Title : Red Moon
PAring - SUgar Pari/ Marui Bunta x Echizen Ryoma
Rewrite of my old story Obsession.
Chapter 1 - Family
Echizen Ryoma was only seven year old when he saw his own parent covered in blood dead. He didn't want to believe it and went toward them and tried to wake them up, hoping that they were just sleeping or playing a trick on him like they usual did. But they didn't move and their body was cold as ice.
"Meow." Ryoma turned to Karupin who was also beside the little boy that time. Karupin was the only one that was there with Ryoma to comfort the sad little boy. Ryoma picked his cat up and cuddled with it, it made Ryoma forget about what he saw just for a moment.
The door to his house slammed opened and a man came in. He had a badge on his right side of his coat. Looks from it the man was a detective. The man had that guilty look when he saw the little boy with his arms around the Himalayan cat.
The man felt bad. He had finally found some leads to the ones he was looking for but he arrived too late just to see a little boy standing there. The boy's hand was covered in blood from trying to wake his parents up.
"I'm sorry." The man said as he hugged the little boy with his cat still in his arms. I should have come sooner." The man wished that such a boy his age didn't have to see just a sight but he couldn't rewrite what had happened, he felt really bad for the young boy, he looked younger than his own sons.
There police officers had come and investigate the house. They also covered the dead bodies. Ryoma looked at his parent's body that had been covered, he still had those image in his head something he could never forget.
The detective found it strange the boy hadn't cried once. He just looked around like nothing was wrong but the detective knew that wasn't the case.
"Riku what are we going to do with boy?" Riku's partner Arata had come up to Riku. Riku didn't know what to do but then an idea popped in his head. Leave it to me." He said as he pointed to himself with a smile confusing his partner.
The detective turned to face the boy once again but bend down so they were in the same level.
"I'm Marui Riku and I would like you to come live with me." He smiled. But the boy didn't say anything back and patted his cat. Riku didn't know what else to say he wasn't good at dealing with a kid like this, he never dealt with people who saw something horrible and it just had to be this little boy.
"Riku-san." The boy spoke which Riku was startled by. Riku stared at the boy and waited for the boy to continue. I don't plan on leaving this place."
It been a month since the murder of Ryoma's parents. The little boy still lives in the house where everything happened. Riku would come time to time to visit the boy and see how he is doing. The detective wonder why the boy would even want to live in this house, if it was him then he would have nightmares.
Ryoma wasn't allow to live on his own without a guardian consent but Riku manage to do something. By something he meant that he had to adopt the boy as his son. Ryoma was a quiet boy but sometimes he made some cheeky remarks about him but he was better compared to his own sons who make fun of him a lot.
"Ryoma I won't be here for a while now." Riku told the small boy.
"I see." Was the reply he got from Ryoma? It was cold but Riku was used to it.
"I'm going overseas for some work but you won't be alone." Riku smiled. Riku explained to Ryoma that his sons would be coming to live with him since Riku doesn't like the fact that Ryoma would be alone most of the time.
"They're my brothers." Ryoma said.
"Yea since I did adopted you so they are your brothers." Ryoma had heard stories about his sons from the man. He had three sons and they looked more like their mother then the father.
Riku recalled the night before with his sons.
Marui Bunta and his brothers were in their home watching the sports on the television when his father walked in the room.
"I have something important to discuss with you three." He said as he sat down on the couch in the living room. The three turned their attention to their father who looked serious for once.
"What is it?" Marui said looking at his watch. He had to be somewhere soon so he hope his father would hurry what he had to say.
"You three have a younger brother." The man finally said it. The three were shock from the words that came out from their father's mouth.
"Brother?" Bunta didn't know how to react to it. The word echo through his head like a chant. The two others were also feeling the same.
"I say brother but half since I adopted him a month ago." Riku said. And he lives alone right now." Riku then explained to the boys how he met Ryoma and the sadness in the boy. His name is Echizen Ryoma and is only seven years old and I already told him about you three about living with him."
Here it came again Bunta hated when his father did things without talking about it before hand. The smile that the old man gave them creeped Bunta out.
Bunta then looked at his watch and saw it was about time to go meet up with his friends. He bolt out of their in a flash and out he went. He had ran pass the house that his new little brother was living in, at the time he didn't know that.
"Brother." Bunta kept thinking about his new brother and wonder what he was like, guess you could say he was curious. The day his father had announced he had a little brother shocked his brothers and himself.
"What are you talking about?" Jackal had come from behind and surprised the boy.
