I'm a really slow updater… please bear with me! I hope we can save this fic somehow… -sweatdrop- I thank Saphira112 with all my heart for bugging me to update my fics:D

"So… that's what happened," Hisoka understood "I guess this lets everything else make sense. I was wondering why I kept finding women's things… (blushing)

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you earlier," Tsuzuki said "I wasn't ready to accept that fact yet, let alone tell someone else…"

"The kidnappers gave you a week to wander around before you could even try to get Ruka-san back? Weird…"

"I think they wanted time to think of some sort of trade or ransom or something. I wonder how she is…"

"I'm sure she's a strong woman… I'm positive she'll be fine."

"Yeah…" Tsuzuki smiled. I remember the time Ruka did a flying kick to the mailman for delivering her mail late…(sweatdrop)

"So what are you going to do now?" Hisoka asked, while going to the kitchen to get Tsuzuki some water.

"I don't know," Tsuzuki replied "If I try to save her any sooner than a week, who knows what they might do to her…"

Hisoka went over to the older man and hugged him lovingly. "Don't worry about it. Let's just do what they ask us to do, not anger them in any way and pray for the best"

"You're right, Hisoka" Tsuzuki smiled and hugged the teen back. The two stayed in their embracing position for a while, enjoying each other's presence.

"Hey, Hisoka," Tsuzuki asked "Do you want to go out somewhere? Let's go out together!"

Hisoka blushed, but smiled in reply "Sure…"

YnM

"Boss! That girl you kidnapped is really causing a riot in the dungeons! What do we do about her?"

"Fool, don't you have those sleeping darts? Use those." Muraki answered coolly "You can try that voice restraint solution on her too. I plan to use it on my sweet little sex toy when I find him."

"Yes, sir," the 'fool' replied and walked out of the room.

"Yes…" Muraki laughed to himself "When I find you… you're seriously going to pay for leaving me!"

YnM

Hisoka felt a chill.

"You okay, Hisoka?" Tsuzuki seemed to have noticed Hisoka 'chilling' (A/N : oh man, how corny…I'm so sorry… :P)

"uh… yeah." Hisoka tried not to worry the older man. This was strange. He hasn't felt that presence in the air for quite some time. That creepy, blood curdling, demonic-like energy. Is he around here somewhere…? No…please, no…

"Hisoka?"

"H-huh?"

"Are you sure you're alright? You look really pale."

"I-I'm fine. Really."

Tsuzuki sighed. "Okay. But if you're not feeling well, you tell me, okay? We'll go back as soon as possible." He took Hisoka's hand in his and held it tightly. Hisoka blushed slightly, but squeezed Tsuzuki's hand back and nodded to show that he understood.

Why… why does he care so much about me…? I've never met anyone like this before… I mean, before I met him, I thought that everyone in the world was like… like him… oh, how much he's changed my vision since… he's so loving and he cares so much for others… I can feel it so clearly. Maybe…not everyone in this world is as terrible as that bastard (not Tsuzuki…)

"Hey, Hisoka! We're here!" Tsuzuki's voice broke Hisoka's thoughts.

Hisoka looked at the place they were at.

"An amusement park?" Hisoka asked, bewildered.

"Yup!" Tsuzuki replied happily as he bought the tickets "I figured that we both need something to get something else off our minds. I hope that doesn't bug you or anything…" he added cautiously.

"No! Not at all!" Hisoka reassured.

"That's good, then," Tsuzuki said with relief clear in his voice "Well, let's go!" Tsuzuki took hold of Hisoka's hand yet again and started dragging him to the rides. He had read about this amusement park in the newspaper last week and since today was its last day in their town, it was going to go out with a bang. There were many rides that Tsuzuki was extremely eager to try. Hisoka didn't argue, but he had never been in an amusement park before, let alone ride something, a roller coaster, for example. So it wasn't surprising that when the teen saw the fast moving ride and the screaming passengers in it, he began to feel quite scared.

"Hisoka, you look pale again…"

"Do I…?" Hisoka asked shakily, not taking his eyes off the ride.

Tsuzuki turned to the place Hisoka was staring at. In fact, with just one look at it, he understood Hisoka's problem.

"Your first time?" he asked gently.

Hisoka nodded, eyes still not moving away from the ride.

"Don't worry about it. The people who operate it always make sure that everything is in order. Accidents rarely happen," Tsuzuki tried to reassure the terrified teen. "And besides, there are handle bars which you're supposed to hold for safety. And of course, there's me!"

"You?" Hisoka wondered aloud.

"Yup!" Tsuzuki smiled "You can always hold on to me!"

