Title: Being With You

Disclaimer: Slam Dunk and Rukawa Kaede belong to Inoue Takehiko.
Fushigi Yuugi/Curious Play/Mysterious Play and ****** belong to Yuu Watase. (This disclaimer just gives everything away...)
Ken Rukawa is mine. But anyone can use him.
If you think I'm going to pair Rukawa with Tamahome because they've got the same voice actor (Midorikawa Hikaru) you're wrong. Sorry.


Notes: If you think this fic doesn't have anything to do with its title, it's just because I'm not good in making titles.
Reviews are fine. Constructive criticism, too, if you've got any. But...flames are not tolerated here... I can use them to burn my junk mail, but I can't. I've got a junk mail blocker.
Thanks!


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Chapter One

"Kaede?" 19-year-old Ken Rukawa asked his younger brother.

"What?"

"Can you take these books to the library for me?" he held out a stack of books.

"No." Kaede Rukawa replied.

(I'll call Ken "Ken" and I'll call Rukawa "Rukawa" so that there won't be any confusion)

"Why not?"

"I'm tired." Rukawa rolled over on the couch, trying to ignore his brother.

"Come on. It's only a few blocks away."

"..."

"Please?"

"..." Rukawa tried to look like he was asleep.

"You're not sleeping, Kaede! You're just too lazy to do anything!"

"You're the lazy one, do aho!"

"Please, Kaede!" Ken pleaded. "I'm going to replace all your rock CDs with boyband ones..." he added. Kaede hated boybands. He goes berserk when he hears crappy boyband stuff.

"Alright. Just don't touch anything in my room."

Ken smiled. He watched Rukawa get up. Slowly. 'Amazing,' he thought. 'He moves so slowly for a basketball player.'

Well, younger brothers are supposed to be bossed around, anyway.

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Rukawa stepped inside the library, feeling out of place. He obviously belonged in a basketball court, not in a stuffy library filled with books.

He walked to the librarian's desk. "Here," he said, thrusting the books at the middle-aged woman sitting there.

She looked quizzically at his face. "You look younger than the boy who checked these out."

"He's my brother."

Rukawa turned to go. He saw a narrow corridor on his way out. A wave of curiosity passed over him and soon he found himself in front of an old-looking door. "Restricted" said the sign hanging in front of him. (What did the sign in Fushigi Yuugi say, anyway? I sort of forgot.)

He turned the knob and went in. Looking around, he saw...well, nothing. Just a bunch of moldy books.

Thud. A book fell from a tall shelf. Rukawa picked it up. "Book Of The Four Gods," he read. "Well, this looks better than an encyclopedia."

Rukawa leaned against the shelf and opened the book.

An enchanting blue light appeared, and in a fraction of a second, Rukawa Kaede was gone. The book lay open on the floor.

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Rukawa woke up feeling heavy. He sat up and realized he'd been sleeping on a bed, which clearly wasn't his. Fluffy blue pillows, blue blankets, blue bed sheets, blue everything. Well, he wasn't complaining. Blue was his favorite color, after all. But...where was he?

"I see you've woken up," a soft voice said. Rukawa turned to look at the speaker. He gasped.

This guy was...handsome. More handsome than he was, if possible. Waves of long blond hair framed his face and brushed his chest. Sapphire blue eyes. Snow white skin. A little smirk played freely on his lips. "Done looking at me?" he asked, the smirk getting a bit more obvious. (I guess you have an idea of who this guy is now...)

Rukawa chose to ignore that. "Where am I?"

"You are in Kutou."

"Ku...tou?"

"Yes. More specifically, you are now in the Emperor's palace."

"How'd I get here?" 'Emperor's palace? What the heck?!'

"I was making the rounds of the outskirts of the city when a flashing radiance caught my eye. I found you and brought you here."

"Well...thanks, I guess."

"What's your name?" the blond guy asked.

"Rukawa. Rukawa Kaede. What's yours, then?"

"I'm a shogun here in Kutou. Nakago."

"Oh..."

Nakago placed a hand on Rukawa's shoulder, pushing him gently back to the bed. "Have a rest for a while. I'll wake you up when it's time for you to eat."

Rukawa complied. He DID feel tired. He closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep, all in a matter of seconds.

Another smirk escaped Nakago's lips. He covered Rukawa's body with a blanket before standing up to go. "Sleep well."

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Nakago softly closed Rukawa's door, as not to wake him up.

'Rukawa Kaede. Strange. Where did he come from?' he pondered. Raven hair. Tall. Athletic. Cerulean eyes. Long lashes. Immaculately white skin. Quiet demeanor. This guy is unlike any other.

'Well, he'll have to stay here until he decides to come back. Wherever he came from.'

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*End of chapter*

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Notes: What do you think? Should I continue? Is it fine, or does it really suck? I'm not sure. Well, whatever you think, you can tell me.

I decided to use Nakago because, well, there are almost no fics about him in FFN. And everyone thinks he's a bad guy, too. For me he's not, so I decided to give him a good side.

I guess that's all I have to say. Bye!