Shadows of Love
Disclaimer: Dee, Ryo, Berkley, JJ, Bikky, and whomever I've decided to throw in and torture; belong to the all powerful Sanami Matoh that created FAKE.
Author's note
DestinyKitsune: Hello readers and welcome to Shadows of Love my very first Fake fanfiction. Please be kind to me and try not to send too many flames my way. –Holds arms up in defense and whimpers- Oh... right... I also dedicate this fanfiction to my sempai magegirl. For corrupting me into shonen-ai and continuously allowing me to borrow her fake mangas. –Bow's respectfully- now please enjoy Shadows of Love.
Chapter One: Problems at the Precinct"But, but he can't do that!" Dee was halfway standing in protest when he heard what Ryo had to do. "That bastard Berkley can't put you on the case without me." Dee continued to complain while Ryo stood in front of his desk sighing and listening patiently.
"Dee you won't be missing anything big. We're just doing a drug bust on some drug dealer." Ryo tried to reason with Dee while Dee continued to pout.
"That's not the point. I want to be there because you're going" Dee somewhat calmed knowing Ryo wouldn't be in any big danger, but still upset that he didn't get to tag along.
"Wait a second, is Berkley going on the drug bust as well?" Dee leveled a piercing gaze at Ryo.
"Yes, he said he wanted to supervise us and make sure the cops don't cause additional trouble." Ryo's face took on a dumbfounded and worried expression as Dee's face shifted in several shades of red and ending on a deep purple crimson color.
"NO I ABSOLUTELY FORBID YOU GOING ON A DRUG BUST WITH HIM AND I'M NOT THERE. THAT JACKASS I CAN SEE WHAT HE'S STILL TRYING TO DO. NEXT TIME I SEE HIM HE'LL EAT MY FI..." Dee's raving was cut short as Ryo locked lips with his in a brief kiss. As Ryo pulled out he left Dee somewhat speechless.
"If I can protect myself from terrorists and maniacs I think I can against the lieutenant." Ryo smiled brightly at Dee while Dee continued to smolder. As Ryo was turning to leave he felt an arm encircle his neck and waist as well as a breath near his ear.
"You know Ryo, I'd feel even better with something else" Dee took Ryo's ear in his mouth and nibbled lightly. Ryo developed a small blush and removed the arm from his neck and stalked out of their office and into the main room of the precinct.
"All right, I want teams one and two to cover the front of the warehouse and teams three and four to cover the back. Ryo I want you with teams one and two, I'll be with the other two. LET'S MOVE PEOPLE," Berkley was on the brink of a stress breakdown. Two hours prior to the bust Berkley was visited by Dee who annoyed him for a full hour and a half before threatening him with more paperwork to do. He shook his head and then sent teams three and four into the warehouse.
Dee grumbled incoherently as he continued with his massive amounts of paperwork. As he filled out numerous forms he recalled a small argument he had between Berkley and Ryo. [ "Why can't I go along with you guys?" Dee is standing before Berkley's desk and Ryo is to the left of him. "I don't see why Ryo gets to go when he has paper work to do." Ryo crossed his arms and replied in a soft growl
"I get my paperwork done ahead of time unlike someone I know who likes to wait until the last minute." Berkley chuckled while Dee turned a glare on Ryo.
"Well I can't help it if paperwork is boring, I don't even see why we have to do something like that." Berkley tried his hardest not to laugh as Dee and Ryo continued to growl menacingly at each other. In the end, Ryo ended up winning the argument and Dee was shaking Berkley's desk in protest.] Dee continued to smolder as he neared his last form. Suddenly a chill went through his spine and he got the urge to hide under his desk.
"DEEEEEEEEE!!!!" came a loud and familiar voice. Dee gasped a look of horror crossing his face as he quickly tries to hide behind the stacks of paperwork. Unfortunately he was too late as JJ came catapulting into his and Ryo's office glomping onto him.
"Oh Dee, I heard how mean Berkley was being to you and I had to come over to cheer you up." Dee struggled in the strangle hold while slamming his fist into JJ's head; trying to pry the annoying cop off of him.
"JJ you're the last person I want to see right now"
Dee continued the struggle until he finally got JJ to his ankles and then kicked him off.
