A/N- Thank you too jennifier potter, troublesome67, x-Yaritza-Darlings-x, darkangelwings90, and chochowilliams. Okay so as Yaritza so kindly told me, it seems its impossible to get ten reviews on one chapter. I agree. It was…idiotic of me to wish for ten. So, yeah my bad on that people :)

Disclaimer- Im not the owner of Loveless -weeps- but I am of this story! Yay for me!

Summary- Ritsuka is kidnapped, beaten, and auctioned off to a complete stranger. But what if this stranger showed kindness, hospitality, and maybe even…love? Will Ritsuka return these feelings? Or will Seimei find him and take him back home to his nightmare of a family? Read to find out!

Warnings- Uhh…tattoos. Yummy, yummy tattoos.

Pairings- Ritsuka x Soubi, Natsuo x Youji.

Chapter two-Journey Begins

Seimei sighed, running his hands over his face in frustration and exhaustion. He had just learned that his brother was kidnapped. Did he take this well? You better believe he didn't. This made his night worse. He didn't know what to do. He looked over at his informer before speaking.

"So, who took my brother? You claim to have witnessed this event so I want answers." The elder Aoyagi demanded. When it came to Ritsuka, He'd give up everything for him.

"Well, have you ever heard of the Triad?" Youji asked, pushing his bangs out of his face before looking at Seimei right in the eye. This man, looked very similar to the boy he had seen be taken by his will. He wasn't able to interfere with the crime, but he would help this man get the boy back.

"Triad? No, I haven't" Seimei said, putting his face in his hands.

"In Tokyo, there is an east coast gang named Triad. They're one of the deadliest, most wanted gangs in all of Japan. They kidnap children from 5 to 16 years of age. They auction off the kids on an online website and later exchange them in a secure location. Triad has a small operation in every city of Tokyo underground gang world, they're the ones in charge, the ones with the most power. If anyone was to go against them, they'd surely die." Youji said, looking at the ceiling. Seimei looked up and stared at the boy, taking in all this information before narrowing his eyes.

"And how do you know all of this? You're belong to Triad, don't you!!" Youji raised an eyebrow, startled at the man's sudden outburst. He slightly smiled, his eyes filling with sadness as he looked down at the table they were sitting at. People around the small café stared, and Seimei hesitated. The small Neko in front of him changed emotions fast, obviously being upset at something.

"No, Triad took my boyfriend about two weeks ago…"

Ah…that explained a lot to the Aoyagi boy. Yayoi must have been tracking them down, searching for his lover. Seimei looked at the young teen in front of him. His long, almost teal colored hair fell into his face, the tips fell onto the surface of the table, before falling over the edge. Seimei looked at the boy, his ears pressed flat against his head. Tears splattered onto the rim of the coffee cup, making the raven haired boy a bit uneasy. He never really took tears so easily, especially if the person crying was a male.

"Hey, are you okay?" Seimei asked, taping Youji on the arm. Said boy looked up at the elder Aoyagi and nodded, wiping his eyes. Seimei noticed the boy's eyes were a light purple in the light, instead of a light blue he had seen in the darkened street.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Just, really frustrated…" He trailed off, leaving it as that. Seimei nodded before looking at the window then back at the boy.

"Are you looking for him?" a nod was all he received. Seimei thought for a second, before standing.

"I'm joining your search. I will do whatever it costs to get my brother back." Youji looked the man in the eyes, searching for just a hint of deception. When he saw none, he stood and shook Seimei's outstretched hand.

"Well then, Aoyagi, I suggest we start moving, before they start auctioning them off."

Seimei nodded and placed a few bills on the table for the tip, before him and Youji walked off, their Journey to bring back their loved ones started.

Ritsuka woke with a start, sitting up quickly as the van jumped, having hit a pothole in the road. It had been twelve hours since he was tied up and gagged in the back of the van, along with two others. He looked over at the fifteen year old girl named Mori. Her long, silver hair hung in her face, dripping water onto her lap, her matching silver eyes looking dully at her seat. She looked exhausted, wary, and mostly fearful. Her silver tail wrapped around her waist, her matching silver ears twitched from the cold air coming through the cracked window as she shivered.

