Chapter 11: Taken

"Hey, so do you wanna grab a bite before we head home?" Yuu said, staring lovingly at their intertwined hands as they made their way out of the theme park. He was worried that Mika might not be up to it anymore after the unexpected terrifying event happening about fifteen minutes ago.

Mika clutched on Yuu's hand tighter. "I'm... I'm all right now, Yuu-chan. Don't worry about me." A soft, gentle smile graced his lips, and Yuu's heart fluttered even more. "And yeah, sure. I'm pretty famished."

"Cool! Then~ What do you wanna eat? My treat!" Yuu beamed almost as bright as the sun.

"Um... I always... wanted to try a hamburger. I've never... tried one before." Mika twiddled with their fingers more and his ears quickly tinted with a beautiful rose red, feeling quite ashamed to admit that.

'Adorable.' The raven thought, grinning helplessly.

"What are you smirking about?" Mika asked, lips forming an evident pout. "Is it that funny?"

Yuu boldly brought the blonde's hand to his mouth and kissed the fingers gently. "Not that, silly. I'm just so damn happy right now." Green eyes deliberately lingered longer into sea blue orbs.

"...why?" He barely breathed the question out. Yuu was being a bit assertive somehow, and Mika couldn't say he didn't like that.

"Because I finally found you again. My precious Mika." Yuu replied, sincere. He wanted to ask the beautiful blonde whether he remembered him or not from their childhood but stopped himself since Yuu thought that he should probably at least wait until Mika's finally feeling better again.

And Mika immediately turned beet red at the comment, "L-let's go now!" He tugged the other boy so that they're walking faster with him leading in front.

"Wait - do you know the way..?" Yuu suddenly asked, halting the blonde's steps.

"..." Mika bit his lips, still blushing. "...no."

"Thought so." Yuu chuckled, feeling giddy all of a sudden, because he's thoroughly enjoying this little 'date' of theirs. "Come with me, I know a good place where they sell mighty tasty hamburgers."

Glancing at the smiling boy, Mika couldn't help but titter along, "Sure, Yuu-chan."


"Crowley-sama, where are you going?" A woman with long curly blond hair languidly peeked one eye open when she felt the bed moving, and the maroon-haired man was already up dressing and afterwards tying his hair into a single braid.

"Hm? I have some business to attend to. You can go back to sleep, Horn-chan." Crowley winked, before proceeding to exit the dark bedroom.

He was alerted by the sound of his own phone vibrating. "Hello? Ah, Ferid-kun? Are we doing it again tonight?"

'Yes, yes we are. And I'll pick up my little kitten soon...'

"Your favorite? You know where he is?" Crowley asked.

'Hm~ Do I now?' He knew. The silver-haired smirked. He had always knew.

"Ah, there goes your bad habit again... you're smiling like some creepyass middle aged man right now, aren't you?" The redhead accused.

'Heh, like I said, you know me best, Crowley-kun. I'll see you soon.'

"See ya~"


Guren paced around the entrance of the laboratory for another minute, fidgeting and anxiously waiting for the pompous president to arrive. He had slipped out of Shinya's house unannounced, since he didn't want his dear friend to worry - and more importantly do something as dangerous as tagging along with him. Something felt terribly wrong, the whole dreadful place was practically screaming death traps to him.

Did he somehow fell into Kureto's trap? Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to bargain with the splitted eyebrow guy to begin with but considering Mahiru - the one person he owed his whole life to - was still alive but imprisoned in a glass jar made his stomach twisted into a tight knot.

"Mahiru... I-"

"You're here." A voice greeted him from behind.

Guren leered, "Yeah, I'm here. Where did you keep her?" A straightforward question.

The spiky haired man smirked, "Just beyond that white door." He pointed at a security locked automatic door, that could only be opened with an accessible keycard. "Well, let's go." Kureto sauntered through the corridor with Guren on tow having his sight on the door and whatever lies behind it.

"There's been an intruder last night." Kureto quietly said, his face void of emotions. "You wouldn't know who they are, would you?"

