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Warning: Mild language, violence, sexual content between males, INCEST, and disturbing imagery. If any of this bothers you, do not read.

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Aya's Awakening

"Ken, we need to talk." Ran was standing above him and Aya.

"Leave him alone, Ran. He doesn't need you anymore."

"Aya, this is between Ken and me. Don't worry, I just want to talk."

"Then ask, don't demand," Ken growled at him from under the covers. He was surprised Ran wasn't throwing a hissey fit about him sleeping with his sister.

"Fine, Ken, would you please come talk with me so I can apologize to you?"

"Okay." Ken got up. He knew he looked like crap, but what did it matter; it wasn't like Ran would care. All he cared about was his precious Aya. He followed Ran down into the mission room. He squeaked when Ran wrapped his arms around him and drew him into a long kiss. Ran then pulled away and looked at him seriously

"I'm not very good with words, Ken, so please try and bear with me. I did a lot of thinking last night. I love my sister, but I feel more than just lust for you. It hurt me to see you in pain. I don't want to hurt you anymore than I have."

"Oh."

"I'm not sure what I feel for you, and it's not right for me to keep using you."

"I don't mind being used." He blinked at Ran. He didn't want to give him up. "Please don't leave me Ran, I'm sorry about the way I acted yesterday."

"Ken, stop, you meant what you said yesterday. I don't want to give you up either. Let's just take it slow until I figure out how I really feel. I need to get over Aya. I really do want to be her brother again." Ken's eyes lit up. He couldn't believe all of this was coming from Ran the human ice cube.

"So, you want to date and not have sex?"

"Yes, if that's what you want."

"Of course." Ken hugged Ran tightly smiling.

"Okay, don't crack my lungs. Um, Ken what was my sister doing in your bed."

"She was just worried about me. I was crying and we fell asleep; that's all." Ken laughed nervously as he thought of the kiss they had shared.

"Of course that was all. You're not even interested in woman, What was I thinking? Well, we probably better hurry up and get ready. You're opening the shop, and I'm taking Omi and Aya to school."

Once again Aya was sneaking out to see Nagi. She wondered what they would do tonight. Last time they met was on a school night, but tonight they wouldn't have anything to get up early for. Once again she let her brother tuck her in. She wore her most revealing pajamas and ran her hands up and down his chest until he pushed her and ran away. She was positive he wouldn't come looking for her tonight.

"Hi."

"Oh, hi, Nagi." She stared at him awkwardly not sure what to say. "Um, how are your teammates doing?"

"Want to make out again?" Nagi came closer to her ignoring her question.

"Um, okay." She was slightly relieved that they could skip the small talk. They sat down on the bench and immediately began kissing. Once again Aya found herself Straddling Nagi and grinding her hips against his.

"Rarr!" Someone howled behind her. "Don't touch my sister." She gasped as Ran pulled her off Nagi and punched Nagi in the right eye.

"You'll be sorry for that." Nagi yelled as he brought his hands in front of him and slammed Ran up against the tree.

"Nagi, Stop!" she pleaded fearing for her brother's life.

"No one hits me and gets away with it. I'll go so I don't kill him. I'll see you later, you have my word on it." Nagi said coldly before he disappeared into the dark.

"What the hell, Aya?"

"He's my boyfriend and I don't want to hear it. I don't lecture you. Sorry for not wanting you to be my only sexual experience.

"But Nagi's dangerous."

"Yeah, that's right. He could kill you in a second, so there's nothing you can do about it." She watched as her brother flinched at the verbal slap.

"Mom and Dad didn't raise you to be such a whore."

"Mom and Dad are dead, and so is my brother." It was true this man wasn't Ran he was just a shell. " Why don't you worry about yourself before you worry about me? I'm going to date Nagi, so you might as well just accept it."

"Like hell I will. I won't let him have you, and making out in the park is hardly a relationship."

"I don't belong to you, Ran, and if you weren't so possessive I wouldn't have to sneak around in the park. I could go out on a real date." Aya cried in frustration.

"Never! I will never let him touch you again."

"What, only you can defile me? I'm just supposed to sit here and wait until you snap and have your way with me."

"Aya!" She had gone to far with that last comment. She sighed as she approached him. She reached down to pull him up. Their lips meet but Ran quickly pulled away.

"Let's go home. We'll talk about this when we've both calmed down."

"That's a good idea." She had wanted to kiss him and run her hands all over his back but she refrained from her deviant thoughts and followed him across the park.

Ken sat across from Ran in the restaurant looking bored while Ran ranted and raved about Aya for the millionth time. It had been a week since the Aya, Nagi park scandal. At first Youji, Omi, and he had been just as shocked and angry as Ran. Now they were all tired of hearing about it. There was nothing any of them could do. Nagi could blow them all away in a blink of an eye. Aya had chosen her partner in crime wisely. If he had been an average man they could have easily scared him away.

