-Oxford - Saturday: Part 14-

Kyoko knew something was wrong, she wasn't fully sure how she knew but she just felt it. She couldn't even laugh at the fact that the two men voices muttering over her didn't seem to know what to do. She could hardly notice how they had grabbed her wrist, likely to check her heart rate before cursing under their breath. She didn't know much Chinese but she could hear them talking among themselves before another curse word flew out. Even if she couldn't understand what the word was, she knew the swear ones, something she picked up quickly during her time working with the Fuwas. 'That seemed like such a lifetime ago' soon they were speaking English.

"Sir..." said one of the guards as she felt fingers run down the side of her cheek, that made her feel sick as he opened her eyes, but it was all a blur and painful with the light. "Heth. We need to call him."

Heth growled as he released her once again, she could feel him moving away and she felt relief wash over her. "Doesn't look like you boys have much a choice." She could almost hear the grin in his voice, "If she dies, the Young Master will enjoy his time with you. Not before me though." Then there was silence again but it didn't last very long.

"Who do we need to call?" There was a worry in the voice but the slam of a hand against most likely the table would have caused her to jump.

"Toad... we need Toad." She tried to force herself to sit up, force herself to move. To ask the question that was heavy on her mind but it seemed the second man had, for the most part, questioned his partner.

"Toad... Papa Issa?" She heard what sounded like someone falling into the chair before a heavy sigh. "Do we have too?" The fear dripping out of his voice was heavier than the moments with Heth and she knew they were scared of that man snapping.

"I doubt he'll make it in time... but even dead he'll likely want to exam her..." He muttered under his breath. "Whoever drugged her... I think the goal was to kill her."

I found myself frozen in my steps, there was something extremely dangerous about the man who had brought in several women. 'New Recruits' at least that's what Boss had been telling Tomi when he stood just in front of the door to Tomi's office. For some unknown reason to me, the man never stepped foot in, Mick and others did but not this man. I had wanted to question it, but I feared that the spell would be broken that had been cast would shatter and the only place I was safe would be destroyed.

Yet, Boss had made it clear that I was to waitress for his special guest. They would be starved and as they were coming in the afternoon hours and it wasn't as if I had any real work minus the lessons that I was expected to be there. To serve and that was why I was standing there. Frozen, the man was impossibly large, if I had to guess he was a good seven feet tall if that was even possible for a man to be. Even with his height, he didn't seem to be physically a strong man, not like the men who worked here but the difference between them was this man had an aura of power around him. One that I found myself wanting to run away from if only I could get my feet to work.

He was dressed no different than the rest of them, his blood red silk dress shirt, under a white dress suite that was cut to him perfectly wide open to show off the white snakeskin wasn't even the fact that he had a very large snake wrapped around his neck as if it was a fur scarf as he spoke with Boss leaning on his cane. It was the the fact that whenever he opened his mouth that she had noticed a glint of gold. I was sure had he been the one sent to break me, I would not had been able to hold my own and I had to keep myself from jumping when I felt a hand land on my shoulder. Slowly lifting my head up I noticed the glint of red in Tomi's eyes. Something that was screaming at to hide.

"Don't talk, don't look him in the eye" his grip on my shoulder tighten and I realized that Tomi felt something more. There was someone out there could scar Tomi and that made my skin crawl "Don't leave my side. Understand?" I hadn't even realized at the moment he was speaking in Russian. "Answer." The order was clear and I lifted my eyes up towards him and nodded my head his hand fell on my head for a moment but the man eyes seemed to have caught Tomi's presence and moved away from Boss who was in the mist of talking.

"Ah, Doctor Shiro!" He said with his arms wide open as if he was to hug him and I realized the glint of gold were due to the golden caines. They had a sharpness to them but didn't stand out minus in color from the rest of his teeth. Quickly looking down at my feet remembering to not look into his eyes.

"Toad." Tomi's hand fell from my head but there was no warmth, but I also couldn't sense any fear anymore. As if he slipped into nothing.

"Ah Son of the White Shinigami, you shouldn't say such things. It's not nice to addresss one by a title they carry. Names, names hold power." He laughed as his eyes seemed to be burning into his head "Like this ones name is?"

"None of your business. Papa Issa." The laughter echoed loudly from his voice.

