The group arrived back at Baker Street, a little after midnight. Basil put Toby back in Holmes's flat and rejoined the group by the door in the wall.
"Gods Im exaughsted!!" Said James in a weary voice. "I give you credit Basil, for doing these type of things...If you ever want me to help with this type of matter again. I'll go..As long as there aren't any last minute wild escapes!" He gave Cyric a look. The gypsy shrugged.
"What? We didn't get mauled did we?" Asked Cyric, everyone else just gave him the same look James had on.
"As much as I enjoyed seeing the look on their faces...We were this close to being mauled!" Said Saori indicating her point by placing her forefinger and thumb an inch apart. "They chased us a for a block, before Toby gained speed!"
Cyric pulled a face and sighed exasperatingly.
"Okay okay, fine. No more wild last minute plans...." Mock pouting for a bit, he turned to the detective who was unlocking the back door. "So what information did you and James find?"
" We found out that the Mafia-"
Basil didn't finish his sentence, as the door opened they were met with a trashed room. Papers had been strewn all over the place. Drawers had been ripped open from their places and lay around haphazardly; empty of their contents. The table that held Basil's chemistry set lay on it's side leaving the glass beakers and test tubes shattered with the chemicals seeping and burning into the carpet and wooden floor.
Basil immediately knew who had done this, but before he could do anything a small groan came from the far left of the small room. The detective spotted a male mouse, about his age with dirty blonde hair laying limp on the floor.
"Firenze!" Said Basil. He ran up to the mouse, (with everyone else following) and gently propped him up. "Firenze are you alright?"
He noticed warm liquid on his pants leg. Looking down he saw his friend's wound.
"Dawson he's been stabbed..."
Firenze placed a hand on Basil's shoulder forcing the detective to look him in the eye.
"No time...Listen this is a trap you need to get out of here now!! They've taken the girl and-" Firenze paused and looked beyond Basil's right ear. The cocking of guns was heard, and the group turned around to see Ratigan and some of yakuza from the pub leering at them.
"Well..I guess this kind of kills the theory of Ratigan not being stupid enough to come into enemy territory.." mutterred Cyric who recieved a slight kick from James.
"Did you really think the three of you could get away so easily? "said Ratigan , pointing a gun at Basil who slowly stood up.
"Give it up Ratigan. What you're doing is a fools errand!" Said Basil angrily. Ratigan laughed at this.
"You still don't get it do you Basil? I knew everything that has been happening, I'v been one step ahead of you and those four the whole time!!"
"If you knew that why did you look so surprised at the pub baka nezumi..." Muttered Saori irritably. Cyric snicked at the comment.
Ratigan's head whipped to face Saori rage contorted on his face. "What did you say?" He whispered, voice now holding a very dangerous tone.
"I didn't say anything, sir! Perhaps it's the voices in your head?" She snapped, not caring if he grew angry.
The rat's face wore a smug expression, yet his eyes held a gleam of maniac like anger.
"I'd watch that mouth of yours Hirigawa....Your cousin's life depends on how you speak to me..." The spy's eyes narrowed. He smiled knowing that he had grabbed her attention. "I have a little deal for you, but perhaps we should talk about this back at the lair?"
No sooner had he said that the small group felt themselves blindfolded and their arms tyed. The members non too gently pushed them out the door and into the dimmly lit street.
"Heiji. Come here." Said Ratigan. The young mouse did as he was told and stood by the rat with a catious air. A gun was then shoved into his hands and he stared at the weapon with a lifted eyebrow.
"No witnesses Heiji. When you're done come back to the lair. Got it?"
"H-Hai, Ratigan-sensei...."Stuttered the young mouse. The Napoleon of Crime nodded and walked out the door with a grin.
Heiji looked at the gun and swallowed. His throat now dry.
"Don't do this. I have a wife with child. " Begged Firenze, clutching the stab wound as he tried to stand. "What good would it do if you kill me? What would you gain? Ratigan doesn't care about you or your friends! He'd kill you in cold blood if he had the choice!!"
"They're not my friends..." Said Heiji quietly, as he looked down at the gun in his hands. "I have no friends with them...I am only with those murderers, just to pay off a debt..."
Through rapidly blurring vision, Firenze gave his assassin a shocked look, and collapsed into unconciousness.
"It's ironic ne?...I've killed a lot of innocent people to repay what I owe...I guess I'm no better then them..." He cocked the gun and aimed it at the man's head.
"Sorry about this....What the?!" Heiji was about to pull the trigger when a force slammed him against the wall. Dropping the gun he struggled under his tall captor's grasp. Fierce brown eyes gazed down at him from inside a old cloak. Heiji stopped struggling at the feeling of sharp blade being held under his chin.
