DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN GRAVITATION, ITS CHARACTERS, BASSHUNTER OR KESHA.
CHAPTER 7
Shuichi POV
In my fuzzy brain, I heard people talking. 'K...Hiro...and I'm guessing a doctor' Not wanting to open my eyes just yet, I listen as they talk.
"So he's fine?" 'sound's like Hiro'
"Yes, nothing too serious, none of the fragments were deep and were all removed, the bigger wound's were stitched up. I gave him a local, so he should be out for a few more hours" I almost snorted at the last part, but refrained. 'Well at least this doctor didn't stitch all of the cuts.' I heard a beeping, like an underwater radar and my heart sped up for a second before I got it under control again.
"Sounds good, can I get his perscription, I'd like get it out of the way before I forget." 'Ah, good ole' K, always taking charge' and I heard them leave. I opened my eyes and slowly sat up, wincing just a bit at the stitches in my side.
"SHUICHI!" I shushed him and whispered harshly
"Damn, Hiro! Care to yell a bit louder? I dont think N-G heard us." he rushed over and started to push me back onto the bed, but I stopped him and looked at him expectantly. I wasn't disappointed when he whispered back
"Stop, your injured, you idiot!" my eyes narrowed and I pulled my phone from his pocket and looked frantically at it. 'Eiri and Rose?' My eyes widened and my heart sped up again, I ripped the damn hookups to the monitor and it flatlined. I tore the plug out of the wall and pulled out my IV and got up.
"What happened? I went in for surgery and...then what? How did this happen?" I spoke as I put on my black, longsleeved button up shirt and black South Pole Jeans(dont own) I slipped on my socks and my pure black converse high tops.(do not own) After I did that, I went to the table by the bed and slipped my belongings into my pocket, slipping my dog dags under my shirt. The voice that answered wasn't the voice I was expecting
"Uhh, yeah, thats my fault. After you went in for surgery, I called Eiri. I tried to say that you were alright, but he wouldn't listen and said he was on his way. He hung up on me." K said from the doorway, rubbing his jaw in agitation. I noticed the slight 5 o'clock shadow on his face and saw the beginings of bags under Hiro's eyes. My eyes softened and I nodded.
"It wasn't your fault, K. He would have come regardless. But what happened to Rose?" Just then the doctor walked in and I cursed under my breath. He looked to the bed, then to me, startled.
"Mr. Greene! You shouldn't be up. You shouldn't even be awake! What if you rip your stitches? Get back to bed please." I narrowed my eyes dangerously at him and took a step foreward. He gulped and took a step back.
"I dont think so, Doc. I have some important business to take care of and you will NOT get in my way. Are we clear?" The doctor nodded furiously and fled the room. I nodded to the two others in the room and we left.
We headed to N-G and once we were inside, we headed straight downstairs. When the doors opened, Tohma was sitting on the couch with his head in his hands. I heard Suguru and Sakano somewhere in the back and I went straight to mine and Eiri's room and took out my bag, taking it back out to the living room thinking silently 'Ryu is being awfully quiet'
I took out the weapons that were placed there, my knives, gun, katana and chain case were set on the table and I rummaged around till I found the latch and pulled it again. I pulled out a thigh strap full of throwing knives and a belt full of extra cartriges. I started to 'suit up' as I finally spoke.
"What happened, Tohma?" he looked up at me and sighed
"After K called, Eiri started for the door. Rose and Ryu went with him, saying you wouldn't forgive them if they let anything happen to him while you weren't around." My eyes widened and I paused, before narrowing my eyes at the wall and finished strapping on my katana, not bothering with hiding the handle as I thought wryly 'At least I know why Ryu was so quiet'
"And?" I asked, buttoning up my shirt.
"We decided it would be good to follow, just in case. When we got to the lobby, all we saw was a couple of pens and a syringe lying on the floor. We picked them up and brought them back here before contacting K. He said he already knew because your phone went off." he pointed to the kitchen and put his head back into his hands. I went into the kitchen and saw them on the counter, my eyes narrowed at the blood on one of the pens. 'That better have been Eiri's doing' I picked up the syringe and squirted it into a cup, nearby. I took a whiff and didn't know whether to be relieved or pissed. It was a strong sedative used when target's were supposed to be kidnapped. I decided on pissed and dumped the contents down the drain.
