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Kazahaya looked up at the tall skyscraper in front of him. It looked as if it were illuminated as the moon's face was blocked out of his sight. He sighed as he closed his eyes to absorb the atmosphere for his powers had evolved a bit.
He could touch, but the feeling became too much. So, he just embraced himself as he saw the clouds coming. Before he knew it, the clouds just blocked his sight of the moon and everything around him was shadowed in darkness.
Enveloped by the rain, he then opened his eyes to look at Rikuou.
Rikuou, who was standing under a single lamppost, stood in his place frozen as he watched Kazahaya wavering in the darkness. He was holding his arms out to the distant, hidden moon as his white shirt and black slacks stuck to his body.
"Don't come closer, Rikuou," Kazahaya warned with eyes that were slightly squinting.
He finished with a pained look,
"For my sake."
Taisetsu na okurimono. (Significant gift.)
By miyamoto yui
Part 1 – The Seal.
"Why…why me?" Kazahaya complained as he began his early morning shift with a growling stomach.
Sure, he just lived there, but that didn't mean that he was going to give into Rikuou's stubbornness in not wanting to cook anything. Why did _he_ always have to do it anyway?
"I'm not his wife, so he can't order me around!" Kazahaya quietly hissed to himself while putting boxes of cotton swabs on a shelf with a grudge. "Who does he think he is anyway?!"
"I'm not making breakfast and that's final." Rikuou said as he smirked while poking Kazahaya's right side. "You're just doing this to spite me." Kazahaya humphed as he slapped on Rikuou's hand while still piling the boxes of cotton swabs on the shelf.
"I do everything to spite you."
At that moment, Rikuou leaned forward and blew into his ear. "You're too cute when you're mad. It's an added bonus if you ask me."
Kazahaya turned red as his eyes opened widely in anger. He then took one box and tried to slam it on Rikuou's head. "Teme!"
Rikuou laughed as he took a hold of Kazahaya's wrist. "Yup, even cuter."
Sagai walked over to them and cleared his throat, but they ignored him. He then said, "A lover's quarrel early in the morning? Won't you guys ever let up?"
"Who'd be in love with that sadist?!" Kazahaya said as he took his hand away and glared at Rikuou.
Rikuou, completely turned his head to Sagai and said nothing. Now, whether it was out of offense or defense, no one really knew, but Rikuou had a deadpan expression that conveyed nothing.
This made Kazahaya even more frustrated. "Kono yarou…"
"You're being called to the office," Sagai said and then he left to go to the front of the store.
As they were walking to Kakei's office, Kazahaya whispered scornfully to Rikuou, "I hate you."
"That's old news," Rikuou answered with a slight smile and a glance at his enraged co-worker.
When they entered the office, Kakei sat on his desk and folded his hands in front of him. Smiling at them, he told them, "I have a proposition and both of you have to work as a team on this one."
Kazahaya pouted as he sharply turned his head to Rikuou. "I don't want to work with him."
Rikuou's response to this: "…"
"The sum is quite big…"
Why…why did things have to come out as money bills in the end?
It gave you power when you had it and crushed you when you didn't, but why did it control more than it was worth?
But it was more than that. Today, the atmosphere around Kakei was very strange, but neither Kaza or Riku could figure out what. Kakei had a hard expression on his face that was unlike his usual Cheshire cat smiles. "Are you willing to take this job?"
With much reluctance, Kazahaya nodded as they both looked at Kakei quietly. Kakei's legs crossed as he said, "I need you to retrieve a poem."
"A poem?" This time, it was Rikuou who gave a skeptical look at Kakei. "Doesn't it seem silly to send two people to recover a poem?"
"It isn't silly at all. You'll have to get this from a girl who's not willing to give it up at all."
"Then why are we retrieving this?" Kazahaya asked, concerned that he would take something against someone's will.
"Because she is trapped within herself, and that poem is her seal."
--
It didn't make any sense at all, but Kazahaya and Rikuou left the drugstore and went home to eat something before they could do anything else.
In the end, Kazahaya ended up making pancakes and coffee while Rikuou read the morning paper. As Kazahaya was about to turn around to sit down, Rikuou pulled on his apron and Kazahaya fell into his lap.
