Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Haima ❯ Chapter 4: .. violets are blue ( Chapter 4 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Title: Haima
Author: Nekocin
Email: Neko_cin_6@hotmail.com
Genres: Various---> Action and Romance as main genres (I hope Romance wouldn't be so screwed up >.>).
Type: AU
Anime: Yu-gi-oh
Warnings: Shounen-ai, Violence. Maybe some OOC. In this chapter OOC
Pairings: Seto+Jou... in this chapter some Yami Bakura+Ryou hints.
Rated: PG-13
Disclaimer: Anime in question doesn't belong to me. Never was. Never will.
Author's notes:
I'm still working my way to the Seto+Jou pairing and moments, but it might take a lot longer than all of you might expect. :( So I'll apologize for those who want a quick Seto+Jou fluff. I can write fluff between them somewhere in the next few chapters, but there aren't a lot of interactions between them :( Gomen. I don't like things getting rushed...

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Chapter 4: ...violets are blue

7:50 AM

"Onii-chan, you look great in them!" Shizuka commented as they walked down the halls of station 6.
Of course Shizuka was eager to follow her big brother to work that day. She didn't know why her brother was making such a fuzz about her safety.

Katsuya grinned at his own attire. "I know I look good"
He knocked on the door and straightened his back. Better look formal before kachou gets annoyed.
"Don't worry. I'll talk to chief about you being around or a while"
Shizuka nodded enthusiastically. Katsuya took a deep breath and opened the door cautiously.

"SURPRISE!!!"

Katsuya yelped in shock and Shizuka clung to him for protection. He felt his hair springing on end that instant.

The other officers' faces fell when they saw the rookie with someone anonymous holding his sleeve tightly.
"Uh... h-hey guys... what's up?" Katsuya said weakly as he tried to get over the shock. He held his sister close just in case.

A certain silver-haired agent with slanted brown eyes [1] pulled both of them roughly inside. He looked over at the halls and quickly slammed the doors closed.
"Just move over, Jounouchi!" the agent growled and turned his back to the siblings.

"What's with him?" Shizuka whispered nervously when both of them looked confused at each other.
"No idea" Katsuya shrugged and looked over at his colleagues. They all wore apologetic looks on their faces. They were sorry that the rookie got scolded without doing something wrong.

"Sorry, Jounouchi-san. Today's agent Bakura's birthday and agent Haku had planned the whole surprise party" agent Mutou whispered to both of them as they were ushered towards the back of the room.

"That's so nice of him" Shizuka commented as Katsuya's face was scrunched in confusion. Who's agent Bakura? Shouldn't that be agent Haku?
Suddenly agent Haku shushed them rudely.

It was so silent in the room that all they could hear were shoes clicking around on the cold floor of the hall. Everyone held their breaths when the sounds came closer and a bit louder. It seemed everyone was captivated in the suspense. The energy was hidden safely in their bodies and was ready to explode.
The footsteps stopped and everyone tried not to make another sound.

The siblings were joining the suspense even though they had no idea who this agent Bakura was.

There came a knock and the door handle moved.

They crossed their fingers, hoping that it may be agent Bakura.

The door was opened slowly. "Good mor...,"

"SURPRISE!!" The officers from station 6 shouted out.

The poor officer gasped in fright and flung the door closed, right into agent Haku's face. Everyone gasped as agent Haku began to shake angrily. It seemed everyone could feel the heated anger radiating from agent Haku.
Shizuka clung to her brother unconsciously. Why was the officer angry?

The door was slowly opened again. Someone stuck his head into the room, nervously. Familiar long white hair framed a delicate cherub face. Katsuya frowned... and then blinked.

The officer smiled apologetically and stepped into the officer. "Good morning" he bowed shyly and clasped his hands behind his back.
Agent Haku growled and shoved the new officer out of his way.
"I'm out of here!" He stormed off.

"Officer Haku!" his colleagues gasped out.
Katsuya blinked in confusion. "Uhm... what just happened?"

The new officer turned to look at him. He looked a lot like agent Haku, Katsuya noted, although a bit more softer-looking than agent Haku. His wide brown eyes held his eyes in place.
"You must be new here. I'm agent Bakura Ryou. Nice to meet you" He bowed politely.
"Jounouchi Katsuya. Likewise" Katsuya responded automatically.

