So new chapter, I hope you enjoy!

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It took Akashi only a few seconds before he began to give his orders.

"Kouki, take over for me for the time being. Atsushi, Tatsuya and Teppei. You three will take care of patrolling the borders and make sure nobody will set a foot on our territory. Kazunari and Shintarou you will see to it that no unknown people enter the hospital Yukio is at right now. Taiga, Daiki and Tetsuya, you three will accompany me – we are going to see what happened to Yukio.

Understood?"

A chorus of 'yes' was his answer.

When they arrived at the clinic Kise was already waiting for them. His eyes were red and puffy, no doubt from crying and he looked thoroughly shaken. No wonder really, it was his mate after all. If it were Aomine... Kagami didn't want to think about it.

Kise's 'Hey' was so quiet he almost missed it and silently the blond led them to the room Kasamatsu was in for the time being. They stepped inside and Kagami's heart clenched in sympathy.

The black haired male was asleep with an oxygen mask on his face.

His right arm was bandaged - probably bruised or even broken and a large bandage tied around his stomach.

Akashi's eyes shined with suppressed fury. Kuroko looked passive as always – at least for someone who didn't know him.

But his eyes spoke volumes - they were blazing with hate for the one who dared to lay a hand on his family.

Aomine was positively enraged and clenched his hands into fists. He slightly relaxed when Kagami took his hand in his own, but Aomine could feel that the redhead too was angered immensely.

Akashi turned to Kise who had sat down beside his lover and tightly held onto his hand.

"Tell us what happened, Ryouta." He said softly and Kise hesitantly nodded.

"We...We were patrolling around the city as usual. There was nothing out of the order, everything was quiet and peaceful. A-At some point we separated and Yuki-senpai headed for the outskirts of town while I went to check some side alleys. We wanted to meet up later, but he didn't come – he's never late. So I went to look for him a-and found him like this."

Kise was near tears again now and started shaking.

"He would have died if he wasn't a vampire! If-if I had gone with him this wouldn't have happened...! I-It's my fault that h,-!"

He hadn't noticed Akashi approaching him until the redhead reached out to softly ruffle his hair.

"This isn't your fault Ryouta. And I'm sure Yukio would punch you if he heard what you are saying." His voice was soft, gentle and comforting. Kagami was surprised by this side of Akashi, but then again Kise was part of his family.

"A-Akashi-cchi!" and the tears started to fall once more while Akashi comforted Kise as best as he could.

After a while Aomine and Kagami were dismissed. It didn't seem like whoever did this to Yukio was planning on attacking once more in such a short time. Akashi said they still had something to discuss and stayed behind together with Kuroko.

"Be careful on your way back."

"Ryouta, we'll have to take a look at Yukio's memories." Akashi said quietly.

"...I know."

"I'm sorry Kise-kun. I'd like to postpone it too, but it is urgent. We need to know who attacked Kasamatsu-san."

"It's fine Kuroko-cchi. I trust you." The blonde managed a small smile.

"Thank you." Kuroko returned the smile with one of his own.

"Then, go ahead Tetsuya."

Kuroko nodded and stepped closer towards Kasamatsu. He took his hand and closed his eyes in concentration and tried to find the memory he needed. The memory that would finally reveal their enemy.

He found himself watching Kasamatsu walk near the forest outside of town. He was alone at first, but in a flash two people seemed to appear from thin air a few metres in front of him. They stood under one of the trees, their faces concealed by the shadows.

Startled, the blue-eyed man stepped back and took on a defensive position.

"Who are you?! Where the hell did you come from?!"

The two shadow man did not answer, however. One of them took one step closer to Kasamatsu, who immediately raised one of his protective shields.

In the blink of an eye he was gone and reappeared in front of Kasamatsu in an attack. He lunged out with his leg and sent a kick straight to the protective shield that surrounded the black haired male.

To both Kasamatsu's and Kuroko's horror the shield could not withstand the force of the attack and shattered.

In a flash the first attacker stepped back and the other took over. He had a knife in his hand and – Kuroko closed his eyes.

He hated this part of his power. He had to helplessly witness his friends getting hurt and he couldn't do anything to help them.

He stopped the memory just before the attackers left and approached the scene, careful not to look at Kasamatsu – he did not want to see the horrible state the other was in. He tried to concentrate on finding out the identity of these bastards. They would pay for what they did.

The moment he had a look at their faces he gasped.

His eyes opened in shock and he was back in the real world. He swayed a little and Akashi had to steady him.

"Tetsuya, what did you see...?"

"I...I know who is behind all this."

So sorry for the cliffhanger, guys. Just so there's no confusion:

Kasamatsu's ability is the creating of shields. They are said to be unbreakable, that's why he and Kuroko were so shocked when it broke.