Devil's Playground

Sloth

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty ~ Quintilian

There were often times that he wished he could remember how all of this started. What is exactly was that he saw, why people wanted him death, who that man in his dreams was en how close his brother and him used to be. At times he could remember little bits and pieces, but not much and more often than not they absolutely made no sense to him. He knew that there had been someone he loved dearly, someone – a man – that he made love to. But who that man was, and why they weren't together anymore, he didn't know. Maybe that man thought him death? Or maybe he was the reason why they tried to kill him in the first place.

Maybe someday he would regain his memories and maybe then he wished that he never did. He would never know. What he did know was his name: Neah Walker. He was 32 years old, had lived in Tokyo, had an older brother who had died and he had a nephew who worked as a medical examiner with the Houston Police Department. The boy – barely 22 years old – had an older lover and together they had adopted a cute boy.

The 'lover' was of Japanese descent and also worked for the police – as a homicide detective – first in Tokyo and now in Houston. He was about 25 years old with long black hair and narrow black eyes. A tribal tattoo adored his left pectoral area and he had a short temper but all in all Neah like the guy. Kanda was serious and protective towards the man's nephew and that was all that he needed.

Now his nephew was something else entirely. The boy had been abandoned by his family soon after birth, probably because of his deformed left arm – the thing was blood red – and white hair and silver eyes – commonly known as an albino. Neah's older brother – Mana – found him, took him in and named him: Allen Walker. After Mana died, a man named Cross Marian adopted the boy and gave him an education.

Neah owned the man a lot… When he first woke up from his year and half coma the red-head had been the first he saw. He'd also been the person who told him who he was, what happened to him and what happened to his family while he was in a coma. When he heard that his brother Mana had died, he was sad but at the same time not as much as he should have been since he couldn't really remember him. When Cross asked him what he wanted to do with his brother's adoptive son, Neah hesitated. He wanted to adopt the boy, he really did! But what if the people who wanted him death came after him again? He couldn't expose the boy to danger like that! In the end the boy still got hurt and was marked in retaliation but he didn't knew that until a few months ago.

After his memory slowly started coming back he decided that he didn't want to hide anymore. The older Walker began seeing someone who use hypnotism to help him regain his lost memories and when he did he was going to bring those people to trial. The Noah family was going down for what they did to him and his family!

XOXOX

Monday mornings were the worst for Kanda. After spending a wonderful lazy weekend with his boyfriend he hated the fact that he had to get out of bed early and deal with a hyperactive rabbit for a whole day. Thank Heaven that Allen's uncle was kind enough to take care of Timothy in the mornings or the 9 year old would have surely died by his hands by now. He hated to much activity in the morning… Unless it was bedroom activity, that he found recreational.

His boyfriend was still fast asleep in their bed after being awake for most of the night. They had watched a horror movie before going to bed last night and the white-haired male had been so afraid that he didn't dare to close his eyes. And so the Japanese decided to let him sleep in for today. With a little luck there wouldn't be a murder for once. But just as the man brought his cup of coffee to his mouth to take a sup of the brown liquid his phone rang and his dreams of a peaceful day died a horrible death.

"Kanda, Komui here…I need you and Kanda to come to a new crime scene asap."

"The Moyashi is still asleep. I'll wake him but it will take a while before he's ready."

"No problem, text me when you leave and then I'll text you the address. See you then." And with that the head of the CSI-department hung up. Kanda couldn't help but wonder if this would be a bad case since the man sounded so unsettled. If he didn't know any better he would say that Komui sounded like he had seen a ghost or something like that.

Walking into the bedroom he admired his sleeping boyfriend for a little while before waking him up with a soft "Moyashi wake up. We're needed on a new case." The albino might already be 21 years old but he looked unbelievably cute lying in bed and rubbing his eyes like a little kid would do. Especially with the way his silver eyes would blink in confusion since his brain was still to asleep to progress what his lover had just said. Leaving the younger male alone to get showered and dressed, the Japanese male walked towards another bedroom where he knocked on the door before entering.

"Neah, Allen and me are being called away. Could you please take care of Timothy for the day? He has a free day from school and we thought that you maybe you could take him to the park with you?" Kanda asked addressing his lover's uncle. When they first met Mana's younger brother they had been positively shocked to see the similarities between him and the Noah that had kidnapped the medical examiner.

