The mad World (Chapter I)
It’s night time and the gentle summer breeze is dancing through the air. The smell of fresh jasmine and early corn tickles his sensitive nose causing him a little unexpected sneeze. And he frowns. Everything around now reminds him of that person, the one he so loves but also fears at the same time. Fresh jasmine is how that person’s crimson lips tasted; early corn is the smell clung to his clothes and hairs and skin, as milky and delicious as it could ever be. He remembers the first time he met that person, so energetic and yet, so thoughtful and warm, and it melted is frozen heart. At least, he had thought so, before everything changed, turning into a twist of fate, and now, he is, practically afraid of him, of one particular person that he was so longing for.
“Lord Matsumoto” - a man with an unfamiliar face bows in front of him in a charming way. He remains silent gesturing the man to continue.
“I’m Toma Ikuta, I’m a humble butler of Yokoyama Manor. Today, I come here to give you our lord’s most honor offer.”
“Umn?” - he lifts an eyebrow in curiosity but other than that he doesn’t do anything else, a loyal kind like him must not show any deep emotion, he knows it for sure. An offer? How odd. Usually, people don’t want anything from the kind like him, because it is too dangerous for them to consider. He wonders what that thing would be.
“As you have already known, I and my great lord are human by any mean, and we know you are not…”
He starts to annoy, as usual, if one person doesn’t know who he is but a normal noble living humbly at his grand manor, that one will be safe. But if that foolish person claims to know for sure who he is, well, the consequence is clear, that one has just spoke the last sentence of their pitiful like. But that butler is talking about an offer, so he will refrain and wait a little bit, until he’s sure that the cat and mouse game becomes too boring, he’ll have to do what he always do then.
He shows him a small smirk before gesture the waiting man with his head.
“Thank you lord Matsumoto, as I have just said, we know who you actually are, but I am not here to judge you or do any harm to your holly life, I am here to propose that we want to have a connection with you, and of course it will bring us both obvious benefits.” - the man says and offers a graceful bow.
“Benefits? If you actually know who I am, you will know that I have already had everything that I want and there is nothing in this whole world could make me want to share a link with you human, those who are so fragile and weak to defense themselves.” - he speaks for the first time in the conversation, and his voice, cold and stern and somehow-deliver-a-dead-message voice, makes that man shiver in fear. He chuckles and satisfies with that affection.
“But my lord, please listen and consider our suggestion, because we also know that there is one particular thing, no, one particular person that you want and you cannot have, and we, blissfully have a hold on that person now.” - the man says and unable to hide a wide smirk.
He curses himself for being too foolish to not realize from the beginning the trap that have been set for him to put his feet in, now, it was too late. He regrets not to kill this man when he has a chance.
“Then what makes you think I’m still interest in your offering?” - his voice, despite the situation, still hold a needed glacial.
“Well there is nothing so certain sir, but we also hope that you’ll consider our offer carefully before making any decision.” - and with that line the conversation falls into silence.
He is thinking hard. It’s not like he cannot possesses that person on his own, but he wants more. He wants his beloved to accept him and even more than that, becoming the kind like him, together, he wants them to become one and rule this manor. It can’t be help before, because he cannot transform a person who is not willing to give in. But he knows the person well; he knows that he is responsible and loves the people around him, so if he has to, that person will do anything to keep them safe. He doesn’t want to threaten the boy with that cheap and undignified trick so he didn’t do anything. But now, that butler from the Yokoyama family offer to do that or him, he is more than pleased. But on the other hand, if he gives in so easily, he will not held any respect from them anymore. So he has to think hard, and fast, time is running out, and he really doesn’t want to lose that precious opportunity.
“I may accept the offer, but” - he smirks - “for one little condition…” - he smiles, knowing for sure that the man understands exactly what he mentions.
“Of course my lord, of course, I understand. In fact, today, I’m bringing with me a little gift to show our honor.”- the butler turns around and gestures his servant to bring in the gift.
“This is a virgin maiden, we expect lord Matsumoto to satisfy?”
“Very well my friend, but that won’t be enough, in fact, I want you to make sure in the foreseeable future, I will have one like this waiting for me every time I wake up. Can you human do that little thing for me?” - complete with a smirk, he says joyfully.
The man in front of him seems to take quite a long time to consider the sentence before moving on and says “Yes sir, that would be our pleasure”
“Well then, shall we come to the garden for some more discussing?” - he smiles his sweet smile and stands up, moving elegantly across the room, towards the grand oak door which leads to the garden bathing in the moon light.