"Happy birthday, Ryou-kun!" one of the officers ruffled agent Bakura's hair and passed him a present. A small beautifully wrapped up box.

"That's agent Honda Hiroto. He's an okay guy" Katsuya whispered to his sister.

"Thank you" agent Bakura nodded politely and shook the present just to hear if there was something inside. "What is it?" he asked curiously"
agent Honda wagged his right index finger as a 'not telling' sign. "That's for me to know and for you to find out, Ryou-kun"

"Happy birthday, Ryou-kun"

Not long afterwards agent Bakura's desk was filled with presents. He laughed good-naturedly once in awhile when the others racked a joked.

"Everyone seemed to be an okay someone" Shizuka murmured as she looked at the officers.
"Wait till you meet agent Haku and kachou Crawford" Katsuya snorted lowly.

Agent Bakura stopped laughing and everyone in the room ceased their laughter. "What's wrong?"
Agent Bakura smiled gratefully at them. "Thank you. Thank you for all your presents. Thank you, everyone. Thank you"
He then frowned in confusion. "H-how did you know when my birthday was? I-I didn't tell anyone..."

Agent Yuuki cleared his throat and gave agent Bakura a hard look.
"That's true. Agent Haku had told us about your birthday. He was the one behind this whole surprise party thing" Yami rolled his right wrist freely, indicating the decorated room.
Agent Bakura's eyes went wide in disbelief and let out a strangled gasp.

"Can you fill me in about this whole thing, agent Mutou?" Katsuya whispered curiously. He didn't know why he'd asked agent Mutou that, but something told him he might get some answers.
"Sure, Jounouchi-san" agent Mutou smiled at both siblings.

"Backura-san" agent Bakura whispered. It kind of felt weird to call his own family name even though he meant the other agent's first name. He ran out of the room, leaving everyone clueless behind.

Yugi sighed and shook his head sadly. "Agent Bakura was partnered with agent Haku a few years ago. Though they didn't seem to be acting like partners or was it actually agent Haku who tried to drive agent Bakura away? No one had any idea why agent Haku was being mean and grudgy against agent Bakura..."

Jounouchi nodded in understanding. Of course he wouldn't be surprised if agent Haku had a long shit list with everyone on it. Maybe even agent Mutou is on it.
"I see... but I guess both of them weren't working as a team"

Yugi smiled faintly and shook his head. "Surprisingly, they were a great duo. Their assignments were done quickly and flawlessly."
Shizuka frowned in confusion and looked at her brother for some explanation. "Is that possible?"
Jounouchi shrugged and rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "So why did agent Haku want to drive agent Bakura away? Was he jealous of his looks or something?"

Yugi chuckled lightly and shook his head. "I don't think that's a possible answer, Jounouchi-san. It must have something to do with agent Ishtar's replacement. Both agent Ishtar and agent Haku were like a golden team"
"Now I'm confused" Jounouchi frowned, Shizuka frowned as well.

"But they're not really that great compared to agent Yuuki's level. I know they say he's a justice cop. But in fact he'd already passed that level"

"Weren't we supposed to know about the 'agent Bakura and agent Haku's issue'?" Shizuka pointed out thoughtfully.

"I'm sorry. That's all I know regarding their past. Those two are quite secretive in their way of working together..." Yugi flushed in embarrassment. A hand was suddenly laid upon Yugi's shoulder. Yugi let out a yelp.

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8:10 AM

Ryou pushed a door open. He was being careful not to 'scare' a certain angry silver-haired officer. Ryou snorted mentally at the misused word. Heh. If someone had surprised Bakura just by making a wrong sound, he might be six feet under the ground. But if someone did scare Bakura doing the same tactic, the world was definitely coming to an end.

Agent Haku was standing on the roof of the 6th police station. He was staring down at the passing cars and gritted his teeth unconsciously. His shoulders were shaking with anger. His body was almost ready to explode with anger. Why was he mad? Why was he enraged? Was it because of Ryou?

Ryou stepped closer tentatively and swallowed. "Agent Haku..." he croaked out softly. He held his breath when agent Haku froze. Bakura's eyes were wide in shock and anticipation.

