The Tree of Sweet Nothings

When you look at me, I feel you searching. Searching for the real me. You won't find him, but please keep looking. I love the thought of you caring for me.

The magic swirls evaporated as the group looked around. The air was thin as is typical for places in high elevations. It would seem they were at top of a mountain.

"The air here is making me dizzy," Fai groaned. He supported himself towards a tree; breathing in short gasps, gaze lowered.

"I hope you faint, that way you might shut up," Kurogane turned to look at the wizard. He looked like he would collapse anytime. Clearly, the man had not been on a mountain before. "Try to breathe slowly."

"Kuro-pon is so nice," Fay gasped and his hand tightened around the supporting tree. "Maybe Kuro-tan wants to…?" His voice trailed off and he fell towards the ground. Kurogane ran towards him and managed to catch his head before it met the ground. He watched as Fay's eyes moved slightly under closed eyelids, his breath heavy.

"Why the hell can't that man ever listen to me?" Kurogane turned towards a worried Syaoran and Sakura. "He just fainted, he'll be fine."

"There are some buildings over there," Syaoran pointed towards some buildings poking out from the treetops a couple of meters away. "Maybe we should take Fay-san over there?"

"Fine with me." Kurogane lifted Fay and positioned him over his shoulder, supporting him with one hand. 'I am not touching him there, I am not… Who the hell am I kidding, I am grabbing his butt!' Kurogane closed his eyes, hoping the nightmare would end soon. He didn't know that this was only the beginning.

As they approached the building they were met by a crowd of people, all wearing the same clothes that looked like a uniform. They were all young and came out running at them in an incredible speed. They stopped right in front of Kurogane holding Fay, worried expressions on their faces.

"Is he alright?"

"What happened?"

"Who are you?"

"What brings you here?"

"The black haired one is so cute grabbing that sexy blonds butt!"

"I am not grabbing his butt!" Kurogane growled at them, sending them all an angry glare. It didn't seem to have an effect on them other than a reaction that could resemble fangirling. They kept yelling and shouting; asking and asking; whispering together behind shielded hands.

The questions that were thrown towards the ninja were answered with a confused, slightly irritated glare. They were all students, and they were, in fact, all male. Which made Kurogane conclude that they were in some sort of high school. An all boy's high school.

"He needs to rest a bit, the air here is to thin for him," Kurogane growled and moved away from a student who was grabbing his arm with a worried expression. Another one tried to take a hold of Fay's hand, but Kurogane turned around quickly shielding Fay from the crowd. However, when the ninja felt something grab his butt, he turned around and decided this was enough. The students here were all 'too friendly' for his liking.

"Bring him over here," a steady voice said towards Kurogane; his grip strong around the tilt of his sword. The ninja turned around; nodded and walked through the crowd of people towards the man whom had spoken to him. As he walked by, he could hear the student's whisper to each other. He blushed and walked inside the school building.

"He looked at me!"

"I touched him!"

"Hideki-kun touched his bottom!"

"He did? He is so lucky!"

"That blond is so hot I almost fainted!"

"I wonder if the two of them are dating?"

"They look so good together..."

"I want the black haired one!"

"The blond lanky one is mine!"

"No he is mine-"

"Keep you hands off him Kamui-kun! He is mine."

"No way, he looked at me first!"

"They are both so cute!"

"I wonder if he will go with me to the tree of sweet nothings if I ask him?"

"I want to ask him to the tree of sweet nothings too!"

Fay was gently put down on a bed in one of the dorm rooms. He still looked sweaty but his breath was steady so Kurogane didn't worry. He gently spread a blanket over him and seated himself by the sleeping Fay.

"I'm Mukofujiwara. What brings you all here?" the boy explained, introducing himself. He was a tall boy with black hair. He wore glasses and looked very strong. 'He is too tall for his age,' Kurogane shifted his gaze from Fay to Mukofujiwara.

"We are travelling," Kurogane mumbled and gently dried off Fay's sweat with the back of his hand.

"Why did you come all the way up here in the mountains? There is nothing here besides the school." Mukofujiwara looked suspicious at Kurogane.

"It was his idea," Kurogane grunted, pointing at Fay while shifting his gaze upon Mukofujiwara.

"I see, too bad he fainted. He will be okay though; he just has to get used to the thin air here," Mukofujiwara turned around but then stopped in his tracks. "You can stay here for as long as you like. We don't get many visitors and it seems like you have become quite popular around here." He started walking again but again he stopped when he reached the door. "I think it should be in everyone's interest to confirm if you and that blond are dating. There are a great number of people who would like to know." Then he wandered off, leaving Kurogane with a confused and slightly worried expression. 'What the hell did he mean by that?'

