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I am extremely sorryfor neglecting this fic forso long. I've had writers block and been REALLY busy lately… XP

NB: for some of the next few chapters in the story, it will focus on other pairs so please be patient, it is still a ryoXatobe fic

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Anyway on with the story!

FYI: Police officers are divided into nine ranks: superintendent general, superintendent supervisor, chief superintendent, senior superintendent, superintendent, police inspector, assistant police inspector, police sergeant and police officer.

Chapter 7 : Enter The Prince

"Oi Akaya-kun!!!Ryou-kun!!!" called a loud voice from behind them as they entered the building, they turned to see their fellow colleagues Makimura Tobita and Katogiri Kanou. Makimura was easy going and a BIG flirt, he was always seen smiling whilst his partner and best friend, Katogiri was very quiet, polite and more serious but was very popular with the ladies. "Yo Maki, Kato." Makimura's dirty blonde bangs framed a baby-face which often made him be underestimated, his fringe accented his aquamarine eyes as he flung himself at Akaya, but he didn't get far as suddenly an arm reached out and snagged him by the collar. Tall and handsome with wavy black hair just past his neck, Katogiri glared disapprovingly at his partner. "I apologize for Maki-senpai's rude behavior Kirihara-san, Shishido-san." Katogiri or Kato as he was nicknamed said to the other two. This was a sort of like ritual for the four, ever since they'd first been introduced, Maki would fling himself at the two whenever they met but Kato would catch him before that happened.

"Do you guys know what Yatagi wants with us?" Ryou asked as they walked to the head quarters, "Nope but this is a rather sudden briefing." Kato mused. They entered to find the rest of Sector J already gathered, "Afternoon everyone," said Yatagi addressing everyone, he had his serious face on meaning that this was important, "I'm sure some of you might have already heard a rumor about a certain serial killer on the loose, Misato-san?" Misato Nana was Yatagi's right hand and second in command, she began to hand out folders regarding the case, "We have just received new information on this serial killer, he also seems to have an accomplice. What we can gather is that he goes by the name of 'Chou' (1)," at this Akaya's eyes widened and his hands clenched tightly around the folder,"please turn to page 3, he first appeared five years ago around the Kanagawa area his first victim was 27 year old Saten Mio-" On the opposite page were photos taken from the crime scene, they were gruesome."-the fifth was Fubuki Meru, age 22…" Misato-san's voice was now a quiet humming the background as soon as Akaya saw them, his mind was flooded with similar ones from Meru's case, his fist balled tightly as his eyes began going red, nearly activating devil mode but he managed to suppress it. "Oi, what's wrong?" came a whisper next to him,"Nothing" he reassured Shishido, "His accomplice seems to favor males, ranging from ages 14 to 29 from the most recent reports, none of the victims have anything in common. They seem to be random killings, the time gaps between the assaults vary greatly and as a result we are having difficulty determining the next killing." She carried on. Akaya was barely listening by now, he was staring at the picture of a young girl's mutilated body's, next to it was a picture a of a woman with long, rich honey-colored ringlets down her back, framing a delicate face with large, warm doe-brown eyes. His hands were fisted on the paper while his black curls hid his eyes. Shishido glanced at his kouhai in concern. Akaya didn't usually lose his cool like this , he'd calmed down quite a bit from his wild junior high days.


As they filed out of the room Ryou caught Akaya by the arm pulling him down the other side of the passage. When he was sure they were alone he let go of Akaya's arm, turning Akaya to face him and keeping his hands on Akaya's shoulders so he couldn't turn and leave. "Ever since Misato-san mentioned the 'Chou' you've acting strangely, what's up?" he asked quietly as he looked at his kouhai. "It's nothing sempai-"
"Don't give me that shit Akaya, I may have only known you for 2 years but I know you're not acting yourself!" Shishido hissed angrily, grip tightening slightly . The speedster had a protective streak that only few knew about, namely the ex-Hyotei Regulars. Akaya winced, "Sempai, too tight!" he ground out and Shishido quickly let go of him muttering a quick 'Sorry', Akaya sighed and fell back to lean against the wall, his face was raised to look at the ceiling, "Do you remember my cousin Kisa?" he asked quietly. Ryou blinked, "Yeah, you just went to her graduation ceremony now didn't you?"
Akaya opened his manila folder to the place where the picture of the honey-color haired girl was then pulled out his wallet, inside was a picture of three people; a young woman with honey colored ringlets spilling down her back; she had her arms around two teens, a cute girl with the same colored hair but hers was sleek and framed her face who had her arms around the shoulders of a handsome boy with curly, black hair. Ryou noticed the resemblance easily, his eyes widened as he turned to look at his partner, "Kisa-chan's sister." He whispered with realization, "Akaya-"
"Meru-nee's the reason I joined Sector J and the police force." Akaya cut through queitly.

Ryou ran a careless hand through his short cropped chocolate brown hair, (he hadn't bothered to grow it out again saying it was too 'troublesome') letting out a sigh he turned to face the younger boy, "Akaya," their eyes connected, "just, don't' do anything rash 'kay? Just call if you need help." He finished off gruffly looking away.

Akaya blinked then chuckled, "Sempai, you…" Whatever he'd been about to say was cut off by his phone ringing. "Kirihara speaking."

"Aka-chan?"came Kisa's soft voiceover the phone

"Kisa?Yeah, what's up?"

"Just checking if you can still make it to Kuwa Mura's tonight since you had to rush off this afternoon."

"No, Yatagi just wanted to brief us on some stuff on a new case we're working on. I'll be there. What time does it start?"

"18:00, oh and is your partner, Shishido-san there?"

"Yeah"

"Mom is asking if he wants to come too."
"Hey Ryou, wanna have supper with us tonight? It's at Kuwa Mura's, we're celebrating her graduation." He asked looking at his partner.

