Title: AU
- Gakuen no Hibi (School Days)
Author: Lorna Reynard
Disclaimer: CLAMP has a playground I can't help but play in
Spoilers:
None. This series is AU
Rating: PG
Series Status: incomplete
Comments/constructive criticism appreciated.
I'm being lax . Bad Lorna!
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Kurogane slowly opened his eyes. It took him a few seconds for his vision to adjust and a few more to realise he wasn't staring up at himself.
"You okay?" his father asked.
Kurogane groaned.
"Sounds like you'll be fine."
Kurogane looked around. Nothing is familiar.
"..Whe- "
"The Police station." His father sat on the floor with a satirical smile on his face.
Kurogane sat up in the cot he was lying on, realising what he had just done. He knocked a police officer unconscious and had been stun gunned at least twice. He groaned again, then two things suddenly hit him, and he stood up a little too fast and lurched forward. Hironori leapt up in a swift movement to make sure his son didn't fall.
"Where's Fai? And why are you in here?"
His dad grinned sheepishly. "I don't know where he is, but I've been told that he's safe…and I'm here because I struck an officer…"
Kurogane started at his dad with surprise
"You… why?"
"Well I got angry when he threatened to arrest Hanako for kidnapping, and when he said they already had my 'delinquent son' in custody... I hit him."
Kurogane hadn't realised until now that there is no limit to respect.
With great unease, Fai paced the small yet daunting room. He occasionally glanced at the large mirror which he guessed had people watching on the other side. Fai made another attempt at knocking on the door, to get the officer's attention.
"I really would like to be let out of here…I have to see Kuro-pii. He only did what he did bec-"
The door opened and a man in a dark coat entered the room. Fai backed away from him, holding his face idly as he always did.
"Fluorite, Fai-san if you would please sit down so I can get your statement?" the man said.
"A statement? Why? Because Kuro-strong hit the officer?" The man sat down and quietly mentioned for Fai to sit also.
"That, and a statement in regards to your kidnapping."
Fai looked at him quizzically then gave a genuinely forged smile.
"No, you see you've been misled. I was never kidnapped…Well… I did say no when Suma-san started moving my things out of my room, but that was protecting me more than kidnapping me," Fai explained.
"I am sure that is what they made you believe. Please, Fluorite-san, sit down and tell us anything that can help keep you safe."
Fai hesitated, looking at the chair with a rehearsed laziness.
"I will not repeat myself."
There was an edge to the voice Fai could not ignore. He kept his lazy smile and sat down. The man looked him up and down carefully, and without saying a word he turned on a recording device.
"This is the statement of a Flourite, F.D., in regards to his kidnapping. Inspector Sakurazuka Seishiro supervising. Now, Flourite-san, can you remember the day you were taken from your place of residence?"
"I…I wasn't taken, Kuro-puu had seen an incident that had happened between me and my uncle, he was worried my uncle might come back so he encouraged me to move in with his family." Fai smiled sweetly and thought to himself. Well, for Kurogane, yelling at him like he did was encouragement.
"And Kuro-puu is…?" the inspector asked.
"Is the person your officers have locked up, unconscious." There was a flinty note to Fai's words; this didn't go unnoticed by the inspector like it did the other people in the room behind the mirror.
"What is you're current relationship with…" The inspector looked through the papers in front of him. "Suma, Kurogane?"
The look Fai gave him looked curious but warning bells were going off in his head.
"Kuro-sama is my friend. We're in the same class together; he helped me adjust to life in Japan."
The inspector watched him carefully. Fai refused to let him have anything more than suspicions about him and Kurogane, it may do more harm than good.
"So, your friend. He never hurt you? His parents never threatened you in any way?"
"Never. Kuro-wan's mother is fantastic, and his dad is awe inspiring…" A realisation came to Fai. "But when you think about it, I attended school everyday while being at the Suma dojo. And I know that my friends would notice if something bad was happening to me, or the teachers. So doesn't that make the 'kidnapping' theory a little less stable?"
There was a stifled noise behind the mirrored glass and muffled voices, but the inspector ignored them.
"And the incident Suwa-san had witnessed, what had happened?"
Fai faltered for a millisecond before answering.
"My uncle …had…" Fai thought about how to phrase it. "Made a physical connection upon my person." he replied clinically
"You mean he saw your Uncle…?"
"No! no!... He struck me, and knocked me out."
Seishiro observed Fai for a moment or two, Fai didn't even flinch under his scrutiny.
"Here ends today's statement." The inspector turned off the recording device. "Fluorite-san, you are to remain in protective custody Until we are sure your statement corresponds with the truth."
Fai nodded amicably,. Best not to argue.
"Do you know who made the claim? If I can ask?
The inspector ran a hand through his hair wondering how much he could tell him.
"A European, that is all I can tell you." Fai visibly paled. "Are you okay?"
"I wan-.. Please take me to Kurogane." Fai's eyes looked scared as his voice became pleading. "I just… please! Can I go to him?" Fai was now up from the chair and standing next to the inspector, eye's wide looking between him and the mirror.
"I… can't. It's against the rules… I'm sorry."
