Sorry for being late to post. But last week was crazy with me helping out at SkateCanada Nationals. It was a blast but I'm glad its over too. You can only spend so many hours in an arena before you go crazy (not that I'm already there) and I spent 105 hours roughly in the JLC last week. Great fun. Now however it is time to get back to work so expect weekly updates probably on Sundays.

Das Kätzchen, Dass in der Dunkelheit Verloren Ging

Chapter 3: Entering the Darkness

Ken has stayed true to his word that Youji would bring him something to eat. The playboy went as far as to refuse to leave until Omi has consumed almost all of the thin soup Ken had left out for him.

Apparently, his absence had been noticed right away that afternoon when all the girls showed up at the store. A few had gone so far as to try and get passed Aya, figuring that Youji and Ken's promises to tell him their well wishes was not good enough and had to do it themselves. Aya had literally carried four girls out of the store when he caught them. Omi laughed a little, though he didn't feel much like laughing. But he didn't want to cause alarm to Youji.

When Ken came home from his kid's soccer game, he checked up on Omi. Omi acted as if he was asleep, not wanting to talk. He felt a hand on his forehead and Ken say something to himself about a fever, and then left the room.

Omi was pretty sure that even Aya checked up on him. He had heard the door open for a few moments, then close again with no one walking into the room. This he was sure was Aya, as he didn't think Aya would do any such thing as come into the room. For this, he was glad as Aya could probably tell he was not asleep.

The whole building became silent as its occupants and most of Tokyo went to sleep, but Omi could not. Every time he closed his eyes, he saw Dove's face looking down upon him with lust filling her eyes. Eyes open or shut, he felt the now dead woman's hands caress his body. Deep in his heart he felt more. He felt heavy with defeat and weakness.

The feeling was worse then the nightmares of his kidnapping when he was younger. Then he didn't know how to fight, but now it was a different story. He knew how to fight. He knew how to defend himself, yet it had all been for nothing. He was once again taken against his will. Deep in his mind, Omi felt weak, dirty and a failure to Weiss. Somehow he didn't know if he could be clean of all that ever again

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The next day was a Saturday, and with the shop open and all the high school fan girls not in class, the shop was as busy as it always was. Omi insisted that he couldn't stay in bed for a second day and that they would need his help. After an hour, Omi was able to convince Ken to at least do 'light' work in the flower shop. The moment Omi showed his face in the shop, girls who had heard that he had been sick the day before swarmed him. Omi was suddenly tense as one girl threw her arms around the teen. He did not like the intrusion of his personal space at all. He wanted no one to touch him in such an intimate way as the girl was touching him now. He was extremely relieved when the oldest of the four, Youji, had removed her off of him with ease and pushed him into the back room.

"You all right, Omi?" was the first thing the playboy asked as soon as the door was closed.

"Hai, Youji-kun." The teen replied quickly. He might of replied a little too quickly as Youji gave him a suspicious look over his sunglasses. "Really, Youji-kun! I suppose Ken-kun was right about how I shouldn't work today as I was so sick yesterday."

The playboy let out a sigh, "Whatever you say, Omi. Go back to bed and I'll let Ken and Aya know, even though the girls will know sooner." He joked, ruffling Omi's blonde hair.

"Thank you, Youji-kun." Omi said leaving the room. In the kitchen, he could hear the girls already noticing his disappearance. He swore you couldn't get anything past them at times. At the moment, though, he just could not stand to be around them. Pass this dirt on his skin to them. He also didn't need more hands touching him then there already was, ones of the dead woman who had taken so much from him in a matter of moments.

Omi found himself back in his room, sitting on the floor in front of him. In one hand, there was one of his darts. His other hand has the sleeve pulled up to expose the skin. He couldn't explain his actions, but when the point met skin, the hands disappeared at the slight pain he felt. The teen then cut another line into the skin and watched as the blood covered his skin. He stashed the dart away underneath his bed, between the board and mattress, and then lay down to sleep. Finally without the hands touching him he could do so, without any nightmares for the moment.

Well there you go, and now to the reviewers...

Mikiya2200: Yeah I know, I thought it was interesting to have Youji save everyone for once. I kept debating whether it would be him or Aya joining Ken being chained to a wall while it happened and it was easier to do Aya and not Youji. And Aya does care for them all in his own way. He does give little hints now and then in the series but nothing real open.

RubyMoon: You probably right, I could probably do much much better. All my stuff is crap. I am very self consious when it comes to my work. But I would like to know excatly how I can do better?

All reviews welcomes. I love reviews, so please send them!