Finally I can publish this! My laptop won't connect to any network so I was really sad. Glad to know what's the real problem though ^_^
Anyway, next week is first semester exam! I have to concentrate! So, no update for next week and the week after that. Let's see what I can do.
Beta'ed by Oracleshadow.
Enjoy!
Chapter 6 : Their Newly Estabilished Contract –Revelation-
"Kise-kun, please let me go" Kuroko said as he tried to get out of Kise's crushing bear hug.
"But you're just so cute with that military uniform, Kurokocchi!" Kise said.
"Let me go" Kuroko said again. Kise then let Kuroko go almost immediately. With himself blinking in confusion on what had just happened.
"What?" Kise asked to no one in particular in confusion.
"Ryouta, shut up" Akashi said, resulting a silence in the room. "It's Tetsuya's first day on duty. If you cannot become a proper senior, then at least do your own job seriously" Akashi lectured.
"Eh? But..." Kise whined.
"Ryouta, how are you doing with last week's report?"
"Re...Report? Y...Yeah. It's almost done..."
"I want it on my desk tomorrow morning"
"Yes... I understand" Kise said, while Aomine secretly tried to get out of the room.
"Daiki" Akashi called. Irritation laced in his voice.
"Y...Yes!?"
"Where is the revision of your report and last month's assignment?"
"U... Umm... I think it's somewhere in my office?"
"Really... You two, I'm going to add more assignment for you both" Akashi said.
"Eh? No!" Both Kise and Aomine said in unison.
"Later. For now I have to show Tetsuya what he have to do here" Akashi said, looking at Kuroko.
"How can you make him one of us when we just met him two days ago, Akashi?" Midorima asked curiously.
"Of course I can. I'm absolute after all" Was Akashi's only answer.
Akashi then started telling Kuroko on what he should do. Kuroko's main job was to be Akashi's personal assistant, such as accounting the money they spend, sorting through data of other kingdom or past mission and making schedules for Akashi, which was usually Midorima's job as their squad's secretary. That is, when they were inside the castle.
Outside, when they're assigned for a secret mission, their role changed a lot. While Akashi, as always, become their commander, Midorima became a tactician and Akashi's second-in-command. Kise, Aomine, and Murasakibara was the three that went out. Depending on the mission's brief explanation, Akashi will choose one of those three to be the one who will do it.
"Why just three, and not all of us?" Midorima had asked, a few years ago.
Akashi simply answered Midorima's question without even batting an eye. "Because I believe in all of you"
After that, Midorima never asked or complained about their commander decision.
"So... My job is only this?" Kuroko asked as he handed Akashi a pile of paper he had sorted through.
"The schedule for tomorrow?"
"In my desk"
"Then you're done for today" Akashi said. "Put those files in the drawer behind me." He ordered, and Kuroko complied. Done and not knowing what to do, he sat back at his seat and looked at the room that should had been full of bullet holes, but was clean and sparkly. The couch was different though. But other than that, it's completely the same. Even the mini kitchen in the corner with it's glasses set and boxes.
The only people in the room was Kuroko and Akashi. The rest of them had their own offices.
'How lavish. Did they had too much money?'
"Maybe. The human are all corrupted now. They will do anything to secure their position. Including giving all the good treatment to us, vampires, so that we will not turn against them" Akashi explained, as if reading Kuroko's mind.
"Akashi-kun... Can you read my mind?"
"Tetsuya... You should have known all of my powers from my memory. I cannot read minds. You're simply too transparent."
"... It's the first time someone said I'm transparent so I don't know how to react." Kuroko truthfully said.
"Really?"
"Even my parents cannot read me that well." Kuroko answered, before realization hit him. "And Akashi-kun. You should also know that from my memory"
"You're right." Akashi agreed. "But the memory sharing's only shown at the beginning of contract. We do not need to share our memory from then onwards since we always and have to be together." He explained. "But emotions and feelings are excluded. I could still feel yours and you can still feel mine"
"So... there will be no privacy between us?"
"Yes. The contract is a pure thing. No sin or lie should ever harm it" Akashi answered.
"I see..." Kuroko said. "Anyway, how can the room be repaired in just two day?" He asked.
"A little connection here and there"
"Such a vague answer" Kuroko complained before the room's door was blasted open with a loud sound. Automatically, both Akashi and Kuroko directed their attention to the door, and saw nothing. Kuroko then walked towards the door, and found that Aomine and Kise were sparring. On Akashi's office doorstep.
And sparring in here means rolling on the floor whilst trying to jab each other with and to any part of the bodies.
"Aominecchi!" Kise shouted while trying to land another jab at Aomine.
"I won't lose!"
"Neither will I!"
"And both of you better stop before Akashi-kun decide to walk here and cut the blood supplies for you two" Kuroko bluntly said.
"You call them blood supplies?" Akashi asked from his desk.
"Those pure women came here only to be a food for these two. In exchange for their work to you." Kuroko answered.
"Wait...How did you know about our blood supplies? You haven't met them." Kise's question made all of them froze. Before a creaking sound of a door entered their ears.
"What's with all the ruckus?" Midorima asked from his office's doorway.
"Well...Kurokocchi..."
Kuroko eyed Akashi. When Akashi smirked teasingly, Kuroko sighed. "You haven't told them?"
"I haven't"
"And? How should I explain this?"
" 'Me and Akashi-kun has made a contract' You just have to say that." Akashi said. Mimicking Kuoko's way of talking.
"Eh? Contract?" Kise asked, still confused. "Like me and Aominecchi?"
"Not that kind of breakable contract." Akashi said again.
"Then..." Kise looked at Kuroko, then at Akashi. "Then what? I don't understand" Kise said like a child.