The adult looked down at the young man before him; he looked more terrified than any lost child. Fai knew he couldn't stay here, he had to be with Kurogane. If he stayed and Ashura came to take him back he would have to leave. Without Kurogane for strength he would just give in. Fai had friends he didn't want to leave. His mind was swimming, panic was taking over his body, and Fai soon found it hard to breathe. He fell to his knees. Inspector Sakurazuka dropped down to Fai's level.
"Flourite? It's alright, take deep breaths. You're safe here, safer than where you were."
Fai weakly took hold of Seishiro's coat and looked at him with pleading eyes.
"Kuro…Gane…" He only just managed between short desperate gasps; he didn't look too far form passing out. Seishiro gave a look to the mirror and continued to try and calm Fai.
Kurogane was worrying. His father was meditating. "No point in wasting a silent moment," he had said. He had been conscious for an hour, maybe more, he wasn't sure, but he heard no news about Fai and it made him uncomfortable. He had been told that Tomoyo had come to see if he was okay only to be turned away, but nothing about Fai. His worry made him agitated, he began to pace along the bars. His father smirked despite his meditation.
"Oi! Let me out of here!" he yelled. His reply came in the form of silence. Anger caused Kurogane to kick at the bars and he flinched in pain. He was about to start pacing again when he heard the door opening to the cell block and the officer on duty speaking to the person who had entered. Kurogane strained to hear their conversation but it was the next best thing to mumbling at this distance. Soon footsteps could be heard coming down the walkway, towards their cell.
Seishiro watched the young man in front of him intently through his shaded glasses. Kurogane glared back at him his hands clutching the bars.
A long silence bore down upon the three men. Hironori grew tired of the oppressive lack of sound.
"This isn't a zoo sir. May I ask as to why you have encouraged my son into a staring match?"
He hadn't moved from his sitting position but Kurogane, still refusing to look away from the man, knew that his father was ready for anything that was to happen.
Seishiro took off his glasses and regarded the young man's father.
"You are quite right sir, forgive me." He turned back to Kurogane "I am correct in saying you are Suwa, Kurogane?"
Kurogane gave a sharp nod. "I am."
Seishiro gave Kurogane a careful look, the kind you give to a dog that's known to be dangerous.
"Can I trust you to not make a fuss if I take you out of here? I don't have a tranquiliser gun on hand,"
A smirk came over the inspectors face as Kurogane's eyes narrowed.
"I'm just taking you for questioning, don't worry." His voice seemed a little louder than necessary.
"This is my statement. We didn't kidnap him!" Kurogane growled.
"So I have heard, but I still have to take your statement." As an after thought he added, "Fluorite-san has already given his."
Seishiro noticed the minute change in Kurogane, who agreed to come peacefully.
Handcuffed and out of the cell, Handcuffed, the suspected delinquent followed the detective out of the cell block and down a sterile corridor and into an empty room with a mirror along one side which Kurogane figured would be a two-way mirror. Seishiro un-cuffed the youth and walked out of the room, closing the door behind him.
Kurogane would have turned around to give the door a nasty look, but he never got a chance to, as something wrapped itself around his waist,
"What th-! ..." The teenager looked down to find Fai around his waist, trembling.
"Fai! What's wrong?!" Kurogane loosened Fai's grip and dropped to his knees with Fai in his arms. , Fai seemed to be mumbling to himself in Russian.
"Fai! C'mon Fai, speak to me" Kurogane's words became insistent; he looked into Fai's eyes and saw nothing but fear in them.
"-здесь и поиск меня! Kurogane, he's told the police your family took me. I don't want to go…" Fai's words melted into each other and Kurogane struggled to make sense of what was said.
"Go where?" he asked clearly confused.
"Back to Russia."
Kurogane finally knew what was going on and slightly tightened his grip on Fai for a moment and growled.
"Ashura…" Fai seemed to wince as Kurogane said the name, as if it was cursed.
"You've seen it… I can't say no to him… I'll go back Idon'twanttogoback. Kurogane please, please…. Talk to them. Tell them they won't… I don't… no…"
Fai seemed to be losing to fear, which scared Kurogane more than he'd be willing to admit.
"I'm starting to think these two are innocents in this, Commissioner. I mean, I've never seen fear like that in any perp's face. And the Suwa boy seems far too protective and concerned over the Russian for him to be a captor. Quite frankly I think the one we should be questioning is the gentlemen who made the initial claim" The inspector faced his superior officer; his back to the window that showed the room Kurogane and Fai were in. The commissioner regarded the older man in front of him stoically, and then turned to watch the teenagers in the white room. His face refused to betray any emotion, but his grey eyes took in every ounce of detail.
"…release them, we can only keep them for 24 hours. But keep them under watch. And take Fluorite, Ashura-san's statement…let him remain under the impression that we have his nephew, and the Suwa family are in custody."
Having said all that needed to be said, the young commissioner left the room. Seishiro heaved a sigh, watching the teens for a moment more before also leaving the room.
A/N:
I know and I'm soooo sorry for being late! This was meant to be finished sooner but the date for babysitting my interstate cousins got moved up and I've only just gotten time to myself to finish it EDIT: And The cousins just left so I finally got time to look at what my editor wrote nn;
A million points and a cookie for anyone who can guess who the commissioner is XD probably not that hard he's kinda obvious…to me anyway
