Ai No Kusabi Fan Fiction ❯ Forever Caged ❯ Chapter 16 ( Chapter 16 )

Disclaimer: I don't own Ai No Kusabi nor do I make any money from this fanfic.
Rating: NC-17
Pairings: Iason/Riki, Raoul/Katze
Parts:  Of ?

Authors Note: Thanks for reading! Please tell me what you think!

 

~~**Forever Caged**~~

 

 

Yawning Riki stretched and sleepily looked around the room. Damn Iason had kept him up all night after they got home from the party. At first he thought he was going to continue his interrogation but Iason said not one word to him, besides his normal commentary on what he planned to do to him. The normal dirty talk Iason, the dignified noble Blondie, loved to whisper in his ear. Some of the crap he spewed even had him blushing.

 

Thankfully he wasn't too sore from the workout Iason gave him just rung out. Iason made sure not a drop was left in his body. He played his body as skillfully as he always did and only when dawn was nearly upon them did he finally impale him on his hard length.

 

Riki frowned damn morning had already come and gone. Damn Iason let him sleep. Sure he needed it but he had wanted to convince his Blondie to take him out all day today. Enough time had passed from his little run through the city and he had a chance of getting his demand/request granted if the huge bastard was with him.

 

Getting up Riki stumbled a little to the bathroom, after brushing his teeth and taking a quick shower Riki headed out of the room wearing his normal silk pajama bottom pants and went out to search for Iason. It was well past noon already. He hopped Iason was home and hadn't gone out. Even with all his bitching and moaning he wanted to spend some time with his Blondie.

 

“Cal where is Iason?” Riki called out to the young boy dusting busily in the hallway.

 

“Master Iason has been out on the balcony for the past hour.”

 

Mumbling a thank you Riki grabbed a cigarette from in the small drawer of the table by the balcony doors but his lighter was missing. Making sure it wasn't in there Riki called out to Cal. “Yo Cal you take my lighter?” Turning Riki came face to face with a red faced Cal who held up his lighter.

 

“So-sorry I borrowed it this morning and forgot to give it back.”

 

Taking it from him Riki eyed Cal's red face and nervous twitching. “Ya…its fine if you use it man…” Lighting up Riki threw the lighter in the drawer and went to search for Iason dismissing Cal and his odd behavior from his mind.

 

Seeing Iason sitting next to the large fountain Riki hung back and watched him. God damn but his Blondie was a beautiful bastard Riki thought with an appreciative smirk.

 

“You do know that the wind is blowing the smell of your cigarette towards me do you not?”

 

Taking one last brag Riki burned his cigarette out in a potted plant and laughing softly Riki walked up to Iason and into the arms the Blondie opened wide for him. Iason held him gently, picking him up and making him saddle him. This was new.

 

They stayed like that for a few minutes in silence before Riki leaned back, looking up at Iason.“What's wrong?”

 

“Why would you think anything is wrong? Can I not what to hold you in my arms?” Iason asked gruffly.

 

Taking Iason's face in his hands Riki searched his eyes. “Seriously what's wrong Iason? You never come out here unless I'm out here.” The only time he came out onto the balcony by himself was when he had a problem.

 

Iason took Riki's hands off his face. Kissing Riki tenderly on the lips he pulled him closer. “Nothing is wrong. I'm just thinking.”

 

“I'm here if you need to talk to someone. I don't particularly know what the hell you have to deal with everyday and I probably wouldn't understand right away, but I am here if you need to talk.” Riki mumbled slightly embarrassed.

 

Iason gently pushed Riki's head down on his shoulder and lay his own head down on his silky black locks, unconsciously rocking back and forth.

 

Riki wrapped his arms around his Blondie's thick waist. He couldn't stop the flood of bad thoughts of what could be wrong. He wondered finally if it was Jupiter who was causing him to act weird, because of him…again. “Iason…?”

 

“Do you want to do anything today? We can do anything you want.”

 

Ahh the bastard knew how to evade, throwing out the one thing that he couldn't let pass. “Ya how about we take a trip into Midas? Walk around outside. Eat at a fancy restaurant outside. Look around at some outside store displays.” Riki smiled on Iason's shoulder when he felt and heard his laughter.

 

“I take it you want to go out huh?” Iason still chuckled at his loves none to subtle hints.

