Reincarnation

Pairing: KandaxOC

Story type: AU

Chapter Number: Five

Chapter title: Birthday and Surprises

Author's note:

Hello :D

So sorry that I have utterly no originality with cars. The only meager knowledge I have on them are the companies. So, erm, don't bash me too much about it. I think 'Ferrari' is a bit better than 'He got onto a very fast and very red car.' :'D And I know 'red Ferrari' is very unoriginal as well. What can I say; I only get my information from commercials and movies.

Okay, onto chapter five! Hope you like it!

Kanda walked to one of his offices and sat down behind the computer. He placed a single finger on the screen and the computer came whirling to life.

'Bookman.' Kanda barked at the screen. 'Get me information on birthday presents. The big type.'

The Bookman's voice came from the screen, it was of an amused tone.

'Maybe Miss. Lenalee would be more suited to answer this question. I do not specialize in this… area.'

Kanda grunted and closed the connection. Lenalee wouldn't answer this kind of question over the computer; Kanda would have to go find her personally.

9:00 pm, twelve hours from Kaname Yuuki's birthday.

Yuuki woke up from harsh slam on her face.

There were two people clad in black and they stuffed a cloth into her mouth as she tried to call for help. The Eurasian girl glanced at the clock on the wall as a sharp smell filled her nose.

She blacked out.

It was 1:00 am, eight hours from her birthday.

Water droplets were on her face and she was mildly aware that she was not in the complex anymore. It seemed odd to her that she didn't seem to remember being brought out, but her mind seemed too drugged to think of any escape.

She blacked out the second time.

It was several hours before Yuuki came to it. This time, she was wide awake and ready to survey the area. She squirmed round and found that she was bound tightly to several bags of… cotton? How odd. She was gagged and when she ran her tongue along the cloth, it seemed like a high quality handkerchief more than a cheap linen gag. How queer.

She shivered. She was on a truck with an open top and she was in the center of a growing puddle. Rain showered lightly on the metal flooring creating a gentle tapping. The truck wasn't moving, so Yuuki assumed that they were at a parking lot. Outdoor…?

The weirdest thing was the rain. There would never be rain in the city center, so they must be outside. Maybe near the Slums? There seemed to be a lack of lights, and a single star could be seen in the sky.

She moved to one of the walls and hammered into it. It didn't budge.

Her head was throbbing from it slamming onto the flooring when the truck was moving.

She had to find a way out.

It was 4:00am, five hours from her birthday.

Grumbling and stomping could be heard from where Lenalee was sitting. She turned to the door to her right as it slid open.

'Hello Kanda. What brings you here this late at night?'

Kanda took a seat in front of her. 'Do you know what Kaname Yuuki would like for her birthday?'

Lenalee tapped her chin. 'Not entirely sure, why?'

'Birthday… tomorrow.'

Lenalee tapped her chin thoughtfully. 'Well then… maybe I could call up Tiffany and Co.?'

'Do that.'

'Kanda-kun should stay here and choose.'

He grunted. Weren't all jewelry the same?

'And… you know you could have just called me over the computer!' There was a mischievous glint in the Asian girl's eye.

'Fuck.'

4:30am, four and a half hours left till Kaname Yuuki's birthday.

The water was now up to her knees. It was terrifying; seeing and feeling the water creep up slowly, knowing it would soon consume her. At this thought, she thrashed round wildly, hoping to loosen the ropes a little.

Her prayers were answered in an odd way.

The ropes around her and pole holding her upright loosened, and she fell into the water, still bound.

It was then that she finally found out why the cotton was bound to her.

As the water came rushing up, the cotton soaked up the water and dragged her down. It was unbearably heavy and when she tried to stand up, the cotton made it hard for her to gain balance.

Fuck.

She started to hammer into the walls and called out for help.

There wasn't much time left, the water was up to mid-thigh now.

6:00am, three hours till her birthday.

After Lenalee had left him to browsing, he had finally made a choice.

It was something simple, and he told Lenalee to get it to him before eight. He sat at his desk and got some files that were in his 'in-tray' for him to do. As always, it was not much.

After signing several documents he was annoyed again.

Kanda wanted soba.

He glanced at the clock and saw that it was seven. It was a reasonable time.

Pressing a finger to the screen, he selected the dojo and he was about to talk, before he noticed something peculiar.

There's no one in there.

He blinked and selected the surveillance video in the dojo at 8:00 pm. She was still there. Fast-forward. Stop. Play.

There were two men, head to toe in black. They came into the dojo, pulled back the sheets and made a grab for Yuuki. She struggled, but they put a gag on her and drugged her with chloroform gas. She fell limp in their arms and she was taken away.

Kanda's blood ran cold. These events were all too familiar to him.

He took the lift straight to the parking lot and got on his Ferrari.

7:00am, two hours till a certain Eurasian's girl's birthday.

By this time, the water was up to her nose. Yuuki was spluttering, and was trying her best to breathe more than anything. The cotton seemed to be getting heavier by the second.

'H-help…' Her voice was getting hoarser and weaker. She was shivering.

The only hope she had was to wait till the water would fill till the very brim and she could swim up and topple over and out.

She glanced around the truck frantically to see if her plan would work at all. Her heart fell.

There were small holes three meters up on the wall. The truck would never fill up properly. All she could do now was to hope that someone would hear her pathetic cries of help.

8:00am, one hour till her birthday.

He was out of the city and was driving frantically. There was no way he could find the culprits right now… there had to be some way…

He slammed a hand onto the window of the Ferrari and shouted into the communication program.

'Lavi Bookman online.' Said the programme.

'Lavi. You know something about Kaname Yuuki's captors.'

Kanda said it as a statement, because Lavi always knew what went on in the city.

Lavi stayed quiet.

Kanda made a frustrated growl and slammed his fists on the steering wheel.

'I… understand. Kanda, I'll tell you what I can.'

8:30am half an hour left till Yuuki's seventeenth birthday.

Yuuki had used the last of her strength to take a final breath of air before she sunk down. She felt light-headed and her entire body felt frostbitten. After all the struggling, slowing down and accepting seemed too easy… Maybe this was going to be it…

A large hand grabbed her smaller one roughly and pulled her up. Why wasn't there water anymore….? The hand was warm. Kanda propped her chin onto his shoulder as she coughed all the water out of her system. Yuuki breathed harshly and clung onto Kanda. Yuuki wondered briefly what expression Kanda had on his face. Relief? Anger? Annoyance?

'Happy birthday.' Kanda gave a soft sigh of relief.

'Heh,' she smiled weakly, 'I'm no brat anymore.'

Kanda gave an annoyed sigh.

'Turning seventeen means nothing.'

Yuuki smiled again. The edges of her vision started fading.

Black out.