A/N: Yo guys! Sorry I updated sooooooo late. It's summer anyway so I have all the free time I can have! … for the next two months only TT^TT. Anyway, hope you enjoy this chappie.

Chapter 9: Confusions?

"You mean that's it?! After all the hours of cracking various codes that was it?!" Akira complained. She slapped her brother's back in exasperation.

"Well sis, you did a fairly good job for a beginner not to mention this tracking device is state of the art awesomeness so I have to give you credit. But in this device, the first stages were the most difficult to hack, therefore it took you hours. You just left the easy bit for the professional hacker." Ken said, as he patted the head of his shocked sibling. He leaned forward and whispered something in her ear.

"Better luck next time, imouto-san." Ken whispered to Akira as a chuckle escaped from his mouth.

Akira slapped her forehead. She turned to Kaoru with over exaggerated teary eyes. But all the response she got was what seemed to be a scowl on his face.

"Eh? Kaoru, what's the matter?" Akira asked.

"We have her location, right? Then what the hell are we waiting for then? You guys still have time to play stupid games with each other knowing that your sister may be in fighting for her life." Kaoru said, angry and desperate at the same time.

"I don't like your tone here, Kaoru. You're not the only one who is worried about Kana. I'm trying to stay positive here. And you should try to be more patient."

"What the hell has patience have to do with this? You know very well that right now that your sister has been kidnapped by some psycho maniac! And you're here doing nothing!" Kaoru said, practically shouting. Enraged, Akira couldn't control herself. She slapped Kaoru. Stunned, he looked at her and stared at Akira's intense eyes, the same red eyes that he saw in Kana's eyes when she first came to the host club.

"Shut up! Are you that stupid to march right through the front door of Kana's cell without even a decent enough plan?! You could get killed, moron!" Akira said, trying her best not to strangle Kaoru.

"I don't know about you but I don't want to cause Kana more pain than she already went through." She finally finished, storming out of the room. She slammed the door, leaving Kaoru and Ken behind.

"If you're going to give me a lecture on how an inconsiderate jerk I am, I'd rather not hear it." Kaoru remarked, making Ken smile.

"Good. I don't plan to give you one anyway. I just wanted to let you know that Akira is the most worried person out of everyone here. If she could, she could kill anyone just to find her sister. But she has to keep in mind that she also has other priorities, like Anaka, for example. And that's not the end of it. I'll see you later." He said to Kaoru, the smile not disappearing from his face.

"Why does everyone leave me confused all the time?!" Kaoru said to himself.

Kaoru followed after Ken, he tried to find somewhere he could think. He settled by a whitewashed swing set at the back of the house. Once he sat, he buried his head in his arms. He clenched a fistful of hair while he muttered things to himself.

"What the hell is happening to me? Why am I like this? I wasn't like this before, right? Or was I?" He whispered, clenching his hair tightly, daring them to come off of his head.

"Look at what love can do to a person. Can drive you nutso sometimes. Annoying, isn't it?"

"Hikaru, is that you?

~X~X~X~

"Lunch, my mistress." Seichiro said, as he usually does. Today he served her fresh bagels drenched in honey, together with freshly picked strawberries and bananas topped it off with orange juice.

"Well that's a wide spread." Kana said, overwhelmed. She had a little enthusiasm this time, making Seichiro smile.

"If you'd like me to feed you, I'd be delighted." Seichiro said seductively, nonetheless compassionate.

'She's fairly amusing today, so I might as well make the best of it.' He thought to himself, a smile never leaving his pale face. He was answered by a smile, which was surprising for him, because since he captured her, he got nothing but frowns and the occasional scowl from her.

"Well, it doesn't hurt, does it? And besides, I haven't eaten that much lately. So why not?" Kana said, as her smile got wider. Seichiro handed her a strawberry that was dipped in honey. He watched as his mistress chewed happily. After a few strawberries and a banana, pain crossed her glowing face.

"What's wrong, mistress?" He asked; his voice was flooded with concern.

"I-it's nothing, just my chains again. No worries, it will go away sooner or later." She answered, trying to hide the pain that her bruises were causing.

"Let me see that." He said as he set down his mistress' plate and inspected her chains.

"It's on too tight, isn't it?"

But Kana didn't have the chance to answer him when suddenly, her cell door swung open and Karu was there, his eyes were like cold daggers when he met Seichiro's.

"Karu." Kana said, the life draining from her once again.

"Hello, my princess. Seichiro, you may leave."

Protest was the initial emotion that Seichiro felt, but since he was his master, he was obliged to follow. Unfortunately, he had a bad feeling that he's not going to see his mistress smile as long as she was with his master.

Kana was looking at Seichiro pleadingly. But there was nothing he could do. He silently left the room, shooting final glances at Kana.

