Bleeding Heart

Written By: Thread Sage

Disclaimer: Thread Sage does not own anything that is Get Backers, but the new characters and new ideas I do own.

Chapter two:

Frozen Waters Began to Melt

RECAP:

Then a rush of pain hit Kogou's body. It centered from the bruise and rippled all over, sending him mind and senses over the edge. His legs buckled and he collapsed, the last thing him seeing was Ban's sapphire eyes. Those pure blue, gentle eyes.

Kogou awoke to a sound of a honking horn. He looked around and noticed he was in a foreign room.

It was larger then his apartment room, almost as large as a home. He was right now, sleeping on a couch with a small glass coffe table next to his head.

"Where am I?" He said as he sat up. Two thin white blankets dropped, exposing a bar chest with scars and bruise all over.

Kogou was in shock. Who's house is this?

"Good to see your awake." A familiar voice said to the right of him.

Kogou twirled around and jumped out of couch. If he wasn't being "attacked" he would have noticed that he was now only wearing his jeans.

Kogou extended his hand and red flames surrounded his hand.

"Who are you?" Kogou asked, his breathing becoming heavy.

Then image of the figure disappeared with a single blur. In a blink of an eye, Kogou felt the pressure of his neck being grabbed. His body began limp and the fire disappeared.

"It's a viper fang. You are completely paralyzed right now." The senior's voice said.

"Ba…Ban?" Kogou managed to get out.

"At least your not as stupid as you look." Ban said, releasing his grip on his neck.

Kogou collapsed to the ground, in a few seconds, hi feeling returned.

"What am I doing here?" he asked immediately. He hated Ban more then anyone.

"Well, you collapsed during the run and it was only the right thing to do to pick you up." Ban said pouring himself a glass of water. He waved his hand, giving an expression of asking Kogou if he wanted any. Kogou shook his head.

"And you didn't want anything else?" Kogou asked. The wind blew in the room, chilling him and making his wound burn.

"Nothing at all." Ban said, sipping the water.

"This is suspicious." Kogou thought.

The sat in silence for many moments. Ban seemed more interested in something beside talking to Kogou and Kogou didn't really know what to say.

Then, Ban broke the silence.

"Where did you get those wounds from?" He asked bluntly.

Kogou winced.

"Just….just from riding my bike…things like that." He said, lying through his teeth.

Ban kept his sapphire eyes pinned on him.

"Don't lie to me." He said, standing up from the chair and walking over to him. He stood above the couch, showing domination. Kogou looked up.

"What is wrong with me?" He thought as he diverted his glance from Ban.

"Why can I not look him in the eyes?" He thought.

"How did you get those wounds?" Ban asked again.

Kogou looked up at Ban. Ban's eyes were filled with coldness and a absorbing feeling of curiosity.

"I…I don't want to talk about it…" Kogou said, tears brewing. How he got all those bruises brought back very painful memories.

"Fine suit yourself." Ban said with a wave of his hand.

Kogou was in shock. But why? What more should he exspect from the great, and ice cold Ban Midou?

"I'll….I'll just go…" Kogou said. He wasn't wanted here in the first place and for every second he stay, would be an ounce more pain he would have to deal with at home.

"Fine." Ban said, turning on the Tv.

Kogou stood up and slipped on his white tee. The stain on the side was gone and it smelled like….like Ban.

"Must have washed it with his clothes." Kogou said. But for some strange reason he was happy for the scent.

"Oh, Thank you for the help." Kogou said as he opened the door to walk out.

"No problem, just don't exspect me to help you again.

Ban stayed in front of the Tv, watching some stupid show from the 70s. It was a good, funny show, but his mind was drifting, drifting back to Kogou. He looked….like a different person then the one he knew at school. Kogou was always laughing and kidding with people, playing jokes on then and stuff like that. It really annoyed Ban. But when he lay here, he was….like a small puppy, something Ban wanted to hold and protect. Also, when he talked to him, Kogou was…afraid and nervous. Never before had he seen that side of him, except in Health class that one time they talked about rape and abuse.

"Could it be…" Ban thought, muting the Tv.

"No…it cant… " he said, turning it back on. Why would he even think of such a thing? He thought as he un muted the TV.

Then, something flashed in his head. When he pulled Kogou's shirt off, his heart began to race, like a feeling when you get nervous, something Ban never felt around a person before. But it wasn't a fear, but more of a what if felling. But that wasn't important. What WAS important was that when he took off his shirt, on his back was tattooed in red letter "AEC".

"Oh no…." Ban thought standing up.

"The AEC." He said with a touch of concern in his voice, his sapphire eyes changed from "cold distant Ban" to "concerned angry Ban" something that would never been seen, until him and the freshmen Ginji, made the Get Backers.

Ban threw on a coat and ran outside.

It was six o' clock when he reached home. He stood in front of the door, his breathing hard.

"Here we go." He said, twisting the knob to open the door.

Kogou stepped into his house. It was cold and dark inside, even though all the lights were on.

"Jim?" Kogou said cautiously as he opened the door.

He walked in and walked into the kitchen, where he saw Jim holding a beer bottle.

