This chapter is kind of eh...sorry. It was hard.

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Happy New Year!

(Apparently Japan streets don't have names. They number the blocks. So, I say block instead of a street name in this chapter. I don't know if I said it correctly, but I tried.)

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Ages at the start of this story

Asami Ryuichi- 35 years old

Takaba Akihito - 23 years old

Kuroko Tetsuya- 20 years old

Akashi Seijuro- 20 years old

Misaki Takahashi- 22 years old

Usami Akihiko- 32 years old

Kanou Someya- 27 years old

Yukiya Ayase - 19 years old.

"What the hell do you mean you can't find him!?" Asami was livid, shouting into the phone at poor Suoh on the other line. Suoh knew the boss would be angry. Akihito had been missing for three days and all Suoh could tell Asami was that they still had no leads. He apologized best he could, but it did nothing to soothe the boss.

Asami ended the call and threw the phone to the floor. Luckily, it didn't break.

After a few minutes, he retrieved the phone and scrolled through his contacts before landing on Feilong and clicking the call button.

"Ah to what do I owe the pleasure," Feilongs voice sounded through the phone speaker.

"Cut the crap Feilong. Where is Akihito?"

"How would I know? If you think I have him, you are wrong. Perhaps he finally got tired of your ugly face and left."

"Bastard! There is no way he could leave without a single trace unless he had some help!"

"Well he didn't get that help from me."

"If I find out you are lying to me…."

"I'm not lying to you. I didn't take him this time."

"Fine. If you hear from him, you better inform me!"

"Yes yes yes. If he contacts me, you'll be the first to know."

Asami ended the call without a good bye. If Feilong wasn't involved, then who was?

"Boss….." A man in a black suit entered Akashi's office.

"What is it?" Akashi glared. The look on the bodyguards face suggested whatever the man was about to say was bad news.

"Well boss….it's just that…Well Kuroko…" The bodyguard was interrupted by a knife whizzing past his face. He gulped.

"Spit it out or the next one won't miss! I don't have time for this shit today!"

"Er..Right! Kuroko…He's been kidnapped…we think."

"You think? Has he or has he not?" Akashi raised one eye brow daring the man to give an indirect answer. Surely this was a joke and he wasn't a fan of jokes today.

"He's missing."

"Obviously! If he wasn't, I wouldn't have ordered you to find him!" Akashi seriously wanted to strangle this man. No one had heard from Kuroko for a week. It was abnormal to say the least.

"Hai."

Akashi sighed and sat down at his desk. "Why did you say he was kidnapped?"

"Do you know a man named Somuku Kanou?"

Ayase rubbed his temples as if he had a headache. Considering how this conversation was going, he probably would have a headache soon. "I know of him. Is he the suspect?"

"No sir." The bodyguard relaxed slightly seeing that his boss seemed a bit calmer, or at least less likely to kill him. "He has a missing lover as well."

Akashi threw the bodyguard a murderous glare causing the other man to stiffen up again. Had he said something wrong?

"What does that have to do with Tetsuya?" He growled.

"Kuroko and the other boy, Yukiya, were seen together sometime before disappearing."

"Where!?"

"Last Monday at 2am in an alley in block 28."

"What was he doing in an alley?" Akashi said more to himself than to the bodyguard, but the bodyguard answered anyway.

"According to the homeless man who saw them, they looked like they were hiding from someone. He said the one with blonde hair was bleeding from the head. The other was, assumed to be Kuroko, had a knife with blood on it."

Akashi analyzed the body guard for any signs of lying. Why would Tetsuya have a bloody knife? And why was he with that other guy? Somuku Kanou was the owner of a financial firm in Tokyo who was rumored to be connected to a different Yakuza clan and have dealings in the underworld. According to this information, the man has a lover, the last person to be seen with Kuroko. Akashi had a million questions he wanted to ask, but he had a feeling the bodyguard didn't have any answers. He dismissed the man with orders for reports to be on his desk by evening and the contact information for one Somuku Kanou. Perhaps the money lender had a clue.

"Sir, you have a call from an Akashi Seijuuro, head of the Akashi family." Kuba poked his head into Kanou's office.

"Yakuza? What does he want?" Kanou scowled. He wasn't in the mood for this. Ayase was missing. It was driving him crazy.

"He says he has information about Ayase."

Kanou scowled and picked up the phone. "This is Kanou speaking."

"Good afternoon. My name is Akashi. I heard your lover went missing as well."

Kanou growled. Damn Yakuza. This Akashi person better not be responsible for Ayase's disappearance!

"My secretary said you had some information." Kanou scowled.

"Ah. Yes. You see, it turns out your lover and my lover were seen together before they both disappeared. I was actually hoping that you might have some information."

"Why would our lovers be together?"

"That's what I want to know. Perhaps more importantly, why were they running and who were they running from?"

"What are you talking about?" Kanou was beginning to wonder if this guy was crazy.

"According to the witness, they were running from someone together. They had a knife…with blood on it." Akashi decided to leave out who was carrying the knife and about the injury.

"What are you getting at Akashi? If Ayase is hurt because of some shit you and your lover got messed up it…."

"I could say the same to you."

"Damn you!"

"I see no reason to fight Kanou-san. In fact, I propose we help each other out."

"Why would I want to help you?"

"Because wherever my Tetsuya is, it's probably where your Ayase is."

Kanou gripped his phone tightly. He worked with Yakuza on a regular basis, but he already didn't like this cocky sounding bastard. However, if the Yakuza was involved, getting information would be hard. If they worked together, they would have access to more information. If that meant finding Ayase…..wasn't it worth a try?

"I think we should meet up. When is a good time for you?"

"How about your office, tomorrow, 9am?"

"You better not try to pull something." This guy really is crazy, Kanou thought. Who offers to meet in enemy territory?

"Is that a yes?"

"Yes." Kanou hung up. This better help him find Ayase.