Runs and hides in my tree so not to be found by Lady Kon Kaidou. Okay ummm on with the next chapter.

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The 7th. Task

(Part Two)

"You can trust him if you want to Tatsumi." Hisoka said. "But I will not trust him." Hisoka said. Hisoka sat up and placed his hand on his head. The headache was still there. Tatsumi just looked at him. He didn't say another word. "He is Muraki's creation." Hisoka added. "So that makes him his son and like father like son." Hisoka said.

"Well, that is rather harsh." Hisoka and Tatsumi looked to the door and saw Jacob leaning in the doorway with his arms crossed and looking at Hisoka. "Considering I carried you." Jacob added.

"HOW DID YOU GET UP HERE?" Hisoka yelled as he was very surprised that Jacob was here when he wasn't actually dead nor was he a Shinigami. "WELL!" Hisoka said. He was glaring right into Jacob's eyes. While that look would make Tsuzuki change into a puppy form of himself it did not bother Jacob one bit.

"I did." Tatsumi said. Hisoka turned to quickly and made his head hurt more.

"Why not rest and we can continue the yelling game when you are better." Jacob said. Jacob then walked away.

"You need to rest Hisoka and once you are a lot better we can start our search for Saya and Tsuzuki." Tatsumi said.

Tatsumi had left and was actually looking for Jacob. He found Jacob outside leaning against one of the cherry blossom trees. Tatsumi walked up to Jacob. "Do you think he is right? About like father like son?" Jacob asked Tatsumi. This question surprised Tatsumi. "I mean Muraki did raise me and even though I know he isn't my father. I had become accustom to calling him father after my grandparents left me." Jacob said.

"Hisoka is always like that." Tatsumi said. "So you shouldn't let it get to you." He added. "As for what he said. You may have thought of him as your father but you two are nothing a like. You are not a mad doctor and he is not an innocent young man." Tatsumi said.

"I guess so …" Jacob said. However, Jacob wasn't so sure if that was true or not.

Tatsumi smiled at him. "Come on, lets go show the file to the Chief." Tatsumi said.

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"Uhh …. Mmmm…." Saya started to stir. As she opened her eyes she was blinded by the over head lights. As her blurred vision was coming into focus she started to see many strange objects. The type of objects that one would see in a hospital. She was trying to think of what had happened. Her eyes were still blurry and when she tried to move she was terrified to find that she couldn't move. She struggled more. However, all she managed to do was make the bed move.

Suddenly she could hear the faintest tapping noise. It was at first far off then it drawn closer.

Tap … Tap …Tap…

"Whose there?" Saya asked. But there was no response and the taping sound was coming closer.

Tap … Tap … Tap … Tap …

Suddenly the tapping noise that turned out to be footsteps stopped. Her vision was still blurred as she saw a figure standing over her. "Yuma? Yuma is that you? What happened to me?" Saya asked as she really thought it was her friend and partner Yuma. "Yuma answer me? And why can't I move?" Saya asked. Her voice was on the verge of a break down into tears and sobs. A laugh came from the figure. But this laugh was not of Yuma's.

This laugh was cold and empty of any human emotions. This laugh could probably cause hell to freeze over. Saya's heart sank as she knew that laugh. She was hoping that she was wrong. However, deep down in the depths of her soul she knew it was him. 'Muraki …' Saya thought to himself. "It seems you have finally awoke." Muraki said. Hearing his voice sent deep cold shivers up and down her spine. The shivers were so cold that it made her body ache.

Muraki could see the terror in the young Shinigami's eyes. Getting a lot of joy out of her fear a smile crept across his near ghost white face. As her sight came in clearer Saya found that Muraki was almost nose to nose with her. It felt as if he was forcing her to look into the unnatural silver colored eyes. Eyes that to her thinks that they belong on a demon. Her eyes and mind was telling her to look away as his eyes did scare her. However, her heart was telling her different. 'I will not let him get the satisfaction of seeing me afraid of him. So I won't look away.' She thought.

"Trying to hide your fear won't work on me." Muraki said as he could see that even though she was not showing a bit of fear by glaring unblinkingly into his own face he could still see that she was to afraid to allow herself to glare right into his own soul. "You are going to be my second bait to catch the other thorn in my side." Muraki said. Saya's heart skipped a beat as she knew exactly who Muraki was talking about. "I don't know what he sees in you though." Muraki said. He brought his hand down and placed his right hand on her face just lightly rubbing it. "After all you are an imperfect doll. In fact you are broken from the inside out. So once he comes here I will kill him and then kill you." Muraki added.

"Or maybe I will kill him emotionally by forcing him to watch you die?" Muraki said. Suddenly Saya spit right in his face. "Oh? Now did I touch a nerve?" He asked as his tongue licked off the saliva.

