A/N: Sorry if I update so slow... I was watching all 103 episodes of D Gray-man and was also planning on reading the whole manga. I was also playing lots of games and there are exams coming up though I don't really study so forget that. I am a lazy person :( Here's the next chapter though. RxR~
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Chapter Four: Captured
Somewhere around the world, a womanly figure stood leaning against the wall of an alley. It appears that she was talking to someone on the phone.
"I can do anything I want with her right?" said a voice from the phone.
"Yeah. Rape her, hit her, whatever, I don't care. Just keep her away from Ryoma." The woman calling answered.
"Hehehe. I'll do just that. Bye." The voice said then hung up.
The woman smirked and somewhere else, you can see a guy holding a picture of a girl with auburn hair in a maid uniform. The guy smirked and licked his lips as he stared at the picture.
~xoxoxoxo~
Sakuno was dusting some dirt on a bookshelf and stopped midway. She blushed as soon as she remembered the previous moment that happened between her and Ryoma. She shook her head to clear her thoughts and continued dusting.
Kintarou, passing by, noticed Sakuno and smiled brightly. He sneaked up to her and covered her eyes and said, "Guess who~?" very cheerfully.
Sakuno squirmed. She knows who it is already but she can't figure out how to tell it to Kintarou.
Kintarou blinked after seeing no response from his victim. He widened his eyes upon realizing that his victim can't talk. Meaning she can't answer his question.
"Ah! Sorry, sorry. I forgot that you can't talk. And you can't possibly right properly on your board when your eyes are covered." Kintarou said as he removed his hands from Sakuno's eyes.
Sakuno turned and smiled at him making it look like it was no big deal for her. Kintarou smiled back but frowned right away after remembering the conversation he just had with Ryoma.
Flashback
"Koshimae? Did something happen? I just saw Koto-chan running out of the mansion." Kintarou approached Ryoma who was smirking while leaning against a door and asked him.
"Engagement is off. I'm a free man." Ryoma said as his smirk grew wider. Kintarou sweatdropped.
"Well, good for you. So what's the dirt? I mean, you can't possibly break it off that easily. There must've been some kind of conditions to be met." Kintarou asked. For some reason, he's being really smart today.
"Did you eat something that made you smart for a day?" Ryoma asked with slightly widened eyes. It's rare to see Kintarou being this logical about these kinds of things.
Kintarou stared at Ryoma with a bored expression, "I'm serious."
"Kaa-san just said that I have to find a suitable replacement before this year ends. That's all." Ryoma shrugged.
"Eh? Then who will you choose?" Kintarou asked. Deep inside, Kintarou felt a bad feeling. The feeling that he's gonna lose something important to him.
Ryoma's smirk came back, "Someone who does not obsess over me." Ryoma answered as he walked away, waving a hand to Kintarou.
Kintarou stared at Ryoma as he walked away.
'Not obsessed...? Could it be Sa-chan?' Kintarou thought as he suddenly felt a feeling of sadness overcoming him.
He chased after Ryoma, ran past him and stopped in front of him. Ryoma halted and looked at Kintarou with a questioning look.
"You can't! Not Sa-chan!" Kintarou shouted with a slightly angry tone. Ryoma gave him a weird look. Kintarou popped his mouth open as he realized what he just blurted.
"I mean, not Sa-chan because she's an innocent and kind person. Choosing her without having feelings for her is just like using her. She doesn't deserve that kind of treatment." Kintarou reasoned.
"Tooyama, you're being overly protective of her. Do you have feelings for her?" Ryoma asked with a suspicious look in his eyes.
Kintarou swallowed, 'Do I?' he thought.
Kintarou shook his head, "No, I'm just saying that she's a nice person and using her just isn't right."
Ryoma stared long and hard at Kintarou then walked away without saying a word. Kintarou turned to look at Ryoma but he didn't stop until he disappeared from Kintarou's point of view.
'He didn't change his mind.' Kintarou frowned.
End of Flashback
Sakuno waved a hand in front of Kintarou noticing that Kintarou was just staring off into the distance. Kintarou snapped back to reality and put a hand on the back of his hair.
"Ah! Sorry Sa-chan. I just remembered an incident that happened last time. By the way Sa-chan, did Koshimae do anything to you?" Kintarou hesitantly asked.
Sakuno blushed as soon as she heard Kintarou utter Ryoma's nickname but shook her head denying that something happened.
Kintarou noticed the blush and didn't believe Sakuno's denial. He knows that something happened.
"Well, be careful around Koshimae! He can kill! Just give him a tennis racquet and a tennis ball." Kintarou shuddered. Sakuno giggled and nodded. Kintarou smiled as he saw the cheerful attitude Sakuno is showing. Seeing Sakuno happy is enough for Kintarou to make him happy as well.
