Momo: Sorry it's taking me so long!
Aiko's POV
After about an hour or so, we were at the mansion that Hanabusa had told us about. Or at least I thought we were. To tell the truth I had no idea where we were going. "This is the place?" I asked. Natsuki nodded. "This is the address." she stated. We all nodded and despite the dangerously eerie feeling we were sensing, we walked inside. The place was large and very luxurious. The large foyer Though there were dark spots on carpeting and materials. We knew it was dry blood that had dried a long time ago, but still stained the furniture.
"Can we hurry the hell up? This place gives me the creeps." Arashi grumbled as he walked upstairs. I went up with him while Ryuu followed. Tenshi and Natsuki stayed downstairs to look for anything. I walked into a room that gave me chills. There were a set of chains on the floor. I don't know who was in them before, but I had a feeling it was one of the four adults that were taken. The room scared me way too much, so I ran into a different room. It was much worse than the one I was in before. Not only were their chains, but there were torture devices. I don't want to know who was in here, and I want the hell out of here!
"What the fuck!?" a voice I knew to be my brother's screamed. With my brother, if it was the F word, it was bad, so I sprinted to the room I heard it coming from. Arashi was holding something in his hands, but his back was turned to me, so I couldn't see what he was holding. Though, looking around the room, it was very large. There were photographs everywhere. The creepy part was that some of them were of mom. Some were pictures of two other women I didn't recognize, and they were in there a lot. The first woman had long silver hair with blue eyes. The other woman had blond hair and brown eyes. The portraits of mom couldn't be missed, seeing as she hasn't changed at all since she was at this school.
"What's wrong?" Ryuu asked as he ran into the room. "I don't know. He won't move or say anything." I answered. Arashi slowly turned around and stared at us both upon hearing our voices. He was holding a picture frame, but we couldn't see the picture.
"You son of a bitch!" Arashi suddenly screamed as he ran up to Ryuu only to punch him in the face, which slammed the poor boy into the wall. Before Ryuu could try to get away, Arashi gripped his throat. "I've got you now!" he shouted.
Hanabusa's POV
"You WHAT!?" a very furious Hikari screamed. I haven't seen her this angry in a long time. About sixteen years actually. "Natsuki ordered me to tell her! I can't disobey a pureblood!" I exclaimed in defense. "Are you telling us you let my daughter, niece, nephew, and godson pursue a dangerous pureblood that most likely will not be afraid to kill them?" Kaname asked dangerously. I was really screwed this time, because his eyes glowed a brighter shade of red as he spoke that sentence.
"I'm sorry Kaname-sama! I sent them to Haku's old mansion!" I exclaimed yet again. I didn't really feel like being killed today. Kaname sighed and rubbed his temples while Hikari went on an enormous rant about how stupid my actions were and how freaked out she was over the four that went to go save the others... Wait, four? Wasn't it five?
"Hey, you guys to realize there's five kids who went, right?" I asked. They both stopped what they were doing and looked at me strangely. "No. We just assumed it was only Natsuki, Aiko, Arashi, and Tenshi." Hikari answered. "Why? Who else went?" Kaname asked. "Some kid... He kind of looked familiar. I think they said his name was Ryuu Arashi." I answered. Kaname looked confused, which meant he probably had never heard of the kid. "I was just-" "Oh no...." Hikari interrupted.
Kaname and I looked over at her in confusion, wondering what was wrong. She was much paler than usual, and she didn't look so good. "Hikari, are you alright?" Kaname asked. She was mumbling something, but we didn't hear her. "What's wrong?" I asked. "That name... His last name..." Hikari whispered. Before we could ask what that meant, Hikari fell forward. Kaname and I ran up and caught her before she hit the ground. "What did that mean?" I asked. Kaname had a worried look in his eyes. "We'll find out when she wakes up." he answered as he picked Hikari up and placed her on the couch.
Aiko's POV
"Arashi! What the hell are you doing!?" I shouted, trying to release the death grip my brother had on Ryuu's throat. "W-what did I d-do?" Ryuu choked out weakly. "Shut up! You know damn well what I'm talking about!" Arashi screamed. I had never seen my brother like this before. I didn't like it at all. "Arashi, what the hell is going on!?" Tenshi yelled as he and Natsuki ran in the room. "Drop him this instant." Natsuki ordered. "Why? So he can kill us!?" Arashi asked coldly. What was he talking about? "What do you mean?" I asked. Arashi held up the picture frame he was holding to show us what the picture was. It was a man. He looked almost exactly like Ryuu.
"What the hell is this?" Tenshi asked as he looked at the picture. "Remember the bastard mom explained to us about? She explained what he looked like and we're in HIS mansion! This son of a bitch is his son!" Arashi exclaimed. The whole room fell silent, except for Ryuu's attempts to breathe in the merciful air that was just waiting for him whenever Arashi decided to let go of his throat. Then again, maybe he shouldn't let him go. He was Haku's son.... That man did unspeakable horrors to my mother!
