Angels in Heaven
Part Three- Ran & Jei
"Where are you going?" Jei asked the teenager as he skipped down the stairs and out the kitchen door.
Ran paused at the threshold wearing a pair of slippers that matched his pajamas. "I heard something," he said want went outside. Curious Jei walked to the door and watched the redhead root around behind the dumpster. A moment later he came back with something squirming against his chest. How the child had found a grey kitten under a dumpster was anyone's guess. The teen pet it little then set the tiny creature down again, a moment later a larger cat appeared carrying the kitten in her mouth and disappeared down the alley.
Jei shook his head. "Come on back inside before you catch cold." He said noting the boy was wearing Schu's jeans, shirt, and favorite jacket. "And go change before Schuldich swats you for wearing his clothes."
"He knows I'm wearing them." Ran said absently picking his way across the snow then stopped eyes focused on something at the mouth of the alley.
"Hey Red."
Jei turned as Ran rushed forward to catch a collapsing teenage street kid. Sake grunted in pain as he landed in the redheads grasp.
"Sake, what happened to you?" Ran asked in concern giving Jei a pleading look. The adult sighed and walked out into the alley bare foot to pick the young man up and carry him inside.
"Had a little run in with creepy guy, said he was after someone named Nagi, and when I refused to help he wasn't happy." Sake said sitting gingerly in a chair. "I got away, but that guy sure can hit."
"Did he do more then hit you?" Jei asked taking the first aid kit from a cabinet. "And don't lie to save your pride."
Sake shook his head. "I didn't stay long enough to find out why?"
"Because the last boy he had his hands on wasn't that lucky." Jei growled.
Sake's eyes widened and he cringed a little. "Look pops, I didn't tell that guy anything, I don't even know a Nagi!" he defended holding out his hands in surrender.
"I'm Nagi." The slender brunette said from the door way as he entered the kitchen. "That man is named Bradley Crawford. Four months ago he had me all alone, and now he wants me back."
Sake looked at Nagi with a sympathetic understanding. "I didn't tell him anything I swear."
"I believe you," Ran said with a reassuring smile.
Nagi narrowed his eyes. "Ran, we don't know him, how do you know he's telling the truth? It could be some trick!"
"Jealous much?" Sake asked wincing as he tried to turn. "Sorry kid, I don't play that game; and how am I suppose to 'trick' you if I don't know you?"
"He has a point Nagi." Jei said setting down the first aid kit and took out bandages and other supplies. "He's innocent in this case. As much as it surprises me."
Nagi snorted. "If he's innocent I'm ungifted." He said shattering a plate with his telekinesis to make his point then stomped back up stairs.
Jei sighed. "I'll go talk to him." He said handing the peroxide to Ran.
Both teens watched the adult go then turned to look at each other. Ran blushed lightly turning his head busing himself with damping a bit of gauze and started cleaning a cut on Sake's arm. The other teen watched the redhead with a hooded gaze. Carefully he took the slender hand in his holding it in a light grip. Ran raised his gaze to the brunette in confusion gently tugging his hand back so he could finish.
Sake snaked his other arm around the redhead's slender waist drawing him close with a frown. "You don't eat." He stated noting how thin Ran was. "You should eat, it's healthy."
I do eat." Ran protested trying to take a step back.
Sake snorted. "How much do you weigh? One ten? Ninety?"
"One five." Ran answered yanking his hand out of the others grasp and deliberately touched the cloth to an open cut on the side of Sake's face.
The brunette merely grunted and tightened his hold on the redhead. "That's to thin." He said gripping the thin hand again. "I weigh one forty, and I live on the streets half the time. What do they do starve you?"
"Let me go!" Ran protested struggling against the stronger grip. "I don't have to answer to you!"
"Calm down," Sake said leaning forward and kissed the redhead on the nose. Ran leaned back scrunching his nose as if about to sneeze.
"What did you do that for?" he asked.
"Cause you're so damn cute." Sake answered leaning in again this time touching his lips against the redheads.
"Stop it," Ran protested squirming in the older teens grip. Sake simply kissed him again a little more forcefully until Ran let out a soft moan and gave in. carefully Sake shifted his grip on the redhead so he had both arms wrapped around the slender waist and the narrow hips trapped between his thighs. Tracing his tongue over full lips he coaxed Ran's apart and slipped into the warm crevasse of the redhead's mouth.