He is a perfect creature of darkness, he has everything and now he is going to have one thing that he loves the most: his precious and beautiful Aiba Masaki.
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He hates it, he hates the sound of music and laughter. He hates the tickling smell of expensive wine and fascinating perfume. He hates the tastes of perfect dishes and juicy ripe fruit. He hates the look of people on money and fame. He hates to the core every luxurious thing that people throws at him every day. It makes him want to vomit and sick. Simply, he hates it. He doesn’t even know why. He doesn’t need to know either.
The villa he is living now belongs to father, the man who brought him this hateful life. Even though he can’t stand the life he is spending, he still holds respect towards his father. He cannot say father loves him or not, but it is really obvious that the father is fond of him. Among all the children in the house, he is the one that father wants to talk to when he is happy or angry, which everyone considers it as a very unfortunate occasion. He makes father calm, that’s the only power that he capable of and he is blessed for it. Father is a very busy person; he hardly ever appears at the house at breakfast or lunch, and usually dinner. He leaves the house very early and doesn’t come back until midnight. Some nights, when father does come home early, he is usually in a very happy or very foul mood. Those nights, he will be immediately summoned by his father to spend a night talking to him or to calm him into sense again. That is not a difficult task, since he is actually good at it. And he is happy to do it, because by doing so, he knows he is not worthless like everyone else’s thought.
Tonight is one of the nights like that. Father has come back since lunch time and stayed in his study ever since. He knows he will be call to meet father any time now. It’s dinner time and he has finished the tasks of the days, now, he is going to have his meal joyfully. The dinning hall is the large room at the east wing of the house, where the first moon light or sun beam will be welcomed everyday. Dinning hall is crowded with children from the household, now, they are all excited, because it’s dinner time and that means food and conversations, things that they have to refrain to have during the day.
The children are wearing all kind of clothes in all kind of colors. Father says that he wants the color of their clothes to fit their power and abilities. For instance, the one with fire ability or the power connected with fire wears red, while ice wears white and water wears blue. He wears yellow and sometimes orange though. Father says that it fits his personality, something with the detached personality yet warming ability. He is not quite fond of the choice, but it’s father decision, so he cannot go against anyway. Back to the kind of clothes that they wear, it’s really various, he has to admit. It depends on how they look and what shapes their bodies form that they’ll have their own style of clothes. Some of the children have tails while the others have rough skin or sharp nails that can split through the slender materials. So their clothes are made especially for each of them complete with the color to describe their power and personality. How disturbing. But it is his life, none the less. He has to put up with it.
People look at them, and they will call them weird. They usually call them magical creatures. But they are more than that, more than just creatures, as other people claim, they are more flexible and tough at the same time, they are, obviously, wiser and live a longer life and most of all, they hold the power that every human will crave to have. But no matter what they say, they are not magical creatures, because those creatures never hold the lithe bodies like they do. No they are not magical creatures, they are simply just special.
“Ninomiya!” - someone calls out loud enough for all of the children in the hall to hear.
“Yes?” - he answers roughly; hating to hear people calling his name in such a tone.
“Father is calling for you; you shall spend the dinner in the study.” - Ryo Nishikido, the head of the household gently tells him while gesturing him the direction.
“I know” - he answers back immediately, confused by the care of the other.
“Have fun then.” - the head household smiles and waves him goodbye.
With the shrug of the shoulder, he dismisses from the room and heads to his father.
The study is a small but cozy room, located at the north wing of the house. He carefully lifts his hand and knocks three times on the big oak door.
“Come in, my child” - a cold voice calls out, gesturing him to come inside.
“Good evening father.”- He greets politely, being polite always gives you good rewards, he knows that well and performs it well.
“Come, my child, sit with me.” - the father says, slightly amused by the politeness that he showed.
Father is a strict man, he always wants he children to accomplish his expectation, and he truly hates the sloppiness and failure. If you can put up with that and soon, you’ll be his favorite child like he is now. That’s pretty easy when you say but not quite as easy when it comes to action. That’s why, now, he is the only one in father’s fondness. Let’s just say, he is good at attracting people.
“Tell me, Kazu, how are you doing during the day?”
