"Ai, honey, you have to wake up now."
Ai didn't know whether it was the voice or her throbbing head that had woken her. But finally she was awake. He mouth was dry, and her eyes blinked desperately trying to adjust to the sharp light. She was seated, surprisingly untied, but her head felt like a ton. "Here honey, drink this." Ai drank the tea offered her because she was desperate for something to drink. As she drank she tried to identify the voice talking to her. It was familiar, but she couldn't say why. The drowsiness was still over her, like a big blanket. "My friend?" "The boy. His fine, for now." Ai tried rubbing the drowsiness out of her eyes, as someone stroke her on the head.
Flashbacks of her mother stroking her when she was tired or sad went through her head. She froze, fully awake. She now knew why the voice was so familiar. She opened her eyes and looked in to her own blue eyes. Her mother also had the light European skin, and dark brown hair to match. "Mom?" "Yes Ai, it's me." Ai looked around. The room was small, and whit the exception of herself and mother there was just one person in room, a 20-something male whit dark red hair and brown eyes. "Where is my friend?" "Don't be afraid for him, my men are keeping him company. To bad his a nobody thou." Ai was glad they hadn't discovered Haruhis secret. She probably wouldn't be so safe if they had. "Well I'm just paying for Ai. It's not my fault your guys to two instead of one." "I said my men would take care of him." Ai was afraid for Haruhis safety. What does he mean Take care of?
She turned to her mother. "What do you want?" "Save you of course." "By kidnapping my friend and me?" Her mother sized her arm and pulled up her sleeve, Ai took her arm back and pulled the sleeve down, but she had seen what se needed to see. "How long?" "Since you left. Eighth years know." "Ai I…" Her mother showed her the scars on her arm. Ai knew now why she had disappeared, but she could not understand leaving her three daughters behind, knowing what kind of man he was. "And left me at his mercy. You could at least have taken the twins whit you." "Ai I couldn't. He would find me." Ai straightened herself. She hated her mother, and she didn't try to hide it. "That doesn't change that you left your three children in the mercy at that man. Knowing what he is capable of. He maybe a monster, but at least he didn't leave us. You didn't even give names to the twins." Her mother rose, and Ai could see the tears she was trying to hide. "I have a man now, a good man, in England. The father you deserve. I have the papers, we can leave right away."
"And my sisters? Your daughters." Her mother turned away. "I never wanted them, but he wanted a son. It's a shame really. If one of them had been a boy, maybe things would have been different." Ai fumed, her anger filling every inch of her body. One thing was running away, but blaming the beating on the girls. They had been just a few days old when she disappeared. Whit one blow she hit her mother. Not a fatal blow, but she passed out. She turned to the red-haired man. He whistled, apparently impressed. She took a step towards him, her hatred still controlling her. He took up a gun and pointed it at her. "Don't even think about it."
"I wouldn't go in there is I was you."
Kyoya turned, and the guard outside shrank and disappeared quite quickly. Tamaki entered the room. "I'm surprised seeing you so emotional. You must really care for her." Kyoya felt his rage filling him, and to stop him from putting a hole in Tamaki he put one in the wall. He didn't even care his knuckles where sore and bleeding. "You are aware that Haruhi is missing also." Kyoya looked at Tamaki, and found it not surprising to see him cry. Tamaki had always been emotional. But he was taken back about how calmed he looked. "I know. And it's for her I do this."
Tamaki slapped him. Kyoya looked surprisingly at him. "Kyoya you need to get a grip. You are the only one who can get Haruhi and Ai back. You can save them." "How?" Tamaki smiled. "By doing what you always do." Kyoya looked out the window, a picture of Ai popped into his head. It was of her blowing him the kiss. He turned and walked out of the room. Leaving behind himself a smiling Tamaki.
"Are you sure you don't want to come home whit me."
Ai didn't even look at her mother. "My home is with my sisters and fiancé." Her mother sighed. "I love you honey." "Just get out." Ai just sat in the chair, her head in her hands. At least she was awake this time. When she looked up she remembered she was still captured. The man was still holding a gun at her. "What happens know?" "Ransom." "And Haruhi?" Ai knew Haruhis father couldn't pay what the kidnappers asked. He laughed, and Ai knew she hated him too. "The boy, my men are going to have some fun whit him and then kill him. He is of no use to me." "That doesn't seem fair. Your men get to have all the fun. Tell you what. If you let my friend go, and give me your word he is safe, you and I could have a little fun."
