Aoshi & Kamatari

written by: delusionallady

Disclaimer: Nobuhiro Watsuki owns Rurouni Kenshin.

A/N: Hey, I got some really nice reviews. I guess this pairing really isn't popular and well known but I feel glad that the readers, well, those who bothered to review anyway, liked it. There was one who said that he/she wasn't really into Aoshi and yaoi but the fic made him/her crack up anyway. That's gotta be one of the best comments I've received. Someone who doesn't really share my newfound love for this pairing actually read and even left a review. Kudos to people like that! :D And that is one of the reasons why I'm updating and writing chapters again! Other than I've finally settled back in school. Ugh! I can't believe I'm back in school. Whatever.

Chapter 3:

"The superintendent is coming today." The chief announced as he paced back and forth, looking at every one of his officers in the eye. Everyone knew what this meant. The superintendent was by no means a nice person. He was very, very strict about the rules and inspected every speck of dust.

Aoshi sighed. Last year, the superintendent came and found a few faults with the police station. They barely survived the interrogation. Now with Kamatari Honjo around, it was all doomed to be a disaster.

"Ah, and Kamatari, the superintendent is looking forward to meet you." The chief said.

Kamatari grinned cheerfully and jumped up and down. "Yay! I get to meet the superintendent!"

The other officials groaned. This was going to be a rough day.

They were soon dismissed and everyone hurried to arrange their desks. The superintendent had a bad habit of snooping around and opening drawers that shouldn't be opened in the first place.

Meanwhile, Aoshi was calmly sitting on his chair. He would have to talk Kamatari into behaving himself today. That would mean no jumping around, no singing around.. and most especially, no crossdressing. If the superintendent wanted to meet with Kamatari, the man would have to make himself presentable. The fate of the station was in his hands.

"Why the long face, Aoshi?" Kamatari asked as he burst inside the office.

Aoshi gave him a hard gaze and pointed at the other chair. Kamatari hopped over to it and planted himself down, his eyes wide as saucers, eager to hear what Aoshi had to say.

"Have you met the superintendent before?" Aoshi asked.

"Superintendent.. superintendent.. hmm.. I've met super bunny and super sausage before but..nope! No superintendent!" Kamatari answered, bouncing around his seat. One glare from his partner made him sit still. For a few minutes anyway.

"Listen, the fate of the station rests in your hands. We need to.. I mean.. Do you really have to wear.. Can't you just.."

Aoshi was interrupted when the door opened. It was one of the younger officers. "Kama-chan, your mail has arrived."

With a huge smile, Kamatari shot out of the office and hurried to the mail area. Already, a lot of girls were crowded around his package.

Aoshi groaned. Why was it so hard for him to tell Kamatari to start acting like a man? Even if just for today. Really, he was getting soft. In fact, he was sure that his nickname had already changed from ice prince to melted popsicle.

"Is there something the matter, sir?" The young officer asked.

Aoshi sighed. "It's Kamatari. He needs to stop acting like some woman because..because he isn't! It's wreaking havoc all over the office! And now that the superintendent is arriving in a few hours.."

Outside, Kamatari stood still, clutching his package to his chest. He leaned against the wall and closed his eyes before hurrying as far away as possible.

"Uh..Okay, sir." The young officer said meekly, a bit intimidated by his superior's attitude. It had been three months since he started working here and he had known how terrifying Aoshi could get. However, having Kama-chan as his partner somehow mellowed him down a bit..

A few hours passed and Aoshi had yet to see Kamatari. He could not find the crossdresser anywhere around the office. After circling the whole place a dozen times, he gave up and decided to do a little paperwork. Kamatari was probably off playing with his newest package. What did he care anyway?

He immersed himself in his work, barely noticing the time. In fact it was only when someone proclaimed the arrival of the superintendent that he snapped out of his workaholic trance. He had no time to clean the office up for the superintendent appeared inside his office even before he could think of standing up.

"Aoshi Shinomori, still the workaholic I see." The superintendent remarked as he inspected the whole room. As if he was a tough matron in a girls' dormitory, he traced his index finger on the window sills and on the tables, trying to see how much dust was gathered.

To the old man's surprise, there was not a dot of dirt that stuck to his gloved finger. "Impressive, detective Shinomori. I'm sure your partner has something to do with this. By the wway, where is detective Honjo?"

Aoshi knew he should have an answer ready but he didn't know where Kamatari ran off to. He was about to summon an excuse when a familiar looking person entered the office. He was wearing a clean uniform and had a police beret on his head.

"Detective Kamatari Honjo." The man introduced himself.

Aoshi was surprised. No, he was shocked. Was this really Kamatari? But he was wearing pants..

"Where have you been, detective? Shouldn't you be accompanying Shinomori here to do paperwork?" The superintendent asked.

Kamatari bowed his head, murmuring his apologies. "I'm sorry, superintendent. I was at the garage, working on the patrol car. Its battery got fried during our last case and I needed to fix it in case an emergency pops up."

The superintendent was silent for a minute before grunting and nodding his head. "Very well. Apology accepted." He said before leaving to inspect the other rooms.

The door closed and left the two partners alone in the room. Aoshi simply stared at the man before him while Kamatari kept his eyes on the ground.

TBC...