 

“It's a nice day don't you think? If you're free, and god knows I am, so let's go out.”

 

Iason stood with Riki cradled in his arms. “On one condition.”

 

“Lord knows we have to have those.” Riki grinned.

 

Iason grunted. “You are to never to leave my side, not for a moment. The moment you do we are headed back.”

 

Riki sighed like he would be stupid enough to try and run off with him around. “Yeah, yeah I got it.”

 

“Riki.”

 

“I got it.” Riki said again this time holding the attitude back. Glad to see Iason in a good mood Riki couldn't help but also feel worried too. What ever had Iason out here brooding could never be good and he knew it was bad. Bad enough that his Blondie would, successfully, try to divert his attention by suggesting a trip outside of Eos.

 

* * * *

 

Luke had to laugh as he stuffed the credits he just made into his jacket pocket. Not only did he swipe a shit load of booze from the party but also some silverware to boot. Who would have thought he'd get so much money off a few spoons and forks. Idiots.

 

Leaving the little shady pawn shop in Midas he flipped the collar of his fine digs that he borrowed from Guy's stash of “bought” outfits so he could roam free around the pleasure city without having the Darkmen called on his ass.

 

Hyped up and not paying attention to where he was going he slammed into someone and without a word of apology he tried to continue on his way. Who ever it was would just cry of his rudeness and huff away.

 

“What mother fucker you stumble into me and don't have the balls to apologize?”

 

Luke froze in his tracks and slowly turned around. The one person he had never expected to see out, alone, in Midas. “Riki…” The object of Guy's obsession stood in front of him leaning against the window of some fancy art gallery smoking a cigarette. Luke drank Riki in, noting that up close he looked a hundred times better then when he saw him from far away at the party.

 

Riki blinked in surprised at the digs Luke wore. “Who the fuck did you kill to get that suit?” Riki was surprised as hell to see Luke of all people in this part of town.

 

Luke laughed and rubbed the back of his head and smoothed the front of his tailored cut, cut for someone else but in his size, jacket. “Business is good what can I say.” Luke replied as he took in the tempting sight of Riki so close to him. “You look real good too Riki.”

 

Riki refused to show how uncomfortable he was as Luke's eyes licked up his body. Taking a brag of his cigarette Riki exhaled, blowing the smoke in Luke's direction. Luke always had a problem in keeping his thoughts, reflected clearly in his heated glazes, to him self.

 

“You here all by yourself?”

 

“Maybe.” Riki was kind of happy to see Luke anyway. An old face, an old friend, good memories of old times.

 

Luke couldn't believe his good luck. Guy would be in a hella good mood if he strolled up with Riki in tow. “Shit man, never expected to see you here.”

 

“Some goes for me too.”

 

Luke licked his lips. “So how about we go somewhere and catch up?”

 

“Hang out like old times?” Riki laughed softly shaking his head.

 

“Just like old times and look I got some cash.” Luke grinned reaching in his pocket and waved the credits he just got. “Have a drink or two of the finest shit available at some classy joint, see a show and maybe even grab a bite to eat. How about it?”

 

Riki snorted and took a drag from his cigarette before dropping it to the ground, stepping on it. “Like hell I'd let you buy me dinner and take me to some show. Who knows what you'd ask for after that.”

 

Luke knew what he'd like to ask for as he eyed that fine body. “You got cash?” He hadn't thought that the Blondie would let Riki have cash. But then again he hadn't thought he'd let Riki roam around by him self not after the Guy kidnapping thing or just recently the running away to Ceres not that long ago.

 

Riki winked at Luke and bumped into a tourist that walked by. Apologizing charmingly Riki had the richly dressed man eating out of the palm of his hand before sending the dazzled fool on his way. After making sure the dude was out of sight Riki held up the tourist's wallet he lifted. “Got some cash now.”

 

Amazing that's all Luke could think. The old Riki would have intimidated the dude, hell sometimes he didn't even need to do that since they would never know their wallets were lifted. He'd never seen his own beauty so he never used it as a weapon before. “You've changed…” Luke mumbled.

 

Riki arched a brow at Luke. “What the hell are you talking about?” Riki ask as he looked into the wallet and whistled flashing the load of money he just scored.