The only thing she was wearing was a towel. From what she told Ritsuka, she had literally been dragged by her hair out of the shower, from her only safe haven she called home. They had shot her older brother, Okabe, in the head when he tried to stop them. Ritsuka had felt bad for the girl, she was forced to see her brother fall to the floor, dead, as blood poured from his head.

The small Neko then looked over at a boy the same age as him, Natsuo. His dark, red hair framed his fragile face, his one visible green eye stared out the window he was leaning against. An white bandage covered his other eye, he had fought back against their captor, Nisei, thus giving him an injury. Natsuo seemed very friendly, talking to Ritsuka with ease, telling him all about his boyfriend, Youji, and how they had plans to go to the Caribbean in the summer, a free trip that they had won in a contest. When he had mentioned Youji's name, his dark red ears had perked up, his tail swished happily at the thought of his partner. Ritsuka could tell they were really close.

The van suddenly came to a stop, making Ritsuka lurch forward and hit the seat behind him, which occupied Mori. The back doors opened, and Nisei stood there, his dark hair blowing in the wind, dark eyes looking at each of the three captors, before slowly resting on Natsuo.

"You, out" He demanded, and Natsuo quickly obeyed, climbing out of the back, and stood next to him looking at Ritsuka. Nisei then reached in and grabbed Mori by the wrist, dragging her out as she tried to pull away. He simply slapped her, which made her freeze, her eyes wide with shock as she gingerly touched the heated, red spot on her cheek. Blood slowly ran down her cheek from the small cut that had formed. Ritsuka climbed out and ripped his sleeve, handing it to her.

"How cute, you three are looking out for each other" Nisei said, mocking Ritsuka, who just looked at the ground. Nisei laughed and shook his head before chaining them together, and started to lead them to a small, white house. He knocked three times then paused before knocking twice. There was a muffled yell before the door was pulled open, revealing a young woman with short, sandy hair that fell in her face. Her blue eyes looked them all over before she smiled and stepped back, allowing them entrance to the house.

"It's about time you got here, Nisei. Koya was close to kicking your ass." Yamato giggled, closing the door as Mori was the last to enter. Nisei shrugged, looking around before turning to the blonde hostess.

"Well I'm here now. So get them dressed. Im on a tight schedule." He sat down on the couch, waving his hand to Ritsuka, Mori, and Natsuo who stood where they were. Yamato looked at the three then clapped her hands together, smiling happily.

"Yay! Something to do besides pleasure Koya!" She practically squealed. Nisei groaned.

"Yamato…that's something I don't even want to know about, let alone hear it. So please…keep it to yourself."

"I agree with Nisei for once Yamato" Koya said, entering the room with a two cases in her hands. Her black hair framed her face nicely, her olive green eyes studied Ritsuka and the other two from behind her glasses.

"That's them?"

"Yep! It sure is Koya!" Yamato chirped, wrapping her arm around Mori and Natsuo. She giggled as Koya sighed, grabbing Ritsuka and leading them back to a room as Nisei relaxed on the couch, resting for the first time in weeks.

"There! That should do it" Yamato smiled, pushing her sandy hair out of her face, studying Ritsuka. The small Neko boy was dressed up into a midnight black kimono, with faded, light gray bamboo printed over it, as a purple sash wrapped around his waist, silver jewels hanging from the side. The purple sash matched his eyes, which really commented the piece of clothing. She grabbed a piercing gun and snatches his swishing tail. This alarmed the poor boy greatly.

"H-Hey! What…What are you doing?!" He snatched his tail back, holding it to his heart tightly. The blue eyed girl simply laughed before pulling his tail back.

