Chapter 2- New comers

Notes: …. Well, I did promise to update didn't I? Sorry…. But here's a new chapter! R&R! What do you guys think of MokoSyao?

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Fai woke up very early in the morning; it was almost 4, still dark. Everything seemed lifeless and gloomy. When Fai thought of leaving the group in an hour or so, he couldn't help but let tears roll down his cheeks. He didn't care how he looked now; no one else could see it. Or so he thinks….

He walked into the children's room, they were both asleep and looked so innocent, and he started thinking about the times they shared together. Outo was unforgettable. Recently, a lot has happened, for one, Fai was now a vampire. He felt strange, not the change in his body but how Kurogane was so willing to help him. Fai knew he had failed at something, something he told himself he'd do. Even before leaving Celes. He had promised himself to keep a distance from others, he failed and regretted that. He didn't want ANYONE to feel for him. But look! The poor ninja is taking a risk… for him. Fai was happy, happy that there was someone who cared about him. But sad because he didn't want that person to care so much about him.

Fai walked out of the room slowly, shocked to see Mokona standing in the doorway. Mokona looked at him, more of a stare actually. Fai wondered how long the white manjuu had been standing there. Good thing his tears were dry. There was a brief pause and a bit of a staring competition before Fai spoke up.

"Ohayo Mokona!" Fai managed to say in his usual, cheery tone. Mokona knew Fai was upset, but why say it when the mage was obviously trying to cover up?

"Fai! Fai! Fai!" Mokona chanted as he found himself a spot on Fai's cold and skinny shoulder. Fai pressed a finger to his lips, indicating for Mokona to be quiet, after all, they were the only ones awake. It was only 4, he didn't want to wake the kids up.

"We'll go outside Mokona." Fai whispered, he walked out of the room and started walking down the dark hall way.

When they sat down on the sofa, the conversation began again.

"Fai! Yuuko wants to speak to you!" Fai froze, he didn't say anything nor did he change his expression on the outside. This wasn't unexpected, he did ask for this. And now he's taking his first step.

"Hai!" Fai said, still cheery on the outside.

Then the image of Yuuko came up, the witch was dressed in a beautiful dark red night gown. She looked half asleep as well. Probably drinking all night….

"Morning, Fai! Morning, Mokona. I hope I didn't wake you up, must be very early over there." The witch said, she looked more asleep herself.

"Mmm… It's nearly 4, but you didn't wake me up. I wanted to get a snack anyway."

"That's nice! But Mokona looks pretty sleepy, why don't you sleep while we talk?" They both laughed after this comment, the manjuu was already asleep.

The laughing didn't last any longer than 3 seconds, the atmosphere became tense and awkward, this would've never happened between the two, both very talented talkers. But today was different. Today was the big day!

"Fai, you ready to go?" Yuuko had grown a soft spot for this group, especially for the ninja and mage. This was very dangerous for her job; it was a rule to never let her own feelings get in the way of work.

"Yep!" Said the male.

"OK, then. I'll…. Send you there now." (AN: This is OOC for Yuuko, but please stick with me!) The two looked at the manjuu for a while, then Mokona's mouth started swelling up and finally something came out of it. Fai's tattoo. Slowly, very slowly, it found its way to its owner, and sank into the mage's back. Nothing dramatic happened, just a smile from the wizard, this one, though, looked very forced and fake. Faker than usual I might add.

A second later, Fai started writing symbols on the air around him with his finger, it looked like the ones he had done in Celes, only some symbols were different. Once there were symbols all around him, the looked at Yuuko.

"Yes, I'm done Yuuko-san"

"On 3."

"1….2...3" On '3', there was a mixture of blue and gold lights, a magic field of the moon appeared on the ground below Fai's feet. The gold lights wrapped around him, the blue lights did the same. Soon, everything disappeared and Fai was gone. On his way, to where he wished to go.

"I'm sorry Fai… I know it was hard. Using magic with only one eye… and using so much at one time. My spell didn't work as well as I thought, that was only because you could handle it." (AN: This sentence wasn't meant to make sense) The witch whispered quietly to herself.

The tattoo arrived at Yuuko's shop in less than a minute. With a smile, the wish granter let out a sigh of relief.

She walked over to the tattoo, studying it carefully and once again let out a sigh. There was blood on some parts of the tattoo.

"2 days isn't a very long time, but a task can be accomplished" She said to herself, her eyes filled with sympathy and sadness. But she has faith; she had faith in the magician.

In Cross Academy, the headmaster's office, 20 minutes before twilight.

"When would he come?" Asked Zero. Headmaster Cross had told them about Fai's story; they knew his purpose of coming and what to do when he arrived.

"In 20 minutes." The chairman was in his serious mode.

"But that's when the Night Class comes out! We need to be there!" Yuki objected. Though there was no point in arguing.

"There's nothing we can do. And that's why the night class is helping. The day Class will be finishing late today."

"Those blood suckers are helping?" Zero sounds disgusted.

"That's the only way Zero, and you'll be going to the Moon Dorm too! I'll come a bit later. I need to do something first." The chairman announced.

"OK, we'll go now." Yuki said, rather timidly. In 10 years, she had never seen the chairman so serious and worried about something. The both turned and headed for the Mood Dorm. It was now 15 minutes before the arrival.


So, how was it? R&R! Some spelling mistakes, please correct me! I rushed this, next chapter will be better… hopefully…..