“Yes, father. I have a task to clean our rose garden and bring in some fresh flower to decorate the living room, and then I spend the entire afternoon teaching Chinen how to use the piano” - he answer softly, he also hates this fake tone so much.
“Very well. You know, today I want you t come here is not just for having dinner.”
“I am very aware of that father.”
“Good, I shall go straight to the main matter then.” - the father pauses and reaches out to elegantly hold a glass of wine that has already been placed on the table before his coming.
“Today, one of our patrons comes and sees me” - he sips some wine from the glass.
“What is his intention, father?“ - he carefully asks, not having a good feeling about the whole situation.
“He comes and brings us an offer. In short, he wants to cooperate with us”
“Cooperate? With us? How come it can happen?”
“He wants me to bring some of your brothers and sisters to work for them, to prove that our experiment so far is worthy. And the benefit is that they will duplicate the fund and help us to find more sources of magical ability.”
“I don’t know, father, it sounds really wicked for me…” - he hesitates.
“I don’t ask for your opinion Kazu!” - he spats, his voice stinging with irritating.
“I’m sorry father”
“You’d better be. Now, I call you here tonight, because I want you to be one of those who are going to work with them. You know that, you are my favorite child, so letting you go out there is a little hard but I also know that you are capable of a lot of thing and you are clever, too. So it will help for all of us to let you work for them.” - he says calmly just as he is talking about the weather.
Going out of the house? Into the real world? Wow, that’s fascinating! The children have never had a chance to do so before. Father has always been afraid that the people outside would harm his children. But he knows deep inside, that’s not the real reason. Father scares that if the children were let out of the house they would never want to come back! He knows it, because, after all, he is the one who has he power to read the others’ aura and energy, so that he could affect them, change their mood for short.
“Me? Out there, father?” - he says, faking his hesitance.
“Yes, that’s right my child.” - the father reassures his child like all father would do.
“Tell me, Kazu, what makes of us?” - father continue after offering his child a dish of grapes.
“Pardon?”
“What are we? What is our origin?” - he moves on.
“We… I am a hybrid child…”
“And?”
“You are Professor Johnny Hiromu Kitagawa, you do experiments and you create us, your children… we are the hybrid between humans and magical creatures…”
“And why would I create you?”
“To help the other humans that are so vulnerable to even help them self, to reassure their safety against other creatures and harm.”
“That’s right, my dear. And now, it’s time for you to prove your worthiness. Go my dear, and bring glory back to our home, if you can succeed that I’ll let you go.”
“Re…really? Why?”
“Well I am not a cruel person after all, so I’ll let you do whatever you want with your fate afterwards.”
Silence. He cannot believe in what his ears have just heard; freedom? Something’s so luxurious like that? Wow! Of course he will do that; he will do anything to just once get out of this place, out of this psycho pervert old father!
“That would be my pleasure, father.”
“Good child. Now, let’s eat, shall we? I bet you are starving.”
And the dinner goes on without any other interruptions, but before he can retreat to his room, the father said one thing that almost makes the chicken he has just eaten jump out of his throat.
“And by the way, the patron this time is Lord Yokoyama Yu.”
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TBC…
A/N: hello everyone, I’m back!!!!!!~~~!!!!!!!! Yeah, and that means I’m not dead [yet].
Well, firstly, I’m sorry about the delay of posting fics, school sucks, you know what I mean T__T. Secondly, this is a new fic, well, ideas just keep flowing, no matter how hard you keep it away, so, I just have to write it down ^^! Thirdly, I am NOT gonna abandon the other fic, probably, it will be updated in about two or three days after today, so I hope you will enjoy it ^^.
Back to our current fic, as you all realize now, this fic is an AU, and I promise you the rating will be much more than just NC-15 ^O^!!
And I want to announce a little game. As you can see, I haven’t mentioned what kind of magical creature that our lovely boys represent of, so if you guys can guess what they are, well, feel free to request me a couple that you like (except for Sakuraiba and Ohmiya, of course ^^, have already have those couples in this fic from the very beginning lol), I’ll put them in this fic nicely ^^!
Now there are just MatsuJun and Nino, but soon the next chapter the others will eventually show up! After chapter 3, all of them will be fully appear, so you’ll have all your time until then to make the decision on our little game. Remember the reward and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do ^^!
PS: ah, one more thing, I currently don’t have a beta-reader so if anyone can help please leave a comment, you are really, really, really my saver. Thank you very much ^^. *kiss*