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The day was a peacful one, or at least thats what it was until THEY arrived.

A large black, circular sigil appeared on the forest floor, followed by a bright flash of light. Forest birds and animals scattered, as the air suddenly became heavy and seemed to become liquid above the sigil. Suddenly the air seemed to bulge, taking shape of water drop as the sigil only glowed brighter. Another water drop shaped object appeared in the air, both slowly stretching out toward the ground as the sigil glowed. Then as suddenly as it had appeared, the sigil disappeared, both water drops popping and revealing two figures, one landing with a thud on the ground, completely caught off guard by the new world as well as the new form he had.

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" STUPID MAGE! What did you do THIS time?!"

Kurogane huffed loudly, slowly pushing himself up into a sitting position, looking greatly depressed about his particular situation. His long, rabbit like ears folded back in anger as well as embarassment, his three tails flicking behind him in anger as well.

The ninja winced as he heard the mage's dreaded 'hyuu' noise, but knew that it was merely the tip of the ice burg of annoyances coming his way from his magically inclined companion. He did glare at the said magician when he heard that the other thought he looked funny.

" Its not like you are any different," he muttered, pulling his wings closer to his back without thinking about it. He huffed slightly again then realized something, there was only Fai picking on him.

" Where are the others?"

Kurogane only glared out around them, more interested in where they were, what was going on, and if they were in danger rather than what the hell he had turned into this time around. The kids weren't around and neither was the white pork bun, and yet he and the mage could understand each other perfectly so they had to be around here somewhere. Right? Or was this Yama all over again?

The thought made the ninja's mind wander on old memories, old memories that he wasn't exactly in the mood to dwell on when he needed to concentrate.

Kurogane finally turned his attention toward his companion more interested in pointing this out to the mage than listening to him call himself a cat. Although he figured he would regret it later, Fai did do a complete turn around whenever he was forced to be serious.

" Mage, you do notice that kids aren't here? As well as that stupid pork bun?"

Kurogane's eyes met with Fai's for a moment, then her turned his attention elsewhere. Hefting himself up he began to walk around on his new legs, trying to get used to walking around like....well a dog. He didn't worry about the kids, however. He was certain that no matter where they were, Syaoran would take care of the princess. He merely found it odd that the pork bun had screwed up on their landing yet again.

" This isn't Yama. Completely different climate as well as forms." He frowned at his animalistic form yet again, he needed to get his mind off of it. The ninja huffed again and began to walk away from their landing spot, no certain direction in mind, just going to be going, or rather to do something.

" Don't know, but I think that moving would do better than sitting around doing nothing," he muttered in response. He wanted to get out of this world as quickly as possible, for he could only take so much of the mage's teasing and he knew this teasing silence would only last so long. The best plan of action? Find the pork bun and the kids, see if there is a feather, get it if there is, and if not move right along to the next world.

Kurogane huffed in annoyance as he watched Fai flying around, his blood red eyes half lidded in boredom. He never understood how the mage could have so much fun doing, well basically nothing. As long as the magician stayed sober, however, this would do just fine.

"Hnn," was his response to Fai's idea of flying. Truth be told he wasn't comfortable with the idea. While the magician was used to flying or wind magic, Kurogane preferred to keep his feet on the ground. He did have a point though, flying would possibly be faster.

Kurogane paused for a moment, his steps faultering when he heard the mage use his full name. Earlier days he would have given anything to make the mage stop with the nicknames and call him by his correct name. however, he got so used to the nicknames that when he did hear his full name, it felt odd, perhaps even hurtful? Especially after what happened in Tokyo...

Kurogane shook his head, the memories clouding his mind while in a new area wasn't exactly what he wanted, especially not with those memories. He huffed slightly as he watched Fai take flight, with a spark of jealousy perhaps or just a nervous gut feeling about doing it himself. But he wasn't one to let the mage upstage him either.

He huffed yet again, more in agitation at his own hesitance, then he followed Fai's example, getting a good running start then leaping into the air, his raven black,blood splattered wings spreading wide and filling with air. A good few pumps, which he was surprised he knew how to do, and he was gliding through the air, wobbling from side to side, but nonetheless flying.

Kurogane stayed closer to the ground, comforted with the fact that if he did suddenly fall, it wouldn't be that far. Either way he was more intent on something else. In the previous world they had been in, a LOT of things had happened, a lot of things that Kurogane was very intent on getting some answers about things. Maybe the kids not being around was a good thing?

Deep in thought he had barely enough time to dart out of the way of a tree he was about the fly into. He growled at himself in anger and dissappointment and quickly landed, huffing.

" I'm staying on the ground! I can run faster than these things can take me." He spread his bloodstained wings out then folded them against his back, glaring at nothing in particular besides his own thoughts getting him distracted. This was certainly not like him. He growled yet again and started off in the same direction as Fai was flying, keeping a steady pace as he darted in between the trees. Maybe running in this forest would keep his mind off of things*

Kurogane kept running, pushing hard enough to make even his chest burn slightly from the strain. There was certainly one good thing about his new form, it had good stamina and having four legs made it a bit easier to move around. But he would never admit this to his companion, it would only create more opportunities to get teased.

Soon he noticed that the trees were growing thinner and that the path in front of him was growing increasingly brighter. He put a bit more oomph into his run and then he bounded out into a meadow. A few stumbling steps and he came to a halt, panting slightly as he squinted his eyes to the blaring sunlight. A few good blinks and he could kind of see, and he saw that there was nothing civilized near by.

" Do you see anything Mage?" He called up to his companion, knowing that the magician had been keeping an even pace with him up in the air. At this point, it seemed like it would take forever to find the kids if they were severly separated, or even in this world.