YAAAYYYYY! FINALLY FINISHED THE CHAPPTER! Okay I know some of you guys have grown out of patience, being a reader myself I know how that feels like. Believe I truly do. I know it took a while to update well, here it is! The long awaited chappie. This is by far (I think) the biggest chapter I have ever typed! NEways hope you guys enjoy it! Oh I just re-read some of my past chapters and........sooo many mistakes! I feel embarrased now. I guess that's what happens when you don't have a beta reader or someone to read your chapter before posting it up. Heh. Okay enough babbling. On to the story.
The hospital doors slid open letting Imai and Tsuyaka in. They both scanned the hospital's waiting area for Chiharu. Imai finally spotted him standing near the window. He rushed over with Tsuyaka and asked him what had happened.
"Did something happen to Mr. Aizawa?" Tsuyaka asked after him. Chiharu slowly turned away from the window and faced them. Imai and Tsuyaka gasped. Chiharu did not appear at all like himself. Even though he still had not said anything, his facial expression was enough to tell them something terrible happened. Knowing this Imai put his hand on Chiharu's shoulder.
"Chiharu what's wrong?" Chiharu looked up with painful eyes, "Kyo…has been kidnapped." Chiharu's barely audible words finally came out.
"What?!" Tsuyaka yelled out making the few people that were there turn their heads. Imai bonked her on the head.
"Be quiet! We're in a hospital idiot." Tsuyaka ignored Imai's scolding and stepped closer to Chiharu.
"Are you sure? Did you see them?" Tsuyaka lowered her voice but still kept her stern tone.
"Kyo wasn't there in the room so I went to go look for her. That was when they called me." When Chiharu finished talking Imai sat down in one of the chairs that were there. Tsuyaka however remained standing. Her growing frustration was rapidly taking over her.
"I can't believe it." Imai said. Tsuyaka's head snapped up a scowl aimed at Chiharu. She walked over to him and grabbed him by the front of his shirt.
"Listen porcupine head. You better tell us what exactly is going on. What happened between you and that Tenjo guy?" Chiharu's surprised eyes looked up at Tsuyaka's menacing ones.
"That…how do you…" Chiharu sighed, "Of course, Aizawa." Tsuyaka let go of his shirt and crossed her arms waiting. Imai's head went from Tusyaka to Chiharu trying to figure out what they were talking about.
"Wait, what Tenjo guy? What's going on Chiharu?" Chiharu went to sit down next to Imai before beginning the explanation. While explaining Tsuyaka's already rising anger began rising again. Imai's expression just became more cold and hard. By the time Chiharu finished all three teens were in silence.
"Wow never figured Mr. Aizawa was in that kind of trouble." Imai was the first to speak. He turned to Chiharu, "Why haven't you called the police yet?" Chiharu shook his head.
"I was going to but then Aizawa's kidnappers threatened me not to tell anyone, not even the police or else harm will come to her." Imai nodded. Tsuyaka began pacing back and forth.
"What I don't understand is why you didn't tell Kyo before? If she had known she probably would not have been kidnapped." Tsuyaka's words cut through Chiharu's heart. He of course had already realized this and felt guiltier than before.
"I just didn't want her to worry."
"So you just wanted to take the burden all for yourself?!" Imai shushed her again. Tsuyaka didn't even pay attention, her anger was so accumulated that it was so hard not to hurt the man in front of her right now. She closed her eyes and tried to calm down. After a minute she reopened them, her body calmer.
"How much was the amount?" Tsuyaka asked. Chiharu glanced up at her and then looked back down, "The paper didn't say." Tsuyaka sighed.
"Chiharu, I know you wanted to protect her but acting like a tough guy by not talking is stupid. She's you're girlfriend for crying out loud. You're supposed to share the burden, especially when it deals with her family." Tsuyaka walked over to Chiharu. When he didn't respond Tsuyaka and Imai looked at each other with worried expressions.
"You're right." Both brought their attention back to Chiharu. He raised his head, his eyes with a new glare. "But right now I need to go find her." He stood up startling his friends, "Imai come with me, Tsuyaka stay here with Mr. Aizawa. Call me if he wakes up too."
"What?! Why do I have to stay behind? I can fight better than both of you guys put together." Tsuyaka retorted. Imai smiled, "That's why I think its better that you stay here. We need someone to protect Mr. Aizawa, and besides you're still a woman, I found that out just last night." Tsuyaka had a full blush on her flustered face.
"Did something happen between you guys?" Chiharu asked. Tsuyaka began stuttering but then Imai cut her off.
"Don't worry about it. Right now Kyo is much more important." Imai began pushing Chiharu to the exit. Before going through the doors Imai turned back to where Tsuyaka was, "Wait for us here Tsuyaka."
When they were outside Chiharu looked at his old friend with curiosity. Imai noticed his stare and asked him what was up.
"Did you really….?" Imai laughed. "Don't worry about it. I'll tell you later." Chiharu frowned but then shrugged it off.
"So what's the plan?" Imai asked as he avoided bumping into a lady with a big grocery bag.
"Well first I need you to call the team and tell them what happened. We might need their help, muscle-wise. Oh and don't forget to prepare a fast get away. I'll call you later for the details."
"By the way, when are you supposed to meet them?"
"They said at twelve o'clock at the old fish warehouse near the docks." Chiharu answered as he impatiently waited for the green light at the crosswalk.
"Okay got it...but what are you going to do?"
"I'm going to the person who started all this." Imai nodded knowing full well of whom he was talking about.
"Right so I'll see you later."
"Right." Chiharu waved to Imai as the light turned green. When he arrived at the stop the bus was not there yet making Chiharu anxious. He did not have much patience and hit the bench in frustration. The pain that shot up his foot wasn't even close to the pain he felt internally. He never had a good chance to let out his feelings ever since he had received the call. They now came spilling out one after the other each like a hot wave washing over making him boil to a point of no control, but there wasn't any time for that.
At that moment Chiharu heard the bus engine as it came closer. He looked up and saw the long-thin doors open. Chiharu took a deep breath, exhaled it out through his mouth and stepped into the bus, letting the thin doors close behind him.
All Kyo could hear was the drip of a faucet somewhere. She couldn't see because of an ugly, scratchy rag covering her eyes. The only parts of her body she could move were her head and fingers since her hands were bound at the wrists. Ropes trapped her feet to the legs of the chair and her body to the back of the chair. Despite her restrictions she had already tried everything to get loose and screamed for help until her throat became hoarse. Now all she could do was listen and wait for the worst.
Kyo sighed. She really had no idea why she has been kidnapped. The only notion she could come up with was that her dad's company had some enemies and they were taking it out on her father. Well whatever it was she had to get out of here. However before Kyo could try anything she heard a door open along with angry voices.
"How was I supposed to know that wuss would go unconscious?" A giant's voice boomed through the room making Kyo jump.