"Go to hell, you vile demon." Saya said. "Jacob would never allow the likes of you to kill him. IF you do kill him then …" Saya's expression changed to sheer hatred. "Not even death will stop me from coming after your sorry ass." She said.

"Don't worry I will fulfill your wish soon." Muraki said. "But for now I need you to stay quiet for the other patient here." Muraki walked over to a counter. His shoes were the only thing that kept the silence from becoming deathly silent. He got into a drawer and pulled out something small. Then he reached up into the cupboard and took out a medium sized glass jar.

Turning around Saya could see that the glass jar had the type of lid that is used to put the needle of a syringe in to draw out the liquid inside. In his other hand was a syringe. He took off the covering from the needle and stuck it into the jar. Turning the jar upside down he slowly pulled the end of the syringe back and watch as the tube of the syringe filled with the liquid of whatever was in the jar.

Placing the jar back in the cupboard Muraki turned and walked back over to a now struggling Saya. "What is that stuff?" She asked as she watched Muraki flick the needle to get rid of the air pockets. "Don't you touch me." She said as Muraki was now cleaning a small part of her arm away. Even though he had no surgical gloves his gentle touch still crept her out.

"You don't need to worry." He said as he was holding her arm still with his left hand and injecting the strange liquid stuff right into her very veins. "This is to just help you sleep for awhile. It is fast acting so by the time it takes your mind to register what is happening you will already be asleep." He said. He was right. The moment he had pulled the needle out Saya's eyes was becoming heavy. She was trying hard to fight it. But it was a losing battle as her body finally gave in to the drug. The last thing she saw was his face and that creepy smile. Then she was out.

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Two days went by before Hisoka and Yuma were alright enough to leave the hospital. Hisoka was sitting at his desk and yet while he had some paper work to do he couldn't bring himself to even pick up the pin. His mind was on only one thing or one person actually. He remembered the first time they met and when he found out why he was to be partnered with Tsuzuki.

Flashback

"You are kidding me right!" Hisoka yelled out as he stood up and slammed his hands down on the table.

"I am not about to be fooled into partnering up with a slacker. Do you hear me!" Hisoka said.

"Mmmm this is good." Tsuzuki said.

"Hey!" Hisoka said. Then suddenly he watched as the turn table was turned and helplessly watch as Tsuzuki ate his last dumpling. Giving off such a sad face that would make a child's mother feel bad Hisoka looked at the empty bowl. "My … dumpling …" He said.

"What? I thought you didn't want it." Tsuzuki said innocently. Suddenly, just as Tsuzuki was about to eat his last dumpling the table turned. "Huh?" Tsuzuki said as he found that his last dumpling was not in front of him any more. HE watched as Hisoka ate his last dumpling.

"There, that's what you get." Hisoka said.

Standing up Tsuzuki glared at Hisoka. "A food fight is the last thing you want to get into with me." Tsuzuki said in a slightly threatening tone.

End of flashback

'That was the first time I saw how serious you were about food. Not to mention it was also the first time you took me to your bed.' Hisoka thought to himself. Remembering that about the bed made Hisoka remember something more, something that he had never known that he felt before.

Flashback

"I have no reason to exist anymore. I've lived this long. It is enough." Tsuzuki said as he sat there and refused Hisoka's hand. The snake's fire was burning everything and the building was going to give at any moment. Suddenly Hisoka latched onto Tsuzuki. "Hisoka …"

"Well, you can exist for me." Hisoka said. Tears started running down his face and while Tsuzuki could not see his face he could tell from his voice that Hisoka was crying. This surprised Tsuzuki. "I don't want to be alone anymore!" Hisoka cried out. "Please give me a place to exist with you." Hisoka added.

Tsuzuki smiled weakly and embraced the crying teen. "I … can … stay … here … with you?" Tsuzuki asked. Hisoka said nothing but nodded in response.

End of flashback

'He was always doing something dangerous. Yet to this day I have no regrets with being with him.' Hisoka thought to himself.

"Hisoka will you come in here please." Chief Konoe said as he was walking back to his office after he had met with the Count. This took Hisoka out of his thoughts and so he nodded. He lifted himself out of his chair and followed Chief Konoe into his office.

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Okay, sorry for the delay. My two muses had spent a while arguing over the Television remote so ...

Leki: Hey what are you telling them about us?

Me: Well ...

Dane: Is it something bad?

Me: No not ...

Dane: I swera everyone that we weren't the ones that spilled the hot chacolate!

Me: What hot Chacolate?

Leki: The Hot chacolate we found floating in the Toilet water.

Me: Ehhh... You guys? That wasn't hot Chacolate.

Dane: Really?

Leki: Hey look the cookies are done.

Dane: COOKIES!

Leki: COOKIES!

Watches them both leave. Well, that was different. Anyways you guys know the rules and now I must go and see to it that my muses actually eat the cookies and not something in the shape or color of the cookie.