-Oxford - Saturday: Part 8-
Ella stared down at the girl, Ling was being far too gentle with her. 'I've never seen such an expression, that wasn't an act.' The thought that this could still be an act was more of a crutch at this point and time in her mind. There was no way that Kyoko would be waking up any time soon, even if she did she would not be able to move. It was a very powerful drug, used on the girls that were being ported across the sea, it made it impossible for them to do anything, there was no fighting, no sight and those who were in charge of their care could do whatever they liked as long as they were taken care of to their bodies as long as they didn't expect anything much from it.
Ling's eyes looked towards her a small smirk playing across his features, it always amazed her how his accent completely dropped when he wasn't in one of his roles. "Is something the matter, Cinderella Fairy Tale?" He reached out touching the side of her face but there was no warmth, it was almost as if he was a marble statue.
"You can't seriously be thinking of keeping her." Ella knew it was a mistake, it a big one but surely he would understand that she was thinking for his own good even at least that was what she needed him to think. Even if it was a lie, "What about Spider, he wants her for himself... The Dragon your father..." she winced as his nails dig into her flesh, she could only be thankful that her hair would hide most of it. His hand relaxed as he stared at her sliding almost gently down her jawline before grabbing her face tightly. She knew that Ling would feel nothing if he crushed her jaw, he would feel nothing if she disappeared. Her meaning in his life was still far too small. 'How... how did that girl do it?'
Heth, she could understand just as much like Snake, for Heth the Spider anyone who made him look foolish he wanted to destroy. There was nothing more her life, he would break her until she was pleading for her life to end and then he would slowly make her feel like she had a life a chance to live happily before doing it all over again. The man would make her into a toy until he was done playing with her, that was why those girls all broke so easily and were able to do their jobs so well. They feared what would happen to them if they ended up back in his hands.
For Snake, he just liked younger women, one of his favorite lines was so many places in the world allow the marriage of a young woman at sixteen, it was as the world was saying the younger the better. The truth be told he stayed very close to whatever location said was fine if they were to have been married. It was a twisted habit, for depending where they were, he would not touch her while in other places he would. That was also to say he wouldn't force himself on anyone, but he also expected it to happen. He became very dangerous when denied many times. The only thing she couldn't understand was why the Young Master, the future Dragon of the Rozu Mafia was drawn to that silly girl. Was it as simple as being deem of noble blood? Did that make her better? If it was due to bloodlines, then what chance did she really hold in winning him over? Was her future being taken before it ever started?
"Do you dare to tell me what to do?" There was a coldness in his voice that made her knees weak but she refused to allow his power over her weaken her. The one who stands with him at his side, will never really stand at his side. It was only to assure her own life, her own future, to not be one of the numberless flowers who rotted away no longer have worth. She didn't even like men, but she had repeatedly been used by them, over and over she was a rose, not just any flower. Yet that wasn't where she was going to end up, she had to prove her worth and make this man want her, desire her to keep her and not kill her in the process.
"Forgive me, Carp." she cast her eyes downwards unable to do so with the hold he had on her jaw. "I just fear what he will do should he find out..." No, she wasn't really fearful at all. She could almost picture what he would do, whoever was in his way would feel pain and she for sure was not going to be around for that. So the only choice she had at the moment was to play the scared female so that she could return to Snake, as sickening of a thought that was at least he had a sort of kindness about him as long as you treated him the way he desired.
"Weeds should remember their place." Ling grin as he trailed his thumb across her lips, "no matter what pretty little names you are given, you are nothing more than a weed, no worth once plucked" he yanked her face upwards as he looked into her eyes, "Now go back to Snake, the man requires the best care and if you can't give it to him, then I have no use for you." He released her and she fell to her knees in a pile.
Ella didn't need to look up to know that he was disgusted with her, she herself was disgusted with herself. The fear from this man was still too strong but she was going to be allowed at least another day of life, another day to figure out how to gain his attention, to become something more than just a weed. 'Even if I have to use that little girl.' She followed his feet as he moved back towards the couch that he had so carefully laid Kyoko upon, 'What does she have to lure him in?' She wanted to believe it was because he was that the damn Spider had lost his mind, risked everything to gain her. Hadn't he taken his brother's woman because he could, used her and tossed her once her use was over. Ella slowly picked herself up the ground, bowing her head.
"If you will excuse me, Young Master." She lifted her eyes to see him wave her away but not before catching the way his finger lazy trailed across Kyoko's jawline he did not once look in her direction. His eyes were fixed on the young woman before him. The anger began to build up inside of her, not only this woman but the one that looked the most liked her out of all the others were being treated better than she was when she had been brought into this world.
