Bungo Stray Dogs Oneshots
Red Riding Hood

On a small town called Yokohama a gigantic weretiger attacks one night. It destroyed most parts of the town but fortunately no life was taken.

This just put into an end thanks to a formidable duo living in that area.

The duo defeated the monstrous weretiger in just mere minutes.

This two were known as Double Black.

The protectors of Yokohama.

Dazai Osamu is a young fifteen year old lad that most well-known as bandage kid because of the bandages he often using. He is well known for his looks as well; his face is the definition of handsomeness according to the female villagers.

But Dazai is well known too for his weird hobbies; suicide. Though despite that many girls were ready to do anything, grant all of his wish just to be his lover. It is either fortunately or unfortunately, no one actually able to pass his criteria.

Today, Mori—his foster father—gave him an errand to deliver a confidential report on his long term friend and rival Fukuzawa whose house is located inside of their village's forest.

Before leaving, Mori remind Dazai about certain rules that must be follow to be able to come in and out the forest safe.

Dazai, who is actually smart—no—a genius person, has have enough of Mori's reminders that he recites all of it himself without stopping nor stuttering nor even thinking.

But Mori is still worried, not because of possibility that Dazai might get in trouble but because of this young lad's hobbies that he couldn't be able to remove to the brunet just like how he couldn't able to stop him from wearing bandages.

"Chuuya-kun!" Mori calls that made Dazai scowl but secretly smiles upon hearing the other's voice as footsteps can be heard that going down their house short stairs.

"What is it Mori-san?" Chuuya question upon his arrival in front of his foster uncle.

"Go with Dazai-kun."

"HUH?!" Chuuya scowl, obviously against to the idea.

"I don't need him nor anyone~" Dazai chimes that caused angry nerve on the vermilion's head. "He's just a bother~"

'Liar' Mori wanted to voice out but refrain himself from doing so, instead insist on asking the other lad to join the brunet.

Unlike Dazai, Chuuya looks at Mori like he is really his father and even though he doesn't like the idea, in the end he still agreed.

And so, without any more resistance the two went off their way.

Back to Dazai's criteria, there is someone actually passed it with flying colors, but there's a problem; that person doesn't love him back, according to him.

Now meet Nakahara Chuuya, another Mori's orphan son.

Just like Dazai, Chuuya is also popular to their village, because of his bright sunset color hair and bright ocean color eyes. Despite always scowling in front of the brunet, Chuuya is always smiling to the others, making even guys to fall over heels to him.

Dazai doesn't like the attention the villagers giving to Chuuya; he is jealous, that's obvious and can even say given; but he isn't jealous because Chuuya is popular because he is popular as well, but he is jealous because Chuuya never once gave him that bright smiles to him.

That's why Dazai is always teasing Chuuya in every way possible; the most popular nickname he had for him is 'Chibi'.

Chuuya isn't that kind of small, he actually just shorter than Dazai around three centimetres, still for his age, he is indeed short.

Chuuya is also fond of fancy hat that he often wears when going outside; he even got a nickname 'Hat Rack' courtesy by Dazai because of his collections of hat and 'Mr Fancy Hat' from Ranpo one of orphans in Fukuzawa's lair.

Those two—Dazai and Ranpo—no wonder they getting along so well.

Finally after of some long bickering, leading for Chuuya to scowl all the way and make Dazai smile, they are now going to enter the forest.

Without giving much of a thought, both lads step in the forest.

Both were silence as they passing the road but none of them feel scare of whatever is in the forest; though, this always makes Chuuya curious and also Dazai on why is Fukuzawa's house is in inside of the rumoured forest when he loves cats and all.

The rumor is about a weretiger roaming around the forest, pretending as a nice human, leading them strays out of their path and eat them before they could realize it.

Dazai is genius. Chuuya is strong. There's no nothing to fear about; especially if they're together.

As the two still strolling on the right path, a glinting half yellow-half purple eyes is watching their every move.

Dazai suddenly stops and look up at the tall three next to him, smiling embedded to his face while his eyes is twinkling in delight.

"Oi don't thinking about 'it'" Chuuya warns, knowing what the other wants.

"Eh?" Dazai whines and start shaking Chuuya while holding his shoulders.

On the other hand the eyes that watching them has shown grin on his lips thinking that they are lost or something.

"Hello their nice brothers!" the vermillion-head and brown head stops in their business and turns on the greeter—he is obviously much younger to them but it won't change the fact that he is much taller than to Chuuya but not taller than to Dazai.

Dazai smiles to the new arrive person and quickly get near at him.

"Hi there! I'm Dazai, Dazai Osamu." An eyebrow flick on Chuuya as Dazai broke the first and second rules. "Oh and that's Chuuya!" he said as he jabs his thumb on Chuuya's direction; while Chuuya sighs in exasperated; he knows him far too much.

"And you are?"

"Atsushi, Nakajima Atsushi."

"Nice to meet you Atsushi-kun!"

"Same here, Dazai-san!"

'They are already buddy-buddy...'

As they walking through the forest, Dazai talks to Atsushi about various things including their purpose, while Chuuya were quiet as he walking just behind them.

