Author's note: Thank you all for waiting patiently for the previous chapter along with this chapter! A massive thank you to my beta Starling Hawke!
Warnings: child death and mentions of murder and arrest on an underage
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It's been a few hours since Ibe and Skip were kidnapped from the bar, and the adult and child were locked up in some warehouse.
"So what's Ash like when he's not around his gang?" Ibe asked.
"He's very loving towards Eiji and is extremely protective of him, but I think it's mostly to do with Eiji's past." Skip admitted.
"Do you know anything about their pasts?"
As Skip was about to answer, the door opened and there stood Arthur. The man himself was very tall and had blond hair swept out of that his face showing his forehead and ears. He also had thin eyebrows and narrow blue eyes. A black shirt was visible underneath his collared green jacket, long sleeves puckered from his hands in the pockets of his beige trousers. A dark belt hangs visibly beneath the shirt, matching the black boots that cover part of his calves.
"Hope you both are enjoying yourselves?" sneered Arthur.
"Yeah, we are, traitor!"replied a very sarcastic Skip.
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Meanwhile, in a secret alleyway, Eiji, Ash and Shorter were pondering where Skip and Ibe could have been taken and by whom
"It could be Dino," said Eiji.
"But why would he take Ibe and Skip?" Shorter asked.
"Think about it. Ibe is here from Japan on a job, and it is no coincidence that Dino's mafia members came to the bar," Ash explained, patiently.
Shorter looked at Ash and Eiji in shock and horror when he realized which member of Ash's gang would betray him.]
"Arthur!" Eiji and Ash shouted together, with tears forming in Eiji's eyes.
"But why!" cried Eiji.
Ash just hugged Eiji in comfort unbothered when Eiji began to cry against his jumper.
"Ash, where can we find them?" Shorter asked, although reluctantly.
Ash bit his lip and quickly looked at Eiji, who was still in his arms. "They could be at a warehouse anywhere in New York."
Shorter nodded sadly and helped Ash sooth Eiji's heart.
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[Meanwhile, Arthur accompanied Dino to a greenhouse on the outskirts of New York. An unknown plant grew there, taken care of with an almost loving touch by Dino.
"How did it go?" Dino asked. "Did you capture Ash and Eiji?"
"We've captured the boy named Skipper, and a Japanese man that goes by the name of Shunichi Ibe," Arthur replied, disappointed that he failed to catch Ash and Eiji as requested.
Dino didn't look happy with the results and glared at Arthur. "I'm sure we can use those two hostages against Ash."
"How?"
"We'll send a message to the Lynx. As for the doe, it won't be long for him to return to his rightful place in my bed."
Dino then moved his hands and told Arthur that it was time to leave.
"I will have my heir and bed~mate back!" thought Dino. 'And as soon as I have them back, Eiji will be forever locked in a golden cage, while my heir will follow my orders without question! I can remember when I arrived at the former Okumura's household and saw the boy for the first time.'
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A fourteen, maybe fifteen-year-old Eiji walked home with his little sister from their day at school.
"Eiji, do you think chichi and haha had a nice time at work?" Eiji's little sister asked.
"I'm sure they did, Imouto," Eiji said. As the siblings neared their home, they spotted an unfamiliar car parked in their driveway. Curious, Eiji pulled out his phone to find out what kind of vehicle it was: a SSANGYONG CHAIRMAN W LIMOUSINE.
'What is the owner doing here at my family's home,' Eiji thought, entering the house.
After opening the door, he was shocked to find an elderly bald man holding a gun to his parents' heads moments before shooting them. With a cry, Eiji rushed to his parents' sides, doing his best to remember the first aid training he'd learned in school to stop blood flow.
"What's your name, boy?" Dino asked as he curiously watched the boy failing to stop the flow of blood.
"What's it to you, murderer?!" said a very angered Eiji, after realising that nothing he was doing was helping halt the flow of blood and soon, his parents died in front of his eyes.]
"It was your parents' fate that led them to this. You see, they owned me money and couldn't pay me back," Dino explained.
"So you had them killed!?"
Dino just shrugged like it was no big deal to him and left the house paying no mind to the youngest child watching the scene in horror. He's almost out the door before he pauses, delivering one final message before disappearing. "Your parents may not be able to pay me back, but the debt falls to the children. If I were you, boy, I'd find a way to pay me back before I force your sister to be my sex slave."
A couple of months later, Eiji arrived at the mansion, alone. He'd secured his sister's safety first, buying her a plane ticket to live with their grandparents in Japan.
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After many hours of searching, Ash and Eiji arrived at the front of a warehouse.
"This is the place?" Eiji questioned Ash.
"Yes," Ash growled, like his namesake.
Eiji nodded and the guards in front of the warehouse wrapped Ash's wrist tightly with a rope while leaving Eiji's wrist alone as they knew that Eiji can't fight like Ash as the two boys turned themselves in.
The guards escorted both boys to the back of the door to the room they were led to opened to reveal Ibe and Skip, unharmed. As soon as they were pushed inside, the door was slammed shut and locked.
As soon as Eiji and Ash went through the door, the guards then locked the door and left.
"Skip, did they do anything to you?" Eiji asked while checking Skip for injuries like a worried mother.
"No," Skip replied. "But why are you here, Eiji?"
Eiji finished checking Skip over for injuries before replying. Satisfied, he answered, "I was worried about you. You may be ten-years-old and a member of Ash's gang, but you are still a child." Eiji then looked at Ash and asked how to get out of the warehouse.
[After a moment of thought, Ash came up with a plan. Eiji needed to ask for Dino while Ash seduced Marvin to get his guard down and take him out. Once Marvin was out of the picture, Ash would steal his gun to kill the guards. Everyone agreed to it and it was put into action.
Everything went just as planned until a panicked Marvin killed Skip and fled. Ash followed, enraged, only to find Marvin dead in his apartment. Despite his protests to being innocent, Ash was arrested for the murder of Marvin, leaving him concerned for the safety of Eiji and his gang.
Author's note two: I don't know the makes of cars, so the names that you all saw are from this link / luxury / most-expensive /the -10- most - expensive - limousines -in - the - world /
Japanese translations
Haha - Mother
Chichi - Father
Imouto - Little sister
Glossary
Doe - a female deer
Lynx - Any of the four species of short-tailed cat (family Felidae) found in the forests of Europe, Asia, and North America. The Canadian lynx (Lynx canadensis) and the bobcat (L. rufus) live in North America. The Eurasian lynx (L. lynx) and the Iberian lynx (L. pardinus) are their European counterparts. The Iberian lynx is the most endangered feline; as of 2013 possibly fewer than 300 individuals remained in the mountainous scrubland of southern Spain.
Lynx are long-legged, large-pawed cats with tufted ears, hairy soles, and a broad, short head. The coat, which forms a bushy ruff on the neck, is tawny with cream in colour and somewhat mottled with brown and black; the tail tip and ear tufts are black. In winter the fur is dense and soft, with hairs up to 10 cm (4 inches) long, and is sought by humans for trimming garments. Most lynx range in size from about 80 to 120 cm (about 32 to 47 inches) long, without the 10- to 20-cm (4- to 8-inch) tail, and stand about 60 cm (24 inches) tall at the shoulder. Weight typically ranges from 10 to 20 kg (22 to 44 pounds), though Eurasian lynx are often larger. In all species males are larger than females.
