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"Alissa, are you sure about this?" Sakura asked, staring at the girl driving with uncertainty.

"Do you want to find your asshole boyfriend or not?" Alissa snapped back, gripping the steering wheel tightly with both hands.

"Of course I do! I just-I don't know, don't you think we should've told Roland or the security team where we're going?"

"You mean the security team that has failed at doing their jobs for the past several days? Yeah, let me get right on that," Alissa replied with a roll of her eyes.

"But she could be really dangerous."

"Pft, you should get used to dangerous if you're going to continue dating Kaiba. His bullshit has earned him a lot of enemies."

"I still think we should have told someone."

"Well, if you're that adamant about it, I can turn around right now and you can deal with this shit yourself! The security team can't help us now. They couldn't even figure out where their boss is, how the hell would they be able to provide decent backup?"

"I guess you're probably right."

"Besides, I don't need their help to kick this bitch's ass."

An awkward silence fell between the two until Alissa pulled up to their destination.

"We're here," Alissa replied, unbuckling herself and reaching into the backseat for her backpack. "Do you remember the plan?"

"Yeah, I think so," Sakura answered, nervously.

Alissa was about to give a sarcastic retort but stopped when she saw Sakura nervously wringing her hands in front of her. Damn, she's really worked up about this.

"Don't worry about it, Sakura. Just act normal and I'll take care of the rest."

Sakura nodded but didn't speak.

"What's wrong?" Alissa asked, her brow creasing in concern.

"What if she's hurt him?"

"Pft, if he's still the same Kaiba I knew he's fine. He's tough."

"You're right."

"You ready then?"

"Let's do this."

With Sakura's consent, Alissa turned off the car and climbed out. Sakura followed her lead. The two girls walked up to the yellow town house and stopped in front of the door. Sakura nervously lifted her hand and lightly knocked on the door. Alissa blinked at Sakura slowly. Is she fucking kidding me? That was her knock?

"Are you fucking kidding me? What, are you asking for sugar or something? Jesus," Alissa snapped, slamming her fist against the door loudly. The dark haired girl turned her gaze to the brunette and rolled her eyes. Said brunette was shifting her weight from foot to foot and wringing her hands together anxiously.

"Knock it off with that shit," Alissa snapped. "If you act too nervous she'll know that we suspect her."

"Right. Sorry."

"Just play it cool and we'll have this bitch in jail and your damsel rescued in no time."

"He's not a damsel," the brunette defended.

"Yeah, tell me that once he stops getting himself kidnapped." Alissa sighed in annoyance and began banging on the door again. "Hello? Ms. Ichii, we know you're home! Your car is parked in the driveway!" Alissa frowned in confusion when the far away sound of yelling reached her ears.

"Did you hear that?" she asked the brunette.

"Hear what? I didn't hear anything," the brunette replied. "What did you hear?"

"I thought I heard yelling."

A look of fear crossed over Sakura's features and her face fell.

"Do you think she's hurting him?"

"That bitch will be the only one who's hurting once I'm done with her."

"Alissa, we have to get in there! She could be hurting him in there!"

"Keep it down, idiot," Alissa hissed, grabbing a light hold of Sakura's shoulders. "You need to keep it together. If you freak out, she's going to know we suspect her and we're going to end up in some serious shit."

"You're right. I'm sorry. I just don't want him to get hurt."

"I understand that, but it's going to take a lot more than some psychotic bitch to hurt him. Trust me, the asshole is practically made of stone. Just keep her busy and I'll take care of the rest."

The girls fell silent when they finally heard the sound of approaching footsteps. The door was unlocked and pulled open to reveal a thin blonde woman.

"Oh, hello. Can I help you?" the blonde asked, a look of confusion crossing her face.

"Uh, hi. Saeko Ichii?"

"Yes? How can I help you?"

"My name is Sakura and this is Alissa. We're friends of your boss. Do you mind if we come in?"

"Of course. Come in."

The blonde woman stepped aside to allow the two others entrance to her house. As soon as she entered, Alissa began to quickly and subtly survey the room.

"Please, sit. Make yourselves comfortable," Saeko replied as she took a seat on the couch.

