Author's Notes: Gomen!!! I know it's been forever since the last update, and I say that every time I post a chapter…^_^;;; And, don't lynch me, this is the shortest chapter ever, I promise I won't make another short one like it. Unfortunately, I edited chapter nine before I did eight, so the latter part of eight got knocked into the first part of nine. If you followed that, bravo for you. :D I will work hard to get the rest of it edited,  be assured that I have not forgotten it. Thanks for the continued reading and reviews!! It keeps it alive, it really does. Enjoy!

Chapter Eight: Kidnapped!

"Brilliant, Sherlock." Kuroyuri stated flatly.

Schuldig glared toward where she was.

"I'm not dealing with you again tonight." She said in his direction. She turned her attention to Omi. "You don't have to worry about your little friend. I'm taking good care of him, seeing as you've been to busy playing with your new friend." She said, indicating Nagi. "I kind of like him. A klutz, but very attractive."

Omi's eyes widened. "What did you do with Ken-kun?!" he demanded.

"Nothing, yet. Strangely, he came almost willingly." Kuroyuri said, pretending to muse about it.

"Liar! Bring him back!" Omi demanded.

"He hasn't gone anywhere, have you, darling?" Kuroyuri asked, turning to

look behind her.

            Ken stepped forward, his eyes blank but a smile on his face.

            "Ken-kun!" Omi called.

            Ken tilted his head. "Omi." He replied quietly.

             Nagi placed a hand on his elder friend's shoulder. "Something's wrong with him."

"There's nothing wrong with me. Is there something wrong with you?" Ken asked the Schwarz boy. His tone was completely flat.

"Absolutely nothing, but I am certainly not blind to that girl's tricks.":

"At any rate," Kuroyuri said, sounding bored. "Since you don't need him anymore, I'll be taking him with me."

"Who says I don't need him?" Omi asked, voice sounding frightened.

"Well....I do. And actions speak louder than words, which means you do too. Ja." Kuroyuri and Ken vanished.

Omi began to shake as he stared at where the other boy had disappeared. "KEN-KUN!"

Aya instantly shut his eyes and extended his heart call, looking for the second youngest member of Weiß. As he connected, a wall seemed to be thrown into place, and he was physically thrown backwards.

Yohji caught him and they both fell back, Yohji into the wall, and Aya into Yohji.

"Apparently they know what I can do." Aya mumbled.

"Ya think?"

"Sorry…"  Aya said off handedly. He took a few steps away from Yohji and set his mouth in a thin line. No one took one of his team members without answering for it. He would be dead before someone else used Ken to their own means. Kuroyuri would pay dearly for this.

Omi's shoulders shook as he tried to keep his emotions in check. He should have seen this coming, should have seen that he hadn't been paying attention to Ken since they got to Cairo…should have done something…

"Oh, Ken…" He whispered.

Nagi squeezed his shoulder gently. No matter what Schuldig thought at the moment, they were all a team, all eight of them. The only way to survive this would be to fight together, whether the German man liked it or not.

"Daijoubu, Omi. We'll find him." He said, trying to reassure him. It wasn't going to be easy, that was for sure. But they had to try.