Unknown to either of them Jei watched from the doorway a frown marring his features.
Slowly Ran and Sake parted breathing heavily. The redhead bowed his head licking his lips absently then began cleaning Sake's wounds. They stayed silent for several moments until Jei made his presence known.
"Done?" he asked directing his question more to Sake then Ran.
"Yes," Ran said stepping away from the brunette a light blush covering his cheeks.
"Good," Jei said, "Then I can take you home Sake."
"Sure pops." Sake said in his usual smart mouth manner.
"You stay." The adult told Ran while guiding Sake out to the garage.
"Because I said so." Jei snapped. "And put on your own clothes."
Ran stomped his foot lightly and went back into the building.
Jei waited for Sake to get in the car before pulling out of the garage into traffic. "Stay away from Ran," he warned not bother to ask for a location the boy wanted to be dropped off.
"Why?" Sake asked. "Because I'm street trash or because I'm male?"
"Because I don't trust your intentions with my son." Jei growled. There he had said it, it was official, he was now a father.
"Oh really?" Sake asked sarcastically. "And just what are my intentions? Don't tell me, to corrupt his non existent innocence? Or am I going to use him for his money?"
Jei glared pulling to the curb on a random street. "Get out."
"Maybe I should have told that guy what he wanted to know." Sake said bitterly. "You sure as hell weren't worth the beating." Then he opened the door to get out.
"Crawford raped Nagi," Jei said. "He would have raped you and I'm certain if he knew Ran was sixteen he would be after him to."
Sake turned back to the adult. "So? You're afraid I'm going to get Ran rapped or are you afraid I'll rape him?" He asked dryly. "Sorry to disappoint you Pops, but I don't do that." He said and slid out of the car.
Jei waited until the teen slammed the door shut before pulling away and drove off at a high speed. However in the review mirror he saw Crawford grab the teen from behind placing a cloth over his face and slammed on the breaks. Sake struggled with the American using a well placed kick to his instep and broke free.
Jei backed up quickly as the teen ran for the car and threw open the door at the appropriate time. He knew the ether would fully set in, in a moment and preferred not to have to get out of the car to retrieve the brat.
Sake scrambled into the car and shut the door slapping the door lock just as Crawford reached the door trying to open it. With a rev of tires Jei threw the car into gear and hit the gas before the American could think of breaking the window.
"Well damn." The brunette said them his eyes fluttered closed and he slumped against the door.
Jei sighed and took out his cell phone calling Schuldich directly not wanting to chance Ran or Nagi over hearing the conversation. There was no need to prematurely panic them. "It's me," Jei said when the German picked up his line. "Get Ran and Nagi and get out of there."
"What happened?" Schuldich asked from the other side of the line.
"Just do as I say." Jei snapped and hung up. Throwing the cell into an empty cup holder Jei turned down a random street wearily watching for pursuers. Reaching out a hand he checked to make sure his passenger was truly just sleeping then did something he hadn't in a long time.
He prayed.
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Ran stood just outside the kitchen doorway leaning against the alley wall. The jacket he wore wasn't really meant to stand against the unseasonably cold weather, but he didn't want to go inside for a better one. He just didn't understand, Nagi had been jealous and Jei had all but forbid him to even think about Sake….
Sake.
He looked so much like Ken even his personality was like the soccer players though he tried to hide it behind a smart mouthed brat. Then he had kissed him…his first real kiss and now he was so confused. Did he like Sake like that? Could he like anyone like that? And if he did what would he do since his family obviously didn't like him.
He wiped away tears that he felt sting at his eyes. They could dictate his life, he was sixteen and Jei not only had custody of him but by law he was Jei's son. Because of that Schuldich could dictate his life as well leaving Nagi the only one on his side. It wasn't that reassuring. Dammit why didn't he leave when he had the chance all those months ago?
"Ran," Schuldich called softly from the door way. "Ran come inside, you're going to get sick."
"Maybe I will." Ran said unmoving, "Shouldn't it be my choice?"
