Hey! Kamster here! Thanks to everyone who reviewed last chapter! I really do appreciate it. Thanx also to everyone who has me on their alert and/or favorites list! My heart and soul go out to all of you! So Sorry I haven't been able to update for a while. A hella lot of shit going on. Plus I'm working on novels and all, so I'll try and keep this coming faster. But I didn't know for a bit where I was gonna go with this. Now I have a decent idea. Don't get too attached to people tho. Getting attached will only get you hurt. Anyway, on with the fic!

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Chapter 10

Welcome to my Life

Kouichi sat on the couch, tears streaming down his face. Yamato had gone out and caught him after he had run out. Now, he was sitting adjacent the couch in a recliner, having his fifth cup of coffee that morning. Just as he was beginning to nod off, the doorbell rang.

"Who in the hell..." he began, getting up.

Suddenly, the door flung open and the person walked in.

"Don't bother, I answered it myself." They said.

Yamato turned around, expecting to see Kamiya, but instead saw a male. Kamiya followed shortly behind him. She walked over and hugged Yama, then stepped back, pointing at the boy with the brown near bowl cut.

"I'm sure you remember him, right Yama-baby?" she said with a smirk.

Yamato extended a hand. "Assistant." He said.

Kaoru extended his hand as well. "Boyfriend." He said.

Yamato held up his right hand, grabbing Kamiya, who was trying to light a cigarette, by the wrist and holding hers up as well. "Fiancée now." He said with a smirk.

Kamiya angrily yanked her hand back. Now, she was wearing a red tank top with shoulder straps that were loose on her and continued to slide down her shoulder. Her black leather skirt was short on her, and if she were to bend over, everyone would have gotten a bird's eye view of her panties, had she not thought ahead and worn shorts under it. Her red platform sandals tied about halfway up her calf. She had her black small purse around her elbow, and held a lighter in her left hand and a cigarette between two fingers in her right. Now, she lit up the cigarette and took a drag.

"Kam!" Yamato spat, glaring at the cigarette.

"Yeah?" she spat angrily.

He grabbed her wrist again. "I thought we agreed that you wouldn't smoke!" he growled.

"I'm a pressure/stress smoker, okay? You know that! And what's more stressful than one of my best friends being kidnapped, huh?" she said, glaring.

Yamato released her wrist.

Kouichi sniffled again and she looked at him for a moment before turning back to Kaoru.

"Kaoru, hun, hook up the laptop. Pull up that shit you had up earlier." She commanded.

"Yama, we found Takuya. Now our only problem is getting him back."

"That's great!" he said happily. "Kouji'll be so happy."

"Can't we leave him there?" Kouichi muttered quietly.

Kaoru and Yamato hadn't understood what had been said, but Kamiya had. She glared at him.

"Shut the hell up, you jackass." She said. "Jealous or not, no reason to be a bastard."

The other two boys looked at each other, then at her with wide eyes.

"Speaking of the good twin," she said, glaring at Kouichi still. "What's he doing?"

"Still not moving..." Yamato said. He pointed back toward the bedroom that Kouji was still in.

Kamiya sighed and pursed her lips together in the fashion that her mother had that had always annoyed her. She stalked down the hall toward Kouji's room and once she got there, she stormed in in a rage. She stood facing Kouji, her hands on her hips.

"Hey you." Kami said, a slight smile on her face.

Kouji didn't respond, not even a move.

"We found your boyfriend." She said.

Still no response came from the raven haired boy.

"Kouji Minamoto! I said we found Takuya! And dammit, I need your help to get him back!" she cried out.

When there was still no response, she took it upon herself to do something she had been longing to for quite some time. She leaned back her hand and slapped the boy, as hard as she could. Kouji's eyes grew wide and he toppled off the bed. Landing in the floor, he gasped and looked up at Kamiya with wide eyes.

"Wh-What the hell was that for?" Kouji spat, standing up and glaring at her.

"Oh, so Humpty Dumpty won't talk until he's had his great fall, eh?" she said, turning away from him and glaring.

"What's that supposed to mean?" he asked, glaring angrily at her as well.

"I mean," she said, whirling around to face him. "That while your boyfriend is God only knows where, you sit here frozen like a damned icicle or whatever the fuck you were pretending to be. And then, I finally tell you that we found him, we can get him back, and you don't even respond! Have you really gone that far? Have you truly given up, Kouji? If you have...then you're a lot weaker than I took you to be."

Kamiya turned and began walking toward the door. Kouji looked at her, a dead-set determined look on his face.

"Wait!" he said. When Kamiya didn't turn or stop, he said it slightly louder. "Wait!" She didn't change her route. Finally, he reached out and grabbed her wrist, whirling her around to face him until they were a mere inch apart. He lowered his voice to a whisper. "I said wait."