Kuon was at a lost, the fact that Tomi was sitting across from him wasn't had surprised him. It was the fact that the man looked actually good with black hair and eyes. He had always been thought of as angelic or maybe even godly to women and to some men. Yet if he was the ideology of an angelic man, the man across from him was the very ideology of demonic. A small part of him could see this becoming a movie maybe even a series. The looks they were getting was enough to really push on that idea but for once no one dared to come towards the table, even the waitress had seemed more scared than anything and he knew it had nothing to do with him and all to do with vibes that Tomi was throwing off.
The silence, however, was rather uncomfortable, much like the phone call, the moment he had said that Kyoko had noticed something that had been printed out for her, that had been the moment that Tomi request, to bring it down to him. Kuon didn't bother to ask him how he knew where he was located either. The rest of the world believed Ren Tsuruga was in Japan resting. The world also believed that Kuon Hizuri was somewhere in England but where exactly was anyone's guess, because he clearly was not on a plane at the moment. He waited for Tomi to end his text message, but as normal he couldn't figure out the man's mood any better than he could as a child. The only thing he could likely see was a worry but part of him wasn't exactly sure if that worry was all in Kuon's mind or was real. 'She really does mean something to him...' he wanted to ask more about it but he really didn't want to bring up the topic of how he himself in Tomi's mindset belonged to him.
"I really should be heading back to Japan." Small talk wasn't the thing with Tomi, the question wasn't really for the small talk either it was to test the waters, see where his mindset was because while he had a hard time reading Tomi, he also knew the man darkness was far worse than anything he himself held inside. He was like a toddler compared to Tomi when it was about the levels of darkness wrapped around the heart and soul of a person.
Tomi's eyes fell on him, a smile played across his features that didn't warm him or set his mind at ease. "Do you have the information I asked for, Kuon?" he spoke in Russian.
'Dangerous waters right now' he reached into his coat pocket and pulled out the folded papers, Daiki had been more than willing to give him a copy when he had asked, he seemed more pissed off than normal, he had asked to see them and instead of watching him as he would normally do. He simply shoved a copy and told him to get them out and leave him alone. 'What is he doing exactly?' No one seemed at all bothered by it and what worried him the most was the fact that the only one who seemed to be worried about it was the man in front of him and he couldn't even be sure if what he was doing was helping him stalk Kyoko or was actually helping her in some way.
"Is this everything?" Tomi didn't lift his eyes from the papers that he had flipped through.
The man was clearly a speed reader and that was something he himself hadn't known about him. Kuon found himself slightly dumbfounded but was quickly able to correct himself, 'Why is there two people who can completely throw me?' He grew up with his parents, he was used to Lory even Yashiro but none of that seemed to ready him for someone like Tomi or Kyoko. The worse part was, none of it was even large things, it was all minor things, things that just being around someone you would realize and learn.
"Kuon pay attention." There was a moment that sounded like kindness to Kuon's ears but the look on his face didn't match. This didn't surprise him at all, sighing he shrugged his shoulders. "You know who she is correct?" A single nod of his head and Tomi smirked softly at him as if he understood something he himself didn't know yet. "Then why don't you tell me, why you have yet to tell me about Heth?" Kuon's eyes shot up towards him, there was a deadly aura around him before he looked away as if he was some child who got caught with his hand in the cookie jar.
"I don't have permission to talk about it..." even his voice gave him the impression of a little kid in trouble.
Tomi leaned back in the chair as he pocketed the papers, "Orders from the Crown, doubt it's from her." His eyes narrowed as if in thought for a moment.
'How does he know?' He was under the impression that the Ankou, the Crown, all of that stuff was not something to be spoken about. They were not something known. Other than to a few people and from what he could tell those were just within the royal family and he had been blessed with this knowledge only because Kyoko had allowed him to hear the words from the Queen herself. True there were the police reports but from what he did know none of that had been filed into an actual case. They were still trying to put the fault on Kyoko for all of it but was he even allowed to speak about something like that?
"So he has a target on his back, but he can't be reached yet" Kuon stared at him, how quickly was he able to figure things out? He had looked at the papers there was nothing about a Heth, about the Crown and yet without a doubt. He already was figuring out things so simply. "She's put herself out to be the bait and was caught..." Tomi rose from his seat his hands resting on the edge of the table, "I want you to go see Mr. Ankou and tell him that he better find her before I do, I might not return her."