 

“You've never…ahh…I've never seen you pick pocket someone that way.”

 

`Hmph.' That was a first time he ever did that was why, Riki thought taking the cash out then tossing the wallet that still had the credit cards in it to Luke. He couldn't do anything with them but Luke could get something for them. The only reason he did it that way was because he wanted to see if he could. He had wanted to see if the fool would scream out from someone like him touching him or if he would he take one look at his pricy clothes; expensive pet collar and start drooling all over himself, making an ass out of himself. Plus he had been bored and had never done it that way before and wanted to see if he could get away with it.

 

“So how about we go?” Guy should be getting supplies two or three blocks away by the red district he just had to lead Riki there.

 

“What's the rush?” Riki asked suspiciously.

 

“No rush man just feel a little antsy being around all these snobs that's all.” Luke said shifting from foot to foot.

 

Riki stared at Luke long and hard. “How's the gang?” He asked instead taking the cigarette from behind his ear and lighting it up.

 

“Ahh…they're alright…” There was no gang any longer. The Bison gang's legend lived on but the gang members had split up a long time ago they were still identified as Bison members and they still saw each other from time to time but they didn't hang out like before.

 

“I never asked but are you here by yourself or are all of you out hunting tonight?”

 

“Just me. Let's go get that drink Riki.”

 

“You've gotten pretty ballsy to think you can order me around or is it because of what I am now that you think I'll bow down and kiss your ass and follow meekly behind you like a good little bitch?”

 

Not good, not good. “Nah man. I just figured that you got a time limit so I just wanted to get going.” Luke swallowed hard as he watched Riki inhale a brag, the flare of the cherry on cigarette for a second making it look like black haired Mongrel's eyes glowed red. It still made him hard though.

 

“Your right Luke I do have a time limit so I'll cut straight to the point.” Riki's eyes narrowed. “Where's Guy Luke?” Riki asked.

 

The heat Luke felt faded quickly under Riki's intense glare. “Huh?”

 

“Don't play stupid Luke; I know that's your strong point but that shit isn't going to fly with me.” Riki flicked his burning cigarette at his ex-gang member's feet.

 

“Don't know what you're talking about. I haven't seen Guy in almost a year.” Luke looked everywhere but Riki's burning black eyes and landed on the silver, short chain around his neck. “That your pet tag?”

 

“How about you stay on the subject and not worry about the bling I'm sporting.”

 

“Just curious man.”

 

Riki didn't have much time left. Iason only allowed him come outside, as long as he was in clear view and he was able to see him from the window of the gallery, since the prig that owned the place had a problem with him using one of the flashy bowls in there as an ashtray. “Don't fuck around with me Luke I need to know where Guy is.” Riki took a threatening step towards Luke.

 

Luke laughed nervously holding his hands up. “Chill man, chill.” Luke didn't know what to do. He wanted to warn Riki that Guy had gone completely mental and was planning to come after his ass but then what? What the hell could Riki do? Nothing. He wouldn't be able to save his ass when that psycho cyborg came gunning for him when he found out he blabbed. And he also wanted to get Riki to Guy. Two birds with one stone right?

 

“Look Luke I just wanna talk to him. I need to see him, look into his eyes and see if he is alright.”

 

Luke had to smile at that. Guy was no where near being alright and the only thing Riki would see in Guy's eyes was the unnatural glow of someone that should be in the loony bin. Luke scratched his forehead.

 

“I know your punk ass knows where he is Luke.”

 

“Look Riki…” What the hell, you only can get killed once right? “Guy…Guy ain't right in the head man so-“ Luke paled as he looked over Riki's shoulder and without a second thought turned bolted down the street not caring who he shoved out of the way to escape.

 

Riki didn't have to know what sacred the shit out of Luke to make him react that way. The hair on the back of his neck stood up giving him all the information he needed.

 

“Who was that?”

 

Riki turned and smirked at Iason thinking fast. “Who do you think it was? You keep dressing me up like some cheap whore so of course I'm going to get some John coming up to me asking me how much I charge.”

 

Iason stared at the retreating back of the man who had been talking to Riki. He had noticed the annoying amount of attention Riki had been receiving standing out here smoking which was the reason he coldly cut the art dealer fawning short. Still…“He looks familiar.”

