MixoMania

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That's so predictable. Anyways, I don't like sappy endings, so prepare yourself for something sweet (ninjas should now start running). Maybe I'll write some smut? I don't know yet. We'll see.

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One happy family

When Sakura woke up one next morning, she found herself holding an arm that wasn't her own. Luckily, Shaolan hadn't noticed as he had not awoken yet.

Blushing, the young princess went out of his room and passed by Fay's bed to reach the kitchen. "Good morning Fay-san! Did you slept well?"

"Quite well Sakura-chan. Do you want to learn how to make pancakes?"

"Oh, I'd love to, Fay-san!" she replied enthusiastically. "But I'm not sure I can do it…"

"Just try, it's fun."

"Can I tell Shaolan about this, then? I know he enjoyed the cooking lesson yesterday."

"That would be very sweet of you I guess", the mage replied, concentrating on making caramel.

Sakura happily ran towards the spare room. But once in it, she hesitated about waking the young man up. Fortunately, he opened his eyes as soon as she entered. "Good morning, Sakura-hime", he said. "Have you slept well?"

"I did, thank you", she answered, blushing. "Fay-san is baking pancakes for breakfast", she added. "Would you like to join us?"

"I'll join you as soon as I'll be fully dressed", the young man answered. (Sleeping in their underwear had been quite a no-no idea for both of them, so they had borrowed some large robes of Fay's to sleep in).

As she happily went back to the kitchen, Sakura noticed something strange.

"Fay-san", she asked when she was back next to him, "when did Kurogane-san came back?"

"What do you mean?" Fay said, still checking on sweet liquid.

"Well, as he's laying on your bed now, I assumed he had to have came back at some point, ne?"

Fay looked at her in awe. "Do you mean the fairypup' is in my room right now?"

"Err… yes", Sakura answered, not quite sure to know who was referred to as a fairypup.

"Well that's quite marvellous, dear", Fay said with a wide smile. "Would you go and tell him I'll make him sushis as soon as I'm done with this?"

"Sushis?" Kurogane said, yawning (he had just entered the kitchen and only caught a bit of their conversation). "It's morning damn mage! Cook me something else".

"My, Kurogane-san is quite demanding!" Fay smiled. "So you'll have pancakes."

"Yeah, whatever. Just don't make it sugary."

Fay smiled, checking on his caramel, and Sakura smiled too, but looking at the fairyman.

"Kurogane-san, I'm so happy you came back!" she exclaimed. "I was very concerned when Mokona said you might not come back!"

Kurogane looked at her in confusion. Then he looked at Fay, whose smile was wider than wide, and scratched his head to hide his own growing smirk.

"Yeah, well, that wasn't that difficult to start with", he said.

"Really?" Sakura said. "What did you have to do?"

"I had to fight myself", the fairyman said. "And believe me, that's the hell of a rival."

"Good morning, Fay-san and, err… good morning, sir" Shaolan said from the door. "I hope I'm not intruding."

"You are not", Fay said, smiling.

"Shaolan-kun, I would like you to meet your fairy godfather", Sakura said. "Kurogane-san, this is Prince Shaolan."

"Glad to meet you", Shaolan said.

"Nice kid", Kurogane said with a pat on Shaolan's (confused) head. "When are we eating?" (He was very hungry.)

"As soon as you'll have set the table, Kuro-sama", Fay answered smiling.

Kurogane frowned.

"Oh my!" the mage happily exclaimed. "Kurogane-chan doesn't know how to set a table! Shaolan-kun, would you help him with that please?"

"I will!" Shaolan answered with determination. Kurogane grunted but then took a pile of plates. The sooner the table was set, the sooner he would eat again.

Fay was very happy on this morning. Genuinely happy. Almost glowing. He and Sakura had made a huge pile of caramel dropping pancakes, and had put some honey and most sugar in little cups for people to get fat (Kurogane thought). Fay had also cooked a dark chocolate sauce bitter enough to suit the fairyman's palate. Not that he cared; he almost engulfed the table.

"Kuro-san is hungry!" the mage smiled.

"Fighting oneself is one demanding task!" Sakura affirmed with enthusiasm.

Shaolan looked at Kurogane with admiration. "You're also a fighter?" he asked. "Would you teach me one of your moves?"

"I'm no teacher", Kurogane said. "Now, mage, you surely know how to make coffee?"

Fay smiled.

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The day passed quite quickly, and the kids went to bed once more, only with a little less blushing than before. They had cooked again, and Sakura had showed Fai how to make pretty dresses, and then Fay had shown her how to draw and some of his magic tricks (Shaolan would always be there as he loved the sweet lady). Then, all have gone to bed.

"You know you wont retain them with tricks forever", Kurogane said to Fay.

"I know. I don't ask it to last forever."

Kurogane grunted.

"You still see the corpses, right?"

"Yes, I do. Why?"

"I don't."

Fay turned aside to look at him. "What does it mean?"

"I think you're caught up in this other dimension, just as I was", Kurogane said. "Only you're also in this dimension, with us."

"You mean that I'm on the verge of them?"

"More or less, yeah."

Fay laughed. "So what?"

"Would you stop that, you damn mage!" Kurogane shouted. "If I could go out of it, you can do the same. Just stop believing it's real."

Fay laughed again. "It is real, Kuro-sama. My soul's in there."

"That's no soul. I told you it's a puppet. Your soul is here, with me."

"With you, Kuro-chan?"

"Kurogane."

"But I know it's my soul, Kuro-san. It's me."

"It's not you, damn it!" Kurogane sighed. "It was you, yeah, but you when you tried to kill yourself, not you as you are right now. It reeks of sadness and resignation."

"But I am resignated. I know I won't get out of here."

Kurogane glared at him.

"I could, so you will. Don't contradict me." He took Fay by the arm. "Listen. When I was still stuck, I took a book on a shelf."

"A soul book."

"Right. Whatever. But moments later, I took it again."

Fay looked bewildered. "Well, that's odd."

"No, that's logical. That means our soul changes. That we have about as many souls as there are instants passing."

Fay looked at him, looked at his own soul.

"So that's not me. That's not me at all."

Kurogane sighed in relief. "Gosh, that was even more difficult than escaping the realm."

Fay smiled. "But I still see the corpses Kurogane-chan…"

Kurogane smirked. "Well, I can help you changing your mind…" He kissed him.

"My, Kuro-san is a good fairy", Fay smiled. "Which makes me wonder: why are you a fairy, Kuro-san? That doesn't suit you much."

"It's 'cause of this guy at the Character's Academy", Kurogane answered. "I told him I was going for the warrior part, and that I wanted to be a ninja, but he said they where no parts left for me aside from a fairy godfather's one."

"Weird. What was is name again? Mine smirked when I told him who I was and that I was going for magician. Or bartender. Or vampire, I don't remember."

"It's name was Fei Wrong Red, or something approaching", Kurogane said.

"Well, I don't know the guy, but it seems like he's been holding on a grudge against us or something."

"Yeah, maybe."

Kurogane plunged his hand in Fay's hair. "I guess he failed."

Fay kissed him lightly. "I guess you're right."