Contempt Pride

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Chapter Two: Admission

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"My name is Imayoshi Shouichi. I'm here to ask if you'd like to join Touou."

Aomine could have sworn his heart stopped beating for a second. He licked dry lips, focusing on the screams coming from the commotion outside.

"Touou..." He muttered.

Touou was something you could call an underground police service. He had studied them, curious, ever since he had heard his friends talking about them.

Touou was home to only a few members, other police officers who were framed, just as he was, or worse, even.

Aomine finally looked back up at Imayoshi, swallowing the lump in his throat as his dark blue eyes flitted back to the front door. "What are you even doing here? Is this you're doing?"

"Ehh, of course not. We had caught word on what would be going down here, so we thought we'd come to offer our assistance. But, we were too late..." Imayoshi's squinted eyes set an eerily feeling deep in Aomine's stomach as he managed to push himself off the ground.

"We've been tracking the bastard that's been doing this-"

"The one who framed me?" Aomine was surprised.

"Yes, it's just one guy, according to our... secretary."

That made Aomine smirk, "Touou has a secretary?"

"Oh, yes, a very nice one." Imayoshi smirked, his glasses reflecting the light coming from the outside. He pulled a key out from his pocket and undid the lock on Aomine's handcuffs.

Aomine gratefully rubbed his sore wrists, eyeing the ex. police man warily. "Why do you want me to join?" He asked after a moment of silence.

"Because," Imayoshi tilted his head, "The same has happened to you, hasn't it?"

Aomine went silent, before shrugging almost carelessly.

"Whatever. Once I get this whole thing figured out, and until I can prove my innocence... I'll join. But, once I'm done, I'll report you for the no-good people you really are."

Imayoshi simply smiled, before beckoning for Aomine to follow him. The two escaped the disturbance, luckily unnoticed and uninjured.

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Aomine was lead into a dark looking building. It appeared to be run done from the outside, but, once you got past the "trap doors" and such, it lead further into a secret closed off area, hidden from any oblivious lurkers. It was brightly lit, and Aomine discovered that their little 'office' of sorts looked very nice on the inside. It had a long hallway, which lead into a medium-sized room which he guessed was the secretary's office. A young woman, with pink hair and matching pink eyes sat behind the only visible desk, typing away at her computer. She looked up at the sound of footsteps and smiled.

"Imayoshi-san, this is Aomine-kun?"

"Yup. Unfortunately, we were too late."

"I'm sorry to hear that. I'll try to alert you sooner." The pink haired girl frowned, bowing her head.

"How do you know my name?"

"I've been studying- or, researching you. I know everything about you, Aomine-kun!" She smiled, a soft giggle escaping her lips. Aomine could only stare blankly at her, as the information slowly processed.

"Everything?"

"Everything." She confirmed. "By the way, I'm Momoi. Momoi Satsuki. It's nice of you to join our team." Momoi welcomed him quite cheerily.

'Yeah, team...' Aomine thought, before giving Momoi a nod as he followed Imayoshi, who was heading through two large double doors.
The black haired male paused, cocking his head to the pink haired lady, "Momoi-san, when the others show..."

"I'll let you know." Momoi finished for him, waving the two off before she focused on the screen in front of her.

"Thanks." Imayoshi replied. "I'll give you a short tour of our base." He spoke.

"Alright." Aomine agreed. Getting to know this base would be a good idea, he supposed.

"Since..." The blue haired man brought his attention back to Imayoshi, who was now looking at him. (Well, his eyes were closed, but he still felt eyes). "Since you're new, you might want to look into staying in our dorm area for now."

"Wh-"

"Because, the station you were placed in has probably sent a report out for your head. It'd be best to stay hidden for a while." Aomine couldn't find himself to argue with logic, and sighed before giving a nod.

"Fine." He grumbled.

"Good. I'll show you to the dorms. Also, unfortunate for you, you will need to share a room with someone. As all the rooms are taken. We all live here, so, yeah."

"What! But that's bullsh-"

"Now, now. It won't be that bad. You could just share with Sakurai."

"Sakurai? Is that a chick?"

"Not quite. Sakurai is-" Imayoshi was interrupted by his cell phone buzzing quite loudly. He frowned and checked his new message, before smiling once more. "Actually, you'll get to meet our dear little Sakurai right now." He stated, pushing Aomine back towards the way they came from.

