My second Legal (Lawful . . . whichever you prefer.) story. Someone asked for more fluff and that's what I'm gonna give them! The prologue, yes, was taken from the manga (don't hurt me!) just to fill you in on where I'm coming from.
Prologue:
It was a cold Christmasy night, coldest Tokyo had ever gotten in years. Everyone was finishing up their Christmas shopping for the night. The pine trees were covered and sparkling with bright and colorful lights. A boy was crouched under a tree on the side of the streets. People passed him by and payed no attention to him. He was clutching his jacket in one hand and trying to stay straight with the other. The boy was breathing long and raspy puffs of air. One man poked out from the crowed to look at him.
". . .Hnnn . . . " he groaned as he fell to the cold snow and tried to get back up. It burned his warm skin greatly and made his entire body shiver at the coldness. My hands are shivering . . . I must be cold . . . he thought to himself as his eyes closed shut. I can't move . . . his body was numb and in need of warmth. But he couldn't get it now. There was no turning back. I imagine I'll stay in the snow like this until I die . . .
"I'm going to die . . . " he spoke aloud as he felt his mind slowly dragged back to reality. He tried to sit up on all fours but struggled greatly. "But . . . but I can't . . . no I can't die. I just can't." He called out before falling back to the ground.
The man who had been watching him from the crowd finally came out and walked over to him. His eyes met quickly with the slowly dying boy's. He shrugged and started back toward the crowd but stopped after hearing something from the boy.
"Not yet . . . I can't die yet . . . I can't." He tried yelling the words but they came out more of a whisper.
The man in dark clothing turned around and crouched down next to him. He pulled his arm and tugged him to his warm body to keep him cool.
Huh . . . ? He asked in the back of his mind when he was picked up. He felt as light as a feather. I feel like I'm floating . . . but my body isn't moving. Hold on a second. If I'm floating without moving, then that's bad. This is it! This is death! But it can't be! This isn't my time to die!
Chapter One: Meeting the New Boy
"Nggh . . . " A boy groaned as he woke up from a harsh night. Am I dreaming . . . ? He asked himself as he rubbed his head. He pushed back his light brown hair from his green eyes. He couldn't breathe any out of his nose and could barely lift his thousand pound eyelids from their resting place. All I can remember is passing out in the snow . . . and that guy . . . his eyes finally managed to fully open to see that he was sitting in a bright room. Almost everything was white and made him think he was already dead."Is this Heaven?" he asked aloud.
"No." He heard a voice call out from the corner of the room. "But it isn't Hell either." He saw a man that looked just like him but he looked calmer and straight forward rather than himself.
"Then where am I?" he asked in a somewhat frightened tone. He scooted away as the man walked over and sat next to him on the bed. His entire body stiffened as he reached up and felt his forehead.
"Your temperature went down after last night. You looked quite rough. Rikuo found you out in the snow last night. You were freezing to death and it was amazing that you were still alive when he got you here." He smiled down at him and handed him a few pills. "Take these. They'll get you better in no time." The look alike said and watched as he took the blue pills that he gave him. "There . . . isn't that better? What's your name?"
"Kudo . . . Kudo Kazahaya." He spoke soft words. They were almost faint and not there.
"Kudo, huh?" he smiled at him and handed him a glass of water. "My name's Kakei. You're at the Green Drugstore."
Kazahaya took the glass of water and sipped at it. "Green Drugstore, huh?" he asked and stood up. "Well I really must be going . . . "
"Going where? You have no where to go." Kakei said. The boy shot a threatening glance toward him as he said those words.
"How do you know?"
"I just do. You're welcome to stay here at the pharmacy with Saiga, Rikuo, and me if you like." He asked with a casual smile. He took the glass from him and helped him to his feet. "I want you to come meet Rikuo."
"All right." Kazahaya said and walked with him down stairs to where the actual store was. He saw a large man standing in front of a shelf full of drugs of different sorts from sexual enhancers to medicines for the common cold. He was stacking violet medicine bottles. His dark and mysterious looks made shivers run up Kazahaya's spine.
"Rikuo," Kakei spoke out in his calm and smooth tone. "This is Kazahaya."
"Hmm?" he asked and turned around to look at the boy he had saved last night. He kept stacking the bottles, not bothering to look over at him. "Why were you out in the snow that late at night? You could have been killed."
Kazahaya's eyebrow nearly twitched. What's with this attitude he's throwing at me? He thought. His feet started to drag him in the direction of the cold man who was stacking bottles. "My name is Kudo Kazahaya. I think I'm going to stay here."
"Rikuo."
"Rikuo, huh?" he asked and smiled at him. The man called Rikuo didn't seem to pay him any mind what-so-ever. His smile quickly faded back into an aggravated frown.
"Rikuo, don't be too hard on the boy. He's your new partner after all." Kakei smiled sweetly at him and walked back behind the desk where Saiga sat sleeping at. "This fish in the sea is Saiga."
"He's my new partner?" Rikuo asked. His voice came out hard and flat. It was almost as if he wasn't looking forward to having a new partner.
"That's right." Kakei spoke his words with a laugh. "You'll have a fun time with the boy, trust me." His words seemed to of hit Rikuo hard in the chest.
"Where will he be sleeping? We have no place for him to sleep." He kept protesting with every word Kakei threw at him.
"Kazahaya will sleep in the meeting room on the couch. I want you to show him around and guide him through everything he needs to know as soon as you can make time for him." The store owner said and handed Kazahaya a green apron that had a black little circle and white filling in the middle that read "Green Drugstore" on the top in big bold letters then a capsule that had the Japanese form of the same words inside of it. On the bottom of the white center, it read Tokyo's Pharmacy. "This is for you. You can help Rikuo stock things on the shelves for right now."
"All right." Kazahaya said with a nod and slipped into the apron. He walked over to Rikuo and started to help him put the purple bottles of Viagra on the shelves next to the rest of the bottles. "Do you think that you could show me around a bit after work?" he asked cautiously, not daring to lay his eyes on him.
"Yeah, I could." He said and took a glance at Kazahaya. He was the same age as him but he looked so childish. He's going to be a lot of trouble.
