Slytherin – Fanatic 911: Howdy Y'all! Is everyone enjoying the story so far? As always, I'm so sorry that the chapter's late, but have no fear, now that I have officially finished high school, I can work on this and all of my other fan fictions and try and get them finished! But you guys probably don't want to read this rubbish and just want to get into the chapter. So Frizzle shall do the disclaimer and then the chapter will begin!
Frizzle: Of course, we don't want to keep the fans waiting too long! Disclaimer: Slytherin – Fanatic 911 does not own D N Angel or JunJou Romantica but she does own her own character, Sayuri (Satoshi-kun's twin sister). Now… ON WITH THE STORY!
Sayuri lay back onto the green grass, letting the warm sunlight be absorbed into her skin. She stretched her arms above her head, relaxing while listening to the sounds of birds chirping above her head. All was well and calm no homework or essays to worry about, no arguing or yelling. Everything was peaceful.
"So how's Usami-san?" asked a deep voice that belonged to Sumi.
Sayuri opened her eyes and looked towards Misaki, seeing his worried and awkward face. She sighed softly and closed her eyes again, just as Misaki replied, "He's been fine; a lot less clingy lately. Actually he's been spending more time in his office working on his next book."
"Oh really?" Sumi said, sounding slightly surprised. "He usually doesn't work on his books until a few days before the dead line, right?"
There was silence, in which Sayuri heard a rustle of movement and the sound of a body collapsing beside her. She opened her eyes and glanced to Misaki, slightly worried. Misaki and Usagi had had relationship problems before, but none of them had ever lasted this long before. It seemed that ever since Misaki had found out that Satoshi was gay a few weeks ago, the brunette had gotten progressively more depressed. Was it their fault? Were they going to be the reason Usagi and Misaki broke up? Sayuri know that Satoshi and Krad wouldn't be able to handle that. Not after what happened all those years ago…
Sayuri sat up and looked properly at Misaki who was lying beside her. She took a deep breath and asked, "Is it because of Nii-san being gay? I mean you haven't been looking as happy recently."
Misaki's cheeks flushed a light red as he faced away from his two friends. "It's not Satoshi's fault that Usagi-san thinks he's going to rape me. So he doesn't need to worry about anything."
"What?" Sayuri asked, looking shocked. "Bloody hell, Misaki! I knew that Usami-san doesn't trust us, but Krad and Nii-san aren't going to fucking rape you!"
"That's what I keep telling him, but he never listens. He never listens to a word I say!"
"Why didn't you say anything Misaki? You have to talk to Usami-san about this," Sayuri said, her voice firm.
Misaki sat up angrily and looked directly at Sayuri. "I have talked to him! I've told him over and over that you aren't going to hurt me!"
A cough came from Sayuri's right and they both turned their heads in the direction of Sumi. He raised an eyebrow and replied, "Maybe Usami-san's right though," he said, his voice even. "Maybe Hiwatari-san and Hikari-san are going to hurt you, Misaki."
Sayuri stood up, her rage just barely being contained. "Excuse me, but my brother and Krad would never in their lives think about hurting Misaki! So don't even suggest something like that!"
The Blunette turned around and stormed off towards the entrance, vaguely hearing Misaki yelling after her to wait.
-JunJou Romantica-
Misaki ran after Sayuri, finally catching up to her just as he spotted the sleek black of Satoshi's sports car. He fell into step beside Sayuri and glanced over at her. Her face seemed firm and she looked angry as well. Misaki knew that Sumi was only joking by saying what he did, so why did Sayuri take it so personally?
They arrived over by the car, where Satoshi was leaning against it and Sayuri collapsed next to him on the car. He raised an eyebrow at his sister's behaviour but didn't question and instead looked at Misaki. A small, so small that Misaki almost missed it, smile spread across Satoshi's lips, catching the brunette off guard and making him, for only a moment, consider what Usagi was telling him.
"Ah, good afternoon Satoshi," Misaki greeted, turning pink.
Satoshi's smile disappeared and he replied back, "Good afternoon Misaki how was your day?"
"Absolute shit," cut in Sayuri. She hopped off of the car and turned to face her brother. There was a frown on her and when she continued, it only deepened. "Kamijou-kun gave us all detention because we haven't done our essays, even though I already completed and handed mine in, then Sumi-san started spouting crap that you and Krad were going to rape Misaki and-"
"Rape?" Satoshi said, a frown appearing on his face as well. He turned to Misaki and asked, "Why does Sumi-san think we're going to rape you?"
