender returned with our drinks and place one each in front of us. Yui took his drink and I took mine.

"Just a guess." He answered. "People usually think of their ex when someone else mention their ex." He explained; taking a sip of his drink.

I couldn't help but agree."Yeah, I guess that makes sense," I mumbled; also taking a drink of the Bloody Mary. I had to say after that sip that I liked saké better than this. But I drink it since it's still alcohol and it was free.

Yui laughed softly. "Yea, guess so." He took another sip. "How long were you and your ex together; if you don't mind me asking?"

"Well, we weren't actually a couple. He just kept throwing freaking signals and hints to me, but he never actually came out and told me. Then when I tried to make the first move, he froze up and didn't...really acknowledge it..." I realized the mage hadn't answered my question. Again. I sighed and continued, "So I said.'Screw him' and went out." I looked down at my drink just recalling that incident before wondering here.

"Oh... I'm sorry..." He whispered; putting his hand on mine. I didn't bother to move my hand, just shrugged casually. What I told him was the truth. If the mage was going to act like that and ignore what I said, I wasn't going to try. It would be an effort in futility to make the mage tell the full truth and answer my entire question. Instead, I was going to go out and get drunk, maybe get picked up by a stranger. And that was happening now. I also did not want to have to go back to where the mage was. I wasn't planning on staying away forever; just a time long enough to make the mage try to explain my extended absence to the kids and the pork bun. And to figure out my thoughts on what I was going to do.

I smiled at him. "No. It's alright, he was an idiot anyway." I waved my hand around to tell forget it. "So, tell me a bit about your ex, if you want to that is." Oh god. Now I was being nice, what was wrong with me? I blame it on the alcohol.

"Sure, sure." Yui nodded. "My ex was a cold person. I thought that they would have been more careful..." His words didn't make any sense to me, but he had trailed off and I didn't want to press him. I didn't really care...

I put the glass to my lips, but no liquid came. I looked and the glass was empty. I breathed a loud sigh of indignation and set the glass down. I couldn't buy anymore since I didn't have any money in the first place. And damnit, I wasn't drunk yet! Tonight was a night I needed to drink away, maybe figure some shit out.

Thankfully, Yui noticed I had an empty glass and waved the bartender over. "I'm planning on getting more, would you like more? I'll buy."

I smiled, hoping it would appear attractive to him. "Yes, that would be nice, thank you." Ugh, I was saying thank you now. This female thing is going to my head. I hope I don't act like this when I get my body back. If I do, I'm going to have to beat some sense into myself.

I looked down at our hands, where his hand was on top of mine. I decided to flip over my hand and hold his hand. He looked at me, surprised, but his face morphed into a smile. At least he didn't freeze up when someone showed affection, like the mage always did.

Damnit! I have to stop thinking about him!

I looked up and saw that the bartender was walking over to us. As she got closer, I saw she was momentarily surprised by our hands that were together. But she quickly looked up at Yui. "Yes, what would you like?"

Yui looked at me. "Miss, what would you like? I'll let you pick this time."

"Do you have saké?" I asked, hoping they had it. The bartender nodded."Then that's what I would like; a bottle of saké."The bartender nodded again and walked off.

I looked at Yui; he had a sad sort of look on his face. I moved my hand from his and put it on his back."Hey, are you alright?" I asked in a worried tone. Geez, I was starting to worry about other people. I just keep getting worse and worse.

He looked up and smiled at me. "Yea, fine. It's just….my, uh, ex always drank saké, that was always the alcohol of choice. Could drink 6 or 7 bottles and still be somewhat sober..."

I was about to say something when the bartender came back with a bottle of saké and two cups for us. "Here's your order miss and a cup for you sir."

We both thanked her and I poured a cup full first. I took a big swig of before remembering that drinking like that was not acceptable behavior for a woman. I looked over at Yui. "S-sorry about that." I said meekly. Why the hell am I acting all polite? Damn woman traits!

Yui chuckled. "That's quite alright missing. The way you drink reminds me of my ex... Er... Sorry." He cleared his throat as he took a big drink of his as well.

"Please, no need for the 'miss', you can just call me Kurogana." I said before taking another big drink, crap; I did it again.

Yui laughed and nodded, turning to face me. "Do you mind if I called you Kura? Kurogana reminds me too much of my...ex..." Yui finished slowly. My name reminded him too much of his ex? Maybe, no! No way! My other world counterpart can't be the ex of Yui! I'm just thinking too much into his words! Yea...that's it...

I didn't want it to seem like I was zoning out again, so I shrugged. "Naw, that's cool. Kura works."

