HA! My first fanfic! In your face logs! I am aware of the plot points I'm disreagarding. Anywhom, I hope you enjoy this.
P.S It'll get funnier, and there'll be more KuroXFai adn SyaXSak fluffy stuff..i hope.
Now read, or the were-bunnies will attack you o.O
Chapter 1
"Kid, you stay here and watch the princess" Kurogane said. The young brunette, Syaoran, nodded. "Kuro-poo! Hurry up; I'd prefer if they didn't get to close." The blonde mage called cheerfully. Kurogane sighed, it was bad enough that there was an army coming at them, but being stuck with a mage that was seemingly unfazed by the seriousness of this all, and, to top it off, the ground was snow coated and freezing. "Fine, I'm coming, and my name is not Kuro-poo." Kurogane walked up to stand by Fai. He glanced at the young mage, his one eye was all serious-ness, but somehow that smile wouldn't go away. It was Kurogane's pet peeve at the moment. "Ready?" Fai asked. "When am I not?" Kurogane replied. "Good luck Fai! Good luck Kuro-tin" Mokona, quite possibly Kurogane's worst nightmare called out. Kurogane gave an angry snort and headed out of the cave entrance, with Fai shortly behind.
It didn't take them long to reach the army, which was made of around one-hundred people. They fought as a team, like they always did; Fai would either attack or dodge an attack leaving an opening for Kurogane, it wasn't a complex strategy and it almost always worked. "I am gonna kill that little meat bun when I get back" Kurogane fumed, taking out his anger at a solider standing in front of them. "I guess I'll have to stay alive then too" The mage responded, kicking yet another solider in the gut. "Huh? Why is that?" Kurogane asked. "If you kill him, there goes our ticket out of here." Kurogane sighed; he knew Fai was right. Fai cast a quick glance at him before saying, "Let's focus on making it out of here alive, then we can debate on the importance of Mokona." "Sounds like a deal" Kurogane growled. Then he smiled, at this rate, they would be out of here in two hours or less.
The army's general groaned; it looked like child's play to those two men. The general was perched on a tree branch nearby, watching for a weak point, and then he spotted one. "They fight together" he explained to the person who was in charge of the second line up of soldiers. "The blond one doesn't seem like he'll hold up well in large numbers alone, so they fight together, try separating them." The leader nodded, "Will do."
As the second group advanced, Kurogane and Fai had a moment to catch their breath. "You alright Kuro-rin?" Fai asked. "I should ask the same of you, mage" Kurogane said. "I'll take that as a yes" Fai chuckled.
Kurogane's grip tightened on his sword, "Let's get this done fast." Fai nodded in agreement, "Exactly what I was thinking." And with that, the battle began yet again. The general's plan quickly took action, one second Fai was turned the opposite way trying to avoid being stabbed, and then he was being shoved farther away from Kurogane by a mob of soldiers. Kurogane turned around expecting to see Fai standing next to grinning like the annoying idiot he was, but instead more soldiers.
Crap, he thought, Fai could handle one opponent, but an army? No way. "Oi! Mage!" Kurogane yelled, slicing several more soldiers in the process. He saw Fai's blonde head pop out above the crowd. "Can you handle them yourself?" Kurogane yelled. "Yeah, I'll be fine!" Fai's voice hollered back. He scoffed, "Like I'll believe him." Kurogane began slicing his way towards Fai. It took him longer than expected to reach him, but, at least the mage hadn't gotten himself killed. "I said I'd be fi-" Fai began to say, before the flat of a sword hit him straight in the gut and sent him flying straight into a tree. He was out cold, the force of the impact had knocked some snow off of higher branches so now Fai's crumpled form was almost completely buried in snow. As the other soldiers moved in for the kill, Kurogane quickly tried to hack and slash his way through. "Geez" he found himself muttering "I save this guy's ass, and right away, I'm saving it again."
By the time he'd made it, some one was about to stab Fai with what looked like a broadsword. Kurogane reacted quickly and body-checked the guy over. Another soldier hit his artificial arm with his sword to prevent him from killing anyone, but as he hit the arm, Kurogane's grip on his sword loosened, so it fell. Fell and stabbed Fai in the ribs. Kurogane pulled it out; trying to ignore the horrible shudder Fai gave as he did. He picked Fai up and slung him over his back. The man's clothes where wet fom the snow, great, that man was annoying normally; with a cold it'd be terrible. "Whatcha gonna do know" A little voice asked in his head. That was the problem he didn't know. "Kuro-pii! We're ready to go!" A high pitched called, Kurogane knew who it was instantly. "Took ya long enough" he yelled back. A with a swoosh, they were gone.
