Okay, so I've decided where I'm going with this...assuming the characters don't write themselves going somewhere else along the way again. I swear the characters and plot just write themselves sometimes and don't even bother listening to me :D

Anyways, I'd love to hear your thoughts on this if you have time.

Thank you to all my lovely readers who keep reading! YAY for 5k views!

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"Makoto! Get your ass over here!" Okazaki shouted to a man in a grey suit with shoulder length black hair and a scowl.

"What up boss?" Makoto Hanamiya yawned not even bothering to politely cover his mouth.

"I got a job for you and your group." Okazaki smirked and rested his feet on his desk.

"It's about time. The ass or the bitch?" Makoto smirked as well as he referred to Akashi and Kuroko by his favorite nicknames for them. Rather uncreative nicknames I might add.

"The 'bitch' may or may not already be dead. That's your job. Find out. If he's alive, you may do as please with him as long as the end result is his death. And keep in mind, I want to make it as painful for that red head bastard as possible." Okazaki's eyes narrowed as he gritted his teeth and clenched his fist. Hanamiya smirked.

"I know just the thing, but wasn't Haizaki supposed to take care of that?" He asked with half interest.

"Yes and no. If I were dumb enough to think there was a good chance of killing someone in a damn hospital, you wouldn't be following me."

"True." Hanamiya shrugged. "I don't need idiots."

"Touché. Haizaki was supposed to be captured by Akashi and the bastard actually fell for it. Of course, killing the bitch, as you call him, would have been a plus, but I intended to give that job to you all along. Haizaki's group will take down Akashi Seijūrō once we have played with him a bit more."

Even Hanamiya shuddered a bit at the tone of Okazaki's voice and that menacing grin spreading across his face.

"Don't suppose we can play with the bitch a bit to?"

"Oh?" Okazaki fixed Hanamiya with an interested glare and one eyebrow raised. "You have something in mind, Makoto?"

"Yeah, I do actually. A way to have some fun with both of them before ending their miserable existences." He chuckled chaotically.

"You've got my attention." Okazaki grinned wider as he removed his feet from his desk and replaced them with folded hands ready to hear this idea.

Aomine, Kise, and Murasakibara ran down the hospital hallway to the nurse's station.

"Where's Kurokocchi/Dr. Midorima/Mido-chin and Kuro-chin?" The three yelled at the frightened on duty nurse. Aomine and Kise were gripping the counter catching their breaths as Murasakibara towered behind them.

"Pl….please c…calm down and sp…speak one at a time."

"Where is Kuroko Tetsuya, the patient down the hall?" Kise growled making the nurse shrink back. With shaking hands, she looked something up on the computer before turning her gaze back to the three angry visitors.

"There is no Kuroko Tetsuya?" The nurse asked more than stated. Aomine slapped the blond on the back of the head.

"Idiot!" Aomine shouted before turning back to the nurse. "Where is Dr. Midorima?"

"He's in his office I believe.." The nurse replied again uncertain. Murasakibara nodded to her before following the other two who had already charged up.

Midorima looked up from his computer with a worried frown when the three burst into his office looking like they had just ran away from a tiger.

"What the hell!?"

"Did you move Tetsu?!" Aomine half wheezed and half shouted. Judging by the way Midorima's eyes grew wide, the other threes fears were confirmed.

"He should be in his room…." Midorima whispered. He clicked a button on his phone. "Page Nurse Takao please. Tell him to come to my office."

"Yes sir." A voice replied. Midorima turned his attention back to the other three who had caught their breath.

"Where's Kuro-chin…." Murasakibara muttered. The greenette shook his head.

"Maybe he was moved on accident." He suggested. Aomine scowled.

"We were with him!"

"Then shouldn't you know where he is." Midorima's eyes narrowed.

"We were asleep." The blond of the group admitted guiltily looking at the floor with tears in his eyes. Aomine pulled him close and tried to comfort him as Kise sobbed into his shirt. "What if….What if….."

"Shhh." Aomine stroked Kise's head. There wasn't anything he could say.

"Shin-chan? Did you need…" Takao paused as he entered and noticed the grim and frightened expressions and the sobbing Kise. "What happened?" He asked in a low whisper, his own voice shaking.

Midorima shook his head. "Do you know where Kuroko is?"

Takao shook his head as he began to grasp the situation. "Maybe he just got up….." He tried to offer pointlessly. Obviously there was no way Kuroko walked off on his own for about a hundred different reasons and normally someone would have smacked the raven-haired man, but the realization that Kuroko was missing left them too paralyzed to even try.

Takao walked over to Midorima and pulled Midorima's head till it touched his stomach. Midorima grabbed the sides of Takao's scrubs with shaking hands.

"We should call Akashi." Aomine whispered still holding his lover in his arms. Murasakibara pulled out his phone and took the task since he was the only one not busy in the room.

Akashi didn't pick up his cell. It was odd, but Murasakibara didn't say anything to the others and tried Akashi's private home phone. He didn't want to worry the others if it wasn't necessary.

"Hello. This is Furusawa speaking. May I ask who's calling?" The voice answered.

"Murasakibara Atsushi. May I speak to Aka-chin please, I mean Akashi?" The violet haired man corrected himself so the other would know who he meant.

Furusawa recognized the name and Akashi's nickname from Akashi's stories and let out a shaky breath surprising Murasakibara.

"He's not here." Furusawa admitted. "And since you're asking for him, I'm guessing you don't know where he is either."

"Aka-chin is missing….."

"Yes."

"What?" Midorima, who overheard, shot up and stared at Murasakibara. Aomine clenched his fist and Kise stopped crying. "Give me the phone Atsushi!" Midorima demanded and was handed the phone. He put it on speakerphone.

"How long has he been missing?" He asked, trying to keep himself calm. Takao squeezed his hand for reassurance.

"His last known location and time was his office sleeping about two hours ago" Furusawa replied without asking who was speaking. He figured it was part of the group Akashi mentioned he was at the hospital with. Midorima looked over at Aomine who understood the silent question. He nodded. It was possible for Kuroko to have disappeared around the same time.

"Kuroko Tetsuya is missing too." Midorima informed the other man who cursed under his breath.

"You should stay put. I'll send some of our men in to guard you."

"Not here. I would prefer not to endanger the hospital."

"Then our men will bring you to the estate. Make any preparations necessary but do not tell anyone where you are going." Furusawa gave them a few more instructions before hanging up and shouting orders at some of the men in the room with him. This was going to be a long night.