Jim, as I'm sure you have guessed, is Kogou's step father. He is a tall, strongly built man with white hair, blue eyes, and a scruffy beard. He wore a tight black shirt that was tucked into his jeans. An aura a drunkenness lingering around him.

"Come 'er boy." Jim said, not looking up from the table.

Kogou froze in his place.

"I said come 'er!" He yelled, squeezing the bottle till it shattered.

Kogou would have helped in fear, but living with Jim and his friends and colleagues had hardened his fear of inanimate objects.

Slowly, Kogou walked over and stood next to Jim. Jim slowly stood up, his movements slurred.

"You..your home late…" He said, looking up at Kogou. Kogou looked very cool, more like he looked just nervous. But deep inside, he was terrified. He knew what Jim could do and he had proff, and he didn't want any more.

"Where were ya?" Jim asked, getting a glass of water from the sink.

"I…I was over a friends house…" He said, a half lie.

"Well…were you sleeping with him?" He asked.

Kogou twitched.

"No… "he said.

"Well then what's the smell I smell. I think your lying." Jim said stepping forward.

"No Jim, I'm telling the truth." Kogou said, taking a step back.

"Don't lie to me Damn it!" Jim said, swiftly grabbed Kogou's neck.

Kogou gurgled as Jim tighted his grip. Jim then twirled his hand, and threw Kogou against the table.

Kogou yelped a bit as he slid off the table onto the other side. It really hurt.

"I have a fag, and a defective AEC doll under my roof now!" Jim said standing pulled Kogou up by the hair and throwing him against the refrigerator.

Kogou shredded four tears. It was to much, even though he was used to it.

"You Fag!" Jim said, throwing a punch into Kogou's chest.

"Uhh!" Kogou said as the pain rippled though his body.

"I'll teach you a lesson! I'll teach you what will happen when you sleep with a gay and what I'll do to you!" Jim said as he shoved Kogou aside and reached into the fridge.

Kogou pushed his body up in time to see Jim pull out a beer bottle.

"This is your punishment." Jim said,

"Hold it!" A voice said at the door.

Jim looked up in time to see a Ban Midou standing in the door way. In the confusion, he didn't even notice the sound of Ban's hand ripping through the door.

"And you are? Let me guess his boyfriend?" Jim said with a smirk.

"And if I am?" Ban said, adjusting his glasses.

"Then I'll kill you ass first!" Jim said as he reached into his back pocket and pulled out a gun. He quickly cocked it with one hand and shot a single bullet at Ban's head.

Something strange, that feeling from before. This time it was magnetized. Seeing Kogou in so much pain and just laying there, made his anger even more. But, this was his downfall because he want quick enough to dodge the bullet, which hit him square in the forehead.

"Ban!" Kogou yelled as he tried to run over to him, but in the middle of getting up, Jim shot him in the back.

Both bodies lay motionless, both setting in a pool of blood.

"I did it." Jim said sitting down. He was happy, to kill that fag and his boyfriend. But then, something happened. His own hand began to move and cock the gun.

"What's…what happening?" Jim said as the gun pointed itself at Jim.

"What? Wait…" Jim yelled, as the gun fired itself and hit Jim square in the head.

"Did you have a nice dream?" A far away voice said.

Jim looked up to see himself tied in a chair with tape. He looked around and saw Ban carrying an unconscious Kogou on his back.

"What? What was that?" Jim said

"Hell." Ban said as he walked out of the room.

"Wait!" Jim yelled, but Ban was already downstairs and putting Kogou in the car.

"Kogou…" Ban said as he sat in the driver seat.

"All this pain he had felt, was because of those people. And Kogou didn't remember any of it."Ban thought as he began to drive.

"So, looks like we have the same goal, huh Flame Head?" Ban said looking over at the sleeping boy.

"Well, yours is more important than mine." Ban said looking up at the sky.

"I'll protect you, just like Okawa did for me." Ban said, determination in his eyes.

"I promise."

Jim was able to get out of the tape in less then three minutes. By the time he got downstairs though, the man was gone.

He ran back up, and as if on cue the phone rang.

"I heard about your little incident." A deep voice said on the phone.

"I'm…I'm sorry sir." Jim studdered.

"No problems. Bug happen in a system. Who was the man who attack you though?" The voice said curiously.

"A man that was called…I think.. Ban Midou." Jim said.

The line became silent.

"Are you sure?" The voice said quickly.

"Yes." Jim said anxiously.

The man on the other line smiled before hanging up before saying nothing more.

"And so the plot thickens." The man said, strumming his fingers.

Chapter two: Done!

OMG that was a kewl chapie! Okay, maybe a little over done with the author not but oh well.

Okay so there are a lot of questions that I think that are important and just incase you didn't spot them I'll list them for you:

What is the AEC?

What happened to Kogou tat the AEC?

Were Ban's feelings for Kogou during the Jagan and illusion?

Who is the mystery man?

And what are his connections to Ban?

Ok those are the question I saw, if you have other ones, then hit me up on a Private or a Review and I'll answer you like within a day. There is no guarantee that I will answer them with a direct answer, for your question might give something away:sticks out tongue:

Well stay tuned for the next chapter for one of those questions to be answer!