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"Tch, it was a bust!" Wakamatsu scoffed loudly, throwing his gun down onto the ground.

"Wakamatsu-kun, is your safety on?" Momoi scolded, pouting at the taller male. Wakamatsu just held his hands up and kicked his gun into the corner, too lazy to place it where it was supposed to go.

"Wakamatsu, you don't have to make it sound like we're robbers or something." Susa said plainly, placing his gun neatly inside his locker, along with a ratty looking S.W.A.T jacket. The old stitching had been torn off, and sewed on was TOUOU.

"What? Same deal," Wakamatsu rolled his eyes. "We still caused a disturbance, right, Ryou?"

"E- Eh?" Ryou turned, his grip on his weapon tightening ever so slightly. "R- Right..." He awkwardly agreed, unsure of what it was he was agreeing to exactly. His mind had been preoccupied, thinking of the recent murders that have been occurring so suddenly. His attention was drawn away when he noticed Imayoshi and someone he has never seen before enter. "Imayoshi-san." He greeted, bowing his head.

"Ah, Ryou. I'm glad you made it back in one piece."

"We're just too awesome to be hurt by those bastards." Wakamatsu grinned as Susa shook his head in silence.

"Well, it looks like everyone is here, so-"

"What about Sakurai?" Aomine questioned, turning his heated glare to the raven haired man. At the mention of his name, Ryou's eyes focused on Aomine, and blinked. 'Wh- What does he want... ?'

"I was getting to that," Imayoshi smirked, clearing his throat before continuing. "As you know, I am Imayoshi. You were already introduced to Momoi. These are our final members; Yoshinori Susa, Kousuke Wakamatsu, and Ryou Sakurai."

"Sakurai isn't a chick?" The hall fell silent, and eyes turned to Ryou, whose face turned red slowly.

"S- Sorry!" Ryou quickly spoke, waving his hands about. Momoi giggled, standing from her chair and stretched.

"Don't be sorry for being a man, Ryou-kun." She smiled, before turning to Aomine. "I know he doesn't have boobs, but please be nice to him. Ryou is one of our best shooters here, and-"

"I'm pretty good, too." Wakamatsu interrupted, a smug look on his face. Momoi huffed at him, smacking him upside the head for good measure.

"Don't interrupt." She scolded him yet again. Wakamatsu scowled at the pink haired women, rubbing his head as he lazily walked away.

Imayoshi clapped his hands, signaling for Susa and Momoi to make their exit, he put his hands on Ryou and Aomine's shoulder, pulling the two closer. "Sakurai, Aomine will be rooming with you for the duration of his stay. So, if you'll show him to your room..." He ordered casually, giving a light push in the direction of their dorm area.

Ryou tripped but quickly straightened himself out as he began to lead Aomine to their newly dubbed 'shared room'. "S- Sorry..." He apologized, head cast towards the ground as he rounded a corner, passing Susa who was sitting on a bench, cup of coffee in hand.

"Good work, Susa-san." Ryou bowed his head, the elder man returning the gesture before taking another sip of his drink.

The short brown haired male continued to lead the way, until they finally entered a more brightly lit area, hallway more large and spacious. They passed a few doors, until they ended up at the end of the hallway. "Here it is, Aomine-san..."

"Tch."

"Sorry!"

"Hnm." Aomine clicked his tongue again, moving past the shorter male so he could enter first. He heard the brown haired male stutter an apology once more, before blocking the squirt's voice from his head.

The tanned male walked around the small to medium sized room, eyeing it with distaste. "Comics?" He questioned, smirking.

"I- I like to draw... and read... a- and... I'm sorry!" Aomine rolled his eyes and flipped through some rough drafts on the desk, raising his eyebrow, surprised at how good the male was. "I'll take that top bunk." He declared, moving towards the large bunk bed which was against the wall on their right.

"O- Okay..." Ryou wasn't about to argue with that, seeing as he already slept on the bottom. He'd rather not roll off the top, because there was no safety bar in place. "Good night, Aomine-san..." He murmured, watching the male turn and face the wall, without another word.

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Whoa, man. I haven't paid much attention to this story. But, hooray for AoSaku~!

~WinterAssassin~