Letters Of Black
By: Atsureki
Disclaimers : Wiess ain't mine!
Warnings : AU, Yaoi, OCC, angst, druguse, blood and stuff.
Notes : Stuff written in Italic are thoughts, the little voice you sometimes hear in your head, letters, lyrics, rhymes.
This is AU so some stuff is a bit diffrent but should still be familier. Pasts have been change to fit the story though.
Chapter 5. Yellow Threat
Ran stared at the small blonde. Ken had killed someone? But the brunette seemed to innocent and kind. And Omi doesn't? Ran asked himself. Omi looks like a genki, innocent kid but you know he's killed more people than you want to acknowledge. That was the ugly truth. All three of them had blood on their hands but Ken wasn't a part of their heinous past.
"Ken killed him?" Ran asked with his eyes dark and cold as ice.
"Hai. The cops didn't managed to catch Kase. When Hidaka was released from the hospital he was a broken man but Kase wasn't done with him yet. I don't understand what his obsession with Hidaka was but it was enough to make him try to kill him a second time. Kase kidnapped Hidaka from his apartment and took him to an abandoned factory. There Kase stabbed him twice in the back before your client managed to overpower him. Hidaka was probably shocked, scared, in a lot of pain and most likely not completely sane at the moment," Omi explained and handed Ran a few pictures.
"What do you mean by that?" Ran asked and ignored the photos he held in his hand.
"Hidaka stabbed Kase 26 times, mostly in the stomach. I hacked myself into the police-files, that's where I got those pictures, and took a look at the report. It was ruled as self-defence and Hidaka was 'strongly urged' to see a psychiatrist as soon as he got released from the hospital." The redhead sighed inside and took a look at the photos.
Kases body was a mess and there was blood everywhere. Actually Ken's former friend, maybe lover, looked alot like the cat he had found in the brunette's bedroom. The last of the five pictures had been taken before Ken had been moved.
Ran's eyes widened as he saw his client lying on his stomach covered in both his and Kase's blood. The left side of the brunette's face showed and even that part of him was spotten with blood. No wonder Ken had reacted so strongly to the mutilated cat.
"Kami-sama!" Yoji exclaimed when he took a peek over Ran's shoulder.
"Is that all?" the redhead asked Omi and put away the repulsive pictures.
"Well almost. The cops started digging in the scandal concerning his career. Kase set him up Ran-kun. The evidence against Hidaka were false and his named was eventually cleared. But so far he hasn't returned to soccer even though he has a contract with the J-league."
"From what Ken's manager told me he's been too busy drinking and sleeping around to get anything done," Ran muttered coldly. "He's gained a few pounds and he's addicted to morphine, I'm guessing as a result of the stabbing." Yoji gave him a look and shook his head.
"I still don't understand how you can put your life on the line to protect someone you seem to dislike so obviously," the lanky blonde said and set his jade eyes on the silent redhead.
"I get paid to be Ken's bodyguard Kudou. If I like or dislike him has nothing to do with it," Ran answered with his monotone voice completely emotionless.
"Judging by these pictures I'd say you aren't too sure what you feel," Yoji snickered and pointed to the last photo Ken's harasser had sent. Ran ignored the comment but inside he winced. The lanky blonde was right.
"So how come we haven't heard anything about this before?" he asked instead.
"You mean about Kase and Hidaka?" Ran nodded. "This was about two years ago Ran-kun. You do remember what we were doing two years ago, ne?" the petit blonde mumbled. Like I could ever forget, the redhead sighed inside.
"Aa."
"Okay, so do we have any suspects here or what?" Yoji asked and nervously fiddled with his cigarettes.
"I thought it was Kase," Ran admitted and frowned slightly. "I don't really understand why this person turned so quickly to me though. Ken is his main target that much is obvious but why involve me?"
"Maybe he feels you're standing in his way?" Yoji suggested and placed a smoke between his lips. "I'm not gonna light it," he added when he saw the disliking look on the redhead's face.