"The group that was here..Where did they take their hostages?" Said the voice smoothly, hinting a slight accent. Heiji swallowed, grasping the hand that held the knife. "I'll spare your life if you tell me where they went. Truthfully."
"T-They went to the sewers..By the docks...I-I swear I wasn't going to kill him.." Squeaked Heiji.
His captor released his grasp on the younger mouse and gave him a small wink from beneath his hood. Heiji stared at the mouse surprised.
" I knew you weren't going to do anything..." The cloaked mouse continued; his voice joking for a second, before it turned serious again. "Mouseland Yard is already on it's way..So I suggest you leave now."
Heiji nodded furiously and turned to leave, when a rough hand grabbed his shoulder. Shakily he looked back slowly at the cloaked mouse.
"Oh..And by the way...Let the rat hear what he want's to hear...Off you go now.." He said in a slight whisper.
Heiji nodded again and took off like a shot, running all the way to the docks; never looking back once in fear that the mysterious mouse would kill him.
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Ratigan grinned smuggly at Basil and Dawson, who lay bound on the cold stone floor of their cell. In his hands he held the burnt paper of the riddle.
"It seems that I won again Basil. You failed to stop me in my plans, oh that's right...You don't know what my plans are!"
"On the contrary Ratigan, you'll be amazed how much I've deduced about your league with the Yakuza...." Said Basil in a rather calm voice. Ratigan just chuckled.
"Why don't you enlighten me then?" Replied Ratigan with a sneer.
"All in good time you incompetant sewer rat!!" Said Basil in a mocking tone.
The rat turned a violent shade of red, obviously trying his best to keep his temper in check. Unfortunately it became a loosing battle when Basil put on a victorious smile.
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In another part of the dungeons an earth shattering explosion was heared, jolting all in the vicinity out of whatever they were doing. When the blast died the voices of shouting started to grow louder, veering in great volumes.
"Stop her you fools!!! Don't let her get away!!"
"Get back here you little brat!!"
"Go boil your head baka yaro!!!! Better yet, catch!!!"
KABOOOM!!!!
"I'M BLIND!!!!!!!"
"MY EYES!!!!!!!"
"YOU IDIOTS, STOP FOOLING AROUND AND CATCH HER!!!"
Coming around the corner two goons chased Hikaru with Kouji following behind them, brandishing a sword. One of the goons threw a dagger at the girl. Hikaru yelped when the blade nicked her shoulder, causing her to trip over a large crack in the floor.
The goons took the opportunity and grabbed the child off the floor, who thrashed wildly in their grasp, desperate to get away.
"Let me go!!!! I'M NOT TELLING YOU ANYTHING YOU HEAR ME!!!!"
Kouji caught up with them and dealted the girl a blow across the head.
"Shut up you little brat!!!" Hikaru lashed out with her foot, hitting the leader in the stomach.
"Never! You murderer!!! You loathum scumbag! I hate you! I despise you!!!! I wish you were dead!" She screamed angrily.
"My, my. Such anger for a little girl... " Said Kouji cooly with a grin. "I think it's time we visit your cousin...She should be ready to talk to us by now...Giving the certain circumstances your little friends are in."
A smug look crossed his features as he lead the way to another cell down the hall.
In a different cell not too far away, James shrugged out of his bonds and rubbed his now raw and red wrists.
"You okay mate?" Asked the pirate to Cyric, who helped him loosen the ropes around his body. Cyric nodded stiffly.
"Yes..I'm fine.." Cyric tried not to wince when stretching his arms. "We need to find the others. Fast. Before the rat or that Yakuza leader decides to take drastic measures."
James nodded seriously.
"Aye, but how? The door is bolted from the outside, and the only way out is by unhinging it...Er what are you doing?"
Cyric looked up from his crawling position on the floor.
"I'm seeing if there are anymore hidden passages...." James rolled his eyes.
"Hikaru finding that was out of pure luck my friend. With our crappy luck it'll be a one out of a milliion chance of us finding-"
Cyric pressed a small stone and a small seciton of the floor gave way to a old looking staircase. James stood rooted in surprise.
"A passage." He continued numbly. The gypsy grinned smuggly.
"You were saying?" James scowled at his friend, smacked him lightly, and desended the stairs with Cyric following.
Kouji came to a small cell with a heavy door. He took the key from his pocket and unlocked it.
"Give me the child. Don't let anyone in to this room until I come out, got it?"
One of the goons nodded and Kouji non too gently grabbed the child's arm and dragged her into the room, the other goon following after.
Inside Saori sat on the floor her foot attatched to a shackled on a chain that was clipped to the wall. At the sound of the door opening her head whipped up and she went wide eyed.