"Im piercing it silly! Now…hold still" She said, but before Ritsuka could do anything or even protest, she pierced his tail once…twice…three…four…five times. He cried out in pain but before he could do anything else, he felt a sting of pain on his left ear.

"OW!!" Ritsuka yelled, pulling away from Yamato a little too fast, causing him to back into the couch and flip over it, landing on Nisei who sat up fast apparently asleep. Koya sighed, getting irritated as she helped Ritsuka up.

"Enough is enough! Everyone just hold still!" With that the black haired girl forced Ritsuka, who struggled, into a chair.

"Now, where's Natsuo? Oh…come here Natsuo" She said, waving the boy towards her. Natsuo made his way over to her, the piercing on his tail jingled in unison with his anklet as he walked to her. His blood red kimono had black shiny cranes flowing over faded silver mountains with a white sash wrapping around his waist. Koya looked him over before spinning him around and pulling out a needle and ink.

"Lift the back of your kimono" Koya ordered, the small red headed neko hesitated before obeying and lifting his clothing and laying on the table on his stomach.

He just stared at the floor as the woman started to tattoo his entire back. Once she was done, the boy looked stood up and looked in the mirror over his shoulder at his back to see a dragon with fire swirling around its body over his entire back. He watches as blood slowly budded onto his skin, before dripping down his spine. Koya then grabbed Mori's arm and dragged her to the chair and sat her in it. She lifted the shiny, silver kimono with dark blue grass raising from the pink sash as purple cherry blossoms littered the cloth.

She then started to tattoo a crescent moon on her thigh with a trail of stars wrapping around her thigh then down her leg. Mori closed her eyes, tears falling down her cheeks as Koya tattooed a small, Saturn a little too close to a certain area. Koya stood and straightened up. Ritsuka had watches it all, and was very close to fainting.

"Why are you tattooing us?" He asked in a small, faint voice looking at Koya then Yamato, who took his arm and lead him to the black haired girl. Koya looked at him over the rim of her glasses as he prepared a needle for him.

"This is for your future owner. Its like…a seal. Where your going, there wont be a kid who doesn't belong to someone without a tattoo. Its like marking territory. Now come here." She grabs Ritsuka and throws him onto the table and lifts his kimono as Yamato pins the struggling boy to the table. Ritsuka yelled and screamed in protest as she started to tattoo his lower back. In the center on his tailbone she put a butterfly with flowing wings, small firebugs and swirling patterns then circled his waist. As she finished, she helped Yamato bandage the three's tattoos before fixing their outfits. Nisei looks at his watch before yawning.

"We have ten minutes. Finish up so I can go already. Im late as it is"

Koya frowned and threw a glass bottle at him before turning to the three taking them outside to the backyard. Ritsuka blinked, adjusting his eyes to the ray of sunshine shining down on them. He looked around to see a luscious flowers all over and a miniature water fountain in the corner, water flowing into a small pond which held goldfish and koi fishes.

They positioned Natsuo on a small rock with a perfect view of the pond and waterfall behind him and started to take pictures. This went on with Ritsuka and Mori for about twenty minutes, to Nisei's extreme annoyance, before they finished. Nisei rushed the three into the back of the van before paying Koya and Yamato, who waved happily to the three as Nisei drove off. Ritsuka sighed, staring out window as his tail flicked from side to side as he watched the scenery fly past his view.

He missed his brother, Seimei, and even his abusive mother. He missed his friends, Yayoi and Yuiko and his teacher. His ears flattened against his head, as he held back tears. His heart ached and he didn't like the feeling. They turned onto a highway that stretched farther than they eye can see. He knew then and there that this journey was going to be a long, boring, silent one. He closed his eyes, feeling nauseated as he started to get hungry. But he closed his eyes and drifted off into an uneasy, sickening slumber, as he drifted farther and farther away from his sanctuary.

So…that's chapter two :) Like I promised, its longer! Maybe not all that long but still…its longer than the first chapter. I hope it was to your pleasing. Please review! I'll even beg if you want me to! Thanks a bunches for the support

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