Goodness, two chapters in one day, how exciting! I hope you all enjoy my KuroFai, please don't burn me for not liking them the best.
Hope you laugh, enjoy!
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The humid heat of Japan's summer was beginning to get to some of Yuuko's guests, especially Kurogane, whose mecha-arm was expanding uncomfortably in the heat. Fai was gently tending to the injuries caused to Kurogane's shoulder by the futuristic arm, much to Kurogane's embarrassment which he showed via grumbling and swearing in pain. Every time the ninja made a threat of revenge on the mage, Fai would tweak a nerve, sending waves of pain through Kurogane, which he professionally ignored by grimacing a little, accompanied by a growl, only enlarging Fai's glee.
Fai finished wrapping a clean bandage around the muscled shoulder of Kurogane, then clasped the ninja's flesh and blood hand in both of his slender ones, bringing it to his chest. Kurogane went to withdraw his hand in protest, opening his mouth to shout his objection at the small blonde, but the look in the mage's eyes stopped him in his tracks. A small tear had appeared in the golden, jewel-like eye and his bottom lip quivered indiscernibly, moving Kurogane more than he expected. The ninja's hand relaxed in Fai's cool grip and the mage slumped forward, his head just resting on the ninja's chest. A small sob shook his slim body and Kurogane's mind began to flail desperately for a reason to the sudden mood-swing and a possible solution, while his body remained still and silent. Tears plopped onto the dark shirt Kurogane was wearing, disappearing as they fell; Fai took a deep breath and sat up, the sorrow on his face clear and heart-rending. Kurogane forcefully restrained the urge to comfort the mage, but allowed his hand to remain captured by his pale hands.
"I know why you don't love me Kurogane, I know and it breaks my heart because if I took that away from you then you wouldn't be my Kuro-puu anymore." Fai whispered. Kurogane blinked in shock, he snatched his hand away from the tear-streaked magician and rose to his feet, escaping the room as quickly as he could, leaving Fai confused and ashamed.
Soon after Kurogane had exited, Tomoyo and Hokuto dashed into the room where Fai had been left. They began to weep as they took in the distressing sight of Fai's unhappiness, and then launched themselves on him, hugging him on the floor where they all cried together. The noise soon drew a small crowd, who worked out the issue and began murmuring with disquiet. Unknowingly, Kurogane had gained himself a bunch of unimpressed enemies.
Meanwhile, Kurogane had hidden himself outside in the garden, where he embraced the silence and tried to block the conversation he had just had from his memory. After a while he heard footsteps approaching him, soft and slow. He rose into a crouch in suspicion and glanced around for the source of the noise. He almost had a heart attack as Princess Tomoyo emerged from the trees, a small smile on her face. He fell to his knees before her and she placed a tender hand on his head. Her headdress clinked as she shook her head amusedly and said: "Youou, I release you from your oath to me, your loyalty is free to go to anyone to whom you think is worthy of it. I wish only for your happiness and I hope we will always be friends." And then she turned and ran across the garden, disappearing behind the house in a very un-princess-like way, leaving Kurogane stunned, sitting on the damp grass in the yard. He slowly regained his wits, attempting to make sense of the sudden freedom he felt, rising to his feet he turned to go back inside, to talk to Fai, but froze when he saw a line of tall, dark-haired men standing along the porch, all looking broody and slightly threatening. All but one slowly lowered themselves into a cross-legged sitting position, and watched as Touya Kinomoto approached the ninja. Kurogane warily watched as the tall teen's dark grey eyes bored into his red ones, and not wanting a fight, the ninja sat, where Touya soon joined him. In silence they sat for a while; seemingly sizing each other up, then Touya spoke. "You really should look after Fai you know, you've got a good thing going there. You don't have to worry about alter-egos flying off with his body, and he doesn't eat that much. You really should think about what you're doing Kurogane."
Kurogane almost fainted in shock. He opened his mouth to reply when a tall shadow loomed behind Touya, offered him a hand to stand up, and then took his place in front of the ninja. Kurogane felt what he supposed was fear as he realized it was Seishiro sitting across from his, grinning demonically.