"I told you not to get carried away and look what we have left a useless hostage!" a more normal male's voice followed. Kyo tensed up as she heard two sets of footsteps coming closer to her.
"Don't get panicky my friends." A different voice this time a deep, gentle tenor came from out of nowhere. Kyo swiveled her head trying to find where it had come from.
"She may still be useful." Kyo gasped as a boney hand put itself on her shoulder.
"Boss!" the giant yelled out. Kyo assumed this creepy guy was in the shadows until now. She shivered as the hand went to the back of her neck gently massaging her with the thumb and index finger.
"Who did you call?" the creepy man spoke up again. This time the other man spoke.
"We called a boy. His number was the first in the list on her cell." Kyo's heart gave a jolt. They must mean Chiharu.
"Hm, do we know who he is?" to Kyo's relief the hand went away.
"I'm guessing her boyfriend." The same man answered. Kyo then heard a chair being moved followed by the Boss's voice.
"Sit. Oh and Kurogane…"
"Yes boss!" The giant yelled out.
"Tell everyone to be cautious. We don't know if this kid has something else planned."
The giant began laughing, "Boss, I don't think a boy…uh yes got it, right away." Kyo didn't have to guess what had happened. This "Boss" character must be very intimidating. After the giant left, all Kyo heard was the breathing of two men. She gulped anxiously waiting.
"So what are we going to do now?" The remaining man asked.
"Wait until that kid comes then we'll talk about the money." Kyo turned too quickly to where she guessed the voice was coming from and gave herself a soar neck.
"What money?" she spoke up for the first time. Kyo still couldn't see anything and all she could do was wait for the response. She heard someone nearby chuckle softly.
"The money your father owes us of course or didn't you know that?" it was the creepy guy that answered her. Although the two men could not see the top part of her face Kyo frowned.
"What do you mean? My dad never had a debt to pay." The chuckle went off again.
"Clearly your weakling father has been keeping secrets from you." All of a sudden that creepy guy's voice didn't sound intimidating anymore. Now it started getting annoying. "I wouldn't be surprised if that boyfriend of yours is the same."
"Shut the hell up you bastard!" Kyo growled, "If you guys seem so high and mighty why don't you show your faces!" A hard hand slapped her in the face right then making her dizzy from the pain.
"Shut your mouth you little bitch!" the lackey had slapped her, and harder than she's ever been hit too. Kyo straightened back up into her chair trying to gain more of her conscious.
"I guess you guys are real criminals if you don't want to show your faces." Kyo barely finished mumbling when another hard slap hit her but this time sending her to the floor, chair and all. Kyo closed her eyes in pain because not only did she have a cheek injury but a wound to the head and shoulder when she fell down.
"That's enough Nakashima. Take off her blindfold, we have nothing to hide."
"But sir!" Kyo was blinking away the pain as she felt someone picking her up along with her chair, and remove the dirty rag from her eyes. It took awhile to adjust to the low-lit room but once her eyes adjusted she saw the guy that she assumed hit her and……an old man….in a wheelchair! Kyo blinked twice as if trying to see if her eyes had tricked her. No wonder she couldn't hear when he had suddenly appeared, the soft wheels couldn't be heard, even as he moved up to her now smiling an oily grin that perfectly fit his nick name she had given him.
"You're quite a spirited girl aren't you?" Kyo just glared. He laughed, "Yup, definitely a lioness we have here." He turned his right wheel in order to face the man she assumed was Nakashima.
"What time is it?" he asked. After Nakashima gave him the time, which was twenty'til twelve, he swerved his chair around to face Kyo.
"Being the nice old man I am I'll fill you in on everything." Kyo glared as hard as she could. She was getting pissed off.
"Your dad needed money last year. So like all our customers we gave him a respectable deal. He had 10 months to pay his loan but sadly things began to get a little troublesome in our business so we had to shorten the time of his deadline." Kyo stopped glaring and was now grasping the situation.
"By…by when does he have to pay?" Kyo asked trying to keep her voice even. The old man smiled again, "By tomorrow evening," the man let the information sink in before he continued, "but I don't think your father will be able to since he's in the hospital." Kyo's eyes widened in shock and looked away shamefully. The old man waited patiently for her answer. Kyo closed her eyes as she felt the tears begin to come. She didn't want to show these bastards any sort of weakness so she kept her eyes closed as she spoke.
"How much?" Kyo waited in anticipation, the question to hard to bare. She felt the beat of her heart in her ears now and tried to concentrate on her breathing.
"You don't need to know that." The man in the wheelchair said. Kyo turned to him anger in her eyes.
"TELL ME DAMMIT!" her voice vibrated through the room exposing it for its real size. It was bigger than what she thought.
The old man didn't seem affected at all by Kyo's outburst and simply smiled his grin. Kyo continued staring at the man in the wheelchair. Without taking his eyes of her face the old man gestured for Nakashima. He swiftly went to his boss's side.
"Nakashima, make sure our guest doesn't create any mischief while I'm gone." Nakashima gave a curt nod and turned to glare at Kyo. Kyo never took her eyes off the old man and still watched him as he swiveled his wheelchair towards the door. Before he exited out the room he craned his wrinkled neck to Kyo.
"Oh and about your boyfriend we told him to meet us at twelve o'clock for negotiations about your release. If he shows up that is." The old man left cackling his way through the door and out the room. Kyo was so filled with anger that she didn't even feel the tear that fell from her right eye.
"Do you want to know how your pathetic father begged us not to hurt him?" Kyo snapped her head up to the guy that had given her the bruises on her cheek.
"He's not pathetic!" Kyo yelled back. She saw Nakashima smile for the first time and suddenly felt vulnerable. She leaned back into her chair already regretting her protest.
"You know you're pretty brave screaming out like that. Especially for not realizing what kind of situation you're in." Kyo felt fear quickly consume her as the shadow of the man covered her whole body in darkness. Chiharu hurry!
Chiharu looked up from staring through the window. He looked around the bus and at the passengers. For a second he thought he had heard Kyo's voice. Then a sudden vibration startled him and realized someone was calling him. He quickly took out the Samsung cell phone from his jean pocket and answered it. It turned out to be Tsuyaka from the hospital. Mr. Aizawa was conscious.
"Mr. Aizawa!" Chiharu's sudden loud voice made a few heads turn his way.
"Eniwa is Kyo okay? Where is she?" Mr. Aizawa's hoarse voice sounded weak but concerned. Chiharu sighed and told Kyo's father what had happened over the phone. When he finished Mr. Aizawa didn't speak for a while. Chiharu had the paper Tenjo had given him in his hand. He opened it with his free hand and heard the crinkle of the paper from its past abuse. Still looking at the paper Chiharu asked Mr. Aizawa the question he had on his mind ever since Tenjo gave him the stupid paper.
