Pairings: BernardoXGian, IvanXGian, LuchinoXGian, GiulioXGian, AobaXClear, AobaXVirusXTrip, AobaXRen, AobaXKoujaku, AobaXNoiz, AobaXBakshi, VirusXTripXGian, AobaXGian

Warning: Contains minor hints of rape, violence, extreme swearing and heavy scenes of smut.

Disclaimer: I do not own Dramatical Murder or Lucky Dog 1. All rights go to the respectful owners

Chapter 2 - First Card

It was now the next day without so much as a sign of the man that Aoba had wanted them to find for him. Bernardo had called just about all connections he could contact, most of them out of their city and from different parts of the world. But there was still no mention of a man named 'Koujaku'. Riiiiinnnng! Sighing, Bernardo picked up the phone that had been next to the one he had just hung up from.

"Yes?" He furrowed his brows until they looked like they would push his eyes out the windows of his glasses. He hung up after a few exchanged words. 'This man sounds harder to find than a normal GD member...' Bernardo glanced at the maps that were spread out in front of him and tried again to look for the island in question.

From what the young man had told them it was out of the way from normalcy and only available by boats. Looking at all the ones he had circled, he then marked the ones that he had not checked. Bernardo had sent out at least half his men and some hired help all to look for this one island. He was about to pick up another phone until one of them started to ring again. "Anything to report?" He did not mean to sound desperate but the stress was starting to eat away at him.

"We have made contact with a woman claiming to know him, saying he's a hair dresser for the island. We are heading to the location now."

The man on the other end of the phone sounded somewhat excited relaying the news to him. 'And why not? This is certainly better than poking at random straws.' Bernardo quickly gave the man some details on what to follow up with after they have reached the island.

He hung up the phone and leaned back in his office chair feeling a sense of relief wash over him. A knock on the door snapped him out of his relaxation just as soon as he stared to feel comfortable. He let out a sigh and stood up. "Come in." It was Gian. His spiky, blonde hair stood out in contrast to his darkened suit and clashed with his under shirt.

"Yo! The kid's looking better than he was last time. Finally got Ivan out of here too." Gian smiled at the sorrowful sight of his friend and took a seat on one of the chairs that was seated in front of a small coffee table. He picked one of the gum balls up from the candy dish that sat in the middle of the table and plopped it into his mouth.

Bernardo joined him but took a small chocolate bar and ripped open its wrapper. "I'm glad because if Ivan was here for too long, I think I would have needed to call a baby sitter." They both laughed in unison at his remark while looking at each other.

Gian blew out part of the gum and popped it with his index finger, causing it to stick like glue. "So you find where this guy is at?" He gathered the gum from around his face and put the gum back into his mouth. "Hopefully. One of my men found a woman willing to tell them where he is and they're arriving to the island now. Really, this feels as though we should be asking him a bit more. Think he would listen to you, Gian?"

Bernardo stood back up and retrieved a pen and some paper from his desk. "Wait, why me?" Gian was honestly confused not because he didn't want to talk to the man but because he felt he was no good at interrogating random strangers who weren't in a gang. His main specialty was being lucky at random events in his life and the occasional interrogation of GD members and the like.

"Why not? He looks trustworthy and seems to be polite like Giulio and seems to respond better than I do. You shouldn't have any trouble talking with him." He handed Gian the paper and pen with a smile on his face.

The man unwillingly, took the paper and pen out of Bernardo's hands, stood up and walked out of the room without another word. 'Ah...there he goes sulking again. Really I wonder how he became boss. Hope this doesn't bite me in the end...' Bernardo then took his seat at the desk waiting for more of his phones to ring. He was after all, a busy man with a busy schedule.

Some hours passed and still no word from the men that Bernardo had talked to earlier about the island. Gian hoped it was a lead and continued to look after the young man in the guest room. So far he had told him that he did not know how he was able to escape his captors but just that he was on a boat before he knew it and had traveled this far.

