Chapter 1: Hideaway
After almost two more hours of driving, the car came to a halt in front of a small house, which laid in a pretty deserted area. The blonde man who had taken Michiru hostage turned the engine off and got out of the car, opening the back door. "Get out." He commanded, his voice sounding tired all of a sudden. Michiru obeyed and got out of the car, which was a little difficult since her hands were tied. Moments before she was completely out, her foot got caught in the seat belt, and she nearly fell. Her kidnapper reacted fast, reached out and grabbed her arms, thus keeping her from landing face first on the ground. "Thanks." The aqua haired girl softly spoke, not daring to look at her kidnapper. He didn't reply, but took a hold of her arm and led her over to the front door of the house. Without letting go of her, the man pulled out a key ring, chose one of the keys and unlocked the door. The two of them entered the house, and the blonde quickly closed it behind him again, locking it and placing the keys back in his pocket. Now, Michiru dared to speak up again. "Can…can you untie me? My wrists are hurting…" The blonde looked at her for a few seconds, obviously deep in thought, before he walked away, into another room, leaving Michiru standing in the hallway on her own. A few minutes later, the man returned, with a knife in his hands. Michiru stared at the weapon in fear, taking a step back when he approached her with it. "Hold still." The blonde mumbled before he used the knife to cut Michirus ties. "Thanks." The aqua haired girl spoke, rubbing her aching wrists. The blonde man mumbled something that wasn't understandable and turned his back on Michiru, walking off towards another room, ordering Michiru to follow him. Slowly, the aqua haired girl walked after him, fearing what would come next. When she saw that the man was walking into his bedroom, she let out a squeal of fear. "No!" Michiru cried out, causing the blonde to turn around and look at her, with surprise in his eyes. "No, please!" The aqua haired girl spun around on her heels and wanted to run out of the room, but one second later a strong hand closed around her wrist, holding her. "Let go of me!" Michiru demanded, spinning around to face her kidnapper and lashed out, her fist contacting with his nose, creating an ugly crunching noise when it hit the bone, though it didn't break. The man yelped in pain and surprise, but refused to let go of his hostage. "Stop!" he shouted when Michiru hit him again, this time punching his stomach. "For God's sake, stop!" Finally, after receiving two more punches into his stomach and face, the man managed to get a hold of Michirus other hand, too. "What do you think I want to do here, rape you?" he shouted, anger in his voice, while blood ran from his nose and his busted lips. "I surely won't do that, I'm a woman, for Heaven's sake!" Michiru stopped struggling immediately and stared at her captor wide-eyed. "You are what?" she then asked, causing the blonde to sigh and let go of her. "I'm female. No balls down here, no dick." She replied, pointing towards her crotch. Before she groaned and carefully touched her nose, groaning again at the contact. "You have quite a punch, lady." The blonde then spoke, wiping the blood off with her sleeve. "I'm sorry." Michiru replied, blushing. "But I thought that you want to…well…" She came to the conclusion that this topic was way too embarrassing for a discussion and decided to change it: "Care to tell me your name?" The blonde stared at her in surprise, at first speechless. Then, she asked: "Why would you want to know my name?" Michiru gave her an odd look. "Listen, you kidnapped me and took me here, and then I nearly broke your nose. I think it's not too surprising if I want to know your name. So, care to tell me?" The blonde let out a huff at the strange behaviour of her hostage and shot back: "You're right. I kidnapped you. Normally you should be shaking with fear, don't you know that?" Michiru gave her a sweet smile. "I can't be shaking in fear when the one who kidnapped me looks as harmless as you do." The blondes eyes went wide again, and she opened and closed her mouth a few times before she found herself able to answer. "Harmless? Hello! I robbed a bank, and I took you hostage! How can you call me harmless?" "You didn't hurt anyone." Michiru replied, her voice soft all of a sudden. "You could have killed everyone who was in the bank, but you didn't. You didn't even threat them." The blonde woman didn't know what to reply, but after a few moments of silence, she spoke up again. "Haruka Tenoh." Michiru gave her a questioning look, and the blonde replied: "Haruka Tenoh. That's my name." Michiru smiled and answered: "Michiru Kaioh. Now that we know each others names, could you maybe get me something to drink? I'm pretty thirsty." Haruka stared and blinked for a moment, then nodded. On her way out, she looked at the aqua haired woman once more and informed her: "You are the strangest hostage ever known", before she left the room. Two minutes later, she returned, carrying a bottle of soda and a glass in one hand and a bottle of Jim Beam Whisky in the other. Handing the soda to Michiru, Haruka kept the whisky for herself, opening the bottle and taking a big gulp from it. Michiru watched her with a frown, but didn't make any comment; instead, she drank down the soda with one long gulp. "Happy now?" Haruka asked, earning a smile and a nod. "Great." The blonde let out a sigh and sat down on the bed, placing the whisky next to her feet on the floor. "You surely want to know when you can go, huh?" she then asked. Michiru nodded, anxiously watching how Haruka pulled the backpack closer to her and emptied it on the bed. A huge amount of bundled money fell out of it; to Michirus surprise, Haruka took two of them and held them out to her. "There. For the trouble you had thanks to me." The aqua haired girl shook her head. "No, keep it. You surely had a reason for the robbery, and besides, I don't need the money." Haruka shrugged and threw the money back to the pile on the bed. "Fine with me." She stood up and motioned Michiru to follow her, leading the aqua haired girl to the front door, unlocking it. "You're free to leave. If you walk down that road, you'll reach a hotel soon. From there, you can call a taxi." Michiru nodded, looking at Haruka one last time before she turned around and left. Before the door closed, she could hear how the blonde mumbled "Have a nice life", then the lock clicked, shutting Michiru out. Slowly, the aqua haired girl started to walk down the road, when her eyes fell on two black cars that came driving towards the house.