This time Misaki's face turned a bright red. He refused to tell Satoshi, for fear that it might cause his best friend to get angry. There was silence from the three for a minute before Satoshi stood up straight and walked around to the driver's side of the car.
"C'mon, let's go home," he muttered, opening the door. Just as he was about to slid in, a deep voice rang out, "Misaki! What are you doing?"
Misaki turned around to face Usagi and said, "Usagi-san, I'm going to have dinner with Satoshi and Sayuri tonight, so you can go back to the apartment."
Usagi sighed and grabbed Misaki's hand in an attempt to drag him away from the twins. ""You know I don't like you hanging around those people."
Misaki yanked his wrist out of Usagi's grasp and replied back in a loud voice, "'Those people' have names you know! And they're my friends! Why are so against me being with them?"
"We've talked about this, Misaki. You know why-"
"No, I don't know why!" Misaki's voice was getting louder with every sentence. His hands were balled up into fists by his sides and he could feel his control slipping. "I've known them since high school! Satoshi is my best friend! I know he's not going to try anything that I won't like and neither will Krad!"
"Misa-"
"No, you listen Usagi-san! I will not obey you any longer! Satoshi, Sayuri and Krad are my friends and you are not going to stop me from hanging out with them."
Once Misaki was finished he walked back over to Satoshi's car, opened up the passenger side door and after he pulled back the seat forward, slid into the back and called out, "Let's go Satoshi."
Sayuri tried to restrain her giggles and got into the passenger side of the car, once she had slid the seat back into position. Satoshi hopped back into the car and revved engine. Before Usagi could protest, he put the car into drive and sped away, the engine being heard all the way until the end of the street.
-JunJou Romantica-
…In Azumano, with Argentine…
Argentine collapsed back onto his bed and let out a long sigh. His mind seemed to be running at a million miles per hour, struggling to process the information he had learned just a few weeks ago. He ran a hand through his now almost shoulder length hair. The air that entered his lungs felt almost toxic. Four years since he had asked the Niwas' to make him human and he still hadn't gotten used to it.
It wasn't the time to be dwelling on such things though. It had only been a few weeks since he had learned of Sayuri's whereabouts and he had to figure out how to get there. Daisuke would be leaving in a couple of weeks to start his exchange. Perhaps he could follow him to Tokyo and then meet up with Sayuri? It was an option…
Argentine thought back to the moment he had first found out that Sayuri was in Tokyo. His whole body had frozen and all he could hear was a loud 'thumping' in his ears. Four years of desperately scouring the country and four years of never giving up. He hoped that Sayuri hadn't forgotten about him and that somewhere in her heart she still had feelings for him. Her leaving so suddenly had been what had hurt him the most.
"No," Argentine murmured to himself, "I must not focus on such things. I will not dwell on the past when the future is more important."
He closed his aqua blue eyes and an image of Sayuri was brought to the forefront of his mind. How much had she changed? Had she gotten any taller? Did she grow her hair out? Perhaps she had dyed it a different colour? Brown? Black maybe? All of these thoughts ran through his mind, repeating over and over again. Everyday he would think about her. Never had she left his thoughts. Now however, with him so close to seeing her again, he would rarely ever get a time to think about other mundane things.
So close and yet so far; Argentine knew that December would take ages to roll around. Once it did though, he knew he only had to tail Daisuke and his friend to Tokyo and he would finally be able to claim Sayuri once again.
-D N Angel-
…In Tokyo, with Risa…
Risa sat down at her kitchen table, phone in one hand, and pencil in the other. She looked down at the blank page of her sketch book and frowned as she listened to the voice coming from the phone chat happily. Riku was telling her about Daisuke and her date that had happened the night before and how Daisuke was bound to ask her to move in with him soon.
"And then he took me to that one really expensive restaurant in town. You know, the French one, and said I could order anything I like because he would pay for it all. Isn't that just really kind Risa?" Riku said, giving a dreamy sort of sigh.
