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 Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2012 9:28 pm
What wouldn't I do for King and Country...
Yes Sir!------------------------------------------------}:-  Asato Hiroki
Chairman - Ohayou Productions
The world has....changed
"Maybe you're right...maybe it all was a mask but at the time he looked happy. And...I'm not sure he would have been so angry about the bottle of liquor if your success hadn't meant something to special him. It wasn't like he was sharing that bottle with anyone else but me. And...back then, he did tell me he was proud of your success that night." Hiroki finally sipped the scotch and savored the taste for a moment.
"I can't say he didn't change over time, Koyasu-kun. Maybe he always thought you'd find a nice girl years back. You slept with enough people to keep him hopeful. But, his actions in the end were inexcusable." He downed the Scotch wishing he had known exactly what Aki was thinking in those days. "I can't apologize for him I can only tell you my memories. And at the time, I thought...that he truly was proud of you."
"Mm...well, I do understand. I think...Those last few days that I saw him, gave me much to think about. He was different man from the one I knew...You're not the only one to have had their eyes opened." he said quietly as he put the glass in the sink behind the bar.
"Ha...You should write it anyway and then present it to him on Valentines as your next #1." The thought of what Izzy would do or say was enough to make Hiroki smile after the previous topic. "Sounds like a wonderful way to spend the holidays minus the health concerns."
Hiroki reach under the bar into the low frig and pulled out bottle of flavored water and popped the cap. He had a feeling that this question was coming. In some form or another, he knew that Akihiko would be the one to ask. "Mm..no I didn't spend the holiday alone and yes, I met someone special." He didn't want to go into the details not after all he had been through. He couldn't wrap his head around many of the days after he was dragged away from Okinawa.
-:{------------------------------------------------No Sir!
...Where you Lead - that is the Path I Follow.
Kou kept quiet as Ishihara explained the situation. He really didn't know what to say or do at this point. He was just glad that Ryuu was in one piece even though a bit dented.
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Meanwhile, a text came through to Ishihara's phone.
It's taking long than we thought to get access to the car that hit Ryuukaze-san. The police took it too the impound before our tow truck could arrive.
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Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2012 10:12 pm
'He was a different man from the one I knew...'
No kidding...
Akihiko didn't reply to Hiroki's memories... because he wasn't there. He couldn't say that the elephant was lying, mainly since there was no reason to lie.
"He was proud of me that night then." Narcissus spoke with a sad smile. "But I guess in the end... well." he shook his head, watching as Hiroki went for some water this time instead. "I guess I disappointed him." the musician however held up a hand. "Don't get me wrong I don't feel myself a failure at all. My career... Ruki... they're precious to me and I worked damn hard for their sakes. I'm just sad he didn't see that." weakly the young tiger laughed, finding it ironic in too many ways. "What man doesn't want his 'father' to be proud of him, ne?"
Damn how he wanted to just vent or cry or something!
But to vent would then involve whomever was listening trying to explain away actions that, while part of Akihiko understood, a larger part of him was still pissed about.
To cry would bring about worry and someone trying to placate him and all in all it just seemed like a waste of time.
Even if he did want to just curl up and let it all out... he simply couldn't.
The mask of Narcissus remained... much to the young Koyasu's chagrin.
"I have a feeling Ruki would seek revenge of I did that. But don't think it hasn't crossed my mind." Akihiko spoke, fitting his mask perfectly in place.
Although, when one looked at Narcissus... there was a change about that facade. It wasn't as pissed off. Wasn't quite as haughty or cruel. Narcissus was still a mask to be sure, but the biting edge that stung even friends had worn away. Foes beware but friends... they didn't have too much to worry about.
Most of the time anyway... as Yuuji had found out earlier.
