Chapter 8
It's 1.30AM... so...... I'll update now 8D
its kinda nice just sat here, dark, listening to the rain... I might actually finish that oneshot Sophie's been bullying me into doing for the past 3 days >___>
Chapter 8 - Sen no Kotoba
Rating - T
Characters/Pairings: KuroFai, KuroFay, Syaoran, Sakura, Mokona, Chii, Ashura, Yuuko
Words - 1521 (sorry D: not my longest chapter ever >__< and the last line will make you all want to kill me)
Stolen
Chapter Eight - Sen no Kotoba
…Ienakkata… sen no kotoba wa
Kizutsuita… kimi no senaka ni yorisoi
Dakishimeru …
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“Fay-san! Can I have some more sake please?”
“Sure!” he cheered, pouring more sake into the poor girl’s glass. Both Kuroganes were sat on the couch; one scowling, one moping. I mean scowling. Because proud people do not mope for pansy assed retard almost-fiancés when they probably really only went out, got drunk and got a lift home from a stranger and was now lying in a ditch with unidentified fluids dribbling out of their-
SMASH!
“Ooh, I think Kuro-sensei’s upset!” Mokona pointed out loudly, not wasting its time in landing on the gym teacher’s head and waving its short arms around.
“Would you just STOP?!” Kurogane exclaimed, on his feet suddenly, having thrown Mokona at the magician.
Fay blinked in mock-confusion. “Stop what, Kurogane-sensei?” he asked innocently.
“You know EXACTLY what I mean, you annoying, self-centred bastard!” Kurogane fumed, stomping over to the door. Fay tried to reach out and stop him, but Kurogane’s head snapped round and he hissed at Fay to ‘not touch him, EVER’ and swiftly left the little house they were staying in.
Fay sighed and his hand dropped to his side. He then spun around with a cheery smile taped across his face.
“Who wants more sake?”
A while later, Kurogane watched as Fay slipped out unnoticed as Syaoran tried to stop Sakura from drinking any more than she already had, and followed him onto the porch.
“You realise he’ll just be more pissed if he knows you’re following him.” Kurogane pointed out, and Fay jumped.
“Kuro-tan! I didn’t hear you come out!”
Kurogane said nothing; he just stared unbelievingly at Fay. Fay’s smile practically fell off of his face and he turned back to face the night.
“I know what he’s looking for. Or whom, I should say.” Fay murmured, so quiet that it was barely carried along to Kurogane.
“It’s you, isn’t it?”
Fay paused, and then nodded.
“In their world… they’re… together. As in a ‘couple’ together.” Fay explained slowly. It wasn’t as weird as he’d thought; it was easy to talk about their doubles as if they were different people. He supposed it technically was because they were; they had grown up in completely different circumstances. It made sense that there was nothing stopping Fai-sensei and Kurogane-sensei from getting together.
Kurogane sat next to Fay on the step but said nothing, letting Fay continue.
“It’s so unfair, Kuro-wanko… that even the me on another world still has the things he loves taken away from him… or rather, that he’s taken away from the things he loves… will I ever be allowed happiness?”
Kurogane still said nothing. It was strange, for Fay to be so open. He supposed it was the drink.
“I know… where we’ll need to go to retrieve his Fai… but… I can’t go back, not yet.” he said, barely above a whisper. Kurogane reached forward upon impulse to brush the hair away from the cerulean eyes he knew were contorted with pain and sadness.
“You know that… If the person you’re running from has the other you… anything could happen to him.” the ninja pointed out gently, quietly, wary of breaking the uncomfortable peace between them.
Fay nodded solemnly, his eyes clear and sure. Kurogane had expected them to be watering, but no tears clouded his vision. He supposed it was because there were no tears left for Fay to cry.
“That’s why I’ve made my decision…” Fay gave a small smile, weak and broken but still true, “I’m going to enjoy tonight as best as I can… so we can go and face Ashura-ou tomorrow.”
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Kurogane watched on as his double and his lover’s echo kissed sweetly on the porch before returning inside. His heart twisted in jealous discomfort and he cursed under his breath.
