Cat and Mouse

Junjou Romantica is the property of Nakamura Shungiku; not me.

Waa~ I'm so happy there's still some people reading this ^^;; I know I'm a terrible updater, but I hope you guys continue to stick with me through this. On a different note, I'm going to the Sakura Con in April :D you guys might not care, but I'm really excited and decided to tell you anyway~ Yea, who knows, maybe one of you might be able to see me, though I don't think it'd be very exciting to meet me... unless someone dressed up as Shizuo and me get together to create a yaoi scene (I'm going as Izaya *_*), then it would definitely be exciting, otherwise it'd probably be greatly disappointing.

Chapter Six: Choices

"Usami-kun," Matsuda started watching Takahashi warily through the window as the young man sat at the interrogation table. "I've never doubted your intellect before or your skill as a police officer, but, how do you know that we can trust this guy? He's killed before, probably committed several murders we aren't even aware of; he's committed a plethora of other countless crimes; and he is an obstruction to justice." Tearing his gaze away from Takahashi, he turned to Akihiko. "I know that you believe that this Takahashi kid might be our chance, but I'm telling you, I think you're making a huge mistake. I trust you and your judgement, so I'll go along with it, but the minute Takahashi steps out of line, even just a tiny bit, I'm throwing him in jail."

"Thank you for your concern, chief, I'll make sure to keep him in line." Akihiko replied.

Matsuda sighed, rubbing the back of his neck as he felt his many years on the force catching up with him. He glanced back at Takahashi who was currently twiddling his thumbs and looking slightly green at the situation he was in. He certainly hoped this plan of Akihiko's wouldn't backfire on them, that was definitely the last thing they needed right now. "I hope you know, Usami-kun, that whichever way this goes, that kid is still going to end up in prison. I can't erase the crimes he's committed, the best hope he has is for a reduced sentence and I don't believe he even deserves that."

"I know," Akihiko said solemnly.

"It's sad to see this for someone so young, but there's nothing I can do about it." Matsuda stated. "Well, I'll leave you to it then." Patting Akihiko on the back, the chief headed off back down the hall.

Akihiko watched Takahashi for a little while longer, watching as the young man fidgeted occasionally in his seat. Deciding that the criminal had suffered enough, Akihiko walked over to the door and went in. Takahashi's expression was guarded as Akihiko strolled in and plopped down in the seat across from him. Akihiko stared at the young man in front of him, not saying a word. After a few minutes of awkward silence and continuous staring, a blush finally crept its way into Takahashi's cheeks.

Takahashi glared at him. "What?" He demanded, no longer able to stand Akihiko's incessant staring.

A smirk curled at Akihiko's lips. "As I mentioned before, I want you to be our informant in the yazuka and help us tear it down from the inside out. All you need to do is feed us the information. But, you have to play by our rules. If the chief believes that you've stepped over your boundaries or that you perhaps might be working against us, I will have no choice but to throw in in jail. Do I make myself clear?"

"Yes," Takahashi ground out.

"I assume you know you are not to tell anyone about this, right?" Takahashi gave him a pointed look that said 'no duh' and Akihiko continued. "There is, of course, a downside to all of this. Your past crimes obviously can't be easily erased just like that because you helped us, you'll most likely still have to spend time in jail." At this, Takahashi's face paled and the young man looked as if he was going to be sick. "We can, however, get you a reduced sentence, but its better than nothing."

...

Misaki gulped. Sweat beaded his brow and he tried futilely to calm himself down. This was a lot to take in. Either go to jail now or rat his family out, no matter how horrid a majority of them could be, and go to jail later. He had been taught early on that family was everything and those teachings were still firmly engraved into his mind. Even if he hated his father with a passion or seriously wanted to hurt the cruel, sadistic family members that he had, they were still family and still shared his blood. He couldn't just abandon them so easily like that, could he?

Oh god, he needed time to think on this. He didn't want to go to jail dammit! He had heard stories from all over the yazuka about what happened in prison and he sincerely didn't want to experience that for himself. He was ashamed to admit it, but he did have some feminine attributes and was a bit on the scrawny side. Misaki seemed to have taken after his mother, not that that was a bad thing, no, not all; he doubted he would be able to look himself in the mirror if he looked like his father, but it did sort of make him look like a girl.