Risa smiled and started to draw on her sketch book while saying, "That's nice. Niwa-kun seems to have matured a lot since I last saw him." She heard the door open and close and looked up in time to see her roommate, Asuka, collapse on the couch in front of the TV and turn it on. "Hey Asuka-chan how was class?" she greeted as Riku continued with her story.
Asuka looked back at Risa, her long blonde hair falling down the back of the couch and said, "Do you know how much I hate Kamijou-sensei? He gave us a 3,000 word essay to be handed in by tomorrow, last week but since none of us have done it, he kept us all in for detention."
Risa winced at her friends misfortune, glad that instead of taking Literature she took Fashion Design. It was still difficult but required much less work. She glanced to the TV just as the News Reporter said, "In breaking news, Tokyo's youngest Police Inspector has just apprehended a serial rapist, eliminating yet more danger that's on the streets."
"It's him!" squealed Risa, cutting Riku off mid sentence. Sounding confused, Riku asked, "Who?" but was almost immediately cut off by Risa shushing her.
"Inspector Hiwatari has arrested some of Tokyo's most dangerous criminals, at the age of just 19," the news reporter continued. An image of a blue haired male appeared on the screen of the TV. He was wearing black sunglasses that covered his eyes and a business shirt and pants. "This young man has risen to power in just a short amount of time, gaining the respect of Tokyo's citizens quite easily."
The news switched to a different show and Risa sighed, saying, "I love him. Inspector Hiwatari…"
"Who's Inspector Hiwatari?" Riku asked. She heard a shocked gasp come from Risa, but said nothing more.
"Inspector Hiwatari just happens to be Tokyo's hottest police man!" Risa exclaimed. "He has beautiful blue eyes, blue hair, smooth pale skin and he's our age!"
"He can arrest me anytime," Asuka said with a smirk.
There was a silence from Riku before she said, "Hiwatari? He reminds me of Hiwatari-san from Junior High. What was his first name?"
As Risa continued to draw on her sketch book, she replied to Riku, "I don't think they've ever actually said what his full name is. Now that you mention it, he does sort of look like him, plus they both have the same name." Suddenly Risa gasped and said, "Could it be that they're the same person? It would make sense, but what a surprise. Maybe Hiwatari-chan's here too." Risa suddenly know she has said the wrong thing and could feel a cold vibe come from her sister. She didn't say anything, not wanting to provoke her.
"I think," Riku said after a moment of silence, "that I might hang up now. I have work and all… Talk to you later, Risa. Bye."
"Uh, okay, bye," Risa replied, slightly confused. She heard a dial tone and put the phone down on the table. She knew that her sister still had some feelings of jealousy towards Daisuke's relationship that he had with Sayuri, but even after all these years? Was their relationship that unstable that she still felt threatened by the twins? The twins though.. they had left during the Spring Break before High School had started and nobody had heard a thing from them since. Daisuke said he'd searched for them, but still no sign. Could it really be Satoshi who was the Police Inspector? How had she not seen it before? How could she just ignore it now? No, she couldn't. She had to contact him, just to see if it really was him and if it was… She would have no idea what she would do after that. First though, she would write a letter to him, if it was him she would work out what to do later, but on no condition would she tell Riku. She didn't want to be the reason her sister broke up with Daisuke.
-D N Angel-
…With Misaki…
"I can't believe you actually did that, Misaki!" Sayuri said, between laughter. "You actually told off your lover! I didn't think that you had the guts to do it."
Misaki could feel his face going a bright red and he slid down the seat, too embarrassed to answer. He had wanted to do that for a while now and it felt good to get all that extra stress off his chest. Besides, Usagi didn't have the right to keep him locked up every day. He should be able to do whatever he wants without worrying about that stupid rabbit.
"I'm impressed Misaki," came Satoshi's quiet voice from the front. Misaki looked up, surprised to see that Satoshi had a smile on his face. "In all the years that I've known you, I've never seen you stand up to someone like that. Maybe now Usami-san will stop glaring at me every time he sees me."
"Heh heh, yeah, maybe," Misaki laughed quietly. Somehow he didn't think that Usagi's opinion of Satoshi would change. Misaki sighed, no matter what he did or what he told Usagi, he just would not accept that he and Satoshi were just friends. Stupid Usagi seemed to think that every male around him was gay.
"Ne, Misaki," came Sayuri's voice from the front, "are you staying for dinner?"