"Kitten," the German said reaching out to touch the teen's arm. Ran moved out of the man's reach stepping out into a small patch of un-melted snow in his socks. Schuldich narrowed his eyes following the redhead and bodily picked him up out of the snow. "Dammit Ran, are you trying to kill yourself?"
"Put me down!" Ran yelled squirming in the adults arms.
Schuldich carried the teen into the house and into the living room then dropped him unceremoniously onto the couch. He didn't allow the boy to get away; he leaned down pinning the child's arms against the cushions and got right into his face. "What is wrong with you? This self destructive attitude is not the Ran I know. You're better then this child, you've faced worse problems then this, why the hell are you giving up now?"
"They're dead!" Ran cried struggling against the adult. "They're dead because of me! And I'm being punished!"
"How are you being punished?" Schuldich asked releasing the boy's hands to cup his face between them. "Because of us? Ran have we ever done anything to you to make you think we don't like you? Have we done something to hurt you since you've been with us?"
Ran shook his head. "No," he said softly.
"Then how are you being punished?" Schuldich asked.
Ran shook his head. "They're dead," he repeated weakly. "They did everything to make sure I was safe and they died! And now everything I do just hurts others! I can't go outside without getting someone hurt. And Sake…."
"What about Sake?"
"He looks just like Ken, they could be brothers, and now he's been hurt because of me!" Rand said new tears falling down his face. "Crawford hurt him because he met me."
Schuldich sighed. "You don't know that for sure Ran," he said letting the boys face go and sat down next to him wrapping his arms around the too thin waist. "He could have been looking for him before you met."
"What do you mean?" Ran asked. "Why would he be looking for some kid?"
"He did the same thing to Nagi," Schuldich said. "I wouldn't put it past him to pick up a plaything while planning his revenge."
"What!" the teenager exclaimed sitting up to look at the man in shock. "Plaything?"
"Crawford is a pedophile." Schuldich explained. "For years he's wanted Nagi but Jei and I kept him away, and he didn't have Nagi for long when we disbanded. But it was long enough.
Ran frowned. "He really hurt Nagi didn't he?" Schuldich nodded gathering the child into his arms and held him tightly. "Jei and I only want what's best for you. We want to protect you from all the evils you are still innocent of, and believe me you're more innocent then you know. But we can't do that if you constantly rebel."
"I'm not a baby." Ran protested snuggling against the warmth of the adult.
"Yes, you are kitten." Schuldich said lightly. "You are supposed to be a child not an adult. You have your whole life to be an adult, but only so long to be young and cared for. You shouldn't be stripped of that right anymore then you have been."
"Why are you so nice?" Ran asked softly starting to fall asleep. "I thought you wanted to kill me."
Schuldich chuckled lightly. "Most days I want to kill Jei and he's still alive."
"That's only 'cause he's win." The teen murmured his eyes drooping closed.
Schuldich shook his head kissed the top of the teens head, and leaned back on the couch getting comfortable. Nagi appeared a few minutes later eyes red rimed from crying earlier. Carefully he sat down on the couch and leaned against the German's shoulder.
"Is he going to be ok?" the brunette asked softly.
"I hope so." Schuldich whispered. He shifted reaching a hand into his pocket to extract his cell phone as it vibrated against his hip. "Hello?"
"It's me?" Jei said over the line. "Get Ran and Nagi and get out of there!"
Schuldich glanced at Nagi. "Why?" he asked.
"Just do as I say." Jei demanded then the line went dead.
Schuldich sighed and put his cell phone in the pocket of his jacket Ran wore. "Go get the phones and trackers and a dry pair of socks and Ran's shoes." He said shifting the teenager so he could stand while holding him.
"Ok," Nagi said softly getting up and ran upstairs.
Schuldich held Ran tightly against his chest and made his way to the garage. Opening the door he felt something wrong and paused. Unfortunately he felt the presence thirty seconds too late, the door was slammed open knocking him back so he lost his hold on the rousing teenager and dropped him. In that momentary confusion something was sprayed in his face.
Ran rolled as Schuldich fell like a sack of potatoes and looked up to see two men in ski masks. He didn't have to be psychic to know who they were after. Flinging out his hand he used what little control of his telekinesis that he had pushing the men back into the garage long enough to get away. Unknowing if Schuldich was alive or not he slammed the garage door shut and locked it then hurried to go find Nagi.