~xoxoxoxo~
The head maid approached Sakuno that afternoon. Sakuno freaked out a bit when she noticed she was being approached by the head maid. With the strict look the maid had, it's enough to get freaked out and run away from her. But Sakuno stood her ground and thought of things that she disobeyed while working in the mansion.
"You'll be going shopping with Tooyama-sama as a guide. You're new to the marketplace right? Tooyama-sama can help you with the directions and also with conversations. Here's the list of things you're going to buy and this is the money." The head maid instructed as she handed the list and a wallet to Sakuno. Sakuno breathed a sigh of relief seeing that she wasn't in trouble. "He's waiting at the front gate right now. Hurry up and get ready."
Sakuno nodded and hurriedly went out of the mansion to meet up with Kintarou.
Kintarou waved his hand up high as soon as he saw Sakuno outside. Sakuno stopped and smiled for a bit and then ran towards him.
"Let's go!" Kintarou cheerfully exclaimed.
~xoxoxoxo~
"This is the second time we hanged out of the mansion." Kintarou said, bringing up a topic.
Sakuno nodded and wrote on her board,
You dragged me out the first time.
Kintarou read and laughed, "Sorry, sorry. I'm always like that so you better get used to it!"
They chatted about random things every now and then until they reached the marketplace. They looked at the list and Kintarou would point in a direction where the thing is supposed to be found. Looking from another person's view, it looked like they were a newly married couple shopping for necessities together. But that wasn't the case because of their attire. Sakuno was wearing her maid clothes and Kintarou's knight clothes. Some people would think it was forbidden love and some just looked at them like they were just innocently doing some errands together. Sheesh, their clothes make them stand out too much in that marketplace that people would stare at them as they pass by.
It was the final thing to buy in the list and Kintarou looked around the area wondering where it could be found. With Kintarou's attention away from Sakuno, a guy crept up near Sakuno and covered Sakuno's mouth with a handkerchief. Sakuno widened her eyes and tried to look behind her to see who it is but realized that she was feeling very sleepy. She slowly closed her eyes and the final thing she saw was Kintarou still looking for the final ingredient and his figure was slowly getting farther away from her.
"Ah! Found it Sa-?" Kintarou turned back to Sakuno but saw that she wasn't there.
"Sa-chan?" Kintarou searched left and right but he could not see Sakuno anywhere. Kintarou panicked.
'Could she have been lost? But we're just standing here. She doesn't seem the type to walk around alone. Kidnapped?' Kintarou freaked out at the last thought. He ran around the marketplace with the shopping bags while desperately searching for Sakuno's whereabouts.
~xoxoxoxo~
Sakuno slowly opened her eyes and immediately widened them as soon as she remembered what happened to her. She noticed that she had a tape covering her mouth and her arms and legs were tied. She was sitting on the cold floor with her back to the wall. She looked around with a frightened look on her face. She was in a room with only a lightbulb as the source of light. There's only one door and a window on the right side of the room and two others at the wall she's leaning on. The windows were covered with curtains so she can't see the outside. She doesn't even know what time it is. Was it night time already?
Tears now flowed out of her eyes as she wondered what was gonna happen to her now. She wondered who would do this kind of thing to her. The door clicked open and Sakuno stiffened and watched in horror as a guy with a tattoo on his face and some earrings on his ear and nose entered.
The guy saw that she woke up and grinned at her. Sakuno shuddered.
'What will he do to me? Will I get killed?' Sakuno thought as she closed her eyes shut wishing that when she opens them, she's back to where she was supposed to be. Shopping with Kintarou.
But no, when she opened her eyes again, the guy was still there and what's worse is he's inching towards her direction. Sakuno tried to back away but couldn't go any farther since the wall is just behind her.
"There's no need to be scared. I won't hurt you unless you don't follow my instructions." The guy creepily said. Sakuno can't stop shaking and wished for someone, anyone, to save her. But that's not possible since she doesn't even know where she is and no one even knows she was kidnapped. She remembered Kintarou and hoped that he noticed she was gone and went to look for her. She wished that he would just appear behind that door and save her from this creepy looking guy.
The guy roughly removed the tape from Sakuno's mouth and Sakuno opened her mouth in pain. Her tears were still falling down and the guy continued to grin at her expression.
"Why are you crying? I didn't even do anything to you yet. Except remove this tape though so you could talk and have a chat with me." The guy said with a grin.
Silence followed as the guy waited for Sakuno to say something. But she didn't since she can't talk at all. If Sakuno could talk, she would ask this guy why he's doing this to her, where the heck she is and many other questions. The guy vein popped and slapped Sakuno's cheek with the back of his hand.
"Why aren't you saying anything at all, bitch?" The guy shouted. Sakuno's head met the floor due to the impact and more tears fell as she realized that she's gonna die in a place like this.
"What's wrong with you? People would normally scream and ask me a thousand questions but you're just silently crying there. You're so boring!" The guy shouted.
