I'm back with the second installment of Fragments of a Forgotten Memory! I am soooo proud of myself! OK, enough babbling, enjoy! And thanks you sooo much for the wonderful reviews!

By the way, Kai, Ray, Tala, Bryan and Lee are 23 years old while Tyson and Max are 22. Yup, I made them younger…don't know why though…

Disclaimers: …I don't own anything…Except for a small Haro keychain that is…Wuwuwuwuuu…


"So, how was your day little man?" Grandpa greeted him merrily as Tyson dragged himself into the living room of the dojo where they lived in.

"Don't. Ask." Tyson muttered out as he flopped on the couch and stared at the ceiling moodily.

"Umm…OK…" Grandpa trailed off as he watched his grandson stare at the ceiling, seemingly deep in thought. 'OK…Tyson plus thinking plus staring at the ceiling equals a bad day. A bad day for Tyson means a bad day for the whole world. Is it too late to catch a flight out of Japan now?'

"What did I do to that guy!" Tyson suddenly yelled out, scaring his poor grandfather as he jumped to his feet, glaring holes into the wall.

"…Huh?…" Grandpa stared at his agitated grandson, 'OK…where should I run to? America? Europe? It's not too late to run!'

"I know I'm new in his department, but I'm not some naïve amateur who doesn't know how to file papers! Who the heck does he think he is! Just because you're the manager doesn't mean you're my FATHER or something! Bossing me around like that…heck, even my own family doesn't boss me around like that!" Tyson said heatedly, kicking the leather couch viciously.

"I know I'm not supposed to ask, but what happened Tyson?" Grandpa asked gently, putting his hands of his grandson's shoulders and pushing him back onto the couch.

"OK…Kai- I mean Hiwatari-san," Tyson began slowly, wincing at his slip, "had me transferred to the Marketing Department today. So I went. Quite grudgingly I might add. And, weird things began to happen when I was making my way there. People followed me, stared at me and even had the guts to shove me around. Max and Lee are cool I guess, oh, they're my new colleagues by the way, but that…that…GUY seriously gets on my nerves!"

Grandpa raised an eyebrow, "That…guy?"

"My new, WONDERFUL manager, Ray the spawn of Satan Kon." Tyson said sweetly, smiling serenely and Grandpa couldn't help but sweatdrop nervously at the 'innocent, holy' look on his grandson's face.

"Wow, he must have did something wrong to get you riled up like this…" Grandpa whistled out, clearly impressed with this 'guy' that got the usually gentle Tyson so angry.

"Nope, his mere existence is already a sin in my opinion." Tyson scoffed as he leaned back on the couch, wanting nothing more than to go to sleep after his exhausting day at work. Ray Kon had been tough on him, making him run around the department doing his share of work and both Max and Lee had to hold him down from 'accidentally' murdering Ray Kon, who was smirking at him the whole time.

Grandpa chuckled as he looked at Tyson who had made himself comfortable on the couch, "I don't think you'll be so tired when you see the package on the kitchen table…"

"I don't care about some stupid package." Tyson grumbled out childishly, snuggling deeper into the couch as he heard the expressway to 'La-La Land' practically beckoning him to come aboard.

"Ah, but it's from Hiro-"

"HIRO!" Tyson perked up and rushed to the kitchen, leaving behind a stunned Grandpa and came back as quickly, clutching the brown package to his heart.

"It's been such a long time since Hiro sent me anything! I wonder what he sent me this time…" Tyson wondered out loud as he carefully peeled off the wrappings and peered inside the box, and shot backwards, yelling "WHAT THE HELL!" as…something…shot out of the box and zoomed around the living room.

"Hello? Hello? Hello?" The little blue ball chirped as Tyson inched closer to the…flying ball. It looked like a small mechanical toy shaped like a ball, with two red dots as eyes and lines adorning its body and Tyson couldn't help raise an eyebrow when he realized that this…thing has arms and legs which can be retracted into its round body. (OK…if you want a visual of this thing, check it out in Gundam Seed, it's the annoying pink ball that Lacus Clyne has! I love it! I want one!)

"Um…noooo comment there little dude." Grandpa piped up as the little blue ball floated into Tyson's hands, its red eyes glowing while chirping, 'Hello! Hello! How are you?'

