Ransom

Many thanks for the reviews…and I'm pleased to say that I'm inspired in making the second chapter…and here things take off where the last chapter left…and this will put Hiro in a predicament which will make it difficult for him to make his next move.

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As Hiro was running towards the café bar where his elder sister frequented, many thoughts run through his mind, but he hoped that this is all just a prank as he knew many are targeting Hime because of her "Royal Blood", but why would someone want to abduct his sister? Something doesn't seem right as Sawawa has no enemies and she is friendly with anyone she met.

"Must be a stalker or an obsessed admirer…please let that be the case…"

Arriving at the café, Hiro asked the bartender if he had seen Sawawa, hoping that she is fine.

"She left about 15 minutes ago…she was carrying a lot of vegetables she bought from the market…and no…I don't see anyone suspicious here…she's the only customer in the past 15 minutes…you're the next to come here…"

Now Hiro is definitely worried…and he frantically left the bar and went uphill, only to stop as he recalled that he gets to meet the abductor at an alley just beside the café, and he realized that he's here, so he went upstairs, and slowly walked his way up, only to see a trail of discarded vegetables, such as potato, cabbage, eggplant, carrot and assorted items bought from the store, and now the 14-year old teen was definitely getting frantic.

"I'm here! Where is my sister???!!!!"

In an instant, frog ninjas appeared out of the dark and are armed with kendo sticks, and Hiro finds himself outnumbered three against one, and he was being beaten up like a dog, though he was able to get hold of the enemy's kendo stick and started fighting back, managing to knock out one but the other two used flash bombs to weaken him, and Hiro is unaware that his "Flame of Life" is starting to decrease, but it seemed that the frog ninjas are holding back on purpose, as their master instructed them to weaken the boy steadily but not kill him.

It took about 10 minutes for Hiro to feel exhausted but wondered when the frog ninjas slowly backed away until another figure emerged from the shadows, and had an almost exact resemblance to Duke Dracul, except he is two years older than Hiro and has blue hair. His outfit resembled that of Demitri from Darkstalkers and is holding the maid hairpin of Sawawa...drenched in blood.

"Wha...what did you do to my sister???"

"She is fine for the time being...and if you follow my instructions...I'll see to it that she is released unharmed..."

"With the blood on my sister's uniform???!!!! Are you after Hime??? then why not go after her instead of my sister??!!!"

Out of desperation and anger Hiro attempted to get his hands on the intruder, but the intruder moved like a silhouette and appeared behind the boy and did a hand chop which sends hi colliding against a wall, and from there Hiro felt something within his body.

"Your body now has reached its limit...you have less than two hours before the Flame of Life extinguishes from your body...just the exact time your sister's life is about to expire...so here is my instruction: you will kill Lilianne and bring me her Royal Blood, and her head. I will give you the place to meet me...and if you succeed...I will return to you your sister and will restore your body to normal, so you won't have to rely on the flame of life...but if you try to squeal to anyone...it will be your loss...and your sister's soul will be mine for the taking."

"NNNOOO!!!!!"

"Then you'd better start your mission...as the clock is now ticking...and your flame of Life is slowly decreasing...good luck, Blood Warrior of Lilianne..."

The intruder slowly disappeared along with the frog ninjas, and a dejected Hiro now kneeled in loss, as he now has to choose between killing Lilianne and saving Sawawa. And he was told that he cannot squeal, but he seem to think of someone he could confide, but then a seed-sized object flew and went inside Hiro's ear and it remained there and a voice spoke from the seed-like object...the voice of the intruder who showed up a while ago.

"This seed will be our means of communication…and that way I can tell if you're following my instructions or not…as well as to keep you from squealing from anyone…so you better tow in line with me…and here's a sample of what it's like to be when you hear this…"

The next scene shows Hiro hearing the screams of Sawawa, and at first he thought she was being tortured but soon learned that she is being molested, much to his horror, realizing that he is pinned against a corner.

"EEEKKKK!!!!! NOOOO!!!!! DON'T TOUCH MY BOOBS!!!!! I'M STILL A VIRGIN…NOOOO!!!! DON'T!!!!! I DON'T EVEN HAVE A BOYFRIEND YET!!!!!! I RATHER GIVE MY "FIRST TIME" TO HIM THAN TO YOU MANIACS!!!!! HHHHEEELLLPPP!!!!! HIRO!!!!! MISTRESS LILIANNE!!!!!!!"

"Leave my sister alone!!!! Fine, I'll get you what you want!!!!! Just leave my sister alone!!!! Don't touch her!!! I beg you!!!!"

"Then better get going…"

"Tell you cronies to stop! Then I'll get going…"

"Clock is ticking…you have about 57 minutes…"

"I'm going…"

Then Sawawa's screaming continued, distracting Hiro from heading for Hime's mansion, and he couldn't focus well at the task at hand, much to the villain's sadistic pleasure. He is actually tormenting Hiro as he wanted Hime's "Blood Warrior" to suffer to amuse himself before taking the opportunity to take Hime's "Royal Blood". But then he decided to play along so he can get Hiro to get the job done.

"There…I told my men to stop…you can concentrate now…but if I find out you're staling…you know what will happen…you lose your beloved sister…and you lose your life…your "Flame of Life" is already running out…you have about 30 minutes to do the job and you have 15 minutes to get to my lair…"

Hiro was silent and decided to get going, and heads back to the mansion as quickly as he could, ignoring everyone who saw him, such as his teachers and schoolmates, who saw him ignoring them.

As he passed by a local arcade, Sherwood and Francesca just got out and Hime's youngest sister tries to get his attention but was taken aback as he ignored her and she felt insulted when Francesca placed a hand on the youngest princess, and said something which alarmed her.

"FUGA!"

"What??? You saw something inside Hiro??? And he's acting strange???"

"FUGA!"

"Hmm…you're right…he looked distraught…but wait…several minutes ago we saw Sawawa heading for the café bar where Hiro came…hmm…Francesca…go follow Hiro but don't let him see you."

"FUGA!"

As the adult-sized Gynoid left to follow Hiro, while Sherwood went inside to take out her cellphone to call someone…and she seem to contact two persons as she have something in mind…and knew she had a bad feeling about what she observed a while ago.

"Hello…Reiri…meet me at the arcade…I have something to ask you…"

Then a minute later she called someone and said the same line from Reiri.

"Hello, Riza…I need to ask you a favor…"

To Be Continued…

Hiro now has no choice but to do what the villain wants him to do, as Sawawa's life, and her virginity, is now on the line, and with his "Flame of Life" slowly decreasing, he'll be forced to do the same act Lobo Wildman did, but will Hiro end up in the same fate as Lobo?

Preview:

Hiro vs. Hime…duh!

Boring as it looks since you saw how Hiro fights in the anime, but he might do something serious as someone important to him is in jeopardy, as well as he'll be forced to kill someone who is also important to him…but will he be able to do it knowing he's being monitored?