DISCLAIMER: Same thing, different chapter and I STILL don't own it.
A/N: Final part to this long chapter.
WARNING: This chapter contains an extremely intense NatNao scene, so if you are the sensitive type, you might want to skim over that part of this chapter.
Japan
PRESENT
Shizuru sees her homeland out the window as the plane taxies up to the private hanger. She feels a quick sharp pain in her chest as she remembers and winces. Chie, ever alert, notices.
"Are you okay?" asks Chie.
"I am fine," responds Shizuru sharply.
'She doesn't look fine,' thinks Chie.
SEVERAL YEARS AGO
After Miyu informed the team of Nao's destination, they immediately flew to Japan. Natsuki and Chie opted to stay in the private apartment in Tokyo. Miyu and Alyssa stayed in the private residence outside the city.
Natsuki was following up on a lead from Chie's informant when the special communicator in her pocket violently vibrated. She pulled it out, checked the display, and slid it open.
"Yeah," Natsuki began and her eyes widened when she saw Chie's limp body hanging by her bound wrists, "What the…?"
"Look what I caught in my web," Nao joked.
"DAMMIT! What the hell do you want?" Natsuki demanded.
"You, my dear wolf puppy…you," Nao hissed.
"Fine. Where are you?" Natsuki growled.
"Follow the bouncing ball," Nao said and the internal Global Positioning System displayed on the screen.
Nao's directions led Natsuki to a warehouse. As Natsuki contemplated a covert way in, the special communicator in her hand violently vibrated and startled her. She checked the display and slid it open.
"What?" Natsuki growled.
"Is that any way to speak to an old friend?" Nao teased.
"Damn it Red!" Natsuki yelled.
"Now, now, be nice or I'll be forced to pluck another petal from the rose," Nao hissed.
Natsuki helplessly watched her display as Nao jabbed a cattle prod into Chie's side, causing Chie's body to spasm violently.
"ALRIGHT! STOP IT! I'll be nice," Natsuki said defeated.
"Enter through the unlocked side door. I'm waiting for you," Nao instructed.
Natsuki drew her sidearm and cautiously entered through the unlocked side door. She made her way to the main section of the warehouse and spotted Chie's limp body hanging by her bound wrists from a large chain attached to the ceiling. Natsuki knew better than to go bursting in, so she checked the surrounding area first. After securing the surrounding area, she approached Chie. Natsuki stood in front of Chie, her sidearm still draw.
"Blue Rose? Blue Rose?" Natsuki called softly.
Chie groaned and stirred.
"Blue Rose?" Natsuki called a bit louder.
"Ice Wolf?" Chie asked weakly.
"Yeah, I'm here to get you out," Natsuki said and holstered her sidearm.
Out of seemingly nowhere, Nao suddenly pressed up against Natsuki's back. She wrapped her left arm around Natsuki's upper body and pressed a knife against the raven-haired woman's throat, while disarming Natsuki with her right.
"My little wolf puppy. I've missed you," Nao hissed in Natsuki's ear.
"Okay, you got me. Now let The Blue Rose go," Natsuki growled.
"Hmmm…I changed my mind. I'm having too much fun with her to let her go now," Nao laughed. "But enough about her, let's talk about us."
"Us? What the hell has gotten into you?" Natsuki asked obviously irritated.
"Shut up. C'mon," Nao snapped and forced Natsuki to walk ahead of her.
Once they entered the small office inside the warehouse, Nao pushed Natsuki on to a ratty couch. Natsuki hit the couch face first, but quickly recovered and spun around to face Nao.
"Sit!" Nao yelled and Natsuki sat down. "Good little wolf puppy."
Natsuki glared at Nao, desperately wanting to throttle the smirking woman.
"Red, you said you would let The Blue Rose go in exchange for me," Natsuki said.
"I've changed my mind. It's a woman's prerogative," Nao said flippantly.
Natsuki inched her way forward on the couch.
"What about an agent's word?" Natsuki asked.
"My dear wolf puppy, you're the only agent in here," Nao hissed.
Natsuki lunged for Nao and quickly backed off as the barrel of a large gun was shoved in Natsuki's face.
"Sit!" Nao yelled and Natsuki sat down. "Don't try that again or I'll have to discipline my bad wolf puppy."
Natsuki growled at Nao.
"Hmmm…perhaps my little wolf puppy needs some discipline now?" Nao hissed and she backhanded Natsuki across the side of her head with the butt of the gun.
When Natsuki came to, she found she was bound spread-eagle to a bed.
"Good. My little wolf puppy is finally awake," Nao smirked.
"You didn't have to hit me so hard," Natsuki said and added, "Why am I tied to this bed?"
"Thanks to my little wolf puppy, my right arm doesn't work as well as it used to," Nao hissed.