"What…is this thing?" Tyson trailed off as he noticed a letter inside the package. Clutching the toy to his heart, Tyson pulled out the letter and started reading it out loud,

Dear Tyson

How have you been little brother? It's been such a long time hasn't it? I do hope that the little blue ball didn't give you a huge fright…Oh well, this is what I've been working on for a while and I thought it'd be perfect for you. As you can see, it can fly, has arms and legs and undeniably cute, don't you agree? Of course, it's not just a toy, it's programmed with a system to hack into computer systems and some other stuff…

I know, you are probably thinking, 'What the heck…?' but just trust me on this OK? I decided to name it Haro, after myself as you can see. I know that I've not been a good brother, always leaving you alone and I hope that you can treat Haro as a replacement for me. I created Haro with all my heart, putting a bit of myself in it so that at least I can be at your side, even as a mere toy.

I do hope that you are all right little brother. I miss you so much and I promise that we'll meet soon. Say 'hi' to Grandpa for me will you? Bye…

Yours truly

Hiro

"It's so cute!" Tyson giggled as Haro began hopping on his head, chirping all the way. 'Although it is annoying to a certain extent…' Tyson added mentally, grinning.

"Anything from Hiro can make you light up like a Christmas tree…" Grandpa stated in an 'as a matter of fact' voice and Tyson blew him a raspberry, making him laugh. "OK little man, time for bed."

"But Graaaaaaaandpa…" Tyson whined, "I want to play with Haro!"

"You can play with it tomorrow. I want you to have a good night's sleep so that you can face your manager tomorrow OK?"

"FINE."


"Cut Tyson some slack will you Ray? Even new staff has never had such a harsh time on their first day!" Max reprimanded Ray lightly, staring disapprovingly at Ray's disinterested look.

"What do you mean by 'cut Kinomiya some slack'? I think that everybody in this department should work hard for the sake of this company." Ray replied smoothly but his eyes roamed around, waiting for the arrival of Tyson Kinomiya. 'Where is he? Is he all right? Has he eaten breakfast? What did he eat?' Ray thought but blinked when he saw…something…bounced into the office, chirping loudly, 'Hello! Hello!'

"Uh…what is that?" Lee asked, putting down a stack of papers on his desk as the little blue ball headed for Ray who was still staring at it blankly and proceeded to hop on Ray's head, still chirping merrily.

"Haro! Where are you?" A voice yelled out and Max's eyes immediately lit up when his newfound friend burst into the office, breathing harshly.

"Tyson!" Max yelled happily, immediately latching onto Tyson, grinning widely when he saw Ray sent him a glare, confirming his former suspicions. 'Ray likes Tyson! Ray likes Tyson!' Inner Max sang out hyperly, giggling insanely.

"Hey Maxie," Tyson said, blinking at the hyper blonde, "by the way, have you seen a little blue ball around? It can fly and says 'Hello' repeatedly…"

"You mean, this thing here? Ray asked, gesturing at Haro, which was still hopping on his head and raised an eyebrow when Tyson's eyes widened.

"HARO! Get off him before you get infected by Kon-germs!" Tyson yelled out, feeling relieved when the mechanical toy came bouncing back into his arms. "There, there little Haro. You're safe now…" Tyson cooed, smirking as Ray's eyebrows twitched madly.

"Kon…germs?"

"Very, very deadly germs. But don't worry Haro, you're safe now…" Tyson nodded solemnly in agreement, still cradling Haro in his arms.

"Hey Tyson, what's that?" Lee asked curiously, gesturing at Haro who had began chirping again while floating around the room.

"This, my friends, well, except for a certain SOMEBODY here," Tyson added, giving Ray the evil eye whom merely rolled his eyes, "is Haro, my most precious thing in this whole dang universe!"

"Kawaii!" Max squealed as his eyes followed Haro's movements, "Where did you buy it? I want one!"

"Thing is, Haro's one in a million. It was a gift from someone very dear and precious to me," Tyson said, smiling gently as an image of his older brother came into his mind.

