Monster

"Hello? This is Akiyama Mio; I want to report a missing person. No this isn't a joke!" Mio yelled frantically into her phone as Azusa stood beside her in a similar situation.

It seemed the police didn't believe that the famous rock stars themselves would actually call them to report that someone had gone missing and that someone was Ui.

Everything had twisted into chaos after Lynn had told them Ui was missing and Yukeru was the culprit.

Ritsu and Tsumugi had to grapple Yui to the ground to make sure she didn't go running off in a blind rage to find her missing sister.

"Let me go! I have to find her!"

"Yui! Calm down! You running off will not help solve things right now!" Ritsu yelled as she kept a firm grip on the thrashing girl.

"You don't understand! Ui needs me! He could be… c-could be… Let me go!" Yui yelled out as she began twisting her body to get out of the strong grasp of her friends.

Jun saw where that thought process Yui had was going. She was worried about that as well. She was worried about a lot of things.

She was pacing the dressing room while everyone around her was trying to do something to help ease the chaos.

Sawako and Nodoka were talking about their options for where Ui might be to Lynn since she was the closest too Yukeru and would probably know where he would take her, but the younger girl shook her head. She had just as much of an idea where he would take her as the rest of them.

But she did try calling him over and over again, but she figured he had turned off his phone in case she did try to call.

Jun finally walked out of the dressing room and sat down in one of the chairs outside and let out a frustrated sigh before putting her face in her hands.

"Ui… where are you?"


My head hurts… w-where am I?

As chocolate eyes opened, Ui found she was unable to see anything at all.

Something… must be covering my eyes. And my mouth it seems. What happened?

Ui tried to move any part of her body, but she came to the conclusion that she had been tied rather tightly to a chair and had been slumped over for… she didn't even know how long she had been out.

"Good, you're finally awake." A cold voice said before Ui felt breathe tickle her ear, making her tense in fear.

N-Now I remember… T-Taka d-did something to knock me out… oh God…

"Don't be afraid, Ui. I'm not going to hurt you… yet."

Ui whimpered when she felt a cold hand against her cheek, making her try her best to curl up in the chair she was sitting in. However the restrains gave very little moving room.

"I gave you a chance to do this peacefully and you didn't even consider it. I feel… like you stabbed me in the back. I should show you exactly how that feels."

Something cold and flat pressed against her other cheek and her eyes widened under the cloth over her eyes. At first, she didn't know what it was till she felt the razor edge press against her jaw.

She began shaking uncontrollably as Yukeru kept talking.

"What's so great about that Suzuki girl anyway? She's a girl! Not only is that… sinful, but I'm infinitely better in every way. Tell me what you two did… I'm going to take off the cloth around your mouth so you can answer me… if you scream, I'll make sure you never scream again."

Ui gulped softly before she felt the cloth around her mouth loosen and fall away.

She was terrified.

So scared for her life, that she couldn't even make a sound.

"Don't make me ask again Ui."

"…w-w-we d-didn't do… a-anyth….thing." Ui finally said, the volume of her voice going up and down as she tried to keep a leveled voice, but the fear coursing through her made it very difficult.

Ui heard an irritated sigh before she felt him grab a handful of her hair and yank backwards making Ui yelp out before the knife was pressed against the pulse on her neck.

"Don't lie to me!" Yukeru yelled. Ui could hear his voice echo off the walls of wherever they were. "I hate it that you lie to me so much. Do you think I enjoy this! Do you think for a moment that I like seeing you… like this."

Ui didn't say anything. Her voice went into hiding like she wished she could do. She didn't want to be here.

She thought about her friends, her sister, then of Jun.

She wanted to be with Jun badly right now, be in those comforting arms and hear that sweet voice again.

Ui felt Yukeru let go of her hair before the knife disappeared from her neck. Her body began to relax a little before the cloth was placed back over her mouth and she heard the man walk away slowly.
"I'll ask you again in thirty minutes. If you don't give me the right answer… well… Suzuki will be the only member of your band."

If it wasn't for the cloth around her eyes she would have felt the tears falling; however thanks to the cloth, it just got wet around her eyes.

She wished she could call out; maybe someone would hear her if it wasn't for the bindings, but she figured it was useless. She'd die before then.