"Good, now Kura, would you like to leave and go someplace else?" Yui asked, smiling as he stood up from the stool. Perfect, he was going to take me to his home, for sex more than likely. But I didn't care.

"Sure. I'd love too, if you don't mind..." I trailed off slowly. Yui squeezed my hand, smiling at me. He let go of my hand and called the bartender over.

"Cali, can you call us a cab please? And I'd also like to pay for the drinks, all on the same bill." He asked; smiling.

The bartender smiled back, "Of course, Yui. Your total is... £30.45."

Yui counted out the money and handed it to her. She nodded, putting the money in a till.

"So, Yui, how's your twin doing?" She asked while going to grab the 'phone' thing so she could call us a 'cab'.

Yui laughed loudly. "Oh, he's great! He loves his job, baking has always been a hobby of his!"

I looked over at him as he continued the small conversation with the bartender.

So Yui had a twin, huh?

I wonder if he was like Yui...

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"This way Kura, into this." Yui told me, pointing to the yellow car in front; it looked like the cars from Piffle, except with wheels. I followed Yui into the 'cab' and he laughed at me, confused and surprised when I said I'd never been in a cab before. "I just, cannot believe you have never been in a cab before."'

"Yea, well, bite me. My country wasn't really the most tech-advanced."

I snapped at him. What I said was true, but the last time I was in my country, (not counting my dream), I didn't even know about other worlds.

"Of course; sorry about that." Yui smiled as he apologized. "So, where do you live Kura?"

"Huh...?" I asked stupidly; concentrating at on something else.

Yui laughed. "I need to take you home; don't I?" He asked me as he looked into my eyes. Well, he did have a point. I should go home, but the mage was there and I didn't want to deal with him anytime soon. I hadn't had any time to figure out my thought. I quickly thought up a plan to make this night longer.

I looked at him with a sad expression. "Well I know I should but he's there and I don't want to have to face him yet so I was hoping that, if I could, go home with you instead?"

He looked surprised for a second before smiling and nodding. He leaned forward and told an address of some sort to the driver, who nodded and putted the car in motion.

Then it just occurred to me that going with a random man that I met in a bar was probably not the best course of action to take, but I was a big boy, or um….girl and I could take care of myself. Who cared if I was making a big mistake? I sure as hell didn't. The kids might care, but I didn't right now.

And the mage?

Yeah right.

Why would he of all people care about me? He barely cares about himself. And if he did care about me, that was just too damn bad. I was going to do what I wanted to do. Go where I wanted to go, regardless of what other people will say.

I looked over at Yui. He was looking out the window at something outside. I decided to stretch my hands and put one around Yui. He looked over at me in confusion before smiling and putting his arm around mine; pulling me closer. I leaned into him as I put my hands on top of his that were on my lap and closed my eyes; vaguely hearing the soft hum of the cab.

Sometime later, I feel Yui moving and shaking me around a bit. I guess I must have fallen asleep. I sat up and realized the cab had stopped moving and that we were outside a house. It was most likely Yui's house. I looked over at him; obviously confused.

Yui smiled at me. "Kura, we're here. This is my house, now I'll help you out and you can sleep when we get inside."He shifted me a bit and got out, then he reached his hand back in for me, I accepted it and he pulled me out. He gave the driver some money and helped me walking into the house. I wonder why I was so tired.

Must be the female body.

As we got inside, Yui placed me on the couch and went over to turn on some lights. I looked around the house. It looked like it was very well kept; very clean. If I didn't know any better; I'd say that this was a nice house.

Yui walked over and stood in front of me. Smiling, he looked down at me. "Kura, I'll take the couch so you can have the bed, ok?"

I nodded, then grabbed Yui's hand and pulled him down for a forceful kiss.

He was surprised for a second before relaxing into the kiss. He pushed me up against the back of the couch, and then pushed me gently onto the furniture; into a laying down position. I sighed as he pulled back from the kiss. We looked into each others' eyes; searching for something.

"Are you sure you want this?" Yui asked as he smiled unsurely.

I smiled up at him, very sure of myself, even though I knew I shouldn't be doing this. I never would have considered this before, what changed? But, I shoved that thought from my mind as I nodded, "Of course I do. Why else would I kiss you?"

Yui blinked a couple of times before smiling fondly. He then leaned forward and gave me another short kiss before moving towards my neck. I moved my head to give him better access. I moaned lightly as he placed kisses on my skin before he sucked on the spot between the neck and shoulder.

As I wrapped my arms around his back, I closed my eyes in bliss.

I want to forget; forget that I was in a woman's body, to forget the kids and the pork-bun and most of all to forget the mage and the whole mess between us.

If only for a moment….

I want to forget everything.

Kurogane! How...HOW SCANDALOUS! :O

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