"Do me a favor," Natsuki said.
"What?" Nao asked.
"Stop calling me your little wolf puppy," Natsuki growled.
Nao pretended to think about it.
"Fine…Wolfie," Nao hissed and Natsuki rolled her eyes.
"Red, why are you doing this?" Natsuki asked.
"Because I plan on having some fun with you," Nao smirked.
"Not this," Natsuki said and quickly added, "Why have you gone rogue? You're one of our best agents."
"You betrayed me!" Nao yelled and slapped Natsuki across the face.
"I deserved that," Natsuki said.
"Fuck you! Don't you dare play the martyr with me!" Nao hissed.
"I did betray you. I fell in love with a suspect," Natsuki admitted sadly.
Nao felt as if someone hit her with a metal pipe and she staggered back a bit.
"What the fuck are you saying?" Nao yelled.
"I'm saying it was MY fault everything went down the way it did," Natsuki said defeated.
Something snapped in Nao. Her eyes glossed over and her anger shifted into overdrive. She jumped on Natsuki and wrapped her hands around Natsuki's throat. Nao clamped down and Natsuki's face began to turn red.
"Nao," Natsuki choked.
Upon hearing this, Nao came to her senses and removed her hands from around Natsuki's throat. Natsuki gasped for air.
"Natsuki," Nao cried, fell forward on Natsuki, and wrapped her arms around her prisoner.
"Nao," Natsuki said in a soothing tone.
Nao tightened her arms around Natsuki and nuzzled her neck. Natsuki tugged at her bonds to get free, but they wouldn't budge. Nao wrapped her lips around the side of Natsuki's neck, eliciting a soft involuntary moan from Natsuki. She nibbled Natsuki's earlobe and lightly licked inside the older woman's ear, getting more soft involuntary moans with each lick.
"Natsuki," Nao whispered in Natsuki's ear.
Nao's warm breath caused Natsuki to shudder. Nao continued pleasuring Natsuki's entire neck as she unbuttoned Natsuki's shirt. Nao trailed soft kisses from Natsuki's neck to the tops of her breasts. Nao smiled as she watched Natsuki's nipples harden and strain against her lacy bra.
"Natsuki," Nao moaned.
Nao wrapped her mouth around one of Natsuki's erect nipples through her bra. Natsuki's back arched. Nao released Natsuki's bra and pushed it up out of her way. She wrapped her mouth directly on Natsuki's erect nipple and flicked the tip of her tongue over it.
"Nao!" Natsuki moaned loudly and arched her back again.
Nao sucked on Natsuki's erect nipple as she unbuttoned Natsuki's pants. Nao continued pleasuring Natsuki's nipples for quite awhile, before trailing her tongue down to Natsuki's navel. Natsuki's head was swirling from the pleasure. Her mind and body were at odds with each other and her body was winning. Nao darted her tongue in Natsuki's navel and Natsuki moaned. Nao continued her trail south. She pulled down Natsuki's pants as far as she could, but it wasn't far enough, so Nao released one of Natsuki's legs and pulled that pant leg off. Natsuki, feeling her leg freed, unwisely used it to kick Nao off the bed.
"SO! That's how you want to play it?" Nao hissed angrily as she got up off the floor.
Nao roughly grabbed Natsuki's struggling free leg and secured it back down. She stood next to the bed, looked down at Natsuki, and slapped her across the face.
"Bitch! You're mine now!" Nao snarled.
Natsuki's eyes widened with fear as she felt Nao cut off her panties with a knife. Nao lightly ran the tip of the blade over Natsuki's mound.
"I wanted to do this nicely, but you had to ruin it," Nao hissed.
"Nao, please…don't," Natsuki pleaded.
Nao flipped the knife around and violated Natsuki with the handle. Natsuki screamed in pain.
"Nao, PLEASE stop," Natsuki begged as tears ran down the sides of her eyes.
Natsuki finally passed out from the intense pain Nao inflicted, as she repeatedly violated Natsuki sexually.
When Natsuki woke, she found she was naked on the same bed, but no longer bound. She sat up and looked at her body. She had deep bruises, cuts, scratches, and the lower half of her body was caked with dried blood. Scattered upon the floor were her clothes. She dressed and ventured to find Chie.
Natsuki staggered through the warehouse, her body still in pain. She headed for the main section of the warehouse, the last place she saw Chie. As she entered the main section of the warehouse, her eyes widened in horror and she fell to her knees. Chie was still hanging by her bound wrists from a large chain attached to the ceiling, but her body looked like someone took a meat tenderizer to it. After coming to her senses, Natsuki got up and rushed over to Chie.
"Blue Rose? Blue Rose?" Natsuki yelled and lightly tapped Chie's cheek.
