Chapter 8
Yay! I'm so happy! I got so many encouraging reviews this time! Thank you all so much /wipes tear away/ so! On with the chapters! In the last chapter, things started to heat up with Shuichi and Hiro stuck in the bedroom while a homicidal dark Hiro is outside with a knife. Hiro claims that he saw Yuki with his head on backwards, but is that what he really saw? You'll find out this time. In the dark universe, K just turned up looking decidedly evil with every tooth sharpened to a point, ewww. It's about time to go to the party where Yuki's going to be entertainment. Will Tohma be able to get him out of this one? Guess you'll find out. Hope you guys like it! ACTION!
Straitening his shirt, Tohma opened the door slowly and was greeted by another familiar face that was once again clouded by some unnamable emotion. There on their doorstep stood K. Behind him, Tohma could see the resentful glare of the guards directed at K and guessed that they knew about the security threat that this man imposed upon their master.
Before he could say anything, K pushed his way inside and sat down on the nearest couch "So good of you to invite me in" K grinned wolfishly and Tohma got a momentary glance at something truly horrifying. All of the teeth in K's mouth were filed to a point so that Tohma thought that he was looking at a demon or something.
"Yuki! Bring some tea for our…guest…here, and hurry it up." Tohma sat down opposite of K, showing no emotions. "So I assume you're here to pick Shuichi up for the party?"
"Yeah yeah, I also wanted a look at the favorite slave for tonight's party. I got a few new toys that I can't wait to try on him. Just thought I'd get a last look at him before he's all bloodied up." K smirked and pulled out a knife, casually flicking it up into the air and catching it by the handle.
Tohma smiled indulgently "I'm sure." At that moment, Yuki came out of the kitchen holding a tray that had two cups of tea on it, and wearing a scowl. Setting the tray down, Yuki turned and went back to the kitchen where Tohma guessed he felt relatively safer. K's eyes followed Yuki back to the kitchen then shrugged and threw the knife again.
Trying to make conversation, Tohma asked "So…how's Judy doing?"
K's eyes narrowed and he stared at Tohma "Why the fuck are you asking about her after…after…what you did. Is this some kind of joke or something cause it's not very amusing…" Tohma frowned 'wrong question to ask I guess…' and changed tactics quickly.
"Okay, so give me the latest ratings on Bad Luck."
K still looked slightly angry with him but warmed up quickly to the topic "Hm…let's see, they're still #1 in Japan and they're about to put out a new single called 'Dark's End'. Shuichi thought up the name. It's a rather clever little song with lots of depressing things in it," he looked thoughtful "if we're lucky we might even be able to get a few people to commit suicide over it. That would be good for the ratings" he smiled happily.
"Good good, very good…" Tohma was looking away from the conversation though at the figure leaning against the hallway wall with a slight smirk on his face. Shuichi was there with baggy black pipe pants, chains hanging from every possible place, a VERY form fitting midriff shirt on, and he wore a spiked dog collar around his neck with a name plate reading 'Sir Death'. Tohma saw out of the corner of his eye, K grinning approvingly.
"Well now that I'm ready, why don't we go ahead and leave?" Shuichi looked over at K who nodded.
"Right you are master, I have the car out front and your people have already done an extensive search of it and have detected nothing so we may now leave without delay."
Shuichi grinned fiercly "Let me just go get Yuki and put him in his chains then we can leave. K, if you'll come help me subdue him?" K grinned and stood, looking like nothing else in the universe could make him any happier. Tohma looked around but didn't see Yuki. Unsure what if he could do anything else at that point, he just looked on helplessly as K and Shuichi went into the kitchen and soon after, there were shouts and a large crash, soon followed by K and Shuichi dragging out a struggling Yuki with chains on his legs and on his arms that were tightly behind his back. Tohma couldn't even look Yuki in the face because he knew that Yuki would be looking at him with reproach in his eyes. Now feeling like the situation was way out of control, what with Shuichi lost somewhere and Yuki in between homicidal maniacs dragging him to a torture fest, Tohma felt a dawning of hopelessness overwhelm him.