Kazahaya sighed as he looked at Rikuou with a worried face. There was something bothering him about this particular job. "How do you unseal someone? We're not onmyouji users or people like that."
"What are you worried about?" Rikuou looked at Kazahaya and sighed, wondering what was going through Kazahaya's mind. He always sealed himself away whenever he felt something may have been too much to work out.
A job was a job, but did that involve separating yourself from your work?
Did it mean indifference to suffering?
"He said not to take things personally," Kazahaya answered with a distant look in his eyes. "He said if we did, we'd be sealed as well."
At that moment, he closed his eyes. "What the hell are we doing this for? Money or ourselves?"
"To find Kei and Tsukiko." Rikuou answered as he held Kazahaya tighter.
"Sometimes, I don't know anymore."
But there was something disturbing him as he looked at the table with the instructions to follow for their next job.
"Something's not right," Kazahaya was telling Rikuou as he stood up.
With clear eyes and a stern expression, he patted Rikuou's cheek. "I think we should have refused this job. My instinct is telling me that."
Then, Kazahaya let go as Rikuou looked at the instructions in front of him. His eyes looked away from Kazahaya as he patted his hand over the paper.
"We can't. It's even written here that we were meant to…" Rikuou thought to himself, not wanting to confirm Kazahaya's suspicions. He took Kazahaya's hand out of concern, but covertly, he was reading it on his own while Kazahaya was off-guard.
Kazahaya looked at Rikuou and squeezed his hand. "When you're nice, I don't know what to do with you."
"Please me," Rikuou said as he still held Kazahaya's hand and took it off the instructions.
"Why do I even bother to compliment you?"
Rikuou smirked, but deep inside, his heart was cringing as if it were being squeezed of its blood.
He saw the words of the paper clearly in his mind::
"There's a sacrifice for every change. You'll give up your most precious treasure to selfishly regain a part of yourself. That is humanity."
Tsuzuku…
--
Author's note: Oh, I just thought of doing this for the day. ^^;;; I know that it is quite strange and that I am rusty, but this was what I was inspired to do for today. My mixed feelings probably pointed me to the right place…
And as the wheels turned, I thought of an X/Gohou Drug crossover. ^_^ Please enjoy!
Kazahaya looked up at the tall skyscraper in front of him. It looked as if it were illuminated as the moon's face was blocked out of his sight. He sighed as he closed his eyes to absorb the atmosphere for his powers had evolved a bit.
He could touch, but the feeling became too much. So, he just embraced himself as he saw the clouds coming. Before he knew it, the clouds just blocked his sight of the moon and everything around him was shadowed in darkness.
Enveloped by the rain, he then opened his eyes to look at Rikuou.
Rikuou, who was standing under a single lamppost, stood in his place frozen as he watched Kazahaya wavering in the darkness. He was holding his arms out to the distant, hidden moon as his white shirt and black slacks stuck to his body.
"Don't come closer, Rikuou," Kazahaya warned with eyes that were slightly squinting.
He finished with a pained look,
"For my sake."
Taisetsu na okurimono. (Significant gift.)
By miyamoto yui
Part 1 – The Seal.
"Why…why me?" Kazahaya complained as he began his early morning shift with a growling stomach.
Sure, he just lived there, but that didn't mean that he was going to give into Rikuou's stubbornness in not wanting to cook anything. Why did _he_ always have to do it anyway?
"I'm not his wife, so he can't order me around!" Kazahaya quietly hissed to himself while putting boxes of cotton swabs on a shelf with a grudge. "Who does he think he is anyway?!"
"I'm not making breakfast and that's final." Rikuou said as he smirked while poking Kazahaya's right side. "You're just doing this to spite me." Kazahaya humphed as he slapped on Rikuou's hand while still piling the boxes of cotton swabs on the shelf.
"I do everything to spite you."
At that moment, Rikuou leaned forward and blew into his ear. "You're too cute when you're mad. It's an added bonus if you ask me."
Kazahaya turned red as his eyes opened widely in anger. He then took one box and tried to slam it on Rikuou's head. "Teme!"
Rikuou laughed as he took a hold of Kazahaya's wrist. "Yup, even cuter."
Sagai walked over to them and cleared his throat, but they ignored him. He then said, "A lover's quarrel early in the morning? Won't you guys ever let up?"