Seeing that agent Haku didn't make any attempts to turn around Ryou took a breath. He twitched his lips into an awkward smile and cleared his throat. "I... I want to thank you f-for the surprise party and... uhm... thank you" That came out weird, Ryou noted and sighed mentally. It was hard to tell agent Haku most stuff he'd wanted to share with his partner.

Agent Haku said nothing and pinched his eyes close as he clenched his fists tightly.

"H-how did you know about my birthday was today? I don't remember telling anyone..." He tried again.
Suddenly a fist was connected to his face. He let out a gasp of shock and fell backwards on the floor. Agent Haku had punched him. Ryou rubbed the sour spot painfully and glanced at the other agent in confusion.

Agent Haku was definitely still angry. Bakura was breathing heavily as he clenched his fist, which he'd used to hit Ryou, tightly. He was enraged; his heart was pounding faster in his chest, matching the heated look on his face. Ryou opened his mouth to say something, but was quickly cut off when Bakura spoke first.

"Don't EVER try to take a bullet for me, YOU HEAR?!" Agent Haku hissed.

"But-"

"Don't EVER, EVER take a bullet for me, is that clear? Not now, not EVER!"

"But-"

"Shut up and answer me. Is that clear?!"

"I-..."

"Answer me, damn it!"

Ryou sighed in defeat and closed his eyes. not wanting to look up at his partner. "Yes. I won't do it again... Besides, it's not that we're close" Ryou muttered the last phrase bitterly.

There was a moment of silence as Ryou stared off in space, not noticing his partner looking down at him, shocked.

"I'm good with computers. What do you expect?" Agent Haku suddenly spoke.
Ryou jerked his head up and blinked in confusion. "Huh?"
Agent Haku smirked suddenly and placed his hands on his hips. "That's my answer to your question"
Agent Haku walked past the other officer. [2]

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8:10 AM

"Is it one of those stuff again?" Yugi asked as he looked at the envelope. Yami nodded and crossed his arms.
"What's in it?" Katsuya prodded curiously, not understanding why both agents weren't happy with the envelope.

"A message from the killer" Yugi whispered and ripped open the envelope.

"Is that a joke?" Katsuya asked nervously, he was very aware how tight Shizuka was clutching his arm.
"No" was the answer and Shizuka's nails dug into his flesh.
"Onii-chan..."

Yugi flipped open the small message.

"Little one dear,
when full moon is up
violets are blue until it's clear
So are you afraid to make it stop?
The fate of those who knew no sorrow
the path of those who are into tomorrow?" [3]

"What does that mean?" Katsuya asked as he looked over Yugi's shoulder to read the message. He'd to grit his teeth just to bear his sister's nails. She'd dug her nails into his arm unconsciously.

"It's some kind of a 'nonsense' riddle. In fact it's a well though out maze" Yami commented as he crossed his arms over his chest again and leaned against the desk.

The other officers ignored the four. They were fussing over agent Bakura's birthday and wondering about agent Haku's true intentions of throwing a surprise party. "So what's with agent Haku?"
The others just shrugged.

Agent Ishtar, however, walked out of the room without telling anyone.

"I've my eyes all around.
I can see a lot of things and witness a lot of scenes.
Although I'm hard to reach and yet make no sound
here's my question: do you have any beans?
All in all you cannot escape this game
I've set
try to find
your partner in crime
and follow the league to gain access to my name.
I'll be waiting for my next victim to pet" [3] Yugi continued and looked up at agent Yuuki. Something must have come up. I mean, he doesn't just send two message one after the other"

Yami nodded slowly.

"What two messages? What are you guys talking about?" The suspense was gnawing on Katsuya's insides. He was curious. Were those news from the past few days or even weeks about the deaths of rookies from the police force?

Yugi looked at agent Yuuki, pleading for something.
Yami sighed and closed his eyes. "How sadistic this guy may seem I guess you've the right to know the whole truth"

"So... is it because I'm just a rookie you all are pitying my fate?" Katsuya narrowed his eyes. Shziuka pulled on his sleeve, readying herself to pull an angry big bother from an unnecessary fight or something unexpected.
"Maybe..." Yami responded and rubbed his chin thoughtfully.

