Ah- after not updating in like 2 weeks- it's about time that I got around
to this story once again... but now that this is up, I hope you guys like
it ^_^. Anyway- replies!:
SHUICHI-SAN: Welcome for the skin- and well, you won't have to buy the movie or anything- it should show up on tv sometime, right? I can't wait to see it cuz I need to remember the whole plot once again... [sigh]
AKUREI: Iie... not from the Nine Inch Nails album- read the general note, k?
NORIKO-CHAN: [giggles] well- I all ready talked to you about the song title and everything- congrats on guessing right!
3MPATH_77: Ah... lemons or limes... well- I'll try and see if it's "appropriate" for the story if I put it in, k? If it's in here, it'll go with the plot ^_^.
ASSASSIN7: Intrigued? [giggles] thanks!
Um... I'm closing the little contest to figure out where "Nine Spiral" comes from- because Noriko-chan... [points to her reviewer] has guessed correctly! Nine Spiral is the name of one of my dear Gackt-sama's songs- very good, actually. [drool and has hearts in her eyes] Gackt....!
Anyway- read- review- be nice!
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/.../: thoughts
The Game: "The Aggressive Circumstances"
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Yuki's eyes darted uneasily from left to right. The entire garage was empty and silent: there were no signs of the people who'd forced him to be there, of the hurt man, of the nurses.
/What the hell happened to all of them...?/ The tall man glanced behind him at the empty ambulance.
"What happened to everyone...?" Shuichi whispered as he took a few steps forward in an attempt to look around much more. He sighed. "HELLO?" He shouted in the empty garage, cupping his hands around his lips to project his voice. "HELLO- IS ANYONE HERE?" Yuki frowned at the teenager's attempts and instead of helping with the shouting, turned to the ambulance.
/There should be something here we can use.../ He climbed back inside and looked to the driver's seat. There was no radio installed, no cell phone- no type of method that might be used for contact. The keys weren't in the ignition or anywhere in sight- and the only thing that could ever be useful was a box of bandages.
"Is there anything we can use?" The younger male sat on the tailgate and looked at the blond over his shoulder.
"No."
"God- this is like some sick joke or something. The only thing here is that elevator-" And a soft ding was emitted from the elevator 50 meters away, making both men stare at it with slight shock. Yuki didn't hesitate, though. He climbed out of the ambulance gracefully and started walking to the elevator in quick steps.
"Matte, kudasai!" Shuichi called, immediately jumping to his feet and running after the tall man. The teen reached the elevator just as Yuki stepped in, earning him a glare of disapproval. "Sorry..." The pink haired male slumped to the ground out of breath and stared at the ground. The doors closed, Yuki pressed a button labeled LOBBY and leaned against the furthest wall, crossing his arms over his chest.
"Are you always this quiet?" The teenager asked softly, his face turning to the blond who stared almost unblinkingly at the elevator doors. "Because this whole deal with getting left there is spooking me out and you not talking at all is scaring me."
"Hmph."
"You're so mean..." Shuichi pouted, wrapping his arms around his legs. But his position immediately changed to that of being sprawled out on the floor when the elevator suddenly jerked. Yuki's hands immediately went to the handle bars lining the inside of the small box in an attempt to stay still, but the jerking was violent and making Shuichi squeal in fear. "Damn it!" The elevator seemed to be rising much faster than it was ever designed to do- and all the men could do was try and hold on.
/16...18...20.../ The floor numbers were rising quickly- and then were falling quickly. /15... 13...11.../ The feeling of dropping was torture- and then the movement stopped, causing both males to jerk downward and almost hit the ground.
"What the hell?!" Shuichi screamed as he stood up from the ground and dusted himself off angrily. He pounded on the metal doors with his fists and screamed at it. "Open up! I wanna get out!" There were tears forming in his eyes as he continued to scream. Yuki just stared somewhat blankly at the pink haired male, then the lights went out- emergency lights flipping on and leaving them in a dim brightness.
"Just great- just great." Shuichi muttered as he attempted to push the button in the elevator reading OPEN DOORS- but nothing was happening. He moved to the emergency phone, picked it up and found no dial tone. "Arg..."
Yuki frowned and stuck his hands into his coat pockets, fingers grazing over a slightly damp cloth napkin soiled in white wine, and a key. He leaned against the wall once again, eyes drifting lazily up- noticing the escape hatch on the ceiling.