"You coming Tohma?"
"Wha? Oh, yes, let me just grab my coat." Tohma walked over slowly and grabbed his coat, swinging it on over his shoulders. All the way to the car, K and Shuichi chattered happily about all the new toys they were going to see, and who's pets were there this year, all the while dragging a still struggling Yuki across the grounds to the car and finally swinging him up and into the truck of the car, slamming the trunk closed in his face.
Unsure of what to do, Tohma walked slowly out of the house, trying to figure a way out of all of this without Yuki having to be part of the torture fest. Getting into the Viper convertible that waited in front of the house, he looked strait forward, not really listening to the sickening conversation around him.
"So Tohma, what toy did you bring? I have to say, the one you brought last year was pure genius. No wonder it won the patent".
Tohma looked up at Shuichi's face and cleared his throat "Well, I actually thought that I would take a break this year and just sample around, looking at the kind of merchandise that I'm competing with".
Shuichi frowned "What! But you said last week that you had this really amazing thing!" He pouted slightly "You got my hopes up…"
"Err, well, it broke"
"It broke?"
Tohma shrugged "yeah well, what can I say. It was a disappointment, but I got a little joy after I killed the guy who broke it"
K grinned widely "Wish I'd been there. Ah well, next time you should video tape it". With a screech of tires, the car pulled into a already crowded parking lot.
"Yay! Hurry up K! Get Yuki out! I wanna get the best stall in there! Did you bring the decorations?" Tohma got out of the car and looked around while Shuichi chatted away happily. There were people streaming out of the parking lot towards a large convention center that had the rather cheesy sign on it that said 'Center of Pain'.
"Hurry up you little piece of shit! This is it! If you don't shut your mouth for the rest of the night I'm through with you! I'll send you back to the Brothers of Darkness so then you'll be a real slave. God, I don't know what's gotten into you!" Shuichi slapped Yuki across the face and he fell back , blood dripping out of his mouth.
"Shuichi, I believe it would be best for him to at least start out unmarked. Besides, Suguru just pulled up with your guards and decorations for the booth".
Shuichi grinned and turned towards the unmarked delivery van that'd just pulled up "Excellent. K, if you wouldn't mind, take Yuki up with Tohma and find a booth". He motioned towards a guard "Marks, head with them and when they've found a place, come find me".
The man saluted "Yes sir!" and turned to K "Need help with him?"
K grinned and pulled Yuki off the ground by his shirt cuff, looking him in the face "You going to give me any trouble mister?"
Yuki spit in his face and attempted to kick him with his chained feet "No shit man, you better let me go right FUCKIN' now!"
K grinned widely and slung Yuki over his shoulder "Nope, I got it guard dude. Come on Tohma, let's go find a booth!" K whooped and set out at a run towards the convention center, Yuki slung over one shoulder. With despair filling him, Tohma followed at a trot, keeping his hat on his head with a hand.
Shuichi motioned to the remaining guards and Suguru who proceeded to unpack the van with an assortment of boxes that would be carried up to the convention center to decorate the booth where Yuki would soon be displayed. The remaining 7 guards and Suguru falling into place around Shuichi in large circle, they proceeded up to the convention center.
"Suguru".
He fell into step beside Shuichi "Yes sir?"
"Have you received any messages from Hiro saying why the fuck he's not here?"
"No sir, do you want me to look for him?"
"Hm… no, he'll be fine. Knowing him he's probably just knocking up some babe then he'll meet us here later. Don't bother, but if you get a message, let me know right away".
"Very good sir". Suguru fell back into formation, eyes looking around at the crowd surrounding them.
(Switch of POV! We're going to Hiro and Shuichi who are locked in the bedroom in the normal world with the psychotic Hiro outside.)
"Just tell me! I swear I can take anything you say!" but he added silently to himself 'well…almost anything'.
Hiro paused, still looking decisively green, then said slowly, watching Shuichi the whole time "well, he was lying on the floor and…his head was backwards…" That's all it took. Shuichi's violet eyes widened then rolled up in his head as he fell backwards in a dead faint.
