A/N: Hello, minna! Nice to see you all again. I'm sorry, but I don't know if I'll still be alive after this chapter. The only reason that it's up sooner than the last one is that last night I had a stroke of genius and planned this. I would have written it earlier and had it up sooner, but I spent all day cleaning my bedroom. I kinda haven't cleaned it since we moved in here (I was in third then, I'm in ninth now ), so I'm still not done. The pain my back is experiencing. Thank you everyone who reviewed the second chapter after I posted this one. I will thank you separately in the fourth chapter. DISCLAIMER: I do not own the characters in this story. I am not going to use a song for this chapter, because I'm not going to write the story around it.

Bloodrose 'Valentine' Foxxstar: Congratulations on being my first reviewer this time! Thank you for your support, I really appreciate it. Unfortunately, I'm not going to use Schu as anything but a villain in this story, despite my undying adoration for him. If Aya's your favorite, then this chappie just might make you cry. Ish sorry.

Thekatgrl: If I had thought of it, I might have made Schu a bit nicer and given him the intention of getting the two together, but his only plan was to split them up. Thank you for your praise! It means a LOT to me. I've never had as many repeat reviewers for any other story that I didn't know. Here's an uber-quick update for you.

Metal Girl: A new victim! Ahem…I mean, reviewer. Thank you for reviewing! I couldn't really tell if it was complimenting me, but I'll take it that way. Thank you! -glomps her- Please, feel free to leave another review telling me what you think. I just can't get enough. This chapter will be the most depressing. I'll try and make it a bit happier after the next chapter. You just have to bear through the rest.

HeeroDuo4eva: -glomps her- I followed my typical routine of checking out bio pages, and was ecstatic at what I found! You like Ronin Warriors! It's been soooooooooo long since the last time I found someone who knew what it was without me telling them! Awesome! You'll like this chapter. You were almost right in your guesses. Here's the next chapter, so as not to keep you waiting for too long.

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The Red

By Mischa Kitsune

"Abyssinian?!" Balinese listened to the frantic voice of Bombay crackling over the communicator as he loped towards Abyssinian's last known position. He knew that he would reach the redhead first. He'd only been two corridors away when Bombay had ordered them to converge on his position.

He slowed down when he reached the corner of the corridor Abyssinian occupied and readied his wire. The halls may have been deserted, but since the target had been here, he was sure there should be at least some trouble. He tore around the corner, arm out, only to find nothing there but two bodies and a retreating flash of orange and green.

Balinese rushed forward and knelt next to the redhead to check his vital signs. The pulse was erratic, and his breathing too slow and too shallow. He nearly missed the blood leaking out of his ears because of the red hair, but the blood dripping from his nose and staining his porcelain skin was all too obvious.

Yohji reached out a trembling hand to touch the red, sparkling in the fluorescent lighting. He raised burning green eyes from the pale face to glare at the end of the hallway. He jumped up and tore down the hallway, clutching his wire so hard that, if not for the gloves, blood would have been drawn.

"MASTERMIND!!!!!"

Two figures came around the corner as he reached it, leaving him no time to stop. He crashed into the brunette, carrying them several feet before they crashed into the ground. Yohji began struggling against Ken immediately, the only thing on his mind the bastard who had caused such damage to Aya. Ken pulled his arms up behind him so that he couldn't break his grip.

"Balinese! What's wrong?" Yohji turned the fiery emerald glare on him and tore his arms out of his grip, ignoring the pain and turning back towards Aya. Omi had run ahead to check on him while the other two struggled against each other, and was staring at them, face bloodless. He waited until they had come closer before speaking.

"Siberian, I want you to carry Aya out to his Porsche. We need to get him to the hospital, YESTERDAY!" He stood and took Yohji by the arm. "You saw who did this?"

"That bastard, Mastermind. I would have caught him if I hadn't crashed into HIM," he snarled, shooting Ken the strongest glare he could manage.

Omi shook his head. "No, you wouldn't have. We didn't see him, and we came from that way. Now come on." He led them out of the building and they all piled into the Porsche, no one complaining about the cramped space this time. Aya hadn't so much as twitched.

Three days. Yohji sighed and turned towards the window. He'd been in this hospital room from the time the hospital allowed visitors to the time it kicked them out for three days. In that time he'd come to one conclusion: Mastermind had lied.

A nasal voice rang in his head. :Hahaha. So you finally realized, liebling. Maybe you have a few brain cells beneath that blonde scalp of yours, after all.:

Yohji snarled and whirled, raking the room with his eyes. Nothing was there. 'Where are you, bastard?! This is all your fault, damn it! Why are you doing this?'

Schuldich laughed, the noise echoing in his mind. :Nein, katzen. That would be telling.:

Yohji punched the arm of his chair and raised himself from his seat to pace.

'Damn you! You're not getting away with this!' When he received no reply he whirled furiously and threw himself in the chair. He stared at Aya's face for a few moments, and was startled out of his anger when they began fluttering open.

The blonde rushed to the side of the bed and leaned over Aya's face. The cloudy lavender eyes registered hurt and then anger at the blonde's expression.

"Go to hell," Aya muttered before his eyes rolled back up into his head as he lost consciousness once again.

Yohji was so shocked he couldn't speak. He staggered back to the chair and collapsed into it. 'What have I done to him?'

A/N: I'm sorry it's so short, minna! I didn't want to take it too far! The next chapter should be up tomorrow or the next day. I'm going to finish this story before this mood leaves me. Just have to plan out the next one and find a song for it. It's going to return to Aya's POV. I couldn't really use Aya, since he was out of it the entire chapter. I can't wait to see what you guys have to say about this, despite its briefness! Pleaaaaaaaaaaaaaase R&R. The first person to leave a signed review is going to receive an e-mail from me of an Aya pic. I have tons. I hope you enjoyed it, and thank you VERY much for reading! Until next time!

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