Author- Luna P aka Nikki
Rating- R/M
Warning- Yaoi, language (from the very start to the very end n.n) abuse, violence, angst and Yami no Malik and Yami no Bakura n.n
Disclaimer- if I owned it then Ryuuji would get a lot more screen time, as would Yami no Malik and Malik himself. However I do not and I do not claim to so I ask for you to be nice and to not sue me n.n
Summary- Ryuuji and his lover have a fight and he storms out to calm down, when he doesn't return his loved ones start to worry, but what happened to him, where is he and will they find him before it's too late… SetoxRyuuji, YsxHs (and many others)
Dedication- To all of you who have waited so patiently, and believed that I would eventually update despite me being so slow with it. My apologies, I had writers block, though I decided to write through it hence the chapter being a little slow and crappy in the mid section there… sorry for the wait and hope that this is ok…
Thanks to all my reviewers, I love you all and appreciate everything you have said… Thanks to…
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Chapter four- Drag
He gripped the sink basin, his head pounding, threatening to split itself in two, and the clown laughing at him from where it lay discarded in the adjoining room. His eyes locked onto those of his reflections, he felt sick, he felt exhausted both physically and mentally, most of all he felt stupid, he felt like the fool he had so desperately tried not to become. His hands clenched into fists around the sink as his reflection stared back at him with a smirk of hatred and contempt, and he swore that he could feel his sanity slipping…
"Mr Kaiba, are you alright?" He turned to regard the man with a pallid look of stoicism, and relinquished his grip on the edge of the sink. Leaving the mirror and killing the reflection that had once lived within.
"Fine, please have a seat in my office," the CEO instructed as the two left the bathroom and walked back into the adjoining room. The other male smiled and sat down on the opposite side of the desk to Kaiba, glancing down momentarily at the clown pedant that lay upon the surface of the desk. Before he tore his gaze from the object and focused it on the man sat before him.
"If I may ask sir, why have you called me here? I was under the impression that today was my day off, not that I'm not happy to come in, it's just…" the younger male began tripping all over his words as he tried to voice his question in a way that would not get him fired.
"It was, is, but something has come up and I need your help, that is why you're here because you're my accountant and I need you to do something for me." The dragon-master explained, staring down at the clown pendant that seemed to shift from smiling to frowning, he internally shuddered, he had never liked clowns and he felt like that one was trying to strip him of his sanity. Felt as though it was blaming him, but then again wasn't he the one to blame?
"Ok then, what is it?" the younger asked, the CEO sighed and opened one of his desk drawers, sliding across the top of the desk a piece of paper. The other male lifted it from the wood and skimmed his eyes over it before glancing up questioningly.
"I need that sum of money transferred to that account as soon as possible,"
"Am I entitled to ask why?"
"Otogi Ryuuji has been kidnapped, that is the sum of money his captures are requesting I pay for his safe return." The younger nodded and ran a hand through his hair,
"I'm so sorry, when do you want the money to be payed into the account?" He asked, brown eyes locking with blue from across the table.
"By the end of the day at the latest," The CEO explained, standing from his seat, "I trust you can do that Mr Eiri,"
"Of course Mr Kaiba I shall do it straight away," he announced, rising from the chair and bowing slightly before heading over to the door and walking out of the office. The CEO sighed as he left and collapsed into his chair, running a hand through his hair. He would have to tell Mokuba, the younger would be angry, blame him, ignore him, but he had to tell him.
XxxxxXWhen he got home an hour later Mokuba was sat in the lounge playing a computer game with Malik who seemed ever so slightly confused by what he was supposed to be doing whilst being seriously pissed off because he was losing. Marik and Bakura glared up at the dragon master as he appeared in the doorway, arms folded over his chest.
"I thought I told you four to get out,"
"Mokuba asked us to stay," Ryou explained, walking into the room with a tray of drinks and snacks. He smiled down at Mokuba as he placed the tray on the table behind where Malik was sat muttering about unfair play and cheating.
"Yeah I did Nii-sama, we had a great time…" he stopped, still looking at Seto for a while, then decided it was best to voice the question that had been pressing on his mind since his big brother had left earlier that day. Since their fight, "when is Ryuuji coming back Nii-sama?" The raven-haired teen asked, his eyes never leaving those of his older brothers. Seto held his gaze for a while before glancing over to where Ryou and Bakura were sat on the couch.
