Chapter 13

Wow… long time since I’ve updated, huh? So sorry about that, but I just got really busy all of the sudden. *sigh* Thus is the curse of the eleventh grade year…

Anyways, ahem…UPDATE TIMES!!!

If Syaoran thought it was possible to detach your head by drying it too harshly, he would’ve asked Kurogane stop. But currently, he was shivering too violently to be able to dry his own head and he didn’t think that Kurogane would hear him if he said anything anyways.

Kurogane was practically driving poor Syaoran’s head into the ground with the force he was applying to the towel- which unfortunately, was increasing in strength every few minutes. “Um…Kurogane-san?”

“What?!”

Syaoran flinched, lowering his head and biting back a whimper. “Could you not dry so hard? Please? You’re hurting me.”

Kurogane stopped, and for a second there, Syaoran was worried that the ninja would decapitate him. He’d almost begun praying to the God’s that he would have time to tell Sakura that- “Sorry.” Kurogane left the towel untouched on Syaoran’s head, rising to his feet. “I’ll be right back…I’m gonna go check on the mage…”

Syaoran watched him leave, surprised. He’d expected some sort of retort, however small, not to be left all alone. He sneezed, and wiping his nose, he turned to look out the window. Snow was falling heavily outside, the gardens barely visible. It had been like this ever since they’d been sent back to Nihon instead of the Dimensional Shop (Mokona was almost throttled for this). Luckily, Tomoyo-hime had been prepared for such situations, having at least three ninja’s stationed at every room in the castle prepared for whatever was to happen. She’d even bought calming bath water from the Witch that soothed the body and after it sent you to sleep, would begin healing in an instant.

But the snow hadn’t begun until Fai had been taken out of the bath water and placed onto a futon. He’d just begun having nightmares when snow started falling down in armies.

Kurogane, need to say, was not very pleased with this.

Sakura was in the kitchen, volunteering herself to make a special tea for everyone…Sakura….Syaoran blushed. He’d been planning to say something to her…But then she lost her memory…And even after they’d battled that butt-chin man, she could not recall anything. Well then again, it wasn’t a pricey payment to the witch for nothing was it…

He groaned quietly, leaning down on the ground. It wasn’t getting better though, she seemed to be getting more aware of things, and even if she were to remember him, it wasn’t a correct thing to do – She was a princess for the love of Gods!

Something white and soft obscured his vision. “Mokona, I don’t mean to be rude, but this isn’t exactly a good time.”

“…Syaoran-kun?”

He sat up immediately, face as red as the blood that ran through his veins. “S-Sakura-hime!! W-What are you doing here?”

“I-I came to bring you some tea, but the napkin fell on your face—are you sure this isn’t a bad time?”

“N-NO!”

Sakura jumped, almost dropping the Tea cup, and fell backwards. Syaoran caught the tray in one hand – at the cost of ending up in an uncomfortable situation. Sakura blushed. “Um Syaoran-kun?”

“…Sakura-hime?”

“….Could you please remove your hand from my chest?”

Fai sat up, massaging his temples. “That was a horrible dream…” He murmured, managing to drag himself out of bed. A wave of vertigo hit him, and he fell to his knees. Mokona leapt off the bed. “Fai!! You’re awake!”

“…Mokona, thank you for the good morning, but you are on my head and I feel as though I have a hang over, so please get off.”

Mokona smiled, but hopped onto the ground instead. “Is Fai okay?”

Fai smiled. “Yes Mokona. I’m alright. How’s everyone else?”

“They’re okay. But we were really worried about Fai.”

Fai sighed. “I know…”

“Especially Kuro-woof…”

“Especially Kurogane, I know…”

“You better be damn right, you know.” Fai jumped, turning his attention to the unnoticed open door. “And you better have a really damn good explanation of what you did back there.”

Fai smiled, beginning to laugh, but Kurogane glared at him with piercing eyes and it was the end of that. “Don’t you dare even give me that stupid grin. I’ll tear your damn mouth off your face, you got it?!”

The lithe blond fell silent. Kurogane turned to Mokona. “Manju, get out.” Mokona shuffled uncomfortably, looking from Fai to Kurogane. “But…”

“I’m not playing Manju, get out now.”

Mokona nodded quietly, waving good bye to the mage before it bounced out of the room. Kurogane slammed the door shut. “What the hell were YOU THINKING?!”

Fai winced at the volume of the voice, but refused to cover his ears. “Do you know that the Princess was crying because you wouldn’t breathe when we got here?!” Snarled the Ninja, his voice a hiss, only loud enough for him to hear.

“Not only that, you went in there, alone, didn’t tell anyone and for a stupid kite!?” Fai was beginning to smile a little, now noticing that the clothes he was wearing were a different size and style. That meant he’d grown again while he was sleeping. Would this day never end? “I can’t believe you would do something so stupid! Moron!”

“I don’t see…what I did wrong though…” Kurogane stopped, and scowled, looking away in disgust. “Fine. Do whatever you want. See if I care.”

He slammed the door open. Fai stared blankly at the now white castle grounds. “But don’t come crying to me if you get hurt again.”

Fai blinked. “You were worried, weren’t you Kuro-chu?”

Kurogane flinched, obviously expecting some sort of retort instead. Slowly, his cheeks began to flush pink, and he laughed. “Damn crazy mage…”

The shinobi stepped out the room, still laughing quietly as he waved good bye. “Get some sleep…”

When the door shut though, Fai couldn’t help but wonder if what he was feeling and thinking would ever make it through to the ninja. And whether Kurogane would one day admit that he felt the same way.

Well, for one I actually have planned a sequel for this, since I will let you know now that the debate between Kurg's and Fai's relationship will not be answered completely here. Blame Kuro for that. But I will have it end happy, so YAY!! ...But In about chapter 16-18, this story will come to an end (with an epilogue of course lol). And I'm not saying that there is KuroFai in this fic (not that I don't support lol I love KuroFai) but I wanted to leave their relationship (in this part of the fic) a mystery to your mind lol. So its up to you to decide whether the mage's wish is a BL or not, take it as you wish.

Either way, lets face it. These two have SERIOUS Issues at hand .

And again sorry for the lateness on updates.

Reviews are love :D