When Seichiro was out, he turned all his attention to Kana, making Kana feel a little awkward. She finally got a little joy in her, since she dreamed of Akira the night before and found new hope that she could finally escape this hellhole. But since Karu was there, she could only sit there quietly.

Impatiently, Karu pulled Kana's face so that she faces him, but he saw no emotion in her eyes when he looked at her. He saw a hint of fear in her eyes that she desperately tried to hide from him.

'But why the hell was she acting as if nothing has happened when Seichiro faced her then?' Karu thought to himself, getting pissed off even more. But his heart softened when he saw pain crossed her face once again.

He dismissed his anger and turned to what Seichiro was inspecting before he barged right in.

"Are the chains on too tight?"

~X~X~X~

Akira sat by Anaka's bedside. She gently stroked brunette her hair, just as she does with Kana before. She wanted to hum to her, but she was currently concentrating on not letting her tears flow.

"Let it all out, my dear." Someone said.

"Oka-san."

"I know you're… having a hard time without Kana recently. And I understand how you feel right now." She said; sadness filled her voice as she too, choked on tears.

"I don't know what to do, ka-chan."

"I know, sweetie…"

"I just wanted to let you know that your father and your little brother will arrive tomorrow."

"O-okay, thanks ka-chan."

Lucia left the room with a hankie planted in her right hand. She silently stroked tears that were falling down her pink colored cheeks. She closed the door.

When Akira was alone, tears suddenly fell from her eyes. She couldn't take it anymore. Kaoru's words got to her and the pressure was getting to her. A stray tear escaped from her handkerchief and onto Anaka's sleeping face. She didn't mind it; a single tear can't possibly wake up someone who's been out cold in days. But she was wrong.

She felt something tug her sleeve. She looked down only to find Anaka's hand.

"Anaka?"

"Onee-chan, Where's my ka-chan?"

Akira couldn't answer her. It's like her voice was missing. But she didn't need to. Tamaki suddenly barged right in.

"Hello Akira! I'm so glad to see you doing well!" He said enthusiastically, but he quickly withdrew that emotion and went near Akira's side.

"I'm sorry." Was only he could say.

"Uh," got Tamaki's attention. He looked at Akira's side and saw Anaka's teary face.

"Where's my ka-chan?" Anaka said, tears were soaking her pink pillow and her hair. Quickly, Akira pulled herself together, wiped her tears once more, then faced Anaka.

"Anaka, I promise you we'll find Kana, okay? Ipromise." She finished. She wiped Anaka's teary face with her handkerchief and turned to Tamaki.

"Thanks for coming, Tamaki." She said as she lifted Anaka in her arms and went downstairs. Tamaki followed.

'I'm going to miss this.' He thought.

A/N: Just a short interruption :D. Doesn't it sound familiar to you guys? Well, it does to me. I hear it all the time, actually. Leave a comment so I know what your answer is. XD

~X~X~X~

Seichiro was alone in his room. He was staring at the ceiling as he usually does. The sun was setting and Karu was still in his mistress' cell.

'Now why the hell did she cross my mind?'

It was true he could think of nothing but her mistress this time. He thought of how she smiled at him today and how he got her to eat her lunch. He turned to his side and grunted. What was happening to him? He felt smug about Kana's capture only hours ago but, what about now?

After sometime the sun had set and he was still lost in his thoughts. He got up remembering it was his mistress' suppertime. He was sort of excited, hoping that he could see that bright smile in Kana's face again. He went outside to fetch his mistress' food.

A few minutes later, he reached Kana's cell. He peeped in to see if Karu was still hanging around, but all he saw was Kana struggling out of her chains.

'Not that strong my foot. These things weigh a ton for crying out loud!'

"Trying to get out again, mistress?" Seichiro said, making Kana stop and blush a little. Seichiro went inside with a smile on his face. His mistress was back and he was happy about it. Tonight he brought her baked macaroni and a cheesecake, complete with red tea.

"Do you want me to feed you again?" he asked, his eyes were like twinkling stars.

"Mmmmm… macaroni." Kana said, as her cravings for food got stronger. She eagerly waited for Seichiro to feed her. He scooped a big helping of macaroni onto the spoon and slowly directed to her mouth. But she grew impatient so she leaned to the waiting food hurting herself in the process. Her eagerness made him laugh. He wiggled his finger.

"No, no, mistress. Be more patient." He said as he once again laughed at her expression.

After both the cheesecake and the macaroni have been devoured, they finally noticed someone was watching them. Seichiro didn't need to move away from where he was sitting to know who that was. He turned all his attention back to Kana and let her sip the red tea from a straw he prepared for her. But he was still bothered by the prescience. Then an idea struck him. He wanted to see his mistress smile for him more that the reason that he brings her food. No, he wanted her to smile for him, just because she wanted to.

~X~X~X~

"Okay, here's the plan guys." Akira started.