Standing upright, Yuki inspected the hatch as Shuichi continued to mutter at the unmoving doors- something about this being the thanks he gets because he helped someone in need. /There's a lock on it.../ The blond frowned, looking around for anything that might could be used for a lock pick- but then instantly something came to mind. He pulled the key out that Tatsuha had given him a few days before and looked at its silver outline in his palm.
Turning to the teenager behind him, he noticed the pink haired young man seemed to have noticed the hatch as well and was staring at it with wide eyes. "Here." Yuki said sternly, giving the teen the silver skeleton key and pointing up. Shuichi frowned and crossed his arms over his chest.
"How do YOU expect me to reach it? You're taller- you try and open it!" The blond frowned- he really didn't need anymore talking from the young man and without hesitation, was reaching up and slipping the key into the lock- turning it easily- and flipping the hatch open.
/It actually worked.../
"So you had the key the entire time? How did you get it?!" Yuki sighed, looking down again at the pink haired male and positioning himself to give him a boost. "Hey- you're going up first, mister- do you honestly think I can pull you up when I get out there?"
/I've had enough of this guy.../ Yuki's expression turned to a glare by which Shuichi immediately started to quiver in fear by. The tall blond gripped the sides of the hatch, pulling himself up enough to rest his feet on the handlebars inside the elevator. /Tatsuha- if I find out you had something to do with this.../ He pushed himself up and climbed out of the small space into a darkened elevator shaft. The doors to the nearest floor were only a few feet above them.
"Hey- I'm still waiting down here...!" Shuichi whined, lifting his hands into the air to be rescued; Yuki promptly pulled the light weight teenager up and gave him a calculating look before turning to the floor doors. "Here- I'll help you..." The two men slipped their fingers to different places along the seam of the metal doors and began trying to pull in opposite directions.
The blond looked down at the teenager as they pulled. /At least he's trying./ Shuichi looked like he was pulling as hard as he could, and slowly but surely, the two doors were beginning to separate. A few inches- a foot- two feet- enough to climb through. Yuki stepped back, letting the other man climb through, then he quickly followed.
The floor that they had stepped up to looked extremely familiar to Yuki and as he looked around- he understood why. Unlike how he'd first seen it, the floor wasn't flooded by people working- but was empty. But the similarity was the boxes- the boxes with the upside down triangle with the words "NINE SPIRAL" written neatly beneath. /The irony.../ The two were looking around the dark floor; there were dim lights on which illuminated the floor mysteriously.
"Do you know this place?" Shuichi whispered after seeing Yuki's somewhat stunned face.
"Hai." He grunted out, walking down the hall quickly, looking for a phone. He reached the desk where a few days before a woman had given him a colored clipboard and asked for his social security number. He picked up the receiver of the phone behind the counter- no dial tone there as well.
"Sh..." Shuichi suddenly whispered- putting his finger to his lips when Yuki looked up from the phone. The pink haired teenager was looking around out of the corner of his eyes. "I think someone's here..." The male slowly walked behind a wall, looking around as if he was trying to hide.
/What is he doing...?/ Then Yuki heard it as well. Steps. Panic arose quickly and before the thought of talking to whoever was walking around the floor for help came around, Shuichi had pulled him away and was looking around frantically for a way out.
"I- I can't get caught by the cops- I'm not on very good terms..." The teenager whispered, pulling Yuki to the ground and forcing him to crawl on the floor besides him as they passed an overweight security guard.
"That's not my problem." The blond hissed as they made their way to a door labeled STAIRS. But as they made their way down the marble covered hall, Yuki accidentally pushed a box over with his foot, making the security guard down the hall emit a confused, "Huh?"
"Aw... great..." Shuichi mumbled as the guard shone a spot light on their crawling figures. "Here I go again..." The teenager immediately jumped to his feet, pulling Yuki up behind him.
/What the hell...?/ The two were suddenly running down the stairs of the building, a fat security guard yelling after them.
"Hey- you! Stop!"
/Why the hell am I running...?/ Yuki slowed down- but it seemed like Shuichi wouldn't allow it. He grabbed onto the blonde's hand and pulled him down the stairs.
"C'mon...!" They reached a floor two stories down, opening the door to the level and looking about. The entire floor was empty- it looked almost as if it were in the middle of being renovated with the mess. "This way...!" The teenager urged as they heard the hefty security guard still chasing after the two. The jogged around the floor- then to the windows to see where they were. Only two stories up- and one of the windows could be opened to climb out to the fire escape.