"You didn't tell him?" the former priest asked, Bakura smirked darkly and Ryou shook his head,
"It was not our place," the white haired hikari explained, "it wouldn't have been right," he continued, his Yami just chuckled slightly. Glancing up to glare at the CEO,
"Well that's what Ryou said, to be perfectly honest I wanted to tell him as soon as you left, Ryou wouldn't let me. Said it was up to you to decide when and how to tell him or some shit like that." The Yami growled, folding his arms over his chest and continuing to glare at the brunette, "do you still believe that it was us Kaiba, or have you discovered evidence to make you believe otherwise?" The tomb robber continued, Mokuba glanced between the two, letting his gaze rest on his brother.
"What's he talking about Seto? Is it something to do with Ryuuji?" The younger asked, his tone dark and grave yet with an undertone of desperation, panic and urgency. "Seto?" the younger prompted after a long silence.
"If you don't tell him, I will," Marik snarled as his hikari returned to his lap, both sets of lavender eyes trained on the CEO with the intent to kill blazing within them. The CEO glared back at them, eyes narrowing dangerously.
"Get out of my house, all of you, now, I need to speak with Mokuba alone, you have no reason to stay here any longer now get the hell out." The former priest ordered, the Yami's just smirked darkly as their hikari's ushered them to their feet, explaining that it would be best to leave them to it and return tomorrow.
"Fine, we'll go, but if you haven't told him by tomorrow, I don't care what Ryou says I'll tell him everything without hesitation. Understood?" Bakura asked maliciously as he passed the CEO in the doorway said CEO just stared down at the Yami unimpressed.
"Get the fuck out of my house," the brunette snarled, losing his patience with the lunatics, it was not the best time to push him past the breaking point and this lot had already done that and just kept on pushing. He watched as the group left his house, sighing heavily and making his way into the lounge as the door slammed closed. Mokuba watched intently as his older brother sat down on the couch, the teen stood up and walked over to the couch, sitting down next to the dragon master.
"What was that about Seto? What's going on?" the younger asked, "I'm sorry that I shouted at you earlier, I was just upset that's all. You forgive me don't you?"
"Mokuba… stop…" the CEO instructed turning to face the younger Kaiba, "about what you said earlier, you were right. And as for Ryuuji… Mokuba… Ryuuji… well, Ryuuji's been kidnapped." The teen just stared at him for a while, charcoal eyes wide and shimmering with confusion.
"W…what… how… when?" the teen asked, panic evident in his voice, the CEO took a breath keeping himself calm and stoic, the mask eternally in place.
"I'm not sure, sometime last night," the dragon-master admitted, voice soft and gentle, he just wanted to go back, do things all over again, fix everything, not be so paranoid and most of all not let Ryuuji go out that night.
"When, after you threw him out?"
"I didn't throw him out."
"You may as well have"
"Mokuba, it's complicated,"
"It's only complicated because you make it complicated Seto," the younger Kaiba explained, "so, what are you going to do about it?" Mokuba asked, taking the situation a lot better than the dragon master had expected him to.
"Just leave it to me Mokuba," and before anything else could be said the phone rang.
XxxxxXRyuuji stirred, emerald-eyes opening, his vision however was blurred so he closed his eyes once again. He registered that he was no longer sat in a wooden chair but lying on something soft, a mattress perhaps. He sighed, not wanting to open his eyes, though maybe it had all just been a dream, maybe he was lying in bed, Kaiba asleep next to him. He could feel tears burning in his eyes at the thought and forced them away as he opened his eyes and glanced around. It hadn't been a dream…
He wasn't safe in Kaiba mansion, in his bed with his koi lying beside him, he was in an abandoned warehouse somewhere, lying on an old bed with his hands and legs bound to the bedposts. Waking up to that was not a very pleasant experience. He was scared, really scared, infact the dice master had gone beyond scared and was absolutely terrified, but he wouldn't show it. He wouldn't give them the gratification.
