A/N: This story has been (sort of unofficially) Betaed by Crazycuz . I think I caused Crazycuz a headache.

("Thank you, Crazycuz! " Aden no name 021R said.)

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At an unknown place

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Aichi slowly opened his eyes and saw a white ceiling above him. He felt puzzled at the unfamiliar surroundings. He started to move but quickly realised that his strength was sapped and he was being pinned down by a weight on his chest. Immediately, he remembered what had happened and expected pain to come flaring from his right leg and neck. Aichi squeezed his eyes shut tightly. But to his surprise, the pain never came. Confused, he gently lifted his head and peered down to see that his injured foot was propped upon a pillow. He groaned at his situation, but did not try to move his leg, having learnt his lesson from the previous time.

With a sigh of defeat, he rested his head on the pillow and noted that he had a bandage wrapped around his head… and that he had restraints on his wrists. However, that did not discourage him from struggling against the cloth that was binding his hands together. He did not know for how long a time that he done this, but his wrists had already begun to bleed, indicating that a good amount of time had been spent. Aichi decided that he could care less about his sore wrists, and continued to struggle against the restrictions, without any progress.

Suddenly, Aichi heard a voice that stopped him. "Can't you just stay put? It's not that hard. Here's a tip: If you just sit back and relax, you will feel no pain."

"Hanase! ( Let me go! )" Aichi screamed. With that, Aichi started to struggle against his bindings. Himura gave an exasperated sigh. She walked to the tray on the nightstand and took a syringe filled with a clear liquid from it.

She looked at him. "Okay, here's the deal. If you sit tight and behave, I'll be kind enough to inject this-" Himura tapped the syringe lightly with her index finger. "-into a vein in your neck and treat your leg when you're asleep. But know that if you do not treat you it soon, you can, and most likely will suffer gangrene. If so, I will have to amputate the leg. When that happens, I will not use anaesthesia, and I will amputate your leg when you are fully conscious. Trust me, it will hurt. A lot," she said with an air of certainty, emphasising the end.

At her words, Aichi immediately stopped struggling with the bonds on his hands and looked with wide eyes at Himura Natsume to see if she was serious. When he raised his head and looked in her direction, he immediately froze and gulped. Himura had a bistoury in one hand and in the other hand, a Saw Medical amputations .

"If you want, I can do it now," Himura said with a smirk. As if to induce more fear in Aichi, she ran the edge of the bistoury lightly along his injured leg. The maniacal grin on Himura's face unnerved him to no end and sent chills down his spine. Aichi immediately began to tremble with fear. "No! Please! I'll behave!" shouted Aichi, panicking.

"Bingo! I knew that if I said that, he would give in!" she muttered to herself excitedly before continuing. "Besides, if I amputate your leg, you would not be of any use, Aichi Sendou", Himura Natsume mused thoughtfully. She glanced sideways at the cowering form on the bed. "You promise?"

"I promise!" Aichi said quickly, frightened of the consequences he would have to face if Himura refused.

Himura pretended to think over it for a moment and had unconcealed satisfaction laced in her voice. "Hmm... Okay."

Himura set the bistoury and the Saw down on the bedside table. She turned to face Aichi, bent to his height and shook his hand firmly. "We have a deal." Natsume turned her gaze back to the foot and examined it closely. She lifted his leg slightly and turned it around in her hand, surveying the severity of the injury. As soon as she did that, Aichi yelped in pain.

"Hmm... It's slightly fractured and swollen. You'll have to use a splint for six weeks. Not to mention, you'll also have to be in a cast. I guess that they'll have to wait longer, then. After all, he does need to be in prime condition in order for the plan to commence and succeed," she muttered the last part to herself, lost in thought, without that it had slipped out.

"What plan?" Aichi asked, his curiosity peaked. Himura was jolted out of her thoughts by Aichi's question. "Hi-mi-tsu!" She winked before continuing. "But not to worry, you'll find out. Okay, never mind that! Now let's get to treating your foot."

Himura gripped the fractured leg and applied pressure to it, ready to straighten it. "First of all, I will have to set your foot properly. This is going to hurt." And with that, she set his right leg and Aichi screamed loudly in pain, tears starting to form in his blue eyes. " Aanh Nnh "

"Almost done," said Natsume, shushing him gently before she went to the bedside and retrieved some bandages and gypsum from a drawer. She places Aichi's foot in a gypsum before heading for the door. "I'll let you know that even though I set your foot in a gypsum, it will not stop me from amputating it if you aren't quiet. Now sit there quietly, I'll be back."

She did not expect an answer. After Himura left, Aichi sat quietly in his bed, afraid of letting his guard down in case Himura Natsume had some way of keeping an eye on him even when she was not physically present. There was sure to be unfavourable consequences if she saw him moving about. Who knew what that weird and slightly sadistic woman was capable of? Aichi shivered at the thought. He didn't want to know.

After some time, the door opened and Himura Natsume entered the room, holding a tray with a bowl of soup and a glass of water. She walked back to the nightstand to set the tray down and started to put away tools and rummage through the drawers. She took from the drawer a few bandages and all kinds of medicines. She left one of the drugs on the nightstand and walked towards Aichi. She then loosened the restrictions on his hands and began to disinfect them, bandaging them after she was done.

Himura took the tray with the bowl of soup from the nightstand and placed them in his lap. "Eat," she demanded.

"I'm not hungry," Aichi told her defiantly. Suddenly, a loud growl was heard coming from his stomach and he blushed, looking down. "Eat, or do you want...? "Himura picked up the knife and stalked towards Aichi's foot.

"No! I'll eat!" Aichi screamed loudly, in fear of the woman, and more importantly, the knife in her hand.

Himura waited patiently until Aichi finished the bowl of soup before she took the tray from his lap and put it on the nightstand. She took the other medicine from the bedside and gave a pill and a glass of water to Aichi. "Swallow it!" she ordered after shoving the pill and the glass of water into his hands.

"What is that?" Aichi questioned with suspicion and distrust clear in his voice, still feeling a bit shaky.

"It's an anti-inflammatory. It's to help with healing your leg. Take it," she glared pointedly at him, her message clear as day in her expression. And maybe just with a teeny hint of exasperation towards the lack of trust Aichi had.

After Aichi had successfully downed the pill, which was far too long under a certain someone's standards, Himura placed the hand restrictions back on and asked with a raised eyebrow, "Do you need a sedative or are you going to sleep willingly?"

"I'll sleep without them," Aichi managed to get out under her predatory gaze.

"Good," Himura strides to the door and out of the room. The door closed with a "click" and the lights in the room went out, lulling Aichi to sleep.

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Note from Beta (Crazycuz): Okay, just to let you guys know, the reason for beta-ing this is in the reviews. And it has been my pleasure to do this chapter (and hopefully the others) even if I did it unofficially (aka. Not by regular means). Yeah, sorry if the grammar and whatnot have mistakes, I'm not very good at determining some stuff. Hope that this chapter is more understandable than the previous one. XOXO