Bloody Crush!

By: Cold Rain

Rated: PG-13 for mild violence and yaoi

NOTE TO READERS: Hi, Readers! I want to thank Anael Razualle, vinscent ire and Lady Geuna for my 1st three reviews, I'm glad to hear some opinions out there. Yay! Chapter 3 is now here! (I'm impatient, I posted this fanfic yesterday ;P ) Lines between paragraphs mean scene/time transitions (including flashbacks which will be written in past tense). Translations for Japanese phrases will be at the end of the chapter. Oh, and I don't own Get Backers, any of the characters, etc.

DISCLAIMER: If you didn't read the Note to Readers here it is again: I don't own the Get Backers, any of the characters, etc. I just own the fanfic.

CHAPTER 3: The Fortress Awaits

"It seems that we found it, Ginji-kun," Akabane stops, peering through the slit in his hat at what looked like the silhouette of a gargantuan pagoda.

"It's sooo big..." Ginji stares, chibi-fied as usual, looking more than intimidated about the thought of going all the way to the top (where the goods undoubtedly are) alone with Akabane, "Do we have to go all the way up there?"

"If that is where the goods are kept, then yes, we will," Akabane states, mentally sizing up the pagoda for future navigation references. He faces Ginji and smiles, "Shall we go, Ginji-kun?"

"H-hai, Akabane-san," chibi-Ginji replies, waddling/running to keep up with Akabane, (Hurry up, Ban-chan!) Akabane walks to the side of the pagoda and finds the main circuit box.

"May I have some assistance, Ginji-kun?" Akabane turns expectantly to Ginji.

"Hai, I'm on it!" Ginji smiles, back to his normal size, (This is the easy part!) Ginji grabs the main wire to the circuit box and shocks it into submission. The only problem is the faint lights in the pagoda come back on. Chibi Ginji stares at the pagoda, obviously confused that the lights came back on, "Nani?"

"My, my, how tedious. It seems they have an emergency power generator somewhere in the fortress. All we did was announce our presence by turning off the main power. We should sneak in before they come investigate, ne?" Akabane comments, walking towards the entrance.

"Wait up, Akabane-san," Ginji follows Akabane into the fortress, worried about them announcing their presence and the fact that the security cameras are undoubtedly still working, still watching every move in the fortress that they're entering by the front door. Akabane pauses immediately when he enters a hallway past the front doors. Ginji looks around, paranoid about the fact that Akabane stopped. (What'd he stop for?) "Akabane-sa-"

"Look out," Akabane throws his arms around Ginji, quickly pulling him into a corner behind a wall, blocking them from the sight of anything in the hallway.

"Huh?" Ginji looks up at the black-clad man questioningly.

"A security camera almost saw us. You don't want that, do you Ginji-kun?"

"N-no, I mean h-h-h-hai. I don't," Ginji stammers as Akabane let's go of him. Akabane presses himself against the wall and looks past the corner into the hallway, a scalpel poised in his right hand.

"There it is," Akabane smiles, throwing his scalpel to detach the wires on the camera. Direct hit, he summons his scalpel back into his body and turns to Ginji, "I have taken out the security camera. The only thing to worry about for now will be the guards. We should hurry, they will want to investigate the problem with the security camera I took out." Akabane and Ginji silently walk into the hall, sneaking towards the next camera, which Akabane expertly removes just like the first. Suddenly, a blood-curdling shriek, for lack of a better description, filled the empty hallway. Chibi-fied Ginji latches himself onto Akabane's waist, shaking like a leaf.

"W-w-w-w-what w-was th-th-th-that!?"

"Shhh. Ginji-kun, don't talk too loudly and don't make any sudden moves," Akabane places his right hand on Ginji's soft, spiky blonde hair and holds a scalpel in his left, "It's getting closer..."

"W-where is it, though?" Ginji asks, chibi puppy eyes staring up at Akabane. Ginji doesn't seem to notice he's still latched on Akabane's waist, if he ever even actually knew he did do that in the first place. The sound of footsteps can be heard from across the hallway. Tap-tap-tap. "It's getting closer..." Ginji whispers, "What should we do?" Tap-tap-tap. "Akabane-san..." Tap-tap-tap. "I'm scared..." Tap-tap-tap.

"Ginji-ku-" Akabane get cut off by a blur accentuated by shadows holding a silver object landing in front of him, impaling the sword in his chest. Ginji immediately jumps off of Akabane and turns full size, disturbed to see this happen. The shadowy figure removes the sword from Akabane's chest, leaving him grasping his wound in pain.

"Akabane-san!" Ginji grabs the figure's arm and starts to electrocute him. The figure then raises his sword to slice Ginji. Akabane immediately pulls Ginji away, getting a mild shock in the process, and runs past the figure as fast as he possibly can, shooting out the cameras as he went.

Akabane places Ginji in a corner he deems safe on the third floor. Yep, he ran all the way up to the third floor while dragging Ginji. Akabane sits down and looks at his wound, he lost quite a bit of blood, it might serve as a trail for the enemy to find him and the kawaii blonde who is sitting next to him. Akabane opens his eyes and looks at Ginji, he looks very serious. Actually, he looks too serious compared to his usual self, his eyes like cold rain, "Are you alright, Ginji-kun?"

"Hai, are you OK?" Ginji stares at Akabane's wounds with his big brown eyes that no longer look like cold rain. When Akabane notices the stare at his wound, he immediately covers it with his hands.

"I'll be fine after a while, Ginji-kun," he smiles.

"Can you give me my vest?" Ginji asks, pointing at the green vest Akabane somehow still held onto.

"Of course, Ginji-kun," Akabane hands the vest to Ginji, while starting to lean back on the wall.

"Arigatou," Ginji says, diverting his eyes from Akabane's wound. Ginji moves in front of Akabane and immediately takes off Akabane's shirt and starts to rip the vest into strips of cloth.

"What are you doing?" Akabane asks peering up at Ginji, who is now trying to dress the wound without looking at it.

"Eew..." Ginji tries to restrain himself from gagging as he wraps the cloth around Akabane's scar-covered chest, "Blood... Icky..." Akabane smiles at the amusing sight, this is very odd. Ginji quickly gets done wrapping the wound, "Is it OK for you to walk, Akabane-san?"

"Hai," Akabane stands up and smiles, "Shall we continue, before the Protector finds us again?"

"Yep, let's get outta here!" Ginji walks, giving Akabane an easy pace to follow.

Little do they know a shadow is following them...

Chapter 3 is done! Poor Akabane is injured and he's a better fighter than Ginji! I know it's cheap that I did the injury/comfort theme there but it works, right? Read and Review! No flames, but advice is appreciated.

Translation:

Nani?: What?/ Huh?

Cold Rain: So, how is it? It's short again... ;

Akabane: Well, I do get time alone with Ginji...

Cold Rain: Yeah, but don't expect it to stay that way!