A/N: Thank you guys for all the follows, Favorites and Comments on this book! I am glad to be this love! Also I'm sorry for the emotional trauma I put you through last chapter ;^; I hope you like this chapter!
Suguro was running, trying to escape the shadows that followed him, taking a sharp turn, he ran right into someone, sending him flying back. He landed on his back, scraping his arm slightly. He groaned, looking up at who he had run into.
Alistair.
Just the person he wanted. Suguro pretended to be scared, but not out of character. "How?" Suguro asked, making sure his voice had a bit of a shake to it.
Alistair smirked. "Don't you remember at the hotel? When I took Rin?" Alistair squatted down, placing his elbow on his knee before resting his chin on the ball of his palm.
Suguro glared. "What did you do to him?" Suguro asked, grabbing for his injured forearm.
Alistair smirked. "You'll find out. Shall I take you to him?"
Just as he said that the other Cram students came around the corner, Yukio holding up his gun. "Suguro!"
Alistair chuckled, before standing up. The shadows started to wrap around Suguro causing his heart to skip a beat in panic. "I think you should keep a better eye on your students. Don't worry, I'll take good care of both of them. Times ticking." Alistair explained before bowing as the Shadows swallowed both Suguro and him.
*A few hours before*
Suguro walked into the hotel, trying to find Yukio with the new information he just heard from the locals. Shima pointed towards the cafe of the hotel where Yukio, Shura, Masami and Etsuya were all talking around a table. Suguro nodded and made his way over to the table. Shura noticed him first.
"Ryuji, whats up?" She asked, leaning back in her chair.
Suguro grabbed a chair and brought it close to the table, leaning in a bit. "I have some information about Rin." He said.
That got their attention. "And?" Masami fished.
"When I was in town, I heard some Locals say they saw someone tormenting two people. When I asked what they looked like, One of them matched Rin's description and the other was another man that, from what the locals said were trying to defend Rin. They didn't get any context, all they know is that they called them ghosts because they disappeared in the blink of an eye." Suguro explained.
Yukio thought on this information, thinking about how someone was actually trying to defend Rin. It made him happy knowing this information, but also a little irked to know that Rin had escaped but got snatched up again. "What do we plan to do with this information?" Etsuya asked Yukio, folding his arms.
Yukio thought on it, before finally coming up with something. "I've got it, but I need your help." He explained.
All of them shared glances before nodding. Yukio cleared his throat. "We need one of us to get captured and taken by Alistair. If we can locate the place, we can sneak in and find Rin."
Shura scoffed. "No way, that's too risky ya four eyed chicken! Besides how would yew know if he would desire any of us."
"It is a very risky move, but say one of us gets picked up by him and we get inside. If we can get a cell phone or something of the sort past him, we could trace the texts." Masami explained.
"That could take a few days to get a clear location though." Etsuya says, rubbing his chin.
"What if I get captured? I know how to pick any lock and I could try to pinpoint where Rin is and warn him rescue is on the way." Suguro explains.
"That could work, but it's also too risky." Says Etsuya as he slowly stood up.
Suguro slammed a hand down on the table, his face growing angry. "Please let me do this!" He snaps. "I need to."
Yukio lifted a brow, leaning in farther on the table towards Suguro. "Why?"
Suguro gritted his teeth, taking in a long breath into his nose, trying to calm himself. He released it through his mouth, relaxing. "I… I need to do it to make up for all I put Rin through." He explains. "I was such a horrible person to him and it caused him to be in this state. He was paralyzed because I told him not to use the Koma sword. He was shunned, bullied, captured, and frankly everything up to this point has all been because of me. I found out about his heritage and I declared him dead to me, but these past few days have made me realize my mistakes. So please let me do at least this one thing to redeem myself." Suguro finished, practically begging at this point.
Yukio saw the determination and the look of pleading in his face, making a soft smile appear on his face. He gulped, nodding. "Fine, but we need to define our plan and put it to use. Gather everyone, we need ideas." He demanded the others.
As everyone got up and cleared the room, Yukio shot forward and grabbed Suguro's shoulder, pulling him back. Once they were alone, Yukio smiled. "What you said, thank you."
Suguro blushed, blowing a raspberry as he scratched the back of his head. "It was nothing… You can thank me when we get Rin back safely."
Yukio bowed before walking around Suguro to meet up with everyone. Suguro just chuckled at himself, looking down at his own hand. "To think I am this soft." He clenched his fist. "You better be okay, Okumura."
As they gathered all the other cram students, the circled the farthest table, away from prying eyes before all of them take a seat. Yukio decided to start.
"It has come to our attention that Rin had escaped his captures last night, according to some of the locals. As a result it has made us have hope that Rin is somewhere nearby." Yukio said, clearing his throat before pointing at Suguro, who stood. "Thanks to Ryuji, he has volunteered for this next plan. This is why you are here. We need help coming up with ideas on how we can get Suguro captured by Alistair."
The room was quiet for a moment before the cram students exploded into questions and conversations. Mainly about his sanity and how reckless it was. "Enough!" Shouted Shura, who stood up. The room became quiet again. "We need to rescue Rin and we are running out of time. Finding his location is whats important. If it requires inside jobs then so be it." She glared. "Now, any ideas, please speak now."
The room fell silent once again, as everyone exchanged looks between each other. That's when Koneko got an idea. "Uhm… What about a fake fight?"
"I'm listening." says Yukio, taking his seat again.
Koneko gulped, seeing as all eyes were on him. "W-well he doesn't know us very well… We could make it look like we are arguing about… Well Rin and Bon could… Storm off into the alley, pretending not to know where he is going in the heat of the moment. And when Alistair shows up… you could scream and that will… quote on quote "Alert" us that you are in trouble. Alistair likes a game, lets give him one."
