The Evil Mind of Dr. Muraki
Chapter 1: Determination
"The time has finally come, my dear Tsuzuki" Muraki stated with a smirk as he watched the sedated Tsuzuki twist in discomfort on his cold silver slab. Muraki approached slowly and took in the miserable, anguish look on his victim's face. "Of all my experiments, never have I waited so long and had such high hopes and soon Mr. Tsuzuki you will fulfill me in more ways than one"
"Ugh…" Tsuzuki's groggy and subconscious body tried again to twist out of its current position and once again failed. This utter helplessness caused his inner pain to well up in his eyes and instantaneously overflow.
"It's all my fault!!" Hisoka screamed at himself. "It's always my fault I'm useless!!"
"Don't worry Hisoka, we'll find him and get him back" Gushoshin attempted to comfort him although in reality, this situation was truly hopeless.
"How long ago did this happen?" demanded Tatsumi as he arrived on the scene.
"About twelve hours ago, sir" answered Gushoshin.
"Kurosaki" he called firmly.
"Twelve hours ago, Muraki captured Tsuzuki" Hisoka told him through grit teeth. "That man takes everything from me! He will not get Tsuzuki!"
"Do we know why he has taken Tsuzuki?" asked Tatsumi.
"Not with absolute certainty but, with Muraki it's guaranteed that the experience won't be pleasant and Tsuzuki will be tortured and possibly lose everything that he is if we don't help him in time" replied Hisoka.
"Do we have any clues on where to start?" continued Tatsumi.
"Not really. Muraki's good at concealing himself and even better about making sure no one interferes with his plans until it's too late. So far we can say all his victims suffered that horrible fate" Hisoka's mind constantly flashed back to the time when he was alive. How being cursed wasn't his fault. The knowledge that no one was coming to save him and that Muraki prolonged his suffering on nothing more than a whim of his and ultimately took his life all in one fell swoop. That princess Tsubaki on the Queen Camille was yet another victim and Maria Wong before her. "I do have an idea though. Muraki has a friend around here. If I touch him, parts of him will flow into me and if we're really lucky I'll get something on Muraki"
"Are you sure that's wise? If this friend of Muraki's touches you you could get really hurt and be completely useless to us and get quite a bit of information you wish you'd never known. Are you ready for that?" asked Tatsumi.
"I won't let him destroy Tsuzuki the way he's destroyed so many others and after all he's done for me it's my obligation to do this as a way of payback" replied Hisoka.
'This is why you're his partner and not me' Tatsumi thought to himself with a small smile as they headed over to Oriya's place.
"Well if it isn't the Muraki fan club, back again so soon?" greeted Oriya upon their arrival.
"Where has he taken Tsuzuki!?" demanded Hisoka.
"What makes you think I know? I already have a full time job here, I don't have the time to baby sit Muraki all the time and unless you're here to bust me or give me your business I don't have time to play with you" replied Oriya looking like he was going to go back inside.
"Mr. Oriya, what do you owe Muraki? What is it that makes you be loyal to him? What has he given you that we, the agents of Hades can not?" asked Tatsumi.
"Well, aren't you the smooth operator, I bet the girls just love you" Oriya taunted. "What kind of deal does the angel of death want to offer me?"
"No deals, you will tell us where Muraki took Tsuzuki and everything else you know about him!!" stated Hisoka as he charged at Oriya sending them both to the ground.
"Stupid brat!" grunted Oriya as he pinned Hisoka to the ground. "First of all, I'm always on top. Secondly I'm not into guys and most importantly if you wanted to get close to me you should have gotten in line like everyone else who wants me"
'Damn it! He's strong…I knew that he was physically strong the first time we met but he's mentally strong too! He's masking all his memories and emotions from me! I must get closer…' Hisoka thought as he desperately tried to free himself from Oriya's grip. Oriya easily roes to his feet and used Hisoka as shield as he spoke.
"Although I'm not into men, some of my clients might like feisty little boys like this. Is this your offer? Another whore for my brothel in exchange for information. I know this boy isn't a virgin so I won't get very much for him but, with a little training he might be worth something" said Oriya acting as if he were talking about an object rather than a person.
'You bastard!!' Hisoka wanted to scream as he desperately tried to decide his next move.
'That's right, I know you were a victim to Muraki and that your first time was with him. Are you so desperate to get your partner back because you want Muraki's attention or is it that you have puppy love for your partner? Either way if you don't get him back it may very well destroy your fragile little mind' Oriya silently taunted Hisoka.
'He knows everything…what Muraki did to me and my power of empathy! He can give me false information and tell me things without other people knowing at this distance…If only I could get just a little bit closer!'
"Release Kurosaki now or you won't have a brothel to run anymore" threatened Tatsumi as he raised his hand preparing to summon.
"Tatsumi! There's a lab in the next town over! Check there for Muraki! It seems to be his current home base!" Hisoka cried out. He had finally managed to wrap his hand around Oriya's exposed wrist and pull a small bit of Muraki as well as other really unwanted pieces of information from Oriya.
"Clever boy, but you're not going anywhere" stated Oriya as he stepped back into his home and shut the sliding door.
"Kurosaki!" called Tatsumi as hewhipped the sliding door open to see nothing. Oriya and Hisoka were gone.