"This one you like. Oh but you are not allowed to have this one are you?" He leaned forward "I can arrange it for you, you know. These men are flies to be eaten and destroyed in the end."

"Pass, I have no desire for a pet. I'm just doing my job."

"Ah, never any fun are you." He said with a grunt as Boss moved forward "And I now have another Fly to deal with." There was disgust dripping from his lips as he turned "Ah, Boss. Forgive my rudeness, you know how hard it is to speak to your Doctor. A man who could one day even take me on." He clapped a hand over Boss's shoulder as he leads him away.

Tomi stared down at the information before him, it wasn't until he had seen the signatures. The first belonged to Cinderella Mianju at the tip of the an in her name was what would be easily missed, it was so small, but he didn't miss the fact that it was the windrose. "Rozu" he hissed under his breath. It always disgusted him that they would destroy the beauty of the compass for their organization. The only saving grace as far as he cared was that left it at four points. North for the Dragon and his three heads. Though the name for his three heads always amused him greatly, sure Carp was his heir easily changed if the Dragon found someone better, someone more worthy to become the next Dragon and Vanguard was not so bad a name but he had to admit, he would hate to be known as the Incensor Master. It didn't surprise him to see that they were here, they were in Japan, they had teamed up with Bakkin Hana, that weak little group had believed that they held some sort of power, some sort of leverage simply because the Rozu had taken an interest in them, they had been brought under the fold, able to hold their own sort of freedom. What they hadn't really understood was there was no freedom really when dealing with the Rozu, while they weren't one of the Big Bad Four in the Underworld, they had a habit of holding it from time to time. Yet they always did something to be knocked back down to the ground, his father was the Dark King of the Dark world and as much as he desired people to attempt to throw him from that throne they have yet to do so. No only the British Crown could truly stand their own against his father. That, however, didn't make them deadly, even with their stupid names.

'Then again it seems only us Russian's know names hold power.' He growled under his breath as he looked at the names of several others. This was no longer something he could trust with Mr. Ankou, it was also something he no longer could deal with as Tomi Shiro either. His head turned towards the driver with a faint smile, "I believe it's time to go to my hotel." He said simply as he threw his cigarette out. If the Ankou hadn't realized it yet, then they would now demand that Kuon give them information and he was proud that Kuon was keeping things from them. 'Smart boy. Perhaps there is hope for him still.'

Settling in the back of the taxi his eyes wandered at the images outside, there was no time to waste, he wondered if it would be wise to inform his father, perhaps a war wouldn't be such a bad thing. He couldn't help but grin 'but first things first' he thought to himself. He held his phone looking at the addresses once more. 'Need a computer' he would be able to map things a lot easier. The fact that he now had a list and he made it very clear for the Ankou to stay out of it, he had no problems starting a war. It wouldn't be the first time, and it always just ended with bloodshed, lots of bloodsheds, and this Queen was weak hearted she would want to make peace a lot faster and he doubted that her son would be much different. The small thought that it might hurt Kyoko crossed his mind but he pushed it quickly away, the Ankou would not risk it. This would be something they wouldn't inform Crown, for nothing came before the safety of the Crown. Not even the Crown's own children. "It's why they have a spare, and that one has many."

The driver looked at him, "Excuse me, sir?"

Tomi's eyes turned towards him before looking away, "Forget it, and it would be best if you forgot me, unless you want to be known as a traitor to the Crown." He chuckled the look of fear in the man's eyes as his blood seemed to drain further from his face. 'Course perhaps I should just kill him to make sure' he could almost see Kyoko lecturing him if she had known "Neither down, nor feather" His voice barely above a whisper. 'Not that I need luck my dear sweet Hana. Just wait for me.'

A/N: See the issue with knowing who is with what group and it seems never once have I said them by name only hinted at them from way back with Boris was 'talking' to Boss/Hachirou Cao. So I shall give a bit more information now. That said, Rozu means Rose in Japanese. However, I will point out that they are Chinese I just liked the word Rozu.

Toad/Papa Issa is one of the five poisons it works under one of the other leaders [I'll state who later] and is a special case [Kinda like Tomi is]

A Giant is deemed anyone over 7 feet (2.13M). - Papa personally stands at 7'2.