"From the recent murders we've encountered most of them were easy to find the killer's intentions like revenge, money problems and such. But now that our rookies are being threatened we're kept in the dark. None of the rookies have some kind of relation among them that can lead us to some sort of chained clues. Although I can gather from their recent statistics they all have something in common. They've reached the level of becoming full-time agents" Yami explained curtly.

"Okay, so what's with the messages?" Katsuya pointed at the letter in Yugi's hands.

"From what I can gather. He sends certain people these messages. They're all riddles. Surprisingly these messages are well thought out and we get a short amount of time to figure the whole thing out. The answers are either certain victims in certain places where they might be murdered" Yugi continued as he fumbled with another letter from his pockets.

"But every time when we've figured out the message, we're too late. It's as if he's one step ahead of us, picking another victim" Yugi sighed sadly and passed the two letters to Jounouchi. "Now that we have two letters, the killer will give us a hard time to save two rookies"

Katsuya glanced at the letter, which he hadn't read.

"Tell me dear,
if roses are red
bathed in fear
covered in sweat
what's the only thing in mind
that can make me this hard to find?" Katsuya murmured and gritted his teeth.

"Ugh! It sounds disgusting!" he commented once he finished reading the letter.

Yami smirked. "The message must have giving you the wrong intentions"

Shizuka looked confused at both letters and tried to fit them together with places she could think of. "Why does the guy want to wipe off the police force?"

Yami shrugged. "I've no idea,"

"By the way... where's kachou Crawford?" Katsuya looked around the room. He remembered why his sister was with him and forgot his true intentions once he got shocked that morning.

"A meeting maybe" Yugi said.

Someone opened the door and a whole bush of flowers peaked into the room. "For whom are these flowers?"

*.*.*.*.* End chapter 4*.*.*.*.*

End notes:

1: O.o; what are his eye colors again?
2: ^_^ Okay, I've been planning on making a side-fic to this story. A fic where it's centered around this pairing. Don't worry, the other implied pairings will get their world too. I think I'm going to name the side-fic where this pairing is centered "Aventurien" :D.
3: -_-;; Err... yeah... I know it sucked. I suck at those rhyme thingies. But eventually it's still a riddle to me, right? *stares at the riddle for a few times* @_@

Ru-chan: It's still a bit slow though >.> So sorry for the inconvenience. Thank you for reviewing. ^_^

Jou-pup: ^_^;; Aa... don't worry about it. I'm not really good at poetry. I don't know why I wanted to rhyme that riddle... it sounds a bit _out_. But I DID write a one-shot and had it sent to a friend just to help her out of her writer's block. She told me it's a poem >_> Though I used metaphor instead of rhymes [I meant "Let rain wash over"]. You're kind of close to guessing... I just hope my reasons are good. Thank you for reviewing.

Angel-Belle: Naw... I'm not sure ^_^ it's too easy to tell who's the bad guy so I'll just let some people wander around. Thank you for reviewing.

Momma Cat: O.o So many requests... And you want a lemon? I'm not sure if I can write that one since I've already written chapter 11 so far with not a lot of Seto+Jou related stuff. But even if ttheir relationship somehow just clicked after chapter 11 I'm not sure if I can write a lemon. I've never written one before... only a lime one from a different section and never posted it >_>. I guess I'm kind of scared of writing a lemon since I usually skip lemon scenes while I read other fics. Anyways I'm glad you somehow like it even though the beginning is quite slow. Thank you for reviewing.

~_~ I'm sorry I've to say this but this is sort of my last chance to respond to you reviewers. I don't have actual internet at home... so sorry ;_; if either one of you want a few responses from me. I know I love it whenever I read a fic, review it and then the author responds my review ^_^. It makes me feel noticed.

Okay... I've noticed that this story is getting a bit longer than I'd anticipated. I mean I did start with this fic without having an actual idea where it might end. But then again I've noticed I've put a lot of suspense in the next few chapters (or so I think). The killer will remain anonymous for a long while... :-( so you guys can't kill him yet.
And oh... I made Katsuya a bit overprotective over Shizuka when it came to love life... 9_9 I think that's a bit an overstatement since he doesn't really pay a lot of attention to Shizuka's admirers. Does that make him OOC?

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