Kurogane decided he could leave Fay for a moment to go check on Syaoran and Sakura. He gave the mage a last check before he walked towards the door. It was slightly open and from the other side he could hear whispers. He opened the door only to be met by a crowd of boys blushing when he made his appearance.

"Why the hell are you standing here for?" Kurogane growled not worried the slightest that he was the visitor and behaving as though he owned the school.

"Sorry, we just wondered…" one boy said but he didn't finish. He just looked down; his face a dark shade of red.

"We just wondered if you and that blond are dating," another boy said blushing.

"Shut up Hideki-kun, of course they are!" another boy said. "They look so cute together."

"We are NOT dating," Kurogane tried to get out of the ring of boys surrounding him.

"Here," a boy with black hair said and turned around and ran after giving the ninja a piece of paper.

"Here," another piece of paper was given him followed by one less boy in the surrounding ring.

"Here," another said and ran, and suddenly Kurogane had thousand of papers in his hands, and none, to his big relief, of the boys were left in the hallway. Kurogane stuffed the pieces of paper inside one of his pockets and walked outside. He looked around wondering what Syaoran, Sakura and Mokona were doing. The first he saw was Syaoran surrounded with no less than a couple of hundred of boys. All seemed to be holding pieces of paper in their hands, and they all where making a lot of noise. All the boys looked like they had the time of their life, Syaoran as though he wanted to be anywhere else. He looked for Sakura. She was standing alone outside the ring of boys surrounding Syaoran, looking surprised. She held Mokona in her arms who looked nothing but grumpy. Kurogane decided to walk over to Sakura, as approaching Syaoran would be impossible due to the massive wall of boys surrounding him.

"Are you alright?" Kurogane looked at her, a little confused for the lack of boys around her.

"Yes," Sakura looked confused as well holding the grumpiest Mokona Kurogane had ever seen in his life.

"Mokona want to be popular too!" Mokona made an evil glare towards the crowd of people around Syaoran.

"How is Fay-san doing?" Sakura asked, and stroke Mokona on its head trying to cheer it up.

"He's sleeping. He'll be okay when he gets used to the air up here." Kurogane looked at Syaoran - well, the only thing visible of Syaoran, which was a little part of his head amongst all his fans that didn't seem to back off no matter how much Syaoran tried to get away.

"We have arranged rooms for you all," a boy with black hair said. He had glasses like Mukofujiwara but was considerable smaller, just about Syaoran's size.

"Thank you," Sakura said smiling. "I am Sakura, this is Kurogane-san and that is Syaoran-kun." Sakura pointed towards the crowd.

"Nice to meet you. I am Nayuki," the boy with black hair said. "Do you want me to show you your rooms?"

Kurogane nodded, and they started following Nayuki towards the school building. "Syaoran-kun, if you want you can come along too," Nayuki said and smiled.

After a while Syaoran appeared. He was covered in sweat, was clearly blushing and his shirt looked like it had been pulled in all sorts of directions.

"Don't take it wrong, Syaoran-kun. You are so cute no wonder they are acting so crazy," Nayuki smiled and walked inside, a stunned group following.

Kurogane seated himself on his bed inside his dorm room. He decided he would check on Fay later when his crowd of fans had gone to bed. He knew very well they were outside his door. The endless whispering was enough proof, and he didn't want to endure a mass attack again. He pulled out the pieces of paper from his pocket, opening one of them.

You are the cutest person I have ever met! I love your strong body and your black hair. Do you want to meet me at The Tree of Sweet Nothings?

Love Kamui

Kurogane threw away the paper and opened another one. Its content did not come as a surprise.

You are the sexiest man I have ever met. If you want, we can meet at The Tree of Sweet Nothings. I'll give you everything you want.

Kisses from Hideki

He threw it away and opened another one.

I'll do anything for you. You are so hot that I almost faint whenever I see you. Come to my room and I'll give you the time of your life.

Your love, Sorata

"What the hell of a school is this?" Kurogane yelled, and he heard some scared voices from outside his door. He threw the rest of the papers in the garbage and leaned back on his bed. 'The faster we get out of here, the better.' Kurogane closed his eyes. 'They can just try and I'll chop their head off!'

A/N: Sorry for the lack of KuroxFay interaction. Fay will wake up next chapitre, promise. This chapitre has very little action; I just felt that I should make it like an introduction to the school. The next one will have more progress. And I'll try to make the X characters less OOC than they are here. I'll stop ranting now. Please review!