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Ryoma opened his eyes. He felt the restrains on his hands and cursed softly. He was tied to some ring that randomly stuck out of the wall. He should've seen that coming. He pulled the restrains but he couldn't get them loose. Nothing else to do but wait he decided.
The space was about the size of a small living room. It was some sort of basement. There were some things shattered around but it was mostly empty except for a huge closet on the left side of him. There was a door that looked like it could be kicked out if Ryoma could just get himself free.
The door got opened and in walked a man in his mid twenties.
Ryoma vaguely recalled him as one of the people he talked to yesterday. He felt his insides freeze, he didn't even know if it was yesterday.
"So you're finally awake." The man smirked.
Ryoma didn't reply he thought the answer was clear.
The man smirked. "Such an uproar the numbers are all looking for you."
Ryoma just glared at him.
"Tch tch tch." The man said still smirking. "What's your name and what's your number?"
Ryoma still didn't reply.
"You know the rich kids are also looking for you."
Ryoma kept glaring.
"If I give you to them I might get a lot of money." He continued. "But then you would have to answer their questions."
Ryoma still didn't reply. What was there to say?
"Even better I can give you to their parents. I'm sure they would love to talk to you."
Ryoma didn't tell him that he could easily get away wherever that idiot brought him. And for as far as he could see the man already knew what he was going to do with him.
The man slowly got annoyed. "Answer me dammit!"
Ryoma wasn't one to be intimidated by some sort of idiot so he just kept glaring.
The man in his anger slapped Ryoma on his cheek.
It hurt but not enough for Ryoma to show it.
"Calm down." The girl from yesterday stood behind the man now. She looked at Ryoma with distaste. "Let's start easy. My name is Izumi Hiyono. What is yours?"
Ryoma didn't reply.
"I'm the leader of the black ring. You're one of the numbers?"
Still Ryoma didn't reply.
"Tell. Me. Your. Name." She said through clenched teeth.
Ryoma just looked at the girl named Izumi Hiyono.
She had long chesnutt colored hair. She had amber eyes with a spark of something close to black. She wore black jeans, a black tank top, and some simple necklaces and a few belts. All in all she looked pretty. The only thing was that the angry expression didn't do her any good.
Genichirou had ordered a few numbers to wait until that bunch of idiots Ryoma knocked out woke up.
That was why Kaoru, Hikaru and Yuuta were waiting patiently for the idiots to wake up. Well that of course depended on your definition of waiting patiently.
Kaoru was clearly annoyed and glared at an unmoving body.
Yuuta was pacing around randomly kicking things that were lying on the ground (this included bodies).
Zaizen was cursing at a still unconscious person and at Ryoma for losing. (Zaizen was cursing at the same person Kaoru was glaring at.)
"How is this even possible?" Asked Atsushi as he popped up from nowhere.
"What do you mean fsshu?" Kaoru asked in return.
"Well because usually gangs gang up on us Ryoma and most of the others are used to taking out large groups." Ryou explained.
"And usually large groups lack any good teamwork." Atsushi continued.
"Well this seems to be an exception." Kaoru said annoyed.
"A pretty big one." Atsushi and Ryou said in unison.
One of the men seemed to wake up and successfully distracted their attention.
Kaoru was the first to ask a question. "Where did you take the brat?"
The man seemed to almost faint again under the pressure of Kaoru's glare. "I- I- I d-d-don't k-k-know." He stuttered.
Kaoru didn't seem to buy this. "Tell me or I'll force it out of you. Fsshu." He hissed.
"I-I d-don't k-k-know." The matter stuttered in a barely audible voice.
"Explain." Atsushi said as being one of the more reasonable people right now.
"It's a pact between four gangs." A guy that had got up a bit away from them answered.
They shifted attention to the man that was being held by Yuuta.
"Only the leaders know the entire plan and the reason behind it." He continued but gulped as he saw Kaoru's glare.
"Which gangs." Ryou asked.
"The black ring, The blood brothers, Chain, and Downfall."
"They sound more like a bunch of wannabe rock artists." Hikaru said clearly annoyed.
Ryou shook his head. "The black ring is a gang that has about twenty smaller gangs spread through the country. They're pretty well known."
"It explains a big deal as to why Ryoma wasn't able to get away." Atsushi said.
"What about the others?"
Sadaharu who popped up from nowhere answered. "The blood brothers are a reasonable small gang consisting of people who came from the streets to begin with. They are build on people with great survival instincts and their fighting skills could match Atsushi's."
Atsushi gulped.
"Chain is one of the oldest gangs around. They aren't that much special overall but they have a few people you should be careful with."
Kaoru once had contact with a few of these people but they didn't seem special to him.
"Downfall is a rising gang at this moment. They came out of nowhere. Those people are aggressive and try to get everything through violence."
Yuuta glared at the man. "Who came with the stupid idea to gang up on us?"
The man shivered. "I'm not sure. I believe someone else asked our leaders."
Atsushi sighed. "Pretty much all old news."
Yukimura wasn't happy. They got send back the moment Senri and co finished explaining.
-flashback-
"What happened?" Yanagi tried.
Shuusuke's eyes closed again. "You can explain to them Gen-chan. I'll be going." Shuusuke turned around and left.
Gencihirou looked at the people in front of him but didn't say anything. He didn't know what he should say.
"IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT!" Akaya screamed.
"No use screaming at them, brat." A guy with white hair in a rattail said.
"Ore-sama demands to know what happened."
Senri sighed. "Simply put Ryoma was abducted by some other gang."
"But Ryoma was one of the stronger numbers right?" Yanagi asked.
"He was and probably still is." Tetsu said.
"But they're probably from a few different gangs." Sadaharu explained.
"Because of the large number of people?" Yanagi asked.
"Yes." Senri answered. "And most gangs have some sort of dress code which makes it able to recognize them."
"Especially in bigger gangs you can never know exactly who is a member of your gang and who isn't. It's to make sure they don't start fights amongst themselves." Sadaharu continued.
"But Ore-sama was under the impression that you were well respected."
Some of the people laughed grimly.
"There is no such thing as respect between gangs." Senri said. "It's called fear."
"Simply put most of the gangs fear us." Sadaharu explained. "But if they have confidence they could beat us they will do so. Because that simply would mean you're on the top of the ladder."
"And you have a bunch of idiots who bother us because they don't know us." A boy with a blue cap said.
Yukimura looked at him. "I met you before right?"
"Yes." He said annoyed.
"Name?" Yanagi asked.
"None of your business."
"Back to the point." Masaharu said annoyed. "You're a bother here go away."
Yanagi just looked at him but didn't move. "Is it alright for me to assume the gangs are together at this moment because they are sent by someone outside?"
"That's a good possibility." Sadaharu answered. "About 95%"
"What makes you say so?" the young boy that patched up Yukimura asked.
"The weapons, too good quality to be randomly carried by them." Sadaharu explained.
"Already an idea which gangs?"Yukimura asked curious and slightly worried.
"Didn't we tell you to go home to your mommy?" Hikaru asked angry.
"Ore-sama doesn't listen to lowlifes."
"We're not lowlifes and if we are why are you still talking to us?" someone bit back.
Yukimura raised an eyebrow. "That's beyond the point. If you need us just tell us." Yukimura said. "Let's go."
The others just vaguely nodded.
The numbers looked at the annoyed.
"Whatever." Shishido said.
Genichirou appointed people to watch the bodies spread through the alleys and the split up.
-end flashback-
Yukimura dumped his head back on his pillow.
Yanagi, who was sitting next to him, opened a notebook and got a pen but didn't write anything.
"What's that for?" Atobe asked sitting on the other side of the room.
"Let's brainstorm." Yanagi stated simply.
"About what?" Atobe asked.
"Reasons why they have taken Ryoma." Yanagi answered still staring at his notebook as if the answer would just appear there. "Anyone?"
"To break up the numbers?" Tezuka suggested.
"They would've just killed him." Yukimura reasoned. "I think it has something to do with the person who sent them."
"Well duh." Atobe said clearly annoyed.
Yukimura glared at him before continuing. "That would make it illogical that it's just to break the numbers up."
"Well I'm sure there're people outside the ghetto who dislike the numbers. That could also explain why they didn't kill him." Yanagi reasoned while scribbling in his notebook as a madman.
"Then why Ryoma?" Yukimura asked.
"Probably the first person they found." Yanagi said.
"But that's just illogical he's one of the stronger numbers."
"That would make it more logical. I mean they probably wouldn't care if you take one of the weaker numbers." Yanagi reasoned.
"They probably didn't know which number Ryoma was."
"What if it isn't because they want to break up the numbers? Let's keep it as a possibility but there must be other possibilities." Yukimura tried.
"Hn." Tezuka said as a form of a nod.
"Maybe to pull out the leader. To get him to do something." Atobe suggested.
Everyone looked surprised that Atobe actually came up with a smart idea.
"Don't look at Ore-sama like that."
"That's actually logical." Yanagi said unable to suppress his surprised voice.
Yukimura nodded. "But we don't know who the leader is."
"Simply put it would be number one right?" Yanagi suggested.
"Maybe number zero." Yukimura tried.
"But what if Ryoma is number one?"
"Don't think so." Yukimura argued.
"Why not?"
"I think at least Shuusuke has a higher rang."
Tezuka thought about this for a while. "I think Shuusuke is the leader."
Yanagi raised an eyebrow. "What makes you say that?"
"When they asked about why we were interested in the numbers. The others said their leader was interested right?"
Yanagi nodded thoughtfully.
"Shuusuke said 'I'm interested'"
Realization dawned on them.
"So they might actually be after him." Yukimura asked.
Tezuka nodded solemnly.
Atobe took a sharp intake of breath.
Tezuka could knock himself out against the wall if he was given the chance. He couldn't believe himself how could he feel sorry for Shuusuke? How could he not hate them? Okay maybe he knew the answer to that question. His life was saved by them after all.
"So that brings us to the next question. Why are they after Shuusuke?" Yukimura asked.
"Because he's the leader and without him the numbers would probably be nonexistent." Atobe answered annoyed.
"What if it isn't connected with the numbers? After all it's someone from outside. Why would he care about the numbers?" Yukimura asked Atobe.
Yanagi nodded. "It sounds reasonable enough." He looked at the notebook. "But then it also could be something personal against Ryoma."
"True enough." Yukimura agreed.
Tezuka didn't like this all one bit. He had the feeling they were way too deep into something they should've stayed out of.
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