Author's Note: Okay, here's the next chapter of my story. I hope everyone enjoys it and I am sorry it took so long. But we can't all rush things as I have things to do. But I am trying to make things more exciting and interesting. Not doing the same things over and over again. Thanks I do appreciate everyone reading and loving this story. Especially since I work so hard on it each time I write.
It was dark and cold as Hideo pressed his body against the stone walls of his prison cell. He had short brown hair and a beard due it not being maintained. It was rather messy and graying a bit. He wore a clean suit that was ripped as a blood stain could be seen. He had ripped part of his shirt to wrap around it so he wouldn't lose any more blood. A small scar had remained on his cheek from a wound that was inflicted on from him weeks prior by his kidnapper.
The only human thing they did was not leave him in chains and provided him food. After all he had to keep him alive or how else are they going to use him for ransom. Being so powerful and high up in the government it would be easy to get a good price. At least that's what Hideo Izayoi assumed he was after.
"Aki, I just hope you're safe." Hideo weakly let out as he took a picture of his daughter that was in a locket around his neck. A few tears streamed down his face as it landed on the frame. Aki was the only thing that was allowing him to move forward. If something had happened to the only family he had left, there would be no reason to live. Hideo would embrace death if it meant following his family to the afterlife. "Dammit, I just hope you haven't gotten yourself into any trouble." Hideo let out as he knew the reporters would be all over her with his disappearance. Aki was never fond of them since she was a child. And something he didn't even want to think about was her eventually getting kidnapped as well.
"I see that you have settled in your new home." A familiar voice let out causing Hideo to look up. the dark shadows had covered him so his kidnapper couldn't be seen. The only thing he could see was his cell and the small light that was provided by his hanging lantern. "And doing some decoration." He added in a mocking tone with a small book and a poster that he had given the elder Senator to occupy his time. "You should be so lucky. That we give you better treatment than the rest of the prisoners that we have in here."
"Why don't you just let me out of here?" Hideo begged in a weak tone as he tried to sit up They couldn't have one of the most powerful men in Neo Domino City need to be spared at all costs. Especially compared to the other prisoners they had locked away in the hidden location. He just believed they were still in town somewhere. And they were hidden from the public eye in the basement of a mansion. "You had me here for months now. Let me go, so i can get home to my daughter. She needs me. I am the only family she has left!"
"That can't be done, here is your dinner." The mysterious man addressed as he open his large cell and placed a tray of food onto a small table nearby before walking back out. It was so fast that Hideo couldn't get a glimpse of him. All he got was the smell of a cigar that seemed to overtake everything when he walked by. And it was something that he always seemed to carry in his mouth, part of his hair appeared to cover his face. "Besides you're way too important to just let go, you would just tell the police."
"What did you even need from me?" Hideo demanded as he wanted to finally get some answers out of his kidnappers. They always appear to be avoiding his questions whenever he asked them. The fact he's aware that he's a contribution to their plans. But what was the reason they wanted him in particular, that they needed to keep him alive? By all means, Hideo knew they could have murdered him a long time ago. Especially with all the torture they had put him through to try and get him to talk. A notion he wouldn't budge with as he rather die than let them take what they desired.
"It's more of a means of the things that we're really after." The mysterious man addressed as he took out his cigar and puffed out some smoke. "You can say we need you alive to lure someone else to us. It's someone you value very much and I am sure your daughter feels the same way about you." The man openly mocks as he laughs menacingly. Hideo grabs the bars of his cell, anger that it actually shook everything him. This actually caught the Mysterious Man's attention. The fact they were using him to get to his only daughter. What could they possibly want with her?
The thought of reaching out to strangle the man was the only thing that was entering his mind.
"I swear if you lay a finger on Aki, I will-"Hideo warned in a very anger tone as he had regained all his strength, adrenaline was flowing throughout his body, solely just by seeing them now. His fatherly instincts were not taken over at the thought of any harm coming to his daughter. That Aki could be going through the same torture as he had gone through or even worse. Hideo knew that she was under constant protection with the mansion's bodyguards. That should relieve him but somehow he knew that may be enough. And the stress he had was only increasing from the thought. "You can do whatever you want with me but please just let her be-"
"And what will you do? You're daughter has the power we need. Something I am sure she's not even aware of. And once we obtain it the world will be ours, and it should be easy if Aki Izayoi is trying to find you." He begins to laugh again as he starts to head out the door.
