0oo-Chapter 20: Suzuran (B)-oo0
In the end, both Rikuou and Rikuo didn't return to Keikain Family residence. They were staying the night in a hotel and that night… was the first time in his life that Rikuou let Rikuo take him.
"Rikuou…" Rikuo kissed the younger one's lips, thrusting deeper inside Rikuou who gasped at the feel of his older brother's length, moving inside him, brushing the spot that could send his mind reeling with pure pleasure, despite the pain of being invaded for the first time.
Rikuou had no idea how frightening it was… to have someone else have that kind of power over him, to trust someone so deeply that he let him have his heart and body completely, getting very vulnerable like this. Was this how Rikuo was feeling every time they made love?
Did Rikuo also think it was scary to let Rikuou have his way with him the first time? It felt very hot, yes, and very intense, but it made him feel like crying, even though he was positive that he wanted to do this.
Rikuou wanted to feel how Rikuo felt as well. Rikuo had given everything up in his life to be with Rikuou and Rikuou had promised that he would do the same as long as they could stay together.
"Ri-… Riku…!" Rikuou couldn't help moaning, calling his brother's name as the tears were pooling in his ruby eyes. He reached out to curve his hand on Rikuo's neck.
Rikuo looked at him with gentle eyes, seeming to understand, or he did understand what Rikuou was feeling right then. He leaned down to give him a reassuring kiss, going deeper inside him and touching his deepest core.
"I love you… Rikuou…!" Rikuo whispered while going faster and harder, earning more gasps and moans of pleasure from Rikuou.
"Ah..! Oh…! More…!" Rikuou was losing all his control. He was begging and yet he didn't care. He wanted Rikuo to give him more despite how embarrassing it was.
"Rikuou… I'm almost…!" Rikuo's pace was faltering, getting erratic with his movement while his free hand was stroking Rikuou's member faster.
"Ah! Hah! Ri-!" Rikuou couldn't hold it any longer as his vision turned white, his mind exploding at the same time as his climax, wetting Rikuo's hand, his own stomach, and his chest. Rikuo thrust for the last time before he groaned and released his seed deeply inside Rikuou.
They rode their orgasm together until the high was receding, and finally, they came back to earth. Rikuo fell down on top of Rikuou's body, panting, totally exhausted. "Ri… Rikuou, are you okay…?" The older one asked slightly, seeming to be worried because Rikuou was unusually quiet.
"Yeah…" Rikuou said, draping his hand on Rikuo's back, hugging him. "Riku… thank you…" he whispered then, feeling moved and whole as he felt Rikuo push up to look at him with wonder.
"Isn't it reversed? You just gave me your virginity, you know," Rikuo asked.
Rikuou chuckled slightly at that. "Yeah… and I want it for you," he said. "And… you are the first and the last person who can do this to me…"
Rikuo smiled fondly at Rikuou before he leaned down once more and kissed him on Rikuou's lips.
'I love you…' was whispered between the two before they cuddled and fell asleep together in each others' embrace.
0oo-Rikuou x Rikuo-oo0
Gitsu had just come home and she looked pissed.
"Onee-sama, what's wrong?" Kyouko asked, looking at the older woman concernedly.
"I just came back from greeting our target," Gitsu said, smiling slightly while ruffling Kyouko's long wavy dark hair.
"Um… you look kind of mad. Did something happen?" Kyouko asked again, amber eyes looking upward at the taller woman curiously.
"The bastard actually shoved me away to run after the midget. So rude!" Gitsu huffed, looking extremely annoyed.
"Whaaat? The silver haired demon was able to resist Gitsu-nee's charm? Unbelievable!" Kyouko shrieked at that. "How rude! Too rude! A person as rude as that doesn't deserve to live! Waaah! Dokuro-chaaaan! You have to kill him! Kill that rude person for humiliating Gitsu-nee!" then the kid started to cry and scream that a very tall person, probably over eight feet, actually came to her, trying to calm her down.
"Milady, please stop crying," the tall man said.
"No! I won't stop until you bring that guy here! I want to slap and punch and kick him!" Kyouko cried harder and the man sighed deeply.
"Well, if that's what Milady wants… this Gasha Dokuro will bring you your order," the man said with a smirk before he stood up again.
"Really? Then, bring him here! Bring him here!" Kyouko immediately stopped crying and jumped up and down. "Onee-sama! Onee-sama! Dokuro-chan will bring the silver haired demon here! You can do whatever you want with him later!" she exclaimed happily.