If only he could even remember what that felt like. But over the months, his heart had grown numb to the flutters he knew occurred when you were in love. He could no longer fathom the way that your stomach would drop and your heart would leap into your throat every time you kissed, could no longer recall the way that your bodies would move in complete synchronisation as the world stopped existing around you.
There were vague moments were he thought he was graced with the memory of warm mornings spent lying in blissful silence and cold nights when the only source of warmth was a shared blanket and hot tea cradled to your lips as you shivered together, but they were gone before he could recognise them and his heart was left an empty shell that blundered around, totally ignorant and cold.
He signed and shifted in the tree so that he was leaning against the trunk comfortably. A nice night outside would cool him off.
X o X o X
Fai shivered and focused harder.
What number was he on?
4592?
4695?
Shit.
Now there was no way of telling.
But he didn’t want to spend any longer in this cell.
5000 yet?
When did Chii say she’d return again?
A little to the right.
Ah. What’s the point? Not like there’s anything left at home for him.
Kurogane would have been here by now.
Up a little.
Maybe Ashura had killed him before he’d come for Fai?
No.
That wasn’t it. He would know if Kurogane was dead.
Wiggle it around some.
Then where was he? Surely he should have been here by now.
Surely Fai could have been warm and asleep in bed by now.
Surely he… would……
NO! Don’t fall asleep! Do you want to die?
This is the only shot you’ll get.
Just a little to the left.
CLICK
There.
Fai stood and the chains stayed on the floor. He rolled and popped his creaking bones and tried to stretch the sleep out of his aching muscles. He knew he’d have a hard time, but he was glad that he’d listened to Chii.
He probably wouldn’t have been able to stand if he hadn’t eaten the broth.
The cell lightened momentarily as Chii slipped through the door.
“I couldn’t take too much without being noticed.” she whispered hurriedly, unrolling a large piece of fabric which she’d hidden some rolls of bread inside. Fay instantly snatched one up and devoured it ravenously before starting on the second, which he ate slower.
Chii stood at the door, pretending to be under Ashura’s influence still, should anybody unwanted show up.
“We need to hurry. Ashura-ou will wake in a few hours.” Chii warned him, fastening the cloth she’d used to bring the bread around Fai’s thinly dressed body. It was thick and woollen, and kept him covered down to at least his knees.
It would have to do.
He followed Chii out of the cell and through stone corridors up into the main castle, where everything was marble and charmed ice, and Fai was suddenly horribly aware of how long it had been since he was allowed the luxury of a nice long bath.
Chii lead him out of the main castle and across a courtyard, snatching up some abandoned boots as they went, for Fai had been barefoot. She grabbed Fai’s hand and, with urgency now, pulled him towards the castle gates.
Just when they thought they were in the clear, they heard the most terrifying voice of all.
“Where do you think you’re going?”
Ashura was stood just passed the gates, as if expecting them, a cruel bloodthirsty grin tainting his features.
X o X o X
“Mokona, I’d like to speak with Yuuko, please.”
“Fay, what a pleasure.” the Dimension Witch cooed, her red eyes forever amused.
“The pleasure is all mine, my lady,” he replied smoothly, his childhood in the court coming into use, “but I’m afraid this call is purely for business.”
Yuuko nodded once, lengthily. Fay should have known that she would know.
“I wish to retract my original wish.” he stated boldly, his voice not betraying his utter terror at the idea of returning to the snowy barren wasteland.
“I’m afraid I don’t give refunds, Fay. You know that.”
Fay nodded. “In that case, I wish that the next world we arrive at will be Celes, near the palace of Ruval.”
“There is a price,” Yuuko informed, surprised and somewhat proud of the blonde’s bravery. Fay just inclined his head again; there was always a price, “Your price is that when Mokona’s spell circle appears, you will use your own magic along with Mokona’s to travel to Celes.”
Fay hesitated, but caught sight of the other Kurogane’s expression and knew he couldn’t back down.
He agreed.
Mokona sprouted its wings and Fay hastily instructed them all to gather together, frantically writing glowing symbols in the air with his left hand.
In a flash of purple and gold, they were off.
Yuuko sighed.
One Fai would not be making it out of Celes alive.
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