Ui then decided to try and buy her friends time to find her. There had to be some form of clue that they could find about her whereabouts. She'll just have to keep Yukeru occupied till then.


"Anything yet?" Mio asked as Azusa turned off her phone and shook her head.

"Nothing. The police don't seem to believe me either…" Azusa turned to Yui who was still struggling and she quickly made her way over to the enraged girl and cupped her cheeks while Ritsu and Tsumugi held her down. "Shh… Yui-senpai… it's okay calm down… shh." The gentle strokes from her girlfriend as well as that soothing voice slowly calmed Yui down to the point where she had stopped thrashing and was resting her head against Azusa's shoulder.

"I-I'm worried about her A-Azunyan… she's probably scared right now… what if he hurt her? I can't just stay here-"
"I know Yui-senpai, but you have to think logically on this… Taka-san isn't in the right state of mind… if you do managed to find her and Taka-san is near her… he could kill her. That's why we have to think about this okay?"

Yui whimpered softly as Azusa uttered the word 'kill' in this situation, but she nodded understandingly, allowing Ritsu and Tsumugi the chance to let her go without her running off.

Jun watched in amazement as Yui stood up and wrapped her arms around the smaller guitarist before burying her face into her neck.
"Azunyan…"

Azusa continued to rub up and down Yui's back as Jun finally turned away to look over at Nodoka, Sawako and Lynn.

"Lynn-chan, are you sure there wasn't any hint he dropped before he kidnapped her? Any at all?" Jun asked as she walked over slowly. She was very worried; fear was rushing through her system like a river of lava. It felt too hot in the room they were in and even after her little break outside, she still felt like she was on fire.

"N-No… If you want I can try calling him again. I mean… it's worth a try." Lynn said as she pulled out her cell phone and began dialing his number once more.

Jun knew this was a long shot but after all that had happened that day, what could possibly be the harm in trying to call him once more.

After what seemed like forever, Jun watched as Lynn's face lit up a little and she stared straight into those violet eyes as she began to talk.

"A-Ah, Yukeru! I've been trying to get a hold of you for ages! Why did you turn off your phone, I've been so worried…"

Jun then watched as Lynn's face became confused as she listened hard to what her cousin was saying.

"What?... What do you mean by… wait a moment Yukeru-" Lynn suddenly pulled the phone away from her ear and stared at it in disbelief before turning her eyes back to Jun.

"What?" Jun asked worriedly.

"I don't know… he didn't make any sense."
"Well tell us, maybe it'll give us an idea where he is." Nodoka said firmly as she stared the poor girl down.

Lynn nodded before taking a deep breath.

"He said something about Ui liking fish… and that maybe if he took her somewhere close to the docks she'd be happy."

"Fish? Why would he be talking about fi-" Suddenly Jun went silent.

"Jun-san?" Lynn whispered as she noticed the faraway look in the older girl's eyes.

Fish?... The docks? The Piers? W-Was that what mom was trying to tell me? Did she foresee this? Either way I think I'm going to take this chance. It's the best lead we even have.

"Thank you Lynn-chan, you may have helped so much!" Jun instantly bolted out the door and she tried to think of what she could do to get to the piers when she heard someone running after her.

"Jun-chan! Wait!"

Jun came to a stop; heart pounding furiously in her chest as she turned to look at Yui, who was chasing after her along with Azusa.

"You know something don't you? Let me come with you! She's my sister and I don't want anything happening to her as much as you do."

"Yui-senpai… I… I'm not even sure myself if I know exactly where she is, but… for starters I think I know the area." Jun said as she panted softly.

"Where?" Yui asked, a harsh frown on her face as her hands were clutched into fists.

"The piers… if Taka was talking about fish and Ui liking fish then… that's a place to start."

"But Jun, that could be any place near the ocean, it can't just mean the piers." Azusa said worriedly. "If we go running off on just this, we could end up wasting time-"
"Or it could be spot on! Azusa, this is the best lead we have had all day… I'm not going to stand here and wait. I'm going to go look for the girl I happen to love!"

Azusa looked stunned by the words and was about to retort when she felt Yui's hand on her shoulder.

"She's right, Azusa… stay here and keep your phone on. I'll call you if we find anything okay?" Yui said firmly.