Sakuno continued to cry quietly as she lost all hope that she would come out of this place alive.
~xoxoxoxo~
The door banged open and the maids instantly turned towards it and saw a panting Kintarou.
"Did Sa-chan come back here?" Kintarou anxiously asked the maids. They all shook their heads and Kintarou ran back outside again to search for Sakuno.
Ryoma was practicing tennis with the wall when he heard maids chattering loudly amongst themselves.
"What's wrong with Kin-chan? He suddenly banged the door open and asking where Ryuzaki-san is."
"The head maid asked them to buy some food stocks so maybe Ryuzaki-san got lost along the way?"
"Kin-chan is over worrying. She just got lost right?"
"Maybe she was kidnapped!"
Ryoma stopped hitting the ball as soon as he heard the talk and the ball bounced to the ground. He quickly ran outside the mansion gates to help look for Sakuno as well while still carrying his racquet. He doesn't know why he's doing this. At first, he only wanted her as a wife since she's not like other girls that worship him. If he's just using her it doesn't mean that he has to save her from any troubles. He doesn't give a damn if anything happened to her but why? Why is he looking for her? Did Sakuno left an impression on him because of that last incident?
Ryoma shook his head to clear his thoughts and concentrated on searching for Sakuno.
~xoxoxoxo~
Kintarou continued to search every corners of the world for Sakuno. He almost bumped into a creepy looking guy who just went out of his house with an angry expression on his face. Kintarou stopped himself to avoid bumping into him and muttered an apology and continued on his way but the guy just ignored him and muttered something that made him stop and listen, "Stupid girl. Even after grabbing her ass she wouldn't say a word."
Kintarou widened his eyes and suspected the creepy looking guy of kidnapping Sakuno. He was desperate enough to suspect anyone who might have kidnapped Sakuno.
Kintarou removed his sword from its sheath and pointed it at the creepy looking guy and the guy raised his hands instinctively. A sweat fell from the guy's forehead and he nervously asked the knight, "Did I do anything wrong, sir?"
"You kidnapped someone am I right?" Kintarou asked as a bluff. The guy tried to think of an excuse. If he denied, the knight would still search inside his house and see that he was lying and that will be the end of him. Being honest would get his boss in trouble since he was sure he's gonna be interrogated on who ordered him to do this.
The guy slowly nodded as soon as he deduced that his life is more important than his boss. Kintarou got angry and was about to knock him out so that he can rescue Sakuno but Kintarou suddenly heard a smack like sound and the guy fell to the ground. Kintarou looked ahead and saw Ryoma with his tennis racquet. It seems as though Ryoma knocked the guy out with his twist serve.
Ryoma quickly ran inside the house leaving Kintarou dumbfounded. Kintaoru pouted.
"Why is he here? I'm the knight. I was supposed to rescue Sa-chan. But no, he just had to leave me to take care of this stupid guy here." Kintarou complained.
"Who the heck needs swords when you have a tennis racquet?" Kintarou sighed.
~xoxoxoxo~
Ryoma searched all the rooms in the house for Sakuno and he finally found her on the final room of the hallway. Sakuno looked up at the person who just entered the room with a frightened expression on her face but saw that it was Ryoma and her tears fell out of joy of seeing him.
Ryoma stared at Sakuno's bruised body and hurriedly went towards her. He gently placed a hand on Sakuno's swollen cheek and rubbed it gently with his thumb. Sakuno closed her eyes and relaxed at his gentle touch.
"It's okay now. You're safe. Let's get you out of here and have you treated." Ryoma assured and carried Sakuno bridal style.
Kintarou watched with envy as he saw Ryoma come out of the house carrying a sleeping Sakuno and pouted, "No fair Koshimae! I found where Sa-chan is held first."
"Just tie that guy up and drag him with us." Ryoma ordered. Kintarou pouted even more.
Upon reaching the mansion gates, Ryoma and Kintarou noticed Kotoha standing outside the gates. Kotoha turned to them with a smile but suddenly turned into shock then anger when she saw Sakuno being carried by Ryoma.
"What are you doing here?" Ryoma asked with a hint of anger in his voice.
Kotoha looked behind Kintarou and saw a guy lying on the ground unconsciously being dragged around by Kintarou with a rope and replied, "Oh nothing. I just thought that you might've changed your mind about me but I guess not. I'll be taking my leave now."
Kotoha walked away and when she's far enough, she gritted her teeth and muttered angrily, "Tch, so the plan failed."
Ryoma and Kintarou watched Kotoha walk away and Kintarou commented, "It's weird for Koto-chan to be here. Do you think she might've had something to do with this incident?"
"Maybe. I saw her glance at that stupid guy's direction earlier." Ryoma answered.
"Well, it's bad to just suspect her. We'll know everything when this guy wakes up." Kintarou said. Ryoma just nodded and they continued walking inside the mansion.
End of Chapter