Gitsu laughed amusedly at seeing how excited the little girl was. "Oh, Kyouko… how adorable you are," she said, caressing the little girl' cheek while smiling. "Can't wait to seeing him again, can we?" she chuckled then while Kyouko was smiling happily for being complimented by her beloved onee-sama.
0oo-Rikuou x Rikuo-oo0
"Where were you?" Yura shouted at the two boys agitatedly when they showed up once again in Keikain Residence the next morning.
"We're very sorry, Yura-san. Something came up and we were kind of stuck…" Rikuo said, blushing slightly in embarrassment.
Rikuou didn't say anything and just looked another way, looking a little bit guilty for some reasons.
"It's because of you, huh?" Yura glared at the now dark haired Sandaime of Nura Gumi, totally accusing because everything that went wrong in this world was his fault.
"Wow… what a one-sided accusation. Help me, Riku. She's bullying me," Rikuou said, totally teasing.
"Quit it!" Rikuo elbowed the Sandaime hard on his side. "Stop teasing her and making her even angrier!" he whispered warningly while the taller boy was nursing his abused side.
"Whatever, but at least, please notify us if you couldn't make it. You are my guest and in this city, you are my responsibility. If something happens to you, I don't know how I will face your mother, Rikuo-kun," Yura said seriously.
Really, those two were worrying her to death yesterday. They couldn't be contacted and they didn't contact her back even after Masatsugu called and left them the message. She thought they got involved in something dangerous. Kyoto was pretty risky these days after all.
"I know. That's why I'm very sorry. It won't happen again," Rikuo said, looking at her with his puppy eyes that she couldn't stay angry with him.
Yura sighed deeply after that. "Well, you are here, so… get inside. I'll update you with what I know so far," she then led the two boys inside her house. "Special for the undercover man here, this is a onetime thing. Don't think you can move freely inside this house after this. If you aren't with Rikuo-kun, I'll get you arrested for trespassing," she warned without looking at her intended target, but she was sure the guy knew that she was serious.
"What a vicious girl…" Rikuou muttered slightly and Rikuo's sweat dropped at that.
After they were all seated on the guestroom once again, and the servants brought them their warm cups of tea and some snacks, Yura started the discussion.
"What do you want to know?" Yura asked.
"Yura-san is conducting an investigation on the death of your family, right? How far have you gone to investigate it? Is there anything I… we can do to help?" Rikuo asked back, looking slightly concerned.
"To put it bluntly, I don't want to get any help from that guy over there," Yura tilted her head at Rikuou's direction.
"I don't actually want to help either, but since Rikuo insists…" Rikuou retaliated patronizingly and a vein popped on Yura's head. She wanted to kick that guy out so badly right now her body was trembling.
"Don't talk like that, both of you…. This incident might have something to do with the incident with Inugamigyoubu Tanuki Gumi last year," Rikuo said, seeming to try to calm them both.
"What makes you think that way, Riku?" Rikuou asked then, looking a little surprised.
"Just a hunch, I guess…" Rikuo shrugged. "This mission that your brothers had been doing before they got killed in the accident, was it related to Yakuza matters, Yura-san?" he then turned to Yura, attempting to confirm something.
"I never recalled that I told you about the mission. How did you know it was yakuza-related…?" Yura was also surprised at how accurate Rikuo's guess was. Was that really a hunch?
"I have heard some rumors…" Rikuo said, looking thoughtful.
"What rumors?" Rikuou looked at the other boy with a confused look. It seemed Rikuou didn't know the extent of Rikuo's ability to gain information. Well, Yura didn't blame him. After all, she was fooled once too.
Since the first time Yura met Rikuo, the boy had been able to make her say what's on her mind without even trying. He looked so harmless that she thought it was perfectly okay to trust him. Who would guess that he was somehow related to Yakuza? And he even dated guys from Yakuza families to boot.
Really, Rikuo was amazing in so many ways. Yura couldn't help thinking that he had many faces despite his constant innocent look. He probably wasn't as innocent as everyone, including her, thought. She had to be careful with him as well.
"It's going around certain circles of the students," Rikuo said and Rikuou seemed to turn serious all of sudden.
"What is it?" Rikuou asked again, looking tense now.
"It's said that there's an important gathering in Kyoto and all the members will show up during the winter vacation," Rikuo said, extra stern as well.
"What gathering?" Yura asked as well, getting absorbed by the heavy atmosphere in the room.
"I have no idea. It's just… I heard the motor gang talk about it once, but they immediately shut up when I walked past. I'd been trying to look for some information about that again, but… an annoying bug was obstructing my way…!" A vein visibly popped up on Rikuo's head. He looked very annoyed for some reason.
