Title: Favorite Yaoi Cliche 2
Author: Nbsiren
Rating: M
Pairing: Asami x Takaba
Spoilers: none
Warnings: Language, caged prisoners, imprinting
Summary: Totally AU. Expanding a little from another one of the entries I did for eprime's Drabble Round Up
Disclaimer: Characters belong to Yamane Ayano. Other characters are mine.
Author's note: Prompt: Your favorite yaoi cliches


Akihito claws at the hands that reached into the cage to drag out the people inside one by one. He ignores the shock prods thrust in to try and control the crowd so he could keep the hands from reaching in.
Jolted unconscious, he's unaware of being lifted out of the cage onto a stretcher before a golden eyed man. One of the handlers shivers as he sees the man smirk as though he's won the top prize in one of those kiddie claw machines...

Waking up, Akihito realizes he doesn't feel the usual press of bodies around him. Sitting up, he looks around the room and notices the runes carved around the door. Feeling something else, he looks down and his eyes widen when he sees wrist and ankle cuffs on him. Then his hand reaches up as he feels something else...a collar.

He growls and his head snaps up as movement outside the door catches his attention. Springing at the door, he's stopped as the runes around the door glow, and a barrier prevents him from grabbing the person on the other side. He begins to pound and claw at the barrier.

The man smirks and holds up a tray with a plate full of food. Akihito narows his eyes, growls at the man, and backs away from the door. Placing the tray on the floor, he slides it through the barrier. Akihito rushes at the barrier again, only to get stopped again.

A couple weeks later, he watches as the man slides the lunch tray through the barrier. He waits for the man to leave before going to the tray, but the man stays and watches him.

Resting his head against his knees, he glares at the man, wanting to eat, but not with the man watching him.

Thirty minutes later the man was still there and his stomach was growling from hunger. Watching the man intently, he inches towards the tray. Reaching it, he drags it back to his previous spot. Eyes still watching the man, he begins to eat.

A couple weeks after that, the routine changed again. This time instead of sliding the tray through the barrier, the man held the plate halfway through the barrier, careful to keep the side with his hands on his side of the barrier. He waited for Akihito to take the plate from him before holding a bowl of soup out like he had the plate.

Asami made sure the boy's attention was on him while taking the food. He wanted only himself imprinted onto the boy's psyche, which is why he barred his men from the entire floor. The boy would not hear, smell or see anyone else until this was done.

A couple months later, Asami entered the penthouse to find Akihito curled up on the couch watching tv. Seeing Asami come in, Akihito springs up and pounces on him. Rubbing his cheek against Asami's chest, he feels Asami place his briefcase on the nearby table before wrapping his arm around him and using his other hand to rub the top of his head between the two white ears that had popped up.

"How was your day kitten?"

"Watched tv like usual." He rubs his cheek against Asami again. "Mmmm...Take a side route to work tomorrow."

Giving Akihito a light kiss, he looks at the tv and says, "Finish your show while I change. Dinner should arrive soon."

Nodding at Asami, Akihito bounces back to the couch to curl up and finish his show. Going to his bedroom, Asami's lips turn up with a smirk.

Akihito, my maneki-neko, is a most precious treasure. Spotting him in that cage was indeed fortuitous. Those fools didn't even realize what they had. A full pure blood white maneki-neko is too valuable to be treated like a common yokai.

Showered and dressed he goes back out and sees Akihito leaning over the arm of the couch waiting for him. He goes to the door and nods to Kirishima, who pushes the dinner cart inside.

He turns to see Akihito crouched on the couch, hissing at what he views as an intruder in his owner's domain.

Going over to Akihito, he strokes his back, "Akihito, this is Kirishima, my assistant. He'll be coming here occasionally to help out, so relax and calm down kitten." Akihito stops hissing and looks up at Asami, who nods at him.

He gets up and slowly moves towards the newcomer in the penthouse. Getting close enough, he sniffs the air, catching the scent of the one Asami calls Kirishima. He backs up to Asami and turns to snuggle in his arms.

The next month he introduces Suoh to Akihito, and soon after he moves Akihito into his room and his bed.

Neighboring land gods and rivals still can't figure out how Asami comes out on top...