It was a late autumn night in Tokyo, some people were still busy moving across the streets and forming a fairly decent crowd, some going to work, while some were on their way home and others were busy shopping.
From a high vantage point the people looked to be nothing more then miniaturized figures moving through a model. The lights that shone through Tokyo cast an exciting gaze that caused the world below to not look so mundane as it did during the day.
A man in a three-piece armani with slicked back black hair stood staring out of the large window that showed the image of Tokyo mentioned above as he smoked. Piercing golden eyes scanned over the city below, as though they were looking for something, he himself wasn't even all that certain what exactly it was he was looking for, but almost every single night he found himself looking over the city in such a manner.
The man looking out the window as though he owned the world was none other then Asami Ryuuichi. Most people know him to be a owner of many famous clubs and other such business, while others knew him to be a strong ruler over the underworld, having already claimed most of Tokyo as his and not allowing anything he didn't authorize to make it's way through.
Asami wasn't a man known for showing his emotions, and most people didn't know that they were in any kind of trouble with him until after a bullet had been put through their head. Asami wasn't completely merciless but didn't deal well with people who didn't take hints the first time and came back without asking questions the second time.
Most people tended to fear Asami simply due to the fact that he wasn't that easy of a man to read and if anyone could read anything from his eyes it usually was the look of death, a sign that the person who dared to look him in the eyes was going to end up dead. At the same time though there were just as many people who were loyal and respected Asami for the fear that he forced into others, people who would be willing to give their life for him if he told them to, people who were willing to follow him to the ends of the earth even if it meant they were going to end up losing their lives.
Most people could say that Asami had everything, but he wouldn't quite got that far himself, for he still felt as though there was something rather significant that he was missing, he just wasn't able to place what it was yet. Money wasn't something that he wasn't lacking on thus meaning that materially there wasn't anything that he could want for. Most people would be pleased just to have enough money to be able to live in luxury but for Asami that wasn't enough, he still wanted to know what exactly it was he happened to be missing, until that had happened he wasn't going to be pleased.
Asami's attention was drawn away from the window and the images outside when his phone suddenly started ringing, without looking to see who was calling him he pulled the device out of his pocket and pressed the talk button, he had been waiting for quite some time for this call.
"Speak." Asami ordered, putting out his cigarette as he turned to face his desk so that he could reach for another one.
"I already set everything up for you." Came the reply, Asami's eyes roamed back to the window for a few seconds as he took in a deep inhale of smoke before releasing it.
"I take it that you prepared the appropriate equipment for me?" Asami questioned as he put the phone a little further up to his ear.
"Of course I did, I wouldn't be calling if everything wasn't ready." Came the short response back, Asami's eyes narrowed a certain amount in response to the tone that he received, he didn't give a warning to the other though because all of the cards were already in his hand and he didn't really care that much if the other felt as though he could disrespect him, it just meant that the boy would be taking himself closer to his grave and that would just end up saving Asami some time and extra work if that were to happen.
"Very well then, I'll be sending your part of the deal over shortly, I do expect the twice the repay value if everything isn't as expect." Asami explained, hearing the soft chuckle on the other end of the phone.
"Don't worry, I'll be making sure to keep to my end of the deal." Asami didn't say anything else or wait for anything else to be said as he shut the phone, he had no intentions of waiting any longer then necessary to find out if he had been tricked or not, the other had been faithful towards him so far, but that didn't meant that he would keep going that way, people like them tended to change sides rather quickly and think that they could get away with more then should. Asami would of course make sure to deal with the other properly if he found himself in a dissatisfactory position.
Takaba shivered softly as he shoved his hands further into his pocket and he looked left and right. Even though it only happened to be the start of autumn when the leaves only just began to change colors to warn of the cold weather that would soon be following, it was rather cold and Takaba could feel the cold air nipping at him through the thin clothes he was wearing.
He wasn't exactly all that certain as to where he was at anymore, he just trusted what had been writing on the piece of paper to lead him to the location where his friend said that he would be waiting. Takaba wasn't really all that comfortable walking around on his own with it being so late, but his friend made it sound like it was important for them to meet right then and there that night. Takaba had agreed to come to where his friend was and the other gave him an address, an address that seemed to lead him towards a very unfriendly dark alley. Takaba wasn't that scared though, he had been in such places before without any problems and he was a good photographer so he needed to learn to be okay with hiding in such places, especially if it meant that he could save his life by doing such a thing.
Takaba checked his watch once again as his bit his bottom lip softly, he had been waiting for the other for about half an hour and he still had as of yet to appear, Takaba was starting to become worried over the fact that he might have ended up getting the address wrong, but he was certain that if that had been the case his friend would've called him by now to ask where he was and what was taking him so long to get to their meeting place. With each passing minute Takaba was starting to feel worse and worse about the whole matter and things were adding up in a bad way inside his head, in way that made him slowly start to doubt his friend. Just as he got ready to pull his cell phone out of his pocket the sound of soft crunch signaling footsteps caused him to freeze in his tracks and he slowly turned to look and see who had come upon him.