"Is it him again?" Rikuou asked, also visibly mad.
"Huh?" Yura tilted her head aside a little bit. "What are you talking about?" she didn't understand it.
"It's Keira-sensei!" Rikuo huffed.
"The bastard was trying to touch my Riku…! Unforgivable!" Rikuou clenched his fists at that.
"Jeez… you guys…" Yura sighed, a bead of sweat dropping from her cheek.
"Anyway, it's been on my mind the whole time since I overheard it, but because it was such ambiguous information, I didn't tell the main house. After all, it could be just a gathering for their motor gang or something, but… one thing caught my attention," Rikuo continued.
"What?" Both Yura and Rikuou asked in unison, making them look at each other before looking away from one another as well.
"Koromo Corporation," Rikuo said and Yura tensed slightly. Rikuou also widened his eyes at that. "Their motorcycles… there were stickers of Koromo Corporation stuck on them, and they were quite big too. I thought it was strange because the brand of each motorcycle was different. To think that they got the same stickers of the same corporation is a bit suspicious, right?" he continued again.
What deduction ability…-Yura couldn't help thinking. Even though what he saw was quite insignificant, he could store everything in his head and connected them like that. It was such a waste that Rikuo wasn't in Keikain Family.
"I see…" Yura sighed deeply again, closing her eyes slightly.
"Is this corporation somehow involved?" Rikuo asked, looking at Yura curiously.
"They are involved," Yura said surely. "My brothers were investigating the true nature of this giant corporation. They have branches almost everywhere in Japan. Of course, unlike yakuza, their business is legit. But for some reasons, every time they open a new branch, at least one Yakuza Family will disband. It's very strange and raises questions… so they investigated it under the order of the Kansai Police Department by doing undercover work. Unfortunately… before they could report to the station and the main house of what they had found, they got into an accident.
"Their car was hit by a truck. It was a messy death and the car was wrecked so badly that everything inside the car was burnt or destroyed. I tried to investigate the accident itself, but the truck driver went missing and his personal information was somehow deleted from the server. It was as if… the guy that hit my brothers with the truck didn't exist in the first place. I couldn't help thinking that someone in the Police Department tried to cover this incident…!" she then gritted her teeth in annoyance.
"You suspect an inside job," Rikuou nodded, seeming to understand.
"I don't want to suspect that any of the good guys is a dirty cop, but… what if it was really like that?" Yura was depressed whenever she thought about it. Of course, she didn't have any hard proof, but telling this suspicion to the Keikain Family was also impossible since she was afraid that if the one responsible was inside the family as well.
"Yura-san…" Rikuo looked at Yura with slight solemn eyes.
"If you allow it, I can help you with procuring the evidence," Rikuou suddenly said, surprising Yura and Rikuo.
"W-what…?" Yura looked up in shock at the dark haired man. "What do you mean…?"
"Your hands are tied because you have to do it legally, but it doesn't apply to me and my family, right?" Rikuou smirked. "Anonymous tips can get you a warrant, right?"
"What… what do you have in mind…?" Yura asked, very interested so suddenly. She couldn't believe that she was doing this, but… if this could clear things up… if this could get her brothers justice they deserved…!
"Just leave it to me. You'll know when you and your family have to move after I'm done with them," Rikuou said, smirking in victory.
Somehow, Rikuo looked at the Sandaime with a concerned look.
0oo-Rikuou x Rikuo-oo0
"What are you planning, Rikuou?" Rikuo asked then after they got out of the Keikain Residence.
"I got my way in on the corporation, Riku," Rikuou answered evenly. "But… you're not going to like it," he then turned to Riko with a slightly sheepish look.
"What is it?" Rikuo asked curiously.
"The girl I hugged yesterday… the one who looks like my mother… she's the daughter of the CEO of the Koromo Corporation," Rikuou said, looking slightly hopeful.
"Ah… you want to see her again," Rikuo nodded, understanding it completely.
"It's for helping your friend," Rikuou nodded surely.
Rikuo looked away before looking down. "But you promised me not to see her again," he whispered slightly so as not to be heard by his little half brother. He knew this was for helping Yura, but… would it be a selfish thing if he didn't want Rikuou to see her again?
Even though Rikuou had explained everything concerning the misunderstanding, it didn't change the fact that her appearance could make Rikuou care for her. Rikuo didn't know what kind of girl she was, but… if she could make him mellow with just her looks, then she was a mortal rival to Rikuo.