Hisoka blushed and looked away. "Well,… I suppose I could give it a try. Especially if you want to go so badly." And there's no way I'm gonna go without you…

"Yay!" Tsuzuki cheered "Let's get in line!" With that, he dragged Hisoka closer to the ride, where the line started. Unfortunately for Hisoka, who was still terrified of the screaming-death-trap (uhh… I got that phrase from somewhere…seemed suitable to use it here. :D ), the line seemed to move pretty quick, and in no time at all, they were sitting side-by-side inside the roller coaster.

Tsuzuki put his arm around Hisoka, who was now gripping the safety bars so tightly that his knuckles almost turned white.

"Hisoka, the ride hasn't even started yet and you're panicking"

"Really…? Oh, I didn't notice…" (a little hint of sarcasm)

Tsuzuki smiled gently and tightened his arm around Hisoka's shoulders. "Hisoka, don't worry, I'm here, alright?"

Hisoka looked up at Tsuzuki, his eyes showed clearly how terrified he was. He calmed down a little after seeing Tsuzuki smile. No sooner had he calmed down, the roller coaster started to move. Hisoka became terrified again. Tsuzuki rolled his eyes.

As the roller coaster began climbing up a high ramp, Hisoka looked down and noticed how tiny the other people looked and how high up they were.

"T-Tsuzuki…" he stuttered "I-I c-can't do this! G-get me off this thing!"

Tsuzuki put his arm back around Hisoka again (he had put it on the safety bars when the ride started). He felt Hisoka shaking. He tried to reassure Hisoka with more comforting words, but there wasn't time. The ride had reached the top of the ramp and had went into a nose dive.

Hisoka finally lost it and threw both his arms around Tsuzuki, burying his face into the man's chest. Tsuzuki used one hand to hand the safety bar to hold the both of them and used other to hold Hisoka tightly. The ride tossed them left and right, again and again. Hisoka was screaming all the way, and so were Tsuzuki and the other passengers (but they were screaming out of fun…).

When the ride had finally come to a stop, everyone (even the thrill-seekers) breathed a sigh of relief. Hisoka was still shaking senseless while Tsuzuki tried to calm him down again.

"Hisoka? Hisoka, its okay! The ride's over! We're safe! We're alive! Okay,… was it really a good idea to say that?

"W-we could have died!" Hisoka asked incredulously as his gaze shot up to meet Tsuzuki's eyes.

I guess not… Tsuzuki thought. "No no no, Hisoka. We would have been safe anyway! Really!"

Hisoka swallowed and finally calmed down (somewhat…). They got off the ride and made their way to a bench so that Hisoka could sit down for a while. Tsuzuki went to get some water for him to drink.

"Uh… no" Hisoka said "I'm afraid if I eat or drink anything right now, I may puke…"

Hisoka did look sick. Well, that's what your first time on a roller coaster would be like… Hisoka seemed to have noticed the fact that Tsuzuki had gone to get him something to make him feel better, so he took the glass of water anyway. Tsuzuki proceeded to sit next to Hisoka while waiting for him to drink the water.

"You feeling better?" he asked worriedly.

"Yeah, I'll live," Hisoka answered. He took a few sips of the water. It did make him feel a little better, and he smiled gently at Tsuzuki, who in turn, smiled back. Hisoka soon drained the whole glass and told Tsuzuki that he was ready to get on more rides.

"Y-you're serious!" Tsuzuki exclaimed "After being scared stiff, you want to go on more?"

"Well," Hisoka began "It was kinda fun… and I don't think anything in this park could be worse than that…"

They both surveyed the park and Tsuzuki realized that Hisoka was somewhat right. There were other roller coasters, but they didn't look as scary as the one they had already ridden. Tsuzuki felt somewhat relieved that there probably wasn't going to be anything else that would scare Hisoka out of his mind like that again. Tsuzuki suddenly spotted something that caught his interest.

"Well, then," he said "if you think you're okay, then let's go on that one!" He pointed into the distance (…).

Hisoka read the sign board. "Merry-go-round. What's that?" he inquired.

Tsuzuki grinned "You basically sit on this thing and it goes round and round!"

"O…kay…" Hisoka replied "But it looks like there's quite a lot of people waiting in line…"

"Don't worry about it!" Tsuzuki reassured "Even if there's only one seat (I dunno what they're called… horses?) left, we can share, right?" Like lovers do in the movies! He thought happily. And with that, he pulled Hisoka towards the line…

Oh, please… let there be only one seat left! Tsuzuki thought to himself.

I'm going to stop here! It's been really a long time since I wrote a chapter this uh… long! Please, please, please, please review! Thanks for reading! ( I have enabled anonymous reviews, so review away:D)