"I was thinking about this supposedly new brother I have." Bunta then explained to his best friend about how his father handed down to his brothers and him that they had a unknown brother that his father had adopted without their knowledge and he now wants them to live with him since he's going away for a work overseas.
"That is shocking indeed." Jackal said.
"Tell me about it."
"Karupin where are you?" Both Bunta and Jackal turned to the source of the voice. A little boy with green tinted black hair and hazel eyes walked out of the house that Bunta had passed by.
"Is that?" Bunta then took out something from his pocket. It was the picture his old man had given to him before leaving this morning. It was the picture of the boy who was his brother and sure enough the one he saw right now was the little boy.
"Karupin!" Ryoma yelled but the cat didn't appear. Suddenly Bunta saw the boy trip and fall to the ground. The boy looked to Bunta as somebody who needed protected. Bunta hurried to the boy and picked him up from the ground.
Ryoma stared at Bunta with his hazel eyes. Like Riku said his sons mostly looked like their mother. Bunta's hair was red-pink and his eyes were amethyst-pink color.
"You're Marui Bunta." Ryoma said.
"How do you know my name?' Bunta asked.
"Riku-san showed me a picture you and the other two."
"Did he now?" Bunta had a bad feeling that he said things about them he wasn't supposed to. And you're Echizen Ryoma." Bunta recalled remembering the name his father had told him the other day.
Bunta then realize something why the heck was the boy outside and lightly dressed. He was sure the boy would get a cold if he didn't get the boy back inside quickly.
"What are you doing outside?"
"Karupin disappeared."
"Karupin?" Bunta said in confusion. Who was Ryoma talking about?
"Who is Karupin?" Bunta asked but just then he felt something on top of his head and it was a bit heavy.
"Karupin." Ryoma smiled happily. Bunta took the fur ball off his head.
"Meow."
Bunta realized how happy Ryoma looked when seeing the cat. Bunta couldn't help it see how cute that boy looked. Bunta gave the cat back to Ryoma.
"Marui." Bunta heard Jackal voice. He had completely forgotten about his friend since he was so worried about the boy. Bunta mouthed his words to Jackal that he had to take care of his brother. Jackal understood and waved goodbye to him.
Bunta then hurried inside the house with Ryoma still in his arms.
Bunta then decided to let his father know that he had met Ryoma and would be staying with the boy and take care of him.
"Tell those two to come tomorrow."
"They actually had a trip so have left Japan." Riku said.
"What?" Bunta was pissed. Why didn't they tell him about it? Bunta hang the phone up and looked around the house and found a tennis court at the back, he then went to Ryoma who was watching the television.
"Do you like tennis?" Bunta asked since the boy was watching a tennis game.
"I do." He replied. Papa used to teach me but I'm not good but it's fun."
"Want to play with me." Ryoma's eyes lit up. This made Bunta really happy since this was the first time there was somebody who in his family was interested in tennis like he was. His brothers were in sports but not tennis sport.
The two headed toward the back where the tennis court was. Both had racket in their hand. Bunta had fun playing tennis even if Ryoma wasn't that much of a player but deep down he felt the boy was going to be something better in due time and not just tennis.
After playing tennis for a bit. Ryoma got to know a lot more about his new brother. Like how he's a tennis player at his school and mostly does doubles with his friend. Bunta felt nice telling somebody about tennis that was actually interest in the sport unlike his two younger brothers and his father who didn't seem to care or didn't even have time to listen since he was always at work. When their mother was still alive she used to always listen and was always happy for Bunta.
Bunta also told Ryoma about his other two brothers. One was in the soccer team in his school and the other was in basketball team.
"I'm sure you will meet them when they return from their trip." Bunta didn't ask Ryoma about his family since he felt if he did he might hurt him in a way. His father had told him that Ryoma didn't act like any boys his age and he was right.
After knowing Ryoma just for a little bit he knew how the boy was. All he did was watch the television, play with his cat and sometimes make something to eat. But that was going to change.
Bunta was going to ask something but he saw the boy had fallen asleep on the couch that they were sitting on. Bunta got up and picked the small fragile boy in his arms and took him upstairs. He didn't know which was Ryoma's room but stopped when he saw a picture with Karupin in one of the door so he thought that this was Ryoma's room.
He entered the room and put the boy on the bed. He put the cover over the boy so he wouldn't catch a cold. Bunta then looked around the room, not much was in there. Just some books and magazine and there was even a poster of a tennis player.
"You're going to be something." Bunta's eyes glowed red and he smiled.