/Sighs/ oh the harshness of it all. You're all true slave drivers at the heart you know. I'm slaving away day and night, working with sweat on my brow, for this. I'm REALLY sorry about the length of the last chapter. It's just that it took me so long to write it, I thought you guys deserved an update. But! I'm back to work /dodges a whip/ and I've worked hard on this one. Standard disclaimer, I don't own the fabulous characters drawn by the artist known as Maki Murakami. But, my story, so copy it and die…

Yuki stood up and glanced around, still in a daze. 'How could I let this happen? Why would Kitazawa do this? What am I going to do now?' Yuki walked over to the door and grabbed his coat. Leaving the house, Yuki made sure to lock the door. Checking that he still had Kitazawa's note in his pocket, Yuki jumped down the steps and raced off in the direction of the Starlight hotel. Taking off at a light jog (which is like marathon speed for humans), Yuki went down the street towards the hotel. Reaching it in about 10min, Yuki stood there panting slightly. Looking up, Yuki saw what looked like 25 stories. Not really feeling like going through the lobby, Yuki jumped up 10 feet to a first floor balcony.

Continuing up this way, Yuki finally reached the penthouse. Swinging over the balconies edge, Yuki landed on hands and feet like a cat. Standing, Yuki walked over to the penthouse door and tried to make it budge. Not really feeling like breaking the glass and tripping the alarms, Yuki looked for another way in. Not seeing one, Yuki turned back to the door, trying to see if someway, it could be unlocked. Looking at the door, Yuki was surprised to see that it was unlocked and slightly open. Looking around warily, Yuki opened the door and stepped into the penthouse. His eyes adjusted quickly to the pitch black of the room. Looking around at his surroundings, Yuki saw furniture typical of a hotel. Yuki tilted his head up slightly, and smelled the air around him, trying to catch a sent of either Kitazawa or Shuichi. Catching the slight scent of fear and sweat, Yuki turned towards what looked like a bedroom door. Walking over to it, Yuki saw that it was locked. 'Well of course it is, he's not going to make this easy is he?' Yuki froze as he felt someone's hand wrap around his waist. Quickly turning around, Yuki found himself face to face with the one person he had hoped never to see again, Kitazawa.

Kitazawa stood there, smiling slightly at Yuki. He looked exactly the same as Yuki remembered him. Neat, and that overpowering sense of power.

"Where the hell is Shuichi?" Yuki could feel his hands balling into fists.

Kitazawa smirked "You'll get him in due course. But for now, we have a little catching up to do." Pointing towards a chair, Kitazawa took one opposite of it. Yuki glared at him for a while, then sighed and flopped in the chair, careful to keep his eyes on Kitazawa the whole time.

(POV changing time!)

Shuichi laid on the floor, barely clinging to conscience, his mind replaying the events of the last hour.

(Flashback)

Shuichi was jarred from his sleep as a hand went over his mouth, and the chains were pulled from the wall. Shuichi's eyes widened with surprise. Looking up through eyes still crusted with sleep, Shuichi saw the face of a man who was hauntingly beautiful; his eyes seemed to go on for eternity. Looking around the room, Shuichi saw that Yuki was asleep. 'Why now of all times?' Shuichi looked around for a way to try and wake Yuki up. Not seeing any, Shuichi kicked out at the man. The man only laughed and gripped him tighter, still covering his mouth. Glaring at him, the man pulled out something from his coat. Shuichi's eyes widened at the flash of a knife.

"Now then Shindou-kun, let's say we leave your Yuki-san a little present." The man brought the knife down and cut off a square of flesh from Shuichi's chest, about 6inches in each direction. Shuichi screamed into the man's hand, his eyes brimming with tears.

The man glanced at him and grinned, "This is only the beginning of the pain, and soon, you'll wish that I'd just killed you now." The man wrapped his arm around Shuichi's, making sure to keep his hand on his mouth. Shuichi gasped at the hot blood flowing from the wound, and the stinging pain.

"Now then, I can't have you giving away our little secret can I?" Shuichi felt something hit his head, and then all just went black.

(End of flashback)

Shuichi tried to sit up, but gasped when a wave of pain hit him and quickly lay back down. Opening his eyes, Shuichi looked around the room where he was. 'It looks like some expensive hotel room.' Looking down at his wrists, Shuichi noted that his wrists still had the chains on them from Yuki's house. Seeing his chest, Shuichi groaned and looked away. 'God, it looks like a bear used me as a chew toy then spit me back out.' Not wanting to remember his introduction to Kitazawa, Shuichi closed his eyes and tried to block out the pain; however, all Shuichi saw was the memory of the last hour. Licking his lips, Shuichi felt his lips crack under the sudden weight. Swearing, he tried to lick up the blood so that Kitazawa wouldn't smell it and come back in. Shuichi was surprised that he had finally been left alone, Shuichi had been almost certain that the pain would never end.

