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OOCness and Alternative Universe
Warning : Some sexual themes (upcoming chapters), foul language, Shounen-ai
Angelus Eros Weiss back with chapter 2, I hoped you all liked chapter 1. Please read and review my fic, since I want to know how many people like my fic. Since I do these fics, not for me really but for the readers, so I want to know if people are reading this, even though it is just one review I would be happy with it but it's your choice if you want to review or not right? Anyway, on with chapter 2!
Chapter 2 : I'm Just a Servant Boy
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Later that evening was the start of my work; I started placing teapots, bottles of sake, beer and many more on the tables. Some of the men who entered were rich executives with Geishas along with them having good times. Drinking contests, flirting and loud laughter were one of the few happenings inside the 'Shiawase Teahouse'. I was doing well and Kurenai is happy with me.
I suddenly saw two men come inside the teahouse. The first one had a pale complexion; he wore a violet eye shadow and had long straight black hair. His kimono was colored white, at the end of his sleeves it was colored lavender. Not that much decoration except for the lavender diamond shaped patterns at the bottom. In addition, I have noticed that his movement was more graceful than any other man I have seen. Well the others are not actually graceful, but that man's movements were so graceful that when I look at him from behind, he could easily be mistaken as a woman.
The second one had a sort of bushy white hair as if he had not comb for weeks, not like the other one, he was actually robust, he had a sort of metal on his forehead with two spikes that resembled horns. The main color was red with shades of gray at the end of the sleeves. Unlike the first one, he was loud and he had two geishas right beside him, he is enjoying himself all right.
Upon their entry, Kurenai quickly appeared before them with a bow and said something like, "Please come in! We have been expecting you two, you are welcome to sit down wherever you want!" she looked at me just stand there with an empty tray in my hands. She pushed my head down making me bow before the two men, "Bow Kankurou!"
"Why?" I replied to her with no clue why I should even bow before these guys. As you could see, Kurenai only taught me how to serve but not who to bow down to and who to not.
Kurenai just rolled her eyes and then bowed before the two multiple times begging forgiveness for my so-called ignorance. What? It's not my fault she didn't tell me that I should bow to these guys when they came in. I did not even know the two. Kurenai then started pushing me towards the kitchen, "Hurry! Get some tea and sake for Jiraiya and Orochimaru!" she said to me somehow with a mixture of panic and excitement. When she was doing that, I kept on thinking why those two are such a big fuss. I quickly ran to the kitchen. When I came out, I already had the bottle of sake and the teapot with the teacups on the tray. Kurenai quickly signaled me to give it to them as fast as I could and gave me a look that told me to be polite. I walked the fastest way possible; I then placed their drinks on the table while politely saying, "Here's the sake and tea you wanted." I then stood up and once again bowed, "Please excuse me I will be going now."
I still remember by the time I turned around, I let my tongue out in disgust of what I just said, it sounded gay! Talk about child abuse… Everyone was busy talking and drinking that no one ordered anything, meaning, no work for me. I sat right behind the counter to look at everyone enjoying themselves, my eyes slowly lingered towards Orochimaru and Jiraiya, I managed to tell who's who, the quiet one is most likely to be Orochimaru and the loud one Jiraiya. I do not know how I got it correctly but I just based it on the way their names sounded. Try pronouncing their names and you will find out why. As I looked at them, I saw Orochimaru look back at me but only by the side of his eyes. I do not know why he looked at me but Jiraiya was too busy with the two geishas for him to notice.
Later that night when the two were about to leave Kurenai told me to say, "Thank you please come again!" Just hearing this made me sound like she thought of me as a girl… I am a boy… I had no choice; I just gave out a sigh. I followed Kurenai towards the exit, bowed along with her and said what I am supposed to say.
