….He's alive?

Sousuke continued to stare at the alley way. Still feeling the gun being pressed against the back of his neck this guy wasn't going to let up even after the truck they had taken Kaname away in was gone. Sousuke ran it through his mind countless times how stupid he felt at the moment. He sighed and stood still looking directly now where he had last seen Mao but there still was no sign of her.

"So…you thought you would save that young lady didn't you?" A voice Sousuke recognized came from behind him. Sousuke knew it was familiar from somewhere he just couldn't place it. He didn't respond to the question. He only let a slight silent sigh escape.
Sousuke was thrown to the ground.
"Respond!" The man raised his voice and glared at Sousuke. Sousuke didn't do it he stared still straight ahead even though he was on the ground now. This was not the time for him to do something stupid and get himself killed since he knew he was now unarmed. Being thrown to the ground also didn't help some of the injuries he had from the mission he had just come back from. Mao's voice was suddenly heard from an alley she had yelled out Sousuke's name. She too was being held up and being very bold in moving and trying to get away. Sousuke attempted to say something back but got the wind knocked out of him as the man behind him jumped on his back.
"Don't do anything stupid…….Kashim…." He said smirking.
"Gauron…" Sousuke whispered barely able to be heard.
Gauron smirked a bit more.
"I was wondering when you would figure it out Kashim…no matter what you do you just can't seem to get rid of me can you?" Sousuke tried to get up but once again was held down by Gauron's foot which was placed heavily on his back. Sousuke cursed under his breath wondering how the hell he had lived through his AS blowing up and being in the ocean at the same time.

"You didn't think after you thought you got rid of me that we would have let Kaname go that easily…." He said smiling. "Because you see after me there was just a whole chain of other people that your buddy Kalanin wiped out…so now it's just me…and I will get the information I need. Whether it kills that little blue haired girl that you are failing your mission for right now or not…." Sousuke got up his strength and rolled out from under Gauron's foot getting up and kicking him. Gauron grabbed Sousuke's foot once again leaving him on the ground.
"You can't beat me Kashim…" He said as he watched Sousuke get up again.
"Bastard…" Sousuke mumbled as he attacked him again this time getting some good hits but was tackled over by Gauron now rolling around on the ground in a fist fight. Sousuke managed to put Gauron in a hold for a few seconds. He could see his gun was just inches away. He made sure his hold on Gauron's hands would remain good for a few seconds and reached for the gun. Gauron broke out of the hold and picked up the gun throwing it quite far away into the shadows. Sousuke cursed punching him again and once again rolling away from him getting up and then kicking him until he couldn't move. He took a few seconds to catch his breath and kicked Gauron with a lot of force in the head twice to knock him unconscious. He didn't notice until now his arm was bleeding quite freely and there was a knife in Gauron's hand. How did I not notice being stabbed? He thought to himself as he made sure Gauron was out of it. Holding his arm placing pressure so the bleeding would stop he ran down the way looking for Mao.

"Mao!" He yelled looking in the direction he had heard her yell from he found her tied to the side of a dumpster and the person who had been holding her up was gone.
"Sousuke!" She yelled to him as she was trying to get the knots out of the rope she had been tied up with. Sousuke ran over taking his knife out and slicing the rope away until she was free. There was now blood dripping down his arm and quite a bit on his undershirt that he was wearing under his military jacket. It was hard to see but Mao noticed.
"What happened to your arm?" She asked looking at him. Sousuke looked at her a look of slight annoyance in his eyes as he pulled her up from leaning against the dumpsters.
"It's nothing important…Just let's get out of here…" He ran out of the alley way hoping Mao was behind him. She stopped at the corner once they got out and looked down the road.
"How are we going to find Kaname now?" She asked partially to her self and partially to Sousuke. Sousuke shot a dark look to her. He had currently lost control of his temper which rarely happened.
"How am I supposed to know? If you would have let me stay longer this wouldn't have happened! You shouldn't even let it happen Mao! God damn you…" He yelled at her and then started walking back to his apartment. Mao watched him and shook her head.
"You weren't there Sousuke! You don't know why I couldn't prevent it from happening!" She waiting until he was out of sight and began walking again. Sousuke went home immediately contacting Kalanin and Tessa letting them know about Kaname and the fact that Gauron was still alive. Reinforcements were sent out to find Kaname while Kalanin ordered that Sousuke stayed in his apartment until further notice.
Mao returned and didn't say anything to Sousuke as she sat on the couch and stared at the floor. She never thought Sousuke would ever get so angered at her. She knew Kurz had told her once that he had made Kaname cry after coming back from a mission. The same mission she had got hurt during. Sousuke shut his lap top and sighed uneasily he was now worried sick about Kaname and felt like he could cry. He shook the feeling off for now and looked over at Mao knowing he owed her an apology. He stood up and sat down on the couch next to her. She looked at him slightly having tears in her eyes. She was just in disbelief that she had made him so upset with her. Sousuke looked at her his grey eyes meeting her purple.

"Mao…I'm sorry…about earlier…I wasn't thinking straight…I'm just so…so worried about her…" Sousuke turned away looking towards the door of his apartment. He was startled as Mao hugged him holding on to him.
"…No…you don't need to apologize Sousuke….I do…you were right …and you still are right…I shouldn't have let this happen…I should have been prepared for anything…I should have secured the apartment and locked all the doors and windows…but I was too busy indulging in the food I bought for myself yesterday…." She held onto him and cried. Sousuke watched her. This was a side of Mao he had never seen before and it was starting to freak him out a little, especially since she was hugging him. Sousuke decided to comfort her placing his arms around her. Mao looked at him a bit shocked that he had done that and wiped some tears. She let go of Sousuke after a few minutes and looked at him.
"You…uh…might want to do something …about your …arm…it doesn't look to good…" She said as she pulled out a handkerchief wiping some of the blood away from the wound. Sousuke cringed as she did it and pulled away. He got up walking to the kitchen cleaning it out carefully and getting a first aid kit and wrapping his arm with a bandage and some disinfectant.

4 days later…

It was now 12 noon and Sousuke was becoming more nervous than ever. He knew Gauron was still in the area literally hunting him down and from what he had heard there was still no trace of Kaname. Mao had been sent back to the base for a mission else where and Sousuke was still following the order not to leave his apartment.
"Sousuke…." A voice came from behind him. He turned around to see Kaname standing behind him.
"Kaname…" He said standing up, after a few seconds she seemed to disappear. It was just his mind. He sat down again and rubbed his eyes and shook his head.
"What the hell is wrong with me?" His right foot was resting on the ball of his foot making his leg have a muscle spasm. He was nearly going insane that he wasn't allowed out and because of everything that happened. He didn't know how much more of this he could take as he stared into space again just waiting….and waiting….