Letters Of Black

By: Atsureki

Disclaimers : Wieß ain't mine but the rhymes, crappy as they may be are!

Warnings : AU, Yaoi, OCC, angst, disturbing stuff and rhymes.

Notes : Stuff written in Italic are thoughts, letters or 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.

This story's plot is giving me so much trouble *whines* I don't quite know how to wrap it up but um I'll keep trying…

Chapter 20. Blue Fear

Ran carefully checked out the empty soccer-field. It was dark outside and the place wasn't lit by any lights at all. Frowning deeply he entered not really sure where he was suppose to go. The moment he stepped onto the grass he saw a pale ray of light on the other side. Why did Ben have to play all these games?

A part of Ran had started to wish that the damn Italian just would kill them all and get over with it. He was so very tired of rhymes, threats, riddles and all that crap. The light came from a small flashlight and shone on a black envelope. Big fucking surprise, the redhead snorted in his head and picked it up.

Ben you seriously need to change your patters, this is getting soo damn old. He looked around. Ben had said that he'd be watching but Ran couldn't see anything. Muttering curses underneath his breath he picked up the flashlight too and ripped open the evelope. It was empty. The redhead stared at it in confusion. Empty? Perplexed he ripped the paper apart. There wasn't a God damned thing in it.

"What the fuck?" What was the point of this and where the hell was Ben? Ran bit his lip as he brain started connecting the dots. His amethyst eyes closed. "FUCK!" he exclaimed and swirled around. He quickly checked the time. It was about 10 minutes past 7 and it would take him another 25 minutes or so to get back to Yoji's apartment.

"I'm so fucking stupid!" He should have figured out that it was a trick of some sort and he most certainly shouldn't have left Yoji alone in a place that he knew for sure that Ben had 'access' to. He hurried across the grass and towards the exit. It took a while for him to reach his car and he immediately got in.

The porsche's engine roared as it came to life and then it rolled away from the parking lot. He could worry about Ben and the empty letter later at the moment his first priority was to make sure that Yoji was safe.

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He hesitated outside the door, not sure he wanted to know what was on the other side of it. What would he do if Yoji was dead? Ran bit his lip and swallowed. If Yoji was dead then it was his fault for being so stupid. With an unsteady hand the redhead opened the door and stepped inside.

The apartment smelled of blood. A heavy sweet, sickening metallic smell. Ran closed his eyes for a moment before he started searching for his friend. He found Yoji in the living-room. The blonde was stretched out on his back and is chest was covered in blood and cuts.

With hesitation the redhead approached his friend. He kneeled beside him and carefully watched Yoji's chest. The lanky man was still breathing even if it was shallow. Ran bit his lip. He couldn't take Yoji to the hospital and he didn't dare move him.

As far as he could see it was just the cuts but he had no way of knowing if Ben had done anything more. The redhead growled when he saw the black envelope that was shoved underneath the blonde's right leg. He ignored it for the moment and grabbed his phone. Quickly he dialed the only number he could think of.

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Ran paced the small corridor as he waited to hear something about his friend's condition. His left hand was clutching the latest envelope but he hadn't opened it yet. He didn't want to see what was inside. Ben had gotten to Yoji which, according to his calculations, meant that Omi was next.

Ran swallowed. That little blonde was still a child at heart and his open and energetic nature would be ripped apart if Ben raped him. It was a fate he wouldn't even wish upon his worse enemy.

"Abyssinian?" The redhead turned around and carefully watched the doctor before him.

"How is he?"

"Hm he's lost a lot of blood but the cuts weren't all that deep. Although… if you hadn't found him when you did he would have bled to death," the doctor muttered. "I think you better take a look at something." Ran nodded and followed the man. "Balinese is still out cold. I wanted to show you this before I bandaged his chest." Yoji's skin was cleaned and there was a messaged carved into the flesh.

"Shit!" the redhead growled and stepped closer.

'You can't beat me!'

"That sick psychotic fuck!" Ran snarled and started trembling with rage. Ben was so gonna pay for what he had done!

"I suppose you don't want the cops involved," the doctor muttered. "What kind of trouble are you boys in?" Ran grunted something and the older man snickered. "Thought you wouldn't tell me."

"Can he stay here?"

"Aa of course. It's not like I would send him home in the state he's in." The redhead grunted again and nodded.

"Take care of him. I have to track down the bastard who did this before he kills someone." The doctor nodded and started wrapping a white bandage around Yoji's chest.

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Ran quickly left and got into his car. Growling to himself he ripped open the envelope and pulled out the photo. It was of a pair of big blue eyes. Omi's eyes. They were widened and shone with fear. Shuddering at the sight the redhead flipped it over and read the rhyme.

'He's dead now because I'm rotten to the core
I transformed him to a bloody mess on the floor
Kissing his wounds, treasuring your fear
You came close and that made him dead my dear
I kill for fun and I'll eat your pain
Bring on the next to be slain'

A grim smile touched his lips.

"That's where you're wrong Ben. You're getting sloppy. Yoji's gonna be fine and I'm gonna get your ass before you can do any more harm!" He placed the photo on the other seat and drove off.

Something suddenly hit him. What if Ben wasn't refering to Yoji but to Omi? Ran licked his lips. What if Omi was already dead? He shook his head and narrowed his eyes. NO! He couldn't afford to think like that. The little blonde had to be alright!