The dice master growled and began tugging on the restraints around his wrists. He felt like screaming as loud as his voice would let him, he felt like crying for as long as the tears would fall, he refused to do either. Focusing on trying to escape,
"You're awake," Ryuuji ripped his gaze from the restraints to the man leaning against the doorframe, Mikey stepped into the room, closing the door behind him with a gentle click. The raven-haired male watched him as he walked from the door to the bed, perching on the edge and gently knocking a few strands of raven-hair away from emerald-eyes. The dark-haired male just stared up at him for a while, noting that he had the same coloured eyes as Ville, and that they looked very similar to one another. The only really noticeable difference being that where as Ville had dark brown hair Mikey had light blonde. "I hope you don't mind being moved here, I thought that it was more comfortable."
"Not being restrained would be a hell of a lot more comfortable but you aren't going to remove these are you?" The dice-master growled tugging on the ropes to show what he was referring to. Mikey just shrugged and ran a hand through the blonde hair.
"That's not my call," he explained softly, his eyes locking with Ryuuji's, the dice master just narrowed his eyes warningly and ripped his gaze away, focusing on the wall to his left. "You know, I don't know why you put up with Kaiba, you could have so much better,"
"Shut up, you have no right to talk about my relationship like that." Ryuuji growled, keeping his gaze on the wall.
"Hm, but it's true is it not, he doesn't even believe you, he doesn't trust you, he'd sooner trust a stranger like me." The dice-master just chose to ignore the other, what he was saying was true, but Kaiba had reason to be paranoid. After all Ryuuji did have a reputation as being a slut, he wasn't but that reputation hung round his neck like a noose and wasn't going to go anywhere anytime soon, especially in Kaiba's mind.
"I said shut up," the raven-haired male reminded, turning to glare at the blonde,
"But he did trust me more than he trusted you. You see I told him that you had been having an affair with me behind his back, said that you had tricked him into falling for you, tricked him into loving you. That's when he stormed off, then he went home, you had a fight, left the mansion, sounding familiar?" Jade-eyed narrowed
"You did that? You bastard!" Ryuuji yelled tugging on the restraints once again, he wanted nothing more than to rip the other males heart out with his teeth. "How dare you tell him that! What gives you the right to fuck with peoples relationships!" The dice-master screamed, thrashing around on the bed as he tried, in vein, to free himself.
"I had to, Ville told me to," Ryuuji growled, tugging on the restraints and continuing to thrash, he had to get out, had to talk to Kaiba.
"If Ville told you to jump off a fucking cliff would you?"
"If he said that it would help Alex in the long run then yes of course I would,"
"What?" Ryuuji stopped, lying still in the centre of the bed, "whose Alex?" the blonde's eyes widened slightly and he shook his head from side to side.
"No…no one, I shouldn't have said anything please forget it, if Ville finds out he'll be mad at me, I'm not supposed to say… please." The blonde begged, Ryuuji's eyes narrowed slightly, glaring at the other male.
"Why should I do anything for you, you've kidnapped me and you've ruined my relationship with the only person that I have ever really loved, I don't owe you anything. Why should I even consider helping you?" The raven-haired male snarled, the blonde sighed, eyes narrowing slightly at what the other had said to him.
"Because I'm the one that will keep you alive until the ransom comes through," Mikey chuckled, the sudden change in his personality incredibly obvious. Ryuuji looked up at the other male who was now hovering above the dice-master, smirking darkly, the unease in Ryuuji's eyes was evident causing the smirk to widen.
"Mikey, enough," the blonde, shifted, getting off of the bed and walking over to door where Ville was stood, arms folded across his chest. "Out, now, I have something I wish to discuss with Ryuuji," the blonde nodded and stalked out of the room closing the door behind him. Ville waited until the sound of footsteps in the corridor had dissipated.
"You must be careful, my brother can be quite temperamental at times," the brunette explained as he walked over to the bed, perching on the edge as Mikey had done not long before.
"One question, what happens if Kaiba refuses to pay the money?" Ville smirked,
"Don't worry about that, he will pay the money, the deposit I asked for has already been placed into the account I set up. We're just waiting for the rest of the money to come through, then we'll contact Mr Kaiba tell him where we are, we'll clear out, he'll come get you and we can put all of this behind us." The brunette explained,
"Why are you doing this?"