At the moment he was now ordering something for the man to eat. He was after all their guest. Humming quietly to himself, Gian walked into the bedroom where Aoba was staying and quickly stopped before stepping in any further. The young man was sprawled out on the floor face down.

Gian rushed to the man's side and hauled him up off the floor from the waist up and dragged him back up onto the bed. The way he had been laying seemed to suggest that he was going for the window. How long was he laying out like that for? Gian let out a sigh of relief knowing that he was still breathing and smacked Aoba's cheeks with both hands. "Hey! Aoba! Hellooo~" Gian was used to smacking Bernardo when he got too tipsy or gone unconscious so it was nothing new to him.

the young man squinted at hearing his name being called over and over again. A sharp pain was running through his head just like the last few years that it happened when he first had his headaches. It was an indication of telling him that he was still around inside his head. Aoba had two other beings inside his body, Ren, Desire and himself. But since his battle with Toue, he had come to terms with his other half and Ren had already been born into another body, his twin brother's body, Sei.

So why were the headaches happening again? He would need to take it easier from now on because he had no pills on him. He slowly got up after rubbing his eyes a bit and tried to focus on the man sitting in front of him. Golden blonde hair and amber colored eyes. 'Oh yeah...this guy...his name is Gian?' Aoba though carefully and looked back at the man.

"Sorry, before I knew it, I was on the floor..." Aoba tried to laugh it off and gave the man a small smile. Pretending was easy for him since he used to pretend in front of his friends like this as well.

It pained him to see how worried they would have gotten for him so he faked most of his smiles. Another sharp pain ran through his skull. This time more severely. It was as if Desire was being reborn again. He clutched at his head in frustration, closing his eyes so that he could focus the pain elsewhere. He had to loosen the grip he had on his head because of the nerves that ran through his hair. It was coming back at a rapid rate. The pain in his hair that was gradually going away before was now coming back.

Gian straightened himself and just looked at the man in confusion. He had no idea what was happening nor did he know what exactly he could do except get a doctor for the man. "Hey, you don't look too good. HEY!" The loud shout brought Aoba back to his senses and the pain suddenly stopped.

He let his arms fall to his lap, gripping the bed sheets this time. Gian patted Aoba's cheek gently. He wasn't sure what just happened but he felt like something was causing the man to go into some sort of an attack. The same kind that he had seen Bernardo go through during a black out. "My head is pounding...the same pain that I thought was going away. I-" Before he could finish, someone rushed into the room, slamming the door as they went in followed by a couple of the guards who had been standing out in the hall. It was Mink.

A shiver ran down Koujakus' spine as he was walking with Noiz through the busy streets. It wasn't a hostile feeling but he couldn't decide whether it was friend or foe. His thoughts were mainly on Aoba and trying to reach him with Noiz's help. But he also could not shake the feeling that they were being followed. He stole a glance from Noiz, he too seem to think something wasn't right. 'Judging from the way they move, slow but obviously professionals...' Koujaku and Noiz both stopped walking and turned back.

"I'll give you the count of three to come out now. One...Two..." Noiz held up his left hand to his mouth and was about to speak into it until the figures following them stepped out of the shadows and into plain sight. They were men with black suits and black sunglasses. One of them held up their hand while using the other hand to reach for something from inside his suit. The man held a piece of paper in his hand. "You are Koujaku, yes?" Noiz lowered his arm but kept it up just in case. Koujaku blinked.

"Yeah but what's it to you?" He gave the men a cold stare. Beni who had been sleeping this entire time was now awake and alert and was now peeking out from inside Koujaku's bag that he had hanging at his side.

The men both looked at each other before continuing. "Our boss would like to have an audience with you concerning Aoba Seragaki. We have him in our care and he is being treated at this time." Koujaku didn't know who to believe. His gut instinct said yes, it was true and the other half of his brain still did not trust anything or anyone but he himself to protect Aoba.

