A/N: School is keeping me from updating sooner. I know it's a lame excuse, but it's the only one I can come up with at the moment. Sorry! I promise I'll put up chapters quicker! At least I'll try… anyway, here's ch. 3!

Chapter 3: The Hidden Truth

"UGH! Where the hell are we going!" Mika was the one doing the complaining now. "My hair has gone flat, I think I've got poison ivy, and my heels are almost worn to the ground!"

"Hey, it isn't a picnic for use either!" Her brother Tatsuha yelled back at her.

"Besides… we've got bigger problems on our hands." Mr. K informed while slinking through the forest quietly. He looked like one of those GI-Joe figurines in that green camo outfit and face paint. When did he have time to put that on?

"Um, K-san? Where exactly ARE we headed?" Tohma asked sheepishly.

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"… Somewhere… away from Yuki-san's house!" He jabbed his finger blindly in a direction supposedly toward the author's house.

"Uh, that's not even where his house is." Tatsuha drooped his head in a "wow K is so stupid" sort of way.

"Let's just keep going, PLEASE." The aggravated novelist ground out through his teeth. The situation was becoming more oppressing by the minute. At one point, the group had to cross a fairly large creek which looked more like a river. They all balanced themselves on an overturned old log laying across the ditch, Shuichi almost slipping into the vile green strip of water. Luckily, Yuki was crawling behind him and held his lover steady for the rest of the way. Once everyone had gotten over the obstacle safe and sound, they trekked through the density of the woods, in search for a rest spot. Finally, Mr. K found a small shelter under some hairy trees that were surrounding each other. In this curtain of leaves and vines, it would be hard for anyone to spot them… whoever "anyone" was.

The group caught their breath in their safe haven for a bit, and began listening for any following sounds of footsteps afterwards. Nothing.

"Phew! No one was tracking us. Can we talk now?" Tatsuha sighed with relief.

"I guess… just whisper okay? Otherwise you can meet my new little friend here." K held up his shiny black rocket launcher for all to see. A series of "gulps" came from each pulsing throat.

"We'll wait here for a while and see if any of our pursuers had been following us." Tohma suggested.

"Then maybe we can find a REAL place to crash." The young monk whined deep in his chest.

"Hopefully no one spotted us when we left Yuki's apartment…" The older Uesugi sister said uneasily.

"What should we do if we are found?"

"Oh, don't worry about that!" The manager of BAD LUCK smiled reassuringly. "I can handle the tough stuff! You guys will just have to go on ahead, that's all!" He pressed a button attached to his belt, causing each gun that was hidden under his camouflaged exterior to click into shooting position. This sent fear into the hearts before him. "Like it? It's my new automatic gun cocker! It's like a lock on a car, except for artillery! It even has an automatic firing button for any one of my weapons I set it on. Like this grenade here! See?" He acted as though he were about to press the detonator.

"NO!" The group screamed and tried to grab the trinket from K's hands.

"Relax! I'm not going to press it. You should have all seen the looks on your faces when I did that! Ha ha ha!" He laughed hardily, and put the device in his back pocket.

Shuichi sat in silence next to his blonde lover, pondering over the recent events and worrying about the people who were chasing them. The boy didn't know what his lover had done to make someone mad, but being the cold bastard he was sometimes, it wasn't too hard to imagine… what if Yuki had cheated on an old girlfriend of his and she came back for revenge with her new boyfriend? Or vice-versa… what if he was having an affair with a girl who already had a boyfriend and HE came back for revenge! But it sounded as if there was more than one person after Yuki… so who could it be?

"Just forget it. You're never going to figure this one out on your own." The author stared blankly into the depth of the forest.

"…" Shuichi furrowed his brow. "Well, until you tell me about what's happening, then I'm gonna keep investigating this on my own!" He turned away sharply and let out a huff of hot air.

"Whatever. You're going to find out sooner or later. So quit giving your brain a hernia by thinking. It's creepy when you're this quiet." Yuki didn't even glance at the singer next to him.

"Well, it's even creepier when your lover doesn't share these kind of odd situations to him that suddenly turn up out of the blue!" He growled back. He was getting tired of all these constant secrets of Yuki's past.