Gritting his teeth against the wall of pain, Shuichi sat up, gasping at the unpredicted amount of sheer agony. Shaking his head, trying to clear his thoughts, Shuichi took stock of himself. 'Um okay, scratches, broken arm, ergh, is that a lost fingernail? Um, bloody mess of chest, tender scalp, and hmmm, what's this? Bite marks? From a vampire? I never would have guessed that would have happened.' Shuichi tried to grin, glad that at least his horrible sense of humor wasn't gone. Not wanting to try and get up, Shuichi turned his head towards the door, trying to catch a sound of, well, he wasn't really sure. Hearing the quiet mummer of voices, Shuichi was surprised; he hadn't really been expecting to hear anything. Listening closer, Shuichi was even more surprised to hear what sounded like Yuki voice! 'That stupid baka! I'm forced to stay in here, bleeding to death, and he's out there, chatting away with that…that…monster! THAT'S SO SELFISH!' Shuichi frowned and tried to hear what they were saying. Frustrated, Shuichi debated with himself whether or not he should yell to Yuki that he was in here.

Before he could make up his mind, Shuichi heard footsteps coming towards the door. Felling his heart thumping in his chest, Shuichi looked up to the opening door.

(Change of POV to Yuki, but like 20min. before Shuichi heard the footsteps)

Yuki cautiously sat down across from Kitazawa. That smell of fear and sweat was still pretty prominent, and Yuki was sure he only needed 1 guess to guess who it came from.

"So then dickwad, you said you wanted to talk, so talk, I really don't have all day, and I want to get my human back."

Kitazawa smiled "So impatient? Well, you always were. Do you remember the first time I took you hunting? God, you were so excited and the blood lust filled you so completely that I had to restrain you from tackling the first human you saw." Kitazawa chuckled. "Those where the good old days"

Yuki grunted "hmm, until that day that you decided to sell me to that rich human as an amusement. Where were you when I was locked in that cage in that house? Where were you a few years ago when the rampant vampires from London attacked me? What were their names again? Lestat? Marius? Hmmm, something like that. But were where you? Whenever I needed my sire the most, you weren't there. You never acted like a real patron! You acted like a teenage girl who gets pregnant by accident! You made me selfishly, then tossed me aside when you got tired of me!"

Kitazawa raised an eyebrow "wow, that's one heck of a speech for you. You usually just glare and stomp away." Yuki glared at him in response "Ah yes, there's the trademark glare from you." Kitazawa sat back in his chair and grinned at him. "So, I have your human, and you want him back, what to do, oh what to do…"

Yuki glared "What do you want…?"

"Me? Oh I want many things, but lets get down to the top of my oh so very long list. You took something from me when you left my sight. A little trinket, a ring, something of no value to anyone but me. But I want it back, and believe me, I will get it back." Yuki looked at him, confused 'a ring? I don't remember anything like that…' Kitazawa grinned, "You're probably thinking that you don't remember such a ring, but let me assure, you have, and you have it on you right now, or to be more exact, in you…" Yuki stared at him.

"You're nuts! In me? How could it be in me?"

Kitazawa chuckled "It's a rather amusing story actually. On your last night as a human, you ate dinner at my place, remember? The candles, turkey dinner, music in the background?" Kitazawa shrugged "Well, apparently while cooking the delightful meal, my ring slipped off into the turkey, and well, you swallowed it."

Yuki blanched "But, uh, wouldn't it have, um, you know…"

Kitazawa grinned "That's the interesting part, once vampire, you have no need for the, er, less tasteful aspects of human life, so, it's still in your stomach, and I want to retrieve it."

Yuki sat back "You want to cut me open for a ring that has been in my stomach for over 400 years!" Yuki stood up "You're even crazier than I thought!"

"Ah but you forgot, I hold your human. So all I want you to do is stay here for one night while I do the operation, and then you get to go home with your human, and ring free."

Yuki walked to the windows overlooking the balcony "What's the catch?"

"No catch, all I want is the ring."

Yuki turned his head and looked back at Kitazawa who was still sitting "I want the human to be take to my house right now, then we can do the operation tonight, I want this over with." When Kitazawa nodded, Yuki went over to the door that smelled like it had a fearful human behind it.

Unlocking it, Yuki opened the door. Walking in, Yuki felt his eyes dilate as an overpowering smell of blood hit him. Looking around through anticipating eyes, Yuki saw a small form sitting in one of the corners. Walking quickly over to the form, Yuki felt his stomach turn uneasily. Reaching him, Yuki put a hand under his chin, and raised his face. Seeing that it was in fact Shuichi, Yuki picked him up in his arms, noting the small gasp of pain, and walked out of the room quickly.

"I'll be back in an hour." Not leaving any room for an answer, Yuki stepped onto the balcony and jumped off. Hitting the street with a large thump, he raced towards his apartment, with all his supernatural speed. Quickly reaching his house, Yuki kicked open his door, which flew off its hinges and hit the back of the room. Glaring at the remnants of the doorframe, Yuki walked into his bedroom and set Shuichi gently on the bed. Shuichi groaned and closed his eyes. Looking down at him, Yuki wondered whether he should take him to a hospital or not. Trying to take assessment of him, Yuki took off Shuichi's shirt and pants. Seeing the square of flesh missing from his chest, Yuki groaned and covered his face 'why me?' Thinking that it was time for some improvisation, Yuki sat on the bed next to Shuichi, who just lay there, trying to swallow his pain.

"Shuichi, Shuichi, can you hear me? I'm going to try something that'll make you feel better, but it might feel a little weird, okay?"

OH! What is Yuki going to try? Well, you'll just have to read the next chapter to see! I know that I kind of left that Ayaka thing hanging, but never fear! I shall go back to that eventually! Please let me know if you thought the ring thing was a little weird. I don't know what I was thinking when I wrote that. I must have been high or something. Anyways, please review!