Well, this would have been up last night if I wasn't such a lazy bastard. Since I am, though, it's getting done now. Enjoy!

freya kurenai:It's alright, I'm glad you review at all! Lol, Kiyotaka is psycho; you'd think he and Kanone would get along better... Thanks for reviewing!

Polaris18: If they did, then they'd all be shot. Heh, don't worry, Kanone will come to the rescue soon enough. Thanks for reviewing!

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"Doesn't own any slaves?" Kanone repeated.

"No." Kousuke confirmed, "Though, he did take Justin and Eyes..." he trailed off, now confused.

"Took them, but never bought them." Kanone recalled.

"Does that mean he had no intention of keeping them?" Jack wondered, "He obviously didn't want any slaves, so why would he pretend like he had them?"

"He showed up with Justin and said he'd only had him a week." Chase offered.

"So, he took those two only to give them to other people?" Kousuke clarified, "Why wouldn't he just keep them?"

Kanone sighed, wracking his brain to understand a man who might be better left not understood. The door burst open yet again, relieving all four males of thinking. Kousuke stood and went to his boyfriend, "What was that all about?"

Ayumu glanced to the redhed, then to Kanone, "We've got trouble."

Kanone rose to his feet at the worried tone in the other brunette's voice, "Trouble?" he repeated, swallowing hard. Ayumu nodded, and explained to everyone what Kiyotaka had told him on the phone.

Flashback (kind of)

Ayumu sighed as the phone, which was currently located out in the kitchen, rang. He stood up from his seat, next to Kousuke, and picked up the device, "Hello?"

"Ayumu?" a slightly hushed voice asked.

"Kiyotaka? What is it?" It wasn't often that Kiyotaka called home when he was out.

"I need you to listen to me." Kiyotaka told him, "I've kept some things a secret from you and Kanone that I need to tell you now before it's too late."

"Kanone?" Ayumu wondered, "What kinds of things?"

"There's been a conspiracy in the works for years now. Set up by the city council."

"A conspiracy?" Ayumu repeated, completely lost, "What are you talking about?"

"I don't know why, but this whole educate-the-slaves program they have going on is just a cover for their real intentions."

"What real intentions?" Ayumu asked, frowning in concern.

He gasped as two arms closed in from around him, "Who is it?" the older teen asked.

"Kiyotaka." Ayumu whispered, "Go wait for me over at Kanone's."

"Huh?" Kousuke was confused, but just shrugged and gave Ayumu a quick kiss, "Sure."

Turning his attention back to his brother, Ayumu sighed, "Kiyotaka, tell me what's going on."

"I don't know everything." the older brother confessed, "But I do know that they have no intention of returning those whom they took, and I have a feeling there's a lot that I haven't been told." Kiyotaka proceeded to give Ayumu directions on how to get to the giant factory that everyone was being kept, "The sooner you can get here the better, I have a feeling whatever's happening is going to happen soon."

Ayumu took a moment to absorb all of this information and nodded, "Alright."

End Flashback

"I knew it." Kanone whispered, "I knew there was something wrong."

Chase was the next one to react, "Well, standing around here isn't doing us a damn bit of good."

Jack nodded in agreement, "Let's go."

With no other thought on his mind except Eyes, Kanone headed out the door followed by the others, "Eyes..."

"Kanone will come for us, right?" Jeremy asked, sitting on his bed, swinging his feet back and forth since they failed to touch the floor.

"Of course." Eyes replied without hesitation, "As soon as he realizes something's wrong, that is."

"When will that be?" the younger boy wondered, frowning, "If he waits too long, something might happen."

"Kanone will be here shortly." An oddly familiar voice sounded from the doorway.

The silver head snapped up to lock eyes with the older Narumi, "Kiyotaka?" he asked, a hint of hope in his voice, "What are you doing here?"

The older man entered the small room, "Well, Eyes, I work here." he confessed.

"Work here?" the azure-eyes widened, "Why?"

"I had a job with the council, and a few years ago I was informed of this 'movement', as they called it."

"Movement?" Jeremy repeated, "I like it here, I don't want to move!" He looked around at the small room, "Well, not here..."

"Not that kind of movement." Kiyotaka assured him, "I don't know all the details. Only that something's going to happen, probably soon."

"How do you know Kanone is coming?" Eyes asked, moving on.

"I just talked to Ayumu a little while ago." the older brunette explained.

"Wait." Jeremy said, "Didn't they say they'd shoot anyone who tried to rescue us?"

Kiyotaka chuckled, heading back out of the room, "Well, that's what I'm here for. It's always helpful to have someone working on the inside."

Eyes allowed a faint smile to grace his lips, "Thank you."

Kiyotaka chuckled, "You two have been through enough. You deserve some time off." With that, he turned and exited the room.

Jeremy looked to Eyes, "Do you really think they'll be able to get us all out?" he wondered.

Eyes shook his head, "I don't know." he admitted, "Kanone always gets what he wants, no matter the consequences, but..."

"But what?" Jeremy asked, frowning, "Eyes?"

Eyes said nothing else, not wanting to discourage the young boy, and sat down next to him, pulling him into a hug, "I fear this may be out of even Kanone's hands." his thoughts finished his sentence.

"Can't this thing go any faster?" Kanone demanded, wondering why he hadn't asked to drive.

"It can, but if we hit something, it'll kill us all. Now, do you want that?" Jack, who was behind the wheel, asked.

"No." Kanone muttered, glaring at the driving man. He soon turned his gaze out the window at the scenery flying by, "Kiyotaka, you had better not be lying."

Arriving at the factory, the five males climbed out of Jack's car. The man himself surveyed the giant building, "I don't see any guards." he commented.

"There's no way a place like this could be unguarded." Ayumu said.

Kanone nodded in agreement, golden eyes scanning the entire length of the front of the building, "Charging in there headfirst would be a foolish move." he added, "We need some other way."

"Knowing you, you'd come up with some complex, over-detailed scheme that risked each of your lives at least once." said a voice from the shadows, "When really you could just ask me to show you the back way in."

Kanone smirked at the approaching man, "Well, it seems that you're living up to your word." he noted.

Kiyotaka feigned shock, "You expected anything less from me?" he asked, "Honestly, Kanone, you act as though I wasn't the one who taught you your manners."

Kanone put on a slight glare, "Don't act as though you know me so well." he warned, "You may be helping us out, but I haven't forgotten everything you've put me through."

The oldest man frowned, "I had my reasons for that." he said.

Kanone was about to comment that being obssessed with something you can't have isn't a reason to do anything, but stopped himself. Kiyotaka was probably risking a lot to help them, and didn't need to make the situation any worse, "Where is Eyes?" were the next words out of his mouth.

Kiyotaka regained his smirk, "Follow me."

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Another relatively short chappy...(sigh). A lot of talking, too...Hmm, Kanone didn't seem to happy with seeing Kiyotaka. I mean, I can't imagine he would be, but Kiyotaka hasn't done anything too recently to piss him off. Oh well, that's my crazy Kanone for ya!