"That is a possibility," Omi agreed.
"I suppose so. When can you sweep the apartment Omi?"
"I could probably have the equipment I need by tomorrow. Speaking of that… Isn't it a bit risky for us to sit here and talk if this place is bugged?"
"I'm willing to bet that the only place you'll find any bugs is in Ken's bedroom," the redhead answered and rose. "Call me when you have the things you need and Yoji, I trust you'll handle your part of this?" The lanky blonde raised an eyebrow.
"I am a PI Ran! I'll do anything as long as I get paid." The blondes stood up and Omi gathered the black letters to take with him.
"Where's Hidaka now?"
"In the guestroom, I gave him something to sleep on," Ran answered and nodded towards the room where Ken was.
"Does he know about us?" The redhead shook his head.
"I don't think we need to…" His words were drowned out by a loud sharp bang. Ran swirled around and stormed towards the guestroom. The door stood ajar so he pushed it opened and carefully looked inside. All he could see of Ken was a mop of brown hair and a puddle of something dark underneath it.
Ran closed his eyes. It looked like Ken had been shot in the head. Trembling he approached the bed and pulled down the covers. It was a dummy with a nice sized bullethole in its head.
"Ken?" the redhead called out and looked around the room. His amethyst eyes landed on a slumped form on the other side of the room.
"Is he alright?" Omi asked and the two blondes came in. Ran hurried up to his client and checked his pulse. Ken was still asleep and he seemed to be okay.
"He's alright," the redhead answered and picked up Ken. A black envelope fell to the floor.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
With Ken placed on the couch in the living-room Ran took the envelope from Omi and frowned. How the hell did that damn, whoever it was, manage to get in and out of the apartment so easily?
"I don't think you should stay here," Omi said and put a blanket over the sleeping brunette.
"Neither do I but I don't want to go outside in the middle of the night," Ran muttered and carefully opened the envelope. He pulled out the photo and hissed. Just like the others it was a polaroid and it was of Ran, Omi and Yoji, taken when the two blondes entered the apartment not even an hour ago.
"How the hell did he manage to take that one without us knowing?" Yoji asked with anger and snatched the photo from Ran.
"It's taken from the guestroom," the redhead said flatly and took it back. He flipped it over and snarled when he read the warning.
"Shame, shame on you
Bad Kitten, what did you do
Calling for help wasn't part of the deal
It's time I show you that my threats are real
Be careful of breaking the rules
Call off the two blonde fools
Do as you're told or you'll pay
Ken'll suffer more if you don't obey"
"I really don't like this Ran!" Yoji said firmly after having read it over the redhead's shoulder.
"What's there to like about it?" Ran muttered coldly and handed Omi the picture.
"Hang on a second," the small blonde frowned and studied the photo carefully. "Yoji stay with Hidaka." Omi pulled Ran's sleeve and headed for the hall.
"What is it?"
"Look," Omi said and pointed to the photo. There was a reflection in the mirror just beside the frontdoor. "I can't make out exactly what or who it is but I can use my computer and see if I can't make it sharper. But there's something else too." They both stopped infront of the mirror. "There." The petit blonde pointed just above it.
There was something written there in pale yellow paint. It was hard to say how long it had been there since the pale color made it hard to see and it was written so high up that nobody of average height would look there. Ran turned on the lights and they both read it.
"Omae wo korosu"
It was definitely a threat but unlike the others it was written in kanji. Ran shuddered. And who was it aimed at? Him or the brunette? This was really, really starting to get unpleasent now.
TBC?
Damn! That person is scary! *shudders* Oh and I put a clue in there *hehe* Did you catch it??
You wanna know what omae wo korosu means??? I'll tell you in the next chapter if you don't already know *hehe*
Ah I almost forgot! Watch out for a change in the rating!! This will be moved to the NC-17 section with the next chapter! Ja/Atsureki