Hi! This is my second yaoi story for Bungo Stray Dogs. I hope you all enjoy it. Credit also does to KarouUchiha, who helped me write this. Please read her stories as well. Well, let's start the story. Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Chapter One
(Yokohama)
The evening sun had just began to set. By a river with a bridge over it, a lone figure suddenly fell to his knees and to the ground. He was panting heavily and blood was coming out of the various injuries he had received.
'This isn't good...' he thought. 'I might actually die... I have to keep going... Or else... I'll be dead...'
He tried to get up but felt too weak to stand up. He turned slowly, groaning in pain as he did so, and looked up at the sky. His mind had brought the image of a person, a man, into his head. Someone he had just hurt. Someone he knew who will never forgive him. And someone... he loved. A single tear fell from one of his purple-yellow eyes.
'I'm so sorry, Ryunosuke... I know you'll never forgive me for what I did, but... I'm really am sorry.' he thought.
His eyes got heavier and they became to close. Everything went dark as he passed out. As he laid on the ground, unmoving, someone spotted him from the bridge above just as that person was about to jump over it and into the water below.
"Oh dear, that's not good."
Everything was dark. It was unknown how much time had passed, it seemed like forever. It was hard, but the young man somehow opened his eyes, blinking from the sudden light. He slowly turned his head and saw he was in a room and was laying on a bed and wearing some pajamas.
'Where am I...' he thought, slowly sitting up. He groaned, holding a hand to his head. 'My head hurts...'
Then he heard a door open.
"Oh, you're finally awake."
The light grey haired boy looked and saw a tall, young man with dark brown hair and dark brown eyes.
"W-Where am I?" he asked, not knowing if this person was an enemy or not.
"Take it easy, you're alright. Found you on the brink of death that day by the river. You were brought here and treated, but you've been unconscious for almost three."
"Three days?"
"Yup, we were a bit concerned that you wouldn't wake up. But you're alive so it's all okay."
The light grey haired male didn't say anything, looking down at his lap for a moment.
"Uh, I have a question..." he said.
"What is it?"
He looked at the taller person, a certain look in his eyes.
"Who am I?"
"Eh?"
(Later)
"It's definitely amnesia." Akiko said after she had examine the boy. "Most likely from the injuries he had gotten. His body is fine, it's just his mind. And I can't really do anything about that. We'll just have to wait and see how long until his memory returns. If it returns at all. He may never remember at all."
"Never?" the light grey haired boy repeated.
"Don't look so down. You can start your life afresh." Osamu reassured him.
"I'm not sure if I can be happy about that." he replied. 'But, what am I going to do?' he thought to himself. 'I don't remember anything. Do I have people I care about? Do I even have a place to live?' he held a hand to his forehead when it started to hurt when he tried to think about remembering.
"Hm, Atsushi-kun? You okay?"
"M-My head just hurts a little." he replied. "Wait..." he looked at the older male. "Atsushi?"
"That's your name."
"H-How do you know that? Do we know each other?"
"Hm, maybe."
"Come on, give me a break here."
Osamu chuckled. "Don't worry, everything is gonna be okay. Right now, we need to figure out what to do with you. I have an idea, you can join our Agency."
He was told about the Detective Agency, a group that took care of cases that the police couldn't. And some of the members were ability users, people with strange powers.
"An ability? Do I have one?" Atsushi asked.
"Yes, you can turn into a tiger." Osamu told him.
"Tiger?"
"Yup, it's very impressive. Although, you might have some problems controlling it. Since you're technically new to it now."
"I see." was all he said. 'So I'm an ability user.' he thought. 'At least I know that and my name, kinda...'
And when he became a member of the Agency, he would be able to afford an apartment room given to him and some other expenses. All in all, it wasn't bad. Even though, he still wanted to know who he was. Wanted to know his past because he felt that something was off. Something he just couldn't place. He felt like something, or someone, was missing. It confused him and every time he tried to remember, his head would hurt. Almost like his mind didn't want to remember. If that was true, it must have been very bad.
Atsushi sighed as he rubbed his head.
"Does your head still hurt whenever you try to remember anything, Atsushi-kun?"
"Tanizaki-san..." he turned the other eighteen year old. "Yeah, it does."
"Maybe you should take it easy, you don't have to rush yourself to try and remember."
"I know, but something just feels off. I want to remember, but I feel like a part of me doesn't want to. Does that make any sense?"
"I think so." Tanizaki said. "But you really shouldn't force yourself to remember, you might end up hurting yourself."
"You're probably right. Thanks, Tanizaki-san."
"No problem." he said. "You can talk to me anytime."
The light grey haired boy smiled a bit.
(In another area of Yokohama, in Port Mafia territory)
A very important meeting with nearly all the members of the group was gathered there. It was to discuss their transgressions and the person responsible.
"I assume no one needs to explain why we're all here." the boss, Mori, said.
No one made a response.
"Good. We are to find and capture Nakajima Atsushi-kun. Someone has put a bounty on his head for seventy billion yen. But, before we hand him to the people who want him, he needs to answer a few questions. So he must be brought in alive. Is that understood?"
"Yes."
A certain member's grey eyes had widened when he heard the name of the person they were suppose to capture.
'Atsushi...' he thought, tightly clutching the arm of the chair he was sitting in. 'It can't be, I thought he would have died from the injuries he received after... after that, even with his ability. But he's still alive.' the thought of the person he was thinking about gave him mix feelings. Feelings of anger and a slimmer of relief.
He just knew he had to be the one to capture Atsushi before anyone else did. He needed him to answer a few questions of his own before he dealt with him himself. He was at least owed an explanation. He deserved that much after everything.
'Atsushi...'
(Meanwhile)
Atsushi sneezed.
"Bless you. Someone must be talking about you."
"Yeah, I hope it's good things."
"You're a pretty likable person, so I'm sure it's fine." Osamu said.
"If you say so..." Atsushi replied. But he had a feeling that wasn't the case and it made him worried, his shoulders tensing up a bit. 'I really hope it's nothing bad.' he thought.
To be continued...
I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Please let me know what you think about it in your reviews. Sorry it was short, but I'm sure the next chapter will be better. Until next time.