Takaba would've been less taken way by the sigh in front of him if the person standing there studying him was a drunken man rather then someone who looked rather rich and savvy in a three piece suit with what appeared to be two guards. Takaba took an uncertain step back when the other took a step towards, the other seemed to take the hint that Takaba didn't want to be too close to him and didn't take another step forward as he spoke.
"Takaba Akihito I take it?" the man questioned, as he seemed to look the boy over who was suspicious of the older looking man. Takaba could tell with one look at the man that it wasn't just riches that he had, but strong charisma and charm oozed off him, almost in a rather sickening way that would draw most people towards him like a magnet, but those kind of people were the types that Takaba preferred to stay away from because he could easily tell that they were smarmy and nothing good would come from being around their kind.
"That is my name." Takaba replied slowly not certain what it was that the other wanted from him.
"Then I take it that you're the merchandise sent to wait for me here?" The question was more of a rhetorical one as Asami took another step forward to give the boy a better look over. The boy standing in front of him wasn't that bad looking though he did appear to be a bit young for his taste. The boy had hazel eyes and gray hair, a good combination in Asami's opinion. His body wasn't that bad either, a bit on the thin side but nothing that a little extra food wouldn't be able help put some weight on. The boy's eyes were what Asami was most fixated with though, the spark of life that shone in them and the show of will that let people know he wasn't going to be easily broken was what drew Asami in the most, he was definitely going to be able to have some fun with this one.
"Merchandise?" Takaba questioned looking rather confused over Asami's words, "I don't know what exactly it is that you're talking about but as far as I know I don't belong to anyone. I just came here to wait on a friend of mine."
"Friend?" Asami questioned with a very light cock of his head. "By friend do you happen to mean this person?" Asami questioned as he stepped forward so that there weren't that many feet left between him and the boy as he pulled picture out of his suit pocket.
"That's my friend." Takaba replied when he recognized the picture of the other. "Did he get himself into some kind of trouble?" Asami took the look that the boy gave him to be a troubled one.
"Not at all." Asami replied, allowing a small smirk to slip onto his lips, "Though it would seem as though you ended up getting yourself into some trouble."
"What do you mean by that?" Takaba questioned, clearly taken back more then a little by the older man's words. Takaba already felt the dangerous aura coming from the other that told him if possible he should get himself away from the man before something happened, but at the current moment in time there wasn't really any point he could make his escape from.
"What I suppose I should be telling you is that you've been sold to me by this so called friend of yours, to me, Asami Ryuuichi." Asami replied smoothly as he took another step towards Takaba that caused the other to back off.
"What the hell are you trying to tell me?" Takaba questioned as he tried to keep as much distance between himself and Asami as possible, not seeming to believe what the other was telling him to be true. "My friend would never do such a thing to me!" Takaba snapped back, his eyes burning despite the fact that there was small amount of hurt hidden underneath, a slight doubt that let Asami know the other didn't think what he had just been told was completely impossible to have happened.
"He would and did, I don't know what kind of relationship you had with him, but it would seem that it wasn't good enough for him to not think about selling you so he could make a small profit to get himself more drugs." Asami was being blunt with the other because he knew that that was what it was going to take for the boy to understand what he was telling him.
"You're lying." Takaba's voice sounded pathetic in his own ears as he stepped further way, feeling even more threatened when the man's two guards started moving towards him.
"I'm not lying. I have more to lose then you do if this happened to be a mistaken setup." Asami replied as he didn't stop taking steps towards the boy who's backing was getting dangerously close to hitting the wall behind him. "You're mine regardless if you want to be or not. I'll tell you now though it would be much easier on you if you just gave in now and didn't try to fight me on this matter." Asami warned, watching the way the boy's eyes were darting back and forth, more then likely looking for some point to get away from.
"I won't agree to this, there is no way I'm going to allow myself to become someone's possession!" Takaba snapped back, not seeming as though he was planning on giving in any time soon.
Takaba probably wouldn't have given in any time soon either if it wasn't for the fact that he suddenly started feeling rather weak and his vision started blurring at the edges. He started to panic when this happened as he made sure to keep his eyes on the older man who was no longer making any moves towards him, but rather staying put, more then likely assessing his condition and noticing the differences that were starting to take place. Takaba's eyes were starting to feel heavy as he tried to fight off the strong urge that caused him to want to black out, he took another step back to fight what he knew was inevitable, but it was this one small step back that caused his world to become enshrouded in total darkness as the man who called himself Asami stood over him.