"Mr. Aizawa how much was the loan?" Chiharu waited for the answer from the silence on the other line. Finally it was Mr. Aizawa's turn to sigh.
"It was 900,000¥."[About $10,000] Chiharu was at a loss of words. That was more money than he expected, way too much. Where the heck was he going to get 900,000¥? He felt the cold feeling of hopelessness begin to fill his body. Kyo's face popped up like light in his mind. Chiharu began to make himself immune to the feeling and took a deep breath.
"Mr. Aizawa I need you to tell me if you have any money saved up."
"I'm sorry to say that I haven't been able to save any money." Chiharu never heard Mr. Aizawa sound so lost until now. He knew how Mr. Aizawa felt but despite that Chiharu couldn't help but feel furious towards this man. His only daughter was in danger and he didn't even have a way to rescue her!
"I was going to sell my old house before we moved to repay that money but there was something wrong with the paperwork and I couldn't sell it. I've been trying to find other ways to repay but…" Chiharu couldn't continue listening and hung up without saying anything. His last hope was a dead end. The only person he could think of that could help Kyo was that bastard Tenjo. It pained him so much that he crunched the paper in his hand making it even more wrinkled. Of all people it had to be him.
As if on cue the stop that led to said person's house came. The bus driver's monotone voice slowly announced Chiharu's stop. He gripped his cell phone tightly in his right hand and the crumpled paper on the other before standing up and stepping off the bus. The bus's engine gave a last snort before leaving Chiharu alone on the sidewalk. The neighborhood he stood facing was one of the richest blocks he had ever seen. Each house had a different style, most of them western in spite of their Japanese location.
Chiharu had found Tenjo's house by phonebook. He knew it would be easy to locate him since he was the son of a C.E.O, famous for fundraising private schools and the like. In fact Sakura High was actually built by Tenjo's father. Chiharu had found this out by a few simple questions he had asked people around him, even though he had his address via phonebook he still wasn't sure where his house was.
Chiharu walked briskly to the entrance of the neighborhood and glanced at the yellow-transparent paper in his hand. He took a look at the address again, 174-0051 Tōkyō-to, Itabashi-ku, Azusawa 2-23-12. The building number was 12. Chiharu scanned the neighborhood and it took him five minutes to locate the house. When he found it his eyes were wide with awe. The house itself was amazing. It looked like a hybrid of Japanese and Western houses. The house was a bold color of a dark shaded-gray and white outlining. He could see the Japanese style doors on the first floor and the windows of an American house on the second floor. This thing had so many multiple roofs that it looked like it had many rooms on the second floor (which was probably true). Chiharu shook his head trying to get back to normal and walked up to the entrance. The entrance of course was a huge black gate that had intricate rail designs at its top. When Chiharu pushed the button for the intercom of the fancy house a female voice came through.
"Who is it?" Chiharu cleared his throat before re-pushing the button.
"Eniwa Chiharu. I am a friend of Tenjo Takashi." Chiharu said and let go of the button. There was a bit of static noise before the same voice answered.
"One moment please." Chiharu waited. He felt awkward standing there and tried to hide within the entrance. The walls dipped in to the black gate, giving him a little cover. A few minutes passed before a beep interrupted the silence. Chiharu went through the now open gate and followed a concrete path that lead to a big wooden door with a glass plane. The door looked like one of those American doors he saw in the movies. There were detailed patterns carved into the wood that gave the door a more antique feeling. Even the doorbell had a fancy outlining of white plastic. He rang the door bell and a split second later the door swished open.
There standing in a maid's uniform was an American lady with red hair. Although she was a foreigner her head only reached up to his chin.
"Hello. You must be Mr. Eniwa." she greeted him with a small white smile.
"Yes. I'm here to see Tenjo. Is he home?" Chiharu asked.
"Yes, Master Tenjo will meet you in the loft. This way please." Her Japanese was fluent but she had a small accent. Chiharu followed her through a couple of hallways all decorated with different ornaments and paintings. He tried remembering the many turns they took but lost count after the 6th hallway. Finally after going through a miny maze they arrived at a peach colored room with a dead fireplace.
"Master Tenjo will be here soon. Would you like some tea while you are waiting?' the maid asked with a smile. Chiharu declined the offer and was left alone in the spacious room. Again Chiharu fell ill at ease from being inside the enemy's territory and camped out at a safe place near the fireplace.
The room was as eloquently decorated as the house was, just different colors. The opaque colors of brown, deep red, peach, and orange gave Chiharu the impression of the fall season.
"Never thought I would see you here." Chiharu turned around startled by Tenjo's voice. This time he wasn't wearing the usual T-shirt and shorts. He actually looked like a rich boy with his khaki pants and long-sleeved blue shirt.
"I never though I'd be here either. In fact I wouldn't have come at all if it wasn't for Kyo." Chiharu coldly said. The feelings he had stored away in the bus now came boiling their way out. Tenjo smiled without showing his teeth and trotted over to the sofa. His brown hair bounced as he plopped down on its leather seat. He motioned Chiharu to do the same but Chiharu ignored him and stayed in his spot.
Tenjo shrugged, "Suit yourself." At that moment, the red-haired maid came in with a silver tray with a matching tea set and what Chiharu thought looked like small squids.
"So what brings you here?" Tenjo asked before popping one of the squids in his mouth.
"You should know why I came." Tenjo chewing, raised an eyebrow. Chiharu came closer and now stood behind the sofa that Tenjo had asked him to sit on. Tenjo swallowed, crossed his legs and held up a hand with an extended index finger.
"Let me guess...Kyo." Tenjo laughed at his own supposedly hilarious joke and popped another squid into his mouth. When Chiharu saw it for a second time he found out it was just hot dog weaners cut up like mini squids.
"The reason is because I want to know why you are doing this." Tenjo swallowed the last of his weaner squid and looked at Chiharu with serious eyes. Chiharu returned his gaze at the same level. Silence dragged on and it wasn't until Tenjo spoke up again when it broke.
"So you don't remember." Tenjo said it as a fact instead of a question. A wrinkle sprouted between Chiharu's brown eyebrows. Tenjo stood up and began slowly pacing back and forth as if he were a lawyer questioning a criminal in court.
"Two years ago your team won the championship." Tenjo paused before continuing, "Do you remember the team you played against?" Tenjo fixed an eye on Chiharu's puzzled face. When Chiharu didn't answer Tenjo spoke again. "Don't tell me you don't remember your last middle school year championship game."
Chiharu's eyes descended down towards the floor as he tried recalling his old memories.
"Satsuki Gakuen." He finally said looking up, "but what about that game? How does that involve you?"
"So you now know how you won the game." Tenjo said. He had stopped pacing.
"Yes but how does that..." Chiharu's eyes expanded as the missing memory brought everything together. The familiar face in the photo, and as Chiharu locked eyes with Tenjo, they both stood like that in suspense until the same maid from before came in through the door.