Guren tried his hardest not to flinch at that question. Truthfully, he had been working with someone else other than the Hiiragi family - the one with the secret of the Philosopher's Stone. Could that person probably be the intruder? Highly likely. And now's not the time to disclose such matter to the president of Hiiragi Co. Not when he's inside that bastard's territory.

"You wanted to believe I knew, do you?" Guren countered, "Well, too bad I don't."

He lied. But, what other option did he have? Admitting the truth and possibly getting tortured to death? He would have to pass, thank you very much.

Creaky and rickety sounds filled the air when the large door opened after Kureto scanned through the card and reentered the password. "And strangely, they didn't bother stealing anything from the lab. But killed most of our guards nonetheless. Is that a type of threat? Some sort of a declaration of war?" Kureto arched an eyebrow to the other man.

Even if it was, you had what's coming to you, heartless bastard, Guren thought. And knowing Ferid's true nature, he'd say that wasn't the case at all. Ferid likes to do things at his own accordance. 'I bet he was just messing around with Kureto, that whimsical man.' The violet-eyed shrugged, "Not sure. Could be it. Could be not."

As soon as they entered the lab, Guren's eyes immediately fell onto a translucent glass container with a woman inside it, floating in the greenish liquid like a ball of foetus.

"Mahiru..."


"Th..this is what a hamburger usually looks like..?" Mika stared at the food in front of him; juicy patty, melting cheese, fresh lettuce and tomato slices sandwiched between two plate-sized buns - the portion was HUGE, enough for two or three people, the blonde mused.

"Yep! Don't just stare at it... Dig in, Mika!" Yuu smiled, happily slurping on his strawberry smoothie.

Mika slowly upped his gaze to Yuu's face, shining bright with a radiant smile. "I... does it look like I could finish this by myself?" He asked, giving Yuu an incredulous look.

"Uh-huh, of course you can! Once you start eating, you just can't stop until you finished every last bite!" Yuu said in a rather convincing tone, hand pumping a fist into the air.

Mika instantly giggled, "I think that only applies to you, Yuu-chan."

"Hey!"

"Then, itadakimasu." The blonde brought his hands together before securing his hold onto the giant burger that could barely fit in his small hands. Feeling Yuu's eyes on him made him more nervous than anything. Come on Mika, it's just eating! He could definitely do this!

And thus, he took an enormous bite.

At that instant, a myriad of flavours exploded inside his mouth, stimulating his tastebuds like never before.

"Y..yuu-chan..." Mika's voice quivered.

And that sent Yuu panicking, "W-why! Is it bad? You don't like it?"

"It's so good~" The blonde closed his eyes and shivered in pure delight. "I've never tasted anything like this!" When he reopened them, Yuu swore he could see sparkles in those sapphire blue orbs. Good, Mika was finally back to his old self again, bit by bit.

"Well, what did I say- ah, you have some ketchup on your face." Yuu laughed and quickly reached out before wiping the smudge with his fingers and licking them afterwards.

And Mika? The poor blonde squeaked like a mouse when he felt Yuu's fingers grazing his lips, eyes widened by the raven's action. "Y..you could've just told me..!" He unconsciously brought his own hand to his face and traced the place Yuu just touched.

"Why does it matter? We did just kissed awhile ago!" Yuu playfully raised both eyebrows, much to Mika's bewilderment.

"Y-yuu-chan! Not... not so loud..! What if... someone hears you..!" A flustered Mika reminded, his smooth cheeks steadily turned crimson.

The raven's smile stretched even wider. "Let them. All that matters to me is you..." A hand shot up to cover his mouth.

"Please... stop talking." Mika pleaded, his whole face lit up bright red from Yuu's continuous smooth, if not embarrassing words. His heart was pumping a little bit too fast, to the point of wanting to burst out of his ribcage. Yuu was being so cavity-inducing sweet all of a sudden, and Mika wasn't sure if his heart could handle another sentence coming out of his mouth or not. "I'll seriously die if you keep this up..." He mumbled.

"Aw, this can't be so bad? Surely you heard worst?" Yuu leaned forward and ruffled through Mika's hair.

