Where are we now?

Ichigo was certain beyond a belief that the fates were out to be beyond cruel to him. That is last night had been for better or for worse a night to remeber. Toshiro was not happy with being assigned to the living world yet again. It wasn\'t Ichigo\'s fault that his wacky grandfather decided to station him there to help Ichigo babysit. The travels said that they would not be in the world long but while they were there it was a concern that there mere perssence would have undesired effects upon the living world. As such Toshiro and the others who were all very fimiliar with the living world had been sent down and because of that Ichigo had paid for it.



Although it was in a way that he wasn\'t really complaining about. It was just that when something was bothering Toshiro like this he became that much more aggressive in the bed, which wouldn\'t be soo bad persay...except right now as he was walking back to Urahara\'s souten he was walking a little stiff...not to mention tired as a jaw splitting yawn broke it\'s way free.



"Is something wrong Ichigo?" Rukia asked for the millionth time that morning.



"Everything is fine." Ichigo responded looking at her, while it was no secert that he and Toshiro were lovers he didn\'t excatly want to come out and tell her that up until everyone else got up Toshiro had him wimpering and crying out long into the morning hours...since they went up after dinner. Sleep was not something he got and the part that Ichigo deemed most cruel. Toshiro was wide awake and looking fine like he could still go another twenty four hours using him to his hearts content. Once again Ichigo wasn\'t complaining he just wished he could wake up a bit more.



Rukia gave him a look that clearly said she didn\'t believe him and shook her head. "If you say so...but you look dead on your feet....are you not bonding with your body well? I\'m sure Soma fixers will help you with that if you need them..."



Ichigo looked at her, what an odd thing to say since he was techniqually dead and he could see Toshiro smirking out of the corner or his eye...oh he\'d get his lover back for this one later. Toshiro was simply enjoying Rukia\'s innocent line of questioning far too much.



"Nah, that\'s not it." Ichigo said shrugging and looking at her.



Rukia looked at him funny and shook her head as she began to realize that Ichigo was not going to tell her what was wrong. Then smiled and waved running ahead to catch up to Orihime and Rangiku who waved as well and began walking and talking.



Ichigo was in no hurry to catch up instead walking at a leasuraly pace with Toshiro.

"Your enjoying this..." Ichigo grumbled.

Toshiro smirked and looked at him. "One would think you\'d be used to it by now Ichigo." Toshiro said in a cool tone looking down at his lover.



Oh it had been interesting after the winter war, he had hit several growth spurts until he stopped growing topping out at being taller then Ichigo, and still kept his hair short, and much to Ichigo\'s joy he kept those to die for heart shaped features. Toshiro was still as Ichigo thought about it \'eye-candy\' to look at.



"Tsk." Ichigo snorted. "I am used it. There\'s just no getting used to you." Ichigo quipped looking at his taller lover out of the corner of his eye.



Toshiro smirked as he walked along with him and shook his head as he did. They would be arriving soon and the others would be there. Then they could get a bit more clearer answers so last night had erupted into choas shortly after they all went uptairs, in essence the one called Kurogane had gone off the wall calling them Oni and Evil spirits pulling out his sword and coming out them, none of them had been able to get out of there Gi-gai in time, which left Orihime with her sheild, Uryu with his bow and Sado with his fists to stop the enraged man.



In the end it was none of them that had calmed the red eyed gaint down it had been of all things the slender blonde in there company who made some crazy comment and got the other to instead focus on him laughing as he gracefully dodged and danced around the blade although by the time it all calmed down....it was too late to do anything. So they all agreed to gather in the morning to deal with it then, of course it wasn\'t Ichigo\'s fault any of this happened although his lover never did complain when he was a tad bit more forceful with him.



He glanced at Ichigo\'s hand which was covered in bite marks none of them from Toshiro but from Ichigo who had bitten down on his hand in order to keep himself from screaming and waking up the household ever time Toshiro made him come.

~*~

If it wasn\'t bad enough that idiot of a mage was constantly driving him nuts he had to go and stop him from killing off the evil spirits that were claiming to protect this world. Taking over a dead body kicking around the living being able to affect things in such a way they could in no way be a good thing but he had been forced to listen to the mage blabber on this morning about....



"It\'s improtant to remember Kurga-lurga that this is a different world then any other we\'ve been to before." Fai said as he sat in the chair long delicate legs crossed as he tipped his head. And Kurogane ignoring the nickname he\'d rather hear those then his name spilling forth from the mages mouth. There was a time when Fai had called him by his full first name and it had....hurt. "What we know on our own worlds is most likely NOT true here."



Kurogane looked at him. "And you are far too trusting. Anything that takes over the dead is not a good thing."



"Ah but Kurg\'s there no saying that they were alive to begin with...I mean..." Fai paused.