At first sight Tyki Mikk and Neah Walker could have been twins. Their facial structures, body built and hair were all the same. But upon closer inspection one started seeing differences. For one: Neah was slightly older and since he had been in a coma for so long, he had lines in his face. They didn't make him look all that much older but it was enough to show for the age gap between the two look-a-like's. While the Noah had black hair and golden eyes, the other had dark brown hair and light brown/amber colored eyes. The similarities make him wonder if that was the type of guy the Millennium Earl fancied… And then he thought that he rather didn't know…

"I was planning on taking him to the zoo if it is the same too you. He commented last week how he never saw a lion in real life and I thought that he might like this trip." Kanda was pulled out of his reveries by the soft voice that floated his way. Finally registering what the other had suggested he simply shrugged. The young boy they had taken under their wing like Neah enough to enjoy whatever the man suggested they'd do. And with a undercover cop following their every movement they didn't have to be afraid that they would get shot at or that someone might try and kidnap Timothy. Off course they little boy didn't know of this extra protection but the others had decided that it was for the best. One could never be safe enough once they attracted attention from the Noah family.

"I don't care do what you like with the brat." He saw the man's smile and he knew that the other wasn't buying his tough guy act. Kanda cared more for the little guy than he ever wanted to admit. He 'tch-ed' and went to check up on his boyfriend. He hoped that this case wouldn't be too difficult since he was already beginning to develop a mayor headache. And he hadn't even started work yet!

XOXOX

They knew that it would be a very, very bad case the moment they arrived. They hadn't seen the crime scene yet but by the way that Lavi was standing solemnly next to Komui at the exit said enough. The young red-headed detective normally bursting with energy and he often made it his personally mission to try and get Kanda to kill him by bugging the life out of him. But when he looked so serious as he did now, it meant that it had to be something bad. Or that it involved children…

Greeting the two newly arrived members of the Houston Police Department, the four of them made their way inside the apartment. In the mean time they were briefed by the purple-haired CSI. "The victim is a misses Grace Emeralds, age 45 and unemployed for all her life. She has a lawsuit running against her at the moment although we do not know anything about it at the moment. Anyway her neighbors called us because they hadn't seen Grace in weeks and now they noticed a weird stench coming from inside her apartment."

"You don't mean…" Allen said as his silver eyes widened a little bit. If it was what he thought then they were in for a hell of a case.

"I'm afraid it is as you fear. Miss Emeralds has been lying dead in her bed all this time and the 'stench' her neighbors smelled was that of decomposition. I must warn you for it is quite gruesome." If even the head of the CSI-department felt the need to mention that they did not really want to know what they would find inside. Although Kanda had an idea…

As they walked inside the building they were handed masks to cover their mouths and noses so that they couldn't inhale any decomposing gasses. How closer to Grace's apartment they came the worse the smell became. Even Allen – who as a medical examiner had often encountered this – seemed to have trouble not throwing up at the smell alone. When the door opened it became even worse and Lavi was starting to turn green. Even the Japanese male was wishing to get the hell out again.

Inside everything was dark and covered in dust. It looked like they hadn't been anyone inside for about a year or so… They were quickly led towards the bedroom were Grace Emeralds was still lying in her bed. Her body was so decomposed that half her bones were visible through the thin flesh. Her teeth and eyes were removed leaving empty carcasses where maggots could be seen crawling in and flies buzzed around the head.

It was too much for the red-headed detective as he rushed out the room and puked out his guts in the hallway. Kanda had half a mind to do the same if only his pride would let him… But then he caught the look on his boyfriend's face as he regarded the body in front of him.

"Anything on your mind Moyashi?"

Silver eyes locked with his own and they had an unusual serious look in them. "For some reason I have an incredible bad feeling about this new case…"

If only they knew back then how right those words would turn out to be…!

Hello everyone!

For those who read Dragon and Deathly Sin, I welcome you back for the last part of the D-Trilogy xD

For the new readers: please read the previous two stories or you might not be able to follow any of the events in the stories since they are directly linked with Deathly Sin ^^

To the reviewers who suggested a title for this story: Thank you so much! There were some really good ideas mixed in but in the end I thought this sounded best ^^" I know it doesn't have the three words like I wanted to but I guess that can't be helped ^^"

UPDATE RATE!: Once a month. I have work, school, internship, cosplay, another story and a boyfriend to take care of so I don't have all that much time to type sorry ^^" But I'll do my best!

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