Azusa noticed the lack of nickname and knew Yui was being serious about this so she nodded worriedly and gave the older guitarist a kiss before running back towards the dressing room.

"Yui-senpai? You should go with her-"
"No, I'm going with you. We'll take my motorcycle. It's faster and more maneuverable." Yui said sternly.

Jun had never heard Yui talk like this; even in interviews, the guitarist gave off waves of air headedness, yet apparently if you mess with her sister, Yui turns into someone else.

Jun just nodded and followed Yui towards the private garage of the studio where the slick black and red motorcycle waited.

Yui quickly put her helmet on and handed the extra to Jun before swinging her leg over the vehicle; revving it up as Jun got on as well once her helmet was on.

"Hold on tight and move with me. Okay? I'm not going to be slow with this." Yui said loudly over the roaring engine.

"O-Okay." Jun said worriedly, but she tightened her grip on Yui's waist as the lead guitarist sped out of the garage and down the streets towards the piers.

Jun buried her face into the older Hirasawa's back as she sped through lights and stop signs, not even bothering to slow down for people walking across the street either. She just zoomed right passed them without even blinking an eye.

Jun thought for a few moments this might be how she would die, however once she opened her eyes again she noticed they had come to a stop and were near the piers.

"What's your plan Jun-chan? There are a lot of warehouses around here…" Yui said worriedly as she pulled her helmet off along with the still shaking Jun.

After recollecting herself, Jun looked around a little and frowned slightly.

Which warehouse would Ui be in? Would she be okay?

"What I think we should do is you start from one end I'll start from the other… and we meet in the middle. Or whichever one of us gets to the other faster… that way we'll have searched all of them and if we do find something… let's exchange numbers on that note."
"Ah, good idea." Yui said as she pulled out her phone and the two of them gave each other their phone numbers before pocketing them.

"Okay so… you go start down that way and I'll start here okay? If you see anything or find her… please call me." Yui said worriedly as she got on her motorcycle and started it up again.

"I will Yui-senpai!" Jun yelled over the engine before watching Yui speed off towards the other end.

Jun turned to look at the warehouse on her right and swallowed hard before sneaking towards it.

Don't worry Ui, I'll find you, just hang in there.

Jun searched warehouse after warehouse trying to find her lost lover, but with each metal warehouse searched from top to bottom and nothing could be found, Jun was beginning to think the dream had been just that… a dream, nothing useful what so ever.

She was about to give up when she noticed something about a particular warehouse she was about to check out.

There in the doorway of one of the warehouses was a yellow ribbon.

Jun pick it up and inspected it closely.

It was indeed Ui's. Jun could tell by the smell, Ui used a very wonderful and sweet shampoo that was still on this ribbon.

"Ui…" Jun whispered as she looked at the door and she slowly opened it, trying not to make a sound as she slipped into the warehouse as quietly as possible.


Ui was half-conscious by the time she heard the footsteps once more, she inhaled sharply before bracing herself for some type of pain as she felt the cloth get untied around her mouth as well as her eyes.

Temporary blindness set in when she noticed she was under an intense bright light before she found herself in someone's shadow.

She was about to open her mouth when something painful struck her cheek nearly knocking her and the chair she was tied to over.

"A-Ah!"

"Your sister is somewhere around here! I heard her motorcycle… how the fuck were you able to contact her!" Yukeru hissed as he once again grabbed a handful of Ui's hair and yanked her head to one side exposing her neck to him. "I'd hate to hurt someone as beautiful as you." The man said dangerously as those cold icy blue eyes stared at the exposed skin.

"P-Please… d-don't do this." Ui mumbled softly as she began to shake once more. "Y-You d-don't have to b-be like this… and I… I didn't call her… I d-didn't I swear…"

"Shut up. Did I say you could talk yet!"

Ui whimpered softly as she felt a sharp tug to her hair that made her close her mouth tightly.

"Ui… sweet little Ui." Yukeru hissed as he leaned in and brushed his lips against Ui's ear as he growled threateningly into it. "You better not lie to me this time…"

"Now that we don't have much time left, you better tell me what is so goddamn important about that Suzuki girl." Yukeru growled out as he tugged Ui's hair making her head go back even more so he could stare longingly at her pale neck, cold eyes catching the red marks hidden under the make up.