Koujaku folded his arms. "And do you have proof you have Aoba? Were you sent by the twins?" The men looked back at him with confused faces despite wearing the glasses, Koujaku could tell what sort of faces they were making.

"No. Our orders are from our boss, Bernardo Ortolani. He found him and is caring for him back in our city." Noiz lowered his arm all the way to his side and held out his cube from his pocket, activating it.

He looked at the men's reaction to the cube and then over at Koujaku. "I think they're telling the truth. they have the same signal on them as I got from the place we found earlier." To provide an easier way of knowing truth from lie, Noiz showed Koujaku that the cube's data screen had been pinpointing out the signals of devices on the men.

It matched with the city that Aoba's location was at. Koujaku nodded and Noiz put the cube away. "Not like he's alone over there. That muscle nerd and jellyfish freak must already be there by now." Koujaku let out a sigh. 'Wonder what sort of nickname I got stuck with..' He allowed Beni to perch onto his shoulder as they both started to walk with the men in suits. This was going to be some trip.

The men in the suits had guided them to where their boat had been docked and confirmed the situation with their fellow comrades. Koujaku and Noiz were shocked to see a rather expensive looking cruise ship instead of the normal classy ones that had usually docked at the port. "So, this is what we finally get awarded with for rescuing Aoba so long ago. Feeling just a bit happy Koujaku?" The man looked down at the bag that hung from his side.

Beni, his allmate, a tiny red bird had now come out and was sitting over the opening of the satchel. "I'll be happy to see Aoba and only then. But..." Koujaku gave a side long glance toward Noiz. He was not happy with having being stuck with the man even though he was helping.

Sensing the uneasy tension within his master's eyes he too looked over to Noiz. As the men in the suits finally confirmed the situation, they called them over to get on board. Noiz was the first to step on board as though he owned it and casually made his way inside the cruise ship's dinner lobby. It was smaller than some cruises he was used to but still very elegant and gave off a rich mans vibe. However there were just the two of them and their new acquaintances.

"Please make yourselves comfortable, our captain will start heading back to Daivan soon enough. Also, this message we have received from our boss. This is from sir Aoba." Koujaku took a look at the note given to him and grimaced at the letter.

Noiz looked over Koujaku's shoulder and furrowed his brows as well. The letter had stated that he was getting his normal headaches again which had not happened since the tower collapsing. But Aoba also claimed he was happy and doing well in the city that was taking care of him. Koujaku crumpled the paper in his hand and looked to the floor. 'Aoba...'.

Noiz felt an instant buzz coming the cube that he had in his pocket. The cube was alerting them of two other devices. Both heading to Aoba's location. "This is..." Noiz looked closer at the screen from the cube and saw the two red dots on the screen were getting amazingly close to the city that they themselves were just about to depart to.

"Those bastards!" He couldn't stop his shoulders from shaking with rage. Aoba was safe but for how long and what could the twins possibly have in their hands for resources? He was anxious more than ever to get to Daivan.

Noiz pulled something out from inside his watch and scanned the note onto the cube. Koujaku could see that he was uploading information to his database of networks. The kid was really a genius. "Hey, but those are-" Noiz cut him off. "Yeah. Virus and Trip. One of my other cubes must have caught up with them." Before they left alley, Noiz had secretly sent out a bunch of his mini cubes to search around in case they had not left the island.

They did after all have had to go back to the island just to kidnap Aoba so it was possible they had not left yet. One of the cubes were now in car with them, listening and recording their conversation. Koujaku was beginning to lose his cool under the pressure of just seeing the back of the seats. "According to the location they're in now, they should get there in two days. Let's hope the other two made it alright."

Noiz continued watching the screen but looking closely, he noticed something was off. He had forgotten that they must also have had allmates on them as well. A large black snake sat staring back at them. It hissed and flicked its tongue out to the cube. It looked like it was about to eat it when a hand stopped it. It was Virus. He was smiling and had turned back to see the commotion that the snake had been making.