"Your boyfriend?" Lee teased, his eyes scanning Ray's reaction and grinned slyly when he saw Ray's fists clenched tightly and an almost dark forbidding look descended on his face.

"Boyfriend?" Tyson repeated, confused. 'Since when did Kai gave me Haro…oh yeah, Hiro's the one who gave me Haro in the first place and Kai- I mean, Hiwatari-san and I are over!'

"You…don't have a lover?" Max looked skeptical, as if not believing that Tyson was not attached.

"Erm…nope. It's from someone else." Tyson said nervously, eyes not meeting his colleagues. 'I think it's better if they don't know my past relationship with Hiwatari-san…besides, that's all in the past anyway…'

"All right ladies. Time for work." Ray intervened, immediately ending the conversation and smirked when Tyson practically glowered at him. It was fun to see the other boy's reactions although Ray did feel sorry for making his life a living hell in the department. But his reaction to the 'boyfriend' issue did caught Ray's attention, with the way he had avoided eye contact with any of them and evaded the whole issue completely.

'I take it back,' Ray thought, sweatdropping when he caught Tyson blowing him a raspberry, 'I am NOT sorry at all. It's fun torture. All's fair in love and war as they say…'


"You guys want anything?" Tyson asked, stretching his arms. 'Finally, LUNCHTIME!' Inner Tyson sang out gleefully, 'and I can get far away from him!'

"A sandwich will be nice…and a soda too!" Max said, grinning.

"I guess I'll have the same," Lee decided, turning to face Tyson, who was making his way to the door, "are you sure you don't mind getting our lunches?"

"No, don't worry about it!" Tyson was quick to reassure his friends but a familiar voice stopped him in his tracks.

"Aren't you going to buy me anything for lunch Kinomiya?" Ray asked, crossing his arms as Tyson's eyes narrowed.

Tyson felt a vein popping on his forehead but held the impulse to throttle his manager, "OK, what do you want my 'oh-so-wonderful' manager?" Tyson asked sarcastically.

"Hmm…you." Ray said in a serious voice, staring directly into Tyson's wide disbelieving eyes.

"WHAT!" Max and Lee yelled at the same time as they shot out of their seats and stared at Ray who was still staring at Tyson with that serious look on his face.

Tyson was quick to get over Ray's witty comment as he responded smoothly, "Sorry boss but 'you' is not on the menu. How about a tuna sandwich and a soda?"

Ray rolled his eyes, "Fine. Just hurry back."

Tyson really couldn't help but blew a seething Ray a raspberry before bolting out of the office, cackling maniacly when he heard Max and Lee laugh in his wake.

"Well, what do you think Ray?" Max inquired, grinning as Ray calmed down, making himself comfortable on Tyson's desk. Ray's eyes scanned the desk thoroughly, noting that Tyson had a lot of things on his desk but two particular photo frames caught his eye.

"Think about what?" Ray replied absent-mindedly, picking up one frame and studied the four figures posing and grinning at the camera. Ray grinned at Tyson, who looked much younger and holding a huge trophy while being surrounded by three other people, two boys and one girl. Ray read the note scribbled on a corner of the picture, 'Tyson, Daichi, Kenny and Hilary BBA-Revolution for life!'

"About Tyson of cour-"

"Is there such a school called 'BBA'?" Ray interrupted, still studying the picture, ignoring Max who was pouting at him, upset because he didn't answer his question.

Lee tilted his head as he said out loud, "There's one school run by Mr. Dickenson in this town called BBA. The school mainly takes in students with talent and develops them, helping the students to realize their dreams and stuff. Quite a prestigious school I might add."

"Really…" Ray frowned when he looked at the next picture. It was a picture of Tyson and another guy whom Ray thought looked familiar…like he has seen him in magazines before…but what made Ray's blood boil was that the guy was grinning at the camera while embracing a really happy-looking Tyson. 'I guess, there's a lot of things about Tyson I have yet to discover…'


"Luuuuuuunchtimeeeeee…" Tyson sang out gleefully as he made his way to the main exit, Haro bouncing right behind him. 'What should I eat today? Bento? Hmm…' Tyson thought, hand poised to open the door but stiffened when he felt somebody press up to him and whispered into his ear, "Why are you talking to yourself Kinomiya? People will think that you're weird…"

Tyson's reflexes immediately kicked into place as he drove a punch to the stranger whom lazily caught it, surprising Tyson. 'Heeeell…most people would be smashed to a wall right now!' Tyson thought frantically but his thoughts practically screeched to a halt when his eyes were ensnared by amused sapphire blue orbs.