"Awww Dee, why are you so mean to me" JJ tried his best to get a reaction from Dee using a pouty face. Dee continued to ignore JJ, turning his back to him, a scowl on his face. JJ sighed; his shoulders slumped as he left the office.
Berkley sauntered into the warehouse, fifteen minutes after he had sent the last two teams in. What he saw made his jaw drop and his stomach clench. The men on his team or better yet, what's left of them. Strewn around the warehouse were mutilated and bloodied corpses hands, torsos, and heads in various places. Berkley had to place his hand over his mouth to help suppress the urge to vomit.
As he tried to regain composure a brief thought came to mind. We were ambushed! Quickly he dashed to the front of the warehouse to find the same bloody mess. Oh no... RYO! Quickly he examined the body parts around them, non-of the remaining cloth matching that to Ryo's. He released a sigh of relief as he realized Ryo was not among the dead. Berkley took a moment to take his handkerchief out and wipe his brow. Behind him, left unnoticed was an ever-growing humanistic shadow. The arm shifting to form a scythe. Berkley paused as he wiped the sweat from his brow feeling a cold chill run across his spine. He turned quickly around just in time for the shadow to bury its scythe in his chest.
It was a few minutes later that Berkley was found, a passing patrol car radioed for help when he saw the bloodied mess of a cop still breathing. Dee rushed onto the crime scene, his face turning pale at the sight of so much blood. He thanked god that JJ was stuck with his own paperwork back at the precinct. He felt like he didn't need the little ass glomping onto him right now. He took a few last glances around the bloodied mess and then went to the paramedics that were treating Berkley for his wounds.
"Berkley..." Dee was almost too terrified to ask. "Was... was Ryo in that mess?" Berkley, having an oxygen mask covering his mouth and nose shook his head before collapsing back onto the cot the paramedics was using to lift him onto the ambulance. Dee released a small pent-up sigh only to have another worry cross his mind.
"Well if Ryo wasn't in that mess than where is he?" Berkley wasn't able to answer as he passed back into unconsciousness.
The morning after the cop slaughter and Ryo's disappearance, Dee went to the warehouse grounds on farther inspection. He was about to call it hopeless when he noticed a blue gleam coming from an alleyway near-by. He followed the source of the strange blue light until he came to a pile of trash. He sifted threw it carefully uncovering the source of the blue light. A solid, tear cut sapphire the size of his thumb. Dee pocketed the jewel and then left, heading back to the precinct to have the mysterious object examined.
Back at the precinct, Dee patiently waited while forensics ran tests on the object. Soon Dee found himself sitting at his desk trying to think of where Ryo might be. Maybe Ryo ran once he saw his comrades get slaughtered... No because then he'd have come back here or at least notified the precinct. Suddenly the all too familiar chill ran down his spine. In a quick action he held his fist out and steadied it for impact.
"OH DEEEEEE. I JUST HEARD ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO RYO AND CAME TO COMFORT Y-"JJ was cut short, having not paid attention to Dee's outstretched fist and having collided with it, face first, in mid-glomp. "JJ go piss off. I'm in an even less tolerant mood for your glomping antics.
" Fortunately enough it seemed that JJ had knocked himself unconscious when he had made impact with Dee's fist. "A few minutes later the forensics report came in and Dee was able to review it. Hmmm, the gem seems to be sapphire like I thought. But there are traces of other elements present that have yet to be discovered by scientists. Dee sighed and placed the report down on the table. "Well, we know that there are two sets of fingerprints on the gem. Ryo's and another that has yet to be traced..." Dee mumbled to himself. Ryo where are you?
Later that day they held funeral and memorial service for all of the cops that lost their lives in the ambush. By then Berkley was out and moving somewhat but was confined to a wheelchair. Dee sighed heavily as they listed off the names of many of the fellow co-workers. Even though he felt sorrow for their lost he was more relieved that Ryo wasn't among the many bodies they found. That was his only comforting thought as the rest of the precinct returned to their station.
End of Chapter One.
Author's after notes
DK: Hello again! I'm sorry that the chapter is so short. It wasn't nearly as long as I wanted it to be but, I absolutely had to get this up today. –Prepares the shield to block the flames. - Berkley fans are really going to hate me later on in the story.
Look for Chapter two: Ryo the Hostage.