"You're lucky Fai doesn't have reason to hate you; it's easy for you to bridge that gap between you and Fai. I mean, you didn't kill his sister, right?" Seishiro said, casually laughing at the end. Kurogane's eye twitched as he forced himself to remain seated and not run off screaming like he wanted to. Seishiro smiled again, rose to his feet and nodded companionably to Fuuma as the young man lowered himself in front of Kurogane. "I think by now you've realized this is an intervention, right Kurogane?" He asked quietly, to which Kurogane nodded and inwardly kicked himself. "You and Fai really should be happy, you don't have the fate of the world on your shoulders and you haven't tried to kill each other yet so, just go with it okay?" Fuuma patted Kurogane on the knee and walked away, soon replaced by the demon Kokuyo, with whom Kurogane had previously fought. His one good eye glared dangerously at Kurogane, who had by now given up thought of escape and was bearing his punishment tolerably well. "Are you defying anyone to be with Fai?" Kokuyo asked. Kurogane shook his head quickly, as he was now free of his attachment to Princess Tomoyo. Kokuyo's frown deepened. "Does Fai make you happy?" He uttered, in a deep voice. Kurogane thought, and then nodded curtly, a small blush spreading across his face. "And is Fai happy around you?" Kokuyo said as he played with a little bit of fire. "I guess so." Kurogane said quietly. This answer scored him a blow across the head, sparks flaring across his hair. "Well then go back inside and tell him you love him!" Kokuyo boomed as he stormed off, only to be replaced by Doumeki and Rikuo, who had got sick of waiting and decided to quicken things up a little by going in a pair. Kurogane patted his hair to make sure all of the sparks were out and looked suspiciously at the two remarkably similar teens. Rikuo began. "At least he doesn't scream at you whenever you touch him." Closely followed by Doumeki. "In fact, he often tries to touch you, so you're lucky he at least shows some interest." They looked at each other then back at Kurogane, saying in unison: "And he's not a loud-mouth ingrate. Enjoy it while you can man." Kurogane shook his head as the pair left, those two had issues. Gingetsu approached, not even bothering to sit down, he merely placed a hand on Kurogane's good shoulder and nodded solemnly. Yasha then lowered himself in front of Kurogane, his impressive amount of hair swirling around him. He got straight to the point. "Is Fai destined to kill you?" He asked seriously, not breaking his intense gaze. Kurogane furiously shook his head, intimidated by the forceful gaze of the warrior. Yasha nodded, and then rose; allowing for Shuichiro to sit down. The talented surgeon looked thoughtful for a while, not entirely sure what to say. "You won't have to feel guilty when you die, or when you meet Fai, because he doesn't live forever waiting for you." He said, which only served to confuse Kurogane and make Shuichiro feel depressed. Kurogane offered his good hand to the surgeon and they shook hands amicably. Kurogane glanced around, wondering if there was anyone else coming to lecture him. He was about to get up when a dark man wearing sunglasses slunk out of the bushes, cigarette in hand. He stood next to Kurogane conspiratorially, smoking and smirking. Kurogane glanced at the mysterious man every now and then, wondering what advice he would come out with. Eventually Saiga laughed, and then spoke. "You really can't complain about Fai liking you, I mean, he's pretty cute so I'd get right into that. Don't let your youth go to waste." He laughed as he wandered off, his very feminine looking partner Kakei waving him towards the well at the back of the house.
Kurogane staggered towards the house, not noticing Tomoyo quickly stuff a purple dress and a shiny head-dress suspiciously into a large trunk. He found Fai sitting near the two angels, who were playing a polite variation of snap involving Mokona cards. Kurogane staggered, relieved, towards his familiar companion, who looked up in surprise, the down in disappointment. However, the disappointment evolved into confusion when Kurogane slumped to the floor, then placed his head in the magician's lap. Their eyes met and Kurogane apologized softly before prompting falling asleep. Hisui and Kohaku smiled angelically as Fai's face relaxed into relief and his hands stroked the dark hair of his ninja. Kokuyo walked in, looking for Hisui, and even his dark face lit up at the sight of a delighted Fai and a peaceful Kurogane. Tomoyo stared up at her own face as she talked to the Princess Tomoyo, she pointed to the screen where the Kurogane and Fai could be seen and they both cried tears of happiness for the pair, which then turned into a gossip session, which then turned into an emotional coming out for the both of them. They said goodbye, then Tomoyo went to meet with Hokuto to discuss the logistics of a potential cosplay party.
For the first time in many nights, the house was peaceful and Yuuko was exceedingly pleased with the progress of her 'patients'.
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Tadaa~! Apologies for the last little bit, Tomoyo has serious issues right? Officially the unhappiest in love character? Let's have a competition! Hooray~!
Poor Tomoyo.
Also, apologies to Legal Drug peeps, I almost forgot that Saiga and Kakei existed in this story :S Awks.
I would also like to point out that I did indeed miss a crucial CLAMP friend pairing. They shall appear in the next chappie, then be kidnapped by fangirls. :D The joys of fanfiction.