Chie was lifeless. Natsuki felt for a pulse and found one, but it was faint.
"Blue Rose?" Natsuki yelled again and shook Chie to no avail.
Natsuki searched her pockets and prayed to Kami that Nao didn't take her special communicator. Natsuki felt it and quickly pulled it out. She slid it open and called for C.O.D.E.'s emergency medical team. By the time they arrived, Natsuki had cut Chie down and dressed her as best she could. Chie was flown to C.O.D.E.'s state-of-the-art medical facility, but Natsuki refused to go, insisting they patch her up as best they could there.
After getting patched up, Natsuki headed back to the apartment. On the way, she contacted both Miyu and Alyssa, instructing them to meet her there. Miyu and Alyssa were already outside the apartment when Natsuki arrived. Both pairs of eyes widened with shock when they saw Natsuki's condition.
"What happened to you?" Miyu asked concerned.
"The Red Spider," Natsuki said curtly as she unlocked and opened the door.
"The Blue Rose?" Alyssa asked as she entered the apartment.
"Worse than me, they sent her to Medical," Natsuki answered as she followed Miyu into the apartment, closed, and locked the door.
"The Red Spider must be stopped immediately. She's completely mad and presumably going after headquarters," Natsuki said, trying to keep her voice calm.
The three remaining agents strategized and came up with a plan, but they had one small problem. They did not know where The Red Spider was holed up.
"I still have some leads to follow up on," Miyu said.
"Me too," Alyssa added.
"Yeah, and I still have the one from Chie's informant," Natsuki remembered.
After Miyu and Alyssa left to pursue their individual leads, Natsuki headed for the bathroom to clean up.
Natsuki followed the lead from Chie's informant to a large imposing building outside the city. Chie's informant told her the owner of the company was well connected throughout Asia and has helped C.O.D.E. in the past. Natsuki walked through the massive entrance doors and silently thanked Kami for the lack of metal detectors.
"Ms. Hayakawa is expecting me," Natsuki informed the security guard at the front desk.
"Who can I say is calling?" The security guard asked as he dialed the owner's suite.
"Tell her it's regarding the company holdings in Switzerland," Natsuki replied, repeating the passphrase the informant told her to give.
"You may go right up. Penthouse," The security guard said.
Natsuki rode the elevator up to the Penthouse. The elevator doors opened into the owner's private lobby. She stepped out and was immediately greeted by the owner's personal assistant.
"Hello, I am Mari Hayakawa. The boss is expecting you. Please follow me," Mari turned sharply and walked towards a massive wooden door.
Mari opened the door and gestured Natsuki to enter.
"Please have a seat. The boss will be right with you," Mari said and closed the door behind her.
Natsuki looked around the office and shrugged her shoulders. It was a typical business owner's office, large and ostentatious. Natsuki walked around the office admiring the weaponry adorning its walls.
'This guy knows his weapons history. I haven't seen such an impressive collection of world swords since the show at the museum. He really should have more security with this valuable collection,' Natsuki thought.
Natsuki stopped and tilted her head in amusement when she reached the piece on the wall behind the owner's desk.
'This is an odd piece for a man to have,' Natsuki thought and chuckled as she stared at the beautiful Japanese Naginata.
"Impressive, isn't it?"
"Yes, it's VERY impressive," Natsuki said distracted.
Having realized someone was behind her, Natsuki quickly spun around to face them.
"Hello, I am…"
"Shizuru?" Natsuki asked incredulous, her eyes wide with shock as she staggered a bit.
"Ara, how did you know my name?" Shizuru asked surprised.
"But…you died," Natsuki stammered.
"Kanin na, I am alive and well, as you can plainly see," Shizuru teased.
Natsuki was utterly confused and frustrated. In a daze, Natsuki backed into the nearest chair and sat staring at Shizuru. Natsuki was still dazed and confused, when the special communicator in her pocket began to violently vibrate, bringing her back to her senses.
"Excuse me, I need to answer this," Natsuki stated to an even more confused Shizuru, who was wondering what Natsuki needed to answer, since she didn't hear anything ring.
After standing and moving away from Shizuru, Natsuki reached into her pocket and pulled out her special communicator. She glanced at the display and slid it open.
"Yes," Natsuki said.
"According to my findings, The Red Spider is staying with a woman somewhere near Tokyo," Alyssa reported.
"Do we have a description of the woman or anything else to go on?" Natsuki asked.
"I don't, but maybe Merciless does," Alyssa said.
"Let's hope so," Natsuki said.
Natsuki closed and put her special communicator back in her pocket. Natsuki returned to Shizuru's desk and took the seat in front of it. She intently stared at Shizuru, which was beginning to make Shizuru extremely uncomfortable.
"You were telling me I died?" Shizuru asked.