A blush spread across Kamiya's face and she gasped slightly at their closeness. The door was already closed.

"You didn't listen to me. I want...no, I need to explain. I wanted to go to him...I did, honestly...but...I couldn't. I couldn't even respond to Kouichi, or Yamato...I couldn't even call you, as much as I wanted to. As much as...I needed to." He said, looking her in the eye.

Kamiya stared at him, until he began to lean in. His lips finally met hers, and their eyes closed. The kiss only lasted a moment before they each began to feel guilty. They parted at the same time, immediately looking away from each other. Then, they looked at each other in the same moment, and spoke at the same time.

"I'm sorry."

Finally, Kouji spoke.

"That never happened. I looked at you and...for a moment...I saw him. I haven't seen him...but I keep thinking of him, dreaming of him...wishing he was back." He said.

"I saw Yamato...I haven't seen him in so long, until today...and it reminded me of how close we always got. So...that never happened." She said.

"Agreed." Kouji said.

"Kamiya! I found where they are! Come in here!" Kaoru's voice rang through the hall and into the bedroom.

Kamiya and Kouji looked at each other before both turned around and darted out the door and down the hall.

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Takuya opened his eyes slowly. He blinked a few times into the bright light. His head was pounding and he was sore from the night before, but, much against his better judgment, he sat up. The room spun around him sharply and he nearly had to lie back down. He blinked sharply again, bringing a quick hand to his face, shielding his eyes and attempting to get them back into focus.

"Well well, look who's awake." A deep voice said from the corner.

Takuya whirled around to face the man. Unfortunately, this caused his head to pound worse and the room to tilt. He grimaced and fell again.

"I'm surprised you can move." The man said.

"So am I." he muttered back.

The brunette curled up into a ball, bringing his knees up to his chin and wrapping the blanket back around him. Now, he looked at the older boy. His eyes squinted. This boy looked surprisingly like...himself! He had shorter, dark brown hair, and green eyes. His olive complexion looked fair in the bright light.

"I'd heard they'd gotten a new plaything." The older said. "Just figured I'd make sure you were still in fairly good shape. So what's your name, kid?"

"Takuya." Takuya choked out.

The older's eyes widened slightly, but soon softened. "My name's Taichi. Taichi Yagami."

Now it was Takuya's turn to get wide eyes. He sat up again, as much as it made his head pound.

"Taichi?" D-do you have a little sister?" Takuya asked hurriedly.

Taichi laughed. He closed his eyes and shook his head, resting one hand over his face and one on his knee in the chair he was sitting in.

"You're a smart one. Most people wouldn't even make the connection. But yeah, you caught me. Hikari, she's my sis." Taichi said.

"Wow...she said she had a brother, but she doesn't like to talk about him. She mentioned he doesn't live with her anymore, but that he's Yama's age and knows Yamato-kun..." Takuya trailed off after seeing the look on Taichi's face.

"Yamato? Yamato Ishida, right?" Taichi spat.

Takuya's eyes grew wide and he nodded his head. Taichi launched forward, grabbing Takuya by the shoulders.

"Yamato...How is he? What's going on with him? Where is he?" Taichi snapped.

"He's fine...really happy, actually. He's engaged, you know. To Kamiya. I was living with him for awhi..." Takuya began, but was cut off abruptly.

"Engaged? To HER!" Taichi hissed.

"Yea...for a few years now..." Takuya explained.

"Dammit..." Taichi cursed.

"Why?" Takuya asked.

"Why what?" Taichi asked.

"Why is it such a bad thing?" Takuya inquired. "He seems really happy with her."

"It's because I..." Taichi began.

Suddenly, voices interrupted the two.

"Hey, he awake yet, Yagami?" a voice rang out.

Taichi turned and looked at Takuya, holding a finger to his lips and motioning for him to lay back down and fake it.

"No, not yet. You guys really fucked him up. I'll watch him until he wakes up, though." Taichi said.

"Yea, whatever. But come and get us when he does. We're not done with him yet." The man said. Then he walked away.

Taichi turned around to tell Takuya it was safe, but once he turned around, he noticed the boy was already out again. Taichi smiled.

"Maybe I'll just let him sleep...he needs it." Taichi whispered.

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Kamiya paced back and forth, as she had been doing for the past two hours.

"So, he's being held down in the warehouse district, right?" she asked.

"Yea, that's right." Kaoru said.

"Okay, I know all of the ins and outs of that place." She explained. "But there's a problem. We need to be able to get in, get him, and get out unnoticed."

"I can handle that." Kaoru said.

"Not entirely." She said.

"We need a real plan. Technology won't get us through all of it. We need skill and a strategy." Yama said.

"I think we just need to go in and get him back. I don't care how we do it...I just want him back." Kouji said.

