Disclaimer: Is my name CLAMP? No, last time I checked it wasn't, so thus I don't own Tsubasa or the wonderful characters that are in this story, oh well, 'cept Chiyose.
AN: Well, this is in the same world as the first one, but something tells me they may need to move on soon...
Thanks to all who reviewed! It was really nice to hear that you liked it. I also apologize for how long this stupid thing took! (considering how it was mostly written already... ) But well, work and the fact that there was a section missing, (really how did I jump subjects like that?) so anywho, please enjoy it!
2 Super-Absorbing Power
Kurogane growled. Only one thing left to do. Nothing else had worked.
"Kuro-rin? What's going on?" Fai asked almost hesitantly, really not sure if he wanted to know why the ninja had become silent.
"Oh, nothing... We'll have ya out in a bit..."
"K-Kuro-puu?"
Silence.
"W-wait! Kurogane-san, what are you doing?" Syaoran's question raised the hair on the back of Fai's neck.
A small shudder traveled up the mage's body. He didn't know what, but something bad was about to happen.
"K-Kuroane-san! You shouldn't do that!" Sakura cried out.
Five hours ago...
"Kuro... Wakey... My... sleep... quite... bit..." Fai's voice broke into Kurogane's dream, stirring him from his slumber. "Wakey, wakey! Come now Kuro-puu~!" The mage shook the ninja violently. "Kuro-wan! It's almost breakfast! Hurry, hurry and wakey, wakey!"
"Ugh... Five more minutes..." Grumpily, the raven-haired man rolled over onto his other side to escape the blonde annoyance. He had not been able to get much sleep, due to the alcohol that Chiyose had produced for them to drink. He hated when the mage got drunk. All chaos and no sleep. Hence, why he was still attempting to sleep soundly.
"Now, now, Kurgi, if we don't hurry, Mokona and Chiyose will eat all the food."
That got Kurogane to turn a sleepy head back towards the magician. "...Food?"
"Yes, Kuro-wan, food..." Fai poked the band-aid, hoping to convince him to get up, even if that did mean running for his life.
"Dora the Explorer!"
Growling, Kurogane sat up. "Enough, Mage."
"Well then hurry up!" Grinning like always, the blonde cheerfully skipped out of the room.
Kurogane rolled his eyes. "He's at it again, huh? And so early too..." He grumbled but got ready for the oncoming day. When he walked into the kitchen the group was already sitting down at the table.
"Kurogane-san! Glad you made it!" Sakura beamed cheerily up at him.
"Hurry up and take some food," Holding out a plate, Syaoran smiled at him, "Before those two eat it all." He motioned with his head over to Chiyose and Mokona, who were devouring the remainder of food on their plates.
"Mmmhmm! You snooze, you lose!" Reaching for seconds, Chiyose grinned up at him with little specks of food plastered to her chin.
Kurogane's mouth twitched as he poked the the food. "Do I even want to know what this is?"
"It's good, Kuro-pon, just try some." The magician smiled as he held up his fork, the piece of chocolate chip pancake oozing maple syrup.
"That doesn't make me feel much better, seeing as it comes from you, Mage." Grudgingly, he placed some of it on his plate. Still unsure of the meal, he hesitantly lifted the chopsticks to his lips. His eyes widened as he started to chew more vigorously.
"It's good, huh, Kurgi? Chiyose worked hard all morning cooking for us."
Kurogane grunted as he filled his plate full again.
"I'll take that as a yes..." Fai smiled then he turned to Mokona. "Moko-chan, do you think Yuuko-san will like this?"
Nodding rapidly, Mokona opened up her mouth to send a plate to the Dimensional Witch. The plate started to glow, but when it came close to the fur-ball's mouth it suddenly clattered to the floor.
"Uh-oh. What happened Moko-chan?" Fai came over to the little creature, patting it gently on the head.
"Mokona doesn't know. Mokona thought it was going, then pop and it stopped." Eyes furrowed in worry, she tried again. The same result. "Oh, no, oh, no." Mokona paced up and down the table, finally settling down to sit on Kurogane's shoulder. "Mokona doesn't know what to do. Mokona's never had this problem before..."
"Well, try opening up wide, maybe I can find something wrong." Fai leaned over closer to their little friend. "Open wide."
"Ahh." Opening her mouth wide, she sucked in a breath.
Suddenly, Fai began to glow pink as the manju started sucking the mage into his mouth. "Uwah! I think it's work-" Before he had finished his sentence, Fai was gone.
"W-What just happened?" Chiyose stood up slowly, her eyes the size of saucers.
"Did you just suck the mage up?" Kurogane stared at the manju, his mouth open in a shocked sort of smile.
"Oh, Mokona doesn't know what to do! Mokona sucked Fai up, up, up!" The cream-puff jumped down onto the table and began pacing.
"Fai-san!" Eyes wide with horror, Sakura ran over to Mokona. Syaoran followed coming over to poke the manju's cheeks.
"How do we get him out?"
"Mokona doesn't know! Mokona's never done this before!"
