A/N: Crapity! Sorry for the late update guys! I got caught up with our exams! Stupid exams, they're wasting trees on those. Well, anyway, hope you enjoy chapter 7.

Chapter 7: Operations

"Wake up, princess…"

…Moan…

"Wake up… my master's waiting."

"What?"

"Wake up…"

As Kana opened her eyes, she saw Seichiro, waiting for her at the doorway. Next to her was a sofa, and Anaka lying there, sound asleep.

"Anaka!"

Kana tried to reach for Anaka, but to her dismay, she was chained to a wall, her hands behind her, her feet immobile.

"Wha-what's going on? Why am I chained like this?!"

Then, as she said that, she reverted to her "evil" state, the one with the evil eyes. She looked at Seichiro with her eyes, but Seichiro was also staring at her with equal power, equal force, equal amount of hatred buried into the deepest parts of their hearts.

"Are you forgetting that I can break out of chains?"

He just kept staring at her. He gave Kana chills down her spines. He was normally nice to Kana, but now, she felt that all the kindness in the world vanished.

"Are the chains on too tight?"

She huffed, and she puffed, but the chains didn't budge.

"Why?!"

"Eh? Still persistent, I see. Don't bother. There was a special chemical that you took in, you see. And these chains are not ordinary too. They're a mixture of lead, metal, steel, and titanium."

He smiled devilishly, as he looked at Kana straight in the eye. Kana chose to ignore it… Then, there was silence.

"Where am I?" she finally asked.

"In the medieval ages of Europe, they called this part of their fortress the dungeon. But in our modern age, we just call it warehouse, or basement. But in this case, you're in a warehouse."

"Why is Anaka with me here?"

"Well, that's not for me to answer. Hmm… speak of the devil."

Someone was suddenly standing beside the door. Kana felt his or her aura as something of equal hatred to both her and Seichiro. But she was surprised when she saw who that person is.

"KARU?!!"

~X~X~X~

"Have you found them yet?" Akira said as she was running around town. She had her phone on earphones.

"Not yet, How is it at your end?" Kaoru said in the other end.

"No luck, so far. Have you contacted the others?"

"You mean the hosts? Hikaru called them and he's on his way to meet them now."

"Kaoru" Akira suddenly turned serious.

"Yeah?"

"Good Luck."

"Thanks, you too."

~X~X~X~

'There they are!' Hikaru though to himself. But to his dismay, there were only 3 people who came, Hunny-sempai, Mori-sempai, and Haruhi.

"Where are Tamaki-sempai and Kyouya-sempai?" Hikaru asked, panting.

"They couldn't come, but Kyo-chan sent out big police men to look for Kana-chan and Anaka-chan~!" Hunny-sempai said.

"Crap. Anyway, we have to look for her fast. Akira said the creep who kidnapped them was a bad person. He likes to torture people before he finishes the job." Hikaru said.

"Well, what are we waiting for then? Let's go!" Haruhi said, encouragingly.

"Hai." Mori-sempai said in reply.

~X~X~X~

"I'm glad you're awake Kana. Well, isn't Anaka the heavy sleeper? Well, I'll have to join her later." He said as he laughs at the toddler who was sound asleep, lying on his couch.

Seeing Karu made Kana felt relieved and agitated at the same time. She was glad to see Karu, thinking that he'll be their knight in shining armor, but she also thought of the other possibilities.

'Why is he here? Is he here to save us? ... No, it couldn't be! If he were here to save us, Seichiro would have stopped him. No! … But, but why?!'

"Eh? Are you alright Kana? Is there something wrong?" Karu asked as he looked at Kana with a worried face.

"…"

"Master, don't bother. She's probably in shock. She's a smart girl after all."

Seichiro walked towards Kana, and then with his cold hands, he lifted Kana's face, via her chin. He was a bit startled when he saw Kana's eyes. It was lifeless, but at the same time, filled with hatred, and yet, a bit of worries.

"She'll be alright. She's just in shock."

"Well, if you say so. What are we going to do with Anaka when she wakes up?" Karu asked.

"Shall we let her go then? We can't let her stay here."

"I know. If something happens to her, it will trigger Kana's abilities. What do you suggest we do to her?"

"I have an idea."

~X~X~X~

'Why did I get paired up with her?' Hikaru thought to his situation as he was stuck with Haruhi.

Flashback

"I wanna get paired with Haru-chan!!!" Hunny sempai declared.

"Alright, let's go." Haruhi said.

They started running, but then, Hunny-sempai tripped. He started to look all teary eyed and ran to Mori-sempai. He talked to Hunny-sempai and then everything was suddenly better… Almost.

…

"Hikaru-kun! Over here! I think I found something!" Haruhi called out to him.