The brunette was already rushing to find out what was going on when Ran found him. "What's going on?" Nagi asked as the redhead grabbed his arm and dragged him upstairs.
"Somebody's after us!" Ran said quickly grabbing his shoes from the teen and slipped them on. "Schu cant help they took him out! We have to hurry!"
"Hurry where?" Nagi asked panicked. "There's no place to hide!"
"Yes there is." Ran said going into Schuldich's room and hurried to the closet. Carefully he took the paneling off the hidden compartment and shoved Nagi inside. "Use your gift to keep the panel shut, they don't know you're here."
"What about you?" Nagi asked not liking this one bit.
"Don't worry about me." Ran said already covering the cubby hole.
"Here!" Nagi said thrusting Ran's tracker and phone into his hands. "Be careful."
Ran took the object and nodded then put the panel in place effectively hiding the older teen. Quickly he shoved shoes and clothes on the floor to better hide the secret compartment then scrambled out of the room.
"There he is!" came a shout from behind him as he ran for the stairs to the attic and roof. "Find the other one! The boss wants the children."
Ran sped up his pace, all he had to do was get to the roof, and then he could jump to the next building….
Something hit him from behind that sent a spark of pain and a wave of dizziness through his body. He faltered and felt halfway up the stairs. The dart dislodged as he rolled down the steps but he already felt his limbs go numb. Moments later his vision blurred and he passed out.
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From the lack of pursuit Jei knew Sake was a diversion whether the boy was a willing participant or not. Someone wanted Jei out of the house because they knew they could take out Schuldich but not him. Changing course from a designated rendezvous point back to the house Jei reached out and shook the teenager hard.
"Wake up." Jei said rousing the boy as much as he could. "Where did Crawford take you?"
"Take me?" Sake repeated eyes fluttering open then closed again.
"When he had you, where did he take you?" Jei clarified putting a steady pressure on the boys shoulder to keep him awake.
"I donno…." The teen murmured. "A warehouse I think."
"Where?" Jei insisted shaking the teen again. "How long did it take you to find us?"
Sake shook his head. "A few hours I think, I don't remember much. Just that I had to get away and find Ran. There was something I had to tell him."
"Stay awake!" Jei ordered as Sake's eyes closed. "What did you have to tell him?"
"His age…" Sake said unable to stay awake. "Crawford knows his age…."
"Fuck!" Jei exclaimed and hit the breaks in front of the building. Locking Sake inside the car he hurried inside already dreading what he would find. "Schuldich!"
"Here," the German said from the kitchen gingerly picking himself off the floor. "Mien Gott, my head hurts."
"What happened?" Jei demanded helping the younger man to a chair.
"I was carrying Ran to the garage when someone broke in, they sprayed something in my face; I just woke up." Schuldich said feeling the back of his head for any injuries.
"Are they still here?" Jei asked.
The telepath paused for a moment. "Nagi is," he said slowly wincing slightly from the exertion. "There's a secret compartment in my closet that Ran found. Nagi's in that. I can't sense Ran; they must have gotten him."
Jei nodded. "Stay here, I'll get Nagi then we have to move."
"Yeah sure, I'll follow you when the room stops spinning." Schuldich said rubbing his fingers against his temple.
Jei patted the man on the shoulder and hurried upstairs. He got as far as the second floor when he discovered a point of struggle. Little purple shards were scattered on the floor along with the guts of a cell phone. A few feet away at the bottom of the next flight of stairs was the pendent with the tracker in it, its chain broken.
There would be no finding Ran easily now.
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Ran woke slowly his mind foggy from the sedative he had been given hours before. Shifting slightly he abstractly noted he was laying on something very soft that was likely a bed. Thankfully he was still fully clothed and was unrestrained. However from the way his body felt unresponsive his captor probably felt restraints were unnecessary.
"You must be wondering who to blame by now." Crawford said conversationally from somewhere in the room. "That boy for accidentally giving you away; I must admit discovering you are younger then Nagi was a bit of a surprise. Or do you blame Jei for becoming the father you wish your own was? He's great at planning but personally I would have changed my location. But in the case you should blame Weiss for dieing and Kritiker for abandoning you."