Ui swallowed hard as she began to feel sweat drip from her brow as she felt the unpleasant hot breath tickle her ear.

The blood in her ears was pumping so hard that she almost couldn't hear the question and her heart was beating harshly against her ribs.

"Tick tock, Ui."

"… s-she's… I…" Ui mumbled softly before she closed her eyes tightly and gritted her teeth. "I love her!"

Her voice echoed off the walls of the warehouse she was in and she was sure the silence that followed was almost like she had gone deaf.

She was terrified to look at the face of her captor since she could no longer feel his breath on her ear, which meant he had completely stopped breathing for a moment.

"You… what?"

Ui heard Yukeru swallow hard against her ear and she closed her eyes tightly and opened her mouth once more.

"I love her. I love Suzuki Jun."

Ui waited for something to happen, for Yukeru to do something, snap, let her go, anything.

The brunette felt the man pull away slightly and her eyes chanced a glance to see if she could read his emotions.

And what she saw scared her even more.

Rage was etched into his face and he quickly gripped Ui around the neck, causing her to gag softly before the chair tipped over and her head smacked the floor hard, making little white spots appear in her vision before she let out a whimpered cry of pain.
"A-Ack… T-Taka-s-san! S-Sto… op…"

"I don't understand how this happened. You use to be so pure and innocent. But that bitch! She changed you..." Yukeru growled out as he removed his hand from her neck and began to unbutton her blouse while she gasped for breath.

Once she realized what he was doing, she quickly began thrashing around, the ropes around her wrist and ankles causing burns as she yelled out.

"S-Stop! Please!"

"Shut up!" Yukeru yelled as he smacked her across the face once more.

Ui felt tears stream down her face as she tried to ignore the angry words and hateful bites to her neck and continued to scream for help.

"I'll fix this, these marks are from her right?" Yukeru asked as he bit rather harshly against the already red marks causing Ui to yelp out in pain before she began to struggle once more.

"T-Taka! S-Stop! D-Don't do this!"

"What did I say!" Yukeru yelled out angrily as he closed his fist tightly and brought it across Ui's cheek.

The force behind the punch caused Ui's head to snap back and it the cold hard floor causing even more bright flashes of light before she felt her blouse come loose.

Ui was about to scream more when she felt that cloth back around her mouth and her wide tear filled eyes stared up at the ominous figure of Yukeru hovering over her.

"I'll help you understand what you're doing is wrong." Yukeru hissed as he tugged her blouse off her shoulders bearing her bra to the angry world around them.

Please! Someone! Jun-chan! Onee-chan! Help me! I'm so s-scared! I don't want this to happen!

Just as he was about to take it off, another voice cried out from behind him.

"You jackass! Get off her!"

Ui's eyes instantly snapped open and she felt the body on top of hers pull away.

Jun-chan!

"You little bitch!" Yukeru yelled as he instantly stood up and stalked towards Jun as she ran at him with fists raised.

Ui watched in fear as Yukeru easily dodged the anger filled punches from Jun before his own fist shot out and caught the pigtailed girl in the jaw, easily knocking her to the ground.

Jun groaned softly as she felt her jaw throb in pain and a bruise begin to form.

Yukeru used this chance to grab a metal pipe and brought it above his head.

Jun quickly rolled out of the way as the weapon came down on her spot and she growled out as she kicked the back of Yukeru's leg, making him collapse to one knee and yell out in agony.

Jun then lunged for him but was elbowed in the chest then punched repeatedly in the cheek and forehead. Yukeru then got up and pulled her with him before he head butted her hard.

Ui cried out against the cloth around her mouth when she heard the impact of the hit and could easily see that Jun was now stunned and her limbs became limp.

Jun-chan! Fight back! Snap out of it!

Tears began to slide down her cheeks when she watched Yukeru toss Jun to the ground before he began kicking her sharply in the ribs. Each kick caused the girl to yelp out pitifully as the man sneered down at her.

"I hate you! I hate what you've done to my Ui!" He yelled as Jun arched to get away from his kicks. As she turned onto her side to get up, Yukeru just switched to kicking her back, which caused even more pain.

"A-Argh! Y-You bastard!" Jun growled softly. She then cried out again as she felt his hand grab her hair and yanked her to her feet. Intense violet eyes, which were dulled by pain, stared into crazed icy blue.