Hideo was on the ground as tears slowly dropped onto the concrete floor. Leaving emptiness in his heart on the fact there may be nothing he could do. He could only pray that Aki wasn't trying to look for him because than she will be fallen right into their trap.
"Yusei." Aki smiled as she placed her head on his bare chest as they cuddled up under the blanket on top of a hill. Yusei could feel his arms wrap around her body as the blanket dropped off her. She was in heart panties and red strapped shirt that showed off a portion of her breasts. He looked down at her as the moonlight as he could her lips press against him as she placed kisses all over. For him it would consider it paradise as he pulled her chin up as their lips met in bliss. Yusei felt her body all over as he reached under her shirt in attempt to unhook her bra. They separated as they took some heavy breaths as Aki took a hand to he's cheek. "I love you so much." Those were the words he wanted to hear from her. As he pressed her lips to her again and it became more aggressive as their opened their mouths wider and their tongues slipped in.
A dark shadow suddenly overtook the sky as it went from daylight to a pitch black night. Aki slowly began to disappear into a mist as she screamed.
"AKI!" Yusei screamed out as he followed her, he also suddenly fully clothed. He ran in what appeared to be like an endless pathway as he followed Aki's voice. He eventually stopped, he made his way to a large castle. On the other side, Aki being held captive by a mysterious man. although Yusei couldn't really make out a clear image of the figure, he still saw that part of his reddish brown hair covered his face, sort of like a fringe, he had a dagger right at Aki's throat. "Don't worry Aki, I am coming for you!" Yusei calls out to her as he looked around to see a rope bridge; he slowly attempted to walk across it.
"Don't even bother boy. Aki's mine now." The mysterious man mocked him as he released some kind of power that broke the bridge into pieces causing him to fall with no way of escape. Only hearing a menacing laugh that echoed to him below.
Yusei suddenly woke up in a sweat over a nightmare that he has been having, it first starts out with him and Aki. A great dream on nearly having sex with her that somehow ends up finishing in such a horrible way. Even in his dreams stopped him from the pleasure he wanted with the girl he loved. He's hands were trembling as looked down at them as he shook his head to shake off the thoughts. Yusei just had to gather his thoughts was all as he got up and put on his shirt and pants that were on the floor.
He went down the stairs as he was staying in his old room which was in the attic. Yusei thought he would go to the kitchen perhaps get a glass of warm milk. That's when he noticed Aki on the balcony as he walked by it. He began to wonder if Aki also was having trouble sleeping too. She was already mad at him so what could it hurt to talk to her. Martha knew how hard it was for him to trust others. He barely could trust his own gang that he grew up with who were like his brothers. It had more to do with his childhood back whe5n he's father was still alive. He remember back at the conversation he had with her after he made his confession about his romantic feelings for Aki yesterday.
"Oh my little Yusei's actually in love." Martha happily smiled as he pinched one of Yusei's cheeks. "I've been waiting for this moment for so long." She did have this habit of being over motherly of him. There were times that the woman absolutely scared him as when she was all serious. This was one of the many reason on why Yusei had never told her about some of his previous crushes. Martha had tended to go over the top. It would be the most embarrassing thing in the world if she knew that he and Aki had already had sex. Especially with his reputation the leader of a gang that she doesn't know about as she still viewed him as a good boy. It was always hard for him as Martha had taken them in and raised them as her own sons. Probably would discipline him for losing his virginity in such a meaningless way. That he made a deal with some girl without respecting her feelings. He could only hear the lecturing going on throughout his head.
"Martha calm down, you're acting like we're getting married or something like that." Yusei sarcastically remarks as he crossed his arms. As he pictured this same reaction if that had occurred if he ever announced such a thing. Being that he was part of a dangerous gang that no girl would ever want to be with him. And the woman he had always loved wouldn't give him the time of day. Yes, he had thought of given up his gang life if he had ever met someone that was worth it. But the question in his mind was Aki even worth having a relationship with at all. He turned his head to look away as blush comes across his face. "I am not even dating this girl, Besides she hates me."