Ran flinched feeling the man caressing his face, but unable to move or open his eyes.
"So many to blame," Crawford said wistfully. "I suppose I should thank all of them. Without them I would never have discovered you. Ah, here is one of them now." Someone was dumped on the bed beside him. "Jei was so good to leave my little bird where I could get him after he got away from me. But don't worry Abyssinian he will be joining his brother in hell soon and then it will be just you and me."
Ran felt a whimper escape his throat as he struggled to get his limbs to move, to open his eyes, anything that meant he wasn't completely helpless.
"Don't fight the sedatives now," Crawford taunted. "They will wear off in time, by then I will have killed the others and have you completely compliant. I have foreseen it."
'No,' Ran thought a single tear sliding from behind his closed eye lid. 'No, you can't kill then they're all I have left.'
His body shifted again, his fingers moved to grip one of the unconscious boy's hands. He had to move, if he didn't it would be his fault the others died just like it was his fault everyone else was dead. He had gifts now, powers to rival Nagi, powers that he could use. He had some control, enough that he could flush the drugs out of his system and wake up; he could wake up Sake and they could get away. But on the other hand Nagi had the power to hurt Crawford and Crawford still raped him, so what chance did he have against the man?
"He'll be leaving soon." Ken promised next to his ear. "I promised I'd be there when you needed me, that I'd protect you. Even in death, remember?"
'Yes,' Ran thought already feeling the power rising and his body come back to his control. 'Ken, don't leave me.'
He felt a soft caress lightly tickle his nose, "I will never leave you Aya," Ken promised, "I will always make sure you are safe to grow up."
Ran's fingers tightened around Sake's as he gently used his gift to revive the boy but also silently told him not to move. With his eyes still closed he heard Crawford moving about the room then felt a blanket being draped over his body.
"I must be off to seek my revenge now." Crawford is with a sigh. "Do stay in bed until I return, I'm sure Sake will keep you company while he dies."
The sound of footsteps could be heard then a door being opened and closed followed by a lock from the outside. Ran held still for a moment longer then sat up followed closely by the brunette.
"What did he mean about be dying?" Sake asked in a whisper watching the room's door wearily.
"He poisoned you." Ran answered taking deep breaths to ward off the wave of fatigue. "He wants me compliant. Having to spend hours unable to move with a dead body next to me might have done it, but luckily he doesn't know I'm no ordinary sixteen year old."
"You don't say?" Sake asked raising an eyebrow.
"You seem to be handling this well." Ran said with his own raised eyebrow. Why was it that Sake was taking all of this in stride?
The brunette shrugged. "Hey my dead brother led me to you. I've already had my freak out."
"Who's your brother?" Ran asked thinking one dead person gave him advice was to much of a coincidence.
"Oh, you might have heard of him, he was a big soccer star a few years back before he was killed. Hidaka Ken?"
Ran gasped. "You're Ken's brother?" he asked; no wonder Sake looked just like Ken.
Sake nodded. "Yeah, people always said we look just like twins, but I'm three years younger." He frowned. "Did you know him?"
"Yes," Ran said softly. "He took care of me until he died."
Sake shook his head in confusion. "How could he have done that?" he asked, "He died four years ago."
"I'll tell you when we have more time." Ran said shifting on the bed to get out.
Sake caught his wrist turning the redhead back to him. When Ran turned his head, mouth open to ask what was wrong, the brunette leaned forward kissing the redhead passionately. When they parted they stared at each other mouths less then an inch apart. Then they were kissing again the danger of their situation momentarily lost to them.
Sake moved his hand to place it on Ran hip; instead his hand hit something hard that rattled slightly. Breaking the kiss he looked down then reached into the pocket of the green jacket wrapped around the thin body. "What's this?" he asked pulling out the object.
Ran's eyes widened as he took the device. "It's Schu' cell phone, he must have gotten a call and put it in his jacket pocket out of habit." He said flipping open the cell and started punching in Jei's number.
"Why are you wearing his jacket?" Sake asked a little jealous.