Everyone was speechless. Koneko was always a quiet one but he is brilliant. To come up with such an elaborate plan made them all impressed. Shura snorted. "It may just work. Not bad kid."
Koneko blushed.
"But theres also the thing of how we will know where to go." Izumo expresses.
"She's right. No doubt he will pat me down and remove anything he sees needs to be taken from me." Explains Surguro.
Shura smirked. "Leave that to me. I can put a temporary sigil behind your ear that will hide the object. Much like my sword. But it is temporary. It will only be good for only a day, so once you awake you need to summon it. I will also put your lock picks in there."
Suguro nodded. "Sounds like a solid plan. When shall we get it going?"
"At night. Alistair prowls at night. So everyone restg up, SUguro you go with Shura and get everything ready. We begin in a few hours." Etsuya spoke, getting up and walking away with Masami close behind. Suguro shook the nerves before walking with Shura up to the room. The others stayed behind, talking about the plan. They just hope it will be successful. At least hoping one thing will go correctly for them.
…Line Break…
Suguro slowly woke up, groaning at his pounding head. Slowly he tried to adjust to the bright lighting around him. Once his eyes were focused he noticed the cage bars in front of him. He sat up, looking around before his eyes landed on a man with curly hair in a purple lace up kimono and horns. The other cage in front of him had the a figure sleeping, but the hair was black.
Suguro looked back at the other one. "Psst! Hey, who are you?" He asked, moving to the other end of the cage. The figure looked over at Suguro and it was then He noticed it. The man's purple eyes showed so much pain in them it made him flinch. He looked as if he had been crying for hours. The man cleared his throat, fixing his posture.
"Can't you read the atmosphere, man. I'm not in the mood to talk" The man says, his voice cracking slightly.
Suguro glared. "I don't need to know your name and you don't need to know mine. Just answer one question and I will leave you alone with your misery. Sound fair?"
The man smirked, shooting an impressive look over at Suguro. "Okay. One question. Shoot."
"Do you know a boy by the name Rin Okumura? Or have you heard anyone here talk about him?" Suguro asked.
Immediately Suguro noticed a change in the man as he stiffened up sending a glare towards him which Suguro didn't expect. "Why do you want to know?"
"None of your business. Do you know him or not?" Suguro demanded impatiently.
He nodded. "I do."
Suguro sighed in relief, leaning against the cage. "Do you know where he is? I need to know his location or his well being. Is he still here?"
The man turned around fully so that they were facing each other. "Before I tell you anymore, I need to know a few things." He rested his head on his palm. "My name is Takai Rikyu. I'm the one who has been looking out for Rin since he's been here. Now I want to know your name and your relationship with him before I tell you anymore."
That sounded fair to Suguro. "I'm Ryuji Suguro. I'm Rin's friend. I'm here to rescue him. Now tell me where he is."
Rikyu knew that name. Rin talked about him a few times so he knew he could trust him. Rikyu pointed over towards the other cage that held the sleeping figure. "He's there. Sleeping."
Suguro followed the finger and his whole body seemed to go rigid. Seeing Rin safe and sound sleeping made all his self hatred and pity go away. "Okumura!"
"Don't!" Rikyu snapped, causing Suguro to jump back a bit.
"What? Why?"
But the damage was done. They heard a pained groan and shuffling, both pairs of eyes landed on the cage in front of them. Suguro's stomach dropped when he heard the groans and cries of pain as Rin slowly tried to sit up. Suguro looked over at Rikyu who flinched at every move Rin made.
Suguro watched as Rins hand gripped the bar, pulling him forward, as if trying to position himself to sit up. When he scooted to the edge, he leaned against the cage and Suguro could see a bunch of healing bruises and cuts all over his back and arm as well as some hand prints as if he was grabbed groughly. Rin looked up to meet eyes with Suguro, and once they met Rin's eyes grew wide as Suguro held back a gag.
Rin's face was pale, void of any color but the slice that start just by the edge of his hairline, across his eyebrow and down to the end of his lip. But what made it worse, was the fact Rin's right eye, the one with the cut, was healed, but had bloodshot veins that grew into a milky blue eye. To Suguro, Rin looked blind.
"B-Bon?" Rin asked, his voice scratched to all hell.
Suguro shot forward in his cage, slamming against the cage. "Rin?! WHat the hell happened?"
Rin froze, looking away, his eye void of any emotion. "N-nothing… why are you here?"
"I'm here to rescue you. We are planning an escape." Suguro smirked, but it immediately dropped when Rin shuddered.
"We can't escape." Rin spoke softly.
Suguro shot back in surprise. "Giving up already?"
Rin sent a glare his way. "Yes. I have given up. Theres no hope of escape." He explained. "You've just doomed yourself."
Suguro scoffed. "I've doomed myself to save you, but by the sound of it you don't even care if you get sold, die or live. Where is the Rin who was so happy to be of use to us that he was willing to fight even with his disability?!"
Rin tore his eyes away, turning his back on Suguro. "He's gone. If you came to rescue him, you just missed him." Rin whispered. "I'm sorry, Bon, but I've given up."
With that lingering in the air, Suguro could only glare at the ground. What happened to make Rin lose hope this fast? How is he going to be able to repair it. How is everyone going to help Rin.
As these questions circled in his head, Rikyu couldn't help but Smile softly at Suguro's words. He hated hearing Rin speak this way and he wanted to help. Once the awkwardness settles, Rikyu was determined to talk to Suguro about his escape plan. The faster he can get Rin safe, the faster he will be able to rest.