The only good thing that could possibly come from this was if he got the reduced sentence and convinced them to let him have a separate cell; the more wall between him and the other inmates, the better.

Misaki listened idly as Akihiko explained what needed to be done and what he would need, all the while still dreading his fate. He could probably very easily get out of this situation, all he had to do was give some bogus lie to the perverted cop and go on his merry way home. After that, who was to say that the cop would even be able to catch him again? Although he would hate to use them, Misaki knew that his father had several locations throughout Japan as well as other countries around the world to which he could easily just escape to and if worse came to worse, he could ask his father to get some bodyguards to follow him around.

A small voice in the back of his head reminded him that this might be the only way to bring his father down and make him pay for his mother's death, for the suffering he put Takahiro and Minami through. If he brought his father down, the rest of his family, the members that mattered anyway, could live a relatively normal life.

"What do you think?" Detective Usami's voice broke through his thoughts, pulling him out of his stupor. "You've been awfully quiet for a while now."

Misaki glanced down at his hands on top of the table, wringing them as he thought about what he should do. "All that I ask, is that you let Takahiro go free, he doesn't deserve this and Minami and Mahiro need him." He murmured.

"That can be arranged." Usami replied.

...

The car ride with the perverted cop was a decidedly awkward 20 minutes. It was 4 in the morning, nearly 5 and the sky was already starting to lighten up. Misaki was dead tired, as well as annoyed. Usami had insisted that Misaki come live with him, so that the criminal wouldn't, as he had so nicely put it, "Fuck things up". The cop obviously didn't trust him not to backstab him. Misaki huffed, crossing his arms over his chest as he stared out the window. He had told Usami that such an idea was stupid because any one of the yazuka members could see him leaving from the cop's apartment and tell his father, thus rendering this grand scheme of his useless. But, no, the stupid cop just wouldn't listen and instead suggested that Misaki wear a disguise.

Ugh, Misaki just wasn't in the mood to argue with the infuriating man; he had much greater things to worry about at the moment and he just wanted to sleep for 10 fuckin' hours. Yawning, he leaned further into the seat with part of his body pressed up against the door. He blinked, his eyes drooping as fatigue finally took over. With that, his eyes finally drifted close.

Misaki jolted from his sleep, groaning as the bright sunlight reached his senstive eyes. Sitting up, he wondered how he had managed to get into this bed... and who the hell had changed his clothes! His face turned tomato red as he thought about the perverted cop undressing him while he slept. He groaned; he was never going to be able to live this down. Still angry with himself for falling asleep, he swung his legs over the side of the bed and got up. A quick look around the room showed that his clothes were nowhere in sight. He sincerely hoped they were in the closet or something, because he refused to exit this room in what was obviously the cop's t-shirt, which happened to be just too damn big for him.

His clothes, of course, were not in the closet, nor were they in one of the drawers and Misaki came to accept the fact that he might just have to leave the room looking like a five year old who had borrowed his father's shirt. Misaki knew he was short, but the man's clothing made him feel dwarfed. The sleeves were much longer than his arms and the bottom nearly reached his knees. All he needed to complete this look was a teddy bear. At least the cop had at least had enough sense to leave his boxers on, now that would've been awkward.

Subjecting himself to his fate, Misaki walked over to the door. He winced as the door creaked open. Peeking out, he looked around before stepping out, still blushing brightly.

"Good afternoon, sleepy head." Usami's voice greeted from somewhere down below. Walking over, Misaki peered over the railing and saw Usami sitting in the living room, on a laptop. Sitting next to him was a giant teddy bear. Misaki's eye twitched at the sight of the stuffed animal; he hadn't really meant it when he was thinking about having a teddy bear.

"What the hell did you do with my clothes!" He demanded angrily.

Usami glanced up at him. "They're in the laundry." He replied. Then he smirked. "Why? I think you look rather cute in my shirt."

Misaki's blush, if possible, darkened. "Of course you do," he muttered mostly to himself. If this man didn't kill him from embarrassment, then he'd kill the stupid cop himself.

I had to do it XD Since starting this story, a lot of things have changed concerning which way this story is going to go. When I first had the idea for this story, it was a bit darker and not really made with good intentions in mind for Misaki, if you know what I mean ^^; so yea, that's been changed and it'll probably be a lot better because of that. Anyways, if you enjoyed this chapter, please review! じゃね～