The other three looked at him. They had all been sitting around discussing plans so much that they had been treating Takuya like an object without even realizing it. Kamiya sighed slightly and walked over, sitting next to Kouji on the couch. She put an arm over his shoulder.

"It'll be alright, Kouji, I promise." Kamiya said. "And he'll be alright."

Kouji just nodded, looking at the ground.

How could this happen? Kouji thought to himself. How could I have LET it happen? If I had tried just a little bit harder, we wouldn't be where we are now. Takuya wouldn't have gotten kidnapped, and everyone wouldn't have to be working so hard and pulling all-nighters to try and get him back...God, it's all my fault...

Kamiya hugged Kouji tightly. She knew exactly what he was thinking.

"Kouji, it's not you..." Kamiya began, but she was cut off as her phone began ringing.

Kamiya whipped the cell out of her pocket and answered it abruptly.

"Moshi Moshi, Icefire speaking." She said.

"Miss Iguno?" a male voice on the other end said.

"That would be me, yes." She said.

"We regret to inform you that you have been taken off of the Kanbara case. It has been reassigned to another agent. You may pack your bags and come back now, or you can wait until morning." The male said.

"What in the hell?" she spat. "What do you mean 'The case has been reassigned'?"

"We mean what was said, Miss Iguno. The case has been reassigned." He said.

"The hell it has! Call the other agent back and tell them that I am not finished with this case and I will not give it up!" she spat.

"I'm sorry, but we can't do that. The case has been reassigned. You must be back here by tomorrow afternoon or we shall send someone from the agency after you." He said.

"If you would really like to discuss this further, we can do it once you get back."

"How about this for a discussion. I'm going to call my mother. Yes, MY MOTHER. And she will have your head for this!" Kamiya snapped. "This case WILL NOT be reassigned. I am the one responsible for working on this case, and no one can tell me otherwise. I am not off of this case until it is over and done with and I have accomplished what I set out to do."

"Ma'am, your mother needn't get involved." He said. Kamiya could hear the fear building in his voice.

"Yes, she does need to be involved. And she will be. If you have any other concerns, you may take them up with her." Kamiya snapped.

And with that, she hung up. Kamiya didn't look at the others for a few minutes. When she finally turned around, she had a determined look on her face.

"If we're going to do this, we're going to have to do it fast. As in, soon, tonight...now." she said.

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Takuya sat up again later, feeling groggier than ever. He shook his head a little bit and tried to look around.

"Good morning, sleepyhead." A voice said from beside the mattress.

Takuya turned toward the voice to see a smiling Taichi sitting in the same old chair.

"Mornin." He muttered to the older boy.

"Sleep well?" Taichi asked him.

"Yea...it felt good to finally sleep comfortably." He replied with a slight smile.

"That's good." Taichi said. "You might want to be alert though. These guys are thirsty for this shit. They'd yank you out of this bed so fast your hair would fall the fuck off."

Takuya nodded. "My friends...They should come and get me though." He said, before looking down. "I know they will. Especially Kouji..."

"Kouji?" Taichi asked him, now curious.

"Boyfriend." Takuya said. "He and Kamiya have helped me out of some deep shit before. They won't leave me here."

"I wouldn't be so sure..." Taichi muttered.

"What? What do you mean you wouldn't be so sure?" Takuya asked. He was getting pissed. What did this fucker know?
"I mean, don't get your hopes up. You may be here for a while. If they haven't called anyone by now...I mean it's been three days. Surely they would have come by now, especially with Kamiya being...Fuck." Taichi said, realizing his slip up.

"With Kamiya being what? What do you know?" Takuya asked, standing up quickly. His vision turned upside down for a moment and he swayed, but refused to let himself fall.

"Nothing. Forget I even said anything." Taichi said. "It doesn't matter."

"Yes it does! You know something about her, don't you?" he spat, moving closer to the taller male.

"I may. But either way, they should have been here by now, or at least close to being here." Taichi said. "I don't think they're coming."

"Stop saying that!" Takuya cried out. "They'll come! I know they will..."

"I'm just saying, don't get your hopes up. That's why I am where I am. No one ever came to rescue me in my time of need. So here I am." Taichi said, leaning back in the chair, the front two legs off the ground.

"Well...maybe my friends aren't like whoever you were around...maybe they're different." Takuya reasoned.

"Then again...maybe they're not." Taichi said.

"Fuck off. They'll be here. I trust them. They wouldn't just leave me here." Takuya said, looking out the window. He mumbled quietly so that Taichi wouldn't hear him as he looked out at the moon. "At least...I hope they will."

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Yamato's eye twitched. That incessant tapping of keys in the backseat was about to drive him crazy. They already found Takuya and set up the whole plan before they left the house. So why was that fucking Kaoru still tapping away at those goddamned computer keys? Suddenly, he noticed a shirt fluttering into the front and his gaze drifted to the mirror again, as he turned the mirror to face Kamiya, who was sitting beside Kaoru in the backseat. She had yanked her red halter off and was now unhooking her bra, a black tanktop sitting in her lap.