"Master Tenjo, madam is on the phone. She wishes to speak to you."
"Thank you Jenny. I'll be there in a little bit." Tenjo said not breaking eye contact with Chiharu. The maid gave a slight bow of the head before leaving. After the door closed Tenjo spoke again.
"It seems that you have remembered everything now. Good." He began walking to the door but before he left, he said one last thing, "Give my regards to my uncle when you meet him today." The door snapped closed once again as Chiharu was left alone in the room.
Chiharu stood there with his forgotten memories, now becoming fresh as if he had just lived them yesterday. He turned to leave when instead he found himself facing a woman. The woman smiled and Chiharu recognized her.
"Tenjo Hitomi." Chiharu said in surprise. Hitomi was dressed differently since the last time he saw her. She was wearing a red halter top accompanied with denim jeans and black leather boots.
"It looks like my brother has gotten over his head again." She said as she came closer to Chiharu. "I couldn't help but overhear your conversation. It seems you are in need of some money." Chiharu didn't answer her and walked around her to the door. He already had enough of the Tenjo's.
"I can help you." Hitomi's simple statement was enough to stop Chiharu. He turned back around. Hitomi also turned to face him and had her brother's same mischievous smirk.
Kyo began to feel panicky as the man came walking towards her. The look in his eyes was enough for her to guess what he wanted to do. He squatted down right in front of her and took out a long thin knife. He brought it up to her face. Kyo looked at it fear clouding her senses. The glint of the knife moved from her face down to her shirt. She felt the tip of it scratch at her bow and looked at the man in front of her.
"Let's see what's underneath all that stupid bravery of yours. You may look tough but all women are the same. They're only good for one thing." Kyo gasped as she felt the tip of the knife press harder against her shirt. Kyo was too shocked to move and felt the knife move in-between the buttons of her shirt. It was extreme torture on her anxiety as she heard each of the buttons pop off, and when the last one was cut off a cold schock ran through her body. When she heard the disgusting chuckle slither out of Nakashima's mouth, her senses came back. Her body began to struggle trying harder than ever to break the ropes. Her attempts were futile of course and it only made Nakashima laugh.
"Keep at it little girl it only makes things more fun. Those ropes were tied by me and the only one who knows how to untie them is also me." Kyo had stopped struggling and her hope was quickly fading. Nakashima's words were her death sentence.
The door opened and Kyo saw a huge guy standing at the doorway. An angry expression quickly sprouted on the man's rectangle face and he began bellowing out words. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING NAKASHIMA?!"
Nakashima stood up with the knife still in his hand annoyed as if the giant had interrupted his playing time. "What's it look like? Man and it was just getting good." He mumbled the last part and sheathed his knife
Kyo stayed silent shocked at what had almost happened. The men's voices were miles away as she tried to compose herself. Her heart was beating so fast it was hard to slow it down. She closed her eyes and started taking big breaths. Her heart rate managed to slow down and she reopened her eyes to find the two men still talking.
"If boss had found you like that he would have killed you." the big man said running a beefy hand over his stubbed head. Nakashima shrugged his shoulders.
"As if that old man could do anything to me. I'm his best man. Where else is he going to get someone else like me." The giant shook his head.
"I came to tell you that the kid is here and he's got a bag with him." Nakashima's eyes widened at his partner's news.
"Did he actually bring the money?" Nakashima asked. This time it was the giant's turn to shrug his massive shoulders.
"Can't say. I left immediately to tell you and fetch the girl. Boss says the kid won't do anything until he sees the girl." Nakashima scoffed and his slimy arrogance came back into place.
"Teenagers these days. They get cornier and stupider by the day." Nakashima walked back to Kyo and cut her ropes. "Let's go, your sissy boyfriend wants to see you." Kyo dispite the situation couldn't help but feel happy. Chiharu was here....finally.
They walked out the door and Kyo tried to wrap her buttonless shirt around her body. Thankfully she had an undershirt but she still felt uncomfortable the way she was. They rounded a few corners until they came to a musty old room that was more spaceous than the one she was in. Kyo guessed by the building and walls that they were probably in the office of some warehouse.
They entered the room and the first thing Kyo began looking for was Chiharu. She found him next to a wooden table with a nike bag on his shoulder. Tears began collecting on her eyes. She had never felt so relieved in all her life. She began to run to him but was stopped by a strong hand. She struggled trying to free her arm. Chiharu immediately saw her and the first thing he noticed was her open shirt. Anger began to build up but he quickly subsided the anger to a small fast pulse at the back of his mind. Kyo saw Chiharu take a step but stopped when two men stood in front of him. She stopped struggling and tried locking eyes with Chiharu since that was the only thing she could do.
"Business comes first boy." the creepy old man's voice came from behind the table. Chiharu reluctantly turned away from Kyo's gaze and faced the old man.
"Fine." Chiharu dropped the nike bag on the table with a loud thud. The table rattled for a second before becoming imobile.
"900,000¥ as promised." The old man eyed the black bag and gestured to one of his men to check it. Kyo hadn't noticed how many men there were until now. Besides her, Chiharu, the old man and the already two lackeys she had met, there were six other men in different types of dark suits. As the guy in a dark suit with a royal blue tie quickly counted the money Chiharu had turned back to Kyo. Their eyes met again and before turning away from her gave her a small smile. Kyo felt a whole lot better. She doesn't know how on earth Chiharu had gotten the money from but that one smile of his assured everything was going to be fine....or so she hoped for.
"It's all there boss." the man with the blue tie said. The old man nodded and looked back at Chiharu.
"Well, it seems you have impressed me young man. You actually payed everything a day before the due date."
"I don't need your compliments. Now that the debt has been settled can we leave?" Chiharu said with calm malice. The old man chuckled and propped his wrinkled chin with his left hand. He slowly started rubbing his bottom lip with his index finger.
"You and your loved one may leave." the old man said and he nodded to the men in front of Chiharu. They parted and the hand that was holding Kyo back let go. She stayed where she was and let Chiharu walk over. She felt that if she ran the men would try to keep them apart again.
"Let's go Aizawa." Chiharu said carefully setting his hand behind her back. Kyo smiled and ignored that Chiharu used her last name. Right now that wasn't important. Chiharu was here, that was all that mattered.
Chiharu was so relieved now that he saw Kyo but the tension in his chest wasn't going to go away until they were long gone from this place. Then he suddenly remembered about Tenjo. He turned back to the old man who was whispering a few words to one of his men.
"Is it true that Tenjo Takashi is your nephew?" Chiharu's question seemed to shut off all sound in the room and the silence carried on for a bit until the boss smiled.
"Yes, it's true. Why are you asking?" he asked.
"No reason."
"You know my cousin?" the familiar voice made Kyo shudder. It was Nakashima.
Chiharu faced the man who had spoken. He eyed him warely before answering.