And it was then that Kurogane realized what it was that Fai had been hiding from him, from Syaoran, he meant what? That he could sense the difference? That Fai even now with his magic back, both his eyes was still a Vampire? That he could not reject it because in order to give him back an arm he gave up the blue of at the time his remaining eye? Kurogan shook his head and stood walking towards him.



"When was the last time you ate?" Kurogane asked.



Fai blinked curiously as Kurogane of all people changed the subject on him although he was greatful for the change of topic something told him he was not going to like where it was going.



"Ah Kuro-puu you\'re being silly, I ate last night with the rest of you remember?" Fai asked.



But Kurogane narrowed his eyes and looked over the tall wirey delicate blonde and although it was wrong of him to think of a man as delicate, Fai D. Flourite was. He wasn\'t built for brute strength, more like agile grace and quickness. But it was the samll suttle signs that he was realizing were still there despite Fai\'s best efforts to burry them. The sad thing was he spent last night making the bedsprings squeak and Fai moan and hadn\'t even noticed and realized that was because Fai was trying to make sure he didn\'t.



"That\'s not what I\'m talking about. I know you eat like everyone else for appearances sake, but it does nothing to fill you. Food and drink mean nothing to you do they Wizard?" Kurogane said as he pulled a knife from his belt and lifted his good arm. "There\'s only one thing that has any substance to you." He said as he split the flesh having seen the gold flecked thru his remaining blue eye, seen the fangs ever so slightly lengthened with the need to eat and knew that Fai had been surpressing it.



"Drink it or not it\'s up to you." Kurogane said in a cool tone. "But either way it\'s going to spill."



Fai\'s eyes were both now that glowing gold and slitted, he watched the fangs length at the blood scent and knew now that he had been right.



"Kurogane...you shouldn\'t damage your good arm." Fai answered in a lightly scolding tone as he stood and moved graceful preditor quick across the room his long slender fingers catching Kurogane\'s arm in his hand as he bent down and wrapped his soft lips around the wound his fangs pressing in wither or not he meant to and began lapping and drinking the need over-ruling his attempts to hide it away.



Kurogane looked across the room and knew that the others were supposed to be here soon and yet that didn\'t matter to him, all that did matter was the idiot mage suckling at his arm, the kid who was up and about in the other room and the cream puff that was there ticket to other worlds. He didn\'t want to think about what would happen if they couldn\'t find a way to restore the kid\'s and princess\'s clones. After all Syaoran\'s price had been the inablity to stay in any one world and call it home.....because in order to save everything improtant to him he erased his own existance. The Princess was safely tucked away in Clow Country, and now he was traveling.



Oh it was true he could have stayed behind in Nihon but at the time Fai was still down one eye and just given up his magic. He was at that time no longer a Wizard and would still travel with the kid. No, in truth he could not stop this journey his whole point of returning to Nihon had been to get the charm removed from his brow, and see her one last time, as well as getting Ginryuu. And he had it. He had Ginryuu and could better protect the others because of that.



Glancing down and knowing that it had only been a moment or two even while he reflected in thought he watched Fai shift slightly.

"We\'re being watched." Fai said as his lips brushed against senstive skin.

"Yeah I noticed." Kurogane said and he had, he had noticed some one or something watching them as Fai took what he needed.

"If it\'s that bastard...."

"Impossible Kurgs. He\'s dead." Fai said in a low tone as he lapped at the cut until it stopped bleed and pulled away lifting one hand to run a finger along his jawline and looked at him. "Although I\'m tired of others hurting those around me. If anyone dares threaten us this time....I\'ll kill them."



Kurogane looked at Fai and nodded slightly he understood where he was coming from but grabbed his chin and pulled his Wizard turned vampire to him. "No you won\'t. I will, you don\'t need any more sorrow thrust upon your shoulders, you\'re already carrying too much weight as it is." He said and then kissed Fai so that his lover could not argue with him.



He had learned a long time ago the best way to shut Fai up was to occupy his mouth with something else. And Kurogane found he; himself perfered it to be his own mouth and tongue. Before they could go any further though there was a knock on the door and Syaoran spoke in a tenative tone.



"Fai-san, Kurogane-san....the others are arriving." He said through the door.



Fai couldn\'t help it he chuckled as he rested his head against Kurogane\'s shoulder a moment and looked at the door. Talk about timing and just when things were about to get good. "Alright Syaoran-kun. Fai-mommy and Kuro-daddy will be out in a moment." He sing-songed.



"It\'s Kurogane!" Kurogane barked correcting him.

Fai laughed and both could just imagine Syaoran shaking his head and smiling on the other side of the door as he walked away and into the main room no doubt with Mokona in tow.