Momo: Hi! I know I haven't uploaded in forever, and I'm sorry. Here's a chapter to help make up for it :D
My eyes opened, revealing to me a blurred mix of colors. I had a huge headache from being knocked out. I remembered what I last saw and what happened, but I was confused. What the hell was that all about? Why did Ryuu hurt me? I strained my eyes to get a clear view faster. It was like waking up after being awake for a week straight. Finally, I got a clear view of Ryuu standing in front of me with a devilish smirk on his face while Sara Shirabuki was standing next to him, smiling innocently. She couldn't fool me.
"What the hell is going on?" I asked as I sat up. I was on the floor, bound by chains, just like dad was when I saw him. Only he had the 'luxury' of a bed. This whole mansion is a prison. "I'm glad you woke up Aiko." Ryuu said as he stroked my hair. I jerked my head away as soon as he touched me. "Back-stabbing bastard!" I cursed. "Now, that's no way to treat him." Sara chastised. "Shut up. You had this planned all along. You two attacked mom, dad, Zero, and Luna, didn't you?" I asked, venom lacing every word that came out of my mouth.
"Correct." Sara said simply. I growled at her. "What do you people want?" I asked. "Justice." Ryuu said. "For your father? He got what he deserved." I scoffed. "Oh, really?" he asked as he bent down and stroked my hair. This time, I bit his hand, earning a slap across the face. "Now dear, please try to be a little more gentle with the girl." Sara mockingly chastised. I growled more. They thought this whole situation was humorous. They won't think it's so damn funny when I get out of here. Or just wait until Arashi.... Oh, crap, Arashi, Natsuki, and Tenshi!
"What did you do to my brother, cousin, and friend?" I asked. "Take a look around." Sara said. I did, and all of them were still unconscious, with the exception of Natsuki, who was beginning to stir. "So the pureblood princess is awake?" Ryuu asked as him and Sara walked up to Natsuki. She stared up at them, devoid of any emotion. "I knew you two couldn't be trusted." she stated. She knew all along? "Really? Then how are you in the situation that you're in? You're not quite as smart as daddy, are you?" Ryuu asked mockingly. "Shut your damn mouth! You have no right to talk about our cousin like that!" Arashi suddenly shouted. It became quickly obvious that he was awake.
"You're mouthing off to two purebloods, back off you little half and half." Ryuu retorted. Half and half? How dare he. "Well, you're mouthing off to the future pureblood queen, so I would shut the hell up if I were you. Kaname Kuran is already going to kill both of you for making Yuuki Kuran and Hikari Ichijou miserable. As soon as they figure out you're holding us captive, you're really dead." Tenshi said as he slowly sat up. We were all awake and pissed off now. We had been betrayed.
"That's if he can make it here in time. You kids are good at covering up your tracks, which is good. No one will ever think of looking here." Sara said with a fake sense of security. If these chains weren't around my wrists and ankles, we'd have a dead pureblood right now, and it wouldn't be Natsuki. "So Ryuu, why are you helping out this bitch?" Arashi asked bluntly. He wasn't surprised Ryuu turned on us. The one time I don't listen to my younger brother, and we get held hostage. Isn't that just lovely?
"It's because she's your mother, isn't it?" Natsuki suddenly asked. Everyone looked over in her direction with huge eyes and their jaws almost on the floor. That is, with the exception of Sara and Ryuu, who just looked at each other, then back at her. "Perhaps you are as smart as your father." Sara complimented. "It was obvious after I put together all the pieces. Your name is really Ryuu Shirabuki, isn't it?" she asked. R.S! He wrote that letter to Kaname! This all makes sense now!
"Yes. I am Ryuu Shirabuki. Then again, I'm not." he said. That confused everyone. "What the hell is that supposed to mean?" Tenshi asked. He smirked. "Do you all know the story of Rido Kuran?" he asked. "Don't remind us of that prick." Arashi muttered, remembering every single detail that mom told us about that bastard. I could tell her story was playing it's way through his head, because he just kept looking angrier by the second. "That's all you need to know. I'm sure you kids will figure it out." Ryuu said as he motioned for Sara to exit the room first. Heh, such a gentleman... asshole.
"Damn it!" Arashi yelled as they exited the room. "Yelling is going to get us nowhere." Natsuki stated. "I knew I should have just choked him right there." he muttered. "What would that have done Arashi? That would have dragged you down to their level." I argued. He looked at the floor and started muttering obscenities to himself. "So, now what do we do?" Tenshi asked. There wasn't an answer to that. We all had struggled in the chains. None of us had any avail to getting them off.
