Chapter 11

Kisara woke up. Her head hurt like hell. She opened her eyes and saw unfamiliar sights. Where the hell was she? The last thing she remembered was... second date... and then... someone had attacked her. In her own apartment! She silently made a vow to always close and lock her door from now on. That would probably make Kenichi happy too. She looked around, there were men standing around her.

"Look, the bitch is finally waking up."

Some of them looked strangely familiar. Where had she seen them before? Before she could figure it out, the one she assumed was the leader stepped forward and started talking.

"So... you're awake now. Bet you're wondering where you are."

"Eh... not really. Can't say I care too much."

The man frowned.

"Well... you should care. Because this isn't a good place for you. You see... it came to my attention that you beat up a few of my men..."

That's where she had seen them. They were the ones whose asses she'd kicked for trying to mess with those stray cats.

"... And as much as it shames me that they were beat up by a woman..."

Her anger flared. That same stupid prejudice again. She moved her hands and found that they were tied behind her back. She started to work her hands out of the ropes.

"... I have to say. I didn't expect you to be so... attractive. The way they said it, you were some sort of demon woman. Anyway..."

The ropes came loose from her hands easily, amateurs. Her legs were taped to the steel chair. She smiled.

"I can't have someone go unpunished if they've harmed my men. That's why you're here now. You understand what kind of situation you're in?"

She looked up at him, still smiling, and shrugged.

"Well... I'll be damned if you aren't a feisty one."

He stood straight and laughed.

"You know, my men wanted to do some... things... to you while you were asleep. I told them not to."

He leaned closer.

"I wanted you to be awake first."

He made an evil smile. She continued to look at him unconcerned.

"But before that..." He whipped out a knife, "I'm going to CUT you."

"Fat chance, asshole!"

She put her hands on the back of the chair and pulled her legs away, straining the tape. It tore easily and she flipped backwards and landed on her feet.

"SHIT! Who tied her up?!"

He kicked the chair out of the way and came at her. She moved forward and kicked the knife out of his hand. In the same movement she hopped to her other leg and sent him sprawling with a roundhouse to the face.

"FUCK, GET HER!"

The other men came at her all at once. The first one grabbed the chair and swung it down at her. She went over backwards into a handstand and launched herself feet first at his face, chair narrowly falling over her head. The momentum of her kick sent him backwards and she landed with a knee on his chest. She jumped sideways and grabbed another man around the neck and brought her knee to his mouth. He spit out blood and teeth and staggered backwards. More men came from behind but she spun low and kicked their legs out from under them. She jumped on top of one of them, knocking all the air out of his lungs, and rapidly punched the other in the face. The leader was back up on his feet. He came at her with a pipe in his hand, but she cartwheeled away, grabbing his weapon arm with her feet and yanking him down to the ground. She twisted and heard a snap. The man yelled out in pain. It was at this point that she looked outside and saw daylight.

"You FUCKING ASSHOLES. IF YOU MADE ME MISS MY DATE..."

Without finishing her sentence she darted towards the others. They backed off a bit, but their leader, somehow still conscious, called out.

"KILL THAT BITCH!"

The last three rushed her at once. She jumped high and landed on the shoulders of the closest one. She jumped off, kicking him to the floor, and flipped over bringing her feet crashing down on the next one. The last thug looked at her. He was one of the ones she had beat up the other day.

"You bitch... how dare you humiliate me!"

She spat.

"Fuck you! You can take your shit prejudices and choke on them!"

Before he realized what was happening she darted forward and landed a kick straight on his throat. He gasped and fell backwards. His head hit the concrete hard and he was out cold.

"KISARA!"

She spun around and saw a door opening. Kenichi burst through and stopped when he saw. Kisara was standing in the middle of the room surrounded by men writhing on the floor.

She smiled when she saw him.

"My knight in shining armor."

He looked at her incredulously and then ran to her. Before she could react he embraced her.

"I-I thought... you didn't show up... your apartment... there was blood..."

She smiled and put her arms around him. She may not like the whole damsel in distress thing, but it still made her happy to see him. He had come to save her, and that was just fine. Even if she hadn't really needed saving.

She pulled away from him.

"Wait... so it's already past time for our date?! FUCK..."

Kenichi had to restrain her from attacking the already severely wounded men. She swore loudly at them and was trying to kick at the nearest one. Kenichi had to drag her outside. Finally she calmed down and looked at him, out of breath.

"Kisara... I'm sorry. This happened because I called you. If i hadn't, you wouldn't have..."

She quieted him with a kiss. He was startled at first, but then reciprocated. When they pulled away from each other she punched his arm.

"Idiot... this wasn't your fault, so don't you dare blame yourself. Anyway, it's over now so it doesn't matter. I can't really go on a date in these torn up clothes, and it's getting late anyway. Looks like we'll have to postpone it."

She grabbed his hand and they started to walk away from the warehouse. They came across the two guards at the gate, still out cold. She giggled.

"Looks like these two are having a bad day."

He smiled at her sheepishly and they continued to walk back to her apartment. They stopped outside her door.

"By the way, you should probably check in with your neighbor. I ran into him when I was here and he looked pretty shaken up that you were kidnapped."

She looked over at the door and nodded.

"Also, call Freya. She was the first one to see your apartment and told me you were missing. She's pretty worried."

She nodded again and started to go inside.

Before she walked inside Kenichi grabbed her arm and kissed her again. It was much quicker than the last one, but it still made her blush. She then stepped inside and started to close the door.

"Kisara..."

She stopped, looking at him expectantly.

"... please start locking your door from now on."

Having said this, he smiled and headed home. She watched him walk away then shut the door, locked it, and went straight to her bed.