It Began on the Streets
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Laurel Runes: Yes, Fuji is just Awesome x12!Part 20
Fuji sighed as he walked back up the stairs. He really didn't mind but they were a bit troublesome. Should Kaori-san arrive, he was not walking back down. He went towards the room Ryoma was supposedly holding Tezuka hostage. He knew Ryoma wouldn't kill them but he couldn't help but humor him. He paused as he reached the doors.
Was that a groan? Or…
Was that a moan?
Fuji smiled as he realized what was going on. He guessed he should leave them alone. He'd tell the maids to stay clear of this floor for a few hours. That means he gets to torture – entertain Kaori when she arrives. He walked back down while tossing the knife like a baton. He wondered what the inscription did say. He was rather surprised to find it in Japanese.
To Ryoma, my golden son
It said. Fuji probably got why it was important to Ryoma.
Just his luck, Kaori arrived along with Satoshi who was trying to calm the irritated woman. Fuji smiled and greets them.
"Where is that little brat? I'd like to give him a piece of my mind!" Kaori said angrily. "First he tells me to baby-sit, now he tells me he wants me away for a month? While Satoshi gets to stay!"
"I wouldn't disturb him right now if I were you," Fuji told her.
-X-
Tezuka trailed his hand up and down Ryoma's back as the other lied on top of him as his head rested on his shoulder. Tezuka heard Ryoma sigh.
"You know I can't stay," Ryoma spoke.
"Why not?" Tezuka asked.
"Because… Because I just can't."
"You know, Yuki-chan kept asking for you. I think I heard her a few times adding 'mama' to your name. I get word that Fuji watches her."
"I'll chop his tongue off later."
"You shouldn't talk like that."
"Tezuka…you'll be in danger."
"You take care of it."
"Yeah…but—"
"I don't care. I just want you here...with me." Tezuka rolled them over so that he was now on top looking down at him. Ryoma looked away. This wouldn't work. He couldn't protect Tezuka or Yuki if he had a long mission that required him to be gone for a while. He couldn't let Satoshi and Kaori stay with them all the time, since they are his top members. Tezuka turned Ryoma to look at him. "I have to be persuasive don't I." Tezuka stated more than asked.
Ryoma tried to think as he felt lips on his jaw trailing to his neck and the hand going up and down his sides. He had to dislodge the situation immediately. His hands half-heartedly pushed against Tezuka. He had been thinking a little. Maybe it could work out if Tezuka would agree with the terms. As much as he didn't want this to go on he couldn't help but want it just as bad. He brought Tezuka's face up to kiss him and whispered.
"I'll stay with you."
-X-
A few months later…
Ryoma's hand twitched. How he longed for a cigarette. He made a mistake of letting Tezuka catch him once. Since then Kaori has been on the watch if he ever touched a cigarette, she'd inform Tezuka. Now he regretted letting her off the vacation. Maybe he should send her on one for the hell of it. He could threaten everyone with a vacation. Besides, it's not like they can tell he smoked. His Ina had taught him how to almost erase the trace of it. It wouldn't be completely gone but it'll be nonexistent to the human smell. Unless the person was like a dog, then they wouldn't be able to tell. He couldn't very well smoke around Yuki because she'd tell Tezuka anyway. It wouldn't help. Oh well, he was going to a meeting with Tatsuha regarding a new mission. He could grab a smoke then.
Grabbing his jacket and 'accessories', he made his way out. Unfortunately, Yuki stopped him on the way.
"Ryo-mama, where are you going?" Yuki asked cutely. Ryoma twitched at the added suffix to his name. Which reminded him that he hadn't cut Fuji's tongue off yet.
"I have a meeting Yuki-chan," Ryoma answered calmly. He didn't want to hurt the little girl's feelings by correcting her.
"Can I come?" she asked. Ryoma thought about it for a moment. He could let her stay with the secretary. Ryoma picked her up and walked out.
They made it to Tatsuha's company where he instructed the meeting place. Ryoma wondered why Tatsuha was near the top floor. After a few minutes, they made it to his office. He left Yuki with the secretary and walked in. He didn't care if Tatsuha was in a conference meeting with anyone.
"Ah, Ryoma, rude as ever. Come in, I have something important to discuss with you," Tatsuha said as he walked in. Ryoma stayed silent waiting for the other to continue. "It's regarding your…parents."
"What about them?"