"Yes." Nakashima smirked and crossed his arms. Now that Kyo got a good look at him she guessed he was about in his early twenties.
"Well, well. Never thought you'd know someone like Tenjo, unless your in basketball. That kid seriously is obsessed with the sport."
"Nakashima, watch what you say about Takashi." The boss warned him in a playful manner. Nakashima smirked without taking his eyes off Chiharu.
"How do you know him?" he asked Chiharu who wanted nothing but to leave this place full of misfits.
"It's none of your business." Chiharu said and turned to go but Nakashima grabbed him by the shoulder and forced him to turn around.
"It's my business if you're talking about my cousin." Nakashima had lost his playful manner and now had a serious glare in his eyes. Kyo could feel the atmospher tense up and was afraid a fight would come next. She wanted to get out of here as fast as she can, but this stupid guy just didn't seem to want to let them go! Kyo rapidly looked from Chiharu to Nakashima. Chiharu she knew was trying so hard to not burst out of control. She knew how fast his temper good whack out of line and she didn't want that to happen here right now. She stood in front of Chiharu and faced Nakashima with a strong stare.
"You already have your money so what more do you want?" Kyo said. Nakashima tore his eyes away from Chiharu and looked down at Kyo. His glare faded and the same smirk he had back when he was popping Kyo's shirt buttons came back onto his face. Kyo felt the cold shiver run down through her body again but this time she was faster in regaining her ground.
"I see you still haven't learned when to keep your mouth shut." He swiftly grabbed Kyo by the chin. Chiharu was quick to react but stopped when Nakashima took out his long knife again and had put it next to Kyo's neck. She struggled for a bit but only achieved cutting herself with the knife.
"Ah, ah, ah. No moving or she looses blood." Nakashima said. The men around them all sighed as if Nakashima's threat was just a dorky guy saying his humorless jokes. The old man at the table shook his head.
"Nakashima, please stop your idiotic threats. You have nothing to gain by it." the man had leaned his head against one propped hand on the table. Nakashima didn't break his gaze from Chiharu and he stayed like that for a few seconds. He looked back at Kyo and suddenly seemed to loose all interest into what he was doing. He let her go and sheathed his knife.
"Whatever." he walked out of the room leaving all of them in silence. Kyo had put a hand to her neck where the knife cut her and felt a trickle of blood fall through her fingers.
"Leave you two. You have no more debts." The old man said and began ruffling through the money. Chiharu didn't waste anymore time and grabbed Kyo by the hand dragging her out of the office and through the warehouse. Kyo trudged along barely keeping up with Chiharu's fast strides. She was finally glad they were away from the loan sharks but the pending question of where he had gotten that money was still there. Kyo knew it wasn't the right time to ask so she kept quiet.
When they exited the warehouse and stepped into the sunlight she saw docks and ships. So they were at the outskirts of the city. They had put her to sleep so she didn't know where she was. She spent hours trying to listen to outside noises but the walls completely blocked all sound. Plust there were no windows in the room she was being kept in.
When they had stopped walking Chiharu took out his cellphone and began dialing a phone number. Seconds after waiting for the recipient to answer Kyo heard Imai's faint voice. Chiharu asked him where he was and paused to listen before saying okay and flipped his phone closed ending the call. He turned back to Kyo.
"Imai will be here in a minute. The team is with him." Chiharu said.
"What about Tsuyaka? And my dad?" Kyo asked. Chiharu sighed.
"They're at the hospital safely waiting for you." Chiharu answered and continued to stare at Kyo. He hadn't really taken a look at her until now. She seemed to really have been hurt. Two big bruises were beginning to color her right shoulder and temple. She also had a red and puffy left cheek. Her wrists and ankles seemed to be scrubbed raw, Chiharu guessed from the ropes; and the worst of them was the cut on her delicate neck. The line of blood that fallen from the cut had stained the collar of her school shirt. He brought a gentle hand to her neck and asked if it hurt. Kyo shook her head feeling giddy sensation for seeing Chiharu worry over her so much. It was the first time she ever saw Chiharu have the face he had now. His brows were scrunched up but not with anger but with concern and his brown eyes were soft. She stepped closer and embraced him. She felt so at home in his arms. Even though he would blush at the mere mention of her first name she still loved him.
Chiharu was surprised by the sudden show of affection from Kyo but quickly got over it and encircled his arms around her. He hadn't realized how scared he had felt when he heard Kyo was kidnapped. It almost seemed so long ago when he had gotten that call. Now that Kyo was safe, he could be at peace.
A sudden beep from a car interrupted them and they both broke away feeling embarrased. It was Imai and the whole crew. They showed up in two different cars. Kyo could see them through the windshield as they whisphered to one another grinning from ear to ear. Imai rolled down the window and popped his head out.
"Sorry to interrupt your little romantic moment but I think we should leave as soon as possible. Tsuyaka has been calling me nonstop." Chiharu and Kyo looked at each other sheepishly before joining the Imai in his van.
When they arrived at the hospital Kyo was attacked by Tsuyaka's bone crushing hugs. When it was over she had more bruises on her body. The nurses were about to tend to her but she pushed them away. Kyo didn't want to owe money to anyone anymore. The nurses reluctantly let her be and went back to their posts.
The team had all come and said what they had to say. Like they were glad she was okay and nothing bad had happened. Stuff like that. Hirata was the only one that had broken out in tears and hugged Kyo before Chiharu tore them apart. He still apparently had a paranoia over men touching her.
The only ones that stayed behind after the team left was Tsuyaka and Imai. With all the commotion they couldn't say anything.
"It's good to have you back Aizawa. I knew those guys couldn't break you. You're as stuff as a wild horse." Imai ruffled Kyo's shoulder length hair. Kyo smiled back at him and thanked him. Tsuyaka stepped up next to Imai.
"Yeah. Remember Kyo when you went to the hot spring with Chiharu a guy had tried hitting on you by forcing you to his room. You didn't even need Chiharu to beat the guy up." Tsuyaka laughed. Kyo looked shyly down embarrased by the memory. It's true she had scared the guy away but that was because she wasn't tied down by ropes and the guy wasn't even half as scary as the men who had kidnapped her. At that time Chiharu walked up to them after going to the restroom. He hadn't gone all morning and his blatter was about to burst.
"Hey where's the team?" he asked Imai. He told Chiharu that they had already left. Chiharu nodded and brought his attention to Kyo.
"You're dad's waiting for you. No doubt worrying." Kyo nodded and turned to say goodbye to her two friends.
"I guess I'll see you guys tomorrow?" she said. They both nodded and watched as her and Chiharu walked to the elevator.
Imai looked down at Tsuyaka finding she was still watching Kyo. He smiled as an idea had come to his mind. Very smoothly he wrapped an arm around her waist startling her.
"What are you doing?" Tsuyaka asked with an angry glare. She did not like being caught off guard, especially by a guy. Imai only smiled repelling Tsuyaka's anger.