"Sigh… I told you. I'll tell you all about it when we find a safer place to hide, kay?"

"How do I know you won't purposely forget to explain it to me." Shuichi crossed his arms stubbornly.

The blonde hadn't responded yet, but merely took the teenager's hands in his and looked straight into his eyes, honesty sparkling throughout them. "Listen. I… I don't want to have to tell you right now. There's too much going on right now. And you'd freak anyway if I told you so soon. It's a looooong story, and I need all the time in the world to tell it to you. So please, just be patient and wait a little longer. It's… it's for your own safety." He whispered the last few words. "I… I don't want you to get involved. It's too dangerous." He lowered his head in shame of something incomprehensible. Shuichi just gazed at the top of this lover's golden head and blinked thoughtfully. So that's why he wasn't saying anything about this whole predicament. He was afraid for Shuichi's well being. What puzzled the boy the most though was… what the older man was trying to protect him FROM.

"Yuki… I…" He reluctantly began. "I REALLY do want to know what's going on… but, I'll wait. If it's that important to you, I'll wait." The vocalist nodded to himself.

The blonde looked up at him, a smile of relief on his lips. "Thank you, Shuichi." He replied simply. He knew all he needed was a little smooth talking to calm Shuichi down, but when the writer was saying all that sappy stuff… he felt as if he actually meant it.

"We should be quite a few miles away from Yuki-san's house, and I don't detect any human life forms residing anywhere near us…" K looked through his night vision goggles carefully. "So, everyone can take a quick nap here if they want."

"What do you expect us to do! Pile up a bunch of leaves and use it as a pillow!" Mika irrationalised.

Tatsuha fluffed up the mossy material and laid his head on it comfortably, sighing with content.

"…Forget I ever asked." She stated monotone-like, having the sudden urge to hit her younger brother's with a nearby rock.

"Eiri-san, why don't you take K-san's advice. Get some rest here, and we'll move out when he gives the signal." Tohma rested a hand on the man's broad shoulder and smiled faintly. It seems all this commotion was warring him out as well.

"…alright." He answered dryly. Though it wasn't on his to-do list at the moment, if he didn't get some sleep soon, his nerves may fry. The blonde laid his back up against a leaning tree and made himself as comfy as possible. Shuichi snuggled up close to his lover, laying in between the larger man's legs and resting his head on his chest.

"Yuki?" The boy glanced up meekly to the author before they both drifted off.

"Hm?"

"… Are we gonna be… okay?"

Yuki paused a moment to think about that concept, and retorted soon after. "Yes. We'll be fine." He stroked the soft pink hair relaxing against his torso and fell into a deep slumber after a few minutes, along with his exhausted boyfriend.

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"Eiri… are you awake?" Tohma asked quietly as not to disturb the pink bundle at the man's lap.

"… Yeah." The blonde opened one eye, then the other, as if making sure Shuichi wasn't up and listening.

The group sat in silence for what seemed like hours, but turned out to be minutes. Though their safety was insured at the moment, a lingering alertness still hung in the air; like a spider on its web when it's unnoticeably about to land on your back.

After some silence, Tohma spoke up again. "When… will you tell him, Eiri-san?"

"……" The author paused. "… Probably tomorrow… when we find a safer place to hide."

"You know by keeping this from his for so long that he won't be happy."

"I know. But I believe that he'll accept me for who I am, no matter what my past holds."

"I have no doubt about that, Eiri." The smaller blonde only said "san" after the his brother-in-law's name if he was speaking to him very seriously or deeply. And since no one was listening, it was okay to call him that by Yuki's consent.

"Why do you think they've decided to come back for you now? It's been quite a while, hasn't it?"

"Yes… it has. It's the perfect time to strike. I'm more vulnerable now than I ever was since I've settled down and taken on a normal life. And I can't imagine how rusty I've become through the years… of course they'd track me down at this particular time."

"It's awfully dirty of them… to attack you when you're at your weakest."