"Why would she hate someone like you? Unless you did something to upset her." Martha quickly pulls Yusei ear as she put a hand to her hip. Yusei was in an amount of pain it was something she normally did to knock some sense into him especially if he did something wrong. Of course he did with all her 'children' as a form of discipline. "What did you say to her? And ruin your chances of finally settling down with a nice girl, Yusei. You know how long I been waiting for this."
"I really didn't do anything." Yusei weakly tells her as Martha finally let's go as he rubbed his ear. It was still throbbing from the constant pain he was still in from it. "She wanted be to trust her and you know how hard that is for me."
"Oh honestly Yusei. You really need to let go of this. Do you want to lose her?" Martha continued to scold him in frustration. "You need to tell this girl the truth and be honest with her. Give her what she wants and treat her with respect. And then tell her how you feel about her. Do you understand?"
"Yes Ma'am." Yusei nervously tells her not wanting to hear another lecture from Martha.
"Good. Now I better prepare lunch. I have a lot of people to feed you know." Martha giggled as a quick kiss to her foster son before she hurried off. Yusei watched her wander out of the room before he let out a sigh. Just talking to her was not going to be easy as Aki didn't want to even be in the same room with him.
Back in the present, Yusei continued to be mesmerized by Aki, he was in relief that she hadn't turned around to notice him. He took a deep breath as he slowly opened the door to the outside balcony. Trying to remain quick so Aki wouldn't notice his presence. It didn't last as Aki could hear the sound of the wood planks; she turned around at first with a startled look before it was more of a disappointment.
"What are you doing out here? And in the middle of the night." Aki had more of concern that she didn't want to admit. She did care for Yusei despite the burning hatred she was feeling for him at the same time. All she had seen from him was using her as some kind of pawn for sex. Despite the fact it was a deal they had agreed to in exchange for his services of protection. Things have certainly changed since the first time they met. Aki had viewed him as a perverted jerk but a connection has formed that seemed to be lingering. She wanted to strip it all away. As she didn't want to deal with the pain Yusei always seemed to give her ever since they met.
"I should be asking you the same question." Yusei remarks as he walked to the railing of the balcony beside her. "Can't get any sleep either." He was trying to make a conversation with her. It appeared to be working as she wasn't being as hostile as he thought she would be. Perhaps he thought it would be better if he found a way to distract her from her anger. He was never great with women, so he didn't really know how to calm her down.
"I didn't say you could stay." Aki angrily yelled at him as her cheeks puffed up in frustration. She had her arms crossed as she turned to look the other way. Quickly covering herself with the shawl she had walked out of the balcony with to keep warm. It was more to cover her breasts as he didn't know what Yusei's perverted mind was thinking. From her experience with him already, Yusei would find a way to sneak up on her and make her all weak on the knees. Just from his smile to when he kissed her. It half the reason she agreed to have sex with him in the first place. But she hated herself because Aki knew that it was wrong to have given herself to a stranger. Even if the only good thing about in her mind was he's good looks.'
"You know I never had a great life." Yusei confessed as he leaned over the railing as he tried to more open about his past. This was something that was really hard for him as he didn't want to relive it. Even in his memories it still haunted him. "Even in my childhood I had to deal with my father receiving death threats due to him being a Crime Boss, one of the most powerful people in the backwaters of the criminal world if you will. So it's hard for me to trust people when everyone around you is out to try to kill your family." He wanted to make it know to Aki on why he had trouble trusting others. "It's always been like that practically since I was born. People were either afraid of me, use me or wanted me dead."
Aki didn't know whether or not to believe him. He was truly being honest with her, actually opening up to her about his past. She didn't think that he was capable of doing such a thing. She remained silent for a few moments before he turned to look at him. "Are you really being honest with me?" She questioned to him, Aki was surprised that was actually listening to her. That perhaps he did care for her enough that he's actually was making himself vulnerable. "Letting me know about your past."
"Yes. Well you wanted me to trust you. It's something I don't like talking about with just anyone." Yusei mentions as her as she tried to hide her flustered face and turned her head away.
She could feel his body gently pressing against hers shoulder to shoulder. Normally she would be pushing him away but part of her wanted to listen more to his story.
"The day I found my father murdered was the day I lost my innocence. Even when I was taken in here and raised by Martha with Jack, Crow and Kiryu it didn't make things much easier.