Shuichi was an incredibly fast runner- and he was soon waiting for Yuki to follow. /Why the hell should I follow him?/ But before he could answer the mental question, the guard was on the floor and was shining a light on the two. /Oh fuck it.../ He stepped out to the fire escape and started following the teenager down the stairs.
But the noise that began to be heard immediately stopped the two in their tracks. Police cars coming to a halt nearby and shouting something about an intruder.
"Shit, shit, shit, shit..." Shuichi was muttering as they came to the end of the fire escape- the only other place to go was into a trashcan nearby that would help them fall 15 feet to the ground. Lights were beginning to shine on them from above- the pesky security guard was watching them from above- signaling to the police down the street to find them in an adjacent alleyway. "Here goes...!" The pink haired teenager jumped over the side of the fire escape and into the garbage dump, looking up at Yuki expectantly. "Well hurry up- they'll catch you if you stay up there.
/Just my day.../ Yuki dropped down, landing on something both squishy and wet. /I don't want to know what that is.../ He gave Shuichi a glare- but the young man wasn't paying attention because he was soon climbing out of the garbage dump and looking around for a place to run. The blond followed- there were lights on them now from both above them and from down the alley.
But Shuichi seemed to know what he was doing. /I guess he's been in trouble with the law before.../ Yuki frowned as Shuichi turned down the other side of the alley and began to run.
"C'mon- mean- man! Do you wanna get caught by the cops? Start running!" He called, and the older male started to follow in a jog. At the end of the alley they went around a bend- a fence in their way. The teenager was all ready climbing, and at the top of the fence glanced back at him. "I know you don't want to get in trouble- and neither do I." He jumped down the other side and sighed. "Gomen." He began to run.
To Yuki, though, the lines from the napkin he'd been given earlier that day were coming back: don't let him leave. He promptly followed over the fence and was soon running alongside the teenager. Shuichi smiled lightly to him as they went around another bend in the alley and were soon completely hidden from the police officers who were in pursuit. They came to a silent street- flagged down a taxi cab, and sat inside out of breath.
/Tatsuha- I'm going to strangle you to death./
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No updates till I get 25 ^_~.V
NEXT CHAPTER: What's the deal with Shuichi?
SHUICHI-SAN: Welcome for the skin- and well, you won't have to buy the movie or anything- it should show up on tv sometime, right? I can't wait to see it cuz I need to remember the whole plot once again... [sigh]
AKUREI: Iie... not from the Nine Inch Nails album- read the general note, k?
NORIKO-CHAN: [giggles] well- I all ready talked to you about the song title and everything- congrats on guessing right!
3MPATH_77: Ah... lemons or limes... well- I'll try and see if it's "appropriate" for the story if I put it in, k? If it's in here, it'll go with the plot ^_^.
ASSASSIN7: Intrigued? [giggles] thanks!
Um... I'm closing the little contest to figure out where "Nine Spiral" comes from- because Noriko-chan... [points to her reviewer] has guessed correctly! Nine Spiral is the name of one of my dear Gackt-sama's songs- very good, actually. [drool and has hearts in her eyes] Gackt....!
Anyway- read- review- be nice!
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/.../: thoughts
The Game: "The Aggressive Circumstances"
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Yuki's eyes darted uneasily from left to right. The entire garage was empty and silent: there were no signs of the people who'd forced him to be there, of the hurt man, of the nurses.
/What the hell happened to all of them...?/ The tall man glanced behind him at the empty ambulance.
"What happened to everyone...?" Shuichi whispered as he took a few steps forward in an attempt to look around much more. He sighed. "HELLO?" He shouted in the empty garage, cupping his hands around his lips to project his voice. "HELLO- IS ANYONE HERE?" Yuki frowned at the teenager's attempts and instead of helping with the shouting, turned to the ambulance.
/There should be something here we can use.../ He climbed back inside and looked to the driver's seat. There was no radio installed, no cell phone- no type of method that might be used for contact. The keys weren't in the ignition or anywhere in sight- and the only thing that could ever be useful was a box of bandages.
"Is there anything we can use?" The younger male sat on the tailgate and looked at the blond over his shoulder.
"No."
"God- this is like some sick joke or something. The only thing here is that elevator-" And a soft ding was emitted from the elevator 50 meters away, making both men stare at it with slight shock. Yuki didn't hesitate, though. He climbed out of the ambulance gracefully and started walking to the elevator in quick steps.