Rushing forward, Hiro grabbed Shuichi before he hit the ground. 'Oh crap shit, this can't get any worse…' However, as if the fates had heard him, there came a loud thump and a splintering sound. Spinning around, Hiro shook Shuichi frantically as he saw that the door now had a large groove in the middle where a large, sharp object had smashed through. The limp form in his arms groaned and shifted, causing Hiro to look down.
"Come on Shuichi! Wake up!" Hiro looked around the room for some kind of weapon and finally settled on a lamp. Not really effective, but it could do.
THUMP
"Shit shit shit" Hiro propped Shuichi form up against the wall away from the door and stood holding the lamp.
THUMP
The door now had a large hand reaching through it, groping for the door handle. Panicking, Hiro swung at the hand with the lamp that he held.
"OWW!" The hand quickly pulled back and the door's hole grew larger as the ax repeatedly hit it. Finally, the door had enough and fell off its hinges, revealing a very pissed off Hiro holding an ax on the other side. For Hiro, this was the weirdest sensation that he'd ever had. There was…himself… on the other side of the door frame, with dyed black hair, black leather vest, and ripped jeans that looked like they had splatterings of blood on them.
Hiro held up his lamp and charged at the dark Hiro, swinging the lamp. At this sudden movement, dark Hiro brought up the ax and blocked the lamp then swung around, slashing at Hiro's chest. Jumping back, Hiro barely dodged the ax, but still received a small cut from one shoulder to the other. Swiping at dark Hiro, he managed to connect with his chin, causing his counterpart to stumble backwards then with a strange little "oof" fall forward, revealing a newly conscious Shuichi who held a now bloody paper weight.
"D-did I kill him?"
Hiro checked the prone form on the ground "No, just really knocked out. Could you go grab some rope for me or something? I don't want him to wake up and go at us again." Shuichi nodded and ran out to get some. Grabbing the dark Hiro, Hiro dragged him to the bathroom and threw him in there, locking the door on the outside after he left.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!"
"Shit…" Hiro ran out of the room, remembering in a flash that Yuki was lying in the living room, not quite alive anymore.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH YUUUUKKKIIII!" When Hiro reached the room, he saw Shuichi standing in the middle of the room, staring at the disfigured Yuki in the middle of the room and screaming for all he was worth.
"Shuichi, why don't you-"
"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"-just come here. We can-"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"-take him to a doctor later on. Now just come here". 'Although it looks way too late for a doctor to be of any help…'
"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" Hiro strode over to Shuichi and forcibly dragged him out of the room back to the bedroom. Once there, Shuichi collapsed against Hiro, sobbing for all he was worth. After a few minutes, Hiro took Shuichi's chin in his hands and forced Shuichi to look at him as tears fell from his still sobbing friend.
"Shuichi, I know that it's been a big shock but you need to keep your mind on what needs to be done. Your Yuki is trapped in that other…place…and you need to get him out!" he was still rather confused about all that was going on here but would try anything to get Shuichi to calm down.
"B-but Yuki is out there!"
"Shuichi, your Yuki is in that other place. He needs you to get him out".
"H-he does?" Shuichi looked up at Hiro with large tear filled violet eyes.
"Yep, so we better get going if we want to get Yuki back".
Shuichi frowned and thought about it. There was a Yuki out there that was obviously dead. This much was clear. But there was also HIS Yuki in the other world that was still alive…and…his Yuki needed him. That was all that it took "Let's go! My Yuki needs me!" Wrapping a long strip of cloth over his forehead that read YUKI, Shuichi strode out and towards the wall that lead to the other place.
Hiro smiled and followed after making sure that the other Hiro was still knocked out in the bathroom. Relocking the door, he strode after Shuichi, took one last glance at the dead Yuki, then walked through the wall.
I hope you guys liked this chapter. I personally did. However, I think I'm going to have fun next chapter with the convention center. A further note on this chapter before I bid adieu: the Yuki from the dark world really is dead. There will be no bringing back that poor…abused…Yuki /sob/. But, maybe this'll bring something out in the other characters that you never saw before. till next time, Summoner out.