"Well… now that you're here… I don't have to kill her… yet. I'll kill you first and make her watch." Yukeru then tossed Jun towards Ui, the two girls looking at each other tenderly before Ui screamed against her cloth as Yukeru straddled Jun's waist and his hands went around her throat.

Jun began struggling violently as she felt his thumbs dig into her trachea causing it to close up tightly and refuse to let air pass through it. She began gasping on nothing as she tried to throw Yukeru off with whatever strength she had left, but it was useless.

Her vision began to go dark around the edges and as she was about to pass out, she watched in eerie satisfaction as a fist shot out from the darkness behind Yukeru catching him in the back of the head; making him yell in pain before he was pulled off Jun.

Air quickly made its way back into Jun's lungs as she turned onto her side and began coughing harshly while her hands came up to hold her tender neck.

Jun then turned to look at who had just saved her life and her eyes went wide as she watched Yui punch Yukeru continuously in the face before she yanked him down and shot her knee up into his chest. The result was Yukeru collapsing to the ground and vomiting before Yui pulled him to his feet and slammed his back against the wall.

Jun was still trying to catch her breath after almost being strangled when she heard Ui beside her yell against the cloth.

Violet eyes noticed that Ui was watching Yui attack Yukeru with fearful eyes and she understood what needed to be done.

Jun quickly reached down and began to remove the bindings as well as the cloth before she gasped as Ui quickly, and without fixing her clothing, ran over to her sister's side.

Jun then watched as Ui tried to restrain Yui from killing the man, who was barely breathing from the lead guitarist's beatings, as she quickly got between the two of them to grab her bloodied fists tightly. Jun got up and ran over as well, grabbing Yui to try and help Ui pull her off him.

"Onee-chan! Stop! You'll kill him!"

"So what! He almost… you… and he almost killed Jun-chan! He deserves nothing more then-"
"No, no he doesn't! He deserves to pay for his crimes, but that doesn't mean death! P-Please don't become like him… please."

That plea from Ui made the eldest sister pause for a moment. She stared wide eyed at the half-conscious man before those emotional chocolate eyes stared into Ui's. The spoke more words then her mouth could and Ui knew right as Yui looked at her fists and saw the blood she had snapped out of her frenzied rage.

The oldest Hirasawa pulled her hands out of Ui's only to wrap them tightly around the younger sibling.

"… U-Ui… Ui…" Yui mumbled weakly as she held her sister close while kissing the side of her head affectionately. "I w-was so w-worried."

"I-I know… I was s-scared too." Ui whispered as she allowed Yui to be as affectionate as she wanted to be.

Jun watched with a small smile at the family members hugging each other tightly before the sound of sirens caught Jun's ears. She then noticed police running into the warehouse to grab Yukeru followed closely by the rest of Houkago Teatime.

"Ui! Yui-senpai! Jun!" Azusa yelled as she ran over to the two sisters and the wounded bassist before giving them a huge hug.

"Ui-chan!" Tsumugi cried out next.

"Thank God you're okay!" Mio said as she got within range of the small group.

"Jesus, you beat the shit out of him Yui… remind me never to hurt Ui-chan." Ritsu mumbled as she looked at the beaten form of Yukeru being rolled out into one of the ambulances before Sachi, Goro, and Kanji ran over to the girls.

"H-How did you… get the police to believe you?" Jun asked as she felt Azusa pull away from the hug.

"Sawako-sensei and Nodoka-san physically went to the police station and told them about the situation… then Yui-senpai called me to tell me where you were and we got here as fast as we could." Azusa said softly, voice full of fear once her eyes caught sight of Yui's bloodied fists. She instantly made her way over to her girlfriend and grabbed hold of her hands before kissing her tenderly on the cheek while Yui buried herself within her kouhai's arms.

"Please move aside. I know you girls greatly missed her, but I need to check Ui-chan and Jun-chan for anything serious." Sachi said as she tried to get Yui to let go of Ui, but the elder sister had a death grip on the younger one.

Ui gave her sister a loving kiss on the forehead before finally removing herself from her grasp to turn to look at Jun.

Before Sachi could even usher Ui away to examine her, the brunette threw herself at the younger bassist and hugged her tightly as she cried into her shoulder.