It was when I grew older; I became obsessed with avenging my father. I wanted to find the people responsible and to end the constant nightmares that haunted me day and night."
"That's terrible." Aki softly let's out though she was hesitant reached out to touch Yusei's shoulder. She didn't know what to think; the fact that he had saw his own father's dead body and was left an orphan.
He had really no one to trust; Aki had thought about her own father and couldn't bear the thought of losing him. She closed her eyes and put a hand to her chest. Him telling her all this made her feel a lot closer to him. "That's why you became a leader of this gang to find your father's killer. Is that why you got that reputation because you became a pursued so many people and threatened them? Even killing the more dangerous ones because that's what I heard from your reputation."
"Yeah you can say that." Yusei remarks as he put his hand behind his head. "Jack, Crow and Kiryu had always been there for me. So I had grown to trust them and they're like family to me. It feels sometimes like I do have three brothers." He began to let out a small laugh as he looked over at Aki. As he quickly reached out and embraced her. This startled her for a moment but Aki closed her eyes and returned it with a smile. "I do care about you Aki." She appeared to be happy at first and was willing to forgive him as she gave a smile. It was then that she could feel Yusei start putting his hands on her breasts as she felt him gently squeeze them. She felt more like he was trying to pull off her shirt which wasn't the case at all. "You're very special to me. I want you-"Yusei is cut off before he could finish his sentence as she backs away from him.
"Yusei what the hell are you doing?" Aki questioned as she pulled away from him. Trying to shake off the fact she felt rather violated as she covered herself with her shawl. It was then Yusei moved even loser and forcibly pressed his lips onto hers. It was more he was trying to revealing his romantic feelings for her through his actions as he wasn't good at expressing them in words. It wasn't the type of thing he was good at and he trying to relay the message in his own way. Aki was getting the wrong idea and had cut him off before he could even finish. Aki had finally managed to pull away from him before quickly slapping him across the face. Leaving a red mark across his face as Yusei held his cheek in pain. He had a puzzled expression on his face as he wondered what he had done wrong.
"You're such a jerk. You just told me what I wanted to hear so you can get me into bed!" Aki irritably told him. "You think I am just someone who you can release all your stress on by having sex with me. Well I am not some cheap prize you can continuous claim because of our deal.
I don't care if I don't have your guy's protection anymore." Her voice became weak as it was too much for her to adjust to as she wiped the tears from her face. Yusei just didn't understand that sex wasn't something that wasn't always going to solve his problems. And he continued to use her for his own benefit even if he didn't realize it. Aki just never felt so hurt by someone like this and she just didn't understand why. "You obviously don't respect me. And I really thought you were changing-I guess I was wrong to think that."
"It's not what you think Aki, I did that because I am in lov-" Yusei defended as he attempted to finally confess, he tried to explain his actions to the woman he loved, yet again the situation was only going to get worse between the both of them. Aki made the assumption that he wanted to have sex with her as the reason he was saying all those things. While that never leaves his mind he would never want to take advantage of her like he use too. It was because of the fact he had fallen in love with her.
just from the fact they were dancing around in the bed naked and kissing each other on a regular basis. And it's because he came to love her as person.
"Just leave me alone... I don't want to hear any of it. I hate you!" Aki yelled out as she interrupted him as she headed back inside, closing the door behind her. Aki ran as fast as she could back to her room and went to her bed.
Pulling the covers as she hugged her pillow tightly to her body, tears streamed down from her face and stained the pillow. The burning pain in her chest only kept increasing as if it were pounding out of her chest. Aki knew she didn't hate Yusei and had regarded saying those words to him. But her emotions were building up and it slipped out. Aki had realized that she was upset because she was heartbroken. She spent the rest of the night crying before she was so tried out that Aki had finally fallen asleep.
Author's Note: Okay, I hope everyone enjoys this chapter. I am sorry that it's all depressing but I needed to end their deal in order to process their relationship forward so it will be happier. I mean it was that deal that was more creating misery in their relationship. And their feelings for each other are only developing farther as all you can tell. I promise it will get better it just needs to take time as it's a slow burn romance. I don't want thinks like this to be rushed.
Anyway, I hope you all enjoy it. And please leave a review and let me know what you think of the chapter. I love getting them because it makes me feel special. Thanks again readers. And I will see you soon.