They landed in a field, relaxing, for once. "What happened?" Sakura gasped when she saw Fai. Kurogane shrugged, tearing of a piece of his cloak to use as a makeshift bandage for Fai, "We got separated." "Will he be alright" Syaoran asked. There, Syaoran had been the one to ask the question every else was afraid to ask. Kurogane shook his head, his way of saying: "Who knows?" "Kid" Kurogane said, "Can you help me get his shirt off?" Syaoran nodded, and start removing the shirt. "His skin is really cold" Syaoran commented. Kurogane nodded, "The one time he decides not to wear his coat." Once the wound was fully visible he stopped, mainly to go comfort Sakura, who looked extremely pale. Kurogane quickly tied the cloth around the wound. He rolled the shirt back down and found his coat. Sakura and Syaoran both had to help getting it on. "All right, I'm not sure how long he'll last, so we need to leave now" Kurogane said, slinging Fai over his back again. "I see smoke coming from that way" Sakura said, nodding northwest. Kurogane nodded, "Great, we'll head that way." "Shouldn't we be avoiding smoke?" Syaoran said. "Normally yes we would, but right now, smoke means that people will be around there, and people may mean help. Honestly, I think with the current situation, we should take that risk." Mokona nodded, "He's right, he's right!" And that settled that, so they headed towards the smoke.
Kurogane sighed, Fai was lightweight but after carrying him a while, it starts to hurt. And Fai's breathe was getting a little raspy, he was also sneezing and shivering, he was more annoying when he was sick. Fai groaned loudly, everyone halted hoping he'd wake up. Kurogane was more hoping that he'd be able to walk, and also Kurogane was a little impatient, Fai still hadn't drank today, and if he didn't he'd most likely get worse. Mokona suddenly began flying around like an idiot.
"What's your problem?" Kurogane snapped after Mokona nearly hit them in the head. "There's a house up ahead!" Mokona cried excitedly. Everyone picked up the pace and their hope grew. After a bit a sign became noticeable, a sign that read: Inn. Everyone broke into a run, Kurogane was a bit behind though, it's hard to run fast and not drop someone. Sakura made it to the door first, with Syaoran only a few steps behind. Sakura knocked on the door just as Kurogane ran up, Mokona perched annoyingly on his shoulder. The door opened. "We need rooms please" Sakura said sweetly. She nodded "Of course, but we only have two spare rooms." "That'll be fine" Kurogane said gruffly. The women nodded. "I'm guessing that the two youngsters will be sharing a room."
Kurogane nodded, "Yeah." It wasn't that he liked sharing a room, but Syaoran preferred to be closer to Sakura in case something happened, so he had to share a room with him. The innkeeper showed them to their rooms and called in a doctor to check on Fai. Kurogane looked around his room; Fai had gotten the big fluffy nice bed while Kurogane had gotten a cot near the floor.
"Oh well" he muttered, "It's better than just one bed." There was a knock at the door. "Come in" Kurogane called. In walked a middle-aged man with square glasses and a bag, followed by Syaoran and Sakura; both of which looked extremely worried. "I'm Cameron" the doctor said. "My name's Kurogane" Kurogane grunted. The doctor began examine the wound and taking his temperature. While all this was going on, Sakura was holding Mokona tightly; Syaoran sat next to her, a hand on her shoulder. Kurogane frowned, Fai was getting paler, if he didn't wake up soon……Kurogane shook those thoughts out of his head, it's not helping. "How is he?" Kurogane asked, he had been meaning to shove the worry out of his voice, but, judging by the way the kids were looking at him, he hadn't.
"Well," The doctor began, "He's got a fever of 105, and his wounds fairly deep" Kurogane cringed at that part "But, if you guys take proper care of him, he should be fine." Kurogane frowned at the words: 'Should be', was that supposed to be reassuring. The doctor left some pills on the table by the bed. "Syaoran, can you take Sakura outside for a minute, you know why" Kurogane asked. Syaoran nodded, grabbed Sakura's wrist and walked her outside the door. It gently closed shut. He pulled out a small dagger from his belt and swiftly cut his arm. He sat on the edge of the bed, supported Fai's in the crook of his other arm and gently shook him awake. "Fai?" Kurogane asked as he opened his eyes.
"Kurogane, wher- where am I?" Fai asked groggily. He called me Kurogane? He must really be sick, he thought. "Drink" Kurogane commanded, placing his bleeding arm in front of Fai's mouth. Fai shook his head weakly. "Drink" Kurogane said, making his tone less commanding. Reluctantly, Fai agreed, placed his lips against the wound, and began to drink. "You're in an Inn" Kurogane explained slowly, "You passed out during that last fight; someone shoved you into a tree. I barely managed to get to you in time, some guy was about to kill you. Then, Mokona came, I guess they found the feather…I never asked. Anyway, so we woke up in a field and Mokona found this Inn. And well, here we are." Fai pushed away his arm and sneezed. Kurogane looked at his face and sighed with relief, it had more color in it, he was still pale, but he looked a bit better. "What was that relieved look for all of a sudden Kurogane?" Fai asked. "Sakura was worried because you were so pale" Kurogane answered, careful not to use the word I in that sentence. "I was worried because you haven't called me one of your stupid nicknames since you woke up." Fai grinned weakly, "Do you want me too?" Kurogane gently let Fai's head fall back on the pillow. "No" Kurogane said, "I much prefer Kurogane."
