-Found, Sealed and Delivered: Part 1-

Saturday night:

The night had fallen over everything and Reino sat on the edge of the bed, her screams echoed around the house in such a way that he was sure that the neighbors could hear her and it would only be a matter of time before the police came to find out what the disturbance was. He highly doubted that the man in question of this place was known to have a screaming woman in his home. 'Then again he does seem to work for Tomi... or is Todd Damon he works for?' He mentally trailed his fingers down the back of the little grudge who was withering in pain near him, 'No if he's wearing those glasses, he is fully Todd Damon and that makes him far more dangerous' he rose to his feet gathering up the little grudge once again sending the numbing energy into the little creature and hopefully it would be enough to calm Kyoko down.

In all truth, Reino knew there wasn't a real difference between him wearing or not wearing those glasses. At most, it was just a warning sign at where his cousin was mentally and if he dares say emotionally. Without those glasses, he was more likely to be reasoned with or at least give you the illusion that he was being reasonable. When he was wearing them, that so-called illusion disappeared completely. It always surprised him really that it was Todd Damon who wore the glasses. Part of him thought that he would want his enemies to see into the pits of hell but perhaps that too was part of the illusion. As Tomi, people were wary of him, they understood quickly he wasn't someone to be messed with. His glasses could cause the light to reflect them, and as such an illusion of a chance to survive upon meeting Death's Demon. Reino closed his eyes taken a deep breath, the little grudge had settled down and he really should see that whichever aspect of his being, his cousin did get some rest. Mentally he was hoping that once she calmed down, once she wasn't in such a bad position, he could attempt that illusion of reason with his cousin and make him return her to her family.

Kuon leaned against the window his eyes, whiskey in his hand. 'Where did you take her Tomi?' He rested his forehead against his knee. Brown had not been pleased for him withholding information but no matter how he thought about it, it wasn't as if they would get there in time. What he knew about it all she was unconscious. Somehow, he doubted that if she was just unconscious that Tomi would have taken her away. No, everything inside of him was saying something more was going on. Enough that Kyoko herself couldn't protest and no matter how deep their connection was he really doubted that she would simply bow down and allow him to control her life.

His eyes darted towards his phone on the ground, 'Come on Tomi, give me something.' He groaned as he hit head against the back of the window. His mind wandering to his conversation with Lory only an hour ago.

"Kuon, you knew exactly what was going on. You could have stopped him or said something" There was so much disappointment, hurt and worry in his voice. I knew in his eyes that I messed up but that wasn't the case. The man was a lot of things but he wasn't exactly a villain in my eyes. He wasn't a good person but he seemed to care about her. Deeply if he had reached out to me of all people when he wanted to get her out of that place. No, there were deeper villains in this world and if she had to have a murder on her side, perhaps he was a better choice than myself. The thought caused my chest to tighten, the idea that someone else would be better at her side. The idea of someone else holding her, I pushed those thoughts aside, reminding myself that I was in no position for happiness in the first place.

'And what makes him so special if he too is a murder?' I didn't want to think about that instead of returning to the conversation, Lory had been talking but I foolishly had not been listening. "He won't hurt her, Lory." I balled my hand into a fist, "Besides you are to blame as much as me." I knew that it was pointless to that, it wasn't so much that he was blaming me but it felt like it. I wasn't strong enough, I was in the way, that's all these people saw. All because I promised, I gave my word to Rick I would never again hurt someone again. Now I was wondering if that was something I should have ever promised, ever given my word to in the first place.

"No, I don't think he will hurt her either." The sound of his voice was distant. I knew he was in deep thought for a moment before sighing heavily "I don't blame you Kuon, I know you were doing what you believed was right. You are on leave until further notice though." I was surprised at this licking my lips.

"For how long?" It was stupid of me, I cared about her but I wasn't sure I cared about her more than my future. If I wasn't allowed happiness then I needed to keep the career going.

"Until she returns to me." I knew he was saying this to push me. Apparently, Lory figured out I was not the only one that Tomi actually cared about or trusted in some way. "Your career now depends on her safety returning to her family. Focus on getting your friend to return her to us. Though I won't leave you alone in this, Ruto is out there searching for her... he does love his Goddaughter, almost as if she was his own. No perhaps in many ways she is." He chuckled but there was no warmth, there was no happiness there was only pain, only worry, only fear that she would never return. "Get her back." He said hanging up on me.

Kuon looked back out the window, in his mind, he already knew that even if Ruto found her. If she didn't want to return, Tomi would have no issues killing the man and what about Ruto, would he be able to kill someone like him? A small voice inside his head said yes. 'But would she go with the person who killed the other?' He stared at his drink, 'This one girl is screwing up my life.' and even as he thought that another part of him said that she was more than welcome to turn his world upset down however many times she wanted.