"Met someone?" one thin eyebrow arched and, for a moment, Akihiko simply stared at Hiroki. Then, graceful as a cat, the man stood and walked over to the elephant of Ohayou, one finger tapping his chin as if in thought. "See now... NORMALLY," he emphasized the word. "I wouldn't think that odd and actually I'd be damn happy about it because... well... after what ojisan did to your personal life you've every right to happiness. But..." the hand who's finger had been tapping the musician's chin, moved. Gently, Narcissus placed that hand on Hiroki's shoulder, silently forcing the man to look at him as he spoke. "But I am worried about you, Asato-kun. Yuuji thinks..." for a moment he stopped, wondering if this line of conversation should even continue. "He thinks you met my brother in Okinawa... and the bad thing is... I think you did too."
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Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2012 6:00 am
((OOC: I really don't have anything else I can post for Chiyou atm...in here...))  ~ Nanika tarinakute mo ima aru iro de ~
"Mr. Accident Prone? Heh....yeah, I guess that pretty much sums me up..." Ryu shook his head at his own ridiculous penchant for misfortune. Turning his attention back to You, the vocalist frowned. "Really? I kinda remember being on the phone with Raito..." he used the pet name he'd come up with for Kou as if it were just to be expected, "But I don't remember an accident. Man...I am so sorry. I guess that's what I get for making phone calls while I'm driving and upset..." "Dead? s**t. I guess this thing came in handy then, huh?" Ryuukaze motioned to the plate in his head. He was joking, but his mannerisms gave away the fact that he realized just how serious the situation really was. "Maybe I should do advertisements against cellphone use and driving..." he commented offhandedly before glancing back up at Ishihara. "Even so...I'm alive, and I'm pretty sure I'm gonna be fine. I'm just really...really sore right now." the musician stretched and winced a bit. Really, he was grateful that he was still here...but every time something like this happened, he wondered more and more just when the next accident would be his last... ~ Sou boku no sekai wo nurikaete mitai ~
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Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2012 9:53 am
"I think that would be a wonderful idea, Ryuukaze-san." Ishihara replied with a smile, making note of the idea. "I'll be sure to have something ready for that once you're feeling back to normal."
Pocketing his phone the shark sighed slightly, "Yes well that is why Kimura-san will be staying with you. I've got my secretary's assistant picking some things up for him now. But I do have to ask, Ryuukaze-san... in light of recent events you understand... was there anything off about your car? I realize you were shaken up about what happened to NAKO-san and of course Hayato-san's funeral but... well I'd like to be absolutely sure that the fault lies with your emotional state and not with a problem similar to that at the onsen, if you get my meaning."
In other words, You wanted to know if Ryu thought his car might have been tampered with in any way.
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Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2012 10:03 am
~ Nanika tarinakute mo ima aru iro de ~
The star nodded, agreeing that, yeah, it really was a good idea. Using cellphones while driving was a bad thing...maybe his situation could help save somebody's life if he spoke out against what he had done. "Thanks, Ishihara-san." the violinist nodded in understanding, then pondered the man's questions. "Off about my car? Well....no. Nothing I can think of...." he trailed off, thinking hard about the funeral...when he had gone there, his car had seemed fine. Frankly, he barely remembered leaving, other than the fact that he had felt very emotional. For a long moment, the musician was silent, deep in thought. Something....was off. Hayato....his car....funeral...Raito was staying here...hmmm....thinking, thinking, thinking... Finally, crimson eyes darted up to the "shark". "Who's NAKO?" ~ Sou boku no sekai wo nurikaete mitai ~
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Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2012 11:13 am
"Who?" Ishihara's dark gaze narrowed slightly.
Great.
"Well... he was your romantic partner." the shark replied honestly. "You recently dumped him and are now with Kimura-san. Today you almost ran over him at the funeral which is why I would suspect you were so upset while driving home."
No, You wasn't going to sugar coat it because if he did then Ryu would eventually find out the hard way.