"Why don't we leave this boring place and go do something fun. Now that our friends are safe we can go do something."
"Like what?" Tsuyaka asked more annoyed. Imai leaned down and whisphered in her ear. Tsuyaka blushed at what he said making Imai laugh out loud. Several people in the waiting room had abruptly turned their heads to the comotion.
"So what do you say?" Imai asked still keeping his hand on her waist. Tsuyaka stared at him. A minute ago she was completely herself. Now all of a sudden she was this blushing girl instead of the brute woman she once was. What happened to her? Oh, of course. Last night. No matter, she wasn't going to grow soft just because of one night. She looked up to glare at Imai and without saying anything turned away from him to stomp towards the sliding automatic doors. Imai laughed once again at her cute refusal. Of course he only meant it as teasing her. He did that with every woman he met but Tsuyaka was a much more fun woman to tease. He hadn't exactly figured out why but he wasn't going to spend time trying to find out. He caught up with Tsuyaka and despite her rejection he grabbed her hand and dragged her off to where he planned on going.
"Hey where are you taking me?!" Tsuyaka said trying to pry off Imai's hand but couldn't. His iron grasp was even hard for someone like her. Weird, she thought.
"Don't worry it has nothing to with what I whisphered to you. I was just playing with you." Imai said.
"Then where are we going?" Tsuyaka asked still trying to free her hand as they walked.
"You'll see." and with that Tsuyaka was carted off by the first guy she had ever slept with to who knows where.
*The hospital*
Kyo's dad had apologized so many times to Kyo that he could have set a world record to the most apologies said in one day. Kyo, surprisingly wasn't mad but forgave her dad. She had thought about it long and hard on the way to the hospital and understood what her father had been through. Of course it was partly his fault but Kyo wouldn't bare a grudge. After all he was her only family and she still loved him despite his stupid actions in the past year. She hugged her dad and told her that everything was alright. Chiharu had paid the debt, all of it and they had nothing to worry about. Mr. Aizawa looked at Chiharu with worshiping watery eyes and thanked him. Chiharu gave a small smile and left the room leaving Kyo with her father. After a few minutes Kyo came out of the room and closed the door behind her.
"My dad says I can go home. He wants me to rest and get my injuries cleane up." Kyo said. Chiharu nodded and both walked down the hallway to the elevator. While they were waiting for their ride Kyo glanced at Chiharu. He seemed tired as much as her.
"Thanks." Chiharu looked down at her puzzled for a second but soon realized what she was talking about.
"It's nothing to thank me for. I would have done it anyway." The elevator doors swung open and both walked in. Chiharu pushed the first floor button before the elevator doors closed.
"Still I want to thank you for coming to save me and paying our debt." Chiharu stiffened at the mention of the money. He still hadn't told her how he had gotten all the money. Hopefully she wouldn't ask about it. He wasn't ready to tell her the truth. Hitomi Tenjo's face popped into his mind but then the elevator's ding brought him to a start. Kyo noticed his momentary shocked movement but didn't think much of it.
"When we get to your house you should bandage that cut on your neck." Chiharu said as they walked out. Kyo unconciously brought a hand to her dry cut that now had a dull ache to it.
"Yeah, you're right." Kyo said
"Why didn't you want the nurses to treat you?" Chiharu asked
"I don't want to add any more payments to our already full budget. Plus it's only a few cuts and bruises, nothing a bit of alcohol and bandages can cure." Kyo said. They were now outside of the hospital. Their house (well actually Tsuyaka's house) was a few bus stops away. They didn't talk at all during the rides. They would rather enjoy each other's company. Right before the last bus stop Kyo began thinking about the money. It had only just occured to her that Chiharu had gotten his hands on $10,000 on such a short notice. Did he have a secret account somewhere? Kyo remembered the first time they had gone out shopping together. He had all his money in his wallet and didn't even have a savings account. He didn't trust banks. Kyo scoffed at the memory remembering how stupid Chiharu had looked back then. Chiharu had noticed Kyo had made a noise.
"What's wrong?" he asked. Kyo looked away from the window.
"I was just thinking about how fast you had gotten the money." Chiharu's body froze up again. The dreaded topic had come up again.
"Oh, well I used some of my own money and borrowed some from the team. When they heard about your situation they immediately pitched in. I was surprised I had gotten the exact amount." Chiharu nervously glanced at Kyo but quickly looked away. Dammit. He didn't want to talk about this right now. Kyo seemed to be thinking about something but then seemed to forget about it and said a simple "Oh." Kyo was about about to open her mouth to say something but the bus came to an abrupt stop announcing their destination.
"Let's go. We need to bandage those cuts of yours." Chiharu said getting up. Kyo followed him out of the bus all the way to the front door of Tsuyaka's house. Once they were inside the house Chiharu began to look for a first aid kit. Kyo told him that it was in cabinet above the fridge. She told him she was going to go take a shower and change since she felt dirty. Chiharu nodded.
Kyo came down the stairs to find Chiharu plopped on the sofa with the TV on. He looked at the same she saw him. Kyo walked to where Chiharu was and sat on the sofa.
"I'm ready for treatment doctor." Kyo said smiling. Chiharu cocked one arched eyebrow but nevertheless reached over to the coffee table for the first aid kit. He began to take out the things he needed for Kyo's cuts. He first began with Kyo's wirsts and ankles. Kyo didn't let him do it by himself, (even though she would have liked it). She was bandaging her left ankle as Chiharu was doing her right when she came to realize one thing. This was the first time her and Chiharu were alone in her house. She froze and suddenly all these images began popping in her head. Her heart began beating fast as the images became more graphic. She shook her head before she had gone too far.
"Is something wrong?" Chiharu asked. Kyo came back to the real world and looked at Chiharu.
"Nothing, just...no it's nothing." Kyo said finishing up her left ankle. Chiharu frowned at Kyo's weird moment.
"Anyway I wanted to ask you about something." Chiharu said looking for a big bandaid for her neck wound. Kyo hesitated before speaking.
"What is it?"
"How much do you know about Tenjo?" Chiharu's question threw Kyo by surprise.
"Not much, just that he was known as the Auto Shooter. Why do you ask?" Kyo crossed her legs getting herself comfortable. For some reason she knew a long explanation was on its way, and she was right.
"Tenjo, before he became well known for his shooting skills was just your ordinary rich boy. In junior high he and I were in the same school. I thought it was kind of weird for a rich kid like him would be going to a public school like the one I was going to. Then I found out that it was his choice to go to my school. He wanted to be in the best junior high basketball team in the district. He wanted to be the star. He and I had a few fights and arguments. We were always at each other, kind of like Yura and me but a little worse. I hated him because he was a stuck up bastard. He hated me for being the power forward of the team. At first it was just a two boys' brawl but it then became serious. There was this girl named Mogami Akane. She was his girlfriend and she was also known for her many boyfriends. One day she had apparently taken a liking to me and jumped me." Here Kyo frowned, her jealous eyes narrowing. Chiharu smirked.