"Is that alright? Because I don't really want to deal with Usagi-san at the moment," Misaki replied in a quiet voice.
"Of course it is, Misaki. Krad's cooking tonight and I'm sure he won't mind," Sayuri said her voice cheerful. "You can even sleep over if you want."
Misaki looked down at his hands and thought for a moment. If he stayed over for the night, then Usagi might worry and over-react. But if he went back now then he'd have to face Usagi and face his wrath. "I think I will stay over. Usagi-san would probably over-react if I came back tonight."
Sayuri nodded and said, "Yeah, that's alright. I just hope that Usami-san doesn't think that Nii-san is hitting on you."
Misaki heard Satoshi chuckle and he turned to look out the window. Misaki knew that he just needed to show Usagi that his friends were good people and weren't going to hurt him.
-JunJou Romantica-
Usagi walked into the lavish apartment and collapsed onto the couch. He knew that he had a manuscript that was due, but he had no inspiration to write. Not without Misaki anyway. Memories of that afternoon flashed within his mind and tears filled his eyes. He wasn't used to Misaki shouting at him like that. Of course Usagi knew that he had probably brought it on himself, but he just didn't trust those people. The way that that Satoshi looked at Misaki was like he was looking at something to eat. Like a hunter preying on an innocent victim.
Usagi glared into the cushions as he thought more about that family. Misaki claimed that he had been friends with them since high school and that they would never hurt him, but he had been wrong about his friends before. That Sumi guy was a prime example. Only if Satoshi proved himself to be trustworthy then Usagi would let Misaki hang out with him. He sighed again and looked up slightly when he saw his phone ringing. He got up slowly and answered it with, "What?"
"Well, isn't that a nice way to answer the phone," the voice on the other line said.
Usagi glared at the phone and replied, "Who are you? What do you want?"
There was a slight pause, in which Usagi could hear murmurs on the other end and then, "My name is Krad. I am one of Misaki's friends. I was just calling you to let you know that Misaki will be staying at our place for the night and will be going straight to University from there."
It took the grey haired man a moment to register what was just said but when he did it clicked where he had heard the name 'Krad' before. He frowned and asked, "How do I know that you won't hurt Misaki?"
Usagi heard a 'tsk' come from the other end of the line and then the dial tone. He looked at the phone for a minute before he put it down and plopped down on the couch again. Misaki wouldn't be coming home. He could feel a rift between him and Misaki appear and felt that if he didn't do something about it soon then it would grow into something more serious. He didn't mean to shut Misaki off from his friends, but it seemed the only way to get across to him that they weren't safe.
Deciding that he couldn't spend the rest of the night wallowing in self-pity, Usagi got up and went to the kitchen to start cooking himself dinner.
-JunJou Romantica-
…With Misaki…
Misaki sat at the table, his head on his heads, watching Krad work around the kitchen. He watched as the blonde danced around the small space, cutting up vegetables and putting them into the fry pan. The blonde glanced up at Misaki and gave a soft smile. He looked back down to what he was doing and Misaki smiled back. Sayuri walked into the room and sat down at the table beside Misaki.
She smiled at the brunette and sniffed the air, commenting, "It smells wonderful Krad. What are we having tonight?"
"Teriyaki Chicken Stir-fry. Satoshi-sama requested it," Krad replied. He tossed his long blonde hair over one shoulder and started cutting up the chicken.
Satoshi then walked into the room in a pair of black slacks with a white button-up shirt open so his pale chest was visible. He was about to sit down when a ringing could be heard. After an annoyed sigh, Satoshi walked to the kitchen bench and picked up his mobile phone, answering, "Moshi moshi Hiwatari speaking." Just as Sayuri was going to ask to ask, 'Who is it?' though, Satoshi froze and said, "Chichi, what do you want?"
The reaction when Satoshi said that name was instantaneous, Misaki noticed. Krad stopped and looked up, glaring while Sayuri stiffened. Looking between the three, Misaki wondered what Satoshi and Sayuri's father could have done to have caused such a reaction. They didn't speak much of him and Misaki had never met him before, but when he was mentioned, it was only with contempt.
"Dinner?" questioned Satoshi, snapping Misaki out of his thoughts. "When? Tonight?" He looked alarmed and glanced briefly at Misaki before asking, "Can't you make it another night? Right, okay. Well I'll see you soon then." He hung up the phone and placed it on the bench, his hand shaking. "Chichi will be over in ten minutes. Said he wants to discuss something."
