Hey there dudes and dudettes! I've come back for this awesome chapter...I tried my best to include some action, and I hope ya'll like it! Please read on to see what happens! Also, thanks to Sheepstick for reviewing the last chapter, and to Silverquickstar, and Tira-kun for reviewing the other chapters-you guys rock! Please read and review!

Chapter 9: Broken Glass Silouhettes

Benimaru awoke to the light shining in his eyes. He groaned, turning to his other side. He didn't remember what had happened after the drink, but it seemed as if he hadn't slept all night. There was a sudden slight knock on the door, and a woman's muffled voice.

"Mr. Nikaido. Master Crimson is downstairs, waiting for you." She responded with an accent. He didn't answer, though. He lay there, with his hair covering his face, wishing that morning hadn't come yet. (I wonder if Kyo knows where I am...and what I've agreed to...) Benimaru thought as he sat up, searching the room for a moment. He spotted an open door, and realized that it was a bathroom. He got up, walking to it slowly. He looked at himself in the mirror, realizing that he hadn't shaved. He searched for a razor. Once he'd found one, he washed his face, then applied some shaving cream.

After shaving, he headed downstairs, where the maid looked at him as he walked toward the table. The food was already prepared, and Ash sat at the far end, that still present smirk on his face.

"Ah, bon jour Benimaru-kun...did you have a nice sleep?" He asked with a rather, small mischevious smile.

"Not really..." He responded, while Ash signaled him to sit down.

"Go ahead...eat. You'll need it." Ash murmured, playing with his cup of coffee.

"But...what is this?" Benimaru asked, looking at it with slight disapproval.

"Bread...and one of the French favorites...escargot..."

"Escargot?"

"Oui, snail...you don't like it?" He questioned, knowing the answer.

"N-no, I've never tasted it...but-"

"That's fine...Madame Questenia..." He called the maid, who came over to him, and bowed. "Bring him something more...American..." He finished, while the maid headed over to what seemed the kitchen.

"Now...would you like some coffee?" He asked, signaling the man, who had been standing in a corner of the room the whole time. Benimaru nodded his head. The man served him some coffee, while Ash began to talk.

"I'm sure you're anxious to know what I've gotten planned up..." Ash trialed off while the woman served Benimaru some eggs and bacon. Once she had left, and the man had gone out, seeing that this was going to be a private conversation, Ash finally continued. "...as to why I need your help...but...that will have to wait." He replied.

"How am I suppose to know what type of dirty work I'm going to do if you won't even tell me?" Benimaru spoke up, his eyes locking with Ash's.

"Dirty? I wouldn't call it dirty...more like cruel...evil..." Ash laughed slightly. "You'll know in time, Benimaru-kun, only time will tell..."

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"Who took him out?" Kyo shouted at the doctor, lifting him up from the ground by his shirt.

"I have no idea. No one saw him come in or out-"

"I've had enough of this...let's go, Shingo. I know who it is now..." Kyo put him down roughly, heading toward the exit. Shingo followed closely behind, wondering who Kyo was talking about.

"Kusanagi-san, who are you talking about?" Shingo asked, clearing his throat slightly.

"That bastard Ash...he should've been the one who did this..." Kyo responded.

"A-Ash?" Shingo stammered slightly. Kyo unlocked the car, and got inside. Shingo did the same. Kyo sighed in frustration.

"He's planning something...I know it."

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Meanwhile, Ash was on the phone with someone, while Benimaru looked off to the distance, wondering just how long he was going to be there...he needed to make up a plan to escape. He didn't want to be a part of this.

"Hmm, okay...tchao, Shen-kun." Ash hung up the phone, then looked at Benimaru for an instant.

"Are you ready to begin?" Ash asked.

"Begin what?" Benimaru asked with a confused look on his face.

"This." Ash was suddenly by his side, taking hold of his neck. Green flame in his other hand.

"W-what are you doing?" Benimaru managed, while he tried to loosen Ash's grip on his neck.

"Training...and torture...a test...to see if you're the right one." Ash replied. Benimaru felt the strange, electricity running through his body once more, then exploded in anger. The next thing he saw was Ash on the ground, with that smirk still on his face.

"Very good..." Ash managed breathlessly. His body still shook from the overwaging power that Benimaru had sent through his entire body. He got up slowly, and neared Benimaru, with his green flame still lit, ready to strike.

"A fight is what you want? Then you can have one!" Benimaru ran towards Ash, who dodged Benimaru's punch, then attacked with his own. He caught Benimaru in the stomach. He heard Benimaru grunt slightly. Ash ran outside, hoping that Benimaru would follow...afterall, he didn't want to ruin his own house just for a mild test with the clueless half American, half Japanese breeded man. By the time he had noticed, the blonde had caught up to him, and was now holding him down on the ground. He had almost forgotten that the blonde could run faster than he could due to his lightning speed. Benimaru held his hands behind his back, kneeing him square in the back so he couldn't make any moves of escape. Ash just laughed. After a few seconds, Benimaru let go, and let Ash stand up slowly. Ash had his back turned to Benimaru.