No one had ever stolen Rikuou's attention based off their appearances except Rikuo before this. It was such disheartening thing.
"It's alright, Riku. Seeing you jealous over me is very flattering. It makes me very happy, but you can be sure that I won't cheat on you, ever. I will only befriend her, and maybe ask some things… you don't have to worry about it," Rikuou seemed to know Rikuo's concern about it and he touched Rikuo's cheek before leaning down and kissing his lips lightly.
"Yeah… of course…" Rikuo said, smiling slightly.
However, somehow… Rikuo couldn't shake the feeling that this could turn bad. He didn't know why he felt terrible about it. He wanted to trust Rikuou. He was supposed to trust him completely after last night, but…
What is this uneasy feeling…?
0oo-Rikuou x Rikuo-oo0
Things were pretty uneventful and the days passed quickly when Rikuou was trying to find the girl. In the mean time, Rikuo was helping Yura with the sorting of information. Some guys from the Nura Gumi whom Rikuou had brought along helped Sandaime find the girl while Shouhei was left with the task of guarding Rikuo from the shadows.
Rikuo had personally looked into the daughter of Koromo's CEO in secret. Her name was Koromo Gitsu and just like Rikuou had mentioned, she looked exactly like Yamabuki Otome. Only, she was younger. She was currently in her senior year of high school.
By the look of her features, she is the type of lady from a rich family. There was nothing suspicious about her. Rikuo doubted that she had anything to do with how the company worked, but… was it coincidence that she met Rikuou… and somehow managed to gain Rikuou's attention?
Rikuo couldn't help feeling that this was too easy. It smelt like a trap. He sighed deeply as he read another resume of the Keikain Family members. He saw Akifusa's face in the photo and then read the next of kin information.
Apparently, Keikain Family members weren't exactly related by blood. Many of the members were originally ordinary people, usually orphan children who then later were taken into the family to be raised to be the law enforcement officers.
Yura and Ryuuji were brother and sister by blood, but Mamiru was their foster brother. He was taken in when he was six to be part of Keikain. Ryuuji and Yura's parents were responsible for him before they passed away.
It was also the same for Akifusa. Unlike Masatsugu who was the direct cousin of Ryuuji and Yura, Akifusa was also a foster child. He came into Keikain family with his little brother, Pato. Pato was 12 now, but it seemed he was very smart such that he needed specialized education.
The list could go on and on because the numbers of Keikain Family members were overwhelming. They had even more members than Nura Gumi. It hurt Rikuo's head to think that they had to check on them one by one based on the suspicion that someone on the inside might have been involved in the matter of the death of Yura's brothers.
"Do you notice something strange in their resumes?" Yura asked.
"Not yet," Rikuo answered which was an understatement because he doubted he could get anything by reading resumes. After all, he was the type to know someone by talking to them face to face.
"We'll keep looking until we find something," Yura said surely, going back to her share of resumes.
Rikuo sighed deeply and was about to continue reading when his cell-phone rang. He picked up the phone immediately. "Hello," he greeted.
"Riku, it's me,"
"Rikuou?" Rikuo immediately recognized the voice from the phone. "What's the matter?" he asked then.
"I found her," Rikuou said, sounding pretty excited.
"Ah… then you're going to execute the plan now?" Rikuo asked again.
"Yeah, after this, I may not be able to go back for several days, but… wish me luck," Sandaime said softly, and Rikuo could almost see the full spirited expression his brother was making, somehow.
Rikuo softened his expression as well. "Good luck," he whispered lightly before they hung up. He then turned to Yura. "Good news. Rikuou found the girl. He'll try to squeeze some information out of her after this," he continued.
"…I owe him once." Yura said, seeming to be reluctant, but she didn't have a choice in this matter. She had to rely on the Sandaime of the Nura Gumi. Just this once, Rikuo thought it wouldn't be such a big deal.
0oo-Rikuou x Rikuo-oo0
Rikuou hung up the payphone before he turned and then approached the girl in the park. Of all places… to be seeing her in the first place they met was kind of fate. Maybe she wanted to see him again, that's why, but Rikuou wouldn't know that.
"Yo, we meet again," Rikuou greeted the dark haired woman who looked up slightly from the swing. She looked kind of surprised at first before smiling gently. Rikuou didn't know why, but she could almost mimic his mother's look perfectly. It was kind of scary.
"You're the rude guy who shoved aside a lady to run after another guy," she said, still smiling, but he could see the anger in her gesture.
"Look at that, even your angry face looks like my mother's," Rikuou chuckled, feeling nostalgic seeing it.