"Let go of his throat." Natsuki ordered. Arashi growled, but then let go of Ryuu's throat. He coughed, wheezed, and breathed in the air that he was just desperately gasping for. "Th-thanks." Ryuu murmured. "Don't thank us yet. Why the hell didn't you tell us you were his son?" Tenshi asked angrily. It was a very good question to tell the truth. I know he said his father died before he was born, but he could have at least told us before this terrible mess happened. Arashi wouldn't want to kill him now if he had.
"Hey, I didn't know my father did those terrible things. After I heard about who he was from you guys, I was afraid to tell you because I figured this would happen." he explained. It was reasonable, but he still should have told us. "Anything else you haven't told us?" Natsuki asked. Ryuu shook his head. "No. I've told you all everything else." he answered. Arashi was glaring at him, apparently not believing him. That's when I decided I should speak up.
"Ryuu, I'm not going to hate you for what your father did. He was a terrible person, but we shouldn't be taking it out on you." I said as I pulled him into a hug. As I did, I noticed the hand print bruise that was around his neck. Arashi got him good. I pulled back after a couple seconds. The poor guy's eyes were watering. I can't imagine having a father like that. Just the very thought of being in his shoes and hearing the terrible things his father did sent cold chills up and down my spine.
"We will not judge you for what your father did, as Aiko said, but if you know anything esle, please let us know." Natsuki said nicely. Ryuu nodded and wiped the water from his eyes before they could form into full tears. Arashi walked up to him and sighed, his facial expression turning from an angry one, to a guilty one. He hated feeling guilty. "Sorry I punched you and choked you. I just wasn't thinking." he apologized. Ryuu smiled slightly and pat Arashi on the shoulder. "That's okay. I would do the same thing." he assured. "Don't get any ideas." Arashi joked. We all laughed slightly before getting serious again.
"So, did anyone find anything?" Tenshi asked. "I found rooms that you would actually torture people in. It was terrible." I answered. "I found this room." Arashi answered. "I didn't find anything." Ryuu answered. "Good, because I found this." Natsuki answered as she held up a slip of paper. Actually, it was a photograph of one of the women who's pictures were in the room. On the back was a heart and an address. "Who would be stupid enough to leave an address around here in plain sight?" Arashi asked. "He was offed sixteen years ago, he probably thought he was going to last longer." Tenshi answered. True, very true.
"Still, we must act upon this opportunity. We never know if it will lead us to where we need to go." Natsuki stated. We all nodded and then got ready for another long, agonizing run to who knows where.
Hanabusa's POV
We sat there for a while, waiting for Hikari to wake up. As much as I wanted to, I was afraid of what made her pass out like that. She found out something, and it was not good. She said something about a last name, but nothing really made snese. I couldn't think about anything dangerous that I may have said, unless Hikari thought about it and it struck a nerve hard enough to make her faint... I feel terrible for her, being worried for her kids and Takuma.
My thoughts were interrupted when I heard Hikari sigh. I turned to see that she was slowly waking up. "Are you alright Hikari?" Kaname asked. She slowly sat up and shook her head. "We need to find the kids..." she whispered. "Of course. That's what we're-" "I mean after we look up some records." she interrupted. We both looked at her as if she had lost her mind. Why would she ever put off looking for the kids? "Why?" I asked. She took a deep breath before speaking.
"That kid you were talking about, if he's a part of the new or old council, or if we can find a birth certificate, we need to look him up." she answered. Okay, I know the kid was new and weird, but that was no reason to go through his personal files... At least I don't think. "Hikari, why are you saying we must do this before we continue our search for them?" Kaname asked. That question took Hikari two minutes to answer. I think it was because she was trying to collect her thoughts
"Because, his name is Ryuu Arashi." she answered. Okay, that was confusing! "So? It's just his name." I replied. "You don't understand..." she started. We both looked at her intently, trying to understand what she was saying. "Arashi was Haku and Hana's last name." she answered. Oh, crap... I completely forgot that their last name was Arashi! Kaname was slightly surprised, but then looked a little angry. "Are you saying our children could be traveling with Haku's son?" Kaname asked angrily. This is going to end badly. Hikari didn't say anything to answer that, but only nodded her head.
Kaname's eyes glowed red and I quickly got up and ushered Yori out of the room before something broke. As we ran into Keiko's room, we heard the sound of glass shattering. "Was it necessary to break something?" Yori asked. "When it comes to Haku, Kaname loses his temper." I answered. She sighed, then looked at me. "If he broke a window, you get to fix it." she murmured as she went to Keiko, who had started to cry when the loud noise erupted from the living room.
I walked back into the living room and saw that two windows had shattered.
"... Damn it!"
Momo: Lol poor Hanabusa. Well, this is no cliffhanger, and I'm pretty sure my little scheme didn't surprise anyone at all... Anywho, hope everyone enjoyed, and PLEASE review!!!! Reviews are love people!
