Pairings: BernardoXGian, IvanXGian, LuchinoXGian, GiulioXGian, AobaXClear, AobaXVirusXTrip, AobaXRen, AobaXKoujaku, AobaXNoiz, AobaXBakshi, VirusXTripXGian, AobaXGian
Warning: Contains minor hints of rape, violence, extreme swearing and heavy scenes of smut.
Disclaimer: I do not own Dramatical Murder or Lucky Dog 1. All rights go to the respectful owners
Chapter 30 - Desired Dream
A single flap from a pair of pink wings drew attention as Tori flew to his master's shoulder as he came through the door to Aoba's guest room. The room that was now occupied by Ren and himself. Koujaku had been quietly sitting in the room at the small, round dining table.
Compared to how he was before he left, Koujaku was now fast asleep along with Ren who was tucked into the bed that had once been Aoba's. Beni had been shut down and as for Clear, the man was nowhere to be seen.
"They wouldn't quit yakking about what to do for when they see your little blue haired friend again. You're about the only one I can stand in this place, what took you so long?" The bird squawked.
Mink sat down on a small arm-less chair that was sitting at the end of the bed covered with cushion seat that matched the room's decorative colors. He made sure to not make much noise as best as he could as he changed out of the formal attire that he had been forced to wear.
"I would have came back faster if I was allowed. Gave me time though to see who else is involved with this nonsense. To think it would go on like this just for one kid." Mink answered.
Although Aoba was not a kid in reality but his recent behavior had deemed him otherwise. And for the moment, Mink thought of this other side as the 'youngster' who was acting up against a bunch of adults and was right now probably playing a game with all of them.
Tori said nothing and instead flew off of Mink's shoulder and landed on the back rim of a chair that was sitting next to the one that Koujaku was sleeping on. The pink bird observed Koujaku and the way the man's chest rose and dropped with each breath.
During this time, Mink had changed out of the formal suit and was back to wearing his normal outfit but without his gray jacket. He then slapped a hand on Koujaku's right shoulder to wake him up. Tori ruffled a few of his feathers and he too took this opportunity to turn off for the night.
Mink however, was forced with the task to bring Koujaku to his own room that he had been sharing. The man was barely able to walk but after a few steps down the cold hallway slowly woke him out of the sound sleep was in just seconds before.
Once he made sure the man was in the room and sleeping like a baby on the single bed, he left and returned back to the room. He wouldn't have minded Koujaku sleeping in the guest room but even he couldn't stand seeing someone sleep sitting up as it would not end well for him in the morning.
He left the bird where he was since he was not taking up any room and because the large bed in the guest room was a double bed, it would not be awkward for either him or Ren if he was to sleep beside him on the other side.
Mink turned the light off and wearing only his black t-shirt and a pair of loose pants, he tried to get some rest. He allowed his vision to get accustomed to the darkness of the room before closing his eyes and easing his mind from the problems ahead.
Tapping away at one keyboard on the desk while another sat to the side of him, Noiz did not waste any time in responding to one of the messages that had been sent to him that night. He should have been sleeping like the rest of the group but like Bernardo, who was also up at that time, he couldn't sleep nor afford the time to.
Both he and Bernardo were working hard on looking for any sort of truth from what the latest witness had said. The woman who had worked at one of the stores that Aoba had supposedly ran past on that rainy night. And from what Gian had told Bernardo, the woman was indeed telling the truth but all that left was another puzzle.
Because it was raining it would make sense for the twins to use a car to pick the man up in but what car brand/model was another story. Their country was not completely modern but not totally in the dark either. Using a few tools from Bernardo's personal compartment, Noiz was able to alter one of his allmates so that it was just like the one that he had stashed away in the back seat of the car at the beginning.
Although the city lacked a lot of the things Noiz needed for it to fully work, it was the next best thing to getting this problem done faster. His men back on the island were already in position and were just waiting for the go ahead. All that was left was to get Aoba back into their hands and to retrieve the device from his body so that it could not alter his personality further.
Bernardo was currently answering a few of his phones while at the same time answering some of his men's questions regarding a party that the CR-5 were about to throw by the end of the month. Noiz was hoping to get this done in time either before then or by then so that the men helping them would not feel obligated to postpone the party.
Using a map that he got from Bernardo and many of his fellow members' jobs and claimed territory, Noiz was able to upload the map to the allmate and was at the moment trying to find out just a bit more from some of his own men back on the island.
Virus sighed out of relief of finding Aoba back in his own bed as well as Mizuki, who was also sound asleep. Welter and Hersha had been sitting across from each other doing what he thought to be the staring game with Hersha flicking its tongue out every now and then.
He had been with Honus and Bakshi for what seemed to be over the desired limit of three hours. They stopped along the way for a bite to eat and then continued to showing Virus the large warehouse that had been decorated according to Virus's plans for what he had visioned on the inside.
Once he had accepted the building and saw through every detail that he had listed, they shook hands on it while Bakshi waited in the car. He then said his goodbyes to the men after they took him back home.
He rested the suit case he had carried with him against one of the desks out in the main entrance. Virus took off his suit jacket and his shoes and went back to checking on Aoba. Because Welter had disliked the game that it was playing with Hersha, he found no joy in wanting to win and ended the game by following Virus into Aoba's room.
When Virus opened the door again, Trip budged and started waking up from his long slumber. He was surprised to see Aoba fast asleep beside him and was about to move forward to kiss the man on the lips until Virus intervened with his hand.
"Not until they're separated, I'm afraid." Virus said and sat down at the end of the bed by their feet out of exhaustion of the day he had.
"Were they rough with you?" Trip asked as he sat up with a bit of a smirk. Aoba stirred in his sleep but did not wake from the vibration of the movement.
