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~ A Memory Forgotten ~

Chapter 4

"Feh! I'm sick of waiting here," said the third one and spat on the ground. "Why does the boss want the Kamiya girl anyway?"

Kamiya, Soujiro thought, that must be her last name. He felt better since at least he could tell her what her last name was when he got back to the doctor's place.

Soujiro continued to listen more. His eyes grew wide in surprise as he heard the last part of their conversation.

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"We're here to see Saitou!" Sanosuke demanded out of breath. He and Yahiko had run all the way from Dr. Genzai's office to the police station in a matter of minutes without stopping to take a breath.

The police officer sitting at the desk looked at him and nodded. He got out of his chair and went down the hallway. Sano and Yahiko decided to follow him. A faint scent of cigarette smoke could be smelled. The police officer stopped in front one of the doors and knocked.

"Excuse me, Saito-san. There are a couple of visitors who need to see you," the police officer said.

"Bring them in," a harsh voice said.

"You may go in now," the police officer said looking at the two guests. He opened the door for them. The cigarette smoke seemed to consume them as they walked into the room.

"Hmph," Sano grunted. He and Yahiko had trouble seeing in the dark room. All they saw were faint outlines and a bright red flame from Saito's cigarette.

"Ahou, what brings you here?" Saitou said as he took another puff of his cigarette.

Sano decided that he didn't want to get into a fight with him and so he got straight to the point. "Do you know anything about what happened last night with the two attackers and do you have any information on where our Jou-chan is?"

Saitou looked up from his cigarette. "Kamiya is missing?"

"Yeah, you know where she is?" Yahiko interjected impatiently.

"Hmm...that's strange," Saito said calmly. Too calmly for Yahiko and Sano's comfort.

Sano was getting annoyed. He walked up to the desk and pounded it with his fist. "This is not the time to play around, Saito. Do you have any idea where she would be?!" Sano demanded.

"I'm not playing around, ahou. Hmmm . . . last night when my officers had gotten to the scene, we only found two bodies there. Both knocked out unconscious. Kamiya's body was not there. I think that whoever knocked those two unconscious must have taken Kamiya with them," Saitou exclaimed.

He stopped to take another puff from his cigarette and thought for a second and then continued, "However, I do believe that the group who attacked you last night was unsuccessful in their mission to retrieve Kamiya. When they came back to consciousness they were mumbling something about not getting the girl and the boss being upset."

"They still here?" Sano asked.

"Yeah, they're in the cells. I was just going to start questioning them again. Care to join me, ahou?" Saitou said with a smirk. With that said, he started to make his way to the door. Sano and Yahiko followed him as they left the room and returned back to the hallway.

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After hearing their conversation, Soujiro rushed back to the doctor's office. I have to get her out of this place, he thought as he remembered the three thugs' conversation from earlier.

"What does the boss want with the Kamiya girl anyway?" the third thug asked.

"Yeah, why?" the first one interjected.

"The okashira said that this Kamiya chick  would be his key to a fortune," the second one replied. "Don't ask me what that means. Anyway, if we don't find anything here, we have the others searching around town. ."

There are others?, Soujiro thought. Oh no! Kamiya-san  is still in the doctor's care facility alone! Then he continued to listen on to what they were saying.

". . the boss expects her found by tonight. I put enough men out there to scout around for her whereabouts to make sure that she'll be discovered by nightfall," the second one continued.

Once Soujiro heard this, he quickly jumped down from the tree and using his speed ability, sprinted out of the area unnoticed by the three thugs.

Soujiro was at the front of the doctor's building and went in. He walked down the hallway and announced to Kaoru that he was back. He slid open the door and entered.

No one was there.

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Sanosuke and Yahiko followed Saitou into the dark corridors of the Tokyo jail. The dusty and humid stench in the cells consumed them.

Saitou walked in front of a cell and stopped throwing his cigarette and the floor and putting it out with his foot.

The two masculine figures in the cells looked up at their visitors.

"What do you want?" asked Shiori, the attacker who was knocked unconscious by Soujiro.

"You know exactly what we want," Saitou replied with a smirk.

"We ain't telling you anything," remarked Fuji, the attacker with the katana.

Saitou took out another cigarette and lit it. He took a puff and glared at the two prisoners. He took out a pair of keys and unlocked the cell. Sano and Yahiko looked at the scene with tension. The prisoners were beginning to feel a bit restless as Saitou took calm and collected steps towards them. Fuji and Shiori started to lean as far back as they could until their backs hit the cold hard wall as they saw the approach red flame from Saitou's cigarette coming nearer and nearer. Too close for their comfort. Saitou stopped when he was a foot away from them and looked into their eyes.

"Who are you working for?" asked Saitou curtly.

"As IF we would tell - - -AAH!" Fuji started, but stopped when Saitou swiftly took Fuji's pinky finger and bent it all the way back.

"You were saying?" Saitou asked with a glint in his eyes

"I - - I - -we . ." started Shiori with fear choking him.

"Should I be a bit more persuasive?" stated Saitou. He immediately took hold of Shiori's wrists and crushed it. The howl of pain echoed down the dreary hallways of the jail. Sano and Yahiko stared at the Shiori's now limp hand that looked like it would have fallen off if not for the skin keeping it attached. The two prisoners were squirming in pain.

"Hurry it up ahous. I don't have all day. Unless you need some more convincing," said Saitou sternly getting tired of their antics. If they don't say anything in the next minute, one of them will taste the blade of Mibu's wolf, he thought, that'll get one of them talk. I don't have much time to lose with these ahous. I promised Tokio that I would take her out for dinner today. As Saitou thought of Tokio, his eyes lightened up a bit and when he looked back down at both thieves, he saw that they were staring at him.

What was that look? It was disturbing, thought Shiori as he kept gazing at Saitou. He's probably enjoying our suffering. Snapping out his daze, Shiori noticed that Saitou caught him staring at him. Oh shit! Shiori quickly looked back down on the floor, afraid to find out what the wolf would do to him next.

As Shiori looked down, he felt a gush of wind a cool metal resting an inch from his neck. Saitou had a blade to his throat. Sano and Yahiko sweatdropped. The prisoner started to panic once the initial shock was gone. His friend's eyes only looked at the blade with wide eyes in shock and horror. This job wasn't worth dying over.

"I have no reservations about killing worthless scum like you," Saitou remarked curtly. "Now speak."

After cooling his senses, Fuji decided to speak. "We . . .we work for Fujimoto Akane."

Saitou's eyes showed a hint of surprise and recognition when he heard this name. What is that ahou planning?

"Continue," Saitou said in a stern and cold voice. The katana was thrust further towards its desired object. His blade now only centimeters away from piercing Shiori's throat.  His adam's apple was bobbing up and down, Shiori was afraid to swallow. Cold sweat started to pour from his forehead. One of the sweat drops landed right on top of the blade making an audible pling.

Fuji began to speak.

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A/N:

Please read and review! Thanks for all your comments and support! =D I had trouble writing this particular chapter because I wasn't sure where I wanted it to go. I have it narrowed down to two ideas now ^_^ Hopefully they'll be surprising ^_^

Special thanks to: Nicky, wolfpack, Uenki, Princess of Darkness, Tsugoi Kakarlena, and Sanosuke Sagara for your support!

I know you guys were probably expecting more of an explanation about them wanting to kidnap Kaoru, but that wouldn't be as exciting now would it? hehe .. ;P