I'm pretty happy with this chapter. I was inspired as well as motivated by the lovely reviews I got, I'm so glad that other's can enjoy it the way I do. This should please as it ends with a little KuroFai, but I will do a chapter dedicated to them, fear not. :) Enjoy~!
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Kurogane sat, crossed arms and crossed legs, at the edge of the group, and glared at the blonde magician who frolicked at the front of the room. The session was marked on the timetable as 'group therapy' but so far it had only established that Fai could, in fact, sing, dance and make fun of Kurogane simultaneously. Yuuko kept a close eye of Kurogane's expression as Fai lured Kamui and Subaru into demonstrating one of the many ways in which Kurogane had been embarrassed. Just as his eye twitched violently and the vein in his forehead looked about to burst, Yuuko rose, clapping her hands and calling for attention. Noticing that many who had not been asked to attend the group therapy had snuck in to watch Fai dance; she quickly named, shamed and sent them away. Hokuto appeared at the door and ushered the non-participants to the parlor, where much alcohol was imbibed and Hokuto held a fashion show.
Yuuko grinned demonically as Fujitaka slid the door closed and Tomoyo set two more cameras up for recording. Those left in the room were Kurogane, Fai, Watanuki, Doumeki, Rikuo, Kazahaya, Yukito and Touya. The last pair sat comfortably at the front of the room where Yuuko stood, the others, rather uncomfortably, Fai the only exception, all sat uneasily in their semi-circle. Clearing her throat imperiously, all eyes glued themselves to Yuuko's face. "Today, in this session of group therapy, we will be doing some simple role play. "There was silence, apart from the slight bouncing of Fai's feet on the floor. Touya smirked and Yuuko continued. "We will be addressing the problem of all of the confession, which most of you seem to be struggling with." Touya and Yuki turned to each other and patted the other's knee, smiling knowingly. Watanuki and Kazahaya sat in confused silence, Rikuo and Doumeki smirked as one and Kurogane's eye twitched as Fai leapt from his seat and started shouting, "I confess! I confess!" Tomoyo giggled behind her hand as Fujitaka shook his head and rubbed his head. Yuuko grinned toothily. "By confession I mean a confession of love." A millisecond of silence lasted before Kazahaya, Watanuki and Kurogane started shouting profanities. Rikuo and Fai grinned and Doumeki sat stoically, following the lead of Touya, who stoically watched Yuki giggle. Tomoyo darted around the room, capturing all images of mayhem and Fujitaka attempted to stop Kazahaya from physically attacking Rikuo by waving his hands and smiling. Watanuki directed death threats to both Doumeki and Yuuko, while Kurogane thrashed about, yelling at Yuuko and trying to pry Fai off of him, as he had latched himself onto his shoulders, again.
Yuuko enjoyed the scene, as did many other members of the household as they crowded into the secret video room. Kohaku, Hisui and Subaru excused themselves as they blushed from the variety of curse words, Gingetsu and Yasha quickly ushered Ran and Ashura from the room, and were closely followed by Fuuma and Kamui, who had lost interest and were going to go make out. The fighting eventually went on for so long that Shuichiro left, followed by Seishiro who planned to go make out with Subaru, leaving only a curious demon and Hokuto, who was beginning to feel left out.
Eventually Yuuko tired of the rambunctious antics of the room and nodded to Tomoyo, who proceeded to flick the lights on and off, and Fujitaka followed her head by spraying Kazahaya and Watanuki lightly with a water bottle. Finally, all were seated, though Watanuki glared openly at Doumeki, and Kazahaya sat defensively in a corner, looking every inch a cat. Kurogane resembled a bomb about to explode, much to Fai's glee. Yuuko spoke for a time, about the importance of realizing one's feelings and helping those feelings come out. Touya snickered at the 'coming out' bit, as did Rikuo and Doumeki. However, Kurogane had retreated deep inside of himself, no longer in the room, but in a distant place in his head. Yuuko had noticed this, as had Fai, but they both chose to let him enjoy his fantasy world for while.
It was, of course, time for a demonstration. Yuuko nodded towards Touya and Yukito, who rose as one and stood in front of the rest of the group. Yukito blushed a little as the innocent eyes of Kazahaya and Watanuki stared up at him, amazed and fearful of the power of confession. Touya nodded at Rikuo and Doumeki as they grinned wolfishly. Fai clapped his hands delightedly and began happily poking Kurogane in the leg. Kurogane resisted the call to waken from his daydream for a time, allowing Touya and Yukito to demonstrate the difference between an action of affection and one of normal human interaction. Kazahaya frowned in concentration as he tried to determine the difference, watching closely as Touya placed his hand on Yukito's cheek, causing him to blush brightly, and then watched as Yukito platonically patted Touya on the back. Rikuo watched Kazahaya from the corner of his eye and smirked, secretly hoping this would be a wakeup call for the youth. Watanuki glared, secretly overjoyed at the love of two lovely people, but refusing to believe that Yuuko expected him to be this way with Doumeki. Fai gave a 'hyuu' with joy every time an affectionate action was demonstrated, and sighed every time the couple stood platonically apart.