"Really, you're comparing me to your mother?" Gitsu looked at Rikuou in disbelief. "I'm not that old. That's extremely rude," she said, almost pouting.
"You don't seem to be angry too much about it, though," Rikuou then sat beside her. "I want to see you again, I admit," he said, glancing at Gitsu with a small smile on his face.
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"Are you flirting with me?" Gitsu asked and Rikuou blushed slightly at that. She chuckled seeing his expression and he narrowed his eyes, annoyed at her.
"Way to go to ruin a moment," Rikuou huffed and Gitsu had to cover her mouth so as not to laugh aloud.
"Really, you are a very funny guy," Gitsu said, still giggling. "Oh, I'm beat. Why is it that you want to see me again, handsome?" she asked then, smiling at Rikuou, seeming to like him just fine.
"Oh, right… I haven't told you my name, right? My bad. I'm called Yoru. Nice to meet you, Gitsu," he said, smiling back, getting confident with everything because he had found an opening from her. He would get close to her and slowly… he would get to know her and her family more personally.
Maybe Rikuou could even ask about the family business and all the secrets of the company. Well, he couldn't be too hasty or it would look suspicious.
"Suddenly we're in first name basis? How bold… You must like me very much, huh?" Gitsu asked, chuckling again and a bead of sweat dropped from Rikuou's head. "Sounds good… Yoru, huh? 'The Night', it matches your hair color," she said again before she reached out and touched Rikuou's hair.
"Now, who is bold here? Suddenly touching me like that…" Rikuou smirked.
"You don't seem too mind," Gitsu was still smiling. She looked at him deeply in the eyes with her dark ones. Suddenly her face was so close with him and Rikuou didn't have a chance to react when she pecked him on the corner of his lips.
Rikuou widened his eyes and jerked backward in shock while Gitsu pulled back with a shy smile. "I like you. Do you have time for a cup of tea?" she asked then with that smile that reminded Rikuou so much about his mother.
Rikuou knew he should back off now. He was just kissed by a stranger on the lips! But… but it was for undercover work…. But… how far could he go for work? Did it count as cheating if it was for work?
"You know… I'm the conservative type…" Rikuou said, slowly standing up. "Maybe next time?" he said, holding his smile in place.
"Really?" Gitsu's smile was widening a fraction, somehow.
"Yeah…" Rikuou was about to walk away when suddenly, he felt his feet wobble. "Huh?" He felt the ground moving and suddenly, he was on one knee on the cold soil. His surroundings were kind of spinning for some reasons.
"Are you alright?"
Rikuou could hear Gitsu's voice. She approached him and put her hand on Rikuou's shoulder. Rikuou was panting, fighting losing consciousness as he looked upward to her.
"I don't… suddenly…" Rikuou's eyelids became heavy for some reasons and slowly, the world turned into darkness when he passed out on the ground.
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Gitsu stood up and took her cell phone. He dialed a certain number and then "Hello, it's me. I got him. Dokuro is kind of useless in searching for him since he doesn't know his appearance, but he found me in the park anyway. He can't resist my looks." She chuckled before she went silent and listened from the phone. "Ah, get the car? There's no way I'd use my own hands to bring him to the place… yeah. Get ready for the stage. We're going to make a video…and lots of pictures…"
Gitsu smirked seeing the unconscious man in front of her before she hung up her phone. She then knelt beside Rikuou. "Yoru, really? You look so much like that that man, Rikuou… There was no way I'd not recognize you," she chuckled, grabbing Rikuou's hair and pulled it up, smirking.
"There's no next time anymore, dear nephew. You'd fall into my hand… one way or another," she continued before she laughed heartily and evilly….
End of Chapter 20
Tbc...
Additional Note:
*Suzuran: a beautiful small white flower which usually grows on the ground. Its root is very poisonous.
1)Okaa-sama: it's the same as okaa-san, ofukuro, hahaue, everything means 'mother'.
2)Koromo Gitsu: the human name for Hagoromo Gitsune.
A/N: Man… I'm so sorry it takes so long to update this one. I kinda tried to move the plot as fast as I could, so it was rather difficult to stage the scene *sighs*. This chapter is shorter than my previous one, but please bear with it. I have to cut it here. I have no excuse aside I'm still preparing what kind of devious thing Gitsu was planning.
Also, I need you to help me choose my next fanfiction project. The poll is at the top of my journal, along with the snippets for you to read, to help you vote which one is more interesting to make first. The poll is open for all and the due date is July 21st. The resul will only be visible for my friends, sorry ^^;
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