"Matte, kudasai!" Shuichi called, immediately jumping to his feet and running after the tall man. The teen reached the elevator just as Yuki stepped in, earning him a glare of disapproval. "Sorry..." The pink haired male slumped to the ground out of breath and stared at the ground. The doors closed, Yuki pressed a button labeled LOBBY and leaned against the furthest wall, crossing his arms over his chest.
"Are you always this quiet?" The teenager asked softly, his face turning to the blond who stared almost unblinkingly at the elevator doors. "Because this whole deal with getting left there is spooking me out and you not talking at all is scaring me."
"Hmph."
"You're so mean..." Shuichi pouted, wrapping his arms around his legs. But his position immediately changed to that of being sprawled out on the floor when the elevator suddenly jerked. Yuki's hands immediately went to the handle bars lining the inside of the small box in an attempt to stay still, but the jerking was violent and making Shuichi squeal in fear. "Damn it!" The elevator seemed to be rising much faster than it was ever designed to do- and all the men could do was try and hold on.
/16...18...20.../ The floor numbers were rising quickly- and then were falling quickly. /15... 13...11.../ The feeling of dropping was torture- and then the movement stopped, causing both males to jerk downward and almost hit the ground.
"What the hell?!" Shuichi screamed as he stood up from the ground and dusted himself off angrily. He pounded on the metal doors with his fists and screamed at it. "Open up! I wanna get out!" There were tears forming in his eyes as he continued to scream. Yuki just stared somewhat blankly at the pink haired male, then the lights went out- emergency lights flipping on and leaving them in a dim brightness.
"Just great- just great." Shuichi muttered as he attempted to push the button in the elevator reading OPEN DOORS- but nothing was happening. He moved to the emergency phone, picked it up and found no dial tone. "Arg..."
Yuki frowned and stuck his hands into his coat pockets, fingers grazing over a slightly damp cloth napkin soiled in white wine, and a key. He leaned against the wall once again, eyes drifting lazily up- noticing the escape hatch on the ceiling.
Standing upright, Yuki inspected the hatch as Shuichi continued to mutter at the unmoving doors- something about this being the thanks he gets because he helped someone in need. /There's a lock on it.../ The blond frowned, looking around for anything that might could be used for a lock pick- but then instantly something came to mind. He pulled the key out that Tatsuha had given him a few days before and looked at its silver outline in his palm.
Turning to the teenager behind him, he noticed the pink haired young man seemed to have noticed the hatch as well and was staring at it with wide eyes. "Here." Yuki said sternly, giving the teen the silver skeleton key and pointing up. Shuichi frowned and crossed his arms over his chest.
"How do YOU expect me to reach it? You're taller- you try and open it!" The blond frowned- he really didn't need anymore talking from the young man and without hesitation, was reaching up and slipping the key into the lock- turning it easily- and flipping the hatch open.
/It actually worked.../
"So you had the key the entire time? How did you get it?!" Yuki sighed, looking down again at the pink haired male and positioning himself to give him a boost. "Hey- you're going up first, mister- do you honestly think I can pull you up when I get out there?"
/I've had enough of this guy.../ Yuki's expression turned to a glare by which Shuichi immediately started to quiver in fear by. The tall blond gripped the sides of the hatch, pulling himself up enough to rest his feet on the handlebars inside the elevator. /Tatsuha- if I find out you had something to do with this.../ He pushed himself up and climbed out of the small space into a darkened elevator shaft. The doors to the nearest floor were only a few feet above them.
"Hey- I'm still waiting down here...!" Shuichi whined, lifting his hands into the air to be rescued; Yuki promptly pulled the light weight teenager up and gave him a calculating look before turning to the floor doors. "Here- I'll help you..." The two men slipped their fingers to different places along the seam of the metal doors and began trying to pull in opposite directions.
The blond looked down at the teenager as they pulled. /At least he's trying./ Shuichi looked like he was pulling as hard as he could, and slowly but surely, the two doors were beginning to separate. A few inches- a foot- two feet- enough to climb through. Yuki stepped back, letting the other man climb through, then he quickly followed.
The floor that they had stepped up to looked extremely familiar to Yuki and as he looked around- he understood why. Unlike how he'd first seen it, the floor wasn't flooded by people working- but was empty. But the similarity was the boxes- the boxes with the upside down triangle with the words "NINE SPIRAL" written neatly beneath. /The irony.../ The two were looking around the dark floor; there were dim lights on which illuminated the floor mysteriously.