"Its comfy." The redhead said holding the phone to his ear. "It's me," he said as was the usual way of identifying one's self over a phone. "Crawford's headed after you, I'm going to the safe house; Sake's with me and I have Schu's cell." There was a pause where Ran smiled at the brunette. "He's safe enough. I'll call if we have to hide out somewhere for a while. Bye." Then hung up before the adult could answer.
He gave Sake one of his deadly smiles. "You do realize that if you're really in league with Crawford or anyone trying to kill me that I will kill you and not think twice about it right?"
"Then I guess I better call off my flying Ninja buddies then." Sake said seriously except for the twinkle in his eyes and the absurdity of the statement.
"You should." Ran said with a nod just as serious pocketing the cell phone. "Come on we better leave before Crawfish comes back." He tried to open the door then remember it had been locked from outside.
"How are we going to get out?" Sake asked trying the door himself.
"Well let me take a look at the lock." Ran said shrugging off the jacket and handed it to Sake. Before Sake could ask what he meant Ran walked through the door.
Sake blinked at the door, "If you could do that then why not take me with you?"
"'Cause I can't," Ran said walking through the door again. "I can't really put myself through objects unless I concentrate or you scare me. And then only me."
"Oh," Sake said thinking it wouldn't be a good idea to scare the redhead. "So how do we get out?"
"Well," Ran said taking back the jacket and wrapped it around his slender body. "You're going to wrap your arms around me and close your eyes."
"I can do that." Sake said slipping his arms around the redhead holding him tight. Leaning in he pressed his lips against Ran's and closed his eyes. There was an instant of disorientation and when he opened his eyes they were standing in the hallway. "Wow that was hot."
Ran rolled his eyes disentangled him from the older boys grip. "Come on, we need to go before Crawford comes back."
"Cant you just do what you just did again?" Sake asked wearily of meeting the man again.
Ran shook his head. "I have to know where I'm going and my range is only ten feet. Five if I have to take someone with me. Besides it takes a lot to take someone with me. Besides it takes a lot out of me to do it, that's why I don't use my gifts that often."
"Oh," Sake said looking around to make sure the coast was clear. "Shale we then?"
"Certainly." The redhead said with a smile slipping his hand into Sake's.
Leaving the building proved easy as it was an apartment building which could really be guarded without raising suspicion. They made their way into the heart of Tokyo quickly pausing at shops to casually look in the windows like a couple of teenagers out and about instead of two teens on the run. It would be pointless to go to a police man and hailing a taxi was out of the question. They had to rely on the fact Crawford was far away and he had no cronies watching for them.
However Ran's picture flashing on the display TV's in an electronic store caught their attention in an entirely different way.
"Takatori Mamoru grand son of Tokyo's Takatori Saijou, retired head of Takatori Enterprises' Will, has been located. Mamoru died last year leaving his inheritance and family name to soul benefactor Fujimiya Ran. Saijou is currently looking for this mysterious young man with intent on making him the heir to his fortune as his grandson stated." The news caster said whole Ran's picture filled the screen. "His private investigators are said to have recently located the boy but no details have been released. In other news…."
"Oh that's not good." Ran said softly looking around self-consciously to see if anyone had recognized him.
"Why is that not good?" Sake asked, "Other then he'd probably take you away from your father?"
"We have to get to the safe house." Ran said instead of answering, already dragging Sake behind him.
"The subway should be fastest," Sake said taking the lead for the nearest station.
"Do you have any money?" Ran asked. "I don't, I wasn't planning on being kidnapped you know."
"I don't have any either, but we can jump the turnstiles, the guards usually let kids get away with it." Sake explained.
"I guess," Ran conceded.
"Just show then your beautiful eyes and they'll give us tokens."
Ran rolled his eyes. "Flatter."
"I'm just telling the truth." Sake said stopping at the light to cross the street.
"I'm not that pretty." Ran insisted blushing lightly.
"Trust me, you are." Sake said twining their fingers together.
Suddenly Ran shrieked his hand pulled from Sake's grasp. Sake turned to find the redhead being pulled into a limo by a large man. He moved to help but was stopped by an even larger man.
"Mr. Takatori thanks you for keeping his heir safe." The man said thrusting an envelope into the teen's hands. "Take this as a token of his appreciation."