The two girls obeyed, not wanting to blow their cover.

"What is it I can help you with?"

"Well," Sakura began. "As I'm sure you've heard, your boss, Seto Kaiba has gone missing."

"Oh, yes, isn't it awful! Who would do such a thing?"

"That's actually what we were hoping you could help us figure out," Sakura replied.

"I'm not sure I'll be of much help, but I can try."

Alissa frowned as Sakura and Saeko continued to converse. Can this bitch be anymore guilty? Her nice act isn't fooling anybody. Well, I'd better get started.

"Excuse me, Ms. Ichii," Alissa began. "Would you mind pointing me in the direction of your bathroom?"

"Oh, of course. It's down the hall and to the left," the blonde replied, pointing towards the hallway.

"Thanks. I'll be back," Alissa replied, standing up and heading towards the hallway.

Alright, here we go, Sakura thought as she saw Alissa disappear down the hall. I can do this. Just stay calm and Saeko will never know.

"So, when was the last time you saw Seto?" Sakura asked.

"I think the last time I saw him was the day before he went missing. Are you sure someone really took him? He could just be off on business. Mr. Kaiba is quite secretive, he may have just not mentioned going somewhere."

"I wish that were the case, but we found evidence saying otherwise."

"Evidence? What kind of evidence?

"Whoever took him left behind a fake note, however it was a pretty weak forgery. I'm sorry that we're bothering you with this, Ms. Ichii. We just figured that if anyone saw anything, it would be one of his employees. Since you're one of Seto's most responsible employees, we figured you might be able to help us."

"I'm sorry that I can't be of more help. I do have a question of my own for you though."

"Yeah? What is it?"

"Do you think I'm stupid, Sakura?"

Sakura's face fell. She knows!

"Alis-!" Sakura's warning scream was cut off when the blonde dove at her and tackled her to the floor. Sakura's second yell was cut off when the blonde clasped her hand tightly over the brunette's mouth.

"You think I wouldn't figure out why you two fools are here?" Saeko hissed into the brunette's ear. "Seto is mine. You should have stayed out of my way. You shouldn't have tried to ruin what we have!"

Oh, God, she's crazy, Sakura thought.

The blonde pulled her hand away from the brunette's mouth to press a gun to her temple.

"Stay quiet and put your hands behind you."

Terrified, Sakura had no choice but to obey. What do I do? I need to warn Alissa! She opened her mouth to yell but the blonde clicked off the safety of the gun.

"Make a noise and I'll put this bullet through your skull!"

Sakura could do nothing but sit silently as Saeko secured her wrists together with a zip tie. The blonde dragged the brunette to her feet and pressed the gun to her back.

"Now walk. We're going to go find your little friend."

xxx

Alissa crept silently down the hallway and kept her ears open for any noises. Alright, if I was a psychotic kidnapper, where would I keep my victim? She made her way slowly down the hallway, checking all the rooms and silently closing the door once her quick search was done. She opened the last door in the hallway and saw a staircase leading downward. Hm, the basement is probably a good bet. She slowly descended down the stairs, being sure to check each stair for creaking before stepping on to it. When she reached the bottom of the steps, she found a door that was locked with a deadbolt. Okay, this is a huge red flag. She slid open the deadbolt and tested the doorknob. That was locked too. She reached into her back pocket and pulled out a lock pick. She knelt down to examine the lock before slipping the pick inside. She moved the pick around until she heard the lock give with a click. She opened the door and entered the room.

The room was a basement that served as a small room. It was furnished with a bed, a table with one chair, and a bookshelf and lamp in the far corner. There were two doorways besides the entrance. One that led to a bathroom and one that was shut and Alissa assumed was a closet. There were no windows so the only source of light came from the lamp that stood next to the bookshelf.

She walked further into the room, being careful not to make too much noise and alert Saeko of her sneaking around. She stopped in front of one of the doorway that led to the bathroom and peeked inside. Well, there's nothing behind door number one. She froze when she heard shuffling coming from behind the other door. Should we see what's behind door number two? She slowly approached the closed closet door and checked the knob. It was unlocked. She carefully opened the door and peeked inside.