Sunday:

Kyoko slowly opened her eyes, her chest hurt to breathe, which was an odd feeling seeing how numb and heavy the rest of her body felt. The light from the morning sun was starting to hurt her eyes and she took a deep breath trying to force herself to sit up only to realize she was tied down, panic. Her head turned to look at the cloth tying her limbs to her side. Why hadn't she noticed that sooner? 'Brain feels fuzzy... foggy.' There was no point in screaming she could tell quickly that her throat was likely sore just like her lips feel dry when she ran her tongue across them. 'Guess feeling in some areas' the question was what else? She really wasn't sure she wanted to know at all. Still, she needed to figure out where she was."Hello?" her voice sounded strain to her like it hadn't been used in weeks, months maybe even years. It was shaking.

Knuckles ran down the side of her cheek and the motion should had scared her but for some reason she found herself calming down at once. "Shh, Kyoko." She felt something cold placed upon her forehead and understood quickly that it was a washcloth, "Hana, listen carefully to me." She tried to focus on his face but he placed a hand over her eyes and she silently understood this was his way of telling her not to worry about making eye contact, "You had tetrodotoxin poisoning. Do you understand what that means?"

Kyoko took a deep breath, her chest still hurt, that was likely why she was in so much pain prior. Now that she thought about it, she understood why she was being tied down, seizures were common, the washcloth was likely to keep the sweating and headache at bay but none of this explained how she was even alive. Unless it hadn't been that long. "How?" It wasn't really a question of how it happened she was pretty sure it was that woman who injected her and it also made sense why she was lucid. Though she had seemed to slip in and out of even that. Most of all it explained why speaking was so difficult at the moment, even that simple question had been hard to form and she wasn't sure which language would be easier but seeing as he was speaking in Russian as normal she would simply have to do her best and not think about it too much.

"Because one fears wolves, is one not to go into the woods?" She wanted to laugh, the fact that he would bring in some Russian saying to explain how she was still alive. Yet the motion of doing so hurt and she felt her chest tighten once again. "It had to be done, you wouldn't have survived otherwise." His voice was full of anger, though she was sure it wasn't directed at her. She really wished she could reach out and touch him, to calm him down. "Heth will not be able to harm you ever again." She smiled more for his sake than her own. Heth needed to be removed from this world, but the fact that she was the cost of that, it was something she would have to live with. She didn't regret it, no, but she did worry that if she could so easily request the removal of one person, how much harder would it be for the others? There was a list and most of all there was someone she feared more than Heth. Whoever their master was apparently he had wanted her.

"Tomi..." he placed a hand over her mouth. Another sielent order to not speak anymore but she couldn't listen to him and the moment his hand was gone "Does my father know where I am?"

"No, it seems my cousin thought to kidnap you." Kyoko tried to see who it was who was speaking but again her vision was blurred and movement was not easy she took a little longer than it might have normally before she realized that it was Reino, she hadn't heard him come in, so that either meant he had been there the whole time or where they were, the door was open and that bothered her.

"Reino..." Tomi's voice held a hint of warning but she couldn't help but smile.

"It's true and it's a miracle the police weren't called. She screams like a Banshee"

"You should try being poisoned" she growled and regretted it the moment she did but at least she felt better because the next words out of his mouth were an apologize. However, Reino did have a point, they had to be somewhere around people if he was worried about the police, and that meant Tomi and Reino likely were in trouble. Even if she was only here because Tomi was worried about her. Though it still didn't answer exactly what he did to assure she saw the morning light. Though it did mean that the next few days would be painful. "Am... I over the worse?"

"There is still... several hours before I can be sure."

"I need to let my father know." She hated forcing herself to talk, she hated the sound of her voice. Most of all she hated that it was making her tired, because she was forcing her mind to think and all it really wanted to do was sleep. "Please..." it was the last thing she remember saying before she found herself once again in the world of darkness.

Reino moved forward a hand touching the side of her face before looking back at his cousin. Who was simply cleaning her again, "She's out." He said nothing only given a small nod of his head before Reino sighed and sat down next to him on the bed. "Are you going to deny her?" He heard the low growl under his breath and he looked away, "I know, she's important to you. More than anyone."

"No." Reino's eyes turned towards him for a moment, confusion echoing in his eyes. "She is only one of three. I failed one." It wasn't very common for this man to speak about his personal feelings. "I will protect that boy still." He said standing up after replacing the washcloth on her forehead, "But I wonder sometimes if I'm too hard on you most of all." Again Reino wasn't sure exactly what he meant by any of it and flinched as he felt Tomi's pet him, fear of being taken into one of his memories only to feel nothing. No memories popped up, no thoughts, only one emotion. One that scared him more than anything, his cousin loved him.

"Watch her, I will be back."

"Where are you going?"

"I must contact with her family it seems." He shook his head before looking at his once more. "Seems that I will not be able to keep her, all I can do is assure she makes a full recovery." There was a sadness that echoed in his cousin's voice that he could almost miss if he hadn't felt that one emotion a moment ago.

"Whose the one that you failed?" He knew already the answer, that Kuon boy.

"Doesn't matter. He'll come around soon enough." A grin began to play across his features, that caused Reino to shudder, "Fact I think the four of us will do amazing things in the future."

A/N: because one fears wolves, is one not to go into the woods? - "Fear is no excuse from [possibly risky but] necessary undertakings."