I went back into the living room and knelt down by Tohma, grabbing his chin and making him look at me. I spoke seriously, but softly
"Well I know they aren't dead, the liquid in the syringe was a sedative. I know where they are and I'm going to get them back. Do you trust me?" Tohma swallowed before answering
"Of course I do bu-" his phone rang and he answered quickly, putting it on speaker
"Hello?" we heard a woman panting on the other line.
"Tohma? Its time." Tohma looked like he was going to cry and looked at me, helplessly. I nodded at him, smiling softly
"Go, Tohma, that kid ain't gonna wait." We heard a 'NO SHIT' then a cry on the other end and Tohma shot out of his seat, already headed for the back door. I was grinning at the soon to be father.
"Hang on, I'm on my way" and he hung up. Before the door closed he shot over his shoulder.
"Bring them back, Aiden. You better be in one piece too, those hospital trips are getting old" my grin faltered. I knew I wouldn't be getting away unscathed, but I nodded anyways. I looked over at K seriously.
"K...I can't do this alone." He grinned and nodded, cracking his knuckles. I turned to Hiro and hugged him. Pulling away I put on my best smile and said
"Stay here till we get back, alright? My laptop is on my bed and I think I saw one of Tohma's guitars in the closet." I winked and he laughed before turning to K. I knew that look and I turned away, giving them their privacy. I rechecked my weapons and readjusted my anke strap, I turned around to see Hiro and K ending, what was probably, a very passionate kiss. Hiro turned to me and smiled sheepishly, before heading down the hallway.
I turned to K and nodded. He grinned and nodded as well, then we headed out the back door. As we got on the bikes, and put our helmets on, I plugged in my ipod and Party Hard by Andrew W.K. started playing. 'How fitting. Lets party' and we sped off.
Eiri POV
I came to suddenly as cold water hit my face. I coughed and blearily looked around. I saw buckets of water being thrown on Ryu and Rose also and I shook the water out of my face and blinked a couple of times, trying to get my vision to focus. When I could see clearly, I mentally assessed our situation. We were lined up in a room, our hands and feet handcuffed to chairs. 'Great...just awesome' I thought grimly.
A man walked into the room, holding a wicked looking sword, its blade curving side to side like a snake. He looked at me and grinned.
"So, your finally awake. May I be the first to welcome you to your suite. My name is Gunner and I will be your host for tonight." and he gestured around the bare room. I snorted and Rose giggled, Ryu just remained silent
"I would applaud your obvious taste, but alas, my hands are tied." I heard Rose say, before she broke out in another fit of giggles. Gunner's eyes narrowed and he backhanded her hard. Ryu just sat there, his eyes downcast.
"Watch your mouth, Rosie. Thats right...I know all about you, all of you." and he looked at each of us. When he got to me, he grinned maliciously and added
"Especially you, how you and that little faggot are getting it on. About the mysterious disappearance of one, Shuichi Shindou. And, more importantly, the mysterious apperance of one, Aiden Greene" My eyes narrowed at him and I spit in his direction. It landed on his shoe and his face turned an ugly shade of red. He twirled his blade before sliding the tip of his blade up my leg. A searing pain slid up from my ankle and I gritted my teeth, willing myself not to cry out.
That seemed to make him angrier and he pointed the blade at my throat, but a female voice stopped him.
"Gunner. Thats no way to treat guests. You need to keep your temper in check. We cant kill him until my Aiden makes his guest appearance." A young man came out of the shadows with a voice changer pressed against his throat. His hair was dyed purple with red tips, styled the way Shu's used to be, his face was almost childish and he had in violet contacts. He was wearing a white button up shirt and kahki pants. He didn't look much older than Shu. 'So this is the "woman" that ordered the hit'
My eyes blazed at the use of 'my Aiden' and I saw a horrified expression cover Rose's face. I turned to her and she looked utterly terrified. 'What the hell? Does she know this guy?'
"NO! YOUR SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD! THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO TAKE CARE OF YOU! I WOULD KNOW, I ORDERED IT! I SHOULD HAVE KILLED YOU MYSELF!" she screamed at the guy. My eyes widened at the confession and she started shaking her head back and forth. The mystery man grabbed her hair and forced her to look at him
"My, my, my. You sound dissapointed that I'm alive. I was going to let you go, along with your little boyfriend over there, but now that I know who ordered my death, I changed my mind. How is my little Aiden doing? Other than playing the whore. Does his wound pain him much?" and he looked at me pointedly. My eyes narrowed as I tried to remember all of Shu's scars. 'There was his chest wound, his shoulder wound, his stomach, his foot, his back...HIS BACK!' My eyes widened and I stared, stunned. He saw my expression and smiled widely
"So, he told you about me. Im so happy he did, that just means he still thinks about me. And if he still thinks about me, he still loves me." I rolled my eyes at his twisted logic and glared at the man known as Yuki. He looked me up and down, before smirking.