"Hikaru and Kaoru, you will lead half of Tamaki's men to the front of the warehouse and Hunny and Mori-sempai will lead the other half to the back. We don't know how many of those morons are there, so it's better if we surround the perimeter."

"I object." Someone suddenly said. It was Kyouya.

"Glad you could join us. Now, our strategist is here, we have better chances of getting Kana back." Akira stated, gesturing that the floor was now Kyouya's and he's free to talk.

"Okay, according to my sources, the warehouse where Kana is being held is a two-story fortress. There are ten men surrounding the area at random points. Taking Tamaki's men to charge both the front and back is not a good plan, because it will take too much time and it causes too much attention. Someone has to take care of the 10 men before we could take care of the inside. Hunny and Mori-sempai, can you take care of that?"

"Hai!" Hunny said enthusiastically and Mori could only nod.

"I think if I come along it will speed up the process." Ken suggested.

"Better, I was hoping Akira could come along with them to but we need her on the inside. Contact us if all ten guards are out of our way. Akira, you are accompanied by Tamaki, Haruhi and the Hitachiin twins. Tamaki, Haruhi, are you experienced in fighting?

"Sorry, but I don't know how to fight." Haruhi said.

"I know a little, but I might just be a burden when I get to the inside." Tamaki said.

"Well, do you mind being decoys?"

"Sure. I can do it, as long as I can help." Haruhi said.

"Me too." Tamaki agreed.

"So that's settled. There are 2 guards on the outside while around 4 to 7 guards on the inside of the warehouse, which are divided since, there are two floors in there. While Haruhi and Tamaki distract the guards out front, Akira, Hikaru and Kaoru will slip inside."

"Roger that." Hikaru and Kaoru answered.

"Wait, if the area is heavily guarded, why not the inside?" Mori asked.

"They rely on the ten guards on the outside." Kyouya answered.

"I see."

"Alright, what time will we begin?" Akira asked Kyouya, she was feeling better now that she was doing something.

"We start at 12. Their defense is round the clock, but it gets weaker at night. But I have to mention the time limit." Kyouya added.

"There's a time limit to this?" Haruhi asked, somewhat surprised at this.

"Unfortunately there is. We have exactly 5 hours to execute this."

"How come?" Tamaki asked.

"My sources told me that they're leaving for Italy tomorrow at 5 am."

'Ah crap. Anyway, even with a time limit, this would be a piece of cake.' Ken thought. But as if Kyouya were reading his thoughts, he added something.

"Keep in mind that this won't be easy. Everybody has to move quickly and silently as possible. Otherwise the whole plan will be in jeopardy and, if worse comes to worse; we might endanger Kana's life. Now, you can all go and rest. Haruhi and Tamaki, please stay here a moment, I still have to brief you."

"I'll stay too. I have a little info on who might be inside there." Akira said not leaving her chair.

After Kyouya told Haruhi and Tamaki at what they were going to do, Kyouya turned to Akira.

"Okay, now what were you saying about the information you have?"

"Her kidnapper might be one of our spies. His name is Seichiro. But in the field he is better known as the black ace of the Yakashima Corp.

"Black ace, huh? I've heard of him somewhere. How did you know?"

"He's the one who took Anaka from me."

"I see. Now he made me think that this might be a rebellion against your family." Kyouya said, making Akira more worried. But she dismissed the feeling.

"He's a trained fighter. He and my brother Ken were best friends and I think it will hurt him if he found out that Seichiro was behind all of this." Akira said, sadly.

"Oh, now I see."

"See what?"

"Nothing. Now, since you know this guy you might be up against him. As much as possible don't let Hikaru or Kaoru face that guy, they might get killed, so just assign them to take care of the first floor. Since you're a girl, you're more nimble than them so you can slip into this location." Kyouya pulled out a map from his pocket and pointed a small room in the far side of the warehouse.

"This is where Kana is being held. This is on the second floor." Kyouya said, but when he noticed that Akira was more focused on thinking how the hell he got a map, he quickly brought her attention back to him.

"Focus, Akira. Now, the hallway has two men. Knowing this the second floor is not as heavily guarded as the first floor, but Seichiro might be there so keep your guard up even though you took out everyone, is that clear?" Kyouya said.

"You got it. But how about you?"

"If this plan fails, I have a backup plan I need to execute. So I won't be there with you later. It's still 6:30 pm and it's still early. You should go to rest."

"I can't. I'll just help them prepare if ever."

"Okay. I wish you luck." Kyouya finished. He stood up, Akira followed.

"You too."

"I must go."

"Be careful." Akira said with concern as they both left the dining area and headed to their separate ways.

'Hang on sis, we're coming.'

~chapter 9 end~

A/N: Wooh! That chapter turned out different than what I expected. I hope you guys enjoyed!