Once again, hi~! This would be my 3rd fic, and my 2nd fic for Monochrome Factor!

And yet once again, thanks for spending the time to read this!! Please, enjoy, read, and review! I humbly accept critics!

Head-on warning: This fic is based after the moment Kengo turns 'dark' in the manga, so this is a very, very big spoiler. But, you really should read that chapter, though sorry 'cos I don't remember which.

Now, let's head on to Aki and Ken fluff!!! =3


Kengo's Dark Side

Chapter 1

It was a bright and sunny Saturday morning, and Akira and co. went out to have some fun.

"It's a beautiful morning, do you agree, Akira-kun?" Shirogane asked, a smile played on his lips.

"Ah shut up already." Akira yawned, grumbling. Kengo had invited him to come over to his house yesterday after school and they had ended up playing video games all night. Resulting, Akira got only about 2-3 hours of sleep. Before that the idiot had thought up of some plan to go have fun with everybody and called the others right away.

Argh~ Dammit… Shouldn't have went to that idiot's house… He thought, scratching his head.

He sat on a bench. They were supposed to meet in the park, but there's nobody around so Akira and Shirogane must be the first ones to arrive.

A few minutes later, Aya and Kengo arrived.

"Aakiraa~!" Kengo called, face beaming with joy, no doubt excited that he could play with Akira the whole day.

"Good morning, Akira." Aya said.

Akira grunted in reply.

"You guys are getting along well, I see." He teased, eyeing her up and down.

"What! This idiot came to my house and practically dragged me here!"

"Nee, nee, where's Kou-nii?" Kengo asked, searching for him as if he were searching for treasure.

Akira ignored him, and Shirogane answered: "Maybe he'll be here soon."

Just as he finished his finished, Kou came, calling them.

"Aki! Ken! See here, I managed to coax Master to come!" he exclaimed, guiding Master towards the bench they were sitting on.

"Really? How? I thought he didn't want to cme!" Kengo rushed forward and clasped Master's hands.

"I'm glad you're happy, Kengo. Kou here came and dragged me all the way. I barely had time to lock up." Master laughed.

Everybody except Kou and Master sweat-dropped.

"What?" Kou asked innocently.

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"So where to now?" Aya asked. They were walking towards the shopping district.

"Oh yeah! I just caught somebody and they paid me a fortune! So today's food is all on me!" Kou chirped.

"Waii~! Nee, nee, let's eat… pizza! Or even burgers!" Kengo said, his eyes sparkling with glee.

"You're the one who brought us here, so choose yourself." Aya said.

"What do you want Akira?"

"… Anything's fine." Akira mumbled, but Kengo got the feeling that Akira wants to eat pizza.

"Mm… Pizza then!"

"Okay! Let's go!" Kou chirped.

At the pizza shop, everybody ate happily. Sometimes Akira teased Kengo, purposely swapping their Cokes, leaving Kengo with a half-finished Coke, or stealing his share of garlic bread.

After that, they went to the game center. Akira, Kou and Kengo played darts, and Kou won. He gave the prize to Aya, who took the dragon plushie gratefully, since hers' was 'beheaded' by the kokuchi some time ago.

They played lots of other games, like shooting, dancing, and racing. Akira won that one. Meanwhile Aya, Master and Shirogane chatted, and occasionally tried some of the games while Master cheered them on.

Soon, everybody was hungry again, and Kou ordered some take-out cakes and drinks. They went to the nearby park and settled down for a picnic.

After they ate, they chatted and fooled around.

"… and he said 'uh… how did I get here here again?'!" Kou said.

Everybody laughed at Kou's joke.

Ba-dump.

Kengo stopped mid-laugh. His chest suddenly hurt, but it passed by like the wind. Strange…

"Nee, nee, listen to me! I saw this on TV last—"

Ba-dump.

Again! Kengo shifted uncomfortably.

"Hmm? What's wrong, Kengo?" Shirogane asked, looking worried.

"N-nothing! Ahahaha!" Kengo laughed half-heartedly, standing up. Dizziness washed over him, and his vision blurred. He leaned against one of the lamp posts, steadying himself. The others were looking at him strangely.

Ugh… Maybe I ate too much pizza…

Ba-dump.

That really hurt. Kengo clutched at his chest, gasping. What's happening? I… I can't breathe! He stood there, gasping, a frightened look on his face.

The pain in his chest gets worse with each passing second, and colours exploded in front of his eyes from dizziness and lack of air.

He tried to sit down, but his head pounded like crazy and he lost his balance, falling down.

"Kengo!" Everybody cried, looking at him.

He'd fallen on the soft grass, lying there, limp, his hair hiding his face.

"Kengo! Are you alright?!" Aya cried, leaning towards him, holding out her hand to touch him.

"Aya watch out!" Kou yelled, pulling her and everybody back.

The others were surprised. A fierce wind slashed in front of them.

They looked up, and to their great horror, saw Kengo a few feet away, his head lowered, and his Al Cesta gloves, which by now had turned to gauntlets, ready at hand.

"Shit…" Kou muttered under his breath, and stood up.

"All of you stay back, and don't interfere. Especially you, Akira. Shirogane protect the others." He commanded, switching to his Rei form.

"Wha… What's happening? What's with Kengo?" Aya asked, looking as dumbfounded as Kengo sometimes was.

Kou ignored her, and rushed forward.

"Hi Ken~ It's been a really long while, has it? Come on, let's play tag with onii-chan!" he smirked, and clawed at Kengo quickly.

Kengo dodged it, and returned a punch towards Kou, much to the others' surprise.

The both of them kept on fighting, sometimes they took each others' attacks, but it didn't seem to faze them at all.

"He's gotten a lot agile. I sense darkness all around him. That Al Cesta gauntlets of his gave his powers a boost, and I suspect he might summon some Kokuchi."

"Yeah, but why?" Aya asked.

"We don't know much ourselves, but it seems that he is a factor of darkness. It causes him to go berserk like this, when he's absorbed too much darkness, and attacks anyone without will." Shirogane said.

"But how does he turn back to normal?" Aya asked again.

"Actually, the only way is to kill him, there's no way he can turn back in such a state." Shirogane answered sadly.

Aya gasped, and Akira stiffened, even though he knew that this is the only solution.

"But, Kou-nii has the power to remove darkness from other people, so Kengo will return back to normal," Akira talked for the first time ever since Kengo collapsed. He stared at Shirogane defiantly.

"But he must do so on a regular basis, since he can't remove it completely." Shirogane finished.

Meanwhile, Kou had a slightly hard time to keep in track of Kengo; he kept disappearing, then give multiple, not to mention powerful, punches and kicks.

Kou was about to kick, so he could bind Kind Kengo with the ribbons adorning his legs, but Kengo disappeared from his sight.

He felt wind behind him, and whirled around, to see Kengo lunging straight towards Akira.

"AKI!!" Kou shouted.

Akira started to turn towards him, but Kengo pounced on him, choking him with both hands.

"Akira!" Aya screamed.


Oh no! What happened to Akira!!! What happened to Akira???? What happened to Akira??!!!!

Man, I'm really getting ahead of myself. So, the next chapter won't be long, I hope, since I already wrote out the whole story, just waiting for it to type itself…..

Ok, so overall, I'm not sure that this is fluff, I don't really think I understand that term, but, I strongly feel that this is AkiraxKengo. Though, you would not realize it until the next, and last, chapter.

Keep on reading, and I hope that more people would write more stuff about Kengo!!! Switch from serious ShiroAki to happy-go-lucky but nevertheless cute Kengo instead!!!!! =3