Wrote because i was bored, and i miss all of the cute moments they used to have in this series,

Disclaimer: i do not own tsubasa.

It had started a short while after they started traveling together. The insufferable mage had purposely confused the deepening friendships of them all with the bonds of a misfit family. Fai himself, being the mother of all things, and Kurogane, the strict and mean looking father.

Kurogane of course, did not approve of such sentiments, and told the mage to cut out the semantics in his own loud way. Which of course the mage ignored with his whimsical smile.

The reactions of those two were easy to guess and read, but both of the 'children' had their own ways of responding to it. Both had a father, and though they didn't know much about them, both had a mother too. However, it had been a while since they had been able to look up to another person as a guardian at all.

Most of the time, whenever the topic arose of the mismatched family, both kids kept quiet and stayed out of it, letting both adults deal with it in their own way, thinking it better than to try and sort it out on their own. However, every now and again they would be dragged into Fai and Mokana's little joke, if it was a joke at all.

Most of the time, Syaoran would look down at his feet, embarrassed, while Sakura would either giggle or do the same as Syaoran, depending on the situation.

However, today, when they had landed in the small world of Kandorkere (a Victorian style country) Syaoran had felt increasingly faint and woozy, until finally he had collapse in the middle of an interview for a place to stay. And Fai was in a particular cheeky mood.

"What a good daddy you are Kuro-puu!" he chirped, as Kurogane carried the protesting Syaoran piggy-back.

"Shut it mage." The ninja growled, giving one of his scary glares, partly because he was tired of Syaoran insisting that he put him down even if he couldn't walk in a straight line by himself, partly because he hated that damn mage sometimes.

"Please Kurogane-san I think I can handle it from-"

"Kid, I swear I'll drop you right now and break your legs if you don't stop saying you're fine. You can't even stand up without falling over."

Syaoran was quiet after that.

"Waaa, Kuro-chii is a strict daddy too!" Mokana sang, before Kurogane shoved it into a wall.

The rather large ninja lowered the ill boy onto the couch, the young princess hovering close by like a mother hen.

"Syaoran-kun, you should have told us you weren't feeling well!" she scolded gently, feeling his forehead with the back of her hand.

He gave her a reassuring look, "But really hime, I feel fine-glack!"

The boy was interrupted once again, when Fai came prancing in the room and shoved a thermometer into his mouth.

It beeped a moment later and Fai looked at it quizzically. Fortuantly this was one fo the few worlds he could read the writing in.

He then looked up at Syaoran with a mock firm look, "Now, now Syaoran, you have a temp of 104.5 farentheit. No more being brave, just let Fai-mommy and Sakura-chan take care of you!" He ordered, waggling his finger like he was chastising a small child.

As he and Sakura sped off to do god knows what, Syaoran could only sit there bewildered and slightly dizzy due to fever, "Fai M-mommy?" He questioned, already exhausted.

Kurogane just sighed, "Just let them do what they want, it saves a lot of trouble, believe me."

"Kuro-daddy, start a fire in the fire place will you, thank's dear!" Fai had poked his head around the or and blew a kiss in the ninja's direction before retreating once again behind it.

Kurogane twitched and seemed to continue to do so for a while before he finally managed to stop and have a god growl/sigh. He shortly after got started on a fire, since even he admitted with the kid's cold, it was much needed.

Figuring it was safe for now, Syaoran stood up and stumbled over towards Kurogane,

"I wouldn't if I were you. The mage may be annoyingly cheerful but he's persistent. I was just kidding when I said I'd break your legs to get you to sit down, but that guy will probably take out any movement whatsoever."

Syaoran gave the older man a doubtful look, "I wanted to see if you needed help. Besides, I don't think Fai-san would…"

There was a taping of a foot on the other side of the room.

Fai was still smiling, but he took the stance of an agitated woman, crossing his arms at Syaoran.

"Syaoran-kun, must you be so stubborn?" He said, still smiling cheerfully but walking forward and shoving Syaoran towards the couch once again.

Before the boy could do anything, both the mage and the princess had wrapped his legs so tightly in a thick blanket that he could no longer feel his toes. He blinked, amazed, Kurogane-san had been right!

Next thing he knew, there was a piping ht bowl of soup in his lap, courtesy of Sakura. The way she sat leaning forward expectantly, he knew that she wanted him to eat it. He took a hesitant first bite, then gave her a smile.

"This is very good hime,"

The young girl smiled, blushing a little "Fair san helped me make it!"

Syaoran, ever polite despite the situation, turned out the older blonde, "thank you, Fai-san…"

Fai gave his trademark smile, and ruffled the boys hair, "Sure, just get better soon."

Both children watched curiously as Fai walked away towards the font door, grabbing and dragging Kurogane with him on the way

The blonde turned back, "Mokana, take good care of the children, mommy and daddy will be back soon! Make sure Syaoran-kun eats all of his soup Sakura-chan!"

Sakura nodded vigilantly, "Hai!"

Syaoran, decided to do as he was told this once, sipping his soup as he heard Kurogane shouting many profanities a the blonde on the way out. However, just his once, he was happy to have been included in this joke.

like i said,i was bored. If you liked it review please!