"I'm coming!" He said. He was a bit exhausted when she finally found something. But then, because of his exhaustion, he lost his sense of balance and tripped and fell to the ground.

"Hikaru-kun! Are you alright?" Haruhi hurriedly went over to where Hikaru tripped. He was sitting upright now. He was rolling up his sleeves and he already rolled up his pants to knee-level. There was slight bruising in his knees and a whole lot of blood in his elbows!

"G-gomenasai. I'm too careless." Hikaru said, in a manner that only made Haruhi chuckle a bit.

"Why don't we rest first?"

~X~X~X~

"Any luck? How about Ouran?" Akira asked. She was talking to someone on her cell phone.

"She's not here. But I sent out the Ootori's best agents to look for Kana and Anaka."

"How about Tamaki? Is he helping with the search?"

"He still has some family problems, so I think he won't be able to extend his help for today, but I'm quite positive that he'll be able to send out his best agents too."

"I see. Well then, I'll be on my way. I still have to contact my brothers and notify them"

"I'm sorry but you're al little late for that. Ken and your parents are on their way from Madrid."

"Is Youichii with them?"

"Why wouldn't he?"

"I guess you have a point. I have to go then. Thank you, Kyouya."

"My pleasure."

Akira got off the phone. She was near the Yakashima mansion when she saw a basket. It was very extravagant, obviously from overseas. It had pink and purple ribbons tied around it. if they weren't in a crisis right now, she would have brightened up and got it for herself, but she was in a different situation. It was very big for an ordinary basket. She looked at the outside of the basket with curiosity, but when she moved to see the inner contents of it, she saw something that would shock her…

"ANAKA!!!!"

~X~X~X~

"Why did you do it?" Kana suddenly said as Karu was gazing at her in the light of the glowing sunset.

"It's pretty simple, actually. I just wanted you to come with me back to Italy. I figured you wouldn't have come with me if Akira was here. The only consolation was Anaka, so I took advantage of that too. I used her to lure you in, you see." He smiled as he moved in closer to Kana. He touched her check, then her chin. He slowly lifted her face and he drew her face closer to his… closer… closer…

"Master, mistress Akira sent a message for you."

"Onee-chan?!" Kana said impulsively. She was out of it the minute she saw Karu.

"I'll see to it." Karu said as he stood up and whispered something to Seichiro.

"Give her anything she wants, just to please her until our flight to Italy."

"Understood."

So, he left, knowing that Seichiro will be competent enough to handle Kana, but Seichiro was not as clever as Kana was.

'Just a little more… save your energy… just a little more…' Kana thought.

~X~X~X~

"You have to be more careful next time, or else we have to buy a lot more bandages." Haruhi said she was cleaning Hikaru's elbow. His knee was patched up pretty good too.

"Are those free items from the supermarket?" Hikaru asked with curiosity as Haruhi brought out a box of panda patterned bandages.

"Yup. The supermarket always gives me free stuff when I buy."

Haruhi patched up Hikaru's arm lovingly, then she smiled at him, giving warmth, and embarrassment side up his veins.

"A-arigatou…" Hikaru said as he looked away, but he couldn't help looking away from Haruhi's angelic face.

"Oh, by the way. I found this watch. I recall this was Kana's. I saw it when she gave the handkerchief to you."

Hikaru noticed a beeping red light at the side of the rim of the watch. The he remembered a brand new invention the Hitachiin twins also used.

Flashback

"Do we have to wear these tacky watches?" Hikaru said, complaining about the watches they were giving.

"You have to or else!!!" "That was what mother said to us. And we don't want to upset mother."

"What are these called anyway?"

"a.F.T.U."

"What does that mean?"

"As tacky as it seems, this is pretty good for a tracking device."

"What the hell does it mean?!"

"aFuFu Tracking Unit."

Hikaru burst out of the room, laughing his eyeballs out. He was laughing sop hard that irritated Kaoru…

…

"I got it!"

He immediately brought out his cell phone and called Akira. It rang and someone immediately picked up.

"Hikaru"

"I've got an idea."

"That will have to wait. I just found Anaka."

"What?! But how?"

"Basket. It's a long story. Now, about your idea?"

"Do you know the a.F.T.U. software?"

"Yeah, each of us has it. We have 2 trackers ea-"

"Now you get me?"

"I have to go."

"Say hello to Anaka for me."

"I will"

"Good luck. Bye."

"Arigatou!!! Good bye."

Hikaru ended his phone call with a beep. They finally got a lead on Kana.

End of Chapter 7

A/N: whew. This was a toughie. Hey, don't think of Karu as a meanie. His reasons will come in the later chapters. You know the funny thing is, I finished encoding chapter 7 first before chapter 6 so I know, this is a LATE update. Please bear with me!!!

~kana-chan