"You're really dense, Kise." Midorima commented.
"Eh!? Why?" Kise immediately responded.
"It means that Akashi had done a soul binding contract. Like the name, Akashi bind Kuroko's soul into his and Kuroko bind his soul with Akashi's." Midorima explained. "The one Akashi did with Kuroko is the highest rank soul binding contract. It include sharing memory, feelings, power, life, even existence. While normal soul binding contract only shared memory and feelings. It's more pure, and no sin should ever harm it."
"Ah... That explains it." Kise said.
"Explain what?"
"In the afternoon, remember when I hugged you right?" Kise asked. Turning his head to Kuroko's direction, which received a nod from him. "And when you said to let go, I let go immediately without even myself realizing it"
"Then? Did that have anything to do with the contract?" Aomine asked.
"Yes it does! If Kurokocchi could use Akashicchi's power, then the'let me go' that Kurokocchi said became a command, which I have to obey!" Kise explained.
"Command?" Kuroko asked warily.
"We cannot disobey Akashi's words. His command is something that have to be obeyed, and that's because of his voice's ability. If Akashi has shared his powers, that means it's not weird anymore if you can use it, even unconciously." Midorima explained.
"I see..."
"Let me show you an example, Tetsuya" Akashi said. "Shintarou, Ryouta, Daiki, sit" He said again, and the three said male sat rather abruptly.
"Exactly like that" Midorima said. "But why the 'sit' command? It feels like you're ordering a dog to sit." He asked, that receive a silence from Akashi.
'Ah... So this is what Akashi-kun meant by silencing loud and annoying dog'
"Such a heavy contract you two have there." Aomine said. Being freed from his sitting position. "Wait... The soul binding contract is always used in vampire marriage right?" He asked.
"Yes it is. Although the one that used in marriage is a normal one." Midorima answered, eyeing Akashi and Kuroko. Already knowing where the topic could lead to.
"Doesn't that means that right now, Akashi is married to Tetsu!?" Aomine said in a high-pitched tone.
"Well... They are, in a way" Midorima said.
"So what?" Akashi asked.
"Eh?" Both Kise and Aomine said in unison.
"My private life have nothing to do with you all. The person I'm married to is none of your business." Akashi said coldly.
"T...That's right. I'm sorry" Kise said.
"Me too" Aomine followed.
"Now. Have you all finished your business here?" Akashi asked, and all of them nodded. "Go back then, finish your own work" All of them went back to their own offices. Leaving Kuroko in the doorway and Akashi at his desk.
"Tetsuya? You can sit." Akashi said after a while. But seeing Kuroko making no sign of moving, Akashi became curious. While Kuroko stays like that, Akashi cannot feel any emotion from Kuroko. Akashi then walked over to Kuroko's side.
"Tetsuya?" Akashi asked as he poked Kuroko's shoulder. Still no response from the sky blue haired male, Akashi's lips then hovered over to Kuroko's left ear. "Tetsuya." Akashi called once again, which got a yelp as a response from Kuroko. Kuroko then backed away while holding his left ear, cheeks red from a sudden blush, and mouth agape while his eyes widened.
"A...Akashi-kun..." Kuroko muttered, before calming himself. "Please don't do that. It's actually kinda scary" He said.
"There's mixed feelings inside of you just before, yet you're very calm now. Why?" Akashi asked.
"W...Well... It's not weird. I'm surprised by your voice suddenly feeling really near, and your breath feels hot, and that felt kinda ticklish." Kuroko explained.
"Another question then." Akashi said. "What made you froze?"
"Froze?"
"Yeah. You haven't moved even an inch from this place for about ten minutes" Akashi said while pointing a spot beside him.
"I'm just surprised."
"But I haven't do anything to you at that time."
"No..." Kuroko denied. "Not because of the whisper. It's because of that... Shocking revelation"
"Revelation? About the contract?"
"Yes... I didn't think that far about the contract."
"Why should you?" Akashi said while raising his eyebrows. "Though it is true, that being bound by this contract means that we're married. But a contract will stay a contract. As long as we don't have romantic feeling for each other, we won't be doing anything that a married couple will do. You don't have to worry"
"But you can only do this contract once! That's why the couple who wanted to marry each other uses this! It ties them forever! If you do it with me, then that's the same as you cannot marry the person you love!"
"I don't have a person that I could call a lover. I don't feel that kind of feeling, so it's alright. You know me as much as I know you. Both of us doesn't have a person of interest." Akashi said. "But maybe it's going to get a little hectic here about this."
"Why?" Kuroko asked curiously.
"The contract's remnant. The magic circle in this room was not yet erased two days ago. So the people that cleaned this place should have known. They're the lower ranked vampires from the Vampire Council, so they had to report this to the higher-ups." Akashi explained. "Since I told them that I'm marrying someone that day, a few of them will surely come here to hand the paperwork I need to do for a family register. Also to meet you."
"Family register? Meet me?"
"Well of course. Even in the vampire world, a family register for record exists. Your mother and father also have it." Akashi said. "And the person that could marry me, the direct heir of Akashi Clan is someone that is counted as amazing. Of course they want to see how does that person looks like"
"But I'm a male"
"I know. But is that important? I don't have any problem with gender."
Kuroko then suppressed a sigh. "So... I will be known as Kuroko Tetsuya, the 'wife' of Akashi Seijuurou?" Kuroko asked, horrified.
"I take it that the council will think so."
"Of all the name I could attain at the council..."
"You will be an idol for a short while. With all of the person that come here, they will most likely do some interview and many other things"
'Another type of storm is approaching... I really wonder on how should I react to this.'
Yay! Kuroko and Akashi is married! (Though the base is not love, it will bloom into one. I promise)
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