"Arashi, I saw dad." I said, suddenly remembering that they didn't know dad was here. Everyone looked up at me, slightly shocked. "Is he okay!?" Arashi asked, becoming alarmed. "Yeah. He looks like he hasn't had any sleep since he was taken, and he looks like he got the crap beaten out of him from when he and mom were trying to fight off Sara and Ryuu, but other than that, he's fine." I answered. Arashi sighed in relief. At least dad is alive and not as hurt as he could be. Tenshi immediately shot up. "That means mom, dad, and Hotaru are here!" he explained, causing him to struggle with his bonds more. I didn't see them, but I had a strong feeling they were here too.
"Now, what did he mean about Rido?" Arashi asked. Good question. There was nothing I could think of that would have anything to do with Rido right now. Those two were just walking riddles. Irritating and hard to figure out. "Right now, we need to worry about getting out of here." Tenshi stated. "Agreed. If only my father and Hikari weren't involved.." Natsuki murmured, worry making it's way into her normally calm voice. I wanted to assure her everything would be alright and that there wouldn't be anything to worry about, but even I was unsure about the events that were yet to come.
"Hey, don't worry Natsuki, we'll be okay." Tenshi assured. She merely nodded with the same emotionless expression on her face, trying to be strong for all of us. "Okay, so we can't get out of here unless some miracle comes bursting through that door..." Arashi grumbled. "I'm tempted to rip my hands off only because I know they would grow back." Natsuki murmured to herself. We all stared at her with wide eyes. "That may not be a good idea." I stated. She was still debating on the subject. "It may be the only way." Arashi said.
"Arashi are you serious!?" I exclaimed. "Do you have a better idea?" he asked. I opened my mouth to argue, but no words came out. That was because I didn't have a better idea. Though, the scent of her blood would immediately make it obvious that we tried something, and they would be up here in a heartbeat. Or maybe we could possibly run out of here fast enough. This whole situation is one big mess.
"I'm going to do it." Natsuki said as she brought her hands up. The only way she could do it would be to use claws on one hand and literally chew through her other like a helpless and defenseless animal that's been ensnared within a trap and can see the hunter coming. Not something I really. I closed my eyes and covered my ears, not wanting to watch or listen to my cousin rip her hands off for the means of our survival.
There was I faint scream I heard, meaning she got one off. The smell of blood hit my nose, making me realize how hungry I was. I hadn't had blood in a while, so her blood was making me a bit uncomfortable. She's going to lose enough blood without me draining it from her myself. Just out of curiosity, I opened one eye and immediately closed it again after it took in the sight in front of me. My cousin curled up in half of a ball, hissing and softly cursing at the pain of the hand that was now in front of her, severed from her body. Blood was all over her and the floor. "Make it stop." I whispered.
After a few seconds, I heard a loud crashing sound. "What the hell is going on in here!?" an angry voice yelled. My eyes shot open to see Ryuu standing at the door. It became quickly obvious to him what was going on after seeing Natsuki curled up in a ball with a pool of her own blood surrounding her. He rolled his eyes and walked up to her. "You're a pain in the ass." he murmured as he unchained her other hand and lifted her up. "You better treat her well." Arashi growled. Ryuu growled back, then walked out of the room with her.
"Now what?" I asked. "We wait." Tenshi simply answered. "For what?" Arashi asked. Obviously Tenshi got the plan, and Arashi and I were thinking of something different. "Just listen. It shouldn't take too long." he sated. I took his advice and just sat there, waiting for something to happen. Arashi on the other hand, was getting very anxious and worried, meaning he was about to argue and yell at Tenshi. Before he could though, we heard a scream, making us all jump.
"What the hell was that!?" Arashi exclaimed. Our answer came crashing through the door. It was Natsuki, with her hand back and a set of keys in them. "What did you do?" I asked. "I clawed that arrogant bastard in the face and the arms. It won't take him long to recover though." she answered as she sorted through the keys, trying to find the right one. When she finally did, she unlocked the shackles around all of us. "Thanks Natsuki. Great job too." Tenshi thanked. She nodded. "We must get out of here before Ryuu finds us. He's not what you would call jubilant with the fact I clawed him." she said. We seconded that motion and with it, ran out of the room and down the hall.