"I'm not surprised. But something does concern me… why are they coming for me? Unless I did something unforgivable to them before and they have a long-lasting grudge on me, then I can't see why the bastards are still pining for me." He shook his head in wonderment. "What's the motive behind it all?"

Tohma stared at the writer for a few seconds and answered back hopelessly, "I'm sure I don't know, Eiri. But let's be thankful that we got you away in time."

"Let's be thankful we got away at ALL, considering this little punk was with us." He gestured lightly to the boy in his arms.

The president of NG chuckled softly. "Yes. I can see how much of a handful he can be after witnessing you two bickering back and forth on our escape." He smiled. But it wasn't one of his creepy ones this time. This smile was full of comfort and satisfaction.

"Yeah… but at least he's honest about how he feels… I admire that in him."

"I am truly happy for you both." Tohma kept the same look plastered on his features.

Yuki looked at him for a bit, then went back to stroking his young lover's hair.

"Hopefully everything will turn out alright in the end. Maybe if we stay hidden long enough, they'll give up."

"Tohma… I seriously don't think that's the case. These guys waited this long so they could get back at me, and I don't think they're gonna give up so easily. I've face them numerous times, and they are the most stubborn jackasses I've ever known. None of them will even think of quitting until they have accomplished their mission."

The shorter blonde sighed sadly. "Then what will you do if they keep pursuing like this?"

The author had to contemplate over this matter for a while, until he came up with a definite answer in his head… one he was not at all too keen of.

"Then I… I'll fight back."

"W-what? But Eiri, you haven't done this in such a long time. It'll be too overwhelming for you! This won't do, I'll just have K find a good place for us and-"

"No!" Yuki said almost a little too loud. "If these guys have a bone to pick with me… then I'll give them all the bones they want."

"Eiri…"

"Shuichi needed to know about this sooner or later. Now is the perfect time to show him was I used to do for a living. And anyway…" The older man smirked. "… I might as well get reacquainted with my other talents besides writing."

"Are you sure you want to go through with this again?" The overprotective brother-in-law asked.

"…Yeah. I mean, sure it's been a long time since I've been a spy, but I think I can handle it." Yuki half smiled to himself and Tohma.

The other man smiled back, holding a bit of distress in his face. That was the slogan Yuki always said whenever he was about to go out on an assignment… 'I think I can handle it.' It was that last mission, the mission where Eiri Uesugi became Eiri Yuki, that put the trained spy out of commission for good. His most trusted friend and mentor betraying him… but not in a way anyone would assume. No… Yuki Kitazawa betrayed Yuki's heart. So becoming a temporary spy again would definitely be a hard thing for the novelist to do, both he and Yuki knew that. But how else would they be able to escape these guys! It would be tough confronting the past again, but Yuki knew that he couldn't run away from it this time. And he wasn't sure if he could, considering all the people around him who would probably do everything in their power to help him. Though he felt like he didn't need the aid, it was always nice to know that there were actually people who cared about him.

While the blonde was pondering over all this fluff, his mouth gaped into a yawn. Tohma snickered.

"You might want to rest up for real until we have a 'go' sign from K-san." He suggested with a smile on his face.

"Yeah. Might as well. Don't know what's going to turn up next." Yuki blinked sleepily, took one last glance at the boy below him to make sure Shuichi was still asleep, and nodded off himself.

The rest of the group was asleep too (besides K). Tohma didn't want to feel left out, so he closed his lids and drifted into a peaceful state of unconciousness.

Mr. K grinned to himself and looked back at the two blondes. "So, that's the secret past of the great Eiri Yuki, is it? I think I'm starting to actually like the heartless bastard." He turned back around, poising his gun into position for any sign of an ambush, and adjusted the hidden hearing device lodged in his right ear.

A/N: Ooooooh! K was listening in on there whole conversation! Naughty naughty! But it's predictable of him, right? Anyway, I think that chapter was better than all my other chapters for some reason. It explained a lot about Yuki's secret past and what he plans to do throughout the remainder of the story. Shuichi will find out in about 2 chapters or so, just please be patient! I'll type of the next one as soon as possible. I hope you all like this story so far! Please review!