1Here it is! The sequel to D is for Drug is here. Hope you guys like this one just as much as you did the last one. (I know all the Leon haters will.) Enjoy.
Chapter One: Rikuo's Return
Kudo Kazahaya laid down in the warm bath water of the tub. He made a small hissing noise at the heated water against his cool skin. His naked body sat down slowly to adjust to the warm water. He had needed a bath for a long time now and not because he was smelling bad, but because he needed some peace and quiet. Rikuo had been gone for the past week on a mission all by himself. It had been nothing but trouble for him at the Green Drugstore after the day he left. Everything for him had doubled. Stocking, managing the products, everything. Kakei had been nothing but a slave driver to him and as for Saiga . . . well, he would be the laugher at all of his mistakes. He swore that he would get Rikuo back for that. The steam of the water rose up and covered most of his naked form from reality. His hand was guided up to his face to push the shock of light brown hair away from his pale face and teal eyes. He laid back and closed his eyes with a deep sigh.
Before he could even enter his world of rest, three loud bangs came to the bathroom door. "Hurry up and get out. Other people need to use the bathroom too." It was Rikuo's obnoxious voice returning to haunt him. He heard the light and restless tapping of his foot outside the door. He could picture his face as well. His dark and gorgeous forest green eyes looking angry and calm at the same time. His silky dark brown hair falling over those eyes. It made Kazahaya melt in the bathtub water at just the thought of that beautiful man. Even those looks weren't enough to get Rikuo out of the mess he was going to be in with Kazahaya when he got angry.
He's back already? Kazahaya asked in the back of his mind. He picked up his rag and threw it at the door. "Aren't you supposed to be somewhere? Besides, I haven't bathed in weeks and desperately need some cool down time."
"Why didn't you do it earlier?" Rikuo started to jiggle the handle to the bathroom door with no luck. It was locked from the inside.
"Won't get me this time." Kazahaya made a jesting laugh and relaxed back into the hot steaming water. "Just go to another bathroom to like a restaurant nearby or something cause it's gonna take a while for me to get out."
Rikuo grinned from behind the door and looked down at the door handle. He forced it to pop off with an explosion. The handle clicked as it hit the floor and that was what made Kazahaya's eyes widen. The door made a long creaking noise as it opened.
"He-hey!" he squealed. His body slipped out of the tub and to the nearest towel before Rikuo could have a look at his nude form. He wrapped the thick and long cloth around his waist and stood back to his feet. He raced over to the door to close it but his partner had other plans. Rikuo had pulled the door open so that when Kazahaya ran to close it, he left the bathroom still running.
"Sucker." The larger boy of the two chortled and stepped into the bathroom after Kazahaya had left. He pulled the chair that sat in the corner over to the door so that if Kazahaya even attempted to barge in and take his spot back, he would fail.
"That's not fair!" Kazahaya wanted to burst right through that door and shove Rikuo into his bath water. Knowing he could not angered him. He knew it was no use to fight him out of the bathroom and his water would probably be cold by the time he was out so he decided to slip into his clothing.
"Did you miss me?" the bathroom stealer asked as he opened the door to return to the room and his roommate.
"Of course I did." Kudo said in a cheerful tone. His tone quickly changed to a meaner one as he spoke again. "Not! Where the Hell have you been? You were only supposed to be gone for three days, not a full week! It's been hectic for me!" he could have kept going on but Rikuo pulled out something that caught his eye. It was a couple of wrapped up little buns. Just the sweet smell was all that would shut him up.
"I brought you back something." A small smile was upon his lips as he spoke. He held them out to Kazahaya who gratefully took them.
"Ah!" he took one and sat down the others. "Itadakimasu!" Kazahaya shouted excitedly. He shoved the pastry into his mouth and made a moan of satisfaction at the sweet taste. He loved sweets. Especially Manjuu. The sweet food made him forget all about his grudge held on Rikuo. He licked his fingers of the sweet taste which made Rikuo laugh.
"You look like an animal who hasn't eaten for weeks." He ruffled Kudo's hair playfully at his childish eating habits.
"Well thank you . . . " Kazahaya's aggravate voice spoke out. He stuffed the other delicious buns into his mouth before Rikuo changed his mind and took them back. There was a light tap at the door before either of them could speak again. Their heads jerked around and saw that it was their manager and mission assigner, Kakei.
"Sorry to interrupt your small 'welcome home Rikuo' party but an unexpected mission popped up." Kakei said. His light brown hair fell over his green eyes as he spoke, giving him a serious look. He turned around quickly and waved for them to follow.
As they got down to the office, both of the boys took a seat on the fluffy red couch. Instead of sitting, Kazahaya laid back and flopped his feet down on Rikuo's lap.
"What's up, Kakei-kun?" Kazahaya asked. His body got adjusted to the cushions bellow him.
"Well it's a cruise trip." Kakei said. This seemed to spark Kazahaya's interest.
"You mean on a ship? With luxury? And free food?" he asked quickly. The words seemed to jolt right out of his mouth and had no direction to go.
"That's what I mean. But at the same time, I want you to find something. The ship possesses a diamond that is said to possess people." Kakei pulled out a picture of the beautiful coal black diamond with a red dotted core. He then pulled out a second picture. This one was of the ship. "It's called the 'Black Desire'." The giant and beautiful ship did not hold up its name. It was not black, but instead an angelic yet eerie white. There where two parallel black lines along the middle of the ship that held the ship's name in bold red letters between them. "I've text the place where you'll take the boat on your cell phones.""This should be too easy!" the overjoyed boy shouted. He arose from the couch and dashed back up stairs to pack his bags.
"He's excited." Kakei laughed. He looked over at Rikuo with a slight frown. "I'm sorry for putting you back on the job right away."
"It's okay." Rikuo said. He stood up and followed Kazahaya's steps. Just not as excited as he was. He and Kazahaya packed up as soon as possible. Kazahaya because he wanted to get on the ship. But Rikuo packed quickly just to get out of there. They took a cab to the dock that their phones told them to go to. There was a large crowd of people trying to make their way onto the ship which made Kazahaya a little nervous.
"There's so many people!" Kazahaya shouted. He held tightly onto Rikuo's hand so that none of them would get lost. Rikuo was on the verge of falling over. Carrying his and Kazahaya's bags while trying to stay balanced from the pushing and shoving that the people gave him was hard work.
"Well, well." The familiar voice of Leon called out to them. He caught Rikuo's shoulder which caused the both of them to stop. The partners turned around to look at their old fake enemy. "I guess we're on the same ship together, eh?" a couple of laughs moved from his lips. His eyes shot over toward Kazahaya. "Looking as beautiful as always."
Rikuo moved to block Kazahaya from Leon and pushed the boy forward. "Let's just hope your room is farther away from ours than we expected." He said blankly. He moved through the maze of people and onto the ship called 'Black Desire', not knowing that they were going into the ship just as blind as the passengers.