"Well I will give him props. He has excellent taste." He sauntered over to me and traced his tongue up my jawline, when I tried to pull away, he grabbed my hair and exposed my neck. He licked up the side and sucked on the juncture of my neck. I grimaced at the contact and when he pulled away, he blew on the wet marks on my neck, then whispered
"Your so pretty! You know...I think, once my Aiden comes for me, you can be our toy." he gripped my hair and kissed me harshly, slipping his tongue into my mouth. When he stopped I turned my head as far as I could and puked on his shoes. 'This guy's fucking disqusting.' I thought, shuddering. He looked at his shoes and back to me and smiled softly, wiping them on my pants.
"Thats ok, my pet. I will forgive you this time, but you will still have to be punished." my eyes widened and I started yelling and pulling on my restraints as he snapped his fingers. Rose started thrashing in her chair as they picked up mine and headed out of the room. At the door I looked back to see everyone filing after us and Rose had a look of helpless determination in her eyes and Ryu looked up at me and grinned mischeviously, pulling his hand out from behind his back and waving, before putting it back. If I weren't so terrified of revealing him, I would have laughed and hugged that bastard. 'I will think about it'
Ryuichi POV
When everyone left the room, I quickly grabbed the handcuffs wrapped around the legs of the chair and slipped them off. I looked over to Rose who was still thrashing around in her chair, so far she got her foot cuffs loose, and had one hand halfway out of its cuff. I got up and drug the chair over and spoke softly
"Hold still, I'm gonna get you out" she stopped instantly and I pulled a paperclip from my pocket and started to pick the locks, sticking my tongue out in concentration.
"How do you know how to do that?" I heard her ask and I chuckled.
"I wasn't the best kid growing up and I had alot of experience breaking and entering. Mostly just the entering, I never liked breaking other peoples things. I just liked to know that the world couldn't be withheld from me. Aaaand, done." I finished with her hands and started on her feet. Once done, she shot up and crushed her lips against mine. I deepened the kiss and explored her hot cavern, she moaned into the kiss and I pulled her flush against me. When it became apparent that we needed to breath, we broke away and I whispered in her ear
"Go find Eiri, I will wait here." she nodded and went to the door, just to find it had no handle. Just then, we heard sounds of gunshots and grunts. She backed away from the door and it was kicked open, revealing K grinning from ear to ear, holding two machine guns. Shuichi came in next, sliding his katana back into his holster and looked at me to Rose, then around the room. His eyes became icy and he demanded.
"Where is he?" Rose spoke quickly, not wanting to infuriate him further.
"Yuki is here, Aiden." Shuichi's eyes narrowed and he looked furious.
"Dont tell me...he was the 'woman' that hired me." Rose nodded and winced when Shu abruptly punched the wall, swearing.
"He was using a voice changer to sound like a woman. I'm so sorry, Aiden, but he took Eiri." Shu froze and looked at Rose, staring intently
"What did you say?" Rose just cringed and backed into me, I wrapped my arms around her and stepped back. Even K took a step back at the feral, deadly look that formed on his face. He handed Rose his gun and the belt with the extra ammo on it before turning to K.
"K...get them safe. Then come find me." his voice was low, deadly and broke for no arguments. He nodded and Shuichi disappeared down the hallway.
Eiri POV
They took me into a dark room and set me down. I was taken out of the chair and stripped, my hands were cuffed to a beam that hung from the ceiling and my legs were spread and cuffed to loops on the floor. Two lights turned on, one illuminated me and the other revealed a table full of all kinds of knives and sex toys. Yuki stepped out of the shadows and walked around me, looking me up and down as if appraising for imperfections. When he got back to my front, he smiled wickedly.