Sake opened his mouth in shock. "What? Wait! You can't take him! He has a family!"
"Sake help!" Ran called struggling not to be put in the limo. "Let me go!" he broke free long enough to wind his arms around the brunette and refuse to let go."
"Bring them both." A voice said from inside the limo.
"Yes sir." The guard said pushing them both toward the open door. Both resisted until the larger guard covertly threatened them with a gun. Sake climbed into the back of the limo first making sure he stayed in physical contact with the frightened teen. Ran curled onto Sake's lap once they were seated, wrapping his arms around the brunette's neck.
The man that sat in the seat across from them was regal and proud. He looked very much like his sons and radiated a power that said a lot for his age. Ran watched the man wearily his head resting on Sake's chest. Saijou regarded them coldly like a predator waiting to strike.
"So you are my grandson's heir." The old man finally said as the limo pulled away headed rapidly into traffic. "You look like a female."
Ran winced at that proclamation curling tighter around Sake for comfort.
"Take off your jacket." The old man ordered. "I want a better look at you."
Ran hesitated then sat up enough to take off Schuldich's coat revealing a too thin body clad in a simple tee shirt and jeans paired with the custom made soft leather gloves he never took off. The gloves stopped just below his shoulder and were made so the fingers were seamless allowing him to write and use his fingers unhindered.
Saijou narrowed his eyes at the frail boy. "Remove the gloves as well."
Ran shook his head. "No," if he removed the gloves and touched something he would See and all he Saw was death.
"I said remove the gloves." Saijou said raising his voice slightly.
"No," Ran insisted.
"Disrespectful child." The old man spat. "Do as I say!"
Tears slid down the redhead's face as he once again refused. He couldn't, he couldn't survive Seeing his family dead again. "I can't," Ran insisted. "I'm touch psychic. It would kill me."
"Fine." Saijou said nodding to his guards. The largest wrenched Ran down onto the floor pinning him into his stomach, the other trained his weapon on Sake to keep him seated. Ran struggled knowing without a doubt what was about to happen to him.
"It's in your friend's best interest that you cooperate." The old man said watching the proceedings without feeling. "I'm sure he wouldn't want to be executed for you."
Ran immediately stopped struggling. He whimpered as his pants were undone and pulled down along with his underwear. The large guard put on rubber gloves to protect his hand and squirted some oil onto his fingers. With the other hand he spread the boy wide and inserted the slick finger. Ran tensed at the intrusion a sob escaping his mouth from fear and pain.
"He's still pure." The guard said removing his finger and pulled off the glove.
"Well we can't have that." Saijou said shaking his head. "If he's pure he can be sacrificed, and I can not let that happen. Kill him."
Without hesitation the guard pulled out a knife and took a fist full of Ran's hair tugging his head back to expose his neck.
"Wait!" Sake said holding out a hand. "If you don't want him pure, let me take it."
Saijou regarded the teen suspiciously. "If you do so, I will have both of your married to save the honor of my family name." he said. "I would be more honorable just to kill him."
"I'll marry him." Sake assured the man.
Meanwhile Ran had taken the distraction to pull up his pants as the guard had released him. He sat up his back against Sake's legs then reached out to take the brunettes hand in his.
"But it won't be necessary." Sake continued.
"Why not?" Saijou asked unperturbed Ran had moved.
"Because I forgot to mention something." Ran said calming lifting himself up to once again sit in Sake's lap and slipped on the jacket.
"What would that be?" the old man asked mildly annoyed.
"I'm also a teleporter." Ran explained with a smile.
Sake waved his fingers wrapping his other arm around the redhead. "Bye-bye." He said.
Then they vanished.
888
Jei was only willing to wait so long for Ran to arrive before picking up his keys intent on going out to look for the teen. Schuldich and Nagi had already stopped him twice but now both were sleeping off the stress of the day. He reached the door when it opened allowing Ran and Sake to step in, the brunette more or less carrying the redhead.
"What happened?" Jei demanded taking Ran into his arms and laid him on the couch.
"Don't worry it was safe sex," Ran said sarcastically. "Ow."
"If you think that was sex I have a whole other boat to show you Ran." Sake said kneeling down by the redhead.
