Okay since my muses are asleep I am taking a crack at this on my own. So I hope that you enjoy this and post lots of reviews if you would.

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The 7th. Task

(Part Eight)

Hisoka had made it to the house and had even found a secret door in the basement. Now he was running in the dark. Pitch darkness, with no sound except for the sounds of his own running footsteps and the beating of his heart which was now in a panic. 'This seems so familiar.' Hisoka thought to himself as he kept running. His eyes grew wide and his heart filled with not just more panic but regret. "My dream." Hisoka said as he continued running. He now realized that his dream was more like a premonition and not just common dream. "Baka." He told himself as he ran faster.

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"Hold still!" Jacob yelled as he made another attempt to grab Muraki with his bare hands. "I want to rip you slimy limb from slimy limb!" Jacob added.

Muraki just kept dodging and laughing. "You really shouldn't have betrayed me boy." Muraki said. "If you would have stayed you could have learned more." Muraki added. Muraki kept his annoying calm voice and that just angered Jacob to no end.

"You!" Jacob yelled as he tried once more and lunged at Muraki who just dodged again. Jacob started panting hard and was cursing himself for getting so badly hurt before the fight. Jacob's whole body ached for him to stop and Muraki could see that Jacob was in some kind of pain.

"Who beat you up so badly?" He asked as he took a step closer to him. "Heh …." Muraki said as he saw Jacob go down to one knee while trying to regain his breath. Muraki watched Jacob wince slightly when he moved his foot. "If you join me again I can help you feel better. Muraki said as he took just one more step closer. Jacob tried to stand but stumble two feet and fell to his knees again. Muraki seemed to be enjoying this. In fact the smile that spread across his face show it even more. Suddenly he felt four hands grab him and lift him three feet off the ground before throwing him right into a tree and pinning him there.

"Like … I would join you." Jacob said as he got to his feet. Apparently the stumbling he did was just an act to get a few feet closer. Jacob's expression on his face showed that he was very pleased with what he just did.

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"MONSTER! MONSTER! MONSTER!"

"I am not a Monster!" Tsuzuki yelled as he was running from a group of kids. All who were throwing stones at him and yelling calling him a monster.

"MONSTER! MONSTER! MONSTER!"

"STOP IT!" Tsuzuki yelled as he was now laying on the floor all curled up like a hurt scared animal. All went dark around him, but he could still hear the name calling.

"MONSTER! MONSTER! MONSTER!"

It surrounded him and it did no good to plug his ears. The voices were inside his head. He had his eyes shut tight and his ears covered by his hands. "STOP!" He yelled out. "STOP! STOP! STOP!" He kept yelling that over and over again.

Suddenly the voices stopped He soon found himself in a fog. Feeling lost and cold he looked around. A head of him just barely visible in the fog was a small figure. Tsuzuki gazed up at the figure.

"W-who are you?" Tsuzuki asked. The figure said nothing but put a hand out to him. Tsuzuki started reaching for the hand. His heart was racing and his hand trembled as he reached out.

Hello!" Tsuzuki called to the figure. The figure did not respond. It didn't even look back. "Who are you? Are you Hisoka?" Tsuzuki called. As soon as Tsuzuki took a step forward the figure began to run. "Wait!" Tsuzuki called as he started running to try and keep up. "Hisoka!"

"Hisoka …. Hisoka …" Tsuzuki was talking in his sleep.

Out in the hall Hisoka continued to run and started calling out. "TSUZUKI! TSUZUKI!"

"Hisoka?" Tsuzuki said as Hisoka's voice pierced into Tsuzuki's dreams and He saw a light at the end of the fog and ran towards it. When he woke Tsuzuki found himself bound to a bed. He started to think that he was just dreaming that he heard Hisoka's voice.

"TSUZUKI!" Hisoka yelled as he was still running down the hall.

Tsuzuki's heart skipped several beats. "H… HISOKA!" He yelled.

Hisoka stopped running when he heard Tsuzuki's voice. "TSUZUKI!" Hisoka yelled.

"HISOKA!" Tsuzuki responded to the yell.

The voice was so close and Hisoka felt around for a door and when he found a door knob he tried to turn it. However, it was locked but something deep inside his heart told him that Tsuzuki was behind this door. Hisoka started to pound on the door.

