Miyano-san had been unable to pick up Nanami from school and therefore she had, by text, asked Rin and Haruka to walk her home. However, Rin had to go for a run with Sousuke, so he couldn't go. It wasn't like Haruka couldn't have talked him out of doing that and walk with them instead, but he was sick and tired of having Rin watching over him. It had only been a day and a half, but that seemed to be more than enough time to irritate Haruka.

Therefore, Haruka and Nanami were walking to Nanami's place together from school while Rin and Sousuke were out running around town somewhere. Haruka walked in a slower pace than usual as the younger girl could keep up. They said nothing as they walked. Not until Nanami broke the silence anyway.

"Do you know where Nagisa-san is?" she asked.

Haruka looked down at her, not sure how to answer the question. Had she even been informed that Nagisa had gone missing? Haruka didn't remember.

"No," he said, unsure of what Nanami's reaction would be to this answer.

"Do you think the serial killer got him?" Nanami continued.

"I doubt it," Haruka said. "He is not in town, and how do you even know that?" he asked.

"Okaa-san spoke about it on the phone this morning," Nanami answered.

Haruka nodded, and the two of them fell silent again. Their steps were almost echoing through the street. For some reason, this street was completely deserted. If Haruka had to be honest, it all made him tense up just a little bit.

"Nanase-sama?" Nanami asked as she sensed Haruka's tension. She turned her head to ask if something was the matter, but never got to say that. A person wearing a hoodie stood behind Haruka, he held an iron object in his hand. Nanami couldn't see what it was, but it was possibly a pipe or something like that. The man used it to hit Haruka in the head and knock him out cold. He then looked at Nanami.

"Don't say a word until I'm gone," he said.

Nanami shook her head, took in a breath and prepared to scream, but the man had seen it coming and put some adhesive tape over her mouth and around her hands. He then pushed her as she fell back on the ground. She could only watch as he picked the unconscious Haruka up and carried him into his car and drove off.

The sky was clear, Nanami could see that. She was glad it wasn't raining, even if it would have set the scene perfectly, just like in the anime she used to watch on TV at home every now and then. It always rained when something bad happened.

She didn't know how much time passed. No one passed by through all this time. She had never felt more alone and helpless. She wanted to tell someone what had happened, but she didn't own a phone, and even if she did, she couldn't break free and get it, even if she wanted to.

Finally she heard footsteps coming towards her. She saw the dark, huge figure leaning over her as she prayed the person was someone she knew.

"Nanami?" It was the voice of Yamasaki Sousuke. He said nothing as he helped her to sit up and freed her hands, and then her mouth as she could speak again. Relief washed over the girl. "What happened?" Sousuke asked.

Nanami bit her lip. "Nanase-sama…" she said. She didn't know to put the words together at first, even if she had had all this time to figure out what to say once she was found. "Nanase-sama has been kidnapped," tears welled up in her eyes and fell down her cheeks, though she didn't let a sound escape her.

Sousuke just nodded and pulled out his own phone. "I'll call Rin and tell him," he said. "Then I'll take you home," He tried to smile, and Nanami smiled back. She had to admit, Sousuke looked much less scary when he smiled. In this moment, she actually found comfort in the enormous teen.

"Hello," Rin had picked up the phone in the other end. "Sousuke, why are you calling so quickly? I've barely made it through the door,"

"Rin," Sousuke said in a serious tone. "I just found Nanami tied up with adhesive tape," He paused to let the information sink in before he continued. "She says someone kidnapped Nanase,"

Rin was frozen on the spot. "What?" he asked. "Haru has been…" He didn't speak the last word and Sousuke decided to do it for him.

"Kidnapped, yes," he said. "You can speak to Nanami if you want, but I highly doubt you will get a different story out of her,"

"Are you sure of this?" Rin asked.

"I don't doubt her, and with all the things going down lately, I don't see a reason to start doubting her now," Sousuke said. "I'm going to take Nanami home," he then continued. "You should start looking for your missing family members,"

Rin nodded once. "You're right," he said. "Thanks for letting me know about this,"

"That's what friends are for," Sousuke answered. "Just call if you need anything,"

"Thanks," Rin said before hanging up.

Makoto was devastated by the news. He wanted to cry, but found himself unable to do so. Nagisa had run away from home and nobody knew where he was, and now, on top of that, Haruka had most likely been kidnapped by someone. Kisumi had been no help at all, in fact he had been the one saying that it was way too likely that Haruka had been taken by the serial killer.

"Why is it all falling apart like this?" Makoto mumbled as he stared down at his hands, lying useless in his lap. He wanted to do something, anything, but he was unable to do so. He didn't know where either of his missing children were.

"M-Makoto," Kisumi tried to comfort Makoto by awkwardly placing a hand on his friend's shoulder. "Things will be okay," he said. "We'll do everything we can,"

"What can we do?" Makoto asked, seriously doubting there would be an answer to the question.

"Clear our heads and think?" Kisumi suggested.

"How's that gonna help anyone?" Makoto asked. He felt an unfamiliar irritation inside of him. It was raging, almost like fire. Right now, he somehow just wished Kisumi would leave him alone.

A knock was heard on the door, it kept repeating itself. Why would someone come here at this time of day? There was no point, everything was going to hell.

Rin went to open the door and Makoto heard a surprised sound and then, shortly after, footsteps. Two people entered the room. Makoto decided to look up and greet the second one. He was surprised when he saw two pairs of crimson eyes staring at him. One was clearly Rin's, and he also recognized the other pair. It belonged to Matsuoka Gou.

"Gou?" Makoto said, surprised.

"Makoto-san," Gou said. Then tears started falling down her face. "I'm sorry!" she exclaimed.

"Where's Nagisa?" Kisumi asked as Rin wrapped a comforting arm around Gou's shoulders.

"He…" Gou struggled to get her sobs under control. "He is in Osaka," she said. "We ran out of money and could only buy one ticket back here, so Nagisa forced me to go home and stayed behind,"

Makoto stood. He swayed a bit. He didn't know what for. "I'm going," he said.

Kisumi shook his head and pushed his friend back down. "No, Makoto," he said. "You're staying here," he sat down next to Makoto and wrapped an arm around his shoulders. "I'll go," he said.

"No," Rin said as he pulled out his phone. "There's no need for anyone to go anywhere," he started dialing a number as he let go of his younger sister and payed full attention to his phone.

"What?" Makoto exclaimed.

"Have you forgotten?" Rin asked. "Rei is in Osaka, so I'm going to give him a wake-up call and make him take responsibility for the mess he has helped making," He hit the little green 'call' bottom and lifted the phone to his ear. If Rei was smart, he would answer within five seconds, otherwise, he would have quite an earful to listen to before Rin would get to the point.