The discomfort of the room had risen to an all new high, and Touya and Yukito were getting sick of Fai's whistling. They resumed their seats and Yuuko asked for a volunteer couple. Fai's hand flew up into the air and he knelt on his chair, like a small boy in primary school. Yuuko ignored him for a while, eying Watanuki threateningly, who responded by crossing his arms and turning away, like a petulant child. Fai began thrusting his hand up and down and making small squeaky noises. Tomoyo zoomed her camera in on his excited face, and quickly panned it across to Kurogane as he slowly came to. His eyes focused on the back of the slim blonde wizard in front of him. The squeaky noises penetrated his eardrums, activating his Fai-senses. His eyes flicked to the waving hand, then to the tall witch at the front of the room, whom he noticed was giving him a predatory smile. All of a sudden he realized there was some sort of danger connecting that smile and waving hand. He pounced, taking down Fai and knocking Kazahaya into Rikuo's lap. Fai went down with a delighted yell and Kurogane tried to stifle any noise he made. He reached for his sword, which had been confiscated for this very reason. Kazahaya fought his way off of Rikuo, trying but failing to escape the clutches of the smug larger boy. Yuuko laughed heartily, thoroughly enjoying the sights before her. Fujitaka gently pulled Kurogane off of Fai, who was laughing happily, but Kurogane didn't take his eyes of off the sly enchantress. Eyes darted back and forth between the witch and the ninja, anticipating danger. Yuuko's grin widened, and she slowly motioned for Kurogane and Fai to come to the front of the room. Fai made it from the floor to Yuuko's side in one enthusiastic bound, but Kurogane remained glued to the spot, until Yuuko curled her fingers and his feet began moving on their own.
Kurogane lost it. His arms flailed wildly and his eyes bugged out of his head with rage. He shouted abuse at Fai and Yuuko; he got to the front of the room, still freaking out. Yukito giggled at the hulking ninja's spaz attack, trying not to imagine Touya doing the same. All at once Kurogane's point of attention was drawn from the witch to the giggling, silver haired young man in the front row. He opened his mouth to abuse the snowy boy for laughing at him, then Touya's defensive instincts kicked in and he laid a punch fair and square across the ninja's face, shutting his mouth before he could insult his lover. There was silence. Yukito grabbed one of Touya's arms, and Fujitaka the other. Kurogane had not moved. His jaw slowly turned red, as did Fai's face as he tried to stop himself from laughing.
The room watched the ninja's facial expression with awe and fear. Even Yuuko stepped back a little, just in case. Kurogane's face eventually lost its angry expression, slowly giving way to, could it be embarrassment? Shame? His feet unstuck from the floor and he bowed to Touya, using the gesture as an apology, then he turned to Fai, who had gone wide-eyed and serious. Tomoyo's camera whirred as she got the perfect shot of Fai and Kurogane, and she blushed a little at the possibility of what she could be filming.
Outside the therapy room, everyone had re-gathered in the video room after Hokuto had called them excitedly. Even Fuuma and Kamui crowded into the room, taking a break from their vigorous love. All watched with hands to cheeks, some blushed; the more manly members of the group respectfully turned their eyes away, but listened keenly.
Fai began to blush ever so slightly at the intense power of Kurogane's calm gaze. Kurogane took a deep breath and stepped towards the smaller wizard, putting his big ninja hand on the fair skin of Fai's cheek. The room gasped, and held its breath in anticipation. Yuuko smiled. Kurogane's mouth twitched, and then opened. "Fai, this really wasn't the way I was going to tell you, if I ever ended up telling you. But, you're the most important part of my life, and I know you see that, so…." He paused, and then removed his hand, straightened up and roared. "SO WHY THE HELL DO YOU PUT ME THROUGH ALL OF THIS CRAP?" The room applauded, as did the crowded video room, then Fai leapt onto Kurogane giggling. "You know you love it." He said as he tickled the ninja, who grabbed him and smashed through the door, carrying his mortification as well as the wizard with him to their bedroom.
Tomoyo fainted with joy, and Fujitaka fanned her lightly. Touya and Yukito looked at each other wistfully and gracefully left the room to prepare the evening meal. Kazahaya was stunned and had turned into a statue, which Rikuo took full advantage of as he teased the cat-like boy about when he was going to confess. Yuuko motioned grandly for Watanuki to approach her, which he did. Calmly, she pointed at the door, then to a toolbox in the corner, then to Doumeki. Throwing a tantrum, Watanuki gathered his tools, shouted at Doumeki and began fixing the door.
In the video room, many were weeping with joy, other were feeling warm inside. They all returned to the dining room, where they waited for their dinner and felt good. Kurogane and Fai never came for their meal.
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Ending could have been better but, I enjoyed it. I hope I get more lovely reviews, I hope you enjoy my story :) Next I think I will do maybe and Angel couple? Or probably Watanuki and Doumeki, those two are troublesome :)
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