 

“Really? He looks like any other guy out looking for some ass.”

 

“Riki.”

 

“What? Like it's my fault he wanted my ass? Maybe if you let me wear something that left others to imagine I wouldn't have had this problem.” Riki said with a showy sweep down his body. The short white high collared shirt hugged the contours of his muscled upper body and also opened to show off the full expanse of his chest. The short sleeves were tight over his biceps. Before the shirt had fitted him just right and showed just enough to be provocative but now it showed too much.

 

Iason sighed.

 

“I mean loosen the purse strings a little and buy me a shirt that has all the buttons on it not just two or three. And the leather? What's with you dressing me leather all the time? Denim is much more comfortable and could you stop having them cut so low? I'd like to wear something that covers my entire ass.”

 

“You do need a new wardrobe,” Iason said darkly as he observed more pedestrians eyeing his Mongrel's “goods”.

 

“Sweet. I have cash to spend.” Riki held up a wad of cash.

 

“And pray tell how did you get that?” Iason asked taking a hold of Riki's arm and the cash.

 

“Old habits die hard.” Riki mumbled watching Iason put his cash in his pocket. “What the hell Iason?”

 

“You lifted it?”

 

“Haven't lost my touch after all these years.”

 

Iason shook he head. “Incorrigible.”

 

“What you want me to give it back?” Riki bumped hips with Iason earning him a dirty look. He didn't care how outrageous he had to be or if he needed to make a fool out of himself as long as he took Iason's mind off of Luke. Iason had met Luke before so he could only hope he had only seen his back as he ran away and not his face. Didn't make the connection that he had been a member of Bison, he wasn't stupid he knew Iason wouldn't forget, that the possibility of him piecing it together was high. He just hoped he didn't put it together now while capturing the stupid fool was still high.

 

Iason put his arm around Riki's shoulders pulling him close as the crowd milled around them.

 

“You're really into the P.D.A now days aren't you?”

 

“P.D.A?”

 

“Ya Public Displays of Affection.”

 

“Umm. Much more effective way to show all that you are mine.”

 

“More effective hum? Then how about removing the pet rings?”

 

“No.”

 

“One of them?”

 

“No.”

 

Riki `tsked' then grinned. “I'll make it worth your wild?”

 

Iason looked down at Riki and smiled, caressing his cheek. “I know you will.”

 

“But you wont take them off will you?”

 

“No.”

 

Riki laughed and continued to tease Iason but in the back of his mind he cursed at his missed chance at gaining any new information on Guy. Luke was just about to tell him something. So close… Maybe he'd see Jade tomorrow and see if his puppet had any information. It was a long shot, the whole idea with Jade had been a long shot but it was the only thing he had to work with.

 

 

* * * *

 

Running at to speed Luke opened a random shop door, a few blocks down and entered. Leaning against the door frame trying to catch his breath he peeked out the window to make sure no one was following him. Sighing in relief after a few minutes when he saw the coast was clear.

 

Fuck that was close. He should have known that the Blondie was with him. Should have clicked in his brain when he saw Riki had been standing in front of an art gallery but like normal one look into those black eyes and rational flew away. He was just lucky that Guy was no where around; now that would have sucked big time.

 

“I thought I told you to meet me back at the hatch?”

 

Luke spun around, of all the rotten luck. “Ahh…Guy…” Shit he couldn't tell the crazy bastard that he had seen Riki or that his Blondie might have seen him, could very well have someone following him as they speak. “Well…”

 

“Whatever, doesn't matter right now. How much money you got on you?”

 

“Money?”

 

“Ya money numb nutts. I'm short on the funds I need and I don't have time to run around and get it if I wanna put my plan into action on schedule.”

 

Luke looked at the shop keeper nervously wiping the counter trying not to pay attention to them. “Why don't you…you know…”

 

Guy gave Luke an `are you stupid' look. “Why? Because he's one of the very few merchants, in Midas, that will deal with Mongrels. You don't fuck with a good thing now give me what you have.”

 

Grimacing Luke grudgingly handed over the cash he got from the pawn shop.

 

“That all you got?”

 

Sighing Luke also handed over the wallet Riki tossed to him.

 

Grunting Guy turned around went to talk to the shop keeper handing over the wallet and half of the bills, pocketing the rest before coming back to him.