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Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2012 11:19 am
~ Nanika tarinakute mo ima aru iro de ~
Ryuukaze fell silent, simply staring at You for a moment, then looking to Kou as if the college student were supposed to say something before looking back to Ishihara. "What?" he finally asked, making a face like he was straight-up offended by what the man had just said. "Come on...don't mess with me like that. I didn't almost run over anybody! Well...not that I can remember....but still! To say something like that in front of Raito...honestly, it's not a funny joke." the musician was angry. Actually, really, and truly angry. "I've been with Raito for a long time now. It's not cute, Ishihara." ~ Sou boku no sekai wo nurikaete mitai ~
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Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2012 11:32 am
One eyebrow arched.
The shark was annoyed... not like he could do anything about it though because Ryu wasn't exactly on his hit list.
"May I then ask how you got that metal plate in your head, Ryuukaze-san?" Ishihara spoke seriously, dark eyes fixing the man in their stare. "Almost a year ago you began dating NAKO-san, who became the pianist for Shou-san. You then were offered the job of violinist for Shou-san, thanks to NAKO-san, and you've been performing with them ever since. I can easily get you the dvd of the Charity Benefit Concert you performed in... and also a video of the Hawaiian Tsunami Benefit Concert that was coordinated by yourself and NAKO-san in the wake of that tragedy. In fact, NAKO-san has been living at your place for almost that full year... until you, I suppose, broke up with him. What caused that I don't know but until last week... you weren't with Kimura-san and he, no doubt, can agree."
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Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2012 11:42 am
What wouldn't I do for King and Country...
Yes Sir!------------------------------------------------}:- Asato Hiroki
Chairman - Ohayou Productions
The world has....changed
"Akihiko, I don't think you were a disappointment. I think he was disappointed in himself, life and so many other things. When he was younger, he was a very proud tiger. I think that vision got clouded over time. I'm sure that in beyond the gates of death, he regrets having turned to Matsumoto's methods to gain his ends. He never wanted to be like his rival. He always wanted to be the better man." Hiroki's shoulders slumped because even now he found it hard to believe. "Every son wants a father that can be proud of them. But...even though he messed up his later years, you've made your future ones far brighter."
"So no Deck the Halls with Wades of Kleenex?" he hummed part of the tune very amused, "Fa la la la la la, Ha chou Ha chou." There was a warmer smile on the man's face as he thought about that idea. Izzy deserved to be teased because he was such a workaholic at Ohayou. No fun at all back then. "So is his contract taken care of? Is he a manager or musician now?? Or...does he work for MeKA?" Hiroki was very much out of this loop but it was paperwork that needed untangling.
Hiroki's dark eyes flicked up to meet the blues. "Brother...." Maybe his eyes told more than his lips. He was a bit shocked, surprised as if he hadn't expected that out of Akihiko's mouth. It didn't do much to hide any admission. He obviously had seen the man that looked like Akihiko....
-:{------------------------------------------------No Sir!
...Where you Lead - that is the Path I Follow.
Kou listened to the conversation. "Wait, someone could have tampered with the car??" He blinked and then looked back at Ryuu and listened to the man's response. Well that was a relief. Maybe it was just an accident.
However, then Ryyu said something that made Kou's eyes widen and he stared at Ryuu, then listened to Ishihara explain. "Uh...yeah Ryuu....NAKO-san, the pianist in Shou-san's band...the same band you were playing. Um....he's your ex-boyfriend. At least I think he's your ex. I mean you've never directly said you weren't seeing him anymore. So I could only assume. I mean....You and I only started hanging out a couple days ago. We've not been together that long Ryuu..." He scratched his head and looked at Ishihara-san. "It's just from the surgery right? He'll start remembering things right?"
Kou was concerned and totally confused as to what to do for his friend. He wondered how the man could even imagine they had been together that long! They had knitted together had dinner together but that wasn't a long time. But it wasn't like he was a doctor or knew anything about how the mind worked except it could be affected by traumatic things.