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"You really think that I would be so stupid as to join you again?" Jacob asked as he used his vectors to keep Muraki pinned against the tree. "I am not that dumb." Jacob added. He watched Muraki's expressions change as he was using his vectors to pull at Muraki's arms. He may not be able to see it but beyond Muraki's closed lips he could tell that the doctor was gritting his teeth from the pain. "Does it hurt? Huh?" Jacob asked.

Muraki did not say a word. It was as if he wasn't going to give Jacob the honor of seeing how much pain he was in. But unfortunately Jacob's red eyes could see that it did. "Hey maybe if you beg I might let you go." Jacob said. Muraki let a low laugh escape his lips. "What is so funny?" Jacob asked. "HUH?"

"Are you enjoying this?" Muraki asked. It was strange that despite the pain he was being put through his voice remained steady and unfaltering.

"Of course I am." Jacob said. "Why aren't you?" He asked.

"So have you forgotten about her then?" Muraki asked. I mean you did come to save her didn't you?"

Jacob's eyes went just an inch wide with shock. "Don't you think you should go and save her? Before something bad happens?" Muraki asked.

"Shit." Jacob said as he let go and took off in the direction that he sent Hisoka in.

Muraki brushed himself off as he looked in the direction that Jacob went. "Run my little doll. Run fast so that you can watch her die." Muraki said.

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Tsuzuki tried to get free. He wanted to get to his Hisoka. He wanted to do a lot of things with Hisoka and to Hisoka. Suddenly there was a flash of light followed closely by a blast in just a split second apart from each other. When the smoke cleared the door was actually stuck against the wall across from where it had been.

"Tsuzuki! … Cough … cough …" Hisoka said as he covered his mouth and looked into the room. Hisoka felt around and found a light switch. Turning it on Emerald green met Amethyst Purple. Neither spoke as they just looked at one another. It wasn't until Tsuzuki tried to move that they remembered where they were at. "Tsuzuki." Hisoka said as he ran to him and was undoing the hairs that bound Tsuzuki to the bed.

"Hisoka how did you find me?" Tsuzuki asked as his partner/lover had freed his right hand and ran over to the left side to untie his right arm. "Hisoka?" Tsuzuki pressed on the subject.

"Jacob helped me." Hisoka said.

"Jacob?" Tsuzuki asked as it took a moment to register as to who Jacob was. "Muraki's son?" Tsuzuki asked.

"Yes but he was being used by Muraki just like so many others had been." Hisoka said.

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Jacob was running down the same hall when his instincts said it was this room. Opening the door he found an unconscious Saya tied to a bed in what appeared to be strange hairs. Parts of her body it looked as if the hairs had cut into her skin as she had struggled o get free but failed. "Saya …" Jacob said as he ran to her bed. Jacob pulled out the ivies and was trying to undoing the hairs However, the hairs were to tight and it was becoming a great effort to not scream out and punch something. He figured he needed all his strength for getting her free.

"I wish I had something to cut this." Jacob said as he was getting cuts from trying to even loosen the hairs. Just then he remembered that he did have something. Lowering his head he used his fangs to cut the hairs. It seemed to work as he could feel the hairs loosen so he continued switching between using his fangs and using his hands to free her.

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"Come on we need to go find Saya." Hisoka said as he had finally freed Tsuzuki and the pair was running down the hall. Hisoka had explained what had happened and Tsuzuki did his best to try and understand it all.

"Do you think that Jacob had found Saya?" Tsuzuki asked. Hisoka didn't say anything but it was easy to see that he hoped that he was alright in general.

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"Okay let's go now." Jacob said as he had placed the still unconscious Saya on his back and opened the door and ran right out into the hallway where he smacked hard into someone.

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Well, that wasn't so bad. Sorry for it being so short.

Leki: You did great!

Dane: Yeah you did.

Jumps at the sounds of my muses. AHHH!

Dane and Leki: You okay? Sass?

Yeah but I thought you both were sleeping?

Leki: Nope.

Dane: We couldn't sleep knowing that you were making this effort by yourself.

I see ….

Leki: You did great really you did but …

But?

Dane: But next time let us help you. I mean sure we weren't there for the other stories or the beginning of this one but ….

Leki: We want to be here with you for the rest.

Thank you guys. Hugs Dane and Leki.

Leki: Well, what are you waiting for?

Dane: Review already.