Virus shook his head and tilted it backward so that he was looking up at the room's ceiling. "I was too preoccupied with the man with the guns more than anything. Just something about him reminded me of how you were as a kid." He said.
Trip scratched the back of his head as though he were doing it out of embarrassment. He felt the exposure of cold air hit against his bare arms and realized he was only half dressed. He tried to make as little noise as possible as he swung his legs out from under the bed sheets.
Virus got up from the bed and tossed him his shirt that had been hung on the corner of the bedroom door.
"The time has finally come, Trip. It has been an exhilarating race but I believe we won't have to race anymore after we complete this transformation. Aoba will soon belong to both of us the way it was meant to..." Virus trailed off in his sentence and looked out into the hall as though he had been staring at something for so long that he was now concentrating on it.
As though he were in a world of his own. Trip didn't say anything and went about to getting his upper half dressed. He left his vest off but took his black tie and tied it loosely around his neck, looking both presentable but also relaxed.
"Now we just move the required things over, right?" Trip asked him. Virus nodded in agreement and walked out of the room and back out into the entrance of the warehouse.
It would take them at least another two weeks to connect the computers that they had at their new location to the ones back on the island in Mizuki's shop and a couple of days of testing just to see whether their equipment worked or not. They could leave nothing to chance since this would forever alter Aoba's body not to mention unknown side effects that could possibly take root in Aoba.
But Virus was a patient man despite having already been waiting three years for this to come about. He and Trip both left the room to get started on their new project.
Koujaku awoke to find he was not in Aoba's room like he was before he took the small nap. He got up in a hurry from the bed he had been laying on and rushed out of the room. He was about to reach the second hall that was across from the one that he had just been coming from and would have gotten there if it wasn't for something or someone who got in his way.
It was Noiz. The man was about to walk away before Koujaku decided to stop him. "Any news? I thought you were taking care of it." Koujaku was anxious to hear if there had been any word on Aoba's whereabouts.
But Noiz wasn't even looking him in the eye and simply stared at the carpeted floor. His hair was a mess as though he had been asleep this whole time and had just woken up. There were bags under his eyes as well.
"Tomorrow. I'll tell you all tomorrow." Noiz said and he turned away from Koujaku and left the floor entirely by leaving in the elevator to go down.
He was shocked to see Noiz act so calm and relaxed rather than getting heated up by his actions. He had to admit that the man must have changed some to not be annoyed by little things like what he did just now. If it was the old Noiz, he would have at least tried punching him for what he did.
Shaking the thought from his mind, Koujaku continued racing onward to the guest room that was once Aoba's. He turned the knob of the door and opened it just enough to peek through. He could hear someone snoring.
Koujaku could see the long locks of hair that he could tell was Mink's. He was about to go in but stopped himself as he realized why he had woken up in his own room. He could only assume Mink had taken him to his own room. Feeling a jab of guilt in his stomach, he closed the door and walked back to his room.
Why had he come rushing though? He was missing Aoba but he had just a slight bit of hope that Noiz or Mink were able to get him back and was hoping by some chance that the man was back in the room fast asleep. It was bugging him that the only thing he was able to do was act as a backup as he was not as resourceful as Mink nor was he electronically skilled like Noiz.
He slipped his kimono off his shoulders and let the robe-like garment drop around his waist and he slipped underneath the covers. He could not stop thinking about what Noiz had said to him back in the hallway. 'Tomorrow he says...' Koujaku thought and closed his eyes trying to figure out what the man meant when he said that.
Outside and in the summer-like night air, Clear was busy looking up at the moon that was lighting up most of the sky like the sun did during the end of the day. It had rained the previous night but one wouldn't know that it did when looking at the ground. The puddles had all but dried since then.
Clear had not gone inside the building since Aoba ran away and was tempted to run out to look for the man. But he knew that Aoba would stop him. If this was someone else, Aoba would have told him not to do things recklessly. Especially if he did not know the area well.
Midorijima island was another story since he had the luxury of traveling on top of the roofs and was able to see most of the alleys and shortcuts that were on the island. But this was a large city full of dead end alleys and from above, it looked like a maze to him.
He had put his mask back on. It was the same one that Aoba had convinced him to take off back on the island. It had since been upgraded so that the eye pieces were not a one-way thing. Now if Aoba wanted to, he would be able to see his eyes through the glass eyepieces of the gas mask.
Clear began to hum the same tune he had been singing to himself since Aoba's disappearance. None of the men part of the CR-5 questioned the odd singing as it seemed to have soothed them as well and not just Ren.
Whatever problem that Aoba was facing now, Clear had hoped that the next day would be better for him should the man be in some sort of pain. One day they would be able to go home.
A/n: Very sorry I couldn't update until later, my back decided to totally give out along with my blue screen of death problems but I finished this chapter in two days as I already have everything in my mind, the plot, the end, everything.
So at this time, Virus and Trip have their 'Master plan' and will soon be working on their odd contraption, if you have questions on how it's possible that this city has the same type of equipment as they do back on the island...they don't it's just a bunch of computers that the G.D were able to get off of some scientists and some labs but they are not the same as those on the island.
They did however, get their hands on some tanks that were being used for experiments and we should all know that Virus is rather smart at most things so it's not totally impossible.
As you can see, Koujaku is funnily enough the only one who technically hasn't changed, same with Clear but he's slowly getting there.
Now, if you're wondering why the twins don't just pick Aoba up and leave the city, it's because they know the G.D. would go after them for going back on their agreement and it's also for assurance from Aoba's grandmother. They know that if she really believes her grandson is in danger then she'd be willing to do things that she might not want to do.
But obviously Trip and Virus don't have such reliable men, right? So yea, that's my explanation, hope you had fun reading it and I hope to see you guys in the next chapter.