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Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2012 12:13 pm
~ Nanika tarinakute mo ima aru iro de ~
By this point, the vocalist was absolutely certain that You and Kou were both in on this and were playing some sort of little joke on him. "Ah-ha....I know I'm not crazy, you guys. I remember it like it was yesterday. Kou, we've been together for nearly a year now. I got this metal plate back when...well...come on...you remember. Hayato is the only reason we came out of that okay. You know...Hayato....my friend who died....and..." the details started to get jumbled up. Everything was...fuzzy and distorted. Putting a hand to his head, Ryu winced in pain, a slight hiss escaping from between his lips before a look of utter confusion came over him. "No....I remember being in Shou's band. Of course I remember Shou. Who could forget a guy like that....but I certainly haven't been messing around with his pianist. I swear, Raito....I haven't cheated on you...." the star shook his head, a look of....fear? No...more like panic...on his face. He remembered Shou...remembered playing....all those songs, performing...but he couldn't quite remember a pianist. It was like...he knew the person was there, but couldn't place him in any memories. There was no face, no emotion attached to the name NAKO for him. It was then that Ryuukaze blacked out, going into a full blown seizure on the bed in front of the two men. Monitors started going off left and right, sounding the alarm that caused hospital staff to come running, shouting orders left and right, pushing You and Kou right out of the room as they pulled a cart in and pushed medications into the musician's IV to bring him out of the episode. After it was all said and done, the doctor had ordered a CT scan and an MRI to be performed immediately. The vocalist was wheeled out of the room and brought back a half-hour later, barely conscious, with the doctor coming in not more than twenty minutes later to check on the man and speak to the two men who were there with him. "Okay...we've run all the tests and everything comes back pretty much normal. The results indicate the same thing we saw earlier, no bleeding, no excessive swelling...what exactly happened before Minamoto-san seized?" he posed the question to Ishihara and Kimura, hoping that they could help piece together exactly what was ailing the star. ~ Sou boku no sekai wo nurikaete mitai ~
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Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2012 12:33 pm
Akihiko didn't break his focus in Hiroki's own eyes. "I received a letter from a man claiming to be your friend... that he had asked me about promoting some of his company's line of clothing. That wasn't me... was it?" Narcissus' hand moved slightly, running along the elephant's shoulder and down his arm gently. "My mother had an affair with Matsumoto. Apparently... I have a little brother... Katsumi. And who, Asato, comes to mind that could possibly pass as me... and is connected to Izo?"
He wasn't going to flat out and say that it was Azriel that the megane-clad man had met. But...
"I don't ask out of some attempt to be my grandfather, Asato. I ask because I'm worried about you and I want to know the truth. If you met him... if he's the one you spent Christmas with... and if he makes you happy then that's your business and I'm glad for you. But there are some, like Yuuji, like the board, who would think you're... compromised for such a relationship."
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Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2012 12:45 pm
After Ryu's episode, Ishihara realized he needed to make a call.
But with Kimura around...
Instead he sent a text message directly to Izo.
'Ryuukaze-san seems fine, sir. Just a few scrapes and bruises and his ribs have been repaired. The metal plate in his head seemed to be the savior in this instance, though it is dented slightly. The only visible problem now is that he seems to have selective amnesia. He has no memory of Oumori Naoko and when pressed about him he seems to have suffered a seizure. He's fine it seems but... would you like me to continue pressing, because this is going to cause quite a few problems if he has no memory of the man, or would you rather the issue left alone? Certainly this bumps NAKO-san's usefulness down quite a few notches. As an after thought, will you be needing NAKO-san at the New Years Party tomorrow? My teams are currently investigating Ryuukaze-san's accident so I would like to know before hand if I need to send them out for someone. Unless you had another 'guest' in mind.'
By the time the tests were finished and the doctor returned, the text had been sent.
"We were talking about his ex and it seemed Ryuukaze-san had no memory of the man whatsoever. I was about to show him the man's image when he suddenly seized. Is this a permanent condition or a temporary bought of selective amnesia?"
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Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2012 2:32 pm
What wouldn't I do for King and Country...