Somehow he just had to find Ben before he could do any more damage. But how? His best guess was still that Ben had Omi and Ken at the same place where he had killed Kase but… But he couldn't be sure and he didn't know how much time he had to save his lover and his friend. He parked his car outside his house and went to his apartment.

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Ken groaned when he woke up. His hands hurt like hell and his head was heavy and foggy. For a moment he didn't know where he was or why but then it all came back to him. He whimpered and tried to sit up. To his surprise he found that he could. Why wasn't he tied to the stretcher?

He looked around and froze when his eyes landed on Ben. The Italian was sitting in a dark corner of the room and he was shaking. His clothes were bloody and he slowly rocked back and forth while he mumbled in italian. For a brief moment the ashblond man raised his head and the look in his eyes made Ken's heart ache. Ben looked so scared and lost, like he was facing his worse enemy.

"Help me," he sobbed and reached out a shaking hand towards the brunette. "Please help me." Ken blinked. That wasn't the psychotic stalker that wanted to kill him, that was his oldest friend.

"Ben?" The Italian sobbed louder and wrapped his arms around himself as tears poured down his handsome face.

"Don't let him take over again Ken, please. He's scaring me," Ben whimpered and lowered his head again. "He… he… I think he killed the blonde man." Ken slid off the stretcher and almost fell to the floor.

"Where's Omi?"

"I don't know. Please help me…" The brunette hesitated for a moment. Even if Ben had done so many horrible things he couldn't help but feel sorry for him. Ben was sick and he needed help.

"Sch I'll help you Ben but you have to calm down." Ken knew he only had so much time before the insanity would take over again. "Do you have any handcuffs around here?" Ben seemed to think for a moment.

"I…" His voice cracked and the Italian's shoulders shook from another sob. "Over there." Ken limped over to a desk and eyed the things on it. He found a pair of cuffs and tried to pick them up. But his hands hurt too much and they were wrapped in bandages.

"Ben you have to help me." His friend shakingly got to feet and came over.

"You have to hurry Ken," he suddenly choked out. "He's coming back, I can't keep him away much longer." The brunette widened his eyes and pushed the cuffs towards the ashblond man.

"Put them on and secure yourself to that pipe!" he ordered and pointed. Ben nodded and quickly did as he was told. Ken leaned against the desk for a moment.

"Are you okay Ken? I'm so sorry. I… I don't know what's happening to me anymore." The brunette drew in a deep breath of air and limped over to his friend.

"It's not your fault Ben. I'll get help, okay?" Ben nodded and hid his face against his arm. Carefully Ken wrapped an arm around the crying man's shoulders and hugged him. That man might have tried to kill him and his lover but at the moment he was the Ben he once had loved and that always had been there for him.

"Why are you helping me Ken? I almost killed you," the Italian whispered.

"I know but you also saved my life once, remember? If you hadn't killed Kase he would have killed me instead."

"I don't even remember that." Ken leaned against his friend's solid body and sighed. What a mess.

"Ben I have to ask you… Why did you stop taking your medication?" The Italian shuddered and lowered his head.

"I… I wasn't allowed to play soccer anymore but… Moroshima sent me to a doctor and he… he said that it would be alright if I just didn't take them just before a game. It was so stupid! I didn't want to because I knew 'He' would come back if I didn't take them but… Ken soccer is my life, I don't know anything else. Moroshima insisted and I wanted to play so badly but I was still hesitating." Ken narrowed his eyes and damned his manager. That bastard!

"Is it true what you told me about Kase before?" Ben nodded.

"I saw how hard you worked to keep him in the team and he just… hated you so much. And then Moroshima said that he would have to let you go along with Kase."

"They were going to get rid of me?" Ken asked harshly.

"Yeah. They couldn't afford to keep Kase and you were messing up too much because of him. But Moroshima couldn't do without me so I… I…" Suddenly it dawned on Ken just how much Ben had helped him.

"You said that if I couldn't stay you'd walk out?" Ben shook his head.

"No, I said that if he allowed you to stay I… I would agree about the medication." The brunette's head spun. It was his fault that Ben had done all those things. If he just would have listened to his friend from the beginning none of it would have happened.

"I'm gonna fix this Ben," Ken promised.

"Fix what Kenken?" The brunette quickly backed away and looked into his friend's face. The gentle eyes were again dark and mad. Ben pulled at his hands and the cuffs rattled. "What the fuck is this?!" Ken smirked.

"You're not going to hurt anyone else!"

"You little whore! Let me go at once or so help me God I'm gonna kill you!" Ben yelled and pulled harder causing the pipe to sway lightly. Ken bit his lip and prayed that it would hold until he and Omi could get away.

"Tell me where Omi is and I'll set you free." A cruel fire started burning in the Italian's eyes.

"He's in there… and thank him for earlier today…" Ken shuddered and stared. Had Ben raped Omi?

~TBC~

It's getting hard to come up with names of the chapters for me *L* I've used all the colors I can think of *rolls eyes* But damnit I've done 20 chapters so I can't very well stray from it now huh? Oh well good luck to me with holding myself to the stupid color-names!

Oh dear did Ben really rape Omi?! Ran has to hurry before that bastard get's free!!! Ja/Atsureki