"Tala-san?" Tyson blinked as he recognized the other man whom merely chuckled as he pulled away from his body.

"The one and only. Honestly Kinomiya, talking to yourself in public is not a good sign," Tala teased lightly, smirking when Tyson blushed lightly, smiling sheepishly. "Anyway, is it your lunch break now?"

"Yup. I'm just going out to get some stuff and come right back here," Tyson replied, grabbing Haro from behind his back and stuffed it into his jacket, sweatdropping when he saw Tala gave him a strange look.

"Well, I was thinking of bringing you out for lunch. Is that all right with you Kinomiya?" Tala asked, staring straight into Tyson's eyes.

Tyson…was in a dilemma. Number one, he was supposed to buy lunch for his colleagues…and his boss their lunches. Number two, Tyson only knew Tala from afar, as Tala was one of Kai's most trusted supervisors so he was not really comfortable with a complete stranger. Number three, if he went out with Tala, that means the others will probably have to wait for an hour or so for their lunches, and Ray the devil Kon will definitely NOT be one happy neko-jin.

"Umm…I'd love to…" Tyson started, surprised when he saw the corners of Tala's mouth twitched upwards, "but, I have to be back a.s.a.p…you see, I have to buy my colleagues their lunches." Tyson ended meekly as both of them exited the building and walked towards the parking lot.

"That's fine," Tala said, smiling as he gestured Tyson into his car, "you can buy their lunches later. Now, let me take you to this place that I'm particularly fond of…"


"WHERE THE HELL WERE YOU!" Kai snarled as Tala walked casually into his office. "You just had to go somewhere when those damn supervisors were all over me, asking stupid questions that I seriously don't give a damn about!"

"I went out for lunch." Came the bored reply as Tala made himself comfortable on Kai's leather couch and stared into space, deep in thought.

"Lunch? With Bryan?"

Tala smirked, "I don't think you'd want to know who I went for lunch with Kai."

"Try me." Kai bit out, crossing his arms, his posture demanding for an answer.

"I asked Kinomiya out for lunch and he agreed. Kinomiya is without a doubt, a very interesting person to talk to." Tala replied breezily, raising an eyebrow at the dark forbidding look that had descended on Kai's usually emotionless face.

Kai was shocked. It's barely been a week since he broke up with Tyson and Tala's making a move on him already? So…this was what Tala meant when he said that he 'has a perfect chance'? Kai mentally slapped himself, 'Why didn't I noticed it earlier! Damnit, I am NOT going to allow somebody like Tala to have Tyson!'

'Wow, you finally noticed…' Inner Kai drawled out lazily, 'I was getting worried about you for a moment…'

Tala was prepared for anything but he certainly didn't expect to be grabbed by his suit and slammed against the wall by a furious Kai Hiwatari.

"What are you planning Tala?" Kai snarled, tightening his grip on Tala's black suit and glaring at the other man whom surprisingly had a calm expression on his pale face.

Tala removed Kai's vice grip on his suit calmly as he replied, "I am not planning anything. Like you were, I am very interested in Tyson Kinomiya and now that's he's single, I don't have any obstacles blocking me. You were my main obstacle when you were still Kinomiya's lover but since you have ended your relationship with him, I can woo him, maybe even be his lover. Besides," Tala smirked, "why do you care anyway? Like Bryan said, you were the one who dumped him Kai."

Kai fell silent. Tala's words do make sense as much as he hated to admit it. Kai was the one who HAD Tyson for his lover. Kai was the one who HAD Tyson to brighten up his life. And Kai was the one who dumped Tyson. That fact actually stung. Really, really stung.

"Although," Tala's voice suddenly broke the silence in the office, "I was a bit disturbed when Kinomiya broke that teacup that he was clutching when I mentioned Ray Kon."

"Ray Kon?" Kai's face scrunched up as he tried to remember, "isn't he the manager of the Marketing Department?"