"Well, that doesn't sound good." In a slight panic, Chiyose rushed over to join the crowd. "How did you do that anyway?"
"It's one of Mokona's 108 Hidden Secrets: Super-Absorbing Power! But Mokona wasn't supposed to suck Fai in!"
"Try spitting him out." Kurogane muttered, finding this whole scene downright hysterical and not minding the fact that the mage was currently MIA inside of the fluff-ball's mouth. He probably was with that witch, anyway.
"Mokona can't! Mokona's trying, but Mokona can't!" The little creature had tears streaming down her cheeks as she worried over what to do.
"It's okay, Mokona." Rubbing her head, Syaoran tried to offer some comfort. The group then resorted to trying different methods to bring the mage back.
Ten minutes later~
"Okay, so, pulling its ears is out, too. So is sticking my hand in its mouth..." Kurogane growled, wiping his slobbery hand on his pant leg. "What else can we do?"
"I have no idea..." Resting for a minute, Chiyose sighed putting her head on the table.
Suddenly Mokona started making gagging noises.
"Mokona! What's wrong?" Syaoran ran back over to her. His eyes flew open in horror. "Mokona's choking!"
"What?" They all jumped up and crowded around.
"Oh, great! What else can go wrong?"
They rushed around trying to help Mokona, but nothing seemed to work.
"Guys, I think it's turning blue..." Chiyose squeaked.
"Great!"
"Oh, man, oh, man, oh, man!"
"Hold on Mokona!" Grabbing the nearest object, Sakura swung her weapon into the manju's back.
THWACK!
Fai shot from Mokona's mouth in a blur of blue.
CRASH!
They all stared as the white fluff-ball fell forward onto the table revealing Sakura holding a frying pan.
"..."
"Oh, oops." The princess's face turned red as she hid the frying pan behind her back.
"Well, that was fun," Fai's voice jerked their attention to the wall, "but I appear to be stuck in the wall... A little help?"
Kurogane laughed at the magician's state.
He was indeed stuck with his head having gone through the wall, leaving the group only able to see him from his shoulders down. The scene was made more comical by Fai's attempts to get out. Using his arms and legs as "leverage," he was pushing against his captor with all his might.
"Cute, Mage, cute..." Kurogane couldn't see his face, but he was sure that the blonde's expression would be priceless. "Come on. Although I think he makes a good decoration, the redhead looks about ready to faint." He motioned over to Chiyose who was staring at Fai with horror and disbelief.
"My wall..."
"We should probably get him out then..." Syaoran stated as he walked into the next room. "Hello, Fai-san."
"Syaoran-kun." The blonde cheerfully smiled. "I'm back."
"Yeah, but now we have to get you un-stuck from here." The poor archaeologist looked exasperated.
On the other side of the wall, the sulking ninja grumpily stalked over to the magician. Rolling his eyes, he placed his arms around the mage's body right underneath his arms.
"K-Kuro-rin!" Fai squirmed beneath the ninja's firm grasp, blushing at the proximity.
"Shut up, Mage. On three, the girls and I will pull. You push, okay, Syaoran?"
"Yeah. I got it."
"Ready?" The girls nodded, each holding one of the magician's legs. "One." Syaoran placed his hands on Fai's head.
"Two." The ninja's grip tightened. Fai squeezed his eyes shut. "Three." Syaoran pushed; Kurogane, Sakura, and Chiyose pulled.
"Ow. That hurts!" The ninja growled; Fai hadn't budged an inch.
"What about butter?" Running over to the refrigerator, Chiyose pulled out the butter and started slathering it on the hostage's neck.
He started giggling and squirming about. "Chiyose-san! That's cold!"
"I know, but it should help."
"On three again! One. Two. Three!"
They pulled and they pushed, but the mage was stuck fast.
Ten minutes later...
"Maybe we should just stick a lamp on him or something..." Kurogane sighed.
"Uwah, I don't want to be a table!"
"Then there's only one thing left to do..."
"K-Kuro-wan?" Fai squirmed, the hairs on the back of his neck standing on end.
"Kurogane-san! I-I don't think you should do that!" Syaoran's voice made a shiver go up his back.
Kurogane was up to something, he could feel it in the air.
"Don't do it!" Chiyose squealed. Fai wished he could see what was going on because not knowing was driving him crazy.
"Well, what else am I supposed to do!"
The next few minutes were filled with protests and nervous energy, but Kurogane seemed to win the argument.
"Now, I'm going to do it on three."
"One." The magician could sense the trouble coming.
"Two." He heard Syaoran's voice join in this time. Tensing up, he waited for the oncoming disaster.
Kurogane got in position. "Three!" Kurogane shouted, thrusting his foot into the mage's backside.
Fai went flying through the wall, only to crash into another.
When the dust cleared, Fai's hand could be seen from beneath the rubble, twitching to signal that he still lived.
"M-my wall!" Chiyose stared at the hole, and finding it too much, she collapsed into Syaoran's waiting arms.
Sakura was horrified as she ran over to the rubble. "Fai-san?"
From the pile came the magician's voice. "Ow... Kuro-daddy hit me..."