"You are absolutely beautiful. But you've been very naughty, you see, I dont like to share and you took my Aiden from me." I snorted and replied haughtily
"He was always mine, you moron. I was the one who took his virginity, I am his lover. All you had was the pretty smiles he graced your way." I grinned and asked in a low tone
"Do you want to know how he screams MY name when I suck him off? How he moans when I enter him? Do you know he is so tight that I come almost instantly once I'm inside of him? He is very lou-" I was cut off when he snapped and I heard a loud crack, a searing pain stung my back and I bit my lip. Over and over, the whip slashed my back, the end flinging around and slapping my chest and I couldn't help but cry out. When he was done, I sagged in my bonds and Yuki just smiled maliciously and went to the table.
He grabbed a dagger and came over to me, tracing the blade over my hips, down my thighs. I stayed as still as possible, not wanting anything important cut off.
"Let's not talk about that anymore, it provokes my envy." and as he said the last bit, he dug the blade into my inner thigh. I cried out as he twisted the blade and pulled out. He wiped the blade clean on my stomach and I shuddered, breathing heavily.
"You took my Aiden's virginity, so I'm going to take your's." He put the dagger down and started to unzip his pants. My eyes widened and I thrashed around 'There is absolutely NO way he was sticking that thing ANYWHERE inside of me.' my wrists and ankles started to chafe and I felt a stickiness coat them.
Yuki frowned and snapped his fingers, out of nowhere, two masked men came and held me still. I looked to my side at one of them and saw violet eyes staring back at me and they winked, I sighed in relief 'Shuichi'. My gaze snapped back to Yuki and he smiled sweetly
"If you don't hold still, I won't be able to have my fun." I felt Shuichi's hand tighten on my shoulder and I winced. Yuki noticed and turned to his "guard" backhanding him. He staggered back from the force.
"Did I tell you to hurt him? No! I told you to hold him." I heard a chuckle as Shuichi wiped his mouth.
"Now Yuki, I thought you loved me." Yuki's eyes widened as Shu let one of his knives fly and nail my other guard in the head, before taking off his mask. He pulled off his jacket and tied it around my waist before he grinned lopsidedly at me and I smiled back softly.
"Sorry I'm late, I caught every red light." I just shook my head and jumped when I heard Yuki scream.
"STOP IT!" He then threw himself onto Shuichi and held him tight.
"Oh Aiden! I missed you soo much. Why didn't you wait for me? Did you know, that bitch, Rose ordered my execution! You have to kill her! I demand it." 'My God! he sounds like a whiny, spoiled teenage girl!' I thought, looking sympathetically to Shu. He looked over at me and noticed my body, his eyes became cold steel and he disentangled himself from Yuki and held him at arms length
"Why did you do this, Yuki? Why didn't you just come to me?" Yuki just rolled his eyes
"I TOLD you, Rose ordered my execution. I've been hiding out because I escaped. This was the only way for us to finally be together." I refrained from snorting and Shuichi sighed.
"You do know, you almost killed me a year ago, right?" Yuki looked relieved
"I know, and I was so worried about you! but I knew you would come to your senses and forgive me after I explained." Shuichi just shook his head.
"You needlessly brought people I love and care about into this. Then you hurt them and me. No, I don't think I could forgive you this time." Yuki looked stricken and he backed away an hit the table.
"No...NO! YOU ONLY LOVE ME! I WONT ALLOW YOU TO LOVE ANYONE ELSE! ME! IM THE ONLY ONE FOR YOU, AND I WILL PROVE IT!" he lunged at me with a knife raised but stopped when a knife was thrown into his forearm. Yuki howled and clutched his arm, glaring at me, then at Shu.
"What the hell? Dont you see? This is the only way for us to be together!" Shuichi just stared at him impassively and walked closer to stand between us.
"You never should have touched him. You'll get no mercy from me now." a look of rage and jealousy twisted Yuki's face and he charged at Shu. It didn't look like he moved but in the next instant Shuichi was behind him and his chain was wrapped around Yuki's neck. Yuki was roughly yanked backwards. He rolled and got to his feet, rubbing his neck before grabbing a blade hidden on him. Shuichi dropped his weapon and pulled out his own knife from his thigh.
All I saw was a white an black blur, they were moving so fast. They would end up on either side of the room and I would see a spark in the middle. This happened over and over when I saw the black blur zip along the wall and over the white blur. Yuki turned and Shuichi embedded his blade into his stomach. His face still impassive, but his eyes full of sorrow as he whispered in a surprised Yuki's ear
"You were a good friend. Im sorry it ended this way." and Shuichi layed him back before standing an taking a ragged breath. He was a mess. His hair was out of its braid and was matted to his head, his shirt was cut off earlier and his body was riddled with cuts. His stitches were ripped and bleeding freely, his pants were slightly cut too, revealing the bandages that probably went all the way down his legs.