I could feel Orochimaru's eyes looking down at me; I looked up at him and saw a smirk. He and Jiraiya just left with the geishas, as I could remember. Orochimaru said something to Jiraiya making him look back at me. I wonder what it was though, until now I never found out. Every two weeks they would come here, which actually increased the teahouse's popularity. Since Kurenai told me that this teahouse is lucky for them visiting at least 3 times in a year and unlucky if they did not visit at all. Kurenai thought of me as a lucky charm and never gave me a day off from work. I was exhausted every night for continuously serving stuff the guests ordered.
There was also this time when Jiraiya and Orochimaru were about to leave. Orochimaru called for Kurenai, instantly she came. They talked about something, which obviously was me because they kept looking at my direction. Then after their conversation, Kurenai gave out a bow and Orochimaru left with Jiraiya along with the geishas of the perverted one. Kurenai came close to me and said, "Well you sure are a lucky one, it seems as if Orochimaru-san is interested in you." She then gave out a smile and turned around, walking away, I think I heard her say something like, "What kind of interest could it be?"
Two years have passed; I am still working at the teahouse. I had no news about whatever happened to Temari and Gaara. I hope they were not experiencing the same exhaustion as I am. Kurenai had been kind to me, but she did not even give me day offs from work and everyday I had chores to do. One night, when I was working, after I had served the bottles of sake Jiraiya ordered, he just does not get tired of them… perverted drunkard. I stood up and walked away when I felt someone grab the back of my collar, he pulled me making me lie on his lap when I looked up it was Orochimaru with a smile on his face. I felt so vulnerable then, I started to wonder, what he wanted with me until he suddenly hugged me with his other hand holding my head against his chest, making me blink for a few times because of the awkwardness.
"Kawaii desu!" Orochimaru exclaimed, making most of the people in the teahouse look at him. It was well known that Orochimaru was a pedophile but he was very meticulous when it comes to little boys. It is the very first time people had seen him actually yell that aloud. I felt like I wanted to melt to the floor. His hands were smoother than I have expected. It was as if I have rubbed the highest quality of silk upon my skin. I felt myself turn red.
Jiraiya began to laugh and so did the two geishas beside him. "Let go of the poor boy Orochimaru, you'll traumatize him!" he said jokingly as he slapped his thigh from all the laughing he did. Well not actually traumatized, but surprised by what Orochimaru suddenly did. Orochimaru just let me go and helped me stand up. I quickly gave out a bow and ran towards the kitchen with my face blushing visible to anyone who looked at me.
It looked like Kurenai, saw what happened since she followed me. I was still red for what happened earlier. She then bended down at the time our face were at the same level. "Did he touch you in anyway?" Kurenai asked me, with her eyes narrowed. At that age of mine, I already knew what she meant of touch. I have heard a lot from people talking at my work.
I quickly shook my head and replied to her, "No, he just wrapped his arms around me that was all he did." Kurenai gave out a nod and then stood up straight. She then placed two teapots and a few teacups on my tray.
"Now go and remember, if he did, he would have to pay extra." She said that as if it was only a little game. As if it was so sinless for a person to touch me in such a manner. The only thing on her mind was that, he would be paying extra if he did. I was disgusted about it. No wonder I was considered a 'Servant Boy', meaning if one of the guests ordered something… I have to serve it whether I liked it or not. It was sickening; I never knew that was a part of my job. I thought it was only my job to serve the drinks and food. Well, there was no more time to think, I quickly headed out with the two teapots.
A few weeks later, in the middle of the morning, I just finished bathing, when I heard Kurenai call me. I quickly wore my clothes and I ran down the hall with my hair soaked. "What do you want from me now Kure…" suddenly cut off upon seeing Orochimaru right across Kurenai, smiling at me.
Kurenai told me to sit down and so I did. She placed both her hands on her lap and said, "I have called you because Orochimaru wanted to talk to me about you." She gave out a smile at me while I just gulped.