Tala nodded, "Yes, and Kinomiya is now a member of that department. I think that Kinomiya and Kon are not on good terms since Kinomiya was quite in a sour mood after I mentioned Kon's achievements in this company. But as people say, hate can turn into love…" Tala concluded, staring into space.

Kai frowned once again. Tyson…and Ray Kon? His sweet, adorable Tyson actually hates an unknown, insignificant figure in Kai's life who goes by the name Ray Kon?

"I…see…" Kai muttered out, fingering the ruby imbedded on the ring on his wedding finger that had been a birthday gift from Tyson. The ring had fascinated Kai as there was a phoenix engraved on the ruby itself and he could remember that he was genuinely surprised when a blushing Tyson shoved a small box into his hands on his birthday, his eyes looking everywhere except for Kai.

Kai remembered how delighted he was with the gift, so happy that he had showered Tyson with kisses, making the younger boy smile bashfully and Kai had treasured the ring but even after his breakup with Tyson, he had no heart to throw it away since Tyson was the one who gave it to him.

"You're a fool Kai." Tala whispered out as he exited the office, leaving Kai to wallow in self-misery about his stupid, STUPID decision to let go of the one most precious person who he treasured more than life itself.


Knock. Knock.

"Kooooooooooooon…"

Silence.

Knock. Knock.

"Boooooooooosssssssssssssssss?"

Silence.

Knock. Knock. Snarl. POUND. POUND. Kick. Kick.

"GODAMNIT KON OPEN THE DAMN DOOR ALREADY! I ALREADY TOLD YOU I WAS SORRY DIDN'T I!" Tyson screamed out, pounding on the door that was currently acting as a barrier between both boys.

"You were an hour late. Max, Lee and I were damn starving Kinomiya, STARVING." Ray's voice filtered through the door, making Tyson feel a bit guilty but his anger quickly took over his guiltiness.

"Well, THAT'S WHY I SAID I'M SORRY YOU JERK!" Tyson snarled, still pounding on the door. "You better open this damn door now before I break it down Kon!"

Ray scoffed, "I'd like to see you try."

"You think I can't? WATCH ME!"

"Scary…real scary…" Max whispered out dramatically as he took a bite out of his sandwich and chewed slowly, his attention more on the interesting display between Tyson and Ray rather than what he was eating. Tyson had sheepishly entered the office with a 'Sorry I'm late…' after an hour and Ray was pretty grumpy when he was hungry so somehow, it escalated to a one-sided brawl between both boys.

"That's the understatement of the century…" Lee remarked dryly as he sipped his soda calmly. Lee couldn't help sweatdrop at the amount of attention Tyson and Ray were attracting to themselves. Almost everybody in the department had their eyes glued on Tyson who was still pounding on the door and snide remarks from Ray only added fuel to the already blazing fire.

"Where did you go for lunch anyway? The other side of the globe?" Ray asked sarcastically.

"I had lunch with…um…somebody! That's why I was late!"

"Uh huh…so who's this somebody?"

"None of your business!"

Ray frowned, "Well, I'm making it my business!"

"Aargh! Go ahead and sulk Kon! I am through with you!" Tyson snarled out, slamming Ray's lunch bag on the small table beside the door before stomping back to his desk, scowling deeply as he busied himself with some paperwork but failing miserably.

"Scary…real scary…" Lee and Max exchanged looks of unadulterated terror at the seething boy and the suddenly tense atmosphere in the department. Although they did change 'I-told-you-so' smirks about an hour later when a hand came out of the office and snagged the lunch bag without a still seething Tyson noticing.


I'm done with chapter two! Hell yeah! Oh yeah, anybody here watches Naruto? Just asking, if you know any good SasuNaru fics, can you tell me? I'm obsessed with that coupling and hints were practically screaming in the anime!

Hehe…no offense, but Sakura just gets on my nerves! There's just something about her that I really hate like the fact that she always ignores Naruto but he always saves her! I noticed something when I was watching Naruto…Naruto wants to protect Sakura, Sakura wants to protect Sasuke and Sasuke wants to protect Naruto! It's funny…

Well, until next time!

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