Bleeding Heart
Written By: Thread Sage
Masked Man: I have been selected to do this Disclaimer.
Everyone: BUT YOUR EVIL!
Masked Man: This is my way of repenting. ThreadSage owns all of the new people, ideas, and places, just none of the Get Backers or any other the Get Backers characters.
Threadsage: Hmm… maybe your not all that evil
Ban: WHAT?
Chapter Eight
Reunited (Before we meet)
Kogou had been struggling for many hours, hoping that if he twisted his wrist and arms enough times, the chains that bound him to the wall would let go. But they didn't. No matter how hard he tried, the cords wouldn't let lose.
He sighed.
"Why me?" Kogou said aloud as he looked around the room. It was like a jail cell. It was made of stone and other hard materials. There was a wooden door that had a mid evil feel to it (considering the door was made of wood and had a large black metal knob). Iron chains caressed his wrist and ankle's making it impossible for him to move more then two feet.
The large wooden door slowly creaked open. Kogou looked up to see the masked man from before standing there, a tray of foot in his hands. He was wearing more causal clothing now; jeans and a black shirt. No longer did he wear the mask like before, but know Kogou could see his violet eyes and deep black hair.
Kogou bared his teeth like a lion and made a small growl.
The man chuckled.
"I'm not here to hurt you, just to bring you food." He said as she sat the tray down next to Kogou.
On the tray was some roasted chicken, mash potatoes, string beans, and a glass of cold lemonade. The man then pulled out a small key and un did the hand cuff that kept Kogou from eating.
"Eat it. It's good." The man said with a smile. A warming, caring, trustworthy smile.
Kogou reached for his food and took a bite. It was good.
Kogou at in silence, not really knowing what to say.
"I hope you like it here." The man said.
Kogou looked up.
"I….I wont be here forever you know. Ban will come!" He yelled.
The man smiled another sad smile.
"He may. But will he be able to survive the others?" The man asked as he stood up.
"What do you mean by that?" He said as the man, with the swiftness of a blink of an eye, had Kogou's hands locked up again.
"You'll see." He said as he walked to the door.
"Oh, by the way, my name is Yuki." The man said with a faint smile before he shut the door.
"Ban…"Kogou said as he brought his legs up to his chest. He placed his head in his knee's and started to cry.
"I need you…" He whispered.
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Ban was panting hard as he ran down the road. Himiko was trailing not far behind, screaming his name.
"Ban wait up! Stop!" She yelled. She then pulled out a small vile of perfume, and raised it to the air. The wind was blowing in the just the right direction.
Ban got a wiff of the purple colored substance, and his legs buckled.
"DAMN IT, HIMIKO!" He yelled as he tried to stand.
"You wouldn't stop." She said with a very small smirk.
"That doesn't mean you have to hit me with your Time Release Perfume!" He yelled as Himiko put her arm around him to help him walk.
"Did you even know where you were going? Think about some back up? Help? Anything like that?" She asked?
"I was going to find Kogou. I am NOT calling the police. I don't need help. And yes I thought about that already." He said answering her questions.
"Kogou is our friend to." A voice said from behind. Himiko and Ban both turned to see a boy with deep brown hair and a man with a bandana wrapped around his forehead.
"Shido." Ban said.
"Touzoku." Himiko said.
"We are going to help, and you have no choice." A voice said from in front of them. Standing in the light was Thread Master Kazuki and Lightning Emperor Ginji.
Ban smiled. The truth was, he wanted help, but, he wanted, for some reason, to be able to go to Kogou and say "I found you, all by my self" kinda like a little kid.
"Fine." He said, not so reluctantly.
"Let's just let this perfume wear off. "he said, sitting on a near by bench.
"Here." Himiko said, reaching in her pocket for a clear perfume.
"Take a whiff of this." She said holding it to his nose. His smell to her was so tantalizing.
Ban took a slight smell and then he felt instantly better.
"Alright then lets go!" Ginji said, jumping up and thrusting his fist in the air.
"Where?" Kazuki said.
"I have a tracker on Touzoku. I had a felling something like this would happen." A voice said from the alley way.
All five turned around to see a man, with black and whit hair walk out.
"Kyo Shiru." Ban said with a smirk.
"I would indeed like to help." He said with a small bow.
"You have no powers or abilities. Unless you call archery a skill, which it is, just not the one we are looking for." Ban said. That eleventh grader gave him an uneasy feeling.
"Oh, I can do more then that." He said with a smirk.
"Trust me, he can." Shido said, without looking at Kyo. Ban looked over at Shido. The look in his eyes made his trust him.
"But anyway, modern day tracking devices don't work on Kogou." Ban said, running his hands threw his hair.
"How do you know?" Ginji asked, blinking innocently.
And so Ban told them about the items, the light, the strange man, and everything else.
"So then, how can we save him?" Kazuki asked.
"We have to find him somehow, but we cant track him. Sounds like a game." Kyo said.
"There is a way." Himiko said with a smile.
Everyone looked at her.
"And that is?" Ban asked.
"If you weren't being such an idiot maybe you would notice." She said again.
Everyone became silent, hopping they could notice to.
"The air." Shido and Kyo said at the same time.
"Hmm?" Ban asked.
"There is a sweet scent in the air." Shido said.
'"And it is going that way." Kyo said, pointing in the opposite direction of the way to school.
Ban focused his mind, and then, he could faintly smell it.
"Tracking Perfume." He said astonished looking at Himiko.
"Yep." She said with a nod.
"I was only a very small amount, with the time I had to use it, but it was enough for animals to smell it." She said.
"Nice work." Kazuki said.
"Ok , Kyo, Monkey Boy, lead the way." Ban said.
Shido glared, but ran forward along with Kyo.