Realizing what the snake had found, the man smiled playfully as though it did not concern him in the slightest. He looked directly at them and said, "I knew Aoba-san's friends would not disappoint us, Trip. Sorry trickster, but you're not old enough to play with us just yet. Hersha...enjoy your new snack." The man's smile grew more sinister as the snake opened its mouth wide and charged forward at the cube.

The signal was now gone along with the video. "Least they seem more grown up than some people." Noiz said as he looked over at Koujaku before packing the cube back into his pocket.

"Listen jackass, I don't know why I have to put up with your damn kiddie remarks. If anyone should be lectured, how about you? You allowed the most vital thing to get caught by the enemy. Now because of that we can't even find them!" Still steaming with rage, Koujaku sat down with a huff.

Noiz let out a sigh and pinched the bridge of his nose. "Both you and Aoba have the weirdest ways of getting angry. It wouldn't have mattered if they caught it or not. We know where they were last heading to. And as I said, they are only two days away from Daivan. Meaning we wouldn't even catch up even if we wanted to."

He couldn't argue with the man there. Feeling a bit at a loss, Koujaku slumped his shoulders forward, leaning over so that his head was directly above the table sitting in front of them. "I get that but...why Aoba...?" Noiz said nothing in return and merely turned his gaze to looking around the ship.

The cabin looked as though it were designed for rich folk but held a commoner taste to it. The balance was astounding but as far as food went, Noiz preferred the regular sweets he was used to eating. Plates and dishes of food had been spread out across different tables along with plenty of glasses for drinks. "Noiz. Do you think Clear's made it there by now? I can tell Mink is resourceful but..." Koujaku stood up and began to walk around the cabin.

Each step he took made him feel like he was walking in a mansion similar to what Noiz must have grown up in. "Don't worry about it. I fixed him before letting him wander off. Plus I stuck a tracking sensor on him so it should be fine."

He was still uneasy about the whole situation but he trusted Noiz's word regardless of his feelings. 'But I wonder...where are all their allmates?' Koujaku looked at the men in the suits who were all casually eating at the dining tables laughing. Not a single person had an allmate on them nor did they have any sort of tattoo on their bodies except for a few men who had the word CR-5 tattooed on either their hands or necks. Some probably unseen as well.

'CR-5? Is it one of ours or the mafia...?' Rib teams used to be all the hype before Rhyme appeared and clashed with the Rib teams. Koujaku was apart of the Benishigure Rib team and had a slight hatred for Rhyme and their Rhyme users. He felt it disrespected their honor as fighters.

Tattoos were made to brand the member of the team in order to signify that you belonged to them. And then of course there was the mafia that Trip and Virus had been apart of. Whether they were still in the organization had yet to be determined but judging from the way the men in the suits acted, Koujaku guessed that they must have been apart of it too.

Sensing his distress, Noiz looked over at him. "You might as well eat. It'll still be two days before we make it there ourselves." Koujaku stared back at him in annoyance but said nothing in return and just continued to glare at him.

He hated having to work with the man for personal reasons but he had to put them aside if he was going to find Aoba. He let out a grunt and sat back down in one of the dining chairs. His stomach let out a small growling sound as the smell of the food wafted up to his nostrils. 'Well I can't argue there...' Koujaku thought and picked up a fork sitting beside the plate of food and dug into it.

Noiz sat opposite of him and also began to eat his share of food. His expression never changed since they left the island, no concern and certainly no sign of looking shocked or angry. Was Noiz really upset about Aoba going missing? Koujaku never knew what the man could be thinking but he was sure deep down he wanted to find Aoba just as much.

A/n: So far it's a rocky relationship between Koujaku and Noiz but when they really see Aoba in danger they set it aside for him. So until next time, I'll see you soon!