"Don't worry I didn't accept her, but Tenjo happened to come around that time and saw us apparently making out, but he had misunderstood everything. It was too late though even after I pushed her away from his grudge was set in stone already. After that, he was harsher than ever. He was always blocking me during practice, even if we were on the same team. He managed to pull a prank or two, he even tried asking our coach to test both of us to see who would be the better power forward. The coach rejected him and said that he needed tenjo as a wing since his shots were always scoring points. Tenjo was better at doint that." Chiharu's face was grim as he retold the past.
"Never thought his grudge would still be alive today." He sighed a heavy sigh and rubbed his temples with his fingertips. "You would think that after two years a person would grow up."
Kyo stayed still and silent. She had finally heard what was going on betweent Chiharu and Tenjo, but now that she knew she didn't know what to say next. Once again a new side to Chiharu was revealed. She felt happy but at the same time sad. She hated it when Chiharu was suffering. In fact this hurt more than the first time she had seen him suffering. His first love had been a total failure. Basketball was his first priority back then. She then thought about their relationship. Was it the same thing? Did it have the same problem? No, it wasn't. Him saving her was enough to prove that their relationship ment more to him than basketball.
Kyo scooted closer to him and put a hand to his shoulder. Chiharu looked up at her with weary eyes. "Don't think about it so much. Tenjo's just a jerk who has the grudge of a junior high kid. I'm sure that you'll be able to beat his team in the finals if you were better than him in junior high. Plus he's just adding me to the challenge since he thinks you stole his slut of a girlfriend. Which you didn't." Kyo said the last thing with a bit of annoyance. Chiharu couldn't help but smile. He was doing a lot of that lately. First when they found the toddler girl Kanako and now in Tsuyaka's house where he was alone with Kyo. No adult around. Chiharu's realization put his body back into alert. Why hadn't he noticed before? Oh crap. He thought and got up surprising Kyo.
"I think it's time for me to go." he said. Kyo frowned.
"Why you just got here." she got up also. Chiharu's eyes fluttered to Kyo. Only now did he notice the clothes she was wearing. A tank top with hip hugging pajamas. Thank god she wasn't wearing shorts or else Chiharu wouldn't know what he would have done at that moment.
"I haven't been able to rest since last night. I should go back to the dorm and freshen up." Chiharu walked out of the living room towards the entrance.
"You can freshen up here." Kyo insisted.
"I don't have extra clothes." Chiharu said.
"You can use some of my dad's clothes." Kyo said.
"Your father's clothes won't fit me." Chiharu felt his arm being grabbed by two hands. He looked down to find Kyo's pleading eyes. It was the same look she had given him when they were at the hospital the night she found out her father was there. He closed his eyes trying so hard not to give in to her but her voice brought his eyes open.
"I don't want to be alone." for a moment their eyes were locked on each other, until Chiharu looked away blushing.
"O-okay." Kyo smiled and began running up the stairs.
"I'll go get some of my dad's clothes." Chiharu watched her run up and once she was out of sight smacked his hand against his forehead.
"What the hell is wrong with me?" he hissed. He decided to go back to the couch and flip through channels. He was watching a variety show when Kyo came stomping down the stairs. She flopped down on the sofa next to him with a bundle of clothes in her arms. She dumped them in the space between them and started rearaging the clothes into piles. Chiharu spoted amongst them a polka-dotted pair of boxers.
"Okay here are your choices. I tried to pick the biggest clothes my dad owns and the less embarrasing underwares. Here is a baby blue t-shirt and a pair of black shorts with a white stripe or a red sleevless shirt with pajama bottoms." Chiharu picked out the red sleevless shirt and the blackshorts. Surprisingly they looked pretty long.
"Okay next are the boxers." Kyo grinned and held up to pairs of boxers. The polka-dot one that Chiharu glimpsed earliear and a spider-man one. Chiharu's face made the most funniest expression Kyo had ever seen and couldn't help but burst out laughing.
"Sorry my dad has a thing for unique underware." Chiharu looked at her in disbelief.
"Are you sure your dad doesn't have any other types of boxers?" Chiharu asked hopefully but Kyo shook her head making her still-wet hair swirl around.
"Sorry but unless you want to wear koala bear boxers this is all you've got." Chiharu sighed and decided to go with the spider-man ones. They were darker colors and looked less uglier than the red and white polka-dot ones. Kyo guided him to the bathroom and left him to shower. It didn't take long before Chiharu came down after ten minutes and saw Kyo in the kitchen cooking something. By the smell he learned that it was some kind of soup. Who knew Kyo could cook?
"Is that soup I smell?" Kyo looked up from the pot she was stirring. She smiled and told him he was right.
"Don't tell me it's that fisherman's platter. The one with huge chunks of fish and cabbage." Chiharu grimaced against the memory. It had taken him a while to eat the soup. In fact he didn't even finish it.
Kyo glared him, "No idiot, it's basic ramen. The one that is easy to make. I figured something warm to eat would be good for our bodies in this cold weather." Chiharu watched Kyo's back as she continued stirring the soup. For a brief moment he had the strongest urge to put his hands around her small torso but quickly zapped that thought out of his mind. Something definitely must be wrong with. The word 'lust' creeped up again but he quickly got rid of it and put it out of his mind like he did with his previous thought.
He walked over to Kyo and looked over her shoulder. It actually smelled good and his stomach responded with a loud grumble. He put a hand to his belly and Kyo craned her neck to look at him when she heard his stomach's protest.
"Don't worry the soup will be out in a while. Can you do me a favor and get two drinks from the fridge?" Kyo said. Chiharu nodded and walked over to the fridge. It was a big machine. Bigger than him anyway. He opened it to find it almost bare of food. The only drinks he found where bottles of water, juices, and lemonade.
"What do you want to drink?" Chiharu asked.
"Water." Kyo replied without taking her attention away from her task. Chiharu grabbed to bottles and placed them on the table that was also in the kitchen. There was a bigger dinning room next door but they didn't have a need for it since only two people were going to eat.
"By the way where's Tsuyaka?" Kyo asked turning off the stove and setting down the chopsticks she was using to stir the soup.
"I don't know. If she isn't here maybe she's with Imai." Chiharu paused and remembered the little transaction that had occurred between Tsuyaka and Imai. He still wasn't sure if they had done what he thought they did, but knowing Imai, it was probably true.
"Imai? What would she be doing with Imai?" Kyo asked and set the steaming pot of hot soup in the middle of the table. Chiharu shrugged not sharing his thoughts on the matter. Kyo didn't need to know about something he wasn't entirely sure about. The two teenagers ate the soup with contempt since both of them had had nothing to eat since the morning.