"Sure." was all he said

"Yeah, he's coming. Ok, see ya there."

He shut his phone with a snap, putting it back in his pocket he turned to see Shishido covering his mouth, holding back a chuckle. "What's so funny?" he asked confused.

"A…Akaya…y…you…haha…Aka-chan!AKA-CHAN! Hahaha!" Shishido couldn't take it anymore and burst out laughing.

"SEMPAI!!!!!!!!!" groaned Akaya as he lunged to cover Ryou's mouth before everyone heard.

"Hahaha…seriously?! She calls you that!? HAHAha…no wait, you let her call you that?!HAHAHA!!!"Shishido was clutching his stomach, crippled over with laughter

"RYOU! SHUT UP!!" yelled Akaya in embarrassment, he was unsuccessful in covering Ryou to shut up as the latter kept wriggling and struggling.

"Geez, Akaya! She's got you wrapped around her pinky!" laughed Ryou as he dodged a swing to his head. "Haha! Baby Akaya!"

"SEMPAI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"


A handsome young man dressed in a sea-green shirt that had a button-up collar, the shirt emphasized his slightly muscled frame and dark skinny jeans that made his legs look longer than they already were stood in front of a tall building, dark shades shielded his golden cat-like eyes from passer-bys and a white cap covered his messy, slightly longish dark green hair. He stood there casually with his hands in his jeans pockets, nonchalantly tipping his cap back, he smirked. "Hey Ryo, how long are you gonna stand there?"

He look further up ahead of him, another man about the same as him stood by the entrance to the restaurant, he also wore a button-up collared black shirt and a orange undershirt, skinny jeans and a black wristband with a chain and buckle finished the outfit. He had straight strawberry-blonde locks that framed his attractive face and stopped just above his chin, stormy gray eyes looked back at him. "Coming brother, but didn't they teach you patience is a virtue at school?"

"Geez, we're going to be late if you don't hurry up! They're your sempais we're meeting, show some enthusiasm!" muttered the annoyed blonde.

"Fine come on then." Ryoma chuckled as he led the way in.


"What are we going to do!?" cried a worried Oishi as he paced up and down the front of the restaurant, " The party starts in less than half and hour and Echizen still hasn't shown up!"

"Oi! Stop worrying Oishi! It's not like he'll get lost or something." Said Shishido as he attempted to calm the infamous mother hen. He lounged on one of the sofas in a corner, his hands behind his head, as he chatted with his old doubles partner and ex, Ootori Choutarou. They'd become an item in their first year of high school and were together for 4 years before they broke up, it had been a clean break, they'd both agreed that they were better off friends and still had a strong bond though Ootori had just recently hooked up with Hiyoshi Wakashi. Ootori had become a music teacher at Hyotei while Hiyoshi had inherited his family's Enbu maritial arts dojo.

There were a lot of old friends gathered at Kuwa Mura, Jackal and Taka-san had closed the shop so they could hold the party there. The old Hyotei, Rikkaidai and Seigaku teams were gathered and apart from them there was Kajimoto from Jyosei, Fudomine's Kamio ad Ibu, Yamabuki's Sengoku, Akutsu and Dan and finally Shitenouji's Shiraishi and Kintarou.

"Speaking of which, Atobe isn't here yet."said Oshitari as he looked around for the familiar gray head.

"Do you know where he is Kikumaru-san?" asked Choutarou.

"Nope, but he did say he was coming." replied the hyper red head.

"Shiiraiiishiii, when is Koshimae gonna show up?" whined Kintarou to his ex-captain/ baby-sitter/best friend. He'd made it as an international pro tennis player while Shiraishi had taken to journalism and becamea reporter for the Monthly Tennis magazine.

"Soon Kin-chan." answered the ash-color haired man, not even looking away from his camera as he took a snapshot of Yukimura and Sanada as they chatted. Yukimura unfortunately because of his health couldn't become a pro but instead coached Rikkaidai's tennis team. Sanada also took over his family's Kendo dojo.

Just then, two young men walked in, a green-haired man and a blonde.

"We're sorry but the restaurant is closed to the public today." Said Taka-san as he turned to look at the guest however they just smirked and chuckled.

"You're throwing a party for someone but when that person shows up, you don't let him in?" the green-haired man smirked as he removed his shades.

"E…Echizen!?"

"Osashiburi sempai."

"OCHIBIIII!!!!" came a loud wail as Eiji threw himself at his kouhai, he clung on to Ryoma nearly strangling him. "OCHIBI I MISSED YOUUUUUU!!!!!" he yelled.

"H…Hey there Kikumaru-sempai, sorry but y...you're strangling me!" wheezed Ryoma.

"Echizen!" yelled Momoshiro as he too crushed his kouhai in a bone–crushing embrace making Ryoma nearly turn blue. Oishi ran about in panic as he saw poor Ryoma struggling to breathe, "Eiji! Momo! Put him down! He's suffocating!"

All the while the blonde had laughed as he watched his friend get squeezed to death by his sempais. "KEVIN DON'T JUST SAND THERE! HELP ME!" cried Ryoma as he was tackled yet by another sempai who happened to be Jirou then Akaya.

Everyone turned to look at the blonde, "KEVIN SMITH?!" yelled everyone in unison.

"It's been a while, I wonder if you all still remember me." He said smiling as everybody's jaws dropped as they looked between a wheezing Ryoma and a smiling Kevin.


A/N:And that concludes this chappie, 8 will probably be out at the end of this month or in April. Guys I'd really REALLY AND TRUELLY appreciate it if you reviewed, especially people who have favorited it, I'd like you opnions. Critisim and Critique is definitely very welcome! The button's right below! ;P