"They came to me yesterday seeing if I could help them find their 'dead' son. They heard of what I can do. They just needed proof that you are actually dead. You want to do this the hard way or the easy way?" Ryoma thought about it. He'd already revealed himself to the team; it's only fair if he revealed himself to his parents.
"They won't like what I do."
"I heard she taught you fabrication. I'm sure you can manage to tell them without lying, just bending the truth a bit. Do you want me to call them over?"
"Alright. You got a smoke?"
Ryoma fidgeted while waiting to see his parents. He was damn nervous. What would he say? Oh, I'm sorry, I know I should've contacted you earlier but I was busy killing people that I didn't get the chance. That would sure go well. He sure as hell didn't want to do this now. He couldn't smoke because Yuki was in the room. She was playing with a doll that Kaori handcrafted herself. He was sure if she wasn't in this 'business' she could've pursued art or something like it. He snapped out of his thoughts as the secretary he could go back inside and that they were waiting for him.
He got up to go but Yuki tugged on his pant leg. He looked down.
"What is it Yuki-chan?" he asked.
"Can I come too?" she asked. "I wanna meet Ryo-mama's family too." He still twitched at the added suffix to his name. He grasped her hand and led her inside. Luckily it was dark when entering because you couldn't tell whom it was. Before he could stop her, Yuki ran up to the couple and Tatsuha.
"Oji-san!" she said as she was scooped up into Tatsuha's arms. This caught the couple's attention from the door. Tatsuha motioned for them to look back. When they did they couldn't hold their surprise. Ryoma stood a few feet in front of them.
"Hello, oyaji…okaa-san…" Ryoma said. He wouldn't cry. He couldn't hold his surprise as his mother ran up and hugged him. His arms twitched before they returned the favor. His father walked over casually.
"Is it really you? I thought you were dead," his mother told him.
"I never died." Ryoma said back. He looked to his father. The man had a stern look. Ryoma was rather curious. Until his father hugged him too.
"Seishounen, where've you been?" he asked.
"Here." Ryoma answered. They stayed like that for a while, relishing the fact that they were together.
It was silent as Tatsuha left them to their own. He left Yuki inside since she wanted to meet them. He did trust that Ryoma wouldn't steal anything. He seemed to have sticky fingers.
Ryoma glanced down as he felt Yuki tug on his pant leg. His parents looked curiously at the little girl Ryoma now had in his arms.
"Ryoma, who's this?" his mother asked smiling at the little girl. He could tell his father was thinking a whole other thing by the grin on his face.
"This is…my adopted daughter—" he began but Yuki cut him off.
"Tezuka Yuki! You're Ryo-mama's family!" she said introducing herself. Rinko laughed softly before taking the girl and carrying her.
"Oi, seishounen, why does she have a different name?" Nanjirou asked. Ryoma growled in annoyance. Maybe killing Fuji would ease it.
"Because…baka oyaji, she's my adopted daughter!"
"My papa works so Ryo-mama takes care of me!" Yuki said happily. Ryoma groaned as he slid his hands down his face. How he wished he didn't bring her in. He just couldn't say no.
"I see," Rinko said. She had a certain glint in her eyes, "Ryoma, who's this other person in your life?" Ryoma sighed.
"I'll take you to our house. I can have your things brought over. You'll be staying as long as you need to," Ryoma answered.
"But won't we be an inconvenience?"
"No, there are other people living there. Mainly the synd – people that work for me. There's a lot of space and plenty of rooms that aren't used." He almost said syndicate.
"Yeah! Stay! You get to meet Tezuka-papa, Kaori-san, and Satoshi-san…and other people!"
How can you say no?
-X-
When Rinko and Nanjirou got a glimpse of the house they were amazed. Nanjirou spouted shouts of 'you live here', 'you actually can afford this', 'what have you been doing all this time'… Stuff like that. Ryoma just stayed silent and didn't bother to answer as the driver of the limo helped them with their bags. As Nanjirou and Rinko came in they gaped. They looked at the lavish furnishings of the entrance. It was way out of their league. Ryoma went in and directed the driver to where the bags would be kept. Before he could say anything to his parents Kaori came running down.
"Boss! Boss! We've got a serious problem," she said as she called to him, only to pause as she realized he had company and was looking at her like he was going to send her somewhere. "Ah, never mind, Satoshi and I can handle it…" She froze.