"No thank you, I've been violated enough today." The redhead teen said shifting to try to get comfortable.
"What happened?" Jei demanded again just about ready to gut either one of them.
Ran sighed. "We got away from Crawford, but on the way we encountered Omi's grandfather." He said with disgust. "I think evil is hereditary, and I can only wonder why Omi wasn't the same way."
"Omi's father was Shuichi," Schuldich said from the hallway. "Not Reji."
"That explains it then." Ran said conversationally. "Well he found us, had one of his guard see if I'm still a virgin," he glanced at Jei, "I am by the way. When that was confirmed he was going to have me killed, but Sake stalled him long enough for us to get away."
"Why did he want you dead?" Jei asked meeting Schuldich's eyes in concern.
"He said since I'm pure I can be sacrificed." Ran said bitterly. "But it's dishonorable to have sex outside of wedlock, so better kill me then have dishonor or a sacrifice."
Jei snorted. "There is nothing dishonorable about that, if it's your choice." He said reaching out to cup a hand against the child's cheek. "As for the other, we aren't going to let that happen."
"Ok," Ran said and started to cry.
"Hey." Sake said climbing onto the couch and took the redhead into his arms. "Don't cry Red, you're safe now remember? They can't hurt you now."
Ran nodded into Sake's shoulder but continued to cry. The brunette looked to the two adults for answers, wanting to know what was wrong. Jei shook his head carefully shifting the teenager into his arms and held him close.
"He's tired," he said in a way of explanation standing to put Ran to bed. "Come you both need sleep."
Sake nodded following the man into a bedroom. There were two beds in the room, Nagi occupied one of them, and Jei set Ran down in the other then beckoned Sake to climb in behind him.
"If he doesn't calm down come get me." Jei said spreading a blanket around them. Sake nodded turning Ran around to hold him against his chest.
Schuldich was waiting for him when he returned a troubled expression on his face. "He didn't tell you how it was determined he's still a virgin." He said without prompting.
"I can guess," Jei said throwing himself down on the couch. "He was more then likely probed from the way he was carrying himself."
"Yes," Schuldich agreed. "It wasn't a kind experience."
"All I want to know, is he going to be alright?" Jei asked rubbing his temple.
"I think so," Schuldich said. "It wasn't as traumatic as it could have been. Sake seemed to nullify the situation fairly well. He stalled Saijou by offering to marry Ran to save his life and virtue."
"Is that so?" Jei asked amused. "I might hold him to that."
"You do that," Schuldich dead panned. He sat back in his chair stretching to reveal the tension in his back. "So, we have a gifted teenager with multiple gifts at moderate levels. A pre-cog pedophile that would like nothing more then to fuck him. The grandfather of a dead teammate who's insane. Plus an unknown faction that wants to sacrifice him; or at least we think so from what the ghost tells us. And to top it off he also have a teenager who's the younger brother of said ghost that believes himself to be in love with out resident victim."
Jei raised an eyebrow. "Repeat that last part?"
"What Ran's our resident victim or Sake is Ken's little brother?" Schuldich asked interested in the answer to that one; one never knew with Jei.
The Irishmen frowned. "That's what I thought you said."
Schuldich shook his head. "You are without a doubt the strangest man I've ever met."
Jei smiled at the German. Coming from you, I'll take that as a complements."
Schuldich laughed.
End Part Three
A/N:
Sorry this took so long to update, i kept forgetting and now im trying to work out a sequel which will be even longer in coming if it comes at all. not only that but i have several new fics in the works and one or two to finish before posting!
someone asked me a really good question dealing with this fic, i dont remeber where the question came from or from who; but you know who you are! anyway the question was about why Nagi and Ran let Crawford and Takatorihurt them; i thought about this, since i just wrote it all on a page, but i think i figured it out: Ran being new to his gifts wouldnt know how to defend himself; and Nagi, well he would have had it so ingrained into him not to hurt his teammates that even when one hurt him like they did he wouldnt and couldnt use his gifts to defend himself. remember they are children and in most situations children go out of their way to not hurt then ones that cared for them!
i hope that answered that; if not personally email at hotmail, tenshisama10 thanks!