"You said you found dad. Where is he?" Arashi asked as we ran down the hall. "I don't know. I just ran through random halls because Ryuu was chasing me." I answered. "We should just start trying doors." Tenshi suggested. "That will take forever!" Arashi argued. The boys glared at eachother, making Natsuki and I roll our eyes. "Wait, this hall looks like the one Ryuu was chasing me through. I think I can sense dad and the others too." I said. They looked at me and understood. I stopped at the door that I opened when Ryuu was chasing me.
"Okay, he chased me down here, and I just opened the first door I could get close to, which I think was this one." I explained as I retraced my steps. It's kind of hard to retrace your footsteps when you're terrified and not really caring where you're going, except for away from the psycho that's chasing you. I opened the door and sighed in relief when I saw that dad was in there.
"Kids! You all escaped!" he exclaimed. He was extremely happy, which was good. "Yeah. Our captors are idiots. Especially since I very easily got the keys from him." Natsuki said as she went to go unlock dad's restraints. He frowned as he looked at Natsuki. "Why are you covered in your own blood? I did smell it earlier, so I started to worry." he asked. "I tore my hand off." she answered bluntly. The look on dad's face was priceless. "Well... I guess that's one way to escape." he said unsurlely. After a short time, he was free. "Now, where are my parents and sister?" Tenshi asked. Dad shrugged. "They should be close." he answered. Tenshi sighed and walked out the door, immediately trying other doors that were in the hall.
We followed him and started doing the same. Eventually, we came to a locked door. "This must be it." Dad mumbled as he stepped aside to allow Natsuki to unlock the door. When we pushed the door back open, a lamp came flying at the door and hit dad right upside the face. "Ow!" dad cried. "Get out of here, or I'll throw something heavier!" someone shouted from inside the room. We all knew that voice. "Dad!" Tenshi yelled in excitement as he shoved my dad out of the way and ran inside to see his own. We followed after we made sure dad's nose wasn't broken.
"Why the hell are you kids here?" Zero growled. I knew he was going to be pissed. "Tenshi!" Luna cried. As soon as the voice reached his ears, Tenshi ran over and hugged his mother, who was on the verge of tears. "We're here because we came to save you." Natsuki answered as she unlocked Zero. He was glaring at all of us. Then he just sighed and looked out the door. "Who did I hit?" he asked. We all pointed at dad. He smirked lightly. "Okay. It's not such a big deal then." he said as he stood up. "You're so mean to me!" dad cried as he went to hug Zero, only to get punched in the same place the lamp hit him. "Don't you dare." he growled.
Luna came over and gave all of us a hug. We really worried her. "Where's Hotaru?" Tenshi asked. "Over there." Zero said. Sure enough, there she was, locked in a cage like an animal. Tenshi was really pissed as soon as he got a glance, but got rid of the murderous arua when he realized how scared she was. "You okay Hotaru?" he asked as he bent down to talk to his sister. Natsuki, on the other hand was trying to find a key that would fit into the lock on the cage. "I'm scared, brother!" she cried. "Shh.. It's alright. We're all here and as soon as you're out of this trap, we'll all get out of this scary place." he promised. She nodded her head and just stared at Tenshi. I smiled at how good of a brother he was. It was cute.
"Here." Natsuki murmured as she found the key and unlocked the cage. Tenshi opened it quickly and hugged his little sister. My smile only grew as I went and pat Hotaru on the head. She grinned. It's funny to see how little kids can easily forget the danger they're in. "I hate to destroy all the love that's going on, but we need to get the hell out of here." Arashi stated. He was right. Getting out of here was out main priority. "Hang on, I'll look out the window to at least see where we are." dad said as he went up to the window. "Hopefully it won't take us much to get out of here." Luna said hopefully. Zero nodded and kissed her on the cheek.
"Damn it!" dad exclaimed. I flinched upon hearing his sudden outburst. Dad very rarely swears, so this must be bad. "What is it?" Luna asked. "We need to get down there." dad whispered. "What the hell is going on now?" Zero asked in annoyance. "Hikari, Kaname, and Hanabusa are here, and I highly doubt they know what's going on." dad said gravely. Everyone's eyes widened. Not good!
"Shit!" Arashi yelled as he started running out of the room, all of us not too far behind.
Momo: I tried to make it long ^-^ Review please