"Well... to be honest, no one has ever sugar talk to me the way you do before." At least not in a creepy way. Mika confessed some part and Yuu couldn't be any more glad. He was his first then.

In the end, it took at least an hour for the two boys to actually finish eating in which Yuu had to eat most of it.


"I'm stuffed! Ugh~ I don't think I can even walk, Mika..." Yuu slung his arm around the blonde for support but mostly just to be closer to him given chance.

"Oho, what about that 'I can finish the whole thing' back then? And don't lean on me, you're heavy~" Mika joked, but brought his hand around Yuu's waist anyway, supporting him the best he could. Staring at the darkened starless sky made him feel uneasy all of a sudden. "Yuu-chan.. let's.. go home, okay?" He wasn't too fond of the dark. Never would.

Yuu didn't miss the slight tremor in Mika's voice, his hands trembled a little. "Alright, Mika. Let's head home." He quickly agreed.

The journey back felt longer than usual and as they were walking, Yuu realized the night was quieter. Perhaps a little too quiet. No one was around. It was just the two of them. But, Yuu couldn't quite shake the feeling that they were not alone. That someone was following them. And that someone wasn't some kind of nice fellow. He was malicious. Exuding a very frightening aura that Yuu could sense from miles away.

"Mika... we need to hurry-" Yuu tugged at Mika's hand when the blonde suddenly stopped short. He was frozen on the spot, unable to move an inch. "Y-yuu-chan..." He looked absolutely terrified and white as a ghost.

"In a hurry, aren't we? Where might the two of you be going, if I may ask?" A silky smooth voice greeted the both of them and cautiously, Yuu turned his head to the source of Mika's astonishment.

"Yuu.. Yuu-chan, he-" Mika gripped Yuu's hand tighter, his voice, body, were shaking. And Yuu immediately shielded Mika from the mysterious man who suddenly appeared before them.

"YOU! You're the sick asshole..!" Yuu spat out in disgust and seething rage. Who did bad, unspeakable things to Mika when they were younger. Who made Mika the way he was now, fearing of men. "I'LL KILL YOU!" The raven pounced onto the silverette without hesitation.

"Yuu-chan, NO!" Mika's alarmed voice was the last thing Yuu heard before he felt a sharp stabbing pain behind his neck and his face met the ground seconds later. Another guy appeared behind him out of nowhere, wearing a very psychotic grin on his face.

"Yuu-chan!?"

Mika! Don't you dare pass out on him, Yuu! He needs you..! Wake up! Wake the fuck up!

Yuu tried to get up again but his vision and body decided to fail him and so he fell unconscious against his will.

"Oh my, Mika-chan, don't you miss me?" Ferid ambled towards the trembling blonde, stopping right in front of his face and purposely asked. "Look how fast you've grown."

"D..don't.. please." Mika found it hard to breathe all of a sudden, his surroundings were spinning non-stop, he saw Yuu-chan lying on the ground, another redhead man stood near him and now - the one man he desperately trying to escape from - stood before him and had the nerve to normally talk to him like some long lost family. Mika despised his current situation so, so much.

"How long has it been? Three... no, four years?" Ferid counted his fingers before flashing this eerie, cold-blooded smile that sent chills down Mika's spine. "I missed you, you know..." His hand reached out and Mika flinched backwards before falling on his knees.

"D-don't t..touch me...!" Mika half screamed, clutching his throbbing head tight. He couldn't move, couldn't speak, couldn't think. His whole body immediately went into a state of convulsions at the thought of being held unwillingly by the wretched man again. Please save me, Yuu-chan... Mika silently pleaded before darkness engulfed.

"Well... now what?" Crowley stared at the two unconscious boys before shifting his gaze towards his partner.

"We'll take them. Both Mika-chan and Yuu-chan." Ferid smirked, thrilled to have his beautiful little doll finally returning to him.

To be continued...


One thing I could say... Shit's about to go down. I apologize for not updating in such a long time. It's just hard for me to get my thoughts together for this particular fic and I'm glad I'm finally breaking through this stupid writer's block of mine.

Thanks for reading and I'll see you real soon! Don't forget to share me your thoughts! ;)