A/N: Sorry I forgot to mention this in the previous chapter, but kuro-ame is Black-Candy, and it is actually really good. Just thought I'd let you in on that, to clear the confusion.

Week One

Wednesday

True to his word, the chief did find another body to look after the food; however he was still pissed off that Ryo could not do such a simple thing, granted that he was sick, and that did play a major key factor on why he couldn't do it, but it still irritated the chief none the less.

"Alright, one last check, and that's it for the snack table." Damien stretched and gave a low yawn, he had been going over the foods for roughly three hours, and he wasn't even half way done yet, sighing he picked the clipboard back up and made his way to the next table,

"Damien, you can take your break now, I'll take over for a bit." Turning around Damien spotted the source of the voice, standing by the door was Dee, Damien gave a low growl and turned back to his work,

"It's alright Dee, I got it… say, how's Ryo feeling?"

"I don't know, haven't seen him sense Monday, however Bikky says that he seems better and will probably be at work tomorrow."

"That's good," he called back, but then lowered his voice to barley a whisper, "to bad that in reality he's getting worse, and exposure to fresh air will only cause pain."

"What was that?"

"I just said that, that's good, and boy he sure does recover quickly."

"Yeah…he does. Well if you're sure you don't need any help-"

"I am sure Dee; now please let me work in peace."

"Okay, okay. I am leaving."

After Dee left, Damien slammed his fist on the table, what if Ryo really was recovering, then what, the whole thing would be ruined and he would be killed. Of course he didn't know the reason behind, why his…acquaintance…wanted Ryo dead anyway, but he didn't push the subject. After all he was the number one hit man in NYC, kill first, collect the cash, live to see another day, very simple life style.

Deciding that he was going t have to take bigger measures, to insure that Ryo would only get worse, he handed his clipboard to Drake and left.

He made his way to the hottest candy shop, Cat's Candy and entered through the back. Upon entering the large square room, he coughed from the amount of smoke that was rising off the many men that sat around and played poker,

"Ah Diamond, what a pleasant surprise, how is the job going?"

"It was going well, I had managed to poison his coffee, however according to his partner, he is recovering from that misshape, so I've come for the big guns."

"How much do you need?"

"Just enough to slide into a small 'Get Better Soon' basket."

"Clever as always, the shit is in the blue bag over there."

Damien walked over to said bag and pulled out a Zip Lock bag and began to fill it, No, he doesn't make the fact that this is poison clear at all, he mused as he noted that the side of the bag read, Poisons: Do Not Ingest. When he had filled the Zip Lock bag he stood and made his way towards the door, when it was slightly agar, the bigger man spoke again,

"You better not mess this one up, Diamond, or else this will be the last job you ever do."

"I know that full well sir, now if you'll excuse me; I have a cop to kill."

As he left the man turned to face his companion, who was looking at the door with an evil glare,

"What's the matter Leo, do you not trust him?"

"No, I do not. And more then that, I do not like his way of going around this, why couldn't you have just had the candy catered to the banquet?"

"Because, due to the recent deaths, kuro-ame has been relived from the shelves of all the candy stores nation wide. To offer to supply some, would then lead the cops to here, it would be like flashing a neon sign that read, Smyth's House, oh and Leo is here too."

"Still, why can't he just shoot him and get it over with?"

"Because, that is not Diamonds' style."

Meanwhile the man in question was retuning to the precinct when he decided to make a small detour, turning the car around, he headed towards Ryo's home. After the third knock, the door opened and Bikky stood in the doorway,

"Hey kid, is Ryo awake?"

"Yeah, come in," he said moving to the side, to allow Damien to enter the living room, "Ryo, someone's here to see you!" he shouted, closing the door and then walked into his room.

Ryo came out of the bathroom five minutes later, and saw Damien looking at the pictures on the wall,

"Can I help you, Damien?"

"I just dropped by to see how you were doing, that's all."

"I am doing better, I feel much better too," he didn't mention the fact that his rash was getting bigger, but that was to be expected of an allergic reaction; it gets worse before it gets better. Damien held out the bag of candy and Ryo stared at it, "what's this?"

"It's European Candy, the guys from the precinct chipped in and I went out and bought it, sort of like a get well better type of thing."

Ryo took the candy and popped one in his mouth, it tasted like heaven, chewy candy outside, soft caramel and almonds inside,

"Thanks man, these are good."

Damien smiled a convincing yet completely fraud smile, "No problem Ryo, but," he looked at his watch, "should probably get back to work; after all I am doing your job."

"My job, as in-"

"Food stock for the banquet, no worries, I got it covered. I used to do catering all the time for hotels and places like that."

"Alright, well see you later then"

"Yup, bye"

Ryo closed the door behind him and went to sit on the couch, holding the candy the whole time. Looking at them picked a few out and ate them, slowly he realized that, like most things chocolate, they were slightly addictive, and before he knew it, he had eaten the whole bag.

That night when he was ready to go to bed, he felt a huge wave of nausea over come him and made a dash for the bathroom to well, throw up. Splashing cold water on his face and drying it off, he caught a glimpse of himself in the mirror, his rash was poking out from underneath the collar f his shirt, and his face looked flustered, running his hands across his face, he noticed that he did have a slight fever, and so he took some Advil and went to bed.

The night was anything but pleasant for him, tossing and turning, running to the bathroom, he decided that tomorrow he was going to go to the hospital and see what exactly was wrong with him. Because as far he was concerned, this was more then just an average case of Food Poisoning, or an allergic reaction.

Thursday

When morning came, he couldn't pull him self out of bed, he vaguely felt the presence of another person, well a few people actually, enter his room. He was however pulled into a somewhat drowsy awakened state when he felt cold metal on his bare back, and he could hear the mummers of people talking, two voices he could make out as Dee and Bikky, the other one he had no clue as to who it was, but judging from his tone, he was a doctor.

"Well, I have to say that I am at a loss, what started out as an allergic reaction wasn't what it seemed to be, the nausea, the high fever…I have to honestly say that I don't know what is wrong, besides the flu, but this is far to extreme for something that simple. I'd like to take a blood sample, to do some tests, so I can figure this out though, and possibly be able to help him."

"What ever this is, is it fatal?"

"From what I can tell, no it's not fatal, how ever it is infectious; I recommend that no on should be in the apartment with him, does the boy have any where else to stay?"

"He can stay with me for the time being."

"Good, now remember to keep the company down to hopefully no one, but if anyone does enter they are to wash their hands, and change their cloths as soon as they leave."

"Is Ryo really that bad?"

"At the moment kid, yes he is. However with this blood sample, I hope to uncover what is wrong, and then I will be able to prescribe something that will help."

While Dee and Dr. Walker talked, Bikky packed his things, Ryo just lay in bed, unable to move really, and even if he did move, he would have probably been ordered to stay in bed. After ten more minutes of unbearable noise, all went quiet behind the closed door, they had left and he was alone, slowly getting up he made his way to the kitchen for a glass of water. However when he made his return to his bed, with a detour to the bathroom, he collapsed, and passed out.

There see, I told you that Chapter Two would be out soon! I know that it's not as long as the first one, but that's because Chapter One, I had to introduce the whole setting and what not.

I do feel bad though, for doing this to Ryo, but I can't really do anything to anyone else. It wouldn't seem right if I had put my character in just to do this, story it wouldn't fit, and Dee already has had it tough in the passed, and well no one (I know) would really care if JJ ended up being the one with the … cold. Anyway, Review please, tell me what you think, yell at me for taking so long, it's all good. But please don't flame me for doing this to Ryo, I love him just as much as the next person!