"Hmm...you're very good...considering that you don't remember any of your moves..." Ash stopped laughing for a moment, then turned around. Green orbs met blue.

"Just what do you want from me?" Benimaru had a mad look on his face. Was this man really going to command him to do anything for him? Or was he just going to use him? Ash didn't respond. He felt something trickle down the side of his face slowly. He reached for it, and wiped it off. It was red. (Blood...) Ash smirked, looking at his own blood on his finger tips. He licked it, then spit it out, an evil laugh emerged from him suddenly.

"You'll see..." Ash was at his side again, but this time, he gave him no warning. He punched him with his hand lit. The fire burned Benimaru's shirt rapidly, and Ash heard Benimaru's cry of pain as the fire reached his delicate skin. Before Benimaru had a chance to react, Ash did his Bluviose Excessive Emerald Ankle move, flipping three times, and kicking Benimaru with his leg, and flame. Benimaru was on the ground, cringing in pain. Ash grunted.

"For someone with speed, you sure let your guard down..." Ash laughed. Benimaru stood up slowly, almost falling as he did, holding his throbing arm. His whole body hurt, but his right arm seemed to give him the most pain.

"Bastard..." Benimaru gritted through his teeth, watching as the blood flowed from his arm. What had Ash done to him? It wasn't just the fire...it had been something else. He realized that it was a deep cut.

"Hmm...sounds like it really hurt you, didn't it?" Ash laughed, then prepared himself as Benimaru stood in a fighting stance once more.

"This isn't over...yet." Benimaru wondered why he was striving to beat him...he wondered if he was like this before he had lost his memory. He rushed at him, then felt the circulation of the lightning run through his body, then head for his arm, where it caught Ash in the stomach. It had been quick. One moment, Ash was on his feet, and the next he was on the ground, his stomach aching with pain...But the weird thing was...he was enjoying it. He looked at his now mud-stained clothes.

"My clothes are ruined...what a shame...this means that you will get much more punishment." Ash got up, kicking at Benimaru. He blocked the first two kicks, but by the time he saw Ash's hand, covered in his green flame from the corner of his eye, it was too late. Benimaru ended up on the ground once more, with the still present pain in his right arm, and now his face ached, burned. He felt the blood run from the corner of his mouth. He wiped it quickly, and got back up. (I'm not going to give up...I can't loose to him...) Benimaru thought as he saw Ash there, still smirking.

Ash gathered up energy from his flame, then released his Thermidor Thumper. Benimaru dodged it successfully, attacking Ash from the side with a powerful kick. Ash skid a few feet from him. Before Ash had time to react, Benimaru took him by the neck, remembering the doctor...and that intensifying power that he was sending into the doctor's body. He did so with Ash. A few seconds, later, he heard Ash laughing once more. (Why does he laugh at everything I do? Bastard...) Benimaru thought, intensifying those surges into Ash's body. Ash screamed out loudly. Benimaru felt his body weaken, as his own was as well.

"Hey, let-go!" He suddenly heard a voice, and a punch from behind. He dropped Ash, falling to the ground. He looked up at his attacker. It was a blonde, who spit on him as he kicked him in the gut, cursing in what seemed Chinese. Benimaru tried to get up, despite the blood that was emerging from his throat, and inside his mouth. He held it back, and got up, trying his best to aim a punch to the man, but failed. He fell to the ground, and the blonde picked him up by his already torn shirt, and punched him in the face. Benimaru felt his face go numb, but the blonde who held him released another punch that hit him on the side of the head. He was on the ground, everything had turned white for an instant, then he saw it...

It was him, steering a car at an increasing speed, then it going out of control. He gasped as he saw the car hit a pole, then he snapped back into reality, where he lay on the muddied grass, unable to move.

"Shen...I'm okay...we were just...practicing..." He heard Ash's voice. He was looking up at the sky. He still saw stars, but his vision blurred.

"Hn, you call that pracice? That guy could've elecrified your ass." The man named Shen said.

"Merci for the slight rescue, Shen-kun...but you didn't have to punch him like you did..." Ash seemed to be recovered from all the shock.

"He tried attacking me...what else was I suppose to do?" Benimaru heard him say. He closed his eyes, swallowing his own blood. He felt someone pick him up, and carry him inside, and onto the bed he had slept in the night before. His whole body ached...and all he wanted was rest...

"Don't worry, Benimaru-kun...you'll heal up...soon..." He heard Ash's voice before he drifted off into the darkness that engulfed him rapidly...

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Well, what did you guys think? Pretty good for my first attempt at an action scene, eh? lol Just kidding. BUT, if ya did think it was pretty good, then please send me a review-I'd greatly appreciate it! Thanks, later peace:D