"Kaori, you're just in time," Ryoma said with a smirk adorning his face. "Kaa-san, oyaji, this is Kaori, she is my second-in-command – a babysitter when I'm assigned a job. She takes care of Yuki-chan when I'm gone and if you need anything just call for her. She'll always be available." Ryoma had to get it through to his father that he and Kaori were not together. They were more like siblings. Kaori forced a smile and restated what Ryoma was assigning her to do. She was going to hurt him later…just not now. "So which floor do you prefer to stay: the first, second, or third?" Ryoma asked them.
"The first would be fine, if it's not too much trouble… I'd like to cook sometimes…" Rinko said.
"You hafta beat Ryo-mama, cause he always up before Tezuka-papa and cooks for everyone," Yuki said. Ryoma's hand twitched. Who were her tutors again? Ah Kaori and Satoshi…
"Seishounen, you cook?" Nanjirou asked in disbelief.
"What's it to you oyaji?" Ryoma responded.
"Boss!" Ryoma heard Satoshi call to him from the way Kaori came form. It reminded him that she was still standing there.
"What is it now?"
"I assume you're done with Kaori? She is needed to fix something."
"I'm not but you can take her." Kaori sighed in relief and left with Satoshi.
"So Ryoma, who's this guy you're staying with?" Rinko asked.
"He'll be coming around seven tonight." Of course it took him a few seconds to realize what she had just asked him. She just gave him an understanding nod.
"What does he do?"
"He owns a multibillion-dollar company."
-X-
Tezuka arrived at exactly seven. He was rather curious about shoes that he hadn't seen before at the front. Must've been guests. He didn't mind. As long as they didn't really cause life-threatening trouble then he didn't care. He was rather puzzled to hear laughter in the kitchen. Though that wasn't unusual but there were new voices. Must've been the guests. He followed the trail of good food. As soon as he stepped in, Yuki immediately ambushed him.
"Tezuka-papa! You back!" she said happily as he picked her up. "Look! Ryo-mama's family come stay with us!" Family? Surely wasn't the syndicate his family? As he looked at the two unusual occupants he was surprised.
"Echizen-san, Rinko-san…" he greeted.
"Tezuka-kun…" Rinko said although a bit surprised.
"You know each other?" Ryoma asked.
"Business trip in New York. They were in a jam. I happened to be passing by and helped them out. I didn't really know until they told me their names."
"You've done well for yourself Tezuka-kun… You have a lovely home." Rinko commented then walked up to him to grasp his hand. "You both have my blessing." Nanjrou was still a bit curious but gave his blessing anyway. His wife told him not to ask questions.
"Thank you."
Before anything else could be said, a knock was at the door. Satoshi came in and approached Ryoma. He gave a slight bow. "Sorry for interrupting, boss, but we have a situation…" he leaned down to whisper the rest. Ryoma wanted to hit something as he heard the 'situation'. Satoshi backed off and left.
"I can't stay for dinner, something came up. I'll be back later tonight. Don't wait up," he told his parents before giving a quick kiss, more like 'I-might-not-see-you-again-so-this-could-be-a-last-goodbye' kiss, to Tezuka and walked out. Nanjirou was about to shout out but Rinko elbowed him in the ribs daring him to say something.
"Lets eat now Papa…"
-X-
Ryoma mentally cursed at the rain. He wondered why can't anything happen on an un-harsh weather? Oh well, rain, snow, hurricane… He can fight any time. This new syndicate was moving in on his territory? Well he'd take care of that… He held out his hand as Kaori gave him what looked to be like a long scissor.
"Stay alive. Remember, you got a husband and a kid waiting for you at home…" she said. She couldn't help but tease him. Ryoma growled in annoyance before splitting the scissor knife in two, sharpening them against each other. Kaori backed away. Ryoma took one last look at his opponent before they charged at each other to fight.
He'd live.
He always came back.
Owari
BLK Angel of Destruction: Finally finished. I was kind of worried that I wouldn't finish this. For some reason I don't like how the last few chapters turned out! I probably went off and didn't know what I was writing and just posted it. Anyways I hope you enjoyed or partially enjoyed the story. I'm sorry if a few chapters were a bit disappointing. I thought some off them were. It's my habit to make chapters as long as the first one so there could be bullshit put in or some needed text that I haven't put. But anyways… I'm glad you people read the story! And I appreciate your reviews! They kept me going!
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