Without a word, he limped over to me and picked the lock around my ankles and he rubbed the feeling back into them before moving up and ripping a piece of his pant leg off to wrap my thigh. He moved up and kissed the whip marks that reached my chest and stomach, then reached up and uncuffed me.
When I was free, I couldn't hold myself up and I sagged, he caught me, following me down and set me down gently. He went to grab my clothes and all of a sudden, Yuki screamed, pulled the knife out of his stomach and threw it at me. I closed my eyes tightly, waiting for the blow to come. When nothing happened I looked up and gasped. Shuichi was knelt before me and his face was a mask of pure fury and his voice emotionless.
"Im going to kill you now, and I will make sure your dead this time." and he limped over to where Yuki was still laying and knelt over him. Shuichi pulled out a knife, and ran it acrossed his throat. He wiped his blade on Yuki's shirt and put it away before grabbing the clothes he dropped and making his way over to me. I noticed the blade that was meant for me, sticking out of his shoulder.
I looked at his face, tired and worn, then to the blade gleaming in the light. He started helping me into my clothes, just as K came in pointing the gun everywhere before holstering it and taking in the scene. Shuichi turned to him and smiled relieved.
"You made it, sorry but your a bit late." K shrugged and replied
"Sorry, there were extra guys that we missed on our way in. You seemed to do just fine." He took in my apperance and lifted me up, letting Shu finish putting my pants on. Once done, he knelt and turned to K gesturing to his shoulder
"Before we leave, I need you to pull it out. If I do it, it will just cause more damage." K nodded and looked to me
"You might want to hold him." as weak as I was, I mustered the strength and got behind my little counterpart, threading an arm under his right arm and acrossed his chest, holding my hand at the juncture of his neck, the other arm wrapped around his waist. I put my chin over his shoulder as K knelt in front of Shuichi and looked at him, he nodded and grit his teeth. I tightened my grip as K grabbed the blade handle, he pulled it out quickly and a pained cry ripped itself from Shu's throat. I winced as his his fingers dug into my leg, and he hung his head, panting.
K ripped his sleeve off and wrapped it tightly around the wound to stem the bleeding. I sagged against his back and whispered
"Can we go home now? I dont know about you but it's been one hell of a day." K and Shu just looked at each other for a moment, then started laughing. K got up and pulled me up and over his shoulder. He pulled Shu up and let him grab his discarded weapons.
"Agreed, lets go home." and we walked out the door
Shuichi POV
We turned the corner to leave and it was none other than Keith, standing with his arms crossed, holding two guns, blocking our way to freedom.
"I told you it wouldn't change things between us, I still plan on beating you one day." I groaned and sighed 'I am soooo not in the mood for this right now'
"Can't this wait for another day? I'm tired, I ache all over and you already know your going to lose." that must have been the wrong thing to say, because he narrowed his eyes and pulled his gun on me.
"Cut the shit! How am I going to lose when you have a knife and I have a gun! Fight me!" and he fired, I pushed K and Eiri down and took off down the hall.
"I'm gonna borrow this" and I took off down the hall, unsheathing my katana. I zigzagged towards him dodging every bullet he fired my way and when I passed him, I slid a knife and flung it at his hand. The force of it threw his hand into the wall and pinned it there.
He screamed and pulled up his other gun and we were at a standoff yet again, his gun to my neck and my katana blade was pressed into his crotch. He laughed at our predicament and said
"I will kill you before you kill me, Aiden. Looks like you lose this round." I just smirked and pressed my katana a bit closer.
"Thats true, but you'll be scarred for life. You will think about me everytime you go to take a piss, you will never be able to have sex again, and whenever you think about it, you will curse MY name...so, die? Or live a lifetime cursing a dead guy. Personally I would choose death anyday. So whaddiasay? Draw?" Keith just stared at me with a horrified expression and nodded dumbly.
I grinned and pulled his gun out of his hand, dropping it before resheathing my blade and walking out.
"HEY! COME TAKE THIS THING OUT!" I heard a yell from behind me and I just laughed and kept walking.
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