"Ran, there's nothing you can do about it, so why don't we just enjoy our date?"

"But Nagi." Ran mouthed at him.

"Yes, Nagi is a result of your overbearing and somewhat incestuous obsession with your little sister. I told you she would rebel."

"Well, all we have to do is kill Nagi."

"We? I'm sorry, Ran, but I don't want to die early. You know the best way to deal with Nagi is by accepting him. Once Aya realizes you're not mad anymore, she'll give him up." Ken repeated himself for the hundredth time.

"But Nagi…"

"Yes, Nagi. Hey, Ran why don't we just go home."

"But I thought you wanted to go see a movie?"

"Not if I have to hear about Nagi or Aya one more time."

"Well, excuse me for caring about my sister." Ran hissed as he stood up.

"Maybe you care about her a little too much."

"You're right, we should go home, and here I thought you cared about her." Ran glared at him. Ken smirked, he was glad he wouldn't be forced to hear the whole dramatic story over again. Ran really needed to loosen up. Didn't he realize that his anger was only feeding Aya's rebellion?

"I do care about Aya. I care so much about her that I was willing to help keep her older perverted brother's lust in check."

"And here I thought you cared about me. Okay, you win, I won't talk about him again."

"Yeah, right, I bet all you can think about right now is what your sister's doing at home. Are she and Omi really studying, or are they doing something else?" Ken said with mock suspense.

"You don't think Omi would?"

"No, I was joking. Omi's never shown any interest in Aya, besides she has Nagi. I don't think she would cheat on him. Oww." He cried as Ran kicked him from across the table.

"Let's go somewhere more quiet."

"Where?" Ken asked with interest. Ran was turning out to be the worst date he ever had. He was starting to make Kase look good.

"Why don't we go on a walk and I'll spend all my time talking and thinking about you." Ken jumped with surprise as Ran took his hands in his and brought them to his mouth kissing them. "Ken, forgive me."

"You're forgiven. Let's go on that walk."

Ken smiled as Ran and he walked down the street holing hands. It felt nice and normal. Ran really was trying to make this work. He was surprised Ran even cared. He squeezed the warm hand in his as they walked towards the park.

"Why did you become an assassin, Ken? Since the first time I meet you I've asked myself why. You just don't seem like the type of person.

"Same could be said for all of us."

"No, Ken, I see the way you coach those kids. You could have easily done that. You could have coached soccer and been normal. I mean at the time you didn't know Kase had set you up."

"I know, It's just I didn't have anything but soccer. I know that sounds lame but I was devastated when the one thing I loved was taken away from me. Then I was offered this life, a place to hide, and a new family. I wouldn't change my life. I'm happy knowing when I kill someone I'm saving an innocent person's life. Plus I would have never meet you, Omi, or Youji.

"Hmm, I wish I could say the same, but I will always want my parents back. Maybe someday I'll feel differently." Ran breathed as he rested his head on Ken's shoulder. Ken smiled as he ran a hand over his head and Ran purred. He wanted him so much, he wanted Ran to love him to be with him. He didn't want to play second to Aya.

"Ran I want you." Ken whispered as he stopped walking turning around facing him.

"But you already have me. This is what you wanted right?" Ran looked at him with irritation.

"I want you to love me not because it's better to be with me than your sister, but because you want to be with me. I love you, Ran. I don't know why; I just do." Ken covered his mouth he didn't even know where all that came from but it had been welling up inside him, without him even realizing it. Sometimes he could really let his emotions run. He was such as idiot, and he was sure Ran was going to leave him now. He flushed as he looked down at his dirty sneakers.

"I love you too, Ken, maybe not in the way you want me to, but I love you. Someday maybe I'll love you more than anyone else. But don't be ashamed of your feelings Ken. I always want you to be honest with me just as I am with you. There's not many people I would tell my darkest secrets to." Ran tilted his head up and brushed back his brown bangs as he kissed him softly on the lips. He flung his arms around Ran's neck kissing him back. He wished the kiss could have lasted forever, but he had to break away for air. Panting and nearly falling over as Ran laughed at him.

"You're so damn adorable, Ken. Especially when you're so out of breath you can't speak."

"Oh, that's it!" Ken grinned as he lunged at Ran pushing him off the sidewalk onto the ground.

"Ken, not here. Remember I'm just an innocent boy."

"Innocent, yeah right, you're the most corrupt person I know."

"I think that's partly your fault. I was innocent before I meet you."

"Yeah, right." Ken smiled down at Ran. The normally cold red head was finally acting human for once. "Let's go home and make sure your sister isn't molesting Omi." Ken grasped Ran's hand helping him up.

TBC