"Hikaru!" She yelled, standing up quickly. The child tried to reach her cousin, yet Kouji yanked her back, all the while grinning.
'Isn't that touching...' He said in mock sympathy; speaking in Japanese. 'I have to admit I was surprised at the stunt your so called 'fiance' pulled.'
'What do you want from us? You have the coordinates. What more do you want?!' Said Saori angrily in the same language.
Kouji gave her a cruel grin, as he tightened his grip on the child's arm. Hikaru let out a small whimper of pain and he roughly he shoved the girl into the goon's arms. Still grinning he walked towards the spy.
'We were promised a heafty amount of whatever Ratigan finds with that crystal...'
Saori smirked and began to laugh heartily. Kouji scowled and grabbed a fist full of her hair.
"What are you laughing at you wench!"
'Fool! Do you really think Ratigan is going to keep the promises he tells you? He'd rather work alone, and keep it for himself!'
Kouji grinned a evil looking smile.
'You may be right of Ratigan having a certain fault to him..But he also promised me an offer I couldn't pass up...'
Saori raised an eyebrow. The leader's grin grew crueler.
'Revenge...'
"Revenge?" The spy repeated quietly.
Kouji let go of the girl's hair and stepped back his face radiating rage that was bubbling to the surface.
"How do I begin?" He said enjoying the look of confusion on her face. "When I was a child my village was invaded by soilders on a cold Autum night. The imperialists heard rumors of us holding a renegade assassin in our village and ordered soilders to my hometown. They searched every house, shop and storage and destroyed our year's hard work of crops!
In the end the soilders never found the man, and they sentenced every man, woman and child to death, since we knew too much. Your grand uncle was among those soilders who carried out the order. He could have ignored the orders his commander gave him, but he didn't! He slaughtered my family, and nearly finishing me off. Unfortunately he couldn't...and instead of getting someone else to, he left me to be the lone survivor of my entire village.
From that day forth, I joined the Yakuza and trained to become stronger! Years later I tracked down the man and murdered him. He begged for his life, babbling about my family's slaughter not being his fault...I didn't care, all I wanted was revenge..." Kouji said psycotically, his eyes holding a dangerous gleam.
"Yet, that didn't satisfy me. I wanted revenge on his family. I wanted them to know what it felt like to die by the sword! What my family went through..From then you know the rest...I don't care if Ratigan doesn't give us the treasure he promises...All I want is to make you and that little brat pay...You'll do so..Very, very soon." He now whispered in the spy's ear.
Saori pushed him away and leaned heavily against the wall. Tears falling from her eyes.
"S-So all this time...The reason why my family was killed was for revenge?! The reason why the three of us had to live in hiding for nearly three years?!" She asked in a cracked voice.
"It hurts doesn't it? To know the truth...To know what it feels like..." Kouji said coldly. Saori gave him a look of absolute loathing.
"You're sick and demented! Do you really believe that killing another person's family will bring back your own?!" Her expression softened suddenly and she lowered her head as new tears fell down her cheeks. "I'm sorry what happened to your family...But answer me one thing...If you kill us, wouldn't you be just as guilty of sinning like my granduncle? Won't you be no better then him?"
The leader lashed out and struck her aross the cheek in rage; sending her to the floor with a crash.
"Shut up! You know nothing of my life! Killing you and her will bring my soul to peace, knowing that my family can rest once their murderer's closest loved ones are dead!"
Saori lay where she landed and laughed quietly.
"I guess we have one thing in common...All this time I wanted revenge on you for my family's death, yet here you wanted the same thing...In a way it's ironic ne?..." She said jokingly. Kouji gave her a look of disgust and grabbed Hikaru from the goon and shoved her into Saori.
"Enjoy your time together wench..Ratigan has a little job for you, and I'll be looking forward to running my katana through both of your hearts!" With that he slammed the door shut and walked away.
Once the two cousins were alone, Hikaru was snatched up by the older mouse and hugged fiercely. The two now crying openly.
Adventures of gothkitty
Ragtigan: How depressing
Gothkitty: It's part of the plot line...Kind of like Fushigi Yugi..Everything starts to get worse...But unlike FY I will NOT kill of all of the good guys....I want to skip class..
Ratigan: Oooh....Feeling rebellious are we?
Gothkitty: 'sticks tounge' You know I can't......Though I really don't need to go to photography class....Better then High School...You skip, you're branded for life....
Helloooooo minna!!!! I know, this fic has really gone to hell...It's kind of like this cause I've been listening to chroniX Agression on iTunes, metal rock Alternative music. Let me know what you think of it. Okay? Please with a cherry on top?? Huh? Hehee...Immaturity alert.....Jeeze..The authoress needs a social life....