'Kogou.' Ban thought.
'Hold on.' He said in his mind.
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Kogou awoke hours later to the sound of a new tray being brought in. He looked up and saw Yuki once more.
Yuki, who had tried as hard as he could not to make a sound, looked astonished to see the boy awake.
"Knew I should have used my powers." He said with a slight laugh.
Kogou sat up and blinked innocently then smile. For a second, he forgot where he was.
"So, did you have a nice sleep?" Yuki said, sitting on the ground.
In truth, yes, but the sleep had opened his mind, and made him see things in a new way.
"Why are you being so nice to me?" Kogou said, his eyes narrowing.
"You were the one who kidnapped me. Why should I even trust you?" Kogou asked.
The man gave another one of his sad smiles.
"I wish I didn't have to kidnap you. I really do." The man said pacing around the room, his arms behind his back.
"But its my job, and I'm bounded to it." The ma said, turning around so that Kogou could see his face.
"So why do you fight? Why don't you run away, or fight back?" Kogou asked.
The man looked at Kogou with a blank stare.
"I….I am looking for someone." That was all Yuki said.
Behind him, there was a ruffle of wind. Kogou strained to see and saw a taller man standing behind Yuki.
The man was tall, a massive six foot. He wore two wrist bands which had a symbol like so " " in white letters. He bore black hair and wore an outfit that closely represented a ninja.
"Who…who are you?" Kogou asked. Something about this man didn't make him afraid, but made him fell….uneasy.
"It is time." The man said, not even noticing Kogou.
Yuki nodded.
"They should have stayed away." Yuki said, shaking his head sadly.
Kogou's gears began to turn.
"Is Ban here?" Kogou asked as the two men walked out.
Yuki nor the stranger turned around.
"He'll get me you know! I trust him! He'll kill both of you! And my the others are here, so will they!" Kogou yelled, anger and fear mixing as one.
The stranger turned around as he was the last one out.
With a wave of his hand. Instantly, the shadows in the room grew, and consumed the whole room in darkness, blocking off all light, sound, and making it extremely hard for Kogou to move.
The man then shut the door.
Both men walked up a long fight of stairs, saying nothing until the reached a large steel door.
"That was unnecessary, Ryuji." Yuki said with a stern voice.
"Using the shadows as such a powerful punishment against the boy. He wasn't going to do anything and he is so high up, no one could hear him anyway." Yuki said as he glared the man straight in the eyes.
"You are too soft." Ryuji said.
"Maybe, but you are the one who doesn't belong here. You are the one who is world hopping and has no connection to this world. You have no reason, nor right to come here and kill." Yuki said.
"I need to make a living don't I?" The man said.
Ryuji then pushed passed Yuki and opened the door.
Inside, was a large room (a good description is the room where MakubeX works in the Limitless fortress) with computers and steel all around. Sitting in a high chair, with a glass of red wine was a man with pure white hair, and a golden eye for a right eye. He wore a pure red suit that had cuff of white and had his legs crossed over one another.
"Did you silence the boy?" The man asked, taking a sip of his wine.
Both men nodded.
"Good." The man said.
"The others are searching the area and collecting the necessary tools for out….endeavor." He had.
"What do you want us to do?" Yuki asked.
The man then gave a dark, evil smile.
"I want you, Ryuji, to go and deal with this Ban Midou." The man said.
"Use your powers over the shadows to make some type of separation portal or something. I only want you to worry about that Ban Midou; his snake bite interest me very much." The man said with a dismissing wave.
Ryuji bowed and walked out of the room.
"And you, Yuki, I want you to keep watch on that boy. If Ban or any of his friends make it through…." The man said.
"….eliminate them." Yuki said with a bow. He quickly walked out of the room. He slowly shut the door behind him and then leaned his head against the door.
'Forgive me, Kogou.' Yuki said as he worked his way to the room.
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"It looks just like the Limitless Fortress." Kazuki said as he tugged on one of his bells.
"But its not." Shido said.
"The scent is not human." Shido said as the reached the building.
"And we are on the opposite end of town." Kyo said.
"Whoever is the master mind is doing this to bring back bad memories." Touzoku said.
"And to break up the group." Ban said,
"Well, we can't let this get to us. Let's go." Himiko said, breaking the vale of darkness from the group.
They waited a moment, still contemplating what Himiko said. But then, everyone walked also in the room.
Himiko pushed open into a large room that had stone pillars all around. A small white mist lingered over.
"This is odd." Kazuki said.
"Yes." Himiko said.
Then, to the right, Shido heard a small thumping sound. With a small snap of his fingers, he caught Ginji's attention and pointed to where the sound came from. Ginji nodded and extended his hand and shot a bolt of lighting at the area.
Then, unexpected, a black swirling mass appeared in the place were the sound came, and the bolt of lightning was sucked in. A second passed and then, out of the mass, came a bolt of black lightning.
Ginji, who wasn't quick enough, was hit straight in the chest, and thrown back.
"Ginji!" Touzoku yelled, but he was engulfed in a swarm of shadows.
"Touzoku!" Shido yelled he ran the ten feet, but was to late. By the time he had gotten their, Touzoku laid on the ground, scars and bruises all over his body.
"Show yourself!" Kazuki yelled.
The mist cleared, and standing across the room was a six foot tall man who braces on his arms.
"I am Ryuji; the Shadow Ninja." The man said.
Chapter Eight: Done!
Ok, This is a character of one of my readers! Ryujioftheshadowninja, I hopped I did a good job with your character! Ok so there we go! The longest chapter in the story so far!
Preivew for chapter Nine:
The Battle between Ban and the Ninja is about to begun. But the team gets separated, and have to battle beings from their past that they thought they would never have to see again! Stay Tuned!