Threatening Threes

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Chapter Four

Kousuke looked at Ayumu before answering. "It's a long story, I'll tell you when we get on the train." Kousuke headed towards the platform. Ayumu said nothing, but followed.

When they finally boarded the train, Kousuke spoke.

"This morning, Hiyono came over…"

/Flash back

"Actually I have a request to make. Oh, I'll need your help too, Kousuke." Said Hiyono as she saw him walking away.

"Uh… Ok, what do you want? I mean, asking us for help, after what we did to Narumi." Said Rio.

"Well, I get the feeling that Ayumu likes me, so, I need a favor. I have it all figure out, I've been working on this plan for a while now. Here's how it's going to go. Rio is going to "kidnap" Ryoko and myself, leaving identical notes for Kousuke and Ayumu. They will meet up somewhere. When they do, Kousuke will turn on aw bug that we plant on him. When they are "rescuing" us, we can hear everything they said. Of course, Kousuke will have to probe a bit. The details are a bit vague, but I was hoping that that's where you're specialties will come in handy. And that's that!"

/End Flash Back

"So you see, at first it was a little joke, but now…" Said Kousuke.

"But how could they have been so stupid? How could they have gotten captured?" Asked Ayumu, half to himself.

"That's beyond me, but this is our stop. Lets go."

"Fine" Was Ayumu's only response. Damn it Hiyono. Why did you do this? Why not just ask me? Oh, that's right, she did. And what did I say? 'Ask me later' I'll probably never give her a straight answer. Maybe this is my fault. Ayumu questioned himself while exiting the train.

Not really knowing where he was going, Kousuke led them out of the station and into the bright light.

"Well…" Started Kousuke, but was cut off by the ringing of his phone.

"Yeah yea, we're here." He said without waiting for the person to respond. "Tell us where they are." Kousuke said impatiently.

"Touchy! Look to your right and tell me what you see."

"Um…" Kousuke glanced over, " I see Tokyo Tower."

"Good, now look behind you. Tell me what you see now."

"There's an abandoned house."

"Good. I want you to walk towards the house when I hang up." Kousuke waited for the dial tone before proceeding with the directions.

Ayumu how ever stayed hidden within the shadows of the trees. "Where do you think you're going?" He questioned Kousuke.

"He said to walk towards the house."

"So you decide to just waltz right into what is obviously a trap? You're never going to save them that way."

"But he said…"

"Never mind what he said. Look around you."

When Kousuke did look, he noticed various traps set up. Kousuke also realized that he was about to trigger one.

"Now that we've seen that, we have to assume that that is only the beginning of our problems. We should scout the land, mark our escape routes and check for other traps."

"But he's watching us. He could know what we're doing. What if he detonates a bomb?"

"But what if he's not watching us? We aren't certain that he is. He could be using a GPS system for all we know. Or…" Ayumu thought for a minute before continuing. "Asazuki, how did you say you got the twin bomb again?"

"Oh, the last one? I bumped into some girl. Why? How is that important?" Asked Kousuke, puzzled.

Ayumu didn't respond, instead he went up to Kousuke and stuck his hand in Kousuke's breast pocket. He felt around before Kousuke regained his words.

"Wha… What are you doing? Getting comfortable are you?" When Ayumu didn't respond, Kousuke shoved him away. Ayumu stumbled but when he regained his balance, in his hand was a tiny electronic chip.

"Is that a bug?" Kousuke said skeptically.

"Yea. It's just like I thought. The purpose of the little girl was not to give you the bomb, but it was to place this bug on you. In other words, this is how they tracked us. For all we know, they might not be in the house. But I have an idea."

The bushed near them rustled a bit before revealing a fuzzy, cute squirrel. Ayumu looked at the squirrel a minute before speaking, "Asazuki, go get the squirrel. Remember to watch out for traps.

"What? Why me?"

"Seeing as how you had so much energy, I though you would be happy to do this. Mocked Ayumu. Ayumu started rummaging around in is bag for something. He left him no choice, so Kousuke went to fetch the squirrel, mumbling every step of the way.

"Ouch! It bit me." Complained Kousuke as he neared Ayumu, the squirrel trapped between his palms.

"Aww. Poor you, can't even catch a squirrel," Mocked Ayumu. "Hold it steady." Ordered Ayumu as he applied duck tape (duck tape, versatile!) around the squirrel and set it free. "The little critter will take the bug far away." He said as the watched the squirrel run away. Ayumu motioned towards the alcove of trees and Kousuke followed him.

"Here's the plan. When he calls you, he will most likely ask where you're going. Tell him that we aren't playing his game anymore and we went to save the girls." At that moment, Kousuke's phone rang.

"Hello?"

"Where the hell do you think you're going?"

"I'm going to save the girls."

"I said towards the abandoned house, not towards Tokyo Tower."

"Oh really? I must not have heard to correctly then."

"Where are you heading?"

"I'm heading…" Kousuke was at a loss for words. He noticed Ayumu mouthing something to him. "Where I'm going to none of your concern.

"Heh." Replied the phone and there were a few minutes of silence.

"Are you still there?' Asked Kousuke.

"Yeah."

"So why did you call? Do you have anything important to say?"

"Just wanted to know where you went. Hehe, think you could fool me? I see you standing there, brown hair, blue jacket, your school uniform?"

"Yeah." Replied Kousuke. So he still thinks that I'm Narumi. (The guy thinks that the phone number is Ayumu.) This could be used in our favor later.

"Seeing that you are still here, I am going to hang up." Then only static could be heard.

"He still thinks that this phone is yours. What should we do?" Asked Kousuke.

"That's good. I'll go in and disarm some of the traps. Then I'm going to try to get a good look at the house. If he calls again, signal me. Until then, stay hidden." Ayumu cautiously walked towards the perimeter of the house. So there are traps se on ever side, judging by the placement and type of the traps, there people cannot be taken lightly. They are professionals.

As Ayumu was about to step over a wire, he stopped and leaned down to investigate, only to find…

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