"We need the money,"
"For Alex?" Ville smiled, the complete opposite of what Ryuuji had been expecting him to do.
"Yes actually, for Alex, so that he doesn't have to be like us, I'd die if it meant that he didn't have to live life following in my footsteps, for that is a torturous and cruel path to follow. And I know without doubt that he would not survive it." Ville said, a slight smile on his face but a look of sadness shimmering in the light green depths.
"And who exactly is Alex?" Ryuuji asked causing Ville's smile to turn into a smirk.
"So Mikey didn't elaborate, Alex, is our younger brother, when our father died he left us with nothing, Mikey and myself had to steal just to be able to eat. Our mother is dying too; we need the money to buy a house, to live, so that Alex does not have to be like us. Don't you see Ryu, all I want is the best for my baby brother,"
"Yet you willingly drag Mikey, who is also your baby brother I believe, into this life?" Ville chuckled, gently stroking the side of Ryuuji's face, the dice-master pulled away in disgust, repelled and feeling physically sick. None of them had any right to touch him.
"Hm, someone's getting a little cranky, yes Mikey is my brother but this is already his life, I can't save him but I can save Alex, that makes this all worth while."
"And if he knew what you'd done he wouldn't want to be anywhere near you,"
"But I'm doing it for him and as long as he is safe and happy I wouldn't care. After all, I'm only taking a page out of Kaiba Seto's book wouldn't he do anything to protect Mokuba, even kill," dark emerald-eyes narrowed.
"How dare you bring that into this, Gozaburo fell, you are nothing like Seto, he would do anything for Mokuba but he would not kidnap and blackmail," Ville just shook his head, rubbing his forehead,
"How do you know what he would do? If there was no other option you can't tell me that for his brother's sake, his brothers survival he wouldn't do everything and anything he could." The brunette said, Ryuuji just turned his head to the left, staring at the wall, "do you always do that when someone says something you don't agree with. Ignore them like a child?"
"No I do it when I'm tired of listening to a kidnapper who is trying to justify what he is doing by using his little brother and his circumstances as an excuse, you sicken me." With a growl Ville backhanded the dice-master, splitting his lip, the raven-haired male, swept the blood away with his tongue and glared up at the older male, the glare slowly turning into a smirk. "I take it being temperamental runs in the family." Ville smirked, standing from the bed and shaking his head.
"You're just going to keep pushing us until we're tired of you aren't you, tell me Otogi Ryuuji do you want to die, is that it?"
"And what if I do?" Ville leant down, grabbing hold of the younger male's face,
"Then I'll give you what you want, and wash my hands of you," Ryuuji just glared up at the older male smirking down at him. The creaking of the door being opened did not effect either of the two as they continued to glare at each other. It was only when the person coughed to get their attentions that Ville let go of the dice-master and glanced up at the door to see Mikey stood in the doorway smirking.
"He's good at pushing people to the breaking point isn't he Vi," the younger said smirking, "the money is being paid into the account," Mikey announced, Ville smirked and glanced down at Ryuuji, smiling softly.
"We'll be back shortly," the brunette explained, "I still believe that you will thank us for all of this one day, we'll make sure that Kaiba never lets you out of his sight again." The glint in the transparent green eyes made a shiver run through the dice-masters body and he suddenly wondered if he really was going to get out of this alive, because he now got the feeling that they had all been playing with him. Had led him into a false sense of security, he had thought that they were going to let him go when they got the money. That's what they had led him to believe.
They had done that on purpose hadn't they? They had been nice to him to trick him and now there was no point to keep up that façade anymore because the money was being paid. And when the money was all safely in the account then they would come back and the glint in their eyes told Ryuuji that they wouldn't be coming back just to untie him. He suddenly felt incredibly sick and scared and so the tears started to silently fall from his eyes…
YGOYGOYGOYGOYGOYGOOk, I feel that, that sucked big time but this was really just a chapter to get the ball rolling, so to speak and hopefully the next chapter will be a lot better and up a lot sooner thank you to all my wonderful reviewers and I hope I haven't disappointed you too much…