-Oxford - Saturday: Part 9-

Daiki ran a hand through his hair, 'where the hell is she?' That was the only thought he had at the moment. He could tell that the Ankou had no damn clue where they were. If they did, Leiko would have called him off, but the fact that he didn't have any clue was starting to get to him. Her cell phone was offline, the one that he had figured out had been given to her was offline. The police were clearly not giving a damn about locating Kyoko and that bothered him. He had been able to locate an unmarked car, that car had disappeared under a parking ramp. Nothing had happened from there but based on what he could tell from city maps there was nothing there. No underground passages other than the sewer and for some reason, he couldn't fathom someone using that to move her. 'Maybe I should...' Yet, still by the time the unmarked car had entered that parking ramp, several other cars and vans had also entered and exited but that didn't mean anything either and it was growing increasing hard to track each and every vehicle that had entered and existed within a certain timeframe a time frame he wasn't even sure was up yet.

It was during that time when Kuon had knocked on the door to his hotel room, wanting that information that Kyoko that had made her change the carefully laid out plans for her protection. His mother was out on business, none the wiser to what was really going on. It wasn't surprising from what he could tell from the phone database, a very selective few had any idea that she was missing and her father wasn't even one of them. If he did know it was by word of mouth, he wasn't even sure if the Crown knew at this time. He had personally contacted Leiko and had been ordered to keep his eyes on her when he had lost the eyes on her because of that unmarked car going under that parking ramp, that had been a phone call that had not been pleasant. It wasn't as if Leiko was disappointed in him, or upset that he hadn't been able to move beyond where he was at the moment, it was a worry in her voice. It was the fact she had switched to Japanese and sounded more and more like a woman who scared the shit out of him. 'Who exactly is this woman?' Was the first thing that crossed his mind before she had turned back to him, telling him that she wanted an updated the moment he knew something. Yet not before telling him to hand over any information that was personally asked for by name. She had hung up with not so much as a goodbye.

Tapping his fingers against the table he wondered if perhaps Kuon could be some sort of key. It wouldn't take long for the Ankou to figure out where the unmarked car had gone... though it likely would take the police longer. 'Perhaps... pushing it forward some...' his eyes looked at one of the screens. 'It might make my work easier...' but there was also the risk of it making it harder too. He would have to trust Kuon like he did when they were kids. Pulling another laptop's keyboard towards him he used an unknown number if Kuon was still clever as he was as a child he would know exactly who was contacting him though in all fairness he had never known his real name, only Leiko had figured that out. It was nothing more than an alias and one that he was proud of.

Tell your friends her known location is here. - Gyr

Gayle King was mentally creating more and more ways to kill Chief Inspector John Tyler. There was only so much loyalty one could have for their fellow officers and she was pretty sure this man had already tapped out and was still insisting that there was some left. This man was trying to come up with reasons for why she was in the wrong or mistaken about the matter at hand. True one could state that the Ankou could fall under the same impression. Yet, King would deny this as the truth, it wasn't as if they didn't have their own thoughts about things. No, they thought about things, they questioned things, but they followed orders, it was honor and duty that created that loyalty to the Crown, not stupidity and pride.

"Must we go through this again?" she said running fingers against her temples. She was sick of his excuses and reasons, a warrant for every little thing, at this point she might as well contact one of the Banshee's who could take care of this easily, or better yet just ask the Crown to override it all. 'Play nice with the police force we need them to pick him up.' Brown's last words to her still echoed in her mind and that was the real reason she wasn't trying to push it all the way, but at this rate, the Ankou would be there before the police even got out of the building. 'Well that's how it should be...' she mentally sighed as Tyler seemed far too proud of himself.

"It's the law, that girl isn't above the law. Besides none of this proves anything," he said pointing at a camera from across the street that showed some man whose face was hidden in the shadows carrying her. Not long afterward a young woman whose face was also covered with a scarf ran towards the car.

Taken a deep breath she imaged slamming his head against the desk before looking at him, "Right, she doesn't even look like she's conscious of what's going on around her and she went willingly..." she pulled out her cell phone. "I'm starting to wonder if you are working with those people who kidnapped her, you do seem to have a great hate towards the Japanese... more so the Takarada family."

Tyler's eyes narrowed as his face began to flush with red as he slammed a folder onto the desk, "I have my pride, I would not lower myself to such manners."