 

“Ahh my change?”

 

“From where I stand you got no change or did you think I was blind and not see what you're wearing? Dumb shit.”

 

Luke grit his teeth, he was getting sick and tired of being called stupid.

 

“Follow me. We can't be seen so we need to pick up the goods in the back.”

 

Luke waited a few minutes after Guy left the shop to follow, never good to let someone see them together, didn't matter whether they wouldn't remember or not. Stepping down the dark alley he walked down to the end then turned the corner to see Guy loading a sky car with bags that puffed white when he lugged it off his shoulder, taking a deep whiff Luke stumbled back coughing, his eyes watering. “What the fuck.” He wheezed.

 

“Chlorine tablets.”

 

Luke gagged and spit over to the side. “And that shit in the tank?” Luke asked pointing to the steel tank in the back seat.

 

“Bromine and for your next question the jugs are a shit load of rubbing alcohol, on the floor.”

 

Luke held his breath and picked up the last bag and tossed on top of the other two bags closing the trunk. “What the fuck do you need this shit for?”

 

“Didn't know how much I needed. Forgot to ask Sky, saw him not that long ago with his twin, you were right that gang of hard asses did come back.”

 

Sky…not a mother fuck you wanted to mess with considering his hobby was making weapons for fun. “So what did you ask him?”

 

Guy looked at him and grinned. “How to make a bomb of course.”

 

 

* * * *

 

Staying still as he possible could he inched forward in his chair and listened to the two doctors' talk. They were new; Dr. Landon hadn't come to test him this time.

 

Quiet...still...never attract attention of any kind. That was what he grew up thinking, it was the first conscious thought he had. Danger. Hide what you are.

 

“I don't know why Dr. Landon kept experimenting with him. He shows no potential of any kind. He's a waste of funding.”

 

“Dr. Landon wouldn't have kept a close eye on him if he didn't.”

 

“The brilliant doctor is a fruit cake now. He was infected in a bad way and this only shows it.”

 

“We don't know if he was infected or not. Just because he disappeared doesn't say anything. Dr. Landon could very well be locked away in another facility working on something we know nothing about.”

 

“I say we just terminate him already. Or do you want to go and tell her that we've been fooling around with a known failed guinea pig? Because I sure as hell don't want to end up like Taku who ended up fried to a crisp.”

 

“Taku was a necessary sacrifice. We weren't prepared for Dr. Landon's sudden leave and were scrambling to decode his notes, still are trying to decode, we couldn't afford to send someone useful to deal with her.”

 

“And now?”

 

“She will be coming tomorrow to personally pick who will be the new top….”

 

“Personally?”

 

“Why do you think everyone is going nuts? She's coming down here.”

 

“Then I say we dispose of this thing now. Its nothing but trash. A failure.”

 

“It would be such a shame to kill something so lovely though.”

 

“Lovely yes but not the result we were trying to get by using his semen sample. What we were trying to create was another one of him. But what we got was a pale faced, pale haired, colored eyed nothing. It's even recorded that his genes are normal. Nothing about him is special in any way.”

 

“But it is also recorded that the dark one is able to mask his chromosomal pairs. Who is to say this little one is not doing the same?”

 

“Every test, since the time he-he hatched has showed that he has twenty-three.”

 

“But if he has the talent to hide-“

 

“How? How would he know that he had to hide it or better yet how could he hide it since we've been testing him from the time he was nothing but a few cells in a dish? He may have had twenty-four when we started out but for what ever reason he became normal, in other words he became useless to us.”

 

“…”

 

“We can scrap him for parts. Hell he might be more useful to us dead then alive.”

 

“We can't just kill him Yukio…”

 

“Your too damn soft you know that? Look we'll keep him around for…another month how about that? If we don't see any new feed back then we'll get rid of him. We have the Ura'zen to look into now that's in Sir Am's custody. The tests on him are perfect so we should be using what limited resources we have on him and the other. Not this thing.”

 

“…Alright. One more month.”

 

Turning away from the door before they saw him, he thought wildly on what they said. Quite…be still…hide what you are or it will be a hundred times worse then it is now…. He didn't have very much time left. He needed to escape and soon. Jade brushed the lone tear that trailed down his cheek.

 

TBC…