Kyo sighed with a satisfied smile. She patted her belly which was now full of warm soup and noodles. Chiharu felt the same way but instead of sighing he burped his satisfaction. Kyo laughed.
"Excuse you." Chiharu ignored her playfulness and walked over to the couch. The TV was still on and he began to flip once again through channels. The variety show had ended and he looked for something worth watching. Kyo joined him after cleaning up the dishes they had used. Chiharu immediately noticed how close she was and focused even harder on the movie that was showing. Oh great! How convenient! The movie had just gone to a romantic scene. Chiharu was about to change it but Kyo stopped him, telling him she wanted to watch this part. Chiharu reluctantly put back the remote control and watched the gooey, fluff scene. The woman and the man were on the verge of kissing. Chiharu had to look away since that was the least thing he wanted to think about. Unfortunately when he looked away his eyes landed on Kyo. She was watching the scene imensely entranced by it. Chiharu couldn't help but stare at her bare shoulders. When his eyes moved down he caught a sight of the bra she was wearing. For a second his eyes wouldn't budge from that place but then the sudden feeling came back. He stood up so fast that Kyo took her eyes away from the movie.
"What's wrong Chiharu?" Kyo asked looking up at his tall frame. Chiharu was covering his face with one hand.
"Nothing. I need to use your bathroom." He quickly walked up the stairs, more like sprinted and didn't let go of his face until the bathroom door was closed behind him. He knew what was conjuring up this feeling but his mind was in denial. He was a teenage hormone guy, he wasn't surprised that this feeling of lust was in his system, but he couldn't believe how strong it was. It didn't help that the lust was directed toward the girl he liked and maybe even loved. Chiharu groaned and slid down to floor, his back to the bathroom door. A few minutes passed when he a knock came from the door. Chiharu was startled out of his thoughts.
"Chiharu? Are you okay? You've been there for quite a while." Kyo's voice came through the door with concern.
"I'm okay. I'll be right out." Chiharu replied back.
"Okay." Kyo said and listened as she walked back down the stairs. Chiharu stood and looked at himself in the mirror. He stared back at the brown-haired guy with the red shirt. His hair was still wet from his earlier shower. He spiked it up absentmindedly not really paying attention to what he was doing. After a few more minutes he walked back down the stairs. The TV was still on but he didn't see Kyo. He looked over the couch to find her asleep. He let out a smooth exhale and set to find a blanket. She must be tired after her little adventure at the docks. I mean who wouldn't be.
He covered her up and smoothed away some stray hairs that were on her face. She murmured something and rolled over facing the reclining part of the sofa. Chiharu sat on the floor his back against the edge of the sofa. He glanced back at Kyo before going back to watching the movie that had now changed scenes.
"Chiharu?" Chiharu looked back at Kyo. She had woken up and was now looking at Chiharu.
"Sorry did I wake you up?"Chiharu said turning his body to face her.
"No." Kyo continued staring at Chiharu. He turned away as he couldn't keep his gaze steady. Kyo kept on staring at him. In the past she really hadn't taken a detail look at him but now as she did she began to fall for him all over again. Not just for his looks but for his character. For the person he was; and now she wanted to do something to thank him, but she did not know what. Then she did the only thing she thought of.
"Chiharu?" he turned back to face her and immediately felt the smooth touch of her lips on his. For a split second the world had frozen. His body was slowly beginning to be taken over by what he feared the most and soon he lost control. Kyo who was oblivious to this pulled away only to be pulled back, Chiharu's lips pressing against her's. Her heart rate rapidly increased. All of a sudden she found herself lying on the couch with Chiharu bending over her kissing her with a gentle yet demanding kiss. She took a short intake of breath as he kept on kissing her. The butterflies where now not only in her stomach but all over her body. She began kissing him back and he answered with more urgent kisses. Kyo wrapped her arms around his neck pulling him to her. Their bodies touched for a second sending a sensation through both of them. Even though the blanket was still in between them it didn't stop them from feeling the chill of them touching.
Chiharu's mind was clouded now with nothing but lust. He didn't realize what he was doing until he began reaching under her shirt. Kyo gasped but was muffled by Chiharu's still ongoing kisses. She felt as his hand slid up her shirt right under chest. Her ribs were hot where his hand was and Kyo put a hand to his to stop him.
"Chiharu!" Kyo said but was once again cut off by Chiharu's mouth. She was beginning to feel a little scared. Chiharu wasn't like this. He couldn't even speak her name without blushing! She tried speaking again telling him to stop and at the same time trying to stop his hand from going any further. She finally got her chance when his mouth moved down her neck but right when she was about to protest a sharp pain came from her neck where Chiharu's mouth was and she screamed out. He stopped immediately and sat up. He looked down at Kyo and all too soon realized what he had done. A red blush dominated his face as he hastily got off the sofa and stood far away from her with his back to Kyo.
Kyo had a hand to her neck where she had remembered the cut was still there and sat up, her heart still racing. She looked at Chiharu's back and lost all fear of what she had a few seconds ago.
"Chiharu?" He didn't turn around, he didn't even answer her. Kyo got up and cautiously walked up to him. She really didn't know what had come over him but she knew what was happening to him now. She gently touched his arm but was shocked when Chiharu pulled away from. She caught a glimpse of his ruby face before he left only saying one thing, "I'm sorry."
Kyo listened as his footsteps ran up the stairs and the bathroom door closed for the second time. Kyo was dumbfounded. She stayed like that still as a plant before she moved back to the sofa. She didn't know what to think of the whole thing. The sharp pain brought her hand back to her neck and she realized that it hasn't been bandaged yet. She started looking around for the bandage when she heard a ring coming from Chiharu's jacket. It was hanging from one of the chairs in the kitchen. She walked over to it and digged for the cellphone. She didn't recognize the caller id and answered.
"Hello?"
"Yes, is Eniwa Chiharu there?" the voice asked. Kyo felt that it was so familiar yet she couldn't place the woman's voice.
"He's not here at the moment. May I ask who's calling?" Kyo asked. The woman on the other side laughed.
"Oh of course sorry, this is Hitomi Tenjo." Kyo's body became hard as cement. She swallowed some saliva before speaking again.
"Why are you calling Chiharu?" Kyo asked her voice different now that she knew who it was.
"Is this Kyo Aizawa?" Hitomi asked. Kyo could feel the smirk from her voice and told her yes, already anger building up.
"Well, can you tell Chiharu that I called? It's about our agreement." Kyo's thin eyebrows made a wrinkle between each other.
"What agreement?" she asked already regretting her question.
"He hasn't told you?" Kyo waited for her to continue, "He agreed to be my boyfriend."
Ugh! Mom's gettin after me for typing so late at night. But hey! I had to finish. I was on a roll. So yeah the ending, another cliffy.........sorry. That's just how I planned it out. *nervous laugh* okay gotta go. Mom's whining again.