"I'm sorry. C.O.D.E. name, The Ice Wolf," Natsuki stated, stood, and extended her hand.
"Ms. Shizuru Fujino, owner of the Fujino Corporation, but you already knew that," Shizuru said.
"Well, as I was saying…," Natsuki began.
An extremely loud noise cut Natsuki short. She looked in the direction of the sound and saw the security guard from downstairs smash through the closed front office door and pool a few feet inside. As if everything were moving in slow motion, Natsuki saw Nao storm in behind the security guard.
"DAMMIT!" Natsuki yelled, drew her sidearm, and pointed it at the quickly approaching Nao.
"FUCK!" Nao hissed after seeing Natsuki, raised the gun in her hand, and pointed it at Natsuki.
The two women were soon standing in front of each other; gun arms extended out, pointing in each other's faces. Each barrel aimed at the other's head.
"Drop it," Natsuki growled.
"You drop it," Nao hissed.
"May I suggest you both drop it," Shizuru said in a calm lilting voice.
Natsuki and Nao both shifted their eyes to look at Shizuru, who held the Naginata poised for a deadly strike upon them.
"Now," Shizuru stressed when neither woman moved to lower her gun.
Natsuki and Nao both lowered their guns at the same time and rate, never taking their eyes off one another. Natsuki returned her sidearm to its holster and Nao tucked hers into her waistband.
"I am feeling generous today, so you both may keep your weapons, however, I can assure you, I am not someone to trifle with," Shizuru stated dead serious. "Sit."
Natsuki and Nao looked at each other with 'Who the hell does she think she is?' looks.
"I said…sit," Shizuru raised her voice just a bit.
Natsuki and Nao sat quickly. As Natsuki sat, she slipped her hand into her pocket and pressed a button on her special communicator.
"Nao-chan, what are you doing here?" Shizuru asked.
"Why the hell did you rat me out to them?" Nao demanded.
"Them?" Shizuru asked.
"C.O.D.E.," Nao spat and hooked her thumb at Natsuki.
"Ara, you're mistaken. I did nothing of the sort," Shizuru said with amusement in her voice.
"Then who the hell…," Nao wondered aloud.
"I do not know, but it was not me," Shizuru said.
Nao's expression darkened. She turned and glared at Natsuki, who was beginning to feel the effects of déjà vu. This was much too eerie for Natsuki and she began to feel queasy.
"What the fuck are you doing here?" Nao hissed at Natsuki.
"Looking for your pathetic ass," Natsuki growled.
"Why? Want seconds?" Nao taunted.
"Why you mother…," Natsuki yelled and lunged at Nao.
Natsuki was on top of Nao with the barrel of her gun pressed against Nao's forehead.
"I ought to kill you right here," Natsuki growled.
"Drop it," Shizuru said with her Naginata poised to take off Natsuki's head.
"No can do. You're going to have to kill me, but not before I kill this vermin," Natsuki growled, her eyes locked with Nao's.
"Why do you want Nao-chan?" Shizuru asked.
"She killed a Naicho Special Investigator and the woman I loved," Natsuki answered.
"Is this true Nao-chan?" Shizuru asked.
"No," Nao lied.
"You lying sack of crap!" Natsuki growled.
"Ara ara, it seems we have a stalemate," Shizuru said.
The ding of the elevator distracted everyone but Natsuki, who knew what, was coming. As soon as the elevator doors opened, no one exited, so everyone resumed what they were doing. Just as the elevator doors were about to close, Miyu and Alyssa swung out and gracefully landed outside the elevator with guns drawn. Miyu had hers aimed at Shizuru and Alyssa had hers aimed at Nao.
"Ms. Fujino, meet my fellow agents, C.O.D.E. names The Merciless Ghost and The Golden Angel," Natsuki said without looking away from Nao.
"Ice Wolf, what are your orders?" Miyu asked.
"Make sure Ms. Fujino does not take off my head," Natsuki responded.
"Got it," Miyu smiled.
"Ms. Fujino, it was surreal meeting you, but it's time to take this," Natsuki cut herself short, "Into custody."
Shizuru lowered her Naginata and allowed Natsuki to pull Nao up off the floor, never removing the barrel of her gun from Nao's forehead.
"Give me one reason," Natsuki growled at Nao.
Natsuki removed the barrel of her gun from Nao's forehead to cuff her. In a split second, Nao managed to draw her gun and take Shizuru hostage.
"Don't move or I'll put another hole in this pretty head," Nao hissed as she held the barrel of her gun to Shizuru's temple, while using the older woman as a human shield.
All three agents aimed their guns at Nao, but no one could get a clear shot without injuring Shizuru. Nao was backing her and Shizuru towards the second office door. Natsuki knew in her heart she couldn't allow Nao to escape again, so she fired.