Yes Sir!------------------------------------------------}:- Asato Hiroki
Chairman - Ohayou Productions
The world has....changed
"From my old school buddy...?" He knew who Akihiko was talking about right away. They had spoken of the clothing at his apartment. And while continuing to listen to Akihiko confirmed his own suspicions about Katsu....Katsumi? The name was too close to be anything but that! "You have a brother?" Ok, so that part was still processing in his head. But it was surely impossible for the answer to be anything else but that.
However, then he did a double take when he connected Matsumoto and Kaori to the whole equation. And he paled. Obviously he didn't know that before Akihiko spoke of it. He had thought Katsu might be some long lost brother but Matsumoto Izo's SON!??!? "Matsumoto Izo's son?" his lips repeated slowly as if he were out of it for just a moment and unable to accept those words. It was almost impossible to digest. But it would explain many things....
Hiroki didn't really need to say much at all as his shocked look was hard to hide. He wasn't a master at hiding every emotion like other people when he was this surprised. He was find in the business arena and could keep a poker face in negotiations but how many times had he any opportunity to have a real relationship with someone? It was like the world had stepped on his kitten.
He sucked in air and tried to regain his composure. "He makes me happy...I'll say that. But...I've not just joined up with the other camp because I'm...spending time with him." he said quietly knowing that Yuuji was probably trying to glean every word from that ipad.
-:{------------------------------------------------No Sir!
...Where you Lead - that is the Path I Follow.
Kou paled when Ryuu seized up and could do nothing as the doctors ran off with him. He slumped down in a chair and rubbed his head. "Man...I'm not sure what do do now. Ok that was seriously messed up. I've only been around him 3 full days in my life. One at a club, and two at my house. Not a year! Ok...so maybe I've seen him in concert but that doesn't count for a year."
The young college student was seriously uncertain how Ryuu could have possibly confused him with all that. But amnesia was a tough thing to understand.
Later he listened to the doctor's report and just let Ishihara handle things. It was kind of out of his league at this point because he wasn't sure how to fix the problems in Ryuu's head!
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Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2012 2:54 pm
~ Nanika tarinakute mo ima aru iro de ~
After hearing what Ishihara had to say, the doctor frowned, looked over at Ryu, looked down to his notes, then sighed. That was never a good sign. "Well...sir, I wish I could tell you with any certainty exactly what has caused this or whether or not it will be....an ongoing issue or not. It could be merely a temporary reaction from the anesthesia...people have been known to act strangely and even have seizures after surgery from bad medication reactions. It could be that there is some invisible damage to the brain that has caused memory loss...it could even be purely psychological in nature, say...if there's been some trauma in Minamoto-san's recent past, up to and even including the car accident. It could be a combination of all these things, even. I honestly cannot say." the physician paused as Ryuukaze stirred, tiredly calling out for Kou. "All I can tell you is that he will have to stay here at least 24 hours for observation, then...it's all wait and see. He could remember everything in a few minutes...he might wake up tomorrow just fine...or he may never remember things correctly again. Other than that...just go easy on him. Excess stress is only bound to worsen things..." he sighed again, then took his leave of the three men. "Raito? Nnnn....Raito...." Ryu called out, searching for his "beloved". ~ Sou boku no sekai wo nurikaete mitai ~
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Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2012 3:03 pm
Akihiko nodded, removing his hand from Hiroki's arm completely. "I'm not ojisan, Asato. I won't tell you to stop seeing him. Just... just know that he isn't part of Ohayou. He is Izo's son. I mean, do you understand what that means?" walking back over to the bar, Narcissus poured himself another drink.
And another for Hiroki too.
"I wish I never knew about him. But it makes sense... I just..." blue eyes focused back on the elephant of Ohayou as the young tiger handed him a new drink. "What's he like, Asato? I know if Yuuji even suspected I was curious that he'd distrust me now too but... how can I not be?"
Luckily for them, Yuuji's surveillance rarely had audio.
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