"Do you know this place?" Shuichi whispered after seeing Yuki's somewhat stunned face.
"Hai." He grunted out, walking down the hall quickly, looking for a phone. He reached the desk where a few days before a woman had given him a colored clipboard and asked for his social security number. He picked up the receiver of the phone behind the counter- no dial tone there as well.
"Sh..." Shuichi suddenly whispered- putting his finger to his lips when Yuki looked up from the phone. The pink haired teenager was looking around out of the corner of his eyes. "I think someone's here..." The male slowly walked behind a wall, looking around as if he was trying to hide.
/What is he doing...?/ Then Yuki heard it as well. Steps. Panic arose quickly and before the thought of talking to whoever was walking around the floor for help came around, Shuichi had pulled him away and was looking around frantically for a way out.
"I- I can't get caught by the cops- I'm not on very good terms..." The teenager whispered, pulling Yuki to the ground and forcing him to crawl on the floor besides him as they passed an overweight security guard.
"That's not my problem." The blond hissed as they made their way to a door labeled STAIRS. But as they made their way down the marble covered hall, Yuki accidentally pushed a box over with his foot, making the security guard down the hall emit a confused, "Huh?"
"Aw... great..." Shuichi mumbled as the guard shone a spot light on their crawling figures. "Here I go again..." The teenager immediately jumped to his feet, pulling Yuki up behind him.
/What the hell...?/ The two were suddenly running down the stairs of the building, a fat security guard yelling after them.
"Hey- you! Stop!"
/Why the hell am I running...?/ Yuki slowed down- but it seemed like Shuichi wouldn't allow it. He grabbed onto the blonde's hand and pulled him down the stairs.
"C'mon...!" They reached a floor two stories down, opening the door to the level and looking about. The entire floor was empty- it looked almost as if it were in the middle of being renovated with the mess. "This way...!" The teenager urged as they heard the hefty security guard still chasing after the two. The jogged around the floor- then to the windows to see where they were. Only two stories up- and one of the windows could be opened to climb out to the fire escape.
Shuichi was an incredibly fast runner- and he was soon waiting for Yuki to follow. /Why the hell should I follow him?/ But before he could answer the mental question, the guard was on the floor and was shining a light on the two. /Oh fuck it.../ He stepped out to the fire escape and started following the teenager down the stairs.
But the noise that began to be heard immediately stopped the two in their tracks. Police cars coming to a halt nearby and shouting something about an intruder.
"Shit, shit, shit, shit..." Shuichi was muttering as they came to the end of the fire escape- the only other place to go was into a trashcan nearby that would help them fall 15 feet to the ground. Lights were beginning to shine on them from above- the pesky security guard was watching them from above- signaling to the police down the street to find them in an adjacent alleyway. "Here goes...!" The pink haired teenager jumped over the side of the fire escape and into the garbage dump, looking up at Yuki expectantly. "Well hurry up- they'll catch you if you stay up there.
/Just my day.../ Yuki dropped down, landing on something both squishy and wet. /I don't want to know what that is.../ He gave Shuichi a glare- but the young man wasn't paying attention because he was soon climbing out of the garbage dump and looking around for a place to run. The blond followed- there were lights on them now from both above them and from down the alley.
But Shuichi seemed to know what he was doing. /I guess he's been in trouble with the law before.../ Yuki frowned as Shuichi turned down the other side of the alley and began to run.
"C'mon- mean- man! Do you wanna get caught by the cops? Start running!" He called, and the older male started to follow in a jog. At the end of the alley they went around a bend- a fence in their way. The teenager was all ready climbing, and at the top of the fence glanced back at him. "I know you don't want to get in trouble- and neither do I." He jumped down the other side and sighed. "Gomen." He began to run.
To Yuki, though, the lines from the napkin he'd been given earlier that day were coming back: don't let him leave. He promptly followed over the fence and was soon running alongside the teenager. Shuichi smiled lightly to him as they went around another bend in the alley and were soon completely hidden from the police officers who were in pursuit. They came to a silent street- flagged down a taxi cab, and sat inside out of breath.
/Tatsuha- I'm going to strangle you to death./
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No updates till I get 25 ^_~.V
NEXT CHAPTER: What's the deal with Shuichi?