It was a long shoot, but since he was going to kill Haruhi she was desperate. He measured her. She tried as hard as she could to look irresistible, but didn't quiet know what that meant. "And what would hinder me in just taking it." Crap. "I would either beat you to a pulp, or you would have to shoot me, either way, not very fun." Suddenly he took out a scarf and covered her eyes. "What's happening?" "I'm taking you up on you deal. I do hope he is worth it." Pictures of Kyoya flashed before her eyes. She is.
"What you've found Fujioka?"
Kyoya passed the phone and ran out the door whit everyone else running after him. When they where in the limo he told them what he had been told. "A small police station, about an hour outside the city had found a little boy tied, gagged and dumped in a field. He told the police he needed to talk to the Ohtori family at once, and since he looked like one of the missing children they called." Kyoya was completely cold. He was happy Haruhi was safe, if it was Haruhi, but he didn't like that only Haruhi had been found.
A search in nearby fields had been done, but only she had turned up. Even if Ai had gotten loose, why hadn't she made contact? "I'm sure she's fine Kyoya-chan." Kyoya looked down at Hunney. He looked form one host to the other. With the exception of Mori, everyone just looked happy of the news Haruhi was okay. He folded his hands tight. Not wanting the others to see how they were shaking.
"I have kept my end of the deal. Now you must do yours."
Ai nodded and followed the man, named Eiji, in to his bedroom. "Have you sent a ransom demand?" He shook his head. "Lets just see how good you are, and maybe I'll keep you." I would rather die. "But remember, if I go back on your deal it would be rather simple killing your friend, if I wanted to. " He bent down and started kissing her left shoulder. Ai shivered, and most of all wanted to push his head in to the wall. But whit his treat hanging over her head she let him do as he pleased.
Like in a trance she let him pull of her dress and lay her down on the bed. She could feel his hands very where, his lips, his tong. But she didn't so much as stir. Even when the pain between her legs became almost unbearable, did she even squeak. When he was finished he lay down next to her and kissed her on the forehead. "I think I'm going to keep you." I think I'm going to throw up.
"Where's the bathroom?" He pointed at a door. "Can I take a shower?" He nodded, and reached over for a kiss. She turned her head and he kissed her cheek. That was the only thing she wouldn't let him do. She could feel him smile, and closed the bathroom door quickly behind her. When she was sure it was locked she fell to the floor. Fore several hours she just laid there crying. She would never see her sisters again. Never see Haruhi or Mori again. She would never be able to tell Kyoya how she felt. She was at the mercy of the monster in the bed.
She threw up, and then continued crying. When she couldn't cry anymore she rose and went into the shower. She didn't even feel clean after almost half hour with the water running down her body. She could feel him, his hands, his tong, and his lips. She needed to get him of her. She looked down and saw a ceramic scrub and started using that on the worse place, her left shoulder. She didn't even stop when she started bleeding. She could still feel his lips, and this just made her cry again.
"Tell Kyoya I'm sorry."
Kyoya sat across from Haruhi. The room was empty with the exception of the hosts. "Go over it one more time please." "As I told you, we where grabbed and pushed in a car with soothed windows. We drove, stooped. They took Ai, and left me in the car. Then they came back, with Ai, and we drove some more. She didn't say anything except apologise for getting me in trouble. The car stooped and someone tied me up, gagged and blindfolded me. Then she said tell Kyoya I'm sorry. Then they left me in the field where the farmer found me." "Its clear what happened." "Of course Kaoru, the thought of marrying Kyoya was so terrible that she ran away." "The kidnapper was probably her boyfriend or something." Mori hit them over the head, and Kyoya was grateful they shut up. It couldn't be, could it? I don't know why she agreed to marry me? Maybe she lied to stall time.
Pictures of Ai flew through his memory. He studied every look, every smile, and every touch, trying to find anything that would make the twins accusation true, but nothing. The happiness, the kindness, it could not have been fake. Could it? He rose. "I have ordered a doctor to check you out." "You don't need to, they didn't do anything." He gave her a half smile. "Just to be sure." De door opened. "Mr Ohtori we have someone. One of his cars was seen near the field about the time of Mr Fuijokas dumping. He has a record." Kyoya followed him. The man interrogated was a petty criminal, but involved whit kidnappings before. He had red hair. The officer was trying the bad cop routine. "Where is the girl?" "What girl?" "You know who I'm talking about. Ms Ai Fuhiri."
The criminal smiled, and Kyoya knew he was mocking them. He wanted to go in there and beat him, but before he could Mori was standing there holding the boy inches over the ground. Slowly he too went into the room. Knowing Mori could do more physical damage to the man than he. "Where is she?" "But she… I… She can…" The man, terrified, pied in his pans in sheer terror. Mori threw him to the floor. Kyoya was dizzy, but was sure not to show anything. She couldn't have faked it. Could she?