With that, the blunette walked out of the kitchen and back down the hallway. Krad glanced at Sayuri who nodded, stood up and walked over to take the knife out of his hands. Krad mean while walked after Satoshi, a worried look on his face.
Misaki looked back to Sayuri who was glaring silently while cutting up the chicken. He wanted to ask what the matter was, why Satoshi was so angry that his father was coming to visit and so many other questions but he was afraid. He didn't think that he had ever seen Sayuri so angry. The way that her hands shook and how her icy blue eyes were narrowed in a bone-chilling glare. What kind of man was Kei Hiwatari?
-JunJou Romantica-
"So Misaki, do you study as well?" Kei asked before taking a bite of the stir-fry.
The tension in the room was so thick Misaki could barely stand it. He had sweat dripping from the back of his neck and down his back. He could see now why Satoshi, Krad and Sayuri had reacted so badly to Kei. Even though he greeted them with smiles and hugs, they were all false. Behind the smiles and happy looks were cold glares and disappointed frowns. Why did this man adopt Satoshi and Sayuri when he acted like this?
"Ah yes," he replied, a little late, "I study Economics at Mitsuhashi University."
Just as Kei was going to reply to Misaki though, Satoshi cut him off with a cold glare and said, "Cut the pleasantries, Chichi. What are you here for?"
Kei's eyes narrowed and he smirked slightly as he said, "Well if that's what you want. In the next few weeks, there's going to be a Historical Ball at Azumano to celebrate the town's history. The council would therefore like all the original families to be there. All of them have agreed except one. Of course Sayuri and Krad would be invited as well."
Satoshi looked up at Kei with an indescribable look upon his face. Misaki had never seen his best friend look like that before and it scared him.
"No," the blunette said flat out. "You can say sorry to the council or whatever, but I'm not going back there."
"It's only expected that you be there, Satoshi. You came from the Hikaris' and you and your sister are the last ones left," Kei said his voice cold. "Besides, I've been informed that there will be consequences if I don't come back with your agreement.
"Then that's your problem, not mine."
There has to be some way to make Satoshi go back to Azumano Kei thought. There had to be something back there that would appeal to him so much that he just had to go back. Something he never forgot about… and then it hit him.
"If not for the ball, then at least go back so you can say hi to all of your all friends. I'm sure that the Niwa boy would love to see you again."
"How dare you…" Satoshi muttered. "How dare you mention that name here…" He glared, his hands shaking. "I am never going back there again. No matter what you say, or what excuses you come up with, they will never work; especially not if you use that name."
"You will go Satoshi. It is your responsibility to be there!" Kei said, raising his voice. If he had to use force, he would.
Satoshi finally had had enough though. He stood up, knocking his chair over and slamming his fists onto the table. "No! You will not make me! I moved here so I could get away from those people! I'm not just going to go back now!"
"If you do not go back for this ball, then I will force you to move back to Azumano permanently."
Only the sound of breathing could be heard throughout the house. Misaki looked up to his best friend only to see wide eyes and tears streaming down his pale face. He took several deep breaths then picked up his chair and sat back down, wiping his eyes on his sleeve.
"Fine," was the one broken word that came from Satoshi.
The smirk that covered Kei Hiwatari's face was one of victory. He stood up and said, "Since that is sorted, I shall expect you in Azumano before the 30th of this month. For now I will say good bye."
With that, Kei picked up his brief case and walked out of the door, leaving behind silence.
Slytherin – Fanatic 911: THANK YOU FOR READING THIS WONDERFUL CHAPTER! I'm sorry I got it up a bit later than what I was expecting to, but HAVE NO FEAR! I shall get working on the next chapter immediately! Some of you may be going, 'But what about Natsuyasumi V2?' Well, sorry to disappoint, but I think I will work on Junai Angels a bit more then get back to NV2, since I'm having a little bit of writers block when it comes to that story.
Anyway, I hope that each and every one of you had a wonderful Christmas and got all of the gifts that you wanted. I also hope that have a joyous New Year and celebrate it with only the closest of family and friends! For now I shall say good bye and I will see you in the New Year and the next chapter!
Ja Bye Bye Ne
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