Hello, peeps! Now I know that you're wondering why i took down "A Tiger in Alagaesia" and that because I need time to figure out the rest of its plot. SO~ as compensation, I'm giving you guys this to read. ENJOY~!

Prologue

Standing by the arrivals exit at the pickups of Tokyo international airport, stood Enforcer Shinya Kougami impatiently tapping his foot. The steely blue eyed Enforcer was asked, as a favor by Akane Tsunemori, to pick up a young family member returning from overseas.

~One hour and a half earlier~

"AH, CRAP!"

Enforcer Kougami, Yayoi, and Inspector Shimotsuki looked at Inspector Akane's way, wondering what was wrong.

"What's wrong now, Inspector?" Mika Shimotsuki asked, her brows furrowed in agitation.

Kougami sent the sarcastic Inspector a quick glare before setting his icy blue gaze one Akane's worried face. Clearly she had forgotten to do something and was now not sure how to address the problem.

"It's just that," Akane began, a bit embarrassed. "I forgot that I had to go pick up my nephew from the airport. He's supposed to come with a message about my older sister."

"Wait, you have a sister?" Yayoi questioned, surprised. This was the first anybody's heard of this, including Kougami.

"Yeah, her name's Aohime—she's a good 10 years older than me."

Akane then turns to Kougami with her hands clapped together, as if in prayer, pleading. "Kougami-san, would you please go pick him up from the airport? I wish I could but I've got to ask Kitazawa some questions."

Kougami's steel-blue eyes held his gaze with Akane's warm golden brown eyes with plead for this favor. Yayoi kept her silence a bit, with her hand covering her mouth as she giggled quietly. Inspector Shimotsuki, on the other hand, was as clueless as a lost puppy . . . except she had a frown on her face.

With Akane's brown puppy eyes winning against his steel blues, Kougami gave up, sighing.

"Yeah, sure, I'll go pick this kid up. You have a photo of him?"

Akane smiles a bit in relief. "Yes, I'll send it to you right now."

After tapping a few buttons on her wrist communicator, a ringing came from Kougami's wrist making him tap on the sent image. Appearing in the image was a young boy appearing to be about 12 or 13. Both his red-bronze eyes and his small smirk radiated great pride in something he must accomplished at the time. A bandage covered his nose bridge with another covering his left cheek. His aloof was neat in a strange sort of messy way; a thin braid came from behind his right ear. His hair color being similar to Akane's light brown, if not darker. Around his neck was a dark burgundy choker with a gold buckle accenting it. In the picture, the boy wore a light burgundy T-shirt with a black pair of either cargo shorts or pants, since the photo ended at the middle of thighs.

"Ao-neesan sent me that pic a few months ago-"

Now

'-but she didn't tell me his name. Sorry!'

Kougami sighed. As much as I need to know this kid's name, he's gotta hurry. I have a bad feeling about leaving Akane by herself. Who knows what reckless tactic she'll use to find the real culprit?

Kougami sighs once more, raggedly, as he runs a hand through his onyx hair. The Enforcer was, at that moment, tempted to have a smoke when a pair of dark boots stepped in front of him.

"Hey! Do you know an Inspector by the name of Akane Tsunemori?"

Kougami looked up to see who it was. The light, arrogant voice belonged to a young boy, the same boy from Akane's photo, only now he wore an extra dark grey dress shirt over the burgundy T-shirt. Over the dress shirt, the boy had on a blue-near-black no sleeved leather jacket. Still around his neck was the dark burgundy choker. His black pants were cargos held up with a gold buckled belt. The boy's hair style was definitely the same as in the photo. Now he didn't smirk. . .

Although his red-bronze shown with pride like no other.

In a slight monotone, Kougami spoke. "Yeah, what's she to you?"

Jerking his chin up a bit, the boy replied. "Akane Tsunemori is my aunt as my mother's younger sister." then thinking a bit, he spoke again, guarded. "Who is aunt to you?"

Kougami narrows his steel-blues at the the prideful boy. The Enforcer has a feeling this kid won't let him get closer to Akane anytime soon.

Kougami growled monotonically. "That's none of your business, kid."

The kid gave a small nasty smirk. "Yeah, whatever. Did Aunty Akane send you, little hunting dog?"

With his steel-blues already narrowed, Kougami's eyebrow simply twitched with annoyance. The older male spoke through his teeth. "Yes, she did. And I have a name, brat."

The young boy felt a small spasm happen under his left eye. "Really? Well, I could say the same. So, what's your name, mutt?"

Kougami grounded his teeth. "It's Kougami Shinya. And yours, brat?"

The boy gives a small, nasty smirk. A pride of sorts began to show brightly in his pools of red-bronze.

"The name's Tsunemori Junichi. Age 13, having a Hue of Dark Aqua, and Coefficient being a nice 113.13."

. . . Wait- a Hue of what and a Coefficient of WHAT?!

Well, ladies and gents? Have you guys ever wondered how it would have been if a teen as young as Junichi were to have been put into the series? If you have please do tell me! i'd like to know your thoughts; helpful criticism accepted, no flaming! Favorite, Follow, R&R, share, ets. Do what you guys like.

And now i bid you, adieu~

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