"Well, this servant boy of yours… what was his name again? Oh yes, Kankurou. Has been in my mind since the first time I laid my eyes on him. He looked like he had potential. His body is so fresh, the structure is just right. It is hard to come across a boy like him these days." Orochimaru said, looking down at me. I felt uneasy and hoped that it would not be anything involving such malicious touching of my body. This made me take out Hanna sensei's handkerchief and wish that no bad would happen.
Kurenai placed her thumb and middle finger together. She then started moving the two of them in a somehow circular motion, "You will have to pay hourly for him Orochimaru-san."
At first Orochimaru was silent and just gave out a few blinks. When suddenly he started laughing, "I cannot believe you would think of such a thing about me Kurenai!" he said placing a hand on his cheek with a smile. "What I mean was that, I wanted to teach Kankurou in the ways of Kabuki."
For a moment there, Orochimaru reminded me of a geisha that was once having a conversation with a drunken man who said such indecent things to her. I even wondered how she managed to talk so calmly. Awkwardly, Orochimaru was like an opposite of Jiraiya, I often wonder how these two even get along. Well that is not the point now. Kurenai began to think of what Orochimaru said of wanting to teach me the arts of Kabuki. She shook her head and then said, "I am sorry Orochimaru-san but I could not give him to you just like that."
Orochimaru placed a finger on his lower lip, "What if I buy him off of you?" he said with a smirk. I turned to Kurenai and saw her face surprised of what Orochimaru said. Her expression suddenly turned into a question that asks how much Orochimaru will be willing to pay for me.
"How about a payment of five hundred yen?" Orochimaru said with a smile. The smile of his suddenly turned to a pout and he shook his head. You could see by just looking at Kurenai that she was jaw dropping upon the amount. In those days one yen could buy two bottles of liquor. Imagine what five hundred yen could do. Then Orochimaru said, "I think One thousand yen would do… No! That is just too low! You would certainly not give me the boy at that price! One thousand five hundred yen, no wait make that two thousand yen… How about…"
"Orochimaru-san! Please wait! You're going to make me faint with all that money, the two thousand yen would do!" Kurenai said that in such excitement I have never seen her in before. She was very pleased with Orochimaru increasing the payment and it looked like he was willing to pay more than that. Well as Kurenai said, she will faint from the large amount of money so I guess that is the reason. "Kankurou, you better get ready and pack your things. You will be going by the time Orochimaru leaves."
I slowly stood up and gave a bow, "Hai, Kurenai." I said somehow, feeling bad that Kurenai is willing to sell me just like that. I turned around and walked towards my room. I suddenly remembered my brother and sister; I wondered what is happening to them. Why is it that I have not heard from Temari and Gaara for two years? Temari are you eating normally? Gaara are they treating you nicely? Those questions were in my mind as I packed and went back to the room where Orochimaru and Kurenai were staying.
Orochimaru then stood up as a sign that he would be leaving with me already. "Sakon will bring the payment later at night." He said, heading for the exit, "Now come on, Kankurou, it's time to go."
I looked at Kurenai but she did not look at me, she just stood up and bowed at Orochimaru. I just gave out a sigh and followed him. We did not ride anything but we just walked to where he lived. Then suddenly he said something like, "I don't like very crowded streets but don't worry I know a deserted alleyway which is a quicker path to where I live." He then turned to enter the alley. It was a little dark and no one passes there. I stopped at my tracks from following him since I did not know if I could trust him or not.
He too stopped from walking and turned around to look at me. I just stood there and I felt myself tremble. Orochimaru just gave out a smirk and turned around. "I may be known to be a pedophile Kankurou but trust me I won't do anything to benefit myself from your body." The way he said it sent a shiver down my spine. Since I do not live at the teahouse anymore, I decided to take a risk and follow him.
Thank god, he did not do anything. I followed him wherever he went until we managed to arrive at where he lived. He entered first, and I looked at the outside, it was much bigger than Uncle Yashamaru's. No wonder Kurenai showed such hospitality to him and Jiraiya. They were rich. I shook my head to snap out of the trance and went inside.
To be continued…
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