"Shit! Seto!" she gasped in mild surprise. She knew he was here, she just didn't expect Saeko to treat him like this.

The tall CEO was secured tightly to the chair he was sitting in. Several coils of thick rope wrapped around his chest and stomach. His wrists were secured tightly behind the chair with zip ties and each of his ankles were secured to the legs of the chair with rope tied around his calves and thighs to further hold him in place. Thick duct tape was wrapped several times around his head to cover his mouth, though it was obvious by the reduced volume of his shouts that there must have been something shoved into his mouth before the tape. A piece of white cloth was tied around his eyes to prevent him from seeing.

Following her exclamation, Alissa rushed forward and pulled the blindfold off. Once the blindfold was removed she could see a dark bruise lined with a cut along his eyebrow.

"Holy fuck what did she do? This is really close to your temple, you're lucky she didn't kill you! Are you okay? Wait, shit you can't talk right now. Nod yes or no. Are you okay?"

He grunted into the tape and pulled roughly on the ropes.

"Okay, okay. Give me a second to get something to cut you loose."

She left his side to search the various shelves situated behind him. After a brief search, she found a pair of scissors on one of the shelves. She picked them up and very carefully cut the tape from around his mouth and unwound it carefully. He winced when the tape peeled away from his skin and pulled a couple of his hairs. She pulled the stuffing from his mouth and realized that it was a balled up, white handkerchief.

"Why are you here?" He demanded as soon as his mouth was free of the gag.

"Well, that's a greeting. I'm here because the people who are looking for you suck at it and I was recruited to help find you," she answered, cutting through the zip ties holding his wrists.

"Tch, like I need your help."

"Yeah, you clearly had everything under control," she sassed, kneeling down to start cutting away at the bonds holding the brunet captive. "Now stop talking or you'll blow our cover. I don't want to leave Sakura up there with Saeko for longer than is necessary."

"Excuse me? Sakura is up there? You dragged her into this?"

"Okay, Asshole, before you get your pants in a twist, I didn't drag her into anything. She's the one who dragged me into this. She came to my house and said you were missing and guilt tripped me into helping."

"You shouldn't have left her alone up there."

"What else were we supposed to do, dumb ass? One of us needed to distract her while the other tried to find you."

"So you chose to let Sakura handle Saeko?"

"Well it would have been kind of suspicious if your ex girlfriend who hates your fucking guts stayed with Saeko to ask questions about you. It made more sense for her to distract her now shut the fuck up so I can concentrate. There's a shit ton of knots to cut through."

"You're both idiots."

"Yeah, yeah. Pot, kettle, black damsel."

"I'm not a damsel! I had everything under control!"

"Sure. That's why you're trussed up in a closet like the damn Hardy Boys."

"Just hurry up and finish before Saeko notices something is amiss."

"I forgot how domineering you are."

Alissa had just finished cutting through the ropes around the brunet's stomach when said brunet exclaimed, "Sakura!"

Alissa turned around quickly to find Saeko standing next to a bound Sakura with a gun at the brunette's head. Shit, shit, shit!

"Step away from Seto, Alissa," Saeko demanded.

"No way in hell."

Saeko's eye twitched and she clicked off the safety.

"Alissa, do as she says!" Seto demanded, pulling on the ropes to test them. There were still too many holding him in place.

"Drop the scissors and step away from him, now."

Alissa tightened her grip on the scissors. There's no way I'm going down without a fight, bitch, Alissa thought. She dove forward, intending to use the scissors to stun Saeko enough to release the gun or Sakura. However, the blonde saw it coming. She pushed her brunette captive to the floor and pulled out her taser.

Alissa stiffened when a painful tingle settled over her body.

She fell to the floor.

"Alissa!"

The world went black.

Well…that rescue could have certainly gone better xD. Anyhoo, this chapter was fun to write. Let me just warn you all, that this story is just getting started, there's still PLENTY of action to come. Natalie is up next. Thanks, as always for reading, and let us know what you guys think. We love getting feedback. Anyhoo, until next time, peace out girl scouts.