"Kamiya! What are you doing!" he screeched before she could get her bra off.

Kamiya glanced up and her eyes grew wide. "EYES ON THE ROAD, JACKASS!" she screamed back.

Yamato flicked his gaze back on the road that stretched out before them and swerved back into the right lane, narrowly missing an 18-wheeler. Keeping his gaze on the road, he spoke to her again.

"Seriously though, WHAT are you doing?" he asked her.

"I'm changing. Red's a loud color. We'd get caught. Not to mention I need a more supportive bra, genius." She said, flicking her bra off and pulling a sports bra on.

Yamato glanced back into the back, his gaze shifting momentarily between Kamiya and Kaoru. Kaoru's gaze never left that god-forsaken laptop. Kamiya pulled the black tanktop over her head and began to yank her skirt off. She glanced up again just in time to scream "YAMA! THE ROAD!" He turned his attention back to the black and yellow highway as he avoided missing another car, this one smaller.

Kamiya sighed as she pulled on a pair of jean shorts that were barely long enough to be considered that. She untied her tall shoes and pulled on a pair of black boots, pulling a small revolver out of one before she pulled it on. She opened it up and checked to make sure it was still loaded before turning off the safety and sliding it into a holster on her side.

"What are you planning on doing with that?" Kouichi asked from next to Kamiya.

"That's none of your concern." Kamiya and Kaoru answered in unison.

Kouichi gulped, not knowing fully how to take that.

"So what do I do?" he asked them.

"You sit in the car. Keep the engine running, make sure it doesn't overheat, and make sure no one gets close." Kamiya responded, loading an automatic handgun.

"And Kouji?" Kouichi asked. "What does he do?"

"He," Kamiya began, handing the handgun to Kouji, who was sitting shotgun in the front. "Is coming with us. You know how to use that, right Kou?" she asked him.

Kouji nodded and slipped it into his pocket. "Yea. Shot em before. It'll be fine."

"Why can he help and I can't?" Kouichi asked with a whimper.

"Shut the fuck up." Kamiya said.

"We only brought you because we can't take you home. You wouldn't let us. Plus, a lookout can come in handy." Kaoru said.

Kamiya was pulling earphones out of a small bag with a small microphone for each person. She handed one to Kouji, one to Kouichi, and one to Yamato before putting hers on as Kaoru was doing.

"How do you put this on?" Yamato asked.

"The earphone goes in your ear. It's not attached to the mic, but it works. Clip the mic to the side of your mouth, right in the corner. It'll work fine, trust me." Kaoru explained.

"Gotcha, sidekick." He said.

"No problem, doormat." Kaoru said, glancing up with a smile.

Kamiya glanced out the front dashboard. "See that lot up there?" she asked, pointing between Kouji and Yamato as she leaned up halfway into the front seat.

"Yea." Yamato said with a nod.

"Pull in there. Over behind those big can things." She said.

Yamato followed the instructions and parked behind the old cans. The car couldn't be seen from where they were. Kamiya shoved Kouichi out of her way as she crawled out of the car. Kouji followed suit, climbing out his door. Yamato put the car in park and left it running as Kaoru closed his laptop and slid it under the seat. He climbed out his door and Yamato did the same.

"Yamato." Kamiya said.

He looked up and faced her, just in time to catch a small gun that she had apparently loaded when he was finally paying attention to the road. He put it into his pocket as she slammed the door in Kouichi's face.

"Okay, you all remember the plan right? Where we're supposed to go and all?" she asked, watching Kouji, Yamato, and Kaoru nod solemnly. "Good. Remember, anyone sees you, kill em on the spot. Never give them time to load a weapon or call for help. Kill first, ask questions next, worry and mourn about it later. Such is the way of someone in this line of profession. If you need help, yell. The microphone will pick up anything you say, so be careful what gets in. Anytime you need to contact someone, say their name softly and it will reach only them. Say the words someone, anyone, or everyone, and it will come to all of us. Any questions?" she asked them, looking around.

No one said a word, simply looked at her.

"Good. Now then." She said, glancing at the building that loomed before them. The others followed suit. "We're on."

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Kami-chan: Muahaha. Hope you all enjoyed that. It may have taken forever to get it out, but I hope it was worth the wait. I'll be updating again soon, I hope, because I finally know what I want to do. It came to me while I was sleeping through Geometry. Anyway, don't get too attached to anyone just yet. The guns are going to be put to good use next chapter. And I don't have anything against Taichi at all. I love him to death, actually. But I needed someone for that part and he's perfect for it. Don't hate me! shields self with hands and arms Anyway, I'll try and get this updated soon. Til then, love all of ya'll! Kami out!