"Alright then, Kuro-tan" Fai said.
"The kids want to see you" Kurogane said, wrapping up his wound with some of the gauze left over from Fai's bandaging. Kurogane wasn't sure when he had started referring to them as the kids; it was probably around the time when Fai had started calling him a father. Kurogane internally slapped himself; this is what you get for listening to Fai. Kurogane stood up and walked out the door. "He's awake" Kurogane said, "I'm going to go look around." Sakura nodded and practically ran into the room, Syaoran, as always, was a few stapes behind. Kurogane sighed, alright, now to find out about the currency of this place.
He walked down the front desk. "How much will the stay here cost?" Kurogane asked. "No worries" a voice said from behind Kurogane, "I'll pay." Kurogane turned around, it was the doctor. Cody, or something that started with a C, Kurogane couldn't remember. "Thanks" Kurogane said gruffly. "Oh no problem, but I would like to speak with you for a minute" he said. Kurogane nodded and followed the doctor to a small sitting room by the front desk. "What'd you want to talk to me about?" Kurogane asked sitting down on a wooden chair. "I want to talk about what happened to your friend." In truth, Kurogane wasn't surprised. He had seen a question like this coming at some point. "We got into a fight earlier and we got separated" Kurogane said, offering the shortest explanation that he could. "What's so bad about getting separated?" the doctor asked. "Fai doesn't fight well against large numbers alone" Kurogane replied. "What happened after?" He asked. Damn, this man was pushy. "By the time I made it to him, he was already injured and almost completely buried in snow" Kurogane lied. "Alright then" the doctor said.
"But, I was wondering if you and your friends would like a ride into the village nearby."
Kurogane shrugged, "Sure, why not." Kurogane stood up, "Now, I should get food for my companions." With that, Kurogane left and headed to the kitchen. Shortly after he found himself walking up the stairs to their rooms, balancing five bowls of soup like some sort of waiter. He had grabbed a bowl for Fai even though he knew perfectly well that Fai didn't need to eat, he was either going to force Fai to eat or give it to Mokona; chances are he'd have room for extra's. "I feel like a friggin' waiter" he grumbled as he shoved opened his door with his foot. "You brought food! Yay for Kuro-wan-wan" Mokona's cried out. Kurogane shoved the urge to throw a bowl of soup at him and handed out the soup. He placed a bowl in Fai's lap then sat in a chair and began eating some himself. "I don't need to eat" Fai protested. "You're eating" Kurogane said forcefully. Fai was about to protest when Kurogane gave him a look that said: You're eating, no buts. Fai sighed and tried some. "So how's the feather hunt going" Fai asked between spoonfuls. The group was silent.
"We never looked" Syaoran said quietly. Kurogane had chosen to avoid being a part of this conversation by reading the prescriptions left for Fai. "Don't let me hold you back" Fai said, "Mokona, do you sense any feather's?" Kurogane continued reading. Hmm…'take one in the morning and one in the evening', wow, this guy sure gets to the point quickly. "Yes, two feathers" Mokona replied excitedly.
'The pills in the container are mild pain-killers and a fever reducing. So if your friend is acting a little, well, loopy, that's why.' Crap, Fai was bad enough as it is.
"Which way is it?" Sakura asked. Mokona bobbed up in down for a few moments. "That way!" Mokona said cheerfully, flying to the west side of the room. Kurogane looked up suddenly from the note, "The doctor guy said he'd give us a ride to the nearest town." "Which way is it?" Syaoran asked. "The hell should I know?" Kurogane muttered. Syaoran sighed, "I'll figure it out." Kurogane nodded in thanks, then suddenly noticed that Fai had even said anything the past little while, he glanced at him, and too his surprise; Fai was actually eating, he didn't look like he wanted to, but he was anyway. Kurogane looked at the pills next to the bed. "Mage, here, you're supposed to take one" Kurogane grunted. Fai nodded slowly, and then coughed, and then sneezed…that went on for a bit, just irking Kurogane more and more. Eventually he stopped. "Sorry" he said. "No need to apologize" Sakura said kindly. Fai grinned weakly and swallowed the pill, choked on the pill, then successfully managed to swallow it. "Idiot" Kurogane muttered, "Can't even swallow a pill" Kurogane muttered something about having a bath and walked into the bathroom. "We should let Fai get some rest Sakura" Syaoran said after a few moments of awkward silence. "Mokona wants to come too" Mokona said, following the teenagers out the door. Which left Fai alone, so, for lack of Kurogane to pester, he laid down and let the sound of running bathwater lull him to sleep.