King looked down at the folder he hands still on top of it, 'That's really the problem if you ask me. Ankou does not have pride, they do what needs to be done regardless of what our hearts want. All for the Crown, always for the Crown.' Her eyes moved towards her phone as it buzzed and she read the message. 'So he's making a move...' she couldn't believe that man had sent a boy who was sent by ArchDuke Lory to watch and help his daughter to send a message to Brown. 'Is that man insane? Actually, that boy might be insane too... passing on a warning. No one sane would do that.' She sighed heavily needing to refocus on her task which just got harder because now they had a wildcard in this mess, "Then why don't you stop making things harder and help us find her already without throwing this legal crap in my face when you know damn well, the Protection of the Noble and Royal family safety is of the utmost importance in this empire."

Tyler eyes narrowed, "She's not of blood."

King wanted to laugh. 'This man is so hung up over something like that.' if only Tyler knew the true history, he would find that this was the fifth new bloodline for the Crown. Adopted children into the bloodline were not new, normally they would mix with a further back bloodline, but the adopted child would be the Crown most of the time and that child would be no wiser. New blood had been the real the secret on to why they were the largest empires within the world even today. Now, with the marriage to Leiko Takarada the country, for the most part, had accepted that Royalty didn't need to marry other nobles though it was still preferred if polls were of any matter. Instead she smiled, if he didn't wish to find Kyoko there was someone he wouldn't be able to deny wanting to find, "She might not be of the Williams bloodline, but she's the key to finding Alice Patterson... or shall I go out there and inform them the dear boss doesn't care about Alice Patterson because it means locating Lady Kyoko whom he refuses to locate, simply because he doesn't approve of her bloodline?"

Tyler's eyes seemed to be about to pop out of his skull before he opened the file in front of him muttering under his breath about this being a wild goose chase on his department. Sadly, King held out very little hope that this man would actually get his act together, but perhaps for a little bit, he would play nice. Until his hate for the Takarada bloodline once again caused all logic to drop out of his brain.

Kuon couldn't believe that he was sitting on General Brown's bed, he had at first attempted to sit at the table with the man but the look he had gotten had made him second guess doing just that. Actually, he couldn't fault the man for it either, it wasn't as if he had any idea that he was Ren Tsuruga, all he knew was that he was the babysitter who had gotten dumped by not the parent of the child, but the child themselves. The only saving grace he had was that he stated he was Lory Takarada's godson, it hadn't taken Brown long after that to realize that Kuu was his father and then asking him if he wanted anything to eat. As if just by being Kuu's son he must have that black hole of a stomach. Only once he had been settled on the bed, did Brown even bother to ask him why he was there. Surely there was no reason for Kuu's son to be here.

"I'm here to pass a message..." the moment he had said those words he regretted it because the look on Brown's face made it clear that if he didn't like that message, Kuon was not likely to see tomorrow. Kuon cleared his throat before looking down at his feet, "I'm not sure if you know the Son of the White Shinigami..." the groan that came from Brown's throat said he wasn't liking it already and he looked quickly up at him. 'Why do I need to feel like a kid in trouble?' Kuon licked his lips wondering exactly how to best pass on the message for a moment but for some small reason he was sure that if Kyoko did end up in Tomi's care she would be safe from harm. That single thought made it clear that he might as well just say it and be damned with the end result. "He has informed me to let you know that if you do not find her before he does, otherwise he might be keeping her."

Brown grunted before looking back towards the laptop in his hand, "Is that all?"

Kuon couldn't help himself at that moment, "Well he did say you had to obey the laws, where he did not have too."

Brown eyes turned towards him for a moment there was something in that expression that worried Kuon. The problem he was having was he wasn't sure exactly what it was, only that there was some sort of understanding. When he looked away going back to whatever he was doing, "You can assure him. We have our orders, we will not fail them."

Kuon mentally groaned, 'What am I some telephone?' That didn't stop him from pulling out his cell phone to text the message to the number he had for Tomi, not that number would likely remain the one he would keep using once this was over or when Tomi no longer had a use for him. A moment after sending the text message out he stared down at the text message he never thought he would see again. He had seen it a few times, the first time was when someone had tried to blame him for an accident, it had been the proof that he was innocent.

Tell your friends her known location is here. - Gyr

'Which friend?' He lifted his head up towards Brown for a moment, before looking back down at the text message. 'Gyrfalcon... what do you know about this matter?' All he did know was he couldn't let anyone have his phone because this man would not take kindly to his information getting out. He texted the information quickly to Tomi before looking back towards Brown, "Do you have a map?"

A/N: Gyr is short for Gyrfalcon which is valued as a hunting bird [and is known to eat smaller birds, mammals, and fish.] This is Daiki's hacker name.

Kuon plays the phone game [he's a runner in so many ways right now without actually having to run lol].