"J-Jun-chan! Don't you dare do that again! I was so worried you'd… that you'd…"

"O-Oi… I'm okay. A little sore here and there but… I'm not dying… don't cry." Jun whispered as she hugged the distraught girl back. "Where did that calm Ui go? Was that just for Yui-senpai? Come on… relax, I'm fine."

Ui continued to sniffle and cry into girl's shoulder while Jun decided to make Sachi's life easy and began walking Ui towards the personal HTT medical vehicle that Sachi brought and helping the still crying girl inside before Sachi shut the doors and they drove off.

Once in the personal suite, Jun winced and gasped loudly as Sachi prodded her bruised ribs.

Jun was now sitting on Ui's bed without her shirt on so the examination could go by with ease but as the medic continued to prod and poke sensitive bones and muscles, Jun began to wonder if this had any real purpose.

"Looks like you got out of that fight without much damage, Suzuki-san. Few bruised ribs, bruises along your face and jaw, but nothing too bad. You should be fine within a couple of weeks." Sachi said as she began to pack up before handing Jun a few hot and cold packs. "Put one of these on your ribs every night for the next week. It'll help with the swelling."

"Thank you Sachi-san." Jun said as she grabbed her button up shirt and began to try and slide it onto her shoulders, but winced slightly when her arms refused to go any higher than just a little without hurting.

"Thank you Sachi-san, you can go now." Ui said as she watched the medic leave her room before she walked over to her girlfriend. "Stop, let me help you silly." Ui whispered as she sat down behind Jun and helped the bassist pull her shirt on before she began to work the buttons on it up a little before stopping half way.

Jun took this time to look Ui over, surveying the damage she took from Yukeru's attack.

Ui had a bandage on her cheek from where he had punched her and her neck was wrapped tenderly in medical tape from him choking her as well. Ui's wrists were also wrapped from the rope burns she had gotten from struggling so much against the restraints from being tied to the chair.

Jun didn't even noticed Ui staring at her as well till the younger Hirasawa shifted slightly and rested her chin on Jun's shoulder.

"Ne, Jun-chan?"

"Hm?"

"Thank you… for everything. You saved me from being… f-from being almost-"
"D-Don't say it Ui. I was so scared I wouldn't make it on time… I don't want to think what could have happened if you had… been… hurt." Jun whispered as she turned around and reached out to wrap her arms around Ui's waist to pull her closer while the brunette slide her arms up around Jun's neck.

"Still… thank you." Ui smiled brightly. "Thanks to you nothing happened…"
"At least nothing happened to you. I can live with a few bruises, though the ones on my ribs really hurt." Jun said as she gingerly touched her side to feel how tender her ribs were. Just the slightest touch seemed to incite pain before she felt Ui's hands slip under the white cotton shirt and those callous fingertips caressed her sore ribs tenderly. Jun was surprised that didn't hurt, but then again Ui was the gentlest person she had ever met.

"I'll take care of you till you feel better… now about you moving in with me." Ui said with a grin causing Jun to blush deeply. "You're now part of my band as well as my girlfriend. And as such for me to take care of you, you have to be where I can see you at all times." Ui said this with a sly grin on her face as well as a look in her eyes that almost reminded Jun of the time she was drunk.

"Oi, what are you planning?" Jun asked as she grinned back.

She felt Ui gently push her back onto the soft mattress of the suite bed before Ui covered her body.

"Well… now that the contest is over and you're the official winner… we have some time to… rest and recuperate."
"But Ui… I'm not allowed to do… intense physical activities for at least a week." Jun said with a playful smirk.

Ui bent down and began to draw random shapes against Jun's bare collar with her tongue before she chuckled softly against the heated skin.

"You don't have to move a muscle Jun-chan, just let me do everything~"


Author Notes: As you all may know I rewrote this after rereading it and after reading a few of the reviews left by some people and I realized it did feel a bit fast. So I added a few things, made a few scenes longer before reposting this for everyone to see. I am sorry the last one was so rushed; I hope this doesn't feel as rushed.

Beta Note: It was only rushed because I was coming out to visit her that week. Both of us were rather distracted. So I hope this helps fill in the gaps. Let us know if we missed something else.