"Who'd be in love with that sadist?!" Kazahaya said as he took his hand away and glared at Rikuou.
Rikuou, completely turned his head to Sagai and said nothing. Now, whether it was out of offense or defense, no one really knew, but Rikuou had a deadpan expression that conveyed nothing.
This made Kazahaya even more frustrated. "Kono yarou…"
"You're being called to the office," Sagai said and then he left to go to the front of the store.
As they were walking to Kakei's office, Kazahaya whispered scornfully to Rikuou, "I hate you."
"That's old news," Rikuou answered with a slight smile and a glance at his enraged co-worker.
When they entered the office, Kakei sat on his desk and folded his hands in front of him. Smiling at them, he told them, "I have a proposition and both of you have to work as a team on this one."
Kazahaya pouted as he sharply turned his head to Rikuou. "I don't want to work with him."
Rikuou's response to this: "…"
"The sum is quite big…"
Why…why did things have to come out as money bills in the end?
It gave you power when you had it and crushed you when you didn't, but why did it control more than it was worth?
But it was more than that. Today, the atmosphere around Kakei was very strange, but neither Kaza or Riku could figure out what. Kakei had a hard expression on his face that was unlike his usual Cheshire cat smiles. "Are you willing to take this job?"
With much reluctance, Kazahaya nodded as they both looked at Kakei quietly. Kakei's legs crossed as he said, "I need you to retrieve a poem."
"A poem?" This time, it was Rikuou who gave a skeptical look at Kakei. "Doesn't it seem silly to send two people to recover a poem?"
"It isn't silly at all. You'll have to get this from a girl who's not willing to give it up at all."
"Then why are we retrieving this?" Kazahaya asked, concerned that he would take something against someone's will.
"Because she is trapped within herself, and that poem is her seal."
--
It didn't make any sense at all, but Kazahaya and Rikuou left the drugstore and went home to eat something before they could do anything else.
In the end, Kazahaya ended up making pancakes and coffee while Rikuou read the morning paper. As Kazahaya was about to turn around to sit down, Rikuou pulled on his apron and Kazahaya fell into his lap.
Kazahaya sighed as he looked at Rikuou with a worried face. There was something bothering him about this particular job. "How do you unseal someone? We're not onmyouji users or people like that."
"What are you worried about?" Rikuou looked at Kazahaya and sighed, wondering what was going through Kazahaya's mind. He always sealed himself away whenever he felt something may have been too much to work out.
A job was a job, but did that involve separating yourself from your work?
Did it mean indifference to suffering?
"He said not to take things personally," Kazahaya answered with a distant look in his eyes. "He said if we did, we'd be sealed as well."
At that moment, he closed his eyes. "What the hell are we doing this for? Money or ourselves?"
"To find Kei and Tsukiko." Rikuou answered as he held Kazahaya tighter.
"Sometimes, I don't know anymore."
But there was something disturbing him as he looked at the table with the instructions to follow for their next job.
"Something's not right," Kazahaya was telling Rikuou as he stood up.
With clear eyes and a stern expression, he patted Rikuou's cheek. "I think we should have refused this job. My instinct is telling me that."
Then, Kazahaya let go as Rikuou looked at the instructions in front of him. His eyes looked away from Kazahaya as he patted his hand over the paper.
"We can't. It's even written here that we were meant to…" Rikuou thought to himself, not wanting to confirm Kazahaya's suspicions. He took Kazahaya's hand out of concern, but covertly, he was reading it on his own while Kazahaya was off-guard.
Kazahaya looked at Rikuou and squeezed his hand. "When you're nice, I don't know what to do with you."
"Please me," Rikuou said as he still held Kazahaya's hand and took it off the instructions.
"Why do I even bother to compliment you?"
Rikuou smirked, but deep inside, his heart was cringing as if it were being squeezed of its blood.
He saw the words of the paper clearly in his mind::
"There's a sacrifice for every change. You'll give up your most precious treasure to selfishly regain a part of yourself. That is humanity."
Tsuzuku…
--
Author's note: Oh, I just thought of doing this for the day. ^^;;; I know that it is quite strange and that I am rusty, but this was what I was inspired to do for today. My mixed feelings probably pointed me to the right place…
And as the wheels turned, I thought of an X/Gohou Drug crossover. ^_^ Please enjoy!