'It will start soon...' Chuuya secretly smirk as his eyes is focus on the two lads' walking ahead of him.

The thing that will start soon has didn't take too long when suddenly Dazai stops from his track and look up at the huge tree on Atsushi's side. The new companion of them got suddenly curious on the brunet's sudden halt, while Chuuya leaned his back on one of the trees and cross his arms on his chest.

Dazai takes out a rope that have a small circle on the first end and big circle form on the other end. Atsushi were beyond shock on Dazai's next steps as the said brunet put his head on the big circle of the rope after a little jump he does.

Atsushi felt all creeps, worry, and panic as Dazai with smile on his lips hang himself.

The young lad turns to the vermillion-head lad who is yawning while leaning on the tree; not having any kind of reaction about the brunet's work.

"Hey! Aren't we going to save him?!"

"If you want then go ahead." Chuuya only answer before starting walking back to their path, passing the almost corpse of his co-orphan.

Atsushi without any choice, takes out a knife out of his jacket and climb to the three passing Dazai's head and cut out the rope, dropping the brunet in the ground.

Dazai let out a silence 'tsk' and Chuuya halted to his tracks stare at Atsushi who landed in front of the brunet and ask several things.

"Are you alright Dazai-san?! Moreover, why you did that?! Do you have a problem or something?!"

Dazai smiles brightly to him "That's so good Atsushi-kun!" the younger one got confuse. "Are you a performer on a circus troupe or something?! The way you climb, and landed so gracefully is fascinating to see!" with all praises he keeps receiving from the brunet Atsushi totally forgotten the sudden incidents.

Once again the three started walking, and yet once again Dazai halted from his tracks making Chuuya sighs and Atsushi alert.

"Ne Atsushi-kun do you know where I can drink water?! I'm already thirsty!"

'Chance!'

"Yes, there is... follow me." Atsushi answer as he leads both older lads on different path they should take.

Not too far of where they should be, Dazai and the other two arrived on beautiful and glimmering lake.

Once again Chuuya leaned on a tree and yawn, while Dazai suddenly jump on the lake and let himself drifted while his feet were exposed on them; and once again, Atsushi was forced to save the brunet.

As time passes that Atsushi is leading them astray Dazai would find something, halted and start committing suicide while Chuuya just going to yawn and not helping him while Atsushi is keep saving him that he totally forgotten his reason why he approached them right in the first place.

As Atsushi witnessing and force himself to save the brunet from suicide antics of him, he slowly gaining fear for the lad's well-being, that he always on high alert when Dazai is going to halt.

This go on for many times, and Atsushi is already reached his limit.

And to think that this is his first time doing this; he ended up targeting some weird folks!

Well at least the other one weren't like this one.

He regretted it, targeting this lads!

The two older lad halted together and turn to him; both have smirk on their faces.

"We're here Atsushi-kun~" Dazai chimes, making Atsushi look up and found a house in front of them.

Chuuya sighs in exasperated and look at the younger.

"You really should choose your targets."

This statement made Atsushi curious but slowly realizing the truth upon looking at Dazai's smiling face and Chuuya face that showing sympathy to him.

Yes, right from the start, Dazai and Chuuya already knows that Atsushi is actually the weretiger; but they need a proof that the youngster is really the weretiger in the forest and so Dazai proceeded on all those attempts to see Atsushi's acrobat moves.

That's also the reason why Chuuya never once stops Dazai from doing those, even though he always stopping it himself.

The only reason why Chuuya has come with Dazai is to make sure that the brunet won't be eaten alive.

The door of the house suddenly opens, revealing a fifteen year old blonde, wearing glass on his eyes; he holding a book and have scowl on his face upon seeing the playful face of the brunet who looking at him now.

"Hi there, Kunikida-kun!" the brunet greeted while Chuuya is holding Atsushi's collar preventing him from escaping.

"Dazai, so you were still alive!"

"Well as long as Chuuya is still smaller than me, there's no way I could die easily!"

"What the heck is that mean?" both Chuuya and Kunikida question with scowl on their faces.

"Here!" Dazai said; as he hand the report papers to Kunikida who grabbed it after letting out a sigh. "The report for the incident about the huge weretiger both in forest and village; and this kid is..." Dazai started as he jabs his thumb on Atsushi who is still struggling from Chuuya's grasp. "...a weretiger!"

"Wait up! I'm maybe a weretiger I'm not going to deny that! But I never once come to village! Moreover this is my first time to approached humans!"

"We know!" both Chuuya and Dazai answered, Atsushi stop struggling.

"Because if you are that weretiger, Chuuya and I might be already fight you when you leading us astray."

"Instead... you keep saving this waste of bandage from his attempts."

"So... the reason Chuuya-san is always staying and not helping at all is because..."

"Yes, I'm just waiting for you to take him away, either you eat him or something."

"Also... the primary reason why we know that you are not that weretiger is because... we already defeated it two days ago."

"Eh... EH?! YOU GUYS—WHAT?!"

The two grins at the poor weretiger.

A/N:: Vermillion [A bright orange-red color]

So... boring? Not good? Messy?

This is the first fic I've done for Bungo Stray Dogs... all up to you!!!

Oh by the way... this story is Alternative Universe.